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Hkadqdahtk£3 Conscript Skkvice, )
Augusta, Or., August Ist, 1864, J
General Orders \
No. 44., /
I. The attention of Enrolling Officers is directed
;o Circular No 25, Bureau of Conscription (current
series; herewith published, withdrawing from this
Department and transferring to the General Com
manding Reserves, all jurisdiction over persons of ;
the Reserve classes, except such as arc strictly en
titled to exemption under third paragraph, and the
first clause of the fourth paragraph of the tenth
Section of the Act of Congress, entitled an "Act to |
organize Forces to serve during the War.”
11. Enrolling Officers will observe that they are |
olaced under, and subject to the orders of the Gen
eral Commanding Rcservos, so far as this class of
Conscripts is concerned, with tho exceptions above j
.stated, and are enjoined to give all his orders and j
commands relative thereto prompt attention and
obedience; but they will bear in mind that the per- ;
formance of these duties will in no case excuse them j
for the non-performance of their more appropriate j
duties as Enrolling Officers.
111. Their attention is further called to General ,
Orders No. 13, “Headquarters Georgia Reserve,”
and strict compliance with its provisions directed.
District Enrolling Otncors will immediately make
out and forward to these Headquarters a full and
accurate report ns required by second paragraph of
»aid order.
WM. M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Commd't.
Conkedjkbati? States op America, i
War Department,
Bureau op Conscription, i
Richmond, Va.. .Tune 30,’64. 1
Circular, '
No. 25. <
Commandants of Conscripts will forthwith com- ;
municato to Enrolling Officers theso instructions
made by order of the Secretary of War.
Ist. In the class of Reserves Enrolling Officers
will under no circumstances receive applications !
lor, or grant details until after tho organization of '
the companies, and tho transmission of the rolls to j
the General’s commanding of the Reserves and then
only under instructions from said Gcnerhls com
manding.
By a decision of the of War tho juris
diction of the Conscript authorities over tho classes j
of Reserves extends simply and exclusively to j
granting exemptions prescribed by the Act of Con- j
gress, entitled an act to organize Forces to servo j
during tho War. 1
Theso exemptions are provided for in Qie 10th j
motion of said act, but these shall be excluded from *
these exemptions thus authorized to be granted in ;
the Reserve cbisses all contained in the last clause j
of the 4th Paragraph of said section from the
words "In addition to' the foregoing exemp- .
tions to tho conclusion of said 4th Paragraph.
Except as herein specified in all matters per- j
tainiug to tho Reserve classes. Enrolling Officers !
by order of tho Secretary of War, are to obey i
the orders of Genoral commanding Reserves, but
no Enrolling Officer under any plea will bo held
to bo excused from the full performance of his rog- i
ular duties prescribed by and under tho < rders of j
this Bureau, and no assertion that dutks under or
ders of the Genoral commanding Reserves have
prevented tho due performance of other duties will
bo accepted by this Bureau.
Tho Secretary of War has directed that all de
tails her« tofore granted inconsistent with theso in
structions, will bo promptly revoked and tho men
placed on tho company rolls.
Paragraph XIV of Circular No. 8, Bureau of Con
scription, current series, is hereby rev oked.
By command of
Brig. Gen. JOHN S. PRESTON, Sup’t,
(Signed,!
C. B. Duffiei.d, A. A. G.
aug!2 5t
Cliaiage of Schedule.
Ovi-’ICK EnGINKKB ANI) SUPERINTENDENT, I j
Charleston ami Savannah Railroad, > i
Charleston, Juno 7,1861. j I
i iN THURSDAY, Juno 9,1864, and until further j
U notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will I
he as follow, viz:
heave Charleston 9.45, a. in. ,
Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m. j
Leave Savannah.. 5.30, a. m. j
Arrive in Charleston Ll 5, p. m.
This Train makos direct connections, going north j
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at <har- j
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction, j
11. S. HAINES,
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent. •
Change of Schedule.
ON aril after Sunday, Juno 19th, the Trains on
the »uscogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus >6 |5 P. M.
Arrive at Macon J 2o A. At.
Leave Macon B*lo P. M
Arrive at Columbus. 4 so A. JR.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus .5 00 A. M,
Arrive at Columbus .4 oo A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
uiar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R. R
COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT!
On and after the 80th inst., the Passenger Train
the Montgomery & West Point R. R. will
Leave Columbus 2 40 p. m.
Arrive at West Point 8 00
Leave West Point 3 50
Arrive at Columbus 9 10
Freight Train will Leave Columbus.„s 50 a. m.
Arrivo at Columbus 12 23
J. E. APPLER,
July 23 ts Agent
STOLEN!
THE OWNER of a BLIND HORSE stole* by
1 a deserter, can hoar of him by applying at the
Enrolling Office. WM. L. I)AV Ifc*.
ivsrl 1 1 w tdpt. vv Ln. v*ft»
RIMWAY!
\TEGRO boy CHARLEY ; about 25 years old, yel
i\ low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelli-cnce : left Mr. Nat. Thompson s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. 1 bought him ot a
Mr. Br<nvn, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee, Ala. He originally came from
Charleston, S. Ck A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
infcrm.ition sent to me at this office.
JAMES M. RUSSELL,
CoiuLaou s (.a., aug 1 ti * j _
REMOVAL!
IHAVE remov'd my Offico to a room over Gun
by’s Storo, where I will be pleised to wait on
Patients requiring Medical or burgieal treatment.
»g!3 lm* T- J. WORD. M. D.
SSO Reward.
I WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black
boy, about 24 years old. He has been out three
or four weeks, and is supposed to bo lurking about
the city. JNO. H. BASS,
iy 4 ts
TO HIRE 7
FOR the balance of the year fifteen able-bodied
Negro Men and seventeen Negro Women.
Apply soon to R. M. GUN BY, Ag’t.
‘ Jnl 28 ts ‘
Notice to Debtors and Cred
itors.
ALL persons indebted to the e.-tate of Seaborn
Jones, deceased, are required to make imme
diate pavment, and those having claims against said
estate aro required to render them in terms of the
law to the -denned BENNING, Adm’r.
By MARY H. BENNING, Agent,
jul2S wot
Shoemakers’ and Saddlers
TOOLS.
THE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
i manufacture of the above named articles in t a.,
city, are prepared to fill orders for the sam . .
O&ce on Angle street, a few doors abo\ c t.
Hospital. HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Reference —Maj. F. TV. Dili.abd. r
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Lon
stitutionalist, please copy one month and send Duis
to this office,
mar 30 ts
filimto ii mm.
i*
Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREiV & CO. Proprietors..:... J. W. WARREN, Editor
1W WHS!! NEW SUDDS!!!
AT
Mr®. DESSAU’S.
FROM THE LATE BLOCKADE SALE AT
A-irgnsta, Gra.
The goods are all superior to what is
offered elsewhere, and will be sold lower
than lately. Tn the assortment can be
found :
Ladles 7 Hew Elat**, *
Sew Bonnet Ribbons.
Hew Belt*.
Bobinct Musquito netting.
T&iclti tiff and Uresslngr Combs,
Ladles 7 Slower*,
Three y’dw wide Linen Sheeting,
Superior Bleached Shirtinff,
Printed jrackonetw.
Crinffbams,
English and French Calicoes,
Bombazine, Alpacas,
Elegant Leroes.
OA XjL A.TTX) SZEUE.
je 21 ts
W. H. TUTT,
WHOLESALE DRUGGIST
316, Broad Street,
Augusta, G-a.
HAS FOR SALE AT LOW PRICES!
1,000 lbs. CASTILE 80.41*. .
200 kegs B. C. Soda
500 ounces Quinine
200 " Morphine
100 lbs lodide Potash
25 lbs Oil Anise *
, 1 caso Madras Indigo
100 dozen Brown Windsor Soap
3 cases Colem in’s 'ustard
125 dozen Mason’s Blacking
100 gross Lilly White
1 case Cantharides,
2 cases Gum Camphoi
20 bags Pepper
1 case Powdered Ipecac *
20 hbls. Eng. Copperas
10 cases Eng. Fig Blue
50 ounce Lunar Caustic
50 lbs Po. Rhutmrb, in 2 p bottles
100 lbs Eng. Calomel, 1 bottles.
150 lbs Eng. Blue Mass
25 bbls Epsom Salts .
25 cases Scotch fc-nuff.
agl3 3t
BROWN’S FLY SHUTTLE LOOIVI,
t Will Weave SO Var !s per Day.)
o«trc3L lOfitolsjs,
SPINNING-WHEELS and CORN-SHELLERS!
Manufactured by A. D. BROWN & CO.
Reorders received by M. P. Ellis & Co.“£tt
ag!3 lru*
GIXaMORB 00.
416, Btroad street.
HAS ON HAND AND FOR SALE!
Corn, Flour, Bacon, Tobacco,
Candles, Syrup, Sugar. Coffee,
Lard, Peas, Rice, Osnaburgs,
Watches, Sheetings, Brooms,
Spun Thread, Beeswax and Tallow.
—also,—
Salt, Sugar, Sheeting* and Osuaunrgs
TO
EXCHANGE FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE !
—ALSO. —
A Genuine Article of APPLE VINEGAR for sale.
agl2 lw*
FOR
-OR
LUANtt.MtDiTiraiCE
-AT
Broad Street.
Coffee, Sugar, #
Roda, Black Pepper,
Syrup, Potash,
Cotton Cards,
Tin-Ware, Snuff,
Salt, Sugar,
Tumblers, Candles,
REOR&IA REBEL SNUFF
Pickles. Flysßrushes,
Eggs, Butter,
Salt Fish,
Cigars,
Toilet-Soap,
Soft- Soap,
Bar-Soap,
the wing aud smoking Tobacco.
aug 2 ts
FOR SARR
Or Exchange for Country Produce.
BES 7 COTTON CARDS;
SPINNING WHEELS;
CLOCK REELS
agio 2w JEFFERSON Jc HAMILTON.
IROA WIRE.
2,000 lbs. 8 and 10 Iron Wire!
For sale by
agio 2w JEFFERSON & HAMILTON.
1,000 Founds Choice Brown Sugar,
TO EXCHANGE FOR
WHEAT, Flour, Corn or Meal,
»V At 114, BROAD ST.
ag9 dot wit Columbus, Ga.
THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent,
(At Mulford’s old Stand,)
INTO- 101, BROAD ST.
HAUMSMOIIEBIIIW
Sheetings, Shirtings.
Twills, Yarns, Linsejs.
lAtcuaray Coffee,
► Tobacco, Rice.
Sails ol all si*«}.
AC.. &C., &c.
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Notice!
Offk k Chirp Ixsp'r Fiklo Tbaksp'n.
2d Dist., Macon, Aug. S, ’64.
All persons are warned against purchasing cap
| tured or branded animals from soldier-, as all such
animals will be seized by my officers and agents
wherever found. NORMAN W.SMITH,
ag l3 5* Major and Chief Inspector.
GEOHGIA-Huscogee County.
' WHEREAS, Mrs. Mary V. Davis, adm’x of Dr.
I YV George S. Davis, dec’d has hied her petition tor
i leavo to sell a negro woman by the name ot Maria,
about 25 years of age and her tour children.
AH persons concerned are hereby notified to show
came (if any they have) why an order should not
be grant-d at the next September Term ot the Court
of Ordinary for said county, authorizing the sale o,
and* my hand, «;,NSON
j,4 2n, '
Columbus, Ga. Monday Morning, August 22.1864.
Notice.
Headquarters Post, <
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 14,1804. j
General Orders, >
No. 5. j
I. All officers ov soldiers remaining in ‘Columbus
over six [B] will require a pass from those
Headquarters.
11. AU persons between tho ages of sixteen [l%i
and fifty-five [55! y -ara,'visiting Columbus, [officers
of the Navy and Army stationed at this Post excep
ted,] will, in future, be required to procure a pa-s
from tho Commandant Post. No other document
than the pass specified will be regarded by the offi
cers charged with the examination of papers.
By o dev
GEO. O. DAWSON,
Major Comd’g Post.
agio 7t
Confederate States Repository.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 17, ’64.
Deposites in Now Currency will be received and
Call Certificates issued at this Office, payable on
demand, bearing interest at four per cent per an
num from date.
Deposites in Old Currency at 68 2-3 cents on the
dollar will bo received and Certificate issued payable
on demantj after ninety dqy? from date in New Cur
rency.
Above Certificates are secured by the hypotheca
tion of an amount of Bonds of tho Five Hundred
Million Loan [nun-taxable] equal to the sum of
these loans.
I am prepared to sell the 6 per cent Coupon or
Registered Bonds of the $500,000,000 loan at $135
for tho new currency or the old at 06 2-3 cents on
tho dollar.
The principal and interest of this Loan are free
from Taxation and tho Coupons receivable in pay
ment for all Import and Export Duties. These
Bonds are tho best securities yet offered by the Gov
ernment, and I recommend them to t\ic favorable
notice of the public.
W. 11. YOUNG,
augl lm Depositary.
Soldiers Families.
The commissioners earnestly desire that all sol
diers families in Stewart county in indigent circum
stances, not heretofore reported, be reported on
Thursday she 25th inst., in order that suitable pro
vision may be made for them out of the Soldiers
fund.
John West, )
E. T. Beall, . '-Com.
agl9 2t E. F. Kirksky. t
Headquarters Army of Tbnn.
Office, Chief of Staff, Aug. 13, ’64.
Circular:
Officers and soldiers belonging to Regiments of
this Army now absent, from whatever cause, are
called upon to return at once to their commands. —
Tho commanding General promises to use his good
offices to obtain pardon for such as may be improp
erly absent, where they voluntarily rejoin.
By command of
Gen. HOOD,
F. A. Shoup, Chief of Staff. 19 3t
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SI,OOO Reward.
CTOLEN from my headquarters near Atlanta, Ga..
O my Mare, bright bay, bald face, black mane and
tail and black legs, with the exception of tvjo small
white spots on the inside of each nind foot, carries a
high head and altogether is a very gay looking an
imal under the saddle. I will pay for nor de
livery to me at this place or to Maj. ' n. (/neat
ham, Army of Tennessee, or for inform a' on so that :
I can get her. Vud >SOO for the detect on of the i
thief that -tole her.
H. .4. BUTLER.
ag!9 Ivv Maj. and 0. 8.
STOLEN,
I? ROM my house, last night, two Cheeks on ibe
Agency of the Union Bank, in this oily, drawn
by J. M. Mulden, Jr.. Lt. Ac.; one No. 185, for SB4O,
and the other No. 186. for SI2OO. Ail persons arc
warned pgainst trading for S’»id cheeks, as rayment
has been stopped and Duplicates applied tor.
MS I9 2t* T. KNOWLES.
sxssav m i.s:.
ILOST from my office, on Thursday, a small pc
ney built brown mare Mule, eight or nine years j
old; in good order; no marks recollected, except a j
collar mark on toe point of her shoulder. A reason- j
able reward will be paid for her.
ag‘2OWILEY WILLIAMS
Saturday Evening:.
Funeral Notice.
Died at Gilmer Hospital, Forsyth, Ga. on the ISth
inst., of a wound received before Atlanta, on the
10th, Wm. Yongb Spknckr. second son of R. P.
Spencer, of this city, in the 16th year of his age.—
The friends of the family are invited to attend his
funeral from his father's residence this afternoon, at
3 o’clock. ag2o If 7
The friends and acquaintances of Maj. JOHN
E. DAVIS, are Requested to attend his funeral
at 10 o’clock to-morrow (Sunday) morning, from
the Protestant Episcapal Church.
Macon A Western R. K. Cut. —We lea in from
reliable authority that tho Maeon A Western Rail
road was cut at 12 o’clock yesterday, between Jones
boro and Griffin. Wo have no particulars and
know nothing of tho strength of tho raiders.
From Below.
Some of tho enemy’s vessels this morning were
near the Eastern Shore, says the Mobile Tribune,
but what they are doing thero is not known; al
though rumor is very busy in informing tho public.
In our immediate front there were no vessels; al
though the lapse of an hour or two may change all
this.
We learn that two thousand Yankee soldiers are
at Camp Withers, on tho Perdido. They are sup
posed to be an addition to the force in the rear of
Fort Morgan, from which we have no news.
Yesterday evening the enemy attempted to land
a foraging party above Montrose, on tho Eastern
Bhore. There were five launches filled with men.
They were attacked by our cavalry, and two of them
were killed and several woundod.
— « •
From tbe Front
We arc fast beginning to believe (says the Atlanta
Confederacy, of the 18th.) that the battle for the
possession of Atlanta has been foagbt and won.
The onemy for ten days past have relaxed their
energies, and now make the most feeble assaults
against our skirmish line, and no effort to carry our
main works. They pushed their lines of fortifica
tions with vigor west until opposite East Point, but
finding Hood’s works everywhere in front, they
seem to have despaired of capturing that point, and
thus cutting the communications on that side of the
city.
Our cavalry are unquestionably in the rear of
Sherman tearing up his railroad and capturing his
supply trains. The strongest hopes are entertained
that this will force Sherman to retreat. He is al
ready represented to be without artillery ammuni
tion. nnd no doubt his rations aro small.
The Losses op the Enemy. —lt was ascertain
ed from a letter written by one of Burnside’s com
mand. which accidently fell into our hands, says
theCouries, that tho enemy’s loss in the fights of
Saturday, 30th ultimo, will aggregate between
65,000 and 700. /Vs this letter was intended only
for the private eye of a friend at the North, it is
no doubt correct.
Latest from the United states.
Baltimore papers of the 13th, were received last
night. They furnish the following itorns.
Heavy firing was heard on Thursday last in tho
direction of Winchester. It is questionable wheth
er Early will wait and give battle to tho superior
forces now arrayed against him. Much more
probable'is tho announcement, made yesterday,
that he was retiring up the Valley, followed by a
port! nos Sheridan’s cavalry, and that there had
been skirmishes with the rear guard.
A telegram, from New York, dated last evening,
12th, reports the capture and destruction of seven
vessels, soma sixty miles Southeast of Sandy Hook,
by tho new Confederate steamer Tallassee.
Passengers by the Evening Star which reach
ed New York from New Orleans yesterday, report
that tbe Confederates were in strong force out
side of Algiers, within sfx or seven miles of New
Orleans, and that they wero fortifying their po
sition with tho intention of making it a base of
operations.-
In Kentucky the guerrillas continue to be par
. ticularly active. The town of Brandenburg was
entered by about twenty guerillas yesterday, and
at last advices fighting was’ going on there. On
Wednesday last, a force of Confederates dashed
int * the town of Hickman : burned all tho cotton
and tobbaccothat was stored there, and committed
other depredations.
* Government officials deny tiie correctness of tho
reported difficulties in the Cabinet. Mr. Ntanton
has said that it required much solicitation to induce
him to accept his office in tbe first place, and he will
not voluntarily relinquish the place.
The 72d Pennnsylvania regiment [Baxter's Fire
Zouaves] rassed through tho city to-day, en route
for home, its term of service having expired. This
regiment was originally fifteen hundred Itrong, and
returns homo with but 180 muskets.
A petition is circulating in Ohio and other States,
requesting Lincoln to defer the draft for half » mil
lion more men until an attempt has been made £>7
negotiation to secure peace, based on the constitu
tion and Union.
The Herald, of Friday last, commences its- leading
editorial with the remark :
Considering the desperate straits to which the re
bellion is now reduced, we think the time has ar
rived when tho administration, hi behalf of peace
and re-union, may advantageously open the door
to an armistice and a convention of nil the States,
The conclusion of the article is as follows :
President Lincoln, therefore, in our opinion, will
establish a claim to grej t sagacity and wisdom as
a statesman and as a politician, in taking the ini
tiative in behalf of peace, by despatching three
commissioners to Richmond with the overtures sug
gested. If they fail, this turbulent and demoral
izing peace faction of the North will be disarmed
and silenced; if they succeed in an armistice, we may
safely hail it as the end of the war and of the reign
of Jeff. Davis, and the end of the Southern Confed
eracy.
The following order, issued on the Bth,
has the ring of the true metal about it,
and is the kind oflogie necessary for the
entire State. So says the Quitman Ad*
vertiser :
“By order of Gen. Forrest all persons
in and around Okaloua and the surround
ing country, who are capable of bearing
arms, will report at once at Macon, Miss.,
for assignment to duty, otherwise they
will subject their,selves to‘arrest, lobe
sent fbrwaad.”
X ii >; Objectionable Paragraph. —The fol
lowing is probably the paragraph which has pro
voked the sentence of banishment of Mr. Cropsey,
the Inquirer (Philadelphia or Cincinnati?) army
correspondent It occurs in a letter from the cor
respondent ir. question, dated Mongohiek, May
27th:
Let me brake the thread or the narrative and
say a word of Mead's position. He is as much the
commander of the army of the"Potomao as he wag..
Grant plans and excrci-es u supervisory control
over the army but to Meade belongs every -king of
detail. He is entitled to great credit for the mag
nificent movements of the army, since we ’ left
Brandy, fur they hare been directed by him -In
battle he puts troops in motion and controles their
movements in a word he commands the army.
Gen Grant is here only becatse he deems the
present rampa : gn the vital one of the w&r, and
wishes to decide on the spot all qnrations that
would be referred U him as gene rear in-chief,
“History will roc rd, bat newspapers cannot,
• that one eventful night during tho present cam
s aig.;, Grant’s proaende saved the army aud the
nation too; not that Gen. Mead was cc (hs pfon*
o committing blander unwiitingly, but hi" de
votion u his. conntvy made him loth to rku her
last army on what he deom< and a cha" o. Grant
as urned the responsibility and wo . j sti l “On
to Richmond.’'
$4.00 Per Month
The News.
FIGHT NEAR DEEP BOTTOM.
The general topic of discussion this
morning was the fight which took place
near Deep Bottom yesterday afternoon.
The trouble was that everybody seemed,
by some means or other, to have gotten a
different account of it. Hence, we found,
in the ontire absence of official informa
tion, a difficulty obtaining a correct
version of the affair.
It seems, hovyever, that the Yankees in
heavy force, including Gregg’s cavalry
division, made an attack upon our forces
near Libby Hill, and after a brisk tight
compelled the abandonment of four Ssineh
howitzers, which we were using as mor«
tars. These were not taken, however, by
enemy, owing to the fact our Parrott guns
on Libby Hill, which perfectly command
ed the point at which the howitzers were
located, kept up so incessant a tire that the
Yankees dared not approach them.
Another account says, that the Yankees
were afterwards driven back with heavy
loss, but fails to state whether we recovered
the guns or re-occupied the position from
which we were driven. Our loss was very
slight.
We heard also that our pickets, at two
o’clock this morning, reported Yankee
cavalry advancing on the Darbytown road.
FROM PETERSBURG.
All Saturday morning quiet prevailed
on the front, but in the evening a part of
Major Wm. Oaskie’s Artillery Battalion
opened a spirited fire for the purpose of
feeling the enemy’s lines, but succeeded
only in eliciting a feeble response from
two of his guns,
Wc are very anxious indeed to know
whether Ulysses has returned from hig
Washington trip in improved health, and
with a fresh supply of genuine Old Bour«
bon. But it seems as difficult to learn
anything on either of these interesting
points from Yankee deserters as it is to
geyiews from Deep Bottom through our j
own couriers.
I
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
I Wo met a gentleman on Saturday even*
; ing who has recently traveled in various
; parts of the State of Mississippi. He re
ports the people in high spirits as regards
; the present aspect ana future prospects of
I our military affairs. Where the blight
j ing tread of the raider has not cursed the
i soil, he says the crops are luxuriant.
From preparations being made in Mis* i
j sissippi, it. looks as if the Federals were j
I about to start on another grand raid :
| through that State. The papers say that
! our guerrillas arc fully prepared to meet
| them,.and will give them a warm recep
tion when they make their appearance.
RAID IN TENNESSEE.
; _ i
Capt. West, of Young’s Battalion, and |
Capt. Harrison, of Vaughn’s Brigade,
with about fifty men, made aa attack on
j the Yankoo garrison at Athens, Tenn., a
| few days since. They succeeded in rout
; ing the enemy and capturing about sixty
! horses. They also cut the telegraph
| lines.
THE ENEMY MINING AT ATLANTA.
The Macon Telegraph says that private
letters state that the enemy are now busy
mining the salient at the head of Marietta
street, and we may very soon expect a
repetition of the Petersburg explosion.
YANKEE SPIES IN GEORGIA.
The Augusta Chronicle says that if
anything connected with the late raids in
Georgia was particularly plain, without
being susceptible of positive and univer*
sal proof, it was that almost the entire
route of the raiders for some days before
was prevented by Federal spies in Corn
federate uniform or citizen’s dress. It
behooves every man to have his eyes
open for these gentry. We doubt not
that there are plenty of them all about
Georgia even now. — Richmond , Whig.
Not PaocABLE.-'-An impression is
abroad that Sherman is engaged in endear
voring to mine one of the prominent works
of defence at the outer end of Marietta st.
An engineer friend scouts at the idea,
considering it an impossibility. The dis>
tanee between the line is about eight hun
dred yards, and he thinks Sherman cannot
spend time to burrow thus far. When we
reflect that at both Vicksburg and Peters
burg, where Grant constructed mines, the
lines were so close together that the com
batants used hand grenades, and yet fully
a month was occupied in digging in each
place, the opinion of our friend stems the
correct one. It would take months to
perform the work here, uiid Sherman
cannot spare the time. —Appeal
Who’ll Try It.— -To prevent steers
from jumping fences, clip off the eye
lashes of the under lids with a pair of
scissors, and the ability or disposition to
jump is effectually destroyed as Samp*
son’s power was by the destruction of his
locks. The animal will not attempt a
fence until the eyelashes are grown again.
A Yankee stock raiser recommended this
singular remedy to the Farmer's Club at
New York.
The Chattanooga Gazette, of the 12th
inst., announces the arrival the previous
day of two hundred Confederate prisoners
—among them eight commissioned offi>
eers, as follows : Capt F A Hill and Lts
M Roberts, M R Crawford, W 0 Reese,
W Lucighridy and J Hutchinson’ of Ga. •
and Capt C Donald and Lieut C Henning,
of Florjda They were at one“ sent
North. j
Ire - ; adopted tor Lruiaiaita l*j tbe
recent Yankee convelhion sitting in Now Orleans
is to bo submitted to the “people” for ratification j
on the first Monday of--‘epteaiber
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OV THU PBBBS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act ol Conyreee in the ymm
IP<S3. by J. S Thrashkr, in the Clerk’s office es
th® District Court of the Confederate State# far
tho Northern District of Georgia,
Charleston, Aug. 20th.— An official dis
patch from Gen. J. K. Jackson, dated Lake
City Ha., Aug. 19th, to Gen. Jooss, received
late last night, says Captain Dickenson witfc
his command engaged the enemy’s cavalry,
842 strong, at Gainesville yesterday, com
pletely routing them. He captured 160 prii
oners and one piece of artillery, besides re
capturing 100 stolen negroes among the pris
oners. A Captain, two Lieutentants, and one
Surgeon were among the captured. The
whole command would have been captured if
Capt. Dickinson's horses had not been worm
out.
The enemy were scattered, and were pur
sued 15 miles.
The enemy's Infantry, consisting of four
colored Regiments, are at Starkes.
Col. McCormick is in pursuit with some ad
ditional forces.
Mobile, Aug. 19th. — A Special U> the Advert;
ser & Register dated Sepatobia 17th, says the
Chicago Times of tho 12th and Memphis papers
of the 13th have been rceeivod.
The Editor of the Times congratulates his read
ers that one week passed without 9erioua disaster
to the Federal armies. Tho rebels are increasing
iu Kentucky. Over one thousand persons, mostly
women and children wore recently nanished from
tho State by Burbridgc.
It is reported ttftit 2500 Confederates, under
Adam Johnson, in Union aud adjoining counties
are preparing to attack Mount Vernon.
Burbridge says Kentucky is disloyal and ready
for the outbreak at any moment.
Lincoln's frieuds are deserting him rapidly.
Winter Davis publishes a pronuuciamento deuoun
eing Lincoln in strong terms as usurping tho pow
cr of Congress and disregarding the Constitution
Davis is making a call for Union Convention to m
sernble at Buffalo tonooiinatecandidates for Presi
dent and Vico President.
Gold in New York on the 11th dosed at 23<b‘.
[From the Memphis Appeal, 18th.
The Immediate Front.
Thu Lines. —All tho reports, received by
scouts and otherwise from the enemy’s rear,
concur in the statement that the railroad in
Sherman’s rear was cut near Acworth on Sat
urday last. From what we have for some day*
been aware of, this has been expected, as a
j formidable movement was inaugurated in time
to have accomplished it. The intelligence is
that Sherman, on becoming aware of a move
ment in his rear, sent out a force of five hun
dred cavalry, who returned on ascertaining
the strength of our force The road is report
ed to have been destroyed about two miles at
Acworth, to prevent a movement of infantry
by trains in pursuit, when our cavalry moved
on for the purpose of reaching some of the
important railroad bridges and depots of the
Federal army, before a force could be concen
trat'd against them. We learn that nothing
official has been received from.the commander
of the expedition, yet full credit is given to
the reports Irom scouts received.
Both the raiding forces of the enemy that
were opeiating on our right and left Monday
afternoon have returned. Tuesday night an
other party went down to Stone Mountain and
returned. There are rumors of a large force
of infantry and cavalry moving in the direc
tion of Milledgeville with tho ultimate purpose
of reaching Andersonville ; but these need
confirmation.
About midnight a heavy cauonading and
musketry fire was commenced along the cen
tre, which has continued lively up to the hour
we write—seveu o’clock, a. fl. We are in
formed the enemy made a pretty general as
sault upon our advanced lines, but up to last
accounts thereform has been successfully re
sisted in all their efforts. The artillery tiring
for the last two hours has been very rapid and
is still going on.
S.—Since the foregoing was writton later in
tcliigonce, of a more direct character is reported to
have been received from the enemy’s rear. A resi
dent of Barrow (formerly Cass) county is said to
have reaehod Nassau last night, bringing informs
i tiou transmitted here, that our cavalry, after de
; stroying the road at Acworth, proceeded to the
Etowah, and burned the bridge. From thence to
| Adairsville the track was also badly damaged,
j The fruits of the movement, up to the time he
; left, in addition to the destruction of the road, wero
| two thousand prisoners and six thousand head si
beef cattle captured. Tho man who brought tho
I news to Newnan reports thnt ho saw .the pris
j. oners.
If this news be true—and we bavo no doubt of it—
j S errnan has received a heavy blow, which will
i probably change his programme. In his dospera
: tion he may attempt a general engagement, but
i the greater probability is he will spend his time
; in looking to his rear instead of our front.
| The City.--Another day of comparative quiet
! has passed over, the shelling amusement having
| been but little indulged in by the enemy. Occa
| sionally a shot was fired, but the effort to destroy
! us h;S very much slackened. But one casualty is
I reported; a citizen in the employ of the railroad
j company was instantly killed early yesterday
morning. It is surmised that a scarcity of am
munition for the last few days, the result of his
| communications to the rear having been interrupt
| od, has caused the fi e to he more quiet.
From Bermuda
: We received, yesterday morning,
| through Mr. TANARUS, F, Minor, a merchant of
| this city, a copy of the “Royal Gazette” of
the 2d insfc. ; published at Hamilton, Ber
j muda. It contains very little news of
: general interest. In the marine depart
ment we notice the following entrances at
Hamilton :
July 26—Steamer City of Petersburg,
Fuller, Wilmington, 843 bales cotton, etc
Steamer Old Dominion, Page, WiD
mington, 1025 bales cotton.
Custom House , St. Georye's —Entered
July 20—Steamer Falcon, Fisher, WiL
mington, 971 bales cotton, 8 bbls. turpen
tine, etc.
Steamer Mary Celestia, Green, Wil
mington, 683 bales cottOD.
Steamer North Heath, Burroughs, WiU
mington, 890 bides cotton, 100 boxes and
-50 kegs tobacco, and 12 bbls. turpentine
30th—Steamer Wando, Holgate, Wil
mington, 692 bales cotton and 55 boxes
tobacco.
Steamer Chicora, Coxatter, Wilming
; ton, 619 bales eottoD, 32 boxes and 36
tierces tobacco.
The Gazette contains numerous adver
tisements indicating extensive stocks of
merchantable goods, adapted to the Con
federate States. What a nullity the Paris
Convention respecting blockades has prov
ed to he —Richmond Whip, 16.
A AIoUMON SErrOEUENT IS Wkstrrv \ iKMINIA .
The Wheeling Inteilingeneer .°a ye:
We loarn that there is in the town of South
! Wheeling a society of Mormons, who practice all
the doctrines of that sect except that of polygamy
We have had a conversation with an Englishman
who belongs to the society, and who firmly be
lieves in nil the peculiar notions of the Lattei
Day Saints. He says he w..s converted to the faith
since his arrival in this country. In his opiuipn,
ail all the churches to which Gentiles usually at
tach themselves are wonderfully corrupt. He has.
not had a physician in his house for 5 or 6 years
Cases of sickness are cured by annoiuting and
by laying on his hands, according to the customs
of the New Testament,