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®lh’ Columbus Mws.
J. VI. WAftKEN, - - - Editor.
.Monday Morning, August 22, 1864.
-Good. —Reliable news was received here
last night that a portion of Hood’s cavalry
overtook a body of yankee raiders yesterday
between Jonesboro and Griffin and routed
then) ; capturing a large number of prisoners,
•mall arms, Ac. The enemy did but little
damage to the railroad as it was in running
order lest evening. The telegraph was also
working to Atlanta last night. Nothing from
the Tullapossa raiders.
Various rumors were afloat here yesterday
to the effect that a body of raiders were in
the neighborhood of Tulbotton and Geneva,
bnt w<! have not been able to trace these to
any reliable source*. It is supposed that if
there really was any yankees in that vicinity
it was merely a small force which had strayed
off from the main body in the neighborhood
of Griffin.
♦ ♦ ♦
Tiik Lex Talionih. —Samuel Crook, colonel
of the 22d New York Cavalry, captured at
Reams’ Station, June 30th. says flic Richmond
of the 10th, has been put in close con
finement, and in irons, in Macon, Ga., in re
taliation for similar treatment of Col. Agnus
IV. McDonald, who was captured near Lex
ington, Ya., by Col. Crook’s regiment during
Hunter’s raid on the Valley.
The Position In Georgia.
From our accurate sources of information,
we learn that the Army of Tennessee was
very quiet on Wednesday and " during the
night. But on Thursday morning, the enemy
commenced heavy canuonading and shelling
over Atlanta. By six o’clock in the morning,
it was withdrawn entirely from the city and
concentrated ou our lines. From about three
o’clock until seven, whenamr informant left,
the shelling was more furiqu3 than at uny
time during the siege. Everything was
placed in readiness for an assault, and it was
expected that Sherman would offer battle or
effect a retreat during the day. Our dis
patcher at noon, on the 10th, did not partic
ularize anything concerning an assault or the
continuation of heavy firing.
The. sharp shooting and skirmishing was
very heavy along the lines on Wednesday
evening and Thursday morning. On Thurs
day night our bands played at various points
along our lines, tantalizing the enemy and
provoking their harmless shots, during seve
ral hours. The brilliant moonlight, however,
favored the operations of the enemy, and their
cannonading became very annoying.
There are many evidences apparent that
Sherman is preparing for retreat. His lines
have been strengthened immediately in
front; his artillery has been unusually active :
our extreme flanks have been felt by the fee
ble offerings and manoeuvres of ht3 cavalry ;
no attempt lias been made at assault; his rail
way trains have been very noisy and very
busv, and no persons are permitted to pas3
his vigilantly guarded lines. All these and
that other all-poweiful reason, that his rear
has been very much disturbed by our cavalry,
has caused him to make au important move.
Ilis force is not so large as we have hither
to estimated; he cannot supply his army over
a long line from his base with his rear per
fectly untenable. These are potent causes
that he should make good his retreat. To se
cure all this, he must present an unusually
bold front while the main body of his forces
take up a secure retiring line, which will guard
from one fortified point to another. Thus he
will save himself and not be necessitated to
make a rapid retreat, which, if the proper pre
cautions are not taken, might result in a
rout.
We are certain that our army is sufficient
ly able lo cope with -Sherman’s forces on any
field at the present moment, and that the Yan
kees will have proof of it in a few days. It
doubtless has been the policy of Gen. Hood
latterly to permit the enemy to waste their
energies and army in the futile assaults and
operations which, though they destroyed pri
vate property in Atlanta, did not injure our
forces nor materially impair our strength,—
Sickness ami casualties during the intensely
hot weather of the past four weeks have fear
fully depleted the ranks of the enemy. Their
own statements exhibit immense depreciation
of their strength and great increase in their
hospitals.
Sherman lias found that his most desperaje
assaults are fool hardy feats; that his flank
ing manoeuvres are dangerous experiments to
attempt before a foe, whose vigilance and un
tiring energy is as great and whose omnis
cience is as apparent as his own. No hope
illumines his gloomy pathway onward, there
fore he will retreat. We are only too well
aware, however, that the terrible destruction
and menacing operations of the great raider,
have effected all which the campaign was de
signed. Atlanta, the objective point, has been
rendered useless as a depot of any character,
and battered by a siege whose destructive
marks will forever remain honorable scars to
'he city, to tell of the vindictiveness nud fury
•fa barbarous foe.
The campaign will end in disgrace and de
feat to the Goth and Vandal Northmen hordes
under Sherman the raider. In a few days,
we will see his broken columns, dragging from
•ne fortified hill to another, their weary and
dispirited lines, along the road to their fort
resses in North Georgia and on the banks of
the Tennessee.
To us, everything is bright and our hearts
are very cheerful. We look on General Hood,
his officers and gloriously brave men, as aven
ging hosts, that shall drive the enemy far
from our homes and wreck him from the high
•state of his insolence and power, with which
he has imposed terrible horrors and dishonors
upon us. these many weary ;and sad months
of miserable r<jtreaty With the destruction of
the enemy's rear, comes the brightest rays
•f hope that the sun of our fate has lighted
over our fair laud in a year. How anxiously
we look for the results that shall decide for
us. —Atlanta Intelligencer , 20..
The Treasury Plan. The Charlcsiuu
(Fourier says that a letter from a citizen and
Tell informed geutleifftm now in Richmond
gives us the gratifying assurance—which
reaches us also from other sources, public
and private—that the accession of Mr. Tren
holin to the Treasury has improved ami in
vigorated the tone ot public confidence.
The following special new measures are an
nounced as about to be instituted by the Trea
sury Department, looking primarily towards
% maintenance of Government without issues
of notes to swetl the volunteer currency:
I. All foreign supplies to be paid for in bills
drawn against our own cotton.
11. Cotton purchases to be paid y celling
sterling exchange to replace cost.
< 111. Domestic purchases of all kinds, as ;ar
as possible, to be paid in “certificates of in
debtedness,’’ and of “loan on hypothecation.”
A large debt due to one of the States has al
ready been arranged in thi» way to mutual
satisfaction.
IV. Treasury notes now legally Extant and
recalled under operations of the loan or oth
erwise, to be reissued when necessary to meet
payments not otherwise provided for in thi»
plan.
? • The old uote.c to he recalled sot certifi
cates bearing four percent interest wnd nav
able on demand aftor ninety days. -
for coring Cc<? *l v t by anticipation of coupons
purples Government dues.
-U promiserto £*
sen and demands this consideration of all
wno mve deemed themselves hitherto com
pellei. VI pity ruinous rate? for gold.
[From the Richmond Enquirer, 16th.]
The News. *
THI SITUATION.
A peculiar interest is beirlg identified with
the situation on the James and Appomattox,
an interest such as may naturally emanate
from any great problem. Though apparently
the situation is well defined, all inferences in
regard to it are hypothetical and indistinct.
We know that Grant has moved away large
columns of troops from his front before Pe
tersburg ; that bis mortars commanding the
city have been silent for tea days ; that a de
monstration in force has been in progress for
two days at Deep Bottom. The question has
recurred so frequently, “Is the position before
Petersburg to be abandoned by the enemy,”
and it has been rseponded to by the repetition
of the reports of continued quiet and moving
away of troops, so much, that there are many
who believe that that position is certainly to
be given back to us. Great hopes are centred
upon Gen. Early and his movements in Mary
land. Gen. Grant has sent reinforcements to
Washington, beyond doubt. But does be
deem it necessary to abasdon Petersburg to
protect Washington ? To abandon Petersburg
is to abandon Richmond, for, if the necessity
exists at all, the removal must relieve both
cities. The safety of well fortified cities is too
clearly established in thf* of these two
points, to lead to the belief that th£ safety of
Washington city is dependent upon the whole
or even balf of Grant’s immense army. And
surely Graut has never yet expressed a fear or
manifested a doubt as to bis ability lo keep
Washington safe and hold his present position
at the same time. It would seein also that
the Washington autbories are not. at all fright
ened ; ou the contrary, they are abused for not
being scared. A correspondent of a Northern
journal, writing from Washington on the 4fh,
says: “The President and Secretary of War
continue to manifest their usual apathy in
regard to the state of affairs in Pennsylvania
and Maryland. To judge by the way they
talk and act, one would suppose that they
had not.heard of the high-handed manner in
which General Early is carrying on. and the
details of which you have no doubt received
by telegraph, The most urgeut representa
tions have been sent here by Governor Curtiu
in regard to the alarming condition of things
in the southern part of Pennsylvania, and
urging instant action on the part of the Na
tional Government in order to save that Stato
from the horrors with which it is threatened.
But so far these representations have been
without avail.” One would suppose that this
magnificent indifference, or apathy as it is
called, hardly grew out of any very spurring
apprehensions about the invasions. It is more
than likely that both Grant, and Lincoln think
that so rich a State as Pennsylvania and so
wicked and serai-rebellious a State as Mary
land can afford to suffer some of the horrors
of war, especially when the incalculable suf
ferings of the South may be joyously held up
in comparison. Besides there is the prestige
of being a sufferer and the benefit of the plea
of justification, however slight, in what may
follow, and, by the twist of the ingenons his
torian’s pen, of all that has gone before. It is
best, under these considerations, to withhold
conclusions about the situation, based upon
the immediate movements of the enemy. It
is fair to suppose that they do noi care how
many men we send to Pennsylvania so Wash
ing is safe. It is also fair to suppose since
they have invested the position at Petersburg
with so much .importance,,suffered, nay, sac
rificed so- much to secure it, and still hold it
that they are not going to abandon it until
flanked out or whipped out of it.
Be their force there large or little, it ap
pears competent to take care of itself for all that
has thus far been done to show the contrary.
Events, however, will develope their stability
and we hope soon give us the solution of the
problem.
THE AFFAIR NEAR DEEt* BOTTOM.
Participants in the skirmish on Sunday,
at some variously christened hill, between
Malvern Hill and Deep Bottom, say that the
enemy moved upon our advanced lines in
overwhelming force and drove them back—so
far back that four 8-inc.h howitzers we had
placed in position to be used as morlars were
abandoned. The enemy, however, were not
allowed to get them. Our new Hue was form
ed so as to command the position, and such a
heavy fire was kept up that the enemy did not
dare io come from under the covert they had
gained. Matters remained in tbk- way during
yesterday—the howitzer-mortar battery be
tween the two lines. Our loss in the engage
ment was slight,
THE ENEMY AT DUTCH GAl\
The firing on yesterday proceeded from ail
engagement between our batteries and gun
boats and those of the enemy in the vicinity
of Dutch Gap. The enemy are said to be en
gaged in cutting a canal*acro3S the neck of
the bend. This neck is about three hundred
yards wide ; the bend, from point, so point
oposite, 1 is about seven miles. It is hardly
supposed that the enemy is in reality digging
a canal at this place for their ships to get
through. A German company endeavored to
get up a speculation of this kind about twenty
years ago, but the Legislature would not per
mit it. because it was evident that the peculiar
formation of the channel would render the en
terprise impossible, unless the whole of the
old channel was damned up, and the feasibili
ty of such an experiment was doubtful. It is
likely that the enemy is simply cutting a sort
of dry canal or trench to enable them to get
a position on the west side of the bend, and
by that means flank such of aur batteries as
may be found liable to that process.
FROM THE VALLEY.
The enemy’s movements have been contin
uously watched by Early. Their manoeuvres
of late have had the double purpose of com
plicating his position ana drawing off troops
from Gen. Lee’s army. For this purpose he
has been strengthened largely. Early has
withdrawn from Winchester, and at last ac
counts was in the vicinity of Strasbnrg; the
enemy were at Hupp’s hill, a few miles be
yond. On Saturday last, a brigade of the
I enemy, which had been sent over to Front
Royal for the purpose of performing a move
ment on Early’s flank, was Unexpectedly
encountered by a body of our cavalry, and
routed. The fight was severe and the victory
brilliant. The details have not yet been re
ceived.
What (he War Is being Waged
for.
The Lacrosse Wisconsin Democrat hits the. nail
on the head when it says:
Just What the Wah i- For.—Now we under
stand, that everything else being conceded,
Lincoln would continue the war for the solitary
purpose of abolishing slavery in the States. If
wo pay hundreds of thousands* and pile mortgage
upon mortgage on our property to raise recruits,
wo know that wo aro doing this simply to free the
slaves of tht South.
If we volunteer, we know we volunteer to fight
for the negro. If we, or our sons arwlrafted and
turn from their peaceful pursuits by force, we
know that the sole object of the cruel procedure is
to free the negroes on the southern plantations.
Our lives must be srerifieed to give freedom to the
negro. Hereafter all this must be understood:
longer concealment is impossible; the President re
fuses to receive peace propositions or to permit a
Peace Commission to cross our lines which does
not stipulate in advance for the “abandonment of
Slavery."
After the late proclamation of Lincoln '.worn- will
dispute that.
Splitting the Difference.— A nice young
gentleman of our acquaintance, relates to u* the
following circumstance which happened t;. him
not long since. On a cor; -in occasion, (at a party
not a thousand miles distant,) he found himself
tho betrothed of a pretty girl, the rcry pink of
his modesty. After accompanying her home,
-some little distance, he told her that, he couldn’t
leave until she bad kissed hiiu. She. of course,
blushed beautifully red, and protested in turn that
she could not and would not do that-—she had
never done such a thing, and never would until
she got married. <<<he had it. Tho altercation and
debate became deep and exciting, until tbe be
trothed bluffed outright, and declared if he
couldn’t kiss her he wouldn’t have ner, and was
iparching off. She- watched him to the gate, and
eaw tho “fat was in the firo,” unless something
was done. “Comeback, then,” said she, eoaxing
ly, “I’ll split the difference with you—you may
squeere my hand.”
Row and Then
We chanced, a few days ago, to pick np
a New York Tribune, of May 25th, 1858.
In it is a leading editorial on the capture
of Lucknow by the British, and the abom
inable conduct of the soldiers in plunder
ing private property. It is too good to
be lost, and we append a part of it, that
the public may contrast the teaching of
Black Republicanism with its practice:
“In storming the Imambarra and the
Kaiserbagh, the bolting of the Hindoes
was so rapid that the place tfas uot taken,
but simply marched into. The interes
ting scene, however, was now only com
mencing; for, as Mr. Russell blandly ob
serves, the conquest of the Kaiserbagh on
that day was so unexpected that there was
no time to guard against indiscriminate
plunder. A merry scene it must have
been for a true, liberty -loving John Bull
to see his British grenadiers helping
themselves freely to the jewels, costly
arms, clothes and all the toggery of his
Majesty of Ouue. The Sikhs, Ghoorkas,
and camp-followers, were quite jready to ’
imitate the example, and a scene of plun
der and destruction followed, which evi«
dently surpassed even the descriptive tal
ent of Mr. Russell. Every fresh step in
advance was accompanied with plunder
and devastation. The Kaiserbagh had
fallen on the 14th; and half an hour af
ter discipline was at an end, and the oflL
cers had lost all command over the men.
On the 17th, General Campbell was ob»
liged to establish patrols to check plun
dering, and to remain in activity “until
present license ceases/' The troops were
evidently completely out of hand. On
the 18th, we hear.that there is a cessation
of the grosser sort of plunder; but de
vastation is still going on freely. In the
city, however, while the vanguard were
fighting against the natives fire from the
houses, the rear guard plundered and de>
stroyed to their hearts’ content. In the
evening there is another proclamation
against plundering; strong parties of ev
ery regiment to go out and fetch in their
own men, and to keep their camp follow
ers at home ; nobody to leave the camp
except on duty. On the 20th, a recapi
tulation of the same orders. Oa the same
day, two British “officers and gentlemen,”
Lieutenants Cape and Thackwell, “went
into the city looting, and were murdered
in a house;” and on the 26th matters were
still so bad that the most stringent orders
were issued for the suppression of plun
der and outrage; hourly roll calls were
instituted ; all soldiers strictly forbidden
to enter the city; camp followers, if
found armed in the city, to be hanged ,
soldiers uot to wear arms except on duty,
and all non-eombattants to be disarmed.
To give duo weight to these orders, a
number of triangles for flogging were
erected “at proper places.”
“This is, indeed, a pretty state of tilings
in a civilized army in the nineteenth cen
tury ; and if any other troops in the
world had committed one tenth of these
excesses, how would the indignant British
press brand them with infamy ! But these
are tbe deeds of the British army, and
therefore we are told that such things are
but the normal consequences of war, —•
British officers and are perfects
ly welcome, appropriate lo themselves
any silver spoons, jeweled bracelets, and
Other little memorials they may find about
the scene of their glory ; and if Campbell
is compelled to disarm his own army in
the midst of war, in order, to stop whole
sale robbery and violence, their may have
been military reasons for the step ; but
surely nobody will begrudge these poor
fellows a week s holiday and a little frolic
after so many fatigues and privations.
The fact is, there is no army in Europe
or America with so much brutality as the
British. Plundering, violence and mas
sacre—things that everywhere else are
strictly and completely banished—are a
time-honored privilege, a vested right of
the British soldier. The infamies com
mitted for two days together after the
storming of Bajados and San Sabastiart in
the Peninsular war, are without a parallel
in the annals of any other nation since
the beginning of the French Revolution;
and the medieval usage', proscribed every
where else, of giving up to plunder a town
taken by assault, is still the rule with
the British. At Delhi imperious mili
tary considerations enforced an exception ;
but the army, though bought oft* by ex
tra pay, grumbled, and now at Lucknow
they have made up for what they missed,
at Delhi. For twelve days and nights
there was no British army at Lucknow,
nothing but a lawless, drunken, brutal
rabble, dissolved into bands of robbers,
far more lawless, violent and greedy than
the Sepoys, who had just been driven out
of the place The sack of Lucknow in
1858 will remain an everlasting disgrace
to the British military service.
“If the reckless soldiery, in‘their civ
ilizing and humanizing progress through
India, could rob the natives of their prop
erty only the British Government steps in
immediately afterward and strips them of
their real estates as well. Talk of the
first French Revolution confiscating the
lands of the nobles and the church ! Talk
of Louis Napoleon confiscating the props
erty of the Orleans family ! Here comes
Lord Canning, a British nobleman, mild
in language, manners and feelings, and
confiscates, by order of his superior, Vis
count Palmerston, the lands of a whole
people, every rood, perch and acre, over
an extent of ten thousand square miles.
Avery nice bit of loot, indeed, for John
Bull! And no sooner has Lord Ellen
borough, in the name of the new Govern
ment, disapproved of this hitherto unex
am pled measure, than up rise The
Times and a host of minor British papers
to defend this wholesale robbery, and
break a lance for the right of John Bull
to confiscate everything he likes. But
then. John is an exceptional being, and
what is virtue in' him, according to the
Times, would be infamy in others”
Wheeling, Va.. is a quaint and| venerable place
The Intelligencer <>fthat city give? the follow
ing, vouching for it? accuracy, which could be
true only of W heeling :
“Wosaw ye.'U’rday, going towards the upper
ferry. « team ■ f four animals—a horse, a p ny. a
mule ;; '•'! a ‘hi The horse had the heaves, the
pony blind, the innle was lame, and the bull
ba>l n piovi-u, for fly time. In the wagon, wliich
was au ordinary one, sat a white man, a crippled
negro, and a tamo skunk. The skunk was firmly i
bound with a wisp of straw. The white man held ■
the Hues, the team held its own, and the negro !
held the skunk." •»
Siege of JChahlrston. —Four Hundred and
Sixth Day. —Since tho bursting #f the gun at
Gregg, on Monday erening, says the Charleston
Courier, there has been no firing on the eity.
The imng at Fort Sumter has also fallen off eery
materially within the last few days. One hun
dred and twenty-one shots were fired at the fort
during the twenty-fear hours ending six o'clock
Wednesday erening.
Daring Tuesday night our batteries en Sulli
van's island opened fire on Gregg and Wagner
and the marsh battery, firing some thirty-five
shots. Battery Wagner responded, firing thirty
eight shots. Battery Cheeves fired five ehots at
Gregg, and ten shots were fired from Sullivan’s
island batteries at the enemy’s picket .Monitors,
tags, Ac.
There was no other news of importance.
Col. Lay returned yestorday from Port Royal,
bringing with him Surgeon W. M. Wilson of \ il
lepigue’s Florida Battery, and some eight or nine
privates, of the Ist S. C. Infantry. The addition
al Yankceofficers taken to Port Royal forexchange,
were brought back in consequence of the Yankees
not having Confederate prisoners in the depart
ment. The exchange of those mentioned above
took place on Tuesday morning.
Another Military Prison. —Wo understand
that another military prison for Yankees is to be
erected on the Central Railroad near Millen.
Notwithstanding the fact that the prison at
Andersonville bus been enlarged, it is still too
small to hold the captured Yankees. The num
ber at the present time is over thirty-three thous
and, and more are coming daily.
The prison at Andersonville measures live hun
dred and forty yards one way and two hundred
and sixty the other. The prison near Milieu is to
be four hundred and forty yards square.
We are informed that extensive fortifications
hava been erected around the prison at Andcrson
villc, on which a large number of cannon have
been mounted. The caunou arc so fixed that
they can be used either upon Yankee raiders with
out or Yankee prisoners within, as tho exigencies
of the ease demands.
Habeas Corpus Cases Before
Judge Meredith. —A. J. Camp, a re>
cently elected magistrate of Campbell
county appeared before Judge Meredith
on yesterday under writ of habeas corpus,
to prosecute bis claim for a discharge
from the C. S. Army, on the ground that
he is a State officer. When elected to
the magistracy the petitoner was a pri
vate in Hunton's brigade and though he
has the certificate of the Governor that
his discharge is neccessary to the admin
istration of justice, it is claimed that being
once in the service he is entitled to no
discharge, unless provided for by law;
and that the act known as the
emotion law only comprehends those not
hitherto in the service. Messrs. Nanse
and Williams, of this city, and John M.
Speed, of Lynchburg, appeared for the
petitioner, and Messrs. T. P. August and
James Neeson, for the Confederate States.
The argument was opened by Mr. Wil
liams, who was followed by Mr. Neeson,
and he by Mr. Speed. The argument
will be concluded to-day by the two gen
tlemen last named.
John S. Saunders, of Gooetilaud, claim
ed exemption upon two grounds—that he
is a Minister of the Gospel (being a licen
tiate in the Baptist Church/)
is a magistate, TL- • Biat “ e
case is wV* i- FT* ~ n
Tvinti**' , a llcentlat e (who, m the
t .‘ * • Jt Church, can perform all the funcs
; ;‘°ns of a regular Minister, except admin
! ! ster sacrament and the rite of baptism,)
.r, v titled to be ranked in the meaning of
the conscript act, as a Minister. The
ease was postponed until Thursday.
Richmond Enq’r.
A Parisian Holiday.— The Tuileries
which have been the theatre of many gay,
strange and terrible scenes, on the Bth
ulfe, witnessed one which would have fill
ed the heart of a philanthropist with joy.
In the vast gardens of the Palace, the
Emperor and Empress, in the name of
their son, the Imperial Prince, gave a fete
to the members of one of the societies
which are under > the patronage of the
Prince, and which bears his name. And
not only all the members of the society,
but their children were bidden to the fete
—indeed, it was more to the children than
to the papas and mamas, that the
festival was given. There were bands of]
music, and marionettes, and Punch and
Judy shows, and all other things in which
children delight; there were long rows of
stalls containing piles of cakes and fruits,
from which every one could take what he
pleased; and lemonade and orangeade,
and other drinks were hawked- about and j
freely offered to every thirsty soul. The :
members of the society are of two classes— j
the rich who finds the funds, the poor who j
profit by them; and yet they all meet on !
the footing of equality, no aristocratic
haughtiness on the one hand, no plebiau
insolence on the other. And the Emperor
and Empress moved freely in the vast as
semblage, and the Imperial Prince played
and romped with the boys and girls.
Fhom the Front. —lt'would appear that
Sherman has decided upon keeping his men
on the run from Decatur to the vicinity of
of East Point all the while. A few days ago
we heard that he was massing forces at the
former place, aud accordingly preparations
were made to prevent this threatened flank
movement. Suspecting, however, that the
road was the wrong one to travel on. the be
fogged Yankee removed his troops on Thurs
day and sent them trotting clown to our extreme
left, where the}' are at present in large force.
It a matter ol doubt whether he intends to at
tack our left and endeavor to gain possession
of the Macon & Western road or not, but if he
does try such a thing he will find himself bad
ly whipped before he knows it. We are glad
to say that everything has. byen prepared to ‘
give him a warm reception at any position he \
may choose ns a point of attack.
The troops are still in excellent spirits.—
They have perfect confidence in General Hood
and believe they are able to defeat Sherman
whenever he makes a battle.
[Macon Telegraph. 20th. j
Raids! Raids I !—Weare again cut off from
telegraph news by raids. The enemy’s cav
alry struck the Macon and Western railroad
yesterday morning, at Bear creek, two miles
below Lovejoy’s station, and by last accounts
were moving down die road, tearing it up as
taey progressed. It is said that befmc they
struck the road they destroyed a large immber
of army wagons parked at Fayetteville, but
we know nothing about the truth of this re
port. The enemy’s force was variously esti
mated at two thousand cavalry. The fact
that they have set such an enterprise on foot
at a time when Wheeler is at work
rear, shows great strength, coolness or des
peration. we don't know which.
Raiders also struck the Weldon and Peter.- -
burg railroad airatn night before last, so that
we 'tic without news from either Lee or Hood.
Macon Telegraph, *2O
The constitution adopted for Louisiana by the
recent Yankee convention sitting in New Orleans
is to be submitted to the “people” for ratification
on the first Monday of September
TELEGRAPHIC.
RB(ORTg OP TUB PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered oooordinc to act of Congress [R ‘■he year
1863, by J. 8. Thrasher, in the Clerk g •See of
the District Court of the Confederate otales far
the Northern District es Georgia.
.. ■ i
Mojdlk, Aug. 21.
A spteiui to the Register from Senatobia 21st, ■
eays the Confederates attacked Memphis a* seven ’
o’clock this morning. Heavy firing was heard ]
for three hours, and it is supposed tho city was
captured, as the Federal force fs reported small
and* unsuspecting.
The Fedora’s occupied Oxford to-day.
The operator at Jackson reports a great riot at
New Orleans, in which four hundred citizens were
killed. It arose in consequence of Canby’s at
tempt to enforce the draft. Th negro treops
were caflod in to suppress the riot, which still pro
gresses.
All quiet in Mobile.
Ralhkjh, Aug. 20th.—The Confederate of to
day has news from Petersburg and Richmond to
yesterday. The enemy reached the Weldon rail
road on Thursday morning, drove in Dearing’s
cavalry, capturing some prisoners, occupy the
railroad at Yellow Farm, four miles from Peters
burg, and burnt a mile and a half of the road.
Our infantry came up and drove them back cap
turing 200, and killed and wounded 97. In every
charge they made during tho days, tho enemy were
repulsed. The fight was expected to be renewed
on Friday evening.
The enemy lost six thousand in the battle
tie of Tuesday before Richmond : our loss one
thousand.
There is a rumor of a victory by Early hut it is
net confirmed.
The New York Herald is out for peace.
Gold 256 J.
♦ ♦ -
The Raiders. —At Inst accounts, up to Sat
urday noon, says the Macon Telegraph of the
20th, it was said that the Federals on Friday
night took possession of Jonesboro’, routing
our troops there, and on Saturday morning
they were burning the track north and south
of the town. Their force was claimed to be
ten regiments. The rumor was that they in
tended to hold the position at Jonesboro’ with
an infantry force and so compel Hood to fall
back. We venture to say they will not do it.
Troops at Milledgeville.— A large force
of infantry and artillery have arrived at Mil
ledgeville. The papers of that place think
that these with the local troops already there
will be able to defend the place against any
raiding force that may endeavor to take tha
city. *
Mexico and the Confederacy. —Letters
from London by the steamer Sidon, state that,
the Confederate Minister lo Mexico, the Hon.
Mr. Preston, of Kentucky, having failed in
his efforts to get Maximilian to recognize the j
Confederate States, has ngaiy turned up at j
Morley’s Hotel, the great headquarters of all j
secessionists, and svinpatbizers with secession I
in the British Metropolis. The talk was that i
j he would ncTct try at Madrid.
What May Bp _ til >
Sing but dis steT > h i cncm " has with noth
j - since tho_ opening of this cam
i wn'ff,;J-V rUimpu 01 * arra S ut in Mobile Bay
I w 1 , hls Papers with something to blow
over lustily. If ho should capture this eity we
j are not certain that Lineoln would not bo able to
j throw a hundred thousand men into the field on
I the strength of it. Indeed, it might prolong the
| war through another campaigh. Will not this j
! not unreason-able reflection stimulate-our people? |
Soldiers Families.
1 ho commissioners earnestly desire that all Sol- j
! fliers families in Stewart county in indigent circuin- !
i Ranees, not heretofore reported, be reported on j
Thursday the 25th inst., in order that suitable pro- j
j vision may be made for them out of the Soldiers !
1 fund.
John West, t :
T. Bkall, >Com. i
! a SI9 it E. I*. jxIBKSEY. }
Headquarters Arsiy of Tkx.v.
Office, Chief of Staff, Aug. 13, ’of.
Circular:
Officers and soldiers belonging to Regiments of
this Arniy now absent, from whatever cause, are
called upon to return at once to thoir commands. —
The commanding General promises to use his good
offices to obtain pardon for such as may be irnprop
i erly absent, where they voluntarily rejoin.
By command of
Gen. HOOD,
F. A . Siioup, Chief of Staff. 19 3t
|. Confederate States Depository.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 17, ’6l.
Deposites in New Currency will be received and
j Call Certificates issued at this Office, payable on
! demand, bearing interest at-four per cent per an
num from date.
I Deposites in Old Currency at 66 2-3 cents on the
i dollar will be received and Certificate issued payable
ion demand after ninety days fromdatein New Cur
l rency.
: Abovo Certificates are secured by the hypotheca
| lion of an amount of Bonds of the Five Hundred
I Million Loan fnon-taxable] equal to the sum of
j those loans.
' lam prepared to.sell the 6 por cent Coupon or
; Registered Bonds of the $501,000,000 loan at $135
for the new currency or the o'd at 66 2-3 cents on
the dollar.
The principal aud interest of this Loan are free
from Taxation and the Coupons receivable in pay
ment for all Import and Export Duties. These
Bonds are the best securities yet offered by the Gov
ernment, and I recommend them to the favorable
notice of the public.
* W. 11. YOUNG,
augl 1m Depositary.
Notice.
Headquarters Post, /
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 14,1864. (
General Orders,)
No. 5. )
i. All officers or soldiers remaining in 'Columbus
over six [6] hours will require a pass from these
Headquarters.
11/All persons between the ages of sixteen [l6]
and fifty-live [So] yean-, visiting Columbus, [officers
of the Navy and Army stationed at this Post excep
ted,] will, in future, be required to procure a pass
from the Commandant Po=r. No other document
than the pass specified wih be regarded by the offi
cer- charged with the examination of papers.
By o der
GEO. 0. DAWSON,
Major Coind’g Po^t.
agio ,t
$5,000 REWARD!
ril E above reward will be pui 1 for the arrest and
production before the Coroner’s C< urt, Talla
poosa eouuty, Ala., of one WM, A. PAULK, who
murdered my husband, Benjamin Gibson, on Mon
day night, Ist of August.
Said Paulk is a resident of Macon county, near
Union Springs, agod about 35 years, about 5 feet $
inches in heighth, stout built, fair complexion, da ek
hair and blue eyes, Believed t- be a deserter from
the 2d Ain. cavalry. JULIA A. GIBSON,
Near Tallassee, T -havousa no.. Ada.
ngß ltn
UN and after the Ist July, my ouu o and dwell!
ing will be on Broad st . at the residence of the
late Mfs, LV.irrs,
July: ts W. J. MURRELL, M. P
SI,OOO Reward.
VETOES S from my head|uarters near Atlanta. Ga .
O my Mare, bright bay, bald face, black mm c aud
tat! and blank legs, with the exception of two small
white spots-on the ingide of each hind foot, carries a
high head and altogether is a very gay loom eg an
r i® *l under the s,» die. I will pay $560 lor her de
livery to tuo at b - place or to May. •>« ■ Uhea*-
h tn. Arm* «•' r.. .nessee, or for information sn tnaL
I eao ge id 0 for the detection cf the
thud ° T ‘ B. J. BUTLER.
r.c-19 lw Waj. nnd C. S.
CITY MATTKKS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR
Attention Dawson Artillery.
Tho members of this company aro summoned u
4 ocfock n fr ° nt oflTey3 stable * afteraoSf Jt
Every man is expected to attend promptly
_ By order of
Capt. B. Baker
„ . „ IL B. McKay Ist Serg’t
Sun copy in Noon paper. •
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances of Mai. James
Wright of Oswichee Alabama, are invited to attend
his funeral from the Mobile and Girard railroad this
Monday morning at 10 oclock.
Pnrsoxal.—We were pleased to see in Colum
bus on Saturday, Col. Willis Holt of the 20th fc*.
Rcgt., Col. Bolling Holt of the 35th Ga, (son es
Hon. Hines Holt,) and Col. Hutchins, brother es
our late lamented townsman, Win. N. Hutchins
all good and patriotic officers who have done val
lient service in the cause of the Confederacy.
Capt. Chapman’s Company. —This company
(the Georgia Defenders) have been on duty guard
ing the bridges on tho Muscogee railroad during
the last two weeks. We learn from members whe
have returned home on furlough, that the boys
have been having a most agreeable time in the
discharge of this duty. Their lines have fallen
in pleasant places, as they are surrounded by such
neighbors as Col. J A. L. Lee, Geo. Jones and others,
who have poured into their laps a profusion of
good things, rendering their stay most delightful.
The members desire us to return their sincere
thanks to thesogentlemen for their whole-souled
conduct; and to express the wish that their premi
ses may never be polluted by the vandal tread of
the oppressor. Soldiering has emphatically been
ma&e easy to the Defenders, and wo trust it may
never be their misfortune to fare worse.
Rain. —We have been blessed with fine show
ers since our last. The excessive heat of last
week.rendered them most agreeable visitors.
An Old Citizen Gone. —We have been pained
to learn tho death of Maj. John E. Davis, an old
and much esteemed resident of Columbus. He
has been long identified with her interest. At
tho time of his death he occupied the position of
Paymaster at this post. The community has loft
a valued citizen and the service an efficient
officer. •
(communicated.)
Mr. Editor : —Friday evening last was the
occasion of a general review by Maj. Dawson,
of this Post, of the forces for city defence. It
had been stated that a flag would be presented
to the Artillery Company.
Between the hours of five and six, one com
pany after another fell into line. A review
of our fine cavalry, and infantry companies,
as well as the heavier guns, and presentation
of the flag had brought many citizens, and
transoient visitors to the field to witness ths
imposing scene. In every company it was a
grand sight to see citizens of every
condition, and father and- ,»nlc and
tho ranks, re-*" _ oo n aide by side in
1 —/ ior home defence, and if need
{ 10 len?1 a helping hand to neighboring
j towns and cities. From unavoidable delays
1 tlif ’ “I'tiliery Company could not join the re
! view until a late hour; moved up
j jn handsome style, and were thrown into pos
| ~IOD - Soon Major Dawson with staff, and
| officers, rode up in front of the artil
j lery column and dismounting with flag in
i hand unfurled its beautiful folds to the breeze,
: in one of the most graceful little speeobes to
which I have ever listened. It was just what
it. should have been—chaste, elegant and ex
pressing great confidence that the company
will never dishonor tho ensign of liberty.—
Amid the enthusiasm of the Battalion Maj
D. concluded his remarks and Captain Baker
received the flag ; who now in his turn pledged
his honor, -and that of his company, that the
flag should never be folded in shame, or dis
honored, as long ns a man was left to stand
by it. Captain Baker’s beautiful reception
speech was brief as the late hour required
but full of pathos and patriotism.
The review and presentation had gratified
all, and the miniature army moved from the
south common back to the city—every man
feeling determined to do his duty, whether as
cavalry,- infantry or artillery.
C. li. J.
] AUCTION SALES
By JLIIis, Livingston & Cos.
I 23d August, at lOo’clock, we win
V/ sell m front of our store,
I Barrels Extra Corn Whiskey !
30 Reams Letter Paper •
60 Pair Ladies Shoes;
1 Fine Cold Chronometer Watch ;
Lot Furniture, Crockery, &c.;
Lot Desirable Hardware and Iron;
——•ALSO,— - "
Several Likely Negroet!
Avery fine young Mare ;
* 1 Side Saddle. (
ag2i 2t -J>l2
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
« n*\Gt: or scdedixe,
Girard, Ala., Aug. 22,1864.
AN and after this date Trains on this Road w'M
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows/
Passenger Train-
Leave Girard at a ,v, „
Arrive in Union Springs . ’..’... ’7 30 1
Leave Union Springs 5 35 „
Arrive in Girard at.. "ZZZIO 00 ‘ }
Freight Train.
Arrive m Girard at.. 6 qq Jk ™
B. K- WELLS.
1 Lng. A Sup’t.
estrae ’irEST
TAKEN un by the subscriber a Crkam Color*.
1 Horsk Mule, about 10 years old; 1414 hand*
high, with black stripe across the shoulders.'
IT- 111 ca aiM * Prove property, pay char
ges aud take him away. J
-Mil? 1 R- F. HARRIS.
EOIAD!
A MEMORANDUM BOOK containing the De
i scnphve List and Furlough of Private T. J.
Vance, Cos. A, Mth Ala. Regiment, Vols., Sfott’s
Lrigade, which the owner can have by calling at rh»
Enrolling Offic *. ( olumbur, Ga
WM.aiW.VIS,
agldot Capt. and L’nr’g Off.
sri;iiLi\<; exchaSre!
A FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
A for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
agl6 ts . BANK OF COLUMBUS.
A UOIINE H AATED.
q»0 Rent from October next, a house, or part of *
I house, for the use of a family.
Address - ‘SIG MA,"
agotf At this Office.
I o Planter* and Ottirr* !
f \\TLL EXCHANGE 0.-naburgs. Sheetiug and
* Tarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. 1
will be found ai Robinett & CVs old stand where l
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale
L. 8. WRIGHT.
june 2 ts
