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Headquarters Conscript Service, 1
Augusta, Ga., August Ist, 1864, /
General Orders!
No. 44. ;
I. The attention of Enrolling Officers is directed
to 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 are strictly en
titled to exemption under third paragraph, and the
first clause of the fourth paragraph of the tenth
Section of Act of Congress, entitled an "‘Act to
organize Forces to serve during the War.”
11. Enrolling Officers will observe that they are
l'laced under, and subject to the order* of the Gen
eral Commanding Reserves, so far as this class of
Conscripts is concerned, with the exceptions above
stated, and are enjoined to give all his orders and
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
(or the non-performance of their more appropriate
duties as Enrolling Officers.
<ll. Their attention is further called to General
Orders No. 13, “Headquarters Georgia Reserve,”
and strict compliance with its provisions directed.
District Enrolling Officers will immediately m. kc
out and forward to these Headquarters a full and
accurate report as required by second paragraph of
said, order.
WM. M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Commd’t.
Conrk derate States of America, i
War Department,
Bureau of Conscription, f
Richmond, Va., June 30, ’64. ‘
Circular, .
No. 25. •
Commandants of Conscripts will forthwith com
municate to Enrolling Officers those 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 the organization of
the companies, and the transmission of the rolls to
the. General’s commanding of tho Reserves and then
only under instructions from said Generals com
manding.
By a dec sion of the Secretary of War the juris
diction of the Conscript authorities over the classes
of Reserves extends simply and exclusively to
grunting exemptions prescribed by the Act of Con
gress, entitled an act to organize Forces to serve
during the War.
These exemptions are provided for in the 10th
motion of said act, but these shall be excluded from
these exemptions thus authorized to be granted in
the Reserve classes all contained in the last clause
of the Ith Paragraph of said section from the
words “In addition to the foregoing exemp
tions to the conclusion of said 4th Paragraph.
Except as herein specified in all matters per
taining to the Reserve classes, Enrolling Officers
by order of tho Secretary of War, are to obey
the orders of General commanding Reserves, but
no Enrolling Officer under any plea will bo held
to be excused from the full performance of his reg
ular duties prescribed by and under the orders of
this Bureau, and no assertion that duties under or
ders of the General commanding Reserves have
prevented the duo performance of other duties will
be accepted by this Bureau.
Tho Secretary of War has directed that all de
tails heretofore granted inconsistent with these in
fractions, will be promptly revoked and the men
placed on the company rolls.
Paragraph XIV of Circular No. 8, Bureau of Con
-eription, current series, is hereby revoked.
By command of
Brig, Gen. JOHN S. PRESTON, Sup’t.
i Signed,]
C. B. Duffield, A. A.G.
aug!2 5t
diaeigc of Schedule.
1 )('■ eiok Engineer and Superintendent, )
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7,18(54.)
: iN THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further
v" notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
boas follow, viz:
Leave Charleston w 9.45, a. in.
Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah 5.80, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p.% m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
nd south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
11. S. HAINES.
.lime 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Change of Schedule.
j kN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
’ ‘ the >'useogeo Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive :tt Macon ; 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon 8 10 P. M,
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. &.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M,
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W.L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R. R.
COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT!
On and after the 30th inst., the Passenger Train
<*n the Montgomery A West Point R. 11. will
Leave Columbus.,.. 2 40 p. m.
Arrive at AVcst Point .....8 00
Leave W4el Point 3 50
Arrive at Columbus... 9 10
Freight Train will Leave Columbus...s 50 a. m.
Arrive at Columbus 12 23
J. E. APPLER,
_July 23 ts ; Agent.
STOLEN!
j’llE OWNER of a BLIND HORSE stolen by
l a desorter* can hear of him by applying at the
Enrolling Office. WM. L. DA\ IS.
agll lw Capt. A En. Off.
Kiwnv v:
VfEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25years old, ycl
il low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee, Ala. He originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
information sent to me at this office.
JAMES M. RUSSELL.
Co’.umLu’s Gil., aug 1 tf*
REMOVAL!
» U A.VE removed my Office to a room over Gun
-1 by s Stove, where I will be pleased to wait on
Patients requiring Medioal or Surgical treatment.
aglSlm* , T. J. WORD, M.l).
S3O Reward.
1 W ILL pay the above reward for 808, a black
* boy, about 21 years old. He has been out three :
or four weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about 1
the city. JNO. 11. SASS.
iy 4 ts
TO HIRE! *
FOh the balance of the year fifteen able-bodied
Negro Men and seventeen Negro Women.
Apply soon to R. M. GI N BY, Ag’t,
jol 28 ts
Notice to Debtors and Cred
itors.
i T,T persons indebted to the estate of Ne&born
\ Jones, deceased, are required to make linme
iu payment, and those having claims against said
estate^arerreq uired to render them in terms of the
law to the BENNING, Adm’r.
By MARY H BENNING. Agent.
ju!2B vrOt _
Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’
tools.
'PHE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
-*■ manufacture of the above named articles in tnu
city, are prepared to fill orders for the same.
Office on Angle street, a few doors above <• ' ■
Hospital. HARRISON, BEDELL & €O.
Reference— Maj. F. W. Dillard.
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con
stitutionalist, please copy one month and send bills
te this office,
mar 30 ts
Vol. XL
J. W. WARREV & CO. Proprietors j. w . WARREN, Editor
NEW GOODS!! NEW GOODS!I!
.A.T
Mrs. DESSAU’S.
FROM THE LATE BLOCKADE SALE AT
A/ugusta, Ga.
The goods arc all superior to what is
offered elsewhere, and will be sold lower
than lately. In the assortment can be
found :
Ladies’ lVew Hat*,
New Oonnet Ribbons,
New Belts,
Bobiuet Musquito Netting,
Tucking and Dressing Combs,
Cadies’ Hoscit ,
Three y’ds wide Linen Sheeting,
Superior Bleached Shirting,
Printed Jackonets,
Ginghams,
English and French Calicoes,
Bombazine, Alpacas,
Elegant Ceroes.
O.A LL -A-IISriD SIEIE3.
je 21 ts
W. 11. TI TT,
WHOLESALE DRUGGIST
316, Broad Street,
Augusta, Ga.
HAS FOR SALE AT LOW PRICES!
1,000 lbs. CASTILE SOAP. - - .
200 kegs B. C. Soda
500 ounces Quinine
200 “ Morphine
100 lbs lodide Potash
25 lbs Oil Anise
1 case Madras Indigo
100 dozen Brown Windsor Soap
3 cases Coleman’s Mustard
125 dozen Mason’s Blacking
100 gross Lilly White
1 case Cantharides,
2 cases Gum Camphor
20 bags Pepper
1 case Powdered Ipecac
-20 bbls. Eng. Copperas
10 cases Eng. Fig Blue
50 ounces Lunar Caustic
50 lbs Po. Rhubarb, in 2 p bottles
100 lbs Eng. Chlomel, 1 lb bottles
150 lbs Eng. Blue Mass
25 bbls Epsom Salts
25 cases Scotch Snuff.
agl3 3t
BROWN’S FLY SHUTTLE LOOM,
(Will Weave 30 Yards per Day.)
Ostrei. Bacls.s 7
SPINNING-WHEELS and CORN-SHELLERS!
Manufactured by A. D. BROWN A CO.
received by M. P, Eleis A Co.'&Si
agl3 lm*
CS-XXalkSI <310.33 cte Oo«,
146, Broad 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.r-
Salt, Sugar, Sheeting and Osnaburgs
TO
EXCHANGE FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE!
—ALSO,—
A Genuine Article of APPLE VINEGAR for sale.
agl2 lw*
FOR. SALE
-OR
EXCHANGE FORCOUNTRY PRODUCE
-AT
-114, Broad. Street.
Coffee, Sugar,
Soda, Black Pepper,
Syrup, Potash,
Cotton Cards,
Tin-Ware, Snuff,
Salt, Sugar,
Tumblers, Candles,
GEORGIA REBEL SNFFU
Pickles, Flysßrushes,
Eggs, Butter,
Salt Fish,
Cigars,
Toilet-Soap,
Soft-Soap,
Bar-Soap,
(hewing and Smoking Tobacco.
nug 2 ts *
FOR SALE
Or Exchange for Country Produce.
BES 2 COTTON CARDS:
SPINNING WHEELS .
CLOCK REELS.
agio 2w JEFFERSON A HAMILTON.
IRON WIRE.
2,000 lbs. 8 anti 10 Iron Wire!
For sale by
agio 2 \v JEFFERSON A HAMILTON.
1,000 Pounds Choice Brown Sugar.
TO EXCHANGE FOR
\V IIEAT, Flour. Corn or Meal.
V> At 114, BROAD ST.
agO dst wit Columbus, Ga.
THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent,
(At Mulford’s old Stand,)
nsro. 101, :b:ro.a.:d st.
Htsmssuf. imaifliNi.!
Sheetings, Shirtings.
Twills, Yarns, L.lns*eys.
Lnsruaray Coffee,
Tobacco, Rice.
Xalls of all sizes,
mam **■’■•%>**■ ‘
Notice!
Office Chief Ixsr’R Field Titaxsf’x,
2d Dist., Ma on, Aug. S, ’64.
All persons are warned against purchasing cap
tured or branded animals from soldiers, as all such
animals will be seized by my officers and agents
wherever found. NORMAN W . SMI 111,
a gl3 5t Major and Chief Inspector.
GEORGIA— Muscogee County.
WHEREAS, Jfrs. Mary V. Davis, adm’x of Dr.
W George S. Davis, dec and has filed her petition -or
leave to sell a negro woman by the name ot..'lana,
about 25 years ot age and her torn- children.
\ll persons concerned are hereby notified .0 .-how
can-e (if anv they have) why an order should not
be -ranted at the next September Term of the Court
of Ordinary for said county, authorizing t.ie sale
sa Given under my hand,
j? 4 2m * 6rdi * ary '
Columbus, Ga Tuesday Morning, August 23,1864.
„ Headquarters Army of Tenn.
Office, Chief of Staff, Aug. 13, ’64.
Circular:
Officers and soldiers belonging to Regiments of
this Army now absent, from whatever cause, are
ealled upon to returp at once to their commands.—
The 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
Confederate States Depository.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 17, ’64.
Deposites in New 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 OM Currency at 662-3 cents on the
dollar will be received and Certificate issued payable
on demand after-ninety days from date in New Cur
rency.
Above Certificates are secured by the hypotheca
tion of an amount of Bonds of the Five Hundred
Million Loan [non-taxable] equal to the sum of
these loans.
I am prepared to sell the 6 per cent Coupon or
Registered Bonds-of the $501,000,000 lo.an at $135
for tho new currency or the old at 66 2-3 cents on
the dollar.
The principal and interest of this Jioan 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. H. YOUNG,
augl lm Depositary.
notice.
Headquarters Post, /
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 14, 1864. S
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-five £ss] years, 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 Post. No other document
than the pass specified will be regarded by the offi
cers charged with the examination of papers.
By order
GEO. 0. DAWSON,
Major Comd’g Post.
agls Tt
X NEW-BOOKS
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COLUMBIA, S. C.
THE SPIRIT OF MILITARY" INSTITUTIONS;
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IXFAXTRI JL'ACTICS,
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Andrew ’s Light Artillery Drill
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Any of these books will be sent free of postage on
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discount,
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THE ATLANTA
MUttßEmiW
The undersigned proprietor of the ATLANTA
Daily and Weekly Intelligencer,
announces to the public that he has made arrange
ments for the publication of these Journals in this
city (Afaeon) and that in a few days subscribers to
the same will be furnished as usual with their pa
pers :
Correspondents, advertisers and all persons hav
ing business with the
XnsrTTE!II J T_ I ZC3-EISrO ER
will pleasse address their communications to
The Intelligencer Oflice,
Macon, Georgia.
All JOB and GOVERNMENT WORK
will be resumed at an early day.
JARED I. WHITAKER,
Proprietor.
jul27 It
mtlSißufli
FOR SALE!
LITE have for sale 49 reams of Letter Paper, and
rY 2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at Wholesale
or Retail. Paper, SSO per Ream: Blank Books, $l5O
retail, 75 cts. wholesale. Apply at
agfftf : THIS OFFICE.
STOLE*,
IpROM my house, last night, two Cheeks on the
Agency of the Union Bank, in this city, drawn
by J. M. Mulden, Jr., Lt. Ac.: one No. 185, for SB4O,
and the other No. 186, for SI2OO. All persons are
warned pgainst trading for said checks, as payment
has been stopped and Duplicates applied for.
agl9 2t* T. KNOW LES.
STRAIT TITLE.
T LOST from my office, on Thursday, a small po-
I ney built brown mare Mule, eight or nine*years
old; in good order; no marks recollected, except a
collar mark on the point of her shoulder. A reason
able reward will be paid for her.
ag2o3t* WILE\ WILLIAMS.
85.000 REWARD!
’THE above reward will be pail for the arrest and
L production before the Coroner's C- urt.
poosa county, Ala., of one WM. A. PA I LK, who
murdered my husband, Benjamin Gib- m, on Mon
day night, Ist >t August.
Said Paulk is a resident of Macon county, near
Union Springs, aged about 55 years, about 5 feet 9
inches inheighth, stout built, fair complexion, dark
hair and blue eyes. Believed to be a deserter from
the 2d Ala. cavalry. JULIA A. GIBSON,
Near Tallassce, Tallapoosa eo., Ala.
agS lm
581,000 Reward.
OTOLEN from my headquarters near Atlanta. Ga.,
0 my Mare, bright bay, bald face, black mane and
tail and black legs, with the exception of two small
white spots bn the inside : each hind carries a
high head and altogether is a very scy looking an
imal under the saddle. I will pay >: - for her de
livery to me at this place or to Maj. Geri. Cheat
ham, Army of Tennessee. >f (■: information so that
I can gdt her. And for the detection <1 the
thief that stole her.
B. J. BUTLER.
agl? Iw M aj. and C. S.
Holiday Evening.
FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE
The Steamer Indian will leave for Chattahoochee
Tuesday morning at 8 o’clock.
*♦ ♦ ♦
Thf. Raid on thf. M. & Rrii. Rqad.—From
passengers down from Griffin, we get some further
particulars (says the Macon Confederate of the 21st)
in regard to the raid on the Macon & Western
Railroad. It first appeared at Bear Creek, ten
miles the other side of Griffin and immediately com
menced destroying the road.
At last accounts the Yankees had been attacked
by Jackson’s cavalry and a fight was progressing,
but none of the particulars were known.
The force is estimated at from twelve hundred to
three thousand, the highest number not credited
by hardly any one.
We expect this whole raid to be in Vamp Ogle
thorpe in a few days with Gen. Marcus J. Wright as
Commander-in-Chief.
A vessel in the port of New York has the yel
low fever on board, and great fears are entertained
by the people that it will spread. It can hardly
prove as fatal to the Yankees as the “black” fever
which has been raging in the North for years.
The people of New .York are dreading a Con
federate raid, on Buffalo from Canada. Dix says
he is aware of the plot, but has no means to defeat
it, and the Mayor of Buffalo has protested against
the removal of the 74th legiment from that city.
[From the Richmond Whig, 10th.]
The News.
OPERATIONS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE JAMES.
Either by way of a feint, (and if so, a bold
one,) or to escape the bloody shambles of
Prince George and Diuwiddie, the Yankees, in
heavy .force, have crossed the James, and are
now operating with it show ofenergy on the
north side. For four days past we have had
the usual strategic parryings which pretend
something more than mere skirmishing.
Hence *we are of the opinion that as the Yan
kees show an evident disposition to advance,
and we have no idea of permitting them to do
so, that many days cannot possibly elapse be
fore we hear of an important battle. We have
already given the results of the skirmishing
up. to yesterday as fully as the vague and un
satisfactory rumors which have reached us
through couriers, would allow, and we had
hoped, only to be disappointed, that before
this the War Department would have been
able to furnish us, for the benefit of our read
ers, something official concerning the opera
tions in that now interesting quarter.
•'Of the skirmishing yesterday, we learned
that in the morning the Yankees advanced on
the Charles City road as far as Whitens Tav
ern, with the intention of flanking Chaffin’s.
Here they were promptly met by our forces,
and a lively skirmish enSned, resulting in the
repulse of the Yankees, who were driven back,
we are informed, about two miles.
During the skirmishing a portion of our in
fantry, we learn, were in danger of being out
flanked by the Yankee infantry, when General
Chambliss, with his brigade, was ordered to
their relief. Gallantly leading his men, this
officer obeyed the order, and while the Yankees
were driven back, he, it is presumed, advanced
too far, and if not killed was wounded and is
now a prisoner in the hands of the Yankees.
Gen. Chambliss was formerly Colonel of the
13th Virginia Cavalry. .He is the son of the
Hon. John R. Chambliss, of Greenville, Va.,
who preceded Mr. Whitfield as member of the
Confederate Congress Lorn the Norfolk dis
trict. We have heard him often spoken of as
a brave and accomplished officer.
White’s Tavern, the principal point at
which the fighting took place yesterday, is on
the Charles City road, about seven miles from
Richmond and about six miles north-east of
Chaffin’s Bluff. The Darbvtown road is be
tween the river and the Charles City road,
with which it is nearly parallel. Both term
inate in what is, known as the Long Bridge
road.
An official dispatch, received last night,
States that the enemy, yesterday, made a de
termined attack on our line between the
Darbvtown and Charles City Road, and at
one time broke through, but he was repulsed
and our original positions reoccupied.
FROM PETERSBURG.
Deserters state that Grant has now only one
full corps iu front of Petersburg. Within the
past two days he has withdrawn his line of
battle several hundred yards back from our
centre. His pickets now occupy his front
line of breastworks. The Express predicts
that ague and billions fever will soon de
cimate the Yankee army..
WHISKY RATIONS TO THE YANKEES IN FRONT OF
PS rfJRSBUUO.
. The Baltimore American of the,l3th con
vinces us that the Yankees in front of Peters
burg are reaping the full benefit ot the mala
ria of the James and Appomattox, ft says,
despondingly:
‘•As a sanitary measure, and to counteract
the effects of the malaria on the troops serv
ing in the Department of the South during
the warm months, the Medical Department
has directed that whisky, with quinine, in
prophylactic doses, shall be issued to the men.
particularly those on duty in districts espe
cially malarious, or on excessive fatigue duty,
only on the recommendation of the senior
medical officer of the district in which ser
vice is performed. The distribution of whisky
to the men performing only ordinary fatigue
duty has been discontinued.
Ulysses has determined, we learn, to draw
his full rations of the prescribed anti-bilious,
anti-ague and fever remedies, but. upon the
advice of his surgeon, will drink the whisky
himself and give the fpiinine to Cufly, his
colored orderlv.
[Correspondence New York Tribune.}
Harper’s Ferry, August lotb, # 18G4.
The Shenandoah Valley is again the scene
of active offensive operations This time on
such scales as gives promise of thorough
work. A large force, both of cavalry and in
fantry, commanded by General Sheridan, are
this A. M. en route for Berryville and Win
chester. It is useless to speculate on what
will soon be a matter of certainty, but the
present position and. strength of the enemy
gives no assurance that we cannot advance
far without precipitating a battle. Yes, a
great battle may have been fought at Win
chester before this reaches you. But not to
speculate oa possibilities, the forces engaged
in this present movement, are such, hat Ihe
corning campaign in the Shenandoah Ynlley.
will exceed, in magnitude and importance,
aav o; the many which have hitherto been
made. It is even stated with some confidence
that Genera! Lee is himself at present in Win
Chester having left the fortifications of Pe
tersburg and Richmond under the command
of General Beauregard. LoDgstreet is also
said to be in, the Valley in front of us. Time,
or a battle, will alone develop the real strength
of the enemy, for reports are so conßictino'.
and trustworthy information ;o .card to ob
tain n a section where spies and scouts are
otten ... .cog is with the coemi. and the 11a
gi-j? no information, except that which
if followed would lead to mischief.' But
whatever their cumbers, there is strength
$4.00 Per Month
enough opposed to them this time to make
short work of this troublesome Valley of Vir
ginia—this Valley of humiliation.
Cavalry are leading the advance, shelling
the woods as they go. We shall hear more
soon.
THS PSTERRSBCRG COURT OF ENQUIRY.
FrcA persons arriving from City Point wc
learn that the Court of Enquiry, of which
General Hancock is President, appointed to
investigate the tacts and circumstances at
tending the recent unsuccessful assault on
the enemy's position in front of Petersburg,
convened at the headquarters of the Second
corps on Monday. Major General Meade,
commanding the Army of the Potomac, being
the first witness called, gave his testimony,
presenting the preliminary correspondence
between himself and the Lieutenant General,
and all the orders issued from the headquar
ters of the army, concerning the assault.
The documentary evidence was accompanied
by verbal explanations, and all designed to
show, that, in so far as making arrangements
foi carrying out the view’s of the Lieutenant
General anticipating the obatacles to be en
countered and giving instructions how to over
come them, together with promulgating all
orders necessary to insure the entire success
of the undertaking are concerned,Jie, as Ma
jor General commanding the army, did all
that could be done by him, and that he can
not be held responsible for its unhappy termi
nation.
The court again convened the next day. A
considerable portion of the session was devo
ted to the reading and arranging the volumi
nous documentary evidence and verbal testi
mony presented on the previous day. Touch
ing a question which arose as to whether the
investigation should extend to matters which
transpired after two P. M., July 30th, when
our troops were withdrawn irom the crater
in the demolished fort, the court decided that
in the order of the President, they were in
structed to inquire into all the facts and cir
cumstances attending the unsuccessful assault
on the enemy’s position on the 30tb.
FROM THE WEST.
A dispatch from Memphis, of the 9th, says :
“General Smith’s expedition is well out.
Its destination is unknown. Major General
Slocum has been relieved at Vicksburg, and
ordered to report to General Sherman. Tho
report from the Gulf Deparment is that all is
quiet there on the White river. The rebels
in the Trans-Mississippi Department are try
ing to cross the Mississippi. General Dick
Taylor is at Meridian, and commands in place
of General S. D. Lee, w’ho is now at Atlanta.
T3*e Latest from liie North.
Baltimore papers of the 13th were received
last night. They furnish the following items
of news:
Heavy tiring was heard on Thursday last iu
the direction of Winchester, ft is questiona
ble whether Early will wait and give battle to
the superior forces now arrayed against him.
Much more probable is the announcement,
made yesterday, that he was retiring up the
Valley, followed by a portion of Sheridan’s
cavalry, and that there had been skirmishes
with the rear guard.
A telegram from New York, dated last even
ing, the 12th, reports the capture and destruc
tion of seven vessels, some sixty miles south
east of Sandy Hook, by th# new Confederate
steamer Tallahassee.
Passengers by the Evening Star, which
reached New York from New Orleans vester
day, report that the Confederates were in
strong forge outside of Algiers, within six or
seven miles of New Orleans, and that they
were fortifying their position with the inten
tion of making it a base of operations.
In Kentucky the guerrillas continue to be
particularly active. The town of Brandens
burg was entered by about twenty guerrillas
s csteiday, and at last advices fighting was
going on there. On Wednesday last a force
of Confederates dashed into the town of Hick
man, burned all the cotton and tobacco that
was stored there, and committed other depre
dations.
Government officials deny the correctness
of the reported difficulties in the Cabinet.—
Mr. Stanton has said that it required much
solicitation to induce him to accept his office
in the first place, and he will not voluntarily
relinquish the place.
1 he Se v enty second Pennsylvania regiment,
(Baxter s Fire Zouaves] passed through the
city today, en route for home, its term of
service having expired. This regiment was
originally one thousand five hundred strong,
and returns home with but one hundred and
eighty muskets.
A petition is circulating in Ohio and other
States requesting Lincoln to defer the draft
for half a million more men until an attempt
h.as been made by negotiation to secure peace,
based on the Constitution and Union.
The Herald of Friday last commences its
leading editorial with the remark :
Considering the desperate straits to which
the rebellion is now reduced, we think the
time has arrived when the Administration, in
behalu of peace and re-union, may advanta
geously open the door to an armistice and a
convention ot all the States.
The contusion of the article is as follows :
President Lincoln, therefore, in our opinion,
will establish a claim to great sagacity and wis
dom as a statesman and politician, in taking the
initiative in behalf of peace Ly dispatching three
commissioners to Richmond with the overtures
su go es i ec h If they fail, this turbulent and demor
alizing 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
Confederacy.
The Indian Troubles.
A telegram from Omaha City, 10th inst., says that
hostile bands of marauding Indians infest the whole
line from Fort Kearney to South Pass, a distance
of five hundred miles, and daily commit new out
rages, making forays on stock and burning trains.—
A great number of travellers are now stopping at
Fc rt Kearney for protection, and are waiting for
arms. The Indians, in bands of ten to one hundred,
move with celerity, and, possessing a thorough
knowledge of the country, elude pursuit.
The following is the address or Gov. Saunders to
the citizens of Nebraska:
r The news from our Western border is alarming.
Numerous trains of emigrants and freight have been
attacked and the owners killed, wagons destroyed,
and stock run off. No les3 than four different points
on the route between our Territory and Denver,
were attacked in one day. Tne Indians are now
known to be infesting these roads for the distance of
several hundred miles.
All the available Government troops have been
sent forward. Wc need men in order to punish
these savages, and to give security to our settlers.—
In order to meet the want, I have thought proper
to call the able bodied m'.lit a of the Territory to
organize a few companies of mioute men—men who
can and will, i, necessary, move at a moment’s warn
ing to the scene.- ot these depredations, and assist
in punishing ;he murderers and robbers, or driving
them from 1 he country.
I make this«.ppeal to our people, confident that
it will be responded to promptly and with willing
ness on their part. The Adjutant General has to
day issued a special order from these headquarters,
giving particulars in regard to the manner of or
ganizing and reporting these companies.
A i.vrv Batvnyes.
Gov. and Commander in
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1 \Y> N.rr tioui the Milledgeville Union that
;t consider* b:e force of infantry and artillery
1 arrived there on v "day night, wuich. with
the local force, the Ton thinks, is sufficient
1 to meet any raid tu *• sent against us
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS Or THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Lotered according to act of Congress in tho ye.ir
1,63. by J. S Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the Distrust C urt of the Confederate States hr
tho Northern L.strict of Georgia.
Ailanta, Aug. 22.—Heavy artillery firing
on our centre last night. This morning the
a oatteries in front oftheeitv opened a
heavy fire which exceeded anything yet wit
nessed. A 44-pounder Sawyer shell exploded
in a house on Peters street, killing Capt. Gar
rison of the 14th Texas cavalry and two chii
dren and wounding several ladies. No further
damage done.
Kilpatrick instead of gdng alter Wheeler i
was supposed, turned towards the Atlanta A West
Point Railroad, which they struck at Fairburr..
and cut the Railroad dnd Telegraph and have gore
in the direction of tho Macon Road. It is sup
posed thence to Andorsonville, for the purpose :
releasing the prisoners. Force estimated at from
2500 to 3000.
Reports from the rear of the enemy are to the
effect that Wheeler has burned the bridges at ot
°wah, Rasaca and Dalton and blown up the Tun
nel. The enemy here are undoubtedly on lr-F
ratious.
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A Duel Between the Editor of
the Examiner and the Treasurer
or the Confederate States. The
chivalry, as well as non-combatants, for the
first time for many a day, weje thrown in**
to an excitement this morning by a Yumor
that a hostile meeting had taken place bes
tween John M. Daniel, Esq., of the Rich
mond Examiner, and E. C. Elmore, Con«
federate States Treasurer. The current
report is that the meeting took place at
51 o’clock this morning on Dill’s farm,
two miles North of the city.
Mr. 11. Rives Pollard, of the Examiner,
acted as the friend of Mr. Daniel, and
Lieut. Thomas Taylor, of S. C., the friend
of Mr. Elmore. The weapons used, it is
said, were the ordinary smooth bore dueL
ing pistol; the distance ten paces. Only
two shots were exchanged, Mr. Daniel
being wounded at the second fire in the
fleshy part of the right leg, a few inche>
above the ankle. His wound, though not
dangerous, is said to be very painful.
The affair grew out of a paragraph
which appeared in the local column of the
Examiner on the Ist inst., headed “Al
leged Defalcation in the Treasury Depart
ment —Astonishing Developments.”
The paragraph announced that the ars
rest of Detective F. W. Boyd, on the
charge of attempting to bribe Detective
R. B. Craddock “into silence in respect
to certain facts concerning a high official”
of the Treasury Department, had resulted
in bringing to its development “a defaL
cation in the Treasury, said to be of a very
large amount.” Craddock reported to
higher authority, and was instructed to
ask SIO,OOO for the suppression of the
fact, that he had seen the “high official
playing Government funds away at faro,
and the gamblers ‘beating him’ out of ini'*
mense sums.”
It is stated on the street that Mr. EL
more addressed a note to Mr. Daniel, rep
resenting that public rumor unjustly
pointed to him as the “high official” allu->
ded to, and requesting the insertion of a
paragraph in the Examiner disclaiming
any allusion to the Treasurer. Mr. Dan*,
iel, report says, declined to insert the diss
claimcr, and further correspondence re
sulted in a challenge from Mr. Elmore,
which was accepted, —Richmond Win]/.
liitei’estin&t from Pails.
A letter from Paris, of recent date, says :
• The accounts of the crops from all parts of the
country are highly favorable, and represent our
“corn, wine and oil” as only requiring sunny in
fluences to bring them to perfection. The grain
crops have already been got in in satisfactory
condition. The wheat promised an abundant
yield on the wide plains of the Beauce and other
granaries of France. The vineyards of Langue
doc,of the Bordelais district, as also of Burgundy
and Champaign, are announced as promising to
equal the famous year 1858 in produce and quali
ty. The Rhone district has been slightly injured
by heavy rains and late frosts, and will this year
be less prolific. But everywhere the ordiumj or
grape disease, has either disappeared or shows it
self so slightly as to be easily mastered.
This is a great time on public work *
in Paris, and the extent of building operations in
progress is quite remarkable. Miles of new street
and boulevards and avenues, are stretching them
selves out in every direction, and the hot atmos
phere is made yet more suffocating by the dust of
excavations and demonitions. The municipality
of Paris now disposes of revenues amounting to
more.than one hundred and twenty five millions of
francs fper annum, and seems disposed at thi.-
moment to strain its immense resources to the ut
most. Whole quarters of the town are being
changed until they can no longer be recognized
the old warm and squalid streets being pierced
through by princely thoroughfares, which are
as speedily lined with magnificent erections, and
occupied as fast as they are built. Yet, in spite of
all this, rents continue to rise, and twenty an i
thirty thousand franc3 is here no unusual sum to
pay fora private residence, while stores in gooJ
situations fetch twice or three times as much.
The population of the French capital,‘accord
ing to re'urns just issued by the Hotel de Ville
amounts now to 1,696, 151, contained in twenty
arrondissements, or districts, each of which is pre
sided over by a Mayor. There are, therefore, in
Paris, no less than twenty-one Mayors, the Prefect
being the Chief Mayor, and presiding over all
According to these same returns, which I wa
looking over ihe other day, I find that the num
ber of births in Paris, last year, was 52,313, of
26,505 were boys, and 25,507 girls. Os the whole
number, 14,501 were illegitimate, and 37,72)
born in wedlock. The number of deaths w.i
--42 185, and the excess of births 10,127. T
marriages celebrated, were 15,196.
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The compositors of New York have demande
sixty cents per thousand ems, instead ot forty-five
which they are at present receiving. The New
Ycrk Tribune says, in relation to the demand
“We do not believe that one-third of our city jour
nals are paying their expenses. Such are the cir
cumstances under which, after cheerfully agree
ing to two advances since 1861, we are' asked :
Concede thirty-three percent, further advance
the rates now existing. We are not asked to con
sider and agree'on anew scale, but are require
to adopt if whether we approve it or not. We.
therefore give fair notice that we deem it extrava
gant and unjust, and that we shall resist it to the
extent of our ability.”
Assassin Arrested and Lost.—Wm. A. Pauls,
who assassinated his father-in-law, Benjamin Gib
son, Esq., at Tallassee on the night of the Ist ir.
stant, was arrested in Pike county last week an 1
carried back to Tallapoosa and committed to jail
but afterwards escaped or disappeared it i= sui
posed in like manner with certain Yankee prison
ers, who are reported as loslt.—Mon turnery Ad c
titer.
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By Ellis, Livingston A To
ON Tuesday. 23d of August.at 10 o’clock, we w. : «
sell in front of our Auction A'oom
1 Share Fern&ndina & Cedar Keys K.
ft. Stock 5
Avery hue Buggy aj\d Biding Horse ;
1 Good Buggy and Harness—nearly
new ;
1 (rood Top Buggy.
—ALSO, —
HOIBE AND LOT!
One and a half miles from Girard. The
House has - rooms, with 40 acres 1-tn i—
-15 of which i>. cleared. Now occupied
by Mr. Foster, and is known as the Gib
son placv,
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