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ilti; (KeJtttato limes. I. W. WiRREA, - - - Editor. Tuesday Morning, August 21 186 L i olumbus Battlefield Relief Committee. General Johnston is reported to have said that the battle-field relief committees at the Georgia front were worth to his army twenty thousand men. We well recollect the favorable opinion of Gen. Hood, recently pub lished, regard to their great itnportance. Gen. Bragg endorsed their great usefulness when recently in thi3 city, and expressed a willingness to lend them all the assistance in his power. Inferior officers to these, together with non-commissioned officers and privates, express but one sentiment towards these hu mane institutions, and that the most favor able. One of these committees at the front is from our county, composed of gentlemen of busi ness habits, and enlarged liberality and benev olence. They have been actively engaged for three months in their node work, and besides large individual outlays, have given their whole time and attention in feeding, clothing and nursing our brave defenders. Tbe worst cases of wounds aud disease must be treated near the battle-field, as they cannot be removed to interior hospitals, and many noble spirits acknowledge their recovery to the efforts of these men—while-the dymg hours of otber3 have been sustained and soothed far from relations and home. The knowledge of their presence nerves the arm of the soldier in battle, with the conscious feeling that if lie falls kind friends are near him to care for him, and that in sickness he will not be passed unnoticed. it is more important to keep these commit tees well supplied than even our Interior hos pitals, inasmuch as they administer to des perate cases, which could never reach these hospitals without their attention, and are also ready to relieve the very men who arc brought to those hospitals at the time that they most need assistance. The committee from Muscogee have done much themselves, and arc much indebted to the liberality of others ; but their is still much more to do, and if the people of the county do not co-operate with them, as heretofore, their noble work must cease. Muscogee county’gets the credit of the faithful work of tin's committee, and Muscogee county ought to sustain it and even increase its means of usefulness. Other counties are unfaltering in their ef forts to sustain their committees, and should Muscogee be behind in her duty ? Our fath ers, brothers, relatives and friends, who are now confronting the enemy, and may at any time need the assistance of this committee, cry, “no.” Send in your provisions and they will go forward twice a week and be faithfully dis tributed. (COMMUNICATED.) Have the people of this city and vicinity fogot the Columbus Rcief Committee with the army of Tennessee ? They have bean laboring* incessant ly since the 2.3d of April last in caring for the wounded and the sick of that army, and by their agency, hundreds of boxes, ladened with vegeta bles and comforts for the soldiers have been dis tributed, which otherwise would never hitve been seen by those for whom they were intended. The organization has therefore become an indispensa ble institution for the benefit of the soldiers. Ought it not to be sustained, and if so, how? Not by good wishes alone. Not by contributions from only a few, but by help from all. By regular and systematic deposits of vegetables, flour, bacon, hams, and in fact anything to eat that will en courage and strengthen a soldier. Many who can not give in this way can give money—something we very much need. Don’t let your sister cities and counties excell yftu in this good work. Have you a husband, son, brother or friend in that army? He looks to this Committee for his share of things which the Committee daily distribute. Are you satisfied with staying home and lesson your efforts towards keeping up a regular weekly supply for tho-c who aro defending your true interest. We hope not. Surely not. Wc shall therefore continue to look for future appropriations at least ouce a week. Mossemgers leave every week, taking good care of all supplies when left at Messrs. Goodrich <fc Co’s store. TRUTH. Important to Farmers and Others. VALUABLE AXD EXPEDITIOUS METHOD OF PRE PA UINU LEATHER. Lieut. FI. W. Field?. 12th Virginia Infantry, has furnished for the Petersburg Express the following valuable and expeditious recipe for preparing leather dressed with the hair on. — He vouches for the stability and duration of the leather thus prepared, and refers to high authority for the truth of his averment, as well as tosoluiers who have worn shoes made from it. We. therefore, publish it for the benefit of fanners ami individuals who may have hides to tan, and recommend that they test it. The hides are not only quickly tanned, but the leather, when prepared, bears a most favorable comparison with the best produced by the long and tedious process in vogue in England and in ibis country. Many of the soldiers in one. if not in more of the brigades of this army have used shoes made from ibis , ‘V months past, and pronounce them leather w- r 1 'mifort and quality, superior, as regards v-. 4 to the English and American army shoe : MODE OF PREPARING LEATHER DRESSED WITH HAIR OX. Ist. If hides are old. hard aud dry. soak them in pure water about two or three days. 2d. When well soaked, or when fresh hides. tltsh them thoroughly. od. Prepare a pickle made ot 3 lbs alum, and 5 pounds common saft to a pint of water, enough to dissolve the salt for each hide : this is an average proportion. For a very large single old hide. J. 1 , lbs allum aud S lbs salt, may be necessan : whereas for a small calfs hide, §lb allum and 2 lbs salt may be enough. But for a pack of 25 hides unassorted, of all size? and condition*, the average is as above. 4th. Soak the fleshed this pickle from 3 to 10 days, more or less,’ according to condition ofhides. sth. Soak them again 2or 3 days impure water to take out the salt. Oth. When about half dry break them with the proper currier's breaking knives. 7th. Smoke them, (flesh side down say 8 or lb days over hard wood, (hickon or oak) smother, continuing to break and roll and grind them in succession. din. Boil the Xeutsfeet for oil, save tin; oil aud lubricate the hides with the jelly and greasy water, breaking them all the time. • Kb. Dress and brush oth i he small hides, thin and fresh, can be fin ished in from six to eight days. Medium size hides, in good condition, from twelve to lißcvn days. The largest and worst condi* 1 tioned hides can bo finished in from eighteen to tw en.y days. It is recommended to lake from eighteen to twenty days for all. If you want the hair off, soak in lime water first, un til the hair sloughs; but then you must be careful to thoroughly work the lime out : or it will eat the fibre of the leather. ihe leather is best with the hair on. It makes the best and most comfortable shoes— soles and all. Put the hair of the uppers in side; and of the soles—put upper sole hair out, and outer sole hair in, thus fill the soles with the best of .water proofing and making tbe soles the more elastic and lasting. With the hair on it is especially best for saddle covers, stirrup leathers, shabracks, traces, horse collars, caps, gloves, sentinel coats, halters, trunk covers, and every use known. Tlie Terrific Explosion at City . Point. The explosion at City Point, was a disas trous affair— fifty- three persons were Rilled and one hundred and twenty-six wounded.— The correspondent of the Xew York Tribune gives an account of it. from which we make the following extracts: City Point, V 4., August 9th. Your humble correspondent, with many othei'3, has just come veiy near being blotted out. After mailing my poor letter this morn ing on the 10 o’clock mail-boat, and looking around the town an hour or so, I took the 11:30 freight train, as is my wont, for the front, where my headquarters and horses are. I walked well back on the train (up river wards) when the first thing I knew, I did not know much of anything. A stunning and deafening shock, as if of the terrific explosion of a monster shell near me, and the concus sion of the air, were bending before the storm, and it seemed that the concussion would nev er cease ringing and swaying until it bred more and more danger. Every frame bouse in the town was jarred by the concussion alone to the extent of hav ing its inside plastering knocked off, beside other damages by missiles, &c. Against the houses and other obstructions near the wharf, and even upon the hill, hundreds, and per haps thousands, of broken, twisted and splin tered muskets, and other debris, lay in drifts, like straw drifted by the wind, and all over the ground for at least a quarter or a mile from the scene of the explosion, shell, solid shot, grape canister, musket and minnie balls, pieces of shells, nails, screws, bolts and bolt heads, and fragments of almost everything wooden, iron and leaden you can think of, are strewn and drifted like hail and chunks of ice immediately after a dreadful hail storm Everywhere are seen the rents, dents, deep abreeions and scarred furrows of the iron and leaden storm. The thousandth part cannot be told. My first thought was that an ammunition car had exploded just ahead of the one I was on, and that it would be of little use to try to escape the storm that had gone up and would come down—that one was about as safe in one place as another, and oh ! how it didrain and hail all the terrible instruments of war. It was not a railraod car, but the ammuni tion barge J. E. Kendrick, that h M exploded from the careless handling of percussion shells or some other kind of ammunition, it is sup posed. No one that was aboard of the boat remains to tell the tale of her destruction.— The splinters that strew the river maybe hers, or they may be not. The section of the twist ed ribs of a keel that lie in the most frequen ted part of the town, on the hill, two hundred yards distant, may bo hers, or they may be long to one of her disappeared consorts. You have read of eruptions of Vesuvius, such as buried Herculanem and Pompeii.-- You have seen illustrations of them in the books. This must have been such an explo sion as one of these, except that instead of lava and dust and ashes, it rained over ihe circles of a mile, in whole packages and by piece meal, everything you can imagine at a military depot. Entire boxes of fixed ammu nition came down among the tents in the town a quarter of a mile distant and scarcely a tent or house or a boat can be found within the circle of i# mile that is not riddled by shell, solid shot, or small ammunition. How many were blown into atoms into the river from Kendrick, never to be heard of, is not known. The Captain of the Kendrick is safe, having been absent at the time of the explosion, on another boat. The other boats entirely destroyed and sunk were the General Meade and the J. C. Campbell. The massive pine wharf in front of where these boats lay, which was bolted down upon piles and sleepers of pine trees, is brushed aside for about.a third of its length, as if it had been made of the paper I write on, while the substantial plank warehouse, with mas sive beams, built for at least a quarter of a century, has been crushed nearly its entire length, as if it had been a lady’s band box. The freight train that was just ready to start when the explosion happened, is shattered in nearly every car, though not past repair, and I had ihe uninteresting satisfaction of seeing where my remains would probably have lain, on the heads of the whisky barrels, if I had remained in the carl first occupied. The pine board row in which were the post office, Adams’ Express office, and a Quarter master’s office, was also crushed by the con cussion and the heavier forces brought against it, like a band box, but fortunately, or rather, miraculously, none of its occupants were seri ously injured. The neighboring sutlers, while equally unfortunate in the demolition of their establishments, were equally fortunate, I un derstand, in the safety of their persons, with perhaps one or two exceptions, which will be found in the accompanying list of casualties. City Point, Aug. 10.— The morning’s sun shines brightly upon the shattered, riddled, and blackened town, wharf and shipping. The only wonder, this morning, is that many more were not killed and wounded by the ter rific storm of lead, iron and ragged spikes, ex ploded timbers, yesterday, than there were. But a thousand or two laborers are at work this morning clearing away the debris of the explosion, and flags and martial music are afloat to soothe the pang of yesterday's deso lation. Various theories are afloat as to the cause of the explosion. Some say the careless hand ling of ammunition ; others an old time tor pedo ; some surmise a rebel spy in the matter: while others attribute the disaster to a rebel shell or shot from across the river. The matter will be thoroughly investigated to-day. The Government stores in the big warehouse were considerably injured by water and otherwise, but to no very great extent. The entire loss of property bv the explosion C“!!. two millions. The noise of the explosion was heard for many miles around, further than any artillery, add the smoke as cending was taken thirty or forty miles down the river for the conflagration of Petersburg or Richmond. Vast waterspouts were thrown up, which, mingling with the powder, cinders and ashes, caused a black pastry shower, with the other debris. The McClellan Meeting. The New York Post, in its editorial notice of the mass meeting in favor of Gen. McClellan recently held in that city, says : That the meeting did not express the senti ments or meet the approbation of the leaders of the Democratic party, is clear from the tact that out of the twenty or more Demo cratic speakers announced in the handbills not a single one of the least note was present. The public were told that they might expect to hear John Van Bureu,.Gilbert Dean, Oakey Hall, Judge Daly, General Meagher, Wilson G. Hunt. Governor Parker, Governor Trice, Caleb Cushing, S. S. Cox, R. C. Winthrop, Emerson Etheridge, William D. Murphy, and many other distinguished men. not a solitary one of whom stepped upon the stand. How many persons went to the meeting seduced by these names we do not kuotv; neither do we know by what authority their nam<is were i used without their consent. The fraud, how ever, had its effect; it decoyed a multitude to j their meeting, and that was all they desired. < But they could not decoy any of the recogni 1-. , . r j party to act either as officers or orators, l'er j nando Wood and his crew were absent: so ] were the tribes of Tammany; aud so far as we ; could see, the principal personages of this af fair, professing t-o speak in name of Demo cracy were old Whigs, Know Nothings, and : the remnants of the Bell-Everett party.. As the Democratic leaders would not attend the Democratic masses kept away : the Irish population in a body, we are told, particular ly the Roman Catholics, (perhaps in dread of the Know Nothing who had taken the matter in hand) refused to come; and there were none of the old face3 to be seen except the lookers on. Capt. Rynders. of the Empire Club, was the only exception. As an expres sion, therefore, of the Democratic sentiment of the city, the meeting was a failure; it repre sented neither the peace nor the war faction ; the resolutions, apart from a general condem nation of Mr. Lincoln's policy, have no pith or pertinency in them; they neither condemn the rebellion nor the war; they clamor sim ply for a change, which shall consent of the ousting of one set of men for another : who announce as yet no policy or principles. Our Blockade Runners and our IVaral Officers. There is one singular fact connected with our blockade-runr ing vessels, to which, we think, the attention of the Navy Department ought to be directed, if it has not already been. Only a single one of them has been lefst while under the com mand ofofficers of the navy! Officers of the navy, the meanwhile, have commanded many of them and made many trips. The Coquette, for instance, which was the most indifferent of all our ships, and which has now been sold, made nine round trips under the comrnan and of Lieutenant Carter, and saved them every one, clearingfor the Govern ment at least six hundred thousand dollars. The Robert E. Lee, the best ship we had, was success ful in all her numerous trips as long as she was under the command of Lieutenant Wilkinson. The first trip she made after the command had been transferred to a person who was not an officer of the navy she was beached and captured or sunk. While the officers of the navy have been suc cessful in all their many trips except one, every ship not commanded by an officer of the navy has been lost. The inference is irresistible. None but officers of the navy ought to command our blockade ships. They are skillful seamen, good navigators, men of standing aud character ; the cause is their cause, and they aro above all the sus picion that can be attached to others less favor ably situated. We would not thrust advice upon the depart ment, but we ventuee to hope that some attention will be paid to the striking fact we have laid be fore the public in this articie. Important from Turkey. A letter in the New York Tribune, da ted Constantinople, 20th ult., says : All Constantinople is in a ferment. The greatest excitement prevails among all classes. On Sunday last all the con verted Turks who could be found were suddenly seized and thrown into prison. On Monday the establishments of the American Board, the American Bible Society, the British Bible Society, and all the English Missionary Societies were seized by an armed force, the occupants ejected, and the buildings sealed up. This summary proceeding was the most flagrant violation of treaty rights ever heard of in this city. Aside from all re ligious questions, this is the most serious act upon which the Turkish Government ever ventured. All the treaties with Turkey make for eign residents responsible directly to their embassies or consulates, and a Turkish police officer has no more right to enter their doors than he would have to arrest a man in New York or London. In the face of this right, which has never before been disregarded, American and English citizens were forced by armed soldiers out of their offices, and their es tablishments were seized without the slightest notice, without the notice of then consuls, and in spite of their solemn pro tests. If America and- England do not compel the most ample apologies for this outrage, there will be no safety for their citizens in Turkey. This principle is the Magna Charta of all foreigners in the land. It is due to the Hon. John P. Brown, American Charge d’ Affaires, to say that thus far he has acted in the most energetic manner, and has won the high est praise from both English and Ameri can residents. Sir Henry Bulwer, the English Embassador, has as yet done nothing, and the British and Foreign BE ble Society will have to thank Mr. Brown for the opening of the rooms, which they hold in connection with the American Societies. There is probably no more thoroughly contemptible man in Constantinople than the English Embassador. He is hated in tensely by all the British residents who are not in his pay. He is shamefully immoral. His statesmanship is nothing but low intrigue, in which he is generally outwitted by the French and the Turks, and he holds his place, to the disgrace of the very language he speaks, because his wife is connected with the English aris tocracy in such a way that the Govern ment dare not turn him out. What a blessing to a nation is an aristocracy! These extraordinary outrages upon English and American citizens were committed by the Turks five days after he had been privately informed of what they intended to do, and had silently acquiesced in it. It now remains to be seen if the English have pluck enough to drive him from his place. \a>'kee Masons. —The Masonic fraternity have hitherto been of the opinion that the acts of vandalism practiced by the Yankee soldiers in the various Masonic Lodges of Mississippi weie not the acus of Masons, but of hired sol diers. incited by a desire of boot} - ; but the}' have been mistaken. During the last visit of the enemy to Port Gibson, they visited the L’odge room, stole the regalia and jewels, and tore up and destroyed the records and papers of Washington Lodge No, 3, aud Clinton Chap ter No. 2. They also destroyed the charter of said Chapter, issued by the Grand Chapter of the United States, September 18, 1826, and signed by DeWitt Clinton. And, as if to add insult to injury, one of the party left on the altar a card, on which was inscribed. - Thomas Price. W. M. of Peoria Lodge. No. 15, Peroia, Illinois." In the Revolutionary war, when the charter of a Lodge and its record had fallen into Brit ish hands, they were promptly returned by a flag of truce, neder guard of honor. How dif ferent the conduct of W. M. Price, who, by his actions, seemed to have gloried in destroy ing the records and papers of an Institution devoted to benevolence ’. _ « •* Col. James A. Pringle.—We regret to chronicle the death of ibis valued citizen, ich wh took place at his residence in Perry, Ga.,Jm the 2d inst. Colonel P. was a native of Charleston, S. C., and m&de his* debut in the State ofGeorgia as Editor of the Macon Telegraph. m telegraphic; REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered, according to act of Congress in the year 136-1. by ,J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate'States for the Northern District of Georgia. Atlanta, Aug. 22d, 1861. Kilpatrick's raid, composed of 2500 men, crossed the Chat tahoochee at Campbellton, struck the West Fairburn 3 o’clock'Friday morn ing, and destroyed the Road six miles. The raider then crossed over to tbo Macon Road, striking the Road at Lovejoy's Friday even ing. moving towards Jonesboro’. The Fede eral infantry supposed to be the support which accompanied Kilpatrick’s cavalry to the West Point Road, returned and the cavalry pro- ( ceedcd aloue towards the*Macon Road. Ross’ Brigade skirmished with Kilpatrick's advance, but was unable to hold the enemy in check. The raiders burnt the depot and Provost Office at Jonesboro', destroying all the pa pers. Saturday evening the enemy were surroun ded between Lovejoy’s and Jonesboro’, by Reynold s infantry brigade and Armstrong’s and Ross’ cavalry. A sharp engagement en sued—Kilpatrick charging at the head of the column. The raiders were completely routed ; they charged Ross’ brigade and cut their wav out. Our loss was ten killed ; the enemy's loss was 25. The raiders were pursued by two Georgia regiments of cavalry. They retreated through McDonough, and escaped. Only a portion of. the Macon Road was des troyed. which has been repaired. The city is very quiet this morning. No shelling yesterday. The enemy deny the charge of shelling the city, and claim that their shots are nil aimed at it3 defences. Girard’s division of cavalry has disappeared from Decatur. Nothing further from Wheeler. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 22.—The Baltimore Gazette of the 18th has been received. It says, a telegram received late last night states that telegraphic communication with Dalton has ceased. Wheeler attacked the Federal* under Sei bold at Dalton, drove them out, and occupied a portion of the town. Reinforcements were being sent Seibold from Chattanooga. Four trains for Sherman’s army were com pelled to halt near Dalton. Gen. Wheeler’s troops are busily tearing up the track on both sides of the town. It is supposed that it is his object to destroy the tunnel at Tunnel Hill. Other portions of lii# forces are engaged in cutting the road south of Dalton. A train on the way to Sherman was report ed captured at "Altoona. Columbia, Aug. 22. —The Richmond Evening Whig, of the 20th, says an official dispatch has been received at the War Department that morning, that Gen. Hill attacked the Yankee sth Corps that af ternoon previous, at Davis’ house, three miles from Petersburg, on the Weldon Rail Road, and defeated them; capturing 2700, including a Brigadier General and several field officers. Our loss believed ta be smaller than the enemy's. Gen. Clingman woun ded in the leg. A special dispatch to the W big, says the prisoners captured will number 2200. There was no fighting on (he evening of the 20th. The enemy still occupy the Weldon Road and are fortifying. The following delayed Press reports were received here by mail. Petersburg, Aug. IS. —The enemy’s force en gaged to-day, consisted of three Brigades of the sth Corps, with IS pieces of artillery—it is unascertained thc-force of cavalry, commanded by Gen. Warren. The enemy engaged our cavalry about 9 o’clock, 4 miles South-west of the town, driving them some four miles, when our infantry came-into action, dri ving the enemy back some three quarters of a mile; night closed the engagement, with the enemy hold - ing the Weldon Rail Road at a point about three miles below the city. The force that engaged our cavalry are reported and believed to have gone on a raid in the direc tion of the South side Rail Road. The loss of the enemy to-day is unascertained Ours is not heavy, Among the wounded are Cols. Lyle, of Va., and Blair, of Miss. Two hundred prisoners were captured. Petersburg, Aug. 19.—About 3 o’clock this even ing, arrangements being completed, our forces at tacked in front and flank Warren’s sth Yankee Corps, which had made a temporary lodgement on the Weldon Rail Road two miles below here, driv ing them back upwards of two miles and capturing over 2,000 prisoners; including Brig. Gen. Hayes and a number of stands of colors. There has been a heavy fall of rain all day. Petersburg. Aug. 19.—This morning, about 10 o'clock, it being believed that the enemy were mass ing in our front, our artillery and mortars opened a heavy fire upon them, to which they responded feebly. Thefiring waskept up for two hours, break ing up the enemy’s intention, if he had any, of charging our breast-works. Our casualties few. This morning, just after day, heavy wagon trains were seen moving to the rear. The enemy still hold the Weldon Road, about two and a half miles South of this place. Our losses in the fight yesterday evening 35u: that of the enemy was much heavier. Another Party of Raiders Captured.— We learn that a party of raiders was captured in Monroe on Thursday. It is stated that they numbered about five hundred, and were probably those who escaped from Gen. Iver son when Stone man was taken. They were encamped at the time our troops came upon them. About fifty of the raiders were killed. All of the large bodies of raiders, we be lieve. have now been taken, although the country we are told is full of small parties— numbering from ten to fifty. If the citizens will assist, our forces promptly and energeti cally. the country will scon be cleared of them. [Chronicle A Sentinel, Gift. What the War h l>eiu£ Waged for. The Lacrosse Wisconsin Democrat hits the nail on the head when it says: Just What the War is 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 we pay hundreds of thousands and pile mortgage upon mortgage on our property to raise recruits, we know that we are doing this simply to free the slaves of the South. If we volunteer, we know we volunteer to tight for the negro, if we, or our sons are drafted 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 srerifleed 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 eross our lines which does not stipulate in ad, anee for the “abandonment of Slavery.” After the la:ej r c-lamatlon of Lincoln nocue will dispute that. Absasszn Abue-aed ano Lost.—Wm. A. Paulk, who assassinated his father-in-law, Benjamin Gib son, Ksq., at TuTassce on the night of the Ist in stant, w is ar ested in Pike county last week and earri"! * to Tallapoosa and committed to jail, but aiL Is ctcapcd or disappeared, it is sup posed in manner with certain Yankee prison ers, who r oorted as Awvvr f*«f. kiaasi CITY MATTERS v T. J*. JACKSON,... LOCAL EDITOR. Charles Carrol Hicks. — This gentleman, well known in our city in years past, while ponfined in „ the old Capitol prison at Washington a* a Southern •prisoner, wrote the following spirited and patriotic lines. They are full of poetic ardor, and breathe a spirit that will awaken a response in the breasts of all true patriots. It wifi he rememberod that Mr. Hicks left this city in 1861 as an officer in Capt. Ivey’s company. He was afterwrads taken prisoner, confined as above, and finally paroled on condition that he should not return to the United or Confederate States during the war un der penalty of death. He made his way to Paris, from whence he encloses a printed copy of the lines to a relative in Columbus. We believe they have heretofore appeared in the columns of some of the Southern press but have lost none of their beauty or pertinency, and will bear a second perusal. Tlie Southron's Oath. WRITTEN l\ THE OLD CAPITOL PRISON BY C. CAR ROL IIXCKS, OF GEORGIA. By the blood which has been By our heap's of slaughtered dead : By our rivers running red; The Union now we sever,— By the sacred blood of those, Who fell opposing heartless foes : By every drop which earth-ward flows, We never will forgive them—never ! From hill and dale and lonely glen. From craggy hill and tangled fen. Arise the wails of murdered men For vengeance on them—ever! By orphans’ cries and widows’ moans, Our blasted fields and blazing homes, By every comrade’s bleaching bones. We never will forgive them !—novor. Then palzied be each coward heart, His arm fall nerveless ’ere he part. With memory of the galling smart. Which fires each Southern—over : By every hope which Freemen prize. By breaking hearts and bursting sighs, By vengeance—pleading to tlie skies, We never will forgive them—never! Welcome ruin—Welcome death— Como desolation’s withering breath Come dark oblivion—ever; Alone—deserted—here we stand Battling for our native land : We all can die—but by this hand We never will forgive them—’never ! (communicated.) Editor Times : — As we committed an almost unpardonable error in our communication pub lished in your paper of the 18th inst., we deem it urgent on ourselves to appear a second time in your columns, if you will again grant us the lib erty of so doing. The sick and wounded soldiers of the Convales cent Camps in returning their compliments to the ladies who have been so kind to]us while here, un intentionally omitted the names of Mrs. Fogle, and the gentle and amiable Miss Julia Eva is . These ladies h-ve an equal claim on our gratitude, for their motherly and sisterly kindness, and we respectfully ask their pardon for our unintentional omraission of their names. Tr axs-M 1 SSI SSI!‘ Pi. IDXIEID, In Americas, Ga., on the 4th inst., Mrs. Mary C. Maddox, in the 37th year of her age. Asa member of the Methodist Church, her life was consistent with her profession of the religion of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Asa daughter, she wms all a daughter could bo. Asa mother, she was kind and affectionate and reasonably indulgent, blie was mock, gentle, unassuming and charitable kind to all. She was the love and admiration or all who knew her; patient and uncomplaining in all her sufferings. She lingered many weary weeks, conscious that she was slowly, but surely approaching that bourne, from whence no traveller returns. With an humble truet in God's mercy, she calmly awaited his summons, and when the An gel of Death threw his darkening shadows around her, she viewed its approach with no terror, and quietly and peacefully her spirit passed from earth to heaven. So passed away one of earth’s purest daughters, The community, the Church, and above ail, her husband and children lost much in her death. So ended her days, as sets the morning star, which, goes not down behind the darkened West, nor hides obscured amid the clouds, but melts away into the light of heaven. ’Ti3 best! "tis infinitely, be3t! To go where tempters cannot came ; Where Saints and Angels, ever blest, Dwell and enjoy their heavenly home. Buena Vista, Ga., Aug. 14th. 1864. 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 Old Currency at 66 2-3 cents on tho 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. 1 am prepared to sell the 6 per cent Ci/upoh or Registered Bonds of the $509,000,000 loan at $135 for the new currency or the old at 66 2-3 cents on the doliar. The principal and 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 tM Gov ernment, and I recommend them to the favorable notice of the public. W. H. YOUNG, augl lm Depositary. .Stockholder*’ fleeting. -Muscogee Rail Road Company, Columbus. Ga., Aug. 22, 1861. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of thi.~ Company will be held at ihe Depot in this city, on Monday, the sth September next, at 10 o'clock, a. m. J. M. BIVINS. a *23 td See’y and.Treas'r. Dividcxid \o. £l. Muscogee Rail Road Company, Columbus, Ga., Aug. 22, lfttW. The Board of Directors has declared a Dividend of Ten (10) Dollars per *hare, on the General Stock of this Company, payable in Confederate Treasury notes, as soon as the amount due by the Govern ■ mont can he collected, notice of which will be given. J. M. BIVINS, ag23 d6t Sec'y and Treas'r. Battle-Field Relief Association of Columbus, Ga. All who are disposed to contribute articles neces sary for die relief of the sick and wounded in the Army of Tennessee, are seq nested to leave them at Goodrich k C*Afcstore by Gxe O'clock, P. M. ev ery Tuesday and Frida y. when they will be for warded to and dispensed by out Committee there. W. li. VOi'XG, Prcsd’t. 0. G, Holmes, Secy. ag23(f FOR SAFE! i>) » u'j, . IN GO Ll*. Enquii-' I-'vi, Hr.ad «■!.. ’ ■ at B. • Ay K -OX'S, a* 23 ts no \e v t otii ia 11)i) i .*| HE Slave Owners of Russell county, can have * c Lections made for hired i>r impressed .dares, to wm kon the defences a,t Mobile, with their sig nature- utt che i to their orders, signed before a Justice of the Peace, or Judge ot Probate. H. K. PALM 1-I’. imp. Age, \ ag23-t' " Kaesell <•<*., Ala. • TO SURF! I POL the balance ••: the year fifteen able-bodied l 1 Negro Aten ands. "teen Negro V omen. Apply soon to R- M. *v L\,Ag t, jul -3 ts | AUCTION SALES i By Iritis ikivitigstbii & Uo Tuesday, 231 of August, at 10 o'clock, wo will ! v sell in fiont of cur Auction Room 1 Share Fernandina & Cedar Keys 1! It. Stock; Avery Hue Buggy and Riding Horse ; 1 Good Buggy auu Harness— nearly new; 1 Good Top Buggy. —also, — HOUSE AUD EOT! One and a half miles from Girard. Tli» Hojise ha3 2 rooms, with 40 acres land— -15 of which is cleared. Now occupied by Mr. Foster, and is known as the Gib* son place. ag22 td sl2 By Ellis, Livingston A Cos, ON TUESDAY, 23d August, at 10 o’clock, we wifi sell in front of our store, 4 Barrels Extra Corn Whiskey! 30 Reams Letter Paper; 60 Pair Ladies Shoes ; . 1 Fine Gold Chronometer Watch ; Lot Furniture, Crockery, etc.; Lot Desirable Hardware and Iron ; —also, — Several Likely Negroes! Avery fine young Mare ; • 1 Side Saddle. ag2l 2t sl2 MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Girard, Ala., Aug. 22,1864. ON and after this date Trains on this Road will Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train. Leave Girard at..a 3 00 p. ni. Arrive in Union Springs - 730 Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 “ Freight Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 0 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS. aglßtf Eng. & Sup t. KTOTIOB. To Planters and Others ! T WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and 1 Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax, i will be found at Robinett & Cb’s old stand, whore I am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale. L. S. WRIGHT. june 2 ts ESTRAY SiWLir TAKEN up by the subscriber a Cream Colored Horse Mule, about 10 years old; hands high, with black stripe across the shoulders. The owner will call and prove property, pay char ges and take him away. ag!B 3t R, F. HARRIS. FOIIAD! A MEMORANDUM BOOK containing the De ix scriptive List and Furlough of Private T. J. Vance, Cos. A, 57th Ala. Regiment, Vols., Scott’s Brigade, which the owner can have by calling at the Enrolling Office, Columbus, Ga. , W iVI. J)Av agl6 3t Capt. and Enr’g Oil, STERLIAt; EXCHANGE! t FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchantfo n lor sale in sums to suit purchasers by agl6 tt BANK OF COLUMBUS. A HOUSE WANTED. trO Rent from October next, a house, or rart ot a I house, for the use of a family. Address “SIGMA," ago ts At this Office NEW BOOKS CTXJST PUBLISHED EVANS & COGSWELL; COLUMBIA, S. C. THE SPIRIT OF mThTARV INSTITUTIONS, By Marshal M\ rmont. Translated from the latest Paris edition by Frank Schaller, olonel 22d Regiment Mississippi Infantry. Price $5. One third oft'to the trade. INFANTRY TACTICS, For Brigade, Bivision, and Army orps, by Gen Casey, U. S. Army. Pronounced the best work of the kind in tiie language. Illustrated with 29 Lith - ographed Plates, and well bound. Price $5. One - off to the trade. iIHSOOUS SIItGERY, Being a third edition of this valuable work. Splen didly illustrated, and finely bound. Price $lO. One third off to the trade. The editions of all of these valuable work- are under 2,000 copies, and those in want will do well to send in their orders at once. ALSO. Geuerai Order*, A. & I. O > Office, up to Ist April, 1864. Price $5. One-third off to the trade. Andrew’s eight Artillery Orlli Splendidly illustrated. Price $4. Onc-third off to the trade. Any of these books will be sent free of postage oa receipt of the price, in new issue, or the old at t:;o discount. EYA.YS & (JOGBWGLL, Juh 6 3t Publishers. THE A.TXjA.IsrT-A. DAILY & WEEKLY INTELLIGENCEH. The undersigned proprietor of the ATLANTA Daily and Weekly Intelligencer. announces to the public that he ha.s made arrange nients for the publication of these Journals in tni city (Jfacon) and that in a few days subscriber? to the same will be furnished as usual with their i < pers : Correspondents, advertisers and all persons hav ing business with the IHSTTEILiX-jIG-ElSr C EEz will pleasse address their communications to Tlie Intelligencer Office. Macon, Georgia. All JOB and GOVERNMENT WORK on hand will be resumed at an early day. JARED 1. WHITAKER. Proprietor jul27 It nil PH k UUH MIS FOR SAXjF! WE have for sale 49 reams ot Letter Paper, anr. 2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at Wholesale or Retail. Paper, SSO per Ream: Blank Books, $159 retail. 75 ets. wholesale. Apply at agjjtf THIS OFFICE. siom:\. t'ROJI my house, last night, two Checks on the 1 Agency of tbe Uuion Bank, in this city, drawn by J. M. Mulden, Jr., Lt. &c.; one N>. 185, forsß4'). and the other No. 18b, for SI2OO. All persons are warned pgainst trading for said checks, as pay met' has been stot*ped and Duplicates applied for. agljl2t ‘ T. KNOb’LKs. RULE. I from ray office. on Thursday, a small p 1 ney built brown mare Mule, eight <.i nine yea:- o'd- in good order: no marks recollected, except collar mark on the point of her shoulder. A reason able reward will be paid tor her. Jy'jV' WILEY WILLIAM.' £I,OOO Reward. CXOLIiN from my headquarters near Atlanta, G . O my Mare, bright bay. ball face, black mane acl tail and bnt.uk L gs. with the exception of two smah white spots on thojjtside of each hind foot, carries s high head aud altogether is a very gay looking a iutal under the saddle. T will pay SSGO for her - livery to me at this place or to Maj. Gen. Cheat ham, Army of Tennessee, or for information so that I can get her. And SSOO for the detection ci the thief that stole her. B. J. BUTLER. agl9 lw Maj. and C. ».