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» HEADQUARTERS CONSCRIPT SERVICE, 1
Augusts, Ua„ August Ist, 1864, J
Gerteral Orders'!
No. 44. /
li. The attention of Enrolling Officers is directed
to Circular No 25, Bureau of Conscription (current
scries) herewith published, withdrawing from this
Department :<nd transferring J:o the General Com
manding Reserves, all jurisdicukm over persons of
the Reserve classes, except such as aro strictly en
titled to exemption under third paragraph, and the
first clau.-,e ol 1 the fourth paragraph of the tenth
Section of the Act of Congress, entitled an “Act to
organize Forces to serve during the War.”
11. Enrolling Officers will observe that they arc
placed under, and subject to the ordei-3 of the Gen
eral .Commanding Reserves, so far as this class of
Conscripts is concerned, with the exceptions above
stated, and arc 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-pejf ormani}e <>f their-more appropriate
d u! les os Enrolling Officers,.
Ilf. 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 irnmc
out and forward to these Headquarters a full a t
accurate report as required by second paragraph of
said order.
WM. M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Commd’t.
Con ft.ok a ate Stages of America, j
. War Department,
Bureau of Conscription, i
Richmond, Va., June 30,’64. ./
Circular,
No. 25. *
GommaudiUtts of Couseripts will forthwith com
municate to Enrolling Officers these instructions
made by order of the Secretary of War.
Ist. In the class of Reserves Enrolling Officers
will under no circumstances receive applications
for, or grant details until after the organization of
the companies, and tho transmission of tho rolls to
the General’s commanding of the Reserves apd then
only under instructions from said Generals com
manding.
By a decision of the Secretary of War the juris
diction of the Conscript authorises over the classes
of Reserves extends simply and exclusively to
granting exemptions prescribed by the Act of Con
gress, entitled an act to organize Forces to serve
during tho War.
These exemptions are provided for in the 10th
section of said act, but these shall bo excluded from
these exemptinys thus authorized so be granted in
the Reserve classes all contained in the last clause
of the dth Paragraph of said section from the
words “In addition to tho foregoing exemp
tions to tho 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, aro to obey
the orders of General commanding Reserves, but
no Enrolling Officer under any plea will be held
to bo excused from the full performance of Ills reg
ular duties proscribed by and under the orders of
tills Bureau, and no assertion that duties under or
ders ol tlio Genor.ti commanding Reserves have
prevented the due performance of other duties will
po accepted by this Bureau.
Tho Secretary of War has directed that all de
tails heretofore granted inconsistent with these in
structions, will bo promptly revoked and the men
placed on the company rolls.
Paragraph XIV of Circular No. 8, Bureau of Con
scription, current series, is hereby revoked.
By command of
Brig. Gen. JOHNS, PRESTON, Sup’t.
Signed,]
0. B. Dufpield, A. A.G.
augl2 at
Change of Schedule.
Office Engineer and Superintendent, |
Charleston and Savannah Railroad,
Charleston, Juno 7, 1804.)
i iN THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further
U notice, tho Schedule of the Passenger train will
boas follow, viz: •
Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m.
Arrive in Savannah..., ■ 5.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah '’■oh. a. m.
Arrive in Charleston l.b>, P. nr.
Phis Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
11. S. HAINES,
June It ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Change of Schedule.
. iN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
! lhe vtuscogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus J> 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon.... 3 2o A. M.
Leave Macon 8 10 P. M
Arrive at Columbus 4 2o A. lu.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W.L. CLARK.
mar 19 ti Supt. Muscogee R, R.
COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT !
On and after the 30th inst., the Passenger Train
#n tho Montgomery Jr West Point R. R. will
Leave Columbus 2 40 p. m.
Arrivo at West Point 8 00
Leave West 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!
TIIE OWNER of a BLIND HORSE stolen by
Ia deserter, can hear of him by applying at the
Enrolling Office. IV M. L. I>A\ IS.
agll lw Capt. A En. Off.
lU^IWAV!
VTEGRO bov CHARLEY: about 25years old, yel-
A 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 Tuskegec, Ala. He originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safojail and
information sent to me at RrsSE] j
Columbu's Cm., a-ug 1 ts
BKIIOV U,!
} HAVE removed my Office to a room owr Gmi
ll by’s Store, where I will be pleased to wait on
Patients requiring Medical or Surgical treatment.
ag!3 lm* T. J. WORD. M.D. j
SoO Reward.
i WILL pay the above reward for 808, black
1 boy, about 24 years old. He has been out three
>r four weeks, and is supposed to l ) ? r i. ur )V ir M[ » a Qc UI
he city. JKO. H. **Aos.
iy 4 if 2
Notice to Debtors and Cred
itors.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of Seaborn
Jones, deceased, are required to make imme
diate payment, aud those having claims r rainst said
estate are required to render them in t< rms of the
taw ,o tk. J. DENNING. Adm’r.
By MARY H. PENNING, Agent.
jul2B w6t
Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’
TOOXjS.
rnnr vNDERSIGNED having commenced the
l manufacture of the above named articles in this
citvS to fill orders^ tor theisani*.
“fr&’isoN. beSell i CO. ■
SSsasK. SJLJSB!
stitutioualist, please copy one mouth and .end bin.
to this office.
mar 30 ts
LETTER PAPER & BLANK BOOKS
3-a.3L*HS2
VjPE have for sale 49 reams ol Letter Paper, and
V* 2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at Wholesale
or Retail. Paper, sio per Ream; blank Books, $l5O
retail. 75 cts. wholesale. Apply ut _
agtitf THIS OII)ICE.
Cilsmte limes;
Vol. XI.
J. XV. WARREN & CO. Proprietors - J, w. WARREN, Editor
IB COOK!! IK 690 K!!!
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FROM TUG LATE BLOCKADE SALE AT
Auj/usta, Ga.
The goods are all superior to what is
offered elsewhere, and will be sold* lower
than lately. Tn the assortment can be
found :
LaclieM’ Sew Slats.
New Sosrnet Ribbon*.
Hfew BeltN,
BSobi act Musquito fr etting,
Tucking and Dressing Comb*,
Ladies’ ISosei-j ,
Three y ; dswMeLme» Sheeting,
Superior ISteaelied Shirting,
Printed Jhehonets,
Ginglmms,
English and Trench Calicoes,
Bombazine, Alpacas,
Elegant Lcroes.
CA LL -AJXTID SEE.
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W. 31. TUTT,
WHOLESALE DRUGGIST
:H6, Broad-Street,
<3v-«a.
HAS FOR SALE AT LOW PRICES!
l.QQOlbs. CASTILE SOAP.
200 kegs B. 0. Soda j
500 ounces Quinine
200 “ Morphine
100 lbs lodide Potash
25 lbs Oil Aniso
1 case Madras Indigo
100 dozen Brown Windsor w oap
3 cases Col cram’s Mustard
125 dozen Mason’s Blacking
100 gross Lilly White
1 ease Cantharides,
2 cases Gum Camphor
20 bags Pepper
1 case Powdered Ipecac
- 20 bbls. Eng. Copperas
10 cases Eng. Fig Blue
50 ounce. Lunar Caustic
50 lbs Po. Rhubarb, in 2 p bottles
100 lbs Eng. Gdomel, 1 lb bottles
150 lbs Eng. Blue Mass
25 bbls Epsom Salts
25 cases Scotch Snuff.
agl3 St
BROWN’S FLY SHUTTLE LOOM, !
(Will Weave 30 Yards per Day.)
SPINNING-WHEELS and CORN-SHELLERS!
Manufactured by A. D. BROWN & CO. •
4®“Orders received by M. P. Ellis & CoAiA*
agl3 lm*
OIXsMORHsfcOo.
MG, Broad Street.
HAS ON HAND AND FOR SALE!
Corn, Flour, Bason, Tobacco,
Candles, Syrup, Sugar, Coffee,
Lard. Peas, Rice, Osnaburgs,
Watches, Sheetings, Brooms,
Spun Thread, Beeswax and Tallow.
—ALSO,—
Sail, Sag'ar, Sheeting am! Ostia burgs
TO
EXCHANGE FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE,!
—ALSO,—
A Genuine Article of APPLE VINEGAR for sale.
agl2 lw*
3 F*CXO. SAIj£I
Or Exchange for Country Frounce.
BES.I COTTON CARDS;
S PINNING WHEELS;
CLOCK REELS.
agio 2n- JEFFERSON & HAMILTON.
IRON WIRE.
2,000 lbs. 8 and 10 Iron Wire!
For sale by
agio 2w JEFFERSON A HAMILTON.
1,000 S’oauds Choice Brown Sugar.
TO EXCHANGE FOll
U/IIEAT, Flo: lr, Corn or Meal. ,
W At 114 BiiOAD ST.
ag9 dot wit Columbus. Ga.
THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent,
(At Mulford's old Stand,)
3STO- 101, ZBZRXD-A-ID ST
HAS 1011 SALE OH EXCHANGE
Sheetings, Shirtings.
Twills. Yanis. Linseys.
ragnaray C oflfiee,
Tobacco, Hlce.
Xalls of all sizes,
&c,, &c., &c.
ju!27tf
Notice!
Officii Chief Insp’r Field Transp’x,
2d Dist.. Ma on, Aug. S, ’til.
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. SMITH,
agio 5t Major and Chief Inspector.
GEORGI A--Muscogee County.
WHEREAS, Afrs. Mary V. Davis, adm’x of Dr.
IV George S. Davis, deed has filed ber petition tor
leave to sell a negro woman by the name of Maria,
about 25 years oi age and ber four children.
All persons eoueemed are hereby notified to show
cause, (if any they have) why an order should not
be granted at the next September Term ot the Court
oi Ordinary lor said county, authorizing the sale ot
said negro. ~
Given under iny band. July Ist, of*
JNO. JOHNSON.
j v 42m Ordinary.
STOLEN,
ROM my house, last night, two Checks on the
I Agency' of the Union Bank, in this city drawn
by J M. Mulden, Jr., Lt. &e.; one No. 180, tor*B4i,
and the other No. 186. for SI2OO. All persons are
warned pgainst trading for said checks, as payment
has been stopped and Duplicates applied tor.
a gl9j2U T. IvNOM Lbb.
STRAIT WILE.
t LOST from my office, on Thursday, a small po
-1 nov built brown mare Mule, eight or nine year*
old: ‘in good order; no marks roeolleetea. pxeepr .i
collar mark on the pointed hoi shoulder. A reason
ablo ™w„d wW be paid fee M g.
Headquarters Army ovTksx.
Office, Chief of Staff, Aug. 13, t>4.
; Cibcli.au : .
Officers and eoldi-rs belonging to Regiments oi
this Army now absent,"from whatever cause, are
called upon to return at once to their commands.
! The commanding General promises to use his good
! offices to obtain pardon for such as may be improp
| er jy absent, where they voluntarily rejoin.
! By command of rr^ *
Gen. HOOD,
| F. A. Shoup. Chief of Staff.
’ TO HIRE!
POTv the balance ot the year fifteen able
F
jul 28 ts
Columbus, 6a Friday Morning, August 26.D864.
NEW BOOKS
CTLXST PUBLISHED
BY
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COLUMBIA, S. 0.
THE SPIRIT OF MILITARY INSTITUTIONS,
By Marshal M\ rxoxt. Translated from the latest
Paris edition by Frank Scrallfr, elonel 22d
Regiment Mississippi Infantry. Price $5. One
third off to the trade.
INFANTRY TACTICS,
-lor Brigade, Division, and Army orps, by Gen
Casey, U. fc‘. Army. Pronounced the best work of
the kind in the la iguage. Illustrated with 29Lith
ographed Plates, and well bound. Price $3; One
third off to the trade.
CHISOLM’S SURGERY,
Being a third edi ion of this valuable work. Splen
didly illustrated, and finely bound. Price $lO. One
third off to the trade.
The editions of aJ4 of these valuable works aVe
under 2,000 copies, and those in want will do well
to send iq their orders at once,
* also.
Ctenerai Orders, A. & I. CD’s
Office, up to Ist April, 1864. Price $5. One-third
off to the trade,
Andrew’s SJgiji Artillery Brill
Splendidly illustrated. Price $4. One-third off to
the trade.
Any of these books will be sent, free of postage on
receipt of the price, in new issue, or the old at the
discount.
EVANS & COGSWELL,
Juh 6 3t Publishers.
TIKE ■A.TIaAJSrT.A.
DAILY & WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER.
The undersigned proprietor of the ATLANTA
Daily and Weekly Intelligencer,
announces to the public that he has made arrange
ments for tho publication of these Journals in this
city (Macon) 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
UNTTEZ-iT-jIG-lElsr O ER
will pleassc address their communications to
The Ess?eESilencer BSice,
Macon, Georgia.
All JOB and GOVERNMENT WORK
on hand will bo resumed at an early day.
JARED I. WHITAKER,
Proprietor.
FOR SALE
—AT—
Street.
CORN, CORN MEAL.
FLOUR COW PEAS.
_ COFFEE, SUGAR, .
TURNIP SEED,
BRIER-ROOT PIPES,
Choice SYRUP at sl6 per gallon.
ag24 2r
STEAM SAW Mill
| OFFER my MILL for sale, situated in a denso
-1 Iy covered forest of pine, oak, hickory, beech,
poplar and other swamp timbers, immediately on
Mobile and Girard Rail Road, botweon Stations 4
and 5, and only 39 miles from Columbus, Ga. Said
Mill is under contract with the Confederate States
Government, for the refusal of all Lumber cut
during the war, at remunerating prices, which con
tract, parties purchasing would be required to car
ry out.
The Mil! is in Splendid Rina
wins Order, and
of FORTY-HOUSE POWER, capable ofCUTTING
SIX to EIGHT THOUSAND FEET PER DAY.
A good chance for refugees or parties desirous of
doing Government work.
Iddress me at Guerryton, Ala., or apply to me in
person on the premi-es, or at this office.
G. W. OGLESBY.
aug2l 2w*
Stockholders’ fleeting.
Mcscogee Raw. Road Company,
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 22,1864.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company will be held at the Depot in this city, on
Monday, the sth September next, at 10 o’clock,
a- m. J, M. BIVINS,
ag23 td , Sec’y and Treas’r.
Dividend No. 91.
Muscogee Rail Road Company,
. Columbus, Ga., Aug. 22, 1864.
The Board of Directors has declared a Dividend
of Ten (10) Dollars per share, on the General Stock
of this Company, payable in Confederate Treasury
notes, as soon as the amount due by the Govern
ment can be collected, notice of which will be H
J. M. .RIVENST
ag23 d6t Scc’y and Treas’r.
Notice.
t
' HEADQUARTERS POST, )
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 14.1864. s
G eneral Orders, 1
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 [55" years, visiting Columbus, [officer -
of the Navy and Army stationed at this Post exeep
ted,] will, in future, be required to procure a pass
from the Cbmmandant Post. No other document
than the pass specified will be regarded by the offi
cers charged with the examination of papers.
Bv order
GEO. 0. DAWSON.
Major Comd’g Post.
agls 7t ■
EXCHANGE!
. FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling: Exchange
A for sale in sums to suit purcha-ers by
agl6 tt BANK OF COLUMBUS.
A HOUSE WANTED.
•i.O Rent from October next. :s house, or pnr r < a
I house, for the uso of a family. • „
Address *IGMA.
| afi s ts At this Office.
$l ? 000 Reward.
STOLEN from my headquarters near Atlanta, Ga
my Mare, bright bay, bald face, black mane an 1
tail and black legs, with tho exception of two small
white spots on the inside ot each hind foot, carries a
high head and altogether is a very gay looking an
■ imal%nder the saddle. I will pay SSOO for her de
livery to me at this place or to Maj. Gen. Cbeat
h m. Army of Tennessee, or for intormation so that
I can get her. And SSOO for the detection et the
' thief that Hole ber. E j. BUTLER.
! ftg!9 lw * Maj.&ndC. S
Thursday Evening.
Funeral frotiee.
The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs.
D. 11. Fowler, late of New Orleans, are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral of the former, on Friday
Morning, at 9 o’clock, from his late residence, cor
' ner of Jackson and Baldwin streets.
From Gen. Morgan’s Command.— A gentle
man in this city (says the Chronicle & Senti
nel) who has just received a letter from an
officer in Morgan’s command, dated Sahville.
Va.. has furnished ns with the annexed news:
Gen. Morgan’s command has moved down
into East Tennessee, lie had a fight both at
Greenville and Jonesboro. Col.* Lilian!, of
the Tennessee, was killed ; You need not
j be surprised at any time to hear that Knox
! villc and Loudon are in our possession.
As many as eleven negro regiments arc now
j said to have been engaged iu the assault at Peters
i burg on the 30th July. Forty white regiments
‘ were also engaged.
+ —•-
A MocLtNi'i L Pre-eminence. — Os 57,895 deaths
in the Confederate army up to June Ist, 1864,
i among the soldiers from Georgia, Alabama, North
j Carolina, Sou h Carolina, Texas, Mississippi,
; Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida, the greatest
; loss, 9,504, falls to the share of Georgia, the losses
! of the other States ranging as follow? : Alabama,
I 8,987 : North Carolina, 8,261: Texas, 6,377 ; Vir
| ginia, 5,943; Mississippi, 5,367: South Caroling
j 4,511; Louisiana. 3,036 : Arkansas, 1,948 : Florida.
| 1,419.
Gen. Sherman. —Some weeks ago a Southern lady
j traveled some distance on the same boat with Gen.
Sherman, and availed herself of several occasions to
speak to him about the war. She describes bis
manner while speaking on this subject as perfectly
furious. He declared frequently in her presence
that the purpose of the war was to root out the pres
ent iv bite race of the South—that the war would be
pushed to the utmost verge of extermination —that
lie wanted to see the Southern people utterly de
' stroyed, either by the sword or by starvation—and
what was more, he would sec it.
C. G. Baylor.— ln relation to tlie
charges against this man, and in reply to
our comments on the? letter of our eorress
pendent, Mr. DuShaue, tho Intelligencer
| says:
••We do not think that the Governor can
throw any other light upon the charges made
against Mr. Baylor in the foregoing than by
stating-!hat he knows nothing of any authori
ty which that individual had to make the
assertions he is alleged to have made. Neither
bare we any idea that he held a commission
from Georgia, or any other Southern State, or
individuals in the Southern States, to nego
tiate a peace on the b*tsis of reconstruction,
‘or any other basis. If he so represented him
self, he was certainly lying to Yankees in for
eign parts. The idea of negotiating a peace,
is ridiculously preposterous !" -
The idea of Mr. Baylor, or any other
Commissioner from Gov. Brown negotia
ting for peace, with the North is too ridic
ulously absurd to meet with the least cons
sideration. This we do know that Mr.
Baylor stated in our hearing and in the
presence of others that he was going
; abroad as au Agent from the State of
Georgia, but for what purpose we are not
| positively informed. Now we hold that
the appointment of any man entertaining
views so inimical to Southern
j denee and so dishonorable .to the interests
and honor of Georgia is a shame —a burn
: ing disgrace to her good name.
Can our worthy cotemporary state posh
tively that Mr. Baylor’s visit abroad is in
no way connected with the State as we
find the impression existing here among
his acquaintances that he held some com*
mission from Governor Brown ? Tho ex
; tract from the Intelligencer is not clear on
i this point. Indeed it only denies what
• we tVere well aware of, viz : that he held
no commission to negotiate a peace on the
! basis of reconstruction, whilst it leaves the
impression that Baylor’s mission is in some
way connected with the State Govern
ment . —~A ugu at a Const tint ioncilist.
Paper Famine in flie ’Yorlli
Wc notice iu our exchanges tharthe New York
lleralu and the Tribune also, declare a paper fam
ine threatening them. The former in a double
leaded notice addressed “To the Public” announ
ces that the price of that paper hereafter will be
fovr cents a copy, and comments as follows:
“Several weeks ago our daily cotemporarics
made a similar increase in their prices, and we
were invited to join them at that time. We refus
ed, however, because we expected that Secretary'
Fessenden would at once set to work to reform our
financial affairs, contract the currency and jestorc
specie payments. In these reasonable expecta
tions we have been sadly disappointed -Secreta
ry Fessenden has plunged deeper into the sea of
paper money, andtfie national finances are now
more unsettled than ever."
w As an illustration of tho effects upon newspa
pers of the tremendous depreciation of tho curren
cy and the terrible financial blundering of this j
administration wc may mention the fact that
white paper, which used to cost us ten cents a pound :
now costs nearly thirty. It is evident that within
the next two months haifoftho newspapers of the
country must stop publication. Many have al
ready done so. We expect that the price of our
cotemporaries will be raised to five cents before
long.”
To this paper famine, we of the Confederate
.States have become accustomed, and we are glad
to sec that to , tho same : complexion the North
are coming to at last. The war has been telling
there from its commencement, upon every branch
of industry, but thi3 has been carefully concealed
from the public and from Europe. The shoe be
gins now to pinch the Press. Bennett and Greely,
in their mammoth establishments, are now feeling
the pinchi&g, and when were their interests ever
interfered with, or threatened with disaster that
they did not “cry aloud and spare not?" When
did they not change master* when the ono being ;
served failed to protect their interests ?
[lntelligencer.
mm »
From Sherman’s Army.—Gentlemen from At
lanta state that it is rumored that Sherman is for- ,
lifying alcDg tho Po • der Spring road. If the re- .
port is true, it is evideut that he intends to fail back
beyond the <’hattahoochee, and hold the position
until reinforcements arrive: or he intends to fall
back through the lower route to Huntsville. Ala.
If he retreats he can go by no other route, as
Wheeler holds the one to Ch ittauooga. Besides be
cannot get subsistence by any other. And even if
be succeeds in forcing his w y by this, he will be
unable to collect from th surrounding country over
h»lf or quarter rations — Chronicle & Sen.
Diabolical Murder.—We earn on good author
itv, th *.t a mar. named. Wise, one of two watch
men employe! bythc North E >stern Railroad Com
pan!U to guard the bridge over the Santee river,
was attacked and ki lei about dayligir on Friday
morni g by a party of deserters who subsequently ,
threw his body into the river The other watchman, i
w os-; name is Eggleston, aud who nt >he time, was i
on tustrd »t 'he other end ofth bridge, haviny be- j
hold tht fate of bis comp niuu, -loktuhis eeG and :
escaped to tell thd tragic at >ry. — Charleston Mer - !
rury.
$4.00 Per Month
frortliern lews.
The New York Times contains the latest
news from Atlanta m the form of a very inter
esting letter. The account of the battle of
the 28th of July shows how much the Federais
suffered. It appears that it was determined
to attack Hood on his left, and for this pur
pose Logan’s, Blair sand Dodge's corps were
shifted from the left to the right to make the
assult. To cover this movement, a general
advance of'tlie Yankee skirmishers along the
whole line was made on the 27th and was re
pulsed, as the correspondent thinks, as ex
pected* This device, however, did not seem
to deceive Hood, who .also massed troops
whore the assault was to hav'e been delivered,
and pounced on Logan before he got into po
sition. whipped him and going back to his
works. Alter this disaster, the Yankees de
termined not to make the proposed assault.
There is a good deal of wrangling about whose
fault it was that Logan was whipped. The
other corps cammanders arc accused of not
getting up in time to supporf'him. .General
Sweeney was removed from"his command,
and Gen. Jefferson C. Davis is to be court
martialed. Logan declares that he lost 1,000
men, which was as little as he could have
possibly gotten off with under tlio cir
cumstances. The correspondent winds up
with the usual consolation, that “the loss of
the rebels was nearly equal to ours." These
disasters in front, and the inability to Hank
Hood, seem to have opened the eyes of the
Yankees.
The conservative Northern prqgs admit that
“nobody can longer hope for anything from
the Lincoln administration that “the mili
tary situation has undergone a great change
that “the war enters upon anew phase,” and
“that heretofore General Grant has dictated
the movements of General Lee. but hereafter
General Lee will dictate the movements of
General Grant."
Armed launches at the mouth of the Mis
sissippi have rendered the navigation so dan
gerous below New Orleans, that the Yankee
pilots aro afraid to venture out.
An order from Brigadier General Dustau,
commanding the Memphis militia, commands
all persons in that district subject to military
duty, to enroll their names andjoin some com
pany. This order is imperative.
Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Taylor, Commissary
General of Subsistence of the Yankee army,
died recently in Philadelphia. Ho was ap
pointed to the position he last held under the
act of February 9, 1864. He was a brother
of Rough and Ready.
A few negroes in Baltimore presented Old
Abe with a purple velvet covered Bible on the
4th of July. .
A rich Loyal Leaguer, who offered a stout
negro S7OO to go to the war as a substitute,
received for an answer, “Lor bress you. sar,
I.’sgotsSoo at homo to buy a white man to go
for me if I drafted.’’
The Albany Statesman, a Republican paper,
plainly- advises Lincoln to decline the nomi
nation, and allow the party “to put in nomi
nation some man whom we can elect." The
Statesman does not believe- it possible to re
elect Lincoln.
Colonel McOaudles, of Harrisburg, Pennsyl
vania, having been offered by Guv. Curtin the
appointment of Brigadier General, in a letter
to the Adjutant General declines the proffered
honor, and says : “The post of honor, as the
war is now conducted, is in remaining a pri
vate citizen." Col. MeC. is President of the
Keystone Democratic Club, of Harrisburg,
and a gentleman of intelligence and high
character.
Some Yankee soldiers went the other day to
Henderson, Kentucky, to shoot two guerilla
prisoners, in retaliation for the pretended
murder of Union men, and this led to an attack
on the place by a party of guerillas several
hundred strong. At the last accounts fighting
was still going on.
A Norfolk, Va., paper, gives notice that a
seminary, where negro pupils are to be board
ed and instructed in the common branches, is
soon to be opened near that city.
The Yankees report the destruction of the
blockade runner Matagorda, off Galveston, by
the United States steamer Kanawha. The
Matagorda had a cargo of seven hundred bales
of cotton.
j The St. Louis Republican contains the
j names of 843 officers of the State militia who
j have refused to take the oath provided in an
i act to prescribe an oath for certain military
] purposes. Their commissions are declared
| vacated by the Governor of the State. Wc
j suppose that these men do not intend to pros
j ecutetbe war.-right or wrong.
j Major Gen, Slocum has been relieved at
j Vicksburg, and ordered to report to General
Sherman. The District of Vicksburg has been
assigned to Gen. Washbume. who now con
j trols the river from Cairo.
A Washington dispatch to the New York
Times, says there is a strong feeling in tho
’ army against Meade and Burnside.
Northern papers say that General Lee rs at
Winchester.
Gen. Paine, one of the Yankee officers in
j Kentucky, has levied a tax on the property of
i those suspected of favoring the South. He
: expects to raise §300,000 by this means.
The people in many parts of Maine have
• suffered terribly, both in apprehension and
: actual loss, from the fires which have been
raging in that State.
The St. Louis papers state that Piatte City,
Mo., has almost been destroyed by Yankee
troops. Not over half the houses were left
standing. The Methodise Church, a fine build
ing, the Sentinel printing office, and the three
story brick block in which it was located, to
gether with many business and dwelling
i houses, are all in ashes. The town was or-cn
i pied mostly by Southern sympathizers.
r-si~ ■
Christ Conquers tiie Fear of
Death. —Of Mr. Stephen Marshall, an
eminent divine of the 17th eentury, Mr.
Giles Firman, who knew him in life, and
attended him in death, says, “That he
left behind him few preacher? like him
self ; that he was a Christian in practice
a3 well as profession ; that he lived by
faith, and died by faith, and was an ex
ample to the believers, in word, in conn
versation, in charity, in frith, and in pu
rity. , And when he. together with some
others, conversed with him about his
death, he replied, “I cannot say as one
did, I have not so lived that I should not
be afraid to die; but this I can say, I
have so learned Christ, that T am not
afraid to die.’ ”
Seek God in Health. —Philip Hen
ry said to some of his neighbors who
came to see him cn his death-bed, “O
make sure work for your souls, my friends,
by getting an interest in Christ while you
are in health. If I had that work to uo
now, what would become of me ( 1 bless
God, lam satisfied. See to it, all ot you,
that your work be not undoue when your .
time is done, le3ty<: i be undone forever.” I
[Special dispatches to the Mobile Register.]
Senatobia, Aug. 21—Fur rest attacked Mem
phis this niyrninjr about 7 o'clock.
Heavy firing was heard three hours.
It is supposed tho city is captured, as the Ksd
oral force is rep m l small and unsuspecting.
We shall reeeiv particulars to-nigßt.
The main Federal force is at Oxford.
SCANTLING.
Note bv th l,m ion.— Wo have a dispatch from
Jackson stating that a # “inan just from Senatobia
reports that x arrest captured 5,000 nrisonors an 1
killed 1000 it Memphis.”
Senatobia, Aug. 22—Gen. Forreil completely
surprised the Yankees at Memphis yesterday
morning,
lie charged through the streets, killed anl
wounded a large number of the enemy, and
brought off 239 prisons, including Washburne’s
staff.
Gen. Washburne (bund a rat-bole and thereby
escaped.
Our loss is thirty, all told. K.
Sentobia, Aug. 22.—Gen. Forrest surprised and
entered Memphis at four o’clock yesterday morn
ing, killed and wounded about four hundred
Yankees, and captured between two and three
hundred, a large number being officers. Ono
brigadier general is reported killed. Our loss i?
comparatively slight, the surprise being complete.
Among our wounded is Liout. Col. Robt. Mc-
Culloch, of tlio 2d Missouri, shot through tho
breast.
Gen. Forrest found that tho Yankees outnum
bered him four to one, and hud to fight his way
out, making a fortunate escape.
Among his spoils are five hundred fine horses,
new hats, clothes, Ac.
The prisoner are arriving.
This was the most daring raid and comple:
surprise of the war. SCANTLING.
Senatobia, Aug-. 23.— The Chicago Times, of tho
17th, is received.
A Washington special dispatch to the New York
World says it is reported, and currently believed,
that Lincoln lias under consideration proposition?
for an armistice with the enemy, as a political ma
noeuvre.
This is said to be the result of the deliberations ol
administration politicians, in order to counteract
the effect produced by Lincoln’s rebuff’ of Greeley
and Sanders’ overtures.
In the dash upon Memphis, Capt. Forrest, com
manding Gen. Forrest’s advance guard, rodo into
the Gayoso House before the Yankees knew that
the Confederates were in town.
Washburne made his es ape by jumping out of
i the window in his ni\ht gown.
Three other Major Generals were in town, all of
i whom escaped.
The Provost Marshal. Oapt. Williams, is reported
i killed. Scant lino.
froitlaern Extracts.
CLAIMS AGAINST TIIE YANKEE GOVERNMENT.
A return lias just been published of claims
| of British subjects agaiut the United States
Government, from the commencement of the
civil war, to the 31st of March, 1864. There
were 450 claims and 2.871 despatches and
letters to and from the Foreign Office. A
memorandum states that this return comprises
the' result of the fullest'examination of the
correspondence in the Foreign Office, and is
believed to be complete as far as that corres
: pondence goes, la older, however, to guard
against any prejudice which might result to
i British claimants from their claims not being
asserted in this list, it is necessary to observe
that the return i3 qot to be taken as conclu
sive ; and this reserve is the moic necessary
; inasmuch as.it is understood that, numerous
claims have been registered in the British
j Mission at Washington, though not reported
! home, which may iu due season be brought
! before the Government of the Uuited States.
; Among the ground of claims were the follow
ing :
111 treatment by police at Baltimore iu con
j sequence of his wearing a likeness of General
! Beauregard attached to his watch chain.—
i How disposed of: Case represented to Uni
| ted States Government. Result not reported
i Claim—lmprisonment on a charge of being
; on his way to join the Southern army ; a uni
i form being found in his baggage. How dis
-1 posed of: Released after investigation of the
; case. Some ether arrests, were of an in
j equally vexatious character. —Northern Paper.
“AN honorable peace.”
>Ve hear much about a* “dishonorable
peace.” Well, which is the worst—a dishon
orable peace, that murders nobody and steals
from nobody, or a dishonorable war, that is
guilty of millions of crimes ? It is dishonor
able to stop fighting soverigu sisters, which
tfiever gave tho Federal Government the right
|to make war on them? Any kind of a peace
| would be “honorable - ” in contrast with an
j other hour of war.—N eiv York Day Hook.
WiIAT THE WAR IS BEING WAGED FOR.
Now we understand, that everything else
: being conceded, President Lincoln would con-
I tinuetho war for the solitary purpose of abol
ishing slavery in the States. If we pay hun
dreds of thousands and pile mortgage upon
mortgage on our property to raise recruits,
we know we are simply to free the slaves of
the South.
If wc volirnleef, wo know we volunteer to
j tight for (lie negro. If we. or our sons are
I drafted and torn from their peaceful pursuits
by force, we know that the solo object of the
; cruel procedure is to free the negroes on the
Southern plantations. Our lives must be sac
rificed to give freedom to the negro. Here
| after all this must be clearly understood ;
, longer concealment is impossible; the Pres
i ident refuses 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.”— Ln Crostc ,
! ( Wit.) Democrat.
♦ ; ♦
i Mr. Slidell’s Visit to we Emperor.— The
j Paris correspondent of the London Herald
writing on the 28th of July, thus alludes to
; Commissioner Slidell’s recent visit lotheEm
: pe-ror:
Thi Federal organs in this city have been
; thrown into a stale of panic by thejmtelligence
of Mr. Slidell having gone to Vichy, and by
way of relieving their feelings indulge in the
sort of ribald vituperation of the South with
which Parson Brownlow and other negrophiles
have already disgraced themselves and dis -
gusted all that do not belong to that most of
fensive of cliques. It is impossible, however,
to avoid wondering whether the supporters ot
Mr. Lincoln are infatuated to that degree, that
they honestly suppose that Ihe recognition of
the South bj' Europeap powers can be long
deterred, or whether they suppose that they
can cheat their readers into believing that iu
the eventiof the continuance of the war, the
patience oFEuropean Powers, and especially*
of France, will, merely for the sake of furth
ering Mr. Lincoln s electioneering prospects,
induce them to defer taking a step which
would contribute to a termination of a strug
gle which is not only a disgrace to humanity,
but which—and that is more to the point—
vitally affects certain French interests. lam
not in a position to state whether active ne
gotiations arc pending[betweenthe representa
tives of the Sou f b and the Emperoi -of the
French ; but I should doL be surprised, had
Mr. Slidell deemed it his duty to represent to
His Majesty That the progress of the war af
fords one mors proof that the Southern States
have achieved de facto their independence,
and that their recognition would be merely
the acknowledgment of a fait accompli.
Siege of Charleston— Four Hundred and Elet
enth Day. —One hundred and thirty-six shots were
fired at Fort Sumter during the twenty four hour
ending six P. M. Monday. One negro wa3 severely
and one slightly wounded. One of the monitor
left inside the bar and went round to Stono. The
enemy were engaged Monday in the erection of a
new' platform lor the gua bearing upon the city.—
A gun was also raised over the battery and a work
ing party engaged in either mounting or dismount
ing a gun. , . eT
Our inforajation ; n rclatkn to the burning oi ue
gareville, given in Monday's paper, was erroneou-.
The firing was done by our owd troops, the Mono •
Scouts', under the command of Major Men kins.
ICoartcr, 23t<.
By Ellis,
ON S ATURDAY, 27th of August, at 10 o’clock, we
"will sell in front of Our store.
700 Lbs. Bacon ;
3 Bbls. Superior Corn Whiskey ;
1 “ “ Rye
1 Good Cooking Stove, (complete);
Ladies and Misses Gaiters and Hats;
Lot Prints ; 20,000 Needles ;
WITH OTHER DESIRABLE GOODS,
' ag2s td sl2