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I W. WAHMEiI, - - - Editor.
Friday Morning. August 26, 1864.
The Prospect.
.Suppose wc hold Richmond and Atlanta
an til niter th<f Chicago Convention, what
then ? Why then a peace man will be nomi
nated. And then what? Will he be elected?
Sot unless we can hold those cities until after
the election; nor unless Lincoln adheres to
his present policy. In three weeks after the
peace candidate is nominated, it will become
apparent to everybody that Lincoln's triumph
or defeat is certain, in the present attitude of
things. Suppose Lincoln perc (fives that his
dtfea 1 is sine, if he maintains his present po
sition will he persist in it? We think not. j
fle will propose terms of peace himself—or ;
ratlu-: negotiations for peace—abandoning his !
negro condition. In such case ho takes the j
wind «;uf of bi. adversaries 1 sails pretty effect- !
ttaliy. What will wo do in that ease? Shall
we rtfuos to negotiate with him? If we do,
w<- give him the vantage groupd in the can
va.~?; and raise a storm with the Brow Bites
and flic Holdc-nites at home. If we do not,
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the host otter that he will make to us, will bo, j
that a c come back into the Union, and resume \
our place-? as though v;c had never seceded. If I
we a/.vup- this offer, we give him a triumph 1
that inißiOi'tttiizes him and kills tho democrat
ic or peace party, to rise no more. Seme of
the Stales will refuse to be bound by the
treaty. and set up for themselves: others will
back into the Union rejoicing. Now even
tho r constructionists (old and now) insist
upon the acknowledgment of State sovereign
ty bj the- United States as a condition of their
going back into the Union ; and this doctrine
is ru]ndh gaining ground at ike North. If
tbi -i acknowledged generally, then, the uon
reimming Slates will be separate independent
States m the heart ot the Union. They would
he in a glorious position if permitted to re
main so ; but they would so disturb the ma
chinery of the Federal Government that they
would not be permitted to remain so; for if
Constitutions cannot bind men against their
interests, much less can mere acknowledge.
Meats oi rights. Consolidation then must
sooner or later become the inevitable conse
quence of reconstruction. Nothing can pre
vent this but secessions on the part of some
cf the Northern and Western States..and new
combinations, lfut without looking too fur
ahead, let us consider what we had best do, if
Lincoln proposes to open negotiations for
peace. They will begin of coarse, with a prop
osition for mu armisiicc. There will be no
sincerity in the proposition. It will be used
only as an electioneering instrument, and \vc
should meet it accordingly, i. c. in such a
way as to defeat his object, without prejudice
to ourselves. An armistice is just what , the
parties to it choose to make it. if agreed
upon, without any further stipulations, it
brings everything ton stand-stifl, just as it
finds them. Lincoln knowing this, will pick
his time for proposing it, when a dead lock
upon the armies will be most to his advantage.
But ho cannot object (at least no one else can)
that wo impose leasonable conditions upon
the armistice, and ail will admit that those
are reasonable, that operate equally on both
parties. Y/e should demand, therefore, as
■ i pteliuum.ry to stipulations tor an nnnis
-1 lice, that all the prisoners on both sides
should be immediately exchanged. This
should have- been done all through the war •
that the exchanges should begin with white
men for white men, and continue thus until all
tliQ white prisoners on our'hands are exhaust
ed. It then there should remain negro pris
oners in our hands and white ones in the hands
of the enemy, they should all be paroled;
that the armistice should extend to the first
of April, i. o. through the season unfit for
campaigning; that in the meantime the ar
mies on both sides should be disbanded and
permitted to return to theirdiomes; that upon
the resumption of hostilities they should bo
carried on according to the settled usages of
civilized warfare; specially, that servants <
should not be forced or seduced from their
masters, private property should not be in
jured or destroyed, benevolent institutions,
schools, colleges, courthouses, should not
bo disturbed ; that during the truce there j
.should bo no levying of new troops on either
side. Now these arc terms that none but a
Vandal could object to. They should be in
sisted upon, iio matter what party proposes
an armistice. * They ask no more than they
give. We do net believe that the Confederate
States should require tho United States to
withdraw her troops from our territory, as a
condition precedent to negotiating for an
armistice. That would give us every advan
tage of our adversary. But he cannot object
to a mutual disbanding of forces, ii he is hon
estly in quest of peace. But bow about the
blockade ? This is a hard question to answer.
We cannot reasonably expect the Federate to
mse the blockade for six or seven months; i
nor can they expect us to respect it any mere
than we have always done. They cannot
expect us to forego all foreign commerce, and
permit them to carry on commerce at will,
undisturbed by our cruisers. We can think
of but one way of solving the difficulty equit
ably, viz : let the blockade continue without
any additional strength of vessels, but subject
to be run by adventurers as-heietofore. And
as the whole end of the blockade is to cripple
our trade, let our cruisers be free to cripple
theirs as much ns possible. In other words,
if the enemy will not consent to raise the
blockade, let the war at sea go on in spite oi
the truce. If the enemy will consent to re
lease two of our ports from blockade, then let
our cruisers be stopt from disturbing bis com*
merce. Now ail thi3 is equitable and just.
Let the people remember that there is a vast
difference between a treaty of peace and a
treaty for an armistice. In the first, we have
a right to demand what we please ; iu the last,
wc have no right to ask anything that we
would cot be w illing to grant if the position of
parties were reversed. An armistice settles
nothing, it yields nothing. It only opens the
doer to negotiations for peace. Uafortu nately
■or us, and for the cause of justice, truth and
humanity, when wc come to deal with Lincoln,
*ve have to deal with a man so utterly un
principled, that we can place no reliance upon
anything he says or does. "We conclude with
this single r-.-mark: Let not the Government
x lu '* osv “hose wild dreamers, who say, ‘‘let us
have au armistice without uuy stipulations
about it at all,’ 5 ” ■
We are permitted to make the following ex
fcracis from tellers received in ihig city :
“N t £ar Forsyth, Aug 22th, 1864
The late Yankee raid was a miserable fail
ure. I w:i3*fn Atlanta and esme down to
Jonesboro* to enquire after Mr. Yeung's boos
of Croft's Battery, attached to Ross’ Brigade.
I did not sco either of them, but -learned that
Lieut. George, with one gun only, wa* in the
fight, and that he greatly distinguished him
self fer cool bravery. With this one gun be
repulsed repeated - charges of an overwhelm
ing Yankee force ; kept them all off umil he
fired bis last round of ammunition, and then
made his escape with all bis remaining men,
(except one captured.) He was highly com
plimented by his General. This was nothing
more than I expected of him when a» oppor
tunity* offered.”
Yours. S.
“Camp xkar East Point, Aug. 23rd, ’64.
Lieut. George B. Young was the only offi
cer cf our battery engaged in the fight with
Kilpatrick, and, although the gun .bad to be
abandoned, the circumstances of the fight was
highly creditable to him and hie command. j
They repulsed repeated charges of heavy
forces of the enemy until their ammunition
was exhausted, and won the brightest praises
flora the officers of this brigade, and his G&u.
especially complimented him for his coolness,
bravery and management in this affair. He
lost one Corporal lulled, four privates woun
ded and four missing—ten men in all, and
fourteen horses. Please notice in the papers
that all tire Cos! ambus and La Grange beys
are safe. Yours. A. j
Letter ,SVota tike Secnetai'-y €>l*
tiie- Treasury.
Treasury Department, 0. is. A., ">
Richmond. August 5, 1864. j”
To His Excellency , Governor Bonham :
Dbak Sir: Your very hind and encourag
ing letter of the 80iii ultimo, was received
yesterday. If prove to be mjr happy
fortune, through the divine blessing, to con
tribute in any degree to tho welfare of my
country, I shall be more than compensated
for all the labors and anxieties to which I
have been appointed.. Expressions of confi
dence and good will, on tfio part of ray fellow
citizens, »ueh as you have been good enough
to convey to me, arc most grateful and en
couraging.
I regard the Treasury of the Confederate
States us most peculiarly the Treasury of tho
people, and there is nothing in the power of
man that would so soon restore it to a con
dition of ease and prosperity as tho univer
sal and generous support of cur people.-
There is nothing in its present circumstances
to inspire alarm, but on the contrary, every :
motive for confidence. An all pervading
cause of embarrassment and distress, has
been the character of our legislation. How
ever patriotically intended, it is not to be de
nied that the measures adopted by Congress
for the reforming of tho Currency, bad the
unhappy effect of inspiring the public mind
with feelings of fear and distrust as to the
course that'would ultimately be pursued ir.
relation to that part of the public debt that
is presented by the Treasury Notes. Appre
hensions of ultimate repudiation, crept like
an »11 pervadifjc poison into the minds of tho
people, and g. ea ly circumscribed sod diatin- '
ished the purchasing power of the notea.
There were many distinguished an 1 patriot
ic vneti in ('egress who earnestly believed
thru the prefti, if not ifie sole, evil of the cur
rency was to be found in its redundancy alone.'
And reasoning from this premise, they inter
red that a corresponding reduction of this
luge votutue of the prrchasmg medium
would produce au immeduMt reduction in fee
pru’o or all saleable commodities. Others
enrtTt.a’ue.i a different opinion, and, behevieg
*hat the purchasing power and value of t-he*e
notes had a critical and sensitive dependence
upon the confidence and good will of those
who were called upon to exchange their nuh
stanoe for t beta, insisted that a reduction- of
the quantity, by any measure that disturbed
the confidence of the people in the good faith
of the Government, would lead to universal
distrust and stili greater depreciation.
The majority was. unhappily, found to be
of the lii’si opinion, and it must now be uni-,
vrrsaily admitted, 1 think, that Lite policy
that prevailed was erroneous, and the eouse- j
queuce3 precisely such as had been perdioted !
by those who opposed it. The immense ro
duction effected by the tax of 33J per eent. le
vied upon ihe currency, and by the process
of compulsory funding, produced very little
effect upon the prices of commodities. Eve
rybody regarded with distrust tho new issue
of notes of the same character as the i&3t, and
resting for their support as a circulating me
dium upon the same pledges which had ended
iu disappointment before.
That this is the true difficulty we have to
encounter, I think every candid person must
now allow, and I cannot retrain from indulg
ing the hope that anew and sounder policy
will govern our future legislation. The pa
triotism of Congress is not to be calied in j
question, nor are we at the liberty to doubt
their willingness to renounce any policy that
may be proved by experience to be eroneous
and mischievous. Our people, at the same
time, should not be siioat ; and in this respect
the patriotic citizens of the great and suffer
ing commonwealth of Virginia have set a no
ble example.
On my arrival in Richmond I found that
the Commissioners of prices bad fixed the
schedule rates for wheat and corn at S3O and
$24 per bushel respectfully for the months of
August and September. The feeling of dis
appointment and alarm with which I wa»
inspired by this circumstance, you can easi
ly imagine. This painful feeling was, howev
er, soon changed for one of renewed confidence
r.ud hope by the farmers of Virginia Public
meetings were held in the agricultural coun
ties and resolutions adopted boldly avowing
the impossibility of marntnining the punlic
faith if the Government were forced by the
people to pay such prices for supplies and pa
trioiiealiy insisting upon a reduction .of the
standard rates, and ti eir eitabitehmeu? upon j
u basis tuHicicnUy low to inspire confidence ;
in the cuntuey. %
The re-uli was that the commissioners re- j
assembled and reduced the schedule prices j
s7i for wheat for the mon h of Align-1 and §5 j
tor September. A wiser or more patriotic j
course was never pursued by any people, and j
1 would resjiectfHliy appeal to you as the I
Chief Magistrate of t»ur gallant and patriotic
State to sugge-t and encourage similar meet
ings and resolutions on the part ot our owe
people. I have au abiding confidence that a
general and well established belief ia the
intention of Congress under no circumstances
of temptation or trial, to shrink trom tne ob
servance of most rigid good faith in the
money dealings of the Government will ena
ble us to overcome all our financial difficul
ties.
That buck is their real intentions, I osinuet
doubt ; but this determination should be en
couraged and supported by tne public declar
ations of our people, expressive of their own
resolute will to foster thecredit ot the Govern
meat by the establishment of low prices by
the patriotic support of its Treasury. What
ever diflViecccs of opinion may have existed
in the past, or whatever errors may be sup
posed to have been committed, msy new he
buried in a common grave. Wfo are making
anew start in our finances, and under cir
cumstatices by no means unfavorable cr dis
couraging.
Ike expenditures of the Government are of two
classes—those incurred abroad and those incurred
st homo. In respect of the tir-t there has hbaer—
fa' bee a hut little embarrassment, nor is there any
rea-un to expect greater di acuity iu the future.
o>r to eign supplies wil probably he procured
without making any ad iitioii to the Qebt. lhe
mu*iee ... our foe- having raised the price *>t cotton
to dOu per pound iu European markets, 'Virile the
depreciation cf our currency enables v* nt the
eatuo limo to buy it at home at lets actually than
4d, it is plainly scon that it can be no dirt cult
task to draw from our enemies, and from the com
placent spectators of this a'rocious war, the means
of supplying all oar foreign wants.
Tbia would leave us then only on*' domestic"
cobtto deal with ; and when it is considered that
all that is ached of our people, and all that luc
Government is called upon to pay for is simply
their surplus productions and their services in
transportation and mechanical and other labors,
who can doubt tho ability of the people to bear
this burthen ? If they gave all that is asked with- ,
out compensation, they would ask at last no more
than their surplus and wonld be no poorer for the
gift. Jlow then, can their condition bo mada
worse by receiving the money and the bonds of
the Government in place of receiving nothing ?
I hope, my dear sir, that you will agree with me
in the opinions and sentiments 1 have expressed,
and may join with mo in the elfort to give anew
and generous impulse to the public sentiment upon
this great topic of our national affairs.
I do not think that planters and farmers should
alone be called upon to decline in favor of lower
price . Manufacturers, railroad companies, and
every great interest of the country should con
tribute to this reform. Let us ■ content ourselves
with moderate prices and keep down the public
debt j and not by extorting the highest prices,
swell the public burthen and disturb cur own con
fidence in the virtue and the resources of the Gov
ernment.
I remain, dear sir,
Yours with great respect.
G. A. TEEN HOLM. I
Army Cor res po seile sa ce oi' tite
Republican.
Richmond, August 10, 1861.
There lias been more or less skirmishing
and lighting below Richmond for nearly a
week past. The accounts which reach here
are conflicting, some representing the conflict
to have been revere and the loss of the enemy
heavy, whilst others teeat, it as just the re
verse. Unfortunately, lam unable just now
to visit the scene of action and verity the ac
counts, ray horse having more than tm days
ago been sent to the Valley oi Virginia, in
anticipation oi important movements in that
quarter. Such a thing as hiring a horse in
Richmond is utterly impossible, though one
should offer as much for one as King Richard
did. Indeed, if one was possessed of a hun
dred horses, it would be difficult to say just
how where one should go. whether to Peters
burg where Grant shows some signs of life, or
to Dutch Gap where his Dutchmen and Amer
ican soldiers of African descent ore at work,
or to the Valley of Virginia where Early anil
Sheridan confront each other on the banks of
that the man laments bis inability to be ia
forty different places at the same lime ? My
wants arc not so numerous : and yet the pure
air sweeping down from the serene heights
of the Blue Ridge and Alleghanies, the deli
cious water, the babbling brooks and green
fields, the lowing herds and bursting granaries
make one desire to quit the hot and dusty
thoroughfares of the capital for the mountains
and valleys of Northern Virginia, a pictur
esque region already made historic and sa
cred by the deed of Jackson and his men.—
But let us return to our raarton.
A week ago to-day Grant embarked a con
siderable body of cavalry on transports at
City Point and started them clown the river
on their way. as it was then supposed, to
Washington. But they did not proceed as la-r
as Washington. They did not even go to
Fortress Monroe. They .were landed a short
distance below City Point on the north bank
of the James, from whence they moved cau
tiously up the river and formed a junction
v. lib the infantry forces already at Deep Bot
tom ami with others which arrived there about
the same time with themselves. In the mean
time, General Lee'ordered General Hampton,
to move by land in the direction of Culpeper,
but the latter had not proceeded far before
Gim. Lee penetrated the designs of the enemy
aud ordered Hampton to the scene
tions beiow Richmond, and where he arrived
in time to render valuable services. On Sun
day arid Monday, the 14th and 15th. there tvas
considerable skirmishing and recon uni tori ng
b’-* the enemy. ’ On Tuesday, the 16th, lie
made an assault upon our lines and was re
pulsed. He outnumbered us two to one, and
compelled us to draw out our line until it
became very long and attenuated, in order to
correspond in length with bis own. lie availed
himself of this necessity, and though repulsed
in his first assault, he massed his forces about
noon and buried them with great violence up
on a single point held by Wright’s brigade,
commanded by Brigadier General Girardey,
and broke through our lines. Lane’s North
Carolina brigade and parts of Belitung's and
G. T. Andersen’s Georgia brigades, were
brought up at a double quick and ordered to
retake the position. The order was executed
in handsome style, the enemy was driven
back with heavy loss, and our lines re-estab
lished.
On the following day Hampton engaged
the Federal cavalry and drove them across
White Oak Swamp, taking prisoners, arms
and horses. Tr.o same day the enemy was
driven from Signal Hi!!, some two miles below
Chaffin's Bluff, an eminence which he had oc
cupied two days before, and which our signal
corps bad used as one of their stations. Yes
terday (Thursday) there was considerable
skirmishing and picket firing, and late in the
afternoon a reconnoissance in force was or
deted, and the enemy found to be in consider
able strength. The Confederate gunboats
took part in the assault upon the enemy on
Signal Hill, and rendered important aid in
driving him away from the works he had al
ready thrown up at that place. The practice
of the gunners on board the gunboats is rep
resented as having been excellent. To-day
Loth armies have been quiet in that quarter.
The Confederate loss is slight, not exceed
ing one hundred killed and five hundred woun
ded. The Federal loss, on the contrary, is
represented to have beoa seven hundred killed
and about three thousand wounded. A few
prisoners fell into our hands, perhaps as many
as four hundred. The Examiner says the ne
gro prisoners got iu a fog on their way to the
city, and have not been heard of since.
Among the killed on our side was Brigadier
General Chambliss, of Virginia, and Brigadier
General Girardev, of Georgia. The latter
was quite a young man, and had only very
recently been promoted for gallant conduct
ou the field from the rank of Captain in the
Adjutant General’s Department to that.of
Brigadier of Infantry. He was a young man
or excellent character and of great promise.
Yesterday the enemy moved a mixed col
umn of infantry, artillery and cavalry, out to
n point on the Weldon Railroad, about four
miles from Petersburg. They were engaged
by He tics division and driven some distance,
bat whether from the railroad I am unable to
say, the telegrams, both private and official,
being somewhat cloudy, like the weather, on
that point. Heth took about two hundred
prisoners.
There is a prospect of the early resumption
of tho exchange of prisoners. The exchange
will be conducted on the principle of giving
man for man and officer for officer, any sur»
plus of either not to be paroled, but held for
future exchange. It Is not probable that ob
jection will be made by the Confederate au
thorities to including in the exchange such
free negroes, inhabitants of tho Northern Slates
as may have fallen into their hands. Free
blacks are enlisted in the English and French
armies, and are exchanged like white prison
ers. -Negroes who have been seduced or forced
from their Southern homes by the tram testifies
and armies c: the North, will not, etcourse,
be exchanged, but will be returned to their
so- nor cwners. P. W. A.
Pcefxkinu k:>h THt Raius.—The rf/illeGgevi!ie
C.mledenito Union, of Tues sy lust. Eay.- : “The
Governor ass been very busy for Gse pß*t week pre
paring fer tho r*id»is. If they should think it
proper to p&y us another visit we think shall
be abl *to sivo them a wertn nd cotdi I reception.
Their last visit ic this vicinity o**u and n*»t bave been
very agreeably to either of the parties. Oitr excuse
for n- : making it m*-re interestiug. is that e did
not expect them, and of course w.-n* not prepare.!
to < ve tben! nxteh a welcoiua e wecmhl "'-'i r 1
ns they deserved. But when th»*v r«"t» , »«
trust we sh 11 pe r>re."otcd m> roc* i. o tit. . u -h
a TUi.i ner ns w ii! In- a tier <-c Iv sit -I* t
Ui an ot' tl.Hut 1 over §r • b.i,ck to their m.o.f •
TELEGRAPHIC.
RSPOnVS OF THE MESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered arnirdine to act of Congress in the year
lbt>3, by «T. S. Thrasher, in tho Ciork’s office cf
tne District Court of the Confederate States for
itui Northern District of Georgia.
Petersburg. Aug. 25.
The New York Herald of the 2?d has a letter
from Niagara Falls which says Judge Black, At
torney General under Buchanan, and Kay, Lin
coln’s private secretary have had another inter
view with Clay, Ilolcombe & Cos. and that Lin
coln is about to offer an armistice and propose a
meeting of commissioners in Baltimore or some
other border city.
Our forces engaged ami drovo in the enemy’s
line of skirmishers in front of Bermuda Hundreds
this morning, capturing 00 prisoners. The en
gagsmont lasted but a short time. Our loss small.
For several days past tho enemy ? pickets in froDt
of Bermuda Hundreds aod along tbo line of the
Weldon railroad have placed negroes in front.
No change. The enemy have been engaged to
day shifting their forces from their right to their
left.
Butler's cavalry engaged the enemy's cavalry
ten miles below night before last and repulsed the
effort they were making to drive in onrpiekees.
Loss mall.
Hoary firing heard some distance down the
line of the Weldon railroad for the last hour.- -
Cause unknown.
Atlanta, Aug. 25.
From some cause the Federal batteries were rL
lent this morning.
Last night shells struck tho Presbyterian
church on Marietta street and exploded in the
basement .where a number of citizons had sought
shelter. A fragment of shell cat off an arm of a
citizen who was lying in bed in tlie basement. No
other casualties.
Soouts report that the arc again de
stroying the Georgia railroad below Decatur.
Lieut. Col. G. A. Henry, jr. has been tempo
rarily appointed Provost Marshall of the general
armv.
Tlie Skfies Brlghieailug.
* At the incipienej of the present cams
paign the Northern press called loud]}' for
“something decisive.” Without military
success, it was admitted, the United States
would be put out from the great number
oi nations for the next hundred years, i
The spring campaign of 'Of was declared j
a distinct turning point m hurntm history,
as were the battles of Marathon, of Tours,
of Pultowa or Waterloo. Well, the cams
paign is nearly over. The Yankees have
come tip manfully to the shambles and
been slaughtered. The most collosai at
tempts that could be organized for our de
struction, Lave signally.,failed, and as pre
dicted, Yankeedom bids fair to “die tire
youngest of great republics. 7 ’ A convic*
tion seems at least to have* taken hold of
the public mind at the North that our do
struetiou is a hopeless undertaking. The
war is fast assuming a defensive character
on the part of the enemy, who boldly de
clare that hereafter Gen. Lee will dictate
the movements of Grant. The North is i
for peace. The war is fast drawing to a.l
close. The signs arc that crc the ides of i
March next, the carriage that has black
ened all the land with “mourning gar 1 *
mentis,” will have almost entirely ceased.
The_ Chicago candidate ior the Presidency
will be a peace man, and his election is
certain, unless some great calamity beialls
us before November. He will take a bold,
.dignified and manly stand for peace, and
the masses will sustain him. The pill is
working well. Lot us remain firm aud j
fearless, pushing the shoddy hordes deeper
and deeper into the m.re of rain, until
finally our glittering bayonets pass into j
the enemy’s land, the peace party seize the
reins of the tottering government and sue
for a cessation of hostilities on terms of -j
our own choice. What Pultowa done for
Russia the campaign of 1864 will do for
the people of the Confederate States. Let
us put out our entire strength and ward
off defeat, until the great change is
wrought- a change as certain as are the
balmy breezes following chilly March, i
forerunners of genial laughing spring, j
Unconquerable determination is all we 1
need. Thus impelled, the naked wretches
of India saved themselves from oblivion;
the obscure band of Italian ruffians be-*
came the Roman people; and the great
nations of Western Europe gained their
present high position in the scale of civ
ilization and national grandeur.— Merida
tan Clarion.
Major General Buell, who was mustered
out of service as a .Federal Major General
of volunteers, being reduced to his origi
nal rank as Colonel in the regular array,
has resigned.
He has lately written a letter from Bed
ford Springs, in which he gives the fol
lowing reason for his resigning. He is
another witness of .the infamous manner
in which this war against the Confederate
States has been conducted by Lincoln and
his supporters. As the Presidential can»
vass progresses we shall have more letters
of a similar character published in the
Yankee press:
“I believe that tho policy and means
with which the war was being prosecuted
were discreditable to the nation and a
stain upon civilization; and that they
would not only fail to restore the Union,
if indeed, they had not already rendered
impossible, but that their
tendency wag to subvert tho institution
under which the country had realized un
exampled prosperity and happiness; and
to such a work I could not lend my hand//
♦
An Important Decision for Ma
rylanders —On Friday j Judge Hally-'
burton, of the Confederate States District
Court at Richmond, delivered his decis
ion in the case oi Robert P. Hobbs, who
sued out for exemption from military ser
vice on the ground that he is a Maryland
er and has been exiled from his home in
consequence of sentiments entertained by
him adverse to the prosecution of the war
by the United States Government Judge
Halyburton sustained the grounds which
were argued by the petitioner's counsel,
General Humphrey Marshall, and dls?
charged him from custody. He took the
position that in all eases ia history where
persons were exiled from home on ac
count of their political sentiments, they
could not bo legally required to take up
i arms in defense of a country which was
at war with the nation from which they
had fled; and the application of* Mr.
Hobbs being based upon this ground, he
had no other recourse than to set him at
liberty. Judge Halyburtcn’s decision
was-made orally. It is a very important
one, from the tact that it will effect the
stfitiw of all Marylanders, or other«refu«
gees from the enemy’s territory, who may
claim exemption from the Confederate
-erviue on the same ground
CITY’JHATTBHJL
T. J. JACKSON. LOCAL EDITOR.
Funeral Notice.
The members of Oglethorpe Lodve No. 47, A Y M,
are revested to meet at the Lodge Room, e t 9 o'clk
Ibis morning, Fri ay 28th hist., to attend thofar.orr.l
of Brother I*. IL Fow7.es.
Member? of Columbian Lodge and all transcient
Masons arc invited to attend.
F. M. BROOKS, W. M.
W. E. iSaxpfoup, Scc’y,
as26 It*
City News Items.-—Win. B. Seals, a well known
and able teacher proposes to open in this city on
the first of October next, a high school for young
ladios at tho Sladeville Institute.
Tho office and store-room of the Post Cominis
missnry, Capt. Gray bill, has been removed to tho
; store formerly occupied by Eaugli A Tillman. •
i The store-room of the Columbus Arsenal under
charge of Lt. Muldron, lias been removed to the
ordinance buildings near the grave yard.
The City Council of Columbus at its last mect
| i»g appropriated $5,000 to the Relief /bromittee
6f its city now at Atlanta.
Uapt. Chapman's Georgia Defenders, ■ which
have been on Guard duty for two weeks, have been
I temporarily relieved, and we learn returned to tho
city yesterday afternoon.
“Tho heated term’’ still continues in this section
with unabated fury. We have seldom, if ever,
known a spoil of hotter weather of longer dura
tions.
Mr. 1). H. Fowler, late oi New Orleans died in
this city on tho 24th. It wil be seen that his fu
uerai takes place this morning p.i 9 o’clock, from
his residence.
Ax Example wokthy ok Imitation. —Per con
tra of rents (a subject always in order with us
as Local Jones’ boys are with him) our attention
lis? been called to a meet worthy example of a
gentleman in this city, who at the beginning of
tus war charged a soldiers’ wife five dollars per
month for the use of two rooms, and who through
all tho fluctuations of the currency has never
raised one cent on her. This conduct wo deem of
such rave occurrence ns to be worthy to bo re
corded among the bright examples that have at
intervals been mentioned during the war. The
quality of actions is to be adjuged as a general
thing by the motives which prompted them, and
by the surroundings at the time of performance. •
Thus when we take into consideration the avari
cious and grasping propensities of the times, and
the almost universal distrust in the honor and in
tegrity of mankind, when the advocate? of total de
pravity, have abundant reason for self-congratu
lation at tho increasing evidence of tbo prevalence
of their doctrine, wo think the above conduct
worthy of the highest eulogy, and the emulation
of all right thinking man. We had rather come
forth from this ordeal of firs with tho honors, and
agreeable inward satisfaction such a course natur
ally confers than to revel for all future time in a
perfect sea of ill-gotten wealth. Who has the
heart and patriotism to immitate this gentleman ?
( C Oil H V MO A TE i>.) v
Columbus, Ah;j. 25th.
Mr. liDiTOft 'J'lie follow lug occurred iu this
morning's editorial of the Sun :
“How seldom wo hear tho heart-foil repetition of
that simple petition : ‘ Forgive us out trespasses
as we /bi-give those ■who tretepaee against v.h
•lie surely has not attended very recently any
of iho services of tnc Protestant Episcopal Church,
or he would have noticed that petition offered up
on every occasion, whether at divine service, the
burial, baptismal -or marriage ceremonials: as speci
al provision is made for its repetition on such oe
eassious.
Be so kind as io ask him around to Trinity
Church or turn him over to cur post chapiia IU v,
Mr. Stlckney; and he will also hear at divine ser
vice, ‘‘That it may please thee to forgive our t-ne
tuies,. persecutors and slanderers, and to turn their
hearts. CHURCHMAN.
Gov. Brown's Proclamations. —We are in
debted to tho Macon Intelligencer for tho follow
ing explanation of tho proclamations of Governor
Brown, which we publish this morning. They
contain matters of interest to the public, and
should bo carefully road.
The first proclamation is directed to the Justices
of the Inferior Courts of the State, and to the
Governor’s Aids-de-Carop. It refers to detailed
policemen, some of whom, though detailed for po
lice duty, have neglected it to attend to their pri
vate affairs. The Governor properly remarks that
details were not granted to them as a matter of
personal favor, hut to promote the public interest,
and he requires them to give their whole time to
ths business of traveling through their counties
from plantation to plantation, under snob regula
tions as their County Courts shall prescribe, ami
in teeing that the negroes on all plantations, left
without overseers, are kept in subjection and
properly protected. All neglecting this duty, tho
Governor requires to bo arrested and sent imme
diacy to Major General G. V, 7 . Smith, at Atlanta,
to do duty at the front. This is right, and we
trust that prompt attention will be given to this
matter by the authorities, whose duly it is in every
county in tho State to keep a watchful oyc ou this
detailed police.
The second proclamation notifies all concerned
that the Govornor will not act upon applications
of furlough* made to him by the militia under
Gen, Smith's command. These, have ail been
turned over to Gen. Hood, and are bow under his
supremo command. Ths Governor aays there
must be “no divided counsels at Atlanta,” and
that during the time that Gen, Hood commands
the militia, they arc as absolutely under his con
trol, for the defense of Atlanta, as tho Georgians
in Virginia are under the control of Gen. Lee-
Parties, therefore, who have pplied io the Gov
ernor for furloughs, or who design to apply, will
govern themselves accordingly.
pWK!&~ * —— ' -
Tm; Jfor.n.E Prisoxees. —Admiral Buchanan
was doing well at Pensacola on the 10fb. It was
thought that his b-« would be saved. Captains
Johnston and Marphy'were well.
Tho following is the dhpoeiti ,-n of the naval pris
oners :
LIST OR XAYAL OFJTCSBS BEST TO PENSACOLA.
Admiral Frank Buchanan
Commander J.is i> Johnston
Lieut \V L Bradford
Lieut A D Wharton
Fleet Surgeon D A Conrad
Assis’t Surgeon, 11' IB >wies
Second Engine r, J 0 Council
Master’s ATite, W A Forrest
Master’s Mate, R J Carter.
LIST or XAYAL OrFICKRS SEST TO S.'.Y OSLEA^i,
Second Lieut Vv F /fobinsoa
Second Lieut E J AfeDerm »t
Fi st Lieut Marines, D G Ranny
Joe M Walker, Acting '’avte;;
J R Dearie;,', Acting Jfaster
H G Perrin, Master
Gao vV li iehavdsoa a&dsUrti payaustet
Geo D Linnig, first asristaut on*:near
John Hays, Sscq ,and as-istant cr.i inner '
R J Kilpatrick, Second assistant engines
Goo Langdoc, See -nd assistant en lu -er
J'»h i Applegate. Third s istant enviuee:
W B Patterson. Third ansi rant engir eer
V/m ifodgera. Third ass is tan engineer
W 0 Breutou, Thir.l iwwistant engineer
31 A Die t on, Midshi man
M .rc s Rosbc, Mister's ate
Gen H Cbhen. Payinasfor’s Clerk
R J l irzpatriek. Steward
.John Met’ready, I> •et-WAin
15 8 Smith, Gunner.
Fort Morgan, it is saivi, was planned by
Napoleon’s celebrated engineer aid de
camp, General ReroarJ, at one lime Sec
retary ot War of France under Louis;
phillipe. He ti:l-red the American as
' inv pifov j-.v in ( g >n c f ‘ »he B mrbous
ExKCUTIVE DuPARTIi'-ET,
Milledirwille, Aug. 19, ’O4.
To the Juntas of tk« Inferior C’J'iria and Aide
de-Camp :
I am informed that the Policemen in soma of tba
eonntie , who have been detui'ed under orders frois
these Headquarters, upon tho application of th*
Inferior Courts, to act as a polieo seres fer their re
pp,-elive counties, are neg ecting their du-ies ant
giving their attention exclusively to thou own pri
vate affairs* This cannot be tolerated. The detail*
wore not gr nted to them a.? matter of personal fa
vor. b t a? matter of pnbli • interest.
They are required to give their whole time to tb*
business of traveling through th ■ eounty from pi m
tation to plantation, under such regulations a* the
Courts may prescribe, and in soring that the ne
groes on all piantatioHS, left without overseers, ar«
kept in subjection and properly protect©'.!.
The du<y ig expected to be performed as promptly
s.nd as faithfully as they would the duty of soldi rs
ct the front. No Policeman is expected to give any
more of his lime to liis own plantation that heroes
to the plantation of like sire of each other person in
the section of tho county to which he may be as •
signed by the Court.
In each ec«e of neglect to p*r r orm Lis duty under
the rules hero laid dawn, tho (hurt and the Aids
dc-Camp are charged :ind required to arrest sueb
delinquent Policeman and send him immediately to
Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith, at Atlanta, that he nitty lie
compelled to do duty at the front.
ssriUlt JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Executive Dbpartmsni,
Millodaevillo, Aug. 19, ’t>!.
.4s numerous complaints avo made to .this oEeo
by poisons now in the Division of d/iiitia under
command of Major General O. W. Smith, for fur
loughs, details and discharges, I take this method of
stating to nil concerned that the Division has beea
placed under the command cf Gen. J B. flood till
such time as I may choose to assume the. command,
or tib I shall « rfter it disbanded, whan I am satis
fied the emergens* has passed.
As it is important that there be no divided coun
sels at Atlanta, when so much depend upon the
result, I deem it proper that Gen. Hood, while iu
command of the Mit tia, shall have entire control.
So soon, thoref re, as the men arc armed and sent
to Atlanta I yield the solo command to Gen.. Hood,
till I shall think proper to resume it na aboro sta
ted, and all applications for furlough, detail, or dis
charge, must be made to him through tiio regular
military channels. None of them will be acted up
on by me. The Hospitals of tho Militia are also
under tba direction and control of the officers in
tha Department, un or Gonorol Hood, and tho
State has no eontro : over them.
During the time that General Hood c 'remands
the Militia, they are as absolutely under bi* con
trol, fer the defence of Atlanta, as the Georgians ill
Virginia arc under tho couiro of Gen. Lee.
The only difference is in the term of service.—
Those in Virginia are in for the war, while the Mil
itia »rc in for tho emergency, to bo judged by tho
Governor, and they are disbanded or withdrawn by
his order. JOSEPH 13. BROWN.
ag2t» lt
To those whom it usay Concern!
Office Chief Cojimissiuy,
Savau'iab, Aug. *22, ’64.
The following extract of a letter from tho Subria
ier.ee Department, da ed Richmond, August 19fa,
is published for tho information of all concerned:
“No more permits or protection will o given by
the Secretary of War to corporations or private par
tms, except upon condition that they buy at Gov
ernment rates: and all furtlior purchases made by
parties now holding such permits or protections are
required to be made on tho same terms. Thus, it is
hoped, speculation in the neoe Burtes of life will be
diminished, price* re lue* and and so oe of the difficul
ties under which ho have heretofore labored re
moved.
J. L. LOCKE.
ag2S lw Maj. and Cbh l Com’y.
AUCTION SALES.
IBy Elias, Uvinsrston &
J IBRD AY, 27th of August, at 10 o’clock, W 6
' ’ will seli in front of our store,
700 Lbs Bacon ;
3 Bijls. Superior Corn Whiskey ;
1 “ “ Ilyo “
1 Good Cooking Stove, (complete);
Ladies and Misses Gaiters and Hats ;
Lot Prints; 20,000 Needles;
WITH OTHER DESIRABLE GOODS,
' ag2s td sl2 ’
WANTED!.
—AT—
3L3L-&, lO:l*>o.sic3L Street.
COLUMBUS, GEO.
25 Barrels Vinegar;
25 <£ Soft Soap;
500 Pounds Good Tallow;
500 “ Beeswax;
50 Bushels Irish Potatoes, and other
Country Produce, for which the New Is
sue wi!i be paid or SALT, SODA, SU
GAR, Ac , will be given,
au«2fi dst w2t
' liwitfipr
r rilE Exercises of this Institution will begin on.
* Tuesday, the 20 h Se tember. Ti e Pres dent,
llev. T. A. Brown is a gentleman of finhhed duca
tion, and long experienced in tcich'ng. Ho will
b ve associated with him a complete and able Ifoaid
of Instruct on. Mr-. James Callier, who has charge
of the Boarding Dcpartmen , can accommodate »
large nutnOer of young lasiiea For farther partic
ulars address Rev. T. A. >_rown, or the uuoersigued
at faibutton, ua. . „
E. H. WORRIED.
ag2s 2w Ch n’n B’rd Tr’g.
Confederate States depository.
Columbus, Oa., Aug. 17, ’t>4,
Don. sites in New Currency will bo received and
Call Certificates issue-I at this Office, payable go
demand, bear ng interest at four psr cent per *u
nma from di^e.
Dcp sites in Old Currency at 2- 5 cents on the
dollar will be received and Certificate issue 1 p lya’ole
on demand after ninety days from date ia New Cur
rency.
Above Certificates are secured by the.hypo heea
tion of an amount of Bonds of the Five llaadw
Million Loan (non-taxable] Coohl to the ouu
these loans.
I am prepared to sell the 6 per cent Coupon or
Registered Ei> ds of tho IJoO (,oth!,‘Joo loan at
for the new currency or the o dated 2-3 cents 9Q
the dollar.
The principal and intercut of this Loan am froo
from Taxation and the Ca upous recsiv-kblc ia pay
ment fi r ali Import and Export Duties. These
Bonds are the be-t so uriti s j et offered by the Gov
ernment, and I recommend them to tho favorabi*
notico of the public.
W. a. YOUNG,
augl itn_ Depositary,
iSSatile-Fieid Relies Association
of Cuiu jibjs,
All who are disposed to on tribute articlre noces
sary for the relief of the sick and wounded iu the
Army of Tc-nnegsoe, are requested to leave them ft!
Goodrich k Co’s sfore by Okb O’clock, P. M.ov
ery Tuksdat ad 1 kidat. wh**n they will be lor
waruci to a..d dispensed by our Commit rc there.
W. 11. YOUNG, P wd L
C. G. liOL«(iS._3cc’y.
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
C iIWT
G/easd, Ala., Ana. 22. W*i.
ON -.nd after tb’s date Trains on this R->a i will
Kuo Daily f Sunday except A.) as i-jffows;
IVain.
Lr:!\’e Oir rl at •> CO 'a.
Arriv- in Union r ng- .7 .in
Lsi’ve Uou.n Springs.. b m m.
Airivu in Girard A It) OJ “
ri'clg'ltt TmaSsj.
Leave Gimr' at t ftt> a. au
■ Arrive iu Girard at..... fi <K) p as.
B. E. WELLS.
tt' Eng. G rup t