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Mnmbna Wimm,
W. WABBEJS, - - - Editor.
Saturday Mowing, Angust 37, 1864.
-A Hasty Judgment.— Our correspondent
■'Tishomingo' we fear does not make sufficient al
lowance for the ten thousand annoyances that be
set Conductors in this era of unirorsal railway
t.ravel. Se far as our observatien and experience
'We CXteu: ,cd > the gentlemen who handle ticket*
on the Muteogtt Rau»’ oat b cannot be excelled in
accommodating disposition and gentlemanly cour
tesy.
Colquitt’s Brigade,
Wc clip from the Macon Telegraph of ycs
tenlsv tiie following letter giving an account
of another of the many gallant achievements
ot this veteran command, The letter bears
date from Petersburg. 20th inst,, and is writ
ten by John J. Allen. Captain of one of the
Companies in the Brigade.* In the distribu
tion of the multitudinous promotions which
have been made the present year, it i$ a mat
ter of great surprise that Gen. Colquitt has
thus far escaped. No officer in the army of
any grade has done harder service and none
has deported himself more gallantly or skill
fully. The long train of glorious victories
which have crowned the year 1804 was ush
ered in by the triumph at 01 us tee—a triumph
tor which the country is indebted exclusively
to Colquitt and the heroic men he led on that
occasion. We trust that justice to a brave
and capable officer will uot suffer the proper
reward for distinguished services to be much
longer withheld. The following is the letter
referred to:
A body of the enemy having taken posses
sion of the Weldon Railroad, six miles from
Petersburg, Colquitt’s brigade was ordered on
yesterday, the 19th inst., to make its way to
the. enemy’s rear, which was successfully
done. About two o'clock, p. m., we came up
on the enemy and commenced charging, and
completely routed them, driving them a dis
tance of two miles—capturing and bringing
off the field between three and four thousand
prisoners and several stands of colors, with
but a very small loss to our brigade. *
The number of killed and wounded on our
side is remarkably small. The day’s work is
consideaed a grand affair. The cool and de
termined charge that we made upon the ene
my, hurling them back in completejconfusion,
Avon the admiration of all who witnessed it.
Gen. Colquitt came very near being ceptured,
and had a ball shot through his coat colar.
To-day. we are on a different portion of the
line, and dll seems to be heavy
rains every day.
Tli© MTcyts.
mow I’EijSßSßDttci—Thursday's ova rations.
The operations of Thursday, we see by the
Express, were of a highly interesting nature.
Tor several days previously it had been no
ticed that the enemy, after having contracted
his lines temporarily on the left (our right)
was engaged in extending them. The object
was not distinctly understood—at least in
unofficial circles until Thursday morning,
when the enemy if? strong force rapidly push
ed forward around our right, and struck the
Southern railroad, at the Old Yellow Tavern,
four miles from the city.
About 9o’clocku. rri., the. enemy in heavy
force of infantry and cavalry, appeared at
Gurley’s farm, about six miles south east of the
city, and three miles cast of the railroad, and
throwing forward a strong line of skirmisbeia i
adnmeed at once towards the road at the Yel* 1
low Tavern. They soon encountered the pick- j
•its of Gen. Bearing’s cat airy brigade, who ;
fought them as they retired in the direction j
of the Tavern, where Gen. D.’s reserves were
encamped. Gen. Dealing deployed his men
in the most skillful manner, and checked
the advance of the Yankee troops, but finding
himself opposed to very large odds, was corn
pell»»d to give back gradually, liis troops
behaved in the most gallant manner, and
fought in a style highly creditable. From 9
o’clock until 2p. m., he engaged the enemy,
fighting them, step by step, all the way from
the Tavern to Davis’ farm—tvro miles nearer
the city.
It was during this period that a portion of
his command made a gallant and successful
charge upou the Yankees, and brought off
nearly two hundred prisoners—among them
one lieutenant colonel and eight commissioned
officers.
About. 2 o’clock the enemy, iu their ad
vance towards the city, bad reached a’point
just beyond Davis’ house, and thrown their
skirmishers forward through the corn field,
about one hundred yards beyond. They were
held in check here by Bearing’s cavalry until
reinforcements arrived. The enemy here oc
cupied both sides of the road—their left ex
tending several hundred yards to the right
of it, and their right resting away off to the
left, amidst the thick woods and under
growth.
Our line was formed some four or five hun
dred yards in front of the field occupied by
the Yankees, and in the finest of spirits, and
with steps as elastic and as willing as though
they were marching to a feast, our men strode
forward to the contest. The enemy’s skir
mishers were met and quickly driven back
upon their first line of battle, which in turn
was hurled in confusion upon their second
line, and that upon tbeir third. Pressing
still forward amidst the cannon and the roar
of musketry, this third line was quickly
broken, and almost routed, and the whole
Yankee force—consisting of four divisions,
commanded by Gon. Warren (of the Fifth
Corps).in person, was driven back for three
quarters of a mile.
Gur success would have beyn greater, and
the Yankees immediately on the railroad
would have been pressed hack much farther,
but that possessing such a large force, the
enemy flanked us on our left, and our troops
were compelled to retire a short distance.
In this engagement, which lasted for an hour j
or more, our troops acted with the most con- \
spicuous braveiy. They fought as veterans 1
only fight—with a power irresistible, even !
against immense odds. Their coolness in the j
hour of trial may probably be best attested j
by the slain of the enemy, who lie thickly i
scattered through field and woods for the •
space of half a mile. Officers of high rank |
inform us that the loss of the enemy in killed :
and wounded is very large, and prisoners
themselves admit that they lost terribly.
Our own loss in this affair is not ineonside- j
table—but very few killed. Three hundred j
wounded have been sent to the hospitals, and
more are yet behind. Four or five hundred,
at the most, will cover the aggregate.
In prisoners, the enemy lost about two hun- |
dred, and our commands about thirty.
About 5 o'clock a brisk artillery fire was ;
opened upon the enemy by our batteries at!
Davis' farm, which was vigorously replied to. j
The enemy's shells cut several of Mr. Davis’ i
fine grove trees down, and injured hisresi-i
dence considerably. This shelling was but the
prelude to a on our part, in order to
dislodge the enemy from a position to the left
of the road, considered important to us. The
work was entrusted U> one ot our best fight
ing brigades, and executed in the most bril
liant manner. Subsequently, the enemy
charged back, but were repulsed.
Skirmishing, which at times broke out
quite lively, continued until seven o'clock,
when it subsided into a monotonous picket
firing.
I) AM AO E TO THE ROAD.
Fi wiu the best information we air, enabled •
lo lc *ueiuy has torn up from one and a
half to two miles of the Weldon road, com-;
meneing at the Yellow Tavern, and coming '
this way. W hat they have done, or mar do, I
beyond that point, it impossible to sar. i
ORjacTs of taie motssiskt.
The object of tbo enemy in this flank move
ment is two-fold. From an officer who was
captured yesterday, and who, by the way, ia a
most intelligent man, we understand the first
to be, the destruction of the Southern road;
and the second, to weaken our forces in the
trenches to such an extent by tbe withdrawal
of reinforcements, as to euable the enemv, by
a determined attack, to force a'breach in our
liues.. Meeting with early and unexpected
opposition the expedition turns out a failure
in the most important point.
THE BATTLE OS FRIDAY —GLORIOUS RESULTS.
In the engagement of Thursday afternoon,
(says the Express of Saturday.) two and a half
miles South of the city, the enemy was driven
back from his advanced position on the Wel
don railroad, for the distance of nearly one
mile. A severe chastisement wa3 inflicted up
on the foe, and hundreds of his killed and
wounded fell into our hands. Night closed
further operations, and the enemy remained
in possession of the railroad—his left extend
ing across in the direction of the Boydton
plaukroad, and his right eastward to the Je
ruselam plankroad.
At this point breastworks had been thrown
up, which were greatly strengthened during
the night. Other lines in the rear of this po
sition were constructed, and the enemy were
busily employed all night in fortifying them
selves against an apprehended attack yester
day.
For reasons unnecessary fer us to state, our
j troops fell back to a more eligible position,
| nearer the city, on Thursday night, leaving
only a picket line in front of the Yankees,
wdiich was also withdrawn at a later hour.—
The enemy did not discover our disappearance
from their front until yesterday morning when
they immediately threw forward their line of
skirmishers, and advanced their left to the
battle-field ol Thursday, in Davis’ corn, field,
throwing up, as they advanced, two lines of
breastworks. Their right was extended in an
oblique direction, to the northeast of the rail
road, and batteries were placed at favorable
points along the whole line.
This occupation of one of our main lines of
communication with the South was, of course,
not to be permitted without an effort to dis
lodge the enemy. Accordingly, all arrange
ments having been completed, General A. P.
Hill, commanding Mahoue’s and Hcth’s divi
sions, attacked them between tbe hours ol
three and four o’clock. General Mahone com
manded the troops to the left of the railroad,
and General Heth those to the right. The at
tack was opened by Mahoue, and was speedily
responded to by Heth on the right, and the
battle raged furiously.
On the right, Gen. Heth, with the gallant
brigades of his divisions—Davis’, Walker’s
and Archer’s—struck the enemy’s picket line
in the corn field a short distance beyond Da
vis’ residence. These were quickly forced
back upon the first line of breastworks, held
by a formidable force. With a cheer the
Confederate troops bounded forward and swept
over all obstruction, pressing the Yankees
back with severe loss into their second line,
and chargiug onward forced them thence with
an equal lack of ceremony. Beaten from
their works and defeated in their every effort
to retain them, the Yankees retreated to their
main line of entrenchments, into which they
had been driven on the previous evening.—
This line having been greatly strengthened,
proved too strong to be stormed, and our
troops were checked in the face of the slaugh
ter which threatened a further advance.
In tbe meantime, Gen. Mahone, with Cling
man’s, Colquitt’s aud his own former brigade,
had struck the right of tho Yankee lines and
captured eight hundred prisoners. ' Pressing
forward with his usual energy, lie drove the
enemy before him, successfully chargiug them
wherever they made a stand. Finding them
strongly entrenched, however, in the thick
woods opposite Davis’farm, it was determined
to dislodge them by a flank movement. Cling
man’s and Mahone’s old brigade engaged
them in front, while, by a circuitous route,
Colquitt’s (Georgia) brigade was thrown on
their flank. The movement proved a brilliant
success, aud caused scarcely any loss to our
troops.
Colquitt’s men were upon the Yankees al
most before they were aware of such close
proximity of the rebels, and surrender or
lighting under fearful disadvantage was tho
alternative. Crawford’s crack division, of
Warren’s (oth) corps, here fell a helpless vic
tim to rebel strategy, and the greater part of
two brigades—numbering over two thousand
men—threw down thoir arms and surrendered.
The prisoners were quickly placed under
guard and sent to the rear, where they were
formed into line and marched to Gen. Hill’s
headquarters.
The battle still progressed successfully until
the enemy was driven back to the position
from which he advanced in tho morning. At
dark our lines were close up to his works, and
occasional volleys of musketry showed still
further fighting.
Among tho prisoners taken is, Brigadier
General Hays, of Massachusetts, several colo
nels, and other field officers of less grade.
General Hays was brought into town last
night.
During the engagement we lost a number of
men—taken ’ prisoners, but, we understand,
they were afterwards recaptured. The suc
cess which followed the attack threw our
men into the best spirits, aud every soldier
wore a smile of satisfaction upon his counte
nance.
The result of the attack is highly satisfac
tory to the officers in command, and is viewed
in the moat favorable light. The enemy has
been materially weakened by the loss of three
thousand of his beet troops, taken prisoners,
and several thousand killed and wounded.—
lie is demoralized by iiis defeat, and though
he may fight hard, yet to hold the poeition he
has gained, his prestige is gone, and be will
not offer the front he has shown during the
last few days.
The weather was rainy during the day, and
especially so during the afternoon. The tght
ing was done amidst a series of heavy showers,
which not only incommoded our men, bat
rendered the ground heavy and slippery.—
Most of the fighting on our left was (lone in a
dense growth of underbush .and woods.
Our artillery did most excellent service,
and two much praise cannot be exlended to
the infantry for the part they played.
We can form no estimate of the Yankee
loss,other than that the statement of officers that
it was very heavy. Many of their dead and
wounded fell into our hands. Nor are we
able to form an idea of our own loss, as up to
night but few of the wounded had been
brought from the field. The great majority
of those we saw, were slightly wounded. We
shall learn further particulars of the casual
ties and of the battle to-day.
We regret to state, however, that General
Ciingmaa was painfully, though not seriously
wounded.
The battle for the possession of the railroad j
will probably be resumed this morning, and j
it is believed the enemy will not only be dis- j
lodged, but disastrously defeated. The ex- '
pedition will turn out in the end to be the !
greatest disaster that has yet happened to j
Qranl in this department.
Reports from the battle field late last even- j
ing, represent our forces to be between the
enemy and the main army in front of Peters
burg. If so, something interesting may oo
cur to-day.
It is also stated that several hundred more
prisoners have been taken, thu3 running the
number above 8,000.
As the enemy still hold the railroad it is
impossible to siate what damage has been
i done the track. It is believed, that instead
i of sending a body of raiders aoross towards
; the Soufcbside, the enemy’s cavalry are opera
ling on the Weldon road to the rear of the
' army.
OFFICIAL DESPATCH.
An official despatch vesoeived at the War
Department Saturday morning, states that
Gen. Hill attacked the enemy’s Fifth Corps
Friday afternoon, at Davis house, three miles
from Petersburg, on the Weldon railroad, de
feated and captured about twenty-seven hun
dred (2,700.) including one brigadier general
and several field officer?. Loss on our side
believed to be less rh *n that of the enemy.
( Brigadier General Clhgaum was wcr.uve
lia the leg.
SATURDAY ASD SUNDAY.
| From parties who left Petersburg yesterday
[ morning, ws learn that tha battle for the W«l
--j dau railroad was renewed on Saturday, and
| that our troops succeeded in capturing tliir
j teen hundred more of the enemy. This per
formance ia said to have cost comparatively
little, having been effected by strategy ehiefly.
The frequent rains prevented any very exten
sive operations, although cannonading was
kept np all along the lines. Various other
reports, of a less consistent nature reached
us, but is scarcely worth while to repeat
them.
On yesterday morning o«r forces renewed
the attack upou the eoemy, and after a con
siderable fight, drove them from the railroad.
The firing ceased about one o’clock in the af
ternoon, and only occasional shots were after
wards heard.
Among the reports which reached ns con
cerning this engagement is one which states
that during its progress, Gen. Mahone and his .
staff became separated from their command,
and were, for about twenty minutes, in the
hands of the enemy. Our men charged the
enemy and rescued tlie General and his staff,
and at the same time, pushing forward, cutoff
two of the hostile brigades from their main
body and succeeded in killing, wounding and
capturing the whole of them. The report
needs confirmation.
Further news may be found in the Press
despatches.
Til/. RICHMOND GREYS.
The following is the list of casualties io the
Richmond Greys, in the action before Peters
burg on Friday last:
Killed—Private Tiros G Walsh.
Wounded—Augustus F. Rogers, slightly;
Oscar 0. Mull, Slightly.
Missing—Serg’t*”Marcu3 M Bowers, Corp’l
Geo K Gibson, Private Geo H James.
ARRIVAL OF PRISONERS.
Thirteen hundred and forty-nine prisoners
arrived at the Libby, from Petersburg yes
terday morning, and sixteen hundred and
twenty-one yesterday evening, making a total
of two thousand nine hundred and seventy,
all of whom were captured in the engage
ments near that city on Thursday and Friday
last. Tbe number includes over one hundred
commissioned officers, including Brigadier
General Hays. More are expected this morn
ing.
Tiie Democracy of tlie West—
WHAT tS TO BE DONE AT CHICAGO—
WILL M’CLELLAN BE NOMINATED.
Wc take the following from a speech by
H. H. Dodd, recently delivered in India'-
napolis before the assembled Democracy
of Hendricks county :
The re-nomination of Lincoln endorses
the acts and policy ot the administration,
need they be commented upon ? To name,
in the presence of an Americau audience,
the measures alone,- is sufficient to start
the blood in any patriot’s veins, and cause
every cheek to mantle with shame. Think
of obliterating State lines, as in Virginia;
think of confiscation; think of war upon
defenseless women and children ; think
of burning cities and the destruction of
private property; think of emancipation,
of negro soldiers and negro equality ; call
to mind the oft repeated declaration of
war against the Democrats of the North ;
the numberless cases of arrest and im*
prisonment j think of the suspension of
the writ of habeas corpus, the entire sub
jection of the civil to the military authors
ty, to say nothing of conscription and
taxation, the restriction upon speech and
the press; include, if you please, the
wholesale robbery, more vast than the
devil himself can compound.
Add to this *a system of detectives,
spies, informers and Provost Marshals
that swarm throughout the laud like the
locusts of Egypt. What a picture*! I
turn, without further comment, with loath
ing and contempt from its contemplation.
The Lincoln party is committed to the
subjugation of the South, exterminating
its people, overrunning that country, with
the free negroes armed as soldiers, re>
peopling it with its own supporters, then
admitting the desolated States into their
happy union; happy indeed !
The Democratic party, although there
may be a few who do not take this view'
now, will plant themselves upon the solid
rock of the equality and sovereignty of
the States, and should the General Gov*
eminent fall into their keeping, they will
be bound to regard the reserved powers
of the States, faithfully execute the Con
stitution, by and through which alone the
Federal authority is secured, Restore
peace upon the basis of a convention.
Then, if the law breakers, and those who
disregard Constitutions, can bring them
selves to part with their isms and lusts for
a general government embracing all the
States, it i3 possible, in my judgment, that
it can be accomplished. But if the States
having a majority, still persist in saying,
no Union with slavery, then let them
have peaceably, such a Union as they
desire, and let others determine for them
selves tlicir future relations.
Should the Confederate States gain a
recognition and be admitted into the fami
ly of nations, prior to a change of Ad*
ministration, the States of tho North will
be forced to settle all their questions of
future affiliation and provide for this vast
accumulation of debt by themselves.
Chosen to represent this Congressional
District in the Chicago Convention, you
will ask me who will be nominated at Chi*
cago ? I can’t tell you. All I know is,
that the man who gets my vote must have
the following qualifications : He must be
a statesman of the States’ Rights school,
a Democrat who endorses the Resolutions
j of ’9B and ’99, and who will protect the
; reserved rights of the States and people.
|He must be honest.. Pledged to stop this
j war and adopt compromise, whether union
or separation follows, to aid in bringing I
about a convention of States, to settle and
determine all questions at issue.
You ask will McClellan be nominated ? i
I tell you no. If there ever were a
speetable vote for him before his late ora*-,
tion, there is not now. He exhibits a lack
of statesmanship. He seemingly does not
appreciate our institutions. His posi*
tion does not materially differ from
Mr. Lincoln’s, This ought to be enough
to warn the delegates that his nomination
would be fatal to success, if that is what
they want.
Now, you ask, what is the future, what
; tbe end '!
My own opinion is that the people will
again place the General Government, so
far as the adhering States are concerned,
j the Washington Government, in the hands
!of the Democratic party. It is no small
| responsibility The Presidency is not -an
j office to be coveted, and who should de
| sire the position would thus manifest a
1 disqualification for it, and the man who
; takes it and does hia duty, fulfilling his
! entire obligation, would be entif M-to *he
m-G- gratitude of th* American people
i e can, hy belay vested with die Gov
j eminent, right the States of the North,
| can make the effort through peace and
compromise to unite the States in our Fed
eral Union, and even failing in this patri*
otic undertaking een at least blot out this
accursed military despotism which now
| crushes us down.
1 The end, then, my friends, is the tri*
i umph of Democratic principles, either in
j restoration, reconstruction or resolving the
| delegated powers back to the States.
Now as to the last question. When
every effort fails looking to a constitutional
Union embracing all the States, where
will Indiana stand ?
Now there has been so much said in
regard to a Northwestern Confederacy that
any one might easily be misunderstood
upon this subject.
In my humble judgment, the States of
the Northwest are so inseparably bound
by such strong aud natural ties of com'
meree, of interest, of association, of blood,
of customs, habits, and manners, to those
of the Southern border, that they never
can for a long time remain in separate
governments. The bonds are natural.
They must unite. The rolling waters that
flow from the mountains to the gulf will
ever be equalty shared by the people whose
States border upon them. Nature has
declared this, and wc will be wise to obey.
A Northwestern Confederacy may do for
those who aspire to place and position; |
but for me, I counsel against it. It would !
only, in any event, be but temporary, j
Finally, those Northwestern States, with
those of the border, will unite with those,
of the gulf. I pray God that all the States
may again be happily united in oue com*'
mon fraternal bond, which may last while
time endures.
As to whether there will be civil war,
the answer to that question is locked in
the breast of the Commander-in-Chief of
the Federal armies, I trust not. If there
is no intolerable interference with the
Democratic portion of the people, there
will be none. Let us hope that the ballot
box shall decide as to a change of Admiii'
istration without strife, fully and fairly.
If this can be done, I have no fears of the
result. Take courage—a Democratic tris
umph awaits us this fall.
From Sherman’* Rear—Cap
ture of Yankees. Horses ami
Beet Cattle.
On Sunday morning-, 14th inst.. a portion
of Gen. Hannon’s brigade of cavalry, composed
of the 53d Ala. Regiment, commanded by
Lieut. Col. J. S. Gaines, 24th Alabama Bat
talion, and two pieces of light artillery, com
manded by Lieut. Davis, formerly of Terrell’s
battery, numbering in all about three hundred
men, struck the Western & Atlantic Railroad
between Adairsville . and Calhoun. They de -
stroyed the track and telegraph at two points. I
While this work was progressing, a large I
body of Yankee cavalry, supposed "to number j
about 1500, having in charge 1700 beef cattle, J
fresh from the blue grass of Kentucky, came 1
insight. The Alabamians immediately at- i
tacked and routed the yankees, capturing the
cattle and 35 or 30 horses and 81 prisoners, j
and killing and wounding about thirty of the •
enemy. They also burned a small wagon ;
train. Among the prisoners was a lory preach- !
er from Pickens county, named Paine, who j
was raising a company of torios for the Yan
kee service. Our loss was one wounded and
four captured. Among the captured is Capt.
W. F. Davis, of the 53d Ala.
Subsequently the Yankees re-captured
about 700 of the cattle, leaviog in our hands
1018. The command made a forced march
through the mountains, for this place, making
about the best time on record ; living on short
rations, part of the time upou roasting ears
alone. They reached here last Saturday in a
jaded condition. The cattle are very large,
and in good order.. At the present prices of
beef and hides, they are worth over a half
a million dollars.
We could learn noth tug of the operations
of other portions of the cavalry from the men,
as there are three or four bodies operating at
different points, independently of each other.
[Alhem JStuwio'y 24./« .
From the Savannah News.
liefer ivoin Secretary Tren
liolm.
We have been kindly permitted to publish the
following letter from Mr. Trcnholm, Secretary of
the Treasury, to a gentleman of this city:
Richmond, Ang. 13th, 1864.
Mu Dear fjir:~rl have received your letter of the
4th inst., and read it with groat interest, Our views
have been generally of accord upon tho subject of
the finances, and I would willingly follow now the
course you recommend, if it were possible. But it j
is not; the recent measures of Congress are but ]
partially accomplished; and to arrest them half
way, and attempt to substitute others, would lead
to a condition of things approaching financial an
archy. Until tho regular session of Congress, noth
ing can be done in the way of legislation tor the
redress of present ills. I shall do all in my power
by a prudent administration of existing laws, to
sustain the credit of the Government, until Con
gress assembles. Aud having given to their mea
sures a patient, fair and deliberate trial, I shall
perhaps be listened to then with more attention, in
suggesting measures cf reform. For what may
take place in the meantime I am in no way respon
sible. But our difficulties ought not to be aggrava
ted by this short delay; and they ean become so
only an one way, viz: by the people advancing the
price of supplies upon the Government. The chief
outlay now is for wheat, corn, fodder and meat;
woolen and cotton goods; and railroad transporta
tion. For these the Government deals with the
planters, the manufacturer and ;the railroad com
panies. Nearly all its foreign supplies are now im
ported through its own agencies, and adds but iittle
either to the circulation or the funded debt.
For the home purchases enumerated, and all
other domestic expenditures, it is estimated that
the outlay will not exceed three hundred millions
from the Ist of July to the 31st December, provided
that prices are not advanced beyond those of last
year. Theso expenditures are thus under the al
; most absolute control of tlioso three interests. And
| of these the planters are the chief in number, im
i portance and influence. They hold the entire sup
i ply of food for the soldier in tho field and his family
j at home. Will they advance the price of food and
I with an abundant harvest? I hope and believe they
! will not.
Be that as it may, it is a risk that ha3 been deli
berately undertaken by Congress, in the arrange
ments of the two bills, and upon them the respon •
sibility rests. The Virginia planters have nobly
done their duy, in holding public meetings and
opposing any advance of the schedule prices for
tueir productions: and we must hope that their
brethern in other States will not display a smaller
shareiof patriotism and wisdom. There is no class
so deeply concerned as themselves in keeping down
the expenses of the Government. They are the
great property holders of the country, and upon
them must at last rest the chief burthen of the pub
lic debt. There can be no escape from its ultimate
payment, even now the bonds of the Government
in immense sums are daily passing into the hands
of foreigners, and coming more and more under the
protection of international obligations. And our
people are thus blindly allowing the only descrip
tion of security that will maintain its present value
on the return of peace to pass into the hands of
strangers, while they themselves are employing the
large sums paid them by the Government for do
mastic predactions, to inflate more and more the
prices of all descriptions of property, only to find
their supposed gains swept away by theruinous de
cline that will follow the return of peace,
If the planters saw their true int«ro3ts they would
he first to insist upon low prices and prudent ex
penditures. And the proceods of every bushel of
corn would be invested by them in Government se
curities, that they might themselves become the
receivers of the future taxes.
Yours most respectfully,
G. A. XfcFVHOI.M.
[For the Progress.]
question* for Dlataieiiiaticiaiis.
1, If extortioners* (especially in provisions)
i canned enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, how
[ manj* have bartered their soul- for Confederate
i money *
2 Which is in the most depreciated and dilani
: dated condition, the soul thus bartered or the
money far which it is exchanged: and what is the
i difference in the discount on the two
if money, worth only one in twenty, is taken
in exchange for a soul, whit .is the relative, value
of such soui i
I hope that farmers and others who do not want
Confederate money, iiu i therefore grasp for more
< and more of it. and pious divine.- wi>«* u*>« erowe
• suddaslv rich, will employ an ab s t main -»• -ian
to .vi'm i • H ei\ ' ■*’v •*<•: " ore-
r r, irg ne.-'o- - ImoSTiotitE.
TELEGRAPHIC.
8«?0BTS OP THK PBB3B ASSOCIATION.
accord!** to act of Congresa in the year
S. Birasher, in the Clerk’s office of
$? e District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Meridian, Aug. 2d.
Lines at Vicksburg completely closed for the
next 20 days; ingress and egress not allowed un
der any circumstances. It is thought another
movoment is on hand as all horses in the city
were being impressed by the Yankees. The pris
oners captured by Forrest at Memphis left here
for Cahawba this morning.
Mobile, Aug. 26.
The flag of truce boat returned last evening.
The Yankees say Fort Morgan capitulated at two
o’clock last Monday. The enemy concentrated
their fire on the Fort which replied spiritedly.-
Tuesday the bombardment was renewed. Mean
while the enemy succeeded in getting three how
itzers in position aud a line of skirmishers on tho
glacis of the fort kept up a heavy lire on onr guns
and gunners with the assistance of the mortar
fleet succeeded in damaging several gun carriages.
The fort did not fire Tuesday. Gen. Page destroy
ed everything in the fort am\ spiked his guns.—
He and the garrison numbering 581 men were sent
to New Orleans. 17 killed—wounded unknown.
Non-combattants not allowed to visit
The enemy has thrown a force of four thousand
on the main land at Grant’s pass opposite Fort
Powell. •
Osvka, Aug. 26.
j Col Scot t fought the enemy in the suburbs of
i Clinton yesterday and drove them back one mile,
j The fight was desporate, our men charging them
gallanty. The enemy received reinforcements
and recovered tqeir ground and now reoccupy
Clinton. Our forces are near Clintor. The ene
my’s forge reported at 6000 infantry and eavalry
with 30 pieces artillery. Prisoners captured say
their intention is to remain in Clinton, but it i B
not believed. Telegraphic communication open to
within six miles of Clinton.
Atlanta, Aug. 26.
The enemy retired from our right front last
night and our forces occupy their second line this
morning. The enemy’s lines from Deeatur to
Peach Tree road are all all abandoned, but they
are still on our left and centre. The movement is
interpreted a3 a concentration upon our left and
centre. Skirmishing this morning on the left,
With the exception of three shells from the right
last night before the enemy evacuated that point,
thov have not shelled tho city for 24 hours. Two
deserters reached our lines yesterday. They claim
to have been drafted at Dayton, Ohio, and were
never mustered into service. They say they came
through on the road direet from Chaattnooga. No
nows from Wheeler. Prisoners brought in this
morning from the right state that Wheeler tapped
the road twice, which was repaired immediately,
and trains are now running through. They also
state that Sherman’s army are on fall rations.- !
Since this morning the enemy has retired from j
our extrema left. Prisoners state that trains
came through from Chuttahooga yesterday. The i
Chattanooga Gazette of the 23d states that Gen. ;
Wheeler had destroyed the depot at Cleveland J
and burnt tho town.
Later.— The enemy have massed betwoen the
Cainpucllton road and Paces Ferry, and aban
doned their entire line on the right of the Chat
tonooga Railroad. Sherman’s order, dated 25th,
directing ;i reduction in rations, was picked up
in the deserted Damps. Sharp skirmishing on our
loft all the afternoon.
A special dispalch to the Cincinnati Commer
cial from Nashville, August 13th, says the Rebel
cavalry attacked Graysville on Tuesday a few
miles below Chickamauga. During the fight
Gen Steadman was seriously wounded, and Col
Straight killed.
A dispatch, dated Indianapolis, 18th, states
that as the time of the draft approaches the peo
ple are recoining more excited. Great demand
for substitutes oi’ any and all colors.
Mountainous Islands ix the Pacific.—
The islands of this class, with but very few
exceptions, are truly splendid. The immense
mountains rise gradually from their base, till
their lofty summits are lost amid the clouds
of heavens; some are broken into a thousand
fantastic shapes ; hero a pyramid piercing the
skies, and there a spire presenting its apex
above the belt of clouds by which it is girt,
and then you see a precipitous rock, lifting
itself in solemn grandeur, and frowning, like
the mouldering battlements of some immense
castle, over your head. The sides of these
magnificent heights are clothed with bright
verdure, of varied shades. Beauty, grandeur,
wildness and sublimity are so fantastically
bleuded and contrasted, as to excite the most
varied and delightful feelings. Then there is
the ocean beneath you, stretching away in
boundless majesty, until it appears to embrace
the heavens in the distance. At their base
are fertile and luxuriant valleys, intermingled
with the stately bread-fruit tree, the banana,
the Brazilian plum and many other tropical
productions ; some of which are trees of gi
gantic growth and richest foliage—all equal
ly beautiful, but each having its own hue,
from the darkest shades to the green of light
est tint. The plumes of the cocoanut tree
overtropping the whole, and waving majestic
ally to the passing breeze from the ocean, give
an exquisite finish to the landscape.
The Southwestern Baptist says: The following re
markable production was found among the papers
of an aged and very pious gentleman now deceased.
There is no doubt that it involves an important se
; c-ret, as the decased was known to have been a man
i of unusual excellence and worth of character :
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SfiTTXiKUEXT Os THE DANISH DIFFICILTIKS.
The Asia, at Halifax, brings the intelligence that
the arrangement of the Danish question has been
i confirmed, via Copenhagen. Denmark complete-
I ly cedes the Duchies to Austria and Prussia, to
; gether with Jutland and Euclere , the town of Ribe
; excepted.
* There are nine thousand rebel prisoners in the
I barracks at Rock Island, Illinois, and five thou
; sand three hundred and seventy-seven at Camp
; Douglas, Chicago. There arc also several hun
dred at Alton. Thus there is a considerable rebel
1 army in Illinois.
A chandler had some candles stolen. A
person bid kirn be of good cheer, “for in a
abort time they will all come to light," said
j he.
A bog; of marsh in England becoming dry.
: the people were surprised at the sight of a
square mile of frogs moving across the coun-
I try; the old frogs with little frogs upon their
j backs, and all led by huge old patriarchs, mi
grating to the nearest water.
“Mother." Paid Ike Partidgton, “did you
' know that M.o ‘iron horse'' has but one
“One ear! >n rci'o child, what do
• ?•" “ Vhy, the of
cour-e
I _GITY MATTKHS.
! T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR.
Funeral Obsequies.—The renuinV of Lieu*.
D. 11. Fowler, were escorted to their last resting
place yesterday by detachments of the Naval Iroa
! Workß Companies, the Masonic fraternity aad
many citizen?.
Death of S. K. Hodges.— This gentleman, ,
old citizen es Columbu3, died at hi3 residence oa
the 23d. Ho was quiet and unobstrusire in hU
character, possessed offine business qualifications,
and a man, wo think, universally esteemed in the
community. Ho leaves a large number of ween
ing relations and friends to sympathise in his lojj
Resolution of THANKS.--The following resolutioa
wa3 unanimously passed by the "Georgia Defen -
ders” Capt. Chapman, on Thursday after their re -
turn to the city :
Resolved, That the united thanks of the mem
bers of this Company are due, and are hereby re
spectfully tendered to Col. and Mrs. J. A. L. Lee
Mrs. James Covington, Mr. George Jones, and
Mr, John Odom for their repeated acts of kind
ness and thir generous and unfailing hospitality
to us during our late encampment near their
homes.
Resolved. That the above be published in ti»*
city*- papers.
Troops ox the Move.—Brigadier Gen. Alpheui
Baker, and brigade passed through this oity yej •
terday morning, en route for a theater of opera
tions, whex’e their services are likely to be in do
niand.
Life’s Fitful Fever O’er..—The following
brief record of a family who have all passed from
earth in the short space of six months, is but 'the
history of tho race in a nut shell. Generation*
come aud go in quick succession, and e/en the
memory of tho dead is soon forgotten. Yet, with
this certainty in view we behold man rushing for
ward in the mad pursuit of unsubstantial good.—
Seemingly unconscious of the brevity of life, its
transient glories, and the final overthrow and ex
tinguishment of his foudest dreams by the grea*.
levelev, Death.
Charles W. Stewart died in this eity Jan. 30ta,
1864. aged 30 years.
Emma A. Stewart died march 10th, 1364, aged
2 years and 9 months.
Sallie C. Stewart, wife of C. W. Stewart and.
daughter of A. D. Brown of this city, died in Jack
son county, Ala., June 25th, 1864, jigoi 24
years.
Thus have the whole of them gone, we trust, to
be reunited in a brighter, happier, state, where the
cease from troubling and the weary are
at rost. Life ever a doubtful boon, is now le«3
inviting than ever before. To sleep in Jesus u
to sleep well. Who would recall them from that
blest estate.
A gentleman writing to us from Nassau thus de
scribes the cuisine of his hostess :
"When she does not give us turtle soup shs
gives us ochra, and when she does not give us ba
nana fritters she gives cocoanut pudding. The
fish, which comes twice a day to the table, were,
an hour before, kicking in the beautifully clear
sea water. We have fried plantains to onr hominy
and even if there were nothing else to be had, I
could live contentedly enough on the fruit and
finger-glasses scented one day with the fresh leaf
of the lime aud the nest with one of the pimento.
Indeed, on the delicious fragrant sea air, I could
manage to exist almost as a turtle. So you
this island is what the Chinese call a little heaves,
only that by far the greatest number of tho salat*
are black.
AUCTION S ALES
By Ellis, Livingston & €o,
ON TUESDAY, 30th August, at 10 o’clock, we will
sell in front of our store,
A good 2 horse Wagon,
2 Setts Fine Double Harness,
2 Setts Fine Single Harness,
1 Man’s Saddle,
10 bbls fine Whiskey,
1 ease Smoking Tobacco,
SLiiot Furniture,
—ALSO, —
A likely Negro Woman, 23 years old,
good field hand, cook, &c.,
A fine Harness Horse, kind and gentle,
One bbl fine Apple Brandy.
Aug. 27 td-618
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos
ON SATURDAY, 27tn 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 Hat* }
Lot Prints; 20,000 Needles ]
WITH OTHER DESIRABLE GOODS.
ALSO,
One fine Saddle Horse.
a«25 td sl2
Through to Montgomery
NEW SCHEDULE.
Montgomery and West Point Bail Bold
Company.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1 ML
ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train os
the Montgomery and West Point Railroad win
Leave Montgomery at 1:00 a. m.
Leave West Point. at 7:10 a. m*
Arrive at Cblumbus at 5:32 p. m.
Leave Cblumbua at 5:50 a. m,
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m<
Arrive 5..,,,,.., ....at 8:27 p n»
D. H. CRAM. Sup’t X Ear
ag271864 ts
If SOODSiriiTSMBS!!!
GOODRICH &. CO.,
BROAD STEEJ3T
now opening a splendid assortment ol
she mb run if m
FRESH FROM EUROPE* via Bermuda, which
they will sell cheap fob cash. aug2<— 1m
WANTED!
—AT—
-114, Broad. Street
COLUMBUS, GEO.
25 Barrels Vinegar;
25 “ Soft Soap;
500 Pounds Good Tallow;
500 u Beeswax;
50 Bushels Irish Potatoes, and other
Country Produce, for which the New Is
sue will be paid or SALT, SODA, SU
GAR, &G-j will be given,
atu26 dstw2t _
~ HYERT FEMME COM!
't'HE Exercises of this Institution will begin on
I Tuesday, the 20th September. The Presides'.
Rev. T. A. Brown is a gentleman of finished tduca
tion, and long experienced in teaching. He wit
h« ve associated with him a complete and able Bear,
of Instruction. Mrs. James Caflior, who has chart»
of the Boarding Department, can accommodate *
large number of young ladies. For further part*.?,
ulnr- address Rev. T. 4. Hr'wrn, or the undersignw
at Talbot
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