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Change ©i* Schedule.
Office Engineer and Superintendent, )
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7,1361.)
/AN THURSDAY, June9,lß6l,and umi! further
'J notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train mil
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a. in.
Arrive in Savannah 5,40, p. m.
Leave Savannah 5.30, a. in.
Arrive in Charleston 1,15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
.nd south, with the Northeastern Railroad atChar
■ eston, and the CentraWtailroad at the Junction.
11. S. HAINES,
Jure 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Change oS Schedule.
UN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains ou
the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon 8 10 P. M
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. K.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
mar I.9_tf Supt. Muscogee R, R.
H) UfOlltgOßflfl’V
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1804.
UN and after August.27th. the Passenger Train on
the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. in.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. in.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. in.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. ui.
, Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p.m.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train loaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p ru
I). H. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng.
ag27lß64—tf
MOBILE A GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
nitxui: OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Aug. 22, 1864.
ON and after this date Trains on this Road will
Rurt Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at 3 00 p. m.
Arrive in Union Springs 730 “
Leave Union Springs 5 35 n. m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00 “
Fidglii Train,
Leave Girard at ;, 4 00 n. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
t , Eny. & SupT.
BROWN’S FLY SHUTTLE L&VflVl,
(Will Weave 30 Yards por Datf.)
OjEai L-el
SPlNNIfft-WHEKLS autjniOßN-SHELLERS!
Manufactured by D. BROWN & CO.
<H?*Orders received by p. Ellis & QoXdA
i. iig!3 lnU _
THOIVIAIV /iSawL
(At Mulford's old Stand,)
3STO- IQI, BHOAD ST.
Sliirtinp.
Twills, Yarns, UiniMSys,
• iLagnaray Coffee,
Tobacco, slice,
.kails oi a!B size*,
&C., &€.
jul27tf •
STCAM saw mill
FORJSALEI 2
T OFFER my MILL for sale, situated in a ilenso
* ly covered forest of pine, oak, hickory, beech,
poplar and other swamp timbers, immediately on
Mobile and Girard Rail Road, between Stations 4
and 5, i*nd only 30 miles from Columbus, Ga. Said
Mill is under contract with the Confederate States
Government, for the refusal of all Lumber cut
during fhc war, at r nunerating prices, which con
tract, parties purchasing would be required to car
ry out.
Tito Mill Is la Splendid Rmt
ii i sit? Ovder, and
of FORTY-HOUSE TO W ER.capable of OUTUNG
SIX to EIGHT THOUSAND FEET PER DAY.
A good,chance for refugees or parties desirous of
doing G'ovornment work.
Address me at. Guerryton, Ala., or apply to me in
person on the premises, or at this office.
0. W. OGLESBY.
ait*24j2\v _
EXCHANCrE!
i FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
A for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
aglti tt BANK OF COLUMBUS.
AHOPEWAXTED,
rj’O Rent from October next, a house, or part, oi a
I house, for the use of a family.
Address ‘ SIGMA, 4
ay", ts At this Ofocc_.
IUIAWAI:
\TEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel
i\ low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I .bongnt mm of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee. Ala. He originally came from
Charleston. S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
•formation amt. to RrSsELtl .
Columbu's (?a., aug 1 ts *
REMOVAL!
1 HAVE removed my Office to a rooju over Gun
i bv's Stove, where 1 will be pleased to wait ou
Patients requiring Medical or Surgical treatment.
_agJS Inf" T. ,T. WORT), M, I>.
s*lo Reward.
I WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black
I bov. about 24 years old. lie has been out three
ar four works, and is supposed to be lurking about
he city. JiNO. H.
jy 4 ts ]? *
Notice to and Fred
itors.
I LL persons indebted to the estate of Seaborn
A ,1 ones, deceased, are required to make imme
diate payment, and those having claims against said
estate are required to render them in terms oi the
avfto the undersigned. , , .
SEABORN J. BENNING, Adm r.
By M ARY H. BENDING, Agent.
ju!2S wot w .
sit or makers’ anti Saddlers’
‘ TOOLS.
r PHE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
1 manufacture of the above named articles in this
city, are prepared to fill orders for the same.
Office on Angle street, a few doors above C. S,
Hospital. HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Reference— Maj, i\ W. Dillakd.
Mobile Register, Miasissippian and Augusta Con
ftitutionalist. please copy one send bills
to this office.
mar 30 ts
n PIPEB l BUfi 8008
P4PB. SALE !
WE 4fflWfoS«ale 49 ream? ol Lettor Paper, and
▼f *2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at Wholesale
or Retail. Papor, SSO per Ream; Blank Books, sloO
Apply^ Hts OFFICE
UEOli&lA—Muscogee County.
IYTIIEREArS, Mrs. Mary Y. Davis, adm’x of Dr.
1 “ George 5. Davis, dec\l has filed her petition for
leai a to sell a negro woman hy the name of Maria.
*bout 25 years oi age and her four chfliten.
AH persons concerned aro hereby notmcd to show
cause, (if any they Rave) why an order should not
be grunted at the next September Term of the Court
of Ordinary for said county, authorizing the sale of
said negro.
Given under my hand. July let. 64.
JNO. JOHNSON,
jy 4 2ru Oi dinar
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Vol. XL
J. W. WARRM & CO. Proprietors j. w.* WARRET, Editor
. Confederate States Depository*
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 17, ’64.
Depositee in New Currency will be received and
Call Certificates issued at this Office, payable on
demand, bearing interest at four per cent per an
num from date.
Deposited in Old Currency at 66 2-3 cents on the
dollar will bercceived and Certificate issued payable
on demand after ninety days from date in New Cur
rency.
Above Certificates are secured by the hypotheca
tion of an of Bonds of the Five Hundre
Million Loan [non-taxable] equal to the sum.
these loans.
1 am prepared to sell the 6 per cent Coupon or
Registered Bonds of the $500,060,000 loan at $135
for the new currency or the old at 63 2-3 cents on
the dollar.
The principal and interest of this Loan are free
from Taxation and the Coupons receivable in pay
ment for all Import and Export Duties. These
Bonds are the best securities yet offered by the Gov-,
eminent, and I recommend them to the.favorable
notice of the public.
W. 11. YOUNG,
augl Ijn _ Depositary.
Ba(4le-Field Ilellef Association
of Columbus, Ga.
All who are disposed to contribute articles neces
sary for the relief of the sick ami wounded in the
Army of Tennessee, arc requested to leave them at
Goodrich Sc Co's store by One O’clock, P. M. ev
ery Tuesday and Friday, when they will be for
warded to and dispensed by our Committee there.
W. 11. YOUNG, Presd’t.
C. G. Holmes, Sce'y. _ _ ag23tf
To those whom it may Concern!
Office Chief Commissary,
Savannah, Aug. 22, ’64.
The following extract of a letter from the Subsis
tence Department, dated Richmond, August 10th,
is published for the information of all concerned:
“No more permits or protection will be given by
the Secretary of War to corporations or private par
ties, except upon condition that they buy-at Gov
ernment rates: and all further purchases made by
par ties now holding such permits or protections are
required to be made on The same terms. Thus, it is
hoped, speculation in the necessaries of life will be
diminished, pricos reduced and some of the difficul
ties under which ho have heretofore labored re
moved.
J. L. LOCKE.
ag26 lw Maj. and Chief Corn'y.
'Stockholders 9 iflceiiug,
il/uacoQEE 'Rail Road Company,
Columbus, G’a., Aug. 22,186 L
The Annual fleeting of the Stockholders of this
Company will bb held at the Depot in this city, on
Monday, the sth September next, at 10 o’clock,
a. m. \ J, M. BIVINS.
% ag‘23 td -V Sce’y and Trcas'r.
tffiinriwmfii
BROAD STREET.
now opening a splendid assortment of
STAPLE Mil FANCY II mil
FRESH FROM EUROPE' via Bermuda, which
they will sell cheap for cash. aug27— lm
Bit Hitt CUBE!
‘;' Hi’i Exorcises of thig' Institution will begin on
Tuesday, the 20th September. The President,
Rev. T. A. Brown is a gentleman of finished educa
tion. and long experienced in teaching. He will
have associated with him a complete and ffble Board
of Instruction. Mrs. James Callicr, who has charge
of the Boarding Department, can accommodate a
large number of young ladies.
Board pr month, including fuel,
if paid in provisions at old prices, $lO 00
“ present prices, 100 00
“ Cash [new issue,] 100 00
Pupils furnish 1 pr. Sheets; 1 pr Pillow Cases; 1
Bolster Case, and such covering as they desire.—
Room-mates can make their own arrangements as
to combs, brushes, towels, lights, Ac.
Tuition per Term, Primary Department,....s3o 00
“ “ Preparatory “ 45 00
“ “ Collegiate “ 00 00
“ “ “ Musical “ 60 00
Use of Instruments per Term 8 00
Incidental Expenses “ “ 400
For further particulars address Rov. T. A. Brown,
or the undersigned at Talbotton, Ga.
E. H. WORRILL,
ag2s 2w Chm’n B’rd Tr’s.
WANTED I
-AT
-114, Street.
COLUMBUS, GEO.
*
25 Barrels Viuegar ;
25 “ Soft Soap;
500 Pounds Good Tallow':
500 “ Beeswax;
50 Bushtls Irish Potatoes, and other
Country Produce, for which the New Is
sue will be paid or SALT, SODA, SU
GAR, tf’c., will be given,
aug26 dst w2t
FOR SALE!
AGOODSaddle and Harness Hor?e.
Apply to
R. b. MURDOCH,
ag29 3t at this office.
NOTICE.'
To Planters and Otliers !
T WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
1 Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I
will be found at Robinett & Oo’a old stand, where I
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. WIIIGHT.
jime 2-if
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Columbus, Ga. Thurs day Morning, September 1,1864,
Wednesday Evening.
Special Correspondence of the Times,
Atlanta, Aug. 30. 1304,
Sherman's Xtw Line—The Depot at Vining \
Station—Oijicial Dispatches * from Wheeler —
Difficulties of Interrupting Sherman's Com
munications— Tampering with Shells — The
Chicago Convention.
Sherman having folded his left wing and
centre back upon hi* new line of earthworks
which commence at Defor’s Ferry (junction of
Pencil Tree Creek and the river) and run across
diagoualy to the Sand Town Road, is now
gradually extending bis right. By this move
ment be expects to gain the Macon Road:
having already struck the West Point Road at
Red Oak P. 0., between East Point and Fair
burn Station. Will he get the Macon Road?
That is a question which our brave boys, and
the gallant Hood, will not. allow to be an*
swered in the affirmative. Our Uommander
in-chief is fully alive to the importance of the
new movement, and I opine that the Yankees
will find as stubborn a wall to confront them,
as they had to encounter around the city
proper.
Gen. Hood's headquarters present at pres
ent a more animated appearance than during
the days of the close investment. The long
stemmed pipe is comparatively idle now, for
the General spends more time in the field,
since the inception of the new* move than
when the shells cOme screaming and crashing
into town from their batteries immediately in
front.
No one who catches a glimpse of his manly
figure, more manly it seems to meras it leans
for support upon the crutch, with a face com
bining a peculiar dreaminess of expression
with unmistakebly decision and fixedness of
purpose, can keep feeling that he is immensely
superior, and more than a match for the cold
blooded crafty Yankee, who controls the
movements of the army in our front.
The Yankees before falling back from our
right, were engaged, as I have stated in a
previous letter, in effectually destroying the
Georgia railrond from Decatur as far down
ns CovingtoifM They also hauled away about
seven miles of the iron, which they conveyed
to their rear. This iron, it now appears, they
intend using in building a projected branch
of the State Road, which they hold, from
Vining Station to the river at Sand Town
Ferry, and by which road making a depot at
Vining, they can more easily supply their line,
as it is stretched out southward.
It was very singular with the knowledge of
such facts, as this removal of iron rails, and
the failure of Gen. Wheeler to interrupt their
grand artery of supplies, that there should
have been intelligent military men in our ar
my, who, up to last evening, were of opinion
that the movement of Sherman meant a gen
eral retreat.
Ido not pretend to any -great amount of
military foresight, but I must confess that I
never for a moment construed the retrograde
movement, into anything like a retreat.
Official despatches have at last been received
from Wheeler. lie states that he captured Dalton
and destroyed some twenty-five miles of the Staco
Road. Having then ascertained that Sherman
drew mo3t of his supplies "of forage from East
Tennessee, he moved up the East Tennessee and
Georgia road, and captured Cleveland, Charleston
and Athens. Gen. Wheeler concludes, that be
was successful in his mission: and that he had
captured a large number of horses, mules and beef
cattle.
If Wheeler’s mission, as has generally been sup
posed in the army, was to successfully interrupt
Sherman’s line of communication, we are unable
to understand how he can construe his mission with
a success.
The truth is, Sherman's line is strongly guarded
at all vital points: and having a mechanical
corps magnificently appointed, he can repair his
reads at other points which our raiders may strike,
in a few hours after the damage has beon dene.
Wheeler’s raid has proved this most conclusive
ly ; for although he succeeded in tearing up the
road for twenty-five miles, it was repaired almost
immediately, and Yankee rations were dealt out as
liberally in the meantime a? if nothing had hap
pened.
The citizens of Atlanta were considerably star
tled on Sunday evening by a couple of explosions
which bore so close a resemblance to the old time
shells, that many, by mere force of habit, darted
down into their bomb proofs. The excitable por
tion of the community imagined that the Y'ankees
had certainly slipped back and were commencing
the old game.
The first explosion was caused by a shell which
an old man named Weaver had been tampering
with for the purpose of extracting the powder,
lie had collected quite a number of these Y'ankec
missives, and the explosion of the foie he was hand
ling, set off several more, and the result was rather
startling. The old man was only slightly wound
ed, strange to say. Sot so two small lads, en
gaged in the same dangerous pursuit at gain, a
short time afterwards. One of them had his hands
blown off te the wrists and the fiesh torn from one
leg frightfully, and the other leg damaged. His
companion had one of his legs broken. This, I
imagine, will not be the last accident of ihis nature
as there are thousands of shells lying about the
streets and yards, and no warning seems to be
sufficient to deter people from hadling them.
The Chicago Convention which met yesterday
is the absorbing topic of conversation here. The
new move of Shennan is second rate in compari
son to it. I hardly think that McClelland will
oß?ain the nomination: and aaa inclined to think
as the New Y'ork Tribune, that the “country will
be surprised by the nomination of seme obscure
man as a compromise between the factions/'
OUTLINE.
ItirrpspoHdenfc df the Times
Atlanta, Geo.. Aug. 25th 1564.
The recent changes in hh position, made by
.Sherman, have furnished matters for much specu
lation. These movement?, though, iaabtleos an
dersto.-I by Geu. II<»I, to uj &i omiccar as
they arc loyrlericas, and we *re much mistaken if
the forty-eight hours do not dovsloro vapor
r«»iv ' ' T 'Pig « Vs L r ;A in
The enemy has abandoned his entire line on tbo :
right of the Chattanooga road, but is still on our j
left and centre.. •
It was rumored aud believed at Head
last evening, that he had thrown*!wo corps across
the river, and is fortifying on either bank. They
wore heavily shelled by our guns while preparing
to withdraw from our right. The unexpected and
accurate salute created much confusion in theb
ranks, and caused them to retreat more precipi
tately than a proper regard for economy would
warrant, as was testified by the abundance and
variety of spoils found in their abandoned camps.
In addition to the usual outfits of the soldier
which were profusely scattered over the entire
ground, Dr , of Brigade, ,whe
rode over the ground, informs me that he counted
over live hundred sacks of oats left in one pile.
There were enormous heaps of green corn scat
tered over the encampments, but no old corn was
seen, and this, in connection with the finding of
Sherman’s order,directing a reduction of rations,
is regarded here as very significant. Cleveland,.
Tennessee, which was destroyed by Wheeler on
the 22d, was the principal depot of the enemy’s
supplies.
There has been but very little positive informa
tion received of this officers operations. I am a
little apprehensive that ho has not atdtpnplished
as much as the country was induced 4o hope that
he would. DAD BURNIT.
From Petersburg
The news given by the press correspondent
was reiterated by passengers on the evening
train from Petersburg yesterday. There had
been, it seems, a severe fight in Hie vicinity
of Reams’ Station on the Weldon Railroad, in
which Gen. A. P. Hill assaulted tbo enemy,
upon whom he advanced from the south, strik
ing in the rear. The battle commenced about
five o’clock on Thursday evening, and took
place to the east of Reams’. It was pretty
much a one-sided allair. General Hill had it
all bis o\ta way, and with comparatively
slight loss, drove the enemy from their posi
tion. killing many and capturing about two
thousand prisoners. We will doubtless get
further particulars to day. Meantime a gene
ral engagement appears to be imminent. The
enemy have drawn largely from their force in
Chesterfield and massed a powerful army on
the Weldon Railroad, Nothing of consequence
occurred on yesterday up to the time of the
departure of the train in the evening, yet a
battle was momentarily expected. Now," dur
ing this period of general anxiety, we would
suggest to the Press Agent at Petersburg to
furnish the Press with a series of despatches
each day, indicating a3 far as possible what,
if anything, is going on, and even if nothing,
then the assurance that nothing is in progress.
In former days wo had hourly bulletins of
every little local election, and now that a bat
tle seems imminent, upon which the fate of the
country may depend, it is unreasonable to
suppose that frequent favors from the . Press
Agent will not be highly acceptable to the
public. •
The enemy's cavalry on Tuesday last made
an attempt to raid it "through Dinwiddle, but
were encountered about ten miles from Peters
burg, on our extreme right, by our cavalry,
and whipped back after a severe fight, in
Which our loss was seventy in killed and
wounded.
On yesterday some cavalry skirmishing oc
curred on the right of our lines, in which the
enemy were driven back.— Richmond Enquirer,
2'ilh.
The Jacques-Gilmore peace efforts has been
fully explained by the “Circular” of Mr. Benja
min, which will meet the entire approval of all
sensible men, whose gangrened malice does not
make them misrepresent every act of their own
government. The people of these Confederate
■States desire that their eafnest wish for peace,
and their ontire willingness to advance every hon
orable eftort, should be made patent to .the world.
They, therefore, see no loss of dignity either in
President Davis conversing with two of Mr. Lin
coln’s messengers, or in Secretary Benjamin ex
plaining what occurred in that interview. There
are men in in the Confederacy who despise the
representatives of their own country even more
Urns those of the enemy, but these men are few,
and though noisy, otherwise utterly harmless and
powerless. They represent no respectable class of
the people, and are the organs only of the sore
headed and disappointed m«n that are to be found
in every community.
This effort of Mr. Lincoln to plead an estoppel
to the allegations of the peace party in the United
States, cannot fail to present him to the world as
actually endeavoring to prevent a peace. It is
useless to discuss the question whether these men,
Jacques and Gilmore were sent by Mr. Lincoln;
that they were as fully accredited by him as though
they had brought regularly signed and sealed
commissions, is so patent that discussion is useless
and denial ridiculous.
They were sent tQ propose insulting aiul impossi
blejconditions. Their object was to provoke expres
sions of hostility which might be represented as a
refusal ou our part to treat of peace : and such a
rejection of overtures as would rally th*e war par
ty and effectually close against th% peace men the
heart of the A'merican .people. This ministering
to war in the livery of peace has been completely
exposed by the “Circular” of Mr. Benjamin. The
Secretary has stripped off the disguise' and sbowa
Mr. Lincoln to his countrymen as a low trickster,
trifling with the lives and fortunes of his country
men, and sacrificing botht to the success of his
party and his own personal advancement. If
"blessed are the peace-makers” how cursed must
be those who ferment war under the disguise of
peace.
The propositions, made by Jacques ab
surd to be entertained, and they were designedly
made offensive by Mr. Lincoln, because he desired
the war to continue, and did not want peace. He
sent lii3 messengers to Richmond because tha
pressure of the peace party rendered his election
precarious. The mission was aimed not at peace,
but at the peace party cf the United States: it was
designed to destroy that party in order that there
might be no opposition to war and that war might
go on, carrying with it power for himself and
plunder for bis supporters.
Such is the wretched light in which Mr. Bonja
mifl preseuts Mr. Lincoln to tho world in this
'•'Circular,” and our countrymen, at least all whose
opinions are worth consideration, will approve
what tho Secretary has written and applaud him
for writing it. —Richmond Enquirer . 21th.
Mobile—The IVews by northern
Channels.
From the New Y'ork Herald of the 22d. we loam
that after the investment of Fort Morgan, Farragut
and Grander sent the following joint note demand
ing it? surrender:
U. S. Fx,ACISUIi* H.CRTIO2D,
Mobile Bay, August 9,1564.
S:v: To prevent the sacrifice of human life, we
demand the unconditional surrender of Fort Mor
gan.
D G FARR-4 GUT, Rear Admiral.
GORDON GRANGER, Maj Gen U S A.
To Brig Gen Page, commanding Fort Morgan.
To which the following reply was returned :
HaADQUA&TEBS Fokt A/osoax.
August f>, 1864.
Rear Admiral D G Farruavi, USN:
Maj Ge-' George Granger, US A :
Sirs: I am prepared to sacrifice life, aud wi!l?omy
surrender when I have no meaus of defence.
I do not understand that while being communi
cated wsth ur.der Sag of truce, the Tenne+=e/» should
be tow-1 within range of my guns.
.respectfully; Ac.,
R L PAGE.
Brig Gen Conni's OS A.
F?*e su'rczicr i or*' frames TrasuocojMi’iona!,
?:id Uni Aa.le.?:-, i-i the fort iaraet
$4.00 Per Month
Peace Couvesillon in HfewYorfe.
The Mass Peace Convention met in Syra- •
cuse, New York, on Thursday, 18th August, j
There was a large attendance. The most pro
minent men present were Yallandingham, ei-
Governor Weldon, of California, Fernando
Wood and Judge Onderdonk, and a number of
others. After spirited speeches from Vallan- !
dinghain and Fernando Wood, the Convention
adopted an address, and resolutions, from
which we extract the following as showing !
the temper of the meeting:
Resolved, That it is with deep and heartfelt
gratitude to God that we now behold a visable
subsidence of the excitement and passion
which has accompanied this convulsiou; that
we think we see that the political and moral
tempest which has swept over our beloved
land with such devastating effects, has about
exhausted its power, and that a season of re- I
turning calm and love of country is about to !
replace it, in which it will be the dutv of the
patriot to build up anew the splendid fabric
which suicidal hands have attempted to des
troy.
Resolved, That with these feelings and in
this spirit we call upon the American people
irrespective of party or complicity in the
dreadful past, to aid us in onr efforts to take
advantage of the lull in the storm to obtain
a permanent suspension of hostilities, aud for
the initiation and perfection of some mode of
conciliation and re-conejUation which shall
again unite our country on a lasting basis of
peace, prosperity aud fraternity.
Resolved, That speaking for the many thous
ands here assembled, gathered together frqm
every county of the State of New York, we
believe that it is the duty of the coming Con
vention, to meet at Chicago on the 29th Au
gust, to give expression to this beneficent
spirit of peace, and to declare as the purpose
ot the Democratic party, if it shall recover
power, to cause this desolating war to cease
by the calling of a National Convention, in
which all the States shall be represented in
their sovereigu capacity, and that to this end
an immediate armistice shall be declared of
sufficient duration to give the States and the
people ample time and opportunity to deliber
ate upon and finally conclude a form of Union.
Resolved, That if in the platform and candi
dates of the Chicago Convention the now per
vading peace sentiments of the country shall
be disregarded, and that body shall place an
other war candidate and platform before the
people, making a third party of this character
entering the canvass for the Presidency, therb
will be no real issue to decide at that election.
Each party aud each declaration of policy
and principles will be alike on. the. fundamen
tal question of the day, viz: Shall it be peace
or shall it be war? Therefore, we enjoin upon
that Convention the folly of aimiog to obtain
a portion of those who are already war
pledged. The candidates already nominated
represent all who cling to the war, and it is
sound policy to gather together under our
banner]* all who entertain the opposite scnli
ment, and are in favor of restoring the coun
try to its former condition of prosperity and
happiness, only to be obtained by the election
of a peace President, pledged to the support
or a peace policy.
Resolved, That we offer our solemn protest
against the usurpation and lawless despotism
of the present Administration, as subversive
of the Constitution and destructive to the lib
erties of the people. It has denied to sover
eign States all constitutional rights, and there
by absolves them from all allegiance. It has
trampled clown a nation that it may install a
military despotism upon the ruins of constitu
tional liberty. It has and is still waging a
bloody and relentless war for the avowed pur
pose of exterminating eight millions of free
men, from the homes of their fathers, and
blotting from the American constellation one
half the States of tho Union. It has sought
to arouse and enlist the mosfc wicked and ma
lignant passions, reckless of all ends, if it but
subvert the existing Government and immo
late American citizens. It has struck down
freedom of speech and of the press. It has
stripped from the American citizen. hi3 pano
ply and consigned him to the bastile without
process of law, without charge and without
the opportunity of trial. It has, by military,
violently suppressed the freedom of the ballot
and dictated elections at the point of the bay
onet. It has annulled every constitutional
guarantee for the protection of the citizen,
and subjected him loan irresponsible tyranny
of military violence.
ExfractN from Late \or(h«rn
Papers.
• PEACE SYMPTOMS.
A correspondent of the New York Herald,
writing from Bedford, Pa., thus depicts the
peace proclivities of a majority of the idlers
collected at that summer resort :
TUB GUESTS OF BEDFORD SPRINGS,
are made 'up of two classes, socially and po
litically. The first class are those of Union
feelings and sentiments with all their attend
ant finer qualities of heart and head. The
other class, consists of a shabby, irresponsible
and low order of Philadelphia and Baltimore
secessionists, either by blood or sympathy.
The latter c#me here less to imbibe their fa
vorite sulphur water than to hold a reunion
of friends to treason. They, too, being in a
deejjded/majority, amuse themselves by brow
beating and misusing the tolerant minority of
loyal gentlemen and ladie3 who have come
here for the benefit of their health. And, in
fact, to such a degree does this constant
taunting of Unionists extend,, that thef larger
portion of their number have been forced away
in order to escape the bitterness ar,d superior
numbers of their enemies.
GENERAL BUELL.
The conduct of General Buell has also been
I shameful to the utmost degree. Ts for no
j feelings of personal respect, out of regard for
! tfee favors shown him by the Government, it
■ would be more becoming to keep aloof from
• the contaminating majority ofgue3ts at BeJ
i ford Springs. Instead, however, of doing this,
he receives their flatteries, applause and
: courtship, and is the hero of the season among
. a crowd who would laud anything that would
1 sympathize and add numbers to their party.
Army Supplies.— We learn from a
gentleman who has just returned from
Gen. Hood’s army, that.it is abundantly
supplied with provisions of all" kinds.
The men are in fine spirits and in good
condition. Our cavalry horses have also
improved, and that body of the service
has been Wgely increased during the past
summer. The army feel confident that
when the day of battle arrives, they will
drive Sherman from the State, if they do
not capture the greater portion of bis
troops. — Sac. News.
Capt. LSekmp,?. — Tho Cork llvrald saj? 'hat
we understand.that the gallant«omtnsnder ol the
Alabama arrived a* Quocn?town jesterday, in tho
blockade rannjr Hap*, boqnd t<> whenoe
probable,-he w «. <* s chin re the Scati«rn ‘
The 31«*ic of tlio KiteU*.
Wo find the following. 'i
local column of a Richmond K>* _ .
AH Noisy A4otig the Appomattox 7A Kif jY
Whereas, in consideration ot the fact
poem now written is cerfaiu to call forth an aaaw*
—the sons, “Seme One to Love,'’ havin/ produced
asrepbes “No One to Love," “Why No One to
Love,'' “LoYo Me.’’ Ac.; and the sons “Rock Me
to Sleep, Mother.” havinu elicited a counterpoto.
the refrain of which is “Keep M© Awake, .Vothc* .
Keep M© Awake”: Therefore.
All’s noisy .Uonrthe Apporeato* 10-m-ht.
For {Amruibiads, Whitworths and Parrots
Are shelling tho towu, from the left to the right.
From Pocahontas to Jarratt's.
Graut finds that the “rebels’’ will not resign.
But are ready for every comer:
So he only can "shell it out on that lice,
If it takes him ali the summer.”
All's noisy alone the Appotnatox to night,
For two vessels loaded with powder,
i .That lac? at the wharf, did chance to ignite,
With a noise like au earthquake, and louder.
Beast Butler he heard it, and quivering: pale,
Witt his heart jumping up in his throttle.
Went and put onltwo extra shirts of mail,
While Grant took a pull at his bottle.
All’s noisy along the Ajipomatox to-uight.
For Grant, with his miners so valiant.
Did dig a mine, and he grinhed with delight ,j
As he blew up a “rebel” salient.
But General il/ahone, as polite as brave,
Gan bow and toll hitu I thank'ee;
'Tis true, you made us a forty-foot grave.
And we filled it level with Yankoes.” t
All's noisy along tho Appomatox to-night,
For Grant still continues his sholiing.
With.the hissing fuse, and tho lurid light.
As it bursts o’<r a peaceful dwelling.
He may batter the town from a hundred guns:
She will shrink not. nor beg him for nuartcr;
She has spent too freely the blood of her son-
To care for tne bricks and the mortar.
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The Exchange of Prisoners. — Wo
have official information that the Confed
erate authorities have offered to exchange
officer for officer and man for man with
the Federal authorities. Heretofore the
point of contention has been the delivery
of the excess of prisoners, our Govern
ment insisting upon the terms of the cav
trel, which required the delivery of all
prisoners on both sides within ten days
where practicable, the excess to be on pa
role. Owing, however, to the large num
ber held on each side, and the suffering
consequent upon their confinement, the
Confederate Government has abated a por
tion of its just demands under the car
tel, and offered to accept the proposal
heretofore made by the eiiemy, viz: to
exchange officer for officer and man for
man, leaving the excess, if any, in their
hands until other captures were made.
This last offer of our Government, though
made early in the mouth, has not yet been
accepted, seeming to show a persistent
purpose on the part of the enemy to re*
fuse ali offers of exchange, even upon
terms offered by themselves. We under
stand the correspondence on this interest
ing subject addressed to the Federal Gov
eminent, as well as the history of the
efforts which have been mad® by our au*
thoritics to relieve the prisoners respect
lively held by the two Governments, will
shortly appear. — Rich. Enq.Tilh.
Affairs la New York.
A New York letter, dated the 19th, in
the Philadelphia Inquirer, says : .
The city delegates tC 1% Syracuse State
Convention have rjrtfc&cd with sore heads.
They sav Fer"«uC? Wood and bis gang
were completely outgenerald by the peace
men from the rural districts. Fernando’s
programme was to have an advisory com*
mitfee authorized to go to the Chicago
Convention, there to dictate terms. Fer
nando expected to lead this delegation,
and, by virtue of his position, to be able
to procure, if not a place on the ticket at
Chicago, then his rcnoimnation for Cons
gross in New York. But, as I have said,
the expectation was cruelly disappointed
by the voting down of the resolution ap
pointing the committee; and so Fenian*
do comes home, feeling, for the first time,
that there arc smarter men even than he*
in the bucolic regions.
i The “sensation” Washington telegrams
to some of the morning papers about a
proposition for an armistice soon to be
made by the Government to the rebels are
' attracting some attention, but it is pre
| sumed that nobody but the very green
place any faith in them. Indeed, there
is a strong suspicion that these “telegrams”
never came over the wires at all, but were
manufactured in this city by certain par
ties to promote schemes of their own. As
the postponement of the draft is coupled
•with the “armistice,” the substitute bro«
kers say that prices for recruits have faL
len from twenty<five to thirty per cent.
Perhaps it was to accomplish this very
thing that the “special telegrams were
eoncoetedt
United States Commissioner Osborne
this morning issued a warrant, at the in
stance of the United States District At
torney, for the arrest of Mr. John Muila
ny, editor and proprietor of the Metropo
litan Record, for incendiary and seditious
articles in that journal, counseling riot and
resistance to the draft. Up to four o’clock
this afternoon, however, Mr. Mullany
could not be found. The process against
him is a civil, not a military one, as in
the case of certain New Jersey ars
rested recently for like offences.
The grave diggers at Calvary and
Greenwood Cemeteries have strufek for
higher wages ! Ugh !
Secretary Fessenden is in town. He
will leave for Washington to-morrow.
During the day he has been in free coiin
sultation with the bankers, but the result
of their conference has not been divulged
as yet. *
Major Mosbt.—A Yankee corres
pondent says: That “audacious rebel
chieftain,” Mo-by, passed our column
while we were going through Snicker’s
Gap. He is captain general of all that
section of the country and the Yankees.
His name is a terror to every Yankee
wagon driver and quartermaster in this
department. He so fully impressed the
people of Maryland that his little squad
was A. P. Hill’s advance guard, and that
the 2d army corps was at the mouth of
the Monocaey supporting ouv left flank,
that it was actually believed not only by
the Washingtonians, but by some of oar
officers. Such a man is worth having.
The National Intelligencer at Washington
has quarrelled with Lincoln Sc Cos., is out
against Grant. :tuJ threaten? to go for Mc-
Clellan.
A lot of traitor? in Memphis are getting up,
or trying to get up a Union aliae Abolition.
Convention in Tennessee.
Attention, Georgia Defenders !
Yo are ordered to report for doty at five o’clock
Thursday mornins, at the Muscogee R. K. Depot.
It wilfbe to the intervcti,of every member so Vi
punctual. By order
F >. URAPMAN. Cap*-
J N BAk.\i.TT. 0. S.