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Change of Schedule.
Owe* Engine a and SiTPR«iNTtjt»*KT, 1
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7,1804.)
/iN TIICHSrMY, June 1864, and until further
y notice, thr Schedule of the Passenger train will
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a . m.
Arrive in Savannah .5.40, j,. tn.
Leave Savannah ..:,../}.30, a. in.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m .
Phis Tr.an makes direct connections, going north
.rid tfbuth, with the Northeastern Railroad at t'har
eston, and the Central’Railroad at the Junction
. , . . 11. 8. HAINES,
.1 ime, K_ u_ hnguKM and Superintendent.
Clmiigt l ol Schedule.
f kN and after Sunday. Jun- 10th, the Trains on I
riba wureogee Railroad w ill run a? follows: !
PASSKNGEJ* TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 645 P M 1
Arrive at 25 A. M. ,
Leave >Vocou 810 P. M j
ArTve at Columbus 425 A. V,. I
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 500A. 5. j
Arrisoat Columbuo 4 55 A. 1L
W. L. CLARK,
mar IJU Supt. Muscogee It, K.
Ilirttugh to Montgomery
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
R AILROAD COMEANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27.1864.
ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
the Montgomery and Weft Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. in.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. w.
Arrive at C’olutnbn* at 6:82 p. m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p.m.
Arrive at West Potut at 4130 p. m. ;
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
D. 11. CRAM. Sup’t&Eug.
ag271864—tl
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
( II1VI.1: OF WUEDULG.
Girard, Ala., Aug. 22,1864.
ON and after this date Trains on this Road will
Pun Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at., 3 00 p. in
Arrive in Union Syringe ..........7 80 “
Leavo Union Springs 5 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00 “
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at . 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at... 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS.
aglß ti Eng. k Sup’t.
BROWN’S FLY SHUTTLE LOOM,
(Will Weave 30 Yards per Day.)
OardL Saclts,
NPINNING-WIIEELS and CORN-SIIELLERS!
Manufactured by A. D. BROWN & CO.
»srOrders received by M. P. Ellis & Co.*®*
ag!3 lm* _ __
THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent,
(At Mulford’s old Stand,)
dSTO. Id, BRO JYJD ST.
HASH! SUE OB EM«B
Sheetings, Shirtings.
Twills, Yarns, B.insey*.
Coffee,
Tobacco, Klee,
Kails of all sixes,
<&c», &>c«,
jui27ti
STfcAM SAW MILL
FOIL SALE !
( OFFER my MILL for sale, situated in a dense
ly covered forost of pine, oak, hi kory, beccli,
poplar and other swamp timbers, immedia'e'y on
Mobile and Girard Rail Road, between Stations 4
and 5, and only 30 milc3 from Columbus, Ga. Said
Mill is under contract with the Confederate States
Government, for the refusal of all Lumber cut
during the war. at remunerating prices, which con- !
tract, parties purchasing would be required to car- j
ry out. •!
The Mill is in S|»l«itdiil Run
ning Order, and
of FORTY-HOUSE POWER, capable ofOUTTING j
SIX to EIGHT THOUSAND FEET PER DAY. j
A good chance for refugees or parties desirous of J
doing Government work.
Address mo at Guerryton, Ala., or apply to me in
person on the premises, or at this office.
G. W. OGLESBY. j
aug24 2w |
STEKLINtt EXCHANGE!
. FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
•*,fg if'" 0 gu i‘S?ifol r coL«Mßus.
A HOUSE WASTED. ‘
n o Rent from October next , a house, or part ot a
I house, for the use of ft family. Ml , A „
Address A i this Office, j
«5U - ~ —■ |
RUNAWAY !
V EURO boy CHARLEY»jhtr?ighf '
low complexion, iaxi Thompson’s near
Bo^pFtlS Talbot county. I .bought him of a
Mr Brown* a refugee from Mississippi, who now
yh : Tuskcgec. Ala. Ho originally came troui
tfSStisM A suitable reward will bo paid
for Sfdelivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
Information sent to me at thr^ffico.
Oolunibu's G*n >Ug 1 ts * y
REHOVAE!
.1 u vV K, removed my Office to a l'.mm over Gun
-1 t v's Store, where I will be pleased to wait on
lAfo "tT vvoko.
SSO Reward.
11 i ~,,v the above reward for LOB. a black
u U ~ttmit ‘U years old. He has been out three
1 boy, about y fosupposed to bo luriung about
or tour weeks, ana is - o. c JNQ H A SS.
lie city.
Aotice to Debtor* ami Cred
itor*.
ii persons indebted to the estate of- Seaborn
\LL .Weased. are required to make imme
v tL°oavmcnt. and those having claims against said
Stitoare required to render them in terms of the
law to the u,kI |eABORN BB ' KK tNG, Adrn'r.
By MARY H. BENNING, Agent.
5 :isa<l Saddlers’
rrrnifPcTflNED having commenced tae
ricd s
stitutionaliat, please copy one month ana sona oil*.
to this office.
mar-30 tr- 7 .
limii PAPER 4 BUS 8008
- ' F have reams of letter Jtnd
1130
s tail, 75 eta. wholesale. AppU *« his ofMCE.
*s6 ts ■ —f
GE©P.£(lA«!ttußCogee ioiiM}.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Mary V. Da™\ p'&.mfor-
George S. Davis, dec’d has aed ner 1 .r , t .
leave to sell a negro woman by the
about t>yearsoi age and her fourchiidi'--iiJ
All por.-on ; concerned are hereby not luca *o •> *
car. ,ui any they have) why an order sbdKd not
be gt.uit and at the next September Term oturaL-uUii
ot Ordinary lor said county, authorizing the seio ot
Ban! negro.
Given under my hand, July Ist. lit- , T ,v
JXO. JOIIXSOrTafc.
jv 4 2in Oiduiary
A-*-' "* A
Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREiY A CO. Proprietors j. nr. W ARRE.V, Editor
Conffderate States Depository*
Cclumbus, Ga., Aug. 17, '64.
Deposites in New Currency will be received and
Call Certificates issued at this Office, payable on
demand, bearing interest at four per cent per an
num from date.
Deposites in Old .Carrenoy at 66 2-3 cents on the
dollar will be received and Certificate issued payable
on demand after ninety days from date in New Cur
rency.
Above Certificates are secured by the hypotheca
tion of an amount of Bonds of the Five Hundre
Million Loan [non-taxable] equal to the sum
those loans. #
I am prepared to sell the 6 per cent
Registered Bonds of the $501,000,000 loan at sl3a
for the new currency or the old at 66 2-3 cents bn
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 securiti s yet offered by the Gov
ernment, and I reoornmend them to the favorable
: notice of the public,
W. H. YOUNG,
angl lm Depositary.
Hattle-Fleld Relief Association
of Columbus, Ga.
All who are disposed to contribute articles neces
sary for the relief of the sick and wounded in the
Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at
Goodrich !c Go’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev
ery Tfesdat and Friday! when they will be for
warded to and dispensed by our Committee there.
W. 11. YOUNG, Presd’t.
C. G. Holmes, Sec’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
parties now bolding 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, prices reduced and some of the difficul
ties under which he have heretofore labored re
moved.
J. L. LOCKE.
0g26 lw Maj. and Chief Com’y.
i Stockholders’ Meeting.
A/uscogke Rail Road Company,
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 22,1861.
; The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this
Company will be held at the Depot in this city, on
Monday, the sth September next, at 10 o’clock,
a. m. J. M. BIVINS.
ag23 id Scc’y and Treas’r.
NEW (1(1011! M GOODS!!!
GOODRICH & CO.,
BROAD STREET,
RE now opening a splendid assortment of
STAPH AID FAIT DDT GOODS.
FRESH FROM EUROPE’via Bermuda, which
they will sell chkai* for cash. ausr27—lm
HUB TOM CRIME!
THE Exercises of this Institution will begin on
* Tuesday, the 20; h September. Tic Pres dent,
llev. T. A. Brown is a gentleman of finished • dura
tion, and long experienced in te iching. He will
have associated with him a complete and able Boaid
of Instruct on. Mr-. James Callier, who has charge
of the Boarding Department can accommodate a
large number of young ladies.
Bo.ird pr month, including fuel,
if paid in provisions at old prices $ 10 00
,c “ “ “ present prices, 100 00
“ “ Cash [new is-ue,] 100 00
Pupils furnish Ipr Sheets; 1 pr Pillow Oases; 1
Bolster Case, and such covering as they desire. —
Room mates can make their own arrangements as
to combs, brushes, towels, lights, &c.
Tuition per Term, Primary Department,....s3o 00
“ “ Preparatory “ 45 00
“ “ Collegiate " 60 00
“ “ Musical “ 60 00
Use of Instruments per Term 8 00
Incidental Expenses “ “ 400
For further particulars address Rev. T. A. brown,
or the undersigned at Talbotton, Ga. ,
E. H. WORRILL,
ag2s 2w Chm’n B’rd Tr’s.
WANTED!
-AT
lld, Broad Street.
COLUMBUS, GEO.
25 Barrels Vinegar ;
25 “ Soft Soap;
500 Pounds Good Tallow ;
500 “ Beeswax;
50 Bushels Irish Potatoes, und other
i Country Produce, for which the New Is
sue will be paid or SALT, SODA, SU-
I GAR, cbc., will be given,
; aug‘26 dot w2t ' ..
MOTIOE.
T© Planters ami Others !
1 WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
i 1 Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I
: will bo found at Robinett & Cb's old stand, where I
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. \Y RIGHT.
j June 2tt _
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. WANTEO!
TTfifiSK ROOM waled *n the town of Girard.
H Alabama, lor seven negro l.Umrers. APP yat
this office. ”
Columbus, Ga.. Saturday Horning, September 3.1564.
Friday Evening.
W* copy the following receipt to show how the
money taken in by the Tennessee Brass Band i
Concert Tronpe is appropriated. We are request- 1
ed by the managers, to state that a portion of the
proceeds of the concert given in this city, will be
given to the Columbus Battle Field Relief Asso- .
ciation of this city :
(Copy-).,
Received Sept. Ist 1564 of J. Walker Coleman, j
Agent and Treasurer of the Ist Tennessee Band
and Conoert Troupe, two thousand eight hundred j
and twenty one dollars, proceeds of concerts given j
by said Band in this place, for the benefit of the
sick and wounded of the Army of Tennessee.
(Signed,) JNO. FRIZZELL,
Treas. “Tenn. Soldiers’ Relief Ass’n, Macon, Ga.” j
Tbe Immediate Front.
The Lines. —The latest reports y ester- j
day afternoon were to the effect that the
Yankees were advancing eaatwardly from j
the West Point road, in two columns, by
different roads, in the direction of Rough
and Ready, on the Macon railroad. Both
columns were strong, composed of infantry
and artillery, and they were intrenching
as they advanced. The enemy’s strong
cavalry force was so busily occupied in
guarding the advancing forces, that they
could attempt no raid, and no interruption
to either railroad or telegraphic commu
nication has occurred.
A report prevailed in the city that
quite a severe skirmish occurred in front
of the position occupied by Gen. Cheat
ham’s division, but we have been unable
to obtain any particulars.
Almost everything now transpiring in
this vicinity, of a military is
contraband at present —consequently eur
reports must be meagre. We can only
say there is every reason to indulge the
most cheerful hopes.
The City. —The scene of active ope
rations has been so far removed from At*
lanta, and the movements are of such vast
importance elsewhere, that what now oc
curs in our half depopulated city, is
watched with but little interest. It is re
alized that we are now somewhat in the
back ground, and Sherman is endeavoring
to place us in the rear entirely, but there
is every reason to be hopeful that his pur
poses will fail. Some of our citizens are
expressing fears that a portion of our lines
: around the city are not sufficiently manned
to protect against raids, but we have an
abiding confidence their apprehensions are
groundless. Notwithstanding important
movements are progressing elsewhere, we
have full assurance that .every provision
has been made to' insure the safety of the
city.— Appeal, 30<7*. *>.' Hff’Srttfci-'
Army Correspondence of tlie
Savannah Republican.
Richmond, August 25, 1864.
Your correspondent, like a large number of men
in Lee’s army, is on the sick list. This will ac
count for the brevity of this letter. There is as
much sickness in the Army of Northern Virginia,
in proportion to numbers, as there has bean at any
time since the first year of the war. The sickness
is not of a malignant type, however, being chiefly
intermittent fever and disorders of the bowels.
The terrible campaign in wliieh the men have been
engaged, the recent almost unparalled term of
drought and hot weather, constant duty in the
trenches, absence of vegetable food and fruit, as
well as the lack of good water, and the chill and
fever producing district in which the troops are
encamped, have all conspired to impair the health
of the army. It will be readily understood from
this state of things that many of those men who
I wore wounded in the late engagements in front of
Petersburg are not doing as well as could be de
sired. Their vital powers have been impaired by
the constant exposure and hardships of the cam
paign ; and it is well established that persons of.
| feeble health do not recover from wounds as eer
| tainly or so rapidly'as men of robust constitutions.
It is some consolation to know that the enemy is
suffering more than we are in this reepect. His
; hospitals are crowded with sick, and Many of his
men whom Grant refused to let go upon the expi
ration of their term of service, are hourly receiv
ing their fiual discharge at the hands of death, that
| great liberator whose certificate neither surgeons
nor generals can dispute.
Our casualties in the affair of Sunday, the 21st,
have been exaggerated. Hagood’s brigade suffer
ed most, both in prisoners and killed and woilnd
ed; but our entire loss on Friday and Sunday
does not exceed fifteen hundred. I doubt whether
it is so much. A Federal colonel seized the flag
of one of Ilagood’s regiments, and insisted upen
| the surrender of the command whereupon he and
i Hagood got into an altercation, the result of which
j was that the Yankee was slain by a pistol shot,
i and the flag taken from him.
! The possession of the Weldon Railroad by the
enemy interrupts one of our lines of supply and
brings Grant three or four miles nearer to the Dan
ville road, distant about fortj-five miles. This
is all. We have in the Danville connection a
shorter and better line than that by Weldon,
which we found sufficient for the wants of the ar
my for the first three years of the war. It was
with some reluctance that General Lee consented,
| at the instance of his Chief Quartermaster, to re
| pair the Weldon road when it was first cut by
Wilson and Cautz, about the Ist of July. It was
! evident then as it is now, that wo could not pre
. vent the enemy, whose lines approached it very
near, from crating it whenever he felt inclined to
do so, and had a dark night to cover his move
ments.
A telegram just received from Early states that
' he had driven the enemy back to Harper’s Ferry.
I The combined movement against Sheridan, ad
j verted to in a former letter, was prevented by the
! precipitate retreat of the enemy.
P. W. A.
The War Sews,
We give elsewhere full details of the battle on
I Thursday near Aeam’s station, on the Weldon rail
! road. Each fresh development in regard to this af
: fair makes our victory more complete, and the dis
comfiture of the enemy more serious than repre
sented by first reports. It now appears that the
number of prisoners captured will reach over twen
ty five hundred, and among them is an acting Brig
: adier General by the name of Cutler. The ccm
: missioned officers number about one hundred. The
reported capture of Colonel Spear, of raiding neto-
I riety, we regret to sny, is not confirmed. It seems
i thatlear lentbitn wings, andhisflight was too rapid
I to admit of hi? being overtaken.
The success of this movement reflects great credit
uoou tho skill and sagacity of our commanding gen
cr !, as well as upon the valor of the officers and
’ men engaged. The results, too. are vastly -nipor
fsxut, apart from the loss immediately inflicted upon
:>• enemy. The further destruction of the Weldon
railW ad is effectually checked, and a force is tnrown
!ntdvf?rant’s rear to co-operate and a- in ay.y
movi-Acr t which tuay be mu le upon t eir-mt. lhe
I Ya49* res are thus placed between tw» fires, and so
i “c#fobed. cabined ami confined,” that it is difficult
; tgasee how they can operate to any extent, or e ven
jp* 11 -their positiou for any length oi time. At last
HJr -counts we still held the captured works; whtc t are
’ I-.presented to bo very strong; and it the enemy
i# akes an a‘tempt to dislodge our vi- tori ous troops,
4 will. nly result in a feariul sacrifice ot the lives
men. _
Ajunething is the matter with the T ankee soldiers
v*Lip sing the Grand .Arm -of the i otomac. They
j ;W ev denil v dispirited, discouraged, worn <ut. All
| tli*»w;.y Horn 8p tsylcauia to Cold Harbor, though
I l in nearly every engagement, they ru-hed
j imiectuously ugaii.stourfortifi at ous, and displayed
some courage, en in the midst oi carnage almost
' unparalleled. Bat now they fight with far lew vim,
: and though protected by etronn breastworks, brlst
; linr with cannon, are no match so? Confederate
| valor. There is no donbt that disease has made se
rious ravages in their ranks, but the fruitless bat
i ties, with their attendant slaughter, in which they
: have been engaged, and the recklessness of the lives
of his men, which bias characterised the movements
of their commander, have had more to do with their
demoralization than any other cause. Altogether
; the situation in tront of Petersburg is quite as favor
able ns could be expected, and the prospect* are
i ‘‘bright and brightening.”
A report was brought by the train last evening
that on Saturday General Hampton fell upon a
body of the enemy near .fleams’ ani captured a
large number of prisoners.
Notwithstanding the generally received opinion
th >t a battle wou'd tske place on yesterday, we are
assured that nothing of the sort occurred. Up to
the time the train left for flicbmond everything
was comparatively quiet < n the lines.
Most of the prisoners captured on Thursday have
been brought to this city. We are informed that
Hancock’s adjutant general escaped from the train
on Saturday evening, but was rec:ip’ured yesterday
while swimming the river.— Richmond Dispatch.
20th.
The Victory at Petersburg.
We have the particulars of the victory near
Petersburg, Thursday evening. It appears
that General Lee, having ascertained that the
enemy was moving his infantry from the front
down the railroad for the purpose of tearing
up the track, determined to make counter
movements to check them. Accordingly, on
Wednesday night, Lieutenant General A. P.
Hill moved from his position south of the
city, and marching down the county roads,
encamped in the vicinity of Reams’ Station,
ten miles from Petersburg, and on Thursday
got his command in position for action when
the proper moment should arrive. The Ex
press says :
The enemy had erected a strong line of works
on the road about one mile this side of Reams’
station. A brigade of cavalry, under com
mand of the notorious Spear, were found en
gaged in tearing up the railroad track three
or four miles beyond Reams’, with a heavy
support of infantry in convenient distance.
About 8 o’clock A. M., General Hampton
swooped dowa upon this cavalry force, and
gallantly charging them, drove them from
their work of destruction, and pressed them
back behind their infantry support in great
confusion. Dismounting his men, Gen. Hamp
ton formed his line and attacked the infantry.
The fight here was very sharp, but gradually
and steadily he gained ground and pushed
the enemy backed until they reached their
breastworks this side of Reams’, capturing in
the meantime about 800 prisoners. Having
thus accomplished his full share of the work,
the fight ceased until our infantry could be
brought into action.
About 5 o’clock P. M., General Hill having
reached a position on the enemy’s flank, at
tacked their works, behind which a large force
of infantry was massed, and upon which bris
tled a heavy line of cannon. Our troops
moved forward in beautiful order to the at
tack, but before reaching the works were
checked by the terrible fire of grape, canister
and musketry poured into their ranks. Such
was the severity of tbe firing that a temporary
faltering was visible, but there was no retreat.
The assaulting oolumu threw themselves up
on the grouud until the supports came up,
wfxen, with a yell, they arose and advanced
upon the energy. Tbe cannon and musketry
firing from the enemy’s wonts was, if possible,
noiv increased ; but their desperation availed
them not. Without check or faltering, our
men charged up to and over tbe works. Near
ly, it not quite, two thousand prisoners, be
longing to Hancock’s (Second) corps, were
captured, with nine pieces of artillery.
The Yankees who were not captured in the
assault fled in great confusion, dropping their
guns, and many of them throwing away ev
erything that at all encumbered them. Col.
Pegram, of Richmond, commanding a battery
of artillery, turned the captured guns upon
the flying enemy with most excellent effect,
greatly assistingjtheir speed and terror. The
enemy scattered in every direction, but our
forces were unable to pursue in consequence
of the lateness of the hour and the near ap
proach of night.
The captured guns are of the Napoleon pat
tern, beautifully finished and intact. They are
just such guns as are needed in our army, and
their acquisition will prove of no small benefit.
Avery large amount of personal plunder fell
into the hands of our brave troops, and each
and all of them secured something of value.
Gold and silver watches, fine oil cloths, large
sums of greenbacks, stationary, and every
imaginable kind of Yankee "notion,” fell to
their lot.
The battle here ended with the above results
and the enemy isdf«4 , :an<l. disordered retreat
towards their 'SHUn ptififiSn at the Yellow
Tavern. Two or three houi’3 more of daylight
might have brought about a still greater
change in the aspect of affairs.
We maybe permitted to contradict a report
which reached the city yesterday regarding
<he behavior of a portion of our infantry force.
It was stated that several brigades of the as
saulting column failed to do their duty in the
charge, and threw themselves upon the ground,
; while others were compelled to charge over
them. The affair was grossly misrepresented.
The leading troops in the charge were tem
porarily checked by the severity of the fire
from the enemy’s works, and at the moment
threw themselves to the ground to prevent
any great destruction of life. When the sup
ports came up they immediately arose and
charged on with them. The infantry behaved
throughout in the most gallant manner. Our
loss, for the fighting done, was very small, and
one thousand wiil probably cover it Many of
the wounded are but slightly hurt. We could
hear of the loss of no general officer.
Up to dark last evening, about two thous
and prisoners had been brought in, among
them about one hundredeommissioned officers,
| from colonel dotyi. Col. Cutter, acting brig
j adier-general, is among the captured. The
l number of prisoners : will reach over twenty
I five hundred. The enemy’s loss is unknown,
but believed to have been severe. Hancock s
• corps was engaged in the battle, and probably
I other infantry troops, besides cavalry.
The loss of this corps on Thursday could
; not have been less than five thousand, and
| when this is taken into consideration, with
i the previous losses it has sustained, it may
I safely be said it is nearly ruined. Col. Spear
| was not captured, as reported. His flight was
! too rapid to admit of being overtaken.
The Weldon railroad has been torn up to a
point four miles beyond Reams' station, and
I the work pretty effectually accomplished.
This read has proved a veritable trap to the
: unfortunate Yankees. Counting the raiders
! captured on its line from Wilson, the enemy
! has lost 10,000 prisoners in attempting to hold
I and destroy it. They have probably lost as
; many mctfe iu killed and wounded. It will
yet prove their greatest disaster. \* e still hold
; the works captured from the euemy, and we
j predict that our men will not be so easily
! driven from them as'the Yankees were. From
] an offieer who examined them, we learn that
‘ that they are very strong and very favorably
situated.
There were only two casualties in the 12th
Va. Regt., viz; Sergeant J R Bed, Company
| C, killed ; and private J W Marsh, Company
I 1, wounded.
! The conduct of our cavalry in the battle
1 near Reams'station deserves especial dtaiinc
$5.00 Per Month
tion. They commenced the action early in
tbe morning by a charge, in which Spear's
squadrons were scattered and compelled to
seek refuge behind Hancock’s infantry. This
famous corps (Hampton’s cavalry) prepared
to engage without hesitation. Dismounting,
they rushed upon the enemy, and despite the
advantage of his position, pushed him steadi
ly until be found shelter in his works. Then
awaiting Hill’s attack on the flank, they again
moved forward in concert with the infantry,
and by their combined assault easily drove
tbe enemy from his stronghold.
Throughout this engagement the cavalry
exhibited the greatest gallantry. It is hard
to distinguish among such uniformity of
merit; bat we understand special applause
was elicited by the superb bearing of the reg
iments of Colonel Beale (Ninth Virginia) and
of Colonel Roberts (Second North Carolina.)
General Hampton again attested his pre
eminent qualification for the command of our
cavalry,
Seven stands of colors were captured in the
engagement.
Latest from tbe North.
The following summary of nows is copied from the
Washington Chronicle aud Baltimore Gazette of
the 27th, received last night:
FROM TUB UPPKU POTOMAC.
The Washington Chronicle says: We learn from
an eye-witness that the fighting on the Upper Po
tomac on the 23d inst. was mosi brilliant, and suc
cessfully conducted.
At an early hour in the morning the cavalry
under General Custar advanced to feel the enemy’s
lines in the vicinity of Duffy’s station, on the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad. They pushed the skinn
ers of the rebels steadily before them, and were
themselves boldly followed up by the Sixth corps
until the skirmish line of the enemy fell back on
their main support—some time in the afternoon—
and the cavalry, in turn, were compelled to fall
back on their’s. Our- line of battle was boldly ad
vanced, and a most terrific musketry fire ensued.
The ground was rolling and partially wooded.
; The first sharp experience our men got of the rebel
fire was as they were lying behind a stone wall
aud a fence which were parallel to our line of bat
tle. The rebels opened on us with deafening vol
leys, which were promptly responded to; and they
were driven frem their position. Three acres of
the field near by were literally covered with the
wounded and dead. They suddenly withdrew be
fore the determined attack of The Fighting Sixth.
We secured our dead and wounded, and finally
towards nightfall—fell back to our original posi
tion. The losses on both sides were severe, espe
cially on the part of the rebels. Wo took a number
of prisoners, especially from Anderson’s and
Breckinridge’s divisions. They report the enemy
at 40,00(1 strong. General Sheridan and staff were
on the field. *
rORREST’S RAID ON MEMPHIS.
Cairo and Memphis dispatches state that the re
bel force which entered the latter city captured
about two hundred and fifty prisoners, many of
whom afterwards escaped. They remained in the
city two hours, during which time t'uoy robbed the
principal hotels and boarding-houses, and captur
ed portions of General Washburna’s and General
Hurlbut’s staffs. Gen. Washburn escaped to tho
fort in tolerable good order.
FROM ATLANTA,
A telegram, dated Nashville 25th instant says:
Matters in Atlanta are unchanged. The array
is engaged in advancing parapets and strengthen
ing works.
On the 18th instant, Major-General Dodge was
shot in the head by the enemy's sharpshooters,
and it is reported that he had died of his wounds.
General Lightburn, of Logan’s corps, was wound
ed in the same way thvee or four days ago.
THE PEACE RUMORS.
A semi-official telegram from Washington says:
There are no grounds for the rumor, so assiduous
ly reported, that the President proposes to send
peace commissioners to the rebels. The rumors
that an armistice had been, or is to be proposed,
are equally without foundation.
MISCELLANEOUS.
It is reported that the Twenty-third army corps,
commanded by General Schofield left the Atlanta
front on tho 16th instant with fifteen days’ rations.
The object of the movement was to captare Ma
con. Lively times, it is said, are predicted in that
quarter soon.
On the 20th instant, General Wheeler attacked
and captured, and, it is said, murdered th« negro
garrison and three hundred white laborers at
Stewart’s Landing. He also destroyed a camp and
fifty wagons.
A movement has been set on loot by prominent
radical abolitionists to induce Lincoln and Fre
mont to withdraw their names as Presidential can
didates, with a view to calling anew convention
to nominate anew man. General Fremont, iu re -
ply to this invitation, doe* not feel at liberty to
withdraw his name, and the Union Committee,
which met a day or two ago at Washington, de
cided that the nomination of Lincoln should bo
sustained, and are confident that be will be re
elected.
The blockade-runner Lillian, from Wilmington
for Bermuda, with six hundred and fifty bales of
cotton, was captured on the 24th instant.
The latest gold quotation in New York is 253#
Tlie Indian War in the lYorth
we§t.
A dispatch from Denver City gives a terrible
picture of the atrocities •committed by the In
dians—they are nearly as bad as the Yankees,
though not quite.
At present all the trains and mail coaches
are stopped.
Friendly Indians report that extensive com
binations exist among the Cheyennes, the
Arrapahoes, the Klowas, the Sioux, the Ca
manches, tiie Utes and the Snakes, and that
they intend to wage a wat of extermination
against the whites.
Martial law is being enforced here, and all
places of business have been closed until fur
ther orders.
Provisions of all kinds are-very high and
rapidly advancing.
Unless communication with the States is ■
speedily resumed there will be much suffering,
if not actual starvation.
The Indians murdered several families and
burned a number of houses on Cherry creek,
twenty-five miles from here, last night.
Settlers are fleeing to this city foi* protec
tion.
The commander of this district to-day issued
a special, order for the enrolment of all able
bodied males over sixteen years of age.
Drafting to fill the one hundred days' regi
ments will commence immediately,
A line of block houses is being erected
around the city.
The fact that the telegraph wires are un
molested to the belief that no white men
are engaged with the Indian? in their work of (
destruction.
A dispatch from St. Louis, of the 10th Aug.,
says ;
Information from Fort Riley, Gen. Blunt's
headquarters, says that three ranches near the
Little Blue river have been burned by the In- 1
diaas, the stock run off, and the inhabitants
killed.
The In liens left behind them nothing but
the bone- f their murdered victims and the
ashes o; .he b- iuings destroyed by them.
The cinzt-ns or Washington, Republic and
Clay c- unties have been armed by General
Blunt.
Four hunters were killed by the Indians at
Salina, fifty miles west of Fort Riley. j
Between sixty and seventy bodies of white j
men were seen between Milisburgaud the Lit
tle Blue. **
No ranches are left standing between tue
Big Sandy and the Littlo Biue.
The inhabitants of the plum-s between Pot!
Kearny hnd Denver have all fle 1.
Fojur trains wi re captured by Hie Indians on
tbe Little Blur, and all tbe stock, consisting
of 450 head ot cattle, and a large number of
muies, were driven off.
The Indians are well mounted, and most of
them are armed with long range guns.
Thompson, yyuh 75 uiuii. of the 16th
Asnsas oaralry and one howitzer, is moving
In pursnit of the Indians who committed the
outrages on me Liule Blue.
Dispatcl.es from him, dated the 4th instant
say that tbe Indians moved towards Republi
can river, with 1,000 oxen and large herds of
horses and mules.
Gen. Sherry, of the Kansai militia, has also
joined in pursuit of tbe Indians. He is moving
north of Thompson’s command.
Eight days have elapsed since cotnmanie*-
tion has been bad with points further west
fourteen miles from the Little Blue.
Within that distance 16 men, women and
children have been massacred by the Indians
and every dwelling burned.
The families of a number of settlers have
been sent off to places of safety, while tbe
male heads of them have turned out to find
the Indian trail.
General Blunt has sent orders to Fort*
Larned, Zerah, Ellsworth and Salina, for the
commanders at those points to send out scouts
in the direction taken by the Indians, and to
keep their forces ready to join in the general
pursuit when the trail of the Indians is dis
covered.
General Blunt is doing everything possible
with the small force at his command. t
Rcmorbd FkTht in thb Vallrt.—The city
was Alive yesterday with a rumor that Early
bad inflictod a severe chastisement upon Sher
idan's forces on the Northern border. It'ran
in this way; General Early met the Yankees
one day last week rear Martinsburg, fought
and defeated them, inflicting a heavy loss, and
driving them back to Harper’s Ferry. Our
loss is stated to have been about one thousand
killed and wounded. Rumor adds that our
eavalry had crossed the Potomac into Mary
land. The report is said to have been brought
by a man who was in tbe tight; but if it ia
true, nothing is known about it in official
quarters. The latest reliable intelligence wa
bad from the Valley was a dispatch from
General Early, stating that be had pressed
the enemy back to Harper’s Ferry, and
it is bardly probable that he would have
ventured forth from (bat stronghold t»
give battle to our troops. The whole story
may be classed among those Sunday runiori
started by somebody to furnish a theme for
gos9ip. —Richmond Dispatch, 20th.
Times out or Joint.
We are reminded by a note upon Physicians’
fees, of the absolutely grotesque disorders of the
times in reference to values. The Doctor* are
henceforth to charge ten dollar* per visit, whiok
they value at a chicken and a quarter, eurreat
market, three pecks of meal, or two pounds and a
half of bacon, or three dozen eggs, or two yard*
of coarso cotton cloth. Rated at old valuations,
thi* would be from thirty to forty cent* a visit,
and they are certainly doing a cash business at
that. Th* Telegraph and its fellow-prints an
furnishing a daily paper three months for tw*
yards and a half of cotton cloth, or three pounds
of bacon, or one bushel of corn meal, er four doses
eggs, or ten pounds ,y,f t flour, a business which i|
too absurd to re 4 \...c comment. But this is not
worse than the condition of some of our salaried
men, who required to give more for
the rent of ahouso to live in than the full amount
of their yearly salaries.
We should judge from common report that the
Devil of Greed has fairly possessed some of our
landlords in the good city of Macon of late. The
Government, in tying up the hands of producers
of military age to sell their snrplus only to itself
or soldiers’ 'ainilie- at Government prices, has ex
posed the few non-producers iu t“wns to tbe exac
tions of a comparatively foiv producers above age,
who, assisted by the avaricious operations of mid
dle men, have brought things to such a pass that
no non-producer, who is not a speculator, can live.
An artificial (amino will as certainly result from
these combined causes, as two and two make four.
People may persuade themselves that affairs can
travel along a good while in such a direction, but
it is a vain delusion. Society must soon become
disorganized and go to pieces, unless it cau be kept
together by producers, speculators, quartermaster*
and commissaries. All those classes of men whe
make up the connecting links must perish under
the iron keel of exaction and extortion.
From this gloomy prospect, we turn away in
stinctively to clutch at the slightest prospect of
peace. The winter of 1864 5, if we have to float
through it upon the gory tide of war, will show
such a record of privatiou and suffering as yarih’*
history has seldom recorded. But man’s extremity
is God’s opportunity, and we look hopefully for
light to break through the murky darkness of the
future.— Macon Telegraph.
Consolation. —A captain in the army having,
half his coat tail burnt off by standing in amedi
tative position too near a log fire, had to curtail
its fair proportions until only ajiout six inches
were left of what was once his coat tail. Having
to ride through Colquitt’s brigade the other day,
he was saluted with various remarks, such as “I
say, mister, rise in your stirrups, you’re sitting
on your eoat tail.” “Look ahere, old fellow, what
do you ask for that long tailed jacket ?” The
captain was not at all pleased at these and other
similar remarks npon his personal appearance, bat
rode on in silence, with his face flushed and his
eyes darting angry glanees. Suddenly a soldier
stepped in the middle of th* road and respecifully
giving the military salute, raid :
“I hope, captain, you wont mind the talk of
these here boys. I’ve tiled my best to stop ’em,
but it’s *o us*. Every time a d—n fool paa*es
here they will holler at him.”
Mr. James It. Dowell, General Super
intendent of the Southern Telegraph Com
pany, has resigned that position.
♦ ♦ ■
Fatality or the War. — Tho Wash
ington Chronicle says the 72d Pennsylva
nia has arrived in that city, and bee*
placed on duty there for two weeks, whcD
its term of service will expire. They went
into service 1500'strong, and have received
nearly a thousand recruits; but now num
ber only IGO men.
■ DIED,
On Thursday evening, September Ist, at 9 o’clk,
Albert Massey, infant son of Rev. Georgo W. and
Mary Lee Stieknoy, aged 15 months and 25 days.
The friends and acquaintances of the family, and
those of the Rev. Dr. Hedges, are respectfully invi
ted to attend the funeral from Trinity Church, at
| 9}4 a. m. Saturday.
Ely EHi*. Livingston & Ce
o
ON TUESDAY, 6th of September, at 10 o’clock, we
will sell in front of our store,
A DESIRABLE FARM!
Five Miles from the City,
| on or near the road to Peggy Reid’s Bridge, con-
I taining 90 acres of Land —thirty-five of which is
: cleared. On the premises is a comfortable dwelling
and out-houses, and a good spring of w;iter.
The place adjoins Th jinas Kenny and Mr. Boze
man. Possession given immediately.
■ Sp 6 t.d>;l6 _
Confederate Knives and
Forks.
\\TE are manufacturing at our Works in this city
\V a good article of KNIVES AND FORKS in
■ large quantities, which we offer to the public low
for CASH.
-ALSO
, Shoo Makers and Saddlers Tools,
; of every description. .Shoe Pcvs, Trasses,
• Spatulas, Butcher Knives, Ac., Ac.
The attention of Quartermasters, Commissaries,
and Medical Purveyors, throughout the Confeder
, acy Ls specially invited to tho above with whom wc
desire to make contracts.
REFERENCES:
MajorF. W. Dillard, Colombos, Ga.
Surgeon W. H. Pri deau,. A. aeon, < Ua.
v Vfontconirr ', A .a.
, .. .. jj HHISON, BBDKLiL k CO.
Columbus, Ga., Senteer .. lb-.u _
Mobile Regi.-ter, Augu- i wOJ-titutiona4i.st, ana
pn f-V<* -in C> mi ier please copy on-month and send
brrVtoVfcisofijee. 1
Pocket Uooli Post.
|N front of Mr. Phelps’ Store,yesterday morning,
■* A suitable reward will be rail for recovery of
the p: .c-i s 1 y M. P. ELL IS A (X).
FOR SALE!"
l GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse.
A Apply to
R. B. MURDOCH.
sep 2-ts or, at this office
