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Elu Ealambus &mts.
J. W. W IHREf, - - - Editor.
Saturday Morning, September I, 1864.
Sam’l K. Hodges, Esq.
The stern demand* of death upon the bat
tle-ield ha* drawn «• frequently and deeply
upon the sympathies of the community at
large, that his invasion of the more private
Circle* of life is scarcely felt or heedod, save
by those nearest and dearest to tho victim
claimed. Bat in tho death of him whose name
beads this notice, oar community has sus
tained a deep and lasting loss.
For many years ho had Loon identified with
ike interest: of our city, and in all the rela
tions of life, had so deported himself as to se
cure the respect and esteem of his fellow mon.
His energy and integrity in business pursuits,
his prompt and unselfish co operation in all
affairs of private and public benevolence, his
true and steadfast friendships and affections,
won for him the just and deserved reputation
of an honest man. a public spirited citizen, a
warm friend and an affectionate son, husband
and brother. So quiet and unobtrusive were
Iks manners aud habits of life, that his oircles
of friendship and acquaintance <were not large,
but iu these, he was deeply an# warmly cher
ished. Disease crept slowly upon him, end
hie eud was as quiet as bis life. On the 23*. and
of July, in the 49th year of his age, surround
ed by weeping relatives and friends, he passed
away, leaving to them sweet memories of bis
many noble qualities and virtues; and the
aheering assurance of bis hope of a blissful
future
A Hot Spot. —A Yankee from Canada, writing
to the New York Times, gives the following sketch
of public .'■'■ntiment in the place of his sojourn.—
We infer that St. Catherine must be a hot spot for
this lover of negro equality. He would be more
at home in tomo neighborhood where tho fugitive
negroes congregate. He would find a sentiment
more congenial with his own bloody and abject
ideas. We thank God there is someplace where
Yankee perfidy can be talked of openly in the face
of day, and in defiance of Fort Lafayette. We
venture the assertion that this valiant correspond
ent does not dare avow his own opinions nor dis
sent from those he hears around him. He Bkulks
from the contempt of Southern men and wreaks
his vengeance through an anonymous lie in a fana
tical newspaper.—Yankee all over!
St. Catherine, sir, is full just now of these mis*
arable bipeds—babbling about the Northern op
pression of the Southern rebels, praising Jeff.
Davis up to the skies, denouncing Abraham Lin
ooln as an usurper, tyrant, “Constitutional break
er,” (what au Indian rubber article the “American
Constitution is,” in the * and hands of
these double-dyed traitors,) pratihg'about “States
rights," which we think are about “knocked into a
cocked hat,” wailing about the wholesale slaugh
ter and butchery of Generals Grant, Sherman and
Boast Butler; glorifying the Southern chivalry,
and howling about those naughty, nasty Yankees!
Why, sir, it is sickening to hear them, and I have
become heartily disgusted with the whole “pack
of hungry hounds,’ prowling about our streets,
purloining tho fair fame and honorable name of
their mother country, tho American Government,
and I could only wish that Fort Lafayette was $
thousand times larger and more capacious than it
is, and that your authorities had them all securely
locked up therein, to deprive them of doing any
further mischief, and thus rid us of their contemp
tible presence.
{'From ihe Charleston Courier.}
That Armistice.
The rumors that have been bruited about |
concerning Lincoln’s intention to propose an j
armistice of ninety days, to President Davis, j
have been freely commented upon by newspa
per* throughout the coutiueui . Many Yankee
journals approve the movement, but every
paper in the Confederacy, with one accord,
advise and urge the instant and emphatic re
jection of such proposition. We arc pleased
at tbo unity of sentiment among the journals
in these Confederate States, and we are sure ■
that our watchful, wise and patriotic Presi
dent is prepared to treat that proposal for a
limited peace, in a manner that will com
mand the commendation and gratitude of the
whole country.
If it be true that the President of the Uni
ted States purposes to treat with our Gorern- j
merit in order to procure cessasion of hostil- j
(ties fora definite period, the motives that
Actuate that functionary, are manifest. He \
Is alarmed at the rapid growth of the party,
utterly opposed to the prosecution of the war, \
and in favor of peace in the only terms every i
man of sense in Yankeedom is aware it is]
possible to obtain peace. The freedom with !
which that party is criticising his violations |
ot iaw and the Constitution, the boldness with j
which it defies his power, and the severs man
ner with which it denounces his tyrannous
acts of usurpation, has made the dictator
tremble in the seat of power. He has besn
obliged to hear the most truthful, wrathful
words that have fallen hot and sclent from
the mouths of such men *3 Vullandigham,
Vorhees, Long and others, aud conscious of
his inability to cope with the power that backs
‘hem, he is obliged to refrain from lifting his
hand against them.
The character aud magnitude of the oppo- 1
eition the failure of his most formidable plans
has created, leads him to apprehend that the
Convention now in session at Chicago will
adopt the opinions aud sentiments of the
leaders of that party. He expects that body
to come out openly aud absolutely in favor of
peace He is aware that the divided party be
belongs to, is unable to make head against an
organization so numerous, so harmonious, eo
full of life, energy and hope—an organization
that expresses the feelings and yearnings of
*o large a number of the people under his
Government. And being a man largely en
dowed with (hat quality which is prominent
among the traits of tho devil, he is going to
attempt to accomplish by manoeuvre what
he cannot do by a fair eland-up tight. Had
be the power he would use force, butas he does
not possess the requisite power he has re
course to cunning. It is known that the
man wuo presides over the destinies of Yan
keedom has a swail bruin ami large cunning.
In all guileful arts, there is none of all that
nation ot' wily, subtle spirits who is worthy to
be compared with Abraham Lincoln. His
cunning has suggested the proposal of au
armistice. The adoptiou of that scheme'is
*u act of policy that fur exceeds any proof
of his uncommon artfulness he has ret given
to the world.
He ie going to attempt to circumvent the
peace party by proposing an armistice en such
grounds, couched in such language, as that
the very offer will be & mortal affront to the
President and the people of these Confederate
States. It will be so unreason:, ie and so
waDtou an as that the e if-respect
si our Executive will oblige its instant and
utter rejection. Having thus contrived to
insure the defeat of that measure, which the
artful man. aided by his Secretary of State,
will labor hard to make appear was suggested
by the noblest feelest feelings an J purposes,
he will attribute the failure to the pride, ob
stinacy. bitter enmity and stiff-neckedoess of
the leaders of this wicked rebellion. He will
declare, in high sounding phrase, that he has
discharged the duty he owed to his people
and to the wicked iagratas of the Confedera
cy. to forego nations, and to the dearest in
terests of civilization, Christianity and hu
manity, in the manner dictated by a solemn
Sense of the obligations resting upon bim, tc
luaied oy the most generous aiui magnani
mous motives, aud with a single eye to the wel
fare ot both nations. Aud then tie will ae
e«n iha) while he was considerate,' concilia
tory and sincere, we were unreasonable, vie
lent and that, while he Wis for peace,
we were for war. He would in this way ap
peal to the passions of his people, urn* reflect
upon the wisdom and patriotism oi those who
are bent upon putting au end to the war
by fair and honorable meani
It is clear that the President of the United
States, intends, by the proffer of an armistice,
to bring the party under Vaiiandigham and
others into disrepute, and by that means, di
minish its number and its power.
But suppose that wily man cloaks the real
feelings be entertains towards as. and se
words and frames the proposition of an arm
istice, as that it can be considered bv our Ex
ecutive. Will not a pause in the coaflict re
dound more to bit benefit than to ours?—
Sherman i<t at a stand, while our daring and
energetic troopers are operating with telling
effect on his long line of commuuicaiion. if
he is forced to retreat, there is no denbt that
before he has proceeded f.tr on the road to
Chattanooga, bis army, pressed by the gal
lant spirits under Hood, will be demoralized,
routed, cut to pieces, scattered, if not utterly
destroyed. Grant ia at his wit’s end, unable
to take Petersburg, and full of apprehension
concerning Wasnington. Those campaigns
are thus far. miserable, disastrous failures.—
Early in September, the term of the three
years’ men and the hundred days’ militia ex
pires. Lincoln needs an armistice of three
months. For during that period, the men
forced to enlist under his last call will be
drilled and diseiplined, and at the end of that
time, be will have another powerful army
with which to invade, pillage, devastate and
murder. By consenting to a cessation of hos
tilities, we will give him a breathing spell, and
refreshed by the rest, stronger and more re
solved upon our destruction, he will again
send forth his armed hosts and vessels of war
to accomplish bis base and bloody schemes.
The Fight In Mobile Bay.
The following is a letter from the late exec
utive officer of the Tennessee, which we pub
lish as the first account of the fight in Mobile
Bay from any person who was on board that
ship during the action :
United States Frigate Potomac, \
Pensacola Bay, August 12, 1864. j
Notwithstanding you must have heard of
the loss of our dear old ship, and of my be
coming a prisoner in the hands of the enemy,
I fancy that a short note from me would not
be unwelcome, nor be considered superfluous
at this time. We were certainly under the
heaviest fire that ever a ship received since
the war began. Three strong and formidable
iron clads, one of them certainly our equal,
and fourteen regular men of war, were playing
on us at the closest possible quarters, with
nine, eleven and fifteen inch solid shot, and
with apparently no intermission from the
time we regularly engaged the fleet until the
time of surrender, a period of probably an
hour.
We met them as they entered the harbor,
and did our best to “ram” several of the lar
gest vessels, using, of course, our guns at the
same time. The Yankees hadteo much speed
for us though, and got by us into the bay,
with only the injury done them by our batter
ies. We then were alone. The Gaines was
in a sinking condition and was run a shore near
Fort Morgan. The Selma had surrendered,
and the Morgan bad left us also, and was un
der the guns of the fort. In the face of all
this, our gallant ship, after running up our
colors and the Admiral’s flag again, which
had been shot away as the enemy passed us,
stood across the bay, and singly and unassis
ted, we engaged the most formidable fleet that
the Yankees could get into that harbor. Thus
Greek met Greek; “then came the tug of
war.”
The fire was really terrible. Coupled with
that, four of their largest vessels, one of them
iron-plated on the stem, ran into us at full
speed and in quick succession. The ramming
part of the affair did us no harm in the world,
however, and their nine inch solid shot bound
ed from our sides like ordinary pebbles.—
The eleven inch hurt us some, and the fifteen
inch pierced the iron and forced out the wood
on the inside butdid not, however, get through.
By and by the Admiral was wounded and one
or two were killed, and about the same time
<!>ur after port became jammed by a shot, and
was rendered useless. Nest, away went our
Wheel-ropes, and the relieving tackles came
into play. We steered in this way for proba
bly half an hour, when they too were shot
awVy, as well as the smoke stack, and then
we Were uhable to make steam or to get a
single gun to bear upon the enemy.
The fleet saw our condition, and taking ad
vantage of it, took up positions astern and on
each quarter, and were as perfectly safe and as
clear of our batteries as if they were a hundred
miles away. In this state of things, nothing
could be done to destroy the ship, without
destroying every soul on board, and the Ad
miral and Captain considered (as I think very
properly) that they had no right to pursue
■ uch a course. All had fought with perfect
desperation, and had done their duty like
brave and gallant Southern men are expected
to do, and were rendered as unhappy as men
ever become, when at last it was discovered
to be impossible to move or steer the vessel,
and. in consequence, a surrender became nec
essary.
The Yankees have her now, and I, with the
Captain and Lieutenent Wharton, are on our
way to a Northern prison. We shall undergo
all that is put upon us with becoming dignity
and firmness. I leave here for New York or
Boston (I don’t know which) in ten days or a
fortnight. We are treated very kindly as vet.
and are as comfortable as we care for.
The Position of Aftairs.
The Confederate raiders have come and
gone. For ten days the scourge of war has
swept over Northern soil, and the North has
writhed under the blow. Devastated fields,
burning dwellings, impoverished families, at
test the severity of that brief ordeal of inva
sion. We have endured but the thousandth
part of the curse we have inflicted.
Let us consider that for more than three
years the South has suffered, throughout a
great portion of its domain, such desolation,
such privation, such destruction of property
and of the requisites of social comfort as have
stunned and bewildered the North by an ex
perience of ten days, within a limited space of
territory. Yet, under those terrible afflictions
the South stands firm, defiant and unanimous
in resistance to the Federal arms. Tbescourge
falls and they utter no cry ; they suffer but do
not falter. Does not this heroic devotion to
their cause imply more than the influence of
pride, or obstinacy, or prejudice ? It is like the
courage of the early Christians, who face
persecution without flinching, because they
had faith in the creed for which they suffered.
It is not the Southern arm that strikes, it is
not the Southern brain that reasons, it is not
the Southern heart that believes, and whose
faith sanctifies in tlieirconsciences their deeds.
Against that faith, force avails not, nor
wealth nor numbers. Asa people their con
viction of their right is stronger than ours of
I ours. It is a crime against human natuie to
wage a physical war against a principle so
J thoroughly espoused by millions of Christian
and enlightened men, If they are wrong by
the light of reason must they be redeemed
from error. The blows we deal, this blood we
shed and the suffering they inflict, are but ap
peals to their manhood and endurance. It is
like hammering upon iron hot from the fur
nace, strengthing its fibres and converting it
to steel. What, then, is the object of the war ?
If it be to gratify the hatred and prejudices of
a party by their extermination, the time is
coming when the masses will forbid it. If we
re-engender friendship, the time has come for
the masses to reject such accursed instru
ments for such a holy workc— New York Nevus.
A Frank CbNFissiON.—Whether we regard our
civil, our military, orour financial prospec.s; wheth
er we look at our gig ntic debt, our colossal expen
ditures. or our disordered currency: at the high
price of necessaries, the suppression of freedom, or
the iwpendi e call for new armies; or at the pub
lic hopes disappointed and loyal states in he East
pillaged in the West overrun with guerrillas, we
must see that the country is indeed in a very bad
way "if somebody don’t arrest the downward pro
gress.” Four years more of Mr Lincoln’s imbecile
rule wiihld rum the country irretrievably. Our only
hope of redemption is in the president*! eWti., n
, IN Y World ,
From Ihe Virginia Valley—
Swill Retribution.
We have authentic intelligence from the
Lower Valley up to 9 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing. Sheridan has retreated out of Virginia,
save at Harper’s terry. They still bold Har
per’s Ferry, and extended their pickets to Hall
town, tour miles towards Charlestown. Gen.
Early’s headquarters were at Charlestown.
Our troops occupied Shepherdstown, on the
Potomac. We arrived on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad just in time to continue the sus
pension of travel. The damage lately iuflict
ed by us bad been repaired, and tbe cars were
to commence running the uext day. The rail
road men will now have to begin their work
anew, and will, doubtless, consider Early a
very troublesome superintendent of transpor
tation.
Sheridan avoideda fight in bis retreat, mak
ing no stand save a small attempt of one at
Charlestown. His anxiety seemed to be to
escape.
We learn that Sheridan caused all the wheat
stacks to be burned, in bis advance from Win
chester to Strasburg. In bis flight back, he
had not time to perpetrate the same villainy
upon the farmers between Winchester and the
Potomac. A number of dwellings were burn
ed and citizens arrested and carried off;
though not to the extent which reports have
alleged. A party of Mosby’s men came upon
a squadof fifteen or twenty, who had just set
on fire a dwelling. The ladies and the chil
dren whose home it was were wringing their
hands with distress at the sight of their burn
ing home, and invoking punishment on the
vandals, when Mosby’s men came. They
rushed upon the incendiaries and took no
prisoners. The prayer of suffering innocence
had been swiftly heard, and the punishment
came, and came as swiftly and as terrible as
it was righteous—Richmond Sentinel, 25th.
From Tennessee.
Late accounts from East Tennessee represent
the condition of the people of that country as any
thing but desirable. In Monroe county seventeen
or eighteen dwellings have been burnt down, with
their contents, besides barns, cribs and other out
beuses, belonging to Southern men who were
either soldiers in our army or had taken refuge
within tho Confederate lines. The wives of our
citizens and soldiers are expelled from their homes,
many prominent men have been arrested and
thrown into prison or sent beyond the lines, and
some put to work upon the Yankee fortifications.
After the recent capture of citizens and soldiers
at Rogersville, a deserter from our army, by the
name of Sizemore, shot three of them down in cold
blood.
The enemy recently shipped artillery from Knox
ville to the vicinity of Bull’s Gap, whilst a heavy
force of cavalry advanced from the same direction.
On Tuesday last they attacked our forces, who fell
back before superior numbers at Jonesborough.
These facta have undoubtedly been brought to
the attention of our military authorities, for we
learn that General Vaughan is now in the neigh
borhood making preparations to sweep the tory
horde from the country. Report also hath it tha.
John Morgan and his eommand are in East Ten
nessee, and it is expected that they will render
a good account es themselves.— Richmond Dit
patch, 29.
Five Hundred Thousand Coffins
wanted —Get your Mourning
Clothes.
Under this rather fuuereal heading, the La Crosse
(Wisconsin) Democrat has the following wail
over Lincoln’s last call for 500,000 men. The fol
lowing is the article:
Lincoln has called for five hundred thousand
more victims ! On the sth of September half a
million men are to bo drafted to fill up the ranks
of the army to fighting dimensions—to get soldiers
for tho sunny South. Get ready. Get your house
in order. Make arrangements to secure your fall
crops by proxy, and get ready to join the throng of
the hundreds of thousands who have gone before.
Let the women buy mourning goods now, for in a
month or bo there will not be money enough in the
country to use for the purpose.
The draft comes. No one wants to go to war.
Patriotism is sick ! The nation is discouraged.
Half the men sent before have been lost to us and
the country. Tbe 75,000 Wide Awakes, who were
to sweep the rebels into the Gulf of Mexico, have
not been heard from lately. Half a million more
men are to be taken away from their industrial
pursuits. It is now revolt, Canada, or fight. Let
us see what the people will do.
Oh! that Wisconsin had a Governor with pluck ;
equal to the emergency. Would to God that the
Chief Magistrate of thig State had nerve to say to
Abraham Lincoln that not a man should go from
the State till the quotas of the New England and
the Eastern States are filled. How the people
would respect that position. But no; the young
West must bo sapped and drained of its life-blood,
while the abolitionized Eastern States, which are
growing rich out of this war, are thousands of men
in arrears under former calls. The fanatics and
speculators of New England sit at the feet of Lin
coln, and their States are passed over. The work
ing men of the West have no friend at court, and
can go to wav in answer to calls or be hunted i
down.
If we could see but a glimmer of light through
this darkness all would be well. If the half mil
lion now called for would end the war, we would
go at once, even if never to return. But there is
no head to guide or arms to direct. The Admin
istration has lied to us daily from its organization,
It has made its last call half a dozen times before;
it has resorted to all means to fill the army ; it
has sacrificed a milllion of lives on the altar of in
competency ;it has ignored or shelved the best
military talent of the age ; it has disappointed the
land every month for three years, and still the
war goes on,
One half a million iuo”#! Oh, that is nothing.
We are bound to free the nigger or die! Let’s all
go! The rebels can’t fight. One Northern aboli
tionist who rants and prays is better than ten
Southern men to fight! The rebels cannot raise
men enough in all the South to make an army or
make a decent battle! The rebels have deserted
till none are left! The Son*”-!* a barren waste
and her army has sutefß*&? so qL|rt«r rations for
three years! The rebels are bankrupt in means,
men, and military skill!
Tho niggers are all free by old Abe’s proclama
tions, and are now our allies. The arming of the
blacks does away with calling For more white
troops! This is merely a little military excursion
party, in which no one will be hurt! The rebels
are sick, starving, naked, without arms—towards,
and terribly demoralized!
This is what the Administration has taught us ;
and being facts, where, in God’s name, are the
brave men the North has sent forth already !
Rally round the flag, boys. Continue this Ad
ministration in power, and we can all go to war,
Canada or hell, before 1868. Only half a million!
Modest Abraham! Might better have called for
a million, for they will be needed before this abo
lition crasade is half over with, unless conducted
on a plan different from “my plan.” Haifa mil
lion ! Hurrah, boys ; let’s go.
Franck and the Confederacy. —The acknowl
edgment of the South by the Emperor’s govern
ment is once more upon tho tapis, and the idea is
beginning to be accepted as a generality or possi
bility worthy to be entertained even by the most
devoted friends of the North. Considerable pro
gress has been made during the Emperor’s stay at
\ ichy, and a certain M. Penquet, who went out to
the United States many years ago to found a poly
technic school on the French plan, has been con
sulted with reference to the views and capacities of
the different commanders on either side. Curious
enough, almost every one of the generals in com
mand have been brought up by M. Penquet, and
they say that he has been called upon to give an
outline of the character and propensities exhibited
by them when studying during their youth at his
establishment. As we all know, the Emperor is a
great believer in the doctrine of the boy being
; father to the man, as well he may be when he re
members his own boyhood and the persevering
steadfastness with which be has pursued the end
I to which, with admirable skill, seconded, it is true,
! by the incapacity of others, he has* attained.
Tho announcement of your Liverpool bazaar has
; caused an excitement in our Amerieaa circles.—
i Who are to be the Southern beauties, whose charms
| are to sec.uce the coin from the pockets of the Liv-
I erpooi cavaliers? We have Miss King from Geor
gia, and Miss Semmes, (daughter of Professor
Semmes,) both of them the mo9t admirable speci
mens of American loveliness ever beheld in Europe,
who are fully prepared to assist in any endeavor
to benefit the South, and who would be no mean
attraction even in Liverpool.— Paris (August b)
correspondence of Liverpool Journal.
An American Cardinal.— Letters from Rome,
says the Courier des Etats Unis, states that Pius IX
intends to m ke a Car iinal of the new Archbishop
McCleskey. There being a larger number of Ro
man Catholics in this country than in England,
the'r clergy, it is claimed, being entitled to the dis
tinction. The late Archbishop Hughes died before
obtaining from the Pope that mark of esteem with
which his successor will be honored.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OP TBE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of tbe Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, 2d.—An official dispatch states that
the enemy have withdrawn from Memphis and
Charleston. The destination of the Memphis
troops is supposed to be Northern Virginia.
Richmond, 2d.— ihe nominees of the Chicago
Convantioa are McClellan and Pendleton. Far
ther particulars to-night.
Barnes ville, 2d.—A terrible collision has just
taken place two and a half miles above, between a
train of wounded soldiers and the np train, ahead
of regular schedule lime. Iu the excitement
nothing definite can be learned, but it probably
killed not less than fifteen or twenty. Many were
horribly mangled.
Mobile, 2d.—Three vessels are off Battery Mc-
Intosh to -day. The enemy still hugs the shore at
Cedar Point, and keeps in at a respectful dii’&nce
All quiet here.
Mobile, 2d.— Official information has been re
ceived from North Mississippi. Smith’s forces are
certainly retreating to Memphis. A largo part of
the army is being mustered out of service. Mow
er's Division goes to Virginia; the cavalry to Mis
souri, to meet Price and the Indians.
Mobile, Ist.—A truce boat arrived at Pasca
goula yesterday. In addition to Confederate sur
geons, it brought a number of New Orleans exiles.
The Era claims that the Confederate camp at
Vidalia, west of tho Mississippi river, was surpris
ed, and 38 killed and wounded, and 40 horses
captured.
The Yankees are dragging Mobilo Bay for tor
pedoes; and are also bouying up the monitor
Tocumseh, with the prospect of raising her.
Thero was much bragging among the Yankees
ever their raid on Clinttn, La. They claim to
have damaged the Confederates to the amount of
several hundred thousand dollars, and admit that
their soldiers enriched themselves with plunder.
Only a picayune account of the losses received.
Our loss 130 killed and wounded. Federal loss 30
killed and 20 wounded. The expedition returned
to Baton Rouge with from four te six cannon.
Federal enrolment begins forthwith at Vicks
burg and Natchez.
Cotton 175 to 180.
Confederate surgeons, who have arrived in Mo
bile, state one iron-clad aground just below the
obstructions.
The reported raid on Pollard is untrue.
General Butler is expected in The
rumors about hia relieving Secretary Stanton in
the War Department are revived with more than
their original strength, and now appear to have a
substantial foundation.
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Johnson’s Confederate guerrillas have been har
assing the people in Kentucky and on the banks
of the Ohio river, and were at Casseyville when
last heard from, five hundred strong, carrying
away the cattle and other plunder which they had
taken from the captured steamers on the river.
The people of Cairo are organizing for the defence
of that place.
: Curious Republican Movement
on Foot The Flection to go
by Default.
| The deliberations of the leading Republican
managers to this city, New York, Boston and
elsewhere have led to a most singular determi
nation on their part. It is stated apon very
good authority that they have determined to
allow the election to go by default, and leave
the Democratic party to elect their President
and the House ot Representatives. It is Sec
retary Chase who is said to be the author of
this/wnry curious political movement. The
reaswus .ti.re^ o adoption of this policy, are as
follows : First, tho Republican leaders are sat
isfied that the war is near its conclusion ; that
a disunion peace is inevitable; and they wish
the Democratic party to suffer the ignominy
in history of being the political organization
which consented to a separation of the North
and South.
Second, they argue that no more moaey is
to be made out of the war ; that the finances
of the country are now in such a state that
contractors will hereafter lose, but cannot
make money—in short, that the public orange
has been squeezed dry, and that the election
of a Democratic President and House of Rep
resentatives would put the latter party in a
position whereby they could not conduct the
the war nor make any money for their friends,
and would be compelled to submit to a dis
honorable plan.
Third, they further argue that should Mr.
Lincoln be elected, peace would likewise be
inevitable, owing to his wretched management
of the war; but that a peace under Republi
can auspices would forever ruin the political
fortunes of every public man connected with
that party.
Fourth, that as the Republicans would have
a majority in the Senate during the entire term
of a Democratic President, they would prevent
any peace that would not bring with it the
abolition of slavery in the ‘Southern States.—
Fow, that they consider the war hopeless, the
Republicans are willing enough that there
should be peace, but it must be peace with dis
union, so that they would not have the polit
ical power of the South to contend against in
a re-united Union.
These considerations have had so much
weight with the leading Republicans that they
are quite willing to see Mr, Lincoln defeated
in every State of the Union; indeed their pur
pose to do so is stated without reservation,
and the course of the leading organs of the
party, shows that they regard the election of
the Chicago nominee as a foregone conclu
sion.— Washington Correspondent J Nero York
World.
Peace.
The great argument with the advocates of war
is, that we can never submit to a dishonorable
peace; what does that mean? Does it signify that
we will make peace with the South on no terms
short of subjugation? The idea is monstrous. We
can never subjugate such a gallant people, and if
it were possible, it is not desirable. Subjugation
means large standing armies, oppre sive taxation,
the possession of great military power by the
Washington Government, and we ought to know
by this time that they can and will use it as freely
upon ourselves as they would upon a people whom
they would have conquered. This is, in brief,
what a dishonorable peace means, although the
war advocates strenuously deny that such is their
meaning. The subjugation of the South is noth
ing more nor less than the subjugation of the
North, and if there is still a Democrat who wishes
the war prosecuted under such circumstances, he is
to all intents and purposes in favor of dishonora
ble peace. ; „
We are now, as we have always been, heart and
soul in favor of peace, and opposed to this relent
less, brutal and fiendish war. Already the ruin
predicted by the greatest statesmen of tho country
is impending. They warned us against sectional
ism; they told us that a war of one part of the
country upon another part would result in sepera
tion; but we scoffed at the warning, and in our as
sumed superiority of wisdom we flung their advice
to the winds. We are now aware of the result.—
Our boasted civilization and wealth are powerless
against a resolute and brave people fighting on
their own soil and in defence of everything me' r
holds dear. England vainly put forth her po- at
to crush the independence of three millions of r »1-
onists, and spent seven years iD the attempt, but
she was obliged in the end to submit to a “dish «-
orable peace. But there is no dishonor in peaob;
it is the war which is dishonorable, and which has
already disgraced us in the eyes of the world.— *
Shall we, not content with disgrace, bring ruin 1
and destruction upon us? Shall we oontinue in
power the perjured officials who have brought dis-.
honor upon us by their diabolical conduct of thw
war and their well established corruption? W»
believe that the toleration of the people is exhaust
ed, that the end is near, and that the beartf4t
yearning of the country ie for peace.— New Yo-k
Metropolitan Record,
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR.
Raise in Rates. —ln consequence of a heavy
advance in printing paper, we are compelled to ad
vance the price of subscription to our paper, which
will, until further notice, be as follows:
Daily, per month. - . $5,00
For three months, - - . $15,00
♦ ♦ »
Divine Service.
Re v. Dr. Guthkrin will preach sermons at the
Svnacorue this Saturday and Sunday mornings, at
10 o’clock.
Old and New Currency and Bonds.—Upon
reference to the advertisement of Wm. H. Young,
Depositary, it will be seen that he will receive de
posits in old or new currency, i-suing certificates
for the same, in both cases, bearing 4 per cent,
interest. The certificates for old issue, are pay
able on call after 90 days. Those issued for new
currency, are payable whenever called for with
interest. This affords those having spare funds
either in new or old currency to draw interest un
til they may be required for use.
Wm. H. Young is also Agent for sale of the 6
per cent, bonds, the coupons of which will pay
export and import duties and neither the bond or
the interest are taxable and are consequently very
desirable. The bonds are now received and are soli—
‘n* *erj rapidly, and will not be offered at present
price after tbe 30th of this month.
Thh First Tennessee Brass Band.—This
splendid Band discoursed some of its most
charming airs in front of our office yesterday,
for which we return many thanks. The Local
happened to be out of place as usual, but is
assured by those in the office that tho music
was inspiring in the extreme. Most of our
boys felt so complimented and charmed that
we fear it will take a week to get them
straight.
Let it be borne in mind that the Band will
give one more of their rich entertainments at
the Hall to-night. Everybody should make
their arrangements to be present.
Speaking of this troupe, we think it a burn
ing shame on our city, that the band had to
pay at the rate of one hundred dollars for the
use of a piano for the use of their concerts.
When we reflect that the performances are
given for the benefit of the sick and wounded
soldiers, we think they should have had a
piano gratis. We learn that they applied to
one gentleman and were refused, and finally
had to give fifty dollars and ten tickets for the
use of a piano. Can such things be in Colum
bus?
Roll of Honor. —We have added seme twen
ty names to thie roll since lest published and
made alterations. The list ie now as near oem
plete as we know how to get it :
P J Semmes, Charles Neuffer,
P H Colquitt, Noble DeVotie,
Tbad. B. Scott, J N Hutchins,
J A Jones, Wm Cropp,
A H Cooper, John McCarty,
Van Leonard. Thos Camak,
JohnMunn, Eugene Banks.
David Munn, John Johnson,
John Goetchius, —— Johnsosi,
II J DeLauny, • Harris Johnson.
Tom Sloan, James Ware,
Wm T Nuckolls, Jim Perry,
Theodore Fogle, T Everett,
Richard Potter, John Slade,
John Ferguson, Wm Ellis,
I CJ Williams, J R Jones,
* P Gitttenger, Wm H Young,
! Geo Lindsay, Ben Murphy,
Wm H Mitchoii, Robert A Chambers,
James Mitchell, J M Chambers, Jr.
John Lee, James Deckrow,
Charles Phelps, Robertson,
Levi Phelps, —— Calhoun
Banka Shaw, Cash,
Gus. Short, Ttobfc Eddmoa, i
James Short, May.
J E Davis, Sam McLary,
Wright, Dauf,
Bacon Dixon, Joseph Aguero,
A Fcrrestor, John D Mcltey,
Lock Weems, Bize,
Armstrong Bailor. Fred Tillman,
Lloyd Bailey, Tillman,
It W Denton, Lt Col W T Harris,
Lewis Cook, Edward Goetchius,
Ed Booher, Me Sturgis,
Cap Booher, James Ligoe,
Thos Spivey, Schley.
James Kirvin, Shirley,
Albert Langford. Wm Ware.
Thos Ragland. King.
Jehn Redd. Brittain.
Ed Clapp, Harvy,
Wm Brown. Capt Sure*,
Felix G Lloyd, Watkins Baa ks.
David Pease, Tom Hunt,
—-- Hill, Evan#,
John Lewis, Fannin Burch,
Wm T Patterson, - Long,
Amos Banks, Willis Banks.
James Browning, Ed P Wagner,
Lt Rans Wood- Jack Hogue,
Jack Rowland, Wm H Ward,
Joseph David, Julien P Dennis.
J. N. Cobb. Geo. Twilley,
Gas Ridenhout Henry Kimbai,
Frank Collier. Pope Sanderlie,
Wm. Ogletree, Thomas Kenny,
Brady Smith, Kenney.
Geo Mays. Jason T Smith.
Amos Brooks. John Tucker,
W D Edwards, lessee Broadway.
Thos Ferguson. Argyle,
Emmet Baker, Wm Barden,
Wm. Ridenhour. - Robt Sanderliu.
A correspondent of the Tallahassee Florid
ian, speaking of the defeat of the Yankees at
Gainesville by Capt. Diekison, says:
This victory at Gainesville cannot be over
estimated. The enemy’s cavalry has been de
stroyed. Their raids, for the present, are
ended. A rich and populous region of our
State saved from spoliation, and our soldiers
inspired with confidence. I predicted iu my
last, that they would abandon Baldwin and
return to Jacksonville. You need net be sur
prised now to hear of their evacuating Jack
sonville in the course of a few weeks. We
could now easily and without molestation, oc
cupy our old position at Baldwin and Camp
Milton, but the railroad will have first to be
repaired in order to furnish forage and sup
plies. Without the railroad, the position is
worthless, and nothing to be protected, while
our present <??.?.. vaany aad
advjyatages. - A Soldier.
SI,OOO Reward.
A !?T av , y set * black boy by the name
A of WILLIAM, about 24 years old, left Colum
bus on Sunday morning last. I am confident he
was taken off by some white man. I will pay the
above reward for the negro and thief, with evi
dence to convict, or I will pay two hundred and
• nfty djulari for the negro delivere I to me in Colum
bus. The boy came from Virginia about two years
t ago, and says he is a sailor. I think they left Co
lumbus on foot and took the train at some station
cose by. J. H. BASrf.
sepl-tf.
P S. —I learn, since the above was written, that
the boy lett Cbluinbus on the Onelikit train, on I
Sunday a orniug, iu company with a small white
"’an that Lunped. and that they wen going to W ett i
Point. j H. B.
Stoneman. —The Columbia “Sout Caroli
nian” denies with indignant scorn, tli« siSder
tion made by some Southern writer, that
Stoneman. the Yankee raider recently cap
tured in Georgia, is a gentleman, ami a 4i sol
dier of the old school,” and adds :
He ha3 been sent to Charleston to await the
first opportunity for exchange—to be let loose
once more to prey od defenceless women, and
wreak his vengeance on our people. Would
to God that the voice of the wuole country
could be raised in oue accord against such an
imprudent siep. Tbe noble old Trimble, mu
tilated in battle, has lain for months on John
son’s Island, unable to return to bis boms,
because he inadvertently declared his intern
tion to re-enter our service. Other officers
and citizens are likewise pining in captivity,
who have been denied the privilege of ox
change. And wo cannot see tbe wisdom of
allowing ihe return of this fiend in human
shape, who, however much of a gentleman ho
may externally appear, or however graciou*
his present manner may be, is responsible for
every article that has been stolen and every
act of violence that has been committed by
his riff-raff soldiery. Let him but reach tho
North, and he will be made a hero, be invest
ed with a fresh comm*nd, and seek every op
portunity to revenge himself for his failure
and disappointment. Hold on to him, and wo
shall not only save ourselve3 trouble, but in
flict every punishment on a fellow who de
serves, in addition to his confinement, ape
riodical pressure around a wind-pipe, that
should be considered the individual represen.
tative of every robber throat in his motley
crowd. Give tbe devil his due.
The Peace Rcmobs.— Washington, Auvust 25,-
It ha« been ascertained upon undoubted authority
that all idea of aendiax peace commissioners, or at
tempting negotiations for the suspension of hostil
ities has been abandoned by the administration. It
is teared that any such action would bo taken as au
indication of weakness on the part of the Govern
ment, an 1 would only tend to stilt further strengthen
the rebel authorities in their resistance, and would
be rejected by the n. Asa political movement, itie
thought that it would strengthen tbe opposition who
would point to its rejection as an evidence that no
settlement of the difficulties could be had under Jfr<
Lincoln’s administration. At the same time there
is ne doubt but that only accredited commissioners
from the rebel authorities, or any proposition! for
an armistice from them, looking to a settlement of
existing differences by a convention of the states,
would Be received and duly considered. The pres
ence of Hon. Heury J Raymond and other leading
Republicans here to-day, gave rise to a silly report
that they bad been summoned here in connection
with peace negotiations. The fact is that they were
here merely in attendance upon a meeting of the
National Executive committee of tbe Republican
organization, of whioh Mr. Raymond is chairman.
idiieid,
At her home in this city, on tho 30th August*
1864, Mrs. MARGARET BOZEMAN, aged 76 years,
8 months.
TEMPERANCE HALL!
Friday & Saturday Evrn’gs Ist A Si,
THE
Concert Troup©*
OF THE
FIRST TENNESSEE REGIMENT v
Will give two of thoir Select Entertainments
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
; SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS,
Os the Army of Tennessee
! ASTTickets for sale at the usual places,
i spl 2t
AUCTION SALES.
j ■
jßy Ellis, Livingston & €«
ON TUESDAY, 6th of September, at 10 o’clook, w
will sell in front of our store,
I DESIIMBU: ( IRIK!
Five Miles from the City,
j on or near the road to Peggy Reid’s Bridge, con
taming DO acres of Land —thirty-five of which is
cleared. On the premises is a comfortable dwelling
aud out-houses, and a good spring of w ter.
The place adjoins Th <mas Kenny and Mr. Bone
man. Possession given immediately.
sp6 tdsl6
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos,
AN TUESDAY, 6th of September at 10 ©’flock,
v we wil. sell m front of our store
Avery floe Rosewood Piano.
In perfect order—nearly new—can be seen by per
mission of Mrs. Brice, at Mrs. Teasdaie’s residence.
10 Gals. Pure Catawba Grape Brandy,
20 lbs. Hopsj
1 bbl. Arrow-root;
—ALSO—
A likely Negro Man, 24 years old,
A likely Negro woman, 30 years •UL
good cook, washer and ironer, »h
her three likely children,
i Fine Gray Horse;
I Fine 3 year old Mare;
1 Ladies Saddle;
1 Good Buggy and Harness*-
I bbl Apple Brandy;
0 bbl«. Choice Whiskv
By Ellis, Livingston A €#.
ON SATURDAY, 3d inst., at 10 o’clock, w# wil
sell in front of our store,
2 good Milk Cows and Calves.
2 Sett Blacksmith Tools, including Belle**
Anvils and Vices.
10 Boxes Tobacco,
i Case Smoking Tobacco.
5 Barrels fine Corn Whisk*
T Two-Hotso Wagon.
Lot of Furniture, Lad ee Gaiters, Hat*, Hart
ware, Ac., Ac. »epl-SIS
By Ellis, Livingston A Cm
AT PRIVATE SALE 1
| 50 LIKELY Plantation NEGROES;
i 150 Head of HOGS;
50 “ MERINO SHEEP;
Cattle, Mules, Wagons, Growing Crop,
Corn, Peas, Cuba Sugar Cane, Potatoes,
Plantation Tools, Fodder, &c., &c., now ob
the Plantation, with the privilege of re
maining until Christmas.
All of which will be sold at a bargain if applied Ssr
soon. ag3otf
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
200 GALLON'S
PUMiniMiV!
A VERY FINE ARTICLE.
For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upward*
ag3o ts
Harness Hade & Repaired.
THE undersigned will Manufacture and Repair
A Kinds of Harness.
, „ FULSOM <fe CODY,
ipl 2w Under Cook's Hotei
DESERTED!
CONFEDERATE STATES ASSSNAI,
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 30, ’64.
The following employees of this Arsenal, having
absented heinselves from work Without leave, ace
hereby published as deserters ;
WM MILLER-^Conscript—Blacksra : th by trade;
aged 34; 5 feet 11 inches nigh; florid complexion;
black ey s; black hair.
H R HAYES—Conscript—Tinner by trade; „, ei
3f‘; 5 t> inches high; dark complexion- dark
eyes; uaft hair.
P II T-f 0 RNTON Soldier—Moulder by trade
detailedirotn Company E, Hetim-nt.
H 11= H. WRIGHT.
' iw Colonel Comd g
