J. W. WAHRE.V, - - - Editor.
Monday Morning, September §, 1864.
List of Casualties in Company F, 64tu
Georgia.— Killed—Privates A. K. Argyle, E.
H. Jones.
Wonded.—Privates Porter Graddick, severe-*
Jy in leg below the knee; J. M. Hunt, one fin-i
gar shot off Wm. Welsh, slightly in calf of
leg.
'Missing.—Lt. R. A. Russell, Sergt. James
.Slaughter. Privates —James Barwick, A.
Brooke. W. Cannon. B. S. Cummings, M. J.
Fitzpatrick, B. MeGehce. J. McGehee, Wm, B.
Reed, .Tno. Weldon.
Hamp gfewart and Jno. Woolfork. safe.
Respectfully,
T. M. BEASLEY, j
Lt. Cos. F., 64th Ga. Regt.
A letter from an officer of General Lee’s
army, says the Richmond Enquirer of the
30th. whose position enables him to speak,
with accuracy, writes that in the last engage
ment we captured twenty-five hundred pris
oners. and that Grant’s last occupation of the
Weldon railroad has cost the' enemy more
than ten thousand men killed, wounded
Hinl prisoners. The occupation of the rail
read is an inconvenience merely, the Danv lte
railroad being able to do all government trans
portation, besides no inconsiderable amount
on private account. _A 1033 of ten thousand
is a’heavy cost for the army of the enemy
in its present induced condition. Crouch
ing behind fortifications is a poor way to cap
ture Richmond.
Tlie Georgia Front.
The verbal accounts from above are so con
tradictory that a report founded upon them
must be extremely unsatisfactory and unrelia
ble. We are unable to state positively
whether Gen. Hood has or has not evacuated
Atlanta, although we have little doubt that
yjie place is abandoned.
A report prevailed at Barnesville, yesterday
morning, said to have been brought by a
courier, that Gen. Hood had repulsed several
attacks upon him in the lines before Atlanta,
with terrible slaughter. We are disposed to
believe, however, that he actually evacuated
Atlanta on Thursday night last, taking the
McDonough road to effect a junction with the
remainder of his army. Passengers from
Lovejoy’s station, say that heavy explosions
were heard in the direction of Atlanta, as if
occasioned by blowing up ordnance stores.
It is understood that the front is now about
a mile and a half above Lovejoy’s Station, and
the enemy are probably in possession of all
the line above to Atlanta. In the action of
Thursday at Jonesboro’, our troops were liter-*
ally crushed by the weight of overwhelming
numbers—six corps of the enemy being en*
gaged—and towards the close of the fight the
Confederates had exhausted their supplies of
ammunition. It is not believed that many of
our wounded fell into the enemy’s hands. On
Friday, there seems to have been little more,
than desultory skirmishing, our little force
falling back before the enemy, and a portion
of it having been detached to effect a junction
with Hood.
While it is not to be denied that affairs in
Georgia have assumed an exceedingly critical
aspect, and that if the advance of the enemy
is not speedily the second and last
grand line of commanication between Missis-*
sippi and Alabama, and the rest of the Cons
federate States will be hopelessly lost, we trust
that the extremity of the danger will put in
operation measures of sufficient vigor to avert
it and save Georgia.— Macon Telegraph, 6c/.
The Position in (leoi^ia.
Few particulars 'have been received of the
battle at Jonesboro and along the line since ;
our last writing. The opposing armies are I
occupying a line not less than thirty-fire j
miles in length, reaching from Lafayette to :
Jonesboro, thence along the McDonough road, j
then across the Macon and Western Railroad i
south of East .Point, then west of the rail-j
road to Atlanta, making an irregular S shaped ;
line.
The Yankees on Wednesday evening se* i
cured a position on the Macon and Western j
Railroad a tew miles North of East Point and
followed the Railroad with a heavy force,
crossing within two miles in frontof Jones
boro where we had a small force placed in j
hastily constructed rifle pits. The enemy j
charged these, heavily and often, on Wednes- !
day, but did not Succeed in dislodging our
troops. Our loss very heavy, and the Yan
kees having assailed our lines, without suc
ceeding in taking any of the. earthworks, |
must have suffered a tremendous loss in pro
portion.
Our line,* which extended ten miles north - !
ward from Jonesboro, was very light, and
hardly intended to prevent a serious demon
stration on the part of the enemy, hence the
break in it was easily effected. Thus it oc
curred that Gen, Hardee's command became
isolated from that which remained in and
about Atlanta in the immediate command of
Gen. Hood.
We have not learned any of the 1
of the battle on Thursday, though our most ;
reliable reports say that a furious battle con l .
finuea all day. A large number of our woun- i
fled arrived at the hospitals in Griffin, Mil
ner Station and Barnesville during the
night.
'We are requested by the proper authority
to urge the entreaty upon every man who can
go, that they will make no„ delay in proceed
ing to the assistance of their comrades in
arms. A few thousand fresh soldiers in the
field at a critical moment will gain for us un
measurable advantages. There are few brave
.ynl noble soldiers who will neglect their duty j
at such a momentas the present crisis. Their j
services at such a time would not only turn j
the tide of battle in our favor, but produce !
an utter rout of the and who can im- j
ftgine what that rout will result in?
The safety and freedom of the Confederacy t
is the prize of the destruction of Sherman's ■
army. A few thousand fresh troops to appear
on the field at an early moment will most es„ j
fectually give us the tide of victory—effective
victory.
SeveraWraius leave this city daily for tha
army. They are crowded constantly with
large numbers of enthusiastic men who ar#
anxiously and impatiently hurrying to their
commands. They are thoroughly imbued with
that earnest and deep spirit of patriotism
which has made our soldiers invincible. There
are thousands yet, however, who can, if they
will fill the places in their command which
will save their camradesand sustain the pres
tige and fair name of their organization.
The pride of a seedier, the honor of their
command, the success ot the arnn and the
safety of our loved country, depends outlie
presence of every man who can do duty in
this, the great day of the and decisive
struggle.
- 12, .Midnight, Sept. Ist.
To-day the Yankees effected a lodgment on
till Macoif A Western Railroad, between Rough
A Ready and Eeast Point Stations. They at
tacked our forces With six corps? and by a
very fierce and obstinate effort, succeeded in
gaining the position which divides our army.
Gen. Hardee s corps under Cleburn, and Lee s
corps, all combined, under the charge of Gen.
Ilarde^, resisted the advance of the enemy with
determined valor and unexampled bravery,
trom eailj this morning until night, when the
enemy still held possession ot the ruad.
Gen. Hood, with Sstcwart s corps and ihe
Georgia Militia, remains iu Atlanta, and com
munication between the two portions is kept
up only by couriere. It is supposed that the
enemy will make a rapid and terrible onset
; on the defences o; Atlanta, at the earliest tno
j ment they can reach the city.
The battle was very heavy along the entire
line to-day. and resulted in very considerable
loss to us. A large number of the wounded
were arriving on the trains during the night.
Gen. Patton Anderson was seriously woun
ded in the face, and Gen. Cumming wounded
very badly.. They will arrive at this place, on
the night train.— Atlanta Intelligencer , 3 <l.
The War News.
The reports from the Georgia Front are so
contradictory that we prefer to add nothing to
what is said elsewhere. We trust affairs will
get out of the fog in a few days.
There are statements afloat which we are
inclined to credit, that Gen. Lee has met with
a reverse in an attempt to dispossess the ene
my of the line of the Weldon and Petersburg
railroad. ■ .
The telegraph lines are so oppressedj\ist now
with government business that we hardly ex
pect any telegrams to-night. — Macon Tele
graph f, 3d.
The Peace Question
Tho Washington correspondent of the New York
Times, writing under date of the 26th, thus defines:
THE TERMS ON WHICH PEACE CAN BE OBTAINED.
You may rest assured that all the reports attri
buting to the government any movements looking
towards negotiations for peace at present, are ut'
terly without foundation. There has been nobody
at Niagura representing the government, or in any
way expressing its opinions, concerned in any ne
gotiations or conversations with the rebel emissa
ries on tho subject of peace. The government has
not entertained or discussed tho project of propo
sing an armistice with tho rebels; nor has it any
intention of sending commissioners to Richmond
for the purpose of offering or soliciting terms of
peace, or of negotiating with the rebel authorities
on that or any other subject. Its sole ami undi
vided purpose is to prosecute the war until the re
bellion is quelled. But if anybody doubts its
willingness to make peace whenever the rebels will
lay down their arms and return to the Union, let
him produce any proposition from the rebel autho
rities to that effect, or any evidence that they are
desirous of ending the war on thoso terms, ami he
will then be in condition to test tho purpose and
disposition of the governmett on that point. He
will find no difficulty or delay in defining the
President’s position on that point.
The Washington correspondent of the World,
on the same subject, says:
Much* amusement has been caused hero by the
reports in New York of the appointment of peace
commissioners by the President. No such com
missioners have been appointed, and the idea has
been abandoned. No advances will be made at
present by the Administration for the purpose of
securing a suspension of hostilties, as it is be
lieved that any such advances would b« rejected
by the rebel govern mont, and regarded as an evi
dence of weakness and a want of confidence in the
success of the Union cause; at the same time there
is reason t» believe that any propositions or com
missioners properly accredited, which might be
sent to tho Confederate authorities, looking to an
armistice and a prospective settlement of existing
difficulties, would receive a hearing and favorable
consideration.
The Herald, on its side, in an editorial article,
thus points out the
EFFECT OF CRACK PROPOSITIONS ON WALL STREET.
The political question of an armistice promises
to exercise considerable influence upoij financial
affairs. Already the capitalists,banke r and stock
holders of the country are beginning to discuss
the prospects of peace and to some extent prepare
for tho possible contingency wo have indicated.—
The course of tho stock market during the last
few days shows that tho moneyed interests of the
country arc quick to respond to whatever looks to
a cessation of hostilities between the contending
armies, with a view to peace negotiations. Men
are beginning to think and speak as they never
did before since this war began on the important
subjeet now agitating the public mind. s * “
The people are beginning to think about a re
turn to specie paying and peace prices. Govern
ment. gold bearing securities are in the ascendant;
railway shares have declined from the same cause,
and with the progress of events a sharp fall of gold
is anticipated. When rumors of peace fill the air,
and financial men arc not insensible to them, it is
well to remember that “coming events cast their
shadows before.*’
Lalt* -\oHiicrii Mews.
We continue oin*. ex tracts from Northern papers
of the 26th and 27th. ,
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
The Herald has the following dispatch :
Chicago, Aug, -25.*-The parlors, reading rooms
and halls of the hotels are already quite crowded,
and present a lively scene. The activity and earn
estness of those moving about indicate that im
portant work is at hand. The disposition mani
fested thus far is a desire to harmonize, and to
nominate a candidate that can be elected.
The while tide appears to be for McClellan, the
same as last evening. Every hour reveals addi
tional strength, and front quarters where it was “
supposed he would meet with bitter opposition.
The names of Governor Seymoiirantl Pendleton,
of Ohio, have been mentioned by snme of the
peace men for the nomination ; but they are evi
dently thrown out us feelers* The latter is a can
didate for Vice President. A prominent politician
at the Northwest, who had been reported as op
posing the nomination of McClellan, was this
morning pleading with Eastern delegates in favor
of Little Mac's nomination, when the Eastern men
replied: ‘AVe thought the Northwest was strongly
opposed to McClellan.’' '‘Sir," said the Western
politician, “McClellan belongs to the Northwest.—
Did he not formerly reside here, and was he not
taken from Ohio into the army? He belong- to
us, and the enthusiasm of our people for him is as
great as it is in the East.” These facts have sur
prised Eastern men, nearly all of whom ex mo hero
expecting to find the very reverso state of affairs
on every side. The best informed are heard to say
that there is no doubt of McClellan’s nomination.
The Illinois delegation has held a consultation,
and a v.ojc taken for President, resulting in one
majority for McClellan. The delegation is in
structed to vote as a unit,‘and this secures the
vote of that entire delegation for him. The Indi
ana delegation have canvasSed the question. Two
thirds are for McClellan. Voorhcos is a candidate
for Vice President, add may manage to change the
vote in a measure iu trading off for hiinsolf. Ohio
is claimed by bdth parties. Tho ablest men of the
delegation are for McClellan; especially is this the
case from those representing the northern part of
the State.
'No person pretends that the New England, New
York, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey, delegations
will vote for any other person than McClellan.—
The public can judge from these facts as to bis
chance for the nomination.
The platform is not so plain. The war and
peace elements do not seem to mingle so well on
this point. The contest over the planks may cause
a change and confusion in regard to the candidates.
If there is any trouble it will arise over the plat
form/and not on the candidates. The consulta
tions on this point have not been definito enough
as ye-t to foreshadow the precise position of th*
two elements. The Western men tell the Eastern
to keep Wood <[uk#. and there will be no trouble.
The East replies: Wood was squelched by the
peace party at Syracuse, and is now powerless for
good or evil: take care of Vallandigham and his
aids and all is safe.
Among the distinguished arrivals are Deaa
Hfcjhmond, Samuel J. Tilden, D. E. Dolavan, Gen.
John Cochrane; and Era Shafer, from New York;
Geo. W. Cass, John Dawson, Asa Parker and Wm.
Bigler, of Pennsylvania; Judge Rauney, D. F.
Rhodes, S. S. Cox and Vallandigham, of Ohio:
James Guthrie, ex-Governors Robinson and Ma
goffin, of Kentucky; Richardson and Singleton, of
Illinois, aud numerous others from other States.
•Thk Sekk of Charleston'.— For over one year
—three hundred and ninety days—dating from the
first intant, and an iron bail has been rained en
Charleston and its defences—more iron has been
fired at Fort Sumter than would lay a railroad track
.forty miles in length—more powder burned than
would suffice to blew up every building iu New
York, ami this day it is said to be stronger and bet
ter defended than the day when first assailed by the
monitors, iron clads and other war vessels ot our
fleet. The cost has been millions —the success noth
ing. The money spent in this fruitless undertaking
would pay the entire State debt of New York, ancr
with it the State debt, perhaps, of half a dozen other
States, and Charleston still stands—Fort Nurnter
still flaunts a defiant flag agd in its strength still
"laughs a siego to scorn.” lis capture was to be
among the first fruits promised, and in s'aring cap
itals the Abolition press called Charleston the
"doomed city.” If doomed at all, it is doomed to
withstand all effort* to capture it, and while it
stands, it v. ill be a monument of tbo inefficiency and
folly of the rulers at Washington.— N Y A or*
♦-
Another Piratical Steamer.— New York.
August 21, -Ik the arrival of the steamer
Ha/.v, from North Carolina, we learn that a
now piratical steamer, one ot a number, is now
iin Wilmington, receiving her armament. She
| 13 considered the most formidable of them all.
j She will be the first to leave that port, it not
1 already out.
[From tho Intclligencer.J
W® Xews from tlie Fi or l.
No news from tho front; all’s quiet there,
And the the sentry his lone watch is keeping ,
Steadily he walks his measured beat
* While his comrades around him arc sleeping.
Ah !• little cares he for tho pelting rain,
Or the wind that is howling by;
For he feels that the fate of a nation
Depends on his watchful eye.
“No news from the front,” cries the widow.
While her poor heart is throbbing with fear ;
For she sees from the army dispatches,
That a general engagement is near.
Then she thinks es her life’s only comfort,
And the hope of declining years ;
She mutters a prayer for his safety,
While she wipes off the fast falling tears.
“No news from the front,” crie3 the wife,
No h<Spo to her lone heart is given ;
She clasps her child close up to her breast.
And prays to her Father in Heaven.
Her husband and only friend is there,
She has no one ta comfort her sorrow :
And her heart is swelling with fear as she reads
Os the battle expected to-morrow.
“No news from the front,” cries the sister:
She thinks of her brother now—
She hopes he is safe; but a cloud of doubt ’
Come3 over her fair young brow.
She dreamed last night that she saw him
Rushing madly into the fray,
And she thought she surely would hear
Some news from the front to-day.
No Hews from the front; no thought of the brave
Who arc battling with freeman’s might :
Baring their bmits to the leaden storm,
While struggling for freedom’s right.
All’s quiet in front ; still they say,
Though we are losing them one by one—
Al*l we only give a sigh of regret,
When we think of those that are gone.
H. L. W. C.
Fair Ground Hospital No. 1, Vinevillc, Ga.,
August 17, 1864.
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Courtesies to the Enemy.—The Dispatch re
marks :
Nothing has appeared from the military pen of
Beauregard more grateful to tho sense of self-res
pect in the hearts ot the Confederate people than
Special Order No. 15, ordering that no communi
cation whatever should be held between our pick
ets and thoso of the enemy. Some Confederate
officers, as well as soldiers, may read with advant
age that order, which speaks of the moral disgrace
incurred by jtroop3 in anything like voluntary or
unnecessary association with the savage foes, who
are not only warring against us, but persscuting
our women and ehildron and destroying private
property. Tho hands of such a foe are unworthy
the friendly or courteous touch of a Confederata
soldier.
The soul that prompted those words is in the
cause. Earnestness of nature is as essential in a
soldier as an orator. We would rather listen to
one electrical outburst of a “forest-born Demos
thenes,” than a dozen classical orations as perfect
and as cold as the statues of the great masters.—
When the two are united, we have tho highest
stylo of eloquence; and when genius and patriot
ism are united in a military man, we have the
model which all soldiers may do well to study.—
Such a warrior is Beuregard. lie is not fighting
for glory or the display of science.. The powerful
machinery of his intellect is moved by the inward
fires of a fervid and intense devotion to his coun'
try. No eno more clearly comprehends the nature
of this contest, or the character of the enemy with
whom we have to deal. A man of truo humanity
and gentleness, he has none of that false chivalry
which fights wolres and panthers in kid glove*,
and reeoguizes midnight burglars and highway
robbers as honorable foemen. “Order No. 15” is
the true fire of the Southern flint.
[From the Buffalo Courier.]
The First Secessionists.
Josiali Quincy, Sen., died at Quincy, Mass.,
on Saturday last at the advanced age of nine
ty two. He was born in Boston, February
4th, 1772: graduated at Harvard in 1700 ; was
elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1840,
and was chosen a Representative in Congress
in 1805. He held his seat by re-election un
til 1813, and participated in the discussion of
the events of the last war with Great Britain,
of which Lie was a bitter opponent. In an
oration delivered before the Washington Be
nevolent Society, in April'lßl3, lie took oc
casion not only to denounce the war with
Great Britain, but to impugn the motives of
the national rulers.
. “Whenever,” he said, “'the rulers of a nation
became the mere heads of a party, the last and
least consideration, with them is the good of
the people.” In June, 1813, just •after he had
taken his seat iu the State Senate, he reported
and carried the famous resolutions, on a pro
posed vote of thanks to Captain Lawrence,
that, “In a'war like the present, waged with
out justifiable cause, it was not becoming mor
al and religious people to express any appro
bation of military and naval exploits not im
mediately connected with the defence of our
sea coast and soil."
.In 1814, the question arose in. Congress in
regard to tho act enabling the Orleans Terri
tory, purchased from France, to erect itself
into a State. This bill was introduced in
January, and Mr. Quincy resisted its passage
with ali bis energy, on the ground that Con
gress had no right to erect States out of ter
ritory not within the boundaries of the origi
nal thirteen States. Iu a speech on the 4th
of January, he asserted that it was “his de
liberate opinion that, if this bill passes, the
bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved;
that the States that compose it are free from
their moral obligations to maintain it, and
that, as it will be the right of all, so be the
duty of some to prepare difinitely for a sepa
ration—amicably if they can, evidently if
they must.” *
This was tlie first assertion of the right of
secession on the floor of Congress, and the-
Tribune in ail elaborate obituary article, says,
“he adherred to the opinion that the moral
obligation of the old States to remain in the
I Union was released by the passage of the bill,
|to the day of his death.” In this speech he
! said: “Tho bill is a death blow to the Coasti
: tution. It may afterwards linger—butlinger
| log, its fate will at no distant period be con
summated."
Mr. Quincy claimed to be a Federalist, and
whilst he was never identified with any polit
• ical organization after the Federal party
i ceased to be a power, he supported Fremont in
1 §56, and Lincoln in 1860. The idea of the
right of secession, it will be seen, is of Massa
chusetts orgin. Some ten years later South
Carolina adopted it, and Jackson squelched
it: but, nursed by New England influence, it
has now brought the Union to death's door,
and well nigh destroyed the Constitution.—
There is imminent danger that Mr. Quincy's
; prophecy will be realized, and the only hope
: of averting our impending fate is in a change
of administration, and a return to the princi
ples upon which the Constitution is based
; and the Union formed.
The Steamer Tallahassee. —The steamer
Tallahassee has arrived at Halifax, Nova Sco
tia, for coal. She has destroyed sinee the
last accounts of her ravages— schooners ;
one of which she ransomed for eight thousand
dollars, and the others she scuttled. Great
indignation was felt at the North against the
Navy Department from the reason of non-cap
ture. The Herald, speaking of it, deals Sec
retary Welles the following broadside :
The rebel buccaneer, the Tallahassee, con
tinues her depredations with impunity, and
the glory, such as it is, of her. achievements
belongs to the sleeply old man at the head of
the Navy Department. We think it is about
time for the merchants and ship-owners sail
ing under the flag of the Union, to move for
the removal of that incubus upon the shoul
ders of the Navy.
In the costly naval establishment of four
or five hundred ships, good, bail and indiffer
ent, built up under the supervision of Welles,
there are hardly half a dozen that can make
the distance in three hours, under a full head
of steam, that' the Tallahassee, according to
all accounts, can make in two hours. Unques
ti on ably, of all the blunders of Abraham Lin
coln, as the commander-in-chief of *he army
and navv, his adhesion to Welles is the most
extnurdiary, unaccountable and inexcusable.
It has as length muuifestily become the duty
of our merchants and ship-owners to combine
in an earnest appeal to the President for the
removal of Welles, and we suggest to the New
York Chamber of Commerce the propriety cf
leading off in urgingthia much needed reform.
TELEGRAPHIC,
RBPORTS OP THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act es Congress in the year
1863. by J. STThrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Latest from Atlanta and Virginia*
ATLANTA IeVACIJATED !
Official Dispatch from Gen* Hood*
Wheeler's Operations in Tennessee.
. Macon, Sept. 4.
All doubts about the fall of Atlanta are ended.
It was evacuated on Thursday night and occupied
by the enemy at 11 o’clock on Friday morning.—
Gen. Hood blew up his surprus ordinance and
j burned his commissary steres, and drew off on
tho McDonough road, leaving nothing in Atlanta
but blood stained mins. Yesterday our whole ar
my was concentrating at Lovejoy's station on the
Macon and Western Railroad.
The enemy are reported retreating from that
point towards Atlanta. In the fight at Jonesboro
on Thursday Gen. Govan, together with the Gth,
S 7th, and part of the 2d Arkansas Were captured.
I We lost 6pieces of artillery and captured six.
Richmond, Sept. 4.
The Baltimore Gazettee says a dispatch from
: Nashville on Tuesday states that 1500 of Wheel
er’s cavalry entered Lebanan that day. They cap
; tured Cen. Milligan and 20 privates. Wheeler’s
I main force SOOO strong, was near McMinnville,
advancing towards Mur#eesboro, Great excite
ment at Nashville under the apprehension that the
city is to be attacked.
The following official dispatch ayus received
from Gen. Hood on the 3d.
On the evening of the 30th the enemy made a
logdment across Flint River near Jonesboro. Wo
attacked them there on the evening of the 31st
with two corps, but failed to dislodge them. This
made it necessary to abandon Atlanta, which was
done on the night of the Ist. Our loss on 4he ev
ening of tho 31st was small. On the evening of
the Ist Hardee’s corps in position at Jonesboro
was assaulted 1 by superior force of the enemy and
being outflanked was compelled to withdraw du
ring the night with a lots of 8 guns. The ene
my’s prisoners report their loss severe.
Lovejoy’s, Sept. 4.
Our army is in line of battle, confronting Sher
man’s advance at this point. All our trains were
brought up safety. The Federal* entered Atlanta
in column by Peach Tree Road Friday morning
at 9 o’clock, left a garrison and Post Commandant
and passed through to join the main army. The
possession of the city was very orderly and qui
et and citizens who remained were unmolested.—
Lines comparatively quiet this morning.
Saturday Night’s Dispatches.
Richmond, Sept. 2. —The following platform
was adopted at Chicago with only four dis
senting votes;
Resolved , That in the future as iu the past,
we will adhere with unswerving fidelity to the
Union under the Constitution as the only
foundation of our strength, securing the hap
piness of the people and the framework of the
Government equally conducive to the welfare
and prosperity of all the States, Northern and
Southern*
Resolved , That this Convention explicitly
dares as the sense of the American people that,
after four years of failure to restore the Union
by the experiment of war, during which, under
pretense of military necessity, or power, the
Constitution has been disregarded in every
part, public liberty and private rights, alike
trodden down, and the national prosperity of
the country essentially impaired. Justice,
humanity, liberty and the public welfare de
mand that immediate efforts should'be made
for a cessation of hostilities with a view to
an ultimate convention of all the States, or
other peaceable pieans, to end at tlie earliest
practicable moment, that peace may be res
tored on the basis of the Federal Union.
Resolved , That the direct interference of the
military authority of the United States at the
recent elections, is a shameful violation of the
Constitution, and that a repetition of such
acts, in the approaching elections, be held as
revolutionary and resisted with all the means
in our power, or under our control.
Resolved, That the main object of the Dem
ocratic Party is to preserve the Federal Union
and the rights of the States unimpaired; they
hereby declare and consider administrative
usurpation of extraordinary powers not grant
ed by the Constitution, subversion of civil law
by military arrests, imprisonments, trials and
sentences of American citizens in States
where civil law exists in full force;, suppres
sion of the freedom of speech, freedom 'of the
press, denial of rights, a system of open and
avowed disregard of State rights, and the
employment of universal test oaths, and inter
ference with the denial of the right of the
people to bear arms, calculated to prevent the
restoration of a Government deriving its just
powers from the consent of the governed.
Resolve<P, That the shameful disregard by the
administration, of its duty in respect to our fel
low citizens, who have long been prisoners of
war, and in suffering condition, deserves the
severest reprobation and scorn, alike of the
public anj common humanity.
Resolved , That the sympathy of the demo
cratic party is heartily and earnestly extended
to the soldiers in our army, who are, or have
b|en in the field under the flag of our country
and in the event of our attaining power, they
will secure all the protection, regard and kind
ness th» brave soldiers of the Republic .have
so nobly earned.
Long, of Ohio, offered an amendment to
add the first Kentucky resolution of ’9B.
Cox, of Ohio, called for the previous ques
tion on the platform.
Stqckton, *of New Jersey, nominated Mc-
Clellan.
Long, of Ohio, invoked the Convention not
to add weakness to the platform bv placing
such a man in nomination.
Harris, of Maryland, made a furious on
slaught on McClellan, and knocked down a
New York delegate who denounced him as a
traitor.
On the first ballot McClellan, 202 : Seymour,
23. McClellan was declared nominated.
Horatio Seymour made a speech pledging
his life that when McClellan was placed in the
Presidential chair, he will devote all his en
ergies to ; the best interests of bis country, sc- 1
curing, never again to be invaded, all the
rights and privileges of the people.
YaUandigham moved that the nomination
be made unanimous, which was carried, and
deafening applause followed.
Pendleton was unanimously nominated for
Vice President on the second ballot.
The Convention adjourned. ;
Letters from officers in Early’s command
apeak of the fight of Saturday, when Early j
j caused tho retreat of the euemj. Tho Gth
l corps which left Harper's Ferry was ambus
-1 caded and terribly cut up.
Caps. Hatch, of the Exchange Bureau, who
l lets Varina at 6 p. m., yesterday, was informed
: that a dispatch was. received at Fortress Mon
; roe which announced the nomination ®f Mc
j Clelian on* the first ballot, but nothing was
j said about the Vice President or platform.
Ou the 30th of August, gold in New York
declined to 232, but on the 31st, the closing
quotation was 247 J.
The New York Herald of tho 30th, is chiefly
filled with the particulars of the Chicago Con
vention.
The Convention refused the delegates from
West Virginia and the States in rebellion.
Washington Hunt offered an intervention
j resolution with the same object, but of a much
] more satisfactory character.
An official dispatch states that the eaemy
j had withdrawn from the Memphis and Charles
j ton railroad to Memphis. The destination of
j. the troops is supposed to be Norlheru Virginia.
Petersburg, Sept. 2.—The enemy's caval
j ry made a reconnoissance on our extreme
right this morning, driving in our cavalry
pickets. Some skirmishing occurred, but the
I enemy quickly withdrew. Our loss was four
prisoners.
Between sundown and dark this evening a
j spirited artillery duel occurred on our right.
Macon, Sept. 3.—Daring the last two days
| the city has been full of the wildest rumors,
j and owing to the interruptions on the line of
j the Railroad communication with the press
' reporter at Atlanta* Juts been impracticable,
j The result of the action Thursday was that
Hardee, opposed with overwhelming numbers,
fell back to Lovejoy’s Station. Lee, by the
order of Hood, withdrew towards Atlanta,
leaving the Railroqd in the possession of the
enemy. It is now ascertained that six
corps of» Sherman’s troops were thrown upon
the* Railroad. Hardee's and Lee’s corps
! confronted them. The losses on both sides
| are large: but as the Yankees on Thursday
! attacked our entrenchments, it is supposed
they suffered much more heavily than ours.—
No reliable details can be obtained.
A report is current that Hood evacuated
: Atlanta yesterday morning, but no positive
i information has been received.
A occurred yesterday on the Macon
and Western Railroad near .Barnesville. kill
ring 20 persons and breaking up the train seri
ously* »
Macon, Sept. 3.—Parties from the front re
port that our losses Wednesday will probably
not exceed 600.
On Thursday the enemy made four assaults
on our lines in heavy columns and were each
time repulsed with great slaughter. They
then concentrated on Govan’s front, and,
breaking our lines, there a retreat became ne
cessary, which was effected Thursday night.
Prisoners report, that only four Yankee
corps engaged, three menacing Atlanta -and
guarding their communication.
No reliable information regarding yes ter
j day’s operations or the position of Hood.
Charleston, Sept. 3. — The delivery in the
i harbor by flag of truce boat of some 40 Yan
| kee 3iicgeons and chaplains took place this
I morning.
Port Royal papers of the Ist announce the
; arrival of steamer Crescent from Fort Dela
; ware; with over 600 Confederate prisoners,
many of high rank. On the voyage the Cres
cent ran ashore at Cape Remain, and narrowly
escaped total wreck. Three or four prisoners
| escaped.
Another flag of truce for the exchange of
prisoners is expected to take place Thursday
next.
Geo. N. Sandeks’ Courtship. —A lady fur
nishes the following concerning George N.
Sanders, who figured so prominently in the
late Clay. Holcombe and Greely Peace Con
ference :
lie started iu life as the editor of a newspa
per in Kentucky; I think it was called the
Maflowor, and had many lady patrons and
contributors, among whom was Miss Ried. a
daughter of Captain Reid of the Armstrong,
who also designed tho present United States
flag. Sander’s courtship was as singular
as his movements generally are. He
was pleased with Miss Reid’s style of writing,
and opened a correspondence with her. She
then sent him her slipper, also a sash, marked
the size of her waist, both of which he ap
peared to admire, as lie visited her once and
married her.
Circumstantial Evidence. —l have heard
some very extraordinary cases of murder
tried. I remember in one case where I was
counsel; for a long time the evidence did not
appear to touch the prisoner at all, and he
.looked about him with the most perfect "un
concern, seeming to think himself quite safe.
AT last the surgeon was called?- who stated
that the deceased had been killed by- a shot
in theh.ead, and he produced the matter, hair
and stuff cut from and taken out of the wound.
Tt was all hardened with blood. A basin of
warm water was brought into court, and, as
the blood was gradually softened, a piece of
printed paper appeared—the wadding of the
•gun—which proved to be half of a ballad.—
The other half had been-found in the mans
pocket. The man was hung.
What a glorious world this would be. if all
its inhabitants could say. with Shakspcar’s
Shepherd:
“Sir, I am a true laborer; I earn what 1 wear;
owe no man hafe: envy no man’s happiness;
glad of other men's good; content with my
farm. "
Military Execution.—We learn from the
Missouri Statj Times that John P. Wilcox,
convicted of bushwhacking, was shot by mil
itary order at Jefferson City on Friday last.-
Wilcox was condemned by a military commis
sion, and the sentence of death approved by
! General Brown some months since, lie was
: reprieved by Gen. * Rosecrans, fnoug i sti
kept in confinement. Wilcox effected an es
j cape from the military prison, but was recap
: lured, and the band of Shumates’guerrillas,
I with which he had been connected, still con
! tinuing their depredations, in spite of an order
! 0 f General Brown, that Wilcox should be shot
upon the repetition of thes€ offenses, he was
executed at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon. In
his statement to the clergyman attended
him, Wilcox insisted that be was not a bhsli
whacker, and made out a strong case of in
jured innocence, but the authorities could nol
see it. .
In the House of Lords, a few days ago, Lord.
Brougham predicted that events would take ■
place in America, within two months, which
would make it expedient, and therefore desi
rable. that the Government should interfere:
and if the British public puts faith in the let
ters of Mr. Mackay, at New York, Mr. Lawlay.
at Richmond, and Mr. Sela, wherever he may
happen to be, the general opinion cannot dif
fer milch from that expressed by Lord Broug
ham.
The Emperor Napoleon ordered the re- ;
served portions of the park to ho thrown open
to the public, and walked about for some time j
among the crowd, ie bng <b«‘ 1 rince impoiia. ,
by the hand. « |
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR.
Raise in Rates.—ln consequence of a heavy
advance in printing wc are compelled to ad
vance tho price of subscription to our paper, which
will, until further notice, be as follows:
Daily, per month. - - $5,00
For three months, - - $15,00
♦ -»
Struck by' Lightning.—We learn that the
house occupied by Dr. 11. M. Jeter, on Jackson
Street in tho upper part ©f the city, was struck
by lightning on Saturday morning and entirety
consumed. The property was partially covered
by insurance.
The First Tennessee Brass Band.—This
splendid band delighted our people on Friday
and baturday evenings, by some of their choicest
pieces. The audience yi attendance wero large
and appreciative, and the proceeds muethavebeen
considerable. We do not remember to hare heard
better music from a brass band, while the vocal
ism of Charlie Ward, and the comicalities of Mr.
Cobler were fine. Tho entire troop is. versatile in
deliniations, and in the aggregate make up a first
rate show. Wc commend the company and their
noble objects to those cities which they in:tv
, yet expect to visit.
Judge Battle A. Sorsby.
The name which heads this obituary is justly
entitled to a more extended notice than tho mero
announcement of his demise, which appeared some
weeks ago in the newspapers of this city.
He was among the first adventurers who came
to the city of Columbus. On his arrival here,
upwards of 30 years ago, our now flourishing and
prosperous city was just emerging out of its wild
erness state into life and beauty. A few rude In
dian huts interspersed here and there with a new
ly erected cottage were the only dwellings which
then dotted tho wide extended, open plain which
is now the present site of the populous, bustling
and thriving city of Columbus. JIo came to be*
no idle looker on, and bo readily' embarked in most
of tho commercial enterprises of tho place; and
from that time up to a few years previous to his
death he was more or less connected with the trade*
of the city. Ilis ju-edilection was for agriculture.
In this department ho became conspicuous and
extensively useful, lie spared no pains or expense
in order to improve his mind and increase his
knowledge in all of its various branches. Hi*
valuable contribution on this subject to tho public
Press had no small influence in developing the ag
ricultural resources of the South, and have justly
placed his claims on solid ground as a’benefactor
of mankind.
He was courteous anu amiable, upright and just,
in all his intercourse iu society. The devoted hus
band, the humane master, the kind neighbor and
the consistent Christian, lie bore the severe and
protracted illness, which terminated his mortal
lif*, with the meekness and patience of a Christian
hero : not a word of repining escaped his lips.—
‘‘Faith in Christ,” ho said, “ was the only prop
and anchor of his soul in that final struggle with
tho king of terrors.” It gave him comfort and
support while passing through the valley of tho
shadow es death. Thus passed away from our
social circle one of its brightest ornaments : a
model man, a good citizen and a public benefactor.
“The chamber where the good man meets his
fate,
Is privileged beyond the common walks of life,
quite in the verge of Heaven.’*
A Friend.
The Georgia Front.—We are reluctant to
admit that the enemy hold the track of the
Macon and Western Railroad at Rough and
Ready, Up to yesterday morning it was un
derstood that Hood's line was somewhat in
the shape of the letter S—the uppef point rep
resenting Atlanta—the first swell crossing th
track of the Macon and Western Railroad to
the west of East Point, and the lower swell
re-crossing again to the eastward at Rough
and Tteady, which was occupied by the ene
my, and the lower swell representing Jones
boro, the scene of the contests of Wednesday
and Thursday, in which it was the object of
Ilardeo tt> drive the enemy’s right away from
the road, to which they approached within
three quarters of a mile.
It is said that a force of their cavalry on
Thursday down across the road agaiu
at Lovejoy’s station, and during the night our
forces dropped down and now hold the lineof
the road at that station and above. Hardee's
and Leo’s corps occupy this position. Stew
art’s and Smith's, by last accounts, still held
the fortifications in and around Atlanta, but
the strong presumption is, they will drop
back, abandon Atlanta and rest upon the
Georgia road at their base, unless the enemy
can be driven off of the line of the Macon
road. Atlanta abandoned, a slight detour to
the eastward will enable Hood to re-consoli
date bis army if he desires to do so. We heat
no reliable accounts of the fighting on Thurs
day.—Macon Telegraph , 2 d
AUCTION S ALES.
By Ellis, living's ton Cos.
O
(vN TUESDAT, 6th ofSeptember, at 10 o’clock, w*
O will sell in front of our store,
A DESIRABLE FARM!
Five Miles from tlie City,
on or near the road to Peggy Reid’s Bridge, con
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 water.
The place adjoins Thomas Kenny and Mr. Boze
man. Possession given immediately.
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By Ellis, EivißßgstoH & Cos.
AN TUESDAY, 6tli of September at 10 o’clock,
V we will sell in front of our store
A very line Rosewood Plano.
In perfect order—nearly new—can be seen by per
mission of Mrs. Brice, at Mrs. Teasdale’s residence.
10 Gals. Pure Catawba Grape Brandy;
20 lbs. Hops;
•1 bbl. Arrow-root:
—ALSO—
A likely Negro Man, 24 years old.
A likely Negro woman, 00 years old,
„ good cook, washer and ironer, and
her three likely children.
1 Fine Gray Ilorse;
1 Fine 3 year old slare;
I Ladies Saddle;
1 Good Buggy and Harness:
1 bbl. Apple Brandy;
G bbls. Choice Whisky.
Two Vices, two Blacksmith's Bellow-,
and two Anvils
?p2-s2s
By KJSiV, laiv'ing'sfon & Cos,
200 G-ALLONTS
WE MIAMI CUIt BUM!
A VERY FINE ARTICLE.
For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwarff
ag-30 ts
STOLEN!
TjHIO.V the Lot of Jonathan English, on the Taj
T button road, a medium sized bay Horse, with
white fore feet, has marks of harness on his shoal •
ders and back, is nine or ten years old. Any infoi -
mation respecting said horse will be gratefully re
ceived and liberally rewarded, and on the delivery
of the horse and tLief to rue I will pay one hundred
dollars. •
GEORGE T JOHNSON.
sp&3t* Columbus, Ga
FOR SALE !
320 Acres of Laud on Hie Mobile &
Girard Bail Road,
POEXY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one
i. 1 and a half from Station No. 5; about ISO acres
opened, and* cabins for about 30 negroes, with good
water, gin house. Ac. Apply jti> Messrs Ellis, Liv
ingston <t Cos., for terms.
ff.S InP D C FREEMAN. Js.
Ilacoii Sheeting For §ale.
BY the Bolt at $4 per Yard.
Apply at
Rock Island Pap;, it Mills Okhcs.
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