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COLUMN'S TIMES
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Change ol Schedule.
OFPXC» EItaiNKKR A*p SUPERIXTKXDBirT, |
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7,1804.)
mmmm JßL
ON THURSDAY, June 9.1864, and until further
notice, the Schedule of the Passenger tram will
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston .9.45, a. in.
Arrive in Savannah .5.40, p. in.
Leave Savannah v .5.30, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. 8. HAINES,
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Change ol Schedule.
i IN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
" ' ibe 41 useogee Railroad will run as follows :
PASSENGER TRAIN :
Leave Columbus .6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 2o A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus - 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 55 .
W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 tl Supt. Muscogeo IL It.
Through to Montgomery
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m.
Arrive at Gblumbu? at 5:32 p. m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m,
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8;27 p m
I). H, CRAM, Sup’t & Eng.
ag27 1864—ts __
MOBILE A GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHAAGE OF SCHEHIXE.
Girard, Ala., Aug. 22,1864.
ON and after this date Trains on this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train
Leave Girard at 3 00 p. in.
Arrive in Union Springs 730 “
Leave 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. in.
B. E. WELLS.
aglStf Eng. & Sup’t.
BROWN’S FLY SHUTTLE LOOM,
(Will Weave 30 Yards per Day.)
Carol 33aohLs,
SPINNING-WHEELS and CORN-SIIELLERS!
Manufactured by A. D. BROWN & CO.
tteO’-Orders received by M. P. Ellis & Co."'S&
ag!3 lm*
THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent,
(At Mulford’s old Stand,)
JSTO- 101, ZBIRO-A-ID ST.
HIM SMB Oil EMIIAB
Sheetings, Shirtings.
Twills, Yarns, Unseys.
l/.tpoLiruy Coffee,
Tobacco, Slice.
Nails ol ail sixes,
>*,«.. &€.,
j u!27 ts
STtAM SAW MILL
j OFFER my MILL for sale, situated in a dense
-1 ly covered forest, of pine, oak, hickory, beccli,
poplar and other swamp timbers, immediately on
Mobile and Girard Rail Road, between Stations 4
and 5, and only 30 miles from Columbus, Ga. Said
Mill is under contract with the Confederate States
Government, for the refusal oi all Lumber cut
during the war. at tv uncrating prices, which con
tract, panic- purchasing would bo require 1 to car
ry out.
The .111.11 is In Splendid Rim*
siiaitf Order, and
of FORTY- HOUSE POW ER, capable of CUTTING
SIX to EIGHT THOUSAND FEET PER DAY.
A good chance for refugees or parties desirous of
doing Government work.
ddressm; at Querryton, Ala,, or apply.to mo in
person on lit-*, pvrmi es. or at. litis oHi
G. W. OGLESBY.
aug24 2a- _ _ _____ ,
STEIC iil AG EXCHANGE!'
FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
for sale i-i sums to suit purchasers by
;u:b • B'■ NK OF COLUMBUS.
Harness Hade & Heimiretl,
THE und- r-igntd will Manufacture and Repair all
I Kind- ol Harness.
FULSOM & CODY,
fpi 2 w Under Cock’s Ilotei.
RIT TAWAY!
V EGKU buy CHARLEY; about 25 yours old, ycl
A low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intolluenco ; left Mr'. Nat. Thompson’s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskcgee, Ala. lie originally came from
Charleston, 8. C. A suitable reward will bo paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
inform .ii • ■;• l>me at this office.
JAMES M. RUSSELL.
Coluinbii's (At., aug 1 tf :!c
Ri:nbyAL~!
I 11A \ . : amoved my Office to a room over Gun
-1 by’s bt re, where I will be pleased to wait on
Patient- uirintr Medical or Surgical treatment,
agio ' _ _ i>. J. \\ ORD, M. D.
$oO He ward.
i WALL p-y the above reward for 808, a black
1 bo- aho ut :i years old. lie has been out three
.u-so r" v 'cks, nid is supposed to be lurking about
heoity. JSO - 1L HASS
jy 4 u *-
Roller s’o Debtors ami Cred
itors.
, ii, . f; ~ns indebted to the estate of Seaborn
-\ ! ‘s Icocsised, arc required to make linme
di itc ykvuoMit. anil those having claims against said
e-Ute ye w mired to render them in terms-of the
Iv<-1 ■he undersigned. ...
SEABORN J* BEN NING.Admr.
By MAItY H. BENNING, Agent,
Stli or makers* and
TOOLS.
'l'ii UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
A manufacture of the above named articles in this
citv arc uvpared to fill orders tor the same.
onio>-.T. ingle street, a few doors n vc C. it.
Hospital U HARRISON. BEDEL & CO.
Refcn-M. -MaJ. F. W. Dillard.
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con
stitution/ t please copy one month and send bill?
to this
nil i'«b t. muk iil
SALS 2
iv | for sale 49 reams ot Letter Paper, and
V' small Pocket Blank Books, at W bolesale
ovlleu.il. Buyer, slo per lleam; Blank Books, s>loiJ
re iS;? e!wkole3ttle * APPI ' V “THIS OFFICE.
BEOli; 2 h—Muscogee County.
WHKR 1 Mr<. Mary V. Davis, adm’x of Dr.
\\ Gee . Davis, dee’d has tiled her petition tor
Gave to a n< ;to woman by the name oi Maria,
about - \: .s Oi aKe and her lour children.
All pc: accrued arc hereby notified to snow
cause, til >h-.-v have) why an order should not
boxrar.ted ~v...'next September Term ofthe Court
o! Ordinary lot bul-i county, authorizing the wuo of
jy 4 Oidiaary
Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREN & COi Proprietors J. W. W ARREJY, Editor
GENERAL ORDERS!
HIUDQUARTEUS, Gi.. RESERVES, 1
Macon, September Ist,'64. f
1 General Orders, t
No. 15. ;
I. The following paragraph from General Orders
No. 67, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
Rdohmond, August 16th, 1864, is published for the
information and guidance of all concerned:
Adj’t and Ikspector General’s Office, i
Richmond, Aug., 10, 1864. S
General Orders, 1
No. 67. J
* # * * . *
V. Paragraph I, General Order?, No. 63, (current
! series,) is thus amended:
All detailed men (including those between eigh
i teen and forty-five years of ago.) will report to,
and be comaianded by the General of the Reserves
in the States in which they have been assigned or
detailed, wlio will organize them into companies
j and battalions. It is not anticipated that they will
be called out except in emergencies occurring in or
near the counties contiguous thereto; except that
companies hereafter formed may bo required to
perform service in repelling raid’s along a lino cf
railroad running through their respective counties.
All exempts are allowed, and invited to enroll them
selves with such companies, so as to be propstred to
aid in defending their homes when menaced by an
enemy.
# * «• * .* * *
j Signed, S. COOPER,
! A. & I. General,
i Official: HL Clay, a, a. g.
| 11. In compliance with the foregoing order, all
| detailed men will immediately organize in their re
spective counties into companies, and report their
• muster rolls to these Headquarters, together with
a certificate of the election of Company Officers,
which election must be held by eithor two commis
sioned Officers of the Confederate Army, or two
freeholders. Exempts are invited and urged to
unite in these county organizations.
111. The detailed men in government employ,
will be organized into companies composed as far
as practicable of the men enraged in the same
j workshops; though exempts will be permitted to join
| such organizations. It is not intended that the com
) panics composed of detailed men in government
! employ should be put into Battalions or Regiments
| with ether local troops. Officers in such companies
; will be elected and bold their commissions so long
only as their detail lasts.
IV. It will bo the duty of District and County
Enrolling Officers, to report to those Headquarters,
all detailed men and exempts, who fail >r refuse to
join the organization in their respective counties-
The object of the organization being to perfect a
system of homo defense, it is necessary that the
names of all'refusing to join should be known that
their details may be revoked and they ordered to
more active duty in the field.
V. This order is not intended to interfere with
those detailed men now in service as a part of the
militia, but all such will be required to join the or
ganization of their respective counties after the ex
piration of their service in the militia.
! By command of
Maj. Gen. HOWELL COBB.
Lamar Cobb, Major & A A G
| sp6 6t
: Battle-Field Relief Association
of Coiiunbus, S«a.
■ All who avo disposed to contribute articles neces
j saiy for the relief of the sick and wounded in the
; Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at
Goodrich & Co’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev
j ery Tuesday and Friday, when they will befor
j warded to and dispensed by our Committee thorc.
W. 11. YOUNG, Presd’t.
C. G. Holmes, Sec’y. ag23tf
. STOLEA!
IpßOilf the Lot of Jonathan English, on the Tal
botton road, a medium sized bay Horse, with
white fore feet, has marks of harness on his shoul
ders and back, is nine or ten years old. Any infor
mation respecting said horse will be gratefully re
ceived and liberally rewarded, and on the delivery
of the horse and thief to me I will pay one hundred
dollars.
GEORGE T JOHNSON,
?p5 3D Columbus."G a
FOR SALE! -
| S2O Teres of Land on tlie Mobile &
Girard Hail Road*
j Li OUT Y MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one
1 and a half from St it ion No. 5; abou t 180 acres
j opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, with good
l water, gin house, &c. Apply to Messrs Ellis, Liv
; ingston & Cos., for terms.
i spo lm* I) C FREEMAN, Js.
lifiTMiTfifMin
GOODRICH & CO.*
BROAD STREET,
l RE now opening a splendid assortment of
SHPIE Mil m Mil ill!
FRESH FROM EUROPE* via Bermuda, which
they will sell cheap for cash. aug27—lm
SI,OOO Rewa rd,
A CHUNKY, heavy set, black boy by the name
j ‘V of WILLIAM, about 24 years old, left Colum
bus on dfcud iy 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
fifty dollars for the negro delivered to me in Colum
bus. The boy came from Virginia about two years
ago. and says he is a sailor. I think they left Co
lumbus on foot and took the train at some station
close by. J. H. BASS.
I Sopl-lf.
P. S. —I learn, since the above was written, that
i the boy leit Columbus on the Opelika train, on
| Sunday morning, in company with a small white
?nan that limped, and that they were going to West
j Point, J.H. B.
3£TO^XO:ES.
To Plassteys and Others !
r WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
J Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I
will be found at Robmett & G> s old stand, where I
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
j L. S. WRIGHT.
; .iune 2tl _
€o»iederate Kiaives and
Forks*
\\J G are manufacturing at our Works in this city
n a good article of K NIVES AND FORKS in
large quantities, which we offer to the public low
1 lor CASH. . r ,,_
—ALbO —
| Shoe Makers and Saddlers Tools,
iof every description. Nhoe Pegs, Steel Trusses,
; Spatulas, Butcher Knives, Ac., Ac.
The attention of Quartermasters, Commissaries,
and Medical Purveyors, throughout the Confeder
i acy is specially invited to the above with whom we
| desire to make contracts.
KF.FXREXCES:
Major F. W. Dillard, Columbus, Go.
Surgeon \V. H. Prioleau, Maeou, Ga.
Surgeon R. Potts, Montgomerv, Ala.
HARRISON. BEDELL & CG.
Columbus, Ga., September I.lBtH. .
Mobile Register, Augusta Constitutionalist, and
I Charleston Courier please copy one month anu send
bill to this office.
FOE SALE!
A GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse.
Apply to B. MURDOCH,
«ep 2-ts or, a-t this office.
Notice to Behtors anil Cred
itor's.
VOTIVE is hcrebv given to .11 persons haying
i iN deownde against &muel AlcC ary. late of Mus
cogee “unty, deceased, to present tueiu to citnerof
I u- properly me. Le out. with-n the time preseabed
law All persons indebted to s- id and. eas-d ure
hereby required to make immediate payment to
,ut«p U tu.,m,a,«|*» s i AWFo .
M,A.KiA Li » /luHit x
ag3l w6t*
Columbus, Ga. Wednesday Morning, September 7,1864.
Tuesday Evening,
The Position in Georgia
Presents ft decidedly uncomfortable aspect.—
: Our army was in front of Griffin at daylight
; on Monday morning, our outer lines being at
Lovejoy’s. In the-considerably disorganized
condition it now presents, there is nothing to
be learned of our losses in the past few- days.
Hardee’s command, consisting of IJardee s
corps, under command of Cleburn, and Lee’s
corps, have, sustained the brunt of battle si-nce
; Wednesday morning. They have confronted
the entire Yankee army, fought them inch by
j inch and repulsed all assaults, and only re
i treated before the immense massed flank move
i ments of the enemy, who persistently thrust
j fresh column? on our position. The loss of
; the enemy, however, has been very large, so
! much so as to check materially their opera
i tions. Their movements during the next few
| days must, of necessity, be very slow-, a3 they
; will repair the road ere they can advance.—
| It will take them some time too to accumulate
i stores and supplies convenient to their lines,
i Their numbers have been materially reduced
during the past few days’ operations. At
present they cannot possibly have fifty thous
and men of all arms operating against us.
I The desultory fighting which continues
j with hardly au hour’s intermission is most
! wearisome and destructive to both parties,
and never can be attended with* any gain that
i will decide the condition of affairs or matc
j rially influence the final result.
Nothing but disaster lias attended our move
> ments since the continuity and strength of the
; army was destroyed by dividing it into two
efficient portions. This mistake culminated
in the evacuation of Atlanta and the unneces
! sary destruction of immense stores, and all
! this despite the promises of Mr. Davis that the
| city should not fall.
; Before Atlanta was lost, all our railroad
I stock that has been retained, was destroyed. -
It amounted to more than one hundred and
fifty cars, and several engines. Eighteen of
the cars were heavily loaded with ordnance
stores, amongst which were about five thous
and splendid Enfield or Tower muskets, en
tirely new, with all their equipments. A large
number of bridles, saddles, canteens, with
splendid web slings, sword bayonets, axes,
I shovels and other hardware in large quantity,
i About three millions rounds of cartridges and
| ammunition of all kinds and of the very finest
| quality and character were tired. It was the
j explosion of this material which was heard
|so distinctly on Thursday night by parties
forty miles away.
That such an enormous amount of material
which cannot be replaced, was permitted to
accumulate and remain in Atlanta until it be
came completely isolated and eventually de
i stroyed, exhibits not only most culpable neg
ligence, but the most reprehensible incompe
tency on the part of those who'managed the
affair.
If the President of the Confederate States
in his prescience and wisdom could have
foreseen the effect that the fall of Atlanta
would have and if he could have his heart
wrung with a sight of the distress it bus caus
ed, perhaps he would have taken measures
that would have prevented the terrible and
j irremediable catastrophe. But we arc only
! too well aware that the South West is
I too far off for him to pay the special attention
j to its needs and wants that its importance de
: mands.
When favoritism ceases to enlarge Lib pets
and to sustain his incompetents. When wis
dom clears from the rubbish of his prejudices
his love for senseless officers, and men who
are really soldiers are placed in their proper
spheres, then we may expect that the Army
of Tennessee will become the terrible engine
of power and the tower of strenth that it can
be made. Until then, Sherman with his triple
: mailed army, will continue to weaken and de
; stroy us. We anxiously await the advent of
j Mr. Davis’ next victim. Who will be placed
| on the executioner’s block, and how long, Oh !
j Lord, how long will we remain the plaything
! of fate and the sport of fortune?
[Atlanta Intelligencer, 6th.
The Situation In Front.
Our latest and most reliable information from
j the front represent both armies confronting each
| other, too thoroughly exhausted to renew the
fighting that has been so severe the past week.
As soon a3 Sherman has recuperated and secured
• his communications, he will doubtless make a fur
| ther advance, info the heart of Georgia, unless
General Hood deckles upon giving him battle in
j the open field, which, under the present eireum
i stanses we do not believe ho will do. In the mean
| time events may transpire which will change the
i aspect of affairs considerably—at least wo hope
; they may.
We learn that the reports of our losses in the
! recent engagements are gross exaggerations. Our
; total loss in killed, wounded and prisoners will not
i exceed four thousand men, while that ofthe enemy
is said to bo not less than five to our one. An
officer who was in all the engagements,‘reports that
the Federals were ten lines of battle deep in some
places, and every time they charged our lines it
was only to be slaughtered like sheep. Ilardeo’s
corps is said to have fought with the most unflinch
ing determination, and only retired when the ene
my commenced firing on its flanks. In the retreat
we were compelled to abandon several pieces of
artillery, not having any horses to haul them.
The situation is very grave, but not so danger
ous as many would suppose. The troops, though
very 7 much humiliated at the necessity of abandon
ing Atlanta, are still in good spirits, and are as
defiant as ever. The reports et ttieir being de
moralized are positively false. It is true they
look for assistance, and if this is granted to
them, they are confident of being able, not only
to prevent Sherman from advancing auy further,
but'to rout his army, and either force him to
evacuate Atlanta, or to permit himself to he shut
up in the city without any prospect of relief. We
trust the Government will send every available
man to reinforce General Hood. It is of the great
est importance that Atlanta shall bo recovered
from the enemy, and his campaign defeated, and
this can be done if a proper activity and sound
policy are observed.— Jfacon Telegraph, sth.
Lincoln ami Peace,
Lincoln walks very calmly on to destruction.—
His draft for more men commenced on Monday
last, and in the Northwestern States there is a
preparation to resist it to the death, and yet vre find
in the New York Times the following dispatch,
dated Washington, the2sth:
You may rest assured that all the reports attribu
ting to the Government aay movements looking to
ward negotiations for peace at present are utterly,
without foundation. There has been i body at
Niagara representing the Government, <• iu any
way" ex pressing its opinions, concerned in any nego
tiations or conversations with the rebel emissaries
on the subject of peace. The government has not
entertained or discussed the project of proposing an
armistice with the rebels; n< r has it any intention
of sending commissioners to Richmond lor the i ur
pose of offering or soliciting terms oi peace, or of
negotiating with the rebel authorities on thator any
other subject. Its sole and undivided purpose is to
prosecute the war until the rebellion is quelled.
The Washington correspondent of the New Tork
World says:
Much amusement has been cansed here by the re
ports in New York of the appointment of peace
commissioners by the President No such commis
sioners have been appointed, and the iica has been
abandoned.
Not even a drop of the oil of peace for the wounds
of those wr,thin.-patients at she Northweatl This
is excellent, and shows that Abraham’s blindness is
more to be rel ed on for peace than the chief ot all
humbugs, the Chicago L'onvantion.
Operations In the EnemyN
Rear.
We learn that a courier has arrived, bring
ing full accounts of operations of our cavalry
in the rear of the enemy on the State road.—
It appears that when Wheeler first, reached
Dalton and turned off in tlie direction of
Cleveland, he ordered General Martin, com
manding one of the cavalry divisions, to blow
up the tunnel at Tunnel Hill. This older was
not dbeyed, nor did General Wheeler learn of
it until Martin's division had left the road and
formed a junction with the main body of our
forces. As soon, however, as it was ascer
tained that Hie order had not been carried in
to effect, General Martin was placed under
arrest and sent back to Atlanta, and a picked
body of men was detached-from the command
and sent to the State road with positive orders
to destroy the tunnel at all hazards, as well
as to remain in the vicinity o: the road and
■capture all trains passing, destroy the track,
culverts and trestle work, and keep Sherman’s
communication cut.
On Wednesday last, the courier reports, our
cavalry carried out these orders. The day
before they captured three trains of cars laden
with ammunition and stores. The stores
were promptly destroyed with the trains, but
the cars laden with ammunition ware run
back to the tunnel and placed inside of it.—
Both sides of the tunnel were closed up with
rocks and dirt, after the powder had been ar
ranged inside, and everything being prepared,
the train was fired, and in a few- Beoonds the
tunnel was a mass of ruins. Our informant
states that the courier reports its destruction
as being complete. The tunnel is now a per
fect wreek and will take at least two months
of hard labor to rebuild. At last accounts
our cavalry were still at work tearing up the
road, and it was believed that they could not
be driven off except by a very large force,
which will doubtless be sent against them,
now that Atlanta lias fallen.
If this report be true—and it is not impos
sible—there is a glimmer of hope for our
arms yet. It is. stated that Sherman lias but
few trains of cars south of the Tunnel, and if
these can be captured by our cavalry, he will
then be unable to transport his provisions to
Atlanta. We are informed by an experienced
railroad man that a wagon road can be built
around the Tunnel in a few days. This would
enable Sherman to have hi3 stores shipped on
the cars to the North side of tho Tunnel and
then carried by wagons to the South side and
reshipped on the trains he may have on this
side.- . But if, as we observe above, these trains
are captured and destroyed he will be unable
to transport his supplies from that point to
Atlanta. It is a distance of one iiuudred and
seven miles, and four mules could scarcely do
more than haul enough corn and fodder* for
their own feeding, much less to carry enough
provisions and ammunition to supply an army
of the size that Sherman’s is.
Wo make these observations on the proba
bility of the Tunnel having been destroyed,
but not to awaken a feeling of confidence hi
the present situation of affairs. A few days
more and we will learn whether the report
true or not- —Macon Telegraph, sth.
The Prisoners at Andersoxivilie
A private correspondent of the Southern
Christian Advocate, who had occasion to visit
the camps of the guards to the Yaukee pris
oners at Audersonville, Ga.. gives an interest-,
ing account of the visit—-a part of which we
take the liberty to publish. He says ;
During my stay, I visited all points of in
terest there, except the interior of tho prison
This I could have done, but declined the invi
tation. There were, at the time I left, 28,000
to 30,000 prisoners in the stockade, and, I
presume, by this time, they have had many
added from the front at Atlanta.
The mortality amongst them was very
great, T visited tho eemetry on Sunday week,
and they had buried thirty-five on that day,
and on Friday before, they buried seventy.-
Up to the time I left, I think they had buried
near 4,500—at least, so the burial party told
me.
I have heard mack said about the condition
ot the prisoners there, and much comtnissera
tiou expressed for them, but I failed to see
any brutality exhibited towards them. They
| have the same rations that our brave troops
; receive; and, as for their being exposed, they
| are not more so than our own brave men in
Northern Georgia and Virginia. The only
i difference is that they are confined to a limi-
I ited space and are restrained in their move
• menis. The whole space of twenty-four acres
! is covered by huts they have built—sumo of
blankets, others of old tents, oil-cloths, pine
! straw, earth, etc., and Some of boards. There
i3 also a sutler, appointed by the Government,
who sells them vegetables, fruits, eggs, or
anything else he can procure, except muni
tions of war and liquor.
The Yankees have established in the interior
of the prison, a court of justice, where all
criminal offences are tried. The Friday be
fore I arrived there, they hanged six of their
number, who were tried, found guilty, and
condemned by the court to suffer death for
their crimes against their fellow prisoners.—
They sent to the commandant ofthe prison
for tools and material to build the scafiold,
and the rope lo j hang them with, and they
then proceeded tq execute the sentence ofthe
court with all the decorum and solemnity that,
would have been observed by our own* peo
ple.
T he laakee? ure u- wonderful people to dig,
and they are constantly tunnelling to get out,
but somehow, but few escape. I saw our
men digging out a tunnel that had been dis
covered some sixteen feet under the ground.
The Yankees had commenced in the bottom
of a well they were digging and had got vflth
in three feet of jthe stockade. Another oue
near this that leas' them digging out. was
some four or five feet outside of the stockade,
but I do not know how far it was under the
ground. It must have bd-n some ten ©r twelve
feet, as the men digging it out were some dis
tance below the surface when I saw them. —
These tunnels are <: dug out’ because other
wise tkej can not be filled up again. There
fore, they begin at the point white the tunnel
commences, on the surface of the ground, and
dig them out when* it ends, and then fill up
the excavation.
Yhi; Tallahassee.—The Tallahassee ha.-, so far,
captured two ship?, four barque?, five brigs, twenty
schooners and-two piiot boat;, of which five were
bonded and the rest destroyed. Her officer? are:
Commander, John Taylcr Wood; Lieutenants, Wm
H W ard, ATM Ban ton.; Chief Engineer, John P
Tynan; Acting Master, Alexander Curtis; Lieut of
Marines, Crenshaw. The Yankee papers pub -
lished a statement that the surgeon. Dr ShepparJ
gon, was one of the “Chesapeake pirates." This is 1
untrue, sis Surgeon Sheppardson was inaConfed- j
erate port at the time of the Chesapeake affair.
A Rsmeoy voa Sleeplessness.—"A friend
of mine, said Lord Erskine, "was suffering
from a contirmsti wakefulness, and various
methods were tried to send him to sleep, but
in vain. At last his physicians resorted to an
experiment which succeeded perfectly. Tliey
dressed him in a watchman’s ccvt, put a lan
tern in bis hand, placed him iu a sentry box,
and he was asleep in ten minuted." —_Z _. i
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The War Hews.
Passengers from Petersburg inform us that with
the exception of eholling and tho usual picket fir
ing. nothing occurred yesterday worthy of notice.
Grant and Meade, having sent off their lying bul
letins in regard to the engagement at Roams’s
station, seem to bo quietly reflecting upon the ef
fect they will have upon the Northern mind in
general and the Chicago Convention in particular.
There are, however, rumors of important move
ments on the part of the enemy, which, though
we place little faith in thorn, it may be proper to
notice.
In the first place, the resort is renewed that the
enemy has withdrawn from tho Woldon railroad;
but that “oft-told tale” has been so frequently ex
ploded that we give it no consideration whatever.
Nevertheless, since the rumor gained some cro
denco in camp, scouts were sent out to ascertain
tho enemy’s position; but the result of their ob
servations has not yet transpired. We venture the
prediction, however, that they found tho situation
unchanged. It is true that Grant derives no atU
vantage from occupying and hoi ing the railroad,
but then ho has convinced all Yankeedom that it
was the most magnificent strategic movement of
the campaign, and it would not bo safe for his
reputation to undeceive the people by abandoning
his position in a hurry, llonco, wo believe that
he still holds the road in force, and means to re
main there—if he can.
Another report is that G rant is moving troops to
the right, cither with the intention of reinforcing
Butler or of making another feint on the nerth
side of the James. This may bo true; but tho
manoeuvre last named has already been ropeated
several times, and the attempts of the onemy to
deceive our commanding general has proved as
futile as his efforts to capture Richmond, and so
will they prove in the future.
It is further reported that a raiding party has
started from Grant’s army through Dinwiddio
county, and have reached the vicinity of tho Court
house. Not much confidence is placed in this re
port, though wc need net be surprised to hear of
such an enterprise being set oh foot by the enemy
at any time. Doubtless our authorities are fully
prepared to meet and repel any movement of this
nature.
. On Wednesday morning (says the Express) a
dismounted detachment of Cos!. Griffin’s Eighth
Georgia cavalry regiment, Bearing’s brigade
chai’ged the enemy’s outposts, near Davis’s house
on the Weldon railroad, captured five prisoners
belonging to Warren's Fifth army corps, killed two
and drove the rest—soma one hundred aud fifty—
in a perfect stampede, nearly half a mile back to
their supports. We did not lose a man in this
skirmish.
This movement developed the fact that the en
emy had two signal stations in the tops of two
large pines, from which they eould very plainly
observe any changes in the disposition of onr
troops.
Official report of the Battle of Beams’s Station,
on the 25 th nllitno.
The following is General A. P. Hill’s official re
port of the battle fought at Reams’s station, on
the Weldon railroad, on yesterday week:
“Headquarters Third Corps; |
“August 31, 186-i. j
“Colonel: I have the honor to report the correct
list of results in the fight of the 25th at Reams’s
station. Wo captured twelve stands of colors,
nine pieces of artillery, ten caissons, twenty one
hundred and fifty prisoners, thirty-one hundred
stands of small arms and thirty two horses.
“My own loss in cavalry, artillery and iutantry
is seven hunded and twenty men—killed, wound
ed and missing.
“Very respectfully,
“A. P. HILL, Lieutenant General.
“Cot,. W. 11. Taylor,
“Assistant Adjutant-General.”
THE VALLEY.
The impression still prevails that Gen. Early
whipped t,he enemy on Saturday last near Shep
herdstowu, though it is not officially confirmed.—
The fact that the Northern papers say nothing
about it, so far from being an indication that no
engagement took place, is regarded by many as
signifying that the Yankees met with a reverse.—
With a view of affecting the action at Chicago,
they would as readily resort to suppreasio reri in
this instance as they did to falsehood in the case
of the battle at Reams’s. The latest advices from
the enemy’s side refer to the probability of the
Confederates abandoning tho Shenandoah Valley;
but old Jubal knows what he is about and is wise
enough to keep his own counsel.— Richmond Via
patch, 2d.
Tiie Yenkee Defeat esi (lie Wel
don Hoad.
The Yankees, in their official an# newspaper ac
i counts of their disaster on the Weldon railroad on
j on the 25th ultimo, try their best to make it a
j victory. Hancock, who only lost two thousand
| seven hundred prisoners and nine guns, says, in
j his official dispatch :
j ’''The lighting was continuous till dark, the ene
| m3' being hold in check by artillery,- dismounted
j calvalry and skirmishers. At dark wo withdrew
I for reasons stated.
j The Chief of Artillery reports that he lost about
| two hundred and fifty horses,
i The enemy made no advance up to a late hour
‘ last night, as far as could bo seen—holding some
jof our captured guns with their skirmish' lines.
I They must havo suffered heavily,
i My own loss, including cavalry, will perhaps,
j not exceed twelve or fifteen hundred, though this
• is surmise.
The command is not yet organized. Captian |
Brown son, of my stuff, was wounded severely uur- !
• ing the night. Colonel Walker, Assistant Adju- :
1 tant General, i; missing.
This is acknowledged to have been one of the j
most desperate and determined fights of the war, :
I resembling Spottsylvania in its character, though
! the number engaged gives it less importance.
A few more good troops would havo given us a
victory of considerable importance.
I forward this afternoon prisoners from the field
of Wilcox’s and Kobb’s commands.
Major Angol, of my staff, saw and conversed
with two prisoners ofMayliuo’s division last night.
[ do not find them this morning. They say that
Mayline’s division, with the exception of one brig
ade, was there.
[Signed,] r f»Ga# Hancock.’-' i
u To Major-Gcntral Grunt.” **
The following is just received:
Second Corps, August 26 — 12:30 P. M.
“A safeguard that was left on the battle field
remained till after daylight this morning.
At that time the enemy had all disappeared
leaving their dead on the field unburied. This
shows how severely they were punished; and
doubtless hearing of the arrival of reinforcements,
they feared the results to-day if they remained,
He conversed with an officer, who said their
loss was greater than ever before during the war.
The safeguard says he was over the field, and it
was covered with the enemy’s dead and wounded.
Hs has seen a great many fields, but never saw
such a sight—very few of our dead, nearly all
were of the enemy. All our wounded are brought
off. but our dead are unburied.
[ have instructed Gregg to make an effort to
send a party to the field and bury our dead.
[Signed,] G. G. Meade, Major-General.
&. Grant, Lieutenant-General.”
Stanton’s official dispatch say?:
‘Our forces held the Weldon railroad; and in a
dispatch dated throe P. M., yesterday, General Grant
says that ‘the ; r loss of ‘ms road seem- to be a blow
to the enemy he camv t stand.’ I think I do not
over rate the loss of tueenemy in the las: two week®
at 10,000, killed and wounded.
“We have lost heavily, but ours has been mostly
captured wken the enemy gained a temporary ad
vantage.
The number of rebel prisoners taken ours’de has
not yet been reported.
Grant makes the following report of an unsuc
cessful attack by the enemy on Butler’s picket line
on Thursday:
‘“Yester ay [Thursday! monaing the enemy drove
in Butler’s picket line. The picket guard soon ral
lied, however, and drove the enemy bae* and re- j
established their line. •
“‘The re-ult was one killed, sixteen wounded
and fourteen mi-sine on our side. !• ifty nine enlist
ed men » ere captured from the enemy. *V uat their
eag 1:11 ties were in kilted and wouadod we do not
kno “ikgneaj Edwin M StaNton j
secretary ot W ar.
The New York Trlbr.ne puts their loss at two I
th»u« id i:eo aid eight gums, The Washington :
Star says:
It seems that Hancock’s withdrawal on the ni*ht
of the battle whs in accordance with previous order*
from Grant, and was not compulsorv from the reb
els. Hancock bad been ordered, after cir cutiiur the
worLof destruction of the railroad assigned to him.
to fall back on the Fifth corps. In the meantime
the rebels made their attaok. and after the fight
ing of the day, Hancock carried out the order to
fall back.
i , It is reported by the b *at this monain* that we
j lost but eight guns, and that these were lost in cott
j sequence sudden fail of rain rendering it itfl
i possible to drag them off the heavy ground after
the horses were shot. They were, however, spiked
and otherwise disabled previous to being a ban -
doned.
Our loss in prisoners is much less than was at first
supposed, as large numbers of the missing who
straggled away have since come in. _
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS op the press association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Crerk’s offioe of
tho District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Bristol, Sept. s. —Brigadier General John
11. Morgan was killed near Greenville yester
day. and his body will reach here this even
ing.
Richmond, Sept. sth.—Official information
received from Hood’s army state that it is not
discouraged by tlig untoward events* of last
weak.
The Washington Oluonicle. of the 2*l has
been received.
Despatches from Nashville indicate increas
ed business thete from the proximity of Gen
Wheeler.
A correspondent qj the Chronicle gives the
pursuit of the Tallahassee into the port of
Wilmington.
Richmond, Sept. 5. — A special to the Whig
from Bristol, says:
Our cavalry, tinder Morgan, were surprised
at Greenville. Morgan was killed, and his
staff captured, except Bassett.
Petersburg, Sept. s.—Last night, about 11
j o’clock, the enemy opened the most furious
j cannonading on tho city to which it has been
i exposed since their presence, which pasted
about two hours—our batteries replying of*
fectuallv. No loss of life or limb, and buj,
little damage to property here.
It is reported that the enemy are massing
j heavily with infantry and cavalry op cue ex-
I treme right, near the Weldon Road, for tho
j purpose of breaking our lines and occupying
; the Soathside Railroad, or another grand raid.
All quiet to-day in front.
; Weather intensely hot.
l>ater from Europe.
Liverpool dates of the 17th ultimo are
| received.
| The London Times expresses astonish
ment at the manner in which United
States bonds are absented at Frankfort,
adding that each successive fall is regarded
by the investing bondholders with gratifi
cation instead of dismay. The Times be
lieves that Grant’s campaign will continue
unless the danger to Washington be so
great as to demand tbe return of the main
body of Grant’s army. The capture of
j Richmond is considered the test of tho
! ability of the North to make a permanent
impression on the Confederacy.
The rebel loan advanced three per cent.
lon the news of Grant’s repulse before
Petersburg, closing at 77@79.
A three funnelled steamer anchored off
Favez island on the 13th, and sailed again
the same evening. She is supposed to be
a blockade runner, and it is believed she
is to carry an immense supply of clothing
to the Confederacy.
Fort Delaware Prisoners.-*-We
I are glad to be able to state, upon the au
thority of tbe Yankee paper at Po.
al, that six hundred Confederate pris.
from Fort Delaware, had arrived at toot
port. They have doubtless been sent out
jto be exchanged. A large portion of our
; suffering soldiers confined at Fort Dela
| ware have been in the hands of the ene
my for a long time, as many of them were
: moved thither from Johnston’s Island
! some months back. It will be a source of
| joy to uGth ihcSff brave veterans and their
relatives and friends in the South to hear
of the probability of their soon being
changed.— Sav. Rep.
, The Richmond Enquire, in an article
i on the organization of local companies to
j guard against raids makes the following
i suggestions:
The chief means of defeating a raid is
j to command the earliest intelligence of its
purposes and directions. We were told by
a most intelligent officer, who aceompas
nied Morgan' to Ohio, that the perfect tel
egraphic system of the enemy contributed
greatly to the failure of that enterprise
Every day the Cincinnati papers published
the position and movement of
The country was roused and 1 Arnett, and
ceaseless assaults and constant obstruct
tions wore out and exhausted our men
and horses,
unfortunately without any other
telegraphic communications than those
seized by a few enterprising individuals at
the commencement of the war, and now
worked upon private account with great
profit. We have no wire factory, except,
perhaps, one got up by the telegraph
company. The advantage employed by
all civilized people of modern times, is
therefore denied us, We bhould connect
our frontier with the interior. There
should be a telegraphic wire to every
courthouse in the State. But this we
cannot expect. Let us, then, resort to
the expedients of autiquity. The English
border counties were required by law to
keep watch fires ready to be lighted upon
the appearance of a raid. These signals
were repeated from every mountain and
hill top, and the particulars dispatched by
couriers.
I The same system should be adopted
wherever within the Confederacy the face
lof the country permits it to be done. In
the flat oountry, some other expedient
must be adopted, but fires and smokes may
be made to warn at a great distance, and
understood signals will greatly facilitate
the condition of men at points of rendez*
vous.
End of tue Danish War. —The Danish
war. that has long absorbed the attention of
Europe, is virtually at an end. At the third
meeting of the Conference at Vienna, Den
mark made a full concession of all tb‘ai had
been demanded of her, and M. Von Quaade,
having received the necessary instructions
agreed to sign the preliminary of peace. A
ibree months armistice has been accepted, and
King Christian has promised to cede tht
Duchies Shleswig, Holstein and Laueoburg,
wit!! the appertaining islands, and will retain
a diminished territory, with a million and a
half ot inhabitants, burdened by the expenses
of war or exhausted by the ravages of the
enemy