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Cftt ialitmlmiS Mims* M, If. - - Editor. Thursday Morning, September 8, 1864. The Evacuation ot Atlanta. Special Cerrespondehco Chroniclo and Sentinel. The Evacuation of Atlanta Necessity of the Movement—Disposition of Government Property —Reported Desertions and Straggling—gup. posed position of the Army. Near Decatur. Friday Morning, 1 Sept. 2, 1804. J l'he occurrences of Wednesday last have ended in what I intimated in my last might be the for tunes of the day—the evacuation of the Gate City, and tho removal of the forces left iu its trenches to a point where they could be united with those who have been acting independently under Gen. Hardee, tor the last few days. Early on the morning of the Ist it was officially ascertained that the disasters on Wednesday eve ning was fully as serious as first reported and that tho forces of the enemy on the Macon road con sisted of five full corps of infantry, with a large force of cavalry. It was also known that a large force was south of the Cbattahooehe, in the viein ity of the railroad bridge. Both of these were thfeateniag the city, and a- it would have been folly to attempt to resist both, aa evacuation was promptly determined upon, while the forces of Gen. Hardee and Lee should make an attempt to reach a point where they would be joined by those that ’night be withdrawn from the city. The removal p{ all the supplies and ammuni tion that the transportation facilities of the army would permit, commenced early Thursday, and was continued throughout the day. Large quanti ties of provisions%ere also distributed to tho p> o plo, and at nightfall all on lund stored in ihe Georgia railroad warehouse, and cars on tho tr.vk. Throughout the day, also, the several.bodies of troop3, as they wero withdrawn from the defences and tiled through the city, were permitted access to the public stores. The rolling stock of the rail roads, consisting of about one hundred cars, and six engines, was concentrated near the rolling mill beffte dark, and by that hour all tho troops had passed through, with the exception of the rear guard, loft to prevent struggling. And bore J would mention a fact creditable to the State troops. Their withdrawal was accomplished in good order and without confusion- or straggling. The regu !ars acted differently. The order wa3 for the troops to mass in the vicinity of McDonough, and the wagon trains and all moved out in that direc tion. Previous to my leaving the telegraph office was also closed, and at dark tho oracuation was completed, with the exception of tho detailed guard before mentioned. Os course great excitement prevailed throughout the day, but a moderate degree of good order ob tained. A. sow licentious citizens and soldiers em braced the occasion to display the wickedness of their natures, but the great mass of both classes acted with the greatest decorum. The citizens who had suffered from the malice of the enemy during the bombardment, looked on sorrowangly, and indulged in conjectures as to what would bo their fate when once in the enemy’s power; while ihe troops lilod through tho streets, with a steady tread it is true, but nevertheless with sorrow depic ted on their weather beaten countenances. As to the scenes that followed through tho night I can only report second-handed. The order was to burn only government property left behind, but this would necessarily involve the destruction of tho Georgia depot, the rolling stock in the city, and the rolling mill. A gentleman who loft the city early this morning informs me tho depot was fired about eleven o’clock, and the cars, Ac., an hour or two later. The explosion consequent upon tho firing of the ordnance train took place about two o’clock this morning, and was heard and felt to a great distance. There are various imports as to the burning of other property, but from the best information I can gather, no instance of great outlawry occurred. Whether the Yankees yet occupy Atlanta, I can not say, .but presumo the telegraph will inform you ero this roaches you. I only know that there was nothing to prevent their making an entry, as the evacuation was comploto. Many citizens came out, but thousands remained—some because they could not get away, but many from choice. At daybreak this morning tho enemy had not made their appearance in tho city, but there was noth ing to prevent their doing it at any moment. I hear many reports of desertions by wholesale, and of dissatisfaction and straggling, Some of this is inevitable, but it is to be hoped it has not prevailed to tho extent reported. It must be ad mined that the discipline of the army has not been so favorable during tho last thirty days as previ ously ; why it has been so is palpable. The police regulations of the camp have been much loss strin gently enforced, and it is to be feared that the undue license allowed has resulted deplorably in this emergency. When you next hear from me 1 hope it will be from the vicinity of “the front,” for which point I shall endeavor to make my way as soon ns pos sible. The Aominaiior. of Mcliellau, The New York Tribune of the 30tb, makes the following editorial comments upon the nomination of McClellan for the Presidency of the United States. It is amusing to see how Greeley snarls over the event: A Did AT THB DEMOCRACY. Although the ceremonial of nomination has not yet been consummated, the proceedings at Chicago leave no room to doubt that George B. McClellan will to-day, be formally present ed to the people as the “Democratic” candi date for President of the United States—aa the candidate of that “Democracy’' which consists in the denial of the fundamental pro position of our fathers’ immortal Declaration of Independence—of # that “Democracy” which maintains that the weak, ignorant and simple, are, because of their weakness, the rightful as well as the natural prey of the cunning and the strong—of that “Democra cy” whereof Jefferson Davis has ever hitherto been, and in principle still is, a chief apostle, and whereof Bishop Hopkins fitly officiate,? as theological and moral expositor. lu a single aspect this nomination is grati fying-. Hostility to the war for the Union, as at, once unwarranted and needless, is the car dinal impulse of a decided majority of those who are expected to vote this Fall the Demo cratic ticket. That the Union has no right to ‘'coerce a State,” however much that State may endeavor to coerce the Union, has been the first article of their creed ever sines it be came evident that such coercion of States might work the downfall of Human Slavery. ! Ytt here is their chusen standard bearer fully on record as a volunteer agent in that coercion ; which they denounce as unconstitutional, and j which they hold to be'condemned bv those •fa- j tnous Kentucky and Virginia Resolves ot 1098- ! 9, which they affect 10 hold in at least equal reverence with the The Commandments. And McClellan has notonlybeen a volunteer agent of coercionhe is distinctly on record as recommending Federal conscrip tion in aid of its prosecution, and as having ordered the arrest of the Maryland Legislature to preclude their attempting or pretending to take their State out of the Union. To an earn est and honest believer to “State Sovereign ty,” the support of McClellan for President must be a bitter dose, only to be swallowed under inexorable compulsion. m’CLELLAN DEVOTEP TO SLAV ft POWER. It mil be swallowed, however; for, though Mc- Clellan has not evinced a consistent and logical adhesion to the Democratic dogma of “State Rights,” he has never faltered in his devotion to the slave power, and that is the real to ehstone of Democratic orthodoxy. True, ho volunteered for the war; but be did so to save slavery- from the effects of its own suicidal madnos3, not to punish it for its treason. True, he commanded for a timo the Uuion Grand Army, but no reb3l slaveholder over justly complained that his chattel was invited by this General to exchange the service ot treason for that of his country; and no outnumbered rebel force ever justly complained that its retreat was hurried or seriously annoyed by McClellan or any one under his command. True, be made war ou the rebels; but he made it so gently, so consider ately, so languidly, that they habitually praised his Generalship while it lasted, and regretted it when it was no more. There wero thousands of rebels and rebel'sympathisers then among us, ryery one of whom was loud in his praises; and ninety-nice hundredths of whom wiii vote —where- •ver they cun vote at all—to make him President. Ue will get a good many votes in this city and vicinuy ; but must of them will bo cast bv meu who chuckled over all his dcfeatß, and would now auch rather vote directly tbr Lee or'even Jeff. » Davis than for him. They will vote for MoCleli&ti, :eause that is the nearest practical approach to voting that the rebellion is right, and that tho op position to it ought to be put down; but they would much rather go straight to their mark.— Hvpocrisy, says tho apothegm, is the homage that Vice pays to Virtue; and the fact that tho anti war party is obliged to nominate for President a candidate who has a war varnish upon him, hoping thereby to catch a portion of the soldiers’ vote, is a forcible tribute to the loyalty and patriotic intu itions of the American people. He is not Union General enough to hurt him with the rebels, who will help him all they can in the canvass, even though it be necessary for that purpose to make a show of denouncing and decrying him; but he is General enough to catch a number of votes from soldiers who served under him and Liked his easy campaigning and courtier-like ways, and who would abhor the idea of voting for Vallandigham or Fernando Wood. The more intense and more pronouncad Cop perheads can fall back to him, while the rear guard could not be pricked on to the*position of T. 11. Seymour or Alexander Long : so the nomination is, in the obvious sense, a wise one, and will poll the full party .vote. And it will, after a little pri vate whispering and nodding, be not merely ac quiesced in. but heartily approved, even by Val landigham himself; for tho Slave Power has never had a more docilo tool. ll* was selected by it to lead one of the brigades of the army of filibuster* wherewith General Quitman was on the point of invading Cuba, expecting to revolutionize it in the interest of American slavery, and he accepted the position. Ho was tho first of our Generals to issue a manifesto tiiftateuing to crush any insurrection of slaves against their rebel masters. The rebel journals have charged, and wo have seen no de niai on Ilia part, that,he offered his sword to the Confederacy before he did to the Union. He never even pretended to do anything against the rebels after the President issued his premonitory Proclamation of Freedom though his army was twice as strong as their’s which confronted it, and which had just been driven out of Maryland, and though he Lada shorter and easier road to their base than they had. Wo have beard that he ha? claimed credit for this in a Grand Convention of one of the copperhead secret orders. In short,-he is as devoted to the propping up and perpetuation of the tottering fabric of Human Bondage as Jeff Davis himself, and a “Peace” Copperhead who af fects hesitation or coyness as to his support, ought forthwith to be kicked out of the party and or-* dered to stay out. SOMETHING SADDENING. Yet there is one aspect of his nomsuatiou which is saddening. Believing that the Democratic par? ty has a very considerable chance of success this , Fall, in case thoir rebel friends shall have good luck henceforth* to the election, weconkl wish that they had presented a strong, posiitivc, original, capable man as their candidate for tho highest position on this continent, if not on tho globe. All reflecting men must realize that our high trusts, and especially this one, have been so ably filled of late as they wero in the early days of the Repub lic. Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison : compare these with Polk, Fill more, Pierce', Buchanan and the falling off is de plorably manifest, though Mr. Buchanan is apoli -1 tician of respectable, and Mr. Fillmore one of more i than average abilities. Vow we do not regard Mr. , Lincoln as a great man: yet no candid observer i who knows both will pretend that Gcu. McClellan is his equal in ability; though Lincoln had scarce ly any schooling in his youth, which McClellan received a liberal education at tho public expense. Timid, hositating, negative, he is a plaything in the hands of some of the worst and most danger ous men in the Republic, who hope to achieve power through his assumed popularity with the ignorant and thoughtless, and then to lay the country at the foot of Jeff., Davis, begging him to indicate the constitutional and other changes that will reconcile him to the task of governing the whole Union instead of a part of it. and thus to place the heel of the Slave Power on the neck of prostrate Freedom and the inalienable Rights of Man. They must be baffled and beaten, or the New World is surrendered to tho odious spirit of Caste —to tho irou rule of those who believe hard hands a badge of servitude, and at once dread and de test the education of the Children of the Poor.— Unionists of every State! we adjure you to shake off your apathy and rally for the imperiled liberty and life of the Nation! Further irom the forth. THIS CANDIDATES AT CHICAGO—A SKETCH OF THEM. The New York Tribune has a very long ar ticle, giving sketches (with a Tribune pencil, of course,) of the various candidates at Chi cago. It is interesting as far as it shows the reeling of t he'Gretuey party to the poiticians named ; and besides that, it contains a good deqi of truth. We give sketches of what may be considered the representative men of the Anti-Lincoln party in the United States : Gen. George B. McClellan is the first name on the list. He relies mainiy upon a feeling alleged to exist throughout the army and country, to the effect that injustice has been done to his military talents by thi3 “imbecile and blundering Administration.” General McClellan is the incarnation of hostility to Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Lincoln’3 policy. He is an officer of blameless* personal repute, and was highly thought of before the war by his brother officers—more especially by those of strong secession affiliations. He proposes to run on the War Democratic platform, and will be bitterly opposed by the ultra “Copper heads,” or “Peace at any price” faction. Gen eral McClellan has received much injury among the older and abler polticians from efforts made by certain of his less discreet friends to thurst him down the throat of the Convention, will they or nill they. This has been done by a “Mutual Admiration Associa tion,” of which the Ketchum family appear to be chief bottle washers—Messrs Barlow, Marble, Belmont and the other acknowledged friends of “Little Mac,” repudiating all the outside efforts in this direction, and General McClellan himself, it is said, disapproving all such extra zealous advocacy. Governor Horatio Seymour is the next on the list, and will appear as the special cham pion ot the Central and Western States against the alleged dictation of the New England Pu ritans. He is also tojbe provided with a sec ond string to his bow, as “grand register of the draft and of arbitrary arrests”—a charac ter in which many of his “friends" will rec ognize him as a perfect’master of the situation. Governor Seymour is a gentleman by birth and education, a. man, of old family, and pos sessing a large landed stake in the.peace and prosperity of the country. He is, therefore, the less to be pardoned for his sympathies, which are distinctively of the “Copperhead” type; and for his course of official action, which has heretofore mainly tended to pro duce estrangements between the forces of the National and State authorities. Apart from his political tenets, which we hold to be sim ply execrable, he is a personage who would reflect no social discredit on the requirements of the White House. He has all the external polish on which his eo-partners of the South ern “Chivalry” place so high a value; and probably there could be no man nominated by the Democratic party whose election would be so fatal to the advocates of progress. In the election which placed him iu his present position as Governor of our State, he was largely and actively aided by Mr. Thurlow Weed, and all the adherents of the Weed school of politics. Whet her these gentlemen would give him the same support while run ning against Mr. Lincoln may be considered doubtful. Very certain it is, however, that in the Central and Western States, Governor Seymour’s name and antecedents would prove strong : although, in the army, his vote would probably fall short of that which General McClellan could command. Seymour would run as a positive man on the platform of hos tility to New England ideas and influences; while General McCleihm would mainly appear as typifying a w ant ot confidence in the pres ent Chief Magistrate and his advisers. Gen, -John A. Dix would be the strongest candidate the Conventional Chicago could se lect. He is. however, much too loyal and up right an officer to hope for consideration in a tabernacle giving shelter to so many snakes of the Copperhead family. Had Gen. Dix thrown up his commission when ordered to suppress the World and Journal of Commerce —had he in other words, been guilty of open mutiny his chances would have amounted to absolute certainty of becoming the Democrat ic choke. Being a. loyal officer,'however, and .not forgetful of his oath to obey orders, he contented himself with entering a vigorous protest against the Ol der of suppression when first received, giving the true l»nt<>rv of the forged proclamation in full, and announcing that be would not executa the commands sent to him until further advised of tho wishes of the President. The order of suppression was then repeated in a more peremptory form, and General Dix had nothing for it. but either to obey or resign. To talk of an officer s re signing when given some distasteful oraer is absurd, and would be an end of military dis cipline. No officer’s resignation is of avail until it has been duly accepted; and, there fore, even had General Dix tendered his, be would none the Us# have had to put the or ders in force. The General, however, is a soldier of the old school; and, having asserted his individual opinion by his protest, ho at s once, and without hesitation, proceeded to obey she renewed orders of those “in authori ty over him.” Personally, General Dix is a gentleman who would do honor to the chief magistracy of the nation. He is one of the few surviving representatives of that elder and better type of statesmanship in which clasical attainments and the perfect cultivation of the intellect were not considered derogations from Democratic soundness. His chances, how ever, are noy equal to his merits, and his nom ination would very likely be followed by an organized “bolt” of the Peace at any price fraction to be followed by an “unconditional peace” nomination. Os the three ether candidates, little need be saijj. Ex-President Franklin Pierct is pipe-laying in a very adroit manner to secure General McClellan's defeat and the reversion of the McClellan strength. He professes un bounded devotion to the fortunes of “Little Mac,” in the fond hope that McClellan be not successful, his friends will reciprocate fa vors, and “go solid” for the ex-President, whose residence is a syuoym for “Peace and Concord.” Some Democrats think this a very pretty stratagem, but more pretty than prac ticable. Apart from the possible accession of stiength to oe gained in this way, ex-Pres ident Pierce is wkboul followers or allies.— As to the two remaining candidates, they may be quickly disposed of. Judge Nelson is a man of the past, now nearing his sixty-ninth year. The party will feel that- it needs a younger man for the position, and one of ex ecutive experience, k> face the unspeakable labors devolving on our National Chief Magis trate in such a crisis. Fdr the pa3t forty years Judge Nelson has been issuing judicial judgments, but performing no executive acts, uor ever assuming authority incases of doubt ful precedent. His wholo education, high as it has been, is of a character to disqualify him for the office of President; and at bis age it would be impossible to change the habits of long life to such a degree as to enable him to dis charge tho duties of that office in such stormy times as these. As to Mr. Guthrie, of Kentucky, there is sufficient objection in his great age and the infirmities of mind and body thereon attendant. With this brief review of the candidates coming prominently before the Democratic Convention, we may safely and cheerfully remit their claims and personal availabilities to the consideration of “whom it may concern” with something of the phil osophical indifference of the good women who waited for the issue of the combat between her husband and the bear. TME COMING DRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES— PREPARATIONS EY THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE FOR NEXT MONDAY. Monday next, says the Richmond Dispatch, of the 3d, ought to be quite a lively day in the United States, if tho signs in the papers from that country are to be believed. Both tha Government and the people are prepar ing lor the draft—the one, to enforce; the other, to resist it. In New York city there are rumors of another riot, and the Govern ment has seut troops there to prevent any up rising. A New York paper says : George Dawson’s Washington letter to the Albany Evening Journal of yesterday, affirm ing that the draft will certainly be enforced on the 5s h proximo, and that the proper pre cautions have been taken to guard against re sistance to it, is having a much wider reading here to-day than communications from that source are usually honored with. Mr. Daw son is principal proprietor of the Journal, and as his person! relations with the President are understood to be iDlimale, he is understood to speak off - such subjects as if “by authority.” The effect of his assurances on the public mind are visible in the general relinquish ment of the hitherto prevalent idea that the drawing would be deferred. Apart from Mr. Dawson’s assurances,however, I may state that we have satisfactory assurances from higher official sources that the draft will be enforced on the day alluded to. Provost-Marshal-General Fry telegraphs (this day) to General Hayes to spare no pains to have all the arrangements perfected by the Ist proximo. There is reason to believe, also, that an umerous body of Wes tern troops are now on their way towards this city with a view to the maintensnefi of order. In Illinois the revolution fever seems to be high from the following extract from a letter, giving- an account of a meeting at Springfield on the 21st ult.* The Hon. and Right Rev. Henry Olay Dean next spoke. He laid it down as a distinct proposition th&t there were two rebellions present in this country—that of Davis and that of Lintwin. We had been fighting the former, and now he would like to fight the lat ter a little. He declared that the Democratic party were responsible for ail the. villainies of the Administration, The way to correct the war was to refuse to vote, supplies, as the Commons in England were wont to check the King. If this would not suffice, then ireshould appeal to the higher and a migthier power that of revolution. He was in favor of Union, but not the bloody one sought by abolition,- You could not bring a herd of cattle to one of their- number freshly slain. At the second stand, during this time, the- Hon. Lewis Ross, Hon. Gris. Kribben, of St. Louis, and Josh Alien, of Williamson county, addressed a crowd. The speech of Cris. Krib ben, was & violent secession one, Such as the Hon. Cris. would find it unhealthy to deliver at his home in St. Louis. He took the bold ground that the war m&sprima facie wrong, and that the Federal Government had no power and no right to coerce a State. It was such a speech as should have caused the ears of eve ry Democrat, hearing it, to tingle with shame j for listening to a moral traitor. Altogether the tenor of the assemblage was ; much more conservative than that at Peoria j on the 3d.- In point of numbers, I should es- 1 lunate it at about, four thousand. Everything j passed off in quiet so far as known, I send a j brief synopsis ot the resolutions passed, to* ! wit : Resolution first re-affirms the devotion of ! the Democracy to the Constitution and Union, j and also to the Kentucky and Virginia resolu- ■ lions of 1798 and 1799; further, that the De mocracy of Illinois reiterate and adopt the resolutions of the Democratic State Conven- ; tion of January, 1861, which disapproves of coercion as bringing on the horrors of civil war. ] How far the purpose of resistance in Indiana ; may go, may be gathered; from the fact that j aa immense amount of arms has been import- \ ed into that State, and by the following ex- j tract from a letter dated at Indianapolis. Au- j gust 10th : Facts, just come to light, put anew face on j the address of the State Central Committee of j the Democratic party. Its session of two days j and nights was one of perplexity and peril, j On the- one hand was the defection of the '■ peace wing of the party from its non-commit tal nominees, which had assumed such alarm ing proportions that the secret Order proposed revolution at once. There were present at that meeting, such Congressmen as Yoorbees, who, more than a year ago. proposed to settle the issue between his friends and the Govern ment by the swonL Joseph R. Edgerton, of the Fort Wayne district, was also with the committee. On the 6th of June, ISB3, he de nounced the Burnside and Huscall policy in Ohio and Indiana, and said : “The end of these acts of despotism must come, either by Mr. Lincoln’s administration wholly abandoning them, or by their resistance by the peo ple even unto death.” Such were the men who met to squelch the scheme for revolution planned by the Sons of Liberty, who fixed the 16th of this month for seizing Gov. Morton and other officials, getting possession of the arsenals, liberating rebel prisoners, establish ing a provisional government, and thus array ing the Northwest in rebellion. Bingham, of the Sentinel, and Ristine, State Auditor, were called up before the committee, and admitted they belonged to the Order, but were not in its inner circle, and did not know ot the plot. McDonald returned from the North on Sat urday. He met the committee; and H. H. Dodd and J. C. Walker, State Agents at New York, were called before them. At first they were defiant, but admitted that revolution had been planned. Athon was to be Provisional Governor. The Order wa3 to strike, at the same time, at Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, and Chicago, Illinois. That they had recently met Sanders and Holcombe at Clifton, Canada, and agreed on this plot. McDonald asked Dodd, !! How many troops do you think there are about Indianapolis?" He answered, “Only a few invalids and veterans?’, “There are enough/' said McDonald, “to whip you and clean out your whole Order in the State.” McDonald and others of the committee pro tested against revolution now as madness, and prevailed on Dodd to send a secret circular,by virtue of his authority as Grand Commander, ordering the various Lodges to desist from revolution now. The circular was sent, and the 16th passed off without the revolution planned by the Order. This revelation throws new light on the ad vice of the State Central Committee to the Copperheads to form open armed organiza tions, and proves that the whole intent is- to put, in the name of law, arms in the hands of Democrats, and then make them allies of the secret Order in a revolution which has been postponed for a more convenient opportunity. Meantime, these Copperh.eacls will strive for a provocation for eival war. TilK ABMISTIOIC WITH THE CONFEDERATES — LETTER FROM SENATOR WILSON. A statement, copied from New York papers, has been telegraphed to New England, to the effect that 1 had been to Washington to urge upon the President the policy of an armistice with tho rebels. There is not the slightest foundation for the report, as I have .never en tertained, for a moment, any other thought than that of conquering a peace by the defeat of the rebel armies. No public man connected with the Admin istration is in favor of an armistice. I per sonally know that President Lincoln and the members of his Cabinet have undoubting faith in the success of our armies in the field ana the ultimate complete triumph of our cause. And. with this belief, they will pursue the most, vigorous measure to raise money and men. Henry Wilson. Natick. Aug. 20, 1864. MISCELLANEOUS. Anew opera house,, seventy by one hun dred and sixty feet, is to be built in Baltimore, The Pennsylvania Legislature has appro priated §IOO,OOO for the relief of the Cham bersburg sufferers. Gen. Brayman has confiscated the Catholic Cathedral at Natchez. This act causes intense excitement among old settlers. Brig. Gen. Hammond, Surgeoa*General of the United States, has been dismissed from the service for stealing and lying. The Union League Club of New York has presented Admiral Farragufc with a sword for his Mobile success. An official letter says that four Confederate officers have been placed in close confinement in Fort Delaware to retaliate for Capt. E. M. Driscoll, now a prisoner in the Confederacy. The Confederate cruiser Florida, in compa ny with the Electric Spark, had captured the Federal merchantman Imfican, Nicholas Deiiis, bound from California to New York, having seventy thousand dollars in specie on board and an extremely valuable cargo. The Florida took out the treasure and portions of the cargo and her crew. The vessel and cargo, valued at £2O,‘OOQ, were then set fire to and destroyed. The steamer Crescent has arrived at Hilton Head, South Carolina, with six hundred Con federate officers, to be placed under fire off Charleston. These officers, it is positively stated, will not be exchanged. Gen. Sheridan is reported as advancing up the Valiev on the 29th ult. * • An officer from the front, on the 25th, says that Sherman was moving the bulk of his army to a position on the Macon and Georgia railroad, in the rear of Hood’s forces. Heavy skirmishing is going on. Gold fell in New York, on the 29th, 10 per cent., and was quoted at 237. The New York Times says that the prospect of McClel lan’s nomination did this. A PROCLAMATION! By JOSEPH E. BROWN, Governor of Georgia. The distracted condition of our country and the calamities which have befallen us. are evidence that our individual and national transgressions have provoked the displeasure of Almighty God who rules the destinies of nations an t states as well as of men. He is using for our chas; isement our wicked but powerful enemy who has overrun a large por tiors of the territory of our own State, as well as of the Confederacy, and has laid waste or greatly dam • aged our cities, towns, villages and fields. God’s word, however, is full of promise that if we will turn from the error of our ways and humble ourselves betore Him, and implore Hi3 pardon for our sins as a people, and in our aggregate capacity as a State, as well as in our private character as individuals, will acknowledge Him as Lord of Lords and King of Kings, Ijte will hear us in Heaven, his lofty dwel ling place, and answer us in peace. In the hope, therefore, in this time of great pub lic calam ty, if our whole people will unite in the name and through the merits of our Lord and Sa viour Jesus Christ, in imploring pardon and divine aid in our great struggle, that God will bear us. will give victory to our arms, and by confounding the counsels of our enemies, and causing terror and dismay in their ranks, will enable us to triumph over them, and to drive them from the soil of our beloved (State, I issue this, my Proclamation, set ting apart THURSDAY, the loth day of this pres ent month, as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer. And I request that ad secular employment be suspended on that day, and that all business houses and public offices be closed, and that the entire people of this State, both sex, do assemble at i heir respective places of public worship, and with all their hearts and their souls, that they in voke the favor ad aid of Almighty God, And I especially request the reverend clergy of all sects and den min;ttiopg v to attend and lead-in religious exercises uppi xj.,.*.*) to too occasiun. j. »!s«> uu»st respectfully request that General J. B. Hood, and the army u'‘der his command, and all other Con fe erate and State officers and soldiers upon the s il of Georgia, unite with the people of this State in the appropriate observance of the day, lor the purposes ab<ve mentioned. Whilst our enemies re iy for success vpon their superior numbers and their groat resources, i we will place our trust in the God of. Israel, and do our whole duty towards him and to each other, the day of our deliverance will be ne r at hand. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State, at tho Capitol in Milledgeville, this sth day of September, 1864. JOSEPH E. BROWN. *ep S It General Orders* Headq’bs, Govebxhekt Works, [Obd.J I j Columbus, Ga„ Sept. 5,1884. 1 j General Orders, 1 No. 4. j I. In pursuance of Paragraph HI., General Or ders, No. 15, Headquarters Georgia .Reserve, dated Macon, Ga., September Ist, 1864, the operatives connected with this department, and its contractors will be organized into companies for Local de fence. 11. The companies organized will be composed exclusively of the operatives of this department, 111. The several contractors and superintendents will have their men assembled, in order to form tho companies and elect their officers, on Saturday next, the 10th inst., at 2 o’clock p. m., at the Machine Shop of this Arsenal. Tho organization will be ef fected under the supervision of two commissioned officers, who will make report to these Headquar ters of all proceeuings. By comrnan i of Col, M. H. WRIGHT, A. W. Harris, Adj’t. sepß 3t_ LOST I * A LARGE BRASS K EY, the finder w‘!l be lib*T ally rewarded by leu vng it at the Times Office, or at A. M. Brannon’s Drug Storo sepS 4t TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS OP THE PREB9 ASSOCIATION. Entered according: to act of Congress in the year 1863. by J. S brasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Richmond, Sept. 7. Gen. Hood reports officially the withdrawal of the enemy from his front, retreating towards At lanta.' Macon, Sept. 7. The enemy continue to retire his main force on Macon and Western railfoad towards Atlanta.— We drove them out of Jonesboro yesterday, and retook a good Aiany wounded prisoners. [Our 1033 from all causes in the battles of last woek is now ascertained to hare been only 1500. Petersburg, Sept. 7th. The Merld of the sth received. Stanton telegraphs Dix that Sherman’s official report shows that he withdrew from Atlanta on the 30th: made a break in the West Point ltoad, and reached a good position, from which he struck the Macon road. His right was commanded by Howard near Jonesboro, the left under Schofield, near Rough and Ready, and centre under Thomas at Couch’s Station. Howard drove tho enemy from his position near Jonesboro, and after hard fighting Sherman broke the railroad from Rough and Ready to Howard’s left, throwing his whole army between Jonesboro and Atlanta. He made ■ a general attack on the enemy at Jonesboro on Thursday; the 14th corps under Gen. Jeff Davis carrying the works in splendid style, taking 10 guns, 1000 prisouers. That night the rebels re treated to Lovejoy’s Station; the federals follow ing. Hood finding Sherman between him and a considerable portion of his army, blew up his magazines and left the right, when the 20th corps occupied the place. Sherman says his loss wilj not exceed 1200, against 300 dead rebels, 350 wounded prisoners and 250 well ones. Slocum under date of tho 30th telegraphs that the rebels ! destroyed 7 locomotives, 81 cars loaded with am- i munition, small arms and stores. JIo left fourteen pieces artillery and a large number of small arms in Atlanta. j||The Herald says a division of rebel cavalry under Lomax attacked a portion of Sheridan's rear at Bunker Hill ou Saturday and regrets their being defoated and driven back .0 miles towards Winchester. The rebel artillery barely escaped capture: * The Herald says the victory at Atlanta has put down the rebolliou, though tho mountains of Vir ginia may be an unpleasant trip for years to j come. Great rejoicing iu Burlington, N. J., Utica, Au burn, Cleveland, Brooklyn, and in Vermont, over tho fall of Atlanta. New York City has been exempted from* the draft. ThG morning Jane’s North Carolina pickets surprised by a flank movement and captured 12 iufantry videttes near Davis’ Houso ou the Wei- j don railroad. Nothing else of interest. Headquarters Army Tens., Sept. 7. The enemy has fallen back beyond Jonesboro, i The valuable public property destroyed at At- j lanta, consisted almost only of ordnance stores.— i Os these not a sufficient amount was lost to in- | commodo tho army. The first reports were exag- | gerated. , \ Tlie Man on Horseback. So McClelland has vaulted into the saddle, arid the tourney begins. Abe will command the regular troops of the house hold. He will control every vote which power or plunder can influence, Little Mac all those who have been ejected from office or disappointed of their expeeta* tions. He will, besides, lead all those whom fear of conscription and love of quiet disposes to hate the war, and desire some abatement of the strife and excite* ment. We are very dubious of Mac ; he may be a “friend of ours,” but we do not think he has done much to prove it. Still he may be the man to represent the shift ing phases of Northern sentiment, or em ploy power to aggrandise himself and per secute us, Upon this subject we, howev er, await the developments of Atlanta and Petersburg, not forgetting the‘“coming draft.’ The rumor that Fernando Wood is to figure in the joust, as the squire of Mac, wants at this moment confirmation. We have more confidence in his integrity than ; that of most men of his ilk. He has un* dergone so much persecution, and has stood his ground so manfully, we should not be surprised if he is sincerely the friend of his country, and wishes to save her from the shameful abyss opening be fore her. We do not suppose he would abandon his principles to secure a nomi nation, and must think he expects some how to carry them out through his emi nent file leader. The “Tribune” speaks of the nomination as “a peace platform with a war candidate.” We can offer no i speculations at present, and content our selves with chronicling the rumor. No doubt the resolutions adopted and the speeches made will illustrate fclm meaning of the Convention. Wc will endeavor to analyze its action. —Richmond Enquirer. Confederate Stales Tax Notice for list Dish, Muscogee Cos., Ga. All Tax Payers ic ho are liable to pay Taxes un der Soetion 4, paragraph 1, 2 and 3, of the "act to lay additional taxes for the common defence and support of the Govern ment,” "approved February 17, 1864, will at once come forward and make rc- i turn of the same to the Assessors. To avoid ques- ' tions to tho Collector and errors in tho Tax Payer, I copy tho section and paragraphs irfTuU. Sec. 4. Upon profits made in trade and busing..-, as follows: I. On all profits made by buying and selling spir- j ituous liquors, flour, wheat, corn, rice, sugar, molas- ' ses or syrup, salt, bacon, pork, hogs, beef or beef! cattle, sheep, oats, hay, fodder, raw hides, leather, i horses, mules, boot3, shoes, cotton yarns, wool, ! woolen, cotton or mixed cloths, hats, wagons, har nfss, coal, iron, stoel or nails, at any time between the first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty- j three, and tho first of January, eighteen hundred | and sixty five, ten per cent., in addition to the tax on such profits as income under the “act to lay tax es for the common defonoe, and carry on tho Gov ernment of the Cod federate States,” appfoved April ■ 24th, 1863. 11. On all profits made by buying and celling money, gol 1, silver, foreign exchange, stocks, notes, debts, credits, or obligations of any kind, not enu merated in the preceding paragraph, between tho times named therein, ten per cent., in addition to the tax on such profits as income, under the oel aloresaid. 111. On the amount of profits exceeding twenty five per cent., made during either of the years eighteen and sixty-three and eighteen hundred and sixty-four, by anj bank or banking company, insu rance, canal, navigation, importing an 1 exporting, telegraph, express, railroad, manuf&eturtng, dry dock, er other joint stock company of any descrip tion, whether incorporate or not, twenty five per cent, on such excess. Ail who do not come forward and make their returns within twenty days from this date will be dealt with as defaulters, and the penalty of the law visited upon them. J. A. L. Litil'j, Collector 41st District of Georgia. sepS d3w 1 CITY MATTBftS. T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR. Raise in Rates.—ln consequence of a hear/ ; advance in printing paper, we are compelled to ad : vance the price of subscription to ourpaner, which • will, until further notice, he as follows * | Daily, pex month. - . ' SS>QQ j For three months, - . iir, (;o j Hot Weather. —We are still blessed -with | ardent a spell of weather, as ever falls to tho lot " |of mortals hereabouts. Too hot to work, too hot I to play, too hot to eat, too hot to sleep. Verily i we ar « in a most uncomfortable “stew." 1 •—— A New Tin Cur.—Wo are pleased to annouacs the arrival in our office of anew tin cup, from which all hands can quaff ad libitum cooling draughts-of nature’s nectar—that “beverage pro | pared by God to nourish and invigorate his crea - ! tures and beautify his footstool.” Time was when a tin cup was considered a small affair, but now, when everyting is valued by what it costs, we are disposed to regard jt as a considerable institution The old woman who had tho liberty of making three wishes and took a tin cup every time, | wouldn’t be considered such a big fool row as ! formerly. Fast Day.—Wc publish to-day the proclaim tion of Gov. Brown, setting apart and recommend • ing the observance of Thursday the 15th inst,, as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer in the State of Georgia. Wc regard the suggestion as opportune. It is now apparent that divine inter position accompanying the valor of our arms, alone can savo us from the chains of the hated foe, and it is mete and proper that we should thus acknowl edge our humble reliance upon Him, who holds in his hands the destinies of nations and indi viduals. Our Hospitals and Wounded Soldiers.—Wo give place to the following communication eharg ing the Hospital authorities with culpable neglect of sick and wounded soldiers arriving at the de pot in this city. Wo have interested.ourself some what in the matter and learn from the Chief Sur geon, that it is customary when sick and wounded soldiers are sent to the hospitals here for hita to be notified of the fact prior to their arrival by tele graphic dipatohes, and in such cases lie assures us he renders every facility within his power to make them comfortable at the depot, and from thence to tho various hospitals. Tt frequently hap - pen?, howover, that large numbers of wounded are en route for other hospitals and on furlough, pass through Columbus without tho Surgeon hero receiving any notification, and consequently in such cases it is not within his province or ability to render any aid. While in the latter case, it ii undoubtedly the duty of somebody to render assistance in furnishing food and in assisting the wounded from car to 'car. wo think it haildy fair that all the blame should attach to the hospital authorities here, for if they discharge their duty faithfully to all the wounded sent to tkoir imme diate care, they will doubtless have their hands full. Wo think the duty rests on all our citizens alike to relieve tho distress of those passing through the city. We make these remarks not t'J shield any culpability or neglect if.any there be. but to give the parties assailed fair play. Do tub Hospital Authorities do their dut* to the Wounded Soldiers?— lf so someone else is terribly'at fault, The trains arrive every morn ing and there are few or none to lift the helpless and assist tho crippled and groaning soldier to tho hospitals. Thin is undeniable. To obviate tho difficulties and dangers of night running and arrivals at the Depot in tho dark, the Railroad officers here andiu Macon, recently offered to run an exclusive “soldiers train” to leave by 5 o’clock in the morning, and come through by daylight, and tho offers warn refused, on the ground that hospital officials could not attend to it so car ly in the morning !! So tho wounded mast still suffer in the darkness and arrive bore to find no aid. Thiftk of it ye who have husbands, fathers; and sons in the service! Think of it citizens at home in your comfortable houses! No one oab afford to take pains enough to lessen sufferering of this kind. T. Confederate States Tax Notice. Many Tax Payers in this district have failed to givo in their Tax to the Assessors. Notice is new hereby given to all who have failed to do so, that if they do not come up and givo in their Tax w th in the time prescribed by law that they will bo treated as defaulters. J. A. L. LEE, , Collector 41st District of Georgia, soph lw Confederate Tax Notice. Ail persons who have paid Specific Tax for 1844, and all who have paid Quarterly Sales Tax from Ist January to Ist April, 1864, are hereby notifiod that they aro duo the Government, one fifth of the amount paid as soldiers’ Tax to bo paid in new is sue. lam also prepared to receive the Quarterly Sales Tax for tho quarter ending oth June, 1364. and the Soldiers’ Tax on the same. J. A. L. LEE, Collector 41st District of Georgia, SCptS Ift iituiiUiin, Hsinsoa Artillery i Every member of the Company is summoned to appear at Temperance Hall, this evening at 8 o’clk, on business of great importance. Tho non-commissioned officers will meet in front of Jaques’ Shop, at 5 1-2 o'clock, the same after noon, to receive orders, &e. By order of ....... , it. B. BAKER, Capt R. B. McKay, O. S. apß It j A UCTION S ALES, By Kills, Livingston A €o. ! ' * _ _ : % UEBiUBLE lIESIDEiVI'KfS WYWTOY! ■A.T -A.TJ OTIO2ST ON Tuesday, 13th of September, at 10 o’clock, will sell in front of our Auction Jioom A VERY DESIRALH RESIDENCE in Wynntou, opposite Col. Holt’s, former ly owned by Col. S. Jones, with six good Rooms and sufficient out buildings, good water, and Ten Acres of Land attached On the town half of the Lot i« a Good Residence with four rooms. given immediately. sps td $lB Bv Ellis, Livingston A A Valuable Plantation fob. SAXiB, \\J h oiler for sale in Chattahoochee IT miles from Columbus, containing 900 acres vi Land—3oo of which is good bottom-ba an« Piu. mixed with oak and acres a ro(rag , On the promises is a good dwelling . out houses for 40 » running order; Crist n ands an; Tar. 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