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Newspaper Page Text%}te Mivut&a J. w. WARREM, - - - Editor. - « Tnfsdwy Morning, September 11, 1864. Kentucky. iiy our issue of yesterday, our readers see wbat Kentucky is coming to. We will not say, it is all right enough ; but we will say, it is all natural enough. Kentucky, the author of the l * 4 "*. famed Rcsolut ions of 1798, the loundness of which all is now be ginning to see—Kentucky, ait offshoot of no ble old Virginia—Kentucky, a slave State— Kentucky, grappled to her Souther n sisters by hooks of steel; when those sisters carried out kef own principles, and gathered under her mother’s wing to maintain thorn—Kentucky sculked, played the bat in the war of beasts and birds, then went over to the Yankees, and at their bidding, put some thirty or more thou sand in the field to whip those sisters into the most detestable despotism that ever disgraced the earth ! ! ! Among the wonders which have chafWiemctl this revolution, this is one of the greatest. How are we to account for it? Was it cowardice, or selfishness, or cun ning, or the leaven of Yankee meanness dif fused through the mass of her population by that Janus-faced man of the Journal, that led her to her own undoing ? We would be char itable to her if we could, and say it was the love of the. Union. But the Uhion was gone before sire was kicked out of her neutrality: and sire had esstoppod herself forever from de nying the right of a State to secede. We would say it was policy; but that would be only to charge her with stupidity (as events have proved) and treason to her own princi ples and her household friends, for the sake of policy, ff she will help us to a creditable apology for her suicidal and fratricidal con duct, we will thank her for it. She is begin ning to see that it is as true of nations as it is of individuals, that, “honesty is the best policy.” • Os course in what we have said we do not include those noble sons of Kentucky, who have made common cause with us in defence of State Rights. These deserve more credit than,any other soldiers in the field, save those from Maryland and Missouri who have done the like ; for these have put at hazard more, and lost more, and suffered more, tlum any of their companions in arms. We do not mean that they have lost more property or blood than all others; but that they have sacrificed more for sheer principle than ail others. They have had to meet whole regiments of their kinsmen and their countrymen at the bayo net's point. There is something of the moral sublime in their adherence to principle in such circumstances. Ilad all the slave States— had Kentucky alone promptly seceded when the other States did, our independence would have been secured ere this. Whether she will save more property by the course she has pur sued* than" she would have saved as a member of the Confederacy, remains to be seen. But ax a State , she has lost what she will never regain: and her posterity will hold her ac countable for it. If there is any redemption for her, it is in immediate repentcnce, and a vigorous espousal of our cause now when we feel our need of her. and when she may in sure our final triumph. . How Sanguine ! The capture of Atlanta (says the Richmond Enquirer) seems to have relieved every diffi culty upon the mind of Secretary Stanton.— tie now sees the end of the war. The draft will, he thinks, be reduced to 300,000 men.— One hundred thousand new troops “are all that (fen. Grant asks for she capture of Rich mond, and give a finishing blow to the rebel prmies yet ia the field.” Well; what change has the evacuation of Atlanta produced?— Sherman has placed a few more miles between his army and its supplies. He has taken neith er prisoners or stores, to weaken us or help him. What, then induces Stanton to assume that his work is at an end ? Only that he may deceive the people still farther and re concile them to what he now sees will pro duce discontent and opposition. Only 200,- 000 men victims to the Moloch of Abolition. Only 200,000 more killed, wounded and in prison. It may diminish relatively to each individual the chance of being drafted. Bwt suppose a man is drafted, will it reduce his risk of life, limb or liberty? These succes sive demands for onh/ such an army as would have been deemed sufficient to crush the Avar at thecommeneement,will go on till the North will bo bankrupt of men as of means. It is like the continual drains of a*knavish agent on a credulous employer, ft will go on till the employer is convinced or ruined—when the agent will abscond full-handed of the employ er’s effects. These are the extraordinary results to be achieved by this wonderful one hundred thou sand . The other hundred thousand would do infinitely move. They would “garrison , forts and cities' from Baltimore to Browns viile ; ‘-guard all the lines of communication and supplies”—to Banks. Sherman and Grant;” “free the country from guerrillas,” through out Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas and Mis sourigive security to trade,” in a country which has and will have no intercourse with Mr. Stanton's subjects, and “establish peace, order and tranquility in every State.” Peace, on the bayonet basis ; order, by driving a free people from their homes and putting the ne gro in cbeir places. Tranquility, by the deso - lation and depopulation of a land now de fended bys,ooo,OOOofpeopie. No,Mr. Stanton, you cannot vet report io your ally and example that Southern people are like Poles, ready to anarch to the mines or to exile. You cannot rejoice the despots who hail your master's ac cession to their class, by the decla. .lion that you can order an unlimited draft of your sub jects to execute your orders of fire, murder and rapine. You you may deceive your oavh people somewhat louger, but you cannot de eeive yourself. Before your draft of iavo hundred thousand men can be realized, your army before Riolunond will have acknowledged its failure. Sherman will have met his Mos eow. Tennessee will have broken the toils. • Kentucky will have repented anu redeemed -ter dishonor. Louisiana will have driven your robbers into their stronghold. The fur you go the more you have to do. if vqu were an bonest man or * WIM . miaiatm, you would tell your people thru not only will (hat -last man ard last dolku” b e needed to sub jugate the fcj tuth. but the man and dollar af u-rtbe last *n * forever necessary to hold , te f«>°ry o. aich you jaavy robbed and despoiled us. [Army Correspondence of the Savannah Re publican.] Letter from P. W. A. Richmoxd, Sept. sth, 1804. The public mind here has been wholly oc cupied for the last. few days with the news from Atlanta and Chicago. .No well informed man is surprised at the fall of Atlanta. The place was probably lost when Johnston re treated across the Chattahoochee with an ar my which he and a largo portion of the news paper press of Georgia had educated into the belief that it was not able to cope with the enemy in the open field. The wonder is that Hood held his position as long a3 he did. If he had had such a river in his front as the Chattahoochee "or Etowah, or if his position had been as strong a3 that at Kewnesaw. it is notprobable the enemy would have e v ergained possession of the city, either by strategy or fighting. The composition of the army is, as good as that of any army that ever went forth to battle, and yet misfortune has followed it all the way from Fort Donelson to Atlanta.— It was the fashion in the beginning to visit the popular condemnation on Sidney Johnston and the President, next on Bragg and the President, and now, I suppose, it will fall on Hood and the President It may be that eac h one of these officers has been at fault; f shall not undertake to say. But one thing J do know, that certain discontented corps and division commanders, and certain Bohemians of the press, have not been entirely blameless. It is not too late even now to save the army nnd the State of Georgia: but to do this it will be necessary tor individuals to forget their wrongs, whether real or imaginary, in a feeling of fresh devotion to the great cause, and especially for the press to need itspower iul influence. Instead of fomenting discontent by opening its columns to writers who reflect the opin ions oftbose with whom they may happen to be messing at the time, and whose lucubra tions are not unfrequently the inspirations ot officers of misdirected ambition, the press should seek to pour oil upon the troubled waters, to heal dissensions, and, if need be, to hold up the scorn of the present generation and posterity all selfish, impracticable and unreasonable men, who prefer strife rather than peace, and contention and discord rath er than unity and harmony. When a news paper allies itself with the fortunes of;( par ticular commander. or unites itself with those who make war upon him,. or opens its col umns to writers who do either of these thiugs, that moment it becomes partial, unjust and censorious or laudatory, as its bias may dic i tate, and lays the foundation for dissatisfac* tion, discontent and demoralization in the : army. Neither the fall of Vicksburg, nor the re pulse at. Gettysburg, produced so painful an impression here as th’e loss of Atlanta, or rather the causes, near and remote, which it is feared led to its fall. The position, though of great importance, was notan essential one. The line from Montgomery via Columbus, Macon & Augusta, with the valuable branch road leading into Southern Georgia, still re mains. It will be Sherman’s next, move to cut this line. He may attempt this from his present base, though it ia more probable that be will march down the west bank of Flint river to the lower part of Fayette unity, and move thence upon Griffin, mal ag that the base of future operations. From that point raiding parties will probably be sent down between the Flint aud Chattahoochee rivers, and strike the Muscogee railway at Columbus or between that place and Flint river bridge. It is not believed that it will be Sherman’s policy to more further in the direction of Macon than may be necessary to enable him to cut the Muscogee road, aud perhaps to reach Andersonville. Augusta, Columbus and the Muscogee railroad are the points requi ring greatest care and vigilance now. It is believed in official circles here that the troops lately in the vicinity of Memphis have been sent up the Mississippi and Ohio, and down into Kentucky and Tennessee, to guard the railway line from Louisville to Chattanooga, and incidentally to over-awe and suppress the rebillious spirit in Ken tucky. Ttiis movement lias been rendered necessary by the vigorous operations of Wheeler against Sherman’s line of communi cation. The removal of this force, estimated by Forrest at 20,000 men, will enable that officer to march forthwith into Middie Ten nessee, to which point, I learn, he has already been ordered. How much it is to be regretted, therefore, that Wheeler was not allowed to proceed to the enemy’s rear before the army crossed the Chattahoochee. Such a step two months ago would have relieved Forrest that much sooner, and have enabled him and Wheeler to devote their whole attention to the communications of the enemy. That, they would have retarded, if not stopped altogether Sherman's advance upon Atlanta, there Can be no reasonable doubt. But the situation in Georgia is not yet des perate. A union of counsels, of hands and hearts, with the aid of a virtuous and resolute press, swift neither to praise or condemn, may yet relieve the State of the presence of the enemy. Let. not. the people and the army waste their time, in looking elsewhere for aid, but strike themselves. Reinforcements would have been sent long ago if there had been any to send. The people of Virginia are now, and have fre quently been, in a, far worse condition than the people of Georgia, but the danger, instead of dri ving them to despair, only stimulated them to greater exertions. The nominations at Chicago are regarded here as the strongest that could have been made by the Democratic party in the United States. If elected, McClellan cannot carry on the vrar except upon the coertion and confiscation policy, as otherwise he could not secure the eo operation of the Re publicans who have the coutrol of all the State Governments except in New York and New Jersey. Both he and bis party are understood to condemn the policy here alluded to : ami hence his election is to be desired, even though he should continue the war. p, yy. Tub Exami-le of our Ciueftxix.—• General Lee crossed the James early in June, he called his staff around him, and in kneeling under the shade of a spreading oak, oflered up a fervent prayer for Di vine guidance and strength, and success in the new otage of the campaign upon which ho was just enter ing. - ♦ ♦ “M hat’s the best word to-day V 7 f said to the lady of a distinguished soldier, at a time when the military situation was pe« culiarly gloomy. “Hope/’ was her prompt reply. Could anything be move beauti ful ? Our people have been so intoxicated with successes, that reverses, even when unimportant, have become hard to bear. M e have to some extent, forgotten the road, by which wd have come, and the severities of fortune by which we were educated to the heroism aud resolve and universal devotion, which resulted so hap* pily to our cause. We had heard the song of the blue bird, the harbinger of spring, and we had fancied that the win ter was over; and hence a day of storm, though reasonably to be expected, excites a senseless gloom. In the really dark hours through which we have passed, the beautiful sentiment which we have placed at the head of these lines, was uttered by a noble lady. It was the inspiration of mingled courage, and patriotism, and of sound philosophy. “Hope 7 was left us even then ; and “hope” proved no mocker, uo herald of false promises. We are pleased to have the talismanie word now sent to us from Atlanta, written down in i the letter from which we have quoted it above, amid the horrors of the bombard i mmit and the perils under which the c-ity lias fallen. “Hope” inspired our people there, aniiu the hiss of shells and the ag- I ouy of evacuation; and to the brave and j diligent, Hope, sooner or later, always re ! deems her promises !— Richmond Sentinel Yesterday wvsAth* fifty- soeond anniversary of the great battle ot Borodino —the greatest, Alison says, ever fought in Europe, at least in modern times. The French army numbered 120,000 the Russsian has been variously estimated at 120, ISO, 150,170, 230 and 250,000 men. At any rate, it was an enormous army, with nearly a thousand pieces of cannon, the French themSelres bringing about six hundred into the contest. The day was cool, bracing and beautifully clear, as the earlier part of yesterday was. As the first rays of the sun shot above the horizon, Napoleon said to those around him, “Behold the sun of Austerlitz,” {toOn le soldi d' Amt edits.”) This was the only occa sion oh which he ever apostrophised that sun, so far as we have been able to discover’after a diligent search, although Scott, and after him all the book makers, will have it that he was continually allud ing to it. The battle was desperate, the slaughter awful, the prize Moscow, with its gilded domes and noble palaces, its over-burtbened warehouses, and its population of 300,000 souls. Military genius and thorough discipline prevailed at last over fierce fanaticism and patriotism more than Spartan. Moscow fell, but not until she had ex acted from thoie who trod the path that led to her gates a toll of 50,000 men. We could not but think of this great event yes- \ terday, when, under a sun resembling'that of Boro dino, we road, for the first time, in Stanton's bulle tin, tha? Grant still required one hundred thousand additional troops to insure him the capture of this city. He started to take it last May with one hundred and forty thousand men. This same Stanton contluu; Uy assured the Yankee public that he would sweep everything before hint. He fought not one, but a series of bloody battles, in every one of which he was repulsed with enor mous slaughter, and in every one of which Stanton claimed a victory, proved Stanton’s ascertions to be'falsehoods bv ceasing “to fight it out on this line,” and crosaiug the river, after having lost more than one hundred thousand men: sat himself down before Petersburg, twenty-live miles from , the doomed city : has met with half-a-dozen disas- ' troas defeats since he got there ; and now calls for one hundred thousand men more, after having been already reinforced, at various times, to fully j that extent. We could not but contrast the de- ; fence of Richmond with the defence of Moscow, and say to ourselves, “Surely a city never was de fended as this city lias been!” The combinations against it last spring and summer, including Grant, Butler, Hunter, Sigel, Ac., must have reached three hundred thousand mon, or very nearly. And yet it stands as defiant as ever ; so defiant that Grant tells his employers, through Stanton, it will re quire one hundred thousand mon more to take it. We agree with him, and even then it will not be taken. Stanton, in this bulletin, tells the Yankees that only three hundred thousand men will be required. Os these Grant is to use up one hundred thousand, and the*rest are to keep down rebellion every where—-in Virginia, in Kentucky, in Louisiana, in Arkansas, Ac. Why, his three hundred thousand will not much more than replace the men that have been lost during th'o campaign. If we take into consideration the fact that they arc new levies, who will lose at least half their number before the other half become tolerable soldiers, we may say with truth that will not fill up the gaps in the ranks. Yet, it is absolutely for our own safety, as well as for the ultimate triumph of our cause, I that we should take energetic measures to recruit ! our ranks. Upon this subject, we are pleased to ! see that the whole press is as unanimous as it is possible for a free press to be upon any subject whatever. The evacuation of Atlanta will be magnified by the Yankee press into a great victory, it will have the effect of facilitating the draft which commen ced last Monday, and it will insure the required number of men. It will uot do for us to depend upon resistance to the measure in the North by mobs, insurrections and popular commotions. We must recruit our own ranks to meot the accession ; of force which the Yankee army will be certain to receive, and wo must do it speedily. There are numbers of able-bodied men doing what disabled soldiers could do just as well ; numbers of white men doing what negroes could do much better : and numbers of young men doing nothing at all. We want the service of all these—the country re quires them—the crisis demands thorn—and the Bureau of Conscription had*already indicated who aud what they are, and where to he found. The three months that must elapse before the cam paign shall have closed are important mouths to us If employed as they migdit be, they would, in all probability, become the period from which to date the rise of a feeling on the part of our enemy that may tend to peace. The campaign thus far has been a losing business to him. We must take care that it continue to be so. Grant promises, if furnished with one hundred thousand more men, to finish all the necessary fighting in six weeks.— They will be furnished, and wc must enable Lee to meet him. The, question as to whether we can do it, is no question at ail. We can do it, and-we should do it.— Richmond Dispatch, St.lt. The Situation. The Chattanooga Rebel, published at Griffin, and therefore nearest to “the situation ,'' thus discourses of it: The general impression is, that the bulk of the J ankc-c army is at, or in the neighborhood of Atlanta. There is much speculation as re gards the actual condition of Sherman’s army on the questions of supplies and transporta tion. The prevailing- opinion appears to be that his communications are interrupted, and that he was too severely handled in the recent actions to be in a plight for present aggressive movements. It is doubtless true that he is not able to press the campaign further at this time. He has reached the goal at Avhich he aimed after the trying and laborious and wasting march, upon which he Avas compelled to figLthis way over almost every inch of ground he obtained: bis lino of communication is materially length ened and proportionably exposed to interrup tion ; and if, as is supposed, his communica tions have been, and are now broken, he is necessarily compelled to restore them before he can continue his operation southward. The country in which he now finds himself could be made to furnish food for his army, but that is the extent of Avhat it can furnish. His ammunition and ordnance, clothing and everything else, must come from the depots behind him, and from there they cannot come, so long as the communications are broken! An army as large as Sherman's necessarily consumes a vast quantity of supplies of this description, and the labor of transporting them over so long a line as he now holds is immense. If it is true that the Railroad Avas so seriously injured by Wheeler, that it lias not yet been repaired, his supplies of ammuni tion must be running low, for the recent de mands upon this description of stores have been very heavy. Taking all the probabilities into eonsidera-' lion, Ave think it quite likely that Sherman has brought himself to a halt, and that % the present, at least, he will make no efforts to advance his lines. He may, and probably will, scour the country in all directions, with his raiding parties, and against this danger Ave must guard. Our military authorities are on the alart, and Sherman’s ifast experiece in raiding will make him exceedingly cautious how he launches his cavalry far from his lines. So far, the Confederacy has lost but little in the material strength by the recent opera tions ot the armies. The possession of Atlanta, and the retreat of our army at Jonesboro’, will enable Sherman to draw supplies from the abandoned territory—provided he is uot in terrupted in his thieving operations: but that is all he has gained. It is apprehended by some that Sherman will repair the three railroads running into Atlanta from the South and West, place strong guards upon them to protect them, and thus enabled to throw his army in any and every direction through the country as may suit his purposes and Avhims. This theory presumes that our Generals are all going to sleep, and that our soldiers will remain quietly ip camp and see the whole country overrun. Unless we are much mis taken the Yankees will have as much as they can do to keep the Western and Atlautic road, which is their main dependence, open, with out attempting to run and guard three other roads into a hostile country. We imagine that it will be Sherman's object to keep his forces well together and project them from his base at Atlanta rn masse rather than to drib ble them out at water tanks aud bridges. But of course ail these speculations are the merest conjectures. time will develop the enemy's plans. Julies am) CJu.MORii. —In perfect consistency with the Yankee character, the above named indi viduals, who have gu ned a wide spread notoriety by their connection with the recent peace mission to Richmond, left for Yankeedom, wa are informed, Avithout paying their bill at the Spottswood House. The Secretary of War, consequently, was forced to foot it, and retains the receipt, no doubt as a Yan kee souvenir.— ffichmowl Whig. TELEGRAPHIC. SPEI'UI TO THE DAILY TIMES. Headquarters Avon Tens., Sept. 12. The exchange #f prisoners proposed by Mood, has failed, the correspondence showing that Bherman is unwilling to exchange for men whose time has expired. The truce began today. It has reference only to lines arouhd Rough and Ready—of no effect on other movements. It is considered advanta- to us. The troops will be fresh and vigor- | ou* for the beginning of the new campaign.— Stragiers are daily returning. Official dispatches show our losses for the past few weeks inconsiderable, as compared with pop ular accounts. lldod is better able to meet Sher man than when he assumed command. Confidence is returning. The report of Forrest being in East Tennessee is discredited. Two hundred and sixty citizens expected from Atlanta. Gov. Brown has furloughed his militia for 30 days to go home and attend to their crops. No foundation for the report of Beauregard's coming to this army. »r ~—■ —r— —• — —-—— ~n REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. * Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S j.hrasher, in the Clerk’3 office of the District Court of tho Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Richmond, Sept. H. Official dispatches from Hood states Wheel er reports as follows : We destroyed the railroad and bridges on the Nashville railroad, then worked down on the Alabama and Tennessee Railroad. We destroyed fifty miles of the Tennessee Rail road, also several trains and much property in every light. Thus far, with the enemy, we have been successful—capturing and dama ging large numbers. Our loss about 100 killed and wounded'. No 'prisoners captured in action from us. A netv constitution for Maryland was adop ted by the convention on the 6th ; yeas Go, nays 25. Dent, who voted in the negative, said the constitution is an instrument of wrong and appropriations unparalleled in the history of the American constitution. The convention adjourned subject to the call of the President. Beast Butler has written a lengthy letter in reply to Judge Quid's recent proposal for an exchange of prisoners. He says if the Con federate authorities are willing to exchange colored soldiers, heretofore claimed as slaves in the Confederate States, the principal diffi culty effecting an exchange will be removed. The New York Mercury asserts that the Chicago convention tacitly agreed upon a plan for the reconstruction of the Union. It contemplates organization for seperate Con federacies, each independent of the manage ment of their local affairs, and bound to each other by alliance offensive and defensive. — This Confederacy to consist of common south Atlantic States, Trans-Mississippi States, States north-west, Middle States. New Eu ■ gland States. A smaller plan was proposed by Vallandigham in Congress February '.61. Petersburg, Sept. 1 Tth. Northern dates of the Bth and 9th received. Stanton telegraphs Di.v that tho provost mar shal general has been ordered to enforce the draft without delay, and that all applications for its postponement will be refused. j Sheridan’s cavalry said.to be broken down and must be recuperated. McClellenfa letter of acceptance is published in } today's Examiner. He says the existence of more than one government over the region once covered j by our (la gis incompatible with the peace, happi ness, and power-of the people. If the preserva tion of the Union was the sole avowed object for which the war was commenced, it should have been conducted for that object only and in accor dance with those principles which I took occasion to declare when in active service. Thus conduc ted the work of reconciliation would have been j easy, and ere now we might have reaped,the ben j efit of our many victories on land and sea. Tho Union was originally formed by 'the exercise of a spirit of conciliation and compromise, and to re | store and preserve it the same spirit must prevail in our councils and in the hearts of our people.— ! The re-establishment of the Union in all its in i tegrity, is and must continue an indispensable ; condition in any settlement. So soon as it is clear or even probable that our present adversaries are i ready for peace upon tho basis* of the Union, we ; should exhaust all the resources of statesmanship practiced by civilized nations, and taught by tho j traditions of the American people, consistant with the power and interest of the country to secure, such price for a reestablished Union, and guaran tee for the future the constitutional right? of cve • ry State. The Union is the one condition for peace. We ask no more. When any one State is ( willing to return to the Union, it should be rcceiv , ed at once with a full guarantee of its conatitution- I al rights. If a frank, earnest and persistent ef forts to obtain these objects should fail the re sponsibility for ulterior consequences" will fall upon those who remain in arms against the Union: but the Union must be preserved at all hazards. I could not look'in tho face my gallant comrade! of tho army and navy, who have surveyed so ma ny bloody battles, and tell them that their labors and the sacrifice of so many of our slaiu and wounded had been in .vain: that we had abandon ed that Union for which wc had so often periled our lives. The vast majority of our people, whe ther in the army and navy or at home, would, as 1 would, hail with unbounded joy (he permanent restoration of peace on the basis p f Union under the constitution. The United States laws framed in accordance therewith will be the rule of my duty and the limitations of Executive power. Gold 241. Houston, Tex. 19. via Mobile 12. Gen. Magruder has been placed in command of the District of Arkansas; Gen Walter, Texas, am! Gen Buckner, Louisiana. The Yankees evacuated Brownville on the Rio Grande, on the 20th July. No hostile foot now treads Texas soil. At the recent State election Col Roberts was elected Chief Justice, aud probably lion. R. A. Reeves Associate Judge. Moore holds one. Ret arree is Attorney General: C F Randolph State Treasurer, and W A Robard Comptroller. All quiet in military matters. Mocn.it, Sept. 12. Five gunboat* and barges off the obstructions. Scouts report a raid up Fish River. Macon. Sept. 12. Sherman has refused to exchange prisoners of war for men whose term of service has expired. ] The correspondence upon this subject will shortly i ! appear. i '■ i rains have gone forward for the purpose of bringing down exiles from At hurra. The ron : days armistice commenced this moriiirg. j;,>th sides in the meantime will make vig r us pie ;iU .- i i ations for a renewal of the war. The Georgia militia have been furioughod fur | i 20 days. GITY M ATTBHS. T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR. Notice ! lleadqi'artkr.s Post, Columbus, Ga., tiept. 10, 1804. Any person having a Map of this City or County will confer a favor by leaving it at Post Command ant’s office for a few days. LEON VON ZINKEN, S pl2 St Col. Commanding Post. ItfoticeT Headquarters Post, Columbus, Ga., Sept. 12,1884. [Extract.] Orders, l No. 4. S I. To prevent straggling from the army too strin gent measures cannot be adopted. Hereafter guards will be stationed on tho Rail Road Trains, to and from tho city, whose duty it shall be to examine the papers of all soldiers and citizens. It having been ascertained that deserters frequently wear citizens dress, it is necessary that every one bo provided with proper vouchers. 11. Emissaries and spies of the enemy having easy access to this country, no citizen will hereafter be allowed to travel on any Rail Road or Steam boat to and from this point without a Passport from the Provost Marshal. Ladies are also required to be provided with Passports. For the accommoda tion of persons living near the Mobile & Girard R. R. passes for thirty [3o] days will be granted. 111. All officers and soldiers remaining in Colum bus over six [6] hours will require a Pass from these Headquarters., By command of LEON VON ZINKEN, Colonel Comd’g Post. S. Isidore Guillot, Lt. and Ass’t Post Adj't. sepl3 3t In Yankee Hands. — We loam from loiters re ceived in that Wesley C. \ inson and Henry Miras of the City Light Guards, were cap tured in one of the late battles bofore Peters burg, and are now prisoners at Point Lookout, Md. This news will relieve the anxiety felt about these young men by their friends here, for some time past, who have been in a s».ate of suspense as to their fate. —— • Important Orders. —The attention of the trav elling public is called to important general orders from the Commandant of the Post to be found in this morning’s paper, in regard to passports. House for Sale, —See advertisement of a de sirable house and lot "for sale in Northern Liberties, by Dr. Boring. Any one wishing to purchase will doubtless secure a bargain as well as a pleasant home. No Scarcity of Arms. —We understand that a gentleman a day or two since, heard a consider able chattering among the contrabands under the bluff, near the river, and approaching to seo what the cause could be, found them in possession of a man’s arm which had been amputated and thrown away. On being asko; where they got it, they replied they had taken it away from a hog. Verily arms must be getting cheap if we ean afford to fatten swine on them. How came this arm there? And who is to blame for such heartless careless ness ? Cheap Rooms. —Personsiu want of cheap rooms i can perhaps secure one near the break in the old ! Oglethorpe. Before renting you would do well : however, to insure your life, as the probability is | good that the building will be down soon. Two j pretty large instalments fell in on Sunday. No i casualties on our side as far as we can learn. i Negro Balls — A Nuisance.— Our attention | has been called to the frequency of negro balls in the city for a week or two past, and citizens in ! those neighborhoods, have complained to us, and request the press of the city to use its influence to ; aryest this • growing evil by prompt suppression. One lady informs us that For nearly a week her i rest has been broken from this cause, as there ! have been no less than four or five negro balls on i one block in the course of a week. Whose fault j is iU Wc understand the Council is not responsi ! hie for this unmitigated nuisance as they have is | sued no permits for this purpose. It must then rest with citizens who allow negroes to gather on | their lotdo eat, drink, dance and be merry. If such persons would view this matter aright we think they would see the impropriety of it at once. In ■ the first place the times are decidedly averse to any such conduct on the part of the negroes, and such convocations can result in no possible good either to the negroes themselves or owners thereof. In the next place it is a nuisance as it disturbs the quiet and good order of the neighborhood. Where ; ever the fault lies, whether with the city authori ties or)yyith the citizens, we trust a remedy may be instituted at once, and the nuisance abated. There are times for all things, but this is evidently not the time for such hurnbuggery as this.— .Sack cloth and ashes would be a more appropri ate insignia fur the nation, among both white and black. « «- ♦ (com m dnic ate and.) Mi:. Editor:—As there appears to bo a differ ence of opinion as to the duties of the Chaplain of this Post, I will thank you to publish the fol lowing article (24) of the Army Regulations : “The Posts at, and regiments with which Chap lains may be employed, will be announced by the War Department, upon recommendations made by the commanding officer of Posts or Regiments, and the pay of a Chaplain will be SBO permonth !’’ : It is evident from the reading, that one or more ; Chaplains may be employed at a Post, but neither herejior in any other part of the Army- Regula tions, is authority given to place one Chaplain at the head of all ,others, with the power to order them to attend to the sick and wounded in the Wards of tha Hospitals, for the purpose of admin- ! istering spiritual consolation, and praying with and for them, and make- their reports to what he may be pleased to call his “office.” This view of the case is still more forcible when applied to a Post with but one Chapfain, if he expects the Clegy of the Post who minister to congregations of their own, to perform the duties of Chaplains and vol unteers, and without compensation. FAIR PLAY. Comport to thk AKFi.n t'ED. —A man who has ■but one leg don’t have to buy but one shoe. ♦ '«►- ♦ Thu Columbus Femalk Academy.—lt will ho seen by advertisement that this institution will be re-opened on the first Monday in October, under the supervision Rev. Mr. Martin. ♦ . —A The Truce.—A spacial despatch to eur neighbor, the Constitutionalist, gives us information of a ten da^Vtruce, asked for by Sherman and acceded to byJHpod, for the purpose of separating the sheep i'riafcthe goats in Atlanta. The proposition of Sher- one of those characteristic specimens of Yan kr-!Smpudenoe which have marked tha history of tfaisjfar. Our neighbor,commenting on it, quotes: "TirSfo Dano* et dona femntes”— beware of the Greeks when bringing gifts, Gherman's object is undoubtedly to gam time to reorganize his demor alized army, sad perhaps to hear of hoped for rein lorcements. That Gen. Hood, who, we presum*, is ;is widoawako to a Yankee trick as ,ny man alive, should have granted bherraan’d request for the bar barous purpose indicated, is one of the most encour aging signs we have seen in the? strategical horizon since tha fail of Atlanta. We venture to predict that Sherman, before his ter, days has expired, will bear ncvfs from a different quarter than be is *x pectu.g it. —Augusta Register Ai» liugilsh paper savs that amos3 the >uii<.-r- j ers Gun, the recent railroad .accident vt £gi u«, n • J.hn t vHceaia, the B-j ioi* Boy. It appears that he looked fra n bisearringo wndow when the first alarm was given, a»d finding a collision inevitable, jumped on tho platform a- b • . a wa3 moving, and falling heav iy. injured , ine so severely that he has suffered from a i ,uou» succession of fits 670 r ' sisc®. AUCTION SALES By Ellis, Livingston A Cos BEEF EASJIB MS.«. ANTUESDiY, 13th of September, at lOo’cloak U we will sell in front of our store, 15 Heal of Fine Beef Cattle ; 5 A “ “ Milch Cows. ■*r-ALSO, — 230 Bbls. Fine Coast Balt; A NEGRO WOMAN, 40 years old. good Cook, Washer and Loner. sepl2 2tslo By Ellis, Livingston & Cos, \wm o m ON TUESDAY, September 13th, at 10 o'clock, we will sell in front of our store. 3 Excellent Horses ; 2 Good Mules. sep!2 2t. $4 By Elli«, Livingston A Cos. ON TUESDAY. 13th of September at 10 o'clock, we will soil in front of our store I Fine Bureau; 1 Bedstead ; Rocking Chair; Side Saddle ; Mattresses ; 1 FINE MARE, 7 years old; 300 Lbs. of Lead; spiff 2t $8 " By Ell is, Livingston A €o. ON Tuesday, 13th September, at 10 o'clock, >ve will sell in front of our store, FIFTY ACRES UNO Six or seven miles East of the City, near the old Express Road, formerly belonged to Jno. C. Mayguirt—lo acres cleared, balance heavily timbered; well watered with a Dwelling on the same. A LIKELY NEGRO WOMAN, 2B years old, Plain Cook, Ac., with her 3 Likely Children. A LIKELY NEGRO WOMAN, 30 years old, a Good Cook, Washer and Iron* er, and Field Hand, with 3 Children. A VERY FINE TWO HORSE SPRING WAGON, of Superior make. 1 Sett Double Harness. 1 Two Horse Wagon. 1 Bbl. Fine Rye Whiskey. 4 Bbls. Fine Corn Whiskey. Lot Furniture, Fine Letter Paper, Ac. spO 4t S4O Bv Ellis. Livingston A to, I ' j A IVSISIIMHLK RESIK>KN€!I2I!V WOA'TOX! -ALT A-XJOTXOISr. ON Tuesday, 13th of September, at 10 o’clock, v o will sell in front of our Auction Boom | A VERY DESIIIALE RESIDENCE | in Wynnton, 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 is a Good } Residence with four rooms, j Possession given immediately spf* td i-By Ellis, La vi sags to ib A Eo, j . | A Valuable Plantation FOR SALE. -♦ ♦ \yE offer for sale in Chattahoochee county, twel.A r nffies from Columbus, containing l AOO acres ■>!’ Land—3oo of which is good bottom—balance pine mixed with oak and hickory—3so acres cleared. On the promises is a good dwelling with 5 rooms; out houses for 40 negroes.- a good Saw Mill in good running order; Grist Mill, nearly complete; bin House and two 6fins; Wheat Thrash and Fan ; Tan Yard, &c., &c. spfilOt ' By Ella*, Livingston A l-o. 200 O-ZAjOTLOIbTS IWITlWBtllMI'SBBM! A VERY FINE ARTICLE. For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards. a#3o ts ifcimraiMtintw mm.'inr ,-tm Columbus High School FOR Youisra- iLA-iDiiES r THE above Institution will be ro-openeu in tho i building owned by Mr, Cowdery, on St. Clair *■ , opposite St. Luke’S Church, on Monday, Octob:r 1534. Lor Terms, apply to sepl3m&t4w W. S. LEE. FOR SALK. A HOUSE and LOT, situated North of the Sr> ik Commons on the corner of Troup and City Mill streets: Said Lot contains half acre, with a good | new dwelling house with two rooms; with ! two rooms; a very superior well of water—hard ly equalled in the vicinity of the city, and a Urge garden. Everything now and in good order, ror further particulars apply to me on tbe premises. spl3 1m J. J. BORING. WAATED! I)Y a Lady Refugee from New Orleans, a situa ) tion as Daily Governess in a family, in or near the city, to give Instruction in English and MuC together with the rudiments of French. A few Mu sic scholars desired, and will instruct, them at Ur-r homes. References given if required. Apply to THOS. SHIVERS, seplO 6t“ Cook's H TIN W I?'Z3L^ I CAN FIND EMPLOYMENT WITH RICHARDSON & FAULKNER? MACON. GEORGIA. seplO 10t* Notice! 4 LL pers' ns who wUh to send Letters to Lj,«G A. iana, Texas, or Arkansas, will please leave them at the Times Office, in this place. My terms w carrying Letters are one dollar ($1) per Letter. I will leave this place on the 18th of this month. A*- Letters from the other side the Mississippi rirer wu< be brought over and mailed, if parties will have rce addressed at Monroe, or Shreveport, La. . „ THOS. WELL*. Regular Letter Carrier for Gibson's Bnga-*' S|>l2 td FOB SALE! | s>ooo lb*. « viiu; : 15,000' m " 9 AA0 OROS " BUCKLE*. Assorted *f/.-a-• 3plO fit - WANTED! 4DY EMPLOYMENT and liberal wages. scplo 2w PPLV a? EAGLE FACTORY NEW SARIT! , x sl4 per GALLON. WM. Li. li. PHELPS. aplQ 5t 114, Broad St . SUSAB KITTLES AND MILLS » ■ u E nave a Lot of 60 and and 100 fcag£- v* and Salt Kettles on hand and in want of them, by forwarfmg thetr orders have thorn filled immediately. TV e are Ur Sl :T MUL “' JOHN D. GRAY A CO.