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Wednesday Morning. September 14,1801.
Gknkral Seymour's Letter. — The letter of
Gen. Seymour, which is given in another col
umn, as we quote from the Sentinel, ought to
briDg a le3son of caution to Gov. Brown, (nays
the Charleston Courier) and to others like
him who are discontented with the Adminis*
tration of public affairs. Seymour tells his
people that the Southern cause is fast break
ing down. and that all the Yankees h ive to do
is to persevere, and they are sure to conquer.
Strange to say, the utterances of a Southern
Governor iurnish the eviJcnce by which he
seeks to justify bis declaration, and we regret ‘
to say thc;»r incautious wording is but too well
adapted to furnish this argument 10 our ene- !
my With the most patriotic intentions, I
dphbtless.Gov. Brown, while appealing totlie
people of Georgia to come to the front, has
laid tb»* basis of a similar appeal to the !
Nunn.
General Seymour makes a great mistake ;
when he supposes the fighting material of the !
South is about exhaused. There are numb» iS
of men, ull over the country, yet *v»-' jable foi .
the war, and ifthere should b- anotWr cslin .
paign next spring, the an |j eeg will find our
armies in no degree WCftker than they were
wlur. this ?«.*•; a struggle commcucei. Hi?-
aKiur ia bidding for a promotion at
tire hi" n(Js of y lr Lincoln, and we ihink he lias
earned it fairly enough by partisan zeal and
military incotnpetency. Ilis statement to the
effect that tne South entertain* a contempt lor
the peace party of the North and its leaders
ought, not to stand in bis way. as tne taient tor
which this fabrication discloses, will be in
valuable when be comes to write an account
of bis battles.
An Important Older.
VVe print below, the last General Order of
che War Department. If faithfully carried out,
it will prove of inestimable advantage to our
brave army, and to the families of the soldiers
who'compose it. It was known that many of
the detailed agriculturists referred to in the
order altogether ignore their obligations by
selling their produce at market rates, instead
of retaining it for the families of soldiers and
for the government We would call especial
attention of all concerned to the penaliies
provided by the order for disobedience to its
provisions:
Adj’t & Inspector Gen.’s Office, \
Richmond, Va., Aug. 21. /
General Ouoerr, No. 6f).
I. Tha Bureau of Conscription will cause
to be delivered from tiie proper officers ot the
Bureau to the Chief Commissary in every
State, a report containing the names of all the
persons in the Stale, with the places of ihtir
residence, who have obtained exemptions or
details a.‘ agriculturists, owners, overseers,
managers, farmers, planters, or otherwise, aS
producers of grain or provisions under the
fourth paragraph of t he tenth section of the
Military Act of the 17th February, 18bl, pub
lished in General Orders, Nj. 2‘J (curreut se
ries,) together with a statement of the terms
of the contract, the sureties W the same, and
with all other pertinent facts relating to the
said exemption or detail. The officers of the
Subsistence Department, under the direction
of the Commissary General and Chief Com
missary of each S'ate, are charged with the
collection of the meat which any exempt or
detailed man may have ountracted to pay, and
ta give an acquittance therefor. Also to make
Whatever ’commutations or reductions that
may be authorized by the act whenever the
conditions are established that justify the
same ; and to make all the purchases of the
marketable-surplus at the prices specified in
the act, when the same authorizes to be made
on behalf of the government. The said Sub
sistence Department being hereby clothed w ith
authority to represent the government in the
enforcement of its claims under tiie contracts
and obligations that, the act imposes upon tiie
exempts and detailed men described therein.
11. In order that the regulation on the sub
ject of the sale of the marketable surplus of
provisions and grain to the Government and
the families of soldiers in the said act. may
have execution, the Commissaries in the dif
ferent States may be instructed to limit their
purchase of grain and provisions of the
marketable surplus in any District to same
definite proportion, not to exceed one half,
and to leave the remainder for the persons
who purchase on behalf of the families of sol
diers.
111. All agents appointed by the public au
thorities of any State, county or town, to sup
ply food for the families of soldiers, are au
thorized to purchase the portion unappropri
ated by the Government, for the object of their
trust. The Commander of Conscripts or the
TJhicf Commissary of each State or District
may authenticate the authority of such agents,
and prreons selling to agents thus authenti
cated shall be fully warranted to do so.
IV. The families of soldiers as described in
Ihe said act, are*the families composed of the
wife or the wife and cbildrenofany person who
belongs to the army ; widow or the widow and
children of any person who died while in the
service; the mother and sisters of any soldier
or soldiers in tiie army, and who resided with
them as members of the same family or were
dependent upon their labor for support; the
parents or sisters of any person belonging ip
the army, resided in the same family with
them and who derived from them support.
V. Officers are airhorized to purchase acc
essary subsistence for them.
VI. Every exempt ami detailed man under,
this act shall render to the Enrolling Officer
in the District, a detailed statement of the
marketable surplus produced and.sold by him,
with testimony that the sales were to the
Government or to soldiers’ families, which,
statement shail be sent to the Oomm ioder oi
Conscripts for the Stats, and thereupon satis
faction upon the the bond shall be entered.
VIL. The Aot ot Congress aforesaid pro
vides : That exemptions in favor of me classes
aforesaid shall cease whenever the farmer,
planter or overseer shall fall diligenGy to em
ploy his own skill, capiui and labor exclu
sively to the production of grain aud provis-*
tons, to be sold to the Government and the
families of soldiers at prices not exceeding
those fixed at the time tor like articles by the
Commissioners ot the State, under the im
pressment act. It has been represented to the
Government that there are instances of persons
exempt or detailed under this act* who pay
but little respect to the obligation-* hey have
contracted. That they have becot -■ specula
tors in food and provisions; that th . are neg
ligent and careless as to the extent 0? their
productions, and open’; nffiim that they do
not mean to have any surplus. Tue Depart
ment is required, in nil such or ■ icdliir- eases
to revoke the detnil, aud the perOTtnatice of
this duty is devolved upon the Bateau of Con
script! on, upon proper testimony being afford
ted by Thera, to perform this duty.
By order, . S. Coopkb,
Adj’t ana Inspector General
mt •-
A lato number ot Deßwv’s Review, 3ays:
No country which has in the Bel l au army, of
halt million of men, auis capable if keep ug on
foot umR-finitely suelt a. force, bus ever been -nb-
in the history of the worlo. A Yankee
army ot one million of men must bo maintained
v *1 | lU ,’ by ilia invader to enable turn to
boll his own and occupy«tt<>nq-iered provinces,
and such au army has never beer kaassud agaiu=l
as, aad wnl never be.
l’lic lout! 11 lon of Hie Soufli.
Tne kebel Caux? i'.ntxay fn,vi Exhaustion L?t
ter from Gen. Os-ymour. laic u lb itsoner of
War. '
WauAMSTows. Mass., Ang. 13, 1864.
My Dear Sir : 3 ou ask for my impressions
of the present condition of the Southern Con
federacy, and you shall have tnem. For fbe
benefit of our cause. I wish thev might be Im
pressed upon every soul in the land, that the
confidence begotten ol my three munths ob
servations in the interior of the South might j
be shared by every man Who has the least i
connection with the responsibilities of this !
struggle. And (am sure that these opinions j
are not peculiar to myself. Every one oftlij* !
fifty officers just exchanged will - express the j
same—every one of them, whether from the !
jails of Charleston or the pens of Macon and j
Andersouville, will confidently tell the same
story.
The cause is fast fas In/ from exhaust~ j
ion. Their two grand armies nave been rein- j
iorced this summer from the last resources ot j
thefcScuth. From every corner of the laud, j
every old man and every b >y capable of bear
ing a ride has been impressed, Willingly or
unwillingly, arid burned to the front. Lee’s '
army was the first so strengthened—it was at !
the expense ol Hood’s. Gov, Brown told the j
truth with a plainness that was very bitier. i
but it was none the less U:e truth. Lei me 1
extract a few prominent statements from his !
proclamation of July bill, addressed to the 1
“Reserved Militia ol G* ( j H .■■■
lat'- co| . rcsi j n)ri( i l , m . e w ith the President j
the Confederate Suites Salisfiwd my mind j
that Georgia is to be led to tier own resources j
to supply ibe reinforcements to Gen. John- j
siou’s army, which are indispensable to the j
p otectlon of Atlanta, and to prevent tiie |
State Irom being overrun t>y the overwhelm
ing numbers now under rommnud of the Fed- I
eiui General upon our sod.
“But there is need of lurther reinforcements, j
as will be seen by the accompanying letter of i
Gen. Johnston Vo 1 it becomes my j
duty to call turtli every man in the Suite able j
to bear arms, as last as they can be armed, to 1
aid in the defence of bur homes, our aiurs,
and the graves of our ancestors.
“If the Confederate Government will cot
send the large cavalry force (now engaged in
raiding und repelling raids) to destroy ihe
long line of railroads over which Gen. Sher
man brings his supplies Irom Nashville, and
thus compel him to retreat .vitli the loss ot
most of his army, the people ot Georgia, who
have already been drawn upon more heavily
in proportion to population than those or any
other State in the Confederacy, must, at all
hazards, and at any sacrifice, rush to the
front.
“If Gen. Johnston’s army is destroyed, the
Gulf States are thrown open to the enemy, and
we are ruined.”
There must, indeed, have been desperate
weakness when Georgia and the Southern
cause with it, were so neglect* and that Lee’s ar
my might be made equal to the task of hold
ing Grant to the Potomac or the James, and
the people of the South are intelligent enough
to understand and to appreciate the fact, and
they have lost heart accordingly.
The following is from a letter written by
one rebel to another that accidently fell into
the hands of one of rnv telluw prisoners, and
tor the authenticity of which I vouch :
“Very lew persons are preparing to obey the
late call of the Governor. • liis summons will
i meet with no response here. The people are
i soul sick and’heartily tired of tins hateful,
hopeless strife. They would end it if they
could, but our would be rulers will take good
care that no opportunity be given the people
to vote against it. By lies, by fraud aha by
chicanery this revolution was inaugurated;
by force, by tyranny and the suppression of
truth it is sustained. It is nearly time that it
should euu, and of sheer depletion it. must
end before long. We have had enough
of want and of woe, enough of cruelty-and
enough of carnage, enough of cripples and
corpses. There is an abuuuance of bereaved
parents, weeping widows and orphaned chil
dren in the land. If we can, let us not in
crease the number. The men who, to aggran
j dize themselves, or to gratify their own poiiti
| cal ambition, brought this cruel war upon a
; peaceful and prosperous country, will have to
I render a fearful account of their misdeeds to
1 a wronged, robbed and outraged people.
| Earth has no punishment sufficiently mete for
■ their villainy 1 - here, and hell will hardly be hot
enougli*to scathe them hereafter.”
There is certainly a no smali proportion of
the Southern people (despite the lying declar-
of their journals, as we had good occa
sion to learn,) that not only favor the prog!ess
of our arms, but that daily pray that, this
exterminating war may soon be brought to a
finalty by our complete success. Tt:«-y have
had too much of despotism— not enough of
tlie triumph promised them. Many intelligent
Southern gentlemen do, indeed, express
strong hopes cf their ultimate independence,
! nut this hope is not shared by the m isses.—
! Disappointed fnffii the first in not having been
: acknowledged by foreign powers—more bit-
I tor!y disappointed in their general expectation
| that Northern cowardice or dissension would
I secure their ends, but a single chance remains,
■ and that is the result of our next election for
President. If a .Democrat succeeds to Mr.
! Lincoln, they profess to feel sure of negotia
| lions, and sure of their Confederacy. They
; believe a Democrat will be elected. In Mr
| Lincoln’s re-election they see only subjuga-
I tion, annihilation, for the war must then con
| tinue, and continuance is their failure and
j ruin.
In military affairs it is an exoeliani never
to do what the enemy desires—is it not equally
true in politics? Certain it is that the only re
maining hope of tbo South lies in Mr. Lincoln’s
defeat.
Notv, [ am uot enough of a politician to know
whether the election of a Democrat can result as
favorably to the South as it anticipates. The wish
alone may he the parent of their belief. But [ as
sured all who expressed that belief that the North
as a mass, is as united as the South—illat no Dem
ocrat would be elected ou a peace platform—and
that any President who would inaugurate any
measure leading to peace on the basis of Southern
independence, would be promptly hung, by loyal
acclamation, to the lamp posts in front of his own
Presidential mansion.
However that may be, if we are butr*true our
selves there qpn bs but one result. What we uow
need is men—only men—not substitutes or hire
lings who go forth for any motive hut the country’s
good, and produce but little beyond depreciating
our armies—but men —such as really constitute
the State, and boast of being freemen and the sons
of freemen. If these fail to support their country 's
cause in the hour of peril, they arc unworthy of
continuing freemen, arul should blush ever to exer
cise a freeman’s privileges.
But it’ bounties must he paid, let it be in South
ern land, not in Non beru gold; ami armies of em
igrants, whose sous may aspire to even the rule of
tiie nation, will cross the se*s to win the broad
that disloyalty has forfeited to the Si ate.
To every intelligent soldier who has fought
through ail these indecisive campaigns, ou almost
numberless indecisive battle-fields, the question
constantly arises, with touching force, why we do
not overwhelm our enemies?
Tens of thousands of lives are lost because our
array of strength is so dlsproportion ihly less than
that against which we battle. Everywhere we
meet ou nearly equal terms, where we might well
have four to one. The cost to us in blood and trea
sure, of a pro! mged war, can hardly bo foreseen—
the economy 13 iofinito of such an effort as the
glorious North should put forth.
The South will fight as long as the struggle is
equal; it will submit- to such preponderance ag we
should show in every field,
Glance#*! the suimn campaigns, 'u oner
man had but 50,000 or 75,000 more men near, the
South would bo lost, bo can 3: Hood would be anni
hilated. If Meade had moved in the spring with
reserves of 75.000 to 100,000, L-e would have
been i.optioj-sly crushed. Even at this moment a
third c>dumn of 40,000 or 50.000 rightly moved,
would giv unopposed blow- to the Confederacy,
from which she could never recover.
What fully (hen to struggle on in this way, when
-.re can sun, -5 to the field five times the force already
there. What weakness to -bink we cannot con
quer top S->utli. Behind tar James only boys and
übi men are to be seen, while here man buy and
sell as itt the oldyti days of quiet, and regiments of
ahled bodied ; Rizous crowd th-* -streets ot cur
cities.
Then .at 0r, 3 course con*i*te«t with sat sty or
honor. Let til* people awake to a sense of their
dignity and strength, and a few months «*l Cora
(tarativelv trifling exertions of such etUrt as alone
»s worthy of the great work, and the rent-.lion will
crumble before us. F* I tai* | «,m-y ; .r»<l
willingly, witn go.id and i,., L . m <(. w
spare ihousaud* .>v< r r«rw ilia ■ .ail,
and the .summer nan of 1365 w , l( , „ it
regenerated land.
There are Some who spouk f poar ! O.' all
Yankee.* the Southron ni.*st *« rti- ta..*e w.t-> «l<>
not fiubt, but are glad enough i«employ ih.-ui. hi
they do their slave*, to perforin th tr dirty work.
Peace for thu South will be sweet indeed; for tie,
except through Southern subjugation, but anarchy
and war forever. Tne Pacific, the West rit, th*
Eastern States would at otu-e tail a under. The
South would tie dominant, and the people of the
North would deserve to driven a field, under
negro overseers, to hoe eouou aud «uru for south
ern uiasrers.
But no faint beaded or short sighted policy can
set aside the eternal decree of the Almighty, who
has planted no lines of disunion between the At
lantic and the Western deserts—between the great
lakes und the Gulf of Mexico—that signify His
will that we should be >eparated; and unless so
separated peace i.- a delation. and its advocacy a
treason against the wisest and holiest interests of
our country.
It has been with a trust that renewed hope and
vigor inigbi be given, when vigor and hope are
needful, ibat I have written, and you have my
consent to using lliis as you please ; and I am
very truly yours. T. f EY.MOUR,
Brigadier General U. S Volunteers
To W. E. Dodge, Jr., E-q.,New York
[From the Loudon Herald.j
The Independence of the Con
federate state.* a tact Accom
plished.
That man must be endowed with an almost
Araerica.it credulity who continues to doubt
tout tffe independence of the -Confederate
States is an accomplished reality. If, at the
outset, Mr. Seword himself had been asked
how song he demanded for the accomplish
ment of the enterprise his Government had
Ui;d<"':iik l 'o, he woo'd it.le how<» been
satisfied with a .single year; and would have
been content to aliovv Hint, if at the end of
the t period the Confederates could still keep
the field in Virginia, the European Powers
would be entitled to recognize their indepen
dence. Three years have almost elapsed
since the first defeat of the Federal*, and du
ring the whole of that time the Confederate?
liiive. fought, not as Spain fought against
France during the uneasy reign ot Joseph
Bonaparte, not as the Spanish Colonies fought
against Spain, not even as our own American
colonics fought against the armies of Geoige
111, but as Russia fought Napoleon in 1815,
or as Frederick If, defended himself against
Austria in the Sever. Yer.rs War. The war
has been waged for the most part on South
ern soil; it has, so far, not been a war on
equal terms; that the one party has fought
for empire and the other only for indepen
dence. But it has in no way partaken of the
character of an insurrectionary, as distin
guished from an international war. The Con
federate Government has, from first to last,
held a position of perfect equality with that of
the Northern States. It has administered,
; with undisputed authority, the affairs of its
own country ; and the Federal Government
Ims beep unable to exercise any other than a
military power there, and that only within
the territory covered by its own armies.
The Stale Governments have gone on as
regularly as ever ; the administration of the
civlflaw is as perfect in the South as in any
European country; mid while in the Northern
Siates the necessities of an aggressive war
have been held to require the exercise of a
military authority superior to the law, the
civil authorities have never been overridden
by martial law in any Southern district not
actually invaded or threatened by the enemy.
To d-*ny* such a Government the status of
independence aeeotded to Nicaragua,or to
Greece, certainly seems Die height of absur
dity ; and this impression is not weakened
when we look to the military operations that
have taken place. It is true that at sea the
Federais have been able to maintain a decided
superiority, and that a bloekade efficient
enough to impose very serious difficulties in
the way of the export of any bulky commodi
ties has been maintained at every port which
has at. once so good a harbor and such means
of communication with the inferior as to be
available for commercial purposes; but it is
also true that the Federate have hardly gained
a single naval success, and have sustained
several naval disasters.
It Is true, also, that they have been able to
occupy several points on the vast extent of
Southern coast which are commanded from
the sea, and to obtain the control of a consid
erable portion of the inland waters of the
South. They have also penetrated at various
points the long and indefensible frontier line
arid pushed their armies far into Southern
tesruory. But. they have not been able io
conquer a single State; and the chief fruit of
three years’ot warfare, Upsides the disputed
possession ot Tennessee, is a wide spread de
vastation auda considerable havoc among
the laboring population of the South. Hun
dreds of homes and farms have been destroyed,
and thousands of negroes stolen, of whom the
majority have been burnt; two or three which
lie at the mercy of gunboats have been occu
pied ; and this is all that has been achieved.
The Southern armies have sustained no
great disaster in the field; they have inflicted
half a score of the most.terrible defeats recor
ded in history. Their capital, with a sort of
bravado, was planted near their most endan
gered frontier; army after army, to the num
ber of several hundred thousands, has been
hurled against it and completely shattered ; a
quarter of a million of corpses are manuring
the plains of Virginia—and w ith this result,
that Richmond is how stronger than it ever
was, and very much safer than Washington,
and that, instead of asking whether Grant can
take the city, nun, both North and South, are
expecting to hear that Lee has taken Grant’s
camp, and that a third of the invading army
has been left in the hands of the victors.—
Sherman has followed up the long and costly
march which last year hud brought the Fed
eral army of the West to Chattanooga ; he is
not so very fur from Atlanta ; but while uo one
fears for Atlanto, all the friends of the North
tremble for Sherman and his army. Charles
ton itas been attacked in vain; and after
crushing repulses, the Federal besiegers arc
driven to amuse themselves by.a bombard
ment which, though it succeed in killing now
and then an innocent child, or murdering a
bride at the altar, might be- continued for a
hundred \ ears without bringing the city any
nearer to a surrender.
* ■K- * -X- X- * it •&
Under these circumstances it seems perfectly
absurd that tba policy of European Powers should
bo influenced by an affectation so palpable as that
of uncertainty as to the issue of the war. No
sober politician considers that the independence
or' the South has yet to bo achieved; it is only in
diplomatic dispatches that statesmen speak of
the Confederate States as merely inchoate nation
aiity ; but, unhappily, it is by diplomatic tan
gunge. and not by expressions of persenal opinio*,
that Europe can influence the feelings or the con
duct of America. If Lord Russell could speak to
the Confederate Govern mem as every one speak 1
of it. he would secure for England a warm and
faithful ally, whose friendship would do more
than an army of fifty thousand men to protect
the frontier of Canada. If England and Prance
would speak through their Governments the opin
ion of their people—if they would accord to the
Government of Riqjimoud that recognition which
it Las received from the public opinion of Eu
rope—they would do very much to bring the war
tt> a close, and spare the lives of tens of thousands
who inu*t otber.wiso'pcrlsh before the North wili
'eonssnt to confess itself beaten. The*:.; will of the
North toward this country is alrenT so titter
that we can hardly exasperate it.
The United States would go to war with us now
if they dared ; they will not bo the m-.re likely to
dare it if we prove »tj? contempt of their menaces
by recognizing the SonU. On the other hand, it
we wait to recogrtiza the Confederates till we can
not help, it, we shall have no claim oil their friend
ship, and no right to their assistance when the
N.<r:h does find the courage to qua-rel with us.
Recognition, then, so far from tending to precipi
tate war, is tho b-.-st possible guarantee for perma
nent peace between ourselves and the United
State* ; and neither Parliament or the Adiainis
tr ni n ?cre i apuble of a courageous and far sighted
polio*-, Mr.-Ludsay’s mo non might have a chance
of l-eio-; .arriod aad of rendering material service
tn tiio c--nrii 1 y ;•;! i to mankind. But to submit
such a mmion to a house which hnsjust approved
Lord Russell’s betrayal of Denmark, and in which
the authors of our Polish ami American policy
have an obedient majority of eighteen, is limply
tn invite defeat, to give an advantago to the Nor
tlnru f.i.M:>>ii tn P irlhnnont, and to counteract by
hii H-lesrae parliamentary vote, whatever effect
ntsiv b * >r elurtnl t>y the manifestation of English
fi-t luig out id doors in sympathy with the South
ami in coofi !«-iit expectation of her complete ami
speedy triumph.
TELEGRAPHIC,
SPECIAL TO THE DAILY TIMES.
Rough k Ready, via Jonesboro, Sept. 13.
Sixty families, mostly poor people, have arriv
ed here. A large train la expected today.
Negotiations ononr side are being conducted by
Maj. Clure—on the part of the enemy by Colonel
Warren.
Np trains through from Nashville in several
days,
Yankee officers report that Vallandigham has
bolted the Chicago nominees in consequence cf
McClellan's letter of acceptance.
REPORTS OP THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered According to act of Congress in the year
13d3, by J. ». i’brasher, in tile Clerk's office of
the District Court of the Confederate Statesjbr
the Northern Distrtct of Georgia.
Richmond, Sepi. 1.1. b.— The New York Union
Convention nominated Reuben Footer for Gover
nor, and Thomas G. Alvered lor Lieut. Governor.
The Illinois Democratic Convention nominated
Jas. 0. R ibiuson for Governor. Resolutions were
passed endorsing the Chicago platform, declaring
the intention of ffij Djm»jr.tn of Illinois, to giv.e
McClellan and Pendleton their tmamtu-.u”* snpp .rt.
The Tennessee Union Convention passed reso
lutions favoring the call of a State Convention
aud abolition of slavery.
The New York II jrald of the 10th, says infor
mation from different quarters indicates that a
terrible battle uny be expected at RoauTs Station
at any moment Goldin New York on the 9.h,
2Uh
Petersburg, Sept. 13th,
Ail perfectly quiet to-day. The day has been
observed throughout the city with fasting, humil
iation and prayer.
Grant is receiving reinforcements and comple
ting the railroad from City Point to the Weldon
Railroad. Everything indicates tbo purposo of
Grant to winter in our front. No idea over enter
tained by our authorities of evacuating this city.
On the contrary every purpose of holding it even
against odds The army is hoalthy and in excel
lent spirits *
Richmond, Sept. 13.
Geu Ewing recently issued an order dated at"
Louisville requiring Justices of each county to as
setnble ia ten days to ievy a tax suliciant for his
army a month and maintain 50 men until further
orders Gov. Bratnletie on the sth issued a pro
clamation declaring said order to be in derogation
of the laws of the State, and in conflict with the
rights and labors of the people, lie says it is the
duty of Justices to refuse obedience to such or
ders or immediately resign. He forbids them to
make such a levy of taxes.
Arrangements have been made for the exchang e
of all naval prisoners, It taka3 hold of about 5 0
officers and 300 or 400 seamen, \V$ have nearly
the same number. The excess is to bo made up
from army prisoners. The exchange will proba
bly take place at Charleston.
The Increasing Feeling for Peace.—The Port
land [MaiueJ Advertiser stat s that several of the
Abol tion preachers have recently and clared from
the r pulpits in that State, that the :urther conduct
ot the war is unchristian and prayer- should be di
rected heavenward tor peace, and no longer for war,
and peace on any terms necessary to stop the shed
ding of oiood.
In J/ontgomeiy count' - , Ohio, on a short notice,
some fifteen hut dn-d people have signed a call t« r
a peace meeting at Day t n. The Empire says “the
signer compri.-e men of all parties, and large num
ber* of these who have heretofore acted with the
Abolitionists.” I adds:
’The signers of this call must excuse us from
publishing the listof their name*, as we cannot give
up our entire space to that purpo-e. It is -ulhcient
t * the end n v < w to be able to state that the call
has been >igned, not by hundred*, but by thousands,
and that too, irr spective of form *r politiea affini
ties. The extent of rliii uiovemmt in Mont go me y
county sh iw- tnat the people are at last resolved to
ignore p irty pro ileol ons and prejudices, and to
strike for; the highest good of our beloved, but well
nigh mined eou try.”
Almost!every county in thit State is having its
peace meetings, an . they are all largely and enthu
siast ica Ily attended. I t New York and in the East
we have the same accounts. Everywhere the pop
ula.r sentiment is for an "arinhtice and a Conven
tion of the States.”
Gen, Polk.— The New York Church Journal,
the leading Episcopal paper in the North, makes
the annexed remarks in regard to the late Bishop
Polk :
“We weuld rather—now that Death has closed
the account —recall the earlier days, when the
many noble traits of his personal character sur
rounded him with friends, and made him second
to none throughout all the South in his influence
for good. His manly bearing, his frank and cor
dial manner, hi3 high sense of honor, his real ten
derness and easily kindled sympathy of tempera
ment—a sympathy through which tho fever of
Revolution made of him an early and au easy
prey—his wise and eloquent labors in the behalf
! of education, his splendid success in advocating
and furthering the “University of the South,” his
administration ability, his fatherly affection and
firmness in the government of the clergy and the
people of his Diocese— these are tho things which
we would most willingly recall, now that, ho is
desd and gone. Or if his military career cannot
be altogether ignored—and alas ! who can forgot
it?—we would rather remind # our readers of the
many acts of kindness and tenderness shown by
him to oqr sick and wounded men—cf the per*
sonal dignity and purity and elevation of charac
ter which ho retained untliminishod, even amid
i thrilling excitements and sharp temptations of
: Ciitup —of his great success in winning tho coufi
j deuce and lovo of his men, and in extending the
spirit of religion among tho armies with which he
| served —of his open effort nos altogether to sink
i the Bishop ia tho Genera!—and last, not least, of
I that striking scene in our little church at Harrods
| burg, when, after inspecting tho budding and de
j cidiog that it should not be used as a hospital by
j bis army, he laid aside his* sword, mitered tho
| chancel, knelt down at the altar, and aloud pour
| e«i out his soul to God in a fervent prayer for
I Peace. When we think of all these things, wo
j may well leave him to his Master, and our Master,
I iojudge; nor fool it needful to mingle any earthly
: censure with the sincere expression of our sorrow
| at his fall.”
j Peccavi. — Out- with it, gentlemen croakers, if
j you have, it in your hearts. If you feel whipped,
| say so. Don’t add the shame of denial to the :
mortification of defeat, If the loss of Atlanta has j
: taken all the manhood out of you, mount the white ■
feather at once and let us rive you credit for can
dour, if we can’t applaud -ycur pluck
This is a free country you know, and everybody
has a right to his opinion. Habeas Corpus is in
| full force now, and you need not be afraid to talk, j
Pile it on to Hood, if you will. Never mind if i
j the gallant fellow has only body enough left to j
i hold his soidier soul, and has lost health and limb
lin your defence. Givo it to him ou all side?, and
prove a? clear as day that he’s a thorough oin- ;
i cumpoop, and no general at all.
I Give a good loud croak about it, and then pitch ’
into the President. Cast Jo. Johnston into tilt
; Executive teeth, and .tear he was basely removed j
just as ne war »mnt- to drive Sherman into the
I northwest corner ot Michigan.
; Tell everybody all the bad news, and don't be- i
j lieve a word of the good. Exaggerate every re j
‘ verse, and roll a calamity like a sweet morsel
: under .your tongue. Throw the women into by#- [
tenet, .u. 4 *ct the children t< bawling like Ift-w.
Deforce Luc the currency, and discourage the army. j
| Weaken your friends and strengthen your guemies. j
Distract your own government and put your faith •
in the peace party <>f the NoVth. Keep it up, geu
tletaeu. Tho hinder the better—the m<>re the
merrier. Europe is looking at you, and admires '
your coarngo. Hilary Is waiting for y-..u. ar.d ;
! will record your patriotism. Posterity will honor I
j you ever, as Raiuc.r. was is >oo red; and God vT.I ;
I !!«£ forge >oit in IPs daj trial Asp U up.— !
; Align*!''.
i ‘‘Obey my orders,”-said a haughty Butibh
| master, "if I order you to drive to h —l.” “.An’ j
| shore an* I will, yer honor.” answered pot, “S.ut J
! yes must excuse mo if I hack yea in.” >
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
McClellanE.etter of Accep
tance.
The telegraph yesurday brought us a synopsis
of McClellan’s letter of acceptance of the Chicago
nomination for the Presidency. Whatever hopes
of peace the Southern people have heretofore
based upon the election of the nominee of this
Convention, are now banished like chaff before the
wind. Hereafter the cry of Union is to bo the
*
masked battery from which tho rights of the South
are to be assailed, and the object for which eter
nal hostility is to be waged. 3Ve have therefore
little K> hope from the election of McClellan. That
it is his iuflexable determination to wage this war
to the bitrer end for the luaintainanee of the Union
over the seceded States is now but two apparent.
This is the burden of bis theme —the hobby upon
which be hopes to ride to power, and though
there may seem to be somewhat of demagogistu
and political wirepulling beneath tiie surface, bis
real purposes are undisguised, and we are glad it
is so, for our people will now know upon what to
depend. In the synopsis before u* little Mac seems
to ignore the slavery question entirely, but wo
are left to infer from the language of his letter, as
well as from his antecedents, that he he will wage
no war upon slavery, but that for the sake ot re
storation he would be willing to Wave jail minor
issues, and oven guarantee to the seceded Suites
tho luff measure of their constitutional rights.
If subjugation-is to be our inevitable doom, which
we are not yet prepared to believe, it will be ot lit
tie importance whether vve are led with or without
slavery, aud it is therefore of lit tle consequence to
us wheiher Lincoln or McClellan be elected. Os
course, it will bo some consolation to us to feel
that since eternal war is to be waged it will be
waged upou fair ami high-minded term*, but
since war is the programme, it matters liulo who
is at the head of the Yankee Government.
Our people will now see plain!/ what remains
to be hoped for in the future in the way of peace.
We have either to quietly return to the Union, or
prepare to light on light ever. Though we would
gladly welcome an honorable peace, wo see little
prospect of it. We must, therefore, make up our
minds whether to accept the terms proposed by
McClellan or to sacrifice all in the cherished ob
jects for which wo have solongnnd manfully con
tended. There can be little doubt as to whigh
policy the Southern Confederacy will pursue.
A Desirable Place in Wvnnton.—Those
wishing to purchase a desirable and eligible place
in Wynnion, are referred to the advertisement of
Jordan I«. Howell. A good chance to secure a
good home is hereby afforded.
.Handsome Soap—We received j-esterday
from Messrs Brooks & Ligon, wholesale agents
for the manufacturers, as handsome a speci
men of bar soap as vve wish to see. The bar
received wag of the usual dimension of tur
pentine soap, and, if we may judge by appear
ances, is equal to the best Yankee made, which
long ago used to grace every store and cross
roads grocery throughout the habitable globe.
This soap is made by Wells & Cos., at the cor
ner ot Baldwin & Mercer Streets in this city,
who, we learn, are entering upon the business
extensively This is a desideratum long need
ed iu Columbus, and we are glad to chronicle
its advent. Remember the agents, Messrs
Brooks k, Ligon, both “mity” clever men, who
we have no doubt, will dispose of the soap on
as reasonable terms as the times will aliovv.
It will be seen by nn advertisement, that
this firm are also agents of other brands of
family and toilet soap as well as candles of
the best Confederate make Give them a
eall.
Os the nearly forty thousand Yankee prisoners
confined at Anderson ville, there are not exceeding
fifteen thousand whore term of service has not ex
pired. That is a correct solution of all the points
involved in the question of exchange.
The water in the Potomac is low r this season I
than it h;i3 been f r several years. The rocks are J
looming up in the river above the aqueduct, and
the shores of Anacostia Island seem to approach
nearer the wharves daily, while Rock Creek has
the appearance of drying up.
llardek’s G\ kps.—lt is said that thi3 corps, in
the late fight at Jonesboro’, where it so heroically
held at bay six corps of Yankees, killed and wom d
ed fifteen thousand of the enemy. No wonder tho I
soldiers are proud of oeing under “Old Reliable.” (
Mail Resumption.—All tho matters in dispute
between the Postmaster General anl the Central
road having been adjusted, the company once more
carry the mails, the installment having been
taken on the olh inst.
Korth«ni Sews.
The Sioux City, lowa, Register, of the 27th
ult. says Mr. Sell, of the Quartermaster’ Depart
ment. nasjust arrived from Fort Union, and re
ports that a brittle occurred between General Sul
ly ’s command and 5,000 Indians, near the Knife
river, July 25th, in which the latter were* defeat
ed with a loss of 150. The Federal loss was live
killed and twenty or thirty wounded.
An organization is proposed in New York un
der the name of the “Union Gold Currency and
Gold Tax Association.” its object is to arcus?
the merchants of New York to a sense of their na
tional responsibilities in regard to national affairs
and stimulate them to take an interest in the fi
nancial affairs of the country. They propose to
hold weekly meetings for discussing questions rela
ting to tins subject, and to establish branches in
ail the prominent cities, for the purpose of spread
ing correct information on these subjects, and im
pressing their practical views upon the Govern
ment.
Brigadier General Hammond, Surgeon Gener •
al of the United States, has been dismissed tho
service for stealing and lying.
The New York Times says it is pretty' general
ly understood that Fremont is to be withdrawn
as a candidate for the Presidency, and somebody
else-nominated in his place at Buffalo. His name
does not prove t.» be the tower of strength it was
expected to be.
An arrival from Honolulu brings dates to the
18th of August. King Kapiehameba. on the l.'jib
August, after an excited speech, abrogated the i
Sandwich Islands constitution of 1812, Y.sid de
clared tbo constitutional convention dissolved’.— j
The a -bitrary act is regarded as a regular con), j
d’etat- by the King, and it submitted to by the
Guylian people will render the kingdom nearly
un absolute monarchy.
All of the prisoners captured by Sherman arc
at the Yankee prison, Camp Morton, near Evans
ville-, In u inn a-
A i;uly in Berkshire, Mas?., was delivered of
her twenty first child last week Her husband is
a* well as can be expected.
|.?r»c.oln ha? appointed Gc fKneoek, Briga
dier General « the regular « my,
Djscidbdlt Rica. -.L-bn Mitchell, wnose tn-tich
aal per daily a-iorn? tots ; Jamiis or tre Richmond
Examiner wit; be massed ut the war item Jrom
from the Philadelphia Press, in which John For-
ItiLi"r*■-; ;.i \X'j .ii.j h;i»,« i‘*riDb ' i .Ue 3ripticu
by tho ungrate Ail Gonfi-uerate- The Press says :
“John Mii'.-iieit. the Irish cx';-;e, and late editor
of tho Rivhui n i Examiner, is now serving as h
con-.t-nptprivate in anamouian; : corps-of ihe rebel
arm-ts »sr having given the : i!c ot one of h s sous
siii-i : it svn r atoms an 1 influent-'*, »o the rsb-lii-n.
His Irish iVteiid? in the North t.aturally feet me j
ia iiguity, and b. > him to save hts life and '.•»> 1
ptness by ieivb-a an ungratetul service. Lu- j
Vtit-'hoU • 1 1ii -d. wo rear, t > be an u.ncvard—
ta .r.v -; ['•• .- i-.b>-r.y ami shivery. b- i<
IPS un U1!1 ?uI ai.u ■ tat . idu-ulous of ~-.i J«an j
MitcheU's i.utilime—( .-rve Itbeny in ;l eaobage
garden and slavery as a wagoner. He haa a«ati ,
tue eud ui his remauco of revolution.
Tribute of Resptid.
Camp Dawson. Sept. 13, V 4.
At a tneetine of tho member* • I Captain Fembcr
tnn’acNV.ilry company, Lieut. Red l was c ilioo to
the chair and Private J. 11. M is-e.' reque-tad to
act as S- cretary. Til ! ffilfew np vcutleuien ; PrivtE
Frazer, Cook and L who were appointed to
draft resolutions relat.ve to the d-ath of OrJ.Sergt
John K. Sandkks, introduced the ibl.owing, which
were adopted:
Resolved, I. Thu! in tne life of Sandkps
were exhibited tho virtues whii-h iiupiu-t grace and
beauty to manly character, and we give expression
to our sorrow in parting with an officer aud fellow
soldier.
Resolved, 11. That in his death, the Southern
Confederacy h is lost one ot its l>e*t soldiers, free
dom one of its most ardent advocates, and our com
pany one of it* true-t members.
Resolved, 111. That we sin-o-ely sympathise
with his distressed relatives and fri nd*. and trust
that he is r meinbered among those nob e spiritfl
that arc urging their coun'ry's cause before him,
who hath said: Vengeance is mine. I will repay. -
Resolved, IV. That these resolutions be pub
lished in the city papers, and a copy be sent to his
parents. Lt. A. G. REDD, Chin n.
J. H. Massey, Sec’y.
Notice!
Enrolling Office. Muscogee County,\
Columbus, Gu . aopv t -th. IS >A. f
In compliance with General OrHer*. No. 15. da
ted llead-iu trters Georgia Reserve. M con. Sept,
st, 1834, all detailed men of this co inty not al
ready org.miz and into companies, w 11- report to
these Ilea quarters on Tue*day, the 20;h in*t., for
organization and election of officers.
Those r f using to join will have their details re
voked and ordered to field duty.
The Cai-tains of organized companie are request
ed to furnish me with a copy of their muster rods.
JNO. D. ATKINs,
Eu’rg Off. Muscogee eo
?ep!4 lw
lßc!L.Sun and Enquirer copy
Aofscc !
lIK vnqtr iRTEUS UoST,
, Columbus, Ga , Sept. 10, ISG4.
Any person having a Map of ihi* City or Granty
will confer a favor by leaving if at J’o-t Command
ant's office for a few days.
LKON VON ZrNKEN,
spl2 3t Col. Commanding Post.
Notice.
IlKAtiqU VRTER3 POST,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 12,1864
[Extract.]
Orukks, t
No. 4. S
I. To prevent straggling from the army too strin
gent measures cannot bo adopted Hereafter guards
will be stationed on the Rail Road Trains, to and
from the oity. whoso duty it shall be to examine the
papers of all soldiers and citizens. Ii havirg been
ascertained that deserters fre iuentiy wear citizens
dress, it is necessary that every one bo provided
with proper vouchers.
11. Emissaries and spie3 of the enemy having
c»sy access to this country, no citizen will hereafter
be allowed to travel on any Rail Road or Steam
boat to acd from this point without a Passport from
the Provost Marshal. Ladies are also required to
be provided with Passports. For th * accommoda
tion of persons living near tho Mobile & Gira.d ft
R. passe* for thirty p.-tOJ days will he g ar ted.
111. Ali officers and soldiers remaining in Co'am
bus over six [6j hours will require a Pass from these
Headquarters.
By command of
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Colonel Cnmd’g Post.
S. Isidore Guillot, Lt. and Ass't Po*t Adj’t.
I sep!3 3t
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t
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BEMOYAL.
'THE Columbus Chemical ®oap ami Candle Fac
; t°ry is removed from “ll,os’ Lurcher i'en” to
the
Corner of Baldwin and Mercer Sls»»
WHERE
WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO FILL ORDERS
FOR
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rpll 3fc
SELECT SCHOOL
Vi FS. W 3 MARiiBE will re-open her School, on
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Tuition SIOO GO uer Scholastic year,
senlfi 2w
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m ■ -
A Valuable Plantation
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FOR
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opposite Bt. Luke’s Church, on Monday, October 3,
18 4.
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?,t _ 114. Broad St.
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