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ghs iscluiiiiJns ©itow. |^ a ■ • • Editor. 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 A GOOD INVESTMENT! t A Desirable Residence in Wyimton, FOB S-A-LE* f OFFER for sale the place whore I now reside, containing fifty seven acres of land, about half | cleared, the b lance with w<k> 1 sufficient to supply a family. A good and w II built house, with five rooms; good kbchen, with ihree rooms: smoke ! house; barn, stable and carriage house; a well of 1 excellent water, and a tints ynun Peach orchard. I Two or three good negroes will be taken in part 1 payment. Posse sion given immediately if desired. Apply to tne on the place or at the -tore o- Nr,.a ord & Cos . opposite the Agency of the St a e 1> 01k sepu iw Jordan l. mow ell, WallMllmtom! 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 FAMILY SOAP, \ anti 1 pound Bars CHEMICAL “ h “ 1 “ BOSKY “ 1 « ■ <<■ FANCY & TOILET SOAP. • *—ALSO,- CHEMICAL CANDLES) TALLOW « LILOH & BROOKS, WHOLESALE AGENTS, 140, ISi-oad Street. rpll 3fc SELECT SCHOOL Vi FS. W 3 MARiiBE will re-open her School, on i'l Forsyth s - rcct, Monday, Oct. 3d Tuition SIOO GO uer Scholastic year, senlfi 2w By LIHn, iiivingston & €o, m ■ - A Valuable Plantation VUE offer fir sale in Chattahoochee county, twelve »» mile< from Columbus, containing 900 acres J Land— 300 of which is go..d b atom —balance pine mixed w th oak and hickory— 350 acres cleared. Oil the promises is a good dwelling with 5 rooms; out houses for4«l negroes- ag-odS.iw dill in good running order; GVi-t 4/ill, nearly complete; (s'.n llou-e and two oms ; Wheat Thrash and ! an; iao Yaitl, Ac , Ac. spfllOt By fbilts, litviiigstosi & io, 200 I'l'BE MTltlßl Glt.ll'E BKFiDVI A VERY FINE ARTICLE. For sale n qu.mtitie >f 10 Gallons and upwards. &::30 ts Columbus High School FOR TOUITG- ZLxA-IDIIES ! , 'FfIE above Institution will be re-opened it. he I building owned by Mr. Oowdery, on rit. Clairs*., opposite Bt. Luke’s Church, on Monday, October 3, 18 4. For Terms, apply to Bepl3m&t4w W. S. LEE X SMITHS’ CAN FIND EMPLOYMENP WITH RIOHAROSOH & FAULKNLR, MACON, GEORGIA. sc|>lo lOt* % 1-: w «v ss i v i T -.-r GALLON. AVAL H. H. PHELPS. ?,t _ 114. Broad St. SUGAR SETTLES AK3 MILLS l t L laivt! n ' ; 'i' t <0 and and H«u ga t-m * and .Salt K-tries tut hand and i r iciie. Fnrt-es i*-, want ot them, hy f- rwarding their order? can lia* them filled immedintoly. \\ r e are still taking orders for SUiiar Mills. eepfi 7t JOHN D. GRA\ A CO.