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COLUMBUS TIMES
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Change ot Schedule.
Orric* Engineer and Suferintendint, )
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, y
Charleston, June 7,1854. J
v&sammfiSl.
( IN THURbDAY, June 9,1864, and until further
notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston ,9.45, a. m.
Arrive In Savannah J>.4o, p. m.
Leave Savannah 5...5.3Q, a. m.
Arrivein Charleston 1.15, p , m .
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction
, ~ „ ... H. S. HAINES,
JuneH ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Change oi Schedule.
ON and after Sunday, Juno 19th, the Trains on
the Muscogee Railroad will ran as follows: *
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon . ....8 10 P. M '
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 500 A. M. 51
Arrive at Columbus...: 4 55 A. M.
W.L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
HAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1804.
ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p.m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m,
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m.
Arrive at WestPotot at 4130 p.m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
D. 11. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng:
ng27lß64—tf _ ;
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
cutvci: or scuia.i i.k.
Girard, Ala., Aug. 22,1804.
ON and after this date Trains on this lload will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as tollows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at ...3 00 p. m.
Arrivein Union Springs.. 730 “
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00 “
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p.m.
B. E. WELLS.
aglß ts Eng. & Sup’t.
THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent,
(At Mulford’a old Stand,)
3STO- 101, BIRXDYYID ST.
HAS I’OR MLE OH EXCHANGE
Sheetings, Shirtings.
Twills, Yarns, EJnseys,
iaguaray t offee,
Tobacco, nice,
Yails ot all sizes,
£tc»f &>e« ,
ju!27tf _ ' _
SEW iOHS!! SEW IMIS!!!
tioomiicii & co.,
BROAD STREET,
RE now opening a splendid assortment of
MB HI FMII DM (iillS,
FRESH FROM EUROPE 4 via Bermuda, which
they will sell cheap for cash. _ aug27 lm
SXERI.n« liXCHAiHJK!
{ FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
h for sale in sums to suit purchasers by ■
agl6 tt BANK OF COLUMLIiS.
BLACKSMITH WANTED!
OTEADY EMPLOYMENT and liberal wages,
seplb 2w >Ply EAGLE FACTORY.
~ RUN AWAY!
\TEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25years old, yel-
L\ low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence ; left 3/r. Nat. Thompson’s near
Box Springs, Talbot comity. I bought him of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee, Ala. Ho originally camo from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable roward will be. paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
information sent to mo at this office.
JAMES M. RUSSELL.
Colmnbn's Ga., auglti*
Confederate Knives and
Forks.
Y\7E are manufacturing at our Works in this city
\y a good article of KNIVES ANI) FORKS in
large quantities, which we offer to the public low
for CASH. _,ALSO-
Shoe Makers and Saddlers Tools,
of every description. Niioe Pegs, Steel Trusses,
Spatulas, Butcher Knives, &0., Ac.
The attention of Quartermasters, (Mmmissarios,
and Medical Purveyors, throughout tho Confeder
acy is specially invited to the above with whom we
desire to make contracts.
rkfkrknces:
Major F. W.Dillard, Columbus, Ga.
Surgeon W. H. Prioleau, Macon, Ga.
Surgeon R. Potts. Montgomery, Ala.
HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Columbus, Ga., September 1.1864.
Mobile Register, Augusta Constitutionalist, and
Charleston Courier please copy one month and send
bill to this office. __
FOE $A LE!
A GOOD Saddle Harness Ilorse.
Apply to R B M urdOCH,
sep 2-ts or ' at ttl^3
ss© Reward.
I WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black
I boy, about 24 years old. lie has been out three
or four weeks, and is supposed to bo lurking about
ho city. JNO. H. HASS.
jy Its
Shoemakers’ asid Saddlers 5
toox-sl
•IHIE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
3&P V* co. s ’
U Reference —Maj. F. W. Dillard. . _
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con
stitutionalist, please copy ono month and sene, bil ?
to this office.
mar 3(1 ts • _
MIR PIPER k nun ROOKS
FOR SAXjE !
WE have for sale 49 reams ot Letter Paper, and
2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, »t Wholesale
or Retail. Paper, s6oper Ream; Blank Books,
office.
$1,00.0 Reward.
A CHUNKY, heavy set, black boy by the name
of WILLIAM , about 24 years old, left Colum
bus on Sunday morning last. I am confident he
was taken off by some vrhito man. I will pay the
above reward for the negro and thief, with evi
dence to convict, or I mil pay two hundred and
fifty dollar? for the uegro delivered to me in Colurn
ffi The boy came from Virrinutab.
»-o And savs he if a sailor. X think tuey leu yo
Sb“ the Irain *4»g”|«§§“
close by. J.II.DAW.
P.'s’.-I learn, since the aboyo was written., that
the boy lclt (Blumbus on the Opelika train, on
Sunday morning, in company with a small wnlie
man Hiat bmped, and that they were to \^esi
KTOTIbS.
To Planters and Others !
] WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
X X aru 3, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. 1
will bo found at Robinett A Go's old stand, where I
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. WRIGHT.
jane 2 ts.
fSMKtti Hmgii
L. ' «
Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors J. W. WARREN, Editor
Hotice.
Headquarters Post,
[Extract.] O*.. Sept. 12.1864.
Orders, ?
No. 4. S
I. To prevent straggling from the army to© strin
gent measures cannot be adopted. Hereafter guards
will be stationed on the Rail Road Trains, to and
from the city, whoso duty it shall be to examine the
papers of all soldiers and citizens. It having been
ascertained that deserters frequently wear citizens
dress, it is necessary that every one be provided
with proper vouchers.
11. Emissaries and spies of the enemy having
easy access to this country, no citizen will hereafter
be allowed to travel on any Rail Road or Steam
boat to and from this point without a Passport from
the Provost Marshal. Ladies are also required to
be provided with Passports. For the accommoda
tion of persons living near the Mobile & Girard R
R. passes for thirty [3OJ days will be granted.
111. All officers and sohliers remaining in Colum
bus over six [6J hours will require a Pass from these
Headquarters.
By command of
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Colonel Comd’g Post.
S. Isidore Guillot, Lt. and Ass’t Post Adj’t.
sepl3 3t
Notice!
Enrolling Office, Muscogee County, 1
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 13th, 1864. j
In compliance with General Orders, No. 15, da
ted Headquarters Georgia Reserve, Afacon, Sept.
Ist, 1864, all* detailed men of this county not al
ready organized into companies, will report to
theso Headquarters on Tuesday, the 20th inst., for
organization and election of officers.
Those refusing to join will have their details re
voked and ordered to field duty.
The Captains of organized companies are request
ed to furnish me with a copy of their muster rolls.
JNO. D. ATKINS,
En’rg Off. Muscogee co.
sepl4 lw
&§=-Suu and Enquirer copy
Battle-Field Belief Association
of Columbus, Ga.
All whp are disposed to contribute articles neces
sary for the relief of the sick and wounded in the
Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at
er^' Tuesday and Friday, when they will be for
warded to and dispensed by our Committee there.
W. 11. YOUNG, Presd’t.
C. G. Holmes, SeC’y. . ag23tf
A GOOD INVESTMENT!
A. Desirable Residence in Wynnton,
POPo SALE.
I OFFER for sale the place whero I now reside.
containing fifty seven acres of land, about half
cleared, the balance with woo l sufficient to supply
a family. A good ami well built house, with live
rooms; good kitchen, with three rooms; smoke
house; barn, stable and carriage house; a well of
excellent water, and a fine youn; Peach orchard.
Two or three good negroes will be taken in part
payment. Posse sion given immediately if desired.
Apply to mo on the place or at the store of Ntantord
& Cos., opposite the Agency of the State Bank.
sep!4 lw JORDAN L. HOWELL.
SOAP All Ml FACTORY]
BBMOVAL.
THE Columbus Chemical Soap and Candle Fac
> tory is removed from “Hays’ Butcher Pen’’ to
the
Corner of Baldwin and Mercer Sts.,
WHERE
WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO FILL ORDERS
FOR
FAMILY SOAP, i and 1 pound Pars
CHEMICAL “ i “ 1 <■ “
ROSIN “ 1 “ “
FANCY & TOILET SOAP,
—ALSO, —
CHEMICAL CANDLES;
TALLOW
LICiOH & BROOKS,
WHOLESALE AGENTS,
140, Broad Street.
_spl4_3t___ .
FOB SAFE.
\ HOUSE and - LOT, situated North of the North
i\ Commons on the corner ot Troup and City Mill
streets: Said Lot contains half acre, with a good
new dwelling house with two room?: kitchen with
two rooms; a very superior well of water —hard-
ly equalled in the vicinity of the city, and a largo
garden. Everything new and in good order. For
further particulars apply to me on the premises.
spis im J. j. boring.
" wmteliT”
BY a Lady Refugee from New Orleans, a situa
tion as Daily Governess in a family, in or near
the city, to give Instruction ir. English and Music,
together wi th the rudiments of French. A few Mu
sic scholars desired, and will instruct thorn at their
homes. References given if required.
■ Apply to THjOS. SHIVERS,
seplO Ot* Gbok’s Hotel.
lYotice!
ALL persons who wish to send Letters to Louis
iana, Texas, or Arkansas, will please leave them
at the Times Office, in this place. My terms for
carrying Letters are one dollar ($1) per Letter. I
will leave this place on the 18th of this month. All
Letters from the other side the Mississippi river will
bo brought over aud mailed, if parties will have me
addressed at Monroe, or Shreveport, La. *
THOS. WELLS,
Regular Letter Carrier for Gibson's Brigade.
sp!2 td
FOR SALE !
5 000 LBS * ASSORTED WIRE
-1 5 ?000 CARTRIDGE-BOX TINS.
QQQGROSS BUCKLES, Assorted Sizes.
splO fit GUNBY A CO.
THE Exercises of this Institution will bo resumed
on the Ist Monday in October, under the contin
ued direction of its present able instructor, Rev.
Carlisle P. B. Martin.
Terms of admission will be made known before
the session commences. . _
E. S. GREENWOOD, Presd’t.
D. F. WILLCOX. Sec’y.
spl2 ts Board of Trustees.
FOR SALE!
320 Acres of Laud on the Mobile &
Girard Kail Road,
T7ORTY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one
a? and a half from Station No. 5; about 130 acres
opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, witK good
water, gin house, «fcc. Apidy to Messrs Ellis, Liv.-
m fps°lm* f ° r teilK "~ D C FREEMAN, Jr.
WANTED!
r AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
OiUUU will bo paid. Apply to. Bn _ LARD
S p 7 ts Major and Q. 3/.
selectschool.
Mrs. W S MARBLE will ro-open her School, on
Forsyth street, Monday, Qet. 3d.
Tuition $lO9 00 ner Scholastic year.
sepl3 ‘Jvv *
SUGAR KETTLES AND MILLS I
'.VE have a Lot of SO and andloo gallon Sugar
'vV fl nd Salt Kettles on hand anu tor sam. Parties
in want of thorn, by forwarding their orders can
have them filled immediately. W e are still taking
ojjjj? SU£ar >llUS ' JOHN D. GRAY A CO.
Columbus, Ga Thursday Evening, September 15.1864,
Wednesday Evening.
Special Correspondence of the Times.
The Ten Days Truce — the Exchange- Question —
Brandy and Oysters—a Couple of Yankee
Prisoners — Sherman's Probable Movement —
The Militia, £c., §c.
Lovejoy’s Station, Sept. 12.
The ten days which commences this mor
ning, for the purpose of receiving the Atlanta
by flag of truce, will be more or less
devoid of military movements, and save what
Northern news one may be likely to-cull from
late Northern exchanges, there will be little
to communicate from this point.
By letter and telegram, I have advised you
of the progress of the arrangements under the
tlSg, and have little to add. The correspon
dence in reference to the question of exchange
I will forward to you complete to-morrow.
Major Clare, of the Adjutant & Inspector
General’s Department, was appointed by Gen.
Hood to conduct the flag so far as related to
the question of the reception of the exile citi
zens ot Atlanta; and Major Eutis to arrange
for a proposed exchange of prisoners at this
point.
These two gentlemen, accompanied by an
escort, proceeded day before yesterday to the
Yankee lines, and were met by Colonel War
ner, Sherman’s Chief of Staff. The interview
between Major Eutis and Colonel Warner was
not of a very pleasant nature, and the former
was very much disgusted with the attempted
double dealing and want of respect pn the
part of the Yankee Colonel. The correspon
dence upon the subject of exchange shows
very plainly the animus which actuates the
Yankee banker-general. As is usual upon
such occasions, the Yankees were quite liberal
with their niceties, and there was quite a
feast of fine brandies, oysters, etc. At the
expiration ot the ten days lam fearful our
officers will be unfit for plain Confederate
fare.
A Yankee Captain was captured and brought
in yesterday, who proved to be a brother-in
law of General John Adams of Alabama. I
saw them in the evening going upon the cars
down to Griffin, and suppose that the Gen
eral obtained a parole for him.
Captured at the same time was an Ordnance
Sergeant ot an Illinois command, who is a
native of South Carolina, and was residing in
New Orleans at the commencement of the
war.
As far as can be judged, from conversations
with prisoners taken from time to time since
the nomination of McClellan, the majority of
the army will certainly go for him, and his
soldier friends in the army seem to feel per
fectly .certain that he will be elected.
As to Sherman’s future movements, my
ideas are somewjiat changed. I have reason
to fear that he will at once push forward a
heavy column towards Montgomery ; and that
he will not remain idle at Atlanta as I once
supposed. I predict that in less than fifteen
days Important movements will be on foot
which will materially change, the present
lines of defence.
The Militia were jubilant yesterday in con
sequence of orders issued by Governor Brown.
What the orders were, you will learn soon
enough, and I hardly think it prudent to pub
lish them for the information of the enemy.
There will be many a marvellous story re
cited around Autumn hearthstones about the
terrible campaign around, aud the retreat from
Atlanta, aud the little ones, white and black, will
establish anew era, dating from the time “dad
or “raassa” oauie back from the war. Whee
ler, after completing an immense circuit, is
said to have arrived at Corinth, from which
point telegrams are claimed to have been re
ceived from him yesterday. The boys in
camp, who are always very severe in their
criticism upon the cavalry when a failure oc
curs, say that Wheeler, in his detour from
Dalton towards Knoxville, was on his way to
tear up the road between Bristol and Lynch
burg, and was only deterred from so doing by
a dispatch from Jeff. Davis requesting th
General to spare it.
The Macon papers published as on die
yesterday, that Beauregard was to take com
mand of thi3 army. I know his appointment
to the command here would be very accepta
ble to the troops. OUTLINE.
Lack of men at the front —The Militia meet with
an accident —Exchange Correspondence.
Loyjejoy's Station, Sept. 13th.
The army has been as dull for the last forty
eight hours as a country village iu dog'days.
The wagons which went up to Rough and
Ready to receive the first installment of At
lanta exiles, have not yet returned. They will
doubtless be down to-day.
Some teu or twelve of the militia were kill
ed or wounded yesterday morning, by the
breaking down of a couple of box cars, upon
which they had clambered too thickly.—
One of them was also killed by sun. stroke.
It is stated that no less than thirty assistant
surgeons have been killed and wounded since
the army left Dalton.
The following correspondence between Gen
erals Hood and Sherman, upon the subject of
exchange, will be found interesting :
OUTLINE.
(CORRESPONDENCE.)
Headers Aemv Tennessee, ix the Field, )
September 7th, 1364. J
Major Gen. T. Sherman,
Commanding U. S. Forets in Georgia :
Sir :—I have the honor to propose an exchange
of prisoners, officers and men captured bj both ar
mies since the commencement of the present cam
paign. The exchange to.be made man for man,
and the equivalents to bo allowed as regulated by
the stipulations of the Cartel.
Should you accept this proposition, a meeting
can take place between officers specially commis
sioned to make preliminary arrangements to effect
the exchange.
This flag of truce is borne by my staff officers,
Major J. B. Eutis, A. A. G. and Captain W. A.
Reid, accompanied by an escort of six mounted
men and an ambulance.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. B. HOOD, General.
[Official copy.]
J. B. Eustis, A. A. G.
Headquarters, Military Division )
of the Mississippi, Atlanta, Sept. 8, 1864. j
General J. B. Hood,
Commanding Confederate Army :
General: I have received your letter of this
date and accept your offer to exchange prisoners
of-war in hand at this moment. I fear most have
already gone North, but have sent to ascertain
what number about are on hand, and I may also
stop such as have not gone beyond Chattanooga.
Tho basis of exchange to be the old cartel. I will
send an officer with a more detailed account of
prisoners onhand to-morrow, to Rough and Ready,
to confer with any one you may name. After
prisoners reach Nashville, and beyond, they prop -
erly fall under the jurisdiction of tho Commission
er, Col. Hoffman.
l'ours truly,
(Signed) W. T. SHERMAN,
Maj. Gen. Comd’g.
[endorsement.]
I have just beard that there are about 1000 en
route {or Chattanooga and 500 here, besides somo
squads not yet sent in by the various brigades. I
will have an officer at Rough and Ready to-mor
row, at 1 p. m., with full details.)
(Signed) W. T. SHERMAN,
Official copy : Major General.
J. B. Eustis, A. A. G.
Headquarters, Millitary Division )
of thp, Miss., Atlanta, Ga., Sept, 9, ’64. f
Gen. J. B. Hood,
Commanding Confederate Army.
General : As I answered yesterday, I consent
to an actual exchange of prisoners, man for man,
and equal for equal, differences or balances to be
made up according to the cartel of 1862. I have
appointed one of my Inspectors General, Lieut.
Col. W. Warner, to carry out this exchange, and
will empower him to call for prisoners, and all
sueh guards as he may need to effect the actual
transfers. We have here twenty-eight officers and
seven hundred and eighty-two enlisted men, and
en route for Chattanooga 93 officers and 907 men,
making 1,810 on hand, that I will exchange for a
like number of my own men, captured by you in
this campaign, who belong to regiments with me,
and who can resume their places at once, as I tako
it for granted you will do the same with yours.—
In other words, for those men I am nbt willing to
take equivalents belonging to other armies than
my own, or who belong to regiments whose timos
aye out. and who have been discharged.
By your laws, all vnen eligible for service are
ipso facto soldiers, and a very good one it is, and
if needed for civil duty, they are simply detailed
soldiers. We found in Atlanta about a -thousand
of these fellows, and I am satisfied they are fit sub
jects of exchange, and if you will release an equal
number of our poor fellows at Anderson, I will
gather these together and send them as prisoners.
They seem to have been detailed for railroad and
shop duty, and Ido not ask for them an equal
number of my trained soldiers, but will tako men
belonging to any part of the United States Army,
subject to your control.
We hold a good many of your men styled “de
serters,” who were really stragglers, and would be
a good offset to such of our stragglers and foragers
as your cavalry picks up of our men, but I am
constrained to give these men, though sorely
O-gctinsfc t.lio giain, ilia Laue-flt \j C tlx oil. v>liaiaotov ;
pretended or real.
As soon as Col. Warner agrees upon a few points
with the officer you name, I will send the prison
ers to tho place appointed, and recall those not be
yond Chattanooga, and you may count on about
2000 in the aggregate, and get ready to give me a
like number.
1 am willing to appoint Rough and Ready or
Jonesboro, as the place of exchange, as also for
the place of delivering of the citizens, male and
female, off Atlanta, who start to go South.
I am, with respects, yours, truly.
(Signed) ' W. T. SHERMAN,
Major General Commanding.
Brig. Gen. Govanis at Chattanooga, and can b<j
brought back. I would like to have Stoneman
and Captain Buel.
Official copy :
J. B. Eustis, A. A. G.
HeajAjuarters Army Tennessee, 1
• * In the Field, Sept. 11, 1864. }
Major General W. T. Sherman, Commanding U. S.
Forces. *
Sir : I had the ho/hor on the 9th inst., to propose
to you an exchange/of prisoners, officers and men
captured by both armies since the commencement
of the present campaign.
On the same day you answered my communica
tion, stating that you accept my offer “to exchange
prisoners of war in hand at this moment.” There
being no condition attached to the acceptance on
your part of my offer to exchange prisoners, I re
garded it as obligatory to the extent of the number
of prisoners-represented by you to be within your
jurisdiction.
At the meeting on the Ist inst., between our re
spective Staff Officers, Major J. B. Ustis, A. A. G.,
and Lieut. Col. Warner, I. G., intended to arrange
such preliminaries, as the time and place of deli
very, Ac., a communication was received from
you, rendering, I ifegret to inform you, an ex
change of prisoners impossible.
Your refusal to receive in exchange your soldiers
belonging to “regiments whose times are out and
who have been discharged,” discloses a fixed pur
pose on the part of your Government to doom to
hopeless captivity those prisoners whose term of
service has expired or will soon expire.
The new principle which you seek to interpolate
upon the cartel of our respective Governments, as
well as upon the laws and customs of war, will not
be sanctioned by me. All captives taken in war
who owe no obligations to the captors, must stand
upon the same equal footing. The duration of
these terms of service can certainly impose no du
ties or obligations on the captors. Tho volunteer
of a day and the conscript for the war, who may
be captured in war; are equally subject to all of
the burthens and equally entitled to all of the
rights secured by the laws of nations. This prin
ciple is distinctly conceded in the cartel entered
into by our respective Governments and is sanc
tioned by reason, justice, and the public law of all
civilized nations.
My offer to exchange the prisoners captured du
ring tho campaign precludes an intention on my
part in the delivery to discriminate between your
prisoners, as all would have been delivered, and
even had it been intended, this discrimination be
tween your men, whose tenn of service had and had
not expired, would have been impossible, and could
not have been effected, as I had no reliable means
of ascertaining what proportion of your men were
entitled to their discharge.
Your avowal that this class of your soldiers will
not be exchanged, but will be rewarded by the suf
fering and privations incident to military imprison
ment, because their boldness and courage subjected
them to capture, although their term of service had
nearly expired, is deeply regretted by me, as I share
the earnest desire of my Government to release
from prolonged confinement the large number of
prisoners held by both parties.
Permit me to hope that this declared policy of
your government will bo reconsidered, as it is un
justly oppressive to those whom the of mil
itary service has rendered prisoners, and is viola
tive of the well understood obligations assumed by
a government towards those who are enlisted in its
was proper. I notified my Government of my
! offer to you to affect an exchange of prisoners cap
tured during this campaign, and not only was my
action approved, but my Government placed at my
entire disposal for immediate exchange, man for
man, all the prisoners at Andarsonville.
I have the honor to renew my offer to exchange
prisoners as proposed in my first communication.
And remain,
; Your ob’t serv’t,
J. B. HOOD, Gen.
Official copy: . _ ,
J. B. Ecsxis, A. A. G.
Molasses Plentiful. —Wo are gratified to
know the price of “long sweetnin ” has come
down from thirty to eight dollars per gallon in
this city, owing to the great abundance of sugar
cane raised by our planters throughout this lati
tude. It is to be hoped that sugar will come down
correspondingly, as most cane growers are prepar
ed to make sugar as well as molasses. Should
this be the case, sugar of fair quality will be re
duced in price from six to two dollars per pound
this fall.— Selma Missisaippian.
$5.00 Per Mouth
[From the Savannah New*.]
Resources of the Confederate
States.
I was so surprised at the statistics of the
productions of the Southern States, furnished
by a correspondent of the Baltimore Sun and
copied in your paper on the 31st tdt., to show
the absurdity on the minds of the Northern
people about starving the South into submis
sion. that I was induced to examine the census
of 1850, from which he gathered his figures ;
and I was the more astonished to learn from
that source the wonderful resources of the
South.
'lt has been a matter of wonder even to our
astute Statesmen, since the war began, to see
how our facilities for carrying on the war have
been developed, and how we have been able
within ourselves, without preparation before
hand, successfully to contend against a power
ful nation, having a standing army, large navy,
all foreign ports open to supply their wants,
with not only the sympathy, but quasi aid of
most of the sovereignties of Europe. I there
fore feel proud of our infant Republic, and
look forward to the time, when her indepen
dence shall be achieved, to see her desolated
fields and ruined homesteads yielding their
stores in abundance, and affording new com
forts to their persecuted owners. But my ob
ject now is to still further investigate the re
sources of that portion of the Confederate
btates on this side of the Mississippi now in
our possession, that not only producers may
see the folly of large prices, and the minds of
consumers relieved of anxiety about a supply
of the necessaries of life, but that we may all
take courage in our ability abuudantly to feed
the noble armies now contending for our de
liverance.
Tfie State of Virginia, North and South Car
olina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and Ala
bama, yielded, in 1850, eleveu million swine,
sixteen million bushels wheat, two hundred
and forty-six millions bushels corn, and twen
ty-five millions bushels potatoes. The in
crease production in a decade, estimated from
previous years, would have placed the figures
iu the year 1860 (of which we have no returns)
at fifteen million of swine, sixteen million
bushels wheat, two hundred and forty-six mil
lion bushels corn, and 53 million bushels
potatoes. It will be seen that there is no in
crease in the growth of wheat, owing, at thSt
time, no doubt, to the low price of flour, and
the universal attention to the culture of cot
ton ; but onr necessities since has turned all
our cotton-fields into the production of cereals,
so that it would be a low estimate to say that
notwithstanding the portions of the above
States that the enemy have in possession, or
have devastated, that we shall have this year
from them a yield at least double of what it
was before the war, which will give us now
in our granaries and ready to be gathered,
thirty million swine, thirty-two millions bush
els wheat, four hundred and ninety two bush
els corn and one hundred and six millions
bushels potatoes. The entire population of
the above seven States, in 1850, was five mil
lion three hundred thousand, and esiimating
their increase at thirty two per cent., as by
the previous decade, 14 »ri'c»i-s io oe, it would
give us, in xeou, in the above States, about
seven million of inhabitants, which has not
probably increased since that time. From
these figures we find that we have nearly five
bushels of wheat, seventy bushels of corn, and
fifteen bushels potatoes (to say nothing of the
swine) for every man, woman and child in the
States named. Surely there is no need of any
apprehension of scarcity, but on the other
hand, should not the producers be alarmed
lest there be no demand or outlet for the sur
plus, and that vast quantities of the corn at
least will be left as food for the weevil.
The value of the above productions, at ten
dolia-s each for swine, five dollars a bushel
for wheat, two dollars a bushel for corn, and
one dollar a bushel for potatoes, would amount
to the enormous sum of fifteen hundred mil
lion of dollars—more than sufficient to pay all
the debt of the Confederacy. Surely, this is
a dangerous time for the planters to withhold,
or speculators to hoard the necessaries of life.
By partinj&with their products at reasonable
prices they insure a sale ; and the Govern
ment, in its effort to keep it from a redundant
circulation, and a give anew life and courage
to our soldiers, whose families are relying up
on them for the necessaries of life. G.
. fortune Telling.
The following are some of the rules by
which fortune-tellers profess to be guided in
thdir practice of astrology ;
January.—He that is born in January will
be laborious and a lover of good wine, bo very
subject to fidelity, yet will be complacent and
withal a fine singer. The woman born in
this month will be a good housewife rather
melancholy, but yet good natured.
February.—The man born in tho month of
February will be stingy at home but prodigal
abroad. The lady will be humane and affec
tionate to her mother.
March.—The man born in March will be
rather handsome; he will be honest and pru
dent. He will die poor. The lady will be
jealous, passionate, and a chatter-box.
April.—The man,who has the misfortune
to bo born in April will be subject to mala
dies ; he will travel to his disadvantage, for
he will marry a rich heiress, who will make—
what you no doubt understand. The lady of
this month will be tall and stout, with agree
able wi* and groat talk.
May.—The man born in the month of May
will be handsome and amiable; he will make
his wife happy. The lady will be equally
blest in every respect.
June.—The man born in the month of June
will be of small statue and passionately fond
of children. The lady will be a personage
fend of coffee and marry young.
July. —The man born in the month of July
will be fat, and suffer death for the woman he
loves. The female of this month will be pas
sionately handsome, with a sharp nose and a
fine bust: she will be of rather a sulky tem
per.
August. —The man born in the month of
August will be ambitious and courageous ; he
will have two wives. The lady will be amia
ble and twice married, but her second husband
will cause her to regret the one she first mar
ried.
September.—He who is bora in September
will be strong and prudent, but will be too
easy with his wife, who will give him great
uneasiness. Thelady will be round faced and
fair haired, witty, discreet, and will be loved
by her friends.
October, —The man born in this month will
have a handsome face and florid complexion.
He will be wicked and inconsistent. He will
promise one thing and do another, and re
main poor. The lady will be pretty, and a
little fond of talking; will have two or three
husbands who will die of grief—she will best
know why.
November. —The man born in this month,
will have a fine face, and be a gay deceiver.
The lady of this month will be large, liberal,
and lull of novelty.
December.— -The man born in this month
will be a good sort of person, though passion
ate. He will devote himself to ponies,, anu
be beloved by his wife. The lady will be am
iable and handsome, with a good voice and
well proportioned bony, and very honest.
[From the Montgomery Advertiser.]
Practical Hints on Sugar Wak
ing.
Being familiar with the process of manu
facturing sugar adopted by the planters of
Louisiana, I have noticed with interest the
directions which have from ti me t 0 t j rao been
gnentothe pubKc by such of the amateur
mnniiflcjurer, of «,» C0.f 6 d,r.0, M
that they have succeeded in mastering the art
A few aTnong them have shown accurate
knowledge, so far as their experience has
goue ; but their several methods are defective
in so many important particulars, that the
writer deems he will be rendering a service
by publishing a brief detailed account of the
system as pursued in Louisiana. At the same
time the principles upon which the several
operations are based will be explained, so that
each planter may apply them to his own case,
as best suit3 his apparatus or his convenieuce.
GRINDING.
In grinding the cane, the rollers, three in
number, are usually placed in a horixontal
position, and are so arranged that the stalks
pass first between the first and second, then
between the second and third, so that they
are at first strongly compressed, then crushed
quite dry.
* CLARIFYING,
Many articles are used for this purpose ;
lime most commonly, since in its effect it is at
least equal to any other, and is decidedly tho
cheapest. The most serious objection to it is
that it colors the juice a dark red, but by
chemical means this effect may be counter,
acted. The quality of lime to be used must
in every instance be ascertained by experiment.
In using it, put the proper quantity, well pul
verized into the bucket of juice, stirring it
thoroughly, then empty this into the juice
which is to be clarified. It is best to clarify
the juice before it is poured into the kettle in
which it is to be boiled, for the following rea
sons :
1. The lime causes the heavier impurities
to descend ; when the juice may be drawn off,
without disturbing these impurities, through
a faucet placed one or two inches above the
bottom of the clarifier.
2. If the juice is boiled immediately, these
impurities cannot sink and consequently will
remaiu in riie syrup.
3. Boiling the juice immediately allows no
opportunity to remove the red tinge imparted
by the lime. Light impurities which rise to
the surface while boiling, must be skimmed
off.
BLEACHING.
If clarified by lime the juice is clear and
void of apparent impurities, but of a reddish,
hue, dark or light, in proportion to the quan
tity of lime used. To remove this, it is cus>«
tomary to use sulphurous acid gas, which is
forced through the juice, or liquid bi sulphite
of lime, which is poured in as the lime is. In
each instance the effect is the same. The sul
phurous acid, pure, or the excess of the same
ingredient in the bi sulphite, unites with the
lime, forming a solid sulphate of lime, which
sinks, leaving the juice its natural almost col
orless appearance. Preparations of sulphur
are not now to be obtained, but carbonic acid
gas, has an affinity for lime even greater
than the sulphurous acid. Although this
would be too dangerous to use in a sugar
house it may be used in the open air with
impunity. Any substance having an affinity
for lime, and forming with it a solid, insolu
ble substance, will serve the purposes as fully
as sulphurous gas.
BOILING.
In sugar houso3 the kettles are set in arched
brick work, and so arranged that a fire being built
in a furnace under the smallest, will pass under
the others in regular succession and escape beyond
the largest. The juice is first put into the largest
kettle, which is most distant from tho fire, and as
the syrup in the smallest is cooked and drawn off,
it is poured from one to another, boiling more
violently with each transfer, until in its turn it
reaches the smallest and last of the set. No posi
tive rule cau no laid down as t.o tho manner of
judging when the syrup is sufficiently cooked.—
Negroes claim that it presents a rough, sandy ap
pearance, when it is in a state to be thrown into
the coolers, but this the writer has never been able
to detect. One evidence which ho deems it not
unsafe to trust is that the syrup will fall from the
skimmer in sheets, and strings instead of drops.
But as to this, each planter must be guided by his
own experience.
, COOLING.
Tho -yrup should not b® allowed to cool too fast.
The crystal of the sugar, or In common parlance
the grain, is larger and more perfect, and a greater
proportion of the mass will erystalize, when it is
made to cool slowly. It is a chemical principal
that slight jarring will expedite crystalization,
and sugar makers take advantage of this, by dis
turbing the surface of the cooling syrup, at inter
vals of a few minutes, with a slender paddle.—
Complaint is made that Sorghum will not granu
late, evon with this agitation. If this be the ease,
there is another chemical principle, equally as
well known u3 the one just mentioned, which may
be applied. Any thing which may erystalize, but
exhibits no tendency so do so, may be made to
with a little assistance, and when once begun it
needs assistance no longer. The manner in which
to render the necessary assistance is simple. Mix
a small quantity of sugar with sufficient water to
dissolve it, aud boil this With the syrup. This
will undoubtedly granulate, and unless chemistry
is at fault, will communicate the granulating ten
dency to the particles with which it is in contact,
and thus may cause the whole mass to granulate.
This last is given, however, more as a suggestion
than a direction, as the writer has not seen it tried.
Shall we Re-Capture Atlanta ?—ln view
of the effect the capture of Atlanta will have, at
the north, both in checking the growing peace
sentiment, and rendering more easy the enforce
ment of the odious draft, the Macon Telegraph
urges tho importance of an effort immediately to
recapture Atlanta. Its article is thus concluded :
“To the Government wo look, in this emer
gency, for that vigor of action which it has dis
played on former occasions. If it will make the
effort, the people and soldiery will support it to
the utmost extent of their power. We expect it
to essay the recapture of Atlanta, for we believe
that it i3 aware of its importance both in a strate
gic and political light, and with this belief we pa
tiently await the development of the plans of those
in authority without offering a word of censure.
It must be done shortly, or the hour for action will
have passed away with the first fruits of winter.”
How to Treat the Yankees. —Believing as
we do that the war of subjugation is virtually
over, we deem it not improper to make a few sug
gestions relative to the treatment of Yankees after
the war is over. Our soldiers know how to treat
them now, but then a treatment will be
necessary.
The Yankee is a cute animal, and is no more
to be trusted in times of peace than in war. Tho
regular down easter will not be killed in this war,
but will live and flourish like a green bay tree,
swindling all with whom he comes in contact.
He must be watched, and every -effort to ingrati
ate himself into our favor be repulsed. Os course,
we will be told that he was a peace man all the
time and bitterly opposed to the war!
In fact, it would not surprise us to be told that
he had been a strong secessionist, and had lo3t
all his property on account of his Southern pro
clivities. He will tell as big a lie as possible,
and many of us will be fools enough to believe
him, unsuspecting, credulous Southerners that
are! Unless we determine in advance to have
nothing to do with the fanatical hords after oar
brave soldiers are done whipping them, our de
fence will have been in vain. Like the locusts, or
rather like the lice which afflicted the Eyptians they
will swarm over our beautiful South, and attempt
to foist upon us their moral destroying isms which
have made them what they are—the reproach of
the world. God grant that when General Lee is
done with them in the East, and they are whipped
everywhere else, as we believd they will be before
the winter months set in, we may have such a
peace as will forever rid us not only °\ pres
ence, but of the very sight of Abolitionists.
[ Wy(hextile Dispatch.
The Wav “Patriotic Negroes ark Existed
at New Orleans.— The following item of news
from New Orleans, August 2, we take from the
New York Herald of August 23 :
Emancipation day was celebrated yesterday, and
while they were enjoying themselves hugely the
military authorities made a raid upon the able
bodied colored man fit to become soldiers, and ab
ruptly terminated their pleasure by marching
them off to the barracks, where colored candi
dates for military glory and renown are forced to
congregate. A regiment of cavalry is on duty
now, making further raids upon colored men.
