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Change of Schedule*
Or MO* EsaiKSi* AND ScrKRINTXNDKNT \
Charleeton and Savannah Railroad. >
Charleston, June 7,1864.)
,iN THURSDAY, Juno 0,1864, and until further
yj notidc, tho Schedule of the Passenger train will
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston ...9.45, a. m.
Arrive in Savannah .6.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah 5.30, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and die Central Railroad at the Junction, j
H. 8. HAINES, |
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent. !
Change ol Schedule.
i\N and after Sunday, Juno 19th, the Trains on
' the duseogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
i.enve Columbus .6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon... 8 10 P. M
Arrive at Columbus.: 4 25 A. K.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leavo Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLARK.
mar 19 ts Supt,. Muscogee R, R.
Tiirougli to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY A WEST POINT
KALLKOAi) COMPANY.
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COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train pn
the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leavo 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.
Arrivo at Mon'gomery at 3:00 p. in.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Tram leaves Columbus at 5:40 a m.
Arrives . at 8:27 pm
D. 11. CRAM, Sup’t x Eng.
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MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
(iltna: OF SCIIEIII LE.
Girakd, Ala., Aug. 22,1864.
ON and after this date Trains ou this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excopted,) as follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at ...3 00 p.m.
Arrive iu Union Springs .*..7 30
Leave Union Springs .....5 35 a. in.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00
Freight Train.
Leavo Girard at 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
aglß ts . Eng, ii Sup’t.
THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent*
(At Mulford’s old Stand,)
IsTO- 101, ST.
HAS M SUE Oil EfflAH
SlieetingM, Shirtings.
Twills, Tarns, Kinseys,
¥,agnaray Cofifee,
Tobacco, Rice,
Nails of ail sizes,
&c., &c., &>c»
jul27tf ___
aw Wilt!! H WIIS!!!
ttooimiCß & co.,
' BROAD STREET,
now opening a splendid assortment of
MB 11 P* IP WIIS.
FRESH FROM EUROPE’ via Bermuda, which
they will sell cheap for cash. aug27— lm
"STESS £,!»[«"EXCIS AX «E I
i FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
A for sale in sums to suit purchasers bx
aglti t; BANK OF COLUMBUS.
RIaAFKSHITH WAITED!
CTFADY' EMPLOYMENT and liberal wages.
scplO 2 A r b at EAGLE FACTORY.
RUNAWAY!
V EGRO boy Oil ARLEY; about 25 years old, yel
l\ low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intolli -once ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson's near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a
Mr. Brqwn. a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides iu Tuskegce, Ala. 110 originally esmo from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
foj- his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
information sent to me at this office.
JAMES M. lUTSSELL.
JJolumbu’s Ga., aug 1 ts *
Confederate Knives and
Forks.
WE are manufacturing at our Works in this city
\\ a good article of KNIVES AND FORKS in
largo quantities, which we offer to the public low
lor CASH. - ~
-ALSO
ihoe Makers aud Saddlers Tools,
of every description. Shoe Pegs, Steel Trusses,
Spatulas, Butcher Knives, &c., &c.
The attention of Quartermasters, Commissaries,
and Medical Purveyors, throughout tho Confeder
acy is specially invited to the above with wliouwwe
desire to make contracts.
, references:
Major F. W. Dillard, Columbus, Ga.
Surgeon W. H. Prioleau, Macon, Ga.
Surgeou 11. Potts, Montgomery, Ala.
HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Columbus, Ga., September 1,1564.
Mobile Register, Augusta Constitutionalist, and
Charleston Courier please copy one month and send
bill to t his office.
FOR SLA LE!
A GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse.
Apply to
R. B. MURDOCH,
sop 2—ts or, at this office.
S3O Steward.
IWILL pay the above reward for 808, a black
boy, about 24 years old. iiehas been out three
or four weeks, aud is supposed to be lurking about
he city. J NO. H. BASS.
jf 4tf
Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’
TOOXji^.
THE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
manuiacture of the above named articles in this
city, are prepared to fill orders tor the same.
Office on Angle street, a few doors above C. S.
hospital. HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Reference—Mai. F. W. Dillard.
Mobilo Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con
stitutionalist, please copy one month and sen! bills
to this office,
mar 30 ts
m P« k BLANK BOOLS
FOB. SAlj£l!
WHE have for sale 49 reams ol Letter Paper, and
m 2,000 small Pocket Blauk Books, at Wholesale
or Retail. Paper, SSO per Ream; Blank Books, $l5O
retail, 75 cts. wholesale. Apply at
ag6jf THIS OFFICE.
JCm v/*jL Jir
To Planters and Others !
IH WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
I Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I
will be found at Robinett & Go’s old stand, where I
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. WRIGHT.
june 2 if
JJ! I pf •US- -$■
Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREA & CO. Proprietors..., r.jr„ w. WAR REA, Editor
Aotice.
Headquarters Post,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 12, 1364.
[Extraet.]
Orders, )
No. 4. i
I. To prevent straggling from the army too strin
gent measures cannot be adopted. Hereafter guards
will be stationed on the Rail Road Trains, to and
from tho city, whose duty' it shall be to examine the
papers of all soldiers and citizens. It having been
! ascertained that deserters frequently wear citizens
dress, it is necessary that every one be provided
with proper vouchei^.
11. Emissaries and spies of the enemy having
ensy 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 A Sirivd R
R. passes for thirty [3o] days will be granted.
111. All officers and soldiers remaining in Colum
bus over six [6] hours will require a Pass from these
Headquarters.
By command of
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Colonel Comd’g Post.
S. Isidore Guillot, Lt. and Ass’t Post Adj’t.
gep!3 3t
Notice!
Enrolling Office, Muscogre County, 1
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 13th, 1864. j
In compliance with General Orders, No. 15, da
ted Headquarters Georgia Reserve, Macon, Sopt.
Ist, 1864, all detailed men of this county not al
ready organized into companies, will report to
these Hoa !quarters on Tuesday, tho 20th iast., 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
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WIL-Sun and Enquirer copy
Battle-Field Relief Association
of Columbus, Ga.
All who are disposed to contribute articles neces
sary for tho relief of the sick and wounded in the
Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at
Goodrich & Co’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev
ery Tuesday and Friday, when they will be for
warded to and dispensed by our Comm:,tee there.
W. H. YOUNG, Presd’t.
_ C. G. Holmes, Sec’y. ag23tf
A GOOD INVESTMENT!
A Desirable Residence in Wynnton,
FOE^SALE,
I OFFER, for sale tho place where I now reside.
containing fifty seven acres of land, about half
cleared, the b dance with wood sufficient to supply
a family. A good and well built house, with five
rooms; good kffehen, with three rooms; smoke
house; barn, stable and carriage house; a well of
excellent water, and a fine young Peach orchard.
Two or three good negroes will be taken in part
payment. Posse sion given immediately if desired.
Apply to me on the place or at the store of Stanford
& Cos., opposite the Agency of the State Bank.
sepl4 lw JORDAN L, HOWELL.
Us fill Hi MOW!
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TILE Columbus Chemical Soap and Candie 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, h and 1 pound Bars
CHEMICAL “ i “ 1 «
ROSIN “ 1 “ “
FANCY & TOILET SOAP.
—ALSO, —
CHEMICAL CANDLES;
TALLOW “
• LIROU & BROOKS,
WHOLESALE AGENTS,
140, f»BA*a4l Street,
| _?pl4 3t .
FOR SALE.
A HOUSE and LOT, situated North of the North
Cummers on the corner of Troup and City Mill
i streets: Said Lot contains half acre, with a good
new dwelling house with two rooms; kitchen with
j two rooms; a very superior well of. water—hard
l ly equalled in the vicinity of the city, and a large
; garden. Everything new and in good order. For
; further particulars apply to me on the premises.
! sp!3 lm J. J. BORING.
WAITED! '
BY a Lady Refugee from New Orleans, a situa
tion as Daily Governess in a family, in or near
the city, to give Instruction in English and Music,
together with the rudiments of French. A few Mu
sic scholars desired, and will instruct them at their
homes. References given if required.
Apply to THOS. SHIVERS,
seplO 6t* Cook’s Hotel.
Aotice!
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
be brought over and mailed, if parties will have me
I addressed at Monroe, or Shreveport, La.
THOS. WELLS,
Regular Letter Carrier for Gibson’s Brigade.
spiff td __
* FOR SAIaE !
o 000
j CARTRIDGE-BOX TINS.
2 000 GRO?S AssorteJ Size3.
i splO 6t GUNBY & CO.
coiißi nut Mm i
| THE Exercises of this Institution will be resumed
1 on the Ist Monday in October, under the contin
t uca 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. YVILLCOX, Sec’y.
spl2 ts ' Board of Trustees.
FOR SALE !
820 Acres of Land on the Mobile &
. Girard Kail Road,
FORTY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one
and a half from Station No. 5; about 180 acres
opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, with good
water, gin house, Ac. Apply to Messrs Lllis, «lav
ingston A Co. f for terms. TO _ MW T
sps lm* D C FREEMAN, Jr.
WANTED!
r AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
O,UUU will be paid. APP£W DILLARD
sp7 ts Major and Q. M,
SELECTSCHOOL.
MRS. W S MARBLE will re-open her School, on
Forsyth street, Monday. Oct. 3d.
Tuition SIOO 00 Der Scholastic year.
sepl3 2w
SUGAR KETTLES AND MILLS!
them bv forwarding their orders can
have them filled immediately. We are still taking
orders for Sugar MUls. JQHN D GRAT * CO .
Columbus, Ga Saturday Moraing, September 17,1864.
Friday Evening.
Special Correspondence of the Times.
I Arrival of the first Train of Exiles—What they
i have to soy about Atlanta and Gen. Sher
man’s movements—Correspondence between
Sherman an i Rood — Gen. Sherman's Order.
Lovkjot’s Station, Sept. 14th, 1864.
The first installment of Atlanta exiles, driv
en from their homes by the heartless order of
Sherman, arrived within our lines yesterday.
They filled with their furniture &c., some fif
teen box cars, and, notwithstanding quite a
fatiguing trip all the way from Atlanta to
t Lovejoy in wagons, seemed in a very good
I state of preservation.
Among those who came through upon this
first trip, there are not more than two or three
families of any wealth—the balance comprise
families in rather limited circumstances.
They were allowed to bring all their slaves
; who were willing to leave, and most of them
found no difficulty in inducing their servants
; to follow them. From them I learned that
General Slocum, the Commandant of the Post,
j had his quarters in Mr. Dabney’s fine house;
i and that General Sherman, who entered the
! city for the first time last Thursday, had es
tablished himself iu Mr. Neil’s splendid resi
dence near Abe City Hall.
Sutlers and others, had brought into the
city quite a large amount of goods of all
kinds, and were driving a brisk trade. Sugar
was selling at fifteen cents per pound for
greenbacks.
Large amounts* of Commissary and Quar
termasters stores were also being brought in
daily, and ail the large stores and warehouses
were being rapidly filled.
Tho Yankee troops in the city were admira
bly disciplined, and but few outrages of any
kind had been committed in the city proper.
Around upon the suburbs some robberies had
occurred, but, altogether, the people had not
been molested as much as was expected.
The Yankee field transportation was in a
deplorable condition, and the mules used in
the conveyance of the exiles to Rough and
Ready, were almost worn down to skeletons.
This would go to prove that the frequent in
terferences with their railroads had began to
tell upon their stock. Some of the Yankee
teamsters told our people, that .they could not
have managed to keep up their teams two
weeks longer had Atlanta been held.
These statements, coming as they do, have
to be taken with many grains of allowances.
Some of Gen, Sherman's staff officers who
pretended to be posted in future military
movements, informed a very intelligent ex
ile, that Sherman’s plan of operation, after
resting his troops, would be to send out three
columns, — one upon Augusta, one upon Ma
con and the other upon Columbus or Mont
gomery.
The truce of ten days, commencing upon
Monday morning and ending upon Thursday
morning next at daylight, is not a general ar
mistice, as was at first supposed by many.
It embraces only the Station at Rough and
Ready and a circumference of two miles. I
enclose you herewith a copy of some addi
tional correspondence between Generals Sher
man and Hood upon the subject of the exile
order, and embracing quite a wide field of col
lateral issues.
The letter of Gen. Sherman, is about equal to
his active, brilliant and epistolary effusions; and
they should all be preserved by his admiring coun
trymen as a specimen of what a General can do
when he tries. Just think of a man pretending
to be a cultivated gentleman, fusing such slang
expressions as “tell this to the marines and not to
me,” in a document which is to become part and
parcel of the history of his country.
Gen. Hood's reply, which I.will forward to
morrow, although chaste in language, and quite
correct in its deductions, enters too much into de
tails, and I think he exhibits weakness, in allow
ing Sherman to draw him into a discussion not
germane to the question; and upon matters which
have long since been ably argued and settled in
our legislative halls. He should have dismissed
him in a veryjEew words.
I enclose yourtilso, Sherman’s order in reference
to the truce. OUTLINE.
Arrival of more Exiles—The Rumors they briny —
The Columbus Battle Field Relief Committee.
Lovejoy's Station, Sept. 15,1864.
The arrival of the second shipment of Atlanta
exiles was about the only occurrence which dis
turbed the quiet dullness of yesterday.
The arrivals comprised mostly women and chil
dren, to the amount of about five hundred—the
males preferring, in most cases, to remain within
the Yankee lines.
From some of them I learned that it was cur
rently rumored in Atlanta, and believed by the
Yankee authorities, that a money train had been
captured by Southern guerillas near Cartersville
Station on the Georgia State Pvoad.
This rumor is more likely a ruse gotten up by
the Yankee authorities, to quiet the army upon
the subject of pay long since due them, although
it is not altogether improbable. It was also ru
mored in Atlanta that Forrest was in the rear.—
This straw indicates that they are not altogether
confident of the stability of their line of commu
nication. One thing is certain they do not pray
more fervently against the coining of the “Wizard
of the Saddle” than this army and people do fer
his going.
The Relief Committees, your noble Columbus
j Committe among the number, which have been
| stationed at Griffin since the retreat, have been
ordered below. The Columbus Committee will
return home with their car for the present.
In this connexion let me say that I have watch
j ed the career of these committees closely and can
I testify cheerfully to their immense usefulness. —
The amount of good they have effected in rrinis
’ tering to the wants of the sick and wounded from
Marietta to this point is incalculable. They de
serve the gratitude of the army and country. I
have dropped in on several occasions upon the
members of the Columbus Committee, several of
whom are old personal friends, and have universal
j ly found them with shirt sleeves rolled up work
| ing away arranging soups and other delicacies for
the soldiers. Their position is no sinecure, and I
I could not at times, withhold a smile, at the vim
and ease with which Messrs. Goodrich, Wood,
Brann&n and others went into the work of cutting
up vegetables and meats. One wonld imagine that
they had served an apprenticeship at some first
class restaurant; and the savory odours which
were wafted from time to time from steeming pots,
; made me often wish myself a subject for their es
pecial care and attention. God speed the Relief
! Committees in their various journeyings say I,
and I ask sincely for His special protection of the
members of the model Columbus Committee.
I enclose you, according to promise, Gen. Hood’s
| roply to Sherman’s last letter.
OUTLINE.
Army Correspondence of the
Savannah Republican.
Richmond, Sept. 9, 18G4.
Grant calls for one hundred thousand more
men—only one hundred thousand—to finish
up the rebellion at once. Two millions and
more have been mustered into the armies ot
the North, of whom hundreds of thousands
now sleep in the soil of the land they iuvaded,
or creep about their homes ou crutches aud
with enfeebled frames, while only a small
remnant of the multitudinous host confronts
us on the field of battle. This vast army has
not been found sufficient for the work in hand.
At first the famous “anaconda’ - principle was
tried; these immense forces were scattered
over the country, and an effort made to en
velope us in their folds aud crush us to death.
This plan having failed, the policy at present
relied on its concentration, the massing to
gether of the Federal armies, and an attempt
to reach particular points supposed to be
vital. In order to carry out this policy, it
was found necessary to abandon the Trans-
Mississippi country, to give up nearly the
whole of the States of Mississippi and Ten
nessee, and to withdraw entirely from the
mainland of the Atlantic States, except in
Georgia and Virginia. And even in those
States they hold in the one only James river,
the waters around Fortress Monroe and Nor
folk, and the ground on which they stand at
Petersburg; and in the other, only Atlanta
and the line of railway leading from thence to
to Chattanooga.
Their present policy has been crowned with
success at Atlanta only. In Virginia it has
cost the United States 125,000 men in four
months, without bringing them any nearer to
success, and in the Red river country it has
proved a bloody and disastrous failure. No
Yankee foot now treads the soil of the great
State of Texas, and Arkansas, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina
and North Carolina, except along the sea
coast and some of the rivers, are almost equal
ly free from the presence of the foe.
But suppose Grant gets the 300,000 men
for whom he frantically calls—2oo,ooo of
whom are to bo distributed along the rail ways
river3, and 100,000 to be placed in the field
for offensive operations—what then? Will
these one hundred thousand men enable him
to capture Richmond and reach Macon? If
they do, will the occupation of these points
be followed by the results which he seems to
anticipate? -Having succeeded thus tar, will
he not then find it necessary to revert to the
original plan and distribute the remaining
remnant of his forces throughout the country,
in order to hold it? Perhaps he may consider
Mac cm and Richmond as vital points, the
holding of which will so far disable us as to
render the subjugation of the people and the
confiscation of their property an easy mat
ter. If such are his hopes, then they are des
tined to be disappointed. The truth is, the
South, like Milton’s archangel, ha3 no vital
point, but is instinct, with equal life and resis
tance throughout all its members aud parts,
and “cannot, but by annihilating,' die.”—
The possession by the enemy of Macon, Au
gusta, or Richmond, would be a serious mis
fortune, but not an irreparable, disaster. In
such an event, our lines of communication
would be cut and our armies separated from
each other, but the parts, still retaining the
principle of vitality and the means of subsist
ence, would continue to fight on as heretofore.
When Vicksburg and the Mississippi river
passed into the hands of cur enemies, the
faint hearted believed we were totally undone;
and yet the loss of the farther of waters has
been a slight misfortune to us and a doubtful
benefit to them ; while the Confederate army,
on its western side, has not only been able to
hold its ground, but has actually driven the
invader out of the country.
But if Grant increases his army we must
increase ours also. If he brings 300,000 fresh
men into the field, we must bring at least half
of that number. How are we to do this? By
calling out every detailed man that can be
spared, and placing a disabled soldier in his
place, by sending to the field all able-bodied
men in the Quartermaster’s, Subsistence and
Medical Departments of the army whose duty
can be performed by men who have lost an
arm or a leg iu the service, substituting col
ored tor white drivers, and by revoking the
exemptions of the greater part of the six or
seven thousand civil officers in each one of the
' Slates of the Confederacy. There are many
men hid away ifi all the departments, civi
and military, both of the Confederate and
State Governments ; and there is hardly a
General or Field Officer in the army, or a
major quartermaster or commissary, surgeon,
! military court, ordnance, or signal officer, who
! is not protecting or keeping out of service
-some relation or friend, contrary to the laws
of Congress and the Army Regulations.
Here is work for the Press.. Some of the
. best friends of the Press do not believe that
| it has done its duty the last two years as it did
j the first two year3 ot the war. Some of the
; numbers have grown querulous and censorious
: and are given to finding fault and sowing the
seeds of dissension. They no longer speak of
j the mistakes of government and commanding
i officers as one friend should speak of another
of his errors. They do not mean to be fac
tious, or to cripple or embarrass those in au
thority : yet such is the natural effect of their
j course. By returning to its former patriotic
! policy; by exercising its ingenuity to find a
good motive, rather than assign a bad one for
the actions of those from whom it differs ; by
abstaining alike from unmerited praise as
; well as undue censure; by criticising with
i candor and justice, and pointing out the er
rors of public men with a view to the correc
: tion of them rather than for the purpose of
finding fault—by pursuing a course of this
j kind, the Press may accomplish incalculable
good, add much to the effective strength of i
1 our military estab 1 : and do much to
repair the injury which certain well meaning
but indiscreet journals in different parts of the
country have done to the. army of Tennessee.
These journals atone time allowed themselves
to become the organs of particular officers in
that army, andpermitted their correspondents
1 in the field to heap fulsome praise upon their
favorites, while they pursued others with an
! sparing pens. In this way the seeds of dis
cord were planted iu the army, modest merit
was overlooked, ihe ambition of incompetent
men to command the army unduly stimulated,
ana the General commanding brought into
disrepute, and his wisest combinations often
: frustrated.
■ I might here reproduce a remark made by
i Gen. Lee. whose moderation is well kuown, !
$5.00 Per Month
in regard to the class of newspapers referred
| to ; but the remark may not have been intend
jed for the public, and I refrain. I would not
j have you think, however, that I desite to read
j any portion of the Press a lecture ; on the con
trary, Ido not feel guiltless myself. It is be
cause I mean to practice my own precepts ;
and because lam connected with the Press,
| and interested in its success and the great
cause it has done so much to uphold, that I
* have ventured to speak thus plainly. The
| Press should be patient and just, and at all
times fearless and independent.
P. W. A.
Sherman’s Order of Exile.
Headq'rs Militart Division op the Miss’ippi, 1
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 4, 1864. j
Special Field Orders, {
No. 67. j
I. The City of Atlauta being exclusively requir
ed for warlike purposes, will at once be vacated by
all except the Armies of the United States and
such civilian employees as may be retained by the
proper Departments of Government.
11. The Chief Quartermaster, Col. Easton, will
at once take possession of buildings of all kinds
and of all staple articles, such as cotton, tobacco,
Ac., and will make such dispositions of them as
are required by existing Regulations, or such or
ders as he may receive from time to time from tho
proper authorit. s.
111. The Chiet Engineer will promptly roconnoi
ter the city and suburbs, aud indicate the sites
needed for the permanent defenses of the place,
together with any houses, or other buildings that
stand in his way, that they may be set apart for
destruction. Col. Easton will then, on consulta
tion with the proper officers of the Ordnance,
Quartermaster, Commissary, Medical and Railroad
Departments, set aside such buildings and lots of
ground as will be needed fbr them, and [have them
suitably marked and set apart; he will then, in
consultation with Generals Thomas and Slocum,
set apart such as may bo necessary to the proper
administration of the military duties of the De
partment of the Cumberland and of the Post of
Atlanta; and all buildings and materials not thus
embraced, will be held subject to the use of the
Government as may hereafter arise, according to
the just Rules of the Quartermaster’s Department.
IV. No General, Staff or other officer, or any
soldier, will on any pretense occupy any house or
shanty, unless it be embraced iu the limits assign
ed as the camp of the troops, to which such Gen
eral or Staff belongs; but the Chief Quartermaster
may allow the troops to use boards, shingles or
materials of buildings, barns, sheds, warehouses
and shanties not needed by the proper Departments
of Government, to be used in the reconstruction
of such quarters and bivouacs as the troops and
officers serving with them require, and he will also
provide, as early as practicable, tho proper allow
ance of tents for the use of the officers aud men in
their encampments.
V. In proper time, just arrangements will b«
made for the supply to the troops of all articles
they may need, over and above the clothing, pro
visions, <fce., furnished by Government, and on no
pretense whatever, will traders, manufacturers or
sutlers bo allowed to settle in the limits of tho for
tified places, and if they manage to come, in spite
of thi3 notice, the Quartermaster will seize their
stores and appropriate them to the use of tho troops
and deliver the parties, or other unauthorized citi
zens, who thus place their individual interest above
that of the United States, in tho hands of some
1 Provost Marshall to be put to labor on the Forts,
or conscripted into one of the Regiments or Batte
ries already in service.
VI. The same general principles will apply to
all Military Posts, south of Chattanooga.
By order of Major General W. T. Sherman.
L. M. DAYTON,
Aid-de-Canap.
Official.
THK EXODUS.
In accordance with tho foregoing order from
General Sherman, the exodas of the inhabitants of
Atlanta began on Monday morning. A large
number of them have arrived in Macon and ex
cited by their presence, a great deal of sympathy
and curiosity from their many visitor*. Amongst
the most prominent citizens who havo arrived Lera
are Mr. James Clark and family and Mr. Sidney
Root’s family. These refugees report that a great
deal of suffering and distress exists in the city,
the general condition of which is represented as
being terrible.
The citizens who come South are not permitted
to bring any household stuff of any consequence,
the quantity being very limited, whilst those who
have chosen to go North cany* what they wish.—
The negroes, with but few exceptions, have elected
to remain with the Yankees. Ihere was no doubt
entertained on this point, by every one who had
any good sense, that they would do so, when tho
opportunity occured, henco there is little surprise
created by the announcement, and little sympathy
extended to those who unwisely kept their male
servants in such a dangerous locality.
Tho removal will occupy the entire period of the
Armistice, and as a large number of persona have
concluded to go North, doubtless the removal will
continue during a longer period than the truce.—
We learn that Sherman’s order has been extended
to all the towns and villages in the military occu
pation of the Yankee army. Thus he is determin
ed to depopulate and desolate the country in his
rear. The people in the villages and towns-along
the State Road being thus subjected to the bar
barous command of expatriation will soon be i»
our midst or else be sent North, either of which 1
conditions must be a great calamity to then: in the
present condition of the country.
On account of this extension of the order a large
number of people are expected from Marietta and
tho various places above, by their friends, who
are awaiting them. *
This expatriation policy of Sherman merits the
condemnation of civilized nations. It is the very
summit of brutality, and could only have been in
vented by a fiend whose soul is stamped with the
devil’s own hideous image. In it, we see revived
the most barbarous principle of - war that bas ever
disgraced the most uncivilized nations of earth,
together with his favorite principle, that destruc
tion aud annihilation is the object of war, the bar
barism is perpetrated with the cold hearted pur
pose and action of an executioner. — Intelligencer.
(Special Army Correspondence of the Rebel.)
From tUe Front.
Lovejoy Station, Sept. 14, 1864.
The banished citizens from Atlanta, continue to j
arrive. Some five hundred families have already
j came through. Many of them report the most j
I deplorable condition of the Atlanta populace.—
! About one half of the population elected to go to j
: Tennessee, andthe rest were coming, and prepar
ing to come South. Scarcly any of them saved
I anything but a few articles of elothing and furni
ture—the remainder of the household goods bav
-1 ; D g been sacrificed to the insatiable Moloch of in
vasion. The Federal soldiery, though not per- j
mitted to commit personal outrage, were insulting
to a degree. One venerable lady relates that a
Cerolean shouted to her on the street, in unmis
takable New England twang:
* “Where you going—North ?”
“No sir—seen enough of the North—wc are
going South !”
“Then you are going to II —1” ejaculated the po- j
, lite puppy.
“Well,” was the redoubtable dame’s rejoinder—
“if we do, old Sherman will have a chance to flank
us out of it, for he is mighty certain to get there
first 1”
j Sherman, with characteristic cunning, would
permit none of the younger men of town to come
; South of his lines, and ordered them all in the op
posite direction.
The yatkees told the exiles that Forrest was
in their rear ‘playing the very devil.” Numer
ous reports through the same channel have reach
ed us, of the appearance of Forrest upon Sherman’s
rear line of railway communication, though it may
be, that recent operations of Wheeler have given
rise to these rumors.
Some of tho families who came out were trans
ported by wagons oyer a rongh road, and are
naturally much fatigued and travel stainel from
toilsome pilgrimage. Altogether the procession is
a sad one, reflecting with pathetic eloquence upon
the cowardice and brutality of the Federal com- j
mander at Atlanta who aspires to the dignity of !
i statesman as well as warrior, to say nothing of his ,
contemptible and absi>~ 1 pretensions to epistolory
: destinction. J. H. !
TELEGRAPHIC.
BKFOHTS or THR prhss association.
according to act ol Congress in the year
•K >y •• ® brasher, in tne Clerk's office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Sept. 15th.—The Herald of the l3th
is received. lifty-ono towns in Maine show a net
republican gain of six hondred and-eighty-four.
The largest meeting ever held in Brooklyn, as
sembled on Monday evening to ratify the nomina
tion of McClellan and his letter of acceptance.
A Cairo telegram mentions a report that Get.
Price was recently at Arkadelphia. A dispatch
from Indianapolis announces the capture there of
Quantrell, the Missouri Guerrilla.
Thesteamer A. D. Hane was captured off Hat
teras on Saturday, and the Steamer Eliza captur
ed on the sth inst: vessels and cargo worth a half
million dollars.
The Alexandria, now called the Mary, arrived
at,Halifax on the 12th for repairs.
European dates of the 31st received. It was
rumored in Paris that Napoleon would soon make
another effort to intervene in American affairs.
The Washington Union of the 10th says Lincoln
will probably send commissioners to Richmond, as
it is known that many leading men in Repub
lican party have lately been urging that policy.
Gold market excited and unsettled; closing rates
221.
Petersburg, Sept. 15th.—Warren’s Yankee
corps advanced westward this morning, to Popu
lar Spring Church, two miles from the Weldon
Railroad. The enemy broke through Rutledge’s
lines and were met by Col. and Hearing's
brigade and repulsed. Our loss trifling. The
enemy had commenced fortifying at tho church.
Prisoners state that it was an attempt to advance
their lines in the direction of the South side Rail
Road. All quiet on the balance of the lines. No
shelling and but little picket firing.
Richmond, Sept. 15.—A special to[the Evening
Whig from Petersburg to-day, says, a force of tho
enemy consisting of cavalry and infantry, sup
posed to be a raiding party, advanced from the
Weldon Road this morning.to the vicinity ofPop
lar Springs’ Church, two miles west of the Rail
road, and four miles from the city. Skirmishing
was going on all the morning. No particulars yet
received.
Richmond, Sept. 15. — A letter from an officer in
Lomax s Brigade says wc drove the enemy through
Martinsburg yesterday the 10th, and to day wo
are tearing up the Railroad.
Mrs. Williams, who betrayed Gen. Morgan
at Greenville, Tenn., has, with he? children,
been ordered to leave our lines. Her treach
ery will make her a heroine among the l’an-*
kees, whom she will regale with descriptions
of her base feat, and with the latest news from
Brownlow.
Lord Palmerston has answered, in regard
to the recognition of that the
future character of his government, whether
stable and peaceful, or turbulent and uncer*
tain, must determine England’?course in re
gard to recognition.
♦ ♦ ♦
A rascally batchelor calls the friendship of two
women “always a plot against the third.”
Special Orders.
STATE OF GEORGIA, )
Adj't and Insp’r Gbxkrai/s Office, ,
Milledgevillc, Sept. 12,1864. J
Special Orders, 1
No. 124. i
The Camp at Macon for the Militia, known as
Camp Rescue, is broken up, and the Militia will,
until further orders, report to Major F. W. Capers,
Post Commandant, Milledgoviilo.
Aides-de-Camp, and other officers instructed to
lookup laggards and skulkers, will continue their
duties, notwithstanding tho furlough granted to
the First Division, and send the men forward to
Major Capers, at Milledgevillo.
Men who have failed to come forward promptly
in their country’s hour of need, are not entitled to
indulgencies, and will receive none.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
HENRY C. WAYNE,
Adj’t & Inspector General.
sep 16 It,
To*flic Citizens of Columbus
and Surrounding Country.
Headquarters Post,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 16, 1864.
[Circular.]
I. Citizens of Columbus and the surrounding coun
try are called upon to furnish without delay, One
Thousand [l,ooo] Negroes to work on the fortifica
tions.
11. The number of Negroes that can be furnished
by each person will be given immediately to Capt.
C. A. Redd, Post Q. M,, and the Negroes turned
over to him on Monday morning.
111. Subsistence &c., will be furnished by the
Government, and if the number of negroes required
is not furnished impressment will be resorted to.
By order
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Col. Commanding Post.
J. A. Cody, Post Adj’t.
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IVotice!
Headquarters Post,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 16,1864.
ORDERS,)
No. 5. /
I. The Local and Detailed Companies of this
Post will be Reviewed and Inspected on SAT
URDAY EVENING, 17th inst., at 4 o’clock, on
the South Commons.
11. The Companies will be on the ground, and the
line formed by the Senior Officer present, at 3 1-2
o’clock.
By order
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Col. Comd’g Post.
J. A. Cody, Adj’t.
sep!6 2t
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos.
ON TUESDAY, September 20tb, at 10 1-2 o’clk,
we will sell in front of our store,
DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT,
East of the Muscogee Rail Road Depot;
House is new with 4 good rooms ; Collona
ade in front; Kitchen, Smoke-house, and
good Well of Water. Lot 1-4 acre—a
comfortable residence.
—also —
A VERY FIXE PARLOR MIRROR,
French plate, 3 by 5 ft.
100 REAMS FOOL’S CAP PAPER.
100 Shares Bank es Columbus Stock*
1 GUTTA PERCH A GIN BAND,
40 feet long and 8 inches Wide.
sepl6 4ts2B
By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos.
AN SATURDAY. 17th of September at o’clk.
\J we will sell in front of oar store
Lot Furniture; Smoking Tobacco •
Desirable Hardware; Letter Paper; Sin
gle Buggy Harness; Ladies Shoes ; Fac
tory Jeans; Boots; Mourning Prints,
with other desirable goods.
—ALSO, —
A NEGRO MAN, 35 years old —field
hand.
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