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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. WARBEI, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Saturday Morning, September 17,1864.
Gen. Sherman and Prisoners.
We bad thought, says the Mobile Register, that
, Yankee recklessness of the principles of reason
and of the instincts of humanity had sounded its
profoundest depths, and that that people could go
no farther in provoking the astonishment or excit
ing the indignation of a just public opinion.—
But we are obliged to confess that Gen. Sherman
has gone a bowshot beyond his race in the unblush
ing avowal that he will not talre in exchange
Yankee prisoners whose periods of enlistment have
expired. The Confederate press had charged that
this was the true obstacle to exchanges according
to the cartel, but Lincoln and bis minions have
never had the audacity to avow it. Even “Beast
Butler,” in his reply to Judge Ould, was not bra
zen enough to confess it, but put it on the ground
of the rights of slaves stolen from us and convert
ed into Yankee soldiers. But Sherman boldly lets
the cat out of the bag and will astound the civili
zed world with r'c declaration that the Yankee
government means to allow its soldiers, who hare
offered their blood and their lives to fight for it,
to rot in prison for the rest of the war, for the rea
son that if they are released they will be of no
further use to it. AVas ever heartlessness so coolly
avowed! These prisoners, as men, as fellow-t iti- j
zens of “the best government on earth,” are noth
ing to the Yankee government. Let them lan
guish, suffer, rot and die in prison ; while they
drag out their miserable existence they will em
barrass the rebels,- and when they die, no matter,
we have no further use for them. If the “best
government,” <tc., thus treats its own people and
its brave defenders, pray how will they treat us
rebels if they ever force us to submission?
The people of the North must be the veriest
slnvcs, with necks born for the yoke, if they sub
mit to bo drafted into an army ruled by so cruel
a policy as this. It certainly is not calculated to
facilitato the execution of the draft, or make it
more palatable, that it is known that to he taken
in battle is equivalent to indefinite captivity in a
military prison. We should think, that it
would have a very moving effect on Federal
troops in thojrontof rebel soldiers, inclining them
to run whonover clpse proximity promised the
danger of capture. It surely would seem certain
to those who believe in a superintending Provi
dence of justice afid mercy, that a people who
violate all law?, human and divine, in the prose
cution of an atrocious war of usurpation and sub
jugation, cannot ho allowed to succeed and prosper
in their enterprise. We of the South are certain-,
ly not the most godly people in the religious sense
and we have many national sins to answer for.
but alongside of the demoniacal Yankee race we
may surely in all honesty put np the war prayer
used in the Episcopal service—“ Judge Thou, oh
God, between us and our enemies.”
Lying and Stealing.— Among the most as
tounding “items of recent intelligence from
Yankee land, is the statement that “Brigadier
General Hammond, Surgeon General of the
United States, has been dismissed for lying.”
When it is borne in mind, remarks a con
temporary, that not a General of the United
States service, with the exception of Buell
and McClellan, has done anything but steal
and lie since the war commenced, we are lost in
amazement at the dismissal of Hammond. Is
it only in the Medical Department of the Uni
ted States service that officers are denied the
Universal privilege of lying and stealing?—
From Butler, at Big Bethel, to Hancock, at
Reams’ Station, the Yankee commanders and
Yankee newspapers have never told a solita
ry truth ; and as to stealing, the whole war
uus no other object and no other character.—
The very officers who tried Hammond, had,
in all probability, their carpet-bags stuffed
with silver spoons stolen from Confederate
dwellings, and, possibly, rings upon their lin
gers wrenched from the hands of Confederate
ladies. Uufortunate Hammond! Doubtless
he thought he was in a fair way to become a
If the loss of Atlanta, says the Richmond
Enquirer, shall open the eyes of the people,
and arouse the energy of the Conscript Bu
reau, and destroy the shameful system of fa
voritism which now, under the disguise of
details, not only prevents men from going to
the army, but actually enters the ran its and
takes men out and details them under the
“justice, equity and pecessity plea,” the loss
will eventually prove our great gain.
Just Begun his Work. —The Yankees are
waisting a good deal of gunpowder at the
North, says the Milledgeville Union, in re
joicing over the fall of Atlanta. The Herald
goes into eestacies, and says the victory has
put down the rebellion. It is our opinion that
Sherman has just entered upon the heavy
part ol his work. If we have studied the
people of Middle and Southern Georgiaarigbt,
and if we do not greatly mistake the wisdom
of President Davis, Sherman is yet destined
to meet a bloody defeat in central Georgia.—
His very confidence will yet be his ruin. Be
fore Georgia is overrun and brought into sub
jection to Lincoln's authority, her rivers will
run red with Yankee blood, and the graves of
her foes will billow the land from the Savan
nah to the Chattahoochee. Let the people
be firm and true. A good time is coming as
surely as God reigns in Heaven.
United States Postage. —Parties in the coun
try and in some of the cities of the South, whose
Correspondence requires the use of United States !
postage, are imposed upon by mistaking the old
cancelled stamps for the new stamp which super -
ceeded it more than a year ago. The former is
worthless for the'transportation of postal matter, ;
and the new stamp is alone recognized. Hun
dreds of letters pass through the flag-of-trnce bu
reau with the worthless stamp upon them, and
of course they are ‘'dead letters” upon reaching ;
Richmond. Certain parties are trafficking in the
cancelled stamp, we understand, and this para
graph is intended to put the public on its guard j
against the deception. It is bad enough to have i
to pay a Confederate dollar for a three cent United
States postage Stamp, without getting a bad one j
in the bargain. The genuine United States stamp
is almost square in shape, with the bust of Wash
ington in the centre, “U. S. postage” at the top,
“Three cents,” at the bottom, the figure “3” on
the two upper, and the letters “U. S.” on the two
lower corners.
From the Front.— A letter from Fayette, Ga.,
dated September 6tb, states that the Yankees have
passed quite a distance down the West side of Flint
River, stripping the houses of every thing. The
bridges are all burnt on Flint River above Flat
Shoals, which is a great inconvenience to the citi
zens and very little advantage to the army.
It is stated that the losses during the bombard
ment of Atlanta will reach $5,000,000 worth of
real estate, embracing 47 houses burnt. There
were 497 persons killed, and 691 wounded.
Sherman seized on and sent North every bale
of cotton in Atlanta, to the credit of the United
States Treasury.
The Atlanta Exiles.
Continuation of the Correspondence between Gens.
Hood and Sherman.
The following is a continuation of the cor
respondence between Gen. Hood, command
ing the Army of Tennessee, and Major Gea.
Sherman, commanding U. 3. Forces at At
lanta :
Hkadquabtees Military Division "j -
or the Mississippi, >-
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 9, ’64. J
Gen. J. B. Hood: . -
Commanding Army Tennessee—Confederate
Army.
General: I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of yonr letter of this date, at the
hands of Messrs. Ball and Crew, consenting to
the arrangements I bad proposed to facilitate
the removal South of the people of Atlanta,
who prefer to go in that direction. I enclose
you a copy of my orders, which will, I am
satisfied, accomplish my purpose perfectly.
You style the measures proposed “anprece*
degted” and appeal to the dark history of war
for a parallel, as an act of “studied and in
genious cruelty.” It is not unprecedented, for
Gen. Johnbton himself, Very wisely and prop
erly, removed the families all the way from
Dalton down, and I see no reason why Atlanta
should be excepted.
Nor is it necessary to appeal to the dark
History of War, when recent modern examples
are so handy. You yourself burned dwelling
houses along your parapet and I have seen to
day fifty houses that you haVe rendered unin
habitable because they stood in the way of
your forts and men. You defended Atlanta
on a line so close to town that every cannon
shot, and many musket balls from our line of
investment that overshot their mark, went into
the habitations of women and children. Gen.
Hardee did the same at Jonesboro, and Gen.
Johnston did the same last summer at Jack
son, Miss. I have not accused you of heart
less cruelty, but merely instance these cases
of very recent occurrence, and could go on
and enumerate hundreds of others and chal
lenge any fair man to judge which of us has
the heart of pity for the families of a brave
people.
I say that it is a kindness to these families
of Atlanta to remove them now, at once from
the scenes that women and children should not
be exposed to, and the “brave people” should
scorn to commit their wives and children to
the rude barbarians who thus, as you say,
violate the laws of war, as illustrated in the
pages of its dark History.
In the name of common sense I ask you not
to appeal to a just God in such a sacriligious
manner. You, who in the midst of peace and
prosperity have plunged a nation into war,
dark and cruel war, who dared and badgered
us to battle, insulted our flag, seized our
arsenals and forts that were left in the honor
able custody of a peaceful ordnance sergeant,
and seized and made prisoners of war, the
very garrisons sent to protect your people
against Negroes and Indians
Long before any overt act was committed
by the, to you, hateful Lincoln Government,
you tried to force Kentucky and Missouri into
rebellion spite of themselves, falsified the vote
of Louisiana, turned loose your pirates to
plunder unarmed ships, expelled Union
families by thousands, burned their homes,
and declared by an act of your Congress the
confiscation of all debts due northern men for
goods had and received.
Talk thus to Marines, but not to me, who
have seen these things, and who will this day
make as much sacrifice for the peace and hon
or of the South, as the best born Southron
among you. If we must be enemies let us be
men, and fight it out as we propose to do, and
not deal in such hypocritical appeals to God
and humanity. God will judge us in due time,
and he will pronounce whether it will be more
humane to fight with a town full of women
and the families of a brave people at our
backs, or to remove them in time, to places of
safety among their own friends and people.
1 am, very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
(Signed) W. T. SHERMAN,
Official Copy': . Major General.
Eth. P> Wade, A. D. C.
gen. sherman's letter concerning the ex- I
ILES.
Headquarters Military Division | j
of this Mississippi, V
In the Field, Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 10. '64. J j
Special Field Orders, 1
No. 70. f
I. Pursuant to an agreement between Gen.
J. B. Hood, commanding the Confederate for
ces in Georgia, and Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman,
commanding this army, a truce is hereby de
clared to exist from daylight of Monday, Sept.
12th, until daylight of Thursday, Sept. 22d,
being ten (10) full dnys, at the point on the
Macon Railroad, known as Rough and Ready,
and the country round about for a circle of
two (2) miles radius, together with the roads
leading to and from in the direction of Atlan- 1
ta and Lovejoy station, respectively, for the .
purpose of affording the people of Atlanta a
safe means of removal to points South.
11. The Chief Quartermaster at Atlanta, Col.
Easton, will afford all the people of Atlanta,
who elect to go South, all the facilities he can
spare to remove them comfortably and safely,
; with their effects, to Rough and Ready, using
cars and wagons and ambulances for that
1 purpose: and commanders of regiments and
j brigades may use their regimental and staff
I teams to carry out the object of this order, the
| whole to cease after Wednesday, the 21st
| ilist.
111. Maj. Gen. Thomas will cause a guard
to be established on the road out, beyond the
; Camp Ground, with orders to allow ail wag
ons and vehicles to pass, that are manifestly
| for this purpose, without uudue search, and
Major General Howard will send a guard of
j one hundred men with a field officer in com
| mand, to take Post at Rough and Ready dur
-1 ing the truce, with orders, in concert with a
1 guard from the Confederate army of like size,
; to maintain the most perfect order in that
vicinity during the transfer of these families,
j A white flag will be displayed during the
truce, and the guard will cause all wagons to
leave at 4 p. m., of Wednesday, the 21st, and
| the guard to withdraw at dark, the truce to
terminate the next morning.
By order of
(Signed) ’ W. T. SHERMAN,
Major General.
L. M. Dayton,
Aid-de-Camp.
i To J. B. Hood. Commanding Con federate Ar
my in Georgia,
j Official copy :
Eth. B. Wade, Aid-de-Camp.
Headquarters Army of Tennessee, I
September 12th, 1864. j
! Major General W. T. Sherman.
Com dg Mil. Dir. of the Mississippi ,
General : I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 9th inst., with
its enclosure, in reference to the women, chil-.,
dren and others whom you have thoughtprop
| er to expel from their homes in the city of Al
i lanta. Had you seen proper to let the matter
rest there, I would gladly have allowed your
letter to close this correspondence, and with
out your expressing it in words, would have
I been willing to believe that whilst, “the in
terest of the United States,” in your opinion,
compelled you to an act of barbarous cruelty,
you regretted-the necessity, and we would
have dropped the subject. Rut you haveeho
sen to indulge in stilten which 1 fed com
pelled to notice, at least so far as to mg'nity
my dissent, and not allow silence in regard to
them, to be construed as asquiescence. I see
nothing in vourcommunication which induces
me to modify the language of co indent nation
with which I characterised your order. It
but strengthens me in the opinion that it
si ands “nre eminent in the dark history of
war. for studied and ingenious cruel’v.
Your ongiu il order was stripp'd of Hi! pre
tences; van r,a not! need the edict t r the «ole
reason that it was “to the interest of the Uni
ted States.” This alone, you offered to us
and the civilized world, as an all-sufficient
reason for disregarding the laws of God and
man. You say that "General Johnston him
self very wisely and properly removed the
families all the way from Dalton down.” It
is due to that gallant soldier and gentleman
to say that no act of his distinguished career,
gives the least color to yoar unfounded as
persion upon his conduct. He depopulated
no Tillages, nor towns, nor cities, either friend
ly or hostile. He offered and extended friend
ly aid to his unfortunate fellow-citizens who
desired to flee from your fraternal embraces.
You are equally unfortunate in your attempt
to find a justification for this act of cruelty,
either in the defence of Jonesboro’ by General
Hardee, or of Atlanta by myself. General
Hardee defended his position in front of Jones
boro’ at the expense of injury to the houses,
an ordinary, proper and justifiable act of war.
I defended Atlanta at the same risk and cost.
If there was any fault in either case, it was
your own, in not giving notice, especially in
the case of Atlanta, of yeur purpose to shell
the town, which is usual in war among civil
ized nations. No inhabitant of either town
was expelled from bis home and fireside by
the orders of either General Hardee or my
self, and therefore your recent order can find
no support from the conduct of either of us.—
I felt no other emotion than pain, in reading
that portion of your letter, which attempts to
justify your shelling Atlanta without notice,
j under the pretence that I defended Atlanta
upon a line so close to town, that every can
non-shot and many musket-balls from your
line of investment, that over-shot their mark,
and went into Jthe*habitations of women and
children. I made no complaint of your firing
into Atlanta, in any way you thought proper.
I make none now, but there are an hundred
thousand living witnesses, that you fired into
the habitation of women and children for
weeks, firing far above, and miles beyond my
line of defence.. I have too good an opinion,
founded both upon experience,
of the skill of your artillerists ,to credit’the in
sinuation that they for several weeks, unin
tentionally fired too higtufor my modest field
works, and slaughtered women and children
by accident and want of skill.
The residue of your letter is rather discur
sive. It opens a wide field for the discussion of
questions, which I do not feel are committed
to me. lam only a general of one of the ar
mies of the Confederate Stittes, charged with
military operations in the field, under the di*
rection of my superior officers, and I am not
called upon to discuss with you the causes of
the present war, or the political questions
which led to, or resulted from it. These grave
and important questions have been committed
to far abler hands than mine, and I shall on
ly refer to them so far as to repel any unjust
conclusion, which might be drawn from my
silence. You charge my country with “dar
ing and badgering you to battle.” The truth
is, we sent commissioners to you, rospeetfuily
offering a peaceful separation before the first
gun was fired on either side. You say we in
sulted your flag. The truth is, we fired upon
it and those who fought under it when you
came to our doors upon the mission of subju
gation. You say we seized upon your forts j
and arsenals, and made prisoners of the gar- j
risons sent to protect us against negroes and j
Indians. The truth is, we expelled by force |
of arms, insolent intruders, and took posses- i
sion of our own forts and arsenals to
your claim to dominion over masters, slaves, !
and Indians, all of whom are to this day with I
unanimity unexampled in the history ot the j
world warring against your attempts to be- j
come their masters. You say that we tried to |
force Missouri and Kentucky into rebellion in j
spile of themselves. The truth is, my govern
ment from the beginning of this struggle to |
this hour, has again and again offered before j
the v/hole world to leave it to the unbiased j
wili of these States and all others to determine j
for themselves whether they wili cast their j
destiny with your Government or Ours, and I
your Government has resisted this fundamen
tal pi’inciple of free institutions with the bay
onet, aad labors daily by force and fraud to
fasten its hateful tyranny upon tha unfortu
nate freemen of these States. You say we
falsified the vote of Louisiana. The truth is,
Louisiana not only separated herself from
your Government, by nearly a unanimous vote
of her people, but vindicated the act upon
every battle-field from Gettysburg to the Sa
bine, and has exhibited an heroic devotion to
her decision which challenges the admiration
and respect of every man capable of feeling
sympathy for the oppressed, or admiration for
heroic valor. You say that we turned loo£e
pirates to plunder yonr unarmed ships. The
truth is, when you robbed us of our part of
the navy, we built and bought a few vessels,
hoisted the flag of our country, and swept the
seas in defiance ol your navy around the whole
circumference of she globe. You say we have
expelled Union families by thousands. The
truth is, not a single family has been expelled
from the Confederate States, that lam aware
of, but on the contrary, the moderation, of our
Government towards traitors has been a fruit
ful theme of denunciation by its enemies and
many well-meaning friends of our cause.—
Y r ou say my Government by acts of Congress
has confiscated “ail debts due northern men
; for goods sold and delivered.” The truth is,
‘ our Congress gave due and ample time to
your merchants and traders to depart from :
our shores with their ships, goods and effects,
and only sequestrated the property of our en
emies in retaliation for their acts declaring
; us traitors and confiscating our property
wherever their power extended either in
their country or our own. Such are your ac
cusations, and such are the facts known of all
men to be true.
You order into exile the whole population of a
city, drive men, women and children from their
homos at the point of the bayonet, under the plea
that it is to the interest of your Government, and
on the claim that this is an act of kindness to these
! families of Atlanta.” Butler only banished from
I New Orleans, the registered enemies of his Goy
| eminent, and acknowledged that he did it as a
punishment. You issue a sweeping edict covering
all the inhabitants of a city and add insult to the
injury heaped upon the defenceless by assuming
that you have done them a kindness. This you
I follow by the assertion that you will “make as
i much sacrifice for the peace and honor of the
■ South as the best born Southron.” And because I
i characterize what you call kindness as being real
! cruelty, you presume to sit in judgment between
i me and my God, and you decide that iny earnest
i prayer to the Almighty Father to save our women
| and children from what you call kindness is a “sa
! eriligiuus, hypocritical appeal.”
You come into our country with your army
avowedly for the purpose of subjugating free white
men, women and children: and not only intend
to rule over them but you make negroes your allies
and desire to place over us an inferior race, which
we have raised from barbarism to its present posi
tion, which is the highest ever attained by that
race in any country in all time. I must therefore
I decline to accept your statements in reference to
your kiudness towards the people of Atlanta, and
; your willingness to sacrifice everything for tbe
peace and honor of the South, and refuse to be
governed by your decision in regard to matters
I between myself, my country, and my God.
. - You say “let us fight it out like men.” To this
my reply is, for myself, and, I believe, for all true
men, aye and women and children, in my country,
we will fight you to the death. Better die a thou
sand deaths than submit to live under you or your
] government, and your negro allies.
Having answered the points forced upon me by
; y our letter of the 9th September, I close this cor
respondence with you, and notwithstanding your
comments upon my appeal to God in the cause of
humanity, I again humbly and reverently invoke
His Almighty aid in defence of justice and right.
Respectfully, vonr obedient servant,
[Signed ] J- B. HOOD. General.
(Off? copy.]
F. H WiGEALL, A. D. C.
Prayer roiiPrisoners of War.—The following
prayer for prisoners of war has been set forth for
n eio.he l>i.iee«c of New Jersey hv Right Rev.
Bishop Odenbeiiuer:
“O, il Uy Father, who taught us in the blessed
Word, that where the spirit of the Lord is there is
liberty : have pity and compassion, we humbly be
seech*Time, for Jesus’ sake, upon ail prisoners of
war. Remember them in mercy, endure their
souls with patience under their affiic'ions, aud
eheey them and their family with a good hope of
speed v deliverance from all Jbeil- trials. Hive
them ih<- tbnmhiuee of Toy grace that being de
li vetch |: -in ;he bondage oi mo into the glorious
liberty of me children of God, they may become
i partakers of the promises of Thy Beloved Son,
I whose service is perfect freedom, and whom with
Thee and the Holy Ghori together, we worship and
glorify as one God, world without end— Amen.”
TELEGRAPHIC.
EXPORT* or THB PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk's office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
! the Northern District of Georgia.
Goldsboro’, 16th.
The State Journal has the following from
Plymouth : ■ Pilot Hopkins of the C. S. ram
Albermarle, with eight sailors and eight sol
diers, captured and burned on the 9th, the
U. S. Mail steamer Fawn, plying between
Norfolk and Roanoke Island, killing two Yan
kees, Wounding four and captuffrng nineteen
prisoners, exclusive of five negroes.
The prisoners include a Lieut.-Colonel, a
Major, a Lieutenant and a Corporal. No loss
on our side.
Petersburg, Sept. 16.
A skirmish line of 88 of Warren’s corps,
were surprised and captured near the Davis
House on the Weldon road this morning in
front of Wilcox's Division. The prisoners
have arrived here. With this exception there
is nothing interesting along our lines to-day.
The enemy renewed the shelling this after
noon, throwing several fifteen-iuch mortars
loaded with glass, brass, copper, iron and
lead. They fell in the city, but did no dam
age-
Richmond, Sept. 16.
At a sale to-day of bonds of the fifty million
loan, coupon fifty-one; ditto, regiatered a
hundred and thirty; long date , eight per cent,
coupons bonds, hundred and twenty-three; four
non-taxable bonds, hundred and thirty and
three quarters ; seven per cent, bonds, seven
ty-five ; cotton bonds, hundred and eighty
two ; four per cent certificates, sixty to sixty
six.
Official notice is given that long date non-tax
able bonds will be withdrawn from the market on
the 30th and held at a higher rate of per cent.—
Parties holding claims .against the Government
for subsistance stores are notified to present them
if they wish those bonds in payment at present
prices.
Richmond, Sept. 16.
The obsequies of Gen. Morgan took place to
day. His remains were conveyed to Hollywood
cemetery and placed in a vault. The funeral cor
tege included a number of military and civil offi
cers.
The New York papers of the 14th received.
The railroad between Nashville and Chatta
nooga is completed and trains are running. A
Railroad train near Bardstown was captured by
guerrillas on Monday.
The Tribuue says the republicans have carried
Maine by. the largest majority ever given at a gu
sbeJDatorial election. They gain a number of
Congressmen, and have elected five sixths of the
legislature.
Park Benjamin, a well known literary man
died in New York on Monday.
Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher is ordered tore
port for duty to Sherman.
Gen Martindale of the army of the Potomac has
resigned.
The draft is ordered to commence in Ohio and
other States if not filled by the 19th.
Somo Journals formerly republican have come
out for McClellan. The Chicago Times and Al
bany Statesman, both republican, predict the de
of Lincoln and urge his withdrawal. The Boston
Post says it will be a great relief to the Democra
cy to be rid of such an incubus as tho Woods, and
says further, that if Vallandigham chooses to fol
low them he will have a rough road to travel.
Gov Seymour peremptorily declines a renomi
natlon for Governor.
Gen Hooker advocates the election of Lincoln.
Seward in a speech at Washington says the
draft will come if the people do not volunteer.
It was reported at St. Louis that about 15,000
rebels were concentrating at the mouth of Red
River
Gold opened at 218, advanced to 228 and closed
at 224.
A Specimen of ited Tape.
Officer: Well, sir ?
Sick Soldier: I wish to get a requisition ap
proved for rations to go home on.
Officer: What are they sending such fellows as
you homo for? Let’s see your papers. Be in a
hurry ; I can’t wait all day.
Soldie:. There’s my sick furlough, and here’s
my—
Officer: Oh ! I don’t want to see your passes and
all that. This isn't fixed up right, but I "haven’t
time to fool with it. (Approves the document.)
Soldier: Where mest I go now ?
Officer: Go? Why go to the commandant of
the post and get it approved. I'm tired to death
with auswering you fellows.
COMMANDANT’S OF F ICE.
Soldier: Major, please sign this for me, that I
can get my rations.
Officer: Hand them over, (writes.)
There i next!
Soldier: Can you tell me where I must go to
now ?
Officer: /No! Orderly, tell th's man where to go
to the commissary.
Orderly: Go down the street tso squares, turn
to the left, go ono square and the second house be
yond the corner Depot Commissary.
COMMISSARY DEPOT.
Soldier: I want to get my rations on this
paper.
Commissary: Well, sir, hand 'em over. What
the devil is the reason you fellows don’t get your
easing at the Way-sides, or bring‘your rations
along, and save us all this trouble ? Never mind,
I don’t want to hear anything about it. (Ap
proved.)
Soldier: Where will I get the rations ?
Commissary: Get! why get them here. That
man will give them to you.
Clerk: Hand over your ticket, Mr. Smith, give
the man his requisition. This paper isn’t right;
that line needs filling out, and here’s a blot. Well
give it to him and get rid of the trouble.
Soldier: Will I have to wait long ! I’m mighty
hungry. It's nigh on two days since I had any
| thing to cat. *
Smith: Yes : wait yourn turn. We’ll help you
j some time to-night,, I expect. Hero get off them
; sacks. You can’t lie there.
Soldier: I have walked three or four miles to
get the requisition fixed up, and am mighty tired
i and hungry, and sick, too.
Smith; Well, damn, it. I can’t help that. Go to
the hospital.
The soldier sits down on a box, and in an hour,
when they wish to close the store, he is found
dead—literally starved to death, A victim to red
tape and neglect.— Atlanta Intelligencer.
Col. Jim Brownlow. —lt has been said that
this Yankee, the wicked son of a blackguard
father, on one occasion had committed to
hie charge, fifty Confederate prisoners, and
! that before they had travelled twenty-five
| miles, they were aii lost. This fact was stated
! bv Federal officers to a reliable Confederate
| then within their lines. These officers did
! not hesitate to express the wish that Brown
low might be taken prisoner by us and hung
as he was a disgrace to their army. This
Brownlow has stated repeatedly to Federal
officers that he never took a prisoner. He
knows bis deserts if taken by ns, hence his
i desperate and successful nfempt to escape at
Newnan. It is possible that he may be cap
tured. If so, as he will be in a strang coun
try, let him be placed in a position in which
| there will bt- A certainty of his being lost. He
j is beyond the pale of humanity, and should
be tre-ned as a wild beast — Sav. JVetvs.
DnLAMENTED F.VCB OF DESERTERS, — -A tew
davs since, say* a di-patch. from Grant’s army
to the Northern paners, fifty rebel deserters
attempted to into our lines in a body,
I but our troops, notwithstanding their inten-
I lions, fired on them, and twenty nine of the
; number were killed or wounded.
THE CITY.
T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOE.
Military Surveillance. —We notice that some
complaint is being made at the action of our Post
Commandant which requires that all citizens be
furnished by the Provest Marshal with a pass.
Now we feel as jealous of our rights and liberties
as the next one, and regret even the necessity
which calls for such surveillance on the part of the
military authorities, but after reflection, we are
satisfied, that whether acting with or without the
sanction of law, Col. Van Zinken is ' doing what
he believes to be to tbe best interests es the
community, and that it is no part of his design to
exercise hurtful powers, or give unnecessary
trouble to tbe citizens. It is but a small require
ment that the citizen shall carry a pass, and-no
citizen can reasonably expect in such times as
these tc be exempt from annoyance. If we meet
with nothing worse than this, we may esteem our
selves lucky. We think public exigencies require
some such policy. The country is full of spies,
traitors, deserters and those trying to shirk the
service,-and it will need the utmost vigilance on the
part of the authorities to keep things straight.
The citizens once furnished with a pass will not be
subject to further molestation. Besides the policy
if faithfully executed, may discover many who
have no just grounds of exemption from the ser
vice and they be forced to do their duty. We
repeat that we are satisfied that the Commandant
desires to do what he believes to be best for the
community and the country at large, and so far
he should be sustained by all right thinking citi
zens, even though some of his requirements may
be slightly annoying. With a tremendous army
so near at hand, and in danger of a raid at any
day, we cannot be over watchful or solicitous.
Fortifications. —We are glad to see that the
new Post Commandant is going to take immediate
steps to put our city in a defensible position. T®
this end he calls on the citizens of this section to
furnish one thousand able bodied negroes at once,
and gives notice that unless voluntarily furnished
he will proceed on Monday to impress. This looks
like work and is just what is demanded. There
is no shutting our eyes to the fact that we are in
danger of raids, and the quicker the preparation
to resist them the better. We learn that the pro
jected fortifications are just snch as can be made
available against raids. We trust our citizens will
see the necessity of this call, and voluntarily fur
nish the negro labor at once, and without grum
bling. See the call elsewhere, and prepare to re
spond promptly.
A Review. —lt will be seen that Col. Von Zin
ken orders a review of the local forces on the South
Commons at four o’clock. All companies interest
ed are refered to the call in another column. *
Septf.mber Weather. —We are now having
real September weather—hot, dry days, cool nights
and any quantity of musquitoes. Look out for
chills and fevers.
Letters for Trans-Mississippi. —Mr. Thomas
AYells, letter carrier for Gibeon’s Brigade, gives
notice that he will leave hero on the 18th, and car
ry letters for one dollar each. Parties having rela
tions and friends in that department, and who may
wish to communicate with them, should not lose
this opportunity, as it may be a long time before
another offers. As to-morrow is the day for
leaving, letters should be written and sent to this
office to-day accompanied by one dollar.
Fast Day, was only partially observed in this
city, the citizens generally attending church while
most of the Government employees worked on.
All the churches we believe were opened and re
ligious seryices held. Some persons fasted per
haps in spirit and in truth, some through neces
sity, and many not at all. Sich is life.
Meat Shops. —A friend complains that meat
; shops on the side-walks are beeoining a nuisance
j and insists that those who have fresh meat to selj
! should be made to keep it within doors. The sug
j gestion is perhaps, in accordance with refined taste,
| but our opinion is that there should be some sort
I of a public market for such things, where all citi-
I zens could be supplied from first hands. Such an
■ arrangement would add greatly to the interest of
| consumers.
AY. L. Clark offers a reward of fifty dollars each,
| for two runaway negroes. See advertisement.
j Prayer for Extortioners.— A proposal
j comes to us to announce that a prayer ineet
j ing should be held in the citj r of Macon every
j evening, for a minute or two, during which
| time, prayers will be hurriedly offered that
God may save the microscopical souls of the
extortioners of all classes.
If there is not some effort of this character
made, the better class of sinners who go to
| the’devil when they die, will be placed in very
i uncomfortable society indeed. There are num
bers of our friends who have such a prospect
before them who a~e very uneasy about it and
who hope the meetings may be well attended.
[lntelligencer.
From Atlanta. —Gentlemen from the city
of Atlanta state that Sherman is running
from eight to ten long tiains of cars loaded
with provisions into Atlanta daily Thc-y also
say that Sherman's line of communication is
in complete repair to Nashville.
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A down east editor said he was in a boat when
i the wind blew hard, but he wasn’t at all alarmed,
because he bad his life insured, and “he never had
| anything happen to him by which he could make
, any money.”
j l'o Hie Citizens of Columbus
aad Surroundißig Country.
Headquarters Post,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 16, 1864.
j [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 bo 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.
j 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.
y. A. Codv. Post Adj’t.
spl6 3t
Not ice !
Headquarters Post,
Columbus, Ga.. Sept. 16,1^64.
ORDERS, \
No. 5. f
I. The Loyal and Detailed Cbm panics of this
Post will he ID if, .vi‘l and Inspected on SAT-1
URDAY EVENING, 17th inst . at 4 oVook. on
the South Commons. '
IT. The Companies wil be on ihn ground, and the
line formed hy flic Senior Officer present, at 3 1-2
o'clock.
By rder
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Col. Comd'g Pori.
J. A. ConY* Atij'f. I
sc), and 2t
Nolice. I
He\i>qi:Arteks, rH Wu.j-riv Pisr. I
<.kdiinihus. Ga . Sept. ls% lSto.
the i «i~,„ M|.n'ied in. the J-.ftbr'-nr Districts
will sen i to those Headijuafteirs all men whoA.ive
not reported at .Vaco a By order of >en. Wayne.
B. .f. THORNTON, A D C.
pr N, W. Garrard, Capt & E O.
Stanton’s Official Figures.
The following are Stantou’s latest official figure*
of putting down the rebellion.” It is an extract
from his official bulletins to Maj. Gen. Dix:
It is ascertained, with reasonable certainty, that
the naval and other credits required bv the act of
Congress will amount to about 200,000, including
New York, which has not yet been reported to th*
department; so that the President’s call of July
18th is practically reduced to three hundred thou
sand men to meet and take the place of—
1. The new enlistments in the navy.
2. The casualties of battlo, sickness, prisoner*
and desertions; and
3. The hundred day troops, and all others geing
out by expiration of service this fall.
One hundred thousand new troops, promptly fur
nished, is all that Gen. Grant asks for the capture
of Richmond, and to give a finishing blow to th*
rebel armies yet in the field.
. The residue of the call would be adequate for gar
risons in forts and cities, and to guard all the lines
of communication and supplies, free the country
from guerrillas, give security to trade, protect com
merce and travel, and establish peace, order and
tranquility in every State.
Edwin M. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
The whole press of the North urge that Grant
shall have these men. The Philadelphia Enquirer
says :
General Grant says that he wants one hundred
thousand new troops to capture Richmond and fin
ish the war. Let us furnish him the men. It can
be done if we will but resolve to put our shoulders
to the wheel. Sherman is making glorious progress
in the Southwest. Atlanta has fallen. TheWestsent
hi"!*!* 011 - Let the States of the North determine
that want shall not be foiled in his purposo to cap
ture Richmond for want of men. The hundred
thousand troops can be raised. Let us do the work
at once, and the war will speedily close.
Baldy Smith Relieved. —The Petersburg Ex
press states that General Baldy Smith has been
relieved from the command of the Eighteentq
Army Corps, and that Lincoln has approved the
order. Grant has assigned Major General E. O.
C. Ord to the command of Smith’s corps, and
Major General D. B. Birncy to the command of
the Tenth corps. According to reports of deser
ters, Smith had indulged in a free criticism of
Grant’s campaign, saying, among other disparag
ing remarks, that it was a lamentable failure.
This got to Grant’s ears, and the consequence was
that Smith was relieved.
BEEF! BEEF!!
T HAVE secured the services of an experienced
1 Butcher, an i will k"«p on hand at all times the
best Beef th >t can be tound in the country.
•*®“Becf ready for sale every morning at daylight
WM. H. H. PHELPS.
jpl7_st 114, Broad St.
SSO Steward!
STOLEN, from the Wagon Yard last night, a large
black horse Mule, with ihe letter "M” branded
on his right hip.
I will give the above reward for said Mule, de
livered to me at Tatbotton, Ga.
JAMES INGRAM.
sep!7 6t*
500 Negro Heat Wanted!
Nitre and Mining Bureau, )
llkadq’rs Mining Division, No. 2, >-
Selma, Ala., Sept. 13, ’64. J
1 AM desirous of Hiring Five Hundred Negro Men,
J for the Bibb Iron Works, located on the Alabama
and Tennessee Rivers Rail Read, fifty miles North
of Selma, 150 South of Rome and 70 \Yest of Mont-
f ornery. I am paying for able-bodied men three
undred dollars per annum, feeding and clothing
them. One woman will be hired to every ton men,
to cook and wash for them. There is on the place a
hospital with a regular surgeon, who takes charge
of all the sick. If the enemy threatens, the negroes
can be moved AYest through an inaccessible c oun
try. Apply to AY P Herring, La Grange, Ga., or
AYM. RICIIAADSON HUNT,
Lieut. Col. Comd’g.
sep!7 1m
SSO Be ward.
Superintendent's Office, )
Muscogee R. R. Company, (
Columbus, Ga., Nept. 16, ’e4. J
A REWARD of SSO will be paid for the delivery
'1 to me for each of the following negro men :
Charles—Black; about 25 years old; quick spo
ken ; weighs about 150 los.; about 5 feet 10 or 11 in.
high.
Hilliard—Black; about 30 years old; 5 ft 9 inches
high; weighs 1450 r 150 lbs.; blacksmith by trade. —
Probably will go to Jones county wh re his wife ig.
AY. L CLAAK,
spli Ira Superintendent.
j AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis,
ON TUESDAY, September 20th, at 10 1-2 o’elk,
we will sell in front of our store,
DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT,
i East of the Muscogee Ilail Road Depot;
| House is new with 4 good rooms ; Collon<*
! ade in front; Kitchen, Smoke house, and
j good Well of Water. Lot 1-4 acre—a
' comfortable residence.
—ALSO—
A VERY FINE PARLOR MIRROR,
French plate, 3 by 5 ft.
100 REAMS FOOL’S GAP PAPER.
100 Shares Rank of Columbus Stock.
1 GUTTA PERCHA GIN BAND,
40 feet long and 8 inches wide.
—ALSO, —
SOI 1-4 Acres Land,
Eight miles of the City, being the West
half of Lot No, - 142, in the 9th district,
South of the old express road, adjoining
the land of Lawrence and Jones—Twenty
acres cleared, with a small Dwelling.
—also, —
A VERY LIKELY NEGRO BOY!
15 years old,
16 Bbls. COAST SALT ;
400 lbs. WRAPPING PAPER.
16 BOXES FINE TOBACCO.
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By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
AN SATURDAY. 17th of September at
A / we will sell in front of our 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.
spl6 2tslo ; .
By Elli§, Livingston & Cos.
A Valuable Plantation
POH
_— ♦ ♦
\ \T E offer for salein Chattahoochee county, t welve
VY miles from Columbus, containing 900 acres oi
Land —300 of which is good bottom— -balance pine
mixed with oak and hickory—3so acres cleared.
On the promises is a good dwelling with 5 rooms;
out houses for 40 negroes: a good Saw Mul in g°9“
running order; <?rist A/ill, nearly complete; win
House and two f?ins; Wheat Thrasii and J am; -lan
Yard, Ac., &c. SP<3lot
By Ellis, liiringsloa & Co
-200 g-aa-LX-Ohsts
PURE CATAWBA ORAFE BRAiBY!
A VERY FINE ARTICLE.
CAS FiNfi tSmnffiSnuTil
RICHARDSON & FAULKNER,
MACON, GEORGIA.
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