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SPECIAL NOTICES
To the Citizens ot Columbus
and Surrounding Country.
Headquarters Post,
# Columbus, Ga., Sept, 16, 1864.
[Circular.]
I. Citizens of Columbus and the surrounding coun
try aro 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 Ac., will be furnished by the
Government, an i if the number of negroes required
is not furnished impressment will be resorted to.
By order
LEON VON ZINKEN,
001. Commanding Post.
•J. A. Cody, Post Adj’t.
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Notice!
Enrolling Office, Muscogee County, )
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 13th, 1864. j
In compliance with General Orders, No. 15, da
ted Headquarters Georgia Reserve, Macon, Sept.
Ist, 1864, all detailed men of this county not al
ready organized into companies, will report to
these ilea [quarters 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 ino with a copy of their muster rolls.
JNO. D. ATKINS,
. En’rg Off. Muscogee co- j
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tfs»Sun ami Enquirer copy
Notice.
Headquarters, 24th Militia Dist.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 16, 1864.
The Captains appointed in the different Districts
will sen 1 to these Headquarters all men who have
not reported at lfacon. By order of Gen. Wayne.
M. A. THORNTON, A D C.
fir N. W. Garrard, Capt & E O.
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IS a UK*-Field Relic! Association
of Columbus, Ga.
All who aio disposed to contribute articles neces
sary for the relief of the sick aud wounded in the
Army of Tennessee, arc requested to leave them at
Goodrich & Co’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev
ery Tuebday and Friday, when they will bo for
warded to and dispensed by our Committee there.
W. H. YOUNG, Presd’t.
C. G. Holmes, Sec*y. ag23tf
50© Negro Men Wanted!
Nitre and Mining Bureau, )
lleadq’rs Mining Division, No. 2, >
Selma, Ala., Sept. 13, ’64. J
| AM desirous of Hiring Five Hundred Negro %! en,
■*for tho Bibb Iron Works, located on tbe Alabama
and Tennessee Rivers Rail Read, fifty miles North
of Selma, 15(' Sooth of Rome and 70 West ot Mont
gomery. I am paying for able-bodied men three
hundred dollars per annum, feeding and clothing
them. Ono 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 tho enemy threatens, the negroes
can be moved West through an inaccessible • oun
try. Apply to W P Herring, La Grange, Ga,., or
WM. KLCIiA/fDSON HUNT,
Lieut. Col. Coind’g.
sep!7 ha _
SSO He ward ?
CTOLEN, from the Wagon Yard last night, a large
u black horse Mule, with the letter “M” branded
on his right hip.
I will give the above reward for said Mule, de
livered to ine at Talbotton, Ga.
JAMES INGRAM.
sep!7 6t*
SSO Reward,
Suprrintknbknt’s Office,)
Muscogee It. K. Company, -
Columbus, (ia., Suit. 16, \;4. j
; lUriWARD of SSO will be paid for the delivery
i» to tue for each of the following negro men :
Charles—Black; about 25 years old; quick spo
kon; weighs about 1501b5.; about 5 foot 10 or 11 in.
high.
Hilliard—Ulack; about 30 years old; 5 ft 9 inches
high; weighs 1450 r 1501b5.; blacksmith by trade. —
Probably will go to Jones county wh re his wife is.
W. L CLAKK,
spl7 1m Superintendent.
Coinmb is High School
FOR
"Y”OTJZLsTGr LADIES I
'THE above Institution will be re-opened in he
* building owned by Mr. Cowdery, on St. Clair st.,
opposite St. Luke’s Church, on Monday, October 3,
18b4.
. »For Terms, apply to
sepl3m&t4w IV. S. LEE.
TIM Tift. X T 1 ZjEX S
CA.\ FIND EMPLOYMENT WITH
RICHARDSON &* FAULKNER,
MACON, GEORGIA.
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A GOOD INVESTMENT!
A Desirable Residence ill Wyimton,
EQB SALE.
1 OFFER for sale the place where I now reside,
containing fifty seven acro3 of land, about hall
cleared, the bdanco with wood sufficient to supply
a family. A good and well built house, with five
rooms; good kitchen, with three rooms; smoke
house; barn, stablo and carriage house; a well of
excellent water, and a fine yottn r Peach orchard.
Two or three good negroes will bo taken in part
payment. Possesion given immediately if desired.
Apply to me on the place or atthe store of .S'tau ord
Si Cos., opposite the Agency of the State Bank,
seplf lw JORDAN L. HOWELL.
FOR SALE.
AHOI'SE and LOT, situated North of :iie N r;h
Commons on the corner at Troup and City Mill
streets: Said Lot contains half acre, with a good
new dwelling house with two rooms; kitchen with
two rooms; a very superior well of water—hard
ly equalled in the vicinity of the city, and a iarge
garden. Everything new and in good order. For
further particulars apply to mo on the premises.
sp!3 lm J. J, BORING.
Aotice!
ALL i'cr?"ns 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. 1
will leave this place on the 18th of this month. All
Letters from the other side the Mississippi r iver will
be brought over and mailed, if parties will have me
addressed at Monroe, or Shreveport, La.
„ THOS. WELLS,
( Regular Letter Carrier for Gibson’s Brigade, ,
ills npSfff
fpilE Exercises of this Institution will be resumed
A 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 bo made ku vu before
e. S'. GREENWOOD. Presd’t.
D. F. WILLCOX, Sec y.
g pl2 ts Board of Trustees.
FOR SALE !
320 Acres of Land on the Mobile &
Girard Rail Road,
UORTY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and o.e
1. and a half from Station No. o; about DO acres
opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, with good
water, gin house, &c. Apply to Messrs L.ns, Liv-
Cos., for ten.,. p c FREEM As , j„.
WASTED!
t qUfi I.KS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal i.riee
tJfVvv will be paid. Apply to
. F. W. DILLARD.
Major and 0• J'-
SELECT SCHOOL.
MR>. W 8 MARBLE will re-open her School, on
Forsyth street, Monday, Qct. 3d.
Tuition SIOO 00 ner Scholastic year,
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Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREN St CO. Proprietors...- j. w. WARREN, Editor
Saturday Evening.
Special Correspondence of the Times.
What the Yankee officer* think about the rebel
lion and election—lmportant changes in the army
— Gen. Ilardee and others relieved from com
mand— Work ahead.
Lovejoy Station, Sept. 16tb.
The Yankee officers in charge of tho flag of
truce at Rough and Ready, are all impressed with
the idea that the Rebellion is crushed, and that no
serious obstacle can be presented which will im
pede the march of their victorious legions as far
south as they may wish to go.
They sneer contenkptuously at the idea of the
Chicago nominees contesting the election with
Lincoln, and contend that they have not a ghost
of a chance.
Whether their opinions are the reflex of the
feelings of the Yankee army in our front and tbe
people generally it is impossible 'to conjecture.
They may be, however, and wo may find by No
vember, that all the talk and twaddle and excite
ment of the so called peace party in the North will
dwindle down into as insignificant a vote as that
bestowed upon the redoubtable Holden in tho old
North State.
Notwithstanding the talk of thesejolly Lincoln
ites I see in glancing over the files of late North
ern that tho opposition press is speaking
out boldly and confidently, and making vigorous
thrusts at the Administration. The next month
and a half is big with events, the issue of which
we all await with about an equal amount of
faith and distrust. The lightning flashes to
day along tho wires aud our hopes aro up to blood
heat, and to-morrow wo shall settle down again
gloomily below zero. Thera have im
portant changes going on during the last few days
among the general officers. Brigadier General
Shoup Chief of Staff, a biographical and compli
mentary sketch of whom appeared in a column
editorial of the “Rebel” a few days, since, was re
lieved from his position yesterday, I learn, at his
own request. • *
Lt. Col. McMicken, Chief Quartermaster of the
army*, has also been relieved. This change was
made at Richmond by the Quartermaster General.
Ills successor is Major Ayer, one of the oldest
Quartermasters in the service. Major Ayer has
recently been stationed at Lagrange, but was re
lieved a short time since by Major Horbaok. Maj.
Ilorback, who was supply Quartermaster at At
lanta and subsequently at Macon, is succeeded by
j Major Peyton, formerly in charge of transporta
| lion at Atlanta. The most important change
! which I have to chronicle to-day is the relieving of
Gen. Hardee from the command of his corps. Ir
reconcilable differences between Gen. Hood and
himself is the cause assigned. Gen. Frank Cheat
! ham will dou tlessbe promoted temporarily to the
; command of Hardee’s corps. With all those
• changes going on. I feel more cheerful to-day,
i than usual. The news from ForresCis encourag
ing. You will bear of him soon ; and there are
| other unimportant movements on the tapis which
will soon be developed. Hold your breath and
keep your ears open. OUTLINE.
i The Position. —A few days since we remarked,
i says the Chronicle & Sentinel, that Sherman was
; running eight or ten trains & day of provisions into
! Atlanta. Tho Macon Intelligencer says he is re
| ceiving over two hundred car loads of provisions
j daily. This is one of tho beautiful fruits of the
I “armistice.” But what has been done in this mas
-1 ter cannot be undone. All we can now do is to
| vigorously prepare for the future. If the Confed
erate authorities at Richmond pass a few more
weeks of ease and negligence, and refuse to take
proper measures and steps for tho defence of Geor
gia, Sherman will succeed in safely housing him
self in Atlaufa, and will not only bo in a strongly
fortified position, but will have provisions enough
on band to make it impossible to starve him out.
The necessity of the moment demands an active
j and effectual campaign. The plan must be quick-
I ly put in motion otherwise we will bo immolated
on the altar of sacrifice. We cannot too much urge
that the army of Tennessee be reinforced at once.
It is ribt too late to retrieve the error of the past.
Let us have no more hesitation. But let us have
what the times demand—prompt, vigorous action.
Wc should calculate on every effort which the
, enemy may be in position to make, says the Char
leston Courier, and which their generals can be
i persuaded or coerced to undertake, between this
time anti tho November election. We must be
ready for them. We must siaud on guard at all
points. \Yt must concentrate our strength :
it well in hand, and be prepared to strike as well
as to fend. Let us look out for attempts at sur
prise, and for audacious enterprises. The very
necessity that Lincoln is under to act boiJly, will
be our opportunity, if we are vigilant ; and that
success, for which he bids so largely, will tint's be
rendered unattainable, and substituted by fatal
disaster. Iu short says the Sentinel, to use the
| word once in great favor with politicians, Lincoln
■ is “in a crisis,” and it is in our power to decide jt
I against him.
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This Lowr.tt Mississippi. —Advices from
New Orleans to the 29th tilt., represent that
Gen. Poltgmic. on the 23J, crossed the Miss
issippi. between Vicksburg and Natchez, with
a portion of his command.
Exempts,— The Richmond Dispatch says
there arc 114,000 persons exempted as agri
culturists, within the conscript age, and 32,-
000 State officers—an army sufficient to plant 1
the Southern eioss on the spires of l’hiludel
nhin.
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Tho Wilmington Journal says the editor has
met a highly intelligent gentleman just from Eu
rope, where he possessed unusual facilities for ob
servation, and that he is asured there is not the
slightest chance of our being able to obfhin a navy
:in Europe— that all the principal ports in France
and the British isles perfectly swarm with Yankee
spies. The Journal con cl a do- :
A: for negotiation, intervention and ail that, it
D hardly necessary to say any thing. Ti.es e tilings
have gone glimmering out of sight, and few people
take the trouble even to think of them. So far so
weli. There sno more chance of European pow
ers doing'anything that would benefit us than
1 there is of Queen Victoria’s writing an epic poem
i that rivals Homer, or of Earl Russell being guilty
of generous emotion.
\ Do.-lon firm has gone into the uiitnutae..uro of
artificial anus and legs—the company s nt.oan
ciug g tran tee of eight per cent, divuh uui to
stockholders, and a special permit from Secretary
! Stanton to supply toe Confederates! This oon
; corn doubtless goes in or “the vigorous prolonga
i tion o{ tho war.”
Columbus, Ga Monday Morning, September 18,1864.
Rale of the Tandal Conquerors
In New Orleans.
We make up from the latest Northern pa
-1 pers the following summary of intelligence of
I affairs in New Orleans :
The most important items of nows is the ar
rival, last night, of the Juarez family from
■ Mexico. It was at first reported that General
Ortega also arrived on tbe Clinton from Bra
zos Santiago, bull have since learned that he
did not.
On Tuesday last the Atlantic No. 2 and M.
R. Cheek arrived at Vicksburg, laden with
i cotton. It will be remembered that I sent
I you an account of the capture of these steam
i ers by the rebels in Sunflower River, as they
r were beyond the jurisdiction of Wirt Adams’
command. They have, however, been libora
' ted, and, a3 I stated, arrived at Vicksburg on
■ Tuesday all right.
On the Bth instant the steamer Lancaster,
No. 4, was fired upon by the rebel battery
eighteen miles from Natchez. She was struck
four times, but no person injured. She repor
ted that the rebels had a battery on the cliffs.
The ram Vindicator and the gunboat Mound
I City immediately went opposite to Ellis’ cliffs,
! but when they arrived the “birds had flown.”
i A land force was also sent by General Bray
; man to intercept the enemy, but the latter
J could not be found. Scarcelj a boat passes
either up or down the Mississippi but is either
| fired upon by the rebel batteries or receives
: a galling fire of musketry from guerillas as
sembled on the banks for that purpose.
Guerillas have disappeared from the neigh
! borhood of Morganza. Cotton in large quaa
j Bties is being sent across the Atchafalaya ia
ito Texas. The army at Morganza is in good
j health and spirits.
A few days since a reconnissance was made
to Chicot Pass, at the head of Grand Lake,
and the property of Captain Fuller destroyed.
He was one of the most prominent rebels of
the war, commanded tbe Queen of ihe West,
and died a prisoner in our hands on Johnsons
Island. Saw mills, &e., belonging to other
parties was also destroyed.
The following order has just been promul
gated at Vicksburg by Gen. Dana :
Speculators in staple articles of food have
monopolized the supply, and are grinding the
faces of tbe poor.
Do they expect to be permitted either to
starve the needy, or to compel a generous
Government to teed them, while tbe few who
have money are pouring wealth into their
laps ?
Flour will not be sold within this district
at a higher rate than sixteen dollars per bar
rel, or nine cents per pound ; pork, fifty seven
dollars per barrel, or thirty two fiientsper
pound : bacon, 33 cents per pound; soap,
fifteen cents per pound ; salt, four cents per
pound.
Any trader, storekeeper, speculator, mer
cham, sutler or citizen, having these supplies
on hand, is hereby ordered to sell them, when
called for, at the above rates; the purchaser
having the option of determining the quantity
within the limit of twenty pounds of each for
each person.
j The Provost Marshal will see to the en
| forcemeat of this order, will encourage com,
! plaints forit.3 violation, and will punish guilty
parties for the first offence by a fine of $100;
for the second by a fine of .sl>oo and impris
onment for ten days, and for the third by con
fiscation of stock and imprisonment, at dis
cretion.
An association is being formed in tkis.city for
tbe purchase of estates that will be sold under the
direct tax law. It is calculated that about one
fourth of the estates in Louisiana sold under the
direct tax will never be redeemed,
j Os the whole amount of dir ct taxes assessed
! on property in Louisiana at least one half of it will
| be collected by the authority 'of the commission
j referred to, as half of the State in the valuation
| under the direct tax law is within the Union lines.
Another seizure of contraband goods was made
! on Sunday, consisting of about twelve thousand
dollars’ worth of medicines, &c., intended to be
! sent up the Mississippi, and thence smuggled
| through the linos.
A large committee has been appointed to make
j arrangements for the reception of Gov. Ilahn,
| daily expected from the North. Judge Durrell
* will make the reception speech. The entire special
i committee will escort tho Governor from the levee
; to the City Hall.
The refugees in New Orleans from the Parish
of St. Mary’s have nominated Thomas M. Wells
; for Congress, to represent the Third District.
The political meetings held in this city* every
evening draw very good audiences, and the speak
ers manage to rouse themselves to a high state of
enthusiasm, which circulates in limited quantities
among their hearers. The election for represent-'
i atives in Congress aud a State Legislature will be
held on the otii of September.
I The New Orleans banks haring claimed that
their own are superior to United States Treasury
! notes, and declined to take the latter at par, have
; been brought to terms, or grief, in the following
order:
lleadq’rs Department of tub Gulf, 1
; New Orleans, Aug. 22, 1861. }
] General Orders No. 112.^
The Banks of the State of Louisiana having so
| far failed to comply with important provisions of
! the laws of the State as to justify the forfeiture of
• their charters, are hereby required, as a condition
| of the further transaction of the business of bank
j ing\ to rcceire the Treasury notes of the United
j States in exchange at par for their own issues res-*
pcctively. Any institution aggrieved by this order
may demand investigation of its affairs a«d show
that its credit is superior to that of the United
| States.
By command of Major General Banks.
GiA>kge B. Drake,
Assistant Adjutant General.
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Grand Financial Scheme. —The following
superb Muuchausenistn is sent from Washing
ton to New York :
A proposition has been received by the Sec
retary of State from an eminent banker of
Hamburg, to fake a United States loan of one .
thousand millions of dollars to be paid into
the Treasury, seventy per cent, in outstand
ing bonds, ten per cent iu United States pa
per currency, and twenty per cent, in coin,
theloantorun seventy-five years, at an in
terest.of three per* cent, per annum, payable
half yearly in coin. The whole amount yo be
. disposed of among the people of the coulineut
' of Europe, oa the principle of premium loans.
The principal to be reimbursed to the holders ;
during the last forty years ot the term in equal
semi-annual installments, the Government '
paying the current interest, premiums and
principal, which would require but fifty mil
j lions per annum during the seventy-five years.
: The sum of these payments covering the
uki ■; millions of principal, hundred
ftU'i -seventy-fiv* millions of preun . ns, and
one thousand five hundred and seventy five ,
mi: lion a-of is. tore.-’. It will be observed that
this annual i-ajm-nt us fifty millions is. in fact,
■\;i ir.L'.r -ban ir.e in teres: of-a thousand mil
lion- -it five per cent, Whether the proposi
tion -a -1 be accepted or not. the offer indi
cates the confidence of the capitalists in our
solvency ;nd in the issue of the war.
Southern Freedom of the Press. —Mrs.
Rost* Greenuow. iu her u&rrativeJately published,
re’of: *an interview with Mr. Davis, it! which
h® re:*'ie,t .•* her inquiry ~s to why he did not
snpp! - die Rieiiui aid Examiner, as follows:
Ber.i-r -c.tr -r run lh«t evil, rtfcich is tempo
. ary than arrest it by a still greater. It is a dan
gerous thing to iuterfere with the liberty of the
pre.-s: for what would it avail us if we gain our
independence and lose cur liberty.”
Latest from the United States.
We continue our extracts from North*
ern papers of the 7th :
PROBABLE WITHDRAWAL OP FREMONT —
SEIZURE OF THE GEORGIA —THE
DRAFT, &C.
The following Washington telegram
of the “ Herald” will be found interest
ing;
Washington, September o.—lt is as**
serted here in well informed Republican
circles, that Gen. Fremont will withdraw
his name from the Presidential contest
within ten days. It is also stated that
Hon. B. F. Wade is shortly to take the
stump for the Baltimore nominees.
The seizure of the late rebel pirate
steamer Georgia, by the United States
steamer Niagara, was made in accordance
with the well established principle of Engs
lish maratime law, that belligerent ves
sels cannot, during the continuance of
hostilities, be legally transferred, as re
gards ownership, in neutral ports, and
are liable to seizure wherever found, not
withstanding they may not have been acs
tually and in good faith sold to neutral
parties. The same principle of mara
time law has been declared by this govs
ernment, and under it any vessel that has
been used for belligerent purposes, under
the authority of the so called Confeder
ate government, will be seized whenever
it can be done, whatever may be her ac
tual ownership at the time. The English
government has reeently re-asserted this
law, and issued instructions forbidding
the transfer of such vessels in British
waters \ and there is no chance for any
complication to arise from such seizures,
it only being necessary to identify the
vessel to render its seizure legal and valid
Four hundred paroled Union prisoners
arrived at Annapolis yesterday. They
were in an emaciated condition. Bad as
! the treatment received at the Libby prison
is, those who come froril Lynchburg com
, plain of even worse treatment. Some of
j the officers state that their wounds have
| not been dressed since the 25tli of Au
j gust. They brought specimens of the
j bread furnished them, which was made
without salt or leaven, and utterly unfit to
| sustain life.
During the last ten days the number of
men mustered into the army has averaged
three thousand a day. On the 2d inst.
four thousand one hundred and thirty
: six were mustered in, and on the od six
thousand one hundred and sixty. These
are the latest reports received. The num
ber mustered in on the third instant is
probably greater than has been mustered
in during any other one day for nearly
two years.
The nomination of McClellan is not
satisfactory to the Missouri Democracy.
They will, however, stand by it, as they
say there is no use of bolting.
The subscriptions to the sevensthirty
loan reported to the Treasury Department
today amount to $326,000, and to the ten
forty loan $140,000.
The Effects of the War on the
North. —The North is beginning to feci
the effects of this war in every depart
ment of trade. A Philadelphia paper,
speaking on the subject, says :
A Washington item states that since
July Ist, only two months, the exports
from New York exceeded the imports
some twenty-six millious of dollars, in
comparison with the amount sent abroad
during the same time last year. The
same condition of things is remarked at
other ports. Thus it will l-e seen that
the gold gamblers are gradually under
mining their own structures. These ex
portations are, in a considerable degree,
composed of foreign goods, which are sent
back because the demand for them, at the
high prices which have been maintained
in sympathy with the increase in the value
of gold, are beginning to tell upon con
sumption. Economy is becoming the or
der of the day, and every succeeding
hour incieases its necessity. We have
been hitherto, running riot in extravagance
and have encouraged foreign operators to
send us their most costly and most useless
goods. By doing so we have increased
prices upon ourselves, until, upon the most
ordinary commodities, we have piled up
values to fearful rates. Diminished con
sumption must follow, and although the
heartless gamblers in gold may occasion
ally put up the price of that commodity
for a few days, the result must be upon
the average, a gradual and steady decline.
Let it eome-+-the sooner the better. Eve
rything has been blown up to au unnatu
ral tension, and the people are beginning
to see their folly. Individual resolution
to get along with as few new purchases as
possible, to buy nothing that is not abso
lutely necessary, and to spend nothing
which can be saved will produce a revo
lution in business affairs as permanent as
it will be grtifying.
Last week we published the rumor that
the noted Green had come overtoils,
bringing two hundred deserters with him.
We have learned since, that we have had
a conference with the Yankees and de--
serters, and as a large number of desert
er’s families are on an isalndin a starving
condition, that they have made the very
modest request, that we would jilJow their
families to return for us to feed, and al
low them the happy privilege of remain
ing with the Yankees, to fight against us.
This is* decidedly Yankeeish—quite the
coolest and most barefaced impudence we
have heard of si nee the war.— Gainesville
(Fl'.') Cotton States, 3 d.
New Orleans papers of the 29th «a\
eight Yankees were killed in Mobiie-Bav.
and oue wounded, Jay the explosion of a
torpedo which they had fi-hed up and
were carelessly handling.
$5.00 Per Month
A Northern View of an Armis
tice.
At Indianapolis, on the 20th ultimo, there
was a grand reception* of several returning
regiments. Gov. Morton made an address to
the soldiers, in the course of which he dis
cussed the question of an armistice as fol
lows :
“It requires two parties to make an armis
tice and Jeff Davis has already declared that
he demands the withdrawal of our armies
from the South as a necessary preliminary to
any negotiation. Who shall ask for an ar
mistice? Shall our Government sue for terms
at the feet of the South ? Will this audience
of soldiers agree to that? (Cries of “No! No!’’)
But wbat does an armistice mean ? It means
to cease operations in front of Atlanta ; it
means to loose the hold on Richmond; it
means to stop Farragut at Mobile.
“As every one knows, diplomacy takes a
great deal of time, and probably, at last, would
fail. Can we spare enough of the weather
now left us for military operations to be frit
tered away in armistice, and then find our
selves carried into the winter, when our cam
paign must necessarily close? Can we afford
that now? But who believes the rebels will
voluntarily come back into the Union, and
give up those very ideas for which they have
suffered the horrors of along and bloody war,
especially if we are to acknowledge, by asking
an armistice, that we are unable* to conquer
them ?
“Can we coax them Back ? If we try that,
we shall have to agree to pay their war debt,
to give a pension to their widows and orphans
and maimed ; we shall have to pay the dam
age that has been done to the Southern States
during the war; and, more than all, we will
ha' r e to engraft into our Constitution the doc
trine of secession. Suppose we succeed.—
hen we come to voting money to pay the
war debt of the South, or to pension their sol
diers, or to reimburse them for damages, ab
olition Massachusetts, abolition Ohio, aboli
tion Wisconsin, will tell u«, “We did not want
an armistice, we wanted to fight this war out.
but, as you have acknowledged secession in
your Constitution, we will quietly walk out.'’
In this way the Union would go topieces, and
the country we tried to save be broken up by
the very- compromise that was intended to
preserve it. We can make no compromise
but what will break up the Government. The
only way to get out of the war is to fight it
out.
; . “But these peace men say the North is ex
; hausted. Are we exhausted? The cost of
this war is not one half of the profits of the
country. We have never been as wealthy as
now, and there are three millions of men in the
North who have not yet shouldered a musket
lin this war. Are we exhausted? Gen. Grant
j has tue rebellion by the throat in front of
! Richmond, and the General has told a United
| States senator that he would not let g'o his
! bold even if New York, Philadelphia and
j Washington should be burned. Sherman is
j all right at Atlanta, and wc will crush this
; rebellion if we are not pulled off by the trait
: ors of the North.”
j Bklligerenr Cruisers.—The following im?>
! portant instructions have just been sent by
the English Government to the Governors of
j Colonies respecting the treatment of prizes by
Federal or Confederate cruisers, if brought
| into British waters:
j 1. If any prize captured by a ship of war
I of either of the belligerent powers shall bo
; brought by the captors within Her Majesty’s
i jurisdiction, notice shall be given by the Gov
j ernor for the captors immediately, to depart
[ and remove such prize.
j 2. Any vessel which shall have been actu
\ ally and bona fide converted into arid used as
I a public vessel of war, shall not be deemed to
be a prize within the meaning of these rules.
3. If any prize shall be brought within Her
Majesty s jurisdiction through mere stress of
weather, or other extreme and unavoidable
necessity, the Governor may allow for her re
moval such time as he may consider to be
necessary.
4. If any prize shall not be removed at the
time prescribed to the captors by the Governor,
the Governor may detain such prize until Her
Majesty’s pleasure shall be made known.
5. If any prize shall have been captured by'
auy violation of the territory or territorial wa
ters of Her Majesty, the Governor may detain
such prize until Her Majesty’s pleasure shall
be made known.
Her Majesty’s Government have not. thought
it necessary to make any addition to tbein
structions already given with respect to car
goes, viz : that Her Majesty’s orders apply as
much to prize every kind which
may be brought by any army ships or priva
teers of either belligerent into British waters
as to the captured vessels themselves. They |
do not, however, apply to any articles which ,
rnay have formed part of any such cargoes j
if brought within British jurisdiction, not by
armed ships or privateers of either belliger
ents, but by other persons who may have ac
quired, or may claim, property in th*o> by i
reason of any dealings with the captors. ;
These rules are for the guidance of the ex
ecutive authority, and are not intended to in- i
terfere in any way with the process of any [
court of justice. I have. &e..
Edward Cardwell.
From Ttaxs-Mississu'pi. —We had the
pleasure this morning of meeting .Major Rose,
ihe indefatigable Trans-Mississippi courier.—
fie brought ever with him Mrs. Gen. Bank
head, and both are cn route to Richmond. He
informs us that the river is patrolled by the
| Yankees with sleepless watchful nee, so that it
is almost impossible to cross anywhere.
Gen. Magruder had gone with his army to
1 Arkansas and Gen. Price was in Missouri,
gathering large numbers of recruits. General
, Kirby Smith wa3 at Shreveport.
The Yankees were still in possession of
1 Natchez ; and had been committing some atroc
ities which shock the sensibilities of every
Christian man. Snch, tor example, as disin
terring the dead in order to search for valusf*
* bles. This is stated on the very best author
: ity.
We are indebted to Major Rose for Houston
1 papers, ot the 24th uit, but they contain no
: news of interest. —Mobile Tribune. I.V&-.
The Reason of McClellan's Removal
from the Army Officially Declared.—At
the great raeetiug in Jiew York. a few davs
since. Hon. Eli I*. Norton said
••The Administration won! i m>t have de
! non need him it r»s* ;hj mere.;* been a soldier.
; but George B MeC.ellau had disown ideas as
an American citizen, tie did not believe in
•:b dih ... confiscation, and w __ is,si li e
I populations ot die South. Wli.i a weeks,
j he (Mr. Norton knew that dr. Mot ; eihui had
been offered use highest command in ihe army,
: if he w •uid give in hi- adhesion to the policy
jof the Adm i nisi talion. He refused.. Governor
I Dennison, ot .io, wh±> presided at the Ralti
j more t Hiv ariosi, which nominated Abraham
j Lincoln, had dec ared. of hi- personal kno*d
| edit-, that ucCied*in w*> removed, not ;:om
| any Leu ‘ ‘ '• mbit -ry nbbity. ■:H •
; the Admit.: •■. v-. u tii - D. urn * ;
party would make * their next candidate
for President. Go- >r Dennison made the
renvai k- in h s ; Mr. Norion s; presence
TELEGRAPHIC.
bipobts or ru pnssa association.
Entered according to act of Congress in th« year
* brasher, in the Clerk's ©Sc© of
tho District Court of the Confederate State© for
tad Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Sept. 16th.—The Baltimore Ga
zette of 14th contains an article from the New
lork News of the 13th, indicating armed op
position to McClellan by that journal. The
News says we covet sincerely and ardently the
unity of the Democratic party, but cannot
counsel and will have no part in its demoral*
ization and disgrace. The Courier des Etats
Unis also withdraws its support from McClel
lan.
Sherman has strictly prohibited persons not
in military service from entering Atlanta.
Neither manufacturing or trading permitted.
The city will be used exclusively for military
purposes.
Clinton, La., Sept. 16.—Shelby’s victory in
Arkansas was complete. The Railroad was torn
up for several miles and one entire regiment of
Yankees captured.
The army worm has destroyed all tho cotton
crops on the river from Vicksburg toNeW Orleans.
The yellow fever is very violent at Key Wc3t
and Tortugas.
Grenapa, Sept. 15, via Mobile,* Sept. 16.
Memphis dates of the 13th received. Gov. Flan
agan, of Arkansas, has called a special session of
the Legislature.
Communication between Memphis and Little
Rock is uninterrupted.
Tho Memphis Argus says au official bulletin
from Secretary Stanton givos interesting facts re
lative to tho call for 500,000 men. Credits to the
States for previous excess consume two-lifths of
the number, leaving 300,000 men actually to bo
raised. One-third of tho last amount meets all
the requirements of General Grant; tho remain
ing two-thirds is to supply the casualties of battle,
loss by discharges and desertions, garrison forts,
fight guerrillas and keep open the communica
tions.
Mobile, Sept. 16.—A gun-boat, yesterday, came
close into shore near the mouth of Dog river. Our
field battery opened on her, giving her a few good
shells and tho enemy retired. It is reported that
the evemy have repaired the gun-boat Gaines and
put her in commission. The Fish river expedi
tion returned badly peppered by our cavalry.
From the Valley.
The latest and most trustworthy intelligence
of operations below us (says the Rockingham
Register of the 9th) is contained in the fol
lowing note sent us from the telegraph office
in this city on Tuesday afternoon :
Harrisonburg, Va., Sept. 6, 1864.
“Reliable information from below says:
Kershaw’s division met the eueray at Perrj
vi 11 e on the 3d and attacked them. They were
about two corps strong. We drove them sev
eral miles upon another corps in reserve.—
Brig. Gen. Humphrey was painfully but not
seriously wounded. Our loss in killed very
small. Everything encouraging. Nothing
heard of the raiders this morning.”
Since the above, was written, we have
: heard of tho “raiders.” The body which was
I supposed to be advancing this way consisted
! of about 3,000 cavalry, which were cut off in
I the fight at Berryville, and they were making
tracks to get out of our way.. They crossed
at Ashby’s Gap, and most probably passed
down near the base of the Blue Ridge to their
stronghold at Harper’s Ferry.
Number of Confederate Prisoners. —As a
number of statements have recently been made in
reference to the number of rebel prisoners now
in custody, the following correct account of them
has been obtained : Officers, four thousand; en
listed men, fifty thousand in round numbers.—
This doss not include those captured iu recent
operations, and not yet reported to the Commis
sary General.— N. Y. Sun.
AHeiitibn, Dawson Artillery!
llkadq’rs Dawson Artillery,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 16,1864.
Special Orders, <
No. 5.
In compliance with orders from Post Headquar
ters, tho <'oinpany will assemble in front of Jaques’
Carriage Shop, THIS EVENING, at 1 o’clock,
for inspection and review.
The Roll will be called punctually at that hour,
and all absentees reported tor trial to Garrison Chart
Martial.
By order of
It. B. BAKER, r*pt.
Jno W Harris, O S
spl7 lt^
Foreign & Domestic Goods
—OF—
: Re cent Importations*
j
| By JAMES H. TAYLOR,
JSI ■o.otion.ooi'*,
-
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
i ,
On Wednesday, Sept. 28,
Will be sold in my Store, comer of Broad and
Campbell streets, Augusta Ga., a large and valuable
I assortment of Goods, mostly es direct consignments
; from Nassau, to-wit:
1,210 Yards Imperial Irish Linen ;
j “ Superior French D*ie Skins ;
50 “ Canton Crape Super.
20 packiyges Swiss Muslins ;
14 dozen Undershirts;
Lisle Gloves, Hosiery, <&e.;
185 dozen Supr French Calf Skins;
120 pair Ladies’ Boots :
30 “ Cavalry Boots;
1200 “ Leaf Cotton Cards;
101-2 goss Hair Pins;
100 dozen Tooth and Hair Brushes ;
1200 “ Pen Hollers; m
152 gross Hooks and Eyes ;
5(0 M, Percussion Caps;
47 dozen English Razors ;
40,000 Luttanna Needles;
25 gross Steel Thimbles : •
47 “ Assorted Pins;
20,000 Coronet Needles ;
20,000 Wills k eo., Needles Sharps;
326 dozen A sorted Dressing Combs ;
138 “ 14 Pocket “
54 " Supr Gutta Percha Dressing Combs;
4 Packs Ribbons Pins.
—ALSO—
-35 Ga lons French Brandy ;
6 Packages Mackerell;
56 Kegs Sup. Caro. Soda;
2 Bbis Epsom Salts ;
9 Boxes Ad mantine ' an lies;
1 Bbl Brown Sugar;
10 Bbis Oil Lavender;
1 Bag liio G.ffee;
75 Gross Pressed Tumblers ;
30 Ke.f 10 and 12 < utce Tacks;
40 Bbl- Smoking Tobacco, 1 ft papers;
- 1 Gros Shoe Knives:
1 Fuse " Hammers;
1 “ Butcher Knives ;
-Cases Knives and Forks.
£3“G>nditi >ns cash <sn delivery,
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