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DAILY TIMES,
J. W. WARREN* - - - Editor.
OOLTJMBXJS:
Tuesday Mornigg, September 20, 1864.
Strup from the Corn Stale.—W* hare beea
shown, says the Mebile Advertiser, a rery hand
aeme sample of syrup made from con stalks by
Mr. Henry Colton, residing about fire miles from
the city, who informs us that he manufactured
nine gallons from ferr cart loads of stalks. They
were cut before the grain had hardened, or at
about proper “green corn” stage. It is well known
that syrup can be made from corn stalks, and a
number of years ago there was considerable expe
rimenting in that way, but the present is the first
instance of .the manufacture that we have heard of
in this section, since the present scarcity of molas
ses and sugar has existed.
Coal Oil for Woitlds. —An Assistant Surge
on says, that what water is to a wound in an in
flamed state coal oil is in a suppurating state—it
dispels flies, expels vermin, sweetens the wound
and promotes a healthy granulation. He states
that he has seen two patients whose wounds have
been dressed with it asleep before he was through
with the third. If it serves to keep away flies, it
will add materially to the comfort of the wounded
as well as their cure. *r.
Nellie Norton: or Southern slavery and the
Bible—A Scriptural Refutation of the Principle
Arguments upon which the Abolitionists rely—
A Vindication of Southern Slavery from the
Old and New Testament.
The above is the title of a very neatly printed
novelette of 208 pages from the press of Burke
Boykin & Cos., Macon, Ga., for which we are in
debted to the author, Rev. E. W. Warren. The
beok is said to tea masterly and convincing ar
gument in favor of "lavery, written in a style that
cannot fail to instruct as well as interest the i»-
tclligent reader.
“Peace on the basi3 of the Union,” is the
McClellan motto, If disposed at all to accept
this peaceful tender, says the Charleston Cou
rier, we would ask what Union or what stage
or standard of the Union shall we accept?
The Union as formed by thirteen States, of
whom twelve actually held slaves, and all re
cognized slavery ; or the Union of which one
large section organized and aided and en**
couraged the John Brown raid against the
other section, and the homo of
The Federal and Confederate
Loans.
By last foreign advices the Confederate loan
in England was far ahead of the Federal loan,
commanding, as it did, seventy three, while
the latter was hard to gat off at forty one
cents in the dollar. The London “Index”
gives the following description of the two
loans :
The United States five twenties, ss called
because redemption is optional after five
years, and compulsory in twenty years ft cm
date, bearing six percent interest, are express
ly intended to subserve the purpose of an in
direct foreign loan, the direct negotiations,
several times attempted, have signally failed.
There is a regular machinery for peddling and
hawking them about, “in quantities to suit
purchasers,” not merely in the great money
marts, but among the rural and industrial pop
ulations of Europe.
In Holland and especially in Germany,
where the traditional belief in the fabulous
wealth and prosperity of the United States
still survives, and where the cause of the
North is looked upon as that of a second “Vat
erland,” this machinery has worked most es- j
fcctfvely, and the very cheapness cf the übiq- i
uitous bonds has tempted imprudent invest
ments. It is believed that an amount vastly j
greater than that of the whole Confederate
Foreign Loan has been thus placed in various
Continental countries, and, to a more limited
extent, also ia Scotland and Ireland. The
gold thus drawn, mainly from the hard-earned
savings of the poor, has been Mr. Chase’s
chief reliance in bis ruinous coup d' elat in the
New York specie market, and it has contribu
ted to retard the inevitable and long expected
crash. We are fully warranted, therefore, in
treating these bonds, as to all intents and
purposes, an appeal to foreign credit, quite as
much so as if the loan, instead of being indi
rectly obtained, had been formally negotiated.
On the other hand, it would be most unfair
to compare securities so placed with the
funded domestic debt of a country where,
owing to a blockade by sea and land, the pre
cious metals have been withdrawn from the
operation of the laws of supply and demand,
and acquired an altogether arbitrary value,
as speculative as that of certain bulbs in the
famous tulip mania. The bonds of the Con
federate funded debt represent a home cur
rency more or less deranged, and measure
its fluctuations for better or for worse, but
they in nowise represent Confederate credit
abroad, for which reasou onlya very insignifi
cant portion has ever sought its way into the
European market.
The Foieign Loan of the Confederate State*
derives undoubtedly an inestimable strength
from its broad substratum of hypothecated
cotton. Thanks to this, it has an invariable
standard of its own value, and is wholly inde
pendent of, and unaffected by, the capricious
price of gold or the redundant issues of treas
ury notes in the Confederacy. However poor
in the precious metals the Southern States
may become, or however disordered their in
ternal fiuances, they will always have, so long
as they are their own masters, the means to
pay from their accumulated store and their
inexhaustible soil in a medium the specie val
ue of which can never be less than the stipula
ted minimum of sixpence per pound. But
though this fortunate circumstance ofa double
standard ot payment securely shields the for
eign debt of the Confederacy from the dan
gers attaching to its domestic finances, the
ability to pay, even when cotton is substitu
ted for gold, depends upon the same condition,
that the Confederates should be their owd
masters ; in other words, upon the fortunes of
a ffi'r of independence—upon the credit of
their Govt.un.ent abroad. It is therefore ex
posed to the same fluctuations, according to
the coarse and tenor of events, as any other
national security unsustained by a similar
-bstantial pledge. This becomes still more
clear wheu we consider the history of the Loan
from its inception. By far the greater por
tion was subscribed, and is still held, by per*
ions in the classes removed from commercial
speculative pursuits. Partly, perhaps,
from sympathy, partly from abiding confi
dence in the ultimate safety of the invest
ment, the most tenacious holders are to be
found among the landed gentry of England—
purchasers at the issue price, who are content
to lock up their bonds and bide their time.—
It is for this reason that, despite the unusual
inducements to speculation, the transactions
in the loan have at all times been confined to
moderate limits. In fact", it required an ex
traordinary accidental depression is the mer
chantable value of the bonds to bring the
“cotton feature”—that is to say, the reserved
strength of their capability of immediate con-
version—all into active play.
The enterprise which has been prosecuted
with such striking success at Mobile and the
Texan ports, of exchanging the bonds for cot
ton, and running the latter through the block
ade, did not commence until the bonds, alter
the failure of Gen. Lee's Pennsylvania cajn
pmgn, had fallen to the low level now reached
by the securities of the United States. Once
commenced, success invited continuance, and
the prohibitive restrictions of the Confederate
Go\ eminent on foreign commerce, by giving
the bond-holders a valuable monopoly, im
parted a still stronger impulse to this lucra
tive business, so that now we behold the
unprecedented spectacle of as unrecognized.
Government paying not only the interest but
redeeming the capital of its foreign indebted
ness while struggling against heavy odds. It
would be unfair to ignore the healthy effect
which this process is exercising upon the
quotations of the bonds on the Stock Ex
change; but the fact nevertheless remains
that to the aggregate of the holders and the
public at large these quotations represent, not
the value es cotton nor the profits of blockade
running, but the measure of confidence in the
triumph of Confederate arms, just as the mer
chantable value of United States Government
securities in foreign markets represents the
measure of still lingering hope, on the part of
the adherents of the North, in the ultimate
success of its scheme of subjugation and ex
termination. Both are promises to pay inter
est and capital in gold, and both are intended
for placement abroad.
The only deduction we are called upon to
make in contrasting Confederate bonds at 73
with Federals at 41, is that the former pay
seven per cent, interest, while the latter pro
mise only eix per cent. The interest for the
former is payable abroad, for the latter at
> home. These are the only real advantages
which, judged from a purely financial point
of View, the Confederate bond would intrins
ically possess over the Federal bond, if the
credit of the two governments was equal.
This will hardly be considered as compensa*
ting for the want of recognition, and the tacit
encouragement thus given to the aggressor.
Fairly tested, then, by'the infalible barometer
us the money markets of the world, the rela
tive ability of making good a future promise
to pay i3, in the opinion of the most cautious
and sagaciously sensitive ole is, decided be-i
tween the two American belligerents to be as
73 is to 41, and this disproportion is still rap
idly widening. And yet the statesmen of
Europe affect to treat the Confederate States
as a part of Mr. Lincoln’s dominions, and the
Confederate Government representing only “a
local insurrection, chiefly adjacent to the Gulf
of-Mexico.”
An Interview witli the Presi
dent—His Views of the Dem
ocratic Policy.
The Grant County (Wis.) Herald contaias a
very interesting letter from Hon. John T.
Mills, Judge of the Judicial Circuit, giv
ing an account of a recent interview with Mr.
Lincoln, with a report of the remarks of the
latter in regard to the consequences which
would follow the adoption of the war policy
urged by the friends of Gen. McClellan. We
give the President’s expressed view*, oraittißg
the preliminary account of the interview:
“I don’t think it is personal vanity or am
bition, though I am not free from these in
timities, but I canaot but feel that the weal
or woe of this great nation will be decided in
November. There is no programme offered
by any wing of the Democratic party but that
must result in the permanent destruction of
the Union.”
“But, Mr. President, Gen. McClellan is in
favor of crushing but the rebellion hy force.—
He will be the Chicago candidate. ’
“Sir,” saiji the President, “the slightest
knowledge of arithmetic will p 'ove to any
man that the rebel armies cannot be des
troyed by Democratic strategy. It would
sacrifice all the white men of the North to do
it. There are now in the service of the Uni
ted States near 200,000 able-bodied colored
men, most of them under arms, defending and
acquiring Union, territory. The Democratic
strategy demands that these forces be dis
banded, and that the masters be conciliated
by restoring them to slavery. The black men
who now assist Union prisoners to escape,
they are to be converted into our enemies in
the vain hope of gaining the good will of their
masters. We shall have to fight two nations
instead of one.
You cannot conciliate the South if you guar
anty to. them ultimate success ; and the ex
perience of the present war proves their suc
cess is inevitable if you fling the compulsory
labor of millions of black men into their side
of the scale. Will you give our enemies such
military advantages as insure success, and
then depend on coaxing, flatteiy and conces
sion to get them back into the Union ? Aban
don all the posts now garrisoned by black
men, take two hundred thousand men from
our side and put them, in the battlefield or
corn-fields against us, and we would be com
pelled to abandon the war id three weeks.
We have to hold territory in inclement and
sickly places; where are the Democrats to
do this ? It was a free fight, aud the field
was open to the War Democrats to put down
this rebellion by fighting against both master
and slave long before the present policy was
inaugurated.
There have been men base enough to pro.
pose to me to return to slavery the black war
riors of Port Hudson and Olu'stee, and thus
win the respect of the masters they fought.—
Should I do so, I should deserve to be damned
in time and eternity. Come what will, I will
keep my faith with frietfd and foe. My ene
mies pretend I am now carrying on this war
for the sole purpose of abolition. So long as
I am President, it-shall be carried on for the
sole purpose of restoring the Union. But no
human power ean subdue this rebellion with
out the use of the emancipation policy, and
every other policy calculated to weaken the
moral aud physical force of the rebellion.
Freedom has given us two hundred thou
sand men raised on Southern soil. It will
give more yet. Just so much it has subtrac
ted from the enemy, and instead of alienating
the South, there are now evidences of a fra
ternal feeling growing up between our men
and the rank and the file of the rebel soldiers.
Let my enemies prove to the country that the
destruction of Slavery is not necessary to a
restoration of the Union. I will abide the
issue.”
President Pierce on the Presidential Elec
tion. —Just before the meeting of the Chicago Con
vention, Ex-President Pierce wrote a letter de
clining to be a candidate for the nomination. Re"
ferring to the conduct of tbe election he says :
Whoever may be nominated will, I have no doubt,
in obedience te what will be the vote of the Con
vention, declare in the name of the Bemecracy of
the United States, that the approaching election
shall be a free election—an election conducted in
obedience t* the laws of the land—with no military
presence to overawe the unarmed citizen. And
that if in any sovereign State recognizing the au ?
thority of the Federal Government, military usur
pation shall come to suppress the people in the ex
ercise of their rights under the Constitution and
enacted laws, we will meet that.military usurpa
tion with all the power we command.
But if your Convention will act cordially and in
harmony there need be no apprehension that bayo
nets will attempt to control the judgment of the
voters.
No audacity in defiance of the Constitution will
dare to confront with arms the united Democracy
of the Southwestern, Middle, Northwestern and
Eastern States. No man, defying the Constitution
which he has sworn to. uphold and obey, can bring
the army to support open rebellion against a fair
and free vote. They will hold that we are a free
people yet—let ns be thankful for that—a free
people living under a written Constitution, which
binds the highest official not less firmly than the
humblest citizen of the Republic. Os this I think
yon may be sure. The critical—the vital thing
will be united action on your part; and that sueh
may be the result is my earnest wish.
Always yeur friend,
(Signed) FRANKLIN PIERCE.
George P. Morris, now unhappily no more, made
a good deal of capital by his poetical request to a
certain “woodman” to spare that tree.” We fear
that more than one woodman in our section will
make more capital this year by neither “sparing
that tree” nor the buyer of the cord wood sticks into
which it nny be divided. For our part, wo would
reverse the words of the song and say, * Woodman
don't spare that tree” nor the other ones. Cut them
down and bring them to market, but oh, spare the
poor buyers iu town ! Sell the fuel for a less
than ts weight in Confeds—let the saints and the
sinners here in Wilmington have something to keep
the vital warmth.in their bodies for a little while
longer. Let them have a stick now and then to
cook their victuals. It won’t require much tor that
purpose. Upon the whole, we say —we would sing
if wo knew how—-Woodman cut that tree, spar* not
a single bow, in winter we will need it all, we want
a little now. — Wilmington Journal.
Interesting European Hews.
Our latest English papers give us the following
sammary of intelligence:
LORD PALMERSTON ON THE AMERICAN WAR.
Lord Palmerston had been addressing his con
stituents at Tiverton on the .general pelicy of his
Government. In the coarse of his remarks, he
spoke as follows on the American war:
Then there was an American civil war. There
is much difference of opinion as te the merits es
the contending parties. Seme are fer the Nerth,
on the ground of their hatred of slavery. Some
are for the South, on the ground es tkeir levees
freedom and independence. We might have been
involved one way or the ether if we had listened
te many of those who urged different courses of
action. We might have been involved in the
quarrel; but I believe the country is glad we have
abstained from following that course. [Cheers.]
We could have had nothing to gain, and we should
only have added thousands of our own sonste the
hecatomb of victims which that calamitous, bloody
and slaughtering war has sacrificed. [Cheers.]
We may hope that time and reflection—and reeent
ad vices from America show some favorable symp
toms—aad the fact of the immense losses which
have been sustained, and the slight hopes of suc
sess which appear on the part of the North, may
warrant the hope that many months will not elapse
before some progress will be made tewards healing
that tremendous breach which now exists. [Cheers.]
But of this I am convinced, that if we had yield
ed to those who, from the purest motives and from
a sincere coh\ ictien, urged us to interfere, to offer
our mediation, and to endeavor to reconcile the
i turtles before their differences were ripe for adjust
ment, we should not Only have failed in accom
plishing that object, but we should have embitter
ed the feeling between that country and this, aud
hare rendered the future establishment es good
relations between us and themselves less easy and
more difficult—[bear, hear] —therefore, I think
mat our neutrality is right. lam sure that it is
appreciated by the country at large.” [Cheers.]
England's danger from re-united America.
[From the London Herald, August 24.]
- * * * By our se-called neutrality we have
earned the jealous hatrod of both sections es the
late Union. The reports that have reached us as
t# the proposals of Niagara diplomatists suggest te
us the alarming thought that in the next American
war we may be called upon, whether we wish it or
net, to play a prominent part. The negligent
apathy es statesmen has let slip the opportunity
es securing the gratitude and friendship es the
Southern people. If an alliance for the conquest
of Canada should be insisted upon by the North as
one es the conditions of peace, we can hardly pre
sume to blame the South for acquiescing in the
bargain. If we in Europe have withheld the
right hand of fellowship, we cannot wonder that
j it should agree to an offensive and de
fensive, wiih its late enemy in the West. We
shall have but ourselves to thank for it, if we
should find ourselves helpless on a sudden, in the
presence of a powerful conspiracy, to extend the
dominion of a rival empire over the whole vast
continent between the lakes and the polo.
the position Af the belligerents and issues
OF THE CONTEST.
[From the London Times, August 22.]
* * # On all points the presumptions which
once inspirited the North have now expired. The
South, on the other hand, has lost but a single
hepe. The Confederates commenced the struggle
with the belief that Europe would not endure the
loss of its flotton supplies, and that either the block
ade would be raised in the interest of our manu
facturers, or that a war so disastrous to trade
would be terminated by European intervention.—
In this expectation they were deceived, hut they
confronted the disappointment with unabated reso
lution, and determined to fight the war out them
selves. This they have done; and now, in the
fourth year of the contest, they find thcmselveg
with armies capable of meeting any armies of their
enemy, with good credit and an established repu
tation. They obtain what they want in spite of
the blockade ; they are living under a well-organ
ized government; and if they escape disaster in
Georgia, they may fairly say that the fourth cam
paign of the war leaves them in a better position
than ever.
Meantime the North is in difficulties about the
reinforcement of its armies, and is approaching
the crisis of a Presidential election. There is a
chance for the South—perhaps the best yet offer
ed —in the conflict of opinions which the political
struggle will evoke; but it would be vain to spe
culate on the actual results either of the election or
the campaign. As regards the final issue of the
war, we consider the prospects of the Confederates
to boas good as ever; but the Federals have shown
such insensibility to defeat, and such an inflexible
tenacity of .purpose, that we cannot anticipate any
early termination of the strife. Perhaps tho suc
cess of Sheiman in Georgia, or of Farragut in j
Mobile, might counteract the disappointment pro
duced by the failure of Grant in Virginia, and
once more inspire the Federals with expectations of
absolute success; but in Europe we can only em
ploy the lessons of this eventful campaign to con
firm our convictions of the hopelessness of the war
and the necessity of a speedy peace.
THE CONFEDERATE WAR VESSELS IN FRANCE.
[From the Paris Siecle, August 23.]
It may be remembered that not long ago two
war-ships, destined lor the Confederate service,
were ordered at Nantes. The Phare d* la Loire
now tells us that the San Francisco and the Shang
hae are yet in the docks there, and that they are,
in a mysterious manner, being armed. A label in
large characters is posted above the coupe, order
ing no stranger to enter either vessel. It is said
that in the interior of these ships, on the ono side
armed, the machinery hooks are being studded, on
which te hang chains in case of an attack. M.
Voruly, we are assured, has been authorized by
the Minister of Marine to tost these machines;
M. Chasseloup Laubat demands that only one ship
at a time shall leave the harbor. Tho day on which
experimeats are te be made is hot yet fixed.
PEACE RUMORS AND THE YANKEE PROSPECTS.
The New York correspondent of ,tba London
Times, writing from Niagara Falls under date of
August Bth, says: “Clifton House has become th#
centre of negotiations between the Norther? l'rieuds
of peace arid tho Southern agents, which promise
a withdrawal of differences from tie arbitrament
of the sword.” The correspondent then goes on
te explain that an effort is to be made to nominate
a Democrat for the Presidency upon a platform
fer an armistice and a convention of the States,
and to thwart, hy all possible means, the efforts of
Mr. Lincoln for a re-election.
The Times’ “city article” says “Frankfort ad
vices show a loss of faith in the United State*
bonds, large sales having depressed price* to 38,
which is three per cent below the last quotations
from New York.”
The Daily News says there are rumors of a pro
jected new Confederate loan in Belfast, where there
has been no rioting since the 10th. Order has
been restored.
Kilpatrick’s Raid.
The following, from the New York News,
gives an idea of the “success” of Kilpatrick’s
recent Georgia raid, which does not agree al
together with the accounts of some other
Northern “papers:
Kilpatrick’s raid on the Atlanta and Macon
Railroad has proved a disaster. It appears to
have been anticipated in every one of its
movements. Confronted at all points, attacked
in the rear at one and almost surrounded at
others, it has been singularly unfortunate.
Pursued closely to South River, the raiders,
several thousand strong, found it bank full •
but with death or the Libby at their heels, all
that remained of them struck for the other
side by swimming. Men and horses, in con
siderable numbers, were drowned in the at
tempt, and we may presume, therefore, that
the losses of the retreat involved at that point
all its artillery and wagons. The number of
men and horses that returned does not appear,
unless we arp to accept tbe telegraphic an
nouncement ‘made some days ago that it
amounted to but one hundred ! That enter
prise has done very little good, and is thu*
seen to have cost dearly.
Even according to the bloodiest codes of recog
nised war, it is not allowed, we believe, to fire into
a city that is not simply and merely a military post,
until it has been invested and attacked, and effec
tually surrounded by a force aitparently sufficient
for occupation when surrendered.
Charleston is not besieged in aDy sense approach
ing this condition—its land approaches, two rivers
and three rail roads, are open and in free use, and
the only token of a siege, or summons, or pretext
for treating it as a city liable to shells, is a few bat
teries only near enough to annoy and alarm and
disturb non-combatants, invalids and others, and
not to weaken in any way the military defences.
The shelling is not —even after Gen. Foster’s em
phatic assertion—directed to or at any works, shops,
or arsenals, or other military posts—or if so, the
Yankees are bad artillerists.
Judged by its effects and mode in reference to the
rules of war, the shelling of the city can only bo
pronounced by impartial witnesses an experimental
school of practice in developing new lesults in ar
tillery.
Are we ready to continue champagne courtesies
and frequent flags of truce with persons ordering
and approving such shelling, and branding us false
ly for cruelties to prisoners whom they will not re
lieve by exchange 'l—Courier.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OF TH* PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in tke year
1*63, hy J. S. Thrasher, in tho Clerk’s office of
tho District Coart of tho Confederate States for
tko Northern District of Georria.
Richmond, Sept. 17th.—The N. Y. New* of tho
13th state* that preliminary steps have been taken
by tho friends es peace, to call a National Con
tention of tho Democratic party, and nominate
candidates for President and Vice President.
Richmond, Sept. 17th.—The following was re
ceived to-day :
Hbadqr’s. Army Northern Va., Sept 17th.—
Hon* Secretary Seddon. —At daylight yesterday
the enemy’s skirmish line, west of Jerusalem
Plank Road, was driven hack on their entrench
ments along their whole line; at the same time
Hampton attacked his position north af Norfolk
Railroad near Sycamore Church, and captured
about 300 prisoners, some arms, wagons, a large
number of horses and 2500 cattle. Gregg attack
ed Hampton on his return in the afternoon at
Belcher’s Mill, on Jerusalem Plank Road, but was
repulsed and driven back. Everything was
brought off safely. Our entire loss does not ex
ceed fifty men.
(Signed) - R..E. LEE.
Mobile, Sept. 19.—There is from six to eight
blockaders constantly off the bar.
A special dispatch to the Register, dated Sena
tohia, Sept. 17th, says Quantrell is reported cap
tured in Indiana.
Shelly with from six to eight thousand men oc
cupy Pillot Knob and Ironton, and on the 15th
burned Rilty River Bridge seventy miles south of
St. Louis.
The rebel forces are rapidly augmenting by
conscription in South Missouri.
A. J. Smith’s command is at Cairo and hound
for Georgia.
There is considerable uneasiness felt in Memphis
in consequence oi Forrest crossing the line.
Richmond, Sept. 19.
New York papers of the 16th received.
Sheridan under date of Berry ville, 13th reports
that Wilson’s cavalry charged Kershaw’s division
on the Winchester turnpike, capturing the Bth S.
C., embracing 16 officers and 145 men; also Col.
jiaitwuL, vOmnai'.d’Oflf brigade. Wilson’s loss 20
killed and 3 wounded.
Tke New York Democratic Convention renom
inated Seymour for Governor and Jones for Lieut.
- Governor. The Tribune says the resolutions were
a cross between the Chicago platform and McClel
lan’s letter, with an effort to go in favor of both.
About 50 prominent peace democrats held a con
ference in New York, and unanimously adopted a
resolution fora convention of Jeffersonian demo
crats in the course of the present mouth at Cincin
nati for the purpose of nominating a candidate to
represent that branch of the democratic party
which the letter of McClellan completely ignores.
The Herald of the 17th has dispatches from the
Soushwest which state that Price with 500 cavalry
crossed tho Arkansas river half way between Lit
tle Rock and Fort Smith on the Bth en route for
Missouri.
Brig Gen Cooain of Grant’s army was killed re
cently by a fall from his horse.
Gold closed 223.
A Yankee raiding party burnt the railroad
bridge over the Rapidan yesterday afternoon.
Intelligence from Winchester is to the afternoon
of the 16th. Our forces hold the ground from
Winchester to Opequan. The enemy’s infantry,
estimated 30,000 strong, remain behind their en
trenchments; their cavalry 10,000 strong, dispaly
considerable enterprise and activity. Early’s ar
my is ia fine condition, enjoying abundant sup
plies including fruit and vegetables.
A coaflict recently occurred on Main st. Nor
folk, between some sailors and negro soldiers. One
sailor was killed and 20 badly wounded; one ne
gro mox tally wounded.
New Orleans dates te th* 6th. The vote for
Congressmen iu that city was 4,900 against 568.; §
Gold in New York on the 16th opened 229 and
closed 228i.
Mobile, Sept. 19.
Last night the engine of the passenger train on
the Mobile and Ohio road blew up, killing the en
gineer BDd damaging tho train.
Six vessels off the bar. All quiet. Rumors not
reliable.
What War Teaches. —The Richmond Yfhig
says, iu the mouth of one of the characters, in
the fragment of aßomanee left by Thackeray,
at his death, we find these striking words
which have their lesson at this time :
“War teaches obedience and contentment
under privation ; it fortifies courage ; it tests
loyalty ; it gives occasion for showing merci
fulness of heart; moderation in victory ; en
durance and cheerfulness under defeat. The
brave who do battle victoriously in their
country’s cause, leave a legacy of honor to
their children.”
We, at the South, can feel little interest in
a contest between Lincoln and McClellan.
They both regard U3 as cooks would an ani
mal to be prepared for the table. One wants
to roast and the other wants'*to boil us. We
object to either process. We don’t care which
of the cocks whip. If we have a preference,
we think Lincoln is the least dangerous, and
upon the whole we would prefer his success
to that of McClellan.— Exchange.
Mr. Chase and the Presidency.— Some
of Mr. Chase’s friends lately addressed him a
letter of inquiry as to his views on the politi
cal situation, but more particularly to ascer
tain whether he was opposed to Mr. Lincoln’s
re-election. In his reply, Mr. Chase says:
I do not see any reason for believing that
the great cause to which we are all bound can
be promoted any better, or as well, by with
drawing support from the nomination made at
Baltimore; and no cause of dissatisfaction,
however strong, will warrant any sacrifice of
that cause. What future circumstances may
require or warrant cannot now be foreseen,
and need not now be considered. I particu
larly desire my friends to do nothing or say
nothing that can create the impression that
there is any personal difference between Mr.
Lincoln and myself, for there is none. All the
differences that exist are on public questions,
and have no private bearing.
Grant and Lee.—
Says U. S. Grant to R. E. Lee—
“ Surrender Petersburg to me.”
Says R. E. Lee to U. S. Grant —
“Hare Petersburg? Oh no, you shan’t.”
“I shan’t,” said Grant, “Oh, very well—
You say I shan’t, I say I shell.”
[Yankee paper.
Singula* Will.— There lately died in Buenos
Ayres man of 78 years, whose will contained
a clause leaving ten thousand cigars for those who
might attend his funeral. This eecentric testator
also expressed his desire that his friends should not
leave the house of mourning without drinking to
his memory all the wine left m his cellar. It is said
the wish of the deceased was perfectly fulfilled.
A Patriot. —An old gentleman, from Union
county, named Alexander Murray, and up
wards of eighty years old, who foaght in the
war of 1812 and the Indian wars, visited this
place on furlough Monday last, being now in
the Confederate army, where the old veteran
says he will remain until our independence is
acknowledged !
1: ellow Fever in Charleston.— lt is reported
that the yellow fever has made its appearance
in Charleston,, and that there are some fifteen
cases in the city. It is also said that some
deaths have occurred from the disease.
[Chronicle Sentinel.
TBEB OI TY.
T- J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR.
Fire. — A fir* occurred about 8 *’clock last
evening on the premises es Mr. B. G. Stern, corner
of Jackson and streets, censuming a small
kitchen. Loss trifling. Th* fir* companies were
promptly out.
Two Blue Bellies Caught. —Capt. Chapman’s
Company on duty on tho Muscogee Railroad,
overhauled, some twenty miles from th* eity, en
Friday last, two cerulean Abdomens, who escaped
from the cars at Fort Valley. • They had recently
been confined at Andersonville, and were being
transported to another point. They were brought
to Columbus on Saturday and delivered over t*
the Provost Marshal.
House to Rent— See advertisement es a very
desirable house to rent in a convenient portien of
the city. _
Sales To-Day. —lt will be sees by advertise
ment, that Ellis, Liringsten & C*., will soil this
day at auction desirable real estate, Regrets and
other valuable property.
Matt. R. Evans. —We invite tho attention of
the community to the advertisement of this gen
tleman, so long and favorably known to our old
citizens. It will he seen that he is engaged in the
Commission business at Mobile,and we take pleas
ure in recommending hm bouse to all persons hav
ing business in this line.
Religious. —A series of pretraeted sorrioes
have been held during the past week, at the Bap
tist Church in this city, resulting in considerable
jeligious interest and several accessions ta the
church. We understand that service will be con
tinued during the present week.
Personal. —We were pleased te welceme in
eurcity yesterday, th* gifted proprietor and lucky
Local of the Eufaula Spirit of the South, Mr.
John Black. Notwithstanding the wear aud tear
of these war times, he gives evidence of good liv
ing, as we have rarely seen him in bettor physi
cal condition. He comes among us to look after
tho interest of his paper, and wo respectfully com.
mend him to the favorable acquaintance of eur
citizens.
Another part of John’s business up her* is, we
learn, to assist us in discussing the merits of a cer
tain ham, which ho contends he has a right to do, by
virtue of what he construes to he an invitation on
our part. Alas! for the infatuation of seme people;
If any such invitation has ever been given it was
only done in a joke, and not in any expectation or
hope of his coming. Besides, said ham has been
disintegrated too long ago to talk about.
A Plea for the Exiles. —OuPn a number of
Atlanta exiles have landed at our depot during the
past week, many of them in a most abject and de
plorable condition. We are pleased to learn that
our citizens have been taking steps to ameliorate
their misfortunes to some extent. But while this
is the case, wo opine that owing to tho preseat
over-crowded and over-burdened condition of our
cities, it will be impossible for all those unfortu.
nates to find shelter in our midst, and we would
most earnestly appeal in their behalf to the plan
ters throughout the State to open their doors and
hearts to them. Itis true the obligation to relieve
their necessities rests upon all classes alike, in ac
cordance with their several abilities, but we think
there is a great deal more room ia the country
than in our surcharged cities, aud wo trust homes
may bo provided for these exiles in the rural dis
tricts. These unfortunate old men, women aud
children, have cast their lot with us, have given
in their adhesion to our faith, and have proven by
their conduct that they desire to share our politi
cal fortunes whether they be good or i’ll. We
are, therefore, socially, morally and religiously
bound to share with them our blessings and com
forts, and even the last morsel of bread, if need be.
They are identified with us fully—bono es our
bone and flesh of our flesh, baptized in the same
baptism and partakers of the same faith. We
hope then that all will feel the binding obligations
to assist them as far as possible.
“Asa Hartz” —His Children. —Who ha3 not
read the pithy articles, both poetic and prose of
“Asa Hartz”? He has become a general favorite
throughout the Confederacy. But unfortunately
the Yankees aabed him about the time of the de
traction of Jackson, Miss., last year, and be is
now a prisoner on Johnson’s Island. His wife
died about a week before bis capture and left two
very interesting children, Lucy about 10 years,
and Johny about three. We are indebted to Mr.
F. L. Cherry of Mobile, for the information that
they have been cared for and are now in this city
in charge of their uncle, Mr. James Woodall, of
Montgomery. They will be conveyed to-day to
their aunt’s Mrs. William Stewart of Russell Coun
ty, where they will find a permanent and pleasant
heme. We write this hoping that it may reach
their father’s eye and he be relieved of any anxiety
he may naturally feel in regard to them.
[From tbe Boston Courier.]
Tlie “Pirate” Alabama.
John Paul, calling himself Jones, commaa-.
ded, during the third year of the war of the
American Revolution, ah armed ship named
the Bonhomme Richard, which ship was nev
er in any port of the United States, an 1 was
manned (though her chief officers, under her
Captain, were Americans)by foreigners, for the
most part Irish, Scotch, Portugueese, Norwe
gihns and others, with only a few Americans,
and all picked up in Europe. The chief busi
ness of the Bonhomme Richard was to capture
and destroy English merchantmen navigating
the British Channel and German Ocean. The
Bonhomme Richard was at length destroyed
herself, after a desperate engagement on the
part of herself and her censorts against the
British man-of-war Serapis, commanded by
Captain Pearson. John Paul Jones held a
captain’s commission from a certain rebel
Congress sitting at Philadelphia, or Lancaster
or somewhere else in the British Province of
Pennsylvania.
Query.—Was the Bonhomme Richard a
“piratical craft ?” Was she a “privateer ?” —
Was John Paul Jones a “pirate?”
These enquiries are made under the impres
sion of the deluge cf “piratical” phrases which
the newspapers of the day pour oq.t on occa
sion of the late naval engagement between the
Kearsage,‘Captain Winslow, and the Alabama,
Capt. Semmes.
By the way, it seems that Captain Winslow,
of the Kearsage, has paroled the crew of the
Alabama. How is that ? Is it customary to
parole pirates?
One thing more in the same connection.—
Wo read occasionally in the Republican jour
nals some very hard things about Benedict-
Arnold,; the traitor. Are we to undersatnd
that a desperato rebel, who repents of his re
bellion and returns to his allegiance, is a idH
tor ? What of Gen. Gantt, of Arkansas ?
In truth, all this calling of foul
which pervades the Republican press is
of the evil signs of the times. It i3 quite Hl|
ural, however, that men who have outgrflraf
the Constitution of the United States shHlfl
have forgottten the American
all its lessons.
Thus, and thus only, can we account foflSß
fact that Mr. Bancroft and Mr. Molloy,
fame as historians and as men rsst upon (KBl
respective histories of rebellion, and
tion of rebels of such, and especially of JfsSfM
great representative persons of robelfH|
William of Orango, and George Washing]®")
should have settled down into opinions o J _ Ie *
gitimacy and of loyalty, and of the divine
right of Government, which would have d»-
lighted the hearts of Philip II- of au <}
George 111. of England, a «^ e^“ ow . fit „!
the political atmosphere Os St. Petersburg and
Vienna.
For Chattahoochee.
The steamer Jackson, will leave for the above and
intermediate landings this morning at 9 o'clock.
sep2o It FRY ’ Capt
Notice.
Headquarters Post,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 19. 1864.
[Circular.]
I. The call made by me on the 16th mat., for ne
groes to work on tho fortifications, not having been
responded to, impressments will be resorted to.
11. Capt C A Redd, A. Q. M., will at once impress
1,000 negroes in the city of Chlumbus, this and ad
joining counties within a distance of 30 miles from
this point. The impressments to be made under
existing orders from the Secretary of War. A suf
ficient cavalry force will be detailed to assist in the
execution of the impressment.
111. Capt. W W Prudom, Assistant Provost Mar
shal, at the office of the Provost Marshal, is alone
charged with granting exemptions Irom impress
ment.
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Col. Commanding Post.
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Notice!
[Extract.]
Headquarters Post,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 19,1864.
Special Orders, (
No. 12. S
VI. In compliance with Paragraph 11, General
Orders, No. 15, Headquarters Georgia Reserves,
Capt. R. B. Baker, Commanding Battery, will hold
an election for commissioned officers of his com
pany on TUESDAY, the 20th inst., between the
hours of three and four o’clock, p. m„ at Jaques -
Carriage Shop.
VII. Capt T S Fry, Post Inspector, and CaptW
Prudom, Assistant Provost Marshal, will superin
tend the election and make out proper returns in
writing to this office,
By order
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Col. Comd’g Post.
J. A. Cot>y, Adj’t.
Capt. Baker, Comd’g Battery.
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Notice!
Muscogee Rail Road Company,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 20, 1864.
Stockholders can receive the Dividend of $lO 00
per share, declared August 13th, l?' 54 , on aad after
Thursday the 22d inst.
J. M. BIVINS,
scp2o lw Sec’y and Treas’r.
For Rent.
THE corner formerly occupied by Thos. Brassoll.
It is a first rate business corner aad contain?
six large rooms and one cellar. For terms apply at
sept 20-ts THIS OFFICE.
.WATT*, r. KVAIWS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
N«. 64*, Commerce Street,
IJIOISMEE, ALABAMA;
WILL sell on Commission every description of
Vi (roods, Negroes and Produce of all kinds.
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Sterling* Exchange for Id-old
I WILL exchange Sterling for Gold, at par.
J. F. WINTER,
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SSOO Reward.
WILL be paid for the apprehension of our boy
Truman. Ho is about 24 years ol I. 6 feet high:
very black, and weighs about 180 pounds.
hundred dollars will bo paid for his confinement i*
some jail so that we can get him, or five hundloh
dollars for his delivery at the
EAGLE FACTORY.
Eufaula Spirit of the Souto, Quincy Dispatch, Al
bany Patriot, Macon Telegraph, LaGrange Repor
ter, and Hamilton Enterprise, publish one mont
and send bills to Factory.
sep2o 1 m
AUCTION SALES.
• * "TTTZ-r
Hy Ellis, EiYingstoii &Cos
ON Tuesday, 20th September, at 101-2 o'clk, wc
will sell in front of our store,
A VERY FINE YOUNG MULE.
sp!9 td $4
By Ellis, Ei rings toil &■ Cos
AN TUESDAY, 20th of September, at 10 1-2 o’clk,
we will sell in front of our store,
A VERY FI YE
HARNESS AND SADDLE HORSE,
Eight years old, kind and gentle.
?epl9 2t $6
By Ellis, Eivisagstoii & Cos.
ON TUESDAY, September 20th, at 10 1-2 o’clk,
we will sell iu front of our store,
DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT,
East of the Muscogee Rail Road Depot;
House is new with 4 good rooms ; Collon#
ade in front; Kitchen, Smoke-house, and
good Well of Water, Lot 1-4 acre—a
comfortable residence.
—ALSO— . -
A VERY FINE PARLOR MIRROR,
French plate, 3 by 5 ft.
10.0 REAMS FOOL’S CAP PAPER.
100 Shares Bank of Columbus Slock.
1 GUTTA PERCIIA GIN BAND,
40 feet long and 8 inches wide.
—ALSO, —
SOI 1-4 Acres Land,
Eight miles of the City, being the West
lialf 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.
sepl6 46
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
200 O-A.LXjOIN'S
HU (mm (UK HUH!
A VERY FINE ARTICLE.
For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards.
ag3o ts
" BEEF! BEEF!!
T HAVE secured the services of an experienced
1 Butcher, au 1 will keep on hand at all times tue
best Beef th <t can be found in the country. .
*®“Beef ready for sale every morning at dajMsnt.
WM. 11. H. PHELPS.
spl7st 114, Broad St
TO BEAT.
SSS2SSST
ESt in
pencil on the Trunk left by mistake. The person
having the Trunk taken from the j^t
get the one left, by returning it to Mr. John K s
near the Brown House, Macon, Ga.
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