DAILY TIMES.
J. W. WARREI, - - “ Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Thnrsday Morning, September 22, 1864.
Newspaper Change.—W« notice that the
Macon Confederate and Daily Telegraph hare got
married, or in other words, been merged inte one
paper, of which H. L. Flash, Esqr., has become
editor and proprieter, Mr. Clisby haring retired
from all financial andeditoral control. We hare
long regarded the Telegraph as the best paper in
the State, and Mr. Clisby as a model editor—too
sanguine, perhaps, m mo3t of his calculations and
predictions. Still a rery able writer, thoroughly
imbued in those qualifications, wTiich fit a man
for a public journalist an enlarged scope of gener
al information indomitable per Severance. In
bis hand the Telegraph has become very popular
and influential, and reached a circulation probably
exceeded by no paper in the State. We part with
friend Clisby with feelings of deep regret, and
wish him in his retirement a green old age of peace,
contentment and domestic happiness.
Mr. Flash has been editor of the Confederate for
about a year past and has made a very readable
and popular paper of that journal, lie is a vig
orous and spirited writer, a sound thinker, and a
poet of considerable merit. We have no doubt that
as editor of the “Telegraph and Confederate' he
will not only fully maintain his previous ability,
but bring all his energies to bear to render the pa per
one of the most acceptable and popular in ih«
Confederacy. We wish him abundant success.
——— i— •
Grant as a Scribe.
The Yankee Lieutenant General, says the
Richmond Whig, having no more, flanking to
do, and unable to advance, finds some leisure
on his hands, and has taken to writing letters.
We do not discover that he is any more fortu
nate in the use of the pen than of the sword.
He writes no better than he fights, but exhib
its the disregard of truth in composition that
he does ol life in battle. “The rebels,’' quoth he,
“have now in their ranks their last man. The
“little boys and old men are guarding prison
ers, guarding railroad bridges, and forming
“a good part of their garrisons for intrenched
“positions.” Indeed! Then “the little boys
and old men” whipped off your picked troops
from the railroad bridges at Hatoapa and
across the Staunton river. Can a country be
conquered in which the little boys and the old
men are better soldiers than the best troops you
can send against them? Do little boys and
old men form a “good part of the garrisons
for the intrenched positions” in front of Pe*
tersburg and Richmond ?—and you, with your
herdes of veterans, unable to carry positions
so defended ? We “have robbed the craddle
and the grave”—have we ? Do you object to
the latter because you think it the great bus
iness of a soldier to feed and not rob the
grave? If such bo your theory it must be
confessed your conduct has been in admirable
harmony with your opinion. No man, since
Napoleon, has offered such a banquet to the
grave. Your line of march from the Rapidan
to the Weldon railroad is a wide and continu
ous Golgotha. Your campaigns have been
carnivals of death. From your attack on Fort
Donelson, where your hecatombs of dead out
numbered the garrison within the fort, to the
last of your innumerable defeats in front of
Petersburg, you have done nothing but feast
the worms and the vultures and the wild dogs
that follow your rear as young chickens follow
the mother that feeds them. “The grave 1”
llow your guilty soul must have quaked when
you wrote the word.
But suppose our “little boys and old men”
were (as they may yet be) in the service you
describe, what would it prove, but that you
are warring not with military forces merely
but with a people? When Napoleon under
took the conquest of Spain, one of his Mar
shals said to him wisely : “Sire, you will not
succeed ; you are making war not against
armies, but a nation. Every one able to lift
a musket will become a soldier. You can
never conquer them?” The words were pro
phetic. The result only furnished another
illustration of the truth which all history
teaches, that a brave, united, patient, persis
tent and determined people, especially if they
have such numbers, such resources, and such
extent of territory, as we possess, can be sub
jugated by no force that it is practicable to
move against them.
Shallow and ignorant—devoid of heroic
sentiment, and incapable of appreciating the
superhuman and sublime spirit with which a
people may be inspired with it—as Grant is,
he may find, in the belief that our old men
and boys are in the field—something to divert
his thoughts from the contemplation of his
own disgrace as the hugest failure of the war .
but there can but be men at the North in
whose soberer minds such a fact would
awaken reflections far other than pleasant or
hopeful.
Mr. J. R. Uilmoro is out with a reply to the
letterol' Secretary Benjamin, concerning theJaques |
Gillmore mission to Richmond. He charges that i
Mr. Benjamin has wilfully misrepresented the !
whole oi their conversation; that “his imagination
got the better of his memory.” lie charges that \
their note asking for au interview with President
Davis, as given by Mr. Benjamin, is different from
the one writton by them, and in proof of it he pro
duces in juxtaposition with it the original draft of
the letter. He charges several other inaccuracies
in Mr. Benjamin’s published circular, and dis
claims, iu toto, having any official or unofficial au
thority from Mr. Lincoln to express his views or
opinions, and that “their mission to Richmond j
was initiated and executed solely on their own I
private account and responsibility.”
Melancholy.—Mr. Wylie P. Hill, a well 1
known and much respected citizen of Wilkes
county, (says the Chronicle & Sentinel) was
fatally wounded ou Friday last, by the acci
dental explosion ot a revolver. The pistol fell ,
from his breast pocket—was fired by contact
with the ground, and the ball penetrated his
body. Mr. Hill died the next day, leaving an
interesting family and a large circle of friends j
and kindred to mourn his untimely fate.
No deserter is allowed to remain in that
section of country occupied by Sherman, but
is immediately sent North. The large num
ber who have left Hood’s army have been
rightly served. This fact should be widely
circulated iu Hood’s army. There iB another
item akin to it. Those Confederates who re
mained aud took the oath, while they are des
pised by the Yankees, receive no mercy from
• our scouts, who hang them wherever they can
lay their l ands ou them.
Why must a young lady addicted to tight
lacing of necessity make a frugal wife? Be
k cause her waist is small
A Polish and Bohemian De
monstration.
On Friday last a large delegation of Poles
and Bohemians, with Mr. R. J. Jaworowski
at their head, waited en .the Mayor of New
York at the City Hall, where Mr. Jaworowski
delivered himself as follows :
Mr. Mayor: It is with the feelings of deep
satisfaction that I am here in the name of my
Slavonian brothers, Bohemians, and nay fel
low-countrymen, the Poles, to present to you,
sir, the tribute of our respect and oar consid
eration.
Hero you have before you, sir, two flags of
two opprsssed nations, both of Slavonic origin,
both victims of aggressive aerations of their
neighbors, both, after rivers of blood spilt in
their defence by their faithful sons, both to
day without a country or fatherland, come to
this land of the brave and of the free, asking
protection and the privileges of liberty for
their expatriated and persecuted sons. One
on the right, the first that ever presented its
graceful folds to the breeze on this continent,
is the one which we inaugurate to-day. The
nation which it represents, hrmre and intelli
gent, for centuries enjoyed its independence
and self-government, advancing with a rapid
step in the path of progress and civilization
until 1620, when, at the battle of Blalagora,
it fell a victim to the superior forces of Haps
burg, which keep till to-day an oppressive
yoke over them, 244 years ago. They have
lest their liberty, their name, their independ
ence, but they did not lose their nationality,
or will they ever lose their hope and faith in
final victory or justice, if there be justice on
earth. This nation, full of brotherly feelings
towards their fellow-Slavonian brothers in
other countries, first propagated the principle
of Slavonia union. The Czars of Moscow—
the very representatives of despotism and op
pression-found their idea serving their pur
pose for their aggiessive policy, and placed
themselves at the head of the Slavonian Union
introspect. But the claws of a wolf have
been discovered under the sheep’s skin cover,
and the very originators of this great idea
turned with scorn their faces from them, for it
is not the Mongelian despotism that they ever
hoped for this Union, it was on the solid basis
of Liberty ; liberty for themselves, liberty for
all Slavonian families, nay, liberty for the
whole world.
The other flag, drooping in mourning to the
ground, is the flag of Sobieski Copernicus
Kosciusko and Pulaski, who, alas ! too soon
for humanity, shed his blood and paid, with
his life, the victory of your own independ
ence.
This flag is the flag of our martyred Poland.
Century approaches when it was torn to pieces
and its brave sons scattered in all climes and
countries. Glorious is its history of the past,
bloody Sind plainful of the present, but bril
liant in the future. Our tyrants and oppres
sors have vanquished us, deprived us of every
shadow of national liberty, banished our fath
ers, mothei’3 and sisters to Siberia, crucified
our heroes ; but never, never can they reach
our hearts, to extinguish there the sacred
fire, the love of liberty and the love of our
country.
From every drop of blood will spring up an
avenger; from every bone anew hero; and,
finally, liberty must triumph over despotism,
and Poland must be free. We also love all
our Slavonian brothers. We pity those who
serve as tools in the bands of our oppressors;
we pardon them all the cruelties , but we make
alliance with those who, like ourselves aspire
to freedom ; and this very day we unite
our Slavonic family to obtain the same object,
i. e., to throw off the heavy yoke ©f oppression,
and to enjoy liberty in our native land. Be
fore, however, that blessed day yomes these
flags will be victoriously planted on the walls
of Prague and Warsaw.
Sir, our purposes and intentions are to serve
as peaceful and useful citizens of this Repub
lic, where w® ask protection and the privilege
of enjoying liberty denied to us in our native
land.
We ask for protection for we had already
an occasion to deplore the rendition of one of
our countrymen, rfltt), believing in the Stars!
and Stripes, left the hateful and oppressive j
yoke of Russia, joined your army fought your |
battles, and, at the demand of that power, was !
returned by the Government of the United j
States, and long before now, has expiated his j
crime for having loved liberty. We ask now
on this day of inauguration of this flag, and
on the day of the homogeneous union of all
Slavonic families, with full confidence of en
dorsement of 100,000 members, faithful to
these too flags and scattered over this conti
nent, hospitality and protection, until the lib
erties and our countries shall call us back to
our homes and our firesides, then we will
unanimously exclaim : “Hurrah for Liberty,
hurrah for the United States.”
The Mayor, being unprepared, said that he I
hoped that the example of a union of Poles and j
Bohemians may be followed by Americans, and |
that the two flags will soon unite for the ben- j
efit of the country and of the humanity at |
large. lie hoped that the sufferings of Po- j
land will soon b« finished, that liberty will j
triumph, and that the flag of free Poland will
stand alongside of that ot the United States.
Then the procession proceeded to Union S
Square, where, by the monument ot Washing- j
ton, Mr. R. J. Jaworowski addressed again in '
the following words:
Friends and Brothers! —On the day of our j
union it is with a great pleasure that we come I
to pay our tribute to the memory of the father !
of this country. O, thou great man, whose de- i
parted spirit rejoices in the presence of its j
Creator, we come to-day to bow our heads to
thy memory ! May thy example left to the
world, inspire the hearts of thy successors
with some love of liberty and humanity!—
Teach them to understand that the cause of
Liberty everywhere is the same; for with this
understanding only Liberty must triumph!—
Peace to thy ashes! Immortal glory to thy
memory !
Atmospheric Concussion.— The learned Sec
retary of the Smithsonian Institution, in some
meteorological observations, alludes to the current
opinion that rain may bo produced by the firing
of cannon. He says:
Ihe notion that rain is in some way connected
with great battles was entertained by the ancients
when no cannon were used. Plutarch, in his Life
of C. Marius, says: “It is observed, indeed, that
extraordinary rains generally fall after great bat
tles, whether it be that some deity choeses to wash
and purify the earth with water from above, or
whether the blood and corruption, by the moist
and heavy vapors they emit, thicken the air, which
is liable to be altered by the smallest cause.” —
Plutarch’s explanation of the supposed fact is not
very satisfactory to a physicist of this time. But
his own observations contain a cause that the
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution says
mighfpossibly connect a great battle with rain in
physical consequence. “If, however, the air, says
the Secretary, is surcharged with moisture, and the
atmosphere is in the unstable condition which im-.
mediately precedes rain, then a violent commotion
or an upward current of air produced by a large
fire, may bring on rain which might in some rarfc
instances not otherwise have fallen.” The shouts
of ancient armies, and the clash and clang of their
arms produced nearly as great commotion m the
atmosphere as the firing of cannon in a modern
battle! Plutarch, in his life of says :
“The hyperbolical accounts that have often been
given of loud shouts were verified on that occasion.
For the crows, when they happened to be flying
; over their heads, fell into the theatre. For the
i sound of many united voices being violently
I strong, the parts of the air are separated by it,
and a void is left which affords the birds no sup
; port. Or perhaps the force of the sound strikes ;
1 the birds like an arrow, and kills them in an in- ]
stant. Or possibly a circular motion is caused in
the air as a whirlpool is produced in the sea by
the agitation of a storm.” And in his life of Pom
pey, Plutarch says: “When birds fall on such oc
casions it is not because the air is so divided as to
leave a vacuum, but rather because the sound
strikes them like a blow.” If the shouts of the
multitude in the Roman theatre could produce
such effects as here mentioned by Plutarch, how
much greater must have been the effect of the noise
of an ancient battle in disturbing tho atmosphere?
Train guards are now instructed to examine
j furloughs and exemption papers instead of
| passports issued by Provost Marshals. Ttiis
rule went into eflect on Friday, and au par-
I ties traveling on the railroad have to hate
straight documents in order to pass through.
In this free American country of ours strange
customs are now necessary in order to suit
the times.
[From the New Orleans Picayune.]
From Mexico.
By the arrival, yesterday,'of the United States
transport Alliance, we have advices from Northern
Mexico, to the 28th ult., which are of the highest
interest:
The French force which has long been expected
to march on Monterey, had reached that city and
taken possession. In the meantime, President
Juarez had left for Chihuahua, with all his forces
and officers of the Government, making no resist
ance.
Col. Quiroga, it is said, commanding the military
forces of Gov. Vidaurri, had asked the French te
allow him the honor of taking the city in the name
of that functionary, but that they had ignored
both him and his master, and his master's office.
In the Meantime, Gen. Mejia was advancing at
the head of 4,000 men, from San Luis Potosi, by
way of Tola and Victoria, for Matamoras. His
advance had already reached San Fernando, when
Gen, Cortinas left for Matamoras, where he arrived
on the 24th ult.
The French having possession of Boca del Rio;
with a force of about 1,000 men, all communication
in that direction was cut off. Cortinas had declar
ed his intention to defend Matamoras against for
ces advancing against him; but as he had no ade
quate means of resistance, and the town is without
fortifications, this was evidently impossible.
In the meantime, Cortinas has demanded of the
merchants, domestic and foreign, a forced loan of
$150,000, in specie, of course. As this money could
not be used in th e defence of the city, the demand
was received with great disfavor by Mexicans of
the Liberal party, as well as ethers, and had been
resisted. Several persons had been committed to
prison in consequence: among them, it is said,
Messrs. Zuam and Held, the acting British and
Prussian Consuls.
Col. Fisher, a Tennesseean, lately an officer in
the army of President Juarez, had left his service
and gone to Brownsville. It was said that he was
attempting thence to open negotiations with the
French at the mouth of the river for the capture
of Matamoras by a united French and Confederate
force.
Another account has it that the citizens and
foreign residents, European and American, of
Matamoras, had asked the interposition of the
force at Brownsville to prevent the exaction of the
forced loan.
Upon the approach of Mejia, or any other at
tacking forco upon his position, Cortina3 was ex
pected to retire to Camargo, and thence, if pressed,
to the wilder and more distant settlements in the
north and west, te conduct guerrilla warfare upon
the French.
Upon the Pacific slope the prospects of the Mex
ican Republic seemed to brighten. It was rumor
ed that great assistance, both material and other
wise, was coming from California, with a heavy
emigration to Sonora. For this there is, indeed,
more than rumor—there is an assurance. Man
zacilla is strongly fortified, and in all the northern
region, on the Pacific side, the cause of President
Juarez is triumphant.
Gen. Joe Hooker’s Speecli on
Ike War.
The people of Watertown, Mass., where
“Fighting” Joe Hooker is making a brief so
journ, celebrated the Atlanta victory on Mon
day night. A procession was formed, and
marched to the residence of O. V. Brainard,
where the General is stopping, and the hero
of Lookout Mountain made them the follow
ing pointed and characteristic address :
Fellow Citizens—You are come hereto re
joice at the success of the Union cause, in
which I am ready to join heart and hand. My
business is fighting, not speechifying, and let
me tell you that the army of Sherman is in
vincible, and cannot be disheartened. We
must treat this rebellion as a wise parent
would a vicious child—he must whip him in
to subjection. No milder discipline will an
swer the purpose. Some are crying peace ;
but there can be no peace so long as a rebel
can be found with arms in his hands. The
Union must be preserved, and there is no way
of preserving it but by the power of our arms
—by fighting the conspiracy to death. The
rebellion is tottering now while I speak : it is
going down, down, and will soon tumble into
ruin. Politicians may talk to you about the
cause of the war, but I say put down the re
bellion, and then if you choose inquire into
the cause of it. But first put down the in
surgents—first whip them, and then talk about
the cause if you have nothing else to engage
your attention. I believe in treating the re
bellion as Gen. Jackson treated the Indians—
whip them first and treat with them afterwards.
The Union cannot be divided, let politicians
talk as they may ; for it a division commences
where are you to end? First the South would
go, then the Pacific States, then New England,
and I hear that one notorious ’ politician had
advocated that the city of New York should
secede from the Empire State. In such case
there would be no end to the rebellion. Gen
tlemen, every interest you have-depends upon
the success of our cause—every dollar you
possess is at stake in the preservation of the
Union. It will better accord with my feelings
to see the limits of our glorioug country ex
tended, rather than circumscribed, and we
may feel it a national necessity to enlarge our
borders at no distant day. The Union, gen
tlemen, cannot be dissolved, as long as the
army have guns to fight with. Furnish men
and muskets and the Union is secured.
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In a speech recently made by Ex Governor
Morehead, in Texas, after relating the case of
the man who offered himself as a substitute
for another sentenced to be shot by the infa
mous McNeil, in Missouri, he adds the follow
ing incidents:
Another case was that of a man with a wife
and one child, a boy of 12 or 14 years of age
—the mother was lying on a sick bed, and un
able to go and intercede for her doomed hus
band. The boy went to McNeill and begged,
entreated and implored him to spare the life
of his father, in the simplicity of his nature
telling him what a kind and good father he
was, and how much he loved him—that it
would kill his mother, and at this thought he
burst into fears, and said : “I know, General,
when you think of these things you will not
kill my father.” The obdurate murderer re
fused to pardon him, but permitted the hsart
broken boy to ride with his father to the place
of execution, and through the streets of Pal
myra that boy was seen on the cart containing
a coffin, clinging with convulsive agony to
that father, who was seated on it. At the
place of execution he had to be torn by iuffian
hands from his father’s embrace. On the re
turn of that cart with the dead body of the
father, the boy was seated on the coffin, with
his head hanging down, but with dry eyes—
the agony was too great for tears. He bent
bis silent steps to the bedside of his mother
to tell the dreadful tale. What passed no one
knows, but I have been told by a Missourian
that that boy is now one of the most active of
Quantreil’s men.
Detailed Men*. —We are glad to see that the
press of the Confederacy is unanimous in its de
nunciation of the system of favoritism which pre
vails everywhere in the matter of military exemp- ,
tions. It is impossible for any one to travel, with
his eyes open, ond not see all over the land the
most flagrant instances of official mismanagement
and stiH o more criminal indulgence, in the exemp
tion of young, lusty, able bodied men, on the most
frivolous and unsatisfactory grounds. Why these
people should have been allowed to deplete the army
to the perilous extent they have, whilst thousands
of disabled soldiers and men excused by age are to
be met with everywhere, ready and willing to give
their services, is more than we can comprehend.—
Young officers, who ought to be with their com
mands, are detailed in various capacities; strong,
healthy young men, crowd the quartermaster, com
missary and medical department.
As the correspondent of the Savannah Republi
can well remarks, there are men hid away in all
the departments, civil and military, both of the
1 Confederate and State government; and there is
I hardly a general or field officer iu the army, or a
! major, quartermaster or commissary, surgeon,
| military court, ordnance or signal officer, who is
j not protecting or keeping out of service some re
! lativeor friend, contrary to the laws of Congress,
1 and the army regulations. This abuse must be
! stepped at once, The men in “soft places” must
; be sent to the lront, to help better men to fight the
| battles of the country, and the parties in office who
have been screening them must be made to under
, statid that they will be held strictly responsible for
I the deplorable state of things they have done so
much to bring about. The Southern press is doing
its duty in this matter, let the Government do
theirs and all will yet be well. —South Carolinian.
Well Said.—Thackeray in his Roundabout
papers, says:
To fancy all men found out and punished is
bad enough; but imagine all women found
out in the distinguished social circle in which
you and I have the honor to more. It is not
a mercy that so many of these fair criminals
remain unpunished and undiscovered ? There
is Mrs. Longbow, who is forever practicing
and who shoots poisoned arrows too; when
you meet her you don’t call her liar, and
9harge her with the wickedness she has done
and is doing? There is Mrs. Painter, who
passes for a most respectable woman, and a
model in society. There is no use in saying
what you really know regarding her and her
goings on. There is Diana Hunter—what a
little haughty pride it is : and yet we know
stories about her which are not altogether
edifying. I say it is best, for the sake of the
good, that the bad should not all be found
oat. You don’t want your children to know
the history of that lady in the next box, who
is so handsome and whom they admire so ?
Ah me! what would life be if we were ail
foand out, and punished for all our faults ?
Jack Ketch would be in permanence; and
then who would hang Jack Ketch?
Deaths or Prisoners or War. —From the
special reports made to the Army Intelligen
cer Office in this city, from several hospitals
and prisons in the Confederate States, the
number of deaths of prisoners of war, so re
ported between September 1, 1868, and June
1, 1864, was 3,327. This, however, gives no
idea of the number of deaths generally in the
prisons and prison camps. The Southern cli
mate does not agree with the Northernmenand
foreigners, and, although the healthiest loca
tions are chosen for the prisons, and the treat
ment is as good as circumstances will admit,
death and sickness will intrude themselves,
carrying away their victims, at times,
after the manner af epidemics. Their
blood rests upon the head of their own gov
ernment, and they know it, and feel it, and
say it.— Richmond Enquirer.
Gov. Brown and the Sorghum
Crop..
Tumultuous horrors brooded o’er the van,
Presaging wrath to Georgia and to man.
Oh Heaven ! Brown cried we must our Sorghum
save :
Is there no hand on high to shield the brave ?
What the’ destruction sweep these lovely plains:
What’s liberty to us if Sorghum yet remains—
By its sweet name we lift our knives on high,
And swear to cut it while we live and suck it
when we die ! [Rebel.
Dr. Brown, of Liberty, Maine, was found guilty,
by the United States District Ceurt at Bangor,
Maine, on Saturday, of the practice of applying
poison to drafted men in such a way that they
were exempted for piles and ether diseases. His
charge was one hundred dollars a man.
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New Military Prison. —The Charlotte Bul
letin has received information that Killians’
Mills, ten miles above Columbia, on the Char
lotte and South Carolina railroad, has been
selected as the site of anew Confederate States
Military Prison. It is to be commenced at
once and burned on to completion with all
possible dispatch. It is to be a stockade, and
capable of accommodating thirty thousand
prisoners.
The announcement of the Bulletin may be
premature. The officers and engineer charged
with this duty have been examining several
places in the neighborood—Nassau Island,
near Geiger’s Mills, a tongue of land still
higher up at or above the junction of the
Broad and Saluda Rivers, and Lightwood Knot
Springs on the Charlotte Railroad. We have
not heard of a decision, though it may have
been made, as stated by the Bulletin.
[Columbia Guardian.
On .Good Behavior.— E. C. Elmore, indicted in
three cases for playing at faro, informed the attor
ney by nor or message that “he plead guilty.” A
jury being thereupon empanneled, a fine of SSOO
in each case was imposed, and he was required to
give security in the sum of $5,000 for his future good
behavior. —Richmond Enq.
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One of the Rothschilds.— The stable —eleven
ho rough bred English horses—of the late Baron
de Solomon de Rothschild, were sold at auction,
in Paris, recently.
No wonder, says ojne of the papers, that young
man died of disease of the heart! He could not
live without intense emotion, frequently renewed.
Gaming on ’Change and at the card table, were
his favorite amusements, and it was to cure him of
the fatal sports, that his father, Baron James de
Rothschild, sent him to America soma years ago.
He had 105t5240,000 in one speculation on ’Change.
His father shipped him at six hours’ notice, and
refused to allow him to leave America, unless he
promised that he would not indulge again in such
gambling. But the young man could not resist
•the temptation of excitement, and despite his pro
mises, he would gamble. This greatly distressed
his father, and more than onco produced tempora
ry coolness between them. Every day three car
riages would stand before the young man’s door
from three in the aiternoon until one at night. If
the weather was fair he would go to the Bois de
Bologne after the opera, and ride about there until
twelve or one o’clock at night. I may mention, to
show the free use made of his purse, that he was
so unexpectedly shipped to America, his friends of
the Jocky Club owed him $20,000; and it is said
that after his death it was discovered they owed
him $40,000.
The zealots vrho talk of tho military “’subjuga
tion” and “extermination” of the Southern peoplo,
know not the meaning of the words they use.—
And the cptomists who, in their visions of “peace,”
expect that we shall wake up some bright morning
and find that we have shaken off our consuming
sorrow like a hideous dream of the night, are equal
ly shallow in their fancies and fond in their hopes.
The nation that becomes a prey to physical forces
as huge and political possions towering as those
which now impol the American peoplo is a nation
which,'in some measure, has parted with an assur
ed control over its own destiny. How
peace will come no man can predict, out- it will
come, because it must come in the nature of things.
When it will come no man can predict, for who
can tell what a day will bring forth, when the
thoughts of men have left their old channels !
[NaHonal Intelligencer.
Arciiibishop McCloskey. —The Baltimore
American of the 23d, says :
The installation of Archbishop McCloskey took |
place on Sunday in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New !
lY>rk, and was attended with great spleriacr and ;
magnificence. The ceremonies were under the
direction of the Rev. Francis McMurray, and con
sisted of a procession of boys, priests, bishops, ar
chibishops under a beautiful canopy, and bearers
of the various insignia of his holy office down the
south aisle, and on re-entering tho cathedral by
the main door aTc Deum was performed by the
choir specially strengthened for the occassion.
Tke archbishop being seated on his throne receiv
ed the hemage of the clergy after which mass was
celebrated by the Right Rev. Bishop Timon, of
Buffalo, assisted by priest, deacon and subdeacon,
and the archbishop preached his inaugural ser
mon.
Crops in Texas. —A Correspondent of the Mobile
Advertiser, writing from Houston, under date of
August 19th, says :
Our reports from all over the State of the corn
and grain crops are exceedingly favorable. Very
heavy crops have been made, heavier indeed than
ever before known. The cotton crop is, however,
much injured by the army worm. This is to be
regretted, since cotton is the entire dependence of
our army for guns, gunpowder, blankets, clothing,
shoes, and even mules and wagons. All of these
articles have to he imported, and nothing but cot
ton or gold will pay for them.
Morh Deserters. —Several more deserters
from the enemy came into our line3 yesteiday.
They, in common with others, report that
many more are behind waiting a proper op
portunity to escape and give themselves up to
our pickets. Our Government will soon have
an army of these fellows to send away, if
they continue to come as they have dono du
ring the past few days.— Petersburg Express.
When may a man be saul to swa' .ow cause
i and effect? When he drinks gin and—bit
ters .
#•
i A Northern telegram announces that Farragut
I has succeeded in obtaining the services of the man
who set torpedoes in Mobile Bay, and is now en
i gaged in taking them up.
TEC 33 CITY.
T- J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR.
Auction Salks.—At auction yesterday, by Ro
sette, Lawhon A Cos., one negre woman and child
sold for $32,50 ; salt, 75 cents; Chinese syrup, $4,50
per gallon; whiskey, from $35 to $39; common
tobacco, $1,75; corn, $7 per bushel; damaged meal,
$4,50; SIOO in silver sold for $1975; one .mule,
S3OO, and many other articles in proportion. [We
will here say that auction prices for syrup are not
to be taken as an idex te those obtaining in the
shops and stores. Dealers still insist on receiving
$lO and sl2].
Taxes.—Jordan L. Howell gives notice that he
is now prepared to collect the State and County
taxes for the year 1564. All interested will please
call at the captain’s office and settle.
mm • mm
Cargo Sale. —See advertisement of J. H. Tay
lor, who will sell in Augusta, on the 28th, a valu
able cargo of important goods.
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Wood, Wood. —The shortening days, the length
ening shadows, the chilling breezes, all begin to
admonish us, that the bright reign of Summer is
well nigh ended, and that soon old Winter with
his sighing winds and freezing blasts, his hoary
frosts and ice-clad mantle will be upon us, and the
question naturally arises in the reflecting mind,
“wherewithal shall we be clothed,” and how are
we to obtain wood to keep from freezing, to say
nothing of the prospect of starving. Shall we
have to depend on the heartless wood-haulers, few
in number, who will tack on five dollars for every
cold day that will roll around. Their prices are
already unreasonably high, and are we predicting
toe much when we say that they will be deubled
in the next three months ? And allowing even
that flesh and blood will be able to stand their
tarrifi, it will be out of the question for them to
mgpt the demand. The railroad men tell us they
can’t bring in wood, for the very good reasons
that they have as much government hauling as
they can do, besides they can’t get anybody to cut
the wood. What are we to do ? What is to be
come of people too poor to purchase at any price ?
Would it not be a good idea for our city to form a
company, charter a couple of steamboats and
bring up wood from the >xhaustless forests
on the river ? By this means the demand might
be met, wood furnished at reasonable rates, and
nobody thrown under the painful necessity of
freezing. We would like to.hear from somebody
that has power to act on the subject.
Envy. —One of the meanest passions of the
human heart (says the Countryman) is envy
—that element in man’s nature which makes
him unhappy, because his neighbor actually
is, or he thinks him, more prosperous than
himself. This war has developed many of the
worst passions of the human heart. No one
of them has grown out into ranker luxuries
than envy.
.«ai>
American Affairs in England.
The London correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, under date of the 20th ult., says:
There is a good deal of talk in and about London
just now respecting a possible result of the Amer
ican difficulty, and, however the subject may
hav# originated, it is worth looking at for a mo
ment. The discussion of the question involved
seems to have been simultaneous in various quar
ters. I find articles on the subject in both frieadly
and unfriendly papers in England, in the Canadian
journals, and even in tho Index, the Southern or
gan in London. At times I am inclined to think
that, it is the exclusive work of the Southern agents,
sympathizers and writers here, who hope by this
means to create anew excitement in England, and
a fresh diversion in favor of the South. Still, the
whole affair maybe legitimate, and as such I shall
treat it.
The American correspondents of some ot the Lon
don journals, either regular or occasional, and
whether writing from America or from London,
seem to have all at once come to the conclusion
that an early settlement of the American quarrel is
likely to take place. The editors of thes ■ journals
adopt the same view, and even the Index, in its last
issue, clearly endorses the proposition. This set
tlement is also to be a peaceful one. Neither party
is to be conquered in war, but each having abun
dantly proved to the other that its powers of assault
and resistance are about equal, and that combined
they would be irresistible as against other nations,
there is to be mutual cessation of hostilities, a re
cognition of separate independence to a certain ex
tent, and an irrevocable alliance, offensive and de
fensive, as against the rest of the world. Even the
Index admits that the conduct of ail the European
powers has been such that they have no possible
claims upon the forbearance or friendship of the
South, and that nothing on the>r part could now re
store them to the position they might once have oc
cupied toward the Confederacy.
The first immediate and most important insult of
the compact between the North and South is to be
the prompt revival of the Monroe doetrinc, tho
strango abandonment of which excited both the
wonder and the sneers of all Europe, The common
rallying cry of both sections is to be “America for
Americans.” The French, having good naturedly
subjugated Mexico, are to be themselves incoutient
ly kicked off tho continent, and that rich country
is to be annexed to the Southern domain. On the
other hand Canada is to be added to the empire of
the North, and eventually all the British posses
sions—so that in process of time the American eagle ;
shall spread his wings over no part of the North i
American continent that dors not owe allegiance to :
one of the two great Confederacies into which tne !
American nation is to be divided. This appears to i
be the present, and, I may add, popular programme. ;
How flu- these an angements are to be carried out, |
or how soon they are to be inaugurated, remains to j
ho seen. Os only one thing can I claim to speak ,
confidently.
Probably no man in so elevated a position was
ever held in so universal contempt as Mr. Lincoln,
fiven the tribe of quack medicine men despise him.
Drake, the “Plantation Bitters” man, advertises in
the Yankee papers by publishing chapters of chron
icles, in one of which he says :
Then Abraham came the closer unto Drake and
said: “This reminds me of a story, which is to say,
boys always stone the best trees. Be of good cheer.
"Once in Sangamon comity, even I was bilious”—
but the bursting of a shell from the direction of
Petersburg, caused A braham to travel a little fast,
and he only saul: “Send me a bottle of Plantation
Bitters, fori have not time to wait;” so we have
lost his story.
.Marriage of Priests irs France.
On the 35th of July the civil Tribunal of Angou
leme was called on to try a suit involving the ques
tion whether Roman Catholic priest-s eau legally
marry in France. In the beginning of the present
year the Abbe Cbaiagon, a suspended priest, appli
ed to the Mayors of Mouthiers and Massac Rouf
fiac to have the bass of marriage published between
himself and Mine Oh , a widow. The offi
cials both declined to make the publication requir
ed unless authorized to do so bj' a judicial decision,
and the abbe accordingly instituted the present
proceedings, and selected as his counsel MM.
Degoiceand Marrot.
The former in opening the case, said that in the
early ages of the Christian Church, there was no
law to prevent the marriage es its ministers, and
that consequently the prohibition was cot of di
vine institution.
In, support of this assertion he made several
quotations from the writing es St. Paul, and laid
great stress on the passage in that apostle’s epistle
to Titus, which says that “a bishop must he blame
less, the husband cf one wife, having faithful
children, not accused of riot or unruly.” Far
from being prohibited, the marriage of priests was
practiced for several centuries without any opposi
tion on the part of the Church, nor was the mar
riage of persons in holy orders formally forbidden
till the Council of Trent.
M. Marrot examined the question in the point
of view of the Code Napoleon and the organic law
of the Concordat, and maintained that the code
proclaimad the principle of liberty of marriage for
all citizens without exception, and that the Con
cordat only imposed celibacy «n priests in the ac
tual exercise of the sacred ministry. The learned
counsel stated that several tribunals bad already
decided the question in favor of liberty, so far as
regards all prie.-ts relieved from the duties and ob
ligations of the ministry. The tw■> mayors hav
ing declared that they left the case altogether in
the hands of the tribunal, the further hearing was
postponed fora fortnight, when the Public Minis
ter will give his conclusion.
Wages ix Canada. —A printer who formerly
worked in the Telegraph office, and was banished
from Athens, Alabani#, to Canada, reports that he
found Canada so thoroughly overrun with Fe.le al
deserters and runaways from conscription, th it la
bor of all kinds went begging. Printers on daily
papers were getting eight dollars a w-ek. White
farm laborers were plenty at two dollars per month,
board of course included, and black laborers were to
work for food merely. Free labor there was, in
short, as free and cheap as spring water. —Macon
• Telegraph.
Army op Tennessee Mail Matter.-Posl mas
tors throughout the country, in directing mail mat
ter to the Army es Tennessee, should carefully
avoid the use of the name, of any town, and direct
the packages simply “Army of Tennessee ” All
other directions produce confusion, and not unfre
quently occasion delay in the delivery of the pack
ages at their proper destination. “The army of
Tennessee” is a distinct Post Office, and letters di
rected to “Griffin” or "Atlanta,” though the pw
sons to whom they may be directed are in the army
and the regiment and brigade is indicated i a the
superscription, do not necessarily go into the office
of the "Army of Tennessee,” and consequently do
not reach their destination. Therefore, to avoid all
mistakes, address the packages to the “Armv of
Tennessee.”
The South has more men in the fielcf new than
she ever had before says the Selma Reporter. Lin
coln will soon have less. It will be impossible for
him to raise the armies with the North divided, with
one half her citizens hostile to the prosecution of
the war, which he did when she was united. Be
sides, the foreign supply of recruits must diminish
hereafter, as the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland have
sot their face against the enlistment of Catholic
Irishmen in the Federal armies, thereby cutting off
the reinforcements which Ireland has, heretofore,
so liberally furnished. It is apparent, therefore,
that with the terms of enlistment of the present
Federal troops rapidly expiring, Lincoln’s armies
must continue to waste away. Indeed, his only hope
of subjugating us is to accomplish it within the short
remaining period of the present year's campaign.—
Failing in this, his vast scheme of subjugation must
collapse.
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State and County Taxes !j
T AM now ready to collect the State and County
JL Taxes for the year 1864. Office at the old stand
of J. N. Barnett A Cos.
JORDAN L. HOWELL,
gp22lt Tax Collector.
AUCTION SALESI
15y Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
ON FRIDAY, 23d of September, at 10 1-2 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our Auction Room,
A VERY FINE CLOSE CARRIAGE!
lat3 style, and nearly new,
A No. 1, TWO HORSE WAGON
and Harness.
Lot CUBA CANE SYKUP!
Jk. KTegro IMxtxx!
34 years old, field hand.
n BOXES VERY FINE TOBACCO.
300 Jabs. BALE ROPE.
Saddles and Bridles.
CHEST CARPENTER’S TOOLS.
Needles, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Navy
Pistols, &c., &c.
sep2l 3t $24
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
liIRABISm BIT!
JIT
AN FRIDAY, 21d September, at 10 1-2 o'clk, we
Uwill Rent, for cash, in front of our store,
The Desirable Residence, East of the
Muscogee Rail Road Depot, now occu
pied by B. R. Fulsom —formerly owned
by Jndtje Abercrombie.
Possession Ist of October.
sp2l td sls
iTioMiWwT!
GBODBIOI & CO.,
BROAD STREET,
now opening a splendid assortment of
STAPLE MB FANCY DRY GOODS.
FRESH FROM EUROPE’via Bermuda, which
they will sell cheap for cash. aug27—lm
BUGGY FOB SALE!
AN excellent Buggy and Harness for sale. Ap
ply at this office. sep2L ts
Administrator’s Sale.
UNDER and by virtue of an order of the Probate
Court, of Russell county, the undersigned will
sell on Saturday, the 24th day of September next,
at the late residence of Jesse Cay, deceased,
a!' the household and kitchen furniture belonging
to the estate of said Jesse Cay, August 31sf, 1364.
At the same time and place a house will he rented
containing three rooms and all necessary out-build
ings and one negro woman hired.
J. L. CLAY, Adin’r.
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PLANTATION FOR SALE
THE subscriber offers to sell his plantation, near
Colbert’s Station, on the Mobile <fc Girard Rail
Road, 20 miles below Columbus. It comprises <4O
acres of Land—a large proportion cleared; a com
modious dwelling house and .good out-buildings.—
For further information inquire of Capt. 11 D Coth
ran, in Columbus, or of the subscriber on the prem
ises. A. R. SMITH.
sep2l 5t
Foi* Kent.
rpHE corner formerly occupied by Thos. Brassell.
i It is a first rate business corner and contains
six large rooms and one cellar. For terms apply at
sept 20-ts THIS OFFICE.
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
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200 C3--A_XjXjO3STS
PIBMTAWSBMM!
A VERY FINE ARTICLE.
For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards.
as3o ts
TO REMT.
A LARGE DWELLING, in the centre part of the
city, containing five rooms, double kitchen, ne
gro and smoke-houses sufficient for a large family.
For particulars apply at the tin shop under Cook 5
Hotel. s PI 9Iw *
SOO Howard..
\iEGRO boy CHARLEY ; about 25 years old, yei
-\ loti complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson s neai
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him ota
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, "ho no
resides in Tuskegee, Ala. lie originally came I
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward willbe paitt
t'or his delivery at this office, or in any tale j
information sent to me pqjgg ELL
Columbu’s Ga., aug 1 ts *
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To PI a Biters and Others !
T WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
! Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. 1
will bo found at Robinett A Cb’s old stand, where o.
am manufacturing Candles an (^La-rd^tH^j^rtam.
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