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DAILY TIMES.
J. tv. WARREN, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Tuesday Morning, September 27, 18644
[oommunica.tkd. j
Mr. Editor ln a leading editorial in the
“Sun" of Friday morning the 23d tome
glaring errors appear, that savor strongly of
that stupidity the editor so much reprobates in
others, which I wish to correct. After speak
ing of the relative force of each army, (John
ston’s and Sherman’s,) he says. “Johnston call
ed for reinforcements. They were refused him
and he fell back to Ilesaca.” 1 lake it uponay
3eif to give this assertion, a positive denial,
and will refer to facts t* sustain me in doing it.
At Resacn Gen. Johnston commenced re
ceiving the whole of the infantry of the army
of Mississippi and East Louisiana, that left
Montcvallo on the sth o’s May previous; apd
while he was at Resaca, two divisions of Gen.
Polk’s corps reinforced the army of Tennessee.
In consequence of some delay the Inst of the
third division did not reach him until he
reached Kingston; thus making three divis
ions of infantry of reinforcements numbering
near fourteen thousand men.
Before Gen. Johnston got to Kenesaw Moun
tain, he received as reinforcements to bis cav
alry, three brigades, to-wit: Armstrong#,
Furgerson’s and Ross’, numberiug near or
quite four thousand men
Before Gen. Johnston was relieved from the
command of the army, be received as rein
forcements quite four thousand Georgia militia,
making an aggregate of nearly twenty-two
thousand men. And still the tenor of the ar
ticle referred to in the Sun would lead oucto
conclude that Gen Johnston had made repeated
applications for reinforcements, and in every
instance, they were refused him. The facts
show the reverse, and why is it that editors
appear to know so much and know so little?
Such assertions are unbecoming in a journ»
alists who pretends to respectability, and who
has such strict (?) regard for the truth.
Tn the same article he says the reinforce
ments “could Have been furnished without
materially injuring Lee ; but that consistent
stupidness still characterized the action of
officials at Richmond,” &c.
His reference to the “stupidness of the offi
cials at Richmond,” is as reckless as his as
sertions in regard to Gen. Johnston’s rein
forcements, and the only comment it needs, is
first, to get the beam out of his own eye.
The editor of the Sun is also in error as to
Gen. Johnston's intention of “whipping Sher
man in detail" before Atlanta. He fully in
tended evacuating Atlanta without fighting
Sherman, unless he was attacked in front, and
this Sherman would not have done, as
he could have done as he had been doing pre
viously—flank. I know that every preparation
was made to leave Atlanta, and Gen. Jehnston
did not expect to hold it.
ONE OF THE REINFORCEMENTS.
(communicated,)
To Administrators, Executors, Guardians
and Trustees,
The attention of the above class of persons
is called to the eighth section of the act of the
Confederate Congress, approved 17ih Febru
ary, 18G4, commonly called “The Tax Bill,”
which says :
“That the tax imposed by this act on the
the bonds ot the Confederate States, heretofore
issued, shall, in no case, exceed the interest
on the same : and suck bonds, when held by , or
for, minors or lunatics, shall be exempt from the
tax in all cases where the interest on the same
shall not exceed one thousand dollars. 1 '
The foregoing section of the Tax Bill seems
not to have attracted the notice or observa*.
tion of those persons who are the most inter
ested in it. By its provisions .any guardian
or trustee may bold either of the following
sums, for the benefit of each ward or lunatic ,
without the payment of any Confederate tax
on the same :
Os 8 per cent, bonds, £12,500
Or of 7.30 notes, 13,600
Or 7 per cent, bonds, 14,200
6 “ certificates, 16,600
5 “ ' “ 20,000
4 “ “ 25,000
Why, then, should they not invest in these
securities, and particularly in the 7.30 notes
or the 4 per cent, certificates, or bonds which
are now sold at a large discount? The last
will probably be the best investment, as the
low rate of interest which they bear will be
more than counterbalanced by the larger
amount which, at present rates, can be pur
chased lor a given sum, and the consequent
larger sum of money that will be due at the
maturity of the bond or certificate. The .7.30
notes- have the advantage of being payable
two years alter the ratification of a treaty of
peace. The 4 per cents, have twenty years to
run - T. L. B
lias not the Confederate press erred and
transcend?'* the limitations of prudence, and
policy, and well considered statement of truth
is playing too often into the hands of the Yan
kees by admitting the decisive Gnality of one
or another result on supposition? For in
stance, says the Charleston Courier, the Yan
kees say stoutly that the defeat of Lee or
Hood —and more especially of both —would
necessarily and speedily close the rebellion,
which eagerly desired and oft postponed re
sult they have also staked on the capture of
several cities.
Sadly as we would deplore the loss ot any
other city now threatened or to be attacked,
and the defeat oven without the loss of either
army, we should not. injustice to ourselves,
our cause, and truth, and policy, consent to
place the issue or commit ourselves on any
sufth separate issues.
We are in for a war of deliverance or death,
and the relatively small proportion of our gen
uine population, that once supposed a war
could and would end in a re-adjusted and
guarantied Union, have rapidly yielded their
lingering convictions to the stern logic of
events. Yankee occupation and invasion, and
the appeals of Butler, Turchiu, McPherson,
amd others, with the shells of Grant and Fos
ter, have converted to uncompromising seces
sion and separation* many who had long with
stood other arguments.
Humanly speaking, the gulf between North
and South is hs impassible as that between
Dives and Lazarus.
It is not for us 10 foretell the developments
of the coming days or to decide the duties of
our posterity and successors otherwise than
i’b doing fully and squirely onr own duty in
our day and generation, but reverently speak
ing we nay say that so t»«r aa the present and
living and growing generations {forth and
South are concerned, a reconstruction or re
adjustsseat, embracing aii the States on any
basis approaching the original Constitution,
is not possible except by overt miracles
The sooner this truth is admitted in and
hy thinking and loading minds of ths Nerth,
aid by men who can show tbo pluck
to speak it out—the groat want now of the
North and in less degree of the South, being
the pluck of statesmanship—the sooner will
steps be taken towards peace.
[From the Columbia Carolinian.]
Gen. Hood and Ills Policy.
Cassand.-a, we arc sure, preferred the de
struction es Troy to the loss of her credit as a
prophetess. There can be no doubt of it.—
People who are always prophecying evil
would shed more tears fbr the failure than
over tbe fulfillment of their predictions. They
are very patriotic persons, of course ; but it j
cannot be expected that patriotism which
does so much for the country in the way of ;
prognostication, can afford to have its sagacity
impugned and its discrimination attacked.—
If things should happen to go right, it would j
b# an insult to the intelligence of those who :
had declared they would go wrong. Os course, i
tbe disinterested and unselfish patriotism
which kindly bestows upon us its gratuitous
prefigurenaent, canaot be asked to submit to
any such assault on its credibility.
It is, therefore, not to be wondered at, that <
the highly intelligent prophets, who foresaw
uothing but disaster and defeat in the appoint
ment of General Hood, should regard the fall
of Atlanta as a triumphant vindication of
their prescient declarations. .We do not, by
any means, say that they are glad Atlanta
was captured; but we may conceive the em- ;
barrassment of their situation, had Gen. Hood
contrived to hold that place. It is lucky, in
deed, that well ordered fate relieved these
deserving people of so severe a strain on their
conscience. Atlanta was finally taken, after
an heroio defence of six weeks, by which im
mense losses were inflicted on the enemy, and
just so much time gained by the Confederacy.
It may very well be assumed, indeed, that this
long delay in the attainment of his primary !
object, and the losses he has endured in ac
complishing it, have prevented Sherman from
prosecuting his campaign in Georgia, have ;
relieved that great State from the imminent
danger with which, at one time, it was threat- ;
ened, and have thrown back tbe enemy at
least a whole season.
People who find, in the loss of Ailauta, an
excuse for declaiming against Gen. Hood, and
against the Government for originally ap
pointing and for now retaining him in com
mand, may applaud themselves for their ex
traordinary sagacity and demand immediate
recognition of their wonderful prescience;
but they certainly cannot claim credit for rea
son or fairness. The final loss of Atlanta is
not, by any means, the lest in this case. The
ability to bold that city depended upon many
contingencies which could not be controlled
by Gen. Hood or anybody else. ( utd a gen
eral absolutely command victory by controll
ing all the elements of success, it would be a
very pleasant thing for him, no doubt; but
such powers have not yet been conferred on
any human being, nor weie they ever, we be
lieve, claimed for Gen. Hood. Tbe truth is,
that General Hood, when placed in command
of the army, was required, no doubt, with his
own consent and approval, in carrying out a
predetermined, but newly adopted policy, and
to maintain a position which he did-not bring
about, and for which he was in no wise re
sponsible. Now. the correct method, of esti
mating the merits of the two policies—the
ene pursued by Gen. Johnston, and the one
adopted by Gen. Hood—is certainly not to
make either of them depend on the final pre
servation of Atlanta. But if Gen. Hood’s
conduct is to be subjected'to that test, Gen.
Johnston’s must be sujc-cted to the same test.
If Gen. Hood is to be condemned because he
lost Atlanta after a resistance of six weeks,
why not condemn Gen. Johnston, who did not
intend to fight for it six days; who retreated
all the way irora the Tennessee line through
deep defiles and over mountain crests, and
across rapid rivers, and who brought Sher
man’s army at last before the very city, the
preservation of which the country then sup
posed to be the object of our campaign, while
its capture was obviously tbe object of the
enemy's.
The true test in this cage is to be found in a
just aud reasonable estimate of the probable
results of the two lines of policy referred to.
Had the retreat of our army been continued
beyond Atlanta, and that place surrendered
without a struggle, Sherman would have
gained six weeks’ time for the prosecution of
Jiis campaign in Georgia; and with troops
comparatively fresh, and numbers compara
tively strong, he could have continued the
same movements by which he had driven
Johnstoa from the Tennessee to the Chatta
hoochee, and might easily, since Atlanta was
the last strongly defended point on his route,
have overrun and overwhelmed the whole of
Northern and Central Georgia, perhaps even
capturing Macon .and Augusta. The six
weeks resistance at Atlanta has completely
disconcerted any such designs. With the cap
ture of that place, Sherman finds himself too
much exhausted to advance even another
step, and sees his army suffering a rapid de
piction by the return home of all his three
years’ troops. .This is what has been gained
fey the policy of resistance; and, as we did
not lose our army when we lost Atlanta, but,
are, on the contrary, relatively far stronger
than when Sherman crossed the Chattahoo
chee, we may take it for granted that General
Hood has saved upper Georgia from tempora
ry conquest, and lni3, by holding Sherman
back, preserved to us the important and val
uable line of communication between the Ats
lantic and the Gulf States, which it is tbe on*
jectof the enemy to sever and destroy.
A Minister Flogged ! — The Rev. O. B.
Caldwell, who is on duty in General Wheeier’s
Corps, gives the Bristol Gazette the following
narrative of shocking and fiendish cruelty
displayed by East Tennessee Unionists to
wards a Presbyterian minister. He says :
Our people are all hopeful, yet they are suf
fering as people never did before. The op
pression has turned to a religious persecution.
Rev. George Egleton, pastor ot the New Market
Presbyterian Church, was ordered by the
Union men to quit preaching. He knew it i
was not by proper authority, so he continued,
and the next week was taken out ot his bed
and marched down the railroad below town !
and ordered to draw his coat, then his shirt, j
and when he refused, it was taken off of him. |
Then two men, who had withes prepared, j
whipped him, while a third one ’stood before !
him with drawn pistol, threatening his life if
he offered resistance. Part of the time he was j
unconscious of his awful condition. Two weeks ;
have elapsed, and 3till his wounds are nn
healed, but he had to flee for his life. Yet ;
this man was more quiet and peaceful than ;
any one else, aud no charge was made against j
him except that because be was a rebel minis
ter, he was a minister of the devil. This whole
affair was conducted by men in his own
church, and some of the good old Christiau
men were at his door ready to dress his wounds
when he returned. But the worst of all was
that the same threat was extended to all who
sympathized with him or showed him favors.
Rev. John McCampbell and Rev. Isaac N. Cald
well were also threatened with the same treat
ment if they did not leave the country. So
they all thought prudence the better part of
valor, and have left their homes and their
churches.
. Gen. Keu.v.— The Register says that this
| officer, of Wheeler’s command, whose death is
’ announced, was a brave and skillful officer,
j and one ot the youngest in the service, not
I being more than twenty-three or twenty-four
j years of age. He was a grandson of Mrs. Har
i net Hawthorn, ot Wilcox county.
Th« Draff.
j Gens. Grant and Sherm - f.tnrnir*
to his w*rk. They « •
feroed, to show tb » ■ • ? >■ 1 •**
cause the men are ..-.1.-t • • < • • '«-«•*
too, to be found remmiig tu. < < l’"< • ••*-
inf nro thoir Utters:
War Department. {
Wash.ii.ion. j* • < r 14. )
Major Genrbxl Dix, New Y -rk :
Lisatsnant General Gum * i- D
-in rospoct to tbe di ui -
“Cnrr Point, 10 30 a. m V .18.
/Hen. Edwin M. Stanton, Bo» r i.«* •> :
“Wo ought to have the Whole uu'tnVr »t‘ min
called for by the President in the sh«>ne-i p>
time. Prompt action in filling our armies will
have more effect upon (he enemy than a victory
over them. They profess to believe, and make
their men believe, there is such a party North in
favor of recognizing Southern independence, that
the draft cannot be enforced. Let, them be unde
ceived.
“Deserters come into our lines daily, who tell us
that the men sre nearly universally tired of the
war, and desertions would be much more frequent,
but that they believe peace will be negotiated after
tbe fall election.
“The enforcement of the draf and prompt filling
up of our armies will save the shedding of blend
to an immense degree.
[Signed] “U S. GRANT,
Lieutena it General.
The following telegram has been received from
Major General Sherman ou the ssme subject;
Atlanta. Ga , 6 3« p. m., Sept. 18.
“Hqn. E. M. Stanton, neeretary of War;
“I am very glad to hear the draft will be en
forced. First, we need the men. Second, they
come as privates to till up our old aud tried regi
meets, with their experienced officers already yn
hand; and third, because the enforcement of the
law will manifest a power resident in our Govern
ment equal to the occasion. Our Government,
though a Democracy, should, in times of trouble
and danger, be able to wield the power of a great
nation as well.
[Signed] “W. T. SHERMAN,
“Major General.
The draft is ordered to commence in all the States
and districts where the quota is not filled by volun
teers, on Monday, the 19tb, and will go on until
completed. Volunteers and substitutes will be re
ceived and credited to as late a period as possible.
Volunteering is .still progressing with vigor in most
of the States.”
mm • mm
Remarkable Speech.
At a grand Lincoln ratification meeting in Brook
lyn, ou the evening of the 14th, Henry J. Ray
mond, of the Times, made a remarkable speech :
He expressed his delight at seeing this evening
an indication which gave the lie to the hope es
their opponents—that there was such an apathy
among the Republicans that, with Little Mac, they
would run over the course. Their opponents were
welcome to indulge iu such speculations; but he
congratulated the friends of the Union at the dis
play of interest here manifested in the coming
Presidential struggle. (Applause.)
Tha question now before the people was whether
the majority of the American people can and shall
elect their President, or whether they shall be sub
jected, from time to time, to have their deliberate
decisions over-ruled by a majority flying to arms.
(Applause aud cries of “That’s U.”) We are now
called to elect a President again, and who knows
whether the ininorrty will Bubmit now. It will
depend upon tho result of the operations of our
army in the field under Grant—(applause)—and
Sherman—(continued applause)—whether we can
elect a President and have him as our President
after wo do elect hjm. (Applause and crie3 of
“That’s so.”) The question at issue was iSot ono of
individual merit. With the claims of candidates
they bad little to do. The issue was whether we
wili maintain the supremacy of the Constitution—
the right of the majority to rule—the right to main
tain the Union, and our claim to continue our ex
istence as a nation on the face of the earth, (Ap
plause.) The rebela want peace, and their friends
at Chicago want the same. They shall have it.
We have now a general ou whom tho nation relies
with confident hope that he will lead its armies to
assured victory. (Cheers.) We see our generals
and our gallant soldiers marching on gloriously,
steadily, patiently and determinedly to the victo
ries which are to give peace to tho country. (Ap
plause.) Sherman has exhibited a military expe
rience which has won the admiration of the country,
and also that other noble hero of the war, General
Grant—(tremendous applause, the whole immense
meeting standing,.cheering and waving hats and
handkerchiefs) — a general who has exhibited more
tenacity of purpose and greater fertility of resource
than any other general that could be named on this
continent, or the other. Gen. Grant’s motto was
keep moving on. When he failod to take Rich
mond upon “this line,”ho didn’t give up. (Cheers.)
Ho tried again and again, and to-day he has both
Petersburg and Richmond substantially by the
throat—(cheers) —and every day he was tighten
ing bis grasp upon them. He would bring them
peace—(cheers)—and next March would bring Mr.
Liucoln to the Presidency for another four years.
(Applause.)
Foreign Items.
The Czar has ordered a reduction of the army,
and immediate and unlimited discharge is granted
to soldiers whose term expire on the first of Janu
ary next.
Advices from Algiers, confirm the rumors of
fresh disturbances in the province of Oran.
The King of Spain has left France for Spain.
He visited Christina prior to his departure.
The occupation of Holstein by the Prussians
and Austrians is said to be decided upOD.
Advices from Frankfort state that recent facts
have suddenly begun to disturb the eager faith of
investors in United States bonds. Some letters
received by German houses speak of the existing
decline as owning to the fear of importers to ester
goods at the present rate of duties.
The profit and loss of the Polish struggle is be
ing ma eup at last. The British Gazette says
that during the sixteen mouths of the struggle
30,000 insurgents were killed or severely wounded ;
361 were condemned to death by military tribu
nals, and 85,000 persons less compromised were
transported to Siberia.
The spire of Strasburg Cathedral had hitherto
secured to France the, distinction of possessing
the loftiest structure among tho church belfries
known in Europe; but that proud pinnacle is
destined to be overtopped by the tower in process
of erection at'St. Stephens’s Minister, in Vienna.
Hitherto the Austrian spire had only reached an
attitude of 439 feet, while the Alsatian steeple
measured 449 in height ; an addition of fifteen feet
to its rival on the Danube puts an end to the boast
and glory of the Rhine—the state of the poll being
enna five feet with a low inches.
An English paper says a few days since, a earrier
pigeon flew from Exeter railway station to Cam
den Grove, Peckham, a distance of 191 miles, in
a little over five hours.
It is ascertained that about one hundred and
fifty were more or less injured during the riots in
Belfast, Ireland, and that in nine cases the inju
ries have resulted in death.
The Liverpool cotton market was firm and
American descriptions dearer on the 9th of August.
Next day the market was firm, with a good de
mand, at the same prices. Consols closed in Lon
don on the 20th of August at BS§ 882. Bread
stuffs were slightly lower in Liverpool, and pro
vision without material change. The rebel cotton
loan was one per cent, lower.
An optician in Paris has succeeded in producing
the effect of zigzag lightning on the stage, with
its peculiar blue color, by means of a concave mir
ror, in the process of which are the twe carbon
poles of a powerful battery nearly in contact.—
When the mirror is rapidly moved by the hand, :
and the poles touch for a brief interval, a dazzling
beam of light is thrown across the stage precisely like
a flash of lightning. He has also succeeded in pro
ducing a rainbow, by incan3 of electric spectrum,
which is used with effect in the opera of Moses.
Dhuleep Sing the Anglicized Indian Rajah, has
just married a very pretty little Christian girl, only
sixteen years old. She wore a moire antique, a
fichu point d’ Alencou—short lace sleeves, orange
blossoms in her dark hair, with of course, the
usual gauze veil ; a necklace of fine pearls, and a
bracelet set with diamonds were her only orna
ments.
The navy lists shows the British navy to
1 contain, at present in commission, 240 steamships
of all sizes, from the stately three decker down to
the tiny gun boat. These mount between 280 and
240 guns ; they are manned by about 45.000 men
and beys, and are propelled by a steam power ex
ceeding 60,000 horses nominal. In addition, there
are 48 sailing vessels, mounting upwards of 600
guns, and manned by about 6,500 men aud hoys.
The sailing vessel are naturally only fit lor har
bor duty and training ships. They are never in
' tended to go to sea again, and therefore, should
not be regarded as belonging to the effective naval
■ force.
I TELEGRAPHIC,
K K THR PRESS 4-iSOCIATIOM.
* utere-i iccoiqu to nr) •#. tlmureiw in the year
«.> ny J. sPjbr \rtiiKß. iii f h*-Clerk's office of
ue District-Court if she Umite-lerate States for
r»e Northern D*t riot of *}*• inr in..
Athknh, An*. d*pt. 24. via Ozyka2o.
| Gen. Fi.rmi b*s <*»piared the garrison at this
place iuclu-.iiig annul 1300 prisoners, twe passen
ger imiii*, 5o w.igans and aiMi»n>auc‘es, 500 horses
and uiauy *au«,.ie r«tw. Our lugs was only 4
or 5 killed amt «ou« 20 w • untied. Our troops are
tuUui euibu-ia.-m aud eriii leave in a few minutes
lu searclt es uew Victories.
Macon, Sept. 26.
The Chattanooga Gtzjtte at the 20th says upon
the au thi-rity of a speci.il dispatc h to the St. Lou
is Republican that tbe prisoners at Camp Chase
rebelled, overpowered the guard and made their
escape.
All quiet atong the Georgia front. No ch ange
eiucb last report.
Richmond, Sept. 25.
Herald of the 22d received. War news unim
portant.
Several rebels who captured and burned steam
ers ou Lake Era have Oeeu captured.
Price’s army reported at Pocahontas. Sholby
at Potieituii. Ou tbe 12tn 1000 rebels reported at
Chalk Biuff. '
* Gold 221.
European advices to the llth. The owner o*
the Georgia has been uotifiyd that no inference on
l he part of »ha British Govermueut in his behalf
need be expected. lie must defeud his interest in
a United States prizo court. It is reported that
Semmes is again afloat in a fine steamer with 300
Bren.
The cotton market qniet—prices unchanged.—
Breadsiufls null.
Augusta, Sept. 26.
A letter from Wheeler’s command dated Athens
Ala., states he has destroyed 125 miles of railroad
in Sherman's rear. Also says 2000 Tennesseeans
have joined Wfceeler. The people of Tennessee
are hopeful. The crops are fine. It will take
Sherman thirty days to repair damages. Several
hundred prisoners and immense amount of stores
have been captured. Gen. Kelly was woundo
and left in tho hands of the Yankees.
The'yellow fever bad at Charleston . It is also
at Savannah, and Jacksonville and St. Augustine>
Fla. It is not among our troops.
Richmond, Sept. 26.
The Baltimore American of Saturday afternoon
received. A dispatch from Sheridan claims ano
ther victory over Early’s forces at Fisher’s Hill
on the 22d. All Yankedem is exceedingly jubi
lant over the news from the Valley.
Gold has declined ia New York to 200; wheat
has declined 8 cents.
Postmaster General Blair has resigned at the
the request of Lincoln. His successor is ex-Gov.
Dennison of Ohio.
New Orleans advices to the 16th via Cairo. It
is rumored that Banks wili leave that department
next week:
Another fight between the French and Cortinas
was progressing at last accounts at Bagdad.
Admiral Porter has returned to his old post on
the Mississippi river.
A private letter from Staunton on the 24th re
ports that Early had chastised tho enemy severely
at New Market, driving him two miles.
The following is jusl received:—Headquarters,
26th—Gen. Early reports that the enemy advan
ced against him on the 24th at New Market, whon
he feii back to Pert. Republic. On tho 26th the
enemy advanced towards Harrisonburg, his cav
alry probably having passed that place.
[Signed] R. E. LEE.
New York papers ot the 24th contain dispatches
from the Valley which represent that Sheridan
continues to pursue Early’3 forces in the direction
of Staunton.
Nothing important from Grantor Sherman.
Gold 121.
in African Exodus.
The correspondent of the Yankee associated
press, writing from the “Army of the Potomac,
Sept, 6," gives the following amusing aarra>
five:
Yesterday, a party of colored reorait3 ar
rived here, and, on their way to their regi
ments, got rather nearer to the front than they
had calculated. In passing along an open
space near Fort Warren, the oaemy obtained
a view of them, and threw a shell or two in
their midst. Such a scattering was really lu
dicrous. Abandoning their guns, knapsacks,
etc., they Slew toward the fort., in front ot
which, is a ditch, six or seven feet wide, and
as many deep, with several inches of water
and mud. Into this they piled one on top of
another, evidently thinking they would' be
safe there, while tbe men in the fort rushed
out and reaped quite a harvest of knapsacks,
etc., which lay on the road
The officer in charge of the party seems to
have'lSrst reached the trench, and endeavored
to prevent the men from following him, order
ing them to rally. When asked what he was
doing there, he said he had not been under
fire for some months, and was rather nervous
at his close proximity to the enemy. |
erable effort was required to extricate them ;
from their somewhat unpleasant position, after j
which they left to join their commands. It t3
hoped that if they are ever charged by the
enemy they will profit by the lesson they re
ceived yesterday, and not run into a trap, in
which the rebels would like to catch them,
and where a dozen could keep a thousand
without the slightest fear of escaping.
Last evening the enemy in front of our line, j
where it crosses the Jerusalem road, were very j
jubilant for a time, indulging in loud cheer
ing, which extended along tbe line to the right j
toward to the Appomattox. Our pickets hailed
theirs, and asked the cause of the commotion,
and the answer came, “Atlanta ha3 been re
taken by Hood.” Notwithstanding the im
probability of the story, it rapidly gained cir
culation, and caused some depression for a
time. But soon after a deserter came ia and i
reported that one of their men had tied a
canteen to a dog'3 tail and started him through
their lines, thinking thus to frighten oar men.
But the dog kept bi3 owfi side, and his fright
ened cries as ha sped along caused the rebels
to cheer and bailee so loud. Thu3 the matter
was explained.
A CoNsaiPTioy OitDßa. —Brigadier General
J. S. Preston, head of the Conscript Bureau,
has issued the annexed order :
Commandants of Conscripts will mstruct
County Enrolling officer* to proceed diligent
ly, with the aid of the Temporary Boards, to
make a complete registration of every white
male resident in their respective counties, be
tween the age3 of seventeen and fifty years,
not actually serving in the army, in the field
or with the reserves. The name, age, occu
pation, physical condition of the persons regis
tered. together .with the grounds of the ex
emption or detail or other reason for not be
ing in active military services will be stated
in these registers. Special care will be taken
instating distinctly though briefly, the causes
which prevent the persons from being lent to
the army, and not to omit any person from the
registration act serving in the army, in the
field or with the reserves These registers
must he forwarded to the Bureau before lae
15th of October next To accomplish the
work in due time. Enrolling Officers, and Tem
porary Boards are enjoined to the utmost vig
or and diligence:
The information to be famished i3 regarded
as of zreat importaace, and the service must
be accurately as well as promptly performed.
Another and separate register will he at the
same time prepared arid forwarded or all
vouths. in each county who will attain the
; age cf seventeen years during the next twelve
months. In this last named register will be
i stated the month when these youths w U at
i tain the ages designated.
THE CITY.
f. I. JACKSON .LOCAL EDITOR.
Funeral M«llce«
The friends end acquaintance* of Mr. CaxtLia
H. Stewakt’s family are re necfully invited to at
tend hie funeral from the reai fence of Mr. H. V.
Meigs, to-day at 10 o’clock, a. in.
sep27 It*
Chamge or Base.— lt will be seen by advertise
meat that the offioe of the Commandant of the
Post has been changed from Gunby’s corner to
Warren’s Arcade, on Broad Street. Parties har
idg business in that important department will
please bear the change in mind.
Personal. —Our intellig*it and gentlemanly
correspondent “Outline” wa3 in this city yester
day, en route we presume to Hood's Army.
+ »i
In the Dark. —The Gas Company gires notice
that it is forced do suspend operations for one
week. This will prove a sad inconvenience to our
oitizens, and especially on the press, which is de
pendent at night on the Company for light. Peo
ple look to the newspapers for light, and we look
to the Gas Company. We shall have to fall back
to first principles and resort to tallow eandles. —
This will bring to mind primitive customs, when
sperm and gas were not comeatable.
[communicates?.]
Yankee all over. —The Yankees have organ
ized a company for supplying artificial limbs to
their maimed soldiers, and intend selling them so
as to secure $ per cent, on the stock. Coining
money out of blood.
Southern all over. —The citizens of this Con
federacy have organized an association for the pur
pose of bestowing, as a token of esteem, an arti
ficial limb on every maimed soldier of the war
who can wear one.
We hope no soldier of the South will ever con
sent to wear a Yankee log. They would continue
the war to sell legs and arms to Southern soldiers.
CARLO.
[From the Alexandria (Va.) Gazette.]
McClellan on the Manner of
Prosecuting the War.
The friends of Gen. McClellan are using as a
"campaign deoument," the letter he wrote to Pres
ident Lincoln, in July, 1862. from Harrison’s Land
ing. In this letter he expressed this opinion :
"This war should be conducted upon the highest
principles known to Christian civilization. It should
not be a war looking to the subjugation of the peo
ple of any (State in any event. It should not be at
all a war upon population, but against armed forces
and political organizations. Neither confiscation of
property, political execrations of persons, territo
rial organization of States, or forcible abolition of
slavery, should be contemplated for a moment.
“In prosecuting the war, all private property and
unarmed persons should be strictly protected, sub
ject only to the necessity of military operations. All
private property taken for military use should be
paid or receipted for; pillage and waste should be
treaie-d as high crimes; all unnecessary trespass
sternly prohibited, and offensive demeanor by the
military towar 1 oitizens promptly rebuked. Mili
tary arrests should not be tolerated, except in pla
ces where active hostilities exist, and oaths not re
quired by exactments constitutionally made, shou and
be neither demanded nor received. Military gov
ernment should be confined to the preservation of
public order and the protection of political rights.”
The National Intelligencer says;
“The impossibility of anything like a speedy re
storation of the Union under the civil policy which
now informs the legislation of Congress and directs
the action of the Executive is apparent to every re
flecting citizen ; but the fact is not often confessed
by the upholders of that policy. The lion. Schuyler
Colfax, the present Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives, is, however, frank to avow this result of
the radieal policy, and proposes to adhere to it in
all its features, though, as he foresees, it may re
quire a generation to pass away before there can be
anything like a ‘loyal population’ at the South, ac
cording to the extra constitutional ‘loyalty’ required
by that legislation.”
Ah Awful Rkcoso.—lf any one wants to know
what becomes of all the men that are sent to the
war, let him subscribe for the Cincinnati Daily
Commercial or Gazette. We give this pull free of
charge to our political enemies, convinced that a
perusal of their official columns of dead, sick, dying
and wounded wi.l do vastly more good than all the
eloquence of our eopperhea ! writers or sp_eakers.—
One day last week we took the trouble of"counting
the number in a single copy of the Commercial, and
it was over a thousand ! When we remember that
a single column in that papar contains over three
hundred names, and then call to mind the the mul
titudes of columns wo have seen, we no longer won
der what has become of our men; on the contrary,
wc wonder whero all the people have come from.—
It is a perpetual list of sick, wounded, dying and
dead—the missing not being taken into the ac
count. Yet the callous and, wc might almost say,
brutal editors of these papers fill thoir other col
umns daily with invitations and entreaties to the
remnant of young men at home to enter this war
and march into the pens of the South. It would
seem as if they were fascinated by the sight of their
bloody lists, and ha l an ambition that every m:in’3
name should figure in their pag s as wounded, sick
or dead. When shall, this devilish slaughter end?
How long will the people sleep ia their lethargy
until death raps at their door?
It is impossible that peace should come again
while a fiendish ape is at the head of our affairs.—
He realizes nothing of the awful destruction of
property, nor the wasting slaughter of life. Neither
does he care. He has none of the instinct or sensi
bilities as a man, nor the dignity of a respectable
tyrant,— Dayton (Ohio) Empire.
NOTICE!
Notice is hereby given that the OFFICE
of the POST COMMANDANT has been
removed to WARREN’S ARCADE, (up
stairs,) opposite the Express Offioe.
sep27 3t
Notice to twsi* Consumers !
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 27,1364.
Owing to the unavoidable delay in getting retorts
from Selma, the Gas Company is compelled to sus
pend the operation of Gas Making for one week from
date. Every effort will be made to resume sooner,
and if wo can do so notice will be given.
JNO. McILHENNY,
sep2? >t Sup’t Gas Works.
FOB AAT.-B!
A HOUSE of six rooms,—plenty land aid tiro wood.
Place one tnile and a quarter ftoin the city ;
containing a dwelling house, two kitchens, stables,
two wells, orchards of the finest fruit tree3, Ac
One hundred or one hundred and twenty acres
will bo su’d. Apply to J. H Martin, Enquirer
office.
sept £4, 3t. -
TO RMT.
\ 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 s
Hotel. sp!9 lw*
Notice.
C. S. Arsenal,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 23, 1864.
\ a intelligent man with a wife, without incum
brance, can hear of a desirable situation, oy ;rume
diate application at this Arsenal.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
sep'24 lw Major and Ex. Off.
Confederate State* Tax
Notice.
All tax layers in the 23d collection district of
Georgia, who fail to make return and pay the tax
due by the 15th of October next, must expect the
penalty prescribed by iaw.
All per ons doing a Registered business in the
district, who fail to comply strictly wish tiie-law,
will, from and after the ?t day o: October next,
have to suffer the penalty of the law.
My duty compels me t > carry out the iaw with
111 E. F. KIBKSBY,
O'lKecto-, "2 id (list. >f Georgia.
sep23 4t
BUtrSV FOR SALE!
\N excellent Buggy and Harness for sale. Ap
ply .it this office. sep2l tt
SSO Howard.
\ jSGRO boy CHARLEY : about 2b years old, yel- ‘
A low ■oaiplexiou. hair nearly straight. below or
iinarv intelli once: left Jfr.Nat. T hoi up- on sn»ar
Box Springs Talbot county. I bought him o. a
V!•• B- ;wi* a refugee from Mississippi, who now
reside- in Tusv-g-se. Ala. He originally came trow
Charleston, id. C. A suitable reward will be pani
for his delivery at th >ffice, or in any sate jail and
information sent to m • RUSSELL.
Colunabu*# G-a.., aug 1 ts
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos.
0 N YHIS DAY. 27th of September, at 101-2 o’tlk,
\J we will sell in front of our store,
1 HUM Wise FOOT,
Suitable for a Lady, Girl or Boy.
eep27 It $3
By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos.
ON TUESDAY, 27thof September, at 101-2 o’tlk,
we will sell in front of our Auction .floom,
1 Box Green Tea;
1 “ Ale, pint bottles j
1 “ Crush Sugar;
1 “ Black Tea;
1 “ Starch;
1 “ Adamantine Candles;
1 Roll Sole Leather ;
1 Buggy and Harness ;
1 “ Umbrella;
1 Horse Nett;
1 Riding Bridle, &c., Ac.
—also. —
15 Shares Ga. Home Insurauee Stock
—ALSO, —
ONE YELLOW BOY,
17 years old, healthy and very intelligent; raised
in this city. He needs but once to be instructed to
do almost anything you may put him at.
sep26 2t sl2
By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos.
mm lii she!
ON TUESDAY, 27th September, at 101-2 o’clfe, W«
will sell in front of our etore,
A VALUABLE PLANTATION!
10 miles from the city, on the Upatoie
creek, in Chattahoochee Cos., originally
Muscogee, containing 202} acres land—
within one and a half miles of the Buena
Vista Road—l6o acres under fence ; well
watered; double log house; outbuildings,
fruit trees, Ac., making a very desirable
settlement.
ALSO,
A Desirable Tail-Yard!
Situated three miles South of
gee, on the Road to Warrior Stand, with
50 acres land attached; 30 Vats and
Pools ; with all necessary outbuildings—
convenient to Tan Bark, at a moderate
price.
ALSO,
2 67-100 Shares M. & G. K. K. Stock l
ALSO,
1,000 yds. Dundee Bagging'!
5 pieces BARATHEA, a beautiful ar
ticle for Ladies Dresses;
30 lbs. FLAX THREAD;
LOT EKG. TOOTII BRUSHES!
25 Pieces Assorted CALICOES.
ALSO,
A VERY LIKELY NEGRO WOMAN I
23 y’rs old, fair cook, washer and ironer.
ALSO,
lO ©a* 12 Dorses and D tiles !
SINGLE A DOUBLE HARNESS !
Furniture, Shoes, Boots, Clothing, Ac.
9|>24 td $45
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
DESIRABLE
RESIDENCE AT YON3ESBORO!
At Auction 2
4, 4
TUESDAY, September 28th, at 10 1-2 o'clk,
O we will sell in front of our store,
A Very DESIRABLE RESIDENCE
and FARM, at Yongesboro Depot, Rus
sell county, Ala., and at present owned by
C. C Yonge, Esq.
The Dwelling has 4 ro ms; good outhouses, all
nearly new; one hundred and tony acres good iand
attached —nearly all fresh; good market garden;
fine orchards, with over 1,000 selected Fruit Trees,
and a Vineyard of about 1,000 choice Grape Vines.
sep22 S3O
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos,
200 0-A.LILiOINrS
PIE CATAWBA GRAPE IRANDY!
A VERY FINE ARTICLE.
For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards,
a?3Q ts
Bi ROSETTE, EIWIIOY & CO.
♦
Administrator’* .Sale !
A GREEABLE to an order of the Ordinary of Afus-
A cogee county, will be sold on the Ist Tuesday in
November next, at 11 oc’clock, in front of our Auc
tion Room,
S ±x. Negroes,
belonging to the estate of John N. Burch, deed.
1 NEGRO WOMAN, Martha and her
two children.
1 NEGRO ROY, Edward.
1 “ WOMAN, Mary Ann.
GEO. P. SNIDER, Adm’r.
Roskttk, Lawhox Sc Cos., Auct’rs.
sep24 ltd & wtd
WANTED!
Cairns Hospital,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 23, ’dd.
Okra cut and dried by the bushel;
“ green, t * “ „
Butter Beans, dried, “ t< if .
“ “ green,
Sassafras Buds, prepared for Gumbo, by the
pound. .
Cbtton Yarns, or Domestics vr ill be exchanged for
the above articles or they will bo paid for in cash.
B. C. DALLAS, Clerk.
sep24 lw
FOR SAEE !
Papers 3 to 12 oz Tacks ;
25 Reams English Letter Paper;
100 ** Domestic “
100 “ “ NoT,; “
100 >GLI3H Domestic Envelopes
sep24 w STANFORD & CO.
fiTttfi!! WloiTT!
GOODRICH & CO.,
.BROAD STREET.
RE now opening a splendid assortment of
STAPLE AM H W MS.
. FRESH FROM EUROPE via Bermuda, which
they will sell cheap por cash. augL. 1m
Columbus High School
FOR
-yQXJISrG- LADIES !
JMIE above Institution will be re-opened in *ha
l building owned by Mr. Cowdery, on ST. Clair st.,
opposite St. Luke’s Church, on Monday, October 3.
1814.
For Terms, apply t'
sep!3 ta&t 4w W. S. LEE.