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Change ol Schedule.
Oryrcn Evenriin xm Superintendent, )
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7,1864.1
ON THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further
notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m.
Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah .5.30, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. HAINES,
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
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Change oi Schedule.
ON and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon 8 10 P. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. K.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m,
Arrive at West Point at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
D. H. CRAM, Sup’t Sc Eng.
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MOBILE A GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
(Ill'v(.i: OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Aug. 22,1864.
ON and after this date Trains on this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at 3 00 p. m.
Arrive in Union Springs 730 “
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00 “
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
ag!B ts Eng. k Sup’t.
SI,OOO Steward!
STOLEN, from my residence, in Wynnton, on the
night of the 19th inst., a Chesnut Sorrel Horse,
about 141-2 hands high and 14 years old; he has on
each side, just back of the fore-shoulder, the marks
of a blister, which looks very much like a burn; lit
tle white on the left hind leg; gay, stylish looking
horse and a fast trotter, and had on when taken
shoes all around. I will give the above reward for
the horse and thief, with proof to convict, or SSOO
for th® horse. WM. S. BALFOUR.
18®. Macon Telegraph copy two weeks, and send
bill to this office, sp2o2w"
SSO lie ward.
T EFT my plantation near Glennvillc, Alabama, on
L Sunday last, 11th inst,, a negro man by the name
of GREEN, who belongs to Col. Samuel Thompson,
near Florence, Ala.
Green is about 33 years old; nearly white; straight
hair; slender framo; near six feet high; inclined
to stoop in tho shoulders; short round face, and
talks slowly. lie left my premises without provo
cation, and I have reason to believe that he is at
tempting to make his way to North Alabama, into
the enemy’s lines. He is acquainted about Colum
bus, Ga., having been hirod out there by Col. Wm,
Bryan, or Col. Sam’l Thompson, for several months
last winter, and may tarry there in quest of employ
ment. I will pay fifty dollars reward for his appro
hension and delivery to me, or confinement in somo
jail where I can get him.
sep2l ts JNO. F. TREUTLEN.
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500 Negro Men Wanted!
Nitre and Mining Bureau, )
Headq’r3 Mining Division, No. 2, f
Solma, Ala., Sept. 13, ’64. )
lAM desirous of Hiring Five Hundred Negro Men,
for the Bibb Iron Works, located on the Alabama
and Tennesseo Rivers Rail Road, fifty miles North
of Selma, 150 South of Rome and 70 West of Mont
gomery. I am paying for able-bodied men three
hundred dollars per annum, feeding and clothing
them. One woman will be hirod to every ton men,
to cook and wash for them. There is on the place a
hospital with a regular surgeon, who takes charge
of all the sick. If the enemy threateas, the negroes
can be moved West through an inaccessible coun
try. Apply to W P Herring, La Grange, Ga., or
WM. RICHARDSON HUNT,
Lieut. Col. Cbmd’g.
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SSOO Keward.
WILL bo paid for tho apprehension of our boy
Truman. He 13 about 24 years oil; 6 feet high;
very black, and weighs about 180 pounds. Three
hundred dollars will be paid for his confinement in
s®me jail so that we can get him, or five hundred
dollars for his delivery at tho
EAGLE FACTORY.
Eufaula Spirit of the South, Quincy Dispatch, Al
bany Patriot, Macon Telegraph, LaGrange Repor
ter, and //amilton Enterprise, publish one month
and send bills to Factory.
sep2olm __
SSO Reward,
Superintendent’s Office,)
Muscogee R. R. Company, r
Columbus, Ga., Rept, 16, ’64. )
A REWARD of SSO will be paid for tho delivery
to me for each of the following negro men :
Charles—Black; about 25 years old; quick spo
ken ; weighs about 150 lbs.; about 5 foot 10 or 11 in.
high.
Hilliard—Black; about 30 years old; 5 ft 9 inches
high; weighs 145 or 150 lbs.; blacksmith by trade. —
Probably will go to Jones county where his wife is.
W. L. CLARK,
gp!7 lm Superintendent.
SSO Reward.
I WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black
boy, about 24 years old. He has been out three
or four weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about I
he city. JNO. 11. BASS,
iy 4 ts j
SI,OOO Reward.
A CHUNKY, heavy set, black boy by the name
of WILLIAM, about 24 years old, left Colum
bus on Sunday morning lasL, I am confident he
was taken off by seme white man. I will pay the
above reward for the negro and thief, with evi
dence to convict, or I will pay two hundred and
fifty dollars for the negro delivered to me in Colum
bus. The boy came from Virginia about two years
ago. and says he is a sailor. I think they left Co
lumbus on foot and took the train at some station
•lose by. J. H. BASS,
sepl-tf.
P. S—l learn, since the above was written, that
the boy lelt Cblumbus on the Opelika train, on
Sunday morning, in company with a small wnite
man that limped, and that they were going to West
Point. J.H, B.
NOTICE.
To Planters and Others !
I WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
Yarns, for Bacon, Bard, Tallow and Beeswax. I
will be found at RoDinett & CVs old stand, wnero I
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil forsale.
L. S. WRIGHT.
jnne 2 ts
Shoemakers 9 and Saddlers 9
TOOLS.
epHE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
A manufacture of the above named articles in this
city, are prepared to fill orders for the same.
Office on Angle street, a t few doors above C. S.
h£p&2 hahrison, bedell & CO.
B Reference— Maj. F. W. Dillard.
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Con
stitutionalist, please copy one month and send bills
te this office.
mar 30 ts
umi paper k wii mm
FOR SALE!
WE have for sale 49 reams ot Letter Paper, and
2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at TV holesale
or Retail. Paper, SSO per Ream; Blank Books, sldu
retail, 75 cts. wholesale. Apply at „
art) ts THIS OFFICE.
STERLING EXCHANGE!
A FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
a*l6 ts BANK OF COLUMBUS.
Ciiltmbns ®i«s,
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Vol. XI.
J. W. WARBEH *i CO. Proprietors j. w . WARREN, Editor
SPECIAL NOTICES
Notice.
C. S. Arsenal,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 23, 1864.
An intelligent man with a wife, without incum
brance, can hear of a desirable situation, b 7 imme
diate application at thi3 Arsenal.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
sep24 lw Major and Ex. Off. *
WANTED!
Cairns Hospital,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 23, ’64.
Okra cut and dried by the bushel;
green, “ “
Butter Beans, dried, “ 11
“ “ green, “ “ “
Sassafras Bud3, prepared for Gumbo, by the
pound.
Cotton Yarns, or Domestics will be exchanged for
the above articles er they will be paid for in cash.
B. C. DALLAS, Clerk.
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Notice l
Headquarters Georgia Reserves,
Macon, Sept. 18,1864.
General Orders 1
No. 17. /
I. The commanding officers of Regiments and
other organizations in this command will, upon the
reception of this Order, publish in one or more
newspapers of the State the names of all officers and
men of their respective commands, absent without
leave, offering the usual reward of thirty dollars
for the apprehension and delivery of each one at
their respective posts. A similar publication will
be made at the beginning of each month, and all
persons brought in will be ordered before a General
Court Martial, to be organized for that purpose, to
be tried as deserters.
11. District and county enrolling officers will use
every effort in their power to aid in the vigilant
and effective execution of this Order.
111. Absentees will have ten days to return to
their respective co ands, after which no further
indulgence will be allowed.
By command of
HOWELL COBB,
Major General.
R. J. Hallett, A. A. G.
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Notice.
Headquarters, 24th Militia Dist.
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 16, 1864.
The Captains appointed in the different Districts
will send to these Headquarters all men who have
not reported at Jfacon. By order of Gen. Wayne.
B. A. THORNTON, A D C.
pr N. W. Garrard, Oapt &E O.
Office at J/cGehee’s Auction House.
sepl7 ts
Battle-Field Relief Association
of Columbus, Ga.
All who are disposed to contribute articles neces
sary for the relief of the sick and wounded in the
Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at
Goodrich k Co’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev
ery Tuesday and Friday, when they will be for
warded to and dispensed by our Committee there.
W. il. YOUNG, Presd’t.
C. G. Holmes, Sec’y. ag23tf
" MATT. R. EVA AS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 64, Commerce Street,
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
WILL sell on Commission every description of
Goods, Negroes and Produce of all kinds.
sp2o lm
NATLS! NAILS!!
Wholesale or Retail,
—OR—
EXCMMftE for PRODUCE
—AT—
MULFORIPS OLD STAND*
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~ FOSI SALE!
Papers 3 to 12 oz Tacks ;!
25 Reams English Letter Paper;
100 " -Domestic
100 ” “ So ™ "
‘*M”-English and Domestic Envelopes
sep24 lw STANFORD & CO.
FOR SAEE !
320 Acres of Land on the Mobile &
Girard Kail Road,
T7ORTY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one
A and a half from Station No. 5; about iBO acres
opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, with good
water, gin house, &c. Apply to Messrs Ellis, Liv
ingston & Cos., for terms.
sps lm* D C FREEMAN, Jr.
WANTED!
K AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
tbuUU will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
sp7 ts Major and Q. M.
FOR SALE.
A HOUSE and LOT, situated North of the North
Commons on the corner of Troup and City Mill
streets: Said Lot contains half acre, with a good
new dwelling house with two rooms; kitchen with
i two rooms; a very superior well of water—hard
j ly equalled in the vicinity of the city, and a large
I garden. Everything new anck in good order. For
| further particulars apply to me on the premises.
sp!3 lm J. J. BORING.
FOR SALE!
4 GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse,
A Apply to
R. B. MURDOCH,
sep 2—ts or, at this office.
Confederate Knives and
Forks.
WE are manufacturing at our Works in this city
a good article of KNIVES AND FORKS in
large quantities, which we offer to the public low
for CASH.
-ALSO-
Shoe Makers and Saddlers Tools,
of every description. Nhoe Pegs, Steel Trusses,
Spatulas, Butcher Knives, &c., Ac.
The attention of Quartermasters, Commissaries,
and Medical Purveyors, throughout the Confeder
acy is specially invited to the above with whom we
desire to make contracts.
RKPKBKXCSS:
Major F. W. Dillard, Columbus, Ga.
Surgeon W. H. Prioleau, Macon, era.
Surgeon R. * 00.
Columbus, Ga., September 1« 1564. .
Afobile Register, Augusta Constitutionalist, and
Charleston Courier please copy one montn and send
bill to this office.
C 0» FEMALE ACADEMY!
THE Exercises of this Institution will be resumed
on the Ist Monday in October, under the contin
ued direction of its present able instructor, Rev.
Carlisle P. B. Martin-
Terms of admission will be made known betore
th, WBion OREEN WOOD. p re!d . t .
D. F. WILLCOX, Sec y.
g pl2 ts Board of Trustees.
BSORe ward..
VEGRO bov CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel
i\ low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence : left Mr. Nat. Thompson s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a
Mr Brown a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides^uT uskegee, Ala. He originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
information sent to m. “tag,”®'"* RUSSELL.
Coluihbu's Ca., aug 1 ts ’
Columbus, Ga., Thursday Morning;, September 29,1864.
Wednesday Evening.
[From the Confederate Union.]
Gov. Brown's Reply to General
Sherman’s message.
As much has been said about the informal
.message sent by General Sherman to Governor
Brown. Vice President Stephens and Senator
Johnson, inviting them to visit the General ia
Atlanta, for a conference in reference to the
state of the country, with a view to negotia
tions for peace, and as the public mind has
been much excited upon the subject, some
saying that it is the duty of these gentlemen
to accept the General’s invitation and make an
effort to settle our difficulties by negotiation,
others contending that it was the duty of the
Governor to have seized the General’s messen
ger and have ordered him hung as a traitor,
we have, for the gratification of our own and
the curiosity of our readers, called upon the
Governor, and enquired after the facts.
The Governor, in reply to ou r enquiries,
stated that Mr. Wm. King, who represented
himself as the bearer of a message from Gen.
Sherman, called upon him, and stated in sub-'
stance that Gen. Sherman had requested him
to say to the Governor, that he would be
pleased to receive a visit from him and other
distinguished Georgians, with a view to a
conference upon the state of the country, and
the settlement of our difficulties—that he
would give the Governor a passport through
his lines with an escort, if desired, to go and
return at such time as might be agreeable to
him—that he (General Sherman) recognized
him (Governor Brown) as the Governor of the
whole State, and a3 over one hundred miles
of the territory of the State is now behind hi3
lines he (Gen. S.) would allow the Governor
to go and visit his people in the rear if he de-*
sired to look after their condition, and return
at his pleasure—that he would receive him
and the other distinguished Georgians at hi3
Headquarters and treat them with the respect
and consideration due their positions during
the conference which he invited—that he did
not wish to be compelled to overrun and des
olate more of the territory of the State, &c.
After hearing the statement of Mr. King, the
Governor replied:
Please make to Gen. Sherman an acknowl
edgement of my obligation for the personal
courtesies which you say he proposes to ex
tend to me. But as he is only a General com
manding an army in the field, and I the Gov
ernor of a State, neither the Constitution of
his country nor of my own. confers upon us
any power to negotiate a treaty of peace. We
probably hold but few sentiments in common,
but if we should agree in every particular, we
W'ould have power to bind no one by any com
pact we might make. As our interview could
therefore result in nothing practical, I must
decline the invitation. While the portion of
the State now in the rear of Gen. Sherman’s
army is held by him, and the execution of the
laws of the State suspended by armed force,
I know of no service which I could render to
the people of that section by a personal visit.
If I could better their condition or mitigate
their sufferings, I would, on their account,
cheerfully go at the expense of any inconven
ience or personal sacrifice which the trip
might cost me.
To the remark that General Sherman does
not wish to be compelled to overrun and des
olate more of the territory of Georgia, I reply
that no compulsion rests upon him to attempt
this, unless it be the cruel orders of his Gov
ernment. If he makes the effort, he will find
much greater difficulties in the way of his ad
vance for the next hundred miles than those
encountered during his march from Dalton to
Atlanta.
Georgia may possibly be overrun, but can
not be subjugated, and her people will
treat with a conquerer upon her soil. Asa
sovereign State, she had the undoubted right
to dissolve her connection with the Govern
ment of the United States, when the compact
had been violated by the other States of the
confederacy, and to form anew compact
which she has done. She is as sovereign to
day as she was the day she seceded from the
old Union, and has the same power, by a con
vention of her people, which she then had to
resume all delegated powers, and all the at
tributes of sovereignty, and then to declare
war; negotiate treaties of peace, and do all
other acts which a sovereign State may do.—
While this power rests in her people, who are
the original source of all sovereignty, her
Constitution formed by them, ha3 conferred
no such power upon her Governor.
The fact must not be overlooked, however,
that while Georgia possesses the sovereign
power to act separately her faith which never
has, and I trust never will be violated, is
pledged by strong implication, to her South
era sisters, that she will not exercise thi3
power without consent on their part, and con
cert of action with them. In league with her
Southern sister States, she enter into this
contest with full knowledge of all the respon
sibilities which attached to the act; and come
weal or woe, she will never withdraw from it
in dishonor. However unequal may be the
proportion of suffering or sacrifice which her
people may have to endure, she will never
make separate terms with the enemy which
may free her territory from invasion and
leave her confederates in the lurch. What
ever may be the opinion of her people as to
the injustice done her by the Confedetate ad
ministration she will triumph with her Con
federate sisters, or she will sink with them in
one common ruin. The intelligent people of
Georgia already understand, and our enemy
will soon learn, that the independent expres
sion of condemnation of the errors, to use no
stronger term, of the administration, is one
thing, and disloyalty to our sacred cause, is
another, and quite a different thing. While
the people of Georgia think for themselves
and will not blindly applaud the mismanage
ment of their rulers, they will never violate
principle for expediency, nor accept dishonor
for reward.
The foundations of our Government and the
liberties of the people, rest upon the sover
eignty of the States as their chief corner stone.
Destroy the sovereignty of the States, and the
whole fabrie fall! to the ground, and central
ized power with military despotism takes the
place of Constitutional liberty.
When the passions of the people North and
South have sufficiently subsided, we may
make peace by negotiation, but never by the
sword.
If Mr. Lincoln would have peace and prosper
ity re-established upon a firm basis, l«t him
stop the war, and planting himself upon the
principles of the Declaration of Independence
of 1776, let him recognize the sovereignty of
the States, and agree to leave each aovereign
State to determine for herself, by a conven
tion of her people, whose delegate? shall be
fairly chosen by the legal voters of the State,
without militaryjinterference or intimidation,
what shall be her future connection—whether
she will remain in. or if out, return to the old
Union, or adhere to her present league.
There may be doubts whether Kentncky,
Missouri, and probably other Stales, desire to
continue their connection with the Confede
rate States. The only just mode of solving
these doubts, is the one above indicated. If
these or any other of the Southern States,
should, in solemn convention, decide to go
with the United Statei, neither the Confed
erate Government, nor the other States can
object We camot govern Kentucky, for in
stance, against her will, unless we can subju
gate her. This, we have no power to do with
the Northern States at her baok, and if we
had the power, we have ne right to coerce a
sovereign State into aconnectienwhichis not of
her own choice. If this were done, we must,
in future, govern her people by the bayonet,
which would convert our republicanism into
the worst speoies of military despotism. Ho
it must be with the North if Mr. Lincoln should
succeed in his policy of conquering us.
If we -were overrun and for a time subdued,
our territory is so vast in extent, and our pop
ulation so large, that it would take a regular
army of two hundred thousand men to gov
ern and hold us in subjugation. The support
of such an army would not only continue the
country in bankruptcy, but, in the hands of
the Executive, it would soon be ueed to sub
vert even the form of the Government and
change it from a republic t® a monarchy.—
Thus to destroy our liberties must cost the
Northern people their own ; and the republi
canism of America must in future be a re
proach and a by-word among all nations.
If President Lincoln and President Davis
will agree to stop the war and transfer the
settlement of the issues from the battle-field
to the ballot-box, leaving each sovereign
State to determine for herself what shall be
her future connection, and who her future al
lies, the present devastation, bloodshed and
carnage will cease, and peace and prosperity
will be restored to the whole country.
On the other hand if this is not done, the
war will last for years to come, till both sides
are exhausted and ovarwhelmed with debt and
taxation, when it may degenerate into a guer
rilla strife, the end of which may not be seen
by the present generation, and the hate en
gendered by which will last through many fu
ture generations.
Neither General Sherman nor I can control
this, however much we may deplore it.
If those on both sides who have th# consti
tutional power of negotiation from obstinacy
or ambition, refuse to recognize the soverign
ty of the States, and to leave the settlement
of the question to the States when they can
not themseves agree, and insist on conttnual
effusion of blood to gratify their caprice, all
the States, North and South in their sovereign
capacity, may then , be justifiable in taking the
matter into their own hands and settling it as
sovereigns in their own way.
Latest From the Valley—the
Battle on Monday.
The ‘Charlottesville Chronicle’ contains the fol
lowing connected account of the battle near Win
chester on Monday last. It is the fullest and
most legible account of the battle we have receiv
ed. It is derived from an officer who participated
in the engagement:
About daylight the enemy advanced by the Ber
ryville road on Ramseur, who was posted at the
Spout Spring, on the same road, some four miles
East of Winchester. Gordon was at Bunker Hill
on the Martinsburg road, on a reconaoisance.—
Rodes was at Hopewell Church, near Whitehall,
to tho left of the Martinsburg road, about eight
miles below Winchester. About daylight, Gordon,
and about 7A. M., Rodes, commenced moving
back to the point of attack. Wharton remained
on the extreme left, on the Martinsburg road, a
short distance below Winchester. About 10 or 11
A. M., all of our troops were on the field, our lino
facing East—the enemy facing West. Ramseur
stretched from Abraham creek to the Berryville
pike—Rhodes had taken position in between him
and Gordon—Wharton, as we have stated, hold
ing the left. The battle new bore strongly to
wards our left. About half past twelve, General
Rodes, who was placing a battery in the gap be
tween himself and Gordon, was struck by a ball,
just behind the ear, and borne from the field in a
dying condition. He was attended at the time
by only two couriers. The enemy continued to
push their line around our left, and about 4, P. M.
their cavalry on their extreme right lapped our,
lines some two miles. This cavalry charged our
cavalry, and completely routed it and then wheel
ed into Winchester, on our rear. This made it
necessary for our infantry to fall back, which it
did slowly, approaching Winchester about dark.
The wholo army then retreated on that evening to
Newtown, and the next morning to Fisher’s Hill,
a mile or two from Strasburg, where it is now
posted. This is eighteen miles from Winchester,
and a position of great strength, having the North
Mountain on the left, and the Massanuttea Moun
tain on its right.
The battle is described as a very severe one;
the loss on both sides heavy—their’s supposed to
be greater than ours. We took somo 500 or 700
prisoners, more than we lost. AveriU is reported
killed; but this is not authenticated. We lost
three guns, and of course, left some of our wound
ed in the hands of the enemy. The ambulances of
the army, which were leaded with wounded, came
off safely. With this qualification, we brought off
our wagons, artillery, <fcc. There was considerable
straggling on our part.
The casualties embrace Major General Rodes
killed ; Brigadier General Godwin, of Portsmouth,
Va., killed; Major General Fitz Lee, said to be
slightly wounded; Brigadier General York (com
manding Hays’ and Stafford’s Louisiana brigade,)
arm shot off : Acting Brigadier General Thomas
H. Carter, commanding artillery, slightly wounded
by shell in back; and five Colonels, names not re
membered, killed.
Brigadier General Battle, of North Carolina, is
in command of Rodes’s division.
Our informant states that the force of tho ene
my was very large, more than two-fold our num
bers. I p to the time of our being Hanked, we were
pushing them back.
Commenting on the battle the “Chfonicle”
says :
General Early is where he ought to have been
before. Below Winchester he has all along been
exposed to the flanking movements of the enemy,
who watched him, with double bis force of infan
try, and harassad him continually with a superior
force of cavalry. If it was prudent to remain in
this open and exposed position until recently, we
cannot see the propriety of it, in view of movements
that have since been made. It may be that Gener
al Early was acting under orders to remain as low
down the Valley as Winchester, in order to secure
the crops of that region. If he acted on his own
judgment we think he is subject to ceßsure.
Fisher’s Hill, his present position, is one, we take
it, of great streagth. He will, we understand, hold
it. Whether reinforcements will be deemed neces
sary by the sruthorities, we have no means of
knowing.
The recent battle, we have heard, was progress
ing* very favorably, until the stampede of our cav
alry, which enabled the enemf to pass on oar flank
and in our rear. A retreat was then absolutely
necessary, which seems te have been well executed.
Fisher’s Hill is just out from the little town of
Strasburg, at the intersection of the Valley Tarn
pike and the Manassas Gap Railroad. It is in the
fork of the North Branch of . the Shenandoah and
Cedar Creek—with the Massanntten Mountain on
the one hand, and the Little North Mountain on
the other.
Escape of the Camp Chasr Prisoners.—By a
lady, Mrs. M——a well known hospital matron,
who was arrested by the Vankees and imprisoned
at Marietta, and who has just returned from Atlan
ta, we learn that she overheard Sherman cursing
over a dispatch he read to several es his officers,
which stated that the prisoners at Camp Chase, in
Ohio, had overpowered the guard es a thousand
men, taken their arms and ammunition and had
left the vicinity. They speculated on the probabil
ity of the prisoners making thsir way to Kentucky
and Canada, though the general opinion prevailed
) that they would attempt the latter course.
By to-day’s telegrams it will be seen that the
, Northern papers give the same report.
The lady says that at the same time she heard
Sherman read a dispatch stating that Roddy or
Basil Duke had captured twenty five hundred cat
tle between Dalton and Chattanooga.
Mrs. M— — is well known to many of our peo
ple and is a reliable lady. The Yankees captured
her oa the Chattahoochee and imprisoned her at
Marietta, where Col. Ross, a contemptible fellow
1 with a cerulean abdomen, from the wooden nut
meg State, insulted hsr with numerous indignities.
[lntelligencer, 2&tk.
’ $5.00 Per Month.
Important from Texas.
A Free Fight—Mexicans and 'Yankees against
French and Confederates.
The New York Times.of *the 20th cent&ini the
following extended account of the movements of
Cortinas in Texas, briefly mentioned on yesterday:
Cairo, Sept 18.—The steamer Belle from Mem
phis has arrived here, bringing Memphis papers of
yesterday evening. Sergeant It. S. Clarke, 91st
Illinois infantry furnishes particulars of the affair
on the Bio Grande.
It appears that on the morning of the 6th inst.,
the French moved out of Bagdad with a force of
5,000, and commenced the ascent of the Rio
Grande, with the purpose of attacking Matamoras.
They were uninterrupted until reaching a point
opposite White Ranche, where they met Cortinas
with a Mexican force, prepared to contest their ap
proach.
A terrific artillery duel ensued, when the French
wore compelled to fall back in confusion, closely
followed for three miles, when, coming to a piece
of chaparal, they made a stand. Cortinas opened
on the Imperial force with shot and shell. While
engaged at this point, the rebel commander of
Brownsville, Colonel Ford, came down from Texas
on the Rio Grande with a large drove of cattle for
the French, and seeing they were engaged with
Cortinas, promptly espoused the cause of the
French, and opened en the Mexican rear.
Seeing this the Imperial army made an attempt
to turn the tide of battle and charged the Mexicans
with the bayonet, determinod to conquer or die.—
They were, however, driven back in disorder to
the cover of the chaparal.
Cortinas then brought to bear two pieces of ar
tillery on Ford’s force, obliging him to retire.—
About this time the 91st Illinois, stationed at Bra
zos Santiago, hearing the firing on the Rio Grande,
were ordered te march to the scene, and arrived in
time to witness the repulse of the rebels. The
gallant “Sucker” boys then pitched into Ford,
drove him five miles, capturing his camp equipage
and about thirty stand of arms.
Meantime, Cortinas succeeded in putting the
Imperialists so flight, and drove them to Bayo del
Rio. As his artillery ceuld net compete with their
heavy ordinance on shipboard, he withdrew his
force to White Ranche, and crossed 50(f men into
Texas, where they lay on their arms during the
night of the 6 th, by the sido of the American
troops.
No sooner had Cortinas crossed the Rio Grande
than he lowered the flag of his country—whits, red
and green—and hoisted the stars and stripes,
which was enthusiastically greeted by the Mexican
soldiers as well as the American.
On the 9 th, Cortinas followed Ford to the old
battle field of Resaca de la Palma, where he rest
ed his troops for the night, while Ford fell back te
Brownsville. Cortinas despatched couriers to
Matamoras to order forces thore to prepare to move
away. Early on the morning of the Bth, 500 Mex
icans moved up the Rio Grande, crossed the river,
and came down the Texas side, attacking Browns
ville simultaneously with Cortinas. The struggle
for Brownsville was brief, and resulted in the de
feat of the rebels, who were driven from the town.
Cortinas took possession. The exit of the rebels
was so hasty they left their flags floating on the
court house and other public buildings, which
were soon tors down, and the stars and stripes
were hoisted amid the shouts of the citizens and
Mexican soldiers, who were almost as proud of the
starry banner as our brave boys.
LATER.
New Orleans, Sept. 13, via Cairo, Sept. 19.
There is much dispute over the Mexican nows. It
is net generally believed, but some who ought to
know assert positively, that it is true. Cortinas is
•aid to bo still at Fort Brewn, with 19 guns bear
ing on Matamoras. Cel. Ford’s rebel cavalry are
encamped ten miles up the Rio Grande, and the
French have moved out ten miles from Bagdad.
From I lie North—-Escape oi Con
federate Prisoners.
The Chattanooga Gazette, of the 20th, contains
a telegram from the St. Louis Republican an
nouncing that the Cenfederate prisoners at Camp
Chase, Ohio, overpowered their guards, escaped
and scattered. Great trouble and mischief are ap
prehended before they can be recaptured. We
hear that this news is confirmed by dispatches
received in Atlanta, a few days ago by Gen. Sher
man. The dispatches state that 60,000 men esca
ped, but this is no doubt an error. Twenty-five
thousand will probably cover the number confined
at Camp Chase. If this be true Judge Ould will
hare been saved a great deal of trouble, but we
doubt the truth of the story, as the New York Her
ald of the 22d has been received and says nothing
on the subject.— Telegraph & Confederate.
Gen. BbauregArd. —As public curiosity is
much exercised concerning this distinguished
hero, and more particularly at present with
regard to his assumption of command in Geor
gia, we are permitted to give the substance of
a brief colloquy between a gentleman and
President DaTis :
Gentleman.—“Mr. President, we have heard
here that Gen. Hood has been superceded. Is
it so ?”
President.—“lf so, I have not heard it, and
do not know it to be so.”
Gentleman.—“We uaderstaad that General
Beauregard was to assume command.”
President.—“ Gen. Beauregard will take any
command to serve his country. He will pass
through Augusta in a few days.” ;
The quidnuncs are welcome to draw what
ever conelusions they please.— Augusta Con
stitutionalist.*
The Enlistment of Rebel Prisoners.—An
interesting and important question bag arisen
as to tho acceptability of rebel prisoners who
desire to take the oath of allegiance and en
list in the Union armies. Six prisoners of war,
who have been confined at Point Lookout,
wishing so to enlist, were dropped from the
prisoner’s roll and forwarded to this city. A
recent order prohibits rebel deserteri from en
listing, and the question arises whether pris
oners captured with arms in their hands by
taking the oath of allegiance become deserters.
Officers are divided in opinion upon this point,
and the prisoners referred to, have been com
mitted to the Old Capitol to await the dicis
ion of the Secretary of War.
[ Washington Correspondence N. Y. Herald.
“ Bounty Jumpers.” — The Sunbury (Pa.)
American, in speaking of deserters and boun
ty jumpers, says that “one thousand deluded
indiriduals, among them many desertera from
the ranks of the army, had assembled in
Fishing Creek township, armed and equipped
for defence in case of an attack. They en
trenched themselves on the side of a mountain
with four pieces es artiliery, but Gen. Couch
marched against them with fire hundred and
eighty men, and they succumbed without the
firing of a shot.”
Some chronic fault-finding people among
us talk aboet our being under a’military des
potism, about the invasion of the rights of the
ctiizen, etc. Let such men read the following
significant paragraph which we cut from the
Louisville Journal, and ask themselTes whether
our autheriti«3, civil or military, at any time
during our struggle for life or death have re
sorted to an act of despotism as high handed
as that which it discloses : *
The Tribune of Friday last
appeared on a half Street, and, even thus cir
cumscribed, its present stock of white paper
is entirely exhausted, and it cannot be replen
ished without a permit. The editor made ap
; plication ?o the proper authorities at Lexing
i ton, which was returned for • positive evidence
I of loyalty.' and in the meantime the Tribune
| will have to’suspend until this question is de-
TELEGRAPHIC.
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REPORTS O# tax PRESS ASSOCIATiew.
Entered according to act of Congress in the yeah
1863, by J. 8 i. hbasher, in tne Clerk’s office os
th* Dutrict Oourt of the Confederate States f*| 4
the Northern District of Georgia.
N * •■■ ■ --1 . ——e
• Charlottksyilli, Va m Sept. 27.—The fighl,
near m Port Republic on Monday was an engage
ment between our cavalry atifl that of the en%
my. They came over the river and werf
driven back three miles by our cavalry acro3f
the river.
The enemy’s cavalry entered Staunton about
6 o’clock, p. m., Monday. A force appeared at
Waynesboro about 9 o’clock this morning and
went back about one mile from town. No
damage done up to 4, p. m. Smoke seen in
dicates that they are burning the railroad
track between Christian’s Creek and Staun
ton.
No fighting between the armies up to four
o'clock this evening.
No serious anxiety felt here.
♦ ♦ ♦-
An Afflicted Man.
A Home Guard officer has sent us, says the
Asheville News, the following letter, written
by a gentleman who thinks he ought to be
exempt from military duty, and who narrates,
in support of that claim, a catalogue of ills
such as rarely fall to the lot of one mortal.—
Job’s afflictions were not a “circumstance,”
compared with this gentleman’s. We hope
Gen. McElroy will excuse the afflicted broth
er, or at least allow him to “jine a critter
company
Three Forks of South Tok Ritxb, 1
Friday, July 29th, 1864. /
Cast. Ray Dear Sir: It becomes my duty
to drop you this note, informing you, my con
dition at this time lam sick of fever this is
the 13th day since I was taken: lam only
able now to walk across my house with a can a
by being supperted by another person, lam
39 years old this is the 10th year since I was
ordained to the ministry of the gospel and
have been constantly employed to the pastoral
charge of from one to four churchee or con
gregations according to the usage of the same.
I have bees afflicted from my Birth. lam
entirely deef in one ear my left shoulder has
been breken I have had the Asthma all my
life, and was snake bitten 5 years ago by the
largest kind of a rattle snake which has crip
pled me I suppose for life. I have all the grist
mill in my neighborhood. I cannot bear arms
at all the wellest days I ever seen. I never
had to muster in my life. 1 have been exam
ined by this Sergeons and enrolling officers of
the 9th aid 10th districts of this State. I
know I have been represented wrong or I
wonld not hav« been called upon to meet at
Burnsville the 30tb of this lust notwithstand
ing all this I would have met had 1 a been
able but if I serve at all it will have to be as
a horseman or a book keeper or at some post
where I will not have to be exposed to the
weather or walk much. lam a true south
ern man and more than willing to do anything
that I can for my country. I will report if I
get able for duty. I will have to report on
horseback if I have to serve I hope to meet
with you as my friend who will do me the fa
vor to appoint me a position that I can live in.
I have been three times writing this letter.
lam failing again the reason of my writing
so much is to let you know the true nature of
my case Ido not want to be considered dis
loyal or slothful to do my duty ; if I get able
to walk to do any good I will some to Ashe
ville.
Yours most obediently.
It was Dow, Jr.—sacred be bis memory !
who said that “Life is a country dance; down
outside aud back; tread on the corns of your
neighbor; poke your nose everywhere; all
hands around ; right and left. Bob your co*
coanut, the figure is ended. Time hangs up
the fiddle, and death puts out the light.”
John T. Monroe, Mayor of New Ors
leans, in a letter to the Mobile Tribune,
advocates the policy of employing negroes
as soldiers in the army.
Gen. Beauregard. —The Charleston
Mercury announces the arrival in that city
of this illustrious commander. From
some rather spicy remarks of the Mercu
ry, we infer that Gen. B. will not imme-i
diately assume command of Hood’s army
—if ever.
Within a few days five hundred and
thirtyxeight Federal prisoners were rejec
ted in the proffered exchange, by Sherx
man, because they refused to enter the
United States service for the war. They
were consequently returned to their place
of confinement.
Notice!
THIRTY CARPENTERS WANTED!
I wish to employ for the C. S. Carpenter Shop,
Thirty Carpenter?, at once.
Good wages and steady employment will be given.
CIIAS. A. REDD,
sep2B 6t Capt. and A. Q. M.
J¥otice!
WALKER HOSPITAL,
September 27,1864,
All patients of this Hospital who have been al
lowed the privilege of remaining in private quar
ters are hereby ordered to report, either iu person
or by medical attendant, without delay. Hereafter
any patient to whom thi3 saver has been granted
will forfeit it, if he fails to repert daily, when one*
forfeited it will not be renewed under anW
CIRCUMSTANCES.
CARLISLE TERRY,
sep2B 2t Surgeon in charge.
~ NOTICE
To Mississippi Soldiers!
THE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
L Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in
the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from
Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s
corner, between Main st., and the Perry House.
Your baggage is there. „
C. K. MARSHALL,
sep2S ts Agent,
FOR THE LADIES!
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
LADIES SHOES!
TOR S-A-ILjIEj AT
D. B. THOMPSONS.
CONSISTING OF
Eaglish Gaiters ;
French Boots;
Glove Kid Congress Gaiters.
sep2B ts
S2OO Reward !
ESTRIIED OR STOLE.V,
r | , WO MULES. One a large sorrel horse Mule,
A flax mane and tail; the other a very large bay
mare Mule. Both about seven or eight years old,
and estrayed or stolen from Dr. Battle s plantation
om North Cowikee, Russell co., Ala,., seven miles
South of Hatchechubbee Post Office, O. x M. R. R
om Sunday night, 20th inst. The above reward will
be paid for both mules, or half the amount for one.
A suitable reward will be paid for apprehending
the thief if stolen. THEQpHIL jjg SPERLOCK.
sep2B lw*
SJIOO REWARD.
STOLEN from Cook’s Hotel, yesterday morning,
27th, a TRUNK containing Needles and Spool
Thread and Card Clothingfor twenty-four pair Cot
ton Cards. The trunk was found early yesterday
morning, near the jail, robbed of its contents. We
will pay the above eward for the stolen goods,
and one hundred dollars for each of the thieves, as
we are confident two persons were engaged in the
theft. Macon and Montgomery will be on the
watch.
SHIVERS, WYNNE & CO.,
sep23 ts j . -ujm jjSßSkk Proprietors.
