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DAILY TIMES.
X. W. WARREN, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Thursday Morning, September 29, 1864.
“Demoralized.”
This is the term so effon applied to eur brave 10I
diers fa the field, when they happen, by the chan
cel of War, to be defeated. When General Heed
lest Atlanta, sayi the Cenfederate Union, at once
we heard the raren cry, "demoralized,” from the
immense Army of exempts at home. We never
believe a word we hear es the demoralization of
our troops in the field. They are beaten sometimes,
but are never “demoralized.” There is a large
Army at home which is sure to be “demoralized”
whenever defeat come?. Two-thirds of this heme
Army have been speculating on the necessities of
the poor, fer more than three years. The home
Army has made a great deal of money since the
War began, and is very anxious to save it. At pre
sent there is danger that the immonseheme Army
»f Georgia may lese all the money it has made;
consequently the home Army of Georgia is very
much “demoralized.” It is awful that Georgia
sheuld be menaced, after three years of exemption
from the consequences of a war that has no parallel
in modern times, thinks the home Army. But the
time has come when tho home Army has got to
fight, or lose the rich spoils of three years hard
labor robbing the poor. Os course the “situation” ,
“demoralizes” the home Army. Let the Govera- j
zoent put the home Army in the field, and we guar
antee that there will no longer be heard of a “de- :
moralized” man in Georgia, or any other Cenfed- j
erate State. If Congress would save tho country ,
from demoralization and subjugation, let Congress 1
disband the immense Army of exompts, and send
them to tho front. If this is done, and done
thoroughly, the word “demoralized” will be cx
pungod from the Confederate vocabulary, for a
season, at least.
Tlie Polish Exiles.
The Richmond papers have already informed
ns of the arrival at the Confederate capitol of
* delegation of Polish exiles, says the Colum
bia Carolinian, who came to offer the services 1
of their countrymen to our authorities. They j
had an interview with President Davis, and |
the result is said to have been highly satisfac
tory to both parties, and to hold out a fair
prospect of the forthcoming accession to our
armies, of a body of gallant and high-hearted
allies of that war-like race. Ever true to the
traditions of the past, the sons es Poland have
ever shed their blood in the defence of nations
struggling for independence ; as the battle
fields of Europe and America will testify. A
distinguished Polish officer, now in this city,
Gen. Tochman, took an early part with the
South at the beginning of the war. Having
been authorized to raise a Polish Brigade,
General Tochman established his headquar
ters at New Orleans, and very soon succeeded
in recruiting two splendid regiments, the com
mand of one of which was given to a very ca
pable Polish officer, Col. Sulakowski. Owing
to some misunderstanding with the War De
partment, however, General Tochman with
drew from the Confederate service; but his
sympathies remained identified with our strug
gle for liberty. Misled by the false represen
tations of the Yankee and Abolition agents in
Europe, the Polish Democratic Associations of
Paris aud London had adopted resolutions
disapproving General Tochman's course in
joining the Southern cause ; but he promptly
vindicated himself by sending t.o his country
men abroad a correct history of the struggle
then just inaugurated ; the multiplied wrongs
and aggressions which had led to the seces
sion of the Southern States; the principles
upon which our Government is organized, and
the true nature of the contest between tli6
Yankee nation aud a united people, deter
mined to be free and heroically vindicating
their right to self government. The character
of Gen. Tochman’s address may be exemplified
by the following extract:
“Washington, Lafayette, Kosciusko, Pulas
ki, DeKalb, and their illustrious associates,
bad not fought fora forced Union ; and I, their
humble worshipper, with my eyes open and
judgment clear on the subject, would never do
it. To save the principles which underlie tho
Constitution of the United States, when the
Union could not have been saved, is now, I
believe, the duty of all the friends of freedom
and mankind. When these principles are
saved, they will develop and expand as all
things in nature do when the seed is saved.—
The Confederate States in this conflict, up
hold precisely this law of nature; they are
fighting to save those principles from perish
ing in the sectional centralism. The financial
speculations which you say, Southerners re
siding in Europe, represent to be the cause of
secession from the Union, are subordinate ; so
far so, that they had no bearing whatsoever in
this movement upon the masses of the South
ern people. They were, it is true, considered
to be of weighty import, by some financiers
and politicians ; by the latter, from a diplo
matic point of view and calculations of advan
tages abroad; but such speculations would
have never succeeded in causing the dissolu
tion of the Union ; and, as they had not the
least influence on my determination of siding
with the South, I drop the subject. The
causes of my siding with the Southern Con
federacy are those of the masses of the South 0
ern people—to save the principles upon which
the Constitution of tho United States was
built -up, when the Union could not have been
saved—and with them I will swim or sink.”
We have no doubt that the refutation of the
slanders of our enemies thus presented to the
Poles, by one ot their trusted patriots and
leaders, had a very material influence in giving
birth to the feelings which prompted their late
oiler ot services to the Confederacy ; and we
hope to see very shortly among us a brave and
efficient Polish corps.
Adapting Ourselves to Circumstances. —No
people on tho earth hare learned, remarks the
Richmond Whig, to adapt their habits and circum
stances to the transitions and vicissitudes of revo
lution, with the same readiness with which we of
the Confederacy have done. We have changed
affluence for poverty, fame for obscurity, ances
tral castles for cabins, with as much ease and with
as little regret as a showman can disrobe himself
when compelled to personate a number of char
acters.
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Reconstruction.—A Picture in the Illustra
ted News. —A rebel with his title “rebel” in large
letters across his shoulders, a hall and chain to his
ankles, a spade in one hand, a broom in tho oth
er, with a negro master over him.
R®v. S. K. Talmage. —We regret much to
learn (says the Journal & Messenger) that he
has become deranged, and is now an inmate
of the Insane Assylum at Milledgeville. He
WR3 fin many years a resident of Oglethorpe
College, and distinguished as an eminent Di
vine and Scholar.
I * he P eace m * a Chicago caUed*^L it tie Mac.”
f ~ he orea t American Hcsitator.”
Latest from tbe North.
I Wo continue our extract! from late United
States papers :
From the Valley.
The following is Sheridan’s official report of
tho battle near Winchester :
Winchester, Va., Sept. 19, 7:30 p. m.
Lieut Gen. U. S. Grant:
1 have the honor to report that I attacked
tho forces of Gen. Early over the Berry ville
pike, at tho crossing of Opeqaan Creek, and,
after a most stubborn and sanguinary en
gagement, which lasted from early in the mor
ning until 5 o’clook in the evening, complete
ly defeated him, driving him through Win
chester, captaring 2,500 prisoners, five pieces
of artillery, nine army flags, and most of their
wounded.
The rebel Generals Redes and Gordon were
killed, and three other general officers wound
ed. *
Most of the enemy’s wounded and all of their
fell into our hands.
Our losses are severe. Among . them, Gen
eral D. A Russell, commanding a division in
the 6th corps who was killed by a cannon
ball.
Gens. Upton, Mclntosh and Chapman were
wounded.
I cannot yet tell our losses. The conduct
of the officers and men was most superb.— j
They charged and carried every position ta- I
ken up by the rebels from Opequan Creek to j
Winchester.
The rebels were strong in nutnbersand very j
obstinate in their fighting.
I desire to mention to the Lieutenant Gener- j
al eonamanding the army, the gallant conduct
of Generals Wright, Crook, Emory and Tor
bert, and tho officers and men under their
command. To them the country is indebted
for the handsome victory.
A more detailed report will be furnished.
D. H. Sheridan,
Major Gen. Comm.
From the Southwest.
All the trans-Mississippi rebel army, with
the exception of Buckner’s brigade, has moved
up towards White River, and Buckner con
fronts the remnant of our army at Morganzia.
Our main force has been sent away from
Morganza. Its destination is contraband.
Colonel S. Leymanki, rebel commissioner
of exchange, and Colonel Dwight, Federal
commissioner, were in consultation at Mor
ganza yesterday, and it is hoped that a gen
eral exchange of prisoners will result from
their interview.
Grant.
Grant passed through Baltimore on the 18th
on route for City Point. He bad held con
sultation previously with Sheridan and Ad
miral Bailey.
The New York Tribune of the 20th contains
the following:
The Seed of Abraham come to Grief.
The recent order prohibiting the sale of any
clothing whatever to soldiers and enlisted
men, has caused the greatest consternation
among the ready made clothing dealers. A
large and spirited meeting was held last night,
where the grievances were indignantly recited,
and a resolve enacted to carry their burden
to the Secretary of War, and urge a repeal of
the obnoxious order. As many of them are
merchants of established character and large
capital, it is thought they will be able to in
duce some modification of the order.
New Troops.
New regiments aud troops iu large num
bers are constantly arriving and departing
from the city. Several artillery regiments of
from one thousand five hundred to one thous
and eight hundred strong have recently passed
through. This seems to have become ti fa
vorite arm of the military service. The men
are drilled to the use of the musket, the same
as infantry regiments.
Exchange of Prisoners.
Washington, Monday, Sept.' l9, 1864.— Gen.
Butler has proposed to Commissioner Ould,
the exchange of all sick and wounded pris
oners, held by either party, who are or shall
be fit for active service, during the next sixty
days. The proposition has been informally
accepted. According to the terms proposed,
our Government is to transport the rebel sick
to Fort Pulaski, near Savannah, Georgia, and
receive ours there. It is thought that five
thousand of our boys, at Andersonville, will
be released under thi3 agreement.
Sherman and McClellan.
The Herald of the 20th says :
We have heard a statement relative to a pri
vate letter from General Sherman containing
the following words, or words to this effect:
“I believe that ninety-nine out of every hun
dred soldiers in this army"—the laurelled
Army of Atlanta—“would vote for General
McClelian, whether with or without my con
sent ; but if my influence can suffice to make
the hundredth man cast his vote the same
way it shall not be wanting.” This report we
give as one known to us to be prevalent in ar
my circles, but without vouching for its ac
curacy. If true, it settles the question of the
Presidency; for as tbe war-worn veterans of
Sherman’s army vote, so, in all human prob
ability, will vote their gallant confreres of the
army of the Potomac and all our other armies.
With the solid vote of our armies in his favor,
and with the influence which our soldiers in
the field exercise over their relatives at home,
: the chances of Little Mac would amount to an
1 absolute certainty of success. But we remain
| still in doubt as to whether either Sherman
j or Grant hag expressed any opinion what
; ever.
ONE DAY LATER.
Northern papers of the 21st were received
last night. They are filled with telegrams
from the Shenandoah Valley relative to the
battle ol Monday'. These telegrams give little
information on the subject not already re
ceived ;
Latest from the l alley — The Victory Most Com
plete. §c.
Lnder this heading, the Baltimore Gazette
has the following dispatch to Stanton. It
contains all the news to its date:
War Department, 1
September 20th, 9 p. m. j
Maj. Gen. Dix, New York :
The following is the latest intelligence re
ceived from Gen. Sheridan :
Harper's Ferry, Va., 8 p. m., Sept. 20.
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War :
The body of Gen. Russell has arrived here.
Gen. Mclntosh, with a leg amputated, has just
come in. He is in good spirits.
Several officers from the front report the
number of prisoners to be in excess of 3,000,
Tt>A number of battle-flags captured was fif*
teen, instead of nine. All concur that it was
a complete rout. Our cavalry started in pur*
suit at daylight this morning. Gen. Sheridan,
when last heard from, was at Kernstown,
(about five miles beyond Winchester.) * * *
If you do not hear from me often, it will be
becuuse of the distance we are from the scene
of action, and because I send you only such
information as I esteem reliable.
Jno. D. Stevenson, Brig. Gen.
The President has appointed Gen. Sheridan
a Brigadier General in the regular army, and
assigned to the permanent command of the
! Middle Military Division.
| Gen. Grant has ordered the armies under
his command to fire a salute of one hundred
guns at seven o’clock, to-morrow morning, in
| honor of Gen. Sheridan's great victory.
A dispatchjust received from General Sher
-1 man, at Atlanta, says “everything continues
| well with us.”
The reports to-day show that the draft is
i progressing quietly in all the Stajes. In most
! of the districts vigorous efforts are continued
i to fill the quota by volunteering before the
' drafted men are mustered in.
Edwin M. Stanton.
Sec’y of War.
Grant's Xev Railroad—Staking of a Transport
in Hampton Roads.
Telegrams from City Point represent all
| quiet in Grant’s army We find the following
[ dispatch in the Gazette
Washington, Sept. 20th.—Information from
City Point repeats the report.that the rebel*
to throw an occasional shell at our
working parties on the new railroad, bat with
little or no effect.
The steamer Keyport, while coming out of
the channel at Fortress Monroe yesterday, ran
against an anchor left there by the wreckers
and stove in her bottom. She filled rapidly,
and it became necessary to ran her upon the
flats, where she sank in twelve feet of water,
a few minutes after the accident. All on board
wers saved, and the wreckers were sent to
raise her.
Return of Grant to the Army of the Potomac.
A telegram from Fortress Monroe announ
ces the return to that place of Gen. Grant, en
route for City Point, and stated that he pro
ceeded up the river with Major Mulford, on
the flag of truce boat New York,
Another Chesapeake Affair.
Under this caption the Gazette has the fol
lowing dispatch :
New York. Sept. 20th—Buffalo dispatches
state that a number of Confederates from
Canda, captared two small steamers, the Par
sons and Island Queen, near Bass Island, on
Lake Erie, yesterday afternoon, and have gone
up or down the Lake, probably for reinforce
ments, guns and ammunition.
The capturing party numbered about thirty
men, armed with revolvers and bowie knives.
No other arms were noticed. The capture took
place at Middle Bass Island. Wood enough
was taken to last two days.
Th- Draft in St. Louis.
St. Louis, Sept. 19th.—The draft was com
menced here to-day in the Ist district. About
a division of Gen. A. J. Smith’s troops have
arrived at Jefferson barracks? 12 miles below
here.
Branding Rejected Recruits and Substitutes.
The New York World publishes the follow
ing as an official document:
Provost Marshal General’s Oefics. 1
Washington, D. C., Aug. 19th. j
Dr. Z. H. Whitmore, Surgeon Board of Enrol
ment, Springfield, 111. :
Doctor: In addition to my suggestion to
mark all rejected recruits and substitutes, I
would suggest that all the accepted recruits
and substitutes be marked thus : “I” in small
of back.
This will, I think, prevent, to a great ex*
tent, the practice of bounty jumping. Your
friend.
J. H. SAXTER, U. S. V.,
Chf. Med. Off. P. M. Gen’s. Bureau.
Gold.
The Gazette says : Gold opened to-day 226,
and closed at the same rate, an advance of
one-half.
latest Foreign News.
European dates of tha 9th furnish the following
summary of general nows :
The prospect of an armistice in America con
tinued to be the subject of anxious debate in Eng
land.
The Times continues to represent that the tool
ing of the North in favor ©f an armistice is rapid
ly increasing; but the idea is strongly combated
by many, who refuse to believe in an armistice, be
cause it would at once necessitate the raising o?
the blockade.
The Times in its city article of tho 6th, under
the feeling of panic which the peace prospect had
created, seeks to modify tbe financial apprehen
sions it has raised by arguing that it is premature
to regard peace as certain, owing to the North
maintaining the restoration ©f the Union as on© of
its absolute conditions. It, however, labors to
show that if the ports of the South are absolutely
thrown open by an armistice, and the Hoed of cot
ton seriously aggravates the existing pressure for
money, counteracting influences will be at work to
prevent the drain es money which is feared.
Funds were greatly depressed on the 15th. Con
sols experienced a decline of half per cent., which
is a heavier fall than has occurred on any single
day for somo years. The quotations were only one
per cent, above the lowest point during the panic
of 1857. Rumors of failure were rife, which ad
ded to the depression, but they all proved false.—
There was an active demand for discount at the
banks, and open market at full rates.
The Times attributes the indicisive character
of the war to breech-loaders and earthworks. It
continues:
“A quarter of an hour of such fire as good
troops, well armed, can now maintain, is enough
to stretch whole divisions on th« ground. In Vir
ginia and Georgia both armie3 are intrenched
alike. The result is that the main body of each
army holds a secure position, and the'opposing
: bodies fight each ether, as it were, by sorties.”
The London Times of the Bth, in an editorial,
remarks that the coincidence of circumstances are
favorable to peace, that the hopeless deadlock of
the armies in the field happens to come with the
period when the people are formally called upon to
either inaugurate anew policy or deliberately ap
prove the old oae. They must pnt one decision er
the other upon record, and the series of military
failures consummated by the dreadful losses of the
present year render it almost impossible fer them
to pronounce for war.
The Herald thinks there is considerable exag
geration in the estimate formed by some as to the
probability of a speedy termination ©f tho Ameri
can war.
A correspondent, writing to the Times, thinks if
Mr. Lincoln proposes an armistice, it will only be
to influence the election, and will not lead to peace.
He also says one thing is certain,*if Mr. Lincoln be
elected, by whatever means, the threats of the
Democratic party to resist will be found to be mere
talk.
Intelligence has been received at Lloyd’s, Los--
don, that two more Confederate cruisers had evaded
the Federal war steamers, and successfully run out
of tho harbor of Wilmington, and since then had
destroyed no less than thirty-throe Foderal mer
chantmen.
It was rumored that the Brazilian Government
i had rejected th# prepositions for a renewal of di
plomatic relations with England, recommended by
the Portuguese Governmentjwd accepted by the
British Cabinet.
_ Frankfort advices show renewed activity in
United States bonds, and improvement in prices.
Nathaniel Palmer & Cos., merchants, of London,
have suspended. Their liabilities amount to two
hundred thousand pounds iterling, their assets to
the same.
The Prince and Princess of Wales embarked on
the 3d, at Dundee, fer Denmark.
The War Department is ready to receive esti
mates frem gun-makers for the conversion of field
rifles into breech-leaders.
The Herald says it is stated that the government
are about to order the holding of a commission of
inquiry into the late riots.
The Paris correspondent es the Daily News says,
the general opinion prevailed that the Emperor’s
health was in a very unsatisfactory state.
It is rumored that the Emperer intends to estab
lish anew nobility, as a counterpoise to Demo
cracy.
Bourse steady ; rentes 66f. 70c.
The efficial Wiener Zeitung denies the rumor
that Austria intends forming ton new infantry re
giments.
It is rumored that Austria is abeut to recognize
the kingdom of Italy.
It is reported that Princess Dagmar, second
daughter of King Christian, of Denmark, is about
te be betrethed to the Czarwitch, the eldest son of
the Emperer es Russia: alse that the King of
Greece is to marry a Russian Princeis.
Prussian papers refer to hitches in the peace ne
gotiatieus, owing te the tenacity of Denmark en
the financial question. The breakiag of the nego
tiations is threatened.
At Copenhagen the President of the Council of
Ministers has declared to the Bigaraad that the
- government, in the negotiations opened for peace,
was using its best efforts to protect the political
and national rights of the people of Schleswig.—
Th# assembly received these words with marks es
lively satisfaction.
The Queen es Spain has received the new Mexi
can Minister. The speeches en both sides express
ed sympathy and good understanding between the
two governments.
The Anglo-Chinese army, after having gained
seme advantages over the Taepings, (rebels) has
laid siege te Nankin, which i3 the capital es the
insurrection. This city is en the eve of capitu
lating.
Advices from Japan to'July 15th has been re
ceived. General Brown and Sir R. Alceck were
both at Nagasaki, and it was understood that a res
olution te open the Inland sea te foreign vessels
, had heen definitely taken.
The following was the state of tha Liverpool and
I London markets on tbe 9th :
Liverpool, *ep. S.
Cerros.—The Brokers’ circular reports th# sales
of the week at 28,000 bales, including 4,250 to
speculators, and 7,590 t© exporters. The market
has declined Id(3)2Ui» owing to peace ruaior3 from
Amerioa and the advance, in the Bank ra’e. The
authorized quotations are, Fair Orleans, 31|d;
middling Orleans, 29£d; fair Mobiles, 31d; mid
dling Mobiles, 29d, fair Uplands, 30Jd; middling
Uplands, 2S|. Tho stock in port is estimated at
347,000 hales, of which 8,500 are American.
The sales to-day were three thousand bales, the
jgarket closing with a downward tendency, but
quotations unchanged.
Breadstuff* are dull, and all qualities slightly
Lower.
Provisions inactive. Lard tend* upward.
The terms iu the general market remained at 7f
to 8 per cent. Consols dull and uachanged. For
eign stocks closed firm. Confederate lean buoyant
at a further advance. The Bank es England ad
vanced its rate of interest to 9 per cent, on the
Bth inst.
Tbe Prospect Before us
It is certainly a matter of surprise to us
that in the whole area of the Confederacy
there should be found a man with so little
faith and so little judgment as to doubt the
finarresult of the great cause for which we
battle. The most confirmed croaker, who ev
er sought by h;3 pusilanimous writings and
his childish tears to unnerve the hand of valor,
or dampen the fire of patriotism, carried in the
present condition of affairs no just cause for
his moaning—no excuse for his cowardice.
In Virginia it is admitted by all men, croa-*
kers included, that we stand secure. No mis
giving are entertained of the ability of the
Army of Northern Virginia to defeat any at
tempt made by the enemy against Richmond.
The name of that army h»3 grown to be, with
the people of the Confederacy, the synonom
of victory. The child playing in the Autumn
fields, and the silver-haired grrandsire, totter
ing tj his grave amid the thunders this revo
lution, alike have learned to love and honor
and trust implicitly in tbe courage, the devo
tion and the success of the fire-scarred vete
rans of Lee.
The trans-Mississippi has been almost en
tirely freed from the Northern scum. The
broad prairies of Texas are unpolluted by the
tread of an invader, and in Louisiana and Ar
kansas the people, elated with the success won
by their courage, activity aad indomitable
will, are a3 far removed from any feeling of
despondency as the day they fint grasped their
arms to defend their freedom.
In Kentucky and Tennessee, overrun as they
are, the hearts of the faithful sons of the
South, throbbing with hope, begin to produce
a palpitation in the political atmosphere which
warns the oppressor that his sistem of cruel
ty and wrong is on the verge of destruction.—
Thepeople, bound tho' they be, turn theirsup *
plicatiag eyes to us and await, with a faith iq.
the triumph of the right, which should put to
the blush the weak-kneed iu our midst, the
moment when, released from their bondage,
they may stand in the light of heaven, free,
as they were born and bred.
Here, then, only here in Georgia, in the
peril iminent. Everywhere else the guant
warriors of the South, bronzed heroes of an
hundred fields, hold at bay, with an uncon*
querable determination, the hireling soldiery
and the theiving hordes of the enemy. And
of what nature is this peril which has caused
the faint-hearted and those of little faith, to
tremble ? Sherman with from fifty to sixty
thousand men has succeeded in capturing At
lanta and stands there to-day greater the peril,
than we whom he threatens. The hunter has
penetrated into the lion's don—let him beware
lest he never see the sun again. With his
mouth in Tennessee and his stomach tn Geor
gia, Sherman’s position is more than insecure
—it is perilous in the extreme and can be
made fatal. His alimentary canal is at least
a hundred miles long. It must be cut; and
there are men enough iu Georgia to do it.—
With Sherman’s army defeated and driven
from the State, the cause of the Confederacy
will be brighter than it has ever yet been.—
Let the people, as the President in his speech
in this city a few days siuce urged them to do,
see that no man remains at home whose duty
it is to be in the field. The President stated
that two-thirds of the army were absent.—
Let] them, if necessary, be pushed to their
posts. Reinforced by these thousonds, Atlan
ta will prove the rock on which the Federal
hope of subjugation will be wrecked. The
destruction or capture of Sherman a army will
be Independence and Peace.
What then is the prospect ? Peace and In
dependence are in sight. Is Sherman, with
fifty or sixty thousand men to stand between
the people of the Confederate States and that
which i3 dearer to them than life ? The never
daunted army of Tennessee stands weakened,
but undismayed, fronting the enemy and wait
ing only for a little additional strength to
sweep from the face of the earth those who
would obstruct the path to Peace. Sherman
is the Damocles of America. His life hangs
on a single thread. If that be cut, his doom
is sealed. With our enemy in this predica*
ment. who shall despond? If every man will'
but do his duty, the sun that ushers in the
New Year will shed a halo round the head of
Peace aud shine upon a free and independent
people. —Telegraph ,4 Confederate.
Skater from Hew Orleans.
The Mobile Tribune has received New Orleans
papers as late as the 10th inst.
; On the 9th, the highest price paid for gold was
! 205.- First class sterling was as high as 290, and
I good ordinary cotton $1 76, wit i a strong tendency
j to advance.
Locally there is nothing of interest, save the usual
police ca? e s. in which there is reported no “heroic”
crime.
The Times had heard of the new peace movement.
That is, conquering the South by negotiating with
individual States. This (it 3ays) is gaining favor at
the North.
The news from the interior of Louisian i concern
ing cotton is not favorabie to the hopes of getting
a large crop. The following is a letter from the
Times, which, tho editor says, is only a representa
tion of the condition of a great many others:
Sport Place, Sept. 7th, 1864.
To tho Editor of the Times:
You can imagine with how much regret I write
you that my last hopes are blasted in regard to my
cotton crop.
For the past four days anew crop of those infernal
worms, doubled by thousands in numbers have
completely destroyed my cotton, eaten up every
leaf and young form. lam completely discouraged.
I am picking a little evory day, the final amount I
dare not guess at now. It rains about every other
day. Hope to be down next week and then will
see you. Yours, in ill luck,
E. B. P.
The most notable thing we observe is the follow
ing:
Fort Morgan, Sept. 7,1864.
To the Editor of the N. O. Tim^:
We have had quite an excitement here to-day on
the arrival of the Laura, with Major General .flurl
burfc and Staff, and the rebel General Page, who is
on trial for spiking the guns of this fort after its sur
render. If the court can make it convenient to
hang Page and all other such traitors to the yard
arm of one of the ships hereabouts, it would be one
of the greatest favors they could confer on the
country.
There can be no objection to treating men who
act honorably as prisoners should be treated, but
when a commander so far forgets or despises all that
is considered fair and honorable in warfare, as to
surrender and. afterwards endeavor to make what
he has surrendered useless, no mercy should be
shown him. He has no rights gentlemen should
respect.
Under tho administration of Gen. Baily things
are assuming their wonted shape, and we are now
ready to repel any attempt that may made by the
rebels in this quarter.
Yours, signally, C.
LATE*.
A gentleman who arrived here from the Bay yes- j
terday morning, furnishes us the following addi- j
tional and later intelligence from that quarter:
An expedition of 400 infantry, left Fort Morgan
yesterday morning for Point Clear, about 15 mile3
up the bay, their object being to surprise a camp of i
rebels said to be there. Strong pickets are detailed !
each day policing the fort. Large quantities of or
dinance stores have been found in good condition.
It is wonderful to see what effect eur shells had on
the brick work. In some places teams can be driven
through them; but in time it will be nearly as j
strong as before. The guns are now in a condition
to do some service, the spikes having been removed; !
but some of ths carriages will have to bo replaced, j
as our shots literally smashed them. There has
been a temporary light-house erected. The old one
will be demolished, and a fine brick one put up on
its site, when it will look as in days of yore. Our !
| gunboats are busy dragg'ng for torpedoes in the
| channel, and also close to the spiles driven across
! the harbor. They are very sound, their construe
-1 tion being made lager beer casks, strongly bound
with iron hoops and filled with powder. Their pow
er is said to be enormeus; but the beach is now lined
with the remnants of tkem. They are now
all out, and there is no danger.
There have been some fine guns unearthed at Ft.
Powell, where we have a large garrison.
TELEGRAPHIC.
RIP9BTB OB TU PBX3S ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in tho rear
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in tho Clerk's office> of
tho District Coart of tho Confederate States for
the Northern District of Qeonria.
Charlotmsvill*, Sept. 28.
It is difficult to «•* at precise facts. Both
armies in the Valley hare moved, and Early is
following up the enemy. It is reported that he
will attack them to day at Mount Sidney. It is
also reported that we whipped the enemy yesterday
at Wires’ Care.
The enemies caralry is on a raid, hut where
abouts-is not known.
Richmond, Sept. 28.
New York papers of Monday received. War
news unimportant.
At last accounts Sheridan was seen in pursuit
of Early.
Dennison has not yet reported his position as
Postmaster General.
A Democratie meoting in Lincoln county, Me,,
was broken up by soldiers, ono man killed and
three wounded.
Winter Davis, of Maryland, has taken the stump
for Lincoln.
Richmond, Sept. 28.
European advices to tho 12th received. The
British pross were discussing Yankee politics gen
erally, favoring or predicating the election of Mc-
Clellan. The City of Nankin has been taken by
the Chinese Imperialists. The Prince and Prin
cess Waltz was received with enthusiastic demon
strations in Denmark, they will visit Sweden and
St. Petersburg. Tho marriage of the banker Er
langer to Miss Slidell caused great sensation in
Paris. Cotton in Liverpool firmer.-
Sorghum Flour.— We have a sam
ple of this flour, made of the seed of
Chinese cane, which may be seen at our
office. The planter who sends it to us
had no means of bolting this flour, nor
had he taken off the dull of the seed be
fore grinding, the consequence is, that the
flour has a pinkish color.
Those who have made a trial of this
excellent flour, represent it to be an ad*
mirable substitute for buckwheat. Made
into it is a very savory bread.
It is likely to come into very general use,
if prepared, like wheat flour, by boiling.
The price at which it can be offered in
market may be assumed at sls or S2O
per sack. But as an acre of Sorghum
yields from 30 to 50 bushels, $lO a sack
would be a remunerating price. The pro
duction of this grain, the present year,
in Georgia, must amount to five millions
of bushels. We have this great supply
of food to fall baek upon, in the event of
a deficiency of the common cereals, wheat
and maize,3|
The season for buckwheat cakes comes |
in next month, with frost. Let the lov*
ers of this bread try the substitute of
Sorghum Flour. ' It is represented as be- j
ing very similar, when prepared as the
former is.
Asa substitute for coffee no parched
grain or vegetable ordinarily used as a <
substitute is at all equal to Sorghum seed, j
And what is still more valuable to know,
in the present scarcity of Sugar, a small
quantity of the syrup, bolted with ground
seed, makes the coffee substitute very
pleasant and palatable.— Sav. Rep.
■ Wfl *%' ■fr—WHUl - -
A Remedy tor Diarrhoea. —J. W.
Wright writes to the editor of the Chris- j
tian Index, under date of Buena Vista, j
Ga., Aug. 11th, as follows :
I offer you the following as a remedy
for bowel diseases, especially chronic di
arrhoea. —I have used it in my family for
years with the best results, and have often I
desired, especially since this cruel war
has been upon us, to offer it to the pubt j
lie: j
Recipe --Of Sweet Gum bark and Red
Oak bark, and the bark of the roots of
Black and lied Shank, take equal portions,
say half nint of each, cut in small slips, j
and boil in a half gallon of water until
the strength is obtained. Less will an- j
swer if the vessel is covered. About one-1
tenth of good brandy may be added with
perhaps some benefit, though this is not
indispensable. Sweeten if desired. Dose
for an adult, ordinarily, a table spoonful
thrice daily, though more or less may be
given with propriety, as the stage of the
disease seems to require. Diet, very
small and light. Avoid all vegetables
and liquor, only as above allowed.
Optical Illusion. —The following
instance of a singular optical illusion re«*
cently occurred in Brussels :
The victim was a gentleman who, bes
ing somewhat troubled by cobwebs and
spots in his eyes, rubbed them, one night,
with a few drops of belladonna. In the
morning, the cobwebs were gone, but the
whole outer face of the world had chang
ed. His newspaper, what had been placed
by his bedside, was composed of type so
small that he eould hardly decipher it.
He rang the bell, and his stout servant
wench had shrunk into a thin little girl of
ten years. He got up in a great fright,
and looked after his clothes—they were
the garments of a* child, but, as his own
limbs had diminished in proportion, he
got into them. He found his wife and
children, at the table —the former a dwarf,
and the latter a row of dolls. He hurried
off to the physician; the horses he met
looked like dogs, tho dog3 looked like
rats. Everything was Lilliputian. Lo
tions were applied to the victim’s eyes,
and the next day Brobdignag returned,
bringing back the cobwebs and spots.
Important Information. — The Abingdon
Virginian volunteers the following :
The time is coming, and we think not very
distant, when every man will be required to
enter the service in some way, who i3 able j
to carry a musket and walk ten miles a day.
Self protection will make it necessary, and the j
sooner those out of service know it the better. ]
Hence we give them the information.
NOTICE!
Notice is hereby given that the OFFICE
of the POST COMMANDANT has been
removed to WARREN’S ARCADE, (up
stairs,) opposite the Express Office.
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■Notice to tra§ Consumers !
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 27, 1364. ;
Owing to the unavoidable delay iu getting retorts 1
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 we can do so notice will be given.
JNO. McILHENNY,
sep27 3t Sup’t Gas Works.
THE CITY
T. J. JACKSON LOCAL IDITO*
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Nett Advertisements.— Ladiei in want of good
shoes are notified that they can be found at D. B.
Thompson’s.
Patients in Walker Hospital are referred to as
interesting notice from Dr. C. Terry.
The proprietors es Cook’s Hotel offer S3OO re
ward for the contents of a trunk recently stolon
from their house.
Captaiu C. H. Redd wishes to employ thirty car
penters. See advei tiit m«at.
Mr. Theo. Sperlock offers S2OO reward for two
mules recently strayed or stolen from the premises
of Dr. Battle in Alabama.
The Last Ditch.— friend Jones complains of
the fortifications being so near the edge of town.
You know, Joe, there used to be said a great deal
about fighting to “the last ditch.” We presume
these trenches are intended for advooates of that
policy.
We presume these ditches are being dug under
direction of Col. Von. Zinken. If so, he evidently
knows what he is about. His enlarged military
experience doubtless enables him to understand
the wants of the city, and to take those steps best
calculated tejinsure her defence.
Auction Sales. —At auction yesterday by Ro
sette, Lawhon & Cos., the following prices were ob
tained : One negro man, 27 years old, $3600; one
boy, 18 years old, $2,700 ; one woman, $3,159;
woman and child, $3,270 ; woman and 3 children,
$4,500 ; woman and infant, S3OOO ; ono woman,
50 years old, $650 ; old man and his wife, $1,220 .
one fool girl, 12 years old, $75; one barrel of
whiskey, $35 per gallon; nails, from $2,75 to $3 ;
tacks from $4,50 to $7,00; furniture, stock, Ac.,
I at reduced prices.
Removal. —We regret to notice that the Post
Office, pretty girls and all have “gone up”—not
up the spout, but up the street, and will hence
forth bo found at the store lately occupied by Be
dell A Cos., opposite Concert Hall. It is to be re
gretted from the fact that the "change will occa
sion considerable inconvenience to many of our
citizens, because of the lack of centrality of po
sition. We presume, however, our worthy Post
Master, Dr. Jeter, has done the best he could un
der the circumstances, as it is a well known fact
that the revenues of his office are inadequate to
enable him longer to pay the high rents demanded
at the old stand. It is strange that during the
long continued depreciation of currency, and th«
constantly increasing tariff on labors, house rents,
Ac., the government has not taken measures to re
lieve the embarrassments of its Post Master. Iti»
but simplo justice that their salaries should be in
creased, anu we trust the next Congress will take
the matter in band and redress the wrong. Thes«
officers are only entitled to the same per cent, as in
good times, and it must be apparent to all thinking
minds, that the pittance is hardly a drop in the
bucket to meet the advance iu labor, necessities of
life, Ac. The laborer is worthy of bis hire, and
should have it.
Personal. —We were pleased to see in this city
yesterday Mr. B. 11. Kimbrough, who lias been in
tho service since the opening of the war. He seems
in excellent health.
Also, glad to see private Geo. Betz, of the Moisa
Rangers, fresh from Virginia. When he left here
ho was designated by his friends as “little George
Betz,” but in the service he has grown bigger than
his daddy, and this appellation won’t fit. Wo
know of no one who has improved so much iu three
years as George.
Mississippi Soldiers. —lt will he seen by ad
vertisement of Rev. C. K. Marshall that the “Mis
sissippi Depot” and office of Agency for the relief
of Mississippi Soldiers in tho Army of Tennessee
has been removed from Atlanta to Columbus, aad
is near Barnard’s corner. Persons interested will
please take notice.*
Our cotemporary of the “Spirit of the South”
thus discourses of his recent visit to Coiumbus r
A \ isit to Columbus. —Being entirely out of
paper, and not able to hear anything definite in re
gard to our wants by telegraph or mails, we con
cluded to take a look after this important ar
ticle in person, and witness some of the improve
ments going on in our enterprising sister city.
Stepping into the Times office we saw that in
veterate and almost daily performer on our euticle,
the sharp and witty paragraphist, T. J. Jackson,
Esq. There was such a decided improvement in
Tom’s appearance, that we could not understand
the reason until we reflected that lately he had got
somebody to take care of him. We were heartily
glad to see him looking so well.
Stepping over to the Enquirer office with friend
Jackson, we the pleasure of being introduced
to the gentleman that struck U 8 on a certain oc
casion as hard a blow a3 tho one recorded to have
been received by the celebrated Billy Patterson.
In J. J. Jones, Esq., the Local Editor, we found
an old acquaintance, one who had, in days gone
by, resided in Eufaula. After talking over our
battles, wo parted with the understanding that
when two Locals were pelting each other it would
be unfair for any other to step in.
Walker Hospital.— This is decidedly one of the
Institutions of Columbus, At the invitation of our
friend, Surgeon C. Terry, we visited the different
wards in this large establishment, and wore de
cidedly impre'?cd with the neatness and cleanli
ness to be seen in every department. The walls
looked as white as snow and the floors were only
excelled by the walls. The arrangements for
cooking, and the many different varieties of pro
visions, that were prepared for the sick and wound
ed, would tempt an appetite in the most fastidious.
Much credit is due Dr. Terry for the admirable
manner in which this establishment is conducted,
and the patients seem to appreciate tho care and
attention that he uses to promote their comfort.
We wish him much success.
There were many other places of interest to visit,
but as Tom Jackson says, it3 an unhealthy place
for a poor man to stay at, so we purchased our
paper, and took the first opportunity of leaving.
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston 4k Cos.
mw 1 wm
ON FRIDAY, 30th September, at 101-2 o’clock, we
will sell in front of our store,
5 BBLS. WHISKEY.
sp29 td $4
BVGOY FOR SALE;!
AN excellent Buggy and Harness for sale. Ap
ply at this office. sep2l ts
Bv Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
200
MfMMPEBRM!
A VERY FINE ARTICLE.
For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards.
ag3o ts
REMOVAL!
DR. WINGFIELD has removed his office to his
residence, near the Muscogee Rail Road uepot,
immediately in the rear of I>r. Bozeman s, where
he may be found during the day or night, unless
absent on professional duty.
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SELECT SCHOOL.
UR GFO M DEWS'will resume his School with
M a limited number of pupils on Monday the 3d
for* half a scholastic year $125 00, paya
ble in advance. sep29 it*
WANTED TO HIRE.
I?IVE or SIX NEGRO FELLOWS, for which taa
a highest price will be paid.
Apply at TIMES OFFICE.
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