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Change ©i Schedule.
Orri£.K Engineer and Suferintbndent, \
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7,1804. J
IN THUTISDAY,June9,IB64, and until further
notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
oe as follow, viz:
Leavo Charleston 9.45, a. m.
Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. ui.
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
oston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
11. S. HAINES,
.June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Dhasige ©I Scßiedaaße.
j \N and after Sunday, June 10th, 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. hi.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. 61.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. Al.
W. L. CLARK.
mar lOtf Supt. Muscogee R, It.
Through to Montgomery
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUAIBUS, August 27,1864.
/ \N and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on j
/ 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. j
Leavo Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
Ai’rive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m,
Arrive at West Potnt at 4!30 p. m.' ;
Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
D. H. CRAM, Sup’t* Eng. |
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MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHASSIS OF SCHEMLE.
Girard, Ala., Aug. 22, 1864.
I and after this date Trains on this Road will
* Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Traim.
Leave Girard at 3 00 p. in.
Arrive in Union Springs 730 “
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00 “
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 400a. m. •
Arrive in Girard at .....1 „..6 00 p. m.
13. E. WELLS,
.ig!Btf _ Eng. & Sup’t.
SI,OOO Reward!
STOLEN, from my residence, in Wynnton, on the
night of the 19th inst., a Chesnut Sorrel Horse,
about ll 1-2 hands high and 14 years old; ho has on
each side, just back of the faro-qhouldev, the marks
of a blister, which looks very much like a hum; 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
tho horse and thief, with proof to convict, or SSOO
for the horse. WM. S. BALFOUR.
it2,Macon Telegraph copy two weeks, and send
bill to this office. sp2o2w*
ss® Steward.
lEFT my plantation near Glennville, Alabama, on
J Sunday last, 11th inst., a negro man by tho uamo
of GREEN, who belongs to Col. Samuel Thompson,
near Florence, Ala.
Green is about 33 years old; nearly white; straight
hair; slender frnmC; near six feet high; inclined
in the shoulders; short round face, and
talks slowly, lie left my premises -without provo
cation, and I have reason to believe that ho is at
tempting to make his way to North Alabama, into
the enemy’s li’'"s. lio is acquainted about Colum
bus, G..., having boon hired out there by Col. Win.
Bryan, or Col. Sam’l Thompson, for several months
last winter, and may tarry therein quest of employ
ment, I will pay fifty dollars reward for his appre
hension and del ivory to me, or confinement in some
jail where Lean get. him.
sep2l ts > JNO. F. TREUTLEN.
*>oo Negro Men Wanted!
Nitre and Mixing Bureau, )
lleadq’rs Mixing Division, No. 2, >
Selma, Ala., Sept. 13, ‘64. )«»
| AM desirous of Hiring Five Hundred Negro Men,
-*for tho Bibb Iron Works, located on the Alabama
and Tennessee Rivers Rail Read, fifty miles North
of Selma, 150 South of Rome and 70 West of Mont
gomery. I am raying for able-bodied men-three
hundred dollars per annum, feeding and clothing
them. Ono woman will bo hired to every ten men,
to cook ami wash for them, There is on the place a
hospital with a regular surgeon, who takes charge
of all tho sick. If tho enemy threatens, the negroes
can be moved West through an inaccessible coun
try. Apply to W P Herring,La Grange, Ga., or
WM, RICIIAA’D§QN HUNT,
Lieut. Col. Cbmd’g.
seplT hu
SSOO Meward.
WILL be paid for the apprehension of our boy
Truman. lie is about 24 years oil, 6 feet high;
very black, and weighs about 180 pounds. Three
hundred dollars will bo paid for his confinement in
some jail so that we can got hiua, or five hundred
dollars for his delivery at the
EAGLE FACTORY.
Eufaula Spirit of the South, Quincy Dispatch, Al
bany Patriot, Macon Telegraph, LaG range .Repor
ter, and //arnilton Enterprise, publish one month
and send bills to Factory. /
sep2ol m
SSO Reward.
Superintendent’s Office, I
Muscogee K. R. Company, -
Columbus, Ga., Yept. 16, ’tiL J
A REWARD of SSO will be paid for the delivery
dx to me for each of the following negro men :
Charles—Black: about 25 years old; quick spo
ken; weighs about 150 lbs.; about 5 feet 10 or 11 in.
high. ~
Hilliard—Black; about 30 years old; sft 9 inches
high; weighs 1450 r 150 lbs.; blacksmith by trade. —
Probably will go to Jones county where his wife is.
W. L. CLAjRK,
sp!7 1 m __ Superintendent.
SSO Upward.
j WILL pay tho above reward for 808, a black
1 boy, about 24 years old. He has been .out three
or four weeks? and is supposed to be lurking about
ho city. - JNO. 11. BASS,
jy 4 ts .
SI,OOO Reward.
,4 CIIUNIvY, heavy set, black boy by the name
cL of VfILHAM, about 24 years old, left Colum
bus on Sunday morning last. I am confident he
was taken off by some white man. I will pay the
above reward for the negro and thief, with evi
dence to eonvict, or I will pay two hundred and
fifty dollar# for ihe negro delivered to me in Colum
bus. Tho boy came from Virginia about two years
ago. and says lie is a sailor. I think they left Co
lumbus on foot and took the train at some station
close by. J. H. BASS,
sepl-tf.
P. S.—l learn, since the above was written, that
the boy loft Cblumbus on the Opelika train, on
Sunday morning, in company with a small white
man that limped, and that they were going to West
Point - - » J.H. B.
i^oTioja.
To Planters and Others !
T WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
I Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I
will be found at Robinett k Ob's old stand, where I
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. WRIGHT.
jane 2 ts
Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’
TOOLS.
'TVHE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
* manufacture of the above named articles in this
eity, are prepared to fill orders for the same.
Office on Anglo street, a few doors above C. S.
Hospital. HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Reference-Maj. F. W. Dillard.
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con
stitutionalist, please copy one month and send bins
to this office.
mar 30 ts _
irni PAPER i BUI lons
FOR SALE 2
WE have for salo 49 reams ot Letter Paper, and
2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at Wholesale
or ,Retail. Paper, SSO per Ream; Blank Books, $l5O
retail, io cts. wholesale. Apply at
agStf THIS OFFICE.
STERLING EXCHANGE!
A FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
■ £X *9J in sums to suit purchasers by
ts BANK OF COLUMBUS.
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Vol. XL
W. WARREV & CO. Proprietors j. w. WAR RE.Editor
SPECIAL NOTICES
I¥©tiee.
C. S. Arsenal,
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 23, 1864.
An intelligent man with a wife, without incum
brance, can hear of a desirable situation, by imme
diate application at this Arsenal.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
_ sep24 lw Major and Ex. 031
WANTED!
Cairns Hospital,
Columbus, Ga., @ept.t3, ’64.
Okra cut and dried by the bushel;
green, “ “ “
Butter Beans, dried, " “ “
“ “ green, “ “ “
Sassafras Buds, prepared for Gumbo, by the
pound.
Cotton Yarns, or Domestics will be exchanged for
the above articles or they will be'paid for in cash.
, B. C. DALLAS 1 , Cierk.
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i\©tice!
THIRTY CARPENTERS WANTED •
I wish to employ for the C. S. Carpenter Shop.
Thirty Carpenters, at once.
Good wages and steady employment will be given.
CIIAS. A. REDD,
sep2B 6t * Capt. and A. Q: M. ;
JNlotice!
WALKER HOSPITAL, |
September 27,1861,
All patients of this Hospital who have been al
lowed the privilege of remaining in private quar- !
ters arc hereby ordered to report, either in person
or by medical attendant, without delay. Hereafter !
any patient to whom this favor has been granted j
will forfeit it, if he fails to report daily, when once !
forfeited it will not he renewed under ant j
CIRCUMSTANCES.
CARLISLE TERRY,
scp2B 2t Surgeon in charge.
3NTOTICE
To Mississippi Soldier* !
THE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
i 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,
sep2B ts __ Agent.
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 Macon. By order of Gen. Wayne.
B. A. THORNTON, ADC.
pr N. W. Garrard, Capt & E O.
Office at McGeheo’s Auction House.
sepl7 ts :
Battle-Field Belief Association
of Columbus, CJa.
All who are disposed to contribute articles neces
sary for the relief of the sick aud wounded in the
Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at
Goodrich & 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. 11. YOUNG, Presd’t.
C. Q. Holmes, Sec’y. ag23tf
MATT.' IS. EVAiVS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 64, Commerce Street,
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
W r ILL sell on Commission every description of
(roods, Negroes and Produce of all kinds.
sp2o Irn
. jSTAILS 1 KAILS!!
Wholesale or Retail,
—OR—
£X€IIAI¥OE for PRODIXE
—AT—
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FOE SATJS !
000 >apers oz acks '•
Reams English Letter Paper:
100 " Do " ps '"° "
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JUjj “Ai” English and Do.xtisif-c Envelopes
_sep24 iw STANFORD & CO.
FOR SALE !
320 Acres of Land oil the Mobile &
Girard Rail Road,
I7ORTY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one
F and a half from Stution’No. 5; about 180 acres
opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, with good
water, gin house, Sea. Apply to Messrs Ellis, Liv
ingston & Cos., for terms.
sps lm* D C FREEMAN, Jr.
WANTED!
k Ann LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
ibUUu 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
two rooms; a very superior well of water—hard
ly equalled in the vicinity of the city, and a large
garden. Everything new and in good order. For
further particulars apply to mo on the premises.
sp!3 lm J. J. BORING.
SALE!
A GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse,
- - Apply to
"R. B. MURDOCH,
sep 2-ti' or, at this office.
Confederate Kiaivcs and
Fork*.
WE are manufacturing at our Works in this city
H a good article of KNIVES AND FORKS in
large quantities, which we offer to the public low
for CASH.
-ALSO
- Makers ami Saddlers Tools,
of every description. N'hoe Pegs, Steel Trusses,
Spatulas, Butcher Knives, Ac., Ac.
The attention of Quartermasters, Commissaries,
and Medical Purveyors, throughout the Confeder
acy is specially invited to the aoove with whom we
desire to make contracts.
REFERENCES:
Major F. W.DiHard, Columbus, Ga.
Surgeon W. H. Prioleau, Macon, Ga.
Surgeon R. Potts, Montgomery, Ala.
HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Columbus, Ga., September 1,1864.
J/obile Register, Augusta Constitutionalist, and
Charleston Courier please copy one month and send
bill to this office.
BMBtRIRUCami
THE Exercises of this Institution will be resumed
on tho Ist Monday in October, under the contin
ued direction of its present able instructor, Rev.
Carlisle P. B. Martin-
Terms of admission will ue rnado known before
the session commences. _ _
E. S. GREENWOOD, Presd't.
D. F. WILLCOX, See’y.
g pl2 ts Board of Trustees.
SSO rie warci.
VEGRO boy CHARLEY : abcut2syears old, yel
i\ low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary inU'Bi once: left Mr. Nut. Thompson s near
Box Spring's Xulbot county. £ of ft
Mr Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides h- Tuskceee, Ala. He originally, came from
Charleston. E. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
information sent to me at this office. RFSgELt
Colurabu‘o 7.i., aug 1 ts *
Columbus. Ga., Friday Homing, Ssptembsr 30,1861.
Thursday Evening.
Correspondence of the Times.
Staunton, Sept. 23, 1864.
Editor Times: I send you an incomplete list of
casualties of my Brigade in ftie action of the 19th,
gathered from the wounded who are coming in-to
this point. I have just reached here on my return
to my command.
Gm. Breckinridge, whom I have just seen, as
sures me that the accounts which have gone out
very much exaggerate our losses on that occasion,
and all who were cool observers, say, that beyond
doubt, the enemy lost much more heavily in killed
and wounded than ourselves. lam satisfied that
this is strictly true. We still hold all the impori
ant part of the Valley in a very strong position.
Very respectfully, yours,
C. A. EVANS.
Pa- ißiisi of Casualties in Evans’ Brigade in tits
b-r’de of the 19 th September, near Winchester,
eo . - • idedbg Col. E. N, Atkinson, 26 ** Georgia,
31st Georgia.
Colonel J II Lcwe, slightly.
Lieutenant Colonel Pride, severely in foot.
Adjutant McGinty, severely in arm.
Lieutenant Murphy, severely, prisoner.
Lieutenant Green, slightly.
Company A —Dent, severely; Sergeant Bearing,
severely.
Company B—B Jones and Cook, severely; F
Green, foot amputated.
Company C—Sergeant Perry, Cordell and Mc-
Alister, severely. • •
Company G—J Graham, severely; W Ward,
severely and prisoner.
Company H —Lambert, severely.
Company I—Taylor, Thursby and Knight, se
verely.
Killed—Smith, of Company A; S Buchanan,
Company B.
33th Georgia.
Captain Rankin, supposed mortally, prisoner.
Company A—Bowers, B B Christian, severely.
Company C —Captain Higdon, Story, J F Dix
Sergeant Dudaey, Curly, Thompson, all severely.
Company G—G Farrer, color bearer, severely.
Company K—Autrey, Tweedie, severely.
Killed—Sergeant Mullen, Company 0.
13th Georgia .
Colonel Baker and Lieutenant Colonel Malt ale,
slightly.
Company A—Minter, severely.
Company B— Owens. Kilgro, Welch, Braatly,
Edmundson, Graham.
Company F—Travis, severely; Pope,leg shot off.
Company I—Berry, in neck, severely.
Company K— Tucker, color bearer, through
luug.
Killed— Captain Mitchell, Company I: Savage,
Company B.
12th Georgia Battalion.
Captain Auderson, severely, supposed mortal,
leit prisoner : Lieutenant Kinmas, severely.
Company A—Hollis. Reynolds, severely; Hopps,
color bearer, killed.
Lieutenant J L Mann, killed.
60th Georgia.
. Colonel Jones and Adjutant McFarlin, slight! v.
a«iq» 9 C*
We copy the following from the Enquirer of this
morning, and endorse it. It is a certainly a disa
greeable feature in the acts of our military author
ities to seize a man’s property, and appropriate it
to uses, which arc revolting to the refined sense of
his family:
A Good Idea. — We are glad to see that our sug
gestion about closing the front door of the prison in
one of the deGraffenreid tenements, on Oglethorpe
street, has been carried out. If these men have not
pride or self-respect enough to prevent them, while
there, from acting in a disgusting and disgraceful
manner, they should bo so confined that they can
not,be seen from the street.* Bat seeing as much of
their conduct as we have, we sorely sympathize with
the highly respectable family whose backyard must
be exposed to the view, and whose ears are to
be re? aled with tho language of these low men.—
We cannot believe, however, that it is right or just
that such ruffians should be confined in such close
proximity to the residence of refined, intelligent and
sensitive ladies, as is the case in this instance. They
should be placed in some secluded locality whore
their vulgar slang and profanity can only be heard
by themselves.
Referring to the prisoners, the Constitutionalist
says: Some among those removed to Charleston
have already accepted service, we learn, and are
now on James’ Island, and we believe thousands
under the proper representations*would gladly ac
cept the proposition, and moreover, make good sol
diers.
What say you, gentlemen of the Press, will it be
to the interest of the Government, at this juncture,
to recruit our armies with ten thousand Federal
prisoners whose term of service has expired, and
who have been ignored as prisoners by the Yankee
nation ?
Tho Brandon Republican has information from a
gentleman from Jefferson county, Mississippi, that
twenty five, well armed negroes, were caught by
our scouts in Franklin county a few days since, try
ing to make their way into the Yankee lines.—
Among the number was a colored gentleman with
papers showing him to be a yankee recruiting of
ficer.
Personal.— The Richmond Enquirer of the 24th
says, Hon. L. M. Lewis, the newly appointed Sena
tor from the Northern District of Missouri, arrived
in that city, by flag of truce, on Thursday. He had
been for some months confined as a prisoner of war
at Johnson's Island. He knew nothing of his ap
pointment as Senator, until bi3 arrival.
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A Straw.— A vote for the Presidency was taken
at the convalescent and recruiting camp in Augus
ta, Maine, a few days since. There were present
1,400 soldiers, and the result of the vote was 1,430
for Lincoln and 50 for McClellan.
We find the following interesting paragraph in
the latest European news. The Lendon Morning
Herald reiterates that Lindsey withdrew his mo
tion for the recognition of the Confederate States,
in consequence of a secret uaderstanding with
Lord Palmerston, that gentleman promising Lind
sey he would support such a motion hereafter.
Lord Brougham remarked on the loth, that in
two months it would be expedient for England and
France to interpose good effects to put aa end to
the Amesiean war.
Seizure of Arms at Por.rsHocTa, New Hamp
shire. — For some time past efforts have been
making by the police of Portsmouth, New Hamp
shire, to discover certain arms which, it was al
leged, had been received by individuals in that
city with the intention of having them distributed
among parties inimmieal to Lincoln ani to hi3
measures for the prosecution of the war. The ac
count of their discovery is given in ths Chronicle
of the S:h instant, which adds :
“Tho discovery of these concealed weapons will
perhaps open the eyes of some to the real inten
tions of our pretended peace loving friends. It i3
stated that eighteen hundred or two thousand Ea
fields have been distributed about New Hamp
shire for tho use of these nrecieus peace-makers ”
[From the Rich maud Dispatch, 24th.] ’
The facts with regard to the battle near
i Winchester are becoming better known, and
1 as they gradually develop themselves, the
j gloom which at fir3t settled down upon our
people disperses. It is evident that General
Early made a desperate resistance—that for
several hours he had the beet of the battle—
that the ‘enemy lost eaormouel/ —that our
! troops were finally compelled to leave the
field by a Rank movement, executed by a very
superior body of eavalry—and that the move
i meat in retreat was executed in the most ex
i act order and without the slightest confusion.
The statement of the Yankee General, that he*
killed or wounded five thousand men. and cap
! tured half that number, is evidently a false
j hood : for had the los3 been so groat in an ar
my no larger than that under command of
i General Early, at least half the train of artil
, lery would have been captured; whereas, we
j lost but three pieces. The man who makes
this statement, it i3 to be recollected, is Sher
idan—the same man who claimed a victory
at Trcvillians depot, after having been more
. shamefully routed than any general of the
war: who stated that his loss on that occasion
was less than two hundred, killed, wounded
■ and prisoners, whereas, four hundred and
' eighty SBven taken in that fight,were actually
at that time prisoners in this city ; and who
telegraphed to Stanton that the object of his
expedition had been completely accomplished;
whereas, that object was to de3toy the tunnel
and unite with Hunter, and hl*was routed
and turned back before lie had gone half way.
it is 3taled by others that Early lost, in all,
about tiro thousand five hundred men, of whom
about five hundred were reported missing, and
even this we believe to be an exageration.—
The Yankees appear to have paid dearly for
t’ui3 success. Their loss, according to Sheri
dan, is two thousand. We suppose it is at
I least that, and some five or 3ix thousand more.
; Our men were in aposition, and were attacked
-by the Yankees. It is reasonable to infer,
therefore, that they killed and wounded avast
many more than they lost. Six or eight
thousand is a very small estimate. We speak
sincerely when we say that we have no fears
for Gen. Early. The fact that the enemy did
not attempt to pursue him after the day of the
battle is significant of another fact, and that
is, that he wa3 awfully crippled, and did not
feel in a condition to improve his victory. He
must get reinforcements before he can push
Early, and in the meantime, Early is in a posi
tion and a country in which cavalry can do
very little service, save as scouts and patrols.
We hardly think Sheridan will be able to play
his destined role of capturing Lynchburg and
{the canal, and the Southside and Danville
| railroads, this winter at least. He has but six
weeks to do it in, and his movements are hard
j ly rapid enough to accomplish it by that time,
i In this campaign, notwithstanding the two
[ small reverses at Atlanta and Winchester, the
! balance has been greatly in our favor. We
! have frustrated the most tremendous combi- j
| nation ever formed against any modern city, j
and in frustrating it, have slain or wounded, I
or otherwise put hors du combat , at least two 1
I hundred thousand men, of which number i
i Giant himself lost,'under his own immediate j
: eye, at least one hundred and fifty thousand. I
That General himself, acknowledges that he
ha3 been awfully beaten when he calls for one ;
hundred thousand fresh troops to finish the
job which he expected to finish last June.—
He is conscious that he does so, and endeavors
to explain it away in conversation with one*f
the toadies that stuck to him like a leech in
his late journey from Harpers Ferry to Phil
; adeldhia. He only wants them, he says, to
make the victory more complete, and to di
j minish the effusion of blood. Those are the
very objects for which «11 commanders seek
overwhelming numbers. To state that object
is merely to confess that his present numbers
are insufficient to effect the object. Now, ta
ing in Hunter’s army, and Butler's army,
Grant had at least three hundred thousand
men engaged in this enterprise. If he still
wants one hundred thousand more, it affords
the strongest proof that he has been signally
j and terribly beaten. We say, then, th’at thus
i far the advantage in this campaign has been
j prodigiously on our side. We have killed
j enormous numbers of, Yankees, and that is the
| surest way to bring the rest to their senses.-
J It is far better, indeed, than peace congresses
|at Niagara or elsewhere. The Yankees are
i the most mercenary of God’s creatures. If i
i the ministry of our Saviour had been among i
| them instead of the Jews, instead of lasting
j three years it would not have lasted three days. !
Some Yankee Judas would have sold him in
less than that Ijrae. And yet the Yankee loves
his life better even than his interest ; and
when the universal nation finds that nothing {
' but death is to be gotten by coming here, they
| will conclude that it does not pay. and will,
j give it up. The best road to peace lies
; through the blood of the Yankees. The more
Iwc kill, the nearer we approach peace. Such
being the fact, we must be admitted to have
made progress in this campaign. They '
have been slaughtered awfully here and eve- <
, rywhere else.
Fori Delaware.
prisoners who returned by the last flag of truce
j beat give the usual account of the sufferings of the
Confederate soldiers confined at Fort Delaware,
; and of their intense anxiety for an immediate ex
: change. They have experienced enough of prison
life at the North to make them regard another cap-
I ture by the enemy as one of the greatest calamities
of the war. The whole number of prisoners there
at present is seven thousand seven hundred and
twenty-two, including about two thousand Virgi
nians. These are assigned to divisions of several
hundred each, in which there is not sufficient space
for necessary exercise: and their sufferings, it may
be wall imagined, are intolerable. Their breakfast
is one-fifth of a loaf of bread to each man: their
dinner, the 3ame amount of bread, with a small
piece of meat and a plate of poor soup, with ono
I potato once a week. They have no supper. They
are allowed to write only to father, mother, brother,
j sister, wife or child, and then only ten lines. A'
married sister cannot be written to if she happens
ito bear a different napie. They are not allowed to
receive any packages except by flag of ftuce, and
even that method has. been recently discontinued,
packages sent from here on the 22d of August not
i having jet been received. Formerly they were
allowed to receive presents from friends outside of
ths prison, but that has been stopped. The disci
i pline of the prison is very strict. The guard is
, composed of Ohio militia —the regulars, before per
! farming that duty, having been sent to the field.—
; The winter will bring a grsat additioa to the suffer
i iags of the prisoners, as only one blanket i3 allow
ed to a man, and some have net even that. The
houses are temporary board structures, neither
lathed nor plastered, and a division has but one
lire.
j We are gratified to learn that the sanitary con
dition of Fort Delaware has much improved since
, laat year, and ths daily average of deaths consider
ably diminished.
Tobacco is much more desired by the prisoners
i than money, as it is a common article of traffic,
I and will purchase anything they need. We men
tion this as a hint to those persons who desire to
ssni any gift to their friends there.
[Richmond Id*paten.
Sale ;r Tobacco — Goo; Pri es.— Yesterday
Mr. Ohamberlayao, the Inspector, sold at the Shoo
kdb warehouse, for 0. H. Pcttus. Bs p, of Louisa
county Virginia, three hogsheads of tine leaf to
bacco a* the following rates No. 1, $36) per 100
pounds; No. 2, SoQO per 100 pounds , No. $286
per 100 pounds. M#S3r3. Christian & Lee, com
mission merchants, Main street, ware the purcha
sers.—RvPvnond Examiner.
$5.00 Per Month.
From the Petersburg Express, 24th.
From the Front.
Yesterday was one es the most quiet days along
the lines partially encircling Petersburg, which we
have known for several weeks. There was no picket
firing and but very few discharges of cannon. So
profound and noted was this quiet, that it excited
much comment, and many were the enquiries to
its cause. Without claiming to know the real
cause, we think we may safely suggest one. So
long have the combatants been confronting each
other, and so constant and incessant has been the
firing, that they are doubtless wearied with the
monotony which it has produced, and have de
termined upon a change, be it eve!: so brief. Not
l a few, however, insist upon it, that we are now in
the midst of that lull which always precedes a
storm, and all such anticipate hot work at a very
early day.
something astounding on the tapis.
A correspondent of a Northern journal writing
from Fortress Monroe, on the 19th, says, “a more
which is destined to astonish somebody is on the
qui vive, the details of which are contraband."—
This may serve to explain to some extent, the
quiet which we are now enjoying around Peters -
burg.
ANOTHER YANKEE FRIGHT NEAR SYCAMORE CHURCH.
A passenger who reached Baltimore Tuesdav on
the mail steamer Vanderbilt, direct from 'City
Point, reports: “On Sunday night the movements
of the yebels were in the vicinity of Sycamore
Church. Indicated preparations for another raid on
our communications, for the purpose of getting to
City Point, if possible, are apparent. Our troops
wore called out and held in readiness, but the
night passed without the anticipated demonstra
tion by the enemy. Early and active operations
under Hancock are expected. He will probably
soon make a demonstration on the Danville or
South Side Railroad.” General Lee has an eye to
this of course, and probably Hancock will leave
the two railroads mentioned, should he ever get in
their vicinity, more rapidly than he did the Wel
don road at Reams’ Station, on the 25th August.
FROM THE PENINSULA.
Parties from Fortress Monroe say that the Con
federate guerrillas have been nnusully active on
the Peninsula during the past few weeks. One
day last week a party attacked a gang of twenty
Yankee negroes employed in repairing the tele
graph wire, and scattering the guard, captured the
team comprising four valuable horses.
CAPTURE OF A SCHOONER.
Last Saturday night, about 11 o’clock, a small
party of rebels, who afterwards gave their names
as John Maxwell and Wm. Hines, Acting Masters,
and John F. Moore, Captain in the Confederate
States Nayy, surprised and captured tho schooner
Jane F. Durfee, E. G. Davis, master, while lying
at anchor off tho mouth of Warwick river, a small
stream which enters into tho James below James
town. The Captain was completely surprised, and
.surrendered without resistance. After a consulta
tion with the captors, they decided to reloase the
vessel on condition of the Captain giving a bond
to the amount of $7,313, Willbar F. Stocking, the
supercargo, to be held as a hostage until the money
[s paid. The captors then helped themselves to
5)2,700 in greenbacks, found on the Captain’s per
son, the schooner’s papers, compasses, nautical in
struments, the small boat with sail, etc., and then
bidding the captain a very affectionate farewell,
left in the sail boat in tho direction of Smithfield,
on the opposite side of the river.
Northern lews.
Froin tho Latest Northern files we copy such items
as our lack of space will admit. The following is
the latest intelligence from Sheridan :
“Harper’s Ferry, Sept. 21, '64.
“To Hon E M Stanton, Washington :
Reliable new3 from tho front. Our army was
crossing Cedar creek yesterday at 3p. m. No fight
ing. The following list of rebel generals killed and
wounded is correct: Generals Rodes, Ramseur,
Gordon, Terry, Godwin, Read, Johnson and Fitz
Lee. 1* rom all I can learn, the prisoners will ap
proximate five thousand. The indications are that
the rebels will not make a stand short of Staunton.
They are evidently too much demoralized to make
another fight. John D. Stevenson,
“Brig. Gen.”
The schooner Mary B. Smith, which arrived at
Beverly on Saturday, reports:
“SP° k , e : September 7, latitude 44:40, longitude
OcoO, fishing schooner William //Lovett, of Mar
blehead, who reported that twenty miles to the
eastward saw four or five vessels on fire; that there
was a pirate on the banks, and that she (the Lovett)
got under weigh immediately to get clear of the pi
rate.” - 1
The New York Herald of the 20tb, speaking of
Ternando Woods speech, says: “Fernando said
that he was opposed to the nomination of McClel
n went t<J Chicago to oppose him, because
McClellan was a war man. But, on tho other hand,
the consistent Fernando declared that he would now
support McClellan, because he felt satisfied that
McClellan meant peace when he said war, and was
not at all in earnest in his letter oi acceptance. 99
Brigadier General Pagois to be “court-martialed”
by the Yankees for "spiking the guns of Fort Mor
gan after its surrender.”
. Brigadier-General Edward Hurl and has been as
signed to the temporary command of the District of
rtorth Carolina.
“Blowing up the Tunnel."— Some weeks
ago, a statement appeared in the Telegraph,
founded upon the report of a “Courier,” in re-,
gard to-the blowing up of the Tunnel beyond
Dalton. This statement was extensively copied
by the press, and for days thereafter the pub
lic rested confidently under the impression
that the Tunnel aforesaid had been effectually
destroyed. All this, however, was a delusion.
The Tunnel was never blown up, and we
would have been content to have let that ob
stinate contrivance rest unharmed to attest its
own solidity entirely, but for injustice done
by the statement of the “Courier” to the fair
fame of Gen. Martin. It was said in that ac
count that Wheeler “ordered General Martin,
commanding one of the cavalry divisions, to
blow up the Tunnel at Tunnel Hill. This
order was not obeyed, nor did Gen. Wheeler
learn of it until Martin’s division had left the
road and formed a junction with the main
body of our forces. As soon, however, as it
was ascertained that the order had not been
carried into effect, General Martin wa3 placed
under arrest and sent back to Atlanta,” &c.
Now this whole statement i3 a gross error.
General Martin received no orders to blow up
the Tunnel, and was not arrested for the
breach of such orders, and all the sub
sequent accounts of the destruction of the
Tunnel itself is sheer fabrication, a3 we are
credibly informed. We state so much to dis
sipate a prejudice which may have been cre
ated against a brave officer for supposed inef
ficiency and lack of enterprise and daring.
\Telegraph 4* Confederate , 28 th.
It is reported (says the Telegraph k Confed
erate, 28th.) that on Menday our forces had a
fight with the enemy at Vining Station, eleven
miles from Atlanta, in which the Yankees
were badly beaten. We hope to have some
confirmation of it before going to press.
+ ♦ #
Hotel Prices in Washington. —Artemus
Ward says :
“I went to Washington and put ud at a
leading hotel, where, seeing the ‘landlord. I
accosted him with ‘How d’ey do squire?’
‘Fifty cents,’ was his reply. ‘Sir? 7 Haifa
dollar. ‘Me charge twenty-five cents for
lookin at the landlord, and fifty for speakin'
to him. If you want supper, the boy will
show you the dining room for twenty-five
cents. Your being in the tenth story, it will
cost you a dollar to be shown up there.
How much do you ax a man for breatbin in
this equiuoaiikal tavern ■ 'Tea cents a
breath, was the ret "
Artemus remark- »ould apply remarkably
well to this i&V.tu It*.
TELEGRAPHIC.
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REPORTS OF THE PRXSS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863. by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’# offioe of
the District Court of ttie Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Forrest Heard from Again.
from Tftrglnia.
From Sew Orleans.
fcULPHLR springs. Ala., nine miles north of
Athens, Sept. 25th, via Cherokee, 27th, via'
Mobile, 28th.—The invincible and ancon
's enable Forrest has achieved another victory.
Tt garrison here, consisting of two block
ho i reconsidered the strongest one on
the rerd r rom Decatur to Nashville, has been
siormed and captured, after three hours
severe fighting. Over eight hundred prisoners
have been captured, including one lieutenant
colonel, two majors, ten captains and twenty
two lieutenants; 'also three hundred horses,
two pieces of artillery and a large amount of
stores of every description. Oar loss in killed
and wounded is about thirty-five ; that of the
enemy near two hundred, including the colo
nel commanding the garrison.
The country may expect to hear of other
victories in a few days. _
Charlottesville, Sept. 28th.—No tidings
of the enemy's cavalry.
Firing has been heard to-day by persons at
Greenwood Depot.
The enemy has a brigade, it is believed, at
Waynesboro.
All accounts affirm that oue ot our-division3
ambuscaded and destroyed a brigade of the
enemy near Swift Run Gap on Monday.
Nothing further from the fight of yesterday
at Ware's Cave. We whipped them.
Everything looks decidedly better.
It is conjectured that both armies are near
Mount Sidney.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 27th, via Mobile, Sept.
28th.—New Orleans papers of the 24th have
been received.
Banks has been superceded by Hurlburt,
late of Memphis, and has gone North. Before
leaving, he published a five column letter in
the Era, full of_ lies from beginning to end,
about Louisiana.
The steamer Colasas, ou the Ohio river, was
captured by fourteeu Confederate prisoners
on board, who killed three. The others es-
with arms.
The Missouri campaign is said to be under
Magruder, Shelby, Price and Dobbyns. A
dispatch from Cairo says they are near Cape
Girradeau.
The iron-clad gunboat Antelope struck a
snag six miles below New Orleans last Friday
and sunk. She carried six guns.
The steamer Saratoga was fired into on
Wednesday nearly opposite Baton Rouge by
Confederate batteries. Damage unknown.
A negro was shot iu Vicksburg on the 16th
for desertion from the army.
Canby has issued orders seizing all cotton
sold bv the Confederate Government to for
eigners and delivered on the Mississippi
river.
Not a One Horse Proceeding.—
The Lynchburg Republican has intelli-.
gence from Bristol that Gen. Williams, of
Wheeler’s command, was cut off from the
main force, has arrived in East Tennessee,
bringing with him a large number of re
cruits and over 1,500 horses, and a coni
siderable number of cattle, from Kens
tucky. It would not probably be prudent
to say more at this time, than that the
number of recruits obtained will shortly
speak for themselves.— Rich. Whig.
■r.O © 4IM*
Old Abe on Congressmen.—The
other day, as the President and a friend
were sitting ou the steps of the House of
Representatives, the last session closed,
and the members filed out in a body.
Abraham looked after them with a serious
smile. “That reminds me,” said he, “of
a little incident when I was a boy. My
fiatboat lay up, at Alton, on the Mississip
pi, for a day.. I strolled about the town.
I saw a large stone building, with massive
walls—not so handsome though as this;
and while I was looking at it, the iron
gateway opened, and a great body of men
came out.” “What do you call that ?”
I asked a bystander. “That.” said he,
“is the State prison, and those are the
thieves going home. Their time is up.”
The Richmond Examiner of tho 24th says, Grant
has recently been reinforced by fifty-five thousand
j fresh troops.
j By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
ft
; AN FRIDAY, September 30th, at 10 1-2 o’clk,
I V/ we will sell m front of our store,
Two Horse Wagon aud Harness.
HORSES AUD MILES,
One btol. 3yrup.
LOT PORK, SHOES. &c.
sp3o 2tsß
3,000 Cord* Wood Wanted.
Office Post Quartermaster,
Columbu3, Ga., Sept. 20,1864.
j I wish to contract immediately for (3,000) three
I thousand cords of Oak and Hickory Wood.
A. REDD,
seP 29 6t Capt and AQ M.
FOR THE LADIES!
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
LADIES SHOES!
FOB SALE _A_T
B. B. THOMPSONS,
CONSISTING OF
English Gaiters s
French Boots;
Glove Kid Congress Gaiters.
sep2B ts
8800 Reward.!
ESTRAYED OR STOLEN,
i One a large sorrel horse Mule,
na* 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
on North Cowikee, Russell co., Ala., seven miles
South of Hatchechubbee Post Olfiee, G. k '*• R- R.*
en 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.
THEOPHILUS SPERLOCK.
sep2B lw*
S3OO REW ARD.
CTOLEN from Cook’s Hotel, yesterday morning.
ti C . o t? tai ?. msr ee <iles and Spool
Thread and Card Clothing for twenty -four pair Cot
ton Cards. The truck was found early yesterday
morning, near the jail, robbed of its contents. We
will pay the above eward for the stolen goods
and one aur,dr?d dollars for each of the thieves, as
we are continent two persons were engaged in tho
dieft. Macon and Montgomery will ba on the
watch. •
_ SHIVERS, WYNNE A CO.,
i Proprietors.