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DAILY TIMES,
J. W. WARREN - - “ Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Friday Morning, September SO, 1864,
[COMMUNICATED.] .
Negroes for Southern Armies,
Auburn, Ala., Sept. 28th, 1864.
Mr. Editor:—l was much pleased at notic
ing in a recent edition of your valuable jour
nal, an article to the effect that we would
have (I hope at no distant period) an acqui
sition to our army of the latent and reserve
power comprised in our slave population —in
short, that we should have a large lumber of
negro troops under arms, and “the people mar
as well prepare themselves for it.’' Now
Mr. Editor, this is a question, the policy o.
which is, to many candid and reasonable men,
dangerous; but taking all things into consid
eration, I cannot for a moment doubt, that if
the Confederate Government to-day Lad at
least two hundred and fifty thousand negroes,
with Enfield rifles upon their shoulders, por
leetiy drilled and disciplined, under good white
officers ; keep them separate from white sol
diers ; gife them iheir free papers, if needs
be; let them put it into their pockets as they
would a pass : give them, in a word, some in
ducement. to fight. 1 say, f cannot for a n:o
--racntjdoubt.the policy, but think it judicious,
desirable. and would be every way. beneficial
to our cause.
Let U3 look for a minute at the objections
to the undertaking, but, at the same time,
keep in mind the condition, the straights to
which your Government is reduced, not for
brains or foou. nor territory, nor implements
of war, nor want of skill in their manufacture,
but for men—men, soldiers. More soldiers;
this is the cry. First, then, the main aud
principle objection is, that they will not fight
as white soldiers do. This, for the honor of
my species, I cannot deny; but that they will
not fight, I do deny ; and furthermore assert
it. They) will fight, unices every one of my
senses, except one. and I may facetiously in'
elude it also, has deceived me most wofully.
Let those who doubt their lighting qualities,
test it in a battle, as has the undersigned;—
The next aud most plausible objection is, jtliat
it will have a bad effect upon the white sol
diers ; but even this, I seriously question, for
the simple reason that we can see the necessi
ty of it,aud by judicious management,they need
never, or seldom, be thrown in contact. Again,
sojpe would ask what is to be done with the
large amount of “free negro” population after
the war, which will be a dangerous element,
still more dangerous because of their military
training? To this, I answer that I would
much prefer those free negroes with all of
their “military training,” than the whole slave
population free in the land, together with the
odious Yankee Provost Marshal and hateful
tax collectors—a thing not impossible, Mr.
Editor.
One, again, could ask, can the agricultural I
interest of the country stand the drain ? ITn- j
hesitatingly, I answer it could. The army for i
the past twelve months, has been fed almost I
entirely upon corn-bread, beef and pork ; tht
rice, potatoes, peas, flour, sugar, and molasses !
and «ther thing? of stilllessimportauce, that the j
soldiers in the ranks are said to get, I must I
acknowledge are “like angels’ visits.’’ Os
corn bread, bacon and beef, then a sufficient |
quantity can be produced by one half the force !
now employed, for both soldiers and citizens, j
I imagine a bitter cry will be raised against |
this undertaking, but mark my word, sir, j
those most bitter, are slave owners, and 1 i
. i
hold, naturally so, because their intei'est is on- \
dangered I was once, and am yet, as much j
interested in “Cuffee” as any of them. Hence ;
1 feel no hesitancy in speaking as candidly j
as I do and can appreciate their feeling, but
this objection is not worthy of a moment’s I
consideration, and it may be uncharitable in j
me to speak of it.
These, then, are the objections to the scheme', |
and it was not my purposa to discuss them in
all their shades and bearings, nor yet to fol
low out all collateral questions, nor bare I ap
pealed to history or to the statistics to uphold j
ine in my views, and to battle the ideas of I
those “candid and reasonable men” through- |
out the country, I have simply glanced at the ■
objections, and tried to refute them in as con- I
cise and abridged a manner as words would j
permit. I leave it to others more able than I j
to deal with in detail. Wc certainly require j
all the light and wisdom our country com- j
mands,to be heard in our councils atthisjunc- j
ture. I would like for the “sages” in our leg- |
islative halls to speak upon this question— give |
us their views. I will conjure those who give I
it a consideration to keep constantly in view ;
the necessity of increasing our armies. lam !
not egotistical enough, Mr. Editor, to suppose j
this to be a new idea, but am inquisitive enough ;
to ask why is the question ostracised entirely, !
both in public and private. Let irs talk about j
it, keep it in motion. If good caii come from j
it, in the name of our country let it be agita- j
ted, and arf'expression given before Congress j
assembles. Possibly by next spring, we will !
have a quarter*f a million of active, young
uegromen to battle along with. lam anxious
for it. I have been attached t© the army of Ten
nessee since Sept. ’6l, underourgreat chieftain
who fell at. Shiloh. Sydney Jolinßton. I expect '
to be with it uutil annihilated, but I help. I
I want somebody to divide Yankee missiles i
with. Don’t let us be consumed by degrees j
under the mighty and still accumulating pres- j
sure. We have done aud will still do all that J
men can do, but we are withering daily.
Give tins ic tlio world through your valua
ble columns. Mr. Editor, and
much oblige
A PRIVATE SOLDIER.
The average number of Confederate prisoners
held at Fort Delaware since the battle of Gettys
burg, was 6,500 ; died in an interval of sixteen
months, 3,300 ; at Point Lookout 8,000 were held
at the time the prisoners left j 8,222 at Fort Dela
ware, loss five hundred who came away under this
flag of truce. The returned prisoners say they
have suffered enough and will not be takcD pris
oners again. Their patriotism and devotion to
the Southern cause is still unshaken by long, wea
ry, hungry months of confinement.
Worth Knowing.—An exchange declares that
corn-stalks, if saved, are fully equal to the same
weight of hay. Prepare th«m by cutting into
pieces of half an inch iu length, and plaec iu a
hogshead. Throw in one gallon of boiling water,
containing one gill of salt, cover the hogshead
with a blanket—the steam swells and soften* the
stalk ; add a little meal and feel to the cattle.
[From (he Richmond Whig, 24th.]
Fram the United States.
Yankee Version of th e Battle near Winchester —
Daring Exploit on Lake Erie.
We received yesterday afternoon, another
supply of late Yankee paper*, including the
Herald a*d Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer
of the 21st ingt.
THE BATTLE NEAR WINCHESTER.
The Herald’s Winchester correspondent
gives the following particulars of this bloody
engagement. The reader will make due al
lowance for exaggeration and bombast.
Gen. Slier idan having learned Sunday that
the main portion of Early’s foroes were en
camped in the vicinity of Bunker Hill and
Stephenson s depot, resolved to mass his for
ces on the Winchester and Berryville pike,
and by a rapid movement hurl them on Early’s
rear. There is no doubt that the enemy were
completely surprised and out-manoeuvred by
Sheridan.
While his different columns were being
marched to the appointed place of rendezous,
a portion of our cavalry, under Generals Tor
bert and AveriU, kept up a strong picket line
along the Opequan, and by demonstrating in !
force at Burns’ ford kept a large portion of |
the enemy at that part of the field, which was I
nearly twelve miles distant from the point ;
where it was intended our infantry should op- j
erate and strike a blow which should result in
the signal defeat of Early’s army.
The delay in the arrival of the Nineteenth
corps enabled Early to move Gordon’s divis
ion at the double quick from Bunker Ilill, dis
tant about ten miles, and bring it up in time
to form in line of battle with Breckinridge’s,
Ramseur’s aud Rodes' commands, which had
already arrived, and were formed in a belt of !
woods skirting Berryville and Winchester. !
As soon as the Nineteenth corps arrived it ;
was formed in four lines of battle, about three |
hundred yards apart, on the right of the Sixth ’
corps, and everything being in readiness the '
advance was sounded at about twelve o’clock, j
and the difiereut lines moved forward.
The two coips advanced in splendid style,
and just as composedly as though inarching
at a review or on parade; drums beating and
colors iying, presenting such an imposing
spectacle as has seldom been witnessed in the
present war. In fact, some of the oldest and
most experienced staff officers present declared
they had never before witnessed so truly
grand a spectacle.
The first line had not advanced more than
two hundred yards before it became warmly
engaged with the enemy, who were posted in
line about six hundred yards distant. At the
same time our artillery opened a furious can
nonade throwing shells and solid shot into
the opposite woods, where the enemy could be
distinctly seen moving up reinforcements.
Our different lines of battle continued to
advance steadily until within nearly two hun
dred yards of the enemy’s line, when the reb
els opened a furious cannonade with grape
and canister from two batteries which they
had previously kept secreted, and which
ploughed through our advancing lines, mow
ing down large numbers of our men.
The first line was obliged to give way under
so murderous a fire, and in retre ting behind
the second line, threw it into momentary con
fusion, and it also was obliged to foil back be
hind the third line, which had in the mean
time been ordered to lie down, in order to
avoid as much as possible the effects of the
withering fire which the enemy’s batteries
were directing against our advancing lines.
The artillery wa3 now brought up and pos
ted in commanding positions to silence those
batteries of the enemy which had caused us
so much annoyance, and our line was reformed
and again moved forward, regaining the ads
vaneed positions which they held when they
were obliged to fall back. But this success
was not gained without the most obstinate
resistance on the part of the enemy.
Having regained the advanced position
which wo bad previously occupied, the differ*
ent lines of battle were ordered to lie down
and await the arrival of General Crook’s corps,
which was held in reserve on the eastern side
of the Opequan'. They were ordered up to
take position on the extreme right of our line,
aud in order to counteract a movement on the
part of the enemy, who were massing troops
on their left flank with the view of turning
our right.
Precisely at three o'clock. General Crook
formed on the right of the Nineteenth corps,
his First division on the extreme right of our
line, and the Second division in the rear, sup
porting a division of the Nineteenth corps.
General Torbert, with Merritt’s and Averill’s
divisions of cavalry, having crossed the Ope*
qnan about nine o'clock at Barns’ and Knox’s
fords, has been hard at work all day, fighting
considerable bodies of the enemy’s infantry
and cavalry, and having been successful in
steadily driving them before them, now arriv
ed on our extreme right, and was prepared to
take part in the final struggle which secured
us a victory.
General Sheridan rode out to where Gen.
Torbert was stationed, and after a consults*
tion with him as to the part the cavalry were
to take, ordered the final charge, which was
made with an impetuosity which nothing could
resist. Our line, extending neafly three miles
in length, advanced amid the cheer3 and yells
which could be distinctly heard far above the
noise caused by the thunder of the artillery
and the continuous roar of musketry, which,
for its impetuosity, has seldom been exceeded
in any battle of this war.
Our men hud determined to win the day,
and nerved themselves accordingly for the
coming struggle, and as our lines advanced
closer and closer to those of the enemy the
battle became more and more fierce, until, in
point of desperate and fierce carnage, it will
compare favorably with any similar contest of
the war.
The slaughter now was truly awful. At
every discharge men could be distinctly seen
dropping all around, and the two contending
lines of some points could not have been over
two hundred yards apart.
Just at this critical period, above the roar
of artillery, musketry and cheers, and the
fierce yells of the contending armies, could be
distinctly heard the shrill notes of the cavalry
bugle, sounding the charge, which was the
death knell to Early’s army. There could be
seen the gallant Ouster and Merritt, each with
headquarters flag in hand, and conspicuous
among the advancing squadrons, gallantly
leading the charge which, in connection with
the desperate charge of our infantry, secured
us the victory. All honor to those gallant
chiefs who have done So well.
OARING EXPLOIT I)Y CONFEDERATES ON LAKE
ERIE.
News was received in Buffalo, Tuesday, thart
a number of rebels from Canada had captured
the steamers Parsons and Island Queen near
Lass Island, ou Lake Erie, Monday afternoon.
The capturing party numbered about thirty
men. who were armed with revolvers and
bowie knives. No other arras were noticed.
The captors took at Middle Bass Island wood
enough to last two days.
Thefollowingtelegram gives additional par
ticulars :
Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 20—Captain Orr, of the
steamer Island Queen, arrived here from the
Detroit river this morning, and furnishes the
Blade with a statement in regard to the pirat
ical operations in the vicinity of Sandusky
last night.
The Island Queen left Sandusky at 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon, stopped at Kelly’s Island
for thirty or forty soldiers, and passed to Mid
die Bass Island, where she found the Parsons
in possession of pirates, who at once seized
the island Queen. The soldiers were paroled
| ;l s “Confederate” prisoners and the other pas
-1 sengers sworn to secrecy for twenty-four
hours. The Island-Queen was then lashed to
! the Parsons, and the two started for San
dusky.
When out five miles the water-cock of the
! Island Queen's pony engine was broken off.
opening a hole in her side, and she was cast
; off and left to sink. Ike Parsons passed on
j to the mouth of Sandusky bay, and after ko»-
| ering about some time, apparently signalling
I to those inside, started for the Detroit river.
arriving at Fighting Island, an the Canada
Bide, about eight o’clock this morning, where
Capt. Qrr, his eterk and eigineer were landed
and the steamer burned, as preparations were
made for that object.
The Captain has no doubt that the seizure
of the United States steamer Michigan, and
the liberation of the Johnson Island prisoners,
were the object of the plot. Both steamers
were stripped of valuables.
[From the Christian Observer.]
Savage and Fiendish Atrocity.
The following communication, from the Attorney
General of the District of East Tennessee, contains
an account of the most diabolical and savage act
of malignant cruelty of whioh we have seen a re
cord since the commencement of the present war.
Language fails us to express the abhorrence and
detestation which every one, not lest to humanity,
must feel for the vile and cowardly miscreants who,
instead of meeting their victim singly in open day,
decoy him from home in the dead hour of night,
and inflict upon him their worse than murderous
revenge, simply because he had dared to preach
the gospel in New Market, which they had pro
hibited ! Should they escape punishment from
men, the Lord will in due time teach them by his
judgments that such horrible atrocities cannot be
perpetrated with impunity. —Eds.
Bristol, Tenn., Sept. '■>, 1364.
To J. G. Wallace, Esq., Attorney General of the
District of East Tennessee :
Sir: In compliance with your request, I proceed
to make a brief statement of the facts connected
with my being driven from my church, my home
and family, at New Market, East Tennessee.
After bed time, August 3d, 1864, Captain Jame3
Crawford, Lieutenant Wm. 0. Sizemore, of Haw
kins county, and others, (all, perhaps, of the Fed
eral army,) entered iny house and searched for
“guns, swords, pistols and concealed rebels,”—
They found none, for none such were there, nor
had there been. Before leaving my house they
asked my position in regard to the war. I told
them that my sympathies were with the South;
whereupon, they gave me two orders, accompanied
with much profanity: Ist, “To go to hell and
preach for the devil; ” 2d, “Never again to preach
in New Market.” I made no answer—l uttered not
one offensive word. My conclusion was, however,
that duty forbade me to comply with either order.
I therefore attended to my ministerial duties as
usual, until the morning of August 18th, I met
Lieut*nant Sizemore in the street, and he inquired
if I had preached since I received the above orders.
I answered him I had; whereupon, as he turned
away, he remarked, “All right—we’ll send you to
Knoxville.” I remarked, mildly, “I thought it
all right, or I would not have preached.” That
night, just after we had retired to rest, a man in
the garb of a Federal soldier came to my door, and
decoyed me off under pretense of my being called
to a neighbor’s house. I dressed and went forth
with this man, and soon met three other soldiers,
viz : Lieutenants Sizemore, Bill Owens, and a third
man, unknown to me. The three conducted me
towards the depot. Now, for the first time, I sus- j
pectcd that / was arrested and was cn route for j
Knoxville. They were so bitter and so disgusting
ly profane that I asked but one question—“ Where
do you wish me to go ?” and made one remark ex- !
pressive of surprise at being thus snatched from
ray home at night.
We passed out of town about a half a mile from
my house, when Sizemore, who superintended the ,
whole affair, asked me, “Are you a rebel?” I re- !
plied to this effect: “I am a sympathiser with the !
South ; I can’t deny it without lying, and won't
falsify my word.” He replied, “That’s enough— j
halt.” In obedience to his orders, I drew off my
coat. The other two men did the same. He then i
ordered me to draw off ray shirt, (had not put on ;
my vest and cravat.) This I declined doing. The
order was repeated with a terrible threat, and a
revolver drawn upon me. I replied, “I can’t do
it—that is an indignity which I will not consent '
to place upon myself.” The order was again re
peated, with curses and threats, and the pistol at i
my breast. I romarked, “I am unarmed and in j
your power, but you have mistaken your man; j
you can kill me, but you can’t make me draw off’ j
my own shirt. By Sizemore’s orders, the other two
drew off' my shirt, and each taking hold of a hand,
they began inflicting, the one upon my naked
back, and the other upon my naked breast, a mo3t
severe whipping with hickories prepared for the
occasion. They wore out three sets of switches or
withs, and during the time, Sizemore, by threats j
and commands, increased the severity and rapidi- !
ty of the blows; and also himself broke off a limb •
from a tree near by ; the limb had several
prongs, and was longer than his body, and with
this Drub in both hands, he exercised himself vio- '
lentJy until he had worn it to a mere club. Here j
I pleaded with them to desist, but in vain; asked ,
them to shoot me and thus end my misery, assur
ing them that I had no fears of death. But the
club still fell heavily and fast upon my bruised, I
bleeding, lacerated body. It became insufferable: j
I tried to avoid the strokes, when a blow upon the
head brought me to the ground. As I lay there, •
they lashed me with fresh switches; and once upon
my feet again, was knocked down the second time j
by Sizemore—several blows from the fist of one of j
them having failed to knock me down. One large
scar over each eye brow I must wear to the grave,
and how mauy others upon my back, breast and
arms may be scars for life, I know not. They left
mo, and with difficulty I put my shirt partly on
and got hack to my house; sent for Dr. Blackburn,
who washed and bound up my wounds, ordered I
the free use of aperients and the frequent bathing j
of my body in a solution of Muriate of Ammonia.
He treated my case in accordance with this pre
scription until the day I fled from my home.
A day or two after I was beaten as just describ
ed, rumored threats were current on the streets to
the effect that a like fate awaited any man who
visited mo, or manifested any sympathy for me in
my sufferings. Personal threats were made a
gainst Rev. Isaac N. Caldwell and others, among i
the best and most quiet and inoffensive men of my
congregation. Again fresh threats are heard—
threats of scourging and death irn case wo did net
fly the country. These threats were understood :
to have been made by the same parties who so mis- j
used me. We are now out of the Federal lines, I
but our families and friends may ere this have fal- j
leu victims to the fiendish rage of such men as
Sizemore. Owen & Cos,
Very respectfully,
GEO. E. EAGLETON.
The Federal House of Representatives.—
The National Almanac for 1864 has a political
classification of the members of the House of
Representatives of the United States. In view of
the fact that the next Presidential election may go
to the House, through failure of either candidate
to receive a popular majority, it is of interest to
notice the composition of that body in choosing a !
President, the House votes by State, each State |
having one vote. A quorum for this purpose in- j
eludes members from two-thirds of the States, and j
a majority of all the States are necessary to a
choice.
The following States have a Lincoln majority in
the present House:
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Mary
land, Missouri, Michigan, lowa, California, Min
nesota, Oregon, Kansas, West Virginia. Total.
16.
The following States have an opposition ma
jority :
New York, New Jersey,.Ohio, Kentucky, Indi-
I ana, Illinois. Total, 6.
The following are evenly divided :
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin. 2.
The House of Representatives has the duty as •
signed it of counting the electoral votes and de
claring the result. At its last session, it express
ed itself very strongly against Lincoln’s scheme
for extracting votes out of the “rebellious States.” i
It is not likely, therefore, that it would count such i
pretended votes, if sent in. They will, neverthe- j
less, be reduced to the necessity either of acknowl- !
edging that the Confederate States are no longer !
in the Union—that is to say, have seceded and are !
* independent—or they must consider them as em- j
j braced in the electoral colloge, a majority of the
I whole-of which is required for an election. If the
people fail to elect under such a rule the House
would then find itself in a difficulty. Two thirds
of the States, as our enemies understand them, are
j indeed represented, and hence the House eould i
form an electoral querum; but Lincoln cannot com
! mand a mojority of all the States, thirty five being '
the total unmber, while he controls in the repre
sentation ofjbut sixteen.— Charleston Courier.
m i
A Sharper Circumvented. —An extensive i
swindling operation was brought to grief in this J
| city yesterday. A man dressed in a Confederate ,
Majors uniform, applied at this post for rations
; for the sth Tennessee cavalry, in Morgan's com- j
; reand. Everything appearing to be right, tho or
der was filled, and the supplies sent to the rail
j road for shipment. The “Major” here took them
, and soi l them, realizing a handsome sum by the
| opera ion. The facts becoming known to the au
thorities, he was arrested and lodged in jail. We
understand that in his trunk were found complete
I suits of officer’s uniforms to personate Brigadier
Generals, Colonels, Lieut. Colonels, 4c. The
“Major’s” case will probably receive early atten
tion. Chronicle <f- Sentinel.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OP THR PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered aw arding to act of Congress La the yew
1863, by J. S thrasher, in the Clerk's office ot
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Griffin, Sept. 2s.
Northern papers of the 24th received. Western
papers are silent about Forrost.
Fremont and Cochran have withdrawn in favor
of Lincoln and Johnson.
McClellan it is supposed wiil have no ticket in
Tennessee.
There is great rejoicing all OV9r the North at
the present state of affairs. They claim that Sher
man’s is the greatest victory of the war, and that
Lincoln will get a levy of 500,000 men.
150 Yankee officers and upward3 of 400 Confed
erate privates and ten surgeen3 were exchanged at
Rough and Ready yesterday. Gen. Stonemaa and
staff arrived at Jonesboro' last night and will be
exchanged tomorrow, whioh will conclude the bu
siness of special exchanges. The Yankee ex
change officers were very reserved about Forrest.
Everybody has left Atlanta except a few me
chanics who have gone to work for the Yankees.
Up to last night Sherman had made no movement
in force.
Nothing remarkable has occurred in General
Hood’s army for several day3 except the visit of
President Davis. He arrived on Monday and re
viewed the troops on Tuesday, Ha wa3 received
by the men with great applause and made them a
speech. Gen. Hood also male a speech, saying
that he would in a few days lead the army to bat
tle and victory.
The Yankees are very uneasy about the opera
tions of Forrost. They 3ayheha3 25,000 men.—
Two divisions of the 4th corps have been dispatch
ed from Atlanta and sent beyond the Tennessee to
fight him. liis name is a perfect terror to them
all. They seem to have ao hope of keeping open
their communication and little hope of whipping
him. They have ao cavalry able to do anything
with Forrest.
Sharpshooting at Petersburg—A Canine
Express. —A correspondent of the Mobile
Register claims that ia the sharpshooting at
Petersburg, our soldiers have had the advan
tage. We use the English Enfield ; the Yan
kees the United States Sprißgfield rifle, which
certainly is. in comparison, an inferior gun.
The advantage of position enables us to throw
mortar shells with certainty into the works of
the enemy, and they must suffer severely from
them.
Since the lamented death of Gen. Saunders,
Col. King, of the 10th Alabama, has been in
command of that brigade. It so on the line
not far fiom the battery the Yankees blew up
on the 30th of July. Between this brigade
and tho Yankees there is a curious “Express”
which is kept constantly running. A large
Newfoundland dog, belonging to the Yankees,
lias been trained to pass from one side to the
other, and to carry such articles as are for
trade. The Yankees send him over with cof
fee, handkerchiefs, paper, envelopes and late
Northern papers, and the Confederates return j
tobacco in exchange for these articles. The
dog seems to be equally as reliable as the
Southern Express Company, and by his clev
erness has furnished many a poor fellow with I
a much-needed cup of coffee.
A Belgic Description of Char
lottesville, Va.~The following racy
description from the Charlottesville Chron
icle,purports to be an extract from the
“Independent Beige
The people ot Charlottesville are re
markable for their simple and spartan
tastes. They go clothed in the most an*
cient and thread*bare garments, eat but
very little besides unbuttered cakes made
of corn meal. The latter gives them a
rather gaunt habit, and is in marked
contrast with the large bellied hucksters
that conie from the country. Their chief
drink is water, which is held iu abomina
tion a few miles out of town, where the
people raise large orchards, and convert
the les fruits into brandies —a bottle of
which is sometimes exhibited on the pub
lic square for the citizens to snuff, at an
established tariff. In the winter time,
the chief * trade between the townsmen
and the country people ,is in wood, which
is very scarce near the city, and accords
ingly commands fabulous prices. It is
sold by the [stick, one of which, eight
feet long and four inches through, will
bring about two dollars. The farmers, to
do them justice, are perfectly willing to
exchange their jambon and flour with the
citizens for large sums in Confederate
notes —generally a pound of one for a
pound of the other—but the citizens
have gradually fallen into the habit of
living on peas and bread.
The Example 0f11775.— “We will eat no lamb,”
promised the multitude seeking to retaliate; “we
will wear no mourning at funerals ; we will, none
of us, import British goods,” said the traders in the
towns. The inhabitants of North Carolina set up
looms for weaving their own clothes, and South
Carolina was ready to follow the example. “The
Seople,” wrote Lieutenant Governor sbarpe of
larylaud, “will go upon manufactures.” “We
will have homespun markets of linen and woolens,”
passed from mouth to mouth till it found its way
across the Atlantic, and alarmed the kings in coun
cil ; “ladies of the first fortune shall set tho exam
ple of wearing homespun; it will be accounted a
virtue in them to wear a garment of their own spin
ing.” “A little attention to those manufactures
will make us ample amends for the distress ot the
present day, and render us a great, rich and happy
people.”
A Rather Singular Adventure. —A day or
two since a number of workmen were engaged in
digging a well back of some new houses being
erected in Webster street, between nineteenth and
tweentieth streets, twenty-sixth ward. Terrence
Mclivaine, one of the workmen, attempted to des
cend in the bucket, and whan half way down was
precipitated to the bottom by losing his hold, lie
wa3 intoxicated at the time. One of Mcllvaine’s
companions volunteered to go down for him; but
upon reaching the bottom found the well to be
filled with foul atmespbere, so much so that, for
the time being he became totally blind. He im
mediately fastened the rope around what he sup
posed to be Terrence’s body, but which unfortu
nately, proved to bo the poor fellow's nock. He
then gave the word for those above t> hoist, at the
same time clinging to Terrence’s legs, in order
that they both might reach terra firma at one time.
Os course, upon reaching above, Terrence was in
a state of exhaustion, having been nearly hanged,
in addition to a broken collarbone and other se
rious injuries sustained by the fall. Ho was con
veyed to the hospital where he lies in a rather
critical condition. —Philadelphia Age.
Wonders will Never Cease. —The New York
correspondent of the Boston Post is responsible for
the following statement:
Avery important physiological question has
been set at rest, although the circumstance has been
kept unusually quiet, and those horrible tell tales,
tho newspapers, have, through their ignorance,
been as silent a3 tho most fastidious reader could
desire. After this dignified and solemn proemia!,
which I have discreetly introduced by way of
breaking tho news gently. I suppose I3m at liber
ty to say bluntly that Mr. and Mr3. Tom Thumb
have got a baby—a real, genuine flesh and blood
chip of the old blocks, and three months old at that!
Those who havo seen the “b'. zssed brat” describe
it as neither a world’s wonder nor a world's fright,
but a little, cunning, crying doll of a thing, and
im no respect peculiar or remarkable, except in the
premise it gives es being a full sized child, and, if
it lives, of becoming as big again *a either of its
immediate ancestors.
TSX! CITY. .
T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
Taa President.— We learn by a private dis
patch to the Mayor, that President Davis will pass
through this city, on his return to Richmond this
afternoon at 5 o’clock by the ,Montgomery train.
We trust, if compatible with the public interests
and in accordance with his inclinations, he may
be induced to stop for a short time and allow our citi
zens to enjoy the pleasure of which they were de
prived on a recent occasion. We understand the
City Council will take the matter in hand and
make arrangements to receive him if it may be his
pleasure to stop overnight in our city.
Sales To-day. —lt will be seen by advertise
ment that Ellis, Livingston, & Cos., will sell a num
ber of valuable articles - at auction to-day.
City Fortifications. —ln our brief notice of the
Enquirer Local’s strictures on the city fortifica
tions we inadvertently mitted to touch the main
point we started out for, to-wit: to put in a plea
forju3tieeto the brave and accomplished officers
who undertook to plan the city defences. The
works were planned by Col. Von Zinken, and
Captain Hazlehurst, both of whom have probably
seen a3 much service aud had as much experi
ence in such matters as any two men that could
have been selected frem the army of Tennessee,
and executed bj Col. Strother, who is another brave
and accomplished officer, as all our people well
know. We have no doubt that in maturing their
plans for these defenses, they were actuated by
motives of pure patriotism, and had in view what
they deemed the best interest of this section. Os
course the first thing to be considered in the for
mation of these plans, was the probable number of
men that could be made available in actioß, and
the lines were constructed with a view to such
force. Even this inner line of entrenchments will
constitute aline of two miles and a half in length,
and, by a computation of our forces the disadvan
tages of a longer line will at once be seen.
We have written this, not with a.view to enter
into controversy, because we believe the least said
on the subject the better, but simply with a view
to do justice to the brave officers who have this
matter in charge, as a careful reading of the En
quirer’s article will satisfy almost any one, that its
reflections are calculated to do them injustice.
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The Black Art in the Dark. —The printers’
art has frequently been termed “the black art,”
probably on account of the supposed infernal
agency brought into requisition by old man Faust
when he invented letters. Whether this allega- !
tion be true or not w« will not attempt to prove,
but will say that about the darkest experience we !
hare had on the subject was on Wednesday night,
when the city Gas Works having cut off our sup
ply of the circulating illuminating fluid, we were
forced to fall back on a few indifferent tallow can
dles. This was a time of difficulty—seeking for
knowledge under difficulties, and looking for light
where it was not to be found. But in dead earn
est, if the Gas Company can possibly furnish the
printing and telegraph offices with gas it should
be done. It is next to impossibe for us to get on j
without light. If this is out of the question, we would ■
respectfully suggest that the telegraphic press dis
patches be held back and sent in day time till our
gas troubles are over. If the “retorts” spoken
of are not forthcoming at an early day, we would
suggest that John Black and Joe Jones and our- ‘
self go to work and get lip some “retorts ” of our \
own. We are all tolerable good at the business, j
Whether our retorts will fabricate the kind of gas j
needed by the public and gas works remains to be
tried.
.Ths following is a list of Georgia Confederate
! soldiers who have died at the hospital near Fort
| Monroe, and were buried on the south side of the
, r creek: J W Plummer, company C, 45th Georgia,
June 11th, 1862; Jno W Willi mis, company C, 35th
| Georgia, June 17th, 1862; M M Guinnis, company
| I>, 14th Georgia, June 21st, 1862; Jas Bradley, com
j pany H, 49th Georgia, July 31st, 1563. North side
' of the creek—J M Todd, 7th Georgia, June 24, ’64.
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Twelve Confederate guerillas, en route as pris
oners from Southland to Louisvillo, Ky., lately,
on the steamer Colossus, whoa near Caseville,
overpowered and disarmed their guards, killing
two or three of them, and then compelled the offi
! cers to land the boat, when they escaped, carry
-1 ing off the arms of the guard and all tho valuables
they chose from the steamer.
! A McClellan meeting in St. Louis was broken
I up a few nights since by a party of Lincoln troops.
! They destroyed the transparencies and carried off
j the flags, shouting “hurrah for Lincoln.” Great
J excitement prevailed.
i From Louisiana—Death of Distinguished
: Men. —We learn that the Hon. B. L. Hodge,
| of Louisiana, the member elect to the Confed
j erate House of Representatives from the
• Fifth Congressional District from that State,
and also his pi’edecessor, Hon. Henry Marshall,
are dead. Hon. E. Bonford, formerly one of
; the Judges of the Supreme Court of Louisiana,
I is also no more. Judge Bonford was a native
| of Norfolk, Yu.
The Vicksburg Prisoners.—Hon. Robert
i Ouid, Agent of Exchange, has issued the annexed
j notice :
All officers and men of tho Vicksburg capture of
July 4th, 1863, who reported for duty at any pa
-1 role camp east of Mississippi prior to September
10,1864, are hereby declared exchanged.
AUCTION SALES!
BY ROSETTE, LIWHOK & CO.
; SIX E l,ti®X 1EM0BS!
At Auction S
"ITTE will sell on WEDNESDAY, sth October, at
V T 10 o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
SIX LIKELY YEGROES!
Maty, 28 years old ;
' Mari all, 12 “ “
Dick, 10 “ “
! Gilbert, 8 “ “
Robert, 4 “ “
I Jim, 2 “
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B¥ ROSETTE,"LAWHON & CO.
SILVER WARE
AND
Pearl Handle Knives!
AT A_TTOTIOHST.
\L r E wiil sell on WEDNESDAY, sth October, at j
H 10 o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
SIX PIECES SILVER WARE. {
Coffee Urn, Cream Pot, Tea Pot Sugar '
Disk, Slop Bowl, Water Pitcher.
1 Dozen Pearl Handle Dinner Knives.
1 “ 4 * “ Dessert “
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WASTED TO REST!
ONE or Two Furni-hed Rooms, with or without .
Board —a small family. Best ot references given. ;
Can furnish sup pile- :' >w .Acmress^
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Siege of Charleston.
Four Hundred and Forty-Fifth Day
Since our last report eighty-six shots
have been fired at the city up to six P. M.
Sunday evening, and twenty-six at Fort
Sumter. The enemy on Saturday and
Sunday, from some cause, stopped firing
on the city for several hours, the longest
intervals that have occurred during the
last two months.
Anew rifle gun, believed to be a two
hundred pounder Parrott bearing directly
on Fort Sumter, was mounted in Battery
Gregg Saturday.
The Yankee gunboat Flambeau steam"
e r l up Beach Channel to a position oft
Colonel Rhett’s Headquarters Saturday,
and sent in a flag of truce boat whicli
was met by a similar boat from Battery
Marshall. The object of the truce was
to send some fifteen boxes of clothing
and some letters for naval prisoners in
our hands. These have been brought to
the city.
The enemy’s working parties since Fri»
day have been busily employed on Wag*
ner and on the battery bearing on-the city.
A small squad has also been at work on
Gregg. Their wagons are still engaged
hauling ammunition to Gregg and Wag
ner. The enemy’s work on the Long Is
land battery opposite Secessionville is also
reported increasing.
A schooner deeply laden, from the
North, came inside the bar Saturday.
Another passed the bar going South.
There was considerable signalizing in
the fleet Saturday and Sunday, The flag
ship, about half*past nine Sunday morn
ing, hoisted a small blue flag, which was
immediately answered by all the fleet both
inside and outside the bar. Two of the
Yankee tugs were very busy during the
day cruising about among the rest of the
vessels.
The Yankees are still at work on their
new observatory on the South end of
Morris’ Island. The Confederate prison
ers were guarded by some twenty sentis
nels outside the pen.
There has been no change in the fleet
Five Monitors are now inside the bar.—
Courier , 26/7*.
AUCTION SALES
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
AN FRIDAY, September 30th, at 10 1-2 o’clk,
we will sell in front of our store,
Two Horse Wagon and Harness.
MORSES AO JIl/EES.
One Tolol. Syrup.
LOT PORK, SHOES, &c.
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By Ellis, Livingston 4k Cos.
ON FRIDAY, 30th September, at 101-2 o’clock, we
will sell in front of our store,
5 BBLS. WHISKEY.
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Bv Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
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AN TUESDAY, 4th of October, at 101-2 o’clock,
v* we will sell in front of our Auction llo om,
2 Tete*Tetes, 1 Rocker, 1 Arm Chair,
0 Cushioned Chairs, .6 Cane-bottomed
Chairs, 2 Marble Top Tables, 1 Cauo
Rocker, 3 Cottage Bedsteads, 1 Trundle
Bedstead.
—ALSO, —
“70 Corn l
—ALSO, —
A LIKELY NEGRO WOMAY,
22 years old and two Boy children, ages
8 months and 4 years old, the woman ex
tra likely.
—also—
lOOY2
about 20 years old.
—also —
ONE EX. FINEROSEWOOD PIANO!
Seven Octave, fine tone and finish.
—Also—
lill IBM UK Ml IE!
2 Handsome Sofas;
2 “ Mohair Rockers;
1 Elegant Marble Top Sideboard ;
1 “ What-Not )
1 Rosewood Marble Top Centre Table;
1 “ u £i Bureau j
1 Damask Settee;
11,000 llds. Bacon!
—ALSO—
ONE FINE TWO SEATED BUGGY !
ONE DOUBLE SETT HARNESS !
A VERY FINE CLOSE CARRIAGE!
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By Ellis, Livingston & Cos
AN TUESDAY, 4th of October, at 10 1-2 o'clock,
v we will sell in front of our store,
One Chest Black Tea!
Containing 105 pounds.
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Bv Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos.
ON TUESDAY, 4th of October at WA o’elock.
we will sell in front of our store
Two Horses.
j OUSTS TOP BI JGG-y.
One No Top Buggy.
TWO SETTS SINGLE HARNESS.
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By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos.
200 QALLOITS
PGRE (ATAWBA fiRAFE BRAHIIV!
A VERY FINE ARTICLE.
For sale in quantities of 10 upwards.
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REMOVAL!
DR. WINGFIELD has removed his office to hi#
residence, near the Muscogee Rail Road Depot,
immediately in the rear of Dr. Bozeman’s, where
he may be found during the day or night, un.ess
absent on professional duty.
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SELECT SCHOOL.
ii p prA iic drWi? will resume his School with
M ’a'limiteitnumber ofpn.’ils on Mondw tho 3d
°TuiUon for'half a scholastic year *125 ®. PW«-
ble in advance. _ At
WANTED TO HIBE.
piVE or SIX N EGRO FELLOW S. for which tho
T highest price will be paid.
Apply at TIMES OFFICE.
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BLGGIFOR SALE!
AN excellent Buggy and Harness for sale., AP~
A ply at thi3 office. -ep~+ ȣ