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DAILY TIMES,|
i. W, WARRGtY. - - - Editor, j
COLUMBUS:
Tuesday Morning, October 4, 1864.
The recorded expressions of great men in
high places, during the Revolution of 76, (says
t!te Savannah News,) will illustrate* and forti
fy our present position. Franklin, in a letter
to his friend Hartley, says : We know you
will devastate our country, set our slaves
against us, and carry fire and sword through
our land : but with all this knowledge. we
will encounter it. rat er i‘>«n r*Mirn under
your detested government.
In 1781, the fashion in Parliament was to
call the invasion of tlfv States “a Holy War.
William Pitt, then the advocate of freedom,
remarked, that so far from calling it a “Holy
War.” declared that i*e con -idered it unnatu
ral, accursed aod unjust— its traces marked
with persecution and devastation, depravity
ami turpitude constituting its < /-once. while
its effects were destruct ive in the extreme.
Charles Fox, afterwards hi«<rrru" —*»
said, in debate the day. regarding the
“Holy War,” that uo others the application
ot such an epithet to th* actual contest may
appear new; but to me it has no novelty, i
was in Paris precisely at the time the pres
war began, in 1776, and Ur. franklin In n
ored me with his intimacy. I recollect tL
conversing with liim on the subject of the im
pending hostilities, he, while he predicted i u
inous consequences, compared their principles
an 1 their consequence* to those of the ancient
Crusader Ho foretold that we should expend
• our best blood and treasure in attempting an
unattainable object ; and that, like the Holy
War of tb" dark ages, while we carried de?- 4
olationan . slaughter over America, wo should
finally enfeeble and impoverish Great Britain
„ What sentence would such distinguished
statesmen have passed on the present inva
sion.
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[From the Chronicle & Sentinel.]
ficc Presideut Stephens’ Views
upon Peace Movements
The following letter from our worthy Vice
President, Hon. A. H. Stephens, giving his
views upon “Peace Movements,” will be read
witl*great interest. It was written in answer
to a letter addressed to him by several gentle
men in ibe interior of the State :
CrawFotiuviLLE. Ga., Sept. 22d, 1864.
Gentlemen: —You will please excuse me
for not answering jour letter of the 14th inst.
3ooner. - 1 have been absent for nearly a week
on a visit io iny brother in Sparta, who has
been quite out of health for some time. Your
letter I found here on my return home yester
day. The delay of my reply thus occasioned
I regret.
Without further explanation or apology,
allow me now to say to you that no person
living cau possibly feel a more ardent desire
for an end to be put to inis unnatural and
merciless wm upon honorable and just terms
than I do. But 1 - really do not see that it is
in my power, or yours, or that or any number
of persons in our position, to inaugurate any
movement that will even tend to aid in bring
ing about a result lhn< we and so many more
so much desire. The movement by our Leg
islature at its last session, at the suggestion of
the Executive, oy i hisubject, was by author
ity properly constituted for such a purpose.—
That movement in- my judgment was timely.«
judicious, and in the right direction. Nor has
it been without remits. Tn« organization yf
that party a tSic* Norln to which you refer
may jus. h He claimed as a part, of the fruits of
it. These it is to be hoped will be followed
by others ot a mote marked character, if all iji
both sections wbo sincerely desire peace upon
correct term- will give that movement thus
inaugurated all the aid in their power.
The resolutions ot the Georgia Legislature
at its last session, upon the subject of peace,
in my judgment embodied and set forth very
clearly those principles upon which alone
there can be permanent peace between the
different section.- of this extensive, once hap
py and pi-i-sperous. twit now distracted coun
try The •. asy and perfect solution to all our
present troubles ayd those far more grievous
ones which loom up in prospect and porten
tously threaten in the coming future, is noth
ing more Man t he simple recognition of thj
fundame: at principle aud truth upon which
all American Constitutional liberty is founded
and upon the maintenance of which alone it
can be pr. served : that is, the sovereignty—the
ultimate i isolate sovereignty of the States.
This doctrine our Legislature announced to
the peop: of the North and to the world. It
is the .m-.iy key-note to peace—permanent,
lasting p- cc--consistent with the security of
public lie.* n.y. The. old Confederation was
formed upon this principle. The old Union
was alter .vai ds formed upon this principle ;
and no Union or League can ever be formed
or maintained between any States, North or
South, securing public liberty upon any other
principle. The whrie frame work of Ameri
can Institutions which in so short a time had
won the admiration of the world and to which
wo were indebted for such an unparalleled
career oi prosperity and happiness, was formed
upon this principle. All our present troubles
spring from a departure from this principle—
from a violation of this essential vital law of
our political organism.
In 1776 our ancestors and the ancestors of
those \v. ii arc waging this unholy crusade
agains; us. together proclaimed the great and
eternal tin; n f. ■ . u t - maintenance of which
they join pledged their lives, their fortunes
and their sacred honor, that “Governments
are instituted amongst men deriving their just
powers from tto consent of the governed;'’
and that "wm never any form of Government
becomec dc.s; ructive of these ends (those for
which it was homed) it is tbe right of the peo
ple to alter or abolish if and to institute a
new Government laying its foundations on
such principles and organizing its powers in
such fern a? to them shall seem most likely
to effect thtir safety and happiness.”
It it needless here to state that by “people”
and “governed” in this annunciation is meant
communities and bodies of men capable of
organizing and maintaining Government—not
individual juemhers of society. L’he “consent
of the governed' refers to the will of the mass
of the obujiiiiisi! } or lb Lite itt its organized
form and expressed through its legitimate and
properly constituted organs.
ICftas upon this priuciple the colonies stead
justified before the world in effecting a sepa
ration from the mother country. It was upon
this principle that the original thirteen co
equal and co-sovereign States forme 1 the Fed
eral compact of the old Union ia 1787. It is
upon the same principle that the present co
equal and co-sovereign States of our Confed
eracy formed their now compaot of Union.—
The idea t hat the old Union or any Union be
tween any of their sovereign States consistently
with this fundamental truth can be maintained
by force Is preposterous. This war springs
from an attempt to do this preposterous thing.
Superior power may compel a Union of seme
sort, but it would not be a Union of th* old
Constitut ion or of our new -it would be that
sort of union that results trom despotism. —
The subjugation of the people of the South by
the people of the North, would necessarily in
volve the destruction of the Constitution and
the„overtr row oi ibeir liberties as well as ours.
Tbe men or patty at the North to whom you
refer,«*vho t tvor peace must be brought to a
»ull realization ot mis truth in all its bearings
before their efforts will result in muoh practi
good : tor any peace growing out of a
. nioL o: «-tates established by force, will be
MS I'iv* t t! on is *•-. u 3 - The action of
the Chicago Convention, so far as its platform
of pi uciples goes, pres' uts, as I have said
on another occasion, “a ray Os light which,
under Providence, may prove the dawn of day
to this long and cheerless night.” The first
ray of light I have seen from til/ North since
the war began. This cheers the heart and to
wards it I could almost have exclaimed,
“Hail, holy light, offspring of Heaven first burn,
Or of the etern.il eo-eternal beam,
May I express the unblamed ? since God is light.”
Indeed I could quite so have exclaimed Out
for the cad reflection that whether it shall
bring healing in its beams or be lost in dark
and ominiouß eclipse ere its good work be
done, depends so much upon tbe action of
Others who may not regard it and view it as J
do. *So at be3t it is but a ray —small and
tremulous ray—enough only to gladden the
heart and quicken hope.”
The prominent and lending idea of that
Oonvontu u seems to have been a desire to
■■each a peaceful adjustment ot our present
difficulties and.strife through the medium of a
convocation of the Mutes. They propose to
suspend bx studies to see what can be done, if
anything, t y negotiation o' some sort. This
is one step m the right direction. To such a
convention of the Stales 1 should nave no ob
jection a peaceful couicreuce and intti
change or. views between equal and sovereign
Powers —just as the convention of 1 787 was
culled and assembled. The prop riy t-oils Li
’lu and authorities at Washington and 4lich
momi. ide itio>- J —■ - - • -»
-.ut- two ' onlederacies of States, now at war
w u.h each other might give their assent i«» such
a proposition. Good might result from it. It
would be tii appeal on both sides from the
swoid to reason and justice. Aii wars which
do resuit, iu the extinction or extermination of
one side or the other must be ended sooner or
later by some sort ot negotiation, Mom trie
discussion >nu interchange of viewsjn such a
convention, trie biitory as well as the true na
ture of our institutions and the relation of the
.States towards each other and towards the
Feii*raiive Head would doubtless oe much
better understood generally than they now are.
But 1 should favor such a proposition only as
a peaceful conference as the Convention of
1787 was. 1 should he opposed to leaving the
questions at issue to the absolute decision of
such a body. Delegates might be glothed
with powers to consult and agree if they’could
upon some plan of adjustment to be submitted
for subsequent satisfaction bv the sovereign
States whom it affected, before it should be
obligatory or binding, and rhea binding only
on s'uch as should so ratify, ii, becomes the
people ot the South as well as Hie people of
the North to be quite as watchful and jealous
ot their rights as their common ancestors
were. The maintenance of Liberty in all
ages, i'll,;, and countries, when and where it
has existed, has requited not only constant
vigilauce and jealousy but has often required
the greatest privations and sufferings, and
sacrifices that people or States are ever sub
jected to. Through such an ordeal we are
now passing. Through a like and even se
verer ordeal our ancestors passed in their
struggle for the principles which it has de
volved upon us thus to defend and maintain.
But great as our sufferings and sacrifices have
been and are to which you allude, they are as
yet far short of the like sufferings and sacri
fices which our fathers bore wi; patience,
courage and fortitude, in tjje crisis that
“tried men's souls”, in their day. These are
the virtues that sustained them in their hour
of need. Their illustrious and glorious
example fcids us not to underestimate ihe‘
priceless inheritance they achieved for us at
such a cost of treasure and blood. Great as
are the odds we are,struggling against, they
sire not greater than those against which they
successfully struggled.
In point of reverses, our condition is not to
be compared witlrtheirs. Should Mobile, Sa
vannah. Charleston, Augusta, Macon, Mont
gomery, and even Petersburg and Richmond
fall, our condition would not then be worse or
less hopeful than theirs was in the darkest
hour that rested on their fortunes. With wis
dom on the part of those who control our des
tiny in the cabinet and in the field, in hus
banding and properly w eliding our resources
at their command ami in securing the hearts
and tiic affections of the people in the. great
cause of Right and Liberty for which we arc
struggling, we could suffer all these losses and
calamities, and geaier even, and still triumph
m the end. At present, however, I do not
see. as I stated in the outset, that‘you, or I.
or any number of persons in our position can
do anything towards inaugurating any now
movement looking t.o a peaceful solution of
the present strife.
The war on our part is fairly and entirely
defensive in its character. How long it will
continue to be thus wickedly and mercilessly
waged against us, depends upon the people of
the North. Georgia, our own State to whom
we owe allegiance, has with great unanimity
proclaimed the principles upon which a just
and permanent peace ought to be sought and
obtaiued. The Congress of the Confederate
States has followed with an endorsements
these principles. All you, and I, and others
in our position therefore can do on that line
at this time, is to sustain the movement thus
already iuaugurated and to the utmost of our
ability to hold up their principles as the surest
hope of restoring soundness to the public
mind North, as the brazen serpent was held
up for the healing of Israel in the Wilderness.
The chief aid and encouragement we can
give tiie Peace Party at the North is to keep
before them these great fundamental princi
ples and truths which aloue will lead them
and us to a permanent and lasting peace with
the possession and enjoyment of Constitution
al Liberty. With these principles once recog
nized the future would take care of itself.
There would be no more war so long as they
should be adhered to. All questions of
boundaries, Confederacies and Union or Un
ions would naturally and easily adjust them
selves according to the interests of the parties
and the exigencies of the times. Herein lies
the true law of the balance of power and tbe
harmony of States.
Yours Respectfully, «
Alexander H. Stephens.
lira Chicago Times has the following in relation
to Sherman’s order'to depopulate Atlanta. The
editor does not think that Sherman has distinguish •
ed himself for his humanity in the war. He be
gan it by avow that he would never draw his
sword against the people of Louisiana or the cause
in which they fought. Being fishy ’at the start,
he makes up in the zeal that characterizes rene
gades from principle:
The country will hear with considerable surprise
of the order of Gen. Sherman whereby all loyal
residents of Atlanta are to be sent North, and
all disloyalists South. The public is not informed
as to the motives which led to this decision, nor
can one well conceive of any reason why a city of
20,000 inhabitants should be depopulated. The
country ha?..much confidence in Geft. Sherman ;
his ability as a soldier is everywhere admitted ;
hitherto his humanity has not been greatly ques
tioned ; and in view of his many and important
services, affairs occurring within his department
have been cverlteked or excused as being the ine
vitable accompaniment rather than the intentional
occurrences of Gen. Sherman’s campaign. Os such
a character were the burning and robbery which
attended the march of Sherman from Corinth to
Grand Junction in 1862 j and of such, likewise,
were the enormous sufferings inflicted upon citi
zens during the movement of Sherman last year
from Vicksburg to Meridian. In such a light did
the public view 'he sending North of a vast num
ber of helpless faclury girls during his recent
movement on Atlanta ; bu this lenient view—this
attempt at palliation on the part of this people—
cannot'operate as they regard the forced -Upopula
tion of Atlanta. If citizens there are loyal, why
should they be torn from their home* and sent
among strangers ? If disloyal, what is effected by
sending helpless women ancl children beyond the
Federal lines? The fate of the latter is certainly
more merciful than that allowed to tbe former.
Taken all i,n all, this affair is beyond compre
hension. It inflicts a vast amount of suffering
upon innocent people, and accomplishes, so far as
iwe can see, no good. Whatever may be its mo.
tive, the occurrence is an unanswerable argument
| f or peace. A war whose burdens fall so heavily
upon innocent women aud children is au unnatuial
and inhuman war, and should be made to cease.
No war whatever is justifiable when its path runs
direotly through the hearts fff our wives, daugh
ters and mothers.
r Fr m the lender Index/gbpt: iv.i
The Confederal® Cause lit Ire
land.
FROM AN OCCASIONAL CORURSPONDEJT?
Dublin, August 2d.
The lover.- of peace—say nothing about fair
pi ay—mm . t njith congratulate themselves that
the Federal rtr-rairing sergeant has be*un to find
hia .occupation gone iu Ireland. This dorirable
consummation haa been but slowly Drought about,
and many nere the difficulties encountered by the
way. These, however, have been happily sur
mounted; and it is most gratifyiug to add that
Catholics and Protestants, the palpit and the press,
are now uniting their efforts in the cause of peace.
The letter of Hia Holiness Pius IX to Arch
bishop Hughes of New York (the publication of
which in the first instance inflicted the first serious
check upon the exodus frem Ireland) is now being
reproduced by the committees of various political
societies, and the moat effective meaus are being
used to give to it all the publicity it so entirely de
serves. Copies of that remarkable document are
to be found on he doors of Catholie piaees,of
worship, and not a Sunday passes but the epistle
of His Holiness u ty number its readers by many,
many ihou m .and«. In one conspicuous instance it
forms a portion of the subject matter of a large
plaeard—the reui..inder of the ‘publication' eon
si-ting (Ist) of an argumentative paper called a
‘Caution to Irish Emigrants :’ (2d) a letter con
trii'Ufed to the frihman by the late W. S. O’Brien,
(being a powe; fully written answer to the orations
of Gen. Meagher of the Sword’); and (3d an ad
dress f rom Mr John Martin, staring and explain
ing to bis countrymen the arguments that have
in, him that Ireland ought, bv everv means
in her power, t<- * *
, , • • » *-? brmg the war to an
end by the re< ci.goition of tne Coflicu.
as an independent nation. The tone and spirit of
these various wri ings, and the beneficial effect they
are calculated t>> produce upon the public mind,
can be best judged of by the following introduc
tory passage: ,
TO EM. {RANTS JROM IRELAND.
The majority you sgck America witii toe hope
of bettering vom social condition. On your arri
val in the port of New York you may expect to be
immediately solicited to enlist in the Federal army
for the restoration of the Union, ariffi for the pre
tended liberation of the negro. What will the liber
ation of the negro benefit you or yours at home or
abroad, that you should risk your lives for his so
called ’freedom?' What benefit or credit will re
dound to you from the re-establishment of the
Union, that you should sell yourselves for a few
pounds in hand to the men who would raise them
selves to military rank, pay, and promotion, by
making your dead bodies the stepping-stone of
their ambition? Read; and from the letters of
John Marti i and W. Smith O’Brien learn that the
war of the NorthenTYankees against the Southern
States is a most unjust, most bloody and inhuman
war. Read; and learn from the letter of our Holy
Father Pope Pius IX, that this war of the North
against the South is the direst, most destructive,
and most dismal of all the evils that could befall a
people or a nation. Read attentively that epistle
of His Holiness, iu which he urges and commands
Archbishop Hughes of New York to omit nothing
‘he can undertake or accomplish’ as a Bishop to
stay the war and restore peace; and then ask your
selves, if you can with a safe censcience despise
’this entreaty of the Holy Father, or hind your
selves to Counteract bis injunctions by enlisting in
or aiding a war which the Pope has so unqualifi
edly condemned.
But even a more remarkable proof of the una
nimity with which persons of the highest influonoe
and of opposite parties are working together in the
cause of peace, is to be found in the efforts that
are daily made to procure signatures to the ‘Ap
peal,’ recently put in circulation, from the ’People
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
the People of the United States.’ That ap
peal addresses itself to the ties of kindred, to the
past history of the United States, to the long con
tinuance of the civil war, to the empty character
of the results, to the waste of human life, and to
the amount of loss md misery caused by tire con
flict; and entreats the people of the North to con
sider their position, and 4 to make peace with the
Southern States.
In a leading article commending that address to
the favourable consideration of its readers, # th*s
Irish Times says:
Let all who read and approve of it affix their
names to it; the signatures of two or three million?
of men, far from the fury of the strife, cannot but
have weight, oven with the fiercest. Means will be
taken to secure for all an opportunity of signing
the ‘appeal’ at the Rotunda, in the porticos of
houses of worship, aud in the public streets. We
have far greater reason to desire that peace should
prevail in America than England has. If one of
her branches of trade to the Southern States has
suffered, a dozen others have prospered : hut iberS
arc, or were, three millions of the Irish race stifled
in America The soil of Virginia, and Mississip
pi, and Georgia, absolutely stream* with Irish
blood. <*
: ' r When kings and cabinets stand aloof, per
haps tha voice of the people from whom North
erners and Southerners have more or less purely
sprung, may be listened to with respect and with
effect. A people can best address a Republican
Government and a Republican multitude. In such
a case there can he no offence, no selfish motive.—
It is humanity appealing to humanity, and en
treating that the worst form of war should be
closed in an honorable peace. This popular move
ment has been begun simultaneously in London,
Liverpool Manchester and Glasgow: it boginsto
day in Dublin, and will commence shortly in Cork.
Queenstown, Belfast, and other Irish towns.
The Cork Examiner upon the same subject has
the following :
The honesty, the integrity, the ability of the
Northern States are now being more and more
largely enlisted in the cause of peace. Political
reasons induce some to moderate the expression
of their eonvictionaum thw head, but every indica
tiqp points to the belief that it only needs a grand
occasion—an encouraging crisfs—to induce even
the most powerful leaders of American parties to
enrol themselves under the banner of peace* This,
therefore, is u time when friendiy voices from this
side of the Atlantic may make themselves heard
With effe - . And if the voice of the people of
England is likely to be heard with complacency,
with how much more readiness ought not the
friendiy utterance of the Irish people to bo listen
ed to i We are merely the mother country ad
dressing what was once our revoked colony. We
arc addressing our *wn nearest and dearest of kin
dred. We Irish have been among the saddest suf
ferers by this war, as many a desolate hearth-side,
many a roof-tree deprived of its prop, can testify,
both on this and the other side of the Atlantic. If
there were virtue in this war, Irishmen were
among those who made the most desperate sacri
fices for it; if there were misery—as, alas ! how
much—lrishmen have borne more than their fair
share. An address from the peopie of this coun
try, couched in the language of friendship and
brotherhood, ought to appeal with.'peculiar force
to the people of the United States ; and we trust
that every man’in Ireland will lend the weight of
his name to the persuasion of that document.
The Dublin Evening Mail, with its strongly
marked Confederate sympathies, has scarcely pa
tience to treat the address in a spirit of concilia
tion to the North, It remarks :
We solicit the reader’s attention for tbo inter
esting document in support of the peace move
ment whieh we publish to-day. As an address from
the people of Great Britain and Ireland, it has been
prepared with a regard to both classes of opinions
represented among us, and professes?, accordingly
an original sympathy for the North and former
confidence in its success, which we, for our own
par, never entertained. We have consistently
held opposite sentiments, and the event has war
ranted the judgement we formed. Whatever ar
rangements may be concluded between North and
South, they will ever henceforth remain two na
tions, for many and obvious reasons stated by us
and othep three years ago. The peaee now de
sired will be brought about only by tbe North
admitting the complete independence of the South,
and the arguments of this address in sustainment
©f that course are irrefragible.
The address is also given in extenao, with favor
able comments in the editorial columns, in the
following journals : —Dublin Morning News, (lead
ing Catholic organ,) Dublin Evening Post, Belfast
Newsletter, Waterford Mail, Wicklow News, Drog
heda Conservative, Limerick Chronicle, Ac., Ac.
It was read in tbe various churches in Queens
town on Sunday last, and the congregations were
affectionately and so lemnly invited o sign it.
Sheets for signatures have been pL ed in the
Chamber of Commerce of this city, the Exhibi
tion, the principal hotels, newspaper offices, 3hons,
the off ees of young men’s societies, Trinity (Al
lege, Ac. Thus >he anticipation of the Irish
Times, that the document will be signed by two
or three mtitions of men, is in a fair way of being
more Q»an realized.
What They Thins. —A private letter from
General wool contains the follow-ng passage :
Nptbing, tor ought 1 can discover, will save
the Union and its government, but the success
es of Sherman. Farragut *nd Sheridan.
These successes :fiay rouse the people and nr - -
serve our country ; hut nothing -l-e. !r m
present appearances, will save u fro .a '«
danger with which it is threatened. T 5
its of tbe Union were never greater
the present moment
telegKOTu
REPORTS OF THE PUESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
im, by J. S.'Thrasher, in the. Clerk s office of
Hie District Court of the Confederate state* tor
'be Northern District of Georgia
: IIMOND, Oct. 3d. Forres: reports from
near Pulaski, Teun., on the 271a ult.. that he
had succeeded the day before in capturing
four irest’e3, three block houses and a fort at
Elk Bidge, with about 50 prisoners, without
the loss of a man, and had Entirely destroyed
the railroad from Decatur to Pulaski, with five
large railroad bridges, which it will require
sixty days to replace. On the same afternoon
he drove, the enemy, after fighting him all day,
into his fortifications at Pulaski, where Ros
seau, wiih a heavy force, is well foitified-
His loss up.to the 27th was <Jae hundred woun
ded. The enemy's was much heavier. The
enemv is concentrating heavily against him.
.RICHMOND, Oct 3d.—Gen’l Beauregard
has been assigned to the command of the De
partments heretofore commanded respectively
by Gen’s Hood and Taylor.
Mo3ile, Oct. 3.
A special to the Advertiser from Senatobia 3d,
says: The Memphis Bul.etia ot the 3fttn and St.
* ~ .o. '*'*•
Great excitement at St. Louis. Price reported
within 24: miles of the city, with i force estimated
at 35 ‘'oo. -
Cape Giraudeau reported captured, —a largo
fore a surrendered. Heavy fighting at Pilot Knob
last Monday and Tuesday, result unknown.
Bill Anderson captured a train on r.ho North
Mo. railroad—2o Yankees shot.
Rosencrans has issued orders'calling out the
militia- 13,000 under arms in St. Louis. A. J.
Smith was 4;; miles south of St. Louis, watching
Price’s movements. A large number of refugees
from Southern Mo. had reached the city.
Twelve boat loads troops had left Memphis
bound up the rivet
Hatch and Grierson with 3000 men have gone
after Forrest.
Winslow’s cavalry have crossed into Arkansas
in pursuit of Price.
Nashville dates to the 28th. Forrest was de
stroying a 11 bridges on both roads and cutting
telegraphs. There was a heavy tight at Pulaski
the 27th. Rosscau reports that Forrest retired du
ring the night with a loss of 200. Passengers who
arrived at Memphis Saturday night report that
Forrest had captured Pulaski, and it vvouid take
several weeks to repair the railroads.
Nashville dates to the 27th report that Rosseau
was slowly retiring on Nashville, while Forrest
was destroying bridges and trestles. A fight was
going on near Pulaski. Cerro Cordo Williams was
trying u join Forrest. The Confederates had
captured two trains near Big Shanty.
The Federais admit a loss of 2000 men at Win
chester on the 19th, and 300 at Fisher's Hill.
Guerillas are busy firing into boats on White
River. A portion of the 16th army corps loft
Brownvjjle. Ark. in pursuit 4P Shelly.
All quiet at Mobile.
The President of the Press Association has
called the next meeting of Directors at Columbus,
Ga. on Wednesday 12th October.
Richmond, October 3.
The Petersburg Express of to-day says infor
mation was received yesterc ay that a train of
Yankee artillery was crossed on pontoon bridges
from the .North to the South side of the James riv
er. It is not believed that any infantry troops
have recrossed. The Express also say? that our
loss during the last three days will not exceed 50b
from al! causes. The Yankee loss, including pris
oners, is stated at 5000.
The Washington Chronicle of the 28th has a
Nashville telegram which says: Eik River Post
was evacuated by the garrison on the 26th. For
rest took possession.
A St. Louis telegram says the advance of Prices
army reached Farrington on the 2i.th. The main
force was at Frederick town. Price’s plan? are
yet unknown. He seems to he massing 4 troops in
Arcadia Valley. Gen. Mowey was still moving
North on Price's rear.
Petersburg, October
No fighting to-day. No change in position.—
The Yankees were busy running trains along their
lines all last night as if reinforcing. The enemy
also cheered a good deal last night. The impres
sion is they intend to move on onr right, and also
attack upon our lines. Our troops are in good
spirits and ready for the enemy. Rain falling
this evening.
Oeo. Letter of With
drawal.
Tie much talked of withdrawal of Fremont is
finally disposed of in the following let er. Winder
what the wooly horse got for it ?
Boston, September 21, 1864.
Gentlemen; I feel it my duty to make one step
more in the direction indicated by my letter of the
25th of August, and withdraw my name from the list
of candidates.
The Presidential question has in effect been en
tered upon in such a way that the union of the
Republican party has become a paramount neces
sity. , !
The policy of the Democratic party signifies either
separation or re-establishment with slavery. The
Chicago platform is simply separation. Gen. Mc-
Clellan's letter of acceptance is re-establishment
with slavery.
The Republican candidate, on the contrary, is
pledged to the re-establishment of the Union with
out slavery: and, however hesitating his policy
ofay be. the pressure of his party will, we may hope,
force him to it.
Between these issues, I think no man of the lib
era! party can remain in doubt: and I believe I
am consistent with my antecedents in withdrawing,
not to aid in the triumph of Mr. Lincoln, but to do
my part towards preventing the ejection of the
Democratic candidate. ,
In respect to Mr. Lincoln I continue to hold ex
actly the sentiment contained in my letter of ac
ceptance. I consider that his administration ha*
been, politically, militarily and financially, a fail
ure, and that its necessary continuance is a cause
of regret lor the country.
There nevor was a greater unanimity in a coun
try than was exhibited here at the fall of Sumter,
and Die South was powerless in the face of it. But
Mr. Lincoln completely paralyzed this generous
feeling. He destroyed the strength of the position
and divided the North when he declared to the
Nouth that slavery should be piotected. He has
built up for the South a strength which otherwise
they would have never attained: and this has giv
en them an advocate in the Chicago platform.
The Cleveland convention was to nave been the
open avowal of that condemnation whieh men had
been freely expressing to each other for the past
two years, and which had been made fully known
to the President. Butin the uncertain condition
of affairs leading men were not found willing to
make public a dissatisfaction and condemnation
which could have rendered Mr. Lincoln's iioni na
tion impossible: and their continued silence and
support established for him a character among the
people which leaves now no choice.
United, the republican party is reasonably sure
of suecess; divided, the resuff of the Presidential
election is, at the least, doubtful.
I am, gentlemen, very truly yours,
*• J. C. PRKMONT.
To Messrs. George L. .Stearns and others, a com
mittee, dec.
Columbus High School
POP*
YOIIISTO* LADIES!
THE. above Institution w-;; h? -•’•-opened ir 'he
i building owned by Mr. Oowdery, ouSt. Ciair at.,
opposite St. Luke’s Church, Monday, October 3,
1364. . %
For Terms, apply fc-> ... r ~ .
sepl3 ajflct 4w * . S.*La,*£.
fill FEMALE AC'ADENV
THE ExervU?# of this Inst'- i .in .: s4
i :r. too 1- Monday in 0•’ ; j>\ unde: r i,- ■>- d-'-
-■ \i dire ‘H- ; ■. if its preseti s- L-c.' i >r ..i
Martin. ,
° >rt in.; mission will » ur-kie ta.o-.va o -fare
.a commences.
B. S N WOvfD. Presd't.
D ;OX, Seo'y.
f a of Trustees.
T. J JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
Capt. Wm. li. Crisp.— This prince of theatricals
and type of tha true Southern gentleman is in onr
city, an 1 informs us that it is his intention to open
in a series of dramatical entertainments at Tem
perance Mali in a few days, with one of the best
Southern Troops. The name of Mr. Crisp is a
sure guarantee ot success, and the lovers of the
drama may well anticipate a feast of reason afid
flow of soul in the forthcoming entertainments. —
Mr. Crisp is well knpwn in our city, as haviDg
been identified with the highest style of amuse
ments with which our city has been favored in
years past.
Important Sales To-day. —lt will be seen by
advertisements that Ellis, Livingston A Cos., will
have a sale of very important property to-day.
Let everybody who has money to invest attend.
—; mm «
A Vote ok t hanks. —We. hereby tender sincere
thauks to the managers of the Gas Works for the
favor of turniug on gas in our office at ten o'clock
at night during the recent dark ages. We had
bad luck enough at bast straining eyesight over
tallow candles, but by receiving gas at the time
specified, we were mensureably benefitted and fa
vored. We never sufficiently appreciated the. value
of gas heretofore, but henceforth we wish dia
-• ■ j - -—i +nira a uas roan. Hurra
for Mcllhen v, and his tar, pitch and lurpenU«« ;
Railroad Glide. — Wo are indebted to Messrs.
Lloyd A Willis of Augusta, Ga., for a copy of j
their Southern Railroad Guide for October, with
accompanying map. The work contains about
120 pages; is gotten up in handsome style, and is 1
indeed a most useful chart to travelers and busi
ness men. Price $5. Address Lloyd A Willis,
Ga.
Contradictory —J. Joseph Jones, the self-im
portant and all-wise Local of the Enquirer, found
a mare’s nest in our notice of the President’s !
speech, where, in speaking of the crowd we used
the language “a large number of citizens and
soldiers, embracing many ladies, were present.”
Soloman, jr., then goes on to say. ‘Tom don’t you
know tliis is a libel on the ladies ? We were there
and didn’t see any one embraced." In the next
paragraph below the above, headed “An affecting
scone,” he hangs himself thus, fc she threw her
arms around him and wept like a child.” Was’nt
there some embracing there, Mr.. losif? If so,
what are you taking on about ? It is true our
' language was open to criticism, but still we claim
not to have made au improper use of .“embra
-1 cing” for the word means in addition to ‘‘hugging,’*
; “comprehending,” “including.” Besides all this,
we take it, that the ladies would be last to take
i offence at such an implication, for if there is any
| “hugging” to bo done in future, the soldiers will be
| apt to monopolize the business.
DlE2X>**
Alonzo H. Love, eldest son of Henry C. aud Re
becca S. Love, of Russell county, Ala., was born
25th of Sfptemb-or, 1827, and died on the 22d of
September, 1864, *
Police to Farmers.
Farmers who have not delivered their Tithe of
Fodder are requested to bring it in immediately,
as it is greatly needed at this Post. Those who com
ply with this request can deliver their Fodder with
out baling it. H. D. COTHRAN,
Capt. A A Q M,
Sun and Enquirer copy 10 days. oct lOt
Notice,
, Marshall Hospital,
„ Columbus, Ga., Sept. 23, 1864.
AH officers and men, absent from this hospital
“as out patient-” will report to this office immedi
ately. T. A. MEANS,
° r ‘4 6t Sufig. in charge.
Pressman Wiinted,
A mechanic who understand* repairing a Print
ing Press can obtain a job, on liberal terms, at this
-office. oct4 ts
luctioSSaSs.
fSy Rosette, Cawhon & Cos.
HAH, mm MU SUGAR,
AT .iYO’OTXCXNT.
lATE will sell, on WEDNESDAY, October sth,
TV at 10 o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
5 SACKS SUGAR.
3 BBLS. WHISKEY,
10 BBLS. SALT,
40 REAMS LETTER PAPER.
oct3-3t
iil ROSETTE, EAWHO IV & TO.
SR 10.1, FAMILY NEGROES!
At Anct's on !
VyE wili soil on WEDNESDAY, sth October, at
T • 10 o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
SIX LIKELY XE&ROES!
Mary, 28 years old ;
M&riali, 12 “ “
Dick, 10
Gilbert, 8
Robert, 4 “ “
Jim. 2 “
sepSO 5t
BY ROSETTE, LAYVMOS & (0. "
SILVER WARE
AND
Pearl Handle Knives!
.ACT -A.TJOTIOHST.
VI/'E will sell on WEDNESDAY, sth October, at
V¥ 10 o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
Six PIECES SILVER WARE.
Coffee Urn, Cream Por, Tea Pot Sugar
Dish, Slop Bowl, W ater Pitcher.
1 Dozen Pearl Handle Dinner Knive3.
1 u “ Dessert 11
sep3o 5t
A SUPERIOR ARTICLE
OF
OOFFSE!
S 2a. in §1 © Mails!
AT
MULFOIUUS Ol.l) STAND.
oct4-tf
Piasio litslriGdlon.
it Pi.-. TANARUS» H. VANDEXBURG G again prepared
" to resume her Ins: ruction in Music on the Piano.
Those d°sign’ng to favor her with their patronage
wi 1 apply at her farmer rendeut-.* > Vi rsyth street.
TtRMS —Filty Collars per quart:-)-.
Mrs. T. would be pleased to UK XT liOOMS, or
a portion of the house, now occupied by herself.
Apt ly as above. oct3d6t
SELECT SCiIOOET
- I- GEO M. on w.s will legume his School with
:t limited aunt be: of pupils on Monday the 3d
October next.
Tuition for half •» scholastic- ear $125 O'*. paya
ble in advance. sep29 it*
WAA'TEB TO HIRE.'
L' TVS or SIX NEC " > FELLOW 3, for which the |
r highest price w i paid. . *
Apply at TIMES OFFICE. ;
tap 29 Iw*
TEifl PEIS A A T CE ill hh.
Lessee’ and Manager, - Mr. W. f]. Or,-..
The pub'ic n- respectfully informed this place
of a u-rinent wiil be open- don
Wednesday Evening, Oc-5 gu *64
nr. W. IS.
Will i ave the honor of introducing the*
Com bine <1 Str en g tli !
Os h‘s Celebrated Mobile
Dramatic Corps!
The most distinguished Members of tb^nyefessjon
embraced in the troupe.
Jfctf- For particulars see future advertisements,
octf-tf
AUCTION SALES
By Ellis, Livingston *V Cos,
—9 -
ON TUESDAY, October 4th, at 10 o’clock,'wt
will sell in front of our store
6 48'-100 Shares Mobile anti Girard
Railroad Stock.
oct3-2t $4
By Fillib, Livingston A Cos.
ON TUESDAY, October 4th. at H) «-> < -k. w*
will sell in front of our store
One ISTegro Boy,
20 years old, No. 1 Barber, very likely
Sale positive. oct3-2t $6
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
AN TUESDAY, 4th October, at 101-2 o’clock, we
V / will selL in front of our store
A VACANT LOT OF GROUND,
on east side of Troup st., west below Col.
Wilkins’ residence, 4$ feet front, running
back 152 feet.
—also —
One Express Wagon.
.Vials, Bottles, Glass and Tin Gars.
oct!3t sl2
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
HMBU FARM IN HELL CO.
.A.T _AJU*OTIOTST !
t \N TUESDAY, October 4th, at 10 1-2 o’clock,
v wo will sell in front of our store,
A Desirable Farm
In Russell eo*, lately owned by Win. L.
Tillman, 4 miles North of Hurtville Sta
tion, containing 240 acres productive
land; 150 of which is cleaved, balance
heavily timbered, with good improve l4
ments Tm the same.
Corn, Fodder, Peas, Potatoes, Ac., can
■be bought on the place
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
AN TUESDAY, 4th October, at 101-2 o’clock, we
V * will sell in front of our store,
1 Bags Choice Suga^!
—ALSO, —
8 FOILS HEMP ROPE !
10 Pirn s Extra Heavy Baggage !
—ALSO, —
1# SHARES GA. HOME IMS. STOCK !
octl td .pi 2
By Ellis, Ijivifitgston A Cos.
♦ ♦
ON TUESDAY, 4th of October, at 101-2 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our Auction ifoom,
2 Tete- Fetes, 1 Rocker, 1 Arm Chair.
0 Cushioned Chairs, 6 Cane-bottomed
Chairs. 2 Marble Top Tables, 1 Cane
Rocker, 3 Cottage Bedsteads, 1 Trundle
Bedstead.
•
—ALSO. —
'FS IBnsli’is Corn !
ALSO, — »
4 LIKELY iYEGBO WOMAA,
22 years old and Jwo Boy children, ages
8 months and 4 years old, the woman ex
tra likely.
—also —
XaXXSLEXfiY BOY 2
about 20 years old.
—also —
ONE EX. FINE ROSEWOOD PIANO!
Seven Octave, fine tone and finish.
—also —
LOT EXTRA FINE FURNITURE!
2 Handsome Sofas; •
2 u Mohair Rockers ; .
1 Elegant Marble Top Sideboard ;
1 “ What-Not;
1 Rosewood Marble Top Centre Table
1 “' “ u Bureau;
1 Damask Settee;
1,000 Itos. Bacon!
—ALSO—
ONE FINE TWO SEATED BUGGY !
Otffe DOUBLE SETT HARNESS!
A VERY FIXE CLOSE CARRIAGE!
t ep3o 4t S6O _
BvEllis, Livingfuton A Cos
iIN TUESDAY, 4th of October, at 10 1-2 o’clock
U wc wilt sell in front of our store.
One Chest Black Tea!
Containing 105 pounds.
sep3o 4tsl2
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
/IN TUESDAY, 4th of October at o’clock,
U we will sell i« front of our store
Two Hiorseis.
OUSTS TOP ZBTTO-GKY-.
One Yo Top Buggy.
TWO SETTS SINGLE HARNESS.
sep3o 4t sl6
By Cl Bis, Livingston <fc Cos.
200 O-^XjLjOLTS
PURE MTAM GRIPE BMW!
A* VERY FINE ARTICLE.
j For sale in quantities of Ift Gallons an A - u ,*war(D.
j ag3o ts
REMOVAL!
DR. WINGFIELD has removed his office to hi*
residence, near the Muscogee Rail Road uep*t,
1 immediately in the rear of Dr. Bozeman s, where
j he may be found during the day or rng..t. unless
; absent on professional duty. fc.T
sep29 6t*
WAATES> TO RE AT!
ONE or Two Furnished Rooms, with or wir.hoa-
Board—a smsll family. Best of references given,
r.n suonlies at low prices. Address
c t Nash, i
sc;>3o ts Box If ,
TO BEAT.
4 COMFORTABLE HOUSE with four rooms, in
A a convenient part of the city. Apply at Ajrenry
of the 4farine Bank, oet 1 ts