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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. W4RRES, - - - Editor.
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COLUMBUS:
Thursday Morning, October 6, 1864.
Look Well to It.
One cause oPthe many diaasters which we
have suffered in our great struggle, says the
Augusta Register, is traceable to the over
whelming anxiety which some have mani
fested of late of an early peace. They have
talked and written of peace until many have
become so thoroughly surcharged with the
idea, in and out of the army, a* to be almost
nnprepared to discharge plainest obligations
either as soidiers or citizens.
We cannot condemn, for a moment, but on
the contrary, will applaud, and will aid in
any proper effort to bring about peace. But
when it is urged without a Condition, or at
the expense of a cherished principle, we re
gard the act as criminal, and would hold up
to utter reprobation any party or individual
thus attempting to torce it upon us.
We did not, as history will prove, desire to
engage in deadly conflict with our foe, we
preferred to settle the question at issue ami
cably—but they, leelingan ability to settle it
otherwise, chose war as the alternative. Hav
ing no recourse left us, the gallant sons of the
South prepared to meet him in defence of
their cherished rights. Fora while the no
blest impulses of our natures were concentra
ted on that glorious end and all went well.
Thus did matters go on until an evil hour
there arose certain demoralized or disaffected
persons, or probably persons of evil intent,
who paraded before the unsuspecting, peace
in its most gorgeous colors—they preached of
peace through intervention, they preached of
peace by strategy, they preached of peace to
be brought about by division among our ad
versaries, and some novv are preaching of
peace by separate State action, and thus they
'continue and have continued until the desired
effect has, to some extent, been produced.
As might naturally be expected, our foe,
seeing and knowing all this, has con
strued it into aH evi-dencc of conscious
weakness on our part and the result has been
that he is stimulated to redouble his efforts
to subjugate us. It is needless for us con
tinually to harp it throughout Christendom
that we are a peace loving people, as valorous
iy as we fight our enemy; all know that we
are not fighting for conquest nor for glory,
but on the contrary are fully aware that the
day the enemy withdraws his armies from our
soil, in that day will the foundation for peace
be laid.
Then away with thi3 self-subjugating, cow
ardly cry for peace, when we see the foe mus
tering his legions, invading our soil, slaying
our brothers, ravishing our women, laying
waste our fields, driving our families before
him and destroying the habitations which
they have left.
Under such circumstances the mere whisper
or thought of peace is criminal—he who would
entertain it with no abatement by the foe, is
a traitor to his country, a traitor to his fami
ly, a traitor to justice—he. is prepared to be
the menial of a mercinarj race—a servant of
servants.
No; let the dastardly scoundrels hear it
from between grating teeth, defiantly spoken
that 1 will be a freeman or I will be a corpse ;
and while 1 can raise an arm in defence ot my
all, 1 will strike down him who endeavors to
rob me of any of my rights. If we possess
the spirit of freemen, feeling that our cause is
just, no prospect, however gloomy, will cause
the least abatement of our determinations and
efforts. On/the contrary, every succeeding
reverse will but stimulate us to renewed en
ergies, and the greater the crisis the greater
will be the struggle on our part.
A nation, conscious of its rights, who will
not defend them unto the death, need not ex
pect to enjoy them—in fact, does not deserve
them—and cannot appreciate them if in pos
session of them.
And now, with the prospect ahead, let ev
try man feel himself a hero, act the part of a
hero, lay aside every idea of peace until the
common foe either withdraws from our soil,
or is driven off by his own right arm, or pays
the penalty of his crime by suffering an in
vader’s death.
VVe would not be understood by the fore
going as deprecating a laudable effort to ob
tain peace. No, we would not be outstripped
by the fleetest in the race after it; but will
never consent to a peace brought about by i
he sacrifice of our constitutional rights. We j
cannot enter into market with our rights as
reemen to barter them for anything on this !
earth. Asa nation, we have long since ad
vertised to the world, through our represen
tatives in Congress our willingness to treat
any day for an honorable peace—if they will
not hear them, neither would they, though
many arose from the masses.
Mi rder ok Mo3By's Mbn.—A few days ago
(says the Richmond Sentinel) a party of Yan
kees captured five of Mosby’s men and two
citizens, near Front Royal, Warren county.
They murdered the whole of them—shooting
three of the number and hanging four, the
murderers threatening to burn the houses of
any citizens who renamed the bodies. One of
the victims was a justice of the peace.
We hope and believe that the gallant Col.
Mosbr will retaliate in a manner that will
strike terror to the hearts of the assassins,
and prevent a repetitition of such brutality.
From Forrest.
Oa Thursday last the Federal officers in Atlanta
admitted Forrest’s success at Athens, Alabama, to j
full as great an extent as has been reported through
our Bources of information. They stated the num
ber of prisoners that fell into his hands at thirteen
hundred. On the same day it was reported in
tho city that a battle had taken place at Bridge
pert, in which the Confederates were successful,
and succeeded in burning the bridge over the Ten
nessee river. The Confederate forces were sup
posed to be those of Forrest. The Yankee officers
admitted that the “Wizzavd of the Saddle,” was a
thunderstorm, of whose whereabouts they were
unable to keep posted, and dread as to the result
of his operations was generally expressed. If he
has succeeded in burning the bridge named, and
we think it higly probable he has certainly struck
an important blew.— Memphis Appeal.
The town of Otego, New York, have resolved
io pay off its debt incurred for bounties to sol
mers this fall. This, we are informed, will
- - a le * v of Slo ° OQ a SI,OOO. And this
in addition to the national, State, countv. and
other taxes.
she average of laudanum sold bv retail
in London is two hundred pounds
per year.
Tl' • ,gla Dtllitti
la a few day*, % .< < fee Micon late 1 ’
reserve ‘militia ®f the State, which,
sneers of Gevereer Brewn’s enemies, did—a a tes
tified to by their immediate commander, Geo. G.
W. Smith, and by General Hood—gallant service
in defence of Atlanta, will rendezvous in this city,
their thirty days furlough being about to expire.
Already the croakers about the streets venture to
inpugn the patriotism es the men composing this
State reserve force, by prophecying that they will
not return to their duty—tjsat they will shrink
from again taking the field to defend their State,
their property had their home*. Thia class of men
is in the main cempesed es those who hare never
yet been to the front; who hare never yet heard
the whistle of a Yankee bnllet, ner the skriek of a
Parrot shell. Stay at home men themselves, they
venture with brazen impudence to indulge in ques
tioning the patriotism and courage of others. We
have no doubt they will prove false prophets, and
trust that all the cunning which they have thus
far successfully exercised te preserve their own
precious carcasses, will prove in the future of no
avail, and that they, toe. will be placed in the
ranks.
There is another class of our citizens who, we
regret to say, without malice or design to reflect
upon the courage or patriotism of this militia
force, indulge in the expression of fears that it will
not re-assemble at the Governors call when the
thirty day’s furlough expire: at least, that num
bers of the men will fail to “come up to time.’
These, too, we have no doubt, will be agreeably
disappointed. We have every confidence that the
men who compose this militia force, and who have
already been at the front, and in the trenches
about Atlanta, will not now disgrace themselves by
failing to appear again as required by the Governor.
It would be desertion, and but very few will be
found to risk the payment of the penalty for such
a crime, while nineteen-twentieths of them will
indignantly spurn the man who would impute it to
thtfm. We regret, very much regret* to hear such
imputations cast upon a body of men, a large por
tion of whom are our best citizens—men of prop
; erty and high standing; Georgians, whose every
interest is identified with the State. Men whose
sons and brothers are in the Confederate armies,
and have long been gallantly battling for the in
dependence of the South. This is both ungener
ous and unjust, and will be repelled by the manner
in which we feel confident the militia force now on
furlough will return again to where duty and the
Commander-in Chief calls them.
| Georgia must be defended. Her chief cities,
Augusta, *Macon, Columbus, and her Capitol, at
Milledgeville, must not be left open to raiding
parties of the enemy. Tho open country between
these cities and Sherman’s army must not be des
olated without some resistance at some points
thereof, to the plundering foe. We have already
stated that the militia will not be sent to the front,
but will be retired to defend the State an,d at im
portant points; and we now state that this require
ment will be enforced. If there be one who is
called upon to perform this duty thinks he Oafl
avoid, by skulking from it, he is wofuiiy mistaken.
The most vigorous and the most rigorous measures
will be adopted to enforce tho Governor’s orders.
It will be a sad day for him who disobeys the order
and fails to appear at bis post, provided his health
; will permit. We trust no one will, by such dero-
I Fiction, bring down disgrace upon himself and his
j name. Georgia now needs the services of her sons,
| and every one of them imist, in the sphere gssign
-1 ed to him, do his duty.
[Army Correspondence of Savannah Republican-]
Richmond, Sept. 28, 1864.
v The precise position of Early’s forces is not
i known at this time, but it is believed that they are
on this side of tho Blue Ridge and not far from
Charlottesville. He may have sent a detachment
to the railway tunnel, and may have left some of
his cavalry at Brown’s Gap, but the main body of
his army, it is bolieved, is on the east side of the
mountains.
Early has been reinforced by one of the best
; divisions in Virginia, and will soon be in condition
j to give battle to the enemy. Ordnance stores,
‘ guns to replace those lost at Winchester andFish
| er’s Hill, and commissary supplies have been sent
j to him. liis men are now, or soon will be, well in
I hand, and ready to dispute the further progress of
the Federal army towards Lynchburg/ Sheridan
|in the meantime, doubtless, is not idle. His dead
have to bo buried, his wounded sent to the rear,
; his men and animals fed, his ordnance trains re
! plenished, and his forces rested and reorganized ;
and to do all these things requires more time than
psrsons inexperienced in military affairs are aware
: of. The clash of arms will soon be heard again
; in the mountains, however: and then, especially
, if Sheridan be successful, we may look for Grant’s
last great movement against Richmond. Far the
present Grant is quiet, though active; whilst that
pink of a soldier, Butler the Beast, “keeps pegging
away” at his canal at Dutch Gap. °
The object of this canal is not fully understood.
It is believed to be this : First, to avoid the battery
at Howlett’s house and the submarine obstructions ‘
in the river at Trent’s Reach; second, to bring the
Federal iron clads through the canal and secure a
position, after driving away our little fleet, from
which they can silence the battery at Signal Hill ;
then, having secured Signal Hill, the enemy hope
to be able to carry the work at Chafiu’s Bluff, which
are in easy range of, and commanded by the greater
elevation ol Signal Hill'; fourth, having carried
Chafin’s Bluff, their next move would be against
Drewry’s Bluff, distant one mile: fifth, Dre wry’s
Bluff, in their posse-sioc, the way would be open,
they think, to Richmond. Such is believed to be
the theory upon which they are acting.
Their industry and enterprise are alike credita- I
ble to themselves and worthy of our imitation.
We, being the weaker party in numbers, should
have been the first to avail ourselves of defensive
works and mechanical and scientific appliances;
but instead of this being the case, the enemy, not
withstanding he largely outnumbered us, was the
only party who employed the spade during the
first three years of the wari Two years ago it was
the fashion to laugh at MoClellan and his army
for the use they made of the spade. But we have
get over all that now, and find the spade almost as !
good a weapon as the musket. This is the first ’
campaign the Army of Northern Virginia ever
fought behind breastworks, though not the first !
time it ever prepared such defences. Just now it i
is fashionable to laugh at Butler’s canal.
P. W. A. j
Gen Seymour on Exchange of
Prisoners.
The Richmond Enquirer, speaking of the en
deavor of the Yankee Commissioner of Exchange
to throw the blame of failure of exchange on the
Confederate Government, remarks as follows, in
reference to General Seymour, whom we lately
held as prisoner of war:
We state on the authority of the General Com
manding the Department of South Carolina, Geor
gia, and Florida, and several of his staff, the fol
lowing facts :
.Soon pfter Gen. Seymor reached Charleston he
commenced negotiations for the exchange of him
self and the officers with him. When allusion
was made by some on our side, (this was an of
ficial interview) to the exchange of the private
soldiers, he said in substance, that it was not the
pelicy of his Government to exchange prisoners,
because it is well known that Confederate prison
i ers held by his Government, if exchanged, would
I return to the army, while it was equally well
; known that United States prisoners in our hands,
whose term of service had expired, would not do
so; nor would others re-enter the service after their
terms of service had expired. In reply to some
one present that such a policy was in disregard of
, the usages of civilized war, and of the cartel, and
! was, besides, most inhuman, he replied with a
: shrug, that in such, a wlar a-his Government was
waging, such little questions of humanity would
i not be considered, or allowed to interfere with the
| general policy.
■ Here we have the mask removed. Ibis is the
! true reason why prisoners are not exchanged.
! All others are subterfuges : Yankee tricks to cover
up the true reasons, ilemwhiie, the subjects of
! the best Government the world has ever seen are
pining and dying, as General Seymour, says, in
i “Charleston jails and Macon suns,” but such little
questions of humanity are not worth ctwss-iera
, tion. So much for Yankee sincerity ani truth.
Make the best of everything. If you have
l the jaundice, exult that you have a golden
I prospect before you
1 anket Bast lies
•fajor F. F. War lay, who was captured at j
the evacuation, of Fort Waguer, in the boat ]
which was coareyiag him, wounded, to this
city, and ha* boon held as a prisoner ever
since until the late exchange at Charleston,
furnishes the Darlington Southerner with the
following interesting aeceuut 0; Yankee pris
on* and the treatment our prisoners receive
in them:
Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, is not low a
depot for prisoners of war, but is one of the
most noted Yankee bastiles at which oitizea*
expiate offences, real or imaginary, committed
against “the best government the world has
ever eeen.” Prisoners of war are colleoted
there and eent tofbme regular depot as soon
as a load is obtained. I shall endeavor to
give you a description of this place, which
was once visited with pride by our people and
affectionately remembered as tl» place where,
during a certain “perilous night/ our flag
floated defiantly and was found proudly wa
ving at retui’ning dawn. That flag, then rev
erenced as the banner of liberty, has now be
come a badge of despotism ; and the fort, then
I so gallantly defended by freemen, is now a
| prison-house for their children.
! Within the em losure which surrounds the
i fori, just upon he water's edge, is the pro
j rost marshal's yard. Within this are two
! loug briek houses, which were once used as
j government hors* stables. These are divi
! ded above and below into two rooms : the
; upper rooms are reached by long flights of
| steps. Inthei upfwfr story’' of one of these
1 stable* is ihe apartment known as the “offi
| cars’ room,'' in which I was confined from the
| 14th of February until the 16th of June. My
I fellow prisoners were mostly officers, wounded
and captured at Gettysburg; a majority of
: these poor fellows had given a limb to their
: country, and ail had been severely wounded.
! In this apartment there were bunks without
i any bedding, and during a part of the winter
. the wounded were unable to procure straw to
j lie upon. The rations here consisted of meat
\ once a day, and “hard tack and coffee'’ twice.
: Occasionally Irish potatoes were also given
i us. Compared with Fort Delaware, the only
regular depot for prisoners at which I was
confined, we fared finely.
The two most interesting points at Fort
McHenry were the “Interior’ and the “Middle
Rooms.'’ The former were rooms within the
| fort, to which Confederates were assigned
! when under charge or sentence, for special
I punishment. When oae is consigned to the
I “Interior/ he dies to his campanions, who are
j not allowed to communicate with him. I
I have seen officers who have been confined
i there, and all agree that it is far from being
a pleasant place. Frequently our men are
confined in dark damp cell* for months at a
time. It is to those “Interiors'’ that the Con
federate Government should direct attention,
and by timely and severe retaliation, rob them
of their victims.
The “Middle Room,” otherwise know as “Hell,”
is thus graphically and truthfully described by
another. “Jmagine all the dead rabbits, plug
uglies, blood tubs, market thieves, pickpockets,
wharf rats, and murderers of the great cities of the
North gotten together, and the most choice selec
tions of this conglomeration of human iniquity se
lected and placed in four brick walls with no win
dows, their native qualities stimulated into
full and free activity by copious Supplies df mean
whiskey, the subjects upon which to exercise their
varied talents utterly hopeless for defence, with
ail restraints removed, and the approving smile of
the authorities ready to reward their worst achieve
ments, and you have a picture of the ‘Middle
1 Room,” known among the unfortunate Gonfeder
i ale's who have experienced its horrors as ‘Hell’ ”
There, is still another “permanent institution"
i at Fort McHenry deserving of notice—a gallows,
| which stands in fb® middle of tho parade ground.
; Occupying a very prominent position, it is among
iij le xniiiss which attracts the attention ofthe
j stranger. My the/gbts often linger about this
' gibbet, fox I saw OM of freedom’s sons offered
j there as a sacrifice to Yankee . It
! was here that young Leopold, of Marvi/I’d,
j He was a member of a cavalry company
i rnanded by Captain Burke, of Virginia. Th«
j homo of the Captain was within the enemy ’s lines.
: and he ventured on one occasion to visit his fami
jly : a neighbor, 'a Unionist, discovering that he
i was there, gave notice to the enemy, who sur
, rounded the house and murdered Captain Burke
; in the presence of his family. A short time after
| wards the Union citizen met a sioiiliar fate. At
! Gettysburg young Leopold was captured ; as.soon
as it was discovered that he was from Maryland
and % member of Burke’s company, charges were i
preferred against him for the murder ofthe Uni-
I onist referred to and for being a spy. He was cen
| vieted andjsenteiieed to be hung. He wa3 incarcera
ted in a dark, damp cell in the “Interior” for
more than six months. Early in May, he was one ;
night notified that he was to die the next morn-
ingat five o’clock. His brother soldiers saw him
ascend the scaffold, and, hearing himself as one
who was not afraid to die ; gar# his life with ap
parent cheerfulness to his adopted country. His
enemies and ours reported what he said, “He
thanked those who had been kind to hiia, and for
gave all who had treated him with unkiadness.
He was sentenced to suffer an ignominious death
as a felon—but he would soon be in the presence
of One who knew his innocence. Ho wa3 surrounded
by his enemies, and yet he would venture to make
a last request—hear witness that I die true to my
country.” , He adjusted the cap, the drop fell, and
the patriot Leopold was with his God. Fellow
soldiers, to whom this account may ceme, avenge
his death, and label the victims, whom you offer up,
that your enemies may know the avenger’s work.
Fort Delaware is a regular depot for prisoners.
Here 1 was confined with six hundred brother offi
cers; we were not allowed to communicate with
the enlisted men of our armies. We were told that
betweon eight and ten thousand. Confederate sol
diers were confined there. The enclosure in which
the officers were kept contained about three acre*
of land; three sides of tho square were mada by !
the buildings we occupied, and the fourth by a 1
high board fence. Here we received two meals a
day: at 9 o’clock, about two ounces of meat and
a piece of bread, and at 5 o’clock the same. Our
soldiers receive but one piece of meat. Thev
volunteer to do police duty for an extra ration of
bread, and I have seen the poor fellows pick pieces
of bread from the refuse and eat them with greedi
nosss. Ido not intend to say that all prisoners ■
live on this allowance; if they have money or I
friends they can get whatever they want: but such
is the diet of those who are obliged lire on prison
fare.
In the prison at Delaware there were several :
political prisoners confined with u3; amoag these ;
was the Rev. Dr. Handy, of Portsmouth, Virginia, ;
a distinguished Presbyterian divine. He had been
a prisoner for near twelve months : his discharge
was offered whenever he took the oath, but he per
sisted in refusing to purchase his liberty at 3uch a
price. This old, white headed man, shut up in
prison for opinion sake, was one of the thousand
living monuments which I witnessed attesting the
perfect freedom enjoyed under “the best govern
ment the world ever saw." Dr. Handy labored
assiduously among the officers, and was doing
much good. Here we had preaching, bible cla3s,
debating societies, a masonic lodge for instruction,
Ac- Os course, where so many were confined, we
could find ways for amusement and instruction.
Thk Tactics of John Pp<fnix. —A cor
respondent of the Boston Courier twites the
following .
A neighbor tolc him “that he had seen a
man only the day before who w&3 just from
the ‘front,’ who assured him that Grant might
have taken Richmond at any time within a
month, and the only reason he had not done
so was that ho wished to hold Lae where he
was to prevent his going to the relief of Atlan
ta. I asked him if he had ever read the works
of John Phoenix. ‘No,’he replied ; ‘who was
he ?’ ‘A distinguished writer on tactics/ said
I, ‘who once described a ‘military position'
somewhat similar to your conception of
Grant’s. He was engaged in a street fight,
and says : ‘when we fell. I came undermost,
and held my antagonist down by the nose,
which I inserted between his teeth for that
purpose.’ ” _
“Bill Arp,” of the Register, winds up the
account of his perils and adventures thus :
We have now tried Mr. Sherman's front and
his flanks and found no peace. For the future
we shall rest in the rear of his army until dis
lodged by causes unknown and unforeseen.
We cannot run again, for the reason urged by
the Texian who, when he got in trouble, took
counsel of a lawyer as to what he should do.
His case was so bad that the faithfhi attorney
advised him to run ckoay, “The devil,” says
he ] “where shall I run to ? I’m in Texas
now.”
TELEGRAPHIC^
REPORTS OF TH* PSSS3
Sn-erad accord in* to aet of Cwurress in the yea:
by J.S Ihrashk*. in th® Clerk'*
a* District C*urt of the Confederate States so.
•ae S’orthera District of Georgia. ;
Petersburg, October 6.
To-day ia unusually quiet. The enemy shew
no purpose te attack our-.line, near Fort Mcßae,
ner at any other peiat of our lines. Gen. Beau
regard's headquarters will be removed from here
to morrow..
A La Fraaeais
A Paris correspondent of one of the
Yankee papers tells the following story :
M. P., an old French soldier of stern
and unyielding disposition, decided to mar
ry his son to the daughter of a telloty
companion in arms.
The young man had conceived other
projects and contracted another engage
ment. But, through excessive timidity,
poor Arthur did not care to opdhly resist
the command of his father, whose first
words had been so brutally overwhelming
that he passed his time between the en
gagement and wedding doing nothing but
sighing deeply. Mile Emma L. took his
melancholy for symptoms of love, and
began to adore him more than ever. On
the morning of the wedding they repair*
ed to the house of the magistrate. Ar
thur was sad, reserved, and seemed to
have formed some desperate resolution.
Emma was in rapture. Monsieur the
Mayor of C , the preliminarie beN
ing over, addressed to the bridegroom the
customary question: Arthur R, “do you
consent to take Emma L. for your wife V’
Arthur raised his head, and with a voice
choked with emotion, but full and reso
lute, replied : “No !” General excite
ment, scandal and confusion prevailed,
The party separated in disorder, and the
indignant parent of the girl demanded an
explanation from M, P., Arthur’s father,
who seemed struck with apoplexy. As
for Arthur, he escaped for Paris.
Some days after a young lady ascended
the stairs of a furnished hotel in the Hue
St. Honore. She had inquired of the
porter for M. x\rthurP,, who had arrived
the evening previous. It was Emma?
come to Paris with her father and M. P.,
in search of her affianced, who had so
shamefully insulted her ; but she was
alone'now. She rapped at the door of
No. 27, and entered without waiting for
an answer. The young man was lying
down and reading a newspaper. Emma
walked directly to the bed, and drawing
from under her shawl an enormous horse
pistol, which doubtless she had stolen from
her father “Suy said she to Arthur,
her eyes flashing fire, “you have insulted
me ; I demand satisfaction; that I exact
pistol in hand. Let us return to the May
or of C , both in wedding attire; he
will put you the usual question; you will
.say yes ; I will sav no.” Emma brand
ished her pistol in both hands. It was an
argument. But after all, it was only her
right, or nearly so ; at least such was Ais
thur’s opinion. He consented (big fool),
and left the same evening, with hi3 father,
who gnashed his teeth all the way. They
appeared .again before the Mayor—the
same magistrate. Arthur boldly answer
ed “yes.'” acu prepared his countenance,
always bashful enough, A order to hear
the reply of his betrothed. The Mayor
continued : “Emma L., do you consent ?”
Emma answered “yes !” in the most natu
ral tone imaginable. M. P., the father,
is delighted, and feels assured that a un
ion commenced under such auspices will
end like a friy tale.
Miscellaneous.
Eight hundred Confederate prisoners ar
i rived in Baltimore on the 25th u!i.,on their
way to Point Lookout, and were immediately
! placed oa a steamer bound down the bay.
Miss Jennie Barber, living at No. 30, Amity
street, Baltimore, was on the 25th. arrested
upon the charge of disloyal! ty, and a Confed
erate flag found in her possession. She was
taken before Captain Weigel, who paroled her
to report herself hereafter for examination,
and the flag was confiscated and sent to Gem
Wallace.
The 11 tli Maryland regiment, composed of
one hundred-days' men. returned to Baltimore
on tha 25th tilt., their time of service having
expired.
[From the New York' Express.]
THX DRAFT —3TAMP33D3 TO CANADA.
We judge by the reports that come to us in
our Western exchanges, that Mr. Lincoln’s
last call for “500,000 more”—by draft—will
result in a much larger addition of able-bodied
men between the ages of twenty and forty-five,
to the resident population of Her Britanic
Majesty's Canadian dominions, than to the
United States armies.
The following telegram from Milwaukee,
under date of the 20tb, show? the feeling
there:
A vast number of the conscripts have flown
to parts unknown, and it is possible that even
the 100 per cent additional which is draf
ted may fail to meet the quota demanded.
The laboring classes have nearly all ceased
their occupations aai are crowding the streets,
in the vicinity of tho Academy of Music, ap
parently too anxious to work.
In Cincinnati there 13 great excitement. A
correspondent telegraphs that it is well known
that scores of citizens are leaving for Canada.
The trains leaving here to-night are crowded.
A Pat/DHNr Forecast.— If after this war there
remain but two North America® nations there will
be a danger of their consenting to bury their ani
mosities in the prosecution of ambitious purposes,
which may be highly inconvenient to us. and may
involve the whole world in the wars of the Ameri
can continent. That this apprehension is not alto
gether chimerical has been shown by what has
transpired of certain negotiations a few weeks
since, at Niagara. IHhe self-constituted diploma
tists, who would have arranged terms of peace and
separation between the American nations, discussed
a programme, which was put forward, we trust,
without authority from their respective Govern
ments. A frontier line was to be drawn between
North and South, but measures were te be at once
taken with the view of swelling the territory of each
section to dimensions equal to those es the old
Union. The plan was simple. The armies es North
and South being united, a million of men were to
march northward and conquer Canada for the
North. The victorious army would thon move
southward, and annex Mexico to the dominion of
the cotton planters. The programme was unscru
pulous and wicked, but who shall say that it was
not feasible? If ve have misrepresented the views
es these precious negotiators, we shall be glad to be
corrected. There is too much reason to believe that
such propositions were seriously debated between
Messrs. Clay and Greely. As we are ill prepared to
make head against a million of men on the Ameri
can lakes; and as eyen the Emperor Napoleon will
recoil f:om the thought of having to defend his
newly crowned brother against 3uch a horde, the
ventilation of this nefarious plot can have but one
result in England and France. It makes us desire
the utter ruin of the North. W 9 rejoice to h4ar
that Mr. Lincoln is becoming everyday more un
popular: that a committee of Congress has de- 1
nouneed him; that governors of States and mayors
of cities openly controvert his authority; that pow
erful secret societies are agitating against him; that
discord i3 growing up between the States, New Eng
land being at variance with New York, New York
with Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania with Illineis.—
We trust that the principle of secession having
taken root, will bear seed and multiply. With a
dozen jealous principalities on the English frontier,
the loyal Canadians will have no cause to fear
Amerioaa aggression. Mexico will he safe, and Eu
rope will not be dragged into war. —/f»> -
mld, m nit, i
Ttt E OXTY •
T- J. JACKSON ..LOCAL EDITOR
Treats*. —lt will be seen that Mr. Crisp’s
talented theatrical company will appear again
this evening in another fine hill. “Ingo*aar”*nd
“Swiss Cottage.” We understand the Company
met with fine success last erening, and that the
corps is exposed of better material than any that
has erer appeared on onr beards.
Seventh Confederate Cavalry. —Persons
wishiag te send packages to members es companies
A or C, es the -7th Confederate Cavalry can leave
them at Gunby’s Store within the next ten days.
Captain Moise, of the “Meise Rangers,” will at
tend to their delivery.
Situation Wanted.— -See advertisement of a
situation wanted as Governess. The young lady
advertiser is possessed of all the qualifications re
quisite to give complete satisfaction. We are as
sured by those who know her that she isr entirely
competent, highly educated and thoroughly South
ern, and withal a refugee. Those in want of a
private teacher cannot do better than consider the
•elaiius of this lady.
Auction Sales. —At auction yesterday by Ro
sette, Lawhon, A Cos., the following prices were
obtained: One negro woman and 3 children?
$5,300 ; negro boy 10 years old, $3,025 ; girl 12
years old, $2,325; marble top wash stand, $200;
one dining extension table, $550; 5 sacks of sugar,
$6,30 ; one silver sett, (plated, 5 pieces) $1,750 ;
1 do $1,500 ; two setts knives and forks, $1,600;
whiskey, s4l per gallon ; one cooking stove, sl,-
475; one buggy and harness, $2500; and numerous
articles in proportion. We believe many of these
items commanded higher prices than similar arti
cles have during the war.
Late Movements In Georgia.
For some time every reader of the jour
nals of the day has been aware that an
early and important movement of the ars
my of Tennessee was contemplated, but
in what direction has been matter of con
jecture. And as the campaign has be**
gan, and the enemy has shone that he
was posted as to the intentions of our
i commanders, no harm -can result from
• now giving publicity to what has been
j developed on both sides.
; Early Wednesday morning a movement
| across the Chattahoochee, at Pumpkin*
! town ferry was commenced, and at Friday
I noon the head of the column rested at
; Brownsville. Every precaution was ta
! ken to keep the contemplated advance
: from the knowledge of the enemy, but it
seems this failed. It was soon found that
it had been anticipated, as the enemy in
great force was found strongly posted on
i the west aide of the State road, in a line
oi Works extending from "V ining’s station
Ito some distance above Marietta. If,
i therefore, it was General Hood’s intens
! Hon fn round, after crossing the
h™ to tiiok> d a v m >' p° in ‘ bd r
Acworth, it was.deemea u*... -
the attempt, owing to the position the v..
etny was found to occupy.
■ Intelligent medical cicers of our army
who had just been exchanged, and left At-'
lanta on Thursday, estimate the infantry
and artillery force of Sherman at 80,000
consisting of seven corps. That of Los
gan, said to be the smallest, numbering a j
tiifle ovei ten thousand. Our surgeons
have been in Atlanta since its occupation
and had every opportunity of observing
the actual state of affairs. " About eleven
hundred of our prisoners took the oath
and went .No business of any
consequence was being done” the sutlers
among the rest, having been kept out of
the city. The city had been cleaned
throughout. As has been reported, many I
of the frame buildings in the out-skirts j
have been torn down, and used in making
barracks. No citizen remained without a I
special permit. Federal officers claimed I
that ninety days supplies had already j
been accumulated. Ten trains, running
on a regular schedule, were arriving and j
departing daily, employed wholly in the |
transportation of commissary and quars j
termaster stores. Avery large amount
of new railroad iron had been brought
down, for what purpose was not divulged.
—Memphis Appeal , 2 cl.
We &aw this week a gentleman who
passed a part of last week in Charleston,
who had gofte through the portion of the
city exposed to the shells of the enemy.
It is folly to deny that these shells have
done a large amount of damage. They
have done a great deal of injury; but
with every item of damage has arisen
the unconquerable determination of
the people never to submit to Yankee
domination. If there ever was a general,
nay, a universal hatred among one people
against another, it is that entertained by
the rising generation of the South against
the people of Lincolndom, whom they
class generally as Yankees. The Lord
forgive us if we are wrong, but we begin
to find the same feeling growing on us.—
Wihnington Journal.
Beauty of Woman. —Beauty has
been called the power and aim of woman.”
Diogones called it “woman’s most forcible
letter of recommendation.” Carneades
represented it as a “queen without soL
diers,” and Theocritus says it is “a ser
pent covered with flowers,” while a mod
ern author defines it as a bait that as “of
ten catches the fisher as a fish.” Nearly
all the old philosophers denounced and
ridiculed beauty as evanescent, worthless
and mischievous; but alas . while they
preached against it, they were none the
less its slaves. None of them were able
to withstand “the sly, smooth witchcraft
of a fair young face.” A really beautiful
woman is a natural queen in the universe
of love, where all hearts pay a glad tribute
to her reign.
Paint Me as I Am. —“ Paint me as
I am,” said Oliver Cromwell to young
Lely “If you leave out the scars and
wrinkles, I will not pay a shilling.” Even
in such a trifle the great protector show
ed both his good sense and characteristic
taste in the desire that the wrinkles in
his countenance should not be lost in the
vain attempt to give him the regular fea*
tures and smooth blooming cheeks of the
ouri-pated minion of James First. He
was content that his face should go forth
marked with all the blemishes which had
been put upon it by time, by war, by
sleepless nights, by anxiety, and perhaps
with remorse; but with valor, poiic-y and
authority, and public cares, written in all ;
their princely line. If men truly great
knew their own interest, it is thus that j
they would wish their minds to be por«
trayed Ed. Re i iew *
TEMPERANCE
Wednesday Evening. Oct &
Triumphant Success of the Great Company!
TO-NIGHT THE MAGNIFICENT PLAY
OF
MMU THE BAUM
“Two souls with but a single thought.
Two hearts that beat as one.”
Mr. Theodore Hamilton as Ixgomar.
Miss Cecelia Crisp a5...., Parthinia.
To Conclude with* the Glorious Farce of the
SWISS COTTAGE.
Natz Mr. Harry Crisp.
juisette, with Songs “Our Jessie.’’
Box Office, open daily, at the Hall, where Seats
can be secured. Tickets can be obtained at the
Hotels.
Doers open at 7p. m. The curtain will rise at
past 7 precisely.
Tickets $5 each. Servants $2 each.
No half price.
4SrSee Programmes"**
oc6 It
AUCTION SALES
Bv Ellis, Livingston A Cos,
ON FRIDAY, October 7th, at 104 o’clock, ws
will sell in front of our store
2 very fine Mahogany Settees,
6 very fine Mahogany Parley Chairs,
1 very fine Mahogany Marble Top Cen
tre Table,
4 very fine Window Curtains, Cornice
and Shades,
1 pair Brass Andirons, Mantle Orna
ments, Bed Steads, Chairs, Crock
ery and Glassware,
17 Boxes Tobacco, assorted,
4 Cases Smoking Tobacco,
50 Bbls. Superior Coast Salt,
200 Empty Corn Sacks,
1 Chest Fine Black Tea, fresh,
1 Close Carriage, nearly new, late style,
2 Setts Single Harness,
1 Fine Two Seated Buggy,
1 Two Horse Wagon .and Harness,
600 pounds Nails,
Office Chairs, Desks, &c., kc.
—also —
A Lot of Assorted Geraniums.
octs-3t S3O
By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos
ON FRIDAY, 7th October, at 101-2 o’clock, we
will sell in front of our store,
A LIKELY BOY!
20 years old.
octs td $6 _
By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos.
♦ ♦ ♦
200 O-A-LLOICTS
pMMESii
A VERY FINE APvTICLE.
of 10 Gallons and upward!
For sale in quail...
ag3o ts 0.4*2.”
RUNAWAY OR STOLEN.
SSOO Heward !
r EFT Cusseta, Ala., on Sunday morning, Ooto
i-f ber 3d, my man Ilenry. He is about six feet high,
of pleasing address; was raised in Lumpkin county
Ha.; I bought him of Alexander Spriggs, of Lump
kin county, Ga. I have reason to believe ho has
been decoyed off by some white man. I will pay
two hundred dollars for the boy, and three hun
dred dollars for the thief, with proof to convict.
„ J. D. SIMMS,
oe 6 2w Cusseta, Ala.
SIOO Reward.
WILL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who
ranaway about two months ago. He is about'
feet Binches high: weighs aboutlt>oor 170 1b3.; com
plexion yellow; fine looking; when laughing ha3
dimples in both cheeks. It is probable he went to
Atlanta with some of the troops from this city.
oc6 ts H. M. CLECKLEY.
LOST.
AN ENVELOPE containing about Ten Photo
graphs. Any one finding it will confer a favor
on the owner by leaving it at the Lee .Hospital,
Ward A. [oct 6-lt*
Situation as Governess Wanted.
\U ANTED by a Refugee lady a situation as
Visiting Governess to give instructions in
English, Music and the Rudiments of French. Also
desires Music Scholars—will instruct them at their
homes. Terms reasonable. References given.
Enquire of I). P. Ellis, Esq. [oct 6-ts
General Orders, No. 29.
[Extract.]
Headquarters Post,
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 5,1864.
Special Orders, (
No. 29. <
IV. All orders heretofore issued from these Head
quarters, assigning men to duty as Detective? or on
Secret Service, are hereby revoked.
By order
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Colonel Comd’g Post.
S. Isidore GuiLLOT.Lt. and PostAdj’t.
SSOO REWARD
STOLEN, from Judge Thomas’ stable, near Colum
bus, Ga., on the night of the 3d instant, one
fina black HORSE, shoulder slightly rubbed from
collar, mane also rubbed off near his ear by halter,
on his left flank a healing sore, he has on anew
set of shoes with heels. Four hundred dollars will
be given for the delivery of this horse to me at
Columbus.
One hundred dollars will be given for the delive
ry to me of a (SORREL MARE, small blazed face,
one hind foot white, no other marks remembered.
Both horses were taken off together. If any one
living on the different roads leading from c/olum
bus can furnish any information respecting these
horses, they will greatly oblige the subscriber.
octs-4t J. A. SHINGLEUR
Strayed or Stolen.
FROM the Perry House, in this city, a beautiful
Pointer Pup, blue speckled; with sides of head
and ears liver color; one spot between the eyes and
one large spot between the fore shoulders; about
six months old; well grown.
A liberal reward will be paid for his return to
me. Any of my friends seeing him, will coofer a
great saver by t iking possession and notifying me.
oc s 3t Col. M H lv RIGHT.
A SUPERIOR ARTICLE
OF
COFFEE!
SHingle IN' ails!
AT
MULFORD’S OLD STAND.
oct4-tf
Plano Instruction.
MRS. T. H. VANDENBURG is again prepared
to resume her Instruction in Music on the Piano.
Those designing to favor her with their patronage
wi 1 apply at her former residence on Forsyth street.
Terms— Fifty dollars per quarter.
Mrs. T. would be pleased to RENT ROOMS, or
a portion of the house, now occupied by herself.
Appiy as above.