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About Columbus times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1864-1865 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1864)
COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily {Sundays excepted) at the rata of $5.06 per month, or sls tor three months. No subscription received for a longer term than hree menth*. ADVERTISING RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square for each insertion. Where advertisements art inserted a month, the charge will be S3O pee square. . Announcing candidatess2o, which must invariably paid in advance. Change oi Schedule. Officii Engineer anb Scpebintwi)*nt, 1 iIN THURSDAY, June9,lß64,and until further U notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will oe as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m. Arrive in Savannah .....; .5.40, p. in. Leave Savannah .5.30, a. m. Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m. This Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. H. S. HAINES, J une 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent. Change of Schedule. /\N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on ' * the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN : Leave Columbus ..6 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. Leave Macon 8 10 P. M \rrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Columbus 5 00 A, M Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M. W. L. CLARK, mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R. R. Through to Montgomery. NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RATLROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27,1864. t \N aud after August 27th. the Passenger Train on ‘ f the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m. Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m. Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m. Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m. Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m, Arrive at West Potnt at 4430 p. m. freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m. Arrives at 8:27 p m I). H. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng. ag27 1864—ts . MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. C11.4V01-: OF SCHEDULE. Girard, Ala., Aug. 22,1864. ON and after this date Trains on this Road will Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: . Passenger Train. Leave Girard at 3 00 p. ( m. Arrive in Union Springs 7 30 Leave Union Springs.. 5 35 a.m. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 Freight Train. Leave Girard at 4 (X) a. in. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. in. B. E. WELLS, aglß ts Eng. & Sup’t. FOR SALE. a HOUSE and LOT, situated North of the North Commons on the corner of Troup and City Mill streets: Said Lot contains half acre, with a good new dwelling house with two rooms; kitchen with two rooms; a very superior well of water —hard- ly equalled in the vicinity of the city, and a large garden. Everything new and in good order. For further particulars apply to spl3 lvn Dr. WOODRUFF. FOR SALE! A GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse. Apply to R. B. MURDOCH, sep 2-ts or, at this office. SSO lAeward.. NEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intelligence ; loft Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskegce, Ala. He originally came from Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and information sent to me at this office. JAMES M. RUSSELL. Coluuohu’s Ga., aug 1 ts * #■soo Negro Alesi Wanted l Nitrk and Mining Bureau, 4 Hkadq’rs Mining Division, No. 2, X Selma, Ala., Sept. 13, ’64. j 1 AM desirous of Hiring FivoHundred Negro Men, 'for the Bibb Iron Works, located on the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Rail Road, fifty miles North of Selma, 150 South of Romo and 70 W est of Mont gomery. I am l aying for able-bodied men three hundred dollars per annum, feeding and clothing them. One woman will be hired to every ten men, to cook and wash for them. There is on the place a hospital with a regular surgeon, who takes charge of all the sick. If the enemy threatens, the negroes can be moved West through an inaccessible coun try. Apply to W P Herring, La Grange, Ga., or WM. RICHAHDSON HUNT, Lieut. Col, Cbmd’g. sepl7 lin S3OO Reward. \Y r ILL bo paid for the apprehension of our boy j iY Truman. Ho is about 24 years old ; 6 feet high; j very black, and weighs about 180 pounds. Three hundred dollars will be paid for his confinement in some jail so that we can get him, or five hundred ! dollars for his delivery at the EAGLE FACTORY. Eufaula Spirit of the South, Quincy Dispatch, Al bany Patriot, Macon Telegraph, LaGrango Repor ter, and Hamilton Enterprise, publish one month and send bills to Factory. sep2olm SSO Re ward. Superintendent’s Office, ) Muscogee R. R. Company, > Columbus,. Ga., Nept. 16, ’64. J j t REWARD of SSO will be paid for the delivery j Ato me for each of the following negro men : j Charles—Black; about 25 years old; quick spo i ken; weighs about 150 lbs.; about 5 foot 10 or 11 in. | high. Hilliard—Black; about 30 years old; 5 ft 9 inches j high; weighs 145 or 150 lbs.; blacksmith by trade. , Probably will go to J ones county where his wile is. . >V. I*. tljAxilv, splT Inf Superintendent. S3O Reward. i WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black 1 boy, about 24 years old. He has been out three j or four weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about he city. JNO. H. RASS. j jy * ts i SI,OOO Reward. A CIIUNKV, heavy set, black boy by the name of WILLIAM, about 24 years old, left Colum bus on Sunday morning last. I am confident he was taken off by some white man. I will pay the above reward for the negro and thief, with evi dence to convict, or I will pay two hundred and fifty dollars for the negro delivered to me in Colum bus. The boy came f*om Virginia about two years ago. and says lie is a sailor. I think they left Co lumbus on foot and took the train at some station close by. J* H. BASS, sepl-tf. , P. S.—l loam, since the above was written, that the boy lett Cblumbus on the Opelika train, on Sunday morning, in company with a small white aa&n that limped, and that they were going to West Point. J.H. B. STERLING EXCHANGE! i FEW Hundrod Pounds of Sterling Exchange ASu** 1 *"”* 1 * SU BASKOFCOI.UMBfS. * Blta, I FOR SALE! \ N excellent Buggy and Harness for sale. Ap- A ply at this office. sep2l ts in mt util BOOR FOR SALE ! TKJ E have for sale 49 reams ol Letter Paper, and Ts 2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at Wholesale «r Retail Paper, SSO per Ream; Blank Books, $l5O wholesale, OFFICE , NOTIOE. To Planters and Others ! I WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting ana Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I will be found at Robinett A Cb s old stand, where I am manufacturing Candlesan^La^^foi^|ale. jane 2 ts Notice to Debtors and Cred itors. XTOTICE is hereby given *o all persons having av demands against Sauiuol McCiary, late ol ■*'us cogee county, deceased, to present th<*tn to either of as, properly made out, within tno time prescribed v* u W ‘ All persons indebted to said and c eased are hereby required to make immediate payment to cither of the undersigned. \B U CRAWFORD. Adra’r „ , MARIA L McCLaRY, Adiat’x ig3l wtt v (Lulttiubtt’j Simp.. Vol. XI. J. W. WARREN A. CO. Proprietors J, W. WARREN, Editor SPECIAL NOTICES 1 | . ! Notice! Columbus, Ga„ Oct. 4, ’64. The Office c f the Provost Marshal has been re moved to "Winter’s old building;” one door above the Commandant Post Office. G. H. FULKERSON, oc4 3t Capt and P M. Tax in Kind Notice. Office Post Quartermaster, 1 Americus, Ga., Oct. 1, ’64. J I. Producers of the 3d District are required to de liver their tithes of Wheat, Oats, Rye and Wool, by the Ist day of November proximo. Those failing to do so will be subject to the five fold penalty imposed by the law. 11. Agcnt3 will begin receiving the articles con tained in the second assessment, (corn, rice, fodder, sugar, molasses, cotton, Ac.,) as soon as they are assessed. 111. In view of the difficulty of procuring barrels for the tithe Sorghum Syrup, producers may give in exchange at the rate of 14 pounds wheat, 39 2-10 K>s corn, 44 4-5 lbs shelled oats, or 2 tbs bacon for one gallon syrup. JNO T CRAFT, oc4 eod 2w Capt and Post Quart’r. Notice! Columbus, Ga„ Oct. 4th, 1864. L. T. Maddux is authorized te attend to my business in my absence from Columbus. ocs lm* WILL. S. BALFOUR. Notice 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. COTHiJAN, Capt, & A Q M. Sun and Enquirer copy 10 days. oc4 lOt IVotice, Marshall Hospital, Columbus, Ga., Oct. 4, 1864. All officers and men, absent from this hospital "as out patients” will report to this office immedi ately. T. A. MEANS, oc4 6t Surg. in charge. Pressman Wanted, A mechanic who understands repairing a Print ing Press can obtain a job, on liberal terms, at this office. oct4 ts Confederate States Arsenal, Columbus, Ga., Sept. 30, ’64. Atlanta Arsenal-—notice. Parties holding claims against the Atlanta Arse nal, will, after having them approved by Lieut, J U. Ansley, M S K Ord., now at Charleston Arse- I nal, present them at this Office for payment. M II WRIGHT, Colonel Comd’g, oetl 2w Gov’t Works. Hn. Q’rs Government Works, (Ort». Columbus, Ga„ Oct. 1,1864. Strayed or Stolen. UPiOM the Columbus Arsenal Stables, on the 2Stb I 1 of September, 1864, One Black Horse Mule ; “ “ Mare “ “ small Bay “ A suitable reward will be given for their delivery at the Office of the Military Storekeeper. M. H. WRIGHT, octl 6t Col. Gomd’g. NOTICEI To Mississippi Soldiers ! THE "MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of l Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga„ and is near Barnard’s corner, between Main st„ and the Perry House. Your baggage is there. C. K. MARSHALL, sep2B ts _ _ Agent. Battle-Field Belief Association of Columbus, Ga. All who are disposed to contribute articles neces sary for the relief of the sick and wounded in the Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at Goodrich & Go’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev ery Tuesday and Friday, when they will be for warded to and dispensed by our Committee there. W. H. YOUNG, Presd’t. C. G, Holmes, Sec’y. ag23tf Store Houses For Rent. T'lIE three buil lings known as the deGraffenreid buildings, corner of Oglethorpe and Randolph streets, are offered to rent from and after Ist Octo ber. They are guaranteed against Government im pressment. E L deGRAFFENREID. WYNNTON SCHOOL. MISS J. L. JEWETT will resume the exercises of j ill her School, at the Wynnton Male Academy, on 1 Wednesday, Oct. sth, 1864. TERMS: Per Quarter (3 months) S4O 00 Incidental Expenses (per quarter) *lO 00 invariably in advance. >fcS“N o deduction made, excepting in cases of pro tracted illness. sp3o lw HITT. R. EVA AS, COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 64, Commerce Street, MOBILE, ALABAMA. WILL sell on Commission every description of VV Goods, Negroes and Produce of all kinds. sp2o lm FOR SALE ! 320 Acres of Land on tlie Mobile & Girard Kail Road, FORTY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one I? and a half from Station No. 5; about 180 acres opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, with good water, gin house, Ac. Apply to Messrs Ellis, Liv ingston & Cos., for terms. sps lm* D C FREEMAN, Jr. WAJYTED! C AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price will be paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, sp7 ts Major and Q. M, SELECT SCHOOL. U R. GEO- M. DEWS will resume his School with in a limited number of pupils on Monday the 3d October next. ■ Tuition for half a'scholastic year sl2o 00, paya | ble in advance. sep29 4t WASTED TO HIRE. j PIVE or 6IX NEGRO FELLOWS, for which th» I ' Ti,lbe ‘"‘“ times office. sej-29 lw 5 WASTED TO BEST! ONE or Two Furnished Rooms, with or without Board—a small family. Best of references given. Can furnish supplies at low prices. Address C T NASH, sep3o ts Box 109, REMOVAL! TAR. WINGFIELD has removed his offiee to his U residence, near the Muscogee Rail Road Depot, immediately in the rear of Dr. Bezeman’s, where he may be found during the day or night, unless absent on professional duty. sep29 6V* ItMK HMM MW! THE Exercises of this Institution will be resumed 1 on the Ist Monday in October, under the contin ued direction of its present able instructor, Rev. ! Carlisle P. B. Martin- Term* of admission will be made known belore the session D. I. WILLCOX, See’y: sp l2 ts Board of Trustees. Columbus, Ga., Friday Morning, October 7,1864. Thursday Evening. Dr. B. M. Cromwell, Surgeon of 3d N, C. ; Infantry, so well and favorably known in this ‘ city, was selected to remain with our wound- j ed when our army retired from before Win- ! * : Chester. He entered the war with the first, ; and has won gt)! len opinions in the army for the ability and teithfulness with which b® has , discharged his duties. We regret the neces sity that placed him in the hands of the Yan kees and hope ;• speedy exchange. •» > • Missouri.—Gin. Price. it seems, says the Memphis Appeal,* has been steadily advancing toward St. Louis. Farmington, where the northern telegr; ms locate his advance on the 25th ult., is about seventy miles south-west of the city, aud twenty miles west of the Mis sissippi. Frederiaktown, where his main force was, is about twenty miles south of Farmington, on the direct road to Pocahontas, Arkansas, where it is understood Gen. Price concentrated his forces. The Federals report his strength at thirty thousand ; how thi3 may be we cannot say. It is reasonable to suppose, however, his-army is a foimidable one. or he would not have advanced so far to a position where the enemy can so easily concentrate against him (either in his front at some point below St. Louis, or in his rear, by landing at Cape Girardeau,) and have a river base so near at hand. The future Empress of Mexico has written and privately printed “Sovenirs de Voyage a bord de la Fantaißie,”and UnHiverdans|l’lslo de Madere.’ The illustrious writer is granddaughter of Louis Phillippe of France, daughter of Leopold of Bel gium, first ceusin of Victoria of England, and sister-in-law of Francis Joseph of Austria. . Her names are Maria-Charlotte-Amelia-Auguste Victoire-Clementine-Leedoldine, and she was born in June, 1840, aud married in July 1857. More over, she is said to be one of the best looking among the royal ladies of Europe. The Richmond iS'entinel thinks late disasters have aroused new energies; that the people have called on the government to hold all the valor and wealth of the country at its command to beat back the invaders, and the government has responded by laws for draft and taxation such as none but a brave and patriotic people ever -approved and sustained. The new onset to be made on us demands concen tration of our strength and the enforcing of a just discipline not only in the army, but in private life also. "Times of peril require a sterner social dis cipline than is necessary amid loss troublous scenes.” "Whether it be the rich, fearful of losing their pos sessions and anxious to submit in order to be spared, or some other who may undervalue his share in the country’s honor and welfare, the public authority should be exercised to restrain their misdeeds.”— “The exhibition of proper vigor by the government will intimidate those who meditate mischief, while an attitude of weakness will surely animate them. Let Congress, when it shall meet, not be afraid to adopt the measures demanded by the crisis.” From tlie Valley, Very little authentic intelligence was re ceived yesterday from General Early’s army. It was stated last evening that the enemy had abandoned Staunton. This is confirmed by the following official dispatch, the important feature of which is that there is no enemy south of Staunton : showing that they are not yet advancing on Lynchburg : Headq’rs Army Northern Virginia, ) September 29, 1864. j Hon. Jas. A. Seddon. Sec’y of War : Genera] Early reports that after driving the enemy’s cavalry from his front, near °Port Republic, he moved to Waynesboro’ and drove two divisions of cavalry from that place. This last force retreated through Staunton, and a portion of our cavalry entered that place to-, day. No enemy south of Staunton. His main force is about Harrisonburg.' R. E. LEE. We have authentic intelligence that Col, F. T. Munford, commanding Wickham's brigade of cavalry, attacked one division of the enemy in Waynesboro’ o.n Wednesday, and after a sharp encounter, drove them from the town in the direction of Staunton. [Richmond Dispatch, 1 si. WBP Siege of Charleston. Four Hundred and Fifty-Third Day. The quiet which prevailed on day night and Sunday, extended through Sunday night and Monday. At half-past nine o’clock on Monday morning, the Confed’te. States truce steamer Celt, Capt. Warwick in charge, proceeded down the harbor, and was met by thejYankee trans port Canonicus, bearing Col. Woodford, of the Yankee army. But few officers were exchanged; only two—who had been the subject of special exchange—having been returned to us. These were Major Julian A. Mitchell and Capt. Henry Buist. Owing to some objection raised on the part of the enemy, the exchange of jor Lamar Fontaine was not consummated. The trans-shipment of the tobacco, stores, etc., furnished to our prisoners on Morris Island by our generous citizens, and also of the very large number of boxes of clothing and other supplies sent to the Yankee prisoners here by their “Sanitary Commission/’ was then begun and occu pied the remainder of the day, the Celt having reached the wars. on her return, about dusk. Soon after the conclusion of the truce, Battery Gregg re-opened fire upon the city, and the bombardment continues slowly at this writing. All day yesterday the enemy was haul*, ing ammunition to his batterie? at Cum ming’s Point.— Mercury, 4 th. The Old Whigs. —We are authorized to say that ex-President Fillmore wiii cast big vote for McCleliaa aad Peadletoa. as he con siders that on the success of that ticket de pends the- salvation of the country. We have seen a letter to that effect. The o'.i line con servative YVhigs will all vote the same way. [A”. F. Express. Charcoal for Swisi.—lt ia perhap3 not gener ally known that on® of the beat articles that can be gives to swine, while in preparation for the tub, ia common charcoal. The nutritive properties are so great, that they have subsisted upon it without other food for weeks together. Geese confined so as to deprive them of motion, and fattened an three grains of corn per day and as muck as they can devour, have become fat in eight days. The hogs eat voraciously aft«r a little time, and are never sick while they har® agood supply. It should always be kept in the sty. and be fed to the inmates regularly, like all other food. Army Correspondent Savannah Republican. Richmond, Sept. 30, 1864. Late Wednesday afternoon, the 28th, the enemy opened fire on our right at Petersburg, and at length along the entire line around to the north side of the Jame3. The fire was kept up until a late hour, and at some points it continued all night. An assault was ex« pected yesterday morning, if not a formidable j attempt to get possession of the South3ide j railroad. But when morning came it brought perfect quiet along the lines on the south side | of the river; not so, however, on the north side. The enemy had availed himself of the darkness the preceding night to cross over a heavy column, with which, at a very early hour yesterday morning, he proceeded to at tack the small force placed in observation in ! ihat quarter. He soon drove in our pickets, j carried our outer line, held by a handful of : men, and assaulted and took a small earth* ■ work known as Fort Harrison, capturing at j the same time a few prisoners anj,l guns. I ! am unable to locate Fort Harrison, it having been erected quite recently. Gregg’s Texan and Benning’s Georgian brigades (the latter commanded by Col. Dußose) behaved very well* but fouu l it necessary to retire to the next or intermediate line, where they received the second assault of the enemy, who attempt ed to carry Fort Gilmer, a small work similar to that of Fort Harrison. They were repulsed, however, with heavy loss, and fell back to Fort Harrison, which they continue to hold. We took three or four hundred prisoners, in cluding several negroes, and inflicted severe punishment upon the foe. Some negroes es caped from the enemy, who had forced them into the ranks, and came in and delivered themselves up, asking only that they might be sent home to their masters, i I hear artillery firing down the river as I | write, 12 m. Whether it proceeds from an at | tempt on our part to shell the enemy out of l Fort Harrison, or indicates a fresh move by Gen. Grant, I have no means of deciding. It is not believed that the Federal commander contemplates an advance on Richmond by the north side. He tried that experiment effectu ally on the 3d of June, at Cold Harbor. It is i more probable that he desires to divert Gen. j Lee’s attention from Petersburg aud the south : side railway ; or it may be he wishes to pre : veut his sending reinforcements to Early. A | few days, perhaps a few hours, will decide. A3 soon as it was known yesterday morning I that the enemy was advancing up the left banks of the river, Gen. Bragg issued orders I to impress every able bodied man in the city i between the ages of sixteen and fifty-five, to j organize and arm them aud sent them imme ; diately out to the line?, The orders were car- I vied into execution with great promptitude by Major Gen. Kemper, and before night four ; thousand men were marched out to the scene :of operations. Officers and men on furlough, : citizens visiting the city on business, exenyots and detailed men. clerks in the Departments, I printers, newspaper men. Express men—all i were required to take up ai ms for ike defence of the capital. It is believed that three or four thousand more men will be obtained to day. Only one of the newspaper offices—the i Whig—was able to publish a paper this mor ning. By the way, why are not femaies em ployed in these offices? They can do nearly 1 all the work now performed by men, employment would insure the certain and reg ular publication of the journals* upon which they might be engaged. These vigorous measures will doubtless bring down much censure upon the head of 1 Gen. Bragg, It is fashionable in many parts ’ of the country, and especially in Virginia, to deny him credit for the good he does, and hold him responsible for the errors of others. But fortunately he is a cast-iron sort of a man who is not afraid to da his duty. Just now he is striking at the glaring abuses in the Conscript Bureau and other branches of the service, and if he were properly supported, he would cut up by the root3 many of the wrongs known to exist in almost every* department of the Government. The moment he commences a reform, however, the parties smoked out of their hiding places rush into print or apply to a Congressman or bureau officer ; and thus much of the good he might do is defeated. Os course, the unthinking multitude are ready to Relieve everything said against him. There are thousands of men all over the country, and even many intelligent journalists, who even now brieve that General Bragg's late . visit to Atlanta led to the removal of Gen. Johnston ; whereas, it is a3 well known as ! anything can be, that, so far from favoring the removal of that officer, he advised against it. ’ There is room for many.reforms in every i State in the Confederacy, and no where more than in Virginia, where there is a very loose administration of the acts of Congress affecting our military establishment. Ia proof of this, I need t only recapitulate soaij of the main points set forth in a ‘‘report'’ now before me “of the inspection of the conscription in the Thirteenth Congressional (Abingdon) i District.” as follows : Whole number of the active class and reserve j class enrolled since Ist of January to the 31st of j August of the present year, not including details | ia the Nitre and Mining Bureau, 3,233. Os this j number 135 were exempted for light duty; 816 wore exempted by the Medical Board, 1 was a Con- ! federate officer; 39 were State officers; 53 were 1 ministers of the gospel; 4 editors: 9 newspaper employees; 2 apothecaries: 53 physicians; 14 teachers: 8 mail cen tractors: 7 overseers and agri culturists: 493 detailed farmers; 692 detailed me chanics, &c.; S5 detailed in conscript department; 30 detailed in quartermaster’s department, 18 de tailed ia commissary department, and 560 in the j Nitre and Mining Bureau! leaving only 433 who J were sent to t'ae army i What a showing we have here! Out of 3)233 i men enrolled, only 433 were sent to the army. The j reports are but little less unfavorable from other districts and from other States. The duties per formed by many of these details can be ju3t as well discharged by disabled soldiers and men be yond the military age. And yet how few disabled soldiers and men beyond the militaty age do we find performing these services for government.— With the exception of the Horse Infirmary in Georgia, and the guards at the depots and on the trains of a few of the railways, I have seldom f seen a disabled soldier filling any of the stations , or offices alluded to in the foregoing report. Why | is this ? If rigid reforms are not instituted, the | | army cannot b® reinforced; and if the army be not i I reinforced, we are don® for, and there is an end of ! |it Money and favor may secure exemptions from . military service, but they will not secure liberty ! and independence. It is for the authorities and ; 1 the people to choose which they will have. ! Gen. Early reports that after driving the enemy's j 1 cavalry from his front near Port Republic, he moved to Waynesboro aad drove two divisions of cavalry from that place. ThU last force retreated through Staunton, and a portion of our cavalry entered that place yesterday. There i3 no enemy j . south of Staunton. Hii main force is about Har- ! risonburg. > Two p. x. The firing is very heavy down the j river as I close. P. W. A. The following paragraph in a speech made by - Gen. Hardee to his command, in taking leave of them, we copy from the Telegraph & Confederate: “He told them the Commanding General would, ; in a few days, cross the army over the Chattahoo : chee, on an offensive campaign, the plan of which he knew to be excellent, and he premised them that ■ if they would but do their duty and give him a cordial and hearty support, and do such fighting as , he knew they could and would da, that the greatest i success of the war would be tho result—that Gen. 1 Sherman would undoubtedly be drawn from At- j lanta.” $5.00 Per Month Mass Meeting of Federal Pris oners. At a mass meeting held September 28th, 1864, j by the Federal prisoners confined at Savannah, I Georgia, it was uaanimesly agreed that the fol- j lowing resolutions be sent to the President of the i United States, in the hope that he might thereby i take such steps as in his wisdom he might think necessary for our speedy exchange or parole. , Resolved, That while we would declare our un bounded love for the Unien, for the heme of our fathers, and for the graves of those we venerate, we would beg most respectfully that our situation as prisoners be diligently enquired into, and every obstacle consistent with the honor and dignity of the Government at once removed. Resolved, That whilst allowing the Confederate authorities all due praise for the attention paid to prisoners, numbers of our men are daily consigned to early graves, in the prime of manhood, far from home and kindred, and this is not caused intentionally by the Confederate Government : but by the force of circumstance, the prisoner is oblig ed to go without sheltor, and in a great portion of cases, without medicine. Resolved, That whereas, ten thousand of our brave oomrades have descended to an untimely grave within the last six months, and as we be lieve their death was caused by the difference of climate the peculiar kind and insufficiency of food, and lack of proper medical treatment: and where as, those difficulties still remain, we would de clare, as our firm belief, that unless we are speedily exchanged, we have no other alternative but to share the lamentable fate of our comrades. Must this thing still go on? Is there ne hope? Resolved, That whereas the cold and inclement season of the year is fast approaching, we hold it to be our duty as soldiers and citizens of the Uni ted States to inform our Government that the ma jority of the prisoners are without proper clothing, in gome cases being almost naked, and are with out blankets to protect us from the scorching sun by day, or the heavy dews by night, and we would most respectfully request the Government to make some arrangements whereby we eau be supplied with these to us necessary articles. Resolved, That whereas the term of service of many of our comrades having expired, they hav ing served truly and faithfully for the terms of their several enlistments, would most respectfully ask of their Government, are they to be forgotten? are past services to be ignored ? Not having seen their wives and little ones for over three years, they would most respectfully but firmly request the Government to make some arrangements whereby they can be exchanged or paroled. Resolved, That whereas, in the fortune of war, it was our lot to become prisoners, we have suffered patiently, and are still willing to suffer, if by so doing, we can benefit the country, but we would ) most respectfully beg to say that we are not will ing to suffer to further the ends of any party or clique to the detriment of our own honor, our families and our country : and wo would beg that this affair be explained to us, that we may continue j to hold the Government in that respect which is • necessary to make a good citizen and soldier. P. Bradley, Chairman of Com. in behalf of Prisoners. ! Fernando Woqd Explains his Position.— j The following remarks were made by lion. Feraan ! do Wood, at the McClellan meeting in New York ! last Saturday: Why did I oppose his nomination ? Because by his public record I knew he was for the war, which I was against. Yet the convention—the tri bune to determine the matter; the body to which the Democrats of all shades had submitted the question—decided that, without regard to his pecu liar views or antecedents, he should be the standard bearer of the party at the coming great campaign, i That body did not, by resolutions, attempt to in | dorse his sentiments. On the contrary, it declared principles which, it is thought, were opposed to those he entertained. Yet, while declaring these sentiments, it also selected him as its candidate.— I adhere to the principles, and these principles shall support McClellan. Because thus conquered as to my support of the man, I do not feel con strained to give up the views 1 entertained as to doctrine. The convention itself took this very ground. Its nominee and its platform were apparently inconsistent with each other: and yet, for para mount reasons connected with success, it deemed such a contradictory position reconcilable with good policy. Therefore, having none other to vote for but the man thus selected, and having been a party to the effort to select some other person, I am precluded from opposition to him. Besides, if elected, I am satisfied that he will entertain the view and execute the principles of the great party he will represent, without regard to those he may himself possess. He will then be our agent, the creature of our voice, and as such cannot, if he would, and would not if he could, do otherwise than execute the public voice of the country which, with the constitution and the laws, will be the commanding general over him, clothed with su preme power. My friends, I have said thus much on the assumption that McClellan is opposed to | peace. There are those who deny that he is oppo ' sed peace. Many intelligent and honest peace ; men do not concur iu the opinion that McClellan will continue the war if elected. Loss of Life by Drowning.— As we write—at half-past four o’clock on Satur day afternoon, October Ist,) 1864, the corpse of Mrs. Rose A. Greenhow, a well I known, and, we may add, a devoted dons i federate lady, just returned from Europe, | is laid out iu the Chapel of General Hos | pital No. 4. All the respect due to Mrs. Greenhaw’s position and character is, no ! 1 doubt, paid to her remains by the ladies J of the Soldier’s Aid Society, and, indeed, we may say, by the ladies generally. Up to the time of writing we have ob** tained few particulars. We know that on I Friday night or Saturday morning, the steamship Condor, in endeavoring to come i in over the New Inlet Bar, got aground, i i and that a boat from her got swamped upon the “rip” and that Mrs. Greenhow, being a passenger on board that hoat, was drowned. We have not learned that any other of the passengers on the boat per ished. Perhaps we may hear further par- j ticulars in the course of tosmorrow, (Sun ! day.)— Wilmington Journal , 2d. ! Humored Change in the Yankee | Cabinet. —It is understood that Secreta : ry Fessenden has demanded to be released i i from the Tabors of his office. There are S indications that Mr. Chase has been invi- I ted to resume the position, and it is not ! improbable that he will accept. To be I provided for his non-acceptance, however, | Robert J. Walker has been sent for and i his return is expected within two weeks. In all probability either Chase or Walker will be Secretary of the Treasury on the I ; Ist of October. Major-Gen. Elzy is now chief of artil- j lery of the army of Tennessee. He will | i be remembered as the -officer who was in command of the arsenal at Augusta, and i surrendered it to the Confederate authori* j ties at the commencement of the war. He is spoken of in the highest terms by those who know him —was in the old j United States array, is from Maryland, ; and it is hoped his talent will correct ir^ I regularities, and give efficiency to this i most important arm of the service. [Special to the Mobile Register feKXATOBiA, Dot. l.irTie St., Louis Rot*.. September 26th is received, and contains t in* new* #f Confederate movements. Shelby has occupied Farmington, s' r ran ; s county; Shelby is at Fredricktown, aud Pace is i v th e sam e vicinity. . Their forces are estimated a 112,000. , The firit brigade of enrolled iniUtia has oeen called out to meet the invaders. - . Nuerr files are reported to haye captured WO rea erals at Centrulia, Standwmtie had captured two hundred and t*’ wagens, loaded with army stores, together with over twelve hundred mules mad a large sutler’s train, be tween fort Scott and Fort Smith. Nearly tbe en tire guard waacaptured. Most of the wagons were burned, which is considered asevidence that Stani watie is moving north. Grant is reported to have received 60,000 es the 100*000 men considered necessary to enable him to oapture Richmond before tbe Presidential election. Great importance is attaehed to Sheridan’s suc cess. j McClellan’s prospects are brightening, and many I prominent converts are mentioned. Bull’s Pen. —“ Bull’s Pen” is the euphonious title of the prison at City Point in which Confederate captives are confined. * It is said to take its name from its assumed resemblance to a “bull’s eye/' being a strong stockade, round in form, and devoted to the use of penning up de fenceless prisoners. It has no shelter about it, and those who are luckless enough to he thrown into its confines are compelled to withstand all the vicissitudes of the weather —sunshine and storm, heat and cold —without protection. Tt is no better in its accommodations than a com mon cattle pen, and the inconsiderate Yankees, it appears, can place no higher estimate upon its uses than a careless far mer would confer upon his cow pen. The next time Gen. Hampton visits the Yan> kec rear, we hope he will catch the men detailed to guard the “Bull’s Pen,” aud bring them here, where some retaliation can be made by placing them in one of our slaughter pens. —Petersburg Lx press. Satisfied With the Terms. —A certain good natured old Vermont farmer preserved his constant good nature, let what would turn up. One day, while the blaok tongue prevailed in that State, one of his men came in bringing the news that one of his red oxen was dead. “Is he ?” said the old man ; “well, he was al* ways a breechy cuss. Take his hide off and carry it down to Fletcher’s; it will bring cash.” An hour or so afterwards the man came back with the news that “lineback” and his mate were both dead. “Are they?” said the old man; “well, I took them of B to save a bad debt that I never expected to get it. It is lucky that it ain’t the Take the hides down to Fletcher’s, they will bring cash.” After a lapse of another hour the man came back to tell him that the nigh brindle was dead. “Is he ?” said the old man j “well, he was a very old ox. Take off his hide and send it down to Fletcher’s \ It is worth cash, and will bring more than two of the others.” Hereupon his wife, who was a pious soul, taking upon herself the office of Eliphax, reminded her husband TT '"*~ ' his sins, and asked him if lie was not ! aware that his loss was the judgment of | Heaven for liis wickedness ? “Is it ?” said the old fellow; “well if they will I take the judgment in cattle, it is the easi-- est way I can pay it.” » mm • m* The Navy. —Assistant Surgeon E. G. Booth, re cently released from Pensacola, has arrived in Richmond. He left Admiral Buchanan doing well; his leg was badly fractured, but he will recover, with the use of his limb. All of our officers and j men carried to Pensacola are kindly treated. [. Richmond Dispatch. Exchange Notice Ho. Is. Richmond, Va., Sept. 20, ’64. All officers and men of the Vicksburg capture of July 4th, 1863, who reported for duty at any parole camp east of the Mississippi, prior to September 10th, 1864, are hereby declared exchanged. RO. OULD, _oc6 6t Agent of Exchange. Hotice. Adjutant and Insp’r Gen’s Office. Richmond, Sept. 22, 1864. General Orders, 1 No. 74. / I. The commandants of Reserves will hereafter control the enrolling officers, and conduct the busi ness of conscription and enrollment in their respec tive States, under the direction of the Secretary of War, through the Conscript Bureau. 11. Commandants of Cbnscripts, and of Camps of Instruction, will be under the direction of the Gen erals of Reserves. 111. As soon as practicable, all officers and men now employed in the enrolling service, whether as | enrolling officers, conscript guards, clerks or other j wise, except such as are retired or assigned to light | duty by the Medical Boards, will be relieved by de ; tails from the Reserve Forces, and sent to the field, IV. All applications for exemption and detail of persons between the ages of 18 and 45 years will be ! transmitted through the commandants of conscripts I to the Bureau of conscription for decision. Similar applications from persons of the Reserve class will be transmitted through the commandants of con scripts to the Generals of Reserves for decision. The office of the Congressional District Enrolling Officer is abolished, and communications from local enroll ing officers will be transmitted through the Com mandants of conscription to the Generals of Re serves. An officer may be assigned to duty in each Congressional District as Inspector of conscription. By order, 8. COOPER, A & I General. Headq’rs Ga. Reserve & Dist. of Ga., ilfacon, Ga., Oct. 1,1864. General Orders, 1 No. 19. / I. In pursuance of the foregoing order, the under signed hereby assumes the direction and control of the conscript and enrolling service in the State of Georgia. 11. The Commandant of Conscripts of Georgia will report directly to these Headquarters, and will continue to exercise immediate command of the conscript and enrolling service under orders from these Headquarters. 111. All official communications in relation to the conscript and enrolling service will be forwarded through the commandant of conscripts to these Headquarters, with such remarks as he may deem proper. IV. Tho office of District enrolling officer being abolished, the commandant of conscripts will forth with n<ftify officers holding that position to complete the unfinished business in their respective offices by the 15th of October, instant, and be prepared to turn over on that day their official records of the district. Inspectors of conscription hereafter to be assigned to that duty, and who will be appointed upon the recommendation of the commandant of conscripts. V. The commandant $f conscripts will forward to these Headquarters, on or before 15th of every month a condensed report of the operations of the service for the preceding thirty days in the several Districts of the State, showing the number of men enrolled, and what disposition has been made of them, the number assigned to the army in the field, to the reserves, found fit for light duty, detailed un der the provision of the act of October and of 17th February, and exempted. VL The commandant of conscripts will forward to these Headquarters without delay a complete list of the officers and men now engaged in the en rolling service under his command, setting forth in. the case of the officers, their names, rank, to what duty assigned, and by whose order, whether they are fit or unfit for field service, and in the case of de tailed emplojeTs. their names, age, residence, date of e. 11 oil men t. how employed, whether found by mea;cal Examining Board fit or unfit for field ser vice. HOWELL COBB, 6* Maj. Genera! C ;ni'g
