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COLUMBUS TIMES
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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.”
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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