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About Columbus times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1864-1865 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1864)
OOLUMiila i'IMLS Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $5.00 per month, or sls for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than hre• month', 4 DT HRTISi.X«A RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square for each insertion. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the oharge will be S3O per square. Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably paid in advance. __ Change of Schedule. Ornc* Engineer ands ITPE ® I f? . I Chariton |\N THURSDAY, June 9.1864, and until further U notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m. Arrive in Savannah .5.40, p. m. Leave Savannah ...5.30, a. m. Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m. Thi? Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central tiie Junction. June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent. Dhange of Schedule. ,\N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on * the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Columbus.. -0 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. Leave Macon 3 10 P- M Arrivo at Columbus .........4 2o A. hi. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Culuihbus 5 (X) A. >*. Arrive at CMumbus .4 o 5 A..DC.. W. L. CLARK, mar 19 If Supt. Muscogee R, R. Through to Montgomery NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT EAT I,ROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27,1864. ON and after August27th. the Passenger Train on 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 WestPotnt at 4!30 p. m. Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m. Arrives ..:..at 8:27 p m . D, 11. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng. ag271864—ts MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CUIAGi: OF SCIIGUI'LG. Gibard, Ala., Get 7, 1864. ON and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) a3 follows: Passenger Train. Leave Girard at 1 30 p.^m. Arrive in Union Springs 6 00 Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 Freight Train. Leave .. 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at .-..6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS. aglß ts Eng. & Sup’t. FOR SAIiJE. 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 imAT ,mTi3P sp!3 lm Dr. WOODRUFF. FOli SALE! A GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse, Amply to • R. B. MURDOCH,. sep 2—ts or > a t this office. SSO HewardL. NEGRO boy CHARLEY ; about 25 years old, yel low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskogee, Ala. He originally came from Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will bo paid for his delivery at this office, or in any Safe jail and information sent to me at this office. JAMES M. RUSSELL: Columbu’s G a., aug Its * 500 Hegro Men Wanted! Nitre and Mining Bureau, ) lleadq’rs Mining Division, No. 2, > Selma, Ala., Sept. 13,’64. J lAM desirous of Hiring Five Hundred Negro Men, for the Bibb Iron Works, located on the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Rail Road, fifty miles North of Selma, 150 South of Rome and 70 West of Mont gomery. I am l aying for able-bodied men three hundred dollars per annum, feeding and clothing them. Ono 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 bo moved West through an inaccessible coun try. Apply to W P Herring, La Grange, Ga., or WM. RICHARDSON HUNT, Lieut. Col. Comd’g. sepl? lm SoOO Reward. \\J ILL be paid for the apprehension of our boy IV Truman. He is about 24 years old; 6 feet high; very black, and weighs about 180 pounds. Throe 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, LaGrange Repor ter, und Hamilton Enterprise, publish one month and send bills to Factory. sep2ol m ss© Reward. Superintendent's Office,') Muscogee It. R. Company, > Columbus, Ga., So pt. 16, '64. ) A REWARD of SSO will be paid for the delivery A to mo for each of tho following negro men : Charles—Black; about 25 years old; quick spo ken; weighs about 150 lbs,; about 5 feet 10 or 11 in. high. Hill ard—Black; about 30 years old; 5 ft 9 inches high; weighs 145 or 150 lbs.; blacksmith by trade.— Probably will go to Jones county where his wife is. W. L. CLARK, sp!7 lm Superintendent. SSO Reward. 1 WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black boy, about 24 years old. He has been out three or four weeks, aud is supposed to be lurking about he city. JNO. H. BASS. j?_4tf . SI,OOO Reward. A CHUNKY, heavy set, black boy by the name cf 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 oonvict, or I will pay two hundred and fifty dollars for the negro delivered to me in Colum bus. The boy came from Virgiuia about two years ago, and says he 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. Z R- S. —I learu, since the above was written, that the boy lett Cblumbus on the Opelika train, on Sunday morning, in company with a small white man that limped, and that they were t 0 West jroiEfc 3.J1. B. iTEHiIXft KCHA^E! » PEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange A dl6 10 "bISI?of CoIuMBUS. BUGGY FOR 8AIE!. A N excellent Buggy and Harness for sale. Ap- A ply at this office. seP- 1 ** - 8188 PAPER k BURR BORIS FOR SAXjXD! WE have for sale 49 reams o’t Letter Paper, and 2.000 small Pocket Blank Books, at Wholesale •r Retail. Paper, SSO per Ream; Blank Books, sloo r *S t ? cu - wholKll '- NOTICE. To Planters and Others ! T WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs Sheeting and X Yarn* for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I b r e n fbi°nd a a X\>inett’A 1 am manufacturing Candle^and^Lar and, iune 2 ts Notice to Debtors and Cred itors. "VDTICE is hereby given, to all persons haying ■li demands against Samuel MeClary, iate oi >*us co»ee county, deceased, to present them to either ot us, properly made out, within the time presmoed bylaw. All persons indebted to said deceased are hereby required to make immediate payment to either of the undersigned. • B H CRAWFORD, Adm’r MARIA E McCLARY. Admt’x ag3l w6t* ~~ _ V - ' h..-'-. , . - - , „ ' VoL XI. J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors J. W. W ARRE.V, Editor SPECIAL NOTICE^ Notice! Cblumbus, Ga., Oct. 4, ’64. The Office t 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,! Americus, Ga., Oct. 1, ’64. J I. Producers of the 3d District are requited to de liver their tithes of Wheat, Oats, Rye and Wool, by the Ist day of November proximo. Thosed'ailing to do so will be subject to the five fold penalty imposed by the law. 11. Agents will begin receiving the articles con tained inthe second assessment, (corn, rice, fodder, sugar, molasse3, cotton, &c.,) as soon as they are assessed. 111. In view of the difficulty of procuring barrels for the tithe Sorghum Syrup, producers jn ay give in exchange at the rate of 14 pounds wheat, 39 2-10 tt>s corn, 44 4-5 lbs shelled oats, or 2 lbs bacon for r> Upm one gallon syrup. JNO T CRAFT, oc4 eod 2w Capt and Post Quart’r. Notice! Columbus, Ga„ Oct. 4th, 1564. L. T. Maddux is authorized te attend to my business in my absence from Columbus. ocs I in* 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. COTHRAN, Capt. & A Q M. Sun and Enquirer copy 10 days. oc4 lOt notice, „ 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. 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 nal, present them at this Office for payment. M H WRIGHT, Colonel Comd’£ octl 2w Gov’t Works. Hd. Q’rs Government Works, (Ord.) Columbus, Ga., Oct. 1,1864. Strayed or Stolen. T?ROM the Columbus Arsenal Stables, on the 2Stb U of September, 1864. One Black Horse Mule ; “ u Mare u 1 “ small Bay 11 A suitable reward will be given for their deliver? at the Office of the Military Storekeeper. M. 11. WRIGHT, octl 6t Col. Comd’g. NOTICE To Mississippi Soldiers! THE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” ftuid Office of I 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 1 Agent. Battle-Field Relief 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 & Co’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. 11. YOUNG, Presd’t. C. G. Holmes, Sec’y. ag23tf FOR SALE ! 320 Acres of Laud on the Mobile & Girard Kail Road, 170RTY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one JJ and a half from Station No. 5; about 180 acres opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, with good water, gin house, &c. Apply to Messrs Ellis, Liv ingston & Cos., for terms. sps lm- D C FREEMAN, Jr. WAATED! C AAn LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price JjvUU will be paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, sp7 ts Major and Q. M. select"school. MR. GEO- M. DEWS' will rosumo his School with a limited number of pupils on Monday the 3d October next. Tuition for half a scholastic year $125 00, paya ble in advance. sep29 4t* WANTED TO HIRE. T?IVE or SIX NEGRO FELLOWS, for which tb F highest price will be paid. Apply at TIMES OFFICE. sep29 lw* Pressman Wanted. A mechanic who understands repairing a Print ing Press can obtain a job, on liberal terms, at this 05ic e. oct4 ts Store Houses for Rent. THE three buildings 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. WIAATOA SCHOOL. MISS J. L. JEWETT will resume the exercises of her School, at the Wynnton Male Academy, on Wednesday, Oct. sth, 1864. , TERMS: Per Quarter (S months) S4O 00 Incidental Expenses (per quarter). 10 00 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. <®*No deduction made, excepting in cases of pro tracted illness. sp3o lw MATT. K. EVANS, COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 64, Commerce Street, MOBILE, ALABAMA. WILL sell on description of (roods, Negroes and Produce of all kinds. sp2o lm - REMOVAJL! DR. WINGFIELD has removed his office to his residence, near the Muscogee Rail Road Depot, immediately in the rear of Dr. Bozeman s, where he may be found during the day or night, unless absent on professional duty. sep29 6t* _____________ Piano Instruction. MRS. T. H. VANDENBi!RG is again prepared te resume her Instruction in Music on the Piano. Those designing to favor-bw with their patronage will apply at her former residence on Forsyth street. Terms— Fiftv dollars per quarter. Mrs T. would be pieced to RENT ROOMS, or a portion of the house, now occupied by herself. Apply as above. JvC 1 octoaot ISIUISIMIP ■ ■ THE Exercises of this Institution will be resumed 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 before the eeseieo GREENWOOD, Preri’t. D. F. WILLCOX, Sec’y. sp l2 ts Board of Trustees. Columbus, Ga., Saturday Morning, October 8,1864. Friday Evening. -1- ... . • .. - —i General Beaurhgard arrived this morning I — was met at the depot by the Fire Guards, j Col. Vou Zinkenand a few citizens. He made a 3hort, pretty and encouraging speech, and after being feasted by the kindness of the la dies, passed on his way rejoicing. +.—+ ARMY CORRESPONDENCE OF THE TIMES. Newnan the central point for news—Tearing up our Railroads — Waifs from Atlanta —Good news from the front — Stewart’s corps upon the Railroad —Major General Bate. Newnan, Ga., October 5 th, 1864. This point for the time being, is the central news depot of the army, although headquarters are some fifty or sixty miles away. Telegraphic communication ceases here and messages and mail matter are packed snugly away in the saddle bags of couriers for further transmission. The rail road from a few miles beyond Palmetto down to this place has been torn up more or less by our’ forces, and the iron conveyed away to more secure localities. This has also been done upon the Ma con & Western Road to Barnesville (fifteen miles South of Griffin), and Sherman would find it diffi cult to move anything like a large force in either direction, even had he the inclination so to do. I conversed with a party who left Atlanta upon the 28th ultimo, yesterday. He states that the Yan kees were laboring under the impression that Hood had only taken a small portion of the army with him upon his flank movement, and that Beaure gard was in command of the main army at some point Macon and Lovejoys. If Sherman really was deluded into this belief he must have been terribly thrown aback, when awakened to the true state of things in his rear. The news from the army to-day is just what has been foreshadowed, for sometime past. Our left, in command of Stewart, very eooly took possession of the State Road yesterday, and captured several trains in between Ackworth and Big Shanty, with a small number of prisoners. ► Is was reported that our- forces were engaged in tearing up the road and destroying it, and that they would probably fall back as far as the Eto wah before baiting. Wheeler, it is thought, has struck the road by this time at Kingston or thereabouts, and the news from Forrost at army headquarters, is said to be all that could be desired. President Davis is said to have telegraph Forrest that he should expect him to check railroad com munication south of Nashville. Forrest is said to have replied that no more trains should run in that section until the President desired it. Whether such correspondence ever really passed between the President and the Wizard of the Saddle I am not prepared to say, but feel confident that Forrest will accomplish wonders. He is said te have tapped the road already between Deckard’s and Tullahoma on the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad. I had the pleasure this morning of meeting General Bate of Tennessee, who although not yet recovered from quite a -severe wound re ceived before Atlanta, is en route to take com mand of his Division. The General is a gallant soldier—full of hope and confidence and eager for the fray. I have no news of a reliable character to report of the movements of Sherman’s army. It is re ported here that seme ten or twelve trains loaded with troops left Atlanta for the Chattahoochee day before yesterday. It is time the Banker General | was “stacking up his cheeks and getting ready for anew deal”—and plenty of “splits” in it at that, if he expects to save himself! OUTLINE. The Front. Mail Office, Montgomery, 1 Wednesday, 10 A. M. j Our cavalry on Saturday evening last en* tered Rome. " The enemy had left the night before, going toward Marietta. On Sunday Gen. Wheeler dashed into the latter place near the Bolling Green, succeeded in burning a I block of store houses and spiking three siege guns. The main body of our army is supposed to be at Ettowah. Fortifications are said to have been thrown up on Kennesaw Mountain. The report that Cerro Gordo Williams had cap tured Chattanooga is not believed, but the occupation of Dalton seems to be confirmed. A gentleman lately out of Atlanta reports that Sherman has provisions there to last a garrison of ten thousand men for six months. If he is forced to evacuate the place with his army he will leave a garrison. Forrest is still on the wing in Middle Ten nessee. He Will doubtless occupy Columbia, Murfreesboro’ and all the towns about Nash ville. Rousseau is already cooped in the lat ter city.— Mont. Mail, 6 th. Speecli from “Fighting Joe Hooker.” Hooker— or rather “Fighting Joe Hooker,” as his friends dub him—made a speech some days ago in New York, in the course of which he said : °The fighting is now nearly closed. There will be a few spasmodic plunges, but they are the natural manifestations es dying. The government has been slow ; the people have been fast, and have led the Administration; but the latter has come along, and, on the whole, done tolerably well. It is absurd to suppose the soldiers can vote other than one way. They will vote as they have fought, to put down the rebellion. General Hooker farther remarked that he had at ne time felt any doubt of the success of the war for the Union. There hac been mistakes and mis management in its conduct, yet the Union arms had made steady progress, so that the close of each year had seen the area of the rebellion narrow ed and its relative power materially weakened.— H© confidently believed that we were now very near the end—nearer than most of us believed. — But he would have no overtures made to the rebel chiefs ; at the proper time they would signify their readiness to give it up. A correspondent of the Augusta Re gister, speaking of Gen. Howell Cobb s late speech in Macon, says : One expression of the speaker brought down such loud and long continued ap plause, it seemed difficult for him to pros ceed. Said he “We have long been ac custotned to regard the Yankees as the meanest and most infamous people on earth. This is a mistake, and I must beg even the Yankee’s pardon for misrepresen ting them. There are some meaner and more infamous still, and they are those i who are willing to go back and live with the Yankees.” Hiram Richardson and William Hart, of the rebel army, says the Memphis Bulletin, have been convicted before a military commission ordered by Gen. Wallace, of acting 3pies with -1 in our lin'es, and sentenced to be hung Later from Texas and Mexico. The Clarion has late and interesting Texas and Mexican new3, from which we extract the following ; Brownsville, Sept. 1, 1864. Ed. Tel.: The steamer Arkansas, captured by our forces has arrived at this city, Cortinas i is still oppressing" the Mexican population at ; Matamoras. His motto is “walk in lemons j and get squeezed,” “shell out, I want $250,- i 000 to skedaddle on, for Johnny Crapeau is j coming, and it is necessary for me to retire to private life, ala Santa Anna.” In plain . words, he is forcing a loan, and threatens to i turn the troops loose upon the town if the citizens don’t comply. Four or five hundred troops have arrived at : Matamoras from Victoria, having been driven , out by the French. It is distant 60 miles from ; Matamoras, and it will not be long before they j will besiege our neighboring city. Cortinas sent some 800 troops down towards the mouth of the Rio Grande to attack the French. A fight took place last evening, re sults not important. Some five or six Mexi cans killed and a number wounded. Heavy firing heard last night. A growing coolness is apparent on the part of the Mexican authorities towards the Con federates, engendered, no doubt, from the late visit of the French, representations from the Admiral’s squadron, and his friendly reception by Col. Ford and staff. Our troops are in good health with a few exceptions. Several deaths have occurred. The Yankees have not all left, but from ap pearances they are going. The French are moving towards Matamoras in three columns. One from Monterey, one from Victoria, and now at San Fernando, and one will move from the mouth of the River. Gen. Vidauri is in possession of New Lore do. The citizens have pronounced in favor of the French. Nothing remains to be done to place the French in possession of the entire Mexican territory but the possession of Matamoras and the State it is in, (Tamaulipas,) and in three weeks that will be accomplished. We will* have a fine view of the fight from the city. CARLOS. N. B.—Sept. 2.—Cortinas has fled and the French are in possession of the city. The French in Matamoras. —According to the Houston Telegraph the French occupied Matamoras on the 2d instant. The capture of that city and Monterey gives them possession of the Northern States of Mexico, and leaves no ground for the Jaurists party to occupy. At last accounts Cortinas had fled, Jaurez had fled, Quitaga had submitted, Vidauri was ex pected to do likewise, and hostilities have ac cordingly, ere this, ceased in that part of the new empire. Yellow Fever in Galveston. —Trans-. Mississippi advices report the appearance of Yellow fever at Galveston, Texas. Several persons have already died from it. It is said by some that there are a few cases in Hous ton, but the physicians are unwilling to admit the fact. An Attack on Galveston. —Kirby Smith has received intimations that Galveston is soon to receive a visit from Commodore Far ragut. Preparations are being made to re ceive him after the style of Gen. M. L. Smith’s reception at Vicksburg, on the memorable 28th of June, 1862. Farragut will find a foe in Bronze John now, as well as the Texas tigers. [Special Dispatches to the Mobile Register.] Senatobia, Oct. 3.—The Memphis Bulletin of the 30th ult. is received. There is great excitement at St. Louis., Price is reported within twenty-four miles of the city. A large Confederate force had surrounded Pilot Knob last Monday, and a heavy fight continued until Tuesday evening, the garrison still holding out at last accounts. Price’s force is now estimated at 35,000. It is reported that Cape Girardeau has been captured. A train was captured at Centralia, on the North Missouri Railroad, by Bill Anderson, and 20 Yankee soldiers taken out and shot. Rosecrans had issued orders suspending business in St. Louis, for the purpose of or ganizing the militia. Great fears were apprehended for the safety of the city. Nashville dates of the 27th say Forrest is pressing Rosseau near Pulaski, and the latter slowly retreating to Nashville. Forrest was destroying all the bridges and trestle work on the railroad. Col. Biffle, of Wheeler’s cavalry, was at Williamsport and Hillsboro’ on the 26th. Cerro Gordo Williams, with his command, was trying to join. Forrest. A fight was going on near Pulaski. Two trains were captured on the railroad near Big Shanty by Confederates on the 26th. Guemllas were busy firing into beats on White river. A portion of the 16th army corps had left Brownsville, Ark., in pursuit of Shelby. The steamer Adam Jacobs was fired into near Tiptonville, Tenn. The Federate admit a los3 on the IStb, near ■Winchester, of two thousand men, and at Fisher’s Hill their loss is stated at three hun dred. There was a great panic in the New York markets on the 26th. Merchandise fell thirty per cent. Gold on the 26th was 183. Warrants have been issued at Toronto to arrest the parties connected with the late raid on the Lake. SCANTLING. Senatobia, Oct. 3.— Northern papers to the Ist were received yesterday from Memphis by the re turn of the flag of truce. The St. Louis Republican of Sept. 29th, says: “Communication with Pilot Knob is cut off, and nothing has been heard since Tuesday (27th).” A J Smith is fifty miles south of St. Louis, watch ing Price’s movements, The militia to the number of 12,009 are under arms at St Louis. A “rebel” force bas made its appearance at Rich woed,* Franklin county. Nothing definite has yet been ascertained of the real strength of the invasion. A large number of refugees from Southern Mis souri have reached the city. Heavy firing was heard in the direction of Cape Girardeau. Twelve boat loads of troops left Memphis last week bound up the river. Hatch and Grierson, with 3,000 men, have gone east in pursuit of Forrest. Winslow’s eavalry have crossed into Arkansas in pursuit of Price. Nashville dates are to September 26th. Telegraphic communication south, on both roads, is destroyed, and there are no trains south. A heavy fight occurred near Pulaski on the 27th(?) Rousseau dispatches by courier that Forrest re tired during the night. The Confederate loss was two hundred. It will require several weeks to repair the damage already done to the Tennessee and Alabama railread. Passengers arrived at Memphis Saturday evening from above, say Forrest captured Pulaski. Liverpool dates are to September 16. Cotton had a downward tendeney. The political news is un changed. The Londen New3 says no cordiality can exist between France and America if McClellan is elec ted. The Herald believes all negotiations must fa I, as all force has failed, and that the separation of the North and South is inevitable. The French papers consider McClellan’s election certain. The London Post, the Government organ, 3avg the Southern Confederacy is, and has been since the commencement of tbe war, as independent as the Nerthorn Confederation, and it only remains for the latter to recognise, with what grace it may, the unity of the new Republic. Gold closed in New York, on the 23th, at 1931-4. Quantrell has not been captured. Scantling. $5.00 Per Month An Important Order. * Gen. Taylor has just issued the annex ed important order in regard to matters in his department: t EADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OL ALA BAMA, Mississippi and East Lous isiana. Selma, Sept. 24, 1804. I. The system of provost marshals is hereby abolished in this department. All officers, non-commissioned officers and privates attached to or in any way em* ployed in it, fit for duty and connected with organizations in the field, will at once rejoin their respective commands. Offi cers unfit for active duty will report to these headquarters, giving their status as officers, copy of orders placing them on duty, and certificates of a medical exam ining board as to the continuance of their disability. Non-commissioned officers and privates detailed on certificate of medical examining board with provost marshals, will report to the commandant of the posts at which they may be stationed, or if there be no commandant of such posts, then the nearest to them. 11. Post commanders are charged with the duty of arresting and returning to their command all officers and soldiers im properly absent from them. 111. All persons employed as detectives or secret service men, unless by authority cf the War Department, cease to be employ-, ed by the first of next month, and become liable to enrollment by the proper officers unless re-employed by the lieutenant gena eral commanding^department. IV. Paragraph 111 of this order does not apply to those persons employed for temporary purposes by commanders on the frontier, nor is it intended to prevent them from so employing persons from time to time as they may find necessary. There will be one good result from the Yankee occupation of Atlanta, should we ever regain the city, which we have no doubt we shall do. The order of Shers man, forcing the citizens to remove, either North or South, has, doubtless, to a great extent, divided the sheep from the goats. Those who lived there, and have gone North, have done so from choice—from the promptings of a heart treacherous to the South. We mean the most of them, Some may have had other motives for electing to go North. Those who. have gone North by the promptings of sympa thy for our enemy will never return to Atlanta to live after we shall have regain ed the city. We have believed there were many disloyal people in Atlanta, and Sherman’s order has given the proof of it. —La Grange Reporter. The New York' Times, of the 27th ult., says: If is now believed that Gen. Price has entered Missouri with forces estima* ted at 30,000 strong. His plan* is sups posed to be to inarch to the central por tion of the State with three columns, and, capturing all the important points, hold the country. It is expected that Kirby Smith will join him with Trom 10,000 to 12,000 men. The Arkansas guerrillas are also concentrating to aid in the move ment of the column now in the Southeast, doubtless, under Shelby, who has some 6,000 or 8,000 men. France In the East. Rapid extension of French influence and interest in Cochin China—A new Commercial Treaty. Anew treaty of peace and a commercial conven tion have been concluded at Hue with the Anna mite Government. They were signed on the 15th of July. They offer advantages to France and largely indemnify her for the exchange she has made of the part of the territory conquered by her in Lower Cochin China. The principal clause of these arrangements -are: the protectorate of France over the six provinces of Lower Cochin China: the opening of three im portant ports on the coast of Annam, with the con cession of nearly Eix miles of ground round each of the ports for establishing factories,- liberty for French merchants to circulate and do business throughout the whole kingdom of Annam ; entire freedom for French missionaries to teach the Christian religion ; the establishment of consuls at Hue, and in port3 to trade : and lastly, the pay ment ©f an indemnity of one hundred millions of francs. We thus find ourselves relit red from a part of the heavy charges which weighed on us in Cochin China, and from which many despaired of ever obtaining any good result. France retains a vast territory at Saigon, Cape St. Jacques and Mytbo, she remains mistress of the river of Saigon, and of the large river Cambo dia, and commerce may henceforth be developed without impediment in those distant countries.— The treaties are to be ratified within six months. The Annamite government, in order to prove its good intentions, has sent to Saigon a sum of 2,500,000 francs; thejamount of the annuities due according to the treaty of the sth of June, 1862. Speech of a Yankee Blackguard. —A Yan kee blackguard, as his language proves him to be, but a military dignitary, who is styled by the Yan kee papers as “General Andrew Jackson Smith,” had a public reception and made a speech to the people of St. Louis last week. After a great deal of bluster and bravado about the war, he offered the following insult to the women of the South: Let the South acknowledge their wrong and come back; the sooner they do it the better it will be for them. If they don’t do it, we’ll make them. The men of the South have gone to war, and left their woman at home. We’ll show them that we can raise a better breed than the generation of South erners that we are now killing off. [Langhter and cheers.j ****** The Southerners are determined to destroy this Government; don’t let them do it. [“Never !”] All that I am fighting for is, first, for the Union , secondly, for the Union ; thirdly, and ail the time, for the Union ! [“Hurrah for the Union ! The Union forever!”] There is bnt one way of doing this. They commenced the war; now let them ask for peace. I say when the South shall ask for peace then it will be time for them to get it. Never let the North saj peace. As for proposing terms to the South, I say it is ridiculous. Suggestive. —Thirty-seven dollars in gold will buy a Federal bond of one hun dred dollars on State Street. It takes seventy-five dollars in gold to buy a Con federate bond ot the same amount in London.— Boston Courier. I General Sheridan was bora in Perry county, Ohio, in the year 1831. and having entered West Peint in 1343, graduate ! at that institution in June, 1353 skek I TELEGRAPHIC. RJfPORTS OP THE PItESB ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congpees in the year 1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States lor the Northern District of Georgia. Richmond, Oct. 6th.—A flag of truce boat has arrived at Varina, bringing 600 wounded Confederates. The same number of wounded Yankees will be lent in return. Pew Renting Notice. The Pews in the first Baptist Church willl be rented, by auction, at the Church, on Monday next, at 11 o’clock, a, m. ocT 2t notice, Headqo’rs Georgia Reserve,) and Military District of Georgia, >- Macon, October Ist, 1864. ) General Orders i- ' No. 19. J In pursuance of orders from the War Department, j I require all Quartermasters, Commissaries of Sub sistence, Ordnance and other officers who have de tailed men in their employ to furnish immediately to the Commandants of conscripts at Augusta, Ga., a list of all such detailed men, setting forth their names, age, residence, county, when detailed, by whom detailed, and whether found fit for field ser vice or for light duty by Medical Examining Board. And it is further ordered that after the 20th of October, inst., Enrolling officers will not regard as valid any certificate of detail issued to the above mentioned employees, bearing date prior to the date of this order, but will send them to Camp of In struction for assignment to duty in the army. By command of Maj. Gen. HOWELL COBB Lamas Cobb, Major and A A G. oc" 6t Notice! Headq’bs 6th Regiment, G. M Columbus, Oct. 7, 1361. General Orders 1 No. -. / Commanders of Companies are hereby ordered to muster their commands on Tuesday, Hth inst., at the places herein designated, viz: Muscogee eounty, at tho Depot of the Muscogee Rail Road in Columbus; Chattahoochee county, at the Box Spring Depot; Marion county, at Geneva; at which points they will take the train for Macon. Transportation will be furnished, and absentees on our arrival in Macon will be promptly reported as deserters and immediate steps bo taken to arrest them and bring them to camp. By order of D B THOMPSON, _ _ . Col comd’g 6th Reg G M L B Duck, Adj’t oc7 3t Notice! Headq’rs 24th Senatorial Dist„ G. M. In obedience to orders from the Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, all men between the ages of 50 and 60 years qld, in the county of Muscogee, will assemble at the Court House on Monday, the 10th inst., at 10 o’clock, to be organized into a com pany or companies to repel raids. In the county of Chattahoochee on Wednesday, the 12th inst. In the county of Marion on Friday, the 14th inst. All Police Captains will be present with their muster rolls. By order of Goa. H. C. Wayne. B. A. THORNTON, oc6 4t Exchange Notice No. V 2. 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, Notice. Adjutant and Insp’r Gen’s Office, Richmond, Sept. 22, 1864. General Qi'/lcrs, 1 No. 74. / I. The Generals 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 Conscripts, and df 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 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 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, S. COOPER, A A I General. Headq’rs Ga. Reserve & Dist. of Ga., Jlfacon, Ga., Oct. 1,1384. General Orders, l 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. The office of District enrolling officer being abolished, the commandant of conscripts will forth with notify 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 of 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, i to the reserves, found fit for light duty, detailed un der the provision of the act of October and of 17th February, and exempted. VI. The commandant of conscripts will forward j 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 j 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 employers, their names, age, residence, date of enrollment, hew employed, whether found by medical Examining Board fit or unfit for field ser vice. HOWELL COBB, ocs 6t Mai. General Corud’g General Orders, IV©. 29. [Extract.] Headquarters Post, Columbus, Ga., Oct. 5,1304. Special Orders, i No. 29. f IV. All orders heretofore issued from these Head quarters, assigning men to duty as Detectives or on Secret Service, are hereby revoked. By order LEON VON ZINK BN, Colonel Comd’g Post. S. Isidore Guillot, Lt. and Post Adj’t. LOST. AN ENVELOPE containing about len Photo graphs. 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