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DAI hi: T lAIEri.
J. W. W iitREX, - - - Editor.
CO3LUM:BIJS :
Monday Morning, Oetober 10,* 1864.
From the Front. *
V,' * , »
An officer who left Nownan on Saturday
morning, report? that Bherxnan had evacuated
Atlanta, after burning the greater portion of
the city, and had moved up the State road in
the direction of Marietta. He also report!
that Hood’s army was at or near Big Shanty
on Friday morning, and that they would reach
the Etowah river k)k night. The
destruction of the roau by otir forces is repre
sented to be thorough and complete. The
superstructure has been burned, the rails bent
and the excavations filled up. In order to use
it again Sherman wili have to build a railroad
“from the stump.” After the capture of Rome,
Wheeler is said to have struck the State road
at the Kingston junction, and was tearing it
up in the direction of Dalton. Forrest is re
ported to have tapped the Nashville and Uuat
tonooga road and had not grown weary in
Well-doing. We are expecting hourly to re
ceive full and reliable details from our special
correspondent.
We are indebted to the enterprising -ompi
lers and publishers for a copy of Lloyd’s
Southern Railroad Guide, and to some unscru
pulous friend for its abstraction from our
table. We would thank the latter individual
to-returu it. It is a most valuable book to U3 )
for without it we have no means of estimating
the celerity of Brice’s advance upon St. Louis,
or the wonders that Forrest is working in
Tenne.SK* . That was a ..smart trick, friend
ft J f
thief. We will pay any sort of .a compli
ment to your cuteneas if you will return the
book
Correspondence of Hie Times.
In Camps, Gobii County, (
October 3th,, 1804., J
Editor Tnfns:
It atiords me much pleasure to renew my
intercourse with the readers of your time
honored journal, though in a sphere not quite
so pleasant as in days'past. < < ■/..
• Our army ha3 set down behind the Yanks,
our left resting on the railroad at Big Shanty
and cutting off his communication with his
base, while our right re3ts on the rear of Pow
der Springs. The morale of the army i3 much
better than I expected to find it. All seem an
imated with a great desire to winter in Ten
nessee or Kentucky, where rations* will be
more plentiful and peace dawning in ihe hor
izon. The present movement is regarded as
a great one and every prospect of being suc
cessful. That it may be so is my earnest
desire.
Rains have been quite abundant in this
section during the past week, and we have
had to take several severe wettings.
The health of the army is fine. I will write
as often as a mail leaves this rear position.
PRIVATE. j
Letter from tlie Front.
Cams Near Lost Mountain,)
October sth, 1864. f
Dear Fatheh: —We are here in line of bat
tle within seven miles of the Atlanta and
Chattanooga Railroad, and the same distance
of Kenesaw mountain. We are entrenching
rapidly, as the Yankees are reported advanc
ing. Our line of entrenchments run in no
particular direction, but a general direction of
North and South. Just assure as the Yan
kees attack us here, that sure will they be
defeated, and badly too. Our position, I
think, is a strong one, and will include Lost
Mountain, where we will have some strong
batteries. lam still at Brigade Headquarters
and am doing finely. Stewart’s corps has been
on the Railroad for a couple oTdays, and have
torn it up and burnt it for a great distance.—
The Yankee army is about equally divided on
our right and left, and cannot easily bfe
brought together. The general impression
amoug our big officers, whom I hear and see
every day is that Sherman is for once com
pletely nonplused. We have certainly got
him in a tight, and his line of communication
completely destroyed. This army is rapidly
improving for the better. The men are mucfi
more hopeful and in a far less demoralised
condition than they were a few weeks since.
The army is rapidly recruiting from the re
covered sick and wounded.
Your affectionate son,
MILO BOOHER.
The Subinisslonlsts.
We have been told by persons whose veracity
we caunotdoubt, remarks the Montgomery Appeal,
that there is such a thing as the submission Ist
still remaining in the South ; or in other words,
that there are those who are opposed to giving any
further aid to the government for the continued
prosecution of the war. They desire the war stop
ped at once, but do not reflect that Lincoln has a
werd to say in the matter. They seem to think
that they have only to withheld men and means,
and that thereby peace will return.
They are promted to this course, no doubt, by
the fact that we shall fail in the end, and the hope
that in consequence of this position thus taken,
they will receive favor at the hands of our con
querors. All we have to say to such a creature
is, “thou fool,” knowest ttyou not that when Lin*
coin comes among us with his confiscation act and
auctioneer he will make no distinction of persons?
He will not ask the day, the week or the month
you took position in favor of stopping the war.—
He will not care whether you originally voted
—:.,«f cession. The chain and compass will be
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applied to your lands and they wiit be parcelled
out among his mercenary soldiery as well as those
of the soldier captured on the last battled field.
The position is not only absurd but cowardly.—
But it may be said, let us stop the war and treat
for peace. Has not every honorable effort that
could be made been made to treat forjpeace?—
Every effort has been indignantly spurned by
Lincoln. He does not want peace, but he wants
our lands and property to redeem his greenbacks
and reward his soldiery. And these he intends to,
and will have, unless his armies are met and suc
cessfully resisted.
The man who croaks for the stoppage of the war
on our part without a corresponding disposition on
the part of the enemy to stop it, is not only an ene
my to his country but an enemy to himself. If he
would save his property and himself from beggary
and vagabondism, it is his duty to aid and strength
en the arms of his government by every means in
is power. He only precipitates the evil day by
is croaking and whining, and will curse himself
y that evil d ay comes. No; if we
. sa . TB our P ro P e rty, our liberty and ourselves
™ must ’ « did the Spaniards during
“ 10n ’ . BeUp en drive
tne enemy from our soil.
I
Tub Situation.—The grand manoeuvre,
says the Richmond Dispatch, widen the Yan
kee papers,
been hinting at the lajfegjh ree wefts a||okojit j
to be executed. J»rePm n|sot]»b&|
that would astouisljalTYhe
of mankind, ka; aftiength
not
“hospitable graves' for mm of Grant's cut
throats, black and white. will be the
try next ? Why, we suppose he will manu- |
which; hjs will announce
the mo3t splendid success, ana which will set
ther Whole semi-barbarous generation vpre-
bp lim H9f WH scr*ammg,
danejog,, throwing up their hats, and shouting
for old Abe*. That Is" aft hehalHtdffc since he
has been'fh of the grand army, and
it is pretty much all that he can expect to do
hereafter-: Rut that will'not take Richmond,
although it may, and no doubt will, assist
in electing Lincoln.
The Tudden abandonment of Fort Harrison
by our troops was a sad affair. It proves that
none buVtried veterans ought to be entrusted
with the defence of outposts, liable at all
times to be suddenly attacked and to be over
whelmed before the arrival of assistance. The
Yankees will represent the capture of this
post as a .great victory, of course. But time
will show whether it is so or .not.
Italv
The Italian Government has jtfst published the
result of the fir*t census taken since the annexa
tior of, the formerly independent Italian States to
Sardinia, and the establishment of the Kingdom
of Italy. According to this census, the Kingdom
of Italy contains a population of 21, 77*7, 334 souls.
It is, consequently, the fifth, Power of Europe, as
regard.3 the number of inhabitants, being oluy ex
celled by Russia, France, England and Austria-
It is superior in this respect, to Spain, of which
the territory is twice as extensive, and to Prussia,
of which the area is likewise greater. In density
of population it exceeds France and Prussia, but
remains behind Belgium, the most densely popu
lated country of Europe. Lombardy and Sicily
are the provinces in which the population has in
creased most rapidly of late years. Sardinia and
the Neapolitan provinces come next, while in
Piedmont the increase has been much less. When
Rome and Venice shall be annexed to Italy, which
will happen before long, the population of Italy
will exceed 25,000,000 of people. But Italy is not
merely obe or the first’powers of Europe in point
of population. Under the administration of wise
statesmen, it is rapidly developing its vast resour
ces. It has reorganized the army, and is building
up a powerful navy, whlclTwiil rival the glorious
times of the republics of Venice and Genoa. Be
ing already possessed of all the strength of a great
power, it has by common consent bean recognized
by the five governments, which hitherto have been
regarded as]the great powers of ilurepe, as their
equal. . .. v '
The consolidation of the kingdom of Italy is one
of the most important results which has thus far
attended the aspirations of the dismembered na
tionalities of Europe for freedom aud unity. A
few years ago a united Italy was only a dream •
a dream for which the noblest patriots had long
striven and suffered.in vain, bat which noverthe -
leg3 did not seem to approach nearer a realization .
Then a patriotic king was found, who placed him
self at the bead of the national movement, and
gave to it a centre: a great statesman (Cavour),
with eminent ability, guided the enthusiasm of
the nation to a glorious success, while an illustri
ous hero (Garibaldi) assisted] him in breaking
down the opposition of the greatest of Italian des
pots, the king of Naples.
Moigasi’s Death.
Annexed is an extract, relating to the death
of Gen. Morgan, which is copied from a letter
written by an officer in Western Virginia :
This army is very much exasperated at the
manner of Morgan’s death, and swear ven
geance on the town of Greenville if they ever
get back there.
The day Morgan’s remains were brought in
to Jonesboro was a solemn one. As his body
passed his old Brigade, there was not a dry
eye in the entire line. It was one of the most
solemn and impressive scenes we ever wit -
nessed, to see the “war worn” veterans stand- ;
ing with tear bedewed eyes watching the life
less frame of one pass by who had often led j
them to victory, now a mangled corpse.
After Morgan fell, the man that shot, him ;
jumped from bis horse, caught him by the
heels, and dragged him through the house out
into the street and threw him across a horse, |
running the animal up and down the streets
swearing and yelling, “here-’s your Morgan ; j
here’s your Rebel horse-thief, he will not steal !
any more horse's in Kentucky.”
After singing and cursing over Morgan
awhile the Yankee carried him—lying across
the horse—out three miles in the country
to Gen. Giliam’s headquarters, and after the ;
exhibition was over, they brought him back, j
Then his staff—who were all taken but Major '
Basset—got permission to drees him.
We are t-old by a nephew of our captain—
who was with us aud taken prisoner bufr af
terwards turned loose—that it was impossi- j
ble to tell what his clothes were made of, for
the blood and mud.
Brownlow has come out in a flaming arti
cle telling the people of Kentucky, and else- j
where, that they can leave their stables open, j
and need not watch their pastures, for the
horse-thief is dead,
Since commencing this letter we hear that
the enemy at Bull’s Gap have been reiuforced
by the addition of another brigade. We ex- j
pect they intend a forward movement, by their I
getting so many troops—having now abont
6,000 men.
The Peticodiao Tide.— Among the lions ex
hibited to the American visitors, the other day in
New Brunswick was the “boar” or tidal wave of
the Peticodiac river. The phenomenon is obser
vable to a greater ohl&ss extent in all the rivers
flowing into the Bay of Fundy, but it Is perhaps ,
mere conspicuous in the Peticodiac than in any i
other. The appearance of the “boar” on this ;
particular occasion is thus described by the -
“special” of the Sf. Johli Telegraph :
“As the time for its appearance approached
much anxiety was manifested to obtain as early
a glimpse of it as possible. The crowd on the
wharf with eager eyes looked down the river, but
still it did not come. The water in the deep
cSuhnel aim rusneu downward, or overflowed the
muddy hands, and spread in a shallow stream
over the sand bars yijyifuiver. Presently a white j
speck was seen in the distance, far down the gorge
—aad all eyes were turned to the place round
the point and up the river the boar came rushing
on in one broad wave like a wall of snow. We
could see it cutting up the banks on its outward :
edge—and bearing a crest of foam like a huge
tusk along the rim of the marsh. As it neared t us
its roar fell on our ears like the sound of a distant
cataract, and could see that it carried upon its front
hugelogs and roots and pieces of timber. As it !
passed the wharf where we stood we could see
that it was going at the rate of ten miles an hour
and the front of the wave was some five or six
feet high. Every one present declares that it was
a sight worth going half the continent to
see.”
Mr. Pendletown, candidate for Vice-
President of the United States, is report |
ted to have used the following language
in a late speech at Payton, Ohio:
I rejoice that the power of the Gov- J
ernmenf wili be again' in the possession
of the Democratic party, whose beneficent
principles, recently solemnly announced \
in National Convention, will bring us ■
peace.
The Georgia Front.
All fficouifetx,. from army of Tennessee
are of the nature. There
ijyio dsj|bt G%e. Hood s army is on the
(fj|jkttagi£!fega Railroad, and that it
Bptelv3estroTi|M tbßßack as it goes. jfl|
fllpirecise location of flp
Yaps flight be ofjpnißtage to the enemyHL
It is sufficientTSmform the public that SheWf
man is cut off from his ba«e of iupplies, and
that ha only has one of the two things to do:
to cut his way through or to surrender, and
that nHtraics
have arrived at Atlanta for seven or eight
days, that Sherman’s men are nearly out of
everything to eat, and that his horses and
males are starving. Sherman will unques
tionably, if he has not akaady, move all his
army except a garrison from Atlanta against
Hood in a very few days. He was completely
surprised by -cur arynyjigovipg from the Ch|t
tahooebee to bis rear.
We have nothing new from Forrest or Whee
ler. But ojir whole army in all its depart
ments is actively at work upon the communi
cations of the enemy.
[ Telegraph § Confederate. B th.
The Front.
Mail Office. Montgomery, Ala.,)
Thursday Night, 10 o’clock. /
Scouts report that two corps of Sherman's
army have gone to Chattanooga. Gen. Thom
as was in that city on the 4tb. There was
then no communication with Nashville, and
it is conjectured that Forrest holds the rail
road at Wurtrace.
The operations of on the
State Road have been active and successful;
the capture of Dalton obstructs all transit;
and the Yankee column en route from the
Gate City to the Tennessee river, is supposed
to be proceeding over land. The spirit of our
troops is said to be of the liveliest description.
The line of inarch is cheered by beaming
faces and joyous songs.
While Gen. Hood’s army .lay overnight cn
the Vilarica road about ten miles north of the
Chattahoochee, a fearful thunder storm swept
over the country, destroying the bridge near
Nownan, dismounting the transportation and
seriously retarding military operations.
A stroke of lightening passed through the
camps of the 30th Alabama regiment wound
ing over twenty of its gallant members, and
killing three.
The next day the army continued its forward
course, and on the night of the 3d bivouacked
upon the old battle ground of New Hope.
[Montgomery Mail , 1 1th.
—p 1
Latest From tbe United States.
Northern dates of the 28th have been re
ceived, but contain meagre accounts of what
is going on. Sheridan’s movements are check
ed by Early. Forrest’s oapture of Blue Sul
phur Springs, North Alabama, ia mentioned,
and, it is added, be afterwards marched upon
Elk River Bridge, which had been abandoned
by (ho commandant there. He captured Ath
ens on the 24th, Blue Sulphur Springs on the
24th, and Elk River Bridge on the 26th, and
his march was still onward. “It is reported
that he butchered all the negroes captured in
Federal uniform.” Averill ha, been relieved
from his command in the Valley. Gen. Price
is certainly in Missouri, about to form a junc
tion with Shelby. The advance bad ieached
Farmington, twenty miles northeast of Pilot
Knob, ou the 25th. They have 20.000 men
and 16 pieces of artillery. Pilot Knob has
been evacuated. Gold, in New York advanced,
on the 27th, to 195 J. —Richmond Enquirer , 4 th.
North Mississippi. —“ Special” the
i Grenada correspondent of the Appeal,
j furnishes that paper the following items
I from that region.
| An expedition has gone to West Ten
\ nessee for the purpose of tearing up the
! Memphis and Charleston Railroad, and
thus prevent the enemj from following
Forrest, at the same time a chosen band
under Captain Will Forrest has gone to
make a demonstration against Memphis,
for the purpose of diverting attention
from the other. The results of both will
be known before this reaches you.
Four Colonels, one Lieutenant Colonel,
a Major and Captain are here under ar
rest awaiting trial for refusing to serve
under a Colonel who had been ordered to
take command of the brigade by Forrest,
just as he was on the eve of starting on
his raid. The military court for Forrest’s
cavalry, Col. Alex. McKinstry presiding,
arrived here today, and will immediately
proceed with the trial. The bone of con
tention, I believe, was that these officers
thought they had men among them com
petent to take command, others say that
some of the officers now under arrest
ranked the Colonel ordered to the com*
m and.
The weather during the past two nights
has been quite cool, almost enough so for
frost, and an overcoat is decidedly
sortable in the morning.
Since the above was written I have
seen Gen. Chalmers, who informs me that
the expedition on the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad, was entirely
ful, and that every bridge from Wolf
river and culvert had been destroyed to
withiu a few miles of the city. The
small body of the enemy, who were at
LaGrange, having retired, without stand.-
ing on the order of going, they met with
no resistance at all, and did their work
well, so that the Eagle Chief need fear
no pursuit from his rear, but may eons
tinue his operations also uninterrupted.
Gen. Hardee. —An Army Correspondent of
the Appeal says :
The withdrawal of Gen. Hardee from this ar
my will be regretted by very many of his friends
and admirers. He will win brighter laurels else
where. I am hardly able to explain how it has
come about that the absence of 30,'good a soldier,ex
cellent a gentleman, and ripe a scholar, should in
crease the effectiveness and unity of the army,
but it is undoubtedly so. Gen. Hardee is some
what peculiar. He is not given to give advice in
or out of council. It is said of him that in the
councils of war that have been held, he Jias never
heartily given the commanders of the army the
benefit of his wisdom. Was it want of confidence
in himself, or fear of responsibility? A Lieuten
ant General should be as fearless in council as in
the field. Doing his duty most gallantly in the
the field, and obeying orders implicitly, never
guilty of a mistake (in war a mistake is a crime),
it was still evident to Gen. Hardee that he was
not in bis proper place.
Carrington was a famous infidel speaker in the
West, who was the terror of many of the preachers,
unable as they were to meet, at a moment’s notice,
the cavils with which he often interrupted them in
the of their discourses. He met with his,
match, however, in the Rev. Mr. Quickly, who had
a dash of eccentricity with his native good sense,
making him apopular as well as instructive preach
er. He was speaking of the nature and destiny es
the immortal soul, when the infidel rose in the
crowded house, and said he knew the “Hebrew and
the Greek, and the word that is translated soul in
the Bible, might just as well be rendered wind, or
smelling-bottle, or anything of that sort,- and it
was all nonsense to talk about people having a soul
in them to live forever.”
“Well, well,” said old Mr. Quickly, “let us try
how it will read; here is my text:
“‘What shall it profit a man to gain the whole
world and lose his smelling-bottle?’ ”
““ « —♦—*
It is said Washburne arrested a ladj in
Memphis for waving a white flag on Sunday
morning of Forrest's entrance into the city.
She promptly replied, “You should not com
plain ot that, General, since you set the ex
ample. The difference wa3, she waved hers
in front, and hi* floated in the rear.— Brandon
Republican,.
TELEGRAPHIC.
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REPORTS OF THE |itBSS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according tfr afft-of CqagTesarjn yegft
j-J
the District Court .of UU) jwtcsw
tne Northern DLirof’if Georgia- J
Richmond. -Q|t. sH
.IbHIjJH
partment itates that the enemy, one thousnnd
strong, was advancing up the Manassas Gap
road on the 4th With trainw of care loaded
with Railroad material and ©ccupieddSal em
and Rectortown. Mosby attacked them 40
Selina, capturing 50 prisoners, all their camp
equipage, baggage, stores, ko. He killed and
wounded a considerable number. His loss
wm Two
.aitmi *#*€49.
Official dispatches to*the War Department
say Sheridan is stHI moving dewi) .the Valley
with a large force of his cavalry, and was at
tacked by us on t£ie 7th, and handsomely
driven back. We captured a number of horses,
several ambulances, wagons, nine forges with
teams and fifty prisoners, besides killing and
wounding a number,
Petersburg, Oetober 9.
Yesterday abouf.noon the enemy moved in
force on our right, snpposed at first for the
purpose of making an attack on our lines, but
it turned out to be nothing more than an ex
tension by the enemy of their lines on our
right in order to occupy all our lost works,
near Fort Mcßae. The eßemy by thi3 move
gained nothing in the direction of the South
Side Road, and only prolonged their line dri»
ring in a few videttes occupying this ground.
Heth took only a part of the Works near Fort
Mcßae occupid by the enemy. All quiet to
day. Weather cloudy and very cold.
Augusta, Oct. 9.
A letter to the Chronicle and Sentinel says
Sherman’s 3d Army corps left A-fHnta and oc
cupy a strong position from fining's Station
to above Maretta. The Yankees found o“ut
Hood's plans and'anricipated him. The head
of our column is near Brownsville—not known
where we will march.
A letter to the sAffire journal states that late
dates from AtiaiftSh say there are four Yankee
corps in the city. Yankee officers claim 80,-
000 troops and 90 days rations, with railroad
iimn enough miles. They also say
Sherman will soon move for Macon and Au
gusta. Desertor3 from Atlanta say no trains
have arrived for eignt days. All accounts
from Hood’s army encouraging.
Augusta, Oct. Bth. — The yellow fever still
prevails in Charleston. New cases are occur-*
ring daily ; also many deaths.
Augusta, Bth. — The new blockade runner
Constance struck the wreck of steamer Mary
Bowers, while trying to run into Charleston
harbor, and was sunk Wednesday night. One
of her crew was drowned ; the remainder,
~ ;t h the DaS3engers, were 5,1 ved. The
4 w i ' ’' » *” • * irvwi*"
mer was owned by Collie A Cos. Most of the
cargo was on Government account.
- » mma
[For the Montgomery Mail.]
Anecdotes of Stonewall Jack
son
1, V hile Stonewall Jackson was on his wav
from the Valley,<-in-his celebrated movement
on McClellan’s right, he stopped one day at
noon, to rest a few hours itt a village on the
Virginia Central Railroad. There lived at this
village a certain “Home-guard - ;” who loved
the defense home gave him, much more than
that he gave it; who loved life much better
than country, and possessed a vas-t deal more
of vanity and presumption than brains and
manners. As soon as he heard that the great
Stonewall Jackson was so near him, this con-,
ceited gentleman must at once see him. Ap
proaching near where the General was seated
on a bench, he gave him a profound salute,
which Gen. Jackson returned with soldierly
decorum. Emboldened by this reception, our
hero uninvited took a seat beside the General
and began a brisk conversation, he being
chief speaker.
Elated at being treated with that gentle-,
manly courtesy, as little expected and so little*
deserved, but which General Jackson invaria
bly extended to all, he pressed tbe conversa
tion, and finally clinched it thus: “Well,
General, where do you intend to make vour
next strike ?" “Are you a good hand to keep
secrets?” asked General Jackson earnestly.
“Oh, yes,” breathlessly gasped the fellow,
inching close up to the General, to catch the
mighty secret, VWell, so ami;’ the General
half-whispered in his ears.
Home-guard mysteriously vanished, and has
never been heard of since. But we presume
he is now a good soldier in the ranks of the
Confederate army, and that he has never taken
it on himself to quiz any more big Generals
about their future movements.
2. 1 saw Gen. Jackson on the evening of
August 30, 1862, at the second battle of Ma
nassas. Riding along with a single courier,
he met a wounded soldier, borne on a litter
by his comrades. On seeing Gen. Jackson—
the sight of whom was always inspiration t©
his soldiers—the dying man—for he was such
—exclaimed, ‘‘God bless you, my General, the
victory is ours !” “And God bless and save
you, my poor fellow,” replied the Christian
hero, reining ttp» and gazing with
teaiswet eyes op the form of that brave but
fallen patriot.
Passing on, he came to an old railroad cut,
well remembered by many a Southern man
and Yankee in the history of that battle,
which'was filled with wounded men. As he
approached, well, wounded and dying, raised
their hats and cheered.! I have* seen many
thrilling scenes on many fields ; but this was
the most solemnly impressive I have ever wit*
nessed. To see these poor fellows, mangled
as they were, many of them dying, their un
conquered spirits of patriotism rising superior
to their physical sufferings, and cheering the
General whom they loved ! Overcome by
emotion, Gen. Jackson halted, bowed his head
and wept; but suddenly arousing himself to
his duty, he rose in his stirrups, raised his
cap in the air, and pointing far across the
fields, where the continued yell, the flying bat
tle-flags, and the fitful flash, in the twilight,
of a thousand ringing rifles, told of victory,
he shouted, “Three cheers for the Confederate
army L” and putting spurs to his horse, dash
ed away to the. front. "
“His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him, that nature might staad up
And say to all the world, This was a man.”
“Milis.” •
Referring to the recent announcement made in
Yankee papers to the effect that a delegation of
Poles had been appealing to the government of the
United States for refuge and protection against the
oppression of Russia, the Richmond Enquirer asks,
“are these miserable exiles aware that they have
been sent by one despot to another? That they are
absolutely enrolled to wreak the same wrongs
upon others that they proclaim themselves to have
suffered.” Hereupon the Enquirer reproduces a
rescript es the Czar, addressed to the grand Duke
Constantine, charged with the duty of subjugating
Poland. It is a fit pendent to the proclamations of
the Butlers, Bankees and others of the ilk in
Yankeedom. For eurselves, says the Whig, we
cannot but believe that this delegation is a pseudo
one, as the notorious amnity between the Czar and
the Washington satrap, not to mention the German
preponderance in the Yankee army, would deter
any true patriot of Poland from asking aid and
sympathy from a nation representing all the anti
pathies and hatreds of the natural enemies of
Poland. Tim delegation represents, doubtless,
some dissatisfied element es the Polish Emigration
Society, and refusing to act under the authority of
the Poloae-American Committee, they hav,e set up
for themselves.
T. J. JACKSON EDITOE
IhovTof and fJgsudSßtfee, through
|t lajfl. nrjiftijgfed *PPrcflpv*-llP’ • feared m
B gbjjPod flir upcast of CTMgactfly in the first
Bazan, thaUppCritp would
not. being too far advnncod iirflw for out pre-con
coivod idea* of the character, make a very good
pereo nation es the wild, rollickiag r *-dissipate4,
tfcough brava and chivalrous spendthrift, Den
"€*#•** but we ma?t say he acquitted hiHUeff
splendidly. The handsome young acter, Mr.
Theo. Hamilton, 41 tho intriguing prime raiairiov,
til ©xl&j&ly-iweltf |HK
acting put of her natural role, rendered the char
acter of Maritana, very creditably; while the vef?
erau and pupu|ar comedian WoH«, M Marquis d©
Rotondo, brought down"the hotfsr, is ustral.
The ever popular after-piece, the “Lady and the
D — l” was repeatedly iefettbpted with roars of
laughter. It is quite refreshing to quiet people to
see the excellent order which is maintained in
every part of the house, and especially to observe
the prompt suppression by the guards, of the
“heel and stick accompaniment” to the music, so
much in favor with rowdies and hoys, .who no
doubt, consider it quite an improvement, but
generally not much appreciated by those who
have nerves.
A Cold Winter Snap. —Without any pre
monition or advertisement, old Winter inau
gurated his reign in these parts on Saturday.
Yesterday was cold enough for big fires and
great coats. Woe to those who have neither
fuel nor clothing. We tru3t the change may be
beneficial to the health of the city, a3 we have
of late had considerable sickness in our midst.
•*. +
Mobile & Girard R. R. Connrction. —We
are pleased to notice that the railroad connec
tion between the Mobile k Girard and Muscogee
roads is progressing finely. The track is be
ing laid, and we understand will be complete
to the river in two or three weeks. We do not
know so well about the bridge, but presume
the contractor, Horace Godwin, will put it
through with dispatch. The connection will
doubtless be complete by first of January, per
haps earlier. The public necessities require
the work to be done as soon as possible.
An Arkansas correspondent makes the pre
diction that within three months Forrest will
command as large an army as either Hood or
Lee, and another, that as a necessary conse
quence the war will be transferred to its orig
inal starting point, and adds : Forrest sent in
to Kentucky, before he crossed the Tennessee,
the remnant of a Kentucky brigade with the
assurance trom its officers that they would
meet him in Tennessee or on his way to Louis
ville with three or four thousand men.
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The Dayton (Ohio) Empire says the point
of daDger is past. There is not and will not
be any factious proceedings in the Democrat
ic partv azaane* McClellan. ()f course, there
are dissatisfied persons. No convention can
nominate a canidate to suit everybody. But
all will eventually sacrifice prejudice to se
cure Democratic success.
At the fair in Philadelphia they are voting
on “a love of a bonnet,” a leghorn bonnet,
valued at $175, which is to be given to the
wile of one of the Generals. At last accounts
Mrs. Meade had 244 votes, Mrs. Grant 154 and
| Mrs. Burnside 150. Where is Mrs. Sickles?
i Vote for the ’Presidency.—When the re
-1 cent exchange of prisoners made by Forrest
and Washburne was effected, each of the bod
lies of soldiers and officers was requested to
f cast their votes for the Presidency. To a
j “an, the Rebels voted for* Lincoln, and the
| Yankees for McClellan. Our boys were sup
plied with rations and “suthing to drink,” and
j departed with three Jeers for old Abe.—Me
! ridian Clarion.
The local of this paper, without making any
pretensions to great generalship, believes that
if President Davis would appoint him com
mander of the Army of Tennessee, he could
get it whipped, and surrender it as quickly
as any other blow hard or street generalissi
mo.—South Carolinian.
tm • m
At the production on the first night of “The
Mohicans” at the Paris Gymnase, a loud sno
ring arose from one of the boxes on the left,
and was heard by the residents of the orch
estra, who began to laugh at the incident.—
This awoke the sleeper, who knew by instinct
that laughter was misplaced at that part, for
he wa3 the author—Alexandre Dumas.
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, [From the Montgomery Mail.]
OIi! Poor General Rousseau!
In Louisville town
Lived a “Knight of the Gown”—
A Lawyer most cute and obtuse—oh !
110 abandoned “thejßar”
For the glories of war,
And rejoiced in the title of—Rousseau !
Oh! Mister Lawyer Rousseau
Kentuckians never should do so,
Tink-a-tink-tank—Unfortunate Yank —
You were sold to the Dutch, Lawyer Rousseau. I
He a General was made
And headed a Raid
And started for Tuskaloos—o !
But like his first “Brief”
It soon came to grief
And back went General Rousseau !
Ob ! Poor General Rousseau !
That a day should come you would rue so!
Tink-a-tink-tank —Vainglorious Yank
Unfortunate General Rousseau.
For a hundred miles
To the county of Giles
No “buttermilks” «ver yetiflew so:
But he halted his band
And here issued command
As Department General Rousseau.
Oh! Poor General Rousseau,
A raid is at best a poor ruse, oh !
Tink-a-tink-tank—What a fleet-footed Yank
Was a Poor Major General Rousseau !
Commander of Post
With a Mongrel host
His Garrison here was so loose, oh !
That “the Wizzard swept” down
And he captured the town
And nearly took General Rousseau!
Oh! Poor General Rousseau
Why does Forrest the Bold trouble you so?
Tink-a-tink-tank —What a well traveled Yank
He’s making of you, Mister Rousseau.
To the city of Rocks
Hunted down like a Fox
By him whom you thought to pursue so,
You’ll never get back
For he’s torn up the track
To make shoes for his horse, Mr. Rousseau.
Oh! Poor General Rousseau!
The Devil and Forrest’s turned loose, oh!
Tink-a-tink-tank—this is h—l on the Yank,
But H —ler on General Rousseau.
John Happy.
In a long review of Parton’s Life of Franklin in
the London Athenaeum, the writer closes with this
estimate of Franklin:
“In no sense of the word was Benjamin Frank
lin a philosopher. He was a keen, shrewd, buoy
ant, able man, abounding in high spirits and self
confidence overbearing but thoroughly honest;
egotistic, but truly benevolent. On the whole he
is the most remarkable self-taught man on whom
modern society has looked ; and it in early life he
had received a liberal and systematic education, it
is not improbable he would have been a great
thinker. But those who judge him as he was, and
not as he might have been, must assign him a com
paratively humble place amongst eminent charac
ters ; and biographers act unwisely who claim for
him reverence such as that which is due to Byron
and Shakspeare.”
DIED.
In Columbus, on Tuesday night, 4th instant, of
cholera infantum, MARCUS FRANKLIN, aged
13 months and 26 days, second child and only son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bennett, of Atlanta, Ga.
' THEATRE.
lessee <uid Uaoager ...,W. H. CRISP,
Monday. Evening, Oct. 10.
Bulwer’s Magnificent Play in Five Acts, entitled
““ . , i
LADY OF LYONS,
, i-r . . , -08-
LOVE AND PRIDE.
With a distribution of Uharacters never before
Ttih TTifiMh ||||_ , -
See tbi. < See (his Ca*«
Mr. Theodore Hamilton &£.«•• Melnotte
Mr C T Wolfe, a? Colonel Damas
Mr Harry Crisp, a5..:........ Claris
Master J If e?tfc, : Beausant
Miss COcilib Cmp. a#. „.... Paulino
Miss Mary Wlmelan, a5..:., Widow Melnotte
Mrs W H Crisp, a5...., '.AG...Mad. Deschapei’es
Popular Ballad, by Miss Maggie Marshall.
To be followed by the Roaring Comedy of
ROUGH DIAMOND!
Cousie Margery (with Songs) “Our Jessie.’
f
44iPln preparation, tbe romantic drama v: the
Lady of the Lake and the prize tragedy of Mzta
mora.
oc 10 It
Or. J. Si. CLARK,
DENTIST,
FORMERLY OK NEW OKLEAN3,
HAS returned, and can be found at 106 Broad
street, over Dr. R, A, Ware’s Drug Store,
oct 10-dim
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Eivingston & Cos.
ON TUESDAY, 11th October, at 10 1-2 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our store
I VEIV DESIRABLE RESIBEKE,
At Silver Ruin, Alabama,
The House has five comfortable rooms with com
fortable outbuildings, orchard, garden, Ac. 11 ith
it will be sold a detached LOT, containing 40 acres,
in the woods. This is a healthy, pleasant and con
venient home. Possession given in ten days.
octlO 2t $8
By Ellis, Livingston. & Cos.
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ON TUESDAY, October 11th, at 10 1-2 o’clock.
we will sell in front of our store, without re
serve, for and on account of whom it may concern
111 BbU. supr. Goast Salt, marked Z;
100 Lbs. Sole and Upper Leather :
1 Sett Pure Silver Castors ;
1 Silver Plated Pitcher and Walter;
1 *“ “ Coffee Pot;
1 “ “ Cake Basket;
1 “ Opera Glass;
1 Dozeu Cottage Chairs ;
1 Fine Duleimo;
1 Fine No Top Buggy—nearly new ;
1 “ Harness and Saddle Ponv •
l ° rT r
r * norse Buggy & Harness;
—ALSO
LOT DE&nABLE FURNITURE.
—ALSO
A Good Two Horse Covered Buggy and
Harness ;
With Other Valuable Goods.
octS 3t sl2
BY ROSETTE, LAWHOY & C O.
Administrator’s Sale !
AGREEABLE to an order of the Ordinary of Afus
ix cogee county, will be sold on the Ist Tuesday in
November next, at 11 oc’clock, in front of our Auc
tion Room,
Six Negroes,
belonging to the estate of John N. Burch, dec'd.
1 NEGRO WOMAN, Martha and her
two children.
1 NEGRO BOY, Edward.
1 “ WOMAN, Mary Ann.
_ GEO. P. SNIDER, Adm’ri
Rosxttk, Lawhon & Cos., Auet’r*.
sep24 ltd & wtd
Tax in Kind Aolke.
Office Post Quartermaster, )
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. Agents will begin-receiving the articles con
tained in the second assessment, (corn, rice, fodder,
sugar, molasses, cotton, <tc.,) 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
ft>s corn, 44 4-5 lbs shelled oats, or 2 B>s bacon for
one gallon syrup.
JNO T CRAFT,
oc4 eod 2w Gapt and Post Quart’r.
Columbus High School
FOR
THE Exercises of this Institution were resumed
on Monday the 3d inst.
Terms for the first half of the Scholastic year
High School, ------ $125 00
Preparatory School, - - 190 00
Incidental Expenses, - - - - 5 00
W. S. LEE,
oc3 , w Principal.
TIIE Exercises of thfs Institution were resume!
on Monday the 3d inst.
The Terms for the first half of the Academic year
are
First Department, - $125 00
Second “ - 100 09
Incidental Expenses, 5 00
C. P. B. MARTIN,
ocS lw Principal.
FOR SAFE.
CONFEDERATE SCHOOL SLATES
AND
3P encils !
At Kenny’s J/arble Yard, Broad st.
THOMAS KENNY.
octS lw* _
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
200 a-^LLOisrs
ME CATAWBA GRAPE BRIM!
A VERY FINE ARTICLE.
For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons .and upwarit
ag3o ts
Pressman Wanted,
A mechanic who understand* repairing a Print
ing Press canobtain a job, on liberal terms, at this
office. oct4_tf_
I*ew Renting Notice-
The Pews in the first Baptist Church w.Ji bo
rented, by auction, at the Church, on Monday next,
at 11 o’clock, a. m.
A SUPERIOR ARTICLE
or ,
COFFEE!
Sliin§ 1 g Nails!
AT
MULFORTYS OLD STAND
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