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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. WARREIV, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Wednesday Morning, October 13, 1864.
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Advance is not Conquest.
Under this caption the Richmond Whig
very truly and justly remarks that no boast is.
more common among the ever-boasting Yan«
kees than that wherever their armies hare
once planted their standards they have con
tinued to■< bold possession. The assumption
is very fartfeora being true in faet ; and the
impossibility of it3 ever becoming true is
among the surest guarantees that the South
cannot be conquered. They cannot hold what
they take, and continue to advance. This
was the great trouble with the British when
they undertook to “crush” the rebellious col
onies. It was not that they failed in battle,
or that they found it impossible to go any
where, alttfist, that they choose; but seven
years of hard trial convinced them that it was
impossiblh’To subjugate a country'wbose tei- i
ritory extensive, and whose people were j
so united.’‘ The territory of the Confederate i
States isu gee than that covered by our rev- !
olutionafiPVathers, and our people are not-i
only more* numerous, but more united. The j
Yankees do not gain victories and ronra at :
will as the British did, but even if they were '
able to do so, they would encounter in the end i
the same insuperable difficulties the British j
did. Time and space would infallibly van- !
quish them.
The boast that they hold all that they ac- 1
quire, that they never relax their grasp, and
take.no step backward, is exposed and retuted
by one of their own number more observant
and toothful than the rest—the New York
News. That bold and candid journal reminds
Yankee people that though their armies
have often pressed forward up the’valley of
Virgini i, they have as often been forced to
abandon it, hurrying to the Potomac with dis
aster at their heels : irat though they have
time and again borne down with their tremen
dous columns lrom the Potomac through the
counties of Northeast Va., covering and com
manding a great breadth of territory, yet now
nearly that whole region is free from blue
coats, and Mosby’s intrepid little band roams
at will t <y the very banks of the Potomac ;
that though they have frequently advanced
from Vicksburg and Memphis they have been
unable to remain or to effect any permanent
result; that the various expeditions for the
invasion and occupation of North Carolina
have proved abortive ; that the same fate has
attended similar efforts in South Carolina and
Florida; that Mississippi, once trampled by
formidable and triumphant armies, is now
comparatively free ; that large portions of
Tennessee are delivered of their presence;
that in Louisiana the tide of invasion was
forced back, and that the occupation there is
now limited to a narrow circle of posts around
thetity ; that in Arkansas, where, two years I
ago, the Yankees swept everything before
them, the Confederates are now absolute mas
ters of the State; that in Texas the field of
occupation has been much reduced, if not en- !
tirely recovered , that even in Missouri a vig
orous effort is now going on to reassert Con
fedwate authority. These indubitable and
pregnant demonstrate, that to overrun
is not to conquer, to occupy is not to hold.
“The anaconda has, in fact,” to use the lan
guage of the News, “been found too short to
circle with his length of fold the immense ter
ritory of the South. The independence of
that region crushed, for a moment, at one
point, has shown itself immediately at another,
until the work of suppression has become like
that of Hercules in his attempts to cut off the
heads of the hydra.”
It is easy to perceive how this irremediable
trouble of the enemy acts and reacts. If they
would advance they must concentrate, and, to
do this, they must withdraw the troops left at
various points already overrun, to keep the
people in subjection. Bat so soon as such
troops withdraw, the people set free become
as hostile as ever. So, if it is resolved to hold
places once occupied, the army proper must
be so weakened to furnish the requisite force
that there can be no more advahee; and the
further they penetrate the country, the greater
the difficulty becomes—so that the more they
seem to be nearing the ends they aim at, the
more certainly do they approximate a condi
tion when they will be powerless and at our
mercy. Their victories avail them nothing,
and marches, inland only render their final
overthrow more certain and ruinous.
The Capture of Fort Hart'kou.
The followiag are some of the particulars,
which the Editors of the Richmond Sentinel
have learned, connected with the capture of
Fort Harrison. They will not go far to com
mend the management that thus threw away a
valuable post and for a time placed Chaffin’s
Bluff in imminent peril :
During the week previous to the attack on
the North side, the artillerists from the oute* :
fortifications hud, under their officers, been at
work on fortifications near Signal Hill, leav*
ing only a few men with their guns. On the
morning of the attack, they were drawn up in
line of battle, armed with muskets, near the
outposts of Signal Hill. The advance of the
Federals was so rapid on the left, that they
succeeded iu reaching Fort Harrison before
the artillery battalion could regain the forti
fications. The only resistance made at Fort
Harrison was by the few men left in charge of
the guns, without officers, a few disabled and
sick men belonging to the infantry, who were
in hospital there, and a portion of a reserve
battalion that had never seen service.
The enemy finding but slight resistance on
the left, made an easy flank movement on that
side, thug evading, to some extent, the fire
irom tlie guns of left Harrison, and seized it
without rnucti loss. Elated by their success,
they moved promptly down the fortifications,
taking the redoubt to the right of Fort Harri
son, and then pressing forward towards Chaf
fin’s Bluff, they also captured a redoubt to the
left. Their progress towards the river was
arrested by the timely arrival of the battalion
of heavy artillery and a large portion of John
son’s Tennessee Brigade, under Lieut. Colonel
Snowden, who, being the senior officer pres
ent, immediately assumed command ot the
forts, and promptly adopted measures, which
resulted in driving back the enemy, and con
fining him to fort Harrison and the two re
doubts already mentioned.
We regret to learn that Colonel Maury and
Major Taylor, of the heavy artillery, wore
either killed or captured near Signal and
the gallant Captain Allen wounded, whilst
serving his guns.
Plainly Spoken.—A pretty quakeress be
mg a.-Ked it the spirit had never moved her
with thoughts of marriage, replied: No friend,
out the flesh has done so many times?
T!i? Campaign of 1564
From an editorial of the Richmond Examiner,
reviewing the present situation, w© take Ahese
hopeful and truthful passages :
The campaign of 1864 is not yet over, but a
review of the held w|U not be unprofitable, and
will afford much ground for solid hope and en
couragement. .From she enemy's point of view
the campaign has proved a failure. In thl East
Richmond is not taken; and although our ears are
full of the late cannonade; and hithough the ner
vous generation is wild about a little earthwork
called “Fort Harrison”—a mile further off than
Chaffin's Bluff—yet we hare no hesitation in say
ing to all persons, far and sear, that Richmond
stands in less, danger on this first day of October
than it has over done since the State of Virginia
seceeded from the Union, three years and a half
ago. Whatever may happen, it is certain that no
army now in the field, and no operations now in
progress, can possibly cause the fall of Richmond.
In the West, although Atlanta has been gained,
the object of that campaign, which was the
“ bisection ” of the Confederation, has totally failed.
Beyond the Mississippi the enemy has not only
failed, but has meat disastrously miscarried.
When wo contrast the immense preparations which
were made by the North for the decisive work of
1864, with the meagre results which they have
achieved, we have cause for exultation and thank
fulness such as has fallen to the lot of few people
of the earth in any stage of its history * *
Whether, therefore, wo look to the situation in the
field, or to the ideas of the Northern people at
home, and especially if we contrast the boastful
anticipations of May with the results disclosed in
September, and with the ignominious grounds of
present congratulations among the Northern peo
ple, the Confederacy has every reason not only to
be satisfied with, but to be thankful for the con
dition of affairs at the present stage of the cam
paign.
Grant’s Losses.
In copying from the National Intelligencer,
the report of Grant’s losses, from May sth, -a the
“last assault on Petersburg,” which the Intelli
gaucer places at 75,340 men, the Petersburg Ex
press very justly remarks :
The above may appear appalling to European
eyes, as also to those on this side of the Atlantic,
but it does not give the half of Grant’s losses in
this campaign. All the columns operating in Vir
ginia, are under Grant’s orders, and must be re
ceived as a part of hi* campaign. In the table
above lj mention is made of Hunter’s losses, in
his advance to Lynchburg. They could not have
been less than 15,000. Butler’s movements in
Chesterfield, too, are ignored entirely. In the
fight at Drury’s Bluff, on the 16th May, they were
all of 7,500, to say nothing es his ‘ heavy losses
previously, at Port Walthall Junction, and Swift
Creek. The bloody battle es Monocacy, in Mary
land, between Gen. Early and Lew. Wallace, is
also omitted. Also the fights around the Wash
ington defences. The writer fails to refer to the
fight at the Crater, in which the enemy conceded
| a leas of over 5/100. No mention is made of the
| bloody fights on the Weldon railroad, which oc-
S eurred on tho 18th and 20 th of August, near the
| Dari* House, where we took over 3,000 prisoners
alone, and the enemy admitted a heavy less in
killed and wounded. The table dees not include
either the fight of the 26th of August, at Reams’
Station, between Hancock and Generals A. P.
Hill and Hampton. It also omits any mention of
Hampton’s great victories over Sheridan at Tre
villian’s depet, and below Richmond. The table
was probably made up previous to the late sangui
nary conflict near Winchester, but that must now
be taken into the account, and later still, the fights
of last Thursday, Friday, end Saturday, near Pe
tersburg, and below Richmond. The losses speci
fied in the table in many instance* are known to
be under-estimated, and we may -afely state, that
Grant’s losses in the present campaign, commenc
ing with the first week in May, and ending Octo
ber Ist, say fire months, hare not been less than
175,000 men.
In this connection, a paragraph which appears
in a late number of the Boston Courier, under the
caption, “Grant’s Waste of Men,” is not inappro
priato. That paper thinks there can be no fairer
illustration of the havoc of war, when carried on
under wilful guidance, than the condition of the
Ist Mass, heavy artillery. It was, for over two
years, stationed in the defence of Washington, do
ing most useful and valuable, but not “-active”
service when, after the depleting battles of the
Wilderness, it was ordered to the front as an in
fantry organization. It marched out 1,578 men,
and 30 officers, and was in the brunt of the bat
tles at Spottsylvania Courthouse. It now returns
with but 270 men, leaving at Petersburg about as
many re-enlisted men and and recruits, whose
time is not out, and there are are only 13 officers
left. That, within sixty days, about 1,100 men
of 1,700 have malted away in what is called “glo
ry,” certainly bravely, with no desertion, no strag
gling, no slow disease, no Chiokahouainy swam;),
to detract from their-laurels’ or from the record
of as fine h regiment, physically,’as Massachusetts
oouid produce, Yet, this is no isolated case, but
only a fair sample of all, and au irrefragiblo proof
that Grant’s waste of men had not been exag
gerated.
What a fearful responsibility rests upon the
| shoulders of this human butchor ! How many
widows and orphans this day, bowed with grief,
trace the cause of their widowhood and ,orphan
age directly to Grant! What an insupportable
load of guilt has accumulated upon his flinty
heart, and what 'an account must he render at
the Grand Assizes, when confronted by the
Great Judge: and called upon for a reckoning.
Grant’s Campaign. —The New York corres
pondent of the London Morning Herald, who is
a very able and exceedingly well-informed writer,
says :
The campaign, since the crossing of the Rap
idan by Grant, in May. has been one of pitiless
slaughter. The Federal lieutenant general has
oarned for himself the title of the Suwarrow of
America. He has not managed to win the affec
tions of his army, and ha< been so careless and
lavish of the lives of his mon that he is now
distinguished both in and out of the ranks of his
soldiers, by rfce sobriquet of the “Illinois butcher.”
The number of men in the unfortunate army of the
Potomac killed, wounded’ and captured, since its
crossing of the Rapidan, is not less than 125,
000, of which nearly one-fourth have been killed
outright. Grant’s manuer of conducting a cam
paign is, to use a mild term, very ourious, and
well worthy a description. Owing to the enor
mous size of the Northern army, and the fright
ful character) in a military point of view, of
the country in which it has beeq compelled to
operate, it has been impossible for the Federal
commander in chief to know anything about the
position of the enemy or the relation of our
troops to his principal works. Hence that know
ledge of a foe’s strength, whereabouts and forti
lieatiocs, which in more cultivated countries, and
by more able generals, is obtained by the em
pioyment of strategy, was gained here only
through a tremendous loss of life. As soon as
Grant had executed one of his famous flank move
ments, fiver to discover in his front somewhere
that mysterious, inevitable, but indomitable ene
my, he would send word to his corps cemmaisders
in front, to “feel the enemy’s works.” This sim
ple matter never costs loss than 1,000 men. After
■ the “feeling” operation had been concluded, the
next order would be to “press the enemy’s works.”
This movement would dispose of 3,000 or 4,000
more. Then came the last order, more terrible
than all its predecessors, “Storm tfeo enemy’s
works!” And the storming operation never came
to on end, without an additional Federal loss of
17,000 or 18,000 men. It was simple butchery.
There was no attempt at a display of tactical
science; indeed, such would be almost useless
with that vast army, and in the terrible woods
and ravines in which it was compelled to fight.—
This fearful mode of warfare was continued for
moro than a month, until the mea under Grant
became, as was inevitable, utterly disheartened
and demoralized.
The Sons of Libety Submitted.— The Sons of
Liberty, had a special and extraordinary meeting
at Columbus yesterday, when Vallandigham the
supreme commander of the order was present. The
question was on adhering to McClellan, and after
a long debate it was decided in the affirmative by
two majority. Valandigham professes to be disar
appointed, but all this may be a feint on his part,
to rconcile the unsophisticated of bis follower* te
the bargain signed and sealed and delivered at
Chicago, by which it was intended to secure the
union of peace and so-called war factions, on Mc-
Clellan as the most available candidate. These
same leaders cheated the people two years ago by
pretending to be fer a vigorous prosecution of the
war, and they are trying to cheat •them now by
running a war and peace combination.
It is very clear that the men who talked so
vigorously a few days ago about peace ; who more
recently denounced the so-called war letter of
McClellan, and who now adhere to the nomina
tion without being able to tell whether they are
for peace or war, are not to be trusted. The lead
ers are willing to cheat each other for the sake of
office, and such men. if elected, would betray the
country. With McClellan in the White House
and Vallandigham in the War Office, the country
would soon be at the feet of Jeff Davis: and it is
in the bond that Vallandigham shall be Secretary
of War if McClellan is elected. We warn the
Union men to be on their guard against the tricks
lof the Sons of Liberty.— Cin. Gazette.
Exxcutiv* Department of At,a., ]
Montgomery, Oet. 7th, 1864. )
To the General Assembly of Alabama:
I have received, through your committee, the
aaueuncement of year intentton te adjearn te-day.
Tiid announcement I received with deep regret.
Tke greet object fer which yon were called togeth
er, in extraordinary session, has failsd to bo ac
eompliihod. This failuro may mult in tho most
calamitous consequeucos te the State. The Statu
is not properly defended. It is not in my power,
under your present law, to have it properly de
fended, It was in your power tv accomplish this
desirable end. Unfortunately, in my judgment,
yen have failed te exercise this power.
I have me further communication to make te
you new; hut I trust that a merciful Ged will
preteet ns, and eneble the tried and true men, al
ready in the military service, te save eur beleved
State frern all impending dangers. I hope, when
yon return to the regular session, tho Giver of all
good will inspire yon with wisdom to devise and
to do what shall bo host for the success of our
cause, and the establishment of enr country's lib
erty. T. H. WATTS,
Governor of Alabama.
[From the Richmond Enquirer.]
From fheTraitg-Misslsslppi De
partment.
We are indebted to Captain W. B. Douglas,
of the Trans-Mississippi Department, who has
just arrived in Richmond, for files of Hous
ton, Texas, papers to the 30th of August, from
which we take the following:
G*CN. MAGRUDER’s ADDRESS.
Gen. Magruder issued tbe following address
upon taking leave of the District Department
of Texas, iu which he gives a succinct review
of the events of his military administration
there :
Hdq’rs District of Texas, etc., ]
Houston, Aug. 16, 1864. /
General Orders, 1
No. 166. f
Soldiers of Texas:
In: pursuance of orders from a superior au
thority, I shall turn over the command of this
District to morrow, the 17th, to the next offi
cer iu rank, Brigadier General Herbert, who
will exercise it until the arrival of Major Gen.
Walker, the permanent commander. I have
served with you twenty one months. The
time is now arrived when I must say farewell,
and though I obey the call of duty with alac
rity and cheerfulness, I cannot part with you
but with feelings of the most profound regret.
In seasons of emergency you obfeyed my orders
with promptness, devotion and the most he
roic gallantry, and I have never been for a
moment unappreciative of the steadiness, self
denial and patriotism with which you have
borne the hardships and privations peculiar
to camp life, whilst standing sentinels at the
portals of your State, uncheered by the hope
of immediate conflict with the enemy. I
thank you from the bottom of my heart for
the soldiery virtuesjwhich you ha v e displayed,
but your best and highest reward on earth
must be in the reflection that you have saved
your beloved State from the devastations ai\d
nameless horrors of war, that no hostile foot
treads her soil, and that peace aiijj plenty
reign throughout the land. All that I ask is
that you will give the same cordial support
to my successor whfch you have afforded me,
and -that you will not relax in your efforts to
preserve that which you have so nobly won.
I found your State in danger, I leave it in se
curity. I found the people in despondency, I
leave them in hope. I iound traitors exultant,
I leave patriots triumphant.
All this has been done by you and your
comrades now on distant fieldsv I beseech
you to persevere in your noble career, to de
fend every fort, every entrenchment, and eve
ry inch of soil to the last extremity. Remem
ber the glorious deeds of the early settlers of
the country, who fought amj conquered against
great odds, and under overwhelming difficul
ties. Let your watchwords be Galveston, Sa
bine Pass and Calcassieu, and do not forget
that by your prompt obedience to orders, and
your rapidity of movement, we were enabled
to foil the enemy in his attempt at a formida
ble invasion of your Stale, and hem him in
and confine him to the desolate peninsula of
Matagorda, exposed to the rigors of an unusu
ally severe winter, without tuei and without,
water, thus saving one of the finest portions
of the State, which was almost within his
grasp, whilst his repulse at Laredo by Bena
vides, and at San Deigo by Nolan, and his de
feat near Cari # eitas by the gallant Ford, caused
the Federal General Herron, to call loudly
for reinforcements which he could not obtain
and forced the last of your enemies to evac
uate the soil. Do not be deceived; he may
return. Be still prepared to meet him at all
points—your safety is in preparation. Wher
ever I may be, be assurred I shall sympathize
in all that concerns your success, with pride
and exultation.
Citizens of Texas : —I have called upon
you largely for support in my efforts to serve
you, anu you have responded with promptness
and with patriotism. I have driven from your
midst traitors who would have sold you to the
enemy, and I leave you, your families and
your property untouched by the ruthless hand
of an unprincipled, uncivilized and destroy
ing foe. Without your liberal assistance I
could have accomplished nothing Give to
my successor the same generous support, and
all will remain well. Do not be deceived, the
danger is not passed—it may be but just com
raeuemg. Yield all you have rather than be
unprepared to meet it. That you have suf
fered from the unauthorized, indiscreet and
improper acts of some of the agents of laws
which Gongress has been obliged to make se
vere for the public good, I entertain not a
doubt : but I have called through the official
channels and through the public press for in
formation on these subjects, and have never
turned a deaf ear to any r complaint, or failed
to apply such remedies as the case admitted
of.
Citizens and soldiers, 1 bid you larewell,
with the assurance that I covet no happier
lot, when we shall have conquered a peace,
than to spend, with my family, the remainder
of my life among you.
J. Bankhead Magruder,
Major General.
Hopeful.— The venerable Dr. Sum
mers, in a letter to the Southern Chris
tian Advocate, says :
Some of our people are discouraged at
the “situation” of public affairs ; but oth
ers of us are still sanguine of success,
and that at no very distant day. What
party soever prevails at the North—and
it is not easy to say which is the best for
us—we think the result of the election
will inure to our benefit. The Northern
people —at least the Northwestern people
—are tired of the war, and are determin
ed to have peace; and they know—thank*
God !—that they cannot have it without
recognizing our independence. They
know that we have a G-overnment that
has backbone in it—whatever feeble knees
there may be in certain spotted parts of
our country. So let us be of good cheer
—let us suffer on a little longer—let us
reform our lives, repose in humble trust
in Providence—thank God. and take
courage!
The press and the people unite, says the Rich
mond Sentinel, in calling upon the Government to
place all our able-bodied men in the field. Yet,
such is the strangeness of human nature, when the
necessary steps are taken, they are too frequently
rewarded with obloquy. As fast as the rule is ap
plied, every man on whom it is brought to bear
fetches a squall, and his friends aP join, and declare
that this is a peculiar and should be a special case.
We may expect a great deal of such outcry; but
we trust it will be no further regarded than the best
interests of the service demand, and thaAothing
will be yielded to mere clamor or “influential
friends.” Public officers will find it a hopeless un
dertaking to please everybody; let them rather do
right, and dispense justice to all.
Mexican News.
The Houston “Telegraph” contains the follow
ing in relation to Mexico:
We hare had the pleasure of meeting Don Pa
tricio Milmo, of Monterey, who has been on *
visit to this city for a day or two past. This is
the gentloman who Was so much talked of last
winter, who laid an embargo on C. S. cotton, and
obtained the sequestration of $15,000,000 C- S.
notes in Monterey. It will be remembered that
Jndge Divine, Col. McKinney, and Capt. Duck
ayet were sent as commissioners to Monterey to
settle the matter with him, which they did te the
satisfaction es all, giving him great credit for the
concessions he cheerfully made. It is to be re
gretted that the government has thus far been un
able to meet the engagements with Mr. Mil mo
made by those commissioners.
Mr. Milmo had given us seme interesting items
from Mexico. He says that Quiroga, in the in
terest of Gov. Vidaurri, has laid siege to Monterey,
now about six weeks; Ortega, who is the Vice
President of the Juarez government, has arrived
in Monterey, with 35,000 men. He is unwilling to
fight Quiroga and has had an interview with him
under flag of trace, in which permission was asked
of Quiroga that the Janrez government might re
tire immediately from Monterey. Quiroga acceeded,
so far as Jaurez was concerned, but refused his
consent that officers should retire. Mr. Milmo
thinks that Ortega is, by this time, the President.
Quiroga has no agreement with the French, though
he prefers them to Jaurez. Vidaurri is still at
Laredo. The French are in force some 15000
strong about 150- miles from Monterey, having
made no advance northward. It is the impres
sion that they will not occupy the northern fron
tier, until Maximillian arrives at some policy re
garding the recognition es the Confederacy.
Cortina is at Victoria, the French who had oc
cupied that town in small force, retiring before
him.
Mr. Milmo represents the popular feeling as
growing more and more favorable to tke French.
It is the army officers who constitute the bulk of
the opposition. Os these there are more than
there are of soldiers, and they look upon the es
tablishment of a stable government as conflicting
with their interests and lending to throw them out
of employment.
In all those parts of Mexico now under French
rule, law and order are said to be paramount,
and the robbing and brigandage that formerly
prevailed, are no longer known.
Those who have come in contact with Maxi
millian, are altogether favorably impressed with
him, and the general impression is that he and
his throne are firmly established in that country.
Affairs in Missouri.
We take the following from the Baltimore Gazette
of tbe 4th instant:
From Missouri we have’advices up to Saturday
last. A party of Confederates entered the town of
Franklin, on the Pacific Railroad, on that day, and
burned all the railroad property there. On the
Southwest branch of the same roed there was
also said to be a considerable force of Confederate
cavalry.
Tbe Federal troops at Warrensburg, Nedalia,
Boonville, and other points in Central Missouri,
have been withdrawn, and were concentrating at
Jefferson City, where General Brown was entrenoh
ing himself. > *
Fears were entertained that an attempt would be
made to destroy the Orange and Gasconade bridges.
Great excitement existed along the line of the Han
nibal and Bt. Joseph Railroad.
Scouts from Ironton reported the advance of a
large force from the Soui h; but whether it was com -
posed of Federal or Confederate tooops does not
appear to have been ascertained.
At the latest advices from Fort Smith, Arkansas,
the Federal garrison there was on half rations, the
forage exhausted, and nearly all tho cavalry with
out horses.
A later telegram from St. Louis states that noth
ing that was trustworthj had been heard from Gen.
Ewing. •
The Iron Mountain railroad has been so badly
daipaged by the enemy that it will require two
months repair it.
Nothing further had been received from Franklin.
It was understood that Gen. Rosecrans would take
the field in person yesterday.
of All. —The Charleston Cou
rier deprecates the talk'about peace, and regrets
that the expectation that it will soon come is en
tertained by so many. There will be no success
ful peace party in she United States, our cotempo
rary maintains, until the triumph of our arms
oblige them to acknowledge that the subjugation
of these States is impossible. Thereforo we must
rely on deeds, not words. When tho conviction is
forced on the minds of our enemy that their labor
is all in vain, that we can never be overcome, then
we may reckon on a general willingness to aban
don the attempt. But for the present, as the
Courier says, “war is our business. War is our
chief concern Peace can he brought about only
by war. War will finally conduct us to peace.
We must fight if we would have peace, and the
more resolutely we tight, the shorter we may make
the duration of the contest. We should give
proof of our sincere desire for peace by carrying
on the war with increased earnestness and vigor.
“Vallandigham, Long, and tho whole peace
party in the United States, are a broken reed
The true arid mighty peace men are on this side
of the line—Lee, Beauregard, Hood, Early, Kirby
Smith, aud other valient chieftains, with the brave
men under them. Our army is the real peace par
ty. We must look for peace, not to the tongue and
pen, but to the sword and the bayonet;. Ink will
never bring peace, but blood will. The Chicago
resolutions will do very well for the Yankees.
Woof the Confederate States have adopted but
one resolution, which is, that by the .help of God
we will achieve our independence. That has cost
us a terrible price, but we must stand up to it till
we compel our enemies to admit that they have
no right to vote on that question. When we do
that we shall have done all, we can talk then
about war and enjoy peace to our heart’s content.
At the present time war is our business, our duty,
our salvation.”
A Frightened Dutchman. —The army corres
pondent sf the Confederacy tells tho following :
In the Army of Tennessee there are very strict
orders against soldiers killing the hogs and cat
tle belonging to farmers along the line of march,
and when taken in the act are very severely dealt
with by the generals before whom they are car
ried, while the animal is taken charge of by the
commissary, and the owner paid for it. I have
excellent authority for tho following, which is
said to have occurred the other night at the quar
ters of Gen. Brown :
A sentinel appeared at the door of bis tent,
having in custody a huge Dutchman, whom he
charged with the purpose of deserting to the Yan
kees, having caught him eu route to the enemy’s
lines. These facts were made known by the sen
tinel to Gen. 8., who was almost asleep, and who
aroused himself to hear the Dutchman’s defence.—
Os course the charges were all denied, and he
mentioned in explanation that he had gone to kill
a beef. Before he had finished, the general was
again off to the land of shadows, and was again
aroused by the query of the sentry, as so what
should be done with the Dutchman. But he was
only half aroused—the crime of the 'offender, the
mention of the beef and the charge of desertion
being all jumbled together, he gave the following
remarkable order :
“Kill him—'turn his hide over to the quarter
master, and the meat to the commissary for issue
to the troops!”
Thelcry of horror escaping from the Dutchman's
capacious throat waked the General up, and he so
modified the order that the culprit is 3till alive,
but remarkably careful about going towards the
enemy’s lines at night.
A “Bully” Charge. —A correspondent of a
Yankee journal, referring to the recent cattle raid,
says the rebel cavalry under Hampton behaved
very insolently and defiantly to Kautz’s column,
who pursued for the purpose, if possible, of recap
turing the cattle. To make the matter worse, the
greybacks, when charging in the fight which
came off near Belsches’ Mill dispensed with the
well known rebel yell, and roared out like genu
ine bulls of Bashan, iheir bellowings resounding
through the woods like that peculiar noise made
by an immense drove of the Taurus tribe. The
writer had no idea that the rebels were such ac
complished mimics, or thaf they could so fault
lessly imitate the bovine species.
A CiTild that Talked at Birth. —The Troy-
Whig has the following :
South Troy' is now agitate'd by the stories
told about a child that talked at birth. It
prophesie.d that a comet was coming in a few
weeks and was going to give us a terrible
drouth, and that in consequence of its disar
rangement of atmospheric laws there would
be a five years’ famine. The war was to end
next year according to the inspired baby’s
prophecy. There are numbers who have sees
the talking child and insist upon the truth of
the stories. *
Proposed Exchange of Prisoners at Savan
nah.—The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the
New York Times writes under a recent date as fol
lows :
Major Mq'ford, Assistant Agent of Exchange,
will start within a few days for Savannah, with ten
thousand sick and wounded rebel soldiers, to be
exchanged for a like number of the worst cases of
our sick and wounded of our men. The steamer
Baltic and other vessels of like capacity, are now
preparing to sail on the expedition.”
TELEGRAPHIC.
—— |
REPORTS OP PM PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered Recording to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in tho Clerks office of
the District Court ©f the Confederal© States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Mobile, Oct. ll.jjj
The flag of truce boat came up yesterday.
Naval and Fort Gaines garrison will be ex
changed. The enemy decline exchanging
the Fert Morgan garrison.
Froqg information which we have received,
says the Petsrsburg Sun, we think there is
little or no doubt that a fleet is now forming
between Norfolk and Old Point to attack Wil
mington. Among the number of vessels seen
by oar informant, there are two very formid
able monitors. That an attack at an early
day upon Wilmington is contemplated we feel
almost certain, and hope the authorities may
be fully prepared for it.
Beauregard. —Miss Juliet to the contrary not
withstanding, there is something in the name of this
gallant and successful leader which inspires the
army and people with more confidence than would
the same qualities of head and heart if called by
any other name. At Petersburg, as at Charleston,
Corinth and Manassas, Beauregard is the talismanic
watchword that has roused the enthusiasm of the
country, brought order out of chaos, struck terror
to the hearts of the enemy, and crowned our arms
with victory. Wherever the contest has been des
perate, the name of Beauregard has been called to
redeem the situation. Have the services of this
whole-souled, patriotic and skillful soldier ever
been more needed than now at the head of the army
in Georgia ? It is but simple truth to state that the
whole country looks to him as the man for the hour.
The claim of this section for General Beauregard is
not put forth in disparagement of General Hood, or
any other man. —Montgomery Advertiser.
James Guthrie was eleven votes ahead of George
H. Pendleton on the first ballot at Chicago for Vice
President, and would, undoubtedly, have been nom
inated on the next by a great majority. But he had
once professed to .be in favor of the war for the
Union and that killed him. Pendleton, who never
lifted a finger against the rebellion, was unanimous
ly nominated on the next ballot. We think Val
landigham should have been satisfied with the
platlorm, but he must have the Vice Presidency
also. —Chicago Tribune.
Butler's Canal. —Butler is reported
digging away at his Canal at Dutch Gap.
P. W. A. believes the object of this im*
provement to be: First, to avoid the bat
tery at Howlett’s house and the submas
rine obstructions in the river at Trent’s
Read; second, to bring the Federal iron
clads through the canal and secure a po
sition, after driving away our little fleet,
from which they can silence the battery
at Signal Hill; then, having secured
Signal Hill, the enemy hope to be able to
carry the works at Chaffin’s Bluff, which
are in easy range of, and commanded by
the greater elevation of Signal Hill ;
fourth, having carried Chaffin’s Bluff,
their next move would be against Drew
ry’s Bluff, distant one mile; fifth, Drew
ry’s Bluff, in their possession, the way
would be open, they think to Richmond.
Such is believed to be the theory upon
which they are acting.
Statistics.— A statistician has had
the patienee to count the number of words
employed by tbe most celebrated writers.
The works oi‘ Cornelle do not contain
more than 7,000 different words, and
those of Moliere 8,000. Shakspeare, the
most fertile and varied of English auv
thors, wrote all his tragedies and come
dies with 15,000 words. Voltaire and
Goethe employ 20,000; “Paradise Lost”
contains only 8,000 ; and the Old Testa
ment says all that it has to say with 5,642.
MARRIED. ,
At Christ Church, Savannah, on the 29th of Sept.,
by the Right Key. Bishop Elliott, jieut. B. H,
HUDSON, of Columbus, Ga., and Miss ELLEN
WALTER, daughter of the late Dr. Thomas J.
Charlton of that city.
TO all Whom if may Concern,
Headquarters Post, \
Columbus, October 11,1864, J
It having been noticed that the following Act of
Congress has been disregarded, it is again publish
ed with the assurance that the Commanding Officer
will hold all parties violating it strictly accountable
and amenable to the law:
An Act to prevent the procuring, aiding, and assist
ing of persons to desert from the army of the
Confederate States, and for other purposes.
‘‘The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame
rica-, do enact, That every person not subject to the
rules and articles of war, who shall procure or en
tice a soldier, or person enrolled for service in the
army of the Confederate States, to desert, or who
shall aid or assist any deserter from the army, or
any person enrolled for service, to evade their pro
per commanders, or to prevent their arrest, to be
returned to the service, or who shall knowingly
conceal or harbor any such deserter, or shall pur
chase from any soldier or persoo enrolled for ser
vice any portion of his arms, equipments, rations,
or clothing, or any property belonging to the Con
federate States, or any officer or s Jdier of the Con
federate States, shall, upon conviction before the
district court of the Confederate States having
jurisdiction of toe.offence, be fined not exceeding
one thousand dollars, and bo imprisoned not ex
ceeding two years,”
Approved January 22,1864.
Citizen? uow in possession of clothing, arms, or
other government property, purchased from any
soldier or person enrolled for service, \vili immedi
ately report the same to the Commandant of the
Post, LEON VON ZINKEN,
ac 12 3t Col. Commanding Post’
City papers copy three times.
LARGE CbNSmNJSENT
OF
LETTER- PAP.SB!
AND
BLANK BOOKS!]
For sale by .
J. K. REDD & CO.
oc 12 ts
Pressman Wanted,
A mechanic who understand* repairing a Print
ing Press canobtain a job, on liberal terms, at this
office. oct4 ts
MATT. IS.
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 64, Commerce Street,
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
WILL sell on Commission every description of
(roods, Negroes and Produce of all kinds.
sp2o lm
SSOO REWARD.
QTOLEN, from Judge Thomas’ stable, near Colum
ls bus. Ga., on the night of the 3d instant, one
fine black HORSE, shoulder slightly rubbed from
collar, mane also rubbed off near his ear by halter,
on his left flank a healing sore, he has on anew
set of shoes with heels. Four hundred dollars will
be given for the delivery of this horse to me at
Columbus.
One hundred dollars wi’l be given for the delive
ry to me of a NORREL jl/AitE, small blazed face,
one hind foot white, no other mark' remembered.
Both horses were taken off together. If any one
living on the different roads leading from 67olum
bus can furnish any information respecting these
horses, they will greatly oblige the subscriber.
oets-4t * <T. A. SHINGLEUR
Piano Instruction.
YjRS. T. H. VANDENBURG is again prepared
“1 to resume her Inst ruction in Music on the Piano.
Those designing to favor her with'their patronage
wi 1 apply at her former residence on Forsyth street.
Terms—Fifty dollars per quarter.
Mrs. T. would be pleased to RENT ROOMS, or
a portion of the house, now occupied by herself.
Apply as above. oct3d6t
Or. J. 8. CLARK,
DENTIST,
FORMERLY 0* NEW ORLEANS,
HAS returned, and can be found at 106 Broad
street, over Dr. R, A, 4Y are s Drug Store.
octlO-dlm
THEATRE.
Wednesday Evening, Oct. 13, 1884.
Schiller's Terrific Tragedy of the
ROBBERS
OF THE FORREST OF BOHEMIA!
GREAT DISTRIBUTION OF CHARACTERS:
Mr. Theodore Hamilton as , Chas. DeJ/oor
Mr. C. T. Wolfe, a5............... ......Count DeMoor
Master Keith, as Francis
Miss Cecelia Crisp, a5.... Amelia
To be followed by the elegant Burletta of the
LOW OF A tOTER!
Gertrude (with songs) Mrs Jessie Clarke
Peter Spyke ..... Mr Harry Crisp
In the course of the week Mr. W. H. CRISP will
appear as Kin? Richard 3d.
In preparation Afetamora and the Lady of the
Lake. * [oc 13 It
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
SETT BLACKSMITHS’ TOOLS.
ON SATURDAY. October 15th, at 10 1-2 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our store,
A First Rate Sett of Blacksimths’ Tools!
including Bellows 3S inches, large Anvil, Vice,
Hammers, Tongs, Ac., Ac. All as good as new
—ALSO —
Two Fine Carpets.
ocll 5t S2O
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
♦ ♦
Valuable Store House and Lot.
AN TUESDAY, 18th of October, at 10 1-2 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our Auction i?oom,
THE STORE HOUSE AND LOT
No. 22, three doors below the corner of Broad and
Bryan streets, known as the Randal Jones property,
now occupied by A. Velatti. St ■' r ront3So feet,
running back 90 feet, with four well finished rooms
up siairs. [be 11-Tt S2S
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos,
ON SATURDAY, October 15th, at 10| o’clock,
we will sell in front A our store
A Splendid China Dinner and Tea Sett,
'embracing 140 pieces. It can be sees at our Store
previous to the sale. [oct 11—ot sls
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
Homes for Kef ogee*.
AN TUESDAY, ISth of ©ctober at 10L o’clock,
U we will sell in front of our store
House and Lot at Silver Run,
with 53 acres land attached. The house has two
large rooms, two kitchens, one of which has two
rooms with brick chimneys; stables, cribs, Ac., with
excellent water—making a very comfortable resi
dence—formerly owned by J M Upshaw.
-ALSO-
House and Lot at Enon, Ala.,
Four and a half miles from Guerry’s Depot. The
house has six rooms with kitchen, smoke house and
fencing nearly new, with fifteen acres land attach
ed. Good water on the place,
oct 10-St S4S
By Ellis, Liviiifstoii & Cos
Executive Sale of Valuable Property.
AN TUESDAY, ISth of October, between the
U usual hours of sale, I will sell in front of Ellis,
Livingston & Cos., Auction Store,
THE DESIRABLE HOUSE AND LOT,
corner of Forsyth and Franklir streets, No, 373,
adjoining Mr. Slade's Academj% with half acre of
land attached. Improvements good. Sold as the
property of John Bethune, dec’d.
oct 10-8 t $32 CHERRY BETHUNE, Exu’tx.
By Ellis,
Fine Furniture.
ON SATURAY,Ioth October, at 10 1-2 o’clock, we
will sell in front of our store,
2 Large Parlor Mirrors, 3x5 French
Plate.)
2 Fine Mahogany Settees.
12 Fine Mahogany Parlor Chairs.
1 Fine Mahogany. Rocking Chair
3 Large Cedar Wardrobes.
5 Large new Feather Beds.
3 Mahogany Bureaus.
1 Fine Mantle Clock.
Chairs, Tables, Washstands, Paintings,
&C., kc*
oct 10 6t $36
By Ellis, ILlvliig-sfoia Si i o
♦ »
200 GALLONS
PURE CATAWBA GRAPE BRANDI!
A VERY FINE ARTICLE.
For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards,
ae3o ts
sioo rE/Erw_a.:k,;d.
CTOLEN by a man with an artillery suit cf clothes
u on, from near the Lowell Warehouse, about 1"
o’clock Saturday morning, a short, heavy set GRAY
PONY, with white tail and mane. A saddle and
bridle was also taken, The saddle is a small black
one, with a horn on the forepart of the tree which
has been broken off and covered with leather; the
hind part of the tree has leather also tacket over it.
SI will give the above reward for the Pony and
thief, or al liberal reward for the Pony delivered to
me at my place one and a half miles of Station No.
1, between No. 1 Station and Bethel Church, Mus
cogee road, or to A. Gammell, Columbus, Ga.
- ocl2 3t* J. BLOW.
Notice.
Office Provost Marshal,
Columbus, Oct. 10,1564.
TAKEN up from Deserters, Two Pony built Horse
-1 One a SorrerStallion, white mark in forehead,
both hind feet white, with some whit'e marks on
back.
The other a Dark Bay Horse, with star ir, tue
forehead. *.
The above horses were taken from Deserters, and
the owners can get the same by coming forward,
proving property and paying expenses.
G. H. FULKERSON,
ocll-3t Capt. and Provost Marshal.
43r’Sun and Enquirer copy three times.
I£ancis Wanted
AT THE
EAGLE FACTORY,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
FIFTY young women can find steady work and
liberal pay at the
ocll diwlin EAGLE FACTORY.
FOR SALE.
CONFEDERATE SCHOOL SLATES
AND *
I s enoils 2
At Kenny’s Marble Yard, Broad st.
THOMAS KENNY
octß lw*
Columbus High School
FOR
YOXJISra- LADIES !
,— m • m
THE Exercises of this Institution wer* resumed
on Monday the 3d inst.
Terms for the first half of the Scholastic year
High School, ------ $125 00
Preparatory School, - * 100 00
Incidental Expenses, - - * * 5
W. S. LEE,
ocß w .Principal.
CMS MM AMEM.
THE Exercises of thfs Institution were resumed
on Monday the 3d inst. •
The Terms for the first half of the Academic year
are
First Department, - $125 00
Second " 100 00
Incidental Expenses, - - - 500 *
C. P. B. MARTIN,
ocß lw Principal-