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COLUMBUS' TIMES
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Change ot Schedule.
OFyrc* Enginb** and SurgßumwDWrT, )
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7,1864.)
/ | jST THURSDAY, June 9,1861, and until further
- ' notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
be as follow, viz:
L,oave Charleston ...9.45, a. m.
\rrive in Savannah £.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah 5 30, a. in.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northesistern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. HAINES,
Jane 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent, j
Change ol Schedule.
\N and alter Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
'the uscogee Railroad will run as follows :
« ‘ PASSENGER TRAIN :
Leave Columbus .6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon... 8 10 P. M
Arrive at, Columbus 4 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLALK,
mar i'.i ts Supt. Muscogee L, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
ON and after August 27th. 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. in.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. rn.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
An ive at Montgomery at 3:00 p.m.
A rri ve at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freighi Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 am.
Arrives at 8:27 p in
D. H. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng.
ag27lS(>-l—tf
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
or SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
i \N and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
V/ Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as 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 Girard at 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS.
aglStf Eng. <k Sup’t.
FOR SALE.
A HOUSE and LOT, situated North of the North
Commons on the corner of Troup and City Mill
streets: Said Lot contains half acre, with a good
new dwelling house with two rooms; kitchen with
two rooms; a very superior well of water —hard-
ly equalled in the vicinity of the city, and a large
garden. Everything new and in good order. For
further particulars apply to
sp!3 lm Dr. WOODRUFF.
FOR SA LF!
A GOOD Saddle aad Harness Ilorse.
Apply to
R. B. MURDOCH,
sop 2-ts or, at this office.
SSO 3EL©TO7 - «iX*cl..
ATEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25years old, yel
low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence : leit \fr. Nat. Thompson’s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee, Ala. He originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
information sent to me at this office.
JAMES M. RUSSELL.
Coluinhu's Ga., aug 1 ts *
500 Negro Hen Wauled!
Nitre and Mining Bureau, 1
Hkadq’bs Mining Division, No. 2, V
Selina, Ala., Sept. 13, ’(l4. J
l AM 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 Solma, 150 South of Rome and 7Q.West ofMont-
g ornery. L am paying for able-bodied men three
undred dollars per annum, feeding and clothing
them. One woman will be hired to every ten men,
to cook and wash for them. There is on the place a
hospital with a regular surgeon, who takes charge
of all the sick. If the enemy threatens, the negroes
can be moved West through an inaccessible coun
try. Apply to W P Herring, La Grange, Ga.. or
WM. RICHARDSON HUNT,
* Lieut. Col. Uomd’g.
seplT’ m
SSOO Reward.
WlLii be paid for the apprehension of our boy
VV Truman, lie is about 24 years ol ! (i feet high;
very black, and weighs about lfef; j-juii: :. Three
hundred dollars will be paid for his confinement m
some jail so that we can get. him, or five hundred
d011,,,, lor hi. delivery at
Eulaula Spirit of the South, Quincy Dispatch, Al
bany Patriot, Macon Telegraph, LaGrange Repor
ter, and //<i mil ton Enterprise, publish one month
and send bills to Factory.
sep2(( lm
SSO Reward,
Superintendent's Office,')
Muscogee It. R. Company, >
Columbus, Ga., Nept. 16, ’64. J
l REWARD of SSO will be paid for the delivery
A to me for each of the following negro men ;
Charles—Black; about 25 years old; quick spo
ken; weighs about 150 lbs.; about 5 feot 10 or 11 in.
k'fiiiliard—Black; about 30 years old; 5 ft 9 inches
high- weighs Usor 150 lbs.; blacksmith by trade. —
Probably will go to Jim s county wh re his wile is.
rrOD * W. L. CLARK,
tqil" lm _ Superintendent.
SSO Reward.
| WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black
1 boy, about 24 years old. tie has been out three
or four weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about
he city. JNO. 11. MASS,
jy 4tf ' > '
SI,OOO Reward.
* CUftXKY,- heavy set. black boy by the name
A of WILLIAM,^ bout 24 years old, left Colum
bus on Sunday morning last. I am confident he
was taken off by some white man. I will pay the
above reward for the negro and thief, with evi
dence to convict, or I will pay two hundred and
fifty dollar; for the negro delivered to mo in Colum
bus. The boy came from Virginia about two years
ago, and says he is a sailor. I think they left Co
lumbus on foot and took the traiu at some station
close by. J. H. BASS,
sepl-tf.
* /*. S.—l learn, since the above was written, that
the boy let Cblumbus on the Opelika train, on
Sunday morning, in company with a small white
man that limped, and that they were going to West
Point, J. H. B.
STERLrn; EX€HAX«E!
• FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
A for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
ag!6 tl BANK OF COLUMBUS.
BUGtt Y FOR SALE!
i N excellent Buggy anil Harness for sale. Ap
ia ply at this office. sep2l ts
ram urn t hihjnis
FOR SALE !
lI7E have for sale 49 reams ot Letier Paper, and
i* iOOO small Pocket Blank Books, at Wholesale
or Retail. Paper. SSO per Ream; Blauk Books, $l5O
j 5 CIS - W ‘‘ o ‘”*' e - Al, ‘' ly THIS OFFICE.
NOTICE.
To Planters and Olliers !
1 WILL EXCHANGE Osuaburgs. Sheeting and
I Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and beeswax. 1
will be found at Kobiuett & Cb s 1
am manufacturing Can dlesan Lard OL '
jane 2 ts -
Notice to Debtors and Cred
itors.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons haying
iA demands against Samuel McClary, late pf Mus
cogee county, deceased, to present them to either of
us, properly made out, within the time prescribed
by law. 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
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MIMES ■ ®itWS*
Vol. XL
J. W. WARREN Sc CO. Proprietors j. W. WARREN, Editor
■fun 11 t *
SPECIAL NOTICES
Notice!
Geadq’rs 6th Regiment, G. M.
Columbus, Oct. 7, 1864.
General Orders 1
No. -. f
Commanders of Companies are hereby ordered to
muster their commands on Tuesday, 11th inst., at
the places herein designated, viz:
Muscogee county, at the Depot of the Muscogee
Rail Road in Columbus; Ckattahoocheefcounty, at
the Box Spring Depot; Marion county, at Geneva;
at which points they will take the train for Macon.
Transportation will be furnished, and on
our arrival in Macon will be promptly reported as
deserters and immediate steps be taken to nrrest
them and bring them to damp.
By order of
D B THOMPSON,
<’ol coind’g 6th Reg G M
L B Duck, Adj’t
oc7 3t
Notice!
Hkadq’bs 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 old, in the county of Muscogee,
will assemble at the Court House on Monday, the
10th inst., at 10 o’clock,‘to bo 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 Gen. H. C. Wayne.
B. A. THORNTON, A. D. C.
oc6 4t
Exchange Notice No. 12.
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, arc hereby declared exchanged.
RO. OULD,
oc6 6t Agent of Exchange.
Notice l
Columbus, Ga., Oet. 4th, 1864.
L. T. Maddux is authorized te attend to my
business in my absence from Coin nbus.
ocs lm* WILL. S. BALFOUR.
Notice to Farmers.
Farmers who have not dcdiveretl their Tithe of
Fodder are requested to bring it in immediately,
as it is greatly needed at this Post. Those who com
ply wish this request can deliver their Fodder with
out baling it. H. D. COTIfIZAN,
* Capt. & A Q M.
Sun and Enquirer copy 10 days. oc4 lOt
Notice,
Marshall Hospital,
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 4, 1834.
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.
CONFEPK R ATE . StATES A RSENAT,,
Columbus, £?a., Sept. 30, ’64.
Atlanta Arsenal—Notice.
Parties holding claims against the Atlanta Arst
nal, will, alter having them approved by Lieut. J.
U. Ansi.ey, M S K Ord., now at Charleston Arse
nal, present them at this Office for payment.
M H WRIGHT.
Colonel Comd’g,
octl 2w Gov’t Works.
KTOTJCJU
To Mississippi Soldiers !
THE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT’’ and 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,
sep2S ts Agent.
Battle-Field Relief Association
of (Tolunsbus, CJa.
All who aro disposed to contribute articles neces
sary for the relief ofthe sick and wounded in the
Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at
Goodrich & Go’s store by One O'clock", P. M. ev
ery Tuesday and Friday, when they will be for
warded to and dispensed by our Committee there.
W. 11. YOUNG, Presd't.
C. G. Holmes, Sec’y. ag23ti
WANTED!
C A A/1 LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
JjUUU will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILL ARD.
sp7 ts Major and Q. M,
RUNAWAY OR STOLEN.
I EFT Cusseta, Ala., on Sunday morning, Octo-
Li ber 3d, my man Henry. He is about six feet high,
of pleasing address; was raised in Lumpkin county,
Ga.; I bought him of Alexander Spriggs, of Lump
kin county, Ga. I have reasi n to believe ho has
been decoyed off by some whito man. I will pay
two hundred dollars for the boy, and three hun
dred dollars for the thief, with proof to convict.
J. D. SIMMS,
oc6 2w tusseta, Ala.
SIOO Reward.
\\J ILL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who
I I ranaway about two months ago. He is about 5
feet Sinches high; weighs aboutlboorl7o lbs.; com
plexion yellow; fine looking; when laughing has
dimples in both cheeks. It is probable he went to
Atlanta with some of the troops from this city.
oc6 ts H. M. CLECKLEY.
Situation as Governess Wanted.
V U ANTED by a Refugee lady a situation as
’’ Visiting Governess to give instructions in
English, Music and the Rudiments of French. Also
desires Music Scholai"s—will instruct them at their
homes. Terms reasonable. References given.
Enquire of D. P. Ellis, loot 6-6t*
Store Houses for Rent.
rHE 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.
MATT. R. EVANS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 64, Commerce Street,
MOBILE, mLABAMA.
VITILL sell on Commission every description of
TV Goods, Negroes and Produce of all kinds.
sp2o lm
§SOO REWARD
STOLEN, from Judge Thomas' stable, near Colum
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 h els. Four hundred dollars will
be given for the delivery of this horse to me at
Columbus. . , , ~■
One hundred dollars wi lbe given for the delive
ry to me of aNORREL J/ARE, 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 Colum
bus can furnish any inlormation respecting these
horses, they will greatly oblige the subscriber.
octs-4t J- A. SHINGLKUR
Piano Instruction.
MRS T. H. VANDENBURG is again prepared
>1 to resume her Instruction in Music on the Piano.
Those designing to favor her with their patronage
will apply at her former residence on Forsyth street.
Terms— Fifty dollars per quarter. 0P j
Mrs. T. would be pleased to RENT ROOMS, or |
a portion of the house, now occupied by herself ;
Apply as above. oct3dot |
Columbus, Ga., Thursday Morning, October 13,1864.
xNotice!
Headquarters Georgia Reserve, 4
and Military District Georgia. >•
Macon, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864. J
Special Orders, >
No. 20. \
I. Under orders from Headquarters of this De
partment a Camp of Convalescents has been estab
lished at this 'dace under the charge of Brig. Gen.
M. J. Wright, commanding Post.
11. Every convalescent within this military dis
trict will report forthwith at this place.
111. All cemmandants of Posts will see that this
order is promptly and thoroughly executed.
IV. Applications for Post Guard will then be made
to these headquarters and will be furnished as far
as the public service will authorize and justify.
By command of Maj. (?eu. Ilowell Cobb, com
manding, &c.
LAMAR COBB,
Major and A A General.
j ocß 3t
Notice.
Headquarters Georgia Reserve,")
and Military District of Georgia, >
Macon, Ga., Oct. 6th, 1864. J
General Orders I
No. 21. /
I. In view of the absolute necessity of having
every man in service capable of bearing arms at this
critical juncture, and to avoid all misapprehension
of the meaning of Paragraph V, General Orders
No. 15 from these Headquarters—current series it is
hereby ordered.
11. All persons belonging to the Militia organiza
tion, recently furloughed by Gov. Brown, arc noti
fied that they will not be relieved from their liabil
ity to the Militia by joining the local organizations,
authorized by General Orders No. 15, from these
headquarters.
111. All detailed men not employed in the pub
lic .service who failed to join the Militia organiza
tion when called out, are notified that they are
placed on the same footing with the men who did
join and are now required, either to unite in the
militia organization or report to the Reserve Regi
ments.
v By command of
Major Gen. HOWELL COBB,
Commanding, Ac.
Lamar Cobb, Major and A A G.
ocß 5t
Notice.
Headqu’rs Georgia Reserve,")
and Military District of Georgia, >
Macon, October Ist, 1864. J
General Orders)
No. 22. S
In pursuance of orders from the War Department,*
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.
Lamar Cobb, Major and A A G.
oc7 6t
Notice.
Adjutant and Insp’r Gen’s Office,
Richmond, Sept. 22, 1564.
General Orders, )
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 Spites, under the direction of the Secretary of
War, through the Conscript Bureau. .
11. Commandants of Conscripts, and of Camps of
Instruction, will be under the direction of the Gen
eral§ of Reserves.
111. As soon as practicable, all officers and men
now employed in the enrolling service, whether as
enrolling officers, conscript euards, clerks or other
wise, except such as are retired or assigned to light
duty by thp 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 i5 years will be
transmitted through the commandants of conscripts
to the Bureau of conscription for decision. Similar
applications from persons ofjhe Reserve class will
be transmitted through the commandants of con
scripts to the Generals of Reserves for decision. J‘i 6
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.,
Jfacon, Ga., Oct. 1, 1864.
General Orders, )
No. 19. J
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 £ommandant 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 (
Headquarters.
111. A|l 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 loth of October, instant, and be prepared to
turn over on that day their official records of the :
district. Inspectors of conscription hereafter to be j
assigned to that duty, and who will be appointed ;
upon the recommendation of the commandant of i
conscripts.
Vl 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 een made of
them, the number assigned to the w y in the field,
to the reserves, found fit for light duty, detailed uu- j
der the provision of the act of October and of 17th
February, and exempted.
VI. The commandant of conscripts will forward
to these Headquarters without delay a complete
list of the officers and men now engaged in the en
rolling service under his command, setting forth ia j
the case of the officers, their names, rank, to what
duty assigned, and by whose order, whether they are
fit or unfit f&r field service, and in the case of de
tailed employers, their names, age, residence, date
of enrollment, how employed, whether found by j
medical Examining Board fit or unfit for field ser
vice.
HOWELL COBB,
ocs 6t Maj. General Comd’g
l»r. J. S. CLARK, 7 j
DENTIST,
FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS,
HAS returned, and can be found at 106 Broad
street, over Dr. R, A, Ware’s Drug Store.
oetlO-dlm
Wednesday Evening.
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE OF THE TIMES.
Your correspondent on the wing—Rumors of the
capture of Atlanta—Removal of Telegraphic-
Head-Quarters —Jack Frost among the Roses.
Newnan, Ga., Oct. 9th.
There is nothing scarcely worthy to be jotted
down to-day. The reports in reference to the af
fair at Allatoona aro conflicting. Itis rumored and
believed by many that, after having been repulsed,
Stewart’s corps moved up in column and suc
ceeded in storming the place, capturing a consid
erable number of prisoners.
At telegraphic-headquarters, the batteries are
bung emptied for packing, andafter to-night New
nan will have been left out in the cold.
Tho lino of couriers have been changed to Bluo
Mountain, and your correspondent mounts his
black pony at daylight to -morrow for a not very
inviting ride across the country. It will doubtless
be some days before ho will have an opportunity
of addressing you again.
It is with some regret that he makes his P. P. C.
to Newnan with its kind and hospitable citizens,
beautiful flower gardens, and cultivated society.
He trusts that the hostile tread of the invading
army may never resound through its thorough
fares.
The weather still continues raw, and vegeta
tion was considerably worsted in this vicinity by
the cold of yester-night.
Jack Frost, the old roue, has been in among the
roses—and I noticed tho print of his lecherous
kiss upon the bossoms of my favorites—the “cloth
of Gold” and tho “Jean do Battailes,” as I strolled
through the garden this morning.
OUTLINE.
Thkatre. —Without the presence es uniforms,
Temperance Hall, last evening, would hare pre
sented decidedly an cmfe bellum appearance. Ev
ery available seat was occupied, and many were
unable to procure seats. The beauty and chivalry
were out in full feather, and most richly were
they repaid for their attendance, as the thun
ders of applause and bursts es laughter most am
ply attested. It is very gratifying to the lovers
of Melpomene and Thalia to see such encourage
ment extended to Mr. Crisp and his worthy corps
dramatique.
Mrs. Crisp as Lueretia Borgia, discarded the
traditionary black dress, and appeared in a purple
velvet. We are of the opinion that she is not so,
good in this, as she is in some other of her charac
ters The remainder of the corps sustained them
selves with credit, and the pixy passed off very
pleasantly. Some of the tableaux, especially,
were very pretty.
A decided improvement has been made in tha
music by the addition of a piano to tha orchestra.
The orchestra is still very weak, but passable
when we tako iato consideration tho difficulties
under which a manager labors to get better.
Among the audience, we noticed Miss Eloise
Bridges, the popular actress, looking remarkably
well. If Manager Crisp could secure her, it
would maka his corps a “strong team.”
The Position in Georgia..
The army of Tennessee occupied Cartersville
and Kingston on Friday, 7th, and all the posts in
the immediate rear, with all their material and
transportation were ordered to those points. Tha
Railroad has been completely dismantled from
Kennesaw Mountain northward te the present po
sition of our army, thus completely preventing
Sherman from following or carrying his matorial
by rail. A large number of prisoners were cap
at Allatoona and a much larger number at Etowah.
Our ranks have been replenishing by large acces
sions to their numbers, so that at the present time,
the army is larger than it was when it left Jones
boro’.
Our bases of supplies are very convenient and
safe, every arrangement having been perfectly
effectedffin sufficient time to meet the exigencies
of the compaign.
General Beauregard ia with the army and
doubtless directing its movements. His presence
inspires much confidence in the army, as well as
the people who are so anxiously awaiting the de
velopments of the campaign.
Nearly all of tho Yankee army left Atlanta on
Thursday night, and crossed the Chattahoochee
at Sand Town, doubtless hoping to get between our
Arinv and West Point, evidently thinking that
the latter place was our base of supplies. Ere
this time, he has been surprised at his disappoint
ment. There is no reason to believe they burned
Atlanta before leaving. That sort of a course
would indicate his manoeuvres too plainly.
Sherman was in Washington a few days ago,
and therefore the rumor that Forrest captured
him is not improbable. —lntelligencer 11th.
Reported Capture of Gkn. Hampton and Staff.
The Augusta Constitutienalist of Saturday says;
“A painful rumor reaches us that this distinguished
leader and staff have been captured, on the north
' side of the James, while making a charge upon the
enemy’s lines. We trust that there may be some
mistake in this report, but our source of informa
tion almost banishes hope.”
Returned prisoners, almost to a man, express the
! opinion, so we learn, that Lincoln will be re-elected
by an overwhelming majority. This coincides with
the view we have always taken of the matter, and
with all the intelligence we have received from the
North for many days past, If any think different
ly, they indulge a delusion and the sooner they get
| rid of it, and of every other, the better; for they
will then be the better able to look their situation
calmly in the face. The sooner we accept the tact
that there is for us no alternative but success or
; subjugation, the better. Let us indulge in no more
day-dreams. It is fight to the last, or die a slave.
And so it would be, we are very much disposed to
1 think, even were McClellan elected. His platform
speaks a different language, but what does he him
self say? He tells us plainly, that if elected, he will
prosecute the war to the restoration of the Union.
I Now we are determined never to go back into the
Union. Os course, therefore, the war must be pro
, secuted until we shall have been reduced to subjec
tion. What can Lincoln do worse than this? and
this is exactly what McClellan promises to do. He
promises, to be sure, to conduct the war in a less
savage fashion; but elect him under his pledge to
continue the war, and how long will it be before he
will forget his promise. Accepting the war, he ac
cepts everything connected with it. He cannot
carry it on in a different manner. He cannot res
tore to their masters the negroes of whom Lincoln
has made soldiers. Indeed he was the first General
to make large inroads upon Southern property of
this description. He cannot refuse to continue tho
enrollment of that species of force. He is less de
tested than Lincoln in the South, and would, on
that account, be only the more dangerous enemy.—
Had Lincoln not shown himself a fanatical person
al enemy of everything Southern—had he proceed
ed like a man and a Christian at the first, the effect
might have been fatal. As it was he consolidated
the Nouth into one mass of determined opposition.
[Richmond Whig, B th.
The London Times lectures the Australians who
talk of separation from England, and says that
their charges are that England has not been allow
ed to indulge her taste for military glory. The
Times then proceeds to show the (Australians that
hod England gone to war with Russia on account of
Poland, trouble and disaster might have fallen upon
them. Russia expected an outbreak, and had in
structed her admirals on the Atlantic (and Pacific
coasts to leave their respective posts, by different
routes, for a eomnion rendezvous, ascertained to be
mid-ocean, and the fleet thus assembled was to hold
itself in readiness and bear down on the Australian
colonies,
$5.00 Per Month
[From the Richmond Dispatch. Bth.]
Tbe War News.
FROM BELOW RICHMOND.
At 8 o’clock yesterday morning our forces
; advanced,on the enemy’s lines in front of Fort
Harrison. After pushing forward some dis
j tance, the enemy sent out a heavy line to meet
! us, and the columns met about a mile from
! Fort Harrison. Our troops pressed their at
tack with great vigor, driving the opposing
line in confusion back to their works, inflict
ing severe loss upon them. On arriving at
their entrenchments they made a stand, and,
i being well supported, our troops were brought
• to a stand-still, but retained their ground at
1 last accounts.
Battery Harrison is said to be a most un
comfortable position for the enemy They are
| subjected nightly to a gunboat shelling, and
during the day the inmates are regaled with
round shot and shell from land batteries, while
our sharpshooters besiege them so closely that
no one dares to show his head above the par
apets for fear of the deadly aim of our men.
As an instance of the fatality of the firing
of our sharpshooters, we were informed by a
gentleman, who was witness to tbe fact, that
one of thjem killed eleven of the enemy in one
day.
A rumor reached the city last night that we
had, by a flank movement, isolated Fort Har
rison, and that it was now completely in our
power, all communication with the main
army being cut off. This, however, is doubt
ful, and, at least needs confirmation.
Simultaneous with the advance above men
tioned, our troops, in the vicinity of the Dar
bytown road, were put in motion, and press
ing on with their usual alacrity, compelled
the whole line to give way. Following up
their advantage, our men continued to ad
vance, the Federals retiring stubbornly at
first, but finally breaking into a double-quick,
they were soon in confusion, and abandoned
in their flight nine pieces, which our men
took possession of.
After a brisk march of about two miles—
the enemy all tbe while retreating before us—
we came upon their first line of earthworks
of any strength, having already passed two
temporary lines, at which the enemy made
but a short stand. Here, however, the en
trenchments were held by fresh Yankees, and
they poured into our ranks a terrible fire from
cannon and small arms. Unfortunately, at
this juncture, one of our brigades faltered,
threw our line into confusion, and thus stop
ped our advance.
Here we lost most heavily. Charging the
works with fury and dogged determination,
we endeavored to regain our advantage, but
in vain; and finally, falling back out of range
of the enemy’s guns,, we established our lines
two miles in advance of our position of the
morning. The track of battle led to the right
of the Darbytovvn, and in the direction of the
Newmarket road, our extreme right finally
resting in front of the line of entrenchments
thrown out from Fort Harrison, and about a
mile and a half north of it. Our loss was not
very severe, as a whole, but some of our best
officers fell. Brig. Gen. Gregg, commanding
the Texas brigade in Fields’ division, was kill
ed. His body arrived in the city last night.
Brig. Gen. Gary was wounded ; Brig. General
Bratton, ofS. C., seriously wounded; Colonel
Haskell, 7th S. C. Cav., painfully, but notse
i riously, wounded in the head; Major Haskell,
jS. C. Artillery, wounded. Some of the local
j troops, among them some of the War Depart
ment clerks, were slightly engaged, but we
hear of no casualties. We captured, besides
the nine guns, about a hundred horses and
some three hhndred prisoners. Among them,
Major A. S. Ashe, Kautz r s adjutant-general,
and a number of the staff of the 'notorious
Spears, who, it is said, narrowly escaped cap
ture.
' The engagement was renewed last night
about dark, but we could obtain no particu
lars.
PETERSBURG.
Some little skirmishing took place yester
day in the vicinity of Petersburg, with some
heavy firing. A number of deserters came in
yesterday morning.
GEN. lee’s OFFICIAL DISPATCH RELATIVE TO
THE BATTLE OF YESTERDAY.
Last night an official dispatch was received
from Gen. Lee, stating that, yesterday morn
ing, Gen. Anderson attacked the enemy on the
Charles City road and drove them from two
lines of entrenchments, capturing ten pieces
of cannon, with their caissons and horses, and
a numbej of prisoners.
The enemy were then driven to the New
Market road, when, being found strongly eni
trenched, they were not pressed,
j Our loss is small ; that of the enemy is un
known.
The brave Gen. Gregg died at the head of
his brigade.
THE YANKEES BURN RAPIDAN BRIDGE.
An official dispatch from Gordonsvilie last
night states that Tankee raiders burnt the
railroad bridge over the Rapidan yesterday.
Latest from the IVortli.
The Richmond Dispatch has, by flag of
truce, Northern - dates of October sth.
In the engagement of September 30, near
Squirrel Level, the Federals acknowledge a
loss of two thousand in killed, wounded and
prisoners, more than half of whom were pris
oners.
On Sunday last a shell from a rebel battery
grazed General Meade’s boot leg, took a piece
from the tail of General Humphrey’s horse,
and entered the ground between Generals
Bartlett and Griffin. The shell did not ex- ‘
plode.
The Tribune is silent as regards operations
north of the James,but 3ays Farragut arrived
at Fortress Monroe on the 4th and proceeded
up James river.
A dispatch to the Tribune from Louisville,
dated October 4th, says that “a band of thir
ty five guerrillas captured two upward-bouHd
freight trains on the Nashville railroad at 10
o’clock last night, between Richland etation
and Fountainhead. They barned nineteen
cars, hut they contained no stores. To-day i
the trains will be slightly disarranged by the
disaster.”
Accounts from Missouri state that General
Price is moving on Rolla in three columns,
the right under Shelby and Marmadake, the
centre under himself, aad the left under Coop
er—the latter being composed mainly of half
breed Indiana. About five hundred rebels en
tered Union, the county seat of Franklin
county, on Saturday, and captured about 100
es the county militia. Washington had a gar
rison of 600 men, under Colonel Gale whe
evacuated the place on the approach es the
rebels, and took his men and stores acro«s the
Missouri river. The depot at Jacksonville, on
the North Missouri railroad, was burned by
guerrillas on Monday momiag.
General Schofield has received information
that General Burbridge captured the salt
works near Abingdon, Virginia, with little re
sistance.
[He received a bloody repulse —Dispatch.]
Ob Saturday last a portion of Forrest s
command shelled Athens, Alabama. Guer
rilla bands are operating near that city, and
last week two or three commissary trains were
captured.
On Monday Forrest appeared before Dalton,
demanded its surrender.
On the 4th gold opened at 192, fell to 18:»’,
and closed at 19op
Judge J. 3. Baldwin, late chief justice of
the California Supreme Court, died in San
Francisco last Saturday. He was a native of
Virginia.
Army Comspoadf use Suvaanah Republican.
Richmond, Oct. 6tb, 1864.
The fog begins to lift and tbe sky to clear.
The cloud that lately swept up the Valley of
the Shenandoah, carrying ruin and dismay to
many a lovely home, has become stationary,
and to-day hangs black and threatening over
Harrisonburg. The storm that came roaring
and crashing through the mountains from
Kentucky and East Tennessee has been arrest
ed, and bqw rolls back, exhausted and impo
tent for further present mischief, in the direc
tion whence it came. In Tennessee and Mis
souri the heavens are bright and radiant. . At
Richmond and Atlanta alone the tempest is
brewing, and may soon burst with bloody fury
along the banks of the James, the Appomattox
and tho Chattahoochee. If Hood shall repos
sess himself of Atlanta, and Lee maintain his
ground here until winter shall put a stop to
further operations, then we may expect to be
blessed with brighter skies than have glad
dened our eyes for three years and more—
bright, glowing, peaceful skies, such as we
have now and then only caught fleeting glimp
ses of, through the rifted clouds. Let us, then,
brace ourselves for the conflict, and with one
great blow, in which shall be concentrated all
the available strength of an earnest and uni
ted people, strike the invader to tbe earth.
Virginia is getting ready for the trial. All
the details heretofore granted have been re
voked, and the entire arms-bearing population
not now in service has been called to the res
cue of this ancient capital. The government,
the army, and the people nt length appreciate
the herculean task that Gen. Lee has to per
form—a task which involves the necessity on
his part of defending, with a far inferior nu
merical force, two cities twenty-two miles
apart, and separated by two unfordable riv
ers, in the forks of which the enemy has es
tablished himself in an impregnable position.
History teaches us that the most renowned mas
ters of the art of war have fouhd it difficult, and in
most instances impossible, te held even one city
when besieged by a superior force ; but to defend
two cities at the same time, situated as Richmond
and Petersburg are, by an inferior force, and where,
indoed, all the conditions of the contost are favor
able to the enemy, is a feat which no commander
in ancient or modern times has ever successfully
performed. The loss of one of these places car
ries with it the loss of the other. If Petersburg
falls, Richmond must fall alse—not necessarily,
but because the free use of the Danville Railroad
is indispensable in subsisting the army. At the
beginning of the war, when Virginia was full of
food and forage, we might have easily maintained
ourselves in Richmond, so far asi-egards supplies,
with all the southern railroads in the possession
of the enemy ; but this could not bo done now for
any considerable length of time ; not longer, any
how, than six months.
Meanwhile the two armies remain quietly in
their entrenchments. Butler is still at work on his
canal, while Grant is extending and strengthening
Battery Harrison, below Richmond, and Battery
Mcßea, beyond Petersburg, whioh be captured
last week. Our own forces are not idle, especially
in the neighborhood of Chaffin’s Bluff.
It is now evident that Sheridan’s advance up
the Valley, and Burbridgo’s irruption inte South
western Virginia were parts of the combined move
ment by which Grant hopes to gain possession of
Richmond. With the former at Lynchburg, and
the latter at Danville, he might expect to be able
to so distract Lee’s attention, and interrupt his
communications as to render the early reduction
of the capital a matter of perfect certainty. Bur
bridge has been defeated and beaten off : but
Sheridan, I fear, is only preparing for a fresh
bound. We shall see. Though the light begins
to break, it is not yet day.
Admiral Farragut has been ordered from the
Gulf of Mexico to the South Atlantic coast—in
other words, from Mobile to Wilmington or
Charleston. You will remeiaber tho iutima
tien thrown out iu a former letter, that the enemy
were preparing for an attack upon the defences of
Wilmington. Having possession of the approaches
to all our other harbors, they hope now to succeed
in closing the port of Wilmington, and thus cut
ting U3 off from the rest of tho world.
P. W. A.
An advertisement had appeared in London, in
viting capitalists to assist in making, by easy in
stalments, a lean of £50,000 sterling to the Con
federates.
The Times says, of course, this Seherne is en
tirely unknown to tho Confederate Government,
and has received no countenance from any autho
rized source.
HEADQ’S GA. RESERVE & DIST. OF GA.)
Okdnancf. Office, ' >
Macon, Ga., October 10,1864.)
General Orders, 1
No. 1. /
Officers commanding Sub-Districts, Posts, Bri
gades, Regiments, Batteries and detached compa
nies in this District, will forward to these Head
quarters, by the 20th of each month. MONTHLY
REPORTS of the number of arms (their calibre
and condition) and the amount of ammunition on
hi; ’th - 15th of each month, also amount of am
munition expended during the month, stating in
remarks ihe cause of expenditure.
By command of
Major General HOWELL COBB,
Commanding Ga. Res. and District of G.
A. F. POPE,
Capt. Artillery and Chief Ord. Ga. Res.andDist. Ga.
oc 12 3t
HEADQUARTERS ARMY TENN., 1
In the Field, Oct. £th, 1864. i
CIRCUL4R.
The Senior Surgeon of ejeh Post in this Depait
ment will forward, each alternate day, to Col. M.
11. Cooper, Provost Marshal General, Army Tennes
see, consolidated lists of all officers and men return
ed to duty from the Hospitals at the Post.
By command of Gefleral Hood.
[Signed] A. P. MASON,
A. A. Genera 1 .
Official. LAMAR COBB,
0c123t Major and A. A. General,
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
WE will sell, on SATURDAY, October loth,
at 10J o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
5 Boxes Tobacco.
30 Pairs Cotton Cards,
1 Large Plated Waiter,
oc 12 sl2
TO all Whom it may Concern,
Headquarters Post, )
Columbus, October 11,1864, J
It having been noticed that the following Act o:
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 person 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 Idler 01 tue Con
federate States, shall, upon conviction before the
distriet court of the Confederate States having
jurisdiction of the offence, be fined not exceedm 0
one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not ex
ceeding two years,”
Approved January 22, l^o4.
Citizens now in possession of clothing, arms, or
other government property, purchased from any
soldier or person enrolled for service, wili immedi
ately report the same to the Commandant of the
Post, LEON VON ZINKEN,
oc 12 3t Col. Commanding Post'
#3f* City papers copy three times.
Uancis W anted.
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