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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. WARREW, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Thursday Morning, October 11, 1864.
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The Situation at Atlanta.
A prominent citizen of Atlanta, who was
detained there until Thursday last, make* the
following statements of the situation of affairs
at that point: He says that the Yankee reports
of large numbers of trains having arrived at
that point loaded with supplies are falge ; that
only four through trains have arrived since
Wheeler started on his expedition. The Yan
kee army has been consolidated into three
corps—commanded respectively by Howard,
Thomas and Slocum. The two first have
gone in the direction of Chattanooga. The
last is in Atlanta, closely guarded by General
Iverson’s cavalry, which captures or kills
every Yankee who shows himself outside the
trenches. In addition to the loss ot horses
from starvation, many are dying from glan>
ders—a disease fatal and epidemic in its char
acter,
Support tlie Governmcut.
The Government, or those who represent it, says
the Augusta Register, are not invulnerable. They
are men, as we are, and have their weaknesses
and necessities as other men have, and are as s< u
sitive to the bolts of criticism which are too ei'trn
hurled at them indiscreetly. Like others, too,
they derive a confidence from the support of *the
publie, and a stroegth from the expressed appro
bation and words of encouragement from those
whose interests they are guarding. As men, they
are as perfect as could probably be found, and
even if they were »ot, our situatien could not bo
improved by a chaDge until the time for which
they are chosen shall have expired.
Then it plainly becomes the duty of every man
to give what support he can to the Government.
Aid it by withholding criticism.' Aid it by a
thousand little services which appear not much
of themselves, but in the aggregate will tend
much to lessen the load of responsibility that is
resting upon the shoulders ®f the President and
his coadjutors.
Support the Government, but don’t attempt to
do it by fault-finding. The man who is armed
with a vnltnre’s bill to peck at every flaw he see*
does net lessen the difficulty, but widens
the breach.
Support the Government, but net_by deprecia
ting the currency and repudiating it as a circula
ting medium. That it may have been better is
pessiblc; that it would have been bettor under
the guidance of different men is scarcely probable.
Thon take it as it is, studying not so much your
own individual interest as the interest of your
government, the failure of which would involve
the loss of not only your money but your homes,
your birth-right and your honor.
Support your Government; but not by caviling
at this measure and grumbling at that. If the
government has sometimes resorted to harsh ex
pedients it was because of staunch necessities. —
The rights of no citizen has been infringed upon
when it could have been avoided; and who is so
bnse as not to be willing to waive every individu
al right tp gain the ultimate end for which we are
struggling ?
Support your government and do it like men
whose souls are attuned to the high principles of
patriotism and philanthropy. Support it, by
showing a self-sacrificing devotion to the cause ;
by shouldering as much of the load of responsi
bility as tails to your share, and struggling along
with it manfully, to throw it eventually on the
threshold of a peace which involves our liberty
and independence. If our government stand wo
have everything to hope for in the future; if it
fails, with Ireland'and other down-trodden na
tions, we may hang our harps on the willow, aad
play the buffoon for our masters.. If our govern
ment fails it were better a thousand times that we
had never been born. Then support your gov
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eminent.
The correspondent (in Hood’s army) of the
Montgomery Mail, gives the substance of a
letter from John G. Davis, of Indiana, as pub
lished in the Louisville Journal of the 26th
ultimo. The writer says that Mr. Davis does
not think the capture of Southern towns and
territory is unravelling the mystery of peace.
He believes that every city and town in Dixie
might fail without the conclusion of the war
An\d the disorganization of the rebellion.
! ‘Foi", ; ' observes he, “when you have driven
Lee out oaf .Richmond, as you have driven
Hood out of Afclanw —captured Augusta, Ma-
1 ' UQ &nd
con and Montgomery ‘ u '' w ‘ , n ,
Sauced the grand armies to unite, you will still
have that great territory west of the Missis*
sippi to clear, and this alone is a task equal
to the last three years’ work.” Upon these
ideas Mr. Davis thinks it would be wise to
offer some terms to the rebels to induce them
to enter a Convention of the .States. “In the
event of such a general congress,” says he,
“there is great reason to hope that the good
sense of both parties would be able to reach
some, wise, patriotic and happy consumma
tion.”
• JSe\v Blockade-Runners. —The Caroline, a
new and very fast side-wheel steamer of 470
tons register, designed for running the block
ade of Southern ports, was spoken off Cape
Race on Sunday last, on her first trip out
from Glasgow. She was bound for Wilming
ton, N. C., via Halifax, and had a cargo of
machinery. The officers of the Caroline re
ported that her sister ship, the Colonel Lamb,
would -pass Cape Race to*day for the same
destination. There were twelve blockade
runners lying in the harbor of Halifax on Fri
day last. One of them was chased in on the
previous day by one of our gunboats. The
United States steamer Florida, anchored be
low Halifax ou Sunday, and may, perhaps, ere
long, cut short the career of some of the ves
sels of this fleet. So says the Herald of the
4th inst.
The case #f R. S. Ford, late Assistant Clerk
of the House of Representatives, charged with
the murder of R. E. Dixon, was again called
before Judge Lyons, on Wednesday last, in
Richmond, and, upon motion of counsel for
accused, continued till the next term of the
Court.
The Richmond Examiner says if all portions #f
the Confederate States were swept by the same en
ergetic hands which seat the loiterers in Rich
mond to the front on Friday and Saturday, the
complaint of inferiority of force would never be
heard again.
The Louisville Journal says tho tobacce crop in
that vieiuuj lb realms to be almost a total failure.
Tbs scarcity of labor and tho protracted drought
in rhe early part of the summer, interfered mate
rially wiih planting, and now the field* that were
planted are being eaten up with worms.
SSierman's Dilemma.
The Richmond .Enquirer of the Bth has the
following :
. Sherman is shut up in Atlanta by Forrest,
with bis lines of communication 30 destroyed
that his government has not beard from him
for several days. He captured Attanta, but
it may yet prove his ruin. We learn from a
reliable source that in Wa»hington city there
is great rejoicing over the reported movement
es Hood towards the Alabama line. It is
said to have been just the move that Sherman
desired Hood to make. That sending off the
cavalry towards Tennessee and marching his
army towards the rear of Sherman, was play
ing into the latter’s hand. Sherman is said
to have accumulated from fifty to sixty day’s
supplies in Atlanta during the truce ; and as
soon as Hood is far away to the right, and For
rest and deep into Tennessee, Sher
man will start on hi3 really grand campaign
for the 3ea const at Savannah—the men of
Sherman’s army carrying in their knapsacks
ten days’ rations, and ten days’ rations in
wagons. The army of Sherman, concentrated
into a solid mass, is believed to be strong
enough to overcome any force he may find in
his front, and his start of Hood will enable
him to keep far enough ahead of him to pre
vent any delay or consumption of supplies
before reaching the sea coast. The country
overrun will be siript of afl supplies, and the
march through made in fifteen or twenty days.
This is said to be the campaign. Will it suc
ceed ?
The distance to Savannah is about two hun
dred and fifty miles, andfrom twenty to twen
ty-five days will be required to- make the
march. If the people turn out in Georgia as
they have done in Virginia, blocking up the
roads in his front, hanging upon his flanks,
harrassing his rear, and capturing his fora
ging parties, this march will prove his ruin;
but if the people fly from his path and do
nothing to retard his march, Sherman may
reach the sea coast. Such a march across
Georgia would destroy the railroads atld de
vastate much of the country, but otherwise
would do no harm. Tennessee and Kentucky
would be open to our armies, and the way to
the Ohio invite us to enter and re-occupy. The \
enemy would herald this flight ot Sherman
as his victorious march through the Confed
eracy, and claim that it was the completion
of the original campaign. It may succeed, it
may fail ; if it is not successful, Sherraau is
ruined and his army captured.
By some it is believed that Sherman will
keep within Atlanta and compel Forrest, for
want of supplies, to move off his lines of com
munication, and that the accumulation of sup
plies was to enable him to stand an ordinary
siege. But we are rather inclined to believe
that the bold and desperate effort to march to
Savannah will be the solution of the Atlanta
problem. To undertake to retreat to Chatta
nooga would be to confess failure upon the
heels of admitted triumph, and would make
his name a by-word of contempt, as well as
ruin the prospects of Lincoln. To march
through Georgia, crushing under the weight
of his army all opposing forces and capturing
Savannah, with its depot of prisoners, and,
from the sea coast, turning in early spring to
re-open a Northern ward campaign, would be
a military achievement of no ordinary char
acter. The very difficulties that appear to
beset such an undertaking may contribute to
its complete success. If our authorities, be
cause of these difficulties, take no step to
prevent his march, Sherman will overcome
the difficulties and reach Savannah. Let
General Beauregard look out both front and
rear.
The Operations ill Missouri.
Gen. Price’s operations in Missouri aro pro
ducing much agitation there, aud may perhaps
cause the amiable gentleman, Rosecrans, to banish
a lady or two in retaliation, or to publish their
letters, if he can do nothing more valiant. Price
is pressing boldly towards St. Louis, and has al
ready been regulating the railroads which lead
thither. Perhaps some account of the localities
will be of interest to the reader. St. Louis is on
the Mississippi river, twenty miles below tho
mouth of the Missouri. Its population in 1860
was 162,479. A railroad extends from St. Louis
in a direction a little west of south to Pilot Knob,
a distance of eighty-six miles. It is that railroad,
known as the St. Louis and Iron Mountain rail
road, that Price first struck. Capturing the im
portant positions at its southern terminus, he
moved on towards St. Louis, destroying the road
and making himself master of the country in his
march. The enemy’s papers say it will take
months to repair the damages.
Another railroad, called the Pacific railroad,
extends from St, Louis westwardly. At Frank
lin, thirty-seven miles out from St. Louis, it
crosss the Markmac, on an important bridge. At
Labadie, seven miles west of Franklin, it reaches
the Missouri, and thence adheres to the bank of
that river, to Jefferson City, where it again diver
ges. At Franklin, a railroad diverges from the
Pacific railroad, and from the direction which it
takes, is called the Southwest Branch. This road
is projected to run to the Southwest corner of
Missouri, but at present is completed, we believe,
only to Roll*. Gen. Price has, as we understand
it, destroyed the bridge at Franklin, which cuts
railroad communication with St. Louis for both
the Pacific and tho Southwest roads. He would
appear to be master of the last named road, in its
whole extent, and to be advancing to the Missouri
river, where he will still further destroy the Pa
cific railroad.
The Jacksonville depot, which the Federal pa
pers report to have been burned by “guerrillas,”
is considerably north of the Missouri, and 157
miles northwest of St. Louis.
These facts indicate that all Southeast Missouri
is in our possession—that Price has dismantled
the railways in that quarter, so as greatly to .re
tard operations against film—that the great city
of St. Louis Is greatly imperilled—that communi
cation west is broken Up, except by the river—and
even in Northern Missouri our soldiers are afield.
Price’s men have mounted themselves on picked
horses ; they are in a country where forage is
abundant; they are in large force, and are con
stantly receiving numerous accessions. There is
every promise, therefore, that Gen. Price will
make good his position, and will, besides planting
the Confederate banner in Missouri, make a di
version which must greatly aid our operations in
Georgia.— Richmond Sentinel, Bth.
A dispatch to the Commercial Advertiser, from
Washington, says:
A gentleman who had just arrived from Montgo
mery, Alabama, says that in that city and within
two miles of it, there are four hundred and eighty
thousand hales of cotton. It is believed that our
Generals are ordered not to capture it for the pre
sent. Rousseau could have destroyed it when on
his raid but for these orders.
A despatch from Washington says the military
authorities have, for some time had under advise
ment a plan for preventing any further rebel raids
in the Valley. This plan embraces the erection of
extensive fortifiations at several of the principal
Gaps. Os these defensive works that at Manassas
will be by far the heaviest, and will be manned by
a numerous garrison.
The government has not yet learned the folly of
its policy of suppressing newspapers. We learn that
a paper called the Evening Posth as just been sup
pressed in Baltimore, by order of Gen. Wallace, for
placarding something on its bulletin board. Re
cently another journal was shut up out West by
military authority. Nothing could be more absurd
than such a course. .
Gen, Cass has written a letter, stating that he
shall vote for McClellan and Pendleton.
[Special to the Montgomery Mail.]
Talladega, October B —via Selma, Oct. 10.—
It is reported here that the advance guard of our
army under Gen. Bate has crossed the Tennessee
river at Gunter’s landing, and is on the march for
Middle Tennessee. The remainder of the troops
are believed to be rapidly following. General
Hood’s headquarters are supposed to be at Cedar
town, eighteen miles below Rome on the Coosa.
General Beauregard will reach here to-night.
The pontoon train has been broken from the
Chattahooehe and ordered forward to the Tennes
see, and all mail matter and baggage directed to
be sent in the direction of Tuscumbia.
The report of the capture of Sherman by General
Forrest on the Nashville and Chattanooga road,
between Dickard and Cowan is prevalent but un
confirmed.
Andrew Johnson has called out the militia to
resist the invasion of the rebels. E. P.
Gen. Dix, in a speech on the 26th ult., at Sandus
ky, Ohio, used the following language:
“I will say one word, however, on the subject
which lies nearest the heart of every loyal man—l
mean the rebellion. It has been my conviction
from the beginning that we can have no Honorable
peice until the insurgent armies are dispersed and
i the leaders of the rebellion expelled from the eoun
-1 try. I believe that a cessation of hostilities w«>uld
lead inevitably and directly to a recognition of the
insurgent States; and when I say this, I need hard
ly add that I can have no part in any political
movement of which the Chicago platform is the
basis.” • '
Col W. 1, Harris of Worth
County and dor. Brown.
e published, some days ago, from the Albany
Patriot, a reported statement by Col. Harris charg
ing Governor Brown with partiality in shielding
his own son from military service Ac. In the
Macon Intelligencer of the 11th we find the fol
lowing denial and refutation of the charge:
This statement is most unaccountable, and we
must in charity suppose that Col ifarris has been
egregiously misrepresented by lhe Editor. A
plain statement of facts will show that either Col.
Harris has done the Governor great injustice, or
the Editor has committed a great wrong against
him.
Governor Brown entered his son in the Univer
sity High School at Athens when he was fifteen
years of age. At that time neither the militia laws
of the State, nor the Conscript Acts of Congress,
made him subject to military duty till he was eigh
teen years old. So much for the charge that the
Governor entered his son at school to shield him
from military duty.
But this is not all. The school was conducted
as & Military Institute, and the boys were in ser
vice as part of the local force, with the operatives
in the machine shops and factories in that place,
for the defence of Athens. Thus the Governor’s
3on was placed in military service three years be
fore he was liable. During the past summer he
was almost as much of his time under arms to
meet threatened raids upon, and to guard prison
ers brought to Athens from the section of the
country above Athens, and from the raiding par
ties of the enemy, as he was at his books. Since
the fall of Atlanta tbe school has been removed to
South Carolina, and the Governor, refusing to send
his son out of the State, transferred him to the
Georgia Military Institute, where he now is, with
the youths in that school, under the command of
Gen. Capers, forming part of the guard of the
Capitol against raids. He does not even board at
home, though he is stationed in sight of it, but
remains day and night on the field as regularly as
any member ot any other one of the miltary com
panies at that place, and is regularly in service,
receiving only soldier’s fare. He has not yet at
tained an age which subjects him to Confederate
conscription, having just entered his seventeenth
year.
A word now in reference to the sickly brother of
Col. Harris. He is not in the ditches; was not
when the expression was used; and indeed never
has been. Governor Brown has been the faithful
friend of the family of Col. Harris, and when the
militia were called out, upon a representation of
the facts in the case of the brother of Col. Harris,
by Judge Harris, the father, he promptly appoint
ed him a courier in his own office, where he now
is, and has been ever since the militia were order
ed to the front, the Governor seeing that he was
unfit for active field service, by reason of his health.
Col. Harris’s brother, therefore, now holds apposi
tion, in the Governor’s office which the Governor
could with propriety have given to his own son, if
he desired to “shield him from service,” as charg
ed. Instead of this, he put his own son in service,
and has Col. Harris’s brother doing duty in his
own office, where he is not exposeed to any of the
labors, dangers, or duties of the ditches.
The statements attributed to Col. W. A. Harris,
by the Editor of the Patriot are so utterly at vari
ance with the facts in the case, and shows so much
deep ingratitude, that we are obliged to think the
Editor is the party at fault, and that he owes it to
Col. Harris to retract the statements which do him
so much wrong.
General Beauregard.
This distinguished officer, who has been
assigned by the President to the command of
the armies under General Hood and Lieut.
General Taylor, paid a visit to Gov. Brown,
in this city, for consultation the past week.
The General arrived at the Executive Mansion
by the train of Tuesday night. In an hour
after his arrival a large proportion of the peo
ple of the city formed a torch light procession
and marched to the Mansion and called for
the General. He appeared upon the front
portico and was introduced by Gov. Brown
as the hero of the first battle of the War and
the hero who never lost a battle. The General
responded in a few appropriate remarks. He
assured them that he came to Georgia to bend
every energy of his mind and body for her de
fence. He was quite hopeful of success in
driving General Sherman from her territory.
This could certainly be done within the next
sixty days, if those absent from the army with
out leave would return immediately, and all
able to bear arms would hasten to the front
for that length of time. His remarks were
well received and frequently applauded by his
hearers. After the General concluded his
remarks Governor Brown was called for and
responded.
On Wednesday the General spent some time
at the Executive office where many of our citi
zens gathered around him to pay their re
spects. On leaving the Capitol the Cadets
under Major Capers were drawn up to salute
him, and the booming of cannon told the sur*
rounding country of the welcome with which
he was received.
At three o’clock, p. m., the Cadets, the City
Battalion, the Cavalry, the Artillery and In*
fantry Companies, and a large concourse cf
citizens, formed in front of the Executive Man
sion to escort the General to the train upon
which he was to leave for Macon. Upoq the
arrival of the procession at the train all who
could get near him crowded around to shake
his hand aud to testify their high appreciation
of his distinguished ability and their gratitude
for his services. The train moved off amidst
outbursts of applause and repeated huzzas .or
the distinguished visitor. The General has
the warmest affections and fullest confidence
of our people. Their prayers are with him
that he piay be the instrument in the hands
of Providence in driving the vandal invader
from our soil.
Governor Brown and General Wayne ac
companied General Beauregard to Macon, for
a consultation, we understand, with General :
Smith and Gen. Cobb.— Confed. Union , 1 Ith.
Gen. Page—>Fort Morgan.
Late intelligence from New Orleans gives
probability to the report that Gen. Page is on
trial before a Yankee court, on the charge of
spiking his guns and doing other damage to
the works at Fort Morgan after he had hoisted
the signal for surrender. The Yankees pre
tend that it was impossible for his men under
the heavy and concentrated fire brought to
bear upon the fort, to effect the destruction of
material which had takeu place when the ene
my took possession. It may be that the Yan
kees—persecutors of a brave man—will be
able to suborn false testimony enough to con
vict him ; but we are assured by high author
ity that the charge is totally false and ground
less. The chaplain of the fort who was there
during the struggle, and had ample opportu
nity to know, assures us that the guns were
not spiked, and the stores were not destroyed
after the white flag was raised. He himself
aided to destroy large quantities of ammuni
tion and ordnance stores, under the very hot
test fire of the enemy’s guns.
We shall see what justice will be accorded
a Confederate officer by a Federal court mar
tial.—Mobile Register.
How Early Supplies his Army.—A Wash
ington correspondent, dating the 9th, writes as
follows :
Gen Early has found no difficulty in subsisting
his army,but he has not drawn a pound of food
from the valley proper. The counties of North
western Virginia teem with the products of an
abundant harvest, and from these Early draws all
his supplies as he needs. If his army was twice
as large he could derive from that, source abun
dance of supplies to last for months to come. Be
sides, the evidence is indisputable that besides
feeding his own army, he yet continues to send
large quantities of wheat by railroad to Rich
mond.
The Yankee officers captured by Forrest
left the prison at this place last evening for
Enterprise, where they will be paroled by or
der of Gen. Taylor. The majority of these men
bave been commanding negro troops, and as
this species of soldiery has been prominent in
keeping up a mode of warfare after the Moul
tan Delhi and serving-aaptam style, we would
suggest that Col. Campbell, and bis miscegen
comrade, keep as quiet as possible in a section
of country that has suffered so severely from
Yankees of both shades. —Meridiem Clarion ,
Ith.
i— • —i
According to the articles of capitulation adopted
by Gen. Forrest and Col. Cambell at Athens, the
Yankee officers were to retain their private proper
ty and be sent to Meridian or some other noint in
this State’until Gen. Forrest can communicate with
Gen. Washburn, when they will be forwarded to
Memphis and paroled.— Clarion.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OF THE FSIIS AS*O«IATION.
Entered according to act of Congres* ia *^2,
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, m the CTerk s ©ffioe of
the bistriet Court of tho Coafodorato States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Cbt. 12.
The Whig has received the Washington
Chronicle of the Bth.
Stanton sends a lengthy dispatch to Dix,
dated the 7tb, based upon a dispatch from
Gen. Thomas, dated Nashville sth, whose in
formation is direct from Chattanooga, whence
Gen. Smith telegraphs Thomas that the Con
federates had retreated from Altoona on the
4th, moving in the direction of Dallas, leaving
their dead and wounded in the enemy’s hands.
Meanwhile Sherman is silent.
A Press dispatch of tbe same date says, in
the fight at Altoona on the sth, our forces
completely vanquished the rebels,“who retreat
ed precipitately, leaving in our hands between
4 and 500 killed and wounded.
Report says Forrest is- enroute to Florence
from Lawrenceburg.
Another account says he is surrounded.
Important movements are still going on in
Missouri.
Late advices state that Price attempted to
cross the Osage river at Castie Rock, but was
prevented by Yankee troops on the other side.
As the river had swollen it is supposed he
would try to cross at another point.
It is also reported that several hundred
Confederate cavalry had crossed the Missouri
into Montgomeiy county with bridges over
Gasconade river and Coles Creek, and burned
at the latter point 20 locomotives, 30 cars
was destroyed.
A despatch from St. Louis, Oct. 7th, says
the enemy appeared before Jefferson City to
day. It is not known whether a battle has
been fought or not.
The amount of damage to the Pacific Rail
road is $300,000. Prospective loss of busi
ness same amount.
Rosecrantz reports that Ewing had arrived
at Rolla.
Neither Stanton or the Press give anything
from the army of the Potomac.
Grant is in Washington.
Gold in New York on tbe night of the 7th'
was 202 1-2
Charlootsvillk, Oct. 12.
Our cavalry have had a reverse Dear Eden
burg. in the Valley. We druve the enemy’s
cavalry for several days, but ou Sunday we
ventured too far and got in among their infan
try. The result was we were repulsed and
lost eight guns. In other respects the affair
does not seem to be serious.
Petersburg, October 12.
Northern dates of the 9th received.
Nothing from Sherman.
Butler represents that in the fight below
Richmond on Friday the rebels attacked with
spirit Kautz’s cavalry in three entrenchments
and drove them back with a small loss of men
but with a loss of his artillery; but says Bur
ney subsequently advanced and regained the
old position of Kautz, and holds the enemy
in his inner line of entrenchments around
Richmond. Butler says we have mnek the
best of this day’s work; a thousand of the en
emy killed and wounded, hundreds of prison
ers and a bloody repulse.
Last night there was heavy artillery and
musketry firing for an hour or more, growing
out of an alarm on the part of pickets, but
amounted to nothing. The enemy reported
demonstrating tosday in front of Bermuda
Hundreds. The enemy was busily moving
across on pontoons to the North side of the
James river all last night.
Hospitals, wagons, camps, and other pla
ces are being rigidly inspected and all able
bodied men returned to the front. Disabled
men and negroes will take their places as far
as possible.
For Fufaula.
The Steamer Mist, Van Marcus, master, will leave
for the above and intermediate landings, on
THURSDAY morning, 131 h inst,, at 8 o’clock,
The Clarion learns that anew. district, to
be known as the district of Mississippi and
East Louisiana, has been created for General
Gardner, with headquarters at Jackson. Gen.
G. left Meridian for that point Wednesday
morning.
JIEADQ’S GA. RESERVE & DIST. OF GA.)
Ordnance Office, >
MacoS, Ga., October 10,18 1 j
General Orders,)
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 arm3 (their calibre
and condition) and the amount of ammunition on
hand the 15th of each month, also amount of am
munition expended during the month, stating in
remarks the 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. and Dist. Ga.
oc 12 3t
.
S2OO REWARD.
TI7TLL be paid for the apprehension and delivery
Vv to us of our two Negro Boys, BILL and JIM,
who ran off some time since.
BILL weighs about 150, is tall and slim, black
complexion, hair very short and thin, has a down
cast, sullen look, and talks long and drawling, Left
us about the Ist of August last.
JIM is a fine looking negro, weighs about 180, 5
feet 10 or 11 inches high, black complexion, thin
visage and high cheek bones, hair short. Left us
about the Ist of October.
We will pay the above reward for both, or SIOO for
either of the above described negroes, if delivered
to us or placed in some safe jail where we can get
them. We will also pay SIOO for proof to convict
any white person ol harboring them.
BEDELL & CO.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 13,1864. —lm
LARGE COASIGULWEAT
OF
LETTER PAPER!
AND
BLANK BOOKS!!
For sale by
J. K. KEDD & CO.
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'IIHE Exercises of thfs Institution were resumed
I on Monday the 33 inst.
The Terms for the first half of the Academic year
arG First Department, - $125 00
Second “ - - - - 100 00
• Incidental Expenses, - - - 500
C. P. B. MARTIN,
ocS Iw Principal.
tub CITY.
T. J. JACKSON .LOCAL EDITOB
New Advertisements.— Bedell A Cos., offer a
reward of S2OO for two runnaway negroes.
A gold watch seal has been lost. The finder
will be rewarded by leaving it at this office,
Jefferson A Hamilton hare for sale a lot of half
bushel measures.
Shivers, Wynn A Cos., at Cook’s Hotel, wish to
employ four dining room servants.
* Tho*. E. Smith of the Perry House offers a re
ward for two stray mules.
Mr. John Cook offers $25 reward for a stray
mule.
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Illicit Trading. —Col. Von Zinken issues an
important notice against purchasing articles of
clothing, Ac. from soldiers in the service, and calls
on all persons who may know of violations of tho
law of Congress on this subject to notify him at
once. This though it may be regarded as a rather
stringent regulation is ’right and proper. This
kind of traffic has been carried on too far, is in
positive violation of law, and should be Slopped.
The Government is the guardian over its soldiers,
and has a right to pass such regulations as shall
inure to their welfare and its own interest. Many
persons have traded with soldiers through igno
rance, and now that their attention is called to
the fact, we have no doubt they will discontinue
the practice, while others who have availed them
selves of the practice through a desire to speculate,
will be forced to suspend such unlawful traffic.
The Pacificator. — The first number of this
Journal has been laid upon our table- We are
much pleased with the appearance of it, and from
a hasty examination of its articles are satisfied
it will bo conducted with ability, and will do
much good. We shall often give our readers ex
tracts from the Pacificator. Asa- public journal
its perusal will repay any one for its cost. The
Pacificator will be an organ of the Roman Catholic
Church, Messrs. P. Walsh and L. F. Blome editors.
Price sls 00 per annum.
Auction Sales. —Tho following prices were ob
tained at Rossette, Lawhon A .Co.’s auction yes
terday—one negro woman and 3 children, $6,125;
one negro boy 18 years old, $3,600 ; one negro
blacksmith, $3,500 ; one wardrobe $3lO ; one book
case $260 ; one 4 acre lot in Girard $1500; one
cooking stove $590 ; and a great many minor ar
ticles in proportion.
Rev. John T. Norris: —We were pleased to
meet this young divine in our city yesterday. He
is in good health and seems to improve with time.
His work this year is at Lumpkin—one of the
most desireable locations in the State.
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John Black again in Luck. —We are glad to
see that Mr. Tom Cargile of Eufaula, has made
Mr. Black, of the Spirit of the South, a present of
two fine calf skins. Verily, John is the luckiest
Local we know of. He is always getting presents
and not trashy ones at that. Mr. Cargile, don’t
you know us. A stroke of your generosity in this
direction would be highly appreciated.
What a sad commentary on the times is the
following from the gifted pen of Dad Burnitt.
Yes, old Dad, the times are sadly out of joint.
The running gear of the continent is out of
order. Several screws are lost out of the ma
chine. Half a dozen devils have an extended
furlough from Pluto’s infernal realms, and
they are playing the mischief among the hearts
of men. But where is a remedy to be found?
Time, the great solver of problems, can alone
furnish light on the mysteries of our day:
Mr. Local —God lifted us up a3 a nation
until we became the astonishment of the
world ; but while we were growing prouder
and more strong as a nation we were goingthe
way of all iniquity. Our depravity has ex
panded with our growth. Politics, literature,
all go. Lucretia Borgia is a theatrical farce.
Crisp, the hero, has degenerated. Pope Pius’
daughter is no longer a heroine. The “Rob
bers of Bohemia,” are tamed. DeMoor,
Switzer, Roller, Speigleberg, Shutterie, and,
last, though not least, the Commissary , is on
the stage. The first are played out; (Brown’s
Proclamations number 9,000) —the latter nev
er will, Commissaries never “go up.” . They
are always full of buttermilk, fun, and whis
key. Like dead cavalrymen, Coleman’s bot
tles, they (broken Q. M.’s) are awful scarce.
Did it ever occur to you that as a people we
; have never determined to be free. The hand
of God which has been laid so heavily upon
us, was but the beginning of the evidence that
the nation has been struck with moral lep
rosy. The public mind has been infatuated,
the public judgment perverted, and the public
conscience debauched. God has begun ihe
work of digging down through the ma 33 of
error and sin to the solid foundation of truth
and light, ana when the people coine back to
justice and the regards of conscience we will
date anew era of national happiness, pros
perity and gloiw. This is a hard process,
Tom, and nations are desperately blind, and
no power ou earth can enlighten them. John
son, Stephens, Boyce, all may write. Do they
enlighten us? We are beginning to see men,
as trees, walking, to wake up from our sins
and the lethargy that has bound us. The
three greatest iniquities of our people has
long been, Momus, Mammon and Moloch. As
a nation we are depraved, wicked, and need
purification. Dad Burnitt.
Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, is not now a
depot for prisoners of war. but a bastile at which
citizens expiate offences, real or imaginary, against
the Government.
Lost.
ON the 11th October, 1861, between the Perry
House and the Masonic Hall, a Gold Watch Seal,
opens on bothsidet, one side has a blue set, and the
other a red set. The finder will be liberally reward
ed by leaving it at this office. [oc 13 3t
Found.
TN the Inear |the lOpelika RailrodlDepot.
1 on the morning of the Ist October, inst., in a dis
abled condition, a mouse colored JACK. The
owner of said Jack can have him by proving pro
perty and paying charges.
Apply at No. 40 Broad street.
Columbus Oct. 13.1864 —6t
Half Bushel Measures
pOR sale by JEFFERSON & HAMILTON,
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AS*Sun and Enquirer copy.
Wanted
a T once, FOUR GOOD DINNING ROOM SER-
Xl VANTS, not subject to impressment, for which
8001 ’ MeS *“SHEERS, WYNNE * CO.,
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Strayed or Stolen,
ON SUNDAY morning last, two medium sized
MULES, one a black the other a bay. They
were in fair order and fresh shod. A liberal reward
will be paid lor their deliver.' to meat the Perry
House. THOS. E. SMITH,
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$25 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on theright
hindquarter. JOHN COOK,
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SSOOO ill Gold for Sale.
i PPT Y to J. F. WINTER,
‘ Exchange Broker,
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LESSEE AND MANAGER W. H. CRISi*.
Thursday Evening, Oct. 13, IS6I.
Mr. W. H. CRISP,
By desire of many patrons, will appear as
RICHARD, DUKE .OF GLOUSTER!
In Shakspoar’s renowned Historical Play of
KINK RICHARD III;
OR. THE
BATTLE OF BOSWORTH’S FIELD 1
The cast embracing tbe whole strength of the admi
rable Company.
MrLThe. Hamilton as Henry, Earl of Richmond
Mr Harry Crisp as the Duke of Buckingham
Mr. C. T. Wolfe, as Lord Stanley
Mrs. W. H. Crisp as Elizabeth Queen of England
Mrs Jessie Clarke as Lady Annie
To be followed by the Roaring Farce of
LOVE m ALL CORNERS !
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AUCTION SALES
By Ellis, Livingston Ac Cos.
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WE will sell, on SATURDAY, October 15th,
at 104 o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
5 Boxes Tobacco.
30 Pairs Cotton Cards,
1 Large Plated Waiter,
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Ry Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
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SETT BLACKSMITHS’ TOOLS
+ +.
AN SATURDAY, October 15th, at 10 1-2 o'clock
U we will sell in front of our store,
A First Rate Sett of Blacksimths’ Tools!
including Bellows 38 inches, large Anvil, Vice,
Hammers, Tongs, Ac., Ac. All as good as new.
—ALSO —
Two Fine Carpets.
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By Ellis, Livingston & C o.
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Valuable Store House and Lot.
4. 4 -» —
ON TUESDAY, 18th of October, at 10 1-2 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our Auction Room,
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. Store fronts 30 feet,
running back 90 feet, with four well finished rooms
up siairs. [oc 11-7 t $23
By JEUis? Livingston & C o,
ON SATURDAY, October 15th, at 10£ o’clock,
we will sell in front of our store
A Splendid China Dinner and Tea Sett,
embracing 140 pieces. It can be seen at our Store
previous to the sale. [oct 11-5 t sls
By Ellis, Livingston Cos.
Homes ioi* Refugees.
ON TUESDAY, 18th of October at o’clock,
we will sell in front of our store
House ami 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, Vc., with
excellent water —making a very comfortable resi
dence —formerly owned by J M Upshaw.
-ALSO-
Ilouse aud Lot at Enoii, 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 10-81 S4B
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos
Executive Sale of Valuable Properly.
[ |N TUESDAY, 18th of October, between the
‘ " usual hours of sale, I will sell in front of Ellis,
Livingston & Go., Auction Store,
THE DESIRABLE HOUSE AND LOT,
corner of Forsyth and Franklin streets, No, 373,
adjoining Mr. Slade’s Academy, with half acre of
land attached. Improvements good. Sold as the
property of Johnßethune, dec’d.
oct 10-8 t $32 CHERRY BETIIUNE, Exu’tX.
Bv Ellis, Livingston & Cos,
Fine Furniture.
AN SATURAY, 15th October, at 10 1-2 o’clock, we
U will sell in front of our store,
2 Large Parlor Mirrors, Bxs (French
Plav.)
2 Fine Mahogany Settees,
12 Fine Mahogany Parlor Chairs.
1 Fine Mahogany Rocking Chair
8 Large Cedar Wardrobes.
5 Large new Feather Beds,
3 Mahogany Bureaus.
1 Fine Mantle Clock,
Chairs, Tables, Washstands, Paintings
&0., &e.
cct 10 fit $36
Bv Ellis, Livingston & Xo.
200
pnmmmn
A VERY FINE ARTICLE.
For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards.
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SIOO E/EWABD.
STOLEN by a man with an artillery suit of clothes
on, from near the Lowell Warehouse, about 10
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.
“I will give the above reward for the Pony ani
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.
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Notice.
Office Pkovost Marshal,
Columbus, Oet. 10,1864.
TAKEN up from Deserters, Two Pony built Horses.
One a Sorrel Stallion, white mark in forehead,
both ;hind feet white, with some white marks on
back. . , . ..
* The other a Dark Bay Horse, with star in the
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.
#»-Sun and Enquirer copy three times.
FOR SALE.
CONFEDERATE SCHOOL SLATES
AND
p cncils !
At Kenuy’s Marble l r ard, Broad st.
THOMAS KENNY.
octS lw*
Columbus High School
FOR
yoxthstg- HIA-DHES i
THE Exercises of this Institution were resumed
firstlialf of the Scholastic year
High School, - - * - ‘
Preparatory school.-- - - 1 1 . JJO
Incidental Expenses, 5 00
W. S. LEE,
ocß w Principal.
Pressman Wanted,
A mechanic who understands repairing a Print
ing Press canobtain a job, on liberal terms, at this
office. OCt4 ts