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COLUMBIA iIViLS
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hree month*.
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Where advertisement* are Inserted a month, the
charge will be S3O per square.
Announcing eandidate&s26, whieh most invariably
paid in advance.
Change of Schedule.
Qffio* Bnoutm* and Suprrintindrnt, »
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7.1864. )
l X TiiniSDAY, June 9, island until further
: ' notice, tho Schedule of the Passenger train will
>c as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston...* .9.45, a. in.
Arrive in Savannah p. in.
Leave Savannah .5.30, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
11. S. HAINES.
.June it ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Change of Schedule.
t iN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
' t the uscogec Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN :
Lc.-uo Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon 8 10 P. A1
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leav a Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
r lb t.t Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
j \N and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
f the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. in.
Leave 6’,'lumbus at 5:50 a. m.
Irriveat Montgomery at 3:00 p.m.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a in.
Arrives at 8:27 P in
D. 11. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng.
ag27 TS64—tf
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
I'il.VaUß OP SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
(| N and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
* Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at 1 80 p^na.
Arrive in Union Springs 600 “
. Leave Union Springs 535 a.^m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. in.
Arrivo in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
aglß:f Eng. & Sup’t.
FOR SJIiJE!
A GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse,
'Apply to
R. B. MURDOCH,
sep 2—ts or, at this office.
Notice.
Office Provost Marshal,
Columbus, Oct.-10, 1864.
TAKEN up from Deserters, Two Pony built Horses.
1 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.
Tho above horses wore taken from Deserters, and
the owners can get the same by coming forward,
rro™ property ..win. J« ERSO „_
oc 11-3 t Capt. and Provost Marshal.
#jJ"-Sun and Enquirer copy three times.
FOR SAFE.
CONFEDERATE SCHOOL SLATES
AND
Pencils 2
At Kenny’s A/arble Yard, Broad st.
THOMAS KENNY.
octß Iw*
jEA o STZrfXX" cl -
VEGRO boy CHARLEYabout 25years old, yel
-11 low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelli :enco; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near
Sox Springs. Talbot county, [ bought him of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee, Ala. ile originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at thi- office, or in any safe jail and
information sent to me at this office. ,
JAMES M. RUSSELL.
Columhu's G a., aug 1 tf*
300 Negro Men Wanted !
Nitre and Mining Bureau, 1
Headq’rs Mining Division, No. 2, >
Selma, Ala., Sept. 13, ’64. j
i A.M.desir .us of Hiring Five Hundred Negro'Mcn,
>for tTle Bibb Iron Works, located on the Alabama
and Tennessee Rivers Hail Road, fifty miles North
of Selma, 150 Soith of Koine and *0 West ot Mont
gomery. lam aying for able-bodied men three
hundred dollars per annum,, feeding and clothing
them. Ono woman will be hired to every ten men,
to cook and wash for them. There is on the place a
hospital with a regular surgeon, who takes charge
of all tho sick, l! the enem> threatens, the negroes
can be moved \\ est through an inaccessible ; oun
trv \nply to W P Herring, La Grange, Ga., or
’ • 1 WM. RICH A iiDSON 11 UN TANARUS,
Lieut. Col. Cbmd’g.
sepl7 1m
SSOO Reward.
WILL bo paid for the apprehension of our boy
VV Truman. He is about 24 years ol 6 teet.high;
very black, and weighs about ISO pounds. Three
hundred dollars will be paid 1 r ins cniUnement in
some jail so that wo can get him, or live hundred
dollars for his delivery at the y
Eufau\a Spirit of the South, Quincy Dispatch, Al
bany Patriot, Macon Telegraph, Lairango Repor
ter, and //ami 1 ton Enterprise, publish one month
and send bills to Factory.
sep2o 1 m
S3O Reward.
Superintendent's Office,d
Muscogee li. R. Company, >
CoJutnPus, Ga., Nept. 16, 6-4. )
\ REWARD of SSO will be paid for the delivery
A to me lor each of the following negro men:
Charles—Black; about 25 years old; quick spo
ken j weighs ftbout 150 about 5 feet 10 or 11 in.
k'fliiliard—Black; about 30 years old: sft 9 inches
high; weighs lffi or 150-lbs.; blacksmith by trade.—
Probably will go to Jones county wh re bis wife is.
W. L CLA/YK,
spl" lm Superintendent.
S3O Reward.
i WTT.T, pay the above reward for 808, a bl&ek
I boy, about 24 years old. ile has been out three
or four weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about
ho city, H.
iy 4 ts
SI,OOO Reward.
A CHUNKY, heavy sot. black boy by tho name'
of WILLIAM, ab ut 24 years old. left Colum
bus on Sunday morning hist. I am confident he
was takon off by some white man. 1 will pay the
above reward for the negro and thick with evi
dence to convict, or I will pay two hundred and
fifty dollars for the negro delivered to me in Colum
bus. The boy came from Virginia about two years
ago, andsays he is a sailor. I think they left Co
lumbus on foot and took the train at some station
close by. J. H. BASS,
sepl-tf.
P. S. —I learn, since tho above was written, that
the boy lett Cblumbus on the Opelika train, on
Sunday morning, in company with a s nail white
man that limped, and that they were going to West
Point J-H. B.
BUGGY FORSALE!
A N excellent Buggy and Harness for sale. Ap-
A ply at this office. ge P-l tj
ismn pm i lull Ms
FOR SAXj33 2
W 5 havo for sale 49 reams ot Letter Paper, and
2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at 4Y holesale
ct Retail. Paper, ss*) per Ream; Blank Books, s>ldu
retail, 75 cts. wholesale. Apply at
agtitf TIUS OFFICE.
MO X'lOiii.
To Planter* and Others !
I WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and
Yarns, for Lard, fallow and Beeswax. 1
will bo found at ILooinett & Cb’s oldstand, where I
am manufacturing Candles ami Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. WRIGHT.
juneS ts
'
Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREV & CO. Proprietors.
SPECIAL NOTICES
TO all Whom it 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 arres-, to be
returned to the service, or who shall knowingly
conceal or harbor any such desertt r, 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 offieer or s Idier of the Con
federate States, shall, upon conviction before the
district court of tho Confederate States having
jurisdiction of the offence, bo fined not exceeding
one thousand dollars, and be 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, will immedi
ately report the same to the Commandant of the
Post, LEON VON ZINKEN,
oc 12 3t Col. Commanding Post’
City papers copy three times.
Exchange Notice 10. 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, are hereby declared exchanged,
RO. OULD,
oc6 6t Agent of Exchange.
Hotice!
Columbus, Ga„ Oct. 4th, 1564.
L. T. Maddux is authorized te attend to my
business in my absence from Columbus.
ocs lm* WILL. S. BALFOUR.
Notice to Farmers.
Farmers who have not delivered their Tithe of
Fodder are requested to bring it in ini Mediately,
as it is greatly needed at this Po«t. Thos ■> who com
ply with this request can deliver their Fodder with
out baling it. 11. D. COTHtfAN,
C’apt. & A Q M.
Sun and Enquirer copy 10 days. oc4 lOt
Notice,
Marshall Hospital,
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 4, 1864.
All officers and men, absent from this hospital
"as out patients” will report to this office immedi
ately. T. A. MEANS,
oc4 6t fcurg. in charge.
Confederate States Arsenal,
Columbus, Gbi., Sept. 30, ’64.
Atlanta Arsenal—Notice.
Parties holding claims against tho Atlanta Arse
nal, will, after having them approved by Lieut. J
U. Anslky, M S Iv Ord., now at Charleston Arst
nal, present them at this Office for payment.
M II WRIGHT.
Colonel Comd’g,
octl 2w Gov’t Works.
NOTICE
To j?lississi|)|>i Soldiers!
THE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOTS and Office of
1 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, betwe n Main st., and tho Perry House.
Your baggage is there.
C. K. MARSHALL,
sep2B ts Agent.
Battle-Field Belief Association
of Columinis, Ga.
All who aro disposed to contribute articles neces
sary for the relief of the sick and wounded in tho
Army of Tennessee, aro 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. _ ag23tf
W A ATE!I!
If /jj iO LBS. of TALLOW, forwhich a liberal price
will be paid. Apply to
E*. W. DILLARD,
sp7 ts Major and Q. M.
EIAAWAY OR STOLE*.
SSOO 2
lEFT Cusseta, Ala., on Sunday morning, Octo
j her 3d, my man Henry. He is about six feet high,
of pleasing adtireS' ; was raised in Lumpkin county,
Ga.; I bought him of Alexander Spriggs, of Lump
kin county, Ga. I have reasc n to believe he has
been decoyed off by some white 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 t'usseta, Ala.
SIOO Reward.
UfILL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who
H runaway about two months ago. He is about 5
foot Binches high; weighs aboutl6oor 170 lbs.; com
plexion yellow; line looking; when laughing has
dimples in both cheeks. It is probable he went to
Atlanta with some of th • troops from this city.
oc6 ts H. M. CLECKLEY.
Situation as Governess Wanted.
- v \/ ANTED by a Refugee lady a situation as
Visiting Governess to give instructions in
! English. Music and the Rudiments of French. Also
desires Music Scholars—will instruct theui at their
j homos. Terms reasonable. References given,
i Enquire of D. P. Ellis, Esq. foot 6-6t*
j •
Store Houses lor Rent.
THE three buildings known as the deGraffenreid
buildings, corner of Oglethorpe and Randolph
streets, are offered to rent from and after Ist Octo
’ her. They are guaranteed against Government im
j pressmen t. EL deGRAFFENREID.
MATT. R. EVAi\S,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 64, Commerce Street,
MOBILE, ALIBiMA.
WILL sell on Commission every description of
i 'I Goods, Negroes and Produce of all kinds.
sp2o lm
§SOO REWARD
| DTOLEX, from Judge Thomas’stable, near Celum
j O bus, Ga., on the night of the 3d instant, one
fine black HORSE, shoulder slightly rubbed Irem
! collar, mane also rubbed off near his ear by halter,
j on his left flank a healing sore, he has on anew
set of shoes with heels. Four hundred dolsars will
I be given for the delivery of this horse to in* at
! Columbus. , „ , ,
I One hundred dollars wi'l be given for the delive
| ry to me of a SORREL .WARE small blazed fac*.
one hind foot white, no other mark remembered.
! Both horses were taken off together. If any one
living on the different roads leadmg from Golucu
bus can fur&ish any information respecting these
i horses, they will greatly oblige the subscriber.
octn-4t J. A. SHINGLEUR
Piano Instruction.
! A RS. T. H. VANDENBURG is again prepared
I 'I to resume her Instruction in Music on the Piano.
Those designing to favor her with their patronage
wi 1 apply at her former residence on Forsyth street.
I Terms— Fifty dollars per quarter.
X. would be pleased to REAT ROOMts, or
i a portion of the house, now occupied by herself.
1 Apply as above. oetSdot
Pressman Wanted,
A mechanic who understands repairing a Print
ing Press canobtaia a jeb, on Jiberal terms, at this
office.
Columbus, Ga., Frida? Homing,. October 14,1864.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY TENN„ ?
In the Field, Oct. sth, 1864. \
CIRCULAR.
The Senior Surgeon of etch Post in this Depart
ment will forward, each alternate day, to Col. M.
H. Cooper, Provost Marshal General, Army Tennes
see, consolidate ! lists of all officers and men return
ed to duty from the Hospitals at the Post.
By command of General Hood,
fSigned] A. P. MASON,
A. A. General.
Official. LAMAR COBB,
oc 12 3t Major and A. A. General.
HEADQ’S GA. RESERVE & DIST. OF GA.)
Ordnance Office, >
Macon, Ga., October 10, 1864.)
General Orders, 1
No. i. ;
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
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
Notice!
Headquarters Georgia Reserve, )
and Military District Georgia. I
Macon, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864. J
Special Orders, I
No. 20. >
I. Under orders from Headquarters of this De
partment a Camp of Convalescents has been estab
lished at this place 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 commandants 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. Gen. Howell Cobb, com
manding, &c.
LAMAR COBB,
Major and A A General.
ocß St
Aotice.
Headquarters Georgia Reserve, )
and Military District of Georgia, l
Macon, Ga’., Oct. 6th, 1564. J
General Orders !
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 l’aragraph 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, are 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 inon not employed in tho 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 man who did
join and are now required, either to unite in the
militia organization er report to the Reserve Regi
ments.
By command of
Major Gen. HOWELL COBB,
Commanding, &c.
Lamar Code, Major and A A G.
ocß 5t
Notice.
llbadqu’rs Georgia Reserve,)
and Military District of Georgia, >
Macon, October Ist, 1864. J
General Orders i
No. 22. S
In pursuance of orders from tho 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 duly by Medical Examining Board.
And it is further ordered that after tho 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 ihe army.
By command of
Maj. Gen. HOWELL COBB.
Lamar Cobb, Major and A A G.
oc7 6t
Dr. J. S. CLARK,
X> IE3 3ST B 3? XiS *1? ,
FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS,
HAS returned, and can bo found at 106 Broad
street, over Dr. R, A, Ware’s Drug Store,
octlO-dlm
Hands Wanted
AT THE
EAGLE FACTORY,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
FIFTY young women can find steady work and
liberal pay at the .
oclld&wlm EAGLE FACTORY.
S2OO REWARD”
VT7ILL be paid for the apprehension and delivery
*» 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 oi harboring thr-m.
BEDELL A CO.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 13,1864. —lm
Columbus High School
FOR
YOTTHSTG-
THE Exercises of this Institution were reenmed
on .Monday the 3d inst.
T.rms for the first half of the Scholastic year
High School, ------ $125 00
Preparatory School.-- 100 00
Incidental Expenses, - - - - 5 00
W. S. LEE,
®cß w Principal.
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,
ocS lw Principal.
STERLING EXCHANGE!
t FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
A far sale in sums to suit purchasers by
agl6 tl BANK OF COLUMBUS.
Thursday Evening.
Theatre.—Temperance Hall, as usual, was
crowded, last night, with the theatre-goers of the
city. The performance opened with Schiller’s
gloomy, thrilling play of the Robbers of Bohemia
Mr. Hamilton as Charles and« Jfoor —and closed
with the popular old burletta of the Loan of a
Lover, both of which were performed with the
usual excellence.
The bill to-night is a good one to all who like
Shakspeare’s grand, old plays— Richard 111, and
a laughable farce. We anticipate a crowded
house. Go early and secure seats.
SougoDye.—J. H.Kalb, writing to the Charles
ton Courier, remarks : “I am anew hand at sor
go syrup, never having made any before this year;
therefore, I cannot say anything as to the manu
facture of either sugar or syrup, but I have acci
dentally made a discovery that may be of some
value to the public. A few days ago I was boil
ing syrup, when I had one pot idle. I had water
put in it, and sent to the field for a small armful
of sorgo seed, just as it was cut off, and put it in
the pot to see whether it would boil soft. To my
great surprise, I found the water became very red,
when a thought struck me that it might be used
for dyeing, and I put a little wool in it. In about
ten minutes I took it out, and found it to be of a
beautiful brown color. Enclosed I send a sample,
to let the public have tho bonefit of it, that other
discoveries or experiments may bo made.”
UoldTstill!
To the people who are so anxiously awaiting
the results of recent movements in Georgia, and'to
the press, who are so eager to divine the termina
tion, we would say, wait, and wait patiently, for
the end is nigh. At the helm is a man, if young
in command of an army, is yet the possessor of
that genius which will stamp him as one of the
heroes of the war. His recent movement on Sher
man’s flank and rear tells us that if beaten once,
or once in a difficulty, he is net the man to craw
fish out, and least of all, te saddle his failures—if
failures he makes—on his Government or subordi
nates. With a manliness and courage unrivalled
in the wy, he has set to work, with the spell of an
accomplished strategist, to the great task of driv
ing Sherman from Atlanta.
Nor does his policy ignore the maxim that, "an
inferior must fight a superior force at a disad
vantage.” The only way to secure this advantage
is to operate on the means of communication, and
to fight on the flank and rear of the opposing
force.
Sherman, with his flank turned, his rear gain
ed, bis communication destroyed, his supplies cut
off and with only a meagre quantify on hand, finds
himself environed by difficulties over which hu
man skill can never triumph.
Turn which way he will, they tower mountain
high, aud bis destruction will be complete as his
triumph was empty.
Every movement of our armies bids us hope for
grander triumphs in the future than have ever yet
emblazond our arms. Then, notwithstanding the
present is a great crisis, the fact that we are or
are not acquainted with the movements will not
affect the result. The government has wisely seen
lit to prohibit the publication of anything what
ever by which the enemy can gain a knowledge
of the situation of Hood’s or Sherman’s armies,
and he is no patriot who would disregard so rea
sonable and necessary a precaution.
In the meantime let no one despond. As soon
as the situation will warrant it, the fullest details
will bo given, and all will laud a policy so emi
nently conducive to the interest of the country.
This has not been done because we are are not
succeeding, but because we allow our joy to betray
us.— Confederacy, 13 th,
Tlie Position in Georgia.
Our dispatches to-day confirming our announce
ment on yesterday, inform us that nearly four
thousand prisoners were captured at Allatoona and
Etowah. The Army of Tennessee is triumphant
ly marching Northward, evidently with the inten
tion of occupying the mountain passes which in
tervene between the Yankee army and its North
ern base. After this movement is consummated,
then comes the solution of the problem. “What
will Sherman’s army do ?” If ho makes battle,
he does it with tho disadvantage of fighting us in
the intrenchmonts he/ himself perfected, when he
forced us into retreat; Without supplies, he can
not make slow and deliberate battle as ho did dur
ing his advance, and if he delivers quick and sud
den battle against the tremendous fortifications in
bis way, he will waste his army with a liberality
that will delight us, his enemies.
It however is considered probable that he will
move to our rear and attempt his exit from his
present difficulties through North Alabama, hoping
to cut us off from our communications and secure
subsistence, though it promises to be exceedingly
scanty from our store houses in our present rear.
We think the campaign has been shrewdly
planned by wise heads and at the present moment
is being prosecuted by an officer, who will not lag
in repaying his vengeance on their heads with a
fury that is his heir loom of fate. General Beau
regard has inspired the army with anew and fresh
ened vigor that will render tho brave veterans of
the Army of Tennessee, not only invincible, but
make it an avenging Nemesis, whose bloodj sword
will sweep the hordes of the proud foeman into de
struction. *
Already we seethe buzzards circling over the
devoted heads of tho Yankee army, anticipating
the feast of flesh on which they will gorge and
fatten. The eagles that perch on our banners are
wheetting their beaks and screaming out their de
light at the promised repast. With piercing eyes
they eagerly gleam their fiery, burning gaze on
the foe. With what earnest hopefulness and anxi
ous prayers we await the echoes 'of the exultant
shouts of our victorious soldiers. How eagerly
we strain our ears to hear their clarion notes ring
through the defiles and moumain passes of" North
Georgia, heralding the terrible doom of our ene
mies, whom we earnestly pray that God in his
righteous judgment may give over to the dire ven -
geanceofour noble army and to utter destruc
tion.
There is much to cheer the hearts of the peo
ple, now being enacted over the bread surface of
the land. The lining of the hitherto dark cloud
has appeared, and as it turns to gold, the smiling
sun of victory and joy and peace, with its radiance
and splendor is brightening all the hopes and am
bitious dreams of the most sanguine. At last the
daylight has come. Heaven grant its effulgence
may become brighter, until its splendor culmi
nates in the high noon of glorious and heaven
blessed peace.— lntelligencer, 13 th,
The Front.
Mail Office, Montgomery, 1
Tuesday, 11 a. m. J
The movement of Gen. Hood’3 army has at
last developed into a march for Middle Ten
nessee, and has thus far proven entirely suc
cessful.
After destroying the State Road, with its
garrisons from Big Shanty to Kingston, the
army turned to the left towards Rome, and
en route for the Tennessee river.
We have no doubt that the report of oar
; special correspondent “E. P.” is altogether
| correct, and that by this time a large part of
: our army is north of the great river.
Sherman, with a portion of his men, is at
Chattanooga, but he will be forced back to
defend Nashville.
The garrison at Atlanta will be isolated and
starved out.
A Canard.—We learn from a gentleman who
left Rome on Wednesday last, that the city was
then in possession of the yankees. The report
that Wheeler captured the place on Tuesday was
1 therefore imcorrect. Our informant thinks the
garrison consisted of about 4000 men— of
whom were negroes. The “capture of Rome'’ is
one of the numerous “canards,” which are flying
where.— Telegraph & Confederate.
$5.00 Per Mont})
J. W. WARREN, Editor
The New Cauipaip.
It is brave news they send us from Hood’s army.
After the weariness of three months of persistent
ill fortune, that magic word "forward’* has ran
along the lines, and the necromancy of advance has
touched the troops into a new spirt and a now as-
Eect. Tho column no longer droops and staggers
ackward beneath the depression of retrograde.—
The hea 1 no longor bows to the dismal spell ot' pur
suit, the heart numb and the senses cold, every im
pulse dead and every hope saddened and sickened
by continued mis fortune. Every chest is now erect.
Every head is high. Every eye is bright. Every
voice rings out cheerily in the autumn air as the
happy tramp, tramp reverberates among the pleas
ant vistas which lead to Tennessee. Before them
they see tlie bright waters of that loved stream,
which has not gladdened them for an entire year,
rolling merrily among the cornfields that laugh out
a prodigality of life. Above them the very branches,
clad in the rosy dress of the season, seem to cross
their!pious hands in holy benediction. The birds
carol the old, old sounds of home, and whisper notes
of victory in the soldier's ear.
We shall not have another Kentucky campaign
ot this new Inovement. We anticipate for the
eagles of Hood and Beauregard a career of splendid
success. We shall winter in Middle Tennessee. Wo
may recapture Nashville, restore tho lost lines of
Sydney Johnson and open the ball in the Spring
with something of the enthusiasm of ’6l. Price vic
torious in Mis-ouri, Lee in Virginia and Hood and
Beauregard in the centre, the great crescent will bo
complete.
Our readers may expect to hear stirring news
from this time forward. The < ampaign has been
admirably begun. The destruction of the State
Road from Big Shanty to Kingston (the junction of
the Rome road with tho line from Dalton to Atlan
ta) a distance of 28 miles, the capture of Allatoona
with four thousand prisoners and all tho stores, the
division of Sherman's gang, avd the issolation of so
many garrisons cannot fail to produce largo results,
and to facilitate largoly our advance upon Nash
ville. The reinforcements which will swell our
ranks is another source of incalculable benefit. No
less than twenty thousand men will be added to our
army. With these we can hold our own, ad libitum
upon the banks of tho Cumberland.
[Montgomery Mail, 12 th.
The Repulse before Fort Gil
mer.
The bloody repulse suetained by the Yan
kees in the assault en Fort Gilmer, is pictured
as follows:
Our troops at once pnshed on to the junc
tion of the Varina and Newmarket rends,
three-quarters of a mile further, where a re
connoissance revealed a strong lunette-shaped
fortification, with outworks on either flank, to
the left of the road, and commanding it fully.
These works Gen. Birney ordered to b.e as
saulted. The troops employed were Foster’s
division, and Brig. Gen. Birney’s colored
troops, the latter on the left of Foster. Twice
these works were assaulted, and on each occa
sion the charge was gallantly made, but failed.
Our men suffered greatly, being exposed as
they crossed the wide open interval in front
of the rebel position, to a withering enfilading
fire of grape, canister, and musketry, from a
rebel fortification further to the right, which
completely plowed the field.
The colored troops again distinguished them
selves here General Birney’s brigade, or at
least a portion of it, reached the works on the
left, before which was a ditch twelve feet wide
and ten feet deep. About 2,000 of these ne
groes got into this ditch and never same back.
At least twenty of them climbed on tbe para
pet of the fort, and were shot dead, tumbling
back upon their comrades. The rest, it is
said, were slaughtered by tbe enemy With
shells thrown among them by hand.
Among the many white officers wounded in
this charge were Lieut. Col. Johnston, of the
11,5 th New York, by a minieball in the shoul
der, received while carrying the colors of his
regiment, which he seized from the color-ser
geant who was killed. Col Johnston has been
wounded twice before. Col McDonald, of the
47th New York, a very brave officer, was also
wounded in the shoulder. Col. Daggate, of
the 117th New York, was slightly wounded in
the leg; Major Ludwig, 112th New York, in
right breast; Capt. N. V. Smith, 7th United
States cavalry, in right and left shoulders.
The Attempted Escape of Pris
oners from Camp Douglas.
A thrilling incident took place at Camp
Douglas on Tuesday night in the desperate
and daring attempted sortie of a squad of reb
el prisoners, some thirty or more in number,
only defeated by the vigilance and promptness
of the sentinels, ~. The movement took place a
little before 10 o’clock, toward the north
western angle of the enclosure, when a sudden
rush took place of the attacking party, armed
with mallets, axes and clubs. They rushed
across the “dead line,” tbe leader throwing a
blanket over the light that illuminated that
part of the enclosure.
With him it was emphatically, “put out the
light, and then put out the light,” for quick
as thought the bullet of the sentry sped, strik
ing him in the throat, inflicting a mortal
wound. Undeterred by his fall, his comrades
made for the fence, and began a furious bat
tering process upon the boards with their axes
and weapons.
Tbe long roll sent its echoes throughout the
camp. The excitement was intense. The
guard rallied, and poured their fire indiscrim
inately in upon the rebel squad furiously at
work in the darkness upon the fence, their
position under shelter of the parapets, how
ever, giving them immunity. The whole af
fair was short lived, and from the reasons
named, though numerous shots were fired on
ly two rebels were struck by bullets. These
were Lewis H. Moore, of company D, 7th Ala
bama, and another whose name we have not
learned. The first named was shot in the act
of extinguishing the lamp. He will probably
die. The other is only severely wounded.
The rebel prisoners, it because quite evident,
would have been found in readiness to im
prove any advantage gained, and in fact they
had begun early to make a night ofit.
Col. J. B. Sweet, commandant of the post,
has issued a general order, in which he says
that a conspiracy is apparent among the pris»
oners to effect their escape. He cautions
them against such attempts, reminding them
of their position as being a necessity of the
war, and informing them that in the event of
any future attempt he will perform his duty
strictly, although in doing so he might de
stroy the innocent with the guilty. The ar«
rangements at Camp Douglas are so complete
for the prevention of such attempts, that even
had the prisoners got beyond the enclosure,
they would at once have been exposed to a
raking shower of grape, two pieces of artillery
being placed at each angle in a position to
command every avenue of escape.— Chicago
Tribune.
The follewing is the last specimen of poetry
turned out by the Rebel’s poetic machine. Omr
devil filched it from Paul’s pocket yesterday,
while be was asleep :
GOV. BROWN AND THE SORGHUM CROP.
Tumultuous horrors brooded o’er the van
PresagiDg wrath to Poland and to man,
Oh Heaven ! Brown cried, we must the sorghum
save:
I? there no hand on high to shield the brave?
What though destruction sweep these lovely
plains ?
What’s liberty to us so sorghum yet remains—
By its sweet name we lift our knives on high,
And swe.ir to cut it while we live, and suck it
when we die!
A correspondent of the Boston Journal
says that 250 substitutes in the Ist JNew
Hampshire cavalry, deserted the first night
they went into camp. They had cost the
original buyers and the Orovemment
$300,000, and had rendered no service
whatever.
Circular of flic Yew Press As
sociation.
To the Press of the Southern Confederacy:
Richmond, Va., Oct. 0,1804.
Gentlemen :—Because of the dissatis
faction generally existing with the tele
graphic news of the “Southern Press As
i sociation, and the unnecessarily heavy
expenditures thereby entailed on the pro
prietors of the various newspapers, four
of the daily press of this city—the Em
quirer, Sentinel, Examiner and Dispatch
—have dissolved their connection with
the same and formed a “Mutual Benefit
Press Association," in which they invite
their brethren of the Southern press to
join them.
The plan of this new organization is
designed to be an economical one; and
! as its members are to be the News Res
porters, its reports are expected to be not
only reliable, but unencumbered with use
less verbiage and unimportant intelli>
gence.
By the request of our Directory, I
have opened a correspondence with Dr.
W. S. Morris, tbe President of the Souths
ern Telegraph Company, as to what will
be the charges made against the members
of this Association for “news over the
wires; aid with his usual promptness, as
well as liberality to the Press, he responds,
that “after this month I will send all Pi css
communications, wherever they may ema*
nate on our lines, to any Editor or Pros
prietor of a Daily Paper, intended for
publication, on our lines, at half the usu
al rates.”
That it will be seen, that while the en
tire press of the South is put upon the
same footing by Dr. Morris, as regards
wire rent, the “Mutual Association” will
be enabled to save the enormous expense
of traveling agents, reporters, horses, cir*
cular printing, and other incidentals,
which form part and parcel of the cum**
berous machine which all have hereto
fore sustained.
The press of Richmond, as a contribu
tion to the general cause, have appointed
an intelligent, energetic and efficient
agent, at their own expense, to collect
official and other news for them, an intel
ligible. synopsis of which he will-send reg
ularly to all members ot this Association,
without charge for his labors.
In cities, where two or more papers are
published, the"editors can readily appoint
one of their number to receive and for
ward news—and thus the entire Associat
ion can work harmoniously and econo*
mically, and at the same time relieve the
telegraph wires (which are often heavily
pressed with Government work) of a vast
quantity of superfluous labor.
Having thus briefly stated the object
of the new Association, and the reasons
which actuated its organization, we now
cordially invite our brethren of the Press
throughout the Confederacy to join us, as
suring them that we will spare no efforts
to make it what it purports to be, a “Mu*
tual Benefit Press Association.”
Very respectfully,
J. W. Lewellen,
President Mutual Benefit Press Associa
tion
A gentleman of Prince George county ,
who for some weeks past, has been con
fined in a floating prison at City Point,
made his escape a few nights past, and
reached this city via Richmond yesterday
morning. He states that about seventy
five residents of Prince ‘George, and vi
cinity—among them Mr. William Peebles
of Dinwiddie—are confined in this pris*
on ship, closely guarded. He also says
that many recruits are daily arriving to
reinforce Grant’s array, and confirms the
statement recently made by us, that num*
bers of veteran troops whose terms of
service have expired, are leaving for home.
Affairs in the vicinity of City Point pre*.
sent a scene ..of great activity; vessels
are continually arriving and departing,
and altogether the place resembles the
busy wharves of a great city. As far
down as the eye can reach, vessels of war,
gunboats, transports, steam tugs, can be
thickly seen.— Petersburg Express.
Extract from a letter from a wounded Con
federate officer—now a prisoner of war at
Beaufort, S. C.—dated Sept. 25th, to his fath
er in Mobile:
“The chances now for our early exchange
appear to me very slim. My disappointment,
of course, is great, but I have made up my
mind to bear it with as good grace and man
ly resignation a3 I can command. I know
that you and the other members of our family
feel the disappointment as much as I, and I
feel for you and them more than I do for my
self. Give my love to them, and tell them to
be of good cheer, and hope for the best.
“I suppose there must be some excuse for a
lot of mutilated being3, as there are now at
this hopital, who are disabled for life and al
most helpless, being kept as prisoners now
fourteen months, but for the life of me I can
not see it. Rather than have my own Gov
ernment to compromise itself in the least de
gree, I would spend the remainder of my life
in prison, and it would be more assurance
than I have ever been guilty of to ask the
Federal Government to do if. But I can’t see
how either party would compromise itself by
exchanging one-legged and one-armed men.
If any proposition to excha»ge such cases has
been made by either party, the one that re
jected it is, in my opinion, guilty of disgrace
ful barbarity. If such a proposition has not
been made, then a lot offaithful sufferers have
been sadly and cruelly neglected.”
A correspondent of the Charleston Courier writes:
“I have lately had occasion to give dogwood a fair
trial on chills, and confidently commend it. A
strong decoction of the bark and berries is made,
one-third the quantity of spirits is added. Dose,
wine glass full three times daily.
General Pegram is in command of Early’s old
division. Gen. Ramsuer, who has been command
ing Early’s division, has been assigned to the com
mand of Rode’s division.
The Yankees sheuld remember, since they pretend
to believe in the Lord, that there are seven things
which are an abomination unto Him —viz: A proul
look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent
blood. A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations,
feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false
witness that spsaketh lies, and he that soweth dis
cord among brethren. All of these abominations
and many more are they guilty of, and if they es
cape the clutches- of the Devil, it will be cwiDg only
to the infinite mercy of Him whose teachings they
laugh at, and whose precept* they deride.
[Telegraph & Confederate.
HEADQUARTERS GEORGIA R ESER YES,)
and Military District of Georgia. >
Macon, Ga, October 12, 1864.)
Gbnrral Orders,!
No. 23. /
Commandants of Post in this District will forward
to these Headquarters a* soon as practicable, copies '
of the following orders:
Order establishing ihe Post.
Order assigning Commandant of Post.
Order assigning all other officers on duty at the
Post.
. L® a list of their employees and the authority
for employing them.
By command of Major General Howell Cobb.
LAMAR COBB,
oc 13 3t Major and A. A. Gen.