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DAILY TIMES,
J. W. WARREN, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Friday Morning, October 14, 1864.
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We are as much at .loss to determine Hood’s
present whereabouts as his plans in the future.
When his bold and brilliant movement was
Srst undertaken, we supposed bis intention
was to plant himself across the State road
some distance ia Sherman’s rear, fortify the
position securely and await an attack. From
a telegram which we copied from the Mont
fomery Mail yesterday, however, it would
seetm Ibatj after thoroughly dismantling the
State road as high up as the Etowah river,
Hood has made a half-wheel to the left and
struck c fi for Middle Tennessee through North
Alabama. Perhaps the thought struck him
that when be shall have established himself
in Tennessee he will need this road for the
transportation of ordnance and commissary
supplies, and induced him to call in his rail
road w/ibuilders. Whatever may be his plans,
we are satisfied they are working well. His
bold leadership and brilliant strategy are cir
culated to inspire his soldiery with admiration
and enthusiasm. This will clothe them with
a moral energy that is worth the addition of
thousands to their ranks. “Bully for Hood !”•
now runs along the lines in bivouac or on the
march, and we echo the sentiment, Bully for
Hood !
The Northern dispatch claiming a victory
at Allatooiia on the sth does not conflict with
or invalidate the statement made by our press
reporter and correspondents that the place,
together with 4,000 prisoners, are in the pos
session of the Confederates. It will be recol
lected that the press dispatch from LaGrange
stated that on Wednesday (the sth instant)
French’s Division made an unsuccessful as
sault upon the position, but that reinforced
by Stewart’s whole corps they renewed the
effort and were triumphant. The Yankee dis
patch conveniently stated only half the truth.
We presume by this time the Northern mind
is well of the delusion.
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Sherman was taken completely by surprise
by Hood’s late movement in his rear—the cor
respondent of the Chronicle $ Sentinel to the
contrary notwithstanding. The Yankee Gen
eral had not the slightest intimation of the
game until his communications were tapped
at Acworth. This information is derived from
a most trustworthy gentleman who was in
Atlanta when the last mentioned event oc
curred.
A correspondent of the New York Times,
bag been figuring up.the losses on both sides,
during the campaign in Georgia. He says
Sherman lost between Chattanooga and At
lanta, in killed, wounded and missing, 31,300
men, and 15 cannon, 10 taken by the enemy
on the 22d of July, 3 lost by Stoneman, and 2
by McCook. We lost two general officers,
killed, Maj. Gen. McPherson and Brig. Gen.
Barker, and 7 wounded, 4 of whom have re
inrned to duty. We have lost, however, sev
eral colonels commanding brigades, among
them Dan McCook, and Gen. Tom Wood has
been wounded since the correspondent’s esti
mate was made. Gen. Gresham has lost a
leg. Gen. Willich was severely wounded, and
is unable to return to dqty. Ward wa3 slight
ly wounded in the arm, but remained on duty.
Johnston, Kilpatrick and Manson have recov
ered. Dodge will get well soon. Force will
be himself again before long.
The rebel loss up to the 28th of July, was
43,700 in killed, wounded and prisoners. They
lost 4 guns in the battle of desaca, and 8 at
the battle of Jonesboro’. In two battles they
lost 23 standards. Their siege guns in the
fortifications of Atlanta were taken. They
have had 5 generals killed and
according to their own reports. Among their
generals killed are Lieut. Gen. Polk and Maj.
Gen. Anderson.
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TSie President in Macon.
Friend Boykin, the able editor of the Christian
index draws the following picture of President
Davis. If he don’t mind, our old friend will be
classed among the “monarchists,” “consalidation
ists,” “-centralizers,” “anti-States-rights men,”
for speaking so highly of our President
Soon he was ushered into the Baptist house of
worship, where the meeting was held, amid pro
longed plaudits, to which he responded by grace
ful inclinations of body, and with what we thought
was a gratified expression of countenance. We
do not know what it is exactly, but there was
about him a simple dignity, or an humble majesty,
or an evidence of genuine manhood, or token of
nature’s nobility, of manifestations of latent pow
er—perhaps all of these combined—which drew
out our soul, and we doubt not the soul of every
spectator, ia sineere admiration, heartfelt esteem
and trusting confidence. There is something
about somo men that at once elevates them abore
the masses—something that commands involunta
ry iftmiage and respect; and this is the case with
President Davis. His bearing is manly and self
reliant, his port erect and commanding; his mein
dignified and courtly ; and he unites democratic
simplicity with that undefiuable majesty which
true nobility of mind ever confers upon its moral
tenement. There is the flash of'geuius in his eye,
the calmness of determined bravery in his voice,
steadiness of conscious rectitude in his tone, and
the glow of patriotic fervor in his utterance.
With calm and earnest but dispassionate tones he
discussed the state of our national affairs, not like
a king condescendingly making revelations to his
subjects; nor yet like a servant entering upon
compulsory explanations with his masters ; but
like a father giving words of assurance to bis
children—or, rather, like a friend frankly discus
sing matters of common interest and demonstra
ting that, more than to any other, the general
good was the object of his heart and the aim of
nis siuceveot endeavors. * * * *
And f we dare aver that not one man in all that as
sembly wou ld willingly advocate hia removal
from- thevsiav? trust he oacupies, and the com
mitment of our destines to the guidance bf s Q| Mhsr
hand. We observed not that posi'ireness, that
sharpness of outline, that dogmatism of manner,
indicative of the Dictator, that we expected, but
firmness es character united to a
etticiliatoriness ot manner—a winning smile, a
pleasing address, and a consciousness of rectitude
of pur^ese —that won our confidence and regard.
We expected a degree of curtness ; we found court
liness. Wo expected dogmatism ; we found can
did explanation. We looked for a degree of hau
teur and self-opinionated asseverations; we met
with unassuming candor and friendly self-justifi
ration.
Unlike Cromwell, he is polished and urbane ; j
and the beauty and melody of his periods con- :
trasted finely with the short, fiery, nervous sen- |
fences of Napoleon. Unlike the latter, he ap- j
pealed not to pride, or to desire for glory; but, j
like Washington, he sought to animate by a sense j
of duty and by an appeal to patriotic motives. —
His oratory was attractive rather than impres
sive ; his gestures unrestrained and graceful; his
voice soft and melodious. Intelligence sat en
throned upon his broad brow, sparkled in the
steady blaze of his eye, and beamed forth in his
polished and dignified diction. Benevolence, be
nignity, and in-born loftiness of soul have stamped
greatness upon his features, at the same time that
care and mental anxiety have traced there lines
of solicitude. Integrity beams forth upon the ga
a»r an impresses with a sense of confidence.—
e patriotism that appears to glow in his heart l
* OU ?.V. e ' er y captious tongue and silence ev
i.y cavilling voice. And the interest he manifes
ted in eur cause, and the earnestness of his efforts
to secure our success, should obtain for him the
k love and confidence, and cordial support of all.
The Cos i) federate Expedition on
Lake Erie.
| The Northern papers have had a great deal
about a* “piratical expedition” on Lake Erie,
but their accounts have been so muddled and
confused that it has been impossible t#~get a
correct understanding of the affair. The New
York Herald has along letter, giving a history
of the affair from its inception to its close.—
We make a® abstract from this account, which
will serve to show the character and extent of
the expedition of which the Yankees hare
made so much ado, and of which we have had
not before a single intelligible account:
HOW THE EXPEDITION WAS STARTED.
Fer some time rumor* were rife of a plot in
existence for the release of the prisoners on
Johnaten’s Island and a raid upon (he cities
along the lakes. On the morning of the 19th
the steamer Philo Parsons plying betweea
Detroit and Sandusky, left Detroit for the
latter point. She had oa board some twelve
or fifteen passengers, among them three
men who had crossed over from Canada, os
tensibly en route to Kelly’s Island. One of
the men said he had some friendsat Sandwich,
Canada, two miles below Detroit, who he
wished to take passage. Ten or twelve men
got on board at that point, and as many mere j
at Malden, eighteen miles below.
The last lot of passengers had with them a !
large box, bound with ropes, as the baggage j
of the party. The clerk of the Parsons said j
he thought nothing wrong, as that nunfber of
passengers frequently came on board at both
Malden and Sandwich.
THE CONSPIRATORS RISE AND SEIZE THK BOAT.
Nothing of moment occurred on the boat un
til late in theafternoon. The passengers from
Detroit and Sandwich appeared to be perfect
strangers to those from Malden, and gave no
signs of recognition. One of the party was
much in the Pilot house, and succeeded in
creating the impression that he was a New
Englander by his frequent questions to the
pilot. He was particular to ascertain the
course on which the boat was moving and the
chanuel between the islands. The rest of the
party patronized the bar freely, and indulged !
in the use of cards.
The Pilot of the Parsons, Michael Campbell,
says that early in the afternoon he noticed
some suspicious movements among the passen
gers. They were gathered in small groups
and talking in low tones, so as not to be over
heard. The boat touched at North Bass Is
land, her first stopping place, and then pro
ceeded to Middle Bass Island, where Oapt. At
wood resided. Here this officer went ashore,
leaving the boat in charge of the clerk, Mr
Ashley. From Middle Bass she proceeded to
Kelley’s Island,.(famous for its Catawba wine)
and there took on ten or twelve passengers.
Just after leaving Kelley’s Island the individ
ual who had shown himself so inquisitive in
the Pilot house approached and asked the
clerk who was in charge of the boat since the
Captain’s departure. Mr. Ashley replied that
he supposed he was the responsible party as
far as commercial business was concerned,
and that the mate acted as sailing master.—
As soon as Mr. Ashley had fairly made his
response, he found himself confronted by four
revolvers—all of them in painful proximity to
his head. Mr. Ashley was informed ih&t he
was a prisoner. One of his captors suggested
that he would find a safe place in the hold,
and he was accordingly conducted thither.
THE MYSTERIOUS BOX OPENED—THK CREW AND
PASSENGERS MADE PRISONERS.
On the instant of the seizure of the clerk,
the old trunk, which had been borne aboard
without exciting any suspicion, flew open and
disclosed a formidable array of revolvers,
hatchets and sabres. With these the rebels
armed themselves and proceeded to drive the
passengers and crew below, retaining such as
were necessary fer working the boat. Camp
bell, the pilot, states that he was first ordered
into the hold but afterwards taken on deck
and told to run the boat in the usual course
and do nothing that would excite suspicion on
the Islands or elsewhere. For about an hour
the boat was kept down her usual courae in
the Lake, when the engineer asked his new
commander what they would do for fuel, as
that art icle, so necessary for running a steam
boat, was gettiug quite low. Inquiry was
made as to the usual plaoes for loading, and
the boat ordered back to Middle Bass Island
or put in bay, where it arrived about dark.—
The whistle was blown in the usual manner ;
other parties on shore came down and assis
ted in making the boat fast, not expecting
anything wrong. Capt. Atwood walked down
to the landing and went on board, and was at
once seized and ordered iato the hold. The
deck hands were liberated from the fire hold
and made to assist in wooding up, which was
accomplished in a short time.
While the Parsons lay at Bass Island the
steamer Island Queen came alongside. Cap
tain Orr hailed the Parsons, and asked why
she had not gone on to Sandusky, but re
ceived no answer. As soon a3 the Queen was
alongside a number of the pirates rushed on
board and took possession, driving the passen
ger and crew on board. Captain Orr gave
his engineer orders to move on. One of the
captors rushed into the engine room and or
dered the engineer to stop, and, on his refusing
to do bo, shot him in the face. The Queen was
stripped of everything valuable, and the pas
sengers of both boats were sent on shore.
Captain Orr and his engineer were retained on
board the Parsons. All the Parsons’ officers
and crew were retained, except the captain
and clerk. The Queen was taken in tow, and
the two boats proceeded towards Sandusky.
When they had gone some five or six miles the
Queen was scuttled and left in a sinking con
dition. The soldiers on board the Queen,
some thirty in number, were paroled pot to
take up arms against the Confederacy until
properly exchanged.
THE TRUE OBJECT OP THE EXPEDITION.
The Island Queen thus disposed of and the
passengers of both boats being out of the way,
orders were given announced himself as Capt.
Bell, of the Confederate army, though he was
several times addressed as “Colonel.” The
party appeared to be under good discipline—
one detail being placed in charge of the upper
and another in charge of the lower deck.—
Capt. Bell assured the pilot, engineer and deck
hands, that they should not be harmed if they
obeyed orders as long as he was in charge of
the boat. Men w-ith revolvers were stationed
over the pilot and engineer, with orders to
shoot them whenever they proved refractory.
The mate was made the recipient of a similar
courtesy. On the way towards JSandusky,
Capt. Bell told.the officers they would soon be
done serving him, as he intended to capture
the gunboat Michigan, stationed off Johnson’s
Island, and then abandon the Parsons.
THE PLANS FRUSTRATED.
Arriving near Johnson’s Island, the Parsons
was hailed by the Michigan and ordered to
come alongside. Instead of doing so she put
about and steered for Canada. On the way
up I>etroit river Captain Bell ordered the pilot
not to stop at Malden, and to keep as close as
possible to the Canada shore. The crew were
landed on Fighting Island, five miles below
Detroit, and there the captors took off a por
tion of the furniture and a piano from the
cabin, as well as all the passengeis’ baggage
of any value. As before stated the pig iron
and other heavy freight had been thrown
overboard. The steam pipe was eut, ancr the
boat sent adrift. She floated down the river
some two miles and drifted against a row of
piles, and there stopped. Thus ended the pi
ratical career of Captain Bell and his asso
ciates.
IF THE EXPEDITION HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
The career of the boats thus being ended, it
j became necessary to consider the object of the
capture and the cause of the failure. Capt.
Bell openly stated that he designed capturing
, the gunboat. Michigan, releasing the prisoners
I on Johnson's Island, and thus dominating.the
lakes. The latter was probably the main ob
ject. With the Michigan, a powerful side
whee boat of eighteen guns, they could drive
> our commerce from the lakes and successively
i lay the cities from Buffalo to Chicago under
i heavy contributions. Sooner or later they
would hnve been captured, but not until im
mense damage had been inflicted. The re
lease of the Johnson’s Island prisoners, about
four thousand in number, would have been a
secondary matter compared to the other. We
possess but one gunboat on the lakes, and ac
cording to the treaty we can have no more.
It wiil readily be seen that the possession of
this boat by the enemy would have placed us
at their mercy.
The expedition was deliberately planned by
a parcel of traitors who have found an as
sylumn in Canada. Money was sent from the
South for the accomplishment of the object,
and it is mere than hinted that some of the
Northern peace at any price men are more
deeply concerned than they would be willing
to acknowledge.
Peace in America.
The following document is being extensively
circulated throughout Great Britain and Ire
land :
The People of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, to the People of the Uni
ted States, Greeting:
We arc of the same race, and many of you are
brothers. Can we not, therefore, come to you as
peacemakers, and address you as friends ? We
would ask, has there not been of strife and blood
shed, and misery and suffering enough ? and is
it net time to cea.-e the cruel war in which you
are engaged ? Wo believe there is not a Christian
man or weman amongst us whose heart does not
respond affirmatively to this question. With this
conviction, we wish to speak to you as plain men,
using plain language. We have admired your
free institutions, and have gladly witnessed your
rise as a people to eminence in wealth jand politi
cal power. You are of the Saxon blood, and we
hoped that you would make the New World re
nowned for true greatness. You promised to be
come one mighty people and a great nation, famed
for the liberties of its citizens, the triumphs of
peace, and the conquests of its commerce. We
felt that you were doing honor to the “Mother
Country.” When, therefore, this unfortunate war
began, our hearts were more inclined toward*
you than towards your sister States, because we
believed* with you that the action of the South
was bat the work of a faction. The events of the
struggle, however, have convinced us that a more
united people thau those of the South never rose
up in defence of their rights.
When you asserted that secession was the work
of disappointed ambition, and promised to quell it
within sixty days, we accepted your assurances in
good faith, and looked for the speedy restoration
of peace. We did not wish to see the American
Union broken up. But so far from this promise
being fulfilled (and your efforts to accomplish it
have been great,) peace and the’ restoration of
the Union are apparently more remote than ever.
Surely there must be many now among you who
share with us the conviction that it is utterly im
possible to subdue the South, or to restore the
American Union, as it was in the past days of the
Republic. You have tried sufficiently, and found
the gulf between you and the seceded States to
widen with the effort that is made to subdue them.
Is it not time, then, to pause, and after calmly
reviewing all that you have accomplished, the
distance you have travelled from your well-known
landmarks, and the difficulries and dangers that
are yet before you—is it not time, we ask, that
you should take counsel together ? as to the best
means of restoring peace? We cannot forget that
the question of peace or war wa3 never submitted
to you for your serious consideration before hos
tilities bad actually commenced ; that they came
upon you by little ; and that both government and
people found themselves plunged into this fearful
contest almost unawares 1 ; nor have you as yet
had an opportunity of consulting together in gen
eral Convention for the purpose of making known
your opinions and wishes about the war or any of
the vast issues growing out of it.
The war has changed (for the present, at least)
the character of your Government. What has be
come of the freedom of speech, your free press,
and the inestimable right of Habeas- Corpus ?
What, permit us to ask, are the Southern people
doing beyond following the precepts and example
taught and practised by your fathers and theirs,
when they withdrew their allegiance from the
mother country, and asserted their right to estab
lish a Government of their, own.? The Declara
tiou of Independence, which you hallow and cele
brate every fourth day of July, asserts, as self-ev
ident, tha right of the Southern people to set up a
government of their own.
But we would ask, suppose you should, at the
end of another three years and a half, succeed in
subduing the South and restoring the Union by
force of arms, might, you not find out, when it
was too late, that those pillars upon which rests
your form of government had been violently torn
down, and that your own liberties had been buried
in the ruins ? If you will “run the parallel be
tween the South now, and the colonies in 1776, and
compare the course pursues by the North, now,
and the mother country then, weSthink you will
discover some striking resemblance; and among
them that with you now, as with the crown then,
rests the privilege of giving peace to the American
continent. Why not, then, without further delay,
recognize the duty which attaches to your high
privilege ? We appeal to you in the name of re
ligion, humanity, justice and civilization, and be
lieve that we shall not appeal to you in vain.
Peace be with you !
From Europe.
FRENCH SARCASM ON MR. LINCOLN’S COURSE
TOWARDS THE NEWSPAPERS.
[Paris (Sept. 18) Correspondence of the Lon
don Times. ]
The Debate feigns astonishment at the dan
gerous freedom allowed to the United States
press. A journal in New York, it says, has
dared to write that Muller rejoiced that his
photograph would be sold between those of
Mr. Lincoln and Gen. Grant.
There is not a single government in Europe
engaged in a bloody and difficult war, which
would tolerate such attacks against the rep
resentative of the executive power and the
head of the army. The liberty of the press
must have taken a very deep root in America.
What is strange to us and foreign to our cus
toms is that the Courier des Etats Unis has
not been prosecuted or disturbed. Mr. Lincoln
appears to think that in leaving the Southern
press to treat him with impunity as-assassin
and tyrant, he is employing the best means
for refuting such accusations.
The drift of these remarks is evident.
WHAT THE LONDON HERALD THINKS.
The London Herald thinks that even if Mr.
Lincoln should be a second time chosen Pres
ident, the attitude of the Democratic party
encourages the hope that in the present tem
per of the people, even the Republicans will
hesitate ere they make the fatal plunge into
another year of war.
what Palmerston’s organ says.
The London Post says the Southern Con
tederacy is now, and has been since the com
mencement of the war, as independent a peo
ple as the Northern federation, and nothing
really remains for the latter but to recognize,
with what grace it may, the political entity
of the new Republic.
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A letter in the New York Tribune, describing the
state of affairs in Missouri, says:
Price’s invasion has created a tremendous excite
ment in this city, caused by an apprehension that
the rebels mean to flank all our forces in the field if
they can, and make a dash at St. Louis. Business
is suspended, all stores closed, and organization of
companies and regiments progressing rapidly.—
There are several thousand militia at Camp Sheridan
(site of the former Camp Jackson), a battery of ar- ;
tillery is frowning upon Lucas square in the heart i
of the city, the fife and drum is heard everywhere,
and the scenes at headquarters aje busy. All these
indicate something unusual, and among those who
know nothing of the real situation there is really
considerable alarm.
There is plenty of good evidence that the rebels
have promised themselves a dash into the city. AH
their movements since they arrived east of Pilot
Knob have been directed to getting between the city
and Gen. A. J. Smith’s forces at DeSoto, They tore
up the Iron Mountain railroad and burned the
South Big river bridge on Tuesday, and then attack
ed our forces at Mineral Point. While these dem
onstrations were in progress, we suddenly hear that
three thousand rebel cavalry have reached Rich
wood, a small town in Franklin county, a few miles
directly west of DeSoto. The latter place having
become our principal military station after the
withdrawal from Mineral Point, it was feared this
morning that the next move of the rebels would be
to strike the Iron Mountain railroad north of De-
Soto, and then continue their march toward Caron
delet. But the report now current is that they
have struck the Southwest Branch railroad near St.
Clair, and are aiming to destroy the railroad bridge
over the Merrimac at Moselle. But Price has evi
dently intended to try a dash into our city, if the
chance favor it.
The Luuioville Press says Charles A Wickliffe,
of Kentucky, stated in Baltimore, that McClellan
assured him two days in advance of his letter of
acceptance, that if he (McClellan) were elected,
not a £un should be fired at the rebels after the
4th of March.
We dou’t believe a word es it.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OP THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Coagres* in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office es
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, October 13.
The enemy’s cavalry in force attempted a
flank movement of our position on the Dar
bytown road 7 miles below the city this mor
ning. A simultaneous infantry advance took
shelter in anabattas 160 yard in front our
fortifications, but were repulsed. Our loss
slight. Maj. Willis F. Jones of Ky., Field’s
Adjutant General, was killed by sharpshooter.
The following dispatch received at the War
Department:—Headquarters, Oct. 13, 7. P. M.
This morning the enemy endeavored to ad
vance between Darbytown and Charles City
Roads, but was repulsed in every attempt.—
Strenuous efforts were made about four P. M*
after which he withdrew, leaving'many dead.
Our loss very slight.
Breckiuridge reports that a force of the en
emy came to Greenville on the 12th, and were
defeated by Brig. Gen. Vaughn. Some pris
oners, two stands colors, many horses, arms,
&c. captured. The enemy lost many in killed
and wounded. Our loss slight.
[Signed.] R. E. LEE, General.
Mobile, Oct. 13.
A special despatch to the Register, from
Senatobia ©f the 12th, says the Memphis Bul
letin of the 10th has been received, which con
tains lengthy despatches claiming a great
success at Allatoona.
Thomas is at Nashville.
Rousseau and Wasfrburn are after Forrest.
A despatch frowFranklin, Mo., of the 7th,
says Smith would move immediately in pur
suit of Price, with a force sufficient to whip
him before he could reach Jefferson City.
It is reported in New York that the steamer
Roanoak wa3 captured at sea by rebels who
had embarked at Havana a3 passengers.
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The Praia Pays tells the story of Mr. Seward’s
demand on the British government, for the ren
dition of Semmes. It says, Mr. Adams “was di
rected to sound Lord Russel on the subject. But the
first overtures of the American Minister were met
by tho head of Foreign Office with a peremptory
refusal. If the captain of the Kearsage, said the
Earl, wished to get possession of Capt. Semmes
and his sailors, he had only to take them on board
the Deerhound. Mr. Adams replied, that once en
board of the Deerhound they were under the pro
tection of the British flag. He was then informed
that they were still more decideely under that pro
tection now. Mr. Adams closed the interview in
a decidedly dissatisfied state of mind ; and this
discussion, taken in connection with the enroll
ment in Ireland, has increased the coolness already
existing between the Cabinet of London and tho
Government of Lincoln.”
Be Cheered—Siever. Despair.
Every rose has its thorn ; and we are
now gathering the thorns. Such was the
remark of Gen. Beauregard in his beauti
ful talk to the people of Greensboro/
commenting upon which, the “Patriot”
of that patriotic North Carolina town,
says:
On his manly face was the sunshine of
hope, and we trust our people caught the
inspiration which beamed from his dark,
lustrous eyes. A people, no matter if
the enemy have the advantage in num
bers, a people who are determined to be
free can never he conquered, subjugated
or exterminated. We have a cheering
illustration of this in the history of the
renowned Athenians. The heralds of the
proud and tunbitious Darious had, on de
manding water and earth, been cast, the
one into a ditch and the other into a well.
Thus the Athenians expressed their great
contempt of his power and vengeance.
He marshalled his one hundred thousand
footmen and ten thousand horsemen, and
advanced against those who so scornfully
and haughtily refused his demand. He
met the Athenians, only 10,000 strong,
on the plains of Morathan. But, not
withstanding this vast inequality in num
bers, the gallant defenders of their native
soil, by their unmatched and invincible
heroism, and under the skillful leader of
the great Miltiades, overpowered their an
tagonists, and put them to an ignominious
and inglorious flight. The difference be
tween them was even greater than that
between the fighting men at the North
and at the South.
Surely, then, if we have any Miltiades
among us the Northern States can never
vanquish and subdue us. The proportion
of the Persians to tile Athenians was elev
en to one, and that of the North to the
South is not three to one. And we feel
that Lee, Beauregard, or Johnston, or*
Kirby Smith is greatly superior to the
Athenian chief in skill and attainments, if
not in natural genius. Let the star of
hope rise high in military and politi
cal horizon ; let us, like Beauregard, nev
er despair. Moral courage, patient en
durance, dauntless prowess, and an un
faltering trust in Him who holds in His
hands the destinies of nations, will achieve
our independence and establish national
freedom. Be cheered, then ; remember,
we must gather some throes; bear in
mind that nothing valuable is won at
small cost; and our glad day of National
jubilee, though after much fighting, toils
ing and bleeding, will ultimately come,
and the bright bow of hope will span the
rear of the dark warscloud which has
swept terrifically over our once blessed,
peaceful and happy land. Remember
Morathon ! Remember the Athenians !
Resolve never to be outdone by any peos
pie who have heretofore sought to mains
tain their freedom and nationality ! Re»
member how like that of the Persians is
the presumptuous confidence of the North
ern people !
Remember how they brought marble
from Asia out of which they designed to
erect a triumphant monument on the sub
jugation of the Greeks. Remember how
our enemy has aped them in this particus
lar! ]&emember the Athenians caused a
statue of Nemesis, the goddess of Ven
geance, to be formed out of this marble,
determine yourselves to rear such a statue
to the cruelty of the merciless and unprin*
cipled invaders of the Southland.
C. S. Treasurer. —John N. Hendren, Esq., of
Staunton, Va., has been appointed Treasurer of
the Confederate States, in place of Mr. -Elmore.
We have bad the pleasure of knowing Mr H.
many years, and can assure those to whom ho
is a stranger that no more judicious appointment
could have been made. His intelligence, integrity
and business capacity are of a character to malrp
him a valuable accession to the public service, in
this one of is most important posts. —Richmond
Whig.
TH23 CITY.
TANARUS, J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
Consignees Per Mobile and Girard Railroad.
Girard, Ala., October 14,1864.
Capt Cothran—R S Hardaway—J C Moore—G
Stewart—T B Geulding—R W BlMunroe—R S Crane
—Eagle Factory—M 4W PR R—S Perry—A M
Davis—L Napier—Jno Bass.
New Advertisements. —Jas. M. Lennard of
fers for sale at a low price, a desirable place on the
Muscogee Railroad. A bargain may be had by
.an early application to Mr. Leonard or to R. M.
Gunby in this city.
Mr. James Wood also offers a first rato place for
sale en the Mobile & Girard Railroad. Refugees
and others in want of homes will do well to exam
ine this place as it will be sold at moderate prices.
The New York Express states that the larg
est coffee house in Brazil, with connections in
New York, has failed, owing to the heavy fall
in sterling exchange, of which they were large
holders.
Deserteis, who came over to our side during
the week, report that nearly all of the enemy
have left Jacksonville and the St. Johns, to
reinforce Grant. We are inclined to credit
the rumor, as Richmond is the great object of
Lincoln at present.
Yankee prisoners taken by Early admit that
Sheridan was reinforced by 10,000 men from
Atlanta, who helped to achieve the victory at
Winchester.
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Grant’s immense capture of prisoners at
Vicksburg dwindles greatly, now that the ne
cessity of lying about it has ceased. He
claimed, if we recollect rightly, to have taken
26,000; a New Orleans paper now says, “at
Vicksburg we paroled about seven thousand
prisoners.”
We see, says the Wilmington Journal, that our
cotemporaries are talking about a “Polish Con
tingent,” some putting it at thirty thousand brave
troops. Now, with all respect to our cotempora
ries, the thing that puzzles us is, how these peo
ple are to get into the Confederacy. Poland has
no shipping—the Confederacy has no shipping—
our ports are blockaded. How are thirty thousand
Polish warriors, with their impedimenta, to find
their way into the Confederacy ? Will our sanguine
cotemporaries steop to show us? Sure enough ?
A Buffalo (N. Y.) journal asserts that Mrs.
George H. Pendleton recently said that if there
was one thing in the life of her father that she re
gretted, it was that he had written the JStar Span
gled Banner.
A letter received from a prominent General in
Sherman’s army says : “What if I have heard to
day settles the question of Mr.', Lincoln’s election
beyond a doubt. The army is a unit for Lincoln.”
The Appeal’s Grenada correspondent says
the President sent General Forrest 1,500 fine
English carbines recently for his men, as an
appreciation of their services during the past
few months.
A letter from Richmond says there is a large
accession made weekly, to the strength of
Gen. Lee's army by the return to their com
mands, of deserters and delinquent soldiers
who have availed themselves of the amnesty
order issued last August by Gen. Lee. These
accessions, together with the convalescent
soldiers who are daily returned to the army,
go far to maintain and increase the standard
of strength and efficiency prevailing at pres*
ent in the army of Northern Virginia.
The enemy in their retreat, says the Mari
anna News, carried off every horse and mule
in o'Ur town and on the plantations between
Cambellton and this place. Our citizens are
now without means of getting anywhere ex
cept by walking. captured several Yan
kee horses which are so poor and scarred and
broken down as to be of no use, yet the Gov
ernment has ordered all citizens who have
captured anything of the kind to give them
up.
♦—♦
The Famous St. Charles Indian Bread.—Re
ceipt for making the celebrated St. Charles Indian
Bread, as prepared at tho St. Charles Hotel, New
Orleans:
Beat two eggs very light, mix alternately with
them one pint of sour milk, or butter milk, and one
pint of fine Indian meal: soda, or salaratus, &c.. in
a small portion, melt one tablespoonful of butter
and add to the mixture: dissolve one tablespoonful
of milk, and add to the'mixture the last thing;
beat very hard, and bake a pan in a quick oven.
The Marianna News, Extra, of the 3d inst,, puts
down our loss at 79—9 killed, 16 wounded and 54
prisoners—in the late disastrous affair at that place.
The Yankee loss is estimated at 15 killed and 40
wounded. About 400 negroes, the Extra says, were
carried away from Jefferson county alone.
Small Farm for Sale.
T OFFER for sale One Hundred and Thirty five
I acres, well improved, eight and a half miles from
Station No. 1, Muscogee Railroad. Location very
pleasant and convenient. Price Five Thousand
Dollars, if sold in two weeks, For further particu
lars apply to R. M. Gunby, on Broad street, or to
myself near the farm. Possession given by first of
December. JAMES M. LENNARD.
oc 14 6t*
Land for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale 320 acres of Land on
1 the Mobile and Girard Railroad, 22 miles from
Columbus, 150 acres cleared, two good Log Houses,
Negro Cabins, &c. Good young apple and peach
orchard. 320 acres one and a half miles from the
above place all in woods. 230 acres near Yalula,
some cleared land and cabbins on it.
For terms apply to the subscriber on the first
named place. JAMES WOOD,
oc 14 6t*
For Sale.
SIDES Russett Upper Leather.
1 J FOLSOM & CODY,
oc 14 2w ,
Found.
IN the Inearithe SOpelika RailrodlDepot.
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—6 t
. Lost.
ON the 11th October, 1864, between the Perry
House and the Masonic Hall, a Gold Watch Seal,
opens on both sidet, 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. ioc 13 3t
Half Bushel Measures
FOR sale by
JEFFERSON & HAMILTON.
oc 13 6t*
and Enquirer copy.
Wanted
\T once. FOUR GOOD DINNING ROOM SER-
A VANTS, not subject to impressment, for which
good wage3 will be paid.
SHIVERS, WYNNE Sc CO.,
oc 13 6t Proprietors Cook’s Hotel.
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 me at the Perry
House. TH-OS. E. SMITH.
oc 13 3t
$25 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED from my plaee in Wynnton, a dark
bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right
hindquarter. JOHN COOK.
oc 13 ts
SSOOO In Gold lor Sale.
A PPLY to J. F. WINTER,
iA. Exchange Broker,
oc 13 *t At Rock Island Paper Mills Office.
| Friday Evening, Oct# 14, 1564,
j NIGHT OF FUN AND LAUGHTER!
The greatest Comedy of the times.—The
SERIOUS FAMILY!
With a splendid Cast of Characters.
ALL THE FAVORITES APPEAR!
Popular Ballad, by Miss Maggie Marshall.
The Dutch Volunteer!
Written by Mr. E. BOHEN, and sung by him to
shouts of laughter and applause in Mobile and
Montgomery.
To conclude with Shakspear’e Comedy of the
TAMING OF THE SHREW!
Mr The. Hamilton as .Petruchio
Mrs Jessie Clarke as Katberine
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AUCTION SALES
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
ON NATURDAY. 15th October, at 101-2 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our store
10 Kegs Fine French Gun Powder.
oc 14 2t $4 _
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
m
WE will sell, on SATURDAY, October loth,
at 10£ o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
5 Boxes Tobacco.
30 Pairs Cotton Cards,
1 Large Plated Waiter,
oc 12 sl2
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
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, <fcc., &c. All as good as new.
—ALSO —
Two Fine Carpets.
ocll 5t S2O
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
♦ ♦ ♦
Valuable Store House and Lot.
+ +
ON TUESDAY, 18th of October, at 10 1-2 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our Auction i?oom,
THE STORE HOUSE AND LOT
No. 22, three doors below the corner of Broad and
Bryan streets, known as the Randal Jones property,
now occupied by A. Velatti. Store fronts 30 feet,
running back 90 feet, with four well finished rooms
up siairs. [oc 11-7 t S2B
By Fills, Livingston & Cos,
ii
ON SATURDAY, October 15th, at 101 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
Bv Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
Homes For Refugees.
AN TUESDAY, 18th of October at WA o’clock,
u we will sell in front of our store
House and Lot at Silver Ruu,
with 53 acres land attached. The house has'two
large rooms, two kitchens, one of which has two
rooms with brick chimneys; stables, cribs, &c., with
excellent water—making a very comfortable resi
dence—formerly owned by J M Upshaw.
-ALSO
llouse am! Lot at Enon, Ala.,
Four and a half miles from Guerry’s Depot. The
house has six rooms with kitchen, smoke.houso and
fencing nearly new, with fifteen acres land attach
ed. Good water on the place,
oct 10-St S4B
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos
Executive Sale of Valuable Property.
AN TUESDAY, 13th of October, between the
usual hours of sale, I will sell in front of Ellis,
Livingston & Cos., 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 John Bethune, dec’d.
oct 10-8 t $32 CHERRY BETHUNE, Exu’tx.
By Ellis, Livingston A to,
Fine furniture.
AN SATURAY, 15th October, at 10 1-2 o’clock, vre
\J will sell in front of our store,
2 Large Parlor Mirrors, 3x5 (French
Plate.)
2 Fine Mahogany Settees.
12 Fine Mahogany Parlor Chairs.
1 Fine Mahogany Rocking Chair,
3 'Large Cedar Wardrobes.
5 Large new Feather Beds.
3 Mahogany Bureaus.
1 Fine Mantle Clock,
Chairs, Tables, Washstands, Paintings,
&c., &C
--oct 10 6t $36
By El Its, Livingston & Cos.
200 O^A.LIIOIN'S
PURE CATAWBA GRAPE BRANDY!
A VERY- FINE ARTICLE.
For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons And upwards,
ag3Q ts
SIOO REWARD.
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 and
thief, or al liberal reward for the Pony
me at my place ODe and a half miles of Station ]S o.
1, between No. 1 Station and Bethel Church, Mus
cogee road, or to A. Gammell, Columbus, Ga.
ocl2 3t* J. BLOW.
LARGE COASIGAHEAT
OF
LETTER PAPER!
AND
BLANK BOOKS!!
For sale by
J. K, REDD CO
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Tax in Kind J¥otice.
Office Post Quartermaster, l
m Americus, Ga., Oct. 1. ’64. J
I. Producers of the 3d District are required to de
liver their tithes of Wheat, Oats, Rye and Wool, by
the Ist day of November proximo. Those iai mg to
do so will be subject to the fivefold penalty imposed
II Agents will begin receiving the articles con
tained in the second assessment, (corn, rice, fodder,
sugar, molasses, cotton, Ac.,) as soon as they are
assessed.
111. In view of the difficulty of procuring barrels
for the tithe Sorghum Syrup, producers may give
in exchange at the rate of 14 pounds wheat. 39 2-10
ft>s corn, 44 4-5 ft>s shelled oats, or 2 2>s bacon for
one gallon syrup.
JNO T CRAFT,
oc4 eod 2w ftPt and Post Quart 'r.
