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$5.00 per mouth, er sls ter three months.
No subscript!** received for a longer term than
krec rn*nthl. ,
rates :
Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square for
each insertion.
'There advertisements are inserted a month, the
eharge will be S3O per square.
Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably
paid in adranee.
Change oI Schedule.
OfPICi EN«lW*gn ANB SCP**IKT«NDIKT, )
Charleston and Savannah-Railroad, >
Charleston, Juno 7,1854. j
i\S THURSDaY*. Juno «.186<, and until further
notice, the Schedule Os the Passenger train will
be as follow, viz: •
Leave Charleston 9.(5, a . m .
Arrive ia Savannah .5.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah . 5.30, a. in.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. in.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
tld south, with the Northeastern Railroad
as'on and tho Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. HAINES.
June 14 and Engin* er anfl Superintendent.
Change of Schedule.
i kN and after Sunday, Juno 19th, the Trains on
' ‘he uscogoc Railroad will run as follows :
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus .6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon . 1.3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon 8 10 P. M
4 rrive at Columbus 1 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus ...5 00 A. .V>
4rriv«at Columbus 4 55 A. Y
W. L. CLARK,
a r i *l l Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE. •
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
/ IN and after August 27th. tho Passenger Train on
' 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. m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. in.
Irriveat .Montgomery at 3:00 p. m.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p.m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 am.
Irrives at 8:27 p in
D. 11. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng.
,(g27 1864 —ts
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHANGE OF SCIIKIH'I.R.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
ON and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at 1 30 P.,m.
Arrive in Union Springs 6 00
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. in.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00
Freigiit Train.
Leave Qfrard at, 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. in.
B. E. WELLS,
*g!B ts Eng. Sc Sup’t.
FOR SALE!
A GOOD Saddle and Harness Ilorse,
Apply to
R. B. MURDOCH,
sop 2-ts _ _ _ ju\ at thisjoffice.
Notice.
Office Provost Marshal,
Columbus, Oct. 10, 1864.
r PAKEN 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.
Tho other a Dark Bay Ilorse, with star in the
forehead.
The above horses wero 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.
<QF*Sun and Enquirer copy three times.
FOR SAFE.
CONFEDERATE SCHOOL SLATES
A Nil
Pencils S
At Kenny’s Marble Yard, Broad »t.
THOMAS KENNY.
octS Iw %
S3O aEFto‘^7'«t2^c3L
\ EGRO boy CHARLEY ; ab< ut 25 years old, yel
l low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelli ence ; left .Ur. Nat. Thompson’s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee, Ala. He originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
information scut to me :it this otiiee.
J \ MBS M. RUSSELL.
Colunibu’? (?a., aug 1 ts ’
MO Negro i?leia Wanted!
Nitre and Mining Bureau, )«
Hkadq’rs Mining Division, No. 2, v
Selma, Ala., Sept. 13, ’64. )
A.\l desirous of Hiring Five Hundred Negro ' ! en,
* tor the Bibb Iron Works, located on the Alabama
and Tennessee Rivers Rail Road, fifty miles North
of Selma, 130 Sooth of Rome and 70 West ot Mont
soitt cry. I am nyiug tor able-bodied men three
hundred dollars uer annum, feeding and clothing
them. One woman will be hired to every ton men,
to cook am wash for them, there is on the place a
hospital « :t a regular surgeon, who takes charge
of all tins .-i.-k. If the enemy threatens, the negroes
can be moved West through an inaccessible eoun
trv \ppiv o\V P Herring, La Grange, Ga..or
WM. RICHA AtDSON HUN TANARUS,
Lieut. Col. 6’omd’g.
sep!7 im
s9&©o linvard.
\V ILL bo paid for the apprehension of our boy |
t > Truman. lie is about 24 years ol , 6 feet high; !
very black, and weighs about 180 pounds, Three
hundred dollars will bo paid t r his confinement in
some-jail so that wo can get him, or five hundred
dollars for his delivcry at the AQLfi p VCTORY j
Euiaula Spirit of the South, Quincy Dispatch, Al
bany Patriot, Macon Telegraph, Lari range «opor
ter. and Hamilton Enterprise, publish one month
and send bills to Factory.
sep‘2o 1 m
s«»© lie w ard.
Superintendent's Office,]
Musuookk li. K. Company, >
Coiuju >us, Ua., iS'ept. 16, ’n4. ).
• Kh X Mil) of SoO will be paid for the delivery
\ to m- for each of the following negro uien:
Charles—Black; about 25 years old; quick spo
ken; weighs about loJ Ins.; about 5 toot 10 or 11 in.
high. ~ .„ ~ ,
Bill ard — Black: about .">0 years old; olt 0 inches
high; weighs Ud or 150 lbs.; blacksmith by trade.—
Probablv will go to Jon s county wh re his wife is.
W. B. CLA/fK,
? j)l7 lm Superintender t.
ss© Steward.
TIV r*io above reward for 808. a black
t boy, about 24 years old. He h;is been out three
>r four weeks, aud is supposed to be lurking about
be city. JNO. 11. V -ASS,
y t ts
sl,©o© Reward.
t CUIJNKY, heavy set, black boy by the name
A of VfILLIAM, about 21 years old. left Colum
bus on Sunday morning last. 1 aiu confident be
was taken oft by some white tuan. I will pay the
above reward for the negro and thief, ,vith evi
dence to convict, or I will pay two hundred and
fifty dollars for the negro delivere i to me in Colum
bus. The boy came from Virginia about two years
ago. andsays he is & sailor, i think they lett Co
lumbus on foot and took the train at some station
close by. J. H. BASS,
sepl-tf.
P. S.—l learn, since the above was v tten, that
the boy leit Oblutnbus on the Opelik train, on
Sunday morning, in company with a nail white
man that limped, and that they were g hug to West
Point. J.H. B.
BUKittV FOR SALE!
\ N excellent Buggy and Harness for sale. Ap-
A piy at this office. «ej»2l tt
tffli Pifi i BLANK BiK
3TOH SALE 2
\I” F. have for sale 49 reams o. Letter Paper, and
ft 2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at VS hujcsale
or Retail. Paper, SSO per lie.ua; Blank Bookw,
rrtml.Toets. wholesale. Apply OF FICE.
To and Olliers !
| WILL EXCHANGE Osnabargs, Sheeting and
■I Varus, n>r Bacon. Lard, Tallow and Beeswax, a
will bo found at Robinett A Oo’s old stand, where 1
am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale.
L. S. WRIGHT.
pine 2 tt
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Vol. XL
J. W.WAKBEMt C«. Proprietors....; j. IV. WARREN, Editor
SPECIAL NOTICES
TO all Whom it may Concern.
Headquarters Post, 1
Columbus, October 11,1864, j
It having been noticed that the following Act of
Congress has been disregarded, it is again publish
ed wilh 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 enaftt, 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 choir pro
per com-nanders, or to prevent their arres f , to bo
returned to the service, or who shall knowingly
conceal or harbor any such 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 officer or s ldier of the Con
federate States, shall, upon conviction before the
district court of tho Confederate States having
jurisdiction of the offence, be fined not exceeding
one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not ex
ceeding two years,”
Approved January 22,1864.
Citizens 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’
Vtf City papers copy three times.
Exchange Notice No. IS|.
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, 1364, aro hereby declared exchanged.
RO. OULD, ~
oc6 Gt Agent of Exchange.
Notice!
Columbus, "Ga., Oct. 4th, 1864.
L. T. Maddux is authorized t,e 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 i mediately,
as it is greatly needed at this Post. Those who com
ply with this request can deliver their Fodder with
out baling it- H. D. COTH/fAN,
Capt. k A Q M.
Sun and Enquirer copy 10 days. oc4 lOt.
Marshall Hospital,
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 4, 1864.
All officers and men, absent from this hospital
“as out patients” will report ’o this office imraedi
•ately. T. A. MEANS,
. oc4 Ct Surg. in charge.
Confederate States Arsenal.
Oolumllus, G 0,., Sept. 30, ’64.
Atlanta Arsenal—Notice.
Parties holding claims against the Atlanta Arse
nal, will, after having them approved by Lieut. J
U. Ansley, M SK Ord., now at Charleston Arse
nal, present them at this Office for pavmont.
M II WRIGHT.
Colonel Comd’g,
octl 2w Gov’t Works
NOTICE
To Mississippi Soldiers!
T TIE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
l Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in
the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from
Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s
corner, between Main st., and the Perry House.
Your baggage is there.
C. K. MARSHALL,
sep2B ts Agent.
Rattle-Field Relief Association
of Coluntbos, €!a.
All who are disposed to contribute articles neces
sary for the relief of tho sick and wounded in th*
Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at
Goodrich & Co’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev
ery Tuesday and Friday. when they will be for
warded to and dispensed by our Commit fee there.
W. H. YOUNG, Presd’t.
C. G. Holmes, Sec’y. ag23tf
WANTED!
ft AAn LBS. oI'TALLOW, for which a liberal price
will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILL VRD,
sp7 ts Major and Q. M.
HEN A WAY DR STOLEN.
SSOO lE3Lox7i7\£x:r , ca. 2
J EFT Cusseta, Ala., on Sunday morning, oct >-
L her 3d, my man Henry, lie is about six feet high,
of pleasing address; was raised in Lumpkin county,
Ga.; 1 bought him of Alexander Spriggs, of Lump
kin county, Ga. I have reas< n to believe he has
been decoyed off by some whito man. I will pay
two hundred dollars lor the boy, and three hun
dred dollars for the thief, with proof to convict.
J. D. SIMMS.
oc6 2w <’usseta, Ala.
SIOO Reward.
\UILL be paid for a negro hoy named Henry, who
M ranaway about ' mths ago. He is abouts
feet 8 inches high; weighs about lbOor 170 lbs.; com
plexion yellow; fine looking; when laughing has
dimples in both cheeks. It is probable he went to
Atlauta with some of the troops from this city,
oefi ts H. M. CLECKLEY.
Situation as Governess Wanted.
■As ANTED by a Refugee lady a situation as
Visiling Governess to give instructions in
English. Music and the Rudiments of French. Also
desires Music Scholars—will instruct thmu at their
homes. Terms reasonable. References given.
Enquire of D. P. Ellis, Esq. [oct 6-6t*
Store Houses for Rent.
THE three bull lings known as the deGraffenreid
I buildings, corner of Oglethorpe and Randolph
streets, are offered to rent from and after Ist Octo -
ber. They are guaranteed against Government im
pressment. E L deGRAFFENREID.
II ATT. R. EVA AS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 64, Commerce Street,
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
\V ILL sell on Commission every description es
«V (?oods, jJegroes and Produco of all kinds.
sp2o lm
SSOO REWARD
OTOLEN, from .Judge Thomas’ stable, near Colum-
O bus. On., on the night of the 3d instant, one
fine black HOttSE, shoulder slightly cubbed irem
collar, mane also rubbed off near his ear by halter,
on his left flank a healing sore, he has on anew
set of shoes with h 'els. Four hundred dollars will
be given for the delivery of this horse to me at
Columbus. _ _
One hundred dollars wi l be given for the delive
ry to me of a SORREL M A RE small blazed face,
one hind footwhite.no other mark remembered.
Both horses were taken off together. If any one
living on the different roads leading from Colum
bus can furnish any information respecting these
horses, they will greatly oblige the subscriber.
octd-4t J* A. SHINGLE! R
Piano Instruction.
’RS. T. H. VANDENBURG is again prepared
H to resume her Instruction in Music on the Piano.
Those design.ng to favor her with their patronage
wi 1 apply at her former residence on Forsyth street.
Terms— Fifty dollars per quarter.
j[j-5 would be pleased to T ROOMS, or
a portion of the house, now occupied by herself.
Apply as above. oc tod tit
Pressmaii Wanted,
A mechanic who understands repairing a Print
ing Press canobtain a job, on liberal terms, at this
office. oct4 ts
Columbus, Ga., Saturday Horning, October 15 ,1864.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY TENN., ?
In the Field, Oct. sth, 1864. S
CIRCULAR.
The Senior Surgeon of each Post in this Depart
ment will forward, each alternate day, to Col. M.
H. Cooper, Provost Marshal General, Army Tennes
see, consolidated lists of all officers and men return
ed to duty from the Hospitals at the Post.
By command of General Hood.
TSigned] A. P. MASON,
A. A. General.
Official. LAMAR COBB,
oo 12 3t Major and A. A. General.
HEADQ'S GA. RESERVE Sc DIST. OP GA.)
Okdxance Office, >
Macon, Ga., October 10,1864.)
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 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 tho cause of expenditure.
By command of
Major General HOWELL COBB,
Commanding Ga. Res. and District of G.
A. F. POPE,
Capt. Artillery aid Chief Ord. Ga. Res. and Dist. Ga.
oc 12 3t
Notice!
Headquarters Georgia Reserve, )
and Military District Georgia. >
Macon, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864. J
Special Orders, i
No. 20. S
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, Ac.
LAMAR COBB,
Major and A A (general.
ocß 3t
Notice.
Headquarters Georgia Reserve, )
and Military District of Georgia, >
Macon, Ga., Oct. 6th, 1864. J
General Orders I
No. 21. J
I. In view of the absolute necessity of having
every man in service capable of bearing arms at this
critical juncture, and to avoid all misapprehension
of the meaning of Paragraph V, General Orders
No. 15 from these Headquarters—current series it is
hereby ordered.
11. Ail persons belonging to the Militia organiza
tion, recently furloughed by Gov. Brown, are noti
fied that they will not be re'ieved from their liabil
ity to the Militia by joining the local organizations,
authorized by General Orders No. 15, from these
headquarters.
111. All detailed men not employed in the pub
lic service who failed to join the Militia organiza
tion when called our, are notified that thoy are
placed on the same footing with the men who did
join and are now required, either to unite in the
militia organization or report to the Reserve Regi
ments.
By command of
Major Gen. HOWELL COBB,
Commanding, &c.
Lamar Cobb, Major and A A G.
ocßst
Notice.
Hkadqu’rs Georgia Reserve,)
and Military District of Georgia, >■
Macon, October Ist, 1864, J
General Orders f
No. 22. V
In pursuance of orders from the IVar 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, ago, residence, county, when detailed, by
whom detailed, and whether found fit for field ser
vice or for light duty by Medical Examining Board.
And it is further ordered that after the 20th of
October, inst.. Enrolling officers will not regard as
valid any certificate of detail issued to the above
mentioned employees, bearing date prior to the date
of this order, but will sond them to Camp of In
struction for assignment to duty in the army.
By command of
Maj. Gk£. HOWELL COBB.
Lamar Cobb, Major and A A G.
oc7 6t
Dr. <F. S. CLARK,
X> 3E3 IST *3? X *3? 9
FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS,
HAS returned, and can be found at 106 Broad
street, over Dr. R, A, Ware’s Drug Store.
oetlO-dlin
lochias.
AT THE
EAGLE FA€TDRY r ,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
FIFTl r young women cau find steady work and
liberal pay at the
ocll dKwlm EAGLE FACTORY.
S2OO REWARD.
ITTILL 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 sloo for proof to convict
any white person ei harboring them.
BEDELL & CO.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 13,1864. —lm
Columbus High School
FOR
ITOUIsTG- LADIES I
THE Exercises of this Institution were resumed
on 4/onday the 3d inst.
T.rms for the first half es the Scholastic year
High School, ------ $125 00
Preparatory School, - - 100 00
Incidental Expenses, 5 00
W. S. LEE,
ecß w Principal.
COLUMBUS FEMALE ACADEMY.
THE Exercises of thfs Institution were resumed
on Monday the 3d inst.
The Terms for the first half of the Academic year
First Department, - - - $125 00
Second “ - 100 00
lueidental Expenses, - - - 5 00
C. P. B. MARTIN,
oeS lw _ Principal.
sThrma<; i;xiuAA<iE:
\ FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
agio t i BANK OF COLUMBUS.
Friday Evening.
Thiatr*. —The curtain rese, last evening, at
the theatre, as we anticipated, ea a perfect “jam”
—a better heuse, in fact, than has greeted Mr.
Crisp’s company since the opening night.
Mr. Crisp, as Richard, though inefficiently sup
ported in some of the principal characters, fully
sustained his enviable reputation as one of the
best, if not the best tragedian on the Southern
beards. Mr. Hamilton, as Richmond, was very
fine, especially in the finale. The remainder es
the company, with some few exceptions, acquitted
themselves creditably.
Thalia and Momus reign to-night, and ail who
wish to “laugh and grow fat,” should be on hand.
The bill —Katherine and Petruchio, and the Serious
Family —must, necessarily, draw a full houso.
The Georgia Front.
It is’haril to locate the Georgia front now.
Our army is beyond the Kennesaw mountains,
perhaps en the Rome and Kingston railroad.
To go back a little: Whenour army crossed
the Chattahoochee river in front of Palmetto
and Newnan, Stewart’s corps was thrown
across the Chattanooga railroad at Big Shan
ty—the camp and garrison *at which place
were captured without any resistance of con
sequence. Picks and crow-bars and fire and
blasting powder were at once applied to the
railroad by the whole corps which vigorously
pushed northward. Large and small garri
sons were captured upon the route, the rails
heated red hot and lapped around trees, the
cross ties bnrnedand the cuts filled up.
Thus everything worked prosperously until
last Wednesday, when French’s division of
Stewart's corps was directed to take Alatoona.
Dispositions were made around the town asd*
the garrison, and a formal demand for surren
der sent in. This was refused, when an as
sault was ordered which succeeded m carry
ing the first and second lines. The Yankee
commander then offered te capitulate, but
Gen. French refused. Our men were led
against the remaining works, but after a stub
born and bloody struggle they were repulsed.
Gen. French then drew eff leaving his dead
«.nd wounded in the hands of the enemy.
On Thursday Stewart came up with the
whole corps, and on Friday assailed and car
ried Alatoona after a desperate fight of two
hours. We captured four thousand prisoners
and an immense pile of arms, stores, clothing
and yankee outfits of war generally.
The march was from thence renewed up the
railroad and will no doubt be continued as
far as Daltou, from whence General Hood will
make a detour to the left of Chattanooga and
cross the Tennessee river near Huntsville.
Atlanta is now garrisoned by Gen. Slocum
and the 20th yankee array corps. Gen. Iver
son last Thursday captured East Point and
drove the enemy’s pickets beyond Whitehall,
which place Gen. I. held for several hours,
and from there he could plainly overlook At
lanta and its garrison of blue coats. All the
stories about the evacuation and burning of
Atlanta are false.
General Iverson captured fifty wagons at
East Point in splendid condition, together with
an immense quantity of extra harness. There
was also near there—there and thereabouts—
the wreck and debris of seventy-five burned
army wagons and a hecatomb of equine bones.
One ot the captured wagons was loaded with
bacon. Three hogsheads of sugar were also
secured but given to the citizens.
Our pickets are just outside of musket
range of the yankee works, and no blue coat,
ever leaves his works without being greeted
with a load of lead. The enemy have not a
mounted man in the city—all his light horse
having been sent after Forrest, Wheeler and
Hood. Nor have they any forage upon which
to feed stock if they had any to feed. So
that the people of Georgia need apprehend no
raid at the present.
Sherman himself went to Washington a few
weeks ago for the purpose of having a talk
with the Royal Baboon. He is now in Nash
ville headed off by Forrest, and Gen. Thomas
is in command of his flanked and outwitted
army.
The yankees in Georgia are in decidedly a
bad predicament. They can only cut their
way through Gen. Hood’s army or surrender.
We may not capture it entire but we are sure
of all his wagons and his artillery.
\LaGrange Reporter , 12(A
♦ —«».«.
[From the Richmond Dispatch, 10th.]
The War Hews.
FROM BELOW RICHMOND.
On Friday night our cavalry had a small
skirmish on the Darbytown road, which
amounted to but little, both sides losing some
prisoners. We were at first forced back, but
finally drove the Yankees a mile and a half.
All was quiet during the whole of yester
day, except that our gunboats threw a few
shell at Fort Harrison.
FROM THE VALLEY.
An official dispatch states that a body of
the enemy, a thousand in number, advanced
up the Manassas Gap railroad on the 4th in
stant, having in charge a train of wagons
loaded with railroad material, and occupied
Salem and Rectortown, in Faquier county.
Mosby attacked them at Salem and defeat
ed them, capturing fifty -prisoners, all their
baggage and camp equipage, stores, &c., and
killing and wounding a considerable number
of them. His loss was tivo wounded.
An official dispatch received at the "War
Department states that Sheridan is still mov
ing down the Valley. A large force of his
cavalry was attacked by us on the 7th inst.,
and drove them handsomely, capturing a num
ber of horses, several ambulances, some wag
ons, nine forges with teams, some fifty prison
ers, besides killing and wounding a number.
Latest Northern dates express great uneasi
ness concerning Sheridan. They say they
have heard nothing from him for a week;
that his couriers are all captured and his sup
ply trains are cut off. They are boastful of
his successes, but it is evident that they are
fearful that his losses now will amount to
more than his gains in his grand rush up the’
Valley to Staunton and Waynesboro’. His
flight from Waynesboro’, till he reached Har
risonburg, was wild and precipitous, leaving
dead men and broken-down negroes, caissons,
wounded and exhausted horses and soldiers.
It was only when our men relaxed in the vig
orous pursuit that they began to pilfer and
burn. They fired the barn of Mr. Isaac Par
kins, on the Valley pike, about eight miles
from Staunton. __ Une party spared it through
entreaty, but another squad came along and
applied the torch.
The Herald of the 7th says they have re
ceived nothing yet from Sheridan. It was
reported that a force of rebel cavalry had
dashed into Edinburg, a small town midway
between Woodstock and Mount Jackson,
burned the bridge and captured the guard.
This is in Sheridan’s rear.
Five Thousand Men Per Mile. —Since Grant
established himself m front of Petersburg, he has
lost five thousand men for every mile he has ad
vanced. If our readers will take the trouble to
count his losses in taking the Weldon road, thence
to the Vaughan and now to the Squirrel Level
road, they will find this a correct estimate. At
this rate it will cost him 30,000 more men to roach
tha Southside. More than that we reckon.
[Peteiaburg Exprett.
$5.00 Per Month
Latest from tlie North.
From the New York Herald of the 7th we
take the following dispatches:
A dispatch from Chattanooga, dated the
6th, says :
At 6 o’clock on the morning of the sth, the
enemy attacked All&toona with artillery and
infantry. The position was occupied by a
portion of Gen. Smith’s corps. The fight con
tinued at intervals during the latter part ot
the day, and every move of the enemy was
handsomely repulsed with severe loss to the
rebels. In the evening they hastily retreated
towards Dalton and Dallas, leaving their dead
and four to six hundred wounded in our pos
session. Our loss was about 300 killed,
wounded and missing.
On the 4th instant, a large fores appeared
on the Chattanooga railroad, near Acwortb
station, destroyed several pieces of the track
and burned Big Shanty.
Two bridges across the Chattahoochee at
Cartersville and Re3aca have been damaged
by heavy rains.
A rebel force, near Dalton, on the 3d, mov*
ing in an easterly direction, had two hundred
and fifty wagons. *
A division of the rebel force was seen mov
ing up the Etowah river, probably with the
intention of crossing to this side.
The Herald has New Orleans dates to the 29th
ultimo:
The rebel Trans-Mississippi army was said to
be concentrating near Rodney for tho purpose of
endeavoring to get on the east side of the Missis
sippi river.
The first Legislature of Louisiana, under the
new free State constitution, was te meet on Mon
day, the 3d inst.
A few case3 of yellow fever had appeared at Al
giers, opposite New Orleans, but none in the city.
Bverything remained quiet in Mobile barber
and vieinity.
The rebels in Arkansas are still attempting to
carry en a certain kind of disjointed system es
government. There is a receiver of taxes in that
State, representing tbe Richmond usurpation, who
reports that he has received, under tbe law con
fiscating Northern indebtedness, dne by the in
habitants, one million three hundred and seventy
thousand dollars, and sold confiscated property
belonging to Northern people valued at over a
million and a half dollars. Albert Pike is the
rebel chief justice of Arkansas, and holds court at
Washington, and is doing a large business in cen
demning to death all the inhabitants who have
taken tho oath of allegiance to the United States.
The guerrillas are still very troublesome along
White river, firing on passing steamers. At Ark
adelphia, there is said to be a rebel garrison of
twenty-live hundred.
A private letter from St. Louis, dated October 1,
says:
I arrived in this city on Thursday night from
St. Clair, and no train has come in from there
since. The men stopped work on Thursday morn
ing, and I fear by this time many of them are in
the rebel service, as Price conscripts every man
able to bear arms, and shoots every one that tries
to escape. It was not believod that the rebels
would go to St-Clair, although many men came
in, stating the rebels.were at Richwood. and would
be there in less than twenty, four hours. The
reDels,eight thousand strong, have Franklin, and
have burned all the bridges between St. Clair and
Franklin, but I have not learned the fate of St.
Clair ; but no one can escape from them, except
through the woods. Citizens are coming here
from the country south every hour, leaving their
families and all to the tender mercies of the foe.
Mineral Point, Potosi, Webster and Richwood
have been taken, sacked and partially burned.
It is believed that Price has .at loast twenty
thousand well armed men, and that he will take
the capital of tho State before we can arrest him ;
but we are sure to capture the most of his army.
The account of the operations before Richmond
are very mea?re. They say that they ha ve strength
ened their positions on the north side of James
river and intend to hold them.
The following is from the Herald’s gold article:
The gold market, on the evening of the 6th, show
ed considerable speculative activity, with an up
ward tendency. The opening quotation was 192 1-4,
followed by a steady advance to 1961-2. Then a rc
to°k P* ace - After this it roso to
195 1-8, then sank to 194 3-8, from which it advanced
rapidly to 197; a drop of one per cent, succeeded,
and at a quarter to 5 p. m. the selling price was
196 1-2.
The steamship Havana had arrived at New*York
from Havana.
On the 30th of August, the Mexicans, under
Kamptner, captured the town of Zacualtipan. On
the night previous, the Imperial forces, consisting
of two hundred and fifty men, under Colonel Lar
nnaga, abandoned the town.
Thesteamship Roanoke, Captain Drew, from Ha
vana for this port, has been due here since the 4th
instant, having left Havana-on the 29th of Septem
ber. \\ e learn from a reliable person on board the
steamship Havana, arrived yesterday from Havana,
that at the time the Roanoke sailed her captain was
notified that among his passengers, thirty-five in
number, were some of notorious secesh character;
but ho said he was prepared for any emergency.—
\V e hope her delay may be caused from some dis
arrangement of machinery or other like cause: but
fears are entertained for her safety.
Brute Butler ox the Pkesidkxcy.— The ten
der hearted and affectionate Butler, in a letter to
Dear Cameron, (of Pennsylvania, Lincoln’s forinor
Secretary ot War,) in which he bids adieu to his
Democratic friends and takes sides with Lincoln,
essays to satisfy his old confreres that there is no
difficulty in the way of their voting for Lincoln. —
lie says if they elect McClellan they remit the
country to the hands of Vallandigham, Voorhees,
Wood, Seymour and others, who. if ever they carry
on the war, will disband two hundred thousand
colored men now doing duty as soldiers. Butler is
a trump. This argument will tell amongst Yankees.
Two hundred thousand of them have no idea of
putting themselves in the places of these negroes !
Butler ridicules all idea of debating the negro ques
tion ol emancipation. It is an idle one ; for the
armies settle it as they advance. Slavery termin
ates wherever they appear.
He objects with great earnestness to McClellan's
proposition to give the South guarantees, and asks
if it is possible anybody at the North will agree to
concessions to the South, forced at the point of the
bayonet? For himself, he declares he has but one
article in his political creed, and that is “war,”
until, the authority of the Union is acknowledged
and its laws obeyed upon every foot of soil ever
within the boundary of the United States.” Most
amiable and conciliatory beast! May you have
enough of war before you descend to youp final
abode ! — Richmond Dispatch.
Slavery ix the North.— Having put all the
able-bodied contrabands into the army to do their
fighting for them, the abolitionists are now engage!
in dividing the women and children among them
selves. Gen. Butler i3 at the head of this character
istic scheme to supply domestic slaves to the favor
ed philanthropists of the North. These unfortu
nates, separated from fathers and brothers, are sent
out into abolition families, where they are to work
for their food and clothing. Thig, with “education
and i eligiou3 privileges,” is to be their compensa
tion. No wonder the "colored citizens of Williams
burg, New York,” have held a meeting “condemn
ing the movement.” Well did the Anglo-African
say in bitterness: “It would be far better to be in
the bonds of slavery, than to breathe the breath of
freedom in such a withering atmosphere. It wou'd
be better to be in the State prison than to be sol
diers sustaining the banner of a country that has
always kept us for its union aggrandizement—that
has always used us enly because tho etoffe was
genuine.”
All Yankee'naval officers and seamen, prisoners
of war in ourhands, were sent North from Rich
mond by flag of truce. Saturday last.
A Good Joke.—We take the following from the
Jackson county (Wis.) Banner:
Mr. E. L. Brockway, who is South pro-uring sub
stitutes for this town, procured eleven negroes and
was on his way home with them, when Wheeler’s
cavalry made a raid on the railroad cutting it in a
half dozen places. The train he was cm was attack
ed, but he escaped, and so did most of the negroes,
they taking the woods. He got five of the n egroes
as far as. Nashville, when the provest marshal im
pressed them, and Brock was left without a nigger
to his back.
New Mode of Planting Apple Trees.— A hort
iculturist in Bohemia has a beautiful plantation Os
the best apple trees, which have .neither sprung
from seeds nor grafting. Theplan is, to take snoots
from the choicest sorts, insert them in a potatoe,
and plunge both in the ground, having put an inch
or two of the shoots above the surface. Ihe potato
nourishes the shoot while it pushes out roots, and
the shoots gradually spring up and becomes a
beautiful tree, bearing the best fruit, without re*
quiring to be grafted.
TELEGRAPHIC
RK TORTS OF TH* PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act ot Congress in the yea
1863. by J. S . hbashkb, in the Clerk’9 office <»l
the District Court of the OoiV'ederate States for
the Norther* Distriet of Georgia.
Another Victory by Forrest.
Mobile, Oct. 12.—Gen. Forrest telegraphs
General Taylor from Corinth, 12th, at> follows:
Col. Kelleys success yesterday was com
plete. He surprised the enemy, capturing
three guns, twenty-five prisoners and thirty
horses. About two hundred were drowned in
attempting to re-embark on their boats. Our
first shot penetrated the boiler of a transport.
Many were scalded and burned to death. The
boat has gono lower down the river.
[We are indebted to the politeness of Lieut.
Gen. 'faylor for the copy of the following dis*
patch.— Eds. R. & A.]
Chbrokbi, Oct. 10*—Gens. Rousseau and
Thomas are following me with about 1
men, and are attempting to cross below here
I have still 500 men on the north side of
the river, who have gone to the hills. I think
them safe.
The gunboats and four transports came up
the river to-day, as far as Eastpurt. and lan
ded 2,000 men and three pieces of artillery.
Lieut. Col. Kelley, with Forrest’s old reg.
ment and the 12th Tennessee, attacked and
drove them back, capturing the three pieces of
Ttiftillery and horses, and setting one trans
port on fire.
Washburne is reported in command of the
river expedition
I am moving my command to ***** .
N. B. FORREST, Maj. Gen.
[The remainder of the dispatch it is not
deemed expedient to publish : suffice it to say
the “War Eagle” will be found at the right
time and in the right place.]— Mobile Register,
12 th.
From Missouri. #
Northern accounts state that, on the 4th, Price
was threatening Rolla. Large detachments of
Confederate troops are committirtg depredations in
the portion of the State north of the Missouri
river.
The devotion of the people of Northern Missouri
to the Confederate cause is truly astonishing,
censidering the fact that they aro cut eff frem the
South by the Mississippi and Missouri rivers,
whose powerful waters are traversed and guarded
day and night by the guaboatsof the enemy. They
have been trampled upon, whole towns sacked and
burned and once thickly populated sections en
tirely devastated. The young men being in the
Confederate army, they revenged themselves by
base and cowardly retaliation on all which could
be dear to them. Old men have been shot in their
houses, and boys hurled by the ruffian soldiers
inte the river, and left te drown, or they have been
tied dewn in the burning buildings and perished
in the flames. The females have been insulted
and outraged, and then compelled to wash the
filthy clothes of the Yankee soldiery upon pain of
death on refusal. A Major Fester, of the Yankee
army, who had charge of the post of Warrensburg,
Johnson county, Missouri, passing down the streot,
saw a man of Southern proclivities sitting beside
tho fire with his wife, and, drawing his revolver,
he shot him dead through the window.
Yet, with all this suffering, they are still true to
us. The drafted militia desert aud lly te tho South
ern army. A short time since two regiments of
militia were organized and armed by the Federals
at an inland post. General Shelby was reported
to be marching on the place. The Missourians
turned upon the Yankees, whipped out the force
tit the post, and when Shelby arrived, they turned
themselves, their arms, and everything belong
ing to the post, over to tho Confederate general.
In the engagement at Pilot Knob our forces cap
tured three guns and Ewing’s wagon train and its
escort. They burnt the Iron Works and all the
Government buildings, and made a complete
smash of the the records ami arrangements for
Lincoln’s draft.
Yankee accounts say that “the valleys and
mountains are literally covored with rebels.”
A raiding party had appeared within four miles
of St. Louis.
Northern dates of the 7th state that on Tuesday
last (4th) the rebel General Stirling Price, with a
force of about twenty thousand, was six miles
west of Union, marching westward tewatd* Jeffer
son City, designed to take the place, install a se
cession governor, and hold the State for Jeff.
Davis.
Union is the county seat of Franklin county,
and fifty miles from Jefferson, and some twenty
miles south of the Missouri river, and forty miles
west of St. Louis.
The Herald of the 7th also states that Generals
A. J. Smith and Mower are pursuing him, and it*
is expected, will soon make Missouri tee warm for
him. General Ewing arrived at St. Louis on Wed
nesday night, after having been cut off from cem
manieation with that place since his retreat from
Pilot Knob, about a week From that
time he had almost continual fighting with the
rebels until Saturday last, when he inflicted on
them a decisive defeat. On Sunday his command
reached Rolla, with all their artillery. His total
loss from the beginning of the siege of Rolla wa3
pnly three“hun<ired men mostly taken prisoners.
[Rich. Die. lOf/t.
A Retrospect of&rant’s Cam*
palgru.
A late northern paper thinks its readers cannot
have employed an hour better than the perusal
of tho article on this subject, in a late paper, from
the National Intelligencer. They may have been
so amazed at the stolid indifference es the Admin
istration as to have forgotten to look at its cest in
blood —the very best blood of the army. We
propose, says the journal to which we have above
alluded, to show that, in detail, by a brief men
tion of the dates and engagements, with ;thcr loss
of men in each case :
May 5, Rapidan 2,000
May 6, Wilderness 15,000
May 7, skirmishes 3 ( 00
May 10, Spotsylvani- 10,000
May 12, Spotsylvania 10,000
May 18, Po 1,200
Mag 19, Po 1,200
May 28, Nerth Anna 1,000
May 24, North Anna, 2,000
May 31, Celd Harbor /V , '7
June 3, Chickahominy..... / 7,000
June 16, Petersburg, 2,000
June 17, Petersburg 1,000
June 18, Petersburg 3,000
June 19, Petersburg 4,000
June 22, Weldon railroad 2,500
June 23, Weldon railroad 1,000
June 26, Danville railroad 3*500
Last assault on Petersburg 5,640
Absoluto loss of men 73,310
—
The antagonists of the President may be right
in their ebjection to his policy. What then ? Is
it of profit to divide and exasperate the country at
this time upon such questions? These questions
are of importance to show the incompetency of
the President or the defects of the Confederate
Constitution. In either case it is better to post
pone tho decision until the country shall bo bet
ter prepared to examine into their merits. The
President can only be reached by impeachment
in the Senate or by a counter revolution. Are we
prepared for a counter revolution ? In such case
w# must put some other men at the head of affairs.
Is the country willing to displace the President ?
If so who are they willing to put in his place ?
The inquiry shows the absurdity of supposing that
discontent or violence are our remedies.
[.Richmond Enquirer.
♦ ♦ »
Tall Fighting.—Of the 28,000 muskets collect
ed from the battle field of Gettysburg, sav3 a
Yankee paper, 24,000 were found to jbe loaded,
12,000 containing two loads, and 6,000 from three
to tenlonds each. In many instances half a doz
en balls were driven in on a charge es powder.
In seme cases the former possessor bad reversed
the usual order, placing the ball at the bottom of
the barrel and the powder on top.
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.,
Hales, Rockaway and Blasting Powder.
s f l ? °, n SATURDAY, 15th October, at
it 10 1-2 o clock, in front of our Auction Room
A pair Fine Mules,
One Rockaway,
50 pounds Blasting Powder,
oc 14 2t $8