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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. WAItREN, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Friday Morning, October 21, 1864.
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Peace Dreamers.
We have not reprinted, says the Mobile Ad
vertiser and Register; the letters of Mr. Ste
phens, of Georgia, and Mr. Boyce, of South
Carolina, and the various other speculations
and resolutions looking to negotiations with
the enemy on the subject of peace, because
we regard them all n 3 so muclr “leather
and prunella,” and mfrre brut v-a fulmen
pBACri Who does not d*oii c peace? Who
does not yearn for it? And who would not
make any and every personal sacrifice to se
cure it to t.'iia war-stricken land ? But h»*"
secure it, with the robber's g ra<»'
® p upon our
throat? Mr. Davis has the people of
Georgia and of South ( u . o ]j nH) m jjj g S p eec h„
eg on his latp Sou uef(l tour, that he has at
all times h #, .u out the “olive branch,” and
that out Enemies, intent on our destruction,
nave ever s ] the door in our faces.
Uie Vice-President of the Confederate States,
with the approbation of the President, essay
ed a journey to Washington on the mission of
peace. He was not allowed by the enemy to
go even to Fortress Monroe. There is only
one kind of a peace our enemy will lister, to
—it is the peace of unconditional submission
—the peace of slavery. What sheer nonsense
in Mr. Stephens and Mr. Boyce to talk atiout
negotiations for peace, when the enemy wt are
fighting, and whose consent is essential to
such a parley, cannot be brought to entertain
the proposition. It takes two to make a bar
gnu , two to make a fight, and two to agree to
stop fighting. Without that consent, the par
ty who stops fighting throws up the sponge,
is vanquished, and the captive of the other
party. That is precisely our situation with
regard to the enemy. We may stop fighting,
but Lincoln will not; he says there are ao
terms for us but those of unconditional sub
mission. With the Lincoln party, uncondi
tional submission means the abolition ©f
slavery, the confiscation of the property of the
slave owners, and the passage of this rebellious
South under the yoke of Yankee conquerors.
With McClellan, submission means a recon
struction of the Union, that is to go back to
a political association which we appealed to
arms to dissolve, and to become what Ireland
is to England and Poland to Russia. The first
proposition is what we have to deal with, and
it is only the hope of obtaining the last, in the
success of McClellan that has inspired thess
dreams of peaceful negotiation in Messrs. Ste
phens and Boyce. McClellan, to all human
appearances, cannot be elected. The madness
of the North is not yet cured. Tt is still bent
on risking its own liberties in the destruction
of every vestige of the principles of self-gov
ernment, for the purpose of venting its intense
hatred towards the South. We have the
choice of alternatives fairly presented to us—
" ’~ i /'>• yield—live or die like freemen, or
crouch like siktc __ ’
v- , . ,l -“ lash of the vilest
hinds that ever aspired to lord it over
3ouls and bodies of god-like men. Is Mr. Ste
phens, of the Empire State of Georgia or Mr.
Boyce, of the chivalric State of South Caro
lina, ready for a Yankee master ? Their ar
guments tor peace tend to no other direction.
We cannot conciliate the Yankees. They are
tlv "sting lor the blood of our freedom. Noth
ing else will satisfy them, and nothing but the
lire and steel of battle can save us from being
made the victims of that Yankee repast. We
may be beaten in this grandest of struggles
for a nation’s life—God may fail to smile upon
h just cause. Numbers, resources and th®
fortunes.ot war may compass our subjugation
ai! o! which we most religiously do not
believe will come to pass. But if so, for
God’s sake let us go down like men, with
arms in our hands, and not like spaniel*,
crouching to the feet of our masters. Death
is a thousand times preferable to* Yankee sub
jugation. We hold that all these peace letters
and resolutions from Southern men proceed
uun the postulate that the South is exhausted
and cannot continue the struggle—in other
words, that we are already whipped in the
fight. The men who write them are without
faith. They believe not in the justice of Heav
en, or tin: subliuiity of the heroism of man.
Their eyes are dazzled and their minds subju
gated by the display of the brutal force and
material resources of the North. They are
wearied in the race of freedom. They faint
undei the heat and fatigue of the struggle,
they are mentally cowed and whipped, while
courage and faith would bear them up much
longer in the fight. But thank God ! this is
not the feeling of the manhood of the country.
Our President does not feel it; our Generals
do not feel it; our glorious soldiers do not
feel if. We shall win the fight yet. We should
do it in quicker time, and at the saving of
many a precious life, but for these ill-timed
appeals to the cowardice of our own people,
and more than useless pleas to the humanity
and justice of our enemies. We must fight
this fight out to the bitter end, else we are not
only bankrupt in liberty and property, but
damned iu infamous reputation.
Disappointed. —The Ljnchburgßepublican
L,i<,t in East Tennessee a raiding
party ot bushwhackers, tones and Yankees,
about three hundred strong, came withia
three miles of Bristol, on the 7th inst., evi
dently being ignorant of Burbridge’s defeat,
and thinkiug that it was all right with that
tedoubtabit* Cftnerai, who “marched up the
hill and then run back again.” Here they
ascertained theft mistake, and took the back
Mack in double quick time, closely pursued
by a regiment of Confederate cavalry, with a
fair prospect of being overhauled. No other
news of interest from this section.
The Floridian and Journal says the war in
Florida seems for a time to be suspended.
Since the raid on Marianna nothing has taken
place of importance, and the enemy seem dis
posed to remain quiet for a while watching
the great events about to transpire in Virginia
and Georgia.
The Baltimore Gazette gays:
Last night after the performance at the Holiday
Street Theatre, Mr. Bokee, one of the acters, wa«
placed under arrest by the military guard, en the
*harge ot using disloyal remarks when upon the
f«,*&*•' c^ar g® appeared to have originated
‘ Heir Ts : r , h * play bei “S performed was the
erlT Mr u"n , 1 5 * dialo K ue between Lord Dub
-111 > and Mr - Steadfast, (Mr. Bekee)
the iuttrr he is just from Quebec, America
I 11 was asserted that Mr. Bokee
i ‘ nSW * red ’ God, I am not
L r -m ’he Daily Misstoippiaft, 18th.]
The President and tlie News
paper Critics.
The President in his Augusta speech, ad
ministers a severe, but justly deserved rebuke,
to a portion of the press, that have been over
ly censorious in their criticisms upon his mil
itary policy. We cannot see the wisdom of
these assaults, particularly at this time, up
on the chosen chief of our Government and
armies. The world has been disgusted at the
attempt of Sir Walter Scott to criticiso the
campaigns of Napoloon ; but how iramtasura
bly presumptuous is the conduct of. some of
the Southern journals in their continual car
pings at the President.
Col. Napier, in his Peninsular War, speaks
es “authors who, unacquainted with the sim
plest rudiments of military science, censure
the conduct of Generals, and ars pleased, from
some obscure nook, to point out their errors
to the world; authors, who profoundly igno
rant of tbe numbers, situation and resources
of she opposing armri3, pretend, nevertheless,
to detail with great ccUra cy, the right meth
od executing, the most difficult and delicato
operations of war As the rebuke of Turenne,”
he continues, “who frankly acknowledged to
Luvois that he could cross the Rhine at a par
ticular spot if the latter’s finger were a bridge,
has been lest upon such men, perhaps the
more recent opinion of Napoleon may be dis
regarded. ‘But it is not permitted/ says that
consummate general, ‘it is not permitted, at
the distance of three hundred leagues, and
without even a statement of the situation of
tne army, to direct what should be done.
Yet we find a Georgia cotemporavy, in bad
grammar and worse taste, speaking of the
“palpable bad management” of the President
in his conduct of the war. He has fault to
find with him, that lie refused to weaken the
army of Northern Virginia, then •contending
at fearful odds with the hords of the enemy
upon the Rappahannock, to save Vicksburg—
thus re-enacting the folly of the dog in the fa
ble who lost the meat in grasping at the shad
ow. He calls the President to task for having
allowed Sherman to capture Atlanta, when he
could have saved it by sending Early’s forces
from the Valley of Virginia to Hood’s assis
tance—a movement that would have opened
the back door of Richmond to the advancing
columns of Hunter, and placed Gen Lee in
such an attitude as would, in all probability,
have resulted in compelling him to evacuate
the capital of the Confederacy, and give up
one half of the heroic old commonwealth of
Virginia to be despoiled of her resources by
the foe.
Such is a specimen of the carping criticisms which,
in seasons of disaster, seem to find their way into
the columns of patriotic but injudicious journals.
Now the results of this is to cherish a spirit of dis
contentment with, and opposition to the war
measures of the Government, which materially in
terferes with the vigor of their enforcement. It
creates distrust and hesitation, which, as Napo
leea declared when France was overrun by th
combined armies of Europe, will bring about •«
destructioH mere speedily than the swords of th
enemy. It is our unparalleled unanimity that hi
so far alene saved us from the preponderatin
military power and resources es the enemy—bt
“woe werth the day” when dissensions shall ovei
take ugfin eur council chambers,. i” th© camp, c
public opinion shall become convei ari 1 j fl >e foil
or treachery of opposition to the prosecution <
this war.
The following extract from a letter from Ge
Washington to Mr. Laureus, President of tl
Congress of 1778, may serve to furnish a hint t
many well-intentioned persons who exhibit a war
of judgment in dictating campaigns to our militar
leaders :
“All enemies,” he says, “take an ungeneroi
advantage of me. They know the delicacy of in
situation, and that motives es policy deprive a
of tho defence I might otherwise make again
their insiduous attacks. They know I cannot con:
bat their insinuations, however injurious, with
out disclosing secrets it is of the utmost momer
to conceal. But why should I expect to he e:
ernpt from censure, the unfailing lot of an elevi
ted station.”
Our surprise is not that wo have sustained di
i?.tars*in this war—not that Fort Donelson fell
V lcksbuig —pfured—that Sherman took
: ianta and Sheridan defeated Ea.tj- -not that su<
; misfortunes are but the common incidents of w.
1 where the combatants are more evenly match*
! than are we. But there is abundance of room f
wonder in the fact that Lee still holds Richmor
against tho most stupendous and pertinacioi
preparations of war known in modern times, th
Charleston stands despite the presence of engin
of naval warfare deemed irresistable by forts ai
batteries ; that tho enemy is on the defensive
the trans-Mississippi ilepartment, andPrice threa
ens St. Louis with an army estimated at 30,0(
strong—and, in fine, that Hood has flanked tl
victorious army of Sherman and by concontratic
of forces and celerity of' movement, threaten
through the heavy blows he is striking, to for*
„the retreat of au enemy superior to himself j
numbers, almost double.
While critics ami croakers hold the Preside:
responsible for disasters, they should also have tl
chaiity to give him credit for theso astoiaishiu
successes. In the meanwhile, let the blacksmit
stick to his anvil and the shoemaker to his la
Tl*© Northwestern (Jonspirac
--Astounding Developments
; A commission is in session at Indianapoli,
Indiana, to investigate the case of H. B Dod
ana others, charged with being connecte
with a treasonable organization for the ovei
throw of the United States. The cross-exam
ination’ of Felix S. Stiger, the Governing
witness, brought out the fact that the revc
lutionary programme of the “Order ofth
Sods of Liberty,” of which a Dr. Bowles i
miluaiy chief, included a rebellion in th
West m co-operation with an invasion by th
Confederates. According to ihis programme
Illinois was to furnish fifty thousand mei
who were to concentrate at St. Louis and t
co operate with Missouri, which was to fur
nish thirty thousand ; and these combine
forces, to co-operate with Price, were to in
vade Missouri with twenty thousand, or whs
force President Davis could furnish ; and the
the one hundred thousand in all were to hoi
Missouri against any Federal force brough
against them. Indiana was to furnish fort
thousand or sixty thousand men to co-operat!
with whatever force Ohio might send ; and at
these were to be thrown on Louisville, an<
were to co-operate with whatever force Presi
dent Davis could send to Eastern Kentucky
under Buckner and Breckinridge, or whoevei
he might deem best to conduct the operations
This was the programme Dr. Bowles gave the
witness in the early part of May, 1864. Earlj
in June, of the present year, Dr. Bowles tolc
the witness that the uprising would take plac«
if they could obtain the co-operation of Colo
nel Jesse, Siphert and Walker, of Kentucky
A report of the testimony says:
William Clayton, another witness for the
Government, testified that the organization
first contemplated bringing the Democrat
ic party into power, and was only understood
to be a political organization; afterwards, tht
officers informed the members that it was a
military organization. The authorities who
had control of tho Government, were said tc
bejtyrannical, and ( thatthey were trampling us
under foot, and that we should have to re*i*
by force of arms, and that the members of the
Order are expected to rise and maintain their
rights. The Order frequently drilled, and
have been drilling for a year. About two
tbirda of the Order.are armed, some with ri
fles, and others with revolvers and ahot-guns.
The muster-roll of our township»was over one
hundred Dr. McCartney, who is Grand Seig
neur of the county, informed the members that
there were forty thousand in the State of Illi
nois, well armed, and that they could depend
upon eighty thousand in that State. There
were about forty thousand in Missouri, twenty
thousand being in St. Louis and vicinity.
The officers said that, in May and June, there
was to be an invasion at three point- : into
Ohio, to be “led by Morgaa or Wheeler; into
Indiana, to be led by Longstreet; and into
Missouri, to be led by Marmaduke or Price ;
and, in case the rebels came into Illinois, the
brethren of the organization were to shake
bant- and be friends. An assessment was
made on the lodges I'g£ the purchase of arms.
Their lodge was assessed for two hundred
dollars ; it was collected by a Colonel Barry,
or Barrett, of St. Louis. The arms were to
come from Nassau to Canada, aad were to be
brought to tbe Canada line by the Confederate
authorities, but the Order was to pay the cost
of transportation from Nassau to tbe Canada
line. It was understood in the Order that
the signal for the uprising would be givon by
the Supreme Commander, C. L. Vallandigham.
Next to him in command was Robert Hollo
way, of Missouri. There were Lieutenants
and Captains or Colonels in the Order, and a
Major General for each congressional dis
trict.
The penalty for divulging the secrets of the
Order, was death, Since the exposure of the
Order in St. Louie, and especially of this case,
the Order was disposed to be quiet, and do but
little. The present invasion of Missouri was
made known to the Order in this locality by
one of Quanfrell's men, who said Price would
be in Missouri by October Ist, and stay there
until after the election, and as much longer
as be coufd. The Order in Illinois made no
effort to assist if he came in. The late expo
sures had stopped their calculations. Their
temples met but had quit drilling. .
Wesley Tionter, witness for the Govern
ment, testified that the organization, of which
he wiki a member, contemplated a simultane
ous attack on Springfield (Illinois) and St.
Louis. Members of the Order who were fear
ful of being shot or bung as traitors, if cap
tured, were assured that the Government
would be notified tbnt they must be treated as
prisoners >f war, or Jeff. Davis would retali
ate.
Mr. Reebuck, in a late speech at Sheffield, re
ferring to tbe iato proceedings of Parliament, at
the late session, says:
In three things tbe Government and Parliament
acted in a manner which he disapproved, aad
yet he was about to defend them. When the
great secession took place in America, he would
have at once recognized the Confederate States,
with whem nineteen out of every twenty men he
met were sympathizers; but tbe sympathy of
England stopped short of risking war for the
Confederate States. Lord Palmerston perceived,
and acted in accordance with the wishes of the
people ; a bold politician would have acted differ
ently, but Lord Palmerston’s conduct was at all
events prudent. When Denmark was oppressed
by the bandit powers of Germany, ha would
have sent the English fleet to her rescue ; the
English people sympathized with Denmark, but
would not risk the dangers of war on her be
half. Lord Palmerston followed with true in
stinct the national wishes, and Denmark was de
sorted by England, and left a prey to the spoilor.
Then as to reform, Parliament did not wish te
reform herself and the people are net sufficient
ly interested to compel her to do so : Lord Pal
merston agrin sagaciously detecting the will of
the people refused to node® the unwelcome ques-
TELEGRAPHIC.
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REPORTS OP THU PRBSS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in tho yeai
1863. by J.S ihrasier, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court es the Confederate States foj
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Oct. 20.—A1l continues quiet
on the lines below Richmond. No news from
the Valley.
New York papers of the 17th, has the latest
intelligence from Georgia.
Telegraph dispatches of the 15th, from
Chattanooga says: Reports say our scouts
fail to show the presence of any considerable
body of the enemy North of Tunnel Hill.
Scofield sent out a strong reconneitering
party to-day to discover the whereabouts of
the rebel column said to be moving towards
West Ringgold and intermediate points and
have been strengthening.
No communication yet with Sherman.
Jeff. Thompson captured Sedalia on the
15th.
Price is still reported moving on Lexing
ton.
Gold continues to advance. New Ycrk last
quotation, 220.
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances of Col. and Mrs.
W, C. CLIFTON, are requested to attend the
funeral services of their infant son, To-Day, the
21st inst., from the Mobile and Girard Railroad
Depot, immediately on the arrival of the train.
Columbus, Oct,, 21,1864.
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A Valuable Plantation for Sals. —Persons
in quest of a good home and lauded investments,
are referred to the advertisement of Major John
F. Treutlen, who advertises a most desirable place
near Glennvilio, Ala. The place has many ad
vantages to recomlnend it to thefa7c. Me consid
eration of purchasers.
A Proposed Negro insurrection
in tbe South.
The following is contained ia Gilmore s
beok, “Down in Tennessee
One day as I was sitting alone with Rose
crans, an aid handed him a letter. He open
ed it, ceased doing half a dozen other things,
a-d became at once absorbed in its contents.
He re-read it, and then handing it to me, said:
“Read that. Tell me what you think of it.”
I read it. Its contents indicated it had come
from “over Jordan,” and had a “hard road to
travel,” but its inside startled me. It was
written in a round, unpracticed, hand, and
though bauly spelled, showed its author, fa
dliar with good Southern English. Ite date
as May 18, 1863, and it began thu3 :
“Ginbral : A plan has been adopted for a
multaneous movement or rising to sever the
bel communication throughout the whole
auth which is now disclosed to seme Gen
alin each military department in the seeesh
;ates, in erder that they may act ia coneert,
>d thus insure us success.
“The plan is for the blacks to make a cou
nted and simultaneous rising, on the night
'the Ist es August next, over the whole
tales in rebellion; to arm themselves with
ny and every kind of weapon that may come
> hand, and commence operations by burn
>g all railroad and county bridges, tearing up
11 railroad tracks, and cutting and destroy
lg telegraph wires—and when this is done to
ike to the woods, the swamps or the moun
ains, whence they may emerge, as occasions
:iay offer, for provisions or for further depu
tations. No blood is to be shed unless in self
lefense.
“The corn will be in roasting ear about th
st of August, and upon this, and by foraging
in the farms at night, we can subsist. Gos
.•erted movement at she tiro lamed would be
successful, aad this reb >a brought sud
denly to an end.”
The letter went on w ua details which
1 cannet repeat, and e hus :
“The plan will b'e naneous over the
whole South, and y* of all engaged will
know its whole ext Please write ‘l’ and
‘approved’, and sen j the bearer, that we
may know you are witu us.
“Be assured, General, that a copy of this
letter has been sent to every military depart
ment in the rebel States, that the time ol the
movement may thus be general over tho en
tire South.
I was reading the latter when the General
again said : “What do you think of it.”
“It would end the rebellion. It taps the
great negro organization, ©1 which I speak
ia “Among the Pine,” and co-operated with
by our forces, would certainly succeed, but—
the South would run wit h blood.’
“Innocent blood ! Women and children !”
“Yes, women and children. If you let the
blacks loose, they will rush into carnage like
horses into a burning barn. St. Domingo will
be multiplied by a million.”
But he says no blood is to be shed except
in self defence.” •
“He says so, and the leaders may mean se,
but they cannot restrain the rabble. Every
slave has seme real or fancied wrong, and he
would take such a time to revenge it.”
“Well, I must talk with Garfield. Come,
go with me.”
We crossed the street to Garfield’s lodgings,
and fqund him bolstered up in bed, quite sick
with a fever. The General sat down at the
foot- of his bed, and handed him the letter.—
Garfield read it'over carefully, and then lays
ing it down, said :
“It will never do, General. We don’t want
to whip by such means. . If the slaves, of their
awn accord, rise and assist their original right
te themselves, that will be their own affair;
but we can have no complicity with them with
out outraging the moral sense of the civilized
world.”
“I knew you’d say s© : but he speaks of oth
er department commanders —may they not
come into it ?’’
“Yes, they may, and that should be looked
to. Send this letter to , and let him
t ead off ‘the movement-’ ”
It was not thought prudent to entrust the
fetter to the mails, nor with the railroad in
ested with guerrillas, was it thought a safe
iocument to carry about ia person. A short
hrift and a long rope might have been the
onsequence of its being found on a traveler..
So, ripping epen the toe of my boot, I stow
dit snugly away in the lining and took it
forth. Oa she 4th of June following, Gar
eld wrote me that ha had just heard from the
writer of the letter; that five out of sine de
partment commanders had ceme into the pre
set, and subsequently, that another General
isad promised it his support.
A lad who had lately gone to service having
tad salad served up every day for a week, raa
t way, “because,” said he, “they made me eat grass
the summer, and I was afraid they’d make me
•at hay ia the winter, so I was off.”
Among the items of latest European
ews is the report of a treaty between
Prance and the Italian States, which pro
poses to reestablish and sustain the tem*
-oral power of the Pope.
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Notice!
Exemption Oranted.
Wanted to contract immediately for THREE
THOUSAND (3,000) OORDS OAK WOOD, to be
islivered to me at this Post. Any one making
ich contracts will be exempted from service In
0. S. Army. CHAS. A. REDD,
oc 21 6t Capt. and A, Q. M.
Exchange Notice No. I£.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 20, ’6l.
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,
oed 6t Agent of Exchange.
the CITY.
T- J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
• Theatre.—Wo learn that the second represen
tation of “Richard the Third” was greeted on
Wednesday evening at Temperance Hall by a large
and select audienoe, and that tho several charac
ters weie sustained with the usual spirit and
ability.
It will be seen by advertisement that the com
pany will appear this evening, for the first time in
this city, in the great sensation drama of “Camille,”
which has been performed before Mobile audiences
for a series es nights, without abatement es inter
est, to be followed by popular songs by Miss Mag
gie Marshall and others.
The Eagle Factory offers five hundred dollars
for an absconded negro.
Auction Sales. —Ellis <fc Livingston yesterday
sold a negro man for $3,700 ; a negro woman for
$3,700 ; salt, 65 to 66c., furniture, crockery cloth
ing <kc., at good prices.
Georgia State Line.—Members of the Ist and
2d regiments, Georgia State Line Troops, who
have neglected to report for duty will find an im
portant order to their interest in to-day’s paper,
from Adjutant and Inspector General Wayne. See
also other important orders from the same source.
See advertisement of Lee <fe Norton, Montgom
ery, Ala., who will have an important auction
sale in that city on Monday next.
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Confederate Bonds. —lt will be seen by ad
vertisement that Mr. W. 11. Yeung is authorized
to continue the sale of the 6 per cent, long date,
noa-taxable bonds of the 500,000,000 loan at tho
Government rate of $135.
The principal of this loan being exempt from
taxation, and the coupons receivable for all im
port and export duties, makes it one es the most
desirable investments for capital yet offered by the
Government. Those of oiu people therefore, hold
ing surplus funds, probably could not do better
than invest in this loan.
(COMMUNICATED.)
A Sunday at the Hospitals.
The day was spent with comfort to myself, and
I trust, profit to others. The services in tho morn
ing were held at the Marshall Hospital, but owing
to a misunderstanding in reference to tho time the
attendance was small. The service fer murning
prayer as set forth in the book of eommon prayer,
being read by the Post Chaplain, a discourse was
delivered, which was listened to with much atten
tion, and it is to be hoped, with somo degree of
profit. In the afternoon a considerable number
was in attendance at tho Cairns’ Hospital, #n
which occasion the Chaplain of the Pest delivered
a very earnest and appropriate sermon. The
congregation was attentive and orderly, and seem
ed to receive the word in honest hearts. These
duties performed we attended the burial serviees
of a soldier who died perhaps far from home, and
yet we trust in the exercise of a Christian faith.
After which, we visited several of the sick in othor
parts of the hospital department. The result of
my observation is that the attendance oa the min
istry of the word is as full and as attentive in pro
portion to the population, as it is in our churches
in tho city. I regret that so few of the officers
and surgeons was in attendance. It is true they
may have attended at the churches, but would it
not be better for them to lend aid by their pres
ence, to the sick and wounded, and also encour
age the Chaplain in this way? At the Cairns’
however, I saw in the congregation Dr. Butts, and
family, who all seemed to take great interest in
these religious exercises. A Christian man or a
Christian minister could not in all probability spend
a subbath to more advantage, if not ethewise em
ployed, than by going round with the Rev. Mr.
Stieknev, tbe Post Chapiain, whoso oxertions to do
good in this laudable cause' is indefatigable, and
most assidious. I may remark that to us, though
it was a day of labor, physically, to our spirit it was
a day of rest. DOCTOR.
Forrest’s Operations In Middle
Tennessee.
A correspondent of tho Clarion give* that jour
nal a detailed account of tho operations of Gsn.
Forrest’s Sommand in Middle Tennessee and Nerth
Alabama. As we have already given onr readers
full accounts of what ©ceurred up to the time our
forces retired from Pulaski, we extract only such
portions of the correspondence referred tc as refers
to what occurred after the march from Pulaski
toward tho Nashville and Chattanooga railroad
commenced :
At Fayetteville we were received with great en
thusiasm. The people seemed to be wild with jey.
The streets were crowded with ladies, who brought
out many refreshments, gave us many a God speed
you, God bless you, Ac. If a rebel happened to
stop he was immediately surrounded by these an
gels of earth, many of whom would seize us by the
hand, arm and neck, and even, weep far joy, and
some even kissed us dirty, ragged rebels. (You
needn’t tell her I was one of these fortunate*.)
May heaven bless the fair ones ©f Fayetteville.—
None who were there that day can ever forget
them.
At Lynchburg the command was divided, For
rest taking two brigades (Bell’s and Lyons’) with
him, Buford taking the remainder, the wagon
train, artillery, &c., and returning across tho riv
er. Forrest took reundance on the enemy, who
were concentrating at Tullahoma, and moved rap
idly back on tho Alabama and Tennessee railroad,
striking it at Spring Hill. Below Spring Hill ha
captured four block houses and 150 prisoners, and
destroyed several fine bridges. An incident is re
lated in connection with these block-houses. Tho
Lieutenant commanding came out to see General
Forrest, and negotiate for a surrender. Looking
around, he turned to the General and asked, “why,
where is your artillery ?” Forrest drew from his
pocket a small vial of a compound, known as
Greek fire, and throwing it against a stump, which
mmediately blazed up, “there is my artillery,
and I can burn you and your whole d—d concern
up in a half an hour.” The Lieutenant surren
dered. On the 2d October, we drove in tho pick
ets at Columbia, and withdrew on the Florence
pike, in the direction of the Tennessee river. Ar
rived at Florence en the 6th of October, and im
mediately commenced crossing the river, the 2nd
Tennesse, Col. Barteau, and the 7th Tennesson, be
ing left in the rear to protect the cressing.
These two regiments, under command of Col.
Barteau, took position at Martin’s factery, on Cy
press creek, about twe miles below Florence. On
the evening of Friday, the 7th, the enemy appeared
in considerable force in our front, and a lively en
gagement commenced, our regiment, 2d Tennes
see, being in their immediate front. We had a
splendid position, and would have held a very
large force in check. The engagement had lasted
for an hour or so, when it was ascertained the
enemy had gained our rear. Forming the regi
ment (mounted) as hastily as possible, Lieut. Cel.
Morton, commanding, ordered the charge. With
yells and shouts the men dashed upon the enemy
who were found to be in heavy force, dismounted,
with cavalry in front. Our small foree could net
penetrate their, lines, well protected as they were.
We were sew dismounted, and a seeend time did
the gallant old 2d threw itselt upon the very muz
zles of the enemy’s guns. All around us and
above us, the balls were tying thick as hail.
The enemy were closißg upon our right and left.
Slowly ear little squad fell back to their heriet
and mounted.
By this time the enemy had crossed the creek
and were charging us. Our gallant little Lieut.
Col. Morton drove them back, and flanking te the
right, escaped capture. Thisenganement, though
few wefo ecgaged, was the hardest of the earn
paign. Col. Morton is considered one of the best
oncers of Forrest s command. He is always at
his post and knows no danger. Above the din
and roar of battle, hi3 clear, cool voice can be
heard cheering bis men forward.
Other bri bant exploits may be expected soen
of Forrest. The results of this expedition may be
figured up a.- follows : Three thousand prisoners,
three forts, twelve block houses and eight stock
ades, seven hundred norses captured, and the de
stroying of every bridge, trestle, and the railroad
in general for a distance of fifty miles.
THEATRES.
Friday Evening, October 21, 1864.
w. iu ouisp
Will, by desire of many patrons, appear in her T
Great Character of C A M I L L E!
Performed by her recently in Mobile, for a series of
Nights, to brilliant and crowded audiences.
’Tiro Grand Sensation Dramh of
CAMILLE:
OR, THE
FATE OF A COQUETTE!
Act Ist The Supper Scene
Act 2d The Pledge of Love
Ac* 3d The Sacrifice
Act 4th .....The Fete
A ©t sth .The Eleventh Hour
GREAT DISTRIBUTION OF CHARACTERS'
All the Taleat of the Company appear !
Poplar Ballad, by Miss Maggu Marshall.
The Dutch Volunteer!
Writtea and Sung by Mr. BOHEN.
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AUCTION SALES
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos
A PRIVATE SALE.
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1,500 Acres unimproved Land on
Spring Creek, Miller county, formerly
Early, will be sold at a bargain,
oc 2117 t SSO
By Ellis, Livingston Cos.
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SPOOL THREAD.
♦
ON SATURDAY, Oct. 22d, at 10J o’clock
will sell in front of our store
20 dozen Carlisle White Spool Thread,
assorted numbers.
«oc 21 2t $8
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
EXTRA NEGROES.
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AN TUESDAY, October 25th, at 10 1-2 o’clock,
vwe will sell in front of our store,
TWO Extra Likely Negro women, 22
and 24 years old, both good Cooks,
Washers, Ironers and House Servants,
oc 21 5t S2O
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
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FINE SINGLE HARNESS.
WE will sell, on SATURDAY, October 22d,
at 10£ o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
ONE SETT SINGLE HARNESS,
very fine.
oc 20 3t sl2
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
VALUABLE NEGROES.
AN TUESDAY, 25th of October at 10% o’clock,
we will sell in front of our store
A likely Negro Man, 46 years old,
A likely Negro Woman, 22 years old,
and their two children.
oc 20 5t S2O
Bv Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
SALT.
ON TUESDAY, 25th of October, at 10 1-2 o’cloek,
we will sell in front of our Auction AJoem,
90 BARREL’S SALT.
oc 20 5t sls
By Ellis, Livingston A Co<
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Fine Furniture, &/c.
AN SATURDAY. 22d October, at 10 o’cloek, we
U will sell a very desirable lot of Furniture, We
name in part—
\ Mahogany Rocking Chair,
1 Mahogany Arm Chair,
1 Mahogany Centre Table j Work Table,
1 Fine Walnut Music Rack,
1 Fine Walnut Secretary and Book Case,
1 Fine Walnut Office Table,
1 Fine Walnut Dining Table,
6 Fine new Quilts,
4 Fine new Bed Spreads,
6 Extra Bed Blankets,
8 New Counterpains,
1 Large new Brussels Carpet,
1 Large new Worsted Carpet,
20 Yards new Stair Carpet,
20 Yards Straw Matting.
1 New Feather Bed
With other desirable Furniture and House
Furnishing Goods.
—ALSO —
A CASE FINE DENTAL INSTRU
MENTS with a good lot GOLD FOIL.
—ALSO —
An extra pair HORSES, 5 and 6 years
old, kind and gentle,
oc 19 4t S4B
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos
Administrators Sale.*
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WILL be sold on Tuesday, the 25th inst,, in the
City of Columbus, at the store of Messrs. Ellis,
Livingston k Cos.. Auctioneers, a portion of the
perishable property of the estate of B. A. Sorsby,
dec’d, consisting of several Hogsheads of Sugar,
Kegs es Nails, Boxes of Tobacco, Pieces of Osna
burgs, Envelopes, Writing Paper, Buttons, Thread,
Ac. Sold by order ot Court. Terms cash, Sale to
commence at 11 o’clock a. m.
G. E. THOMAS,
Oct 14,1864.—0 c 15-tilloc2s Adm’r.
SSOO REWARD!
WILL be paid for the delivery of our boy ABRAM
or his lodgment in some jail so that we can get
him. He is about 30 years old, black, 6 feet high,
and weighs 170. Ran off on Tuesday night, the l*th
inst. Had on a suit of Jeans made at the
EAGLE FACTORY.
oct 21 lm
The Eufaula Spirit of the South, Quincy
Dispatch, Albany Patriot, Macon Telegraph, La-
Grange Reporter and Hamilton Enterprse, publish
one month and send bills to Factory.
for sale. ~~
MY plantation containing 960 acres, lying on a
branch of the Cowikee Creek, and 30 miles dis
tant southwest from Columbus. Ga., seven mile?
south from Colbert Depot, Mobile and Girard rail
road, and five miles west of Glennville, and 20 miles
norte of Eufaula. The place is mostly level, is pro
ductive. and in fine state of cultivation, with 000
acres of open land, balance well timbered with oak,
hickory and pine. On the premises are a good
framed Dwelling, with two large rooms and passage;
framed smoke house, 8 negro cabin-, bla>.k.
cVion corn crib. barn, shelter?, *xc.
if’desired 1 Would divide the tract and reserve a
part “ Neighborhood excellent, plenty ot the best
water The health of the place is no? surpassed by
th it of any in East Alabama,
Persons wishing to visit the place will get ett ’oe
train at Silver;Run and take the daily Hack to
Gleunville, where coaveyace can be had.
For further particulars apply to the subscriber on
the premise?, or address him af Glennville. Barbour
county, Ala. Price S4O per acre. Possession
immediately.
OC 21 lm J. F. TREUTLEN.