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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. WARRGHT, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Saturday Morning, October S3, 1864.
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Spieit of tbk Press.— Time matures the
»tre»gth of nations, as of individuals, says
the Richmond Sentinel. So will it strengthen
©ur Coafederacy. What is t© become of the
United States, is a problem for their own poo*
pie to solve; our duties, at present, lie within
©nr owm Government.
“From the organization of our Government
to this time, we have b«ea greatly encouraged
by the success of our anus. Though we have
suffered reverses, our means of defence have
steadily multiplied, and the confidence of our
soldiers has largely increased The greater
the efforts of our adversary, the more certain
his ultimate failure. The larger his armies,
the le<s effective bis fighting. The old saying
‘the inure tho merrier, maybe strictly true in
song, bin no' necessarily iu battle. Let the
morale of. our army be preserved, the high j
merits of our officers be appreciated, and ** Qe
ardor of our soldiers be urAged) and their
camps supply -* lth the b#st we can furnish
fht ni.ixvr > an d soon the renown es the
Confederacy will equal that once en
joyed by the Uuited States, and her people,
freed from the evils of fanaticism and misce
genation, enjoy peace, prosperity and happi
ness.”
Retaliation. — Tho Richmond Whig, we no
tice, proposes by way of retaliation for tho enor
mities recently perpetrated by our vandal enemy
in the Val.'-’y of Virginia, the burning of ana of
their chief cities, say Boston, Philadelphia, or
Cincinnati. This, it says, can be easily done—
that the tnoa to do the work are already thara,
and that a million of dollars would lay the proud
est city of 'ho enemy in ashes. There would be
no difficulty, it says, “in finding there, hare, or in
Canada, suitable persons to take charge of tha en
terprise and arrange it details. Twenty men with
plans all preconcerted, and means provided, se
lecting some drj, windy night, might fire Boston
ia a hundred places and wrap it in flames from
centre to suburb. They might retaliate on Rich
mond, Charleston, Ac. ? Let them do so if they
dare. It is a game at which we can beat them*
Slew York is worth twenty Richmonds. They
have a dozen towns to our one, and in their towns
is centered nearly all their wealth. It would be
immoral and barbarous ! It is not immoral or
barbarous to defend yourself by any means, or
with any weapon tho enemy may employ for your
destruction. They chose to substitute the torch
for the sword. We may so use their own wekpon
as to make them repent, literally ia sackcloth and
ashes, that they ever adopted it. If the Execu
iiTe is not ready fer this, we commend the mat
ter to the secret deliberation of the next Con
gress.”
Anticipations of Change. —Fresh complica
tions mo apprehended in Germany in conse
quence of the probable demise of the reigning
Duke of Denmark without heirs, in which case
Hanover expects to annex that ancient duchy.—
The question attract? great attention, and an
attempt has been made to submit the questioa
So the arbitrament of the Diet, but the Bruns
wickers object to being disposed of without their
consent, and demand that, their destinies shall be
disposed of by the States General of the ducby \
to choose a successor ®r annex the duchy as ,
may be most excellent. The present Grand j
Duke of Brun-wick is old, morose und miserly, j
and broods solitary and alone, shunning society, j
and shunned in return by maa. The last of a
noble race—famous in history for great and noble
deeds.
Os hue the Yankees have adopted the most
extraordinary preventive precautions at Wil
mington. They have two lines of blockadors,
stationed like two lines of sentinels or pick
ets, around the entrances into the Cape Fear ;
the first as neat; the shore as may be, and the
second well out to sea. These blookaders *r
guard-ships are the fastest war steamers that
rail be procured. They are required to be
constantly under full head of steam, and at
flight each steamer is in constant motion
backwards and forwards over the piece of
water assigned to it like a sentinel treading
bis beat. Notwithstanding all this vigilance
the low black crafts from Nassau continue to
pass in and out.
Ohv prisoners on Johnson’s Island are very
inhumanly treated in the matter of food.
They are put on less than half rations, and
are not allowed to buy any eatables. The
reason given by the Yankee authorities for
this heartless conduct is, that they are retal
iating for what they allege to be short rations
»t their own men in captivity among us.
Bands of organized outlaws are laying
waste the Southern part of Mississippi. They
»re encouraged and supplied with arms and
ammunition by the Yankee authorities.
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Last night says the Mobile News ot the IStb,
«mie eighty negroes belonging to the Engineer
Department, broke out of the warehouse where
they were quartered and escaped. These negroes
were recently captured by General Forrest in North
Alabama and Tennessee. A portion of them have
ietm recaptured, aud it is expected that the bal
ance of them will be bagged by night.
— > m i
)h Thursday last, says the Chronicle «fc Senti
•> small squad of “American gentlemen of Af
nntuuu»t.iH, ' who bad, a few nights since, stolen
“ We were
•wish success to McClellan in tbe approaching
"Presidential election. But we have changed
our mind. It has lately become evident thai
there are many persons in the South who are !
disposed to believe if McClellan should carry
4he day, the restoration of the Union would
sot be impossible. To such a conclusion un- 1
ier any circumstances to the sacred contest ,
in which the Confederacy is engaged, we are 1
so opposed that we must perforce deprecate
xny event which might lead to the formation
■ot'a party, however small, which could enter
.tain the thought of a re-alliance with the
people of the North. We have, therefore, de
termined to withdraw the support of our good
wishes from the Chicago n minee. We are
Lincoln men from this time forth.
“By hook,- or by crook,” by loul means or
fair, ii is Lincoln’s intomiob to beat MoClel
,j. will, without*he smallestdoubt. Let
the re'cdoi-trueli mu-ts of tbe South put that
assurance in their pip* s; and it tur.y give them
healthier _dr--> ms, unfler the influence of which
buy will, perhaps, come to understand that
the only way of settling this difficulty i3 to
figi’t through it with all their spirit, and With
til their strength.”
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[Correspondence Telegraph Sc Confederate"]
Frfein I tie Frout.
Jacksonville Ala., Oct., 17, 1864.
ft seems but yesterday when the battle of
Joneeboro was fought, General Hardee de
feated, Atlanta evacuated, the army of Ten
nessee fell back to Jonesboro and the Georgia
reconstructionists commenced writing letters
to Johnston and Stephens, and looking around
for a plan by which they might get baok into
the aecursed Union. Indeed it was a tine
well accounted to ehake every patriotic man.
They were perhape not appalled by the re
verses to their arms, but when the construct
ionists commenced te move and were getting
bold, then they trembled, and thought with
Macbeth—-
“Approach thou
Like the rugged Russian bear ;
t The armed rhinoceros, er hyrean tiger ;
Assume any other shape save that,
And my firm nerves will never tremble.”
But at the time hope had died away in the
hearts of men from whom we bad aright to
expect endurance to the close, Gen. Hood rose
to the full grandeur and glory of the leader
of a Southern array, and ordered his army
forward. The enemy stood still in Atlanta
in conscious security whilst he crossed the j
Chattahoochse and threw the whole strength j
of bis corps upon their rear. No sooner did j
the men receive the order to forward than the 1
Wildest enthusiasm ran from rank to rank and j
from brigade to corps.. Gen. Hood was there
in command, as it were, of anew army >ui
The road was first struck above Marietta,”]
and communication with Atlanta irorn that !
way to this ceased. At Alatooaa General ■
French made an unfortunate attack. Ho lost i
many men aud won nothing. He was sent j
there undor the impression that the garrison :
consisted of only three hundred, when, accor
ding to Sherman, there was a whole corps.—
Had be been a General of the proper capacity
he would have quickly learqed the mistake of
his corps commander and drew off. The
reason that the place was not captured was
because that would have interfered with the
commanding General’s plans, which was to |,
accept no engagement of importance, to at
tack no strong garrison, but to reserve the
whole strength of the army for battles beyond ;
the borders of Georgia.
From Alatoonaa detour was made to the j
left, and the Coosa crossed at several differ- |
ent places.
The confounded Yankees thought then they j
would get a general battle near Rome, on last
Wednesday. But General Hood amused them
with a squadron of cavalry while he passed
on to Dalton. Sherman, came upon the cav
alry, and, thinking the whole rebel strength
was behind them, made his dispositions for a
pitched battle. The cavalry skirmished and
fought him for two days, and finally drew off,
worsted, it is true, and of course, but inval
uable time was gained, for on that day (Thurs
day) Gen. Hoodsent in a flag of truce to Col.
Johnston at Dalten, and gave him five min
utes to haul down his colors *
The peremptory demand brought the Colo
nel to our General in person, and he begged
and plead for terms. But Gen. Hood told
him that, if he was in command or white troops
iustead of slaves, he should be so treated ;
but that he would grant him no terms. The
Colonel thought the terms hard, b t promptly
hauled down his flag and surrend red eight
hundred negroes, two hundred and fifty whites,
one company of cavalry, one battery of artil
lery, and a great quantity of stores, besides
ten or twelve colors. Not a gun was fired.
Our men immediately ran up the Southern
standard and plundered the Yankee camp,
The negroes were stripped of their overcoats
and hats, and, under guard aud the lash, put
to work tearing up the railroad. They will
not be treated as prisoners of war, but if any
of them should chance to live long they will
be reduced to their normal condition.
I shoe J have mentioned that on the route
to Dali . ilton was taken with its garrison
of thi hundred aud fifty That during a
recon?.. ■ time at Dug Gap Major Clare had a
hors- i!ed. Col. Bpek, of the 23d Alabama,
was l . ed, and Major Falconer wounded in
the : ‘gi*.. From Dalton the army proceeded
up the railroad except one or two divisions,
which wewt to Resacca fer the purpose of ma
king a uemonstration. There will be also a
demonstration made upon Chattanooga, but,
hardly a real attack.
1 might go on without end with conjectures,
but that is entirely out of place, unnecessary
and indiscreet. Let the people hold up their
heads and rejoice, for, as Macdade said he
dreamed, a man has come up from the South
to destroy and annihilate the enemy.
As to the position of Sherman’s army, it is
something like the dog Chesney tied to the
end ot the car—distributed up and down the
railroad from Nashville to Atlanta. He has
largely reinforced bis garrisons on the Chatta
uooga and Nashville railroad, to intercept
Forrest, and has the garrisons along the At
lanta road that remains ia his hands strongly
reinforced.
Hood seems to be following the three grand
principles of war : 1. To march upon the in *]
terior line. 2. To throw his whole strength
upon the weakest point of the enemy. And,
thirdly, to cut him off from his base of sup
plies.
It is fashionable to attribute the strategy ot
this Texas hero to others. But there are j
plenty of people who believe that Shakspeare j
stole every play he ever wrote; that Wash* j
ington’s letters and speeches and messages
were all written by Adams ; that Napoleon’s
marshals were greater than Napoleon himself.
In short, there are people who doubt that God
made the world, and religiously believe that
it was created by somebody—they don’t ex
actly know who. I wonder if they know who
made the Lunatic Assylum.
No. General Johnston, President Davis and
Gen. Beauregard have nothing to do with the
planning of this campaign, and have precious
little to say about its execution. Certainly
they do not presume to dictate to Gen. Hood
upon «diat particular road he shall march,
when to fight or decline a battle. The truth
is, if an angel from heaven was in command
of any of our armies there would be objections
j raised, and a strofig party in favor of ebang
j iug command.
I Let the people sustain the army and its
1 great and glorious young chieftain, and soon
| the news of victory and peace will come as
sweet as hope and as swift as Aeolian strain*
I when twanged by angels’ hands!
GRAFTON.
Mr. Sala, in a letter to the London Tele
graph, refers to Mr. Beecher thus :
■ I have had the greatest difficulty in per-
Huading myself that the coarse, vulgar uu-
Hearded man who occupies the rostrum in
Hmerican dissenting churches—now spouting
Hike an auctioneer, now like a strolling player,
How lolling in an arm chair while the hymn
Is being sung—was a priest of any creed.
Hhis, of course, arises from prejudice and from
■laving been brought up in the church of Eng
land. To prejudiced persons the services of
the church should be, to a certain extent, a
mystery, and elevated far beyond the petty en
virons or daily life. Prejudiced persons look
1 upon the priest as a man set apart. When
their priest is a funiiy priest or an earnest
priest, they are apt—in their prejudice—to
I look upon him not with admiration, but with
j horror. *
i There is nothing mysterious about the re
; ligion of the masses here. The “Episcopal
Methodists” have “hot turkey celebrations,”
and the “Church oQhe Holy Trinity’ advertis
es a “clam-babe feast and strawberry ice
! cream festival.” The pulpits are draped in
party flags, the preacher reeks from last night's
slump oratory, aud the printer s devil'is wait-
Liu2: with the proof el bis last political sermon
to be inserted in the next week's Independent.
Everybody is familiar wish the Scriptures ; aud
Scrit-fur.il jokes of the most abominable, blas
i nheinous kind are the choicest- peals in the
cerium! o! Anm.ic&u humor Iu futt, the
1 un ney ••.isafigers have got iuio lOe Tempir-. aud
there's no means of driving them out ; but
! then the Priests and the L vit.es bare ia their
i turn gone down town, and are great in YV all
1 street and at Tammany'.
Tribote of Respect.
At a meeting of the 6th Alabama Regiment, te
I express their feelings relative to the death of Au
gustus Manly - Gordon, Major of the 6th Alaba
ma Regiment, who was killed at Chancellorsville,
Va., May 3d, 1863, Capt. G. W. Hooper was called
i to the chair, and Lieut. W. B. Hunt, Acting Ad •
i jutant, requested to act as Secretary. On motion
the following named gentlemen were appointed te
; draft appropriate resolutions: Capt. Hugh A.
Haralson, A. Q. M., Dr. T. A. Davis, Surgeon,
Dr. T. J. Weatherly, Ass’t Surgeon, Capt. Mil
ledge L. Bowie, Private John Oliver, and Private
S. W. C. Weston. While the committee were out,
an opportunity being given by the chairman fer
any member to express himself in relation to the
subject, Lieut. P. H. Larey, es Company M, rose
and delivered; th# following appropriate and touch
ing address, which, at the solicitation of the com
l mittee, he kindly consented to write eut and sub
] mit for publication with these proceedings :
. ADDRESS.
Mr. Chairman : As there is nothing sensual in
spirit, and nothing intellectual in matter, it of
course concerns the dead but little what place they
hold in ;he e.-timaden of the living. We cherish
their memory for ourselves. We consecrate
the remembrance of their virtues—their piety,
their patriotiMn, their eourage, and heroism, be
cause those attributes are divine in origin, enno
bling in nature, elevating in sentiment. It has
been beautifully said that “the sweetest and
brightest link in the chain that stretches back
over the past inr? us to the dead : and that chain
stretches ferw. rd to eternity, and attaches itself
to the throne tue living God”—-thus drawing
mortals upward and exalting them to tho skies.
The human m nd —the human heart instinct
ively turns, with love and admiration, towards
the good, the no ale, tho heroic. And hence it is
that the possessor of these eminent qualities,
these heaven born principles, is honored while
living, and lamented when dead.
. Aud it is tho duath of such an one, nay fellow
soldiers, that has summoned us together this eve
ning. It is indeed a sad and solemn meeting.—
With grieved spirits and lacerated bosoms we
come to express our profound regret for tha loss
es one whose absence is painfully felt—to commin
gle our tears of sympathy over the grave, as it
were, of him, whom we all knew but to love. It
is the last tribute of respect, the 6th Ala
bama, now bowed in sorrow and ia anguish,
can pay to the Memory of its noble and lamented
Major, Augustus Manly G«rdon, who fell at
the head of the regiment in the desperate battle
of Chanccllorsville, May 3d, 1563, as tho hero is
always wont to fall, “near the flashing of the
guns, his feet to the foe, and hi? face toward
heaven.” His manly heart no longer beats re
sponsive to the calls of his bleeding country.
His lustrous eye, sparkling with the fires of pa
triotis'm and genius, no more surveys the em
battled host. His soul-stirring voice is hushed
in the silence ot the tomb. He sleeps in tho
stillness of death. Peace be -unto his ashes.
Most estimable man—
“He kept
Tho whiteness es his soul, and thus men o’er him
wept.”
It required but a.limited acquaintance with
Maj. Gordon to convince us that he was a “gen
tleman to the manor born.” Cultivated in intel
lect and refined ia manners,pure ia morals and in
genious in nature, genial in disposition, courteous
in intercourse, dignified in bearing, firm in char
acter, and resolute in action, it was perfectly
natural that he should adorn tho sphere in which
he meved, and win the hearts of all who approach
ed him/In his death society has lost anornamont—
the church, a consistent member —the country, a
courageous son. Had it pleased God to have
spared his life to the end of this cruel war, there
is no telling how bright and brilliaut might have
been his career. But he has been removed from
our midst, and his immortal spirit borne on angel
wings teits ethereal home, whilst his friends and
relatives are left to mourn his lossjand sob convul
sively o’er his early grave.
Alas! my countryman, how unfortunate have we
boen ! How sorely are we afflicted ? How many
of our noble comrades, like our devoted Major,
have been stricken down to earth while the trium
phant shouts of victory were ringing in their ears!
How sad, how melancholy tho thoughts that come
crowding upon our minds ! As we cast a retro
spective look over the battle-fields of Maryland,
the Rappahannock, and Richmond, the sombre
forests loom up before our glazed vision like a
huge funeral concourse, and the mourning winds
sigh the requiem of departed friends and brothers.
The choicest affections of our hearts have been
sacrificed on the altar of our country. Our regi
ment, has iu truth reared the temple of its glory
upon hecatombs of its matchless worthies. But all
of them did not die —their illustrious example still
lives to light up the pathway of tho wrong and op
pressed. They cannot be forgotten. When, in
after years, their lovec names and ehivairic deeds
are recounted, the grey-haired veterans of the
6th Alabama will bow their heads in deep grief
and weep like bereaved children at jjtheir mothers
tomb. But the lives of our fallen heroes, so freely
offered at the shrine of liberty, needs no fulsome
encomium from me—their eulogy is inscribed in,
letters of blood on the imperishable rock of ages.
Though they survived not to reap tho rich harvest
of renown which awaits the fortunate, still they
perished nobly and tilth’s is indeed the bed of
glory. Tbeir thrilling deeds will be cherished in
the memory of freemen, till time itself shall trem
ble with the feebleness of age. For them then
shall be an epitaph in every heart, a record in
every leaf, a mausoleum in every hill. Then prais
es shall be sung when the bright wine shall be
poured at our nations’s festivals. Garnered in
man’s bosom, their memories shall be dear as the
voice of home in a strange laud, or the splashing
of rain-drops iu the burning deserts. Inspired
bards shall paint their characters in dazzling
colors, and breathe new life into thoif fallen bodies.
You —
High en Fame’s bright scroll shall rise c
The names of those who dared to fight— j
And fall—a noble sacrifice
For Southern law and Southern right.
Lieut. Larey having concluded his remarks, the
Committee submitted the following report which
was unanimously adopted;
Kilted at Cuanceliorsville. Va., May 3d, 1863,
Augustus Manley Gordon, Major of the6th Alaba
ma Regiment It is with the deepest regret that
wo chtonicle the death of this gallant Christian
soldier. Soon after the battle of Sharpeburg, his
superior officers being wounded and absent, the res
ponsible duties of the command devolved upon
him and so manfully and conscientiously did he
discharge those duties, that he won for himself the
undivided affection and esteem of every officer and
private in the regiment. Asa man he possessed a
character truly noble. With a cheerful disposition,
affable, courteous, kind and generous, he greeted
all with his own peculier sweet smile, which found
its way to the hearts of all who approached him. —
An humble Christian he always maintained an un
blemished character. A brave man, he left the
cloister of the student at the first summon of his
country, and by his unswerving steadiness, his geni
al manners, his high moral bearing, and disinterest
ed patriotism acquired for himselt a position of
trust and honor In his death our regiment has
lost an efficient officer, —the cause, a brave defeder,
—societv, an ornament, —the church, a member
faithful and devout.
Therefore he it Resolved by the 6th Alabama Re
giment, That we deeply deplore his death , that
while we submissively and meekly bow to the will
of the Great Dispenser of Events, we can but ex
press our profound regret at his loss, and mourn
that one whose life was so eminently useful, whose
future was so bright with promise, should hare been
cut down in the prime and vigor of his manhood.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathise with the
relatives and friends of the deceased, and tender
them our heartfelt condolence in this their great
bereavement and affliction.
Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this
meeting be furnished the family of the deceased,
and that they be published in the religious and
secular papers of his own State, and in the Soldiers
Friend and Christian Index.
Capt, G. W. HOOPER, Chairman.
Lieut. W. B. Hunt, Sec’y.
May 19th, 1863.
TheLatb Fight near Rome.—A gentleman,
just from the front, informs us that our entire
loss in the late fight near Rome does not ex
ceed fifty men, iu killed, wounded and cap
tured.
It is reported that Gen. Sherman was on
the field, and that his force was from ten to
fifteen thousand, including infantry, cavalry
and artillery.
Our forces consisted of portions of the 3d
and 11th Texas, 3a Arkansas, Bth Alabama
and Col. Armstead’s regiment, al! cavalry, and
two pieces of artillery. They made a gallant
resistance, repulsing several charg; - made up
: on them with considerable slaughter, bat find
ing the Yankees in such heavy force, finally
retired in govd order, wiiu the loss above sta
led.
Considering the large number ordered out
by S >'rman, he must have expected a more
formidable force than a small division of cav
alry, numbering eight or nine hundred. He
was evidently most gloriously ‘Hakes in."
[>'D.v?cr Exporter. 1 9th.
<* —e— «•
""Thk'g ki»rgia Commissioners—-We have the
mesv uwiitvc cis.-.raoce !-,ut C. G. Baylor -ailed
Iron ihi unaSa. m. the, brig ‘•Henrietta." direct
for New York, on 12;., An. *'• t
Halifax papers announced his arrival at Washing
ton as “the Georgia Commissioner.” Wonder if he
put Sherman up to the idea of having a pow wow
with Governor Brown and Vice-President Ste
phens — A-ujusta-Co, titaUondlist.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according te act of Congress in the yea.*
1863. by J.S i hrasher, in tne Clerk’s office of
the District Court es the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Oct. 21.
Official dispatches state that Early attack
ed Sheridan’* camp on Cedar Creek before
day on the 19th, surprised and routed the 18th
and 19th corps, and drove the 6th corps be
yond Middleton, capturing 18 piece* artillery
and I,3ooprisoners, which were safely brought
off. But tho enemy subsequently made a
stand and ia turn attacked Early, causing his
line to give way On the retreat the enemy
captured 30 pieces of artillery.
Our nett loss was 23 pieces artillery, some
wagon* and ambulances.
Our less in killed and wounded was less
than a 1000. Our loss in prisoners is thought
to be small.
The enemy’s infantry is reported to be veay
badly demoralized. He did not pursue. His
loss is very severe.
Gen. Ramseur was seriously wounded while
acting with gallantry ,and was captured by
the enemy.
New York papers of the Jffth received. Of
ficial dispatches state that Hood’s main force
was near Lafayette on the night of the 16th.
Sherman was at Ship’s Gap, at which point
part of the 24th North Ca. was captured. The
rear of Hood’s army left Lafayette on the
morning of the 17th, going South.
A St. Louis telegram of the 18th says Gen.
Price’s headquarters are reported at Lexing
ton. Curtis drove the rebels out of Inde
pendence on Tuesday.
Gen Biraey died at Philadelphia Tuesday.
Gaeat excitement prevailed at Memphis on
Sunday evening in consequence of an expect
ed attack on (he city by a strong body of For
rest’s forces.
~1200 Guerillas under Hindes have concen
trated near Brandenburg, Ky.
A peace convention is in session at Cincin
nati. Long is talked of as a candidate for tho
Presidency.
Gold closed in New York at 210.
European advices to the 9th, The Text
Convention recently concluded by the French
and Italian Governments has - been published
with a protocol providing that the Italian cap
ital be transferred to Florence within 6 months
and the withdrawal of the French troops
from Rome in two years from date of the roy
assent to the bill which the ministry will sub
mit to the Italian Parliament. The treaty is
not acceptable to tho Pope who threatens to
call for the protection of some other Catholic
power if the French troops are withdrawn. M.
Chatteau Benard has been appointed French
Minister to Washington. Mercier goes to
Madrid.
Returns fi m 66 counties in Pennsylvania
show a deni ■ ario gain of 14,500 on the vote
of last year w —i trie republicans elected their
Governor bv 15 360.
[From the Liverpool Mercury, Sept. 28.]
Liverpool Alarmed,
In the princip 1 departments of business in
London yesterday, there has been very little
doing. The downward movement of prices in
the cotton market continues. Every one ap
pears very fidgety regarding moneytary mat
ters, and it is feared th4t, unless a change for
the better soon takes place, credit will be se
riously shaken.
[From the Manchester Examiner, Sept. 24.]
THE FEELING IN MANCHESTER.
The stock markets show no improvement.
There is no business to support them, trans
actions being discouraged by the impressions
created by the suspension of the Leeds Bank
ing Company, but in the absence of invest
ments, prices generally are steadier than many
people anticipated. The returns of the Ban!
of England and the Bank of France are boD.
satisfactory, inasmuch as the position of both
is strengthened in their reserves, whilst their
liabilities have diminished,
It is stated that some of the younger joint
stock banks have been urgently calling on their
customers to reduce the amounts of their ad
vauces, and that this is one cause of the con
tinued depression on the Stock Exchange. It
is urged that, if this course is continued, so*
rieus inconveniences may arise, and that fbe
power should be very carefully exercised un
der present circumstances,
[From the London (city art.) Sept. 20.]
FAILURE OF a HAVRE COTTON TRADER,
The failure has been announced of Mr. C.
Dose, a large cotton speculator at Havre. The
liabilities are stated at £40,000, and the as
sets are thought to be considerable.
[From the London Post, Sept. 24.]
The recent failure at Havre is stated to
amount to £400,000 and not £40,000 as has
been named. Several houses in this country
are sufferers by it.
There is an old saying that threatened peo
ple live long. Perhaps this saying may apply
as weft to places as to individuals ; and. if so
may account for the fact that Wilmington,
whose fate has been so long and so frequently
threatened or predicted, “still lives,” or, in
the classic phrase of a young gentleman who
caught the idea but not the words—“lt ain’t
dead yet.”
Now, once more, and with redoubled force
and frequency, we are pointed out as sheep
for the slaughter. The knife that is to sever
our joint and several jugulars has already
been whetted sharp that like unto Job’s war
horse, even the inanimate cutlery smelleth
the battle afar off —tbirsteth for our blood,
and says ha ! ha 1
Confound the people, we wish they would
stop their nonsense. Thi3 thing of having
people grinding axes and whetting knives, and
fixing up gun-boats, and loading bomb-shells
all the time for our special use and behoof, may
be fun to out-siders, but we don’t see the joke,
and more than that, we don’t gain in our
power of understanding or appreciating it,
and don’t expect to. Oar advice to Admiral
Farragut or to any other Admiral whose name
so ends, would be to keep away from here. If
j he comes here he may get hurt in the end es
j his name.
Seriously, however, this thing of an attack
1 may be sprung upon us instantly, as it was at
! Mobile or Charleston. It has appeared just as
! probable here before as it does now. and still
;it has not yet come. It appeared no more so
! at Charleston *nd yet the city is now under
fire.— Wilmington Journal.
Important Notice.— We are in* receipt of
the following telegram from Dr. Marshall:
Richmond, Oct. 13, 1864.
Editor Clarion: —l can send tobacco by flag
i of truce to every Mississippian in Northern
i prisons. It i? better than money there. I
need SIO,OOO. Will the people assist me?
If so, send money to Columbus, Ga., by ex
press. C. K. MARSHALL.
Let our people go to work at once and raise
{he sum. or its equivalent, for Dr. Marshall.
; The cold weather is at hand, and unless we do
‘ something to alleviate the sufferings of ohr
canturedsoluiers, many of them will freeze to
death this winter Let every one who has a
friend or relative in prison—every one who is
f interested in the„c.ause of liberty and hnraan
irv. contribu’e something. Our prisoners are
| in great need of clothing. Ac., and we should
not let this opportunity of supplying them
I pn=s unimproved. The soldiers can barter the
' tobacco. — Mendiun' Clarion.
“JFX-XIEZ CITY.
T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
Sales To-Day. —See advertisement of Ellis Sc
Cos., who will sell, to-day, a very desirable lot of
furniture, and other articles teo numerous t* men
tion.
The Wayside Home. —We learn that Rev. R.
A. Holland has aecepted an invitation to deliver
an address ia this city on Wednesday evening
next in behalf es the “Wayside Heme.” Mr. Hol
land is one of the most fluent and accomplished
speakers iu the Confederacy and we anticipate for
those who may attead a rich intellectual repast.
The object es the lecture is one of the most deser
ving that ceuld appeal to the sympathy and gene
rosity of our people, and we trust will meet a
ready response at their hands. The place of the
lecture, and price of admission will bo designated
in future notices.
Theatre.—A Reduction in Admissions. —At
the solicitation of a number of mechanics in the
city, who have expressed a desire to attend the
Theatre but have been deterred heretofore by the
high scale of prices demanded, Mr. Crisp, the gen
tlemanly manager has determined to make a par
tial reduction so as to accomodate all who may
wish to attend during his present engagement.
He therefore requests us to give notice, that here
after the seats in the centre of the Hall will be
held as reserved seats, and the customary admis
sion fee of five dollars be charged those who may
wish to oocupy them, while admission to those on
the right and left of tho Hall will bo reduced to
three dollars. This is the only arrangement that
can be made, in view of thß want of adaptation in
the Hall to the purposes of the Thoatre. Mr.
Crisp also informs us that his present engagement
may terminate ia this city in a few days, but that
it is his intention to lease the Hall, if possible, in
which event he will alternate between Montgome
ry and Columbus.
To-night the company will appear in the popu
lar French sensation drama, of the “Marble
Heart.”
In the boun Hess universe of animate and inani
mate creations, all things harmoniously subserve
the cuds for which they were made, save man. He
is the only creature that has ever dared to rebel
against tho great being, whose handiwork he is.
The loftiest created intelligences of the skies,
whose existence date far back into the eternity es
the past, hasten with alacrity to execute the be
hests of the high and holy One who sits enthroned
in the sublimity of his own grand designs and in
their superual bliss, derive their chief satisfatien
in paying homage to the King of Kings and Lord
of Lords. The sun, moon and stars, with ail the
bright planets and worlds that roll on in th# airy
and illimitable fields of space, decking the azure
vault of tl*g skies like myriad gems of gor- ]
geons beauty, are obedient to the divine will,
and perform their wonderful and mysterious func
tions without the slightest jar or discord. In the
world of animate nature, countless millions of crea
tures instinct with life, embracing alike the terri
ble leviathan of the seas and the smallest animal
culm who finds a universe in a drop of water, as
woll as the animal of most wonderful propotions
on land, and the tinest insect that floats on tho
gentlest zephyr, all, all fufill the ends of their be- I
iug, and in so doing glorify the God who made ;
them. In tnan alone, the Almighty's mastorpiece ]
of earth, from whom he had most reason to expect i
adoration inconsequence of his God-like endow- *
meats, is found the arch spir-a of discord and re- '
hellion. Man alone, dara to disobey the express
ed will of his Maker, *nd lift his puny army in
opposition to Him Kom whom is derived every
source of good, admirablyjadapted to the ration
al enjoTment 'f his kind. Partaking of that ma
licious sptit which caused Lucifer to rebel in
heaven * feeling so aptly expressed in a line
from the inspired Milton, that it is
“Better to rule in hell than serve in heaven,”
nan arrays himself in antagonism to the great
an incomprehensible I Am, and by a perversion
of the laws of his being, forfeits all right to the
divine favor. Is it any wonder then that because
of this disposition in man, the earth has been
cursed with war, pestilence, famine and all the
multiplied and aggravated forms q£ ill that have
from tiuse to time visited the earth? Id not the.
wonder greater that God has pot offgner *
% t «»ijdcCl
out the last vegtige of- race thatiag dare(l t 0 po _
lute so air s> heritage J
All ,he letter writers from the front treat of
the grtat labor performed by the army of Ten
nessee,since the commencement of the campaign,
and speak complimentary of the patience with
which the haidships have been undergone. Those
who know souething about the difficulties insepar
able from nfiving a large body of men can form
some idea ofthe hardships endured by th is army,
when told that up to the 9th instant, it hai march
ed from 15 to !0 miles a day, and had only had three
entire dry dws in the time. One correspondent
says: The traps have stood it remarkably well
under fatiguesas great as any endured by the Vir
ginia army. Vhis I heard said by an officer who
served in Virgnia, where he participated in most
of the hard maiches and hard fights.
A late dispatih from Springfield, 111., says ; Sub
stitues commani a high price here to-day, one sell
ing for as high as $1,500. The suostitutes are mostly
negroes, whe are readily accepted in lieu of white
men. Good healthy negroes are worth from S6OO
to SBOO in this rnaiket.
—-
A carman in New Orleans ran over and put
out the light of a very young American citi
zen of African deaceut, and was heard to ex
claim : “God bless the emancipation procla
mation ! If I had done that two years ago, it
would have cost me five hundred dollars.”
Printers’ Guard. —Tie editors and print
ters of Richmond have organized themselves
into a company, and fleeted their officers.
They will be called om only in case of ex
treme necessity.
.Notice!
Government Trinsportation Works,
C'olimbus, Ga., Oct., 21,1864.
Creditors are hereby rrtified that the Government
has furnished me with Certificates of Indebtedness
in sums of 5000,1000, 5)0 and 100 dollars each, t»
pay their claims against these works. These certi
ficates are neatly executed, —they are non-taxable
both principal and interest —they bear six per cent;
interest payable on the first days of January and
July each year, and are assignable. It is believed
that they are better than any investment paying
14 per cent. Parties holding them have nothing to
i do with Assessors or Tax-gatherers, but lay them
aside in their drawers and they are earning an in
i Gome night and day.
THOS. JOHNSON,
0c22 6t Special ' gent Q. M. Dept.
WANTED.
i
Marshall Hospital,
-Columbus, Ga., October 22.1864.
Three gallons Sweet Milk, daily, at this Hospital,
! for U3O of the sick and wounded.
T. A. MEANS,
. oc 22 Ot Surgeon in Charge.
SOIfcOitOI.
will purchase ten barrels choice Sorghum
h Syrup, by sample, furnish barrels, and ' iv in
Salt or currency. : M. T. ELLIS A CO.
: oc 22 3fr
Shot aEid Powder.
| KA BAGS Sir ot, all numbers 1
! Gl/ 100 pounds Cour--- Powder;
100 “ Fine Rifle-Powder.;.
0c226t * STAFFORD &t v.
TH .
SCALE OF PRICES.
Centre Seats, entrance by the Centre doer $6 <M
Seats on the right and left of the Hall 3 ()0
Servants Tickets 2 00
Ihe , Seat3 on the r >sht and left of the Haff
will be partit ined off from the Centre Seats, the di
vision clearly defined, and protected by the Guards
on duty.
The Stay of tiDMCoinpany
Is limited to a very few nights, having to eommenee
the Dramatic Season in Montgomery.
Saturday Evening, October 22,1564,
The great French Sensation Drama in Six Tableaux
of the
MARBLE HEART!
THE PAINTER’S DREAM!
The IVlarble Statues.
All the Great Company in the Piece!!
..Received in its previous representation with
Triumphant Success !!
SINGING AND MUSIC!
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AUCTION SALES
tSy Ellis, Livingston Cos.,
FINE PIANO.
W*j will sell ?n TUESDAY, 25th October, at
'' 1U ® clock, in Iront of our Auction Room
1 Fine Rosewood Piano, 7 1-2 Octave, of
fine Tone and Finish.
oc .22 3t sl2
By Ellis, Civingston & Cos
A PRIVATE SALE.
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.
SPOOL THREAD.
i
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ON SATLRDAY, Oct. 22d, at 10J o’eloek
we will sell in front of our store
20 dozen Carlisle White Spool Thread,
assorted numbers.
oc 21 2t $8
By Ellis, Eiving-ston & Cos.
EXTRA NEGROES.
AN TUESDAY, October 25th, at 10 1-2 o’eloek,
\J we will sell in front of our store,
TWO Extra Likely Negro women, 22
and 24 years old, both good Cooks,
1 Washers, Ironers and House Servants,
oc 21 5t S2O
By Ellis, Eiviifig'stosa & Cos.
FINE SINGLE HARNESS.
WE will sell, on SATURDAY, October 22d,
at o'clock, in fr of our Auction Room
ONE SETT SIN /E HARNESS,
very fine,
oc 20 3t sl2
By Ellis, «fc Cos.
VALUABLE NEGROES.
AN TUESDAY, 25th of October at 10% o’clock,
V./ 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
By EBlis, fjhi ngston & Cos.
SALT.
AN TUESD AY, 25th of October, at 10 1-2 o’clock
we will sell in front of our Auction Aoorn,
90 BARRELS SALT.
oc 20 5t sls
By Ellis, Eivingston & Cos.
Fine Furniture, <fcc.
AN SATURDAY. 22d October, at. io o’clock, we
I '/ Will sell a ver,y Uo.3ira.blc Jut of Furniture. \\[a
j*name in part—
-1 Mahogany Rocking Chair,
1 Mahogany Arm Chair,
I 1 Mahogany Centre Taiilc; Work Table,
1 Fine Walnut Musie 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 IJ usseis Carpet,
| 1 Large r r w Worsted Carpet,
j 20 Yards new Stair Carpet,
i 20 Yards Straw Matting,
i 1 New Feather Bed
| With other desirable Furniture and House
Furnishing Good's.
—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 & Cos,
Administrators Sale.
i Ij|TILL he 80 011 Tuesday, the 25th inst,, in the
Yf City of Columbus, at the store of Messrs- Ellis,
Livingston A Go.. Auctioneers, a portion of the
perishable property of the estate of B. A. Sorsby,
dec’d, consisting of several Hogsheads of Sugar,
Kegs of Nails, Boxes of Tobacco, Pieces of Osna
burgs. Envelopes, Writing Paper, Buttons, Thread,
Ac. Sold by order of Court. Terms cash, Sale to
! commence at 11 o’clock a. m.
; G. E. THOMAS,
0ct14,1864.—0c 15-tilloc2s Adm’r.
I FOII SALE.
t“ 5 Y plantation containing 960 acres, lying on a
it branch of the Cowikee Creek, and 30 miles dis
tant soathwesi from Columbus. Ga., seven miles
south from Colbert Depot. Mobile and Girard rnil
| road, aud five miles west of Glenn ville, and 20 miles
j norte of £ufaula % Th place is mostly level, is pro-
I duetive, and io fine state ot cultivation, with 560
I acres of open land, balance well timbered with oak,
' hickory and pine. On the premises are a good
j framed Dwelling, with two large rooms and passage;
I framed smoke house, S negro cabins, blacksmiths
! shop, corn crib, barn shelters, Ac.
! If desired I would divide the tract and reserve a
part. Neighborhood excellent,-_ plenty of timber:
I water. The headh of tao place is no: surpasseu oy
(that of any in East Ala ama.
Dp-j,,,.; wishing to visit the piece win sih oil 'n.
I ’i’u-j IhUi and take the daily li.iCk 10
j (jiennville. where cixnve. ace can beiiiad. ,
i For further particulars apply to the subscriber On
the prcai'.-v-f, or a idrc.-s l.:'u at Otcnnv me, baroour
county, Ala Price -V W per acre. Possession given
immediately. _•
oc 21 lm ■ Ji F. iRE a iLr,ii.