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Announcing candidates2o. which must invariably
paid in ad ran co.
Change ol Schedule.
Owe* EffOINSIU AND SUPERINTENDENT. )
Chari *st«R and Savannah Railroad, V
Charleston, Juno 7,1864.)
ON THURSDAY, June 9,1864, anti until further !
notice, the Schedule of ihe Passe iger train will !
boas follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.16. n. in.
Arrive in Savannah ,6.40, p. ta.
Leave Savannah 6 30, a. m.
Arrive id Charlesti n 1.16, p. m. |
This Train makes diroot connections, going north j
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad atf'har- j
leston, and the Centjal Railroad at the Junction.
li. 3. HAINES. • I
June! 4 ti Engineer _.vnd Superintender;
Change, ol Schedule.'
ON and after Sunday, Jurn 19th, the Trains on
the Vi uscogee Railroad will run as follows
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus .6 46 P. M.
Arrive at Macon.. 3 25 A. M.
Leave Minton 8 10 P. M
Arrive at Coiumbu» 4 25 A. 6.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 6 00 A. V
Arriveal Columbus 455 A. M
W. L. CLARK.
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Tlirougli to Montgomery
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, Aii trust 27,1864.
ON and after August 27th. the Pa ...... Train on
the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. in.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m.
drrivea: Columbus at 5:32 p. m.
Leave at ’5:50 a. m.
drriveaf Mon gomery at 3:00 p.m.
,Irri'vo at West Point at 4!30 p. m.
Ereixh Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
I). H. C'liA M, Sup’t k Eng
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MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
<u or s(iii:iin.ii.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1884.
t iN and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
' * Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as tollows:
„ S*»MMcng<er Train
Leave Girard at 1 30 p.iu.
Arrival in Union Springs 600 "
Leave Union Springs 5 135 a. in.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00
Freight Train.
Leave Girard nt 4 00 a, in.
Arrive in Girard at 0 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS.
«gIBU Eng. it Sup’t.
Hr. J, S. OhIRK,
DENTIST,
FORMERLY OK NK.W ORLEANS.,
HAS returned, and can be found at 10b Broad
street, over Dr. R, A, Ware’s Drug Store.
OCtlO-d 1 m
I>r. fit, N085,12,
ZDEHSTTIST,
* T PctnVr'on At Cart'-rV old stand, back room of
/’ Smith’s Jewelry Store, where ho can b<-found
it all hour*, foe 186 tn
3E3C.£03l Ci£3 W atll.t o cl.
AT THK
EAtiiLE FACTORY,
COLU.MMIB. HGORGIA.
FIFTY young women can find steady work and
r liberal pay at the „
ne 11 dxwlm EAGLE FA'-.’TO R\ .
WAS^TEB!
t AAA LBS. i'-* TALLOW, for which a liberal price
i)d I' •' will b- oaid. Apply to
V. W. DILLaRD,
yp 7 * ’ Major and Q, M.
Notice!
OttUMRUS. (la,, Oct. 4th, 1804.
I . T. Maddox a authorized to attend to uiy
business in my absence from Columbus.
neslui« WILL S. BALFOUR.
8, % lift MS COiVMIGIVMEnrT
OF
LETTER PAPER!
AND
JMvi.fftOftANDIJ.U BOOKS!
Bov ulo by
J. K. REDD & CO.
oe 12 L
PERRY HOYSE. .
’FUR und rsis<ned would respectfully inform his
I old tri tp's, patrons, und ho traveling public
generally, t a* as he hits t<> b ■ absent for a short
time huka: >ccu so fortunate as to have associated
with him us well kn >wu »nd worthy friend Mr,
EDWARD PAItSD NS, Into o Atlanta, (la.,whose
reputation ad superior t <*t for busings is well
known tin u h >ut t e Confederacy. This House
is b rgo and .-imiitindinus, nnJ no pains, nor expense
shall be spared tofitii up in the very best and most
elegant st> to, and to ootatn every th ng in the line
ai suostanti 1 tai.ibics t.tul luxuries tiict tins
market affo ds. With these assura'ices we most
cordially solicit all our old frieruls. and the travel
ing public gener illv. to give u-> acall and an oppor
tunity of r» tillering them combo-table.
.*•ls lm* TIIoS, E. SMITH.
S2OO REWARD.
U' ,1, be paid for the Apprehension and delivery
V* to us <•• our two Nog o lio.vs, BILL and JIM,
who rati oft* some times nee.
BlLLweghs about 150, is tall and slim, black
complex' n, hair very»hurt and flun. has a down
cast, sullen look, and talks long and drawling, Left
ns*boat the Ist of August last. s
JIM o a fine looking negro, weighs about 180, 5
stet 10 or l 1 inches high, black complexion, thin
visage aid high cheek bones, hair short. Left us
•bout at Ist of Oct* her.
We *vil; p iy the a rove reward sot both, or SIOO for
either ot the above described negroes if delivered
to us or »lHced in some sa'p j ul where wo can get
them. We will also pay SIOO for proof to convict
any white person o harboring th in.
BEDELL & CO.
<»■... Oct. 1 \ 18dl. —lm
~sTifiK Sal XU e'xc SI Ai\U E!
■ p f.- y« paired Pounds of Sterling Exchange
„ i*;,. ai*>ne •’’Ut purchasers by
* " U HA N K Vi COLL MBUS.
SIOO
WILL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who
VV runaway about two months ago. He is about s
feet Sinclies high; weigfcs aboutl -OorlTO lb-;; com
plexion yellow ; tine looking; when laughing has
dimples in bo h cheeks, it is probab'e ho went to
Atlanta with some of th troops from th s citv.
OC b ts H. M. BLECKLEY.
330 HewardL.
* EGKO boy CHARLEY : abi ut 25years old, yel
d low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary iutelli.ence; left Mr. 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 osuie from
Charleston, 6. C. A suitable reward will be paid
ihr his delivery at this office, or in any • to jail and
. Information sent to me at this office.
% ‘ JAMES M. Rt;SSELL.
Co’amhu's On., sue 1 ts *
lor SaleT
Ts; SIDES Russett Upper Leather.
J EOLSUM A CODY.
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$2.) Iloliarti Reward.
OTKAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
O bay marc MULE, about nine ye..rs old, hair
rubbed otl of both hips and a large scar <>n the rieht
hiudquarter. JOHN COOK.
oc It r
6HIIWfBHCaB#MOI!
For Sale by the Case or Battle.
HHIK above is warranted a genuine article arid
r pronounced bv judges die host in tee city. It is
Iron its ho per of ty. p irticulariv ad iptvd to the
u-"'ot invuli au J for uivdn toai purposes genci
*|ly Uusurp.w'Svd. Call mmh,. <>r it will all bo so and.
It EDI) & JOiIASuXLS
oc 2q °‘d stand, Broad stivet, Owlumbus, Ga.
•
Vol. XI.
J. W. WARBEiT & CO. Proprietors.
SPECIAL NOTICES
Notice!
Exemption Granted.
Wanted to contract immediately for THREE
THOUSAND 13,000) CORDS OAK WOOD, to be
delivered to lie at this Post. Any one making i
such eontraris will be exempted from service in
C. S. Army. CHAN. A. REDD,
oc 21 6t Capt. and A, Q.
Louisiana Relief Committee of Columbus,
Georgia.
H. L.GooDßicft. Prest E. A. Rossy. Sec.
Contributions are respectfully solicited from Lou
isianians in this and adjoining States for the pur
pose of providing our brave ajid suffering soldiers
nowin the Army of Tennessee, with Shoes, Socks,
and other needful nrticles, as it has’eomo to the i
knowledge of this Committee that many of them ;
are without shoes, and almost destitute of clothing, j
Prompt action on the part of Louisianians will j
I greatly alleiiato the suffering of our noble young !
I men during the approaching winter.
Contributions will be thankfully receivsd by our |
President and Treasurer, H, L. Goo lrioh,‘of this
city.
P. S. All papers friendly to the above cause will
confer a favor to Louisianians by inserting this i
notico E. A. ROSSY, Sec’y.
Columbus, Ga.. Oct, 20. 1864.—1 m
Headquarters Georgia Reserve, 4 <
»n*i Military District Georgia. >
Macon, Ga. Oei. 19, 1884. J
General Orders, 1
No. 26. >
Upon the recommendation of the Com muidant
| of Conscripts for Georgia, the following named offi
j cers are appointed "Inspectors of Conscription"
I for their respective Districts:
Ist Lieut. Alfred Prt.scot. Dri l Master, 1-t distri t.
Ist Lieut. C. H. Winn, Sutt’s Artillery Battalion,
2d district.
Capt. W. S. Davis, company 13, lttth Georgia Regi
ment, 3d district.
Lieut. Col. W. S, Wallace, 45th Georgia Regiment,
4th dsstrict.
2d Lieut. Geo. S. Cabartiss, Drill Master, sth district.
2d Lieut. W. T. Martin, Drill Master, 6th district,
st Lieut, and A.djU B. H. Newton, 4th Georgia
, cavalry, 7th and Bth districts,
j 2d Lieut. J. H, Morgan, Drill Master. 9th district. ,
By command of
M.w. Gen. ROWE .L COBB.
LAMAR GUoi3,
Major and A A General.
0c22 6t
Headqu’ks Georgia Reserve,)
and Military District of Georgia, V
M,:cou, October 17, 1864. j
I Gt&eral Orders, •
No. 23.
I. All Post Quarteriuastors Lu this District, ex
cept at Augusta, Macon and Columbus, will imme
diately report to Major' John L. Morgan, Chief
Quartermaster of Georgia Reserve and Military
District of Georgia., all property received, issued
and remaining on hand during tho last quarter.
V * * i' * * . s»
By con . m and of
MajorQeinual HOWELL < 088.
Commanding, Ac.
Lamar Cobb. Mftjoi auil A. A. Gen. [oc )1) st.
llkidquaktbrs Georgia Reserve,')
and Militar, D . Act of Georgia, ' f
Macon Ga.. Oct. 17. 1864. j
General Orders
No. 21. !
I. Tbr returns of detailed men eulployed by Quar
termasters. tjoatntissarieif, other officers and Gov
ernment Contractors called for by General Order,
No, 22, fromtheso Headquarters, Oct. Ist, 1861. must
bo made before the 20th inst.
11. The Commandant of conscripts will order
Enrolling offieors not to disregard details with such
officers and Contractors granted prior to the date f.
that order, until further orders from those Head
quarters, as timers required to issue the men details.
By command of
Major Gen. HOWELL COBB,
Commanding, Ac.
Lamau Cokb, Major and A A G.
0e195t
Headquarters. First Division, G. M. (.
Gamp Smith, Oot. 16, 1864, >
General Order*, \
No. 6. /
The following order* are published for the infor
mation of the men of this command, who have fail
ed as yet to report for duty.
I. In accordance with a previous understanding
with the Confederate authorities, all.detailod men
who were on duty with the Militia of this tate are
required o report, for duty again in this command.
All detailed men, therefore, who were in the Militia
Service, who fail to report within ten days alter the
publication of this order, will be published as de
serters and treated accordingly,
11. No extensions of furloughs are granted, and
all men absent are regarded as being absent with
out leave, and will be dealt with accordingly, unless
good and sufficient excuse for the same is rendered
to these lleadquartors by t o parties in person.
111. No application for a detail will receive any
consideration when the person making such appli
cation is absent from this comman 1.
By command of
G. W. SMITH,
Major General Commanding.
Tip s. Har*'kman, Jr,, A. A, G.
oc 19 fit * l '
Attention, Sportsmen!
AUCTION ol FI IV E STOCK!
Montgomery, -< la.
VXTILL be sold at Auctiou, in front #f our store, on
D Monday next, October 24th, ,
The fine Carriage and Harness, lormerly owned
by 1 otninodure Montgomery:
One fine open BUGGY, with weather apron :
One Top Buggy, with Shaft? and Pole, suitable
for one or two horses, and just the article for a phy
sician:
Two setts of Single Harness, and one new sett of
light double Harness:
Also, ono now Trotting Sulky, the best in too Con
fed ct ac.v;
One Bridle and Saddle;
—APBO —
celebrated
Trottiag Horse “Hood,”
about 10 years old, that has trotted his mile In 2:35
in L misville, Kentucky. He is perfectly sound and
gentie, mu the best road horse in the country ;
A Bald H rnet Colt, 5 years old, a fast trotter,
and well broken to harness and saddle;
A Canadian Mare. S ALL IE, that has trotted her
mile in three minutes, gentle, nd a line road marc.
LEE & NORTON.
oc 20 3t Auctioneers.
Bonds of ihe 500,900,000 Loan*
(A *i author zed to continue the sale of the 6 per
cent, long date Non Taxable Bonds of this Loan
at the Government rate of One Huudred.and Thir
ty fiv-* Dol ars.
The prmcip il of the Loan being free from Taxa
tion and the Coupons receivable tor all Import and
Ex: ort dut es, mabesit the most desirable yet offer
ed by (he Government, I there! re recommend it
to the iavorabie notice of the peonle.
TV. H. YOUNG.
oc 19 lm Agent for rale of Bonds
NOTICE
To Alisisissipiu Soldiers!
THE •‘MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” an.l Office of
• Agency f t* ihe Relief of Mississippi soldiers in
the Army us Tennessee, has been removed from
Atlanta to Columbus, G.t., and is near Barnard's
cornt-r. beiwe. n Main st., and the Perry II *use.
Your baggage is there.
C. K. MARSHALL,
sep2S ts 4 t.
Slra.ved or Stolen.
S3OO BEWABD!
.tN >A l UHDAY ' It*Ll TANARUS, Sin usta it. two medt
* ' um sized •'ULK4, <»ne a black the other bay.
The were i ■ fair order and fresh shod. A reward
nf $.103 will be paid lor their deliver* to me at the
Pen>• House. THuS. E. SMITH.
HI! 19 ts
Columbus, Ga., Monday Morning, October 24, 1864.
Saturday Evening.
Theatre.- — Can ilie passed off very handsomely
at the Theatre, last evening, before a very good
house. Camille. v,e have ever considered a play
of doubtful morality, and as such, that there
would be no great loss to the w,orld if it was for
ever J'aniahed from the stage. It is, however, of
sucii a thrilling ad touching character, that it
will always dm a full house whenever plaeed on
the hoards.
We learn from he Raleigh Confederate that the
ram Albemarle j» i out the other night in the
Sound, and on ri e 4rh instant reached Croatan
light house, the 1 ceper of which was captured, the
light-house blow up aad its contents destroyed.
The ram then pc back through the enemy’s fleet,
and reached her destination in safety. The affair
was under the m >nagement of Master Long, of
the Albemarle. s.< l reflects much credit upon him
♦ -*►- ♦ • -
The Situation. —From the “Army of Ten
nessee,” we have nothing that we deem relia
ble to communicate to our readers, either in
regard to its preseat position or as to it*
achievements. Reports represent it as being,
some few days ago, at LaFayette, Walker coun
ty, pushing on. and keeping moving. Its des
tination we knew nothing of, and if we did,
we would not report it. Our readers must
do as vte do, patiently await the “big events”
which will surely attend its gallant comman
der's direction. So far as rumors are con
cerned in regard to it, w* could till a column
or two of this issue of our paper ; but as to
morrow we might, judging from the past, have
to contradict what we hear reported to-day,
we prefer being saved that labor by a prudent
reticence now.
As to the situation about Atlanta, we can
venture to report that the Yankees still eccu
py it, having large parties, as we learn from a
reliable source, foraging out on the Georgia
Railroad, and around “Flat Shoals,” on South
River, in Henry County. It is reported that
Col. Hannon, a few days ago, threw a few
shells into that city, which created a great
fuss in (he Yankee garrison there, and judg
ing, as our informant stales, front the noise
made by their drums imd boras, it is supposed
the foice there was pretty large. At “Flat
Shoals” ihe enemy use the mills for grinding
corn, protecting their operatives and wagon
trains with a large force. All accounts agree
that their foraging parties are wtdl protected,
as they passthrough the country to procure
supplies. In a few days, we sbaii“doubtless hear
something more-definite and reliable to lay be
fore our readers, as to the situation around
and about, and in the Gate City.
[ Mar,on Intelligencer.
j Cos respondent Advertiser and Register.] '
Itetter SiToiii ilie Army of T«ii
uessee.
Jacksonville, Ala., (
Oct. 15,1864. \
l arrived at this place yesterday from
“the front/’ having* left the army on the
morning of the 11th inst. An old fellow
in the army says that 1 “have two eyes
and keep both of them open.” and as he
says true, I could tell you much about
the events ot the campaign now pending,
were 1 not forbidden to do so, by a recent
order from Richmond. This order pro
hibits any publication of facts or state*
meats in regard to any military operation
or campaign until a month after" it has
terminated ! The order was conceived,
doubtless, by some antediluvian fogy, who
knows nothing of the power and energy
of the press, and of the utter impossibfli
ty of enforcing this order. He might as
well issue “a bull against the comet/’ as
attempt to smother the light of the great
events of this war. The order binds me,
but does not bind you, a citizen. If I
were a citizen, I could write what I please,
but beiug a soldier and having watchful
and malignant eyes upon me, I njightget
into trouble by disregarding the order.
I must, therefore, omit any statement of
military operations in this campaign. I
gave you my views of it in a letter writ*,
ten on. the 28th of September, before it
commenced. In one point my advice
was not followed, and our cause suffered
by it. I left the army on the 11th, hav*
ing that morning received an order de*
taehing me from my command, and as*,
signing me to Jacksonville I find the
change a delightful one, from the hard
march and short rations of an active
campaign to the quiet and luxurious re*
pose of a hospitable mansion, presided
over by a charming and noble matron,
"and furnishing such rare delights as a
bountiful and excellent table, a beautiful
chamber, a bed of the down, and
the cleanest and whitest sheets ! So glori*
ous is it to be detached from the army
and be master of one’s own time. How
long this elysium will continue, I know
not, but I hope it may be long, I must at
least, admit that I have been treated with
“distinguished consideration.”
Where the army is, I cannot tell you,
for indeed I do not precisely know. I
left it near a place called Dirtstowu,
(Phoebus what a name) 1 and its face was
then northward, and its legs in motion.
I hope it may safely return, but I fear
that the bold and vigilant Sherman may
deal it a heavy blow before the campaign
is ended.
lam estopped from telling you what is
past, but L can give you my speculations
about the future. I do not know what
our Generals will do, or attempt to do,
but I know very well what they can, and
what they cannot do. I therefore give
you my views of the future operations in
this quarter
Our people are a weak and fWiish peo
ple They are too easily and too excess
ively depressed, or exalted in spirits. A
disaster drives them to despair, and a lit*,
tie success exalts them into eestacies and
the most extravagant expectations. When
Atlanta was lost, they were depressed as
if the blow was irreparable, and now that
our army has taken the aggressive and re»
gained lost territory, they are yrild with
hope, and are deluded with the idea that
our army will go triumphantly forward
into the heart ot Tennessee and Kentucky.
I regret to have to spoil this pleasing vis
ion. What then, is the situation ? Our
recent move was, no doubt, a surprise to
Sherman, though he soon discovered it,
and responded to it. He was obliged to
move back to meet it, and under great
disadvantages. It is believed that his
army at Atlanta had been diminished by
many thousands. One corps had been
discharged from service, one corps and
two divisions had been sent after Forrest,
two divisions had been sent to Kentucky
to recruit, and one corps had been sent to
Rome.
Sherman's teams were poor and weak, and
unfit for traveling. And we must have had
the start of him, by two or three days. This
railroad would have given him some advan
tage, but we were on it, and commanded it.
What to do with Atlanta was an embarrass
ing question. He had either to abandon it
altogv..her, and lose his sick and wounded,
and bis accumulated stores there, or to leave
it garrison. To leave a garrison there, was
to diminish his army in the field, and, per
haps, finally to sacrifice tpeganbon. But
political considerations cot-trolled military
policy, and he left a garrison of about 7.600
men in Atlanta. Having sacrificed so much
to gain Atlanta, its political value to Lincoln
in the pending election, and, indeed, Sherman’s
own vanity, induced him to take great haz
ards, and make great sacrifices to hold it, even
for a few week*. With the remainder of his
army be returned, as rapidly as he could to
wards Kingston and Rome. On the 12th inst.,
after leaving our army, I passed in ten miles
of Rome. My opinion is, that, on that day,
Sherman’s army was at Rome. It was im
possible for him to have been furt her North at
that time.
The theatre of war in this department is
henceforth to be on new lines. Our move
already made, transfers it from about At lanta
to the country between Blue Mountain and
the Atlanta and Chattanooga railroad. At
lanta will never again be the scene of conflict.
Here, over this mountain country, or upon
another line further west, the war for the pos
session of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama
will be fought out.
It is of much interest, then, to know the
localities, distances and topography of this
region, which is to become historical by this
struggle. The distance from Atlanta to Rome
! i* about 60 miles: to Dalton, 100; to Chat
tanooga, 140- The distance from Blue Moun
| tain to Rome is 53 miles; to Kingston, 70 ; to
! Dalton, 75; to Chattanooga, ICO; to Bridge
port, 85; to Huntsville, 95. The topography
■ ot the country is rugged and mountaneous,
; with many streams and bad roads. This re
j gion contains four rivers, the Chathoochee,
| the Ettowah, the Oostanaula and the Tennes
i see The first flows in 7 miles of Atlanta,
I and thence to West Point. The two latter
unite at Rome, and make the Coosa, which
| flow> southward to Montgomery. The Coosa
j is navigable for steamboats from Greensport
] to Rome. The Tennessee flows by Chatta
| noogaand Bridgeport, and near Huntsville.—
i It is necessary to understand the topography
|of this region, in order to know what eau he
i done by our Generals in future operations on
! this line.
There are many who think that our army is
now on its triumphant march to Tennessee or Ken
tucky, and that it will"not halt or turn back. I
cannot believe it, for I believe such a movement
impracticable. Whence will such an army draw
its supplies? It cannot draw them from Blue
Mountain—the head of the Alabama and Tenvres
see Railroad from Selma —becauso the distance is
too great, and the line of communication com
manded by the enemy. It ennnot subsist on the
country, for the only conditions upou which this
would be possible, would be a cantonment of
the troops, and the absence of an enemy. In the
presence of an enemy, the army must remain
massed, and cannot subsist on any territory limited
by its own lines. It would, in a few days, exhaust
the richest portions ot Tennessee, and be com
pelled to constant change of position. And it
must be remembered that the season for military
operations is now past. The rigors of winter are
now upon our half-clad, shivering army, and it is
unprepared for the severities of a winter cam
paign. The streams will soon be swollen and the
roads blocked up by mud. Therefore, I do not
believe that such a campaign is practicable, or
will be attempted. Some think that our army
will shift its base to the Mobile and Ohio Rail
road, and be thus supplied by that road and the
road from Memphis to Decatur or Stevenson
This is not practicable. That lino is too near the
Yankee lines to be secure or reliable. The Yan
kees can advance from many points upon it and
destroy it—from Vicksburg, from Memphis, from
Nashville, Murfreesboro’, Tullahoma, and indeed,
from auv point between Stevenson and Nashville,
This road is cut by a perpendicular one from
Nashville. Beside?, our possession of Mobile is
exceedingly precarious, and its fall would cut us
off from that base. That route will not do, It is
too near the Yankee lines, too open to attack, aui
too easy of destruction. It follows, then, that the
recovery of Tennessee, this winter is not 8 u
probable.
There are three lines by which w« can assail the
Yankees if they remain in Georgia. The first is
by tho road terminating at Blue Mountain ; the
second is by the Mobile and Ohio road, and the
third the East Tennessee road from Virginia to
Chattanooga. The second will not do, for the
reasons already stated. The third will not do,
because, besides being insecure, and liable to
attack, it is too long and indirect a line to sup
ply an army. Virginia is exhausted and cannot
supply an army. The other State?, are too remote
to supply an army by this route.
The only* practicable line is that, by Blue
Mountain. It is far from the enemy’s Hue, and
is protected from assault by rivers and moun
tains. It is, therefore, secure and reliable.—
It is, therefore, in my opinion, the best line
of operations. Still it has some disadvantages.
Its terminus is too far from the enemy’s line
to serve a convenient base for us. The dis
tance from Biue Mountain to the Yankee line
of communication in Georgia, the Chattanoo
ga and Atlanta railroad, is about seventy
miles. This is five days’ march, and is only
practicable in tolerable weather, and roads.—
Our army cannot remain nearer the enemy e
line than Blue Mountain. Our operations
then, must, for the present, be limited to fre
quent raids upon his railroad. In live days we
can reach his railroad ; in five days we can
destroy it for thirty miles, and in five days
return. Thus, we can make the raid in fifteen
days. We can do damage enough to employ
the Yankees thirty days in rebuilding the
road. When nearly completed, we can make
another raid, and destroy it again, repeating
the operations as often as he rebuilds. He
cannot keep an army in Atlanta, or near it,
under such conditions.
How, then, is he to prevent our destroying
his roads ? He can do it only by attacking
and destroying our army. He eonnot defend
the road between Kingston and Chattanooga,
without leaving Atlanta, and putting his army
between Lingston and Rome. This involves
the abandonment of Atlanta. But this is not
all. If he puts bis army between Kingston
end Chattanooga we can then strike it in
Wills’ Valiey, near Bridgeport, and destroy it
there. He cannot defend all points at once.
Even on the road from Kingston to Chatta
nooga, he cannot defend all points. If be di
vides his army between several points, thus
divided, it cannot retreat. If he masses it at
Kingston, we can strike the road near Dalton.
If he masses his army at we can stride
the road near Kingston, and so on. Neither
dispersion nor concentration w>H avail him.
And the advantages ot this position and plan
on enr part are great and obvious.
We make the Yankee abandon Atlanta, which
be baa so dearly won and which be prizes so
highly. We put kim on the defensive, the weakest
$5.00 Per Month
. J. W. WIRREiY, Editor
of all policies, and keep him so. He haseome for
conqaest, and must move forward and aggress.
When he is drirontothe defensive he is beaten.
Our line is perpendicular to his, and epposito to
the centre of his line from Bridgepoit to Atlanta.
We can strike at any part of his line for 170 miles.
There is but a small difference in the distance
from our base to any part of his line. Our line
being perpendicular to bis, only one point es it, the
terminus, is exposed, and our army covers that.
He cannot reach it without encountering our army.
If he had Blue Mountain ho could not hold it
twenty days for want of supplies. It was in view
of these considerations, that, before the fall of At
lanta, I proposed the Blue Mountain lino of opera
tions as the true one. Your columns attest the
fact that I did this on the Bth of August, and
nearlp a month before the fall of Atlanta I urg
ed it again on the 14th of September shortly after
the fall of Atlanta. On the 29th September the
plan was adopted and executed by “the powers
that be ” For the reasons which I have thus
minutely detailed, Blue Mountain is our Jbest and
safest line of operations. For these reasons I be
lieve that it will, of necessity, be the theatre of
war during the ensuing winter. It is important
that the railroad be extended about 20 utiles fur
ther. This can easily be done, as the road is al
ready graded, and iron can be brought from Geor
gia roads. Congress, or not waiting for the meet- !
ing of Congress, the President, should have this !
done immediately. It is not to be forgotten that
the new lines to which the war has shifted, and
may shift, render our possession of Mobile a ques
tion of paramount importance. If Mobile tails,
we cannot use the Mobile and Ohio road as a base.
The fall of Mobile would open tho Alabama, War
rior and Bigbee rivers to tho enemy, and lay the
best portions of Alabama open to tho
would then be difficult even to hold Selma, the
other terminus of our road It would require an
army to do it. The fall o» Mobile would very
probably, drive our army from this line of opera
tions. Mobile has thus become a point of the
highest strategic value. It must be held at all
hazards, and to the last ex remity.
Such, then, is the situation, and such tho proba
bilities of the future. lam merely giving my spec
ulations. I have no knowledge of the plans of our
lenders. I only think for mv self. I have no knowl
edge of facts that are not patent to all. Any
who has a map, and who understands the science of
war, has all the means of making up opinions that
I have. lam telling no i-ecrets to the enemv. He
knows all this as w Has I do. If anybody flatters
me by saying that Sherman will profit by my sug
gestions. I have only to say, that it my opinions are
so valuable as to be adopted by the greatest of Yan
kee Generals, then my own Government had better
appreciate them more highly than it does.
I advise your rtaders to lay this letter aside for
ninety days, then re-read it and see how it has been
verified by events. I rill close this letter with such
i f cms as existing orders may allow me to publish.—
You have doubtless read of the difficulty between
Generals Wheeler and Martin. The latter is camp
ed in a grove hard by my quarters, tie is still in
arrest. The cause ot the ifficu ty is not as has been
stated. I hear from the cavalry that the difficulty
thus arose: On the l »to raid Wheeler kept Martin’s
division all the time in the rear. Marin, being a
gallant officer, thought this unjust to him. tlis m»n
w-re thus deprive lof their share of tho spoils, for
when a capture was made those in advance appro
priated all the picking Martin’s men were dissat
isfied. Thus, for himself and tor them, ho complain
ed to Wneelerot the t justice of keeping his divi
sion always behind. Wheeler would iot yield and
high .words pa,-sed, which ended in tho arrest of
Martin. He is second in command to Wheeler.
Reader, did a great hungrv army ever pass by, or
quarter near your house? If so. you know expert-,
mentally the horrors of war. Jf not, thank your
God for hi3 mercy in snaring you that infliction.—
The tra<-k of an army is an u ter desolation. Th y
steal your horses, they kill your hogs and cattle,
they burn your fenc-o, they rob you ot corn, fodder,
potatoes, indeetl everything, and leaveyou i-istarve
or abandon your home, a .wandering refugee.—
Quartermasters, "forage masters.” as they call
themselves, huge, dirty; whickered me->, dash down
your fences, drive in n your fields and take your
corn Without so much as saying "by y ur cave,
sir,” or paying you an> thing f->r it. Dirty sol.tiers
come rudely into your house, ii.va ing the privacy
of your home to ask a thousand que.-tions, to beg,
to buy or to st'*al something to cat. Day ami night
they swarm around you. iuea.tiblc as a horse-.eeeh,
and rude as a bear. Thus your home is made a de
solation and a hell. The pic ure is not overdr a vn,
and thousands <-an attest the truth. I have witness
ed the<o things for the p ist 15 days, un it my heart
is sick at the c mempiation of (hem A few poor
women work in the ti Mg and make a little crop,
barely sufficient to nuhsist themselves hd! their
little chi dren. The army passes by, sweeps it nil
away at a swoop,ltnd leaves them to starve. It is
stri tly true. It is a common remark of people
along tho line ot our marsh, that it alters lit la
whether the Yankee nr ny or ours visii them. Tho
result is the same—they are ruined. And it is sadly
true. If I were to picture truly to you "ci.e reign
of terr >r” that prevails over the neutral t.-rritnry
’between us and the enemy, you would reject it as
incredible. The territory is claimed hy noth belli
gerents, and still worse, by bands of lawless. d(,s
perate, red handed n en. Deserters, thieves, rob
bers, assassin- prowl over it, banded together in
crime. Under various n *mes and pretcxie they
rob, desolate and kill There is such a hand in
Broointown valley, about HX) in number, under a
Capt. G iterwood, a deserter Tom our army. They
tight lor plunder, and doty both armies. Tnere are
many others of the 3 :me character.
There are many ruinor-< Irmn tho f’ont of a fight
at Resaea, iu which some of our Ge 'erals are TQ*
ported killed. They are no reliable, But it »>*
tain that Sherman has attacc and a «*••'* cer
near Rome and get the b«t *••* .. m our furors
of it.
BEN LANE.
“Ihell GotSii cChtirch.”
j. Bev. Charles T. Quimard writes the f.dlow
ir excellent note to the editor of tho Southern
Christian Advocate, a religious paper, published at
Augusta, in relttion to a subject which will be
found sufficiently explained in the body ot our quo
! tation:
In the A jvocate of tho 221 of September. I find
a communication signed ” II,” which requires a
brief notice tmy hands. Ho -avs—‘l am cre«l bly
jnioimed that a clergyman who h id teen officiating
in the Army of Tennessee, of couise, keeping clo.-e
in with stars and straps and high officials, had this
favor shown him: A free was deta le I and the
materials furnished, and a Gothic Church w.is put
up in a city of Georgia for him. There tn robes r.n l
shirt sleeves he deal- apo-tolic knocks upon ”ttie
sects,” and infirtn-t all who come that his is the
only true Ohtirc t. This is Church ext -nsion with a
“witness.” As I did build a Church, and altera
fashion, a “Gothic Ohurcn,” in “a city of Georgia,”
and as 1 have been “officiating in the Army ot Ten
nessee,” I make no doubt that your c«>rresponuent
refer& to me in the article from which I qu te. In
repl**, I beg leave to say .through your columns,
that I have been a Chaplain in tho army since the
warbigan—my first service was held in May. 1861.
and I have endeavored faithfu ly to do my whole
duty. 1 have always occupied that position in the
army, to which, in the good Pr vinenc * of God 1
have been ass gned ; and I labor for s >uls as earn
estly as I know how. In much weakness it is true —
fi r who is sufficient —but in fatiiifuluesg, and in
love towirds all men. No “force was detailed,”
nor were the "materials furnished” to put up the
Church which I built in Atlanta.
I made a contract lor the Church with Mr. Smith,
a master builder I lake it altogether—the budd
ing cogt me some fifteen or twenty fhousan l dollars,
which was contributed n part by my reur* a friends
from Tenness -e, and in part b cit zens of Atlanta.
1 have no answer to m ike to the abuse in which
your correspondent has thoug t proper to indulge.
As for mys If, l h ve end savored to main am ap t
get forward quietness, pc <ce, and love among all
Christian people—:vs lor the Church »t whos-altar
I minister, she i “as an anvil that is beaten.”
While ministering in the Church in Atlanta, I did
officiate “in robes and shirt sleev-*.” and o*her
garments usu diy worn ny gentlemen—teaching all
who came tuat the blood of Jesus Christ cleansetb
from all sin.
"Alas for the rarity
Os Christian charity.”
Yonrg in our blessed Lord,
C. T. QUINTARD,
Columbus, Ga., October 3. l*b>t.
We bave often since the war comm ncef, beard
expressions like the ollowihg; “L\ie eneinv were
litera ly decimate 1. One half of t oir column lay
before our works killed or wounde I.” Now. to de
cimaiea force is to take one <>ut of ten. Itisde
rived from a Lvtin word meaning literally ten, ami
was originally and pro .crly used when, for some
reason of real or supposed mitit.i'-y law or necessi
ty, one out of ev**ry ten of any military corps was
sentenceu to military execution, the usual plan
being to draw lots for those who were so to suffer.
To slay one ou of tea is to and« i nate: to slay one
out of two. thr e or four, is a very different thing.
Richmond Enquirer.
m •
Ssvgßi Casualties is a Family. —Chas.
W. Priddj* lost his right arm in battle, near
on the 20th of July; and on the 231,
P H. Priddy was killed. George A. Priddy
was sent to the hospital at DGton, G.i , Met
April, and has not been heard from; he either
died or fell into the hands of the enemy
They are sons ot John S I’r.ddy, late ot Hal
ifax conn ty, Va., and brothers ..t Mr. luouias
N. Priddy, of L;ucbb arg —Express.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS or THE PHRHS ASSOCIATiOR.
Eatered Record'ng to act of Congress in ihe year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s oSoeof
tha District Court of the Confederate State* tor
tha Northern District of Georgia.
(Dc.ayed Prsss Dispatches.)
Richmond, Oct. 20. —Advices from E»rw?e
to the7tb suj political news is unimporUat.
Miss Slidell and M. Erlaager w*r« married
at with much pomp.
Peace addresses were signed bj 360,Mt
parsons and hare been transmitted from ■•I
land to Got. Sejniour, to be placed before tha
American people. Signatures were obtaiaad
within three weeks, and embraces ererj flats
arvd clergv of all denominations who bar#
supported it—especially the Catholic Prvstfv
hood in Ireland.
Liverpool cotton market declined a half to
one penny, but closed firm.
Richmond, Oct. 20. —Official dispatches re
ceived at the War Department, say, we hom
ed the bridge over Mossy Creek in East Ten
nessee on the 16th. The enemy evacuated
Bull’s Gap on the 18th, retreating toward*
Knoxville. Vaughan is pursuing them.
Richmond, Oct. 20.—Nevr York papers »f
tli% 18th received. Official dispatches trom
the’War Department say advices from Shet
mau to the 14th indicate that Hood, after
having struck the railroad in the neighbor
hood of Dalton and Resaca, has fallen back
before Sherman without fighting, and aban
doning his great movement upon one line of
his communication.
He has torn up some fifteen miles of the
road front Resaca north, but the injury will
he repaired without difficulty. The interrup
tion will cause no inconvenience to Sherman’s
army, as he has stores and supplies sooth of
iV break as well as north.
llood retreated towards the southwest.
His rear left Dalton iu haste Sunday morn
ing.
Press intelligence says Hood is moving to-,
wards Lafayette, aad Sherman is pressing him
closely.
Hood has nearly his whole army with him.
Kilpatrick has reached Dalton with kin
cavalry.
On Friday the 13th New York cavalry #»r
prised Mosby’s camp near Piedmont, capturiag
five pieces of artillery and a number of pris
oners. m
Several prominent business houses iu Wa*h
ington and Baltimore were closed by order of
the Government. The proprietors and elcrka
were, arrested on the charge of being engaged
in contraband trade with the rebels.
The new Constitution of Maryland wan
adopted by a majority of 1,500; the army
vote having overcome the home majority
against it.
Gold advauced to 223, but closed at 218, ia
consequence of the reported evacuation of
Richmond.
Richmond, Oct. 20.—A1l continues quiat.
on the lines below Richmond.
No news from the Valley.
New York papers of the I 7th have been re
ceived.
The latest intelligence they contain from
Georgia is telegraphed from Chattanooga,
15th, which says our sconts fail to show their
presence in any considerable number. The
enemy is north of Tunnel Hill. Schofield sent
out a strong reconnoitcring party to-’day to
discover the whereabouts of the rebel eolamt,
which is said to be moving towards the weat.
Ringgold and all intermediate points kavu
been strengthened.
No communication yet with Sherman.
Jeff. Thompson eaptnred Sedalia, Mo•»
the 15th.
Gold continues to advance in New York.
Last quotations 220.
ParEitSBURO, Oct. 20. —Theie was unusual
activity in the enemy’s camp yesterday and
day before. Troops were seen marching to
wards City Point and crossing to Bermuda
Hundreds. Though there is no demonstration
of force in our front, however the enemy in
demontrating this morning on our extrema
right, below the city, but this is pot supposed,
to amount to much.
An Order Relating to Fermas
nent Disabled Men. —Adjutant Ge».
Cooper has issued the annexed order in
i regard to permanent disabled men :
Generals commanding Reserves in the
several States will, without delay, seleofc
and send officers, one to each Congress
sional District, empowered to summon,
and after inspection, forward to the camps
of instruction, all persons holding certifis
cates of permanent disability, and such
persons assigned to light duty, as in hi*
judgment appear likely to be adjuged
qualified for active service. All such as
may, upon examination, be pronounced
by select Medical Boards so qualified, will
be assigned to duty in the field.
The inspectors of conscription may be
charged with the additional jduty in the
absence of other suitable officers.
The details of such men, called out by
Gen. Order No. 77, (current series) as are
lound by the proper Medical Boards to
i be unfit for field service, may bo revived,
I and simple details may be granted to light
duty men not heretofore detailed, at tha
discretion of Generals of Reserves.
Exemption? and Details.
There is a very plain distinction between these
terms, but such is the disposition in these war
times to confound the authority of the law-makers
| with that of the officers entrusted with the exeen
’ tion of tho laws that many persons do net seen to
know the difference. For instance, we have been
met several times recently with the positive as
sertion that the Secretary of War bad issued an
order cancelling the contracts of.all bonded ag
riculturists and ordering them forthwith enrolled
for the field. The mistake arises from the failure
to observe the fact that there are two classes es
bonded agriculturists- those exempted bj act of
Congre«i for being on plantations the Ist of Jana
ary last, owning or controlling fifteen hands N
over ; and those either not planting at the date
specified, or having a less number of hands, whe
vs ere detailed by the Secretary ot War, under the
authority give!! the President by Congress, to
grant details in “all cases where, in his judgment,
justice, equity and necessity require it.” Pewor
is also given him in the same act to “revoke sueh
orders of details whenever he thinks, proper.
This, therefore, is the class ofbonded agriculturists
whose details are said, in some instances, to have
been revoked. The power that grants a detal
can revoke it, but no power except Cotrgress can
revoke an exemption sanctioned by Confederate
law We hope never to see the day that an exe
cutive officer of this government would venture to
set aside a law of the legislative branch, who«
mandate he is bound to obey. But it is idle to
di.-eu>3 such a question. No order es the kind
has, been i-sned or is at all likely to be.— ifwl
fjumery Advertiser.
The recent failure at Havre is stated to
amount to £400.003 and nut £IO,OOO as had
been named. Several houses iu this country
are aufferers by it.
