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DAILY TIMES.
j. w. WARREN, «. - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Tuesday Morning, October 26, 1814.
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W« h*v* no cbang* to sole in th*§ituaiion.
Wbather Hood b« in Georgia, Alabama or
Tennessee, we know not. We rather auspeot,
however, that th* head of kis colama is turned
towards the latter State. The effort of the
authorities to conceal or suppress intelligence
es his movements, has succeeded perfectly,
and we doubt not, is wise. We cen afford to
w»wf if what be doc* he food, and if it {.« f|],
. concealment cannot dp much harm.
I De news which we get from Richmond is
goo<r. Lee's army has been greatly strength- I
ened. and will be able to maintaiu its positioa*
We think the crisis in Virginia has passed.— I
Grant has lost his opportunity —-if he ever '
had it. He has willed until Lee has suffi
oiently wcru'.wd from the detailed men and
ibig reserves to resist anr movement that may
be ma,le against Richmond. The horizon all
around is bright. >
The Boyce Heeling in Columbia
The Southern Guardian contains a full ac
count of the proceedings of the meeting re
ctntly held by the citizens of Columbia to take
into consideration the late letter of Hog. W.
W. Boyce. We would like to publish the lull
proceedings but our columns will only allow
ue to give the patriotic preamble and resolu
tion' which the Guardian says “were adopted
Vm .m overwhelming vote.”
PREAMBLE.
Wh- :i »k-s election of Mr. Lincoln, as Pres
ident of the United States by a purely sec
tional party, made it manifest that the con
summation so long apprehended, had been ac
complished, that the South no longer con
trolled her destinies, but was henceforth to be
governed »y another people, alien in senti
ment and in interest, South Carolina dissolved
her connection with the existing Govern
ment. The act was deliberate, preceded by
year- of discussion ou the questions involved,
and in accordance with the recorded pledges
of her constituted authorities. She had
counted tcost, aud she feared nothing so
much ae the degrading vassalage which
awaited her. Her example was followed by
other Southern States. Anew Confederacy
was formed, and South Carolina assumed new
political relations. The old Confederacy de
nying to the new the right of self-government
hitherto esteemed the corner-stone of Ameri
can institutions, made war, and for four years,
a ruthless, savage, inhuman warfare unparal
leled in atrocity, has been waged upon us.—
South Carolina, who led the van, has suffered
only in common with her sisters. The States
which came to her support, like South Caro
lina, have freely sent their sons to the field,
and, despite the terrible slaughter which has
ensued, still oppose to our oppressors, an un
dimisbed army with an uuvanquished spirit.
It cannot be that South Carolina will be the
first to quail before the foe whom she was the
first to deny, and that she will teach lessons
of submission to those who, but for her, per
haps, never would have been in arms. Our
enemies are no less hateful and atrocious than
in the beginning, and our friends are as tme
and faithful as ever. It would be rank cow
ardice to succumb to the first, and infamy to
fail in our support of the latter.
These reflection,s are suggested by the re- '
cent extraordinary letter of Hon. W. W. Boyce
to President Davis Mr. Boyce is the repre- i
sent aiive of the central district of South Car
olina. We of the capital of the Stale are his
nniii' diote constituents We cannot permit
such a letter to pass unrebuked. With Mr.
Boyce’s motives and intentions we have no
concern. The tendency of (he letter is to in- :
sti. tho feelings of submission, and suggest the
wish for reconstruction Its logic is more di
rectly opposed to see* -sion and a separate
Confederacy, than in favor of the measure, as
a remedy nroposed in our extreme distress.—
it is full ot gloomy despondency, and is cal- l
culated to create dissatisfaction with our own
Government and to reconcile us to that of the
enemy, and to dispirit our-army in the field.
The committee, with „hese views, recommend
The adoption of the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the opinions and sentiments
•>f the lion W. W. Boyce in his published let
ter r.o the President of the Confederate States,
.ire regarded as the suggestions of a timorous
despair, which, if heeded, can blit lead to die
order and ruin,
Resolved, That if it be true that, the North'
era State' must, of necessity, “not only make
their institutions but ours” aLo, and that,
even tne achievement of our independence will
be but tin- inauguration of a military despot
ism, and the overthrow of our liberties—then
the teachings of out illustrious statesmen for
more than thirty years have been a delusion
and a snare —then the withdrawal of this
Stale tram the political union with the States
of the N rth, was a high and fearful crime,
and all, who, by their counsels in past times,
have contributed to it- accomplishment, not
excepting Mr Boyce hiiustflf, are partakers of
its guilt—then all tiie costly sacrafice of life
and property attending it, has been worse than
useless, and but one refuge for tis is possible,
to haste upon the wings of the morning to a
reunion with a people whose hands are red
with the blood of our kindred—whose base
ness grows and multiplies as the contest pro
ceeds ; who, with the intelligence of the Civil
ized man, have all the vices of the barbarian,
and have been less elevated by the ennobling
influences of Christianity than any of the na
tions of the earth ; a fate so full of horror that, 4
rather than yield to it, we pre'er to accept j
even :rm dark destiny which Mr. Boyce pre- '
diets, an unmitigated military despotism
created b\ ourselves, for “our masters then
would, still, at least, be our country men.’’
Resolved, That it it be true, as is necessarily
implied in the argument of Mr. Boyce, that we 1
have become involved in a senseless and hope
less contest, from which, though victors, we .
can only reap the destruction of our liberties,
Uien in omitting at an earlier date to inform
us of the inestimable blessings of our political 1
union wit!, the North, and the inevitable diSo 1
ss’er and ruit: const quev upon its dissolu- '
n«»u lie h been str.l .g dy forgetful of his du«
ty to his country.
Resolved, That as South Carolina was the
lirst to engage in the contest in which we are
involved, we fervently trust and believe she
will be the last to waver or taker m the glo
rious struggle.
Resolved. That, as a portion of the constit
arws'i Qi the lloti. Am. VV. Boyce, we utterly
repudiate and contemn (he policy he advises
m his Utter t‘j *^ e ; president: that his opiuions
irreconcilably at war with our clearest
conceptions of public duty aud patriotism ;
aud tlmt, while we accord to him perfect sin
cerity in the course he bus taken, we only re
gard him as, upon that very aecou , the more
unfit to represent us in the councils of the
Confederacy. •
Resolved , therefore, As the deliberate j udg
ment of this meeting, that the Hon. William
W. Boyce owes it to bis constituency, as well
as to himself, to resign at once his seat m the
Congress of the Confederate States; aud that
a copy ot these tesolutions be transmitted to
him by the chairman of this meeting.
Our Arm v.—The ranks in General Lee’s army
are rapidly tilling up, and the corps, divisions, im
gades and regiments, depleted by many battles, are
assuming their former proportions. At dress par
ade, on Sunday last, a Virginia regiment, wuicn
had inscribed on its battle-flag the names of our
earliest battles, turned, out eleven hundred muskets,
and one of our smallest divisions numbered seven
thousand erfec ive men. — Richmond Dispatch.
♦ '♦
Gen. Braxton Bragg.— -The removal of General
Braxton from Richmond is not permanent,
ile has been ordered off only temporarily to take i
charge of an important Southern military post.
Gen. Bragg’s office in this city will remain open
and in charge of Lieut. Col. Anderson.
{Richmond Dispatch,
The Meeting of (he Governors.
At » meeting of the Governors of the States
•f i irginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
| Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, held i n
Augusta, Ga., on Monday the 17th Inst., Gov.
Wm. Smith presiding, after a full, free and
, h * r »*»i»us consultation and interchange of
■ council, the following among other views were j
i expressed:
Resolved, That there is nothing in the pres*
ent aspect of public affairs to cause any abate
ment of our-zeal in the prosecution of the war
to the accomplish men tof a* peace, based on
the independence 'of the Confederate States.
And to give eacouragement to our brave sol- I
diers in the field, and to strengthen the Con- ]
federate authorities in the pursuit of this de- ;
: sirable end, we will use our best exertions to
increase the effective force of our armiee.
Resolved, That the interests of each of our !
States arc identical in the present struggle for
self government, and wisdom and true pa
triotism dictate that the military forces of
each should aid the utbers against invasion
and subjugation, and for this purpose we will
recommend to our several legislatures to re
peal all such laws as prohibit the Executives
fvgm sending their forces beyond their respec
tive limits, in order that they may render tem
porary service wherever most urgent 1 * re
quired.
* Resolved, That whilst it is our purpose to
use every exertion to increase the strength
and efficiency of our State and Confederate
forces; we respectfully and earnestly request
that the Confederate authorities will send to
1 the field every able-bodied man without ex
cep non, in any of its various departments
whose place can be filled by either disabled
officer* and soldiers, senior reserves or ne
groes, and dispense with the use of all pro
vost and post guard, except in important ci
ties, or localities where the presence of large
bodies of troops make them necessary, and
with all passport agents upon railroads not
in the immediate vicinity of the armies, as we
consider these agents an unnecessary annoy
ance to good citizens and of no possible bene
fit to the country.
Resolved, That we recommend our respec
tive legislatures to pass stringent laws for the
arrest and return to their commands of all de
serters and stragglers from tho Confederate
armies or Slate troops, and that it be made
the special duty under appropriate penalties,
of all: civil and military officers to arrest and
deliver to the proper authorities ail such
delinquents,
And Whereas, the public enemy having pro
claimed the freedom of our slaves, are for
cing into their armies the able-bodied portion
thereof, the more effectually to wage their
cruel and bloody war against us, therefore
be it
Resolved, That it is the true policy and ob
vious duty of all slave owners timely to re
move their slaves from the line of the enemy'*
approach, and especially those able to bear
arms; and when they shall fail to do so that
it should be made the duty of the proper au
thorities to enforce the performance of thie
duty and to give to such owners all neceesary
assistance as far as practicable.
Resolved, that the course ot the enemy in
appropriating our slaves who happen to fall
into their hands to purposes of i ur seems to
justify a change of policy on on part; and
whilst owners of slaves under the circum
stances should freely yield them to their coun
try, we recommend to our authorities, under
proper regulations Lo appropriate such part
of them to the public service as may be re
quired.
Resolved. That the States have the right to
export such productions uud to import such
supplies as may be necessary tor State use, or
for the. comfort or support of their troops in
service, upon any vessel or vessels owned or
chartered by them ; and that we request Con
gress at its next session to pass laws remo
ving ali restrictions which have been imposed
by Confederate authority upon such exports
or imports by tho Slates.
And lastly, we deem it not inappropriate to
declare our firm and unalterable purpose, as
we believe it tie that ot ,our fellow ciiizens,
to maintain our right of self government, to
establish our independence, and to uphold the
rights and sovereignty of the Stales or to per
isb iti the attempt.
Resolved,*Thai the Chairman be requested
to send a copy of these resolutions to his Ex
cellency President Davis, and also one each
to the President of the Senate and the Speak
er of the House of Representatives to be laid
before their respective bodies.
A letter from in front of Richmond gives some
additionel intelligence of our officers and soldiers
who have been placed under fire at Dutch gap by
Butler. The following is his order directing this
barbarity :
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA
and North Carolina.
Army of tae James, in the Field.
.October 13,1864.
General Orders, No. 126.
It being testified to tho commanding general by a
number of refugees and deserters from the enemy
that from one hundred to one hundred and fifty
soldiers of the United States, captured in arms by
the Confederates on the litres near Chaffin's Bluff,
have been taken from Libby prison and other places
and placed to labor on the entrenchments ol the
enemy’s lines in front of their troops, the command
ing general, on the 12th day of October, notified the
Confederate agent of exchange, Robert Ould, of the
outrage being perpetrated upon his soldiers, and
informed him that, ui less»the practice was stopped,
retaliation in kind would be adopted by the Gov
ernment of the United States.
Being assured by General Dwell, commanding
Confederate forces on the north side of the James,
that an answer to the communication, if any, woula ,
be sent at eleven o’clock a. m. to-day, and it being !
now past noon, and no answer having been receiv- :
ed.it is ordered that an equal number of prisoners I
of war, preferably members of the Virginia re-,
serves, by and under whose charge this outrage is
being carried on, be set to work in the excavation
at Dutch gap and elsewhere along the trenches as
may hereafter seem best, in retaliation ior the un
just treatment of the soldiers of the Uni ed States ;
so kept at labor and service by the Confederate au- j
thorities.
It being also testified to by the same witnesses |
that the rations served to the soldier- 1 of the 1 nited :
States so at labor is one pound of fiou -one- I
third of a pound of bacon daily, it is ordered that j
the same ration precisely be served, to these Coated- I
erate prisoners’ so kept at work, daily, and no other .
er different. , „, , i
It betng further testified to that the time of labor ■;
of the soldiers of the United States so at work un- j
der the Confederates is ten hours each lay, these
Confederate prisoners so kept at work will be made
to work, and work faithfully, daily, during the same
period of time.
This order will be read to the prisoners set te
work the first time they are mustered for labor, in
order that they may know why it is that they do not
receive that kind and courtuouf treatment they
have heretofore from the United States as prisoners
: of war.
Upon any attempt to escape by any of these pri
soners so at wo! k they will be instantly shot.
Bv command of Major General Butler.
EG. W, SMITH,
Assistant Adjutant General.
A letter, announcing the commencement of work
by the prisoners, says :
The prisoners, with their guard, arrived at the gap
a little beioro 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. So
soon as they reached the spot and were turned over
to Major Ludlow, commanding the United States
and other forces at that point, and placed at work,
they were desirous of knowing the average number j
of daily casualties sineo the commencement of ope
rasions on the canal, anu also asked to be permitted j
to build gopher holes in which to protect them- I
selves from the fire of (heir friends. Os course Maj. 1
Ludlow properly denied them this request, where
upon they see-mod to fall back on the idea that the •,
rebel fire would not be turned upon them when the ,
facts we; e ascertained by thb rebel military au- j
thorities".
General Bags and Fort Morgan.—A few
days since a Yankee telegram announced that
rebel General Page had been courl-iaar
tlaleu on the charge or destroying property in
Fort Morgan after he had surrendered.'' This
charge has been disproved before a Yankee
court-martial. We give the following extract
of a letter from one ot the officers of Fort j
Morgan, dated “Prison House.' New Orleans.
September 13, 1864:
“The armv and nary have been much ia
cen9«,‘d erraiust General Page for no other rea
son thau°the fact that he held Fort Morgan as
i„n., a- we could fight it. When surrendered,
w.. -a loii'S of debris. Genera! Page has
been before a council ot war, charged with
destroying property after the white flag was
displayed. The charge was disproved. Noth"
! ing of the kind was done.
TELEGRAPHIC.
BIPOBTB OF TMM TRESS ASSOCIATIVE.
Entered according t# act of Compress in th# yeat
1863. by J.S 1 eraser*, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court es the Cos efaderafft States fo
the Northern District of Georeia
; ——
i,
; Richmond, Oct. 24.—Norther* papers of
i the 22d, contain a telegram from Jefferson
City which says Curtis was fighting Price’s
advance all day on the 20th, on Little Blue
River ten miles from Rose
cranz was advancing to aid Curtis.
Price’s camp, when last heard from, was at
j Wavtrly.
Lincoln has issued a proclamation for
; thanksgiving on the last Thursday in Novem
ber.
Nothing later from Sherman.
The French troops occupied Matamoras
without opposition on the 26th ult.
The Cincinnati peace convention adjourned
sine die, without making any nomination.
New Yerk gold market steady—closing
quotations 209.
Petersburg 24.—Gen. Shipley at Norfolk
issued general orders requiring all persons
over sixteen, male and female, to take the
oath or be sent out of the lines by the 15th of
October. Pastors are not to take the oath
under tly eat, intimidation or promise of any
kind, but. alter mature deliberation. The
oath, obligation and penalty in case of viola
tion to be tuliy explained. Those taking th e
oath, are to be conscripted. Portsmouth
Cherrystone, York and Norfolk are places
appointed for Pastors to attend in order to
take the oath. Numbers of males who have
been banished rather than take the oath, have
arrived in our lines,
Nothing new or active about the situation
hereabouts.
The Baltimore American of the2lst has a
dispatch from Sheridan to Grant which claims
1600 prisoners, two colonels commanding
brigades, several wounded and one killed-
General Ransom died on the morning of the
20th.
A telegram from Stanton states that the
telegraph lines are now working to Atlanta,
but no later reports have been received by
the Department.
All quiet below Richmond yesterday and
to-day. Nothing later from the Valley. 1400
prisoners captured by Early reached the Lib
by prison yesterday.
[From the Richmond Examiner.]
A Panoramic View of tbe Con
vention.
“I think,” says Mr. Boyce, “that action
(namely, the action of the Chicago meeting,)
demands a favorable response from our Gov
ernment.” And the honorable gentleman
carries the joke so far, in his artful design of
encouraging Yankee peace men, as to affect a
kind of enthusiasm for their new idea of a
convention. “Imagine,” he cries, “thi3 grand
Council of States in the act of convening,
after the people everywhere-in peaceful pos
session of their right to elect their ambassa
dors, had done so. What a sublime spectacle !
There weald be nothing to compare with it in
moral grandeur in ancient and modern
times/' Ac.
Well, imagine it. Let us also try to conceive,
if the human imagination can, this proposed j
august convention. Avery vast “wigwam,” j
huger than the Coliseum, is erected with cir
cling tiers of seats for myriads of spectators :
for it is to be a highly imposiug assembly—
never was tbe like “in all creation,” (a Yan- j
kee boast which this time will be true,) and
as we have astonished mankind by our war,
so wt* are to dazzle them by a peace which
shall be the envy and despair of all nations.
Os course, there will be a mighty throng of
ladies from the several States—for none have
a deeper interest in the result, nor a more
legitimate curiosity to behold so many men of
immortal names assembled on the grandest
occasion in history—up to this date. The
solemn assemblage, pregnant with the destiny
of a hemisphere, is opened. The heart of the
vast multitude beats high, and its breath conies
quick as the delegates enter. Arrive the
representatives of South Carolina; they take
their seats, with courteous greeting, beside
the honorable gentlemen of Massachusetts; and
the “Bay State” has, of course, sent her great
est men—there sits Banks, late commanding
general at New Orleans, in civil attire ; for
all swords are sheathed, or turned into plough
shares or steel pens. At sight of him, per
haps, one af our Louisiana delegates can but 1
think sadly of his house and plantation sacked
and burned on Red river, and his children
shipped off and landed, houseless refugees, on
the bare strand of Pascagoula, by order of
Banks ; but he represses such thoughts—they
must be indulged pn this joyful day ; for this,
look you, is a day of peace on earth and good
will unto men. On the same bench yon
recognize also the calm, statesmanship-like
1 visage of Sumner, who formerly, in the bitter
! ness of his heart and soreness of his head,
termed us Southerners, the “sum-total of bar
barism”—he is all smiles to-day as he looks |
on his Southern brethren, for he says within j
himself: Now I know the Lord hath delivered |
them into my hands.
Behold also the lofty brow of mellifluous Eve- i
rett, who conjured the very old women of Massa
chusefcts, if they could do no better, to stab as
with their knitting needles ; and Benjamin Butler,
whose wholesome discipline tamed the spirit of the
New Orleans women, and put a bit between the j
teeth of the clergymen of Norfolk. And now all
eyes are eagerly bent to gaze, as through another
door file in the proud Virginians, holding their
heads somewhat high at first, but soon they look
more humble, when they find their allotted chairs
beside the representatives of “Pierpont” Virginia,
(tor this, you remember, is a Convention of all the
“States,”) Dr. Rucker and Gen. Hunter politely
greet the gentlemen from the Easrern fragment of
the Old Dominion and as the last named com •
manding general is announced, there is a uiove
i ment amongst the Virginia ladies in the auditory :
| they begin to inspect curiously, through lorgnettes,
; the jewelry whicn graces the arms and necks of
’ the fair daughters of New England, seated near
by—aud fancy that they recognize certain chain*
and bracelets. Some may even shiver and shud
' der, and hardly suppress a sob, when they see the
man who burned their houses over their heads, and
can almost fancy they can hear again the roar of the
j flames bringing their roof tree crashing down up
* on the hearth. Delegates from Hahn’s new “State”
! of Louisiana (some of them colored gentlemen)
; fraternally meet planters from the coast, whose
plantations have been leased to Yankee agricul |
turists. As Ohio representatives take their seats,
spectators from Tennessee, perhaps, think of John
Morgan and staff, with heads cropped, is the
prison dress of tho penitentiary. Not a Northern
delegate who enters but calls up to some Georgian
or North Carolinian spectator, the memory of
desolated homes and murder shrieks rising from
burning towns, and the wail ot violated virgins
tearing their hair, until, by the time the Conven
tion is called to order, the whole atmosphere
seems laden with curses and lamentations, and the
moan of a hundred thousand ghosts crying alond for
vengeance.
Then the parson rises to open the proceeding*
with prayer. But it is best to stop here, lest we
verge on blasphemy ; for what form of prayer
will serve his turn ?
—
Fatal Result of a Sham Battle.— On Tuesday
afternoon, during the progress of a sham battle be
i tween some sihool boys on Union Hill, one of them,
i named Hammie Stewart, by accident left the ram
! rod in bis gun, and firing it off, drove it in the
stomach of one of his playmates, named Charles W.
Cox, son of Wm. H. Cox. where it struck against
his backbone and there lodged until it was drawn
out by a physician. - The little fellow was immedi
ately removed to his father’s residence, in the
. neighborhood of the occurrence, where he lingered
in groat agony until Thursday noon, when death
put au end to his sufferings.
! A juiy of inquest was held yesterday by Justice
j Baker, es Henrico, aisisted by Constable E. W.
i Robinson; but owing to the absenee at school of a
! number of boys who were witnesses to the transac
; tion, it was adjourned over until 6 o’clock in tho
i afternoon. — Richmond Dispatch.
TECH OITT.
j T- J. JACKSON.... LOCAL EDITOI
Headquarters Post, \
Columbus, Ge., October 24,1864, /
Ordrr. No. 15.
I. All City Passes issued frera Post Headquarters,
Provost Marshal's office er any Department or Com
pany Headquarters, at this Post, will not be recog
nized after the 28th inst,' they will have to be re
newed by the Provest Marshal and appreved by
the Pest Commandant.
11. All members es the Dawson Artillery, Fire
men’s Guard and Chapman’s Company Habib to
military duty, who have not reported, will be ar
rested and forwarded to their commands.
By order . . ..<- ; ” :i
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Col. Comd'g Post.
J. A. Cody, Adjutant.
oc 25 3t
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Sales To-Day.— Ellis A Cos. will hare a big j
sale to-day of nogroes, furniture, groceries, stock, ‘
Ac. See advertisements.
Mr. Holland’s Lecture. —The lecture of this i
accomplished young divine, iu behalf of the “Way- j
side Home,” we are requested to state, will take j
place to-morrow evening at Temperance Hall.— j
All lovers of magnificent declamation and dia- j
mond-like thoughts, cannot fail to be pleased with
Mr. Holland. Let the Wayside Home have a big
benefit. It is a deserving institution.
Frosty.— The last day or two has been decided
ly winter-tsA, rendering good fires and warm clo
thing a sine qua non to comfort. And, sad to
contemplate, these articles arc by no means so
come-at-able as we have known them in days
past. The coming winter will doubtless call into
exercise, amongst the majority of our people, what
ever they may possess of patience, prudence and
economy, There may be-those who have realized
fortunes during the war, who will be able to get
what they want at any price, but that the majori
.tyof us will be sorely straitened to make both
ends meet, there can be little doubt, while the ab
solutely poor in our midst, must either receive as
sistance from those able to render it, or be reduced
to fearful extremities. Now, that the ieng winter
evenings are setting in, ample time for reflection
will be afforded those who are accustomed to sit
around their plentiful boards and cheerful fires,
and it is to be hoped that thoughts of the absent
soldier, of his indigent wife and children at home,
of the widows and orphans made by the red car
nage of war, will be occasionally permitted to in
trude themselves, and that the results of such re
flections will be the formation of resolutions te
assist, to the utmost extent of their necessities,
those objects so unfortunately circumstanced.—
While there are se many calls to the exercise es
high-handed liberality, no one has the right te
withhold his substance, and say “be warmed
and filled.” Life consisteth not in the abundanee
of man’s goods, but in its highest and divinest
forms it does consist in good deeds, in high re
solves, in noble aims, in the conferring of happi
ness as far as in our power upon all with whom
wo come in contact.
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There are a goodly number of folks in this
world of ours who can never see any good in any
thing. They are forever looking for flaws in hu
man character, while they are totally blind to the
good that is iu man, and the virtuous actions and i
noble purposes which are, alas ! too often eclipsed ;
by superficial foibles. This class of persons inva- |
riably judge the aggregate of mankind by th#
worst specimens they can pick out, and often ex- !
cuse themselves from the performance of duties ob- j
ligutory upon them, because of objectionable asso- j
ciations, in which such exercise would iavoive
them. We frequently bear such people say, we j
would join the church if it were not for coming in j
contact with A. or 8., whom we know i* a hypo- .
crite. and not half so good as we. We could not
compromise our reputation by affiliating with any
such characters. A flimsy excuse, verily, as if
the same excuse wa3 not valid, against living in j
the world. Such persons would do well te mi
grate to some other sphere if they are so invete
rately opposed to compromising their reputation.
(An article we fear many of them haven’t got te
compromise.) We think there is very little sin- ,
cerity in such pretensions, and that they are used
more frequently to check the upbraidings of con
science, or as a cloak to propitiate public opinion
than otherwise. If men are kept out of the pale*
of the church, because some members of that
church are no better than they should be, we
wonder how the parties will settle the matter when
they knock at the gates of hell together. There
the hypocrite and such objectors will be com- 1
pelled to affiliate whether thoy wish to or not.
This same class are alike insensible to the
beauties of nature. They see nothing but ine
qualities and irregularities in the earth—are not
awed by the thundering cataract, the bounding
billow, or the burning volcano—or subdued into
reverence or admiration by the gentle rivulet, the
glowing landscape, or the flowery meads. There
is always something that ought to have been dif
ferent If they ever look at the glorious sun it is
not to admire its myriad golden rays or genial
warmth, but to detect spots if possible on its disk.
Or if the moon comes within their purview, it is
not to adore the hand that made it —to be eleva
tod in thought or affection, by its soft, silvery
beams, but to wonder why God put in it the man,
the dog, and the burning brush heap. Thus of
everything. No good or beauty in anything.—
Such people go through life without deriving or
conferring happiness,, and instead of the sublime
isolation to which they hope to aspire after life’s
fitful fever is over, we opine they will find them
selves in plenty of company, and that too, which
i they seemed to so much dread, in this life.
DIED.
In Americus, Georgia, on the 16th instant, MARY !
ANN, eldest daughter of Dr. Albert and Mrs. Sarah
Ann Rees.
Just upon the verge of womanhood, surrounded I
by doating parents and loving friends, she was call
ed to enjoy the bliss of another world ere she had
tasted the evanescent sweets and pleasures of this.
From childhood, the loveliness and purity of her
character attracted the interest and affection of all
who kuew her. Few so early lost will be so deeply
mourned.
Her beauty was fragile as the Lily’s—her life as
pure and brief.
At early dawn a lily bloom
Stood in a garden, fair,
Os flowerets gay and fragrance sweet
It was the fairest there;
Its beauty pure, no touch of Earth
Marred with stain or trace,
A dewy tear, of Heavenly birth,
Glistened on its face.
At noon, the Sun, with genial warmth
Kissed the tear away ;
While the modest bloom of early dawn
Grew brighter with the day.
And the flowers all,—the rich, the rare,
Loved the modest face,
And slender ferm, of tho lily fair.
Queen, of the garden place.
Ere the evening shades had met
The Sun’s declining ray,
Or winter frost, its seal had set
Pon flower-life of a day
The reaper came, for floral crowns
For loved ones in the sky.
Death’s sickle cut the lily dow: *
To bloom again on high.
L.
Addison Brown, of Georgetown has boen sen
tenced to five years’ imprisonment at Fort Dela
ware for giving aid and information to tho onemy
daring the invMien of Maryland in July la*t.
SPECIAL NOTICES
HKADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE FOR
Gborgu, Augusta, Oct. 17th, 1864.
Ciacumut No. 18.
To County Enrolling Officer*;
Pursuant to orders from the Major General Com
manding the Reserves and District of Georgia, you
and all others engaged in the conscript service are
commanded to apply yourselves with renewed en
ergy and diligence to the important duties with
which you are charged. The fact is established that
in every county of the State there are numbers of
men between the ages of 17 and 50 who have never
been enrolled and hitherto evaded the service which
they owe their country, which the law obliges them
to render, and which the voice of patriotism, the
importance of the crisis, and the call of their gal
lant brethren in arms have failed to induce them to
perfbrm. It is your duty to see that these men be
no longer allowed to eajoy this inglorious case, and
to save them from the shame and degradation
which await them when our independence is won,
in the esteem of those noble women
to whose valor and devotion, under Providence,
these priceless boons will be due.
The ranks of our armies must be filled. The bat
tle scarred veterans, who, for four years have stem
med the tide of invasion and held at bay the savage
and powerful foe which still pollutes our soil, must
be strengthened and animated by the presence of
fresh men by their side. The glorious battle flags
which bear upon their tattered folds the names of so
many victories which have rendered our country ;
famous throughout the world, must be upheld and
supported by the many stout arms whose strength
has not yet been put forth in the defence of their
homes, their fortune and their honor.
It is also a fact known to ail that there are thous- j
ands of deserters and absentees from the army scat-,
tered throughout the State, who, were they now
present beside their faithful comrades, could drive i
the enemy beyond our borders, and before the win
ter frosts set in, conquer our independence and a j
cessation of war.
It is your duty to have these misguided men ar
rested and returned to their commands. They have
committed the most infamous crime of which a sol
dier can be guilty, and deserve the terrible punish
ment which the laws of their country and the usa
ges of war have awarded to their offences. Their
only hope of clemency at the hands of the Execu
tive depends on their prompt abandonment of their
present life of lawlessness and peril and their return
to the ranks in which they swore to serve during
the war. Let constant efforts be directed to the ar
rest of these men. Let every hole and corner; let
every swamp and forest in your respective counties
in which these wretched men* now find a preca
rious shelter, be searched and penetrated by your
selves and your assistants, until every deserter has
been arrested, and your vigilance and energy have
proved that escape from capture is no longer possi
ble. If you need aid in the performance of this
duty, call upon the sheriff and other civil officers
of the county, and, under the repeated orders of the
Governor of the State, they are obliged to assist
you. The officers commanding local companies, re- :
cently organized in the different counties by order
of the Major General Commanding the Reserves, j
are also bound to aid you, and the great body of the !
inhabitants, aware that the safety of their relatives i
and friends now in the field and of their families at
home; the possession of their property, their lives, i
their liberty, depend on the success of our arms and j
our ability to hold our ground against the vandal
hosts by which we are beset, will assuredly not fail j
to second your efforts to send into the ranks every
man who properly belongs to them, whether he be i
one who owes military service and has failed to dis
charge his debt, or he be one who has b tsely desert
ed the flag of his country in the face of the enemy
when she most needs the best services of all her sons.
The duties entrusted to you are onerous, but they
are eminently honorable when faithfully perform
ed. Most of you have served with honor and fideli
ty in our army, and the wounds of many attest
their valor on the field. Let the same spirit that
animated you in confronting the foe, inspire you
now in the performance of your present duty, and
let the consciousness that upon you, to a large ex
tent, depends the speedy and successful termination
of the war, impel you to put forth all your euergy
and thus earTi the highest reward a soldier can ob- j
tain —the gratitude of his country.
Hereafter County Enrolling Officers will report !
directly to these Headquarters, and not as hereto
fore to the District Enrolling Officers, whose offices
have been abolished by order of the War Depart
ment.
WILLIAM M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts
for the State of Georgia.
oc 24 fit
HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE,
Augusta, Ga., October 20,1864.
Circular, No 19.
It being generally believed that a number of
Certificates of Exemption and Detail have been
fraudulently obtained throughout the State, it is
hereby ordered:
That all Certificates of Exemption and Detail by
whomsoever issued, prior to the 30th of November,
1864, shall be, on and after that date, revoked, and
become null and void.
County Enrolling Officers will immediately pro
ceed to collect such Certificates of Exemption and
Detail and hold the same until called for by the In
spectors of Conscription, whose duty it will be to
examine the same closely, and if satisfied of their
validity, will issue a receipt for each, which will
protect the holder thereof from molestation until
the 20th of November, by which time the new Cer
tificates of Exemption and Detail will be forwarded
from these Headquarters to all persons entitled
thereto.
Railroad Companies, Government Officers and
Contractors having detailed employees, will collect
and forward the Certificates of Exemption and De
tail of tluir employees by Express to these Head
quarters, where they will be exchanged for new cer
tificates.
WM. M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts
for the State of Georgia.
oet 24 6t
HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE,
Augusta, Ga., October 21,1864.
Circular, No. 20.
1. The Enrolling Officers of Georgia will’proceed
vigorously in the execution of the following Circu
lar, from the Bureau of Conscription :
C. S. OF AMERICA, )
War Department, Bureau of Conscription, >
Richmond. Va., Oct., 7,1864. j
Circular, No. 33,
By General Orders, No 76, current series, all de
tails heretofore granted under authority of the War
Department, through this Bureau, to persons be
tween the ages of 18 and 45 are unconditionally re
voked, and by said General Order all such persons
now under such details, are required to report in
person forthwith to such Camps of Instruction of
the respective States as may be designated for as
signment by the General commanding the Preserve
Forces to military service. From this requirement
are excepted men detailed and now actually employ
ed in manufacturing, providing, collecting and for
warding munitions and other indispensable supplies
for the army and navy, or in work indispensable to
military operations. Such persons will be allowed
to remain in their employments until their details
are revised. Under this Order, all Farmers, Plan
ters, Mechanics, and others! holding details by au
thority of the War Department, or of local Con
scription Officers, are required forthwith to repair
to the Camps of Instruction.
Officers engaged in the Conscript service are re
quired promptly and with inexorable rigor to with
draw all such details as are herein indicated, and
; move the persons to the Camps of Instruction for
assignment to service. No appeals from this Order
I will be entertained by the Secretary of War, unless
approved and forwarded through this Bureau by
the Generals commanding the Reserve Forces.
Applicants for detail will not be lurloughed dur
ing the pendency of their applications, but will be
| assigned to the army.
Circular No. 8, Bureau of Conscription, March
18, 1864, having been rendered nugatory by subse
f quent General Orders from the A. & I. General’s
Office, is hereby revoked.
By command of the Secretary of War,
(Signed,' JOHN S. PRESTON,
Brig. Gen. and Supt.
11. In obedenee to Orders from the Major Gen
eral commanding the Reserves, Enrolling Officers
will respect, until further orders, all detail? held by
employee* of Govern rnent Officers and extractors.
111. The Secretary of War having directed that
all men detailed from the army, now serving in
Virginia—except those employed ia the Tax in
Kind aerviee—who are ant prorcoaneod unit fa
field service by a Medical *xamining Board ant
who are not certified b, various Heads of D<W
meats and Chiefs .f Bureaux as absolutely neuem*
ry for the continuance of the manufacture of mum
| lions and other indispensable supplies tor the arm.
; be immediately returned to the duty with thX'
commands. Enrolling officers will thllt
| persons aro promptly forwarded.
IV. When a soldier is unable to appear bufo*» »
Medical Examining Board, by reason of phymA
disability, he will forward to the Enrolling officer u
certificate to this effect, which certificate must afa.
embrace a full and accurate statement of the •»«
The Enrolling Officer will, in all cat**, submit the
certificate to a Hospital Examining Board, or «
Board of Examiners for Conscripts, who, in •infer
ence with him, will make upon it such recommen
dations as may be warranted by the facts as**-
tained.
WM. M. BROWNE,
Colonel and commandant of Conscripts,
j _* c 24 6t for the State of Georgia.
JVotice.
OFFICE CHIEF COMMISSARY STATE 4
OF GEORGIA, l
Savannah, October 19, 1864. )
The office of tho Chief Commissary of the Con
j federate States for the State of Georgia will be
i located at Columbus, Georgia, on and after the
24th instant. * R. J. MOSES,
oo 24 4t Major and Chief Commissary, A-j.
AUCTI ON S ALES
Bv Ellis, Livingston & Cos,
P
SINGLE HARNESS.
r PHIS day, Tuesday October 25th, at 10 1 4 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our store,
Avery fine Sett Single Harness, new
oc 25 It $3
JVotice.
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
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RUM AND BRANDY.
—-*
ON TUESDAY, Oot 25th, at 104 e’riook
we will sell in front of our store
2 Bbls. Rum,
1 Bbl. Grape Brandy.
o« 24 2t $8
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
WE will sell, on TUESDAY, October 2 *th,
at 10 J o’clock, in front ®f our Auction Room
ONE NEW BUGGY,
ONE BBL MACHINE: OIL.
oc 24 2t $0
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.,
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FINE PIANO.
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WE will sell on.TUESDAY, 25th October, at
10 1-2 o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
1 Fine Rosewood Piano, 7 1-2 Octave, of
fine Tone and Finish.
oc 22 3t sl2 ,
By Ellis, Livingston A 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 A Cos
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EXTRA NEGROES.
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AN TUESDAY, October 25th, at 10 1-2 o’clock.
Owe will sell in front of our store,
TWO Extra Likely Negro women,
and 24 years old, both good Cooks,
Washers, Ironers and House Servants
oc 21 5t S2O
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
VALUABLE NEGROES.
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AN TUESDAY, 25th of October at 10]4 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our store
A likely Negro Man, 40 years old,
A likely Negro Woman, 22 years old,
and their two children.
oc 20 5t S2O
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
SALT.
AN TUESD AY, 25th of October, at 10 1-2 o’eloek,
U we will sell in front of our Auction i?oom,
90 BARRELS SALT.
oc 20 5t sls
By Ellis, Eivingston & Cos.
Administrators Salr.
WILL be so’d on Tuesday, the 25th inst„ in *h«
City of Columbus, at the store of Messrs- Ella.
Livingston & Cos.. Auctioneers, a portion ot tae
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,
Sic. Sold by order ot Court. Terms cash, Sale to
commence at 11 o’clock a. m. & £ THOMAS,
Oct 14, 1864—0 c 15-tilloc2s Ada’r.
In Store —Charges Unpaid.
TWO GINS. One marked J. Sorrell, Dale county,
Ala., been on hand several years,
One marked J. J. Reynolds.
They will be sold on the 20th November, unlesi
freight and charges are p lid Previous to that time.
R. A. SOLOMON,
Columbia, Ala., Oct, 19,1864 —6t
Pay Storage and take Cot
ton away.
ALL persons having Cotton in our possession are
hereby notified that they must pay charges and
take it away by first November, prox, as we cannot
be responsible for it any longer, as both ofJißffiJ
be in the army. BRLibE.lv X CV.
Cblumbia, Ala., Oct. 24,1864 8t
SO!U»8ltH.
WE will purchase ten barrels choice Serghum
Syrup, by sample, furnish barrels, and pay ia
Salt or currency. M. P. ELLIS A CO.
oc 22 3t
Shot and Powder.
CA BAGS SVot, all numbers'.
JU 100 pounds Course Powder;
100 “ Fine Rifle Powder.,
o° 2261 __ _ STAFFORD A CO.
FOR SAFE.
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 mile#
norteof Eufaula. Theplaceis mostly leve L}h P sS»
ductive, and in fine state of cultivation, with
HS£ sr
shop corn cnb barn she the tr , ict a i:d reserve a
H d ' XShi£hSdExcellent, plenty of the best
water. " TheSieaith of the place is no: surpassed by
th p«™ons wi-kiog the’ place will get off th*
t r sn at Silver Run and take the (daily) Hack *o
r.lounviUe, where onveyace can be had.
lor further particulars apply to the subscriber oa
the premies, or address him af Glennville, Barbour
county, Ala. Price S4O per acre. Possession given
J. V. TREUTLWr,