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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. WAHRKLV, - - - Edilor.
CpLUMBUS:
Tiiurstlay Morning, October 27, 1864.
“Pionsers of Peacs.” — A friend remarked
to u< yesterday that we were rather harsh up
on Governor Brown and Mr. Stephens in our
paragraph headed as above. We have no idea
that cither of those gentlemen ever contem
plated the position occupied by many weaker
and smaller minds among the consequences
of their ill-starred movement in the direction
of '‘Peace.” We boHcm th/'t the authority of
their nitiuoi, though invoked, tins
wrought groat wrong to the cuu s. and v. t are
willing to )-elieve that, iri view of this fact,
they would recall, were it in their power, the
part they have played in this dangerous farce.
Comptroller General's Report.
We have on ont table the annual report of
Comptroller General Peterson l invent!. marie
to (he Governor Oct. lG«h, lhtji. I.in.c ail
simitar paper.- which have is 't«*ri from
o#l.' Tbweatt’s office, the < tie bes -ic us exhib
its a great deal of well dictated industry,, and
is replete with valuable information. We shah
take an early oceft-ion to spread copious ex
tracts from it before our readers
Bate from Atlanta. — A gentleman reach' and
here on Saturday, says tuc Montgomery Ad.- j
vertiser 25th, who came out from Atlanta on j
Tuesday*. He reports two thousand sick A an- i
kei* soldiers and about six thousand effective \
ones in that city. The garrison is studying j
tlie means of.escape from Atlanta. Our cav- j
atiy surround the city and a portion of them j
sleep in houses in the. suburbs every night. j
•Kast Tennessee. —The Bristol Register has
late information from the trout in Last leu*
aessee Gou. Vaughn sent a scouting party
into the mo tec “Chimney Top” country a few
days ago— that they captured twenty-five head
oi horses, fifty head of beef cattle, and punish
ed the husii whackers considerably.
\yi ( . a rn from the same source that quite a
large quantity of supplies are being gathered
in the counties below —that the country
abounds in considerable supplies—and that
the army is increasing daily. No portion of
the country is capable of affording a greater
quantity of subsistence for the army than East
Tennessee—hence the importance of a perma
nent occupation of the same by our forces.
A gentleman who left Richmond some ten
days since, informs the Memphis Appeal
that about ten thousand men have been alrea
dy added to Gen. Lee’s army under the order
revoking details, and that the State troops of
North Carolina have volunteered for the de
fence of the Confederate Cabinet, if their ser
vices are wanted. •
Reconstruction.
hi the Columbia Carolinian we find, over
the signature of “A Daughter of Carolina,” a
Acorching letter addressed to Hon. W. W.
Boyce. We give Hie following extract., stop
ping only long enough to propose three cheers
tor the daughters of Carolina —and three times
three cheers for this one:
But, even grant for one moment that we are
verging on military despotism, does that jus
tify you in seeking reconstruction ; a recon
struction that would sink us into so great a
national depredation that every heart, that
he us responsive to any 'emotion of pride, or
aonor, would infiuitelj prefer war, extermina
tion, any oth«r fate ? Where would be our
wealth, our pride, our honor, our glory? De
stroyed forever! No longer would we com
mand the respect and admiration of all na»
tions. No longer would our home be sought
*s "the home of the free, and the land of the
m-avv.'’ No longer would the name of South
truer be a passport to respect, but a synonym
of slave A degredation so deep, a ruin so
Otter, could only be enuured by those who are
unworthy of the freedom for which we are
battling. Yet, you desire a union that would
involve this complete destruction. You, sir,
turned your eyes Irorn the plains crimsoned
with the blood of hundreds, aye thousands,
of your countrymen, to extend the right hand
of fellowship to those whose hands are im
bued with their blood. You see a country de
vastated; you behold desolated homes, wan
dering exiles : you hear the cries of widows
and orphans: you read the infamous orders
„of Yankee commanders; you hear echoed
from Non hern prisons the wails and dying
groans of your countrymen ; you see the re
sults of ail that fiendish hate and brutal mal-
ice could suggest, and yet you speak of “re
conciliation and harmony,” you cry, recon
struction, reconstruction ! Ob ! where, where
is flie love of freedom that we hear in every
sound, that wo see firing' the eye of the out
raged and oppressed? lias it never possessed
your heart? Where is patriotism? Has its
pure, bright fires never been kindled in your
nvn heart ’ Where is your sense of duty and
justice ignored forever ? Where is the voice
id conscience, hushed forever ? Did notits
voice entreat you, warn you to beware; to
Mi tie the cry—reconstruction ere it rose to
your lips ? Did it not whisper, remember the
fallen heroes ; a return to the Union would be
an acknowledgement ihafcatbe Yankees justly
itigmati/.e them as traitors. Traitors! You
have disregarded *ffce warning; you have at
tempicd to murder the untarnished honor and
study. ' .me of the South'* gallant defen
ders. And, beware! A voice will cry unto
you, "Sleep no more !” But their honor, their
.true, m ill live throughout all ages. What
tras it that animated the noble, heroic Gen
«ral Dunovant ? What was it that flashed in
bis eye, that sounded iu his voice as he inci
ted to deeds of glory the lirivva. Southrons ;
that nerve t his arm as it waved aloft the gword
fli.it ant' red as * beacon to guide 1113 gallant
V flowers - Was it that of the traitor? No? it
was the same tJeVoied patriotism that inspired
Leonidas Thermopylae : the undying love
sf country, that leads the patriot to nobly,
■willingly "offer his life as a sacrifice upon the
altar■ of liberty, exclaiming in profound he
rofc accents. OttFc* f t decorum est pro patria
snort Was it the spirit of the traitor that
served the heart and strengthened the arm
©fthe gallant and lamented General Jeakins,
*hue he battled for his country? No! it was
she unconquerable will and spirit, of freemen
Sgliting tor their liberties, their homes, their
all, that animated a host of martyrs, tor whom
a grateful country mourns. Go tell the weep
ing mother, the lonely widow, the orphaned
abild, that her son, her father, her husband,
sn a traitor’s grave. Go to the armies of Lee
and Hood, and cry reconstruction ! Tell those
war worn veterans that they can never con
quer n peace, and witness their scorn and in
dignation. Sir, the determination of the
South so to ixert all her strength to resist the
Xorth, never to reconstruct the Union, upon
any terms whatever. And, sir, we will estab
lish our independence, presenting to tho
world, not the “sublime f*pectacle’ so elo»
queutiy referred u> by you; but the sublime
spectacle ot peace, blessed peace, with South
ern rights. The end of tyranny and tho tri
umph of hoaor and truth. Liberty, freedom,
rom 1 aultvc. oppression will be proclaimed,
onu toe names of fallen heroes inscribed in
the tn< o *ry ot a grateful people.
ihe Bristol Register states that the Union
element in Upper Tennessee is preparing to
[r«>rr*« p of 'lie Mo . >rr M
f fs€ JFrotil.
Gadsden. Aiia., Saturday night, )
'October 22, 18(H. /
The army has mofH The troop; are gone,
the last train has disappeared, and the° last
soldier has tak*n his farewell peep of the
southside of the Coosa. 1 lie shadows of night
creep slowly over thy scene, and the stars j
look down in vain for the camp fires that an- 1
swered but yesternight their own resplendent
’ glitter.
‘ The bridge is up, and the channel flows
An impassable flood betwixt as and. them.” i
\ ou may hear indeed the clink of a few rus
ty chains, which are left behind; you may see
indee 1 dim outlines of a few old wagons, that j
did not crose the Stream, and now and then 1
you may meet a stray quartermaster or team- ;
ster groping about in the gloom ; but the j
great caravan with its wild menagerie, has |
passed heyotfd the stretch of eye and ear, and l
nas left tL? world of Gadsden “in daricnesf j
and to Kte.”
Off yesterday StevyHlCs corps in arc hid out
in the van. It was followed by Lee, or rather
Dick Taylor, who occupies the centre ; and
to-day. at and iwn. the delighted Tennesseeans
under Chetvham. crossed the river Jordan, or
Coosa. (May they not find it a hard road to
travel ?) The transportation quickly follow
ed, and at iiooti the pontoon was taken up
i.ntl also hurried forward after the troops.
VS hat does jt mean? It has nut ©ne sig
nification. That is “forward!" Gen. Ilood
has at last struck the right chord, and conipre
bends the true policy. No matter what the
critics may say ; no matter what the books
may say ; no matter what science may say, we
lose more in retreat than we can lose by ad
vancing. The nature of our troops demand
action, it I thev will not bear retro
gnde. Gert. Cheatham was quite unwell when
he mounted to follow his corps, “but,” said
he. “We are going home now, and I'll strap
my self to my saddle before they shall leave
me behind.” General Beauregard is with
General Hood. Every general officer is at his
post, and the spirit and morale of the men un
bounded.
We shall cross the dfennessee river, as is
generally believed, near Gunters ville, at about
to-morrow night and the next day. The wea
ther is dilicious and the roads good. The days
are just cool enough to make a tramp of thirty
miles a healthful exercise, and the nights not
too cold for sound and happy slumbers by
great log heaps. The country- is clad in her
gayest suit to greet the soldiers as they pass,
and to cheer them ou to the land of wine,
milk find honey. What pleasant benedictions
the boughs ot chesnut, beach and maple,
which clasp their hands above the marching
columns, cast down upon the soldier’s head,
and how these deepening tints of “orange,
scarlet, and apple green” remind him ofhome
and peace ! Home and peace ! May God in
His infinite mercy and grace, send to these
brave men, who have toiled so long and so
faithfully, Home and Peace ! SHIRLEY.
The Front
Our latest advioes from the Armj of Tennes
see, worthy of credit and that may be prudential
ly repeated, continue of a cheering character. Af
our uccesses on tho railroad below Chatta
nooga, of which wo have had full a 'vices, Sher
man engaged himself in getting 1 s forces in
position to protect and repair the road, while in
the meantime our forces were massed at a point
on the Coosa, and preparations mad© for an active
marching campaign. At two o’clock on Saturday
morning last the columns were put in motion,
where to was a matter of conjecture.
The troops were in fine spirits, and full of joy
ful anticipations as to the prospects before them.
They had been addressed by Generals Hood,
Beauregard and Cheatham, the first of whom in
formed them that they were about starting on a
fifteen days’ march, but whither they were not in
formed. Our opinion! is that in the absence of
his railroad communications, Sherman, will have
to perform rapid marchiug to be able to meet this
new movement of the army of Tennessee,
[Memphis Appeal.
From the Valley—Victory and
Reverse in one Day.
A remarkable battle has been fought in the i
Shenandoah Valley. On Wednesday morning, j
at an early hour, our army attacked the Bth >
and 19th army corps of the enemy, on Cedar :
Creek, about three miles out front Strasburg, ;
carried their positions by storm, inflicting '
heavy loss in killed and wounded, captured j
thirteen hundred prisoners, eighteen pieces of
artillery, all their camp equipage, wagons,
and drove the remnants of the two de*
moralized commands to Middleton, about two
miles beyond. Here the Sixth corps of the
enemy was entrenched, and Early determined
to complete if possible, his victorious work
now that the tide of battle seemed turned in
his favor. Such glorious results as the com
plete and unequivocal defeat of the main body
of the enemy, and the capture literally of al
most everything they had, might well have
been dazzling, after the season of defeat in
which our arms had well nigh begun to droop.
But there is work in a victory, and in this it
was crowded heavily upon the energies of our
men to render the first triumph of the day
quite decisive. When our troops came before
the breastworks of the enemy, near Middle
ton, they went forward with all the eagerness
and enthusiasm with which it is possible for
victory to inspire men ; but they had don*
enough for the day : enough, physically and
morally, but neither they nor their officers
knew it, and however much they may have
been inspired by their triumph, they lacked,
unfortunately, the inspiration that would warn
them to go no farther. They charged the
enemy's works, but were repulsed. Nothing
daunted, they charged again, but were once
more turned back. A third time they went
full tilt against the f< e, and again they were
repelled. They began to find, too late, that
they had been carried too far : it was evident
ly impossible for their jaded columns to push
through that fresh and unexcited line. And
when they withdrew it was with that sort of
despair which makes the heart sink. The
enemy made a demonstration in pursuit, and
they retreated from the field they had so glo
riously won. The enemy’s cavalry alone pur
sued, over Cedar Creek, their infantry re
maining behind. All of the camp equipage
captured on the creek in the morning was re
taken by the enemy, and at Strasburg, the
captured artillery becoming, by the demoral
ization of the drivers, mixed up in the street
with some ten or twelve pieces of our own, the
whole of it was abandoned. The prisoners we
had taken, the most usaless and unacceptable
of our captures, were alone left to us as tro
phies of the morning. By night our army was
in New Market, worn with fatigue, and per
plexed and mortified, with the results of the
day’s operations, but growing cheerfully de
grees, and sanguine of “better luck the"next
time.”
Our loss in men was not heavy. In this
respect, there is some consolation in knowing
that the enemy suffered by far the heavier. In
the morning’s operations the slaughter of the
enemy is represented as having been very
great. —Richmond Sentinel.
The Richmond Sentinel, es the 20th, thus close*
a long article en the military situation in Georgia:
From this Tiew of the subject the state of the
campaign in Georgia is seen to be exceedingly
faverable and promising to our cause. Hood ha*
planned sagaciously, and thus far he has executed
courageously and with admirable skill and suc
cess. His adversary has been thus placed in a
situation of extreme danger and embarrassment,
from which it appears impossible for him to ex
tricate himself without large loss. By the inge
nious process, not of driving, but es drawing,
Hoed seems likely to oxpell Sherman from Geor
gia. We trust he may be able to make him thus
follow out of Tennessee, also, and Kentucky. It
matters net which geos in front, provided Sher
man be made to go out.
The Sifter. —How does it happen that Rich
mond has filled up so soon after General Kemper
sifted it of every man fit for duty in the field ? It
is related that Theophilus Thistle, the success
ful thistle sifter, while sifting a sieve full of un
sifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles inte
the thick of bis thumb. Such, doubtless, was the
j condition of General Kemper’s poliex after his ar
j duous labors a week or two ago. Who is respon-
I sible for the present repletion es Richmond ?
I Must Kemper do his work over again ?
» [Examiner.
f* it So or "Yot ?
■mkjie month, or snare, since, we oabei attention
ta tue ;act that one C. G. Baylor had arrived in
Bermuda, and there claiming to be the Commis
sioner of Georgia to France, was giving expre*
«ion to sentiments wholly antagonistic t» the po
sition he asserted he held. Tho Gubernatorial fu
glemen gave the people no satisfaction upon the
point. We knew all the while that Baylor, whe
has been known to the writer so» ten years past,
left here claiming publicly that he held such a
commission. He even attempted to purchase clo
thing in this city as a quasi officer of the Confed
erate States, being, as he remarked, an undoubted
j officer of one of them ; and if permission had been
accorded he would have signed the rolls of the of
ficer to whom he applied. * This man has been a
respectable vagrant for years past—a confidence
man on a large scale—following one idea and
boriDg every one, upon the subject of direct trade.
He began it in 1853, in Missisippi, and always
bolstered his argument by abuse of the Yankee
nation, and was a secessionist in 1850. The ar
ticle which we publish in the paper of Sunday
last, shows him in anew light. But wo have
penned this article to have the question answered
by thos<. who know. Is C. G. Baylor an officer
of Georgia? and i. so let the people know it.
We let Baylor speak for himself. In a speech
at New York city on the 14th of September, at a
Lincoln meeting, (his precious specimen of hu-
manity, in referring to his own position said :
Mr. Davis’ papers in Richmond have charged
, that I was not in any manner whatever an offici
lal representative of the South, and they have
charged that in my public career in the State of
Georgia, that I did not express in that State the
views which I expresfld in Bermuda, and that
these views were not at all shared by the people
jof Georgia. Now, I have the honor of bearing
the commission of the State <f Georgia as her com
mercial and financial commissioner to Europe.—
Before that was conferred upon me, a committee
frem that State w aited upon Governor Brown and,
protested agaius my appointment—but I was ap
' pointed neverth* less. Another committee waited
' upon Governor Brown, and claimed that
: mission should be canceled, on the ground that I
i was not an American. Governor Brown sent for
me and laid these charges before me. My re
sponse to Governor Brown was a very simple one.
That I was burn ia America, had lived in America,
and hoped to die in America; that my pursuits
in life had disqualified me from taking part in
i politics, and that I had never cast a vote in my
life for anybody, and if that was treason against
; President Davis he could cancel my commission,
i But Gov. Brown permitted me to retain my com
| mission.
Meanwhile new political questions had arisen,
! and I took the position in Georgia over my own
! signature and in public meetings, and stated it ,to
one of Davis’ mostjintimate friends that I consider
| ed Jeff Davis’ Government at Richmond a fraud
and a despotism, [cheers] —that I considered the
| whole scheme of sectional disunion to be what
; Alex. Stephens prophesied it would be, a folly
i and a crime.
Wo simply want to know if the Press of this
j State in the confidonco of Governor Brown intend
j that these words shall stand ? So this man now
! or is he cot a Commissioner from this State.
We call the attention of our Georgia soldiers and
©ur Georgia citizens to this whole speech; and we
trust the press will let the people see and know
how this “Georgia Commissioner” (if he is one) is
representing the State abroad. — Aug. Con.
The Raleigh Standard is greatly alarmed by the
intimation that sooner than be conquered by the
Washington despot, we will avsil ourselves of the
aid of out slaves. We are not surprised at this
in a journal that with a surprising uniformity
sees uneonstitutionality, despotism aad horror,
in every measure adopted for increasing our mili
tary efficiency, and advocates only such views as
tend to weaken or disarm us. Its horror at the
suggestion above stated is not from any tenderness
for the negro—for it may become only a question
which shall employ him, the enemy or we. It is
not from any solicitude as to the preservation ©f
slavery; for if wc are conquered slavery is des
troyed. The only other effect of this proposed ac
cession to our military organization, in a certain
extremity, is to increase eur means of resisting
our foes, and of winning our independence. Is it
this that alarms the Standard ? It can be nothing
else. Tie prefer independence to everything else.
It seems to prefer anything else to independence.
We have n© wish to appeal to the resource we
have mentioned. Nor is it now necessary. But
when we sea our enemies looking to that as their
only hope, we shoal I be fools, or madmen, or
traitors, if wedid not wrest this weapon from their
hands, and usq it ourselves, if occasion shall re
quire it. Not only our indcjpendence, but the
preservation of slavery itself would command it.
[Richmond Sentinel.
Lonptreet in tbe Field Again.
It has been known for some days past, says
tho Richmond Sentinel, that Lieut. Gen. Long
streot has returned to Virginia, after an ab
sence of some months, in the South, whither
he repaired to recruit his health and favor the
convalescence of his wound, received near
Fredericksburg, in May last. The soldiers of
his old command will gladly welcome him
back among them, and the country will be
rejoiced to learn that be is once more in the
field again, as the following general orders
will show :
Headq’ks Ist Army Cosrs, 1
18th October, 1864. j
Genhral Orders, 1
No. 12. J
By special orders No. 248, headquarters
Army Northern Virginia, Lieut. Gen. Long
; street resumes command of his army corps.
The undersigned congalillfit?? it*!
officers and men on the restoration to them of
; that distinguished leader, with whom are as
| sociated so many of ihe proudest recollections
of the orps.
In parting with them for anew command
he desires to express his thanks for tbeirrea
dy support, his high commendation for their
gallantry and fortitude during the past unex
ampled campaign, and his best wishes for
their future for tube and prosperity.
(Signed) R. H. Anderson,
Lieutenant General.
I
lleadq’rs, Ist Army Corps, 9
19th October, 1864. /
: General Orders, 1
No. 13. j
The undersigned, with deep atul grateful
j emotion?, resumes command of It is army
} corps.
Although" separated from it. since the first
j action of the past eventful campaign, the his
j tory of your share in that campaign is not
unknown to him.
He has marked with pride aud pleasure the
l success which has attended your heroic efforts
■ under the accomplished commander who has
: so worthily led you.
Soldiers-! led us uot go backward! Let
the Ist corps be always true to itself! We
! have in the past, a brilliant, an unsurpassed
| record. Let our fnture eclipse it in our eager
ness for glory, our love of country, and our
determination to beat tbe enemy.
(Signed) J. Longstreet,
| Lieut. General.
Yankee Deserters. —Deserters in large
numbers continue to come within our lines ■
from Grant’3 army. They are sent so their j
homes immediately. Among those coming in I
night before last, was a very intelligent Eng- j
lUhman, who had been in the Federal army I
four months. He said there were ho troops j
at City Point but negroes. That'a large num- I
her of Grant’s veterans had gone home, their
terms of elistraent having expired ; and their j
places had been filled by raw recruits who
were sen; forth to the front. It was believed j
among the men that Grant contemplated an ad- .
vance this week, and many of them were de- j
serting to escape the expected fight.
We learn from another source that deser
ters are making their escape thro’ counties in
the rear bf Grant, trusting to their own ef
f#rts to escape from the Confederacy.
• [ Petersburg Express. 22 d.
England s Profits.— The full&wing is frein a
•London correspondent of a New York paper :
I cfo not mean that we hara lost, or are likely
to 10.-e, by the war in America. At the least
computation the Americans have given a profit es \
j £25.000,000 a year to India. We have netted •
£100,000,000 ©a our 1861 itook. We get mil
[ liens a year out es the American carrying trade, j
j We have made a pretty penny in supplying the |
1 belligerents with munitions of war and thins. * *
’ TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS or THB PRESS ASSOCIATION.
’ Entered according to act of Coneres'* in the yeai
1863. by J. S thrasher, in the CSerk’s office of
■he District Court of the Confederate States so?
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Oct. 20.—Early has issued a
j lengthy and eloquent address to the troops of
his command. He attributes his recent de
feat to the disgraceful propensity to plunder
and panic; he appeals to them to stand by
their colors in future at all hazards, and re
trieve their reputation. The address does
not admit of condensation and is too long to
transmit in full.
The President has issued a proclamation
appointing the 16th November as a day to be
specially devoted to the worship of Almighty
God. He invokes the people of the Confeder
ate States to assemble on that day at their
respective places of pnblic worship and unite
in prayer to our Heavenly Father for deliver
ance and peace.
Richmond, Oct. 26.- New York papers and
the Baltimore American of the evening of the
24th, have been received. They conrain tel
egrams from Kansas City, which gives a con
fused account of the battle between Price’s
army and the Yankees under Rosecranz.
The fight between Curtis, Smith and Pleas
anton, occurred on the 21st between Little
Blue River and Independence.
The latest telegrams claims a Yankee victo
ry. It says Price is reported as retreating
rapidly South, pursued by Pleasanton.
Among the Confederate killed, in Todd, of
Missouri.
Lincoln declines to interfere with Andy
Johnson’s test oath.
No later intelligence from Sherman.
Au application has been made to the Su
preme Court of Baltimore for . a mandeamus
to compell the Governtor to throw out sol
diers’ vote on the Constitution. The Judge
refused to award a writ of appeal taken by
the Court of Appeals.
The steamer Nando, blockade runner, with
five hundred and fifty bales of cotton, has
been captured.
Gold 216.
Petersburg, 26.—The enemy has receded
a short distance on the City Point road, but
it amounts to nothing. They are supposed to
have done this in order to prevent Enfield fire
from our Chesterfield batteries, and to get
more elegible ground for their line of works.
The enemy is still busy fortifying their lines,
and everything at present indicates a purpose
on their part, to act on the defensive.
The force of the enemy in our front is com
posed chiefly of the 2d and 9th corps.
Picket firing and sharpshooting are <?f daily
occurrence, mingled occasionally with dis
charges ot artillery.
Deserters report the enemy building winter
quarters iD the rear of their lines of works.
Our men are well fed and receiving full
supplies of clothing and blankets, and are in
fine spirits.
A good many recruits are coming in under
the order revoking details.
Richmond, Oct. 26.—Northern papers of the
28d, contain additional glorification dispatch
es from Sherman in relation to the battle of
| Cedar Creek.
! In Grant s army the electioneering gees
| bravely on.
i Nothing from Sherman's army within the
! last four days except reports ot tue continued
retreat ot Ilood. A train from Atlanta had
| arrived at Tilton.
The Vermont raiders were commanded by
! Lieut'. Bennett H. Young. Twenty-three per
| sons were concerned in the raid. Tbe amount
, taken from the banks, was two hundred and
j twenty-three thousand dollars.
Exchange of Naval Officers and Seamen.
—Commissioner Ould having arranged with the ,
Federal Commissioner for an equitable exchange
of all the naval prisoners of war held on either
side, yoaterday morning three hundred and twelve
Yankee sailors and seamen, including seventy-four
officers, captured at various times, and at various
points, from the enemy’s fleets, were forwarded !
to Yarina, for shipment North on a flag of truce
steamer.
The following Confederate naval officers aud
seamen, exchanged under this special arrange
ment, arrived in Richmond on Wednesday last,
having been detained at City Point eleven day* :
Commanders. —W A Webb and J D Johnston.
Lieut. Commanding. —P U Murphy.
Lieutenants. —W T Glassell, W D Bradford, J
W Alexander, A D Wharton, G W Read, A Bar
bot, G H Arledge, R H Gayle and Haskeu.
Acting Masters. —T L Wragg, R II Murden, W
W Austin, and Hernandez.
First Lieutenant Marines. —James Thurston.
First Ass’t Engineers. —L C King, W L Morrill,
and E H Browne.
Second Ass’t Engineer. —L C West.
Ass’t Paymaster. —W B Micou.
Midshipmen. —G H Williamson J A Peters, R
Annan, W W Austin, F N Bonnenu, E II Brown.
John E. Biilups.
Master's Mate. —T B Beviil.
Seamen. —Samuel Brockington, W Beall, Thom
as Butters, A G Bird, Oliver Bowen, J W Casey,
G W Clemons, S D Churns, N Canes, C W Devin,
T M Duncan, James M Diggs, Samuel DeForrest,
D M Eaton, W R Davis, J M Fleckwood, William
Fox, Mike Follard, Wesley Fitzgerald, B Gray,
M Gorman, Robert Harley, Thomas Hardin, L C
Hudgins, Robert Hunt, R J Hockley, T L Her
nandez, Jarvis Johnson, L C King, Charles Long
man, Edward Lynch, J P Murphy, James McLeod,
J Maes, William Moulton, A Messini, E 0 Mur
den, W T Morrell, J W Matherson, W Mcß]air,
Thomas Noland, George Nowrey, E D Newton, j
W O’Neil, John Pettis, F E Paiingnest, Joseph
Prebel, Patrick Quinn, G W Quarles, John Rob
inson, Daniel Reiordan, W B Reed, Charles Smith,
Patrick Smith, William Smith, L H Schofield,
James Sylvanus, .T H Schinblee, C Schinblee, W
R Shod, J M Sullivan, B C Shelton, W W Thomas,
James Thurston, T R Trapier, Peter Vandever, J
S West, Edward West, Patrick White, Samuel W
Wheeler, Alexander White.
♦ ♦ ♦
No grander military exhibition has ever been
witnessed, says the Sumter (S. C.) Guardian, than
that between the North and the South. No more
brilliant struggle adorns the romance of history.
We stand to-day a conspicuous mark in the long
succession of the human drama. Sink or swim :
live or die ; Grecian triumph or Carthageniaa
doom : Batavian victory or Sarmatian ruin;
Prussian glory or Circassian exile—our record i*
complete; we stand before the world, and wili
live with posterity, as an example of gallantry
that will awaken admiration wherever the bloody
Confederate story is breathed among men
llermes'says that the late Cabinet meeting
decided to keep the departmental clerks per
manently in the field, and employ ladies in
their stead. ,
A GOOD PLANTATION
For Sale.
| N Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the
i Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The
tract contains 1,200 acres—about 700 cleared. There
iiacomfortable Dwelling House’on the place, good
Negro cabins with brick chimnies and all the neces
sary out-buildings. Ibe land is productive and
location desirable. Possession given in November
For further information apply to
DAVID ADAMS.
oc 27 lm Columbus, Ga.
E®~Telegraph Confederate, Macon; Montgo
mery Advertiser; Cbnititutienalis, Augusta, copy.
T33C23 CITY
T .1. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOE
Major Bass. —lt will be seen by a funtral *o
tic© elsewker© that the last sad rites of interment
will be paid the remains of'this gallant officer,
wbo fell mortally wounded in defence of Rich
mond some two weeks since, te-day at 8 o’clock
p. m., from his mother’s residence in this city.
“How sleeps the brave who sink to rest.
With all their country's honors blest.”
A Change.— From the clear bracing weather of
the past few days, the temperature yesterday was
quite warm, the skies obscured in heavy dra
pery. flies and musquitors crept from their lurk
ing places, and at the time of penning this para
graph, the prospect for showers was prominent.
A quietus en the dust would be highly efficacious.
Auction by Rosktte & Co. — The following
prices were obtaiqpd by Rosette A Cos., at their
auction yesterday :
One cooking stove, $270 ; one buggy, S9OO :
sugar from $5 to $6,60 ; negro girl named Rena,
19 years old, $4,700 ; one man, William, 20 years
eld, $4,275; a man, his wife and three children,
SIO,OOO ; 202} acres land on the Upatoie Creek,
$3,000 : one silk.umbrella, $l5O ; one gold watch
$1,500 ; one sole leather valise, $l3O : and other,
articles at good prices.
Doings of Council. —Tbe following action of
the City Council of Columbus on Monday evening
last, will be found of general interest to city read
ers :
’ “The Committee on house renting request that
the Deputy Marshal take the city hands, and clear
up the north wing of the Oglethorpe House,
which has been given up for the use of soldiers’
families.”
Which was adopted.
By Aid. Bradford—
“ Resolved, That Revs. Messrs. DeVotie, Key
and Harrison be appointed by this Council to
purchase wood for the poor of the city, to tbe
amount of the appropriation made by this body.”
Which was adopted. -
By Aid. Bradford—
“ Resolved, That the northeast corner of tho
Court House square be appropriated for the use
of the Committee, to deposit wood for use of tho
poor.”
Religious. —The protracted meeting at Pierce
Chapel alluded to in this paper somo days ago, is
still in progress, and to all human appearances is
accomplishing much good. During the pa*st week
quite a number of conversions have taken place and
church members revived and established in tho
faith. Services have been held nightly by Rev.
Mr. Douthit, assisted by Revs. Messrs. Robinson,
Littlejohn and Ainsworth, and occasionally by
transient brethren. Asia the days of Christ, tho
common people gladly hung upon his ministry,
and embraced with alacrity the doctrines of sal
vation therein enunciated, even so at this day,
amid the distractions and wild confusion of the
times, they still manifest an eager interest in tho
precious legacy bequeathed by the illustrious
founder of Christianity, who declared that “tbe
poor have the gospel preached to them.” We
think it would be a good idea for some of the up
town ministers and church members to go down,
catch the inspiration, and perhaps be instrumental
in doing good. In following the footsteps of Christ
in his labors of love among the poor, the halt, tho
destitute, aud even sinners, there can bo no
lowering of character or compromise of dignity.
The Winchester Daily Bulletin, now pub
lished at West Point, has reached us. It lavs
been greatly enlarged and much improved in
appearance.
SPECIAL NOTICES
HEADQUARTERS POST,
Columbus, Ga., October 26, 1864.
Headquarters, Military Division of the West,
October 17th 1564.
To those soldiers of the army, who are absout
from their commands without leave, I appeal in the
name of their brave comrades, with whom they have
in the past, so often shared the privations of the
camp and the dangers of the battlefield, to return
at once to their duty. To all such a3 shall report to
their respective commands in response to this ap
peal, within the next thirty days, an amnesty is
hereby granted.
* * * * k J.
Tho above paragraph of Gen. Beauregard’s Ad
dress upon assuming command of the “Military
Division of the West," is republished with the in
junction that all men coming under its provisions
take advantage < f same without doiay. All who
report to these Headquarters will be promptly
furnished with rations and transportation to their
commands.
LEON YON ZINKEN,
oc 27 3t Colonel Commanding Post.
HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE FOR
Georgta, Augusta, Oct. 17th, 1864.
Circular No. 18.
To County Enrolling Officers:
Pursuant to orders from tho 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 tfleir gal
lant brethren in arms have failed to induce them to
perform. It is your duty to see that these .men be
no longer allowed to enjoy this inglorious ease, and
to save them from the shame ami degradation
which await them when our independence is won,
in the esteem of those bravemen.and n’nble 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
i mei the tide of invasion and held at bay the savage
j and powerful foe which still pollutes our soil, must
i 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, mu,st 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 all that there are thous
-1 ands of deserters and absentees from the army scat
tered throughout the State, who, were they now
present beside their faithful comrades, could drive
the enemy beyond our borders, and before the win
ter frests set in, conquer our independence and a
! 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
i dier can be guilty, and deserve the terribie 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 piompt 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 re*necdive counties
iu which these wretched men' now Sad a preca
rious shelter, be searched and penetrated by your
selves and j our assistants, until every deserter hag
been arrested, and your vigilance ahd energy have
proved that escape from capture is no longer poaei
. file. 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 a3si*t
you. The officers eoau-ianding local companies, re
-1 cently organiied in the different counties by ordw
nf the Major: Genera! Commanding, the Reset . Ort.
: aie a ' so bound to a*d you, and the great body of the
inhabitants, aware that the safety of their relutiv**
; ftndfrkuds now in the field and of their families
! the posse«eion of their pror , erty> their
. their iberty, depend on the success of our arms and
our ability to hold our ground against the vandal
hosts by which we are bese>, will assuredly not fail
to second your efforts to scud into ihe ranks every
man who properly belongs to them, whether he bo
one whoowc c military service and has failed todis
j charge his d"ht, or he be one who has basely 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 yo*
now in the performance of your present duty, and
! l«t 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 energy
i an< l thus ear n the highest reward a soldier ean ob
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 Georgi a.
oc 24 fit
IIEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE,
Augusta, Ga., Octobor 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, anl
become null and void.
County Enrolling’ Officers will immediately pro
ceed to collect such Certificates of Exemption and
Detail and hold tho same until called for by the In
spectors of Conscription, whose duty it will bo 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 nntM
tho 20th ©f 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 eelleet
and forward the Certificates of Exemption and De
tail of their employees by Express to these Head
quarters, where they will be exchanged for new rei -
tificates.
WM. M. BROWNE.
Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts
for the State of Georgia.
oct 24 6t
HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE,
Augusta, Ga., October 21, 1864.
Circular, No. 20.
1. The Enrolling Officers of Georgia will
vigorously in tho execution of the following Circu
lar, from the Bureau of Conscription :
C. S. OF AMERICA, }
War Department, Bureau of Conscription, >
Richmond. Ya., Oct., 7, 1864. .1
Circular, No. 33,
By General Orders, No 76, current series, ali 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 Reserve
Forces to military service. From this requirement
arc excepted men detailed and now actually employ
ed in manufacturing, providing, collecting and for
warding munitions and otherindispensable 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 arc 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
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 furloughed 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
j quent General Orders from the A. A I. General's
Office, b»hereby revoked.
By command of the Secretary of War,
j (Signed) JOHN S. PRESTON,
Brig. Gen. and Supt.
i 11. In obcdence to Orders from tho Major Gen
eral commanding the Reserves, Enrolling Officers
| will respect, until further orders, all details held by
; employees of Government Officers and Contractor*.
111. The Secretary of War having directed that
I all men detailed from the army, now serving it»
i Virginia—except those employed in the Tax in
Kind serviee—who are not pronouneed unit for
field service by a Medical Examining Board, and
I who are not certified by various Heads of Depart
ments and Chiefs of Bureaux as absolutely necessa
ry for tbe continuance of the manufacture of tnuni -
| tions and other indispensable supplies for the away,
i be immediately returned to the duty with their
commands. Enrolling officers will see that stub
! persons are promptly forwarded.
; IV. When a soldier is unable to appear before %
! Medical Examining Board, by reason of physical
■ disability, he will forward to tho Enrolling officer a
j certificate to this effect, which certificate must alio
j embrace a full and accurate statement of the ease,
i The Enrolling Officer will, in all cases, submit tbe
j certificate to a Hospital Examining Board, *r a
: Board of Examiners for Conscripts, who, in confer
ence with him, will make upon it such recommen
dations as may be warranted by the facts ascer
| tained.
WM. M. BROWNE,
Colonel and commandant of Conscripts,
oc 24 6t for the State of Georgia.
AUCTION SALES
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos
AN SATURDAY, 29th of October at 10 % o’elook,
U we will sell in front of our store
1 New Parlor Carpet,
2 New Bed-room Carpets,
LOT FINE GLASSWARE:
Including Goblets, Tumblers, Pitchers,
Cake Stands, &e,, <fcc.
1 pair Fine Globe Lamps, Candlestick*,
A lot Elegantly Bound Parlor Volume**,
including the best Literary and Poeti
cal Works,
1 Fine Gray Mare 7 jears old,
1 Splendid China Tea Sett,
1 Sett Fine Silver Plated Carriage Har
ness, nearly new,
1 Shifting Seat Buggy, in good order,
1 Box Oil -Paints, for Portraits aud
Brushes,
2 Dozen Cottage Chairs,
Thirty Bbls. Salt,
Lot Paintings, School Books, Bed Stea t.,
&c., kc.
oc 2d 4t S4O • •
By Ellis, Livingston A Go
A PRIV AT E SALK
rm * m
1.500 Acres unimproved Land ®a
SpriDg Creek, Miller county, formeiiy
Early, will be sold at jt bargain,
oo 21171 ss*)
