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DAILY T 1 .M Eg.
J. w. WIKRO, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Friday Morning, October 28, 1864.
Give the Devil his Dues.
Few men or women erer become bo de
praved, bat Qiat the/ retain some good qual
ity-some relic of tbeir better nature which
appeals to their fellow kind and mitigates, to
some extent, the bareness of their actions, or
the depth of their infamy. This, with that
instinctive love of fair dealing characteristic
of civilized society, lias estchlrhed in the
code of social ethics, the rule universally ac
knowledged—that it is but right to give even
the,-‘l>e\ii bis dues.” While-many a poor devil
would undoubtedly suffer bjr a strict adher
ence to thi? m ixjm, we shall not be the first
to depart lrom it. When we attempted to
draw \ moral lesson from the course of Jo- .
sephus Camp, we knew nothing of that iudi
vi.Jual. -save that he once flourished in con
nection with a journal which, at that time, de
voted itself to the propagation of peace prop
ositions ot a questionable character.
From other? more intimately acquainted
with him arm better informed as to his ante
cedents. we iearu, that, he once entertained
and expressed honorable and manly sen i
meuts; iii.it he was a warm supporter of out Gov
ernment ; that he insisted upon sending skiu
ker.- to the front, and recommended the arrest
of certain irresponsible scribblers who were
attempting to educate the popular mind to
the daamab]o proposition of 11 Reconstruc
tion.” •• v: ~j i
We must be permitted to express our regret
that ‘‘.Josephus has fallen from the high po
• ition he once occupied.
It is sad ;o see a man, once'stariding side by
side with the virtuous, intelligent and patriotic
citizens of this Confederacy, in support of the
Government of their choice, now “cheek by
jowl" with a miserable and degraded set of
Yankees; and we trust his fate will be a
warning to those whose only avocation it is,
to decry the course of administration
and the official acts of the military and civil
leaders of this country.
ft was honest and munly for, “Josephus '’ to
insist that all shouhl do their duty in this con
test, but he seems to have been afflicted with
the sanr-e weakness which has caused others,
when their owu immediate section needed their
strong a rind lor defence, to seek safe positions
in the rear. And, perhaps, if “Josephus” had
known the facility with which these skulkers
dodge even a draft for the defence of their
adopted homes, be would not have offended
their sensibilities by mentioning the terrible
“front,”
His desire to have irresponsible scribblers
about “Reconstruction” arrested, was simply
an error of judgment, similar to that, which
carried him to. Yankeedom.
While all henest people concur in the jus
tice of the sentiment, the universal public
verdict is that “hjour n'est pas vaut la chan
dclle. ”
Extract from Comptroller Gen
eral’!*} Report.
(COMPTROLLER GENL’S OFFICE, 1
MILLKDGEVILLE, Oct. 17, 1804. J
To Hits JSxetllmCg, Jon. E. Brown, Governor i.
In complin nee with the requirements of law,
1 have the honor to fay before your Excellen
cy a statement of the receipts and disburse
ments of the Treasury during the fiscal year
1864, commencing on the I.6th October, 1863,
and ending the 16th October, 1864, showing
at the end of the year, a
Casli balance in the Tieas
ury of $2,146,087 62
Good Asset* belonging to the State.
Herewith is furnished a statement of the
Assets belonging to the State,” as shown by
the books of the Treasury and Comptroller
General’s office, viz :
1,833 shares ot stock, in Bank of
State of Georgia, $183,300
100 shares of stock in Bank of
Augusta, . 89,000
186 shares of stock in the Geor
gia and Banking
Company, 18,600
7,000 shares of stock in-the At
lantic and Gulf Railroad
Company, 700,000
General Bank Assets, estimated
by Gen. Bethune, Agent, at, 1,600
$992,400
Also, the Western and Atlantic
Railroad ( value not to be put
upon the same bg the Comp
troller or Treasurer.) This
Road, however, paid into the
State Treasury as net earn
ings in 1859, $420,000 :
1860, $450,000; in 1861.
$438,000 : 1862, $440,-000,
and in 1863, $1,650,000.
Receipts and Disbursements alike Trcasurg for
the Fiscal gear 1864.
Os the receipts into the Treasury for the '
fiscal year 1864, there was received :
From General Tax. 1863, $1,505,707 05
Income Tax, 1863, 455,593 98
- General State and Income
Taxes 18-64. 767,839 43
“ General Tax 1860 15 00
“ i; “ 1862 1.52 13
Tax on Banks, 302,004 51
“ “ on Railroads. 14,348 89
“ on Foreign Insurance
Companies, 8,635 11
Taxon Eoreign'Bank Agen
cies, 506 86
“ Net earnings Wes fern and
Atlantic Railroad, 235,000 00
• Dividend on Atlantic and
G ulf Railroad stock, 56,000 00
Dividend on Bank stock. 37,285 00
“ “ “ Insurance
stock, 121 39
“ Collections on Central
Bank Assets. 548 52
Money refunded on Chat
tahoochee River Appro
priation, 18,004 00
• Money refunded on Flint
River Appropriation, 14,743 35
Money refunded on $5,000,-
000 Military Appropria*
tion, 1802, * 75,000 00
i. Money refuuded on Fund
authorizing making of
Salt, 10,632 90
“ Issue of Georgia Treasury
yrAtpc 8,89a,000 00
“ Issue of Georgia Change
Bills. 937, <B2 00
> ____
§13,334,920 12.
Add to this the cash in the
Treasury, Oct. 13, 1864 2,099,603 44
And we have a total fund of $15,434,523 56
Os the Disbursements during the same time,
there has been paid
On Civil Establishment 1862, 1,250 00
“ “ ‘‘ 1863, - 26,708 32
u “ “■ 1864. 49,283 93
“ Contingent Fund, 1863, 10,408 99
u “ •“ 4864, 19,768 62
u Educational Fund 1862, 1,502 00
“ “ 1863. 135,844 00
M $350,000 Fund for Manufac
ture of Arms, 52,975 2G
-• . ohu V’dinry Appro
priation r«i 1 863. . . G6BJ72i 95
K $3,000.0.00 Military Appro
pnation for 1864. 1.673,237 51
“ jSoldiers Fuad for
1863. * toft, ono
“ Soldiers' Clothing Fund for
18 * :4 > ' 2,49p,yi0 60
“ Soldiers’ Family Fuad for ’63 795,313 85
“ Soldiers' Family Fund for
1864 j 3,685,391 33
“ Account of Legislative Pay
Roll, 1863 and 1864, * 100,436 30
“ Account of Smpll Pox, 61,850 50
“ Over payments, 1864, 10,235 66
Printing Fund, 1863, ‘755 25
“ Reduction of Public
Debt, 1,500 00
“ Interest on Public ,
Debt, 132,258 80
“ Printing Fund 1864. 35,337 72
“ Academy for Elind, 15,000 00
“ Lunatic Assylum—
tor support of, 01,540 33 j
“ Lunatic Assylum—
JSahiry of Sup't, 2,450 00 j
“ Lunatic Assylum
P.iy of officers. 16.04)0 00 I
“ Georgia .Military In- j
siit'ite—Support of Ca
. dels, 2.000 00
“ Georgia Military In
stitute—r Salary of Sup't, 3,583 153
“ Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association, , 500,000 00
•* Clerk House of Rep
resentatives, 5,110 00
On account Secretary of Senate, **3,500 00
For Bank Note Paper, Engraving
and Printing and Clerk
hire, &e , in issuing Geor
gia Treasury Notes and
Change Bills, 59,390 26
On Account of Steam Ship Fund. 214,855 40
* “ Salt Fuud, ' 100,000 00
“ Cotton Cards—for pur
chase of. 1.000,000 00
“•Cotton and Wool Cards
—Purchase of material
to make, 59,228 35
“ Corn Appropriation—
Act of Not. 36. 1863. 575,000 00
“ Corn Appropriation—
Act of March 21, 1864, 515,000 00
“ Heuningsen Hospital, * 5,000 00
On Account of other miscellaneous ap
propriations, which will be seen
in an Abstract accompanying this
•■import. 54,077 62.
Total, $13,288,435,94
Leaving a ballance in Treasury of $2,146,-
087,62.
Having thus exhibited the operations of the
Treasury for the past twelve months, I have
deemed u uot inappropriate to allude to and
make an approximation to the-ordinary re-*
ceipts and expenditures of the ensuing fiscal
year. The anticipated receipts into the
Treasury for the fiscal year 1865, may be sta
ted as follows :
From General State and Income Taxes
of 1864, $16,000,000 00
u Tax on Banks, 200,000 00
“ Tax on Railroads, 15,000 00
“ Tax on Foreigu Insurance
Companies, 9,000 00
“ Dividend on A. &G.R. R.
Stock, 56,000 00
“ Dividend ou Bank Stock, 30,000 00
“ To be refunded on Corn
Appropriation made by
Act of 21st March, 1864, v 515,000 00
“ Miscellaneous, * 20,000 00
$16,845,000 00
Add to this the. balance in the
Treasury Oct. 15, 1864, 2,146,087 62
And we have a t'otal of, $18,9&1,087 65
As the enemy is now at Atlanta, the KAst
ern terminus of the Western & Atlantic Rail*
road, and as General Hood is in their rear, on
that Road, destroying it so as to prevent, its
use for some time to come, I have deemed it
safest not to calculate upon any income from
it, in this estimate I have, however, inclu
ded in the above estimate, the return of the
$515,000 drawn on the Corn Appropriation
made by the Act of the 21st March, 1864, be-,
cause the Act making said Appropriation
provides, that, the Corn purchased with this
money shall be paid for on delivery by the
Justices of the Inferior Courts of the several
counties to which the same may be furnished
—the Courts paying “the cost ofsaid corn and
freight thereon”—and “that the money re
ceived from the several counties for said Corn
shall bo paid into the Treasury by the said
Quartermaster General.” I have not inclu
ded in this estimate any return from the sl,-
00Q,000 Appropriation made to purchase Cot
ton to ship to Europe to buy Cards, because
in consequence of the Blockade, the difficul
ties in shipping the Cotton and importing the
Cards are such, that no reliable estimate as
to the result of the san\e can be made—and
any proceeds from the same cannot and ought
not to be relied upon for the support of the
Government for the ensuing Fiscal Year.—
Neither have I included in the above any re
turn from the Salt Fund, because it is pre
sumed the ensuing Legislature will continue
the Appropriations during the war, to enable
your Excellency to aid the people of the State,
in obtaining the necessary supply of Salt.
The demands upon the Treasury for the
same year, on account of Appropriations un
drawn, the redemption of Treasury Notes
due 25th December next, and the usual ordi
nary appropriations of the year, may be sta
ted as follows:
To pay Appropriations un
drawn, 5,438,166 53
“ Redeem Treasury Notes due
25th December, 8,095,000 00
“ Redeem mutilated State
Change Bills, 100,000 00
“ * Pay Members aud Officers
of the Legislature, 70,000 00
“ Civil Establishment, 80,000 00
“ Contingent Fund, 50,000 00
Printing Fund, 40,000 00
“ For Reduction of Public
Debt past due, 216,000 00
“ For Reduction of Public
* Debt coming due, 18,000 00
“ Interest on Public Debt
past due, . 668,186 00
“ Interest on Public Debt ,
coming due, 387,390 00
“ Support of Pauper Patients
of Lunatic Asylum, 120,000 00
“ Salary of Superintendant
of Lunatic Asylum, 2,500 00
“ Pay of Officers and Servants
of Lunatic Asylum, 20,000 00
“ Support of the Academy
for the Blind, 12,000 00
“ Georgia Military Institute—
for support of Cadets, 2,000 00
“ For Georgia Military Insti
tute—Salary of Sup’t., 3,000 00
*• Salary of Military Storekeeper
at Milledgeville, 900 00
“ Educational Fund, 160,520 00
“ Subscription to Atlantic $ Gulf
Railroad, 50,000 00
“ Miscellaneous Appropriations, 50,000 00
$15,581,662 53
Leaving a balance in the Treas
ury of $3,409,425 09
In the above it will be seen that I have on
ly included the undrawn appropriations, and
the ordinary appropriations, without refer
ence to the appropriations necessary on ac
count of the existing war. If the ensuing
Legislature makes the same appropriations
this year, that it did last year, for the support
of Indigent Soldiers’ Families, Clothing Sol
diers, for the Georgia Relief and Hospital As
sociation, and for Military purposes, the fol
lowing may also be added, viz :
For Indigent Soldiers’ Fam
ilies, . $6,000,000 00
“ Military Fund, 3000,000 00
“ Soldiers Clothing Fund, 2,500,000 00
“ Georgia Hospital & Relief Asso
ciation, 500,000 00
$12,000,000 00
Which sum $3,409,425 09) will hare
to be provided for in the way of taxation or
loan, or further issue of Treasury Note3 or
sale of State Bonds.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OP THE PRKSS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act o 1 Congress in the yea:
1863, by J. Si hrashrr, ia the Clerk’s office o'
iherlnstrict Court of the Confederate States to:
the Northern District of Georgia.
j Petersburg. Oct. 27th.— The enemy with
t a force of cavalry and artillery,, and three
corps infantry, the -2d, sth and oth, moved
this morning by a detour on our extreme
right, driving in ear cavalry and occupying
Boyden Plantation near Burgess’ Mills seven
1 below here. Our forces were disposed to
meet them, and considerable fighting ensued
between four o’clock and night. The enemy
at night still held the plank road,and we have
captured about 60 prisoners from the 2G corps.
This move places the enemy further from the
| Southside road than they were before. The
! fighting is not yet ended.
Mobile, Oct. 27.—A flag of truce boat ar
j rived here yesterday.
Gen. Page with a large number of the Fort
Morgan prisoner? have been sent North. The
Fort Gaines pi isouers are awaiting an ex
change.
The New Orleans Era of the 12th, announ
ces the an ival'of a large number ot Federal
prisoners itt iho mouth of Red river.
The Federal? are strongly fortifying Mor
ganza Admiral Porter has gone North to take
coinmatj i of the North Pacific squadron.—
Farragut is believed to be still in Mobile Bay.
(From the Richmond Dispateh, Oct. 22.)
Tlie War in Virginia.
The perfect quiet that has prevailed for a week
along the lines below the city and in front of Pe
tersburg, was rudely broken at 5 o’clock pn Thurs
day, evening. The Yankees, on the receipt of tb.e
news that Sheridan had beaten Early at Fisher’s
in the Shenandoah Valley, let off one of their
shotted salutes in »onor of the victory. All of'
Grant's artillery joined in the salute. The noise
made was awful, stunning; the injury inflicted
upon us was nothing. Though the Yankee guns
were aimed at our lines, where our men, unsus
pecting danger, were strolling about in large
numbers in exposed positions, not one of them on
the northside of the river was struck; ami it is not
probable that any casualty occurred on the south
side, as along that portion of our lines sharpshoot
ing and picket firing have been kept up and ia
consequence, our men all times on the look
out for hostile bullets. ,■
The roar of the salute having subsided, the white
smokß of gun and shell was wafted away on the
evening air, and silence once more settled on the
lines of Yankee and Confederate.
Though our infantry and artillery have ghad a
quiet time on the north side for a week and a day
(ever since tho memorable Yankee reconnoisance
on the Darbytown road,) our cavalry have been
constantly astir. Gen. Gary, on the Charles City
road, has been continually barrassing and stir
ring up that unfortunate Dutch Yankee. Kautz.
What with charging the ill-fated and played-out
raider and his followers in the middle ofthe night,
soon in the morning, at dinner time, and on sun
dry other-occasions, he has gotten them so under
hack that they will not make even a show of stand
ing up against him, but on the first alarm of his
approach they break and run to the Yankee in
fantry for protection. We are happy to be able
to say that General HamptOD, on our extreme
right, lias the Yankee Gregg in the seme whole
some state of dread. He keeps himself so far
out of sight as to give rise to the report a short
time ago that he had left the south side and gone
on a raid somewhere north of James river. It was
subsequently ascertained that he was skulking in
the bushes.
Vice President Stephen’s Response.
The reader will find below the reply of Vice
President Stephens to the invitation of Gen.
Sherman, through Mr. William King, of Ma
rietta, to visit him (Sherman) at Atlanta and
talk about peace. We have already published
Governor Brown's reply to a similar invita
tion :
Cli .V WFORDS VILLE ,. G A., Oct. 1, 1864.
Wm. King, Sr., Esq.,
Sir : I have considered the message you de
livered me yesterday from Gen .Sherman, with
all the seriousness and gravity due the im
portance of the subject. That message was a
verbal invitation by him, through you to me,
to visit him at to see if we could
agree upon some plan of terminating the fra
tricidal war without the further effusion of
blood. The object is one which addresses it
self with peculiar interest and great force to
every well wisher of his country—to every
friend of humanity —to every patriot
—to every one attached to the prin
ciples of sdlf-goverument, established by our
common ancestors. I need not assure you
therefore, that it is an object dear to me—
there is no sacrifice I would not make short
of principle and honor to obtain it, and no ef
fort would I spare, under thesarae limitations,
with any reasonable er probable prospect of
success.
But in the present instance, the entire ab
sence of any power on ray part to enter into
such negotiations, and the like abscence of
any such power on his part, so far as appears
from his message, necessarily precludes my
acceptance of the invilation thus tendered. In
communicating this to General Sherman, you
may also say to him that if he is of opinion
that there is any prospect of our agreeing up
on terms of adjustment to be submitted to the
action of our respective governments, even
though be has no power to act in advance in
the premises, and will make this known to me
in some formal and authoritative manner (be
ing so desirous for peace himself as.you rep
resent him to have expressed himself,) I would
meet cheerfully and willingly, with the con
sent of our authorities, accede to his request
thus manifested, and enter with all the earn
estness of my nature upon the responsible
and arduous task of restoring peace and har
mony to the country, upon principle of honor,
right and justice to all parties, This does not
seem to me to be at all impossible, if truth
and reason should be permitted to have their
full sway.
Yours most respectfully,
(Sigued) Alexander H. Stephens.
Redemption of Georgia.— We think, says
the Macon Telegraph, the people of Georgia
may safely congratulate themselves upon the
faet, that whatever the ulterior effects of Gen.
Hood’s present movement may be, in other
respects, they secure to their State freedom
from the presence of the enemy. Os course,
we are ignorant of the purposes of General
Hood. Whether they be to march into Ten
nessee and transfer the war to anew theatre,
or to remain south of the Tennessee river, the
result is still the same to Georgia. In either
case his base of operations becomes such as
to effectually force the enemy from our State.
Whilst the brilliant movement of Hood ha3
produced this result and rescued us from the
accursed fate that threatened us but a few
weeks ago. we trust our people will not for a
moment relax in their energies, but, on the
contrary, that they will now put forth one
mighty and united effort in order to make our
redemption doubly sure. Tennessee and
Kentucky are yet to be reclaimed ere we can
rest in fixed security. In Gen. Hood’s effort
to relieve those down trodden States, we have
it in our power to greatly aid and strengthen
him. Let us then join heart and hand in the
noble cause, so that the day of deliverance to
all may not be distant.
Two citizens ot the Columbia,
tried and found guilty uttering disloyal
language while the rebels were menacing
Washington, have been sentenced to five
years’ imprisonment at hard labor.
T3Ea:3E2 CITT.
T. J. JACKSON... ..LOCAL EDITOR
Funeral notice.
Thefriends and acquaintances of Rev. BenjJCropp
and Mrs. LOUISA CKOPP, are invited to attend
he funeral of the latter at their residence, THIS
! Friday) morning at to}4 o’clock.
Friends in Columbus can meet the corpse at the
Grave Yard at 3 o’clock p. «.
oc 28 It*
A Gloomy Day.— All things beautifut on earth
must have an end as well as a beginning, and so
we have at last to bid adieu to the glorious days
of Indian summer which hare reigned in gorgeeus
splendor during the last thirty or forty days.—
Yesterday inaugurated anew and less interesting
state of things. The day dawned in sombre and
portentous habiliments, and.the rams and winds
prevailed during the morning. Next on the “pep
pergram” wo may reasonably expect that old Bo
reas with his chilling blasts will soon be upon us,
and that henceforth long, gloomy, freezing days
and nights will be the order. Blessed is he who
is prepared for the coining winter.
Since which, it has faired off, and is neither
very hot nor very eold, proving that we are not
much of a weather prophet, and are too apt to bor
row trouble. We still feel confident however, that
cold weather will soon be here.
Mb. Holland’s Lecture.- —We were deterred
by previous engagements the pleasure of listening
to the admirable lecture of this promising young
divine at Temperance Hall on Wednesday evening,
jn behalf of the Way Side Home. We regret to
learn from a gentlemen who was present, that the
audience was rather thin, though highly appreci
ative, and that the Lecture itself was all that
could have been expected from Mr. Holland’s well
known abilities. It is a pity that both the speak
er and his cause could not have been honored by*a
full house, as both are eminently deserving of such
a compliment.
Digest of Military and Naval Laws. —We
are indebted to the publishers, Messrs. Evans and
Cogswell, for a neatly printed and bound volume
of 330 pages. . Its title page reads—“A Digest of
Military and Naval laws of the Confederate States
from the commencement of the provisional Con
gress to the end of the First Congress under the
permanent Constitution, Analytically arranged
by Capt. W. W. Lester, of the Quartermaster Gen
eral’s office, and W. J. Bromwell, of the Depart
ment of State, Attorneys at law, to be continued
every Session.”
Tlie above is invaluable to millitary officers and
lawyers, as well as all others who wish to keep
posted in the law.
Butter $8 per Pound. —We notice that some
ofthe shopkeepers are offering butter at the above
very modest figure. We have long since ceased
to be astonished at anything which happens now
a-days. Wonders come and go in such startling
succession that the marvellous propensities in
human nature have become obtuse. But it does
seem that prices have at last reached a point where
all honest people may begin to inquire, “What
next?” Whoever expected to have to pay $8
for butter? Who ever expected to have topaysso
for a loath of wood ? Who—but it’s no use talk
ing—things are becoming no better fast.
Old man Smith says that while “running” on
butter aucl wood, we ought to say something about
extortion in beef aud potatoes. He says ho saw r
man buy a wagon load of potatoes at $5 per bushel
and then offer to sell them at SB. “Orful.”
How to Get Rich.— Get all you can, and after
you get it held on to it like grim death to a de
funct African.
Swindle all yoif can—swindling is the order of
the day, aud, of Course, what every one does must
be right.
Go in debt all you can—(a rather hard thing to
do at this time, but if you are smart you can
manage to “bleed” somebody) and when you get
in stay in and never get out.
Keep No. 1 in view all the time—express all the
sympathy you can for human suffering, but be
careful never te give one cent to relieve it. People
have no business being needy now, while money
is plentiful and living cheap.
By keeping these simple rules in view all the
time, you’ll always have plenty, always be respect
ed because you have got it, and at last the devil
will be sure to give you a “warm” reception.
Dingy - . —Among all the sad remembrancers of
of these more than sad war times we have seen
nothing that gives more striking evidence of ab
ject poverty than a printer’s handkerchief which
hangs solemncholy and alone before us on a nail.
Like its owner, it has evidently seen better days,
(if not its history must have been a sacione.) Wc
should judge that its texture was originally silk
and its color ring streaked and striped, but alas
from excessive application it has almost lost its
identity in both respects- It is very evident that
it has been the sole patner of its master’s joy, and
sorrows, and that it has never suffered by too
much familiarity with soap and water. Poor
thing, it has doubtless, a deep hold upon its
owners’ affections, and we forbear, for fear of
awakening in his thoughts affecting memories of
the past, and startling apprehensions of the fu
ture.
Farewell poor printer, and still poorer hand
kerchief,
But before we go Tom Moore,
Here’s a double health to thee.
Stewart and Monroe Counties.
We understand, says the Columbus En
quirer, that a much lower rate of valuation,
in the giving in of taxes for this year, has
prevailed in the counties of Stewart aud Mon
roe, than in the other counties of the State.—
So marked is the difference between these
counties and the others, that, we learn, the
comptroller has made a special representa
tion of it to the Governor. What remedy he
has recommended we do not know, not hav
ing seen his report ; but we do not doubt that
the discrepancy has arisen, from some misun
derstanding or misinterpretation of the law
as to valuation. The people of those counties
only need know their duty to the State, and
they will perform it as cheerfully and as faith
fully as those of any other counties. We can
speak with confidence of the people of Stew
art, who have never faltered in the discharge
of any patriotic duty, and who would scorn to
seek a partial avoidance of their obligations
to the State by paying but little over half the
tax paid by the people of the neighboring
counties and those of the State generally on
the same description of properly.
We learn from the Reporter that. Lieut. Col.
J. H. Cameron, provost marshal general of the
army of Tennessee, arrived at LaGrange on
Tuesday last, for the purpose of picking up
straggling cavalrymen. He has with him one
hundred picked men, and is determined to
suppress the depredations of soldiers upon the
property of citizens. It is his purpose to turn
over all who are guilty of stealing horses,
males, etc-, to the civil authorities. 0 We are
informed that Col. Cameron is a very efficient
officer and much of a gentleman.
The New York News estimates the public
debt of the North up to this time at thirty-fira
hundred millions.
SPECIAL NOTICES
Office Medical Examining Board,
Third Congressional District,
Columbus, Ga., October 27th, 1864.
All men in this District who hold Certificates of
Permanent Exemption on accountt of Physical
disability, dated previous to the Ist of April, will
report without delay to this office for re-examina
tion, Those failing to comply with this order by
the 10th of November will be forthwith turned over
to the county Enrolling officers, to be forwarded to
Camp Cooper.
ROBT. W. PARK.
Surgeon, P. A. 0. S.
W. T. ABRHAMS,
Surgeon, P. A. C. S.
P. B. MINOR,
Surgeon, P. A. 0. S.
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4®“Cblumbus Enquirer copy,
HEADQUARTERS POST.
Columbus, Ga., October 26,1864.
Headquarters, Military Division of to*: West,
October 17th 1864.
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To those soldiers of the army, who are absent
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 tho
camp and the dangers of tho battlefield, to return
at once to their duty. To all such as shall report to
their respective commands in response to this ap
peal, within the next thirty days, an amnesty is
hereby granted.
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The 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 delay. Alt who
report to these Headquarters will be promptly
furnished with rations and transportation to their
commands.
; LEON VON ZINKEN,
oo 27 3t Colonel Commanding Post.
HEADQ'RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE FOR
Georgia, Augusta, Oct. 17th, 1864.
Circular No. 18.
To County Enrolling Officers:
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 evade i 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 havd failed to induce them to
perform. It is your duty to see that these men bo
no longer allowed to enjoy 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 brave men.and noble women
to whose valor and devotiqn, 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 presenco 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 fortufte and their honor.
It is also a fact known to all that there are thous
ands of deserters aud absentees from the army scat
tered throughout the State, who, were they now
present beside their faithful comrades, could drive
the enemy beyond ohr borders, and before the win
ter frosts sot 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
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 piotnpt 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,
are also bound to aid you, and the great body of the
inhabitants, aware that the safety of their relatives
and friends now in the field and of their families at
home; the possession of their property, their lives,
their liberty, depend on the success of our arms and
our ability to hold our ground against the vandal
hosts by which we are beset, will assuredly not fail
to second your efforts to send into the ranks every
man who properly belongs to them, whether he he
one who owes military service and has failed to dis
charge his debt, or he be one who has b jsely 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 energy
and thus earn the highest reward a soldier can 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 Georgia.
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IIEADQ’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 Derail 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 thdr employees by Express to these Head
quarters, where they will be exchanged for new cer
tificate*. _
WM. M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts
for tho State of Georgia.
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HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE,
Augusta, Ga., October 21, 1864.
Circular, No. 20.
1. The Enrolling Officers of Georgia will
vigorously in the execution of the following Circu
lar, from the Bureau of Con-cription :
C. S. OF AMERICA, )
War Department, Bureau of Conscription, .>
Richmond. Va., Oct., 7,1864. )
Circular, No. 33,
By General Orders, No 76, current series, all de-
; au * **‘*ntod u :.dk-r uu inuiiy the ft
Department, through this Bureau, to person- lj •,
tween jhe ages of 18 and 45 are unconditionally re
voked, and by said General Order all such person
now urnler such details, are requh’ed to report in
petson jorthwith to suGb C.imps of Instruction of
the respective States as miy be designated for as
signment, by the General commanding the* Reserve
Forces to military service. From this requirement
are excepted men detailed and now actually employ
ed in manufa luring, providing, collecting and for
warding munitions and other indispensable supplier
for the army and navy, or in work indispensable to
military operations. Such persons will be allowed
to remain in their employments until their detail*
are revised. Under this Order, all Farmers, Plan
ters, Mechanics, and others!Tioiding details by au -
thority of the War Department, or of local Con
scription Officers, are required forthwith to repair
to the Camps of Instruction.
Med. Exam’g Board,
8d Congressional Dis.
Officers engaged in the Conscript service are re
quired promptly and with inexorable rigor to with
- all such details as are herein indicated, and
move the persons to the Camp3 of Instruction for
assignment to sendee. 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
quent General Orders from the A. k I. Gener il’s
Office, is hereby revoked.
By command of the Secretary of War,
(Signcdl JOHN S. PRESTON,
Brig. Gen. and Sup'.
11. In obcdencc to Orders from the Major Gen
eral commanding the Reserves, Enrolling Officers
will respect, until further orders, all details held by
employees of Government Officers and Contractors.
111. The Secretary of War having directed lhat
all men detailed from tho army, now serving tn
Virginia—except those employed in the Tax in
Kind serviee—who are not pronounced unfit for
field service by a Medical Examining Board, and.
who are not certified by various Heads of Depart
ments and Chiefs of Bureaux as absolutely necessa -
ry for the continuance of the manufacture of muni -
tions and other indispensable supplies lor the army,
be immediately returned to the duty with their
commands. Enrolling officers will sec that sush
persons are promptly forwarded.
IV. When a soldier is unable to appear before a
Medical Examining Board, by reason of physical
disability, ho will forward to the Enrolling officer a
certificate to this effect, which certificate must also
embrace a full and accurate statement of the case.
The Enrolling Officer will, in all cases, submit the
certificate to a Hospital Examining Board, or 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,
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j AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
VALUABLE STOaEIIOISE ANJi LOT
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_A_T .A/CTCTXOISTI
ON TUESD AY, Bth of November, at 10 > j o’clock,
we will sell in front of our Auction Room,
The Valuable Store, No, 127*
Broad Street, Three Doors below Hill & Dawson’s
old corr er. The Lot is 22 feet front and 147 feet 16
inches deep, with privilege of the Alley.
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The following de.-irable Stocks:
133 Shares Florida Home Insurance C j. ;
S2U per Share paid in.
100 Shares Eufaula Home Insurance Cos.,
SSO per Share paid in.
50 Shares Georgia Insurance Company,
$25 per Share paid in.
500 Shares Southern Insurance Company,
Savannah, Bringham. President, $lO per
Share paid in.
5 Shares Importing and Exporting
Company Stock of Georgia, Lamar, Prest.,
SI,OOO per Share paid in.
52 Shares -‘Great Southern Insurance
Company,” S2O per Share paid in.
5 Shares Bank of Columbus Stock,
SIOO per Share paid in.
oe 28 lit $77
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos,
GOOD FARM AT AUCTION.
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WE will sell on TUESDAY, Ist November, at
1014 o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
A Desirable Farm!
Three-fourths of a mile from Salem, Ala., known
as the “Prewett Place,” containing 320 acres of
productive land—about 200 acres cleared and under
good fences. The
Dwelling' has Four Good Rooms I
with excellent OUT HOUSES, GIN, Ac., and a
plentiful supply of good water.
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A likely Negro Man, 28 years ©ld, Xo. 1
Field Hand,
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By Ellis, Livingston & Cos,
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AN SATUPiDAY, 29th of October at 1034 o’eloek,
V we will sell in front of our store
1 New Parlor Carpet,
2 New Red-room Carpets,
LOT FINE GLASSWARE:
Including Goblets, Tumblers, Fitchew,
Cake Stands, &c,, Sc.
1 pair Fine Globe Lamps, Candlesticks,
A lot Elegantly Bound Parlor Yolumea,
including the best Literary and Poeti
cal Works,
1 Fine Gray Mare 7 years 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 and
Brushes,
2 Dozen Cottage Chairs,
Thirty Bbls. Salt,
Lot Paintings, School Books, Bed Steads,
&c., &c.
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By Ellis, Livingston & €o
A PRIVATE SALE
1,500 Acre3 unimproved Land an
Spring Creek, Miller county, formerly
Early, will be sold at a bargain,
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Shoe Pegs for Sale.
BOUT 500 bushels, in quantities to suit pureha-
Apffiy tP redUCe HARRISON, BEDELL * CO.
Columbus, Oct 28 ts
Blacksmiths Wanted,
1 LIBERAL price will be paid for Three or Four
A. good Negro Blacksmiths until the first ot Jan -
ary next. Apply at once to ~ , . __
HARRISON, BEDELL Jt uO.
Columbus, Oct 28—fit