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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. ©c 28 6t 4®“Cblumbus Enquirer copy, HEADQUARTERS POST. Columbus, Ga., October 26,1864. Headquarters, Military Division of to*: West, October 17th 1864. * * * # * # * « 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. ******* 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. oc 24 fit 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. o r 24 6t. 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, oc 24 fit ' for the State of Georgia. j AUCTION SALES. By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. VALUABLE STOaEIIOISE ANJi LOT | .* _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. —ALSO — 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. ♦ «». ♦ • 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. —ALSO — A likely Negro Man, 28 years ©ld, Xo. 1 Field Hand, oc 27 5t S3O By Ellis, Livingston & Cos, — : ♦ 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. oc 26 4t S4O : 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, oe 21 17 t SSO * 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