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Newspaper Page TextI >i, L v U* & * i: '■ A fwblisbwt Untiv f»i*« lw* >h* ••at* <tf s*.!tO ier ju* u»ii, or *l6 ftr t ur»» moaths. Vo rijM'viption revolted for a longer fen* ffc« n St»t ■ 4|> t EiKTISI \t* RATES: AdvertUcmeate inserted tolr V 2 Oil fMjr square for a iaaertipn.. There advertisements are inserted a month, the »nttr«fO will he S3O per square. Announcing candidatess2o, which must invariably v-rh! in advance. Change oi Schedule. *<r*l9K EkcUXKKR AND Sor**IST*KDHirT, | Uh* Heston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston. June 7,1M4.) .tN nI U.R "®AY, June i, I%l, and nntii farther * no'ii *, tb •• Schedule •»! the Passenger train will >,* *« f'oil'W, viz; Leave ('ha.'leatoii ....f.45, ». m. Arrive in Savannah f .40, p. m. Leave Savannah jr, 30, a . m. Arrive in ClntfteAdn : 1.T5, p. di. ! fha Train uunoetions, giving north tnd >ii, wi 1 the N u tix. tr-tern Railroad st * har leeton. and the Central ibuhnftd at the Junction. 1 li. BAINES. 1 . J '•< ff »•, : r and SuiierihtrwnidMt. of Mlu<ls:Bt. j »n.i itW Sunday, June iffiti, tlit* Trains on tit: usrojfcc R.'it road will run as follow 4: IMBSJ.NGEK TRAIN: <■’ t. . iuin V■ i 645 I’. M. i • '•rrin at Macon 3 25 A. M. 'n-ave Mi:".on S 10 P. V .nit f at. CoiuMhus 4 25 A. R TRAIN: iwv<j .oinAni: 500A. '■ \rrA o*t <*• dunbus _.4 55 A. ,\ . W.L. CLARK. •• It* ’ * SUM. Muwfcgtc R, R. • I'iirouKlt to Montgomery. NEW aeHEDUJfE. liA’.’.HOAl) company. COLUMBUS, August27,l*o4. ,N and i!i»:r August 27th. the Passenger Train on ‘ the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave Moutgofuery at 8:00 a. lu. !.cave West Point. at clO a. in. Drive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m. Leave < iluuihu? at o:oon.in. Arrive at Montgomery at ,»:00 p. m, .irrivc ;it VV r Potiit lit 4130 j>. id. .* rwighi Train leaves Coluurbuc at 8:40 am. Arrives • at B:2 i pu) , D. H. CRA M, Sup’t & Erig. j **271804--tt si y , >. ' ..... ■ MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. t or sciiEin ee. •»1 r*ri>, Ala., Oct 7. 1804. uk soul after loth iust. Trains on this Road will i ' ' Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: PitMNengcr Train Leave Girt ad at ...1 30 p. iu. Arrive in Union Springs 6 00 Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 Freight Train. .cave Girard at 4 00 a. in. Arrive in Oirard at 0 00 p. in. B. K. WELLS. Eng. 4 Snp% Or. J. S. CLIRK, DENTIST, FORMERLY OF NEW ORI.RANR, HAS returned, find can l>e found at 100 Broad btroot, over Dr. R, A, Ware’s Drug Store. eotlO-dlm _ __ Or. R, IOBLE, 3DE3ST TIST, if Pomber oo ,fe Carter’s old stand, back room of /» Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can bo found at all hours, [oolß6m Hands Wanted at Tin: EAUM? FACT€IKT, COLUMBUS, CEO ROTA. PIETY .young women eau find r-teady work au 1 r liberal pay at the oc 11 d&wlm _ EAGLE FACTORS - "WAJITE!)! r ana LBS. "(TALLOW, for which a liberal price 1 will be paid. Apply to V. W. DILL vRD, >p7 *f, Major and Q. JL Notice! CbLUMBUS, Ga., Oct. 4th. 186-1. 1 1/. T. Maddux is authorized to attend to ray business in my absence from Columbus. o©s lm* WILL. S. BALFOIJH. LARfiE CONSI^nSiENT OF LETT k R PAPIR! AND n E!iOßAAmi!?i BOOKS l For s*le b) - J. K. REDD & CO. oel'iU' P3BRE.Y HOUSE. r pilE undersigned would respectfully inform his 1 old fro -mis, patrons, uivd the traveling public generally, that as he has to be absent for a short time henna been so fortunate as to have associated with him his well known and worthy friend Mr. EDWARD PARSONS, late of Atlanta, Ga., whose reputation aud superior t ct for business is well known throughout the Confederacy. This House is large and commodious, and no pains, nor expense . shall be spared to fit it up in the a cry host aud most 1 elegant style, and to obtain every thing in the litre , of substantial eatables and luxuries that this market affords. With these assurances we most cordially solicit all our old friends, and tho travel ing public generally, to givo us a call and an oppor- j trinity of rendering them comfortable, ec 15 Ids' THUS. E. SMITH. S2OO REWAKDr ILL bo paid for the apprehension and delivery Vs to us of our two Nugto Boys, BILL and JIM, who ran off- some time since. -BiLL-,wqigh| about 150, is ta 1! and slim, black complexion, hair very short and thin, has a down- 1 cast, sullen look, and talks long and drawling, Left us about the Ist of August last. JIM is a fine looking negro, weighs about 180, 5 feet 10ror 14 itiches high,, black complexion, thin visage and high cheek bones, hair sh ct. Left us about the Ist of October. , We will pay the above reward for both, or SJbO lor either ot the above described negroes, if delivered to us or placed in some safe jail where we can get them. Wo will also pay SIOO for proof to convict any white person o? harboring tin m. BEDELL A CO. Columbus, Ga.. Oct. Id. 1861.—1 m ’sterlTncj EXCHANGE! - FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange for sale in sums to suit purchasers by "-f B ANK OF COLUMBIA. SIOO Steward. 117 ILL bo paid for a negro boy named Henry, who VY runaway about two months ago. He is about.3 feet 8 inches high; weighs about lot) or 170 lbs.: com plexion yellow: line looking: when laughing has dimples in both cheeks. It is probable ho went to Atlanta with some of the troops from this city. otfiHf U. M. CLECKLEY. 330 H©ward. VEGRO boy CHARLEY: abcut 25years old, y«l --low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intelligence ; left Afr.JNat Thompson’s near Box Talbot county. I bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi.' who iww resides in luakegee, Ala. Ho originally came from Charleston, b. C. A suitable reward will be paid for his delivery at this office, or in any - if® iail and information sent to me at this office. „ ' JAMES M. RUSSELL tehuubu s da., aug 1 ts * $25 Dollars Reward. STRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right hindquartor. JOHN COOK. oc 13 ts U» . Ink! Ink! Ink! \I7E are now manufacturing a splendid article of W COPYING and WRITING INK, which we offer for sale by the Barrel, Gfßlon. or m 80U.c.-. Address STANFORD & CO., ec 26 6t A g enlt: - SSOO Reward. WILL be paid for the recovery of a sma 1 while MARE PACING* PONY, which was stolen from in front of tlß* Express office in this City, on , Sunday-morning last. Should this meet the eye ot ; any one knowing of her whereabouts they ean tele- j graph me at this poiat at my expense. ___ J. J. MuxlStf’ ! CelunaVus, G*„ OeL H— ts * / ft Vol. XI. j. W WARREA Si C®. Proprietors j. w . WARREN,' Editor SPECIAL NOTICES G iric F Medical Examining Boaed, Third Congressional District, Columbus, Ga., October 27th, 1864. men i : this District who hold Certificates of Permanent Exemption on aecountt 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. UOBT. M . PARK, - ® Surgeon, P. A. C. S. o • 3 W. T. ABRAHAMS, - 3tf r § 5 Surgeon, P. A. C. S. P.B. MINOR, I 2-S 5 Surgeon, P. A. S. j;® ?• oc 28 (it ' , #*fColnmhus Enquirer copy, llkauquartbrs Military Division of thr Wist, Jacksonville. Ala., Oct., ID, 1864. Goneral Orders 1 No. 3. f I. In future, Passports will not bo required of Officers and Soldiers, but their Orders, Leaves of Abscnco and I'urloughs will be regarded as evidence of their right to travel. Ladies will not be required to have passports. Passports will only be issued to citizens as an et i denee of their exemption from military duty. 11. All orders requiring sick or wonnded soldiers, who are unable to travel, to return to the Army Medical Board, are suspended until further orders, and in future such soldiers will bo examined by a Board of Surgeons, legally constituted, nearest the soldier. This Boari will be authorized to make fho proper disposition of such soldier, and forward to the commanding officers of the soldier their ac tion in his case. By command of Gen. Beauregard, [Signed] GEORGE W. BIIENT, Col. & A. A, G. To Major Gou. Howell Cobb, Commanding District of Georgia. Offioial: Lamar Cobb, Major A A. A. G. oc 28 3t HEADQUARTERS jliiitary Division of the West. OCTOBER i7, 18*11, In assuming commaud at this critical juncture. «f the Military Division of the West, I appeal to iny countrymen of all classes and sections, for their generous support and confidence. In assigning me to this responsible position, the President of tho Confederate States, has extended to me the assurance of his earnest support: The Executives of your States meet mo with similar ex pressions of their devot on to our cause : tho noble army in the field, composed of brave men and gal lant officers, arc no strangers to me, and 1 know that they will do all that patriots can achieve. The history of tho past, written iu the blood of their comrades, but foreshadows the glorious future which lies before them. Inspired with these bright promhes of success, I make this appeal to tho men and women of my country, to lend me the aid of their earnest and cordial eo operation. Unable t () join in the bloody conflicts of tho field, they can do much to strong! hen our cause, fill up our ranks, en courage our soldiers, inspire confi ieuee, dispel gloom and thus hasten on the day of our final suc cess and deliverance. Tho army of Sherman still defiantly, holds the city of Atlanta; ho can und must bo driven from it. It is only for tho good people of Georgia and sur rounding Slates to speak tho word, and the wovk is done. We have abundance of provisions, and there arc meu enough in the country, liable and able for ser vice to accomplish thorosult. To all such, I earn estly appeal to report promptly to their respective commands, and let those who cannot go, see to it, that none remain at home who are able to strike a blow in this critical and decisivo hour. 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 the camp and the dangers of the battlefield, to re turn at once to their duty. To all such as shall re port to their respective commands iu response to this appeal, within the next thirty days, an amnesty is hereby granted. My appeal is to every one, ot ail classes und con ditions, to come forward freely, cheerfully and with a good heart, to tho work that Lies before us. . My countrymen! respond to this call as you have done in days that ha -e past, and with tho blessings oi a kind and over-ruling Providence, tho enemy shall be driven from your soil, the security of your wives and daughters, from the insults and tho out rages of a brutal foe, shall be established, soon to bejollowed by a pertnen ml and honorable peace. Tho claims of home and country, wife and children, uniting with the demands of honor an 1 patriotism, summon us to the field; we cannot, dare not, will not fail to respond. Full of hope and , confidence, I come U> join in your struggle, .sharing your privation , and with your brave and rue men, tdStride the blow that shall bring suctass to our arms, triumph to our cause, and peace to our country. ' [Signed ’ 0. T. R EAll 11 EG ARD, General. Official: G<Sb.,W u, Breu't,4\rl and A V A. G. ©c 2* fil FOR SALE. • V plantation' containing 030 acres, lying on a " r branch ol' the CVnvikee Creek, and J'J miles dis tant southwest from Columbus. G.;., seven mile south from Colbert Depot. Mobile md Girard rail road, and five miles west of Gtennville, and 20 miles norte of Eufaula Til place is mostly level, is pro ductive, and in fine state of cultivation, with 560 acres of open land, butanes well timbered with oak, hickory aud pint. . On the premises are' a good framed Dwelling, with two large rooms and passage"; framed smoke house, S negro cabins, blacksmiths*' shop, corn crib, barn, shelters, Arc. If desired I would divide the tract and reserve a part., Neighborhood excellent, plenty of the best water Thft health of the place is no, surpassed by that of any in East Alabama, Persons wishing to visit tho place will get off the train at Silver Run and take tho. (daily) Hack to Oleum die, where qonvejaoe can be had. For further particulars apply to the subscriber on the premises, or a leiress him af G’.eunvillc, Barbour county, Ala. Price $lO per acre Possession given immediately. _oeA 1 !T1 j - f - TREUTLEN. A (ROOD PLANTATION ~ 1 or Sale. N Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the - Montgomery and West Point Railroad. Tho tract contains 1,2< -t> acres—ab rat 709 cleared. Thert is a comfortable Dwelling House oa the id-tee, good Negro cabins with brick cliimmes and aii the neees : snry ont-htuldir.g», Tho laud is productive and , location desirable. P >*s?e¥sion given in November. For fut t-her information apply to . DAVID ADAMS. oc'JTlui fXilumbus, Ga. A Von l ode-rat o. Macon ; Montgo i mery Advertiser; < bn<titmi"na.iis. Augusta, copy. Pay storage and take Cot ton away. ■ » LL persons having fbttou in our possession are •*v hereby notified that they must pay charges and lake it .way by fir|t November, pros, as we cannot he responsible for it any longer, as both of us will be in the army- BKLSFR Sc CO. Cbiuujbia, Ala., Oct. 21 18t>4—8t strayed or stolen. S3OO- E.BWABD! ; »N £ \TU tUIA Y Dili TANARUS, Bth iiistant, tworaedi- V / pm sized M ULES, otto a black the other a bay. i The* were in fair order aad fresh shod. A reward ! of S3OO will be raid for their deliver' to nija atth* i Perry House. THO?. E. bMITH. ; oc 19 ts Columbus, Ga., Monday Morning, October 31,1864. Saturday Evening. From the Front, Corre*pouuei ce of the Selma Reporter.] Gadsdrn, October 23,1864. Editor Report-r: There has been a brisk stir at this place during the past eight days. Tho ar my under lio<*l, "omposed of Cheatham’s, Loe’s, and Stewart’s eo: is reached here on Tuesday and Wednesday. Ge >s. Hood and Beauregard ar rived with them. Hood left with the army for the Tennessee valley Friday morning. The sup ply trains have bran passing through from Bluo Mountain about ton days. The euemy ui oer Kilpatrick ar* thirteen miles distant on the M ith side of the Coosa river.- Wheeler is fighting them daily. They are trying to reach tbs pla eto destroy our wagon trains.— Wheeler holds tmm iu check. It is quite proba ble they will be in this part of the State as soon as the supply tririns have all passed, and a raid t\ ill be made up m Blue Mountain, and perhaps other points 0 * tho Ala. and Tenr. K. It., in ft few days. The army wa> never iu huer spirits. They all reveived new clothes hero and went ofi - for tho Valley of the Tennessee rejoicing. A groat many accumulated things were left strewn through tho woods; several of tho citizens hero have spent tlia whole day with wagons collecting them. I wit nessed a largo mess chest opened; it contained a full supply of crackers pot ware, tin, Ac. The trains of whicu l spoke above are bringing supplies fr-ni Blao Mountain to the army, crossing the Coosa rirer on pontoons at this place. Tho enemy, under Kilpatrick, are near Round Mountain, thirteen miles from here—Wheeler is eleven miles. Gen. Beauregard is here yet, aud perhaps will remain until the trains have all passed out of danger. t jMore anoa. s, Q. s. Thk Position . — Shc-rman is in the neigh borhood of Chattanooga directing and usiug herculean efforts to repair the damage done by the Army of Tennessee to his communica tions and storehouses on the W. & A. R. R. He has been making strenuous efforts during the past two weeks to relay thetrack so thathemaj get away from Atlanta, the cars and engine*, guns and material left in that city aftar the successful destruction of the road by our forces. To consummate this end, he has been nrnkiDg a temporary track on the timbers cat from green saplings and the trees along the road. Our cavalry, however, have been an noying his working parties to a very consid erable extent, and materially retarded the wosk and the use of the road. They dash in at all points along the road, and after cutting and destroying places of the most importance, disappear to pounce on it at some far distant point. By these active operations Sherman has been prevented, up to the present time, from receiving any communication with At lanta It a strong cavalry ot mounted infan try force was sent to the rear to make a heavy demonstration on the enemy, between their base and Atlanta, there is no doubt that the enemy would be quickly forced to evacuate the Gate Oily, and leave a considerable amount of valuable material in our hands.. Os the present position of the Army of Ten nessee, it sufficient to know that it still is successful in its game of strategy. [Tnteligtncer. 29-7/ [•Rom the Front. —Wi< learn from pretiy good authority, that cm Saturday last the Fed eral cavalry, under Gen. Kilpatrick, attacked Wheeler, who is protecting the rear of Gen. Hood, and was repulsed with loss. We could learn no pamculurs, further than the prisoners captured reported Shermau’s main army only three miles in their rear, which was not credited. A report also reached our city yesterday that a cavalry raid had reached Talladega but it needs confirmation.— Memphis Appeal, 28. - ■ mt> 0- -18—1 The Late Fight in the Valley, At iast we have the whole story with regard to the reported defeat of Gun, Earl,-., and it turns out that it was no defeat at all, in spite of the lyin;r, blustering, bragging bulletins of*tbo swaggering Sheri ’an, who was not in several miles of the bat tlefield. and did not get there until the battle w ss over. The affair was as simple and as easy to be explained as possible. Gun. Early attacked two corps of the Y'ankees, early in the moruiug. and routed them without muck difficulty. He pursued them for miles, capturing all their cannon and about 1,800 prisoners, of whom we have already four; oen hundred and odd in this city, under lock and key. He captured, also, immense stores, and it was this that loosened his hold of his victory, and caused his best fruits to slip through his fingers.— The men quit the ranks and turned to plundering. -Tho enemy, being reinforced with a body of caval ry, suddenly turned upon our scattered and disor dered troops, and, a panic seizing them, they fled without stopping to enquire what it was about. — Our artillery having been crowded into the streets of Strasburg, the artillerymen found it impossible to extricate it, because our cavalry, in their head long flight, g >t in among them, rode over them or trampled them down. We Just 1,100 men, killed, wounded and missing. The Yankees, by rheir own confession, lost 5,000. Wo doufiL not they lost a vast many more, for we have 1,800 of them prison ers, ami that indicates a much greater number of killed an i wounded than makes up the difference. We lost very few prisoners except those that were wounded Now, if this is any great victory for the Yankees, they must have a very different opinion from us of what it takes to constitute a great victory. We had defeated them very badly at fir.-t. We had taken 1,800 prisoners, and these we brought off safely and have now in our posse-sion. We killed and wound ed upwards of three thousand more, and we lost but 1100. Our forces are all rallied and ready for an other fight, and the enemy is too much crippled to pursue. We fought against overwhelming odds, and have shown that our troops are far berier troops than those of the Y'ankees. We have not lost tho Valley, nor is there any prospect of our losing it. The lost cannon can soon be replaced, and Gen. Ea?ly wi'l then stand on a better looting than he has ever stot and on before in the Valley. But some change must be made with respect to our cavalry. It has been the evil genius of Early throughout this camoaign. At Winchester we had gained a complete victory, when they ingloriously fled and threw it away. Here, we were tailing : back, having secured our prisoners, and having every prospect of securing the captured cannon and our own, when they came flying in among the eai.-sons, throwing everything into confusion inex tricable, and caused the recapture of all their own and many pieces of ours. It is too bad. The progress sf the enemy is not advanced or.e foot by this battle. Ho holds but two counties.of the Valley, and ho has no immediate prospect of holding any more, lie is fortifying, it seems, to keep us,ln future, out of Pennsylvania. That is very different from taki g Lynchburg. Richmond Winy, 25th. Consultation upon the Transfer ot tux Seat ot War. —The Washington Chronicle has the following paragraph. —■ The Secretary of War left about noon yes | terday for City Point, taking with him lha : Quartermaster General, Commissary General and Surgeon General, to confer with General Grant upon the war estimates for the ensuing year. It is believed that by the cransfer of the s it of war to the Cottoo State.-, a consid erable reduction of our expenditures may t>e made. espeuUlh in the forage an i subsistence department. Arrest of a F*m \ t.k Spy.— A young wo man. by the name of J ss Jor.es, says the Selma Dispatch, was arrested in this city yes terday, charged with being a Federal spy. She lmd about her person a number of papers, the nature of which wc were unable to ascer tain. and «t large nnmber of greenbacks. She acknowledged having two accomplices. Our autho'riti'-s are on the alert, and they will hardiy escape. Albert Gunn was recently discharged for making false entries in the Quartermaster’s Department at Washington city. His dismissal read thus; “A, Gunn discharged tor making a false report.” United States Finances. The reader will find below a very interest ing statement ot the volume, classification and rate ot increase of the Uniied States debt. : It is in the form of a circular addressed to our agents abroad, by the Secretary of State, j Mr. Benjamin (says the Richmond Sentinel) treats the subject very lucidly, and, though iu •a brief space, very comprehensively. The ar gument be addresses to the capitalists of Eu rope is unanswerable, and has only to be pre sented to be respected. It will be observed, . too, that it is carefully based on the official exhibits of the Washington Government. 1 though these are far from presenting the full amount of the public liabilities. The money lenders of Europe, by making j themselves practical jwmitsto the war against us, will find themselves in the light of Mr. ■ Benjamin’s exposition, undermining their own ! investments. CIRCULAR. Department ot State, ) Bichinond. lQth October, I8(i4. j Sir—For some months past the United l States have been able to uphold their sinking finances by the sale of large amounts of pub lic stocks in the German markets. These sales arc reported to have readied a total varying from thirty to one hundred millions of pound* , sterling. There is no method within reach ] j tor approximating the true sum, although it ] is doubtless very large. We deem it advisable ] to present an analysis of the financial condi- i tion of tho United States, drawn from their! official reports, for the information of Euro- ; pean capitalists, with some remarks on the I probable influeuce of continued investments | by them, not only in retarding the restoration 1 of peace on this confluent, but in destroying i j the resources on which ntont they can rely j | for the security of investments already made. 1 Appended hereto are tables exhibiting the | state of the Federal finances, based on there : ports of the Secretary of the Treasury atWash } ington, on the 30th ult., and at four previous j dates in the present year, with statements of ’ ; the amount c f annual interest on the debt at j tho three different dates, and a table showing I the rate of increase of the debt. From these tables, as well as from other | facts to be mentioned, some remarkable facts j ' may be deduced. . | The annual interests of the public debt was . lat the end of last month, $31,778,643. This; I sum already exceeds the total revenue of the | i United States as it existed prior to the seces** sion of the Southern States. That revenue. , i as derived from all sources and from all the : | States thus united, amounted, for ttie year | j ending the 30th June, 1860, to $76,752,033. j But the amount of this debt, large as it 13, | increases with frightful rapidity. The rate of ; increase of the debt was $1,902,900 per day i in the first period of 105 days included in the i statement; this increase whs augmented ten ! percent, in the next period of 50 days, and I reached $2,161,940 per day : and this aug j men ted sum was again increased by five per | cent, in the next period of 58 days, leaving ! the present daily increase $2,215,200. It ] is further to be observed that the entire increase is now in the interest-bearing debt. Tu© first of the tables shows that the amount ; of the non-interest bearing debt was, ou the | 30th of September, about the same as on the i Ist of March, the whole increase being com ' posed of debt that bears interest. The rate of interest which is paid for the money notv bor rowed varies from six per cent in gold to seven and threesteuthß per cent in paper. No mon ey is borrowed at less than six per cent, the ; attempt to borrow at five having failed, and ; the small amount issued being now quoted at i a discount of four per cent. Taking it for granted that the United States will persist in their insane attefnpt to subju gate the South, it is. not difficult to form an estimate of their financial condition on the Ist May next, the probable date for the commence ment of an active campaign The interval from the 30th September to Ist May is 212 days. If the increase of their public debt du ring that interval be estimated at two millions and a quarter per day, .which is but a trifle more than the present rate, it will amount to $477,009,000, ou which the interest at an av erage of six and a half per cent, will be $31,- 005,000 per annum. The United Slates then will be compelled, I if anew campaign is commenced next, year, j to begin it under the pressure of-a total debt | of about $2,430,000,000, bearing an annual 1 interest of about- $112,780,000. If to this j amount be added the pension list to the ar ! my and navy, to which the faith of the United J States is pledged as sacredly as to the pay ! meat of > he money borrowed, it is a moderate < ! estimate to place the annual charge on their j finances, as it will exist on the Ist May, 1865, i at $120,000,000, leaving out of view the tin* j liquidated claims which are reported bv* the i i Solicitor of their Treasury to reach “hundreds 1 of millions of dollars.” ! The appropriation made for the payment of the interest on the jebt of Great Britain, for 1 J the year ending oa the 31st March, 1864, was 1 £26,400,000, equal to about $128,000,000 : so ; that the United States will, in the four years of war. expiring on the Ist of May next, have ; incurred a debt of which the annual charge ! ! will be nearly equal to that accumulated in ' | Great Britain in two cebtufies To the pub -1 lie debt of the United Stales there should, : however, be added the public debt of the sev eral States, the amount of which cannot be | exactly ascertained, but as given in the “Na tional Almanac,” for 1864, the debt of what | are therein called “loyal States," amounts to ' about $200,000,000. at an average interest of | GJ per cent, thus making an addition of sl3,- ; j 060,000 ptr annum to the sura above stated, and rendering it certain that the annual charge ' I of the debt of the United States, on the Ist of ’ May next, will exceed that of Great Britain. It should not be overlooked that,, in addi tion to the vast sums thus raised ou credit, ibe United Slates are spending every dollar . that can be collected by the most enormous | taxation ever imposed on a people. It was recently stated in a letter of Mr. Fessenden • i that taxation was expected to produce one ! j million of dollars, a day. If this estimate at all approximate accuracy, this annual taxu : tion of $865,000,000 exceeds by upwards of ! thirty millions of dollars the entire revenn© of Great Britain as estimated by Mr. Glad stone, for the year ending on the 31st of March i last. The revenue of Great Britain is gath , ered from a population of about 90,0>0,000, peacefully employ I'd in prouetdive labor, wliiie the- taxation of the United States is excactei from a population of about 23,000,600. of whom a very large number have been con verted from producers into consumers and destroyers of public wealth. When the tax ation by the several States is added to-ihis ' charge, it may be concluded, with entire con- , fidence. that the utmost resources tiott can !>* derived from taxation Lave already been reached, and that if the war be continued for another campaign. there*is bo possibility of. conducting it without an addition tot b* pub- , lie debt at the ra’e of two and a quarter mil lions ot doliar * Jay, at the lowest cfticula- , tion, while the probability i3 that the increase t in tha erant supposed will be v*i r umeh largor s $5.00 Per Month The facts thus presented demonstrate that if the United States persist, as is now threatened, iu carrying oi the war for anoti. jr year, the burden es their public debt will be sueh as to render it absolutely impossible for them to pay, even if n>* tuated, with entire unanimity, by a sincere desire to meet their obligations. It may be left to others to speculate on the probabtlisy of such unanimity, j but it is certain that three es the largest States haro already repudiated, in part, their public debt, by refusing to pay in coin the interest due in Eu rope thus confiscating one-half es the amount due to the European bond holders. The possibility of paying the debt already incurred is dependent solely upon a prompt cessation of hostilities.— Without, therefore, entering into any discussion of the morality of furnishing to the United States the means of waging a war so savage, so mons trous as that new raging on this continent, it would seem that the simplest dictates of self-inte rest should unite all those who hare already ven tured investments in the Federal funds in a con certed effort to cut off all further supplies, and thus to force that cessation of hostilities which alone can savo the investments already made from ontire loss. If the capitalists of Europe withhold further supplies, the resources of tire Unitod States are so far exhausted as to ronder the restoration of peace certain at no distant day. It is iu the power of the same capitalists, by furnishing the means for tha gratification of the insane passions of the North, to plunge the borrowers into irretrievable bankruptcy, and to render certain the loss of all their own investments, past as well as future. In presenting the foregoiug statement, reference has been inteutionally omited to the local debt contracted by the counties, parishes and muni cipalities in the Northern States, for the purpose of raising money to buy mercenaries in order to relieve themselves from the burthen of tho cen scription. We have no means of estimating the amount. We only know that the prioe at which these human beings are bought for slaughter varies from SSOO to SI,OOO per man, and that the ealls for mon have amouuted to very many hun dreds es thousands. Some of the Northern jour nals speak es this local debt as “enormous;'' but this term is toe vaguo to justify us in hazarding an estimate es the amount. I am authorized, by the President, to request that you will giro te this dispatch such publicity as will cause it to roach those whose interests may be involved in its contents. I ant, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, [Signed] J. P. Bbhj vmin, Secretary of State. Hon. A. Dudley Mann, Ac., Ac., Ac., Brussels Belgium. PUBLIC DKB r or THE UNITED STATES. 1864. lote’tdebt. Non inte’t. Total. Mar'll 1, 1,047,342,000 465,957,440 1,513,299,730 June 14, 1,217,642.000 501,753,274 1,719.395,174 Aug. 3, 1,295,541,000 531,584,270 1,827.492,170 Aug. 30, 1,359,096,492 519,463,267 1,875,564,759 Sep. 30, 1,487,671,815 103,801,899 1,955,973,714 Annnal iut. 14th June 71,699,730 “ 30th Aug. 77,447,122 “ 30th Sent, 81,778,643 September 30 923,085,941, on which annual in terest in coin . . $54,603,416 564,585,874, on which annual in terest iq curreney . 27,170,197 1,487,671,815, total int. debt, bearing total int. . . 31.778,643 468,301,899, total uon-int. debt. 1,955,973,714. total debt September 30. . RATH OF INCREASE. Increase- Days. Per day. March I to Juno I t. $206,095,444 105 $1,962,900 June It to Aug. JO, 108,096,936 50 2,161.940 August 3to Sept, 30, 128,481,544 58 2,215,200 (From the Atlauta Intelligencer.) Mb. Editor: —Some curiosity haying been rnani ' fested by newspaper paragraphists and others, to see the letter written by certain gentlemen of Ma con, to Mr. Stephens and Johnson, and which elicited the communications from those gentlemen which lately appeared on the subject of Peace, we take the liberty to haud you herewith a copy of that letter for publication, and will only add this remark, that instead of seven-tenths of the people approving the doctrines of that lotter, we have not a doubt that they are waruily approved by nine tenths of the people and the army. This opinion is not hastily formed, but after careful considera tion, and much enquiry among all classes, we are I convinced that it is almost universally favored. We shall not disguise the fact that we were somewhat disappointed in the nature of the re sponse which we received from the two distin guished Georgians whom we had the honor to ad dross, but we know their sincerity and doubt not that in due time their constituents will wake them up te the importance of inaugurating a peace ' movement at the South, We have no apology to ! make in behalf of tho letter. It will speak for itself, and wo conclude its introduction with this ’ remark, that if any man doubts that the people ; desire “peace on honorable terms,” wo say give them a chance to vote upon it in no me practicable \ way, and that will close thy-question. W'e challenge our opponents, if any, to submit ! to this test, and we will gladiy abide the issue. Indeed, wo are at a loss to believe, that any i man in his senses, can be so dead to all human i sympathy as to desire a prolongation of the war, if it can be settled on “honorable terms,” and this | is all that wo desire. THE WRITERS. Macon, September. 14,1864. ll on. A. 11. Stephens, Crawferdsvillo, and Hon. 11. V. Johnson, Bartow, Ga. Gentlemen : The undersigned, your friends ; and fellow citizens of the State of Georgia, have viewed with deep concern, tho progress of the war, ! which has raged with Unabated fury for the fast ( three and a half .years, ‘over this oiiec peaceful : and happy couutry. And we are more than ever convinced that this unnatural . trife cannot be ■ terminated by arm?, and, Tb *t 'public sentiment j XorGi and South rapidly tends to me sntoe con ; elusion. Already, a powerful peace par-.y lias boon or . ganized at the North, ami we n i l it to bo the duty of all good and patriotic men at the South, to take such steps as will encourage them, and ' convince the North, that we arc not unwilling to adjust the difficulties between the no. sections up on honorable terms. We therefore iiivoke your, ai l and powerful in fluence, in inaugurating a peace movement at the South. Georgia knows you, and relies upon your patriotism and courage. Now is :i. : time to move i for peace. Seven-tenths of the pc ;4e are for it, and will sustain you . whether demagogues and place-men desire it or not. fOnce fairly started, and we firmly believe that no human power can arrest the movement. A'fe know what we say. The people of Geor gia are tired of this war, which is daily depopu lating our country, and bringing misery and ruin upon a whole continent. I We are unwilling to submit t» dishonor, but i we still believe our difficulties can be settled on honorable terms, and all that i? necessary to ensure I that result, is for such patri u;.- citizens as your selves to take the lead. The people of Georgia will follow. Will you not render thi? gr service to your suffering country in this hour brier peril. Please favor us with ytujr vi- n this im portant subjectat a- early a day a may be con nient, and oblige, A ery resp.--•• •(, v. Your <>b- *icut servants. ISAAC SCOTT; J. 11. ROtS. J. 11. R. WA." tINGTON. Henry Ward Beecher notice from his pulpit that uutii tue.November election his Sunday evenin', sermons would be wbat - one people might -call puli: is*L Those that did not wTh to hear them he reiiUQ.-ted to stay "awry, that ’h b scat- might be -occupied by those who did. * . T lO 0- ' The greatest failure that has happened in Eng -I*U-1 is that ..f Leeds Banking Company, the liabilities of which are equal to almost $9,000,000. counting in gold, Tb i ustitation has existed since 1832, and its failure i- attributed solely to gross mismanagement, TELEGIIAPITIC. RtIPORTK OF TUB FBBFS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congress iu the y«a. 1863. by J. $ iHBASUF.K, in the Clerk’s ofioo t>l r he District Court of the Confederate States f*»> the Northern District of Georgia. Richmond. Oct. 28th.—The following oS cial dispatch from Gen. Lae was receive! at ; the War Department to-night; Hon. Jaa. A. Seddon, Secy War: Gen. Hill report* that the attack of H«tk upon the enemy yesterday on the Boydtowa road was made by Mabone with three brigades In front—at the same time tiv Hampton in the rear. Mahone captured thi ef stand* of color* aa i six pieces of artillery. The latter could not be brought off, the enemy holding the ridge. In the attaok Mahone broke through their line of battle, and during the night the enemy ■f etreated from tho Boyd town Road, leaving all the wounded men and two hundred and R f(y dead on the fieldf About 9p. m. a small force assaulted and took possession of our works on the Battery Road in front of Petersburg, but were driven off. On the Williamsburg Road yesterday Fields captured upwards of 400 prisoners and seven stands of colors. The etwruy left their wounded in front of our works, and retir>'t to former position?. (Signed) R. R. LEE. Petersburg, October 28ih.— Hampton attacked and fought the enemy in the rear yesterday evening, whilst Mahone struck them in the flauk—night supervening and the ene my being pressed sufficient!}' in front, aloaa saved them from the greatest defeat of the war ; as it is the enemy is severely punished and greatly demoralised. They abandoned the plank road last night, leaving over 805 wounded in the hospitals, besides carrying oi all their ambulances laden with dead and wounded. Over 500 prisoners captured thus far. aai 1500 stand of arms, besides limbers, caissons and some wagoHS which were left on tho field. Our loss in killed and wounded not over 150 : in prisoners, we lost probably 400. Mahone captured 4 pieces of artillery, . but owing to the density of the woods could not bring it off and tha enemy re-iposscsged them. All quiat to-day and our old situation resumed. Gan. Hampton lost one son killed and one s»- veraly wounded. Gen. Hampton and cavalry on this occasion reuj dered service wbiah tha country eannot too big hly appraciate. There is no truth m the rumored raid on the South Sida Road. The Modern Misaktukopb? —ln his “Cax toniuna ; a Series of Essays on Life, Literature and Manners,'' now being published in Blackwood’e Magazine, Bulwor thus describes, in one of the most genial of the Daxton Essays, one whom he calls “the Modern Misanthrope,” The misan thropy of this character, who is a happy mingling | of Brummol and Chesterfield, is that of the man ;of fashion of,,the beginning of this century—cold , heartless, cynical and fashionably criminal. Blil wer paints his portrait after this wise : a a * a * a * * The finest gentloman of my young day who never said to you an unkind thing nor of you a kind one—whose slightest smile was a seduotivo fascination—whose loudest tone was a flute-liko melody—had the sweetest way possible of insinua ting his scorn of the human race. The urbaniiy of his manners made him n pleasant acquaintance —the extent of his reading an accomplished eom panion. No one was more versed in those classes of literature in which Mephistopheffcs might have sought polite authorities ia favor of his demonia cal views of philosophy. He was at homo in the correspondence between cardinals and debauchees in the time of Loo X. He might have taken high honors in an examination on the memoirs illus trating the life of French xolona iu the ancien re gime. He knew the age of Louis Quinze so well i that, to hear him yon might suppose he was just fresh from a petit auuper in the Parc aux (’erf*. Toe universally agreeable not to amuse those ! present at the expense of those absent, stiff, even in sarcasm, he nevor seemed to be ill-natured.— A3 one of his associates had a louder reputation for wit than his own, so it was his modest habit to father upon that professed dieeur de bon mot* any more pointed epigram that oocurred spent* i noously to himself. “I wonder,” said a dandy es another dandy who was no Adonis, “why on earth ■ has suddenly taken to cultivate those mon j strous red whiskers?” “Ah,” quoth my pleasant, fine gentleman, “I think for my part they become his style of face very much ; A gays that they ‘plant out his ugliness:’" For the rest, in all graver matters, if the man he last dined with committed some act which all honesfr men blamed, my misanthrope evinced his gentle sur prise, not at the act, but the blame—“ What did you expect?” he would say, with an ado rable indulgence, “he was a man—like your -1 selves.” Passed Through.— On last Sunday afternoon tho 1 Twenty-Second Massachusetts regiment, number - j ing onehundred and forty-five men, passed through i the city on its way home, thoir term of service hav i ing expired. The regiment went into the field % 1 thousand strong. I “The old Eighty-Seveth Pennsylvania volunteers, i three years men. has arrived at York, Pennsylva nia, on its way home. When the rejment left Ilar i risburg, threeyearsago.it numbered over a thou ; sand men. It has been twice recruited to over the i standard number, and now comes home numbering i two hundred andfor'y, officers and men.” What a hecatomb to the Moloch of war and fan j aticisin! A regiment with a muster roll of one j thousand counts but one hundred and forty-five, j another, one tnousand strong at the outset, and j twice recruited to above tho standard number, re i turns two hundred and forty. What has become of tiio host that went marching so gay at the flaunt of | the banner and tho tap of the drum? The captain ! that indicates the return of the few tells the story : and the fato of themany— I “Pasfcd through!” They ; have all “passed through” the gates and under the arches of death fr m life, and gone down into the ! great Golgotha that stretches its ghostly waste from i the 6’hickahominv along the Ponin-ula to the seat j of the despot at Washington. They have all ‘‘pass ed through,” and Southern bullets, steel and valor “put them through.” There they lie on tha valley jof dry bones and the place of skulls. Perhaps some day theso hundred thousand skulls will take shape and ordc-, at the bidding of some prophetic hand, and erect themselves into a ghastly, grinning pyramid to commemorate the most stupendous act j of human folly the world ever saw. Or perhaps ; this waste ofbone3 will at the last day take'rank, arid i hip to hip and joint to joint, a torch in each nod ding, empty skull, march the last great “Wide Awake” procession to the judgment seat. [Philadelphia Inquirer. Bonds of flic 500,000,000 Loan. lA'l authorized to continue the sale cf the 6 per cent, long date Non Taxable Bonds of this Loaa at the Government rate of One Hundred,and Thir -1 ty-five Dol ars. The principal of the Loan being free frdm Taxa tion and the Coupons receivable lor all Import and Export dut os, makes it the most desirable yet offer ed by the Government. I therefore recommend it : to the favorable notice of the people. W. H. YOUNG, oc 19 lm Agent for sale of Bonds. NOTICE To llississippi Soldiers ! THE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of I Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in | the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard J corner, between Main st, and the Perry House. Your baggage is there. C. K. MARSHALL. sep2B ts Agent. Shoe Pegs for Sale. . BOUT 500 bushels, us qnsf#6tiee to suit purchi a sers, at reduced prices. Apply to HARRISON, BEDELL A CO. 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