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Orric* ENGINEER AND SuPKBIRTKNDKNT, 1
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7,1864.)
, tN June S. 1864. and until further
'/ notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
*»e as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.15, a. in.
Arrive in Savannah .5.40, p. iu.
Leave Savannah £,:JO, a. iu.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15. p. ru.
" l’hi: Tram makes direct coime Tions, g ong north
and south, with the Northeast eh) Railroad at<har
lest.oTi, ami the t'errtral Railroad at tlie Junction.
fl. S. (IAINKS,
•i uiu* , ii gum l i.i. <l Supeiin etideni
of selu‘<Bii!e.
j \N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
'/lie •'uscogoe Railroad will run as follows:
J’ \SSENGER TRAIN :
L avi Columbus... 6 15 P. M.
V.rive at Macon 3 2-5 A. M.
L "five .Viaeon 6 10 IT M
K rive a Columbus 4 25 A. j.
FRRIGHT TRAIN :
L'.avc Columbus , ‘ 5 00 A. M
A rive at Ciilinnhus 4 55 A. iV
W. L. CLARK,
lift! Supt. Muscogee it, R.
Through to illtmth'onieiy
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POiNT
RAH,ROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27.1864.
j I \ j- ml after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
y] the Uontgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. in.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m.
4rrive at Gilumbus at 5:32 p. in.
Leave L\.iambus at 5:50 a. in.
i rriv® at Montgomery at 3:o(Jp.m.
Arrive at Wc4 Point at. 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a in.
4 rrives at 8:27 p m
I). H. CRAM, Sup’t k Eng.
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MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
(II4\LE Ol' SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
/ \N and after 10th inst. Trains ou this Road, will
* ' Him Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train
Leave Girard at 1 30 p. t jn.
Arrive in Union Springs 6 00
Leave Union Springs ....5 35 a. in.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS.
aglß l l Eng. k Sup’t.
Blr. J. «. €URK,
33 33 2KT T 1 X SB TF ?
FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS,
HAS returned, and can be found at 106 Broad
street, over l>r. R, A, Ware’s Drug Store.
octiO-dlm __ _
o>r. tt. NOBLJB,
IDEIsTT IST,
AT Vomhertot) V Carter’s aid stand, back room of
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
at all hours, . foe 186 m
Hand.® ‘Wantod
AT THE
ISAUBaK B^ACTOKY,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
U 1 F1 Y young women can find steady work and
’ liberal pay at the
oell <1 \ wl m EAGLE FACTORY.
r /\: w i LBS. <>: TALLDVV, fov which a liberal price
i)’'o lG vrill be paid. Appiyto
F. W. DILL vlil),
.(,7 t; Major and Q. If.
Notice!
Columbus, Ga., Get. 4th, 1864.
L. I'. Maddux is authorized to attend to my
business in my absence from Columbus.
„oslm* WILL. S. BALFOUR.
la A E COYSIWYJ?! EWr
OF
LETT m- R PAPER!
AND
n hhosiaivdu.vi books !
For sole by
’ J. K. REDD & CO.
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NOTICE
To riS assists g>B>i Soldiers !
DUE “MI SISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
i Agency t r the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in
tho Army of Tennessee, lus been removed from
Atlanta to Oolumuus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s
corm r, between Main st.., and tho Perry House.
Your baggage is there.
0. K. MARSHALL,
sep2B ts Agent:
§hoe Pegs i*or Sale.
, 110 UT 500 bushe's, it quantities to suit pureha
. > sers, at reduced prices,
\pplyto HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Columbus, Oct 28 —ts
PEE.KY HOUSE.
JHIE undersigned would respectfully inform his
I old friends, patrous, uud the traveling public
generally, that as he lias to be absent tor a short
time he lms been so fortunate as to have associated
with him his well known and worthy friend Mr.
EDWARD PARSONS, late of Atlanta. Ga., whose
reputation ad superior ict for business is well
known tbr uihaut t e Confederacy. This House
is 1; rgo end ■ nmmedious. and no pains, nor expense
shall be spared <■’■ ,it it up in the very best and most
elegant vie, ami to O'dain every t>i u< ui tho line
of subs'• n<i 1 eatables uud luxuries that this
market affords, With these_ assurauees we most
cordially solicit all our old friends, and the travel
ing pubic generally, to give us a call and an oppor
tunity f t rendering them comtortuble.
15 TIIOS. E. SMITH.
$2 j mWA D.
» ~j v;vu off' same tinm sinw.
•;‘L , ;', about ''Mi. is tall and slim, black
.sii Yoxii 11,^1' it very»lu»rt tmd thin, has a down- •
c st, sullen look, and talks long and drawling, Left !
us about the Ist of August last,
JIM is a tinelooking negro, weighs ab<«itlßo,o
fee; 10 or 11 inches high, black complexion, thin
visa 5® and high check bones, hair short. Lett us
aooutihe Ist of October.
Wo will pay the above reward for both, or SIOO for
either of the above described negroes, it delivered
to us or placed in some saie jail where no can get
ihouu We will al.-o pay SIOO for proot to convict
~y white person « Oborin, «'™ bELL * cO .
Columbus, (la., Oct. 10, !Sb4.-~lm , .
'STERMIVCr EXCHAiViwE!
FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
ag l6 t: BANK OF COl A1BU&.
SIOO Bcwanl.
AT ILL be paid for a negro boy named Ilemy, who
\ I ranawa v about two months ago. He is about o
feet 8 inches high: weighs aboutloOorltO lbs.; com
plexion veilow ; fine looking; when laughing has
dimples in hull cheeks. It is probable he went to
VEG 110 bov CHARLEY; about 25years old, yel
i low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
din„;iia'ouc»; left Jfr. s«t. 01 ”
Box Springs. Talbpt county. I .bought him of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in I'uskegee, Ala. HeongmaHy came from
Charleston, S. C. A. suitable reward
for his delivery at this office, or iu any safe j.
information sent to me at this office, .
JAMES M. RUSSELL.
Columbu‘s On.. augltf*
$25 aiollai* Heivard.
CTRaYEB from ray place iu Wynuton, a daru
O bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on right
hindquartor. JOHN COOK.
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VOL. Xl.} COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY", NOV. 2, 1864.
SPECIAL NOTICES
Office Medical Examining Board,
Third Congressional District,
Columbus, Ga., October 27th, 1864.
All men in this District who hold Certificates of
Permanent Etomption 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
tho 10th of November will be forthwith turned over
to thu county Enrolling officers, to be forwarded to
Camp Cooper.
ROBT. W. PARK.
Surgeon, P. A. C. S.
W. T. ABRAHAMS;
Surgeon, P. A. f*. S.
P. B. MINOR,
Surgeon, P. A. C. S. i
oc 28 6t
1 Enquirer copy,
The Medical Examining Board.
For the Third Congressional District, will be at
Hamilton Harris county,. Nov 11 k 12
Cusscta Chattahoochee c0....N0v._.....14 & 15
Lumpkin Stewart county Nov 16 kl 7
Preston Webster county x’ov 18 & 19
Ellaville Schley county Nov 21 &22
Buena Vista Marion county -Nov 23 k 24
Columbus Muscogee county, 1 0 - or 27 “>S&°9
November .7 J ~ “
Talbolton Talbot county Nov. 30 k Dec. 1
Butler Taylor county Dec 2 & 3
Oglethorpe Macon comity Dec 5 & 6
Amerieus Sumter county Dec 7 & 8
Georgetown Quitman county Dec 9k 10
for the purpose of Examining all persons betwoen
tho ages of 17 and 50, who have not been examined
subsequent to tho Ist day of April, 1864.
Each county Enrobing officerjwill notify all men
between the ages of 17 and 50 to appear at Hie
above mentioned places, for examination, at the
time herein specified, and have a suitable room pre
pared for that purpose.
ROBT. W. PARK,
Surgeon, P. A. C. S.
W.T. ABRAHAMS, -
Surgeon. P. A. C. S.
P. B. MINOR,
Surgeon, P. A . C. S._
oc 29 2w’s »
iai:\ iiqit itTicits
j iiiitary Division of the
West.
OCTOBER 17, 1864,
lii assuming command at this critical juncture,
of the Military Division of the West, I appeal to
iny country m nos all classes and sections, for their
generous support and confidence.
In assigning mo to this responsible position, the
Prssident of the Confederate States, has extended
to me the assurance of his earnest support: The
Executives of your States meet me with similar ex
pressions ol their derot'on to our cause : the noble
army in the field, composed of brave men and gal
la t officers, are no strangers to me, and I know
that they will do all that patriots can achieve.
The history of the past, written in the blood of
their comrades, hut foreshadows the glorious fut.ure
which lies before them. Inspired with these bright
promises of success, I make this appeal to the men
and women of my country, to lend me the aid of
their earnest and cordial co-operation. Unable to
join in the bloody conflicts of the hold, they can do
much to strengthen our cause, fill up our ranks, on
courage our soldiers, inspire confidence, dispel
gloom and thus hasten en the day of our final suc
cess and deliverance.
The army of Sherman still defiantly” holds tho
city of Atlanta; he can and must be driven from it.
It is only for the good people of Georgia land sur
rounding States to speak tho word, and the work
is done.
We have abundance of provisions, and there are
men enough iu the country, liable and able for ser
vice to accomplish the result. To all such, I earn
estly appeal to report promptly to their respective
commands, and let those who cannot go, seo to it,
that none remain at home who are able to strike a
blow in this critical and decisive 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 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 in response'.to
this appeal, within the next thirty days, an amnesty
is hereby granted.
My appeal is to every one, of all classes and con
ditions, to come forward freely, cheerfully and with
a good heart, to the work that lies before us.
My countrymen! respond to this call as you have
done in days that have pas;, and with the blessings
of a kind and over-ruling Providence, the enemy
shall be driven from your soil, the security of your
wives and daughters, from the insults and the out
rages of u brutal foe. shall be established, soon to
be .[followed by a permen.mt and honorable peace.
The claims of home and country, wife and children,
uniting with the demands of honor and patriotism f
summon us to tho field; we cannot, dare not, will
not fail to respond.
Full of hope and confidence, I come to join in
your struggle, sharing your privations, and with
your brave and true men, to strike the blow that
shall bring success to our arms, triumph to our
cause, and peace to our country.
[Signed] G. i', BEAUREGARD,
. General.
Official: Geo. Wm. Brent, Col and A. A. G.
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A C*©©!> PLANTATION
Pot* ©ale.
:I\ Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the
i Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The
tract contains 1,2»0 acres—about 709 cleared. There
is a comfortable Dwelling House on the place, good i
Negro cabins with brick chimnics and all the neces
sary out-buildings. The land is productive and
location desirable. Possession given in November.
For further information apply to , „„
DAVID ADAMS.
oc 27 lrn Cblumbus, Ga.
-®3“Tclegraph k Confederate. Macon; Montgo
mery Advertiser; Constitutionalis, Augusta, copy.
Strayed or Stolen.
S3OO IR, IE W .A. HR ID !
i |N SATURDAY NIGHT, Bth instant, two medi-
V ’ um sized MULES, one a black the other a bay.
Thev were in fair order and fresh shod, A reward
of S3OO will be paid lor their delivery to mo at the
Perry House. THOS. E. SMITH,
oc 19 ts _
Wanted to Employ
\ GOVERNES> in a private family for a limited
TV r uraber of scholars, in the country , a short dist
ance Irotii Columbus. Address Box 16.
oc 31 2Ws W. G. AV.
To Rent.
| A “" liroaJsir<iet - Al,Pl fsis OFFICE.
Wanted Immediately.
,<IX NEGRO MEN, young; and sixWASHER
; O WOMEN, without children.
Apply to burgeon K. L. Bi 11,
In charge of Cairns Hospital.
J. B. Slaton-. Steward,
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To Rent,
. BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forges.
*c a ?l mplCte ' APPi> &t THIS OFFICB.
Tuesday Evening’,
- 3 ■ 11 “ "
The New Governor of Georgia. —Gen. Lo
gan, who formerly commanded tht 16th Yankee
army corps, say? the Augusta Constitutionalist,
has been appointed te the command of Atlanta,
and declared Military Governor of Georgia. He
is now on a visit to Ohio, and Gen. Osterhaus
commands in in -tead. By the time he is
ready to return. we hope that our civic Gover
s nor will be prepared to give him and Baron
Oysterhouse a fining reception. The inaugural
ceremony to take place at the Hotel dc Anderson
ville.
TheLhar’otiesvdie Chronicle, of the 23d, says:
Eight hundred j i-oners captured in the recent
battle passed her> lastevening, going up to Lynch
burg from Staunton.
A correspondence of the Enquirer under date
Jacksonville, Ala , Oct. 25, says Jackson’s division
of cavalry returned to Cave Springs on tho 23d.
from a r id upon the State Railroad. They struck
the road between Marietta and Mining’s Station,
tore up several miles of the track, and captured a
large train loaded with ammunition and rifles,
which they destroyed ; also, picked up a Lieuten
ant Colonel, a Major, forty-two Yankees, and fifty’
head of fine beef cattle. This movement was made
for the purpose of covering ail important movement
of the army.
About Atlanta.
Last Wednesday Gen. Patrick was quartered at
New Hope Church, with over three thousand caval
ry. A large number of Iverson’s command wero in
the same vicinity, and numerous skirmishes were
occurring daily between detachments of both forces.
A comi lerable force of our cavalry was sent on
last Tuesday to the rear of Marietta, to operate on
the enemy’s scouting parties, that keep up a contin
uous picket line with the various positions of the
Yankee army, the largest portion of which was at
Summerville and along the road to Chattanooga
and Bridgeport, on Saturday and Sunday, a week
ago.
One entire Yankee corps remains in Atlanta. The
men have been on half rations during the past two
weeks and will have twenty days supply. A train
of two hundred wagons laden with subsistence
reached Atlanta one day during last week, having
come safely by the highway east of the State rail
road. Our cevalry have not been scouting in force
in that direction, hence the eomparat vc safety with
which the enemy succeeded in carrying the train
through.
The «-neuiy r have contracted their .occupation to
the inner lilies of the fortifications in Atlanta. —
They occupy the hill on which the City Hall stands,
having strongly posted entrenchments about it. —
They have destroyed all the frame houses, stables,
&c., in the city and used the material for fuel and to
secure a clear range. The female seminary was
razed to the ground and the material in
strengthening their torts, barracks and posts. They
forage in the neighboring counties with entire divi
sions for escorts, but lately they have found but lit
tle subsistence and have become very much alarm
ed for tlieir prospects of supplies. Their source of
supply by the railroad is completely cut off. Our
cavalry destroy the road as rapidly as the enemy
repair it.
There are eight hundred Yankees in Marietta,
which post is not so strongly fortified but that a
rapid movement on it, with a superior force would
easily secure its capture. The garrison there is on
very short allowance of rations and find it impossi
ble to subsist off the vicinity. All the frame build
ings have been destroyed for fuel. The Military
Academy had not been destroyed up to Tuesday
last. — Intelligencer, lab
Med. Exam’g Board,
3d Congressioual Dis.
Med. Exnm’g Board,
3d Congressional Dis.
♦ «*
What Saves Us !
The New York Herald explains that Grant
doe* not take Richmond fight away because
it would involve the necessity of “a few hours
hard fighting,” and he is anxious to avoid
‘The sacrifice of life.” This is a newly dis
covered virtue iu tlie “Butcher of tlie Wilder
ness.” His great merit heretofore, in the eyes
of such critics as the ITearld, was his indif
ference to the life of his men. Napoleon
would throw away forty or fifty thousand
lives without a wry face or a touch of sensi
bility ; Grant would uo the same ; ergo, did
not Grant resemble Napoleon? The Corsican,
it is true, only did it when he could accom
plish an object by it; Grant did it without
accomplishing tiny object; but did not this
prove that Grant was more indifferent to hu
man life than Napoleon ? He has changed, it
seems. He is now for sparing life. Perhaps
he has filled his measure. Perhaps he had
the ambition to be the death of a certain num
ber of Yankees, say halt a million, and the
score being completed, his ambition is satis
fied. We hardly know* how else to account
for the sudden transformation, which is all
the more wonderful because it makes him the
exact imitator of a man he is thought to hate
very keenly, McClellan. That is precisely
why “Little Mac didn’t take Richmond.” We
were so assured repeatedly, when he lay along
the Chiekabominy, in the identical language
now employed by the Herald. The city was
at his mercy for several weeks. He only de
ferred taking it because the obstinate and un
reasonable Confederates were iu a mood to
make resistance, and he was anxious, above
all things, to avoid the sacrifice of life. He
was a tender-hearted and considerate Yankee.
So, now, is Grant. Par nobile .'—Richmond
Whig.
[From the Richmond Sentinel, 28th.]
The War.
FIGHTING YESTERDAY ON BOTH WINGS THE
NORTH SIDE.
The enemy, on Wednesday, night, crossed
over a large force, estimated to number from
twenty to thirty thousand men, to the North
side of the James river, at Deep Bottom.—
Yesterday morning about 0 o'clock they made
an attack iu heavy force againt our extreme
left, on the Charles City road, about four and
a half miles below the city. Our batteries
opened on them at long range. The enemy's
skirmishers advanced and were repeatedly
driven back. Later in the day, the enemy
showed a disposition to advance along our
whole front, but in every instance were check
ed by our artillery and skirmishers. The
discharge was very heavy, from 3 o'clock, p. m.
until nightfall, and was distinctly heard in
the city. It proceeded mostly from our bat
teries. * On the Charles City road, the enemy
endeavored to turn our left, but the effort was
not made with much energy. It seems to be the
impression that the movement on this side of
jthe river was a mere feint, while the reai at
tack was made on the South side.
There were reports of large captures of
prisoners, but we could obtain no reliable
particulars of either gains or losses in the op
erations of yesterday, further than, that ihe
enemy were everywhere repulsed, with heavy
loss.
Later.—9 P. M.—Five hundred prisoners
have just arrived, captured en the lUrbytown
and Charles City roads.
A dispatch f'roui the operator at Chaffin s
states that we also repulsed the enemy on. the
Williamsburg road, captured two hundred
prisoners and four stands of colors.
Officers just from the front say that the en
emy were stfveral times repulsed, with tefri
ble loss in killed and wounded. Our loss on
the north side, thanks to a merciful Provi
dence, was not over twenty-five men, in the
whole day s operations.
THE SOUTH SIDE.
At S o’clock yesterday morning, the enemy
made an attack oa our extreme right, on the Boyd
! toa rood, between the Weldon and South side rail
! road, and about seven miles southwest of Peters
burg. Passengers who came over on the evening
train, report the fighting as having been very
severe, the enemy having assaulted our position
seven times, and were seven times repulsed, suffer
ing heavily on each occasion. The fighting
not ceased when the cars left.
We regret to hear, from th« same source, that
the brave and dashing Brig. Gen. James Dearing
was among the killed. He was from Campbell
county, Nirginia, only twer.ty-two years old, and
one of the most promising young officers in the
cavalry service.
GUNBOATS IN RAPPAHANNOCK.
A dispatch received from Milford Station, on
the Fredericksburg road, states that at one o’clock
yesterday morning a fleet of four gunboats was
reported to be eight miles below Port Royal,
which is on the Rappahannock, twenty-two miles
below Fredericksburg.
It was supposed at Milford that it was a raiding
party in pursit of plunder, but that section has
not yet recovered from the devastations of the ene
mj’ on their last visit, and presents but a barren
field for the thieving operations of the vandals.
MOSBY AT BUNKER HILL.
Passengers by the Central train, last evening,
report that Mosby attacked a supply train of
Sheridan, near Bunker Hill, but finding it very
strongly guarded, had to retire, but iiot before
killing and wouuding a number of the enemy, in
cluding a general killed, and with little loss to him
self. Bunker Hill is ou the direct road from
Winchester to Martinsburg—-about eleven miles
from the first named place.
EAST TENNESSEE.
We learn, from the Bristol Register, of the 24th
instant, that the enemy, after being driven from
Bull’s Gap, instead of retiring to Knoxville, it
seems, took the noarest shoot for Kentucky. Thev
made a stand at Bean’s Station, but General
Vaughn’s indomitable forces soon routed them at
that point, and at the last account they were seek
ing an exit through Powder Spring Gap. Union
men below report that Cleveland and other places
in East .Tennessee have been evacuated. The
East Tennesseo and Virginia railroad is being
rapidly repaired, and will soon be in running order
to Greenville. A portion of our forces occupy
Morristown and Russelvillo.
Army Correspondence Savannah Republican.
Richmond, Oct. 24th, 1864.
As you have already been advised, the Cou*
federate arms have suffered a fresh disaster in
the Valley of the Shenandoah. The disaster
was not so great as it was first represented,
however, while the loss of the enemy, though
was far heavier, especially in offi
cers and meu, than ours was.
Officers who have arrived here since the
battle, report that on the 18th our army lay
at Fisher’s Hill near Strasburg, in front «f the
Eighth and Nineteenth Federal corps, which |
held a strong position on the north bank of j
Cedar Creek. The enemy’s line extended !
across the Valley turnpike, and was strongly j
intrenched on the left, the works on the right :
not having been completed. The Sixth corps j
was held in reserve between Middletown and I
Newtown, and the cavalry was posted still j
further to the rear. Early, smarting, it is
supposed, under his recent defeats, determined
to attack the enemy before daylight, on the !
morning of the 19th, and, if possible, to sur
prise him and capture his camp. According
ly, his whole force was put in motion on the j
night of the 18th, and moved across Cedar j
Creek, when it was divided into two columns, j
the larger ot which passed around to the right I
for the purpose of falling on the enemy’s left !
flank, and tlie smaller turned to the left with !
a view to engaging his right The column
moving to the right had to take a circuitous
route and pass through a narrow defile in a j
spur of the mountain, where two men could 1
not march abreast. The plan was to make a !
simultaneous assault upon both wings of the !
enemy. Owing to the difficulty in passing {
the defile, the right column did not get
sition as soon as the left, and consequently i
the assault on the left was delivered sooner j
than on the right by about twenty minutes : !
otherwise, it is believed our captures in pris- j
oners would have been larger.
Our troops were all night getting in posi- j
tion, and were much jaded when the battle
opened. The assault, nevertheless, was made
with vigor, and the enemy, taken completely
by surprise, were driven back with heavy loss
upon Middletown. Two divisions fled with
out firing a gun, and eighteen loaded pieces !
of artillery fell into our hands, the cannoneers j
being too badly frightened or too hard pressed j
to discharge them. The Federal camp, rich
with fatal spoils, was taken, and the road and
fields from the creek back to Middletown were
filled with wagons, small arms, knapsacks and
other articles abandoned by the enemy In his
flight. Over 1400 prisoners fell into our
bands, and have since been safely lodged in
the Libby prison in Richmond.
Unfortunately, at Cedar Creek, as at Shiloh, ,
there were many Achans among the victorious i
Confederates, who, the moment the enemy flsd,
went to straggling and plundering. The delay
thus. produced, gave Sheridan, who had just
reached Winchester on his return from Washing
ton, time to reach tho field and bring up the
Sixth corps. When, therefore, the Confederates,
minus the stragglers and plunderers, advanced
about 2 p. in., they found the enemy reinforced
by the cavalry and the Sixth corps, and far su
perior to themselves iu numbers, in position and
ready to receive them. Prudence would havejus
tified a cessation of the battle st this point on the
I of General Early, but of late
disasters, and his desire to render his victory de
! cisive, and perhaps something else, urged him oa
to a renewal of the fight. The result was, he was
lepuised; when the Federal horse, moving upon
nis flanks, compelled his whole line to give way in
confusion- He was pursued only to Cedar Creek,
sinu ..a al far only by the cavalry, the enemy's in
fantry being too badly punished to take further
: part in the action. The prisoners were brought
| off safely, but the eighteen captured guns, and
' thirty of our own, with the enemy’s camp, and
i nearly all of our killed and wounded, fell into the
! hands of our victors. Among the mortally
wounded, was Major General Ramseur, of North
Carolina, who tell into the hands of the enemy
and has since died. Brig. Gen. Battle, of Alaba
| ma, was also wounded, and is now in Richmond,
doing very well.
It is impossible to say what our less was, but
there is reason to fear it will reach quite 2,000.
Northern writers admit a loss on their part of
5,000 men, including Gen. Bidwell, killed, and
Gens. IV right, Grover and Ricketts, wounded.—
As Sheridan galloped forward to Middletown,
he found the turnpike filled with wounded men
and stragglers, and flying wagons and ambulan
ees. Ho acknowledges, too, in hi3 official despatch,
that his “left was turned and driven in confusion”
! at Cedar Creek, and adds—“in fact, most of the
line was driven in confusion.”
Early retired thirty miles to Newmarket, and
1 Sheridan now occupies Strasburg. There is a ru
mor that the former has been relieved of his com
mand, and that Breckinridge or Gordon has
1 been appointed to succeed him. Gordon is regard
ed as the most promising young officer in the
Army of Northern Virginia, and what is far bet
l ter, he is a temperate manJ
The affair of the 13th, at Fisher’s Ilill was
greatly exaggerated. The only force engaged on
our part was Connor’s brigade of Kershaw’s di
vision, which easily repulsed the attack of the en
emy, taking sixty prisoners, and killing and
wounding a considerable number. Our loss,
twenty-two killed, and 120 wounded, including
j Brig. Gen. Connor, of Charleston, who lost the
j leg in which he was wounded at Mechanicsville,
in 1862.
At a tew minutes to 7 o’clock Saturday morn
; i n g (the 22d) two Federal batteries of heavy long
range guns were unmasked on Signal Hill and at
j the Bouiware House, below Chaffin’s Bluff, ou the
i north side of the James, and opened upon the Con
federate squadron lying in the stream below the
Bluff. The conflict was kept up until 9 o’clock,
wheu the squadron retired up the river, having
lost eight or ten men weunded. The smoke stack
•f the Fredericksburg was perfected, and a part
•f the iron armox #f the Richmond was tern np by
a glancing shot. T’ue Breeke battery en the
south side participated in the action against the
enemy.
Cef. Terrell, of the Forty-Seventh Alabama,
Law’s Brigade, wounded on the 14th, below Rich
mond, died here on the 21st, and was buried yes
terday with military and Masonic honors from St.
Paul’s church. The most touching part of the
procession that followed the deceased soldier to
tho grave, was his charger, whose position was
| just behind the hearse. It was doubtless my im
agination, but he looked as if he had los< his hest
friend, aud that he, too, was a mourner.
P. W. A.
Latest from the United States.
FROM GEORGIA —SHERMAN’S MOVEMENTS THK
CAPTURE OF -DALTON, ETC.
The Chattanooga correspondent of the New
Yofk Herald, under date of the 18th instant,
writes:
No engagement between Ilood’s raiders and
| Sherman's pursuers had occur!ed up to yes-
I terday evening, at which time dispatch bear
ers left our army at Snake Creek Gap. Gen.
Sherman has not been pushing the enemy
| very hard ; but he has been manoeuvering to
; coop him up in the valley and starve him to
| death. While Sherman's troops are said to
! be well supplied and in the best of spirits, the
j Mgzag track of the dodging rebel army gives
; indications of the scarcity of food among the
] troops. He od has vvotully failed either to find
supplies in the country or to capture anv
Union post with a stock on hand, consequent
ly his men are suffering foe food. No supplies
were captured at Dalton, and the thirteen
thousand rations at Ringgold were destroyed
by the rebel cavalrymen who found them.
Hood is trying bis best strategy to avoid a
, fight. Whenever our advance comes up with
him—and such occasions have net been un
frequent of late—he does not wait for more
than a half dozen shells before he changes
position. Sunday be attempted to sneak back
through Snake Creek Gap, but finding that
outlet blocked up, he abandoned the attempt
after a slight skirmish. This morning he is
reported one mile and a half below Lafayette,
his army massed as if for a fight. Sherman
is north of Villason, perhaps six miles from
the enemy, and more than ever disposed to
pounce on him Kilpatrick and Watkins, with
their cavalry, are giving the rebels much
trouble.
Relative to the capture of Dalton, the same
correspondent says:
Hood appeared before Dalton and demanded j
the immediate aud unconditional surrender of .
the post and garrison, promising that white !
officers and soldiers should be paroled in a I
few days. If he was forced to assault the J
place no prisoners would he taken. The fol- j
lowing is the language of li is demand :
Headq’rs Army Tennessee, 1
In the Field, Oct. 13, 1864. j
To the officers commanding United States
Forces, Dalton, Georgia :
Sir—l demand the immediate and uncon
ditional surrender of the post and garrison
under your command, and should this be ac- I
ceeded to, all wnite soldiers will be paroled |
in a few days. If the place is carried by as
sault no prisoners will be taken.
Most respecfully, your obedient servant,
J. B. Hood, General.
This was undoubtedly intended as a scare,
and Colonel Johnson at first refused to accede
to tlie demand. Skirmishing began, and the
darkies fired viciously for a few moments—
long enough, in fact, to kill a second flag of
truoe bearer, who was coming from Hood.—
Finally, Major Eustis, of Hood’s staff, and
Isham G. Harris, got Johnson’s ear in consul
tation. Harris wrote a long, windy, ver
bose communication to Johnson, setting forth
the folly of resistance, and assuring him from
General Hood that the Union fort could be
knocked to pieces in fifteen minutes by the
rebel artillery. Daring an interview Hood
pointed out to Johnson, S. D. Lee’s corps,
Frank Cheatham’s corps, and insinuated that
still another corps lay within call; fifty pieces
of cannon eyed the devoted darkie3 from dif
erent points of the compass. Johnson begged
that all might be made prisoners of war; but
the rebel General wouldn’t listen to it; eo the
post was finally given up. The rebels began
to parcel out “the niggers,” officers and pri
vates coming.up and picking out their “prop
erty,” till none were left. Meanwhile sixty or
more darkies had escaped. Liveried servants
are now the rage in the rebel army.
A Raid into Kentucky. —A special despatch
to the Lynchburg Republican, dated Wyrheviile,
says:
“Captain Everett, of Duke's brigade, arrived
i here to-day from Kentucky with a portion of the
staff of General McLean, captured on a train'seVen
miles from Lexington on the Lexington and Oin
: eianati railroad. The cars and locomotives were
' destroyed.”
The other day as General Lee was riding along
one of the streets of Petersburg, he heard a big
row in a house where s*me soldiers were drunk
and engaged in a “free fight ” Dismounting, the
General rushed into the house, but the men, seeing
him, all made their escape except a burly Iris’n
xnau, whom several of them had been beating.
Pat, seeing escape impossible, put on a bold face
and exclaimed, “Faith, and 1 am delighted to see
vou, Gineral, for these men had doubled teams
on me; and but for the coming of your Riverance
I would have got a good bating.” The General
was so taken back by the impudence of the fellow
that he merely ordered him back to bis quarters
instead of the guard bouse. — Rich. Sentinel.
The Outlaws Cleaned.— lt will be remembered
that some two or three weeks ago the law-abiding
and peaceable citizens of Marion county were seri
ously threatened by- a formidable force of deserters
and jahawkers from their rendezvous on Honey Is
land, at the mouth of Pearl river, and making their
way up that river, robbed and plundered the plant
ations and inhabitants in their marauding march.—
We are gratified in being able to state that their ca
reer has been checked, and possibly, prevented from
making any future incursions in this direction, by
the promptitude with which the citizens of Marion,
Hancock and Perry turned out to repel them, —
Grayhaired men and boys, officials and other ex
empts, placed themselves under Captain Dampeer,
and scouring the infested country, pursued them to
their den and effectually broke it up. They killed
eighteen of the outlaws and wounded many others,
besides capturing horses, guns and accoutrements.
[.Holmeeville {Mies.) Independeqt.
Political Calculation in Washington—
Washington, October IT.—Since the result of the
Pennsyirania election has been announced the
democratic managers claim positively for McClel
lan the following States : Maryland, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Now York, Connecti
cut, Kentucky, Missouri. Indiana, Illinois, Cali
fornia and Oregon, making on aggregate of 140
votes —116 being necessary to elect.
Cinderilla's Slipper.—The Dublin Univer
sity Magazine, gives the following aeeount of the
glass slipper :
Two centuries ago, furs were so rare, and there
fore so highly valued, that the wearing of them
wa* restricted, by severe sumptuary laws, to
king? and princes. Sable, in those laws called
vair, was the subject of eountHss regulations.—
The exact quality permitted to bo worn by per
sons of different grades, and the articles of dress
to which it might be applied, were defined most
strictly. Perraalt’s tale of “Cinderella” original
ly marked the dignity conferred on her by the
fairy, by her wearing a slipper of vair, a privilege
then confined to the highest rank of princesses.—
An error of the press now beeouie inveterate,
changed vair into verr • 'glass), and the slipper
•f sable was suddenly sonverted into a glm
slipper.
The War in Kcntnrky,
Impressment Prlees.
The following list of leading articles, with
| their prices, have been agreed upon by tho
Commissioners of Impressments for thetitniea
of Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
| Mississippi and Tennessee. It will be ob
: served that they have greatly reduced the
; prices of everything from the forme** sched
j ule :
t Bacon, sides, per lb : $ 1 37
“ hams, 1 81
“ shoulders 1 2i>
j Beef cattle, gross, per lb 26
I Brandy, per gal 3 50
Corn, shelled, per bushel 2 25
“ unshelled 2 13
Corn meal per bushel 2 2>5
Coffee, Rio, per lb 6 00
Canales, tallow, per lb 1 40
Flour, superfine, per bbl... 30 00
“ fine 26 50
Fodder, baled, per ewt 2 25
“ unbaled 2 05
Hogs, at net, corn fed, per cwt 75 00
“ “ gross “ 60 00
unfatted, gross 52 50
Hides, good dry, per lb 1 83
“ green 04
Horses, first class 750 00
“ second class... 600 00
li third class 450 00
Iron, pig, No. 1,2, 3, per gross ton ... 110 Oq
Lard, per lb 1 31
Leather, harness, per lb 3 75
sole ,\ 3 75
“ upper 4 50
Molasses, Cuba cane per gal 6 00
“ Chinese 3 00
Mules, Ist class 600 09
“ 2d “ 525 00
“ 3d “ 375 00
Oats, sheaf, baled per cwt 1 88
“ unbaled 1 69
•“ shelled, per bush 1 88
Pasturage, per head per mouth.... 150
Potatoes, Irish, per bush 4 90
“ sweet 1 75
Peas, per bush of 60 lbs 3 OO
Salt, per bush of 50 lbs 7 50
Soap, hard per lb 75
“ soft. 37
Socks, wool, per pair 2 OO
“ cotton 140
Shoes, army, per pair 15 00
Sheep, sheared, each 15 00
“ unsheared 20 00
Tallow, per lb 1 31
Wheat, clean, per bush of 60 lbs 5 63
Whiskey, per gal 3 50
Wool, washed, per lb 4 00
“ unwashed 3 00
Several of the London theatres have been opened
for religious worship on Sundays.
——— ♦ ♦ «
Babon R«thschild’s Reply to a Bbcoikg
Letter. —The Mesiager du Midi statei that Baron
de Rothschild possesses the most volaminous col
lection of begging letters that any financier
ever received. They form a complete series.—
Among the number is one lately addressed to the
Baron containing the very tempting proposition
that for the bagatelle of 50,000 francs, the writer
would engage to show he could prolong his life to
the age of 153 years.
The following is the Baron’s reply :
Sir —It has frequently happened to me to be
threatened with death if I did not give a sum of
money. You are certainly the first that has ever
asked me for it in proposing to prolong my life.
Your proposition is, without doubt, far better and
more humane. But my religion teaches me that
wo are all under the hand of Ged, and I will not
do anything to withdraw myself from his decrees.
My refusal, moreover, does not in any way attack
your discovery, from which you will not fail, I
hope, to profit yourself. Regretting that I cannot
accede to your proposal, I sincerely congratulate
you on tho one huudred and fifty years which you
arc called on to live in this world. Accept, etc.,
J. de Rothschild.
Breaking up or a Government Fishery.— One
day last week, the enemy landed on Mash’s Island,
(about 36 miles fiom this city,) and surprised and
captured a party of Fishermen, two pickets arid two
citizens —in all 18 persons—with tiicir seins, -boats,
kc. The citizens afterwards escaped. The fisher
men are detailed men, and engaged in fishing for
the Government. The enemy’s force consisted of
about 50 men, who divided, one half going round
one side the Island and the other half the other
side, completely surrounding the party, who Wore
unarmed and could afford no resistance. The cap
tured men, when at home, live in Wakulla county.
Floridian & Journal, 28t\.
♦ —•—♦
Confidence. —There is an essential to suc
cess in our struggle. Not the blind, uncal
culating sort—but a bold, intrepid confidence
based upon a determination to do and suffer
that which will insure success, resting upon a
firm faith and trust in God and the righteous
ness of our cause. This is the confidence,
says the Confederate, now operating on and
influencing the minds of our people; and they
are submitting to privations and serious in
conveniences with a cheerfulness seldom ex
celled during this war. It is a good sign— a
cheering omen —and one that will more than
any thing else give strength to our cause afiu
rebuke the factious croakings and despond
ences of the weak-kneed and treacheroHS*
Courage, fellow-citizens! A few days more,
and we have reason to believe that we shall
have achieved results that will lift our hearts
in thankfulness to God for tlie great deliver
ance he shall have wrought us. “Be not
faithless, but believing.”
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances of Wm. Perry and
family, and of his son JAMES M. PERRY, are in
vited to attend the faneral of the latter from the
First Baptist Church, THIS AFTERNOON, it 3
o’clock. [nov 1 It*
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS,
Columbus, Ga.,oct., 29, 1864.
]YTO Freight will be received at the Southern Bx
-1? press Company’s Office after 3% o’clock p. m. to
go East on that day, nor will any be received to go
West after 4% o’clock p M.
oc 29 ts S.II. niLL, Agent.
Hetice.
G RAND and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at
the May Term, 1864, of the Scperior Court of
Muscogee county, are hereby notified to be and ap
pear at the Court House in said county, on the
Fourth Monday in November next.
Witnesses and parties interested are also notified to
appear on that day. ~
By order of his Honor E. H. AVorrell, Judge of
said court.
Oct 31,1861-td F. M. BROOKS, Clerk
£3“Enquirer and Sun copy until day.
Bonds of the 500,000,000 Loan.
I Avi authorized to continue the sale of the 6 per
1 c ® n l-* on S date Non Taxable Bonds of this Loaa
at the Government rate of One Ilundred.and Thir
ty-five Dol ars.
The principal of the Loan being free from Taxa
tion and the Coupons receivable lor all Import and
Export duties, make-sit the most desirable yet offer
ed by the Government. I therefore recommend it
to the favorable notice of the people.
W. 11. YOUNG.
oc 19 1m Agent for sale of Bonds.
Blacksmiths Wanted.
\ LIBERAL price will bo paid for Three or ¥o«r
•A good Negro Blacksmiths until the first of Janu
ary next. Apply at once to
„ , , . HARRISON, BEDELL Jt C<f
Columbus, Oct 28—fit
Wanted
or Five able bodied Negroes.-
Wnfks wa^es " lven - Apply at owr Government
* iS JOHN W. GRAY k 0#
