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I'liange of Schedule.
■H’FTCB ENGINEER AND SUPERINTENDENT, )
I,'hajrleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, Juno 7,1864.)
N T THURSDAY, June 9, 1864, and until further •
1 notice, the Schedule of tiio Passenger train will |
c as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m.
rive 1 Savannah A.4Q; p. in.
.ears Savannah .5.30, a. in. ;
Anivein Char’.c-. ,u 1.15, p. m.
r*.-if Train makes direct connections, going north j
and south, witli th'e Northeastern Railroad at*’hwr- !
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
11. 8. HAINES,
J ue M tt' Engineer and Superintendent. I
oi .Schedule.
j ; N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains i
p urcogoe Railroad will run as follow?:
P \SSENGER TRAIN :
L Columbus 6 45 P. M.
\ re at Macon 325A. M.
Macon « 10 P. M
\ . i"c at Columbus #••••4 25 A . ]>*.
FI! EIGHT TRAIN :
. e Columbus 5 00 A. M.
, .eat '.'olunibus 4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
, »* Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY 4 WEST POINT
RAII.ROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
. V\j m l after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
’ ) the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7.10 a.m.
Arrivo at Columbus at 5.32 p.m.
Leave Columbus at 5.50 a. m.
Arrive at Mon'gomory at a.uu p. m.
Irrivc at West Potnt at, 4130 p. m.
rrcight Train leaves Columbus at B:4U a m.
' lrr D. 11. ORAM, Sup t k Eng.
ag271864—ts
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHANGE OS' SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
/ |N and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will j
‘J Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
I*a*sei£ger Train *
Leave Girard at . 130 p.jn.
Arrive in Union Springs 6 00
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a.jn.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00
Freight. Traiu.
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
»gi&tf Eng.ife Sup’t.
Mr. J. S. OliißK.
IO EHTIS r J? ,
FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS,
HAS returned, and can be found at 106 Broad
street, over Dr. 11, A, Ware's Drug Store.
octlO-dlm .
Hr. EvMOBLR,
IDUUnTTIST,
t T Pemberton k Carter’s old stand, back room of
’ Smith’s Jewelry Store, where ho can be found
at aU hours, f6clfr6m
SC«t2i.ca..'s Wanted
EA« L 35 A VaCTO RY,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
FIFTY young women can find steady work and
1 liberal pay at the
no il dAwl m EAGLE 4A' IQ HA.
_ WAiV.r.E»!
r aaa LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
3>UUu will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD.
S p 7 ts Major and G. M,
Notice l
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 4th, 1864.
L. T. Mid DUX is authorized te attend to my
business in my absence from Columbus.
ocs Im* WILL. S. BALI OUR.
liAJftG K CMSI«TO]TO«:IVT
OF
LEI T E PAFBB!
AND
MEMORANiHJTO ROOMS !
For sale by
J. K. REDD & CO.
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jKTOTICE
To TOississippa Soldiers !
THE "Ml 'SISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
1 Agency li r the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in
the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from
Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s
corner, between Main st., and the Perry House.
Your baggage is there.
0. K. MARSHALL,
}p2B ts •. • _% Agent.
Nlioc Pegs for
a BOUT 500 bushes, in quantities to suit purcha
. v scrs, at reduced prices.
Apply to HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Columbus, Oct 28—ts _
PHRRY HOUSE. '
on HR undersigned would respectfully inform his
l old trim s. patrons, md he traveling public
generally, that as he has to bo absent for a short
time he has ■icon so fortunate as to have associated
with him his well known and worthy friend Mr.
EDWARD PARSONS, - late of Atlanta. Ga., whoso,
reputation and superior t et for business is well
known through >ut f.o* Confederacy. This House
is largo and commodious, and no pains, nor expense
shall be spared to fit it up in tho very best and most
elegant sty 1-, a. 1 to n.-tuir, every tiling in the line
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 give u< acall and an oppor
tunity of rc ndering them -comfortable.
T BOS. E. eMITH,
s2e and BMW A D. '
\T T ILL be paid for the apprehension and delivery
*V to us of our two Negro Boys, BILL and JIM,
who ran off some time since. *
BILL weighs about 150, is tall and slim, black
complexion, liair very short and thin, has a down
cast, sullen look, and talks long and drawling, Left
us about the Ist of August last.
JIM is a tine looking negro, weighs about 180, 5
feet 10 or 11 inches high, black complexion, thin
visage and high cheek bones, hair short. Left us
about the Ist of October.
We will pay the above reward for both, or SIOO for
either of the above described negroes, if delivered
to us or placed in some safe jail where wo can get
them. will also pay SIOO for proof to convict
any white person oi harboring them.
„ , , BEDELL & CO.
Columbus. Ga., Oct. 13, IStU. —lm
STEULOtt EXCHA^WE!
A FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
agio tt B ANK OF COLUMBUS.
8100 Reward.
WILL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who
W ranaway about two months ago. Heisabouto
feet 8 inches high: weighs about ltd)or 170 lbs.; coin-
Slexion yellow; tine looking; when laughing has
imples in both cheeks. It is probable lie went to
Atlanta with some of th troops from this city.
•cb ts H. M. CLECRLKA.
SSO
\[EGRO boy CHARLEY ; about 25years old. ycl
ll low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, wo u.*w
reside? in Tuskejee, Ala. He originally came Irom
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
ror his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
information sent to me at this office.
„ , . , „ JAMES M, RUSSELL,
volumbu s La., aug 1 ts *
VOL. XI.)
SPECIAL NOTICES
Office Medical Examining Board,
Third Congressional District,
Columbus, Ga., October 27tb, 1864.
All men in this District who hold Certificates of
Permanent Exemption on aceountt of Phjsical
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. TV. PARK,
Surgeon, P. A. C. S.
W. T. ABRAHAMS,
Surgeon, P. A. C. S.
P. B. MINOR,
Surgeon, P. A. C. S.
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uv-Cblumbua Enquirer copy,
The Medical Examining Board,
For the Third Congressional District, will be at
Hamilton,- Harris county, i.Nov 11 &12
Cusseta Chattahoochee c0....N0v 14 & 15
Lumpkin Stewart county Nov 16 &17 ]
Preston Webster county Nov 18 k 19
Ellavillc Schley county Nov 21 k 22
Buena Vista Marion county ..Nov 23 &24
Columbus Muscogee county,) 2 f; 97 28 A29
November J ’ ’ ’ - jo ‘ x -
Talbolton i.. Talbot county Nov. 30 k Dec. 1
Butler Tayior county Dec ,?T..2 k 3
Oglethorpe Macon county Dec 5 & 6
Americus ..Sumter county Dec 7 k 8
Georgetown Quitman county Dec 9 <fc 10
for the purpose* of Examining all persons between 1
the ages of 17 and 50, who have not been examined
subsequent to the Ist day of April, 1864.
Each county’Enrolling officei will notify all men
between the ages of 17 and 50 to appear at the
above mentioned places, for examination, at the
time herein specified, and have a suitable room pre
pared for that purpose.
ItOBT. W. PARK,
Surgeon, P. A. 0. S.
W. T. ABRAHAMS,
Surgeon. P. A. C. S.
P. B. MINOR,
Surgeon, P. A . 0. S..
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HEADQUARTERS
military Division of the
West.
OCTOBER 17, 1864,
In assuming command at this critical juncture,
of tho Military Division of the West, I appeal to
my 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 me with similar ex
pressions of their devot’on to our cause : the noblo
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, but foreshadows the glorious future
which lies before them. Inspired with these bright
promises of success, I makeßliis appeal to the men
and women of my country, to lend me tho aid of
their earnest and cordial co-oporation. Unable to
join in the bloody conflicts of the field, they can do
' much to strengthen our cause, fill up our ranks, $n- ■
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 the
city of Atlanta; he can and must he driven from it.
At is only for the good people of Georgia :and sur
rounding State's to speak the word, and the work
is done.
Wc have abundance of provisions, and there are
nlcn enough in tli'o 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, see 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 le?,ve,T appeal in the
name of their brave comrades, with whom they
have in tire past so- often shared the privations of
the camp and the dangers of the battlefield, to re
turn at once to their duty. Ttf 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 past,, 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 a Jjvutal foe, shall be established, soon to
by a permenant and honorable peace.
The claims of home and country, wife and children,
uniting with the demands of honor and patriotism;
summon us to the field; we cannot, dare nos, 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] ' O G. T. BEAUREGARD,
General.
Official: Goo. Wm. Brent, Col and A. A. G.
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A <4OOD PLANTATION j
For
| N Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the
‘ Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The ;
tract contains 1,200 acres—about 700 cleared. There !
is acomfortable Dwelling House on the place, good !
Negro cabins with brick chimnies and all tiro neces- j
sary out-buildings. The land is productive and '
location desirable. Possession given in November. |
For further information apply to
DAVID ADAMS.
oe 27 Ira • Columbus, Ga.
«fc Confederate, Macon; Montgo- j
mery Advertiser; Oonstitutionalis, Augusta, copy.
Strayed or Stolen.
S3OO REWARD!
AN SATURDAY NIGHT, Bth instant, two medi
' ' um sized PULES, one a black tho other a bay.
They were i.i fair order and fresh shod. A reward
of S3OO will be paid tor their delivery to me at the
Perry House. THOS. E. SMITH.
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Wanted to Employ
\ GOVERNESS in a private family for a limited
number of scholars, in the country, a short dist
ance from Columbus. ' Address Box 16.
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To Kent. I
* STORE on Broad street. Apply at
v oc 31 ts THIS OFFIGE.
'
Wanted Immediately.
CIX NEGRO MEN, young; and six "WASHER-
O WOMEN, without children.
Apply to Surgeon R. L. BUTT,
In charge of Cairns Hospital.
J. B. Si.atux, Steward,
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To Rent,
l BLACKSMITH SHOP withsix or seven Forges.
A all complete. Apply at • n r- rT p>T? ’
oc 31 ts THIa OFFICE.
COLUMBUS, GA., THURSDAY, NOV. 3, 1861.
Wednesday Evening.
Maps of Eastern Virginia amd North Caro
lina. —We arc indebted to the publishers, Evans
& Cogswell, Columbia, S. C., for a copy of this
map, just issued from their press. It is one of
the most beautiful and most elegantly gotten up
maps we have ever seen. The publishers are due
great praise for tb ■■ skill and enterprise which the
work displays. A pocket map, and, as we believe,
a very accurate'one. We recommend everybody
to purchase a copy.
Capture of Mi les and Wagons. —Lieutenant
Graham and 90 smuts captured 350 mules and a
number of wagon.-', last Thursday, in the vicinity
of Atlanta. The mules were brought off, but the
wagons were abandoned.
A foreign iegioa, consisting t>f nearly two regi- 1
ments, mainly Irish Catholics, sworn into our
Service by a Catholic priest, has been formed in
Richmond, and Ls nearly ready for the field.
The Savannah Morning News comes to us with
an announcement of a change of editors and pol
icy. J. Henley Smith, for a long while editor of
the Sopt 1 rr Confederacy, assumes political con
trol, which he announces in a brief and pertinent
salutatory. We congratulate the proprietors and
readers of the News upon the accession of Mr.
Smith', and cordially welcome him back into the
editorial fraternity.
1 ♦ •'
From the Valley—Sheridan Retreating.—
Wo learn by a citizen who left Strasburg on
Thursday that Sheridan has retired towards Win
chester, and that Early has correspondingly ad
vanced his position? All is otherwise quiet. The
yielding of Strasburg by the enemy, is a virtual
abandonment of their scheme of operating the Ma
nassas Gap railway, as Sheridan is too low down
the Valley to be benefited by it.
Meantimo, however, the brutal orders given to
Sheridan by Grant scorn to be in force along the
line of the railroad in upper Fauquier, great dep
redations being reported. We learned, however,
none es the names of the sufferers.
Sheridan’s movements indicato a great desire to
get out es the Valley and nearer to Grant, if Ear
ly will let him. —Richmond Sentinel, 29th
[Correspondence Montgomery Advertiser.]
Latest from the Front,
Jacksonville, Ala., Oct, 27, 1864.
The obscure newspaper in your city might
now with truth exclaim in relation to Hood’s
army crossing tbe Tennessee river, "A part
of the host have crossed the flood, and part
are crossing now.” On Friday night last
Generals Beauregard, Hood, Cheatham, Lee,
Cleburne, Walthall and Clayton made speech
es, to the army then encamped at Gadsden.
They all frankly stated that they were going to
Middle Tennessee. At 2 o’clock on the fol
lowing morning reveille was beat, and the
noble army of Gen. Hood with a step as elas
tic as the gazelle and “a heart light and free,”
marched for Guutersville, on the river. It is
unofficially reported here that the 'whole army
crossed safely over yesterday and is now on
. the march on ihe other side. Forrest leads
the column and Cleburne covers the rear, with
Wheeler left at Gadsden to protect the com
munications.
There is an unconquerable spirit prevailing
through every man in the army, and it will
gladden the heart of every Southron to know
that we have more men than at any time since
Gen. Bragg commenced his Kentuckj- cam*
paign. There is no straggling but every reg
iment and every man presses'forward. Even
the very mules and herses seem to be in bet
ter condition than ever, and we cannot help
thinking that they partake of the general
feeling.
Several thousand pairs of new shoes have
been recently issued, together with many suits
of grey.
We can obtain nothing definite as to the
whereabouts of the enemy, but they are sup
posed to be going to the other side of the
river. A great battle may be fought in the
neighborhood of Bridgeport or Stevenson in
the course often days or two weeks.
The telegraph is working to Oxford, five
miles below Blue Mountain. DUNLEITH.
Med. Exam's Board,
3d Congressional Dis.
Med. Exam’g Board,
3d Congressional Dis.
Passengers who came doi\*h the Tennessee
road yesterday, report that a courier has
reached Blue Mountain from Gen. Hood’s ar
my, who says that General Hood, a few days
since, captured Decatur and 4,000 prisoners.
Another passenger, who belongs to the 2d
Alabama Cavalry, reports that Wheeler had
driven back the raiding party which was ad
vancing on Jacksonville, defeating them in a
smart little, figb^near Ladiga. —Selma Repor
ter, 31 st ult.
♦ * ;
C. G. Baylor, Again.
It will be seen from the following proclamation
of Governor Brown that the commission issued to
C. G. Baylor in accordance with a resolution of
the Legislature to promote the objects of tho Cot
ton Spinners’ Convention of this State, is re
voked ;
A PROCLAMATION.
By Joseph E. Brown,
Governor of Georgia.
In conformity to a resolution of the General As
sembly of this State passed on the application of
tho Cotton Spinners’ Association, C. G, Baylor
having been appointed commissioner to Europe
to promote the objects of said association and
having obtained passports and left the Confeder
acy: And information having lately ,reached me
that instead of crossing the Atlantic on the busi
ness of said Association he has gone to New Y r ork
and united with the enemies of our country: I
therefore hereby revoke his said appointment and
proclaim and make known that the commission held
by said Baylor is annulled and declared void and
of no effect.
And larder that copies of this Proclamation be
sent to such of the European powers as might be
deceived by him, by the use of said commission.
Given nnder my hand and tbe great seal of
this State at the Capitol in Milledgeville,
this 26th day of Oct. 1864.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Price in Missouri. —ls the New Y'ork Times
is to be credited, General Price has been teaching
a wholesome lesson to the tories in Missouri, who
thought to make themselves secure by aunerring
to the old wreck. Says the Times:
The embroilment in Southern Missouri is evi
dently about to be brought to a headway. Price
and his*powerful force of 15,000 mounted Western
men have had pretty much their own way for
two months. There has been no successful resis
tance made to his march from the southern line of
the State to the Missouri river, and thence west
ward to tho Kansas border. At Pilot Knob he
was stoutly held at bay for a time by General
Ewing : at Jefferson City, the capital, he found
the fortifications so strong that he thought it in
discreet to make an assault ; and at Lexington
General Blunt fought him with vigor on Wednes
day last. But with these and lesser excep
tions, he has, in more than one sense, carried
everything easily before him. He has ravaged
and plundered everywhere, and the Union people
haye suffered untold horrors. Thousands of them
have been rendered by his cruelty :
.thousands upon thousands of them have fled be
fore his advance, and hundreds of them have been
killed in cold blood. The most undesirable region
in the whole land to live ia, during the last two
months, has bean the southern half of the State of
Missouri.
[From the Richmond Dispatch, 29th.]
The War News,
Our account, published yesterday, of /oe
movements and attacks of the enemy o* the
north sid?, on Thursday, was in the raa-Yi cor * j
rect. A visit to the front yesterday h as pul
us in possession of some additions)-’ pariicu- i
lars.
During Wednesday night the-nemy massed !
on our left, ou the Darbytcv'' o an< i Charles }
City roads ; and the corps, which, 1
up to that time, bad heK the line at, and in !
the vicinity of, Fort He-rison, was withdrawn
and marched across the Darby and Charles J
City roads and in ihe direction of tbe Wil
liamsburg road.- object being, by overlap
ping our left, to get possession of our works
on the latt**' road. Fort Harrison and the po
sition vacated by the Eighteenth corps, were
entrusted to a small force of newly arrived j
troops, mostly artillerists, who, to judge by
their general appearance, their new knap
sacks, &c., are recent conscripts.
About nine o’clock Thursday morning the'
enemy made a heavy attack upon our lines on
the Darby road, and, being repulsed, renewed f
the assault Repeatedly, but each time with the I
same result. The light here was kept up for
two hours or more, and the enemy’s loss in [
killed and wounded was ver« severe. Our |
losses, we have before staled, amounted to al- |
most nothing. We had a few men wounded. |
Though this attack was well sustained and
determined ; and though, doubtless, the enemy
would have liked to have broken our lines
there, yet we think it was but a demonstra
tion to cover a much more important move
ment, and one upon which, no doubt, Grant
counted largely. It was designed to engage
our attention while the Eighteenth corps
passed to the Williamsburg road and seized
our works there. But again Gcant was
thwarted by the skill of our generals and the
valor of our troops.
Owing to the small quantity of rain that
has fallen during the summer and tile fall, the
Eighteenth corps were able to cross the head
of White Oak swamp and reach the Williams
burg road, about four miles and a half below
this city. On reaching the road, they formed
into line of battle and advanced towards our
works, thinking, evidently, that they were
held only by a few cavalrymen. Nerved by
this delusion, they came forward in fine style
under the fire of our artillery ; but on getting
within musket range, and beiug met by a well
directed volley from a numerous body of vet
erans, their ardor abated visibly. - Still they
came on, though unsteadily, our troops still
raking them with both cannon and musketry.
When within one hundred yards of our front,
they broke, and the greater part fell back in
disorder. A considerable body took refuge’
under the crest of a hill, in front of our works,
and there stuck. It was* for a time believed
by us ihat they were preparing to charge up
on our position. After firing shrapnel at
them for a considerable length of time with
out dislodging them, Captain Lyle, with forty
of our men, sallied out on a reconnoissance.—
He went down upon the Yankees at a pas de
charge and drove them out of their position,
capturing four hundred prisoners, amongjwhom
were several commissioned officers, and’ seven
stands of colors. Night comifig on, we made
no pursuit of the main body.
About five o’clock the same evening, our
men in trout of Fort Harrison, desiring to
know what the Yankees bad there, opened
upon ihe ffbrt with mortars. Our bombs fell
splendidly, every one of them entering and
bursting in the fort. The first one fired blew
up one of the casemates of the fort, making a
breach almost big enough to drive a wagon
through. The fort replied with three rifle
guns, but without much show of spirit. Their
fire was perfectly harmless Not.* one of our
were struck, all of the Yankee shells,
except one, flying clear over their heads. The
one shell alluded to, struck upon our para
pets, dislodging three or four shovelsful of
earth. This duel lasted over an hour.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THURSDAY’S OPERATIONS.
The following report was received from Gen
eral Lee yesterday morning :
“lldq’rs Army of Northern Virginia, ]
October 27, 1864. /
"//on. James A. Stddon, Secretary of War:
"Tbe movement of the enemy against our
left to-day was repulsed. Two attacks upon
our lines were made—one between the Henri
co Poor house and Charles City road, the
other on the Williamsburg road. Several
hundred prisoners and four stands of colors
were captured. Our loss is very slight.
"On the 25th, Colonel Mosby, near Bunker
Hill, captured Brigadier General Duffie and
several other prisoners, a number of horses,
and killed a number of the enemy. He sus
tained no loss.
"R. E. LEE.”
The number of prisoners taken on the north
side that had been received at the Libby up
to last’night was five hundred and sixty*five.
All was again quiet on the north side yes
terday. Grant had, on Thursday, withdrawn
most of his force from our right and centre
find massed them on our left, say from the
Darby to the Williamsburg stage road in
i elusive. Yesterday he was believed to be
I moving them back, his attack on our left hav
ing failed ingloriously. By some it is believed
the attack and attempted flank movements
will be renewed with greater rigor at an early
day. We cannot see any reason for this
opinion. If Grant could not attain his ob
ject on Thursday, delay will not improve his
chances in an undertaking where everything
depended upon a surprise of our troops. He
bad been beaten, and must now cudgel his
wits to account to Lincoln for it. He will
most probably charge his failure upon the
f rain storm oi Thursday evening and night.
SECOND OFFICIAL REPORT FROM GENERAL LEE
GRANT’S SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS ON OUR
RIGHT AND LEFT ON THURSDAY DISGRACEFUL
FAILURES.
The following dispatch from Gen. Lee was
received last night. It will be seen thAt
Grant was badly beaten on Thursday—even
worse south of Petersburg than ou this side
of the river. He was pushed into these fights
by a desire to aid his master, Lincoln, in the
coming election, but he has not helped mat
ters much. He bad better have trusted the
electioneering to Sheridan’s gasconading. We
give Gen. Lee's report:
"Headq’rs Aaiiv Northern Virginia, )
; "October 23.1864. /
"Hon. James A. Seddon, Sec’y of War:
"General A, P. Hill reports that the attack j
of General Heth upon the enemy upon the
Boydtown plankroad, mentioned in my dis*
patch last evening was made by' three brig- !
ade3, under General Mahone in front and Gen. !
Hampton in the reag. Mahone captured 400
prisoners, 3 stands of colors and 6 pieces of j
artillery. The latter could not be brought
off, the enemy having possession of the bridge. !
"In the attack subsequently made by the '
enemy, Gen. Mahone broke three lines of bat*
tie, and during the night the enemy retired j
from the Boydtoivn plankroad, leaving bis
wounded and morf than two hundred and fifty
dead an the field.
. "About 9 o’clock p. m.. a small force as- :
saalted and took possession of our works ou ,
Baxter road, in irout of Petersburg, but was !
soon driven out.
-On the Williamsburg road yesterday. Gen. '
f FIVE DOLLARS
\ PER MONTH.
' Deld captured upwards of 400 prisoners and
7 stands of colors. The enemy left a number
of dead in front of our wotks and returned to
his former position to-day R. E. LEE.”
In the engagement below Richmond, on
M ednesday, the following were the casualties
in the Third Company Richmond Howitzers
(Lieutenant 11. C. Carter commanding:)
Corporals M. H. Gardner and Roberts, se
verely (not dangerously) wounded; privates
Gwin and Tate, mortally wounded.
tiik fight at Petersburg.
i’he enemy, in his attack below Petersburg,
seems to have gained no advantage and suffer
ed heavy loss. It appears that the second,
ninth and a part of the fiith eorps of Grant's
army moved around to our right on Wednes
day night, and early on Thursday morning
drove in our jiicketsj.it Armstrong’s mill, press
ing rapidly forward* in strong force in the di
rection of the Boydton [dWikroad, distant
2 miles, striking in the meammie, that portion
of our breastworks occupied by our cavalry,
before which he was temporarily checked.
Bv massing and flanking, however, our lines
were broken, and the enemy pouring in, swept
around to the plankroad, striking at Burgess’s
mill, seven miles from the city ; such was the
rapidity of the enemy’s advance that our men
were compelled to retire hastily, leaving their
camp and all its appurtenances in the hands
ot the Yankees. A quantity of forage, some
horses and wagons, and a few prisoners, were
captured at the mill.
The enemy at once formed into line of bat
tle across the plankroad, stretching his col
umns out through Burgess’s fields, and plant
ing a heavy battery on the commanding hill
which overlooks the mill pond and the road
in this directi#i. Our forces confronted him
on the eminence this side of the pond, a valley
and a bridge lying between them:
The artillery on both sides was mostly en
gaged until late in the evening, when the mus
ketry took part, and the fighting was very se
vere until after dark. A.t night our men had
tailed to dislodge the Yankees from their posi
tion, and they still hold the Boydton plank
road and Burgess’s mill.
< An official dispatch, received yesterday at
the War Department, thus describes the ene
my’s operations in this quarter :
"The enemy crossed Rowanty creek below
Burgess’s mill, and forced cavalry in
the afternoon. General Heth attacked, ’and
at nrst drove them, but found them in too
strong force. Afterwards the enemy attacked
and were repulsed. They still hold the plank
road at Burgess’* mill. Heth took some colors
and prisoners.
Our loss in killed, wounded and missing is
estimated at three hundred. This flank move
ment places the enemy still further from the
Southside railroad than whence he started.
It was a detour to avoid our strong line of
works, with the hope of forcing our troops
back into them, and will amount to nothing
more than to extend somewhat their foraging
limits Mr. Burgess was taken prisoner by
the Yankees.
About dark, the enemy made a feint on our skir
mish line m the vicinity of Wilcox’s farm. Their
attack amounted to nothing.
About ten o’clock Thursday night, tho enemy
made a determined and vigorous onset upon our
lines in the vicinity of Rive’s firm and to the left
oi tne Southampton plankroad. They were entire
ly unsuccessful, however, although they massed
tneir columns almost into phalanxes and endeavor
ed to press us back by the sheer weight of their
heavy bodies of troops, but this was only produc
tive or more terrible slaugh: er, tho artillery mowing
great gaps in the squares of men and the Southern
r nil* bringing down who e ranks at every volley,
j. he I cderals made a number of distinct assault?,
but were repulsed each time with very heavy loss.
We took a few prisoners.
.. Yesterday, the Yankees, satisfied, or rather suf
fering from the results of the previous day’s fight,
remained quiet, A report prevailed among the pas
sengers who came by last night’s train that they
had abandoned the position which they had gained
on the Boydton plankroad. Two hundred and fifty
a ankees arrived by last night’s train" from Peters
burg.
General Dearing, who was reported killed (and
so supposed), was only separated by accident from
his command, and eventually returned to it.
FROM THE RAPPAnANNOCK,
The gunboats reported to be ascending the Rap
pahannock river have returned. They did not come
up as high as Port Royal.
MANASSAS GAP RAILROAD.’
Parties of the enemy supposed to be detachments
from Sheridan’s army, are committing depredations
in the counties of Fauquier and Rappahannock on
the line of the Manassas Gap Ptailroad.
FROM THE VALLEY.
* Shei'iffiui is reported to he retreating towards
Winchester. (Sen. Early is following.
FROM MOSBY'. 4
A portion of General Lee’s official dispatch of
yesterday says, “on the 25th, Colonel Mosby, near
Bunker Hill, captured Brigadier General Duffie and
several other prisoners, a Dumber of horses, and
killed a number or the enemy. He sustained no
loss.”
Lieut. Johnson, of his command, with a small
party 7 of men, fell in, a day or two since, with a
squad ol fifi een Yankees. He killed six, wounded
five and captured four. What became of the re
mainder is not known.
FROM TENNESSEE.
The Federals have evacuted Cleveland, Tennes
see, and vicinity.
PRISONERS SENT NOP.TIT.
General Page aDd a large number of tho Fort
Morgan prisoners have been sent North from
i Mobile.
4—
Sheridan pays Early no small compliment when
ho says, in his latest despatch to Grant, "I think
that Early’s reinforcements are not less than 16,-
000 men.” He Could only Lave arrived at this
| conclusion from the vigor and success of the at
: tack of the morning, which he could account for
! in no other way than by’ imagining; this heavy ra-
I inforcement. By the wny, it is curious how Gen.
1 Lee can manufacture soldiers. When he took up
his position in front of Richmond and Petersburg,
the Yankees affirmed.that he had nothing but tho
skeleton of an army left. Since then, they have
assured us that many thousand of his men have
i deserted. Nevertheless, he was able to detach
Buriy with 30,000 men (as the Y'ankees counted
I them) and subsequently, Anderson, with a good
: many thousand more, and now additional rein
j forcement of 16,000, making in all, say' not less
1 than 60,000 men, and yet have enough left to keep
! Grant at bay. Wherein tho name of wonder,
j does he get so many men from ?—Richmond
I Whig.
A Destructive Fire. —About twelve o’clock
i last night a fire broke out in a large brick build
ing on the North side of Reynold’3 street, just
j west of Mclntosh street. Although our firemen
were promptly on the ground, it was completely
, destroyed together with most of its contents. —
Through their exertions, however, the fire was
1 confined to the building in which it first appeared.
Tho front portion of the building was occupied as
I offices, by Messrs. G. W. Evans <fc Son, A. A.
Beal, and the Nitre and Mining Bureau. Also, by
Mr. Jones Reed, as a Confederate tent and bag
! manufactory. In the rear portion of the building
wa3 a large iot of cotton, tobacco, <fcc., stored. All
; that was saved, was the papers of Messrs. Evans
k Son. The loss to the Government was about
$300,000. Private individuals lost about $700,000.
There is but little insurance. The fire is supposed
to have originated in the apartments of the Nitre
and Mining Bureau—from spontaneous combus
tion.
Fortunately there was but little wind. If there
had been any breeze at all the loss would have
been immense, as tbe cotton warehouses in tho vi
cinity with their contents woald inevitably have
been burned.
Great credit is due our firemen for the extraor
dinary exertions put forth by them to save rbe
property of our citizens.— Augn-da Chronicle, let.
Federal authorities have forwarded to the Con
federates a complete list of all the rebel prisoners
now in their hands, * and blank books hat e been
forwarded to the South to receive the names of all
the Union prisoners.
Thf Drnfl in Baltimore.
Col. Wm. H. Browne, A. A. P. M. Genera: of
Baltimore, makes a publication in the Amer
ican, in which he complains that "a great pro
portion of the uiea drafted have Reaped from
the city to avoid paying th<- Services dne by
them to the country.”
From the following paragraph that appears
in the same pnper, it would seem that not on
ly "a great proportion of those drafted ' have
made their escape,bat that really nearly all have
gone except those who have some claim to ex
emption :
“At the office of Capt. Cathcart, on Satur
day,there were examined one hundred and thir
teen cases of drafteed men, nearly all of them
from the Third, Fifth and Seventh Wards.—
Os the number, ninety-five were exempted, as
follows : For physical disability 35, over age
21, alienage 12, 4, paid
commutation under special acts of Congress
2, non-residence 2, three years in military
service 1, already in service 1, in navy 1, ii
Government service, 1, and furnished substi
tutes 15.
Ai the office of Major Blumenburg. 19 cases
were examined, of whom one was deferred
and the remainer exempted, viz: For disabil
ity 7, over age 2, in service 2, alienage 2. ia
Government employ 1, furnished substitutes
8, and held to service 1.”
At this rate, says the Richmond Whig, how
long will it take Lincoln to raise the luma' :r
called for in his last order for a draft? What,
is occurring in Baltimore is occurring pretty
much everywhere else—with the variations,
only, that in many parts ‘of the Northwest
they do not permit themselves to be enrolled,
threatening violence to all who may attempt
it. Lincoln's only reliance is the negroes,
who are bought and sold now in h:s king
dom, and especially in New England, as they
never were in this country.
Tobacco.—Tho accounts from Virginia indi
cate a short erop and a generally bad article of to
bacco. The cold weather of October has materi
ally injured the tobbacco prospocts. The staple
is notfcheld at enormously high rates —but, like
tbe corn dealers when a famine is surmised, tho
prospect of a short crop will still further advance
tho "Yirginny Weed.”
Coming Down. —Corn is selling in Mont
gomery, Ala., at from §3 to S3 50 per bushel.
The Northern papers publish the vote of
six Ohio and six Pennsylvania regiments,in
Gen. Crook’s command, with Sheridan’s army.
The figures foot up as follows : Union, 2.319;
Democrats 286. Total, 2,607. Average vote
of each regiment, 218, Rather small regi*
ments.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer, in
a letter from James river, says:
A number of men' (between thirty and forty, I
believe,) belonging to Burbridge’s command, cap
tured at Saltville on the 2d instant, were among the
prisoners who arrived to-day by flag of truce from
Richmond. One of them—a gentleman of the Teu
tonic persuasion—gave me his opinion on the result
of that, in a somewhet laconic style: “Wo gets not
mooch salt dere,” said he, “but we gets popered
like dcr tuyf'cl.”
My SSSliis, Livingston & Cos,
AN SATURDAY, November sth, ot 10J4 o’clock,
U wo will sell in front of our store,
18 Boxes Good Tobacco;
| 1000 pounds Fine Smoking Tobacco;
FINE RUM AND WHISKY;
70 Ebls Coast Salt;
1 Shuttle Sewing Machine.
Administrators Sale.
At the same time we will sell for and on account
of the Estate of L. MANSFIELD, dec'd—
-2 Fine Sett Single Harness;
1 Box Horse Shoes, Sand Paper;
Enamelled Cloth and Enamelled
Leather;
16 Gross Japanese Flathead Tacks;
16 “ Silvered “ £ *
2i, 21 and 6 inch Carriage Bolts;
6 Gross Traces, Hollers Plated, Horse
ShJfes, Buckles, Bridle Bitts, <Yc.
nov 2 4t $32
Notice.
Parties desiring to send Letters or Packages to
their friends in Pemberton’s Cavalry can do so by
leaving them at J. ENNIS k GO’S Store before
the Bth instant, Cooked provisions be re
ceived. H. A. CHAPMAN.
no 2 6t .
Wanted
TO HIRE by the month a GOOD COOK for
Head Quarter Mcs3. •
LEON VON ZINKEN,
nov2 3t . Colonel.
Sun and Enquirer please copy.
Government Sheep for Exchange.
QiiA HE'VD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon
•)UU or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacon
10c., Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Beef to be de
livered alive. Apply to
J. A. TYLER.
Columbus, Nov. 2,1864—ts
Tok sale.
\ PLANTATION of Pine land containing 409
Ti acres—l6o acresh fresh cleared land, situated in
a first class neighborhood, two miles from Vallula
and 'A/i miles from the M k G Railroad. Fine well
water and very healthy. Apply to Dr. Sam Powers,
Depot Agent, at Silver Run. Supplies and farm
utensils can be purchased on the place,
nov 1 st*
Deserted.
Headquarters Government Works (Ord.)
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 31, 1864.
JAMES PATILLO, a detailed conscript employ
ed at this Arsenal, having absented himself from
work without authority, is hereby published as a
deserter.
Said Patillo is 27 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high,
1 has dark complexion, gray eyes and dark hair.
M. 11. WRIGHT,
nov 1 6t Colonel Commanding.
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS,
Columbus, Ga„ Oct., 29, 1864.
TVTO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex
; ii press Company’s Office after o'clock p. M, to
go East on that day, nor will any be received to go
West after i l A o’clock p if.
I oc 29 ts S.II. HILL, Agent.
Notice,
p RAND and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at
' IT the May Terra, 1864, nf tho Scperior Court of
Mnscogeo county, are hereby notified to be and ar
pear at the Court House in said county, on the
Fourth Monday in November next.
I Witnesses and parties interested are also notified to
i appear o:i that day.
By order of his Honor E. H. Worrell, Judge of
said court. * '
Oct 31,1864-td F. M. BROOKS, Clerk.
ffg-Knguirer and Sun copy until day.
Bonds of the 500,000,000 Loan.
I AM authorized to continue the sale of the 6 per
cent, long date Non Taxable Bonds of this Loan
at the Government rate of One Hundred.and Thir
ty-five Dol’ars.
The principal of the Loan being free from Taxa
tion and the Coupons receivable for all Import and
Export dut es, nrakesit 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 BontL.
Blacksmiths Wanted.
4 LIBERAL price will be paid for Three or Four
A good Negro Blacksmiths until the first of Janu
j4t*v npKt At>d 1 y Jit once to
ary next. *vi H ARRISONi BEDELL k CO.
Columbna. Qet 28—6 t
Wanted
r * l o HIRE —Four or Five able bodied Negroes.—
I Good weges Aren. Apply at our Government
Works.
oc 23 ts JOHN D. GRAY k CS
Dollarfi Reward.
UTRAYED :r m my place in Wvnnton, a dark
■J bay mare MULE, about nine years old,-'hair
rubbed off of both hip? and a large sear on the right
hindquarter. - JOHNJ3OOK.
OC 13 ts