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SPECIAL NOTICES
The Medical Examining Board,
For the Third Jongressional District, will beat
Hamilton,... Harris county ....Nov 11 &12
Cusseta... ’ Chattahoochee e0....N0v 14 &15
Lumpkin Stewart county Nov 16 &17
Preston Webster county Nov IS kl 9
lillaville.’ Schley county ...Nov .21 k 22
Buena Vista Marion county -Nov .23 &24
Columbus Muse .get gounty, 1 2 - .. . » 2 «
Talbolton Talbot county .Nov. 30 & Dec. 1
Duller,..' Taylor county Dee .2 & 3
Oglethorpe Macon county Dec ..5 k 6
Americus Sumter eftunty * Dec 7& 8
Georgetown Quitman county Dec 9& 10
for the purpose of Examining all persons between
the ages of 17 and 50, who have not been examine• l
subsequent to the Ist day of April, 1864.
Each county Enrolling officer will notify all men
between the ages of 17 and 50 to appear at the
above mentioned places, for examination, at tko
time herein specified, and have a suitable room pre-
pared for that purpose.
It OUT. W. PARK,
•burgeon, P.A C.S.
W T. ABRAHAMS,
Surgeon. P. A. C. S,
P B. MINOR,
Surgeon, P. A. C. 5..
oc 29 2vvV
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 willjnot be re
ceived. H. A. CHAPMAN,
no 2 6t •
LovHTiiiHTi; Slietip for Exchange.
D. j/| HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon
• )’"J or Beef. The Sheet) 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—tt .
Deserted.
11 KA Oq>i;A BTEIiS GOVERNMENT WORKS (OilD.)
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 Putil 1> is 27 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high,
has dark complexion, gray eyes and dark hair.
M. H. WRIGHT.
nov 1 Ot Colonel Commanding.
OFFICE SOUTHERN
Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29,1864.
jVTO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex
■i * press Company’s Office after 3% o’clock p. M.t o
go East on that day, nov will any be received to go
West after o’clock p if.
oc 29 ts S. H. lIILL, Agent.
Tot ice.
n RANI) and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at
FT the May Term, 1864, of the Scptrior Court of
Muscogee county, are hereby notified to be and ap
pear at tho Court House in said county, on the
Fourth Monday in November next.
Witnesses and parties interested arc also notified to
appear on that day.
Bj order of his Homr E. li. Worrell, Judge of
said court.
Oct. 31, 1864-td F. M. BROOKS, Clerk.
Enquirer and Sun copy until day.
Bonds of the 500*000,000 Loan.
| A'i 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 or all Import and
Export duties, makes it the most desirable yet offer
ed by the Government. I therefore recommend it
to the favorable notice of tho people.
W. H, YOUNG,
oc 19 1 m Agent for sale of Bonds. *
Wanted
G'D HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.—
* Good wages given. Apply at our Government
Works.
oc 28 st_ ______ JOHN D. GRAY k CO.
$25 DoiSat’M Reward.
FTRAYEF from my place in Wynnton, a dark
• ' bay maro MULE, about nine years old, hair
r ibbed off of both hips and a largo scar on the right
hiniirpiartcr. .JOHN COOK.
j>o I'- U
\ GOOD PLMTATIOKf
For
| N Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on"the
* Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The
tract contains 1,2i‘0 acres—ab mt 700 cleared. There
is acomfortublc Dwelling House on the place, good
Negro cabins with brick chimnios 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 lm Columbus, Ga.
k Confederate, Macon; Montgo
mery Advertiser; fUnstitutionaiis, Augusta, copy.
Wanted to Employ
A GOVERNESSHn a private family for a limited
TV number of scholars, in tho countr> • a short dist
ance from Columbus. Address Box 16.
oc 31 2w*s W. G. W.
To Keut.
V STORK on Broad street Apply at
4 oc3l ts THIS OFFICE.
To Reid,
A LL ACKSMITII SHOP withsix-orseven Forges.
’ ull complete. Apply at
31 ts __ THIS OFFICE.
S2OO REWARD.
IT’lL.'u be paid for the apprehensiou and delivery
' ’ to us of our two Negro Boys, BILL and JIM,
rho ran off some time since.
BILL weighs about 150, is tall and slim, black
•omplexi n.diair very..‘■hurt and thin, has a down
ist, sullen look, and t alks long and drawling, Left
as about the Ist of August last.
JIM is a fine looking negro, weighs about 180, 5
feet 10 or 11 inches high, black complexion, thin
visage and high check bones, hair short. Left us
about the Ist of October.
We will pay the above reward for both, or SIOO for
V)ther of the above described negroes, if delivered
a. us or placed in some sate Jail where we can get
then. We will also pay SIOO for proof to convict
my white person oi harboring them.
BEDELL wk CO.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 13,1564. —lm
STEIMLiNK EXCHA^Ii!
*> }LW Hundred Pounds o! Sterling Exchange
1 for sale in sums to <uit purchasers by
agl6 tt B AN K 0 F CO L U MBU S.
£IOO licward.
\\'ILL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who
1 ran.iway about two mouths ago. He is about 5
'eet S inches high; weighs about 1(30 or 170 lbs.; com
plexion yellow; fine looking: when laughing has
dimples in both cheeks. It is probable he went to
Atlanta with some of the troops from tin* city.
oc6 ts H. M. CLE IvLEY.
S3O Heward..
qvEGRO boy CHARLEY ; about 25years old, yel
ls low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence; left 3/r. Nat. Thompson’s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I .bought him of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee, .41a. He originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
or his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
information sent to me at this office.
JAMES M. RUhhELL.
Columbia's tfa„ aug 1 ts *
Strayed or Stolen.
$3 00 EBWABP!
AN SATURDAY NIGHT, Sth instant, two medi
co um sized MURES, one a black the other a bay.
They were in fair order and fresh shod. A reward
es S3OO will be paid lor their deliver:, to me at the
Perry House. THOS. E. SMITH.
oc Ift ts
Shoe Pegs lot* Sale.
ABOI X 500 bushels, in quantities to suit purcha
sers, at reduced prices.
Apply to HARRISON. BEDELL Sc CO.
Columbus, Oct 2-S—ts
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VOL. XI. (
Change of beliednle.
■ Office Engineer and Superintendent, j
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7,1864.)
IN TUFItSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further
J notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
>o as follow, viz:
!#ave Charleston ....9.45, a. m.
Arrive in Savannah 7 ...5.40, i». m.
Leave Savannah 5.30, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston.. 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, anil the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. HAINES,
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Uhuitge of Schedule.
. \N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on’
? the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows
PASSENGER TRAIN•
Leave Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon ; 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon 8 1U P. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 5 Q 0 A. M.
Arrive at. Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
uar I- ri Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
: IN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
U thc*Montgomery and Wc=t Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m. 1
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
D. 11. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng:
ag27lß64—tf
MOBILE k GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
AN and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
■ ' Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train
Leave Girard at. 1 30 p, m.
Arrive in Union Springs 609 .“
Leave Union Springs 5 : a. m.
Arrive in Girard at... 10 “
Freight Train,
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m.
4rrivo in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
aglß ts • Eng. & Sup’t.
Tor Ciiattahooclice.
The new, first class, steamer SHAMROCK, llkz
Wingate, Master, will leave, on her first trip, for
Chattahoochee, and all intermediate landings, on
Tuesday morning, Bth inst., at 9 o’clock.
For freight or passage, having superior accom
modations, apply on board, or at the office of
HANSERD & AUSTIN,
nov 5 3t Agents.
Notice.
Headquarters Reserve Troops,
Columbus, Ga., Nov., 2,1864.
Circular.
The late members of the “DAWSON ARTIL
LERY',’’ are requested to meet at the Carriage Shop
of Jaques k Cos., at 4 o’clock, p. m„ the sth instant,
for the purpose of organizing anew company.
This has reference only to such members as are
not subject to duty in the field,
S. L. BISHOP,
no 4 2t Major commanding Reserve Troops,
Med. Exain’g Board,
3d Congressional Dis.
Di\ J. 8. CLARK,
X> S3 3KT T I S T 9
FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS,
HAS returned, and can be found at 106 Broad
street, over Dr. R, A, Ware’s Drug Store.
octlO-dim
Dr. 11, NOBLE,
IDEIsTTIST,
*, T Pemberton & Carter’s old stand, back room of
» Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
at all hours, [”oc 18 6m
3£3C£t:o.<cLE3
AT THE
EKCLE FACTORY,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
FIFTY young women can find steady work and
liberal pay at the
oc 11 <1 Awlm EAGLE FACTORY.
WANTED!
~ ilAj) LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
JAM <\J w iil be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
sp7 ts Major and Q. M,
LAROE CO X TVIIEIVT
OF
LETTFR PAFIB!
AND
MEIORAARM BOOKS!
For sale by
J. K. REDD & CO.
oc 12 ts .
NOTICE
To Mississippi 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’s
corner, between Main st., and the Perry House.
Your baggage is there.
C. K. MARSHALL,
sep2S ts Agent.
FEsR&Y HOUSE.
THE undersigned would respectfully inform his
old friends; patrons, und the traveling public
generally, that as he has to be absent for a short
time he has been so fortunate as to have associated
with him his well known and worthy friend Mr.
EDWARD PARSONS, late of Atlanta, Ga., whose
reputation and superior t ict 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 very best and most
elegant style, and to obtain every thing in the line
of substantial eatables and luxuries that this
market affords, With these assurances we most
cordially solicit all our old friends, and the travel
ing public generally, to give us a call and an oppor
tunity of rendering them comfortable,
oe 151m* THOS. E. SMITH.
Lard
\V ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs
and Yarns, at the
nov 5 lm EAGLE FACTORY.
Wanted Immediately.
\ GOVERNESS well educated and with unex-
A ceptionable references. A liberal salary will be
given. Enquire at
nc3 12t THIS OFFICE.
Executor’s Notice.
TWO months after date application will be male
J to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, for
leave to sell the Negroes and perishable property of
the Estate of Elizabeth X. Johnson, deceased, late
of said county.
SAMUEL K. JOHNSON, Ex'r
Get. i>ow2m Per THOS. D. BRAND.
To Rent,
For Confederate Money,
j Wo PLANTATIONS in .Sumter county, five
1 and ten miles from Americus.
For further particulars apply to
H. R.-JOHNSON Jt CO., .
uovT 12r Americus, G ?
COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, NOV. S, 1861.
Ho aid av Evening;.
j Measures for the Relief of Prisoners,
i The friends of the Confederates now held
j in. captivity at the North, will rejoice toleaiu
that arrangements hare been made for the
relief of the latter during the winter. As we
tearn from a letter from “P. W. A.” to the
Savannah Repub.ican, Judge Culd, Couieue
j rate commissioner ot exchange, has proposed
j to the Federal Secretary; of War and Major
; Mulford, the assistant commissioner on the
; ptirt ot the United States, that each Govern -
i meat shall uavt the privilege of forwarding
| for the use and comfort of such of its prison*
i ers ;is are held by the other, all necessary
I articles of food .rid clothing, and Gea. Gram
has notified Get . Lee of the acceptance of the
proposition. The details of tble agreement
have not been fixed, but it is understood that
it will include necessary clothing and blank
ets, and rations ot meat, bread, coffee, sugar,
pickles, vinegar and tobacco. Jude Quid sug
gested that it would be necessary that the
Confederate authorities should make purchase
of these articles outside the limits of the Con-,
federate States, and then ship them to one of
the Federal ports, since it would be impracti
cable to send the stores by flag of truce boats
—the supplies thus sent to be considered as
being in addition to such rations as are fur
nished by tiie Government which has the
prisoners in custody.
To this General Grant replies : “In the
proposition submitted by Judge Quid, I see no
one thing to object to. I shall be perfectly
willing to receive at any place held by the
Federal troops, all clothing or delicacies sent
for the use of prisoners in our hands, provided
the same privilege is extended for supplying
the wants of those held by Confederate au
thorities. No objection will be urged to re
ceiving supplies for like distribution at any of
our Northern ports, direct from Europe, or to
allowing purchases in Northern cities for the
same purpose.’’
Such is the spirit of the entire correspon
dence, which is highly honorable to all par
ties concerned in it. Gen. Grantwsuggests that
a commissioned officer of each party be select
ed from among the prisoners of war, 'whose
duty it shall be to receive and receipt for all
articles sent for distribution, and who shall
see that they are distributed according to the
wishes of those sending them ; and to this
suggestion Gen. Lee gives his ready assent.
Upon consultation with General Lawton,
General, it was ascertained
that clothing cannot be purchased m Europe
and delivered to our prisoners in the North
before the middle of January or first of Feb
ruary next, and in thatview, as blankets are
their first and greatest need, Judge Quid has
recommended to Mr. Seddon, the Secretary
of War, the immediate purchase of thirty
thousand pairs to be made in a Northern city.
He suggests, also, that the Federal authorities
be asked to allow us to ship au amount of
cotton from Wilmington, or some other port,
sufficient to make the purchase. Mr. Seddon
approves of the recommendation and suggest
ion, and has authorized Judge Quid to proceed
at once to their execution.
A Washington telegram in the New York
World says that provost marshal general Fry
had officially represented that the conscription
law is a failure in obtaining soldiers and rec
ommending the repeal of the substitute clause
and the compulsion of the personal service of
drafted men, and also that Mr. Lincoln will, if
re-elected, call for a peremptory draft of 300,-
000 on the Ist of January.
Considering that Early was so thoroughly
routed and so nearly exterminated the other
day, the following from Sheridan’s army was
hardly to have been expected, viz: The ene
my has still a very strong force in the Valley.
Undercover of the present stillness move
ments are being made by the enemy of an em
inently important character.
Gentlemen just from Richmond report our
friends there, soldiers and citizens, to be in
cheerful and confident spirits. It 'is stated
that Gen. Lee has been reinforced by about
15,000 reserves.
Maryland Politics. —The Inquirer’s
more correspondent says, that on the 27th ult.
the Maryland State Democratic Convention mej
in that city and nominated Judge Chambers, of
Kent county, for Governor, and Oden Bowie, of
Prince George, for Lieutenant Governor. Refer
ring to the Convention, and the politico l senti
ments of these nominees, the correspondent says :
The attendance is tolerably fa ; “, and the delega-.
tions are composed largely of known secessionists.
Both nominees for Governor and Lieutenaut Gov
ernor are strong sympathizers with those in rebel
lion.
«, «» .
Headqurters. —The Mississippian announ
ces the presence of Major E. S. Burford, Gen.
Beauregard’s chief of staff, in Selma, for the
purpose of making arrangements for estab
lishing permanently in that city the head
quarters of the military department of the
West. _ ‘
The Supreme Court of North Carolina has de
cided that all persons belonging to the force
known as Senior Reserves, composed of men be
tween 45 and 50 years, are entitled to a discharge
on arriving at the age of 50s
A Great Victory.— The Richmond Whig of the
31st says that the battle of the 27th ult., extended
along the whole line, from beyond Petersburg to the
Darbytown road. The success was most triumphant.
We eveiy where, wkh almost no loss, triumphantly
repulsed the enemy. One of the Richmond journals
estimates his entire loss at. S to 10,000 men, We
have no doubt it reached a very high figure, We
took 1,365 prisoners, who are now in Richmond and
| have been counted. If the Yankees had gained
| such a victory, Lincoln world have ordered a day
| of thanksgiving.
The Richmond Whig of the 31st says; Fifty Yan
; kee deserters came into on” lines from Grant’s army
; on Saturday and yesterday. About 200 will, this
■ morning, be started to points selected by them in
j the United States. Four hundred Yankee prison
ers, among them jjen. Duffie, captured by Mosby,
’ were received at the Libby yesterday and Saturday.
The Front,
Montgomery Mail Office, | ;
Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 A. M. }
Our army did not take Decatur. After a dem- I
: onstration in force, it passed below that point,;
and our information this morning, places General j
Hood’s headquarters at Tuseumbia. We do not
regard any intelligence, however, as reliable at i
| present. We have had nothing from our special ■
j agent for a week.
Montgomery Mail Office, ]
Saturday night, 10 o’clock, j j
We have conversed with a Confederate Surgeon i
just down from Griffin, and a scout just from the
! Army of Tennessee.
j From the former we learn that Sherman has re- j
; turned to Atlanta with four corps, which, with the J
garrison left at that point, make a total of five j
i corps in and about the city.
; Our other authority states that Hood is at Tus- !
l cumbia, that he is confronted by Thomas, and
that there aro prospects of an engagement.
! Fresh levies have recently been sent to-Mid- i
die Tennessee, swelling the Yankee force to !
forty thousand, which enable Sherman to leave j
Thomas in charge.
If these reports be trae, we may expect an early j
advance upon Augusta or Macon.
There is aTu mor of a fight between sorno of the
Georgia State troops, and a portion of Schofield’s
corps, near Stone Mountain, on last Wednesday.
It is also reported that a raid is en route for "Athens.
Os these, however, we cannot possibly have any
definite intelligence.
General Forrest is still on the Tennessee river,
with his batteries and his ‘fliorse marines,” and
we may expect at auy time to hear of his gunboat
operations.
'Vest Tennessee.—The Memphis Bulletin
of the 27th ult., brings good news from West
Tennessee. As usual its reports are full of
Abolition spite, but- they nevertheless show
that Forrest, “or some other man,” is stirring
matters briskly. “The rebei leaders,” it is
stated, are just, at this time exceedingly active.
| They have established railroad and telegraph
ic communication between Corinth and Jack
son. They are making a wholesale conscrip
tion of all men able to bear arms, are gather*
ing in boys of tender years and men tottering
on the brink of the grave. They are at the
same time sending their agents into every
portion of West Tennessee outside of the Fed- !
u-al lines to appropriate for the use
of the rebel army everything that can be made'
available. Stock of ali kinds, as horses,
mules, cattle, and.hogs, with household goods,
money and other valuables.
The Bulletin also says that the “rebel gov*
era or of Tennessee, Isham G. Harris, has been
recently in consultation with Forrest and
other rebel chiefs, and that unless the Federal
authorities forestall the project by. some
movement, a session of the rebel Legislature
of Tennessee is to be held at some point iti
West Tennessee, so that thi3 may be made i
and go abroad as evidence that the rebels i
have permanently reacquired West Ten
nessee ”
W e hope the Bulletin is correct in every ;
statement.— Memphis Appeal , sz7<.
t t i
The following dispatch was received at General
Dick Taylor’s Headquarters, Selma, on the 3d Nov:
Paris, Tenn., October 31.
Lieutenant General R. Taylor;
- _My batteries on the Tennessee river have engaged
| the enemy all day with great success.
Two gunboats and two transports were destroyed
; in attempting to pass. One gunboat anß*t\fo Trans- !
ports are now in my possession, ready *fof use, un
hurt. The other gunboat and tranappgt floated
down the river in a disabled condition and both
will be either destroyed or captured, as my traops J
are still in pursuit.
(Signed) N. B. FORREST,
Major General.
Food for the Prisoners—an Appeal to
the Country. —Commencing next week, there
will be an exchange of one thousand prisoners
per day. Those brave men, who have suffered
so long in our cause, will arrive in tliis city,
many of them sick and feeble, and, doubtless,
all of them hungry. Ten thousand of them
are to be exchanged, and some arragement
must be made to furnish all with refreshments
on landing. Savannah and the military au
thorities are willing to do their share, but they
cannot dc all, as every reasonable man will
readily perceive. We, therefore solicit from
all* patriots in the country contributions for
this purpose. We know they are willing and
ready to aid, and we hope they will do it
promptly. So, immediately after reading this
notice, let every housekeeper pack up some
thing that can be spared and forward it, by
express or otherwise, to either of the editors
of this city—“ Republican” or “Morning News.”
The exchange will commence next week, and
what our friends are willing to do, must be
done forthwith. Bacon, fresh meats of all
kinds, poultry, eggs, potatoes and other veg
etables, will be thankfully received.
Let all do something, and our brave men
will give them a lasting gratitude.
[Savannah Republican, s th.
Wearing Apparel Not Taxed.
Treasury Department, C. S. A., I
Richmond, Oct. 12, 1864. j
Colonel Thompson Alian,
Commissioner of Taxes :
Sir: —ln reply to your communication of the
3d instant, returning the letter of Mr. Lyon, with
your opinion of the question presented 'by it, I
beg leave to say that Ido not think it was the
purpose of Congress to tax the necessary wearing
apparel of the people of the Confederate States.
Such an interpretation of the law would" be with
out precedent, and its execution would be annoy
ing and offensive to the last degree ;o the public,
whilst the tax derived L ora it would be utterly
[ insignificant.
I respectfully request, therefore, that you will
instruct, if it be necessary, your assessors and col
! lectors to forbear having or demanding any tax
upon necessary wearing apparel.
Very respectfully.
Signed, G. A. Trenholh,
• Secretary of the Treasury.
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tFrom the New Orleans Picayune, Oct. 18,5
Cotton Burning.— Under date of Saturday last
our Baton Rouge correspondent writes ;
Nearly five hundred bales were destroyed last
night.
This morning we have news that Lieut. Brown
was in command, and that all the cotton within
easy reach of the Federal lines was destroyed.—
These incendiaries visited, during the night, Mrs.
Adams’, Bayou Sara road, Mr. Sheppard’s, Clinton
road, Mr. Pratt’s and Mrs. Cunningham’s, Comite
road, and several other places, and burnt every
bale they met with, no matter to whom they be
longed, whether friend or foe.
It is calculated that nearly five hundred bales
were consumed in the immediate vicinity of Baton
Rouge. We are sorry to say that several worthy
ladies have by this wanton act of destruction been
reduced to hopeless poverty.
We learn from Baton Rouge that a band of 20 or
30 guerrillas, under Capts. Greruar and Williams,
made a descent upon a government plantation,
(Mrs. Randolph’s) a few days ago, sixteen miles
from Plaquemine, and also upon the Magnolia
plantation, capturing and carrying away all the
hands, and it is said, beating some negro women on
the former place nearly to death. Captain Gremar
was heard to say that he had orders from General
Hurlbert to seize all negroes on plantations under
supervision of Federal authorities.
The Editor of the Charlottesville Chronicle says he
has enquired particularly into the charge of intem
perance against Gen. Early, and he is entirely satis
fied it is untrue, and he emphatically denies it.
Richmond has only a few days of grace left, t low
I ates. of Illinois, in a public speech, lately declar
ed that he tnought he might safely say, from some
letters which he had been permitted to real, offi
cially, that Richmond would be in their possession
before the 3th of November
( FIVE DOLLARS
1 PER MOXTII.
Latest froii the United States.
• From New York papers of tho 31st, we make
the following extracts:
THE RECENT “RECOXNOISSAXCES.
The Herald's correspondent gives some ex
tensive details of the recent "reconnoissanees”
around Richmond and Petersburg, the sum of
which is the usual lying pa-au to Grant and
the other Yankee Generals. Os the losses on
the northside, one Correspondent says that
•■the rebel loss must have been heavier than
oars,’ because they .made the only real attacks
that were made during the day/’. He says
that a thousand rebel prisoners were captured.
The northside correspondent says that But
ler’s loss in wounded was about four hundred
and fifty. He has nothing definite about pris
oners. He says :
It is evident that Lee was wholly on the
denfensive. General Butler, therefore, hav
ing ascertained to his satisfaction that the
enemy, instead of moving in this direction
and giving him battle were simply strength-
perfecting their defensive lines, or
dered the withdrawal of his troops, and to
day, the respective corps are holding the sev
eral positions left yesterday morning. Gen.
Lee, it must be confessed, displayed his usual
, and indisputable sagacity in these operations.
FROM THE VALLEY.
Our dispatch from Hagerstown, Md., dated
at a quarter past ten o’clock last night, state
that firing in the direction of Sheridan's front
was heard yesterday afternoon ; but whether
a fight was in progress is not known. The
disposition being made by General Sheridan
of different commands and detachments ot his
army shows his vigilance and his preparations
to meet assaults in every direction. General
Neal, we are informed, has been ordered to
Wast Virginia on important service, which is
most likely to check any designs Breckinridge
may have of moving through from East Ten
nessee. Over two thousand refugees have
come into GeD. Sheridan’s lines since the 19th
of September, many of them bringing with
them such of their property as they can carry.
It is again said .that Early has been superced
ed in command of the rebels in the Shenan
doah Valley by Longstreet, and that reinforce
ments have reached them from Breckinridge,
tin West Virginia and East Tennessee. Our
correspondents give additional particulars of
Major Gibson’s successful reconnoissance in
the Luray Valiev, heretofore noticed in the
Herald.
A dispatch from General Kelley dated at
Cumberland, Md., s-tates that a detachment of
the Eighth’Ohio cavalry was attacked on last
Saturday morning by three hundred of the
rebel Imboden’s men. under Major Hill, who
after two hours hard fighting, were repulsed
and routed, with a loss of fifteen prisoners,
fifteen killed and a large number wounded.
Major Hill was mortally wounded and cap
tured. The Union loss was seven killed and
twenty-one wounded. The location of the
flight is not. given.
r FROM SHERMAN.
| Our .advices from Chattanooga, says the
j Herald'state that Gereral Hood attacked De
! catur,'Alabama, ori Saturday last, but being
I repulsed withdrew, and renewed the attack
i yesterday morning, when, being again re
i pulsed, with the loss of four pieces of artillery
i and one hundred and thirty men captured, he
I moved off and crossed the Tennessee river
| northward at the mouth of Cypress Creek
j Beauregard is said to be with Hood. The
| latter,dn a general order to his troops, as
! sures them that Sherman's whole army does
not exceed thirty-five thousand.
The prowling rebel leaders in West Ten
nessee are now very active at various points
Outside of the Union lines. They have estab
lished telegraph and railroad communication
from Jackson, Tennessee, to Corinth, Miss.,
and are conscripting every male person with*
in their reach, including old men and young
boys, and are seizing all the cattle, goods and
valuables they can find. From the fact that
the rebel Governor Harris has had a confer
ence with Forrest, it is thought that attempts
will be made, for the sake of effect abroad, to
hold a session of the rebel Legislature of Ten
nessee.
FROM MISSOURI.
From Missouri we learn that the country
through which Price has so hurriedly retreated
before the unflagging pursuit of Pleaston’s
avengers is filled with rebel stragglers. When
Price was last heard from, on Friday last, he
I was in the southwestern corner of the State
J of Missouri, and endeavoring to reach Arkan
! sas. He bad then, out of all the artillery with
j which he commenced his grand invasion, on-
Ily two pieces left. Stringent measures are
| in progress of execution to rid the entire State
| of Missouri of the thieving and murdering
j rebel bands now infesting it.
FROM ARKANSAS.
We are informed from Arkansas that the
: rebel Legislature of that State met on the 22d
j of last month, there being thirteen senators
1 and forty representatives present. The mes
i sage of the rebel Governor Flannigan recom
-1 mends that soldiers be allowed to vote. Al
j'bert Pike has been defeated in an election for
. member of the Richmond Congress from Ar
| kansas by A. P. Garland, who is regarded as
slightly tinctured with a love for the old
Union.
A REBEL RAID ON BUFFALO.
New York is on a scare. For instance—
Buffalo, Oct. 30. 1864.—An official mes
sage was,received by the provost marshal of
this city from Canada this afternoon, stating
that the rebels in Canada are to make an im
mediate raid on Buffalo
The military are now under arms, and the
city will be patrolled to-night.
It is also stated that two brig3 will be armed
'and patrull the harbor.
IMPORTANT TO DESERTERS.
The Herald of the 29th says:
Major General Dix has issued from his head
quarters of the Depatment of the East, an im
portant order, in which he states that informa
tion has been received by him of a design on
the part of the rebel agents in Canada to send
deserters, refugees and enemies of the Govern
ment across the border to vote at our Presiden
tial election, and perhaps to plunder and bum our
towns. He therefore calls for increased vigilance
on the part of the provost marshals and citizens,
and says that suitable guards for the frontier
will be provided before election day. As further
precaution, all persons from the insurgent States
now in his department, or who may come into
it up to the 3d proximo, are required to reg
ister themselves, if in this city, at General
Peck’s headquarters, 37 Bieecker street; if out
©t the city, at the nearest provost marshal’s of
fice.
GREELET ON* THE STUMP.
The Herald has the following political item :
Greeley is making stump speeches in New Eng- :
land, and we perceive from some of his remarss
that he is returning to his old principles on the
Union question. He is in favor now, just as he j
was at the beginning of the secession movement, j
of letting the South go out and the Union go to I
pieces. In«his Hartford speech, the other day he
declared that, if the S ntthern people decided by a ;
fair vote Cos go out of toe Union he was in favor
of letting them do so This is precisely what he
said in IS6I.
»A NEW I'ldtCSr S'A XT--
H«aceb>r(h, • tbjarg will be an addition a: star
in tag field of blue on our glorious national ban
ner.' Another state is added-to *fce galaxy of tho
I talon. President Lincoln has issuei his procla
mation declaring thaf ttTc*pworlo of Nevada, hav
ing adopted a constitution ar t complied with th-i,
conditions of the actbf the last session of* Con
gress passed for the pm pose of enabling that
hitherto territory to become a state, she is admit- •
tod into the Ur.urn on a footing cf equality with
the other Sra*'' c
MARTLANp.
Bn the 2yth, Governor Bradford proclaimed tho
Free State Constitution of Maryland, and thei j
was great rejoicing in Baltimore. The officii
vote was 30,174 for, imd 20,799 against it—3“i> v
majority.
A KNOCK DOWN AND A DRAG OIW FIGHT IN KANSAS
The Republicans of Leavenworth had a knock
down and drag out in the county convention held
there uii the loth. In the midst of tho proceedings
a set of armed men, who had been incensed at
prominent member of that body, ‘‘'went for him,'
and, according to the “Conservative.'’ draged bun
from the floor, knocked him senseless with revol
vers, and left h : m lying iu tho gutter upon the
street.
MASSACHUSSEI’TS SOLDIERS VOTING 3N INDIAN
The Boston Courier gives the following extract
from a letter from a Massachusetts soldier wa.-c
regiment is stationed at Camp Burnside Indiana]
lis, written on the day of election :
It is election day here and everything is g
on as quiet as possible. The only thing that i h
like iu it is that the men of our regiment car. c 1
down and vote tho same as if they lived here. T:i
ticket that I send you was given to me by one c
the friends of Governor Morton, for me to'go down
to the city and vote? but I did not s : it, although
there has been a groat number voted. It i? a
kind of backhanded game. Last Sunday, on ov
dress parade, we were addressed by Gov. Morton,
who thanked, us for the service we had done and
said he was well pleased with our conduct while
we were out here.
. UTICA TELEGRAPH VCR OLD ABE.
The Utica Telegraph, heretofore a neutral pa
per in polities, which recently changed proprie
tors, now supports the election of Mr. Lincoln.
MISSOURI RADICALS ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION,
A radical letter writer from St. Louis thus rete
to the radicals :
They ask me here, what will tho “radical Do
mocracy” do? Will they vote for McClellan r
for Mr. Lincoln ? If I tell them that they wilt
vote for neither they stand stupified and lose (lie
little sense which still remained in their brains.
“If I had a party,” says a radical editor,‘“l should
be compelled to become a negro, for how el -;e
could I sell myself?’’
The Black Flag. —The following is an extract
from the letter of a Confederate soldier in the Val
ley. It was “captured” and is published by the
Herald’s correspondent;
Chester, Oct. 23, ISM.
My Dear Mothe> —l have been waiting patiently
to hear from you, but did not; so I thought I would
write to you agiiin. I am still here with a few o’
our friends. * * *
Poor ilfosby, we seem to have lost him from over
here altogether. No doubt he is doing extra well
where he is. Igo to tho Gap occasionally, that i
a few of us go there,-: but it is very dangerou.-, a
the Yankees are always around, and you know thev
have got to downright killing oh both sides. Th
is unfortunate. I deplore it; wo all deplore it; ba
it is what was to be expected from those who would
deprive us of our liberties. * * *
Four Yankees now lay near here. They were
shot in the woods in retaliation for similar barbari
ties. We now feel disposed to kill every Yankee
we get The Yankee election is much talked of in
the army, and I think General Lee will do all he
can to gain a great victory before it comes off. You
have heard of our defeat in the Valley, no doubt.
I have nothing to write on the subject. I would
like to know who has under the circumstances.—
Do not think we have given up the ship; a fait
wind may blow yet, and we are watching for it.—
* * We know all about Yankee movement-
Mrs. Patterson Allan, charged with earning on a
treasonable correspondence with persons living in
the United States, appeared before Judge Halybur
ton in Richmond, October 26th, and renewed her
recognizance in the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, with her husband as surety, for her personal
appearance on the 13th of December next, whe
the case will be heard.
The Black Flag. —The Richmond correspon -
dent of the Appeal, says?
_ The black flag has been at last raised openly iu
the lower Valley, where Mosby ranges. War t
the knife has been declared against him by Auger
and Sheridan, and he gives them as gook as they
send. You will hear ere long of men being flayed
alive and burnt at the stake, or I am much mis
taken.
Deserter Shot. —Henry Howell 4th Alabama
regiment-was on yesterday shot in presence of
I teld’s division for desertion. He deserted hi
regiment, and was, about a month ago, captured
in the Yankee ranks in Yankee Uniform. He wa
conveyed from Castle Thunder to the place of
execution in a wagon, being accompanied by h -
coffin.— Sentinel, lsf.
The Atlantic Monthly is trying to prove that
the negro is better fitted for liberty than the white
Irishman. That’s the New England idea.
notice to stockiioldersTn
Steamer Shamrock.
On and after to-morrow morning (November 3th)
this Steamer will be at the RISK of her OWNERS,
as all INSURANCE on her will cease at that time,
Individual owners, wishing to Insure will do so at
their own expense. IIAXSEND k AUSTIN,
nov 7 3t Agents,
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos
GOOD FARM AT AUCTION
, m #
ON Tuesday, 16th November, at 11 o’clock we will
sell in front of our store —
.A. PABM
About and miles from the City, and a half
mile north of the Old Express Road, containing 120
acres land—being the eastern portion of lot No. 4o
in the 9th District. Sixty acres of which is cleared—
formerly owned by Aaron Lamb, and adjoining the
plantation formerly owned by M. J. Crawford, Esq.
On the place is a good Double Log House, otu
houses, fine Orchard and Vineyard, Good Water,
nov 7 8t 840
By Ellis, Livingston X Cos.,
m
LARGE SALE OF
Fine Furniture 2
Crockery, Glass-Ware and House
FURNISHING GOODS!
U T E will sell on Thursday, 10th November, at
m 11 o’clock, in front of our store, for and cn ac
count of a Refugee—
Mahogany Wardrobes, _ Bureaus, Cane
Seat and Cottage Chairs, Rockers and
Arm Chairs, Sofas and Lounges, Hat-
Racks, Fine Mahogany Book Case,
Marble-top Centre Tables, Card Tables,
Music Stand, Wire Safe, Cooking Stove,
Mahogany and Cottage Bedsteads,
Grover and Baker Sewing Machine,
Wash Stands, Feather Bed and Mat
tresses, Carpets, Bathing Tubs. Large
Mirrors and Fine Paintings.
LARGE LOT FINE
Crockery and Glass-Ware!
TIN WARE, COOKING UTENSELS,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
In short every article wanted in House
keeping. All first class goods, in good
order. Also —
SUGAR, TEA, COFFEE, HAMS and
SIDES
nov 7 4t S4S
By Ellis, Livingston X Cos.
f November Bth, at 11 o’clock wo
' wiil sell in front oi our store,
■IOO Gallons Catawba Brandy,
1 Bbl. Fine Rum
nov 7 2t s<: