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DAILY TIMES, J. W. WARREN, ... Editor. COLUMBUS: Friday Morning, November 11, 1864. c:~ — 1 ~ ' " ' , Senetor Semmes’ Speech. The address delivered by this gentleman to » crowded house last night, was admirably conceived, well delivered and appreciatively received. The justness of the speaker’s views and the power of his logic produced a visible effect upon the minds of his audience. Their general dissemination would encourage and strengthen the heart and hop? of the patriot, and would place a dagger in the bqnd of eve ry man to stab the vagabond heresy of the extra-Constitutional peace-seekers. We trust we shall he able to present our readers with an intelligent and somewhat extended abstract of Mr. Semmes’ remarks in to-morrow’s pa per. iJov. Brown’s Generalship. Few persons, we imagine, suppose that the Governor of a State, pursuing the peaceful routine of his duties, untrained to the art of war and unused to broils and battles, possess es that skill and knowledge necessary to plan or conduct the campaign of a large army. When Governor Brown, therefore, in bis re cent message perpetrates the miserable abor tion of a criticism upon the late campaign fn North Georgia, he but fulfils the public ex pectation. The Governor thinks that the trans-Mississippi army has been playing the ■myabond ever since its brilliant achievements in the early spring, and that it should have been brought over to Georgia and put to work. Does the Governor know the number of men in that army and the kind and quan tity of labor they were required to perform in their own Department? Ha3 the Governor ever reflected that it is nearly as neces sary ;*> hold as it is to conquer ? Has it never occurred to him that upon the soil wrested from the enemy by the gallant achievements of our Western soldiery has been grown and reaped the harvest that must support the lat ter for another year ; and that all this would have been surrendered if the troops had been withdrawn ? But, softly, a broad and rushing river lica between ! This river is patroled by Yankee gunboats. How is it to be crossed, Governor? Have you ever seen the “Father of Waters?” We doubt it. Now these are some difficulties that would readily occur to any man possessing a little common sense and voprejudice. The Governor of a State, how ever, in enunciating a great plan, cannot con descend to notice contemptible details. But suppose the army on .this side of the river, would it ever have returned ? We assert that it would not. The enemy would have double quadrupled his gunboats on the river to pre vent such a result, hostile batteries would have frowned at every available point on the Western bank, and the army would have had to be re-christened u cis- Mississippi.” To strike a balance : we would have lost three States, but we might have saved Atlanta and GOVERNOR BROWN'S FEEL INGS ! Notwitstanding the enemy have overrun j and plundered a good portion of Mississippi, | that State has sent large qualities of provis- j ions to the army. During the year ending] September Ist, 1864, Major Dameron and his ! agents collected and impressed in this State, and sent to the army* 39,000 head of beeves, ’ 19,000 head of hogs, 1,649,838 pounds of bacon exclusive of the hogs, 3,000,000 pounds ot flour by manufacture, 6,000,000 pounds of peas and beans, 42,000 pounds of rice in seed, besides a large quantity of sweet potatoes, &c. • This is independent of grain and other sup plies which were forwarded by the Quarter master's Department, whose consumption of corn is greater than the Commissary Depart ment. The Blockade. —The London Index fur nishes a statement, “in part,” of the imports of cotton and tobacco into England from the Confederate States from the Ist of September to tlielstofOctober. The total quantity of cot ton received during that period is reported to have been 14534 bales, the value which in round numbers, is about $1,000,000. Os the vessels, twenty-five cleared from Matamoras, the quantity brought by them being about five thousand bales. These figures will serve to give an idea of the inefficiency and consequent illegality of the blockade, which nations, pre tending to conform to a very strict code on the subject, consent to consider binding. The time will come when these nations will find the precedent they are now establishing ex * ceedingly inconvenient. Things Left Over. —Says the Charleston Courier: Editors, compilers and caterers for the press, who have enjoyed experience and all the chances andchanges of the war, and of reduced sheets and dimin ished force in composition, eaa testify that it is no easy thing to please everybody and get in what everybody wants. Even in peace and prosperity, with full space and printers in abundance, it was not always easy to please everybody. The printers and publishers of newspapers, and the foremen of newspaper offices, have long been ready and eagerly wil ling to pay a liberal reward for any invention or machine or process vhic.h would practical ly solve the problem of putting a bushel of wheat into a half bushel sack, and placing every advertisement at the head of a column, and find place for exactly the very things, original or selected, which everybody wanted in, and leave out exactly what everybody wan ted out or nobody wanted in. It is the easiest thing imaginable for those who have never tried, to conduct a campaign or discharge the duties of the President, or preach a sermon, or cure the yellow fever, or run the blockade, or conduct a newspaper nut those who have tried any one of these tasks admit some difficulties. We have uo doubt that any of our good Gen erals, including the beloved and trusted Lee, if permitted to go back aud try again could and would improve and revise any campaign ar battle, and any editor, assistant, foreman and others concerned aud engaged in journal ism could revise and improve any given issue if the opportunity was offered. The “things left over, and tho difficulties attending the insertion of what goes in, are not known to readers who have not been at the newspaper front. [From the Manchester Guardian, October 15.] Mr. Gladstone on Non-Intervention. HIS THEORY OP THE RIGHT OP SECESSION AND IMPOSSIBILITY OF SUBJUGATION. 1 esterd&y morning an address was present ed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the corporation of Manchester at the Town Hall. The members of the corporation occupied re served seats, and the remainder of the room, to which admission W 43 granted by circular! was well filled. Mrs. Gladstone, Lady Armi tage and several other ladies were accomo dated with seats upon the platform. The Mayor, J. M. Bennett, Esq., who pre sided, having addressed Mr. Gladstone, * the Chancellor of the Exchequer made a lengthy speech in reply, reviewing the home policy and foreign relations of England. In the course of his address, he said : It is not special virtue on our part, but the gift of Providence, which has placed us in a posi tion with regard to ail other States of Europe, such as that we cannot possibly have any other desi-e. except that peace and harmony should prevail among them, and that they should adopt for the constant guides of their conduct the principle of respecting the rights of one another. (Applause.) That is a happy position for us to maintain. It places us, as it were, by the side of every European nation in the character of a friend to each and all,— It makes us feel that the time is gone by when it was the fashion and the custom of the country to speak of one great nation abroad in particular as our natural enemy. We have no natural enemy. (Applause j coun try of Europe is our natural friend—(ap plause)—and if to any .country of Europe in particular we are to look as a country by j close relations with which we may best pro -1 mot« the general interests of the civilized world, it is to that very country which once, in the blindness of a perhaps excusable and natural, but unhappy prejudice, it was the practice to regard as our natural enemy.— (Applause.) I trust you think that the conduct of the Government in the regulation of its foreign policy has been actuated by a sincere desire to perform towards all the countries of the world the offices of friendship. (Hear, hear.) I am confident you think that that disposition has been indicated by the Government, and not specially by the Government; for in this respect we have been no more than the prac tical organs of the feeling of the country.— That disposition to respect the rights of every country, and to avoid undue interference in its concerns, has been indicated in regard to the lamentable war which desolates the conti nent ot America. (Applause.) England was a sad sufferer by the war. I do not believe history records a case in which the internal dissensions of a country have produced such wide spread calamity in other nations beyond its borders. But we have felt it was our duty to respect American freedom and the discre tion of the American to deal with their own affairs amongthemselves--(cheers)—whatever might be our particular opinions as to the wisdom of any course they were pursuing, or as to the practicability of any object they had in view. (Applause.) For my own part, I confess I have always had great doubts as to the practicability of reducing to subjection any large ; rtion of a country that manifests a determined disposL tion to separate. (Continued cheering.) But, whatever be that opinion, we have no right to place it in a form which shall make us the judges of what it is fit for others to do (Cheers.) Theirs is the responsibilities ; ours has been in part the suffering. But, alas, if tve groan over the sufferings experienced by our own population, let us look at the fright ful magnitude of the calamities which they are enduring. (Hear, hear.) It is for them, as they have the responsibility, to judge of their own course. (Cheers.) I entertain, in the first place, this convic tion—that by partial attempts at placing our own judgment instead of.tbeirs, we should have done nothing but embitter a contest al ready too much exasperated. In the second place, I feel that the sentiment with which we ought to most unhappy war is this—we have no jealousy of Ameaiean great ness ; we have no cause to fear either that or any other nation—(oheers) —we feel that they are our brothers in blood and language; we know that their continent is calculated to continue in relations of the most beneficial intercourse with us ; and we ought to pray Almighty God that it may please Him in His mercy to bring that sanguinary contest —,and if it be His will, at any early period—to such a termination, be it what it may, as shall be most for the happiness, the peace and the permanent welfare and prosperity ot all the inhabitants of what were once the United States. (Applause.). Fight in East Tennessee. —The Knoxville Register, now published at Bristol, Virginia, has the following particulars of the late fight in P]ast Tennessee : The Federals had been reinforced by the Eighth Ohio cavalry, eighteen hundred strong, and the Fourth and Eighth Tennessee infant ry, sent by Andy Johnson to hold East Ten nessee until after the election. Our loss will not reach more than one hun dred and fifty, and not more than ten killed. Colonel Rose of the Sixty-first Tennessee, is missing, and Captain Mayo, of the Sixty-sec ond Tennessee, also. We hear of several wounded; Captain Allen, severely; Adjutant Hawkins, of the Thirty-first,' wounded iu the arm severely ; Lieutenant Smith, of the same regiment, killed. Cols. Liliard and Gillespie, reported killed or missing, are both safe. The enemy are at Bull’s Gap, and it is not believed that they will attempt a further ad vance at present. The Yankees are evidently acting on the defensive at Knoxville ; but in doiug this it is important to hold Bull’s Gap, because our forces being below’this point en dangers their communication with Cumber land Gap. Hence their desperate effort to drive our forces from Morristown. While this.disaster is greatly regretted, vve hear no blame attached to the chief officer in command, Gen. Vaughn. Refugees from Richmond. —A gentleman who was in Now York as recently as ten days ago, tells us that the North swarms with refugees from Richmond. They are to be found in Balti more, in Philadelphia, in New York, and even in tho Yankee capital itself. But the principal point ! of rendezvous for them is New York. Here many familiar faces of Richmond may be seed. Promi- j nent among the recent arrivals from Richmond were Butler and Kuox—“George and Tom’’ —who i absconded from here some weeks ago, it will be j recollected, with about a million of dollars be tween them of stolen funds from tho Treasury.— Our informant saw both of them, and they ap peared to be living like princes off their suddenly acquired fortunes. Butler was stopping at the St. Nicholas, one of the most gorgeous hotels in the city, and cutting a great figure. He was ar rayed in the most splendid dress, decked off with dazzling diamonds, and was throwing away his money with a prodigality that astonished even the natives of Gotham. One evening Butler en tered the hotel, where our friend was sitting down in conversation with a gentleman. The gentleman turned to him, and pointing to Butler, said, “Do you know that man?” Our friend, who is very discreet and cautious, evasive ly replied, “Who is he?” “Why,” rejoined the othor gentleman, “be is a defaulting clerk, who robbed the government at Richmond of a million of dollars. And he has got the money too—he is tho biggest swell in the city.” The gamblers, pickpockets and stool pigeons of New York had got scent of But.er, and were hovering about him like vultures, in anticipation of a rich feast. But ler's purse has probably been considerably light- ened by them before this. The refugees that are fleeing to the North will i not find Yankeeland the bed of roses they imagine j it to be. They are regarded with great deal of suspicion, and are already under military surveil lance. General Dix, in command in New York, has issued an order that all persons from the South in that Department, or who come within it shall report themselves for registry. Those who fail to comply with this requirement will be regarded as spies or emissaries. of the authorities at Richmond, and wilt bo treated according \. - The registry will contain a complete description of the persons reporting, and also their places ol residence, which must not be changed without notice at the place of registry.— Richmond Ex aminer. Hospital GaDgrcae. (Correspondence of the Mississippian.) Marion Hospital, ) Marion, Alabama, Oct. It. j Ot all the diseases that_are destructive of human life, I know of none that presents a more bideou3 aspect or is more intolerable to its victim than that which is known to the medical profession as Hospital Gangrene—so called from its frequent occurrence or proba ble origin in military hospitals. The actual destruction and eating away of flesh, muscles, sinews, veins and arteries, whose progress is visible to the eye, afford a picture of horror that is sickening and shocking even to the experienced physician. This mass of suffA ing and putrefaction Will 3oon become a corpse, to be transferred from the hospital to the pri vate soldier s lonely burial ground, unless the work of death is speedily arrested and baf fled. ; „ ortunately. for its present and’future suf j ferers, I think, from what I have witnessed in this hospital, there is a method of treating it which will inevitably cure it, if it is commenc ed before any large vital artery has been des ! troyed. I have seen more than one case res tored to life and comparative health, of whose : recovery gentlemen of large professional skill and practice had entirely despaired. Ido not know who deserves the credit of originating the treatment. 1 it the merits of its introduc tion into this hospital is cheerfully accorded by its medical staff to Assistant Surgeon John X. Holman, of Marion, Mississippi. So uniformly successful has he been (not having lost "one case) that, by common con sent, every case of gangrene is committed to his care. I take pleasure in recording this fact, as it is equally creditable to the science and skill of an accomplished, zealous young physician, and to the candor and liberality of his professional brethren. Asa lover of man kind and a friend of the soldier, I deem it my duty to give publicity to his method of man aging it, to the efficacy of which every one here can testify. At the same time it is agree able to bring before the public the name of a gentleman who could not enjoy that “thrift which follows fawning,” and who only aspires to reputation and position by the faithful dis charge of his duty and by an independent, honorable life. Such men are rare and should be. cherished. He has had the kindness, at my solicitation, to give me the following in writing. Trusting that it may be tried in other hospitals, I have no fear in predicting the infallible curative power, if anything of mortal birth deserves this appellation : The wound is first cleansed with warm wa ter. Then make a solution of chloride of zinc, in the proportion of three dracums to an ounce of water, the wound is then thoroughly packed with pledgtes of lint perfectly- satura ted with the solution. The pledgets are al lowed to remain three or four hours; they are then removed and new ones applied in the same way-. If this course is rigidly- pursued, it is very seldom that more than one or two dressings are required. The solid stick or crystal of chloride of zincis to be preferred, if every part of the wound could be reached by it, but owing to this uncertainty, and the diffi culty- of procuring it, it is always best and most certain to apply- the solution. This treatment, with the occasional application of chlorinated soda, (Larabaques's solution,) and with full diet, (whatever the patient wishes,) has arrested and will cure the very worst ca ses. The protracted application of the caus tic, as above directed, is all important. The simple mopping of the wound will not do. The use of turpentine, creosote and other articles of this class is useless and unreliable, because they divert the attention of the phys ician from more active remedies, to whjph he must ultimately resort. No hospital need be without this chloride of zinc. Mr. G. P. L. Reed, one of the dispensary- stewards of this hospital, who is very- proficient as a practical chemist and a clever gentleman, informs me that it can be made in the following manner: The formufel he tells me, can be found in eve ry Pharmacebia . I am no chemist myself, but have no doubt of its truth and accuracy-. It is so simple and so easily prepared that no hospital need be without it. Zinc, in small, clean fragments, added.to muriatic acid,.until effervescence ceases, will make the remedy, that Dr.-Holman uses. I hope, Mr. Editor, that by publishing this communication, you and I may be humbly in strumental in doing much good. Very truly, EX-EDITOR. Regulations and instructions in reference to the receipt of four per cent. Certificates in payment of the tax on coin, moneys held abroad , Sfc. Office Commissioner of Taxes, ) Richmond, Nov. 1, 1864. / 1. The CoiifederateStatesDistrictCourt, hav ing decided that the four per cent, certificates are receivable in payment of the tax on coin, moneys held abroad, bills of exchange and foreign credits, District Collectors are di rected to receive such taxes, at (he same rates at which Confederate Treasury notes are re ceivable under the provisions of article 4of the instructions 22d June, 1864, issued by this office. That is, for the tax on gold coin, at rate of eighteen dollars of four per cent, cer tificates for one dollar in gold, dollars in four per cent, certificates for one dollar iu silver coin, moneys held abroad, bills of exchange drawn therefor, and foreign cred its. 2. In ail cases where four per cent, certifi cates have been tendered in payment of the above named taxes and refused by the Collec tor, and the tax has been demanded and paid in currency of the new issue, the party so paying in may, at his option, deposit with the District Collector the amount in four per cent, certificates properly assigned, and at the same time make affidavit before some person corns petent to administer oaths, of the facts in the case, which certificates and affidavit shall be transmitted by the District Collector to the State Collector for his opinion thereon. If the facts be established to the satisfaction of the State Collector, he shall refund the in new issue (without interference with the soldiers’ fund) if he have it, and if not he shall procure the funds as follows : The Slate Collector shall endoiso each cer tificate or some paper permanently attached to it, in the following manner: “I certify that the within (or attached) certificates was received from in lieu of so much tax wrong fully collected from him in currency of the new issue and that the same has been ex changed for new currency to reimburse him. He shall then present the certificate or cer tificates so certified to the Treasurer,. Assis tant Treasurer or Depositary with whom he is directed to deposit tax moneys, and it shall be the duty of such Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Depositary, as the case may be, to receive the same and pay to the Collector the amount thereof in currency of the new is sue, and the Collector shall pay over the same to the tax payer, taking his receipt, which receipt shall explain the nature of the trans action. 3. When tax has been wrongfully collected iu coin the application to refund and proof shall be made and submitted by the District Collector, directly to the Secretary of the Treasury. [Signed] Thompson Allen, Commissioner of Taxes. Approved: [Signec] G. A. Trenholm, Secretary of Treasury. A New Ism 'and Doodledom. — A new ism has been introduced into Doodledom, and from the well known propensities of the Negropholists to embrace whatever is strange, ungodly and insane, we appre hend that if nothing that pays better keeps their mind employed, in a few years it will become the prevailing ism of that benighted land. The Cali fornia papers inform us that a Chinese Jose House, or temple for heathen worship, was dedicated m San Fr ncisco on the 23d of August. It cost eighty thousand dollars. A band of tapestry, embroider ed with feathers and gold and silver thread, which adorns the place, cost one hundred and fifty dollars per yard; and the whole building blazes with gold lea: and tinsel. The priests shout, screech, yell, groan, spin around amid the opium until they are quite drunk, when others relieve them. The finger nails of the chief priests are actually longer than ! his fingers, and are twisted like an auger, i Asihe Yankees have already advanced far into infidelity and repudiation of the Christian religion, we see no reason why Chinese idolatry, if made convenient and attractive, should not be as preva lent as Mormonism and Free Loveism, Passional Attraction, Miscegenation, or any other prevailing isms. —Savannah iYVtcs. TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according: to act of Congress in the year by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Richmond, Nov. 19. —New York papers of the Bth received. A telegram from Louisville 6th says Sherman’s position and prospects are satisfactory to himself and all who understand it. Sherman is equally satisfied with Hood's position. The Democrat contains an account of the evacuation of Johnsonville yesterday by the Union commandant who is reported to have jlestroyed all the transports and gun boats near that place to. prevent them falling into the hands of the rebels. A correspondent of the Journal sqy-s eight steamboats loaded with Government stores were burned at John sonville. Col. Sam Medary died at Columbus on the 7th A correspondent of the Tribune reports that Hood's army had crossed the Ten nessee under pressure of his soldiers who had threatened to desert unless he led towards the tortile fields of Tennessee. A telegram from Chicago reports the arrest in that city- of seve ral rebels charged with complicity in the de signs against the frontier cities. Among them Col. St. Ledger Grampel. The police captur ed at his home near Chicago 200 stands arms, and two cartloads revolvers. The Democrat tic Committee of Chicago have issued an ad dress declaring that the -whole affair wa3 a trick of the republicans for placing the polls under military control on election day. Sher man and a portion of his staff were recently poisoned by eating cheese, but recovered un der medical treatment. Gold 243. A Wash ington telegram of the 7th says a letter from an officer at Chattanooga on the Ist, says Hood and a large portion of his army has crossed the Tennessee at Florence for the pur purpose of invading Middle and East Tennes see. Gross’s Brigade passed here to-day- on their way- to Athens to head him off. Sher man is pursuing Gross and flanking Thomas. A large amount of government stores and con siderable artillery were captured at Johnson ville. Petersburg, Nov. 10.—A gentleman who went to the front to put a lady through the lines by flag of truce, was informed by Yan kee officers that all the States as far as heard from had gone for Lincoln. Lincoln's major ity- in Baltimore supposed to be 15,000; in Boston 6,000; New York City 38;000 for Mc- Clellan; New York State gone for Lincoln by 7,000 majority. Richmond, Nov. 10.—The New York Times of the Bth has a telegram from Boston announ cing the arrival at that port of the Kearsage from St. Thomas, with a Surgeon and 8 of the crew of the Florida captured by the steamer War liauset in the bay of San Salvador, on the 7th of October. ' Twelve officers and 58 of the crew of the Florida were captured without the loss of a man. The Times contains a report of Seward’s speech at Auburn on Monday. He says “the war must continue until we or the enemy give up the conflict.” He wants no armistice, no cessation of hostilities, no negotiation with the rebels in arms. He characterizes the democrats as a pusillanimous faction of the minority of the North. Richmond, Nov. 10.—In the Senate a bill was introduced as a war measure extending .the schedule prices for the army to all citizens of the Confederate States, under penalty—re ferred to the committee of Judiciary in secret session, after which the Senate adjourned. In the House Spear introduced resolutions relative to the employment of negroes in the army. Chambers, of Mississippi, spoke an hour and a half in opposition to the policy. Foote obtained the floor. The House went into secret session. Richmond Gossip. —The Richmond correspond ent of the Charleston Mercury writes thus under date of November 2d : Avery hot wrangle is going on between the Mc- Clellan men and the Lmcolnites; the latter having employed one Ferrill to hatch pp a lie about frauds in the votes of soldiers practiced by the former. — Gov. Seymour, of New York, has sent a commission to look into the matter. Seymour’s spine is very soft, but the quarrel thus thrust on* the Democrats will ripen fast, and a leader will eventually be found who has what Seymour has not—backbone. As the meeting of Congress draws near, certain newspaper men exhibit some nervousness. They fear they will be delivered over to the tender mer cies of the conscript officers, and their shops shut up. Some go so far as to say it i3 the intention of Con gress to suppress all newspapers, and publish only one paper in the land —a mere bulletin of the news — to be printed and circulated at Government ex pense. Fiddle, saddle. Few members have yet arrived. The tenor of the coming message of the President is barely hinted at. It is said the Attorney General will recommend a large distribution of the laws of Congress. Up to this time, no provision has been made for supply ing Judge Advocates, and the Judges of the various State Courts, who are clearly entitled to them. Our Glass Company, which suspended work for many months, for want of German clay to make re tprts, is now full handed, and will soon begin again. @ne man from each Virginia regiment and battery is detailed to write up the record of the regiment or battery. Some go home on a brief furlough; the majority stay in camp and are liable to be called on incase active operations are resumed. Weather warm and cloudy. Siege of Charleston.—Four Hundred and Eighty- eighth Day.— During Sunday night forty one shots were fired at the city and on Monday thirty-one up to six p. m. A man and wife, named John and Mary Mullany. were killed about half past eleven o’clock Sunday night, by a fragment of shell, which entered the room where they were sleeping, inflicting mortal wounds in the abdomens of the unfortunate couple. It is supposed they were killed almost instantly, but were not discovered until Monday morning, when they were found dead, locked together in one another’s arms. Battery Gregg and the Swamp Angel keep up a slow but regular fire on Fort Sumter. About fifty shots have been fired at the fort since our last re port. A few scattering shots have be'fen exchanged between the enemy’s batteries and our batteries on Sullivan’s Island. A little af tar one o’clock Monday inorning'Sulli van’s Island batteries opened on the enemy’s picket boats, and fired in the course of half an hour from twelve to fifteen shots. About eight o’clock Monday evening the enemy opened a rapid fire upon the city, firing from three guns simultaneously, both time fuse and percussion cap shells. Our scouts report 78 transports off Hilton Head and ten war vessels, making an increase of ten transports and one war vessel, This increase is be lieved to be the vessels with our prisoners. There was no other change of importance. [ Courier , Bth. “God Bless Our Noble President.”— Some Re publican paper, in its great zeal, exclaims. “God. bless our noble President.” To this a Western paper says;-. God bless our noble President! And for what ? Bless him for being the poorest apology for a Chief Magistrate the world ever saw. Bles3 our noble President for being the only clown, buffoon aud story teller ever elevated to a position of influence in this country. Bless him for filling the land with smutty jokes— with foul-mouthed and obscene stories, which even blackguards by profession are ashamed to repeat. Bless him for overriding all laws, both human and divine. Bless him for his imbecile incompetency and for his success in ruining a great nation. Bless him for turning the war for a restoration of the Union and for the suppression of the rebellion into a wicked and murderous crusade for cotton, niggers and power. Bless him for making a million of widows and five million of orphans. Bless him for robbing the North of its bone and sinew—for using the bodies of those whose servant he is, to enrich the soil of rebel territory. Bless him for piling mountains of taxes upon us— for the stamps we use—for the depreciation of our currency—for the poverty, ruin and suffering in the land—for the thousands of women he has forced into houses of prostitution —for the thousands of broken hearts —for thousands of orphaned children who will curse him for ever —for the army of crip ples—for the corruption in high places—for the tr • Brg upon the liberties of a free p-ople—for V negroes by a stroke of his pen—for con t. inis war till slaves are free, thus proving the foolishness of his proclamation—for the failure of our armies —for the deprivation of rights which have made America the home for all God’s oppressed. Yes—bless our noble President! i THE CITY. j =r-.- i T. J. JAOKSOy LOCAL EDITOR ; - ! ; For ChattfeliooelKee. The steamer Jackson, D. Pry, Master, will leave ■ for the above and intermediate landings, on Satur day morning, 12th inst., at 9 o’clock. The weather, so fickle of late, was yesterday ! sunshiny and pleasant—a very agreeable diversion . from the rain and mud of the past week. May | to-day be as yesterday, if not more so. Auction Sales. —At auction yesterday by El • lis, Livingston <fc Cos., one negro man named Jim, | about 60 years old, sold for $1,300 ; Ferribv, two children, and Cherry 65 y&ars, $3,500: Farriss, wife and’child, $5,200; two mirrors, $l3O each : one do., $540; crockery, at enormous prices; 250 dozen spool thread, (condemned) $24 per dozen ; fine lot off urniture at high prices. A Gloomy Prospect. —We are informed by a member of Council, a gentleman who has during the war particularly and assiduously interested himself in behalf of the poor of the city,—that never has a winter dawned upon the poor with such cheerless and gloomy prospects. They are absolutely in a worse condition than ever before, having nothing to eat, nothing to wear, and no fuel, and unless our people, and especially those who have plenty of money, come to the rescue,, a fearful amount of destitution must inevitably en sue. The committee for the purchase of wood have, we learn, a considerable fund on hand but owing to the difficulties in the. way of procuring wood have done but little so far. It is evidently the duty of persons living on the several railroads leading to the city to assist in some measure in re lieving the of the poor at this point, for they have come in here from all points, and this they can do and ought to do by cutting wood and putting it on the railroads for transportation, to be given as contributions or sold as low as the case requires. , Will they assist in this matter ? The railroads will haul the wood if cut. Will our own people inaugurate some mean3 to supply the poor with food P Where are the ladies? Why sleepest thou ? Rev. Dr. Lipscomb. — We had the pleasure in common with a goodly number of our citizens, on Wednesday evening, of listening to an admirable address from this eminent divine and scholar, on the “Present Revolution in America.” The doc tor is a clear, forcible speaker, a terse logician, and as well versed in the science of political econ omy as in the lore ofclassics and literature. He took the grouqd that nations like individuals are im mortal until they have accomplished their day; that the late United States government had ac complished in seventy-five years, what it has usually taken nations from three to five hundred years to accomplish, namely, the acme of territo rial greatness, the climax of prosperity, and the topmost round in the ladder of mechanics and science ; that it was impossible in the natural or der of things and in the economy of divine provi dence that a country of such unbounded limits, of such diverse and clashing interests should be ce mented under one grand federal power, and that in volcanic upheavals like this revolution, new pow ers mast arise, and new energies be developed, which Will open up to the continent new and magnificent fields of progress, in political and moral power. We trust the Doctor may be as correct as he is sanguine in his deductions, and that the day is not far distant, when the South will arise from her baptism of blood to enter upon that grand career of national prosperity, so beau tifully predicted. Years ago, ere the frosts of age had whitened the doctor’s head, it was our pleasure to sit en raptured under his beautiful rhetoric and elo quence, and we are pleased to find that he has not abated in his mental vigor. Mind vs. Stomach.— One of our newsboys who has been striving for some time to eke out a pre carious existence byfelling newspapers, has lately added to his business the traffic in “goobers,” and he says the lattA 1 pays much better than the for mer. He can appeal much more successfully to men’s stomachs than to their minds, as in nine cases out of ten he can sell a quart of “goobers” for one dollar, to one newspaper for a quarter.— Verily, this is encouraging to men of letters, and especially to one horse Locals who know but lit tle. Boys, who want to make money, we advise you to peddle on ginger cakes and ground peas. To be candid, we must say, says the Charleston Courier, that Gen. Lee, in his bulletins, like his unworthy but bloody and butcher-like antagonist, Grant, does not always tell the exact truth. The difference is Gen. Lee tells the truth, and nothing but the truth, but not always the whole truth ; while Grant tells the truth, and a great deal more than the truth, and a great deal that is not true. ■» ♦ In regard to the employment of negro sol diers, the Sentinel thinks we had better leave the question to a gradual development and solution, in the light of experience and ac cording as Providence shall mark our future path rather than wrangle over it now. The New State. —The New York Herald contains maps of the “new State”—Nevada— which is styled the “thirty-eighth star’’ of the “American Union.” It is situated on the Pa cific, north of California and northwest of Utah, and has three votes in the electoral col lege,—all for Lincoln, of course. ♦ m The St. Louis Republican, speaking of the opening of anew street through the cemetery, says coffins have been exposed, and boys have amused themselves with thrusting sticks into them, and pulling out the bones and battering them over the ground. In two instances hu« man skulls have been thus bandied about like foot balls, and long auburn ringlets, that years ago were the pride of beauteous maid ens, lie scattered about the cemetery. Barba rous. A man named Blake ha3 been arrested at Milan, Maine, charged with having murdered Mr. Parker, the collector of Manchester, New Hampshire, about twenty years ago, and for which crime jthe Wentworths, of Saco, Maine, were tried but acquitted. The arrest was made in consequence of the deathbed revala tions of a woffian who recently died in Man chester. Blake formerly lived in Manches ter. Our Indian General's Report. —As we have but one Indian General in our service— the brave General Stand Watie—who is said to be as generous as brave —we insert with pleasure the first official dispatch we have seen from him. No one has made greater sacrifice for the Confederacy than he has : Bihd Creek, Sept. 21, 1864. General—On the morning of the 19th, we captured the enemy’s post at Cabin Creek ; after a fight of six hours drove the enemy away. The train wa3 there, which was cap tured—over 250 wagons—we have now over 100 wagons with us. We have 120 prisoners along. Our loss is very slight—two men killed and a few wounded. The blow will be severely felt by the enemy. His loss in killed, wounded and prisoners i3 over 200. Your friend, STAND WATIE, Brigadier General. A Camp of Captu&sd Negroes. —A corres pondent of the Montgomery Advertiser, in a letter from Blue Mountain, Alabama, gives a description of the camp of six hundred and fifty negroes who were captured in Dalton, Ga. He saya: It was nearly sunset when I first got a gumpse of them, hudled around large fires in a deserted field just outside the limits of the village of Oxford. There they stood, peering out from beneath Yankee caps with that pe culiar ludicrous expression which you can im agine would be upon the countenance of a corn field negro turned soldier. Their long tailed blue coats and pants, slung on the frames unaccustomed to such gear, gave them the appearance of so many straw®stuffed effi gies. As the day began to melt into twilight, and the breeze came sweeping in chilly blasts from the mountain, the darkies crowded clo ser and closer, until around the burning logs preparations commenced for The corn meal was mixed irf the caps which tkev wore, and pitched into the ashes to bake, while not a few of them devoured the do'ugh without it being cooked. There wa3 no singing or laughing, nor do I think I saw a smile upon the face of a single one in the crowd. The faces all seemed pinch ed and emaciated with fatigue and hunger, and altogether presented a most desolate picture How different from a crowd of some two hun dred home darkies who were encamped near bv, belonging to the post. These were en gaged in singing camp meeting songs or in dulging in the interim, in loud peals of laugh ter, such as none but happy, contented South ern negroes can perpetrate. Os the six hun dred negroes captured, only six escaped on the route around to Oxford. AUCTION SALES. By Ellis, Livingston Cos, £ WE wi!l sell on Saturday, 12th November, at 11 o clock, in front of our store 63 Bbls. Coast Salt; 3 Bbls. Sorghum Syrup; 5 Cases Fine Smoking Tobacco; 10 Boxes Fine Chewing Tobacco: 1 Buggy; 4 Milk Cows; SHOES, CLOTHING, &c.; 90* Dozen White Spool Thread; Together with many other desirable goods. —also— A likely Negro Woman, good House ser* vant, 24 years old, and her child 4 years old. Sold for no fault, nov 9 4t $23 * By Ellis, Livingston & Cos, GOOD FARM AT AUCTION. ON Tuesday, 16th November, at 11 o’clock we will sell in front of our store — -A. IP A IRo 3VC About 6 miles from the City, and a half mile north of the Old Express Road, containing 120 acres Kind—being the eastern portion of lot No. 43 in the 9th District. Sixty acres of which is cleared— lormerly owned by Aaron Lamb, and adjoining the plantation formerly owned by M. J. Crawford, Esq. On the place is a good Double Log House, out .houses, fine Orchard and Vineyard, Good Water, nov 7 8t S4O By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. A PRIVATE SALE. ♦ mm> 1,500 Acres unimproved Land on Spring* Creek, Miller county, formerly Early, will be sold at a bargain, oc 21 lit SSO FRESH OYSTERS I > ECEIVED every morning from Savannah at the IV first door above the Old Post OfffCe corner. Sold at wholesale and retail. nov 11 3t RILEY & CONNOR, Children’s merino Hose, WDOZ. Fine article, at , . STANFORD & CO., nov 11 fit No. 73 Broad street. To Rent THE Finest Store Room in the city. Corner A under Cook’s Hotel. Call at nov 11 lOt CODY & COLBERT. HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE, Augusta, Ga., November 7,1334. Circular, No. 24. Enrolling Officers will not interfere with Collec tors of the War Tax, until fuither orders, the Secre tary of War having directed the suspension of General Orders No. 77 as regards them, in order that lists of those between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years engaged in such collection may be prepared and furnished to the proper authorities. WM. M. BROWNE. Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts for the State of Georgia. nov 10 3t Dr, O, B. HEARD. (Late Surgeon P. A. C, S.) OFFERS his Professional Services to the citizens of Columbus. Office at Dr. Carter’s Drug Store. Can be found at night at the residence of \Vm. C. Gray, in Linwood. [nov 10 lap House and Los tor Sale. ' [’HE subscriber desires to sell a House and Lot ir. 1 Russell county, Ala., on the Crawford and Salem road, about one mile from the New Bridge. The House has two comfortable room*, a fire place in each. There are on the lot also a stable and poultry house. The lot coatains two acres. For further in formation apply at the Eagle Factory, to nov 10-10t* W. S. O’BANNON. Headquarters Enrolling Office, Muscogee Cos.. • Columbus, Nov. Bth, 1361. In accordance - with Circular No. 23, from Com mandantof Conscripts, State of Georgia, all persons of Muscogee county holding Certificates of Exemp tion or Detail, are required to surrender them at these Headquarters immediately. Receipts for the same will be given, which will protect the holder until new certificates are issued. JNO. I). ATKINS, nov 9 fit Enrolling Officer, Muscogee co. LEE HOSPITAL, November 7.1361 W ANTED, Six WASHERS and IROXEHS. Also four Ne gro Men to work in the yard. R. P. HUNT. Surgeon in C harge. A. D. Bridgman, Steward. ' E JV 7 fit SSOO Reward. 2 OTOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus, kj on the Crawford road, on Thursday last, TWO UVUTTILIES, one a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye. The other a black mare Mule, medium size, with whith mouth and white spot on rump. Both in good order. I will pay the above reward for the delivery of the Mules with the thief, with proof sufficient to convict, or Two Hundred Dollars for the Mule -11 • M. CLECKLEY. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 9, 1864 —ts please copy. BOTTLES' - BOTTLES! \U ANTED Bottles and Vials of all descriptions, ‘ ' for which a high price will be paid. STANFORD & CO.. nov7 fit No.lß Broad street. SSO Reward. F’OR the recovery aEd delivery to me of a Negro boy named JIM. Said bo7 weighs 160 lbs,, is feet 6 inches high, dark color, and belong' to Mr. Jarret- He was hired to me by F. M. Brooks oi Columbus. He is probably prowling _ about Dr. Jeter’s or McCall’s plantation, m Marion county. The above reward will be paid by me on h s being delivered, in irons, to me at Salem. Ala. nov 9 fit A. H, DeWITT. Cotton iVotice. \LL Storage not paid in Ten Days, the Cotton will be sold to pay it, nov 8 lOt CODY Sc COLBEIVJ.