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Change of Module.
0: notFnginker aSd Superixtrxlknt, i
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7,1564. J
,N THURSDAY, Jur«r9. 1864,Thd until further
’ not re, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
>e as follow, via:
Leave Charleston - 9.45, a. m.
Arrive , a r l van pah 5.40, |>. m.
Leave Savannah 5 10, a. m.
Arrive in Charlesttm - 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, (foing north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at* har
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. IIA INKS,
J iino 11 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Change of Schedule.
AN and itter Sunday, June 19th, the Trains and
' the Uicogee Railroad will run as follows ;
PASSENGER TRAIN :
. rive Columbus a. ..6 <45 P. M.
\reive at Matron 3 25 A. M.
Pettve Macon ...8 10 P. M
A-rive at Columbus 4 25 A. M.,
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M.
■vrrivc at'volumbus - 4 55 A. M.
IV. L. CLARK,
l ,u i. Supt. Muscogee R, R.
to Jlontgomerj.
NEW SCHEDULE. »
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS. August 27,1864.
i\N and after August27th. the Passenger Train on
’ ' the Montgomery and 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.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p.m.
Arrive /it West. Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
1). H. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng.
ag27 1864—ts
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
chu'ge of
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
ON ami after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted.) as follows:
I’iisxeager Tmiji
Leave Girard at ....1 30 p.m.
Arrive in Union Springs 6 00
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at..... 10 00
Train.
Leave Girard at ..4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. in.
B. E. WELLS,
aglß tt Eng. Jt Sup’t.
Dr. R< IVOBLE,
IDIE UsTTIST,
A T Pember er- .fc Carter's old stand, back room of
. Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
at all hours, foclß 6in
WATrED!
r Aj wj LBS. ofTALLOW, forwhich a liberal price
will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
sp7 ts Major and Q. V.
Wanted
'J O HIRE—Four or Five able bo lied Negroes.—
» Good wnges given. Apply a' our Government
W arks.
oc 26 ts JOHN D. GRAY & CO.
Wanted to Eiuiiloy
A GOVERNESS in a private family for a limited
number ot scholars, in the country a short dist
ance from Columbus- Address Box 16.
oc 31 2w’s W. G. W.
Wanted Immediately.
\ GOVERNESS well educated and with unex
v eeprionable references. A libera! salary will be
given. Enquire at
no3 12t THIS OFFICE.
$25 Dollai'B iieivard.
CTRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right
hindquartor. JOHN COOK,
oc 13 ts
SIOO Reward.
VV T ILL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who
■ I ranaw.iy about twu mouths ago. TTeisabouts
feet Binches high; weighs aboutkil)or 170 lbs.; com-
Siexion yellow; dne looking; when laughing has
imples in both cheeks. It is probable he went to
Atlanta with some of the troops from this city.
oc6 ts H. M. CLECKLEY.
300 Reward.
V EGRO boy CHARLEY ; abt ut 25years old, yei
’ low complexion, hair ne irly straight, below or
linary inti Hi euce loft 31 1 . Nat. Thompson’s hear
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a
Mr. Br"vvn a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskogee, Ala. He originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
information sent to me at this office.
JAMES M. RUSSELL.
Coluinbu’s Oh., aug l ts *
Shoe Pe§s for J^ale.
■i BOUT 500 bushes, in quantities to suit pureha-
A sers, at reduced prices.
Apply to HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Columbus, Oet 28 —ts
A CiOOD PLAAI ATIOA
For Sale.
IN Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the
I Mon .-ornery and West Point Railroad. The
tract contains 1,200 acres —about 700 cleared. There
is acomtortable Dwelling House on the place, good
Negro cabins with brick chitunies and all the neces
sary out-building. ihe land i« productive and
location desirable. Possession given in November.
For fur ther information apply to
DAVID ADAMS.
oc 27 liu (Alumbus, Ga
elegraph ,t Confederate. M icon; Montgo
mery Advertiser; Gmstitutionalis, Augusta,copy.
To Reut,
t BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forges.
A all complete. Apply at
oc3l ts THIS OFFICE.
S2OO REWARD.
\T t ILL be paid for the apprehension and delivery
ft io us of our two Negro Boys, BILL and JIM,
who ran off some times : nce.
BILL weighs about 150, is tall and slim, black
complexion, hair very short sr.d thin, has a down
cast, sullen look, and talks long and drawling. Left
u? about the Ist of August last.
JIM is a fine looking uegro, 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 sa 'e jail where we can get
them. We will also pay for proof to convict
any white person oi harboring them.
BEDELL & CO.
Columbus, Ga.. Oct. 13, 1864.—1 m
FERRY HOUSE.
I 'HE undersigned would respectfully inform his
old friends, patrons, and 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 ad superior tet for business is weli
known throughout toe Con’ederuvy. This House
is Is rge 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 thtng in the line
of substantial eatables and luxuries that this
market affords. With these assurances we most
cordially solicit all our old iriends, and the travel
ing public generally, to give us a call and an oppor
tunity of rendering them comfortable,
oc 15 lm* __ THOS. E. SMITH.
Executor’* Aotice.
I months after date applie tion will be ina le
, to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor eouuty, for
1 « rw ? s^ n 4 Perishable property ot
tnc Estate ot Elizabeth 1. Jonnson, deceased late
of said county.
... ..... SAMLRL K. JOHNSON, Ex’r
Oct. 20w2m Per THOS. D. BRAND.
,
VOL.. Xl.}
SPECIAL NOTICES
HEADQ’RS OONSCRIPT SERVICE,
Augusta, Gu., November 1364.
Ciecclae, No, 24,
Enrolling 0 ificers will not interfere with Collec
tors of the War Tax, until further orders, the Secre
tary of War having directed the suspension of
General Ordrrs No. 77 as regards them, fn order that
lists of those between the r>ges 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
Heacquarteus Enrolling Office, Mcagostßß Cos..
Columbus, Nov. Bth, 1864.
In accordance with Circular No. 23, from Com
mandant of Conscripts, State of Georgia, all persons
of Muscogee county holding Certificates o 4 Exemp
tion or Detail, at o required to surrender them at
these Headquarters immediately. Receipts for the
same will be given, which will protect the holders
uptil new certificates are issued.
JNO. D. ATKINS,
nov9 6t r Enrolling Officer, Muscogee co.
•—Sfe
LEE HOSPITAL, November 7. 1864.
WAITED,
Six WASHERS and IRONERS. Also four Ne
gro Men to work i t the yard.
R. P. HUNT,
Surgeon in Charge.
A. D. Bridgman, Steward,
nov 7 6t
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS,
Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29, 1864.
N'O Freight will be received at the Southern Ex
press Company’s Office after 3% o’clock p. M.t o
go East on that day, nor will any be received to go
West nftcr -1% o’clock p st.
oc 29 ts S.H. HILL, Agent.
Bonds of tiie 500,000,000 Loan.
I A*l 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 Dollars.
The principal of the Loan bc' r.g free from Taxa
tion and the Coupons receivable for 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 the people.
W. II YOUNG,
oclDlrn Agent, for sale of Bonds.
STEKUiVIi EXCilAtfttE!
4 FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
A for sale in sums to suit purchasers bv
tgl6 ti DANK OF COLUMBUS.
3STOTIOS
To 3li§sissi!>|H Soldiers!
}’ IT E “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
; Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in
the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from
Atlanta co Columbus. Ga., and is near Barnard’s
Cornell, betwe n Main st., and tile Perry House.
Your baggage is there.
C. K. MARSHALL.
sep2B ts Agent.
Government Sheep for Exchange.
3i,n HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon
'U 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. 2,1834—ts
Notice.
ft RAND and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at
D the May Tertti, 1864, of trie Superior Court of
Muscogee county, arc hereby notified to be and ap
pear at the Court House in said county, on the
Fourth Monday in November next.
Witnesses and parties interested are also notified to
appear on that day.
By order of his Honor E. H. Worrell, Judge of
said court.
Oct 31,1864-td F. M. BROOKS, Clerk.
Enquirer and San copy until day.
I>i\ &, R. HEARD, ~
(Late Surgeon P. A. C, S.)
AFFERS his Professional Services to the citizens
of Columbus. Office at Dr. Carter’s Drugstore.
Can' be found at night at the residence of Wm. C.
Gray, in Linwood. [nov 10 lm*
House ami Eot for Sale.
' I "HE subs riber desires to sell a House and Lot in
1 Russell county, Ala., on the Crawford >nd Salem
road, about one mile from the New Bridge. The
House has two comfortable room’', a firep'acein
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.
3500 rteward !
OTOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus,
O on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last,
TWO nVLXJXuES,
one a small bay mare Male, blind in the right eye.
The other a black marc Mule, medium size, with
whith mouth and white spot on rump. Both in gO“d
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 Mules.
H M. CLECKLEY.
Columbus. Ga., Nov. 9, 1864 —ts
£3“Sun please copy.
EQETLESi BOTTLES!
ITTANTED Bottles and Vials of all descriptions,
»» for which a high price will be paid.
STANFORD & CO..
eot7 6t No. 78 Broad street.
SSO Reward.
FOR the recovery and delivery to me of a Negro
boy named J LM. Said boy weighs 160 lbs,, iss
feet 6 inches high, dark color, and belongs to Mr.
Jarret- He was hired to me by F, M. Brooks of
Columbus. He is. probably prowling about Dr.
Jeter's or McCall’s plantation, in Marion county.
The above reward will be paid by me on his being
delivered, in irons, to me at Salem, Ala.
nov9 6t A. H. DeWIIT.
Cotton notice.
\LL Storage not paid in Ten Day?, the Cotton
will be sold to pay it.
nov 8 lOt CODY A COLBERT.
To Rent”
For Conlecierate Money,
TWO PLANTATIONS in Sumter county, five
1 and ten miles from Amerieus.
For further particulars apply to
11. R. JOHNSON A CO.,
aov7 12P 6 Americas, Ga,
FRESH OYSTERS
ECEIYED every merning from Savannah
first door above the Old Post Office corner. Sold
at wholesale and retail.
nov 11 3t RILEY A* CONNOR,
Children's Berino Bose,
WDOZ. Fine article, at
STANFORD and GO..
nov 11 Ot No. 7? Broad street.
To Bent
'I'HE Finest Store R- on io the city. Corner
*■ under tbok’s Hotel. Call at
nov 11 lOt CODY dr COLBERT.
Lard
ANTED In exchange fir SheUings, Osna iurgs
'' and Yarns, at the
nov 51m EAGLE F*\€TORY.
LARGE COiMSIGMIETT
OF
LETT sR PAP SB!
AND*
MIEHOitAAiK'I BOOK?* !
For sale by
J. K. REDD £ CO.
. oc 12 ts
COLUMBUS, GA., SATURDAY, NOV. 12, 1864.
Friday Evening'.
[Speeia. Corresp mdenee the Daily Times.]
Georgia Legislature.
MiiiLEDGEYTLLE, Nov. 9, 1864.
In the House to-day. the resolution to ad
journ on account of the existence of small pox
in this city, r hi h was rejected on yesterday,
wa? reconsidi re> .
A resolution was adepted inviting tie. Hon’.
Joha A. Jones *o a seat on the floor of the
House.
The call of tae .counties was'taken up and
several bills introduced, among which/are
uoticeable :
A bill to amend the act to furnish shoes and
clothing to Georgia troops in the field.
To provide for the payment of tuxes fur sol
diers’ families m produce
To appropriate $500,000 to the Georgia
Hdspital and Relief Association,
To provide for the distribution of the indi
gent soldiers' funds.
To amend the Code, aiiu to enable the State
to file exceptions and carry cases to the Su
preme Court.
To exempt from taxation the property of
refugees which has been laid waste.
To form regiments in counties west of the
Chattahoochee.
To define the duties of Tax Receivers and
Collectors ; requires them to give ten days'
notice, of meeting tax payers nt three public
places in each eouaty.
A series of resolutions by Judge Stephens
in reference to a Convention of States, which
are herewith enclosed.
senate.
In the Senate, a bill was offered to authorize
the Governor to impress supplies and trans
portation for the use of the militia, exiles and
soldiers' families.
Ttie following bills were passed :
To authorize the City Council of Columbus
to establish a market and regulaje the 3ame.
To continue in ioree the act known as the
“stay law' during the war.
To compel all inn keepers, hotel keepers and
owners of houses of entertainment for com
pensation to give checks or receipts for bag
gage, when requested.
A resolution was adopted calling on the
Governor to furnish the reports of the Adju
tant a»d Inspector General, Principal Keeper
of the Penitentiary, Superintendents of the
Lunatic Asylum and Academy for the Blind.
A bill for the relief of certain tax payers
who were unjustly assessed under the income
tax act by order of the Governor and Comp
troller General was discussed for some time
and referred to the Judiciary Committee with
instructions to report a general bill. After
which the Senate adjourned to 3 p. m.
Troup.
Mr. Stephens’ Resolutions.
The following resolutions have-been intro
duced in the House of Representatives by
Hon. Linton Stephens :
The General Assembly, of the State of
Georgia do resolve ;
Ist. That the independence of the Southern
Confederate States of America, basqd upon the
constitutional compact between the sovereign
States composing the Confederacy and main*
tained through nearly four years of gigantic
war, justly claims from the world its recogni
tion as a rightful fact.
2d. That all the States which composed the
late American Union, as well those embraced
within the present United States as those
within the Southern Confederacy are what the
original thirteen States were declared to be
by our fathers of 1776 and acknowledged to
be by George the 111 of England, independent
and sovereign, not as one political community,
but as States, each one of them constituting
such a “People’ 7 as have the inalienable right
to terminate any government of their former
choice by withdrawing from it their consent,
just as the original thirteen, through their
common agent, acting for and in the name of
each one of them by the withdrawal of their
consent, put a rightful termination to the Brit
ish government, which had been established
over them with their consent and eager desire.
3d That the sovereignty of individual
States is the only basis of perminent peace on
the American continent, and will, if the voice
of passion and war can once be hushed and
reason allowed to resume her sway, lead to an
easy and lasting solution of the matters of
controversy involved in the preseat lament
able war, by simply leaving all the States free
to form their political associations witb one
another—not by force of arms, which excludes
the idea of -consent”—but by a rational con
sideration of their respective interest, growing
out of their national situations.
4th. That as any point of controversity in
the present war is the settlement of the polit
ical associations of the States, no treaty of
peace can be perfected consistently with
the sovereignty of the individual States with
out State action on the part of at least those
States whose preferences may justly be re
garded as doubtful and have not yet been ex
pressed through appropriate organs, and
therefore opposition to all State co-operation,
in perfecting a peace, cannot be consistent
with a desire for its establishment on a basis
of sovereignty of the States.
sth. That we hail with gratification the just
and sound sentiment coming from a large and
growing party in the North, that all associa
tions of these American States must be volun
tary and not forcible, and we give a hearty
response to their proposition to suspend the
conflict of arms and hold a convention of
States to originate a plan for permanent peace.
6th. That the appropriate action of such a con
vention would be not to form any “agreement or
compact” between States, bat only to frame and
propose a plan of peace, and the assembly of such
a convention, for such a purpose, would be re
lieved trout ail possible constitutional objection by
the C'-usoi.t of the two governments, and with
such coDs-.iirs the proposed convention would but
act as commissioners for the negotiation of peace,
subject the ratification of both government?,
and in ah points involving the sovereignty or in
tegri’y of the Stalest, subject also to the ratifica
tiun of the particular States tr hose 'sovereignty
might be so involved.
7th. That we respectfully but most earnestly
urge upon onr own Government, the propriety
and wisdom of not only expressing a desire for
peace through Presidential messages and Con
gressional manifestoes of making, or all suitable
occasions, and especially just after signal suc
cess**? of our arms, official, open and unequivocal
ojfcrs ;o treat for peace through the medium of a
couventi m States, leaving oar adversary to ac
eepr our ‘jff -rs, or by rejecting them, to prove to
his own people that he is waging this unnata *al
war, not for peace nor the good of his count! y,
but for purpose? of the most unholy and*danger
ou- ambition.
"[Correspondence of the Montgomery Mail.]
Cherokee. Nov. 9. 1364.
A scout (I won’t vouch for his reliability]
has just reached this place, who reports that
he is from the neighborhood of Chattanooga,
that, he has reconnoitered the line of the Geor
gia State Road, as far as Marietta, and ob
served carefully the movements ot the enemy,
and that be has the entire situation under the
crown of his hat. Three corps of the Federal
army, he assures me. have returned to Atlanta.
The advance guard left Graysviile, a little
village sixteen miles from the Tennessee river,
and six from Ringgo’ld, on the. evening of th<*
29th of October. They, had made a rendez
vous up and down the _ra.ilw.ay from Chicka
mauga to Graysviile the week previous, and
waited only for the shipment o! .supplies.
Gene il*Sherman, who bad gone to Washing*
ton and got back to Nashville, made arrange
ments to leave Thomas in command in Middle
Tennessee, and then took the cars for At lanta,
saying, according to a letter in the Cincinnati
Commercial, ‘-that he had settled Hood's
hash.” He reached Chattanooga on the 26th
and proceeded down the country the next
afternoon with the troops. Communication
was uninter: a ted and the transportation was
rapid and im '.edfate. 1 send you this gossip
ping scrap merely as gossip, without vouch
ing for its truth. I will add that 1 believe it
to be correct. SHIRLEY.
[Correspondence of the Telegraph St Confederate.]
Bivouac Near Tcscumbia, Ala.,
oetober“3l,lß64.
We have at last struck the Tennessee river, and
if present indications do not fail, will cross the
river in a day or two at Florence, three miles from
this place.
The army moved from Gadsden to which place k
came after the Dalton trip on the 22d inst., and
crossing Sand Mountain reached Decatur on the
night of the 26th inst. Our skirmish lines were
drawn around this plaee, and the works invested by
them only, Stewart’s and Cheatham’s corps occu
pied the different roads ! eading from the town, and
went into bivouac. Decatur was supposed to be
garrisoned by 2,500 or 3,000 troops in very stroug
works, of which I had good ocular proof, visiting
the skirmish line quite frequently. It was not Gen.
Hood’s intention to invest the place with the view
of taking it: for it would have cost a heavy sacri
fice of life, especially as the enemy was reinforcing,
and had his gunboats in the river to operate in con
cert. But he was obliged to delay several days here,
and keep the ’enemy inside by threatening an at
tack in order to cover the passage of a large supply
train and Lee’s corps. When these had passed,
Lee was making hard for Florence. We very leis
urely drew off our skirmishers and marched on after
him, and while the Yankees were occupied at De
catur, Lee crosses the river and occupies Florence,
and our Pontoons are thrown across. We rest here
for a couple of days and then cross over on our way
to Middle Tennessee.
In our affair at Decatur there were the usual
number of killed and wounded on the skirmish
line and owing to some neglect eight or nine of
Gowan’- skirmishers were captured. With this ex
ception there was no other [os-.
The whole Tennessee Valley- from Decatur to
Tuscumbia is devastated and #scene of desolation.
The rich plantations stretched for miles, covered
with grass, like a vast plain, with here and there
the brick chimneys of former elegant mansions
destroyed by fire. Everything bears the aspect of
grim visaged war.
Tiie Murder of Six Confederate Soldiers at
St. Louis.
PARTICULARS OP THE EXECUTION'.
Several paragraphs have been published
from the 'latest Yankee papers, announcing
the intention to shoot six Confederate soldiers
in retaliation for six Yankees who were killed
during General Price’s expedition. The mur
der took place at St, Louis on the Ist instant
Six Confederates were elected from the pris*>
oners in the Grabot Street prison, but one of
them proving to have been a teamster, his
name was stricken irom the death roll and
that, of George F. Buncb, of the Third Missouri
cavalry, was substituted. The men were not
informed of their fate until the day of execu
tion. The St. Louis Democrat gives the fol
lowing details of their murder :
At about two o’clock on Saturday afternoon
the six men were taken from the prison, placed
in a covered wagon, and escorted to the place
of execution by a detachment of the Tenth
Kansas, followed by a number of other sol
diers, and by a few citizens. Fort No. 4, a
short distance south of Lafayette Park, was
selected as the place of execution, and to that
point the procession marched without music.
On the we3t side of the fort six posts had
been set in the ground, each with a seat at
tached, and each tied with a strip of white
cotton cloth, afterwards used in bandaging the
eyes of the prisoners. Fifty-four men were
selected as the executioners, forty-four of them
belonging to the Tenth Kansas and ten to the
Forty-first Missouri, Tbirty-six of these com
posed the front firing party, eighteen being re
served in case they should not do the work
effectually.
About three o’clock the prisoners arrived
on the ground and sat down, attached to the
posts. They all appeared to be more or less
affected, but considering the circumstances,
remained remarkably firm. Father Ward and
Rev. Mr. McKim spoke to the men in their
last moments, exhorting them to put their
trust in God. The row of posts ranged north
and south, and at the first on the north was
Asa Y. Ladd, on his left was George Nichols,
next Harvey H. Blackburn, George T. Bunch,
Charles W. Minniken and James W. Gates.—
Ladd and Blackburn sat with perfect calmness,
with their eyes fixed on the ground, and did
not speak. Nichols gave no sign of emotion
at first, but 3&t with seeming indifference,
scraping the ground with his heel. He asked
one of the surgeons if there was any hope of
a postponement, and being assured that there
was none, looked more serious, and frequent
ly ejaculated, "Lord have mercy on my poor
soul!” Again he said ; “Oh, to think of she
news that will go to father and mother !”
After the reading of the sentence by Colonel
Heinriehs, Minniken expressed a desire to say a
few words. He said:
“Soldiers, and all of you who hear me, take
warning from me. I have been a Confederate sol
dier four years aud have served my country faith
fully, lam now to be shot for what other men
have done, that I had no hand in, and knew
nothing about. I never was a guerrilla, and I
am sorry to bo shot for what I had nothing to do
with, and what lam not guilty of. When I took
a prisoner I always treated him kindly, and never
harmed a man after he surrendered. I hope God
will take me to his bosom when lam dead. 0
Lord be with me.”
While the Sergeant was bandaging his eyes
Minniken said—“ Sergeant, I don’t blame you. I
hope we will all mebt in Heaven. Boys, when you
kill me, kill me dead.”
The eyes of all being bandaged, they bade
each other farewell. “Good bye, George,” said
one; “Farewell, Nicholas,” said another: “Good
bye, Blackburn,” uttered several ; and two or
three of them aaid, “Boys, farewell to you all;
the Lord have mercy on our poor souls.”
The firing party was about ten paces ollv Some
of the Kansas men appeared to be reluctant to
fire upon the prisoners, but Captain Jones told
them it was their duty ; that tnej should have no
hesitation, as these men had taken the life of
many a Union man who was as innocent as them
selves.
At the word, the thirty-six soldiers fired si
multaneously. thejdischarge sounding like a single
explosion. The aim of every man was true. One
or two of the victims groaned, and Blackburn
cried out, “Oh, kill me quick !” In five minutes
they were all dead, their heads falling to one side,
and their bodies swinging' around to the sides of
the posts, and being kept from falling by the
pinions on their 'arms. Five of them were shot
through the heart, and the sixth received three
balls in his breast, dying almost instantly.
/ FITE DOLLARS
l PER MOUTH.
[From the Cincinnati Commercial, Oct. *25.]
1 Review of Hood’s Army as it Passed
through Villauow.
On the capture of the garrison at Dalton,
Ga.. Hood agreed to release the officers, but
before permission to go was received, the
whole rebel army passed along—one portion
taking a road to the south, while another
pressed west, in the direction of Lafayette.
An opportunity was thus afforded Colonel
Johnson and his officers to review, as it were,
Hood's whole force—a privilege probably giv
en by accident, and one of such rare admis
sion thai the information thereby gained has
peculiar interest.
Several officers counted.the nnaiber of in
fantry regiments, and in the three corps found
the aggregate 10 be about one hundred and
seventy. The regiments will average two
hundred men. Some have less than one hun
dred, while a few others, having apparently
escaped the general wear and tear of the cam
paign, run up to four and five hundred.—
Cleburne's division was counted, and footed
up about three thousand seven hundred, rank
and file. Each division has four guns, the
whole number of the latter ,being reckoned
between fifty and sixty. The wagon train
was long, but had more capacity for howling
supplies than of the supplies themselves.—
The rebel soldiers talked a great deal of a
train ot supplies of four hundred wagons,
which was momentarily expected from Blue
Mountain. The rumor was abroad that it had
arrived. The three corps of infantry were
very closely'calculated, and footed about thir
ty-five thousand.
During the time our officers were in captiv
ity (three days) they received one ration of
corn meal and fresh beef, and in no iustance
did they observe any other articles of diet
among the rebels, except when they broke
from Hue ranks on the marches for persimmon
trees and apple orchards. Yet everything in
their language and bearing indicated that
they were determined to fight awhile longer.
Their elation over the fancied fatal trick upon
Sherman relieved the fierceness of their con
du :t towards our prisoners; but a deep-seated,
indignant hatred was never invisible. They
were ragged and thinly clad, having as a
general thing, only pantaloons, shirt and hat
in their Inventory of clothing, the first two
greasy and tattered, the last shocking affairs,
in multitudinous variety. Asa general thing
they were tolerably well shod, though in one
of htewart s divisions one of*our officers coun
ted over three hundred barefooted privates.—
Not more than one in ten have blankets, and
much suffering must have ensued through the
keen frosty nights now prevailing. °Their
marches were conducted in three parallel col
umns, moving rapidly and compactly and with
out straggling. Three hours, from four to
seven, a. m., on the morning referred to, were
occupied jn passing a given point by these
three columns.
In the line distinction as to apparel, between
the officers and men, was nearly obliterated.
Legimetitai disepline seemed a little loose,
and privates appeared to comment upon the
commands of their immediate officers with an
unction and broadness of diction which has
always been native to the taste and instinct
of the highly polished, intelligent and esthet
ic lower orders of the South, surnamed the
sunny.
The guns were nearly all Napoleons, of the ave
rage calibre. The public animals were in pretty
good condition—quite equal to pulling along light
field batteries, empty wagons, and careering un
der the wiry, not over fat, grizzled and besmeared
cavaliers.
Hood is . described as a thin, stooping man,
with a physical toumure embellished by a wooden
leg, and a wilted arm. My informant dwelt upon ’
the dreary, wearied, baleful expression of his
grey eyes lack lustre, unspeculative orbs, that
tell of overwrought nerves, sleepless nights and
settled melancholy. His speech is slow, and
marked by courteous gravity. “He could nev
er smile, lam told, “without a facial revolu
tion.”
The general was well mounted, and was closely
followed by an orderly bearing his cratch.
The salient features of his dress were a slouch
hat and an enveloping grey coat, iined with fla
ming red.
Cheatham is robust, florid, and together with
nis staff, is better dressed than other generals—
that is, his uniform was probably donned last
spring.
Cleburne looks as Irish as Sir Patrick O’Pleni
po, but talks without Hibernian accent. A faded
cap, not over large, was held on his head by the
band being reversed, and taking a reef abound the
malevolent organs—including amativeness—at
the back of the head. In fact, so peaked and
largely developed is that portion of Pat Cleburne’s
skull opposite his pronounced snuff tray, that
those who see him for the first time reckon it is
bia moat appreciable and frappant physical point.
His division, by the way, seemed very anxious to
assault the fort at Dalton, and would have formed
the storming column. When the garrison marched
out the Cleburnes could hardly be restrained from
firing at the “damned white niggers,” as they
termed the officers of the garrison.
. B * te > not saying it for the sake of alliteration,
is a brute—a gaunt, stooping, shabby party, of
dark complexion and lowering aspect. He di
rected Colonel Johnson, after his surrender at Dal
ton, to go to a block house, three miles up the
road, and “tell the d—d fools that they were sur
rounded by a large army, and would be blown to
the devil if they refused to surrender instantly.”
Colonel Johnson rejoined that he felt sufliciently
humiliated by the necessity for his own surrender,
and would go on no such errand. “Yes, God
damn you,” growled Bate*‘l should think you
are conscious of overwhelming disgrace in herdiog
with niggers.” This same truculent general grew
very indignant that an agreement had been made
to parole our officers, and asked the Colonel com
manding the guard, in the hearing of our officers,
to turn them over to his division, and he would
soon dispose of the sons of b—g.
The Mississippi troops were prominent in heap
ing abase and contumely upon the prisoners.
Financial Matters in Paris.— The Lon
don Times Pari3 correspondent says : “Un
easiness in commercial circles has been in
creased by a statement which appeared in
the papers that the demand for gold at the
bank of France is increasing, and that 6,000,-
000 were withdrawn during the la3t two days
of the week. Commercial failures are like
wise spoken of.
A Curious Cass. —A carious case is about
to be tried in Paris. A lady is to prove in
court that she is not the mother of her child
ren, or rather the children which her husband
attributes to her. This matter is to be demon
strated by decisive arguments, the lady herself
demanding to plead. It is said that amusing
revelations will be made.
Escape of ten Rebsl Prisoners from the
Elmira Camp.—The Rochester Express says :
On last Thursday night .ten rebel prison
ers escaped by -burrowing under several of
their own tents near the fence, and were about
five weeks at the business. The earth was
disposed of by carrying it in haversacks aud
throwing it into sinks. The affair was very
ing' 1 Gy managed, and the runaways have
n covered, being doubtless concealed
in i.- .iciaity by copperhead friends. Two
rebel prisoners were released last week bv
taking the oath of allegiance as prescribed.
The Action or the Bermuda Authorities
tx the Case of the Captors of the Steam
er Roanoke. —The Bermuda papers comment
very severely upon the course of the Colonial
authorities towards the regularly commission
ed officers of the Confederate prize Steamer
Roanoke, Captain Brain and his officers and
men having been arrested at St. Georges, and
r compelled to spend three nights in a British
Jail, on a charge admitted to be untenable,
and bail retused. This bourse has been pur
sued at the instigation and demand of the
Federal authorities. It appears that Captain.
Brain, after capturing the steamer, could not
carry her into Wilmington, and had to burn
her and land her passengers at Bermuda. To
the surprise of aU, the Confederates were ar
rested and sent to jail. They were then ex-
I amined before a court, and Captain Brain’s
commission was produced, and his letter of
J instructions from the Secretary of the Confed
erate States Navy. The signatures of Mr.
Mallory were proved by My. Fry. The letter
of instructions were as follows :
Confederate States op America, )
Navy Department, >
Richmond, May 26, 1364. )
Acting Master John C. Brain, Confederate
States Navy. Richmond. Va.:
Sir : You will herewith receive an appoiu:-
ment of Acting Master in the Navy, and will
proceed to Wilmington and there make the
necessary arrangements to capture upon the
high seas the Federal steamer Roanoke, or the
‘steamers Morning or Evening Star, all of which,
vessels are on a line running between Now
York and Havana.
. In case you succeed iu capturing either c
the above steamers, you will brhig her and the
prisoners of war into a Confederate port.
The strictest regard for the rights of neutral?
and neutral property must be observed, and
discipline and subordination preserved among
officers and men under your command, as a
matter of security and i iceess.
You. are authorized to appoint three acting
masters’ mates and three acting third assistant
engineers] reporting their names to the De
partment as early as practicable, and you will
also report your proceedings under this order
I am, respectfully,
Yeur obedient servant,
R. S. MALLORY,
Secretary of the Navy.
If the prisouers cannot be sent into the
Confederacy you will parole them, taking
their parole in writing, embracing the rank,
grade, name and age, and taking their pledge
not to serve against the Confederate States
during the war, unless regularly exchanged.
S. R. MALLORY, Secretary.
Mr. Richard Darrell, on the part of the at
torney-general, then withdrew the charge, and
the accused were released.
Point Lookout—Treatment of our P?.is
onkrs by Negro Guards.—A gentleman who
was a prisoner at Point Lookout during all o:
last summer, in relating the horrors of prison
life there, gives the Richmond Examiner a
vivid picture of the atrocious treatment which
our prisoners had to endure from the negro
guards there :
With the fall of Fort Pillow commenced a
new era in the history of Point Lookout. The
accounts given of its capture by the abolition
papers, in which it was falsely charged that
the negro soldiers of the garrison were nuts
sacred by Forrest, were read before the troop3
at Point Lookout, and from that moment the
prison became a hell on earth, it was ljke
applying the torch to the magazine. The ne
gro guards had been insolent and overbearing
enough before, but when the story of Fori
Pillow was told them they became worse than
savages—true, living demons. Maddened by
a passion of revenge they commenced what
they called “retaliating” on our men—visiting
upon them every punishment and torture the
most devilish and cruel spirit could devise.
No check or restraint was held upon them by
their officers, and they were left free to follow
out the instincts of their brutal and savage
natures.. Our men were shot down like dogs
on the slightest pretext, and in some cases
they were murdered in cold blood while lying
in bed. The reign of terror at one time was
so complete that our prisoners feared to step
out from their tents even to obey the calls of
nature!
In one single night, just after news-from
Fort Pillow reached camp, four of our soldiers
were wantonly shot while lying in their tents.
This raised such an outcry among our men
that the prison authorities were obliged to
take some action in the matter. An investi
gation was apparently gotten up, but the
whole tiling wtis glossed over by charging that
the shooting was accidental ! It was a com
mon thing to see the guards when they were
being posted just before night loading and
brandishing their guns, adding, with great
glee, “Well I will bag one d—d # rebel.son of a
to-night, sure.” Shooting our men be
came such a common thing that for the while
a perfect terrorism prevailed, and our prisc#-
ers were really afraid to step out of their tents
or speak a word. Tbi3 state of things, we
learn, ba3 greatly abated, and some little
check is now’ exercised over the negro guards.
But for weeks after the fall of Fort Pillow
they were left to do as they pleased.
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
ON Tuesday, November loth, at 11 o’clock, we
will sell m front of our store,
Avery desirable lot of
Fin© Furniture 2
CROCKERY, CHINA, GLASSWARE,
&c., &c.—viz :
1 Fine Sofa; 1 sett Mahogany Chairs;
2 setts Cane-bottom Chairs; Marble-toj:
Side and Centre Tables; Hat Rack; Scribe
Board; Washstands; Fine New Mattre-r
ses, &c., &c.
—ALSO —
1 bine Plated Tea sett, 6 pieces;
1 Fine Large Plated Waiter;
1 Fine China Tea sett, complete,
Waiters, Flower Va3es, Preserve Dishe-,
\\ ine Glasses, Salt Stands, Music Box,
Carpets and Rugs.
8 White and Colored 3larsailes Coun
terpains;
43 Yards New Flax Carpeting;
1 Large Mirror, Lounges, Card Table:
4 Rolls Floor Oil Cloth;
1 Ladies Saddle, very fine;
1 English Dragoon Saddle.
—ALSO —
Several Likely Negroes ’
FINE HORSES, &c.
nov 114 t -S4S
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
0 N .T. ae^ y -, 15th November at 11 o’clock, we
will sell in front of our store
A Likely Negro Woman, 35 years old.
Field Hand, and her two children, u
boy 9 years old and a girl 7.
A Likely Negro Girl 17 years old;
A “ “ « 12 <- “
Avery fine STALLION, 5 years old.
well broke to Harness;
A splendid Iron Grey Filley, 4 years old,
suitable for Saddle or Harness;
10 Sacks Extra Fine Sugar.
■nov 11 4t 924
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
AN TUESDAY, loth of November, at 11 o’clock
we will sell in front of our Auction .Room,
An Extra Fine Silver Plated Tea Sett,
Consisting of Coffee Urn, Tea Urn, Su-ar
Dish, Cream Pot, Slop Bowl, 2 Cake
Baskets, Ice Pitcher, Butter Stand,
Custard Bowl, 8 Goblets, Ac., Ac.—a
most magnificent sett of the most ap
proved pattern, all new.
nov 11 It S.O
