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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. WAItREV, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Saturday Morning, November 12,1864.
Speech of Hon. Thos. J. Semmes,
DELIVERED 121 TEMPERANCE HALL, NOVEMBER
10TH, 1864.
.Mr. Semmes briefly-reviewed theoondition of
the country. lie argued therefrom that the
Confederate States were stronger to-day and
better able to prosecute the war than at any
previous period of its progress. We had re
tired from t>r. those -■ <■* ;• r territory
which '*ie immensely superior naval power
of the <r had eaaoied them to wrest from
U3, a: 'i low Stood upon a more circumscribe J,
but compact, area, ilsthraond. Wilmington,
Chari-' -’oil anu Mod ie were t it- only points
in onr that were approachable by
Yank-e gunboat.-, and i.e believed that all
these place.3 could and would h- successfully
defeu ■.'ruins: an;. t.k ■ water. By
reason o: the ♦•■•n'r-vci i ju and compactness or
our dim* r: ;iov •u" s’ron.tii w«. not required
to be > ib-i.ividtd and fj ittorod away in the
defen.- ■ o! remote ».id wdely separated points,
and ny reason-of our railroad facilities end
our shortened lines o!' communication, e
could more readily remove bodies ot t:o ps
from uiit mreatened position to another, aid
thus, in a great measure, neutral:At the e:.e»
emy’s superiority in numbers.
The speaker saw no roonvor reason :or de
spondency fn tue tact that the ranksof our ar
mies are not so full now, as they-were at pre
vious periods of the war. He discovered in
the increased efficiency of the men who now
compose our armies sufficient compensation
for their reduced numbers. In the early battles
of liic war it was observed that as many men
were seen coming out of the fight as going
into it. We had as many stragglersas fight
ers. Now every manat the eamp-!ire or on
the march counts a soldier in the battle. —
There is no straggling when the fight is an
nounced and the charge sounded. He believed
that th-. number of young men arriving at the
age of eighteen would keep our.army up to
its present strength. The permanent losses
in battle were comparatively small. A large
majority of the casualties were slight, and,
in a few monlh3, most of the wounded were
restored and returned to their places. lie has
just returned from the trans-Mississippi De
partment and could say that under the effi
cient enforcement of conscription, but recent
ly inaugurated there, we should soon have an
army beyond the Mssslssippi amply sufficient,
not only to attend to the interest of that De
partinent, but able to assist their comrades in
the East, if it should be found practicable to
cross the river.
Tim experience of four years had abundant
ly demonstrated the capacity of the Confede
racy to subsist both array and people. There
was no longer any doubt or apprehension on
that score.
The speaker gave an encouraging view
of our financial condition. He defended the
financial legislation of the Congress at its last
session and claimed, among its beneficial re
sults, .the reduction of the aggregate public
debt. In February last the public debt of all
denominations was nearly twelve hundred
millions. According to the late report of the
Secretary of the Treasury it is now a little up-,
wards ot eleven hundred millions, including
two or three hundred millions of 4 per cent,
bonds, most of which will be absorbed by
taxation the present year. The tax in kind
would nearly or quite support the army and
thus obviate the annual issue of at least two
hundred millions of currency. Many of our
expenditures will stover have to be repeated,
because they are of a permanent nature. Iron
fount rftes and manufactories, houses and ma
chinery for the construction of arms and mu
nitions of war have been established and paid
for, and will last as long as the war does
Our annual expenses, therefore, will be much
reduced.
We have endeavored above to give only an
outline of the remarks of Mr. Scmmes on the
several subjects touched upon in his address.
Much the largest portion of his time was em
ployed in the discussion of the proposition for
a Convention of States for the purpose of ne
gotiating a peace. His remarks on this sub
ject we have endeavored to reproduce more
fully and literally in the following abstract:
The proposition for a convention of States
has been of late much discussed, and I allude
to it simply because gentlemen holding prom
inent positions, have seen proper to bring that
mode of reaching the much desired goal of
peace before the people, and urging it as the
only means by which this war can be termi
nated. I consider the discussion somewhat
premature until we can ascertain that there
is a probability the proposition will be sub
mitted to our consideration by those control
ling the political action of the United States.
It is admitted by all, that military success on
our part is an indispensible condition to ne
gotiation of any kind. In the commencement
of the war when the Northern people believed
we could be subjugated without difficulty, no
party of any significance was found willing to
offer us any terms short of unconditional sur
render. After four years’ experience a very
respectable portion of the Democratic party in
the North have come to the conclusion that
our subjugation is impracticable, and hence
have in their platform proposed to us a re
construction ot the Union through the medium
of a convention of States. I say a re-con
struction of the Union, because whatever
doubt may have existed in regard to the true
interpretation of the platform has been re
moved by McClellan’s letter of acceptance.—
This is the only proposition that has been
made by any party at the North. If this par
ty be defeated and Lincoln be elected, as 1
believe he will be, it is manifest the discus
sion on our part is premature. What is the
nature of the convention of States proposed
in the Chicago platform? Is it proposed that
the Southern States shall be admitted into
this convention as separate, free, sovereign
and independent States, at liberty to accept
or reject the terms proposed, and in ease the
terms be rejected, that the war shall cease ?
If thi3 were so, it would be equivalent to a
recognition of the independence of each State
as a foreign power, and a consent in advance
to a dissolution of the Union. If the North
were willing to agree to such terms, it is man
ifest there could be no possible objectiou to
recognizing our independence in tlu aggre
gate, and stopping the war at once. But such
is not the proposition.they make to us. What
they mean by a convention of States, is not
the convention spoken of by Mr. Stephens or
Governor Brown. It is a constitutional con
vention of States bound together by the tie
of the Federal Constitution. It is a conven
tion of sister States under the Constitution of
the United States. The proposition thu
made involves on our part a destruction of
the Confederate Government, a secession of
the States from the Confederacy, and a recog
nition of the Federal theory that secession was
anullity; it is an invitation to us as sister
States under the Constitution of the United
i States, to meet in convention, to amend the
Oonstituion, so as to avoid future disagree
i meats.
Our Constitution prohibits any Stata from
making any treaty or alliance with a foreign
power. It is manifest, therefore, that no
State can go into the proposed convention to
make a treaty without first withdrawing from
the Confederacy. Mr. Boyce seems to ad
•mit this, for he says in his letter that it may
be urged as an argument against bis views,
that the acceptance of a proposition for a con
vention of Statps would imply an abandonment
of Jour present form of Government. His
answer to the objection is that the proposi
tion would also imply an abandonment of the
present form of Government at the North.—
But does any man in his senses, believe that
any respectable portion of the Northern peo
ple entertains, for a moment, the idea that their
government should oe broken upaswellas
ours, and all the States t>e released from all
obligations under both Constitutions and then
meet in convention as they did in 1787 in
their soveieign capacity as States foreign to
one another? What thtfr really propose and
what they sk of us, is to abandon our form
of government and to come back and meet
them in coo Mention as sister States.
No promo.- Ition could be more dangerous to
us. When we meet them in Convention how
are we to vote ? Is-a majority of the Convea
t-qa to settle tue terms ? If so, we know our
i-*tc -a advance. Is a majority of the South
ern States to control the action of the South ?
It not. iome 'cites may accept, and some re
ject. the terms agreed on. What, thin, is to
become of the remaining States? Nothing
wou.b .-r- left to them out an unconditional
submission to the terms acceptably to the ma
jority. la case of refusal to submit, rest as
sured coercion would be resorted to If »»ne
important State, such as Georgia, were to
accept the proposed terms, the residue would
be compelled to acquiesce, because further
prosecution of the war with a divided territo
ry would d>e hopeless.' Suppose none of the
States accepted the terms proposed, parties
wo-uid aris£ in each State in favor of accepting
the terms rather than prosecute '.he war, and
instead of a united people, engaged heart arid
soul in the contest, we wound be torn by inter
nal dissensions.
I can therefore see in the proposition noth
ing but discord among tue States and. divis
ion among tiie people. I see, however, that it
is suggested by some that this Convention
shall uot be a Convention of States , m the or
dinary acceptation of the term —that is, an
assemblage of Sovereign States , with full power
to act —but merely a Convention of Commis
sioners. appointed-.by the States to negotiate,
without power to act finally-; the result of
the negotiation to be submitted to the respect
ive Governments for their ratification. Such
a Convention is nothing more nor less than a
commission to negotiate a treaty of peace, the
commissioners to be appointed by the State3.
What difference is there between such a com
mission and a commission of ten or twenty
gentlemen, appointed by the President for the
same purpose ? • None in .he world, except
that the appointments in one case are
made by the President and Senate, and in
the other case they are made by the States.
The action of either set of commissioners is
not to be obligatory unless conn and by the
Confederate authorities.
So then tois grand proposition A;; an im
posing assemblage ot States dwindles down to
a proposition that the States, and not the
President, shall appoint the commissioners to
conduct the negotiation. Tuis implies dis
trust in the Confederate Executive and Sen
ate, and produces the impression that the
Confederate authorities are unwilling to make
peace, and this mode of negotiation is resorted
to for the purpose of coercing unwilling
agents. What rational man believes for one
moment that the President or Senate, or any
Confederate officer, does not sigh for the gol
den calm of peace as longingly as the most
ardent supporter of this Convention ofStates?
The messages of the President and all his
public declarations, as well as the address and
manifesto issued by Congress, signify the ar
dent desire of all the Confederate authorities
for peace. Why is it that no one expects the
President to offer terms of peace to Lincoln?
It is because we know in advance that our in
dependence will not be recognized. Because
we know he will not talk to us as a party ca
pable of making a contract, or as a third par
ty having an independent existence with whom
a contract, should be made. So long as he
controls the government of the United States
and’adheres to the principles announced by
him, we will not be listened to as an indepen
dent State capable of contracting. This state
of things must continue and the war must
progress until a change of sentiment takes
place at the North. If this change of senti
ment is not sufficiently powerful to overthrow
the Lincoln dynasty, there is no party to whom
we can offer terms of peace with any prospect
of success. Rest assured this change of sen
timent can only be effected by our soldiers on
the battle-field. Four years of successful re
sistance lias produced the effect of creating a
party in the North disposed to come
terms with us, but not yet strong enough to
control the political action of the United States.
I think two years more of successful defense
will be so convincing an argument as to the
utter impossibility of subjugating us, that a
party strong enougli to arrest the war will be
organized, and will make itself felt in the
Federal Congress by withholding the necessa
ry appropriations to conduct the war. At
least this is my hope, and only hope of peace.
There is then, nothing left us except to pre
pare ourselves for the contest, and let us do
so as we have done heretofore, in concert and
harmony.
Reinforcements ro the Army of the
Southside.-— The Petersburg Express says
each train from Richmond brings reinforce
ments for General Lee's army in the persons
of detailed conscripts and others. They are
mostly noble looking fellows, too —Irate, hearty
and fat,-and having the appearauce of being
able to withstand the hottest kind of a cam
paign. But the campaign this winter is des
tined to be a cold one. and, we doubt not.
they will fully accommodate themselves to
that.
The ranks are also being rapidly tilled up
by convalescent and furloughed men return
ing to their commands.
Mi sc el lax nous Items.— Judge Clark, of the
Southwestern Circuit, has decided, in a case
recently brought before him, that a hotel or
private dwelling is not liable to be impressed
under ordinary circumstances, for Government
purposes—the facts set forth in the case
brpught before him not showing the absolute
necessity tor so doing. *
Judge Clark has also decided that manu
facturers of powder, arms aud bonded men to
the Government are in the service of the Con
federate 6intes. and are not subject to State
inilitia duty.
The Charlottesville (Va. 1 Chronicle under
stands that Gen. Lee approves of the idea of
putting negroes in the army/ The States hat
ing been called on for negroes, to be used as
teamsters, etc., Alabama offered hers, if de
siivd. in *l ; - capacity of s .tidier*. General Lee
remarked that the war would soon dose, it
the other States would follow her example.
Bold attempt to Escape.—A bold and very in
genious attempt to escape from the jail in Colu nbla
was made by some of the Yankee officers on Thurs
day last. At night the eighty-eight prisoners are
placed in the second story to sleep. At the south
west corner of the jail and »b'*ut twelve teet from
it, there is a small wooden building, the “combing”
of which is on a level with the second/tory win
dows of the j ,il. From one of these windows the
Yanks had run out a fridge—made from their sleep
ing bunks—aud rested it in such a secure manner
as to prevent its falling. Tw*dve o’clock was he
hour fixed for the attempt to escape, but unfertu
; nately for them the bridge was discovered by tho
1 prison guard.— Courier.
The r ollowing Circular has been ailrofsed by
, Col. Wn. M. Browne, Commasdant »f Conscripts
J for the State of Georgia, to the District Inapee
tors. It ia an eloqwnt appeal to these officers te
do their duty, and intelligently and clearly points
ont the manner of performance. Col. Browne has
thus given but another evidence of.his faithful
discharge of official duty. We can truthfully
; affirm that no officer of the Government has more
fully met the requirements of his position, and
none has exhibted greater zeal and energy in
sending forward to the army those liable to ser
vice. Neither is any one more thoroughly versed
in the polite courtesies of official intercourse :
Headq’p.s Conscript Service, Georgia, )
Augusta, Nov. stb, 1864. )
I. la addition to the general instructions al
ready communicated to you iu relation to your
official duties as Inspector of Conscription, there
are some points to which I would draw your par
ticular attention.
11. To officers of your intelligence, patriotism
and character, it is unnecessary to describe the
need of '.ur country, the condition of our armies
and the duty of true citizen in the present
crisis of our national history. Nor is it necessary
to assure you iha: the ranks of our regiments
mus s be recruited, and that promptly, by every
man capable of bearing arms, if the war which
ba~ already cost > r much blood and treasure is to
result in the ;or ,uest of our independence and
. the restoration el the blessings of peace. Were
the whole arms bearing population in the ranks
where they belong, and whither every consideration
of duty and every manly feeling ioudiy eall them,
the soil of our O' untry would not now be defiled by
the tread o; a -i: gla Yankee soldier in arms, and
peace would be o certainty of speedy' realization.
111. If the Enrolling Officers.will do their whole
duty, thous ufds of young and healthy men who
have hitherto he 1 aloof from the path of patriot
ism and tried to satisfy their consciences by the
delusion that by i detail on a railroad, in a mill,
on a farm, or in a counting house they are serving
their country, w:*t be added to our armies. And
thousands who ive deserted, or who hare ex
pired or forged furloughs and certificates of detail,
wao are now scattered over the Stale, would be
arrested and sent back to the army. I have ap
pealed to them to-discharge this duty. I hope
that I have not appealed in vain. Were Ito base
my hopes in future on my experience of the past,
I regret to state hat I should not be sanguine as
to the result.
By vigilance and energy these thousands may
be promtly scut to the front.
, With zealous and active supervision on j’our
part as to the prompt and thorough execution of
the orders issued, the work can and will be ac
complished.
IV. To make your supervision efficient, you
must become perfectly acquainted with your Dis
trict, with the Enrolling Officers, and the leading
citizens of known loyalty and patriotism. Where
tnere are derelictions of duty, incapacity, or de
ficiencc3 of any character you must discover them
if you do your duty, aud by promptly reporting
them to me a speedy remedy will bo applied.
V. Herewith I send you another copy of Circu
lar No. 3, from these Headquarters, which is the
basis of the duty of the officers of the Conscript
service in this State. See that the records of each
Enrolling officer are faithfully kept as therein pre
scribed. See that the rules therein laid down are
implicitly followed.
Where the Enrolling officers misapprehend
their duty or fail to comprehend the proper mode
of doing it,« instruct them, and by examination
sea that your instruction has been thoroughly un
derstood
VI. Let every officer and employee in your dis
trict be made to know that disobedience, neglect,
absence without leave, favoritism, or abuse of au
thority will be punished by instant removal and
by being sent to Camp of Instruction to await
-trial by a military court.
Absence without leave on the part of the En
rolling officers is an offence of frequent occur
rence. This must not be. Many of those as
signed to this duty because the eye of their
Commanding officer is not on them, absent them
selves for days and weeks from their posts of
duty to attend to their private interests or
pleasure, abandoning the important trusts confi
ded to them, and yet ready at the end of the
month to certify on honor whan they draw their
pay and allowances that they havo not been ab
sent without leave. Let them be made to
understand the dishonor,Of such conduct, and
let your vigilance detect and lead to its punish
ment.
The journeys of these officers on their private
business are, I am informed, frequently made at
the public expense, the delinquents obtaining or
ders for transportation from the Post Quartermas
ter’. This is fraud. I have recently discovered
that transportation is given in many cases to men
who nave held details and who now seek to have
them renewed and escape obedience to recent or
ders come to these Headquarters to present their
petition. This is a criminal misapplicatian of the
public money. I look to you to prevent these
abuses within your district. Leaves of absence
can only bo obtained from these Headquarters.—
Public transportation can alone be honestly
used for the public -service, and cannot be given
to any conscript except when he is being for
warded from his county to be assigned to military
duty.
VII. Complaints have been made, and with too
much cause I fear, that while many men fit for the
field are allowed to evade the service, individuals
who have not been able to secure the favor of the
Enrolling officer, have been treated with undue
harshness, often amounting to brutality. See
that this is corrected. Every citizen is entitled to,
and should receive justice, due consideration, ancl
respectful treatment. The laws cau, and must be
rigidly executed, but this can be done without
cruelty.
VIII. Hear patientiy complaints made to you.
Investigate the facts and report promptly to these
Headquarters, with an expression of your opinion.
Let the citizens feel that you not only are appoint
ed to see that all men due to the armies in the
field are sent there as the law directs, but that it
is also your duty to see that their rights are re
spected. Lis charged that Enrolling officers and
their employees in some places, have demanded
and received payment of large sums of money
from applicants for exemption and detail for draw
ing tbeir applications in proper form, and in oth
ers where the officers and their assistants have not
been guilty of this gross crime have directed
applicants to apply to certain chosen lawyers to
have their papers njade out, visiting a failure
to comply with this direction by unfavorable re
ports.
I have reason to believe that there is good foun
dation for this charge. I know there is, in one in
stance. There are no words too strong to denounce
such conduct. It is gross, base dishonesty. It is
the duty of Enrolling Officers and their assistants
to aid the applicants in making out their papers.—
They receive pay and allowances for the perform
ance of this among their other duties, and when
they demand money from the citizens themselves,
or enforce inpayment to a lawyer' they are guilty
of a fraud, deserving the most condign punishment.
IX. It is also an important part of your duty to
see'that Medical Officers of the Conscript Service
are faithful and diligent in the discharge of the im
portant and responsible functions assigned to them.
Let me commend this to your constant and special
attention.
X. The expenses of the service are very great, j
even if rigid economy is observed, and-it is there- !
tore the duty of every officer to see that the public I
monqy is faithfully applied,-that no waste is allow
ed and that the public property issued is not mis
applied. Large quantities of stationery are requir
ed for the Conscript service, but it is feared that
much is wasted. I have already pointed out your
duty in this regard, and again enjoin upon you the
necessity for strict economy in this item of expen
diture In some instances difficulties have been re
ported to me as existing between the Enrolling
Officers and the authorities of the State, arising
from conflicting claims as to the service of certain
citizens—the former claiming that service was due
to the Confederate States, the latter to the State of
Georgia. I have assiduously endeavored to avoid
conflict of this nature, and when I have been other
wise unable to adjust the difference of opinion have
referred the question at issue to the judicial tribu
nals of the State. My action has met the approval
of the War Department, and I am instructed to
continue this course in the future.
XI. Let Enrolling Officers in their intercourse
with State officials be courteous and conciliatory,
while they are firm in the execution of their duty.
XII. Confiding inyour capacity and fidelity I re
commended you to the MajoT General Command
ing for appointment to your present office. On the
faith of that recommendation you were appointed.
Justify my recommendation by your vigilance, en
ergy anil z-«l. Be strict, impartial and fearless.—
Allow n i compromise with duty. Xeglect no means
of acquir n-. information. Be untiring in your
searches ami investigations. The laws and the
orders to the proper authorities are before you. See
that i hey are executed to the letter. The result will
be thatvhe ranks of our army will be filled, our in
dei endenee won. and peace restored to our now
suffering country-
WAi, M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts
for the State of Georgia.
•A Wipe.— What a sacred name, what a responsi
ble office! She must be the unspotted santuary to
which wear ed men flee from the crimes of the
world, and feel that no sin dare enter there, A
wife! she must be as pure as spirits around the
sveriH-*mg throne, that man may kneel to her in
aum-rtU u without abasement. A wife ! she must be
th r >n angel of his footsteps on earth, and
gi:i ; l< tn • "• heaven; so firm in virtue, that
?;n nl moment waver, she can yield him
support ... , ■ e him upon its firm foundation; so
happy iu conscious innocence that, when from the
perplexities of the whole world, he turns to his
home, he may never fir Ia frown where he sought
a smile.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OF THB PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richbond, Nov. 11.—Nothing definite from
tae Yankee Presidential election. The pre
vailing opinion is that Lincoln is re-eleoted.
Gentlemen arrived from Maryland last night
via the Potomac, report that New York and
Pennsylvania had gone for McClellan.
A courier from below, this afternoon, says
that the Yankee mail boat had no: arrived
to-day up to the time of his departure. So
says the Yankee pickets.
Richmond, Nov. ll.—Senate not in session
to-day. having adjourned ever until Monday.
The House went into secret session after the
announcement of the special Committee to
inquire into the expediency of making an ap
peal to the several States to reduce the num
ber of exemption of State officers.
TOO for 1. —An officer who took a promi
nent part in the operations on the North side,
of last Thursday week, informs us that a care
ful estimate of casualties on this side makes
the Confederate loss about thirty, while that of
the enemy, allowing the usual percentage of
wounded for those who are known to have
been killed, and adding the prisoners taken,
must have been very near, if not quite, three
thousand. The ratio of 100 for 1, is some
thing better than we are accustomed to, and
is due, perhaps, mainly to the fact that the
Yankees enjoyed the benefit of the splendid
generalship of Beast Butler. \Ve can wish
nothing better than that he may continue to
command the braves anywhere in front of our
lines. '
We are not so exactly advised as to the ca
sualties on the South side, on the same occa
sion, but are assured that the percentage there,
too, was immensely in our favor. The entire
Yankee loss on both sides of the river, it is
now well ascertained, eoiild not have been
less than six thousand. But to serve the need
r of his master at Washington, in reference to
the election, Grant was reduced to the igno
minious necessity of reporting his losses at
not.more than two hundred. The ideal of the
military chrracter, before this war, was frank
ness, truth and honor. What will it be here
after, when Yankee soldiership has had its
day ?—Richmond Whig. 7th.
From Mexico. —Cortina has surrendered,
with his Army, to General Mejia, of the French
army, with all his material and munitions of
war. He demanded to be placed in command
of ail the Mexican forces surrendered, with
the rank of general, and if is stated that the
request was complied with.
Gen. Drayton has arrived at Brownsville,
and assumed command of the rebels at that
place and the lower Rio Grande.
Governor Cortina has submitted to the Em
peror Maximilian, surrendered all his forces,
arms, cannon and all his munitions of war to
the reactionary General Mejia, who i3 in the
employ of the Emperor Maximilian, and has
accepted a commission in the army ofthe Em
peror as brigadier general.
By the steamer Alliance a large number of
Mexican officers have arrived to seek an asy
lum in tue United States. These officers have
refused the bribes offered them by the tyrants
who now rule in Mexico, and stand out against
all the influences of the French, preferring
exile to being slaves.
The Yankee Prisoners who Took the Oath.
—On Sunday morning ,ast, two. hundred nativU
Irishmen, who have been Federal prisoners in our
hands for over twelve months past, reached this
city, from Florence, S. C., and passed through on
their wav to join Hood’s army.
The aoove mentioned prisoners, were refused
un exchange by the Yaukee Government in con
sequence of their time having run out, and feeling
that they had not been treated right by the said
Government, and with a view to revenge, took the
oath of allegiance to the Confederate States, and
were duly sworn into our army, by a Catholic
priest at Florence, S. C.
They are all strong, hearty, and robust look
ing men, and are now on their way to join the
Army of Tennessee. They have expressed a
wish, that they may be allowed to join the gal
lant General Rat Cleburne's corps, that General
being a native of their own dear Ireland. They
all swear vengeance against the enemy if they
are ever lucky enough to meet him on the tent
ed field.
The above parties represent that a large num
ber of native born Yankees, whose time was
out, desired to take the same oath and join
the Confederate States army, but that the au
thorities at Richmond refused them the privi
lege.
We have no doubt these men will give a good
account of themselves, and prove a valuable ac
quisition to General Hood’s army.— Chronicle &'
Sentinel.
The North British Review contains an able
article on ToJ'eben’s “History of the Crimean
War.’’ It is written from a Russian point of
view, but on the whole it is far more reliable
than Mr. Kinglake’s work. It seems clear
enough that if the allies had pushed their ad
vantage and marched on to Sebastopol imme
diately after the battle of the Alma, that
stronghold would have fallen without a pro
tracted siege. We must remember, however,
that the allied commanders could not possi
bly know, and had no right to assume, that
such an important place was so nearly de
fenceless, and that, therefore, they were justi
fied in proceeding cautiously. If the allies
had not met with anew system of defence—
that of earthworks, as invented by General
Todleben—Sebastopol could not have held out
for many weeks. Just when modern artillery
had reached that degree of perfection which
rendered the strongest stone fortifications
of no avail, Todleben hit upon an expedient
which neutralizes its most powerful efforts.
It is curious to note what a marked effort the
earthwork system of Todleben has had on
the course of the American war. It has ena
bled the South to defy the superior artiliery
of their enemy. But earthworks are useful for
defence, not for aggression, and, therefore, the
Federals, though very ingenious in the use of
the spade, have not made much progress to
wards the conquest of the South.
[London Index.
The Florence Barracks. —A correspon
dent of the Edgefield Advertiser writes:
Florence, the military prison, is about three
miles from Florence Depot, which is about
one hundred miles from Columbia, and the
same distance from Wilmington, N. C., and
from Charleston, S. C. The stockade contains
an area of thirty ttwo acres, and is built of logs
eighteen feet long, inserted in the ground to
the depth of four feet, with a small ditch in
side and a large moat or ditch outside. The
dirt is thrown up against the timbers on the
inside of the enclosure, making a solid em
bankment some ten feet high, upon which
aur sentinels are posted day and night. In
each corner of the stockade there is a large
and substantial platform, and on each plat
iorm two pieces of artillery so arranged as to
sweep any direction. ,
There are about sixteen thousand prisoners
confined in the stockade. They represent ev
ery State of the Lincoln Empire, and many
other nations besides; but the Emerald Isle
is more fully represented than any other por
tion of the globe. About one thousand have
taken the oath of allegiance, aDd, it is 3aid,
more contemplate doing so. The greatest
morality per diem since the establishment of
the stockade has been fifty-five and the small
est about thirty. They bury their dead with
heathenish indifference and appear neither to
fear God or to regard men.
The Late Cardinal Bedine-A curious Post
Mortem Incident— A remarkable story comes from
Viteolo, Italy, about the late Cardin,.l Bedini. It
appears that his body lay in state in a church there,
enclosed in a triple coffin, when suddenly an explo
sion was heard as if from his coffin, and the corpse
was forcibly ejected, the bier and the lighted can
dles around it were overturned. The few people in
the church fled in dismay. The police attributed
the the explosion of a bomb which had
been placed under the coffin, and immediately ar
rested several citizens suspected of liberalism.
TX3I3E3 OITY.
T- J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
Sales To-dat.— Ellis, Livingston A Cos., will
sell to-day, salt, syrup, chewing and smoking to
bacco, shoes, clothing, sundries, Ao. See adver
tisements.
Jefferson A Hamilton wish to perchase 1,000
bushels of corn, which they propose to pay for in
money or salt.
— ►- w m
A Bold Attempt.— We team from a very intelli
gent and highly trustworty source, that yesterday,
as a lady was driving a buggy alone some five miles
from the city, a soldier, supposed to be a deserter,
rushed from the woods, seized the reins of her
horse, probably with the intention of cutting him
out and mounting himself. Fortunately in the
nicke of tim#, two gentlemen hove in sight and
the theif "got up and got.” Can such things be
in our laud of civilization and religious refinement.
It sonnus more like the romance of highwaymen,
than reality. But we suppose it must be so.
The H iu. Question. —We sea from yesterday’s
Enquirer that Local Jones is also exercised about
the aforesaid swine recently presented to our
neighbor of Bufanla. Lie still, Joseph, and keep
your mouth shut. Such good things are only ini
tended for “ sick folks” like oursolf and John
Black. How dare you come in for a share. We
shall have to put you to bed hungry a night or
two to learn you fnanners.
Immortalized at Last.— What curious things
happen now-a-days. Little did we ever imagine
our humble name would become the theme for
the minstrel’s lays, or hallowed by flowing song—
but even so it is, contrary to our mo3t ambitious
hopes. Whether tjie effort of the poet is calcula
ted to embalm our name very deeply in the saCred
shrine of history and raeollection must be deter
mined by the poem below. Reader, peruse it and
judge fox yourself. It is one of John Black’s latest
and best.
John, you have one consolation in your present
misfortune, —you are not the only author ever
damned by the stupidity of the printer.* It is the
fate of genius. But while this is so, the printer
likewise 'aa3 his consolation ; that is, that where
he accidentally consigns one author to oblivion,
his own genius has given importance to the mise
rable lucubrations of many a fool whose self-con
ceit led him to suppose he knew a great deal more
than he really did. Try again, John, perhaps
we’ll do better next time :
For the Times.
Reading Proof.
Ad dresssd to T. J. Javkson, Esq.
’Tis many, many years, dear Tom,
Since we “stuck type” together,—
But then our “proofs” were always dear,
“Correcting” was no bother.
The other day, I grieve to say, *
Your “typos” of the Times.
They played the very deuce with whar,
I thought my best of rhymes.
They put a Y, of F
The word was plainly “Four,”
And how the Y should got in F
Bewilders me sPill more.
And then tho “out,” —two words ware left
Completely from a line ;
A “doublet” in another place,
Played havoc with the “Nine.’
Rub up your glasses, Tom, —or stop :
It might have been a glass
That troubled you when “reading proof,”
And let those “errors” pass.
If that were it, I’ll not complain, r
But in my future rhymes,
Please “follow cepy,” so they may
Do credit to your Times.
Eufaula, 1364.
From Western Virginia. —We learn from the
Wheeling Intelligencer, of Nov. 2d, (says the
Richmond Sentinel) that on the morning of the
Ist instant, a party of McNeil’s gallant men (the
Intelligencer calls them robbers!) pounced upon a
company of New York cavalry, stationed at Green
Spring run, fifteen miles the other side of Cum
berland, ancl killed three of the . company, woun
ded several and took the balance -prisoners. No
harm was done to the road.
Recently, in Arkansas, a scouting party of
Yankees, composed of Kansas troops and an
Arkansas renegade or negro regiment, en
countered the 17th Arkansas Confederate reg
iment. Although the Federals were driven
back to Little Rock, they claim a “slashing”
big victory.
The Washington Chronicle says : “ We
should dislike exceedingly to believe the
statements of the Louisville Journal, respect
ing Kentucky loyalty. It declares ths.t ‘every
body knows that thousands of persons have
been drafted in Kentucky who have desired
to remain at home, but who, if compelled to
fight at all, prefer fighting on the rebel side.’
It then goes on to say that ‘we are assured,
and believe, startling as the fact may seem,
that our draft, got up with so much trouble
and expense, and creating such deep and wide
spread dissatisfaction and disaffection, has
given more men to the rebel than to the Fed
eral cause, and the evil is becoming worse
and worse every day.’” ,
German and Polish Recruits for Maximil
ian.—The number of Mexican volunteers now
drilling at Ligani amounts to nearly 4,0Q0.
Os which about 500 are former Polish insur
gents, who have been., confined in the various
fortresses of the empire since'their capture on
the Galician frontier.
Pleasonton. —The Y'ankee telegrams say
that Pleasonton inarched 94 miles in two days
with 6,000 men, and routed Priced army of
26,000. We always thought the Yankees
were lying about the defeat of old Pap, and
now we know it. Such a tale as this don’t
bear telling even to the marines.
It is more than probable that the New l'ork
agents, arrested by Lincoln, were to some ex
tent guilty of the charges preferred against
them. In one of his late speeches, referring
to the affair, Governor Seymour is reported
to have said :
I understand the Government has just ar
rested some persons in Washington, on the
charge of illegally altering the poluiers’ votes.
It ill becomes a Government, which has sent
soldiers by entire regiments to vote in Indi
ana, and which has controlled the ballot box
in Maryland by the bayonet, to inquire very
closely concerning a few fraudulent votes.
This is equivalent to an admission that
fraud had been attempted.
MARRIED.
On the 10th instant, near Yillula, Ala., at the re
sidence of the bride’s father, by the Rev. Dr. Hig
gins, Alajor BENJAMIN G. JONES, of Rome,
Ga„ and Miss MARY C„ daughter of .4. R. Smith,
Esq.
HEADQ'RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE GEORGIA,
Augusta, November 9th, 1864.
General Orders, 1
No. 51. /
I. Lieatenant P. LOONEY i, anao.nced u Ad
jutaot of tho Oi nrenpt S,rvice in the State of Ueor
gia, and all offic ai communications with these
Headquarters wih. in future, be addressed to him
11. The.folUwing named Officers are announced
as Inspectors of Conscription for their respective
Districts, and willjbe respected accordingly
Lieut, Alfred Prescott, IstlCongressional District.
Lieut. E H. Winn, 2d Congressional District.
Capt. Win, S. Davis, 3d Congressional District
Lieut. Col. Wm.fS. Wallace, ith Congressional
District.
Lieut. Wm. T. Martin, sth Congressional District
Lieut. Geo. A. Cabaniss, 6th Congressional Dis
trict,
Lieut. B. H, Newt >n, 7th and Bth Congressional
Districts.
Lieut. J. H. Morgan, 9th Congressional District.
WILLIAM M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts
for the State of Georgia.
no Li dt
.YoUce.
I shall be in Columbus tor a few days to pay for
work done on its Defences when under the charge
of Captain Theodore Moreno. Claimants from Mer
riwether, Harris, Muscogee ar:d Chattahoochee aro
requested to call immediately at the office of Messrs
Ellis, Livingston & Cos
GEO. H, BROWNE,
nov 12 2: 2d Lieut. Engineer Con
WANTED.
1 Ai|| I BUSHELS CORN, for which we will pay
ivl/G cash or exchange Salt,
nov 12 fit _ JEFFERSON A HAMILTON.
<fe@*”Sunpnd Enquirer copy.
AUCTION 3 ALES
Bv Ellis, Livingston A Cos
’PHIS day, Saturday November 12th, at lloYiock,
we will sell in front of our store,
A Gentleman’s very fine Morning Gown,
made of fine slarino and lined with
Silk, new, a splendid article
0 —ALSO —
A good Lotfof Standard, School and
Medical Books.
nov 12 It $1
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.,
TI 7 E will sell on Tuesday, November, 15ta. at 11
»* o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
-15 Shares Macon and Western Railroad
.Company.
5 Shares Southwestern R. R Company.
nov 12 3t $9
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos,
I ♦ ♦
WE wili sell on Saturday, 12th November, at
m 11 o’clock, in front of our store
63 Bbk Coast Salt;
o Bbls. Sflrghum Syrup;
5 Cases Fine Smoking Tobacco;
10 Boxes Fine Chewing Tobacco;
1 Buggy;
4 Milk Cows;
SHOES, CLOTHING, &o.;
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 S2B
By Ellis, Livingston & (o,
ON Tuesday, November 15th, at 11 o’clock, wo
will sell in front of our store,
Avery desirable lot of
Fine Furniture!
CROCKERY, CHINA, GLASSWARE,
Ac., Ac.—viz :
1 Fine Sofa; 1 sett Mahogany Chairs;
- setts Cane-bottom Chairs; 3lurble-top
Side and Centre Tables; Hat Rack; Scribe
Board; Washstands; Fine New Mattres
ses, cfc., Ac.
—ALSO—
-1 Fine Plated Tea sett, (j pieces,
1 Fine Large Plated Waiter;
1 Fine China Tea sett, complete;
Waiters, Flower Vases, Preserve Dishes,
Wine Glasses, Salt Stands, Music Box,
Carpets and Rugs.
8 White and Colored Marsai’es Cotin*
terpains;
48 Yards New Flax Carpeting;
1 Large Mirror, Lounges, Card Tabic,
4 Rolls Floor Oil Cloth;
1 Ladies Saddle, very fine;
1 English Dragoon Saddle.
—ALSO—
Several Likely Negroes!
FINE HORSES, &c.
nov 114 t -idS
Bv Ellis, Livingston A Cos,
— % m
ON Tuesday, 15th November at 11 o’clock, we
wrll sell in front of our store
A Likely Negro- Woman, 35 years oil,
Field Hand, and her two children, a
boy 9 years old and a girl 7.
A Likely Negro Girl 17 years old:
A “ “ “12 “ “
Avery fine STALLION, 5 year- 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 $24
By Ellis, Livingston & 10.
ON TUESDAY, 15th of November, at 11 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our Auction Ji oom,
An Extra Fine Silver Plated Tea Seti,
Consisting of Coffee Urn, Tea Urn, Sugar
Dish, Cream Pot, Slop Bowl, 2 Cake
Baskets, Ice Pitcher, Butter Stand.
Custard Bowl, 8 Goblets, &c., &c.—a
most magnificent sett of the most ap
proved pattern, all new.
nov 11 It S2O
By Ellis, Livingston & l o
♦♦♦ -
GOOD FARM AT AUCTION.
0" N Tuesday, 16th November, at 11 o’clock we wl '
sell in from of our store—
.A. IF 1 A. JR> IMI
About 6 miles from the Citv, and a half
mile north of the Old Express-Road, containing 1'- ■
acres land—being-the eastern portion of lot >o. 4->
in tho 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 \\ ater.
nov 7 8t S4O
By Ellis, Livingston <fc t o
A PRIV AT E SL A L E
1,500 Acres unimproved Lane
Spring Creek, Miller county, former:-
Earlv, will be sold at a bargain.
00 2117 t ssi)