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DAILY TIMES,
J. W. W ARREN & CO., Proprietors.
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l\rr- month*.
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•barge will be S3O per square.
Announcing candidatess3o. which most invariably
paid in advunoe.
Change of Schedule.
QyptCil ESQtNKKR aSD SOPKgOtTgNDgKT, )
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, k
Charleston, June 7. 1864.)
1F notice, the Schedule of tue Passenger train will
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston ; 9.45. a. m.
Arrive in Savannah .J 5.40, p. in.
Leave Savanuaa ...... ..5 30, a.,m.
Arrive in Charle-io a 1.15. p. m. j
this Tram makes direc: oouaectioos. going north
jnd south, with tne Northeastern Railroad at Char
iHton. ami the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. J. HAINES,
June 14 cl Engineer and Superintendent.
Change of Schedule,
ON and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains >n
the “uscogee Railroad will run a» follows
PASSENGER TRAIN
Leave Columbus 5 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon 3 10 P. M
Ar rive at Columbus .' 4 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
\V . L. CLARK,
m *r 19 ts • Supt. Muscogee R. R.
Through to Montgomery
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY..
COLUMBUS, August 27-, 1864.
i iN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
*./ the Montgomery and West Point Railroad wul
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m.
Arrive at Oolumbus at 0:32 p. m.
Leave Cblumbus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Mongoinery at 3:00 p. m.
Arrive at West Point at 4.30 p. ®.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at »:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
D. H. CRAM, Sup’t At Eng.
cg27lß64—tf
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CH4SGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
OiN and Alter 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
R«d» Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train
Leave Girard at 1 30 p. in.
Arrive in Union Springs 6 00
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. in.
Arrive in Girard at..... 10 00
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m.
Arri ve in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
■glsftf ' Eng. k Suf*’t.
Dr. R, NOBLE,
IDZEirSTTIST,
lT Pemberton 3c Carter’s old stand, back room of
J c «voiith’s .Jewelry Store, where he can be found
*ll xlCL’vo. Toe 18 6m
wantedT
r i WM \ LBS. Os TALLOW, for a liberal price
will be paid. Apply to
F*. W. DILLARD,
sp7 ts Major and Q. M,
Wanted '
TO HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.—
Good wages given. Apply a r our Government
Works. _
»c 23 ts JOHN D. GRAY A CO.
Wanted to Employ
\ GOVERN Es*i in a private family for a limited
number of scholars, in the country, a short dist
ance from Columbus. Address Box 16.
oe 31 2w’s W. G. W.
House and Lot lor Sale.
G'llE subs riber desbes to sell a House and Lot in
* Russoll county, .Ala., on the Crawford and Salem
road, about one mile from the New Bridge. The
House has two comfortable rooms, a fire place in
taeh. There are on the lot also a stable and poultry
house. The lot cont ains two acres. For further in
formation apply at the Eagle Factory, to
nov 10-1 Ot* W. S. O’BANNON.
SSOO Howard 2
STOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus,
0 on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last,
TWO DVCXJIjBS,
one a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye.
The other a black mare Mule, medium size, with
wliith 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 Mules.
H-M. CLECKLEY.
Columbus. Ga.,Nov. 9, 1864 —ts
fcifSun please copy.
WANTED.
ijij ii j BUSHELS CORN, for which we will pay
I"'’’' cash or exchange Salt.
BOV 126 t JEFFERSON & HAMILTON.
«S®*Sun and Enquirer copy.
$125 Dollars Reward,
U PRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
0 bay mare MULE, about nine ve rs old, hair
rubbed otf of both hips and a large scar -m the right
hiedquarter. JOHN COOK.
oc i t ts
SIOO Reward.
ILL bo paid for a negro boy named Henry, who
»V r ariaway about two months ago. He is about 5 ,
ieet B inches high; weighs about 160 or 170 lbs.; com-
Sfexion yellow; fine looking; when laughing has
imples in both cheeks. It is probable ho went to
Atlanta with some of the troops from this city.
oc6 ts H. M. CLECKLEY.
900 Reward.
VEGRO boy CHARLEY ; abiut 25 years old, vel
low co uplexion, hair nearly straight, below or
din ary intelligence : loft J/r. Nat. Thompson s near
Bex Springs, Talbot county. I bought him ot_a
Xr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskcgee, Ala. He originally came trom
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any satejailunct
•information sent to me at thßotfice. RUSSELL
Colutobu*s o a., aug Its
Toood plantation
For iSalt*.
I N Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the
I Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The
tract contains 1,200 acres about iOO cleared. Then
•.« aeomfortable Dwelling House on the (dace, good
Negro cabins with brick chimmes and -il .he neees_
sary out-buildings. The land js productive and
location desirable. Possession given in Novembei.
For further information ADA j^g i
oc 27 lm Columbus, Ga.
*i“Telegraph & Confederate, Macon; Montgo
mery Advertiser; Gmstitutionalis, Augusta, copy.
To Rent,
\ BLACKS MITH SHOP with six or seven Forges,
ocll tt omi>,ete - APP,y at THIS OFFICE-
PERRY HOUSE.
)HIE undersigned would respectfully inform his
I old friends, patrons, und .lie trawling puolic
generally, that as lie has to*bo absent for a snort !
time he has been so fortunate as to have associated i
with him his well known and worthy tne;ul Air. ;
KDVf AKD PARSONS, late gs Atlanta. Ha., whose i
reputation a nl superior t ot for business is well ■
Snown throughout t.e Confederacy. This House
is Urge and commodious, and no pa ms, nor expense
shall be spared to fit it up in the very best and most i
elegant style, and to obtain every thing in the lino (
f)i substantial eatables and luxuries that this i
market affords, With these assurances we most j
cordially solicit all our old aicods, and iho travel- \
hag.public generally, to give us a call and an O-por- ]
tttmty of rendering them cotn'artable.
FIIOS. E: SMI IH. ;
Executol* ‘a Wt la e.
} H uMDih.s after date applip ti'.n "rili ;»c uu 'e
* w tue Court of Ordinary of Tayior coflnty, forj
r X '“r roc> ,;f' ;,i aabie proper y ol j
•V- ■ " ue ' 1 Muubettii. .a, deceased, late
.vf.satd county. •• • i
SAMUEL k. JOHNSON, Fx’r I
1; Per TIIOS. D. BRAND* i
liiiife limp.
VOL. Xl.}
SPECIAL NOTICES
Hbado’rs CoKScatPT Service, Ga,, 1
* Auguata, Ga,, Nov. 11, 1864. J
Circular, No. 25.
It having L een reported to these Headquarters
that there are quite a number of citizens in this
State guilty of the crime of harbor ng deserters and
persons enrolled for service, it is hereby ordered—
That in all cases where the evidence is thought
sufficient to convict the parties, the Enrolling Offi
cer w ill apply to the nearest Confederate Commis
Stoner for a warrant and have them arrested and
bound over for trial before the District Cburt of the
Confederate States under the provision of the Act
of Congress, approved January 22d, 1864, and pro
mulgated in General Orders No. 29. A. A I. G. 0.,
Current Series, which imposes aline of one thousand
dollars and imprisonent for two years.
* WM. M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Oomd’t of Conscripts for Georgia.
novis-6t
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS,
Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29, 1864.
NO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex
press Company's Office after 3% o’clock p. g.t o
go East on that day, nor will any be received to go
West lifter 4% o’clock p it.
oc 29 ts S.H. HILL. Agent.
Register Your Names.
Citizens w 11 take notice that the time allowed for
registering their names as voters at the municipal
election in December will expire on Saturday, 19th
instant.
The book ij open at the Council Chamber, over
Engine Room No. 3, opposite Odd FeilowSjfHall.
novl4 6t M. M. MOORE. Clerk.
For Marshal.
W. L. ROBINSON is announced as a candidate
for the office of Marshal of the city by
novls* MANY FRIENDS. '
For Deputy Marshal.
At the solicitation 6f many friends, WILLIAM
N. ALLEN has consented to become a candidate
for the office of Deputy Marshal of the city of Co
lumbus, at the ensuing election, and will.be sup
ported by MA NY VOTERS.
nov!4 te*
Produce Wanted,
In exchange for Iron suitable for plantation pur
poses. Apply to SHERMAN .fc CO.,
novl4 2w. Masonic Hall,‘.ip. stairs.
- ytr;
Yotice.
The office of Oayt. B. A. THORN TON is removed
to Agency Bank of Charleston,'ever Spencer’s
Store. novls-st.
Bonds of the 500,000,000 Loan.
1 A>l authorized to continue the sale of the 6 per
A cent, long date Non Taxable Bonds of this Loan
at the Government rate of One Hundred.and Thir
ty-five Dol ars. -4
The principal of the Loan being free from Taxa
tion and the Coupons receivable tor all Import and
Export dutiss, makes it the most desirable yet offer
ed by the Government. I therefore recommend it
to th« tayorah!* notice of people^
oc 19 1m ' Agent for sale of Bonds.
ST E R LllypiCHi^E!
FEW Hundred Pounds o: Sterling Exchange
tor sale in su. is to suit pur-. by
igl6 tt BANK COLUMBUS.
NOTICE'
To Pflissisislppi Soldiers !
THE "MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
i Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in
the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from
Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s
corner, between Main st., and the Perry House.
Your baggage is there.
C. K.* MARSHALL,
■ sop2S ts Agent.
(xoveruraeut Sheep lor Exchange.
Qi;A HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon
O' 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, IS64—tf
Notice.
p RAND and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at
‘J the May Term, 1864, of the Scptrior Court of
Mnscogee county, are 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. ISo4-td . F. M. BROOKS. Clerk.
■®s~Emiuirer and Sun copy until day.
Dr, G, B. HEARD,
(Late Surgeon P. A. C, S.)
( iFFERS his Professional Serviees to the citizens
' ' of Columbus. Office at Dr. Carter’s Drugstore.
Can be found at night at the residence of Wm. C.
Gray, in Lin wood. [nov 10 lm*
SI,OOO Reward.
STOLEN from the premises of George Kidd, in
Troup county, on theSth instant, a sorrel roan
mare, about five feet high, five years old . three
white feet, two behind and one in front; left hind
leg newly scarred between the hock and ancle
joint, four or five ii dies in length. White spot on
theiorehead about the size of a silver dollar. Scar
under the left eye.
One thousand dollars will be paid for the detec
tion of the thief and the mare, or five hundred for
the mare, and no questio-s asked.
novl4 7t GEO. KIDD.
Cotton Notice.
VLL Storage not paid in Ten Days, the Cotton
will be sold to pay it. „
nov S lOt CODV & COLBERT.
To Rent,
For Confederate Money,
fWO PLANTATIONS in Sumter county, five
i and ten miles from Americus.
For further particulars apply to
H. R. JOHNSON & CO.,
nov7 12t* Americus. Ga,
Children’s Herino Hose,
1 A DOZ. Fine article, at .
1U STANFORD & CO.,
nov 11 6t No. 78 Broad street. •
To Rent.
• 'HE Finest Store Room in the city. Corner
1 under Cbok's Hotel. Call at
novlllOt • COD\ «fc COLBERT.
Lard
' . ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osuaburgs
and Yarns, at the rTn „ v
nov slm EAGLE FACTORY.
EXECUTu It’S "SALET
\T'ILL be sold on the 22d of this inst., before the
I *1 Court House door in the town of Newnan,
i Coweta bounty, Ga., by consent of the heirs inter
! es,tcd, a portion ot the
3»"353 GrJELO JEJ &
belongi 'g to the estate ot Harrison MeLarin, dec and,
names as follows: Bill. man 35 years of agfe ; su
i . i.*.. v, • l-..)ni'ino. 14 years;
COLUMBUS, GA., FRIDAY, NOY 18, 1864.
Thursday Evening*
Consignee* X. & G. Railroad.
November 17, 1364.
Maj Dillard, Maj Allen, Capt H D Cothran,
Warnock k Cos., E tgle Factory, Wm Walker, T
A Ross, R Brown, A Nix, A J Nix,. W G Dew
bery, John For.dron, Harry Stubbs, A Valati, R
R Bridge, Gas Works, Stewart k Cos., P Johnson,
T J Davis, J F ;rd, Greenwood k Gray, Bradford
J k Snow, Mrs B W Adams. Eatoaton, Ga.; J K
Redd, R S Hardaway, J M Frazer, C E Johnson,
Pace k Br<r*n, Dr M Woodruff, Dillard, P k Cos.,
Com Stockston, R S Cran*, Columbus Factory,
W P Turner, Wei's A Curtis.
i Prom Our Richmond Correspondent.
Richmond, Va., Nov. Btb, 1864
i Congress has quietly assembled and as
quietly gone to work The Yankees are think
iag too much of getting Washington at pre3-
etit to pay much attention to Richmond.—
The Examiner is advised by private letter
from Washington, that a combined land and
naval attack is shortly to be made ca Rich
mond. The fleet, large and powerful, com
prising fifty iron-clads, is now in Hampton
Roads. Few people believe it here and none
are afraid. The negro soldier question has
been introduced jnto Congress and comes up
for discussion on Thursday. The discussion
may be long sad interesting, or sweetly brief.
In either event Cuffee will not be permitted
for the present to “lay down the shovel and
the hoe.”
Mr. Blandford has introduced a sweeping
military bill. It provides for the enrollment
of everybody, and authorizes necessary de
tails only. Some stringent legislation upon
thi3 important subject will be adopted, and,
from the signs, one may indulge the hope that
the Provost Marshals with their retinue of
armed guards, together with a large number
of other nuisances, will be abated. Apropos
of Provost Guards, a friend furnishes an in
stance of the necessity of this service and the
capacity of those, performing it. He came
from Georgia here upon no other paper than
an • affidavit of illegality ia a claim case.—
Though haltedand scrutinized everywhere, his
papers were pronounced genuine and satisfac
tory.
The currency question being among the
important, the report of Secretary Trenholm
is much sought after. Those who have read
it, admit that he handles the subject like a
man familiar with the work before him and
confident of the result. The sporting men
have been trying to get up some amusement
in the way of racing. The one appointed for
to-day is postponed on account of the weather.
Theatricals dull—Dalton and the old compa
ny at the New Theatre in old pieces—nigger
minstrels in one or two Halls down town.—
The latter branch of the dramatic art has re
cently been much aroused at the fate of Tim
Meff?* the “Bones” who has been sentenced
to a ball for the war because he
refused a musk't. Ogden, the levanting man
ager, who, if he gets his deserts, will help the
“fallen star” to lug the o'sll about, is, at pres
ent, in Hospital quarters.
Rumor says Mr. Seddon is shortly to va
cate the War office for General Kemper.
Captain . Ellis, of your town, reports the
boys generally weli in camp. JIM.
(communicated.)
Mr. Editor : The views of your Milledge
ville correspondent, in his article of the 12th
of November, meet ray hearty approval. And
the more would I stress my voice of approba
tion of those sentiments expressed with refer
ence to the extra expense of a separate State
military organization, from the fact that I
have failed to find anything on the subject
previous to the article in question. With your
correspondent I further agree, that all the
parade and splutter of sensitive State sover
eignty men may be heart-felt but altogether
useless. .
State pride, with all the machinery of State
organization, the stronger attachment of the
citizen to his State, when compared to the
u-hole country , the voice of the people through
their representatives in Congress, are barriers
enough against all the strides of Confederate
tyranny over State lines and State rights.
Then what use for all this double taxation for
military purposes ? After paying her propor
tion of the Confederate war tax, why should
Georgia then have another tax on the top of
its mountain weight just to suit the notions of
a few extra States right men ? Suppose the
war goes on' four years more, how can her
people stand it?
But anothtr point touched on needs venti
lation. I mean the number of Justices of the
Peace, Constables, and officers of the Inferior
Court that are kept out of the service of the
country, to say nothing of the hundreds that
would be put in by turning over the State
troops to the Confederate service—the hun
dreds that are necessary to fill the bomb-'proof
offices of separate State organization. All
this howl about Confederate tyranny, State
rights ! State rights ! tire ! fire ! serves as a
wonderful feint to turn the minds of the peo*
pie from Georgia movements, though we do not
believe it is intended as such.
But now, Mr. Editor, we come to the main
matter of this communication. How do our
wise Legislators reconcile with wisdom and
tonsistei; y their course of keeping at home
n multiplicity of the couuty officers ai>ove men
tioned, and not Living a single teacher. All
teachers between lt> and 50 able to beararms,
End many um- b•. ate 'sent to the front, and
[he children of the land left to grow up in ig
lioranee. The plea of military necessity will
iiot do. The country could more easily, and
■he people would more willingly, spare half
idle officers ibi.ve mentioned,' and leave that
lumber of teachers m their plae*.
i y-, 1 tors or*, it f r the" freedom of the
E, v ••}.,. ;eych. we ryforknowl
ir i.ri -or speech itself. The further back you
Ir.vce the history of man. the ’ess perfect yon
ft. ■• •. (i-- -o inter the
■ . iguagt - oeucc,
nearer you redace him to utter ignorance, the i
nearer you reduce him to no speech at all.— j
While, then, you cry for a tree Press, we cry <
for speech itself. Every act extending the
military age up to hoary hairs, and down to !
tender youth, renders the necessity for the
teacher at home the more imperative. All j
told, how many soldiers would all the teach- !
ers in Georgia number ? But every little is a
help, the Georgia Soloas say ! Ye3, according
to your interpretation, when that little comes
from the school rooms, and not from the over
full county offices and some other offices in
the State that might be mentioned.
The more urgently do we make this plea for j
the rising sons and daughters of the South,
from the faot that it seems the policy settled |
upon by our State authorities t© keep the i
school rooms closed until the war ends, inas
much as it is suggested to appropriate the
money usually applied to the education of
the poor to the wants of ;he body.
And further , wo infer this policy from the
spirit ia which the resolution to send teachers
home to their schools was received bj the
Legislature.
Imtnediate.lv following it was one to the ef
fect that all the legislators should be armed
and equipped to go to the front immediately
upon the adjournment of the Legislature, to
which there are fewer objections to be found
than to the total withdrawal of the mental
police force from the country.
If the boy does not get his education before
sixteen, when will he get it ? If he does not
need the restraint of the teacher and of the
school room when his father is in the army,
when will he need it ? If the father does not
give his son an education with his floating
Confederate money, while he has it, what, in
the vicissitudes of war, may he leave him but
poverty and ignorance ? War does not destroy
children, but it does increase the necessity for
their education. What father would not rath
er his legislator should go to the front than
his teacher? Substitute cripples and women
where you can, but where it cannot be done
send the teacher to his patriotic wovk.
The great want before the war was for good
teachers, and many of thefeiv volunteered for
the war. Five members of the Inferior Court
left for a'county and not one teacher! Such
legislation, in violation of the immortal and
spiritual interests of the children, as well as
all that State and Confederate legislation in
violation of any of the precepts of Holy Writ,
ought and will bring injury upon the heads of
its authors, if not ruin upon the country. In
the name of knowledge and the youth of the
land, we protest against such inconsistent and
unwise legislation, Davy Crocket.
—— —♦
[Correspondence of the Daily Times.]
Georgia Legislature.
senate.
Milledoeville, Ga., November 15.
In the Senate, to-day, the following bills were
passed.
House bill to define the line between Muscogee
and Chattahoochee.
To authorize the Treasurer to make certain .ad
vances.
To change the line between Paulding and Car
roll.
To amend the distillation law3 of this State.
* For the relief of warehousemen. Lost.
House bill to amend an act relating to allowance
made to widows and orphans out of -the estates of
deceased husbands and parents. Lost.
House resolutions in relation to impressing
breeding stock and work oxen. Lost.
The following bills were read for the first time:
To amend sections of the Code relative to
the terms of office of persons appointed to fill the
vacancies of Tax Receivers and Collectors.
For the relief of the Gwinnett Manufacturing
Company.
To make members and officers of the General
Assembly subject to conscription.
To define the currency in which certain con
tracts by the State are to be paid.
Upon the bill to amend the act restricting the
planting of cotton so as to allow five acres per
hand to be planted.—Soma debate took place—
Messrs. West and Bacon advocated the passage
of the bill : Messrs. Pottle and Mabry spoka in
opposition. Col. Gaulden made a telling speech
in opposition to the bill. Upon its passage the
ayes and noes were ordered, and resulted 11 for,
and 21 against—so the bill was lost.
There being no further bussiness before the
body, the Senate adjourned to 10 o’clock Thurs
day morning.
Both branches agreed by resolution adopted
several days ago, to observe to-morrow, Wednes
day, 16th, as a day of national prayer, in response
to the proclamation of the President.
house. .
In the House to-day, several bills were dis
posed of.
To authorize the Governor to impress slaves
from this County to work upon the fortifications
around the capital was passed.
To amend the act to distribute the indigent fund.
Allows persons whose protectorsjare in the army
and exiles, to draw from the same. Passed.
To amend the act for the distribution of clothing
to Georgia troops. Passed.
To add the county of Worth to s h« South-west
ern judicial circuit. Passed.
To appropriate $500,000 to the Georgia Relief
and Hospital Association. Laid over for the
present.
To authorize trustees to resign in certain cases.
Passed.
For the relief of John S. Crockett. Passed.
To define the limits of the town of Perry.—
Passed. t
To exempt blacksmiths from militia duty.
LosE
For the relief of M. C. Few. Passed.
To change certain county lines. Lost.
Bills of this character ought not to be enter
tertained for a momenti Much vißuable time and
money are wasted here every year in considering
bills of this kind.
To exempt the property of soldiers and widows
of soldiers from taxation where the value is not
over $2,000. Passed.
To amend several sections of the' Code in rela
tion to the offence of arson. Lost.
To allow administrators and executors t iryike
returns, and charset for the same Pasted.
/FITE DOLLARS
1 PER MONTH.
To authorize the election of County Treasurers
by the people for the term of two years. Passed.
To repeal section IS3 of the Code. Passed.
To adopt the scale of prioes fixed by the Con
federate Commissions as the rata for which all
articles of necessity shall be sold. Lost.
To prescribe the duties of Tax Receivers.—
Lost.
House adjourned. Troop.
From the Front.
[Special army correspondence of the Mail.]
Tuscumbia, Ala., Nov. 6, 1364.
I ant afraid that I will find it a very difficult
matter to keep you posted in regard to the
doings of this army. We are kept so much in
the dark in regard to army movements, that
we know nothing of them until it is too late
to be called news. I hardly know what to
think of the prospect of going to Middle Ten
nessee, Sometimes it looks quite flattering,
aud then again becomes gloomy. lam pretty
well convinced however, that “grand move
ments,” ..quite in keeping with those we have
just accomplished are yet on the “tapis.”
Large quantities of “hard tafck” and bacon
are being brought to Tuscumbia ; the trans
portation already quite limited, being again
reduced—the usual precursors to a move.
Sherman was on yesterday reported with
hi3 forces lying between Decatur and Huns
‘ ville. To-day I was told that he was moving
in the direction of Pulaski.
Well; let him move. We can move him
back through Middle Tennessee as we did out
of Georgia.
The Mobile Tribune has private information
from Tuscumbia to the 4th inst.:
Our scouts repored that 15,000 of the en
emy had arrived at Decatur, and were evident
ly following up our forces. On the 2d inst.,
we shelled them at that place. There were
then only three thousand there, and we could
have captured it easily, but that, was aot in
the programme. We captured some thirty or
forty prisoners, and killed aud wounded from
three to four hundred. Our loss in killed and
wounded was about 100. We have Florence
fortified The Yankee cavalry is very nume
rous on the other side, but exhibit no desire
to dispute the. passage of the modern Rubi
con.
Sherman's troops are scattered as follows :
the Ist-eorps, Gen. Osterhaus, is at Atlanta,
15,000 are at Chattanooga, and 6,000 at
Bridgeport. There are also some at Steven
son, but how many was not ascertained.
Gen* Hood has been quite unwell for two
or three, days, but is now all right again.—
Beauregard is here, but Hood is in command
of the array,
The Selma Dispatch of the 14th has the fol
lowing :
The exact whereabouts of Hood ar.d Sher
man is difficult to determine. That the larger
portion of our army has crossed the Tennessee
there is no doubt. It is current that Hood’s
headquarters were at Columbia last week.
Sherman at the same time is reported to be
90 miles in bi3 rear and his forces greatly de».
moralized.
Since we were so plainly “sold” on the cap
ture #f Decatur, we doubt all except official
reports, relating to the army of Tennessee.
Gen. Forrest is at Paducah, Kentucky des
troying Yankee property by the wholesale,
while Gen. Walker, of Magruder’s army, is en
route to join Hood at Columbia, or Nashville,
Gen. Beauregard declares he will winter his
.army in Tennessee.
Corinth is our" point of concentration, to
which place all the hospitals have been order
ed to go immediately from Macon.
Gen. Price has whipped the Yankees at
Kansas City, He will be reinforced by Magru
der’s command and winter in Missouri.
letter from the Front.
Correspondence Southern Confederacy.]
Corinth, Miss., )
. Saturday Morning, Nov 5, 1864. J
The march of the army from Gadsden to Tus
cumbia was not marked by any event of greater
importance than investing Decatur. This was not
done for the purpose of taking it —its surrender
was not demanded. When the army first came in
front of it, there were about two thousand of the
enemy in the fortifications, and they could have
been carried with the loss of a thousand or two
men, which Gen. Hood considered more than it
was worth. There were scattered forces, which
soon gathered in the works, and this was the main
object. Our wagon train was thus left free to
pursue its way in peace. After it had passed, the
army took up its line of march, which was unin
terrupted, until it reached Tuscuinbia.
The country through which the army passed,
formerly the most fertile in the South, was sadly
changed. Vast fields, rich and undulating, were
lying idle —no fences and but few improvements
left. Buuehes of shrubbery here and there along
the line of march, with burnt and charred limbs
told eloquent, but sad stories of the happy houses
once standing, laid in ashes by a soldiery as bru
tal and unfeeling as any that ever disgraced an
uniform. Here it was that Turchin’s braves had
a sway unchecked by official control, for not only
hours, but wretched days and weeks. The people
were glad to see and heartily welcomed the greasy
rebels once more, but they had nothing but a wel
come to give Their substance was gone.
The entrance into Florence was something to
make the hearts and eyes fill. The women were
almost frantic with joy. Just in the midst of re
joicing the band of the Ist Tennessee —by-the-by,
the best in the army—broke forth in one ot its
finest and most stirring pieces, and I leave your
imagination to complete the picture.
The crossing was effected without any serious
opposition. Yankee troops, chiefly cavalry, were
on the other bank, but they were lounging about
and sleeping, apparently unconscious of the slight
est danger. An old warehouse on the opposite
bank w’as used as a sort of picket stand, and
around this their horses were hitched. When the
boat3 were ready our artillery opened on them
and several shells went whistling through the
building, and around it. Then there was mount
ing in hot haste, and skirmishing began. We lost
one man. We captured several in the town who
were rather too slow in getting away.
An incident on the march ;is worth repeating
i Several soldiers were mounted, and went off the
road for the purpose of seeing the country and get
ting something to eat. It was in a neighborhood
where few soldiers had wandered before. They
rod# up to a house. Avery comfortably dressed,
good-looking woman was spinning at the front
! door. One of the party asked could they get din
; 4ier ! Yes, she reckoned they could, and took the
band from the wheel and disappeared, while the
men fed their horses and washed the signs of
march from their faces. The dinner was ready
j almost by the time they had finished, and such a
dinner ! Fresh butter and milk, warm biscuit and
honey, fried chicken and broilt-1 ham, and ju3t
such a dinner as you could get in the country be
fore the war. You may be certain it was en
joyed.
After it was eaten, the spokesman of the party
asked how much was to pay. The lady delibera
ted a moment and thought it was worth fifty cent?
apiece ! The expression that came over his face
is difficult to define. He thought -lie was making
1 a nominal charge just to keep them from feeling
: badly. The impression was soon dispelled. He
selected a shinplaster ami handed it to her, which
was somewhat torn. She handed it back, saying
she did not like torn money. A genuine, fresh is
sue, was substituted, and the party rode away in
a humor as new md refreshing as the dinner.
Sherman is lost. We have heard nothing fr mi
him in a week.
The weather is od I. and my fingers arc i um >,
and the cars are starting. Burley - '.
I John Bowers, a pr-minent citizen of Riehui md,
; has been committed * Castle Thunder, tor at
■ tejnptlnsr go to the * nemy
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OP TEE PRESS ASSOCIATION
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. sT Thresher, in the Clerks office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Nov. 16.— New York and Baltimore
papers of the 14th, received.
The Herald says sufficient returns have been re
ceived to warrant the announcement that Lincoln
has evsr three hundred thousand majority of the
popular vote ; has carried all the States’voting bet
three, and will have a majority of one hundred aad
ninety- two ia the electoral college.
The Yankees crow lustily ovsr thsir recent seo
cess at Cedartown. They elaim two oaanoa cap
tured and one hundred and fifty prisoners but ac
knowledge their loss was considerable. They say
nothing of their defeat at Middletown.
Nothing late in reference to Sherfltan’s opera -
tions has been made publio.
Jacobs, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky, has
been arrested by the Government, and is now on
the way to Washington.
The Wachutta arrived at Fortress Monroe on
Friday last with the Florida in tow.
A despatch from Cairo says the rebels have*
disappeared from Johnaonville.
Gold in New York, Monday. 244.
Mobile, Nov. 16.—A special to the Advertiser
from Senatobia of the loth, says the Chicago
Times of the 9th ( says that Sherman left Atlanta
seven day s ago with seventy-five thousand moo,
and will sweep with the power of a tornado into
the heart of Georgia and South Carolina to Mobile
and Charleston. Ho will march in three columns,
well provided with artillery and cavalry, destroy
ing roads and bridges in the rear, gathering sup
plies in front, and receiving fugitives who will
flock to him by thousands. It believes Sherman
will arrive at his objective point with reinforce
ments to the extent of 50,000 men.
Canada despatches of the 10th says effective
3teps have been taken to preserve peace on - * the
border.
The propeller Georgia, seized at Chambersburg,
Canada West, by tho Collector of Custom i, was
believed to be fitting out for a privateer.
The St. Alt>&3 examination proceeds slowly.
A battle is considered imminent in .Shenandoah
valley.
From Atlanta.
By our last most reliable reports front At
lanta. we learn that General Schofield was in
command with about twenty thousand Yan-«
kees in that city, on last Thursday. The
forces had been engaged during several days
in destroying all articles and material that
they could not carry with them. The evii
deaces that they were evacuating the place,
were very plain, aad there is little doubt that,
at the present moment, the enemy is making
his retreat with as much rapidity and securi
ty as possible. They say there is no reason
for their retaining the Gate city any longer,
the object ot it3 capture and the influence of
their occupation having been only to effect
the election. That being secured, there is
nothing farther to be gained, therefore
the enemy will make good his retreat and
penetrate at other points.
They have made a-strong depot and fortifi
cations at Powder Springs, and exhibit in
some of their movements, a disposition to oc
cupy that point for awhile, but other manoeu
vres indicate to shrewd military observers
very distinctly that the real movement is to
completely evacuate their late line of opera
tions.
Another especial indication of this is, that
all the sympathizers who affiliated with them,
have taken their flight Northward. Dunning,
Schofield, Markham, Stone and all the rest of
the mongrel curs took: their departure early
last week. The curse of their traitorous pres
ence will no more disgrace Atlanta, for all o r
which we should be devoutly thankful.
The Yankees have informed those from
whom we get the information, that they will
blow up that portion of the cuy that they
cannot burn. We cannot imagine how the
place can be more effectually destroyed than
it has been, for at the present moment it
stands in its desolation and ruin the most
disastrous wreck,that tlra vandals have made
on the continent. All that is wanting to
complete its destruction is to sow its stre«ts
with salt.— Atlanta Intelligencer , 16M.
Freedom of the Press Illustrated,
The following edict appears in the Baltimore
Amorican. Yankeedoodledom is the -land of the
“Free Press.” We have been told so a million of
times, and it must be so. But it by no means fol
lows that the privilege of uttering falsehoods,
“wicked falsehoods,” is free. That valuable right
is reserved to the Government and its officials,
Staunton, Grant, Sheridan and the rest. Os their
wicked falsehoods, the papers may publish as
many as they please but none of their own. Here
is the law on the subject:
Headq’rs Middle Department, 4
Eighth Army Corps, \
Baltimore, Oct. 29th, 1364. j
Editors Loyalist
Sirs—On the 26th inst., you placarded your
bulletin board on Baltimore street, with the an
nouncement, in large letters, that another draft
had been ordered; that three hundred thousand
more men had been called for ; that, under the
new call, the substUuto system would be abolished
Ac. With these wicked falsehoods you associated
the name of the Secretary of War, evidently de
signing to give your news an official air. Such
bold imposture in the beginning sufficiently ex
poses the animus with which your paper will be
hereafter conducted.
The Loyalist was started by loyal men, but you,
and the corps editorial at your back, are disloyal
ists. Asa Union paper, it obtained most of its
patronage.
Its originators, on account of their loyalty, were
influential enough to obtain Government printing,
which helped to fill up the columns of the very
issue that contained the falsehoods in question.—
Is it tolerable that you should take pay from a
Government of which you are such an unserupu
lousenemy ? Ido not think so.
You will, therefore, from this date, discontinue
the publication of the Loyalist until the war is
over.
The old conductors of the Transcript, Bulletin,
Ac., may as we.l accept notice now that they w;
not be allowed to publish a paper in Baltimore,
no matter what name or guise they assume.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed] LEW. WALLACE,
Maj. Gen. Com i’g
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Oliver Mathews, Capt. A. A. G.
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federate blockade runner, but recently cap
tured by the Yankees, i« taking in h<-* arma
ment at New York as a cruiser,
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