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I, W. WAKBE*’ - - - Editor.
tt'edntsdoy Morning, September 7, 1864.
Tm Price of Papers at thi North.—
The New York Herald published {i card to its
readers some two weeks ago. announcing that
on account of the high price of printing ma
terials and the cost of composition it would
hare to increase its rates of subscription and
advertising. Not the Herald alone, but num*
hers of other papers in the North have been
compelled to do Hhe same thing. We learn
from a late Yankee paper that seven papers
in the State of New York have given up 4he
ghost from the same cause. The Northern
press is just beginning to feel the effects of
this war, and we think that ere long there will
be a large increase in the number of peace
journals in Yankeedom, unless prices decline,
of which there is but little probability.
A correspondent of a I’liUaHelphia paper,
writing from New York, states that tlie new 1
Homan Catholic Archbishop of that diocese,
and Bishop Rotter, signed a petition to
the President praying for an armistice. *
The Nkw Alabama.— The greatest mystery pre
vails about the new Alabama's whereabouts, though
report giv«s full particulars of the vessel. She is
said to be an iron clad and ram, and armed v ith
pivot guns that can fling hollow projectiles of 170
pounds and solid projectiles of 220 pounds. She !
can steam 15 knots an hour, [some say 20J and will
have 172 sailors, picked men, including the old
crew, who will reserve their pay till wanted, which'
will be the/ef« day of Napoleon, the 15th of August. ;
It is just probable that this is one of the iron ves- *
sels said to have been bought by Prussia, as it ap
pears they have only got one.
(lex. McCook— The Cincinnati Commercial of the
20th ult., announces the death of General Daniel
McCook, late of Sherman’s army, and says: “He i
died at the residence of his brother, Colonel Gao.
W McCook. in Steubenville, Ohio, at 2 o’clock p.m.
Saturday last. It will be remembered that he was
shot through just below the right shoulder in the
ss-:i alt oit Kennesawmountain on the 27th of June.
Additional from tlie North. *
Wo make up from our latest Northern files
the following summary of intelligence. It will i
be found extremely interesting just now as an
expose of the state of affairs in the United
States:
TIIK SIEGE OF ATLANTA.
Northern press telegrams speak of the de
monstration of Sherman against the Macon
and Atlanta road, and the massing of bis |
forces southwest of Atlanta, “in the rear of !
Hood s forces, as they are pleased to. style the j
position. The Cincinnati Gazette has a long !
gassing letter from Sherman’s army, dated j
August 19th. The writer says .•
If tho rebels should conclude to resign their j
cherished city (Atlanta) to the Federal troops, j
the opinion prevails that it will be only to j
make a. more desperate and decided stand j
at the village of Eastport, six miles south of i
their present location. At this place thejune- !
tore is formed of the Macon and Montgomery
railroads, nnd is supposed much more forraid- |
able works, both military and artificial, (?) j
are located. The city of Atlanta, merely, is !
clearly of little importance in the eyes of the
commanding general as a desirable military I
position. Had his object been solely to take j
’hat place, the matter would have been con- j
eluded long ago, for there has not been a day |
in the past four weeks when our army could
not have occupied it by one of the most simple
movements known to military men. But i
ishennan docs not want Atlanta unless he can
receive Hood s whole urnii/ within his lines ad •
p/isqrwrxjjl' j>var.
our transport*
Greer ' lol ** *nast be passed just as the.
1*; '’ f days have been spent, and the rebels !
in (dTrffronl wyi be rebels only in name.
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rm; defences of mobile.
The Northern .press have advices from their
fleet in Mobile Bay to the 21st ultimo.. A com
munication, dated “Blockading - Squadron,
Mobile Bay. Aug. 10,'’ says:
Naval reconuoissances towards Mobile
found formidable, but not ■insurmountable, ob- j
stnictions. Besides batteries, rams arid sunken \
vessels, there are very strong casemates, j
mounting ten guns. In ali the spaces between i
batteries and vessels, and on both shores, i
piles arc driven, tl>e tops of which are sawed I
oil just below tlif. surface of the water, and |
have heavy iron bolts in them, sharpened at \
the upper end, so as to tear oft the bottom of
a boat passing over them.
Men arc seen working on two rams. The
wharves are covered with steamboats ; among
them, four English-built crafts, probably
blockade-runners. The streets of the city are
deserted.
THK All StKU RESISTANCE TO THE 1)1!AFT IN THE
NORTHWEST —THE INDIANA CONSPIRACY.
Lincoln's draft for five hundred thousand
men is to take place next Monday: (says the
Riel* -’ Dis: iicli of the 2d) the Yankee
authorities bbVe become aware that a formid
able secret organization, pervading all the
States, is in existence, the object of which is
to resist the enforcement of the draft and de
feat its purposes. How very formidable this
organization is believed to be, may be gath
ered from the telegram relative to the orders
of General Heintzleman. commanding the
“Northern Department,'' (prohibiting any
forwarding companies from delivering arms
or powder in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois orMichi- I
gan for the next sixty days : ) the speech of j
Gov. Morton, of Indiana, and the proclama- ■
non or Governor Brough, of Uhio. Governor :
■Morton made an address in Indianapolis, Aug.
22d, iu which he discussed at length the re- !
cent development regarding the alleged con
spiracy and the finding of arms, ammunition,
Ac. lie says :
For eighteen months past the people ot In
diana have been told repeatedly that immense
quantities of arms and ammunition have been
coming into the State for the avowed purpose
of resisting the State and Federal authorities.
This has been well known to me during that
time, and likewise to the authorities of the
United States ; but because until now the
* people have not happened to see with their
own eyes the visible evidence of the truth ot
these things, it has not heretofore made a
very deep impression upon their minds. There
has been all the while one party to deny the
truth of the assertion that this wholesale im
portation of arms was going on, and pro
nounce it all an Abolition falsehood, a mere
Government lie. Bat now the people have
-een for themselves, and no wonder tney begin
to realize their great danger.
Let-rne tell you, notwithstanding, that you j
have not seen it all. The arms and arnmuni- ,
tion that were seized in this city on Saturday .
are but a drop in the bucket compared to the '
immense quantity that has been imported into .
the State in a similar manner during the last j
twelve or eighteen months. The seizure
amounts to this : Some four or five hundred !
revolvers, and one hundred and thirty thous
and rounds of ammunition ; that is to say,
one hundred and thirty-five rounds for a reg
iment of one thousand men. Evidently ffcis
arge amount of ammunition was not'intended
simply for the use of the four or five hundred
revolvers. The revolvers seized are but a
part of thirty thousand yet to come, and the
largo amount of ammunition captured is but
: a portion of a lot of forty-tm> boxes, contain*
j ing, altogether, about two hundred and ten
i thousand rounds.
I Then, after a protracted discussion of the
j terrible condition of affairs, he said further :
Some publications have been mads to-day
of ft portion of the correspondence of theee
men—their secret political correspondence. —
Look ftt tome of these letters for a moment*—
As an example, take one written by the pres
ent Auditor of State, and a candidate before
the people for re-eleotion to that high and Im
portant position. This letter was written
three years ago, not long after the beginning
of the war, and before the inauguration of
Mr. Lincoln's anti-slavery war policy, which
these men now assert to be the great source
of discomfort and dissatisfaction to them; and
what does he say to his friend, Mr. Voorhees ?
! “Our salvation is in the success of the South
ern arms. If they are crushed down, then
woe betide us!” What think you, my fellow
citizens, of that, coming from the Auditor of
vour own State ? llow do you like his asser
tion that bis salvation and that of his political
friends depends upon the success of the rebel
arms ? If these were his sentiments three
years ago, and if he entertains the same senti
ments now, as is sufficiently evident from the
fact that he is one of the prominent members
of the Order of the Sons of Liberty, would it
not be reasonable to infer that from that time
' to ihe present, he has been assiduously using
all his efforts to avert the terrible calamity of
having the rebel arms crushed ? And let me
; say to you that the sentiments of Mr. Ristine
are the sentiments of the men with whom he
has associated himself in a political capacity.
The question has been asked me this even
ingwhat money it is that has been expended in
the purchase of those arms and munitions of
war, and whereit came from ? In answer to
that question I must say that I do not know;
but I will tell what Ido know. Some men
in Indiana, who are really unable to provide a
cow for their families, have been sporting re-,
volvers since these operations began. There
is a large class of such persons. Where the
money that bought the weapons whfch they
carry came from, I do not know ; I only know
that large sums of money have been, and still
are being, provided somewhere, by somebody,
to send arms and ammunition into the State
of Indiana. We can at best, only imagine
where the sources of this fund are.
I believe, how ever and am as coufident of
the fact as l am of any other fact of which I
have not positive and undubitable evidence,
that this money with which these operations
are, and have been, carried on in Indiana has
been supplied by the rebellion : either direct
ly from the Confederate authorities, or by :
their authorized agents in New York. For
myself, I entertain no doubt upon that subject.
It is utterly impossible that the large amouut \
of money required for the purchase of these
large quantities of arms and ammunition
could have been raised in the ordinary way of
contributions. I happened to know some
thing of the difficulty in the way of raising,
twenty, fifty or a hundred thousand dollars in !
that way. fn the city of New York, there are
hundreds and thousands of men wfio have
been compelled to leave the rebel States, and
who have both the means and the di-position to
aid the rebellion in this way. in addition to
these, there are also, there a.large number of :
resident capitalists who have sympathized i
with the rebellion from the very first. Their
trade was in the South at the breaking out of :
the war; their financial interests have been
in the South from the very first, and they
have doubtless contributed liberally towards j
paying the expenses of organizing and equip- i
ping the .treasonable organizations in the j
North.
It is all one thing to Jeff. .Davis whether we
shall fall by means of a defeat at the coming
elections, or by the overthrow of the Union ;
armies in the field. If we’shall elect a cani
date for the Presidency who is in favor of peace ;
upon the terms of Jeff. Davis, who is in favor
of withdrawing our armies from the field, and :
recognizing the independence of the South- ;
orn Confederacy, they will gain their object •
just as effectually as though they should have •
annihilated the last of the Union armies in the ;
field. These men understand it. They know j
that their easiest, and safest, and surest, and, I
indeed, their only way to accomplish their in
fernal purposes, and secure the permanent
disruption of the Union and their own inde
pendence, is to divide our people and to get
the Federal Government into the hands of men
who will at once concede thorn the victory.
THE PROCLAMATION 'OF GOVERNOR BROUGH, OF
' OHIO—WARNING AGAINST RESISTING THE
j DRAFT.
i The last draft of Lincoln for five hundred
j thousand men, has created the deepest dis
j content in Ohio. So manifest is this, that
! Governor Brough, of that State, has felt it his
: duty to issue a proclamation, dated “Execu
i live Depart ment of Ohio,Columbus, Aug. 23d,
j in which he warns the people against resist ing
j this new thinning out of their homes. The
; draft is to take place on Monday next, the sth
j instant, and in some of the districts in the
j Statethero is a deficiency in the quota, and it
j must be put in operation in those districts.—
! In his proclamation, he says :
The exertion which has been made to dis
courage and prevent enlistments, if otherwise
directed, would have filled the quotas of those
localities, or left the deficiencies very light.—
However unwilling to believe that any consid
erable portion of the people of this State
would array themselves in a spirit of factious,
if not treasonable, opposition to the execution
of the laws of the land, there are indications
of such a spirit in the State, which, as Chief
! Magistrate, 1 may not disregard. In appeal
| ing to the people to discard the counsels of
wicked and unprincipled leaders that invite
them to factious and forcible resistance to the
j draft, or any other legal requirement of the
i Government, 1 am actuated solely by a desire
to preserve, if practicable, the peace of the
i State and the welfare of the erring, portion of
our people, and not from any apprehension of
either the determination or ability of the Gov
■ eminent to maintain the supremacy of its
I laws. The man who supposes that either the
I National or State Government is unadvised of,
; oi-unprepared for, the threatened emergency,
is following the deception of his leaders to
I consequences of the most serious character.
Let me advise you who countenance this in
| surrectiqn to look carefully at the civil and
military penaltivAq hi are incurring.
He then cites to them all the pains and pen,
: alties ordained by Congress to follow any re
-1 sistanee to the ‘-Government of the United
■ States." which it is likely the people of Ohio
j will count as light afflictions; and but for a
moment, as compared with the terrible alter
native of being sent South to be killed. The
following is the conclusion of his proclama
tion :
If men may take up arms to resist laws, in
the policy or effect of which they do not con
cur. then all government is at an end, and wc
are resolved into anarchy. This state of things
is not to be tolerated. A government may as
well perish in a bold and vigorous effort to
maintain its integrity as to suffer an insur*
rection to neutralize its laws and defy its
power.
Most earnestly do I appeal to the people of
the State not to engage in this forcible resis
tance to the laws to which evil counsellors and
bad men are leading them. It cannot and
will not succeed. Its triumph, it it achieve
any, must be of a mere temporary character,
The Government is not weak: it is strong and
powerful. It cannot, audit will not, permit
any armed insurrection to impeach its strength
l or impair its power while contending with
' the Southern rebellion. Ido not say this to
: vou in any spirit of intimidation or in any
I threatening tone. I speak it to you as a warn
i ing,and with an imploring voice.to hear and
heed it. I know what the determination of
your Government is, and I fully comprehend
the power at hand to enforce it.
What can you, who contemplate armed re
sistance, reasonably expect to gain, by such a
movement? You cannot effectually nor per
manently prevent the enforcement of the laws.
You cannot-in any wise improve your own
j condition in the present, and must Seriously
j injure it in the future. Judicious and conser
| vative men whdtlook to tkesupremaey ofgov
| eminent for the protection and safetyof their
persons and property will no.t sympathize nor
: co-operate with you. You may commit crime:
you shed blood: you may destroy prop
erty: you may spread ruin and desolation over
i some* localities of the State: you may give
aid -and comfort for a season to the rebels al
| ready in arms against the country : you may
; transfer for a brief time the horrors of war
| from the fields of the South to those of the
j State of Ohio; you may paralyze prosperity
! and create consternation and alarm among
j our people. This is a bare possibility; but it
is all you. can hope to accomplish ; for you
have looked upon the progress of our present
struggle to little purpose if you have not
learned the great recuperative power and the
deep earnestness of the country in this con
test. The final result will not be doubtful;
the disaster to you will be complete, and
the penalty will equal the enormity of the
crime.
From the commencement of this rebellion
the State of Ohio has maintained a firm and
inflexible position, which cannot now be aban
doned. In this internal danger that now
threatens us, I call upon all good citizens to
assert and maintain the supremacy of the
Constitution and the Laws of the Land.—
These constitute the great elements of our
strength as a nation, and they are the bulwarks
of our people. Hold in subjection, by persua
sion and peaceable means, if you can, all at
tempts at civil insurrection or armed resis
tance to the. laws. Failing in this, there is
another duty as citizens, from which we may
not shrink, and to which I earnestly hope we
may not be enforced. To those who threaten
us with this evil, I say we do not use any
threats in return; there is no desire to pro
voke passion or create further irritation. Such
men are earnestly and solemnly invoked to
abandon their evil purpose: but at the same
time they are warned that this invocation is
not prompt ed by any apprehension of the
weakness of the Government or the success
of the attempts to destroy it. I would avert,
by all proper means, the occurrence of civil
war in this Ktate : but if it must come, the
consequence must be upon those who precipi
tate it upon us.
John Brough.
; [From the Hallifax, N. S., Morning Chronicle
August 19th, 1864.]
€o at feci ©rate Cruiser Tallahas
see.
Yesterday morning a considerable flutter was
created in the community by the appearance of- a
strange armed vessel, of rakish appearance, off the
Market wharf. Upon inspection tko visitor prov
ed to be the Confederate cruizer Tallahassee, which
has, within the short space of twelve days, made
extensive havoc among Federal merchant vessels
; off Sandy Hook, Now Y r ork, Portland, Maine, and
; in the vicinity of Cape Sable. The Tallahassee ii
an iron steamer of about 500 tons burthen, has a
powerful engine, and is furnished with two screws,
and is the swiftest ocean steamship in the Con
federate service, being capable, under heavy pres
sure of steam, of making from 18 to 20 miles an
hour. I
Her sides and smokestacks are painted white I
and her bottom red. two formidable j
swivel guns, one at the bow and another at the
stern, and a piece of brass ordinance of smaller
i eallibre forward her foremast. The Tallahassee is
commanded by Captain John Taylor Wood, said
! to be a nephew to Jefferson Davis, President of
| the Confederate States, and has a crew of upwards
of one hundred men. She was built in London,
England, about two years and a half ago, and was
for some time employed successfully iu running
the blockade into and from Wilmington. She was
fitted out as a cruiser at the latter port, from which
i she sailed on the 6th of the present month, and
has since captured, burned or bonded no less than
33 Federal merchantmen and fishing craft.
Off Sandy Hook, in one day, tko cruizer cap
tured and destroyed six vessels, one of them being
the large ship Art-ic, with which in rounding to
collided with the steamer, carrying away the main
mast of the latter, but doing no other damage. Be
tween Sandy llook and Cape Sable several small
crafts fell a prey to the vigilance of the cruizer,
and near the latter place she took and destroyed
seven vessels, and lauded their crews at Yarmouth,
N. S. On Wednesday night between Cape Sable
; and Halifax the Tallahassee captured and burnt
' three American schooners, and put their crews
j ashore at some point on the coast. This cruizer
| appears to be well officered, and judging from the
j appearance of things good discipline is maintained
j on board. The engines, we were informed by on#
j of the officers, are under the eontrol of the best and
j most expererienced engineers whose service it were
I possible to secure, and the (ire department is most
j efficiently managed.
In the cabin are a large number of ships’ j
uomoters, and a variety of valuable articles, in- ;
eluding many swords and small arms. There are, j
too, several cases of clothing which, with other i
commodities were taken from the craft captured j
during the cruize. The officers say they do not j
fear all the Federal men-of-war that may be sent :
in pursuit of them, as their steamer is much swifter I
than any formidable gunboat in the Northern <
Navy, and as respects lesser craft they count upon ;
being a match for thorn in case of a contest. In !
coming out of Wilmington the Tallahassee was j
chased by one of the blockading .squadron, and ’
several shots were exchanged, but, as the contest j
iu speed was a very unequal one, the Federal gun- !
boat soon gave up the chase, and the cruiser con- j
tinued on her course. On nearing Halifax harbor, j
ou Wednesday night, the Tallahassee sighted the
steamer Franconia from this port for Prince Ed
ward, but the commander of the former, presum
ing that the latter was a British mail and passen
ger vessel, did not molest her. Had the cruizer
not been short of coals she would doubtless have
met with and destroyed many more vessels in the
vicinity of Capo Sabel, but in consequence of the
small quantity of fuel on board the captain was
: reluctantly compelled to make direct for this port
to procure a supply, and was, therefore, not in a
: position to justify him in spending much time in
searching for shipping, although he captured
every Federal vessel he iSfet with in his course
from Wilmington to this city.
Yesterday afternoon the Tallahassee was towed
by the Neptune over to Woodside wharf, on the
! Dartmouth shore, and during the evening took on
•' board a quantity of coals from the Prussian brig
j Marie Griefswold. Soon after the cruizer arrived
: here the authorities communicated with her com
mander, notifying him that the vessel could not
; be permitted to remain here longer than twenty
four hour#, so that it is very probable that she will
! leave here some time this morning: but of course
we know nothing of her destination, but it is evi
dent she will pursue the object of the mission for
which she was equipped. One of the officers
affirmed that the statements contained in the Fed
eral papers to the effect that the Captain of the
cruizer exercises much cruelty to those who fall
in his power, has not a shadow of foundation in
fact, and alleged that, upon the contrary, the
comfort of the captured persons is invariably at
tended to as far as the circumstances of the case
will permit. The crews of captured vessels, he
] says, are always permitted to take with them
when landed all their clothing or other personal
property—chronometers excepted, which are kept
as trophies—in their possession at the time of
seizure:
llojrrors of tlie Battle-Field—
-15,000 liaion Soldiers lying
UExbiiried in tlie Wilderness.
Since the breaking out of the rebellion, a great
deal has been said about the horrors of war, and
much has been written descriptive #f battle-fields
covered with the dead and the dying. Scenes
have been witnessed that well might appeal to
the stoutest hearts, and shake the stronges t nerves.
So much concerning the fierceness of the war has
been writteu and published, that the public mini
has been made familiar with tho stories of the
1 deadly strife that has been so long raging in our
land.' The history of a battle seems but a dupli
cate account of one that proceeded it. The an
nouncement that thousands have been killed
scarcelv commands a moment’s reflection, and
some are even disappointed if they are not inform
ed that a day’s fighting has not resulted in cover
ing the field with the slain.
If any of our readers have failed to realize the
magnitude of the war and its terrible consequen
ces, and those who compose our armies, let thffin
: peruse the following account of the “Dead in the
Wilderness.” It was written by Lieut. Bailv, of
the 16th regiment New York volunteers, from
Anandale. on the 4th inst. He says that, after
| crossing the Rapidan, within a space of fifteen
1 miles, thirty thousand carcases lay rotting upon
! the ground—and fifteen thousand of them hadbe
} longed to our army. What more do we need to
tell us of the terrible fighting of Grant's campaign.
“1 did not expect, when I left you at Rochester
i and promised to write you, that I should visit the
j battle-fields of the Wilderness again at tin* early
j period. I arrived in camp on Sunday afternoon
< after leaving you, and was placed an duty as offi
! cer of the guard: and the day following was de
tailed as an officer to accompany an expedition of
i 500 cavalry to guard nil ambulance train, and
rescue our wounded who were yet in the hands of
I the enemy, whom thay had placed under guard
and were removing to Richmond as fast as possi
ble, as prisoners. We arrived at the United States
Ford, on the Rapidan; Friday night; crossed
Saturday morning, and at 10 o’clock found a d*-"
serted hospital where the first three days of the
battle were fought. Within about a mile of this
the dead armies had been buried, but from this to
the next hospital about fifteen miles, the doad .re
main as death found them, with the exception of
their clothing.
“The rebels had stripped them of boots and shoes
and nearly all their clothing, and where there
an exception, the pockets were all turned. It is
a scene I shall not attempt to describe, and so ut
terly awful that I could not do’it. It is estimated
that fifteen thousand of our men, and as many of
the rebels, lie unburied here ; and as six weeks
have elapsed since the battle, imagination in its
wildest fancies cannot begin to paint the spectacle.
I must pass it. After passing through this wil
derness of death, we found another hospital, sur
prised the guards and took possession, and found
about sixty wounded, in charge of one of our
surgeons, he being a prisoner also.
“We did not stop to inquire to whom or what
side they belonged, whether friend or foe, but
commenced at once to put them i»to our ambulan
ces, and to make our way out of this wilderness
and shadow of death, hastening on our way to
Washington. An official account of the expedi
tion will doubtless soon be made.
j “We did not allow any talking with tko men—
; many of them! had all they could bear to endure
| the transit; and as nearly all of them were unable
! to sit up, ancLas some of them had had limbs am
putated, we judged a portion would die on the
way, with all the care we could exercise, and so
they did. As to the care they had received, they
all say that as much had been done for them as
under the circumstances was possible.
.“They all expressed great satisfaction that we
had come for them, and that they were going with
us back under the dear old flag. One scene affect
ed me much ! It was found that one poor fellow
was totally unfit to be removed, and when we told
him so he said, ‘take mo with you as far as I can
go, and let me die on the way home—if you do
not, 1 shall crawl after the train as long as life
lasts, and then dio on the field with my comrades.'
We put him into au ambulance, and brought him
along until death relieved him, and then stopped
and buried him. His last words were: ‘Now I
know I’m dying, but I know I shall uet be left
above the ground for vultures to feed upon, as my
comrades were" No one had words, but all had
tears here."— Niagara Democrat.
Complimentary,— The following congratulato
\ ry order of Gen. Jackson makes favorable men
; tion of our gallant young townsman Lt. Geo. ’l3.
; Young, whose conduct was recently so conspicu
i ous at the post of danger. The tribute is well
j deserved:
Congratulatory Order ot Gen.
Jacligon to bin Troops
Hdqr’s Jackson’s Cav. Dn. f
Atlanta. Ga.. Aug. 21-th, ’64. j
General Orders,
No.
The Brig. General, commanding, desires to con
gratulate the officers and men, of his command,
also Gen. Reynolds and brigade, on their success
sul expulsion of the large and well appointed raid
ing party under Killpatriek, boasting to “destroy
our rear communications, and compel the army
of Tennessee to retire from Atlanta/’ and to ten
der his good thanks for their energy and fighting.
He takes pleasure in noticing the part performed
by Gen. Ross, and his gallant Texans, in resisting
with the most determined courage, the entire force
of the enemy, not less than four thousand, hurled
upon his brigade as a “denier resort” to eut their
way through, continuing to fire upon them till the
last one had passed—inflicting heavy loss upon
them and capturing one piece of artillery and
four stands of colors, reflecting the highest credit
upon himself and brigade. As, also, Geu. Arm
strong and brigade, for very vigorous pursuit,
compelling the enemy to abandon wagons, horses
and ambulances.
. lie takes this occasion to make special mention of
the daring bravery displayed by Lt. Geo B Young,
of Croft’s battery, who alone continued to serve his
howitzer, when completely surrounded by the en
emy. within a few paces of him. and refused to
abandon it till ordered away by his brigade com
mander.
Soldiers: In meeting and repelling this, the larg
est raiding party ever sent to your rear, you have
won the lasting gratitude of your commanders and
! countrymen, and have reflected fresh glory upon
i the proud appellation of the Confederate army.
You inflietedupon the enemy a loss of 500 killed,
wounded and prisoners, captured two pieces of ar
tillery, four stands of colors, a number of horses,
equipments and small arms, besides wagons and
ambulances, with small loss to yourselves.
Lie returns thanks to Gens. Armstrong, Ross and
Reynolds for prompt action, hearty co-operation
and skillful handling of their commands.
By command of
Brig. Got). W. H. JACKSON.
E T Sykes, A. A. G.
Tlte Chicago Xoiuinees.
The result of the nomination at Chicago by
the Democratic Convention has at last reached
us, with the.platform they have adopted aud
the candidates they have elected to, contest
the election in November for President and ;
Vice President of the United States with Lin
coln and Johnson.
The selection of Gen. George U. McClellan,
as the Democratic candidate, will fall like a
wet blanket upon many in the South who en
tertained the hope that an out-an-out peace
man, such as Long, of Ohio, Reid of Pennsyl- :
vania, Fernando Wood, of New York, or Val- i
landigham, were the most prominent men be
fore the Convention for the nomination.
Os Gen. McClellan’s political sentiments,
we are ignorant, unless we judge his princi
ples by the animus of the Convention which
nominated him. He has, we believe, hereto
fore been classed with the set of politicians at
the North denominated peace Democrats, and
we have heretofore thought of him in connec
tion with the Presidency as being no more
pacific than Lincoln. But we can judge his
future policy better by noticing the platform
of the Convention which nominated him.
That Convention, recognizing the futility
of restoring the Union by the experiment of
war, propose that efforts be made for a cessa
tion of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate
Convention of all the States, or other peacea
ble means, to the end that at the earliest prac
ticable moment, peace may be restored on the
basis of the Federal union of all the States.
> This is direct antagonism to the doctrine
we went out of the old Union, proclaiming,
and for the maintainanee of which we have
been fighting for three years, namely : the in
dependence of the several States and their
right to separation. The North and South
are separate and distinct nations, divided by
Ia sea of blood formed by three years of ac
i tive warfare. It is fallicy to talk of ever uni
ting us again under the corrupt Federal Gov
ernment of the United States. The South
spurns the idea of ever sheathing the sword
; to shake hands in friendship with a people
. who have wantonly plundered their homes
murdered their innocent non-combatant
i population, for the purpose of accomplishing
j their fiendish designs of crushing our right to
j self-government and independence.
President Davis has already set forth the
! sentiments of the Confederacy, in regard to a
; convention of all the States, in the answer
made by him to Jacquess and Gilmore, when
they proposed to submit all questions in dis
pute to a convention of all the States, Yankee
| and Confederate, in which a vote of two-thirds
! was to be decisive. The President stated that
j we had seceded, and were now fighting to get
rid of the tyranny of the majority. That it
| would be a palpable violation of the Consti
; tutiou to use the treaty making power to bring
j the States of the Confederacy into a conven
i tion with the Yankee States.
The South will not recognize any treaty of
peace but one based solely on the entire in
j dependence and sovereignty of the several
| States of the Confederacy. If the Federal’
Government refuse to concede this, then we
| cannot, according to the Constitution, nego
tiate with them. There is but one way for the
South to go into convention with the Yankee
j States, and that is upon the concession on the
| part of the latter for our entire independence
and sovereignty.— Savannah Republican.
General Canby in his late order says the practice
; of permitting persons in the rebel service to send
! their families within his lines for greater safety
! and comfort, has prevailed to a, dangerous extent
! at soma points within the limits cf the command:
j that hereafter al! such persons will ba turned back
i at the picket linos, cr it'they have ra.de their way
t through them will be sent Rack. Refugee? of good
j faith are to be received aud kindly treated, If des-
II titute, their wants will be sapidi td, as far &3 tho
me ns under the control of ihe <:• ioaiiiandicg officer
will permit. Whenever ihe> aD«rras3 military i
operations they ars to be packet iff to Cairo, HU- !
aoi a.—&o*wn t
TELEGRAPHIC.
i _ _
REPORTS Of’ THS PRESS ASSOCIATION.
I Entered according to act of Congress in tke year
1863. by J. S 'l brasher, in the ClerkS ofice of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Petersburg, Sept. 6.
The Washington Chronicle of 3d received.
Stanton lelegraiphs Dix of the fall of Atlanta,
also reduces the draft to 300.000. Stanton con
cludes his dispatch by saying that 100,000 new
troops promptly furnished is all Grant wants to
| capture Richmond and give the finishing blow to
to the rebel armies now in the field. The residue
of the call will be adequate for garrisons, cities,
fields, lines of communication and 'supplies north,
free the ciAiutry of gfterrillas, give security to
trade, protect commerce, travel, establish peace’
order and tranquility in every State.
• Statum telegraphs from Canton, 2d, the 20th
corps holds Atlanta. In the fight at East Point
Shorman was successful—results unknown.
The Chronicle says editorially a deadly blow
has been given to the rebellion which can neither
be paliated or denied.
Yankee press dispatches say that Early’s head- j
quarters are at Bonkers Hill, half way between
W inchestev and Martinsburg.
Wheeler burned several miles of the Nashville
and Chattanooga Road oil tho Ist, and captured
Franklin. Tenn., the same night.
Jersey's Confederates have been on a raid to
the Ohio river but had returned.
Gold 2.7?.
Richmond, Sept. 0.
The Washington Chronicle of the 3d received. :
Farragut in his official report of the surrender of i
Fort'Morgau draws a comparison between Andei- j
son and Page, and say3 the former finding his !
position perfectly untenable, and encumbered with i
superfluous nifmbors of conscripts, surrendered a
fore he could not defend, having scrupulously kept
everything in tact, whilst Page in childish sport
fulness destroyed the guus which he had never
defended, and threw away and broke up weapons
he had not the manliness to use against the enemy, j
Fort Morgen never fired a gun after the com- t
mencement of the bombardment.
Staunton's Bulletin of the 2d announced the
the occupation of Atlanta by Sherman’s advance.
I nofficial dispatches state that the rebels are re
treating at East Point with very heavy loss. Gen
Hardee killed. Federal loss not kuown.
Telegrams from Nashville on the Ist say a rebel
force 10,000 strong is withia 11 miles of the city
on the Murfreesboro Road. Rosseau had gone
out to attack them. The rebels captured the town
of Franklin on Thursday night.
Latest gold quotations 244.
Macon, Sept. 0. |
The situation at the front is not materially
changed. The enemy reported advancing, but |
this is not confirmed. • « j
An officer-from Rome Georgia reports the Tun- !
nel at Tunnel Hill having been blown up by Gen *
Wheeler several days ago. The last heard from
him at Hood’s Headquarters was between Chat
tanooga and Murfreesboro.
-Gov. Brown today issued a proclamation setting
apart the l oth inst, as a day of fasting and prayer ,
and calling upon the army and people to observe
if _ . _ j
\ortliEin Dispatches.
Cairo, August 18.—A meeting held
last night, for the purpose of organizing
the Home Guards, was largely attended
and much enthusiasm was manifested.
Three companies were immediately organ
! ized and others are forming Organiza
; tions for the same purpose are being effec
; ted at Mound City and other towns on the
border.
Indianapolis, Aug, 19.—A dispatch I
to Gen. Carrington from Gen. Hovey,!
commanding the forces sent in pursuit of j
the guerrillas, said he had reached Mor> ;
ganheld and captured a few prisoners, and
scattered the balance in all directions, j
Gen. Hovey has levied an assessment on j
the disloyal citizens of Union county, Ky.,
for $82,000, to cover damages sustained
by the Government. j
BoSton, August 20.—Senator Wilson !
publishes a note, denying all the reports !
to the effect that he is mixed up with any
proposition for an armistice with the ;
Rebels.
He says: “No public man, connected;
with the Administration, is in favor of an j
armistice. I personally know that Presi
! dent Lincoln, and all the members of his
Cabinet, have undoubted faith in the suc
cess of our armies, and the complete trh
umph of our cause. With this belief they i
- will pursue the most vigorous measures
j to raise money and men to carry on the
war.”
The Chew of the Alabama at Weston’s ;
Music Hall. —On Monday July 4th, eleven of the
remaining crew of the gallant but ill-fated Confed
erate cruiser Alabama visited this popular place of ;
amusement, in Liverpool, and were introduced to ;
a crowded audience by Mr. Weston amidst re- *
peated and most enthusiastic applause. Mr. Ber- |
nard, ou behalf of the gallant and weather beaten
; defenders of the unfortunate vessel, said they
formed part of the survivors of that ship sunk by
the Federal war sloop the Kearsage. They only j
' longed and hoped for all opportunity to meet the
| latter vessel, to wipe away the stain of defeat from
j their character, not from their bravery, as the late
i contest between the two vessels was admitted to
! have been one of the most gallant in the records of
! naval warfare. It was Mr. Weston's intention
: to give these brave sailors .a benefit at tine hall
shortly. The sailors left the stage in the midst
j of hearty English cheers, and were twice calied on
| the stage. One of their number briefly thanked
j the English public for the kind sympathy and sup
j port which had been shown them since they were
saved from a watery grave by the Deerhound.
“I Mean to Fight it out ox this Line if
it takes all Summer. ” —This was the ex
pression of Grant in the opening of the pres
ent campaign after the battle of the Wilder
ness had been fought. The Summer has
passed and the fall months are at hand, and
still the boastful butcher is no nearer the cap
ture of Richmond than when the campaign
opened. He ha3 lost over a hundred thousand
men since he crossed the Rappahannock, while
the loss in Gen. Lee's army has been compar
atively smaller than during any campaign of
the war. Grant has but 3ix or eight weeks to
accomplish his purpose, before cold, rain and
mud must end the campaign. -Savannah Repub
lican.
The North Carolinians.— The Richmond sen
tinel pays the North Carolina troops the following
exalted compliment:
The infantry force by which this splendid success
beyond Petersburg on Thursday evening last was
achieved, consisted entirely of North Carolinians—
all honor to the old North State, and her brave
and victorious soldiers! The victory over the Yan
kees was as signal as the late triumph at the bal
lot box over factionists, demagogues, and tones.—
Hampton, too, performed with his cavalry anew
and brilliant part in his charge upon and capture
of a line of breastworks. Well done every body !
We congratulate them all, and our people every 1
where, arc- praising their exceedingly handsome
achievement.
In France the waste steam from the loco
motives is made to heat the cars in the train
behind it. It is conducted from the escape
pipes through tubes, which inside of the cars, j
are copper, but outsiue are of vulcanized In- j
dia rubber, with couplings which can be reaL- j
i!y managed. I
CITY MATTERS
T. J. JACKSON. LOCAL EDITOP,.
Raise in Rates.— In consequence of a heavy
advance in printing paper, we a» compelled to ad
vance the price of subscription to onrp a p er . which
will, until further notice, be as fallows
Daily, per month. . ... ..
For three months, - . . sls 0(J
F uxeral Obsequies.— The funeral of Mr. J.
W. Woolfolk took place at the Episcopal Church
in this city yesterday, from whence hia remains
were escorted to their last resing place by
a large number of weeping friends, and citizens.
Money Found.— By reference to an advertise
ment it will be seen that a sum of money has been
found and left at this office, which the owner can
have by describing and paying for the andvertise
ment.
Go ro Ditching.— The fall of Atlanta, the ap
proximation of tho enemy to the very heart of the
State, and the almost.absolufe certainty that all
the great cities of Georgia, may expect an early
visit from the Yankees, renders it highly impor
tant that the authorities here at once'commouce
the work of ditching if it be their object to defend
the city". There should not be one hour's delay.
Rifle pits should bo dug all around the icty, or at
least so as to command every approach. History
illustrates that well fortified towns may often be
saved by even a small force, but without these
fortifications a small corps of well disciplined
troops, may overeomo and destroy a city even
when manned by superior numbers in a disorgan
ized state. If wo have to make a fight, let us
have all the benefits which the science of modern
warfare can give. The Commandant here should,
we think, impress every idle negro- in the counfy
and put them to work. Now is a time when they
can be easily spared from the farms, as there is
no pressing work just at this time requiring their
services at home. Within these rifle pits, when
the emergency arises one man may keep off two or
three cavalrymen, but if called to fight in an open
field the cavalry of the raiders would have an ad
vantage over infantry, and one of the enemy would
be a full match for one of our men, and of course
if they have superior numbers we will fall an easy
prey. Let us not imagine that we will be visited
with insignificant numbers. Sherman can now
sit down quietly in Atlanta and plan and execute
raids on a most grand and magnificent scale, and
we are and shall remain in a state of imminent
danger. If anything can be done to avert it, let it
be done quickly.
Prater. —We are requested to give notice that
the daily Prayer Meetings for the country have
been resumed and will hereafter be held at the
Baptist Church at 5 p. m. Christians of all de
nominations and the public are invited to attend.
Geu. L.ee to tUe Cavalry.
We publish below a letter addressed by Genera l
Lee to General Hampton, complimenting the cav
alry for their gallant and valuable services again 3<
the enemy on the Charles City and Darbytown
roads on the loth, 16th and 18th ultimo. luecom
plimentary letter was written, it will be observed,
previous to the battle of Thursday, 25th ult„ upon
which occasion again the cavalry contributed so
conspicuously to the success of General Hill’s at
tack upon the enemy at Roams’:
Headq’rß Army Northern Va.,
August 19, 1864.
Major (r'.n. Wad-. Hampton, conid'y cavalry :
General—l desire to express the gratification de
rived from the conduct of the cavalry during its
late operations north of James River.
The saccess of W H F Lee’s division on the 15th
instant, the more signal results that attended the
combined attack on his and Gary’s forces on the
following day, and the skillful execution of your
orders on the 18th by Butler with his division, re
flects great credit upon the several commands en
gaged.
Please oxpress to the officers aad men my thanks
for their gallant and valuable services. The loss
sustained by the cavalry in the fall of Brigadier
Genoral Chambliss will bo felt throughout the ar
my, ia which, by his courage, energy and skill, ho
had won for himself an honorablr name.
Very respectfully,
Your ob’t serv’t,
[Signed] R. E. LEE.
General.
Official:
L Tcernan Brick, Major and a. a. a.
Notice.
Headquarters, 24th Sen. Dist. G. M.
All men subject to the recent call of the Governor
Os the 9th July, 1864, will report immediately at my
Office, next to Col. i/ines Holt’s, and thereby save
me the disagreeable necessity of arrest. Alt men in
Muscogee county, between 55 and 60, will also report
without any delay, or subject themselves to be sent
to the front.
By order of 11. C, WAYNE,
11 A Thornton, A 1) C
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