The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-10-12
Lato Southern News.
TuterrssiuG Extracts.

Jcn Davis hes returned TO Richmond from his |
tour in tho Sou,b.V os, and. u is sa'd, appears In
excellent health AMI spirits The comments II the |
Richmond and other pa,~rs on his speeches during !
his tour, srs by no means complimentary tn the !
sasscity of d" the Prc,ident." The Macon speech |
is particularly condemned 70, ~ ind,c-cet revo.
lstion. lhe Lynchb iry vwarsr., states;
some por,i,us O, tbe apecsh ~ ,he PrcsiS1ut de-
livered Of Macon, are unworthy NJ him, md giv" !
evidence ~ hsi taste and WORSE temper, His
cover, sus'on- N the great soldier he di-rrsccd-
far NJ HIS oNicisl sc,ion could -Tcc' that end
stC indelicAt- ill-timed and rer~ebcns bile. They
are not In kocpns With We dirpihsd sI.nce Of the
man who has not, far a. The Jup,i, knov,
uttered one word NJ compls'n, II NAV hc difficult
even Tor the President u mako majority of hls
follow itrcns believe Tat j uhu ton was incrp'lic
~ striking an honcs, Rri manly blow for Allan
,s" Many ''an honest" and many - manly
blow" did Re give as he H,.p Yankees kil'ci ~
hors ds eointaf, IN TIC advance to Atlanta, would
testify. Rui let 'hls pass. flc announcement by
the President that two-thiris II the army s'c a'-
.eni from the hed--the most ~ them without
lc"ve-NiO take the country by surprise. Whn
they were in tho line u dutT' Thc'c
periodical interferenccs ~ the President or'
isst bringing rs 20 grie, sapplng tie c"n-
hdence of 18th PEOPLE aud army IN hiF wisdom,
encouraging our enemies and patiug the way for
what we shuddcr to reflect uror. IIs visits 10 'lc
Wct arc usually the prcluie oi disasicr. HIS con
rnlta,i.n with Rragc and Johnston in 40, crdns
| With bis ordering twelve Thousand men 70 Nicks-
burg against the protest of these generals. lost M
the battle ~ Murfrcesloro' and TIC dctruciiou VI
Rosecrsns' army. II yiH' IN 1863 divided Ulays'S
army iu front of Grant nj Chattanooga, hv sending
Longstrcet with Twenty-Five thousand men on
| strategic errand TO Knoxville, pcrpctrstoi the ter
ribc dissste- & Missionary Ridge, where The Army
of renncsrec came nigh being annihilstcd Tn"
| President IL again on hs travels W 'couier with
| the Generals" MAY God deliver us this tpo from
the dispensa,on which the past teaches us to anti
clpste
Tho Montgomery NAL adds
We hazard little In declaring that the speech n
the Presi icnt NJ MSoon IA not such M the Public
had right to expect FROM VI. Davis st tlis critical
| iuncture bf our lrarr. The least the Prcsidcut
ssys about the ls,s campaign In Gcorg'a' the bet
| ter. He has sho,keI the country AMI TIC army
| slrcady enough by what has transpir~d under bis
| direction, 70 Fpaie them defence Of lis polio!
The evidence sccumulntcr that bad 'hr'on 'cei
retained IN command OF the Ienn'sse' army, A.
| mans hosts would have been troycd u Tho
campaign, in tie very vantage time ~ victory, the
President, without me word ~ warning or rcmon
straucc, removed "that nd sud ssillul General
from the army. sherman, in hs report o' hLi
oper,ti ms hcore Atlanta, presents tie readcr1
With the SEQUEL
Tho Richmond WING announces;
We have news cheering, very cheering, from
Sortn Ge lrgis, which, for prudcut'al reasons w'
decline phlishng lot our readers lc patient
/ daN ~ tlllps NJ VIA WV W. i'AHN ~ Wv
Empire state.
Dispatches from Gr.' I'm, Ga. are to the following
effect
P,rtie. from the from, state that Gen IIooisarruy
hold the state road at Marietta. shermin'' army
apJ~Ars 10 be entirely cut on.
bur army y now upun an offensive campaign,
. and sny dav msy hring IN genera engagement.
Gen. Hardos IL 10 take command IN Iharlcston
and Il ir the universal Impression here that Ger
. Bnurevard will surersocio Gen. Hood in conmanC
, Of the army
Gen Hood had issued stringent order sgairs
NIny straggling.
. Mrs Greenhow confined for some time IN tn
d, Washington PRISON a rebel spy, was drowned =
: New Iule, bar, wilmington. She had been 10 Eng
Z land to publish q book on her Imprisonment "
the federal authorities and was returning on boar
: the block ale runner Condor. boat ir IN her va
swnmped, aud Mrs. Greenhow who was crossi
o over, was drowned Che is described rs . lady O
considerable mental and personal acoou pl shmci''
q Tnr MAYOR OF Richmond has offered proclamf
ton oi III uusand dollars for tho detection 'of "
baud oi inCeucisries who lave contrsrtei wan u
r devil, or has next II, Abe Lincoln. u burn dov
a Richmond by leace-Ineal." Hehmonh l"ts
insists that the sum Ii insufficient, and snoud
l. increased ~ n hundrcd thousand dollars.
The Richmond EsouIaxa says =: GenSrd ~
D Clellan'4 prospocts
y | II elected, he will bc compelled, from the yer
| nature Of the case, whntrver his own lhdlV'du.
a desires may be, 10 s"ek vegetation With w. al
!. sinpend the military operations ~ ~ man
IN minds very clear Eut We must hfill i'neInuA
n that TO give him \ chance o' being "hc'"a ." ~
A. the invading srnlrs muN pain NJ ursI'r su'''n ~
within the next month. II Is The toniedfraie sri
~ which has crested a peace parry NJ 'l" N"''
~ Johnston and Beaurcysri plaui'd u L'p "H'hi'
a. IT and Ne must .iyn n increase We ln'rt nnf'
II and eli er,h II pv the mctholS ~ hlther'p
~ that IA with the bullet ant haEuncl Sh"Lln "
@. military stuat on be- unfAvoralic TO us DrGt mont
n, " Clelan would not b. elected and u NJ "eI
fis election could do us no good
"a Fiisen hundred aud hity two Yankee prisoner
including My eight offyCrs and one chaplain, ca
- turcd In front Oi Petersburg and Richmond, ha
10 teon brought 70 Richmond and furnished wi
* quarters al the Libby.
\. The doctors OF Hanover county, Virginia, a
pounce the following u their new tar y OF lee
Thirty dollars per VISIT for al distances 81 II
~ milea and under; all distances over five miles,
90 nddiuousl lee Of two dollars per mile night Wis
!, double that Of day VISIT: consultation lee ior
~ dollar. visit extra obsto,rica cases ono hundr
M dollars eaoh.
81. The savannah RErT BriC.s s'stcs thht a n
source Of supply has been discovered which p
q In .s to he Of the h CHEST importance as a 81
-, | s,itu:e for grain and four which heco
'"' ing scarce. II Is cailei "sorghum hou
ho cane. II IL stated 10 make excell'
-. substitute for buckwA coat. and Is very save
"' when made into hoe-cske IL can DO y
n very cheap, an aero Of sorghum producing fr
IL thirty 10 fifty bushels Of the grain. Parched
- gipinn seed is also said to make the best subsut
'en ior cot!ee and st.ll more, 9 small quantity OF
syrup boiled with the ground seed makes the col
substitute very p.esssnt and palatable.