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Year: 1864

Notwithstanding the fall of Atlanta the tone of the Geor
gia press continues buoysntnd sanguine. The CO.
lumbus Sun says:


General Forrest promoted the rank of Lieuten
ant General of Cavalry ard placed in chief commend OF
the cavalry forces of the Arm of Tennessee. Wheeler
who has efectuay 'played out has been transferred
to North Mssssippia measure that urged upor the
President long before Johnstona removal


The ten days truce look out for something


string,S 1t s understood to have been poll
cy permit Sherman the Atlanta and West Point
Road at any time he might elect to do, and to ke
the Macon Road at Jo1esboro should he desire it, and
then cut him from his communications and go the
principle that "a plaster the back is good fog pain in
the stomach The campaign Hood like that VI Grant
around mond is understood to be close mitn of
that OF his prede esor Inc one originated WIN hSoe;
be little successful than those who have from time
to time undertaken the execution Of the only rational plan
for the captuIe Of Richmond.


We might give the reader Interesting particulars OF
the " situation '-doubtess already known to many-but
have determined nothing that may Illustrate
short of nexcusable bunder in the execution Of plas
adopted will prevent the destruction Of sherman's
army. Patience


The Griffin Rebe speaks out still more une quivocally


ia mot likely that the idea ever occurred to Sherman
that the army which had long retreated before him.
from Dalton Atlanta would dare to the offensive
preceded it, that all his we'll laid plans would be confused
and overtbrown, and he be compelled to be guided by tie


strategy Of his enemy instead of forcing his strategy upon
that enemy heretofore. Yet the strange
sbly 1t s certain that the army Of Tennessee will
not long stand the defensive and that it will soon if it
has not already be TO and making movement which will
set all former calculations at defiance This movement
may and probably will, compel Sherman to move the bulk
of his army from Atlanta and prevent the march of any
portions of his troops the South Rnmor says that


brilliant, stirring campaign pregnant with great events,
is in progress, ard from much of advantage


ana k or the ne n @ s1 cause @
orousy pu. into execution, the aspect Of woon be
entirely changed and hosties be far removed from their
present field. Under these circumstances Atlanta will
EroYs q worthless prize.
Year: 1864

The last rising of this gallant people against the col
lessal power of Russia has been crushed The star of
Polish nationality has once more gone down in blood
Indeed, the movement was physically hopeless from the
first It's only chance Of in enlisting the
moral support of Europe to be backed by material force
England demonstrated with Russia and SO perhaps did
France and Austria, but that was all. Poland was
left alone and the contest he'd then only one sdthe
attempted revolution, necessarily falling become what
every unsuccessful revolution becomes the opinion of
the world rebellion.


Well, the result is not and was not doubtful. What
ABRAHAM r0ould do, his ally the Autocrat OF Russia
has done. Confscatis exile to Siberia the knou and
the scaold have been the measures of justice meeed
out by frghtene tyranny to unsuccessful freedom
breadth Of the globe


Some time since delegation passed through this
town to Richmond, Composed o. leading Poles. We
published their appeal, whic. was generally copied
through the courtesy of the press of the Confederate
States That the gentlemen compcsn~ this delegation
were acting in good anh and were all that they repre-
sented themselves fully satisfied else should
not have YOU ched for their appeal as we did, We know
that they wished to have the way for their exled breh
rem to find home under the flag of the Conederaoy-
Their whole appeal was to which we could respond
in feeling at least if could lend it material
aid. We hardly saw how the thing could be accom-
psbed, and we hardly ses it now but STILL if anybody
else see the way through the difficulty, shall only
be so much the more grati6ed. We see that our CO.
temporaries are talking about Polish Contingent,
putting it at thirty thousand brave troops Now,
with oil respect to ootemporaries the thing that
puzzles is how these people to get into the Con-
federacy. Poland has no shipping-the Confederacy
has no shipping our ports blocksded. How are
thirty thousand Polish warriors with their mpedenenta
to find their way in the Confderacy? Will our san
guine contemporaries stoop to snow US. =
Year: 1864

Our chief pleasure has been, for the last eighteen
MONTHS to administer to the of prisoners and
until lately have been allowed to visit the prisons but
the officer in charge informed that entirely
srong Southern feelings ard make sitancy
expressing sent ments publicly in favor of South
against the Unitcd States Government and
allowed visit the prisoners and talk nothing
You well imagine that we feel complimented at
being considered such good rebels and the bos sent
word that they had rather than have give
up one iota Of our personal feelings" -


SCENES AMONG THE HAUTToN.


Yorcan form no idea of the proceedings In this city
Year: 1864

The PEACE CONF ERENCE-We have tsays the MA
con Telegraph pretty reliable report OF the result of
the informal deputation to Gov Brown to invite him
to peace conference with Gen. Sherman. 1hf latter
had this project much at heart and sent bis
ger gentleman well known, of high social position in
Georgia, whom hs rendered written credentials, if
desired He professed great un1nGness to penetrate
further into Georgia. and infct the devastation
and misery which were broadcast in his rear lie
sent an invitation to Gov. Brown and other prominent
gentlemen to and talk the matter over with him.
an6 Soc if some scheme could not be devised to with
draw Georgia from the war, and save her people from
further su1ering. He would like, if Gov. Brown de-
sired it, that the latter should ride the State road
to Chattanooga, the condition OF bis people IN the
rear, and realize the strong claims upon his sympathy
it presented" The reply Of Gov. Brown, we under
stand was very much to this effect Tell Gen. SheT
man that understand him to be only general of one
of the Federal armies, while am merely Governor
of one of the Confederate States. l don't how
negotiate or, if We should undertake it, how our
negotiations can lead to any practical results


LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM ATLAN7A.-The Ma.
con Confederate reports: A gentleman well known in
this section of Georgia, let Atlanta Saturday at IL
o'clock. He reports that trains arrived there on
Thursday Friday and Saturday, up to the time be left
The Federal army were without a supply OF meat
were entirely out of flour, but had plenty Ct hard tack
They had no corn forage and their draft animals and
cavalry stock were perlshing by hundreds" This is
undoubtedly true he heard tie testimony of the Fed
era officers, in conversation between themselves to the
fact in these words. The stock he himself saw Was IN
an extremely wretcbed condition; The enemy ne7er
sent out oragng expedition of less than Brigade
We believe these statements to be entirely correct
Our informant also said that it was impossible for the
Federal officers to protect the exied population from
plunder and many of the people had Jared badly: he
himself had lost all of valuable library.


SORGHUM Mo1AssEs-This article, which sold here
two or three months ago at $50 gallon fell IN pros
pect of the abundant new CROP to $40 and slnce the
new commenced coming to market, it has sold as low
as s.. There will be 20 vast quantity made that we
doubt not it will fall still lower We trust so for, get
ting into common use it will greatly relieve the demand


In Raleigh. new molaeses has been selling at SIS to
$40 and it is zpected to fall to S. by the barrel
In Selma, Ala, it has fallen from $50 to So and su
gar is expected to fall in proportion In Columbus Geo.
expected to fail lower At Charlotte, Moasses has
sold at $40 and Bacon at S3.


Fayetteville Observer.
Year: 1864

THE RoossvELr HospTAL.--A proposition
was recently brought before the Corporation
relative to the appropriation Of locality in
Hamilton square for the erection Of the Roose-
welt Hospital, an establishment for the benefit
of poor and wounded soldiers and others, pro-
vided for by act Of Legislature, under the Will
of the late Mr.. James II. Roosevelt, who be-
queathed the muniicent sum Of over million
Of dollars for the praiseworthy purpose. Our
object in recalling the subject to the attention
of the public is to inquire what has become Of
the proposition presented to the Common Ccun-
Gil. Why all this delay in acting upon it! The
longer the delay, the longer will the sufferings
of many Of our wounded soldiers be protracted,
if the poor fellows be not forever deprived Of
the benefits OF the humane Intentions Of the
benevolent founder Of the institution. We call
for official action in this matter at once.
Year: 1864

Like the leaf, life has It's fading. We
speak and think of it with sadness, Just
as we think of the autumn season. But
there should be no sadness at the fading
of life that does its work we'll If we
rejoice at the advent of new pilgrim to
the uncertainties of this worlds way,why
should there be so much gloom when all
these uncertainties are past, and life at It's
waning weares the glory of completed
task?


Beautiful as is childhood in its fresh.
ness of innocence,its beauty is that of an.
tried life. 1t is the beauty of promise, of
spring, Of the bud. A holier and rarer
beauty is the beauty which the waning
life of faith and duty wears.


1t is the beauty of thing completed !,
and, as men come together to congratulate
each otherThen some great wo:k has been
achieved, and see in its concluding moth
ing but gladness, so ought we to feel when
the setting sun filings back its beams upon
life that has answered well life's purpose
When the bud drops are blighted and
the mildew blasts the early grain and
there goes all hope of the harvest, one
may well be sad: but when the rlpened
year sinks amid garniture of autumn
flowers and leaves, why should we regret
or murmur? And so life that is ready
and waiting for the "well done" of God,
whose latest virtues and charities are its
noblest, should be given back to God In
planning reverence, we rejoice that
earth is capable of so much sadness, and
is permitted such virtue.
Year: 1864

SiOiC; hlluOuI lICS !dScIuS lOU IOuS


upon the festivities of this occasion, and


keeping the ladies in waiting far too long,
in answer to what yon were kind enough
to suggest, | look upon this victory as
one which has decided the war-decided
1t not in a military point of view, but in


that oTerPowerlng civil point of view
which decides the fate of nations, every.


where. To this it may be answered, and


to that answer, desire for moment to
call your attention, SO that every man
may work out in his own mind more
clearly than any suggestion Of mine could
do, the problem that if we 90 on with the
strength and stringency that I have sug-
gested, how shall we live in the same land
with the men whom we thus fight p
Again, let US 90 to the teachings of his


tory, and we will draw from the history
of that nation which we are proud to call
our mother land. Every considerable
estate in England under Cromwell passed
through the courts, or commissions of
condscation. Every considerable house
hold fought against every other consider
able household; the people fought against
the mobiles and the mobiles against the peo.
Pile and yet, when the king came to his
own again after time, the nation came
together, cemented in friendship, never
to be divided thereafter. Is there any
difficulty then, looking at the teachings
of his history, in the Anglo-S Saxon race
knowing how to live in equity and peace,
amity and friendship, with those with
whom they have had fight? Is it not
a well known rule that those with whom
We have fought bitterly, after the fight is
over, are the ones who become the more
endeared to US, and we are more ready to
take them by the hand? Therefore, l
sec no difficulty in every good man of the
North and every good man of the South
coming together, and letting bygOnes be
bygones. As | have said, | desire to ex-
tinguish all the bad men so far as this
country is concerned.
Year: 1864

| How TO BE HATEFUL.-There are some


persons who seem to treasure up things
that are disagreeable, on purdose. / cen


understand how boy that never had been
taught better might carry torpedocs in his
pocket, and delight to throw them down
at the feet Of passers.by aud see them
bound; but l cannot understand how 90
instructed and we'll meaning person could
do such hing And yet there are meh
who carry torpedoes in their pockets all
their lives, and take pleasure in tossing
them at people. "O," they say, 81 have
something now, and when | meet th 3
man | will give it to him !" And then
they wait for the right company, aud the
right circumstances and then they out
the most disagreeable things. Aud if
they are,remonstrated with, they say 1T
is true" as if that was a justification Of
their conduct. If God should take all
the things that are true of you, and make
a scourge of them, and whip YOU with
it you would be the most miserable of men.
But be does not use all the truth on you.
Bnt is there no law of kindness In
there no desire to please and profit neD
Have you right to take any little story
that you can pick up about maD, and
use it in such way as to injuFe hlm OF
give him pain2 And yet how msny men
there are that seem to en- Joy nothing so
much as infictiug exquisite suffering up
Oh a man in this way, when he cauuot
help himself Well you know jusl how
the devil feels. Whenever be has done
anything wicked, and has made somebody
very unhappy, and laughs. he feels juss
as, for the time being, you feel, when you
have done cruel thing, and somebody
is hurt, and 1t does you good.
Year: 1864

and saw a fawn in the distance the little
animal, instead of bounding away, as he
expected, moved towards him; he took
aim, fred, and shot it to the heart. When
he found the collar about its neck, he was
very sorry that he had killed it. And
SO the poor little thing died. One would
have thought that the terrible chase
would have made it afraid of man, but
no, it forgot the evil, and remembered the
kindness only, and came to meet as a
friend the man who shot it. 1t was long
mourned by its owner as her best friend.
Year: 1864

come to an end; but how? A war oil


this kind Is to be prosecuted for the pur-
I pose Of breaking down the power OF those


opposed to the government, and bringing


them into the field of the government,


under the supremacy os Its laws. In


view, therefore, of the unanimitv of the


American people, in view of the strength


aud majesty of the law, in view of the


might Of the nation, might it not be sug-


gested that now is good time for US


once again to hold out to the deluded


men OF the South the olive branch of


peace, aud say to them, "Cone back,
come BACK nov This is the last time of
asking. Come back and leave the feed
iug upon the husks and come with US to
the fat of the land and let bygones be


bygones; If bygoues are bygones, our
co9ntry will live in peace hereafter -
Loud applause)


Are we not able to afford that now ?
Do we not stand strong enough ? Do we
not stand with union enough to be able


to afford that to the leaders and to all !?
There might have been reason, | think,
among a proud aud chivalrous people
that they would not desert their leaders
In answer to the amnesty of President
Lincoln; but now has come an hour when
we can say, Come back, come back and
submit to the laws, and you shall find
exactly such laws as before, except so far
as they are altered by the good judgment
of the legislatures of the land. Gap
plause) We are in condition now, not
taking counsel from our fears, not taking
counsel from our weakness, but taking
counsel from our magnanimity and our
strength, again to make an offer for the
last time; to call upon them, and then
shall We not, in the eyes of the country,
have exhausted all the resources of states
manship in the effort to restore peace to
the country. Iaughter.) Who shall
hinder? Not for the rebel to come back
after he has fought as long as be can, and
then chooses to come but to set some
time, perhaps the Sth Of January, for the
association will be as good as any, for all
to come back. And when that time has
come to every man who shall scout the
profered amnesty of a great and powerful
nation, speaking in love, in charity, in
kindness, in hope Of peace and quiet for
ever, we say to them, to him who scouts
that profered love, and kindness, let US
meet him with sharp, quick, decisive war
that shall bring the war to an end, to the
extinguisbment of such meR wherever
they may be. (Applause)


But how is this to be done? Blood
and treasure have been poured out, spent
without measure, until taking advantage
Of supposed depletion Of treasure first,
bad men have banded together by specu-
lating in that which ought to be the cir
culating medium, and raised upon the
poor man the price of the Goals upon his
hearth, and the bread upon his table.
Let s0ne measure be taken to stop that,
Year: 1864

re- ''To be a woman of fashion is one
of the easiest things in the world. A
late writer thus describes it: Buy eve-
rything you don't want, and pay for noht-
Ing you get smile on all mankind but
your husband be happy everywhere but
at home neglect your children and nurse
lap.dogs 60 to church every time you
get new dress"
Year: 1864

The following is the important portion
Of Gen. Butler's significant speech in
New York at the entertainment given
him Monday evening. 1t undoubtedly
foresbadows the policy Of the government:


Does any one now claim, as was claim
ed in 1860, that Abraham Lincoln is the
President Of minority? That question
i settled bI an overwhelming majority
Year: 1864

or perhaps better measure than any
other is to let it be understood that here.
after we pay no more bounties from the
taxes of the North, but taking counsel
from the Roman method of carrying on
war, we say to the young men, look to
the fair fields of the sunny South, and
unless they take our amnesty, let US 60
down there and you shall have whatever
you get by fair division we will open
new land Offices wherever our armies
march, distributing lands among the SOL
diers, to be theirs and their heirs forever.
A harsh measure, everybody will say ;
but is it not quite as just as it is that we
should tax ourselves and raise the prices
Of the necessaries of life for the purpose
of giving bounties and support to the
soldiers in lighting these men whom We
have three times over soIemnly called to
come and be our friends; in 1862, to
come in June, in 1868, to come in Sep
tember, and in 1864 to come by tho Sth
of January, 1865 And when the clock
strikes tbs last knell of that parting day,
then all hope of return for those who
have not made progress toward the return
sha. be lost forever. No longer can they
live in the land of America. Mexico,
the West India Islands, or some place l
care not to name, because [ know no land
hard enough to be cursed with their
presence, shall be their dwelling place.
They shall never come here again.


| look with some considerable interest
upon what believe to be the present re,
suits of this election. I believe, first,
We have settled the question of the war
by settling the question that the people
Year: 1864

led 10 carry on that war. l
always been claimed that we
.trong enough, after a great
'tfer new terms of peace to
| never expect to see in arms
a greater victory than the
achieved. | think we are
lough 20 make that offer, and
t, that the mos: squeamish


will agree with US when


We have exhausted every
tesmanship in the attempt


ace-that it is time then


ca, war from the hilt.-


be a decisive war, and,
Year: 1864

ADMINISTRATION private letter
from Col. Weaver, to his brother in this
city, We learn that his regiment--the 18th
Iows-hsve re-enlisted, and win be home
after the campaign iu which they are now
engaged is over, or about the LIST Of July.
Year: 1864

correspondence Oh tne LONDON f0st.


The Mcclellan party is undoubtedly
very strong, and it is the only party which
has, and has had for some time, thorough
organization, and his friends think that
there are few men who can carry SO much
personal influence. There is strong feel
ing in his favor through the country. He
is regarded as an injured man, and the
people are anxious that justice shall be
done him. He must poll larger army
vote than any other man, and were he a
candidate, Government could not SO suc>
cessfully csntrol the ballet box by the bay
onet as it has done in different parts Of the
country at former elections.


AS fer his principles, it is difficult to say
what they are. Ayowedly, Mcclellan is a
Unionist. Openly he processes to be will
ing to give the South every necessary
guaranty, provided the Southern people
consent to return into the Union; private
ly he assures those friends who discourage
the prosecution of lhe war that he desires
peace, and that he will advocate an armis-
tice and a convention of the States, should
he receive the nominatiou at Chicago.


He urges as reason for not openly ayew-
ing these sentiments that the people are
not yet ready to endorse them, and consid-
ers it inpolitic to take any step too decid-
edly in advance Of the popular feeling. He
feels assured, however, that the triumph Of
the Democratic party must end in peace,
for be says that eysa if it wished to carry
on the war there would be no army of any
magnitude left at the disposal Of the Co
vernment by the 4th Of March next. What
these opinions and Professions are worth.
it is hard TO say. There ars rot . few whs
distrust Mcclellan, and who fail to place
confidence in the assurances Of man Who
WAS one Of the 6rst, in the commencement
Of this revolution, to set the example Of the
violation OF personal liberty, as be did by
the arrest Of the members Of the Maryland
Legislature; who has made all the reputa-
tion he has as q war nan by the prosscu-
ton Of the war, and whe is still drawing
pay from The Republican Government as an
sficer Of the army now engaged in carrying
on war which he prstends to regard =
ruinous 10 the country.
Year: 1864

boat has rounded under our stern, and the
boom of her guns comes in our cabin win
dow. The women actually feel the con-
cussion and think they are hit.


But the danger is now past. We are
tied fast to,the gunboat and tewed to the
opposite bank.
Year: 1864

Has In store Q large and well a..
sorted stock Of BOOTS and SHOES
Of the best qualities. and viii 60
anue to receive the whole season


direct from the manufacturer. the
best and latest styles. which will
sell as low as any House in the We
Year: 1864

An old farmer, who is sixty-three years of
age. and boasts that he has never yet had
potatoes rot in the ground, gives the follow
ing for the benefit of the public


| plant my potatoes in the latter part of
April or the first of May, and III the old of
the moon. When they got up SIX inches
high, plaster and dress them up nicely.
Now for a secret. When the sets show for
blossoming, then is the time to take two
parts plaster and one part fine salt mix
well together, and put one large spoonful of
this compound on each hill; drop it as near
the center of the hill as possible. Just as
soon as the potatoes are ripe, take them out
of the ground have them perfectly dry
when put in the cellar, and keep them in a
dry cool place Some farmers let their po-
tatocs remain on the ground, soaking through
all the cold fall rains, until the snow flies
The potatoes become diseased in this way
more and more every year hence the .pota,,
to rot With such management they should
rot