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DAILY REGISTER. AUGUSTA, 7 GEORGIA. *J TESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11,,18(14. TIIK FROST. We Invite special attention to our letter from the front which we give this evening- The letter is one of great interoet—the news in which is confirmed by the telegraphs which came in an hour or two later. We regard ourselves as fortunate in having a correspond ent who can bead off the telegraph through the slow coach mails with which we arc ac cursed in these latter days. TIIK I'KKSKNT. Tlio past is now of no benefit to us except ns an example by which to shape our future. The now that is with us is ours, and is the only timo with which we have to do. The past has gone into the hands of the historian. We have no more to do with it. The present is ours, and may be made, if not a key to the future, at least an instrument with which to mould the future to our wishes. We see nothing in the present of our Infant nation hut what is encouraging. The little information we get from Hood is of a satis, factory nature. He U vigorously at work, nnd working too, in such a direction ns wi.l seriously, if not permanently, embarrass the future ol Mr. Sherman. In Missouri I’rice i9 rolling his legions northward, and his tocsin wijl soon he sound ing among his native hills and his chafing country-men wilMte flocking to his banner. lo Virginia, the glorious Lee is hovering about the Yankee army like a faithfnl watch dog guarding the entrance to the Capitol. With his past before us we canuot doubt of his future Then it only remains for the people at home to maintain a staunch rear and every man do his duty in order to tear wider the rift that is already in the ciond and let in upon us the full tide of success. There are many duties devolving upon thoso at homo which are too well known to be enumerated hero, and which if faithfully performed’would-leave no time for repining but only for action—firm, reso lute action ; the will to do and be all that a free-born people is capable of being. Mourn not over the past, look not to the fu ture, but take the living present and wield it ns you would a powerful weapon, and it will be powerful in tho resits that will be wrought irt our favor. TruM no futuro, h- w Vr p’oawnt, hrl ino <lt itl pisl bury it« <l«3a<l, Act— urt 111 ho livin ' present— Heart wiihlo and God o’erbead. Tiik Mobilo Register has seen a private dis patch from Forrest's army, for .the authen ticity of which it vouches, dated Cherokee, October 6th, in which it is stated that Gen. Forrest has captured three thousand of the enemy, four pieces of artillery, seven hundred horses, tweuly-five hundred stand of arms, one thousand negro men and children, and completely destroyed the Alabama and Ten nessee railroad from Franklin to Decatur. Gen. Forrest considers this one of the most successful raids ho lias ever made. f-oitontJM seems destined tube the Manna of tile South. Tho syrup made from it is an excellent subslitutfl li»r meat, being healthy and nutritions. We now learn from out' ex changes that excellent flour is being made ft out the seed. A gentleman near Abingdon, Va., has obtained four barrels of Hour irom oue acre of tho w hile seed cano. • Hip Van Winkle, of the Mobile lityittcr, pays aprouos of Wasliburne: It is said that llurlburt is laughing at him for bis want of success in repelling Forrest. 11 u rib urt say's ho was relieved because ho could not keep Forrest out of Tennessee, while Wasliburne cannot oven keep him out of his bedroom. Bkhsktt, of the Herald , says Beast Butler has as much standing with the Democrats as he has with gentlemen. If we had a negro who would associate with Duller we would trade him off for an egg sucking dog and then kill the dog. V i,A3, poor Yorick!” Mr. R. D'Orsay Ogden, knowu in the theatrical world of Riclt ■ nd, has eluded tho Confederate service by escaping into Yankeedom. His light is gone from the Richmond boards forever. It will no doubt gleam forth anew at N-iltlo s. It is stated that General Kd Johnston, who was.among the officers captured at Spottsyl vania Court House, and exchanged at Charles ton, has been selected to command General French's Division of the Army of Tennessee. Tub income of tho four Rothschilds is 50,000,000 a year, or a thousand dollars an hour. Quite a neat sum to carry on life with in a small way. Twelve hundred Yankees, captured by Foirest and shipped fora Southern port, have arrived at Selma. The Wixzard of the west gathers them in by enchantment All reports seem to concur in 9tnting that Grant is receiving large reinforcements. Let them come. The hospitable Old Dominion is w illing to furui-b graves to as many as como. Annie Adelaide Proctor, daughter of the celebrated poet Barry Cornwall, and one of Kngland's sweetest poetesses, died recently. Tite current price of fretdom jin Missouri seems to bo Sterling Pi ice at present. . Scouts report that the enemy have burned Athens, Ala. When Forrest left the-town the enemy from D-catur appeared, nnd after some sharp firing Irion a lew streggUjig soldiers, en tered the place and destroyed several of the principal buildings.— Telegraph and Confede rate. TIIK WAll IS! VlltCtlltllA. Yesterday morning there was considerable activity observed in military circles, but so quiet was the beautiful autumn day that lew supposed a battle whs raging below Ihe city between a-mies contending lor the possession ot our Slate and Confed-rate capital. The f lith in the abilny ol Gen. Lee and his brave m n to defend them front the bated foe was loiciblv shown last even ng by the large assembly of ladies and children preseut in the Capitol square listening to dbe umsio oi iko Armory hand. Yesterday m irninor. at an early holy. Geo. G try’s brigade ot cavalry and a foroe ol inlan try attacked Km z's Civalry. wliicH supported by Birney’a Tenth corps, occnp position about five miles Irom the city, while the main body lav in the neighborhood ol battery Har rison. The whole force ol the enemy en the north side ot ihe river was supposed to exceed lorty thousand mm. Gen. G. struck the ene my's light resting on the Ohurlefl Oily road. - The Yankees made butfei hie resistance, fi-uing to their entrenchments a short distance In their rear. Our troops attacked and carried the en emy’s wo'ks. oup'ur'Ug nine pieces ol artillery, one bund ed artillery hois-a, uud a number ot prisonets. Tile cavalry pursued Kail z some distance, and our infantry steadily pressed back the Tenth corps, some three miles, to their men body, near batteiy Harrison. The battle field w H between the Darbytuwti nnd Charles City roads, and in a southeastern direction from the city. Our loss was small, though w • regret, to hear that among the killed is the gaHatil Gen. Gri gg, ot Texas. General Bratton and Ooionel Haskell were wounded. The latest ire have from tho front ts that our troops captured two lines of the enemy’s entrenchments hut being much exhausted by the heat of the day, did not push forward any farther. Subsequently the enemy, in large force, atlemptad to retake the works belli by our men, but was repulsed. The loss t the enemy in killed and wounded is said to very heavy. GBN. LKb’s OFFICIAL DISPATCH RELATIVE TO TIIE RATTLE OF YESTERDAY. Late last night an official dispatch wits nt— ceived from General Lee, stating that yester day rnorniug General Anderson attacked the enemy onjt.heJJksries City road, and drove them from two lines of entrenchment!, cap turing ten pieces of cannon, with their cais sons and horses, and a number of prisoners. The enemy were theh driven to the New Market road, when being found strongly en trenched they were not pressed! Our loss is small; the enemy’s unknown. The brave Gen. Gregg died at the head of his brigade. from the vallby. A dispatch from General Marly to General Lee, dated the 6th inst., says: “Sheridan’s whble force commenced falling back down the Valley last night, along the Tike.’’ As the Yankees are said to be repairing the Manassas Gap Railroad and the Orange and Alexandria road, it may be tho purpose of Sheridan to come this side of the mountains; but we cannot see that he will bo benefitted by the movement. TIIK YANKEES BURN RAPIDAN BRIDGE. An official dispatch from Gordonsvlllo last night states that Yankee raiders burnt tho rail road bridge over the Rapidan yesterday. The operations of last week on the north side,-near this city, were conducted on the part of the effomy by General Ord, command ing ihe tenth corps; General Birnejq com manding the eighteenth corps, and K lUlz's cavalry. Among the casualties reported by the Yankee letter writers we find the follow ing. General Burnham, commanding a division in the eighteenth corps, was killed in tile en gagement on Chaffin's farm, and his oody is now at Bermuda lluttdr and, where it is lining embalmed, preparatory to being sent North. In tite attack on the rebel entrenchments on Chaffin's farm,--Butler’s colored troops are said to have fought with desperation, and thee suffered s verely in killed and wounded. Getter.illjrd, Who received a llcsh wound in tite leg in this engagement, came down to Fortress Monroe yosle 1 day, on the Morgan, on his way to Baltimore - Sentinel., nth. CJICN. SIIK KSI A \ Ml) GOV. BROWN* 'Tito reply of Gov. Brown to the proposition submitted to him by Gen. .Sherman, for a meeting with a view to consultation for sepa rate peace, explodes the report that the pro posal was received with favor. Gov. Brown expresses Very just views of the relation which Georgia sustains to iter sister States, and avows a virtuous and manly determina tion to discharge the duties of that relation with tho’utmost fidelity. There is oue part of his letter which excites unpleasant sensations. It is that in which Gov. Brown stoops to communicate to the miserable Sherman his complaints of the Con federate Administratson —thus laying family differences before the family’s bitter enemy I It may he said, it was because Sherman pre sumed upon these diff renctß that he submit ted bis proposal, ami that, * therefore, it was pertinent for Gov. Brown to refer to tho sub ject by way of correcting Sherman’s inferen ces. But this involves the confession of a grave impropriety on the part ot Gov. Brown in having pursued a course that rendeied him liable to be thus misunderstood. It is no compliment to Gov. Brown. aud.Mr Stephens, and Senator Johnson, ,t hat they should have been singled out by Sherman,, and i ivited by him to an inadmissible conference; and, al though the dishonorable proposition was un qualifiedly rejected, the fact that it was madn, showed that, judging them by tbtdr course, Sherman considered those to whom it was addressed as occupying an equivocal posi lion. He is now taught.his mistake; hot we trust he lias also taught them that citizens holding positions' so prominent should bo above the suspicion of either friend or foe; and that they owe it to themselves, their countrymen, and their country, not to com promise themselves and eacouiage the enemy, by exhibitions of seeming factiousness and discontent. It is creditable to Gov. Brown to have spurned Sherman’s proposition—it would have been far more SO If Sherman had felt that ho could not dare to insult his virtue tty offering it. —Richmond Sentinel. Kmehson Etheridge —The Meridian Cla rion has the following of this gentleman : Emerson Etheridge, it is said, made a speech some time since nt Paducah, favoring the no minees of the Chicago Convention for the Ptesideney. Subsequently he gathered quite a crowd around him at the hotel, where he came down heavily on Lincoln. The com mandant of the post, after listening awhile, stepped up and told him he mtrst quit his treasonable talk Etheridge wanted the Yan kee officer to define wbat was treason; and told hint that he was as good a Union man as could be found in the United Stntes. The officer replied, “then sir, you ought to havo on your uniform.” “No, sir,” rejoined Ethe ridge, “that has been disgraced by being placed on a nigger." The commandant left, and in a few minutes a guard entered with a note to Etheridge,informing him that he had to leave the place in two hours under penalty of having a ball placed to his leg and being put to work on the streets. Etheridge took the hint and left. ~v r. Subscribe to the Register. Tiik president ix riacon. Friend Boykin, the able editor of the Chrutiun Index draws the following picture of President Davis. If he don’t miud our old friend will he classed among the “monarch, ists,” eonsoUdationistk,” centralizors,” “anti- States Rights men,” for speaking so highly of our President; Soon he was ushered into the Baptist house of worship, where the meeting was held, amid prolonged-plaudits, to which he respon ded by graceful inclinations of body, and with wbat we thought was a gratified ex pression of countenance. We do not know what it was exactly, hut there was about him a simple dignity, or an humble majesty, or an evidence of genuine manhood, or token of nature’s nobility, or manifestations of latent power—perhaps all of these combined which drew otit our soul, and we doubt not, the St.ul of every spectator, in sincere admiration, heartfelt esteem and trusting confidence.— There is something about some meu that at once elevates them above the r.omnlo ( masses —something that commands i.v homage and respect; and this is the case with President Davis. His bearing is manly and self-reliant, his port erect and commanding, his mein dignified and courtly; and lie unites democratic simplicity with that undetinable majesty which true nobility of mind ever con fers upon its moral tenement. There is the flash of genius in his eye, the calmness ot determined oravery in his voice, the steadi ness of conscious rectitude in his tone, and the glow of patriotic fervor in his utterance. With calm and earnest but dispassionate tones he discussed tho stale of our national affairs, not like a king condescendingly ma king revelations to Ins subjects; nor yet like a servant entering upon compulsory explana tions with his masters; but like it father giving words of assurance to his children — or, rather, like a friend ftankly discussing matters of common interest aud demonstra ting that, more than to any other, the general good whs the object of his heart and tho aim ot his sincerest endeavors. * * * * And we dare aver that not one man in all that assembly would wjjdingly advocate bis re moval from the pffife of trust hu occupies, ami the commitment of our destinies to the guidance of another hand. We observed not that posiliveness,' that sharpness of outline, that dogmatism of mahner, indicative of the Dictator, that we expected, hut we perceived firmness of character united to a conciliatori ness of manner —a winning smile, n pleasing address, and a cODrciotlsness ot rectitude of purpose —that won our confidence and regard. We expected a degree ot curtness, we found courtliness; we expected dogmatism, we found candid explanation.-; we looked lor a degree of hauteur and self-opinionated asseveat ous, we met with unassuming candor and friendly seif justification. Unlike Oromwe’l, he is polished and urbane; nnd the beauty and melody of hrs periods contrasted finely with the short, fiery, nervous sentences of Napoleon. Unlike the latter, he appealed not to pride, or to tie-ire for glory; but, like Washington, he sought to animate by a sense of duty and by a:, appeal to pa triotic motives. His oratory whs attractive rather than impressive; his gestures unre strained aud graceful; his voice soft arid melodious. Intelligence fat enthroned upon his broad brow, .spat kind IjLtho steady blaze of his eye, and beamed forth in his polished and dignified diction. Benevolence, benignity, and in-born loftiness of soul have stamped greatness upon his features, at the same time that care aud mental anxiety have traceil tlierC litres of solicitude. Integrity beams forth ttno t ttie gazer and impresses with a sense ol confidence. Tfe patriotism that appears to glow in itis Heart should still every captious tongue and silence every cavilling voice. And tite interest he maniicsted ,n our cause and tho earnestness of his efforts to secure our success, should obtain lor him tite. love aud confidence and cordial support of all. Sa.iit-ata Springs (Annual VO) Correspondenco of the Loudon IVs... AtV KNGL.IS,II MAS’S OPINION Os flic l i.KLL AN. The M ObdUu party is- iindo'libledly very strong, and it is the only party which inn-, and has nail lor aim tune, a thorough orgnu zt li in, and It'S friends think that there are tew m m who can carry so much personal it.fi cnee There is a strong ieeliug in ms favor thiongti the country. He is regal ded as an it jurtd man, aud the people tire anxious that justice shall be done him. lie must poll a larg r aiuty vote than any other mm. and were tie a Csudl dale, the Government, cornu n u so micoes (mly control the ballot box by the bayonet as it bus and no in and ff rent parts ol the country at former e.eotiot s. . As for his principles, it is difficult to say what t <ey are. Avuwtd y, McClellan .* a Unionist. Openly, he professes to be willing to give the S mth every necessary guaranty, pruv.de.l titers mthern Btat.es consent, to return into tite Union ; privately, no assures llm.se IlieiHls who diecourag) the prosecution nt the war that he tits res peace, and mat he will ad vocate an arimfitiue and a convention of the Elates, should Re receive the nomination ut Onieago. lie urges, as a reason for not, openly av, w jng these sentiments, that the people are not jet ready to endorse them, and considers i. impolitic to take any step too decidedly in ad vance of the popular ft cling. He (eels ss sured, however, that the triumph of the Demo cratic party must end in peace, for he Says linit even it it wished to carry on the war tlitre Would by no army of any mjgnitud * leit at the dispi sal of the government by the 4th ot March next. What lit se opinions and profes sions are worth, it is bard to say. There are a not a tew who distrust McClellan, and who fail to place confidence in the assurances of a man who wys on« ot the tiisy in the comineneemt nt of this revolution, to set the example of the violation ol person tl liberty, as he did by the arrest ol the members of the M iryland L gs lattire ; who has ra ids all thareputation he has as a war man by tite prosecution of the war, and who is still drawing pay Irom the Repine lican Government as an officer of the army now engaged in carrying on a war which he pre tend.- to regard as ruinous to ihe country. The "Misbrahlr Man.’ Our Augusta eo temporarie- are discussing the question “who is the miserable man ?” referred to by the Pi t* sident, in his speech in this city. It promises to become as complicated as the question of the authorship of Junius’ letters or the id ntity of the man who struck Billy i’atterson. The friends et Gov. Brown insist, upon foisting hint upon the public as the -miserable man.” We hope Gov. Brown is not miserable, but if he be not sp -edily saved from his friends, we fear he wilt become so. The question, we think, is easily settled. The “miserable man” is man who asserted that the Tresident had said he “would abandon Georgia to her fate” and the mao asserted the Tresid nt said he “would abandon Georgia to her (ate” is the “miserable man.” It this can be denied throw your books On Logic in the fire. —Con federate and Telegraph. Tim Dayton (Ohio) Empire says the Doint, of danger is past. There is not and will not he any factions proceedings in the Dent icratic party against McClellan. Os course there are dissatisfied persons. Na convention can nomi nate a Candidate to suit everybody. But all' will eventually sacrifice prejudice to secure Democratic success. The Reciter is five dollars a month. The article* from the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, which we commented ou yesterday, in wtiich **she expost facto” claim is made lor Gen. Johnston, that he would have evacuated Atlanta' tor the purpose of making the very move which is now undertaken, went on to criticize with much severity the style and lan guage of the President’s speech at Macon.- President Dtvia is mortal at the same time that he is the representative of the sovereignty ot the nation. Though a President ot a nation, he l* but a man, and he is not above the leolsogs and tempers ot a man, nor beyond their colls trol. lie has been a most patient anu forkfear ing servant of the people, aud tie has been tie uounoed wiihout mercy and stigraat'Zed with out stint. Falsehood an 1 calumny have as sailed him without measure, and the cause he represents has stiff-red in his 'person. Just previous to the making of bis speech referred to, he had been charged with being "the guilty cause ot the failure -that “ho had placed men who had no prestige ot success, name or e;t paci»y in positions of great trust, and left O'hers who have ever proved themselves great and eff ciive ohieftains, in inferior and subordi nate positions.” And again. He was “ur raigued as a public functionary” as having "pitilessly said to the suffering women and children’’ of Georgia, when she was “plac *d in the most abject and distressing condition, Gepjgia must defend hetsoll.” These things were said of him by the lutelli fencer, an oigan of Gov. Brown, who, liny set, 1 ting of himself up in controversy with the Pre sident, has made the tarce oharaoter in the pre sent tragedy of war. And they were heinous charges - the last not made iu order to have the militia -respond to the Governor’s proclaim, tion, calling them out for the defense of the State,” as tue Chronicle says. The .proclama tion ot Gov. Brown “officially notified” the people that “Georgia must furnish the addi tional troops required for her own defense,’ and the spir it in which this notification was given is discussed in the tone and temper of the Intelligencer, which was ot the gravest ac - cusatory character against the President, charging him with nothing more nor less than withholding reinforcements Irom Geoig-a that he could have sent, aud with “pitilessly com mending her suffering women and children to the c ire of Georgia alone. It was sufficient to avyuke human ire, and to call torlh manly in dignation and a stern contradiction. The evil of such accusations extends not only to the President individually, bat to the cause, and puts the latter in jeopardy precise ly to the extent that it distubs the public con lidence in the Chief Executive of the nation. If the expressions of the President were harsh, they are likewise unusual—indeed with him unprecedented—and they were elicited from an innocent heart, wrung and tortured by damning aspersions. Nor*can the cause of Georgia, or the Confederacy, be benefited by widening and extending the breach. The Chronicle and Intelligencer both will confer a blessing ©n the people of all sections, by striving to heal divisions, to adjust differen ces and allay censure, and by invoking the universal aid to the effort that tne President' is now making in perswn, with all the means which he has at his disposal, to rescue Geor gia from the presence of the invader. The homeless suffering exiles from Atlanta app al in the strongest terms.for unity .of en deavor and harmony of action. The lost ter ritory of the State can only be recovered bv thorough concert and unanimity, and the pe ril to the nation can only be removed by ciis pensing with individual and party dissension , and a common rally upon a common defense. Whatever may he said of President Davis by heated parzans of discontented men, his whole soul is in the cause—all his interests are enwrapped in it. No man in the land will suffer more by its failure—none will be more benefitted by its success. All the motives then, which stimulate men to action, exist with him, to ply every energy, and use every iustrumen aliiyto promote success. It is idle to attribute t.o him indifference or any other feeling than an earnest desum for success ; and he is now giving the best, evidence of his kseal and fidelity.— . SIIKRIDAN’S “.P'VAJiCK” IN TilK VALLEY. Sheridan, who is now going down the Val - iev, sends the following official dispatch about | bis advance up the Valley : IfAKRISoNBOtIO, Vft. \ ■ September 29, 1864—TioO P- M. f Lieut Gen. U. S. Grant: In my last dispatch I informed you that I pressed Early's cavalry through New Market, at the same time sending cavalry around bis (lank ; that he gave up the Valley and took to the mountains, passing through Brown’s gap. I kept up the pursuit to Port Republic, des troying seventy tivtf wagons and* four cais sons. I sent General Torbert, who overtook mo at Harrisonburg, to Staunton, with Wilson s division of cavalry and one brigade of Mer ritt’s. Torbert entered Staunton on the 26th, and destroyed a large quantity of rebel Govs eminent property, harness, saddles, small arms, hard bread, Hour, repair shops, etc. lie then proceeded to Waynesboro’, des troying the iron bridge over the south branch of the Shenandoah, seven miles of the track, the depot buildings, a Government tannery, and a large amount of leather, Hour, &c., at that place, lie found the tunnel defended by infantry, and retired vin Stauntan. It is my impression that most of the troops which Early had left passed through' the mountains to Charlottesville ; that division came to his assistance, and, I think, passt and along the west base ot the mountain to Waynesboro’. I am getting from twenty-five to forty pris oners daily, who come from the mountains on each side and delivering themselves up. From the most trustworty accounts, Early’s army wai completely broken up and dispiri ted. Kershaw had not reached Richmond, but was somewhere in the vicinity of Gordons ville, when he received orders to rejoin Early. The destruction of the grain and torag« from here to Staunton will boa terrible blow to them. All the grain, forage, etc., In the vicinity of Staunton was retained for the use of Early’s army. All in the lower .part of the Valley wa3 shipped to Richmond lor the use of Dee s army. The country from here to Staunton was abundantly supplied with forage, grain, etc. P II Sheridan-, Maj Gen. Little Thieves in a Tight Place. —“La France” gives the following story, which we translate verbatim : The police arrested .three little thieves named Cauvey, Ainiud and Leon Niviere, charged with having stolen various articles of clothing. These young thieves wandered some d*yt* through the woods, where they had takui re luge from the. police. Unluckily, the rain and hunger surprised them in their retreat, and not knowing where to seek for safety and refresh I rnent, they found themselves famishing iu the most cruel situation. The idea occurred to them to imitate the shipwrecked sailors of the Medusa. They drew straws to decide which of the natty should furnish food for the others. The lot tell upon j young Arnand. Immediately Cauvey and Ni viere made their preparations to put the uu , lucky Aruaud ou the table. But fear lent -trengtli to the victim, who lied iuto the forest crying for help. li»3 comrades pursued him i with the pbrei zy of famine; but the cries of i the victim had been heard by a huntsman, who j came accidentally upon this extraordinary and ! well authenticated scene. TELEGRAPHIC Reports of tlic Press Association. Entered according to act of Congressin the year 1868,by J. S. Turajhir, tn tho Ole rktf office (>f the District Con rs of tlie Confederate States for the Northern District o Georgia. YANKEE RAID IN EAST LOU ISIANA. GUNBOAT DISABLED AT MOBILE. FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA. OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GEN. BRECKINRIDGE. YANKEES CONTRACTING THEIR LINES AT PETERSBURG FROM CHARLESTON. DEATH OF COL. D. B. HARRIS. Osyka, Oct. 9.—Scott’s cavalry met and re pulsed the enemy’s advance from Bayou Sara, on Wednesday, near Jackson, La. After a severejight the only casualties are those from an exploded caisson by which several were killed. Findiug the enemy returning with overwhelming numbers, our forces evacuated Olinton on Tnursday, saving everything and falling back towards Liberty. On Thursday morning at eight o’clock the Yankee cavalry entered Clinton. The Confederates from the east side of the town, having crossed Amite river at William’s bridge, came up the east side. There are no particulars of what tho enemy did at Clinton or Woodville except the capture of a few oflicers, including Colone Vinckney, Commandant of the Post, and some twenty'or thirty soldiers. At William.’ bridge, on Thursday, a raiding parly, two hundred slrong, struck i ff from the ma n body and visited Greensboro Tangipatv . and Osyks on the railroad, where they re muined a few hours searching houses (er Con federate soldierß and arms. At Greensboro they pillaged and destroyed wiry kind of pro perty and personal effects, leaving many fami lies di statute. Capt. Allison was captured and c mpelled to drive his negro women as passeu gets to Baton Rouge. At Osyka the Yankees demolished the telegraphic apparatus and car ried tiff one operator, Mr. Austin, the other, Mr. Alleyn, narrowly escaping. McPatton, As sistant of the Post, Moran, Commissary, and several furloughed soldiers weiealso carried off. Yesterday morning another Yankee lorce ol over two thousand cavalry occupied Grans bury, pillaging around indiscriminately. In the evening they encamped four or live miles below. They are reported acci mptnled by iu iantry. No tidings of thi m to-day. Mnr.n.n. Oe’. 10. On Saturday our eastern battery opened on a gunboat and whipped it i If. Otr'Sunday the same battery opened on a sideswheel steamer, shelling and disabling be . j This vessel it! not uow visible in the lleet. This morning all but twjo vessels disappeared, but. came back in the evening. Pktbhsburo, Oct. 10.-The enemy, last eve ning, relinquished the extended line which they had possession of on Saturday. Last night the enemy showed some purposo of attacking our front, but it amouuted to nothing. The enemy have burned several fine dwel lings or. the outskirts of their lines on tho left wing. In the last few days supplies of clothing and shoes have been issued to our army. Richmond, Oct. 10—Official dispatches from Gon Breckinridge state that a portion of the enemy’s cavalry, after slight resistance, has been driven back from Kingsport, towards Rogorsville and now there is no enemy this side of Jonesboro’. Official dispatches at the War Department state that Vauglm’s cavalry drove the enemy j from Kogersville on the Btb, killing and wounding a good many. No enemy in force this side of Bull's Gap. CiiAKLKSTON, Oct. 10—Col D B Harris, of Virginia, the distinguished Chief Engineer of Beauregard’s staff, who constructed the bat teries which defend Charleston, died to day, at Summerville of yellow fever, contracted here, llis loss is deeply deplored. All quiet, except the usual Bbeiling. Tun Foriikst Raid. —We believe from in formation received it may now bs stated that the expedition under Gen. Forrest, having accomplished its purposes, had reached a place of safity, bringing with it all the fruits; ol its work, so far as prisoners, horses and mules, munitions of war, etc., were concerned. If we are correct, so nicely were previous ar rangements made that a time was fixed for the meeting of transportation and the forces at a certain point, and everything worked to a charm. There was no hitch whatever, in either the calculations of the commander as to what be would be able to accomplish, or the length of time that would be required. This is practical military skill, if it is not scientific. So far as the communications of Ihe Federal army with its b. h- b above Chattanooga are eon rented, 'they must be useless for some time. — This was ihe primary object of the movement, no doubt ; but we conceive it had another, which w*;s to also so and siiact the attention ol the enemy from the neighborhood ot General Wheeler’s forces, which had been scattered somewhat-, as to facilitate their movement south of the Tennessee. At all events, both expedi tions are now beyond the reach of any force the enemy may have gathered to employ against them. Our ovn people wdl be astonished, and the enemy mortified, to learn the smallness of the lorce that went, out with Gen. Forrest, ft may not be stated for reasons that will be appre ciated, but everybody will be Satisfied to know it was sufficient lor its mission. This our foiled loes will admit.— Appeal. The New York Herald i3 in trouble. This is the eleveuth hour of the Presidential cam paign, and no man bath hired it. It spends its time in condemning the advocates of both candidates for their want of skill, and makes occasional advances to each by way of illus trating its own gifts and capabilities as a par tisan But so far it remains neglected—per haps Bennett puts his price too high this time. From tlie Morning Nows. TIIK SHIP OF TBH FUlfiUi. BY NINA ADDISINE. Off, off from her moorings, away o’er the sen, In bounding the ship. th«- great ship of the free; With l>mtie-flags flying, aud bright pointed steel, ’Mid the tempest's dark-scowl her cannons doth peal; Away from the land, bounding o’er the blue wave, Proudly she is freighted with Southerners brave; In the bright tiuts of morn, or shadows of night, Still onward she g**es iu her terrible flight. Hark! h *rkl hoar her cannons—her cr> as is tmfnrl J Loud thunders bor voice o’er tlie ocean's vast world; Her lightt lug’s grey smoke, like a wreath sh«* doth wear; It waps juuod her shrouds, tiien ascends iuto air; While fr rn her dark hui far resounds now the cry As J'rcemcn we live, as freemen we diet Proud hope of the South, we have given thy form i u Ocean's wild wave and tho irod of the storm . With prayers wo h ■ve twined our flats to thy mast, And bid them nnfnrt. conquerin;, :.. 0 c We have stained thy decks with the dark stream of blood; We’ve wept as wo thought on the crimson hued flood, And b I eas'd thee with hearts that have burn’d to at* no Fur the loss of thy brave men baitlii g alone. Proudly thou hast conquered thro gh many a fight, Iu triumph hath waved thy banners of ight. then onwnrd»v*atill onwards in pomp o’er the main, Till iliy lightui gs have ; shiver’d ti»« Tyrant's foul chain; And ihay Freed- m’s bright stars thy puihw y illume, While the luurcPs greeu wreaths for thee ever bloom. Oo forth, aye go forth, make thy cant on’s loud roar Kcfuuud with oqr ij>.edom from shore nnto shore; The jjrcat God of DWI s, who lio ds in his hand The weal aud tho woe of our grief stricken laud, Aye, he who looks down from the ether afar, Wi o Uoselh at will the h*dl hounds of w,.r, Will guide thee safely over the bil-owy foam. And bring thee in honor and peace to thy home. Then onward, still onward, ’mid the bowling blast, Unfurling our tings from thy towering mast, ! Like the stars that are set in an angel’s bright plume, i The patriot’s war path they Hhall ever illume; ! For the foutblnud sends foith out cue battle-cry, As freemen we live, as freemen we die! NEVER DES IRZ THE ARCADE ALL RIJHT! It will be remembered by thousands that tho Arcade has been oil the wing for the lust four years. It has now put down stakes in Augusta, Gta., ON BROAD STREET, OPPOSITE TUB PLANTERS’ HOTEL. The ARCADE is now a ComffTodions Establish ment and FIRE PROOF, which offers ex!fa inducements to a’l who wish goods sold oi stored. The past, history of'thirty years in the trade encourages us to trust, the future for success. Oct 1-ts M. C. Cayce & Cos., AUCTIONEERS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, GENERAL AGENTS, Negri) and Real Estate Brokers. Formerly of MEMPHIS, TENS. » Late of ATLANTA, liEORCtIA. i ps~ Tbe sale of STOCK will receive our special attention. I cordially invite the public to renv'm ber Ihe ARCADE, when they want to TRADE. Oct 1 Jf FIRE PROOF. Those who wish Goods Sold or Stored will And Tlio A.rcad.o A SAFE PLACE TO TRADE. M. O. CAYCE & CO., Auctioneers, . Oct 3—lw Negro and Real Estate Broker.. MORGAN RESTAURANT. 322 Broad Street. OPPOSITE PLASTERS'. HOTEL. Meals Served at all Hours. The Tible is always supplied with every necessary and delicacy prep'red in the best style. Oct 6-1 m BRANDY, BRANDY. FOR SALE A LOT OF 43 BBLS. OLD APPLE BRANDY. A. NO. 1 ARTICLE. For sale by SIILLNER, KEEN tt CO., Sept 23—ts No. 274 Broad street. norvell house, No. 175 Main Street, LYXCIIIIIURG, Va. TIIK Proprietor return his thanks for the liberal pa tronage heretofore received, and hopes by strict attention to.share a liberal portion of the traveling I * Hi* table will at all times be supplied with tho b sr tho market affords, vl h good and attentive servants to at tend you. WM* A. CLEMENT. | Sept 29—ts