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COLQUITT & WARREMT, Proprietors. VOLUME VIII. sl)c iUrtiln Cimcs i’ubli'hed every morning Sundays exrep- LIVE DOLLARS per annum, in advance. €ijc Ulcckln times I • Published every MONDAY MORNING, Two Didllarsper annum, strictly in advance. Oill. eOH itandolpli Street)Outtoille me I’ostOflife. tiavas. Advertisements of five linesand less in either Hie Daily or Weekly Times, will l>e inserted at li t cents for the first insertion and 25 cents foreach subsequent insertion. Advertiaments exceeding five lines will be charged 10 cents per line for the first, and UVe cent.’, for each subsequent insertion. Displayed advertisements will be charged for the space they occupy. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrates, Executors, and Guardians, are required by law to he held on the first Tuesday in the month be tween the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in theafternooon,at theCourtllou.se inthecAun ly in which the property is situate. Notices of Ihe sale must be given in a public gazette forty days previously to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property must be i ven at least ten days previous to the day of sale. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published forty days. Notice tliut application will be made to the Courtof Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Ne groes, must he published weekly two months. Citations for Letters of Administration must he published thirty days—for Dismission from Ad ministration, monthly six months —for Dismission from Guardianship, forty days. Rules for Foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months —foreatablish- ipg lost papers for the space of three months— * lor compelling titles from Executors or Adminis trators, where a bond has been given by the de ceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued accor ding to these, the legal requirements, unless oth erwise ordered. Thefollowing are the contracting rates change able at Measure. DAILY RATES. 12 months, i I I; t < 9 months, j “T 6 months, j 3 months, t months. I month. No.ol I 3 qrd. j 1 . qOO 7 01) 9 00 : 15 00 17 00 20 00 2 9 00 12 00 14 00 20 00 ‘25 00 30 00 :< 12 00 15 00 18 00 25 00 33 00 40 Oo 4 15 01 ID 00 22 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 5 .. 18 01 25 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 60 00 6.. 20 01 28 00 35 00 50 00 60 00 70 00 7 25 0( 33 00 41 00 60 Oo 70 00 80 00 8.. . 30 Ot 38 00 46 00 70 00 80 00 90 00 0 40 0 50 00 60 00 80 00 90 00 100 CO WEEKLY RATES. Umoaihs. j I 9 ra on A a. and mon:h3. ~ 3 mo if ha. j 2 month s, 1 mouth. ] No nt «.|is. 1 2 50 4 00 5 50 1U 00 15 00 20 00 .-i \ 5008 00 11 00 20 00 25 00 30 00 ! 175011 00 H 5025003500 40 00 t 10 0015 00 19 00 30 00 40 OO 50 O 0 5 12 00 17 00 20 00 40 00 50 OO 60 OO B 15 00 20 00 25 00 1 50 00! 60 00 70 00 7 "! 17 00 25 00 30 00 60 00 70 00 «0 00 8 ... 20 00 30 00 40 j 0 25 00 40 00 50 00 80 00 90 00 100 00 JKKINTI NO Oi L'KJ I’, U.iudolph Street, Columbus, aaorgla. j | AVINU in anccessful operation two of lIOE I I A 00’S CYLINDER PRESSES KUNIfING BY STEAM. \V e are prepared to execute, at short notice, every ascription of HOOK and job printing, II unsurpassed style, as cheaply a« can be done anywhere in the South. We have on hand a large variety »>t NEW JO U TYPE and shall keep a constant supply of Plain & Fane) Paper & Cards OurfacilUies for turning off this kind of work, with promptness and despatch, wiil make it great ly to the interest of persons in want of POSTERS, HAN LHULLS, i !i!i 'IjLARS, PAMPIILEi’S, HEEDS, UONIKs, DEC LA RATIONS, HANK CHE OKS, BILLS OF 1 A I>l NO, letter heads, HILL HEADS, i»HAV RECEIPTS, HI ANK N< >TK V CATALOG DEM, LABELS, waybills, Blanks of very description, &e. &e. A I SO, RAILROAD A STEAMBOAT BLANKS j?o oxxa: xjh A. ball. This Departments under ilia management if Mr. D. b. PORTER, whoseloug experience and acknowledged reputation as a Job Printer, are a sufficient guarantee that all work entrusted to his o'tre will he executed with energy and faithfuluess We have now in connection with the office a omplete BOOK BINDERY. and have in our employ a young map who, under the veteran GRAY and others, has perfected him self in this branch of business; we pledge our selves to give the most pcrloct satisfaction in the manufacture of all styles ot Ledgers, Account Books, Dooketg, Court Records. Steamboat and Rail Road Blank Books, &o, We intend not to be outdone in the style and finish of our work, in either department, by any establishment South, and that we may be able to make our prices satisfactory we have adopted the OA3H SYSTEM. Jan. I IBfih Cli »ng« of Schedule. MOBILE fc OIRATID BAILROAD, I Girard, Ala., Oct 1, .1861. } IARoM iitd aiii i this date, the Mail Tram will leave Hie Girard Depot daily (Mindays excepted) at 2:4w p m.,‘and arrive at Union Springs at 6.23 p. m.; leave Union Springs daily (Sunday., excepted) at 6:35 a. m., and arrive ai Girard at 10:15 a. m. Tim freight Train will leave Girard every day, excepted,) at 6:00 a. m., and arrive at Union Spline's at 12.00 m. Leave Union Springs daily (Sundaysexcepted) ai 12:45 p. rn.,. and arrive at Girard at 6.25 p. nt. Od. 1-dwtf H. E. WELLS, Sup’t. CHANGE OF SOIIEDITr7E. MONTGOMERY AND WEST POINT St A IT. KOA K > t UM PA JN Y . Ovvies Montgomery West Point R.R. Columbus, Aug. 21, 1881. IN consequence of the withdrawal of one train on the Muscogee Railroad, the Trains on the Opelika Eranchroad will leave and arrive at Co lumbus, once daily, viz : Leave Columbus at 3 50 P. M. Arrive at Montgomery 10 P. M. Arrive at West Point I A. M. Leave Montgomery 8 A. M. Arrive at Columbus 1 30 P. M. Freight train leaves Columbus... 10 10 A. M. “ “ arrives at “ 6 55 P. SI. To take effect on and after Sunday August 25th Freight Arrangement II JET WEE* ATLANTA & COHJMiI US* BV an arrangement between the Railroad Companies composing the two routes from Atlanta to Colum bus, concluded auheir convention at elavannah on the 16th instant, it was agreed that the following ratea between Atlanta ami Columbus shall govern, taking effect from the Ist day ol May 1857. VIA WEST POINT. Corn per bushel 11c. Wheat 12; Oatsß; Bacon Whisky, Flour, in sacks or barrels per 100 lba3sc: Bagging, Rope, Lard in eans or bbls. per 100 U>B 4Se, Coal,l*iglron, by carload, per ton, $3.7M VIA MACON. P er bushel 14c. Wheat 15c. Oats 10c. Bacon \V hiskey, Flour in sacks or barrels, per 100 lbs., 44c. — Bagging, Rope, Lard in cans or bbls. per 100 pounds sstenu Coal, Pig Iron.by car load, pel tons4.6Be, J.L. MUBTIAN, President Muscogee It It GEO. Wt ADAM'S, t? a peri tuende turf oath western Railroad EMERSON FOOTE, Superintendent Macon and Western Railroad GEO.Q. HULL, *<u|»eiiuleudent Atlanta and t.aQiange Railroad, rtAM'L G. JONES, Eugiueei ami Supeiiniendeiu M. A. W.P. R. Aug 21 ts CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. MUSCOGEE RAILROAD, ( Columbus, (La., Aug. 21, 1861. j ON and after this day, we will run but one Daily Passenger Train. Leave Columbus at 2 SO p. m. Arrive in Macon at.. 0 05 p. m. Leave Macon at 9 45 a. in. Arrive in Columbus at 3 30 p. m. W. L. CLARK, Snp’t. Columbus, Aug. 21, 1851 ts SAVANNAH & efI4Ri.ESTOS KTKAfiDPACK li T LIN K. c, The Hieanier VVM. BLAIiIiOOK, t'iU’ l ■ F. BARIiEN. will shortly lake place on this Line, leaving Savan nar. and Charleston twice a week. Having a through Height arrangement with the Centralßailroad and its connections, all freights be tween Charleston and the Interior of Georgia,consign’ ed to the agents of this line, will be forwarded with despatch ami free of charge. iJ. P. BROoK 8, Agent Bavannah. L, I.AFITTB &. CO. Charleston. Nov. US —dw 't HOTEL, OGLETHORPE GA, M IHE subscriber [having eutively renova ted and refitted the above Hotel for the arcommodPtion of the public, solicit a hare of their patronage, tie will spare no pains o please, and feels confident that a. single trial will convince all of that fan. I’eb4 dfuu ' VV if. STILES, [rOOTHL, iFIRST CLASS HOTEL,) f«< atr broad «iot Lrawtord Slrccli, dOLUMBUS,GA. HATCH COOK, march—dwtf. PROPRIETOR DISSOLUTION. THE firm of MANLEY, HODGES A CO., is *- this day dissolved by mutual consent. Au early settlement of their business is earnestly solicited. Call at our Store and come as nearly up to your obligations as possible. Pay us all the money you can. January 1, lSfid. GEORGE MILLER, INretiring from the firm returns his sincere thanks to the old friends and customers, and earnestly desires a continuation of their liberal ity jo the new firm. MANLEY & HODGES, WILL continuebusiness at the old stand,and will be happy to serve their friends and customers. Jan. 1.1561. Hamilton Female College, ■ «• .r ■ Hamilton, G a. The Spring Session of this institu ion will commence on Tuesday the 22R 4-ayrtl~ Janusupy, IS6I. fisSSygaafei The College is' furnished wiifa a well selected Chemical and Philosophical Ap paratus,and with good musical instruments. The Course of Instruction is thorough and complete, embracing all the branches usually taught in the best Colleges. For Catalogue, address J. 11. I.OYKLACE, Pres t December 31 THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES. COLUMBUS GEORGIA, C. S- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1861 Joseph S\ Poll, A TTOHNiVY A. T' LA W, COLUMBUS, C LORCA A «Mice on Randolph Sum, ..vm Holt and llutehin’s Office, A f»i il ! 6 -V.’d! V. larioii llethime, attorney :a.x y-. a w , TALBOTTON. Talbot 00,, Q& October 24,1868. wAdtf. Closes & Laws, A TTORNEYS AT LAW , c OJ .EMBUS, GEORGIA. R. J MOSEB. \VM. A. LAWS Office next door to the Poet Office.,®# Sept. 1. 1858. dwtf, JNo M. PHILIPS. WALTER 11. WEEMS FhiliiDi <& Weems, -A.ttorii.evs at Law, CRAWFORD, ALA. Will practice in the Courts of Russell County —iu the Supreme Court of the State, and in the United States District Court at Montgomery. March 2d. 1880—wAdtf. Hr ill. SAPP, Att’ttOHSraT AT IAW. Columbus, Gra. VY7II.L practice intlie Chattahoochee Circuitaud VV adjoining counties. Office on Randolph street, a lew doors west of the Post Office, July 26 -dwt£. IS. S. StalforH, Attorney at BLAKELY, EARLY, CO,, G A , Blakely Ga., April 2, 1856. wtf Samuel Thatcher, ATTO RN E Y A T LAVV , Georgetown, Q, it it in an Cos. [Ga. ■fXTlLLpractice in the conn lies.of Webster, Terrell *" Randolph, Chattaltoocee, Stewart, Quitman, Clay,Early,Miller, and in Harbour count v. Ala. May23—dtf. W. D. WOOD, df\. r ra , oi : t3srE'S' at , AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY, GLENNVILLE, AI. A. VV I Id* practice in all the Oonrts ofthe counties of T * Barbour, Pike, Coffee, Dale, Henry, Macor. and Russelll. In all cases entrusted to lus charge, he will be assisted by Pugh & Bulloch, w hen they are not employed as opposing counsel. mar4illv. Shorter, Chambers & Shorter. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, EUFAULA, ALA. Will practice in Barbour and the adjoining counties of Alabama and Georgia. S. S. SHORTER. W'. U. CHAMBER*. U. H.SSoin gR. May 27, 1359. ts RMHVAh. Dr. DA V IS has r moved his office over the Drug Store of Urquhart A Chapman, on i Broad street. Orders left at the Drug Storeor office above will be attended to. Dr. D. attends strictly to all canes of Surgary entrusted to his care. Columbus, Ga. Novi. dtf J. FOGLE & SON, 1 ) K N T.l HT S, Office on Randolph Street,near Broad, COLUMBUS, GA. Columbus, Dec. 9,1357. *I A wtf. DRS. LEE & PIIELI'B, DENTISTS, OFPlCECoraarßroad and Randolph Streets co r imn us oeo r g 1 4 . Deo* tuber 31,1381. wAdly MEDICAL NOTICE. fl.ns, VV. K. SCHLEY * J . A, PEASANTS have associated themselves in tht practice of Medicine and Burgery, Their office is in Odd Fellows’ Hall on the first floor, where they may be found either day or night when not absent on professional service. April4th, iSdl—dlv* Baker & Jarvis' Island Guano. BEING the Agent at Columbus of the American Guano Company, lam prepared to offer their excellent Manures to Planters and others, in any quantity and at Savannah prices, actual expenses added. A good supply always on hand. Fcb.lß....ilwu C. HARVARD. GF. 0 R GIA —Taylor County: ]VTOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.— I.x All persons indebted to the estate of R. B. Rucker, late of said county, deeceased, are hereby required to make immediate payment, and all.peraons having demands against said deceased, are* notified to present them to me properly proven with hi the time prescribed by law. FFEEDING 9. RUCKER, Ex’r. July 15—w40J. GEORGIA —Marion County: jVOTIOE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS.— I w All persons indebted to the estate of Wilev Rob erson, decM.. are requested to make immediate pay ment, and all persons having claims against said es tate, are requesti and to present them duly proven with in the time prescribed bv law, or they will not be paid. THOMAS L. RO6GERS, Adm’r Best. 9, 1861. wilt TWO monthsafter dateapplicatinn will be made to the Court of Ordinary of said county, for leave to sell the land and negroes belonging to the estate -of William Williamson deceased, late of said covnty. G. 11. McKEE, Adm’r. July 29, jbfil.—dtf. ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE —Will be sold be t ore the Couit House door in the town ofCusse ta, Chattahoochee county,’ Georgia, on tlie first Tui s davin November next, within the lawful hours of sale thefollowing lands; to-wit: Lot of Land, number two hundred and fourteen, and the East half of lot of land number two hundred and thirteen, all in the thirty-second district of said county, containing 300 acres, more or less. Most of said land is in cultivation, and will be s«.ld as the property of rSaniHel Jones,, late of said county, deceased. Terms made known on day of sale. WILLIAM RAGLEY, Cusseta.Ga., Sept I*2. 1861 Adhi'r. seplTtvid THE IIAH>V TIMES. FI ve 11 in o* Ji] and i tion. RECEIPTS. T l e recq'iton of the Times, when ordered by mad, iv ill be oar receipt for the money ; especial ly to those subscribers for a less time than a year. 7J7.e?i subscribers receive the paper with this paragraph marled, they will understand it as in forming them, that their subscription is about to expire , and that the paper will certainly he step ped unless they male a remittance TAKE A Paper. THE C 0 bUMBUS TIMES BY COLQUITT & WARREN. ■ TEBMS: Daily, one year, $5; six months, $3; one month, 50 cents. Weekly, one year,* $2 j .six months, sl. 25 invariably in advance. all cases, subscribers to the Daily Times will be charged at the rate of 50 cents per month for any length of time !e>s than one year. We ask especial attention of every family to our paper. Those enjoying daily mail fa cilities will find Tlie Daily Times tilled with the latest intelligence from the seat of war, both by telegraph, and from reliable special correspondents, ol unquestioned abili ties, and whose lacilities for getting correct in formation are unsurpassed. We are laying out large sums of money and exerting every ef fort to keep ours a first class journal. Free GoTwnment Transportation. We copy from a circular sent to the Railroad Presidents, the following list of persona connec ted with the army who are authorized to be pass ed free over their roads . entitled to tkanspoetation. _ Officers and soldiers,, under orders and <>n offi cial business. Paymaster’s clerks, under orders. Soldiers, left behind, sick or by accident, and recruits with ordars, are entitled to transporta tion to their companies. tick snd wounded soldiers, having uu order for transportation from a Medical Director or from a Surgeon General, home and back. Rejected recruits. Soldiers honorably discharged, except those discharged for wounds or sickness, who are pro vided for by railroad resolutions. Officers and soldiers transferred by order of the War Department or General commanding. Horses and officers, according to regulation allowance. Assistant Surgeon on duty, obeying first or der. Recruiting officers, on recruiting service, by authority of their regimental officers and with the approval of the officer commanding the post. An escort of one man wiHbe allowed with the remains of deceased officers and soldiers. Stores and supplies for troops or hospitals. Colored cooks and musicians when included as members of companies. NOT ENTITLED TO TRANSPORTATION. Resigned and dismissed officers and those per mitted to exchange stations. Civilians receiving appointments except Assis tant Surgeons. Officers and men on furlough or leave of ab sence. Civilians bringing recruits and stores, Civilians who have rendered voluntary service are not entitled by reason thereof. Officers on dek furlough Horses for Chaplains, Servants. Soldiers on sick furlough without orders from Medical officer. SPECIAL ORDERS. Persons who go for remains of soldiers must have an order from a Quartermaster. Nurses must have an order from the Surgeon General or Medical Director. A.C.MYRE3, Acting Quartermaster General. Qr.ARTF.RJi ASTER GENERAL’S OFFICE, I Richmond, Ya., Sept., 1861. j 2SlPSecretary Memminger, in a late letter says: “Congress wdl doubtless provide some remedy to aid the planters, in the event of the continuance ofthe blockade.” The last act ofthe ‘Yankee authorities in Bal timore has been to put a stop to Ross Winan’a soup-houses, a private charity, declaring it to be “contraband,” on the ground that it is taken advantage of by the poor, who ought to he earn ing their soup la the army. The United States sloop-of-war John Adams, sailed from Hong Kong July the Cth for New Y ork. Advices from Cologne state that the Cathedral of that city will soon be finished, and that the tradi ional bouquet with which masons indicate the completion of their work will be placed on the summit of the building on the anniversary of the day which witnessed the laying of its first stone, 613 years ago. Col John Fitzßoy de Courcey, an English officer, who commanded a Turkish regiment du ring the Crimean war, has tendered his services to Lincoln. The followin’" was picked up in a bottle at Lamlash Quay, on the 12th of August: “Gone down in the Bay of. Biscay, the screw steamer Hiaro. Have taken to the boats but don’t ex pect to sec land again. May the Lord have mercy cn us. John Sorston, first mate.” David Allen, of Cleveland couuty, North Caro lina, has ten sons in the service of the Confed erate States. Forney, of the Philadelphia Press, stakes his “reputation” that when McClellan meets Beau regard “he will annihilate him, and compel a surrender that will be followed by perpetual peace !“ Forney’s reputation ’ Ha, ha ’ fp.cial Dispatcher to the Philadelphia E?iq. Washington, Sept. 24. A grand review took place this afternoon of cavalry and artillery, on a large field to the east of the capitol. President Lincoln and his lady, and Secretary Chase were preseutin a carriage. Gen-. McClellan, McDowell, Ifeintzleman and Mansfield and their staffs were also present.— Two Princes, foreign officers, recently appointed t) our army, rode on the field at four P. M., and a national salute was fired. The artillery and cavalry formed into the shape of an L. The artillery drew up in doubl-i rows a mile long.and the cavalry a quarter of a mile in the front, ma king the bottom of the L. In the front were five thousand spectators on foot, mounted and in ve hicles of all descriptions. All Washington seemed to have turned out on the occasion.— Among the crowd we noticed Mrs. General W. 11. Smith, mounted on an iron grey horse, and who was shown considerable attention by Gen. McClellan, and the report was soon circulated that she was his wife. This report, of course, led every one to try to catch a glimpse *of her. — She had on a riding habit of blue flannel, with United States Army buttons liberally distributed over it. She was pretty, about twenty years of age, and was tastefully attired. Nearly every one who was there left under the impression that they had seen Mrs. McClel lan, and two artists from New York illustrated papers have sketches of her. Miss Chase moun ted on a large bay horse, with a riding habit of military style, atrraeted nearly as much atten tion, as she galloped around among the crowd wi h military gents. Special to the New York Herald. Washington, Sept. 26. The steamer Delaware arrived at the Navy Yard this noon with a body of marines from Phil adelphia. The captain reports that the battery at Free Stone Point was unmasked when he passed it this morning, the woods having been all cleared away, and that it opened upon him, firing about seven shots, none of which took ef fect. They were all good line shots, but fell short or Two just grazed his deck. Capt. Cannon says about fifty vessels passed the bat tery up and down, but none were fired at except the Delaware. From the disclosures of a rebel officer, it is ascertained that the battery at Free Stone Point is commanded by If. J. Hartstein, formerly come mander in the United States Navy, and that there are batteries on the Virginia side of she Potomac every two and a half miles from Oceo quan to Mathias Point. The river is now con sidered by naval officers as effectually closed, and our Potomac flotilla is insufficient to clear it of the numerous batteries on its banks. A land force is indispensably necessary, and it is believ ed that within a few days, perhaps a few hours, the rebels will attempt to cross the Lower Poto mac in Maryland. '1 hey will meet with a warm reception, but it may be necessary to strengthen our forces in that direction. A dispatch to the World says that a flag of trUee crossed the Potomac at Edward’s Ferry, on some trivial subject, but the sentinels discovered that one man in the boat was sounding the river. The rebels were placed under arrest Yesterday a Lieutenant deserted from one of our regiments on the upper Potomac and went over to the rebels, giving them, it is supposed, full informa tion. A dispatch to the Tribune says that Sherman’s expedition to the Southern coast will sail within three weeks at the furthest. Fifteen or twenty regiments will have the privilege of going to Charleston, as the principal officers in the com mand believe, or to Mobile or New Orleans, as others conjecture. Gen. Veil's brigade of five regiments, now in camp here, will form a part of the force, and will go to Fort Monroe to sail thence in a few days. Gen. Sherman will not strike the only blow on the seaboard. Vaukee Description of Lexington, The annexed picture of Lexington, Missouri, is from a Northern source, and serves to show what a prize Gen. Price has won : The painful suspense attending the anxiety for news from Lexington, Mo., is greatly enhan ced by a consideration of the size and wealth of the place, and its importance as a strategic point. The population of Lexington and vicinity was made made up of the beet class of the early emi grants from Kentucky to Missouri, is generally wealthy, and probably more refined than that of any other section of the State, excepting St. Louis. The early settlers in that region were at tracted by the similarity of much of the country to that Eden of Kentuckians about Lexing ington, Ky., and they not only made their selec tions of land according to the standard of old Fayette, but carried the analogy to the naming of the county and principal town of their loca tion in Missouri. The city of Lexington is about one hundred and twenty miles from Jefferson City, and con tains, probably, 12,000 inhabitants. It is situa ted on a high, rocky bluff, which there has its Ciurse on the south side of the Missouri river, and which slopes almost precipitously directly down to the bed of the river, making a very steep ascent Dom the landing up into the city. From the rear of the city the land recedes slight ly in alternate successions ofbeautiful prairie and choice timber, and is well occupied by fine y cul tivated farms, yielding a first rate support to this hitherto thriving place. Lexington has formerly had an active Irade with the caravans of Santa I’e and the Great Salt Lake. The great emigration to California, which has passed through the country for sever al years past, has furnished a market for grain, cattle aiid horses at very high prices. Extensive beds of coni are *o be found on the river hanks here. The surrender of the city, with its beautiful residences, to the wanton deviltry of the rebels, is a serious calamity, it is a prize which has doubtless stimulated the rebels to the most des perate efforts to obtain. Ai.ex. H. Stephens. —An extraordinary, and, as it appears to us, a most unprovoked war, has been opened in Richmond, upon the distinguish ed Georgian whose name heads this article. The Examiner, of that city, we jegret to find lending its talents and influence to this war. On the whole roll of Southern statesmen it would have been difficult to have selected a purer or more shining mark for an attack than Alexander H. Stephens. His powerful and luminous intellect is only equalled by the elevation and purity of his character as a man and statesman. He has been always beloved by his neighbors, among whom he was born and raised, admired and trus ted by his compeers m public life, and unfalter ingly sustained by an intelligent and devoted constituency. In his whole public career, ealum- PEYTON H. COLQUITT, JAMES W. WARREN. $5 PER ANNUM. ny has not been able to fix a? speck of moral stain upon his escutcheon. In “short, he is a good, upright, honest man, witlra noble heart and a brilliant intellect, that has always obeyed its mandate?, and yet he is a mark tor virulent at tack and detraction. We care not where it come3 from or what the motive that prompts It, wo re pel it as UDjust and undeserved. We have confidence that the people of the Con federate States will vindicate the characier of the great and good man by electing him to the Vice Presidency, which it is the object of these as saults upon him to prevent.— Mobile Rig. Get. 1. Skirmish in the West. —An express arrived at Fort Smith on the 22d from Col. Stan Watie 9 bringing news of a battle between a company of Cherokees of Col Watie’s regiment, and a num her of Kansas Jayhawkers, in which tho Chero kees killed twenty-sir, and three killed of the Cherokees, one of whom was Capt. James Bell, younger brother of tho late well known Jack Bell. The Herald of the 23d learns by a letter from Camp Jackson, that the Jayhawkers are becom ing troublesome on the Kansas line. A company of them invaded the Osage nation a few days ago and killed Capt Matthews, a white man, who was married to an Indian woman. He wa3 a friend to the South, and it was thought that was the reason he was murdered. They also killed an Indian. There will bo three thousand In dians in Kansas in ten days that will clean out that abolition hole. Drafting in low a.— lt will be seen by the following document, that the despotism is at last forced to sustain itself by a resort to drafting soldiers, for the purpose of filling up the ragged ranks of the Federal army. We opine that if it is kept up to any great extent, we will witness several more “Bullßun affairs: Adjutant Gf.nerai/s Office, j of the State of lowa, . Devanport, Sept. 19, 1861. j To the Members of Boards of Supervisors of Counties and others: The State of lowa is furnishing her full quota of troops, but calls are made for more, and thev Shall ije Furnished! To meet promptly the demand of the General Government, and of Gen. Fremont, the military’ necessity exists of making a draft from the able bodied men of this State, between the ages cf IS and 43. I therefore icquest that members of Hoards of Supervisors will report to me the names and res. idence of such able-bodied men within the ages above named, as t 'are subject to be drafted. And I also ask of any persons well known in this de partment, to report the names of individuals lia ble to military duty. N. BAKER, Adjutant General of lowa. Beauregard a Dead Man. —Beauregard has “pottered out.” He has “kicked the bucket” lie has “shufiled off this mortal coil.” He haa gone to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveler returns. He is as dead as a doornail. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, who has returned from New Or leans, writes a half a column to prove ’t, and the evidences are perfectly reliable—wa don’t think. From the statement of a correspondent of that paper, Beauregard has been a dead man ever since the 30th of August ult. He is there fore, at the present moment, at supper with the worms —not where he eats but where he is eat en. The bursting of the shell which killed the General’s horse at Manassas, likewise wounded the General himself. Two of the pieces of the projectile it was found impossible to extract so Dr. Stone was sent for ail the way to New Orleans, and the Doctor conveyed him, as pri vately as possible, to the Crescent City, where four physicians paid him nocturnal visits, until, in much agony, the patriot yielded up the ghost. One night a body was carried clandestinely out of the house and surreptitiously buried. '’That was Beauregard. His death was kept as pro found a seoret a 1- possible, and tho newspapers were not permitted to mention it; but the cir cumstances leaked out, and has been a matter of private talk in New Orleans ever since. The Commercial writer says there is no kind of doubt about it. We have obstinately made up our mind, however, not to believe the report at pres ent. — St. Louis Republican. We take the following paragraphs irora the Richmond Enquirer, of Oct. 1 : It was stated from Manassas on yesterday evening, that the enemy were occupying in force, the positions which our troops had abandoned] and that a battle was expected to-day between the two armies. But the air is so filled with ru mors, that it is impossible to know what to be lieve, or whether to believe any ot them. The city wa3rife with them last night—with no bet ter foundation for most, than men’s excited irn agination. One Federal Steamer Los:.— The steamer that was so severely injured on Wednesday last, by Capt Walker’s battery, at Freestone point, was the Resolute—that well known thief of the Po tomac. We are happy to be informed hy a reliable gen tleman, that she wa.i a "’erwards surik from her injuries, while descen-iing the Potomac. Her smoke stack is to be s< .-u .-ticking out of the wa ter near Mathias Point. President I)aris. — Ihe information, on which was based tho paragraph which appear ed in yesterday’s Examiner, relative to the health of his Excellency, was erroneous, a we have been credible informed. The Pres ident has not been in better health than now for the past six months. Dr. Garnett is his at tending physician. Dr. Cartwright returned to New Orleans several weeks since. Pre-i --dem Davis, according to report, left the city yesterday morning, via the Central Railroad. To Cheapen Coffee. —Don’t use the Btuff.- There isn’t one cook in five hundred who ever did anything else than abuse it. gome of the papers are recommending substitutes—parched beans, peas, rye, bread crusts, acorns, <tc. Ac.— Swamp mud will blacken water just as effectu ally, but neither of them will make Coffee any more than chalk will make cheese. It you must have a warm drink, take boiling water and put a little milk and sugar in it. Compared with what is called coffee, in nine cases out of ten — it is the nectar of the gods to larger beer, and does you no harm, while the coffee fills your stomach with mud banks and shoals, against which the bark of human life is often wrecked. The greatest humbug in the world, as commonly understood and practiced, is coffee! Think of paving forty cents a pound for charcoal to embitter and blacken the water you drink. The practice should be suppressed by the Board of Health, if there were no war to do it.’ Editors.