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arm a J”** l ——*——*T— Vy 15 V S. UOSK & CO. I 1,, ?r r j.i Journal & Messenger JB ~ iVf Im-sJay Morning at $2 50 per auuuni. |Hf Hu- ri/ul ir charge will be* o>'K Dollar H i' l *■'L'itki* vvukl>.4 oit i.eaa, for tbi* ■ . Hr «ir;< for I-Ji.’h subsequent insertion. All ‘ l( >l< ’lit- 1 as t<i tune, will »*e published , i . haifo'e.l acaor.ling'y. \ liberal discount BBS '.vli < advertise by the year. H • - «->! '>VKH IKN will be charged at ■ di candidate* for office, to he j»aid for at when inserted. K. i. »■.■’■‘iii-ots made with county officers, Drug. 5p , " 1 Merchants, and .others, vvho may wish to n i..,i •• mtrac's. P >"■ Nk.ibor.',, by Executors, Administrators K , ! ii . ||V required by law to be advertised in a B , i >rty Jays previous to the .lay of sale. ■ , .i tbe bel lon the first Tuesday ir. the month, 3 , , Kir.i of ten in the forenoon and three in the ■ 1 tl'.o Court house in the county in which the ■ ,i .utouted. 5 i’. KS..s-AL Piiophhtt must he advertised in like ■ r ' |..i ty-l rys. 1 k i ■ Ui’croKS and Oreimtorj of an Estate must he ■ .•.>- ! I rty days. I .: M»,»lle .tion will he made to the Ordinary for Ii hind and Negroes, inustbe published weekly tor ! • t'-.r I. -tter.s of Administrations, thiity days*, for [ a. from \dmiimtration, monthly, six months-, for , imifr .m (fuardianship, weekly, forty days i ei Korko'.osiso ok Mohtoacu:, inonility, four f. . i Mulling lost papers, for the. full space of I . m'h: tor compelling titles from executors or ad ii.it i wlnie a imnd has lieen given hy the deceased, i ib s[t:n'e of tlirce ut iritlis. r r"" l.'.tt- ~ad In- Ito 3. ROSE Si CO. i l iofessiu]i;tl aiitl ittiHiiioss ITleu. I’coKK--iomai. Ann Hrnsr e Cards will be inserted under .is bevl, at the following rates, vD : bur Diree lines, per annum, if 5 00 “ Seven linen, do 10 00 II Ten llrc-s, do 12 00 “ T yelve lines, do.. 15 00 • i I vertixerrunts of tiiis class will bo admitted, un!es s I f• i»• In advance, nor for a loss term than twelve months , ■ i ii ..irnenis of over twelve lines will be charged pro rata rtUernenta not paid for In advance will be charged at ,regular rates. HttaULAlt MEKTINGS OK MASONS, KNIGHT TEMPI. A US, ODD FEL LOW a\D SONS OF TEMPERANCE, itK I.l* IN TilK (MTV OK MACON. MASONS. i,iv. id badge of Georgia for 1 sOi), October 01 at. ‘I , mi b.. lee, No. 5, tii-fit and third Monday nights in each month. i inline Chapter, No. I, second Monday night in each month. Vr iildnet m Council. No. Q, fourth Sfonday n|pfit lu each ~, ijfJlfl . ... (, , Kneampinent. Knights Templar, No. 2, Meetings very first Tuesday n'ght in each month. ODD FELLOWS. Grand Lodge, first Wednesday In June, in , i I'.nunmptuent, Tuesday previous, i , , Mm Lodge, No. 2, every Thursday evening, i ti i Brother , No.6,every Tuesday evening. Ma in Union Encampment, Vo. 2, second and feurth Mon day evenings in each month. 30 N y OF TEMPEKA NC E. Gr i’i l Division, fourth Wednesday in October, annually. 1* I! 0 FES.SIONVL V Alt I>S. I.AftIX'JK & A A SKEItSOiX, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, II VMI\, l; l, t»i: U'TICK in the Counties of t.hp Macon Circuit, and in ii.. Ou unties of Sumter, Monroe and Jones ; also in the ( >,i. .ii Courts at Savannah. [apt-21 *SB-1 ( i f t \ I'jeifot sa<: a axkljU* , attorneys at law, IvN'UXYILLK AND FORT VALLEY, GA. (1 P. CULVFRHOCSB, F. A. ANS LEY, Knoxville, Ga. Fort Valley, Ga. i 131-’6O l y L. IV. WHITTLE, AT T O R N E Y A T LA W, J IA COX, GEORGIA. MGCF next to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’s Drug Store jiiu.ti, [4l-ly.] THOMAS 85. CABAIIISS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, JPorsytli, iV 1 3.1, attend promptly tp all business entrusted to his \4 i„ theCountiesof Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford, , : ke, Spalding and Upson. Lmuy 12 ’sß] R 5 EMOVAL. | > Ugl i.i, h»s removed his Law Office to Cherry street kF , up stairs of building next below B A Wise’s furnish n/ store, lie will attend the Courts as heretofore. Macon, Oct. 1,1361. 001 a_tf f 11 SS< >1 jt'TM ON • The ftrm of Wood & Cos., is tins Jay dissolved V».y mutual consent. All persons liavlnjr claims againG us will please present them, and those indebted lous will please come for ward ami settle promptly The Hooks and notes will be found at the old stand, tin'll settled tiy the senior partner. GREEN \ I LI.E WOOD I SETH G. WOOD. J Macon, Dee. SOth IS6I. TO NEWSPAPERS. Ai! Newspaper., advertising for Mood & Cos., will please discontinue the same from this date. WOOD & CO. December SOth ls>Cl. TO THE PUBLIC. Thankful for post favors we would respectfully request a ontinuanee of the same for the remaining partner. Dec. 80th 1861. WOOD & CO. OAK WHEEL BORROWS and SPINNING WHEELS, for sale by U.’VOOD. Jan.S—tf . ——. OP 1 ’OSITE LANIER HOUSE, WOOL HITS, CHILDRENS’ STRAWS. QQ THV ONE OF OfR * £ p New black Pocket Hats. »5 3 g W Buy one NEW STYLE s % =’ | BROAD BRIM. = : 5. ~ tc The % ZOUAVE c/^ B LAC K TRIMMED *1 * > Will BECOME you! cs* ,ja *—2 % So will the Yl M AKOO N -G And the . : Cyi Ex. Nat. Nutria. - So will the LIGHT BLACK £. r fS BROAD ROUND ; p soF'a' hats. i ,ine 20 C. B. STON lg X- 13HO. TAKE .NOTICE. ALL petsons indebted to A. G. BOSTICK, Lamar A WILLIAMSON, or BOSTICK i LAMAR, ate notified to come forward and settle, or the accounts will be placed in an attorney’s hands for collection. The subscriber, or his representative, Mr. I. B. Fxgi.ish, can be found at the Store, opposite the Lanier House, pre pared to take money or notes in settlement. A. G. BOSTICK. Macon, Jan. 15,1SC2—tf MILITARY BOOKS. V.\EW supply of Hardie’s Tactics, Scott’s Tactics, Cooper’s Tactics, Cavalry Tactics, and Mahon’s Trea tise on Field Fortification, for sale at leb 13 BOARDMAN’S. business cards. r FC“.‘"“ l ”‘“V“- ■ ' " 0... »U». Hardeman & sparks, WA KK-HOUSE AND * Commission Merchants. * MACON, OA., WIF.I, give prompt attention to the selling and storing of C/ttun, and t,> tilling ul orders for plantation and filmilv suppli -i. With many years experience and with their nest ill arts to serve their triends, they hope to have a I'Outinuain <■ of the liberal patronage beretofor.- extended to them Liberal advances made v/hen required. August 15th lsl}o. (ly ) NEW FIRM. L. V. STRONG & SONS. IE IV IS !». STRONG ten- J ier« liis grateful thanks or the liberal patronage tended to him for theU it £ ‘ weiity seven years,, and re- „ ectfully announces that lie x associated with him in £. sT\ fyrj) - furtlif-r prosecution oi th.'business, his two sons, i"V> EDGAR P. STRONG and -o, F( • It it KSTER W . ST KOMI, under the nauie, firm and Alii* of L. f. RTiIvNQ H SONS, and will continue to keep on hand and olTer, a large and select assortment of Hoots Nliocn and Li*iilli«r of all kinds, and Findings for Country manufacturers. He respectfully asks (or the new firm, a continuance o; the lib eral tuvor extended to tltr old. Macon, January 2, iSCO. 41-y D. C. HODGKINS &. SON, DKAI.KKB IN AND MANUKACTERER3 OK Or XT S3 , IFLEB, T PISTOLS. FISHING Aid Sport i n,** A Lanier House, Macon, Ga. '~ r Jan.l,lS6o. ts F. H. BURGHARD, WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, AN!) DEALER IN FANCY WARES, DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONES, IN GENERAL, ARTICLES OF VEI ITU,AND MUSICAL INSTJtt MENTS, CUTLERY, FINEST IM PORT ED AND AMERICAN WATCHES, TIME PIECES, CI.OC KS, CHRONOMETERS, CHIROGRAPHIC IMPLEMKN l'S, Ac., Ac., Ilhetry SL, Macon, Second door below the Telegraph Printing House maiAlVKFi I. for past favor*, reminds S the public that all the most fashionable, / « elegant and desirable goods in this line will 1C / continue to be found at this elegant stand jglv ypgg "‘.V"tr«')i.l‘.Ve'lo\ftiVli'{foods. iciVi -’GO- y COATES & WOOLFOLK, COTTON FACTORS, ii Wilfi. S. continue io give promi)t attention to business entrusted to their care. Advances made on Cotton in St >re Sept. 85.1861 1 1 JOHN SCHOFIELD, JOSHUA SCITOFIEKD hScliolielcl & I >!*(>., FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS r?IA< ON, (iKOKOIA, Wl’ are prepared to Manufacture Steam Engines, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN GEAR ING, SUGAR MILLS, BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS Os «■ vt ry <!<■ -Option lit<> N It A 11.1 NKJ and V Eit- A NOAHS. Having the most complete assortment of Iron Railing in the State, which for elegance, neatness, du rability and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable for the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery L -ta, Public Squares, Church Fences and Balconies. Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to give a call, as we are determined to other as 1 good bargains as any Northern Establishment. £Af*“ Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Hjll Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city, jan 1-1861 IRON WORKS, MACON, GEORGIA. r r. C. TV I S 15 E T , n AVML removed his FOUNDRY AND MACIIINF WORKS to the line of the Rail Road near the Macon A Western Shops, tie is now prepared to manufacture ali kinds of MACHINERY AND CASTINGS, ALSO Steam Engines & Boilers, On terms as favorable as any Establishment either North or South. (mar 18) T. 0. NISBET. Notice to Builders and Jobbers. 1.1 MI)HU FOR SALE. rain H subscriber would inform his friends and the public 1 in general, that he has the largest and best lot ol SEASONED PINE LUMBER ever exhibited in Middle Georgia, consisting of Scantling of all sises and commonly used in house building : quartered and bu-tured flooring, wetherboarding, ceiling, ami all other kinds suitable for building. My Mill is near (lie Central Railroad, and w 1 ’l deliver at the read on accommodating terms. Any person wishing to purchase, address me at Irwinton, and I will send horse and buggy to meet the day train at Mclntyre’s, and convey them to The mill free of charge. Sept. 25,1861. —ts G. B. BURNEY. CARR ART & BRO. (late of new yokk,) Have returned to this place, where they will be pleased to see their Friends. All communications promptly attended to. Store in Ralston’s Rock Building, rn Third Street. JAS. D. CARIIART, WM. B. CARIIART. _Maeon, March 18,1861. ■Lkoh Shirt in ©snabiirgS "VO. I I fI*KS Macon Shirtings and F. R. Osnaburgs. ** O- V/ -o bales Cotton Yarns, assorted Nos. -o bales Georgia Stripes, for sale by mar2 ° BOWDKE & ANDDRSON. Ij O XT 3FL ■ 885.5. Superfine and Family Flour to arrive 16,000 pounds Choice Family Flour, (sacks) in Store, and for sale by war iiO BOWlttß 4 ANDERSON. MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, IWi. toustitiKion C. S. s 0 « ie,y SECTION I—NAME. 1 his Society shall be known by the uame of the Society of the Confederate States of America. SECTION II—OBJECTS. The objects of this Society shall be classi fied’under two departments, viz: the Pub lishing and the Distributing Departments, the financial workings of which -hall be kept distinct and forever seperate The training of the laws which are togov ern the Society in its distributions, is left tor a more auspicious season. Ihe objects ot the Society, as to the for mer department, shall be to encourage the circulation ot the Holy Scriptures, without note or comment, by the printing, publish ing or procuring of the same. The ouly copies in the English language to be circu lated by the Society shall be in accordance with the text now published by the .British and Foreign Bible Society. r i he only copies to be circulated in other tongues shall be such versions as shall re ceive the unanimous approval of the Commit tee on Versions ; further, the Society shaU not be debarred from undertaking or aiding in new translations of the Scriptures in foreign languages. Provided, That until the Com mittee on A ersions shall adopt the versions needed, in foreign tongues, the Society shall circulate those versions issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society. SECTION ITT—MEMBERSII IP.1P. Members of the Society shall be as fol lows: Annual Member*, being persons who shall annually contribute a sum not less than h\e dollars. ljtjr Aleinber s, being persons who shall have given the sum of tTiirty dol lars in one payment, fjife Director*, being persons who shall have given the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. Honorary Direc tory being Ministers of the Gospel, whose contribution in aid of the funds of the,Socie ty. Patron*, being persons who shall have given the sum of one thousand dollars. SECTIOM IV —OFFICERS’ Thu officers of the Society shall consist of a President, Vice-Presidents, and a Board of Managers composed of twenty-four mem bers of the Society, seven of whom shall constitute a quorum. The \ ice-Presidents shall bo the presi ding officers of, or be appointed by the State Societies, Associations or Convent ions. In a failure to do so, from whatever cause, the Boaod of Managers shall mal.-e tto merit. The President and Vice-President, Life and Honorary Directors, and Patrons, shall be entitled to attend all meetings of the Board of Managers and have a deliberative voice therein. SECTION V MANAGERS. To the Board of Managers shall be com luitted till the business of affairs of the So ciety, subject to the instructions of the So ciety, as expressed in its Bye-Laws. They shall elect one of their numbers to be Chairman. They shall also elect such subordinate officers as may be deemed nec essary. They shall have power to fill vacan cies occuring in their body. They shall hMd monthly meetings, and shall report annually to the Society the op erations, condition and prospects thereof. SEOT ION VI —ELF.CTIONS. The officers of the Society shall be elected by ballot—the President, annually; the Managers to serve for two years. Provided, however, one-half of the Board first elected, to be determined by lot, shall serve for one year. SECTION VIr —ANNUAL MEETING. There shall be an annual meeting of the Society, when the election of officers shall take place, the report of the Managers be presented, and theaffirs if the Society trans acted. The time and place of the meeting shall be decided upon by the Society at its previous meeting. SECTION VIIT —CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES. All Bible Societies in the Confederacy which shall express their wish to unite with this Society, and who shall agree to make an annual appropriation in aid of its funds, shall be received as co-operative Societies, and be entitled to the privileges thereof. Bible Societies, Associations, or Conven tions, organized for a whole State, and which shall hold a Bible House or Depository of the Sriptures for the use of all Bible Soci eties in their State, shall be classed as State Associations. All other Societies shall be classed as Branch Associations. SECTION IX—BYE LAWS. The Society shall be empowered, at the annual meeting, to make bye-laws for its government, not inconsistent with its Con stitution. SECTION X —AMENDMENTS. No amendment shall be made to this Constitution unless the same shall receive the votes of three-fourths of the members present at an annual meeting, and such amendment must have been submitted at the previous annual meeting. The Committee ou Location now submit ted its Report, which, after discuSiou, amend ment, Ac., was finally adopted as follows : The Committee on the Locatiou of the Centre of Business respectfully report, that the result of their deliberations is embodied in the following Resolutions which they re commend to the consideration of the Con vention : 1. That the place of business of the Bible Societv* of the Confederate States shall be temporarily the city of Augusta, Georgia. 2, That when the condition of the country Bitill [,C sufficiently *eftled to warrant the permanent selection of a place of business h>r tlm Society the President of the Society 'mail rail a Convention of the State and '•tlji-r Bible Societies at s. me o ut.al point, ,*1 ,n: G be h r l.J at in atmud meet*)- and that Convention shall determine the p<T inaneni place of business for the Bible So- Ck o V t,le Confederate States. 3. That the basis of representation for the sevtial States shall be according to the rep resentation of the several States in the lower branch of the Congress of the Confederate datt and that delegates present shall cast the whole vote of their States. S£On motion of A. A. Gilbert, IN,, resolu tions of thanks to the Rail Road Companies, to the citizens of Augu ta’ and to the Pas tor and congregation of St John’s Church were adopted. Resolutions of thanks to the President Mid Secretaries were also adopted. A resolution was also adopted providing that each member of tin* Convention affix his name to the Constitution of the Society, and that the document thus signed be pre served among the archives of the same. On motion, the exercises of the Convene tion were closed with singing and prayer, and the Convention adjourned sine die. *t om the Richmond Enquirer. We are not Awake Yet. Dow hard it is to learn the lessons of ad versity . “Sweet are its uses,’’ but slow are its teachings. In this hour of anxious soli citude when tidings of successive disasters are falling upon our ears, could it have been believed that the House of Representatives would spend almost a whole day in discus sing the question of the salaries of its own members { Spend it in the struggle between the desire for the large salary of the Wash ington government in times of peace and of lavish expenditure—and the consciousness that such a salary is inconsistent with our simple government and necessitous condi tion ? We join our cotemporary of the “\\ hig/’ in the expiession of pain and mor tification at such an exhibition. Wc* look to Congress, as the representative of the people, to give tone to their patriotism and fire to their energies ! We look to it to set an example of activity in attention to duty, and of sacrifice in regard to personal inter ests, such as the times demand of every citi zen, and without which we cannot be free and would not deserve to be free. _ R.ookj.LoOr.fit GiyifimnfihYthr'tfuoi m.Y. The session on Saturday was largely spent, in huuting up delinquents in order to ob tain a quorum, till at last the House ad journed in despair ! These are melancholy pictures. We wish they were the only ones. Such as scan tiie accounts of battles between our armies and those of the enemy, have doubtless been struck with the contrasts in titles. In tJio battle of Manassas for example, four of the five Divisions of the enemy’s army were commanded by Colonels —Burnside, Heint zelmaun,Hunter and Miles. Colonels Sher man, Keys and other—we do not remember —commanded J]ri</adcs. McDowell who commanded the whole, was but a Brigadier General. Oil our side the pressure and the scramble to be generals are perfectly painful, and our official list is almost as numerous as that of the Mexicans. Light Horse Harry Lee served through the revolutionary war with a brilliant fame, under the rank of Lieut. Colonel. Now, a few months cam paigning without an exploit, perhupa with out a sight of the enemy, puts every louse back officer on the stretch for large promo tion. Brigadier and Major General—terms that ought to sound almost awful in the camp—are made cheap by the eagerness, and in some ease, doubtless, the indelicacy with which they are sought. If we have not learned better than all this, then we have not yet suffered that de gree of adversity necessary to our due dis cipline. If our prominent men have uot yet learned to chasten their personal ambitions, and set becoming examples of zeal and self sacrifice, then we are not yet ready for the breezes of prosperity. We must bow our heads still longer to the storm. It will sound like a bitter mockery to call upon the families of the land, many of them poor, to deprive themselves ot their blankets for the sake of the army, or to appeal to the ladies to make contributions due to their industry and self denial —if those who make the call are clamorous foi personal gaiu out ot the public Treasury. There is yet remaining also a strange de cree of lethargy among us upon many sub jects. Os mere excitement there is an abun dance. But it is fervished and self tortur ing rather than inspiring. Wc sec our rail roads wearing out, their rolling stock break ing down —what are we doing to meet the necessity of rerfewal that is almost upon us? We have some “resolutions” on record among our advertisements —we fear their value in dollars and cents is not much.— Our cotton and woollen factories —their ma chinery cannot last forever, yet though the war is nearly a year old, and the promise of peace has disappeared behind the clouds that threaten a protracted war, we hear of no means being provided for meeting the com ing necessity. There is ahundauce of capi tal in the country, and if is idle. The val ue of this capital is indentified with the tri umph of our cause ; yet it comes not to the rescue ! We might specify other derelictions—the inadequate production of iron for example —but the list is long enough aud fearful enough. * FellQW-citiseßSj we must amw~-iA<iQs4 mu*( ! There ure sotuc who would sleep and the seven thunders were resounding j, their esys Tnere are men who, amgl tfi ( . rt-yliberations of the enemy’s artillery anu "ill) their shouts of triumph coming up tuTn the Last and answered back from the West, are thinking mainly of their petty ambitious and their personal fortunes, ot tht-ii rank, and their dignity, ami their sal ary ! 1 Ley are men, too, who ought to set U* better examples. We implore them to do so. I uloss they do, our cause is lost ! In rot ere nee to our military operations and military counnauders, we hope our Ex eeuti'.o will never tail to exm-ise a stern and prompt discipline. To meet the vary mg clamors of irresponsible criticism, would K* impossible, even if proper to attempt it He who to-day, is idolized without merit, to morrow, is condemned without a fault. W hat is such judgement worth ? An olli eers’s nrs, and his enemies, must alike Ik* disregarded, aud he must stand upon mi titii and uchieianunt*. It he disappoints the hopes entertained of him whew appoiu t« <l, nothing remains but to set him prompt ly aside. \\ hat is a man , we care not how he wiites his name, compared with our eansr ? lienee no man must be allowed to peril it ! Tenderness to him would he a ter rible 01 uelty to the country. 011 the con trary, it a soldier shows himself capable and active, and efficient, let him he put forward, no matter how many there may be interes ted in disparaging him. There is work to hr done • and we want men who can and will do it ! We want officers not who can do, with grace, the eourtesis of aeonvival hoard, or the honors of a military holiday, but those who can direct the storm of battle, can <•/•» - are resources, make opportunities, mar ches, seize advantages, strike when aud wheie not expected, avoid being out witted or suipiisod. W hen we find such men we will make much of them—until we do, let us look lor them ! ’1 his war is getting old enough now for officers to stand upon their tichicYements. Let praise and promotion be iioyv reserve!l for /n r/'ornia/n r. \\ lien spurs .no asked for, let the answer he, go win them . And let the people warmly sustain our supreme military authorities in such a course, even though some mistakes should be supposed to he made. N«*“l Iktu i%<*u n. lIIE FALLING HACK OF Ol R ARMY ON Till. i lie whole .North is in one Dlazt- ot joy at “ the falling hack of the rebel army from Manassas.” The Tribune announces it, in flaming capitals, with the following shout of exultation : “ Retreat of flu* Rebel Grand Army—Gibraltar of the East Abandoned Manassas in Our Hands—'The Stars and Stripes Wave Over Bull Run—Evacuation of Oceoquan — f I h<- Advance of (fur Army. The Herald is scarcely less exultant. :md displays the following in very large type : “ Manassas Evacuated—The Retreat of the Rebels Irom Oentreville, Oceoquan, Fairfax: Court House, Winchester and .Manassas— The Rebel Strongholds Occupied by l uion Troops—March of the Advance 'orps of Our Army —Abandonment by the Rebels of Eorts, Guns, and Provisions—Slight Skir mishing En Route—The Rebels Reported to be Falling Back on tin* Rappahannock.”— We connot, of course, give their accounts in full, but only so much ia requisite to show their drift and spirit. The Washington cor respondent of the New York Herald, describ ing the advance and occupation of Manassas by the Federal army, writes . The advance of a portion of the Grand Army of the Potomac on Monday producing in the city and throughout the camps a scene of indescribable excitement. At two o’clock, A. M., the reveille was sounded, aud prepar ations for the march begun. The morning was rainy, but the prospect of active life im parted a cheerfulness to the soldiery that, de fied the gloom of the weather. Few even among the officers, knew whither they were going, fur what purpose, or for how long a time. But the fact that they were t<* go for ward was sufficient to excite the liveliest emotions in the ranks of soldiers who had been for months anxious to have an opportu nity to meet the enemy. The advance was leally begun several days ago. 'The movement of General Banks, the occupation of Lew burg by Colonel Gear}', and the preparations for an attack upon the rebel batteries along the Potomac, were pre liminaries of a general advance towards the seat of bogus government. In front, since Friday last, regular approaches liave been made daily towards Oentreville by portions of General ITaukiin’s ami Gen. Mi-Dowc-UV divisions. At Oentreville it was ascertained that {lie rebels had evacuated the place on .Sunday night, and retired it was -nki to Gordonsvilk*. Extensive earthworks were found here, but all the guns had been removed. A large quantity of beef and flour had been left be hind by the retreating rebels. It was re ported at Oentreville, by contrabands who came into our lines that the rebel army had been leaving Manassas* Junction for several days, and that the forces remaining behind are only a rear guard to cover the retreat. During the whole day every road leading from the vicinity of Washington towards, the rebel stronghold was thronged with mas ses of well trained soldiers, moving silent ly, but firmly, forward to a field of glorious triumph or of death. It was a grand sight. Iu the city the departure of the reserve brought the whole population to the thorough fares leading towards the various bridges.— From au early hour in the morning the whole population was Mtir, and numerous btoipg*. VOLUMK XL—NO 2. tml good wid.es Wire shouted by the watch rs as regiment alter regunent and batten n'ter battery, marched sternly aid steadily owards the bridge A bout uooti Oen. McClellan, attended 1 v ‘ 7 0t l,ls went across, nnd from the noad<|uatte rs t 0 ,|,e Long Bridge h, greeted liy elnvr upon cheer by the ,rowd> gathered to witaes'* his advance to Richmond. t.en. MeClellan ha. uken up hi? quaiKr. at ban fax Court House. The position in the advance has Wen as signed to General Me Do Will-, as an act of justice, to a fiord him an opportunity to re trieve the errors and misfortunes of the bat tie of the twenty first of Ju!v He 1 r.* himself proudly on re-entering flu p. whence the retreat of his aruiy ou a previ us occasion had been ordered uftvi thedi-H>t : , of Hull Run. Before dark last night Colonel Avrill, with a large body of cavalry, entered tW i u tamo.l rebel works, ut ‘Manassas • J unction, and bivouacked for the night amidst the ruins of the rebel stronghold, with the Stm and Stripes glittering in the brilliant uu n light. In their march from Centreville no signs ot the rebels were discovered. The field* that were a few months ago ensauguitr 1 with the blood ot contending armies, and resonant with the sound ot booming camuM and rolling musketry, the ahouts of mu -hailed hosts, and the groans of the dviuo, was silent and deserted. The fortifications which so lately brLlled with the threatening artillery ami gleamii:/ bayonets ot the rebel force were bate mid blackened. Nothing was left except tic bare and blackened walls and the siuoulderi*’ ashes of the bonfires made of then tents," baggage, equipments and stores, f or which they could iiud no transportation, Tim place presented a scene of the utmost den bit ion, a mass ot charred and blackened ru ins. The army telegraph liues were extended last night to Centreville. Jitirge numbers ot contrabands have rein h ed our lines, (which now extend hex end Maua.-sas Junction) and are still coming in by degrees. Most pf the contrabands are happy in their liberty and remarkably com municative to the extent of their limited know ledge. I>i«sr:icelnl. A coiYeapoiidcnt of the New Orleans (Ye is a commodity known in the market as “ ;il sUtules.” The articles haye risen frem sl> Uj to S2OO, again to SSOO and from that t » and Si 500. T’lio cheapest, kind n w offering commands SSOO readily. A \vn t U mimed Hill has been making enorim us sums* as natch as from S3OOO in SSOOO day, by plundering substitutes, some of whom are the very scum of the earth, while otbci are proverfy-strieken Marylander- of hi, n social position at home and men of real m r moral worth. A friend of mine bought a substitute from Jliil for 500. lie saw llilt give tlm poor devil SlOtland put the n main eng *IOO in his pocket. As iny friend went i out of the door, lie mot a gentleman wlw told him ho had just paid SISOO for a sub stitute. Os thin sum, it is possible the substitute received S2OO, and Hill the SI3OO. To-day ho went up main street xviih ai least fifty I wen at his heels. You may therefore infV r I fiUat. lie coins money evej more rapidly tb-.n : the Yankee distiller, Stearns, now in j.i 1 : with Bolts, who used to make SIOOO ad ! by furnishing his vile stuff to south. re. 1 diers. '1 lit; fact is, this busine sos buyier land sc Hint; substitutes is abominable ali around. The men who come bore from th* country to buy them are run mad until they get them they an* absolutely crazy with fear lest they should fail to obtain them and seem willing to spend tln ii last dollar in the effort, <•*> insane is their euwardioi ; spired by anxiety. On the other hand t j exhibition of his person to which the substi tute is subjected, is ridiculous and disgusting, lb* is stripped to the skin, perctis-ed, aiccul ted, examined, from top to toe, like a h <i ! showing off his pares. A lovely business, 1 Truly! Bishop Meade of Virginia. — This ven erable Prelate died in Richmond on th 14th. The Dispatch say* of him : A Virginian of the olden time, de- rut. and from one of our most ancient furniib , an : united by close ties of consanguinity with others illustrious in Virginia’s historic an nals, he was as fine a specimen of the Vir ginia geutlewan of the olden time, an.] of what is better and nobler, the consci; nti».t: Christian mini-ter as we have ever seen. A man of more exemplary and almost: ; virtue, we never knew. A man of i ■!'y moral and physical courage never led anuie to victory. A more generous, humble ami self-sacrificing character, i- not recorded i;; the annals of our country. Fort Macon. —The Raleigh (N. C. Stan dard of Saturday says : We have no news from Beaufort, Mor - head City or Fort Macon, of the condition of things in that quarter. We hope the <Jon* erul in command ha*, ere this, communicated with our force in that section, and given ti necessary orders. Our people seem to have forgotten our prospects of salt making in that quarter and are cutoff by the capture of Newborn. The aparatus might be tran-ter red to Onslow before the enemy gets posse sion. Since writing the above it is reported that GeD. Burnside had demanded the surrender of Fort Macon, which had been decliaedj ?ad that ht 522S j;>