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,;V S. ROSE & CO. I Journal & Messenger 1, 1 . , >t* lut‘ida> moralfif at %i 6Ui*er ttauum 'j* . it till* will bfc Uiirt DOLLAK wDP.ieM w . au.-i «>h Lfiri, for the first ir<*f r m iV ijK-.'Ji.i for eac i subsi-quent insertion. Alt m u„t a lo lime, will he pahiisheu 9 in .j charged accot lingly. A liberal dUcount ■ ’ , tfho advertise by the year. ■ ~ , n c,„, r.l (ivkk TKik Uf*H, will be charged at ■ of candidates for office, to be paid for at K , when inverted. § i.ai made with county oideera, I>rug i . Wercnants, aa other who may wi#h to ■ r ' wj contrac's. I . t a NWJWie*, by Executors, Admiaistrators I if required by law to be advertised in a I . ,rt \ days previous to tbe day of sale. ' m tae held on the first Tuesday in the mouth, , of lew in tlie r.ircrifKin and three in the Court house in the county In which the iftemeon. tgfl> i> , ski. PkOFMtt must he advertised in like , and OuKDl'fOßa of an Estate must b( , f ,r:y !;»)'*• j . ,Ui iti.iri will be mail® to the Ordinary for 7 a i and Negro**, moat he published weekly for ( ...fs of Admlnlstrfttloits, thirty days ; for \ I'uinist'iatlon, umntlily, six months; for r ousrdiisnahip. weekly, forty days. ' ’ m.-im.. ot Mortuagk, monthly, four ' ,[ itiltVhing lost papers, for the full space of f,, r compelUng titles from executors or ad i imn l has been triven by the deceased, , ■ ni three mjnttiS. , , , i ireisud to S. ROSE k CO. .-i jjlpsiioiiai and Business Men. ;ovu IKI> liostiNK-H Cards will be Inserted under , ,i, it the following rates, vir.: ■ * lines, per annum, t 5 . Tj. i'neA, do 12 00 i *lve lines, do 1& , sement- of this class will be admitted, nnles 1 ii Advance, n<>r for a less termthan twelve months ... H.-.itsof overtwelvelinw will be charged pro rata , . not paid for In advance will be charged at /r ;*|Tu Ur rates. kWulah meet in as ii.vrtONH, KNIGHT TEMPLARS, ODD FEL LoVVS AND SONS OF TEMPERANCE, HVLU Is THE CITY OF MACON. MASONS. vl Lodge of Oeorgia for 1860, October :Uut. I, >d<e, Nii. 6, first anil third Monday nights In eacl Ui . Chapter, No. 1, second Monday night in eac! Council, No. C, fourth Monday night In eacl 'l ~ impment. Knights Templar, No. 2, Meetings i in iTu day night In each month, ODD FELLOWS. Ii , Ue, first Wednesday in June. ( io,,merit, Tuesday previous. 11 'j lt , So. 2, every Thursday evening, , h No. ft, every Tuesday evening, f i■ uiipment, No. 2, second and fourth Mon -1 t ‘, !t in each month, SONS OF TEMPERANCE, j :1) fourth Wednesday in October, annually. "7b«FBSSION AL C ARDS. LAijlßß <fc AtnKHSOS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MACON, ti l. lIIIACTICh in the Counties of the Macon Circuit, and ii. j j ' I'uiuitii o ofSuiater, Monroe and Jones ; also in the federal Courts at Savannah. [apr 21 *6B*l y] « , L; CfilfOUfcß A: ANSIiEVt ATTORNEYS AT LAW, K.VOXVILLK AND FORT VALLEY, GA. 8 P CULYKRHOnSF, I l '- A ANBLEY, Knoxville, Ga. Fort Vulley, («a. ■ hid- ly I*, iWHITTLEi ATTORN £ Y AT LAW, MACON, GEORGIA. Knext to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’s Drug Stort ■ei.6, 141-1 y.l TIIOIAS It. CABASISSi ATTORNEY AT LAW, P'orsytli, <3r**. 11711,1. attend prompt ly to all business entrusted to his W r* in the Countiesof Monroe, Bibb, Bntts, Crawford* nes, Pike, Spalding and Upson. [may U 5bJ si Ala. I) ii 1 1.1. Ins removed his Law Office to Cherry street I}, up stair* of huildin, next helow li A. Wise’s furnish• mi , U )re lie will attend the Courts as heretofore. i.oet i,mt. (. it AN IT Id HA Y. 1.- ■ wul li9rMptcttaly Intern my OLD IRUNDB and f PATRONS, that since the fire, 1 have obtained the Room? , the building NEXT ABOVE the “Granite Hall,” and over store of K P. Mt-Evov and Messrs. Ro&tick A Lamar, where 1 have opened, and will be pleased to see my friends v. t customers, and will do iny Dost for their comfort and V„, —Fgtgjfr BROWS HOTEL, Opposite the Passenger House, Macon, Ga. B Y E. E. BRO W N & S0 N. ijTH.S ready on the arrival of every Train. The ill Proprietors will spare no pains to make their guests comfortable. ™> ™ TliE STiniBLEFIELD HOUSE “ Like the Phoenix from its Ashes.” ri>lV IT large, r.ew and elegant House, recently erected A >u the ruins of my old establishment. Mulberry street. Mu n, Ga., is now open for the reception and accommda turn of Boarders and transient guests. The House ha t».;fn newly furnished throughout, in th; best manner, and the Proprietor will endeavor to make it a FIKST CI,ASS HOTEL. Its situation is eligible, a little below the Methodist and opposite the Presbyterian Church, and near the Hanks and places of business. Connected with the House is a large Livery and Sale Stable, wnere Drovers and others can find accommodations foi their stuck. , The patronage of his old friends and of tbe traveling piooUo generate , is respectfully solicited. nov h-ts M. STUBBLEFIELD. Washington Hall IS STILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. SAS sEE NE, Proprietor. Atlanta. Ga.. December. 1861 . VALUABLE PL ANT A TION I'llK MUI. THIS subscriber offers for sale his desirable plantation ? Runted in the !sth district of Sumter county, and about U miles from Amerlcus. It contains Eighteen Hundred a,' re s seven liundred of which is cleared, and in a good Bt:n,i of cultivation It U undoubtedly as good a plantation as there is in Sumter county. A good dwelling hohse,negro huuies, gin and screw, and all other necessary out buildings on the premises, and plenty of water. It adjoins t e ru lauds of T. M. Kurlow, W. T. Adams, and others. The place may be seen at any time. Persons wlshinging to purchase will either call on me a the plantation, or address me at Americus, Sumter county °dec's* 40-ts A. J. SCKUTCIIIN. Imp or taut JSJ otice. TUP. SOUTHERN EXPRESS t'O.YIPANX ■L arc cow running a tri-weekly da> Express on tbe Cen- Rtl Rail Road, leaving Macon on Tuesdays, Thursdays and o&turdays, at 10 o’clock, A. M. Freight received and for- to all stations on the Road. Freight on goods to he prepaid in every case. No advance on previous rates. u M. 0. McDonald, Agent. (taw, Da., gtpt. 111)1,166), business cards. f«ofc. HismiA, ia. u.'o.'sPAakP HARDEMAN &. SPARKS, WARE-HOI Si: AND Commission Merchants. MACON, GA., VjlfTlLl. give pr ,mpt attention to the setting and storing T V of Cotton, and tb the filling of orders f„r platnatlon •mil family supplies. With many ytara a mi ■vitfi their bt-m elf ires to serve their fridruD, taey i,„pe iu have h coatinuance of the liberal patronage heretofore extended to them. Liberal advances made when required. August 10th IS6O. (ly.) COATES & WOOL FOLK, •4ui COTTON FACTORS. Ware Hoiinc* oil Third Street. Wit. I, continue to give prompt attention to business entrusted to their care. Advance* made on Cotton in Pi.ire. Hept. 2f>, 1861—ts D. C. HODG-KIWS &. SON, OPAIPSr /« SHIi U ANUFACTKERB3 OF Or xj oxr as, lud Sporting A.oparatua i FFW DGOR9 BELOW THE Lanier House, Jan. 1,1860. ts lron“wouks, n U O\, t^OßtilA. T. O. X f S 15 E r r„ rj tVNIfi removed hi* POTINDUY AND MACHINE A WORKfi to the line of «lie Rail Road near the Macon 7 Western Shop , lie is now prepared to manufacture all Grids of MACHINERY AND CASTINGS, A LSO Steam Engines & Boilers, )n terms as favorable as any Establishment either North or louth. (mar 18) T. C. NISBET. FT 11. BURdHARI), ‘.VATCIIMAKER, JEWLLLKIt, AND DEALER IN FANCY WARES, DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONES, IN GENERAL, ARTIOLEB OF YERTU, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, CUTLERY, FINEST IMPORT ED ANI) AMERICAN WATCHES, TIME PIECES, CLOCKS, CHRONOMETERS, CHIROGRAPHIC IMPLEMENTS, &c., Ac., :hen-y St, Macon, Second door below the Telegranh Printing lion je. '■lll ANIL Ff T lj for pastfavora,reminds r* k public that all tin- most fashionable, leeant and desirable goods m Ihisliae will If—J 4ASC v oiitii.u - io lie to jl:h: at this elegant stand g|J(As . n the greatest variety. No trouble to show Goods. feb 29-’6O-y NEW FIRM. L. V. STRONG & SONS. rE WIS P. HTRO iNV *en- J ders hlsgratefu, anks or the liberal pat cage tended to him for', .last *s%*£&{'** ..-v went y seven years, die ectfully announces* at he rf\ a associated with t uin / f e further proscCUt nos \ v^|T:ygseja»*V\ the business, hi> two ons, EDGAR P. STRONG and rx. FORRESTER W. STR NG. v under the name, firn and style of L. P. ST KOI G A &*' -ONS, and will contini e to ;eep on hand and offer, a large and select assortment of Roots SIMM’s uiitl Lentliei* of all kinds, and Findings for Country manufacturers. He respectfully asks for the new firm, a continuance o. the lib eral favor extended to the old. Macon, January 2,1880. 41-y IOHX gCHOFIKLD, JO9HDA SCHOFIXKD Scl lotield & Bro., FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS. MACON, GEORGIA. ITTF, are prepared to Manufacture Si(**mn l’n *• ine«, Vi CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN QEAR ING-, SUGAR MILLS, m ASS AND IRON CASTINGS Os every description IRON RAIi.INL aiitl VER* .-VIM I» \ ISh. 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 Lets, Public Squares, Church Fences and Balconies. Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to give a call, as we are determined to offer as good bargains as any Northern Establishment. Specimens of our Work can he seen at Rose Hill Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city, jun 1-IS6I WOOD’S PHOTOGRAPHIC PALACE OF ART! 1> R OBARLV the largest and best appointed Estah -1 lishtnent in tfle South, if not In the Called States, la m< of the most popular aud Interesting places of resort in Mahon, and is daily thronged with crowds of delighted visi tors. The Collection of [Pictures i very large, embracing every style known to the art, from ,he smallest Ambrotype to the Ufe-sise Portrait. Wood is determined, regardless of labor or expense, that hU GAL LERY shall continue to be the Headquarters of Fine Arts in the South Emnloyiug permanently the best taUm t 0 be procur ed to L -o' ,r hi- Pin tcgroplts, in ct)<*ry . uu e to nature, and perfect satisfaction is guaranteed in c v e ry Instance. A large collection of the celebrities of the day on exhibition, , 0 "which has jest been added a splendid Picture of the Friuc-* of Wales and suit, Blondin, Judge Douglas, and , the vs too numerous to mention, but which the public are respectfully invited to call and examine. As Wood use3 none hut the best materials in hh» business, persons in want of a ~ood Picture will find it to their advantage to patron iie th ! s establishment, as Pictures can be had here at prices is low as elsewhere and of superior style. Ambrotypea, Daguerreotypes and Plain Photographs ol every site allow prices. Call and see *»• Washington Block, nearly opposite the | oct 31 Lanier House. Macon, Ga. :isr_i±: arts i mm-: Photographic-Portraits colored in Oil, produced by JL J. A. Pl’Gll .<t BRO , Triangular Block, Macon, G*., are still considered the best to be attained intheStaFe. We were awarded the premium again this year, at the* State Fair, which has just closed, for the best Photographs. With our new process for enlarging Photographs to life sise from Daguerreotypes of deceased persons, arid with the aid of two first class Arlists employed by us, we are produeirg Portraits as perfect and as much like the original as it la possible Picture* to be made. Call at PUGH’S and see the Photographs by their new process, which are the largest ever made ir> the State, none Sine them can be seen else where. AMBROTYPE6 at very low prices. (oct ßl CTEEL and German Silver Spectacles, Convex and Colored Glass. Railroad Spectacles and Goggles. A large supply for r«UU jostrecelTed by MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8,18(52. [From the Cairo Gazette, Extra, if 2d.] THE BATTLE AT M lid. THE FEDERAL ACCOUNT OF THE AFiMTR. \\ e havd to record a brilliant victory achieved by Gen. Ilosencranz’s army at luka Miss. Geri. Price and his legions are beaten, demoralized and pursued by our victorious troops. Iwo Rebel Generals are placed I Mrs and a combat, live hundred Rebels are prisoners, aiid probably oue thousand killed and wounded. We captured six entire bat teries thirty-six pieces—of artillery, and an immense amount of provisions. All this lias been accomplished without severe loss on the Union side. Fwur hundred brave and gallant men were killed aud wounded. In oar rejoiciuu at this splended victory let us not forget to drop the tear of regret and sympatln* for the noble dead. Never did troops f>ht m re bravely or more gallantly than ours ! Thursday morning inform ition w T as brought to Gen. Grant that Gen. Price was moving northward in the direction of ilie Tennes see, intending to strike the river at Muscle Shoals, where it is easily forded to join the army of Gen. Bragg at Munfordsvillc.— General Roseucranz’s army corps (f *rm \]y Rope’s) was immediately put in position fi r Reinzi, which they reached on Thursday night. Gen. Price had probably learned of his approach, and struck for luka, crossing the route which Gen. Rosencrauz would have taken, between Rieuzi amt Cotton Plant, about eight miles below Rienzi. Gen Re sencrauz was informed of this movement in season to march across the country and ar rive at. luka just as the rear-guard of the enemy was leaving. It was then four ° clock on Friday evening, lie immediate ly engaged the enemy, and for two hours there was heavy skirmishing, without any definite result, until darkness compelled the combatants to suspend hostilities Both armies rested on their arms, anil a< daybreak the battle was resumed. Cavalry, artillery and infantry were mixed in horri ble conlusion, and the carnage was dreadful. The fight lasted till nearly noon, whim the enemy’s lines became deranged, he wavered, and finally fell back. A magnificent, charge ; was made by our forces, a panic was in duced, and the rebels flee in wild confusion our artillery pouring deadly missiles into i his ranks, giving additional impetus to his flight, while the pursuit of our cavalry coin pleated his defeat. (Jen. Price’s forces are now in full retreat southward, followed by our avenging army. It is expected that we shall be able to cap ture the greater portion of them. The brunt of the battle was sustained by Gen. Roseneranz and Gen. Stanley’s divis ions, composed mostly of Illinois tioops. The rebel General Little, formerly Gov ernor of Mississippi, is killed, and Geneial Whitfield wounded and prisoner. The casualties among our officers and men are not fully ascertained. General Old started from Corinth for luka along the line of the Memphis and Charleston railroad, but did not arrive in season to participate in tbe battle. [From the Jackson Mississippian.] Tilt’ ISattle oK I-ii-ka. We this morniDg conversed with Dr. Luke P. Blackburn, aid of Gen. Price, who was with him at luka. Gen Price was thrice ordered by Gen. Bragg to move his army across the Tennes see river at Eastport or [uka. On Thurs day morning, the 11th he moved his army of less than 14,000 men from Gun town to ward luka. By rapid and forced marches, he arrived within three miles of luka at daylight Sunday morning. There he teas informed by a courier from G*. n. Arm strong's command, whose cavalry had at tacked the enemy on Sajurday, that rein forcements were being sent from Burnsville. The men being much fatigued were ordered to rest, and sleep in the line for thirty min utes. Gen. Price, knowing that Captain Saun ders, with his company of I_o men, had possessed the road between luka and Burns ville, having implicit confidence in that offi cer, and he had no fear of reinforcements from Corinth until he should have captured the force at Burnsville and luka. The col umn was put in motion; on reaching the edge of town he was astonished to hear that the enemy, 2,000 strong, with 2,000 stolen negmes, and a large train had tied at one o’clock the nights previous, lie took pos session of the place. There was a quantity of cotton and stores. The enemy came up again on Monday, in small force, but soon retreated. Col. Wirt Adams and Ilieman’s cavalry captured and burnt a train of cars five milei below luka. There was no further demonstration until Friday morning, when Colonel Ord sent in a flag demanding the unconditional surren der of General Pi ice’s army, stating that the army of General Lee had been destroyed in Virginia; Longstreet aud llill, wiih their entire divisions, captured ; that the war was now virtually closed, and as he wished to prevent the useless shedding of blood, he demanded an unconditional surrender.— That he (General Price) was completely surrounded by an overwhelming force, and could not escape. General Price replied, that whenever the independence of Southern Confederacy was acknowledged, her rights respected, and the vandal hordes of the North were driven from her soil, that then, aud then only, wouid be and his army be willing and uady to lay down their arms. General Price, in obedience tn orders fr »m General Van Porn, and being almost destitute of forage, unal le to cross the Ten nessee riyer, prevented from passiug down toward Corinth by the unf ivor vhlecooditiou o- the country, the enemy having possession of the western hank of Yellow eretk, deter mined to taii back to Baldwin, and there unite with General Van l)oru. T he order t* fall bark was issued on Fii duv niorniDgj nine o’clock, when no one dreamed of an attack. On Friday evening, at two o’clock, the enemy in liue of battle approached our out post. Heavy skirmLb ing ensued. At three o’clock General Price ordered up the 4th Brigade. WLn reached their position iuey fraud iLo enetuy in line ol battle holding a position on a hill The order was given to charge them, wltich charge drove the enemy back two hundred yards into a ditch formed by the road from Fulton to East port, and directly under their | cannon, which were masked. General Price had now reached the field. The firing had almost ceased. General Herbert and Col. Martin commanding brigade, with W hite field’s legion, being all the force iu line. Gen. Price ordered up General Gregg’s and Green’s brigades, to form on the left, charge the enemy and press them down on Gen. Murray’s divisiou, he being on the right. Refore the arrival of their brigades, Gi a. Price ascertained that the enemy were lying in the road, sheltered from our artil lery. They were firing but oue gun, and tin t on our right. The gallant and lamented Gen Little sug gested that as they seemed to have but one gun in position, if the line would move for ward, the battle could soon be won. The order was given. Our men emerged from under brush in line. They' were then met by as terrific a fire from masked batteries and concealed musketry as was ever encoun tered. But the invinailde oil Lousiana, 3d Tennessee, and 37th Alabama, stood like atatuary. When the order to charge was given, ihey rushed headlong through this sheet of tire and lead, drove the enemy from their position and guns; Whitefield’s legion pressing on the right, the enemy would re sist and full back until they were driven half a mile, losing nine guns. it was now r daik, Generals Green and Gregg arrived, but too late to cuter the fight. One hour of daylight and the entire Yan kee division would have been captured.— W e held the'tield all night, brought in the wounded and evacuated the place in th ac cordance with the order issued iu the morn ing. Our loss in killed, wounded and missing 403. That of the enemy, over SDO. Gen eral Price brought off his entire train and captured stores. General Murray covered the retreat. General Little fell whilst conversing with Geneial Price. T lie Yankee* I.os* in tlie lSutile* ot SliaVpsbiirg. Tbe slaughter of the Yankees in the bat tle of Sharpsburg must have been terrible, even by their own admission. The corres pondent of the New York Tribune, writing of their loss, says : We have been burying our dead and car rying off the battle field our wounded. I have Just returned from the sickening spec tacle. Soldiers who went through all the b. r tles of the Peninsular say the battles near Bi hwoud was as nothing compared with it. The dead lie in heaps and the wounded are coming in by thousands. Around and in a large barn, about half a mile from the spot where Ueu. Hooker euguged the enemy’s left, I counted 1,260 wounded. Along the same road, and within the distance of two miles, are three more hospitals, each having from 600 to 700 in them, and long trains of ambulances standing in the road, waiting to discharge their bloody loads. In killed and wcuuded no battle of the war will approach it. In Summer’s corps alone our loss in killed aud wounded and missing amounts to tiv>‘ thousand two hundred and eight! The 15th Massachusetts regiment went into the battle with five hundred and fifty men, aud came out with oue hundred and fifty-j-ix. The 19th Massachusetts, of four hundred and six, lost all but one hundred and forty seven. Tke Colonel aud Lieutenant Colonel were both wounded, (the Major was lost some mouths ago,) and every Captain in the regiment killed or disabled. The sth 2Sew Hampshire, about three liundred strong, lost one hundred and ten enlisted men and four teen officers. Massachusetts, o.it of eight regiments engaged, (all except the elsth, old regiments, with their ranks,) loses upwards of fifteen hundred, and Pensylvania has suf fered more than any other State. The re bels seem to take off our men and officers al most before they have time to draw their men up in line ot battle. Using the rebels have used our telegraph wire in Virginia re cently with even more signal snccess than they dhl in Kentucky, aud with quite as much impudence. It is said that the mo moment Fitzhugh Lee captured Manassas, he telegraphed in the name of Gen. Pope’s chief ot staff to the proper officer in Wash ington, requesting him to send to the .June tou a large supply of shelter tents and har ness for artillery horses. The order was promptly filled, and the rebels were soon gladdened by tbe appearance of a train load ed with what they wanted. Jackson, on his arrival, sent a message to the Superin tendent of Military llailroads, coolly asking him to change the time table on tbe road for his accommodation.— BcuAiT/toH (Jhrmy Tin* riori<ii»\ Crt(i«f> from l» Mobile. It announced some days ago, that the war steamer Florida ( farmer iv Oreto) had rtui the gaum let of the blockading fleet at -Mobile, and passed under the gnus of Fort Morgan. YY e have received, from a corres pondent oti board, a highly interesting and thriiliug account of her adventures ou the voyage, tvh;ch, in justice to the brave meu •who encountered such perils, stould U j known to the public. 1 here an*, fen >uch jacta of dauntless heroism on record, and j mark Captain Matin as the man fur the tSueii gal la tit conduct should meet - *•» l,r ‘ lm 4»nci*Vui . the parted his government, and we hope it j will not be slow in according what all j must regard as purely a reward of merit. — ifklp. lire j Mobile, Sept. *24tb, ISC»‘2. ♦ a* a ♦ % The “Oreto” was siezed, released, and ’ again seized, and learning that through the efforts of the Lincoln agents it was deter mined again lo take possession of her ami send her to England fur anew trial, we slipped from the hawser of 11. M. ship , and on the night of the 9th, with eleven deck hands and tivo firemen and «oal hea vers all that money and cunuing could ob i tain—drifted with the tide under the shad ow or the land some eight miles, and thus the Yankee cruisers hovering arauad us were evaded. A schooner with our guns on board was awaiting us outside, and tak ing her at tow we dashed down the “Ton gue of the Ocean, and were soon where no Yankee othcer dared to follow us. Thread ing our way through innumerable rocks and shoals with many narrow escapes, we au ohored among them, and all hands—only fourteen in all—went to work with a heajty good will. In four days we got the guns, etc., on hoard, imagine our misery when we discovered that neither rammers, spon ges, sights, beds, quoins, passing boxes or magazine equipments had come along with them, and that on the day following tin* yellow lever appeared in nil its horrors.— There was no physician on hoard and the ! case was fatal. On the 16tli two more new cases. You can sympathise with us in our sad plight, YVe had scarcely men enough ou board to handle the ship ; the circle to the pivot guns did not lit ; Yankee cruisers all about; disease on board, and no help at hand but the ind >niitable energy of our Captain, who, in addition to his many du ties, was nursing the sick. It was deter mined to inn for Cardenas, in Cuba, as the most healthy and secluded port, in the hope of picking up a few seamen and getting medical aid, and in the night the ship was gotten under way and steered close along the breakers, passing over the banks with considerable risk. On the night of the 18tli madc 4 Cardenas Light aud the Yankee gunboats ; at one o’clock on the morning of the 19th entered the harbor. Our crew by this time, were reduced to three men ou deck and oue tireman, who had been ou du ty for eleven hours. Ou the‘2oth the yel low fever had full possession of the ship, and an officer was sent to llavaua to en deavor to get men. Ou the 2lst our Cap tain down, and soon thereafter given up as a hopeless care, lie remained insensible for several days, but a merciful Providence was with him, and he recovered his consciousness to hud his much lo’ved son iu a dying condition beside him. Poor Lau rens I—he died ct sundown, and just after him four seamen and the 3d Assistant Lu ge nee r. iu the meantime the Yankee Consul, Gen Shufeldt, had got wind of our w! .e --abouts and dispatched five gunboats to cut us off and hem the Oreto in port. YVe ob tained twenty-four laborers , and tupping our anchor ran the gauntlet, getting clear to sea without mishap. A poor little Span ish passenger steamer, coming out two hours before us, was mistakeu for the “Oreto” by the Yankees and peppered for thirty-six miles. The enemy, supposing that we would run for Charleston, increased their force about Abaca, the Florida passages, and off’ Wilmington and Charleston, and Com mander Guert Gansvoort, in the Adiron dack, in his zeal to head us off aud capture u.%. wa« totally wrecked * * * *•' * On the 3th at 3 p. iu., we made Ylobile Light and and three smart looking block ad ers watch! ug the -port. YVe got up a full head of steam and tried to ar range our guns for at least one shot, but could not. Every preparation was then made to set fire to the ship iu ca3e of neces sity, and combustibles were got ready in ten different places, our brave little ship standing boldly in towards the enemy.—- Meanwhile the cruisers ran out to meet us, forming themselves in a triangle about us, : withholding their fire, as we still kept aloft the red cross of old England, and they hesi tated for a moment or two to make up their minds as to our nationality. Wc were now so near that their conversation could he dis tinctly heard, and a midshipman at the mast head sung out, “She is not English, there are oniy a tc w men on her deck.” At this the baggers blazed away at us, knocking about iorteen hammocks out of the nettings, and then striving to head us off; but Cap tain Mufiit ordered the men at the helm to steer right for the starboard bow of the nearest vessel, and not liking the looks of things our Y ankee friend sheered off, bring ing the two vessels in a line—just what we wanted. At this time we hauled down the British ensign and ran up the Confederate flag, and then commenced upon us a shower iof ihcit : sbsU and sharpnel that made every* VOLUME X L—NO VO I thing crack ag4*o. It vra- , j;erfoet i. U storm, and Wr not abh* to return tb, ;r fire, though It Wt“ bad I,t en fully manned at, 1 we could have puli, \ thi iu *ft handsomely. Finding they held then cwu with u% our men wen- ordvted .3 ft t , lu , sad, which they did with u»\ .. u, s cheer, though the shill woe Luming tu the u/ giug, cutting it away aud * v . dl i . *■“' im'ti A pat lot shell «»*»<eted the < 9yO An cleveil im h —struck u- .«mei - o*. ■, . rh t< 1 flu* Infers*, and defecting i> iv. ud. t off the iu ad ui our best man, ;i ly <n iug three others. Ail our IwaU were pu . —V 'p‘ ! , \ uaU,t “ wU tail, smok** fa,k u.d BIl«Ulth cl,. U; „ r sail, all the men were s< nt i», * w , ~4 the officers who ware retained , u dick 1 bus we stood on for two houi aid . teen minutes. The wnij> of Fort M were thronged with officers Mini men i l our safety was greeted w ith cheers. \,i t. haved n Fly. Four days alter our poor Stribling, (l»t Lieutenant,) who\, t) about to start to see h.s wife, was uk n down wit!i fever ami died iu i fin tv .ix In llejwas a gallant gentleman and t v. < , « Christian. . » L Franklin and (lie Ittirhar. Ou Iff. Franklin’s arrival at, Paris, PlenipoflFttimrv from the United . do riug the Ho volution, the Kin e e.vpi«-.-r x wish to see him luiinediaiei) As there w no to the Court of France, in those days, without permission of ti e wi iiiv r. wigmaker of cour.-c was C cnt f>i In n few minuter, a richly and» -d XI n eur, with his arena folded in a pr . muff ot furs, and a sword by his id", i , i • his appearance. It was the King'-, whip imiker, with a servant in livery a long sword by his side too, and a load of sweet seenti 1 bandboxes, full of “de wig,” as lie said, “do superb frig for de great Doctor Franklin ” One of the wigs was tried on -a v, r 1 f ( >, small ! Band-box after baud-L x was In A but with small success. / The wliigmaker fell into n wo-t viol at rage to the extreme mortification of Dr. 1 i auk 1 1 n, that a gen tliinanso f>, , j ,] ( silks and perfumes, should notwithstanding, be such a child. Presently, however, as in all the (rat ■ ports of a greai discoverer, the whipimd r erwd “i!f that uot iu his whig as too small 1 “ (.) no/’ said he, “ my wig uo too small, 1 nt the D ,c --tor’s head too big, by gar 1” Franklin, smiling, replied, t hit tithe fault could hardly lie there; for that hL head wa made by God Almighty himself, who was not subject lo err. Upon this the vvigmaker took in a little ; hut still he contended that there mu-; in something the matter with Doctor Franklin’;, head. It was at any rate, out of fa-bion He begged Dr. F. would plea e for reiuetn her, dat his head had not de honor to l>. made in Puree. No, by gar! for if it had b> u made in Puree, it no been more duu half such a head. None of the French Nobh he swore had a head anything like his. .Wi de great Duke D’Orleam*, nor the grand Monarch himself, hail such a head a De, * t Franklin. An l lie did not see, he said, what business any body had wid a head more big dan de head of the grand Munaique Pleased t.* see the poor wigmaki-r reeovm his good humor, Dr. Franklin could not find it in his heart, to put a check to hi; i hil-Ji. h raut, but related one of his fine anecdote which struck the wigmaker with aueh an idea of his wit, that as he retired which he did bowing most profoundly, he shrurg i his shoulders, and with a most significant arch look, said : “ Ah, Doctor Franklin! Doctor Franklin ’ I uo wonder your head too big for my By gar, 1 fraid your beau too big for all de French nation. ’ ✓ lii'itlinut Victory near Helena. We hare a letter from Friar’s Point, dated 15th insf., giving interesting additional facts concerning our victory near Helena, Ar kansas. We extract as follows : We have just received reliable information from Helena that fighting had commenced, twenty-five miles back from that place. On Wednesday 3700 Federal* were sent on > drive back our advance; our men f :u. I on both fddes of the rosd in the t iu of a V, we sent out a body of tkirmiF *. s to draw them into the am bush, in which they succeeded, the wings of the V then clo sing and capturing one Ohio regimen f: o ,u\ plete and all but forty of another re; imen*. On Thursday they a;oin attacked our ifir and wore whipped back. On Friday th • again attacked and claimed that th . whip ped our troops back. There is a great deal of sickness in their camp. Many of their officer- say that old Curtis has made over on ■ mi lion fdo r in his speculations iu C"ttou, muh * and horses—buying through his agents from the negroes. —Jackson M The exemption Stilt. The Exemption Bill ha- pa-- «i the Sm , e. It excludes from mililaiy s rvio jrc : « 1 everybody except editors, lawyer-, to. ers, and; per consequence, will cany a•- grec of tal nt, efficiency, aud respectability into the field very much m -f'ed. I r.*• -s - at work on papers having 500 bona /. ; • -üb scribers, are exempt. Some of our brethren of the press are toting or rather extravagant ly about the non-exemptiou of editors. 1 r ourself, we are not very much distil- *i about it. Having already realized a »tu pendeous fortune at the bu<ine>-. we are ready to abdicate and give “any ofb r c a a chance to grow rich. So tah into rami-j bov 5 . and no «hnffitnf r