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IPi* C iteiste!® i . .. • - - Editor. holiday:'inimint, M] it), ’ The Ambulance Cbriri city Irs* been ' ordered to Kt»«aca. Indioatiopn nrt.ihajl tis• : .;!•;• j. - going •’•> near .Dalton and Peters- : 1 lV ;:. '; ».c last accounts from these points make rv> ; Me iily probable i‘s not certain.. The present w<y>k maty dntemirfeUie question whether wc arc to hare a speedy peace or fire years finger of ile .oli-tififi; War. We are hopeful of the fhvoroble j result of the present.. cauapnign. The sword is unsheathed apt! tire .-cabbard js thrown in the j tu-t-- Northern and.liberty or death j our j ir-ifr. s«orgia Regiment. V ol. Willi. C Holt of Chattahoochee county. I coantr.Ji- 4 .s th-s rogiznent has writ-ton a note to ! a is.?y in this city, stating that he was wounded ; in the lit' battles near the Rapidan, and whs on tis xriy ~io. ilo further states that Capt. t). j Z. It : tabreach was acting as his Adjutant in the l f: T b;, and after lie was wounded took command of j fho Ileglmint. Capt. Kimbrough was wounded j in the loft thigh, and is now in Jtiehmond doing j w ril, Col. Holt also States that Capt. Kimbrough j estad moot gallantly. ... ■ ] ■— » • ♦ - —— i :*!aj.Mo#cs ? Speech. j We think we have a just cause to rebuke] the citizens of Columbn3 for their apathy on | a question eo important to our cause ae that ! upon -which Maj. Moses proposed to address j them on Saturday night. On other occasions : when it -was announced that this gentleman ; was to speak, Temperance Hal! has always j been full to overflowing. When he last ad j dressed us (three years ago) the Columbus 1 Guards and City Light Guards and military i generally graced the occasion with nodding’ pUirnon and floating pennons, full of enthusi- j ' asm and burning « dt. patriotic ardor to avenge j tlie v. j ougs ot an .outrujcvd out h. i bey haste illustrated that devotion to tlicir country ou twenty battle-fields and the leaders of these gallant companies have sealed that devotion with their life’s blood. The Speaker though wbove conscript »ge) has given all his lime,, talent and energies to ihe service of his coun try in n position 'to which he is pre-eminently adapted ; he has given, besides, a brave boy, \sho was a member of one of these companies . at the 'time to referred, n sacrifice to the Moloch of war. The members of these noble com mands who have survived, together with the chivalry of Columbus in other companies, j stand as a wall between us and the hated j foe, suffering often for food, some languishing 1 on the battle-field, or in hospitals, yet un daunted, radiant with the hope of a speedy and glorious success of our arms. In the full view of these interesting circumstances, their messenger comes to you, their fathers, brothers relatives and friends, with the kaovrledge of their wants, and with apian to supply them-- with a large-and extended experience in the business ha has undertaken, and with elo quonca, to interest you, while he unfolds his plans and their wants—yet you give him a meagre audience. The great question now, is supplies, and he who solves that questidh, achieves our xpeedy independence as surely as night succeeds this day, Gen Lee has said it, the leaders of' our armies ail say it, and common sense will repeat it. when the acts are known; yet will you refuse to give your moral support to any efforts outside of the reg ular chancel to further this groat object, though it cost you but an hour’s time, to hear the ways and means of accomplishing it? Under the circumstances, we think that Maj. Moses spoke tberigbt words in the right place, and then retired from the stand, lio gave a delicate rebuke to our citizens for their email attendance—assured us that there was a con fidence bright and most encouraging in the army—that the defeat of the enemy was. the least difficulty wo had to encounter, and that tho point to which we should bend all our en ergies at home, was supplies, and perfecting plans for transporting euch as are on hand.— He would, under different circumstances, have satered at large into hie plans for facilitating the meaiii of procuring supplies, and transpor ting übem, but the character of his audience, and paucity of number?, made it embarrassing to do so. Ho obtained a furlough from Gens. Lcngstreet and Lee on purpose to bear a mes sage to the people at home, to bend ali their energies, moral and physical, to eupplying the array, and this* done, it would taae cars of the Yankees The reporter of the Richmond Dispatch was informed by officers who arrived on the last flag of truer boat that before selecting those who were to be.sent South by flag of truc« j orders were received at Johnson’s Island that none should be GAd upon whore wound: had thoroughly healed, the abject being that no one should return home who could possibly re-enter the. service. It Was generally VtndeP -tood for S(“no-day,? prior to their departure that Gen. Trimble, who lifts lost oue of his limbs, would be among the number, hut on i reaching Li : , asVlhe officer having the matter • in charge ftJfgraphed to President Liiuadn . what dionbi be done about; it. Linruln s j reply wa to .*• scerttGu whether lie would be likely to enter the t'orifccK-if-te .-•ct-vioc if «ent home Upon iiitciaqgaUug .the <t«mera] as to Jil fihiltiv La »iti .0, tli*' oil! Hot K with his Cfln<jo?\ prompt!'.’ an< •Yicd. “Oh. yes, I think lam in a good condition to t.utci-»he service,” where upon he was ordet ed to land aside. i»enc««}' Trimble i suitl a ».ri toner at Johnson’? T«land. Latlu. —From apparently well anthem tot ted report? (says the Macon Telegraph,) we are induced to believe that -Johnston evacu ated Dalton at eight o’clock on Tuc-sday, and tell bat i. with the right to Resaca, whore Gen. Pci it. in command- of the left, opened the ball at 12 M. on the sapty dsyf It is probable that. Johnston tec a thkr step because he had in vain offered battle to the enemy at Dalton for sever.-. 1 and he lift f-akke Creek Gap °P e - ‘--n 'h- - jfl lakicycc-l-umqs"bri. -asc- L«- P r: ' rv “ ••’ Sugar Valley to q«e lavver The trains of th? enemy esme into Da,ton r.- ?oon ns our troops left. Wheeler,• cub hi' v-alfy. protected the retreat and fv, ; K. (; well. .in check, There-was tip ' 1 "• "“bbtignbO'iVYekirmiahing took pta c * .•. . w .* • • ■ • - -i,.. A letter from the North rtfttcr- that at the , ..V ; - ■ '/ty A., during a dinner the iv altu of President Davir was recently drank [From the Southern Confederacy. 1 *>(h. j The Front. i . ileavy Battle at Rfsnfa. About 10 tfcJoek yetterduy morning Hook rr's corps," b:\c€ed bYtfce whole Fhaerul army: futackod three divisions ol pjir arm}* a little to the west of Ile3aca. Hootler's corps had been in this vicinity for soniOime. and on Thursday niglit the whole of Siiearrau a army i shifted down Sugar Valley, towards Resaea. B< lore abandoning their positron in front of Rocky Face Ridge and Dalton, the onenay ®° ; T|itrrs night seemed to create the smpies ; sion that tuey weA receiving relnioreenrem for a hoW assault next morning. Wge hres could be seen along their lines, and the Fed ; cral treops were cheering and shouting at in- I ten-ala. ‘ Before midnight the whole force had j disappeared, and the next morning found ! them mossed near Reßaca. ] In this tlnsv- \*mr anticipated by the saga cious Johnston, who also silently moved the i greater portion of his army, massing in front lof them at Resaea. The enemy evidently ex : peeled a small force at this point, and liofebt ! ie/s hoped 1o reach Johnston’s rear unawares, ! and cut him off. Hooker’s corps rpened the attack on three ; Divisions of out* army, at 10, A. M. for three hours the roar of artillery and rattle of musketrv. as we are informed by an eye wit { ness to the exciting duel, was terrific, j The cannons pealed their dread salvos at the j rate of sixty shots per minute. Shot and j shell.fell in 'showers around Resaea, and the few citizens who were there changed their ; base for safety. One shell went through the I telegraph office and scattered tlie occupants, bat they were 4l at their posts again last I evening. . j The enemy never gained an men., but were J iepulsed at every point. It is the general uji ! pression that another encounter has been com -1 menced this morning, and if the enemy is j driven back, as in all probability he will he, there is but one escape for him. and that ».•» ! Ihrough Snake Creek Gap. . j; It is rumored that the enemy is in Dost.i --j naula Valley, which is a continuation of" Sugar j Valley, and in heavy force at Rives’Ferry j which is seven miles south of Calhoun, and 1 in possession of the old Indian Ford seven miles west of Adairsvilie. j ft is very evident from the movements ol i the enemy, that he has miscalculated both the : resources and the strategical capacity of his dangerous antagonist. The greatest conh -1 deuce is felt, ami the finest ; spirit prevails j among the troops of our line, whose souls are | iu arms and eager for the fray. [From the Memphis Appeal, 14 th-] i From tlic Dalton Fioiat. j One of our special reporters returned from 1 Resaea last evening, which place lie left at 'live P. M. The enemy are massing a large force m Sugar Valley on the yvest side of the Western and "Atlantic road, and their advance is. within sight of Resaea. The main body or our for ces have been moved to corresponding posi tions, and the two armies now confront each other in such proximity that a general engage ment is imminent, and may be looked for at any moment. Our reporter found the wires so .crowded with Government dispatches that ho could Send us nothing by telegraph. Yesterday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Steven son'a division of Hood’s corps felt of the Yan kees and brought on a sharp five.of musketry and shells, which was kept up until night closed on the scene. Owing to the impossi bility of sending off news our reporter came down to report in person. A shell passed through the telegraph, office .at Resaea, a little after 4 o’clock, causing, quite a .commotion among the operators. The working of the line, however, was . intern; pfod only for a few t Among the prisoners brought in by our forces yesterday, was a correspondent *of the Cincinna ti Times, who was taken near Resncn. He says he found himself suddenly in the midst of the Confederates and he thought it better to surren der than to have,a ball put through his body-. He had no idea when he came iotd that place that he waa getting SG-jnear the rebels. He says that the Yankffßs had became well apprised of one thing which was that they are not fighting Hragg now. The position of the Yankees is on the west side of tho Qstanaula river and west of Snake creek, which run 3 into it. What force they have there is not known. j troops are most eager for the fray, whoop : ing and yelling ali thß time—and sanguine of the i result. They say, to a man, that they are g“going j to whip the fight.” lily’s and Germanna, fords on the Rapid an river—the former twenty-five miles below Orange Court House and fifteen above Fred ericksburg. The latter, ford is about equi distant from both Orange Court House, and Fredericksburg, being about twenty miles from each. Grant’s force, (says a correspondent of the Richmond flMspatch,) is generally put-down at about 100,000 infantry. If consists of tho First, Second, Third, Eight and Sixth Corps, which have been consolidated into three corps, the old Ninth array corps, formerly Burnside’s, the Eleventh and Twelfth army corps, which have been merged into the Twentieth arnty . corps and placed under Hooker, also 6,000 negroes—these latter forming Bur®side’s corps d'armec . From ail that l can gather, the Yan kee army comes entirely in obedience to the behest of power, and hare time hope of suc cess. Our crmvMs hopeful and buoyant, aud will no doubt add another to. their many and well earned victories. W*l t l.i- 1. Tho question, who is this Brig.-*dit-rGeneral Weitrel, captured in Plymouth, aud now in the Lijbby? litis been ,-mswerrd hv -Mr. J. C. Eter, through the Chuvlp.tte Bulletin,- as fol lows’ l wtr. at Sew tbleau.c. when it fell into the hands of I’.eHty llutler Vfoiizel w;ff a lien tenftut in his army, and soon proved himself worthy of ui.\ commander. Jn a lew weeks after taking possession .ot lb.- eli\ : Lieutenant WY.iuG was appointed “AssisUnt Military. Commandant and Acting Major of Now Or leans.” Among other acts, I heard of one that shows thv character >.i the man, Putting ou a, citizen's drr-?s, lie went with a, man, who proved to Vie a- Ira i tor to us. and called ds ft, visitor on one of our -Southern families, and was introduced in srlch a uumner that they thought.him a friend ul the South, and, of course, spoke very freely of their surroundings. J’pc™ information gained in that way he tried to arrest,-.w n spy. a son of that fitntfly, who had "run lue >.io<k-a.de' io visit his friends. Happily, he failed He was a lieutenant in tfie United States Engturav Corps, and. 1 think, was for some time the engineer n r charge when the new marine hospital was Inviim.ug in New 1 Orleans-. Ac engineer he had been engaged in sur veying lands nn the Lafonrehe for the the Governmenf Tn that war he became acquain ted with the topography of the country, and with mr.rtypf the plantere in that section of the State. lor that reason he was ifiade a brigadier general of volunteers and placed in charge of the expedition fitted out for the de struction of that rich and beautiful section of Louisiana P wag hii soldiers that laid waste thr.. country pillaged and destroyed thpprop ertyot ihotc who in 'llys past .had treated him vtiili fh* Lbspittirtty s-nd eoufje?v due n gc-rdl‘.m.ii; it was bit f..!d ; crs then plundered and desL oyed, the plankrlonc of Gen. Bragg and Gen. Taylor, it was bj his orders (while org'anizlng hu hrigiide. ivear Greenville) that Jmigc Bur the and family were turned out of their beautiful resident- , which immedi tvtelv converted into ft hospital for Yankee thieve* The-e and r-v.nv other acts of IHce charac ter, have tho people of “New Orleans and Lou iV-ianc. ifthrca ax his hands, because they ■ wonli'l bow down and worship the Ape p.t Washington; arid the Beast he had set up in i New Orleans. Rfporb of the Press Association* , ! Eatered-aceoydmg to act of.Cougres'j in the year ; 180A by J. S, Thrusukr, m the Clerks office■ o® the District Court of the Confedeiate f*i | the Northern District of Georgia. susit from Virginia! 1 Fig tit on Rapiftan Lass Monday tj feetsfral Beauregard at Petersburg. ■He is Being Heavily Reinforced! jAn liiigageiaettt Expected Soen! —— . „ i Xews from JLoiiisiauag &c., oic* 1 Raleioii, May H.—The following has been re ! ceived from M eluoii, dated the 13th v | Various wild rumors havo been afloat here to j day, one of which if> that Lee has driven Grant's i forces across the Rapidan with torrifie slaughtei ? i but all that 1 can gather that is reliable, is the j following : i Hpleombe’s Legion resisted the enemy at Chcs | ter on Montloy last, j There baa been no fighting since, i Tho enemy still hold the railroad. ! Beauregard’s headquarters aro in "Petersburg.— ' Tie has been reinforced twenty thousand or more , recently aud still they pour iD. The stores in Petersburg are closed and every one in the ranks. , An engagement is expected to-morrow, i The bridge across Stonj' Creek is rebuilt, and 1 the ono across the Nokownn river will be done to j morrow night. j Dre wry's Bluff lias been reinforced and no ap -1 prehensions are felt about its security. * The train will run throngh to Petersburg to ] morrow. Two gunboats were certainly blown up or burned and probably four. Nothing,flsg reliable. PuTEnsiiUno. Alay lo.—lt is rumored that the enemy-attacked DruryV Blutl" 1a = t night, and were repulsed haying lost 1001 l men. Gen. Matt. Ransom was wounded in the arm No other news from any quarter. Mobile, May 14.—T ho following telegram has been received by Gen. Maury from Osyk.#. dated May 14: No definite intelligence of Bank’s capture had been received in New Orleans on the 10th, al though that he had surrendered was generally be lieved. 1 No boats come down, all communication being I cut off. Thcjron-clad gunboat Granite City, and the gunboat. No., 43, and a transport with 40 .-oldiera were captured by the Confederates at Sabine Pass on the (ith insf. (Special to the Montgomery Advertiser. Calhoun". May 14. Yesterday Kilpatrick’s cavalry was gallantly to pulsed by Griggsby’s Kentucky cavalry, near fit— saca. Kilpatrick is reported mortally wounded, Loring’s and Cheatham's divisions then became boavily entraged, and severely repulsed the enemy. Stanton, of the 28th Tennessee was killed. Gen, Ilardee had two horses shot under him. Our loss was light. A heavy engagement commenced this morning near Tilton, on our right, at 10 o’clock, I Stewart’s and Stevenson’s divisions repulsed the ! enemy four times with great slaughter, j We captured a large number of prisoners. 5 Our loss was severe. j The light is still progressing. The enemy resist I stubbornly. * j There lias been shelling and skirmishing near j Calhoun all day. | The enemy is crossing now four miles from Cal i bourn They are held in check by Martin’s cavalry. ! A general engagement is expected to-morrow. { All are confident and hopeful. Gas . Speeial.to die Confederacy. Calhoun, May. 13. Hatton was evacuated last night by our forces, and occupied this morning about ton o’clock by the enemy. Our forces fall ibackto Resaca, where the enemy attacked them this evening. Considerable artille ry and musketry firing was koine ou when the train left this evening at five o’clock. Os loosa. Sadi Kate of a Cotton Speculator. 'The New Orleans correspondent, of the Bos ton Journal gives this bit of gossip : No sympathy is felt here for cotton specu lators, and when one of them is fleeced it seems to be a matter of rejoicing by both par ties— Federal? as well as rebs. A good story is going the rounds in regard to a citizen of this city—one of those neutral individuals who are on the fence, ready to jump on either side policy dictates to he for their interest. : He left New Orleans about two months since, bound for the Confederate lines, with the in tention of investing what money he had in cotton. The friend who related the incident to me, said that just before starting he met him in the street, and, after exchanging the usual commonplace remarks, inquired : “What ore you up to now, Brown o'’ 0 '’ “Oh, I've just made a good thing; been into the Confederacy and brought out thirty bales of cotton. Bound up again to-morrow, and if nothing happens I’ll bring back four times that quantity." “Be careful, Browli, or you’ll get gobbled up. They’ll have you in the rebel array.”; “Oh, no fear of that. They all know me to to be a good Confederate. Besides. I’ve get British papers.” A month later the two friends nu t. Brown 1 looking decidedly downcast and needy. Wal lace accosted him with : -Well,.Brown, how about that cotton?" ■Don’t talk to me about cotton. Lost everything.” “How’s that ? ’ “Well, yon see I got up to Bayou Sara the arae night the rebels made t heir raid into the place. I hud plenty of time to escape, same as good many others did, buts thought 1 was all right, and so with a friend sax down to a game of poker, just to show that we didn't feel at all alarmed. Presently in came some rebs bnd began to search us. On my partner they found a lot ot Confederate money, and they wanted to know what right he had in the Federal kuw with Confederate money? .So they just took it.- - Os course I was con vinced now that I was all >i s nt mi-uey .was alt greenbacks. “What are you doing in the Confederacy with Federal money?” they asked. So they took mine too.' “That was rough- Is that all they done to VOU?” • .; . - . “AH ? No, oir. They stripped me ot every thing; and one big fellow gave me ' such a kick os to take me off my ieet, with the re mark that if they ever caught mein the Con federacy again with so little money they and hang me.” - I I ■ SiRQE Matters— Three Hundred and Seventh Bay. —Tho enemy’s fire on Fou Numrer, dur ing yesterday, was limited to two of the usual volleys from his mortar batieries, and four shots from r ten-inch colnmlnad. There were twenty-two si.;-Its fired at ihe city. The enemy is mounting two new guns, one in the Middle Battery and one at Battery Gregg. The monitor?, seven in number, were receiving ammunition on Tuesday from tugs and steamers. A deserter from the 621st, Ponsylvania, win - ) was stationed ou Pinckney island, reports that nearlv uli the Yankee force on the South Carolina coii.d. lms been sent to Virginia. There were but three regiments left on Morris Island, and four—two and a half white and one and a half black—on Hilton Head, k [Charleston Mercury, llth. CITY MATTERS. T. J J ACKSON LOCAL EDITOR. Fimrral Notice. The friends and acquaintance? of Mrs. Leev E. Cairns, are invited to attend her funeral this :Mon day} even, at o'clock from the Episcopal Church. Douglas Ambulance Corps. The Douglas Ambulance Corps will leave for the ' FRONT this afternoon, and as cooked provisions are very necessary for the immediate relief of the J wounded, solicit donations ofboiled hams, crackers j Jtc. All articles must be sent to Goodrich k Cos s store, by 2 o’clock this day. _ r , H. TANARUS/. GOODRICH. j may 10 It " ..i’ Vm* *?!*-• |jnbi»laii«e Corps. • Members of the above Relief Corps will meet at i the Store of Goodrich & Cos., this, morning at 10 j o ’el oe k," p r opar atory to leaving. A few more mem j to, be received. „ L . ooonßlcn . mjy le It . Pre.. Opr Time at Last.— We are indebted to Mrs. J. A. L. Lee for the largest and handsomest bo - quet of flowers, we have seen this Spring. The. flowers -were grown on the of Col. Loe, and are many of them of rare and handsome va rieties, and in their arrangement evince a fine ar tistic taste on the part of the donor. Many thanks are due, and arc hereby tendered, Mr?, Lee, with tho assurance that no gift could have been more sensibly appreciated. We acknowledge to a weakness in this direction, and have been puz zlod to imagine bow it was that while the Enquirer men were literally impaled with these frail but lovely mementoes, our claims had been entirely overlooked. But now we can rejoice iu the sat isfaction (Tfeeling that ail Ihe aggregated boquets of the. Enquirer, sink into insignificance, when compared to the splendid and odoriferous speci men before us. Thanks. —We aro under thanks .to Dr. A. lug mire for a handsomely fabricated silk fishing line of hi? own make. The specimen ecpials iu Strength aird beatify of finish any we have ever seen, and wo assure the llr, that it is an agreeable’ present. We understand it. is the purpose of this gentle man if a sufficient quantity of silk can be to make these linos for sale, and we trust ho may bo enabled to. do so, as he can thereby meet a groat want now existing in the Confederacy.— There's money in the business ns little as you may think of it, Go ahead, Doctor! AckNOwLEPfiEwuNTS. —We are under obliga tions to Mr. Gittenger for a couple volume? sacred music. Many thanks for the same. For the Columbus Times. by mils. pr. KILTY. Strike, freemen strike, nor let returning mercy Palliate the blow with glovoless hands the Stroke direct, until your sabres to their Very hilts are in the hearts of foemen sheathed. Sublime above (he cannon’s roar, dependent Woman and her helpless young their voices blend In prayer, —morn, noon and night on heaven Calling, their loved ones in the “field” to save. Bright eyes have dimer grown, and roses from. The cheeks ofbeauty dropt;—hope like a meteor From the heart has past; looking and longing For the deaf ynesgone, whose weary feet may Homeward turn no more. Too long already have our scales to mercy leaned; Too long this bloody strile endured: for see, As weaker grows our homestead guard, dark Insurrection round our very doors, is hatching i Plots, at which the dusky cheek of Satan i Almost pales. Then wake, ye laggards wake ! Uprou- e ye from your beds of down — your Sumptuous tables and your golden dreams; And while, remembering all the precious Blood upon out nation’s altar shed, sware To avenge it, ’til caverns of the mountains , To the hidden oaves of ocean that stern Oath repeats. Too long have we like sea-shell: In a Cyclops hand-:, been tossed at random On expanding waves ;—too long our Scipio’s On their shields have slept, while centries from their Watchtowers called,—all Carthage cornea l Hannibal the host of banners lead ! The rich man as the poor—the demagogue For place and power manceuverine’, all, all Must tp the rescue flee, or like mushrooms By giant feet down trod, our fortunes, homes And rights are crushed. Then where’s the time with i Bacchus to employ for that.with Jason . ' Golden fleece to hunt? I tell ye Pliny like Upon Vesuvius treading, a’gulf of Fire your reckless feet await. Hear ye not spirits wailing- on tho midnight Air? calling for vengeance on the foeman’sj Head—from mountains, valleys, - plains and brave old Sumter —war-worn veterans of a thousand scars! .fg Wives, mothers, friends and children dear, send no Sad tidings to the tented field, no grief Fraught letters of your wrongs affdjwants, remem bering They who hardships, death and danger dare, need All the solace loved ones can impart from homo. When foes the bloody dust shall bite, and backward Fieo like beaten hounds—when our brave boys their Guns dismount, end folded banners peace proclaims, 11ow proud will be that woman’s heart, with { Consoiou- right pulsating, who to her soldier love ; Can say, I have been true to thee—true to my ! Country and myself! Vice President Stephens passed through Augusta | Monday last on bis way to Richmond. 1 Steak Os Charl«3To}t. —Three Hundred and ! Eighth Bay. —The enemy unmasked anew l battery on Long Island, and opened fire-be- I tween three and four o’clock upon Keoessiou- S ville. The shelling was kept up about an hour and a half. There was no damage done. ! the only injurydicing a slight scratch Horn a j fragment striking one of our men. I Seven shots were fired at the city Wcdnes f day, and one volley ut Fort Sumter. < The enemy removed two guns from their I batteries at (Jammings’ Point Wednesday rooming, one from the middle battery, and the I other from Battery Greeg. | There was no change in the fleet.— Courier. Foi't'e-st’s Jlovemenls. j According to Northern advices Forrest-s still ■ holds-unclispotcll sway over Western Kentucky. ' A dispatch to the New York Tribune dated at • Columbus, Ky.. . ays : The situation in this district is not well under | stood, but what little i? known of it is certainly ' humiliating. Forrest holds complete undisputed ■ possession .if iLp !•■>/*>"*» ot country nortti of tfte • Marietta and Cincinnati railroad, and between the s Tennessee ami Mississippi rivers, excepting the ! post of Memphis, Columbus and Paducah. At the same time, we are constrained, for want of men, to remain on the‘defensive, only confident of our i ability to cope with the enemy while on tho inside ’of our earthworks. True, Grierson is out north of Memphis, but to very little purpose. We have yet to learn that he has made any offensive dem onstration beyond Tnllowing in the track of the enemy,(not daring, from 3heer paucity of nmn -1 Iters, to venture within fighting distance, Forrest hu.3 probably as many as ten thousand | men north or the Marietta and Cincinnati railroad, i all mounted; while we, with comparatively a small number of cavalry to watch his movements, and ! with* an extensive river line to guard, are, from j the force of circumstances compelled to remain in | : garrison arid patiently wait for thejenemy to devel . op. ; }fis own intentions. Thu3 it was that Forrest was able to rn.iivh upon Paducah without molesta- 1 , tion in either iruut or rear. Thus it was that he was able to show n threatened front before Mem- | phis. Columbus and Paducah, while at the same time he attacked Fort Pillow with his main army, and captured and butchered tho gmrisen. BuTijffr. P. azrtd—The New York Herald has tho following paragiiaph. which show? that Butler has razeed down to the level of a sort of Shyster Gen eral, cross examining Confederate suspected ofhav ing cash: General Grant, it appears, in a short vi=it to For tress Monroe. found out the true vocation for Gen i oral Butler, and has accordingly razeed him to the civil and uncivil duties of chief of.poHce and wilitu ry magistrateofthePenlnsulaDepartmeut. intnij rode lie and. in defining the law? oi lovalty, chapter and verse, to cunning sewsiouiat*- intractable rebels In-crinoline negro, qlaima »»sand other injured admirers of Jeff. Davis. General Ba ler will be in all his glory. He Itixorates m the skinning of a doubtful character who stakes In ea r upon the chances of slipping through tho loophole? of the law, and as a strict construcuomn. he plays with a Southern exjrounder. a? oai play- with a iaoU3C ' m The Difference.— One of the officer? rocehtU captured by Forrest, made the following remark to Capt. Henderson, as the latter reports to :he Mont gomery Advertiser: “The most astounding thing that has arrested my attention since I hav e been m captivity is the unmurming spirit ot your soldiers- They are living upon short rations of bread anil meat, and yet I never heard a complaint «scape their lips. They never nlcntion their pay as a matter of importance, and seem entirely devoted to a principle. On the other hand, our troops have every luxury that men could desire, every comlort which the nation can supply, and vet m e tilled with discontent. They are ever clamoring lor their pay as though it were the sole object. I candidly ac knowledge that the contrast strike? me with dis may,’’ t "• Banks is said to grow irritated whenever he hears the name of Red ltiver. An officer lately said to him: “Generalhow shall we get our boat? out of .Red River ?” “Damn Red River” replied Eanks. This is how the effort to dam the river originated.— This is reliable. Another Habeas Gorpos Case.—A habeas on pus case—Julius Reinhardt vs. Capt. E. J. Starr, Enrolling Officer lor the stli Congres sional District, State of Georgia—was brought, before Judge W. T. G ould yesterday afternoon. \ Reinhardt claimed n discharge from custody of the Enrolling Officer on two grounds, viz : Ist, that he is a citizen of Prussia, aud 2d, that he is over 45 years of age. After bearing the testimony and the argument the Judge order ed that the applicant bo remanded back to the custody of the Enrolling Officer. H W. Hilliard, Egq.. Attorney of the Ap plicant. Frank 11. Miller, Esq., Attorney tor the En rolling Officer. The case will, we understand, be taken by certiorari, to the Superior Court. - [ Coii.il iUidona! -V. Strayed or Stolen, the lower part of this city, a biigllt sorrel HORSE about 10 years old, small star in the fore head, the left hind foot white up to the pastor joint. I will pay Ton dollars for his delivery or for any in formation that will cause me to get him. may lfl 3t* SARAH SAUNDERS. Headquarters Post, { Columbus, Ga„ May 13, ltkit. t Special Orders, No. I.J In compliance with instructions from the Hon. Secretary of War, all Government employees at this Post, whether detailed from the army or from the Conscript Bureau, are hereby ordered and directed to meet at their respective places of work, and or ganize themselves into companies for local defence. They will elect thoir officers from among their own number. Detailed men from the army may he elected ns such officers, and will be commissioned accordingly, dependent however upon the continu ance of their detail, The organizations and elections wil l take place on Monday tho 16th inst., and be superintended in the usual way of electing Confederate officers, and re turns madfe to these Rerdquarters. By c ider of Maj. HUMPHREYS, (has. Woon, A. A. G. may 14 3t Jailor’s Notice, A NEGRO man, dark complexion, by the name of John, says he belongs to Frank Parish, of Butts county. A negro boy by the name'of Michel 1, of dark com plexion, says he belongs to Wm. Foster, of Nash ville, Tenn. An old negro man by'the name of John, ivy he belongs to Alp. Thompson, of Hinds coufilv. Missis sippi, A negro man by the name of Bob, say? he belong: to Thus. Coffweli, of Commerce county, Miss,, of dark complexion. * A negro man John,’says he belongs to Henry Vonn of Yazoo City, Miss. A negro man Paul, sayshe belongs to Joseph Ug, cl Savannah, Ga. A negro man, says his name is Albert, and belongs to Mr, Linch of North Carolina , ol dark complex ion, b, n, Williford, - Dept. Sheriff, ruay\l4dtf of Fulton county, Ga. —.— m . _ £OST, QOMEWHER Eon the streets of the city, a gold 13 WATCH CHAIN without a hook, and the ring that attached tho chain to the watch eithel lost or torn in two. Tho finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving it at THIS OFFICE, may 14 2t Confederate States Arhfnal, 1 Columbus, Ga., May JIS64. j. The following men have deserted from this Arse nal, viz.: David Wqlfaon, age, 22 years: height, 5 sec-t 7 inches; hair, black ; eyes, black: complexion,dark. J. 3. Harrison, age, 32 years; height, 5 feet 6 inches; hair, dark; eyes, grey; complexion, dark. S. Schligslmlclh, age, 29 years; height, a feet 81-2 inches; hair, brown: eyes, blue; complexion, fair. F. C. HUMPHREYS, mayl4 4t Maj. Comd’g Arsenal. FRICTION iJIATHCESI ’THE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company, have again resumed operations, and will, in a few days, be prepared to supply them in quantity.— They also make a superior article of Blacking, which can be supplied in quantity. Dealers and others wishing to purchase, can ap ; ply to Messrs. Livingston & Cos., or Me ssrs. Hull A: Duck, who will be kept constantly supplied. S, D. THO.H &CO., . Manufacturers, .N. IL—lt having cost me about SS,GD in the past ■ eighteen months, above receipts, to learn how to make good matches, the public- can now rely on get ting a superior article. S. D. I 110 .If. Columbus, May 14,1864*dtf Headquarters Conscription, i State of Georgia. Macon, May id. J.-rij. \ General Orders, No. 3(i. The following extract frojm General Orders, NY,. 45, A & I. G„ current series, is published tor the -di reetion of District Enrolling Officers, who wil 1 govern themselves accordingly. By order of WM. M. BROWNE. Colonel and Commandant ofCWiscripi.-i. P. I.noNF.y, Lieut, and Adjutant. Adj’xt A -Inspector Gin 'll Office, i . Richmond, Vi a y fid, i stij, / [Extract.] General Orders, No. 45. # & tk *»: VII. The Bureau of Conscript ion will proceed at once to organize into Companies and cause to bo mustered into service, the reserve forces in the sev eral States, enrolled in pursuance of General Order:. No. 33, Adj’t and Inspector General’s office, cm w-m series. For this purpose District Enrolling Oili. * are authorized to act as mustering and inspecting officers. They will superintend the election ol company officers, and forward the muster rolls, cer tified by them, .ritli tl»e <:ei lifionf-AB of election to the Commandant of Conscripts for the State in whic-hsuch companies may be organized, to be turn- j ed over to the General commanding the Reserve ' Forces.' ... * , # * i By order. [Signed] S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General. may 13 St [Java Coffte. AF superior quality, for *aie by U rn H. FISO ACKER may 13 fit. \ KEYS. whudnh* .. m ttct applying ai ikis oflice, df-«ejrihin£ the ssine abd paring.fr»r this»dF*rtist?ment, may 12 ts HANDS WANTED, I IBERALhire will be paid for five or ten hand •J by the month or day. may.vdzw GREENWOOD & QJtAY. iVotiee. MR*MA/?Y U. BENNINGisruy duly author ized Agent for the transaction and settlement ot all business concerning the estate of Col, Seaborn Jones, deceased, „ , , „ SEABORN J, BENNING. Columbus. May 9,4864, lm Adm’r, Ami i and l AM I *-! fnts Office, 1 Richmond. May 2d. I.<§4. j Ge»<Jnd ( *rders. >■<>. YU. Th<* Run-jqi *>i « <>n-rriplion will psocecd at r,u<-,> to Organize iiifo i nmpanies, and « anse t(. bu mustered into Service, thb reserve force? in th :• sev eral Stales, enrolled in pursuance of General Orders No. 3;’., Adjutant and in.-pcctoi General’s Office, current scries. For till-* pur pose, district lirts officers are authorized to act as ami in specting officers: They will superinted the olec. 1 ion of company officer?, and forward the muster roll certified by them, with the certificates t i elec tion, to the commandant of Conscript? for the State jrt which such cemphnieS may bp organized, to he by liirn turned over to the General Commanding tfle Reserve Forces. VIII. Upon receiving the muster rolK the Gen eral commanding the reserve forces will cy ders placing in commission and upon duty ,ire oAi ders named in the eertilu atos, if competent; iiuhel serving copies, will forward the original foils, with certified copies of thoir orders enclosed to this Bn reau lor file. If there be reason to doubt the com petency of an officer elect, hi? qualifications and fit ness lor commission will be inquired into and repor ted upon by a Board to be convened by the Gsnew.l commanding in aeordnuc* with General Orders No. 39, Adjutant and Inspector General's office, serice of] 362. By order rf?l£ie.l.T S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General H cAPqrartfus Geobota Rfsebvs. i Macon, May 10 186-t. ]" Grneral Orders, Nc. 8. 4 In compliance wiihiho foregoing extract? froca General Orders No. 45, Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, orders placing (ho officers elected in ihe Reserve Corps in commission, will be issued from these Headquarters as soon as the muster rolls, and certificates of election are received. In th* meantime the officers elected in companies and reg iments. assigned to and put upon duty, will pro ceed to discharge the duties of the respective offices, to which they have been elected, 11. The elections which have been held under General Order? No. •' from these*Headquarters, will be forwarded to the Department ;it Richmond; bin all elections 'hereafter, must be held in compliance wir.h t he direction? in t iic foregoing ext rants. 111. Boards for examining into the competency ot officers elected in tills command, will bp organ ized in due time, and oifi, oi ? commanding regiments are cTij,.ined to report promptly, r«tt cases, which may occur in their resi«ocrive command--, requiring "the action of such Boards. By command of Maj, Gen. HOW ELL COBB, n Commandingr Georgia Reserve. Li.ii \n Go kb, Mo;nr :iud V .4. G. may 1", i>t ill ATT A IftOOCftlg; E. 4«I uH K, (OU H, OEOKeiA, fnilE Raves over the above Course will _l_ ineiicc on iut-.. Jftfi rnst., and Continue five days. First day Stake for 2 year olds, neats, iffOfi on t ranee—ha 1 f forfeit. .Second Day—Stake for three year o hi, mil® heals, t'jOO entrance—half forfeit. Third day—Purse race of $51)0, two »ile heats. » Fourth day—Stake for 3 year olds, two mile c-ats, Solid euti’iinee— half forfeit. Fifth day— Post Stake, SI,OOO entrance, half for feit, threerailo heats. In the Post Stake three good horses will mart, and perhaps four, C. $. & P. W. PRYOR, may 11 If Proprietors, TO VIS f FkO Stovo Moulders can get employment at J- good wage.-, by application to HARRISON, BEDELL & CO. Columbus, Ga, Augusta Couctitutionaliat, and Mississippiau, copy one mouth and send bills to this office may G lm AUCTION SALES. By Ellis, TERY DESIRABLE STOCK OF fiARDWARE, Auction, l iN THURSDAY IJthMay, at 11 o’clock, 'wewill V f se-;l at the-store, formerly occupied by Van Mar ciK, the entire stock of Hardware in said Gore em bracing a large variety of first class goods, purchased by one of our best hardware merchants, suitable for CARPENTERS, MACHINISTS, PE ALTERS, aifd others Also, Lot Fine Gun powder, Uj>per Leather 50 Boxes Fine Chewing Tobacco, English Cotton a ilea. Fine Show Cases, &c. may 13 td S2B 50 By Ellis, Eivmgston Sl Cos AN TIJESDAY, 17th May. at 10 o’clock, we wtR , sell m liont of our store, lor account of partial who are compelled to sell, 1 It Sioxes Choice Stigrar, 44 Sachs Salt, '& bbis C’iiolce Eard, ;2_hhls Apalachicola Pish IS Ooxt*si Tobacco, Lot Matches, Blacking, Clotbing, Fhr.e? See may 14 $lO Bv Bosdfc, Lawtion, & Cos f’xfi iilors Sale ol lloiißcltold anil hUtht-n Furniture. | WTU, be sold on Friday, the 20th day of May. i YY in li'oni of our auction i of*ru, at lo o’cic-ftt, j all the iJOt F.IIGLD and KITCHEN Furniiara j ot the laic :vh.:. Lucinda SalrViurT, cons citing in | part of "BurraUP, \\ aiilvobOH, B**d .Sirads, .Mat trapses, (‘hairs, Tables, Crocker? ! Ware, Silver and Plated Spoon h, Knives end Forks, &c. f One Cooking iStove and Furniture, One Cow and Calf, Sow and Pigs, 5 Shares Mobile & Girard B. li. ,Stock, 1 <SO acre Land Warrant. \V. L. SALISBURY; rnay 9 trf $591 Executor. For Salr, 200 gal?, pure re-boiled English Linseed Gil, 1 bbl. Dcmar Varnish, 1-2 bbl. Copal Varnish, 1-2 bid. Resin Varni?h, 1 bbl. Spts. Turpentine, 2 bbls Lampblack, Prussian Blue in Oil, Litherage. India Rubber and a lot of Smsatisr Oil doth. Osnaburf; to Ex. hange for Com, Bacon and Lord Apply r< on. J. N BARNETT £ Cos. may I°. U Yiolk r ! WANTED at the C. S. Arsenal, C>l urn bus. G&„ Leather and Hides, nr large or <9nj*U qnantitie?*for which the market price will be paid. Partiec shipping uc-h to the un .ic-j.itPrd wig l.r iu-ur.: 1 againstseizure by officer? or ag<-nt. of ffir: branches oi the G ;vemraent. F. C. HUMPH REV A, mar II n Moj, Couidg. Ar-anal, sHEETHdo, %mnim i BEST ARTICLE 4-4|tiari?r Augusta Sheeting, FoR SALE BY THE BOLT. AT ROCK ISLAND PAPER mills OFFICE, may 12 6fc