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y— W COLUMBUS' TIMES PabUsU- .l T»*'!v -'-u>rit>;V‘. p.VvutiW nl thp rat*-bf ril.afti.tw month,or .-!fi forlhr**" months. a;,, ab.-i-japti-»u r*-cived fcv atansfflr «n» I hree months, A©V S",RT3SI IV< * U4'i': , . •- o, ~»r c' ujre f<>r Advertisement); loserted'frfr. w. 1 •he fir t insert. >ll and $1 • >•' foi ** - , v \V hero advertisement? are in-c D - a 1 hftr «® willbc ■ 2O f.TjSS^whh*'mu*krvariaWy Announcing Candida** paid in advance. , ~ i .. „ n f>n percent, will he lufOW fin all .drS* account, over 250. wlren prompt pay - rr- rri — - '•'•• ( of Schedule. ON and after Sunday, March 20th, the Trains on the «mcog©» Railroad will run a.* follow'’ PASSENGER THAT??: Leave Columbus... ..,.,.....*6 15 1'- M Arrive at Macon. * §* A. *’l - Macon.,.. Airive at Columbus 5 w A. M FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus -5 30 A. M. Arrive at Columbus w CLAFII ma . 19 ts Supt. Muscogee K. k. Orncr Mobile and Pua*d R. 8... t Columbus, Ga. f Mpru 5, 1854. ) The Stockholder-! of the Mobile Sc Girard Railroad f’ompany, are hereby notified that the- fivo per cent tax, levied by the law parsed February i.th, 1864, on the value of all shares, held in Railroad or other Companies, will be paid by the Treaauror at this offiee and they will therefore omit the stock held in this Company in their lilts to Ati eesors. J. M. FRAZER, ajd’Ctf Treasurer. lifotdee to Pl?fi**t<sl’S. . I am authorized by the Government TO EXCHANGE Cotton i as'iis* SUGAR AND GSNABURBS FOR Bacon SS&Ac3.,oes, HAS!!** for supplying the Army. JNO. J. McKENDP.EE, ay.l 18 2m Agcni. x«. ». WRIG-BIT, STJCCE33OE TO HOIIINETT & CO., Cbrurr of Broad and Warren Streets, OMvmbvs, '7a., MANUFACTURER OF Superior Candles and Lard Oil, AND DEALER IN GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE, OSNARTJRGS, Sheeting. Yarns, etc., exchange i for Bacon, Lard, Potatoes, esc. Tag low ami Beeswax W*mU*«l. It is hoped that the liberal course which will bo adopted will secure a generous patron age. uprii 20—lm “ IVotlce to Plaut'M’S aai<l Rtinuus of ©.•©is* 5 * TTTE will keep for sale, for Confederate -funds, or VV exchange for country produce—such as Corn, Fodder, Bacon, Lord, fjyrup, Potato®?. _.*.*l - Butter, Whfijti r tonr-Hliofollow ixas km'<*'*-*% on .hand or made t o order: PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON ; FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON; HOOP, HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD; IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN ROPE) FOR BALING; SHOVELS AND SPADES; FRY PANS; POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP TIONS ; SUGAR AND BALT KETTLES—FROM 40 TO 100 GALLONS; SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND lo'INCH. We arc prepared to receive ar.d fill order,- tor any sizes and quantity of Icon, IVcm our iron cork? ana Rolling Mill in .Alabama, JOHN D, Gil/- j -A * 0., apr 3tf Next to S«w bridge, Aii CSxceliei.it • Plants. £ a.b> ST ■Por Salea Cl EVEN Hundred and twenty acres, three ana jo deed and fifty - pea, nearly all fresh, « splen did repair, fences, gin house, lots, gates, negro houses, healthy, well watered, nine young orchards, ererytl ■) ntu:, U miles below Auburn, near Society Hill, in Hacs.-n, eoujity, -T!a. j tu* con vehiently airange-’.Ju'itls hue outlet and rahgfir for stock, land fertrie, soil nad easy of cultivation, as excellent neighbor m- and. Apply at thin office, or to Wm. F. SAMFORD, may 9th ts. Auburn, Ala. cTs. ARSENAL, 1 Columbus, Ga*. Aprils, 1864. J I WISH TO EXCH&HGE FOR S&SON on equitable terms, a -rein*, M'etlies, And all kinds Pi.. »N L’A'i TON IRON; Also POW i ».Kiv. As this Bacon is needed to supply the • necessities of tlio employee* of the Ordnance Department, at J this place and Riehtitorub it i? hoped that holders , wil give the Qpvermviv'.nt the preference. i F. C. HUMI’Hir.'Y.S, | api 7 ts M«j. Covrti’g Ai.-eanl. and,« or. 13. \T rgssy. FORMERLY. Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe- F male Infirmary, ’ tenders his services to the Cit-t jzeas of Columbus in all the branches of hisprofes* ? sion. , , • , Special attention will be devoted.to the treatment i of the diseases of wamcm. tfc*r Surgical operations performed lor • Fistula in Ano, \ isico-Yasinal fistula. HvdroecKs Congenital and Accidental f'ayiaosis. Varicocele, H<xrac»rvluf..O or Piles, CnUous Tsaous* sable stricture?, False Pasaaftes, Tfcllev-e?or tirib Foot, and contraction of the tinkers. Strab ismus ..r SquiutiV'g. Aneurinu, S'arix or dilated veins. Ptery gium, Catalan and Hair Lip; also for the remov al of all mmoi'. ■ . abnormal growths from an* part of the body. . „ . Disctwc-s oi ths Oeuito-Lnaary System, cotuprsing the dido rout -statics of Ghonorrhoea. Strii-turca, Gravel, Sperwatvirhca. Syphilis. in its, pnnjsry secondary,tertiary and horichtary forms,will receive particular attention. References given when vc, uesired. as.v.'tu as the recommendation of mav.y years practice in Sew Or* , loans; Consultation hr.--. every day at his -t3ee in the Masonic Hal! F- dr.y.froax 10 Wld o'clock a, in,, and from 2 to-t busk >», m. Patients willdo ,»ell io call pr ■ : = ’ • ,o those iotfrs, as before and alter that time will t-e devoted to Tislting pev-mtsfn t he > ity. Afl-tr. • all conamuiofttionsto DR F A ROiSY. Columbus, Ga, ■*' S. B.—Persons from a distance having servants lecturing put-:'. >i . v raedkv.l treat®-r t, will bo provi cd with c, iinu table <*usrtevs. '• tu in all cases will bare V fur ash their own pr: ri-.i ns rrd bod ding. will also bej,. ,w particular attention to the treatment :hh - iidbrent forms of Uleere. Risen* tuikth-ui. tb-mt. S.; iuil «# affections, Syphilitic eru p - tion>. and all •• of mi.- disease.- of . kin.— Medicated Fn: md bicam A•h lmi. us Ibj- !i'. ;*S emil'.n -1 In the he-'-pi 'LI . lv. • ... » America, VjH tors.t a t-avt O: n:;• febl; i'i L -d.lt. SisOfsnaitcr*’ ami M'HE UNDERSIGNED haring coiaiuettced th» * manufacture of tbc nboTo naxncd articles ui i*us city, iu e prepared to fill orders for the .-e.rae. Ofiice on .Ingle street,* f?‘ r , t : JSt Hospital. HARDISON, BEDELL 2 cl. Reference —Mai. F. Vs. lit LARP. Mobile Register '! and A icustaCen- HiUttionalvt, pl.-j r r-.py one month and rend Ml«s to ti»i mar At ts WAITED. A n't ALL comfortable dwelling, rltaatcdlo aeon* <1 VEtmntpart of the city to fcusiccE?. A liberal price pur moth will be paid for *v.cb a place. Apply at IHIS OFFICE, may ,t 0 ti Vol XI. J. W. WARREX & CO. Proprietors •*• "• WABRESt, Editor H EADQU ARTERS POST. \ Columbia, da. May 9tb. 1864. j GENERAL ORDERS, ) No. 12. ; 5 In obidience to Special Orders from Hcttdqaar tert of Department of South CaroLna. Georgia ann Florida, the undersigned hereby transfers the com mand of this Post to Maj. F. C. Humphreys. J. W. ROBERTSON. Cbl. Coiadg. HEADQUARTERS POST, t CoLUMBca, Ga., May 9th, 1864/ Tfca nader3i£ned hereby assume? command of this post. Existing orders and regulations will remain in force. F. C. HUMPHREYS, may 10 lm Major Corndg. CXROUIjAII. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, ] Qpap.iermastep. General’.? Office, > Richmond, April 23, 1864. j All Officers and Agents of this Department are hereby notified that in order to introduce proper uniformity and system in connection with the con tracts executed with the Factories on Government account, and to increase thereby the yield thereof, .Major G. W. Cunningham, Quartermaster, hereto fore in charge of the Depot at Atlanta, Georgia, is entrusted, exclusively, with the duty of contracting in behalf of this Department, with the Factories in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida-, and Mississippi. He will respond to requisitions for material, made upon him by Officers in charge of Depots for the manufacture of clothing. A. R. LAWTON, may 31m Quartermaster General. Adj’t and Insfmctou (tfnerals Office,} Richmond, May 2d, 1804, j General Orders, No. 45. ‘a iff -sr? 7y ifc- VII. The Bureau of Conscription tvill proceed at once to organize into companies, and cause to be mustered into service, the reserve forces in the sev eral States, enrolled in pursuance of General Orders No. 33, Adjutant and Inspector Gencfnl’S Office, current scrip*, Fovthi-; purpose, district enrolling officers arc authorized to act as mustering and in specting officers. They will superintod the elec tion ol company officers, and forward the muster roll certified by them, with the certificates of elec tion, to the commandant of Conscripts for the State in which such companies may be organized, to be by him turned over to the General Commanding the Reserve Forces. VIII, Upon receiving the muster rolls, the Gen eral commanding the roacAve forces will issue or ders placing in commission and upon duty Ihe offi cers named iu the certificates, if competent: and re serving copies, will forward the original rolls, with certified copies of tk«lr orders enclosed io tbir- Bu reau lor file. Ts there be reason to doubt tlm com petcncy of an officer elatd, his qiiaJificataons and fit ne?s for commission will be inquired into and repor ted upon by a Board to be convened by the General commanding In acord&ucc with General Olden No, ?• '. Adjutant and Inspector General's offio<* ‘•erics of 1*62, . - * «'• - * » • * By order : FflicnodO S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector Geuera), Efadquaeters Georgia Resebte, I Macon, May 10. 1364. j G••■acral Orders, No. S. 4. In compliance with the foregoing extracts Uvm General Orders No. 45, Adjutant and Inspector General'? Office, orders placing the officers elected in the Reserve Corps In commission, will bo issued from the©a Headquarters as soon as the muster rolls, and certificates of ejection ars received. In tlio 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 office?, to which they nave been olected. 11, The eloatioas which have been hold under General Order3 No, 5 from these! Headquarters, will fie forwarded to the Department at Richmond; but all olecuoas hereafter, must be held in compliance with the directions in the foregoing extracts. lit. Boards for examining into the competency of officers elected in this command, will be organ ized in due time, and officer? commanding regiments are enjoined to report promptly, all cases, which may osour in their respective commands, requiring the action oi such Boards. By command of Maj- Gev, HOWELL COBB, Commanding Georgia Reserve. Lamar Cobb, Me or and A’ A. G. may 13 flt • Strayed or StoSeia, r BOM tho lower part of this city, a bright sorrel 1 HORSE about 10 years old, small stnr in the fore head, the left hind foot white up to the paster joint. I will pay Ten dollars for his delivery or for any in - i’. rotation that will cause mo to cot him. may loot' SARAH SAUNDERS. LOST. GIOLD SPECTACLES and CASE, bciween the T Quartermaster's office and Pest Officevti Broad street, about 12 2d,, on Monday. The finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving them at the olnco of Mai. Dillard. may 10tt‘ N. J. TISDALE. Sl&stk of* Coluiubtis. Stockholders are hereby notified that the Confed erate Tax, levied by ihe act of Congress dated Feb. 17. 18-.il. on the Shares of this Bonk, will be paid by the Bank. R. ADAMS, Colnmbui, Da:, May 10.—2 w Cashier. mil k SAWYERS, \5 ;uiti -*7, North Water Street, UOBIt.K. ALABiMt, Brokers and Bankers, DEALERS IN €tOU>, SIEVES, NOTES, asid ROIVBS, STATE TREASntI SOTES. MTERIiHVe, HAVANA, • AAii^Af], U**o IWSIIESIIC EXCHANGE. JL iso, • Stocks in all t!i- different .Hnanter-s, '-loops au.l Schooners engaged in run ning the blockade. ASOIfEI EECEITED AAD PAIS OUT OH DEPOSIT. We buy aacl sell on our own account or on commission. All letters and enquiries Jtrompt iy answered, apl 13 w3m Columbus, 6a., Wednesday Morning, May 18,1884. Tuesday Evening, .r-A.—„ , ...in' -rr~-::.-;.~c.rr.. J The Confederacy says, that tho horse upon which General Forrest rode in the attack upon Fort Pillow, was shot through, beneath him, with a oar,rod ball, the missile of death gr.f*ing the leg of the General and blackening it without seriously hurting him, and cutting in two the stirrup-leather which supported hi; foot. He had scarcely been mounted five minutes upon another horse before that, also, was killed under him. At another pe riod of the fight a log which protected him from thejhurricane of shells, was struck by one, and a fragment of timber several feet in length hnriccl against hi? which momentarily deprived him of breath. No man in tho war, wc venture to assert, has encountered more desperate adven tures or survived with more miraculous escapes. Good News. —Wc are gratified to learn, says the Selma Reporter, tha t orders have hdbn received to commence without delay on the road leading from Blue Mountain to Rome, and bury it to com pletion. The iron to be used in laying the track will be taken from roads- of minor importance.— Millions of dollars have bqen lost to the Government by its failure to make this important connection when it was first brought before and received tbe attention of Congress. The completion of this road will place Selma, in direct communication by the iron rail with all the eastern cities. [Correspondence of the N. Y. World.] Statistics oi Il«beiU<>u Baltimore, April. 28. —From conversation with a gentleman directly from the South, I have obtained considerable ibtAfcsTfng #nd valuable information in r&'emtee to the future prospects, of .the South. I give it-as a. com plete statement of the facts upon which the rebels base their hopes ol uirinate success. j Are the Relit h K. hantfexl j There arc two questions of paramount im- j portaiice to thin king men, and particularly to statesmen at the NprtJj, at the present time, j Those arc : What tiro the capabilities of the South ibis year for feeding their armies, and : to what extend have the cotton plantations j and sugar plantations of the Huuth been i converted into wheat fields and com fields t | And second: What is the condition oft lie j stock of horses in the South, and by r.diaf i means do the South expect so obtain re- I mounts for their large cavalry force, and how j do they expect to keep up ihe efficiency of this arm of ihvjr service .' Aware for mouths past of the importauce of the issues involved in these questions, 1 have spared ueitucr time nor labor in arriving at tT.-; truth"conccrnir-g them, and the remits of my' investigations arc embodied below, it will require but a mo ment’s reflection U> convince intcllioreut men that tho ability of tiic Sqiuh io carry on too war; or, in other words, thai tho dm alien of the war itself, depends upon the facts which will be mad© apparent by the invcMunuf-oa of the above qur-.UKm*. It is a fact no means creditable.to the iuteil.'jj'.vuco ct tho coiintrv | that the dtdttsior* ,! t-nc Hnuth ‘5/ exhausted ; i that the backbone of the reliclli -u i.-j broken ; | that tho Southern sotdisi s ;w. discontentcd ; that the Southern soldit-.it; are disconterilcd j and mutinous ; thai the Soufhhas • its j whale available military strength now | in the field for a last, a fina i 'struggle^—should bo shaved, mot by the igncrnni arid anthmlc ing alone, but by men who have some clatras to intelligence The- excuse for 'tho latter-is however, that they only believe what has been set down for them in the newspapers which they have been accustomed to read arid be lieve in ; and also, bc-cansh Hteh Ims bccnllio constant tone of every Federal official, from the President and Secretary ol'State dawn !o the bottom of the list. Fertile shameful and wilful deception on the people thus practiced by iLese newspapers ami this, officinlp, there is no excuse and fio paiiatlon.. Territorial Area m' ■/,■: South. In arriving at- the truth iu regard to the above points it is uecessary' lit take into., cutl sideratipu the vtpst teritorinl extent' oi* the South ; the comparative small number of the Southern people wbo have been wiihdrivwn from productive pursuit- during the last three years ; and the temper and ieeiiug of the South ern people iu regard to the war. The States of MassftehuseU?, Connecticut ajjd New Hampshire, occupy an area of quite respectable- size on (he map. Yet these three States together only occupy an area of 21,754 square miles, while the- State of South Caro lina alone has an area of 24,500 square miles. The great State of Indiana contains 33,800 square miles. But North Carolina, with its] 45,000 square miles, is larger in territorial extent than Indiana and Massachusetts togeth er. How many people in the North believe] that Louisiana exceeds in territorial extent j the Empire State itself,.with the 46,000 square : miles of the latter? Yet such is the fact. The State of Mississippi has 47,<><}o square miles, and is therefore larger than either New York or Pennsylvania. The State of Alabama contains 50,700 square miles, and is therefore j larger than New York and Connecticut to- j getiier. A person who has traveled over the j whole length of the Y shaped Illinois Central Railroad, from Chicago and Galena on the north to Cairo ;tt the south, has some idea of the vast extent of that State. Yet Georgia has 58.000 square miles, and is, therefore, larger than Illinois. And ’Florida, which the I President sent Mr. John Hay to conquer, con tains 55,000 square miles, and therefore, larger than Pennsylvania. Massachusetts and 1 Connecticut, nli -togt th' r Fine by. Virginia is still larger, containing -1,000 square mile-.; and even when the bogus --rftateot West Vir ginia” is taken off the Old 'Dominion is still larger than Ohio. 1 say nothing of Tc-xus in this connection, because, although it contains the enormous extent of 237,00f thou sand square miles (and A, ikereib.ro. Iu g« r ih -a th-e seven great States of New York. Fenasyi- Vitnla, Ohio. Illinois, Indiana, Massa.-nuscttsj and Connecticut, all together,; u practi cally useless to ihe South at present. Area Under Cultivation. So much for the- territorial extent of eight of the Southern States, which, vast -itA, is the least important feature of the case. In these eight States—Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, ADbarou. Florida. Lcuk-i --ana, uud Miastexippi—there arc one hundred and lour millions of acres of land as yet un touched l*y fai im iur planter, to c a\ u.nhiiig Os twenty millions of acres in the sim-r condi tion in Texas. In the eight State abu 1 •’ "nam ed, not counting Virginia, there .uc only fortv-rwi. uoHn.-i: "five '-hundred and rdur-t-r thousand ,;v.kr • r.ltit :i •: -ni this includes nil t bvY< -u-n ;*i.ii;ia:; ■-.- u_ jda n ts-tioRS. wiifl >-n-r. <i 0.: ' i>| ; :i«‘ < • ;»?«- o-ruKii. There staple pr*. iu• ed the attention of ih*- South anvil Ifcol. Ootton Abandoned for Qnuv aptl Qa*tC . . During the first year of the w tr, iL- inexpe diency of raising any more ' cotton, tfnd tire necessity of raising more wheat, (.-ore. beef and pork, than bad formerly been done, be came evident to the Southern people. This necessity became more and more apparent i:i 1862. ar.d caused numerous public meeting? to be held all over the South. The?? meeting* or convention* 1 , for they were usually com- , posed of delegates from every county in ‘ j .State, were always the spontaneous action of j the people. But whenever they were held plant, were taken by the Confederate j Government to lay before tho meetings representations of the prospective needs of the army in the matter of provisions, and to urge that the culture of cotton should be abandoned,ana the culture of wheat and corn, j aud the rni?|mg of cattle and bogs, be sub- I stitnted, vhjerever practicable. This idea was enthusiastically adopted by all these meetings and conventions, and, what is of far greater i consequence, it Ims been practically carried out by the people of the South, partially in 1862, hui almost universally in 1863. The statistical bureaus at Richmond are not yet : so perfectly organized as to enable exact stat- ! istics to be furnished, showing to what extent corn, wheat and potatoes have superseded the | culture of cotton. But the following is an i approximate table, believed by the best in formed men m the South to be substantially correct, and used, indeed, by the Confederate War Department, in making estimates tor the supplies of the Confederate arm}' in 1864 : AT* tiller *o fAfire* Devoted to tie Haiti tit/ <f Wheat. Corn oiid Potatoes. 18C0 1862 ISO3 1861. Alabama i ,000,0c0 1.300,000 1,500,000 1,800,000 Florida 1000,000 150.000 20(1,000 250,000 Georgia 3,060,00 ft 3,000,000 4.000,000 5,000.000 Louisiana 500,000 500.000 500*000 500.000 MisYph 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000.000 2,500,000 N. 0. 2,000.000 2.500.000 3,000,000 3,500,000 ri. C. 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000.000 2,500,000 Virginia 3,000,000 3,500,000 4,000,000 4,500,000 Total —ln 1860, 10.600,000 : in 1862, 13,950,- 060; in 1863,1.1(1200,000 : in 1804, 20,550,000. Sucvtss Attendant on < 'havt/e of Production. The actual production nf the utffive eight Stales in 1860 were 2-1,000,000 hnshfrls of wheat, 196,- 000,00(1 of corn, and 36,600,000 ''it-Te!-: of sweet and Irish potatoes. In 18.62 they were 35,005,000 htisliels or wheat, 300.006,000 bushels of corn, and 40,000,000 bushels of potatoes. In 1863, owing to the inefeasod attention that had bean devoted to the cultivation of these articles, there was raised iu the above,States, 45,005.000 bushels of wheat, 330.000,000 bushel.; of corn, and 50,000,000 bush els of potatoes!. Tho estiioiiieu yield oi ike pres ent year, based upon the numbered'acres actually known to iuiuer cultivation, w ill bo 55.000,U<)0 bushel:; of wheat, 350,000.000 of corn, and 60,000,- 000 bushels of sweet and .Irish point •»:. The cui- UU’c of rice, during this line, which baa always been a jSoutheru staple, ar.d vtbieh fonas a large portion aud ai favorite article .of -the food of the Southern people has receiv ed a proportionate do grc--.- efattvntbm, and the yield, particularly dti ring the year 1861 and 1863, has been quite as large as in former years. Stock of Motto dad oj Meat. In 1860, thers were in th<-above eight States, 1 .'oiit, aruTolu.GOO working- oxqa, bcs>*os an equal numby-r of atcer-j raised and fattened for ihßshttbibles. Dho great detnaad i'or beef for food hs* kept ikuvmtbe increase of cattle. But by the f ti euiions uxertions of ihe nla-nters in all the above States, and tho attention which they have bestowed upon the'rearing of live stock, the above numbers have been pretty nearly maintained constantly.— the. - in 1863, the number of milch cows woii.5!)0,(!00. sirnW oxen and -teovs a little over a n.ilUon head. It will bo noted the.; j say nothinK here of the beef cattle raised either in Texas or in Kentucky or Ten nessee.. During the first two years of the war. a largo proportion of the beof used by t.hu Southern armies came from Texas. And a!though ibis will not he tho case this year, it may ’>•»; so in 1366. if the Confederate plans succeed: aud the cattle in that .Slate arc increasing at :i prodisiynis rate. Large riipplit-.' of both caltie and lu-ija aw <tlil drawn by tin; South from Tennessee nnu Kentucky, ana this will no doubt Cni-tinup to be the- case during this year. Horses add Males in the At the beginning of the war, there were in the eight Staffs pataed above. 986,000 head of htarsu?, aud '73,000 head of mules, besides a miJlion head ot imrses in Arbar.-ms, TepitesKoe, ICrntncky dud Tex as. A large proportion oi'the hor?e-3 in :ne four Suite? last mimed, were pi.ad a available ior ihe pur jtbkcs of the (’nni'ederae.v in Toe loss and destruction of horse? at the South du ring tho war bep.-not been, so great as is generally suijpoaed, a; will bo -een when I come to speak of the cavalry of ifii. Southern a mips. Great atten tion, too, has beta pa-d to (lie raising of erdta: and those that ha ve grown up ‘ Unee 18-00 have nearly supplied t-h» loses snsiained by the casualties of war. The cstituote of the Confederate War Department are that-there are how in the eight 3Liu-» above uanied about TOO,OOO head bfhoi’-es and'l3oo,ooo Jiead of mules. This includes those that are now in the , military service. But tho Confederate leader? do not depend upon these alone to supply the losses which they have and imisf still sustain. They de pend partly upon Tennessee and Kentucky, and partly also upon the North, as will be seen when I come*(o speak I ‘of their- plans of campaign i'or thi vear, which I will do in my next loiter. DRUID. —— -i -. ■ **> ———- TEac f.lit-fVotrs SliclGSiOiiDl. ilia Augusta Constttuiionalntl oi the 1-51 h, (which was not recievec! by us until a late hour yesterday,) says the tinqmrer, had re ceived F.hjhmond papers of the Ilthinsl., brought by hand, and culled from them a mass of interesting inie-lurenae from Virginia. Our space will only enable ns to condense for this ftiorrring's paper the reports of most im port il Ii C O . There was nothing official from Gen. Lee's army, but many rumors, “some of tin nf of an unpleasant character,” but the Examiner be lieved these to! be without foundation iu fact. A telegram from she qnarivrms. let’s depart ment of the u|rmy had been received on the night of the 1 (It h. It. showed that the army was Mill at Spoil.-:yl vania 0. H., and that no disaster had befallen it. The. Yankees were reported to he laying their pontoons aero?? ihe river at Fredericksburg. Great deffiora!- ization iu Grant’s army wo reported, and the country filled with Yankee deserters. A Yankee raiding expedition had reached Beaver Data, on the Virginia Central Railroad. 40 miles above Richmond, where they des troyed the tr;v|k and roiling -;o<;k. and were re p-'-rtsd to be |iiiv.ijicin:; thence t awards Han over Junction! Another report said that the- Yankees, being hard pressed by Fitzhngh Lee and Stuart, wcjre felling trees behind them to slop ptuuui!. and 'niu-kiog a direct march to wards likumojnd. It was ’houghl the whole cavalry foice of Grant’; army hud been de tached and sent around . mYs a demoustra tioc The latest imellinencp from thi? expe dition is the following : The very Jatt >*. news last night (12 o'clock. • that the column nf Yankees said to be m’’eking tr.-m Hanover J unction oo Rich mir-il wa= atJD ver Mills, on tho 3nva<-* river, ■ Kubtccn miietf above Richmond, evidtu.tly de- • termined t<> cat the Danville railroad. There wa noihiog besides iliLs, up fd the hoar of putt: ■ya our'.paper i > pr-vs. We rnriy r’ruvn tbt- Uxrouiaer * Tti- ewifijf force, arc its -d tlr. tin. Hoi f.v, hr. k u land between-t-h* Jame-.. rivei » u suT*; a«* rHi* t‘*t: Jit** savUos. The ijupboate j 1 up dews ik~ i iTC-i?, !-. r ts-?,ag down lr.via Bert iiitfiCK ty tho m<7u;h es the Appruu-ittex, x'.k-IHr.v a.-, hutfi ffi.le? ;pot -::,y m nS'--r 1 ‘w to our sharp sh- (hr?. The ecc-my was:.- u v .-f deal of aiu munition in . if way looking for “grey back'/’ anci masked Latte,i«s. De'cilera are coming in rapidly from the one my on tne Eottthside. They all have their etoric-e to r e!L They represent that they lost very heav ily in killed snd wounded in the battle of Satur day—e-timaHog their loss at from or»e to two thhu-and. i $3.50 Per Mont h They say that great dissatisfaction exists iu their army, and that the ehiet cause is the negro troops, several thousand beiug in the army now at Bermuda Hundreds. They report that Butler caused a telegram to be read to the troops early Saturday morning, stating that Grant had gained a great victory over Lee. and driven him t wenty mlic?, and at last accounts was still driving him. This infamous cheat, contrived by Butler to in spire tho courage of his men. was received with groat applause, of course. , »'m [From ill© Richmond Examiner.] The Fight Hfear Spotsylvania Court House Between Fitx liugii Lee and the Enemy. From n gentleman (one of the true patriot* of the war,) who participated and wu? woun ded in the battle near Spotsylvania Court House, we have an intelligent aud connected statement of the affair, which there have been so many different versions. It appears that the battle opened at Todd’s tavern, about a mile and a half above Fpott sylVania Court House, and lasted ©ominously from Thursday to Sunday. The iore. son our side were a portion of Fitzhngh Lee s com mand, and consisted of Wickham’s and Lo max’s brigades. The fight opened on Thurs day evening, Lomax's brigade engaging the enemy and driving them back some disianec. During .that night, the enemy took a strong position, and on Friday tho fight, was renew ed by Wickham's brigade, (Lomax's being held in roeervo that day,) a little in advance ! of the ground occupied on the day before.— I On Friday night, the enemy fell back behind [ Todd's tavern, their advance being po-irnl j within a short distance of the building. On Saturday it became tho turn of Lomax's brjg • ade to engage the enemy, (Wickham’s being ! held in reserve,) .and the fight opened at on i early hour and continued until 10 o’clock, ; when our forces fell back to tho old lines oc : copied by them in U;o fight of the second day. i Lomax held his position until evening, when | he was forced back by the enemy to the line ; held by us on ihe first day, in roar of a- bavri | cade across the road formed by the filling of ! trees. The enemy continued to pre us, and i here Gen. Filzhugh Lee ordered up Wickham’s brigade and threw out skirmishers. Wick ham’s brigade deploying the enemy on the right of the road leading from Todd's uvci n to Spottsyh anin Cuurt IToose, and Lomax’s "on the left, with Gen. Fitzhugb Lee command ing in person.and passing up and down the linos. He was said to be very cool :uad gs\e . ordei‘3 to his men, who had been dismounted j lor tho most part in this light, owing ra the dense forest and thick. undergrowth, not to fire until the enemy got within thirty yards ofthoru. '‘Then,” continued he, “take good aim. and let them hnvo it, and then 1 want you to go over after them.” The enemy con tinued t.u advance, when Geo! Fitzhngh Lee gave the orem, iu a clear, distinct voice “firo.” Then enaued a most desperate and stubborn tight, resulting in the enemy being driven back. Our men seeing thai th-y had gained the day !j.a?e hero a yell—siw i. as ‘ jvbein’’ only can— when the Yankees broke and ran 010 x-iy pursued by our men for a'tiletaiioe of half a mite. " . - After this, on Saturday night, our 'forces withdrew front Hie fatigue oi bahie. st.d the nflnr'Vfrgiwlp cnvfvlry wcj-e poun-.il ast pipkets at the bariiiiiule for that night. F.aidvYNjh day morning th<« Yankees, strongly reinlprc.ul during the night, attacked the Third Virg-inia cavalry on ptiai, who. before the ovcrwh«-Jj:»- ing‘unriTboir of the enemy. r-tVutiiiucd to full back untlLeapperl-s. could he bronchi up. This.was'quickly done, and tho (iuhi ragc-tl until saven o’clock, wlten General Fitzhngh l.ee, seeing thai hi. force was ino small to ie >isi. the enemy, v/ho were iu very heasj force, with earn Ivy aifu - infantry, 'heg.-ih lb rciirc in the direction oi >'pott?ylvajtla. l\>u.r« House, falling back slowly and ccnteKting ever, 'inch of ground. At tins' cillical juncture, about 10 o’clock iu the morning, a bug - Juree Y»l"our infantry- under General' A inlci .-on, oauic up and succeeded in re{itfl : ifi;- the enemy with great si.lugbtor,” nsTit-ficriL! I:er- ;-'ft(eU in his official dispatch. The ear-up. {V-ught with great . atnbhoyfie-?.' 5 , ■or ho was figlitiog to carry' an ' i'tnpOriaut point—to open 'lds way dear to Frcdbricts hurg. lie m<\ a very large'force--- two divis ion;'- of cavalry and a brigade of regular?, all wider immediate wonuiiand of Geutral Scdg -vriek. In the fights on Friday aud Saturday of Oon. Fit Eli ugh Lee with the enemy, we cap lured some sixty prisoners, among whom wa re some five or six nfficera. 'They report their loss at some three to four hundred. Our loss in the same fights was about two hundred and fifty killed, wounded and missing. Our officers are said to have displayed tho most conspicuous valor in tbis tight. All along onr lines, amidst a perfect lutil of hnf lets, they rode cheering our men on to victo ry. While in the act of leading his men on, with his arm uplifted. Colonel Owens had a finger shot oft'. Not stopping for this, lie de liberately drew his pistol with his other hand and shot the Yankee (lend by his side who had .just fired on him. There is one instance of individual heroism that deserves to be men tioned. in I lie thickest of the fight, when our lines Word wavering, and Ihe oppmung b.icw-i were within seventy -five yard? «>f each ft her, a courier dashed in between them and e-hm-i -d oui'-meh ia their charge. The nume.oi the brave young man we did not learn. Tlie Resat-u Raid. , Headqcabtebs Ist Ha. Cavalry, > Calhonn, Gsu, May ‘j, 1364. j We arrive! herefrom Rome this morning, and iuco our arrival the eoustt-ot and regular f >om iii£ of heavy artillery ha# been distinctly heard up to this t i rue—Tun set. It was at Snake Creek Gap, nettr John's Moumaiu, which lit-;-: a little w ~i of Rt-?aca. The enemy moved this morning, u-.-» ui vjffon? ,G->ng (mounted infantry), ire-) i-m-ur '•'alley, and towards Rc*aca, intendingt,, burn the bridge over the Oostauaula at that place, ar, 1 tear up the track of tbc railroad, but were pronwulv met by Col. Grisby and driven bs- k. They saY they intend to burn the bride-- before muring. I understand that fbeatliana commands at Rc.-ucu. If so, they wiil u t hum the htidge. A train full of soldiers made Us way rapidly to the from this evening, and others, empty, are as rapidly run ning toward Atlanta, Gen. will bo here in turctn have hi* share in tbe fun. He i? cb by. Col. JA-k Hart has returned a3 far a? Rome, from his reofjt into’Chattooga county, but T bare not beard the remits Col. C. C. Crew? commanded tb» defer.. <• of Kooi'- 7. W, T Ex-hangk Pescmld — The Rich tiioiiii - - i.tiiK-i of 9th ha: the fellow* ing im [.or lari; nououneeutcof*. On ITiday, .Judge On id, < ‘..iifeder He Mint? - -\t*enf of Eschanije re. riv.fj -iis p.-itrb !V .in Major Mußorcl, [trofleriog an iliiiiicdi.aie cirhange <»i which Vfitu .iprfo and Hi. Aiken’s Lunding, on the Jastftc* ftiver, was selected as the point of exchange. The prisoners sent down on Friday, aud not received by the enenay, left here yesterday morning. Gen- W. H, F. Lee. so long in enpitivity, r.nd recently exchanged, has been nominated to tbe rank of M'.jor General, and takes com mand of a division of cavalry. i TELEGRAPH ICL iL’Pui'h of ihf L'ic>> :hsofiafH)ji, to Kof Congress in the yea? lu Gie Clerk’s office oi Further from (lie West. Klunli's Surrender Confirmed. From the IVorth. Yankees Admit a Loss of 21,000 In Virginia. &c Mamliau 16th.—Trans Mississippi advices con firm th© rumors of Banks' surrendar at Alexan dria. The Yankee raid reported at Picken's Btaiion, on the Mississippi Central Railroad, ba» turned back, after destroying four railroad bridges. The Yankee? have gone back by way of Yaroo City. Mobile, May 16th.—The operator at Holly springs on the 16th, via Jackson, reports cn eu that the Chicago Times of the 12ih, ad mits Grant's loss in the Virginia fights to be 27.000, including ten General officers and G©o - The News admit? Grant's defeat. TiNOirAHOA, 16th.—It is reported that Powers made a dash on Springfield, landing below Port Hudson, on the 15th, capturing 20 negroes, 60 mules and seven horse?. The enemy afterwards attacked and were repulsed. We lost Capt. Am brose of the 10th La., cavalry. Enemy Y .•• ? ur. : known. Firing heard to-nightin tho direction ol Bayou Sayra. Special to the Savannah Republican. Battle Field xn\n Withevili*, 1 May 10, 1864. ] Morgan’s command met and defeated the Y&u kce General Averill this afternoon, seven rciio*; from Wytheville. The enemy's forco was three thousand —oitr’s fifteen hundred Kentuckian? Averill was wounded. Dur loss small. Yankee loss about two hundred —no VRiso.VEns 1 Army €orrespoader.ce ot ihe Savannab Slews. Bivouac hear Dalton, May 3th, 1G64. Editor of the News: Since nn' last the 63d ha? changed position. Yesterday evening wo were marched irom our camp on the right of Dalton, to tho front, ©bout right miles to the north east. Wo arc three or lour miles from Tunnel Hill. Our present position is on the summit ot a rocky hill, over which our lines pass. The regiment is stationed in rifle pits, in support of Marshall and Col-put’s batteries. The view from this poiut is of commanding interest. A narrow yalltv separatee us from Hock Mountain. The enemy is in tail view We occupy the western and they the eastern end ol tho mountain. A warm fight is nov? going on for the possession oi* the mountain, the enemy attacking. The dischargee of mus ketry are incessant, accompanied with an oc casional shot, from artillery on both sides. At Mill Creek Gap, where the Railroad crosses this mountain, a severe tight is now going on. It is supposed that they will utuick on* position this attemooo. Our nun an- m tuo best, possible spirits, and r< auy ever idhv happen. At present >• listen with c ger interest to tn ■ curriug On tti-r utiicr sido o; t.., that God will give to our urave .n ...e victory Bivouac near Resaca. May 12. A... expected this moraieg, the enemy r.t tackvd us on the afternoon of Monday. An account of this affair has, I understand, been published in the Atlauta papers, in wticu crodit was given tp Gut. 8 and brig ade*. without reference to Mercer a brigade This mistake probably arose from ;fce iaef. tha t Tim two regiments now* composing Msr ••cr brigade,, were teinponuiH. ia Stevenaou's division. A considerable force of skirmishers wna thrown on; on Monday morning Oapt Craven’s company, from our regiment, being among them, lutiu*. iifu-rnpon, -n body oi the vzs my, moving in four columns, w as seen advau ciny down the valley which winds around she root of Rocky Face Mountain. Onr’skir* mifiie-rs engaged them, fighting with great detenuiiwitiou. The) were of course com yelled to retire. The attention of the enemy was then directed against us in The rifle pits A-'daring parry advanced within two hundred yard;- oi our works. The t»3d gave thorn such a volley as compelled them to retire precipi tately. The Spelling' by the enemy becaum furious find- accnrnfe. Their sharps hooter: poured a perfect hail of balls against u -;. Uur i,a;series replied with effoel. The firing waa inu rriiptcd by night- » As this was the first time that our regimeht as such had been under fir..-, it * a an object of interest to watch the conduct of both off: .. ors and men. Cur Colonel was perfectly cool and made all his arrangement# for battle whe iy and well, and was well supported by Lieut Col. Biack and Muj. Alien. The men behaved admirably. The salutation was trying. Tin shells were-tearing up the earth of our en trenchments. The uiinnie balls were .-trikiny the trees or the earth immediately in our rear Bat no signs of fear were discoverable among the men. (Jn tin- contrary, all iva •' ay-„;-ness, ami when the order to fire was given, 'it was obeyed with alacrity, it was difliculf. how ever, to make lhem obey the order to ‘ cease tiring ’so long as a Yankee was in tight. Tin? wounded in this affair, on our side, were eight or ten —the deaths two. Among these we have to lament the loss of Lieut. Readick, of Cos. R. 'fids wu- iLe gallant young office; who behaved so well at Battery Wagner, and who was there wounded in the arru. At th® moment of his death he was sitting down i.:ikiug with Col. Gordon, when a minute bail _uud. him, killing him Instantly. His loss is lii-f-pi. {fit by the whole regiment He bad not an enemy in it ; on tho contrary *be was loved by all—kindly, genial, moral and brave, he filled the lull iq*. u-u:- of the Confedcrsto soldier. Tq his bereaved parents.we tendet our earnc-d sympathies, but they could*not have asked lor him a life more pure or aa end more glorious. That night we 1 iy upon our arms In th* trencb®e until one o'clock. The next morning wo expected a renewal of the attack by the enemy whom wo bad repaired, but o' midnight the ordu came for us to mai'eb. The night waa very dark. la* mountain waa precipitous and rocky beyond measure, We were ignoii»ot of our destination H wa.- a scene of -oioviim. i painful aEd tometlmes in lier us confosion. A wo rescued the valley >■?*? were joined by other regimen ta, which became inici iuiscM with each other—order could net ha restored until dnjlicbt. TVe centi y uejshe nurcr through Dalton until we reach el ;r> ; _ point, which is in three mile# ofßtcaca, thus making a die tanca of nearly twenty miles froui mi in; jat antil mid-day. That night we were pelted bv a furious ftcrm. No one had a tent and every one was oi course thoroughly drenched. Ibo loss of sleep waa a severe trial after go bar 1 ~ inarch, It was made more sorer® by the fact that for two or throe days our rations to officers and men was -mo bis cuit a day. All oftfirba; been endure 1 by tars raw regimens with the cL-sii'lufiii.?? au i ala- rffy of veteran*. Yesterday we were marched to Ro»Aa in esp je t ition .•» meeting the enemy there, hut at night ordered hack to onr present pi: it ion. V/e ..i -now under arms, expecting again to be ov . rcJ i<> f• .• a. It i? understood that -.he enemy *: j- three army corf-- encamped at the racn th Ci Suaße Ur.-.-k Hap, atom oerea tauos Kcrihraet of itwaca. On Monday last & p»r; v of forty ci them cut the telegraphic wire=. Another enl larger h«dy attacked the brigade stationed atthu railroad bridge, and wa=> repnlsed. We do not know his plan?, hot whatever iboy may ho, rest assured ihat we have nv.-n and mind enough to confound and frustrate them. Yours, * OEORGIAN. Why is a preacher near the end of his ser mon like a boy with a rent in hi s trowiers? Because he stored his clothes.