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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of j sg.sn P or month.or ?I<* Or throe month?. No subscription received for a longer for- tAo» f hree month". ADVERTLSDG RATES : Advertisement 1 ! inserted for $2 00 per square for ♦he first insertion and $1 50 for each additional. j Where advertisements are inserted a month, the barge will be S2O per square. ' Announcing candidates S2O, which must invaria y > paid in advance. • A deduction of 20 percent, will bo “» a *' °°* j tdvert’uing accounts over SSO, wheu pro • *' ; mentis made. i Change of Schedule. _. „ . c„oilas'. March 20th, the Trains on 0 thJ n v Itilroad will run a« follows : PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Col embus « 15 P. M. Arrive at .bacon 2 52 A. M. Leave Mac0n...... 0 d5 P. M. Arrive at Columbus 5 00 A. ftl. FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Columbus A 30 A. M. Arrive at (Jolumbu* ...4 3o F. M. W . L. ILAKa., mar 12 ts Supt. Muscogee R, K. Office Mobile and Girard R. R.. I Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1804.) Ti. Stockholders of the Mobile,& Girard Railroad t'ljn arc hereby tiAlmetf that the five per cent tax. ievi.d by the !a.v passed February 17th, 1864, oa the value of all shares held in Railroad or other Companies, will be paid by the Treasurer at this offieo and they will therefore omit the stock heM in this Company in their lists to Assessors. J. M. FRAZER, apl sits Treasurer. .Notice to Planter*. ( am authorized by the Government TO EXCHANGE SheetiugS, Uoiioii Yarns, sugar and osnaburgs for Bacon Sides, SIAM* A All SHOULDERS, for supplying the Army. JNO. J. McKENDREE, apl 18 ‘Jjn Agcni. X,. S. WRIGHT, SUCCESSOR TO ROBINETT & CO., Corner of firoad and Warren Streets, (Multibus, On., MAN T U F ACT URE L 0F Superior Candles and Lard Oil, AND DEALER IN GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE, OBNABURGS, Sheeting?, Yarns, etc., exchanged for Bacon, Lard, Potatoes, etc. Tallow and Beeswax Wanted. It is hoped that the liberal course which will be tdopted will secure a generous patronage, april 20—1 tn “ Notice to Planters and Con sumers of Iron.” WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or exchange for country produce—such as Corn, Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal low, Butter, Wheat or Hour—the following articles, on hand or made to 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 SALT KETTLES—FROM 10 TO 100 GALLONS; SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH, Wo are prepared to receive and fill orders for any sizes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron \\ orks and Rolling Mill in Alabama. GRAY & CO.. apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge, An Excellent Plantation For Sale. SEVEN Hundred and twenty acres, three hun dred aud fifty open, nearly all fresh, in [splen did repair, excellent fences, gin house, lots, gates, negro houses, healthy, well watered, nice young orchard?, everything new , 12 utiles below Auburn, near Society Hill, in Macon, county, Ala.; all con veniently arranged,"with fine outlet and range for stock, land fertile, soft aud easy of cultivation, an excellent neighborhood. Apply at this office, or to Win. F. SAMFORD, may 9th tf* Auburn, Ala. C. S. ARSENAL. I Columbus, Ga.. April 5, 1334. f Notice. I WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON on equitable terms, Stigar .Hills, Sugar and Salt Kettles And all kinds PLANTATION IRON; Also POWDER. As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities of the employees of the Ordnance Department, at this place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders wil give the Government the preference. F. C. HUMPHREYS. apl 7 ts Maj. Cornd’g Arsenal. Medical Card. UK. E. AT ROSSY. FORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans "Fe maie Infirmary, tenders his services to the Cit izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes sion. Special attcuti ui'will be devotedjto the treatment of tne.di'oases of wornew. Surgical operations performed for Fistula in Ann, Visico-Vaginal fistula. Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, Varicocele, iloemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas sable strictures. False Passages, Tallapea or Club Foot, and contraction of the finders. Strabismus or Squinting, Aneurism, Varix or dilated veins, Ptery gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; also for the remov al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any part of the body. _ Diseases ofths Gemto-Lnnary System, comprstng the different stages of Ghonorrhoea, Strictures, Gravel. Spermatorrhea. Syphilis, in its primary secondary.tertiary and heriditary forms,will receive particular attention. References given whenever desired as well as the recommendation of many years practice in New Or leans; Consultation hours every day at his office in the Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock a, in,, and from 2to 4 o'clock p, tn. Patients willdo well to call precisely at those hours t as before and after that time will be devoted to visiting person; in the city. Address all commuicatioas to DR. E. A. ROSSY. Columbus. Ga. *N. B.—Persons from a distance having servants requiring surgical or medical treatment, will be provided with comfortable quarters, butin all cases’ will have to furnish their own provisions and bed ding. *S“I will also bestow particular attention to the treatment of the different forms of Ulcers, Rheu matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup tions, and all other chronic diseases of the skin.— Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous Baths, as employed in the hospitals inlEurope and America, wil! forth a part of my treatment, fob 11 3m E. A. R. Shoemakers’ and Saddler*’ TOOLS. THE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the * manufacture of the above named articles in tun city, are prepared to fill orders for the same. , Office on Angle SfreeLa I few doors abo, o C. ~. Hospital. HAKRIBON,*BLDEx.L &: CO. Reference—Maj. F. W. Dillard, Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con stitutionalist, please copy one month and send o:n? to this office, mar 39 ts WANTED, A SMALL comfortable dwelling, rituatedla a cun- , ventent part of the city to busiucse. A liberal pnoe per moot will be paid for suok a place. THEJOSrXCE. | Vol. XI. •J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors J. w. WARREN, Editor Wednesday Evening. Temperance Hall. IIENRY Al. LAW, Esq., of Savannah, will re peat his Lecture recently delivcrAl in that city, at Temperance Hall on Thursday night, 10th inst. Sub ject our presint “Revolution and our obligation to its Martyrs.” Proceeds for the benefit of the Way Side Home. may 18 td ♦♦— - - Death of Gun. J. E. B. Stuart. —We learn from u gentleman who has just arrived from Richmond, (says the Chronicle k Sentinel,) that Major General J. E. B. Stuart, chief of cavalry, has died from the effects of wounds received in one of the late battles before that city. We regret to be called upon to record this fact. Gen. Stuart was one of our ablest officers, and his loss will be severely felt by us. Evemv in Mississippi.— The Meridian Cla rion of the 15th, tays that the latest news from the Y'ankeea in Yazoo, is that about 4,000 infan try and 300 cavalry were near Beuton, and were intrenching their camp there. Th'ey have brought out a large number of wagons from Vicksburg, and arc stealing all the cotton they can find, and plundering generally. Heavy firing was heard in that direction, from Jackson yesterday, and it was supposed General Adams had engaged the marauders. A private dispatch received from Jackson last evening, states that the YTaukees were thought to be moving from Y r azoo towards Jackson. MoAp.thi kV Raid.—The raid of McArthur from Vicksburg, (says the Clarion) which wo were letl to believe had returned to that city after ad vancing to'Moore's Bluff, turned up yesterday at Vaughn’s station on the Mississippi Central Rail road, between Canton and Grenada. During the day the McArthur’s command 'moved up to Pickcn’s Station. The Yankee troops are variously estimated at from five to ten thousand.— As usual, in this Department, wc have no troops at hand to meet them. The little force under Wirt Adams can accomplish nothing, and unless For rest makes a march in our behalf, the railroad re cently repaired will be entirely destroyed, and the country laid waste. Mississippi is certainly un fortunate. [Special to the Chronicle A Sentinel.] Rksa.ca, May 15, 11 p. :u.—Geu. Stovall and Staff are safe. Chaffin’s Farm, Va., May 11 “The enemy’s pickets do not extend far this side of Hewlett's House. They are not opposite Con’s wharf, as reported this morning, and there are no signs of crossing to this side.” Head-Quarters, Trans-Miss. Dept., 1 Sbrieveport, La., April 19th, 1864. j General Orders, ) No. 18. ’ 1 God has blessed our arms with signal victories at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. The General Commanding finds it an appropriate occasion to pay a well-merited tribute to the endurance and valor of the troops engaged in these battles. Collected from remote points—from Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas —after long and tedious marches, their combined courage has gained, on the soil of Louisiana, the patriot-soldier’s highest reward, victory. They have driven in confused flight from the battle-field; the boastful minions of despotism. In th • name of a grateful people, I thank them for this splendid result. While we mourn for the glorious dead, and sympathise with the heroic wounded, let us take courage for the future. By prompt obedience to orders and patient endurance, we will be enabled to repeat this great achievement whenever the enemy shall advance in force against any part of the Trans-Mississippi De* partment. When the soldiers of Missouri, Arkan sas, Louisiana and Texas stand together in battle, with the blessing of God. we con fidently expect victory.' The names of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill will be inscribed on the colors of the regiments engaged in these battles. By command of Gen. E. Rikbi Smith. 8. S. Anderson, Ass’t Adj’t Gen. State Officers Exempt. —ln anoth* or column we publish a notice of the Governor, giving a list of State officers exempted from military service. Militia officers are not exempted, and only such officers as are really necessary to the prop er administration of the civil government are retained. \We are informed that the whole number in the State is about 650, more than two>thirds of whom are other wise exempt from military service. In comparison with the numbers exempted in other States, it will be found that we tret along with fewer officers, in propor tion, than any other State in the Confed eracy. We have before stated that it is the intention of the Governor, if flie law bear that construction, to turn over to con scription any officer iu the State who shall neglect his duties, especially those in trusted with the relief and support of soldiers’ families. A prompt and efficient administration of the civil government of the States is of the utmost importance, especially under the present circumstances of the country- — Floridian and Journal. Gen. Wadsworth. —This Yankee officer, who was killed last week in Yir-> ginla is the famous Abolition louder of New York, who ran for Governor and was defeated by Seymour. a year oi so ago. He was the great Genesee farmer, and one of the wealthiest ineuoi the North. In his politics, he has long been a dyed-in the-wool Black Republican, and ho has proved his faith by* his works in giving up his life :o tree other people’s negroes, and exchanged his broad and fertile acres in New York for a few square feet of red clav i.v she b •-••ni ©fVirgiuia- He died >. •q«s tin tbol dm h. and retributive justice • haa brought !um. as it k bringing many , of his < lamented associates to a speedy j account So. nuina.h TiepriJkav, Columbus, Ga., Thursday Morning, May 19,1864. TEL2GRAPEICS. Reports of Ihc Press Association. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk's office ol the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Important Horn Lee's Army! Enemy Contractingtiielr Lines. Our Army Stands Firm. Enemy’s Eoss Reported 45,000. Congratulatory Order of Eee Further from Resaca! Yankee Eoss from I*4 to 15,000 ! Our Casualties reported 4,500 ! Battle Field near Spottsylvania C. 11. May 16th, via Milford 17.—The enemy during Saturday abandoned the front on our left, requir ing new dispositions of our forces. This move on the part of Grant is evidently for the purpose of i building up and covering the railroad in order to j use it for transporting supplies. The enemy thus far is reported to acknowledge j a loss of 31 General officers and 45,000 men. They left in the hospitals, wounded, near Church on Sunday, about 700 of their men, and a few of ours. They also left a large number of their un ! buried dead on our left, from v,’hence they re tired. There has been no general engagement to-day— only slight skirmishing and some cannonading.— Las? this evening the Yankee cavalry came within one mile and a half of Guinea’s Station. They also left in our front yesterday 13 cassionsand 21 gun carriages. This shows that they left that part of their line hurriedly. Gen. A. P. Hill was not in command of his corps, but was on the field lending the aid of his presenoe to Gen. Early. Large quantities of arms left by the enemy on the battle-field, have been appropriated by our men and taken off. Our army is still in the best of spirits. Gen. Lee yesterday issued a congratulatory or der to tho troops on receiving the news of our successes in various parts of the Confederacy, con cluding as follows: “The heroic valor ol this army, with the blcs | sing of Almighty God, has thus far checked tho ! advanco of the principal army of the enemy and | inflicted upon it heavy loss. The eyes and hearts !of j r our countrymen are turned to you with confi- J denoe and their prayers attend you in the gallant ! struggle. Encouraged by the success which has been vouched to us, and stimulated by the great interests that depends upon 1 the issue, let ev ery man resolve to endure all and brave all until by the assistance of a just and merciful God* the enemy shall be driven back and peace secured to our country. Continue to emulate the valor of our comrades that have fallen, and remember that it depends upon you wheth jer they have died in vain. It is in your pow i er under God, to defeat the last great effort of the enemy, with a resolution for indepen : dence of our native land, and earn the lasting ; love and gratitude of your countrymen and the admiration of mankind. : Tiie enemy on their lines are fortifying Their lines are now contracted, as if massing : their troops. It is reported that the enemy has destroyed Catharine Furnace. Richmond, 17th.—The Senate ha3 adopted a resolution favoring the 31st of May as a day for adjournment sine die. ! Atlanta, May 13.—The Superintendant of the Press Association returned from the front this morning. He visited the army to arrange renewal of Press reports. ; Our lines are continually changing to meet velopments of the enemy in front, and to prevent a flank movement on the part of the Yankee forces ; operating against Gen. Johnston. It has been understood, and it is now well ascer tained, that tho enemy’s force uumbers over one j hundred thousand. i Flank movements in force on both sides, going on at the same time, one by Reaaca and one by Spring Place and Old Federal road to East Tennessee, aiming at Cartersville. Gen. Johnston has foiled every attempt to flank him. and has embraced every opportu nity to punish the enemy. The respective casualties up to last night, our3, about 2000. the Yankees 12 0r[15.000. Yesterday afternoon, sharp skirmishing was going on from 4 to G o’clock. 3 miles above Adairsville. Yankees were severely punished. ] At the same time, a demonstration was made on Rome and repulsed. Yankee force on the old Federal road repor- i ted to be about 15 miles from Kingston yesterday afternoon. Our arms meets cveryjnew development of the enemy with admirable spirit. Implicit confidence is felt in Gen. Johnston. No one entertains a doubt of the.fiual result. Yankee prisoners confess that the surrender of j Banks is published, in the Northern paper? re- j ' eeived in Sherman’s army. Mobile. 18th.— Warren Adams telegraphs ! to the Register, from Summit, 17th. that he 1 can leflrn nothing definite from Banks. He wasat Alexandria unable to getaway on the 11th Inst, Six hundred men have landed on Mrs. Ack iin’s plantation, moving up the right bank of the river to relieve Banks. The True Delta of the 10th says nothing of Banks, but denies Steele’s capture, on the authority of a member of Congress who left • , Little Rack on tue 25th April. Robert Lee, youngest son of the Gen eral, after serving fourteen months as a private iu the Rockbridge artillery, has accepted a place on his staff. When his brother was taken prisoner, his father offered him a place on his .staff “Thank you,” said Rob! “but I have dis-' eoverd that I have no talent tor Headquarters ’ And ha went back to the j artillery. - •. * From the Richmond Enquirer of the 12th. The Enemy on the Outskirts of Richmond. j Fighting on the Brooke Turnpike — Latest from Gen. Lee's Army—Movements on the Soulhsuh. ■ - ! • ■ The news of the morning yesterday I was the report, started late on the night ; before, that the Yankees, in heavy cols umns, were |n full speed for Richmond, with Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee close on their tracks. Rumor reported them in great force, and the accounts, if one be' i lieved but halt what he heard, made it a serious matter. Report quickly followed report that the demonstration was not merely a raid, but that the enemy was in ! large force with solid columns of cavalry and artillery; that they were marching 1 on Richmond, obstructing the roads bes | i hind them by felling trees, to impede \ j pursuit; that they were but a few miles ! ! off, and that it was doubtless a movement j planned by Grant to “take Richmond. 5 ’ ! The matter grew serious for the while. The military authorities seemed to be ini' ; pressed by the alarm, and aetive measures were at once taken for the defence of the j city. Soon after daylight, the Governor, ; prompted by information that had reach | ed him, issued the following stirring ap ! peal to the citizens of Richmond, which was soon circulated and posted through the city: To the citizens of the State and the People of Richmond : The enemy are undoubtedly approach - ; mg the city, and may be expected at any hour, with a view to itsf capture, its piL hge, and its destruction. The strongest of self and duty to the country, call# every man to arms ! A du ty which none can refuse without dishon* or. All persons, therefore, able to wield a musket, will immediately assemble upon the Public Square, where a regiment will be found in arms, and around which all can rally, and where the requisite direcs tions will be given for arming and equip' ping those who respond to this call. The Governor confidently relies that this appeal will not be made in vain. William Smith, Governor of Ya. Nor was the appeal in vain. In a short time, the entire arms bearing population of Richmond turned out, and repaired to the Capitol Square, where they awaited information from the enemy, before they should march to the field. Here anxiety was on the tiptoe. Nothing had been heard from the enemy since the report on the night before, when they were reported in rapid march on Richmond. In a few hours came the news from the Governor’s house that General Bragg had received a dispatch from General Stuart at Ashland, a copy of which we obtained : Head-Quarters, Ashland, ) May 11, 6:30. A. M. j “To Gen . Bragg : “General —The enemy reached this point just before us, but were promptly whipped out after a sharp fight by Fitz Lee’s advance, killing and capturing quite a number. “General Gordon is in the immediate rear of the enemy. I intersect the road the enemy is marching on, at Yellow tav ern, the head of the turnpike, six miles from Richmond. “My men and horses are tired, hungry, and jaded, but all right. J. E. B. Stuart.” Soon after this came another dispatch from Gen. Stuart, stating that he had arrived at Yellow tavern, six miles from Richmond, the point where he expected to cut off the enemy, but that he had found none of them there; that they had probably turned off on the road leading to Dover’s mills, in Goochland, and adding that his men were “pressing closely.” This decided the matter, and the excitement here subsided. It was plain the Yankees had concluded not “to take Richmond, - ’ and find, ing themselves closely pursued, wisely switch ed off on another road. It was supposed that they were making to Dover milfo with the in tention to cut the canal, and then cross the river at that point and make their way to their army on the Southside. The strength of this expedition of the ene my is variously given. Accounts place it at five, seven, ten, fifteen thousand. A scout who came in yesterday,, and who is regarded by the military authorities as a very trustworthy man, states that the enemy’s forces were seen by him, and that they were four hours passing a t given point. This would indicate that they were in large force. He further states that thev had large numbers of wagons, ambulan ces, <fcc. j Later—The Enemy on the Brook Turnpike — Sharp Fighting Going on. Just as the people of Richmond were reliev ed with the thought that the city was once more safe, and congratulating themselves that theY’ankees had abandoned their advances on the city and were retreating, new3 came sud denly last evening, about eight o’clock, that the enemy had been seen on the Brook turn pike, and that fighting wa3 going on near what is known as Brook Church, only some three or four miles of the city. It appears that j as a detachment of the 6th Virginia cavalry, i numbering sixty men, were on their way out ; with ammunition for General Stuart, in the j afternoon, the enemy fell upon them near Brook Church, and a sharp fight ensued—our i men first taking the precaution to destroy the ammunition they carried, and then pitching into the fight with great spirit. The fight was quite sharpi for a while, but it relaxed in- i to a desultory firing. which was kept up for ■ several hours. The enemy threw out their i sharpshooters, and about nightfall the ene- J my’3 force was increased, and the fight was i renewed. i Accounts differ materially in their state ments of the fight and position of affairs at , nightfall—some report the enemy in large force, while others say that he has but a few j hundred cavalry. Later accounts must settle { this point. The point where the fight occurred is near Mr. Stuart s farm, and not far from the outer line of the city fortifications A gentleman who left there about 7 o'clock, i when the fight was going on. says that from the sound of the firing Sturt s men, (Lomax's | brigade) seemed to be back of the enemy, and ; to be attacking him iu hi* rear. It was re ported that we had also » ••aaiderable force j on the right of the enemy. It was feared that 1 $3.50 Per Month our men were short of ammunition, as that ! which was started to General Stuart in the morning was lost, by capture, as we bare ex plained above. Still Later—The Fight still goes on. Accounts brought iu last night at 10 o'clock say that the fight was still going on. The enemy (put by th.ese accounts at ten tliou , sand,) attacked Stuart near Yellow Tavern, at the head of the Brook turnpike, with great i obstinacy, making several charges, in one of which they to ok one place of artillery and re | captured some two or thrto hundred prisoners —killing a nnmber of officers. Colonel H. Clay Pate of Petersburg, Fifth Virginia cav alry. among others. We inquired at General Ransom's headquar ters last night, but could get no confirmation of this news. They had received no such in telligence themselves, and seemed disposed to regard it w ith considerable doubt. The Latest from Gen. Lee's Army. The public mind, which had become con siderably exercised by anxiety for General Lee’s army, was much relieved yesterday by the following official dispatch from him: SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT HoDSE. | Via Guinea s, May 11. j « Hon. Secretary of War : Gen. Grant's arinyq is entrenched near this place on both sides of the Brooke road. Frequent skirmishing occurred yesterday, and to-day each army is endeavoring to dis cover the position of the other. To-day the enemy shelled our lines, and made several assaults with infantry against different points, particularly on our left, held by General R. H. Anderson. The last, which occurred after sunset, was the most obstinate —some of the enemy leaping over the breast works. They were easily repulsed, except in front of Dole’s brigade, where they drove our men from their position, abd from a four-gun 1 battery there posted. The men were soon rallied, and by dark, our line was re-established and the battery recovered. A large body of the enemy moved around our left on the evening of the 9th, and took possession of the road about midway between Shady Grove Church and the Court House. Gen. Early, with a part of Ilill s corps, drove them back this evening, taking one gun and a few prisoners. Thanks to a Merciful Providence, our cas ualties have been small. Among the wounded are Brigadier Generals Hayes and H. H. Wal ker. R. E. Lee. There was considerable talk through the city yesterday of a private dispatch from Mr. Slaughter, the Mayor of Fredericksburg, to Mr. Elias A. W. Hore, Sheriff of Stafford coun ty. but now here on a visit. We obtained a copy of it, there were many exaggerated ru mors flying around the city ot its nature. Guinea’s, May 11, 1864. I came here to obtain information from Frederieesburg. I hear nothing but the state ment that citizens have been arrested as host ages for the prisoners we captured there on Sunday. There was severe fighting yesterday, near Spottsylvania Court House/ The Yankees, who were drunk with liquor, attacked our en tire entrenchment, and were repulsed with terrible slaughter. j Musketry firing- was heard to-day in the same direction. The news is generally favor | able. M. Slauuhyer. The Enemy on the South Side, It wa3 expected that a reconnoisauce in strong force would have been made yesterday morning from Petersburg to feel the enemy's position, and open, if possible, communication from Petersburg to Drewry’s Bluff and Rich mond. But this, for some reason, was not done, and those who were looking for a battle to be fought on yesterday were disappointed by the tame news that came in during the morning. The first bulletin of the morning was the following official dispatch from Gen. Ransom, dated Drewry’s Bluff: “The enemy fell back last night from their position yesterday, towards James river, ap parently in some haste. Their pickets have appeared in large numbers on James river, in the vicinity of Howett’s and Dutch gap, on the Southside. (Signed) R. Ransom, Jr.” The next news from that quarter was the following official dispatch received by Gen. Bragg, dated at Chaffin’s Bluff. “The enemy’s pickets do not extend far this side of Hewlett's house. They are not oppo site Cox’s wharf, as reported this morning, and there are uo signs of their crossing this side. : “We learn from an officer who passed over ! the field, that the Yankee loss, in killed and | wounded in the affair of Tuesday, was not le3S ! than one thousand, or at least five to one. A | number of wounded Yankees were consumed lin the burning woods. Our own wounded were all removed to the rear. “The latest report is that the Yankees have | gone back to Bermuda Hundreds. On the ! other hand, an officer from Curls Neck says | that the enemy are erecting a wharf on the j opposite siee of the river.” Speare’s Raid Against the Weldon Railroad. We have some further particulars of Spears’ raid on the Petersburg and Weldon railroad. After burning the railroad bridge at Stony creek, Spears pushed oa, crossed Nottoway river, evidently making for the Meherrin bridge and leaving the bridge over the Notto | way. to be destroyed upon hi3 return. But upon reaching Jarratt's depot he found, un expectedly, a considerable Confederate force there which gave him battle, in which he was driven back with the loss of several of iais command. In the the 59th and 26th Virginia regiment and a company of the Hokorab South Carolina Legion, all under | the command of Col. Tabb. had reached Not , toway river bridge, and upon Spears' return : they were prepared for him. A severe battle : ensued, which lasted four hours. ! By means of their artillery the enemy managed to destroy the bridge, but they were subsequently j so terribly repulsed that they had to send in a I flag of truce to ask permission to bury the dead, which they were allowed to do, and then they re treated in an easterly direction on the north side of the river. Their loss is thought to have been pretty heavy. Our loss was four killed, and a number wounded. Amongst the wounded were Lieut. Col, Jones, Fifty-ninth Virginia, in the leg; Captain J. W. Maddox, Fifty-ninth Virgin ia, in the breast; Lieut. Bryant. Fifty-uinth. in the breast; Lieutenant Tally? Fifty-ninth in the shoulder. Spears is reported to have ba i at ieast thirty five hundred mounted men, with six pieces of ar tillery. «* It is thought now that Spears did not injure the railroad as much as was supposed. Very littie of the track was torn up, and it is believed that the most valuable of all the bridges over the Meherrin, has entirely escaped. They destroyed ai! the Government and company’s com and bacon that j they could lay their hands on, after feeding them- ! selves and horses. At Jarrett's depot, besides the depot, water tanks, wood sheds, etc., they burnt the residences of Mr. William Jarratt, Herbert ■ Field and others. They also burnt the house of j Major B. W. Belches, about twelve or fourteen j miles from Stone Creek, kfo mill, all his outhouses : and committed many other depredations ! It is believed that Spears gone back to *nut- ; folk, or ma? endeaver to form a junction wita J the troop? now at City Feint and Bermuda Hun dreds. W},.a‘ Yankee Diners fr<.rr. the Southside Say. Deserter? from the Yankee army "the S,uth- I side continue to come into our line.. I*Ley a:' * appear very glad tv getaway, and priecas to 'fro . very sick of the war. Yosf rday on© cam 1 ? iu a ) gave himself up, representing himself as a Baltl • rnorean. an l declaring he would never have boon j »n the 1 -nkoe army, but lie was drugged with I liquor, and wheu in that rn»pv ahattft bordering ;on unconsciousness. w«, »,Je *„!Ld. The# . “ PwUbly some truth in his story—it is the way ; the North gets recruits far h.u ariuy ' , The fell’s story of their army varies hot litUe irem what we hare already had. Jl c ?avJ that they nave in all about forty thousand men and that Butler is certainly in command. Considera ble disaffection is said to be springing up amon* the troops on account of the negro soldiers. This was so even before the sailing of the expedition from Fortress Monroe. It is said that Butlei shows them great favor, and that they have been given the name of “Butler's pet?." These negro troops are said not to have much stomach for fighting—and just before the expedi tion set upon the river they and their white offi cers got into a quarrel, on account of which some of their white officers resigned. On learning this. General Butler immediately forwarded their res ignations to the IVesident with a recommendation that they bo remanded to their former regiments jto serve out their time as private soldiers. No wonder that Butler should be popular with bis “pets.” The hut,uf i Attach •*>« hart Clifton —/turning of one of Their Gunboats. He have some further particulars of the enemy’s attack on Fort Clifton, on the Appomattox river, in which one of their gunboats was burned and de stroyed. The Fort was attacked on the left by s battery of six guns. Our men finding that their guns conld not reach them, remained under shel ter. and permitted the enemy to coutiuue shelliug until he grew tired and ceased his tire. Soon a fleet of gunbonts appeared in the river, when the fort engaged them for five or six hours, crippling one of their vessels and causing the others to re tire. A party was sent to board her, but before our men could get to her. she took fire from on* of the shells from the fort, and the enemy was forced to abandon her, when she was burned to the water's edge. Making tioom for oar Sick. In Lynchburg, as in Richmond preparations have been made to make room for tho large num ber ot wounded trom tho late fights in Northern Y iigiuia. The sick in the hospitals there aro be ing rapidly transferred to other points, some be ing sent to Farmville, and others to the hospitals along the lino of the Virginia and Tennessee rail road. Tlmtraifls on the Southside and Tennessee railroads have been exclusively occupied in trans porting these sick for several days past. It would bo well if persons in the country would send in anything they’ may have suitable for the large number of sick aud wounded now in the hos pitals. \ egetables ofnny kind, milk, ,lc., wouli be acceptable. Tlie Viper Khuum the File The Yankee viper continues gnawin g at the file. It is covered with blood ana slaver, but these are from his own jaws. There he sits, squat on Morris Island, and spits his venom at the prey which he dare not approach. Every shell which he hurls against the city, costs him one huns dred dollars, irrespective of his armament, the personnel he has to feed, the materia! he has to supply, the watch he has to keep, the sick he has to cure, the dead he has to bury. But he indulges his spite and venom though at his own cost. He inflicts but little injury upon the city. \Ve have heard that a master mechanic has said, that he will undertake the re pair of all the houses damaged by his shells, at an average cost of two hundred dollars. Most of the houses that we have examined, which have been injured, can easily be put in repair at that price. His Greek fire has failed him. He bores a hole in a roof or wall, and in a Tew in stances, where the shell has burst in the dwelling, it has been more seriously dams aged. But the real hurt has been in the an noyance. Families have been driven from their homes, and made to take re fuge in the suburbs of the interior. He has inconvenienced many , but his venom is more conspicuous than his fangs. He pays far more to harm, than we shall need to repair. Without a chance of success, he still knaws his file. He batters Sumter into solidity and strength. He shells a city, the people of which have cheerfully consecrated it as a sacrifice for freedom. He confirms them in their faith. He renders them doubly devoted to the cause —inflexible as the grave; and all for the poor satisfaction of showing how spiteful he can be, and how lavish of blood and treasure to gratify his malignity. His increased fury of late only proves that he is conscious of increasing exhaustion. His resources are failing. His numbers are diminished, and his recent activity is meant to conceal the deficiency of his re sources But for his iron elads, and navy, he could be driven from all the islands of South Carolina, in the possession of which he is only secure under the cover of his fleet. Let him knaw his file at his pleas ure, “our withers are unwrung.”— Ck. Mercury. The English language must appear fears fully and wonderfully made to a foreigner One of them, looking at a picture of a number of vessels, said, “See what a flock of ships.” He was told that a flock of ships was called a fleet, and that a fleet of sheep was called a flock. And it was added for his gaidance, in mastering the intricacies of our language, that a flock of girls is called a bevy, that a bevy of wovle3 is called a pack, and a pack of theive3 is called a gang, and a gang of angeL is call* ed a host, and host of porpoises is called a shoal, a shoal of buffaloes is called a herd, and a herd of children is called a troop, and a troop of partridges is called a covey, and a eovey of beauties b called a galaxy, and a galaxy of ruffians is called a horde, and a horde of rubbish is called a heap, and a heap of oxen is called a drove, and a drove of blackguards is called a mob, and a mob of whales is called a school, and a school, of worshippers is called a congrega tion, and a congregation of engineers is called a corps, and a corps of robbers is called a band, and a band of locusts is called a swarm, and a swarm ot people is called a crowd. The London Court Jonrnal gives an account of a neat April fool day hoax. Some lively young ladies concocted a passionate love letter which wound up with the request that the receiver should meet the writer on the next evening, with a white rosette in his button hole, under the post-office clock. This epistle they sent to divers gentlemen of their acquaintance The result was tnat fifty two young men with white rosettes in their button hole assembled at 8 o’clock the next night, under the post-ffice time piece. Tney saw the joke, and enjoyed it gloriously A QcA?/rxa o? k Mil a ok Printing I'rkss ls. —The number of printing presses now In operation, or ready for use in the Treasury building ia Weahington. is so large that if placed in a line th y would extend a quartet of a mile.