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eoLUW 8 11 vs his PubfP-hbd Daily (Sundays excepted; nt tlx© rate of s4.Coi>(*f worttb. T ?10 for three-mouths. No *ubseriptl on received for a longer term than three e>ontTin. imSKfISISG RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 00' per square for 'he firs! insertion and $1 50 for each additional. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the hargo will be S2O per square. Anuotmcing candidates S2O, which must invariably i>afil in advance. Change of Scliedtiie. AN and after Sunday, March 20th, the Trains on •/ the 11 usCogee Railroad will ran as follows. PASSENOER TRAIN : Leave ColumW r,‘”o 1> ? * H* Arrive at Mawm * •*“’,? A* Leave Mac0n........ ■> uO if. Al. Arrive at Cdiimibus •> 00 A. Bi. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave- CV<lumbti*r , ....d 5 30 A. M. Arrive at Columbus .4 85 P. M. W.L. CLARK, mar It'tf Supt. Muscogee R, R. IMCOcLlc^tJ. IHR. J£. KT S&OSSY. r ’OR Vs SRLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe b male tenders his services to tno Cit izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes sion. Special attention will be devoted'to the treatment of the diseases of womom. Adi* Surgical operations performed for Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula, Uyuvocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymoels, Varicocele, Hcemorrlmidß or Piltw, Callous lmpas sablo strictures, False Passages, Tallapes or Club Foot, and contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or Squinting, Aneurism, Varix or dilated veins, Ptery gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; also for the remov al of ali tumors or abnormal growths from any part of the body. Diseases of thsGeiute-Urinary System, co rap rain g the different stages of dhonorrncca, Strictures, Gravel, wpewnAtoTrtaea, Syphilie, in its primary socoiidj-iy.tcrtUiry and herkliiary forma,will receive particular attention. References given whenever desired as well as the recommendation of many years practice in New Or leans; Couan Ration hours 3yery day at his office in the Masojaifc Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o'clock a, m,, and fro a 2jto to'plook p, in. Patients willdo well to call precisely,at those hours, as before and after that tm- h will be devotM to visiting persons in the city. Address all •ooinioniaat-ions to DR. E, A. ROSSY. Columbus. Ga, X. B.—J’cr*ius from a distance, having servants requ ring surgical or medical treat incut, will be j.rovi ed with comfortable quarters, hut in all oases will have .o fun ish their own provisions and bed dim;. vy-I will also bestow Varticular attention to the treat »i«nt of the different forms of Ulcers, Rheu matism*. iLu.. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup- j tion j , it.- and all other chronic diseases of the skin.— j Medical ! Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous 1 jhiih .employed In the hospitals'in’Europe and • m, will for mu- part ol'my treatment... • m E.A.R. m t mm, 45 and 47, North Water Street, I*lo SSL. S3 * AL/WBAMA. Brokers and Bankers* DEALERS IN lUOLD, BSiLVfi$M, WAWK MOTES* STOCKS and 150 MO S? STATE TREAStfB.Y NOTES II,I.YATC&, A>;?.l DOMESTIC! EXCHANGE-. Stocks iu all the different Steamers, Sloops and Schooners engaged in run ning the blockade. RfOlfEY A YD PAID OUT 6N DEraSiT. We buy and tell on our own account or on commission. All letters and enqu prompt ly answered, api 13 w3m “ Notice to Planter** and Con sumers of 1r0n. ,? \\rii will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or V? exAhnilgo for country produce —such as Corn, Fodder, Bucou, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal low, Butter, Wheat or Flour—the following articles, on hand or made to ordor: 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 40 TO 1(M) GALLONS ; SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH. We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any size Sand quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works and Rolling Mill in Alabama. JOHN D. GRAY & CO., apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge. All Excellent Plantation For Sale. SEVEN Hundred and twenty acres, throe hun dred and fifty open, nearly <i ll fresh, in splen did repair, excellent fences, gin house, lots, gates, negro houses, healthy, well watered, nice young orchards, everything new, 12 miles below Auburn, near Spoiety Hill, in Macon, county, Ala.: all con veniently arranged, with fine outlet and range for stock, hnd fortile, soft and easy of cultivation, an oxcellent neighborhood. Apply at this office, or to Wm. F. SAMFORD, may flth tf* Auburn, Ala. C. S. ARSENAL, \ Columbus, Ga.. April 5, 1864. j Notice. I WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON on equitable terms, Sugar .Hills, Sugar and Salt Kettles, And all kinds PLANTATION IllON; Also POWLEK. 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, aid 7 ts Maj. Comd’g Arsenal. Shoemakers’ and Saddlers' TOOLS. r l' , llE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the manufacture of the above named articles in this city, are prepared to 611 orders for the same. Office on Anglo street, a few doors above C. S. Hospital. HARR ISO N, BEDELL & CO. Reference —Maj. F. W. Dillasd. Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con stitutionalist, please copy one month aau send bills to this office, mar 30 C City Tax Payers, I AM instructed by Council {o (-Use the books for L receiving CIT Y TAX REID Ah >. on the Ist da; of July next. All parties not umk.ug returns b; that day will be doubled taxed. My office will continue to l>e at the store r 11. Middle brooks, on Broad root ■ At. - I. .hOUKt. may 10 2w * Clerk. Enrollin’;; Office Ileinovco THE Enrolling Office haa ocui removed to ttu Lowell Warehouse, up stalra, W. 8. DAVIS, jpw -' ts Capfc. & Enrolling OSlcor. * ife nCs fajiy' ’ \x, . ' 9 ■■**•'. ■* * ifc •'•' **'*3fv "*" -* i''“ * * ''T *» f 1 V/* ¥‘‘Of ‘ '-» *'■'■■*■ ’”t ■* *f- *,J 1_ '..._ ' •'«. • ' " ?V ''' Vol. XI. J, W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors “STOVE MOULDERS.” TW 0 Stove Moulders can get employment at good wages, by application to HARRISON, BEDELL &, CO. Uoiumbus, Ga. Augusta Constitutionalist, and Mississippian copy one motfth and send bills to this office, may 6 lm State and County Tax Re turns. j W. H. Griswold, Assistant Receiver, will attend i in the country during the coming week: At Mr. Nance's Monday, 23d. “ Jones’ Crossing, Wednesday, 25th. 14 Edwards’ Friday, 27th. . a Bozeman's Monday, 00th; On other days at the office in Gunby A Co’s store. JAS. M. HUGHES, TANARUS, Rri may 17 3 t Notice. I am desirous of establishing a Library for. the I uso'oftlie Lee Hospital. Contributions of boohs, magazines, See., arc respectfully solicited. . W. N. ROBERTSON, Surgeon in Charge, may 17 ts Lee HospitaL FRICTION JIATHCI2S! 'j HE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company, 1 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 Messrs. Hull & Duck. Who will be kept con.-tan try supplied. S. D. THOM Sr CO., Manufacturers. N. B. —It having cost mt about $5,009 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. TIiOM. Columbus, May 14,1864 dtf Notice! WANTED at the C 2 S'." Arsenal, Columbus, Ga., Leathei 1 and Hides, in large or small quantities, for which the market price will bo paid. Parties shipping such to the un dersigned will be insured against seizure by\officers. or agents of other branches of the Government. F. C. HUMPHREYS, may 11 ts Maj. (jouidg. Arsenal. emOTOAH. ‘ CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,}. Qp ARTEC. MASTER GeNERAI/S OlfPiCB, j Richmond, April 23, 1.864. J All Officers and Agents of this Department are hereby notified that iu order to introduce proper uniformity and system ill 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 foro in charge # of the Depot at Atlanta, 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. 11. LAWTON, may 31m Quartermaster General. A T ©tlcc, \ N EURO man, dark complexion, by the name of. ft John, says he belongs to Frank Parish, of Butts county. _ . A negro hoy by lire mime of Micheil, of d.irn com plexion, say's lie belongs to TV m. Foster, oi Nash ville, Tenia. , T . , An old negro man by the name ot John, says he belongs to Aiq. Thompson, of Hinds county, Missis negro man by the name-a; Bob, says he belongs to Thos. Cogwell, of Commerce county, Miss,, of dark complexion. A negro man John, says hebetong3 to Henry Vonn of Yazoo City, Miss. , . A negro man Paul, says he belongs to Joseph Lg, of Savannah, Ga. A negro mhn, says his name is Albert, and belongs to Mr. Linch of I orth Carolina, oi dark complex ion. B. N. WILLIFORD, Dept. Sherifi, mayJA dtf of Fulton county, Ga. Hank of €oliimbii§. Stockholders are hereby notified that the Confed erate Tax, levied by the act of Congress dated Feb. 17,1864, on the Shares of this Bank, will be paid by the Bank. D. ADAMS, Columbus, Ga., May 10. —2w Cashier. Office Mobile and Girard R. R.. \ Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1861. j The Stockholders of the Mobile & Girard Railroad Company, are hereby notified that the five per cent tax, levied by the law passed February 17th, i864, on the value t>f all shares held in Railroad or other Companies, will be paid by the Treasurer at this offiee and they will therefore omit the stock held in this Company iu their lists to Assessors. J'. M. FRAZER, api 6 ts Treasurer. Aotice to Fiiuaters. j I am authorized by the Government TO EXCHANGE Sheeting s, Cotton Yarns# SUGAR AND OSNABURBS FOR Bacon Sides# I HAMS AUD SISOMaDERS, for supplying the Army. JNO. J. McKENDREE. apl 18 2m A gen.. GEOGIA INSURANCE COMPANY. At€oiumlui!i, s4«orgla. i PPLICATIONS for RISKS in this Company A may be made to JOHN MI NN. Agent. Office on Randolph street, rear el Spear's Jewelry store Columbus, May 20, 1364. 4®“ Applications may also bo made as above for RISKS in the CENTRAL CITY and PLANTERS and MERCHANTS’ Insurance Companies, of Sel ma. Alabama. ESTES * BROTHER, j may 20 6t Agents. Salt Ssdri?)HtioaNo,9, On Wednesday, Ist day of June, I will distribute j to the Stockholders of the "PLANTERS SALi 1 COMPANY,’’ one Sack of Sait per share, at 40 ! cents per pound, and 31 per sac tt, -xu'a., j Sack* due the Company from the last ■iistribu tion must be promptly returned, washed "and dry or*no salt will be delivered to defaulters. V*. 11. GRISWOLD, may 2QU Dhiributing Agent. | FlsrihL arxui Oyagers .a. i orxßi & co's. may 2*> A-G-fLur-. StockhoMr:- m-' •" : " r ' : " ' -'’ ‘ " ? ■ ■ iilthke ,-ffir . ■■ '.ri. ffi ‘ n ' * the tirsf and; ■ ■■ 'i ■ ‘-,-v ’ They ar n•. - - ' ‘ : ate tax of e per vCra. - p w .. wx i mJIDS Columbus, Ga., Thursday Morning, May 26,1884. Wednesday Evening. [Special Correspondence of the Times.] From tiie Army of Northern Virginia. Camp 20th Ga. Regiment, 1 Near SpottsylVania C. H., May 11, 1364. j Dear Times: Our forces are still pelting ' away at the Yankees with good effect. To-day j is the seventh day we have been lighting and skirmishing. Yesterday we drove the right flank of the enemy back about three miles, when the enemy received heavy reinforce ments, made a stand, and heavy fighting was kept up until after dark. Bast night the ene my charged the breastworks of the Texas Brigade and succeeded in getting over the works, the Texans falling back a short dis tance for the purpose of getting as many over as possible, when they in turn charged upon the Yankees, using the butt of their guns with telling effect; they sent the Yankees back (minus the great number killed and woun ded) in terrible confusion ; General Ward, (Yankee,) who led them, was killed. Seve- j ral prisoners captured in front of Bemring’s Brigade state that this evening four brigades j of negro troops are to charge Benning’s Brig- ■ ’ ade. Our men are in high glee over this piece j of information, and patiently await the charge, j There is no doubt that; negro troops are in our ! front, and when they’do charge I will not j vouch that we take any of them prisoners, j A, lieu tenant captured yesterday evening says ! that General Grant is going to fight us here j sixty days but what he-wilLwhipna. Thanks j to a kind Providence we are in a condition to j fight him six months it he wishes. The-Yan- ! kee loss so far is not less than thirty thousand; j eleven hundred were buried in Ewell's front : ! the wounded on the field, left by the Yankees, j are eight to every one killed ; Longstreet’s j Corps, where they fought, was fully as heavy; j the Yankee dead and wounded were thicker j than I have ever seen on any former battle- j field. Yesterday Sergt. J. P. Russell, of Capt. j Mims’ Company, was killed. Sergt. Henry j Henderson. CoTp’l -John Brooks, and Privates j W. O. M. Whitehurst and Taft, were wounded j yesterday ; they ail ' elong to Captain Miras’ Company, andare doing well; neither of them have seriousWounds.' Private Harris Johnson, of- the' 2d .Georgia,, is reported killed. I have made frequent enquiries about him ; but all I can learn is, that he was being brought out after receiving a severe wound”, when he sud j denly let go the men - attending him and fell i backwards. They suppose that he was shot ; again, as they were at that time under a very ; heavy fire.; as the Yankees were, driving our men back they had to leave him; -he may have been taken prisoner. As our forces went over l the field his friends TnYsdgdilligefii search for him, but- could not find him. lam satisfied Ihe was taken prisoner. Lieut. Cleghorn. was ’ doing well at last accounts. Our men are in finer spirits than 1 ever saw them. They have bountifully supplied themselves with the Yan kees-' -'six'days’ rations,” besides-blankets, new fly tents and clothing sufficient to last them until next winter, and greenbacks plenty, but not so much valued as before this fight. Heavy skirmishing is’now going on, which will end in hard fighting very soon. Send us a paper occasionally. It does my eyes good to see “The Columbus Times’’—a treat they very seldom get. Yours, C. The Difference. —When Gen. Bragg was in command of the army now commanded Johnston in Georgia, says the Eufaula Spirit of the South, and was confronted by a largely supe rior force of the enemy, and forced to retire from place to place to make up in position, what he lacked in numbers, be was sarcastically called the retreating General, and slandered by being called a coward. Gen. Johnston has retreated further down into the country by far than Gen. Bragg ever did, yet he is a brave man and a great Gen eral. G: n. Johnston has shot tea men where Gen. Bragg shot one, yet the one was denounced as a cruel, heartless tyrant, and no notice is taken of the same things in the other. The mention of these facts are not intended to disparage the merits of General Johnston as a skillful and able com mander. We repose unbounded confidence in him in this respect. Wo notice them to show the ca price and injustice of public sentiment. | [From the N. Y. Daily News’ own Correspondent.] Tlie Great Battle in Virginia. ; Butler has Accomplished Nothing—Dreadful Loss es in Meade’s Army — Where is Lee ?■— Where is Beauregard. Washington, May 11, ISB4. * In regard to the operations on and South of the Peninsula, unless my information is strangely at fault, it is evident that Butler has accomplished nothing: that he has been misled by false infor mation in regard to the locality oftk« main body of Beauregard’s forces: that he has not yet met Beauregard: that Beauregard’s troops are holding the Southern defences of Richmond, and had reached the neighborhood of Fort Darling long before Butler’s advance reached City Point ; and of course, were not intercepted by Butler; more over, that he can accomplish nothing on the right bank of James River, even if he has 50,000 troops. The more he has. the worse for Gen. Grant, be cause the latter will need thorn and cannot get them. In a word, the whuie movement on the James River, from the moment that Butler began to land troops, appear to have been so utterly fruitless, that is diffieu tto imagine that it can have been made iu pursuance of Gen. Grant’s or ders. The whole of Gen. Lee’s operations since oar am v crossed the llavmlur-, have been in exact ac cordance with the programme indicated in mylet ter# of April 2i) and May 3. The furious battles 'of t!;t hi h and •; i iostao , were fought where Gen. Leek advantage position enabled him to inflict ; terrible ho** >« hi* army, wnits suffering compar ativelv little hausen. lAe.-rderiy imvmer la which tell havi. k* 6\>- ••?*>•!•» at on Friday night, with jaiHiation ■ uis ..my intact, proves >• au. 1 • in - How H'SCkX: U' . ti.oed ii j, i.jJI. The Star. ■ *;,y» that. usaiiy iit'.eaa thousand ; fur w ->(. and are at tre ericksbarg. lying so . ' :i r Ye -:«•?: mlitt tilt .. - - •• • . duty without trarnp ’ ’ ■' - • -- • • "{’!■ - n*Jf -ii T : - V : - • -if vigorOU* 90 o-jf . . 'r . ma. W. , a-e enemy r‘- x - ;! * i©r. ’A' » . • • i- . < .. - . 1 o 1?. -f :ra:n uT; fc w- ilftd-baoa-dlitf.6-: Q . *■ .1- an ind frhich tuo eaesy hu . . : ’ - t but ->y 9 o'clock in tbe t-. ,r ■ . - c r in r:1 -turshet an i ~ t -wfi ’I away, for there was no enemy there. No wonder j that‘‘no reply could be provoked ” from the rebels. Their artillery bad been removed to Spottsylvania early tbe preceding evening, and all their”troops, j except (be rear guard, had moved off during the | night. reliaMe account of the battle of Spottsylva nia on the IHh has yet reached here: Tbat’it was • a desperate and bloody one is certain. The Ices of Gen. Sedgwick alone is a heavy calamity on ! ot, r side. It is moat likely that after the engage ment Gen. Lee retired to his next defensive line/on | the right bank of the North Anna river. It is be ! lieved here, and it is quite probable, that General I Grant felt himself too much weakened, and be ! lieved his army, too much exhausted to renew the j conhict yesterday. Even Mr. Stanton says plain j ly: “Gep. Grant did not design to renew theat ! tack to-day,” (the lOtfi). Why not ? Now is the ; time to make his victory decisive, if he has wOn j a victory. He had a large c*rfh de rmerre, 38,000 ' strong, when be started on this expedition. Where !is it? For now is the time to use it It is a re served corps no longer. He was compelled to bring it into action on the 6th, and it took a prom inent part in the action both of that day and the i 9th. The idea prevails here to -some extent that a i portion at least of Beauregard’s troops ware with j Gen. Lee ia all these battles ; that Gen, Meacfe 1 has encountered the hitter in his utmost’ strength, ! and that Lee cannot get any further' reinforce ments from Beauregard. This is entirely erroneous. No portion of Beauregard’s troops have been with Lee, To Beauregard and bis troops have been assigned the defense of Richmond, as to biln was assigned tbe task of seeing that the city was prop erly fortified. When Beauregard turns up, it will be at the Rebel Capital ; arid there will his troops also be found. If they are needed by Gen. Lee on the North Anna river, or on tbe Pamunkey, they will reach him thpre. But nothing has trans pired yet to indicate that be does need men. The troops that were encountered by lip tier, near Pe tersburg, wore some troops that bad. recently been in North Carolina. As regards any attack that Butler may make on Fort Darling, or tbe other forts south of Richmond, it will be labor in vain, for he can make no impression whatever upon them. The preposterous story that Fart Darling has been captured, and the obstructions l in the James river have boon removed, is already ex ploded. Grant still presses, still assaults, still strug gles for the prize. So far, he has, at least, done no worse than his predecessors•; - indeed, he has done more than an}* of them. Lin coln’s remark, that “any oilier commander the army oi the Potomac has had would have recrossed the Ranidan, after the first day’s re ception," was true, and the luture will show whether more real generalship would not have been exhibited by General Grant, had he-fol lowed the example i of McClellan, Burnside, Hooker and Meade. But Grant has advanced; he is several miles j nearer Richmond than when he delivered his first battle on the Rap idan.' General Lee; claims merely to have repelUd itiQ enemy in every assault, but with very great slaughter to the enemy. Grant fights, , and is repulsed; his direct advance effectually checked, he moves off on a line not disputed, and because,he is a few miles nearer Richmond, claims the victory. The advance of Grant is the main, but not the only attack, upon Richmond. Butler, with a vast armada, 1 ascends James river, and, landing at Bermuda Hundreds, cuts the rail road and proceeds to invest the city on the South-side, Gen. Beauregard is called up from . Charleston, and, having collected the army destined for the immediate defence of the city., on Monday last broke up the invest? meat, drove off the investing army, and now j holds them cowering within their own fortifi cations and under the protection of their gun boats. The various raids that were auxiliary tp the main attacks, have all been expended, and the damages done have been repaired. Such is the aspect of military affairs. Un der the blessings of Providence, the skill of our generals and the Yalor find endurance of our soldiers, this great and long threatened advance has been checked, and, if not defeat ed, so materially broken that the assaults of the enemy are “easily” repulsed. The country must find much in this aspect ot affairs for gratitude to God and for thankful” affeic-tion to the army. But however promising and favorable may be the present, the end isj not yet; our deliverance has not yet been secured, our liberties are yet to be won. Much has been nobly done, but muoh more remains to be accomplished. ■ - Notwithstanding the success that has at tended Generals Lee and Beauregard, blunders have taken place elsewhere, upon which, at present, we shall not comment, buk to which at a future time we may recur. Let all now seek to aid the cause to the uttermost. For getting, if possible, the errors of some,* let us alt* endeavor, notwithstanding the incubus that sometimes paralyzes our arms, to do all in our power for the cause. [Richmond Enquirer 20th. The Virginia Campaign. —Within two weeks more blood has been spilt in the whole Con federacy than during the first year of the war. Probably 100,000 then have been placed hors dn combat, and of these, 75 or 80,000 must be charged to the account of the enemy. What has been igained by this enormous sacrifice of life ? Butler’s forces are precisely where, they landed when the campaign began, and Cirant’a army bolds a position near Fredericksburg which might have been obtained with the loss of but a handful of men; One wing is just where it started; the other has come a few miles South at the cost of 50 or 6Q,000 troops. The enemy ought to be able* to show some thing for this enormous expenditure; and so he can, for he is contented with small profits. But, looking to the strategic points, it may be doubted whether anything whatever had been gained. Grant is edging slowly eastward, Gilmore has returned to Bermuda Hundreds, and Sher idan is between the two with his mounted in fantry. The indications are that there will be an attempt to unite these forces, and thus en velop the city on both sides. Can this be done without another great battle? We think not. But, supposing it be done, Grant’s position wiil be little if anything better than McClel lan's. He cannot invest the city, because. Lee is on his flank; and, unlike McClellan, he finds the city fortified. The co-operating force under Butler, can reader him little as sistance. because that force will have now to fight every step it advances from the entrench ments at Bermuda Hundreds. It will be glory enough if Grant can place Richmond in even a partial etatexd eeige.— The war fever will thereby be kept up, and Lincoln will secure his nomination. We have small of Grant s success iu his present efforts. The ablest musters of war aml the finest armies in the world have a negative iu this not unimportant,matter. f Richmond Wffg. J7ibl Tas Loss of ras Com. Jones, by a Tor pedo.—A telegram from Fortress Monroe, May 9th, say j of those on board the Commodore Jones, at tie time 9ho was blown up,*Pay* •iiAster Civ'T-Uri W" ‘ rnstnntly killed, Third • tun? Engineer Savt ~:. s is reported to h -«<: bevu kiiici, anc. Pilot Giumvus t\ Moore •o ‘d to-day P«yr--:r» ter Adorn- is too badly w*- iidf dto be moved. Lieut. Commanding r, r. Wade la wonuded. Twnr.ty-yeyeri. vtli > tre still mining. $4.00 Per Mouth J. W. WAISREY, editor I [Specialf)orr*?m‘tmdcsl<tc of the IVttelligeneer.] I* THE Fl2tD NtAlf THE ETOWAH. ) s{rtK»ay night May 22d, 1864. f j CASUALTIES TO-DAY. The Yankee sharpshooters on (he North 1 h*nk of tbe river display considerable nctiv j ify and fire on our men every time they expose , their persons. To day several of our pickets | were killed anu wounded, although the whole ; combined, would uot make a very large fig i ure. VAVDAttSAr. | This morning the Yankees burned a flour j mill on the oppesite bunk of the river. The \ cause of their burning it, is said to be because the owner is a True Southern man, who va cated the place on the approach of the fiends. I also learnedrto-day that they have laid waste the whole conntry from Dalton to Cartersvillc, burning and destroying everything. This would indicate that they have no hope or in* i tenlicn of perniejneutiy occupying the country : through which they march. A sqiia'd of bur cavalry forded (he river to- I day, and Were met by a body of Yankees who I fired into our mon. On seeing them form for I a charge the scamps retreated hastily. Our j men returned the fire, but with what effect I has uot been ascertained. They did not re main logger than hall an hour on (he other side when they recrossed. St. GLAIR. . "I IB * <*■ . North Georgia.- —We have heard of no movement on the part of the Army of Tennessee since our last issue, nor on the part of the enemy. . The former is lying quietly upon it# oars at or near Altoona, while the latter is still on the North side of the Etowah. Madam Rumor, who came down on the Goober Train Sunday morning to look after things in the rear, 4old us confiden tially that Shermaji wa# throwing up fortifications and digging entrenchments at Kingston. Subsequently she came up to say that she had been laboring under a mistake (a very uqusual thiD« with her), and that Sherman was doing nothing of the sort. She lias returned to the Front, and will be back on the 4 o’clock train this afternoon, with a fresh invoice of facts. If they are worth the trouble and expense of the enterprise, we shall have put in type for our issue of to morrow morning.— Atlanta Register, 24 1\ Why the Yaxkee3- Woji't Prison ers.—Wo must now have a large excess of, prison ers. Thera are 15,000 at Camp Sumter .alone, and it is said that 12,000 more will be Sent there as fast aa transportation can ba furnished. In the Tranrt- Mississippi Department there* must be all of 20,000. There are S or 40,000 at Danville, Virginia, and 4 or 5,000 at Richmond and other points, making over 50,000 in all. The Wilmington Journal says: “The Yankees deciiae carrying out the cartel for the exchange of prisoners, alleging various plausi ble pretexts as the grounds of their refusal to fulfill their obligations, but being in reality influenced by one overruling consideration. The Confederates who are prisoners in the hands of the Yankees are in for the war, and their exchange would be simply their return to their regiments or commands, which would be tantamount to re-inforcing the Confeder ate armies to the extent of the numbers exchanged. On the other liand, the times of set vice of the groat majority of the Yankees who are prisoners in the hands of the Confederates have expired, or will soon expire, and few or none of the veterans re-enlist. — The return of their prisoners would afford the Yan - kees nothing with which to offsolt the advantages which the Confederates would derive from the re turn of theirs. It is true that good faith and hu manity alike call for the continuance of the ex . change, but what care Lincoln and Company for the sufferings of their own, much less of ours, when an idea of supposed interest orpoliw overrides the suggestions of good faith and humanity. Their own men may rot in prison since they wiil not rc-enlist. They care only for them as soldiers, especially as so many of them are foreigners. Accident on the Danville Rail Road—Six Persons Killed and Several Wounded.— About 2 o’clock, yesterday morning, an accident occurred on the Danville rail road, by which six persons were killed and several wounded. It appears that on Monday a number of soldiers and citizens of Dan ville organized themselves into a body for the pur pose of resisting any advance which it was reported the Yankee raiders were making upon that place. On Tuesday afternoon a large cannon was placed upon a coal car, which was placed in charge of a de tachment of soldiers and run up to and upon the west end of the Staunton river bridge, so as to pre vent its destruction by the raiders or them from crossing. Not knowing anything of this obstruction, about 2 «’clock yesterday morning a freight train, loaded with Government corn, on its way to this city, came in contact with the car which had been placed on the bridge for its protection, and, knock ing it from the track, precipitated it into the river below, a distance of about thirty feet, killing out rightsix soldiers and wounding several others. They hailed from South Carolina, and were under the command of Col. Miller, of that State. The centre cord of the bridge was broken in two and some por tion of the west end was carried down by the severe concussion which ensued. Six cars, it is reported, fell through and were entirely demolished, but the engine, (“Gazelle,”) probably lodging on one of the abutments, was not seriously damaged. The place at which the accident took place is about ninety-five miles from this city, and only a short distance from Danville. We are informed that workmen are al ready engaged in repairing the damage to the bridge and that the interruption to communication, be tween this city and Danville, will only be for a few do,Yß.—Richmond Dispatch, 19*A. Siege of Charleston. ski •ee Hundred and Nineteenth Day. The demonstrations of the enemy since our last report have been expected for several days past. These movements are, however, believod to be mere feints to cover their real weakness. Two desert ers belonging to the 41st New York Regi ment,’ stationed on Folly Island, came into our lines last week, and reported that an expedition against James’ Island had been projected, and that an attack might be expected the first favorable uight. The plau, as they learned, was for the light draft gunboats and Moni tors to go up Stono and Schooner Creek as high as the depth of water would ads mit. They were then to shell the island, while the .troops in large barges landed under cover of the boats at or near Grim ball’s or Legare’s plantation. The desert ers also stated that there were only about eleven, hundred effective men* on Folly Island, under the command of Brigadier General Schimmelfing. Great dissatis faction existed among the troops, the greater majority of v> horn were foreign ers and substitutes, whose terra of ser vice expires in June. They had been promised seven hundred to a thousand dollars bounty, which had not yet been paid. tictuuuitelfißg was afraid Jto trust his own men, very seldom left his tent, and kcr* a body guard of ab-ut sixty # .* Saki Jay .evening the .-nen.-y’s ,run boats commenced shelling Fc-e-oSipnroie, which was kept un abi.--.il *. 1 * ? , : rs. During the night - force of iao*ve«3 landed and oceupn. x Battery ;*nu Goat lsla&£ The shell. of Sooeeshavitie v,- v. v. nuv early hunduy m•? -he. tiring being -very heavy rtind .>uf citizens from their slumbers. The news wm soon received that the Yankees had crossed, the causeways and advanced oa our lines at tlegnre’s with* the evident de* shift of capturing our pickets. The force <4 t!io enemy is bolie-.*. and tu i*«ve bee a I from eight hundred to one thousand i strong'. They were first met by Captain ! Humbert, of the 2d 8. C. Artillery, ami atterwaiiw Ly tfi e yrholc 0 f Major Mani i pultV battalion. A SUp ensued, in which five of oiir men were wounded, i one seriously. The enemy’s loss is re ported much greater than ours. * Major f Manigault we learn had a horse shot un* {tier him. The following dispatch was received at HeiuKQuarters : Battery No. 2,9, A. M,, May 22, A Reoeived at 10, 10, A. M., via V l Royal House, James’ Islaud. ) ! Captain. JTUlden A. A. G. i I have just returned from the picket. The enemy have retired, except a few skirmishers, out of sight in the direction of Battery Island. Major Manigault, commanding picket, had a spirited fight with them. Our men behaved liadsomely. Five of our men were wounded and two missing. The enemy were held in check at GrhnbaH’s cause-way and could not advance. A deserter who came in during the fight says there were parts of seven regiments. Major Manigault says he saw two full regiments. I think it was only a reconnoissance in force, and an attempt to cut off our pickets. (Signed) W. B. TALLIAFERRO, Brigadier-Gen. A late dispatch says the enemy retired at three o’clock Sunday afternoon. Last evening all was again quiet. : '-Three shots were only fired at the city Sunday. Several of the enemy’s barges renewed their attempts" to cut the telegraph be tween Fort Sumter and Fort Johnston Saturday night,’ but returned without effecting their object. There has been no change in the fleet. [ Courier 23 d. The Chronicle and Sentinel, in its anx iety to catch at anything which bears the semblance of approval of Vice-President Stephens’ unfortunate speech atMilledge* ville, has announced, with a very loud flourish of trumpets, that a little new born paper in North Carolina has “re* published the speech of our worthy Vice- President in full with remarks.” If this interesting fact affords any consolation to the Chronicle and Sentinel, we have no disposition to diminish, by one crumb, the comfort to be derived from so scanty a crust. It is natural it should And satis faction in the discovery, that even one* paper, however youthful, does not join in the otherwise unanimous verdict ol dis> approval of Mr. Stephens’ effort to array his own State in opposition to the Gov i eminent of which he is the second officer, f And had the Chronicle and Sentinel coin* fined itself to rejoicing, however extrava gantly, over the acquisition of its new ally/ we should have made no remark. But it has done more. It has presumed, by attributing base and sordid motives, to assail these journals which, in the exercise of their right of opinion, have thought proper to animadvert in terms of censure on the course of the Vice-President. We ; are not willing to pass unnoticed this ini j suit to Southern editors by imputing to them the motives which control the ac tion of the Yankee journalists. The Chronicle and Sentinel should learn that the ethics which prevail in Bridgeport, Connecticut, are not those which govern Southern gentlemen; that the opinions entertained and expressed by Northern journals are not the same marketable commodity that they are in Yankeedom; and that Yankee morals, Yankee practices, and Yankee manners, are quite as abhor rent to Southern men*as Yankee ment. Before the editor of the Chronicle d> Sentinel ventures again to apply the terni3 “subsidized” and “bought up” presses to the Richmond and other Southern jour nals, all of which are edited by gentlemen ! born and nurtured on Southern soil, wo | advise him to allow the gloss to wear off | the coat in which he left New England, and to let his memory of New England, oustoms become less vivid and controlling in his estimate ot the conduct of those with whom it is Ms present good fortune to be associated.— Atlanta Register. Distances on the State Road.— The following table of distances on the State Rood will be valuable for NUMBAR OF MILES FROM Atlanta to Vining 8 Vining to Marietta 12 Marietta to ‘Acwortb 15 Acworth to Altoona 5 Altoona to Cartersville.." 1 Cartersville to Cass 5 Cass to Kingston— 7 Kingston to Adairsville 10 Adairsville to Calhoun. 9 Calhoun to Rassaca 4 Rasaca to Tilton 9 Tilton to Dalton 9 Dalton to Tunnel Hill *...... 7 Tunnel Hill to Ringgold 8 Ringold to Chickamauga lo Chickamauga to Boyce 5 Boyce to Chattanooga 5 Rome, by Railroad, is seventeen miles west of Kingston. The above distances we take from Dins moro’s Railroad Guide, published in 1860. Love Undiminished by Amputa* tion.- — There is, a most affecting and thrilling story told in illustration of our theme says an exchange, of Commodore Barclay, ‘who fought the battle of Lake Erie against Perry. He was eugaged to be married to a fine English girl. At Trafalgar, with Nelson he had lost an arm. At Lake Erie he lost a On returning to England, feeling ins condi tion. vevv acutely, he sent a friend to m betrothed to tell her that, under the cir cumstances in which he found unasoif he considered her released Uom an engage ments to him. . . •j'jie lady heard the message, then said id the friend: “Edward thinks I may wish our engage tnen. to bo nrskon Deenu.'O Oi tunes, Oi’-g-j tip t foil b'’a that lie onty brings back to England body euough t® hold the seal he carried itw&y with U.niy I’d marry him ” II I-