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CQLUMB' ,S i'lM-K Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate <*f 14.00 per month, or $lO for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than krce month*. ADVERTISING RATES : Advertisements inaertod for $2 00 per square for ♦be first insertion and $1 50 for each additional. Where Advertisements are inserted a month, the ;harge will be $2) per square. Announcing candidatess2o, which must invariably paid in advance. Change ol Schedule. AN and after Sunday, March 20th. the Trains on * * the Muscogee Railroad will run f>llo s . PASSENGER TRAIN: Loftvc Columbus .G 15 P. M. Arrive at Macon * ~ rf* Leave Mac0n...... uo r. m. Arrive at Columbus .....5 00 A. M. FRETGIIT TRAIN : Leave Columbus. .5 30 A. M, Arrive at Columbus 4 35 P. hi. W.L. CLARK, mar 10 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. Medical Card. DU. £. A. ROSs¥. FORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe- L male Infirmary,” tenders his services to the Cit izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes sion. Special attention will be devoted to the treatment of the diseases of womem. fltr* Surgical operations performed for Fistula in Ano, Vidieo-Vaginal fistula, Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, Varicocele, Haemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas sable strictures, False Passages, Tallanesor 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 all tumors or abnormal growths trout any par’ of the body. Diseases of thsGenito-Urinary System, comprsing the different stages of Ghonorrhoea, Strictures,* Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary secondary,tertiary and heriditary forms,will receive particular attention. Reference# given whenever desired as well as the recommendation of many yeaw praofciuoiu New Or leans; CodSurtiilion hours every day at his office in tlw Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock a, in,, anu f|p:u 2to 4o’clock p, :n. Patients willdo woll to call precisely at those hours, as before and after that time will be devoted to visiting porsonsln the city. Addros? all"Commuications to DR. E..A. BOSSY. Columbus. Ga, B.—Persona from a distance having servants reqirring nurfcical or medical treatment, will be provi ed with comfortable quarters, but in all cases' will have io furnish their own provisions and bed ding. 4WI 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 in Europe and America, wifi form u part of my treatment. fob 1.1 tm E. A. R, “ Notice to Planters and Con- Htitnei'g of Iron.” WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or exchange for country produco—such as Corn, Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal low, Butter, Wheat or Flour—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 40 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 Works and Rolling Mill in Alabama. JOHN D. GRAY & CO., apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge. Notice to Planters. 1 urn authorized by the Government TO EXCHANGE Sheetings, lot ton Yarns, SUGAR AND OSNABURGS FOR Bacon Sid.es, HAYS* AND SMOULDERS, for supplying the Army. JNO. J. McKENDREE, apl 18 2m Agent. FRICTIoFIUATfICEI! r J”IIE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company, 1 havo 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 Sc Duck, who will be kept constantly supplied. S. D. THOM &CO., Manufacturers. N. B.—lt having cost me about $5,000 in the past eighteen months, above receipts, to learn how to make good matches, tbo public can now rely on get ting a superior article. S. D. THOM. Columbus, May 14,1864 dtf Notice ! WANTED at the C. S. Arsenal, Columbus, Ga., Leather and Hides, in large or small quantities, for which the market price will be 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. Corndg. Arsenal. “STOVE MOULDERS.” TIV 0 Stove Moulders can get employment a good wages, by application to HARRISON, BEDELL & CO. Columbus, Ga. Augusta Constitutionalist, and Mississippiar copy one month and send bills to this office, muy 6 1 m Jfotice. I am desirous of establishing a Library for the use'ofthe Lee Hospital. Contributions of books, magazines, Ac., are respectfully solicited. W. N. ROBERTSON, * Surgeon in Chargo, may 17 ts Lee Hospital. i .S. ARSENAL. > Columbus, Ga.. April 5, 1864. ) | C I WISH TO FOR BACON on equitable terms, Sugar Mills, Sugar and Sali Kr files. And all kinds PLANTATION IRON; Also POWDER. As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities Os the employees of the Ordnance Department, at this place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders snl give the Government the preference. , „ F. n. HUMPHREYS. & P' •ts Maj. Comd'g Arsenal. Shoemakers' ai&cl Saddlers’ TOOLS. r jpHL UNDERSIGNED having commenced the ,lcUtfe J °! t^, a ' >0 7 e named articles in this Cl .^A: aro f' re \ >ar e«A to fill orders for the same. Office on Angle street, a few doors above O S Hospital. . HARRISON,.BEDELL | CO. Reference —Maj. F.\V. Dillard. Mobile Register, Mississippiau and Augusta Con stitutionalist, please copy one month and send bills to this office - , mar 31* ts City Tax Payers, I AM instructed by Council to close the books fo receiving CITY TAX RETURNS, on the Ist da; of July next. XU parties not making returns l> : that day will bo doubled taxed. -*»/ My office will continue to be at the store V H. d/iddlebrooks, ou Broad street. M. M. MOORE, “ay 19 Jw Clerk. Notice. M ?l Ajr ' **• PENNING is my duly author ■ ° Kt * ,r the transaction and settlement Jones, deceased,^ oer 0eralU * th ° toUi * o£C ° l ' Se » b<,rL r , , , c SEABORN J. BENNING Columbus. May 9. mi. l m Adm'r. "•*, , * .' ' V r -V*' . ~ f- v " i - * * r ' IB » Vol. XI. J. W. WARREN A CO. Proprietors. CATALOGUE SALE OF lIWK SWISS, ts, it -AJT AUOTIOIT. 81 BELL & CHRISTIAN. On TUESDAY, 21st day of June next, at 11 o’clock, in front of our store, Sa vannah, Ga,, The following invoices— -2 puncheons Genuine Holland Gin, 105 gals each 1 do Pure Bourborn Whiskey, 110 gals. 10 eases Pure Jamaica Rum, 100 gallons each 14 bbls do Bourbon Whiskey, 40 do do 16 chests Preston’s fine Scotch Whiskey 25 cases London Dock Gin 75 boxes do do Port Wine 1 bb! Scotch Whiskey 1 bbl, 4 dozen, Old Rye Whiskey 10 doz Duff Gordon’s Old Brown Sherry 20 doz Superior Old Rye Whiskey 5 bbls do do do 2 bbls Jamaica Ruin 20 cases Holland Gin 10 cases Cognac Brandy 1 bbl Holland Gin 2 bbis Cognac Brandy 30 bbls Machinery Oil 50 pieces Alex Collie’s Mourning Prints 40 do do do Dark Ground Prints 2 cases Bleached Long Cloth 20 cases Blue Mottled Soap 10 boxes Chemical Works Soap 20 boxes English do 323 yards Bunting 46 pairs Iron Clad Shoes 30 pairs Misses’ Gaiters 2 boxes Borax Half-bbi Washing Soda 25 doz Fine Tooth Combs 10 kegs Bi Carbonate Soda 3 boxes London Double Crown Yellow Soap, 106 pounds each 8 boxes White Cocoa Nat Soap 22 boxos London bright Yellow Soap 4 pieces seal skin coating 82 yards. 4 pieces Double Width Grey Cloth. Terms—ln New Currency or its equivalent, or approved endorsed notes at 60 days with interest Catalogues will ba ready by the 15th of June next. may 28-til 18th june CARGO SALE. BY .JAMES ML TAILOR. 0a Wednesday ♦ Juae 15th* COMMENCING at 9 o’clock, will be sold in my store, corner of Broad and Campbell streets, Augusta, Ga., a desirable assortment of Goods im ported in steamer Hansa and other vessels, consis ting in part of — 10 cases—Foolscap Paper ; Letter Paper, Ruled; Note Paper Ruled ; Buff. Cream and White Envelopes; Large Yellow Wove Post Paper; Thiu“Cream Laid Post Paper. 50 cases —Light Fancy Prints; Dark Fancy Prints; Madder Fast Color Prints ; Black and White Prints ; Chintz and Shirting Prints ; Purple and Lavender Prints. 5 cases —Earlstoa Ginghams ; Solid Checked Ginghams ; Plain and Fancy Ginghams. 21 eases—36 in. Bleached Shirtiug; Fine Cambric Shirting ; 33 inch Long Cloth ; 40 inch Pillow Case Cotton. 1 case—Printed French Lustres. 8 cases—lrish Linen Fronting; 100 inch Linen Sheeting; Inch Shirtiug, Linen. 6 cases—Organdie Muslins; , Fancy Printed Muslins ; Black and White Muslins ; 1 case—Expansion Skirts. 10 cases—Madder Square Handkerchiefs ; Medium Madder Handkerchiefs; Cochineal Handkerchiefs ; Printed Turks; Red Handkerchiefs ; Cambric Handkerchiefs. 5 cases—Ladies’ white Cotton Hose : Mens’ Half Hose. « 2 cases—Black Alpacas. 1 case—Crepe Moietie ; 1 case—6-4 Fancy Cassimeres; 3 Bales —Red Flannel ; Magenta and Plaid Fia; uel. 2 cases—Union Stripes. 10 casos—Best Sewing Needles ; Hair Pins, Crochet Needles : Spool Cotton, Pen Holders. 2 cases—English Pins. 4 cases—Bone Buttons ; Looking Glasses. 5 cases —Pocket Knives : Table Cutlery ; Shoe Hammers, Pincers, Ac. 1000 pair—Leaf Cotton Cards. 40 cases—Straw Hats ; Super White Felt Hats; Youths’ Hats and Caps ; Wool Hats, super. 4 barrels—Best Writing Ink ; 20 kegs—Bi-Carbonato Soda ; 50 cases—Super Brandy ; 25 cases “Old Tom” Gin . 10 cases—Spafkling Champagne 25 eases—Ale and Porter : 3 barrels-Whiskey; 30 bags—Sifted Black Pepper ; 5 chests—Oolong Tea. 5 bags—P.io Coffee: 5 bags-Prepare! Chicory. 40 eases-Assorted Drugs ; 5 kegs-S!‘> lb. nett Cream Tartar, warranted pure: 1> kegs-112 lb. each, Eng. Epsom Salts, asst’d : 25 drums-1000 lb. Bals. Copaiva. strictly pure In cases-Ladies an i Mens* Shoes ; 10 dor. —Patent Leather. ALSO. 50 Aii-rs—4 -1 11 tvwa Sheetings; 7-> Brown Sheetings; 7-8 Brown Drillings. Conditions, cash on delivery, may 23-ltk JAMES If. TAYLOR. Columbus, Ga,, Tuesday Morning, May 31,1864. Holiday Evening. [extract.] Headquarters Post,\ Columbus. Ga., May 27, ’64. / Special Orders, 1 No. 6. | * * * * * I. Major Dillard, Q. M.. will, as soon as practi cable, contract with a reliable undertaker to fur nish the regulation coffin and grave for soldiers dy ing in Hospital at this Post, the undertaker to com plete the burial and furnish the head and foot boards, on the former of which shall be neatly let tered the name, rank, company, regiment, and date of death of the deceased, and to keer a register on which the same shall be entered with a number corresponding with the grave. 11. The undertaker will receive his orders from the Senior Surgeon in charge of Hesitate, who will determine the hour for burial and notify the Post Chaplain of the sa .no in writing. *■ * * * k By order Maj. HUMPHREYS, Csas. Wood, A- A- G. F. W. DILLARD. Major & Q M. Quartermaster’s Office, Columbus, Ga., May 27, 64. Proposals wiil bo received by me in writing at my office till Tuesday next for the performance of the above duties. Bond and good security will be re quired. F. W. DILLARD. my2B d3fc Major & Chief Q. M. Well Deserved Promotion. —We are pleas ed to learn, (says the Richmond Whig,) that, at the instance of the Generai commanding the Trans-Missi3sippi Department, Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor has had conferred on him the rank and title of Lieutenant General.— For the last eighteen months General Tay lor has conducted operations in that* de partment with an energy, ability and success equalled by few or our Generals. His recent campaign against Banks must be considered one of the most brilliant and triumphaht of the war. The country will consider his new distinction well won and worthily bestowed. ♦ ♦ » i Capture op Arms. —Col. Baldwin, chief of ordnance for the argiy of Gen. Lee, informs the'Richmond Enquirer that we have already secured eighteen thousand Yankee muskets on the battle-fields in Spottsylvania and four thousand in Chesterfield, in addition to five pieces of artillery, including three 20-pounder parrotts and two napoleons. ♦- +i > Results in Virginia. —The Richmond Dis patch of the 24tli states that General Lee .has received the reports of all his generals up to the 13th. His entire loss—killed, wounded and missing—can be covered by a figure not exceeding 14,000. Grant has lost five to his one, and the inequality originally existing, has almost been overcome. ♦ ♦ » . ——— Recaptured. —Three Yankees who escaped from Danville several weeks since, says the Petersburg Express, were recaptured near Bonsacks in Roanoke county, on Friday la3t. They were endeavoring to make their way to Lewisburg when they were overhauled. * The Late Gen. Stuart. —The circumstan ces of the death of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, as narrated to us, are a3 follows: “His troops had been nearly overwhelmed, and he dashed to the frdnt to rally them for the fight. At this juncture, he saw a Yankee private sharp shooter take deliberate aim at him and fire.— The ball penetrated his abdomen, and the General was borne from the field. One of the most splendid charges of the war was (he re sult, and the enemy, were reputed with great loss. He was carried io the house of his brother-in-law. Dr. Brewer, and on examina tion, the wound was pronounced fatal. He expressed the hope that having been a perfect ly temperate man, with a good constitution, he might survive, but was informed that there were no prospects of his recovery. He then requested that every means should be taken tojieep him alive until the arrival of his wife, but all measures failed, and the gallant spirit departed the body that had so often been in : van of victorious columns, about an hour and a half before her arrival. Harrow Escape of Burnside in tlie Battle of Wednesday. A correspondent with the Ninth Army Corps, near Spottsyivania, under date of May 18, 10 p. m.. gives the following account of the narrow escape of Burnside, the Barber: General Burnside at this time occupied a little knoll in the rear of Roemer’s battery as corps headquarters. The very first shots from the rebel guns flew over the brow of the hill and lodged in the midst of the General and bis staff, who were just rising from their couches, if f can apply a term so suggestive of civilization to the rustic resting places of these officers, where orders formed a canopy and the ground a bedstead. One shell burst immedi ately over the Generali head, wounding Capt. Hutton in the side and breaking his revolver. The fragment entered the earth in close prox imity ot General Burnside and Col. Richmond. Another shell, or. to use the technical term, sperical case shot, exploded near Major Cut- , ting, the sulphur with which the bullets were soiderei striking him in the face and severely burning him. The rest of the staff escaped unharmed, though fragments of the bursting shells struck in every direction about them. An immediate change of base was the conse quence, and temporary refuge was sought on the side of a neighboring lull. Dating the , shelling one of the orderlies was wounded in the leg and had his horse killed. The infantry in the meantime gallantly ! dashed across t;.v intervening open ground only to encountvi an impervious barrier of abaitis, which seemed as much an obstacle to, the advance of the rebels as it was to our men. It betrayed at once the character of the ene my s tactics in their present position. Exit' was as impossible as entrance, and hence the natural conclusion that Lee's strategy just . now is that of defence entirely. Friday, May Jotii, p. m.—Gold opened this morning 18:.1, but was dull during the iav on the tractions between 180 and 181. The 'raus actio as were limited, and the quotations baieiy nominal, ahe government is sailing for exchange at 197, which retards to a great j extent the operations of the cold gnaib’ers. Sherman's Situation. —ls Shetman shall ever succeed in making his war back to the i j Ohio without the rout and annihilation of ; his army, it will prove an anomaly in war fare. In the move he is now making, be has no 1 doubt been emboldened by his successful ad vance to, and retreat rom, Meridian, and is acting upon the impression that a compact ! body of one hundred thousand men can march ; and counter-march as it pleases through the Confederacy; bu| in this, he will be most sad jly disappointed. He now hAS a large army confronting him, while the long line of his | rear is exposed at hundreds of points, where by hia retreat may be successfully and entire- I ly cut off. He is undoubtedly a bold mover, but we i think in the present instance he has missed | the mark in suffering himself to be led so far into the interior of a hostile country where a : single reverse to his arm3 would prove disas trous tp his whole army, .and make it an easy prey to his adversary. The intentional or ac cidental* destruction of hia depot of sup plies, either at Nashville or Chattanooga would be fatal to him, and for some such re sult as this, we confidently look, if it be true, as is generally believed, that General Forrest with a large force, is nowin his rear and giv ing his attention to this work. There are thousands of raefi in Middle Ten nessee and Kentucky who will rush to Forrest’s standard and swell his little army to formidable proportions and render the exit of Sherman, through these States extremely hazardous if not impossible. They will be to him what the Cossacks were to the array of Napeleoo on its ill-starred and ill-fated retreat from Moscow, and he will have cause to thank his fortune if his exit from the Confederacy is at tended with no less fatal results than those which befell the grand army of France in its exit from Russia. To prevent such a disaster as would attend a retreat to the Ohi ■;>, Sherman is compelled to defeat the army of Gen. Johnston, which no one believes he ever cau or will do. For the future, he will find a forward movement even more hazardous than an advance back ward, and unless we are greatly mistaken, the time is not distant—probably not more than two or three days—when he will be forced to deteimine which he will first occupy, Atlanta or Louisville. His flanking maneu vers are, to use a vulgar phrase, about “play ed out,’ and if he should persist iu his orig. inal purpose of taking violent possession of Atlanta, he will now have to march over and not around Gen. Johnston’s army. He will find this really a hard road to travel, even harder than that through Snake Creek gap, or around the Altoona hills, and there is a probability that its roughness may put him up on the “studj of his lines of retreat.” In such an event, Louisville will become to him a point of much moro attractive interest than Atlanta, aDd then it is that the funny part of the campaign will begin. [MeTiipkvt Appeal , 2 6th. A Voice from the Yeomanry in the Rear. —From the presentments of the Grand Jury of Baker county, at the session of the Superior Court, we make the following extract : We cannot let the opportunity pass without putting on record opr disapprobation And even condemnation of th;e course of Gov. Brown and Vice President Stephens. Engaged as we are in a struggle involving property, liber ty, and life itself, and every energy of "muscle, every dollar of treasury, and every light of reason, we think it is no time for men in high places to wrangle over politics and abstrac tions, which one-balf the people know noth ing of, and the other half care nothing for.— When we have a Government ackuowleded be fore the world, and times of peace and plenty, such counsels and dogmas may be tolerated for the edification of demagogues and political aspirants, but while we have no name among the families of nations, and no rights beyond those of belligerants, and our borders begirt with hostile armies, and our sea coast be leagued with hostile fleets to crush us as reb els, we deem any doctrine that would destract us dangerous, and counsel that would divide us, culpable, and any exercise of power that would bring in conflict Confederate and State authorities as dangerous to the liberty of the people. The Defence of Richmond. —The Enquirer suggests that, for the better defence of Rich mond, all the streets be barricaded with the tobacco now stored in Richmond, and that all the houses near the barricades be loop-holed for their defence, on the plan adopted by the enemy in Baltimore last year, when Stuart with his cavalry was threatening that city. The Enquirer adds : Richmond is to be defended to the Very last; her people are ready and willing to answer any call from the authorities, but every means of defence should be used. The labor and ma terial are here that may be required to effect ually barricade every outlet. It is unknown how long the enemy may be around the city, or at what part they may attempt to enter. Their cavalry, yesterday' defeated by Stuart, may to-day rally, and, reinforced, turn the tide of victory, and seek to gallop into the city and through it to their army at Bermuda Hundreds. Barricaded streets" will check their progress, even should they force any po3t of the outer defences. The precaution now suggested may never be required, but the terrible disaster it may prevent surely should commend it to the Enginer Department of the city defences. It becomes the authori ties to adopt every means in their power. The defence of Richmond, must, if necessary, equal that of Derry or Saragossa. “Like the Nigger’s Rabbit/-'—Sor ghum cane is good for everything. It makes molasses and sugar—they are good every day in the week—the ground stalks make vinegar—the seed are good to feed all kinds of feathered fowls—when ground up good chop for stock is made reduced to good flour the seed make bread. The blades make good fodder; but we started out to say the stalks make —paper—we print on it. We have been thinking for what purpose the roots would be good. We have hit it—the roots are great for adhesive purposes—let any one try to pull up a stalk and he is convinced—the stalks make rotten paper but put in the roots it ought to be strong; still the paper is mud colored. Now why not take the fine white dust on the stalk for bleaching poicder? Now what is iefc of Sorghum cane? Bristol ( Tfrm.) Gazette. Stkge of Charleston'—Three Humored amp Xwestv-3ecomand Dav.—The enemy's bombard ment of G:e city continues steady at an average interval of five minutes between each shot. Since °;;r last report forty shots had been fired up to ft o'clock Wednt .-day evening. Battery opened for a snort time Wednesday upon Sul ivan's ’ Island and Fort Johnson. The Yankees have erected anew flag staff at Battery Gregg Thev have also bet r busy the past few days upon their ' Cummu.g's Point batteries, repairing damage caused by the high tides. Everything remains J quiet on James'lsland. No change in tho S et. 24-th. $4.00 Per Month J. w. WARREiY Editor Gen. J. E. B. Stuart. —The follow ing is a copy of the order issued by Gen. Lee upon the receipt of the intelligence of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart’* death: Head’qrs Army Northern Va.,) 20th May, 18(34. j General Orders aYo. 44, The Commanding General announces to the army, with heartfelt sorrow, the death of Major Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, late Com mander of the cavalry corps of the Army of Northern Nirginia. Among the gallant soldiers who have fallen in this war, Gen. Stuart was second to none in valor, in zeal, and in unflinch ing devotion to his country. - His achievements form a conspicuous part of the history of this army, with which his name and services will be for ever associated. To military capacity of a high order, and all the nobler virtues of the soldier, he added the brighter graces of a pure life, guided and sustained by the Chrfetian’s faith and hope: The mysterious hand of an All-wise God has removed him from the scene of his usefulness and fame. His grateful countrymen will mourn his loss and cher ish his memory. To his comrades in arms he has left the proud recollection of his deeds and the inspiring influence of his example. (Signed) R. E. Lee, General. From Washington.—A gentleman who ar rived in this City last evening, and who left Washington city on the 19th says the negro worshippers were very despondent at the situ ation ot affairs, notwithstanding the rejoicing of the newspapers over the pretended victo ries. On the other hand, those whose sym pathies are with the Confederate States are cheerful, and confident of the early success of our cause. Grant's losses are estimated at over 70,00 ff. The Administration presses pretend that our loss exceeds that of the Federals ; but the number of wounded brought to Washington, Alexandria and Baltimore, with the known fact that thousands still remain in Fredericks burg and on the field, convinces the people that such is not che truth. Grant’3 men aTe said to be clamorous for another leader. They say he is reckless of the lives of his soldiers, knows nothing of strategy, and hopes to succeed by brute force alone. They demand that McClellan, or some man who has brain3 enough to handle a large army with skill, and has some care for the lives of his soldiers, shall be placed over them. There are two significant facts to be ob served in the papers we have been permitted to see, which seems to us of much force.— First, the excited and anxious call for volun teers for one hundred days, which shows the weakness of the enemy, caused by their im mense losses ; and second, that in neither ofthe papers before us is the price of gold quoted, whether for the reason that gold has already advanced, or that a rise is feared, and they stop the quotations before it takes place, is not known. — Richmond Sentinel, 23. The Wounding of Gen. Longstreet. —The sowing letter from Captain Taylor, refutes the rumor that Gen. Longstreet was wounded, or that Gen. Jenkins was killed, by the fire of Mahone’s brigade: Richmond, May 24, 1864. To the Editor ofthe Enquirer: Sir: It has been generally rumored, and indeed, has appeared in some of the public prints, that ths troops of Mahone’s brigade wounded Lieut. Gen. Longstreet and killed Brig. Gen. Jenkins. I am in receipt of a letter, addressed to me by direction of Lieut, Gen, Longstreet, in which he exonerates that brigade from the charge. Did I possess facilities, I could with equal readiness, refute the charge in reference to the death of the lamented Jenkins. Justice to these brave and true men, who have so surely attested their valor, and of whose numbers so large a proporiion ha3 fal len, killed or wounded, in the pending battle, demands this contradiction of the imputations ■cast upon them. I am, Colonel, Your ob't servant, Robertson Taylor, Cajjt. and A. A. G., Malione’s Brigade. The" following is Meade’s official order is sued after the fight of Thursday, the 12th in stant : Headq rs Army of the Potomac, 4 May 12, 1864. j Soldiers: The moment has arrived when your Commanding General feels authorized to address you in terms of congratulation. For eight days and nights, almost without inter mission, in rain and sunshine, ycu have been fighting a desperate foe in positions naturally strong, and rendered doubly so by entrench ments. lou have compelled him to abandon bis fortifications on tne Rapid Ann, to retire and attempt to stop your onward progress, and now he has abandoned the ini reached po sition so tenaciously ueld, suffering a loss in all of eighteen guns, twenty-four colors and eight thousand prisoners, including two gen eral officers. Your heroic endurance of fa- ! tigue and privation will be remembered. Let j us return tnanks to God for the mercy thus shown us. and ask earnestly for its continu ance. Soldiers: Your work.is not over. The ene my must be pressed, and if possible overcome. The courage and fortitude you have display ed render Nyour Commanding General confi dent your future efforts will result in success. Whilst we mourn the loss of many gallant comrades, let us remember that the er.emv has suffered if not greater Joss, We shall soon receive reinforcements which the ' enemy cannot expect. Let us then determine to continue vigorously the good work so well begun, and, under God’s blessing, in a short time the object of our labors will be achieved GEORGE E. MEADE. ! Major Genera' Commanding. i . CITY • -May 25— The following disoau-h nas been received from Capt. J. J. Dickerson, dated. Camp Call, near Palatka. East Fi a l _ mr , May 23d. Capt. N. G. Barth. A. A. G.: 1 After a hot engagement of forty-five minutes I nav? succeeded in capturing the sto-ircer Co’um bian, carrying two twenty-five pound Da'nGreen biking about sixty-fi-e prisoner* 0 six al,ou V wen£ J killed and drowned, together with .nxty-five stand of arms and three Stand of colors. Among the prisoners captured an- cGht com missioned officers. No one has bean hurt on our side, fwas compelled to burn the boat, r > prevent iur i.ulirg iot-> the bands f the enemy. as the gun boat Ottawa, was anchored only a tew niiles dis h*nt. (Sirned; J. J. DiCKF.n-. js, ©apt. Pa?pbi* Amokrso.v, Maj. Gen. Comd’g. niMRAPSia. Hearts of the Press Association, Entered according to act of Congress in ’he >oaf 2*63, by J. S. Thrasher, i. the Clerk 8 office of the District Court of the Confederate btatcs.ir the Northern District o:*r:a. Richmond, 30th.—Grant’s army is en trenched on the north a*4 west of the Tolo patomoy Greek, their line extending from the Pamunky, near Hanover town, to Gilman’s Mill on the road from ifecbanicsville to Old Church. A raiding party of cavalry appeared at Hungary Station at one o clock this morning Grant’s Armt. —There has been much specula tion as to the strength of Grant’s army, some put ting his numbors as high as 21>0,000 men. Wa hare never believed it exceeded 120.000, and think it more probable that 110,000 of all arms, would more than cover the aggregate. The Richmond Dispatch estimates the number at 02.000 muskets, and 60,000 artillery and cavalry. The latter is evidenty a mistake, as no army of 02,000 infantry would have such a proportion of other arms. The Northern papers speak of bat fourcorps, Hun cock’s, Sedgwick’s, Warren’s and Burnsides. These probably average about twenty-throe tuOus and each, or 92,000 men. Giving them 4,000 ar tillery and 15,000 cavalry, which is a liberal pro portion, it would swell Grant’s whole force to 111,- 000 men. Os this number, says the Lynchburg Republican, not less than 60,000 were lost in the late battles, including the killed, wounded and mjssing. We think the number greater, as the stragglers are doubtless enormous, but putting it at that figure. Grant’s army would be reduced to 51,000 effective men. Add to this number Augur’s garrison ol 12,000 men from the trenches at Washington, with which Grant was reinforced after the battle of Thursday, and it would make his army 63,000 strong, of all arms, or 45,000 muskets. As auother mode of estimating the numbers of this army, remarks the Charlottesville Chronicle, we may state that Burnsido’a and Sodgwick’s corps contain each throe divisions. We prosume that Hancock’s and Warren’s eontains the same number—making in all twelve divisions, exclusive of Augur. What is the strength of a division ? We do not know, but wo observe in a Wilmington despatch to the New York Times, dated the 12th, and giviug an account of the Tuesday s battle, tho following: ‘‘Gen. Robinson’s division, after losing both its general officers and about 2,500 men, had no general to command it, and it was broken up and distributed among other divisions of the Fifth corps.” Thus it appears that the loss of 2,500 men so reduced this division that it had to h® bro ken up. If one half of it was destroyed, it ccn sisted before of 5,000 men. If wo averago the di visions at 6,000 men, we would arrive at 72,000 infantry, which, addod to 27,000 cavalry and ar tillery, gives us 99,000 men, and with Augur 111,- 000. ' It is pretty certain, therefore, that if Gran t could not get to Richmond with 111,000 men, fresh and full of fight, he will hardly get thore with half that number, bleeding at every vote.—Peters burg Express. The C. S. Steamer Georgia. —The Confede rate cruiser ' Georgia, which is now in this port, has all the appearance of the most respectable steamers, and a cargo would be put on board with out auy hesitation. She mounts only eight guns, but she is so sharply built for running that there is not an enemy who could escape her. Captain Maffit, her commander, is a young man of good stature, speaking French fluently, and enjoying a high reputation in America, The remainder of the officers are relatives of the best families in the country. Tho crow is oomposod of one hundred and twenty determined men, though by no means of ferocious appearance. The discipline on board is very severe. A few days since, while some of the officers wore on shore, some inhabitants of the city visited the vessel, during their absence, and distributed among the men some bottles of brandy, and the majority of them became the worse for llqtwr. Capt. Maffit, on returning, had sixty of them put in Irons. We do not think we have tb<j right to divulge the object which is gehei'dlly as signed to the presence ofthe. Georgia at Bordeaux, but her departure will be, perhaps, less tranquil than her arrival, as a Federal vessel is said to be cruising night and day off the mouth of the Gi ronde.--Bordeaux (Frurme) Gazette, April 9th. « —♦ » ■ ■■ ■ Lessons from Poland’s Fate.— The following edicts have been issued in Poland for the more speedy suppression of the reoellion : First an order applicable principally to the dis tricts infested with bands of guerillas. According to it every proprietor shall render to the military authorities an exact account ot tho number and na ture of the horses in his stable ; no transfer of horses is to take place without the express permis sion of the commandant; furthermore, no person shall for the future ride on any horse unless he is actually engaged in the Government service, and for further security all saddles are confiscated; lastly, no bells aits to be sounded in any place whatever, except in factories, where signals for rest, Ac , can only be given by that means; anq in the latter case a list of the hours at which theb ell shall be rung is to be posted up under the rope. The two first regulations are intended *° restrain the general supply of horses to the insu r * rectionists ; the last is totho ~ ft2n . V ; mils given by means of the bella. Another order given at Warsaw regulates the use of mourning among the people • nobles may wear it for six months; merchants, tradesmen and others for three months, but the permission is re stricted absolutely to the wife and children of the deceased. Funerals are subject to a municipal tax; the number of mourners is made proportionate to the tax paid; if it is under 1 roubles, 10 mourners are allowed; if under 10, 15 mourners, and so on, 5 mourners for every 10 roubles. The National Government has published an ukase in answer to that of the Einpcror manumitting the serfs; it de clares such a measure superfluous, as it had been ancicinated by themselves (the National Govern ment) more than a year ago; no duty should there fore t»e paid by the peasants on account of it. From the Front. —Yesterday was a quiet day on our front, as compared with the few which pre ceded it. But little firing with either musketry or artillery occurred, and cur soldiers enjoyed with a zest that rest which they so much needed. An oc casional discharge of artillery, and the sharp crack of a rifle or a musket at long intervals, were all that relieved the dull monotoEy of the field.- But it is quite apparent that this state of quietude cannot long continfle. Preparations are doubtless on the tapis, which will at an early day give the enemy about as lively a time as they ever enjoyed. These lively scenes may come off to-day, or they may be deferred until to morrow, or next day, or even next week. But occur they certainly will, and then we shall see how Butler the Beast, who, Yankee journals tell us, commands in person, will tand the storm. — Petersburg Express, 24 th. Grant’s Propositions.—At Donelson, in reply to Buekner’a request for a cessasion of hostilities, Grant said, “I propose to move immediately upon your works.” He carried out his proposition and took Donelson. Now he makes another proposi tion. “I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all the Summer.” Perhaps he means “pur pose,” but never mind his grammar. Before the Summer is over he will make a discovery in re gard to human propositions. There is a peculiar feature about them, as many men as great and de termined as Grant have ascertained by experience. This peculiarity has given rise to an adage which Gen. Grant may never have heard. It is this : “Man proposes, but God disposes.” —Richmond Whig. For City Sexton, R. T. SIMONS is a candidate for the office of City Sexton. Election Saturday next. June 4th. rnay 30tde By Ellis, Livingston Cos ON TUESDAY, 3Gt May. at 11 o’elock. we wib sell xu front of our store. A Very Fine Riding Horse. may 30 $3 50 By Ellis, Livingston <k Cos AN Tuesday. 31st May, at 10 o’clock, we wiil sei-‘ % J in front of our store. A Fine Ao-Top Bug^v and Harness, has been but little used, may] Z> $3 ot) By Ellis, A. Cos. 31ot May, ut 10 o’clock, w * wii' front of our store, 2 Negro Bo? s 8 a&i lOy’i sobJ m%f 3C j. ~Ji