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jTw. WABB3EM* - - “ Editor. Thursday Moroinj) June 2, 1864« No News. Our paper is unusually barren of news this morning. Nor is it to be wondered at. Men the same men—cannot fight continually for mer. There is a limit to .human endurance, and it is rational to presume that this limit has been reached by friend and foe in both theatres of operation. For thirty days they hare been marching and countermarching, flanking, ditching and fighting, and they need and are now taking rest. After a 3hort inter val the “jug of war,” a3 Bill Arp has it, will be again unstopped, and onr people electrified with new and crowning victories. Death of Washington Davis. We are deeply pained to learn the death of this estimable youqg man, son of Major Jno. E. Davis, of this city. A dispatch from Rich mond dated June the Ist, to his father, tells the short and sad story: “Wash, was killed in a skirmish yesterday.” At an age almost too tender to endure the trials and vicissitudes of a soldier’s life this young martyr enlisted with the “Columbus Guards at the outbreak of the war, and went forth to battle for the independence of his country. We learn from the Captain of the company, that this array of brave, generous and patri otic youth contained not a more worthy aud exemplary member. Amiable, moral, chival rous, prompt and even zealous in the discharge of every duty, the character and conduct of young Davis illustrated in a high and pure degree, the Southern gentleman and soldier. To those who knew him well at home, or in camp, where he was alike universally beloved, his manly bearing, genial disposition and en gaging manners will ever be a pleasant mem ory. His afflicted parents, already crushed by similar dispensations, have the earnest sympathy of our entire community. Special Correspondence of the Times. Atlanta, May 31. Dear Times: All accounts confirm the state ment that the engagement between the 4th Yankee army eorps and Cleburne’s division was mbst digastrous to the enemy. Seven hundred dead were left in front of our works, and by this you may estimate the killed and wounded borne off the field. Four hundred will cover casualties on our side* On Saturday evening Gen. Bates was order ed to feel of the enemy’s position in the front of his lines. At a given signal (4 guns) the division was to move forward. There was somp confusion in understanding the signal, and all the brigade did not move simultane ously. It wa3 soon discovered that the enemy had massed an overwhelming force in their front, and orders were given to fall back, which did not reach Gen. Lewis’ Kentucky brigade. They charged over a portion of the first line of the enemy’s works and were near the second, .when the order came ro retire. The regiments composing this brigade suffered severely, and lost many gallant officers and men. It was thought almost certain that a general engagement would take place on Sun day, but the day passed off without anything more than the usual skirmishing. On Sunday night it was reported that a ter rific battle was fought, but the rumor grew out of a false alarm which called forth repeat ed discharges from infantry and artillery along our lines. On Wednesday, the usual manoeuvring for position continued, with heavy skirmishing. Mr. Currie, a respectable citizen, who left Big Shanty this morniyg, stated to me that he heard long and continued connonading this morning west of that place in the direc tion of Lost Mountain and Dallas, On ascen ding an eminence, he stated he could distinct ly hear the rattle of small arms, which con tinued for two hours along a great portion of our line. No accounts, however, to confirm a battle. It is reported that Johnston has contracted his line, and it now runs straight from Pow der Spring to the Alatoona hills, just above Acworth. The enemy are said to draw their supplies twenty miles from Cartersville. John ston has taken position after position and in vited his wiley antagonist to attack him, which he has persistently refused to do. He contents himself with flank movements, and, more re cently, with night assaults, feeling confident of his superior strength in numbers, and thinks to worry and demoralize our troops. They have been severely punished in their assaults, and the morale of our army is confident and determined. The remains of Col. N. C. Riley, of the Ist Mo. infantry, and Capt. Turner, of Miss, ar rived in Atlanta this morning. A son of Mr. John Morris, who is painfully wounded in his left hand, told me that Capt. Tilman, his officers, and most of his men, and Capt. Miles and command of 46th Ga. Reg’t, have escaped with few casualties thus far.— He says (he same of Capt. Russell’s and Capt. Roberts’ companies of our county, of the 54th Georgia. All of them have been in numerous skirmishes and one or two engage ments. A continuous stream of wounded are pour ing into Atlanta and Marietta. Our Relief Committees are doing much good. Our woun ded arrive at Marietta after travelling 15 or 18 miles, much exhausted, and their gratitude is unbounded towards those who meet them with assistance anti refreshments. Besides it eucourages those in irout to-know that their friends are waitiag to care for them when wounded. Send forward to your committees from eve ry section, light bread, hams, pickles, any quantity of butter, biscuit, crackers, &o. Send forward a supply of good whiskey. Stimulants are most grateful to these uoble men when exhausted from long travel. The Committee from Columbus are at Marietta. -R. Tlie Field. At this present writing there is nothing more from the Front than the same old story—there has been skirmishing, but no general engagement. It has been reported about town that on Satur day evening last Gen. Bate charged the enemy contrary to orders, and was driven back with a less of six or seven hundred men. Our press dis patches this morning tell a diffeicnt story. His loss was but one hundred and thirty-eight, killed, wounded, and missing ; and we learn from a gen tleman connected with Gen. Bate's headquarters, that but fifteen or twenty were killed. The loss tell principally upon Lewis’ Kentucky Brigade. Among the distinguished arrivals in town last evening were a drove of Yankee horses from the 1 ront. If Sherman and his men are as nearly starved as their horses, they will probably make an attempt to return very soon to their base of Supplies. — Atlanta. Register, June 1 at. i Correspondence Between Gov. I Vance and President Davis. State of North Carolina, ’I Executive Department, [• Raleigh, Dec. 3Q, 1864.) His Excellency President Davit: My Dear Sir : After a-careful consideration of all the sources of discontent in North Car olina, I have concluded that it wUI be impos sible to remove it, except by making some ef fort at negotiation with the enemy. The recent action of the Federal House though meaning very little, has greatly exci ted the public hope that the northern mind is looking towards peace. lam promised by all men who advocate this course, that if fair terms are rejected, it will tend greatly to strengthen and intensify the war feeling, and will rally all classes to a more cordial support of the government And, although our posi tion is well known, as demanding only to be let alone, yet it seems to me that for the sake of humanity, without having any weak or im proper motives attributed to us, we might, with propriety, constantly tender negotiations. In doing so we would keep conspicuously be fore the world a disclaimer of our responsi bility for the great slaughter of our men, and convince the humblest of our citizens—who sometimes forget ihe actual situation—that the government is tender of their lives and happiness, and would not prolong their suffer ings unnecessarily one moment. Though statesmen might regard this as useless, the people will not, and I think our cause will be strengthened thereby. I have not suggested the method of these negotiations or their terms. The effort to obtain peace is the prin cipal matter. Allow me so beg your earnesticonsideration of this suggestion. Very respectfully yours, Z. B. VANCE. Executive Office, \ Richmond, January Bth, 1864. J Dear Sir : I have received your letter of the 30th ultimo, containing suggestions of the measures to be adopted for the purpose of re moving “the sources of discontent” in North Carolina. The contents of the letter are sub stantially the same as those of the letter ad dressed by you to Senator Dortch, extracts of which were by him read to me. I remarked to Mr. Dortch that you were probably not aware of the obstacles to the the course you indicated, and without expressing an opinion on the merits of the proposed policy, I desired him in answering your letter ta write to you suggestions as to the method of opening ne gotiations, and as to the terms which you thought should be offered to the enemy, I felt persuaded you would appreciate the diffi culties as soon as your attention'was called to the necessity of considering the subject in de tail. As you have made no suggestions touch ing the manner of overcoming the obstacles, I infer that you were not apprised by Mr Dortch of my remarks to him. Apart from insuperable objections to the line of policy you propose, (and to Which I will presently advert,) I cannot see how the more material obstacles are to be surmounted. We have made three distinct efforts to commu nicate with the authorities at Washington, and have been invariably unsuccessful. Com missioners were sent before hostilities were begun, and the Washington government refus ed to receive them or hear what they had to say. A second time I sent a military officer with a communication addressed by myself to President Lincoln. The letter was received by Gen. Scott, who did not permit the officer to see Mr. Lincoln, but promised that au an swer would be sent. No answer has ever been received. The third time, a few months ago, a gentleman was sent whose position, charac ter and reputation were such as to ensure his reception, if the enemy were not determined to receive no proposals whatever from the gov ernment. Vice President Stephens made a patriotic tender of his services in the hope of being able to promote the cause of humanity, and although little belief was entertained of his success, I cheerfully yielded to his sug gestion, that the experiment should be tried. The enemy refused to let him pass through their lines or to hold any conference with them. He was stopped before he reached Fortress Monroe on his way to Washin.j|fhn. To attempt again (in the face of these repeat ed rejections of all conference with us) to send Commissioners or Agents to propose peace, is to invite insult and contumely, with out the slightest chance of being listened to. No true citizen, no man who has our cause at heart can desire this, and the good people of North Carolina would be the last to approve of such an attempt, if aware of all the , facts. So far from removing “sources of dis content,” such a course would receive, as it would merit, the condemnation of those true patriots who have given their blood and their treasure to maintain the freedom, equality and independence, which descended to them from the immortal heroes of King’s Mountain and other battle fields of the revolution. If, then, these proposals cannot be made through envoys, because the enemy would not receive them, how is it possible to communicate our desire for peace, otherwise than by the public announcements contained in almost every message I ever sent to Congress ? I cannot recall at this time one instance in which I have failed to announce that our only desire was peace, and the only terms which formed a sine qua non, were precisely those that you suggested, namely, “a demand only to be let alone. But suppose it were practi cable to obtain a conference through -com* missioners with the government of President Lincoln, is it at this moment that we are to consider it desirable, or even at all admissa ble ? Have we not just been apprised by that despot that we can only expect his gracious pardon by emancipating all our slaves, swear ing allegiance and obedience to him and his proclamation, and becoming in point of fact the slaves of our own negroes ? Can there be in North Carolina one citizen so fallen beneath the dignity of his ancestors as to accept, or to enter into conference on the basis of these terms ? That there are a few traitors in the State who would be willing to betray their fellow citizens to such a degraded condition in hope of being rewarded for treachery by an escape from the common doom, may be true. But I do not believe that the vilest wretch would accept such terms for himself. I can not conceive how the people of your State, than which sent nobler or more gal lant soldiers to the field of battle (one of whom it is your honor to be,) can have been deceived by anything to which you refer in “the recent action of the Federal House of Representa tives.” I have seen no action of that House that does not indicate by a very decided ma jority, the purpose of the enemy to refuse all terms of the South, except absolute, uncon ditional subjugation or extermination. But if it were otherwise, how are we to treat with the House of Representatives? It is with Lin coln alone that we ever could confer, and his own partisans at the North avow unequivo cally that his purpose in his message and proclamation was to shut out all hope that he could ever treat with us on any terms. — | If we will break up our government, dissolve I the Confederacy, disband our armies, emanci ! pate our slaves, take an oath of allegiance, binding ourselves in obedience to him and of disloyalty to our own States, he proposes to pardon us and not to plunder us of anything more than the property already stolen fitom us and such slaves as still remain. In order to render his proposal, so insulting af to se cure their rejection, he joins to them a prom ise to support with his army one tenth of the people of any State who will attempt to set up a government over the other nine tenths, thus seeking to sow discord and suspicion among the people of the several States, and to excite them to civil war in furtherance of his ends. I know well it would be impossible to get your people, if they possessed full knowl j edge of these facts, to consent that proposals ! should now be made by us to those who con trol the government at Washington. Your own well known devotion to tife great cause ! of liberty and independence, to which we have ; all committed whatever wc* have of earthly j possession, would induce you to take the lead : in repelling the bare thought of abject sub* I mission to the enemy. Yet peace on other | terms is now impossible. To obtain the sole terms to which you or I could iisten, this struggle must continue • until the enemy is beaten out of his vain confidence in our sub jugation. Then, and not till then, will it be possible to treat for peace. Till then all ten der of terms to theunemy will be received as proof that we are ready for submission, and will encourage him in the atrocious warfare which he i3 waging. „ I fear much from the tenor of the news I receive from North Carolina, that an attempt will be made by some bad men to inaugurate movements which must be considered as equiv alent to aid and comfort to the enemy, and which all patriots should combine to put down at any cost. You may count on my aid in every effort to spare your State the scenes of civil warfare, which will devastate its homes if the designs of these traitors be suffered to make headway. I know that you will place yourself in your legitimate position in the lead of those who will suffer the same of the old North State to be blackened by such a stain. Will you pardon me for suggesting that my only source of disquietude on the subject arises from the fear that you will de lay too long the action which now appears in evitable, and by an over earnest desire to re claim by conciliation men whom you believe to be sound at heart, but whose loyalty is more than suspected elsewhere, you will per mit them to gather such strength as to require more violent measures than are now needed ? With your influences and position the promo ters of the unfounded discontent, now preva lent in your State, would be put down with out the use of physical forces if you would abandon a policy of conciliation, and set them at defiance. In this course, frankly and firm ly pursued, you would rally around your all that is best and noblest in your State, and your triumph would be bloodless. If the con trary policy be adopted, I much fear you will be driven to the use of foroe to repress trea son. In either event, however, be assured that you will have my eordial concurrence and assistance in maintaining with'you the honor, dignity and fair name of your State, and in your efforts to crush treason, whether incipient, as I believe it now to be, or more matured, as I believe, if not firmly met, it will in our future inevitably become. I have the honor to be, Yery respectfully yours, Jefferson Davis, His Excellency, Z. B. Vance, Governor of North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C. The Late Gunboat Raid up the Ashepoo. —On the morning of the 25th instant, our pickets reported several of the enemy’s'ves sels ascending the Ashepoo River. A sec tion of the Furman Light Artillery, under the command ofCapt. W. E. Earle, repaired with alacrity to “Chapman’s Point,” on the Ashe poo River, to resist what was believed to be a formidable raid. Captain Earle placed his guns in position a little before six o’clock, and atjonce opened fire on a large transport 3teamer, which had got aground at a distance of about 900 yards. The boys from the mountains soon got the range with their “Napoleons,” and plunged shot after shot into and through the vessel. The enemy’s steamers replied vigorously, but without effect; and our can noneers, taking the matter very leisurely after the first five rounds, kept up their fire until their ammunition was exhausted, which cir cumstance gave the foe a short respite. The two other guns were then brought up and joined in the fray. It wa3 then discov ered that the steamer was on fire, and that the crew had taken to their boats, with white flags flying. As 1 soon as the flame3 had en veloped the now riddled hull, the other Yan kee vessels moved off in the direction of St. Helena Sound, a little wiser than when they started. Onr troops not being provided with boats, could not make any attempt to save thcr steamer. A cavalry officer went to the wreck some time after, and reports that a number of horses were burnt to death, and that the boat was riddled so completely as necessarily to have caused some loss to the crew. Lieu tenant Colonel Twiggs, 1 of Black’s Cavalry, was in command, and was very energetic in the discharge of all his duties, particularly in posting his sharpshooters on points of marsh, and in this way annoyed the enemy very much. The entire affair was a complete success, and was accomplished without the lO3S of a man.— Charleston Mercury, 30 ih. Rich Battle Fields. —The late battle, of the Wilderness and the one succeeding it, both of which were held by our troops, are repre sented to hare beeu remarkably rich in plun der, and after Grant was forced back, our troops were not slow to take advantage of its offerings. Thousands of pairs of shoes and boots, splendid oil-cloths, coats, pants, knap sacks, haversacks, etc., were brought from the field. But the two latter were always of much "greater interest to the soldier than the others. In them are found the rations and clothes and all the little “notions” of the Yan kee. Sugar and coffee are always acceptable to a hungry man, while stationary, purses of money, good underclothing, and the like are not to be despised in these times. Hundreds of daguerreotypes were also taken from the dead bodies of Yankees and preserved by the captors. Watches, and rings, and breastpins, innumerable were gathered among the spoils of the field. In one instance it is related that five watches were taken frgp one dead Yankee, who, no doubt, before his death, had plunder ed them from the dead bodies of his comrades. Money, in many instances, was found in con siderable sums, but most always in greenbacks, and seldom in specie. The fields, owing to the rapidity of movements in both armies, were not half plundered, and the greater por tion the spoils still remains. It was reported in Wilmington, Satuis day, and it is believed the report is well founded, that the enemy have evacuated Newbern. If so, it is no doubt for the purpose of reinforcing Butler on the James River. The Ashepoo Raid. —The Charleston Courier says the transport destroyed by Earle’s Battery in the Ashepoo has been ascertained to he the Nina, formerly of the New York and Boston line of steam ers. She had on board both men and horses. It is not known what the en emy’s loss was in the affair. The general impression is, however, that the enemy were moving up for the purpose of making a raid, their object being frustrated by the disaster to the transport. A Bad Character.. —We always were aware of the importance of preserving a good reputation for truth and honesty ? but we have met with nothing lately so well calculated to impress the disadvantages of having a bad character upon the mind, as the following an ecdote : A mortal fever prevailed on board a ship at sea, and a negro man was appointed to throw the bodies overboard. One day when the Captain was on deck, he saw the negro drag ging out of the forecastle a sick man, who was struggling violently to extricate himself from the negro’s grasp, and remonstrating very bitterly against the cruelty of being buried alive. ‘•What are you going to do with that man, you black rascal asked the Captain. “ Going to throw him overboard, ruassa, cause he dead !’* “Dead ! you scoundrel,” said the Captain, “don t you see he moves and speaks ?” ‘‘Yes, massa, I know he says he no dead, but he always lie so. nobody never know when to b’lieve him!” g E SB g- Rif A PHIS Special to the Columbus iuics. Latestfrom the Georgia Front* New Hope, via Marietta, Jan? I.— The situa tion is unchanged. All quiet for three days. The death of Col. Riley occasioned universal sorrow. No prospects of an immediate fight. Deports of the Press Association. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Latest from Virginia* Heavy Skirmishing Going On! Very Latest News from the Nprth* Yankee Press on the Battles in Yirginia. Rencontre between Yankee Politieians. Proceedings Confederate Congress. Storr’s Farm, Va., June I. —No general en gagement to-day, but severe skirmishing reported on Wilcox’s front, resulting in the repulse of the enemy. Breckinridge was also engaged to some extent and captured one hundred men froni the 2d Yan k ee corps who are on the way to Richmond. Heavy firing was heard at one time on Ker shaw’s front but u to be nothing more than heavy skirmishing. Firing was also heard this evening in the di rection of Bottom’s Bridge. Yesterday evening our cavalry fought the Yan kee infantry at Coal Harbour and were pressed un til reinforced by our infantry. During the fight Maj. Flowers of the 6th Va. was killed. There was also a cavalry fight near Bethel Church on Monday last but it amounted to but little. Prisoners captured report Grant to be out of ra tions. It is quite probable a general engagement will occur to-morrow. The length of our lines precludes anything like accurate reports from the whole front. Richmond, June I.—A large force' of Yankee cavalry made a raid on Ashland to-day. Persona from the vicinity report that they saw a column of smoke ascending in the direction of the town. Severe fighting has taken place to- day on our right. All reports from the front favorable.® Press reporters will doubtless send particulars to-night. Mobile, June I.—A special to the Advertiser from Senatobia, June 1, says that Northern dates of the 28th contain many comments on late Fede ral reverses and prognosticate Grant's success with new movements. | jThe Metropolitan Record says the results are damaging to Federal pride, and believes the South can never be'conquered, that their recent successes make it undeniable that thoy have already achieved their independence. The Ohio Crisis estimates the loss in cereals in consequence of the reduction of labor in Ohio at twelve million bushels. The Now York Tribune states that a’large num ber of officers have resigned. 2000 were drafted in Cincinnati recently, of which 16 signified their willingness to serve, and the balance paid out or got off on medical certificates. Richmond, June I.—The N. Y. Tribune gives the particulars of an affray at the hotel in Wash ington between Voorhees and Senator Chandler, in which the latter was roughly handled. The collision grew out of remarks at the table by Chandler against the Copperheads. Richmond, June I.—The has passed a bill regulating impressments, with amendments not affecting the main object of the measure, viz: The transfer of the power of impressments, with limitations, from the military authorities to tithe collectors. It also passed the Senate bill authorizing the appointment of additional quartermasters and commissaries. The House was occupied in the farther consid eration of the bill amending the tax act, and va rious hills and resolutions were introduced. General Beauregard’s forces now occu py a line some three or four miles East of the railroad, having forced the enemy East of Turkey Bend on James river.— Our right rests on the Appomattox and our left on the James. The enemy will soon be compelled to abandon the Bermu da Hundred Neck altogether, as there is now scarcely room for him to even bh. vouac an army on the contracted space left to him. Every day his situation grows more and more precarious. Suppression of the New York Journal of Commerce and World.— The Herald of the 24th says: “It was reported yesterday that the District Attorney, Mr. Hall, had re ceived orders from Governor Seymour to in stitute legal proceedings against the parties directly implicated in the suppression of the World and Journal of Commerce, and the mil itary occupation of the premises of these pa pers. Mr. Hall, however, had received no such orders up to six o’clock yesterday even ing, but he did receive a telegraph dispatch from the Governor notifying him that a letter of instructions was on its way to him upon that subject. In thp Yankee House of Representatives on thfc 234, Mr. Pruyn, on behalf of the opposi ion members from New York, asked leave to tntroduce a resolution declaring ‘that the conduct of the executive authority of the gov ernment, in closing the offices and suppres sing/the publication of the World and Journal of Commerce, newspapers in the city of New York, under the circumstances which have been placed before the public, wa3 an act un warranted in itself, .dangerous to the causa of the Union, in violation of the constitution, and subversive of the principles of civil liberty, and siiOh is hereby censured by thi3 House.” Objection was made, whereupon Mr. Pruyn moved a suspension of the rules, which was disagreed to by a vote of nfij-four against seventy-nine. Afterwards, Mr. Pruyn asked permission to print the statement, on behalf of the opposition members from New York ; but prompt objections was raised by the re publicans. ♦ ♦ A gentleman from Jasper county, Miss., informs the Meridian Clarion that Nathan D. Terral, a deserter ana desperate outlaw, was hung at Paul ding on Sunday night, the 22d. New Commander at Savannah. —The dis tinguished Major General McLaws has ar rived in Savannah, where he assumes com mand, relieving Major Gen. Gilmer. CITY MATTERS. T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR Rats. —No one nowadays ean be supposed to be thoroughly oonversant with the rudiments of a practieal and polite education, unless his opportu nites Rave led him to form an opinion of rats. No question is oftener asked than “what is your opin ion of rats ?” and he who is incompetent to give an intelligent response to the query, is set down as being deficient in a very important branch of hu man knowledge. We have long had an opinion of our own on this interesting little animal but was never fully aware of their wonderful instinct and sagacity until yesterday. At DeGraffenreid’s old copper there is an old brick building in which there is stored a quantity of government corn.— This corn presses down against the street door, under which there is an aperture large enough to render the corn visible from the outside. An old sow having made the discovery, daily goes to the door, and uses all the skillful manoeuvring known to the porcine fraternity to induce the corn to slide under the door to the outside, where she seems to enjoy it much. But, says one—“what's this got to do with rats ?” Holdgpn, friend, we are just paving the way for a lucid explanation of the “pint.” Well, yesterday morning, while survey, ing the movements of this “taciturn female of the porcine genus,” our attention was directed to five or six regular-built, old-fashioned rats, with elon gated “narratives,” (by the way, can any of our readers inform us whether this appendage is for ornament or utility) on the outside of the door, all of which were industriously engaged to thwart the efforts of Mrs. Sow and keep all the corn within. They would prance rapidly along the exposed line, and when seeing a grain in danger of getting out, they would pull it back with their feet or mouth. And thus the war went on between these contending parties for the possession of the corn. Who would have expected to find so much “hnman natur” in a rat ? Has any body anything on hand on this important topic that can beat this ? All of which is respectfully submitted. Second Episcopal Congregation. —The Tem perance Hall wo understand is to be thrown open hereafter in the organization of the above. It will be one with Trinity Church, though under the immediate and joint labors of the Rev. Mr. Stick - ney. Services are to be held every Sunday at 10 a. m., and Bp. m. The seats are to be free and thus open to all, and the clergyman is to derive his support from the weekly offertory in the morn ing. Thus every one ean do “as he is disposed in his own heart, not grudgingly or of neeessity, for God loreth a cheerful giver." Our Book Table. —We are indebted to those enterprising publishers, Messrs. Evans <k Cogswell, of Columbia, for anew, handsomely printed book with the following title : The Spirit of Military Ins a jutions, by Marshal Marmont, Duke of Ragusa—Translated from the la3t Paris Edition, (1859) and Augmented by Biographical, Historical, and Military Notes; with a New Version of Gen. Jomini’s celebrated Thirty-Fifth. Chapter of Part I, of Treatise on Grand Military Operations ; by F. Schaller, Col. 22d Regt. Mississippi Infantry Confederate Ar my. Columbia, S. C. ; Evans & Cogswell. A Rarity. —There is a firm in Atlanta, who ar« taking five dollar bills at par. Have we no one among us willing to make a martyr of himself by doing the same ? We have one we are very anx ious to get off. The City Fathers Waking Up. —The City Council on Monday evening passed a resolution against taking water from the city tanks. We are afraid these venerable fathers don’t worry much over the statute books, as we understand there is a law of several years standing against this practice. About as good a preventative as they could adopt in this case would bo that resorted to by Mr. Strupper some time ago—mix tar with the water. Thereare a number of good things advertised at 114 Broad St. See advertisement. Young America. —We understand that the three month’s company being raised by our young friends, Walter Gordon and Lieut. Sparks is pro gressing very well. They have upwards of thirty enlisted. It is to be composed of boys between 15 and 17. Those between those ages wishing to volunteer will please report at Howell’s store on Broad St. $25 bounty. Rain. —A verj- modest attempt was made at raining yesterday afternoon, but not enough fell in these parts to do any good. We are needing a shower very much, and the prospect for one at the present writing seems good. Another Collision in Illinois.— The Miss., Cla rion cays: “Northern papers give accounts of a very bloody affray that took place recently, in Egypt, Illinois, between soldiers and copperheads. It seems a squad of fifteen soldiers of an regiment, proceeded to a place four miles south of Xenia, Clay county, Illinois, for the purpose of ar resting some deserters of their regiment. At a laylspot on the road, and in the darkness of the night, they were ambushed by the copperhead friends of th 9 deserters, in overwhelming numbers. Over half of the soldiers were shot, some fatally, and the remainder were obliged to return to Xenia. The greatest excitement, consequent upon the affair prevails in that section of the country. The 'anti war party grows stronger every day, and when Lee and Johnson slaughter the present Yankee armies, it will burst out furiously against the present mon strous administration at Washington.” The New Is3ue of Georgia Treasury Notes. In consequence of *the wording of the Georgia Treasury Notes lately issued, which promises to pay in Confederate Treasury Notes of the new is sue, on the 25th December next, we learn that some speculators have attempted to create the im pression that such notes are not now, or will not be receivable in payment of the ensuing taxes or public dues. We are authorized to say, that, so far from these notes not being now and hereafter receivable for taxes and public dues, the State would prefer to receive them than any other cur rency for public dues and taxes, as it will save the State the trouble of redeeming them, as the law pro vide that the new issue maybe collected from tax es and public dues.— Macon Telegraph. An English sailor lately took his child to be christened, and happening to hold it on the wrong arm for the clergyman to take it, was asked to “turn the child,” upon which he turned it face downward' “No, no,” «aid the parson, turn it, my good,” when he turned its face uppermost, aa before. In this dilemma an old post captain sit ting in the gallery came to rescue, and sung &ut, “End for end, Jack.” „ . , , ay, sir, said the sail or, and pitched his 3on and heir over on the other arm. France and tbe United States. In the Yankee House of Representaties on the 23d inst., Mr. Henry Winter Haris submittod the following: Whereas, the following announcement appeared in the Moniteur, the French official organ, namely: “The Emperor’s government has received from that of the t nited_ States satisfactory evidence of the sense and bearing of the resolution of the House of Representatives at Washington relative to Mex ico, and it is known besides that the Senate has in definitely postponed an examination of the ques tion, which, in any case, the Executive would not have sanctioned.” Therefore.. resolved. That the President commu nicate to this House, if not inconsistent with the public interests, any explanation given by .the gov ernment of the United States to France relative to the bearing and sense of the resolution relative to Mexico, which unanimously passed the House on the 4th of April, 1864. The resolution was passed almost unanimously under a suspension of the rule. The Washington correspondent of the Herald, referring to this matter says: A good deal of indignation is felt at the humilia-j ting position in which such an explanation, if actu- ; ally made, places the government; and such ah; i handed assumption, in the face of unanimouTT tion on the part of the immediate ropresentni;-,., the people, can but degrade its authors in th« ?* of the country and the world. The friends of 0 ?!? 8 administration regard the statement of the 8 as unwarranted by the facts and the more wiiHn concurred in the resolution, as affording an tunity to set the administration right .J* world in this matter. With the suppression rebellion the United States will assume evenn?® than its former position and influence in the nff ra and destinies of the people and governments of gF* American continent, and the enforcement of «? e Monroe doctrine will be demanded with a anan- • ty which will sweep from power any Party onn?i“ mg it, as well as the bogus government whieh ♦ °i 8 ' ing advantage of our domestic difficulties fA,. 1 - nations arc attempting to establish, in. contV?? !?n tion of the will of the nations more immeS' concerned. <UQI y Army Correspondence ot the Savannah Republican; Army Northern Virginia > Hanover Junction, May 234, r Yesterday the army took position behind North Anna river, some twenty-five miles due nr from Richmond By reference to the m?p there? der will see that Grant, having moved to the right of Spottsylvama 0. H„ across the Ny. the northern branch of the Mattapony, might safely throw ht army down the east bank of the latter stream -m our right flank, advancing all the time upon tU arc of a circle in the direction of Richmond. Gen Lee was informed of this movement, and succeede! in checking it momentarily on the evening of tho 19th, when Ewell marched out of the trenches and struck the enemy in flank .and rear. The Federal army having been transferred to the east side of the Mattapony, which it was impossible to prevent and having commenced to move down and probably across to the south fide of that river, no alternative was left Gen. Lee but to make anew disposition of his own forces. The intervention of the river and the dense w§ods between the Mat, the Ta, the p 0 and the Ny (from which is derived the name of the common stream they form, the Mat-ta-po-nv,) af forded Grant a good screen and enabled him to conduct the movement with comparative secresy. South of the Rappahannock, Gen. Lee’s proper position, as any one of common intelligence can per ceive, is behind the North Anna or the Pamunkey. It is stronger than the position at Spottsylvama H., from whieli all of Grant’s army was unable to" dislodge him; it gives him a shorter line by one half to defend and two railroads over which to bring his supplies. In proportion, too, as the length of his own line of communications is diminished, that of his antagonist is increased, unless the latter change his base from the Rappahannock to York river. It is hoped that our cavalry forces will be more success ful in keeping open this shorter line than they were in protecting the longer one, especially if the gentry who recently marched from Columbia have recovered from the effects of their numerous pic nics on their rout sufficiently to enable them to en ter with vigor upon the serious work before them.— It was only two days ago that the enemy cut the Central Road at Hanover C. H., a disaster and a humiliation which we might have been spared had our festive cavaliers not loitered so long on the way. It is not impossible that these frequent interrup tions of our communications may have had soma influence in bringing the army some miles nearer to Richmond. If the North Anna and the Pamunkey be our proper position, why then, it may be asked, did Gen Lee fight Grant at the 1 Wilderness and Spottsylvr nia C. II ? His chief reason, I apprehend, was of a political nature, since he must have foreseen that a retreat from the Rapidan to the North Anna with out a battle would have at the same time unduly encouraged the enemy and discouraged our own people. Had the topogntphy of the conntry ren dered it possible to maintain the ground just aban doned, it would certainly have been better, in a po litical sense, to have done so, but in no other. Bug the truth is, the physical geography of all Eastern Virginia is strongly against us and very much in favor of the enemy. There is the Chesapeake Bay, the Potomac, the Rappahannock, the Mattapony, the Pamunkey, the York, the Chickahominy, the James, the Appomattox, the Nansemond, and their wide bays and the narrow peninsulas between them which give the enemy an advantage that oan hardly be exaggerated. This great advantage is further increased by the complete oommand which the ene my has of all these outlets to the sea, and of the sea irself, and by the additional circumstance that, with one or two exceptions, the enemy can neither as cend any one of these rivers from its mouth, nor de scend any one of them from its source, without being brought nearer to Richmond. Indeed, the defence of Richmond has been a heavy load om Gen. ■ Lee S back; it has tied him "down to the most difficult part of the State, naturally, in which to t conduct a successful defensive or offensive campaign. There is no occasion for alarm, however, in the present posture of affairs; on the contrary, there is much to stimulate our energies and encourage our own hopes. The condition as well as the position of our forces.is satisfactory. P- W. A. The Burning of the Ship Avon, of Bos ton, by the Florida. —The rebel cruiser Flor ida destroyed the ship Avon, of Boston, on the 29th of March, in latitude 14 north, longi tude 31 west, as before reported in the Herald. Capt. Howes, his family and five seamen of the Avon, had arrived at Plymouth on board a vessel from Mauritious. The Avon wa3 bound to Queenstown|with guano. Additional particulars of the destruction of the ship Avon by the pirate Fiorida, show that efforts were made to sink her by firing shells; but they were ineffectual, and she was finally burned. Capt. Howes, family and the crew of the Avon remained in the Florida till April 4, when they were transferred to the Francis Milley, bound to London. Ten of the Avon's crew joined the Florida, the Captain of which appeared determined to destroy any other American ship in the same vicinity. Siege of Charleston.— 326th day.— We have no change to report since our last. Twenty-six sheila were fired at the city Saturday and thirty-threa Sunday. .Seven shots were fired’at Fort Sumter and six at our batteries on James’ Island. The enemy’s encampments on Cole’s and Dixon’s Island remain about the same. No further demonstrations have been made. No change in the fleet. The transport destroyed by Earle’s Battery on the Ashepuo has been ascertained to be the Nina, formerly of the New York and Boston lino of steamers. She had on board both men and horses. It is not known what the enemy’s loss was in the affair. The general impression is, however, that the enemy were mov ing up for the purpose of making a raid, their ob jeot being frustrated by the disaster to the transpart. -f Courier, 30th, Southern Mechanics’Union* The Southern Mechanics Union will meet at the room of the Vice President, J A Colvin, in the Ma sonic Building, this, Thursday evening, at eight o’clock. By order of the President. ISAAC G. DENSON, June 2—lt Sec’y FOR SALE AT 114= Bi’oad Street, Potash, Egrgrs, Lard, Syrup, Honey, Dried Fruit, Cooking Sugar, Confederate Bar Soap. Glass Tumblers, Plough and Clothes’ Fines. june 2 2t , Wanted Immediately, MARSHALL HOSPITAL, 1 June 2d, 1861. / I wish to hire immediately three able-bodied ne gro women without children. T. A. MEANS, june 2-4 t Surgeon in Charge. Sun copy 4 times. FOREX! GE! OAAA LBS. GOOD HAMS will be exchanged for | ZUUU SIDES. Apply at Muscogee I?ail Road De j pot to W. L. (7LARK. my 30 2w Uimiber, 00A Weather-boarding L’Ltjl/V/l/ and C«nLing, (a portion dressed and tongued and groved.) For sale by M. P. ELLIS & CO. j Columbus, Ga., May 31.—3 t. JVotlce. Office Med. Ex. Board for Conscript^,") , 3d Congressional Dist. Ga. V Columbus, May 28, 1b64. J The Board of Surgeons for examination of con scripts, hold its session daily (Sunday excepted.’ at this office. Office at the Lowell Warehouse. P. B. MINOR, my3o ts , Sr. Surg’n Ex. Board. Office Mobile Sc Girard R. R. f~ Cblumbus, Ga., May sth, ’64. ) Tae Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Company, will be held at the : Office, Girard, Ala., on TV ednesday, 6th day of July next, at 11 o’clock, when the election for President and Directors will take place. By order t J. 31. FRAZER, Sec'y. my 24 td RICE! riceT: r rWELV£ CASKS, just received from Savannah. A a superior article. For sale by GREENWOOD & GRAY. my 27 lw A EOT OF TUMBLERS! RECEIT ED and for sale at Wholesale and u Retail. 27 6t H. FISCHACESR.