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COLUMBUS TIMES Published D*ily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $4.00 per month, or sl2 for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than three month. ADVERTISING RATES : Advertisement* inserted for $2 00 per square for each insertion. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the charge will be S3O per square. Announcing candidates S2O, which most invariably paid in advance. # Change of Schedule. ON and after Sunday. March 20th. the Trains on the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows: , PASSENGER TRAIN'! Leave Columbus £ 15 P, M. Arrive at Macon 2 52 A. M. Leave Macon.... 0 25 P. M. Arrive at Columbus 5 00 A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus .5 30 A. M. Arrive at Columbus 4 35 P. M. , W.l>. CLARK, mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee K, R. Medical Oard. OR. E. A. HOSSI. FORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe- I male Infirmary,’’ tenders his services to the Cit izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes sion. Special attention will be devoteditothe treatment of the diseases of wOmem. Surgical operations performed for Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula, Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, Varicocele, Haemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapesor Club Foot, and contraction of tho finders, Strabismus dr Squinting, Aneurism,tVarix or dilated veins, Ptery gium, Cataract and llair Lip; also for the remov al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any part of the body. Diseases of tha.Gemto-Urinary System, comprsing the ditferent stages of Ghonorrhoca, Strictures, Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its jprimary secondary,tertiary and heriditary forms, will receive particular attention. , . , tl References given whenever desired as well as the recommendation of many years practice in New Or leans; Oousultation hours every day at his office in tho Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock am and from 2to 4 o’clock p, m. Patients wil ldo well to call precisely at those hours, as before and after that time will be devoted to visiting personsin the city. AiMreas >ll »—»■« E . A . Columbus. Ga, N. B.—Persons from a distance having secants requiring surgica.l or medical treatment, will fee provi led with comfortable quarters, but in all cases’ will have to furnish their own provisions and bed ding. will also bestow particular attention to the treat merit of tho 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 Laths, as employed in the hospitals in'Europo and America, will form a part of my treatment, feh 11 2m , R. A.R. *• Notice to Planters and Con snmerfi of Iron.’* WE will keep for sale,.for Confederate funds, or exchange for country produce —such as Corn, Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal low, Butter, Wheat or 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, W o are prepared to receive and fill orders for any sizes and quantity of Iron, from our IrondWorks and Rolling Mill in Alabama. JOHN D. GRAY & CO., apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge, Notice to Planters. I am authorized by the Government TO EXCHANGE Sheetings, Cotton Yarns, SUGAR AND OSNABURGS FOR Bacon Sld.es, HAMS AAH SHOULDERS, for supplying the Array. JNO. J. McKENDREE, apl 18 2m Agent. F RICTiO AMATHCES2 ’THE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company, 1 have again rosumea 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 constantly supplied. S. D. THOiff&CO., Manufacturers. N. B.—lt having cost mo about $5,000 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. THO M. Columbus, May 14,1864 dtf Aotice ! WANTED at the C. S. Arsenal, Cblumbus, @a., Leal her and. Hides,; in large or small quantities, for which tho 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 Mai. Comdg. Arsenal. -STOVE MOULDERS.”” TW 0 Stove Moulders can get employment at good wages, by application to HARRISON, BEDELL & CO. Columbus, Ga. Augusta Constitutionalist, and Mississippian, copy one month and send bills to this office, may 6 1m Notice. lam desirous of establishing a Library for the use of the Lee Hospital. Contributions of books, magazines, Ac., are respectfully solicited. W. N. ROBERTSON, Surgeon in Charge, may 17 ;f Lee Hospital. C. S. ARSENAL, 1 Columbus, (la.. April 5, 1864. j notice. 1 WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON ' on equitable terms, Sugar mills, Sugar and Sail Kettles, And all kinds PLANTATION IRON; Also POWDER. As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities of the employees of the Ordnauce Department, at this place and Richmoud, it is hoped that holders wil give the Government the preference. F. i'. HUMPHREYS. apl7 ts Maj. Comd’g Arsenal. Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’ TOOLS. 'PHE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the manufacture of the above named articles in this city, are prepared to fill orders for the same. Office on Angle street, a few doors above C. S. Hospital. HARRISON,‘.BEDELL A CO. Reference— Maj. F. W. Dillard. Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con stitutionalist, please copy one month and send bills to this office, mar 30 ts City Tax Payers, T AM instructed by Council to close the books to; 1 receiving CITY TAX RETURNS, on thclstdaj of July next. All parties not making returns bj that day will be doubled taxed. , My office will continue to be At the .o; H. Afiddlebrooks, on Broad may 19 2w Clerk. :\o(ice. MRS. MARY il. BENNING is my duly author ized Agent for the transaction and settlement of all business concerning the estate of Col, Seaborn Jones, deceased, > SEABORN J, BENNING, Columbus. May 9,4864. lm Adm'r, tolimte times; Vol. XI. J. W. WABRi:\ Sc CO. Proprietors j. XV. U’ARREV, Edit or CATALOGUE SALE OF UQiK liRiItEHIES, «, it. -A.T ■A.TTOTIO3ST. BY BEEE Sc 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 gale. 10 cases 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 bbl 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 Rum 20 cases Holland Gin 10 cases Cognac Brandy 1 bbl Holland Gin 2 bbls 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 ' 9 30 pairs Misses’ Gaiters 2 boxes Borax Half-bbl 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 Nut Soap 22 boxes London bright Yellow Soap 4 pieces se&l skin coating 82 yards. 4 pieces Double Width Grey Cloth. Terms —In New Currency or its equivalent, or approved endorsed notes at 60 days with interest Catalogues will be ready by the 15th of June next. may 28-til 18th june CARGO SALE. BY JAMES H. TAYLOR. On Wednesday, June 15 th. /COMMENCING at 9 o’clock, will be sold in my 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 casos—Foolscap Paper; Letter Paper, Ruled; Note Paper Ruled; Buff, Cream and White Envelopes; Large Yellow Wove Post Paper;; Thin 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—Earlston Ginghams ; Solid Checked Ginghams; Plain and Fancy Ginghams. 21 cases —36 in. Bleached Shirting; Fine Cambric Shirting; 33 inch Long Cloth ; 40 inch Pillow Case Cotton. 1 case—Printed French Lustres. Bcases—lrish Linen Fronting; 100 inch Linen Sheeting; Inch Shirting, 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 Turkey 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 Fiarnel. 2 cases—Union Stripes. 10 cases—Best Sewing Needles ; Hair Pins, Crochet Needles; Spool Cotton, Pen Holders. 2 cases—English Pins. 4 cases —Bone Buttons; # Looking 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-Carbonate Soda ; 50 cases—Super Brandy ; 25 cases “Old Tom” Gin, 10 cases—Sparkling Champagne; 25 cases—Ale and Porter : » 3 barrels-Whiskey ; 30 bags—Sifted Black Pepper : ' 5 chests —Oolong Tea: 5 bags—Rio Coffee : 5 bags-Prepared Chicory: 40 cases-Assorted Drugs: 5 kegs-810 lb. nett Cream Tartar, warranted pure;, 18 kegs-112 lb. each, Eng. Epsom Salts, asst’d : 25’drums-1000 lb. Bals. Copaiva, strictly pure 10 cases-Ladies and Mens’ Shoes; 10 doz. —Patent Leather. ALSO, • 50 bales—4-4 Brown Sheetings: 7-85 'wn Sheetings ; 7-SBi v Drillings. Conditions, cash* -i delivery. » may 23-l'6t JAMEft H. TAYLCHL Columbus, Ga., Friday Horning, June 3,1834. Thursday Evening. For City Sexton, R. T. SIMONS is a candidate for the offiee of City Sexton. Election Saturday next, June 4th. may 30tde To tlie Planters! The demand on this Section from the Army for Corn is pressing and heavy. Our stock on hand is nearly exhausted. I earnestly beg every planter to [deliver at his •nearest depot, on Rail Road or River, fifty to five hundred bushels of Shelled Corn, to be consigned to me within the next ten days; of which notify me. — Sacks will be forwarded or delivered as ordered. . I know the great press upon Planters at this sea son in cultivating crops, but the urgent necessity of our army, at this tiiqp, makes the above request necessary. I trust every planter will respond promptly, to his utmost ability. A. M. ALLEN, Maj. and C. S. may 31 5t [for the times.] We notice an article in tho local column of the En quirer, (of yesterday) stating that the “Local” ;had conversed with several patients of the convalescent camp m this city. Upon their authority he states they get but two meals a day. We beg leave to state to the public that his authority .has made a false statement in this particular, and, further, they have had extra rations issued to them by the Post Surgeon (G. B. Douglas), As regards the young man who is now in charge of the camp. He has been for eight years a successful practitioner, a graduate of one of the best colleges in North America and has for some time been in Hospital, and under stands well the duties of his laborious office and does all in his power to render the sick of his charge comfortable and agreeable; further, he has no ob jection to the Ladies feeding his convalescing pa tients in person if they wish. E. Near Germanna Ford, Ramseur’s (N. C.) brigade had to contend with Indian sharpshooters of the Ojibwa tribe, from the State of .Michigan; and our men captured a number of Indian moccasins and other beaded work. • mi • m* Reinforcements for Sherman. —A special dispatch to the Mississippian, dated Jackson, May 26th, states that a gentleman just from Port Gib son, reports that nineteen transports, with Gen. A. J. Smith’s division on board from Alexandria, passed Rodney on Monday evening. They are supposed to be en route to reinforce Sherman. The Chicago Times of the 23d t ays : “It must be confessed that the close of the third week is, upon the whole, neither flattering nor promising to the National arms. Strike out Sherman’s suc cess, and the record would tell heavily against the North in Virginia. Our armies are substantially to-day where they were on the first week of the campaign. Grant, since he met Lee, is not a rod nearer the rebel capital. Butler is safe in his en trenchments, protected by gunboats on his flanks- In six battles, in which the entire Federal forces have been engaged, Butler and Seigel have both been defeated; and Grant, after tremendous ef forts and costly sacrifices, ha3 only retained his position. His loss is unparalleled in the record of war. Within three weeks near 8,000 have been killed, 48,000 wounded, and 6,000 captured. De spite three years of tremendous slaughter, the rebel armies seem greater than ever.” A dispatch to the State Journal, dated Kins ton, N. C., May 27th, says that a raiding party of Col. Ripley’s Yankee cavalry, moved on Thursday last toward the Wilmington & Wel don railroad from Shepardsville, and were repulsed at Smith’s mills, Onslow county, by one section of Starr’s battery of artillery, and some cavalry, under Colonel Beard, of Folly’s regiment of infantry, Colonel Jackson com manding. The raiders were driven back in confusion. ♦ —♦— We find the following items in the At lanta Register of the Ist. Captured U. S. Mules.— We saw yesterday, passing up Whitehall street, a drove of mules, with the brand “U. S.” upon them. Upon inquiry we learned that they were a portion of the mules captured by Gen. Wheeler in his raid upon Cassville in the rear of the enemy. The mules were the poorest and most mis erably jaded animals we have seen for many a day, and if they are a fair speci men of the balance in Sherman’s army, his transportation must be upon its last legs. Yankee Prisoners for Americus. Two hundred and fifty-seven Yankees were sent down upon the Macon train this morning, for Americus. Among the offi cers were Lieut. Col. Stewart, Ist Indiana Cavalry, Captain C. L. Unithank, 11th Kentucky Cavalry, and Chaplain B. Whitney, 104th Ohio. There are now only 26 Yankees out at the Atlanta Barracks. Memphis Reported Evacuated.— An intelligent gentleman, writing us from Macon, Miss., under date of May 28th, says, “the scouts and people persistently assert that Memphis has been evacuated by the enemy. Two scouts from Summer ville, who assured me that steamers had ascended the Mississippi freighted with guns and munitions. For ten days the city has been hermetically sealed. Neith er ingress nor egress is permitted.” Personal. —Major General Mansfield Lovell, C. S. A., arrived in our city night before last, en route,' so we understand, for the front. The Cincinnati Commercial’s corres* poruient at Resac-a on the 14th says : The heaviest fighting of the campaign occur red to-day, though indecisive in results. Judaith’s division was badly cut up. Miles’ brigade losing nearly half its men. Hooker’s lost heavily. The total losses on the 16th are esti mated at from 4,000 to 5.000 wounded. The killed amount to 800. The rebel loss is as great, if not greater. Nearly four thousand prisoners and des erters were captured. [Correspondence of the Memphis Appeal.] From the Front. A Bull Campaign full of Sound and Fury, Signi fying yothing—lts Pointless Character—the Va cillation of the Enemy — Gen. Johnston's Reticence and Foreign Criticism—The Situation—The Prospect of a more Definite Course of Events, d'c. Line of Battle, New Hope Churoh. ) Monday Morning, May 30, 1864. / I have observed a. general opinion in official circles to regard the present campaign a rival with all others for the palm of inanity. It is like a water moccasin, which creeps along in shapeless angles and is covered with vague, dull spots. No point has been made; nothing gained or lost; only manoeuvers from day to day for position. Os course I am speaking of the campaign in its personal aspect. Its mil itary character is to be judged by a far differ ent standard, and all agree that, in this re spect, it is quite secure from criticism. The comments to which we are informed it has been exposed in Richmond excite merely a smile of complacency from those who compre hend some of the motives of the commanding general. That officer is said to possess skill in keeping his own counsel; but, despite this faculty, the most superficial looker-on is able to detect a little wisdom in the abandonment of Dalton, a knack at strategical ability in the battles ofßesaca, and even a moderate display of generalship in the selection of the present line, to say nothiqg at all about the general morale of the troops and their operation in the field. Gen. Johnston holds his own like a philosopher and a hero, and it is well, per haps, that neither he nor his soldiers pay much attention to foreign criticism. As for Atlan tean panics, they never fail to act as an anti dote against the prevailing lethargy of inter est, for when the risibles are disturbed the heart is easy and free. But I trifle. My design was to explain to you how utterly undefined the situation re mains up to the present moment, and there fore how causeless all the excitement. Why, you hear upon the streets of Atlanta reports which would make a soldier’s hair to stand “like quills upon the fretful porcupine,” but to whose marvels the citizen lends the most pliant ear. To day the two armies face each other iu line of battle. They are pitching quoits (rather ugly ones, it is true,) at each other, varied with games of bo-peep and hide and seek, but, with the exception of the com bat of New Hope Church and Cleburne’s splen did encounter, there has been no Serious ac tivity. Every night there is an alarm, but we aie so ceaselessly on the alert that no effort to catch us napping has the ghost of a chance to succeed. Indeed, in this connection, let me say that I have never known such sleep less vigilance in the midst of exposure and fa tigue as characterizes the officers of the army of Tennessee. The purposes and posture of the enemy are involved in some obscurity, but I think they clearly meditate a flank movement upon our extreme left, and retain my opinion, expressed ten days ago, that the great battle, if there be one at all, will occur upon the Chattahoochee, between Atlanta and West Point. But Gen. Sherman has had ; a hard road to travel. He left Chattanooga with one hundred thousand men. A garrison of eight thousand remained behind. In the various struggles for position he has lost full fifteen thousand men. The reserve guard has been called up to the front, and between the actual deficit in killed, wounded and missing, and the troops neces sarily expended upon his line of communica tion, he now faces us with a line reduced to eighty thousand. He has been reinforced al so by Stone’s cavalry from Kentucky, but they are constantly running away. Two hun dred and fifty of them deserted at Athens, in East Tennessee. It sounds like an “old, old story,” to speak so the spirit of the army, but I assure you that it is as intrepid as it was when we shot death and defiance from the embankment at Rocky Face. New troops have arrived, and their full ranks arid enthusiasm keeps the pot boiling. The inanity which deprives our dai ly life of its hue and color, by no means robs us of the vehemence which is essential to mil itary prowess. We are tired, certainly, dis gusted with child’s play and noise, |but un daunted and strong as ever, and eagerly look ing to the day of results. While I am writing, an amusing colloquy is in progress near the camp-fire between old Joyce, the scout, and a pert young buttermilk ranger: Buttermilk—“ What sort o’ gun’s that, ole man?”. Old Joyce—“ That's a volcanic rifle.” Buttermilk.—“ How many times will it shoot ?” Old Joyce—“ Ten thousand times if you keep it long enough.” Buttermilk—Yes, but I mean without load ing Old Joyce—Nary time.” Buttermilk—“ You’re smart old man.” Old Joyce—“ Well, you aint a very smart boy to ask such questions.” Exit Buttermilk in disgust. The fancy work I begin to believe is now over. The two armies are getting “down to it” in earnest, and “on all fours.” The coun try over which they are operating is bleak and barren enough, heaven knows. Sterile sand hills, muddy pools of water, stunted shrubs. There is little of picturesqueness about the scene, save where the lost mountain breaks off among the Altoona ridges, or the deep ra vine stretches out from New Hope church. Transportation is difficult and hard-tack is the soldiers only fare. The air is never silent from the ring of rifle or the explosion of shell. Stern, harpy faces meet you everywhere. No pomp, no circumstance, but plenty of powder soot, dirt and pluck. “Good enough for sol diers,” as Col. Oladowski very justly observes. Waverly. We have heard it hinted before, says the Wilmington Journal, that there was something like foul play connected with the capture of the Robert E. Lee, (for merly the Giraffe,) and the following from the Halifax (N. S.) Journal of the 29th April, seems to give color to the accusas tion: We understand that the American Consul at this port has been endeavoring to bribe the engineers and other officers on board the Confederate steamers in this port to betray their trust, as it is believed he was only too successful in doing in the case of the Robert Lee. He succeeded in gaining admittance to the City of Pe tersburg the other day without the Cap tain’s knowledge; and we are requested by Captain .Fuller to state that when he repeats his visit he will be provided with a speedy passage -to the bottom of the dock, with a sinker upon him sufficient to keep him there. This is dignified work certainly, for u representative of a nation which claims to be civilized—the playing of the role of the apv, and resort'* ing to bribery. $4.00 Per Month All Important Measure- We learn that the Special Joint Committee of the two Honses of Congress have matured and will report to-day, a bill designed to faeilitate the obtaining of supplies by the Government, and to make the burthens of contribution bear more uni formly and equally upon the people. To this end the bill provides, as its principal feature, that: Every person now bound to pay a tax in kind shall, in addition to the one-tenth at present re quired, deliver to the Confederate Government, of the products of the present year and of the year 1865, one other tenth of tho several products so required, to be ascertained, assessed and collected in the manner provided by the existing law, and to be paid for by the post quartermasters in the several districts, on delivery, at the assessed value thereof Supplies necessary for the support of the pro ducer and his family, and to carry on his ordinary business, are exempted from the contribution re quired; and if the amount necessary cannot be agreed on between the assessor and producer, it is to be ascertained by disinterested freeholders of the vicinage. The Secretary of War may, at his discretion, exempt any district or locality from the obliga tions of the act, and he may authorize the sale of provisions by public agents charged with the duty of providing for the families of soldiers—such sales to be made at the prices paid by the Govern ment. Should the necessities of the service demand still further supplies of food oy forage than are so ob tained, or may be obtaiued by purchase, then im pressments may be made—but the right and duty of making impressments is confided exclusively to the officers and agents charged in tho several dis tricts with the assessment and collection of the tax in kind, and all officers and soldiers are expressly prohibited from interfering with these officers and agents. Articles impressed are to bo paid for by the post quartermaster, and it is made the duty of that officer to equalize and apportion impress ments within their districts so as to avoid oppress ing any portio* of the community. If any one other than the Tax-in-Kind collect-* ors attempt to make impressments, he is made pun ishable by fines not exceeding fire times the amount of property impressed, and imprisonment not exceeding five years.— Richmond Whig, 23 th. The War News. —A courier arrived lagt evening from Gen. Beauregard's headquarters, and reported that the prevailing quiet on the Southside remained unbroken, save by a slight cannonading in the distance, which was supposed to proceed from the gunboats down the river. Butler continues to amuse himself and buoy up the spirits of the North, by sending thither accounts of battles which never took place, and victories which he nev er won. The Beast is evidently afraid to lot his true situation be known to his Yankee masters. FROM GEN. LEE S ARMY. No official dispatches from Gen. Lee were furnished for publication yesterday. The press correspondent, however,, reports that Grant has recrossed the North Anna, and is again on the move, it is supposed, in the di rection of our right; and we have it on good authority that he has thrown a force of in fantry and cavalry across the Pamunkey at Hanover Town, about twenty miles from Richmond, in a northeasterly direction. This is the direct route to the Peninsula, and would seem to indicate that Grant has abandoned, as hopeless, his project of getting to Rich mond by the Northern line of operations. It would be imprudent, at this juncture of af fairs, to give publicity to the movements of our army, but the people may rest assured that they are dictated by wisdom and guided by a master head. Beyond the “strategic movements,” above alluded to, and some skirmishing, nothing of interest occurred on the lines yesterday. [Richmond Dispatch , 28(/t. Miscegenation.— That the Yankees may see in what light their favorite doctrine is held by Mississippians, we publish the following act by the legislature : AN ACT to amend the Criminal Laws in rela tion to Adultery and Fornication. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State, of Mississippi, That if any man or woman shall live together in unlawful cohab itation, whether the same be in adultery or fornication, and whether the woman be slave or free, either party so offending, shall be fined in any sum not less than one thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than twelve months, at the discretion of the court: Provided that this section shall not authorize the indictment and punishment of any slave. - Sec. 2. Be it further enacted , That in any indietment under the first section of this act it shall not be necessary to charge who is .the owner of said slave, or to jwove the ownership as alleged, but it shall be sufficient if the in dictment charge that the female with whom the cohabitation is alleged is a white woman, free negro, or a slave, as the case may be. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted , That this act shall take effect and be in force from and aft er its passage. Approved, August G, 1861. Singular Incident.— The Richmond Sentinel relates a singular incident of the battle field at Drewry’s Bluff. A Surgeon, who was searching the field for the wounded that he might minister to their needs, observed a man in a kneeling posi tion, with his gun to bis shoulder, pointing to the front, his left eye closed, and having all the ap pearance of life. Upon examination he was found to be dead, a ball having passed through his brain, at. the moment, when, resting on hi3 left knee, he had taken sight at the foe. It is very remarka ble, that so rigid was the corpse, some force was required to remove the gun from his grasp. He proved to be a member of the 29th Va. Regiment of infantry. Federal Losses in Virginia. —An army cor respondent of the Richmond Dispatch of the 27th, says : As showing the extent to which the Yankee ar my has been cut up in the recent engagements, I give you the following figures in regard to the losses sustained by a Massachusetts regiment in the late fights. They are official and were taken from the pockets of an Adjutant who was cap tured : The regiment went into action on the 6th with 464 Lost this day, 257 l ■ .. Leaving on duty 207 Lost ort the 12th 101 * 168 Lo3t on the 13th 24 82 ! It began the campaign with thirteen line and two field officers, and now has one field and two line officers. Some- of their prisoners say this is a ! fair example of the losses in all the regiments. j Among the promotions in the army are Cols. Lerrv, of Va., and Evans, of Ga., to be Brigadier Generals. Arrival of Yankee Prisoners.—On Monday evening fifteen Yankee prisoners arrived in this city by the Gulf train. These men were abortion of the crew us the U. S. steamer Columbian, cap tured a few days since on the St. John’s river.— Between fifty and sixty negroes, captured on the same steamer, have arrived at Lake City, where they are at present retained. The greater portion of these negroes are runaways from North Caroli na, and we hope our authorities will take good care of them. The white prisoners who have ar rived, were surprised to find that their tare should be so abundant. They w-re under the impression that the people of the South were on the verge of starvation. —1 **. 2 3 L 23 SRAPSIS . Reports of the Press Association. Entered according to act of Congress in the year ™L?y J- 8. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Latest from Virginia, Richmond, June 2.—-The following has been, received: Headers Army Northern Virginia, ] June Ist, 1864, } To the Secretary of War : There has been skirmishing along the line* to-day. Anderson and Hoke attacked the enemy this forenoon and drove him to his en trenchments. This afternoon the enemy at tacked Heth, and was handsomely repulsed by Cook's and Kirklands Brigades. Breckenridge and Mahone drove the enemy from their front, taking 150 prisoners. A force of infantry is reported to hare ar rived at Tunstall’s from the White House, ex tending up York River railroad. They state they belong to Butler's forces. [Signed] R. E. LEE. Richmond, June 2.— Only a small force of Yankees were in the attack yesterday. Very little damage done. The main body Was attacked and defeated by Lomax. An official dispatch from Johnston, dated New Hope, Ist, says the army is in a healthy condition, and in a partial engagement, has has had great advantage.' The enemy’s cavalry and crausportion an imals are represented to be in a suffering con dition. Richmond, Juno 2.—The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 30th has been received. Dispatches irom Grant’s army is filled with gas conade, and say that Lee is out-goneraled, and whole army is across the I’amunkey moving on to Richmond. Dispatches from Georgia are unimportant.— Many sharp encounters but nothing decisive. Gold closed at 188. Richmond, June 2. —Hoke’s division encoun tered the enemy’s left yesterday morning and in flicted heavy _loss, capturing* a battery, stand of colors, and a number of prisoners. Col. Lawrence Keitt, of S. C., was severely wounded yesterday. * • We elip the following items from the Richmond Dispatch, of the 28 th ; Gen. Longstreet.— We learn from Gen. Long street’s Medical Director, that the General has so far recovered that in three weeks he will take the field at the head of his corps. This n’cws will bo grateful to the army and country. # The North Carolina House of Commons, in which a large “Conservative” majority is claimed, passed a resolution Monday expressing confidence in and endorsing the acts of President Davis. [Correspondence of the Memphis Appeal.] The Bloodiest Little Fight oft he War. Seven Hundred Yankee Dead Left on the Field — Granbury and Hit Texant — Cleburne's Divis ion— Casualties, etc. On the Battle-Field, 1 Sunday, May 29—12 o’clock M. J I have just returned from a spectacle the most bloody mine eyes ever beheld. Along a line of about one hundred yards, direetly in front of our right extreme, and over a broken woodland, lie the dead bodies of 700 Yankees, heaped in confused piles of two, three and half a dozen. They fell on Friday afternoon. The fight which led to this splendid re3ult began about 5 o’clock p, m. The men of Gran bury’s brigade of Texans were at rest in line of battle, unprotected by stockade or rifle pits, and hardly expecting an advance, when their pickets descried a body of the enemy moving up the hill through the rough timber. They approached in an easy, nonchalant manner, bearing a white flag. As soon as this was perceived, orders were given to reserve fire, and they actually came within thirty paces of our line. It was a heavy column, supported by two lines of reserve, and the Texans—des pite the peaceful symbol and truculent signs thrown out—were not slow to detect the snare. They were in thirty paces before us, and one of their officers cried out “You’re surrounded; surrender.” There was a single, instantaneous reply. Along our whole line leaped the fire from twelve hundred trusty Texan rifles, while Keys opened an enfilading fire with a howitzer on their left. A sanguinary conflict ensued, reaching more or less across Cleburne’s front, but falling principally upon Granbury. It lasted until 8 o’clock. At that hour the enemy fled precipitately, They lost 2500 wounded, and left us 200 prisoners and 700 dead bodies to put in the ground. The sight is horrible. For an hundred yard3 you can scarcely tread without stepping over the mangled forms. Most of them are shot through the head. One fellow was examined and found to have received forty-seven balls. Another received seventeen. Another twelve. The marksmanship was wonderful. Coolly these Texans went to work, repulsing an en tire corps in three hours. It was the corps of Major Gen. Howard. The figures above are not exaggerated; if anything they are understated. Our los3, 300 or 400. * This magnificent fight has electrified the whole army. Throughout yesterday the bloody field was visited by hundreds, who all declare it unexampled. The reason for the compara tively small loss on our side may be attribu ted solely to the perfect aim of the Texans. Gen. Cleburne, commanding, was on the field, and displayed hi3 usual resolution, grace and skill. Gen. Granbury’s adjutant general was kill ed. AI3O, Capt. Harris, inspector to General Vaughn, and Capt. Donelson of the 15th Ten-* uessee. On yesterday afternoon Gen. Bate had a fu rious fight, in which he repelled every charge. Capt. Vollette of Kentucky, Col. Lamb of the sth Tennessee, and a Major Joyce, are among the killed. The skirmishing in front wa3 very heavy all through the night. The Yankees are making a series of night attacks with a view to de moralizing us. They get the worst of all of them. The two armies-confront each other four miles out of Dallas, forming a crescent from south-west to north-east. , A battle may occur at any moment. WAVERLY. 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