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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted Lat the rate of $4.00 per month, or sl2 for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than three menih*. ADVERTISING KATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square for each insertion. Where advertisement* are inserted a month, the charge will bo S3O per square. Announcing candidatess2o, which must invariably paid in' advance. Change ol Schedule. AN and after Sunday, March 20tb, the Trains on U the uscogeo Railroad will run as follows. PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Columbus ].? Arrive at Macon « p v,' Leave Macon.... 5 y Arrive at Columbus - w A * “*• FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave 001uinbue............A 30 A. M. . Arrive at Columbus 4 35. P. M. W. L. CLARK, mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. Medical Card. OR. E. X. ROSSY. POUMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe- L male Infirmary,” tenders his services to tnc Cit izens of Columbus in all the branchesof his profes sion. Special attention will be devotcd'to the treatment of tne diseases of womern. A** Surgical operations performed for Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula, Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, Varicocele, Hemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapesor Club Foot, and contraction of the finders. Strabismus or Squinting, Anourism.'Varix or dilated veins, Ptery gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; also for the remov al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any part of the body. , Diseases of thsCenito-Urinary System, comprsmg the different stages o£ Ghonorrhcea, Strictures, Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in ita primary secondary.tertiary and heriiitary forms,will receive particular attention. References given whenever desired as well as the recommendation of many years practice in New Or leans- Cousultation hours every day at his office in the Masonic Hall Building, from 10 tD 12 o’clock a m , 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. ..... i Address all commuicationsi to DE. h. A. ROSSi. Columbus. Ga, jf ]i —Persona from a distance having servants reaii ring surgical or medical treatment, will be provi led with comfortable quarters, but in all cases' will have to furnish their own provisions and bed ding. will ttiso bestow particular attention to the treatment of the different forms of L leers, Rheu matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup tions and all other chronic diseases of the akin.— Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous Baths, is employed in the hospitals in'.Europe and America, will form a part of my treatment. ‘ f e i ; -n im E. A. R. “ Notice to Planters and Con sumers of Iron.” WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or exchange for country produce—such as Corn, Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal low, Butter, Wheat or 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, We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any sir.w 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 am authorized by the Government TO EXCHANOE Sheetings, Cotton Yarns, SUGAR AND OSNABURGS FOR Bacon Sid.es, Hitt* AAD SHOCLDLRS, for supplying the Army. JNO. J. McKENDREE, apl 18 2m Agent. ~FRICTI«Sr MATHCES! 'THE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company, 1 have again resumed operations, and will, in a few days, bo 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 bo kept constantly supplied. S, D. THO M & 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, tho public can now rely on get ting a superior article. S. D. THOM. Columbus, May 14,1864 dff Aolice ! * WANTED at the C. S. Arsenal;'Columbus, Ga., Leather and Slides,; in large or small quantities, for which the market price will be paid. Parties shipping such to the un dersigned will bo insured against seizure by officers or agents of other branches of the Government. F. C. HUMPHREYS. may 11 ts Mai. Comdg. Arsenal. ~ “STOVL MOULDERS” TWO Stove Moulders can get employment a: good wages, bv application to HARRISON, BEDELL &, CO. Columbus, Ga. Augusta Constitutionalist, and Mississippian. copy one month and send bills to this office, may 6 tm Notice. lam desirous of establishing a Library for the uso’ofthe Lee Hospital. Contributions of books, magazines, &c„ are respectfully solicited. W. N. ROBERTSON, Surgeon in Charge, may 17 ts Lee Hospital. C. S. ARSENAL, 1 Columbus, Ga.. Aprils, 1564.) Xoticc. I VIfISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON on equitable terms, Sugar Hills, Sugar and Salt Kettles, And all kinds PLANTATION IRON; Also POW PER. \< this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities of the employees of the Ordnance department, at this placo and Richmond, it is hoped that holders wil give the GovernmenMhe Pg{?§f^g- REYSt a -pl7tf Maj. Comd’g Arsenal. Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’ TOOLS. THE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the A manufacture of the above named articies 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 Ta\ Payers, I AM instructed by Council to close the books sot receiving RETURNS, on the Ist day of July next. All parties not making returns b; that dav will be doubled taxeu. , *?-Mv office will continue to be at the store .0. H. J/iddiebrooks, on Broad may 19 2w police. AIRS. MAA’Y 11. BENNING is my duly author- Jl izod Agent for the transaction and settlemen. of all business concerning the estate ot Col, fieaoorn Jones, deceased, SEABORN J. BENNINGh Columous. May 9,15 >4, lin Admr, j ' 'i . Vol. XL J. W. WARREN &. CO. Proprietor* . ...J. W. WARREN, Editor CATALOGUE SALE OF LIPOBS, fiPEMEi, tt, «. -A.T ■A.TTCTXOIsr. BY BELL & CHRISTIAN. Oa 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 GiiT, 105 gals each 1 do Pure Bourborn Whiskey, 110 gals. 10 cases Pure Jamaica Rum, 100 gallons each lLbbls 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 uo Dark Ground Prints 2 cases Bl.tached Long Cloth 20 cases Blue Mottled Soqp 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-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 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 be ready by the 15th of June next. may 28-til 18th juno CARGO SALE. BY JAMES H. TAYLOR. On Wednesday, June 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;. 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. 8 cases—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 Turkej 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 Flannel. 2 eases—Union Stripes. 10 cases—Best Sewing Needles; Hair Pins, Crochet Needles ; Spool Cotton. Pen Holders. i 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 W 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-Preparei Chicory. 40 eases-Asscrted Drugs; 5 kegs-SlO lb. nett Creim Tartar, warranted pure; IS 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—l-4 Brown Sheetings: 7-S Brown Sheetings 7-S Brown Drillings. Conditions, cash on delivery, may 2S-16t JAMES H. TAYLOR. Columbus, Ga., Tuesday Morning, June 7,1864. IKonday Evening. To the 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 Snow the great press upon Planters at this sea son in cultivating crops, but the urgent necessity of) our army, at this time, makes the above request necessary. I trust every planter will respond promptly, to his utmost ability. A. M. ALLEN, „ Maj. and C. S. may 315 t Special Correspondence of the Times. Marietta, June 4tb, 1864. Dear Times: —Four miles northwest of this place are two peaks called .Kenesaw Mountains, and designated as Big Kenesaw and Little Kenesaw. Fr6m the summit of each of these the ey<s catches a wide and diversified pros pect. Turn towards the southeast, and near forty miles in the distance you behold Stone Mountain, lifting i-ts dusky form like a huge dome that seems “to prop the skies.” Nearly in the same range of vision the spires of At lanta appear about twenty-two miles distant; still nearer, the course of the Chattahoochee River may be defined ; and apparently under your feet, on an elevated ridge, lies Marietta —lovely in her desolation. Nearly one mile to the right of Marietta, is the Georgia Military Institute, where the State Cadets, so lately, walked amid her groves and breathed the pure atmosphere of her almost mountain elevation. Imitating the example of the Virginia Cadets, who so recently covered themselves and their Alma Mater with imperishable honor, they too have abandoned the grove3 of Parnassus and haunts of the muses, and repaired to the post of duty and of honor. May they soon be permitted to resume their studies and exer cises with laurels as green and casualties less severe than th.eir illustrious prototypes, in spired with fresh devotion to learning and patriotism from a daily visit to the graves of numerous hero martyrs who fire dead and dying from wounds received on no distant field, and who have, so recently, found a res ting place in the village cemetry. “When spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, May she then drop a sweeter sod, Than fancy’s feet have ever trod.” May each succeeding class, for all time, kin dle afresh in their bosom3 the patriotic fires of our revolution, while looking to the west where they can. almost behold the battle ground of New Hope and other fields of carnage, which, though yet without a name, will shine on the brightest page of our history. Sur rounded on every side by holy and consecra ted memorials like those who will not be com* pelled to exclaim in the future, “This is the place—the very place beyond all others where the altars of learning, piety and patriotism should be erected.” \ Turning from this view towards the west eight miles from this point of observation and a little south of a line drawn in that direction, and Lost Mountain rising up soli tary and alone from a section of country which, from this elevation, appears a broad plateau extending from the Chattahoochee river in the south to the Alatoona hills to wards the north, though in reality the faee of the country is undulating, interspersed with wood and field—the former largely prepon derating, and composed chiefly of dwarfed and scrubby chestnut and oak trees, well adapted to guerilla and Indian warfare, but unsuited to the manoeuvering of the infernal machines of modern war. On the top of Lost Mountain is a vista, cut facili tate the transmission of sig nal corps from Gen. Johnston’s headquarters to Marietta. Nine miles,west of Lost Moun tain is Dallas, the county site of Paulding, and half-way between the two is New Hope Church—names, though the most unpromis ing and in a country uninviting, which have recently become historic. Near the north base of Kenesaw Mountains the W. & A. R. R. runs, winding its tortuous track to Acworth and to the Alatoona hills, just beyond where our right rested until recently. As the enemy now have a more accurate knowledge of all this country than any one outside of our corps of engineers can possibly have, it cannot be improper to state that the range of hills now occupied by our troops seem to be the last and best range this side of the Chattahoochee, afad if these were aban doned while the enemy remained in his present position, our next line would prob ably be on the south side of that river. Gen: Johnston does not, however, intend to give up his present position as long as the enemy con fronts him, unless by doing so he can econo mize the lives of his men and fight him under more favorable circumstances elsewhere. We have great confidence in thi3 modern Fab ius, and though like Washington, when press ed by the enemy in our first Revolution “he fell back to the Rocky Mountains,” yet would I trust.in him. The longer their lines the easier their defeat and utter rout. While on the summit of Big Kenesaw Mountain con templating this wide range of vision, a dark, murky cloud rose in the west, which soon ob scured the seen which for a while, fringed its upper edges with fire ; racks of clouds soon j wreathed Lost Mountain in mists and. dark ! ness, and as the main body of the cloud rap idly approached, jets of white mist and vapor ; seemed to exude from the earth bflow and spout up in the shape of inverted pyramids, until repelled by the apparently solid mass • above, where it floated loosely beneath the i main cloud until it was dashed into our faces I like spray near some cataract. | About this time, a tumultuous gust of wind i struck the bass of the mountain, which, rising with much force, seemed to lift the mists of clouds clear brer the mountain. A calm then interposed, varied by repeated bolts of light ning, which sped their way across the clouds, leaving for an instant a firery track as tortu ous as the railroad below, (which is notorious for its zig-zags and sinuosities,) followed by successive peels of thunder. Here the poetry of the scene ceased, and a drenching rain ad monished us that we should no longer “live in the colors of the rainbow, and play in the plighted clouds.” sought a hedge of rocks, which protec ted our bodies, but exposed qur extremities, and after the rain was over, we found our pants saturated, and shoes filled with water, A descent from the sublime to the ridiculous, andnotedonlytoinformyoufhatl have paid the penalty for this exposure, which developed a constitutional infirmity and left me in a bad condition to continue my daily notes for the present. Soon after the storm cleared away, consider ably to the right of Lost Mountain heavy ar tillery firing commenced on our right centre. Wheeler’s cavalry were resisting a demonstra tion on our right; an artillery duel commenced essaying to rival the thunder that had just ceased. The rattle of small arms from heavy skirmishing, could be heard at intervals. Our casualties were small, and the enemy was checked, as was afterwards reported. It is rumored that the enemy have posses sion of the Alatoona hills, and that our right now rests this side of Acwortk two miles. My authority is “Ora,” the army correspondent, who is just from the front, and thinks that this is not important at present, as the bridge is not rebuilt over the Etowah river, and this will delay transportation so as to embarrass ♦he enemy very much. They are on short rations and their stock nearly starved. Our infantry line has not extended to the railroad on our right since our left confronted Sherman near New Hope Church. We have not had in fantry enough to occupy this long line. The enemy a few days ago, moved from our left, and we made a move towards our right. McPherson’s corps, it is said, drove back our right on the railroad above Acworth and now occupies that place and the railroad. This may compel us to throw our lines across the rail road, and establish partially a new line. These rumors are credited fully here, and do not excite great apprehensions. The State Militia ha3 been organized. Gea. Gustavus Smith has been elected Major Gen eral, and Gen. P. J. Phillips and Cars well, Brigadiers. My estimate of their num bers in my first letter, will be found to be about right. The Columbus Relief Committee is doing a noble work here. The Eufaula Committee arrived to*day. R. The Montgomery correspondent of the Mo bile Advertiser & Register, states that nego tiations are now going on between the Confed erate Government and the South and North Alabama railroad company, which, it is hoped, will result in the Government furnishing iron to finish the track to the coal mines, where thousands of tens are now ready for transpor tation. The completion of this road is of vast importance to the Government and the people of Alabama, and we trust the negotiations will bring about this desired result speedily. Anti-Silk Dress Meeting. —The New York Herald of the 2l|st occupies two columns with a report of the proceedings of an anti-silk dress meeting of the women of New York at the Cooper Institute. The Herald says : The building was filled to overflowing in every part, and great interest was manifested in the proceedings, though they did not pass off without some opposition being manifested to the movement. The ladies more zealous in the cause, atttriibuted this opposition to inter ested parties—fashionable miliners and Eng lish importers—who, thejf asserted, had pack ed the meeting. The pledge, notwithstanding, by which the ladies bound themselves to ab stain from the use of imported luxuries, was numerously signed. Addresses were delivered by the chairman, Rev. Dr. King, Professor Hitchcock, Rev. Dr. Vinton, Mr. Peter Cooper, W. E. Dodge and the Rev. Mr. Kirk. The movement promised to be a success. The South Commercially Independent op the North. —Commercially considered, the South has of cours# suffered more than the North. With a blockaded seaboard, the trade of the South be came almost extinct. In one respect, however, the war has not been unproductive in good effects in the South. Instead of being simply the ex porters of a raw material which a colored popula tion prepared for the market, the Southerners have now become manufacturers. The necessities of the-present war compelled them to derelope their industrial resources, and they have now learned to supply themselves with those articles for which they were previously dependent on the Northern States. The Southern population desired political independence, but the experiences of the present war have taught them the necessity of equally making themselves commercially independent of their Northern neighbour. —London Morning Poet, April 26f/i. Siege of Charleston. Three Hundred and Thirty-first Day. Since our last report, and up to six o’clock Friday evening, thirty-four shots were fired at the city. Fifteen shots were also fired on Friday at Fort Moultrie and at our batteries upon Sullivan's Island. Those batteries re plied to the enemy’s fire in their usual excel lent style. The Yankees are constantly bring ing sand to strengthen their works on Morris Island. By a passenger on the Savannah train we learn that nearly one hundred stand of arms and a lot of clothing, etc., have been brought from the wreck of the Yankee transport in the Asbepoo river. The boilers have also been saved, and other portions of the machine ry. It is believed that about two hundred horses of the “Massachusetts Battery” were killed. Nine bodies have floated up the river, three of which were white. Captain Earle's artillerist and Col. Twiggs' mounted men have j reason to be proud oftheir successful achieve- I meat, defeating, as they did, a formidable i raid. - IYe learn from our latest Northerd*files that Major General Foster is assigned to the com mand of the Department of the South, (the coasts of South. Carolina, Georgia and Flori da,') vice General Gillmore. transferred to Gen. Butler's Department.— Mercury. 4 t’h. $4,00 Per Month TaLBGRAPHIO. Reports of the Press Association. * to A®* Congress in the yeax J- S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of i r »l ct C^ rt . of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Latest from the Georgia Front. Battle-Field 8 Miles west or Marietta, June 6th.—The enemy is still moving towards Alatdona. Hooker's corps is fortifying the hills between. Acworth and Alatoona. Heavy rains tor the past two days here have made the roads almost impassable for artil lery, and retarded movements considerably. Some slight skirmishing occurred near Lost Mountain yesterday. All quiet this morning. The City. The first day of Summer was ushered in with a salve of artillery and musketry from the Chicka hominy. The skies were bright and the atmos phere was warm, and, during a portion of the day, oppressive. The community nursed its curiosity for news under perspiring disadvantages, and after half a day’s endeavor to ascertain, with as little exertion as possible, the state of affairs on the Chickahominy, quietly subsided into a passive ex pectancy of mind. A general engagement was in progress, was the opinion of some, while others, more cautious in their views, and having analyzed the evidences of. the hour, settled themselves into the belief that the time for the great battle had not come yet. All, however, wero prepared for any test upon their confidence, patriotism and anxieties. FROM THE CniCKAHOMINY. About half past three o’clock yesterday morn ing artillery was opened upon tho enemy on the Chickahominy, and by eight o’clock heavy skir mishing, with artillery and infantry, occurred along a considerable portion of the lines. The discharges' were rapid and of varied detonations, mdicating the use of guns of different kinds and Sfelibres, and at one time appeared to be incessant. The noise gradually eastwardly, and by ten o’elock had almost entirely ceased. Various reports were brought in from the battle field at different periods of the day, from the most direct and intelligible of which we sum up the following facts; Hoke’s division commenced an advance at an early hour for a position near Cold Harbor, when it was met and attacked by a large ly superior force of the enemy. The division sus tained itself against the shock which ensued, but was compelled to fall back.- McLaw’s division coming to Hoke’s support, joined in the fray, when Hoke returned to the conflict, and drove tho enemy back a distance of a mile and a half, cap turing some three hundred prisoners and otherwise severely punising his forces. Other portions of Longstreot’s corps were engaged. The battle raged hotly for several hours, quieted down some what between ten and eleven o’clock, and closed about one o’clock. Towards its conclusion a charge was made by one of our brigades upon an gneampment of tho enemy, where the latter had fixed themselves for dinner. Some of the Yankees and all the dinner were captured. Our loss in the day’s operations wa* slight; a hundred or so will cover the list of killed and wounded. The enemy lost heavily. On Tuesday about three hundred of the wound ed from recent skirmishes arrived in Richmond, and on yesterday someone hundred more, inclu ding twenty or thirty from the fight near Cold Harbor. Grant is evidently aiming to mass bis army at the White House before resuming the offensive. A MOVEMENT UPON THB RAILROADS. At an early hour yesterday morning, the nows was received that a heavy force of cavalry, infant ry and artillery, had advanced upon and occupied Hanover Court House, and soon after it was ascer tained that they had struck the Central Railroad and were making their way towards Ashland.— Preparations were made at that point to .'receive them, but it being ascertained that their forces greatly outnumbered ours at that point, the latter retired, leaving no military property behind. Tho Yankees were reported to have arrived at Ashland at three o’clock in the afternoon. Their object is doubtless to create a diversion. They will not' be able to travel far without serious impediment," in any direction, save a retrogade one. Various ru mors were in circulation relativo to the progress of this raid, some of which denied that it had extend ed to Ashland, but there is little doubt that it did. butler’s department. A little picket firing and the usual cannonading on the part of the enemy’s gunboats on James river was all that occurred yesterday worthy of note. On the south bank of the Appomattox, near Gat lin’s farm, in Prince George county, in Tuesday, there wa3 a sharp skirmish between a portion of (jien. Dearing’s command and a let of Butler’s U. S. “nigger” troop3, commanded by men with white skins. The advantage, if any, remained with .our troops, hut a gentleman present thinks the loss in flicted was about equal. The enemy were strong ly entrenched at Gatlin’s and their right flank wa3 protected by the Yankee gunboats, two of which moved up Tuesday, and participated in the little fight which occurred. The total casualties on our side were four killed and nine wounded. Among the former we have learned the name of John T. Johnson, of Graham’s Petersburg Battery, who %r,as instantly killed. Geo T. Camp, of the same battery, was wound ed in the foot, which has been since amputated. Lieut. Tomlinson, and Private Dr. Thomas, es the 7th Confederate cavalry were killed. Lieut. Col. Kennedy, of Col. Griffin’s Georgia cavalry, was badly wounded. —Richmond Enqui rer, 2d. — ♦ mm The Question Settlbd. —The question as to the election of major general of the militia has been settled. Adjt. Gen. Wayne has acted .nobly and handsomely in the affair, and deserves the thanks of the militia for his generous conduct.— The Atlanta papers of the 3d contain the follow ing : * Headquarters Geos«la Militia, I Atlanta, June 2,1864. j General Orders, No. 9.] The commanding general offers his sincere and hearty congratulation to tho troops assembled un der the' of the Governor, and thanks them for the adP c -f the suggestion made by him in ref erences advanced to ieei'x.com3»smder, of his f F ien< *in his force. Our troops ’iJ53 uests mously Wlth great spirit and impels to say that, froi_captured the enemy’s* acquaintance with Gen. S., Yankees"'^**'’ ine expectations which the high Tepucauo- erjcyej} by Gen. S. as a soldier and gentleman has created, will be real ized by the command. He takes this occasion, also, to say that Gen. Smith will receive the cordial co-operation of him self as adjutant and inspector general of the State of Georgia, in fulfilling the duties of the command to which Georgia troops have called a Kentucky soldier. By command of Major Gen. Henry C. Wayne. W. K. DeGraffenrbid, Major and A. A. General. Heavy Explosion. —About one o’clock on Saturday morning, says the Petersburg Ex press of the 30th ult.. a very heavy explosion occurred in the direction of the enemy's fleet in James river, the concussion from which jarred the houses and violently rattled the window glasses throughout the city. The fotce of the concussion was so great as to i arouse many from their slumbers £nd startle those who ha<fnot retired. It was firmly believed dhat a Yankee gunboat bad been blown up 'or a magazine within the enemy s lines exploded, but no explanation has as yet - been received. i The “Terror ol'the Seas.” The Yankees have an iron clad nearly finished, which it is contended will be the “terror of the s6as” when completed. She is not intended to operate up Confed erate rivers, nor to leave her tracks “wher ever the ground is a little damp,” but it * s , for ocean service. The New 1 ork Times thus describes her: b rom a visit to the iron»ciad Dictator, lying at the foot of Thirteenth street, Isorth River, we learn that about the 20th of this month steam will be got un and her engines tested. In a little"over three months, it is hoped, she will make her trial trip_up the Hudson river. The ves* sel is 315 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 22 feet deep, with a side armor of 11 inches iron, backed up with 42 inches of oak, armed with a ram of 27 J feet long, and two heavy guns. The interior of the vessel is filled with ljusy mechanics. The engine room 33 by 42 feet, and 11 feet high, contains the two powerful 100 inch cylinder, direct acting, vibrating engines. The main rock shafts, weighing 24 tons each, are in their places, and the greater part of the valve gear is also stationed, and will be entirely completed this week The suction fan is already connected and ready for steam. The main steam pipes are in, and all the copper piping is nearly finished. The smaller engines have been completed sometime since. The six boilers, each weighing about 70 tons, arc in their places and nearly finish-* ed. Situated on each side of an iron street, nine feet wide, are ranged the enormous boilers reaching to the deck of the vessel, and resting on the bottom. In the middle of this subterranean street is a railroad track, running through the cen tre, by which to convey the coal into the fifty*six furnaces lining the way. We were then guided under the turret, which is advancing towards completion. Looking up we saw the “delicate’’ gear, so called recently and scornfully by the London Times. As instances oi its delis cacy, the main spur*wheel weighs nearly ten tons, and a wrought iron pinion weighs a ton. There are also a pair of heavy wrought iron braces, six inches in diame** ter and ten feet long, and f)ther things in proportion. The interior of the turret is twenty-four feet in diameter, of three parts, the internal and external being in iron plates, and between them are slabs of iron five inches thick, making in all fif-* teen inches in thickness. Immediately below the turret is the magazine. The gear of the turret is completed. Next to the engine room are the two staterooms and one ward room for the twelve engineers. They are comfortably, and even artistically fitted up with black walnut fittings, berth*places, drawers, windows, and cornices. The officers’ quarters, a little forward the centre of the vessel, and lighted from the ceiling, are commodious, and contain at least twenty state-rooms, fitted up in the same style as the engineers’ quarters, but not yet com pleted. The crew, consisting not of “round backed jacks,” but of firemen and coal heavers, about one hundred in number, will sleep in a room about fifty feet long by twenty feet wide, with state rooms on each side. They will be accommodated with portable beds, so as to be taken down or put up in two and a half min utes, and fastened to the beams of the deck of the vessel. It is well lighted from the deck, and leads directly into the engine room and machinery of the vessel. If the expectation of her inventor is at all reached, the Dictator will prove the terror of the seas, The Charleston Courier says the transport destroyed by Earle’s Battery in the Ashepoo has been ascertained to be the Nina, formerly of the New York and Boston line of steamers- She had on board both men and horse3. It is not known what the enemy’s 1033 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 tothe transport. New Arrivals.—We are pleased to learn that have, within the past few days, entered a Confederate port—among them a fine new steamship belonging to the Chicora Company. liiJi. ... 'i. 1111 1 . 1 1 ■■.'FA Bj* Ellis, Livingston & Cos, ON Tuesday, 7th June, at 10 o’clock, we will sell in front of our store, 1 HERRING’S IRON SAFE 1 SEWING MACHINE; 1 WASH POT. jeG 2t $5 NOTICE ! • IMasshall Hospital, 1 June 3d, 4864. > Capt. W. H. H. PHELPS is hereby authorized to purchase supplies for the sick and wounded of this Hospital, giving in EXCHANGE MONEY or Cotton Yarns, Osnaburgs, Knitting and Sewing Cotton, Sugar, IVails, Potash, Glass Tumblers & Jug Ware. . T. A. MEANS,' je4 6t . Surgeon in Charge. In accordance with the above authority, I re spectfully solicit the co-operation of farmer in meeting the wants of the sick. Butter, Eggs, Soap, Chickens and Vegetables, are the articles most needed.- \y. H. H. PHELPS, 114 Broai street, Columbus, Ga june4 2t Cotton Cards for Com or Bacon. I WILL exchange a pair of Whißem ore’s No. 10, Cotton Cards for 7 bushels of Com, or 20 pound of Bacon. The Cards are the best. .. J. F. WINTER, President. Rock Island Paper Mills je4 6t WANTED. A GOOD RUSSET SHOE-MAKER. A Apply to W. L. 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