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Newspaper Page Textfit* §&lmbus Bm**. J. W. WABREW, - - - Editor. Wednesday Morning, June 16, 1864. Prospects of Peace for Georgia. . Wehavc now twoGorcrnors ofGeorgia, both named Brown, and both agreeing to a nail in opposition to the Confederate Government in genera], and to President Dayis in particular. Now if the two Governors can only be allowed to negotiate, Governor Joe’s plans can be ac complished to perfection. He *ays, “If there be any doubt, or question of doubt, as to the sovereign will of any one of the States of this Confederacy upon the subject of their present or future alliance, let all armed force be with drawn and let the sovereign will be fairly ex pressed at the ballot box by the legal voters of the State, and let all parties abide the de cision.” “Let each State have and freely exercise the right to determine its own destiny in its own way.” 1 Now we recommend to Johnston and Sher man to withdraw theis troops from the State, and let the two Governor* “determine” her “destiny” as seemeth to them good. Lincoln must be a great simpleton if he does not con sent to this course, for the game is as strong in his favor as “open and shut.’ Sovereign Joseph has already shown kis hand. He has proclaimed himself sick of the Confederacy, and sicker still of Jeff Davis. He considers the one altogether corrupt, and the other al together despotic. Os course these he will be ready to throw himself into the arms of sov ereign James. The only points of difference likely to occur between them, are the negro question, and the governorship. Joseph is not only pro-slavery, but he is for punishing all masters who do not put their slaves out of the reach of Yankee freedom. James hav ing gone over to Yankeedom, is now a free soiler, like his brother John ofHarper’s Ferry memory. (How strangely negroismeffects the Browns!) Here the Governors might clash a little. But both would be willing to leave the matter to Messrs Stephens and Holden, who would be certain to compromise it to the satisfaction ofboth parties. The governorship might not be so easily ad justed. Joseph is so used to the office, that he would be apt to go into a decline without it. And James, must feel himself so much re» freshed and entranced at being suddenly ele vated from the position of a second rate Coun ty Court lawyer, to the sovereignty of an in dependent “empire State,” that he would be apt to lose his mind entirely, or go off in con vulsions, at being as suddently displaced in the midst of his ecstasies. He would be un willing to submit this question to the arbitra tors, for they are already committed to Joseph. Nor would he be willing to submit it to the sovereign will of the people fairly expressed at the ballot box ; for his subjects are like John Brown’s two little Indian boys, one of whom ran away and the other would’nt stay— that is to say, very few, and very much scat tered, and very much mixed in color. Here then is a most obstinate difficulty. We have looked all over the world for a suitable refer ence to remove it, and we could not find one ; for all the world is either pro-slavery or anti slavery ; and pro-slavery would go for Joseph, and anti-slavery would go for James. After pondering the matter for some time it sudden ly occurred to us that we had the very man to settle the difficulty atour own doors ; and as we are sure that neither of the contestants would ever have thought of him, we give them the benefit of our selection. That man is Jefferson Davis. A3 they both stand in ex actly the same relation to him, he is exactly in the position to judge impartially between them. Special Correspondence of the Times Kinesaw Mountain, June 11. Dear Times : The movements of the enemy again assume an interesting* aspect. He has doubtless rebuilt Etowah bridge and com menced an entrenched camp in the Allatoona hills* We have extended our lines to the general direction of east and w'est across the railroad running from near Lost Mountain by the base of Kenesaw. Our men can now build breastworks with the facility of the Yankees and ditch like Irishmen. On day before yesterday, the 9th inst., our cavalry encountered an advanced line of the enemy near Big Shanty and, after a brief fight, fell back. He planted a battery to the left of Big Shanty and shelled the woods, while two lines of bis infantry advanced until checked by the 29th and 30th regimenis of Mississippi infantry (now consolidated into one regiment) of Walthall’s brigade, composing our advance line of pickets deployed in groups of four, over a space of three fourths of a mile. Our pickets soon commenced retiring before supe rior numbers, turning every forty or fifty paces to fire. This was kept up until they reached the Roberts House, one aud a half miles this side of Big Shanty, where we have some works constructed to protect our pickets. These were soon enfiladed by a brigade of the enemy who flanked us, and three of our men were killed and twelve wounded. On yester day, column after column of Yankee troops could be seen pouring into the old fields west of Big Shanty. Tlu-y seemed to march in by division, in close column, with droves ol beeves and staff wagons behind each brigade. After arriving they formed three lines of bat tle, stacked arms, and soon thousands ot small tent-tiies and oil cloths were spread to pro tect them from the sun, while squads hastened to the creek near by to fill their canteens. General officers with their escorts dashed up j and down the column with richly caparisoned , horses and glistening side arms and accoutre- ; ments, and then filed off in the direction of ! the Hotel at liig Shanty. A stream of wagons from two roads, con- ! tinued to pour into a great park established at Big Shanty, back of the encampment of the troops all day. Skirmishing commenced ear- J ly in the morning at different points along our line, and continued all day. The enemy in feeling for our new position, concealed as it is by a dense woods all the *eay, strikes our line at some points far in ad vance ol others, adobted as it is to the confor mation of the country over which it passes.— Opposite these points, he opened a battery in order to develope our exact position, that he may comtorm his line to ours. When his line is thus conformed, he will probably com mence 'entrenching himself, and a brisk fire will go on between sharpshooters, while he attempts another flank movement by our right in order to reach Roswell Factory, 14 miles from Marietta, on the Chattahoochee, and get possession of the heights about the river in order to continue his advance to At lanta* We are prepared for this demonstration, and I express the belief that a general engagement will take place in less than one week. How and where, I perhaps should not speculate.— The enemy will attempt to avoid it, but may not be able to do so, unless he retires to the Altoona hills. Late on yesterday afternoon, Roberts barn was set on fire, in a direct line from the point on Kennesaw mountain where I am standing and Big Shanty. Soon afterwards, our pick ets were seen retiring towards our inner pick et lines. Smoke could be seen at other points over the country that the enemy occupy, like that issuing from a burning building. Skirmishing continue this morning. The roads are very muddy from rain and retard military operations. I visited Gen. W. H. Walker a few days ago j and found him in a tent alone, reading Ma caria. He said that it was the first day that he had had a moment’s leisure in a month, and he was spending his time in reading that excellent novel. His health is better than I expected ; his hatred for the Yankees intensi fied as the war progresses, and his determina tion to achieve independence or a glorious death for himself and his command well set tled. I visited the 4Gth and 54th regiments in his command and found the four companies from our county worn down by thirty days in cessant marches with occasional fighting and skirmishing, but hopeful beyond measure. Most of them havenothad a change of clothing in thirty days, having lost all their baggage at Dalton, and some are nearly barefooted, but more eager for a settlement of this difficulty by a conflict with the enemy than when they commenced the march, and more determined to eadure all hardships to drive the base bar barians from our State. Gen. Cauty is evidently in bad health, but still gives his undivided attention and energies to his command. He has gained much honor for him self and his command in the late movement from Dalton. His division brought up the rear or moved in'front the most of the way, fought the en emy almost alone at Resaca and engaged him at Cass Station. The abolition papers acknowledge a loss of 5,000 at Resaca—a victory which in oth er times and in wars of less magnitude would have immortalized the hero. I will notice these com mands at length at some future time, as there are no conveniences for writing here. R. For the Columbus Times. Lines, On being Asked, if l thought Lincoln ever Slept. BY MRS. DR. RILEY. Does modern Draco sleep ? Does “Nature’s sweet restorer” lay her soothing wings upon His withered brow, the chambers of whose Sensual brain teem thick with plots of blood ? Does he like guiltless men, dare face his Maker In the dark ? Dare tempt reflection and Remorse to visit him amid the rayless Watches of the midnight hour ? Alas ! misguided wretch. Thou’dst better grow Familiar with the dusky curtains good men Love to fall around their sleeping heads ; yea, Better dim those jets of light with which art Cheats the sable hours, since from the portals Os the tomb, thy soul will howling go, asking Os thy companions in that lost region— “ What’s the hour?” To which all hell will back The answer shriek—“ Night! eternal night !!” Pale spectres backward lift the eostly drapery From the sumptuous couch, and tell thee as They did the sloeping Greek, that half thy Troys Already burnt; when upward springing, crying, Not as did the bastard king—“A horse! a hors*!” But, all thy household startling, with the cry of— “ Lee! my kingdom for a Lee !” Already sink thy floating “monsters ; on the deep; The iron-shod armada from whoso Riddled deeks, the desperate and the dj ing Leap—a mausoleum in the trembling waves To find. Armed with destruction, these dread Fiends have come, to rain their floods of fire Upon our sunny shores ; outpouring from their Bosoms, God forsaken men of every land and hue, Who like their leaders, lie, and steal, and kill for Gold. Already cries of anguish wrung from Starving lips, andcuises of bereaved one’s reach Thy startled ear ; while Europe’s hungry Operatives look to thee for bread, Calling for promised spoils for which Lord Russell reefed her giant sails. But where’s the fleecy staple so long pledged ? The cunning tyrant of a few short hours, lay but Thy foul hand upon that crouchant Lion, Far across Atlantic’s waves, and bid him Still repose, until like Hercules, the Serpents strangling, we thy rebellious subjects Powerless fall. Ha! ha! could thou but Know the zeal of Southern hearts—the deep Resolves in our bosoms planted, thou Never wouldst have pitted arms of serfs and Hirelings, ’gainst our own, whose every vein Is filled with tropic fires. Mistaken man, Whose stepping stones to pewer have been, Not only bleeding men, of every color, land and Birth, but lovely woman, home and children —yea, Homeless herds upon the hills and valleys, Grazing, have oft been sacrificed, that Thou, thou mightst be great. On thy inhuman soul, forever reeling In a sea of blood, a legion victims Cast their vestments, from thy countless shambles Dripping ; while unknelled spirits from that Hopeless land, to which thou’st hurried them, Shake Hell’s foundations with thy guilty name. And Heaven’s repose disturb, with curses On thy guilty head. ’Tis vain again to wash thy guilty hands, Pretended succors of “the poor black man ; ' Vain to employ artistic agents —blood of Afric’s Dusky sons, from thy soiled palms to ’rase ; 'Tis on thee, and the minions thou has sent, To woo them from their “cabin doors,” for Which they’ve but recieved —cold hunger and Disease, with open fields whereon to bleed, and die Like homeless brutes upon the hills and valleys • Rotting. The glutted tiger sometimes sleeps, And sated wolves from carnage loathing turns, But thou, insatiate thing—hyena of a woman born, Not even the blood of manhood slakes thy thirst, But thy revenge the sacred wife defiles, And blushing maidens of their virgin glories rob. The Reign of Terror from its ashes springing. Has from Parisian scaffold found her fatal way ; And every day the guillotine prepares Which ere long from its hiding place shall come, Armed and equipped, to do a tyrant’s will. 8100d —shoe-deep in blood the nadou wades, and Torquimada in a Lincoln wields the helm, And will that arch-fiend’s inquisition, in The code of laws revive, i Oh! can there be a pit in that lost rogion. Hot enough to purge thee from thy sins ? | But even there, thou wilt be desolate in thy 1 Atonement; for when the sound ot Lincoln,. Through those flaming portals ring, the Prince And all his minions will in terror flee, Shocked and disgusted at thy name What of the Hour. The situation of affairs at present, says the Appeal, need not pale our cheeks with fear or sink our heart with despon dency. Grant starting out with his inis mense hosts, has met a lion in his path, and been heavily punnished. He. shifts from position to position, like one in, des pair. In vain has he sought, by firing the passions of his men with copious liba tion of alchoholic stimulants, and massing them in ten ranks, filling up the places of those that fall with new food for our bul lets, to achieve a single success. He has been repulsed at every point with such a heavy loss to his invading columns as to the appellation of the Butcher, but it is his own men that are butchered not ours. Our loss has been trifling. Will he lon ger butt against our fortification? The gallant army of Lee await his approaches with cool determanation, saying— “Let them come; They come like sacrifices in their trim, And to the fire-eyed maid of smoking war, All hot and bleeding, we will offer them ; The mailed Mars shall on his altar sit, Up to his ears in blood.” Like the King of Dahomey, who has become the tutelar saint of Northern fan aticism, a sacrifice was necesary to satisfy the caprices of the reigning monarch of Lincolndom. From the number of vie* tims offeicd up on the field of Virginia and Northern Georgia, it would appear that Lincoln made no bad selection in choosing his satraps for the work. Grant and Sherman, having offered up the sacs rifices and deluded the people with the semblance of success in the gain of terri tory, without other results, must flank or lie dormant, until the nomination is securs ed at Baltimore. Hence their journals teem with glowing dispatches from Grant, Sherman and Bntler, of successes as false as they are glowing. Notwithstanding these fabulors dispatches, gold goes up, showing that full credence is not given them by the masses. Sherman, in North Georgia, has succeeded in ravaging the country, -but at a fearful sacrifice. De clining again the proffered gage of battle from Johnston, he is studying diligently the art of flanking. But|there is an end to the flanking process, What then? Do we fear the result when Johnston leads his army against Sherman’s hords? We do not. The work will soon begin at the North. The body politic, bloated with corruption, must separate and fall apart. Plethoric constitutions repuire venesec tion. That work will soon commence at the North, the diseased part being sepa rate from the healthy and it may be in the national bloodletting, that the life it* self may be extinguished. They are on the mad waters of revolution, rushing on to anarchy and disintegration. They *will fall into the pit they laid for us, and will subjugate themselves. It maj be, however, our fortune to have more of our territorty overrun by their barbarous legions, more of our homes despoiled, our wives and little one3 out raged, and many more of our brave sons fall upon the crimsoned battle plain, ere this is sonsummated. But what of that? A heart unspotted is not easily daunted. With firm resolve steadfast eye, and stout arms, and full trust in the Most High, we can overcome all these disasters. “Wise men ne’er sit and wail their loss, But cheerfully seek to redress their harm. What though the mast be now blown overboard, The cable broke, the holding anchor lost, And half our sailors swallowed in the flood, Yet lives our pilot still: Is’t meet that he Should leave the helm, and like a fearful lad, With tearful eyes add water to the sea, And give more strength to that which hath too much; Whilst in his moan, the ship split on the rock, Which industry and courage might have saved ? AnotherExample Worthy of Imitation. — A gentleman of this city, whose name from motives of delicacy we withhold, and whose health "keeps him mostly confined to the house, has been engaged during the past winter, and is still engaged, in mending and making, grat uitously and indiscriminately, shoes for the poor. He not only does the work himself, but so far has purchased the leather, even at pres ent high prices, out of his own means. In this way he has had the satifaction of seeing many a child kept at school whose parents ■ could not afford to keep their children in shoes. The expressions of heartfelt gratitude which we have heard poured upon him for his many acts of kinds, are no less gratifying than deserved. — Char. Courier. A Beautiful Duo. —The telegraph informs us, says the Savannah Republican, that both Balti more Conventions have nominated Lincoln and Andy Johnson for President and Vice President. A fitter companionship to infamy could not have been arranged. The choice for Vice being con fined to Beast Butler, Fred Douglas and Parson Brownlow, it is questionable if the selection of ei ther of them would have given a more congenial associate to the Illinois Ape than he will find in the vulgar, low bred East Tennessee traitor, Andy Johnson. Burial op Capt. Wh. H. Gladding.— The re mains of Capt. Gladding, who died at Hilton Head j on June 260 h, 1863, while a prisoner of war, were j received by flag of truce at Pocataligo, on Thurs day morning last, under an escort of members of the Masonic fraternity. The body arrived in this city the same evening, and yesterday afternoon the funeral took place from his late residence, cor- 1 ner of Macon and Whitaker streets. Capt. Niles, ! of Major Bertody’s command, escorted the remains ! to Laurel Grove Cemetery. The funeral services i were performed by the Rev. Dr. Axson. We learn that the remains of Capt. Gladding | were preserved by the Masonic fraternity at Hilton j Head, in a metallic case, and that they were dis- j interred and sent to his family in a proper man- ! ner. This action on the part of the Masons in the ! Yankee army is a touching illustration of the hu mane principles which characterize the Masonic brotherhood, and which are practiced by them , even amid the barbarities of war.— Savannah Jie publican. Increase of Pay.— The bill just passed by Congress and now awaiting the signature of the President. give3 a General SSOO per month, a Lieutenant General 5450, a Major General S4OO, and a Brigadier General in command of an army to receive SIOO a month in addi tion. and all others m the field SSO. The bill to increase the pay of soldiers was amended by the Senate so as to make it appli cable only to one year, instead of a permanent | arrangement and in that form has passed both branches of Congress. A*oi.moNr/ED. — The Washington Chronicle , says that among the prominent members of the ; Union (Abolition) State Convention of Kentucky, were Rev. Dr. Breckinridge, Hon. R. K. Williams, W. C. Goodloe, Col. A. G. Hodges, and many other 1 gentlemen who have long occupied prominent po sitions in the State. At the close of the proceed- I ings. Dr. Breckinridge made a speeeh, in which he i declared for Mr. Lincoln, as the only truly loyal man who could carry the State. The reply of the President to Governor Vance, t says the Examiner, must be allowed to be consid ered to be exclusive, straight-forward and thorough, j If there were anything honest in the whole outcry about negotiations for Peace, this letter would *i- I lence it for the remainder of the war. BELSGRAPEIg. Special to the Coluinbns imex. Latest from the Georgia Front. Death of Lieut. Gen. Polk. Atlanta, June 14. —Lieut. Gen. Polk was killed by a shell to-day, above Marietta. He was standing in a group with Gens. Johnston, Hardee, Hood and others, observing the enemy from a po sition occupied by the Washington Artillery. A fire was opened on the party from a Yankee bat tery, the second shot taking effect directly in the chest of Gen. Polk. The body was fearfully man gled. He died instantly, and was carried to Ma rietta, where the remains await a coffin. Tho firing to day was only a demonstration. — There has been ho general engagement. Reports of the Press Asseeiation. Entered according to act of Congress m the year 1863, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk s office of the District Court of the Confederate States lor the Northern District of Georgia. From the Georgia Front. Death of Confirmed. Forrest’s Victory a Great Success!! T hree Thousand Prisoners Captured ! Proceedings of Congress. Ac.; &c&c. Atlanta, June 14.—The enemy opened slowly with artillery on our position yesterday afternoon, after the storm passed and continued up to night fall, and opened again this morning. Artillery firing continued when the train left Marietta. Both armies are gradually moving towards our right. As tho rains have ceased, it is supposed active operations will again commence. Trains from the front to-day bring very few wounded. The following dispatch from Maj. West of Gen. Polk’s staff, was received by Col. Thrasher at noon to-day : Lieut. Gen. Polk was struck by a cannon shot to-day about 11 o’clock and instantly killed. Gen. Johnston, Hardee aud Jackson wera with him when he fell. Gustown, June 13th, via Mobile, 14th.—Gen. Forrest’s victory is greater than was first sup posed. Our loss was 150 killed and 450 wounded ; that of the enemy 1000 killed and 3000 captured. The balance are scattered through the woods and are still being pursued, haring travelled 58 miles in 31 hours. The entire army is destroyed. “Fort Pillow” was the enemy’s battle-cry during the fight; hence, their anxiety to escape. They are still being pursued, and many more will be captured before they reach Memphis. We have captured about 3000 prisoners, 250 wagons with supplies and ordnance stores, 3000 stand of small arms, and about 20 peiees of splen did artillery. The fight was stubborn and the enemy stood till knoekeddown with the butts of our guns. We had about 3000 in the fight, and the enemy 10,250. Richmond, June 14. —The New York Herald of tho 11th has been received. Gold touched 199 on the ! oth and closed at 198 and a fraction. In consequence of the rise in gold, resolutions have been introduced in the Federal Congress pro hibiting time of sales and sales elsewhere than the place of business of the seller or purchaser. The New Orleans correspondent of the Herald says a fire in Alexandria destroyed buildings cov ering 26 squares. The Mississippi river is blockaded by rebel bat teries at Greenville, above V icksburg. Richmond, June 14— Congress adjourned sine die this afternoon. No business pf importance to-day. The President has vetoed the bill establishing a Bureau of Foreign Supplies ; also, the bill for the relief of personjs in the enemy’s Uue3 holding old issue of Treasury notes. Conrad stated in a debate to-day, that Mr.Mem minger had informed him that he would resign after the adjournment of Congress. Gem. Winder Ordered to Auericus, Ga.— Brigadier General John H. Winder, recently com manding the military department of Richmond aud assigned te the post of Goldsboro, N. C., has subsequently received additional orders instruct ing him to report to Americus, Ga., with the as sumption of thje command of the forces at Ameri cus and the prison post at Andersonville. From tke'Macon Telegraph. Rates of Discount. Mr. Editor.— ls the inferenoe correct derived from the statement of your correspondent, E. S. Cobb, that “citizens” generally are now dis counting the bid issue in aggregate sums, 35 per cent, instead of 33 1-3, and that it is considered “cheating” to adhere to legal rates ? I have been under the impression that the reluction of fives, tens, twenties and fiifties to $3 25, $6 50, sl3 25 and $33 25, respectively applied to single bills only, in order to avoid the inconvenience of minute frac tional change, and not to aggregate amounts, as he would have us believe. If he is correct, the cheat ing” is altogether on the other side, resulting as it does in an advantage to the sharper who exacts it of seventy-five dollars in every thousand he re ceives. I am not aware that the sharp practice referred to obtains is Macon to any great extent, having only heard of the exaction in a certain J ewish es tablishment, and one of our Railroad offices; but if it does exist in other place?, let a friend suggest that all tuch picayune transactions, even ifhoneit, i be left to Yankees or such people as, like them, in j their dealings, insist on the last copper cent, but let i it never be said of the high-toned Southerner that he condescended to the perpetration of a dishonest j meanness to secure a few paltry pennies which he I would assuredly do by adhering in his transaction ' to the table presented in this morning’s issue by the I correspondent referred to. By all means let us ad here as near as possible to Legal Rates. Wliy Johnson Does not Fight. The continued falling back of General Johnston, 1 without any general engagement, has excited the surprise of everybody, considering the general be lief that the two forces are about equal on the score ■ of numbers. Especially were we surprised that \ after issuing his battle order at Kingston, he re- j ! tired to the south bank of the Etowah in less than twelve! hours. We have taken it for granted that these mysteries would be cleared up at some day.— The army correspondent of the Augusta Constitu tionalist, writing from Johnston’s camp on the 9th, makes somedevelopements which, if true, will throw | light on the gubject. He says: The opinion is becoming very prevalent in the army that Geteral Johnston is restrained in his ! movements by orders from Richmond. Quite a sen sation was produced in camp yesterday by a rumor that Gen. Lee had sent a dispatch, saying that ! Grant is the worst whipped of all the Yankee Gen erals who have advanced on the Confederate capi tal, and that, if we only hold our own in the West i for ten or twenty days, reinforcements will be sent from Virginia. Ido not know how this may be. but there are reasons for attaching some conse quence to it. When Gen. Johnston issued his battle order at j Cassville, lie fully intended to fight the next day, but about twelve o'clock that night, dispatchesjwere I received from the Department of War, which seemed I to altar our purposes, for, instead of forming in line of battle, we picked up our equipage, and marched. It is supposed that the communication from the seat of government consisted of imperative orders. Nothing less could have induced so wide a depar ture from so determined and proclaimed course of policy. It is the only unlucky circumstance of the campaign, and, if it came from the far ofl central official head of the Army and Navy, it only illus trates the long established fact of the danger of re mote intermeddling with the details of .commanders 1 in the field. CITY MATTERS. T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR For Cbattaboocliee. The steamer Indian, will leave for thoabove and intermediate landings to-morrow morning al 9 o’clock. Funeral Notice* The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Young and family are invited to attend the funeral of their son, Wm. H. Young, jr., from the Muscogee Railroad dept, this (WEDNESDAY) afternoon at half pa*t 5 o'clok. Douglas Ambulamce Corps The members of the Douglass Ambulance Corps are requested to meet at Goodrich & Co’s., store this (Wednesday) morning at 11 o’clock, H. L. GOODRICH, je 15 It Pres. Deatb of Wm. 11. Young, Jr. Since our last, the painful intelligence has reached us that the wounds of this noble boy, re ceived at Marietta, have resulted in his death. So sudden has been the transition from perfect health to the charnel house, that the mind finds it diffi cult to realize the sad change, and would gladly linger ©n in uncertainty, rather than be forced to the conception Os the painful truths ; for “ The mind will in its worst despair Still ponder on the past,” and as it calls up each Jovcd lineament, each well remembered smile; that manly form ; that genial temper; that intellectual, manly face; and better than all, that spotless soul; would strife to cling to the delusive hope that all is yet well, and that the dire rumors of the past few days are but agon izing dreams, from which wo may yet awake to find them groundless. But alas! the unwelcome news is but too true, and the only ground of hope and consolation we now have is that he rests from his labours, and enjoys that blest meed of reward promised to the pure in heart. We have known Willte from early childheod; have walked with him in the private avenues of life; have held intimate and delightful intercourse with him in the social circle; have strayed with him in leafy woodlands and by the babbling brooks; have observed the beautiful unfoldings of his youthful mind; and have watched closely the chastness and innocenooof his every word, thought and act, and can say of a truth, that among all the sacrifices offered upon the reeking altars of relentless war, not a more perfect specimen of mankind has fallen, not a purer heart has ceased to beat, nor the kindlings of a more promising in tellect been quenched. May the God of all grace bind up the broken hearts of those, who have.so frequently during the past two years been called upon to surrender loved ones to the insatiate grave, and may they be ena bled to realize in this new ordeal of fire, that true life is net counted by the rolling cycle of years, or the quickening pulse-beats, or the number of heart-throbs, but by the quality of its noble ac tions, and its fidelity to the cause of religion, hu manity, virtue and truth. The mournful roll of the funeral drum tells that another hero has fallen, another gallant spirit has flown to the bosom of its God. His memory will live while a grateful country can appreciate the gallantry of her sons, and his grave will prove a sacred shrine, around which his surviving friends will long linger to recount his many virtues. “He sleeps his last sleep—he has fought his last battle, No sound shall awake him to glory again.’ Personal. —We are pleased to see in our city, Mr. James M. Russell, fresh from the Georgia front, whither he has been for some weeks, under the recent call of the Governor. We are sorry to hear that his health is not so good a3 when he left. He gives a glowing description of the mili tary situation in Upper Georgia. ♦ ♦ The Weather continues to be the nurse of gloomy feelings and desponding thoughts. Those accus tomed to wearing winter olothing and sitting by comfortable fires in June, will find in the present propramme of the weather something suited to their tastes. Although feeling no great partiality for ex tremes, we should feel gratified at seeingjhe face of the day-god once more. The Muscogee Railroad wants to hire six good negro men. Apply to Wm. L. Clark or to A. Bostick Mr. T. S. Spear offers for sale 2,000 lbs iron wire, Nos. 7,8 and 10. See advertisement. Auction Sales.— The following prices were ob tained at auction by Ellis, Livingston & !Co., yes terday—salt 50 cts.'; sugar 4,75; smoking tobacco $3; bacon $3; cotton cards S3O to s3l; crockery and other articles quite high. The Crops in Mississippi.— The Southern Mo tive says the wheat crops in Mississippi is now out of danger. It is informed that it is now in full bloom, and no rust among it all. Undoubtedly the best wheat crop will be made this year that has been garnered for several years past in this country. » The Crisis We fear that many of our people, sa> s the Southern Presbyterian, are taking a somewhat mistaken view of the probable results of the great contest now in progress in Virginia and Georgia, between the principal armies of the North and South. In the first place we fear they are looking too confidently to a speedy end of the war and the coining of peace, in case the Confederate arms are victorious in both these fields of strife. The feeling seem3 to be almost universal that il Gens. Lee and Johnston should win signal and decisive vic tories over their antagonists the North must give up the effort to subdue us, recognize the Confederacy, and let us alone. On the other hand many fear that if the re verse should be the case, if the Confederate armies are beaten, it will be useless and im possible for us to continue the contest, our country must be overrun by our vandal foe, and nothing remains for us but submission to their will. But is either of these conclusions so certain that we may accept it without question, or without preparing our mind3 for a different result? All history and experience tell us that it is impossible for human prescience to foresee with any certainty the consequences of these gre'at events in the progress of human affairs. The potent causes, influences and agencies which direct them cannot be calcu lated by the wisdom of man. These are often secret and unobserved until, in the crisis of a nation's history, they suddenly spring into action and bring about the most unexampled turn in its affairs. Besides, over all, rules the mysterious and inscrutable providence of God who often disappoints all the calculations of human sagacity, and directly contradicts the expectations ot human foresight. We do not believe that the defeat of Lee and Johnston by the Federal armies, the capture of Richmond and the dispersion of the Con federate forces, would necessarily end the war, or secure the subjugation of ourcountry. | All this certainly would not so result if we are true to our holy cause, and resolve to do and to sutler all that patriotism and religion | require of us. Similar calamities have befal len a people struggling for their existence, ; who have yet retrieved their disasters and won | their liberties. Ancient bistory furnishes us j many examples of thi3. The Dutch republic, under calamities as great and even more ter -1 rible, struggled on. and at last achieved a vic j tory, and that after losing its glorious chief, I the Prince of Orange, and mo3t of its illustri | ous leaders. In our first revolution at one i time our armies were scattered, our resources | apparently exhausted, and the British everv i where victorious. Only two or three thous j and ragged, starving and half armed soldiers remained to follow Washington. But better days came, and in the end a glorious triumph. During the present war, our cause West of the Mississippi river has been brought to nearly as low a point of disaster as depression. But courage and perseverance with the blessing of God, have changed the whole aspect of things there aud the enemy are nearly chased out of that region. So, we believe, that if we are united and res olute in the purpose never to yield, to struggle on to the last, He who rules over the destinis* of men will reward our fidelity to our righte ous cause and crown us with ultimate and glorious success, whatever disasters and suf ferings may befall us before that end comes. Nor, in our opinion, ought we to expect a speedy peace as the result of victories in Geor gia and Virginia, too confidently. We do be lieve that if we win by the blessing of God de cided victories over the enemy in thesa two battle fields, it will be “the beginning of the end, ’ hasten the consummation of peace, and ensure our independence. But our desperate and infatuated foes, will hardly give up the contest without a further struggle, aud we may expect them again and again to try the insane purpose of our destruction. The ruin which threatens the northern government and people in the event of the success of the Confederate States, ruin from every side, financial, com mercial, political, social, may drive them, in very desperation, to yet more terrible efforts to destroy us in order to save themselves. It is indeed impossible to fore tell what they will do under any event. They are the most uncertain people in the world, and it would be folly to predict with any confidence the course they will take under any circumstances. But this of itself should induce us to prepare our minds for every possible result, to be over assured in regard to the future, and to fortify our hearts with the fixed purpose that be the issues of this crisis, and the course of the Northern government, thereupon, what they may, we will never, never give up the cause. To the Public! The undersigned proposes to e stablish a Soldiers' Reading Room & Library, in this city, so soon u* a central location can be procured. Its object is to furnish a pleasant resort for the convalescents oi our Hospitals, and other members of the Army and Navy; and where the Papers of the day, Secular and Religious, may be found, as well as facilities for information and letter writing. As tho proper channel of communication and distribution, I respectfully solicit contributions of funds for purchase of publications, and also of Books, Papers and Pamphlets, and which may be sent to the office of the Post Commandant, for GEO. W. STICKNEY. Chaplain of the Post. Headquarter’s Post, 1 Columbus, Ga., June Bth, 't>4. j The Rev. Mr. Stickney, Chaplain of the Post, is autherized to carry out the obove. The Post Quartermaster will respond to such as sistance as may be requisite in the case. F. C. HUMPHREYS. Major Comd’s Post. June 9,1864. lw Headquauters, T Ist Class Battalion, > Columbus, Ga„ June 13, 1364.) General Orders No. 4. All militia officers in this command who have not yet reported at Atlanta, together with all civil offi cers in Muscogee, Chattahoochoe and Marion coun ties, who are subject to the call of His Excellency, the Governor and Commander-in-chief, are hereby ordered to report immediately to Headquarters at Atlanta, Georgia, or suffer the penalties imposed for failure to comply with said call. D. B. THOMPSON, Lieut. Col. Commanding. T. F. Ridenhour, Actg. Adj’t. June 14 ts AT 114 Broad. Street, FINE CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBACCO. REMEMBER THE PLACE. 114, BROAD STREET. W. H. H. PHELPS, Columbus, Ga. June 14 dstw2t Wanted to Purchase. A SMALL FARM within four miles'of Columbus. Enquire at THIS OFFICE. June 14 3t* Change ol* Schedule. Office Engineer and Superintendent, 1 Charleston and Savannah Railroad, Charleston, June 7,1564.) ON THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m. Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. at. Leavq Savannah 5.30, a. m. Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m. This Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. H. S. HAINES, June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.^ Wanted. A WET NURSE, without a child preferred. Ap ply at once at COOK’S HOTEL. Columbus, J une 13, lw Lee Hospital. I would respectfully call the attention of the citi zens of Columbus and vicinity to an act of Congress, punishing with fine and imprisonment, any person found guilty of buying any article of clothing from any soldier of the Confederate States. I shall, in future, cause the prosecution of any person violating this act, by buying any clothing from any patient of this Hospital. W. A. ROBERTSON, june 13, 6t Surg’n in Charge. Wanted, TO HIRE by the month, a good negro man, to so 1 to the army as cook for an officer, in the lota Ga. Regt., now in North Georgia. junel3 Iw* JOHN KING. CARGOES OF’THE SI RES A \B> LET HER B. By James H. Taylor, AUCTIONEER. Augusta, Gra. ON WEDNESDAY, the 15TH INST. In addition to the sale of Cargoes advertised, will be sold the Cargoes of the Syren and Let Her B. consisting in part of— Cases of Prints, Muslins, Shirtings, Sheetings, Handkerchiefs, Waxed Call Skins, Hoiiery, Shoes, Morocco Skins, Pencils, Pens, Scissors, Knives and Forks. Pocket Knives, Shoe Knives, Tacks, Pins, Needles, Cotton Spools, Cap Paper, Letter Paper, Envelopes, Casks, of Pad Locks, Hand Saw Files, 18 Barrels Mason’s Blacking, 50 “ Jamaica Coffee, 40 “ Extra Muscavado Sugar. 20 “ Crushed 18 Bags Black Pepper, 20 Barrels Lard Oil, 20 “ Sperm Oil. 10 “ Kerosine Oil, 500 Ounces Peletiere’s Quinine, Ac., Ac. Conditions —CASH. “ \ r . WAhK£R I^* auctioneers. Augusta, G-a. WILL sell in front of their Store, Ho. 265, Fi 1 y" street, at 81-2 o’clock, A. M. on IHURsDAi June 15. •28 Pipes Flue Double Rectified Rye W hiskey! One Case B. & Vs Prints jell 4t