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Cfliunta %iw&. J. W. WARBE9, - - - Editor. Thnrsday Morning, June 16, 1864. Th« public virtue in a State, must have reached a very low degree, when the fact that a publie servant has performed hia whole du ty is employed by his enemies to weaken his influence and power with the people. Suoh is the course qt that flpJdenUt, tory paper— the RalUgfc Tragrm, in its war upon Gov. Vance. In an article now before us, that journal says : “The fact i3, we have rarely seen a man so thoroughly imbued with the war spirit, and so zealous in his desire to have everybody in the army as Gov. Vance.” JVhat this villiainous sheet here evidently intends as a reproach, will be considered by all true men in* the Confederacy as matter of praise. We trust that the Progress has greatly mis- j conceived the sentiment of the people ot North Carolina ; if not, God help them! Tns Pops and Maximilian.— The Unita Cattolica gives the text of the allocution ad dressed by the Pope to the Emperor and Em press of Mexico, before administering to them the Communion in the Vatican. In the course of it, he say 9 : “In the name of God, I recom mend to you the prosperity of the Chatholic people who have been intrusted to you. Great are the rights of the people, and they must be satisfied ; but greater and more sacred are the rights of the Churoh, the. spotless spouse of Christ, who has redeemed us with his blood— that blood which is now to crimson your lips. You will, therefore, respect the rights of the people and of the Church, and will thus labor for the temporal and spiritual welfare of your subjects.” An Incorrigible Jester.—A private of the Troup Artillery, Cabell’s battalion, by the name of Ledbetter, who was known as a great jester, was severely wounded through the lung at tipottsylvania by a minnie ball. When his comrades took him up to carry him from the field, he said to them : “Well, boys, they’ve got me; it was lead, against Ledbetter , but lead rather got the better of it!” The Fighting on Friday. Grant's Line Advanced Half a Mile—Four Hun dred Prisoners Captured—Our Lines engaged from Right to Lest —Gallantry of Barlow's Division—They occupy the Rebel Breastworks —The Rebel Guns silenced. The above is the caption of the Philadel phia Inquirer's special correspondence, dated Headqarters, Army of the Potomac, near Coal Harbor, June 3, 12 p. m. It will be seen that this correspondent, although afraid to ac knowledge a defeat, has not the hardihood to claim a victory—in fact, he intimates very plainly, that the enemy paid very dearly for their whistle. He write* : To-day has been marked by much hard lighting. There has been no general battle, but an engagement of sufficient severity to add largely to our number of killed and woun ded. Four thousand men will not more than cover our casualties. Everything won to-day has been earned by hard work, and has cost us its full value. An.average advance of our line, somewhat less than half a mile, and the capture of about 400 prisoners, from the result of the day’s operations. The formation «f our line of battle in its position, across the Gaines’ Mill road, having been completed yesterday,'and full connection established between the several corps, an ear ly hour this morning was fixed upon for an assault on the enemy’s works along the entire line ; the principal effort, however, to be made on our left and against the rebel right. Our line, which extended from Bethtsda Church on the right to a point nearly two miles below Cold Harbor on the left, wa* constituted as follows : Warren and Burnside on the right, next General Smith (Eighteenth Corps), then Gen. Wright (Sixth Corps), and on the extreme left General Hancock. The latter corp3 was the first to open the attack, the First and Second Divisions und Gens. Barlow and Gibbons, be ing assigned to make the assault, while the Third Division was held as reserve. At pre cisely 4J a. m., a gun was fired as a signal, and both divisions siraultaaeously moved for ward. Os Barlow’s Division, the First Brig ade, Col. Miles, and the Fourth Brigade, Col. Brooks, each formed in two lines, led the as sault, the former on the extreme left. Gib bons’ Division, on starting, had the brigades of Colonel Smyth, General Tyler and Colonel McKeen in the front line arrranged from left to right, in the order in which they are men tioned, but while advancing General Owen’s Brigade moved obliquely and came up on the left of Col. Smyth’s, so that the four brigades went in together. There was nearly a mile of ground to Lrav erse before reaching the entrenchments that were to be charged, and over this our men advanced as silently as possible. Through a part of the distance they were screened from the observation of the enemy by woods or slight hills, but in the immediate front of the breastworks there was a space of considerable breadth affording no shelter whatever from the rebel fire. Although the enemy was on the alert, a portion of Barlow * Division suc ceeded in charging over this space and getting temporary possession of the rebel works. But the number that succeeded in effecting an en trance was not large enough to retain posses sion, and they were obliged to fallback to the main line. They brought off, however, two hundred and 1 fifteen prisoners, including a Major and four teen line officers, aud the flag of the Twenty sixth Virginia regiment as a reward of then prowess. Corporal Ferrence Bigler, Compa ny D, Stventh New York Heavy Artillery, in | Colonel Brooke's Brigade, was the captor of j this Ha'’-. The Colonel of the regiment to i which it belonged was bayonetted as our men entered the entrenchments, battery of six guns which was behind the breastworks, was captured but could not be brought, off. It was, however, rendered useless to the enemy by the complete range ot it which our men ob tained with their muskets. They ha>e heul it thus under fire all day, the enemy neither daring to attempt to use or remove it. Although we found it impracticable to hold the rebel entrenchments at this point, our own line was constructed within twenty flv# yards distant. Taking advantage of the shelter afforded by a crest of land, our men lay down just be hind it, and from their concealment kept up such a constantand well aimedfire that scarce ly a single rebel head could be induced to lift itself above the shelter of the rifle pits. Un der cover of this fire the One Hundred and Forty Eighth Pennsylvania regiment, Colonel Beaver, advanced up almost to the enenn s j line, and under their very eyes (it they had dared use those organs to look outj construe- ! ted a substantial line of rifle pits, which we J have since been occupying all day. . Our men have shot down several rebel flags visible within tlieir works, and after wards j tauntingly invited the “Johnies” to put up some more. Badinages was exchanged to day between the opposing lines almost as freely as bullets, but the speakers on either side have been obliged to He low themselves, however high they might pitch their voices. On the line ot Gen. Gibbons’ Division, two belonging to Owen’s Brigade, tor |Hm||ng the maxim that discretion is the bet of valor, rushed forward in advance • of their comrades, and succeeded in entering | the enemy's entrenchments only to dad them i selves in the position of the man who bought the elephant. They found it impossible to get out again, and were unfortunately aaade prisoner!. - , _ . . Col. MeKeen, commanding the Ist Brigade, with about 300 men in his command, was placed in a eomewhat awkward and unpleas ant situation, which the force of circumstances compelled tbemte retain all day. Unwilling te relinquish the assault, and thinking only of success, he and the number of men stated above, held their ground after the remainder of the Brigade had fallen back to a better po sition ; and found themselves isolated withomt sufficient force te advance, and unable to re treat without running a gauntlet of Rebel fire which would let few escape. . They have there fore been obliged to remain all day in a re cumbent position, protected from a sortie of the enemy by the |muekets of their friends m the rear, who, in the meantime, have been en gaged in running out a breastwork, under the shelter of which they can withdraw. They will get out during the night. The distanee gained by Gibbons’ Division is about half a mile, and they oaptured about 150 prisoners. The Sixth Corps, with Russell’s Division on the right, Rickett’s on the centre, and Neill’s on the left, advanced shortly after the advance es the Second Corps, and gained nearly the same amount of ground, which they have held all day, under an extremely heavy fire and fortified themselves In their new position. Rickett’s Division is said to hare been most severely engaged, but the fight ing was extremely sharp and the casualties heavy in the entire corps. On the right of the Sixth Corps, General Smith was engaged, with about the same results and, perhaps, heavier losses. The 81®t New York reg iment, of Marston’s Brigade, Brooks’ Division, had the front of that brigade in making the charge and suffered terribly. Nearly every officer of the regiment is either killed or wounded. Gen. Stars ton was struck by a fragment of shell early in the morning, but remained on the field throughout the day. The entire corps was sharply engaged, and its losses were particularly heavy. The Third Corps, ou the extreme right, advanced their line to some extent, and experienced very sharp fighting in do ing so. The loss in Griffin’s Division alone is stated at about three hundred and fifty. The loss in the Eighteenth Corps through the day must amount to fifteen hundred, as about twelve hun dred wounded have been received in the hospitals of the corps. The casualties of the Second and Sixth cannot be less than one thousand each, and the entire loss of the army will, I think, not fall ■short of the figures named above, viz: four thou sand in killed, wounded aud missing. About 9 p. m., the enemy made a charge on our left, attacking the portion of our line held by Col. Smyth’s and Owen’s Brigades of Gibbon’s Divis ion, Second Corps, and alse Colonel Upton’s Brig ade of Russell’s Divisiou, Sixth Corps. General Barlow, who was on the front of his line over heard the rebel officers give the order “Fix bayo nets,” and instantly sent to warn Gen. Gibbon to be on the alert. The men were at the moment busily engaged in entrenching, but by the time the enemy came up were perfectly ready to receive him, and repulsed him in handsome style, with severe chastisement for his temerity. Since this repulse all has been quiet. Funeral of General Doles. The remains of the late Brigadier General George P. Doles, under the escort of Captain Furlow, a member of bis staff, and Private Mareus McComb, were received by the Com mittee at the depot on Tuesday, morning. A number of citizens accompanied the remains to the family residence, where they remained until half past four o’clock, when they were conveyed to the Representive Chamber for funeral ceremonies. The coffin was placed near the centre of the Hall, and was covered by the large and hand some Flag executed for and used by the “Bald win Blues” previous to the war. At the head was another Flag on a staff, and at the foot of the coffin was a cluster of three YAnkee battle flags captured by the 4th Georgia Reg’t while commanded by Gen. Doles. Avery large audience was present, to honor the departed hero. The Rev. Win. Flinn, who accompanied the Baldwin Blues to Virginia in April, 1861, and who was Chaplain of Colone Doles’ regiment, delivered a very impressive discourse on the life and services of his mili tary friend, which was listened to with pro found attention. The P*ev. C. A. Fulwood assisted in prayer. On account of the weather, the burial was deferred until 9 o’clock next morning, when the largest procession ever seen in the city was formed at the Capitol and followed the remains to the cemetery. The Committee of Arrangements are enti tled to much credit for the appropriate man ner in which they draped the Representative Hall, and for the order of proceedings gener ally.—Southern Recorder. Returning Sanity. Wilkes’ N. Y. Spirit of the Times, edited by a man who has heretofore been a strong ad vocate of the war, doesn’t seem to be very much elated by the prospects of the war : Never before, have we felt a depression equal to that which assails us at this moment. Three years have now elapsed since the com mencement of the war. A debt of sixteen hundred millions stares us in the face; and nearly half a million es our soldiers have been utterly used up. The elastic hope which buoyed the earlier states of the struggle has largely faded out, while, so stir as the Confed erates are concerned, they are better off to-day ! to sustain three years more contest than at | any previous period of the war. The manu factories they at first tequired, are now con structed ; agriculture and the science of sub sistence have taken settled shape: and all the sufferings and sacrifices which are necessary to season a people to exploit, have been en dured. Moreover, they feel that the period of probation which foreign Powers limit for struggling populations to earn the stamp of nationality is very nearly up. Is it not, there fore, painful—nay, alarming—that, at such a crisis, mediocrity ana doubtful purpose should wield the entire sway ? Yes, such is rhe case; and a* we dwell upon it we are almost led to believe that God is not only not with us, but against us. He has confounded our judg ments, divided our councils, and delivered us into the hands of the feeble, the faint-hearted and the blind, And why should He be with | us, base, grovelling, and corrupted as we are ? j We are not with Him ! We are a godless. ! conscienceless, religionless people. There is ■ np honor, no virtue, no devotion, except among the masses, while ninety per cent, of all who i range above thousand-dollar incomes, are ; lynx-eyed sharpers, who are watching every | neighbor with suspicion, and who subordinate j every sentiment to self. Debauched by a* extravagant prosperity, and spared mercifully ! from all sacrifices, we have ungratefully for i gotten a due reliance upon Heaven, aud the 1 result is, that, except in the case of the sim ple, virtuous laboring people, we have practi cally become of atheists. There is no conscience attached to the intelligence and wealth of the community ; and laymen as we are, and of the world, we say unto you, fellow-countrymen, that there can be no last ing government without public virtue, no en during nationality without a universal sense of God. Handled as ourcountiy has been in the field, and stupefied as it is by the tricksters of the Cabinet, it would seem that we are only to arrive at the stage when we may be per mitted to rebuild, by sufferings and sacrifices, aud perhaps through a preliminary chaos which it is dreadful to anticipate. Important to Militiamrn. —The following section from the Act reorganizing the militia of the State of Georgi, assented to December 14, 1863, is published for the information of all parties concerned: Section XIV. And be it further enacted, That any militiamen ordered into active ser vice, whether by order of the Governor or a requisition from the President of the Confed erate States, who shall fail or refuse, after due notice, to enter the service, or being therein. shall leave the service without permission, shall tie liable to be tried and punished as a deserter, and subject to all tue pains and pen- I allies imposed upen deserters in the rules and | articles of war for the government of the army I of the Confederate States. Mexico and Romo. Th© Vienna Presse recently contained the following curious article qp the relations of Rom* with the new Mexican empire, which we find translated for the New York Eveaing Post: The Mexican Monarchy is intended to' re-act against the Anglo Saxon race and the Democratic idea of Northern America, but alee against American Protestanism. Hence, the immense enthusiasm with which the clerical party k of both hemispheres has wel comed the advent of Maximilian I. By the erection of this throne Napoleon 111 has rendered an immense service to the Church, and this service is so highly appreciated by the Court of Rome, that important concessions hare been made therefor by the French Gov ernment. In view of the advantages that the Court of Rome anticipates from Mexico, it has appeared necessary to have itself represented there by a personality, decidecLand energetic. The Pope has, therefore, chosen (in accordance with the advice of Antonelli,) as Nupcio to Mexico, the Minister of War ofßome,Mona:gaorde Merode, who, on this occasion will be made a Cardinal. As Merode wa3 not on good terms with the French, it is thought, too, that this distant appointment will be satisfactory to the Court of the Tuilerics. But a greater concession made to France will be the speedy elevation, at the approach ing consistory, of the Abbe Lucien Bonaparte, long a resident of Rome, and the cameriere of the Pope, to the rank of Cardinal. The Prince Lucien would then be eligible to the Papacy, and upon the death of Pius IX, the conclaves assembles under the protec tion of French bayonets—how can he help standing a very good chance for election? Pius IX can thus await the end of his days in peace. If a Bonaparte mounts a pontifical throne, by Papacy and its temporal possessions are safe, we must say we are now witnessing very ex traordinary things. An Austrian archduke ascends the throne erected by a French Em peror, and the Emperor of Mexico becomes, by force of circumstances, the mediator be tween theTuileries and the Vatican. [Special to the Mobile Tribune.] General Forrest’s Official Dis patch. Headquarters, Salem, Miss, June 11th, 1 via. Holly Springs, 12th. ( Major General Lee: Have scattered the Yankee forces, capturing 250 wagons and ambulances, 20 pieces of ar tillery, and all their ammunition. Their killed and wounded will amount to 2,000, and 1,000 prisoners My men are still pursuing, and more will doubtless be captured. [Signed] N. B. FORREST, Major General. Important from the Trans-Mis * sissippi. A dispatch from Memphis, dated May 31st, says : The tin-clads Marmora, Joliet and Prairie Bird, recently engaged the rebel batteries at Gaines’ landing, and succeeded in driving them away. The Prairie Bird was struck 30 times, and the Marine Brigade boat Delta, had her donkey engine shot overboard and the engineer killed. • Marmaduke, who is reported to be in com mand of the rebels, had taken twelve pieces of artillery. He captured and burned the stea mer Lebanon, and carried the crew and pas sengers off as prisoners. The boats from the White river report the rebels to be thick; but the boats are not molested. A heavy force of the rebels is reported to be within twenty-fire miles of Duvall’s Bluff, marching on that place. They are supposed to number 15,000. CAPTURE Os DARDANELLE BY THE REBELS— BOLD MOVEMENT. The rebel General Shelby, captured Darcla nelle last Monday, taking 200 prisoners. After the capture he crossed the Arkansas river, and it was supposed that he intended to strike the Little Rock railroad. Guerillas are represented as unusually ac tive in Arkansas. It appears to be the inten tion of the rebels to force the Union troops to evacuate all the State except Little Rock and Helena. Jacksonport and Batesville have been evacuated by our forces. “Blood Will Tell.”— Sjrme, of ths Pe tersburg Register, always believed that there is as much in the blood of men as in blood of horses, and farther, that the sins of the pa rents will be visited for generations on their deeendants. This reflection is brought to our minds by the fate of “Ulysses” Grant, who i3 named after his progenitor the great Ulysses of old. The old Ulysses was the son of Sisy puhs, who told Pluto a whopping big lie, to get out of Hell, and for so doing, was set to ‘the always beginning and never ending task of rolling a huge stone, which, as soon as rolled to the summit of a hill, Would rollback to the foot.’ Our Ulysses, like his ancestor of stone-roll ing notoriety, having got'himself into a “hell of a scrape,” has tried to lie himself out of it, with all sorts of whoppers, and for so doing, has bear, condemned to “roll a stone’' to Richmond, but which he is ever rolling back age in. —Lynchburg Republican. Yankee Character, —A letter dated the 3d of this month, says the Winchester Bulletin, and written by a worthy gentleman, who is a member of the LaGrange Relief Committee, now at the front, says : , Fifteen Kentucky boys came in last night wounded, and have been sent to the rear. They were taken prisoners and left at Dallas. They were stripped by the Yankees, 3ave a few who were allowed a shirt. All accounts agree that the enemy devastates the entire country of everything, even ladies’ and child ren’s clothing. When they evacuate they do not leave a solitary article of anything to eat or wear. Wheeler, in his captures at Carter’s station, had a man who took a carpet bag from a Yankee, and upon opening the carpet bag found his own and his wife’s miniatures, besides some letters and other things he had sent her, and which had been stolen by this Yankee. The Yankee claimed the carpet bag. He was sent out from the command and re ceived a promotion —a ju3t tribute to all such vandals. * Death of a Scoundrel. —Colonel Andrew J. Butler, brother of the Beast, died suddenly i in New York on his return from New Orleans. ! He left “a very large personal property.' so the New York Herald tells us, valued at two : millions of dollars. This be got by stealing : and robbery in New Orleans, in which the ■ Beast was doubtless partner: iu proof of i which is th- fact that he left half of his prop ! ertv to the Beast, one quarter to his own wid i ow, and one quarter in trust for his own son. : Such unblushing rascality has rarely been acted in the face of the world.— Sav. News. A Worthy Example. —Mrs. , of Twiggs i county, Ga., : >r the last fourteen years entirely I blind, has w ; rh her *wn hands just completed and ’ forwarded t<> soldiers, free of charge, sis-; pairs of ! socks. When an old lady, deprived of one of 1 God's greatest blessings—sight of the eye—for many years, and in the eighty-fourth year of her age, presents such spectacles ts disinterested pa triotism. let the mantle <;f shame crimson the brow of the young bams- sos the land, who fail to emulate the example of this pious old lady: newreelining in her last days, on the bopeofmio istering to the comfort of :"he brave soldier, who only look* to eternity to reward her for sueh noble deeds. Will a just God entail upon the posterity of such noble ancestry the yoke of a despot.—.Va co a Teleyrap Fxemy's Losses at Cold Hasbor.— The Rich mond correspondent of the Charleston Mercury says: “The Yankee loss last Thursday must have been very heavy. In Kershaw's front especially. the carnage w-s horrible. lam told that General Pickett estimates the dead at that point at SCO. In front of two brigades of another division upwards of 40u killed were counted, and tha loss of those brigades all told was only 11 killed and wounded.' - ' TBLBO'B.AFEXG. m.— ■ - ■— ■- -■ ■ '—--rTLrr-^n Reparts es the Press Assaeiatian. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in Clerk’s officenrf the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern Distriot of Georgia. From the Georgia Front. Front Louisiana and the North. Arrival of Gen. Polk’s Remains in Atlanta, &c, f Sac*). &c« Top Kbnnxsaw Mountain, near Marietta, June 15.—Considerable cannonading and skirmishing on the rignt and centre to-day. The enemy advanced his lines the previous night very near te ours. Both lines are distinctly visible from this point. Weather beautifal, and the roads are rapidly dryiag. General Loring is now in command of Polk’s eorps. Lieut. Elisha P. Gwin, of Kentucky, captured by our scouts this morning, says that the enemy lost 1500 in Hooker’s fight with Stewart on the 25th of May, and that it was a useless sacrifice of life on the part of the enemy. Clinton, La., June 15. —Cotton in New Orleans on the 10th, was $1,07 per lb. A. J. Smith’s treops have gone up the river from Vicksburg, on 36 transports. The naval depot at Cairo has been blown up by an explosion of gunpowder. The greater part of Brashear City has been burnt up. Heavy firing this morning in the direction of Port Hudson. A gentleman from New Orleans says he had to pay 205 for gold. Atlanta, June 15.—The remains of Gen. Polk arrived here this morning, and were deposited in St. Luke’s Cnurch. The funeral services and ser mon, by Rev. Dr. Quintard, was delirdred before a great assemblage. The remains were then es corted to the morning train for Augusta. The death of this Christian hero has made a pro fouud impression in all classes of this community. [From the Southern Confederacy.] The Front. Atlanta, June 14—Noon.—A staff officer who left the field yesterday informed us, upon arrival in the city, that the enemy were getting a number of batteries into position along our front, and would probably soon open in a gen eral shelling of our advance lines. Last night desultory firing was heard in the direction of Marietta, and this morning a heavy and very rapid artillery fire could be distinct ly beard beyond the turmoil of the streets.— We have received no particulars. It is re ported, as we go to press, that a skirmish has occurred about six miles to the right of Ma rietta. The weather is clear and cool, and suggestive of battle. The Front. Arrivals by the trains last evening (says the Memphis Appeal of the 14th,) report no change of importance at the front. Since Saturday last a gen eral quiet has prevailed, scarcely a gun having been fired on either side. The roads are in such a condi tion that no important movement is expected to take place for some days, as it is thought it will be impossible to move artillery, etc. This at least is the opinion of the lookers on who have been near the front. On Saturday last a raid upon the railroad in the rear of the enemy was actnally effected, which is the first success of the kind. The 3d Alabama cavalry, as we are advised, made an attempt to reach Re saca, but finding that [point too strongly guarded, they turned their attention to Calhoun, [six miles below. On their approach the Yankee guard at the station fled to the woods, and the place was taken possession of without a gun being fired. In a short time an empty train came up from the south, which was captured and burned. A torpedo conveniently placed soon after destroyed the engine of another train, killing [the engineer. Ten prisoners were also captured and three thousand sacks of torn de stroyed, when our forces deemed it prudent to re tire, in consequence of the desertion of one of our men, who, it was feared, might communicate to the enemy the smallness of our force and induce them to move in overpowering numbers against the com mand. i A few such operations as this by our cavalry will be felt by'the enemy severely, as he is no doubt* compelled to use the railroad to its utmost capacity to get forward his supplies ; and as they are entirely feasible, we hope to be frequently called upon to chronicle their occurrence. Let the cavalry be heal’d from efficiently. Sigel ox Lee.— On Tuesday night (a week before General Breckinridge whipped Jiim,);.! General Sigel, according to the New York Times, Invade a very remarkable speech in Martinsburg, Ya. He said: “The war has gone on three years, and it is a great disgrace to the North that, with all its su periority of men and money, the rebels have not been conquered. lam now here, where 1 was two years ago. Only think of it! We march to-morrow fc o fight the greatest General of the age, the rebej Robert Lee.” At this remark the General was gree ted with hisses from some intense loyalists. .Here plied, "‘You may hiss, but he is a great General, al though a rebel.” Capt. Swanson, of Hinds county, who deserted and went to the enemy at Vicksburg some five or six months ago, was picked up by (: apt. .Montgomery's scouts the other day, while trying to communicate with some of his friends this sidejof Vicksburg, and brought to Gen. Adams' headquarters. He had£on his person some six thousand dollars in greenbacks, and letters of a very treasonable character. We learn he is to be hung shortly. Ho was formerly la lawyer of Raymond, and at the time of his desertion i held the commission of quartermaster in our army. ! j Meridian {Miss.) Clarion, 10th. j Incidents of Gallantry.— A letter from “Camp | near Hanover Junction,” May 23d, records the fol- j lowing: A brave man and a daring scout is Serg’t Shad- ! man, commander of the scouts of this division j (Hampton’s Division, Uobb’s Georgia Legion.) On ! the 17th of this month he, with five of his scouts, at- j tacked a Yankee picket post at l nited States Ford ; tin the rear of the Yankee army.) They numbered ! thirteen men. They were all Dutch. Shadman or- j dered them to surrender. The Dutch murmured j out something which we did not understand, and | they commenced.firing, and the scouts killed every ; one of the Dutchmen but two—who were so badly ; frightened that f don't believe they will ever get over it. He captured all their horses and equipage, swam the Rappahannock and returned to his camp without any of liis men being killed or wounded. The Lynchburg Republican says : In the recent fight near Dre wry’s Bluff, a young; gentleman of this city was conspicuous for gallantry | and daring. In,the charge upon the fortifications , of the enemy, Sergeant T. D. Jennings, company G. | 11th Virginia, rushed ahead of his comrades, and j amidst a shower of bullets, won the high distinction of being the first to reach the enemy’* works.— ; Arrived there he vaulted upon the breastworks and | i demanded a surrender. Two Yankee colonels sur- 1 | rendered to nim iu person, and delivered him their 1 swords. These trophies of his valor the youthful , 1 hero bore off in triumph. To stimulate others to I i emulate his example, and to render honor tj whom 1 j it is justly due, this brief record is made. ! Disturbance at Vicksburg.— The Mississippian, | j of the Sth, says that its regular correspondent “Lo- j 1 gan,” who is now in Yazoo county. Mississippi, has i j been permitted to make the following extract from a letter dated Canton, 2d lost: “A gentleman came ; out from Vicksburg a few days ngo, who says there was a groat fuss there last week. Some negroes in suited some ladies, and the citizens undertook to | punish them, and two or three of th3 citizons were .killed. The Yankee soldiers then turned in on the negroes and “slew them fore and aft.” The troops i reported as landing at Vick-burg were some of 1 Ranks' urea whose time had expired and were going I home. They got on a general ‘bust, ’ and thus added ! tv the disturbance. The officers oar men or toe-tith Mis.-issippi llcrimes, t un.*n: :n -nisty «-»rec-t : ■ rviua? aalf of , their rations tor two days, to me poor u:. ! suffer ing woman and children of Richmond. This is a noble example and should be folia wed by those at home having an abun dance. CITY MATTERS. T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR Funeral Obsequies.— Tho remains of our noble and gallant ycung friend, Wm. H. Young, Jr., reached this city yesterday afternoon at six o’clock, and were borne from the depot to their last resting place in the city cemetry, followed by along and weeping cortege of relatives and ffiends. At the grave the solemn and impressive burial service of the M. E. Church was read by the Rev. J. S. Key, during which the deep feel ing exposed by those present, exhibited not a mere semblance of feigned sorrow, but a profound and heartfelt regret at the loss of this estimable young man and heroic soldier. Thus closes the grave over another martyr to liberty, and and young man of noble character and rare promise. He fell as falls the patriot, and his memory will prove a precious heritage to his friends and country. He sleeps well, and from hia peaceful slumbers he will nerer wake to weep. The Meat Question. —The Local of the Eu faula Spirit is the recipient of another fine ham. Verily, hams are plentiful in that locality, or the system of “puffing” in much higher repute than in these parts. Our friend John couldn’t gull any of our roaders into the bestowment es such munifi cent presents. Where the system of Local gas sing is reduced to such a science as it is in this city, a newspaper paragraph would hardly be deemed a sufficient return for a ham. But our style of “combustion” is evidently too eheap. We oongratulate our Eufaula friend on the better use he makes of his gasometer. We are under obligation to you, John, for your appreciation of our good looks. But really we don’t wish to be understood as running on “purty,” or money, or anything of that sort. However, we are sure you don’t express the universal senti ment of Eufaula, for there’s one girl down there who says that “we’ll do that is, that we combine the necessary qualities te “come in.” What do you say to that ? This war of Locals is becoming interesting—our city cotomporaries pouncing upon us “like a duck upon a June bug,” and our Eufaula neighbor sail ing ia indiscriminately. Three on one ain’t fair. Give us fair play, gentlemen, and eeme one at a time. Perhaps we shall then be able t© stand our band. But hear bow this new “Richmond” takes on : Another Fine Ham. —We are indebted to an esteemed lady friend, sos a most superb Ham, — none of your puuy ones, but a regular seckdolla ger. And we can testify to its being fine, for we hare tried if. We expected to awaken the envy of some of our brother locals, that bad been going into spasms over flowers and strawberries, when we mentioned the one we received last week from Mr. Roquemore, and sure enough our old friend, Tom Jackson, the clever -Local of tho Columbus Timet, frankly acknowledges that a present of a Ham, would produce a first rate notice at least a column long. Tom facetiously calls us his “ugly brother.” Coming from him, that is rather un kind, for every man, woman and child in Eufaula, knows that when he loft here, ho carried the jack knife toith him:’ Will friend J ones of tho Enqui rer, inform us whether Tom still retains his su premacy in that line. A Welcome Visitor. —The face of our goodna tured, cheerful friend, the Sun, was visible again "yesterday afternoon, after an obscurity of four or five days. His face was as agreeable and plea*- ant as that of a lovely maiden wreathed in smiles. How charming to contemplate. If he will only refrain from a too ardent display of his we shall feel all right. Just in the Nick of Time. —As we were sit ting yesterday afternoon cogitating on the fallibil ity of femininity, and the gullibility of masculin ity, as well as the incongruity of matters and things in goneral, aud the “huge preponderosity” of Local Editors particularly, wondering what we should next harp upon to create a sensation, in came a package of fine smoking tobacco, from the store es Mr. W. H. 11. Phelps, duly labelled “In dianola Smoking Tobacco,” and directed to our earnest consideration. Mr. Phelps will please ac cept our thanks for the same. We have tested it, and find it of excellent flavor, and equal in our es timation to the best. Those in want of such an article will know where to find it—at W. H. 11. Phelps’, 114 Broad Street. Time to Quit. —We were shown yesterday by our negro pressman, a magnificent tri-colored silk tobacco bag, of elaborate workmanship, which seems to be several degrees in advance of any of those it has been our good fortune to receive. He *says it was given to him a* a token of “lore.” If lore brings with it such tokens, we have conclu ded to try our hand at lore. Who’s in ? — Be Practical in Charity.— See that tender, beautiful, innocent and shoeless little girl treading the streets with sadness upon“her face; be kind to her, and open your purse; her father sleeps be neath the roar of cannon on some distant battle field—he died maintaining the standard of your country—he died for the “rights of man”—“he died that you might live” as freemen: then turn not away in coldness, but smile and give. TheGf.orgca Militia in the Field.— The Mili tia called out by Gov. Brown, aud taken by him to our front, have been turned over to the command of Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, to report to Gen. J. E. Johnston as will be seen by the following General Order, dated Atlanta, JunelOtb. Major General Gustavus W. Smith, having been elected Major Gent ral of the First Division of the Militia of the State of Georgia, will immediately relieve Major General Wayne in command of the same, and report to General Joseph E. Johnston whose orders he will obey during the present cam paign < f the enemy against the city of Atlanta, .or until further orders from the Governor and Com mander-in-Chief of the Militia of the State of Geor gia. . n Major General Wayne on being relieved by Ma jor General Smith, will resume his appropriate du as Adjutant and Inspector General of the State. (Signed,) JOSEPH E. BROWN, Governor and Commander in Chief. Gen. G. W. Smith, in assuming the command has appointed the following a3 his Staff Officers : Gon. Robert Toombs, Inspector General. Major W. K. DeGraffenreid, Adjutant General. Cbl. Joseph S. Claghorn, Chief of Artillery and ' Ordance. Col. Luther H. 0.. Martin, Chief Quartermaster, Major W. J. Williford, Chief Commissary. Dr. Henry R. Casey, Medical Director. Dr. Thomas A. Rains, Division Surgeon. Col. Linton Stephens, Aid-de-Camp. The reeent raid against Petersburg, suvs the Char leston Courier, should be taken as a warning to all cities that can possibly be threatened in like man ner, and should induee prompt preparations in or ganization and enrollment and equipment of all who can bear arms for local defence. Such daring raids are never undertaken without aid and infor mation from traitors and those disaffected. The movements of such persons should be closely watched. From the Macon Telegraph.) From Morgan’s Command. In Camp, 13 Miles from the Kv. Line, ) Juno Ist, LS64. j Mr. Olisby: —l this morning bid adieu to “Dixie.” The long wished for orders have come at list, and we are already one day’s march ou our way ro the green waving fields at Kentucky. Morgan is in the saddle once more. and. ere long the Yariks will tremble at his sudden approach. — We have 2500 of the best men thu fever drew the blade in defence of Southern liberties. We iinend to have what the motto on our ban ner oni’v for, “Southern Rights, or Northern Guta/’ i mu-t bid adieu to you and all my Georgia friends. Excuse this short epistle, for the sin ill c ite.- of the buße are blowing “saddle up I Y >u wl:t hear from mi again, if I should bo for tunate eu' ugh to get back to Dixie once more. Respectfully, Eugene Graves, Morgan’s Command. „ of a Cotton Speculator.— B. W. Woosu t a \ ankee cotton speculator, was hung a 3hort time ago, near Haines’ Bluff, on the Yazoo river, for en - dorsing the conduct es Forrest, at Fort Pillow, aal threatening to take the life of a jaegro soldier. Ho was pHt to death by negroes and negro>fficors. Ne gro equality is working well.* In Richmond they are killing up the dogs at the rate of about one hundred per day, with the view of saving the provisions they consume. This U reducing the economizing of provisions down to a system. The Montgomery Advertiser says that planters in Pontotoc county, Miss., are contracting to deliver their wheat at two dollars per bushel, such unusu ally heavy crops have been made there. Southern Mechanics’ Union* The Southern Mechanics Union will meet at the room of the Vice President, J A Colvin, in the Ma sonic Building, this, Thursday evening, at eight o’cloek. By order of the President. * ISAAC G. DENSON, June 16-11 Sec’y Wanted, a Piano! PERSONS leaving the city for the Summer month > I and wishing to hire a Piano where it will b e carefully used, will please address E. H. M., Box q 55. stating terms, jelfl 3t. Advertise men!, (Jomumbcs, Ga., June lith, 1564. Sir: I wrote to you twice not long since, relative to a deed of land No. 130.14 th Dist., Taylor, co., Ga. You will oblidge me very much by sending me the deed, that my brother S. L. Hanks, sent to your office last year to be recorded. I now own the land, and hope you will do me the kindness! to send it to me. Truly yours, G. M. HANKS. To Jas. T. Harman, Cl'k Superior Court, Taylor Cos.» Ga. Butler, June 15th, 1364. G. M. Hanks, Dear sir: The last time before this note a gentle man by the name of Sullivan handed me note [re questing me to sond the deeds by him, but could not wait until I could get them for him. There is tw© deeds in office to S. L. Hanks, and the recording fee has not been paid and I cannot take Confederate money unless I got an equivalent to Specie. _ The recording fee is $1,25 cts.. or $25 in the new .iesue and when you send me my fee and postage I will be very happy to forward you your deeds. Yours very Respectfully, JAS. T. HARMAN, June 16 It* Clerk. Found, A POCKET BOOK containing about two hundred, dollars which the owner can have by paying for this advertisement, and proving property, on appli cation to HENRI C. COOK, junelfitf Box 81. For Sale or Hire. AN easy and pleasant gaited riding Horse, suitable for riding about town or round a plantation. A careful man can have him for his feed, or he caa b, bought for S6OO. Awgrto H D COTH[MN je 162t* or C’HAS. 11. SMITH. S2OO Reward. Headquarters Enrolling Office, ) 3d Congressional District, > Columbus, Ga., June 15, 1864.) IWILL pay the above reward for the delivery of Thomas Freeny, a deserter from the 12th Geor fia Regiment, who escaped from the Guard at No. , on the S. W. R. R. Description—Age 25 years, height 6 feet, complex ion sallow, eyes grey, hair dark. * W. L. DAVIS, Capt. and Enrolling Officer. June"l6 3t . Enquirer, Sun and Jfacon papers please publish three days and send bills to Times Office. To the Public ! The undersigned proposes to establish a Soldiers’ Reading Room <fc Library, in this city, so soon a? a central location can be procured. Its object is t > furnish a pleasant resort for the convalescents of our Hospitals, and other members of the Army and Navv; and where the Papers of the day, Secular and Religious, may be found, as well as facilities for information and letter writing. As the 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 f’olumbus, Ga., June Bth, ’64.) The Rev. Mr. Stickney, Chaplain of the Post, is authorized 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 Cornd’g Post. June 9; 1864. lw llkadquauters, ) 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, Chattahoochco 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 “FOR SALE” AT 114: Broad Street, FINE CHEWING AND SHORING TOBACCO. REMEMBER TIIE PLACE. 114, BROAD STREET. W. H. H. PHELPS. Columbus, Ga. June 14 dotw2t Wanted to Purchase. A SMALL FARM within four miles ofColumbus. Enquire at THIS OFFICE. June 14 3t* Change of Schedule. Office Engineer and Supkrintkndf.nt, ) Charleston and Savannah Railroad, Charleston, June 7,1361.) ON THURSDAY, June 9,1861, and until furtue: notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train w be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.4-3, a. m. Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m. Leave 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. Wonted. V3V ET NURSE, without a child preferred. Ap ply at once at COOK’S HOTEL. Columbus, June 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, rO HIRE by the month, a good negro man, to ? to the army as cook for an officer, in the 46th' Ga. Revt. now in North Georgia, june 13 lw* JOHN KING. C. V. WALKER & CO. AUCTIONEERS. _A_ui£:'Usta, Oa. -ITTTT T s e ii in front of their Store, No. 265. Br vi i \Y street, at 81-2 o’clock, A. M. on THURSDAY. June 15. Fine Double Rectified Rye Whiskey! One Case B. & W. Prints jell it