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j. W. WAftREX, - - - Editor. Monday Morning, June 2d, 1864. Death of Captain Robert A. Chambers. £his sad announcement tells of another rude Invasion of an already afflicted home circle, and another costly sacrifice on the altar of in dependence. Capt. Chambers died on Satur day last at his home, near this city. The dis ease which has thus ended a life so full of hope and promise was contracted in the ser vice of his country, and wa3 superinduced by the excissive labor and fatigue undergone in the discharge of arduous duty. Tde deceased entered the service, at an early stage of the war, as a private in the “City Light Guafds.” He was subsequently appointed Adjutant of the 2d (la. Battalion, and, when Gen. Cantey was promoted to the command of a Brigade, he received the appointment from the latter of A. A. General. He v» in the patriotic and zealous discharge' of the duties of this office, in the army of Tennessee, when the fatal sum mons reached him. Though he fell not where the soldier would prefer to fall—on the battle field, flushed wish the pride and rapture of the strife, he nevertheless died for his count!y, j and that country will write his name in im mortal letters upon the roll of her young and i heroic martyrs. ' ' For one who had just cqme upon the stage of manhood Capt. Chambers exhibited an un common maturity of intellect. Retiring and modest to a high degree, the full powers of his mind were never displayed in conversation; but the productions of his pen (some of which have been preserved in this journal) indicate a degree of mental culture rarely attained by one ot equal years. In the highest sense of the term ho was a gentleman, as well by in stinct as education. In a word, in his char acter were combined and illustrated all those qualities that make up the stature of the gen erous companion, the good citizen, the pure patriot and the devout Christian. The lO3S of such a man is much rnoreH.nua a private grief; it is a public misfortune. Georgians at tamp Morton. The following letter by flag of truce, has just been received : Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., t r Apirl29th, 1363. j James. W. Warren: Dear Sir—The following is a list of Georgians at this prison: Wm T W Kimble, E R Ham, company E; E C Mobly and M Brown, company I; J J Kinzcy, J J Blanton, W G Austin, A R Owen, J D Bice, J B Harris, J Vs Plaster, J A J Duran V Cron ic, company II; H II JfcGuaghey and Jas Conner, company D ; D D Donorn, (deceased) also Jas A Craemmer, nurse in hospital. All the abovo be long t« the 2d Ga., cavalry. J Boswell and D T Zachry, 17th Ga. infantry; A N Acree and L W Thurlkill, 2d Ga. Infantry; P M Morris, H M Smith, G W Stinchome, W D Kates, C B Braglin, company F, 2d Ga. cavalry; S F Glawson, ldth.Ga., Batt. ’of cavalry; IVm M Bine, 2d Ga. cavalry, has died here also. Any person wishing to write to any of the above named persons must comply with the follow ine regulations: “No letter must be over a page in length news must be of a demestic kind, each letter accompanied with a U. S. Postage Stamp. Address, # Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., via City Point, in care of Col. A. A. Stevens.’’ All in good health. Your friend, J. J. BOSWELL. The hat was passed round in a certain con gregation in cue of the New England- States, tor the purpose of Inking up a collection.— Atter it made the circuit of the church, it was handed to the minister, who, by the way, had “exchanged pulpits” with the regular minis ter, and he found not a penny in it. He in verted the hat over the pulpit cushion and shook it, that the emptiness might be known, then looking toward the ceiling, he exclaimed with gieat fervor, “I thank God that I got back my hat from this congregation." i— ♦ m* (■'apt. J. 11. Ivky.—This gentlemen has been appointed, and has accepted the position of Chief of Staff (Brigade Inspector) in Gen. P. J. Phillips’ Brigade of Georgia Reserves. Capt. Ivey is an experienced officer, and should the Reserves have * sbowiug iu the pending couflict on the soil of our beloved State, he will prove himseif, as here tofore, an efficient and gallant officer.— Enquirer' Aktkml's Wais[>.—-In an affecting account : of his cou;ting with “Betsey Jane," Artetaus ' Ward says : “There were many affecting ties which made | me hunker after Betsey Jane. Her father’s ' tarrn joinedourn : »heircowsandourn squench- t ed their thirst at the same spring; our old i mares had stars on iheir forreds ; the measles i broke out in both families at nearly the same | bme; our parents (Betsey Janes and mine)! slept regularly every Sunday in thr same meet- j ing house, and the nabors used to observe— ! "bow thick the Wards and Teasels aire.”— J It. was a sublime sight in the spring of the ! year to see our several mothers (Betsey Jane's anc mine) with their gowns pinned up so that they could ut sile em affecschun itely bilin’ j soap together and aboo.-ing the nabors.’; . iio.N they talk. — In ft special t'degntm to i the Mobile Advertiser k Register, the Chicago I Times of fbe 6th is represented a$ discoursing j as to.lows. The Times is CoppcrhVnd ; j Affei five weeks, Gnint's prospects <>f success j aie unimproved. 1 1is present position, after | Ir.S deteat at the \\ is a result of ne- j cessiiy. Ur has precisely the same obstacles ! to encounter a? at first. The siege of Richmond is nor begun Tfiv bureau ~i (- (''ascription has decided that after j the 15th 11 “io able-oodied men employed by the Express v ompany slmll be I’Ut en j into the army. The Savannah News'say?; Would « not be as; well for the Bcroau of Conscription 1° draw upon the army ot able bodied men who have from the v com.nieneeinoatof.llic war, Sited comfortable bu- rtau positions, the duties of which could be Quite as well discharged by exempts ? We doub; if there is ; any body of men out <*f the military service who have done and are still doing more tor the interests. ’ <if the army and the Government than the Express ; Company, which has already beta depriv and of many of its effioient and reliable employees. The corps commanded by General Bald; Smith, which recently went to Gram’s support is known in Yankee enumeration as the Eighteenth. Grant has now five corps instead of three, which he had when he crosso 1 the Rupidan, via : The Second, (General Hancock i the Fifth, General Warren,) the Sixib > (General Wright,) the Ninth. (General Bunimdc,; and the EigliteenUi, (General Smith.) The fire have less men shah the three had in the oeginn ing Y r ,i ‘‘ ! ' rocu - Smiiii is barn to iff-u; v k. He T *?*“«* which, wUh lean Sher binedb.rc,:, iJ-IJ?.. v' C °“* while SuiitU csca- ”Y’ •- •'i.-mphis, Smith was >, v s ‘ direction. — Mississippi Iff ,ln- and now/havic/retSfnßd f, vU‘V’ ! ? over l “ ere ’• ik has pounced upon h ; m on In twtsaippi, Forrest amy’aud Uke^hs artillery. Poor Bmi tb \~MvhiU Uegi* < ° From the Valley of Virginia— Movements on Lexington and Lynchburg: The South-Side tram which* reached hero" yesterday morning, brought the Lynchburg papers of yesterday, which we presume were put to press Saturday night, or Sunday fore - noon. We copy from the saveial items rel ative to the movements of Crook and AverilD the Yankee raiders. The Yirgipion says : The city was thrown into donliiderable state of excitement on Saturday afternoon, by the news repeived from various quarters. - It was definitely ascertained that a party of Yankee cavalry, said to be about one thou sand—though therfc could be no certain if as to their exact numbers—were within four miles of Arrington Depot, on the Orange ahd Alexandria Railroad, distant 28 miles from this city. It was reported, also, that they had captured part of a wagon train, though even this report was not verified. Late in the afternoon it was supposed that they had tapped the telegraph, and all communication was suspended. The afterffoon train from Charlottesville to this city was signaled in time to put back and escape capture. j A courier arrived from Lexington about : noon,who stated that the enemy camped within j seven miles of bexington on Friday night, supposed to be in large force. Other parties who left Lexington on Friday midnight, heard firing on Saturday, which leaves no doubt that an attack was made on our forces. McCrualand was in command, but we for bear to give any idea of the number of hi3 troops. It was apprehended that an effort would be made by the enemy to reach this city, and ac cordingly the forces were collected and march ed to the defences outside of the city. The detailed men, convalescent soldiers, reserve, BecoDd class militia and volunteers, made a large force, whose numbers we shall not at tempt to indicate, but they gave assurance that they could effectually resist many thou saßd raiders. But little uneasiness was felt for the result. During the day, intelligence j was received to the effect that Sheridan and j his raiders had been overhauled at Trevilliau ; Depotj by Generals Hampton and Fitzhugh i Lee, where a heavy fight ensued with favora- j ble results to our side. It was stated that a : bat tery of six guns were taken from Sheridan i and the enemy pressed back all day. ' An ammunition train that left this city, via : the Orange road, about 2 o'clock on Saturday ! and for the safety of which great fears were ’entertained, returned safely aboutß o’clock !in the evening. The conductor saw smoke j in the direction of Arrington depot, from which he inferred that that building was ; burned by the enemy. When the train went down, a gentleman named Dowdy, who had a hundred unarmed men with him, took the re ponsibiiify of seizing an equal number of mus kets that were on the cars, armed his men and got off at Tye River Bridge with the avowed purpose of defending it to the last ex tremity. Such an instant of heroism should not be left unrecorded. The Republican says : At an early hour Saturday, a courier reach ed the commandant of the post oi this city, from Lexington, announcing that a large force of the enemy, estimated at several thousand, were in eight miles of that town on the even ing of Friday. Their march was stoutly con tested by Gen. McCausland with an inferior force, but the fear and probability i3 that Lexington has. ere this, fallen into the hands of the enemy. There is, however, no positive confirmation of this fact. Another force of the enemy, supposed to ba 1,000 strong, was reported and believed to have crossed the Blue Ridge at Robertson's Gap, jrfbving in the direction of Lynchburg, view of assaulting this point. The advance of this force was reported to have reached a point near Arrington Station in Nelson county, about twenty-four miles from this city on Saturday, at which point they are said to have destroyed a small wagon train under charge of Maj. Bell, Post Q. M. at Staunton, be longing to the government, but not of much vain e. At 10 o'clock Saturday night, the telegraph was forking to Charlottesville, from which fact it is supposee that the enemy bad not reached the Orange railroad up to that hour, t is inexplicable to us, if the location of the nemy be properly reported, that the railroad Ihould not have been tapped sooner. That it was not done, would appear to discredit the eutiae story of the enemy being iu Nelson.— But on this head, we are not prepared to speak positively, and must leave the question for to day to determine. The raiding party under Sheridan is re ported to have been met by Geu. Fitz. Lee on Saturday, in Louisa county, and to have been defeated with considerable loss. Gen. Lee is said to have captured a battery of six pieces of artillery and at the lastest accounts from the field, was driving the enemy in the direc tion of the llapidan river. The fight is re ported to have occurred near Louisa Court House. The telegram in another column, 'makes no mention of the fight, but we ob tained our information from such a source as to justify us in believing that it is correctly reported. OBR CITY. The reported advance of the enemy on Lex- • ington and Lynchburg, produced hut little, iff any sensation among our people on Saturday. I Our vigilant and able Commandant, General I Nichols, at once proceeded to out his house- ! hold in order to meet any demonstration which \ might be made in this quarter, and we think j our citizens may rest perfectly secure, in j view of our means of successful defence.— j Let our people keep ccol, be brave, vigilant,; and determined, au l Lynchburg cannot be j taken. ' v _ I Atrocious Murder.—A letter from I a trust-worthy source, received in this city i W ednesday, gives an account of a most j atrocious murder committed at Flat frock, j North Carolina. Mr. Andrew Johnstone, j a native of Charleston, residing at Flat frock, N. 0., was most brutally murdered last Friday in his own house, * by three or four men, who came in ostensibly for the purpose ol obtaining something to eat. j Mr. Johnstone furnished them with the ! best he huu, and sat at the tabic to attend on them. One or the party declined to enter the house, and remained at the door, saying he did not wish to eat anything. ! The others had no sooner finished than one asked, “are yon ready ?" at the same time drawing a pistol and deliberately shooting Mr. Johnstone in the head. Mr. Johnstone’s son, a lad about fifteen years of age, suspecting from the appear ance of the ruffian at the door that all was not right stepped into an adjoining room : and loaded the weapons that had been placed there for safe keeping. Upon ' hearing the shot, he sprang out, and see* ; ing the condition of his father, immedi ately handed him a loaded weapon, while he himself shot one yf the scoundrels, who : fell to the floor. The others escaped. The wounded man save his own name and > dm names of his accomplices, ail tones. Mr. Johnstone lingered about two hours , after he was shot, when he expired. The ladies ©j the family were a!! present at the time. The young lad acted with deter- > mined bravery and gallantry. Mis. John- ' stone, widow of the unfortunate man, fr. the daughter of the late V* m. i.ihoit. Lsq. Oho /'/cst < •,{ (x illUtll, . There is a class of good women who have no right to marry good men, for they have the power of i serving those'.who would goto ruin but for the gui -1 ding providence ol a good wife. Dogs, Yankees and Negroes.— The Houston Telegraph is responsible ior the following: An amusing inoident occurred in Lou isiana the other day. Among the prison** ers captured in the late battles were two Yankees who were determined to escape. They adopted the ingenious plan of bury ing «hemselves alive. They dug conven ient sized holes in the night, got in, and by the aid of comrades, were covered up, loose leaves being thrown over it. In the morning the prisoners were moved off under guard, leaving the two buried men. After everything got quiet, they crawled out of their holes. Unfortunately for them, they were seen by two little boys, who, however, failed to give information for several hours. r - When it was known that there were two Yankees lost, it was determined to secure them. A pack of negro dogs were brought out and put on the scent in the lately oecnpied holes. They followed the track until they finally treed the Yankees, fifteen miles away. The Yankees were exceedingly indignant at being hunted by dogs. They cussed the d—d rebels soundly for chasing white men with dogs. It was bad enough to chase negroes that way, but it was d —*d brutal for white men to be treated so. One of the chas ers replied : ‘‘Well now, you nean’t take on that a way, Yank. Fact is, you have yourself to blame for it. You have been associating with niggers so dog on much, since you have been South, that the dogs took you for them.” Another Abolition Circular.— The Abolition recruiting officer at Nash*, ville, Tenn., lias issued the annexed or der. It will be seen that he has, with “one fell blow” demolished the institution of slavery in Alabama, Georgia and Caro iinas Here is what he says : All able bodied men desiring to enlist may be recruited. Slaves presented by loyal owners, resid ing in Kentucky or Tennessee, may be enlisted. Certificates of enlistment are to be given only to loyal owners residing in Kentucky and Tennessee. The llecruiting Officer, or Agent, will state on the Certificate whether the Claimant presented the Re* emit for Enlistment, or, whether he aps plied for the Certificate after the Recruit had been enlisted. There is no slavery in Alabama, Geor* gia, or the Carolinas. Consequently no person residing in either of those States can receive 'Certificates that, their slaves have been enlisted. Before receiving Certificates of Enlist* ment Claimants must file with the Officer or Agent, giving the Certificate, an Oath of Allegiance to the United States and an Affidavit that they have never in any way, aided the present Rebellion. Later from the North. —The New York Herald, of the 16th inst., contains one day later intelligence from the U. S. Gold opened on the oth at 195, reach ed 1981, and closed at 197. The Herald says : “It will probably reach 200 to morrow, and the ambition of the speculas tors will then be gratified. “The rebel guerillas, under John Mors gan, appear to be running riot in Ken tucky. They now hold undisputed pos session of Paris, Georgetown, Cynthiana, (where they burned a warehouse) and Williamstown, the latter place on the Lexington Pike, within thirty miles of Cincinnati. A force of cavalry, 700 strong, entered Paris on Wednesday with* out resistance. The rebels occupy the railfoad near Lexington. They are also reported to be between Crab Orchard and Stamford." Lincoln has been verbally informed of his nomination, and replied : “I know no reason to doubt that I shall accept the nomination tendered, and yet, perhaps, I should not declare definitely before read* ing and considering what is called the platform." The Herald attacks Lincoln with great bitterness, and calls for Grant, McClellan, Sherman, Hancock, Thomas, “or any other man," to-oppose him with. Sheridan's raiding party consists of the Ist and 2d divisions of his cavalry, under Gens. Torbett and Gregg. “It is one of the most hazardous, and, if successful, one of the most- beneficial expeditions of the war ” Whither bound we are not told. The census f 1860 gave the States in rebellion 719,566 males between the ages of .eighteen and forty-five years. With this as a basis of calculation the Wash' ington Chronicle makes the appended estimates: To allow 600,000 of these fit for duty will be a liberal estimate. Sub tract then, the exempts and those who would in various ways, escape conscrip' tion, at the commencement of the war, the men to d«ty would not have compriso4 ow- r 500,000. The losses of three yeaflg must reduce that to 300,000, which the gain ot population may again bring up to 400,000; so that if now every man in the South, liable and quali fied to do military duty, were in the field, the number wohld not exceed the figures last named. And if it has any such number ot men in the field, it has drawn out pretty nearly its last men, and there are no resources for it in the future.” The same census gave the North a popu lation of 4,000,000 of males between those ages. Assuming that the same disproportion as to other resources exist' ed between the sections, why have we been three years carrying on the war?— Ch icago Tim es. Hermes, the Richmond correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, says : The Yankee practice of shooting at our wounded was carried to a villainous extent during the late battle at ' Aid Har> bor. i hear of an artillery oth.ov who was shot seven times after he hud fallen. On the iielu in front of Kershaw, where the blue coats lay so thick, the Yankee sharpshooters killed many of their own wbtmded, and left the rest to die at leis ure A negro-belonging to the 13th Alaba ma, being jeered by his brother negroes in the regiment for his great fear of balls ;hw shells, corrected their mistaken no tions of his courage, in the following sut isfactQry explanation : ‘Oh ; Lor. nig get's, I not afeard of balls and bombs, de reason I runs and dodges so ; de faet is, Marster aint able to lose me, and I knews ! !” [From the Army and Navy Herald.j Self Help, or Practical Mints for tlie Camp, tiic Forrest and the Sea. Wintkbquxrtkus. 1* The AeiectipL of a place for winter-quarters will, of course, be made with reference to a convenient supply o* wood And water. , ' 2. The south side of a sunny hill possesses great advantages in respect to warmth. 3. A winter hut should be constructed with a solid, wind-tight wall on the side exposed to the prevalent Vjrinds, an<J the door should be on tke side opposite. 4. The side3 of such a hut are usually con structed either with logs well ohincked with clay, or of sods cut into squares and laid with the grass side down. Galton. 5. The sides all around, to the height of a man, should be mad# imprevious to wind and snow; bat fo# health's sake, a free circulation in the uppor part should be provided by spaces left open below the eaves. 5. The bunks, or sleeping places, should be raised three feet from the floor, in order to leave room underneath for storing away trunks provisions or wood ; and the wall next them should be perfectly wind-tight, so as to allow no draughts of air directly upon the sleeper s person. 7. Immediately beside the bunk a moveable plank, arranged for a seat or for a half way step into the bed, will be found convenient. 8. A perfectly tight roof may be constructed of small boughs of cedar, Qr long leaved pine closely laid, with the tops slanting steeply down, or on the seaboard of the lower Confed erate States, of the broad leaves of the pal metto. From their liability to fire, however, it is preferable to construct the roof of clap boards, which may be kept in place, (if nails cannot be had) by means of logs or of stones placed above. 9. A hard clean floor can he made of a mix ture of cowdung and ashes, preferable in some respects to a floor of mortar or of. board. Gal ton. 10. Chimneys are sometimes made of sticks built up in proper shape and heavily daubed with clay, and sometimes of sods cut into brick shape. A flour barrel, with both ends knock out, placed upon the top of the chim ney will greatly increase its draught. 11. Chimneys for tents are sometimes made with the fire place and cooking place outside, and with a flue passing under the floor. When constructed with care and with sufficient ac cent, they do well; otherwise they are apt to moke ru?d to be very disagreeable. 12. A wall tent may be easily converted in to comfortable winter quarters by surround ing if with a hut of which the gable ends are open. It, will have plenty of light and air, and yet be warm. 13. Let the sides of your winter hut be well supplied with shelves and pegs for storing away things. 14. On the ground, floor, a good substitute for a chair can be derived by digging a trench to let down one's feet, the opposite side of the trench can serve for a table. 15. When the flour barrels can be had, chairs need not be wanting. A flour barrel cut two thirds through, about a foot from the ground, makes a delightful chair. The cut staves may be fastened in for the seat, and the concave of the part of the barrel left uncut, exactly fits the back. IG. If the ground be high and dry, so as to admit no moisture, the Laplander’s fashion of building the hut partly under ground will add greatly to its warmth. The depth of a foot, with the evacuated earth used as a part of the wall, will make a difference of several degrees of temperature inside. IT. myier quarters for a horse are almost a»neeJftiT as for a man. They may be made of the boughs of cedar, pine, or any other closely leaved tree, thickly walled together, with their tops downwards, for roofs and sides. If a roof is impossible, then a tight wall to the windward will alone prove a great protection. 4,; §iaS?sidfze«l Press. 99 As applied to a Southern journal this epithet is the most offensive and the most .infamous that could be employed. It is a libel upon the honor, integrity and common honesty of the party accused. An editor who could be brought to advocate a measure which he be lieved to be inimical to the public good, wants but the tempertation and opportunity to be a pickpocket and thief—fitter for the peniten tiary than the sanctum. Among the Yankees this practice of buying up newspapers, like many other acts of scoun drelism, is common. A Yankee sells his opin ions and hi3 influence as he does his nutmegs and his rat traps—to the highest bidder—as to honor, being destitute of it, there is of a con sequence none to sell. A Yankee editor lis tens to a proposition to “subsidize” him as he would to any other business affair—with an eye to the money to be received and the pecuniary advantages to be obtained in the future. In the North there can be no differ ence of opinion among the press without each accusing the other of being“subsidized.” The crime is as frequent as the accusation. A Yankee editor, of any influence whatever, and engaged in any political discussion, who fail ed to receive money from the party he sup ported would be regarded by the rest of. the fraternity as anything but “cute”—in short, written down an ass. It is probably for this reason that when a Yankee editor moves South heat once becomes a violent partisan, hoping and expecting to receive pecuniary aid from the party he sup, ports. Unaccustomed to those courtesies | which are common among gentlemen, lie plun- j ges wildly into controversy, using dirt foriog ic and accusation for argument. His whole | aim and object is to be bought up—to be sub- i sidized—to sacrifice his brains, his influence j and his honesty to the god of his idolatry, • money. A Southern editor knows no difference be tween being “subsidized” and being a villian. ! We have an extensive acquaintance among j Southern editors and we* know not a single one whose answer to a proposition of this soli : would not be a blow. The editors of the South, j differ ars they may in opinion, are men of in- i tegritv arid individual honor—soaring far i above Yankee meanness and Yankee scoundre- j hstn. We have no fears of ever hearing this vile i epithet of “subsidized” bandied about between the gentlemen conducting the public press of the South; and trust whenever it is attempted ; to be introduced by any imported Yankee edi tor, it will but serve to draw upon L.is head ; the scorn and contempt of the whole Southern press, irrespective of party and anxious only ! to sustain the honor and integrity of Use edi toria 1 profession. —Macon Confederate. Is Gov Milton a Monarchist?—The Gov ernor of Florida is a monarchist in his views and upholds the uncoasiiiutional and tnous acts ot the Adwi, ;- ration. What do our coi.-lein.' .. mes ofTaHahassee. the Sentinel «n«'t ii.«- FWidiftn. S*»y to the above charge against Uieir Governor, made by the Chronicle & Sentinel, of the ota inst. ? flu- Guv. Milton, eloquence we have often heard in boyhood’.- day* defending con stitutional repul fi'cauismS; become a monarch ist ? This ij & direct, definite, positive charge made against a particular man. If we have one who desire3 to exchange our Constitutional Govern mem for a monarchy, iet ns know it. and rhe paper- •>? P’orida -owe it to our cause and our country id _ ue .t out. and expose the enemy to cur success, whoever he ni-v be.— The public, generally, don’t believe such a charge against such a man as Governor but •'* may ’>e we:: to examine inte he truil'ulness yf that the peo ple of the Confederacy may know how to re ceive the statements % paper w u-h also Sip: -fitly styles the .. :i of a Southern Ad mini*'ration ••ioNTUous.” VAXhunia ft’ e-/i : >:*? r. The country "ns hen. Lee a deb: -.f everlast ing at ■ ’ ’ *•• ■; -.- w. *.-‘isevera’ •: ••! skill with wh.- | re au» <'.tniuet® 1 this ram- igr.. We are eonfaicjtu. a* Toe R ■-am rr.d LH<;, marks, that there m authiag c> mp arable to it ir. •»!; histo ry. His eiconomy of his men’s lives is above all praise, and ought to, as it no doubt does, call down blessings on him from every family in the ' Confederacy. JEB IiBSRAP HSS. Reports of the Press Association, Entered acoordin* to act of Congress in the year 1863. by J. S, Thrashes, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Petersburg, June 14.—Grant’s whole army is in front of this place in line of battle. More or less fighting has taken place since Wednesday. .. The enemy have been generally repulsed until Wednesday, when they got within one and a half miles of the city, taking some of our works which they still hold. Occasional shells have been thrown into the city, doing, however, but little damage. Grants new base as at City Point, on J antes rivor, 12 miles from hero. The enemy have constructed an immense ob servatory about 12 miles below, from whieh to eb sorve operations hereabouts. The enemy yesterdaj attempted to advance upon our lines, hut our troops opened upon them with artillery and musketry, inflicting a loss upon the enemy equal to any of the campaign. The enemy at no time got nearer than 400 yards of our lines. There has been some cannonading and heavy skirmishing to-day. The poople of Petersburg are quiet and resolute, all able to bear arms being in service. Petersburg, Juno 19.—The Express has Nor thern dates of the 14th. Stanton telegraphs Dix that Burbridge tele graphs here that he had a fight lasting an hour with Jack Morgan at Cynthiana, Ivy., on the 20th, completely routing Morgan, killing 300, wound ing nearly as many, and capturing nearly 400 prisoners. Burbridge lost 150. The dispatch further says that Morgan’s forces aro flying in every direction ; have thrown away their arms; are out of ammunition, and wholly demoralized. Morgan had previously whipped Hobson, com - manding at Cynthiona, capturing 1500 prisoners. A correspondent of the Tribune writing in re gard to the fight al Cold Harbor, on the 3d of June, says the regiments engaged all lost from one-third to one-half of their commands. Gold closed on tha 13th at 19S. Richmond, June 19. — Authentic information of Sheridan’s movements are received. He passed through Bowling Green Thursday and arrived at Nowtoivn, King and Queen county, yesterday, where he is reported to hare been again at tacked by Hampton. Sheridan is evidently aiming to reach Glouces ter Peint. His wagon train is reduced to twenty three wagons. Prisoners taken confess the thorough defeat of the expedition. Richmond, June 19. —N0 official dispatohe s re ceived at the War Department to-day. Marietta, June 19.—The enemy Jro to-day shifting their right throwing it further towards the east. Information from undoubted sources says that their troops are much disheartened and demoral' ized from recent numerous defeats and sickness. . Deserters in squads of ten consfantly coming into our lines to-day, or leaving for their homes. Skirmishing continues to-day, with unimport ant results. The roads are heavy from recent rains which have retarded military movements. Richmond, June 19. — United States papers of the 16th have beed received. A telegram from Lexington, Ky., states that Burbridge defeated the rebels at Cynthiana on the 12th, killing 300 and taking 400 prisoners. Maximilian arrived at Vera Cruz on the 26th Maj, and would proceed at once to the city of Mexico. Grant has commenced anew campaign against Richmond on the south side of the James river., with his headquarhers at Bermuda Landiug. Sturgis, who was defeated by Forrest, has con fessed cflicially his disaster. European advices of the Ist received. Lindsay’s motion for the rocognition of the Southern Confederacy was postponed until th# 17th. It is reported that Napoleon has sent two com- j missioners to America to report on the progress i of the war, and will renew overtures to England for a cessation of the carnage. The proposition of the London Conference that i Holstein shall have the southern part o.f Schleswig from Denmark has been rejected by the latter. Gold in New York opened and closed at 197 Richmond, Juno 19.—1 tis reported that the enemy are retreating from the vicinity k of Lynch burg. Foui peices of artillery and three hundred prisoners were captured from them last evening. ; Nothing officially. SATURDAY NIGHT’S DISPATCHES, Three Miles West oe Marietta, June 18. —1 he enemy lias moved a large number of his forces on our left. Cannonading and musket ry are constant, amounting almost to an en gagement. The rains continue to render the roads unfit for military operations. The in dications are that our left and centre will be attacked. The army is in splendid spirits and and ready for the attack. A deserter came in this morning drunk. But few casualties yesterday on our siue. Several prisoners were captured this morning. Marietta, June 18.—Jlain bus been falling heavily and incessantly the greater part of last night and all this morning. Clinton, La., June 18.—The steamer Pro gress, loaded with thirteen hundred bales of cotton, has been burned on the Mississippi.— No lives lost fix- Mayor French, of New Orleans, died on the 14th. Thursday ni'ht our batteries attacked the * : steamer Landas, another transport loaded ! with troops, and struck her 10 times ; 3 shells exploded on deck. She whistled a signal of distress, and a gun boat came up and towed > her off. T ankee cavalry from Hudson pursued our ; batteries, but a few shells drove them off. Richmond, June 18.—The New York Herald f of tile 13tu received. News unimportant. Gold closed on the 12th at 119 premium. A dispatch from Gen. Lee List night, says our troops assaulted and carried oar original po sitions near Bermuda Hundred, with slight ioss on our part. The enemy near Petersburg, urn ie au attack la force late yesterday afternoon and were re- I pnised. About 300 prisoners wr • captured. Richmond. J une 18.—Ti** Y..nk;*es having been driven rioia the railroad at Port Valihaii Junction, last night, direct communication with Petersburg will be resumed this morn in*. » Richmond. June 17.—A dispatch iron. Lee to the P-osiieat this forenoon, says that “at i O iitof U , WC tvzOK tli fr K ' at Howiett’s house tfhd other portions of the 1 T same line The bat rry a* Rowett sis being established. j i iVC V6S3<ri3 IiLIVC uUCIi 'SUllii 07 g in Trent’s Reach ; ten steamers are within reach behind monitors. Soaio fighting near Petersburg this m ing. without results.” R. E. LEE. — ♦ (Special to the Mobile Register. Senatobia, June 17.—The Memphis Bulletia the 15th is received. Morgan, with a force estimated at from three t > fife thousand, wall mounted and armed, had whip, ped Gen. Hobson, capturing his whole commas i. about fifteen hundred men, at Cynthiana, ou the 11th. Much of the tewn was burned. Frankfort was attacked and tha barracks wars burned, but the attacking party were repulsed. Burbridge is reported to hare come up with >1); gan on the 12th, routing him, but the report . net croditod. The wildest excitement prevails at Louisville.— The city ha* been placed under martial law, aai the citizons are being armed. Morgan having dis patched to the authorities es that city that i would be attacked, and to govern themselves ac cordingly. The force there is inadequate for do fence. If Morgan carries out his threat, unisji proper steps are taken to stop the raiders the re sults will be more disastrous than any during the war. All the news from Virginia and Georgia com.'- through official sources in the usual distorted iuaa ner. A great success is claimed for Hunter. Gen. Sturgis is repoited arrested on Lis re* :ra to Memphis, charged by Grierson with having *,> < his command. Capt. Barton, es Gen. C. W. Adams’ staff, iu arrived from Western Arkansas, gives cheering i counts of the condition of affairs. The crops aro remarkably good, and the roi , in fine spirits. The weak-kneed are taking cour age. Gen. Shelby was at Jacksonville, with 1.580 men, and had torn upthe railroad between Duva! Bluff and Little Rock. Dardanelles was occupied by t'ne Confederate and it was expected that the State would soon clear of Federal*. The Mississippi river is completely blocka ie.l to transportation. Tlie Cotton Trade In England We alluded a short time ago to the letter of Mr McHenry upon this subject, inferring from whr was therein set down, that a famine in the art. ' was imminent. We resume the subject this m ing. Iu tho year ISOI the cotton of all fbrts impor; e amounted to within a fraction of 1,900,000, ; lbs., or about 5,750,000 bales of 400 pounds eac Os this quantity nearly nine-tenths came from the Southern States of America, so large was the pro portion which it was found necessary to work in: > the inferior staples from other countries. I'm this cotton £36,000,000 sterling were paid. It was imported in IS6O, tho year of largest impor tation. When manufactured and sold this cotton brought £56,000,000 sterling. The year 1362 w • the year of least importation. That year but 525. 000,000 lbs. from all countries were imported. F nevertheless, cost £35,000,000 sterling, and wh? worked up, sold for £80,000,000. When we r flect upon the immense population that must ha been thrown out of employment by the fallen u importation from nearly 2,000,000,000 lbs. to one fourth of that amount, we may readily infer th.* labor became very cheap and profits very great.— The manufacturers, therefore, had no reason to ■ discontented with the existing state of affairs, an they aro charged with using every effort to ; • long iL The association for keeping up the supply cotton, composed principally, we presume, of man ufacturers, has in the moantime busily employ.: - itself in making up reports to satisfy ParUamc: * with the present condition of affairs. ParUame gets its information from the Board of Trade, a i the Board of Trade from the Cotton Supply A ciation. In 1563 there was a considerable inere-.t> in the supply over the preceding year. Thi- j crease was occasioned principally by the moreine* success of the blockado runners, and the success ful transfer of cotton to Mexico and other cor," tries. In such cases the association always gj ■ j the country from which the cotton was reshipm j credit for having produced it; a palpable from. evidently designed to make the public satisfie i ; with things as they are, and to aid the Ministry jin sustaining their so-called neutral policy. The j fact is that there has been no increase of cotton in Mexico, anu very little in other parts of the world In India it is well ascertained that not more tha : 2,000,000 bales were ever produced in a year. The impression that it is a great cotton country, ari-e ; from its having produced cotton from time imma modal, but it is altogether a mistake. About 15/. 000 bales were exchanged for Yankee goods, a: r. wards brought into the Confederacy. °Butfor tha'. supply Yankecdom would have been compelle 1 buy its cotton in Liverpool. These frauds, practised in the interest of Y.-ir. keedom, to prevent the recognition of these ~ > . and the opening of the ports, are likoiv. we are pleased to see, to bring retribution in their tram om ’ c °tton is so small, and it is -?/ absolutely impossible to make tolerable goods ■; tuat imported from India and other countries without intermixing some other material, that the manufacturers have been making use of miners -and other foreign substances to supply the place « our staple, heretofore used in working them ur> Tbo consequence has been a deterioration of am - ity so serious that British cotton goods are in i fairway to lose their character in the markets •> the world. Everyman outside of Great Britain who loves justice must rejoice that it is s». Fa this stupendous fraud the British people have ha ! to pay through the nose. The whole weight o the population thrown out of employment has bee: sustained by them for the benefit, it seems, of the manufacturers, who laugh and grow fat while the: workmen are starving. —Richmond Dispatch. Funeral Notice. The friends and acQuaintances of Mr. and Mr" Wm. C. \ incent ar.d family are invited to attend ti. - funeral of their infant son, Wm. C. Vincent, tin (MONDAY) evening at four o’clock, from the re dcnce of Mrs. Sarah A. Vincent, Ogrlethore stree* Anibiilamce lorp* Columbus, June loth, 1-S 5 At a meeting held this day the following tion wa3 adopted: That the thanks of the Committee arc due, .r ■ hereby tendered to the President and Director? > the Muscogee Railroad Company, for their kin ness in gratuitously furnishing them with a ci for their use in their recent trip to Marietta a: baek, also to the other Railroad Companies, en r y.v / for their assistance.in enabling them to avoid doL 11. L. GOODRICH, Preside-:, t. C. G. Holmes, See’y. .ie 18 2t Lost. A X INDIA RUBBER OVERCOAT between - » Post Office and -Muscogee Depot, on "he at noon of 17th <lune. The finder will please leave at the Times Office. R. J. MO SIT je 18 3t 12 y 4EIIIs, liiringstoii & Cos To Refugees, Lawyers, Doctors ami Other THE HOI SE AND LOT situated at Crawfi - Ala., formerly owned by Judge Tate, is now f ] sale at a reduced price. House has five well fin large rooms, good out houses, good vineyards, £:. young orchards of desirable fruit, 116 acres land *i r tuehed, with tine well and spring of wafer. Th . s who want a comfortable and healths’ place in a no . neighbohood, will do well to apply soon. Oth-: land radjoining can be bought at reasonable :a junelT 5t §2O GovKRXMfcNT Transportation Works. Cbluabus, Ga., June lb, 1704. I have Osnaburgs, Augusta Sheetings and An. • ta Spun 1 am, sotne numbers as high as 12, wh: desire to exchange lon equitable terms for Ea and Meal. THOS. JOHNSON jo 17 1m Special Ag't Q. M. Io: WASTED: Mi'oCOGEK R.ulhoai* Office. [ Columbus, Ga., June lath, I>*>4. \{ r ANTED ago >d BOILERMAKER orP-LAf \ SMITH. Apply to W. L. CLARK. je 17 2\v Supernitcr. lent Muscogee R. Change of Schedule, AN and after Sunday, June 19th. the Ira -a t/rhe Muscogee Railroad, will run a* follows 1* ASSKX GER TR AIN : Lt..-v c Columbus • a ;> ' A rive a; Mrie- n.... Os- A. ■ !..'«yc Mneop s " ?. U -4' ri\e at Coiumb:!- .i. M. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus 500 A M. Arrive a: Columbus 4 A:- .1 11. W. L. CLARK. mar 19 ts Supt. Museogeo 11. 1«