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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the raie of ;4.0fl per month, or sl2 for three month*. No subscription received for a looser .term than hree month** ' ' : ADVERTISIJf© RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2,00 per square for each insertion. Where advertisements are inserted a month* the charge will bo S3O per square. Announcing C andidate3s2Q. wluchmustunvariably paid in advance. E, rBOSSY. ,t*tv Rureeon to the New Orlehins "Fe- 1 rrOBMBUBY im fo Ts hi« services to the Cit t 1 a U the branches of his profes sion* . .Mention will be dfivetedlto, the treatment of’'the diseases' r performed » fpr, MS- lg T n o, 1 nViaico-Vaginal . . jftstula, Fistula Congenital hnd A'ccudentaj Fhyntoihs, tlydrocele. or Piles. YlaUous W Varicocele, H m False Passages, Tallapesor Club vie stnetur . * f t^o fi n?ers Strabismus or and Xcurißm.'Varix or dilated vein*. Ptery- Squinting, Ane r t ip; also for the remov- tiuS 01 abnormal growths from.any part us the body- . Gcr fi td -Urinary System', epmprsing Diseases oi■ tei 0 j- Ghonorrhata, Strictures, ta- d f e iSea ( Syphilis, in primary Gravel, &perraA an d heriaitary foteis/Wrll receive secondary,, ■ ■ r .,,r , . particular ajt«n w • QBver Rdrcd as well as tho References tfvett yearsprac ti<te‘in NewOr recommendatio j lour3 every day at his office leans; - J p ou ®’-!. t fi a ii Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock in tho Mas 2 ‘to4o'clock P. m. .Patients wilfllo a, m„ anu trom those hours, a,3 before ai)d well licvotc d to visiting persons in after that time the city. ntcatioasto Address all commiucai* DR K A^JKOgSY. 1 Columbus. Ga, , „ from a distance having servants or medical treatment, will be requiring quarters, but m all cases ~n, ',v 7 . . b?°ish iheir own provisions and bed dinK '- -ii particular attention to *irl wlll different forms of Ulcers. PJieu tho treatment. s a ff e ctiOiis, SyphiUticprup n?ill,!il“’.. l U ‘other chronic diseases oi theskiiu ! I', V Fnuii'Mtions and Steam sulphurous. M«uc.it*d i n the hospitals lußuropc and ill ***** treat.uent. R> Change of Schedule. Office Engineer and Superintendent, ) ,>N THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further 0 notice, the Schedule of the Passenger tram will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston a * Arrive in Savannah p. m. Leave Savannah ••• a - lu v Arrive in Charleston 4.15, p. m. This Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central Railroad at tho Junction. H. S. HAINES, June 14 ts Engmcer and Superintendent. Notice* Headquarters Post, ) Columbus, Ga., June 9th, ISol. i demand Order No. 2. In compliance with Special Orders No. 119, Hoad Quarters Department South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, the undersigned hereby transfers the com mand of this Post to Major Geo. O. Dawson, F. C. HUMPHREYS, Major, &c. Headquarters Post,! Columbus, Ga., June 9, ’64. 1 General Orders , 1 No. 1. j In pursuance of Special Orders, No. 149, Head* quarter? Department, the undersigned hereby as sumes command of this Post. Existing orders and regulations will remain in force until further or ders. t V . GEO. 0. DAWSON. Major Comd’g. AitrEnquire'.- and Sun copy. je9 ts Notice io Piamtet ?i am! CJoik- Ktiiucrs u! la*4>sa.’ ? VUE will keep tor sale, for Confederate funds, or \V exchange for country produce—such as Corn, Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, .ial low, Butter, Wheat or Flour—the following articles, on hand or made to order: PLOW AND SCOOTER. BAR IRON ; FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON; iIOOP, HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD; IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN ROPE) FOR BALING; SHOVELS AND SPADES ; FRY PANS; POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP TIONS ; SUGAR AND SALT KET.TL£S —FROM 40 TO 100 GALLON A ; ."SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 13 INCH'. We are ino>>aroil to receive and till orders tor any dfccs aod quantity of Iron, from cur Iron Works Il “ iU ” s MUIA LOU?f D. GRAY * GO.. tV ,, r ,ts Nox t,to Now Bridge, |< gg,II)T I ®>N M ATH€JES! MM IE Columbus, Ga.. Friction Match Company, 1 have again resumed operations, and will, m a few days, bo prepared to supply them in quantity.— They also make- a superior article of Blacking, wlnca can bo supplied in quantity.. Dealers and others wishing to purchase, can ap ply n, Messrs. LivingstOfrA Cos., or Jfessrs. Hull A Duck, who will be kept constantly supplied. A D. THU if/ A 00., Manufacturers. N. 11, —It having cost, me about $5,000 in the past eighteen months, above receipts, to learn how to make good matches, the public can now rely on get ting a superior article. S. D. ruo-V. Columbus, May 14,1304 du ~ "notiob. X© Planter* awt«l Others ! I WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and 1 Yarn. for Bacon. Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. 1 will he found ai Tlbbinctt & Qo'S oklstawo. wncre a am ma&maeturlftg Candles and Lwd Oil p>r wii©* fi. 8. WJifGii i. june 2 ts Shoeu&akers* aiid Saddlers' TOO'l^3. ' i'llE v NDERSItI X i£V> Sieving o-amuiouced the * manufacture ufTb© aW\e i.aiued articles lu t-iii-s citv, are prepared w fill orders for the same. Office on Angle street, ft few doors above U, ;i. Hosph. h UAKttIBON, BEDELL c; CU. Reference —Ma,i. t. IV. I>u.!.Ard’. Mobile Register, Missb-i,Man and Augusta 0..?t --1 list, please copy mouth and seal bills to this i'licc. f mar SO • OFFICE -'IOBH.V & GISARti R,. R. f Cvluiubuo, Ga.. May Ota, Yd. j The annual Meeting of Cm Blockin'-Je . up Company, will be held at mV.-iice, 'anu, Ala., on Wednesday, sth day of July nett, at 11 o does when the election Mr President and Hirers wiU take place. -.0, By order ? M roe y uivdl td HttADQrAO-I'EFS, ) Ist Class Battali.e.;, y : oiumbus, Ga„ J une ±". General Orders No. 4. U 1 militia officers in this command win - b ivo not yet reported at Atlanta, together with all civil offi cerslin .'loseogee, Chattahoochee and Marion coun ties, who are subject to the call of His Excellency, the G , cruor and Commander in-chief, are hereby ordered tu report immediately to •Hoa.Kiu.i.-teis at Atlanta, Georgia, or suffer thy penaitits hniioSed for failure to rymti kV.v~*“* v ■ . . _.-'GMPYJN, Lieut. eV lcU T. F. llfPt.MiOt'K, Jclg. Adj’t. June 14 ts . u FO» AT 111 S3L*octc3L Btreot, FINE I’iIEWING AM) S>IOKiNG I fOMuO< BFMKMBLit THE PLACE. 6M, BSS&A6* SXR^jET, vV v H H. PHELPS, Columbus. Ga. •June 14 dStWjt - JILSL „ rr:. w Vol. XI. J. W. WABREM & CO. Proprietors.. .....J. w . IVARBE.Y, £(titov AUCTION SALES; f;—; -j*- ’ By ML CBOYI,Y Auctioneer AUCTION SALE OF IMPORTED GOODS, BY 'VOat^io^ue. .05 fRURSDAY, June 30th, 1864, commencing at 10 o clock, a. m., I will sell at my sales rooms No. 2, Granite Row, Wilmington, N. C., theentire car goes of Steam ships BAtt&ER and LUCY, With large consignments ex ships CHICORA, AL ICE, n ANNIE, QITY OF PETERSBURG, and other vessels, viz ; t Bry-fioods. IS oases white ground Prints, 17 cases black and white printed Muslin 13 cases Hudkaback Towels 11 cases Organdie Muslins 8 bales Army Cloths 7 cases super Hosiery 7 cases Coats’ and Clark’s Spool Cotton ■6 cases finishing Linen Thread 6 bales fancy Shirts 4 cases solid, broken and moruning Gingham; o cases bl ack Lustra 3 cases Confederate Tweeds 3 cases ready made Clothing 2 cases Chocks and Stripes, mourning 3 cases coat, vest and bone Buttons 2 bales Barege 2 cases black Satin 2 cases super black Broadcloth 2 cases Brown Holland 4 cases Flannel Shirts 2 bales mixed Meltohs 1 balo blue and grey Serge .1 bale fancy Flannels 1 case Black Alpaca 1 case Black Orleans 1 case Paper Cambric, assorted coicrs 1 bale Mottled Alpacas 1 case Beauregard Tweeds 1 case Southern Cloaking 1 case Black and White Prints 1 case Shirting 1 case Fancy Shawls 1 bale Linos, superior 1 case Mosquito Netting* 1 case Ties, Gloves', &o 1 bale super Broad Cloth, assorted c dors 1 case Irish Linen 1 case Pant Buttons 1 case Black and White Pin^. Shoes, laeatliei*, jkc, 36 trunks Ladies’, Gent’s and Children’s Shoes 19 cases Ladies’, Gent’s and Children’s Fr, Boo tees, extra 6 .cases Army Shoes 7 cases Barton’s Bleached and Brown Shoe Thread 4 cases Fr Waxed Calf Skins 4 eases Chamois Skins 2 cases Morocco Skins. Cotton Cards, Clothing, &c* 25 case? Cotton Cards, No. 10s, part Whittoniore/I best 1 case Wool Cards 2 cases Card Clothing 32x1 2 cases filleting Stationary. 10 cases Cap, Letter and Note Paper 2 cases Gilliott’s Steel Pens * 3 cases Pen Holders 1 case Pencils and Peas 1 case assorted Stationary Bagging and Hope. 10 bales Gunny Bagging 148 coils Bale Rope Groceries. •233 bags Itio Coffee 10 barrels brown Sugar 10 barrels crushed Sugar 182 kits No. 1 Mackerel 8 casks Chieoryj 10 boxes Sperm Candles 10 bags black Pepper TO caddies Young Hyson Tea Hardware*, Ac. 8 tons Hoop Iron 28 kegs Nails, assorted 4 casks Wire 4 cases Gun Caps 12 bags She. 3 eases Knives, Files fend Razors Diqitors, &c. 4 quarter casks pure Cognac Brandy 1 half pipe pure Martel Brandy l quart or pipe pure Pinet, Castillion <fe Cos., Brandy 1 eighth pipe pure (Hard, Duny A Go., Brandy 10 casks Whiskey 82 casks old Hum 100 cases Holland Gin 30 demijohns Holland Gin DRUGS, «fc€L 30 cases Liquorice Paste Ul cases Liquorice Sticks ' t 13 casks Alcohol . 14 casks Alum 8 cask# Epsom Salts 9.casks Balsam CWuL, 0 bbls Tanner’s Ou 42 kegs Bi Carb Soda 5 bbls Borax and cases Quinine 3 c.ifCS assorted Dnre ovL 9° Operas . _ 3 eases Po.caiA.Uasw -2 cases Blue T/afis and v ase Powd. ipecac \ ease lodide J«tass ;■ od * j-Jjr».o 2 casks Soda Cryst.i s 2 cask; Blue Stctae ' 1 case Phosphoras. juue 20 ebdtiis " - ‘ units is# iiEmasrs GOODS, At Wholesale and Retail. . ADA Mil GRADOT, Savannah Ga„ has just : received from Pari-, via Bermuda, a largo as sort men! L . lies' and Gentlemen’s goods, and will open tb m-".n M'mday, June 20th.JL354. at her residence, Pro-si lent street, between Drayton and A here mi, tc-wit: - Flowers Ribbons Straw Hats Eii’JLSiiu lari its:". Ti.i-t-.i 1 Lace Ygi:: Paint d3 La.c .Lae- 31 vr!s ' A. iso, L-.4i“a‘ Gaiters Ges.-t-D f'clt liats and Coats Mound . - is. j\ Augt;- ■■ Cnwntutionalis'.-Macoh Telegraph, Montgomery A-ivertiser, <’oiumbusTimes, Columbia Guardian ar. 1 /iichmond Examiner, please copy thr e ■ ? ;• I sen--', 'ills to Republican office, ie 18 "t M-s s e Rsit.rovd Office. \ Gvlu .-.--us, •*&., June llth, ISTI. i Notice, i Hi' i-t .1 w ;i hire six abie-s Leu negro men JL "for the., bakt&v- es the year. Rat.es, $25 per month, payable quarterly, and g'jod rations. Ap •’Lf. n « JbSmSk Columbus, Ga,, Tuesday Morniug, June 21,1884. Monday Evening. Erratum.—The first dispatch in the telegraph ic is dated “Petersburg, June 14.” If should read, “ June 19.” Funeral of Bishop Polk. —The Bishops, and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States, the officeis of the Confederate States, and the citizens generally at-e invited to attend the Funeral Service of the At. Rev. LEONIDAS POLK, D. D., from the City Hall of Augusta, Ga., on Wednesday, the 29th of Tune. The procession will move at!l o’clock, A. AL, from the City Hall to St. Paul’s Church. His remains will be deposited in the Church Y'ard of St. Paul’s until the war closes. STEPHEN ELLIOTT, Senior Bp. of Prot. Epis. Ch. of the C. S. A. The New Y'ork Herald has an indecent exulta tion over the fall of Col. Lawrence M. Keitt, of South Carolina, and says : “And thus these rebel leaders pass away, leaving but a few of those who were prominent in bringing about the rebellion to share its impending fate and the just reward of their infamous conduct.” The Sentinel remarks: Others less beastly than the Herald will see in the fate of the patriotic gentloman referred to, a devo tion to principle and a personal courage that will the applause of aU good men. It is true that Sumner, and Seward, and Wade, and Chandler, and Hale, and Wendell Phillips and AFard Beecher, and such as they, have not fallen, and they never will, because they leave to others to fight the battles which they orignated, A Raid on the Southside Rail Road.— Conrad Station, on the Southside Rail Road, twelve miles this side of Lynchburg, was vis ited by a band of Y r ankee raiders on Monday night at twelve o’clock. They numbered about 150, came clad in Confederate uniform and represented themselves on entering the place, as a portion of Gen. Imboden’s com mand. Their acts, however, soon gave the lie to their words, as they proceeded to burn, the depot, tear up the track, and destroy the little Government property in the vicinity.— They cut down two or three telegraph poles, and destroyed but a few feet of wire. They left before the dawn of day, proceeding in the direction of Lynehburg, from whence they came.. The damage was repaired in a few hours, so far as the telegraph is concerned, and the other damage can and will be repaired soon. Fuol Gen. Johnston—A telegram from General Johnston to General Bragg, dated the 14th instant, states that for days past it has been raining. The Yankees are fortified on his front about a mile off, and are making no demonstrations —hence all is quiet. The Army of North Georgia are in the highest spirits. On the 19th ult., a large meeting was held at Shreveport, La., to offer a tribute of respect to the memory of Mrs. Beauregard.: The Gov ernor of the State, Henry W. Allen, occupied the chair ; in assuming which he spoke a few words in earnest praise of the deceased and sympathy for tier distinguished husband. Tins Latest Parisian Style. —A Paris correspondent writes : . I must for an instant allude to u new fash ion, grounding my statements on a picture in the Journal Illustre. I hinted some weeks ago that, ladies were about to weay ‘‘tail coats.” The time .has arrived for that inno vation, and only last night I beheld with as tonishment, not unmixed with terror, many ladies in silk aiid dress coats, waistcoats, shirt collars and cravats—they have assumed them all ih turns. What remains for them to wear? And echo answers—Well, never mind what echo answers'. I hope they won’t get in the habit of standing with their backs to the fire place and their hands in their pockets. Siege of Chas leStoii. Three Hundred and Forty-fifth Day. The enemy’s firing upon the city since our last report lias considerably slackened- Forty four shots were fired during the twenty lour hours ending at six o’clock Friday evening, . Five shots were fired at Fort Gum ter, one of which struck; There was crnsiderable signaling among life fleet Friday, and one Monitor moved out some distance and commenced practicing with a light field piece, firing seventeen shots. ’Some firing was heard Friday afternoon in the direction of Legarc’s Pwdifia believed to be one of the, Yankee gunboats practicing. There is no change m the fleet. The Yankees continue hard, at work eveiy .L-.v upon both Batteries Gregg and Wagner. ,-{. *■ f Courier i I Bth. Appointment to the Command of the cav alry in the Valley.—We learn from the Richmond Examiner that Major-General Rob ert Ransom, of North Carolina ha? been re lieved of his command of the department of Richmond, and appointed to the chief com mand of all the cavalry forces in the valley. It will be recollected that Gen. Jones, who filled the position, was killed in the fight about a week ago with the enemy near Staun ton. Gen. Hanson) will proceed out at one? to his new commaml,and will be accompanied we believe by most oi his present staff. Owing to.the assignment of Gen. Ransom to this command, there will be r, vacancy in the beau of the departmedt at Richmond We here several names mentioned as his prob able successor and most, prominent among them is Gmi. Cm W L*e. We sh.di heve >iiSO -i change ir. 'he cor)*- maud A’ tu- mi.iuiy poG of Ricluuc , Brig adier Gen. G ; trd.-ct. of Florida, having^ be*m ore-red to report heie. in place Cx V, iii-uer sent out to Georgia. Gks. M agrcokr's. Di»c:pi.tNß.—lt k- common to think of G-fi. Magruder nnlr as a drhT'r, hut T he orders which wo read troai rime to time iu iho Tex as papers exhibit him also i R the light of ath f> tight ful command:-r and a -rigid disciplinarian. Two. of these orders are before us. oue of which, under date of March 24, we copy, viz ; No cause can prosper uphTessad by L?o4 ; no man can prcscrv ' .os self-respect 'vh-> lives in cdpiiuuai defiance of his laws. Goldie* give }>uf uawilling obedience to officers who rehisc- bedie-. '* +,> 41 mighty G.*d. the King- of and Lord of Hosts who 3igiven strength, to ufkii a.nd. cpur&jEd to our hearts iu this unequal struggle for our liberty, our lamihes and our property. Officers of all grades, and particularly those of high raiik, are callea upon to set a worthy example to their men, by a regmar ■y ,y **> rj? 1 “ *-* I * 17 l.j J u oj• n 5 ill w c attendance at divine worship whenever an opp*r tfimty a ftffwrded, sad «*tecmlly oa the Sabbath d,ay, and to uso all their to mduc9 thffii* o T°, in fr, ft® Public worship of God. To this end vt is hereby ordered that the usual Sunday in spection take place at 9 o’lcleck. A. 1L throughout this District, and that all the offices shall be closed and no business transacted between the hours of 12 a. m„ and 3 p. m., on that day, except in cases of emergency. .Chaplains and other Ministers of the Gospel will ..five* whenever possible, timely notice of the hour ana plate of service, and commanding officers and all others will afford to chaplains and other preach ers every encouragement and support, and all the military facilities in their power to enable them to discharge in the best manner their important du ties. Further from the North. From Northern papers yf Sunday, the 12th, we give some additippal news i Grtuit's Army—the Flag of Truce * Burials—the Fourth 'of July to he celebrated in Richmond. A telegram; from Dispatch Station, on the York River road, dated the Bth inst., announ ces the arrival there of two divisions of Grant’s corps. They commenced the march about dawn that day. It says : It was three o’clock in the -morning when the men began the march. When day dawned the rebels on the south side of the Chicka bominy, observed the moving column, and opened on it with two guns of very heavy cal ibre. Several men were injured while march ing in the ranks, Col. Hoffman’s brigade, of the 4th division, immediately took possession of this side of the railroad bridge. A barri cade Vcas thrown across the railroad about half a mile below this station. Between us and the rebels, flaws the Chick akominy, a sluggish stream, bounde4 on eith er side by jungles and morasses, from which are continually arising dampness and noxious vapors. At this point, the stream is not more than one hundred yards in width, the bridge is three times as long. All the track is iu ex cellent running order, though a little rusty from disuse. It is still quite complete, with the switches and side tracks in good repair. During the'afternoon, the rebels moved a eavy piece of ordnance oaa truck and approach ed within a short distance of the bridge, when they threw some six inch shells over our men, eliciting considerable criticism from those who happened to make narrow escapes. Rifle pits were dug and a long line of forti fications begun. For a long time the skir mishers were friendly and conversed with each other across the river. Before dark, they were using every species of finesse to cause one another to expose their bodies for a mark. The flag of truce which Grant was forced to send, the character of which is studiously concealed by the Northern papers, is thus de scribed by a correspondent of the Tribune, writing June B.th : The short interval of last night, employed by both sides in the humane occupation of removing the wounded and interring the dead between the lines, seem3 to have visibly di minished the hostility of the pickets, and led to a tacit agreement on the subject of picket fighting at certain points along our front. The courtesy and apparent sanity which characterized the meeting of the parti'es ac companying the flags of truce last night, for cible remind one of the diabolical nature of & w-ar into which the country was plunged by its unnatural enemies. The truce lasted from six to eight o’clock, and pending the removal of the wounded and interment of the dead. But few wounded were found. As several days had elapsed since the batile, many prob ably died from exposure alone. The bloat ed form of many a poor fellow, whose name had been enrolled .among the “missing,” was found lying between the lines and buried Where it fell. Decomposition had already commenced, aud, in many cases, identification was impossible. During the armistice, the rebels openly exhibited themselves in their works to witness the scene, which, toboth par ties, was one of peculiar interest. All firing along the linc3 ceased at 0 o’clock, and in a few moments after curious eyes weie peering above the works of the opposing armies, where ten minutes before, they would have been greeted with a leaden shower. A short time after a detail from every brig ade consisting of a surgeon, accompanied by the pioneers and stretcher bearers; mounted the works, proceeded by a white flag, and ad vanced midway between the works, where it was met by a similar detail from the other side- A few moments’ conversation on the subject of the truce, .and both parties pro ceeded to explore the intervening space for their dead and wounded. The task of bury ing the former and removing the latter con cluded. the flag returned, although hostilities at many points were not renewed during the night. A correspondent of the Times, writing from Graut's army, pitches into our sharpshooters. That they have been doing good service, is evidenced by the annexed paragraph, clipped from (he array latter of. the Times, dated at Grant’s army, Juris sth : These sharpshooting pests have disa bled, at a low estimate, one hundred men per day, since Friday, iu both the Sixth and Eigh teenth corps, while other oranizations of the army have also not been exempt from their . annoyance. * 84 ANTON Id- OFFICIAL DISI’A l CUi**.. War DisTAri'j’MKkT, Washington \ • Saturday. June 11,1864 —2 jp. M. / Major General Dix, New York: Official reports from theheadquarters of the Army of the Potomac, down to o o clock jes terdnv evening, detail ao movement of impor tance. A dispatch from. General Sherman, dated yesterday, states that our cavalry yesterday (Thursday, 9th ( developed the position or the ; enemy in n line along the hills from Kenes iw to Lost Mountain, and we are now marching by the roads towards Kenesaw. A dispatch from General' Butler, dated this morning at oneo'cioek. reports “all quiet along our lines. Yesterday Genera! Xa'utz charged the enemy's works at Petersburg and carried them, penetrating the town, but not being supported by General Gilmore, whohad with drawn his forces without a copSict. General Kautz was obliged to withdraw without lur thcr effYc.t. Omier-G Ratlin - captured forty prisoners and .? piece af artillery, which bs brought away with him, A dispatch from GeneralCanbri dated Vicks burg. -June ,4th. su.tes that “General Emory re-vorts that riteußOt by Taylor’s force to cress tLi- Atyh.Gul.qv-i bad be.-n frustrated, the troops that ha-i crossed dispersed, aaJ.a large quantify of c'o;.; nrssArv store; and clothing captured. Gtr.era: :>urV.j-i-'.see, commaudir-g in Kentuckv, in a-uispntch .fated yesterday, at Lexington. repbi'S that -rifi-:- edn can; rati eg a force at the mouth of In -•cr t-re-k. or. the Big Gandy, I \pnv and iigq.in M * gan's force ir. Virginia west js :.ir as 'GY- .icsrille. Morgan, 2!s*>'o ju—n. . Kentucky, vie. Wbl: -sburg. I pursued, ado, t-y matching ninety miles m twenty-four hours, came upon him at MpriTt Sterling yesterday morning and 'defeated aim. By stealing iresh horses, he reached L»xiag $4.00 PerJMonth ton at two o’clock this forenoon. Oor forces held the fort and the rebels did-bnt little dam age. He left here at 7A. M. for' Versailles.— I start in phfsnit with a fresh force this mor •ing. No official report has yet been received from General Hunter. Edwin M; Stanton, Secretary of War. From Middle Tennessee. CAVALRY FIGHT IN HICKSIAN COUNTT. By private advices from Aliddlo Tennessee tho Atlanta Register learn3 the annexed particulars of a very handsome little affair which came off in Hickman county some weeks ago: Tn that county a Yankee Gapt. Sullivan had a company of cavalry, made up principally on Mill Creek, and composed mostly 6f deserters from the Southern army.' Capt. Dural McNairy, of our cavalry, had beon sent into that section to gather up Confederate soldiers whose furloughs had ex pired, and who had not made their way out of the enemy's lines. Ono day; while going down Lick with thirteen men, he came suddenly upon Sullivan and about twenty-four members of his company. Both parties unslung their carbines, and one of the briskest little fights of tho war was begun. Having fired a few shots, they clubbed their guns and ran together, knocking one another over the heads in the most approved style. This mode of lighting being rather too slow to suit the taste of McNairy’s men, they threw aside their guns, and drawing their repeaters, made quick work with Sullivan and his renegades. Os the twenty-four, all wero oither killed or wounded, with the exception of one discreet fellow who took no part in the fight, and was . captured unhurt. Sullivan himself, and eight of his men were killed. Captain McNairy and one of his men received slight wounds, which made up his list of “casu alties.” MCRDER OF LIEUT. E. R. POINTER AND EDWARD BUFORD. Pointer and Buford were both in the fight be tween McNairy and Sullivan. A stort time there after, they were going up Lick Creek, and stopped at the house of Mr. J. C. Bradley, when Crecy, with about thirty-five man suddenly surrounded the house, and demauded their surrender. This they consented to do, seeing no possible way of escape. Tho house is a small log cabiu, with a Sort of shed room in the rear. Into this they had retreated, and when Creey entered they laid their guns across the doorway, and stood before .him unarmed. Crecy instantly drew his repeater and commenced firing at them. Mrs. McCoy, a daugh ter of Mr. Bradley, endeavored to protect him, and clung to him until he had been struck by two or three balls, when Crecy threatened her life and compelled her to desist. Pointer received no less than nine shots. Buford, teo, was shot down without mercy. Lieut. Pointer was the son of Cant. William Pointer, of Gen. Whealer’s Staff 1 , who has greatly distinguished himself in many a bloody light. This fellow Crecy is one of tho most cold-blood ed scoundrels that has risen to the surface during the war. lie is said to have killed twelve or fif teen unarmed citizens aud soldiers during the war without the slightest provocation. — Tlie Yankee Draft. Washington, Juno 8,---The following was laid by the Speaker, before the House to-dav, and was referred to the Committee on Military Af fairs : LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT. Washington, D. C., June 8. To the Senate and House of Representatives : I have the honor to submit for the consideration of Congress a letter and enclosure from tho Secre tary of War, with my concurrence in the recommen dation therein made. Abraham Lincoln. War Department, 1 Washington City, Juno 7. j Sir—l beg leave to submit t* you a report made to me by the Provost Marshal General, showing the result of the draft now going on to fill the delicien cy m the quotas of certain States, and recommend x«g a repeal of the clanse in the Enrollment Act, commonly known a3 the three hundred dollar clause. The recommendation of the Provost Marshal Gen eral is approved by this Department, and I trust that it will be recommended by you to Congress. The recent successes that have attended our arms lead to tho hope that by maintaining our military strength, and giving it such increase as'the extended held of operations may require, an early termination of tho war may be obtained. But to accomplish this it is absolutely necessary that efficient means be taken with vigor and promptness to keep the army up to its strength, and supply deficiencies occasioned by losses in-the field. To that end resert mast be had to a draft; but ample experience has now shewn that the pecunia ry exemption from service frustrates the object of the enrollment law by furnishing money instead of mem An additional reason for repealing the exemption clatise is that it is contemplated to make the draft for.-coinparatively a short term. The burthen of military service will therefore be lightened; but its certainty es furnishing troops is an absolute essen tial to success. I have the honor to be your obe dient servant, Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. It is estimated that 60,000 Yankees es all grades, nations and colors—have been buried in North Mississippi and the ad jacent portions of Tennessee and Alaba* ma, since the opening of their war for “re-occupation” of the South. We cans not deny a very charitable wish that the number of such occupants would be large ly increased through this summer if the villains do not see a more congenial cli mate, by taking off their holMnspircd and brutal myrmidons. A Profane Woman —V member of Whee ler’s cavalry picked up a letter the other day in the neighborhood of Sherman’s army and sent it to the Maeon Confederate, wherein it is published. It is written by Mis? “Lee” somebody, to “Jee Evaats. Cos. B, 4th lowa Cavalry, Lagrange's Brigade, U. S. A.,“ whom she calls “My dear Friend.” Among other things. Miss “Leg” say?; ‘‘Something about the war first a] wry?. I have been investigating that mo.u horrible Fort Piliow affair, and find trmt the soldiers at that piece were both white and black, the victims of the most heartless, inhuman bar barity that ever was enacted by damned hu man devils on this broad *-arth.” In*addition to which Miss “Lee” also pious ly remarks: “I had more pictures taken iast week, but they are so d—d natural, that I won’t sand you one. If I am mat ugly. I waul you to forget hoec I look. Tho Confederate says “the inter is written in a beautiful hand, and is r. doubt from sn e ium «and woman, but South -rr ’.‘■-dies will be 'shocked a; her profanity." We .should say they won and. Awr.-.mcs Ward.—ln an a-.-coant of iris courting with ■•Betsey Jane. Artemus Ward ;a*s : “Them were iiovf.y affecting .Y mac-* 'me banker after Betsey June IY. lather Harm joined o ;rr. theircow?i .. •. . yter ri’.- Cd their thirst at the same spring: our old j mares uni stars on’iieir for reds: the iumsYs j broke oat in both families at neaciy the same ! time: our su rents ; Betray Jane s r> i mine) ’ reguirtriv every rvinuayin tue i us house, olid the nabors used to .User ) •■How thick the Wards ar. Tease!- air- j I; was a s-gut m -"'’"n r -he t year to see our several mothers ‘ Betsey .Yu* s and miney with their gowns pinned up so that thev eouid'nt sila «r afTecschunitelv biiin’ soa’o together and aboosing the aabor?. Aflaiis Around Lyuckbuig. The only information received jester day from this quarter was a report that the enemy had ournt the Court-House of Campbell county, which is couSrmod by the letter which we give below: [From our own Correspondent.] Concord Depot, June 14-2 P. M I left Lynchburg this morning at 0 o’clock, and reached this place, which is on the Southside Railroad, thirteen miles from Lynehburg, at noon. A raiding party, about 150 strong, crossed, James River last night, a short distance below Halt s Mill, which is fourteen miles be*, low Lynchburg, an<* readied this depot at two o clock this morning. They burn ed the depot here, commissary buiidin° and the Agent’s office, water tauks, wood* house, and a train of cars loading with blacksmith’s tools, &c. Thev also des troyed the locomotive attached*to the train, cut the telegraph wire, and tore up and burned fifty or sixty yards of the track. The track is now repaired and trains passing over it, and the telegraph wire will be connected in a short time, and an office established at this place: N' private buildings Were burned, nor any private property destroyed, with the ex ception of the store-room and eon tent belonging to Mr. J. L. Arrington, tho Depot at this place. The party left here this morning about daybreak, and went to Campbell 0. H and burned the Court-House. Their ob* ject in visiting the Court-House, was to capture Gen. Longstreet, who has been sojourning there since lie was wounded. The General, however, left that place du> ring the day yesterday for a place of safe ty- The general situation about Lynchbui - may be summed up in a few words. Our forces are in line of battle, and the ene* my are making reconnoisances, and send ing out. small raiding parties in every di» reetion. Averill’s party from Lexington or a portion of it, had crossed the .Tamo river, and camped last night a few miles from Buford’s Depot, on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, 37 miles distant from Lynchburg. The raiding party, after burning Campbell C. H., it is supposed, will endeavor to effect a junction with Averill’s command west of Lynehburg Averill’s force is established at *3,000, aiTd prisoners who were captured in Amherst, say that they belong to Stahl’s command, which is the left wing of Averillls com mand, and 2,000 strong. Hunter is re ported to be moving on Lynchburg via Lexington, but he will necessarily have to move slow, as his infantry and wagon trains cannot be brought over the mouu - tain road with celerity. Os the move ment of our troops it i3 needless to speak, as a few days’ developments will render it unnecessary. J shall “probably remain ;u this place until communication is securely and permanently established, as my facili ties for sending you the news from this quarter will be so good here as in Lynch burg. —Richmond Dispatch, 16/vV Returning Troops. —The 9th New York State militia have returned home, their three years’ term of enlistment hav ing expired. There were but one hund red and nineteen left, counting recruits, conscripts, and all. The regiment has had 2,200 on its rolls. In the present campaign it lost 209 killed and wounded, including the Colonel. The Pennsylva nia reserves have returned to their homes having been discharged on the 31st of May. Tho New York Times, in announc ing the return of the reserves, says: Os the 15,000 men who marched to the front about 1,450 returned. Os the original general and lino officers few re main. In some regiments, the sth for instance, there is not an officer left who went out with the command. In the sth every officer has risen to position from the rank of private. All the Colonels and Lieut. Colonels, with one or two excep - tions, have either been killed or wounded Ttae Latest from Morgan The following is the latest from Mor gan. It is highly interesting: Louisville, June 10. — A special train with two hundred armed soldiers, which left here at eight o’clock last eve ning, reports that they were within thir teen miles of Frankfort, and ascertained that the ordance train bound here, turned back and went towards Frankfort, an es cort of forty soldiers oh board fighting and following the force of the rebels at various points. The rebels had obstructed the road be tween here and Bagdad, destroyed the bridges in the rear of the ordnance train as it returned from Bagdad toward- Frankfort and it is supposed the train arrived safely at Frankfort, but telegraph ic communication is not yet open to that city. Private advices from Bagdad re port that Frankfort was occupied by the rebels this afternoon but it is discredited hear, as headquarters have received n. intelligence on the subject [second despatch.] Lours ville. June 11.-—Gen. commanding the District of Indiana, nor here, has received a tclerrram, dated Ba.- dad, 10.60 this morning, saying that hea vy cannonading was heard in the direction off rankfort at 7 this morning, and sti; continues at intervals. About 9 thi morning a iarge fire was seen in that dU rection, and it is reported to be from th? burning of a bridge about three miles thi - side of Frankfort. (third dispatch.) Louisvillß, June 11.—Headquarter have just received advices that Governor Bramlette has armed the citizens of Frank* fort, and that the fort is well garrisoned and can doubtless hold out against any a: tack until General Burbridge, who, at las' accounts was at Lexington, shad arriv. there. (fourth dispatch.) Cincinnatti, June 11. —After IcavL, Lexington and Georgetown, Morgan • main force appears to have turned nor::, and following the line of the Mentucky Central Railroad, attacked the .160th Ohio regiment et Cynthiano, this moraing, v:r;_ them north, and burning the town and two trains which left Lexinct.:. Y uight: and this morning Morgan - - patently trying to make his way out Sr *r. near!; in the direction he enter a:. r-.ere is a elassof good Lave n :. ,Y to marry goofl men, for they have the p-v-v-- ■ serving those ’ray would go: o ruin bat for to s *’x Jiag pr?T:d*ace oi a good wife. ,