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11 \t Wmm* J! W. WARREN, - - - Editor. Friday Morning. June S4, 1864, Worse Scared than Hnrt. The apprehension, which has found a very general expression in our exchanges, of a total destruction of the wheat crop by the recent spell of wet weather, is unfounded. That the quality of the product has received some in jury is, doubtless, true. It is also the amount of the yield has been considerably redueed; but that, in both respects, the injury is anything lilae as great as is represented or feared, is not true. If every grain that may be gathered should be found to have sprouted it is very certain that we shall hot be able to seed another crop ; but, for food , the damage sustained will be equal to only one-eighth, or, at furthest, to one-sixth of the crop. The germ sustains about this proportion to the re maining farinaceous substance of the grain, and this (the germinating property,) is all that is destroyed by the process of sprouting. When the grain is dried, the sprout decays and is easily rubbed off, and the flour, though perhaps not as sightly as)under different cir cumstances, is as nutritious, and, in the dark, tastes quite as well as though no disaster to the wheat had happened. The only fear we have is that we may not be able to save suffi cient seed for another crop. Let no planter decline to save his wheat because it has sprouted. He should cut it immediately and thresh and sun it as soon as possible. It would be to his interest, also, to lose as little lime as he may in having it converted into flour. That persons who do not believe in prayer should not attend prayer meeting or public worship, unless occasionally on Sunday for the sake of fashion, says the Charleston Cou rier, is not surprising. We are surprised, however, and with some exchanges, we avow our surprise at the scant attendance on prayer, in proportion to the number of those who must he supposed to believe in prayer. Daily prayer meetings are now held in sev eral cities in view of the war and its terrible ordeal. Without admitting all or half that our enemies say concerning the decisive im portance of any city, we must admit that the fall of either of the chief cities now closely threatened, would be a sore evil, and prolong the war beyond all conjecture. Our brave soldiers in arms pray, as well as watch and light, and we are told that in the long run the best and most successful fighting and watch ing are clone by those who pray most habitu ally and fervently. It is a very smtiil token of sympathy and approval for us who are so far exempt from the active duties of the front to show our friends that we pray for them. To put it on higher ground or motive, fraternal sympathy and recognition should take to the place where prayer is wont to be made, all believers in prayer who can attend without neglect of other pressing duties. Cotton for Wounds. —The Carolinian is inlormed bj Dr. Still, the well known druggist of Columbia, that burnt cotton is one of the best articles, next to lint, which can be ap plied to a wound. The latter cannot always be had; the former is abundant and easily ob tained. livery one has noticed that raw cot ton, when plunged in water is scarcely more than dampened externally ; when burned or scorched and submitted to the same process it is instantly wet through. This is owing to the destruction of the only principle which it contains, which oil prevents the healthy use of cotton on wounds. Prisoners of War North and South. —lt is question now not easily decided, says the Richmond Examiner, which of the sections at war holds the - greatest number of prisoners Grant has given us not a few in the East, while Banks and Steele in the Trans-Mississ ippi have added many thousands. The latest reports from the prison post, gives the follow ing exhibit of prisoners actually held in the Confederacy, viz : At, Andersonville, Georgia, twenty-five thousand ; at Macon, twelve hun dred officers ; at Lynchburg, fifteen hundred ; at Danville, one thousand ; at Richmond, one thousand ; at other points east of the Missis sippi, one thousand ; in the Trans-Mississippi, eight thousand. This gives about thirty-eight thousand prisoners of war. The enemy do not actually hold over twenty-five thousand of our soldiers, though when those paroled and sent southward come to be counted, it will approximate near thirty thousand. So far, the war ledger balances on the Confede rate side, and the scale of numbers have turn ed in our favor. Confederate Silk Thread.— Mrs. W. G. Morris, of Wetumpka, (says the Montgomery Advertiser,) has presented us with a few skeins of black sewing- silk thread of her owu man ufacture, which will compare favorably in all respects with any that has come through the blockade from foreign countries. Mrs. M. raises her own silkworms and mulberry-leaves to feed them, and from the coopon obtains the silk to make tho thread. We are glad to learn that she has succeeded in her efforts to supply herself and others with an article of thread which is essential and exceedingly dear. The silk worm and the mulberry flourish well in this latitude as repeated trials in former years have demonstrated ; and we do not see why in these war times, when finger silk is, and necessarily must be, at prices beyond the reach of but few. that our people do not make themselves independent in this particular.— Mrs. Morris has our thanks for the present, and our best wishes for her continued suc cess. True. —The Boston Courier, which, from its surroundings, should know whereof it af firms in the appended extract, says, it is im possible to converse ten minutes with an av erage abolitionist without being satisfied that his ruling passion is not love of liberty, or even of the negro, but hatred, dire, malignant, unrelenting hatred of the Southern people.— To ruin the objects of his made rage, he is willing t» sacrifice every interest of the-coun try, to demoralize Us population, see its best blood shed in civil strife, and its V whole future mortgaged in irretrievable dj;bt. Religion, honor, patriotism—all are swallowed up iu his blind passion, and hatred of his own coun trymen. A Whole Family Poisoned.—A family of tome six white persons, we learn, (says the Charleston Courier, 21st,) was poisoned Mon day from partaking, by mistake, of a prepared dish from the plant known as Stramonium, or sameetown weed. Jhe female who prepared it also ate heartilV, and her condition last evening was extremely critical. She had, doubtless, mistaken the plant which she ob tained from the garden for some other veget able. The other parties are believed to be out of danger. Among the late decrees of confiscation in Washington, we notice the property of Gov. Leteher, Trusten Polk, late Senator from Missouri; Wm. T. Smithson, Judge Scarbo rough, Com. French Forrest, and Judge Campbell, late of the Supreme Court of the United States. The property of George S. Houston, of Alabama, was libelled, but a quantity of evidence was submitted, showing thgt he had firmly adhered to the Union, throughout the troubles, and the libel was suspended indefinitely. Prospects of the South. i The New York papers teem with mat ter that is significant of a state of things that is rapidly approaching, that will shake the foundation of the national credit, and the financial system of the country. The restiveness of the people under the con tinually advancing prices, is growing eve ry day, and the columns of the papers are filled with communications denouncing the extortioners and speculators. “Com" ing events cast their shadows before, ” and it needs not the power of divination to foretel that the day is not far distant when we shall see the whole social, politi cal, and financial fabric of the North shattered to pieces. It totters already, ' Within six months every article of do mestic consumption has gone up one hun dred per cent, and some as high as one hundred and fifty, and every announce', ment of a rise in price is greeted by the poor deluded people with howls of an." I guish. Let us consider, then, what are the prospects of peace for the South in the impending crash at the North. When the crisis shall come (and if to this be added the •■defeat or failure of Grant in Virginia) the first result will be the nomi* nation of a peace candidate for the presi dency. This, we think, in the event of either of the contingencies we have men tioned—either military or financial—must be the inevitable consequence of the tre mendous reaction that will be sure to set in against the administration and the war party. The majority of the people of the North are already convinced of the utter hopelessness of the South ever be ing subjugated; they know the South is comparatively stronger to-day than it was three years ago; and is capable of carry ing on a defensive war for twenty years. It may be said by the advocates of the North, that the war lias not yet entailed on them a tithe of the sufferings and hardships that it has on the South. But the cases are diametrically opposite. The South is invaded and fighting in defense of its liberties ; it must fight and there' fore submits willingly to all the inconven ience of a depreciated currency; they are also a united people. The North is fighting an aggressive ‘ .war. It is not forced to continue the contest, and when the war shall entail on the Northern peo ple a tenth part of the privations that the South has endured, they will clamor loud ly for peace—peace on any terms. They will not submit, as the South has done, to a depreciation of their currency much over two hundred and fifty per cent., nor will they ever submit to fund their notes at three for two in Mr. Chase’s low inters est bonds. They will not patiently sub", mit to a rise of five or six hundredfper cent, in the prime necessities of life. The North has a vast population of mes chanics, factory operatives and laborers, who would starve under such a system of inflated prices and comparatively low wa ges, and it is on this we base our opinion, that the grand financial crash that is “looming up”—not ia the “dim,” but the very clear “vista of the future,” is bound to bring about a tremendous and sudden reaction that must result in peace to the South. We say sudden reaction because we do not believe the depreciation of the currency in the North can take that slow and gradual course that has characterized the movement in the Confederacy. It will be a sudden smash up of the whole financial system. The large commercial houses, the great and important centres, Wall street, Broadway, Fifth Avanue, Society—whether upper tendom or lower tendom—all will be disorganization, con fusion, panic, chaos, and universal discord will reign supreme. This seems to us to be the condition of things that is rapidly approaching, and that the Federal Gov ernment—Nero like—is anxious to pre- ! cipitate. In endeavoring thus to portray the ! cheering prospeets of the Confederate ! States, we have depicted only the future condition of matters in the North arising out of the disorganization of the financial system. We have not laid any great stress on the other elements favorable te the South. The contingency of military reverses, the continually growing discon tent of the people and opposition to the war, thq, probable resistance to the new draft of three hundred thousand addi tional men, the division of political par ties, the organized opposition to the ad ministration, and the increasing strength and boldness of the peace party, these are troubles enough to menace the Feder al administration; but if, in addition to these, Leo still remains invincible and de feats Grant, or even maintains his ground, nothing can prevent the popular reaction against the war and the nomination .of a peace candidate at the Democratic Con vention at Chicago, and if elected, peace is almost assured.-- London jiajper. » —«. —^ Cotton for Wounds.— The Columbia South. Ca rolinian is informed by Dr. Sill, the well-known druggist of that city, that burnt cotton is one of the best articles, next to lint, which can be applied to a wound. Ike latter cannot always be had : the for mer is, abundant and easily obtained. Every one has noticed that raw cotton, when plunged in water is seareiy more than dampened externally; wh.n burned or scorched and submitted to the same pro cess, it is instantly wet through. This is owing to the destruction of the oily principle which it con tains, which oil prevents the healthy use of cotton on wounds. t A writer in the Petersburg Express, argues ; that the only way left to end this war. is to take no more prisoners on Southern soil. General Breckinridge. —This gal lant General, whose manly form was as conspicuous among Southern chieftains in the bloody battles of Shiloh, Murfrees* boro, and Chickamauga as was over that of Harry of Navarre among his plumed knights, was unhorsed and temporarily disabled in the fight on Friday. By the fell of his faithful charger, that was in* stantly killed, his left leg, we are sorry to learn, was temporarily disabled. It is cheering, however, to know that in a few days he will be again in his saddle ready to lead his veteran division to victory. Breckinridge came not into the army an unknown knight, with visor down, but as the representative of nearly the united electoral vote of the Southern States in the last Presidential contest under the old Union. Hence the eyes of the people have ever been upon him and he has yet to disappoint their expectations. Sir Walter Scott would have been a greater poet had he not been so great a novelist, and Gen. Breckinridge would already have gained more renown as a warrior had he not previously attained so high a position as a statesman. But, indepen dent of this in the estimation of our peo ple, he has achieved much, and with the continued protection of a merciful Provi dence will, as the war continues, do more, so that when it closes and the end seems not distant the brave Kentuckian will ap pear prominent in the central group of the heroes that led the unconquerable le gions who gained our independence.—• Rich. Whig. Mutual Supply Associations. We have repeatedly urged the formation of “Mutual Supply Associations,” in this city, but our people ha v e preferred to remain the victims of extortioners and middlemen. It is gratifying to observe, however, that in those cities where the utility of co-operation in se curing supplies has been appreciated and prac ticed, the results have been highly beneficial to all concerned. The following is from the Columbia South Carolinian of a late date: [Richmond Whig. The Mutual Supply Association.— One of the greatest blessings with which the city of Columbia is favored is the institution which bears the above name. Originated in that spirit that “blesseth him that gives and him that takes,” for the purpose of aiding the pub lic in purchasing the necessaries of life at, prices below those which prevail elsewhere it has on in its good work, si lently but certainly achieving its noble Hundreds of families derive daily bonefit from its existence, and thousands upon thousands of dollars have been economized since it com menced operations. The Association consists of stockholders, directors and a president.— The price of the shares is SIOO each, and the issue was speedily absorbed, so that none are now to be had except by transfer from the original owners. Gentleman of- means pur chased largely, that they might have the pow er of donating to others not so prosperous the privilege of buying provisions, and in this manner a vast amount of good has been done. Others have taken but a single share, which entitles them to draw from the Association the amount of $25 per week, in such articles as may be on laud—as, for instance,- flour, lard, meat3. 'grist, corn, &c. Some idea of the amount of business done may be inferred from the fact that within a few months, much lesst lian a year, upwards of $700,000 have been paid out for provisions, and the financial exodus is on the increase. No profits are made, except such as are barely sufficient to pay the expenses of the establishment, and none are expected to be made, .since the amount originally invested is to be returned in full to the individual shareholders. We make these remarks to call attention to the advantage of establishing in every town a similar institution for the relief of the pressing necessities which are afflicting the rich and poor alike. [From the Macon Telegraph.] City News. Bridge Gone.— The City Brigde over the Oomulgee broke in two Sunday night at 11 o’clock, and now lies a wreck upon the stream, the two havles drifted round by the force of the current, but the outer ends still fast to their respective banks, where they should be secured at once so as not to be carried down against the railway bridge, a quarter a mile below. The accident cannot be traced to any extraordinary stage of water, as it is still far below the line of a high spring fresh ; but it is probably due,to the gradual undermining of the central abutment, which,* never properly built, has been settling and getting more in secure for some time past. Some say it was struck by a raft, but we doubt it. It fell from a defect in the foundation, and took a good time to tall—at midnight when there was nobody upon it—but a bad time in respect to the difficulty of building another. The City Bridge was built in 1830, Homicide.— We regret to learn that Mr. AndersoD, the worthy keeper of the Macon Guard House, came to his death on Saturday ight last, from injuries received at the hands •fa Federal prisoner attempting to escape. Two of them rushed upon Mr. Anderson when opening the door of their call. One passed him and got off; but after a hard struggle he secured the other. At night, complainin'* of pain from injuries received in the struggle, a dose of morphine was administered to him and he went io sleep and never woke again. A post mortem examination disclosed fatal injuries received in the violent struggle with the Yankee prisoner. Telegraphic Inteiireuption.—As the tele graphic lines eastward and northward crossed the river on the city bridge, its destruction interrupted communication yesterday, but we hope it will be restored in time for our main edition. fciEGE of Charleston. —The enemy contin ue to to keep up a vigorous shelling of the city. Since our last report up to six o’clock Sunday evening, sixty-five shots had been fired. Heavy firing was also kept up on Secession ville during Saturday. We have heard of no casualties. A late Yankee paper says: “Gen. Foster, in command near Charleston, has ordered the fire on the city to be increased.” Battery Gregg fired some half a dozen shots at Fort Sumter Sunday.— Courier , 20 ih. Since our last report no change of import ance has occurred. Thirty-seven shots were fired at the city- during the last twenty-four hoars ending at six o’clock Monday evening. About eleven o'clock Monday morning Batte ry Gregg opened upon Fort Sumter and fired some twenty-two shots. Some few shots were heard in the direction of Secessionville. No change in the fleet is reported.— lb., 21. The following act makes an important ad dition to the taxes', as established by other laws : An act to raise money to increase the pay of soldiers. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That upon all subjects of taxation, under existing tax laws, there shall be assessed and levied a tax equal to one-fifth of the amount of the present tax on the same subjects for the year 1864; which tax shall be payable only in Confederate Treasury notes, of the new issue, and shall be collected at the same time with other taxes on the same sub jects. under laws now in force. Skc. 2. The money arising from tiie tax hereby imposed, shall be appropriated, first to the payment of the increased compensation of the soldiers, under the act passed at the pres ent session. JEL3 Or P HIS. Reports of the Press Association. Entered according to act of Congress in theyear 1863. by J. S. Thbashkr, m the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Interesting Northern News. Latest from the Georgia Front. &C.j &C») &c. Mobile, Jane 23.—A special to the Evening News from Senatobia says that Northern papers report Morgan at Flemmgsburg, on the 14th with 3000 men. It is said Borbridge dispatohed a false loss. One hundred and seventy of Morgan’s men would not leave the State. Vall&ndigham was at Dayton. He said he had calculated the consequences if arrested, but an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, so help him the ever living Jehovah. He would remain quiet till after the Chicago Convention. Columbia, S. C., June 23.—At auction sale yes terday, of 6 per cent, non-taxable bonds, prices ranged from 151 to 135 and closed at the latter quotation, at which the bulk es the bonds were sold. Aggregate of sales, $665,000. Marietta, June 23.—About 5 o'clock last eve ning the enemy attempted to take the works on our extreme left when they were met by Hind man’s and Stevenson’s divisions and driven back through three lines of battle, with heavy loss, for upwards of two hours. The action was very spirited. We captured 60 prisoners—one commissioned officer. We lost no prisoners. Stevenson’s division suffered most, particularly Brown’s brigade. Light skirmishing has been going on this morn ing. The Florida correspondent of the New York Tribune, describing a raid by General Barney, says : * “Unionists were not interferred with on the march, but the portable property of all avowed rebels was confiscated, and a large amount of cattle, horses, vehicles, &c., retained for the .use of the Quartermaster’s Department.” This means simply that Barney led a pack of avowed thieves through the country. ‘Port able property’ is a cant phrase among gentle men of that profession for spoons, money, jew elry. &c. Such are Lincoln’s soldier# and Union restorers. Liucoln has declared the exequatur of Charles Hunt, Belgian Consul at St. Louis, Mo., null and void, becauso he claimed exemption from military service on the ground that he'was a consul. The Marietta Front. Last night our lines extended from the Ken nesaw Mountain towards on the right, and on the left, southwest from Ma rietta to a chain of hills which command and reach to th® Chattahoochee river. This line, though an pjxtended one, is said to possess many advantages of defense, and all the gaps are strongly guarded. The position in front of Marietta is a natural defence, with the Big Kennesaw and Little Kennesaw, equal, it is said, to a corps of musketeers. On Monday night the enemy charged Wal ker’s Division, situated in the vicinity of Pow der Spring, and were handsomely repulsed.— About 8 o’clock the same evening, a brigade of Walker’s Division, in turn, charged the en emy, when a brisk fight ensued, almost hand to hand, as some of the participants report, which resulted iu the driving o t the enemy back upon their works. In this charge many of our men wore severely wouaded and a number killed. Colquitt’s old regiment (46th Ga.) suffered severely, every officer in the regiment having been bit but eleven. Some of the wounded were brought: down last evening, and on the same train fifty four Yankee prisoners. Two regiments of Gist’s Brigade, the 16th S. C. and the 46th Georgia, were engaged.— In the former, Major O. C. O’Neil was killed and Capt. W. A. Gibb’s, Cos. D, shot through the thigh. In the latter, Capts Collyer, Cos. A, and Tillman, Cos. C, and Lieutenant Wormack were killed. The Yankee force being very large, they held their line, but with severe loss. Our men are said to have fought with great spirit. A continued movement towards the left by the enemy has compelled counter movements on our part. Hood’s corps and Hardee’s now occupy a pesilion iu the neighborhood ofSym yrna Church. There was some skirmshingyesterday, com paratively insignificant in result.— Southern Confederacy , 23d. [Special to the Mobile Register.] Senatobia, June 20.—Northern dates to th<j 15th received »Teu thousand wounited from Shermans army had arrived at Nashville and Louisville. A correspondent of the Chicago Times says that up to the 2d their loss in skirmishim* around Dallas was 3,000. Johnston s retreat from Dalton was master ly. His strategy excited the admiration of all. The vigilance of the rebels proved more than a match for the Federals. Sherman is represented stronger than at Resaea. General Wheeler is tearing up the railroad near Calhoun, and throwing trains off the track with torpedoes. Cincinnati papers of the 14th say Morgan’s force is scattered and demoralized by defeat at Cynthiana. Burbridge is still pursuing him. Ohio regiments paroled by Morgan have ar rived at Cincinnati. Kentucky is full of guerillas. The majority of Banks’ army is still at Mor gauza, under Emory. The fourth division, under Warren, has gone below. The balance of the 13th corps goes to Carrollton to spend the summer. •Gen. Taylor is reported as having passed through Monroe on the 10th with fifteen thou sand men. The navigation of the Mississippi i3 consid ed scarcely freer than before the capture of Vicksburg. Sturgis lost in the fight with Forrest about 6,000 men. Another force, organized by A. J. Smith, left Memphis, hunting Forrest. The New York Express says : ‘-'Grant has tried his own and McClellan’s route, and will now trie Butler’s.” _ Fort Dre wry is represented as closely- in vested. Sheridan, in conjunction with Hunter, is to tear up the railroad, capture Lynchburg, and cut of communication with Richmond. Senatobia, June 21.—The Memphis Argus of i the 18th has been received. The Washington correspondent of the New York News says: ‘•lt is estimated that one thousand wounded per j day were received at the hospitals here fur the ten days previous to the 11th. there were already thirty five thousand in the hospitals within the j city.’; The Times' correspondent from Sherman’s army says : ‘•The rebel night attacks are draining our ranks 1 as effectually by piecemeal as wholesale slaughter in 'battle. A retreat would be worse than a second Moscow. It would be better to lose the whole ar my in a desperate advance than to lose it in an Attempt to save it by retreat” Grant's new base is south of Janies river. European news to the 4th had been received. The London Times affairs iu Virginia very unfavorable to the Federals, and anticipates Grant’s failure. Advices from Denmark continue warlike, and I the indications are that the war will go on. In New York on the 13th gold closed at 1974. ] Cotton, 120 to 121. CITY MATTERS. T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR .To Chaplains, SurgbonS and Adjutants.— We will take it as a special favor if Chaplains, Surgeons and Adjutants of Georgia regiments in the army, will furnish us with lists of the killed and wounded immediately after each engagement. —— ♦ Suspended. —lt will be seen by orders from Maj. Dawson that the impressment of tegiots in thus city and ricinit j has been suspended fer the present. Cuffee can now display his ivory on the street with impunity. Come out from your hole nigger! Hbaty. —Between our obstreperous hopeful, Josif, and our unmitigated Blaok friend, at Eufau la, we fare but badly. We see, heweyer, the for mer refuses to unite with John in his onslaughts against eur devoted self, presuming, we suppose, that it is criminal enough to wallop his “daddy” without forming an alliance with strangers to do him violence. Josif was always a considerate child. Mechanic’s Wages. —One of the most unwise and injudicious measures ever enacted by the Confederate Congress was that of cutting down and keepiing down the wages of detailed mechanics;— It is a notorious fact that wages have been put at such a low figure that mechanics have not been enabled to support themselves in a decent manner. While mechanics, other than those detailed, have been earning from ten tp twenty dollars a day, ac cording to their expertness in their professions, detailed men have only been getting from $3 to $6 per day—sums not adequate to their support in these times of enormous prices. Many of them have been compelled to rent rooms and sustain themselves and that in a very penurious style. It is a maxim of the Book that the laborer is worthy of his hire, and the fact is discreditable to the Government that ho does not get it. Mechanical skill and inventive ingenuity have been the right arm of the revolution. Without mechanics we should long ere this have been subjugated, for without the of their labor, the soldier could not have fought the battles. The Govern ment should take a pride in fostering all branches of mechanical skill and labor, by holding up the dignity of labor and by paying liberal wages to its artizans, It should have offered inducements to skillful artificers in other countries to come i among us instead of going on the principle of a niggardly economy. The complaints are coming up from the mechanics throughout the Confede racy of the inadequacy of their remuneration, and the effect will be, unless steps are taken by the Government to do them justice, to force the best workmen from the country. Men have found a way to leave, and they will do so again, if they find they cannot by honest and useful toil earn a livelihood. At the time Congress passed the law to pay detailed men three dollars a day, living was three times cheaper than now, and if it was deemed a just compensation then it cannot be so considered now. Let the matter be brought to the attention of Congress at once. We hope the press throughout the Confederacy will ventilate the subject well. It is but justice to men who have been forced to make such pecuniary sacrifice. It will take at least ten dollars a day to enable a man to live now, and ho will have to exercise economy at that. Wounded. —We regr-et to learn that Vallentine Wildman, of Capt. Croft’s Battery, had his right arm shot off in the battle at Marietta, Wednesday. ♦—«#—♦ Killed. —J. M. Johnson, son-in-law of Col. Redding, of Chattahoochee county, was killed in the fight at Marietta, Wednesday evening. Mr. Johnson’s lady was at the Muscogee depot yes terday afternoon where she received tho sad news, and we never witnessed a more heartrending spec tacle than the frantic grief to which she gave vent. Oh, this desolating war, how much hap piness it has destroyed 1 how many hopes it has crushed. The" heart grows sick at the contempla tion. May God turn back this tide of woe that is Sweeping off the stays of so many trusting hearts. m About one hundred Yankee prisoners, more or less, arrived here last night, en route for Ander sonville, Ga. loafer from the North. We are enabled, says the Petersburg Ex press of the 17th, through the courtesy of a friend, to us, last evening a copy of the New York Herald of Monday, June 13th. It is one day later than has been heretofore received in this region of our State, but it contains little or nothing of special interest. Sunday pre ceeciing the Issue of this number of the Herald, the gold quotations arc omitted. The follow ing is the latest from Staunton to Dix : SECRETARY STANTON TO DIX. War Department, ) \ Washington, June 12—12 M. / Major General Dix : A dispatch from Gen. Huntef, dated at six j o’clock, on the morning of the Bth instant, at ! Staunton, reports that—• ; “We met the enemy at Piedmont last Sun- ! day, the sth instant, killing Wm. E. Jones, their i commanding General, and totally routing them j after a batlle often hours’ duration. We have | captured one thousand five hundred prisoners j altogether—one thousand men and over sixty > officers on the field of battle—also three j thousand stand of arms, three pieces of artil- j lery and a vast quantity of stores. We have j to day effected a junction with Gens. Crook i and Averill.” It is stated in another dispatch, unofficial, ; dated at Staunton, June 9, that “our infantry I is now-engaged in burning ties and bending j rails, east and west. All government and ! railroad buildings have been burned atStaun- j ton. We leave to-morrow.” A dispatch from Gen. Grant’s headquarters, | dated yesterday at 4 P. M., reports that “rebel cavalry having yesterday made a dash into Wilson's lines, near the Lenny House, Wilson, this morning sent out a part of Mclntosh’s j brigade to see where the enemy was. Their pickets were driven back and their outer lines forced, the cavalry passing over the entrench ments about a mile west of Bethesda church, Mclntosh came upon Field’s division of infan- ■ try, and, having accomplished the purpose of j his reconnaissance, retired. He killed and wounded a number of rebels in his progress, i and brought away four or five prisoners. He : had sixteen men killed and wounded . Dispatches from General Sherman, dated at his headquarters, Big, Shanty, Georgia, this morning, hare been received. They state that our lines were within four or five hundred yards of the enemy ; but no fighting yet. Edwin M. Stanton. Secretary ol War. France and our Cause. —A correspondent of the New York Herald writes from Paris, under date of the 16t'n May : " ith the present prospects of peace in Europe, you may rest assured that if Napoleon can hnd any reasonable pretext for it, he will give his Southern friends at least the moral aid of their existence as a nation. I hazard the prediction that should Grant % beaten, a month will not elapse before Mr. Slidell mil be received in his official ca pacity at the Tun lories.*’ The Mississippi an. —An extra edition of the Daily Mississippiau is now issued at Jackson, the Capital of the State, the home of the Mississippian. We congratulate the enterprising proprietors on be ing able to get home, and trust that invaders may never gain contaminate *he streets of Jackson with their presence. The TjqfDGR Mercies of the AbolitioNi&is.— The Vicksburg correspondent of the New York Tri bune gives the following account of the condition of the negroes torn from their homes by Gen. Sher man in Mississippi: Some 3,000 slaves, of all ages and colors, have reached here. It was one of the saddest spectacles witnessed for a long time in Vicksburg. The women and children were almost starved and naif naked.— Such a terrible picture of abject want and misery can neither be imagined or portrayed with pen.— Many of the w omen and children were sick with fe vers, brought on by the great fatigue and exposure es the long march from Meridian, Enterprise, Quit man, an other places. Will not the friends of free dom and the human philanthropists of the North come forward at C2CC, with their generous hands'resctiY these liberated slaves from prematuij graves?” rjg-" .We learn from the Boston CounSf later date that the suffering of these poor homeless wretches continued in all its intensity. No mere political capital could be made out of them, and nothingWM done to help them. They were free to perish. -♦ m f mm On Tuesday last, says the Prairie News, 33l prisoners passed down, and yesterday ISS more. We learn that those yet at Guntown and Baldwin will swell the number to 1,500 or over. They are very severe en their General, Sturgis, and seem to regret his escape no less than their own capture. By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. ON Saturday, 26th June, at 10 o’clock, we will in front of our 3tore, SO Tierces Choice Rice. 33 Sacks Salt, Lot Desirable Furniture, Clothing, Ladies’ Gaiters, Hats, &c., &c. TO BE HIRED, For the balance of the year, a NEGItO WOMAN, a good house servant. je 23 td sls By Ellis, Livingston A Cos. /AN Saturday '26th June, at 10 o’clock, we will sell in front of our.storc, 16 Hogs One year Old, 1 Fine Cow and Calf. 3 or 3 Cikely Mules. je 23 td $6 By Ellis, Eivingston A Cos ON TLESDAY, 28th June, at 10 o’clock, we will sell in front of our store, for and on account of a refugee, the following likely young negroes: Mary, Very Likely, 12 years old, Sicily, Very Likely, 22 years old, Maria, Very Likely, 20 years old, Frances, Very Likely 18 years old. Sale without reserve, je 24 td sl6 Watchman Wanted. A GOOD MAN can find employment a3 Watch man at a Warehouse, by applying at this office. Comfortable quarters will bo furnished. None war - ted unless they are well recommended, je 24 3t Enquirer copy. •PH i; ua »ts - WANTS to er gage Buttermilk, (10 gallons) daily, for Marshall Hospital. ITTANTS to exchange for and on account of Mar ti shall Hospital, Sheeting for Butter, Eggs and Chickens. TXTANTS to exchange Cotton Cards (WhitcmoreV: Vi for Country Produce or cash. WANTS to exchange 400 lbs. choice Sugar for any kind of country produce or sell it for cash '\^l' ANTS to exchange Naiis for Bacon or Flour. WANTS to sell 1000 Confederate Cups and lot of Pitchers. WANTS to sell three gross Confederate Glass lumblers or exchange for country produce. WANTS to sell at wholesale or retail fine assort ’i ment smoking and chewing Tobacco. Wto sell or exchange for country produce, i T Cooking Soda. One Dozen Japanned Waiters, One Dozen Glass Goblets and Cut Glass Tumblers, 10 Dozen Glass Gallon Jars, suitable for Pickles and Preserves. W. H. H. PIIELPS, 114 Broad Street. .June 23 dstwlt Wanted to Purchase. A SMALL HOUSE of four or five rooms, also a second-hand Buggy and Harness. Address sta ting terms, X. Y. je 23 3t* Times Office. it linltw wosTii AT DESSAU^S. FROM THE LATE BLOCKADE SALE AT -AaTgiista, G-a. The goods are all superior to what is offered elsewhere, and will be sold lower j than lately. In the assortment can b * ; found : Eadles’ Sew Hats, ®ew Bonnet Ribbons, Vew Ue'ts, Bobiaiet 3iasquiio Setting, Tucking and Dressing Combs. Cadies’ Slosei*>, Tfireey’dswideldnen Sheeting. Superior Bleached Shirting, Printed JTackonefs, Gingitams, English and French Calicoes. Bombazine, Alpacas, Elegant Eeroes. O-A LL -AUsTID SEE je 21 ts IVotfce to Gas Consumers. All parties usuing Gas who have not settled u. their bills for the last Quarter, are notified that un less payment is made before the last of this month the Gas will be cut off said premises. We are in’need of money and.cannot carry on 'Ui works without it. By order of the President. C. E. DEXTER, ~je 2[ 5t Treasurer GOOD NEWS FOR THE LADIES 1 GREAT R EDI CTIOS of PRIC ES IN dry-goods l Jl ST RECEIVED A FRESH ASSORTMENT OF ID^TT-O-OOIDS, l ailies' French Kid Waiter* and Fancy Fassimers, Which I offer for sale from 50 to 100 per cent, be low former prices. B. JACKSON. Columbus, Ga., June 21 dim ALABAMA WAREHOi^F, COTTON STORAGE. Yv* E have room to store several hundred bales Cot •; ton. Send forward. KING <& ALLEN. .ie 21 2w WANTED. * 'pO exchange SCGAiI for SPRING CHICKENS, ! at the rate of two pounds of Sugar for throe Chickens. The Sugar is a splendid article—muck superior to any that can now be found in this mar ket. I will exchange as much as 50 pounds in the above manner. For further information appte >r the Times Offioe. ; e lQ ts