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Mhe Mimes. ; J. W. WIRRES, - - - Editor. Monday Morning, June 27,1864. Editorial Accession.—' The Atlanta Regis ter ?P,Q9unces th« accession to its ali«adyaMq editorial corps of Major Charles H. Smith /bet ter knovrn throughout the Sq’itU the inim" itable BILL ARP. Wt Congratulate our cotemporary upon tUi* magnificent acquisi tion, and wish success to our friend in his oeif fi; e 'ld of labor. At an caily hour yesterday forenoon, (says the Wilmington Journal, 23d) we learn that the Petersburg and Weldon read was struck by a raiding party at Rheims’ depot, 10 miles from Petersburg. Up to the present writing, Wednesday p. m., we have received no direct telegraphic announcement of the fact. At about the time wherr the railroad is reported to have been struck, the wires between this point and Petersburg ceased working, which seems to confirm the report. Stirring times were expected on yesterday in the vicinity of Petersburg, not depending upon the option of the enemy. Whether tbi3 expectation was correct, or what was the re sult of any movemeut made remains as yet in doubt. Busker Hill CelebkaTion.— Last Friday ; the lVih, being the anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, (says the Richmond Dispatch) Hancock, who is a genuine descendeni of the Pilgrim fathers, undertook to celebrate it in grand style by an assault upon our lines be low Petersburg. Gen. Beauregard, who i3 understood to be one of the most courteous gentlemen in the world, resolved to give his visitors at least a suitable welcome, and hav ing no doughnuts at hand, he substituted grapeshot and Minie bails. Apparently, they thought this was carrying politeness rather too far. And so they left him, without thank ing him for his hospitality, 01 even so much as taking their leave. About three hundred, who were unable to resist the kind solicita tions of their host, remained behind, and a still greater number, overcome by the festivi ties, were unable to take themselves off. Bread and Meat.— We have seen (says the Richmond Whig) a letter from an officer who ha3 recently travelled, on official business per taining to the Quartermaster’s department, almost over the State of Alabama, and also a large portion of Mississippi, He reports that the crop of wheat now being harvested is ex cellent, not injured by rust, and that the yield will be very great. The growing crop of corn promises an abundant yield. From the same writer we have “a low esti mate” of the bacon tithe in seven States east of the Mississippi, the aggregate being 21,- 000,000 lbs. This quantity, together with that which may be purchased and imported, and the beef supply, will unquestionably prove sufficient to feed the army until the next hog crop is cured. If the tithe of bacon amounts to 21,000,000 pounds, what is the aggregate quantity in the Confederate States ? Georgia Ladies Imprisoned at Fortress Monroe.— The Mobile Advertiser says, a lady of Mobile who, visiting her relatives at Nor folk, was thrown into prison at Fortress Mon roe by Beast Butler, has been released.— Among the ladies imprisoned there, she re ports the names of Miss Amy F. Cornick and Miss Ramsey of Norfolk, and Miss Gudbee and Miss Kate Davison, of Milledgeville. The friends of the two last, she believes, are ig norant of their situation. * * ♦ How Giddings Died. —A Northern telegram gives some particulars of the death of the noted Abolitionist Joshua R. Giddings.— He was engaged in a game of billiards at the St. Lawreac? Hall with Mr. Pelk man,when be suddenly complained of weak ness • and sat down on a sofa. Dr. Turner and Dr. Patton, both living at the St. Lawrence llall, and Dr. Sutherland, were promptly by hi3 side, but he at once became insensible, and expired in a few moments. A Little Republican Testimony. The Boston Post clearly epitomizes tho testimony of leading Republican authorities, showing corrup tion and weakness on the part of the Federal ad ministration. Mr. Philips says only five United States Senators are in favor of Mr. Lincoin’3 re election, and among those aro not Messrs. Sumner and Wilson. Blair, on the floor of Congress.'accuses the Secretary of the Yankee Treasury of gross mis deeds—says the department is rotten with corrup tion, and that this is so palpable the friends of Mr. Chase dare not call for investigation. Fremont de clares that he has been badly used by the adminis tration, and pouts. The Gratz Brown radieals smite the President as Sanson did the Philistines, hip and thigh, and often with* the same weapon.— Banks is derided by the Republicans of Massachu setts ! Hale said, in his seat, he thought the liber ties of the country were in more danger from the profligacy that waspracticed upon the treasury than they were from the “rebels in the field.” The Springfield Republican asks, “Is lying a vice inhe rent in republican institutions, or merely iacidenta to Mr. Lincoln's administration ?” Thaldeus Ste vens says, if the Government goes on expending money at the present rate, the people will be in volved in one general bankruptcy and ruin. Thur low Weed writes Albany Evening Journal: .“Until the administration thor ghly sifts and probes the iniquities of the Now York customhouse, the treasure and blood shall continue to flow, by millions and in rivers, while its own officials are playing into the hands of the enemy.” Mr. Pome roy says that should Lincoln be re-elected the affairs of the country will go from bad to worse in his hands, and the war wiil languish until the public debt will be overwhelming. Boutweil denounced the Baboon President’s plan of reconstruction; charges him wl i acting without law, and Miss Dickenson boxes the ears of Seward to the evident delight of a Republican multitude who hang upon her words as the bee upon the flower. Caors.—The Canton, Miss., Citizen says that though a superabundance of rain has fallen wifhin the past week, it is glad to learn from planters that HO material damage has been done to crops. The weather faired off just in time to save tho wheat from great injury. Blackberries and the outside crops generally are now doing splendidly. A SriXAL Fluted NaiL.—The London Builder says a company has been formed to bring into prac tical use a spiral fluted nail, recently invented in England. They are fluted and twisted in a machine and aro manufactured as cheap as common nails. The holding qualities of the nails are remarkable: no holes are required to be made before driving those of the largest size, and there is no danger of the board splitting, however near .to the edge the nail is driven. The spiral point oausos the nail to re volve as it advances, and its tenacity of holding i3 eqdal to that of a wood screw, Lcgo, the Set.—Lugo, the Spy, and onee the protege Secretary Mallory, has been eourt mar tialed, and it is said, sentenced to bo hung, his ex ecutionbeing delayed on accountof a serious illness by which he is now eoniined to hospital. Tfie Value soulliera Colton, as Estimated by a Yankee A correspondent Baad3 the Chronicle and Sentinel the following, clipped from an old number of the Yankee pictorial known a3 Harper's Weekly, dated November 13, 1358. It ii quite refreshing, nowadays, to hear the Yankee talk about “our cotton” : WHAT COTTON IS DOING FOR US. Many reliable estimates set down the cotton crop of the United Stntes this year at the high figure of 3,500,000 bales. It is coming to market much earlier than usual. The receipts at Southern porta are 250,000 (ii round num bers) in advance of the receipts of last and other average years of same date. So large have been the arrivals at Charleston, Savan nah, Mobile and New Orleans, that specie has been shipped from New York, to the South, to bay bills on England more cheaply than they can be had here. The price is satisfac tory. And, considering the condition of Eu rope ; peace everywhere; prosperity m Ger many, Ireland, Spain, and other countries which have often lately been in the deepest distress; a large accumulation of money at the financial centries; a fair prospect that new markets for European manufactures will be open in China, Japan, British Columbia and elsewhere; there is no reason to expect that the price will decline. In an article published some months back in this journal, we showed that in the most active commercial year the United States ever knew—lßs6—the cotton of the South was our chief stand by and set off against the enor mous consumption of foreign good3 in the great cities and throughout the country. But for the copious supply of cotton, and the high price it commanded, the United States would have incurred a debt to the foreign world which it would have taken years to discharge. It seem3 now that the cotton crop is going to be the means of setting the trade of the country on its legs again. Our other great staple—bread stuffs—is in an unpromising condition. Excellent harvests have been the rule throughout Europe, and the price of all kinds of breadstuffs rules so low that it is es timated that a loss of at least a million of dollars has been incurred by the parties who sent breadstuffs to New York this fall. At present rates—and they are likely to un changed for some months —flour and v heat cannot be sent abroad and sold so as to repay the producer in the West. Our cotton, on the contrary, if the crop fulfills present expectations, will not only no bly reward the planter, but will go a long way toward liquidating the debt we iri * curring to Europe for dry goods and foreign manufactures, more than this; the ceipts at the Southern ports, by suggest ng shipments of specie from New York have giv en trade the first wholesome it has had since the revulsion. The feur or five millions of specie we have sent to the South were worse than useless in our bank vaults here. In the South they will be eminently useful. They will generate and feed traffic throughout the Southern country. And com ing back to us, as they will by various chan nels through the South and West, they will, on their journey, serve usefully to restore credit and foster wholesome commercial en terprise. The revival of trade will hereafter be dated from the early fall receipts of cotton at the South, and the movement in specie which they occasioned. Proclamation to the People of Georgia Headquarters, 1 Atlanta. June 24tli, 1864. / lam informed by the old men* in different parts of the State that there are occasional instances of military and civil officers who have failed to report at Atlanta as directed by order contained in ray Proclamation on the subject. The 14th Section of the Act of 14th December, 1863, to reorganize the. Militia de clares: That any militiaman ordered into ac tive service, whether by order of the Govern or, or upon requisition from the President of the Confederate States, who shall fail or re fuse after due notice to enter said service, or being therein, shall leave the service without permission, shall be liable to be tried and pun ished as a deserter, and subject to all the pains and penalties imposed upon deserters in the Rule3 and Articles ofWar, for the government of the army of the Confederate States. That those who have refused to enter the service when ordered, mav=be compelled to do 30 or suffer the penalties in said Act contained, I hereby direct all Aids de- Camp who are ordered to the discharge of their duty at home, or at home on leave of absence, and all persons belonging to the Di vision of Militia who are absent on furlough or detail to see that all such officers able to do duty are arrested and sent without delay to the Headquarters of Maj. Gen. Smith, com manding the Division. For this purpose the Aids de-Camps are authorized to order any of the non-commissioned officeis* or reserved militia to make such arrests and convey such persons to the Division Headquarters. As the Judges of the Supreme, Superior, and Inferior Courts, Ordinaries, Solicitors Gen erals, Sheriffs, Clerks of the Superior and In ferior Courts, Tax Collectors and Receivers, Reporter and Clerk of the Supremo Court, and members and officers of the General Assembly are by the Statue of the State exemptfrom militia duty, I earnestly request them to aid in arresting and sending to Gea. Smith all militia officers who have not reported, and all civil officei‘3 under fifty years of age who are subject to militia duty, and have failed to re port. The fact thata civil or militia officer is exempt from Confederate conscription by rea son of his having given the bond a3 owner of fifteen hands, a3 provided by Act of Congress, or for other cause, does not exempt him from State militia service. When the officers subject have generally obeyed the call and repotted, justice requires that others equally subject shall not be per mitted to disregard it with impunity. The crisis has not passed. The exigency requires every man at the front able to bear arms who can possibly leave home, and I again invite all such, including the large cias3 of able bod ied men who have Confederate details in the various departments, many of whom it is be lieved can be spared for a short period with out detriment to the service, to rally to the defence of the State till the emergency is passed Joseph E. Beown. All Railroads in the State will transport prisoners with guard—not exceeding two per sons—on the way to Atlanta; and each Daily Paper ia the State is requested to give thi3 one insertion and charge accordingly. 1 time. J. E. B. The Futility of Conquest From the Milwaukee News.] Two years ago we drove the rebels out of the entire country surrounding Paducah. That section is now all occupied by the rebel General Forrest. Immediately after General Grant advanced into West Tennessee, and du ring the summer of 1862, conquered the whole of that region ; it is now almost entirely in rebel hands. The same summer, desperate battles wore fought at Corinth, luka and Hatchie, and in every struggle victory crown ed our arms ; but every one of these points is in undisputed possession of the enemy. In the fail of the year, Gen. Grant occupied La- Grange, in Tennessee, Holly Springs and Ox ford, in Mississippi, and the crossing of Yocoaey river, some twelve miles south of Oxford, while his cayalry was thrown for ward nearly to Grenada ; the whole of this territory is now abandoned. At the same | time our forces held possession of all the country eastward to the line of the Mobile k Ohio railroad, which is also of course in un disputed possession of the enemy. A year ago this winter and spring our army ; took possession of the country back of Lake j Providence, also of nearly all the region be ! tween the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers; aft erwards ocenpied Jackson and Canton, Missis | sippi; in tha summer we arranged for the J permanent occupation of the territory east of ; Vicksburg and between the Big 31aek and 1 Yazoo river*, about the same time our troops were pushed westward from Vicksburg and Louisiana, routing the enemy from the entire vicinity, a distance of from seventy to one hundred miles. Every square foot of the ter ritory described is now surrendered. In short, from Cairo to New Orleans, ia.the Mississippi proper, the Federal flag, as we are informed, does not float over a single inch of territory out of the range of gunboats on the river, and no loyal man is known to live in any portion of the territory mentioned as conquered but now surrendered. A Sensible C onclusion. The New Yerk Times has at last found eut that even if Richmond were taken, it would not end the war. This amazing discovery is the result of three years' study and observation. The rebel lion is no longer to bo speedily crushed. “It is only thi3 year,” quoth the- Times, “that a very considerable portion of the public has thoroughly wakened up to the fact that, owing to the enor mous extent of the territory we seek to conquer, the occupation of places is of comparatively little value. Os course, some places, such as the Capi tal of the Confederacy haTO more value than others. The loss of Richmond would be a heavy blow and a great discouragement to the enemy; but it would be simply a moral blow. It would be a mortification, but unless it was an indication of weakness, it would be nothing mere.” The Times then concedes that our people have suffered too much to be appalled by “moral blows,” and that if Richmond were taken, and Lee’s army allowed to march Southward without much damage, “there is no question whatever we should not have made much progress. He would hold out in North Car olina or Georgia, conscript and impress supplies, and fight on as before, and we should have to fol low him for hundreds of miles, slowly, continuous ly, and with difficulties of all kinds steadily in creasing the further we penetrated into the inte rior and away from our base.” This is a sage conclusion, though whether it i* announced in consequence of an apprehension that Richmond cannot be taken, and that something must be said to console the Northern fox for the loss of the grapes, wo cannot pretend to guess.— But whatever the motive of the announcement, it is none the less true. Supposing Grant to take Richmond and not to takes Lee’s army, how long would it take to conquer the South ? After Grant had taken Pemberton, he was unable to follow Johnston’s little force more than forty miles. Af ter he had overwhelmed Bragg’s inferior forces, he was driven back in hi3 first attempt to follow up his success. Gen. Lee would fall back and fight, whilst guerrillas would swarm in multitudes upon Grant’s whole line of supplies. It t is, there fore, of the last importance to Grant that he should capture Lee’3 army, and we may calculate with confidence that nothing less than this has been-and i3 his design, and that no effort or strat egern will be left untried for that purpose. We hare no fears for Richmond, not the slight est, nor any reveroncefor Grant as a great Gene ral. His object being the capture of Richmond and Gen. Lee’s army, what evidence of general ship was there in permitting Lee to strip him es seventy-five thousand men on his way to Rich mond by thß Rapidan, when by adopting at once McClellan’s movement on the Peninsula he could have saved that immense force and thrown it be tween Lee and the South ? Would not the seven ty-five thousand men he has lost by coming on that famous line which he vowed would stiek to if it took all summer be very convenient now to move upon the rear of Petersburg, a movement which he may intend still to make, and which, if he were a great General, he would hare provided for by placing there that immense host which he has made food for Confederate rifles. The Times may make itself easy. We do not think that either Richmond or Gea. Lee’s army is ever destined to become the prey of Yankees. — Richmond Dispatch. A Heroine. —An incident illustrative of fe male courage and danger occurred in this city on Wednesday morning last, which is worthy of being recorded. Between 2 and 3 o’clock on that morning, a widow lady resid ing on Fenwick street was awakened from her slumbers by the noise of someone entering the house. Arising from her bed she hastily, but noiselessly dressed herself, and seizing a piece of an old chisel—being unable to find a pistol which she had in the house—she pro ceeded in the direction of the noise, and dis covered the intruder to be a large sized burley Negro man! Nothing daunted, our heroine presented the piece of chisel at the Negro’s breast, and demanded his immediate and un conditional surrender. Quailing before the firmness and evident determination of the brave lady, he complied with her demand ; whereupon she ordered him to go with her, and actually led him to the jail at 3 o’clock yesterday, morning, when she delivered him oTer to our worthy jailor Mr. T. C. Bridges ! Our friend was so astonished at the bravery and daring of the lady that he told her to take his hat or anything that was in the jail. Thi3 brave woman had no one with her in the house at the time of this occurrence; and presented an example of cool courage and undaunted bravery, which should commend itself to others who may be unfortunately placed in a similar unpleasant situation. [ Augusta Constitutionalist. Chinese Jews. —A recent discovery' h.as brought to light the fact that Jews are very numerous in China. A Jewish officer in the British navy estimates them at one million. It was by mere accident that this community of Oriental China Jews was discovered. The officer referred to went up one of their rivers and observed a large town or eity. He was not at first cordially received; but, finally, obtaining an interview with the chief he land ed under his protection, and found, to his as tonishment, an immense population of Jews. — ♦ ♦ ♦ A lady friend who has been very successful in making blackberry wine, has furnished the following recipe for an exchange : Bruise the berries thoroughly, and add to each gallon of berries (which must be meas ured before bruising) two quarts of hot water. Let thi3 set all night; then strain off the juice through a cloth. To each gallon of strained juice, add one and a half pounds of sugar, and put in a vessel loosely corked to ferment. After fermentation, it must be corked tightly. Some persons put in powdered char coal, tied in a cloth, to purify it. Raymond on Gen. Lee. The “Little Villian” of the NewYork Times is laboring to achieve a peculiar noteriety by a defamatory attack upon the ancestry and character of Gen. Lee. Thi3 is a much more agreeable process to persons of Raymond’s calibre than attacking Gen. Lee with ball and bayonet. Raymond i3 evidently of opinion that the pen is mightier than the sword. If Grant can’t fight Lee out of Richmond, per haps Raymond can write him out. A pro digious whopper, shot out of the Times’ long range cannon, at the safe distance of New York, is the exact description of weapon sui ted to the capabilities of the nimble heeled varlet, whose memorable flight from Solferiao made him the laughing stock of the world. We dont’t know what measures Gen Lee proposes to take in vindication of his honor. The spec ific charge brought against our beloved Chief tain by Raymond is mendacity. He accuses Gen. Lee of falsehood in his bulletins. If Gen. Lee has one virtue more predominant than any other, it is truthfulness. Bat per haps Raymond, after all, may design to be complimentary. Lying in Yankeedom has been elevated to one of the fine art3. To swear they have been victorious when they have been defeated in an indispensable accom plishment of a Yankee General. We mu3t, however, disclaim for the Confederate Gener al any such distinction. He is a plain and practical man, who is more willing to let dted3 speak for him than words, and whose deeds will probably live in history several years af ter Raymond’s existence i3 .forgotten. • —i An Effort to Break up the Cabinet.—Un der this head a dispatch from Washington of a late date says: A determined effort is being made to oust Messrs. Biair and Bates from tha Cabinet. The more rad ical of the dominant party 'are determined that they shall by some means be got rid es, asserting that their presence in the executive councils is damaging to the prospects of the ticket, especially in the Western States. Mr Lincoln’s aversion to any change in his Cabinet during his present term of office i« well known; but it is doubtful whether he will be able to stand the pressure which is being brought to bear against these gen tlemen T3a« Field Atlanta, Friday Ntgat, Jana 24. Another clear, bright day has’ come and gone, and the decisive struggle at the Front has not yet begun. It is evident that ShermaE intends to swindle us out of Atlanta, if possible, by the flankißg process, or fight, if fight he must, as near the city as he can get. He could have had a bat tie, we presume, any day within the last three or four weeks if he had been in seareh of any thing of the sert ; bat his object seems to be to avoid the issue of battle as lengas possible. If this mas terly inactivity should prove his ruin in the end, he will have nebedy to blame for it but _ himself. — That such will he the upshot of the business, there can be no doubt. All sorts and sizes of rumors were afloat to-day, but as w* do not deal in that line, we shall retail none of them at this writing. We learn from gentlemen who came from Mari etta on the evening train, that all was quiet along the line3 te-day, except the customary activity among the skirmishers and artillerists. — Register [Special to the Mobile Register.^* Senatobia, June 24.—The Chicago Times of the 20th is received. Stanton’s dispatches claim the carrying of two redoubts and the capturing es four guns and 550 men, on the 14th, near Petersburg. Several assaults on the rebel work3, on the 15 th, were repulsed with a Federal loss of 6,000. Butler is reported to have been surprised by Lee while attempting the destruction of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, and terribly defeated. Sheridan reports a victory and subsequent de feat at Trevilian Station. The prisoners captured by Morgan have been ordered to the field, their paroles not being re spected. Morgan had occupied Lexington, and the guer rillas Bardstown. Gen. Shelby is in the vicinity of Lexington, Mo. Lincoln’s genius for strategy having been ap peased by the slaughter of 120,000 men, he will let Grant try his own plan. The Times, of the 18th, ip its editorial, estimates Grant’s losses in killed and wounded north of James River at 70,000 men, Sherman’s losses at 45,000, and the total Federal losses since the Ist of April at fully 185,000 men. Northern dates of the 23d have also come to hand. Dispatches from Grant’s army, of the 13th, admit the loss on the two previous days of 8,000. A private dispatch from Washington, of the 20th, says a division of Burnside’s corps is captured. Guerrillas are very troublesome on the Mis sissippi. 1/T v ’ *j ■ fl s war ■ / .*■* ’'V, \ s’-’ * f.-M tion . V' ;V- >•"; • ' [Special to the Mobile Register.] Senatobia, June 23.—Northern dates to the 20th received. Stanton’s dispatches claim a great success in Grant’s new movement. Baldy Smith assaulted and carried the prin pal line of works before Petersburg on the 16th, capturing thirteen cannon, several stand of colors, and between 3,000 and 5,000 pris oners. The hardest fighting of the war was done by the negroes. The capture of Petersburg is reported. Rumors that Richmond is being evacuated by the citizens is rife. Giilmore has been relieved of the command of his corps by Butler. It is believed the Government will not in terfere with Vallandigham if he keeps quiet. The correspondent of the Chicago Times say3 that Grant lost seventy thousand men trying Lincoln’s plan, and is now trying his own. The Federal losses to the 3d in the battles near the Chickahominy were 12,000. Grant's force, exclusive of Butler sand Hunter’s, is estimated at 125,000. A special dispatch to the Times, dated Cin cinnati, June 15th, says Morgan was at Flem ingsburg the day before, with 3,000 men, and pronounced Burbridge’s dispatches false. His loss was only 170 all told. He had not left, and would not leave, the State. His troops were not scattered, as he intended revisiting Northern Kentucky. The Memphis Bulletin of the 21st contains nothing further from the armies, Guerillas were enforcing conscription, in Southwestern Kentucky. They had captured the horses and equipments of a Federal regi ment at Princeton. A hundred rebels were stationed at May field, driving Unionists out of the State. Guerillas are becoming troublesome in Sou thern Missouri. Dayton dispatches say Vallandigham is enjoying quiet. In a speech to a crowd sere nading him, he said he would make no threats, but he had not come from a foreign country without calculating the consequences and making deliberate preparations to meet them. If any military commander should attempt his arrest, he warned them that in Dayton the persons and property of those instigating such a procedure would be held as hostages. He should demand eye for eye and tooth for tooth ; so help him the everlivrag Jeho vah ! He did not expect to be molested again. If he should be, however, he warned them the resuit would be such that, when compared, the other was but dust in the balance. He intended remaing quiet till after the Chicago Convention, and would then avow hi3 pur poses. Sturgis is superseded by A. J. Smith at Memphis. Gold in, New. York on the 17th inst., closed at 1955. [j ■ -■ ■ ■ m • mm The following is an extract of Lincoln’s speech in Philadelphia on the 16th : “Pertinent questions are so often asked me, such as when the war would end. I surely feel as great an interest an that point as any one ; but I would not make a prediction that it would end in a day, or a week, or even a year, for fear of creating disappointment. We accepted—not began—this war for a worthy object; and I trustin God it will not end un til that object is accomplished. [Enthusiastic cheers.] The war has now lasted three years, and as we accepted it to establish national authority over the whole national domain, we are to go through with it if it takes three years more. I would, however, safely make the pre diction that Grant, with Hancock and Meade, is to-night where he will never be dislodged until Richmond is taken. If I shall discover that Grant’s noble officers and men need assistance to put this thing through, will you give it to me? [Yes, all answered.] Well, then, I in tend to call on you, and I want you to stand by me and the army. Battle at Moboanza, La.—We learn from a young gentleman just from Port Gibson, that before he left that place the report had reached there that Gen. Diek Taylor had a battle with the enemy under Gen. Canby, in which our forces were completely victorious. The enemy’s loss is stated at 1500 killed and wounded, 3,000 prisoners, 17 pieces of artil lery, and vast numbers of small arms, a large quantity of stores, and that when Gen. Taylor was I&3L heard from he had completely routed and driven the enemy over sixteen miles. Our loss is estimated at 600 killed and wounded. [Jackson Missusrppian. 23 d. Much more depends on Southern bullets | than Northern ballots, says the Appeal. Let I bayonets do our thinking in this matter. We ! must nerve our arms for the desperate assaults with which we are to be assailed in the next three months. Upon our stout arms depends our salvation. It is tolly to rely upon foreign intervention or Northern disintegration. gSLSSR APSIS. Reports of tie Press Association. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863. by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. SATURDAY NIGHT’S DISPATCHES. Mobile, J ucc 25th.— The Advertiser has advices from Senotebia. dated Chicago, J une 20. Missouri is swarming with guelrillas. Shelby is near Lexington. Morgan occupies Lexington, Ky., and the Gueril las are at Bardstown. Morgan’s paroles are disregarded. Sherman on the 18th, reports the rebels retreating across the Chattahoochee, he pursuing. Smith left Memphis with 15000 men hunting For rest. In the House es Commons Lord Russell com plained of the Federal Government’s non-attention to Lord Lyon’s representation of recruiting in Ire land. Faneral Notice. The friends and acquaintances of Captain F. C. TILLMAN and family are requested .to attend his funeral from the Muscogee R. R. depot this (Mon day) evening at 5 o’clock. Impressment of Slaves.— We are pleased to learn that the indiscriminate impressment of slaves on Tuesday was contrary to the order and will of the au« thorities at Gen. Johnson's Headquarters. Gen. M. J. Wright commanding Post, now has the matter in hand, and his clear judgment and practical business knowls edge, under the discretion now given him, will do much to mitigate its apparent se verity and remedy the mistakes of others in the premises. Laborers are what are wanted. Every one in Georgia, that can possibly be spared, should be immediately sent forward to perform the services re quired.—Southern Confederacy , 24 th. [From the Sunday Advertiser A Register.] Inscribed to the Memory of Gen. Leonidas Polk*. A nation mourns for thee ! a cherished tie is rudely riven, Hfte a crown of endless joy is given : art from sorrow free. victory is won ; H[e who oped for thee the gates of life, HH thee the foremost in the fearful strife, HWitli all thine armor on. priceless sacrifice country's altar thou hast laid ; on thy brow shall never fade, gjgSlßhlie kingdoms fall and rise. in thy dreamless rest, hero in a sacred cause, yet shall win from all the world applause— HHbhall be supremely blest. On earth, in lasting fame, The grateful homage of thy native land; In Heaven, a place among the martyr band, Thou evermore shall claim. Aye, peaceful be.thy sleep, Oh, Christian warrior! for thy work is done, Rest from the race thou hast so nobly run ; ’Tis not for thee we weep. Not that the heavy cross Thou long hast borne, in mercy i$ removed, But oh, our Shepherd, Chief, and Friend beloved! We mourn our fearful loss. Our tears in sorrow flow For thy loved ones, thy stricken household band, Who bow beneath a Father’s chastening hand, In a deep and bitter woe. In this their hour of gloom, One blessed hope remains—one cheering ray, To light their pathway to that endless day Which dawns beyond the tomb. The portal thou hast raised Hath won for thee the saints’ abidiag rest, In those bright realms, the mansions of the blest, Oh, may we meet at last! Mobile, June 19. C. L. S. Fiendish Behaviour of the Enemy.— lt is time that the act3 of Grant’s troops upon helpless women and children should be presented in such a form to that office and his government, as shall compel them to punish or sustain the perpetration of such horrors and enormities. We have learned reliably of the death of Mrs. Boulware, of King and Queen, under the following atrocious circumstances: Mrs. B. was a lady of SO years of age; the Yankee, Sheridan’s troops visit ed her house—gutted it eompletely, and demanded of her to tell where her son wos. Upon decli ning to reveal the place of his concealment, the villains fired their pistols overhead, to frighten her into confessing where he was. The result was that she was frightened to death, and expired in a short time. Again, in the same county, four of these same men of Sheridan’s attempted to outrage the young daughter of one of the most honored and respecta ble citizens, and were only defeated in their fiend ish purposes by the desperate efforts of the young lady, her mother and a servant woman. The men were drunk, and remained some time in the parlor playing cards, until tha command had left them, when they were captured by some Confederate cavalry, and immediately shot. gjDoes not this government mean to take some 3tep3 that will cause the ordinary laws of war to be observed and respected by our enemy ? If this government of ours will not protect its soldiers, will it not at least do something for the innocence and helplessness of the women and children ? Ought not tha wives and children of our bravo soldiers be guaranteed against treatment of the character indicated? Look to it President Davis, that the dear ones of your soldiers do not suffer these things. —Richmond Whig. Vallandigham in the War-Path. —The arri val of Mr. Vallandigham furnishes a significant illustration of the decline of the war fever in the United States. He would not at present have ven tured on such a step had not strong assurances have been given him that he would be sustained both by popular sentiment and by a prepared movement te defend him against violence. The Administration at Washington has powerful mo tives to allow him to run his course, however dam aging it may be to them. Commotion and revolu tion at home stare them in the eyes. That point has been reached in the progress of despotism when the slightest friction may engender a spark, which wiil blow up the magazine and arouse to fearful devastation the long smothered fires of pop ular resentment. If these speculations be correct, Vallandigham has triumphed in his return —his name i3 a spell to popular sentiment, a summons to the elements of resistance, which will powerfully influence the course of affairs in the North. Linco. s procla mation of three years more of war, in hi3 speech at Philadelphia, will tend to provoke the question when shall all this end? Vallandigham’s bold and unoonquered utterances will fan tha flame3 of discontent, and arouse the people to revolution, peaceable, if they can, forcible if they must. So may it be! — Rebel. It i3 said that in Columbia there are prob ably enough hearty men to mah np two regiments, talking the streets in the best attire, retained there for some light worxwith the pen, or for no work at all, ho.dmg easy oositions. while many poor Sick men are hur ried off to the army, or forced from home to guard Conscripts, or dance attendance on the Provost Marshal. Some persons even say that they know young men of “the very first families” who have never smelt powder, yet wear fine uniforms, and get good salaries, and boa3t of their rank.— Sumter Watchman. Grant’s and Lee’s Loasss.— A correspondent writing from Gan. Law’s brigade on th 9 12th June, i makes the fallowing statement of the losses of Grant; and Lee respectively: Our los3 in the aggregate since the battles'com menced. on the sth of May, is officially stated to be about 15,000, es which 5,000 are prisoners. Grant s loss, from the most reliable estimate, iayetdowu at 80.000, of whem 20,000 are prisoners. Id,ooo killed, the rest wounded. John Braburn, of New York city, advertises that he has “Macaria” ia pre33. The entire losses in Lor.g3treet’s cerps. ia the recent battles around Richmond, in killed, wounded and missing, is stated to be only 263. An exchange says : There UiflJou’r ibly sweet abeutUttle gins, b=«*er 1 nai aids ■ And it groes on em as tney get b.gger. [Com jfuxicATKD.] Ladies for the Post-Office. JL-. Editor :—During a short 3tay ia your city nothing has struck me more forcibly as being strictly appropriate and in keeping with good taste than the appointment of ladies to assist in the Post Office. They are more gentle and accom modating in their nature than men, and hence it is not to be wondered that they give better satis faction. What man is there that would overhaul a batch of near three hundred letters merely to render a kindness to a stranger ? Yet sueh an act was shown me at your post office on yesterday and that too without the slightest manifestation of dislike. I knew that I was asking too much, bat the case was urgent, and upon it lacing complied with so willingly I have coine to the conclusion that there ought to be one lady assistant in every post-office and that one ought to attend at the de livery window. a Refuges. Fokrest’sWhereabouts.— Some people are ve-y anxious to know why it is that Forrest is not ia Sherman’s rear. He recently killed 1,000 Yankees wounded 1,500, dispersed 6,000, captured 2,000, als a 200 wagons; 50 ambulances: 17 pieces of artillery with caisons,‘soo mules, 100 horses, 500,000 rounds small arm ammunition; 5,000 stand of small arms, 10,000 rounds cannon ammunition, 200,000 pounds pilot bread, 50 barrels sugar, 30 sacks of coffee $250,- 000 worth of medicines, ten barrels of whiskey, and shovels, spades, axes, carpenters’ tools, etc.,! etc., in large numbers, all of which was on the way to Sher man’s army. Ifithat is’nt getting “in Sherman’s rear,” we would be glad to see somebody suggest x plan for'doing it. —> Sale of New Six Per Cents.—The long adver tised sale of new six percent bonds of the Confed eracy took place at Columbia on Tuesday. The first bond. SI,OOO, was knocked down at slsl. Bonds in various sums were put up, rangiag from SIO,OOO to SIOO,OOO, and the rest of the sale showed marked depreciation, the prices ranging from 151 to 135, at which price the auction was closed, and x considerable number of financers were content to invest. The total amount of the sales was $665,000. The only drawback to the sale, says the South Caro linian, was want of money, and had Mr. Memmia ger properly provided the country with funds, by paying his debts or allowing orders on the Treasury Department to bo given, he would have realized probably a million more., Douglas Ambulance Committee The members who were to have left on Saturday having been unavoidably delayed, will leave for the army on .Monday evening, [27th,] There-is great need of Vegetable for distribution among the sick and wounded soldiers, and all who can spare are requested to send in contributions to Goodrich A Co’s store by 2 o’clock, p. m., Monday. C. G. lloliie3, Sec’y. je 27 2t MAYOR’S PROCLAMATION. To t!ie Citizens of Columbus. Mayor’s Office, ] Columbus, Ga., June 25th, 1364./ In consequent of the close proximity of the Fed eral Army to our city, and their general character for raids, plundering and laying waste all the coun try they pass through, I therefore issue this procla mation calling upon the citizens of Columbus arJ vicinity, and all who have Itheir country’s good heart, who are determined to protect, with thair lives,’their wives, children and homes from tho des ecration of the most hated wretches upon earth, to assemble together at such times and places as here inafter suggested, and.enroll themselveslpreparatory to organizing into Companies. Upon consultation with the Confederate Officers in charge of the different departments, I find they have organized and regularly officered all the men in their employ; and, with the aid of all the citi zens, I am satisfied that a sufficient force could be organized to repel a large force of Yankee raider*, or keep them in check until we could bo reinforced. thereby enabling us eithor to whip or capture thei last man. I now call upon you, old and young, to areas yourselves. Reflect and you wiil readily perceive the danger we are oxposed to, and let every man bee prompt to respond to the call. It is your wives, children, property and homes, and above all your country, which calls for speedy and prompt ac tion. I would suggest and request that the'citizens of the First, Second and Third Wards assemble on Wednesday, at 3 o’clock, p. m., for the purpose of organizing into Companies of sixty-four men each. The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Wards, on the same day and hour, at Engine Room, No. 3, for the same purpose. Citizens adjacent to the city are requested to pa: - tieipate in the organization. Citizens ofi the eity are earnestly ’requested aai expected to suspend all business ®n that day and at that hour, that there may be no delay ia organizing Recollect, everything depends upon being prepared for all emergencies. F. G. WILKINS, June 27 It Mayor. LOST. A BUNCH of three KEYS, upon a beai riag * The finder will be rewarded by the delivering them to L. T. DOWNING, je 27 3t Office Post Commissary,. > Columbus, June 23d, 1364. £ Ia pursuance of General Orders, No. 52, A. and I. G. 0., June 12th, 1364, tho schedule for sales and ssues to Officers is changed. Offieers at Post are entitled to draw one ration in stead of purchasing one, commenoing June 13th. Those Officers at Post who have purchased for the whole of June, may hare their certificates revise and and the amount paid for provisions, from the 13th to 30th June, refunded, upon calling at this Office prior to Ist prox., and making the necessary pro vision return. J. H. GRAYBILL. je 25 3t Capt. and A. C. S. Mu3Cogee Railroad Officsl 1 Columbus, Ga., June 14th, 1364./ Ufotice, THIS Read will hire 3ix able-bodied negro_ mea for the balance of the year. Rates, 4>25 per month, payable quarterly, and good rations. Ap ply at the depot to W. L. CLARK june 14 1m or A. B. BOsTIUA. “PHELPS’ WAI¥TS. ,? WANTS to er gage Buttermilk, (10 gallons l\ .7. n for Marshall Hospital. W’ANTS to exchange for and on aezount of Mas- W shall Hospital. Sheeting for Balter, Egg’ aal Chickens. ■fT r ANT3 to exchange Cotton Cards Waitemoro . Y Y for Countr Produce or cash. WANTS to exchange 400 lbs. choice Sugar for aay YY kind of country produce or sell it for cisa to exchange Nails for Bacon or Fba: WANTS to sell 1000 Confederate Cups and lot »f Vt Pitchers. WANTS to sell three gross Confederate Glass Tumblers or exchange for country produce. WANTS to sell at wholesale or retail fine assort n ment .oking and chewing Tobacco. "WANTS to sell or exchange for country produce. Y t Cooking Soda. One Dozen Japanned Waiters One Dozen Glass Gobiet3 and Cut Glass Tumblers, 10 Dozen Gla33 Gallon Jars, 3sLio,e L> Pickles and Preserves. W. H. H. PHSLPid 114 Broad Street June 23 iotwit Watchman W anted. A GOOD MAN can find employment as Waton man at a Warehouse, by applying at this om. - Comfortable quarters will be furnished. N one aa. ted unless they are well recommended., je 24 3t Enquirer copy. nostarvation, 300 lbs. Choice Bacon, 50 lbs. Honey, 5 boxes Tobacco (low ) W. H. H PHSLPS, 23 114 Broad Street-