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COLUMBIA HAILS Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $4.00 per month, or sl2 for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than hree months. A 1)1 ERTISIKG RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square for each insertion. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the charge will be S3O per square. Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably paid in advance. ———i ■! mi hi ii mi ii i mi ilium i ii luirurr TVfftcilcal Card. J>ft. 11. \T HOSSY. q'OKMERLY r ?, e ®^j^ r a^fi^services 1 to Hie Cit ixerwof 0 all the branches of hisprofes- Bl Special attention will he devotcd’to the treatment oft^ lSe S^r° m op?rations perfonned for „ igt sr *]u Ano. Visico-Vaginal fistula, Ivdrocelc, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, Varicocele, llcemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas vble strictures, False Passages, Tallapes or Club Foot, and contraction of the fingers. Strabismus or Squinting, Aneurism,"Varix or dilated veins, Ptery gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; also for the remov al of all tumors or abnormal growths from.any part of the body. „ . ~ . Diseases ofths Gemto-Lrinary System, compmng the different stages of Ghonorrhoea, Strictures, Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary secondary,tertiary and lioriditary forms,will receive particular attention. . , .. ~ References given whenever desired as well as the recommendation of many years practice in.-New Or leans; Cousultation hours every day at his office in the Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o clock a, m,, and from 2to 4o’clock p, in. Patients willdo well to call precisely at those hours, as before anu after that time will be devoted to visiting persons in the city. Address all commuications to DK. li. A. ilUb&i. Columbus. Ga, ‘‘N. ]}.—Persons from a distance having servant requiring surgical or medical treatment, will m provided with comfortable quarters, but in all cases will have to furnish their own provisions and bed ding. JJQT-I will also bestow particular attention to the treatment ofthe different forms of Ulcers, Rheu matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup tions, and n.li other chronic diseases of the skin. — Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous j».(_j, .• ... -c 1 . in the hospitals in Europe and Amerf'-s, will form « part of my treatment, feb H (in R-a.k. Dhange of Schedule. oVi it K Enginekr and Superintendent, j . 'Charleston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, Juno 7,1864. > /vN THURSDAY, June 9,186 b and until further U notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m. Arrive in Savannah ...5.40, p. tn. Loavc Savannah 5.30, a. m. Arrive in Charleston Ll 5, p. m. This Train makos direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. 11. S. HAINES, June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent. IRICTIOY MATHCES! '{’HE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company, •*- have again resumed operations, and will, in a few days, be prepared to supply them in quantity.— They also make a superior article of Blacking, which can bo supplied in quantity. Dealers and others wishing to purchase, can ap - ply to Messrs. Livingston & Cos., or Messrs. Hull & Duck, who will be kept constantly supplied. S. D. THOM & CO., Manufacturers. ’N. B.—lt having cost me about $5,000 in tho past eighteen months, above receipts, to learn how to make good matches, the public can nowrely on get ting a superior article. . S. D. THOM. Columbus, May 14,1864 dtf WANTED. ANE THOUSAND bushels MILLET SEED, for U which the highest market price will be paid. BRAGAN & TILLINGHAST. juno 29 dlw x A LABttl PRICE Will be Paid lor Red Maw Wood By A. D. BROWN $ CO. Inquire of M. P. Ellis ic Cos. je ‘2B lit.,, • . FOUND, ON Opelika R. It. Train, a power of Attorney from John Calhoun to Lieut. Daniel McLeod, to draw money of his son, 11. B. Calhoun, deceased, company E,24th Alabama Regiment, together with certificates, which can be had by ‘jailing at je 27 ts THIS OFFICE^ Muscogee Railroad Office, \ Columbus, Ga., June 14th, 1864.) Notice, millS Road will hire six able-bodied negro men * for the balance of the year. Rates, $25 per ontli, payable quarterly, and good rations. Ap my at tho depot to ,nAC’rmr pljuno 14 lin_ _ or A. B. BOSTICK. GEORGIA—MarIon County : rs- HERE AS, B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the Y? estate of Joseph N. Stary, late of said county, deceased, having applied for letters ofdismssion from said administration. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my office within tho tune pre scribed bv law, to show cause, if any they have, why said letters of dismission should not bo granted to said applicant on the first Monday in October next. Given under my hand and official signature. Jan. 22d 1864. MALCOM HAIR, jan 25 m6m Ordinary. Martha A, Taylor) Libel for Divorce in Marion vs * > Superior Court. Returnable*to Green B. Taylor. J September Term, 1864. At Columbus, April 2d, 1864. IT appearing'to the,Court'by.'the return ofthe Sher iff, that the defendant is not to bo found in the county, and it further appearing to the Court by other evidence that the defendant docs not reside in the State. , , , It is therefore ordered by tho Court that service bo perfected on the defendant by publication of this order once a month for four months, before the next term of the Court, in some newspaper ot this Sta,to ; EDMOND 11. WORRILL, J. S. C. C. C. A true extract from the minutes, this April sth, 18(54. • - geo. w. McDuffie, apl 7 m tm Clerk . Change o! ScSiednlc. ON and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on the Giscogec Railroad will run as follows : PASSENGER TRAIN : . Leave Columbus 6 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. Leave Macon 8 10 P. M. Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. 3L. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus....'... .5 00 A. M. Arrive at Columbus W/lV CLARK mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. Notice to Planters and Con sumers of Iron.'’* WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or exchange for country produce—such as Corn, Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal low, Butter, Wneat or Flour—the following articles, on hand or made to order: PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON ; FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON; HOOP, HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD; IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN ROPE) FOR BALING; SHOVELS AND SPADES ; FRY PANS; POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP TIONS j SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 40 TO 100 GALLONS; SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND J 5 INCH, We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any sizes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works and Rolling Mill in Alabama. QRAy j, co > apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge. Status of America, ) Medical Purveyor's Offich, 4tii District. > Macon, Ga., Jnne 25th, 18b 1.) Mustard Seed Wanted. This Department is fn need of Mustard Seed in any quantity, from one to one thousand pounds.— Four dollars per pound will be paid upon delivery at this Department. VTm. H. PRIOLEAU, j* 27 6t Surgeon A Medical Purveyor. ... .1 SIT- ' • Vol. XI. J. w. WARREV & CO. Proprietors j. w wARRERf, Editor Exchange Notice, No. 10. Richmond, Va., June 6th, 1864. The following notice is based upon a recent dec laration of Exchange made by the Federal authori ties, bearing date May .7th, 1864, and is supported by valid Federal paroles on file in .my office. Sec. 1. All Confederate officers and men who have been delivered at City Point, Virginia, pre vious to the Ist of June, 1864, are hereby declared to be exchanged. Sec. 2. All Confederate officers and men, and all civilians who have been captured at any place, and released on parole prior to May 7th, 1864, aro here by declared to be exchanged. This section, how ever, is not intended to include any officers or men captured at Vicksburg, July 4th, 1863, except such as were declared exchanged by Exchange Notices, numbered six. seven and eight. RO. OULD, June 25 6t Agent of Exchange. Office Ga., Importing A Exporting Company,! Columbus, Ga., Juno 25th, 1864. ) The board of Directors this day declared a Divi dend of two and a half (2 X A) pence on the dollar o the Capital ofthe company, payable by C. A. Green, at the Bank of t’olumbus, on and after Ist J illy next M. L. PATTERSON, June 25 l\v Secretary. Sun and Enquirer copy. laOola for July Ist! The Books for receiving City Tax Returns will be closed by instruction c f Council on'Friday, Ist J illy, when all parties who have failed to give in their re turns, will be double taxed. Parties owning, or acting as agents for /ieal Estate or Negroes in the city, will save expense by making immediate returns of the same. Office, till July Ist, at the store of II Middlebrook, on Broad street; after that time, in Ligon’s build ing over Ordnance office. M. M. MOORE, June 24 tjyl Clerk. Fay Your Storage. Parties holding cottons in our respective Ware houses, arc requested to pay their storage hills up to the Ist of July proximo. A failure to comply with this request in a reasonable time, will oblige us to collect the amounts due, by the sale of enough cot ton to settle the bills. GREENWOOD & GRAY, • HUGHES & IIODGES. POWELL, FRAZER A- CO. WARNOCK & CO., KING A ALLEN, June 21 lm UQ STARVATION. 300 lbs. Choice Bacon, 50 lbs. Money, 5 boxes Tobacco (low.) W. H. H. PHELPS, je 25 114 Broad Street. 11l MSI! HI ■!!! .A-T FROM THE LATE BLOCKADE SALE AT fVnQLista, Ga. The goods arc ail superior to what is offered elsewhere, and will be sold lower than lately. In the . assortment can be found : Tadics’ Sew Mats, New Bonnet Ribbons, lew Belts, Bobfnet Musqisit© Setting, Tucking and dressing Combs, Tadics’ Hoser>, Three y ’(is wide Linen Siieel Superior Bleached Shirtisig, Printed Jackonets, Ginghams, English and Fresacls Calicoes, Bombazine, Alpacas, Elegant Leroes. O.A LL Ji-ISTAD SEE. jo 21 ts NOTICE. To Planters and Others ! If WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and | 1 Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I will bo found at Robinett & Co’s old stand, where I am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale. L. S. WRIGHT. june 2 ts Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’ TOOLS. 'I'HE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the A manufacture of the above named articles in this city, are prepared to fill orders for the same. Office - on Angle street, a■* few doors above C. S. Hospital. HARRISON,IBEDELL & CO. Reference— Maj. F. W. Dillard. Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con stitutionalist, please copy one month and send bills to this office, mar 30 ts Office Mobile & Girard R. R.l Cblumbus, Ga., May sth, ’64. / The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Company, will be held at the .Cffice, Girard, Ala., on Wednesday, 6th day of July next, at 11 o’clock, when the election for President and Directors will ' take place. I By order J. M. FRAZER, Scc’y. my 24 td Government Transportation Works, ) Cblumbus, Ga., June 16, 1864. S I have Osnaburgs, Augusta Sheetings and Augus ta Spun Yarn, some numbers as high as 12, which I : desire to exchange *on equitable terms for Bacon I and Meal. TIIOS. JOHNSON, jel7lm Special Ag’t Q. M. Dept. * WAATED! i $ Muscogee Railroad Office, \ Columbus, Ga., June 16th, 1564.> WANTED agood BOILER MAKER or BLACK ! VY SMITH. Apply to W. L. CLARK. jc!7 2w Superintendent Muscogee R. JR. GOOD NEWS FOR THE LADIES ! GRE AT REDUCTION of PRICES IN DRY-GOODS ! JUST RECEIVED A FRESH ASSORTMENT OF IDIR/Y-O-OOIDS, Ladies’ French Kid Gaiters ai|d Fancy Cassimers, Which I offer for sale from 50 to 100 per cent, be low former prices. B. JACKSON. Columbus, Ga., June 21 dim AT HEDECED PRICES ! A SIFEIUOR ARTICLE OF JAVA COFFEE. TUST receiycdlrnew lot, aniOr J»!eb» O je24 6t H. rIsHACKER. Columbus, Ga , Thuesday Morning, June 30.1864. $4.00 Per Month Wednesday Evening. The Meeting for the organization of the | citizens of the First, Second and Third Wards, ! will be held at Temperance Hall this after | noon at three o’clock. Concert for To-Morrow Night. | Mr. E. 0. Eaton will give a grand concert for the disabled Soldiers, at the Temperance : Hall, on Thursday night, assisted by the best ; amateur talent of the city, and also the eharm : ing little Ella Montgomery. We are assured this will be a brilliant affair and will consist of rare musical gems. Ration Act. —The Confederate Congress, at its last session, passed an act, declaring that officers in the army and navy should be 1 entitled to one ration, and all commissioned ! officers in the field and afloat, in addition i thereto, shall be allowed to purchase from any i commissary or other officer required to issue | subsistence to soldiers, marines and seamen, at the prime cost thereof, including transpor j tatiorq as follows : One ration each for officers of and below the rank of colonel; two rations j each for officers of the rank of brigadier gen | oral, major general and lieutenant general; and three rations each for a general : one ra tion each for commissioned officers of the navy, of and below the rank of commander; and two rations each for officers above that rank. That an officer shall not draw or pur chase, at any time, more of the component part of a ration Ilian is issued to the private soldier at the same time. That nothing con tained in the act, or the act to which it is an amendment, shall be construed as allowing commutation for rations, or as authorizing an officer to receive or purchase rations, except when he requires them for his own use. | The Wilmington Journal says: “We do not know what General Lee’s plans may be, and we are not going to instruct him as to what they should be. That sort of thing is rather played out. Even the Richmond Ex aminer does not dictate more than two differ ent campaigns per week. But we can easily j see from the position of things—the poiut to which the campaign has progressed—that a change in the roles of Lee and Grant may be looked for at no distant day, if, in fact, we have not already assumed the offensive in one quarter, and arranged to assume it elsewhere. Grant will soon have done about as much sid ling around, left in front, as General Lee will or can permit. At least we think so. We judge simply in view ofthe situation. Mat ters have reached a turning point, and we think they will soon turn.” j EscArjE of Prisoners. —On Sunday flight, | says the Macon Confederate, the Yankee officers confined in Camp Oglethorpe succeeded in com pleting a subterranean tunnel they have been sup posed to have been working on for some time.— But it had not been finished many moments before it was discovered. It was supposed yesterday that only one man succeeded in getting away, al though it was not positively known. Wo heard it statod yesterday that the officers of the guard knew all about the progress of the tunnel long be fore it was completed but suffered it to go on in order to administer to those who might attempt to make an escape through it, a wholesome lesson. Latest from Virginia. The Columbia Guardian of Saturday says : Accident favored us last night with the Rich mond Examiner of Wednesday. We glean a few interesting particulars which we know j will be acceptable to our readers, in the ab sence of the usual telegraphic reports : Hunter is retreating directly to Buchanon, on the James River Canal, in Boutetourt county. When his forces reached Liberty, ; they separated into two parties: one going ; towards the Peaks of Otter, the other by the road leading due west. Our forces had pur sued Hunter to the Peaks of Otter, and the latest accounts received at Lynchburg state that a figlFt was going on at a place in the vicinity of the Parks known as Fancy Farm. Sheridan’s condition in his retreat through j King and Queen was pitiable in the extreme. One third of the Yankees were on foot, and the others’ horses greatly fagged. The men were famishing- and mutinous. There were one hundred and fifty vehicles filled with wounded. They had two hundred of our men as prisoners, many of whom fainted and fell in the road from want of food. But the most cumbrous part of the Yankee train consisted ■ of a procession of five hundred negro women ; and children, amongst whom the suffering ; was excessive. Many of the women, becom i ing exhausted, had thrown their children in j the roads and deserted them. Sheridan stated * that up to that time he had lost fifteen hun i dred men. We get some particulars also of the fight reported between Sheridan and Hampton, in the vicinity of the White House ; very Jittle damage was done on either side. We had wo or three men wounded. So the glorious report of our having captured eight hundred of these raiders in the battle Monday vanishes into thin air. At a late hour Tuesday night a report reached Richmond that Sheridan had crossed to the south bank of the Paraunky at the White House. From the Petersburg correspondenc of the Richmond Dispatch, dated last Tuesday night, we learn that the enemy shell the city more or less everyday, and picket firing is continuous. They hold a position at some places not more than one and a half miles from the city limits. They have taken from us sixteen pieces of artillery and about one thousand prisoners. Our losses in killed and wounded will not probably exceed five or six hundred. The enemy's loss is computed at a thousand prisoners, five to six thousand killed and wounded, and three or four pieces of artillery. Petersburg is as quiet a3 if it were Subbath in peace times. Her stores are all closed, and her men are all in the field. ♦ ♦— Two sharpers from Cincinnati have opened a shaving and swindling shop at Knoxville, under the style of the “National Bank of Knoxville.” The directors of the concern are old Brownlow, Percy Dickenson, Sam Carter, and Gid Hazen. They propose to buy up all sorts of bogus claims against the United States, and to aid “the loyal East Tennessee ans” in cheating the “best Government the world ever saw. They are the very men to do it, and if we had the pick of a set of har pies to prey upon the defunct carcass of Un cle Samuel, we don’t know- where we could •make a better selection—Brownlow to do the stealing, Dickenson to do the hiding, and Ha zen to lend the sham an air of respectabilitv. [Bristol GazeUe. 9th. The Battle of Keiincsaw. The army correspondent of the Appeal, writing from the battlefield at two o’clock in the afternoon of the 27th, gives the following narrative of the fight. It will be seen that he claims nearly five hund red prisoners instead of the one hundred mentioned by the press correspondent: This morning, about 10 o’clock, our men on the mountain discovered the one i my were massing their troops upon our j left, and immediately opened a j dous fire upon the moving columns of the | enemy, who, not dismayed by the steady fire poured upon their columns, still con*, tinued to mass their troops upon our left . centre, and with a yell they dashed for | ward upon our lines. The main attack I being the left of Cheatham’s and the | right of Cleburne’s divisions, Cheatham ; having three brigades and Cleburne two ! engaged, the enemy were suffered to come within ten steps of our works when a ter rible fire from the artillery and infantry was opened upon them with withering effect, and they fell back in great disor der, leaving all of their dead and wound ed upon the ground. About this time, Walker’s division, of Hood’s corps, reached the spot, and were placed in line of battle, at right angles with the other divisions, and the moment the retreat began they swung around and captured a large number of officers and men, although they were still coming in when I left the field they had succeeded in bringing in 468 prisoners, including a -large number c f officers, among whom was Col. Kerr, of the 74th Illinois, who was commanding a brigade, but unfortu nately received a shot through the back, which prevented his making his escape. After the fight was over, I rode over the battlefield aud such a sight I trust to God I may never see again. The groans and cries of the wounded and dying being perfectly appalling. Gen. Cleburne sent out a detail to bring in their wounded, but the men being fired upon by the miscegenators, Gen. Cleburne immediately ordered them to withdraw, and at the time I left the field the cries and groans of their wounded was truly awful. lam assured by Gen. Cleburne’s staff that the affair at New Hope church was nothing in comparison to the one of to-day j and amid the numerous battle fields I have seen from the first Manassas to the present, I have never seen anything to compare with the battle-field of to day. Gen. Cleburne promptly sent out an in firmary corps, but the enemy opened a sharp fire upon them, and by ordei of the. division commander they were ordered to retire, and at the time of my leaving, the groans and cries of the Yankee wounded were truly heart-rending. But owing to the infamous conduct of the enemy it woilld have been a coldsblooded butchery on the part of our general officers to have allowed our men to attempt to save them. News from the North. —A corres pondent with the array in Southwestern Virginia gathers this following items of news from some late Western papers that chanced to fall under his eye. The Wes>« tern papers, remote from the despotism at Washington, venture now and then to give a glimpse of the truth ; We had the pleasure of looking over the Cincinnati Gazatte and Enquirer. The former says that Grant has destroyed nearly all of Gen. Lee’s army, and ad» mits that their General has lost heavily in men, but with a grand flourish, says that the Confederates have lost double as ma-. ny. It announces the arrest of Hon. Eernhndo Wood, of N. York, Voorhees, of Indiana, and*a large number of other leading opposition men of the North. It says that the call for four hundred thou-* sand troops more by Lincoln was a bogus proclamation; that he is not in need of the men. The Enquirer says that Grant commenced fighting Lee with an army of one hundred and thousand men, but that he only has one hundred thousand now, that he has been whipped in every engagement with Lee, and it will soon be necessary to send McClellan or some other General to save the remnant of his army. It says that Lincoln’s pro* clamation was not bogus, but was put out in good faith, but the tyrant found that the people would not stand the draft, and immediately the Abolition journals raised the hue and cry that the proclamation was bogus. In fact, the Enquirer presents the most doleful appearance of affairs in the Yankee army that we have yet seen. The Battle of the 27th. —Conversing with an intelligent gentleman from tbs front, since the bat tle of Monday, we gather the impression that the fight of that day was the most important engage ment of Gen. Johnston’s campaign, and far the most destructive to the enemy. Wo are told that even the Atlanta Confederacy’s estimate of the Fecftral loss (five thousand) is probably short of the mark. They represent the enemy as generally intoxicated—drunk to such a degree a3 to be inef ficient, and it was a joke with our soldiers that more would have bean killed, but it took one Con federate to hold an enemy up while another shot him. Our loss is stated at about three or-four hundred, of whom 115 were killed. The finale of the scene was shocking to humanity. After our relief parties had been repeatedly sent out to the assistance of the Federal wounded, and as often fired upon by the Yankee sharpshooters, and or dered back in consequence, the woods took fire and many of the miserable wretches perished in the flames. —Macon Telegraph. A Heroine.— The proverbial devotiou of a mother to her child, says the Athens Ban ner, was illustrated by an incident in Jack son county a few days ago. A little child of i Mrs. Bell, daughter-in-law of William Bell, ! deceased, while playing about a well, fell in. ! The mother attempted to let herself down by '• tlie rope, which broke, precipitating her to the bottom. She managed to get hold of the j child, and bracing herself against the sides of i the well, remained in that situation three* ( quarters of an hour, until assistance could be 1 procured from the neighborhood, when both were taken out without serious injury to either. There was eight feet of water in the well at the time. , TELEGRAPHIC. Special to the Columbus Times. Casualties in the City Light Gnarrfs, On the 22 d and 23 d at Petersburg. We are indebted to Mr. Clisbjr, of tfie Macon Telegraph, for the following dispatch : Dispatches by Mr. Saulsbury, from Richmond, under date of the 27th, give the following: Wounded—Capt. Henry Sapp, flesh wound in leg; William F. Snider, severely: Thomas M. Golden, in arm slightly ; Benj. E. Johnson, flesh wound in thigh; E. P. Robinson, slightly in shoulder; J. E. Cargill, slightly in jaw; Samuel Lowther, in hand. Geo. Dunn and E. Goetchius wounded and missing. Morgan’s Campaign In Kciii fucUy-~Brillfaiit Success. [Private Dispatch.] Danville, June 25.—Geu. Morgan returned to Abingdon on the 21st inst., having made a brill iant expedition through Kentucky, capturing and destroying immense supplies, and transportation, and mounting his entire command at Lexington. Ho destroyed the railroads from Lexington to above Cynthisna, to Frankfort and Louisville. lie visited Mt. Sterling, Lexington, Cynthiana, Maysville, Paris, Flemingsbuvg : captured 25,000 Yankees. Gen. Hobson and Staff are on their wav to Richmond. —Ch roniilc <(’■ Sentinel. (Special dispatch to the Mobile Tribune.) Corinth, Miss., Juno 25.—The Nashville Un ion of tho ISth and the Louisville Journal of the 14th are received. The Cincinnati Enquirer says the peace men will control the action of the Chicago Convention. The Democratic Convention of the 14th Con gressional district elected Kenney and Estelle as delegates. They are both uncompromising peace men. Tho following resolutions passed: Resolved, That we highly approve the manly courage and statesmanlike positions contained in tho late speech of Alex. Long of Ohio. Resolved, That our delegates to the Democratic National Convention from this district are hereby instructed to use all honorable means to secure the nomination only of peace candidates, upon a peace platform, for President and Vice President of the United States. The convention of the Franklin county, Ohio, district selected Hons. Sam. Medary and S. S. Cox, with similar resolutions. The Illinois Democratic State Contention met at Springfield on the 17th, and nominated a full electoral ticket, and . appointed delegates to the National Convention. A dispatch was read in Convention from the President of the District Convention at Hamilton, Ohio, announcing the safe arrival there of Mr. Vallandigham. The reading of the dispatch was followed by a wild outburst of cheers and enthusiasm. A resolution was unanimously adopted, declar ing as fellows: “That we pledge ourselves to stand by Ohio in protecting C. L. Vallairdigham and her citizens under the Constitution and laws.” The return of Vallandigham to Ohio was on his own responsibility. It is not known what, if any, executive action will be taken concerning him. Gold 198. [Correspondence oftlio Southorn Confederacy.] The Frosat. Marietta, Sunday Evening June 26. Our line remains unchanged, ami while a fight, may come off at any hour, vet 1 see no prospect of a general engagement soon. I don’t think it is Sherman’s intention to fight unless Gen. Johnston forces him to ah engage ment, which he will bejikely to do ere many days. While the effect of a ball sent from a Hes sian’s Whitworth, or from that of a sharp shooter, is equally as great and dangerous as if had been shot in the heat of battle, yet sharpshooting has become so common that to hear the occasional rattle of musketry along the whole line scarcely excites the dread or suspicion of those witnessing it for the pa3t six weeks. It is true both armies sustain some loss by sharpshooting, but that loss is of no importance to either. The enemy’s plans are not developed to any one, unless it be to Gen. Johnston, which leaves us to conjecture. The bulk of the Yan kee army is probably massing on our left.— Os course the chief object is to flank, like the bey by wrestling, but Sherman won’t do so unless he gets all “undpr holt.” The confidence of the whole army is una bating in Gen. Johnston, and the greatest en thusiasm prevails. It can be seen that the Army of Tennessee needs one other assistance, and that is Forrest to command the cavalry. We have a brave corps of cavalry, but there seems to be something lacking With Forrest to lead them, Sherman’s rear would be so har rassed as to force him back, or reduce his army by the of troops required to guard depot3 and the long string of railroad over which he is obliged to ship his supplies daily. There is but little discipline in our cavalry—the number of stragglers scattered through the country from that command tes tifies to the fact. I know that Northeast Georgia is absolutely filled wish infantry de serters and cavalry stragglers. lam aware that discipline does not always prevent de sertion, but it does straggling. It is not yet known who the President will appoint Bieutenant General, to command Polk’s old corps. It is to be hoped the Presi dent will not allow a single prejudice to have anything to do with the appointment. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, a tried and experienced officer, would give full satisfaction to the ar my and the country should he be commission ed a3 Lieutenant General. General Smith served in the Confederate army with distinc tion and did honor and credit to himself and country for a long time. It would distress those refugeeing from this place to return to their once beautiful and lovely homes, to find them occupied a3 cook rooms; the floor all smeared with mud and all kind of pictures painted on the sealing. Let it all go. It is much more pleasant and far more honorable to give up your only hope to escape Yankee tyranny and Yankee insult than to foolishly attempt to “take care of my things.” Volo. LATER IN THE EVENING. In all probability a general engagement will come off to-morrow. From every indica tion preparation is being made for a derisive battle, which will be remembered in the his tory of the war and also in the record of most every family in the South. W e are all san guine of the result, believing that the God of battle will aid us iu driving back the invader of our soil, and should jt be necessary for our great Captain to withdraw from his present line we will still be hopeful. It is simply impossible to whip a people fighting for their all. Sherman will attempt to turn Johnston’s left wing, in order to drive hi3 centre before him, that he may gain the Kenesaw heights. It may look pre3umptious for your corres pondent to speak of the time when a general engagement will come off, but it is not pre- i sumptions to allude to a probability. Yolo. . j The Army and Navy Messenger says that it is stated that when an officer is under charges for drunkenness, General Lee sends for him, gives him j a lecture, and offers to withdraw the charges on condition that he will sign a pledge not to drink any j more during the war. A Balder on h!s Om and Hook. Vv» have read ol a solitary Kentucky rifle man who fought through the battle of New ■ Orleans “on his own hook." but until yester : day, we never heard of a raid being conduct c-1 : on ihe :aiue principle of individual enterprise and responsibility. We learn that private ! Frank Higginbotham, of Cos. 15. (Capt. iiaz zard s,) 4th Reciment Georgia Cavalry, left Belle Point picket on Thursday last, and pro ceeded alone in a small boat to St. Simon's Island. As he approached the island he wa hailed by the negro picket, to whom he rep resented himself as being a deserter from the Confederate lines. He found the residence of the late Thomas Butler King garrisoned by Nat, a notorious runaway negro, and rascal, formerly owned in this city, belonging to a citizen of Glynn county. Higginbotham, who seems to have been well acquainted with the locality, stated that he wished to go on board the Yankee blockader lying some miles below, in St. Si mon’s Sound. He was informed by Nat that a boat from the blockader visited the island twice a week for vegetables, and that he would have to wait a day or two, when it would make its next trip. Higginbotham remained over Friday, making his observations in the mean time. On Saturday, he prevailed on Nat to go with him to the beach to hunt turtles' eggs. Nat went with his prisoner, carrying with him a double-barrelled gun. While on the beach looking for eggs, our daring raider managed to get possession of Nat’s gun. Taking a fa vorable opportunity, lie shot Nat, killing him dead, lie then turned to the house and fired ou the negro Harvey, breaking his thigh.— Dispatching him with a blow in the head with an axe, he conveyed the bodies ot the two ne groes to a battcau, and eollfceting such spoils as were at hand, set sail for the camp of his company, where he arrived about noon on Saturday. He brought with him, besides the bodies ofthe negroes, three guns, three valua ble saddles, fifty pounds of coffee, and some hundred and fifty dollars in specie and green backs, with other articles of value. The negroes were notorious rascals, who had committed many murders and robberies. Nat. besides stealing some seventy to a hundred negroes from the seaeoast counties, was the murderer of Mr. S. S Aiken, of Wayne coun ty, and also Messrs. Palmer and Davis, highly respectable citizens, and, we believe, members ot Capt. Ilazzard’s company. We understand that the hero ot' this bold and under all the circumstances of the case, we think perfectly justifiable adventure. i3 a youth of only some nineteen years of age. He deserves the thanks of the people of the sea board for ridding them of two dangerous spies murderers, incendiaries and thieves. [Savannah News, 2 \th. To Go, or Not to Go. To go or not to go, that is the question: Whether it pays best to suffer pestering By idle girls and garrulous old women, Or to take up arms against a host of Yankees And by opposing get killed —To die, to sleep. (Giteout) and in this sleep to say we “sink To rest by all our Country’s wishes blest” And live forever—(that’s a consummation Just what I’m after). To march, to fight— To fight! perchance to die ; aye there’s the rub! For while I’m sleep, who’ll take eare of Mary And the babes—when Billy’s in the low ground. Who’ll feed ’em, hey ! There’s the respect I have for them that makes life sweet : For who would bear tho bag to mill, Plough Dobbin, cut the wheat, dig taters, Kill hogs, and do all sorts of drudgery If I am fool enough to get a Yankee Bullet on my brain ! Who’ll cry for me ! Would patriotism pay my debts, when dead? But oh! tho dread of something after death— That undiscovered fellow who’ll court Mary, And do my huggin—that’s agony, And makes me want to stay at home, ’Specially as I aint mad with nobody. Shells and bullets, make cowards of us all, And blamed my skin if snortin steeds, And pomp and circumstance of War Are to be compared with feather beds And Mary by my side. Exempt. I’roin Borne. The Atlanta Register gives the annexed nows about Rome and vicinity: Rome is occupied by about seven hundred Yan kee troops. General Vandiver is in eommand ot the Post, and occupies the residence of Major C. 11. Smith as his headquarters. No personal injury ha been inilicted upon any ofthe citizens. The hands detailed on Government works at the Foundry and tolling Mill have been sent oft' as prisoners of war. All property abandoned by tho owners has been seized and carried off', includint ll *he furniture in their houses. The occupancy of douses and farms by families who recently went in at request of the owners has not afforded any protection. All the cotton in Rome and the neighboring coun ty has been carried off, and no payment made or promised. All the Ifamilies of wcalttßhave been forced to deliver up their surplus of provisions, and in many cases but a mere pittance has been left. Those females whoso husbands came out and left them have in many cases secured protection from this seizure, receiving into their house sick or woun ded officers, and bestowing care and kindness upon them. Rations are issued to taajfcor. and for this pur pose they profess to the rich. The city is thronged with differ much in their conduct and employment. Some arc organized into companies and do guard duty, and work upon the intrenchments—others are attached to Yankee officers in a menial capacity, and lord it about.town in a conspicuous manner. When speaking of the Yankees and army, they use pronoun we with great consequence. Some are there, however, who ran away from Rome some months ago, and they speak respectfully of their old masters, and talk about going back to them. TheHev. Mr. Kaufan, Presbyterian_ at Rome, and a refugee from Maryland, is preaching to crowded,houses every Sabbath. The Romans turn out generally to hear him. for he was held in high respect by them—but tlie Yankees being more nu merous, crowd the church to hear what a Southern minister has to say. Around Nashville — We have had a con versation with one of Wheeler's scouts, with whom we are well acquainted, and who has recently reached Atlanta from the vicinity of the capital of Tennessee. He represents the condition of the fields excellent—though grain is scarce, and the Federal3 are paying from $2 50 to $3 00 per bushel, in greenbacks, for corn for their stock. Our informant went within two miles of Nashville, accompanied by three companions. He states that the city is garrisoned by about twenty-two hundred men. The garrison had been under command of Rousseau, who has since left Nashville to assume command of his division with Sher man’s array. The people seem resigned to their fate, and still have some hope of rid dance of the miscegenators, and the return of their brave kinsmen. Their feelings are still with the Confederate armies, although they do not-look for their immediate return. The country appears quieter than it has been for months past.— Atlanta Conftd*racy. Northers Women. —The “Democratic Watchman,” Bellefont, Pa., says : “We can scarcely go into a house at the North where some of the property of Southern ladies is not seen, in possession of women who have sent forth their brethren and friends to plun der and devastate the South. Books, musical instruments, and everything portable, are sto len wherever our armies march, and conveyed North. This crusade upon the women of the South is urged on by their sisters in the North, and we have heard threats from females which "the most brutal soldier in the army would scorn to execute. In every town, village, steamboat, and railroad car, all over the land, will be found the fairest of the sex advocating the destruction of their sisters of the South. We can only account for it by supposing that the devil ha3 sought to destroy the human family, through the same medium he U3ed more than fire thousand years ago. It is hor rible, and cannot fail to bring upon us tin wrath of heaven. POCKET BOOK LOST 7 SIOO Reward.! LOST, on the morning of the 29th inst., at or near Cook’s Hotel, a RED LEATHER POCKET BOOK, containing four one hundred dollar mteres* bearing Confederate F otes and about sixty or sev enty dollars in tens, of new issue. It contained also an Exemption Paper from the district enrolling of ficer for a Physician and a Passport from the enrol ling officer to visit Columbus, Ga. A re ] ra l„i’ hundred dollars will be paid for the book , tents by leaving it at Cook’s Hotel. It “ * w th® to have been picked up by a News-Boj, selling t. Daily Sun.