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COLUMBIA TIMES Published Daily iSnudaya excepted; at the rate of $4.00 per mon th,or sl2 tor three months. No subscription received for a longer «cm than hrte months. ADVERTISING 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 candidatess2o, which must invariably paid in advance. AUCTION SALES. OAK GO SALE. <t- BY JAMES H. TAYLOR, AUCTIONEER, Corner'of Broad and Campbell Streets, AITGI/STA, CtA. oil Wetiuesday, 3d August. Commencing at nine o’clock, will bo sold in my ' Store, the ■cargo of the : STJEAMSHIP SVBES, Lately Arrived, Consisting of GBOOBEIES. 82 Barrels Coffee 15 “ “ Extra: 30 “ Crushed Sugar: 30 “ Brown “ 20 Boxes English Yellow Soap: ■”>o “ Domestic Family Soap ; 20 “ Castle Soap: 50 “ Best Starch: 100 Kits Superior Mackerel : 40 Half 4 Barrels “ 04 Gross Windsor Soap; 20 Cases Superior Old Cognac Brandy: * 2 Barrels Whiskey; 10 Bags Sifted Pepper ; 1 Box Oolong Tea ; •3 Barrels Blacking Powder: 18, Boxer* English Candles; 30 Bales Carolina Rice; 14 Barrels Lard Oil; I DJRTT O-OOIDS -900 Doz. Coats' Spool Cotton; 100 Uros3 Super. Bone Buttons; 4 Cases Fronting Linen: 3 Bales Muslin; 222 Lbs. ISIk. Linen Thread; 215 Doz. White Cotton Hose; 240 “ Assorted Gloves; 250 , Pieces Tape Check Muslins ; 20 Cases Bleached Shirtings; 2 Bales Madder Handkerchiefs : 1 Caso Assorted Alpaccas; 2 Cases Mosquito Netting: 2 “ Linen Coats; 2 Bales Cassimore Tweeds: 40 Dozen lloop Skirts: 460 M Needles; 150 Gross Knitting Pins; 300 Doz. Horn Combs; 500 Doz. Pocket and Dressing Combs : 1200 Doz. Ivory Combs; 500 Packs Assorted Pius; 256 Y’ds Canton Crape; 50 Doz. Linen O. Hd’kfs : 2 Cases Imperial Linen ; 2 “ Fancy Madder Prints; 1 Bale Fancy Doe Skin Cassimeve. 7 Bales Fancy Union Tweeds: I Bale Ilair Line Cloths ; 50 Doz. Men’s Merino Shirts: 250 Bundles Cotton Yarns; lft Bales Cotton Drills; Ift. “ £ Shitting: 5 “ t 11 lft “ Heavy Osnaburgs. ~ SXJ2STH)!R/I3±3S LS Colls Hemp Hope : 250 M. Envelopes: 580 Reams assorted Paper ; 100 Doz. pair Cotton Cards: 45 Gross Lead Pencils : 5000 Pair Leqt Cards: I (IS Setts Knives aud Forks; 18 Doz. French Calf Skins. 500 Gross Steel fen.-: 100 Gross Pen Holders; 1 Case Straw Hats: 100 l)oz. Pocket IvhiViv ; 1 Caso Wool Hats; 2000 Pairs Children’s Shoes ; « 30 Bundles Seine Twine: 100 Reams Bath Letter Paper; 100 Packs- Hair Pins. ZDIRYCTO-S &0- 500 Ounces Sulp. <jjninine: 20 Barrels Epsom Salts : 100 Casks Sup.' Carb. Soda: 20 Bids. Sal Soda: 3’Bales Alexandria Senna.; :» Oases Sanders’ Blue Mass: 1 Case lodide Potass; “ Hyd. Cam. Greta; 7 Kegs Alcehol —each 18 gallons: lift Oz. Morphine—Sulp. : 2 Bids. Gum Arabic: 1 Bbl. Ivory Black; 2 Bids. Vinegar. <Joudiaious--CA.SU. jy!9 eodtd TICKING, JIiNIMS, &C. By JAMES H. TAYLOR, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.' On Wednesday, Aug'. 3d. W r ILL be sold in my Store, a fine lot of Staple Goods, by recent importations, consisting in part of Dales Bleached Shirting : Dales Blue and Brown Denims . Dales Bed Ticking. .. —ALSO Casks of Socket Shovels and Spades : Casks of Knives and Forks: Oases of Cut Tacks: Cases of Wood Screws: Cases of Handsaws; Cases of Mill, Saw and Taper Files : Cases of Cotton Cards, .to.: Holland Gin in cases: 11 cases Morphine; East India Rhubarb: Cases Carb of Potash: • l case Bengal Indigo; Cases Powdered Cubebs and Jalap; Ipecac, Oil of Almonds: Calomel, Opium, Arrow Root: Oil of Peppermint: tbses Huckaback Towels ; Corsetts. India Rubber Shoes. Ladies’ Straw Bonnets and ilats: 10 cases Ladies’ and Misses’ French Shoes, very tine. CONDITIONS CASH. jy 2* uu Mm, m $.«, tut BY JAMES H. TAYLOR. Al GUislA, Ci A. / On Ike 3d ol August, l* r ILL be sold in my Store, without reserve, the VV Chrgo of the Steamship Prince Albert, just ar rived, to-wit: 28 casks English Copperas : 2t>o casks Supr Carb Soda : 20 barrels Sal Soda : 17 barrels Epsom Salts: 2 " Alum; 5 bales Hops; 8 casks Alcohol; 31! coils Manilla Rope: 25 bags Sifted Pepper, Am. july_2s td - : ; TO HIRE! F OIi balance of the year fifteen able-bodied Negro M«u and seventeen Negro Y> omen. Applv soon to R. M. GUN BA, Ag t. .iul 28 ts iYotiet* to j)eMoi a § and Cred itors. ABL persons indebted to the estate of .S’caborn • Sues, deceased, are required to make imme dn e payment, acd those having claims againstsaid estate are required to render them in terms of the law to the undersigned SEABORN J. BENNING, Adm’r. By MARY 11. BENNING, Agent. HU 28 wfit Cfflliwto Itme.v _ . . • VoL XI. J. W. WABREiY & CO. Proprietors..... j. w, WABREK, Editor Notice. All Officers or Men registered as patients in this hospital in private quarters will report I jure* oiately in Person, or they will be reported to Their commands as deserters. W. A. ROBERTSON, jul29 d3t Surg. in charge Lee Hospital. Headquarters Conscript Service l Augusta, July 25,1864. ’ j Uau ral Orders, I No. 42. / The following extract from Circular, No. 24, Bu i reauof Omscription, (current series,) is published for the information and guidance of all concerned : 11. The sale to the Government or to the families of soldiers, at prices fixed by th® Commissioners of the State, under the Impressment Act, of the mar ketable surplus remaining after furnishing the Gov ernment with the stipulated quantity of provisions, and which he may raise from year to year, while his exemption continues, is made by the act of Con gress, approved February 17th, 1864, one of the conditions of exemption allowed to an overseer or agriculturalist. A claim is asserted by some of those exempted as agriculturalists to exchange such part of the aforesaid surplus as they may please, for supplies of provisions, clothirg, and the like, to be consumed in family U3e, and to sell to the Govern ment or to the families of soldiers only what re mains of such surplus after making said exchanges. The claim - is in violatian of the law and of their contract with the Government, and cannot be al lowed. Upon satisfactory evidence being furnished that persons exempted as overseers or agriculturalists have or are thus disposing of their surplus produc- i tions by exchange as aforesaid, Enrolling Officers will arrest all such persons, forward them to their nearest camp of instruction, to be retained there until final action shall be taken and announced in their cases, and forward through the proper chan nels of communication to this. Bureau a report of all the facts and circumstances of each case. Every agriculturalist or overseer, upon receiving his certificate of exemption, should be informed that the action indicated above will be taken in the event of his not disposing of his marketable sup plies in accordance with the requirements of the law.” By order of Col. \VM. M. BROWNE, Commandant. P. Lou.nkv, Li. uudAdi’m .iu 128 5t NEW BOOKS JTTST PUBLISHED BY EVANS & COGSWELL, COLUMBIA, S. C. THE SPIRIT OF MILITARY INSTITUTIONS, By Marshal M\ rmoNt. Translated from the latest Paris edition by Frank Sqhali.ee, o lonel .22d Regiment Mississippi Infantry. Price Sc. One third off to the trade. INFANTRY TACTICS, For Brigade, Bivision, and Army orps, by Gen CASEY, U. S. Army. Pronounced the best work of the kind in the language. Illustrated with 29 Lith ographed Plates, and well bound. Price $5. One third off’to the trade. CHISOJLM’S SI'RGEStY, Being a third edition of this valuable work. Splen didly illustrated, and finely bound. Price Sift. One third off to the trade. The editions of all of tlifte valuable work- are under 2,000 copies, and those in want will do well to send in their orders at once. ALSO, General Orders, A. & I. G.’st Office, up to Ist April, 1864. Price Ah One-third off to the trade, Andrew’s Light Artillery Brill Splendidly illustrated. Price §4. One-third off to the trade. Any of these books will be sent free of postage on receipt of the price, in new issue, or the old at the discount. EVANS & COGSWELL, July 6 3t- Publishers. the”ATLANTA uiiunKnHn. The undersigned proprietor of the ATLANTA Daily and Weekly Intelligencer, announces to the public that he has made arrange ments for the publication of these Journals in this city (Macon) and that in. a few days subscribers to the same wilt be furnished as usual with their pa pers : Correspondents, advertisers and all persons hav ing business with the insrTELT_iia-E3sro ieir, will pleasse address their communications to The InlelStsfencer Office, Macon, Georgia. All JOB and GOVERNMENT WORK on hand will be resumed at an early day. JARED I, WHITAKER, Proprietor. ju!27 It Flag of Truce Letters. CONPF.BKRATK STATES OF AMERICA, I War Department, "A Bureau of Exchange, ) Richmond, Va„ July Ist, 1564. 1. Ail letters to go North by flag of truce must be sent to this office. I 2. Each letter must be inclosed in a separate en velope and addressed to me, Bureau of Exchange, Richmond, Va. 3. No letter must exceed in. length one page of I ordinary sized letter paper, and its contents be con fined strictly to personal or family matters No letter alluding to the movements or localities ot troops will be allowed to pass. 4. Each letter mast contain a United States post 1 age stamp, or its equivalent in silver or United States currency. These regulations will be rigidly enforced, and no letter transmitted in which they are not Strictly observed. _ ** T , ROB T Ol LD. Agent of Exchange. [Official.! W H Hatch. Captain and A A G. ,iuly22 6t Shoemaker*' and Saddlers’ TOOLS. 'IMIE 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, BEDELL A CO. Reference —Maj. F. W. Dilearbc ’ Mobile Regis or. Missi*sippian and Augusta Con stitutionalist, please copy one month and senu mils to this offiee. mar 30 ts NOTICE. To Planter* and Other* ! T WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and I Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I will be found hi Robinctt A Oo s old stand, where 1 am manufacturing Candles an^Lardg^foyMe. june 2 ts ANand after the Ist July, my office and dwell- U ing will be on Broad st.„ at the residence of the la iSMtf W. J. MURRELL. M D. Columbus, Ga Tuesday Morning, August 2,1864. iiw GOODS!! SEW GOODS!!! .A.T i Mx-ss. DESSAU’S. ! FROM THE LATE BLOCKADE SALE AT -A.ugu.sta, G-a. The goods aiv all superior to what is ; offered elsewhere, and will be sold lower ’ than lately. In the assortment can be f found : I Ladies’ Yew Hats, lew Bonnet Ribbons. New Belts. Boblnet Mosquito Yetting, Tucking and Dressing- Combs, Ladies 9 Uo ierj, Three y’ds wide Linen Sheeting, Superior Bleached Shirting. Printed Jacßonets, Ginghams, English and French Calicoes, Bombazine, Alpacas, Elegant Leroes. OA TjXj jwnjd see. ,ie 21 ts MedLical Card. E. A. ROSSI. FORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans ‘‘Fe ll male Infirmary,” tenders his services to the Cit izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes sion. Special attention will be devotedjto the treatment of the diseases ofwoinem. Surgical operations performed for Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula, Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, Varicocele, Haemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapes or Club Foot,, and contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or Squinting, Aneurism,iVarix 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 of tlis Genito-Urinary System, comprsing the different stages of Ghonorrhcea, Strictures, Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary secondary,tertiary and heriditary 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 4 o’clock p, m. Patients willdo well to call precisely at those hours, as before and after that time will be devoted to visiting persons in ihe city. Address all coiumuications to DR. E. A. ROSSY. Columbus. Ga, N. B.—Persons from a distance having servants requiring surgical or medical treatment, will be provi led with comfortable quarters, but in all cases 1 will have to furbish their own provisions and bed : ding. asr-L will also bestow particular attention to the treatment of the different forms of Ulcers, Rheu matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup tions, and all other chronic diseases of the skin. — .Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous Baths, as employed in the hospitals in Europe and \meriea.- wi" fbr>l*;i part of my treatment. febll 3m E. A. R. Change of Schedule. Gkfftk Engineer and Superintendent, i Charleston and Savannah Railroad, r . Charleston, June 7,1884.) AN THURSDAY, June 9, 1864, and until further notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a. ni. Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m. Leave Savannah 5,30, a. in. | Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. in. This Train makes direct connections, going north i 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. ~FRI€TIQIir ffIATHCES! j i HE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company, ; 1 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 be supplied in quantity. Dealers and others wishing to purchase, can ap - : ply to Messrs. Livingston & Cos., or Messrs. Hull & 1 Duck, who will be kept constantly supplied. ; S. D. THOM & CO., M anufactur ers. N. B. —It having cost me about $5,000 in the past eighteen months, above receipts, to learn how to make good matches, the public can now rely on get ting a superior article. S. I). THOM. Columbus, May 14,1864 dtf Change ot Schedule. ON and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows : PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Columbus „6 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. Leave Macon , 810 P. M ; Arrive at Columhds 425A. K. . FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus 5 00 A, M, Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M. j W.L. CLARK, mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. ‘‘ Notice to Planters ami Con sumers of Iron. YkT E will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or V i exchange for country produce—such as Corn, Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal low, Butter, Wheat or Flour—the following articles, on hand or made to order: PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON: FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON; HOOP. HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD; IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN HOPE) FOR BALING ; SHOVELS AND SPADES FRY PANS: POT TAPE or ■ SEVERAL DESCRIP i TIONS : SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES- —FROM 4u TO 100 GALLONS :- SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 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. JOHN D. GRAY & CO., apr 3 ts Nextl o New Bridge, Negro Teamsters Wanted! I wish to hire a number of Negro Teamsters for the Army of Tennessee. Citizens having such hands i will please notify me immediately: as in this way j a number of seldiers may be relieved to strengthen our struggling army. Apply to t THOS. C. JOHNSON. ! ,iul27 2w Government Transportation Works. §IOO Reward. iOST. in this city, on the ißth inst.. a Diamom* j Fix, with two sets. It is believed to have been • lost near Dawson’s corner. The above reward will I be paid by leaving it at this Office. july2s lw S3O Reward. f I WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black L boy, about 24 years old. He has beer out three or four weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about „ the city. JNO. H. BASS, jy 4 t) Wanted Immediately. ’l'WO STONE MASONS Applyto j 1 jy 6th lrn GREENWOOD * GRAY, Southern Confederacy cony In md forward bill .Holiday Evening. Personal.— Col. Waters. Inspector of Conscrip tion for Georgia and Alabama arrived in thU city on yesterday from the West. Gen. Bragg arrived in this city yesterday after noon by special train from Montgomery, and is we learn the guest of Mr. Win. Garrard. For Chattahooche.— Thesteamer Jackson will leave for the above and intermediate landings to morrow (Tuesday) morning at 9 ohrioek. We fight during the fourth year of the war with this advantage over the enemy, that in the event even of our utter defeat,* we may still carry on the struggle; while he, if only materially checked or discomfited, must at once abandon the contest. From the fact that we are battling for all that makes life worth possessing, it is impossible that we should ever yield while there is a single moral or physical resource left us unexhausted ; we are in a condition that compels us to act like the brave Greek, who, with one hand lopped off alter the other, still clung to the retreating Persian galley with desperate teeth. Not so our foe. Engaged in a war almost wholly of offence, he has not the same inducements to tax to their utmost capacity his energies and his strength ; when these have been expended to a certain extent, the laws of human passions, which are the same in nations as in individ uals, will constrain him to abandon an under taking, the cost of which so far exceeds the outlay. That the Yankees are approaching this point, and what is better that they know they are approaching it, is evident not only from the growing numbers of the peace party at the North, but from the vastness of the efforts which those to whom the thought of peace is still abhorrent, are putting forth at this moment. They are perfectly aware that, unless successful, it is the last blow they will ever be able to deliver, arid they are therefore crowding into it, as far as is in their power, all the muscle and sinew of the nation. Having stretched to the utmost limits then credit and the people’s patience, and seeing nothing but bankruptcy, revolution and an archy behind them—in a word, having parted with an immense deal of their capital, whether in money or men, they are now testing the last throw of the gambler and doubling the stakes. This, too. thanks to the unequalled courage of our armies, they will lose, we be lieve, and then we have but to look to the present state of affairs in the United States to see wlpvt will be the result. Gold rising to an unprecedented height; Seymour pitting himself against the General Government, and calling out 70,000 men to enforce a warrant against one of its minions: Vallandigham, backed by a large and enthusiastic party, re turning in ostentatious defiance of his illegal sentence of exile : Chase, with the instinct of a rat that quits a sinking ship, resigning the Secretaryship; Kentucky in such a condition as to necessitate the proclamation of martial law—these are elements of discord that are gathering so fast and looming up so large and formidable, that he who sees in them no signs of the coming ruin must be blind, indeed.— Thus it happens that the United States is now like a huge fabric tottering to its destruction. Powerful engines in the shape of immeuse armies are at work to prop it up, but it needs only a single strong, external push, and it is gone. That push we must give at all hazards. Soldiers of Lee and Ilbod, place your strong shoulders against the shaking structure, and .bear it to the earth, though it should crush you in its fall.— Columbia South Carolinian. „ Eujsioi'.s ai Frenclt latervesi tiffin. From a Paris Letter.] The talk of mediation continues, and the secessionists assert that France has again in formed England that slxe is ready to join in an offer of mediation, whenever England may think proper. On our side we have no certain means of knowing whether this be true or not ; but inasmuch as the moment, according to all precedent, is the : one which is not gen erally chosen as the proper one for such an offer, we may assume with the greatest secur ity that this, like Lee and Johnston’s “draw ing” operations, is a delusion. The moment for the offer of mediation is whenever one of the combatants is beaten but will only accept terms of settlement from a third party, or when the two combatants are both exhausted and are resting on their arms, waiting for somethinu to turn up. Neither of these con ditions have yet arrived, at least so far as the North is concerned, and as no mediation would be offered but in the interest of the rebellion —that is to say, no mediation to which Eng land was a party—none will probably be offer ed under the present aspect of affairs. The secessionists here hoped that Lord Palmerston, alarmed at the prospect of being thrown out of power, would so far come over on Tory ground as to go with France in the offer of mediation : it has been asserted that he even pledged himself to this line of conduct. But whether this be true or not, it is evident that a Tory Cabinet could do little more for the rebellion than the present one has done, and that the existence of the present cabinet turns upon European and not American affairs. ARREST OF a BRITISH SUBJECT IN BOSTON. In the House of Lords, on the 21st of June, the Earl of Derby said he wished to put a question to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, of which he had given him private notice. He was informed that a gentleman named Lovejoy, a British subject, and a merchant of Montreal, had arrived a short time since in a British packet—the Asia—at the port of Bos ton. and upon his arrival there he was brought before the United States authorities, who im mediately took him into custody. That cc cu v red on the 26th of last month, and he was brought before the Commissary General for the purpose of being examined, but without being told what the charges were which were breught against him. His papers were taken from him, and he remained in prison ten days, at the end of which time his* papers were re stored without explanation, and he was told that he might leave prison. Earl Russell said that in the latest despatch es from Lord Ivons there was no reference to the case of Mr. Lovejoy. It was very proba ble that by the next despatches some account of it might be received. When such cases as the imprisonment of British subjects did oc cur. as they unfortunately did very frequently; Lord Lyons always called the attention of the American Government to them and required an explanation. In case it appeared that Lord Lyons’ attention bad not been directed to the case, he would write to him and bring it under his notice. • The Earl or Derby regretted to hear that j these cases were of frequent occurrence, for j they certainly had not been communicated to Parliament. He trusted the noble lord would aot lose sight of the subject. Eari Russell said that when he had des cribed these of imprisonment as being common, he did aot mean imprisonment with out reason : for when explanation came to be given, ;t generally appeared that the United States Government had some reason to induce tham to believe that the persons imprisoned had been engag-’i in affording assistance to tkeir enemies $4.00 Per Month Prizes in British Ports. To prevent a recurrence of the trouble which grew out of the case of the Tusca> loosa, at the Cape, the British Govern ment have issued explicit directions for the guidance of Colonial Governors in similar cases. The instructions of the ; Colonial Ministers are these: “If any prize captured by a ship-of-war of either of the belligerent owners shall be brought by the captors within Her Majesty’s jurisdiction, notice shall be giv en by the Governor to the captors imme diately to depart and remove such prize. . “A vessel which shall have been actu ally and bona fide converted into and used as a public vessel of war shall not be deemed to be a prize within the meaning of these rules. ‘•'lf any prize shall be brought within *her Majesty’s jurisdiction through mere j stress of weather, or other extreme and i unavoidable necessity, the. Governor may i allow for her removal such time as he may I consider necessary. | “If any prize shall not be removed at the time prescribed to the captors by the . Governor, the Governor may detain such prize until her Majesty’s pleasure shall be . made known. “If any prize shall have beeu captured ! by any violation of the territory and ter j ritorial waters of her Majesty, the Gover -1 nor may detain such prize until her Maj i esty’s pleasure shall be made known.” Improvements in Artillery. A meeting of the members of the Royal United Service Institution took place last night in tho theatre of the institution in Whitehall yard: Ad miral Sir Frederick Nicholson in the chair, for the purpose of hearing a paper read by Comman der R. A. E. Scott, R. N., ‘On Improvements in Artillery at Home and Abroad.’ Captain Scott, after briefly summing up tho principal points noticed by him in former papers on the same subjects, remarked upon tho great im provements which resulted from the various expe riments at Sheeburyness, and the importance of ventilating the gun question in a country like this, so successful in inventions. It was those experi ments which had so much tended to stimulate tho energy of the iron manufacturers of the country in order to produce the best materials for tho manufacture of guns and armour plates a r - well as shot and shells : and it should be recollected that it was by little improvements successively carried out that the great invention came at last to ba ac complished. England was the great iron-plate market of the world, and her true policy was also to make her gun factory the mart of the world. lie next re ferred to the various changes which were taking place in the manufacture of ordnance in the North ern and Southern States of America, and observed that the Americans had at length turned their at tention to steel, and had paid £IO,OOO for the right of using the Bessemer process, which, they were intending to commence immediately. The Americans did not uso solid shot: they thought hollow shot preferable, as taking off much weight and attaining greater velocity. Their idea was that the smashing effect was the point most to be desired : and they were accordingly constructing a number of large fifteen inch boro guns, with ’which they wore notifying all tlieir seaboards. There was no doubt that the power of damage done by a shot was in proportion to the weight of the powder. Great attention had also been given iu America to the manufacture of gun carriages, and, as regarded their strength and the general arrangements for working them it might be said that tho American gun carriage was superior to that of any other nation. The Prussian system, which was like the Parott and Manton systems has been brought to great perfection. The Prus sians had converted their brass guns into rifle, and it was a shot from a steel twenty-four pounder which had recently done such damage to the Dan ish cupola ship. The Russians had recently been making great experiments, and were using guns like the French, and it was supposed that the nine inch and eleven inch guns manufactured by the Blakeley Company were intended for Russia. Turning home he had the gratification of seeing important improvements taking place in the plans which had been laid down by Sir William Arm strong : and he believed the breach loading prin ciple was flickering in the socket, and would ere long be finally abandoned. Referring to the three systems, namely, breech-loader, shuntarifilng and muzzle-loader, Captain Scott showed that recent experiments had established the vast superiority of the last named. England had the bast armour plates, and she had also ships better adapted to carry the additional thickness than any other na tion in the world. As to the material and con struction of guns, the Arsenal, since it was set free, turned out excellent weapons, and effective shot; but he could not say that thoy had yet at tained to the best means of fighting their iron clad?. This subject required ventilation. What was essential to bo known before this couutry en tered into a naval war was, what was to be done to make a complete cenquust with the less loss of life, and the least damage to tho ships engaged; and this knowledge once gained, there was no fear but that England would hold her undisputed sway as mistress of the seas. —Foreign Paper. An Exhausted People, —We are playing a terrible game. Half of -the people of the North are “stock mad,” and bubble companies are in creasing daily. We are prepared for a crash which will startle Europe : for, when it does come, it is not the people merely that will break, but it is the Government also. Greenbacks are sinking in value daily, and the cost of the necesraries of life are inefeasing fearfully. The huge tax bill now being prepared in Congress will grind out of labor “four hundred million per year.” I should say it will attempt this feat, but labor cannot respond, and this huge tax bill will fail in its operations.— The rich State of Ohio ha3 already commenced to grieve over her prospects. Wait, if you groan now, what will you do when peace is declared, and 'the whole domain, from the Atlantic to the Missis sippi, from the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, prostrate from exhaustion, is as silent as the grave? A leading Ohio journal says: “Hew can we raise the enormous taxes? A family of six persons will pay $72 per year. The average earnings of the people are not over $75 per year each, aud one sixth, therefore, of all we create must go to the support of the damnable Lincoln dynasty.” To pay*her share to day of this war debt, Ohio would have to part with one-third of her property.— Every individual in that State would have to give up one-third of his possessions. Carry on the war four years longer and it would eat up every dollar.—-V. Y. Day Book. - > ♦ -» The Chattanooga Rebel gets the following figures from the U. S. National Almanac. From which an estimate may be made of the number of Federal troops whose term of service expires this year. In June, 1861, there were 51,000 t r oops mustered into service for three years; in July, 62,000 ; in August, 60,000; in September, 78,000; in October, 64,000; in November, 58,000: and in December, 51,000 —in all 419,000. If, say 3 the Rebel, we suppose that two-thirds of these have been discharged, have died, or have deserted, there will then be left the number of 139,000 to be mus tered out of service before the Ist of January next. “A distinguished military surgeon has remark ed that 100,000 francs spent-in fresh vegetables will save 500,000 francs from the expense of siek soldiers entering the hospital, beside the use of the men for active service. Os the dried vegetables, rice is among the best for feeding troops. It is easily carried, easily cooked, easily digested, ana is one of the most wholesome farinacions articles correcting, as it often does, the tendency to intes tinal fluxes, and yet in the rice growing country of the Confederate •- it is sparieg; ly re ear troops.” Eeorria Tea! We are indebted to Dr. A. L. Acee. of BelJeview. Talbot county* Ga., for liberal sample ot genuine (Chinese) tea, of his | own raising and curit g. We have seen aware for some time that the Doctor was engaged in the. tea culture: but we cou« | less ourselves agreeably surprised at the appearance and quality of the sample sent ; us. Though not rolled or manipulated ; after the somewhat questionable fashion 1 of the “Celestials," the the of Dr. Aeee possessses, to our taste, a most excellent and delicate flavor, and could not fail of ; securing the strong approval of all lovers of that cup which “cheers but does not inebriate.” It is, indeed, very good and : pleasant, and could we be sure of an abun dant supply of it, we would never sigh for any of the “blockade” trash for which such fabulous prices are now paid. We have no doubt the tea plant will soon be successfully cultivated throughout the South ; and for the encouragement of our readers, we present a few extracts from a letter of Dr. Aeee : “I have sent you a bottle of Bouehontr tea, which I prepare for domestic use. having ; used it in place of coffee or th foreign article for three years. “I am satisfied that upon trial the ma jority cf fellow citizens would set aside the imported article ; the taste improves wonderfully upon frequent use. To pre pare it in the rolled state is a national vanity with the Celestials, I suppose to prevent fraud. “The Souchong is never imported into this country, but reserved for the Crown. The black or aristocratic tea is prepared from leaves near the ground—Souchong next above—the liyson next, and Gun powder from top leaves. “Tea has advanced, with other articles of its class, beyond the reach of the poor. Every citizen should raise it for the sick, either in his own family or that of liis neighbors. As it is a vigorous plant, re* sisting our several winters, with a little attention every person can have his grove of tea plants and revel in the luxury. We find our hot summer suns more destructive to the tea plant than the cold est weather of winter. We shall be glad of an article on the subject from our friend, Mr. Acee, aud trust he will soon be able to supply the public with plants and directions for culture.- Southern Cul tivator. War Jokes of tiie Louisville Jour nal.—A correspoudent ol tho St. Louis News says that “General Butler has more brains in the smallest toe of his foot than the whole kennel of his traducers.” Pros bably then his toes are the thinking part of him, and they thought iu the late bat les near Petersburg that it was time to be off on the treble quick. Major General Seigel, at the breaking out of the rebellion, was ihe respectable keeper of a respectable cigar store in St. Louis. The people smoked a good many of his cigars, a good article, and now they have smoked him, not so good an article. ft e saw a company of negro soldiers yesterday upon the street. Most of them looked as if they wouldn’t be half so for midable against rebels as against hen roosts. • — —* - Served Him Right. —A negro man belonging to F. B. McKerrall, Esq., ol' Greene county, a few days since, attacked a school girl about four miles from Eutaw, and attempted to violate her person Fail ing to accomplish his hellish purpose, lie fled, and was rapidly pursued. After three or four days he was apprehended and tried by a committee of about forty of the most respectable citizens and condemn ed to be burned to death on the spot where he attempted the outrage. This sentence was put into execution on Saturn day last, at 11 o’clock, in the presence of the committee and hundreds of negroes. The punishment was unequal and se* vere, but the diabolical wretch deserved it- Such prompt and terrible retribution will do more to prevent a recurrence of such crimes than any other within the power of man.— Selma Reporter. ; [From the Richmond Dispatch of the 25th.] The War Sews. For two or three nights past the quiet on the lines in front of Petersburg has ! been interrupted by heavy and rapid can-, nonading. On Saturday nigh t, In partic-* ular, a fierce artillery duel took place, con j tinuing for an hour or more. We learn that our batteries opened upon the enemy’s mortar lines, and it is presumed that the fire had some effect, for on yesterday the Yankees were perfectly docile, and desist ed irt a great measure from their accuss j tomed practice of shelling the city. It was currently reported yesterday that ! Grant was again “changing his base” by ! making a movement to the North side of James river; but we have been unable to i learn that it has any foundation in fact. The only thing known with certainty is that some movement has been in progress in the enemy’s camp, but the people of Petersburg seem to be as much mystified in regard to its nature as those living at a greater distance from the scene of opera tions. It is stated on what is deemed | good authority that Grant is moving his forces on the two rivers—the Appamattox and the James. The scarcity of water in ■ the interior doubtless had something to do with this movement; but the more prob able solution is that it was done for the convenience of moving the troops to any particular locality on the north side of the J ames, or the Chesterfield side of the Ap -1 popaattox, where they may be needed. It i is no doubt true that some portion of the “Army of the Potomac” has crossed the river, but not in sufficient force to indL cate an abandonment of the present line of operations. . The train last evening brought over a dozen or so Yankee prisoners, who allowed their zeal to move “on to Richmond” to get the better of their discretion, and thus fell into the hands of the Confederates. We learned last night, from a perfectly reliable source, that the enemy crossed a small force of infantry, on their pontoons, to the north side of J ames river on Fridav night, but none since. This intelligence completely explodes one of the current rumors of Sunday. Raid ox Gaixsville, Geobgia.—A party of Yan kee raiders came to the Chattahoochee, about seven miles irojii Gainesville. Jor the purpose of makin-a raid m the direction of Athens, The enemy wera met by a small force under General Youn*?, wh~ burned the bridge and checked the advance of tlx# raid. -1