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(gfiittmlm* , J. W. WABBeV. : - - Editor. '^nMda7»Wiiae,^ n^sl *’ «fL_ »n adT.r.i«- t in the Mobile Advertiser & Register, the ”“nd and sn.h as h.v. Wh> in the West, are advised that a weeldj mail leaves Brandon for the Trae.-M.ssissippi Do partment. The postage is forty oents mm gle letters. All letters should be plainly marked “via Brandon.” CoMMIWICATIOH OPBN TO ATI.ANTA.-The damage done to the M. & W. Railroad by the raiders on Thursday, (says the Intelligencer, 2d,) has been repaired. The telegraph line was repaired and dispatches passed over the wires early Sunday morning. The railroad was rapidly repaired, and a train of cars that left Atlanta on Sunday evening at six o'clock passed over the place, arriving in Macon early on Monday morning. The passengers report that Atlanta was shelled furiously on Saturday and Sunday, and that the result has been very destructive to the buildings, especially in the main busi ness portion of the city. Capture op Flatte City. —The capture of Platte City, Missouri, is announced by the St. Joseph Herald. J. C. C. Thornton entered the town at the head of two hundred and fifty men and demanded the immediate surrender of the place and all the militia stationed there. About ninety men gave themselves up and entered the rebel service. The papers think the whole thing was arranged in ad vance. Thornton in a speech assured the people he would hold Platte City. There are indications of a sanguinary en gagement near Little Rock, Ark., (says the Meridian Clarion, 28th ult.,) at no distant day. The enemy are gathering all their available forces from garrisoned points on the Mississip pi, and placing them uneer Steele. Slocum’s Vicksburg raiders did not disembark at Vicks burg, but pushed ou up the river. Troops from other points have been sent to Steele. On our side, Fagan and Sbelby are closing in with their cavalry, and Churchill and others, with their infantry, are no doubt in the proper place ere this. Indsed we should not be sur prised if the fight be over. .. Steele will make a strong effort to drive our forces off from the vicinity of Little Rock and Duvall’s Bluff, but in doing so he may loose his foothold in Ar kansas. Now is the time for cavalry opera tions against Memphis, Vicksburg, Natchez, Ate. These towns have been nearly stripped of white troops for Steele. (luifttei'’slle(reat through West ern Virginia. The Cincinnati Enquirer, in commenting editorially on some remarks of the New York Tribune, expressing an entire disbelief in the statements made with regard to the deplora ble condition of Hunter’s men during their retreat from before Lynchburg, says : “It will be hard for journals of even better repute than the Tribune, to turn the most disgraceful, and one of the most' disastrous routs of the war into anything resembling a victory, until they can stop the mouths of loyal eye witnesses and actors, to say nothing of the disloyal. The soldiers were hurried by their panic stricken General thro’ the ravines and over the mountains of Virginia two or three days without food. They were led or driven twenty-five miles in one of the sultriest nights of the season. Hundreds dropped and died on the road from sheer exhaustion. Four thousand horses fell and expired, or were shot to prevent their use by the enemy. The sur vivors, the guant, tottering, haggard victims of famine, awakened the pity alike of friends and enemies ; and it is affirmed by those who profess to have seen it, that there were, some among them who actually ate the flesh from their own arras, to appease their intolerable hunger. Circumstances like these do not be long among the incidents of a victory, in our opinion, though to the writers of the Tribune thev seem entirely appropriate.” The Late Win. Smith O’Brien. A sketch of the checkered life of this renowned Irishman, who expired at Pearhyn Arms Ho tel, Bangor, on the. 18th of June, may prove interesting to some of our readers. His lin eage is one of the most pure and ancient of all the Celtic families, his ancestral record show ing a royal descent from the elevated Brian Boroimhe, who occupied the Irish throne in 1003, was subsequently killed in the battle of Gloutarf. Mr. O’Brien was born in 1803, and was educated at Harrow school and graduated at Cambridge University. In 1827 he first appeared in parliament as a representative of county Clare. The agitation of Catholic T?^ ip^n . WaS at ite hei S ht in that year, and Mr. 0 Brien revolted at the idea of havino to vote for it, and in a short time joined the Catholic association. He generally voted with the moderate Whig party and was known as a libera conservative. He next represented Limenck, and when the now Earl of Derby introduced his famous “Arm Act,” O’Brien attacked it so furiously that the measure for he ?T h , p6ople becAme a dead Ifv® •’ *? e f re^ and the organization known as Y oUn f Roland,” which induced England to suspend the habeas corpus act and issue war rants tor Mr. O’Brien’s arrest, and other pop ular men on a charge of sedition. His pur suers had an engagement, with ins followers near Ballingfu-y, and Mr. O'Brien aeeinc the danger tout would arise, gave himself up About Ala.y_ lß44, Smith O’Brien, Thos. Francis oSI Per J ence l B - McManus and Patrick O Donohoe were brought forward for trial tonLT’ C f ViCted of hi S’ h tre:lSon and sen tenced to oe hanged, drawn and quartered, the bodies., ‘P -be disposed of as her Majesty 1 pleased. Queen Victoria tommuted the death penalty to transportation to New South Wales. From there .McManus escaped to San Francis co, Meagher to New York, and we believe Mr. O’Donohoc also. O’Brien endured his exile with patience, and in 1854 Queen Victoria, touched by bis high-souied magnanimity, granted him a pardon, and he returned home to his family and frieuds. He never after wards took any active part in politics, but remained at home cultivating a love for liter ature and art. and enjoying the society .of his family and friends. A purer spirit never glided from this earth, and it is to be hoped the Heavenly clime will compensate him for the sorrows of this.— Meridian Claris. The Happy Family in 1\ ashing rox.—The ! Washington correspondent of the New York World, says that Stanton and Blair have not been on speaking terms for some time pish Blairj since the late raid, charged Stanton i and Halleek with incoinpeteney. He was so 1 abusive that Halleek seat a remonstrance to Lincoln* Hjyw the matter * will end is noi known. It is believed, however, that Stan ton will resign. The special correspondent of the Tribune says that Lincoln, in a private conversation. said he 1 recognized all the ele ments of dissatisfaction that the new call of troops would produce but .stated most em phatically' that the men were needed and must be had. sthd should he fail in his efforts to Thesteamer St.* Cloud was fired upon hr guomllaa on her last trip up Red Ki~“, lu suaiamed no damage. • ’ [From the Macon Tele>.'ra,ffi -1 The Raid on the Centra -Hail road. From a reliable source we gather some facts concerning the late raid on the Cen tral railroad. The raiding party consisted of thirteen regiments of Kentucky, Indi ana, and llJinois cavalry, and numbered between six and seven thousand men. They were divided into two brigades, the whole under the command of Major Gen eral Stoneman, a Yankee who figured somewhat conspicuously in Virginia for his repeated failures on expeditions of a similar nature to the one he now com mands. The raiders left Sherman's army on the 26th of last month, and marched rapidly through the counties of- Newton, Jasper, and Jones. In their march they destroyed no property, although they rob bed the people of their horses and jewelry, and supplied themselves with everything necessary for the expedition. On arriving about ten miles from Gor- ! don, they halted and detached one dred men, belonging to an Illinois regi ment, and placing them under the corns mand of one Major Davidson, ordered them to destroy all the stations and water tanks from Gordon to the Oconee river, and on their arrival there to burn the bridge. On arriving in sight of Gordon, they discovered that a train full of militia was on the way to Milledgeville, .followed by a passenger train, and deeming it info prudent to attempt their capture, the raiders concealed themselves on the left of the railroad and allowed both trains to unmolested. As soon as they were out of sight they dashed into the town and proceeded in their work of destruc tion. The warehouse at Gordon was filled with bacon, meal and flour, as also a large amount of furniture, belonging to refu gees from Charleston, Savannah, and oth er points. It was, however, promptly set on fire by order of Major Davidson, and the whole consumed. There was at Gordon from one hundred and fifty to two hundred cars and engines. These were set on fire by the vandals, as well as the car shed and several buildings belonging to and contiguous with the rail road. One train of cars contained a large and valuable lot of machinery, the prop erty of the Western and Atlantic rail road ; and another train was laden with a considerable amount of furniture and other household goods belonging to refugees. The raiders then left, supposing their work to be complete and a squad proceed ed in the direction of Griswoldville, tearing up the track occasionally as they went, while the main body went on to the Oco nee river. They took along with them, as a guide, Mr. Walker, the postmaster at Gordon, after robbing him of eleven thou sand dollars in Confederate money and his gold watch. His going with them was a compulsory act, the Yankees having threatened him with death if he refused to accompany them and guide the body to Griswoldville. He was afterwards re* leased and returned to Gondon. As soon as the raiders had left the town the citizens turned out en masse—both women and men—and set energetically to work to put out the fire. They succeeded admirably. Os the large number of cars | at that point only forty were destroyed, while but three engines have been serious ; iy injured, four have been slightly dam» i aged and the remainder untouched. The oar shed was saved as well as all the buil i dings set on fire, and the valuable machin ; ery belonging to the Western and Atlantic Railroad was saved to the State. Too much praise cannot be bestowed upon the citizens of Gordon, for the prompt and patriotic manner in which they exert,ed themselves to put out the fire, and the success which resulted from their united efforts deserves and secures commenda* tion. We regret they were not armed, as our informant says that if they had been, the Yankee raiders could never have sucn ceeded in doing even the small damage they did. On leaving Gordon the squad that marched in the direction of Griswoldville, on arriving in front of that place discovs ered our skirmishers and promptly attack ed them but finding we had a strong force posted at that point they withdrew and marched round the road, striking it about one and a half miles the other side. When the firing commenced a train of twenty seven cars was very imprudently backed out of Griswoldville and was standing on the track when the squad of men struck the road. This train was of course cap tured. The engine was unhitched and the cars set on fire. The men then push ed off in the direction of Griswoldville, and the track being . what is termed a ‘down grade' it entered the town and was entirely consumed, but, fortunately, the fire did not ignite the other cars at the station. We forgot to mention that the Yankees permitted the negroes and rail road employees on the cars to remove all their private property before they set them on fire. As soon as the cars was disposed of the raiders took out nearly all the water from the boiler of the engine and, filling the ! furnace with pine wood, soon got up a | small supply of steam. They then com- ; pellea a boy to get upon the engine and open the throttle-valve and set it going, j The boy did so, jumping off immediately j after, and the engine started at full speed 1 for G-riswoldville. .It entered there un* i der a full headway of steam and struck ! the rear car of a passenger train, splitting | it in two and throwing the two portions on both sides of the track. Continuing, the engine threw off two more cars from the train. These last two were filled with ; women and children, but none were in* | jured; By this time all the steam was : exhausted, and the eugine ceased moving. The only damage it is reported to have received, is the burning out of the flues. Their work having been completed, the squad started to rejoin their companions. In the meantime the other portion un der Major Davidson proceeded to Mc- Donald—Station No. 16, where they tore up a small portion oi the track, destroyed the water tank, and marched on to Em> met —Station No. 15—where they re-' peated their work. While at E , twelve of their number were sent to burn the bridge across the Oconee river. This small squad did their work effectually and inflicted the most serious damage done to the „ road. Why this bridge was left ungarded we- cannot conceive. W e | learn that us lute last Wednesday there I was a force of one hundred and fifty men j stationed there, and on that evening they were removed and the bridge left unpro tected. The inconvenience its destruc tion will cause can only be a temporary one, as another bridge we learn, already prepared, will be promptly substituted in its stead, but for a squad of twelve men to destroy so important a structure is ex tremely ■'humiliating. We trust that for the future a great amount of caution wia be exhibited. After destroying the bridge and tear ing up a small portion of the track, the Yankees started back for the main body of the raiders, under Stoneman, who had marched in the direction of Macbn. Ah account of their proceedings around this city will be found in another article. [From the Metropolitan Record.] Terrible Destruction of Con federates. NOT A MAN LEFT ALIVE IN THE SOUTH. No matter what any one may say to the con trary, the fact has been established, that there is not a man left in the whole South, not a solitary male inhabitant between the fighting ages oi sixteen and sixty. They have all been killed off, every mother's son of them, and it is absurd, therefore, to suppose that there is a campaign in progress in Georgia, and an other in Virginia. In the mind of the public there may be some such delusion, but men of facts and figures know, that the last Southern soldier was killed off some months ago. It is true, that Secre tary Stanton issues dispatches from time to time, informing us how we gained such and such a battle, and how we annihilated several thousands of the enemy atone fell swoop, but those who know the jocular character of that distinguished official, understand that he is only taking a “rise” out of the public. We know there are some incredulous per sons in this community who will not believe this statement, but they have evidently not studied the statistics of this war. ! They certainly ought to be better informed : i but if people will not read those sources of j correct information, the war journals, they j deserve to remain in their ignorance. How \ ever, we shall do all in our power to enlight en them on this important subject, and we shall begin by calling their attention to the figures, which some astute statistician has in formed the world “never lie.” Estimating the number of skirmishes fought since the beginning of the war at five thousand, which is a moderate calculation, and placing the average number of killed in each at one hun dred on the Confederate side, we have the grand aggregate of five hundred thousand. As the Federal loss, according to “reliable” information in every skirmish, was about as one to twenty, it was, of course, very trifling. Thus, we have half a million of Confederates disposed of in skirmishes alone. Now, we come to the wholesale slaughter of battles, and placing the number of these from the first affair at Bull Run at five hundred, (a low fig ure) it will be seen that there can be no doubt of the destruction of every male Southerner, between the aforesaid ages of sixteen and sixty. An average of five thousand South erners killed in every one of those battles, can not be over the actual number, and this mul tiplied by five hundred, the number of battles fought, gives a grand total of two millions and a half. Then there cannot be less than five hundred thousand that have died of disease, so that a recapitulation of the whole losses of the South would be as follows, in tabular form : Confederate soldiers killed in five thousand skirmishes 500,000 killed in five hundred battles 2,500,000 Died of disease incident to camp life 500,000 3,000,000 The population of the Confederacy proper is about eight millions, one half of which is composed of females and non-combatants, while at least a million are males under or be yond the fighting age, that is from one up to sixteen, and from sixty up to a hundred, or more as the case may be. Now, after this presentation of figures of re liable statistics, it is sheer nonsense to sup pose that there is such a thing as war in this country. We say it boldly and fearlessly, that all the accounts of battles in the daily papers are mere works of fiction, mere productions of the imagination. As for General Lee and Gen. Joe Johnston, and General Beauregard, they are all simply mythical characters, while the idea that th&re is such a thing in progress as the siege of Petersburg, or Richmond, or Charleston, is too absurd to be entertained for a single mo ment by any sane man. We insist’ upon it, then, that all the fighting men of the South have been defunct for many a long day, and all the accounts we have had of battles in the Wilderness, battles at Spottsylvania, at Coal Harbor, and at Petersburg, properly belong to the.domain of fictional or light literature. Items from tlte Mississipplan Extra. The Mississippian Extra, published at Jack son, is a small paper but a very useful one ;in these days of scanty mails. We clip the following paragraphs from its issue of the 29th The Missouri Democrat of the 20th inst, is indignant because the guerrillas in Missouri are in the habit of returning horses, &c., ta ken by them from rebel sympathizers. It says nearly all the Union men have been cleaned out in Randolph county. The Memphis Bulletin says Fagan, with his rebels, at last accounts, was south of the Ar kansas river, at a place called Hampton, northeast of Camden. He was keeping very quiet. - 3 The Vicksburg Herald of yesterday say3 negro soldiers are becoming troublesome, and calls upon the Commanding General to re strain them. Guerrillas in Platte County, Mo.—A Northern dispatch from St. Joseph says the guerrillas are committing all manner of dep redations in the lower part of Platte county. Two of their camps were discovered 17 miles south and southeast of St. Joseph. It fears the troubles are not o v er. The Pawpaws are constantly deserting and joining the guer rillas. Another Yankee Steamer Burned.—Louis ville, July 19.—Steamer St. Louis, hence for Nashville, laden with Government stores, was burned yesterday, by guerrillas at Sailors’ Rest, on the Cumberland river. The Memphis Bulletin, of the 23d says ; “On Sunday night last a small party of Shelby’s rebels tore up four lengths of the track on the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad, near Brownsville. Missouri papers of the 20th report the cap ture of Little Rock. They also say that Gen. Marmaduke is again on the war path in the direction of Missouri. The Washington clerks who showed the white feather during the recent raid are to be turned out of office. Two brothers in New Jersey, have been fined SSOO for obstructing and resisting an officer engaged in collecting the United States In ternal Revenue. Suppression of Newspapers.—Gen. Hunter has suppressed the Wheeling Register and Par kersburg Gazette, and placed the editors and pro prietors under arrest. The former was a demo cratic, and the latter an abolitiou sheet. It is ro : ported that criticism upon Hunter's recent disas trous campaign was the cause of this procedure. The London Globe states that the Great Eastern has just taken 3,000 tons of coal oh board, and will shortly leave Liverpool for Sheerness or Dept- I ford, where she will be fitted with water tanks, in ’ which, the Atlantic cable now being 'made by l Messrs. Glass <fc Cos., will be stowed away as it is t made TELEGRAPHIC. reports of the 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 btate» lor the Northern District of Georgia. J Richmond, July 29.— A special dispatch to the Whig, from Petersburg too|B|y ( says the enemy shell ed the city to-day with great vigor this morning for several hours; burning several houses between four and five o’clock this morning. The enemy sprung a mine under the position on the Baxter road, blowing up a portion of our works. A large force Yankees charged through the breach, making some captures of prisoners and guns, but after after a sharp fight were driven back. The 17th and 18th South Carolina regiments lost a considerable number of men. Considerable activity prevails along the lines. In Ransom’s Brigade, Vance’s majority is 739. Petersburg, July 29. —Northern dates to the 27th received. The N. Y. Tribune, has dispatches announcing the return of Rosseau to Marietta, after having ac complished his undertaking. The Yankees claim to have buried 1,000 rebels in the last fight. The situation is favorable. McPherson’s remains arrived at Nashvilie eu route to Louisville. A steamer struck a snag on the Mississippi river, 15 miles below Greenville, Miss., on the 21st, losing 50 lives; principally of the 10th (Federal) Missouri cavalry. There if very little from Early’s force in the Val ley. Orders have been sent to remove everything from Frederick. Dispatches from Baltimore suppose the enemy intend making a raid into the Southern counties of Pennsylvania. The loyal leaguers have been call ed in Baltimore. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road has been cut again. The Chronicle says the commanding Generals have requested the utmost secresy in regard to military matters and Grants operations especially demand secresy. Voorhees has again been nominated to Congress, contrary to his wishes. No Gold quotations. Petersburg, July 29.—A rumor was current in Cherbourg, France, that the Federal and Confed erate naval officers had agreed to. fight off that place in ten days. Confederate loan 78. The London Herald says Mason had an official interview with Lord Palmerston.' He was intro duced by Lindsay. The meeting was satisfactory to all parties. The withdrawal by Linclsay of his in tended recognition in Parliament is said to have been the result of the interview. Lord Palmerston having given out, and replied that he would sup port the motion at an opportune moment. Petersburg, July 30. —About two o’clock, every thing being arranged, Gen. Mahone threw forward Sanders’ Ala, Brigade, which charged the enemy in gallant style, recapturing part of our breastworks temporarily lost, and taking about 500 prisoners; including 150 negroes, 55 officers, and Brig. Gen. Bartlett, of the Ist Division, 9th Corps, besides two stand of colors, and 4 pieces of artillery lost by us this morning. There is about 600 of the enemy’s dead in our trenches. Mahone’s and Weightz’s brigades, besides prison ers captured, this morning took 10 stand of colors. Our lines are identically as before the fight this morning—all lost gained—being reclaimed. Not over 100 lives are believed to be lost in the blowing up of the mine. The losses in Mahone’s division is not over 200 in killed and wounded. Among the killed are Colonel Evans, of the 64th Ga.; Capt. Ruth, comd’g the 22d Ga. Lt. Col. Williamson, 6th Va., slightly wound ed. The negroes fought quite well to-day, and charged crying no quarters, remember Fort Pillow! All quiet to-night. Richmond, July 30.— An official dispatch to the War Department states that at 5 a. in., Saturday, the enemy sprung a mine under one of our works and opened his batteries upon our lines and the city. Petersburg is in confusion ; caused by the exposition. He got possession of the salient, which was afterwards retaken and the enemy driven back to his lines with los3. Later official telegrams says when we drove the enomy from the salient we recovered 4 guns with which it was armed, and captured 12 stand of col ors ; 74 officers, including Gen. Bartlett and staff, and 855 enlisted men. Upwards of 500 of the en emy’s dead are lying unburied in the trenches. Our loss slight. Richmond, Aug. 2.— Official information has been received of the capture oi Gen. Stonem an and five hundred of his men, near Macon, Ga. His command was routed at last accounts and were flying in the direction of Eatonton. Official dispatches from Petersburg state there was a cessation of hostilities yesterday from 6 to 10 a. m., at the request of the enemy, for the pur pose of caring for the dead and wounded. Seven hundred of the enemy’s dead were buried, or turned over to him for burial. Twenty stand of colors were captured, instead of 12, as reported captured on the 30th ult. Oxford, Miss.; Aug. 1, via. Mobile, 2,—The Memphis Evening Times, of the 29th ult., says the steamer Clara, Belle, sank at Carolina Land ing, on the 24th ; total loss. A gunboat sent to her relief was driven off. The rebels moved up towards Columbia. The force consists of 400 Texas cavalry, and 4 pieces of artillery. The river is said to be effectually blockaded. The Pauline Carroll, was also disabled and towed off. Eight transport are at the mouth of White river and cannot go up. The rebels 1500 strong, under General Dobbs* charged Col. Brooks’ command, of 300, 12 miles from Helena, forcing him back, and following him 10 miles. Col. Brooks, several prominent officers, and 37 enlisted men killed. Col. Brooks’ remains have reached Memphis. Geu. Saunders. —We find the following telegram in the Northern papers . Clifton House, C. W., July 14. The following is a copy of a message sent to James Gordon Bennett, of the New York Herald : Thanks for your yesterday’s notice. I am here for peace, the opposite of anarchy, and for the restoration of what is valuable to either section. I would like to see you here. Come, don't be afraid of your own thunder. [Signed] GEO. W. SAUNDERS. The Baltimore papers state that Francis Key, the son of the author ofithe “Star Spangled Ban ner," was arrested on Saturday last on a charge of disloyalty, and locked up in the military prison to await trial. The Governor (of Main requested the President to send two gunboats to Castine and Eastport. a raid being apprehended from New Brunswick! and the President halp acceded to the request. j + . « Formidable Designs on Semves.—The Herald makes the following announcement: The Kersage is again at sea, waiting for Semuies in his new British pirate ship. The Niagara is also on the lookout for him, and by the last steamer we learn that the Sacramento, a fine ; screw sloop, of thirteen guns, has arrived at Lis- ■ bon, bound to the English Channel , and it is not at all unlikely that the Iroquois and other vessels will soon be m "those waters. Any of these vessels axe a "match for the new rebel corsair, and it is hardly possible that she can avoid the fat* of the Alabama. Getting Ready.—We noticed yesterday a large compauy, numbering something* over a hun dred, of cavalry, from Tallapoosa county, on their way to the city for the purpose of getting acm3. The late raid has showa the people ol that county through which the Yankees passed, that their : protection mukfc be mainly in their own hands, i and are keeping themselves accsorcfingly.—J/o?w- j g-Mery Mai’. < CITY MATTERS. T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR. Auction Sales. —Rosette, Lauhorn A Cos., will sell to-day at auction a valuable negro, salt, tobac co, whisky, shoes, Ac. See advertisement. The Nelson Rangers.— We are authorized by Mr. Spencer to stale that he received a dispatch yesterday announcing that the Nelson Rangers would be in Opelika Prida3 T morning on route for Atlanta. Persons in this city having relatives or -friends in the Rangers, and who would like to see tbfem would do well to be at Opelika at the time specified. Personal.— We were pleased to meet on our streets yesterday our old friend Joseph Clisby, * the able editor of the Macon Telegraph. The Union Prayer Meetings for the country are being held this week at St. Paul’s (Methodist) j Church daily at 5Y o'clock. The public, and espe- j daily professors of Christ, are invited to be present. . Provisions for the Front. —There will be a messenger sent to-day with supplies for the Doug las Ambulauoe Corps, and persons interested in this city are requested to send in vegetables, cook- ’ od hams, Ac., to the store of Goodrich & Cos., this morning. As great necessity exists tor these things at the front just ot this time, it is hoped the people will respond promptly and liberally. From Atlanta.— A letter from Lieut. Jimmie Jones, from Atlanta, under date of the 29th July, gives the following items, of interest from Gen. Hood’s army : Several days ago our Division was detached from Hardee and placed under Stewart on the left. Enemy advanced on Stewart yesterday and Stew art also advanced beyond his works and met him, a sharp fight ensued, with what loss I did not learn. Gon. Stewart, however, checked his ad vance and both parties (the firing on both sides stopping about 5 o’clock) commenced ditching.— They occupy the same positions this morning. Lieut. Gen. Stewart wa3 wounded by a minnio ball in the head yesterday, and left the field to have his wound dressed. He is in the saddle again this morning. Gen. Loring is reported mortally wounded. Walker having been killed in Tuesday’s fight, his division has been broken up and Steven’s Brigade assigned to this (Bate’s) Division; Gist’s to Cheatham, and Mercer’s to Cleburne’s. In Friday’s fight, Col. Smith commanding, this Brigade had one staff officer killed and one lost a leg. Col. Smith’s horse was shot from under him. The Abingdon Virginian says that our troops are now picketing as low down in Tennessee as Rogersville, and perhaps still lower down, and it is said there are no Yankee troops this side of New Market. The whole force at Knoxville is said to be three negro regiments and a battalion of Michiganders, about half of the latter of whom are at New Market. Brownlow is still blazing away at Knoxville, advocating the election of Abe and Andy. Lieut. Jno. L. Lewis, of Columbus, Ga., and a member of Gen. Lee’s escort, died in this county on the 26th instant. Lieut. Lewis was a brave soldier and a polite and agreeable gentleman. He died at the residence of Mr. G. B. Shackleford.— | ! Meridian Clarion, 28th. Latest Northern News. We have files of Nashville, Chattanooga and Cii>- cinnati papers to the 23d inst. The Chattanooga Gazette gets off the following account of the capture of Atlanta by Sherman : Capture of Atlanta—Backbone of the Confeder acy broken —Approaching the “last ditch.” News has been received at this office announcing the fact that the “Gate City,” of the South, was entered by the Nation's Defenders this morning.— We know the statement to ue jterjZ~,Sj Cue. The capture of this city 13 one of the severest blows that has befel the Confederacy since the be ginning of the war. Even the terrible discipline of Bragg cannot prevent wholesale desertion. Pri vate soldiers will not fight when they see that to fight is to die with no possible chance of success to their cause. Give us a bottle Jake! Here’s to Sherman and his army. CHATTANOOGA ITEMS. Local items yesterday were generally ignored, in favor of the ail absorbing topic of the fall of At lanta. Everybody discussed it. Some with the dignified half skeptical air, becoming highly respec table “conservative.” Others received and devour ed the news with all impulse of delighted enthusi asts; while others again honored the event by an accommodating disposition to take something.-- Flag staffs and buildings were gaily decorated with the stars and stripes, while the “old flag” streamed and floated in all directions to the stiffening breeze. The da; was cue of rejoicing, and may soon be repeated, ,- itli additional gladness, in the event of the fall of Richmond. Four ladies belonging to a somewhat noted and patrician family from Charleston, Tennessee, were, on Thursday, escorted into town, and yesterday were introduced to Major Crowell, district provost marshal. Their names are Mrs. ATcElrath, and her two daughters, Ellen and Susan—both of them young, handsome and decidedly rebellious. The other is a Mrs. M , a niece of the old lady and said to be the wid 'w of a deceased Union officer.— . All of them were Southern by birth and by senti ments; but the young ladies had received a New England education. This, however, instead of grad uating them into full fledged Abolitionists, had the contrary effect of developing a pair of full-blooded rebels. The quartette, in keeping with their dis tinguished and social position, were furnished quar ters at the Crutchfield House on Thursday night, and yesterday they received free transportation to go north of the Ohio river. In addition to the above, the Major furnished transportation North to thirty-six rebel deserters and Southern sympathizers, who were sent in from Cartersville, Georgia. Col. Stanley, post commandant has removed his headquarters to the house formerly occupied by Mrs. W hitesides, west of Railroad street. A REBEL DEMONSTRATION ON HUNTSVILLE. Saturday morning last, a large rebel force (For rest reported in command) attacked the stockade at Brownsboro’, on the railroad between Stevenson and Huntsville, and after a brief but spirited resis tance on the part of our men, the rebeis captured the post. The garrison consisted of about one hun dred men, most of whom succeeded in making their escape. Immediately after the capture of Browns boro’, the rebel force advanced on Huntsville, ana after a sharp skirmish, drove the pickets into the fortifications commanding the approaches to the town Huntsville is occupied by about five thou sand Federal troop3. When our informant left the rebels had made no regular attack upon the posi tion, though an assault upon the works was hourly expected. The rebel force was estimated at from ten to twelve thousand men, most of whom were mounted. Our troops were in fine spirits and "eager for the fray.” They felt confident in their ability to repel all attacks that the rebel column might make upon their position. —Nashville Times, 21 st. BY ROSETTE, LIWHOX & CO. THIS DAY, 3d August, at 10 o’clock, we will sell in front of our store, A LIKELY NEGRO BOY! 18 years old. Good House Servant. ALSO . 1 00-w andL Calf ! ag 3 It STOP THE THIEF ! 3000 Reward 2 STOLEN, from my Stable at Oak Mountain Springs, Talbot county, Ga., on the night of the Ist of Aug., 1864, my fine Stallion named STEELE, ten years old; a dark Maho' any bay; sixteen and a half hands high; a small white spot in his face: a few white hairs in his mane, just where a collar would work; a small scar on the hinder part of his bag; very straight hind legs, and very high headed and gay in appearance. I will pay five hundred.dollars to any person who will apprehend the thief and lodge4um in jail, and return to me my horse, or I will pay two hundred and fifty dollars for either the thief or the horse. Address meat Waverly Hall, Harris county, Ga. aug3 Iw JESSE MOOkE. l¥egro Teamsters Wanted! I wish to hire a number of Negro Teamsters for the Army of Tennessee. Citizens having such hands will please notify me immediately : as ih this way a number of soldiers may bo relieved to strengthen our struggling army. Apply to THOS. C. JOHNSON, t y jul27 2w Government Transportation Worim^ Reward. / I WILL pay the above reward for BQfl>, a' black boy, about 2A. years old. He has bafu out three . or fourweeks, and supposed to ha-lurking about the city. * Mo. H. BASS. * jy 4. ts / FOR SALES -OR— raHiIMWPMR —AT— -114;, Broad. Street. Coffee, Sugar, Soda, Black Pepper, Syrup, Potash, Cotton Cards, Tin-Ware, Snuff, Silt, Sugar, Tumblers, Candles, GEORGIA REBEL SNFFF, ■ r *Sf X y? Pickles, Flysßrushes, Eggs, Butter, Salt Fish, Cigars, i Toilet-Soap, Soft Soap, Bar-Soap, | Chewing and Smoking Tobacco. aug 2 ts HOOP SKIRTS Made and Repaired in Good Style. BY MRS. S. E. HERRING, At her Residence, near Camp Montgomery. will please call and examine her work. ag2 3t* TO HIRE. BY the month, or for the balance of the year, a 1 year old Boy, Apply at this Office. ag2 6t BY ROSETTE, LIWHON & CO. Mil, PMUM9, «, JOLt Auction ! AN WEDNESDAY, 3d of August, at 10 o’clock, U we will sell in front of our store, 200 Bushels Coast Salt; 100 Boxes Chewing Tobacco; various grades; 3 Bbls Corn and Rye Whiskey; 5 Bbls Corn Whiskey; 100 Pair Men and Women’s Shoes. jul3o S2O ' , BY ROSETTE, LAWHON & CO. A HOT! -AT AUGTIOISr! ON Wednesday, 3d of August, at 10 o’clock, we will sell in front of our Auction .ffoom. A LIKELY NEGRO BOY, 23 years old, Good Field Hand. • jy3osl2 BONDS Os the 500,000,000 Loan for Sale! I AM authorized to offer for sale the 6 per cent. Coupon or Registered Long Date Bonds of the Five Hundred Million Loan authorized by Act of Congress, February 17, 1864, in sums to suit pur chasers, at the Confederate States Depository, Co lumbus, Ga. „ , . , - The principal and interest of this Loan are tiee from Taxation and the Coupons receivable in Pay ment for all Import and Export Duties. These Bonds are the best securities yet offered by the Gov ernment, and I recommend them to the iavorable notice of Capitalist. „ . W. H. YOUNG, Agent, augl lm for Confederate State? RUNAWAY! IVj EGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intelligence; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought R Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi w ho now resides in Tuskegee. He originally came from Charleston, S. C suitable reward will be paid tor his deliv^ ry this office, or in any safe jail and inform Yaon sent to me at this office. : _ , , JAMES M. RUSSELL. | Columbus, Ga., aug Its * ' COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT! On and after the 30th inst., the Passenger Train on the Montgomery & West Point R. R. will Leave Columbus 2 40 p. m. Arrive at West Point 8 00 “ Leave West Point _ 3 50 “ Arrive at Columbus 9 10 “ Freight Train will Leave Columbus...s 50 a. m. Arrive at Columbus 12 23 “ J. E. APPLER, - July 23 ts Agent. Headquarters Georgia Reserve,! Macon, Ga., July 23, 1864. i General Orders, 1 No. 13. / I. All questions of details from the Reserve for agricultural purposes, on the part of those persons having less than fifteen able-bodied field hands, having been placed under the control and direction of the Commanding Officer of the Reserve Force, it is ordered that the details heretofore granted by the Commandant of Conscripts in this State, shall stand until otherwise ordered from these Head* quarters. 11. The Commandant of Conscripts will cause a full an accurate report to be made to these Head quarters, of all persons of this class who have been thus detailed, stating the residence and age of eacli person detailed, and the grounds upon which such details have been made; and they will be immedi ately assigned to companies in the Reserve Force, and be subject to be ordered to the companies to which they may be thus assigned, whenever their details may be suspended or annulled. 111. Enrolling Officers will continue to send for ward all persons liable to duty in the Reserve Corps under the orders and directions heretofore issued to them by the Commandant of Conscripts, ex cept as these orders and directions may be modi fied or changed by orders from these Headquar ters. IV. County Enrolling Officers will send all such persons to the District Enrolling Officers, who will send them to the Camp of Instruction at this place, where the officer In charge will report daily their arrival to these Headquarters, that they may bs promptly assigned and sent forward to their respec tive companies. V. In the case of persons of the Reserve Class applying for exemption under the third paragraph and first clause of the fourth paragraph of Section Tenth, of the act of Congress, entitled "An Act to organize forces to serve during the war,” approved February 17th, 1864, the application will be for warded to the Commandant of Conscripts, and the same privilege will be extended to applicants as heretofore allowed. VI. In all cases arising under the second clause Paragraph Fourth, commencing with these words, "In addition to the foregoing exemptions,” &c., the applicant will be sent forward as provided in the Fourth Paragraph of this Order, and no furlough will be allowed, and his application will as soon as practicable be forwarded to these Headquarters for decision. Enrolling Officers will make in such cases investigations as heretofore, and will as soon as practicable be forwarded to these Headquarters for, decision, Enrolling Officers will make in such cases investigations as heretofore, and will forward the papers to these Headquarters, with the application for detail. VII. All applications for details from the Reserve Force for Government worksy'or any other purpose must be made to these Headquarters. By command of MAJ/GEN. HOWELL COBB, Commanding Georgia Reserve. Lamar Cobb. M.gjor and A. A. G. iul 29 6t / THOMAS SAVAGE, Agenl. (At Mulford’s old Stand,) • 3STO. iox, BROAD ST. /fIISFORSMIYM Sheetings, SHU-Minsr*. . Twills, ii ii» us, Lagujiray C offee. Tvihacce. Rice. Vails of all sjnes, &€., X’C.. &C 4 jui27tf • .