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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of ii oo per month, or sl2 tor three months. subscription received for a longer term than hre « month*. ADVERTISING RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square for «aeh insertion. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the charge will be S3O per square. . Announcing candidates s2o,'Vhich must invariably paid in advance. Adj’t k Inspector General’s Omc*, j Macon, Ga., August 1,1864. S Special Order, l No. -. 5 . _ As there is a misapprehension about the powers of the Inferior Courts in making details for police duty, the following orders arc published for the in formation of all concerned ■ One policeman is allowed for each >OO negroes in each county. All men between 55 and 60, able to ride and carry i gun, are to act as a polico force in their respec tive counties. The Aide de Camp are specially in structed to order them upon this duty, and any man between these ages, able for service, who refuses, will be sent to the front. They are to ride all j through the county, confining themselves to no par ticular district or plantation, and are to give their wholo time to this business. As they can sleep in j houses at night, they can do this duty, when they ! would not be fit for other military service. They j will visit the plantations, correct insubordinate ne- : groes, and do all in their power to protect property j and preserve order. . It is believed there are but few counties in the j State in which there are not in the county, one man j able ‘for service for each 500 negroes. If there j should not be that number in any county, the Inic - ; rior Court will recommend for detail a number <>t . men subject to the late call sufficient to make up the deficiency. These should be selected from such overseers and others as have most control over the negroes. The recommendation* of the courts must be sent to these headquarters, where they will be allowed, if the evidence of deficiency in the num ber of old men is satisfactory. The court must accompany the application lor ,be detail by a certificate, giving the following foots: . Ist. The number of slaves in the county. ; 2d. The number and names of the old men be tween 55 and 60 in the county, with the namo of ; each, who is too feeble through the county. :id. The names of the persons recommended by the courts to make up the deficiency if any. A , details granted by the courts without an order from . these headquarters, arc valid, and will be so treated , by all Aids-de-Camp and other State officers, who , will send all such detailed men to the front imme *' Ase- the late interruption in the railroad transpor tation may have caused some of the militia who had started to Macon to return home for want of transportation, all such arc required to press for ward to Macon without delay, as the channels of communication will be open again in a day or two. All officers at home will exercise great energy in ,ending all men subject to the call forward prompt ly, under arrest when necessary. HENRY C. WAYNE, aug4 ot Adj’t & Insp. Gen. Headquarters Georgia Reserve, | Macon, Ga., July 23, 1864. j tjenerul Orders, t No. 13. j I. All questions of details from the Reserve tor agricultural purposes, on the part ot those persons having less than fifteen able-bodied field hands, having been placed under the control and direction „f 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 each 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 scud 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 lied or changed by orders from these Headquar- IV. County Enrolling Officers will send all such persons tc the District Enrolling Officers, who will -end 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 be 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 *ame 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 tor decision. Enrolling Officers will make in such cases investigations as heretofore, and will as soon as practicable bo 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. Ail applications for details from the Reserve Force for Government works, or any other purpose must be made to these Headquarters. Bv command of }IAJ, GEN, HOWELL COBB. Commanding Georgia Resen e. Lamar Cobb. Major and A. A. G. ml 29 tit j lIKADQOARTBRS CoySCBIPT SRRMCE.I Augusta, July 25,1864. > } (iencratOrders. \ No. 42. i ' , 0 , ; The following extract from Circular, Ko- - . vcauof (current «««,)■ published j for the information and guidance ot ll coneerncuL . 1T The sale to the Government or to the families ( f -ildiers at prices fixed by the Commissioners of , the State,* under the Impressment Act, of the mar ketable surplus remaining after furnishing the Gov ernment with the stipulated quantity of prov lsions, uni which he may raise from year to year, while his j exemption continues, is made by the act of Con gress, approved February 17th, 1864, one of the conditions of exemption allowed to an overseer r agriculturalist. A claim is asserted by some of those exempted as agriculturalists to exchange such part of the aforesaid surplus as they may please, ioi supplies of provisions, clothing, and the v hke, to be j consumed in family use, 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 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 nel, of communication to this Bureau a report ot all the facts and circumstances of each case. Every agriculturalist or overseer, upon receiving his certificate of exemption, should be informc that the action indicated above will bo taken in the event of his not disposing of his marketable sap plies in accordance with the requirements « law.” By order of c j AVM M BROWSE. Commandant. P. Looxky, Lt. and Adj’t. jul2B fit ON and after the Ist July, iny office and dwell ing will be on Broad Rt., a-t the residence of the late Airs, fturti.*, T n uilyl ts V?. J. 4»* D Vol. XL J. W. WABRES & CO. Proprietors j. W . WARREN, Editor IB* »1S!! 11l GW!!! -A_T Mrs. DESSAU’S. FROM THF LATE BLOCKADE SALE AT Augusta, G-a. i , r The goods are all superior to what is ofiered elsewhere, and will be sold lower than lately. In the assortment can be found: Ladies’ New Hats. New Bonnet Ribbons. New Belts, „ Boblnet Mosquito Netting, Tucking and Dressing Combs, Ladies’ Hoser>, Three y’ds w ide Linen Sheeting, Superior Bleached Shirting, Printed Jackonets, Ginghams, * English and French Calicoes, Bombazine, Alpacas, Elegant Leroes. OA LL -A-HSTID SZEIE NE W BOOKS vXTTST PUBLISHED BY EVANS & COGSWELL, COLUMBIA, S. C. THE SPIRIT OF MILITARY INSTITUTIONS, By Marshal dfarmont. Translated from the latest Paris edition by Frank Schallkb, olonsl *2d Regiment Mississippi Infantry. Price $5. One third off to the trade. INFANTRY TACTICS, For Brigade, Bivision, and Army orps, by Gen Casey, U. S. Army. Pronounced tho 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. CHISOLM’S SURGERY, Being a third edition of this valuable work. Splen didly illustrated, and finely bound. - Price $lO. One third off to the trade. The editions of all of these valuable works 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’s Office, up to Ist April, 1864. Price $5. One-third off to the trade, Andrew’s Light Artillery Drill j 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, Julj 6 3t Publishers. m I’M k BLANK B* FOR SALE 2 WE have for sale 49 reams ot Letter Paper, and V» 2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at Wholesale or Retail. Paper, ssoper Ream; Blank Books, $l5O retail, 75 cts. wholesale. Apply at „ ag6 ts THIS OFFICE. ATLANTA DAILY A WEEKLY miLISENtEH. 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 (Afacon) and that in a few days subscribers to the same will be furnished as usual with their pa pers : Correspondents, advertisers and all persons hav ing business with the IJSTTZEILjT-jia-IEIINrO ER will pleasse address their communications to The Intelligencer Office, Macon, Georgia. All JOB and GOVERNMENT WORK on hand will be resumed at an early day. JARED I. WHITAKER, Proprietor Jul 27 It Flag of Truce Letters • Confederate States of America,! War Department, > Bureau of Exchange. ) Richmond, Va., July Ist, 1864. 1. All letters to go North by flag of truce must be sent to this office. 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 | ordinary sized letter paper, and its contents be con fined strictly to personal or family matters. No letter alluding to the movements or localities of troops will be allowed to pass. 4. Each letter must contain a United States post age stamp, or its equivalent in silver or United Stale, currency. These regulations will be rigidly enforced, Lnd no letter transmitted in which they are not strictly observed. ROB , T OULD> Agent of Exchange, j W' inLvicH, Captain and A A G. and Saddlers’ tools. 'THE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the H ospftaf a Jngl6 HARRISON, BEDELL V & CO. SSSKSSS. and Augusta Con B titutfonalift g please copy one month and send bills to this office. mar 30 ts ___ GEORGIA--slusG°gee Counts, ! Sa Gi?en under my hand. JOHNSON, , , Ordinary. I jy 42m . A T-vlnr t Libel for Divorce m Marion j Martha A, *. * tSuperior Oourt. Returnable to ; Green B. Taylor. ) September Term. 1564. At Columbus, April 2d, 1864. 1T appearing to the Court by the return of the Sher- SctorfMt doe, not read, I nexfterm of the Court, iu some newspaper ot -his ytate ‘ vnMOND H. WORRILL. J.S. C. C. C. A true extract from 1864. , WCl '' Clerk. *pl 7 mien Columbus, Ga Monday Morning, August 15,1864. Headquarters Conscript Service, \ Augusta. Ga.. August Ist. 1864. / j General Orders! No. 44. / I. The attention of Enrolling Officers is directed to Circular No 25, Bureau of Conscription (current | series) herewith published, withdrawing from this and transferring to the General Com manding Reserves, all jurisdiction over persons of the Reserve classes, except such as are strictly en titled to exemption under third and the first clause of the fourth paragraph of the tenth Section of the Act of Congress, entitled an “Act to organize Forces to serve during the War.” 11. Enrolling Officers will observe that they are I placed under, and subject to the orders of the Gen eral Commanding Reserves, so far as this class of Conscripts is concerned, with the exceptions above j stated, and are enjoined to give all his orders and commands relative thereto prompt attention and obedience; but they will bear in mind that the per formance of these duties will in no case excuse them for the non-performance of their more appropriate duties as Enrolling Officers. 111. Their attention is further called to General Orders No. 13, “Headquarters Georgia Reserve,” and strict compliance with it3 provisions directed. ' District Enrolling Officers will immediately make i out and forward to these Headquarters a full and | accurate report as required by second paragraph of ! said oradr. WM. M. BROWNE, Colonel and Commd't. Confederate States of America, \ War Department, Bureau op Conscription, f Richmond, Va., June 30,’64. I Circular, < No. 25. ' Commandants of Conseripts will forthwith com municate to Enrolling Officers these instructions made by order of the Secretary of War. * Ist. In the class of Reserves Enrolling Officers will under no circumstances receive applications for, Qr grant details until after the organization of the companies, and the transmission of the rolls to thelGeneral's commanding of the Reserves and then only under instructions from said Generals com manding. By a decision of the Secretary of War the juris diction of the Conscript authorities over the classes of Reserves extends simply and exclusively to granting exemptions prescribed by the Act of Con gress, entitled an act to organize Forces to serve during the War. These exemptions are provided for in the 10th section of said act, but these shall be excluded from these exemptions thus authorized to be granted in the Reserve classes all contained in the last clause ,of the 4th Paragraph of said section from the words “In addition to tho foregoing exemp tions to the conclusion of said 4th Paragraph. Except as herein specified in all matters per taining to the Reserve classes, Enrolling Officers j by order of the Secretary of War, are to obey | the orders of General commanding Reserves, but ; no Enrolling Officer under any plea will be held : to be excused from the full performance of his reg ular duties prescribed by and under the orders of this Bureau, and no assertion that duties under or ders of the General commanding Reserves have prevented the due performance of other duties will be accepted by this Bureau. The Secretary of War has directed that all de tails heretofore granted inconsistent with these in structions, will be promptly revoked and the men placed on the company rolls. Paragraph XIV of Circular No. 8, Bureau of Con- I scription, current series, is hereby revoked. By command of Brig, Gen. JOHN S. PRESTON, Sup‘t. [Signed,] C. B. Duffikld, A. A.G. aug!2 5t Change of Schedule. Office Engineer and Superintendent, ) Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >- Charleston, June 7.1864.) j \N THURSDAY, June 9, 1864, and until further V/ notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will be as- follow, viz; Leave Charleston 9.45, a. in. Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m. Leave Savannah 5.30, a. m. - Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m. This Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. H. S. HAINES, June 14 tl Engineer and Superintendent. Change of Schedule. AN 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 8 10 P. M Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M. Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M. W. L. CLARK mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT! On and after the 80th 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 350 “ Arrive at Columbus 9 10 “ Freight Train will Leave Columbus...a 50 a. iu. Arrive at Columbus 12 23 “ J. E. APPLER, July 23 ts Agent. STOJLEH'! THE OWNER of a BLIND HORSE stolen by L a deserter, can hear of him by applying at the Enrolling Office. WM. L. DAVIS, agll lw Capt. & En. Off. FOR SAFE ! One of the Most Desirable Resi- j deuces in Wynnton. . THE Lot contains forty acres of Land—twenty of which are in the woods. The House is comrno- j dious and .convenient; containing six basement rooms and seven on the first floor. On the premises are good and new out-houses, barns and stables; an orchard filled with selections of choice apples, peaches, apricots, cherries, plums and pears; also a vineyard of grapes in full bearing. This location is healthv, supplied with excellent water and con venient to the city. Persons desiring to invest will not have as rare chance probably during the war. — Parties wishing to negotiate for this property will call on E. J. Pinckard, who will give them any in formation desired. Possession given immediately, jui 29 ts J. R. BANKS. * 130 Reward. 1 WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black 1 boy, about 24 year3 old. He has been out tnree or four week,, and is supposed to be lurking about the city. JNO. li. W ASS. iy 4 ts ] TO HIRE! FOK the balance of the year fifteen able-bodied Negro ’-cn and seventeen Negro Women. Apply soon to R. M. GUN BY. Ag t. jul 28 ts i Notice to and Frefi itors. \ LL persons indebted to the estate of Neaborn Jones, deceased, are required to make imme diate payment, and those having claims against said estate are required to render them in terms of the law to the undersigned. SEABORN J. BENNING, Adm’r. By MARY H. BENNING. Agent. ,iu!2S vs"' TO HIRE! 1 T>Y the month, a smart 15 year old Horto Girl.— ' D Apply at this office. Saturday Evening. Divine Services. Rev. A. Wright will preach in St Paul's Church, to-morrow (Sunday) morning at o’clock. The remains of Mr. Watkins Banks having ar rived at his father residence in Wynnton, the burial will take place this afternoon, at 4 o’clock. Military Promotion.— Brig. Gen. William Mahone has been appointed Major General in the Confederate Army, the date of his com mission to be from the 30th of July, 1864. Gen. Mahone has been acting Major General for some time past. mrntm • —III The Examiner is pleased to state for the benefit of the soldiers, that it is reported that the Government has now secured the services of honest and competent men in a department lately complained of, and that hereafter none but sound tobacco will be issued. The Confederate Court. —The Confeder ate Court for Greenville (says the Charleston Courier, 9th,) commenced its sessions on Tues day, Judge Magrath presiding. Sentence of death wa3 passed upon the following persons, who'had been found guilty at a previous term of counterfeiting Confederate treasury notes: Thos. Marquand, Henry Marquez and William Williams. The first was sentenced to behung on the 12th, and the others on the 23d of September next. Peace. —lt is a little curious, says the Whig, that while conflict never seemed more imminent between the respective armies of the beligerent powers, the people and the press on both sides are having more than at any former time to say about peace. The new-born interest on this subject dis played in the North, coupled with the almost un interrupted successes of our troops for the last twelve months, sustains the opinion of those who have held that the armies of the Confederacy are our best peace makers. It may he well enough, therefore, for civilians to consider whether there is not much likehood of doing more harm than good, by taking on themselves any part of the task that belongs to those grim and bronzed ne gotiators who write with the points of their swords and speak from the mouths of their cannon. On another account, too, some degree of taciturnity on ibis subject would seem best to benefit our people. Wo have nothing to do with the making of peace. Our business is to make war. Theene my only can make peace. They are waging war upon us, and it is for them to determine how long they will continue to wage it. We have nothing to clo but to meet and resist them. When they choose to cease fighting, there is peace. The thing is altogether in their hands. We desire nothing but that thay Shall discontinue hostilli ties: we claim nothing but the hereditary right to govern ourselves. These things they refuse us, and all that is left us is to convince them of our. ability to make good our demands by force of arms. Obviously, then, our arms are our (true pacificators. We are glad to see peace discussions are going on and a peace party has been formed on the other side, but, with us, too much may be said about peace, and the formation of a peace party here would be treason to the cause. Let us be prudent and patient, and Lee, Early, Hood, Kirby Smith and others.will arrange matters for us, From tUe Front. Gen. Wheeler massed his cavalry corps near Covington, on the xlugusta Railroad, and on Monday the grand cavalcade of gay cavaliers started for adventure and Sherman’s rear. It was rumored in town yesterday that he had captured Marietta and burned the Federal stores there, and had taken an immense number of prison ers. Be it as it may, it is certain that the long expected effort to cut Sherman’s communications is now about to be reali zed. The Federal cavalry have nearly all recently been destroyed, and Gen. Wheel er is now out just at the right time. „ Night before last the enemy made a heavy assault upon our works on the left, no doubt intended for a surprise. The assault was received by a sheet of flame, and a hailstorm of bullets and cannister, which laid a thousand Yankees low in death iu front of our works, and thrice as many more were sent limping to the rear and out of the service, with wounds. To say that the assaulting column was des seated, hardly conveys the idea—it was demolished. We are assured by gentlemen direct from headquarters that there is not the slightest intention entertained there of a retrograde move or the evacuation of At lanta. On the other hand, it is expected that Sherman will be forced to retreat.— Macon Confederate , 12th. Latest From the North. —The following is condensed from the news sum mary of the Baltimore Gazette of the 4th inst: The most important announcement this morning is the probable change in the chief command of the Army of the Po* tomac. The Washington correspondents of the New York Tribune, the World and the Herald, all concur in stating that General Hooker has been ordered to re* port to the Adjutant General at Wash' ington, for the purpose, it is supposed, of succeeding to the command now held by General Meade. It is intimated that Gen. Early, whose forces still occupy such positions West of Harper’s Ferry as have been selected by him to protect the Valley of the Shenan doah against an advance of Federal troops in that direction, has probably been reinforced by the troops that were recent ly sent from Petersburg to the North bank of James river to meet Hancock’s threatened attack. Thf. Fight at Athens. —We yesterday bad a call from J udge Foute, who participated as a high private in the fight between the straggling band of of Stoneman’s raiders, who escaped from Sun shine Church, and the local forces at Athens, Ga. ne states that the precise number captured there and thereabouts was 354. including sixteen officers. Only a few of them got away, for they only had about four hundred men iu all, and that besides j the number taken, many were killed and wounded. Perhaps fifteen or twenty got baok to Sherman. , Confederal* $4.00 Per Month. The Naval Engagement Down the Bay. interesting particulars of the fight. Mobile. Aug. 8, 1864. Messrs. Bditors : As nothing definite in re gard to the late naval engagement in Mobile ; Bay has yet been published, I hope the follow j comprehensive and true account of the tv hole battle will not be considered amiss. At 6 o’clock on the morning of the sth, the enemy’s fleet was observed in line of battle | coming slowly over the bar, the monitors, , (which were already inside,) at the same time moving up to a position in line. As they came up, the irou-clads, owing to lack of speed, gradually lost their position ahead, and dropped off to the westward, but the wooden , ships, the Richmond at their head, came on in i unbroken line, and preserving the same rate of speed throughout. At near about 7 o clock the fort opened on j them, and the Tennessee running down close | to the wharf ran out into the channel to inter j cept them, while the Morgan, the Gaines and I the Selma, in the order in which they are named, turned their prows to the westward and spread themselves in an oblique line across the channel for the same purpose. On came the immense ships of the enemy right past the Fort without slacking their speed or disturbing their order of battle, and it was then that we first discovered that each of the large ships had a smaller vessel lashed along side of her opposite to the fort, and that their sides were protected by chains ‘a la Kearsage.’ As the enemy came within range our little squadron opened on them and the engagement soon became general. The Tennessee bestow ed attention on each one as they passed, and at last steered right into the middle of them, while the three other vessels devoted them selves to the Richmond and Hartford, which was the second ship in the line. It was at this moment during the process of straighten ing up in a line parallel to that of the enemy that the Selma shot ahead, leaving us in the centre with the Gaines on our starboard quar ter. Broadside after broadside did we pour into the Hartford as we ran along on the star board bow at a distance of five hundred yards, and thick and fast burst the shell around and over us, while showers of grape lashed the water in every direction and embedded them selves in the ship’s side, and yet, strange to say, we were not materially injured, and still more miraculous there was not a life lost. Our safety lay principally in the fact of our occu pying a position so much ahead of the enemy that he was unable to train his guns upon us, while the Gaines received his whole broad side. After this running light had been kept up some time the Gaines was observed to round to and head for the fort, and the Richmond casting oft the double-ender which had been lashed along side of her, the latter passed ahead and came in between us and the Selma, in doing which she detachr-d herself from the rest of the fleet and stood over to the east ward, so as to completely cut off the Selina, seeing which we immediately left the Hart fort and steered on a course parallel to hers at a short distance, the Selma pursuing alike course on the other side of her. Together. I have no doubt we damaged her consfderafely, and eventually might have sunk her, but un fortunately the Morgan ran aground, and the double ender then gave her whoje attention to the Selma, and being a very fast vessel she was enabled to choose her own position and rake her opponent fore and aft. In the mean time one of the enemy’s monitors was sunk by a torpedo, and the others attempted to get between the Tennessee and the rest of their fleet, and being much faster than her, they partially succeeded. Os the further move ments of the Tennessee I cannot speak with any certainty, as a severe rain storm burst over us just after the Richmond cast off the "double-ender," which entirely concealed the fleet. When we got afloat we were about to proceed again to the assistance of the Selma, when we observed that she had already hauled down her colors. We then steamed down to assist the Gaines, butas we approached it was found that she had been beached to prevent her sinking, and that her officers and crew were already leaving her. It was then that we boarded and burned the Phillipi, and on Our return, finding that the Tennessee had surrendered, we made fast to the wharf, and began lighting the ship in order to attempt the run to Mobile that night. At 11.30 P. M., we ca3t off from the wharf, and with all the steam we could muster initiated one of the most desperate adventures of the war, and af ter running the gauntlet of the whole Yankee fleet, and beingchased and fired at successive ly by two monitors and two double-enders from Fort Morgan to Dog River bar, we reach ed the obstructions in safety, having received but one shot during the chase. The above account w ill, lam confident, be substantiated by every eye witness, and al though this vessel was wonderfully fortunate, all the witnesses of and participants in the en gagement with whom I have conversed agree that our little fleet, without a single exception, acted with the most noble gallantry. In conclusion, if your informant of yester day morning, who styied himself an “Officer of the Morgan," had been better acquainted with difference in appearance of the Morgan and Gaines, he would not have fallen into the very obvious error under which he seems to have been laboring. Respectfully, kc., An Officer of the Morgan. [Mobile Register, 10th. Siege of Charleston.— Three Hundred and Ninety eighth day. —Two hundred and fifty shots were fired at Fort Sumter during the last twenty fourheurs, closing at six o’clock Wednesday even ing. Private Faircloth, Company D, 32d Ga., was severely wounded Tuesday night, by a frag - ment of a mortar shell, .and one or two others slightly wounded. About twelve o’clock Wednes day, a large side wheel transport, with a signal flying, came from the South, and passed the bar going North. The gunboat Pawnee, which was outside the bar, answered the signals, when the transport sailed in close to the Pawnee, several small boats from the fleet then communicated with the new steamer, after which she took her depar ture and again sailed North. Battery Wagner opened fire upon Battery Cbe ves Wednesday afternoon, firing twenty-two shots, which was returned by Cheves, firing eleven Shot3. Five shots, two of which were fn?e shells, were fired at Castle Pinckney during the afternoon by Battery Gregg. Sixteen shot? were fired at the city. There was no further change of the fleet. f Charleston Courier. New York's Quota Under the Next Draft. A letter from New York, dated the 29th ultimo, says: The steamer that leaves for Newborn to-morrow takes out several agents from the neighboring counties duly authorized by Governor Seymour to recruit in North Carolina. One of these is Mr. William Turner, who goes as the agent of Queens county. The city and county of New 1 ork mean while folds its hands, looks on, and does nothing. Its Board of Supervisors and rich capitalists seem to be possessed of an idea that something will turn up to cause the draft to be deferred till after the A cebtember, and hence all present effort to ?iL c ' T . ho so " 7 of this policy maybe apparent when too late. The Sltuatioh a iiile. To persons abroad «od c p-iintcd with the topography of Mobil -twill be well to explain that Fr. James is twenty-nine miles from the city, on tho east end of Dauphin Island, and was in tended to be one of the defences of the main entrance to the Bay from the Gulf- F Morgan is on the opposite shore It has always been a matter of query what Fort Gaines was built for. Between it j ana Fort Morgan there is a water expanse jof three and a half miles, but the ship channel is on the Fort Morgan side, and every heavy vessel passing is obliged to run within a mile of the guns of Morgan On the Fort Gaines side the water is shal i low, and no ship could run within effective range of its guns. When she fleet ran in on -Friday, we do not learn that Fort 1 Gaines fired a gun. Fort Powell lies a little to the west and north of Fort Gaines, and in the direction of the main land ot the western Bhoro of the Bay. It is built on au artificial island, directly on Grant’s Pass, which it was designed to defend— that pass leading into Pascagoula Sound and the lakes in the direction of New Or leans. Fort Powell is about three quar ters of a mile from the main land, at Cedar Point, and at low water is fordable. It was by this easy route that its garrison escaped. If there had been no ford it i> probable that Fort Powell would still be in our possession. Fort Morgan still commands the main ship channel to the Gulf, and by this alone Farragut’s fleet can get to sea. He can only bring light vessels and transports through Grant’s Pass. Fort Gaines was of no practical value in the defence of the Bay. It adds to the facilities and .convenience of the enemy, but was not necessary to his ope rations. The loss of the garrison is seri ous, but more serious was the manner of its surrender—the stain upon our anils. That is to be wiped out. With these explanations the stranger will perceive that the line of our city de fences carried by the enemy is from 25 to 80 miles distant from Mobile. It has al ways been a mooted question among mili tary men whether or not it was wise to try to hold these points. Many have been in favor of dismanling all the forts in the lower Bay and bringing their guns and garrisons to the inner line nearer the city. The only or the principal reason for a contrary course was found in the impor tance of keeping possession of the shores of the Bay so as to prevent the enemy from making a water base near the city for the advance of an army. The loss of Grant’s pass gives the enemy this advan tage. That is, he can now sail up the bay with his transports loaded with supplies and troops, thus dispensing with wagon trains, and land within a short distance of the city. But when he does this, he ha* to encounter the inner line of defences. When he does that he is no nearer to tak ing Mobile than Grant is to taking Peters burg, Sherman Atlanta, or Foster Charles ton. In other words this city is a lon - ways from “going up.” Gen. Canby does not command troops enough to take the city by land, nor Farragut ships to break through the guns and obstructions on the water front. —Mobile Register , 10tf.. More of Them.— The train last eve ning brought in about eighty more of Stoneman’s raiders, who were captured, near Boswell. It seems from this that the thieves have been hotly pursued. W e heard one of them ask, in conver sation with a soldier, if Stoneman’s head was shaved. He said if it was not, he would like the authorities to give him and his comrades the pleasure of shaving it for him. They are all very severe on Stoneman.— Confederacy 12 (//. Dr. C. K. Marshall. —We had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Marshall, at Co lumbus, Ga., last week. This philanthrop ic gentleman, although himself suffering with rheumatism produced by exposure, is doing all in his power for the ameliora tion of the condition of the suffering sol diers. May he live to enjoy the grati tude of the thousands he has rendered noble service.— Selma Mississippian. Notice! Office Chief Insp’r Field Tkaksp’n, 2d Dist., Macon, Aug. 8, ’B4. All persons are warned against purchasing cap tured or branded animals from soldiers, as all such animals will be seized by my officers and agent wherever found. NORMAN W. SMITH, agl3 5t Major and Chief Inspector. By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. ON Tuesday, 16th of August, at 10 o’clock, we will sell in front of our Auction /loom . SOO lbs, ASSORTED I HO Os Excellent Quality. 35 BESHELH COW PEAS. agl3 td $9 W. H. TIJTT, WHOLESALE ORU6GIST 316, Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. HAS FOR SALE AT LOW PRIC ES! I,ooolbs. CASTILE SOAP. 200 kegs B. C. Soda 500 ounces Quinine 200 “ Morphine 100 lbs lodide Potash 25 lbs Oil Anise 1 ease Madras Indigo 100 dozen Brown Windsor Soap 3 cases Coleman’3 bustard 125 dozen Mason’s Blacking 100 gross Lilly White 1 case Cantharides, 2 cases Gum Camphor 20 bags Pepper _ 1 case Powdered Ipect ; 20 bbls. Eng. Copperas 10 cases Eng. Fig Blue 50 ouncei Lunar Caustic -50 lbs Po. Rhubarb, in 2 r> bottles 100 lbs Eng. Chlomel, 1 ff» bottles 150 lbs Eng. Blue Mas -25 bbls Epsom Salts 25 cases Scotch Snuff. ag!3 3t _ BOND S Os the 500,000,000 Loau for >ale 1 AM authorized to offer for sale the 6 per cerr. x Coupon or Registered Long Date Bonds of the Five Hundred Million Loan authorized by Act o. 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 from Taxation and the Coupons receivable in Pay ment for all Import and Export Duties. Thee-* Bonds are the best securities yet offered by the Gov ernment and I recommend them to the favorable u „tice of Capitalist. y()DNG Age „. augl 1m _ tor Confederate State? lUMWAY! VFGRO boy CHARLEY ; about 25 year? oli, yel iv low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson's near Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskegeo. Ala. He originally etme from Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid for his delivery’ at this office, or in any safe jail and information sent to me at this office. JAMES M. RUSSELL Columbos, Ga., au» 1 tf r