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IX'J >i BUS TIMES Publiah Suit,Liya excepted) at the rate of jj4.(X) P or ‘ "• il2 lor three months. No received for a longer term than h ret month*. advertising rates : Ad vertisement* inserted for 12 00 per square for each insertion. Where advertisement* are inserted a menth, the charge will be S3O per square. Anno ancing candidates S2O, whioh most invariably paid in advance. H*ADQUARTKR3 CONSCRIPT SIRVICI,) Augusta, Oa„ .August Ist, 1864, J General Orders! No. 4-4. / I. The attention of Enrolling Officers is directed to Circular No 25, Bureau of Conscription (current series) herewiih published, withdrawing from this Department 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 paragraph, 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 \ placed under, and subject to the orders of the Gen- I cral Commanding Reserves, so far as this class of , Conscripts is concerned, with the exceptions above stated, and are enjoined to give all his orders and commands relative thereto prompt attention and obedience; but tboy will bear in mind that the per formance of these duties will in no case excuse them .or the non-performance of their more appropriate duties as Enrolling Officers. IIL Their attention is further called to General Orders No. 13, “Headquarters Georgia Reserve.” and strict compliance with its provisions directed. District Enrolling Officers will immediately make out and forward to these Headquarters a full and accurate report as required by second paragraph of -aid order. WM. M. BROWNE, Colonel and Commd’t. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, | War Department, i Bureau of Conscription, j Richmond, Va., June 30,’64. ‘ Circular, No. 25. Commandants of Conscripts will forthwith com- ; municatc to Enrolling Officers these instructions ! made by ordor of the Secretary of War. Ist. In the class of Reserves Enrolling Officers will under no circumstances receive applications for, or grant details until after the organization of the companies, and the transmission of the rolls to the.Gcneral’s commanding of the Reserves and then i only under instructions from said Generals com- . manding. By a decision of the Secretary of War the juris- j diction of the Conscript authorities over the classes j 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 bo granted in the Reserve classes all contained in the last clause of the 4th Paragraph of said section from the words “In addition to the foregoing exemp- j tions to the conclusion of said 4th Paragraph. ! Except as heroin specified in all matters per- j taining to tho Reserve elussos, 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 j to be oxcusod from the full performance of his reg- ! ular duties prescribed by and under the orders of j this Buroau, and no assertion that duties under or- j ders of tho General commanding Reserves have ; prevented the duo performance of other duties will bo accepted by this Bureau. The Secretary of War has directed that all do 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 scription, current series, is hereby revoked. By command of Brig,"Gen. JOHN S. PRESTON, Sup’t. [Signed,] C. B. DuFFiEun, A. A.G. augl2 5t Change of* Schedule, Oiticb Engineer and Superintendent, ) Charleston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, June 7,1564.) /jN THURSDAY, June 9, 1804,and until further ' ' * notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m. Arrive in Savannah 5.40, j>. in. heave Savannah 5.30, a. in. , Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. in. This Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. | HrS. HAINES, June 14 ts _ Engineer and Superintendent. Change of Schedule. ON and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on the 'usoogee Railroad will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN : heave Columbus .0 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. Leave Macon 3 10 P. M Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. JVI. FREIGHT TRAIN : heave Columbus 5 00 A. M, Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M. W.L. CLARK, mar 19 tl Supt. Muscogee R, R. COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT! On and after the 30th inst., the Passonger Tnfin on the MontgomerAfc 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 tf_ Agent. STOLM! THE OWNER of a BLIND HORSE stolen by 1 a deserter, can hear of him by applying at the Unrolling office. WM. L. DAVIS, i agll hv Capt. A bn. Oft- 1 FOB SALE ! One of the Most Desirable Resi dences in Wyuutou. • ; f pilE Lot contains forty acres of Land—twenty of j L which are in the woods. The House is coimao- | dious and convenient; containing six basement j rooms and seven on the first floor. On the premises are good and new out-houses, barns and stables; an orchard mieu with selections of choice apples, peaches, apricots, cherries, plums and pears; also a | vineyard of grapes in full bearing. This location is healthy, supplied with excellent water and con- j venient to the city. Persons desiring to invest will | not have as rare chance probably during the war.— Parties wishing to negotiato for this property will call on E. J. Pinckard. who will give them any m- j formation desired. Possession given immediately, jul 29tf J, R. BANKS, j SSO Reward. I WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black L boy, about 24 years old. lie has been out three or four .weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about the city. JNO. H. RASS. iy 4 ts TO HIREJ [j'OK the balance of the year fifteen able-bodied Negro Men and seventeen Negro Women. Apply soon to R. M. GI N BY, Ag’t. jul 2S ts __ Totin' to Debtors and Cred itors. A LL persons indebted to the estate of Ncaborn A Jones, deceased, are required to make imme diate payment, and those having claims against.said esUtc are required to render them in terms of the law to the J. BENNING, Adm r. By MARY 11. BENNING, Agent. jul2B wbt____ Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’ TOOLS. THE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the manufacture of the abovo named article;? m tm* city, are prepared to fill orders for the same. Office oa Angle street, a few doors abo.e u.-• Hospital. HARRISON, BEDELL x 00. Reference —Maj. F. W. Diluard. Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augmstu con stitutionalist, please copy one month ar/l 3ena buis to thin office, mar 30 t? €mmkm Wmm Vol. XI. J " Wl WARREN & c«. Proprietors j. w. WARREN, Editor 11V CNR!! if NOR!!! -A_T Mrs. DESSAU’S. FROM THE LiTE BLOCKADE SALE AT -A.ugu.sta, G-a. The goods are all superior to what is offered elsewhere, and will be sold lower than lately. In the assortment * can be found: Ladles’ lew Hats, New Bonnet Ribbons, lew Belts, Boblnet Musquito Getting, Tucking and Dressing Combs, Ladles’ Uoser*, Three y’dg wide Linen .Sheeting:, Superior Bleached Shirting. Printed JTackonets, Ginghams, English and French Calicoes, Bombazine, Alpacas, Elegant Leroes. O.A LL -A.TSTH) SEE. je 21 ts W. 11. TITT, WHOLESALE DRUGGIST 316, Broad Street, Augusta, G-a. HAS FOR SALE AT LOU PRICES! 1,000 lbs. CASTILE SOAP. 200 kegs B. C. Soda 500 ounces Quinine 200 “ Morphine 100 lbs lodide Potash 25 lbs Oil Anise 1 case Madras Indigo 100 dozen Brown Windsor Soap 3 cases Coleman’s Mustard 125 dozen Mason’s Blacking 100 gross Lilly White 1 case Cantharidos, 2 cases Gum Camphor 20 bags Pepper 1 case Powdered Ipecac 20 bbls. Eng. Copperas 10 cases Eng. Fig Blue 50 ounces Lunar Caustic • 50 lbs Po. Rhubarb, in 2 u bottles 100 lbs Eng. Chlomel, 1 lb bottles 150 lbs Eng. Blue Mass 25 bbls Epsom Salts 25 cases Scotch Snuff. agl3 3t BROV/N S FLY SHUTTLE LOOM, (Will \yeave 30 Yards per Day.) i Card Baolsjs, SPINNING-WHEELS and GORN-SHELLERS! j Manufactured by A. D. BROWN & CO. 4®“ordcrs received by M. P, Ellis & i agl3 lm* OXD&CORBtbOo. 146, Broad Street. HAS ON HAND AND FOR SALE!} Corn, Flour, Bacon, Tobacco, Candles, Syrup, Sugar, Coffee, Lard, Peas, Rice, Osnaburgs, Watches, Sheetings, Brooms, Spun Thread, Beeswax and Tallow. —ALSO,— Salt, Bugar, Sheeting amt Osnaburgs TO EXCHANGE FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE ! —ALSO,— A Genuine Article of APPLE VINEGAR for sale. I agl2 lw* FOR SALE -OR enHMMTHPMH | -AT -114, Broad. Street. ! Coffee, Sugar, Soda, Black Pepper, Syrup, Potash, Cotton Cards, Tin-Ware, Snuff, J Salt,- Sugar, Tumblers, Candles, GEORGIA REBEL SNIFF* . j Pickles, Flysßrushes, Eggs, Butter, Salt Fish, Cigars, Toilet-Soap, Soft-Soap, Bar-Soap, ! Chewing and Smoking Tobacco* aug 2 ts FOR SALES Or Exchange for Country Produce. BES 7 COTTON CARDS: SPINNING WHEELS; CLOCK REELS. agio 2w JEFFERSON k HAMILTON, j IRON WIRE. 2,000 lbs. 8 and 10 Iron Wire! For sale by agio 2\v JEFFERSON £ HAMILTON. 1,000 Pounds Choice Brown Sugar, TO EXCHANGE FOR \\f HEAT, Flour. C\>rn or Moal. W At 114, BROAD ST. ! agt>dst wit Columbus, Ga. THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent, (At Mulford's old Stand,) 3sTO. 101, BSOAD ST. MMOREmM Sheetings, Shirtings. Twills, Yarns, Linseys, I.aguaray Coffee, Tobacco, Rice. Rails of all sizes, &c., &c«, &c» _jul2Ttf J j Notice! Office Chief Ixsp'r Field Trassp'.n, 2d Dist., Macon, Aug. 8, ’t>4. All i>c/sons are warned against purchasing cap tured or branded animals from soldiers, as all such animals will be seixed by my officers and agents wherever found. NORMAN W. SMITH, agl3 5t Major and Chief Inspector. GEORGIA— Muscogee County. AITIEREAS, Mrs. Mary V. Davis, adm'x of Dr. George S. Davis, dec and has filed her petition for leave to sell a negro woman by the name of Maria, about 25 years of age and her four children. All persons concerned are hereby notified to snow cttuse. tis any they have) why an order should not be granted at the next September Term of the Court of Ordinary for said county, autfcoramg the sale of :a GireTundermy hand. JolyAat j^^SOS. -a Ordinary. J y * Columbus, Ga. Thursday Hanting, August 18,1864. Wednesday Evening. Attention, Dawson Artillery! Every member of the Company is summoned to ' appear at Temperance Hall, this evening at 8 o’clk. R. B. BAKER, Capt. R. B. McKay, O. S. agl7 It General Joseph E. Johnston, late command i er of the Army of Tennessee, was in Richmond on the 4th inst. ? and, says the Examiner, was looking active, healthful and brusque as he ever did. The Chicago Convention. —The Democratic ■ Presidential Convention will meet at Chicago on the 29th inst. A New York letter writer states that, as the time for the meeting of the Convention ap proaches, “there are other names than those of Gen. McClellan beginning to be whispered about as can didates. One of these is Ex-President Fillmore.— | This gentleman, to use a vulgar phrase, has been faying lowduriug the war, and hence he is not ob ! noxious to the ultra-peace faction, while his recent | efforts on behalf of the Sanitary Commission, are i supposed to have given him some claim to the | kindly consideration of the war wing of the De mocracy. Fernando Wood, it is said, will support him: but tho McClellanites insist that only their man—the young Napoleon—shall be trotted out.— Some think the job might be compromised by put ting Millard up for President, and Mac for Vice- President.” We are far from being even with the euemy yet in burning. They have burned German town and Madison C. H., in Va.; Washington, N. 0.; Bluffton, S. C.; Darien and St. Mary’s, Ga.; Jacksonville and Tampa Bay, Fla.; Jack son, Miss.: Greenville and other towns in Arkansas ; Alexandria and New Iberia, La.; Hickman, Randolph, Lake Providence, Bayou Sara, Piaquemine, Donaldsonville and every other town on the Mississippi river, from the mouth of tne Ohio to New Orleans, except Memphis, Natchez, Vicksburg and Baton Rouge. j Vote for Governor of North Carolina. — • The official vote for Governor of North Caroli | na, as made up to Thursday last by the Secre ■ tary of State, Treasurer and Comptroller, in i presence of the Governor, stood as follows : Vance 52,833 Holden 20,174 Vance’s majority 32,659 In this count there aieno returns from elev en counties. Os these Mitchell, Transylvania and Polk, voted with the counties out of which they were formed ; no elections were held yi Carteret, Washington and Tyrrell, on account of the presence of the enemy; and there are no official returns from the counties of Cherokee, Chowan, Gates, Haywood and Macon. But the Raleigh Confederate gives the unofficial returns from Haywood, Macon and Cherokee, as follows : Vance. Holden. Cherokee 621 181 Haywood 299 majority Macon 670 103 Official vote as ab0ve..52,833 20,174 54,423 20,448 20,448 Vanceis real maj0rity..33,275 Tlie Slews. DITCHING DUTCH GAI\ It is rumored—with what truth we know not— that tho Yankees are cutting a canal across the narrow nock of land formed by a bend in the James, and known as Dutch Gap. This is done, we presume, with the forlorn hope of flanking our position at Howlett’s. Let them dig, but they will soon discover that ditching, like mining, did very well in the vicinity of Vicksburg, but neither can be successfully prosecuted anywhere in the neighborhood of the James. The Gap is only about half a mile in width, while by water the dis tance around the bend is seven miles. If the Yankees are really ditching at this point as reported, they are only doing what the com mercial men of Richmond ought to have done long years ago. It was ever an impediment in the way of our trade, and the bend, which is shut off from breezes from almost every quarter, was always familiarly known by the sailors, who held it in special dread, as “Pull and be damn—d !” There may be however, some truth in the ru mor, hut we are nevertheless inclined to believe that, before many weeks havß elapsed, Grant, in stead of ditching on the James beneath a blazing sun, will be making tracks before a victorious army, in search of a safe shelter behind the for tifications of Washington. FROM PETERSBURG. A gentleman by the Ambulance Train, yester day afternooD, informs ]us that while a chronic quiet prevails on the front, it is well ascertained that the Yankees are in heavy force, changing their base, and seeking a more propitious field of operations than “the Shambles:' of Prince George and Dinwiddie. The Express of yesterday says : “The situation remains unchanged, so far as can be learned from observations made on our lines. A brave scout, who returned from the enemy's rear at a late hour Wednesday night, states that there are undoubted evidences of the diminution of Grant’s army near Petersburg, by the recent withdrawal of forces. The greater portion, if not all of these withdrawals, went down James river. It is supposed that they have been sent to the Up per Potomac, but of this there is no positive evi dence. “It is well known that the enemy have burnt Prince George Courthouse. This was done from mere wantonness, as even Grant’s land pirates will scarcely have the hardihood to contend that any military necessity required the performance of so villainous an outrage.” Let Early bear this too in mind, when he reach es the Courthouse of some populous Penneylva nia county, Retaliation without stint or mercy is an infallible remedv for Yankee Vandalism.— Rich. Whig, 13. Kentucky Xews By the following letter of a very late date, from a Kentucky friend, it will be gratifying to Ken tuckians to learn what its contents tell. The source is a most truthful one and from a person, in whose observation and assertions the utmost confidence can be placed: Richmond. Kentucky, 1 July 29th. 1864. j Editor* Atlanta Intelligencer : Gentlemen : —Having an opportunity of writing you a line, after a short sojourn in this portion of the State, I have concluded to do so, even at the risk of subjecting myself to the survillanee of the Federal myrmydoDs that lord it over this oppress ed and dowa-trodden people. The good old State —God bless her—ever under the curse of oppres sion resting on her shoulders, looks more beauti ful than ever before. Her people are thoroughly revolutionized in sentiment, and would now with almost unanimity hail with joy the advent of a Confederate Army. They are completely dissatis fied and. disgusted with the Abolition Government, and would now generally rally under our banner had they an opportunity to do so. But the yoke is upon them, and they need the assistance of our armies to aid them in their deliverance from its bandage. In haste, yours. 1 Army Correspondence or the Savannah Republican. Richmond, August 11, 1864. Grant has again contracted his lines on ! our right, withdrawing them still further i from the Weldon railway towards City Point. This change has been rendered ! necessary by the withdrawal of additional forces for the defense of Maryland and j Pennsylvania. With this exception, and j the fact, now become manifest, that he is j putting himself on the defensive, nothing j ; worthy of note has occurred in the vicini- I ty of Petersburg since the date of my ! ; last letter. At last advices, Early had recrossed i | the Potomac from Hagerstown, and was | between Winchester and the river. This ! may be part of a combined movement, of which you will probably hear more here after. McCausland and Bradly Johnson had also retired to the south side of the Potomac, and were subsequently surprised, through gross negligence, it is reported, in the vicinity of Moorfields, losing over four hundred, in killed, wounded and | missing, a considerable number of horses and four guns. I fear their troopers were overloaded with booty brought out of the fertile Cumberland Valley and from the burning houses of Chambersburg. The idea seems to bs entertained in certain quarters in the South, that the rorces now operating on the Potomac might be better employed in Georgia. This is an error. Had Early, after the defeat of Hunter near Lynchburg, gone to Atlanta instead of Maryland, he might have rendered Hood important service, but it would have been at the great hazs ard, if not the loss, of Richmond. Lee might have held his ground at Peters* burg, but he could not have provisioned his army. The forces dispersed at Lynch burg, like wolves driven from a carcas, would have returned and occupied the place in less time than it would have ta* ken Early, in the present condition of our railroads, to reach Atlanta. With Hunter at Lynchburg and Grant at Pes tersburg, it would have been impossible for Lee to defend and keep open the rails way lines by which his army was supplied. By moving across the Potomac however, Early has not only enabled our people to bring out large supplies of wheat and ! hay from the Shenandoah Valley, but has changed the theatre of operations to Ma* | ryland, and thus relieved that part of Vir | ginia of an active afid onterprising toe, i placed the railroads out of danger, and I forced the enemy to subsist his army as ; well as their own. If he were to with* draw from the Potomac even now, 25,000 troops now occupied in Maryland, would soon swarm up the Shenandoah and Grant’s hold upon Petersburg, now being relaxed, would soon tighten again. I do not know that the statements I am about to make is true, but if it is, it shows that Early’s operations, though not crown ed with the capture of Washington, have nevertheless borne good fruit. Intelli gence has just reached here, through the I most reliable channel by which we can communicate with the enemy’s country, i that Grant and staff arrived at Washing ton on Sunday, the 7th inst., and that he took with him a considerable portion of i his army. We hear also, that Grant’s to* j tal losses since he crossed the Rapidan ! have been 115,870 men. In this number are included the killed, the wounded who i have not yet returned to their commands, j prisoners, deserters, sick, and those whose : terms of service have expired. Grant’s I original force was estimated at 125,000 I men. He received at Spottsylvania some ; 15,000 more, making 140,000, To this should be added Butler’s command, and I the troops sent him from New Orleans i and other points, say 35,000, making the j grand total 1 5,000. If we subtract from this, 115,870 he would have left as his ; present effect. o force, 59,130 men.— i These figures snow what Lee and Beau regard and their brave commands have done for the enemy. I regret to see that a writer in the Sa> i vdnnah Republican over the signature of “Justice” says I have done Gen. Hardee : injustice in my notice of the removal of Gen. Johnston from command. If the ■ allegation is true, I can only say that the j injustice was not intentional; for Hardee is my beau ideal of a soldier. But did I do him any injustice ? 1 said he “mod' estly declined to take permanent command i of the army” when it was offered to him, being “unwilling to assume the responsi* I bility,” that his “modest estimate of his own abilities forbade his acceptance,” &c. i Now, if “Justice” will read Gen. Hardee’s telegram to the President, declining the , command, and which the General did me the honor to show me at the time, he will find that my account of the matter is per* ; fectly correct* and that Gen. Hardee left the President no ground to believe that he would accept the commancTat any future time. Gen. Hardee is held in the highest estimation here. Indeed, I have heard that the President considers him the most accomplished soldier in the army. Your correspondent does assuredly so consider him. No one ever supposed, and I cer tainly did not mean to intimate that he was afraid of responsibility, or that he i does not possess capacity for command. No man could have accomplished what he* has accomplished who was not gifted with all the qualifications of a great soldier. But his refusal of the command was couched in such sweeping terms as to leave the President no grounds to hope that his mind would undergo a change, i and the circumstances surrounding the army when Johnston was relieved, were such that he could not wait to consult him further The whole country, and especially Gen. Hardee A real friends, will deeply regret | if indiscreet persons shall attempt to ere* , ate the impression upon his mind that he $4.00 Per Month has been badly treated. The President has not intended any injustice; but if any has been done, let the great Georgian hero pass it by, and thus add another star to the glittering crown that encircles his brow. P. W. A. [From the Richmond Whig. 13th.j Extracts from the Yankee Press The N. Y. World says; “The recent disaster at Petersburg is haying a most depressing ef fect upon the country. Indeed, no defeat of the whole war has created so much dismay.” A correspondent of the same paper puts down the Yankee loss on that occasion at “over eight, thousand men.' From the same journal we copy the follow ing: The Boston Traveller gives currency to some very extraordinary statements respect ing the Army of the Potomac. It says that the private soldiers have given their officers quietly to understand that they must not ex pect them to assault impregnable earthworks hereafter; that the campaign so far has been one of useless butchery, in which no regard has been paid to the lives of the troops. This same paper hints, as did the Tribune the oth er day, that the reason the colored soldiers were given the post of honor at'Petersburg, was because the white troops were indisposed to make the assault. The Rochester Demoerdt, another Republi can journal, states that there is a great deal of dissatisfaction in the army, and that an un usual number of resignations of officers has been tendered, among whom are five Generals. The Boston Advertiser also alludes to rumors it has heard to the same effect. All this is calculated to add to the despondency of the country ; but we sincerely hope matters are not so bad as they are represented to be. The editor of the Albany Evening Journal, writing from Washington, presents his readers with several theories of peace that are mooted iu that Capital. One is to restore the old Union as it was ; the other to regaid the slaves already freed as free, and to pay for the eman cipation of the remainder. The third plan is explained in the editor's own words : “A third plan is to recognize the Southern Confederacy, with such boundaries as its founders control at the moment of peace, with the stipulation that slavery shall be abolished in the new Confederacy—the United States government paying, say. four hundred millions as a bonus for the abolition of slavery. Absurd as this last proposition may seem, it has ad vocates in the Union ranks, as I am informed, who stand prominent among the leaders of the Union party.” If the editor had explained that the greater part of the four hundred millions would come out of the pockets of the Southern people, to pay themselves for the emancipation of their own negroes, the delectable scheme would ap pear in its true light. The Albany Argus dislikes these plans, and proposes instead Mr. Calhoun’s plan of a dual Executive : “Or a Confederacy, such as preceeded our present Union, would find advocates. A veto power given to a combination of States has been suggested. A confederacy of confede racies is regarded by many as the ultimate and desirable form of our government. A double House of Representatives, a single Senate and one President, as now, would be better than any dual executive. No law could pass and none could be repealed without as sent of both houses," with the concurrence of the Senate as now, the veto power remaining unchanged. In nominations to office within the Senate, the concurrence of at least of the Senators, as well as of the majority of the Senate, might be required. The Presi dential term might be extended to six years ; the incumbent not to be re-elected. The pen sion lists might be assumed by the States in which the soldiers live. The national debt might be guaranteed by the pledge of the in ternal taxes. To the Southern States, the right to lay export duties might be allowed for a term of years. The tariff might be fixed for a term of years at per cent. The army might be disbanded, and States required to maintain and discipline, a body of troops, in proportion to their representations in Con gress. If, by such a modification as this, we could secure national unity, and, at the same time, guarantee State rights, would it not be better than any scheme of separation.' The Argus shows a glimpse of reason in proposing something besides war as a means of ending the strife, but its projects are seve ral years too late. The enterprising Colonel Jaques, who made his appearance here as a volunteer pacificator, two or three weeks ago, and was treated with such distinguished courtesy, was suspected by some as being only a spy. The suspicion is strengthened by the following language of the New York Post : “It is a reasonable supposition that a man of such character \ who visits Richmond in these days, with his eyes and ears open, sees and hears a good deal that is important and re markable. What Col. Jaques saw and heard he has communicated to the President and the Secretary of War. The facts he presented are thought of importance. The Outrage upon Bishop Elder. —We alluded a few days since, to the outrage committed upon this worthy pre late of the Catholic Church, by the Yan kee General commanding Natchez, in or dering him away from his church into confinement for refusing to pray for Lin coln. Below, we give an extract, from a private letter, detailing the affecting part ing of the Bishop from his faithful flock. —Jackson Mississippian. “Bishop Elder was banished from the lines yesterday, or rather sent to Yidalia to be confined until his case is examined for refusing to read prayer for the Presi dent of the United States. His conduct has won the admiration of the entire com* munity. * * * 4: * I must say, I feel proud of his course. “Some thirty young ladies met him at the river to bid him good bye, and knelt before him in the dust to receive his bless ing and adieu. It was a most affecting scene. I hear that there was not a dry eye among the spectators. He is in fine spirits ; says others have suffered, why should he not ? ’ mi • The death of the Rev. Daniel W»ldo, at Sy racuse, New York, at the advanced ago cf one hundred and two ye ra reduces the number ol Revolutionary pensu-aers to eleven. TELEGRAPHIC. RUPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. ®oter®d according to act of Congress in the yea/ v.. y J- S. Thrasher, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of tho Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Latest from Richmond! 1 Tho Enemy Attack Oar Lines aad are Repulsed. Latest from Atlanta. Ac.. Ar. Richmond, 17th.—An official dispatch lftt night states that the enemy yesterday made a determined attack on our line between tha. Darbytown and Charles City road, and at one time broke through, but was repulsed; our original position was re-occupied. A later dispatch says the enemy did not re new the attack on our lines after four o’clock yesterday. His force on the Charles City road, after advancing to within two miles of White’s Tavern, was driven back across White Oak Swamp. ’Our loss small. The Examiner of this morning says the ene my made several fierce assaults; Burnside's negro troops leading every charge. The slaughter of negroes exceeded the carnage at Petersburg on the 30th of July. The enemy’s loss are reported very heavy. Confederate Brig. General Cbarablers killed. Atlanta, Aug. 16.—The party of tho enemy’s cav alry that passed through Decatur last evening after reaching Cobb’s Mills returned at night. It is sup • posed to be only a recon noisance. The other which moved simultaneously from Owl Creek Church, struck the Atlanta <fc West Point Rail Road at Fair burne and burned the depot and tore up the track in several places. They then withdrew three miles and went into camp, where they remained in force, variously estimated at from 2,000 to 5,000 tho track has since been repaired—but trains are not allowed to run in consequence of the proximity of the en emy. Last night and to-day has been unusually quiet along the lines. The enemy’s artillery is remarka bly quiet; which is generally attributed to the scar city of ammunition caused by the interruption of his communication. But few shells were thrown into the city last night, which set fire to a frame house on Peach-tree street; loss small. Richmond, Aug. 16.—The Baltimore correspond ent of the New York Post says that Winter Davis has written a call for a National Convention at Buffalo, in September, to nominate a candidate for President. The New York Post says tho McClellan meeting did not express or meet the approbation of its lead ers, nor the democratic masses present. Indian troubles in the North-west are inoreasing in magnitude. Great excitement in Constantinople last month in consequence of the suppression of a Protestant establishment by an armed force. Richmond, Aug. 16.— The Yankees aro unusually demonstrative on the New Market road below tho city to-day. It is reported they are attempting a flank movement, which will probably lead to ac tive operations in that quarter. Richmond, Aug. 16.—The enemy’s cavalry ad vanced on the Charles city road this morning to White’s Tavern, seven miles from the city. A force of Confederate cavalry engaged them and severe skirmishing continued until afternoon, when wo drove the Yankees back scvehil miles. No further particulars. [private dispatch.] Petersburg, Aug. 17. To I). L. Booker .—Oar Brigade was engaged yesterday above Richmond, Major Maffett, Lt. W. J. Robinson and T. J. Long wounded I escaped, being here. CHARLES BOOHER. Additional from the United States. From the Philadelphia Inquirer of the 9th we learn the following interesting news. The correspondent of that paper, writing from Monocacy, says: LIEUTENANT GENERAL GRANT | lias been with us for twelve hours of the last ! twenty-four. Friday afternoon, at a little i before 5 o’clock, the loungers of the Relay House were somewhat astonished to see a small man, wearing three stars and smoking a cigar, descend from a car of the Washing ton 3p. m. train. Taking a chair on the rail road platform, he talked with the four staff officers accompanying him for an hour or more, when a special car from Baltimore hauled up at the Relay House, and in a mo ment after the Lieutenant General was on his way to hold a conference with General Hun ter, whose headquarters then were at Thomas House, about a mile and a half south of the railroad at Monocacy Junction. The train arrived at the Junction at about seven o’clock, and a conveyance being in waiting, Gen. Grant was immediately con veyed to Hunter’s headquarters, where he remained during the night. Os what trans pired there nothing is known, and we can on ly guess at it, as events slowly develope them selves in the future. In the course of conversation this morning i Grant said of THE LATE REPULSE AT PETERSBURG, That there was no earthly reason why it should not have been an entire success if his orders had been obeyed. The springing of the mine, he said, was a complete surprise of the rebels, and it only needed obedience to his orders to have routed the entire Rebel army. Furthei than this Grant did not say, but, thanks to him, a Court of Inquiry is ordered, through whom the country will soon learn on whose head to visit its vengeance for those five thousand soldiers of the Union slain and. maimed in vain, and for that opportunity lost, which may be weeks and months in coming again. THE SITUATION. What now of affairs military ? Rumor, hun dred tongued, as usual, says that Early has again crossed the Potomac in force, being’eu gaged in that work all of yesterday, at Wil liamsport, and even as high up as Hancock Whether this is believed at headquarters, our movements, as yet, afford us no clue, but I hope Early has done the very foolish thing of attempting a movement on Pennsylvania. More of Grant’s Promises.— Ulysses is trying to repress the impatience of the people of the North ; to remove their doubt3 of hi* ! success, and to dispel their unreasonable an ticipations, whilst modestly promising them that he will accomplish certain results which no one upon the face of the earth honestly be lieves he is capable of effecting. Grant recent ly took sundry juleps with a Gov. Ramsey of Minnessota, and during their hobnobbing, he asked Ramsey to “request the people of the North to ‘possess their souls with patience'— that all will come out right—that his success i3 beyond doubt—that his grand plan has been successfully carried out so far, and i* certain to be successful in the end. General Grant ba3 never felt greater confidence of suc cess than he feels now. But it is a stupendous work he has before him, and the people must not be unreasonable in tbeir anticipations ; they must not expect that to be done in a week which cannot be done in a month ; for if they will have patience, they will in due time be fully repaid for the exercise of that virtue, by the splendid success that will crown the efforts of the Army of the Potomac to overwhelm the chief army of the rebellion. The destruction of Lee’s army will be almost equal to the sup pression of the rebellion. The people, there fore. can afford to wait, if that achievement is likeiv to result from the present apparent in activity—for it is more apparent than real. [Richmond Whig Bota oi oar Carriers art sick to-day and ou. city subscribers will please call or seal to the office for th a ir paper*.