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COLUMN 8 i’l.MhS Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at tho rate of fLOQfcer month, or sl2 tor three months. S<\ subscription received for a longer term than hrc% tiiuiUhn. ADYURTISIXG RATES : Advertisements inserted for §2 09 per square for each insertion. Wlicre advertisements aro inserted a month, the charge will bo S3O per square. Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably paid in advance. » HEADQUARTERS CONSCRIPT SERVICE, 1 Augusts, Ua„ August Ist, 1864, J Gerteral Orders'! No. 44. / li. The attention of Enrolling Officers is directed to Circular No 25, Bureau of Conscription (current scries) herewith published, withdrawing from this Department :<nd transferring J:o the General Com manding Reserves, all jurisdicukm over persons of the Reserve classes, except such as aro strictly en titled to exemption under third paragraph, and the first clau.-,e ol 1 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 arc placed under, and subject to the ordei-3 of the Gen eral .Commanding Reserves, so far as this class of Conscripts is concerned, with the exceptions above stated, and arc 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 {or the non-pejf ormani}e <>f their-more appropriate d u! les os Enrolling Officers,. Ilf. 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 irnmc out and forward to these Headquarters a full a t accurate report as required by second paragraph of said order. WM. M. BROWNE, Colonel and Commd’t. Con ft.ok a ate Stages of America, j . War Department, Bureau of Conscription, i Richmond, Va., June 30,’64. ./ Circular, No. 25. * GommaudiUtts of Couseripts 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, or grant details until after the organization of the companies, and tho transmission of tho rolls to the General’s commanding of the Reserves apd then only under instructions from said Generals com manding. By a decision of the Secretary of War the juris diction of the Conscript authorises 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 tho War. These exemptions are provided for in the 10th section of said act, but these shall bo excluded from these exemptinys thus authorized so be granted in the Reserve classes all contained in the last clause of the dth Paragraph of said section from the words “In addition to tho foregoing exemp tions to tho conclusion of said 4th Paragraph. Except as herein specified in all matters per taining to the Reserve classes, Enrolling Officers by order of tho Secretary of War, aro to obey the orders of General commanding Reserves, but no Enrolling Officer under any plea will be held to bo excused from the full performance of Ills reg ular duties proscribed by and under the orders of tills Bureau, and no assertion that duties under or ders ol tlio Genor.ti commanding Reserves have prevented the due performance of other duties will po accepted by this Bureau. Tho Secretary of War has directed that all de tails heretofore granted inconsistent with these in structions, will bo 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. JOHNS, PRESTON, Sup’t. Signed,] 0. B. Dufpield, A. A.G. augl2 at Change of Schedule. Office Engineer and Superintendent, | Charleston and Savannah Railroad, Charleston, Juno 7, 1804.) i iN THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further U notice, tho Schedule of the Passenger train will boas follow, viz: • Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m. Arrive in Savannah..., ■ 5.40, p. m. Leave Savannah '’■oh. a. m. Arrive in Charleston l.b>, P. nr. Phis Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. 11. S. HAINES, June It ts Engineer and Superintendent. Change of Schedule. . iN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on ! lhe vtuscogee Railroad will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Columbus J> 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon.... 3 2o A. M. Leave Macon 8 10 P. M Arrive at Columbus 4 2o A. lu. FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M. Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M. W.L. CLARK. mar 19 ti Supt. Muscogee R, R. COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT ! On and after the 30th inst., the Passenger Train #n tho Montgomery Jr West Point R. R. will Leave Columbus 2 40 p. m. Arrivo 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. STOLEN! TIIE OWNER of a BLIND HORSE stolen by Ia deserter, can hear of him by applying at the Enrolling Office. IV M. L. I>A\ IS. agll lw Capt. A En. Off. lU^IWAV! VTEGRO bov CHARLEY: about 25years old, yel- A 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 Tuskegec, Ala. He originally came from Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid for his delivery at this office, or in any safojail and information sent to me at RrsSE] j Columbu's Cm., a-ug 1 ts BKIIOV U,! } HAVE removed my Office to a room owr Gmi ll by’s Store, where I will be pleased to wait on Patients requiring Medical or Surgical treatment. ag!3 lm* T. J. WORD. M.D. j SoO Reward. i WILL pay the above reward for 808, black 1 boy, about 24 years old. He has been out three >r four weeks, and is supposed to l ) ? r i. ur )V ir M[ » a Qc UI he city. JKO. H. **Aos. iy 4 if 2 Notice to Debtors and Cred itors. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Seaborn Jones, deceased, are required to make imme diate payment, aud those having claims r rainst said estate are required to render them in t< rms of the taw ,o tk. J. DENNING. Adm’r. By MARY H. PENNING, Agent. jul2B w6t Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’ TOOXjS. rnnr vNDERSIGNED having commenced the l manufacture of the above named articles in this citvS to fill orders^ tor theisani*. “fr&’isoN. beSell i CO. ■ SSsasK. SJLJSB! stitutioualist, please copy one mouth and .end bin. to this office. mar 30 ts LETTER PAPER & BLANK BOOKS 3-a.3L*HS2 VjPE have for sale 49 reams ol Letter Paper, and V* 2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, at Wholesale or Retail. Paper, sio per Ream; blank Books, $l5O retail. 75 cts. wholesale. Apply ut _ agtitf THIS OII)ICE. Cilsmte limes; Vol. XI. J. XV. WARREN & CO. Proprietors - J, w. WARREN, Editor IB COOK!! IK 690 K!!! • -A-T FROM TUG LATE BLOCKADE SALE AT Auj/usta, Ga. The goods are all superior to what is offered elsewhere, and will be sold* lower than lately. Tn the assortment can be found : LaclieM’ Sew Slats. New Sosrnet Ribbon*. Hfew BeltN, BSobi act Musquito fr etting, Tucking and Dressing Comb*, Ladies’ ISosei-j , Three y ; dswMeLme» Sheeting, Superior ISteaelied Shirting, Printed Jhehonets, Ginglmms, English and Trench Calicoes, Bombazine, Alpacas, Elegant Lcroes. CA LL -AJXTID SEE. jo2l [f W. 31. TUTT, WHOLESALE DRUGGIST :H6, Broad-Street, <3v-«a. HAS FOR SALE AT LOW PRICES! l.QQOlbs. CASTILE SOAP. 200 kegs B. 0. Soda j 500 ounces Quinine 200 “ Morphine 100 lbs lodide Potash 25 lbs Oil Aniso 1 case Madras Indigo 100 dozen Brown Windsor w oap 3 cases Col cram’s Mustard 125 dozen Mason’s Blacking 100 gross Lilly White 1 ease Cantharides, 2 cases Gum Camphor 20 bags Pepper 1 case Powdered Ipecac - 20 bbls. Eng. Copperas 10 cases Eng. Fig Blue 50 ounce. Lunar Caustic 50 lbs Po. Rhubarb, in 2 p bottles 100 lbs Eng. Gdomel, 1 lb bottles 150 lbs Eng. Blue Mass 25 bbls Epsom Salts 25 cases Scotch Snuff. agl3 St BROWN’S FLY SHUTTLE LOOM, ! (Will Weave 30 Yards per Day.) SPINNING-WHEELS and CORN-SHELLERS! Manufactured by A. D. BROWN & CO. • 4®“Orders received by M. P. Ellis & CoAiA* agl3 lm* OIXsMORHsfcOo. MG, Broad Street. HAS ON HAND AND FOR SALE! Corn, Flour, Bason, Tobacco, Candles, Syrup, Sugar, Coffee, Lard. Peas, Rice, Osnaburgs, Watches, Sheetings, Brooms, Spun Thread, Beeswax and Tallow. —ALSO,— Sail, Sag'ar, Sheeting am! Ostia burgs TO EXCHANGE FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE,! —ALSO,— A Genuine Article of APPLE VINEGAR for sale. agl2 lw* 3 F*CXO. SAIj£I Or Exchange for Country Frounce. BES.I COTTON CARDS; S PINNING WHEELS; CLOCK REELS. agio 2n- JEFFERSON & HAMILTON. IRON WIRE. 2,000 lbs. 8 and 10 Iron Wire! For sale by agio 2w JEFFERSON A HAMILTON. 1,000 S’oauds Choice Brown Sugar. TO EXCHANGE FOll U/IIEAT, Flo: lr, Corn or Meal. , W At 114 BiiOAD ST. ag9 dot wit Columbus. Ga. THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent, (At Mulford's old Stand,) 3STO- 101, ZBZRXD-A-ID ST HAS 1011 SALE OH EXCHANGE Sheetings, Shirtings. Twills. Yanis. Linseys. ragnaray C oflfiee, Tobacco, Hlce. Xalls of all sizes, &c,, &c., &c. ju!27tf Notice! Officii Chief Insp’r Field Transp’x, 2d Dist.. Ma on, Aug. S, ’til. All persons are warned" against purchasing cap tured or branded animals from soldiers, as all such animals will be seized by my officers and agents wherever found. NORMAN W. SMITH, agio 5t Major and Chief Inspector. GEORGI A--Muscogee County. WHEREAS, Afrs. Mary V. Davis, adm’x of Dr. IV George S. Davis, deed has filed ber petition tor leave to sell a negro woman by the name of Maria, about 25 years oi age and ber four children. All persons eoueemed are hereby notified to show cause, (if any they have) why an order should not be granted at the next September Term ot the Court oi Ordinary lor said county, authorizing the sale ot said negro. ~ Given under iny band. July Ist, of* JNO. JOHNSON. j v 42m Ordinary. STOLEN, ROM my house, last night, two Checks on the I Agency' of the Union Bank, in this city drawn by J M. Mulden, Jr., Lt. &e.; one No. 180, tor*B4i, and the other No. 186. for SI2OO. All persons are warned pgainst trading for said checks, as payment has been stopped and Duplicates applied tor. a gl9j2U T. IvNOM Lbb. STRAIT WILE. t LOST from my office, on Thursday, a small po -1 nov built brown mare Mule, eight or nine year* old: ‘in good order; no marks roeolleetea. pxeepr .i collar mark on the pointed hoi shoulder. A reason ablo ™w„d wW be paid fee M g. Headquarters Army ovTksx. Office, Chief of Staff, Aug. 13, t>4. ; Cibcli.au : . Officers and eoldi-rs belonging to Regiments oi this Army now absent,"from whatever cause, are called upon to return at once to their commands. ! The commanding General promises to use his good ! offices to obtain pardon for such as may be improp | er jy absent, where they voluntarily rejoin. ! By command of rr^ * Gen. HOOD, | F. A. Shoup. Chief of Staff. ’ TO HIRE! POTv the balance ot the year fifteen able F jul 28 ts Columbus, 6a Friday Morning, August 26.D864. NEW BOOKS CTLXST PUBLISHED BY EVANS & COGSWELL, COLUMBIA, S. 0. THE SPIRIT OF MILITARY INSTITUTIONS, By Marshal M\ rxoxt. Translated from the latest Paris edition by Frank Scrallfr, elonel 22d Regiment Mississippi Infantry. Price $5. One third off to the trade. INFANTRY TACTICS, -lor Brigade, Division, and Army orps, by Gen Casey, U. fc‘. Army. Pronounced the best work of the kind in the la iguage. Illustrated with 29Lith ographed Plates, and well bound. Price $3; One third off to the trade. CHISOLM’S SURGERY, Being a third edi ion of this valuable work. Splen didly illustrated, and finely bound. Price $lO. One third off to the trade. The editions of aJ4 of these valuable works aVe under 2,000 copies, and those in want will do well to send iq their orders at once, * also. Ctenerai Orders, A. & I. CD’s Office, up to Ist April, 1864. Price $5. One-third off to the trade, Andrew’s SJgiji Artillery Brill Splendidly illustrated. Price $4. One-third off to the trade. Any of these books will be sent, free of postage on receipt of the price, in new issue, or the old at the discount. EVANS & COGSWELL, Juh 6 3t Publishers. TIKE ■A.TIaAJSrT.A. DAILY & WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. The undersigned proprietor of the ATLANTA Daily and Weekly Intelligencer, announces to the public that he has made arrange ments for tho publication of these Journals in this city (Macon) 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 UNTTEZ-iT-jIG-lElsr O ER will pleassc address their communications to The Ess?eESilencer BSice, Macon, Georgia. All JOB and GOVERNMENT WORK on hand will bo resumed at an early day. JARED I. WHITAKER, Proprietor. FOR SALE —AT— Street. CORN, CORN MEAL. FLOUR COW PEAS. _ COFFEE, SUGAR, . TURNIP SEED, BRIER-ROOT PIPES, Choice SYRUP at sl6 per gallon. ag24 2r STEAM SAW Mill | OFFER my MILL for sale, situated in a denso -1 Iy covered forest of pine, oak, hickory, beech, poplar and other swamp timbers, immediately on Mobile and Girard Rail Road, botweon Stations 4 and 5, and only 39 miles from Columbus, Ga. Said Mill is under contract with the Confederate States Government, for the refusal of all Lumber cut during the war, at remunerating prices, which con tract, parties purchasing would be required to car ry out. The Mil! is in Splendid Rina wins Order, and of FORTY-HOUSE POWER, capable ofCUTTING SIX to EIGHT THOUSAND FEET PER DAY. A good chance for refugees or parties desirous of doing Government work. Iddress me at Guerryton, Ala., or apply to me in person on the premi-es, or at this office. G. W. OGLESBY. aug2l 2w* Stockholders’ fleeting. Mcscogee Raw. Road Company, Columbus, Ga., Aug. 22,1864. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this Company will be held at the Depot in this city, on Monday, the sth September next, at 10 o’clock, a- m. J, M. BIVINS, ag23 td , Sec’y and Treas’r. Dividend No. 91. Muscogee Rail Road Company, . Columbus, Ga., Aug. 22, 1864. The Board of Directors has declared a Dividend of Ten (10) Dollars per share, on the General Stock of this Company, payable in Confederate Treasury notes, as soon as the amount due by the Govern ment can be collected, notice of which will be H J. M. .RIVENST ag23 d6t Scc’y and Treas’r. Notice. t ' HEADQUARTERS POST, ) Columbus, Ga., Aug. 14.1864. s G eneral Orders, 1 No. 5. ) I. All officers or soldiers remaining* in {Columbus over six [6] hours will require a pass from these Headquarters. 11. All persons between the ages of*sixteen [l6; and fifty five [55" years, visiting Columbus, [officer - of the Navy and Army stationed at this Post exeep ted,] will, in future, be required to procure a pass from the Cbmmandant Post. No other document than the pass specified will be regarded by the offi cers charged with the examination of papers. Bv order GEO. 0. DAWSON. Major Comd’g Post. agls 7t ■ EXCHANGE! . FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling: Exchange A for sale in sums to suit purcha-ers by agl6 tt BANK OF COLUMBUS. A HOUSE WANTED. •i.O Rent from October next. :s house, or pnr r < a I house, for the uso of a family. • „ Address *IGMA. | afi s ts At this Office. $l ? 000 Reward. STOLEN from my headquarters near Atlanta, Ga my Mare, bright bay, bald face, black mane an 1 tail and black legs, with tho exception of two small white spots on the inside ot each hind foot, carries a high head and altogether is a very gay looking an ■ imal%nder the saddle. I will pay SSOO for her de livery to me at this place or to Maj. Gen. Cbeat h m. Army of Tennessee, or for intormation so that I can get her. And SSOO for the detection et the ' thief that Hole ber. E j. BUTLER. ! ftg!9 lw * Maj.&ndC. S Thursday Evening. Funeral frotiee. The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs. D. 11. Fowler, late of New Orleans, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the former, on Friday Morning, at 9 o’clock, from his late residence, cor ' ner of Jackson and Baldwin streets. From Gen. Morgan’s Command.— A gentle man in this city (says the Chronicle & Senti nel) who has just received a letter from an officer in Morgan’s command, dated Sahville. Va.. has furnished ns with the annexed news: Gen. Morgan’s command has moved down into East Tennessee, lie had a fight both at Greenville and Jonesboro. Col.* Lilian!, of the Tennessee, was killed ; You need not j be surprised at any time to hear that Knox ! villc and Loudon are in our possession. As many as eleven negro regiments arc now j said to have been engaged iu the assault at Peters i burg on the 30th July. Forty white regiments ‘ were also engaged. + —•- A MocLtNi'i L Pre-eminence. — Os 57,895 deaths in the Confederate army up to June Ist, 1864, i among the soldiers from Georgia, Alabama, North j Carolina, Sou h Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, ; Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida, the greatest ; loss, 9,504, falls to the share of Georgia, the losses ! of the other States ranging as follow? : Alabama, I 8,987 : North Carolina, 8,261: Texas, 6,377 ; Vir | ginia, 5,943; Mississippi, 5,367: South Caroling j 4,511; Louisiana. 3,036 : Arkansas, 1,948 : Florida. | 1,419. Gen. Sherman. —Some weeks ago a Southern lady j traveled some distance on the same boat with Gen. Sherman, and availed herself of several occasions to speak to him about the war. She describes bis manner while speaking on this subject as perfectly furious. He declared frequently in her presence that the purpose of the war was to root out the pres ent iv bite race of the South—that the war would be pushed to the utmost verge of extermination —that lie wanted to see the Southern people utterly de ' stroyed, either by the sword or by starvation—and what was more, he would sec it. C. G. Baylor.— ln relation to tlie charges against this man, and in reply to our comments on the? letter of our eorress pendent, Mr. DuShaue, tho Intelligencer | says: ••We do not think that the Governor can throw any other light upon the charges made against Mr. Baylor in the foregoing than by stating-!hat he knows nothing of any authori ty which that individual had to make the assertions he is alleged to have made. Neither bare we any idea that he held a commission from Georgia, or any other Southern State, or individuals in the Southern States, to nego tiate a peace on the b*tsis of reconstruction, ‘or any other basis. If he so represented him self, he was certainly lying to Yankees in for eign parts. The idea of negotiating a peace, is ridiculously preposterous !" - The idea of Mr. Baylor, or any other Commissioner from Gov. Brown negotia ting for peace, with the North is too ridic ulously absurd to meet with the least cons sideration. This we do know that Mr. Baylor stated in our hearing and in the presence of others that he was going ; abroad as au Agent from the State of Georgia, but for what purpose we are not | positively informed. Now we hold that the appointment of any man entertaining views so inimical to Southern j denee and so dishonorable .to the interests and honor of Georgia is a shame —a burn : ing disgrace to her good name. Can our worthy cotemporary state posh tively that Mr. Baylor’s visit abroad is in no way connected with the State as we find the impression existing here among his acquaintances that he held some com* mission from Governor Brown ? Tho ex ; tract from the Intelligencer is not clear on i this point. Indeed it only denies what • we tVere well aware of, viz : that he held no commission to negotiate a peace on the ! basis of reconstruction, whilst it leaves the impression that Baylor’s mission is in some way connected with the State Govern ment . —~A ugu at a Const tint ioncilist. Paper Famine in flie ’Yorlli Wc notice iu our exchanges tharthe New York lleralu and the Tribune also, declare a paper fam ine threatening them. The former in a double leaded notice addressed “To the Public” announ ces that the price of that paper hereafter will be fovr cents a copy, and comments as follows: “Several weeks ago our daily cotemporarics made a similar increase in their prices, and we were invited to join them at that time. We refus ed, however, because we expected that Secretary' Fessenden would at once set to work to reform our financial affairs, contract the currency and jestorc specie payments. In these reasonable expecta tions we have been sadly disappointed -Secreta ry Fessenden has plunged deeper into the sea of paper money, andtfie national finances are now more unsettled than ever." w As an illustration of tho effects upon newspa pers of the tremendous depreciation of tho curren cy and the terrible financial blundering of this j administration wc may mention the fact that white paper, which used to cost us ten cents a pound : now costs nearly thirty. It is evident that within the next two months haifoftho newspapers of the country must stop publication. Many have al ready done so. We expect that the price of our cotemporaries will be raised to five cents before long.” To this paper famine, we of the Confederate .States have become accustomed, and we are glad to sec that to , tho same : complexion the North are coming to at last. The war has been telling there from its commencement, upon every branch of industry, but thi3 has been carefully concealed from the public and from Europe. The shoe be gins now to pinch the Press. Bennett and Greely, in their mammoth establishments, are now feeling the pinchi&g, and when were their interests ever interfered with, or threatened with disaster that they did not “cry aloud and spare not?" When did they not change master* when the ono being ; served failed to protect their interests ? [lntelligencer. mm » From Sherman’s Army.—Gentlemen from At lanta state that it is rumored that Sherman is for- , lifying alcDg tho Po • der Spring road. If the re- . port is true, it is evideut that he intends to fail back beyond the <’hattahoochee, and hold the position until reinforcements arrive: or he intends to fall back through the lower route to Huntsville. Ala. If he retreats he can go by no other route, as Wheeler holds the one to Ch ittauooga. Besides be cannot get subsistence by any other. And even if be succeeds in forcing his w y by this, he will be unable to collect from th surrounding country over h»lf or quarter rations — Chronicle & Sen. Diabolical Murder.—We earn on good author itv, th *.t a mar. named. Wise, one of two watch men employe! bythc North E >stern Railroad Com pan!U to guard the bridge over the Santee river, was attacked and ki lei about dayligir on Friday morni g by a party of deserters who subsequently , threw his body into the river The other watchman, i w os-; name is Eggleston, aud who nt >he time, was i on tustrd »t 'he other end ofth bridge, haviny be- j hold tht fate of bis comp niuu, -loktuhis eeG and : escaped to tell thd tragic at >ry. — Charleston Mer - ! rury. $4.00 Per Month frortliern lews. The New York Times contains the latest news from Atlanta m the form of a very inter esting letter. The account of the battle of the 28th of July shows how much the Federais suffered. It appears that it was determined to attack Hood on his left, and for this pur pose Logan’s, Blair sand Dodge's corps were shifted from the left to the right to make the assult. To cover this movement, a general advance of'tlie Yankee skirmishers along the whole line was made on the 27th and was re pulsed, as the correspondent thinks, as ex pected* This device, however, did not seem to deceive Hood, who .also massed troops whore the assault was to hav'e been delivered, and pounced on Logan before he got into po sition. whipped him and going back to his works. Alter this disaster, the Yankees de termined not to make the proposed assault. There is a good deal of wrangling about whose fault it was that Logan was whipped. The other corps cammanders arc accused of not getting up in time to supporf'him. .General Sweeney was removed from"his command, and Gen. Jefferson C. Davis is to be court martialed. Logan declares that he lost 1,000 men, which was as little as he could have possibly gotten off with under tlio cir cumstances. The correspondent winds up with the usual consolation, that “the loss of the rebels was nearly equal to ours." These disasters in front, and the inability to Hank Hood, seem to have opened the eyes of the Yankees. The conservative Northern prqgs admit that “nobody can longer hope for anything from the Lincoln administration that “the mili tary situation has undergone a great change that “the war enters upon anew phase,” and “that heretofore General Grant has dictated the movements of General Lee. but hereafter General Lee will dictate the movements of General Grant." Armed launches at the mouth of the Mis sissippi have rendered the navigation so dan gerous below New Orleans, that the Yankee pilots aro afraid to venture out. An order from Brigadier General Dustau, commanding the Memphis militia, commands all persons in that district subject to military duty, to enroll their names andjoin some com pany. This order is imperative. Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Taylor, Commissary General of Subsistence of the Yankee army, died recently in Philadelphia. Ho was ap pointed to the position he last held under the act of February 9, 1864. He was a brother of Rough and Ready. A few negroes in Baltimore presented Old Abe with a purple velvet covered Bible on the 4th of July. . A rich Loyal Leaguer, who offered a stout negro S7OO to go to the war as a substitute, received for an answer, “Lor bress you. sar, I.’sgotsSoo at homo to buy a white man to go for me if I drafted.’’ The Albany Statesman, a Republican paper, plainly- advises Lincoln to decline the nomi nation, and allow the party “to put in nomi nation some man whom we can elect." The Statesman does not believe- it possible to re elect Lincoln. Colonel McOaudles, of Harrisburg, Pennsyl vania, having been offered by Guv. Curtin the appointment of Brigadier General, in a letter to the Adjutant General declines the proffered honor, and says : “The post of honor, as the war is now conducted, is in remaining a pri vate citizen." Col. MeC. is President of the Keystone Democratic Club, of Harrisburg, and a gentleman of intelligence and high character. Some Yankee soldiers went the other day to Henderson, Kentucky, to shoot two guerilla prisoners, in retaliation for the pretended murder of Union men, and this led to an attack on the place by a party of guerillas several hundred strong. At the last accounts fighting was still going on. A Norfolk, Va., paper, gives notice that a seminary, where negro pupils are to be board ed and instructed in the common branches, is soon to be opened near that city. The Yankees report the destruction of the blockade runner Matagorda, off Galveston, by the United States steamer Kanawha. The Matagorda had a cargo of seven hundred bales of cotton. j The St. Louis Republican contains the j names of 843 officers of the State militia who j have refused to take the oath provided in an i act to prescribe an oath for certain military ] purposes. Their commissions are declared | vacated by the Governor of the State. Wc j suppose that these men do not intend to pros j ecutetbe war.-right or wrong. j Major Gen, Slocum has been relieved at j Vicksburg, and ordered to report to General Sherman. The District of Vicksburg has been assigned to Gen. Washbume. who now con j trols the river from Cairo. A Washington dispatch to the New York Times, says there is a strong feeling in tho ’ army against Meade and Burnside. Northern papers say that General Lee rs at Winchester. Gen. Paine, one of the Yankee officers in j Kentucky, has levied a tax on the property of i those suspected of favoring the South. He : expects to raise §300,000 by this means. The people in many parts of Maine have • suffered terribly, both in apprehension and : actual loss, from the fires which have been raging in that State. The St. Louis papers state that Piatte City, Mo., has almost been destroyed by Yankee troops. Not over half the houses were left standing. The Methodise Church, a fine build ing, the Sentinel printing office, and the three story brick block in which it was located, to gether with many business and dwelling i houses, are all in ashes. The town was or-cn i pied mostly by Southern sympathizers. r-si~ ■ Christ Conquers tiie Fear of Death. —Of Mr. Stephen Marshall, an eminent divine of the 17th eentury, Mr. Giles Firman, who knew him in life, and attended him in death, says, “That he left behind him few preacher? like him self ; that he was a Christian in practice a3 well as profession ; that he lived by faith, and died by faith, and was an ex ample to the believers, in word, in conn versation, in charity, in frith, and in pu rity. , And when he. together with some others, conversed with him about his death, he replied, “I cannot say as one did, I have not so lived that I should not be afraid to die; but this I can say, I have so learned Christ, that T am not afraid to die.’ ” Seek God in Health. —Philip Hen ry said to some of his neighbors who came to see him cn his death-bed, “O make sure work for your souls, my friends, by getting an interest in Christ while you are in health. If I had that work to uo now, what would become of me ( 1 bless God, lam satisfied. See to it, all ot you, that your work be not undoue when your . time is done, le3ty<: i be undone forever.” I [Special dispatches to the Mobile Register.] Senatobia, Aug. 21—Fur rest attacked Mem phis this niyrninjr about 7 o'clock. Heavy firing was heard three hours. It is supposed tho city is captured, as the Ksd oral force is rep m l small and unsuspecting. We shall reeeiv particulars to-nigßt. The main Federal force is at Oxford. SCANTLING. Note bv th l,m ion.— Wo have a dispatch from Jackson stating that a # “inan just from Senatobia reports that x arrest captured 5,000 nrisonors an 1 killed 1000 it Memphis.” Senatobia, Aug. 22—Gen. Forreil completely surprised the Yankees at Memphis yesterday morning, lie charged through the streets, killed anl wounded a large number of the enemy, and brought off 239 prisons, including Washburne’s staff. Gen. Washburne (bund a rat-bole and thereby escaped. Our loss is thirty, all told. K. Sentobia, Aug. 22.—Gen. Forrest surprised and entered Memphis at four o’clock yesterday morn ing, killed and wounded about four hundred Yankees, and captured between two and three hundred, a large number being officers. Ono brigadier general is reported killed. Our loss i? comparatively slight, the surprise being complete. Among our wounded is Liout. Col. Robt. Mc- Culloch, of tlio 2d Missouri, shot through tho breast. Gen. Forrest found that tho Yankees outnum bered him four to one, and hud to fight his way out, making a fortunate escape. Among his spoils are five hundred fine horses, new hats, clothes, Ac. The prisoner are arriving. This was the most daring raid and comple: surprise of the war. SCANTLING. Senatobia, Aug-. 23.— The Chicago Times, of tho 17th, is received. A Washington special dispatch to the New York World says it is reported, and currently believed, that Lincoln lias under consideration proposition? for an armistice with the enemy, as a political ma noeuvre. This is said to be the result of the deliberations ol administration politicians, in order to counteract the effect produced by Lincoln’s rebuff’ of Greeley and Sanders’ overtures. In the dash upon Memphis, Capt. Forrest, com manding Gen. Forrest’s advance guard, rodo into the Gayoso House before the Yankees knew that the Confederates were in town. Washburne made his es ape by jumping out of i the window in his ni\ht gown. Three other Major Generals were in town, all of i whom escaped. The Provost Marshal. Oapt. Williams, is reported i killed. Scant lino. froitlaern Extracts. CLAIMS AGAINST TIIE YANKEE GOVERNMENT. A return lias just been published of claims | of British subjects agaiut the United States Government, from the commencement of the civil war, to the 31st of March, 1864. There were 450 claims and 2.871 despatches and letters to and from the Foreign Office. A memorandum states that this return comprises the' result of the fullest'examination of the correspondence in the Foreign Office, and is believed to be complete as far as that corres : pondence goes, la older, however, to guard against any prejudice which might result to i British claimants from their claims not being asserted in this list, it is necessary to observe that the return i3 qot to be taken as conclu sive ; and this reserve is the moic necessary ; inasmuch as.it is understood that, numerous claims have been registered in the British j Mission at Washington, though not reported ! home, which may iu due season be brought ! before the Government of the Uuited States. ; Among the ground of claims were the follow ing : 111 treatment by police at Baltimore iu con j sequence of his wearing a likeness of General ! Beauregard attached to his watch chain.— i How disposed of: Case represented to Uni | ted States Government. Result not reported i Claim—lmprisonment on a charge of being ; on his way to join the Southern army ; a uni i form being found in his baggage. How dis -1 posed of: Released after investigation of the ; case. Some ether arrests, were of an in j equally vexatious character. —Northern Paper. “AN honorable peace.” >Ve hear much about a* “dishonorable peace.” Well, which is the worst—a dishon orable peace, that murders nobody and steals from nobody, or a dishonorable war, that is guilty of millions of crimes ? It is dishonor able to stop fighting soverigu sisters, which tfiever gave tho Federal Government the right |to make war on them? Any kind of a peace | would be “honorable - ” in contrast with an j other hour of war.—N eiv York Day Hook. WiIAT THE WAR IS BEING WAGED FOR. Now we understand, that everything else : being conceded, President Lincoln would con- I tinuetho war for the solitary purpose of abol ishing slavery in the States. If we pay hun dreds of thousands and pile mortgage upon mortgage on our property to raise recruits, we know we are simply to free the slaves of the South. If wc volirnleef, wo know we volunteer to j tight for (lie negro. If we. or our sons are I drafted and torn from their peaceful pursuits by force, we know that the solo object of the ; cruel procedure is to free the negroes on the Southern plantations. Our lives must be sac rificed to give freedom to the negro. Here | after all this must be clearly understood ; , longer concealment is impossible; the Pres i ident refuses to receive peace propositions or to permit a Peace Commission to cross our ‘ lines which does not stipulate in advance for | the “abandonment of slavery.”— Ln Crostc , ! ( Wit.) Democrat. ♦ ; ♦ i Mr. Slidell’s Visit to we Emperor.— The j Paris correspondent of the London Herald writing on the 28th of July, thus alludes to ; Commissioner Slidell’s recent visit lotheEm : pe-ror: Thi Federal organs in this city have been ; thrown into a stale of panic by thejmtelligence of Mr. Slidell having gone to Vichy, and by way of relieving their feelings indulge in the sort of ribald vituperation of the South with which Parson Brownlow and other negrophiles have already disgraced themselves and dis - gusted all that do not belong to that most of fensive of cliques. It is impossible, however, to avoid wondering whether the supporters ot Mr. Lincoln are infatuated to that degree, that they honestly suppose that Ihe recognition of the South bj' Europeap powers can be long deterred, or whether they suppose that they can cheat their readers into believing that iu the eventiof the continuance of the war, the patience oFEuropean Powers, and especially* of France, will, merely for the sake of furth ering Mr. Lincoln s electioneering prospects, induce them to defer taking a step which would contribute to a termination of a strug gle which is not only a disgrace to humanity, but which—and that is more to the point— vitally affects certain French interests. lam not in a position to state whether active ne gotiations arc pending[betweenthe representa tives of the Sou f b and the Emperoi -of the French ; but I should doL be surprised, had Mr. Slidell deemed it his duty to represent to His Majesty That the progress of the war af fords one mors proof that the Southern States have achieved de facto their independence, and that their recognition would be merely the acknowledgment of a fait accompli. Siege of Charleston— Four Hundred and Elet enth Day. —One hundred and thirty-six shots were fired at Fort Sumter during the twenty four hour ending six P. M. Monday. One negro wa3 severely and one slightly wounded. One of the monitor left inside the bar and went round to Stono. The enemy were engaged Monday in the erection of a new' platform lor the gua bearing upon the city.— A gun was also raised over the battery and a work ing party engaged in either mounting or dismount ing a gun. , . eT Our inforajation ; n rclatkn to the burning oi ue gareville, given in Monday's paper, was erroneou-. The firing was done by our owd troops, the Mono • Scouts', under the command of Major Men kins. ICoartcr, 23t<. By Ellis, ON S ATURDAY, 27th of August, at 10 o’clock, we "will sell in front of Our store. 700 Lbs. Bacon ; 3 Bbls. Superior Corn Whiskey ; 1 “ “ Rye 1 Good Cooking Stove, (complete); Ladies and Misses Gaiters and Hats; Lot Prints ; 20,000 Needles ; WITH OTHER DESIRABLE GOODS, ' ag2s td sl2