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%lu &9lnmbn» §mss. I W. WAHMEiI, - - - Editor. Friday Morning. August 26, 1864. The Prospect. .Suppose wc hold Richmond and Atlanta an til niter th<f Chicago Convention, what then ? Why then a peace man will be nomi nated. And then what? Will he be elected? Sot unless we can hold those cities until after the election; nor unless Lincoln adheres to his present policy. In three weeks after the peace candidate is nominated, it will become apparent to everybody that Lincoln's triumph or defeat is certain, in the present attitude of things. Suppose Lincoln perc (fives that his dtfea 1 is sine, if he maintains his present po sition will he persist in it? We think not. j fle will propose terms of peace himself—or ; ratlu-: negotiations for peace—abandoning his ! negro condition. In such case ho takes the j wind «;uf of bi. adversaries 1 sails pretty effect- ! ttaliy. What will wo do in that ease? Shall we rtfuos to negotiate with him? If we do, w<- give him the vantage groupd in the can va.~?; and raise a storm with the Brow Bites and flic Holdc-nites at home. If we do not, j the host otter that he will make to us, will bo, j that a c come back into the Union, and resume \ our place-? as though v;c had never seceded. If I we a/.vup- this offer, we give him a triumph 1 that inißiOi'tttiizes him and kills tho democrat ic or peace party, to rise no more. Seme of the Stales will refuse to be bound by the treaty. and set up for themselves: others will back into the Union rejoicing. Now even tho r constructionists (old and now) insist upon the acknowledgment of State sovereign ty bj the- United States as a condition of their going back into the Union ; and this doctrine is ru]ndh gaining ground at ike North. If tbi -i acknowledged generally, then, the uon reimming Slates will be separate independent States m the heart ot the Union. They would he in a glorious position if permitted to re main so ; but they would so disturb the ma chinery of the Federal Government that they would not be permitted to remain so; for if Constitutions cannot bind men against their interests, much less can mere acknowledge. Meats oi rights. Consolidation then must sooner or later become the inevitable conse quence of reconstruction. Nothing can pre vent this but secessions on the part of some cf the Northern and Western States..and new combinations, lfut without looking too fur ahead, let us consider what we had best do, if Lincoln proposes to open negotiations for peace. They will begin of coarse, with a prop osition for mu armisiicc. There will be no sincerity in the proposition. It will be used only as an electioneering instrument, and \vc should meet it accordingly, i. c. in such a way as to defeat his object, without prejudice to ourselves. An armistice is just what , the parties to it choose to make it. if agreed upon, without any further stipulations, it brings everything ton stand-stifl, just as it finds them. Lincoln knowing this, will pick his time for proposing it, when a dead lock upon the armies will be most to his advantage. But ho cannot object (at least no one else can) that wo impose leasonable conditions upon the armistice, and ail will admit that those are reasonable, that operate equally on both parties. Y/e should demand, therefore, as ■ i pteliuum.ry to stipulations tor an nnnis -1 lice, that all the prisoners on both sides should be immediately exchanged. This should have- been done all through the war • that the exchanges should begin with white men for white men, and continue thus until all tliQ white prisoners on our'hands are exhaust ed. It then there should remain negro pris oners in our hands and white ones in the hands of the enemy, they should all be paroled; that the armistice should extend to the first of April, i. o. through the season unfit for campaigning; that in the meantime the ar mies on both sides should be disbanded and permitted to return to theirdiomes; that upon the resumption of hostilities they should bo carried on according to the settled usages of civilized warfare; specially, that servants < should not be forced or seduced from their masters, private property should not be in jured or destroyed, benevolent institutions, schools, colleges, courthouses, should not bo disturbed ; that during the truce there j .should bo no levying of new troops on either side. Now these arc terms that none but a Vandal could object to. They should be in sisted upon, iio matter what party proposes an armistice. * They ask no more than they give. We do net believe that the Confederate States should require tho United States to withdraw her troops from our territory, as a condition precedent to negotiating for an armistice. That would give us every advan tage of our adversary. But he cannot object to a mutual disbanding of forces, ii he is hon estly in quest of peace. But bow about the blockade ? This is a hard question to answer. We cannot reasonably expect the Federate to mse the blockade for six or seven months; i nor can they expect us to respect it any mere than we have always done. They cannot expect us to forego all foreign commerce, and permit them to carry on commerce at will, undisturbed by our cruisers. We can think of but one way of solving the difficulty equit ably, viz : let the blockade continue without any additional strength of vessels, but subject to be run by adventurers as-heietofore. And as the whole end of the blockade is to cripple our trade, let our cruisers be free to cripple theirs as much ns possible. In other words, if the enemy will not consent to raise the blockade, let the war at sea go on in spite oi the truce. If the enemy will consent to re lease two of our ports from blockade, then let our cruisers be stopt from disturbing bis com* merce. Now ail thi3 is equitable and just. Let the people remember that there is a vast difference between a treaty of peace and a treaty for an armistice. In the first, we have a right to demand what we please ; iu the last, wc have no right to ask anything that we would cot be w illing to grant if the position of parties were reversed. An armistice settles nothing, it yields nothing. It only opens the doer to negotiations for peace. Uafortu nately ■or us, and for the cause of justice, truth and humanity, when wc come to deal with Lincoln, *ve have to deal with a man so utterly un principled, that we can place no reliance upon anything he says or does. "We conclude with this single r-.-mark: Let not the Government x lu '* osv “hose wild dreamers, who say, ‘‘let us have au armistice without uuy stipulations about it at all,’ 5 ” ■ We are permitted to make the following ex fcracis from tellers received in ihig city : “N t £ar Forsyth, Aug 22th, 1864 The late Yankee raid was a miserable fail ure. I w:i3*fn Atlanta and esme down to Jonesboro* to enquire after Mr. Yeung's boos of Croft's Battery, attached to Ross’ Brigade. I did not sco either of them, but -learned that Lieut. George, with one gun only, wa* in the fight, and that he greatly distinguished him self fer cool bravery. With this one gun be repulsed repeated - charges of an overwhelm ing Yankee force ; kept them all off umil he fired bis last round of ammunition, and then made his escape with all bis remaining men, (except one captured.) He was highly com plimented by his General. This was nothing more than I expected of him when a» oppor tunity* offered.” Yours. S. “Camp xkar East Point, Aug. 23rd, ’64. Lieut. George B. Young was the only offi cer cf our battery engaged in the fight with Kilpatrick, and, although the gun .bad to be abandoned, the circumstances of the fight was highly creditable to him and hie command. j They repulsed repeated charges of heavy forces of the enemy until their ammunition was exhausted, and won the brightest praises flora the officers of this brigade, and his G&u. especially complimented him for his coolness, bravery and management in this affair. He lost one Corporal lulled, four privates woun ded and four missing—ten men in all, and fourteen horses. Please notice in the papers that all tire Cos! ambus and La Grange beys are safe. Yours. A. j Letter ,SVota tike Secnetai'-y €>l* tiie- Treasury. Treasury Department, 0. is. A., "> Richmond. August 5, 1864. j” To His Excellency , Governor Bonham : Dbak Sir: Your very hind and encourag ing letter of the 80iii ultimo, was received yesterday. If prove to be mjr happy fortune, through the divine blessing, to con tribute in any degree to tho welfare of my country, I shall be more than compensated for all the labors and anxieties to which I have been appointed.. Expressions of confi dence and good will, on tfio part of ray fellow citizens, »ueh as you have been good enough to convey to me, arc most grateful and en couraging. I regard the Treasury of the Confederate States us most peculiarly the Treasury of tho people, and there is nothing in the power of man that would so soon restore it to a con dition of ease and prosperity as tho univer sal and generous support of cur people.- There is nothing in its present circumstances to inspire alarm, but on the contrary, every : motive for confidence. An all pervading cause of embarrassment and distress, has been the character of our legislation. How ever patriotically intended, it is not to be de nied that the measures adopted by Congress for the reforming of tho Currency, bad the unhappy effect of inspiring the public mind with feelings of fear and distrust as to the course that'would ultimately be pursued ir. relation to that part of the public debt that is presented by the Treasury Notes. Appre hensions of ultimate repudiation, crept like an »11 pervadifjc poison into the minds of tho people, and g. ea ly circumscribed sod diatin- ' ished the purchasing power of the notea. There were many distinguished an 1 patriot ic vneti in ('egress who earnestly believed thru the prefti, if not ifie sole, evil of the cur rency was to be found in its redundancy alone.' And reasoning from this premise, they inter red that a corresponding reduction of this luge votutue of the prrchasmg medium would produce au immeduMt reduction in fee pru’o or all saleable commodities. Others enrtTt.a’ue.i a different opinion, and, behevieg *hat the purchasing power and value of t-he*e notes had a critical and sensitive dependence upon the confidence and good will of those who were called upon to exchange their nuh stanoe for t beta, insisted that a reduction- of the quantity, by any measure that disturbed the confidence of the people in the good faith of the Government, would lead to universal distrust and stili greater depreciation. The majority was. unhappily, found to be of the lii’si opinion, and it must now be uni-, vrrsaily admitted, 1 think, that Lite policy that prevailed was erroneous, and the eouse- j queuce3 precisely such as had been perdioted ! by those who opposed it. The immense ro duction effected by the tax of 33J per eent. le vied upon ihe currency, and by the process of compulsory funding, produced very little effect upon the prices of commodities. Eve rybody regarded with distrust tho new issue of notes of the same character as the i&3t, and resting for their support as a circulating me dium upon the same pledges which had ended iu disappointment before. That this is the true difficulty we have to encounter, I think every candid person must now allow, and I cannot retrain from indulg ing the hope that anew and sounder policy will govern our future legislation. The pa triotism of Congress is not to be calied in j question, nor are we at the liberty to doubt their willingness to renounce any policy that may be proved by experience to be eroneous and mischievous. Our people, at the same time, should not be siioat ; and in this respect the patriotic citizens of the great and suffer ing commonwealth of Virginia have set a no ble example. On my arrival in Richmond I found that the Commissioners of prices bad fixed the schedule rates for wheat and corn at S3O and $24 per bushel respectfully for the months of August and September. The feeling of dis appointment and alarm with which I wa» inspired by this circumstance, you can easi ly imagine. This painful feeling was, howev er, soon changed for one of renewed confidence r.ud hope by the farmers of Virginia Public meetings were held in the agricultural coun ties and resolutions adopted boldly avowing the impossibility of marntnining the punlic faith if the Government were forced by the people to pay such prices for supplies and pa trioiiealiy insisting upon a reduction .of the standard rates, and ti eir eitabitehmeu? upon j u basis tuHicicnUy low to inspire confidence ; in the cuntuey. % The re-uli was that the commissioners re- j assembled and reduced the schedule prices j s7i for wheat for the mon h of Align-1 and §5 j tor September. A wiser or more patriotic j course was never pursued by any people, and j 1 would resjiectfHliy appeal to you as the I Chief Magistrate of t»ur gallant and patriotic State to sugge-t and encourage similar meet ings and resolutions on the part ot our owe people. I have au abiding confidence that a general and well established belief ia the intention of Congress under no circumstances of temptation or trial, to shrink trom tne ob servance of most rigid good faith in the money dealings of the Government will ena ble us to overcome all our financial difficul ties. That buck is their real intentions, I osinuet doubt ; but this determination should be en couraged and supported by tne public declar ations of our people, expressive of their own resolute will to foster thecredit ot the Govern meat by the establishment of low prices by the patriotic support of its Treasury. What ever diflViecccs of opinion may have existed in the past, or whatever errors may be sup posed to have been committed, msy new he buried in a common grave. Wfo are making anew start in our finances, and under cir cumstatices by no means unfavorable cr dis couraging. Ike expenditures of the Government are of two classes—those incurred abroad and those incurred st homo. In respect of the tir-t there has hbaer— fa' bee a hut little embarrassment, nor is there any rea-un to expect greater di acuity iu the future. o>r to eign supplies wil probably he procured without making any ad iitioii to the Qebt. lhe mu*iee ... our foe- having raised the price *>t cotton to dOu per pound iu European markets, 'Virile the depreciation cf our currency enables v* nt the eatuo limo to buy it at home at lets actually than 4d, it is plainly scon that it can be no dirt cult task to draw from our enemies, and from the com placent spectators of this a'rocious war, the means of supplying all oar foreign wants. Tbia would leave us then only on*' domestic" cobtto deal with ; and when it is considered that all that is ached of our people, and all that luc Government is called upon to pay for is simply their surplus productions and their services in transportation and mechanical and other labors, who can doubt tho ability of the people to bear this burthen ? If they gave all that is asked with- , out compensation, they would ask at last no more than their surplus and wonld be no poorer for the gift. Jlow then, can their condition bo mada worse by receiving the money and the bonds of the Government in place of receiving nothing ? I hope, my dear sir, that you will agree with me in the opinions and sentiments 1 have expressed, and may join with mo in the elfort to give anew and generous impulse to the public sentiment upon this great topic of our national affairs. I do not think that planters and farmers should alone be called upon to decline in favor of lower price . Manufacturers, railroad companies, and every great interest of the country should con tribute to this reform. Let us ■ content ourselves with moderate prices and keep down the public debt j and not by extorting the highest prices, swell the public burthen and disturb cur own con fidence in the virtue and the resources of the Gov ernment. I remain, dear sir, Yours with great respect. G. A. TEEN HOLM. I Army Cor res po seile sa ce oi' tite Republican. Richmond, August 10, 1861. There lias been more or less skirmishing and lighting below Richmond for nearly a week past. The accounts which reach here are conflicting, some representing the conflict to have been revere and the loss of the enemy heavy, whilst others teeat, it as just the re verse. Unfortunately, lam unable just now to visit the scene of action and verity the ac counts, ray horse having more than tm days ago been sent to the Valley oi Virginia, in anticipation oi important movements in that quarter. Such a thing as hiring a horse in Richmond is utterly impossible, though one should offer as much for one as King Richard did. Indeed, if one was possessed of a hun dred horses, it would be difficult to say just how where one should go. whether to Peters burg where Grant shows some signs of life, or to Dutch Gap where his Dutchmen and Amer ican soldiers of African descent ore at work, or to the Valley of Virginia where Early anil Sheridan confront each other on the banks of that the man laments bis inability to be ia forty different places at the same lime ? My wants arc not so numerous : and yet the pure air sweeping down from the serene heights of the Blue Ridge and Alleghanies, the deli cious water, the babbling brooks and green fields, the lowing herds and bursting granaries make one desire to quit the hot and dusty thoroughfares of the capital for the mountains and valleys of Northern Virginia, a pictur esque region already made historic and sa cred by the deed of Jackson and his men.— But let us return to our raarton. A week ago to-day Grant embarked a con siderable body of cavalry on transports at City Point and started them clown the river on their way. as it was then supposed, to Washington. But they did not proceed as la-r as Washington. They did not even go to Fortress Monroe. They .were landed a short distance below City Point on the north bank of the James, from whence they moved cau tiously up the river and formed a junction v. lib the infantry forces already at Deep Bot tom ami with others which arrived there about the same time with themselves. In the mean time, General Lee'ordered General Hampton, to move by land in the direction of Culpeper, but the latter had not proceeded far before Gim. Lee penetrated the designs of the enemy aud ordered Hampton to the scene tions beiow Richmond, and where he arrived in time to render valuable services. On Sun day arid Monday, the 14th and 15th. there tvas considerable skirmishing and recon uni tori ng b’-* the enemy. ’ On Tuesday, the 16th, lie made an assault upon our lines and was re pulsed. He outnumbered us two to one, and compelled us to draw out our line until it became very long and attenuated, in order to correspond in length with bis own. lie availed himself of this necessity, and though repulsed in his first assault, he massed his forces about noon and buried them with great violence up on a single point held by Wright’s brigade, commanded by Brigadier General Girardey, and broke through our lines. Lane’s North Carolina brigade and parts of Belitung's and G. T. Andersen’s Georgia brigades, were brought up at a double quick and ordered to retake the position. The order was executed in handsome style, the enemy was driven back with heavy loss, and our lines re-estab lished. On the following day Hampton engaged the Federal cavalry and drove them across White Oak Swamp, taking prisoners, arms and horses. Tr.o same day the enemy was driven from Signal Hi!!, some two miles below Chaffin's Bluff, an eminence which he had oc cupied two days before, and which our signal corps bad used as one of their stations. Yes terday (Thursday) there was considerable skirmishing and picket firing, and late in the afternoon a reconnoissance in force was or deted, and the enemy found to be in consider able strength. The Confederate gunboats took part in the assault upon the enemy on Signal Hill, and rendered important aid in driving him away from the works he had al ready thrown up at that place. The practice of the gunners on board the gunboats is rep resented as having been excellent. To-day Loth armies have been quiet in that quarter. The Confederate loss is slight, not exceed ing one hundred killed and five hundred woun ded. The Federal loss, on the contrary, is represented to have beoa seven hundred killed and about three thousand wounded. A few prisoners fell into our hands, perhaps as many as four hundred. The Examiner says the ne gro prisoners got iu a fog on their way to the city, and have not been heard of since. Among the killed on our side was Brigadier General Chambliss, of Virginia, and Brigadier General Girardev, of Georgia. The latter was quite a young man, and had only very recently been promoted for gallant conduct ou the field from the rank of Captain in the Adjutant General’s Department to that.of Brigadier of Infantry. He was a young man or excellent character and of great promise. Yesterday the enemy moved a mixed col umn of infantry, artillery and cavalry, out to n point on the Weldon Railroad, about four miles from Petersburg. They were engaged by He tics division and driven some distance, bat whether from the railroad I am unable to say, the telegrams, both private and official, being somewhat cloudy, like the weather, on that point. Heth took about two hundred prisoners. There is a prospect of the early resumption of tho exchange of prisoners. The exchange will be conducted on the principle of giving man for man and officer for officer, any sur» plus of either not to be paroled, but held for future exchange. It Is not probable that ob jection will be made by the Confederate au thorities to including in the exchange such free negroes, inhabitants of tho Northern Slates as may have fallen into their hands. Free blacks are enlisted in the English and French armies, and are exchanged like white prison ers. -Negroes who have been seduced or forced from their Southern homes by the tram testifies and armies c: the North, will not, etcourse, be exchanged, but will be returned to their so- nor cwners. P. W. A. Pcefxkinu k:>h THt Raius.—The rf/illeGgevi!ie C.mledenito Union, of Tues sy lust. Eay.- : “The Governor ass been very busy for Gse pß*t week pre paring fer tho r*id»is. If they should think it proper to p&y us another visit we think shall be abl *to sivo them a wertn nd cotdi I reception. Their last visit ic this vicinity o**u and n*»t bave been very agreeably to either of the parties. Oitr excuse for n- : making it m*-re interestiug. is that e did not expect them, and of course w.-n* not prepare.! to < ve tben! nxteh a welcoiua e wecmhl "'-'i r 1 ns they deserved. But when th»*v r«"t» , »« trust we sh 11 pe r>re."otcd m> roc* i. o tit. . u -h a TUi.i ner ns w ii! In- a tier <-c Iv sit -I* t Ui an ot' tl.Hut 1 over §r • b.i,ck to their m.o.f • TELEGRAPHIC. RSPOnVS OF THE MESS ASSOCIATION. Entered arnirdine to act of Congress in the year lbt>3, by «T. S. Thrasher, in tho Ciork’s office cf tne District Court of the Confederate States for itui Northern District of Georgia. Petersburg. Aug. 25. The New York Herald of the 2?d has a letter from Niagara Falls which says Judge Black, At torney General under Buchanan, and Kay, Lin coln’s private secretary have had another inter view with Clay, Ilolcombe & Cos. and that Lin coln is about to offer an armistice and propose a meeting of commissioners in Baltimore or some other border city. Our forces engaged ami drovo in the enemy’s line of skirmishers in front of Bermuda Hundreds this morning, capturing 00 prisoners. The en gagsmont lasted but a short time. Our loss small. For several days past tho enemy ? pickets in froDt of Bermuda Hundreds aod along tbo line of the Weldon railroad have placed negroes in front. No change. The enemy have been engaged to day shifting their forces from their right to their left. Butler's cavalry engaged the enemy's cavalry ten miles below night before last and repulsed the effort they were making to drive in onrpiekees. Loss mall. Hoary firing heard some distance down the line of the Weldon railroad for the last hour.- - Cause unknown. Atlanta, Aug. 25. From some cause the Federal batteries were rL lent this morning. Last night shells struck tho Presbyterian church on Marietta street and exploded in the basement .where a number of citizons had sought shelter. A fragment of shell cat off an arm of a citizen who was lying in bed in tlie basement. No other casualties. Soouts report that the arc again de stroying the Georgia railroad below Decatur. Lieut. Col. G. A. Henry, jr. has been tempo rarily appointed Provost Marshall of the general armv. Tlie Skfies Brlghieailug. * At the incipienej of the present cams paign the Northern press called loud]}' for “something decisive.” Without military success, it was admitted, the United States would be put out from the great number oi nations for the next hundred years, i The spring campaign of 'Of was declared j a distinct turning point m hurntm history, as were the battles of Marathon, of Tours, of Pultowa or Waterloo. Well, the cams paign is nearly over. The Yankees have come tip manfully to the shambles and been slaughtered. The most collosai at tempts that could be organized for our de struction, Lave signally.,failed, and as pre dicted, Yankeedom bids fair to “die tire youngest of great republics. 7 ’ A convic* tion seems at least to have* taken hold of the public mind at the North that our do struetiou is a hopeless undertaking. The war is fast assuming a defensive character on the part of the enemy, who boldly de clare that hereafter Gen. Lee will dictate the movements of Grant. The North is i for peace. The war is fast drawing to a.l close. The signs arc that crc the ides of i March next, the carriage that has black ened all the land with “mourning gar 1 * mentis,” will have almost entirely ceased. The_ Chicago candidate ior the Presidency will be a peace man, and his election is certain, unless some great calamity beialls us before November. He will take a bold, .dignified and manly stand for peace, and the masses will sustain him. The pill is working well. Lot us remain firm aud j fearless, pushing the shoddy hordes deeper and deeper into the m.re of rain, until finally our glittering bayonets pass into j the enemy’s land, the peace party seize the reins of the tottering government and sue for a cessation of hostilities on terms of -j our own choice. What Pultowa done for Russia the campaign of 1864 will do for the people of the Confederate States. Let us put out our entire strength and ward off defeat, until the great change is wrought- a change as certain as are the balmy breezes following chilly March, i forerunners of genial laughing spring, j Unconquerable determination is all we 1 need. Thus impelled, the naked wretches of India saved themselves from oblivion; the obscure band of Italian ruffians be-* came the Roman people; and the great nations of Western Europe gained their present high position in the scale of civ ilization and national grandeur.— Merida tan Clarion. Major General Buell, who was mustered out of service as a .Federal Major General of volunteers, being reduced to his origi nal rank as Colonel in the regular array, has resigned. He has lately written a letter from Bed ford Springs, in which he gives the fol lowing reason for his resigning. He is another witness of .the infamous manner in which this war against the Confederate States has been conducted by Lincoln and his supporters. As the Presidential can» vass progresses we shall have more letters of a similar character published in the Yankee press: “I believe that tho policy and means with which the war was being prosecuted were discreditable to the nation and a stain upon civilization; and that they would not only fail to restore the Union, if indeed, they had not already rendered impossible, but that their tendency wag to subvert tho institution under which the country had realized un exampled prosperity and happiness; and to such a work I could not lend my hand// ♦ An Important Decision for Ma rylanders —On Friday j Judge Hally-' burton, of the Confederate States District Court at Richmond, delivered his decis ion in the case oi Robert P. Hobbs, who sued out for exemption from military ser vice on the ground that he is a Maryland er and has been exiled from his home in consequence of sentiments entertained by him adverse to the prosecution of the war by the United States Government Judge Halyburton sustained the grounds which were argued by the petitioner's counsel, General Humphrey Marshall, and dls? charged him from custody. He took the position that in all eases ia history where persons were exiled from home on ac count of their political sentiments, they could not bo legally required to take up i arms in defense of a country which was at war with the nation from which they had fled; and the application of* Mr. Hobbs being based upon this ground, he had no other recourse than to set him at liberty. Judge Halyburtcn’s decision was-made orally. It is a very important one, from the tact that it will effect the stfitiw of all Marylanders, or other«refu« gees from the enemy’s territory, who may claim exemption from the Confederate -erviue on the same ground CITY’JHATTBHJL T. J. JACKSON. LOCAL EDITOR. Funeral Notice. The members of Oglethorpe Lodve No. 47, A Y M, are revested to meet at the Lodge Room, e t 9 o'clk Ibis morning, Fri ay 28th hist., to attend thofar.orr.l of Brother I*. IL Fow7.es. Member? of Columbian Lodge and all transcient Masons arc invited to attend. F. M. BROOKS, W. M. W. E. iSaxpfoup, Scc’y, as26 It* City News Items.-—Win. B. Seals, a well known and able teacher proposes to open in this city on the first of October next, a high school for young ladios at tho Sladeville Institute. Tho office and store-room of the Post Cominis missnry, Capt. Gray bill, has been removed to tho ; store formerly occupied by Eaugli A Tillman. • i The store-room of the Columbus Arsenal under charge of Lt. Muldron, lias been removed to the ordinance buildings near the grave yard. The City Council of Columbus at its last mect | i»g appropriated $5,000 to the Relief /bromittee 6f its city now at Atlanta. Uapt. Chapman's Georgia Defenders, ■ which have been on Guard duty for two weeks, have been I temporarily relieved, and we learn returned to tho city yesterday afternoon. “Tho heated term’’ still continues in this section with unabated fury. We have seldom, if ever, known a spoil of hotter weather of longer dura tions. Mr. 1). H. Fowler, late oi New Orleans died in this city on tho 24th. It wil be seen that his fu uerai takes place this morning p.i 9 o’clock, from his residence. Ax Example wokthy ok Imitation. —Per con tra of rents (a subject always in order with us as Local Jones’ boys are with him) our attention lis? been called to a meet worthy example of a gentleman in this city, who at the beginning of tus war charged a soldiers’ wife five dollars per month for the use of two rooms, and who through all tho fluctuations of the currency has never raised one cent on her. This conduct wo deem of such rave occurrence ns to be worthy to bo re corded among the bright examples that have at intervals been mentioned during the war. The quality of actions is to be adjuged as a general thing by the motives which prompted them, and by the surroundings at the time of performance. • Thus when we take into consideration the avari cious and grasping propensities of the times, and the almost universal distrust in the honor and in tegrity of mankind, when the advocate? of total de pravity, have abundant reason for self-congratu lation at tho increasing evidence of tbo prevalence of their doctrine, wo think the above conduct worthy of the highest eulogy, and the emulation of all right thinking man. We had rather come forth from this ordeal of firs with tho honors, and agreeable inward satisfaction such a course natur ally confers than to revel for all future time in a perfect sea of ill-gotten wealth. Who has the heart and patriotism to immitate this gentleman ? ( C Oil H V MO A TE i>.) v Columbus, Ah;j. 25th. Mr. liDiTOft 'J'lie follow lug occurred iu this morning's editorial of the Sun : “How seldom wo hear tho heart-foil repetition of that simple petition : ‘ Forgive us out trespasses as we /bi-give those ■who tretepaee against v.h •lie surely has not attended very recently any of iho services of tnc Protestant Episcopal Church, or he would have noticed that petition offered up on every occasion, whether at divine service, the burial, baptismal -or marriage ceremonials: as speci al provision is made for its repetition on such oe eassious. Be so kind as io ask him around to Trinity Church or turn him over to cur post chapiia IU v, Mr. Stlckney; and he will also hear at divine ser vice, ‘‘That it may please thee to forgive our t-ne tuies,. persecutors and slanderers, and to turn their hearts. CHURCHMAN. Gov. Brown's Proclamations. —We are in debted to tho Macon Intelligencer for tho follow ing explanation of tho proclamations of Governor Brown, which we publish this morning. They contain matters of interest to the public, and should bo carefully road. The first proclamation is directed to the Justices of the Inferior Courts of the State, and to the Governor’s Aids-de-Carop. It refers to detailed policemen, some of whom, though detailed for po lice duty, have neglected it to attend to their pri vate affairs. The Governor properly remarks that details were not granted to them as a matter of personal favor, hut to promote the public interest, and he requires them to give their whole time to ths business of traveling through their counties from plantation to plantation, under snob regula tions as their County Courts shall prescribe, ami in teeing that the negroes on all plantations, left without overseers, are kept in subjection and properly protected. All neglecting this duty, tho Governor requires to bo arrested and sent imme diacy to Major General G. V, 7 . Smith, at Atlanta, to do duty at the front. This is right, and we trust that prompt attention will be given to this matter by the authorities, whose duly it is in every county in tho State to keep a watchful oyc ou this detailed police. The second proclamation notifies all concerned that the Govornor will not act upon applications of furlough* made to him by the militia under Gen, Smith's command. These, have ail been turned over to Gen. Hood, and are bow under his supremo command. Ths Governor aays there must be “no divided counsels at Atlanta,” and that during the time that Gen, Hood commands the militia, they arc as absolutely under his con trol, for the defense of Atlanta, as tho Georgians in Virginia are under the control of Gen. Lee- Parties, therefore, who have pplied io the Gov ernor for furloughs, or who design to apply, will govern themselves accordingly. pWK!&~ * —— ' - Tm; Jfor.n.E Prisoxees. —Admiral Buchanan was doing well at Pensacola on the 10fb. It was thought that his b-« would be saved. Captains Johnston and Marphy'were well. Tho following is the dhpoeiti ,-n of the naval pris oners : LIST OR XAYAL OFJTCSBS BEST TO PENSACOLA. Admiral Frank Buchanan Commander J.is i> Johnston Lieut \V L Bradford Lieut A D Wharton Fleet Surgeon D A Conrad Assis’t Surgeon, 11' IB >wies Second Engine r, J 0 Council Master’s ATite, W A Forrest Master’s Mate, R J Carter. LIST or XAYAL OrFICKRS SEST TO S.'.Y OSLEA^i, Second Lieut Vv F /fobinsoa Second Lieut E J AfeDerm »t Fi st Lieut Marines, D G Ranny Joe M Walker, Acting '’avte;; J R Dearie;,', Acting Jfaster H G Perrin, Master Gao vV li iehavdsoa a&dsUrti payaustet Geo D Linnig, first asristaut on*:near John Hays, Sscq ,and as-istant cr.i inner ' R J Kilpatrick, Second assistant engines Goo Langdoc, See -nd assistant en lu -er J'»h i Applegate. Third s istant enviuee: W B Patterson. Third ansi rant engir eer V/m ifodgera. Third ass is tan engineer W 0 Breutou, Thir.l iwwistant engineer 31 A Die t on, Midshi man M .rc s Rosbc, Mister's ate Gen H Cbhen. Payinasfor’s Clerk R J l irzpatriek. Steward .John Met’ready, I> •et-WAin 15 8 Smith, Gunner. Fort Morgan, it is saivi, was planned by Napoleon’s celebrated engineer aid de camp, General ReroarJ, at one lime Sec retary ot War of France under Louis; phillipe. He ti:l-red the American as ' inv pifov j-.v in ( g >n c f ‘ »he B mrbous ExKCUTIVE DuPARTIi'-ET, Milledirwille, Aug. 19, ’O4. To the Juntas of tk« Inferior C’J'iria and Aide de-Camp : I am informed that the Policemen in soma of tba eonntie , who have been detui'ed under orders frois these Headquarters, upon tho application of th* Inferior Courts, to act as a polieo seres fer their re pp,-elive counties, are neg ecting their du-ies ant giving their attention exclusively to thou own pri vate affairs* This cannot be tolerated. The detail* wore not gr nted to them a.? matter of personal fa vor. b t a? matter of pnbli • interest. They are required to give their whole time to tb* business of traveling through th ■ eounty from pi m tation to plantation, under such regulations a* the Courts may prescribe, and in soring that the ne groes on all piantatioHS, left without overseers, ar« kept in subjection and properly protect©'.!. The du<y ig expected to be performed as promptly s.nd as faithfully as they would the duty of soldi rs ct the front. No Policeman is expected to give any more of his lime to liis own plantation that heroes to the plantation of like sire of each other person in the section of tho county to which he may be as • signed by the Court. In each ec«e of neglect to p*r r orm Lis duty under the rules hero laid dawn, tho (hurt and the Aids dc-Camp are charged :ind required to arrest sueb delinquent Policeman and send him immediately to Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith, at Atlanta, that he nitty lie compelled to do duty at the front. ssriUlt JOSEPH E. BROWN. Executive Dbpartmsni, Millodaevillo, Aug. 19, ’t>!. .4s numerous complaints avo made to .this oEeo by poisons now in the Division of d/iiitia under command of Major General O. W. Smith, for fur loughs, details and discharges, I take this method of stating to nil concerned that the Division has beea placed under the command cf Gen. J B. flood till such time as I may choose to assume the. command, or tib I shall « rfter it disbanded, whan I am satis fied the emergens* has passed. As it is important that there be no divided coun sels at Atlanta, when so much depend upon the result, I deem it proper that Gen. Hood, while iu command of the Mit tia, shall have entire control. So soon, thoref re, as the men arc armed and sent to Atlanta I yield the solo command to Gen.. Hood, till I shall think proper to resume it na aboro sta ted, and all applications for furlough, detail, or dis charge, must be made to him through tiio regular military channels. None of them will be acted up on by me. The Hospitals of tho Militia are also under tba direction and control of the officers in tha Department, un or Gonorol Hood, and tho State has no eontro : over them. During the time that General Hood c 'remands the Militia, they are as absolutely under bi* con trol, fer the defence of Atlanta, as the Georgians ill Virginia arc under tho couiro of Gen. Lee. The only difference is in the term of service.— Those in Virginia are in for the war, while the Mil itia »rc in for tho emergency, to bo judged by tho Governor, and they are disbanded or withdrawn by his order. JOSEPH 13. BROWN. ag2t» lt To those whom it usay Concern! Office Chief Cojimissiuy, Savau'iab, Aug. *22, ’64. The following extract of a letter from tho Subria ier.ee Department, da ed Richmond, August 19fa, is published for tho information of all concerned: “No more permits or protection will o given by the Secretary of War to corporations or private par tms, except upon condition that they buy at Gov ernment rates: and all furtlior purchases made by parties now holding such permits or protections are required to be made on tho same terms. Thus, it is hoped, speculation in the neoe Burtes of life will be diminished, price* re lue* and and so oe of the difficul ties under which ho have heretofore labored re moved. J. L. LOCKE. ag2S lw Maj. and Cbh l Com’y. AUCTION SALES. IBy Elias, Uvinsrston & J IBRD AY, 27th of August, at 10 o’clock, W 6 ' ’ will seli in front of our store, 700 Lbs Bacon ; 3 Bijls. Superior Corn Whiskey ; 1 “ “ Ilyo “ 1 Good Cooking Stove, (complete); Ladies and Misses Gaiters and Hats ; Lot Prints; 20,000 Needles; WITH OTHER DESIRABLE GOODS, ' ag2s td sl2 ’ WANTED!. —AT— 3L3L-&, lO:l*>o.sic3L Street. COLUMBUS, GEO. 25 Barrels Vinegar; 25 <£ Soft Soap; 500 Pounds Good Tallow; 500 “ Beeswax; 50 Bushels Irish Potatoes, and other Country Produce, for which the New Is sue wi!i be paid or SALT, SODA, SU GAR, Ac , will be given, au«2fi dst w2t ' liwitfipr r rilE Exercises of this Institution will begin on. * Tuesday, the 20 h Se tember. Ti e Pres dent, llev. T. A. Brown is a gentleman of finhhed duca tion, and long experienced in tcich'ng. Ho will b ve associated with him a complete and able Ifoaid of Instruct on. Mr-. James Callier, who has charge of the Boarding Dcpartmen , can accommodate » large nutnOer of young lasiiea For farther partic ulars address Rev. T. A. >_rown, or the uuoersigued at faibutton, ua. . „ E. H. WORRIED. ag2s 2w Ch n’n B’rd Tr’g. Confederate States depository. Columbus, Oa., Aug. 17, ’t>4, Don. sites in New Currency will bo received and Call Certificates issue-I at this Office, payable go demand, bear ng interest at four psr cent per *u nma from di^e. Dcp sites in Old Currency at 2- 5 cents on the dollar will be received and Certificate issue 1 p lya’ole on demand after ninety days from date ia New Cur rency. Above Certificates are secured by the.hypo heea tion of an amount of Bonds of the Five llaadw Million Loan (non-taxable] Coohl to the ouu these loans. I am prepared to sell the 6 per cent Coupon or Registered Ei> ds of tho IJoO (,oth!,‘Joo loan at for the new currency or the o dated 2-3 cents 9Q the dollar. The principal and intercut of this Loan am froo from Taxation and the Ca upous recsiv-kblc ia pay ment fi r ali Import and Export Duties. These Bonds are the be-t so uriti s j et offered by the Gov ernment, and I recommend them to tho favorabi* notico of the public. W. a. YOUNG, augl itn_ Depositary, iSSatile-Fieid Relies Association of Cuiu jibjs, All who are disposed to on tribute articlre noces sary for the relief of the sick and wounded iu the Army of Tc-nnegsoe, are requested to leave them ft! Goodrich k Co’s sfore by Okb O’clock, P. M.ov ery Tuksdat ad 1 kidat. wh**n they will be lor waruci to a..d dispensed by our Commit rc there. W. 11. YOUNG, P wd L C. G. liOL«(iS._3cc’y. MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. C iIWT G/easd, Ala., Ana. 22. W*i. ON -.nd after tb’s date Trains on this R->a i will Kuo Daily f Sunday except A.) as i-jffows; IVain. Lr:!\’e Oir rl at •> CO 'a. Arriv- in Union r ng- .7 .in Lsi’ve Uou.n Springs.. b m m. Airivu in Girard A It) OJ “ ri'clg'ltt TmaSsj. Leave Gimr' at t ftt> a. au ■ Arrive iu Girard at..... fi <K) p as. B. E. WELLS. tt' Eng. G rup t