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COLUMBUS TIMES Publish*! Daily (Sunday* excepted) at the Tftie sA *4.oorermonth,or *l2 K>rthroe month*. No received for alon*er term thna )t/c* nnxnths. ADfERTISIDiG RATIOS : * Advertisements inserted for *2 00 per square ter each insertion. WheraadvertUementi are inierted a month, the charge will be S3O per square. Anuouneing candidatess3o, wbieb must invariably i paid in adranee. Change of Schedule. Office Hnqikbsb and ScFKßisrrKjrowT, ) Charleston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, June 7, IStH.J iwnWeSiSL ON THURSDAY, June9,lßo4,and until further notice, the Schedule of the Pa?ser!gor train will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.43, a. m. Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m. Leave Savannah £.30, a. n». Arrive in Charleston ~...1.15, p. in. This Train makc3 direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. H. S. HAINES, June 14 ti_ Engineer and Superintendent. Change ol Schedule. ON and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on tire Muscogco Railroad will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN: 1/eu.ve Columbus 6 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon .3 25 A. M. Leave Macon 8 19 P. M Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. JVi. FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M. Arrive at Columbus .....4 55 A. M. W.L. CLARK. mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. COLUMBUS TO WEST POINT I On and after the SOth inst., the Passenger Train <m the Montgomery & West Point R. It. will Leave Columbus . . 2 40 1>. m. Arrive at West Point 8 00 " Leave West Point Arrive at Columbus 910 “ Freight Train will Leave Columbus...-5 50 a. in. Arrive at Columbus 12 23 “ J. E. APPLER, July 23 ts Agent. MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CIIA.VUK OF SdlEDllE. Girard, Ala., Aug • 23, 1881. AN and after this date Trains on this Road will \J Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train. Leave Girard at 3 00 p. m. Arrive in Union Springs 7 30 Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. rn. Arrive in Girard at .....10 00 " Freight Train; Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS, aglSfcf Eng. & Snp’t. BROWN’S FLY SHUTTLE LOOM, (Will Weave 30 Yards pe£ Day.) Oa>rci Baolts, WINNING-WHEELS and COM-SHELLEItS! Manufactured by A. D. BROWN Jc CO. «3rOrdcrs received by M. P. Er.Lis & Co."©* . a«l3 lm # &ILMOH.E cfc 00-146, 146, Broad Street. HAS ON HAND AND FOR SALE! I Com. Flour, Bacon, Tobacco, Candles, Syrup, Sugar, Coffee, Lara, Peas, Rice, Oanaburgs, Watches, Sheetings, Broom?. Spun Thread, Beeswax and Tallow. -ALSO,-- Salt, Sugar, Sheeting amt Osiiaburgs TO EXCHANGE FOR'COUNTRY PRODUCE! —ALSO.— A Germino Article of APPLE VINEGAR fur -Mile. qgl2 lw* FOR Or Exchange for Country Produce. BE SI COTTON CARDS; STINNING Wll EELS ; CLOCK REELS. agio 2w JEFFERSON & HAMILTON. IRON! WIK£, 2,000 lbs. 8 and 10 Iron Wire! For sale by *glo2w JEFFERSON k HAMILTON. 1.000 Pounds Choice Brown Sugar, TO EXCHANGE FOR WHEAT, Flonv, Com «rHeal Ag'J dst wl t Columbus, Ga. THOMAS SAVACJE, Agent, (At Halford’s old Stand,) 35T0. 101, BROAD ST. MS F»lt SALE OR (BMKffi Sheeting, Shlitfags. Twills, Tarns, Linseys, i.aguaray Cofiee. Tobacco, Rice, Kails of all sixes, ac N &c., &c. _ju!27tl _ STOMEIV! the OWNER of a BLIND HORSE stolen by i a deserter, can hear of him by applying at the Enrolling Office. W». L. DAvIS, affll lw _ Capt. k Bn. On. Rmim t ATEGRO bov CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel low complexion, hair nearly straight, brtow or dinary intelligence; left Jfr. Nat. Thompson s near Box Springs. Talbot county. .! bought Urn of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskegeo, Ala. He originally.came from Charleston. S. C 7 A suitable reward will be paid for his dolivery at this office, or in any safe jail and information sent to me at tins offing f uggßL1 _ Columbu's ga., aug 1 ts * REMO V Ala! I HAVE removed my Office to a room over Gun by’s Store, whore I will be pleased to wait on Patients requiring Medical or Surgiwrl treatment. agl3 lm* T. J. WORD, M. D. #SO He ward. I WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black boy, about 21 years old. He has been out three or four weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about he city. JNO. U. BASS. jyltf Notice to Debtors and Cred itors. ALL persons indebted to the estate of Ncaborn Jones, deceased, are required to. make imme diate payment, and those having claims against said ■‘•date are required to render them m terms oi the '* W 10 the .1. CE.N-.N-ISO, AdmV. By MARY H. BENNING, Agent. iu!2B wot __________ Shoemakers’ aml Saddlers’ TOOLS. THE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the * manufacture of the above named articles in this rity, are prepared to ftll orders for thesame. Office on Angle street, a few doors above 0. S. Hospital. HARRISON, BEDELL & CO. Reference—Maj. F. W. Dillard, Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con iritutionalist, please copy one month and send bills to this office. OULT 30 ts raRFAPEROIAM BOOKS FOR SAXiB ! Wu L-ve for sale 49 roams ot Letter Paper, and 2.000 small Pocket Blank Books, at W holwale or Retail. Paper, ssoper Ream; Blank Books, sloo r *2fl tf s CtS ' wholcsale * App!y H THIS OFFICE. GEORGIA--MHicogee County, WHEREAS, Mrs. Mary V. DavD. adm’x of Dr. • t George S. Davis, dec’d has filed her petivionjcr leave to soli a negro woman by the name of Mans, about 25 years ol age and her four children!. All persons concernod are hereby notified to show cause, tis any they have) why an order should not be granted at thenoxt September Term oi the Court of Ordinary for said county, authorizing the --ale of said negro. Given under my hand, J uly Ist. 64. JNO. JOHNSON. jv4 2m Oidinary. Vol. XI. J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors * J. W. WARRBU, Editor Confederate States Depository. Columbus, Ga„ Aug. 17, 'B4. Deporites ia New Currency will be received and Call Certificates issued at this Office, payable on demand, bearing interest at four per cent per an num from date. Deposits, in Oid Currency at 66 2-3 cents on the dollar will borcceived and Certificate issued payable on demand after ninety days from date in New Cur rency. Above Certificates are secured by the hypotheca tion of an amount of Bonds of the Five Hundre Miliion Loan [non*taxable] equal to the sum these loans. I am prepared to sell the 0 per cent Coupon or Registered Bond, of the $509,090,00) loan at $135 for the new currency vrr the old at 66 2-3 cents on the dollar. The principal and interest of this Loan are free from Taxation aud the Coupon: receivable in pay ment tor all Import and Export Duties. These Bonds are the best securities yet offered by the Gov ernment, and I recommend them to the favoihble notice of the public. W. H. YOUNG, augl lm Depositary. BaHlc-Fleld Relief Association of Columbus, Ga. All who arc disposed to contribute articles neces sary for the relief of the sick and wounded in the Army of Tennessee, arc requested to leave them at Goodrich & Co’s store by One O’clock, P. M> ev ery Tuesday and Friday, when they will be for warded to and dispensed by our Committee there. W. H. YOUNG, Presd’t. C. G. Holmes. See’y. ag23tf To those whom it may loucerii! Okkice Caizf Commissary, Savannah, Aug. 22, 'fit. The following extract of a letter from the Subsis tence Department, dated Richmond, August 10th, is published for the information of all concerned: “No rnoro permits or protection will be given by the Secretary of War to corporations or private par ties, except upon condition that they buy at Gov- j ernment rates; and all further purchases made by j parties now holding such permits or protections are j required to be made on the same terms. Thus, it is j hoped, speculation in the necessaries of life will be j diminished, prices reduced and some of the difficul- j ties under which he have heretofore labored re- : moved. J. L. LOCKE, «g2fi lw Maj. and Chief Com’y. I Stockholders’ iHectiiisf. Muscogee Rail Road Company, I Columbus. Ga., Aug. 22,1861. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of this ! Company will be held at the Depot in this city, »u j Monday, the sth September next, at 10 o’clock, i i a. m. J. M. BIVINS, s»g23 id See’y and Treas’r. j Dividend P¥o. SH. Muscogee Rail Road Company. Columbus, Ga,, Aug. 22, tsob j The Board of'Dircetors has declared, a Dividend j of Ten (10) Dollars per rliare, on the General Stock | of this Obiupany, payable in Confederate Treasury • notes, as so on as the amount due by the Govern : inent can be collected, notice of which will be given. J. M. BIVINS, ag2o dot . See'y and Treas’r. STEAM SAW Mill FOB SALTS3 i T OFFER my MILL for sole, situated in adouso -1 ly covered forest of pine, oak, Li kory, boccli. poplar and other swamp timbers, immediately on Mobile and Girard Hail Road, between Stations 4 and 5, and ouly 30 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- I ry out. The 191 ill is in Splendid Run ning Order, and , of FORTY-HOUSE POWER, capable of CUTTING ! SIX to EIGHT THOUSAND FEET PER DAY. i A good chance for refugees or parties desirous of I doing Government work. Address me at Guerryton, Ala., or apply to inc in ' person on the premises, or at this office. G. W. OGLESBY. | aug24 2\i i llhadquartxrs Aujiv or Texx. Office, Chief of Staff, Aug. 13, *34. * Circular; Officers and soldiers belonging to Regiments of i this Army now absent, from whatever cause, are j called upon to return at once to their command?.— ; The commanding General promises to u ; e his good j offices to obtain pardon for such as may bo improp j erly absent, where they voluntarily rejoin. By command of Gen. HOOD, I F, A. Shour. Chief of Staff. 19 at Notice. Hkadquastrrs Post, 1 Columbus, Ga., Aug. 14, ißol. 1 j General Orders,) No. 5. j 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] j and fifty-five [ss] years, visiting Columbus, [officers j of the Navy and Army stationed at this Post excep j 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 ; ccrs charged with the examination of papers. By ovder GEO. 0. DAWSON, Major Comd'g Post. | agio 7t ___ TO HIKE! tj'Oß the balaneo of the year fifteen able-bodied Negro Men and seventeen Negro Vi omen. Apply soon to R. M. GUNBY, Ag't. : jul 23 ts ' BTEKLIHD EXIHIME! i FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange A for sale in sums to suit purchasers by agio tt BANK OF COLUMBUS. A HOUSE! W AITED. i rriO Rent from October next, a house, or part ot a I house, for the use of a family. , .. ytddre-:-: eIbMA. _ ag stf this Office. | ~ SI,OOO Reward. STOLEN from my headquarters near Atlanta, Ga., my Mare, bright bay, bald face, black inane ana tail and black logs, with the exception oi two small white spots on the inside of each hind toot, carries a high head and altogether is a very gay looking an imal under the saddle. I will pay ssou for her de livery to mo at tlii? place or to Maj. iron. Cueat ham, Army of Tennessee, or for information so that I can get her. And **(so for the detection ot the thief that stole her. bi-ttww B. J. BIILkR. i agi? lw _____ _ Jfaj. and <7. S. STOLE*, I fROM my house. la«t night, tw->,Checks on the jJ] Agency of the Union Bank,-m tuir city, arawn by J. M. Mulden, Jr., Lt. Ac-; one N o. r9o. for $340. and the other No. ISA, for 411 persons are warned pgains t trading tor sain ftiocus. as pay men. has beeD stopped and Duplicates arnhed tor. agio at* T. RL o>r LLc. r STRAY Mt-EE. ] LOsT from my TKaadr./, 1 ney buiit brown marc Mule, e-ght tr n.no j cart old; in good order; »o marks recoUeote l, except a oollar mark on the point oi her shoulder. A reason* aMe reward will be paid WTLL[AM g. Columbus, Ga., Holiday Homing, August 29,1864. Saturday Evening. Spffial fomspondfHce of thf Times, Atlanta, Aug. 2fi, 18fi4. Scene in the /' 'rtibyttrian Church—Ruinors of Hhentupi's Retiring—Yankee Deserters — Brig, den. O. W. dor don—Temporary Appoint- j mtnl of I'rouo' t Marshal Guard—Tennessee \ ill-cciion—Southern Express Company. The Yankee batteries were mysteriously si lent yesterday (Thursday.) Ou Wednesday j night a large 42-pound shell entered the Pres- \ byterian Church, on Marietlu street, and after passing through the pulpit exploded in the basement, or Sunday school room. Several families living in the vicinity, having taken > reluge there, were more or less stunned and j injured by the explosion, and one man had ; his right arm taken off. The 9ccne in the room was frightful—it was after midnight, and all the inmates were sleeping peacefully, perfectly confident of security. Mothers caught j up their children hurriedly and rushed fran- ; tic ally into the streets screaming, though ! without any definite purpose in view, save that of escaping for the time from the scene which ; bad struck such terror into their soul3—and! there, out upon the open streets, they stood j crouching, with their little families clinging around them, and knowing not where to fly for safety. Shell after shell in rapid succes sion cam© screaming through the air, and as | the light of each terrific explosion—like light ning flashes- - quivered over them, the figure of oue pale-faced mother could be descried, with hare outstretched arms, vainly hoping to shield her little ones from the falling frag ments. Oh 1 the heartless cruelty of the foe ! Oh ! the mighty depths of a mother’s love ! I Assistance came at last, however, and the : panic stricken women and children were Imd | died off into the bomb-proofs of kind neiglv— i bora in more secure localities; and the wouu ! de<i properly cared for. I There was a rumor current hist eveni^ I that Sherman had recrossed the Cbuttahoo ! chce with one of his corps, and that this corps i had gone to Marietta.. Humors were also ; current that he had withdrAwiiv-darge portion ; of his force from our right and centre, and was ! preparing to do so from our left. The over | sanguine in this vicinity look upon this as an indication of a general retrograde movement,, I but 1 am disinclined, with such lights as I : have before me, to place much credit in the I rumors, or much weight to the hasty infer ! euces drawn. 1. conversed this morning with two Yankee deserters, who had just gotten into oui lines. ; One of them, who had been drafted in Ohio, left Dayton last week and came through,phat : tanooga and Dalton last Sunday. Up to that : time, he stales, the railroads were intact. He I heard of Wheeler, who waa said to be off from ! tiic road some distance, after some of the : Yankee wagon trains. When he reached the : army he found that they were not issuing full 1 rations—being apprehensive of some trouble | ahead. I Nothing official has been received from j Whealer up to the time I write. The Yankee j pickets announced to our pickets last night that they had captured him, and factiously | inquired if' we bad any moTe like him, and if ; so, send them along. Scouts report this morning, that the enemy 's : cavalry, upon our right, are occupying them ! selves iu effectually destroying the Georgia Railroad, from Decatur southward, and an impression prevails iu some circles that they I may be meditating another raid in that qutr ; ter. ; There was apparently Y&ry little interest | taken in the Tennessee Congressional election ; in this army, judging from the small vote polled. McCltiskey is doubtless elected over Sneed. Tennesseeans will doubtless be glad to learn of the promotion of Col. G. W. Gordon, of the Ist Tennessee, to the rank of Brigadier General. He is a gallant and meritorious offi cer, and is said to be one of the best regimen tal officers in the service. He has been as signed to tho command of Vaughn's Brigade, Gen. Gordon is quite a young man—being i only in his twenty-sixth year. ! Col. Gustavus A. Henry, Jr., son of Senator j Henry of Tennessee, has been appointed tem ! porarily Provost Marshal General of the army i of Tennessee, and entered upon the discharge iof his duties yesterday. He is also quite j young, but I regard him as a young man of fine promise. His manners are exceedingly : pleasing and winning, and besides being an I accomplished and high-toned gentleman, is ! said to be a brave sud dashing officer. Another large fire, the result of Yankee I shells, (which are said now to contain Greek i tire) occurred Wednesday afternoon destroy ing a large Lard Factory and several dwell j ings on Alabama Street north of Whitehall ’ and near the Railroad. Loss considerable, i The Southern Express Office is still kept opan, though tho shells are falling around it constantly, and business is carried ou as usu al. Mr. Hurlburt, the Superintendent, and ■ his able assistants, deserve much praise for : thus bravely standing to their posts, afford i--ing both encouragement and confidence by i their example, not to speak of the great faeil | Hies the office ia town affords to the army.— I cannot permit this opportunity to pass with, j out acknowledging the many kind favors from : the members of this useful institution, whose f courtesy to the Press speaks as eloquently of ! tbeir intelligence, aa it does of their appre : ciatioa and public spirit. J OUTLINE. j KE3ION2S and Rktzscs Ofxicbxs.—We see from i General Orders, No. 51, Adjutant and Inspector ! General’s Office, lately published by Evans A CofS j welt, Columbia, S. C., thst 1254 officers hare resign- i • cd; and four hundred and fourteen have been dirop : pedfrota the rolls; making sixteen hundred cud ! seventy-eight officers., a very respectable brigade, and enough to command forty regiments, which if | full, to the standard, would be 40.000 men. * very ’ ' fair rifting of supernumerary'.?. (communicated.) Resolutions to be considered by the Chiea- j go Convention if permitted to assemble: Resolved. That in an agouy of shame and j remorse, we demand the . immediate And un conditional recognition of the independence of the Southern people. Resolved, That their cause is our cause, and , that for their generous prosecution of it in our own despite, we hold ourselves their debt ors in a million of lives, and more than a bil lion of treasure. Resolved, That we stand before God, man- : kind and ourselves, convicted traitors to eve- j rything manly, decent and righteous, in that j we have lent ourselves as base tools to baser ; men than ourselves in this unholy, inhuman, ; 1 endless, objectless, hopeless, war. Resolved. That we recognize the righteous j providence of Almighty God. in that he has i recompensed our great wickedness by cover ing our land with blood and our people to the i latest posterity with debt and dishonor. Resolved, That, as the only amends we can make to the people of the Confederate States, we do hereby tender them our solemn pledge (to witness which we summon all the nations ; of the earth) that we will never, under any ' circumstances whatever, ask or solicit any Union with them, but that we. will tread alone the path of wretchedness which we have so painfully cut out for ourselves. Resolved, Finally and as a further penances | that we do unite ourselves indissolubly to ! New England, and invite the hatred and con j tempt of all mankind, savage as well as civ | ilized. to Rdd bitterness to our bondage. And t so may God absolve us from our jmi. [communicated.] Columbus, August 27, 1864. 1 Mr. Editor :—l am pleased to have also the admission from the E Jitoi of the Sun, as ttp , pears in this morning s pager; th*t the Epis . copal Church is l ‘the place,” and they who worship in accordance with her Ritual arc : * ; the persons by whom only prayers arc offered iup iu the purely Christian spirit.’' He may ; not be aware that she is disposed, if he is not, i to think the same of those who do not com ply with our Lord's iujanelicu, ‘ ; wheu ye , pray, say. Our Father, forgive u« our trespas- I sos,” &e. CHURCHMAN. Partial Justice. Speaking of the recent elections in this" State ! the Charlotte Democrat says: “The newspapers of Georgia, South Carolina ; and Virginia, are congratulating and compliinent i iug the people of North Carolina on the result of : tho late elections. We appreciate their compli ; meats, aud rejoice that North Carolina has re buked the agitators: but we beg permission to ; suggest to our neighbors that they 4iave a work ; of the kind to perform, and the sooner they get | at it tbe hotter. , “Prominent among the agitators of other States, | there are Brown and Stephens of Georgia, the j Charleston Mercury of South Carolina, and the Richmond Examiner of Virginia. These men : and papers have done as much harm to the cause : by their factious course as any one in North Car olina has done, and white censuring the agitators I of our State it is right that we should censure l them too.” j The DemocvaUis right. If Mr. Holden is an i “agitator” and disloyal man so are Gov. Brown i and Vice Presicent Stephens, for lie holds identi j eally the same views aud principles. He s hmds ! fair and square upon the “Georgia Platform” and | has never gone beyond it. Thoso persons who j have charged him with a desire to secede from i the Confederacy have done it for political effect, i knowing the charge t* be false when made. We ! think we know Mr, Ilolden as well as anybody, i and we know that neither he or his political friends j ever*cntertained or thought of such a purpose.— j He and they have urged negotiations for peace, j but they urge it upon the basis of the Georgia | Resolution?, and in nothing have they gone f&rth j or than Viee-President Stephens, Lintou Stephens, ; and Gov. Brown: and the Democrat is right iu ! putting us altogether, for if Mr. Holden be an agitator and untrue to the South the same may be said of the distinguished Georgians whom the Democrat calls “agitators.”— Rateigh Proge?**. Fashions In the XorUi, j An extract from a letter from a lady in XeW York city to a friend South, says : j You may be sure the good time ia coming, and ! cotton will again be king. Many magnificent j stores hare been completed here, and the display ! in the windows would prove attractive to tho most j fastidious taste. The streets present the appear ance of a carnival or masquerade, so fanciful and extravagant is the clre33 of the women. Long | black silk basques and circulars are worn, most ' elaborately trimmed, as is also all the skirts of the . dresses. Small straw hats of every description are seen perched on the top of the head, wilh tre ' meudous bunches of false curls hanging under : tho hats, some of which costs thirty-five dollars, i A bird’s wing dyed of a bright color, stands right | up in front, with a natural shell whers it is fasten ; ed. I forgot to say the dresses are worn in very i long trains. Most every face you meet is painted ; and enameled. ! Where the false curls are not worn they have * what is waterfall, that is, a mass of crinip- I eel hair encased in an invisible net, hanging down ! from under tho hat. The Yankee women have certainly gone crazy on the subject of dress : the | most reckless extravagance prevails, and sober | sense has entirely disappearo-L There is a great ! sanitary fair going on here, at which I am told, j they clear one hundred thousand dollars daily. It ; has received magnificent donations, and there j were all sorts of petty fairs, concerts, recitation?, j Ac., resorted to previously to create funds to start 1 the enterprise. JLogau square is enclosed and ' covered, and is the scene of the grand display. It is a fine way to amuse tbe public while the terri ble slaughter is going an in VirginU. The news j of tho loss of fifteen or twenty thousaud men in a | few hours seems to create no sensation. This is | a trying, anxious time to us here. We hear the • most outrageous news from extras, daily, which j is all false, so that we pay little h«ed to it now. : Falsehood is no longer a reproach in this land : i it is considered loyal to conceal the troth. i A Canadian farmer recently wanted liis wife's funeral postponed on account of the non-arrival of a professional gentleman, j who was to extract several teeth from her, j j containing twelve dollars worth of gold I ; filling. ♦ - ♦ Gen. Deuibinski, the Polish patriot j leader—a soldier of the French army uns , der Napoleon the First, and Kossuth’s Commander-in-Chics of the revolutionary i force—has just been buried at Paris. He was eighty years of age. Gen. Brooks hai itti'ned hi? conueaLd. This ; makes tho fifth cun'* commacdar that God, Grant • has tost sine£ ha commenced his campaign. Sedgc wick was killed, Gilmore was relieved, Snvfh and Hancock w ; thdr»w lernporaril'' nud Brook- -e ---isno-i $4.00 Per Month News from the Vnited States. From the Baltimore Gazette of the I7th and 18th instant, we publish the ! following extracts in addition to those ; punished on Saturday : FROM SHENANDOAH VALLEY. Special Dispatch to the xY. Y. World. On the Field in Front op Stras- ! BURG, Aug. 13, 10 P. M. — My last dis* j patch dated at six o’clock last evening, | announced that we had at last come up ! with the enemy at Cedar Creek, between Middletowu and Strasburg, and that skirmishing was in progress. The enemy developed quite an extensive front on the hills and highlands beyond the creek up to a late hour. Our skirmishers, compos- { ed of portions of General Wright’s and i Crook’s commands, crossed the creek and took possession of the first line of bluffs i about half-past four o’clock, receiving supports at intervals thereafter. Sharp j firing continued until dark. About seven o’clock, a portion of Gordon’s rebel divis- : ion advanced from the woods, cheering and firing heavy volleys, aud pushing a small portion of our skirmish line to the left of the main road, across the creek. The rebels were quickly driven back by part of General Wheaton’s brigade; which lost one killed aud five wounded in the encounter. Gen. Crook’s losses in the skirmishing were about fifteen wounded. The loss of the enemy was about equal to ours. Firing ceased at 8 o’clock, and only occasional picket shots succeeded. As was expected, the enemy decamped du ring the night, and were found this morn ing to occupy a strong position just be yond Strasburg, and only about three miles distant from the one they held last evening. Only a slight advance was needed this morning to place us in sight of them. The movements of their infan* try and cavalry were partially observed i and they were discovered to be throwing 1 up earthworks along a portion of their | line,, which did not appear to be a strong | one. A line of skirmishers was pushed | out fro at our front duriug the forenoon, | and has been slightly engaged with that !of the enemy during the day. For rca ! sons it is not yet proper to explain, no I general attack was made and the army to- I night is still in front of Strasburg. Our i skirmishers have held a position of the j town, but the enemy’s sharpshooters have ; occupied houses at the farther end. It has been reported to-day, from three • sources, that Longstreet is advancing j through Strieker’s Cap, with the intention • of falling upon our rear or cutting off our 1 communications. This is, as yet, a rumor. The supply train of the army, left at Har per’s Ferry when the army marched thence, reached here to day. The cavals ry tram was attacked and shelled on the way, near Berryville, this morning, by a portion of Harry Gilmor’s command, who oaptured thirty wagons, and wounded a few of our meu. A portion of Col. Huff’s cavalry acting as guard, pursued the ma* rauders and captured fifteen of the wag ons. A paymaster, who carried two liuu* -dred thousand dollars in cash, and who | was captured by Gilmor with the wagons, j was also retaken with the money. The | money is wherewith to pay the cavalry. | The enemy in their retreat thus far have j swept the valley clean of everything.— Forage, except hay, is very scarce, anu ! food is scarcer. Early has done much j more damage here than in Maryland.— | More than two hundred threshing ma { chines accompanied his army in its march | through Strasburg, and nearly all the j wheat on the farms is reaped and carried i away. The gardens and fields are ravaged | and the inhabitants along the line of his j march all alike complain bitterly. The j stragglers and wounded of the rebel army I are known to be concealed in the villages, and some of them have been taken. A rebel Lieutenant Colonel, wounded and captured at Winchester yesterday, reports that Early’s force is about twenty five thousand strong The date of a bat tie is too uncertain to be prophesied. It may take place to»morrow. It may be still postponed. It will be desperate when it occurs. ; Monday’ morning, BA. M.—The army | retired during the night to the north side i of Cedar Creek. J. B. S. A Long Walk and some Tidings. — ' A lady arrived in Macon yesterday who resides a few miles from Dalton, from ! which point she walked every step of tha : way, flanking the Federal and Confede j rate armies, and accompanied only by her : little son, a lad of six or seven years of 1 age. She has come for the shelter and J protection of a married sister’s roof, the j Fcderals having plundered her house of everything except the clothes she wore, i She left home on the 14th, and during ; her pilgrimage she fell in with a friend and neighbor from Dalton, Mr. Barnwell, who informed her of the capture of Dalton by Wheeler, and told her that he saw the Tunnel at Tunnel Hill blown up by Wheeler with three barrels of gunpowder, | and that it waa done most effectually. , Mr. Barnwell left Dalton ou the 18th, and j no doubt, although the lady could not fur- j nish other dates, Dalton was surprised and ! captured by Wheeler before daylight on : the morning of the 17th, and the Tunnel; was probably destroyed on the same day.; The lady lcrde an unsuccessful effort at Kesaca to procure from the Federal com mander there a pass to go through the 1 Federal lines to Atlanta, so as to travel by • cars, but was rudely refused. She says they represented that they had no other food at Rcsaca beyond a small supply ol twru lack.— Macon Telegraph , ~d'n. nr,. r:tr*cn observes that you might wet! trv'to raw arrow-bar in 'no with :• 1 .. r : sruri ~ as u> think of win tin / «.• 9 . 'w !••■)*' without mo 1 -v TELEGRAPHIC uhports ojr van press association. Dotared aewd'-s to net of Coasresj in tk* J«i* 1883, by J.S iKSAsapa, fa tN« Clerk 'a office of the District Covrt of tha Confederal® Stot«B we tha Northarn Distric t of Georxisu (wood front Yir^inb Another Federal Defeat* Caprare ol 2,i00 Prisoner* and 9 Pitres of ArlilUrjr bjr the Confederates. &€.. <&€*», &(.*• PfirnRSBCRG, August fffitli.—The affair c* the Weldon Railroad Wednesday was a very gallant one and successful in its results. While tb«*enemy ! 3 cavalry, under Gen. Spears, were engaged tearing up the track several miles beyond Reams’, Gen. Hamptou attacked and forced them back behind tbeir trenches. It is supposed that Hampton dismounted in men and fought them as infantry—gradually, but steadily, pushing them back until they reached their strong works, one mile this side of Roams’—capturing about 800 prisoners. At five o’clock iu the afternoon Gen. Hill attacked the enemy’s works, and after shar* fighting took them—capturing a large num ber of prisoners and nine pieces of artillery The enemy fled in great confusion. Col. Pegram, of Richmond, turned capturefi guns upon tho enemy with great effect. The number of prisoners will probably reach 2,500. Brig. Gen. Cutter was capturced. The prisoners belonged to Hancock’s corp* and have been brought down. Considerable firing down the Yofld to-day, but no heavy firing. Our cavalry acted with conspicuous gal lantry. Richmond, Aug. 26.—The following wv< received to-night: HxADQUAr.tKss Army Northern Virgin: a August 20.— lion. J. .4. Peddon —Gen. A. P. Hill attacked the enemy In his entrench meats at Reams’ Station yesterday evening, fn tha second assault he carried the entire line or works. Mcßais’ N. C. brigade under neth, Lane’s N. C. brigade of Wilcox’s Division, under Conner, with Pegram’s artillery, com posed the assaulting column. One lino of breastworks was carried by the cavalry tra der Hampton with great gallantry, who con tributed largely to our success. Seven stand.* of colors. 3,000 prisoners and nine pieces of artillery are in our The lo3s of tbe enemy in killed and wounded i3 reported heavy; ours relatively small. Our profound gratitude to the Giver of all victories and oat thanks to the brave men and officers engaged. (Signed) R. E. LEE. j Richmond, Aug. 26.— The Confederate au | thorities have offered an exchange of officer j for officer and man for man with tbe Federal i authorities. Heretofore the point of contention i has been the delivery of excess of prisoners.— ! Our Government insisting upon the terms of the I cartel,which require dthe delivery of all prison ! ers'ou both aides; tbe excess to be on parole; i The Government now proposes that the ex | cess, if any. remain in the hand of the onemy until those captures are made up. Th c offer, though made early in the month,not ; accepted. Correspondence on the subject ; will shortly appear. Richmond, Aug. 2(s.—Tlia Washington Chroni cle of yestorday contains a dispatch from Mem phis of tho 21st, which says this c-ity was attacked at 1 o’clock this morning by Forrest with 3,00(1 cavalry. They drove in our pickets and dashed directly up to the headquarters of Washburn, wbd made a rush to Bucklaird’s headquarters, who also escaped. They then attacked the Irving prison and were repulsed by the guard. They next visited the Gayoso House, expecting to cap turc Halbert, but did not succeed in getting pos session of him. Our troops now attacked tin rebels and soon drove them from tho city, killing 30 or more. Our loss in killed and wounded w-il about come up to that of the rebels. Mr: muiiis, Aug. 22.—The rebel raid on ibis city yesterday was a complete failure. Our troops be ing without leaders the rebels carried off some plunder and captured quite a number of prisoner.-. New York telegrams say rumors are current there and are credited in fh# best iinanci! circle? that the Government ha! decided to send five com missioners to Richmond to arrange the prelimina ries of peace. Gold closed at 254i. The Governor of Ohio has issued a'j*rodam# sion persons who are preparing to res:* tho draft to desit from such purpose. Fernando Wood in a speeeh at Dayton, on tUo 23d asserted that a peace man on a peace plat form will be nominated at Chicago.* It is announced that Horatio Seymour will be called to preside over the convention, and that Bishop Hopkins will open tbe proceed ings with prayer. What it has Cost.— The New York Herald says that for every nigger made free by Lincoln’s war a white man has died and SSOO been spent. And after all one fourth of the freed negroes have per ished already by famine, disease, and bub lets. The Herald asks what will be left of the North if they go on at that rate till the whole four millions are freed. DIED, August 25-h, profoundly lamented, in this city af ! ter a brief illae?«, DAVID H. FOWLER, Esq./latc I of New Orleans, in the fortieth year of hi® age. We cannet permit thi? announcement to go forth ; to the public without paying a tribute of heartfelt ! re3p«*<;t to a character of uncommon excellence. i the death of this truly oetimablc gentleman, sociotv mourns the los? of no ordinary man: while upon the home of which he was a light and an ornament, a i joy and a pride, this sudden and unexpected ealam ity has lallen v.ith a stunning and crushing violence ! Without daring, however, to obtrude upon the pri vacy of a home so suddenly bereft ana so deeply 1 overwhelmed, we may nevertheless be permitted to say, that in domestic life our friend wa? a very mold of tenderness and devotion; but in the Pres ence of sorrow so sacred and touching, so profound and irremed able, wc have no heart to speak. Mr. Fowler came to this city something more thaa a year since, as a refugee from New Orleans, whero he was long and favorably known in social and cob, mercial circles: »nd where his eminently practical understanding, his great affability of behavior, hl< untfonn life, hia irreproachable conduct, his strie» Christian morals, his warm-hearted, widh. open handed benevolence, secured for him lasting honor and esteem. In this community, his many virtues hf-d already won for him a host of friends, by whom his name will be held in tender and enduring re - mambrance. Above all, our friend was a chri*(iu ,-t .• nor did hr. hope fail him in h : s extremity. Soothed nn-i sa.-: t lined by an unfaltering trust ia God. lie came upon bis last hour without the shadow of a fear; and so passed through death triumphant heme. In death he was peaceful, resigned and happy. "His God sustained him in his final hour, His final hour brought g»ory to his GoJ.’* Mr. Fowler wa - a Scotchman by birth, and i.: a.bs ccclesias'ical relation? a member of the Presby terian Church. H. .Vobile sod Richmond popbrg plca-o copy. i ■'j. l .^r*:.... n i. . Attention, Fire Guards ! You are hereby ordered to meet at your l/?*.!- quarters THIS EVENING, at 5 o'clock. Every rnemiser is expected to be present, a» bua.~ of the importance wi-1 bo brought bo fore v,.u. GEO. P,. FLOURNOY, T.t. fiomd’g Company. Sh.-htp, O. S »g 27 lt