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CULu ui> 1 LMhS Published Daily (Siuhla.vi> excepted) at the rate of 15.K1 |i»*r iuonth.br sls Mr three month*. No unijunction received lor a longer term than k re« months. AUrLKTISLKi KATES: Advertisements inserted for $2 00 j>or wiuars for each insertion. Where advertisements are luserted a month, the »<iarve will be S3O per square. Announcing candidates s3b, which must invariably Paid in advance. Change of Schedule. Owe* Engine a and SiTPR«iNTtjt»*KT, 1 Charleston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, June 7,1804.) /iN TIICHSrMY, June 1864, and until further y notice, thr Schedule of the Passenger train will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a . m. Arrive in Savannah .5.40, j,. tn. Leave Savannah ..:,../}.30, a. in. Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m . Phis Tr.an makes direct connections, going north .rid tfbuth, with the Northeastern Railroad at t'har eston, and the Central’Railroad at the Junction . , . . 11. 8. HAINES, .1 ime, K_ u_ hnguKM and Superintendent. Clmiigt l ol Schedule. f kN and after Sunday. Jun- 10th, the Trains on I riba wureogee Railroad w ill run a? follows: ! PASSKNGEJ* TRAIN : Leave Columbus 645 P M 1 Arrive at 25 A. M. , Leave >Vocou 810 P. M j ArTve at Columbus 425 A. V,. I FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus 500A. 5. j Arrisoat Columbuo 4 55 A. 1L W. L. CLARK, mar IJU Supt. Muscogee It, K. Ilirttugh to Montgomery NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT R AILROAD COMEANY. COLUMBUS, August 27.1864. ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on the Montgomery and Weft Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. in. Leave West Point at 7:10 a. w. Arrive at C’olutnbn* at 6:82 p. m. Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m. Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p.m. Arrive at West Potut at 4130 p. m. ; Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m. Arrives at 8:27 p m D. 11. CRAM. Sup’t&Eug. ag271864—tl MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. ( II1VI.1: OF WUEDULG. Girard, Ala., Aug. 22,1864. ON and after this date Trains on this Road will Pun Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train. Leave Girard at., 3 00 p. in Arrive in Union Syringe ..........7 80 “ Leavo Union Springs 5 35 a. m. 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. aglß ti Eng. k Sup’t. BROWN’S FLY SHUTTLE LOOM, (Will Weave 30 Yards per Day.) OardL Saclts, NPINNING-WIIEELS and CORN-SIIELLERS! Manufactured by A. D. BROWN & CO. »srOrders received by M. P. Ellis & Co.*®* ag!3 lm* _ __ THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent, (At Mulford’s old Stand,) dSTO. Id, BRO JYJD ST. HASH! SUE OB EM«B Sheetings, Shirtings. Twills, Yarns, B.insey*. Coffee, Tobacco, Klee, Kails of all sixes, <&c», &>c«, jui27ti STfcAM SAW MILL FOIL SALE ! ( OFFER my MILL for sale, situated in a dense ly covered forost of pine, oak, hi kory, beccli, poplar and other swamp timbers, immedia'e'y on Mobile and Girard Rail Road, between Stations 4 and 5, and only 30 milc3 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- j ry out. •! The Mill is in S|»l«itdiil Run ning Order, and of FORTY-HOUSE POWER, capable ofOUTTING j SIX to EIGHT THOUSAND FEET PER DAY. j A good chance for refugees or parties desirous of J doing Government work. Address mo at Guerryton, Ala., or apply to me in person on the premises, or at this office. G. W. OGLESBY. j aug24 2w | STEKLINtt EXCHANGE! . FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange •*,fg if'" 0 gu i‘S?ifol r coL«Mßus. A HOUSE WASTED. ‘ n o Rent from October next , a house, or part ot a I house, for the use of ft family. Ml , A „ Address A i this Office, j «5U - ~ —■ | RUNAWAY ! V EURO boy CHARLEY»jhtr?ighf ' low complexion, iaxi Thompson’s near Bo^pFtlS Talbot county. I .bought him of a Mr Brown* a refugee from Mississippi, who now yh : Tuskcgec. Ala. Ho originally came troui tfSStisM A suitable reward will bo paid for Sfdelivery at this office, or in any safe jail and Information sent to me at thr^ffico. Oolunibu's G*n >Ug 1 ts * y REHOVAE! .1 u vV K, removed my Office to a l'.mm over Gun -1 t v's Store, where I will be pleased to wait on lAfo "tT vvoko. SSO Reward. 11 i ~,,v the above reward for LOB. a black u U ~ttmit ‘U years old. He has been out three 1 boy, about y fosupposed to bo luriung about or tour weeks, ana is - o. c JNQ H A SS. lie city. Aotice to Debtor* ami Cred itor*. ii persons indebted to the estate of- Seaborn \LL .Weased. are required to make imme v tL°oavmcnt. and those having claims against said Stitoare required to render them in terms of the law to the u,kI |eABORN BB ' KK tNG, Adrn'r. By MARY H. BENNING, Agent. 5 :isa<l Saddlers’ rrrnifPcTflNED having commenced tae ricd s stitutionaliat, please copy one month ana sona oil*. to this office. mar-30 tr- 7 . limii PAPER 4 BUS 8008 - ' F have reams of letter Jtnd 1130 s tail, 75 eta. wholesale. AppU *« his ofMCE. *s6 ts ■ —f GE©P.£(lA«!ttußCogee ioiiM}. WHEREAS, Mrs. Mary V. Da™\ p'&.mfor- George S. Davis, dec’d has aed ner 1 .r , t . leave to sell a negro woman by the about t>yearsoi age and her fourchiidi'--iiJ All por.-on ; concerned are hereby not luca *o •> * car. ,ui any they have) why an order sbdKd not be gt.uit and at the next September Term oturaL-uUii ot Ordinary lor said county, authorizing the seio ot Ban! negro. Given under my hand, July Ist. lit- , T ,v JXO. JOIIXSOrTafc. jv 4 2in Oiduiary A-*-' "* A Vol. XI. J. W. WARREiY A CO. Proprietors j. nr. W ARRE.V, Editor Conffderate States Depository* Cclumbus, Ga., Aug. 17, '64. Deposites in 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. Deposites in Old .Carrenoy at 66 2-3 cents on the dollar will be received 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 Million Loan [non-taxable] equal to the sum those loans. # I am prepared to sell the 6 per cent Registered Bonds of the $501,000,000 loan at sl3a for the new currency or the old at 66 2-3 cents bn the dollar. The principal and interest of this Loan are free from Taxation and the Coupons receivable in pay ment for all Import and Export Duties. These Bonds are the best securiti s yet offered by the Gov ernment, and I reoornmend them to the favorable : notice of the public, W. H. YOUNG, angl lm Depositary. Hattle-Fleld Relief Association of Columbus, Ga. All who are disposed to contribute articles neces sary for the relief of the sick and wounded in the Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at Goodrich !c Go’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev ery Tfesdat and Friday! when they will be for warded to and dispensed by our Committee there. W. 11. YOUNG, Presd’t. C. G. Holmes, Sec’y. ag23tf To those whom it may Concern! Office Chief Commissary, Savannah, Aug. 22, ’64. The following extract of a letter from the Subsis tence Department, dated Richmond, August 10th, is published for the information of all concerned: “No more 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 ernment rates; and all further purchases made by parties now bolding such permits or protections are required to be made on the same terms. Thus, it is hoped, speculation in the necessaries of life will be diminished, prices reduced and some of the difficul ties under which he have heretofore labored re moved. J. L. LOCKE. 0g26 lw Maj. and Chief Com’y. i Stockholders’ Meeting. A/uscogke Rail Road Company, Columbus, Ga., Aug. 22,1861. ; 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 id Scc’y and Treas’r. NEW (1(1011! M GOODS!!! GOODRICH & CO., BROAD STREET, RE now opening a splendid assortment of STAPH AID FAIT DDT GOODS. FRESH FROM EUROPE’via Bermuda, which they will sell chkai* for cash. ausr27—lm HUB TOM CRIME! THE Exercises of this Institution will begin on * Tuesday, the 20; h September. Tic Pres dent, llev. T. A. Brown is a gentleman of finished • dura tion, and long experienced in te iching. He will have associated with him a complete and able Boaid of Instruct on. Mr-. James Callier, who has charge of the Boarding Department can accommodate a large number of young ladies. Bo.ird pr month, including fuel, if paid in provisions at old prices $ 10 00 ,c “ “ “ present prices, 100 00 “ “ Cash [new is-ue,] 100 00 Pupils furnish Ipr Sheets; 1 pr Pillow Oases; 1 Bolster Case, and such covering as they desire. — Room mates can make their own arrangements as to combs, brushes, towels, lights, &c. Tuition per Term, Primary Department,....s3o 00 “ “ Preparatory “ 45 00 “ “ Collegiate " 60 00 “ “ Musical “ 60 00 Use of Instruments per Term 8 00 Incidental Expenses “ “ 400 For further particulars address Rev. T. A. brown, or the undersigned at Talbotton, Ga. , E. H. WORRILL, ag2s 2w Chm’n B’rd Tr’s. WANTED! -AT lld, Broad Street. COLUMBUS, GEO. 25 Barrels Vinegar ; 25 “ Soft Soap; 500 Pounds Good Tallow ; 500 “ Beeswax; 50 Bushels Irish Potatoes, und other i Country Produce, for which the New Is sue will be paid or SALT, SODA, SU- I GAR, cbc., will be given, ; aug‘26 dot w2t ' .. MOTIOE. T© Planters ami Others ! 1 WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and i 1 Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I : will bo found at Robinett & Cb's old stand, where I am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale. L. S. \Y RIGHT. j June 2tt _ NEW BOOKS UTTST PUBLISHED BY EVANS & COGSWELL, COLOMBIA, S. C. i THE SPIRIT OF MILITARY INSTITUTIONS, jßy Marshal A/armoxt. Translated from the latest Paris edition by Fbavk Schalt,kr, olonel 22d Regiment Mississippi Infantry, Price $5. One third off to the trade. INFANTRY TACTICS, For Brigade, Bivision, and Army orps, by Geu ! Casey, IT. S. Army. Pronounoed ithe best work of the kind in the language. Illustrated with 29 Lith ographed Plates, and well bound. Price $-5. One j third to the trade. CHISOLM’S SURGERY, Being a third edition of this valuable work. Splen didly illustrated, and finely bound. Price $lO. One third off to the trade. The editions of all of these valuable works are | under 2,000 copies, and those in want will do well |to send in th n ir orders at once. ! , ■ mm* f 4w©ltei’iil CjJA’slei'is, I. w-'b Office, up to Ist April, i'ricc r- 5 - One-third ! off to the trade. Andrew’s IL.sg;lit Ariillery ©s ill ! Splendidly illustrated. Price $4. One-third off to i the trade. I Any of these books will be sent free of postage on j receipt of the price, in new issue, or the old at the ; diicoout. EVAXS & COGSWELL, j Julj 63t Pnbiißher«.__ . WANTEO! TTfifiSK ROOM waled *n the town of Girard. H Alabama, lor seven negro l.Umrers. APP yat this office. ” Columbus, Ga.. Saturday Horning, September 3.1564. Friday Evening. W* copy the following receipt to show how the money taken in by the Tennessee Brass Band i Concert Tronpe is appropriated. We are request- 1 ed by the managers, to state that a portion of the proceeds of the concert given in this city, will be given to the Columbus Battle Field Relief Asso- . ciation of this city : (Copy-)., Received Sept. Ist 1564 of J. Walker Coleman, j Agent and Treasurer of the Ist Tennessee Band and Conoert Troupe, two thousand eight hundred j and twenty one dollars, proceeds of concerts given j by said Band in this place, for the benefit of the sick and wounded of the Army of Tennessee. (Signed,) JNO. FRIZZELL, Treas. “Tenn. Soldiers’ Relief Ass’n, Macon, Ga.” j Tbe Immediate Front. The Lines. —The latest reports y ester- j day afternoon were to the effect that the Yankees were advancing eaatwardly from j the West Point road, in two columns, by different roads, in the direction of Rough and Ready, on the Macon railroad. Both columns were strong, composed of infantry and artillery, and they were intrenching as they advanced. The enemy’s strong cavalry force was so busily occupied in guarding the advancing forces, that they could attempt no raid, and no interruption to either railroad or telegraphic commu nication has occurred. A report prevailed in the city that quite a severe skirmish occurred in front of the position occupied by Gen. Cheat ham’s division, but we have been unable to obtain any particulars. Almost everything now transpiring in this vicinity, of a military is contraband at present —consequently eur reports must be meagre. We can only say there is every reason to indulge the most cheerful hopes. The City. —The scene of active ope rations has been so far removed from At* lanta, and the movements are of such vast importance elsewhere, that what now oc curs in our half depopulated city, is watched with but little interest. It is re alized that we are now somewhat in the back ground, and Sherman is endeavoring to place us in the rear entirely, but there is every reason to be hopeful that his pur poses will fail. Some of our citizens are expressing fears that a portion of our lines : around the city are not sufficiently manned to protect against raids, but we have an abiding confidence their apprehensions are groundless. Notwithstanding important movements are progressing elsewhere, we have full assurance that .every provision has been made to' insure the safety of the city.— Appeal, 30<7*. *>.' Hff’Srttfci-' Army Correspondence of tlie Savannah Republican. Richmond, August 25, 1864. Your correspondent, like a large number of men in Lee’s army, is on the sick list. This will ac count for the brevity of this letter. There is as much sickness in the Army of Northern Virginia, in proportion to numbers, as there has bean at any time since the first year of the war. The sickness is not of a malignant type, however, being chiefly intermittent fever and disorders of the bowels. The terrible campaign in wliieh the men have been engaged, the recent almost unparalled term of drought and hot weather, constant duty in the trenches, absence of vegetable food and fruit, as well as the lack of good water, and the chill and fever producing district in which the troops are encamped, have all conspired to impair the health of the army. It will be readily understood from this state of things that many of those men who I wore wounded in the late engagements in front of Petersburg are not doing as well as could be de sired. Their vital powers have been impaired by the constant exposure and hardships of the cam paign ; and it is well established that persons of. | feeble health do not recover from wounds as eer | tainly or so rapidly'as men of robust constitutions. It is some consolation to know that the enemy is suffering more than we are in this reepect. His ; hospitals are crowded with sick, and Many of his men whom Grant refused to let go upon the expi ration of their term of service, are hourly receiv ing their fiual discharge at the hands of death, that | great liberator whose certificate neither surgeons nor generals can dispute. Our casualties in the affair of Sunday, the 21st, have been exaggerated. Hagood’s brigade suffer ed most, both in prisoners and killed and woilnd ed; but our entire loss on Friday and Sunday does not exceed fifteen hundred. I doubt whether it is so much. A Federal colonel seized the flag of one of Ilagood’s regiments, and insisted upen | the surrender of the command whereupon he and i Hagood got into an altercation, the result of which j was that the Yankee was slain by a pistol shot, i and the flag taken from him. ! The possession of the Weldon Railroad by the enemy interrupts one of our lines of supply and brings Grant three or four miles nearer to the Dan ville road, distant about fortj-five miles. This is all. We have in the Danville connection a shorter and better line than that by Weldon, which we found sufficient for the wants of the ar my for the first three years of the war. It was with some reluctance that General Lee consented, | at the instance of his Chief Quartermaster, to re | pair the Weldon road when it was first cut by Wilson and Cautz, about the Ist of July. It was ! evident then as it is now, that wo could not pre . vent the enemy, whose lines approached it very near, from crating it whenever he felt inclined to do so, and had a dark night to cover his move ments. A telegram just received from Early states that ' he had driven the enemy back to Harper’s Ferry. I The combined movement against Sheridan, ad j verted to in a former letter, was prevented by the ! precipitate retreat of the enemy. P. W. A. The War Sews, We give elsewhere full details of the battle on I Thursday near Aeam’s station, on the Weldon rail ! road. Each fresh development in regard to this af : fair makes our victory more complete, and the dis comfiture of the enemy more serious than repre sented by first reports. It now appears that the number of prisoners captured will reach over twen ty five hundred, and among them is an acting Brig : adier General by the name of Cutler. The ccm : missioned officers number about one hundred. The reported capture of Colonel Spear, of raiding neto- I riety, we regret to sny, is not confirmed. It seems i thatlear lentbitn wings, andhisflight was too rapid I to admit of hi? being overtaken. The success of this movement reflects great credit uoou tho skill and sagacity of our commanding gen cr !, as well as upon the valor of the officers and ’ men engaged. The results, too. are vastly -nipor fsxut, apart from the loss immediately inflicted upon :>• enemy. The further destruction of the Weldon railW ad is effectually checked, and a force is tnrown !ntdvf?rant’s rear to co-operate and a- in ay.y movi-Acr t which tuay be mu le upon t eir-mt. lhe I Ya49* res are thus placed between tw» fires, and so i “c#fobed. cabined ami confined,” that it is difficult ; tgasee how they can operate to any extent, or e ven jp* 11 -their positiou for any length oi time. At last HJr -counts we still held the captured works; whtc t are ’ I-.presented to bo very strong; and it the enemy i# akes an a‘tempt to dislodge our vi- tori ous troops, 4 will. nly result in a feariul sacrifice ot the lives men. _ Ajunething is the matter with the T ankee soldiers v*Lip sing the Grand .Arm -of the i otomac. They j ;W ev denil v dispirited, discouraged, worn <ut. All | tli*»w;.y Horn 8p tsylcauia to Cold Harbor, though I l in nearly every engagement, they ru-hed j imiectuously ugaii.stourfortifi at ous, and displayed some courage, en in the midst oi carnage almost ' unparalleled. Bat now they fight with far lew vim, : and though protected by etronn breastworks, brlst ; linr with cannon, are no match so? Confederate | valor. There is no donbt that disease has made se rious ravages in their ranks, but the fruitless bat i ties, with their attendant slaughter, in which they : have been engaged, and the recklessness of the lives of his men, which bias characterised the movements of their commander, have had more to do with their demoralization than any other cause. Altogether ; the situation in tront of Petersburg is quite as favor able ns could be expected, and the prospect* are i ‘‘bright and brightening.” A report was brought by the train last evening that on Saturday General Hampton fell upon a body of the enemy near .fleams’ ani captured a large number of prisoners. Notwithstanding the generally received opinion th >t a battle wou'd tske place on yesterday, we are assured that nothing of the sort occurred. Up to the time the train left for flicbmond everything was comparatively quiet < n the lines. Most of the prisoners captured on Thursday have been brought to this city. We are informed that Hancock’s adjutant general escaped from the train on Saturday evening, but was rec:ip’ured yesterday while swimming the river.— Richmond Dispatch. 20th. The Victory at Petersburg. We have the particulars of the victory near Petersburg, Thursday evening. It appears that General Lee, having ascertained that the enemy was moving his infantry from the front down the railroad for the purpose of tearing up the track, determined to make counter movements to check them. Accordingly, on Wednesday night, Lieutenant General A. P. Hill moved from his position south of the city, and marching down the county roads, encamped in the vicinity of Reams’ Station, ten miles from Petersburg, and on Thursday got his command in position for action when the proper moment should arrive. The Ex press says : The enemy had erected a strong line of works on the road about one mile this side of Reams’ station. A brigade of cavalry, under com mand of the notorious Spear, were found en gaged in tearing up the railroad track three or four miles beyond Reams’, with a heavy support of infantry in convenient distance. About 8 o’clock A. M., General Hampton swooped dowa upon this cavalry force, and gallantly charging them, drove them from their work of destruction, and pressed them back behind their infantry support in great confusion. Dismounting his men, Gen. Hamp ton formed his line and attacked the infantry. The fight here was very sharp, but gradually and steadily he gained ground and pushed the enemy backed until they reached their breastworks this side of Reams’, capturing in the meantime about 800 prisoners. Having thus accomplished his full share of the work, the fight ceased until our infantry could be brought into action. About 5 o’clock P. M., General Hill having reached a position on the enemy’s flank, at tacked their works, behind which a large force of infantry was massed, and upon which bris tled a heavy line of cannon. Our troops moved forward in beautiful order to the at tack, but before reaching the works were checked by the terrible fire of grape, canister and musketry poured into their ranks. Such was the severity of tbe firing that a temporary faltering was visible, but there was no retreat. The assaulting oolumu threw themselves up on the grouud until the supports came up, wfxen, with a yell, they arose and advanced upon the energy. Tbe cannon and musketry firing from the enemy’s wonts was, if possible, noiv increased ; but their desperation availed them not. Without check or faltering, our men charged up to and over tbe works. Near ly, it not quite, two thousand prisoners, be longing to Hancock’s (Second) corps, were captured, with nine pieces of artillery. The Yankees who were not captured in the assault fled in great confusion, dropping their guns, and many of them throwing away ev erything that at all encumbered them. Col. Pegram, of Richmond, commanding a battery of artillery, turned the captured guns upon the flying enemy with most excellent effect, greatly assistingjtheir speed and terror. The enemy scattered in every direction, but our forces were unable to pursue in consequence of the lateness of the hour and the near ap proach of night. The captured guns are of the Napoleon pat tern, beautifully finished and intact. They are just such guns as are needed in our army, and their acquisition will prove of no small benefit. Avery large amount of personal plunder fell into the hands of our brave troops, and each and all of them secured something of value. Gold and silver watches, fine oil cloths, large sums of greenbacks, stationary, and every imaginable kind of Yankee "notion,” fell to their lot. The battle here ended with the above results and the enemy isdf«4 , :an<l. disordered retreat towards their 'SHUn ptififiSn at the Yellow Tavern. Two or three houi’3 more of daylight might have brought about a still greater change in the aspect of affairs. We maybe permitted to contradict a report which reached the city yesterday regarding <he behavior of a portion of our infantry force. It was stated that several brigades of the as saulting column failed to do their duty in the charge, and threw themselves upon the ground, ; while others were compelled to charge over them. The affair was grossly misrepresented. The leading troops in the charge were tem porarily checked by the severity of the fire from the enemy’s works, and at the moment threw themselves to the ground to prevent any great destruction of life. When the sup ports came up they immediately arose and charged on with them. The infantry behaved throughout in the most gallant manner. Our loss, for the fighting done, was very small, and one thousand wiil probably cover it Many of the wounded are but slightly hurt. We could hear of the loss of no general officer. Up to dark last evening, about two thous and prisoners had been brought in, among them about one hundredeommissioned officers, | from colonel dotyi. Col. Cutter, acting brig j adier-general, is among the captured. The l number of prisoners : will reach over twenty I five hundred. The enemy’s loss is unknown, but believed to have been severe. Hancock s • corps was engaged in the battle, and probably I other infantry troops, besides cavalry. The loss of this corps on Thursday could ; not have been less than five thousand, and | when this is taken into consideration, with i the previous losses it has sustained, it may I safely be said it is nearly ruined. Col. Spear | was not captured, as reported. His flight was ! too rapid to admit of being overtaken. The Weldon railroad has been torn up to a point four miles beyond Reams' station, and I the work pretty effectually accomplished. This read has proved a veritable trap to the : unfortunate Yankees. Counting the raiders ! captured on its line from Wilson, the enemy ! has lost 10,000 prisoners in attempting to hold I and destroy it. They have probably lost as ; many mctfe iu killed and wounded. It will yet prove their greatest disaster. \* e still hold ; the works captured from the euemy, and we j predict that our men will not be so easily ! driven from them as'the Yankees were. From ] an offieer who examined them, we learn that ‘ that they are very strong and very favorably situated. There were only two casualties in the 12th Va. Regt., viz; Sergeant J R Bed, Company | C, killed ; and private J W Marsh, Company I 1, wounded. ! The conduct of our cavalry in the battle 1 near Reams'station deserves especial dtaiinc $5.00 Per Month tion. They commenced the action early in tbe morning by a charge, in which Spear's squadrons were scattered and compelled to seek refuge behind Hancock’s infantry. This famous corps (Hampton’s cavalry) prepared to engage without hesitation. Dismounting, they rushed upon the enemy, and despite the advantage of his position, pushed him steadi ly until be found shelter in his works. Then awaiting Hill’s attack on the flank, they again moved forward in concert with the infantry, and by their combined assault easily drove tbe enemy from his stronghold. Throughout this engagement the cavalry exhibited the greatest gallantry. It is hard to distinguish among such uniformity of merit; bat we understand special applause was elicited by the superb bearing of the reg iments of Colonel Beale (Ninth Virginia) and of Colonel Roberts (Second North Carolina.) General Hampton again attested his pre eminent qualification for the command of our cavalry, Seven stands of colors were captured in the engagement. Latest from tbe North. The following summary of nows is copied from the Washington Chronicle aud Baltimore Gazette of the 27th, received last night: FROM TUB UPPKU POTOMAC. The Washington Chronicle says: We learn from an eye-witness that the fighting on the Upper Po tomac on the 23d inst. was mosi brilliant, and suc cessfully conducted. At an early hour in the morning the cavalry under General Custar advanced to feel the enemy’s lines in the vicinity of Duffy’s station, on the Bal timore and Ohio railroad. They pushed the skinn ers of the rebels steadily before them, and were themselves boldly followed up by the Sixth corps until the skirmish line of the enemy fell back on their main support—some time in the afternoon— and the cavalry, in turn, were compelled to fall back on their’s. Our- line of battle was boldly ad vanced, and a most terrific musketry fire ensued. The ground was rolling and partially wooded. ; The first sharp experience our men got of the rebel fire was as they were lying behind a stone wall aud a fence which were parallel to our line of bat tle. The rebels opened on us with deafening vol leys, which were promptly responded to; and they were driven frem their position. Three acres of the field near by were literally covered with the wounded and dead. They suddenly withdrew be fore the determined attack of The Fighting Sixth. We secured our dead and wounded, and finally towards nightfall—fell back to our original posi tion. The losses on both sides were severe, espe cially on the part of the rebels. Wo took a number of prisoners, especially from Anderson’s and Breckinridge’s divisions. They report the enemy at 40,00(1 strong. General Sheridan and staff were on the field. * rORREST’S RAID ON MEMPHIS. Cairo and Memphis dispatches state that the re bel force which entered the latter city captured about two hundred and fifty prisoners, many of whom afterwards escaped. They remained in the city two hours, during which time t'uoy robbed the principal hotels and boarding-houses, and captur ed portions of General Washburna’s and General Hurlbut’s staffs. Gen. Washburn escaped to tho fort in tolerable good order. FROM ATLANTA, A telegram, dated Nashville 25th instant says: Matters in Atlanta are unchanged. The array is engaged in advancing parapets and strengthen ing works. On the 18th instant, Major-General Dodge was shot in the head by the enemy's sharpshooters, and it is reported that he had died of his wounds. General Lightburn, of Logan’s corps, was wound ed in the same way thvee or four days ago. THE PEACE RUMORS. A semi-official telegram from Washington says: There are no grounds for the rumor, so assiduous ly reported, that the President proposes to send peace commissioners to the rebels. The rumors that an armistice had been, or is to be proposed, are equally without foundation. MISCELLANEOUS. It is reported that the Twenty-third army corps, commanded by General Schofield left the Atlanta front on tho 16th instant with fifteen days’ rations. The object of the movement was to captare Ma con. Lively times, it is said, are predicted in that quarter soon. On the 20th instant, General Wheeler attacked and captured, and, it is said, murdered th« negro garrison and three hundred white laborers at Stewart’s Landing. He also destroyed a camp and fifty wagons. A movement has been set on loot by prominent radical abolitionists to induce Lincoln and Fre mont to withdraw their names as Presidential can didates, with a view to calling anew convention to nominate anew man. General Fremont, iu re - ply to this invitation, doe* not feel at liberty to withdraw his name, and the Union Committee, which met a day or two ago at Washington, de cided that the nomination of Lincoln should bo sustained, and are confident that be will be re elected. The blockade-runner Lillian, from Wilmington for Bermuda, with six hundred and fifty bales of cotton, was captured on the 24th instant. The latest gold quotation in New York is 253# Tlie Indian War in the lYorth we§t. A dispatch from Denver City gives a terrible picture of the atrocities •committed by the In dians—they are nearly as bad as the Yankees, though not quite. At present all the trains and mail coaches are stopped. Friendly Indians report that extensive com binations exist among the Cheyennes, the Arrapahoes, the Klowas, the Sioux, the Ca manches, tiie Utes and the Snakes, and that they intend to wage a wat of extermination against the whites. Martial law is being enforced here, and all places of business have been closed until fur ther orders. Provisions of all kinds are-very high and rapidly advancing. Unless communication with the States is ■ speedily resumed there will be much suffering, if not actual starvation. The Indians murdered several families and burned a number of houses on Cherry creek, twenty-five miles from here, last night. Settlers are fleeing to this city foi* protec tion. The commander of this district to-day issued a special, order for the enrolment of all able bodied males over sixteen years of age. Drafting to fill the one hundred days' regi ments will commence immediately, A line of block houses is being erected around the city. The fact that the telegraph wires are un molested to the belief that no white men are engaged with the Indian? in their work of ( destruction. A dispatch from St. Louis, of the 10th Aug., says ; Information from Fort Riley, Gen. Blunt's headquarters, says that three ranches near the Little Blue river have been burned by the In- 1 diaas, the stock run off, and the inhabitants killed. The In liens left behind them nothing but the bone- f their murdered victims and the ashes o; .he b- iuings destroyed by them. The cinzt-ns or Washington, Republic and Clay c- unties have been armed by General Blunt. Four hunters were killed by the Indians at Salina, fifty miles west of Fort Riley. j Between sixty and seventy bodies of white j men were seen between Milisburgaud the Lit tle Blue. ** No ranches are left standing between tue Big Sandy and the Littlo Biue. The inhabitants of the plum-s between Pot! Kearny hnd Denver have all fle 1. Fojur trains wi re captured by Hie Indians on tbe Little Blur, and all tbe stock, consisting of 450 head ot cattle, and a large number of muies, were driven off. The Indians are well mounted, and most of them are armed with long range guns. Thompson, yyuh 75 uiuii. of the 16th Asnsas oaralry and one howitzer, is moving In pursnit of the Indians who committed the outrages on me Liule Blue. Dispatcl.es from him, dated the 4th instant say that tbe Indians moved towards Republi can river, with 1,000 oxen and large herds of horses and mules. Gen. Sherry, of the Kansai militia, has also joined in pursuit of tbe Indians. He is moving north of Thompson’s command. Eight days have elapsed since cotnmanie*- tion has been bad with points further west fourteen miles from the Little Blue. Within that distance 16 men, women and children have been massacred by the Indians and every dwelling burned. The families of a number of settlers have been sent off to places of safety, while tbe male heads of them have turned out to find the Indian trail. General Blunt has sent orders to Fort* Larned, Zerah, Ellsworth and Salina, for the commanders at those points to send out scouts in the direction taken by the Indians, and to keep their forces ready to join in the general pursuit when the trail of the Indians is dis covered. General Blunt is doing everything possible with the small force at his command. t Rcmorbd FkTht in thb Vallrt.—The city was Alive yesterday with a rumor that Early bad inflictod a severe chastisement upon Sher idan's forces on the Northern border. It'ran in this way; General Early met the Yankees one day last week rear Martinsburg, fought and defeated them, inflicting a heavy loss, and driving them back to Harper’s Ferry. Our loss is stated to have been about one thousand killed and wounded. Rumor adds that our eavalry had crossed the Potomac into Mary land. The report is said to have been brought by a man who was in tbe tight; but if it ia true, nothing is known about it in official quarters. The latest reliable intelligence wa bad from the Valley was a dispatch from General Early, stating that be had pressed the enemy back to Harper’s Ferry, and it is bardly probable that he would have ventured forth from (bat stronghold t» give battle to our troops. The whole story may be classed among those Sunday runiori started by somebody to furnish a theme for gos9ip. —Richmond Dispatch, 20th. Times out or Joint. We are reminded by a note upon Physicians’ fees, of the absolutely grotesque disorders of the times in reference to values. The Doctor* are henceforth to charge ten dollar* per visit, whiok they value at a chicken and a quarter, eurreat market, three pecks of meal, or two pounds and a half of bacon, or three dozen eggs, or two yard* of coarso cotton cloth. Rated at old valuations, thi* would be from thirty to forty cent* a visit, and they are certainly doing a cash business at that. Th* Telegraph and its fellow-prints an furnishing a daily paper three months for tw* yards and a half of cotton cloth, or three pounds of bacon, or one bushel of corn meal, er four doses eggs, or ten pounds ,y,f t flour, a business which i| too absurd to re 4 \...c comment. But this is not worse than the condition of some of our salaried men, who required to give more for the rent of ahouso to live in than the full amount of their yearly salaries. We should judge from common report that the Devil of Greed has fairly possessed some of our landlords in the good city of Macon of late. The Government, in tying up the hands of producers of military age to sell their snrplus only to itself or soldiers’ 'ainilie- at Government prices, has ex posed the few non-producers iu t“wns to tbe exac tions of a comparatively foiv producers above age, who, assisted by the avaricious operations of mid dle men, have brought things to such a pass that no non-producer, who is not a speculator, can live. An artificial (amino will as certainly result from these combined causes, as two and two make four. People may persuade themselves that affairs can travel along a good while in such a direction, but it is a vain delusion. Society must soon become disorganized and go to pieces, unless it cau be kept together by producers, speculators, quartermaster* and commissaries. All those classes of men whe make up the connecting links must perish under the iron keel of exaction and extortion. From this gloomy prospect, we turn away in stinctively to clutch at the slightest prospect of peace. The winter of 1864 5, if we have to float through it upon the gory tide of war, will show such a record of privatiou and suffering as yarih’* history has seldom recorded. But man’s extremity is God’s opportunity, and we look hopefully for light to break through the murky darkness of the future.— Macon Telegraph. Consolation. —A captain in the army having, half his coat tail burnt off by standing in amedi tative position too near a log fire, had to curtail its fair proportions until only ajiout six inches were left of what was once his coat tail. Having to ride through Colquitt’s brigade the other day, he was saluted with various remarks, such as “I say, mister, rise in your stirrups, you’re sitting on your eoat tail.” “Look ahere, old fellow, what do you ask for that long tailed jacket ?” The captain was not at all pleased at these and other similar remarks npon his personal appearance, bat rode on in silence, with his face flushed and his eyes darting angry glanees. Suddenly a soldier stepped in the middle of th* road and respecifully giving the military salute, raid : “I hope, captain, you wont mind the talk of these here boys. I’ve tiled my best to stop ’em, but it’s *o us*. Every time a d—n fool paa*es here they will holler at him.” Mr. James It. Dowell, General Super intendent of the Southern Telegraph Com pany, has resigned that position. ♦ ♦ ■ Fatality or the War. — Tho Wash ington Chronicle says the 72d Pennsylva nia has arrived in that city, and bee* placed on duty there for two weeks, whcD its term of service will expire. They went into service 1500'strong, and have received nearly a thousand recruits; but now num ber only IGO men. ■ DIED, On Thursday evening, September Ist, at 9 o’clk, Albert Massey, infant son of Rev. Georgo W. and Mary Lee Stieknoy, aged 15 months and 25 days. The friends and acquaintances of the family, and those of the Rev. Dr. Hedges, are respectfully invi ted to attend the funeral from Trinity Church, at | 9}4 a. m. Saturday. Ely EHi*. Livingston & Ce o ON TUESDAY, 6th of September, at 10 o’clock, we will sell in front of our store, A DESIRABLE FARM! Five Miles from the City, | on or near the road to Peggy Reid’s Bridge, con- I taining 90 acres of Land —thirty-five of which is : cleared. On the premises is a comfortable dwelling and out-houses, and a good spring of w;iter. The place adjoins Th jinas Kenny and Mr. Boze man. Possession given immediately. ■ Sp 6 t.d>;l6 _ Confederate Knives and Forks. \\TE are manufacturing at our Works in this city \V a good article of KNIVES AND FORKS in ■ large quantities, which we offer to the public low for CASH. -ALSO , Shoo Makers and Saddlers Tools, ; of every description. .Shoe Pcvs, Trasses, • Spatulas, Butcher Knives, Ac., Ac. The attention of Quartermasters, Commissaries, and Medical Purveyors, throughout the Confeder , acy Ls specially invited to tho above with whom wc desire to make contracts. REFERENCES: MajorF. W. Dillard, Colombos, Ga. Surgeon W. H. Pri deau,. A. aeon, < Ua. v Vfontconirr ', A .a. , .. .. jj HHISON, BBDKLiL k CO. Columbus, Ga., Senteer .. lb-.u _ Mobile Regi.-ter, Augu- i wOJ-titutiona4i.st, ana pn f-V<* -in C> mi ier please copy on-month and send brrVtoVfcisofijee. 1 Pocket Uooli Post. |N front of Mr. Phelps’ Store,yesterday morning, ■* A suitable reward will be rail for recovery of the p: .c-i s 1 y M. P. ELL IS A (X). FOR SALE!" l GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse. A Apply to R. B. MURDOCH. sep 2-ts or, at this office