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Elu Ealambus &mts. J. W. W IHREf, - - - Editor. Saturday Morning, September I, 1864. Sam’l K. Hodges, Esq. The stern demand* of death upon the bat tle-ield ha* drawn «• frequently and deeply upon the sympathies of the community at large, that his invasion of the more private Circle* of life is scarcely felt or heedod, save by those nearest and dearest to tho victim claimed. Bat in tho death of him whose name beads this notice, oar community has sus tained a deep and lasting loss. For many years ho had Loon identified with ike interest: of our city, and in all the rela tions of life, had so deported himself as to se cure the respect and esteem of his fellow mon. His energy and integrity in business pursuits, his prompt and unselfish co operation in all affairs of private and public benevolence, his true and steadfast friendships and affections, won for him the just and deserved reputation of an honest man. a public spirited citizen, a warm friend and an affectionate son, husband and brother. So quiet and unobtrusive were Iks manners aud habits of life, that his oircles of friendship and acquaintance <were not large, but iu these, he was deeply an# warmly cher ished. Disease crept slowly upon him, end hie eud was as quiet as bis life. On the 23*. and of July, in the 49th year of his age, surround ed by weeping relatives and friends, he passed away, leaving to them sweet memories of bis many noble qualities and virtues; and the aheering assurance of bis hope of a blissful future A Hot Spot. —A Yankee from Canada, writing to the New York Times, gives the following sketch of public .'■'■ntiment in the place of his sojourn.— We infer that St. Catherine must be a hot spot for this lover of negro equality. He would be more at home in tomo neighborhood where tho fugitive negroes congregate. He would find a sentiment more congenial with his own bloody and abject ideas. We thank God there is someplace where Yankee perfidy can be talked of openly in the face of day, and in defiance of Fort Lafayette. We venture the assertion that this valiant correspond ent does not dare avow his own opinions nor dis sent from those he hears around him. He Bkulks from the contempt of Southern men and wreaks his vengeance through an anonymous lie in a fana tical newspaper.—Yankee all over! St. Catherine, sir, is full just now of these mis* arable bipeds—babbling about the Northern op pression of the Southern rebels, praising Jeff. Davis up to the skies, denouncing Abraham Lin ooln as an usurper, tyrant, “Constitutional break er,” (what au Indian rubber article the “American Constitution is,” in the * and hands of these double-dyed traitors,) pratihg'about “States rights," which we think are about “knocked into a cocked hat,” wailing about the wholesale slaugh ter and butchery of Generals Grant, Sherman and Boast Butler; glorifying the Southern chivalry, and howling about those naughty, nasty Yankees! Why, sir, it is sickening to hear them, and I have become heartily disgusted with the whole “pack of hungry hounds,’ prowling about our streets, purloining tho fair fame and honorable name of their mother country, tho American Government, and I could only wish that Fort Lafayette was $ thousand times larger and more capacious than it is, and that your authorities had them all securely locked up therein, to deprive them of doing any further mischief, and thus rid us of their contemp tible presence. {'From ihe Charleston Courier.} That Armistice. The rumors that have been bruited about | concerning Lincoln’s intention to propose an j armistice of ninety days, to President Davis, j have been freely commented upon by newspa per* throughout the coutiueui . Many Yankee journals approve the movement, but every paper in the Confederacy, with one accord, advise and urge the instant and emphatic re jection of such proposition. We arc pleased at tbo unity of sentiment among the journals in these Confederate States, and we are sure ■ that our watchful, wise and patriotic Presi dent is prepared to treat that proposal for a limited peace, in a manner that will com mand the commendation and gratitude of the whole country. If it be true that the President of the Uni ted States purposes to treat with our Gorern- j merit in order to procure cessasion of hostil- j (ties fora definite period, the motives that Actuate that functionary, are manifest. He \ Is alarmed at the rapid growth of the party, utterly opposed to the prosecution of the war, \ and in favor of peace in the only terms every i man of sense in Yankeedom is aware it is] possible to obtain peace. The freedom with ! which that party is criticising his violations | ot iaw and the Constitution, the boldness with j which it defies his power, and the severs man ner with which it denounces his tyrannous acts of usurpation, has made the dictator tremble in the seat of power. He has besn obliged to hear the most truthful, wrathful words that have fallen hot and sclent from the mouths of such men *3 Vullandigham, Vorhees, Long and others, aud conscious of his inability to cope with the power that backs ‘hem, he is obliged to refrain from lifting his hand against them. The character aud magnitude of the oppo- 1 eition the failure of his most formidable plans has created, leads him to apprehend that the Convention now in session at Chicago will adopt the opinions aud sentiments of the leaders of that party. He expects that body to come out openly aud absolutely in favor of peace He is aware that the divided party be belongs to, is unable to make head against an organization so numerous, so harmonious, eo full of life, energy and hope—an organization that expresses the feelings and yearnings of *o large a number of the people under his Government. And being a man largely en dowed with (hat quality which is prominent among the traits of tho devil, he is going to attempt to accomplish by manoeuvre what he cannot do by a fair eland-up tight. Had be the power he would use force, butas he does not possess the requisite power he has re course to cunning. It is known that the man wuo presides over the destinies of Yan keedom has a swail bruin ami large cunning. In all guileful arts, there is none of all that nation ot' wily, subtle spirits who is worthy to be compared with Abraham Lincoln. His cunning has suggested the proposal of au armistice. The adoptiou of that scheme'is *u act of policy that fur exceeds any proof of his uncommon artfulness he has ret given to the world. He ie going to attempt to circumvent the peace party by proposing an armistice en such grounds, couched in such language, as that the very offer will be & mortal affront to the President and the people of these Confederate States. It will be so unreason:, ie and so waDtou an as that the e if-respect si our Executive will oblige its instant and utter rejection. Having thus contrived to insure the defeat of that measure, which the artful man. aided by his Secretary of State, will labor hard to make appear was suggested by the noblest feelest feelings an J purposes, he will attribute the failure to the pride, ob stinacy. bitter enmity and stiff-neckedoess of the leaders of this wicked rebellion. He will declare, in high sounding phrase, that he has discharged the duty he owed to his people and to the wicked iagratas of the Confedera cy. to forego nations, and to the dearest in terests of civilization, Christianity and hu manity, in the manner dictated by a solemn Sense of the obligations resting upon bim, tc luaied oy the most generous aiui magnani mous motives, aud with a single eye to the wel fare ot both nations. Aud then tie will ae e«n iha) while he was considerate,' concilia tory and sincere, we were unreasonable, vie lent and that, while he Wis for peace, we were for war. He would in this way ap peal to the passions of his people, urn* reflect upon the wisdom and patriotism oi those who are bent upon putting au end to the war by fair and honorable meani It is clear that the President of the United States, intends, by the proffer of an armistice, to bring the party under Vaiiandigham and others into disrepute, and by that means, di minish its number and its power. But suppose that wily man cloaks the real feelings be entertains towards as. and se words and frames the proposition of an arm istice, as that it can be considered bv our Ex ecutive. Will not a pause in the coaflict re dound more to bit benefit than to ours?— Sherman i<t at a stand, while our daring and energetic troopers are operating with telling effect on his long line of commuuicaiion. if he is forced to retreat, there is no denbt that before he has proceeded f.tr on the road to Chattanooga, bis army, pressed by the gal lant spirits under Hood, will be demoralized, routed, cut to pieces, scattered, if not utterly destroyed. Grant ia at his wit’s end, unable to take Petersburg, and full of apprehension concerning Wasnington. Those campaigns are thus far. miserable, disastrous failures.— Early in September, the term of the three years’ men and the hundred days’ militia ex pires. Lincoln needs an armistice of three months. For during that period, the men forced to enlist under his last call will be drilled and diseiplined, and at the end of that time, be will have another powerful army with which to invade, pillage, devastate and murder. By consenting to a cessation of hos tilities, we will give him a breathing spell, and refreshed by the rest, stronger and more re solved upon our destruction, he will again send forth his armed hosts and vessels of war to accomplish bis base and bloody schemes. The Fight In Mobile Bay. The following is a letter from the late exec utive officer of the Tennessee, which we pub lish as the first account of the fight in Mobile Bay from any person who was on board that ship during the action : United States Frigate Potomac, \ Pensacola Bay, August 12, 1864. j Notwithstanding you must have heard of the loss of our dear old ship, and of my be coming a prisoner in the hands of the enemy, I fancy that a short note from me would not be unwelcome, nor be considered superfluous at this time. We were certainly under the heaviest fire that ever a ship received since the war began. Three strong and formidable iron clads, one of them certainly our equal, and fourteen regular men of war, were playing on us at the closest possible quarters, with nine, eleven and fifteen inch solid shot, and with apparently no intermission from the time we regularly engaged the fleet until the time of surrender, a period of probably an hour. We met them as they entered the harbor, and did our best to “ram” several of the lar gest vessels, using, of course, our guns at the same time. The Yankees hadteo much speed for us though, and got by us into the bay, with only the injury done them by our batter ies. We then were alone. The Gaines was in a sinking condition and was run a shore near Fort Morgan. The Selma had surrendered, and the Morgan bad left us also, and was un der the guns of the fort. In the face of all this, our gallant ship, after running up our colors and the Admiral’s flag again, which had been shot away as the enemy passed us, stood across the bay, and singly and unassis ted, we engaged the most formidable fleet that the Yankees could get into that harbor. Thus Greek met Greek; “then came the tug of war.” The fire was really terrible. Coupled with that, four of their largest vessels, one of them iron-plated on the stem, ran into us at full speed and in quick succession. The ramming part of the affair did us no harm in the world, however, and their nine inch solid shot bound ed from our sides like ordinary pebbles.— The eleven inch hurt us some, and the fifteen inch pierced the iron and forced out the wood on the inside butdid not, however, get through. By and by the Admiral was wounded and one or two were killed, and about the same time <!>ur after port became jammed by a shot, and was rendered useless. Nest, away went our Wheel-ropes, and the relieving tackles came into play. We steered in this way for proba bly half an hour, when they too were shot awVy, as well as the smoke stack, and then we Were uhable to make steam or to get a single gun to bear upon the enemy. The fleet saw our condition, and taking ad vantage of it, took up positions astern and on each quarter, and were as perfectly safe and as clear of our batteries as if they were a hundred miles away. In this state of things, nothing could be done to destroy the ship, without destroying every soul on board, and the Ad miral and Captain considered (as I think very properly) that they had no right to pursue ■ uch a course. All had fought with perfect desperation, and had done their duty like brave and gallant Southern men are expected to do, and were rendered as unhappy as men ever become, when at last it was discovered to be impossible to move or steer the vessel, and. in consequence, a surrender became nec essary. The Yankees have her now, and I, with the Captain and Lieutenent Wharton, are on our way to a Northern prison. We shall undergo all that is put upon us with becoming dignity and firmness. I leave here for New York or Boston (I don’t know which) in ten days or a fortnight. We are treated very kindly as vet. and are as comfortable as we care for. The Position of Aftairs. The Confederate raiders have come and gone. For ten days the scourge of war has swept over Northern soil, and the North has writhed under the blow. Devastated fields, burning dwellings, impoverished families, at test the severity of that brief ordeal of inva sion. We have endured but the thousandth part of the curse we have inflicted. Let us consider that for more than three years the South has suffered, throughout a great portion of its domain, such desolation, such privation, such destruction of property and of the requisites of social comfort as have stunned and bewildered the North by an ex perience of ten days, within a limited space of territory. Yet, under those terrible afflictions the South stands firm, defiant and unanimous in resistance to the Federal arms. Tbescourge falls and they utter no cry ; they suffer but do not falter. Does not this heroic devotion to their cause imply more than the influence of pride, or obstinacy, or prejudice ? It is like the courage of the early Christians, who face persecution without flinching, because they had faith in the creed for which they suffered. It is not the Southern arm that strikes, it is not the Southern brain that reasons, it is not the Southern heart that believes, and whose faith sanctifies in tlieirconsciences their deeds. Against that faith, force avails not, nor wealth nor numbers. Asa people their con viction of their right is stronger than ours of I ours. It is a crime against human natuie to wage a physical war against a principle so J thoroughly espoused by millions of Christian and enlightened men, If they are wrong by the light of reason must they be redeemed from error. The blows we deal, this blood we shed and the suffering they inflict, are but ap peals to their manhood and endurance. It is like hammering upon iron hot from the fur nace, strengthing its fibres and converting it to steel. What, then, is the object of the war ? If it be to gratify the hatred and prejudices of a party by their extermination, the time is coming when the masses will forbid it. If we re-engender friendship, the time has come for the masses to reject such accursed instru ments for such a holy workc— New York Nevus. A Frank CbNFissiON.—Whether we regard our civil, our military, orour financial prospec.s; wheth er we look at our gig ntic debt, our colossal expen ditures. or our disordered currency: at the high price of necessaries, the suppression of freedom, or the iwpendi e call for new armies; or at the pub lic hopes disappointed and loyal states in he East pillaged in the West overrun with guerrillas, we must see that the country is indeed in a very bad way "if somebody don’t arrest the downward pro gress.” Four years more of Mr Lincoln’s imbecile rule wiihld rum the country irretrievably. Our only hope of redemption is in the president*! eWti., n , IN Y World , From Ihe Virginia Valley— Swill Retribution. We have authentic intelligence from the Lower Valley up to 9 o’clock Tuesday morn ing. Sheridan has retreated out of Virginia, save at Harper’s terry. They still bold Har per’s Ferry, and extended their pickets to Hall town, tour miles towards Charlestown. Gen. Early’s headquarters were at Charlestown. Our troops occupied Shepherdstown, on the Potomac. We arrived on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad just in time to continue the sus pension of travel. The damage lately iuflict ed by us bad been repaired, and tbe cars were to commence running the uext day. The rail road men will now have to begin their work anew, and will, doubtless, consider Early a very troublesome superintendent of transpor tation. Sheridan avoideda fight in bis retreat, mak ing no stand save a small attempt of one at Charlestown. His anxiety seemed to be to escape. We learn that Sheridan caused all the wheat stacks to be burned, in bis advance from Win chester to Strasburg. In bis flight back, he had not time to perpetrate the same villainy upon the farmers between Winchester and the Potomac. A number of dwellings were burn ed and citizens arrested and carried off; though not to the extent which reports have alleged. A party of Mosby’s men came upon a squadof fifteen or twenty, who had just set on fire a dwelling. The ladies and the chil dren whose home it was were wringing their hands with distress at the sight of their burn ing home, and invoking punishment on the vandals, when Mosby’s men came. They rushed upon the incendiaries and took no prisoners. The prayer of suffering innocence had been swiftly heard, and the punishment came, and came as swiftly and as terrible as it was righteous—Richmond Sentinel, 25th. From Tennessee. Late accounts from East Tennessee represent the condition of the people of that country as any thing but desirable. In Monroe county seventeen or eighteen dwellings have been burnt down, with their contents, besides barns, cribs and other out beuses, belonging to Southern men who were either soldiers in our army or had taken refuge within tho Confederate lines. The wives of our citizens and soldiers are expelled from their homes, many prominent men have been arrested and thrown into prison or sent beyond the lines, and some put to work upon the Yankee fortifications. After the recent capture of citizens and soldiers at Rogersville, a deserter from our army, by the name of Sizemore, shot three of them down in cold blood. The enemy recently shipped artillery from Knox ville to the vicinity of Bull’s Gap, whilst a heavy force of cavalry advanced from the same direction. On Tuesday last they attacked our forces, who fell back before superior numbers at Jonesborough. These facta have undoubtedly been brought to the attention of our military authorities, for we learn that General Vaughan is now in the neigh borhood making preparations to sweep the tory horde from the country. Report also hath it tha. John Morgan and his eommand are in East Ten nessee, and it is expected that they will render a good account es themselves.— Richmond Dit patch, 29. Five Hundred Thousand Coffins wanted —Get your Mourning Clothes. Under this rather fuuereal heading, the La Crosse (Wisconsin) Democrat has the following wail over Lincoln’s last call for 500,000 men. The fol lowing is the article: Lincoln has called for five hundred thousand more victims ! On the sth of September half a million men are to bo drafted to fill up the ranks of the army to fighting dimensions—to get soldiers for tho sunny South. Get ready. Get your house in order. Make arrangements to secure your fall crops by proxy, and get ready to join the throng of the hundreds of thousands who have gone before. Let the women buy mourning goods now, for in a month or bo there will not be money enough in the country to use for the purpose. The draft comes. No one wants to go to war. Patriotism is sick ! The nation is discouraged. Half the men sent before have been lost to us and the country. Tbe 75,000 Wide Awakes, who were to sweep the rebels into the Gulf of Mexico, have not been heard from lately. Half a million more men are to be taken away from their industrial pursuits. It is now revolt, Canada, or fight. Let us see what the people will do. Oh! that Wisconsin had a Governor with pluck ; equal to the emergency. Would to God that the Chief Magistrate of thig State had nerve to say to Abraham Lincoln that not a man should go from the State till the quotas of the New England and the Eastern States are filled. How the people would respect that position. But no; the young West must bo sapped and drained of its life-blood, while the abolitionized Eastern States, which are growing rich out of this war, are thousands of men in arrears under former calls. The fanatics and speculators of New England sit at the feet of Lin coln, and their States are passed over. The work ing men of the West have no friend at court, and can go to wav in answer to calls or be hunted i down. If we could see but a glimmer of light through this darkness all would be well. If the half mil lion now called for would end the war, we would go at once, even if never to return. But there is no head to guide or arms to direct. The Admin istration has lied to us daily from its organization, It has made its last call half a dozen times before; it has resorted to all means to fill the army ; it has sacrificed a milllion of lives on the altar of in competency ;it has ignored or shelved the best military talent of the age ; it has disappointed the land every month for three years, and still the war goes on, One half a million iuo”#! Oh, that is nothing. We are bound to free the nigger or die! Let’s all go! The rebels can’t fight. One Northern aboli tionist who rants and prays is better than ten Southern men to fight! The rebels cannot raise men enough in all the South to make an army or make a decent battle! The rebels have deserted till none are left! The Son*”-!* a barren waste and her army has sutefß*&? so qL|rt«r rations for three years! The rebels are bankrupt in means, men, and military skill! Tho niggers are all free by old Abe’s proclama tions, and are now our allies. The arming of the blacks does away with calling For more white troops! This is merely a little military excursion party, in which no one will be hurt! The rebels are sick, starving, naked, without arms—towards, and terribly demoralized! This is what the Administration has taught us ; and being facts, where, in God’s name, are the brave men the North has sent forth already ! Rally round the flag, boys. Continue this Ad ministration in power, and we can all go to war, Canada or hell, before 1868. Only half a million! Modest Abraham! Might better have called for a million, for they will be needed before this abo lition crasade is half over with, unless conducted on a plan different from “my plan.” Haifa mil lion ! Hurrah, boys ; let’s go. Franck and the Confederacy. —The acknowl edgment of the South by the Emperor’s govern ment is once more upon tho tapis, and the idea is beginning to be accepted as a generality or possi bility worthy to be entertained even by the most devoted friends of the North. Considerable pro gress has been made during the Emperor’s stay at \ ichy, and a certain M. Penquet, who went out to the United States many years ago to found a poly technic school on the French plan, has been con sulted with reference to the views and capacities of the different commanders on either side. Curious enough, almost every one of the generals in com mand have been brought up by M. Penquet, and they say that he has been called upon to give an outline of the character and propensities exhibited by them when studying during their youth at his establishment. As we all know, the Emperor is a great believer in the doctrine of the boy being ; father to the man, as well he may be when he re members his own boyhood and the persevering steadfastness with which be has pursued the end I to which, with admirable skill, seconded, it is true, ! by the incapacity of others, he has* attained. Tho announcement of your Liverpool bazaar has ; caused an excitement in our Amerieaa circles.— i Who are to be the Southern beauties, whose charms | are to sec.uce the coin from the pockets of the Liv- I erpooi cavaliers? We have Miss King from Geor gia, and Miss Semmes, (daughter of Professor Semmes,) both of them the mo9t admirable speci mens of American loveliness ever beheld in Europe, who are fully prepared to assist in any endeavor to benefit the South, and who would be no mean attraction even in Liverpool.— Paris (August b) correspondence of Liverpool Journal. An American Cardinal.— Letters from Rome, says the Courier des Etats Unis, states that Pius IX intends to m ke a Car iinal of the new Archbishop McCleskey. There being a larger number of Ro man Catholics in this country than in England, the'r clergy, it is claimed, being entitled to the dis tinction. The late Archbishop Hughes died before obtaining from the Pope that mark of esteem with which his successor will be honored. TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS OP TBE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of tbe Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Richmond, 2d.—An official dispatch states that the enemy have withdrawn from Memphis and Charleston. The destination of the Memphis troops is supposed to be Northern Virginia. Richmond, 2d.— ihe nominees of the Chicago Convantioa are McClellan and Pendleton. Far ther particulars to-night. Barnes ville, 2d.—A terrible collision has just taken place two and a half miles above, between a train of wounded soldiers and the np train, ahead of regular schedule lime. Iu the excitement nothing definite can be learned, but it probably killed not less than fifteen or twenty. Many were horribly mangled. Mobile, 2d.—Three vessels are off Battery Mc- Intosh to -day. The enemy still hugs the shore at Cedar Point, and keeps in at a respectful dii’&nce All quiet here. Mobile, 2d.— Official information has been re ceived from North Mississippi. Smith’s forces are certainly retreating to Memphis. A largo part of the army is being mustered out of service. Mow er's Division goes to Virginia; the cavalry to Mis souri, to meet Price and the Indians. Mobile, Ist.—A truce boat arrived at Pasca goula yesterday. In addition to Confederate sur geons, it brought a number of New Orleans exiles. The Era claims that the Confederate camp at Vidalia, west of tho Mississippi river, was surpris ed, and 38 killed and wounded, and 40 horses captured. The Yankees are dragging Mobilo Bay for tor pedoes; and are also bouying up the monitor Tocumseh, with the prospect of raising her. Thero was much bragging among the Yankees ever their raid on Clinttn, La. They claim to have damaged the Confederates to the amount of several hundred thousand dollars, and admit that their soldiers enriched themselves with plunder. Only a picayune account of the losses received. Our loss 130 killed and wounded. Federal loss 30 killed and 20 wounded. The expedition returned to Baton Rouge with from four te six cannon. Federal enrolment begins forthwith at Vicks burg and Natchez. Cotton 175 to 180. Confederate surgeons, who have arrived in Mo bile, state one iron-clad aground just below the obstructions. The reported raid on Pollard is untrue. General Butler is expected in The rumors about hia relieving Secretary Stanton in the War Department are revived with more than their original strength, and now appear to have a substantial foundation. + Johnson’s Confederate guerrillas have been har assing the people in Kentucky and on the banks of the Ohio river, and were at Casseyville when last heard from, five hundred strong, carrying away the cattle and other plunder which they had taken from the captured steamers on the river. The people of Cairo are organizing for the defence of that place. : Curious Republican Movement on Foot The Flection to go by Default. | The deliberations of the leading Republican managers to this city, New York, Boston and elsewhere have led to a most singular determi nation on their part. It is stated apon very good authority that they have determined to allow the election to go by default, and leave the Democratic party to elect their President and the House ot Representatives. It is Sec retary Chase who is said to be the author of this/wnry curious political movement. The reaswus .ti.re^ o adoption of this policy, are as follows : First, tho Republican leaders are sat isfied that the war is near its conclusion ; that a disunion peace is inevitable; and they wish the Democratic party to suffer the ignominy in history of being the political organization which consented to a separation of the North and South. Second, they argue that no more moaey is to be made out of the war ; that the finances of the country are now in such a state that contractors will hereafter lose, but cannot make money—in short, that the public orange has been squeezed dry, and that the election of a Democratic President and House of Rep resentatives would put the latter party in a position whereby they could not conduct the the war nor make any money for their friends, and would be compelled to submit to a dis honorable plan. Third, they further argue that should Mr. Lincoln be elected, peace would likewise be inevitable, owing to his wretched management of the war; but that a peace under Republi can auspices would forever ruin the political fortunes of every public man connected with that party. Fourth, that as the Republicans would have a majority in the Senate during the entire term of a Democratic President, they would prevent any peace that would not bring with it the abolition of slavery in the ‘Southern States.— Fow, that they consider the war hopeless, the Republicans are willing enough that there should be peace, but it must be peace with dis union, so that they would not have the polit ical power of the South to contend against in a re-united Union. These considerations have had so much weight with the leading Republicans that they are quite willing to see Mr, Lincoln defeated in every State of the Union; indeed their pur pose to do so is stated without reservation, and the course of the leading organs of the party, shows that they regard the election of the Chicago nominee as a foregone conclu sion.— Washington Correspondent J Nero York World. Peace. The great argument with the advocates of war is, that we can never submit to a dishonorable peace; what does that mean? Does it signify that we will make peace with the South on no terms short of subjugation? The idea is monstrous. We can never subjugate such a gallant people, and if it were possible, it is not desirable. Subjugation means large standing armies, oppre sive taxation, the possession of great military power by the Washington Government, and we ought to know by this time that they can and will use it as freely upon ourselves as they would upon a people whom they would have conquered. This is, in brief, what a dishonorable peace means, although the war advocates strenuously deny that such is their meaning. The subjugation of the South is noth ing more nor less than the subjugation of the North, and if there is still a Democrat who wishes the war prosecuted under such circumstances, he is to all intents and purposes in favor of dishonora ble peace. ; „ We are now, as we have always been, heart and soul in favor of peace, and opposed to this relent less, brutal and fiendish war. Already the ruin predicted by the greatest statesmen of tho country is impending. They warned us against sectional ism; they told us that a war of one part of the country upon another part would result in sepera tion; but we scoffed at the warning, and in our as sumed superiority of wisdom we flung their advice to the winds. We are now aware of the result.— Our boasted civilization and wealth are powerless against a resolute and brave people fighting on their own soil and in defence of everything me' r holds dear. England vainly put forth her po- at to crush the independence of three millions of r »1- onists, and spent seven years iD the attempt, but she was obliged in the end to submit to a “dish «- orable peace. But there is no dishonor in peaob; it is the war which is dishonorable, and which has already disgraced us in the eyes of the world.— * Shall we, not content with disgrace, bring ruin 1 and destruction upon us? Shall we oontinue in power the perjured officials who have brought dis-. honor upon us by their diabolical conduct of thw war and their well established corruption? W» believe that the toleration of the people is exhaust ed, that the end is near, and that the beartf4t yearning of the country ie for peace.— New Yo-k Metropolitan Record, CITY MATTERS. T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR. Raise in Rates. —ln consequence of a heavy advance in printing paper, we are compelled to ad vance the price of subscription to our paper, which will, until further notice, be as follows: Daily, per month. - . $5,00 For three months, - - . $15,00 ♦ ♦ » Divine Service. Re v. Dr. Guthkrin will preach sermons at the Svnacorue this Saturday and Sunday mornings, at 10 o’clock. Old and New Currency and Bonds.—Upon reference to the advertisement of Wm. H. Young, Depositary, it will be seen that he will receive de posits in old or new currency, i-suing certificates for the same, in both cases, bearing 4 per cent, interest. The certificates for old issue, are pay able on call after 90 days. Those issued for new currency, are payable whenever called for with interest. This affords those having spare funds either in new or old currency to draw interest un til they may be required for use. Wm. H. Young is also Agent for sale of the 6 per cent, bonds, the coupons of which will pay export and import duties and neither the bond or the interest are taxable and are consequently very desirable. The bonds are now received and are soli— ‘n* *erj rapidly, and will not be offered at present price after tbe 30th of this month. Thh First Tennessee Brass Band.—This splendid Band discoursed some of its most charming airs in front of our office yesterday, for which we return many thanks. The Local happened to be out of place as usual, but is assured by those in the office that tho music was inspiring in the extreme. Most of our boys felt so complimented and charmed that we fear it will take a week to get them straight. Let it be borne in mind that the Band will give one more of their rich entertainments at the Hall to-night. Everybody should make their arrangements to be present. Speaking of this troupe, we think it a burn ing shame on our city, that the band had to pay at the rate of one hundred dollars for the use of a piano for the use of their concerts. When we reflect that the performances are given for the benefit of the sick and wounded soldiers, we think they should have had a piano gratis. We learn that they applied to one gentleman and were refused, and finally had to give fifty dollars and ten tickets for the use of a piano. Can such things be in Colum bus? Roll of Honor. —We have added seme twen ty names to thie roll since lest published and made alterations. The list ie now as near oem plete as we know how to get it : P J Semmes, Charles Neuffer, P H Colquitt, Noble DeVotie, Tbad. B. Scott, J N Hutchins, J A Jones, Wm Cropp, A H Cooper, John McCarty, Van Leonard. Thos Camak, JohnMunn, Eugene Banks. David Munn, John Johnson, John Goetchius, —— Johnsosi, II J DeLauny, • Harris Johnson. Tom Sloan, James Ware, Wm T Nuckolls, Jim Perry, Theodore Fogle, T Everett, Richard Potter, John Slade, John Ferguson, Wm Ellis, I CJ Williams, J R Jones, * P Gitttenger, Wm H Young, ! Geo Lindsay, Ben Murphy, Wm H Mitchoii, Robert A Chambers, James Mitchell, J M Chambers, Jr. John Lee, James Deckrow, Charles Phelps, Robertson, Levi Phelps, —— Calhoun Banka Shaw, Cash, Gus. Short, Ttobfc Eddmoa, i James Short, May. J E Davis, Sam McLary, Wright, Dauf, Bacon Dixon, Joseph Aguero, A Fcrrestor, John D Mcltey, Lock Weems, Bize, Armstrong Bailor. Fred Tillman, Lloyd Bailey, Tillman, It W Denton, Lt Col W T Harris, Lewis Cook, Edward Goetchius, Ed Booher, Me Sturgis, Cap Booher, James Ligoe, Thos Spivey, Schley. James Kirvin, Shirley, Albert Langford. Wm Ware. Thos Ragland. King. Jehn Redd. Brittain. Ed Clapp, Harvy, Wm Brown. Capt Sure*, Felix G Lloyd, Watkins Baa ks. David Pease, Tom Hunt, —-- Hill, Evan#, John Lewis, Fannin Burch, Wm T Patterson, - Long, Amos Banks, Willis Banks. James Browning, Ed P Wagner, Lt Rans Wood- Jack Hogue, Jack Rowland, Wm H Ward, Joseph David, Julien P Dennis. J. N. Cobb. Geo. Twilley, Gas Ridenhout Henry Kimbai, Frank Collier. Pope Sanderlie, Wm. Ogletree, Thomas Kenny, Brady Smith, Kenney. Geo Mays. Jason T Smith. Amos Brooks. John Tucker, W D Edwards, lessee Broadway. Thos Ferguson. Argyle, Emmet Baker, Wm Barden, Wm. Ridenhour. - Robt Sanderliu. A correspondent of the Tallahassee Florid ian, speaking of the defeat of the Yankees at Gainesville by Capt. Diekison, says: This victory at Gainesville cannot be over estimated. The enemy’s cavalry has been de stroyed. Their raids, for the present, are ended. A rich and populous region of our State saved from spoliation, and our soldiers inspired with confidence. I predicted iu my last, that they would abandon Baldwin and return to Jacksonville. You need net be sur prised now to hear of their evacuating Jack sonville in the course of a few weeks. We could now easily and without molestation, oc cupy our old position at Baldwin and Camp Milton, but the railroad will have first to be repaired in order to furnish forage and sup plies. Without the railroad, the position is worthless, and nothing to be protected, while our present <??.?.. vaany aad advjyatages. - A Soldier. SI,OOO Reward. A !?T av , y set * black boy by the name A of WILLIAM, about 24 years old, left Colum bus on Sunday morning last. I am confident he was taken off by some white man. I will pay the above reward for the negro and thief, with evi dence to convict, or I will pay two hundred and • nfty djulari for the negro delivere I to me in Colum bus. The boy came from Virginia about two years t ago, and says he is a sailor. I think they left Co lumbus on foot and took the train at some station cose by. J. H. BASrf. sepl-tf. P S. —I learn, since the above was written, that the boy lett Cbluinbus on the Onelikit train, on I Sunday a orniug, iu company with a small white "’an that Lunped. and that they wen going to W ett i Point. j H. B. Stoneman. —The Columbia “Sout Caroli nian” denies with indignant scorn, tli« siSder tion made by some Southern writer, that Stoneman. the Yankee raider recently cap tured in Georgia, is a gentleman, ami a 4i sol dier of the old school,” and adds : He ha3 been sent to Charleston to await the first opportunity for exchange—to be let loose once more to prey od defenceless women, and wreak his vengeance on our people. Would to God that the voice of the wuole country could be raised in oue accord against such an imprudent siep. Tbe noble old Trimble, mu tilated in battle, has lain for months on John son’s Island, unable to return to bis boms, because he inadvertently declared his intern tion to re-enter our service. Other officers and citizens are likewise pining in captivity, who have been denied the privilege of ox change. And wo cannot see tbe wisdom of allowing ihe return of this fiend in human shape, who, however much of a gentleman ho may externally appear, or however graciou* his present manner may be, is responsible for every article that has been stolen and every act of violence that has been committed by his riff-raff soldiery. Let him but reach tho North, and he will be made a hero, be invest ed with a fresh comm*nd, and seek every op portunity to revenge himself for his failure and disappointment. Hold on to him, and wo shall not only save ourselve3 trouble, but in flict every punishment on a fellow who de serves, in addition to his confinement, ape riodical pressure around a wind-pipe, that should be considered the individual represen. tative of every robber throat in his motley crowd. Give tbe devil his due. The Peace Rcmobs.— Washington, Auvust 25,- It ha« been ascertained upon undoubted authority that all idea of aendiax peace commissioners, or at tempting negotiations for the suspension of hostil ities has been abandoned by the administration. It is teared that any such action would bo taken as au indication of weakness on the part of the Govern ment, an 1 would only tend to stilt further strengthen the rebel authorities in their resistance, and would be rejected by the n. Asa political movement, itie thought that it would strengthen tbe opposition who would point to its rejection as an evidence that no settlement of the difficulties could be had under Jfr< Lincoln’s administration. At the same time there is ne doubt but that only accredited commissioners from the rebel authorities, or any proposition! for an armistice from them, looking to a settlement of existing differences by a convention of the states, would Be received and duly considered. The pres ence of Hon. Heury J Raymond and other leading Republicans here to-day, gave rise to a silly report that they bad been summoned here in connection with peace negotiations. The fact is that they were here merely in attendance upon a meeting of the National Executive committee of tbe Republican organization, of whioh Mr. Raymond is chairman. idiieid, At her home in this city, on tho 30th August* 1864, Mrs. MARGARET BOZEMAN, aged 76 years, 8 months. TEMPERANCE HALL! Friday & Saturday Evrn’gs Ist A Si, THE Concert Troup©* OF THE FIRST TENNESSEE REGIMENT v Will give two of thoir Select Entertainments FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ; SICK AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS, Os the Army of Tennessee ! ASTTickets for sale at the usual places, i spl 2t AUCTION SALES. j ■ jßy Ellis, Livingston & €« ON TUESDAY, 6th of September, at 10 o’clook, w will sell in front of our store, I DESIIMBU: ( IRIK! Five Miles from the City, j on or near the road to Peggy Reid’s Bridge, con taming DO acres of Land —thirty-five of which is cleared. On the premises is a comfortable dwelling aud out-houses, and a good spring of w ter. The place adjoins Th <mas Kenny and Mr. Bone man. Possession given immediately. sp6 tdsl6 By Ellis, Livingston & Cos, AN TUESDAY, 6th of September at 10 ©’flock, v we wil. sell m front of our store Avery floe Rosewood Piano. In perfect order—nearly new—can be seen by per mission of Mrs. Brice, at Mrs. Teasdaie’s residence. 10 Gals. Pure Catawba Grape Brandy, 20 lbs. Hopsj 1 bbl. Arrow-root; —ALSO— A likely Negro Man, 24 years old, A likely Negro woman, 30 years •UL good cook, washer and ironer, »h her three likely children, i Fine Gray Horse; I Fine 3 year old Mare; 1 Ladies Saddle; 1 Good Buggy and Harness*- I bbl Apple Brandy; 0 bbl«. Choice Whiskv By Ellis, Livingston A €#. ON SATURDAY, 3d inst., at 10 o’clock, w# wil sell in front of our store, 2 good Milk Cows and Calves. 2 Sett Blacksmith Tools, including Belle** Anvils and Vices. 10 Boxes Tobacco, i Case Smoking Tobacco. 5 Barrels fine Corn Whisk* T Two-Hotso Wagon. Lot of Furniture, Lad ee Gaiters, Hat*, Hart ware, Ac., Ac. »epl-SIS By Ellis, Livingston A Cm AT PRIVATE SALE 1 | 50 LIKELY Plantation NEGROES; i 150 Head of HOGS; 50 “ MERINO SHEEP; Cattle, Mules, Wagons, Growing Crop, Corn, Peas, Cuba Sugar Cane, Potatoes, Plantation Tools, Fodder, &c., &c., now ob the Plantation, with the privilege of re maining until Christmas. All of which will be sold at a bargain if applied Ssr soon. ag3otf By Ellis, Livingston A Cos. 200 GALLON'S PUMiniMiV! A VERY FINE ARTICLE. For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upward* ag3o ts Harness Hade & Repaired. THE undersigned will Manufacture and Repair A Kinds of Harness. , „ FULSOM <fe CODY, ipl 2w Under Cook's Hotei DESERTED! CONFEDERATE STATES ASSSNAI, Columbus, Ga., Aug. 30, ’64. The following employees of this Arsenal, having absented heinselves from work Without leave, ace hereby published as deserters ; WM MILLER-^Conscript—Blacksra : th by trade; aged 34; 5 feet 11 inches nigh; florid complexion; black ey s; black hair. H R HAYES—Conscript—Tinner by trade; „, ei 3f‘; 5 t> inches high; dark complexion- dark eyes; uaft hair. P II T-f 0 RNTON Soldier—Moulder by trade detailedirotn Company E, Hetim-nt. H 11= H. WRIGHT. ' iw Colonel Comd g