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J. W. WAHRE.V, - - - Editor. Monday Morning, September §, 1864. List of Casualties in Company F, 64tu Georgia.— Killed—Privates A. K. Argyle, E. H. Jones. Wonded.—Privates Porter Graddick, severe-* Jy in leg below the knee; J. M. Hunt, one fin-i gar shot off Wm. Welsh, slightly in calf of leg. 'Missing.—Lt. R. A. Russell, Sergt. James .Slaughter. Privates —James Barwick, A. Brooke. W. Cannon. B. S. Cummings, M. J. Fitzpatrick, B. MeGehce. J. McGehee, Wm, B. Reed, .Tno. Weldon. Hamp gfewart and Jno. Woolfork. safe. Respectfully, T. M. BEASLEY, j Lt. Cos. F., 64th Ga. Regt. A letter from an officer of General Lee’s army, says the Richmond Enquirer of the 30th. whose position enables him to speak, with accuracy, writes that in the last engage ment we captured twenty-five hundred pris oners. and that Grant’s last occupation of the Weldon railroad has cost the' enemy more than ten thousand men killed, wounded Hinl prisoners. The occupation of the rail read is an inconvenience merely, the Danv lte railroad being able to do all government trans portation, besides no inconsiderable amount on private account. _A 1033 of ten thousand is a’heavy cost for the army of the enemy in its present induced condition. Crouch ing behind fortifications is a poor way to cap ture Richmond. Tlie Georgia Front. The verbal accounts from above are so con tradictory that a report founded upon them must be extremely unsatisfactory and unrelia ble. We are unable to state positively whether Gen. Hood has or has not evacuated Atlanta, although we have little doubt that yjie place is abandoned. A report prevailed at Barnesville, yesterday morning, said to have been brought by a courier, that Gen. Hood had repulsed several attacks upon him in the lines before Atlanta, with terrible slaughter. We are disposed to believe, however, that he actually evacuated Atlanta on Thursday night last, taking the McDonough road to effect a junction with the remainder of his army. Passengers from Lovejoy’s station, say that heavy explosions were heard in the direction of Atlanta, as if occasioned by blowing up ordnance stores. It is understood that the front is now about a mile and a half above Lovejoy’s Station, and the enemy are probably in possession of all the line above to Atlanta. In the action of Thursday at Jonesboro’, our troops were liter-* ally crushed by the weight of overwhelming numbers—six corps of the enemy being en* gaged—and towards the close of the fight the Confederates had exhausted their supplies of ammunition. It is not believed that many of our wounded fell into the enemy’s hands. On Friday, there seems to have been little more, than desultory skirmishing, our little force falling back before the enemy, and a portion of it having been detached to effect a junction with Hood. While it is not to be denied that affairs in Georgia have assumed an exceedingly critical aspect, and that if the advance of the enemy is not speedily the second and last grand line of commanication between Missis-* sippi and Alabama, and the rest of the Cons federate States will be hopelessly lost, we trust that the extremity of the danger will put in operation measures of sufficient vigor to avert it and save Georgia.— Macon Telegraph, 6c/. The Position in (leoi^ia. Few particulars 'have been received of the battle at Jonesboro and along the line since ; our last writing. The opposing armies are I occupying a line not less than thirty-fire j miles in length, reaching from Lafayette to : Jonesboro, thence along the McDonough road, j then across the Macon and Western Railroad i south of East .Point, then west of the rail-j road to Atlanta, making an irregular S shaped ; line. The Yankees on Wednesday evening se* i cured a position on the Macon and Western j Railroad a tew miles North of East Point and followed the Railroad with a heavy force, crossing within two miles in frontof Jones boro where we had a small force placed in j hastily constructed rifle pits. The enemy j charged these, heavily and often, on Wednes- ! day, but did not Succeed in dislodging our troops. Our loss very heavy, and the Yan kees having assailed our lines, without suc ceeding in taking any of the. earthworks, | must have suffered a tremendous loss in pro portion. Our line,* which extended ten miles north - ! ward from Jonesboro, was very light, and hardly intended to prevent a serious demon stration on the part of the enemy, hence the break in it was easily effected. Thus it oc curred that Gen, Hardee's command became isolated from that which remained in and about Atlanta in the immediate command of Gen. Hood. We have not learned any of the 1 of the battle on Thursday, though our most ; reliable reports say that a furious battle con l . finuea all day. A large number of our woun- i fled arrived at the hospitals in Griffin, Mil ner Station and Barnesville during the night. 'We are requested by the proper authority to urge the entreaty upon every man who can go, that they will make no„ delay in proceed ing to the assistance of their comrades in arms. A few thousand fresh soldiers in the field at a critical moment will gain for us un measurable advantages. There are few brave .ynl noble soldiers who will neglect their duty j at such a momentas the present crisis. Their j services at such a time would not only turn j the tide of battle in our favor, but produce ! an utter rout of the and who can im- j ftgine what that rout will result in? The safety and freedom of the Confederacy t is the prize of the destruction of Sherman's ■ army. A few thousand fresh troops to appear on the field at an early moment will most es„ j fectually give us the tide of victory—effective victory. SeveraWraius leave this city daily for tha army. They are crowded constantly with large numbers of enthusiastic men who ar# anxiously and impatiently hurrying to their commands. They are thoroughly imbued with that earnest and deep spirit of patriotism which has made our soldiers invincible. There are thousands yet, however, who can, if they will fill the places in their command which will save their camradesand sustain the pres tige and fair name of their organization. The pride of a seedier, the honor of their command, the success ot the arnn and the safety of our loved country, depends outlie presence of every man who can do duty in this, the great day of the and decisive struggle. - 12, .Midnight, Sept. Ist. To-day the Yankees effected a lodgment on till Macoif A Western Railroad, between Rough A Ready and Eeast Point Stations. They at tacked our forces With six corps? and by a very fierce and obstinate effort, succeeded in gaining the position which divides our army. Gen. Hardee s corps under Cleburn, and Lee s corps, all combined, under the charge of Gen. Ilarde^, resisted the advance of the enemy with determined valor and unexampled bravery, trom eailj this morning until night, when the enemy still held possession ot the ruad. Gen. Hood, with Sstcwart s corps and ihe Georgia Militia, remains iu Atlanta, and com munication between the two portions is kept up only by couriere. It is supposed that the enemy will make a rapid and terrible onset ; on the defences o; Atlanta, at the earliest tno j ment they can reach the city. The battle was very heavy along the entire line to-day. and resulted in very considerable loss to us. A large number of the wounded were arriving on the trains during the night. Gen. Patton Anderson was seriously woun ded in the face, and Gen. Cumming wounded very badly.. They will arrive at this place, on the night train.— Atlanta Intelligencer , 3 <l. The War News. The reports from the Georgia Front are so contradictory that we prefer to add nothing to what is said elsewhere. We trust affairs will get out of the fog in a few days. There are statements afloat which we are inclined to credit, that Gen. Lee has met with a reverse in an attempt to dispossess the ene my of the line of the Weldon and Petersburg railroad. ■ . The telegraph lines are so oppressedj\ist now with government business that we hardly ex pect any telegrams to-night. — Macon Tele graph f, 3d. The Peace Question Tho Washington correspondent of the New York Times, writing under date of the 26th, thus defines: THE TERMS ON WHICH PEACE CAN BE OBTAINED. You may rest assured that all the reports attri buting to the government any movements looking towards negotiations for peace at present, are ut' terly without foundation. There has been nobody at Niagura representing the government, or in any way expressing its opinions, concerned in any ne gotiations or conversations with the rebel emissa ries on tho subject of peace. The government has not entertained or discussed tho project of propo sing an armistice with tho rebels; nor has it any intention of sending commissioners to Richmond for the purpose of offering or soliciting terms of peace, or of negotiating with the rebel authorities on that or any other subject. Its sole ami undi vided purpose is to prosecute the war until the re bellion is quelled. But if anybody doubts its willingness to make peace whenever the rebels will lay down their arms and return to the Union, let him produce any proposition from the rebel autho rities to that effect, or any evidence that they are desirous of ending the war on thoso terms, ami he will then be in condition to test tho purpose and disposition of the governmett on that point. He will find no difficulty or delay in defining the President’s position on that point. The Washington correspondent of the World, on the same subject, says: Much* amusement has been caused hero by the reports in New York of the appointment of peace commissioners by the President. No such com missioners have been appointed, and the idea has been abandoned. No advances will be made at present by the Administration for the purpose of securing a suspension of hostilties, as it is be lieved that any such advances would b« rejected by the rebel govern mont, and regarded as an evi dence of weakness and a want of confidence in the success of the Union cause; at the same time there is reason t» believe that any propositions or com missioners properly accredited, which might be sent to tho Confederate authorities, looking to an armistice and a prospective settlement of existing difficulties, would receive a hearing and favorable consideration. The Herald, on its side, in an editorial article, thus points out the EFFECT OF CRACK PROPOSITIONS ON WALL STREET. The political question of an armistice promises to exercise considerable influence upoij financial affairs. Already the capitalists,banke r and stock holders of the country are beginning to discuss the prospects of peace and to some extent prepare for tho possible contingency wo have indicated.— The course of tho stock market during the last few days shows that tho moneyed interests of the country arc quick to respond to whatever looks to a cessation of hostilities between the contending armies, with a view to peace negotiations. Men are beginning to think and speak as they never did before since this war began on the important subjeet now agitating the public mind. s * “ The people are beginning to think about a re turn to specie paying and peace prices. Govern ment. gold bearing securities are in the ascendant; railway shares have declined from the same cause, and with the progress of events a sharp fall of gold is anticipated. When rumors of peace fill the air, and financial men arc not insensible to them, it is well to remember that “coming events cast their shadows before.*’ Lalt* -\oHiicrii Mews. We continue oin*. ex tracts from Northern papers of the 26th and 27th. , THE CHICAGO CONVENTION. The Herald has the following dispatch : Chicago, Aug, -25.*-The parlors, reading rooms and halls of the hotels are already quite crowded, and present a lively scene. The activity and earn estness of those moving about indicate that im portant work is at hand. The disposition mani fested thus far is a desire to harmonize, and to nominate a candidate that can be elected. The while tide appears to be for McClellan, the same as last evening. Every hour reveals addi tional strength, and front quarters where it was “ supposed he would meet with bitter opposition. The names of Governor Seymoiirantl Pendleton, of Ohio, have been mentioned by snme of the peace men for the nomination ; but they are evi dently thrown out us feelers* The latter is a can didate for Vice President. A prominent politician at the Northwest, who had been reported as op posing the nomination of McClellan, was this morning pleading with Eastern delegates in favor of Little Mac's nomination, when the Eastern men replied: ‘AVe thought the Northwest was strongly opposed to McClellan.’' '‘Sir," said the Western politician, “McClellan belongs to the Northwest.— Did he not formerly reside here, and was he not taken from Ohio into the army? He belong- to us, and the enthusiasm of our people for him is as great as it is in the East.” These facts have sur prised Eastern men, nearly all of whom ex mo hero expecting to find the very reverso state of affairs on every side. The best informed are heard to say that there is no doubt of McClellan’s nomination. The Illinois delegation has held a consultation, and a v.ojc taken for President, resulting in one majority for McClellan. The delegation is in structed to vote as a unit,‘and this secures the vote of that entire delegation for him. The Indi ana delegation have canvasSed the question. Two thirds are for McClellan. Voorhcos is a candidate for Vice President, add may manage to change the vote in a measure iu trading off for hiinsolf. Ohio is claimed by bdth parties. Tho ablest men of the delegation are for McClellan; especially is this the case from those representing the northern part of the State. 'No person pretends that the New England, New York, Pennsylvania, or New Jersey, delegations will vote for any other person than McClellan.— The public can judge from these facts as to bis chance for the nomination. The platform is not so plain. The war and peace elements do not seem to mingle so well on this point. The contest over the planks may cause a change and confusion in regard to the candidates. If there is any trouble it will arise over the plat form/and not on the candidates. The consulta tions on this point have not been definito enough as ye-t to foreshadow the precise position of th* two elements. The Western men tell the Eastern to keep Wood <[uk#. and there will be no trouble. The East replies: Wood was squelched by the peace party at Syracuse, and is now powerless for good or evil: take care of Vallandigham and his aids and all is safe. Among the distinguished arrivals are Deaa Hfcjhmond, Samuel J. Tilden, D. E. Dolavan, Gen. John Cochrane; and Era Shafer, from New York; Geo. W. Cass, John Dawson, Asa Parker and Wm. Bigler, of Pennsylvania; Judge Rauney, D. F. Rhodes, S. S. Cox and Vallandigham, of Ohio: James Guthrie, ex-Governors Robinson and Ma goffin, of Kentucky; Richardson and Singleton, of Illinois, aud numerous others from other States. •Thk Sekk of Charleston'.— For over one year —three hundred and ninety days—dating from the first intant, and an iron bail has been rained en Charleston and its defences—more iron has been fired at Fort Sumter than would lay a railroad track .forty miles in length—more powder burned than would suffice to blew up every building iu New York, ami this day it is said to be stronger and bet ter defended than the day when first assailed by the monitors, iron clads and other war vessels ot our fleet. The cost has been millions —the success noth ing. The money spent in this fruitless undertaking would pay the entire State debt of New York, ancr with it the State debt, perhaps, of half a dozen other States, and Charleston still stands—Fort Nurnter still flaunts a defiant flag agd in its strength still "laughs a siego to scorn.” lis capture was to be among the first fruits promised, and in s'aring cap itals the Abolition press called Charleston the "doomed city.” If doomed at all, it is doomed to withstand all effort* to capture it, and while it stands, it v. ill be a monument of tbo inefficiency and folly of the rulers at Washington.— N Y A or* ♦- Another Piratical Steamer.— New York. August 21, -Ik the arrival of the steamer Ha/.v, from North Carolina, we learn that a now piratical steamer, one ot a number, is now iin Wilmington, receiving her armament. She | 13 considered the most formidable of them all. j She will be the first to leave that port, it not 1 already out. [From tho Intclligencer.J W® Xews from tlie Fi or l. No news from tho front; all’s quiet there, And the the sentry his lone watch is keeping , Steadily he walks his measured beat * While his comrades around him arc sleeping. Ah !• little cares he for tho pelting rain, Or the wind that is howling by; For he feels that the fate of a nation Depends on his watchful eye. “No news from the front,” cries the widow. While her poor heart is throbbing with fear ; For she sees from the army dispatches, That a general engagement is near. Then she thinks es her life’s only comfort, And the hope of declining years ; She mutters a prayer for his safety, While she wipes off the fast falling tears. “No news from the front,” crie3 the wife, No h<Spo to her lone heart is given ; She clasps her child close up to her breast. And prays to her Father in Heaven. Her husband and only friend is there, She has no one ta comfort her sorrow : And her heart is swelling with fear as she reads Os the battle expected to-morrow. “No news from the front,” cries the sister: She thinks of her brother now— She hopes he is safe; but a cloud of doubt ’ Come3 over her fair young brow. She dreamed last night that she saw him Rushing madly into the fray, And she thought she surely would hear Some news from the front to-day. No Hews from the front; no thought of the brave Who arc battling with freeman’s might : Baring their bmits to the leaden storm, While struggling for freedom’s right. All’s quiet in front ; still they say, Though we are losing them one by one— Al*l we only give a sigh of regret, When we think of those that are gone. H. L. W. C. Fair Ground Hospital No. 1, Vinevillc, Ga., August 17, 1864. - ♦ Courtesies to the Enemy.—The Dispatch re marks : Nothing has appeared from the military pen of Beauregard more grateful to tho sense of self-res pect in the hearts ot the Confederate people than Special Order No. 15, ordering that no communi cation whatever should be held between our pick ets and thoso of the enemy. Some Confederate officers, as well as soldiers, may read with advant age that order, which speaks of the moral disgrace incurred by jtroop3 in anything like voluntary or unnecessary association with the savage foes, who are not only warring against us, but persscuting our women and ehildron and destroying private property. Tho hands of such a foe are unworthy the friendly or courteous touch of a Confederata soldier. The soul that prompted those words is in the cause. Earnestness of nature is as essential in a soldier as an orator. We would rather listen to one electrical outburst of a “forest-born Demos thenes,” than a dozen classical orations as perfect and as cold as the statues of the great masters.— When the two are united, we have tho highest stylo of eloquence; and when genius and patriot ism are united in a military man, we have the model which all soldiers may do well to study.— Such a warrior is Beuregard. lie is not fighting for glory or the display of science.. The powerful machinery of his intellect is moved by the inward fires of a fervid and intense devotion to his coun' try. No eno more clearly comprehends the nature of this contest, or the character of the enemy with whom we have to deal. A man of truo humanity and gentleness, he has none of that false chivalry which fights wolres and panthers in kid glove*, and reeoguizes midnight burglars and highway robbers as honorable foemen. “Order No. 15” is the true fire of the Southern flint. [From the Buffalo Courier.] The First Secessionists. Josiali Quincy, Sen., died at Quincy, Mass., on Saturday last at the advanced age of nine ty two. He was born in Boston, February 4th, 1772: graduated at Harvard in 1700 ; was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 1840, and was chosen a Representative in Congress in 1805. He held his seat by re-election un til 1813, and participated in the discussion of the events of the last war with Great Britain, of which Lie was a bitter opponent. In an oration delivered before the Washington Be nevolent Society, in April'lßl3, lie took oc casion not only to denounce the war with Great Britain, but to impugn the motives of the national rulers. . “Whenever,” he said, “'the rulers of a nation became the mere heads of a party, the last and least consideration, with them is the good of the people.” In June, 1813, just •after he had taken his seat iu the State Senate, he reported and carried the famous resolutions, on a pro posed vote of thanks to Captain Lawrence, that, “In a'war like the present, waged with out justifiable cause, it was not becoming mor al and religious people to express any appro bation of military and naval exploits not im mediately connected with the defence of our sea coast and soil." .In 1814, the question arose in. Congress in regard to tho act enabling the Orleans Terri tory, purchased from France, to erect itself into a State. This bill was introduced in January, and Mr. Quincy resisted its passage with ali bis energy, on the ground that Con gress had no right to erect States out of ter ritory not within the boundaries of the origi nal thirteen States. Iu a speech on the 4th of January, he asserted that it was “his de liberate opinion that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved; that the States that compose it are free from their moral obligations to maintain it, and that, as it will be the right of all, so be the duty of some to prepare difinitely for a sepa ration—amicably if they can, evidently if they must.” * This was tlie first assertion of the right of secession on the floor of Congress, and the- Tribune in ail elaborate obituary article, says, “he adherred to the opinion that the moral obligation of the old States to remain in the I Union was released by the passage of the bill, |to the day of his death.” In this speech he ! said: “Tho bill is a death blow to the Coasti : tution. It may afterwards linger—butlinger | log, its fate will at no distant period be con summated." Mr. Quincy claimed to be a Federalist, and whilst he was never identified with any polit • ical organization after the Federal party i ceased to be a power, he supported Fremont in 1 §56, and Lincoln in 1860. The idea of the right of secession, it will be seen, is of Massa chusetts orgin. Some ten years later South Carolina adopted it, and Jackson squelched it: but, nursed by New England influence, it has now brought the Union to death's door, and well nigh destroyed the Constitution.— There is imminent danger that Mr. Quincy's ; prophecy will be realized, and the only hope : of averting our impending fate is in a change of administration, and a return to the princi ples upon which the Constitution is based ; and the Union formed. The Steamer Tallahassee. —The steamer Tallahassee has arrived at Halifax, Nova Sco tia, for coal. She has destroyed sinee the last accounts of her ravages— schooners ; one of which she ransomed for eight thousand dollars, and the others she scuttled. Great indignation was felt at the North against the Navy Department from the reason of non-cap ture. The Herald, speaking of it, deals Sec retary Welles the following broadside : The rebel buccaneer, the Tallahassee, con tinues her depredations with impunity, and the glory, such as it is, of her. achievements belongs to the sleeply old man at the head of the Navy Department. We think it is about time for the merchants and ship-owners sail ing under the flag of the Union, to move for the removal of that incubus upon the shoul ders of the Navy. In the costly naval establishment of four or five hundred ships, good, bail and indiffer ent, built up under the supervision of Welles, there are hardly half a dozen that can make the distance in three hours, under a full head of steam, that' the Tallahassee, according to all accounts, can make in two hours. Unques ti on ably, of all the blunders of Abraham Lin coln, as the commander-in-chief of *he army and navv, his adhesion to Welles is the most extnurdiary, unaccountable and inexcusable. It has as length muuifestily become the duty of our merchants and ship-owners to combine in an earnest appeal to the President for the removal of Welles, and we suggest to the New York Chamber of Commerce the propriety cf leading off in urgingthia much needed reform. TELEGRAPHIC, RBPORTS OP THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act es Congress in the year 1863. by J. STThrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Latest from Atlanta and Virginia* ATLANTA IeVACIJATED ! Official Dispatch from Gen* Hood* Wheeler's Operations in Tennessee. . Macon, Sept. 4. All doubts about the fall of Atlanta are ended. It was evacuated on Thursday night and occupied by the enemy at 11 o’clock on Friday morning.— Gen. Hood blew up his surprus ordinance and j burned his commissary steres, and drew off on tho McDonough road, leaving nothing in Atlanta but blood stained mins. Yesterday our whole ar my was concentrating at Lovejoy's station on the Macon and Western Railroad. The enemy are reported retreating from that point towards Atlanta. In the fight at Jonesboro on Thursday Gen. Govan, together with the Gth, S 7th, and part of the 2d Arkansas Were captured. I We lost 6pieces of artillery and captured six. Richmond, Sept. 4. The Baltimore Gazettee says a dispatch from : Nashville on Tuesday states that 1500 of Wheel er’s cavalry entered Lebanan that day. They cap ; tured Cen. Milligan and 20 privates. Wheeler’s I main force SOOO strong, was near McMinnville, advancing towards Mur#eesboro, Great excite ment at Nashville under the apprehension that the city is to be attacked. The following official dispatch ayus received from Gen. Hood on the 3d. On the evening of the 30th the enemy made a logdment across Flint River near Jonesboro. Wo attacked them there on the evening of the 31st with two corps, but failed to dislodge them. This made it necessary to abandon Atlanta, which was done on the night of the Ist. Our loss on 4he ev ening of tho 31st was small. On the evening of the Ist Hardee’s corps in position at Jonesboro was assaulted 1 by superior force of the enemy and being outflanked was compelled to withdraw du ring the night with a lots of 8 guns. The ene my’s prisoners report their loss severe. Lovejoy’s, Sept. 4. Our army is in line of battle, confronting Sher man’s advance at this point. All our trains were brought up safety. The Federal* entered Atlanta in column by Peach Tree Road Friday morning at 9 o’clock, left a garrison and Post Commandant and passed through to join the main army. The possession of the city was very orderly and qui et and citizens who remained were unmolested.— Lines comparatively quiet this morning. Saturday Night’s Dispatches. Richmond, Sept. 2. —The following platform was adopted at Chicago with only four dis senting votes; Resolved , That in the future as iu the past, we will adhere with unswerving fidelity to the Union under the Constitution as the only foundation of our strength, securing the hap piness of the people and the framework of the Government equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, Northern and Southern* Resolved , That this Convention explicitly dares as the sense of the American people that, after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under pretense of military necessity, or power, the Constitution has been disregarded in every part, public liberty and private rights, alike trodden down, and the national prosperity of the country essentially impaired. Justice, humanity, liberty and the public welfare de mand that immediate efforts should'be made for a cessation of hostilities with a view to an ultimate convention of all the States, or other peaceable pieans, to end at tlie earliest practicable moment, that peace may be res tored on the basis of the Federal Union. Resolved , That the direct interference of the military authority of the United States at the recent elections, is a shameful violation of the Constitution, and that a repetition of such acts, in the approaching elections, be held as revolutionary and resisted with all the means in our power, or under our control. Resolved, That the main object of the Dem ocratic Party is to preserve the Federal Union and the rights of the States unimpaired; they hereby declare and consider administrative usurpation of extraordinary powers not grant ed by the Constitution, subversion of civil law by military arrests, imprisonments, trials and sentences of American citizens in States where civil law exists in full force;, suppres sion of the freedom of speech, freedom 'of the press, denial of rights, a system of open and avowed disregard of State rights, and the employment of universal test oaths, and inter ference with the denial of the right of the people to bear arms, calculated to prevent the restoration of a Government deriving its just powers from the consent of the governed. Resolve<P, That the shameful disregard by the administration, of its duty in respect to our fel low citizens, who have long been prisoners of war, and in suffering condition, deserves the severest reprobation and scorn, alike of the public anj common humanity. Resolved , That the sympathy of the demo cratic party is heartily and earnestly extended to the soldiers in our army, who are, or have b|en in the field under the flag of our country and in the event of our attaining power, they will secure all the protection, regard and kind ness th» brave soldiers of the Republic .have so nobly earned. Long, of Ohio, offered an amendment to add the first Kentucky resolution of ’9B. Cox, of Ohio, called for the previous ques tion on the platform. Stqckton, *of New Jersey, nominated Mc- Clellan. Long, of Ohio, invoked the Convention not to add weakness to the platform bv placing such a man in nomination. Harris, of Maryland, made a furious on slaught on McClellan, and knocked down a New York delegate who denounced him as a traitor. On the first ballot McClellan, 202 : Seymour, 23. McClellan was declared nominated. Horatio Seymour made a speech pledging his life that when McClellan was placed in the Presidential chair, he will devote all his en ergies to ; the best interests of bis country, sc- 1 curing, never again to be invaded, all the rights and privileges of the people. YaUandigham moved that the nomination be made unanimous, which was carried, and deafening applause followed. Pendleton was unanimously nominated for Vice President on the second ballot. The Convention adjourned. ; Letters from officers in Early’s command apeak of the fight of Saturday, when Early j j caused tho retreat of the euemj. Tho Gth l corps which left Harper's Ferry was ambus -1 caded and terribly cut up. Caps. Hatch, of the Exchange Bureau, who l lets Varina at 6 p. m., yesterday, was informed : that a dispatch was. received at Fortress Mon ; roe which announced the nomination ®f Mc j Clelian on* the first ballot, but nothing was j said about the Vice President or platform. Ou the 30th of August, gold in New York declined to 232, but on the 31st, the closing quotation was 247 J. The New York Herald of tho 30th, is chiefly filled with the particulars of the Chicago Con vention. The Convention refused the delegates from West Virginia and the States in rebellion. Washington Hunt offered an intervention j resolution with the same object, but of a much ] more satisfactory character. An official dispatch states that the eaemy j had withdrawn from the Memphis and Charles j ton railroad to Memphis. The destination of j. the troops is supposed to be Norlheru Virginia. Petersburg, Sept. 2.—The enemy's caval j ry made a reconnoissance on our extreme right this morning, driving in our cavalry pickets. Some skirmishing occurred, but the I enemy quickly withdrew. Our loss was four prisoners. Between sundown and dark this evening a j spirited artillery duel occurred on our right. Macon, Sept. 3.—Daring the last two days | the city has been full of the wildest rumors, j and owing to the interruptions on the line of j the Railroad communication with the press ' reporter at Atlanta* Juts been impracticable, j The result of the action Thursday was that Hardee, opposed with overwhelming numbers, fell back to Lovejoy’s Station. Lee, by the order of Hood, withdrew towards Atlanta, leaving the Railroqd in the possession of the enemy. It is now ascertained that six corps of» Sherman’s troops were thrown upon the* Railroad. Hardee's and Lee’s corps ! confronted them. The losses on both sides | are large: but as the Yankees on Thursday ! attacked our entrenchments, it is supposed they suffered much more heavily than ours.— No reliable details can be obtained. A report is current that Hood evacuated : Atlanta yesterday morning, but no positive i information has been received. A occurred yesterday on the Macon and Western Railroad near .Barnesville. kill ring 20 persons and breaking up the train seri ously* » Macon, Sept. 3.—Parties from the front re port that our losses Wednesday will probably not exceed 600. On Thursday the enemy made four assaults on our lines in heavy columns and were each time repulsed with great slaughter. They then concentrated on Govan’s front, and, breaking our lines, there a retreat became ne cessary, which was effected Thursday night. Prisoners report, that only four Yankee corps engaged, three menacing Atlanta -and guarding their communication. No reliable information regarding yes ter j day’s operations or the position of Hood. Charleston, Sept. 3. — The delivery in the i harbor by flag of truce boat of some 40 Yan | kee 3iicgeons and chaplains took place this I morning. Port Royal papers of the Ist announce the ; arrival of steamer Crescent from Fort Dela ; ware; with over 600 Confederate prisoners, many of high rank. On the voyage the Cres cent ran ashore at Cape Remain, and narrowly escaped total wreck. Three or four prisoners | escaped. Another flag of truce for the exchange of prisoners is expected to take place Thursday next. Geo. N. Sandeks’ Courtship. —A lady fur nishes the following concerning George N. Sanders, who figured so prominently in the late Clay. Holcombe and Greely Peace Con ference : lie started iu life as the editor of a newspa per in Kentucky; I think it was called the Maflowor, and had many lady patrons and contributors, among whom was Miss Ried. a daughter of Captain Reid of the Armstrong, who also designed tho present United States flag. Sander’s courtship was as singular as his movements generally are. He was pleased with Miss Reid’s style of writing, and opened a correspondence with her. She then sent him her slipper, also a sash, marked the size of her waist, both of which he ap peared to admire, as lie visited her once and married her. Circumstantial Evidence. —l have heard some very extraordinary cases of murder tried. I remember in one case where I was counsel; for a long time the evidence did not appear to touch the prisoner at all, and he .looked about him with the most perfect "un concern, seeming to think himself quite safe. AT last the surgeon was called?- who stated that the deceased had been killed by- a shot in theh.ead, and he produced the matter, hair and stuff cut from and taken out of the wound. Tt was all hardened with blood. A basin of warm water was brought into court, and, as the blood was gradually softened, a piece of printed paper appeared—the wadding of the •gun—which proved to be half of a ballad.— The other half had been-found in the mans pocket. The man was hung. What a glorious world this would be. if all its inhabitants could say. with Shakspcar’s Shepherd: “Sir, I am a true laborer; I earn what 1 wear; owe no man hafe: envy no man’s happiness; glad of other men's good; content with my farm. " Military Execution.—We learn from the Missouri Statj Times that John P. Wilcox, convicted of bushwhacking, was shot by mil itary order at Jefferson City on Friday last.- Wilcox was condemned by a military commis sion, and the sentence of death approved by ! General Brown some months since, lie was : reprieved by Gen. * Rosecrans, fnoug i sti kept in confinement. Wilcox effected an es j cape from the military prison, but was recap : lured, and the band of Shumates’guerrillas, I with which he had been connected, still con ! tinuing their depredations, in spite of an order ! 0 f General Brown, that Wilcox should be shot upon the repetition of thes€ offenses, he was executed at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon. In his statement to the clergyman attended him, Wilcox insisted that be was not a bhsli whacker, and made out a strong case of in jured innocence, but the authorities could nol see it. . In the House of Lords, a few days ago, Lord. Brougham predicted that events would take ■ place in America, within two months, which would make it expedient, and therefore desi rable. that the Government should interfere: and if the British public puts faith in the let ters of Mr. Mackay, at New York, Mr. Lawlay. at Richmond, and Mr. Sela, wherever he may happen to be, the general opinion cannot dif fer milch from that expressed by Lord Broug ham. The Emperor Napoleon ordered the re- ; served portions of the park to ho thrown open to the public, and walked about for some time j among the crowd, ie bng <b«‘ 1 rince impoiia. , by the hand. « | CITY MATTERS. T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR. Raise in Rates.—ln consequence of a heavy advance in printing wc are compelled to ad vance tho price of subscription to our paper, which will, until further notice, be as follows: Daily, per month. - - $5,00 For three months, - - $15,00 ♦ -» Struck by' Lightning.—We learn that the house occupied by Dr. 11. M. Jeter, on Jackson Street in tho upper part ©f the city, was struck by lightning on Saturday morning and entirety consumed. The property was partially covered by insurance. The First Tennessee Brass Band.—This splendid band delighted our people on Friday and baturday evenings, by some of their choicest pieces. The audience yi attendance wero large and appreciative, and the proceeds muethavebeen considerable. We do not remember to hare heard better music from a brass band, while the vocal ism of Charlie Ward, and the comicalities of Mr. Cobler were fine. Tho entire troop is. versatile in deliniations, and in the aggregate make up a first rate show. Wc commend the company and their noble objects to those cities which they in:tv , yet expect to visit. Judge Battle A. Sorsby. The name which heads this obituary is justly entitled to a more extended notice than tho mero announcement of his demise, which appeared some weeks ago in the newspapers of this city. He was among the first adventurers who came to the city of Columbus. On his arrival here, upwards of 30 years ago, our now flourishing and prosperous city was just emerging out of its wild erness state into life and beauty. A few rude In dian huts interspersed here and there with a new ly erected cottage were the only dwellings which then dotted tho wide extended, open plain which is now the present site of the populous, bustling and thriving city of Columbus. JIo came to be* no idle looker on, and bo readily' embarked in most of tho commercial enterprises of tho place; and from that time up to a few years previous to his death he was more or less connected with the trade* of the city. Ilis ju-edilection was for agriculture. In this department ho became conspicuous and extensively useful, lie spared no pains or expense in order to improve his mind and increase his knowledge in all of its various branches. Hi* valuable contribution on this subject to tho public Press had no small influence in developing the ag ricultural resources of the South, and have justly placed his claims on solid ground as a’benefactor of mankind. He was courteous anu amiable, upright and just, in all his intercourse iu society. The devoted hus band, the humane master, the kind neighbor and the consistent Christian, lie bore the severe and protracted illness, which terminated his mortal lif*, with the meekness and patience of a Christian hero : not a word of repining escaped his lips.— ‘‘Faith in Christ,” ho said, “ was the only prop and anchor of his soul in that final struggle with tho king of terrors.” It gave him comfort and support while passing through the valley of tho shadow es death. Thus passed away from our social circle one of its brightest ornaments : a model man, a good citizen and a public benefactor. “The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileged beyond the common walks of life, quite in the verge of Heaven.’* A Friend. The Georgia Front.—We are reluctant to admit that the enemy hold the track of the Macon and Western Railroad at Rough and Ready, Up to yesterday morning it was un derstood that Hood's line was somewhat in the shape of the letter S—the uppef point rep resenting Atlanta—the first swell crossing th track of the Macon and Western Railroad to the west of East Point, and the lower swell re-crossing again to the eastward at Rough and Tteady, which was occupied by the ene my, and the lower swell representing Jones boro, the scene of the contests of Wednesday and Thursday, in which it was the object of Ilardeo tt> drive the enemy’s right away from the road, to which they approached within three quarters of a mile. It is said that a force of their cavalry on Thursday down across the road agaiu at Lovejoy’s station, and during the night our forces dropped down and now hold the lineof the road at that station and above. Hardee's and Leo’s corps occupy this position. Stew art’s and Smith's, by last accounts, still held the fortifications in and around Atlanta, but the strong presumption is, they will drop back, abandon Atlanta and rest upon the Georgia road at their base, unless the enemy can be driven off of the line of the Macon road. Atlanta abandoned, a slight detour to the eastward will enable Hood to re-consoli date bis army if he desires to do so. We heat no reliable accounts of the fighting on Thurs day.—Macon Telegraph , 2 d AUCTION S ALES. By Ellis, living's ton Cos. O (vN TUESDAT, 6th ofSeptember, at 10 o’clock, w* O will sell in front of our store, A DESIRABLE FARM! Five Miles from tlie City, on or near the road to Peggy Reid’s Bridge, con 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 water. The place adjoins Thomas Kenny and Mr. Boze man. Possession given immediately. spG tdsl6 By Ellis, EivißßgstoH & Cos. AN TUESDAY, 6tli of September at 10 o’clock, V we will sell in front of our store A very line Rosewood Plano. In perfect order—nearly new—can be seen by per mission of Mrs. Brice, at Mrs. Teasdale’s residence. 10 Gals. Pure Catawba Grape Brandy; 20 lbs. Hops; •1 bbl. Arrow-root: —ALSO— A likely Negro Man, 24 years old. A likely Negro woman, 00 years old, „ good cook, washer and ironer, and her three likely children. 1 Fine Gray Ilorse; 1 Fine 3 year old slare; I Ladies Saddle; 1 Good Buggy and Harness: 1 bbl. Apple Brandy; G bbls. Choice Whisky. Two Vices, two Blacksmith's Bellow-, and two Anvils ?p2-s2s By KJSiV, laiv'ing'sfon & Cos, 200 G-ALLONTS WE MIAMI CUIt BUM! A VERY FINE ARTICLE. For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwarff ag-30 ts STOLEN! TjHIO.V the Lot of Jonathan English, on the Taj T button road, a medium sized bay Horse, with white fore feet, has marks of harness on his shoal • ders and back, is nine or ten years old. Any infoi - mation respecting said horse will be gratefully re ceived and liberally rewarded, and on the delivery of the horse and tLief to rue I will pay one hundred dollars. • GEORGE T JOHNSON. sp&3t* Columbus, Ga FOR SALE ! 320 Acres of Laud on Hie Mobile & Girard Bail Road, POEXY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one i. 1 and a half from Station No. 5; about ISO acres opened, and* cabins for about 30 negroes, with good water, gin house. Ac. Apply jti> Messrs Ellis, Liv ingston <t Cos., for terms. ff.S InP D C FREEMAN. Js. Ilacoii Sheeting For §ale. BY the Bolt at $4 per Yard. Apply at Rock Island Pap;, it Mills Okhcs. spS lw