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COLUMN'S TIMES Published Daily (Suudaya excepted) at the rate of fl.oo per month, or sls lor three months. No iubscription received for a longer term than hree months. ADfERTISIKO Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square for each insertion. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the a barge will be S3O per square. Announcing candidates S2O, whioh must invariably paid in advance. Change ol Schedule. OFPXC» EItaiNKKR A*p SUPERIXTKXDBirT, | Charleston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, June 7,1804.) mmmm JßL ON THURSDAY, June 9.1864, and until further notice, the Schedule of the Passenger tram will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston .9.45, a. in. Arrive in Savannah .5.40, p. in. Leave Savannah v .5.30, a. m. Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m. This Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. H. 8. HAINES, June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent. Change ol Schedule. i IN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on " ' ibe 41 useogee Railroad will run as follows : PASSENGER TRAIN : Leave Columbus .6 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon 2o A. M. Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Columbus - 5 00 A. M. Arrive at Columbus 55 . W. L. CLARK, mar 19 tl Supt. Muscogeo IL It. Through to Montgomery NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27,1864. ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m. Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m. Arrive at Gblumbu? at 5:32 p. m. Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m. Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m, Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m. Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m. Arrives at 8;27 p m I). H, CRAM, Sup’t & Eng. ag27 1864—ts __ MOBILE A GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CHAAGE OF SCHEHIXE. Girard, Ala., Aug. 22,1864. ON and after this date Trains on this Road will Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train Leave Girard at 3 00 p. in. Arrive in Union Springs 730 “ Leave 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. in. B. E. WELLS. aglStf Eng. & Sup’t. BROWN’S FLY SHUTTLE LOOM, (Will Weave 30 Yards per Day.) Carol 33aohLs, SPINNING-WHEELS and CORN-SIIELLERS! Manufactured by A. D. BROWN & CO. tteO’-Orders received by M. P. Ellis & Co."'S& ag!3 lm* THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent, (At Mulford’s old Stand,) JSTO- 101, ZBIRO-A-ID ST. HIM SMB Oil EMIIAB Sheetings, Shirtings. Twills, Yarns, Unseys. l/.tpoLiruy Coffee, Tobacco, Slice. Nails ol ail sixes, >*,«.. &€., j u!27 ts STtAM SAW MILL j OFFER my MILL for sale, situated in a dense -1 ly covered forest, of pine, oak, hickory, beccli, poplar and other swamp timbers, immediately on Mobile and Girard Rail Road, between Stations 4 and 5, and only 30 miles from Columbus, Ga. Said Mill is under contract with the Confederate States Government, for the refusal oi all Lumber cut during the war. at tv uncrating prices, which con tract, panic- purchasing would bo require 1 to car ry out. The .111.11 is In Splendid Rim* siiaitf Order, and of FORTY- HOUSE POW ER, capable of CUTTING SIX to EIGHT THOUSAND FEET PER DAY. A good chance for refugees or parties desirous of doing Government work. ddressm; at Querryton, Ala,, or apply.to mo in person on lit-*, pvrmi es. or at. litis oHi G. W. OGLESBY. aug24 2a- _ _ _____ , STEIC iil AG EXCHANGE!' FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange for sale i-i sums to suit purchasers by ;u:b • B'■ NK OF COLUMBUS. Harness Hade & Heimiretl, THE und- r-igntd will Manufacture and Repair all I Kind- ol Harness. FULSOM & CODY, fpi 2 w Under Cock’s Ilotei. RIT TAWAY! V EGKU buy CHARLEY; about 25 yours old, ycl A low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intolluenco ; left Mr'. Nat. Thompson’s near Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskcgee, Ala. lie originally came from Charleston, 8. C. A suitable reward will bo paid for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and inform .ii • ■;• l>me at this office. JAMES M. RUSSELL. Coluinbii's (At., aug 1 tf :!c Ri:nbyAL~! I 11A \ . : amoved my Office to a room over Gun -1 by’s bt re, where I will be pleased to wait on Patient- uirintr Medical or Surgical treatment, agio ' _ _ i>. J. \\ ORD, M. D. $oO He ward. i WALL p-y the above reward for 808, a black 1 bo- aho ut :i years old. lie has been out three .u-so r" v 'cks, nid is supposed to be lurking about heoity. JSO - 1L HASS jy 4 u *- Roller s’o Debtors ami Cred itors. , ii, . f; ~ns indebted to the estate of Seaborn -\ ! ‘s Icocsised, arc required to make linme di itc ykvuoMit. anil those having claims against said e-Ute ye w mired to render them in terms-of the Iv<-1 ■he undersigned. ... SEABORN J* BEN NING.Admr. By MAItY H. BENNING, Agent, Stli or makers* and TOOLS. 'l'ii UNDERSIGNED having commenced the A manufacture of the above named articles in this citv arc uvpared to fill orders tor the same. onio>-.T. ingle street, a few doors n vc C. it. Hospital U HARRISON. BEDEL & CO. Refcn-M. -MaJ. F. W. Dillard. Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con stitution/ t please copy one month and send bill? to this nil i'«b t. muk iil SALS 2 iv | for sale 49 reams ot Letter Paper, and V' small Pocket Blank Books, at W bolesale ovlleu.il. Buyer, slo per lleam; Blank Books, s>loiJ re iS;? e!wkole3ttle * APPI ' V “THIS OFFICE. BEOli; 2 h—Muscogee County. WHKR 1 Mr<. Mary V. Davis, adm’x of Dr. \\ Gee . Davis, dee’d has tiled her petition tor Gave to a n< ;to woman by the name oi Maria, about - \: .s Oi aKe and her lour children. All pc: accrued arc hereby notified to snow cause, til >h-.-v have) why an order should not boxrar.ted ~v...'next September Term ofthe Court o! Ordinary lot bul-i county, authorizing the wuo of jy 4 Oidiaary Vol. XI. J. W. WARREN & COi Proprietors J. W. W ARREJY, Editor GENERAL ORDERS! HIUDQUARTEUS, Gi.. RESERVES, 1 Macon, September Ist,'64. f 1 General Orders, t No. 15. ; I. The following paragraph from General Orders No. 67, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Rdohmond, August 16th, 1864, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: Adj’t and Ikspector General’s Office, i Richmond, Aug., 10, 1864. S General Orders, 1 No. 67. J * # * * . * V. Paragraph I, General Order?, No. 63, (current ! series,) is thus amended: All detailed men (including those between eigh i teen and forty-five years of ago.) will report to, and be comaianded by the General of the Reserves in the States in which they have been assigned or detailed, wlio will organize them into companies j and battalions. It is not anticipated that they will be called out except in emergencies occurring in or near the counties contiguous thereto; except that companies hereafter formed may bo required to perform service in repelling raid’s along a lino cf railroad running through their respective counties. All exempts are allowed, and invited to enroll them selves with such companies, so as to be propstred to aid in defending their homes when menaced by an enemy. # * «• * .* * * j Signed, S. COOPER, ! A. & I. General, i Official: HL Clay, a, a. g. | 11. In compliance with the foregoing order, all | detailed men will immediately organize in their re spective counties into companies, and report their • muster rolls to these Headquarters, together with a certificate of the election of Company Officers, which election must be held by eithor two commis sioned Officers of the Confederate Army, or two freeholders. Exempts are invited and urged to unite in these county organizations. 111. The detailed men in government employ, will be organized into companies composed as far as practicable of the men enraged in the same j workshops; though exempts will be permitted to join | such organizations. It is not intended that the com ) panics composed of detailed men in government ! employ should be put into Battalions or Regiments | with ether local troops. Officers in such companies ; will be elected and bold their commissions so long only as their detail lasts. IV. It will bo the duty of District and County Enrolling Officers, to report to those Headquarters, all detailed men and exempts, who fail >r refuse to join the organization in their respective counties- The object of the organization being to perfect a system of homo defense, it is necessary that the names of all'refusing to join should be known that their details may be revoked and they ordered to more active duty in the field. V. This order is not intended to interfere with those detailed men now in service as a part of the militia, but all such will be required to join the or ganization of their respective counties after the ex piration of their service in the militia. ! By command of Maj. Gen. HOWELL COBB. Lamar Cobb, Major & A A G | sp6 6t : Battle-Field Relief Association of Coiiunbus, S«a. ■ All who avo disposed to contribute articles neces j saiy for the relief of the sick and wounded in the ; Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at Goodrich & Co’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev j ery Tuesday and Friday, when they will befor j warded to and dispensed by our Committee thorc. W. 11. YOUNG, Presd’t. C. G. Holmes, Sec’y. ag23tf . STOLEA! IpßOilf the Lot of Jonathan English, on the Tal botton road, a medium sized bay Horse, with white fore feet, has marks of harness on his shoul ders and back, is nine or ten years old. Any infor mation respecting said horse will be gratefully re ceived and liberally rewarded, and on the delivery of the horse and thief to me I will pay one hundred dollars. GEORGE T JOHNSON, ?p5 3D Columbus."G a FOR SALE! - | S2O Teres of Land on tlie Mobile & Girard Hail Road* j Li OUT Y MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one 1 and a half from St it ion No. 5; abou t 180 acres j opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, with good l water, gin house, &c. Apply to Messrs Ellis, Liv ; ingston & Cos., for terms. i spo lm* I) C FREEMAN, Js. lifiTMiTfifMin GOODRICH & CO.* BROAD STREET, l RE now opening a splendid assortment of SHPIE Mil m Mil ill! FRESH FROM EUROPE* via Bermuda, which they will sell cheap for cash. aug27—lm SI,OOO Rewa rd, A CHUNKY, heavy set, black boy by the name j ‘V of WILLIAM, about 24 years old, left Colum bus on dfcud iy 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 fifty dollars for the negro delivered to me in Colum bus. The boy came from Virginia about two years ago. and says he is a sailor. I think they left Co lumbus on foot and took the train at some station close by. J. H. BASS. I Sopl-lf. P. S. —I learn, since the above was written, that i the boy leit Columbus on the Opelika train, on | Sunday morning, in company with a small white ?nan that limped, and that they were going to West j Point, J.H. B. 3£TO^XO:ES. To Plassteys and Others ! r WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and J Yarns, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. I will be found at Robmett & G> s old stand, where I am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale. j L. S. WRIGHT. ; .iune 2tl _ €o»iederate Kiaives and Forks* \\J G are manufacturing at our Works in this city n a good article of K NIVES AND FORKS in large quantities, which we offer to the public low 1 lor CASH. . r ,,_ —ALbO — | Shoe Makers and Saddlers Tools, iof every description. Nhoe Pegs, Steel Trusses, ; Spatulas, Butcher Knives, Ac., Ac. The attention of Quartermasters, Commissaries, and Medical Purveyors, throughout the Confeder i acy is specially invited to the above with whom we | desire to make contracts. KF.FXREXCES: Major F. W. Dillard, Columbus, Go. Surgeon \V. H. Prioleau, Maeou, Ga. Surgeon R. Potts, Montgomerv, Ala. HARRISON. BEDELL & CG. Columbus, Ga., September I.lBtH. . Mobile Register, Augusta Constitutionalist, and I Charleston Courier please copy one month anu send bill to this office. FOE SALE! A GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse. Apply to B. MURDOCH, «ep 2-ts or, a-t this office. Notice to Behtors anil Cred itor's. VOTIVE is hcrebv given to .11 persons haying i iN deownde against &muel AlcC ary. late of Mus cogee “unty, deceased, to present tueiu to citnerof I u- properly me. Le out. with-n the time preseabed law All persons indebted to s- id and. eas-d ure hereby required to make immediate payment to ,ut«p U tu.,m,a,«|*» s i AWFo . M,A.KiA Li » /luHit x ag3l w6t* Columbus, Ga. Wednesday Morning, September 7,1864. Tuesday Evening, The Position in Georgia Presents ft decidedly uncomfortable aspect.— : Our army was in front of Griffin at daylight ; on Monday morning, our outer lines being at Lovejoy’s. In the-considerably disorganized condition it now presents, there is nothing to be learned of our losses in the past few- days. Hardee’s command, consisting of IJardee s corps, under command of Cleburn, and Lee’s corps, have, sustained the brunt of battle si-nce ; Wednesday morning. They have confronted the entire Yankee army, fought them inch by j inch and repulsed all assaults, and only re i treated before the immense massed flank move i ments of the enemy, who persistently thrust j fresh column? on our position. The loss of ; the enemy, however, has been very large, so ! much so as to check materially their opera i tions. Their movements during the next few | days must, of necessity, be very slow-, a3 they ; will repair the road ere they can advance.— | It will take them some time too to accumulate i stores and supplies convenient to their lines, i Their numbers have been materially reduced during the past few days’ operations. At present they cannot possibly have fifty thous and men of all arms operating against us. I The desultory fighting which continues j with hardly au hour’s intermission is most ! wearisome and destructive to both parties, and never can be attended with* any gain that i will decide the condition of affairs or matc j rially influence the final result. Nothing but disaster lias attended our move > ments since the continuity and strength of the ; army was destroyed by dividing it into two efficient portions. This mistake culminated in the evacuation of Atlanta and the unneces ! sary destruction of immense stores, and all ! this despite the promises of Mr. Davis that the | city should not fall. ; Before Atlanta was lost, all our railroad I stock that has been retained, was destroyed. - It amounted to more than one hundred and fifty cars, and several engines. Eighteen of the cars were heavily loaded with ordnance stores, amongst which were about five thous and splendid Enfield or Tower muskets, en tirely new, with all their equipments. A large number of bridles, saddles, canteens, with splendid web slings, sword bayonets, axes, I shovels and other hardware in large quantity, i About three millions rounds of cartridges and | ammunition of all kinds and of the very finest | quality and character were tired. It was the j explosion of this material which was heard |so distinctly on Thursday night by parties forty miles away. That such an enormous amount of material which cannot be replaced, was permitted to accumulate and remain in Atlanta until it be came completely isolated and eventually de i stroyed, exhibits not only most culpable neg ligence, but the most reprehensible incompe tency on the part of those who'managed the affair. If the President of the Confederate States in his prescience and wisdom could have foreseen the effect that the fall of Atlanta would have and if he could have his heart wrung with a sight of the distress it bus caus ed, perhaps he would have taken measures that would have prevented the terrible and j irremediable catastrophe. But we arc only ! too well aware that the South West is I too far off for him to pay the special attention j to its needs and wants that its importance de : mands. When favoritism ceases to enlarge Lib pets and to sustain his incompetents. When wis dom clears from the rubbish of his prejudices his love for senseless officers, and men who are really soldiers are placed in their proper spheres, then we may expect that the Army of Tennessee will become the terrible engine of power and the tower of strenth that it can be made. Until then, Sherman with his triple : mailed army, will continue to weaken and de ; stroy us. We anxiously await the advent of j Mr. Davis’ next victim. Who will be placed | on the executioner’s block, and how long, Oh ! j Lord, how long will we remain the plaything ! of fate and the sport of fortune? [Atlanta Intelligencer, 6th. The Situation In Front. Our latest and most reliable information from j the front represent both armies confronting each | other, too thoroughly exhausted to renew the fighting that has been so severe the past week. As soon a3 Sherman has recuperated and secured • his communications, he will doubtless make a fur | ther advance, info the heart of Georgia, unless General Hood deckles upon giving him battle in j the open field, which, under the present eireum i stanses we do not believe ho will do. In the mean | time events may transpire which will change the i aspect of affairs considerably—at least wo hope ; they may. We learn that the reports of our losses in the ! recent engagements are gross exaggerations. Our ; total loss in killed, wounded and prisoners will not i exceed four thousand men, while that ofthe enemy is said to bo not less than five to our one. An officer who was in all the engagements,‘reports that the Federals were ten lines of battle deep in some places, and every time they charged our lines it was only to be slaughtered like sheep. Ilardeo’s corps is said to have fought with the most unflinch ing determination, and only retired when the ene my commenced firing on its flanks. In the retreat we were compelled to abandon several pieces of artillery, not having any horses to haul them. The situation is very grave, but not so danger ous as many would suppose. The troops, though very 7 much humiliated at the necessity of abandon ing Atlanta, are still in good spirits, and are as defiant as ever. The reports et ttieir being de moralized are positively false. It is true they look for assistance, and if this is granted to them, they are confident of being able, not only to prevent Sherman from advancing auy further, but'to rout his army, and either force him to evacuate Atlanta, or to permit himself to he shut up in the city without any prospect of relief. We trust the Government will send every available man to reinforce General Hood. It is of the great est importance that Atlanta shall bo recovered from the enemy, and his campaign defeated, and this can be done if a proper activity and sound policy are observed.— Jfacon Telegraph, sth. Lincoln ami Peace, Lincoln walks very calmly on to destruction.— His draft for more men commenced on Monday last, and in the Northwestern States there is a preparation to resist it to the death, and yet vre find in the New York Times the following dispatch, dated Washington, the2sth: You may rest assured that all the reports attribu ting to the Government aay movements looking to ward negotiations for peace at present are utterly, without foundation. There has been i body at Niagara representing the Government, <• iu any way" ex pressing its opinions, concerned in any nego tiations or conversations with the rebel emissaries on the subject of peace. The government has not entertained or discussed the project of proposing an armistice with the rebels; n< r has it any intention of sending commissioners to Richmond lor the i ur pose of offering or soliciting terms oi peace, or of negotiating with the rebel authorities on thator any other subject. Its sole and undivided purpose is to prosecute the war until the rebellion is quelled. The Washington correspondent of the New Tork World says: Much amusement has been cansed here by the re ports in New York of the appointment of peace commissioners by the President No such commis sioners have been appointed, and the iica has been abandoned. Not even a drop of the oil of peace for the wounds of those wr,thin.-patients at she Northweatl This is excellent, and shows that Abraham’s blindness is more to be rel ed on for peace than the chief ot all humbugs, the Chicago L'onvantion. Operations In the EnemyN Rear. We learn that a courier has arrived, bring ing full accounts of operations of our cavalry in the rear of the enemy on the State road.— It appears that when Wheeler first, reached Dalton and turned off in tlie direction of Cleveland, he ordered General Martin, com manding one of the cavalry divisions, to blow up the tunnel at Tunnel Hill. This older was not dbeyed, nor did General Wheeler learn of it until Martin's division had left the road and formed a junction with the main body of our forces. As soon, however, as it was ascer tained that Hie order had not been carried in to effect, General Martin was placed under arrest and sent back to Atlanta, and a picked body of men was detached-from the command and sent to the State road with positive orders to destroy the tunnel at all hazards, as well as to remain in the vicinity o: the road and ■capture all trains passing, destroy the track, culverts and trestle work, and keep Sherman’s communication cut. On Wednesday last, the courier reports, our cavalry carried out these orders. The day before they captured three trains of cars laden with ammunition and stores. The stores were promptly destroyed with the trains, but the cars laden with ammunition ware run back to the tunnel and placed inside of it.— Both sides of the tunnel were closed up with rocks and dirt, after the powder had been ar ranged inside, and everything being prepared, the train was fired, and in a few- Beoonds the tunnel was a mass of ruins. Our informant states that the courier reports its destruction as being complete. The tunnel is now a per fect wreek and will take at least two months of hard labor to rebuild. At last accounts our cavalry were still at work tearing up the road, and it was believed that they could not be driven off except by a very large force, which will doubtless be sent against them, now that Atlanta lias fallen. If this report be true—and it is not impos sible—there is a glimmer of hope for our arms yet. It is. stated that Sherman lias but few trains of cars south of the Tunnel, and if these can be captured by our cavalry, he will then be unable to transport his provisions to Atlanta. We are informed by an experienced railroad man that a wagon road can be built around the Tunnel in a few days. This would enable Sherman to have hi3 stores shipped on the cars to the North side of tho Tunnel and then carried by wagons to the South side and reshipped on the trains he may have on this side.- . But if, as we observe above, these trains are captured and destroyed he will be unable to transport his supplies from that point to Atlanta. It is a distance of one iiuudred and seven miles, and four mules could scarcely do more than haul enough corn and fodder* for their own feeding, much less to carry enough provisions and ammunition to supply an army of the size that Sherman’s is. Wo make these observations on the proba bility of the Tunnel having been destroyed, but not to awaken a feeling of confidence hi the present situation of affairs. A few days more and we will learn whether the report true or not- —Macon Telegraph, sth. The Prisoners at Andersoxivilie A private correspondent of the Southern Christian Advocate, who had occasion to visit the camps of the guards to the Yaukee pris oners at Audersonville, Ga.. gives an interest-, ing account of the visit—-a part of which we take the liberty to publish. He says ; During my stay, I visited all points of in terest there, except the interior of tho prison This I could have done, but declined the invi tation. There were, at the time I left, 28,000 to 30,000 prisoners in the stockade, and, I presume, by this time, they have had many added from the front at Atlanta. The mortality amongst them was very great, T visited tho eemetry on Sunday week, and they had buried thirty-five on that day, and on Friday before, they buried seventy.- Up to the time I left, I think they had buried near 4,500—at least, so the burial party told me. I have heard mack said about the condition ot the prisoners there, and much comtnissera tiou expressed for them, but I failed to see any brutality exhibited towards them. They | have the same rations that our brave troops ; receive; and, as for their being exposed, they | are not more so than our own brave men in Northern Georgia and Virginia. The only i difference is that they are confined to a limi- I ited space and are restrained in their move • menis. The whole space of twenty-four acres ! is covered by huts they have built—sumo of blankets, others of old tents, oil-cloths, pine ! straw, earth, etc., and Some of boards. There i3 also a sutler, appointed by the Government, who sells them vegetables, fruits, eggs, or anything else he can procure, except muni tions of war and liquor. The Yankees have established in the interior of the prison, a court of justice, where all criminal offences are tried. The Friday be fore I arrived there, they hanged six of their number, who were tried, found guilty, and condemned by the court to suffer death for their crimes against their fellow prisoners.— They sent to the commandant ofthe prison for tools and material to build the scafiold, and the rope lo j hang them with, and they then proceeded tq execute the sentence ofthe court with all the decorum and solemnity that, would have been observed by our own* peo ple. T he laakee? ure u- wonderful people to dig, and they are constantly tunnelling to get out, but somehow, but few escape. I saw our men digging out a tunnel that had been dis covered some sixteen feet under the ground. The Yankees had commenced in the bottom of a well they were digging and had got vflth in three feet of jthe stockade. Another oue near this that leas' them digging out. was some four or five feet outside of the stockade, but I do not know how far it was under the ground. It must have bd-n some ten ©r twelve feet, as the men digging it out were some dis tance below the surface when I saw them. — These tunnels are <: dug out’ because other wise tkej can not be filled up again. There fore, they begin at the point white the tunnel commences, on the surface of the ground, and dig them out when* it ends, and then fill up the excavation. Yhi; Tallahassee.—The Tallahassee ha.-, so far, captured two ship?, four barque?, five brigs, twenty schooners and-two piiot boat;, of which five were bonded and the rest destroyed. Her officer? are: Commander, John Taylcr Wood; Lieutenants, Wm H W ard, ATM Ban ton.; Chief Engineer, John P Tynan; Acting Master, Alexander Curtis; Lieut of Marines, Crenshaw. The Yankee papers pub - lished a statement that the surgeon. Dr ShepparJ gon, was one of the “Chesapeake pirates." This is 1 untrue, sis Surgeon Sheppardson was inaConfed- j erate port at the time of the Chesapeake affair. A Rsmeoy voa Sleeplessness.—"A friend of mine, said Lord Erskine, "was suffering from a contirmsti wakefulness, and various methods were tried to send him to sleep, but in vain. At last his physicians resorted to an experiment which succeeded perfectly. Tliey dressed him in a watchman’s ccvt, put a lan tern in bis hand, placed him iu a sentry box, and he was asleep in ten minuted." —_Z _. i $5.00 Per Month The War Hews. Passengers from Petersburg inform us that with the exception of eholling and tho usual picket fir ing. nothing occurred yesterday worthy of notice. Grant and Meade, having sent off their lying bul letins in regard to the engagement at Roams’s station, seem to bo quietly reflecting upon the ef fect they will have upon the Northern mind in general and the Chicago Convention in particular. There are, however, rumors of important move ments on the part of the enemy, which, though we place little faith in thorn, it may be proper to notice. In the first place, the resort is renewed that the enemy has withdrawn from tho Woldon railroad; but that “oft-told tale” has been so frequently ex ploded that we give it no consideration whatever. Nevertheless, since the rumor gained some cro denco in camp, scouts were sent out to ascertain tho enemy’s position; but the result of their ob servations has not yet transpired. We venture the prediction, however, that they found tho situation unchanged. It is true that Grant derives no atU vantage from occupying and hoi ing the railroad, but then ho has convinced all Yankeedom that it was the most magnificent strategic movement of the campaign, and it would not bo safe for his reputation to undeceive the people by abandoning his position in a hurry, llonco, wo believe that he still holds the road in force, and means to re main there—if he can. Another report is that G rant is moving troops to the right, cither with the intention of reinforcing Butler or of making another feint on the nerth side of the James. This may bo true; but tho manoeuvre last named has already been ropeated several times, and the attempts of the onemy to deceive our commanding general has proved as futile as his efforts to capture Richmond, and so will they prove in the future. It is further reported that a raiding party has started from Grant’s army through Dinwiddio county, and have reached the vicinity of tho Court house. Not much confidence is placed in this re port, though wc need net be surprised to hear of such an enterprise being set oh foot by the enemy at any time. Doubtless our authorities are fully prepared to meet and repel any movement of this nature. . On Wednesday morning (says the Express) a dismounted detachment of Cos!. Griffin’s Eighth Georgia cavalry regiment, Bearing’s brigade chai’ged the enemy’s outposts, near Davis’s house on the Weldon railroad, captured five prisoners belonging to Warren's Fifth army corps, killed two and drove the rest—soma one hundred aud fifty— in a perfect stampede, nearly half a mile back to their supports. We did not lose a man in this skirmish. This movement developed the fact that the en emy had two signal stations in the tops of two large pines, from which they eould very plainly observe any changes in the disposition of onr troops. Official report of the Battle of Beams’s Station, on the 25 th nllitno. The following is General A. P. Hill’s official re port of the battle fought at Reams’s station, on the Weldon railroad, on yesterday week: “Headquarters Third Corps; | “August 31, 186-i. j “Colonel: I have the honor to report the correct list of results in the fight of the 25th at Reams’s station. Wo captured twelve stands of colors, nine pieces of artillery, ten caissons, twenty one hundred and fifty prisoners, thirty-one hundred stands of small arms and thirty two horses. “My own loss in cavalry, artillery and iutantry is seven hunded and twenty men—killed, wound ed and missing. “Very respectfully, “A. P. HILL, Lieutenant General. “Cot,. W. 11. Taylor, “Assistant Adjutant-General.” THE VALLEY. The impression still prevails that Gen. Early whipped t,he enemy on Saturday last near Shep herdstowu, though it is not officially confirmed.— The fact that the Northern papers say nothing about it, so far from being an indication that no engagement took place, is regarded by many as signifying that the Yankees met with a reverse.— With a view of affecting the action at Chicago, they would as readily resort to suppreasio reri in this instance as they did to falsehood in the case of the battle at Reams’s. The latest advices from the enemy’s side refer to the probability of the Confederates abandoning tho Shenandoah Valley; but old Jubal knows what he is about and is wise enough to keep his own counsel.— Richmond Via patch, 2d. Tiie Yenkee Defeat esi (lie Wel don Hoad. The Yankees, in their official an# newspaper ac i counts of their disaster on the Weldon railroad on j on the 25th ultimo, try their best to make it a j victory. Hancock, who only lost two thousand | seven hundred prisoners and nine guns, says, in j his official dispatch : j ’''The lighting was continuous till dark, the ene | m3' being hold in check by artillery,- dismounted j calvalry and skirmishers. At dark wo withdrew I for reasons stated. j The Chief of Artillery reports that he lost about | two hundred and fifty horses, i The enemy made no advance up to a late hour ‘ last night, as far as could bo seen—holding some jof our captured guns with their skirmish' lines. I They must havo suffered heavily, i My own loss, including cavalry, will perhaps, j not exceed twelve or fifteen hundred, though this • is surmise. The command is not yet organized. Captian | Brown son, of my stuff, was wounded severely uur- ! • ing the night. Colonel Walker, Assistant Adju- : 1 tant General, i; missing. This is acknowledged to have been one of the j most desperate and determined fights of the war, : I resembling Spottsylvania in its character, though ! the number engaged gives it less importance. A few more good troops would havo given us a victory of considerable importance. I forward this afternoon prisoners from the field of Wilcox’s and Kobb’s commands. Major Angol, of my staff, saw and conversed with two prisoners ofMayliuo’s division last night. [ do not find them this morning. They say that Mayline’s division, with the exception of one brig ade, was there. [Signed,] r f»Ga# Hancock.’-' i u To Major-Gcntral Grunt.” ** The following is just received: Second Corps, August 26 — 12:30 P. M. “A safeguard that was left on the battle field remained till after daylight this morning. At that time the enemy had all disappeared leaving their dead on the field unburied. This shows how severely they were punished; and doubtless hearing of the arrival of reinforcements, they feared the results to-day if they remained, He conversed with an officer, who said their loss was greater than ever before during the war. The safeguard says he was over the field, and it was covered with the enemy’s dead and wounded. Hs has seen a great many fields, but never saw such a sight—very few of our dead, nearly all were of the enemy. All our wounded are brought off. but our dead are unburied. [ have instructed Gregg to make an effort to send a party to the field and bury our dead. [Signed,] G. G. Meade, Major-General. &. Grant, Lieutenant-General.” Stanton’s official dispatch say?: ‘Our forces held the Weldon railroad; and in a dispatch dated throe P. M., yesterday, General Grant says that ‘the ; r loss of ‘ms road seem- to be a blow to the enemy he camv t stand.’ I think I do not over rate the loss of tueenemy in the las: two week® at 10,000, killed and wounded. “We have lost heavily, but ours has been mostly captured wken the enemy gained a temporary ad vantage. The number of rebel prisoners taken ours’de has not yet been reported. Grant makes the following report of an unsuc cessful attack by the enemy on Butler’s picket line on Thursday: ‘“Yester ay [Thursday! monaing the enemy drove in Butler’s picket line. The picket guard soon ral lied, however, and drove the enemy bae* and re- j established their line. • “‘The re-ult was one killed, sixteen wounded and fourteen mi-sine on our side. !• ifty nine enlist ed men » ere captured from the enemy. *V uat their eag 1:11 ties were in kilted and wouadod we do not kno “ikgneaj Edwin M StaNton j secretary ot W ar. The New York Trlbr.ne puts their loss at two I th»u« id i:eo aid eight gums, The Washington : Star says: It seems that Hancock’s withdrawal on the ni*ht of the battle whs in accordance with previous order* from Grant, and was not compulsorv from the reb els. Hancock bad been ordered, after cir cutiiur the worLof destruction of the railroad assigned to him. to fall back on the Fifth corps. In the meantime the rebels made their attaok. and after the fight ing of the day, Hancock carried out the order to fall back. i , It is reported by the b *at this monain* that we j lost but eight guns, and that these were lost in cott j sequence sudden fail of rain rendering it itfl i possible to drag them off the heavy ground after the horses were shot. They were, however, spiked and otherwise disabled previous to being a ban - doned. Our loss in prisoners is much less than was at first supposed, as large numbers of the missing who straggled away have since come in. _ TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS op the press association. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Crerk’s offioe of tho District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Bristol, Sept. s. —Brigadier General John 11. Morgan was killed near Greenville yester day. and his body will reach here this even ing. Richmond, Sept. sth.—Official information received from Hood’s army state that it is not discouraged by tlig untoward events* of last weak. The Washington Oluonicle. of the 2*l has been received. Despatches from Nashville indicate increas ed business thete from the proximity of Gen Wheeler. A correspondent qj the Chronicle gives the pursuit of the Tallahassee into the port of Wilmington. Richmond, Sept. 5. — A special to the Whig from Bristol, says: Our cavalry, tinder Morgan, were surprised at Greenville. Morgan was killed, and his staff captured, except Bassett. Petersburg, Sept. s.—Last night, about 11 j o’clock, the enemy opened the most furious j cannonading on tho city to which it has been i exposed since their presence, which pasted about two hours—our batteries replying of* fectuallv. No loss of life or limb, and buj, little damage to property here. It is reported that the enemy are massing j heavily with infantry and cavalry op cue ex- I treme right, near the Weldon Road, for tho j purpose of breaking our lines and occupying ; the Soathside Railroad, or another grand raid. All quiet to-day in front. ; Weather intensely hot. l>ater from Europe. Liverpool dates of the 17th ultimo are | received. | The London Times expresses astonish ment at the manner in which United States bonds are absented at Frankfort, adding that each successive fall is regarded by the investing bondholders with gratifi cation instead of dismay. The Times be lieves that Grant’s campaign will continue unless the danger to Washington be so great as to demand tbe return of the main body of Grant’s army. The capture of j Richmond is considered the test of tho ! ability of the North to make a permanent impression on the Confederacy. The rebel loan advanced three per cent. lon the news of Grant’s repulse before Petersburg, closing at 77@79. A three funnelled steamer anchored off Favez island on the 13th, and sailed again the same evening. She is supposed to be a blockade runner, and it is believed she is to carry an immense supply of clothing to the Confederacy. Fort Delaware Prisoners.-*-We I are glad to be able to state, upon the au thority of tbe Yankee paper at Po. al, that six hundred Confederate pris. from Fort Delaware, had arrived at toot port. They have doubtless been sent out jto be exchanged. A large portion of our ; suffering soldiers confined at Fort Dela | ware have been in the hands of the ene my for a long time, as many of them were : moved thither from Johnston’s Island ! some months back. It will be a source of | joy to uGth ihcSff brave veterans and their relatives and friends in the South to hear of the probability of their soon being changed.— Sav. Rep. , The Richmond Enquire, in an article i on the organization of local companies to j guard against raids makes the following i suggestions: The chief means of defeating a raid is j to command the earliest intelligence of its purposes and directions. We were told by a most intelligent officer, who aceompas nied Morgan' to Ohio, that the perfect tel egraphic system of the enemy contributed greatly to the failure of that enterprise Every day the Cincinnati papers published the position and movement of The country was roused and 1 Arnett, and ceaseless assaults and constant obstruct tions wore out and exhausted our men and horses, unfortunately without any other telegraphic communications than those seized by a few enterprising individuals at the commencement of the war, and now worked upon private account with great profit. We have no wire factory, except, perhaps, one got up by the telegraph company. The advantage employed by all civilized people of modern times, is therefore denied us, We bhould connect our frontier with the interior. There should be a telegraphic wire to every courthouse in the State. But this we cannot expect. Let us, then, resort to the expedients of autiquity. The English border counties were required by law to keep watch fires ready to be lighted upon the appearance of a raid. These signals were repeated from every mountain and hill top, and the particulars dispatched by couriers. I The same system should be adopted wherever within the Confederacy the face lof the country permits it to be done. In the flat oountry, some other expedient must be adopted, but fires and smokes may be made to warn at a great distance, and understood signals will greatly facilitate the condition of men at points of rendez* vous. End of tue Danish War. —The Danish war. that has long absorbed the attention of Europe, is virtually at an end. At the third meeting of the Conference at Vienna, Den mark made a full concession of all tb‘ai had been demanded of her, and M. Von Quaade, having received the necessary instructions agreed to sign the preliminary of peace. A ibree months armistice has been accepted, and King Christian has promised to cede tht Duchies Shleswig, Holstein and Laueoburg, wit!! the appertaining islands, and will retain a diminished territory, with a million and a half ot inhabitants, burdened by the expenses of war or exhausted by the ravages of the enemy