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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at tke rate of $5.00 per month, or sls lor three months. No subscription received for a longer term them kree montlie. ADVERTISING RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square for each insertion. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the charge will be S3O per square. Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably paid in advance. Change ot Schedule. Orric* Engineer and Suferintendint, ) Charleston and Savannah Railroad, y Charleston, June 7,1854. J v&sammfiSl. ( IN THURbDAY, June 9,1864, and until further notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston ,9.45, a. m. Arrive In Savannah J>.4o, p. m. Leave Savannah 5...5.3Q, a. m. Arrivein 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. S. HAINES, JuneH ts Engineer and Superintendent. Change oi Schedule. ON and after Sunday, Juno 19th, the Trains on the Muscogee Railroad will ran as follows: * PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Columbus 6 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. Leave Macon . ....8 10 P. M ' Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Columbus 500 A. M. 51 Arrive at Columbus...: 4 55 A. M. W.L. CLARK, mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. Through to Montgomery. NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT HAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27,1804. 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 Columbus at 5:32 p.m. Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m, Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m. Arrive at WestPotot at 4130 p.m. Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m. Arrives at 8:27 p m D. 11. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng: ng27lß64—tf _ ; MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. cutvci: or scuia.i i.k. Girard, Ala., Aug. 22,1804. ON and after this date Trains on this lload will Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as tollows: Passenger Train. Leave Girard at ...3 00 p. m. Arrivein Union Springs.. 730 “ Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 “ Freight Train. Leave Girard at 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p.m. B. E. WELLS. aglß ts Eng. & Sup’t. THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent, (At Mulford’a old Stand,) 3STO- 101, BIRXDYYID ST. HAS I’OR MLE OH EXCHANGE Sheetings, Shirtings. Twills, Yarns, EJnseys, iaguaray t offee, Tobacco, nice, Yails ot all sizes, £tc»f &>e« , ju!27tf _ ' _ SEW iOHS!! SEW IMIS!!! tioomiicii & co., BROAD STREET, RE now opening a splendid assortment of MB HI FMII DM (iillS, FRESH FROM EUROPE 4 via Bermuda, which they will sell cheap for cash. _ aug27 lm SXERI.n« liXCHAiHJK! { FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange h for sale in sums to suit purchasers by ■ agl6 tt BANK OF COLUMLIiS. BLACKSMITH WANTED! OTEADY EMPLOYMENT and liberal wages, seplb 2w >Ply EAGLE FACTORY. ~ RUN AWAY! \TEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25years old, yel- L\ low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intelligence ; left 3/r. Nat. Thompson’s near Box Springs, Talbot comity. I bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskegee, Ala. Ho originally camo from Charleston, S. C. A suitable roward will be. paid for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and information sent to mo at this office. JAMES M. RUSSELL. Colmnbn's Ga., auglti* Confederate Knives and Forks. Y\7E are manufacturing at our Works in this city \y a good article of KNIVES ANI) FORKS in large quantities, which we offer to the public low for CASH. _,ALSO- Shoe Makers and Saddlers Tools, of every description. Niioe Pegs, Steel Trusses, Spatulas, Butcher Knives, &0., Ac. The attention of Quartermasters, (Mmmissarios, and Medical Purveyors, throughout tho Confeder acy is specially invited to the above with whom we desire to make contracts. rkfkrknces: Major F. W.Dillard, Columbus, Ga. Surgeon W. H. Prioleau, Macon, Ga. Surgeon R. Potts. Montgomery, Ala. HARRISON, BEDELL & CO. Columbus, Ga., September 1.1864. Mobile Register, Augusta Constitutionalist, and Charleston Courier please copy one month and send bill to this office. __ FOE $A LE! A GOOD Saddle Harness Ilorse. Apply to R B M urdOCH, sep 2-ts or ' at ttl^3 ss© Reward. I WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black I boy, about 24 years old. lie has been out three or four weeks, and is supposed to bo lurking about ho city. JNO. H. HASS. jy Its Shoemakers’ asid Saddlers 5 toox-sl •IHIE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the 3&P V* co. s ’ U Reference —Maj. F. W. Dillard. . _ Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con stitutionalist, please copy ono month and sene, bil ? to this office. mar 3(1 ts • _ MIR PIPER k nun ROOKS FOR SAXjE ! WE have for sale 49 reams ot Letter Paper, and 2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, »t Wholesale or Retail. Paper, s6oper Ream; Blank Books, office. $1,00.0 Reward. A CHUNKY, heavy set, black boy by the name of WILLIAM , about 24 years old, left Colum bus on Sunday morning last. I am confident he was taken off by some vrhito man. I will pay the above reward for the negro and thief, with evi dence to convict, or I mil pay two hundred and fifty dollar? for the uegro delivered to me in Colurn ffi The boy came from Virrinutab. »-o And savs he if a sailor. X think tuey leu yo Sb“ the Irain *4»g”|«§§“ close by. J.II.DAW. P.'s’.-I learn, since the aboyo was written., that the boy lclt (Blumbus on the Opelika train, on Sunday morning, in company with a small wnlie man Hiat bmped, and that they were to \^esi KTOTIbS. To Planters and Others ! ] WILL EXCHANGE Osnaburgs, Sheeting and X X aru 3, for Bacon, Lard, Tallow and Beeswax. 1 will bo found at Robinett A Go's old stand, where I am manufacturing Candles and Lard Oil for sale. L. S. WRIGHT. jane 2 ts. fSMKtti Hmgii L. ' « Vol. XI. J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors J. W. WARREN, Editor Hotice. Headquarters Post, [Extract.] O*.. Sept. 12.1864. Orders, ? No. 4. S I. To prevent straggling from the army to© strin gent measures cannot be adopted. Hereafter guards will be stationed on the Rail Road Trains, to and from the city, whoso duty it shall be to examine the papers of all soldiers and citizens. It having been ascertained that deserters frequently wear citizens dress, it is necessary that every one be provided with proper vouchers. 11. Emissaries and spies of the enemy having easy access to this country, no citizen will hereafter be allowed to travel on any Rail Road or Steam boat to and from this point without a Passport from the Provost Marshal. Ladies are also required to be provided with Passports. For the accommoda tion of persons living near the Mobile & Girard R R. passes for thirty [3OJ days will be granted. 111. All officers and sohliers remaining in Colum bus over six [6J hours will require a Pass from these Headquarters. By command of LEON VON ZINKEN, Colonel Comd’g Post. S. Isidore Guillot, Lt. and Ass’t Post Adj’t. sepl3 3t Notice! Enrolling Office, Muscogee County, 1 Columbus, Ga., Sept. 13th, 1864. j In compliance with General Orders, No. 15, da ted Headquarters Georgia Reserve, Afacon, Sept. Ist, 1864, all* detailed men of this county not al ready organized into companies, will report to theso Headquarters on Tuesday, the 20th inst., for organization and election of officers. Those refusing to join will have their details re voked and ordered to field duty. The Captains of organized companies are request ed to furnish me with a copy of their muster rolls. JNO. D. ATKINS, En’rg Off. Muscogee co. sepl4 lw &§=-Suu and Enquirer copy Battle-Field Belief Association of Columbus, Ga. All whp are disposed to contribute articles neces sary for the relief of the sick and wounded in the Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at er^' Tuesday and Friday, when they will be for warded to and dispensed by our Committee there. W. 11. YOUNG, Presd’t. C. G. Holmes, SeC’y. . ag23tf A GOOD INVESTMENT! A. Desirable Residence in Wynnton, POPo SALE. I OFFER for sale the place whero I now reside. containing fifty seven acres of land, about half cleared, the balance with woo l sufficient to supply a family. A good ami well built house, with live rooms; good kitchen, with three rooms; smoke house; barn, stable and carriage house; a well of excellent water, and a fine youn; Peach orchard. Two or three good negroes will be taken in part payment. Posse sion given immediately if desired. Apply to mo on the place or at the store of Ntantord & Cos., opposite the Agency of the State Bank. sep!4 lw JORDAN L. HOWELL. SOAP All Ml FACTORY] BBMOVAL. THE Columbus Chemical Soap and Candle Fac > tory is removed from “Hays’ Butcher Pen’’ to the Corner of Baldwin and Mercer Sts., WHERE WE ARE NOW PREPARED TO FILL ORDERS FOR FAMILY SOAP, i and 1 pound Pars CHEMICAL “ i “ 1 <■ “ ROSIN “ 1 “ “ FANCY & TOILET SOAP, —ALSO, — CHEMICAL CANDLES; TALLOW LICiOH & BROOKS, WHOLESALE AGENTS, 140, Broad Street. _spl4_3t___ . FOB SAFE. \ HOUSE and - LOT, situated North of the North i\ Commons on the corner ot Troup and City Mill streets: Said Lot contains half acre, with a good new dwelling house with two room?: kitchen with two rooms; a very superior well of water —hard- ly equalled in the vicinity of the city, and a largo garden. Everything new and in good order. For further particulars apply to me on the premises. spis im J. j. boring. " wmteliT” BY a Lady Refugee from New Orleans, a situa tion as Daily Governess in a family, in or near the city, to give Instruction ir. English and Music, together wi th the rudiments of French. A few Mu sic scholars desired, and will instruct thorn at their homes. References given if required. ■ Apply to THjOS. SHIVERS, seplO Ot* Gbok’s Hotel. lYotice! ALL persons who wish to send Letters to Louis iana, Texas, or Arkansas, will please leave them at the Times Office, in this place. My terms for carrying Letters are one dollar ($1) per Letter. I will leave this place on the 18th of this month. All Letters from the other side the Mississippi river will bo brought over aud mailed, if parties will have me addressed at Monroe, or Shreveport, La. * THOS. WELLS, Regular Letter Carrier for Gibson's Brigade. sp!2 td FOR SALE ! 5 000 LBS * ASSORTED WIRE -1 5 ?000 CARTRIDGE-BOX TINS. QQQGROSS BUCKLES, Assorted Sizes. splO fit GUNBY A CO. THE Exercises of this Institution will bo resumed on the Ist Monday in October, under the contin ued direction of its present able instructor, Rev. Carlisle P. B. Martin. Terms of admission will be made known before the session commences. . _ E. S. GREENWOOD, Presd’t. D. F. WILLCOX. Sec’y. spl2 ts Board of Trustees. FOR SALE! 320 Acres of Laud on the Mobile & Girard Kail Road, T7ORTY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one a? and a half from Station No. 5; about 130 acres opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, witK good water, gin house, «fcc. Apidy to Messrs Ellis, Liv.- m fps°lm* f ° r teilK "~ D C FREEMAN, Jr. WANTED! r AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price OiUUU will bo paid. Apply to. Bn _ LARD S p 7 ts Major and Q. 3/. selectschool. Mrs. W S MARBLE will ro-open her School, on Forsyth street, Monday, Qet. 3d. Tuition $lO9 00 ner Scholastic year. sepl3 ‘Jvv * SUGAR KETTLES AND MILLS I '.VE have a Lot of SO and andloo gallon Sugar 'vV fl nd Salt Kettles on hand anu tor sam. Parties in want of thorn, by forwarding their orders can have them filled immediately. W e are still taking ojjjj? SU£ar >llUS ' JOHN D. GRAY A CO. Columbus, Ga Thursday Evening, September 15.1864, Wednesday Evening. Special Correspondence of the Times. The Ten Days Truce — the Exchange- Question — Brandy and Oysters—a Couple of Yankee Prisoners — Sherman's Probable Movement — The Militia, £c., §c. Lovejoy’s Station, Sept. 12. The ten days which commences this mor ning, for the purpose of receiving the Atlanta by flag of truce, will be more or less devoid of military movements, and save what Northern news one may be likely to-cull from late Northern exchanges, there will be little to communicate from this point. By letter and telegram, I have advised you of the progress of the arrangements under the tlSg, and have little to add. The correspon dence in reference to the question of exchange I will forward to you complete to-morrow. Major Clare, of the Adjutant & Inspector General’s Department, was appointed by Gen. Hood to conduct the flag so far as related to the question of the reception of the exile citi zens ot Atlanta; and Major Eutis to arrange for a proposed exchange of prisoners at this point. These two gentlemen, accompanied by an escort, proceeded day before yesterday to the Yankee lines, and were met by Colonel War ner, Sherman’s Chief of Staff. The interview between Major Eutis and Colonel Warner was not of a very pleasant nature, and the former was very much disgusted with the attempted double dealing and want of respect pn the part of the Yankee Colonel. The correspon dence upon the subject of exchange shows very plainly the animus which actuates the Yankee banker-general. As is usual upon such occasions, the Yankees were quite liberal with their niceties, and there was quite a feast of fine brandies, oysters, etc. At the expiration ot the ten days lam fearful our officers will be unfit for plain Confederate fare. A Yankee Captain was captured and brought in yesterday, who proved to be a brother-in law of General John Adams of Alabama. I saw them in the evening going upon the cars down to Griffin, and suppose that the Gen eral obtained a parole for him. Captured at the same time was an Ordnance Sergeant ot an Illinois command, who is a native of South Carolina, and was residing in New Orleans at the commencement of the war. As far as can be judged, from conversations with prisoners taken from time to time since the nomination of McClellan, the majority of the army will certainly go for him, and his soldier friends in the army seem to feel per fectly .certain that he will be elected. As to Sherman’s future movements, my ideas are somewjiat changed. I have reason to fear that he will at once push forward a heavy column towards Montgomery ; and that he will not remain idle at Atlanta as I once supposed. I predict that in less than fifteen days Important movements will be on foot which will materially change, the present lines of defence. The Militia were jubilant yesterday in con sequence of orders issued by Governor Brown. What the orders were, you will learn soon enough, and I hardly think it prudent to pub lish them for the information of the enemy. There will be many a marvellous story re cited around Autumn hearthstones about the terrible campaign around, aud the retreat from Atlanta, aud the little ones, white and black, will establish anew era, dating from the time “dad or “raassa” oauie back from the war. Whee ler, after completing an immense circuit, is said to have arrived at Corinth, from which point telegrams are claimed to have been re ceived from him yesterday. The boys in camp, who are always very severe in their criticism upon the cavalry when a failure oc curs, say that Wheeler, in his detour from Dalton towards Knoxville, was on his way to tear up the road between Bristol and Lynch burg, and was only deterred from so doing by a dispatch from Jeff. Davis requesting th General to spare it. The Macon papers published as on die yesterday, that Beauregard was to take com mand of thi3 army. I know his appointment to the command here would be very accepta ble to the troops. OUTLINE. Lack of men at the front —The Militia meet with an accident —Exchange Correspondence. Loyjejoy's Station, Sept. 13th. The army has been as dull for the last forty eight hours as a country village iu dog'days. The wagons which went up to Rough and Ready to receive the first installment of At lanta exiles, have not yet returned. They will doubtless be down to-day. Some teu or twelve of the militia were kill ed or wounded yesterday morning, by the breaking down of a couple of box cars, upon which they had clambered too thickly.— One of them was also killed by sun. stroke. It is stated that no less than thirty assistant surgeons have been killed and wounded since the army left Dalton. The following correspondence between Gen erals Hood and Sherman, upon the subject of exchange, will be found interesting : OUTLINE. (CORRESPONDENCE.) Headers Aemv Tennessee, ix the Field, ) September 7th, 1364. J Major Gen. T. Sherman, Commanding U. S. Forets in Georgia : Sir :—I have the honor to propose an exchange of prisoners, officers and men captured bj both ar mies since the commencement of the present cam paign. The exchange to.be made man for man, and the equivalents to bo allowed as regulated by the stipulations of the Cartel. Should you accept this proposition, a meeting can take place between officers specially commis sioned to make preliminary arrangements to effect the exchange. This flag of truce is borne by my staff officers, Major J. B. Eutis, A. A. G. and Captain W. A. Reid, accompanied by an escort of six mounted men and an ambulance. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, J. B. HOOD, General. [Official copy.] J. B. Eustis, A. A. G. Headquarters, Military Division ) of the Mississippi, Atlanta, Sept. 8, 1864. j General J. B. Hood, Commanding Confederate Army : General: I have received your letter of this date and accept your offer to exchange prisoners of-war in hand at this moment. I fear most have already gone North, but have sent to ascertain what number about are on hand, and I may also stop such as have not gone beyond Chattanooga. Tho basis of exchange to be the old cartel. I will send an officer with a more detailed account of prisoners onhand to-morrow, to Rough and Ready, to confer with any one you may name. After prisoners reach Nashville, and beyond, they prop - erly fall under the jurisdiction of tho Commission er, Col. Hoffman. l'ours truly, (Signed) W. T. SHERMAN, Maj. Gen. Comd’g. [endorsement.] I have just beard that there are about 1000 en route {or Chattanooga and 500 here, besides somo squads not yet sent in by the various brigades. I will have an officer at Rough and Ready to-mor row, at 1 p. m., with full details.) (Signed) W. T. SHERMAN, Official copy : Major General. J. B. Eustis, A. A. G. Headquarters, Millitary Division ) of thp, Miss., Atlanta, Ga., Sept, 9, ’64. f Gen. J. B. Hood, Commanding Confederate Army. General : As I answered yesterday, I consent to an actual exchange of prisoners, man for man, and equal for equal, differences or balances to be made up according to the cartel of 1862. I have appointed one of my Inspectors General, Lieut. Col. W. Warner, to carry out this exchange, and will empower him to call for prisoners, and all sueh guards as he may need to effect the actual transfers. We have here twenty-eight officers and seven hundred and eighty-two enlisted men, and en route for Chattanooga 93 officers and 907 men, making 1,810 on hand, that I will exchange for a like number of my own men, captured by you in this campaign, who belong to regiments with me, and who can resume their places at once, as I tako it for granted you will do the same with yours.— In other words, for those men I am nbt willing to take equivalents belonging to other armies than my own, or who belong to regiments whose timos aye out. and who have been discharged. By your laws, all vnen eligible for service are ipso facto soldiers, and a very good one it is, and if needed for civil duty, they are simply detailed soldiers. We found in Atlanta about a -thousand of these fellows, and I am satisfied they are fit sub jects of exchange, and if you will release an equal number of our poor fellows at Anderson, I will gather these together and send them as prisoners. They seem to have been detailed for railroad and shop duty, and Ido not ask for them an equal number of my trained soldiers, but will tako men belonging to any part of the United States Army, subject to your control. We hold a good many of your men styled “de serters,” who were really stragglers, and would be a good offset to such of our stragglers and foragers as your cavalry picks up of our men, but I am constrained to give these men, though sorely O-gctinsfc t.lio giain, ilia Laue-flt \j C tlx oil. v>liaiaotov ; pretended or real. As soon as Col. Warner agrees upon a few points with the officer you name, I will send the prison ers to tho place appointed, and recall those not be yond Chattanooga, and you may count on about 2000 in the aggregate, and get ready to give me a like number. 1 am willing to appoint Rough and Ready or Jonesboro, as the place of exchange, as also for the place of delivering of the citizens, male and female, off Atlanta, who start to go South. I am, with respects, yours, truly. (Signed) ' W. T. SHERMAN, Major General Commanding. Brig. Gen. Govanis at Chattanooga, and can b<j brought back. I would like to have Stoneman and Captain Buel. Official copy : J. B. Eustis, A. A. G. HeajAjuarters Army Tennessee, 1 • * In the Field, Sept. 11, 1864. } Major General W. T. Sherman, Commanding U. S. Forces. * Sir : I had the ho/hor on the 9th inst., to propose to you an exchange/of prisoners, officers and men captured by both armies since the commencement of the present campaign. On the same day you answered my communica tion, stating that you accept my offer “to exchange prisoners of war in hand at this moment.” There being no condition attached to the acceptance on your part of my offer to exchange prisoners, I re garded it as obligatory to the extent of the number of prisoners-represented by you to be within your jurisdiction. At the meeting on the Ist inst., between our re spective Staff Officers, Major J. B. Ustis, A. A. G., and Lieut. Col. Warner, I. G., intended to arrange such preliminaries, as the time and place of deli very, Ac., a communication was received from you, rendering, I ifegret to inform you, an ex change of prisoners impossible. Your refusal to receive in exchange your soldiers belonging to “regiments whose times are out and who have been discharged,” discloses a fixed pur pose on the part of your Government to doom to hopeless captivity those prisoners whose term of service has expired or will soon expire. The new principle which you seek to interpolate upon the cartel of our respective Governments, as well as upon the laws and customs of war, will not be sanctioned by me. All captives taken in war who owe no obligations to the captors, must stand upon the same equal footing. The duration of these terms of service can certainly impose no du ties or obligations on the captors. Tho volunteer of a day and the conscript for the war, who may be captured in war; are equally subject to all of the burthens and equally entitled to all of the rights secured by the laws of nations. This prin ciple is distinctly conceded in the cartel entered into by our respective Governments and is sanc tioned by reason, justice, and the public law of all civilized nations. My offer to exchange the prisoners captured du ring tho campaign precludes an intention on my part in the delivery to discriminate between your prisoners, as all would have been delivered, and even had it been intended, this discrimination be tween your men, whose tenn of service had and had not expired, would have been impossible, and could not have been effected, as I had no reliable means of ascertaining what proportion of your men were entitled to their discharge. Your avowal that this class of your soldiers will not be exchanged, but will be rewarded by the suf fering and privations incident to military imprison ment, because their boldness and courage subjected them to capture, although their term of service had nearly expired, is deeply regretted by me, as I share the earnest desire of my Government to release from prolonged confinement the large number of prisoners held by both parties. Permit me to hope that this declared policy of your government will bo reconsidered, as it is un justly oppressive to those whom the of mil itary service has rendered prisoners, and is viola tive of the well understood obligations assumed by a government towards those who are enlisted in its was proper. I notified my Government of my ! offer to you to affect an exchange of prisoners cap tured during this campaign, and not only was my action approved, but my Government placed at my entire disposal for immediate exchange, man for man, all the prisoners at Andarsonville. I have the honor to renew my offer to exchange prisoners as proposed in my first communication. And remain, ; Your ob’t serv’t, J. B. HOOD, Gen. Official copy: . _ , J. B. Ecsxis, A. A. G. Molasses Plentiful. —Wo are gratified to know the price of “long sweetnin ” has come down from thirty to eight dollars per gallon in this city, owing to the great abundance of sugar cane raised by our planters throughout this lati tude. It is to be hoped that sugar will come down correspondingly, as most cane growers are prepar ed to make sugar as well as molasses. Should this be the case, sugar of fair quality will be re duced in price from six to two dollars per pound this fall.— Selma Missisaippian. $5.00 Per Mouth [From the Savannah New*.] Resources of the Confederate States. I was so surprised at the statistics of the productions of the Southern States, furnished by a correspondent of the Baltimore Sun and copied in your paper on the 31st tdt., to show the absurdity on the minds of the Northern people about starving the South into submis sion. that I was induced to examine the census of 1850, from which he gathered his figures ; and I was the more astonished to learn from that source the wonderful resources of the South. 'lt has been a matter of wonder even to our astute Statesmen, since the war began, to see how our facilities for carrying on the war have been developed, and how we have been able within ourselves, without preparation before hand, successfully to contend against a power ful nation, having a standing army, large navy, all foreign ports open to supply their wants, with not only the sympathy, but quasi aid of most of the sovereignties of Europe. I there fore feel proud of our infant Republic, and look forward to the time, when her indepen dence shall be achieved, to see her desolated fields and ruined homesteads yielding their stores in abundance, and affording new com forts to their persecuted owners. But my ob ject now is to still further investigate the re sources of that portion of the Confederate btates on this side of the Mississippi now in our possession, that not only producers may see the folly of large prices, and the minds of consumers relieved of anxiety about a supply of the necessaries of life, but that we may all take courage in our ability abuudantly to feed the noble armies now contending for our de liverance. Tfie State of Virginia, North and South Car olina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and Ala bama, yielded, in 1850, eleveu million swine, sixteen million bushels wheat, two hundred and forty-six millions bushels corn, and twen ty-five millions bushels potatoes. The in crease production in a decade, estimated from previous years, would have placed the figures iu the year 1860 (of which we have no returns) at fifteen million of swine, sixteen million bushels wheat, two hundred and forty-six mil lion bushels corn, and 53 million bushels potatoes. It will be seen that there is no in crease in the growth of wheat, owing, at thSt time, no doubt, to the low price of flour, and the universal attention to the culture of cot ton ; but onr necessities since has turned all our cotton-fields into the production of cereals, so that it would be a low estimate to say that notwithstanding the portions of the above States that the enemy have in possession, or have devastated, that we shall have this year from them a yield at least double of what it was before the war, which will give us now in our granaries and ready to be gathered, thirty million swine, thirty-two millions bush els wheat, four hundred and ninety two bush els corn and one hundred and six millions bushels potatoes. The entire population of the above seven States, in 1850, was five mil lion three hundred thousand, and esiimating their increase at thirty two per cent., as by the previous decade, 14 »ri'c»i-s io oe, it would give us, in xeou, in the above States, about seven million of inhabitants, which has not probably increased since that time. From these figures we find that we have nearly five bushels of wheat, seventy bushels of corn, and fifteen bushels potatoes (to say nothing of the swine) for every man, woman and child in the States named. Surely there is no need of any apprehension of scarcity, but on the other hand, should not the producers be alarmed lest there be no demand or outlet for the sur plus, and that vast quantities of the corn at least will be left as food for the weevil. The value of the above productions, at ten dolia-s each for swine, five dollars a bushel for wheat, two dollars a bushel for corn, and one dollar a bushel for potatoes, would amount to the enormous sum of fifteen hundred mil lion of dollars—more than sufficient to pay all the debt of the Confederacy. Surely, this is a dangerous time for the planters to withhold, or speculators to hoard the necessaries of life. By partinj&with their products at reasonable prices they insure a sale ; and the Govern ment, in its effort to keep it from a redundant circulation, and a give anew life and courage to our soldiers, whose families are relying up on them for the necessaries of life. G. . fortune Telling. The following are some of the rules by which fortune-tellers profess to be guided in thdir practice of astrology ; January.—He that is born in January will be laborious and a lover of good wine, bo very subject to fidelity, yet will be complacent and withal a fine singer. The woman born in this month will be a good housewife rather melancholy, but yet good natured. February.—The man born in tho month of February will be stingy at home but prodigal abroad. The lady will be humane and affec tionate to her mother. March.—The man born in March will be rather handsome; he will be honest and pru dent. He will die poor. The lady will be jealous, passionate, and a chatter-box. April.—The man,who has the misfortune to bo born in April will be subject to mala dies ; he will travel to his disadvantage, for he will marry a rich heiress, who will make— what you no doubt understand. The lady of this month will be tall and stout, with agree able wi* and groat talk. May.—The man born in the month of May will be handsome and amiable; he will make his wife happy. The lady will be equally blest in every respect. June.—The man born in the month of June will be of small statue and passionately fond of children. The lady will be a personage fend of coffee and marry young. July. —The man born in the month of July will be fat, and suffer death for the woman he loves. The female of this month will be pas sionately handsome, with a sharp nose and a fine bust: she will be of rather a sulky tem per. August. —The man born in the month of August will be ambitious and courageous ; he will have two wives. The lady will be amia ble and twice married, but her second husband will cause her to regret the one she first mar ried. September.—He who is bora in September will be strong and prudent, but will be too easy with his wife, who will give him great uneasiness. Thelady will be round faced and fair haired, witty, discreet, and will be loved by her friends. October, —The man born in this month will have a handsome face and florid complexion. He will be wicked and inconsistent. He will promise one thing and do another, and re main poor. The lady will be pretty, and a little fond of talking; will have two or three husbands who will die of grief—she will best know why. November. —The man born in this month, will have a fine face, and be a gay deceiver. The lady of this month will be large, liberal, and lull of novelty. December.— -The man born in this month will be a good sort of person, though passion ate. He will devote himself to ponies,, anu be beloved by his wife. The lady will be am iable and handsome, with a good voice and well proportioned bony, and very honest. [From the Montgomery Advertiser.] Practical Hints on Sugar Wak ing. Being familiar with the process of manu facturing sugar adopted by the planters of Louisiana, I have noticed with interest the directions which have from ti me t 0 t j rao been gnentothe pubKc by such of the amateur mnniiflcjurer, of «,» C0.f 6 d,r.0, M that they have succeeded in mastering the art A few aTnong them have shown accurate knowledge, so far as their experience has goue ; but their several methods are defective in so many important particulars, that the writer deems he will be rendering a service by publishing a brief detailed account of the system as pursued in Louisiana. At the same time the principles upon which the several operations are based will be explained, so that each planter may apply them to his own case, as best suit3 his apparatus or his convenieuce. GRINDING. In grinding the cane, the rollers, three in number, are usually placed in a horixontal position, and are so arranged that the stalks pass first between the first and second, then between the second and third, so that they are at first strongly compressed, then crushed quite dry. * CLARIFYING, Many articles are used for this purpose ; lime most commonly, since in its effect it is at least equal to any other, and is decidedly tho cheapest. The most serious objection to it is that it colors the juice a dark red, but by chemical means this effect may be counter, acted. The quality of lime to be used must in every instance be ascertained by experiment. In using it, put the proper quantity, well pul verized into the bucket of juice, stirring it thoroughly, then empty this into the juice which is to be clarified. It is best to clarify the juice before it is poured into the kettle in which it is to be boiled, for the following rea sons : 1. The lime causes the heavier impurities to descend ; when the juice may be drawn off, without disturbing these impurities, through a faucet placed one or two inches above the bottom of the clarifier. 2. If the juice is boiled immediately, these impurities cannot sink and consequently will remaiu in riie syrup. 3. Boiling the juice immediately allows no opportunity to remove the red tinge imparted by the lime. Light impurities which rise to the surface while boiling, must be skimmed off. BLEACHING. If clarified by lime the juice is clear and void of apparent impurities, but of a reddish, hue, dark or light, in proportion to the quan tity of lime used. To remove this, it is cus>« tomary to use sulphurous acid gas, which is forced through the juice, or liquid bi sulphite of lime, which is poured in as the lime is. In each instance the effect is the same. The sul phurous acid, pure, or the excess of the same ingredient in the bi sulphite, unites with the lime, forming a solid sulphate of lime, which sinks, leaving the juice its natural almost col orless appearance. Preparations of sulphur are not now to be obtained, but carbonic acid gas, has an affinity for lime even greater than the sulphurous acid. Although this would be too dangerous to use in a sugar house it may be used in the open air with impunity. Any substance having an affinity for lime, and forming with it a solid, insolu ble substance, will serve the purposes as fully as sulphurous gas. BOILING. In sugar houso3 the kettles are set in arched brick work, and so arranged that a fire being built in a furnace under the smallest, will pass under the others in regular succession and escape beyond the largest. The juice is first put into the largest kettle, which is most distant from tho fire, and as the syrup in the smallest is cooked and drawn off, it is poured from one to another, boiling more violently with each transfer, until in its turn it reaches the smallest and last of the set. No posi tive rule cau no laid down as t.o tho manner of judging when the syrup is sufficiently cooked.— Negroes claim that it presents a rough, sandy ap pearance, when it is in a state to be thrown into the coolers, but this the writer has never been able to detect. One evidence which ho deems it not unsafe to trust is that the syrup will fall from the skimmer in sheets, and strings instead of drops. But as to this, each planter must be guided by his own experience. , COOLING. Tho -yrup should not b® allowed to cool too fast. The crystal of the sugar, or In common parlance the grain, is larger and more perfect, and a greater proportion of the mass will erystalize, when it is made to cool slowly. It is a chemical principal that slight jarring will expedite crystalization, and sugar makers take advantage of this, by dis turbing the surface of the cooling syrup, at inter vals of a few minutes, with a slender paddle.— Complaint is made that Sorghum will not granu late, evon with this agitation. If this be the ease, there is another chemical principle, equally as well known u3 the one just mentioned, which may be applied. Any thing which may erystalize, but exhibits no tendency so do so, may be made to with a little assistance, and when once begun it needs assistance no longer. The manner in which to render the necessary assistance is simple. Mix a small quantity of sugar with sufficient water to dissolve it, aud boil this With the syrup. This will undoubtedly granulate, and unless chemistry is at fault, will communicate the granulating ten dency to the particles with which it is in contact, and thus may cause the whole mass to granulate. This last is given, however, more as a suggestion than a direction, as the writer has not seen it tried. Shall we Re-Capture Atlanta ?—ln view of the effect the capture of Atlanta will have, at the north, both in checking the growing peace sentiment, and rendering more easy the enforce ment of the odious draft, the Macon Telegraph urges tho importance of an effort immediately to recapture Atlanta. Its article is thus concluded : “To the Government wo look, in this emer gency, for that vigor of action which it has dis played on former occasions. If it will make the effort, the people and soldiery will support it to the utmost extent of their power. We expect it to essay the recapture of Atlanta, for we believe that it i3 aware of its importance both in a strate gic and political light, and with this belief we pa tiently await the development of the plans of those in authority without offering a word of censure. It must be done shortly, or the hour for action will have passed away with the first fruits of winter.” How to Treat the Yankees. —Believing as we do that the war of subjugation is virtually over, we deem it not improper to make a few sug gestions relative to the treatment of Yankees after the war is over. Our soldiers know how to treat them now, but then a treatment will be necessary. The Yankee is a cute animal, and is no more to be trusted in times of peace than in war. Tho regular down easter will not be killed in this war, but will live and flourish like a green bay tree, swindling all with whom he comes in contact. He must be watched, and every -effort to ingrati ate himself into our favor be repulsed. Os course, we will be told that he was a peace man all the time and bitterly opposed to the war! In fact, it would not surprise us to be told that he had been a strong secessionist, and had lo3t all his property on account of his Southern pro clivities. He will tell as big a lie as possible, and many of us will be fools enough to believe him, unsuspecting, credulous Southerners that are! Unless we determine in advance to have nothing to do with the fanatical hords after oar brave soldiers are done whipping them, our de fence will have been in vain. Like the locusts, or rather like the lice which afflicted the Eyptians they will swarm over our beautiful South, and attempt to foist upon us their moral destroying isms which have made them what they are—the reproach of the world. God grant that when General Lee is done with them in the East, and they are whipped everywhere else, as we believd they will be before the winter months set in, we may have such a peace as will forever rid us not only °\ pres ence, but of the very sight of Abolitionists. [ Wy(hextile Dispatch. The Wav “Patriotic Negroes ark Existed at New Orleans.— The following item of news from New Orleans, August 2, we take from the New York Herald of August 23 : Emancipation day was celebrated yesterday, and while they were enjoying themselves hugely the military authorities made a raid upon the able bodied colored man fit to become soldiers, and ab ruptly terminated their pleasure by marching them off to the barracks, where colored candi dates for military glory and renown are forced to congregate. A regiment of cavalry is on duty now, making further raids upon colored men.