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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of W.OO per month, or sls tor three months. No subscription received for a longer l#nn than hr** month*. 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 S3O. which must invariably paid in advance. SPECIAL NOTICES To the Citizens ot Columbus and Surrounding Country. Headquarters Post, # Columbus, Ga., Sept, 16, 1864. [Circular.] I. Citizens of Columbus and the surrounding coun try aro called upon to furnish without delay, One Thousand [l,ooo] Negroes to work on the fortifica tions. 11. The number of Negroes that can be furnished by each person will be given immediately to Capt. C. A. Redd, Post Q. M., and the Negroes turned over to him on Monday morning. 111. Subsistence Ac., will be furnished by the Government, an i if the number of negroes required is not furnished impressment will be resorted to. By order LEON VON ZINKEN, 001. Commanding Post. •J. A. Cody, Post Adj’t. spl6 3t Notice! Enrolling Office, Muscogee County, ) Columbus, Ga., Sept. 13th, 1864. j In compliance with General Orders, No. 15, da ted Headquarters Georgia Reserve, Macon, Sept. Ist, 1864, all detailed men of this county not al ready organized into companies, will report to these ilea [quarters 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 ino with a copy of their muster rolls. JNO. D. ATKINS, . En’rg Off. Muscogee co- j sepl4 lw tfs»Sun ami Enquirer copy Notice. Headquarters, 24th Militia Dist. Columbus, Ga., Sept. 16, 1864. The Captains appointed in the different Districts will sen 1 to these Headquarters all men who have not reported at lfacon. By order of Gen. Wayne. M. A. THORNTON, A D C. fir N. W. Garrard, Capt & E O. seplT ts IS a UK*-Field Relic! Association of Columbus, Ga. All who aio disposed to contribute articles neces sary for the relief of the sick aud wounded in the Army of Tennessee, arc requested to leave them at Goodrich & Co’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev ery Tuebday and Friday, when they will bo for warded to and dispensed by our Committee there. W. H. YOUNG, Presd’t. C. G. Holmes, Sec*y. ag23tf 50© Negro Men Wanted! Nitre and Mining Bureau, ) lleadq’rs Mining Division, No. 2, > Selma, Ala., Sept. 13, ’64. J | AM desirous of Hiring Five Hundred Negro %! en, ■*for tho Bibb Iron Works, located on tbe Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Rail Read, fifty miles North of Selma, 15(' Sooth of Rome and 70 West ot Mont gomery. I am paying for able-bodied men three hundred dollars per annum, feeding and clothing them. Ono woman will be hired to every ton men, to cook and wash for them. There is on the place a hospital with a regular surgeon, who takes charge of all the sick. If tho enemy threatens, the negroes can be moved West through an inaccessible • oun try. Apply to W P Herring, La Grange, Ga,., or WM. KLCIiA/fDSON HUNT, Lieut. Col. Coind’g. sep!7 ha _ SSO He ward ? CTOLEN, from the Wagon Yard last night, a large u black horse Mule, with the letter “M” branded on his right hip. I will give the above reward for said Mule, de livered to ine at Talbotton, Ga. JAMES INGRAM. sep!7 6t* SSO Reward, Suprrintknbknt’s Office,) Muscogee It. K. Company, - Columbus, (ia., Suit. 16, \;4. j ; lUriWARD of SSO will be paid for the delivery i» to tue for each of the following negro men : Charles—Black; about 25 years old; quick spo kon; weighs about 1501b5.; about 5 foot 10 or 11 in. high. Hilliard—Ulack; about 30 years old; 5 ft 9 inches high; weighs 1450 r 1501b5.; blacksmith by trade. — Probably will go to Jones county wh re his wife is. W. L CLAKK, spl7 1m Superintendent. Coinmb is High School FOR "Y”OTJZLsTGr LADIES I 'THE above Institution will be re-opened in he * building owned by Mr. Cowdery, on St. Clair st., opposite St. Luke’s Church, on Monday, October 3, 18b4. . »For Terms, apply to sepl3m&t4w IV. S. LEE. TIM Tift. X T 1 ZjEX S CA.\ FIND EMPLOYMENT WITH RICHARDSON &* FAULKNER, MACON, GEORGIA. seplO 10t :: . m A GOOD INVESTMENT! A Desirable Residence ill Wyimton, EQB SALE. 1 OFFER for sale the place where I now reside, containing fifty seven acro3 of land, about hall cleared, the bdanco with wood sufficient to supply a family. A good and well built house, with five rooms; good kitchen, with three rooms; smoke house; barn, stablo and carriage house; a well of excellent water, and a fine yottn r Peach orchard. Two or three good negroes will bo taken in part payment. Possesion given immediately if desired. Apply to me on the place or atthe store of .S'tau ord Si Cos., opposite the Agency of the State Bank, seplf lw JORDAN L. HOWELL. FOR SALE. AHOI'SE and LOT, situated North of :iie N r;h Commons on the corner at Troup and City Mill streets: Said Lot contains half acre, with a good new dwelling house with two rooms; kitchen with two rooms; a very superior well of water—hard ly equalled in the vicinity of the city, and a iarge garden. Everything new and in good order. For further particulars apply to mo on the premises. sp!3 lm J. J, BORING. Aotice! ALL i'cr?"ns 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. 1 will leave this place on the 18th of this month. All Letters from the other side the Mississippi r iver will be brought over and mailed, if parties will have me addressed at Monroe, or Shreveport, La. „ THOS. WELLS, ( Regular Letter Carrier for Gibson’s Brigade, , ills npSfff fpilE Exercises of this Institution will be resumed A 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 bo made ku vu before e. S'. GREENWOOD. Presd’t. D. F. WILLCOX, Sec y. g pl2 ts Board of Trustees. FOR SALE ! 320 Acres of Land on the Mobile & Girard Rail Road, UORTY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and o.e 1. and a half from Station No. o; about DO acres opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, with good water, gin house, &c. Apply to Messrs L.ns, Liv- Cos., for ten.,. p c FREEM As , j„. WASTED! t qUfi I.KS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal i.riee tJfVvv will be paid. Apply to . F. W. DILLARD. Major and 0• J'- SELECT SCHOOL. MR>. W 8 MARBLE will re-open her School, on Forsyth street, Monday, Qct. 3d. Tuition SIOO 00 ner Scholastic year, seplo 2w iMititois. mmm, Vol. XI. J. W. WARREN St CO. Proprietors...- j. w. WARREN, Editor Saturday Evening. Special Correspondence of the Times. What the Yankee officer* think about the rebel lion and election—lmportant changes in the army — Gen. Ilardee and others relieved from com mand— Work ahead. Lovejoy Station, Sept. 16tb. The Yankee officers in charge of tho flag of truce at Rough and Ready, are all impressed with the idea that the Rebellion is crushed, and that no serious obstacle can be presented which will im pede the march of their victorious legions as far south as they may wish to go. They sneer contenkptuously at the idea of the Chicago nominees contesting the election with Lincoln, and contend that they have not a ghost of a chance. Whether their opinions are the reflex of the feelings of the Yankee army in our front and tbe people generally it is impossible 'to conjecture. They may be, however, and wo may find by No vember, that all the talk and twaddle and excite ment of the so called peace party in the North will dwindle down into as insignificant a vote as that bestowed upon the redoubtable Holden in tho old North State. Notwithstanding the talk of thesejolly Lincoln ites I see in glancing over the files of late North ern that tho opposition press is speaking out boldly and confidently, and making vigorous thrusts at the Administration. The next month and a half is big with events, the issue of which we all await with about an equal amount of faith and distrust. The lightning flashes to day along tho wires aud our hopes aro up to blood heat, and to-morrow wo shall settle down again gloomily below zero. Thera have im portant changes going on during the last few days among the general officers. Brigadier General Shoup Chief of Staff, a biographical and compli mentary sketch of whom appeared in a column editorial of the “Rebel” a few days, since, was re lieved from his position yesterday, I learn, at his own request. • * Lt. Col. McMicken, Chief Quartermaster of the army*, has also been relieved. This change was made at Richmond by the Quartermaster General. Ills successor is Major Ayer, one of the oldest Quartermasters in the service. Major Ayer has recently been stationed at Lagrange, but was re lieved a short time since by Major Horbaok. Maj. Ilorback, who was supply Quartermaster at At lanta and subsequently at Macon, is succeeded by j Major Peyton, formerly in charge of transporta | lion at Atlanta. The most important change ! which I have to chronicle to-day is the relieving of Gen. Hardee from the command of his corps. Ir reconcilable differences between Gen. Hood and himself is the cause assigned. Gen. Frank Cheat ! ham will dou tlessbe promoted temporarily to the ; command of Hardee’s corps. With all those • changes going on. I feel more cheerful to-day, i than usual. The news from ForresCis encourag ing. You will bear of him soon ; and there are | other unimportant movements on the tapis which will soon be developed. Hold your breath and keep your ears open. OUTLINE. i The Position. —A few days since we remarked, i says the Chronicle & Sentinel, that Sherman was ; running eight or ten trains & day of provisions into ! Atlanta. Tho Macon Intelligencer says he is re | ceiving over two hundred car loads of provisions j daily. This is one of tho beautiful fruits of the I “armistice.” But what has been done in this mas -1 ter cannot be undone. All we can now do is to | vigorously prepare for the future. If the Confed erate authorities at Richmond pass a few more weeks of ease and negligence, and refuse to take proper measures and steps for tho defence of Geor gia, Sherman will succeed in safely housing him self in Atlaufa, and will not only bo in a strongly fortified position, but will have provisions enough on band to make it impossible to starve him out. The necessity of the moment demands an active j and effectual campaign. The plan must be quick- I ly put in motion otherwise we will bo immolated on the altar of sacrifice. We cannot too much urge that the army of Tennessee be reinforced at once. It is ribt too late to retrieve the error of the past. Let us have no more hesitation. But let us have what the times demand—prompt, vigorous action. Wc should calculate on every effort which the , enemy may be in position to make, says the Char leston Courier, and which their generals can be i persuaded or coerced to undertake, between this time anti tho November election. We must be ready for them. We must siaud on guard at all points. \Yt must concentrate our strength : it well in hand, and be prepared to strike as well as to fend. Let us look out for attempts at sur prise, and for audacious enterprises. The very necessity that Lincoln is under to act boiJly, will be our opportunity, if we are vigilant ; and that success, for which he bids so largely, will tint's be rendered unattainable, and substituted by fatal disaster. Iu short says the Sentinel, to use the | word once in great favor with politicians, Lincoln ■ is “in a crisis,” and it is in our power to decide jt I against him. —-—♦ ♦ This Lowr.tt Mississippi. —Advices from New Orleans to the 29th tilt., represent that Gen. Poltgmic. on the 23J, crossed the Miss issippi. between Vicksburg and Natchez, with a portion of his command. Exempts,— The Richmond Dispatch says there arc 114,000 persons exempted as agri culturists, within the conscript age, and 32,- 000 State officers—an army sufficient to plant 1 the Southern eioss on the spires of l’hiludel nhin. ♦ ♦ - Tho Wilmington Journal says the editor has met a highly intelligent gentleman just from Eu rope, where he possessed unusual facilities for ob servation, and that he is asured there is not the slightest chance of our being able to obfhin a navy :in Europe— that all the principal ports in France and the British isles perfectly swarm with Yankee spies. The Journal con cl a do- : A: for negotiation, intervention and ail that, it D hardly necessary to say any thing. Ti.es e tilings have gone glimmering out of sight, and few people take the trouble even to think of them. So far so weli. There sno more chance of European pow ers doing'anything that would benefit us than 1 there is of Queen Victoria’s writing an epic poem i that rivals Homer, or of Earl Russell being guilty of generous emotion. \ Do.-lon firm has gone into the uiitnutae..uro of artificial anus and legs—the company s nt.oan ciug g tran tee of eight per cent, divuh uui to stockholders, and a special permit from Secretary ! Stanton to supply toe Confederates! This oon ; corn doubtless goes in or “the vigorous prolonga i tion o{ tho war.” Columbus, Ga Monday Morning, September 18,1864. Rale of the Tandal Conquerors In New Orleans. We make up from the latest Northern pa -1 pers the following summary of intelligence of I affairs in New Orleans : The most important items of nows is the ar rival, last night, of the Juarez family from ■ Mexico. It was at first reported that General Ortega also arrived on tbe Clinton from Bra zos Santiago, bull have since learned that he did not. On Tuesday last the Atlantic No. 2 and M. R. Cheek arrived at Vicksburg, laden with i cotton. It will be remembered that I sent I you an account of the capture of these steam i ers by the rebels in Sunflower River, as they r were beyond the jurisdiction of Wirt Adams’ command. They have, however, been libora ' ted, and, a3 I stated, arrived at Vicksburg on ■ Tuesday all right. On the Bth instant the steamer Lancaster, No. 4, was fired upon by the rebel battery eighteen miles from Natchez. She was struck four times, but no person injured. She repor ted that the rebels had a battery on the cliffs. The ram Vindicator and the gunboat Mound I City immediately went opposite to Ellis’ cliffs, ! but when they arrived the “birds had flown.” i A land force was also sent by General Bray ; man to intercept the enemy, but the latter J could not be found. Scarcelj a boat passes either up or down the Mississippi but is either | fired upon by the rebel batteries or receives : a galling fire of musketry from guerillas as sembled on the banks for that purpose. Guerillas have disappeared from the neigh ! borhood of Morganza. Cotton in large quaa j Bties is being sent across the Atchafalaya ia ito Texas. The army at Morganza is in good j health and spirits. A few days since a reconnissance was made to Chicot Pass, at the head of Grand Lake, and the property of Captain Fuller destroyed. He was one of the most prominent rebels of the war, commanded tbe Queen of ihe West, and died a prisoner in our hands on Johnsons Island. Saw mills, &e., belonging to other parties was also destroyed. The following order has just been promul gated at Vicksburg by Gen. Dana : Speculators in staple articles of food have monopolized the supply, and are grinding the faces of tbe poor. Do they expect to be permitted either to starve the needy, or to compel a generous Government to teed them, while tbe few who have money are pouring wealth into their laps ? Flour will not be sold within this district at a higher rate than sixteen dollars per bar rel, or nine cents per pound ; pork, fifty seven dollars per barrel, or thirty two fiientsper pound : bacon, 33 cents per pound; soap, fifteen cents per pound ; salt, four cents per pound. Any trader, storekeeper, speculator, mer cham, sutler or citizen, having these supplies on hand, is hereby ordered to sell them, when called for, at the above rates; the purchaser having the option of determining the quantity within the limit of twenty pounds of each for each person. j The Provost Marshal will see to the en | forcemeat of this order, will encourage com, ! plaints forit.3 violation, and will punish guilty parties for the first offence by a fine of $100; for the second by a fine of .sl>oo and impris onment for ten days, and for the third by con fiscation of stock and imprisonment, at dis cretion. An association is being formed in tkis.city for tbe purchase of estates that will be sold under the direct tax law. It is calculated that about one fourth of the estates in Louisiana sold under the direct tax will never be redeemed, j Os the whole amount of dir ct taxes assessed ! on property in Louisiana at least one half of it will | be collected by the authority 'of the commission j referred to, as half of the State in the valuation | under the direct tax law is within the Union lines. Another seizure of contraband goods was made ! on Sunday, consisting of about twelve thousand dollars’ worth of medicines, &c., intended to be ! sent up the Mississippi, and thence smuggled | through the linos. A large committee has been appointed to make j arrangements for the reception of Gov. Ilahn, | daily expected from the North. Judge Durrell * will make the reception speech. The entire special i committee will escort tho Governor from the levee ; to the City Hall. The refugees in New Orleans from the Parish of St. Mary’s have nominated Thomas M. Wells ; for Congress, to represent the Third District. The political meetings held in this city* every evening draw very good audiences, and the speak ers manage to rouse themselves to a high state of enthusiasm, which circulates in limited quantities among their hearers. The election for represent-' i atives in Congress aud a State Legislature will be held on the otii of September. I The New Orleans banks haring claimed that their own are superior to United States Treasury ! notes, and declined to take the latter at par, have ; been brought to terms, or grief, in the following order: lleadq’rs Department of tub Gulf, 1 ; New Orleans, Aug. 22, 1861. } ] General Orders No. 112.^ The Banks of the State of Louisiana having so | far failed to comply with important provisions of ! the laws of the State as to justify the forfeiture of • their charters, are hereby required, as a condition | of the further transaction of the business of bank j ing\ to rcceire the Treasury notes of the United j States in exchange at par for their own issues res-* pcctively. Any institution aggrieved by this order may demand investigation of its affairs a«d show that its credit is superior to that of the United | States. By command of Major General Banks. GiA>kge B. Drake, Assistant Adjutant General. <• ♦ Grand Financial Scheme. —The following superb Muuchausenistn is sent from Washing ton to New York : A proposition has been received by the Sec retary of State from an eminent banker of Hamburg, to fake a United States loan of one . thousand millions of dollars to be paid into the Treasury, seventy per cent, in outstand ing bonds, ten per cent iu United States pa per currency, and twenty per cent, in coin, theloantorun seventy-five years, at an in terest.of three per* cent, per annum, payable half yearly in coin. The whole amount yo be . disposed of among the people of the coulineut ' of Europe, oa the principle of premium loans. The principal to be reimbursed to the holders ; during the last forty years ot the term in equal semi-annual installments, the Government ' paying the current interest, premiums and principal, which would require but fifty mil j lions per annum during the seventy-five years. : The sum of these payments covering the uki ■; millions of principal, hundred ftU'i -seventy-fiv* millions of preun . ns, and one thousand five hundred and seventy five , mi: lion a-of is. tore.-’. It will be observed that this annual i-ajm-nt us fifty millions is. in fact, ■\;i ir.L'.r -ban ir.e in teres: of-a thousand mil lion- -it five per cent, Whether the proposi tion -a -1 be accepted or not. the offer indi cates the confidence of the capitalists in our solvency ;nd in the issue of the war. Southern Freedom of the Press. —Mrs. Rost* Greenuow. iu her u&rrativeJately published, re’of: *an interview with Mr. Davis, it! which h® re:*'ie,t .•* her inquiry ~s to why he did not snpp! - die Rieiiui aid Examiner, as follows: Ber.i-r -c.tr -r run lh«t evil, rtfcich is tempo . ary than arrest it by a still greater. It is a dan gerous thing to iuterfere with the liberty of the pre.-s: for what would it avail us if we gain our independence and lose cur liberty.” Latest from the United States. We continue our extracts from North* ern papers of the 7th : PROBABLE WITHDRAWAL OP FREMONT — SEIZURE OF THE GEORGIA —THE DRAFT, &C. The following Washington telegram of the “ Herald” will be found interest ing; Washington, September o.—lt is as** serted here in well informed Republican circles, that Gen. Fremont will withdraw his name from the Presidential contest within ten days. It is also stated that Hon. B. F. Wade is shortly to take the stump for the Baltimore nominees. The seizure of the late rebel pirate steamer Georgia, by the United States steamer Niagara, was made in accordance with the well established principle of Engs lish maratime law, that belligerent ves sels cannot, during the continuance of hostilities, be legally transferred, as re gards ownership, in neutral ports, and are liable to seizure wherever found, not withstanding they may not have been acs tually and in good faith sold to neutral parties. The same principle of mara time law has been declared by this govs ernment, and under it any vessel that has been used for belligerent purposes, under the authority of the so called Confeder ate government, will be seized whenever it can be done, whatever may be her ac tual ownership at the time. The English government has reeently re-asserted this law, and issued instructions forbidding the transfer of such vessels in British waters \ and there is no chance for any complication to arise from such seizures, it only being necessary to identify the vessel to render its seizure legal and valid Four hundred paroled Union prisoners arrived at Annapolis yesterday. They were in an emaciated condition. Bad as ! the treatment received at the Libby prison is, those who come froril Lynchburg com , plain of even worse treatment. Some of j the officers state that their wounds have | not been dressed since the 25tli of Au j gust. They brought specimens of the j bread furnished them, which was made without salt or leaven, and utterly unfit to | sustain life. During the last ten days the number of men mustered into the army has averaged three thousand a day. On the 2d inst. four thousand one hundred and thirty : six were mustered in, and on the od six thousand one hundred and sixty. These are the latest reports received. The num ber mustered in on the third instant is probably greater than has been mustered in during any other one day for nearly two years. The nomination of McClellan is not satisfactory to the Missouri Democracy. They will, however, stand by it, as they say there is no use of bolting. The subscriptions to the sevensthirty loan reported to the Treasury Department today amount to $326,000, and to the ten forty loan $140,000. The Effects of the War on the North. —The North is beginning to feci the effects of this war in every depart ment of trade. A Philadelphia paper, speaking on the subject, says : A Washington item states that since July Ist, only two months, the exports from New York exceeded the imports some twenty-six millious of dollars, in comparison with the amount sent abroad during the same time last year. The same condition of things is remarked at other ports. Thus it will l-e seen that the gold gamblers are gradually under mining their own structures. These ex portations are, in a considerable degree, composed of foreign goods, which are sent back because the demand for them, at the high prices which have been maintained in sympathy with the increase in the value of gold, are beginning to tell upon con sumption. Economy is becoming the or der of the day, and every succeeding hour incieases its necessity. We have been hitherto, running riot in extravagance and have encouraged foreign operators to send us their most costly and most useless goods. By doing so we have increased prices upon ourselves, until, upon the most ordinary commodities, we have piled up values to fearful rates. Diminished con sumption must follow, and although the heartless gamblers in gold may occasion ally put up the price of that commodity for a few days, the result must be upon the average, a gradual and steady decline. Let it eome-+-the sooner the better. Eve rything has been blown up to au unnatu ral tension, and the people are beginning to see their folly. Individual resolution to get along with as few new purchases as possible, to buy nothing that is not abso lutely necessary, and to spend nothing which can be saved will produce a revo lution in business affairs as permanent as it will be grtifying. Last week we published the rumor that the noted Green had come overtoils, bringing two hundred deserters with him. We have learned since, that we have had a conference with the Yankees and de-- serters, and as a large number of desert er’s families are on an isalndin a starving condition, that they have made the very modest request, that we would jilJow their families to return for us to feed, and al low them the happy privilege of remain ing with the Yankees, to fight against us. This is* decidedly Yankeeish—quite the coolest and most barefaced impudence we have heard of si nee the war.— Gainesville (Fl'.') Cotton States, 3 d. New Orleans papers of the 29th «a\ eight Yankees were killed in Mobiie-Bav. and oue wounded, Jay the explosion of a torpedo which they had fi-hed up and were carelessly handling. $5.00 Per Month A Northern View of an Armis tice. At Indianapolis, on the 20th ultimo, there was a grand reception* of several returning regiments. Gov. Morton made an address to the soldiers, in the course of which he dis cussed the question of an armistice as fol lows : “It requires two parties to make an armis tice and Jeff Davis has already declared that he demands the withdrawal of our armies from the South as a necessary preliminary to any negotiation. Who shall ask for an ar mistice? Shall our Government sue for terms at the feet of the South ? Will this audience of soldiers agree to that? (Cries of “No! No!’’) But wbat does an armistice mean ? It means to cease operations in front of Atlanta ; it means to loose the hold on Richmond; it means to stop Farragut at Mobile. “As every one knows, diplomacy takes a great deal of time, and probably, at last, would fail. Can we spare enough of the weather now left us for military operations to be frit tered away in armistice, and then find our selves carried into the winter, when our cam paign must necessarily close? Can we afford that now? But who believes the rebels will voluntarily come back into the Union, and give up those very ideas for which they have suffered the horrors of along and bloody war, especially if we are to acknowledge, by asking an armistice, that we are unable* to conquer them ? “Can we coax them Back ? If we try that, we shall have to agree to pay their war debt, to give a pension to their widows and orphans and maimed ; we shall have to pay the dam age that has been done to the Southern States during the war; and, more than all, we will ha' r e to engraft into our Constitution the doc trine of secession. Suppose we succeed.— hen we come to voting money to pay the war debt of the South, or to pension their sol diers, or to reimburse them for damages, ab olition Massachusetts, abolition Ohio, aboli tion Wisconsin, will tell u«, “We did not want an armistice, we wanted to fight this war out. but, as you have acknowledged secession in your Constitution, we will quietly walk out.'’ In this way the Union would go topieces, and the country we tried to save be broken up by the very- compromise that was intended to preserve it. We can make no compromise but what will break up the Government. The only way to get out of the war is to fight it out. ; . “But these peace men say the North is ex ; hausted. Are we exhausted? The cost of this war is not one half of the profits of the country. We have never been as wealthy as now, and there are three millions of men in the North who have not yet shouldered a musket lin this war. Are we exhausted? Gen. Grant j has tue rebellion by the throat in front of ! Richmond, and the General has told a United | States senator that he would not let g'o his ! bold even if New York, Philadelphia and j Washington should be burned. Sherman is j all right at Atlanta, and wc will crush this ; rebellion if we are not pulled off by the trait : ors of the North.” j Bklligerenr Cruisers.—The following im?> ! portant instructions have just been sent by the English Government to the Governors of j Colonies respecting the treatment of prizes by Federal or Confederate cruisers, if brought | into British waters: j 1. If any prize captured by a ship of war I of either of the belligerent powers shall bo ; brought by the captors within Her Majesty’s i jurisdiction, notice shall be given by the Gov j ernor for the captors immediately, to depart [ and remove such prize. j 2. Any vessel which shall have been actu \ ally and bona fide converted into arid used as I a public vessel of war, shall not be deemed to be a prize within the meaning of these rules. 3. If any prize shall be brought within Her Majesty s jurisdiction through mere stress of weather, or other extreme and unavoidable necessity, the Governor may allow for her re moval such time as he may consider to be necessary. 4. If any prize shall not be removed at the time prescribed to the captors by the Governor, the Governor may detain such prize until Her Majesty’s pleasure shall be made known. 5. If any prize shall have been captured by' auy violation of the territory or territorial wa ters of Her Majesty, the Governor may detain such prize until Her Majesty’s pleasure shall be made known. Her Majesty’s Government have not. thought it necessary to make any addition to tbein structions already given with respect to car goes, viz : that Her Majesty’s orders apply as much to prize every kind which may be brought by any army ships or priva teers of either belligerent into British waters as to the captured vessels themselves. They | do not, however, apply to any articles which , rnay have formed part of any such cargoes j if brought within British jurisdiction, not by armed ships or privateers of either belliger ents, but by other persons who may have ac quired, or may claim, property in th*o> by i reason of any dealings with the captors. ; These rules are for the guidance of the ex ecutive authority, and are not intended to in- i terfere in any way with the process of any [ court of justice. I have. &e.. Edward Cardwell. From Ttaxs-Mississu'pi. —We had the pleasure this morning of meeting .Major Rose, ihe indefatigable Trans-Mississippi courier.— fie brought ever with him Mrs. Gen. Bank head, and both are cn route to Richmond. He informs us that the river is patrolled by the | Yankees with sleepless watchful nee, so that it is almost impossible to cross anywhere. Gen. Magruder had gone with his army to 1 Arkansas and Gen. Price was in Missouri, gathering large numbers of recruits. General , Kirby Smith wa3 at Shreveport. The Yankees were still in possession of 1 Natchez ; and had been committing some atroc ities which shock the sensibilities of every Christian man. Snch, tor example, as disin terring the dead in order to search for valusf* * bles. This is stated on the very best author : ity. We are indebted to Major Rose for Houston 1 papers, ot the 24th uit, but they contain no : news of interest. —Mobile Tribune. I.V&-. The Reason of McClellan's Removal from the Army Officially Declared.—At the great raeetiug in Jiew York. a few davs since. Hon. Eli I*. Norton said ••The Administration won! i m>t have de ! non need him it r»s* ;hj mere.;* been a soldier. ; but George B MeC.ellau had disown ideas as an American citizen, tie did not believe in •:b dih ... confiscation, and w __ is,si li e I populations ot die South. Wli.i a weeks, j he (Mr. Norton knew that dr. Mot ; eihui had been offered use highest command in ihe army, : if he w •uid give in hi- adhesion to the policy jof the Adm i nisi talion. He refused.. Governor I Dennison, ot .io, wh±> presided at the Ralti j more t Hiv ariosi, which nominated Abraham j Lincoln, had dec ared. of hi- personal kno*d | edit-, that ucCied*in w*> removed, not ;:om | any Leu ‘ ‘ '• mbit -ry nbbity. ■:H • ; the Admit.: •■. v-. u tii - D. urn * ; party would make * their next candidate for President. Go- >r Dennison made the renvai k- in h s ; Mr. Norion s; presence TELEGRAPHIC. bipobts or ru pnssa association. Entered according to act of Congress in th« year * brasher, in the Clerk's ©Sc© of tho District Court of the Confederate State© for tad Northern District of Georgia. Richmond, Sept. 16th.—The Baltimore Ga zette of 14th contains an article from the New lork News of the 13th, indicating armed op position to McClellan by that journal. The News says we covet sincerely and ardently the unity of the Democratic party, but cannot counsel and will have no part in its demoral* ization and disgrace. The Courier des Etats Unis also withdraws its support from McClel lan. Sherman has strictly prohibited persons not in military service from entering Atlanta. Neither manufacturing or trading permitted. The city will be used exclusively for military purposes. Clinton, La., Sept. 16.—Shelby’s victory in Arkansas was complete. The Railroad was torn up for several miles and one entire regiment of Yankees captured. The army worm has destroyed all tho cotton crops on the river from Vicksburg toNeW Orleans. The yellow fever is very violent at Key Wc3t and Tortugas. Grenapa, Sept. 15, via Mobile,* Sept. 16. Memphis dates of the 13th received. Gov. Flan agan, of Arkansas, has called a special session of the Legislature. Communication between Memphis and Little Rock is uninterrupted. Tho Memphis Argus says au official bulletin from Secretary Stanton givos interesting facts re lative to tho call for 500,000 men. Credits to the States for previous excess consume two-lifths of the number, leaving 300,000 men actually to bo raised. One-third of tho last amount meets all the requirements of General Grant; tho remain ing two-thirds is to supply the casualties of battle, loss by discharges and desertions, garrison forts, fight guerrillas and keep open the communica tions. Mobile, Sept. 16.—A gun-boat, yesterday, came close into shore near the mouth of Dog river. Our field battery opened on her, giving her a few good shells and tho enemy retired. It is reported that the evemy have repaired the gun-boat Gaines and put her in commission. The Fish river expedi tion returned badly peppered by our cavalry. From the Valley. The latest and most trustworthy intelligence of operations below us (says the Rockingham Register of the 9th) is contained in the fol lowing note sent us from the telegraph office in this city on Tuesday afternoon : Harrisonburg, Va., Sept. 6, 1864. “Reliable information from below says: Kershaw’s division met the eueray at Perrj vi 11 e on the 3d and attacked them. They were about two corps strong. We drove them sev eral miles upon another corps in reserve.— Brig. Gen. Humphrey was painfully but not seriously wounded. Our loss in killed very small. Everything encouraging. Nothing heard of the raiders this morning.” Since the above, was written, we have : heard of tho “raiders.” The body which was I supposed to be advancing this way consisted ! of about 3,000 cavalry, which were cut off in I the fight at Berryville, and they were making tracks to get out of our way.. They crossed at Ashby’s Gap, and most probably passed down near the base of the Blue Ridge to their stronghold at Harper’s Ferry. Number of Confederate Prisoners. —As a number of statements have recently been made in reference to the number of rebel prisoners now in custody, the following correct account of them has been obtained : Officers, four thousand; en listed men, fifty thousand in round numbers.— This doss not include those captured iu recent operations, and not yet reported to the Commis sary General.— N. Y. Sun. AHeiitibn, Dawson Artillery! llkadq’rs Dawson Artillery, Columbus, Ga., Sept. 16,1864. Special Orders, < No. 5. In compliance with orders from Post Headquar ters, tho <'oinpany will assemble in front of Jaques’ Carriage Shop, THIS EVENING, at 1 o’clock, for inspection and review. The Roll will be called punctually at that hour, and all absentees reported tor trial to Garrison Chart Martial. By order of It. B. BAKER, r*pt. Jno W Harris, O S spl7 lt^ Foreign & Domestic Goods —OF— : Re cent Importations* j | By JAMES H. TAYLOR, JSI ■o.otion.ooi'*, - AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. i , On Wednesday, Sept. 28, Will be sold in my Store, comer of Broad and Campbell streets, Augusta Ga., a large and valuable I assortment of Goods, mostly es direct consignments ; from Nassau, to-wit: 1,210 Yards Imperial Irish Linen ; j “ Superior French D*ie Skins ; 50 “ Canton Crape Super. 20 packiyges Swiss Muslins ; 14 dozen Undershirts; Lisle Gloves, Hosiery, <&e.; 185 dozen Supr French Calf Skins; 120 pair Ladies’ Boots : 30 “ Cavalry Boots; 1200 “ Leaf Cotton Cards; 101-2 goss Hair Pins; 100 dozen Tooth and Hair Brushes ; 1200 “ Pen Hollers; m 152 gross Hooks and Eyes ; 5(0 M, Percussion Caps; 47 dozen English Razors ; 40,000 Luttanna Needles; 25 gross Steel Thimbles : • 47 “ Assorted Pins; 20,000 Coronet Needles ; 20,000 Wills k eo., Needles Sharps; 326 dozen A sorted Dressing Combs ; 138 “ 14 Pocket “ 54 " Supr Gutta Percha Dressing Combs; 4 Packs Ribbons Pins. —ALSO— -35 Ga lons French Brandy ; 6 Packages Mackerell; 56 Kegs Sup. Caro. Soda; 2 Bbis Epsom Salts ; 9 Boxes Ad mantine ' an lies; 1 Bbl Brown Sugar; 10 Bbis Oil Lavender; 1 Bag liio G.ffee; 75 Gross Pressed Tumblers ; 30 Ke.f 10 and 12 < utce Tacks; 40 Bbl- Smoking Tobacco, 1 ft papers; - 1 Gros Shoe Knives: 1 Fuse " Hammers; 1 “ Butcher Knives ; -Cases Knives and Forks. £3“G>nditi >ns cash <sn delivery, iepl i atl t 27