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columbus times Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the pate of H.OO p6r month, or sls lor three months. No subscription received for a longer term than hreo month*. ADVERTISING RATES : Advertisement* inserted for $2 00 por square for each insertion. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the •barge will be S3O per square. Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably paid in advance. Change of * Schedule. OrviCK En*lN*** AND SUMSRIWTBirDRNT, 1 Charleston and SavaDDah Railroad, V- Charleston, June 7,1864. ) ssafiL )N THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further 'J notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a . m . Arrive in Savannah ; .5.40, p. m. Leave Savannah .5.30, 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, .June It t: Engineer and Superintendent. Change of Schedule.- ON and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on the ouscogco Railroad will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN: fv. aVt , Coicmbus 6 45 P. M. Arr iVe .U MuCor 325 A.M. Leave Macon. ? 19 ?• M Arrive at Columbus * 0., FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Columbus '. 500A. M Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M. W.L. CLARK, mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, IL Through to Montgomery NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27,1864. ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train 9n the Montgomery and Wed 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 Went Potnt at 4130 p. m. Freight Train loaves Columbus at 8:40 a m. Arrives at 8:27 p m D. il. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng. ag27lßG4—tf MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. 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. ( m. Arrive in Union Springs ...7 30 Leave Union Springs ..5 35 a. t m. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 . Freight Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. in. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS. aglß ts Eng. & Sup’t. THOMAS SAVAGE, Agent, (At, Mulford’s old Stand,) NO. 101, BIRO-A-i) ST. HiuMwcmn SheetiEigs, Shirtings. Twills, Yarns, JLsnseys, Eaguaray CoflTee, Tobacco, Rice, NaUs of alt sizes, &e., &c., &c. jul27tf ’ HV (IHIllS!! BEU MODS!!! GOODRICH & CO., BROAD STREET, now opening a splendid assortment of STM Mil MO DDK COOK FRESH FROM EUROPE* via Bermuda, which they will sell cheap for cash. aug27— lm STERLING EXCHANGE! A FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange for sale in sums to suit purchasers by agl6 tt BANK OF COLUMBUS. BLACKSMITH WANTED! QTEADY EMPLOYMENT and liberal wages. O Apply at seplQ 2w _ EAGLE FACTORY. Cost federate Knives and Forks. WE are manufacturing at our Works in this city a good article of KNIVES AND FORKS in large quantities, which we offer to the pubjic low for CASH. -ALSO- Slioe Makers and Saddlers Tools, of every description. Shoe Pegs, Steel Trussos, Spatulas, Butcher Knives, &c., &c. Tho attention of Quartermasters, Commissaries, and Medical Purveyors, throughout the Confeder acy is specially invited to tho above with whom we desire to_mako contracts. REFERENCES: Major F. W.'Dillard, Columbus, Ga. Surgeon W. 11. Prioleau, Macon, Ga. Surgeon It. Potts, Montgomery, Ala. HARRISON, BEDELL & CO. Columbus, Ga., September 1, 1864. If bile Register, Augusta Constitutionalist, and Charleston Courier please copy one month and send bill to this office. FOR SALE! A GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse. Apply to It. B. MURDOCH,, son 2—ts or, at this office.' RYAAWAY! \TEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intelligence; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near Box Springs. Talbot county. I bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugeo from Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskegee, ATa. He originally came from Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and information sent to me at this office. « JAMES M. RUSSELL. Columbia's (7a., aug 1 ts * SSO Reward. [ WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black 1 boy, about 24 years old. He has been out three or four weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about be city. JNO. 11. HASS. jy 4 t f Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’ TOOLS. HTHE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the i manufacture of the above named articles in this lifer, are prepared to fill orders for the same. Office on Angle street, a few doors above C. S. Hospital. HARRISON, BEDELL & CO. Reference— Maj. F. W. Dillard. Mobile Register, Missiesippian and Augusta Con stitutionalist, ploase copy one month and send bills te this office. mar 30 ts _ MR PAPER & MAE BOOKS FOR SAIiXS! WE have for sale 49 reams of Letter Paper, and 2,000 small Pocket Blank Books, «r Retail. Paper, SSO per'Ream; Blank Books, sloo ■ W Sjtf sCtS,WholeSaie '' APPIy TWTS OFFICE^ T T wT T Fl» llters and Others! 1 Osnaburgs, Sheeting ana •ill be frimf/i • fallow and Beeswax. 1 siaaaa^a^sftSMßfcar 1 taAtf L. S. WEIGHT.. iiliwlis ®iu«s 4 ' • Vol. XI. J. W.WABREH & CO. Proprietors. j. w . WARREN, Editor SPECIAL NOTICES To the Citizens of Columbus and Surrounding Country. Hkadquaktkrs Post, Columbus, Ga., Sept. 16, 1864. [Circular.] I. Citizens of Columbus and the surrounding coun try sure 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, and if the number of negroes required is not furnished impressment will be resorted to. * By order LEON VON Col. Commanding Post. J. A. Cody, Post Adj’t. s P I6 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, Macon, Sept. Ist, 1864, all detailed men of this county not al ready organized into companies, will report to these 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 se P l 4lw ftSJSun and Enquirer copy Notice. •Headquarters, 24th Militia Dist. Columbus, Ga., Sept. 16, 1864. The Captains appointed in the different Districts will send to these Headquarters all men who have not reported at Afacon. By order of Gen. Wayne. B. A. THORNTON, A D C. pr N. W. Garrard, Capt & E O. sepl7 ts _. Battle-Field Belief Association of Columbus, Ga. All who are disposed to contribute articles neces sary for the relief of tho sick and wounded in the Army of Tennessee, arc requested to leave them at Goodrich & Co’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev ery Tuf.sday and Friday, when they will be for warded to and dispensed by our Committee there. W. H. YOUNG, Presd’t. C. G. Holmes, Sec’y. * ag23tf •WO negro Men Wanted! Nitre and Mining Bureau, ) Headq’rs Mining Division, No. 2, > Selma, Ala., Sept. 13, ’64. J t AM desirous of Hiring Five Hundred Negro Men, *fot the Bibb Iron Works, located on the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Rail Re ad, fifty miles North of Selma, 150 South of Rome and 70 West of Mont gomery. I am paying for able-bodied men three hundred dollars per annum, feeding and clothing them. One woman will be hired to every ten men, to cook and wash for them. There is on tho place a hospital with a regular surgeon, who takes charge of all the sick. If the enemy threatens, the negrops can be moved West through an inaccessible coun try. Apply to IV P Herring, La Grango, Ga;, or WM. RICHARDSON HUNT, Lieut. Col. Cbmd’g. se P l7 i m SSO Reward! QTOLEN, from the Wagon Yard last night, a large u black horse Mule, with the letter “M” branded on his right hip. I will give tho'above reward for said Mule, de livered to me at Talbotton, Ga. „ „ JAMES INGRAM. sop!7 6t* _ SSO Reward. Superintendent’s Office,! Muscogee li. R. Company, Columbus, Ga., Sept. 16, ’64. J A REWARD of SSO will be paid for the delivery to me for each of the following negro men : Charles—Black ; about 25 years old; quick r-po ken; weighs about 150 lbs.; about 5 feet 10 or 11 in. high. Hilliard—Black; about 30 years old; 5 ft 9 inches high; weighs 145 or 150 1b3.; blacksmith by trade. — Probably will go to Jones county where his wife is. W. L. CL AUK, spl7 lm _ Superintendent. . Columbus High School FOR YOTJTTG- XIAZDIIES I ~ <aL THE above Institution will be re-opened in the building owned by Mr. Cowdery, on St. Clair st., opposite St. Luke’s Church, on Monday, October 3, 1864. For Terms, apply to scpl3 m&t 4w W. S. LEE. SS X X 1 XX IS ! CAN FIND EMPLOYMENT WITH RICHARDSON &' FAULKNER, MACON, GEORGIA. seplO 10t* AGOOP INVESTMENT! K Desirable Residence in Wynuten, FOB SALE. • I OFFER for sale the place where I now reside, containing fifty seven acres of land, about half cleared, the b ilancc with wool sufficient to supply a familv. A good and well built house, with five rooms;' good kitchen, with three rooms; smoke house; barn, stable and carriage house; a well of excellent water, and a fine young Peach orchard. Two or three good negroes will be taken in part payment. Posse sion given immediately if desired. Apply to me on the place the store of Stanford k Cos., opposite the Agency of the State Bank. sepl4 lw JORDAN L. HOWELL. FOR SALE. A HOUSE and LOT, situated North of the North Commons on the corner of 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 large garden. Everything new and in good order, ror further particulars apply to me on the premises. sp!3 lm J. J. BORING. Notice! ALL persons who wish to send Letters to Louis iana, Texas, or Arkansas, will please leave them at the Tim« Office, in this place. My terms tor carrying Letters are one dollar ($1) per Letter, l will leave this place on the 18th of this month. All Letters from the other side the Mississippi river will be brought over and mailed, if parties will hare me addressed at Monroe, or Shreveport, L^- ELE g Regular Letter Carrier for Gibson’s Brigade. sp!2 td ; (MIBB FEMME AM1I! THE Exercises of this Institution will be resumed 1 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 betore the session commencw. GREENWOOI)> p res d*t. D. F. WILLCOX, Sec’y. snl‘2tf Board of Trustees. FOR SALE! 320 Acres of Land on the Mobile A Girard Kail Road, rORTY MILES from Columbus. Georgia.amdone r and a half from Station No. o; about lbt> acres ingston & Cos., for terms. FREEMAN, Jr. sp-5 lm WAITED! r AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price 5»000 will be paid. App ]£ DILLARD, „ f Major and Q. Af. gpi ts Columbus, Ga, Tuesday Homing September 20,1864. AUCTION SALES. Foreign & Domestic Goods —OF— Recent Importations* By JAMES if TAYLOR, Auctioneer, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. On Wednesday, Sept. 28, Will be sold in my Store, corner of Broad and Campbell streets, Augusta Ga., a large and valuable assortment Os Goods, mostly es direct consignments from Nassau, tdT-wit: 1,210 Yards Imperial Irish Linen; 514% “ Superior French Doe Skins; 50 “ Canton Crape Super. 20 packages Swiss Muslins ; 14 dozen Undershirts; Lisle Gloves, Hosiery, &c.; 185 dozen Supr French Calf Skins; 120 pair Ladies’ Boots; 30 “ Cavalry Boots; 1200 “ Leaf Cotton Cards; 101-2 gross Hair Pins; 160 dozen Tooth and Hair Brushes; 1200 “ Pen Holders; 152 gross Hooks and Eyes; 500 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 & co„ Needles Sharps; 326 dozen Assorted Dressing Combs; 136 “ " Pocket “ 54 “ Supr Gutta Percha Dressing Combs; 4 Packs Ribbons Pins. —AF.SO— -95 Gallons French Brandy; 6 Packages Mackerell; 56 Kegs Sup. Carb. Soda; * 2 Bbls Epsom Salts ; 9 Boxes Ad imantine Candles; 1 Bbl Brown Sugar; 10 Bbls Oil Lavender; 1 Bag Rio Cbffee; 75 Gross Press* and Tumblers ; 30 Kegs 10 and 12 ounce Tacks; 40 Bbls Smoking Tobacco, 1 lb papers; 20 Gross Shoe Knives; 1 Case “ Hammers; 1 “ Butcher Knives ; Cases Knives and Forks. Conditions cash on delivery. sepl7 sd t 27 By Fills, Livingston & C© AN TUESDAY, 20th of September, at 101-2 o’clk, v/ we will sell in front of our store, A VERY FIVE HARNESS AND SADDLE HORSE, Eight years old, kind and gentle. sep!9 2t $6 Ky Ellis, Livingston & €©. AN TUESDAY, September 20th, at 10 1-2 o’elk, U we will sell in front of our store, DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT, East of the Muscogee Rail Road Depot j House is new with 4 good rooms; Collon* ade in front; Kitchen, Smoke-house, and good Well of Water. Lot 1-4 acre —a comfortable residence. —also— A VERY FINE PARLOR MIRROR, French plate, 3 by 5 ft. 100 REAMS FOOL’S CAP PAPER. 100 Shares Bank of Columbus Stock. 1 GUETA PERCHA GIN BAND, 40 feet long and -8 inches wide. ■ —ALSO, — 10l 1-4 Acres Land, Eight miTes of the City, being the-West half of Lot No, 142, in the 9th district, South of the old express road, adjoining the land of Lawrence and J ones—Twenty acres cleared, with a small Dwelling. —ALSO, — A VERY LIKELY NEGRO BOY! 15 years old, 16 Bbls. COAST SALT ; 400 lbs. WRAPPING PAPER. 16 BOXES FINE TOBACCO. sapl6 46 By Ellis, Livingston & Cos 200 OALLOITS PH (ATIIBICS4PE BMIDY! A VERY FINE ARTICLE. For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards, ag3o ts BEEF! BEEF!! I HAVE secured tho services of an experienced Butcher, an 1 will* keep on hand at all times the best Beef that can be found in the country. aS-Beef ready for at^df^rlight. spl7 5t 114, Broad St. Notice, TAKEN by mistake from the Brown House, Ma con, Ga., on the 17th inst., a Tscxx containing Ladies wearing apparel. A Trunk was left in the place of the one taken, supposed to be the property of the person now in possession of the first men tioned Trunk. Miss M. C. Crksskta, is written m pencil on the Trunk left by The person having the Trunk taken from the Brown House can get the one left, by returning it to Mr. John Knight, near the Brown House, Macon, Ga. _seplf SELECT SCHOOL. MRS. W 3 MARBLE will re-open her School, on Forsyth street, Monday, Oet. 3d. Tuition SIOO 00 Der Scholastic year, i sep!3 2w . Notice to Debtors and Cred itors. ATOTICE is hereby given to all persons having 1 lN demands against Samuel McClary, late of Mus cogee county, deceased, to present them to either ol us, properly made out, within the time prescribed by law. All persons indebted to said deceased are hereby required to make immediate payment to either of the undersigned. B H CRAWFORD, Adm’r MARIA E McCLARY, Adrnt’x ag3l w6t* Monday Evening. The Situation at the Front, is unchanged, and will of course remain so, until the end of the truce. What movements will be made by the Yankees, upon the resumption of the campaign, are still undeveloped. Exiles from Atlanta* are still coming through. It is stated, with how much truth, we do not know, that immediately upon the occupa tion of Atlanta, Sherman dispatched two whole corps northward. Whether they, were sent te re inforce Grant, or to make the communications secure to Nashville, has not yet trauspired.— Rebel, 1 6th, [Special Correspondence of the Daily Telegraph.] Arrival at the Front. Loyejoy’s, Sept. 17th, 1864. Having some special business to transact, I left your good city on yesterday morning, and arrived at this point about three last evening. At Griffin I met Messrs. Waterson %nd Roberts, both well known gentlemen of the quill, and with them pro ceeded to Army Headquarters, where I found everything quiet; General Hood apparently in good spirits, and tha troops so far as I could judge sharing the confidence of their commander, and only waiting until the expiration of the truce to give Sherman another chance to try their mettal. THE CAMPAIGN Is not yet ended by any means. As soon as the truce expires you will hear of movements that will delight and electrify the Confederate people, and astound the Yankee nation, which is under the im pression that Hood’s army is demoralized and unfit for any further effective service. The error into which our enemy has fallen, from this supposition will be found out before long in a manner far differ ent from what you or your readers could imagine. I regret that prudence dictates silence on the sub ject ; otherwise I could give you a great deal of very interesting news, but you and your readers must wait patiently and before the first days of October have passed you will all become acquainted with what is going to ba done, without any inform ing. Os one thing you may be certain : Hood is aiot going to retreat to Macon or anywhere else, GEN. shoup. * This officer has been relieved from command in consequence of disobedience of orders, which re sulted in the destruction and loss of a large amount of ordnance stores and small arms, as well as the less of eighty-five cars and three engines. It ap pears that General Hood gave orders for no trains to proceed higher than Jonesboro, and Shoup dis cbeyod the order. Report says he will be oasblered; if so, he will be the first General officer In eur army who has lost his commission that way, and it is much to be regretted for the sake of the service, as well as of the General. WAR NEWS. There is no war news of any interest to write you, iu consequence of thoexisting truce. I learn that no trains have arrived in Atlanta from Chat tanooga for two or three days, in consequence es the road being torn up by our cavalry. Wheeler is represented to be still in Tennessee, raiding on the railroads. Beyond this I know nothing. INTERESTING TO TENNESSEEANS. Andy Johnson, Lincoln’s Military Governor of Tennessee, has issued a proclamation, ordering every able-bodied man, “white aad colored” to be enrolled in the State Militia for service against tho rebel guerrillas. This proclamation will have the effect of filling the ranks of Forrest’s command, which is now, or will shortly bo, in Middle Tennes see. The Nashville Union, of the 13th, contains this proclamation, and, as a matter of course, the abolition editor endorses it. TRANSFERRED TO CAVALRY. Lewis’ Kentucky brigade is being mounted, and will henceforth act as cavalry. The men are quite delighted at the change, as it will give them a chance to visit their homes, from which they have been absent for three years. Nothing more to write. St. Clair. Wheeler in North Alabama. —Letters from Huntsville and vicinity, says the Dispatch, dated frem the Ist to the4th inst., state that Gen. Wheeler (by Yankee report) had captured Tullahoma, on the 29th ult., with 800 prisoners. He then moved in the direction of the Alabama line, and on the 4th, was reported fighting Rosseau at Wooley Springs, 20 miles from Huntsville. The reports say that Roddy joined Wheeler on the Ist instant, and that they had played havoc with the raiders. It is said that the combined forces of. Wheelor and Roddy will be able to meet any force tho Yankees may have in pursuit, and will continue the good work, in which they have been so successful thus far.— Selma Jfississippian, 12th. [From the Richmond Dispatch, 14th.] TSie War News. There was norumorin circulation yesterday, nor a single important item of news afloat, so far as we could ascertain. The general situa tion at the three most interesting points in the Confederacy is unchanged, though it is not improbable that the present quiet may soon be broken by the thunder of battle. FROM PETERSBURG. ■ The enemy’s heaiyr mortars shelled the city on Monday night, and the bombardment was renewned to some extent yesterday morning. The Yankees were doubtless aware that yes terday was to be observed in Petersburg as a day of fasting and prayer, and it was in per fect keeping with their nature to endeavor to interrupt the devotions of the people. Deserters and prisoners have informed the enemy that General Lee has moved his head quarters from Richmond to the neighborhood of Reams’ station, on the Weldon railroad, with the avowed intention of giving battle. It is not very likely that Gen. Lee would com municate his plans to the aforesaid “deserters and prisoners,” and, as a matter of course, their story was purely an invention of their own. Yet the Yankee correspondents say that a terrific battle is expected at any mo* ment all along the lines. For our own part, .however, we see no indications of any active movements for some days to come, unless, in deed, they shall be initiated by the enemy, which is hardly probable, as it is known that Grant is passively awaiting reinforcements to enable him to “crush the rebellion” at one blow. That this is his plan is foreshadowed by his own declaration, and that he will be foiled we a3 firmly believe as we believe to morrow's sun will rise. The Davis house, on the Weldon railroad, was set on fire by the enemy on Monday after noon and completely destroyed. The reason for this wanton act does not appear, though it is in imitation of the practice which has marked the progress of the Yankees through out the war. On the farm of Mr. Davis, and in full view of his residence, three battles have lately been fought for the possession of the Weldon railroad, in each of which, as the reader will remember, the enemy was driven back to his main line of works. The house, therefore, has become somewhat famous, and will pass into history as making one of the noted spots of this, the bloodiest campaign of the war. It was situated in a pleasant grove, immediately on the railroad, two miles and a half sooth of Petersburg. The activity of the enemy and the magni tude of hi» operations on the Southside is well illustrated by a view of the shipping at City Point. Vessels of every class are con stantly seen moving up and down the river, while others are anchared out in, the stream, or moored at the wharf discharging fieight or receiving the wounded of Grant’s army, to be transferred North. An immense wharf has been constructed, and large warehouses have sprung up in every direction. The branch railroad from the City Point track to the Yel low Tavern has been ompleted as far as the Jerusalem plankroad, and trains are now run ning to the latter point. The Northern papers inform us that the traia was opened upon by the rebels last Thursday with a powerful bat* $5.00 Per Month tery. and that sundry Yankees narrowly es caped with their lives. THS LATEST. Passengers by last evening’s train reported that yesterday was remarkably quiat, not more than five or six guns having been fired #uring the day. We can only say that the Yankees, in failing to disturb the religious services of the day, differed vejg materially from their usual practice on such occasions.* The situa tion in front continues unchanged. BAST TENNESSEE. Since the affair at Greenville, nothing of importance has occurred in the Department of East Tennessee. The enemy, at last ac counts, was at Bull’s Gap. After the death of General Morgan, General Vaughan was placed in command of cavalry of that department. Brigadier General Cosby, late of the Army of Tennessee, having reported for duty, has been to the command of Hodge’s brigade. MDoionel Basil W. Duke, an officer of rare merit and gallantrv, is tow com manding Morgan’s troops. General Echols has done much towards the restoration oflaw and order in the department. FROM TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. We get occasional reports through Northern papers of the active operations of the Confed erate forces west of the Mississippi. The la test comes from Memphis, in the shape of a statemeut that the Federal gunboats Hastings and Naumkeag were captured below Claren don, White River, Arkansas, and Captain Rogers, of the latter, killed. It is also repor ted that another gunboat, name not given, was sunk at St. Charles, and that Duvall’s Bluff was threatened by a considerable force of rebels. A Little Rock paper contains the par ticulars of a recent raid at Duvall’s Bluff which is situated on the Little Rock railroad! Large quantities of Government hay were burned, other property was destroyed, and some damage to the railroad inflicted. ♦ ♦ —— From Atlanta. —Refugees report generally kind personal treatment from General Sher man and his officers. Whatever exceptions may have occurred, have been in violation of orders— instance* of individual pilfering, which cannot always be prevented in an army, and in many oases have been detected and punished. A friend whose wife was left an invalid in Atlanta, and came within our lines a day or two since, says that at her request, General Sherman came to see her, and finding her un able to attend to the arrangement of her mov ables for transportation, had them all boxed up nicely and transported to our lines, even to her wash-tubs. The Federal General held three hours con versation with her and justified at length his order for the removal—insisting that, in his exposed position—liable to be cut off and be sieged, it waß the part of humanity to require that non-combatants should not be exposed to the privations and perils to which his array must probably be subjected—and worse, bes cause he could not provide food for a large population. Goods left behind were stored, and duplicate receipts given, with the prom ise that they should be safely returned. Refugees report that Sherman’s army is go ing North by thousands and bis force is now very small. Whether this movement is con fined to men who are going out of service, or embraces reinforcements to Grant, they were unable to say. —Macon Telegraph, 11th. The Nashville Times of the 13th inst., fur nishes these items. As to their reliability, is only necessary to mention that they emanate from the sanctum of a Yankee editor : Dispatches dated September 9th, from Pu laski to Major B. H. Polk, A. A. G., states that Gen. Rosseau concentrated all the forces of Gen. Steadman and General Granger with his own at Athens, and moved on towards the Tennessee river. Gen. Milroy returned to Tullahoma. The cars will reach Columbia this evening (the 10th,) coming North, the railroad being all right South. The country i3 filled with straggling bands of rebels who have straggled from their com mands, and also part of a Tennessee Brigade which was disbanded for thirty days. A report has arrived at Gen* Starkweather’s headquarters, that the rebel General Dick Taylor has crossed the Mississippi and is con centrating with Forrest for the purpose of en tering West Tennessee and cross the river. The rebels surrorfhded Clinton last Thurs day. Murfreesboro’, Sept. Btn. To Major General B. IT. Polk , A. A. G.: Colonel Thomas Jordan, of the 9th Pennsyl vania cavalry, with 250 ml?n, surprised, at tacked and routed Dibrell’s Brigade of 2,000 men, at Readyville yesterday, killing 25, wounding many, and capturing 130 prisoners. Our loss, one killed, five wounded, and four missing. To-day the railroad was torn up at Bell Buckle ; damage trifling. The bridge over Stewart’s creek—the only one injurred by Wheeler—is rebuilt. H. P. VANCLEVE, Brig. Gen. A dispatch from Gen. Yancleve, dated at Murfreesboro’, September 9th, says that the rebel Generals Williams and Robinson passed Beach Grove on the 9th inst., with about 2,000 men and three pieces of artillery, hastening toward McMinnville, from Shelbyville. Latest from the IVortli. The New York Herald of Saturday last, the 10th instant, has beqji received. It is altogether devoid of news. The situation with Grant and Sheridan is without change: The Herald says if it can judge from the informa tion which reaches it from different quarters, the £ resent calm only indicates the coming storm. Gen. iee is said to have changed his headquarters from Richmond to the vicinity of Reams’ Station, cn the Weldon railroad. A battle of a terrible character is expected to take place there at any moment. — The same intelligence comes from Bermuda Hun dred, per Butler the Beast, who has returned from the Fifth Avenue Hotel. From Harper’s Ferry, the Herald learns that au thentic accounts had reached there to the effect that all the guerrilla companies in Northwestern Vir- Sinia, including Mosby’s (the most notorious of all,) ave been ordered te eppairforth with to Richmond, to take part in a grand attack which is now being prepared against General Grant’s army. 'lt is said that part of General Hood’s defeated Georgia army has already arrived at Richmond for the same pur pose. Grant is said to be cool as an iceburg amid all these exciting rumors, and folly prepared for the attack. There is nothing from Sherman or Wheeler, and the presumption is that the wires out that wa7 are not working. The branch railroad from the City Point track around to the Yellow Tavern has been completed as far as the Jerusalem plankroad, and the trains are running to the latter point The Herald’s dispatch carrier was on the tram at the plankroad last Thursday when the rebels open ed upon it with a powerful battery, and sundry lan - kees narrowly escaped with their lives. Great uneasiness prevails at Havana' and Key West for the safety of the United States steamer Dacotah. It is feared she has been captured by the rebel privateer Electric Spark. The steam transport Nightingale, from Key Wast, which arrived at New York on Friday, reports that, on the 6th instant, she was followed by a Clyde built side-wheel steamer, supposed to be a rebel privateer, but she outsailed her. The gold market was very much excited on Fri day and the fluctuations rapid. The price opened at 235, then dropped to 233 1-4, re-actea to 236, and closed weak at 4 p. m. at 234 1-2. Recruits. —The Richmond Sentinel, of the 13th, says: We have accounts of lecruits to our arm/ pouring in from beyond the lines, which are very cheering, but the details .of which it would not be prudent to publish. We extend to these brave al lies a hearty welcome, and accerd to them their merited praise. McClellan’s Fetter of Accep tance. The following is the letter of General McClel lan to the eemmittee aaneuncing his aominadea for the Yankee Presidency by the Chicago Con veation : Orangb, NbwJersbt, Sept, t, 1864. GenUsasen: I have the hoaor te ackaowledge t*e receipt es your letter interning me of mr nominetiea by the Democratic National Convea tioa, rwseatly assembled at. Chicago, a* their can *****«■« >*. It is unnecessary for me to aay te you that this nomination comas to me unsought. I am happy te kiow that, when the nomination was made, the record of my public life was kept in view. The effect of long and varied service in the army, during war and peace, has been to strengthen and make indelible in my mind and heart the lore and revereuoe for the Union, Constitution, laws and flag es our country, impressed upon me in early yonth. These feelings have thus far guided tha course of my life, and must continue te do so to its end. The existence of more than one government ever the region which once owned our flag is in compatible with the peace, the power, and the happiness of the people. The preservation of our Union was the sole HTowed object for which the war was commenced. It should have been conducted for that object only, and in accordance with these principles whioh I took occasion te declare Vnien in active ser vice. Thus conducted, the work of reconciliation would havo been q»3y, and we might have reap ed the benefits ol our many victories on land and sea. The Uniop was originally formed by th**exer cise of a spirit of conciliation and compromise. To restore and preserve it, the same spirit must prevail in our councils and in the hearts of tha people. The re-establishment es tho Union in all Us integrity is, and must continue to be, the indis pensable condition iwany settlement. So soon as it is clear, or even probable, that our present ad versaries are ready forpeaco upon the basis of the Union, we should exhaust all the resource of states manship praticed by civilized nations, and taught by the traditions of the American people, consis tent with the honor and interest of the country, to secure such peace, re-establish the Union, and guarantee ter the future tho constitutional rights of every State. The Union is the one condition of peace; we ask no more. Let me add, what I doubt not was, although unexpressed, the sentiment of the convention, as it is of the people they represent, that when any one State is willing to return to the Unien, it should be received at once, with a full guarantee of all its constitutional rights. If a frank, tamest, and persistent effort to ob tain these objects should fail, the responsibility ter ulterior consequences will fall upon those who re main in arms against the Union ; but the Union must be preserved at all hazards. I could not look in the face of my gallant com rades of the army and navy, who have survived so many bloody battles, and tell .them that their labors and tbe sacrifice of so many of eur slain and wounded brethren had been in vain—that we had abandoned that Unioif for which we have so often periled our lives. A vast majority of our peo ple, whether in the army and navy or at home, would as I would, hail with unbounded joy the permanent restoration of peace on the basis of the Union, under the Constitution, without tho effusion of another drop of blood. But no peace can be permanent without union. As to the other subjects presented in the resolu tions of the convention, I need only say that I should seek in the Constitution of the United States, and the laws framed in accordance therewith, the rule of my duty and tho limitations of executive power; endeavor to restore economy in the public expenditures, re-establish tho supremacy.of law, and, by tho operation of more vigorous nationality, resume our commanding position among the na tions of th# earth. The condition of our finances, the depreciation of the paper money, and the burden thereby im posed on labor hud capital, show .the necessity of a return to a sound, financial system ; while the rights of citizens and the rights of States, and the binding authority oflaw over President, army and people, are subjects of not less vital importance in war than in peace. Believing that th# views here expressed are those of the convention and the people you represent, I accept the domination. I realize the weight of the responsibility to be borne should the people ratify your choice. Con scious of my own weakness, I can only seek fer vently tho guidance of tho Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights. I am, gentlemen, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, George B. McClellan. Hon. Horatio Seymour and others, Committee. Yellow Fever in Charleston.— lt is reparted that the yellow fever has made Us appearance in Charleston, and that there are some fifteen cases in the city/ It is also said that some deaths have occurred from the disease. [Chronicle 4 Sentinel. A Fatal Shooting Affray.—A shooting affray occurred in Hamburg on Thursday morning, between Col. J. D. Twiggs and a man named ButFer and his son. There are vari ous versions to the affair, and we therefore await the legal examination before we give any. It resulted, however, we are told, in the mortally wounding of Mr. Butler’s son and the instant death of Col. Twiggs. The former died from the effects of his wound in the evening.— Chron. 4 Sentinel. The literary column of a recent Yankee paper contains the following notice of “Ma caria:” One of the most pretentious novels which the war has produced is said to have emana ted from the rattle-brained Southern authoress, Miss Evans, who wrote “Beulah,” which ap« peared a few years ago. Miss Evans’ new novelis called “Macaria,” and was originally published in Richmond, and now comes re produced by John Bradburn, of New York.— The work is so rampantly rebellious that cer tain Western booksellers returned to the New York publishers all the copies they had re ceived from him. “Asa literary production,” the New York Post says: “Macaria is at least equal to Miss Evans’ previous works and however repugnant it may be to loyalty to learn that such a rebel book can find publieh er and readers in the North, yet it must be said this is the most carefully written novel that the war has suggested to the novelists of eith er side.” On Dit. —lt is reported all over town that General Sherman has invited Governor Brown, Hon. A. H. Stephens and Hon. Herschel V. Johnson to meet him in Atlanta and discuss “the State of the coun try,” with the conviction on the General’s part that peace can bo made in fifteen minutes as the result of their joint labors. We understand this report orig inates with the gentleman who has been bearer of dispatches between Generals Hood and Sherman previous to and pending tho truce. We may hear more of this before going to press.— Macon Tele graph, 17 th. This brief but beautiful passage occur* in an article ihFrazier’s Magazine: Education does not commence with the alphabet. It begins with a mother’s look—with a father’s nod of approbation or a sign of reproof—with a sister’s gentle pressure of the hand, or a brother’s noble act of forbearance—with handfulls of flowers in green and daisy meadows —with bird’s nests ad mired but not touched—with creeping ants and al most imperceptible eminets—with humming bees and glass beehives —with pleasant walks in shady lanes —and with thonght directed in sweet and kindly tones, and werds to matnre the acts of be nevolence, to deeds es virtue, and to the sense of all good to God himself. By Fills, Livingston dfc €©. 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