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DAILY TIMES. J. tv. WARREN, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Tuesday Morning, September 27, 18644 [oommunica.tkd. j Mr. Editor ln a leading editorial in the “Sun" of Friday morning the 23d tome glaring errors appear, that savor strongly of that stupidity the editor so much reprobates in others, which I wish to correct. After speak ing of the relative force of each army, (John ston’s and Sherman’s,) he says. “Johnston call ed for reinforcements. They were refused him and he fell back to Ilesaca.” 1 lake it uponay 3eif to give this assertion, a positive denial, and will refer to facts t* sustain me in doing it. At Resacn Gen. Johnston commenced re ceiving the whole of the infantry of the army of Mississippi and East Louisiana, that left Montcvallo on the sth o’s May previous; apd while he was at Resaca, two divisions of Gen. Polk’s corps reinforced the army of Tennessee. In consequence of some delay the Inst of the third division did not reach him until he reached Kingston; thus making three divis ions of infantry of reinforcements numbering near fourteen thousand men. Before Gen. Johnston got to Kenesaw Moun tain, he received as reinforcements to bis cav alry, three brigades, to-wit: Armstrong#, Furgerson’s and Ross’, numberiug near or quite four thousand men Before Gen. Johnston was relieved from the command of the army, be received as rein forcements quite four thousand Georgia militia, making an aggregate of nearly twenty-two thousand men. And still the tenor of the ar ticle referred to in the Sun would lead oucto conclude that Gen Johnston had made repeated applications for reinforcements, and in every instance, they were refused him. The facts show the reverse, and why is it that editors appear to know so much and know so little? Such assertions are unbecoming in a journ» alists who pretends to respectability, and who has such strict (?) regard for the truth. Tn the same article he says the reinforce ments “could Have been furnished without materially injuring Lee ; but that consistent stupidness still characterized the action of officials at Richmond,” &c. His reference to the “stupidness of the offi cials at Richmond,” is as reckless as his as sertions in regard to Gen. Johnston’s rein forcements, and the only comment it needs, is first, to get the beam out of his own eye. The editor of the Sun is also in error as to Gen. Johnston's intention of “whipping Sher man in detail" before Atlanta. He fully in tended evacuating Atlanta without fighting Sherman, unless he was attacked in front, and this Sherman would not have done, as he could have done as he had been doing pre viously—flank. I know that every preparation was made to leave Atlanta, and Gen. Jehnston did not expect to hold it. ONE OF THE REINFORCEMENTS. (communicated,) To Administrators, Executors, Guardians and Trustees, The attention of the above class of persons is called to the eighth section of the act of the Confederate Congress, approved 17ih Febru ary, 18G4, commonly called “The Tax Bill,” which says : “That the tax imposed by this act on the the bonds ot the Confederate States, heretofore issued, shall, in no case, exceed the interest on the same : and suck bonds, when held by , or for, minors or lunatics, shall be exempt from the tax in all cases where the interest on the same shall not exceed one thousand dollars. 1 ' The foregoing section of the Tax Bill seems not to have attracted the notice or observa*. tion of those persons who are the most inter ested in it. By its provisions .any guardian or trustee may bold either of the following sums, for the benefit of each ward or lunatic , without the payment of any Confederate tax on the same : Os 8 per cent, bonds, £12,500 Or of 7.30 notes, 13,600 Or 7 per cent, bonds, 14,200 6 “ certificates, 16,600 5 “ ' “ 20,000 4 “ “ 25,000 Why, then, should they not invest in these securities, and particularly in the 7.30 notes or the 4 per cent, certificates, or bonds which are now sold at a large discount? The last will probably be the best investment, as the low rate of interest which they bear will be more than counterbalanced by the larger amount which, at present rates, can be pur chased lor a given sum, and the consequent larger sum of money that will be due at the maturity of the bond or certificate. The .7.30 notes- have the advantage of being payable two years alter the ratification of a treaty of peace. The 4 per cents, have twenty years to run - T. L. B lias not the Confederate press erred and transcend?'* the limitations of prudence, and policy, and well considered statement of truth is playing too often into the hands of the Yan kees by admitting the decisive Gnality of one or another result on supposition? For in stance, says the Charleston Courier, the Yan kees say stoutly that the defeat of Lee or Hood —and more especially of both —would necessarily and speedily close the rebellion, which eagerly desired and oft postponed re sult they have also staked on the capture of several cities. Sadly as we would deplore the loss ot any other city now threatened or to be attacked, and the defeat oven without the loss of either army, we should not. injustice to ourselves, our cause, and truth, and policy, consent to place the issue or commit ourselves on any sufth separate issues. We are in for a war of deliverance or death, and the relatively small proportion of our gen uine population, that once supposed a war could and would end in a re-adjusted and guarantied Union, have rapidly yielded their lingering convictions to the stern logic of events. Yankee occupation and invasion, and the appeals of Butler, Turchiu, McPherson, amd others, with the shells of Grant and Fos ter, have converted to uncompromising seces sion and separation* many who had long with stood other arguments. Humanly speaking, the gulf between North and South is hs impassible as that between Dives and Lazarus. It is not for us 10 foretell the developments of the coming days or to decide the duties of our posterity and successors otherwise than i’b doing fully and squirely onr own duty in our day and generation, but reverently speak ing we nay say that so t»«r aa the present and living and growing generations {forth and South are concerned, a reconstruction or re adjustsseat, embracing aii the States on any basis approaching the original Constitution, is not possible except by overt miracles The sooner this truth is admitted in and hy thinking and loading minds of ths Nerth, aid by men who can show tbo pluck to speak it out—the groat want now of the North and in less degree of the South, being the pluck of statesmanship—the sooner will steps be taken towards peace. [From the Columbia Carolinian.] Gen. Hood and Ills Policy. Cassand.-a, we arc sure, preferred the de struction es Troy to the loss of her credit as a prophetess. There can be no doubt of it.— People who are always prophecying evil would shed more tears fbr the failure than over tbe fulfillment of their predictions. They are very patriotic persons, of course ; but it j cannot be expected that patriotism which does so much for the country in the way of ; prognostication, can afford to have its sagacity impugned and its discrimination attacked.— If things should happen to go right, it would j b# an insult to the intelligence of those who : had declared they would go wrong. Os course, i tbe disinterested and unselfish patriotism which kindly bestows upon us its gratuitous prefigurenaent, canaot be asked to submit to any such assault on its credibility. It is, therefore, not to be wondered at, that < the highly intelligent prophets, who foresaw uothing but disaster and defeat in the appoint ment of General Hood, should regard the fall of Atlanta as a triumphant vindication of their prescient declarations. .We do not, by any means, say that they are glad Atlanta was captured; but we may conceive the em- ; barrassment of their situation, had Gen. Hood contrived to hold that place. It is lucky, in deed, that well ordered fate relieved these deserving people of so severe a strain on their conscience. Atlanta was finally taken, after an heroio defence of six weeks, by which im mense losses were inflicted on the enemy, and just so much time gained by the Confederacy. It may very well be assumed, indeed, that this long delay in the attainment of his primary ! object, and the losses he has endured in ac complishing it, have prevented Sherman from prosecuting his campaign in Georgia, have ; relieved that great State from the imminent danger with which, at one time, it was threat- ; ened, and have thrown back tbe enemy at least a whole season. People who find, in the loss of Ailauta, an excuse for declaiming against Gen. Hood, and against the Government for originally ap pointing and for now retaining him in com mand, may applaud themselves for their ex traordinary sagacity and demand immediate recognition of their wonderful prescience; but they certainly cannot claim credit for rea son or fairness. The final loss of Atlanta is not, by any means, the lest in this case. The ability to bold that city depended upon many contingencies which could not be controlled by Gen. Hood or anybody else. ( utd a gen eral absolutely command victory by controll ing all the elements of success, it would be a very pleasant thing for him, no doubt; but such powers have not yet been conferred on any human being, nor weie they ever, we be lieve, claimed for Gen. Hood. Tbe truth is, that General Hood, when placed in command of the army, was required, no doubt, with his own consent and approval, in carrying out a predetermined, but newly adopted policy, and to maintain a position which he did-not bring about, and for which he was in no wise re sponsible. Now. the correct method, of esti mating the merits of the two policies—the ene pursued by Gen. Johnston, and the one adopted by Gen. Hood—is certainly not to make either of them depend on the final pre servation of Atlanta. But if Gen. Hood’s conduct is to be subjected'to that test, Gen. Johnston’s must be sujc-cted to the same test. If Gen. Hood is to be condemned because he lost Atlanta after a resistance of six weeks, why not condemn Gen. Johnston, who did not intend to fight for it six days; who retreated all the way irora the Tennessee line through deep defiles and over mountain crests, and across rapid rivers, and who brought Sher man’s army at last before the very city, the preservation of which the country then sup posed to be the object of our campaign, while its capture was obviously tbe object of the enemy's. The true test in this cage is to be found in a just aud reasonable estimate of the probable results of the two lines of policy referred to. Had the retreat of our army been continued beyond Atlanta, and that place surrendered without a struggle, Sherman would have gained six weeks’ time for the prosecution of Jiis campaign in Georgia; and with troops comparatively fresh, and numbers compara tively strong, he could have continued the same movements by which he had driven Johnstoa from the Tennessee to the Chatta hoochee, and might easily, since Atlanta was the last strongly defended point on his route, have overrun and overwhelmed the whole of Northern and Central Georgia, perhaps even capturing Macon .and Augusta. The six weeks resistance at Atlanta has completely disconcerted any such designs. With the cap ture of that place, Sherman finds himself too much exhausted to advance even another step, and sees his army suffering a rapid de piction by the return home of all his three years’ troops. .This is what has been gained fey the policy of resistance; and, as we did not lose our army when we lost Atlanta, but, are, on the contrary, relatively far stronger than when Sherman crossed the Chattahoo chee, we may take it for granted that General Hood has saved upper Georgia from tempora ry conquest, and lni3, by holding Sherman back, preserved to us the important and val uable line of communication between the Ats lantic and the Gulf States, which it is tbe on* jectof the enemy to sever and destroy. A Minister Flogged ! — The Rev. O. B. Caldwell, who is on duty in General Wheeier’s Corps, gives the Bristol Gazette the following narrative of shocking and fiendish cruelty displayed by East Tennessee Unionists to wards a Presbyterian minister. He says : Our people are all hopeful, yet they are suf fering as people never did before. The op pression has turned to a religious persecution. Rev. George Egleton, pastor ot the New Market Presbyterian Church, was ordered by the Union men to quit preaching. He knew it i was not by proper authority, so he continued, and the next week was taken out ot his bed and marched down the railroad below town ! and ordered to draw his coat, then his shirt, j and when he refused, it was taken off of him. | Then two men, who had withes prepared, j whipped him, while a third one ’stood before ! him with drawn pistol, threatening his life if he offered resistance. Part of the time he was j unconscious of his awful condition. Two weeks ; have elapsed, and 3till his wounds are nn healed, but he had to flee for his life. Yet ; this man was more quiet and peaceful than ; any one else, aud no charge was made against j him except that because be was a rebel minis ter, he was a minister of the devil. This whole affair was conducted by men in his own church, and some of the good old Christiau men were at his door ready to dress his wounds when he returned. But the worst of all was that the same threat was extended to all who sympathized with him or showed him favors. Rev. John McCampbell and Rev. Isaac N. Cald well were also threatened with the same treat ment if they did not leave the country. So they all thought prudence the better part of valor, and have left their homes and their churches. . Gen. Keu.v.— The Register says that this | officer, of Wheeler’s command, whose death is ’ announced, was a brave and skillful officer, j and one ot the youngest in the service, not I being more than twenty-three or twenty-four j years of age. He was a grandson of Mrs. Har i net Hawthorn, ot Wilcox county. Th« Draff. j Gens. Grant and Sherm - f.tnrnir* to his w*rk. They « • feroed, to show tb » ■ • ? >■ 1 •** cause the men are ..-.1.-t • • < • • '«-«•* too, to be found remmiig tu. < < l’"< • ••*- inf nro thoir Utters: War Department. { Wash.ii.ion. j* • < r 14. ) Major Genrbxl Dix, New Y -rk : Lisatsnant General Gum * i- D -in rospoct to tbe di ui - “Cnrr Point, 10 30 a. m V .18. /Hen. Edwin M. Stanton, Bo» r i.«* •> : “Wo ought to have the Whole uu'tnVr »t‘ min called for by the President in the sh«>ne-i p> time. Prompt action in filling our armies will have more effect upon (he enemy than a victory over them. They profess to believe, and make their men believe, there is such a party North in favor of recognizing Southern independence, that the draft cannot be enforced. Let, them be unde ceived. “Deserters come into our lines daily, who tell us that the men sre nearly universally tired of the war, and desertions would be much more frequent, but that they believe peace will be negotiated after tbe fall election. “The enforcement of the draf and prompt filling up of our armies will save the shedding of blend to an immense degree. [Signed] “U S. GRANT, Lieutena it General. The following telegram has been received from Major General Sherman ou the ssme subject; Atlanta. Ga , 6 3« p. m., Sept. 18. “Hqn. E. M. Stanton, neeretary of War; “I am very glad to hear the draft will be en forced. First, we need the men. Second, they come as privates to till up our old aud tried regi meets, with their experienced officers already yn hand; and third, because the enforcement of the law will manifest a power resident in our Govern ment equal to the occasion. Our Government, though a Democracy, should, in times of trouble and danger, be able to wield the power of a great nation as well. [Signed] “W. T. SHERMAN, “Major General. The draft is ordered to commence in all the States and districts where the quota is not filled by volun teers, on Monday, the 19tb, and will go on until completed. Volunteers and substitutes will be re ceived and credited to as late a period as possible. Volunteering is .still progressing with vigor in most of the States.” mm • mm Remarkable Speech. At a grand Lincoln ratification meeting in Brook lyn, ou the evening of the 14th, Henry J. Ray mond, of the Times, made a remarkable speech : He expressed his delight at seeing this evening an indication which gave the lie to the hope es their opponents—that there was such an apathy among the Republicans that, with Little Mac, they would run over the course. Their opponents were welcome to indulge iu such speculations; but he congratulated the friends of the Union at the dis play of interest here manifested in the coming Presidential struggle. (Applause.) Tha question now before the people was whether the majority of the American people can and shall elect their President, or whether they shall be sub jected, from time to time, to have their deliberate decisions over-ruled by a majority flying to arms. (Applause aud cries of “That’s U.”) We are now called to elect a President again, and who knows whether the ininorrty will Bubmit now. It will depend upon tho result of the operations of our army in the field under Grant—(applause)—and Sherman—(continued applause)—whether we can elect a President and have him as our President after wo do elect hjm. (Applause and crie3 of “That’s so.”) The question at issue was iSot ono of individual merit. With the claims of candidates they bad little to do. The issue was whether we wili maintain the supremacy of the Constitution— the right of the majority to rule—the right to main tain the Union, and our claim to continue our ex istence as a nation on the face of the earth, (Ap plause.) The rebela want peace, and their friends at Chicago want the same. They shall have it. We have now a general ou whom tho nation relies with confident hope that he will lead its armies to assured victory. (Cheers.) We see our generals and our gallant soldiers marching on gloriously, steadily, patiently and determinedly to the victo ries which are to give peace to tho country. (Ap plause.) Sherman has exhibited a military expe rience which has won the admiration of the country, and also that other noble hero of the war, General Grant—(tremendous applause, the whole immense meeting standing,.cheering and waving hats and handkerchiefs) — a general who has exhibited more tenacity of purpose and greater fertility of resource than any other general that could be named on this continent, or the other. Gen. Grant’s motto was keep moving on. When he failod to take Rich mond upon “this line,”ho didn’t give up. (Cheers.) Ho tried again and again, and to-day he has both Petersburg and Richmond substantially by the throat—(cheers) —and every day he was tighten ing bis grasp upon them. He would bring them peace—(cheers)—and next March would bring Mr. Liucoln to the Presidency for another four years. (Applause.) Foreign Items. The Czar has ordered a reduction of the army, and immediate and unlimited discharge is granted to soldiers whose term expire on the first of Janu ary next. Advices from Algiers, confirm the rumors of fresh disturbances in the province of Oran. The King of Spain has left France for Spain. He visited Christina prior to his departure. The occupation of Holstein by the Prussians and Austrians is said to be decided upOD. Advices from Frankfort state that recent facts have suddenly begun to disturb the eager faith of investors in United States bonds. Some letters received by German houses speak of the existing decline as owning to the fear of importers to ester goods at the present rate of duties. The profit and loss of the Polish struggle is be ing ma eup at last. The British Gazette says that during the sixteen mouths of the struggle 30,000 insurgents were killed or severely wounded ; 361 were condemned to death by military tribu nals, and 85,000 persons less compromised were transported to Siberia. The spire of Strasburg Cathedral had hitherto secured to France the, distinction of possessing the loftiest structure among tho church belfries known in Europe; but that proud pinnacle is destined to be overtopped by the tower in process of erection at'St. Stephens’s Minister, in Vienna. Hitherto the Austrian spire had only reached an attitude of 439 feet, while the Alsatian steeple measured 449 in height ; an addition of fifteen feet to its rival on the Danube puts an end to the boast and glory of the Rhine—the state of the poll being enna five feet with a low inches. An English paper says a few days since, a earrier pigeon flew from Exeter railway station to Cam den Grove, Peckham, a distance of 191 miles, in a little over five hours. It is ascertained that about one hundred and fifty were more or less injured during the riots in Belfast, Ireland, and that in nine cases the inju ries have resulted in death. The Liverpool cotton market was firm and American descriptions dearer on the 9th of August. Next day the market was firm, with a good de mand, at the same prices. Consols closed in Lon don on the 20th of August at BS§ 882. Bread stuffs were slightly lower in Liverpool, and pro vision without material change. The rebel cotton loan was one per cent, lower. An optician in Paris has succeeded in producing the effect of zigzag lightning on the stage, with its peculiar blue color, by means of a concave mir ror, in the process of which are the twe carbon poles of a powerful battery nearly in contact.— When the mirror is rapidly moved by the hand, : and the poles touch for a brief interval, a dazzling beam of light is thrown across the stage precisely like a flash of lightning. He has also succeeded in pro ducing a rainbow, by incan3 of electric spectrum, which is used with effect in the opera of Moses. Dhuleep Sing the Anglicized Indian Rajah, has just married a very pretty little Christian girl, only sixteen years old. She wore a moire antique, a fichu point d’ Alencou—short lace sleeves, orange blossoms in her dark hair, with of course, the usual gauze veil ; a necklace of fine pearls, and a bracelet set with diamonds were her only orna ments. The navy lists shows the British navy to 1 contain, at present in commission, 240 steamships of all sizes, from the stately three decker down to the tiny gun boat. These mount between 280 and 240 guns ; they are manned by about 45.000 men and beys, and are propelled by a steam power ex ceeding 60,000 horses nominal. In addition, there are 48 sailing vessels, mounting upwards of 600 guns, and manned by about 6,500 men aud hoys. The sailing vessel are naturally only fit lor har bor duty and training ships. They are never in ' tended to go to sea again, and therefore, should not be regarded as belonging to the effective naval ■ force. I TELEGRAPHIC, K K THR PRESS 4-iSOCIATIOM. * utere-i iccoiqu to nr) •#. tlmureiw in the year «.> ny J. sPjbr \rtiiKß. iii f h*-Clerk's office of ue District-Court if she Umite-lerate States for r»e Northern D*t riot of *}*• inr in.. Athknh, An*. d*pt. 24. via Ozyka2o. | Gen. Fi.rmi b*s <*»piared the garrison at this place iuclu-.iiig annul 1300 prisoners, twe passen ger imiii*, 5o w.igans and aiMi»n>auc‘es, 500 horses and uiauy *au«,.ie r«tw. Our lugs was only 4 or 5 killed amt «ou« 20 w • untied. Our troops are tuUui euibu-ia.-m aud eriii leave in a few minutes lu searclt es uew Victories. Macon, Sept. 26. The Chattanooga Gtzjtte at the 20th says upon the au thi-rity of a speci.il dispatc h to the St. Lou is Republican that tbe prisoners at Camp Chase rebelled, overpowered the guard and made their escape. All quiet atong the Georgia front. No ch ange eiucb last report. Richmond, Sept. 25. Herald of the 22d received. War news unim portant. Several rebels who captured and burned steam ers ou Lake Era have Oeeu captured. Price’s army reported at Pocahontas. Sholby at Potieituii. Ou tbe 12tn 1000 rebels reported at Chalk Biuff. ' * Gold 221. European advices to the llth. The owner o* the Georgia has been uotifiyd that no inference on l he part of »ha British Govermueut in his behalf need be expected. lie must defeud his interest in a United States prizo court. It is reported that Semmes is again afloat in a fine steamer with 300 Bren. The cotton market qniet—prices unchanged.— Breadsiufls null. Augusta, Sept. 26. A letter from Wheeler’s command dated Athens Ala., states he has destroyed 125 miles of railroad in Sherman's rear. Also says 2000 Tennesseeans have joined Wfceeler. The people of Tennessee are hopeful. The crops are fine. It will take Sherman thirty days to repair damages. Several hundred prisoners and immense amount of stores have been captured. Gen. Kelly was woundo and left in tho hands of the Yankees. The'yellow fever bad at Charleston . It is also at Savannah, and Jacksonville and St. Augustine> Fla. It is not among our troops. Richmond, Sept. 26. The Baltimore American of Saturday afternoon received. A dispatch from Sheridan claims ano ther victory over Early’s forces at Fisher’s Hill on the 22d. All Yankedem is exceedingly jubi lant over the news from the Valley. Gold has declined ia New York to 200; wheat has declined 8 cents. Postmaster General Blair has resigned at the the request of Lincoln. His successor is ex-Gov. Dennison of Ohio. New Orleans advices to the 16th via Cairo. It is rumored that Banks wili leave that department next week: Another fight between the French and Cortinas was progressing at last accounts at Bagdad. Admiral Porter has returned to his old post on the Mississippi river. A private letter from Staunton on the 24th re ports that Early had chastised tho enemy severely at New Market, driving him two miles. The following is jusl received:—Headquarters, 26th—Gen. Early reports that the enemy advan ced against him on the 24th at New Market, whon he feii back to Pert. Republic. On tho 26th the enemy advanced towards Harrisonburg, his cav alry probably having passed that place. [Signed] R. E. LEE. New York papers ot the 24th contain dispatches from the Valley which represent that Sheridan continues to pursue Early’3 forces in the direction of Staunton. Nothing important from Grantor Sherman. Gold 121. in African Exodus. The correspondent of the Yankee associated press, writing from the “Army of the Potomac, Sept, 6," gives the following amusing aarra> five: Yesterday, a party of colored reorait3 ar rived here, and, on their way to their regi ments, got rather nearer to the front than they had calculated. In passing along an open space near Fort Warren, the oaemy obtained a view of them, and threw a shell or two in their midst. Such a scattering was really lu dicrous. Abandoning their guns, knapsacks, etc., they Slew toward the fort., in front ot which, is a ditch, six or seven feet wide, and as many deep, with several inches of water and mud. Into this they piled one on top of another, evidently thinking they would' be safe there, while tbe men in the fort rushed out and reaped quite a harvest of knapsacks, etc., which lay on the road The officer in charge of the party seems to have'lSrst reached the trench, and endeavored to prevent the men from following him, order ing them to rally. When asked what he was doing there, he said he had not been under fire for some months, and was rather nervous at his close proximity to the enemy. | erable effort was required to extricate them ; from their somewhat unpleasant position, after j which they left to join their commands. It t3 hoped that if they are ever charged by the enemy they will profit by the lesson they re ceived yesterday, and not run into a trap, in which the rebels would like to catch them, and where a dozen could keep a thousand without the slightest fear of escaping. Last evening the enemy in front of our line, j where it crosses the Jerusalem road, were very j jubilant for a time, indulging in loud cheer ing, which extended along tbe line to the right j toward to the Appomattox. Our pickets hailed theirs, and asked the cause of the commotion, and the answer came, “Atlanta ha3 been re taken by Hood.” Notwithstanding the im probability of the story, it rapidly gained cir culation, and caused some depression for a time. But soon after a deserter came ia and i reported that one of their men had tied a canteen to a dog'3 tail and started him through their lines, thinking thus to frighten oar men. But the dog kept bi3 owfi side, and his fright ened cries as ha sped along caused the rebels to cheer and bailee so loud. Thu3 the matter was explained. A CoNsaiPTioy OitDßa. —Brigadier General J. S. Preston, head of the Conscript Bureau, has issued the annexed order : Commandants of Conscripts will mstruct County Enrolling officer* to proceed diligent ly, with the aid of the Temporary Boards, to make a complete registration of every white male resident in their respective counties, be tween the age3 of seventeen and fifty years, not actually serving in the army, in the field or with the reserves. The name, age, occu pation, physical condition of the persons regis tered. together .with the grounds of the ex emption or detail or other reason for not be ing in active military services will be stated in these registers. Special care will be taken instating distinctly though briefly, the causes which prevent the persons from being lent to the army, and not to omit any person from the registration act serving in the army, in the field or with the reserves These registers must he forwarded to the Bureau before lae 15th of October next To accomplish the work in due time. Enrolling Officers, and Tem porary Boards are enjoined to the utmost vig or and diligence: The information to be famished i3 regarded as of zreat importaace, and the service must be accurately as well as promptly performed. Another and separate register will he at the same time prepared arid forwarded or all vouths. in each county who will attain the ; age cf seventeen years during the next twelve months. In this last named register will be i stated the month when these youths w U at i tain the ages designated. THE CITY. f. I. JACKSON .LOCAL EDITOR. Funeral M«llce« The friends end acquaintance* of Mr. CaxtLia H. Stewakt’s family are re necfully invited to at tend hie funeral from the reai fence of Mr. H. V. Meigs, to-day at 10 o’clock, a. in. sep27 It* Chamge or Base.— lt will be seen by advertise meat that the offioe of the Commandant of the Post has been changed from Gunby’s corner to Warren’s Arcade, on Broad Street. Parties har idg business in that important department will please bear the change in mind. Personal. —Our intellig*it and gentlemanly correspondent “Outline” wa3 in this city yester day, en route we presume to Hood's Army. + »i In the Dark. —The Gas Company gires notice that it is forced do suspend operations for one week. This will prove a sad inconvenience to our oitizens, and especially on the press, which is de pendent at night on the Company for light. Peo ple look to the newspapers for light, and we look to the Gas Company. We shall have to fall back to first principles and resort to tallow eandles. — This will bring to mind primitive customs, when sperm and gas were not comeatable. [communicates?.] Yankee all over. —The Yankees have organ ized a company for supplying artificial limbs to their maimed soldiers, and intend selling them so as to secure $ per cent, on the stock. Coining money out of blood. Southern all over. —The citizens of this Con federacy have organized an association for the pur pose of bestowing, as a token of esteem, an arti ficial limb on every maimed soldier of the war who can wear one. We hope no soldier of the South will ever con sent to wear a Yankee log. They would continue the war to sell legs and arms to Southern soldiers. CARLO. [From the Alexandria (Va.) Gazette.] McClellan on the Manner of Prosecuting the War. The friends of Gen. McClellan are using as a "campaign deoument," the letter he wrote to Pres ident Lincoln, in July, 1862. from Harrison’s Land ing. In this letter he expressed this opinion : "This war should be conducted upon the highest principles known to Christian civilization. It should not be a war looking to the subjugation of the peo ple of any (State in any event. It should not be at all a war upon population, but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political execrations of persons, territo rial organization of States, or forcible abolition of slavery, should be contemplated for a moment. “In prosecuting the war, all private property and unarmed persons should be strictly protected, sub ject only to the necessity of military operations. All private property taken for military use should be paid or receipted for; pillage and waste should be treaie-d as high crimes; all unnecessary trespass sternly prohibited, and offensive demeanor by the military towar 1 oitizens promptly rebuked. Mili tary arrests should not be tolerated, except in pla ces where active hostilities exist, and oaths not re quired by exactments constitutionally made, shou and be neither demanded nor received. Military gov ernment should be confined to the preservation of public order and the protection of political rights.” The National Intelligencer says; “The impossibility of anything like a speedy re storation of the Union under the civil policy which now informs the legislation of Congress and directs the action of the Executive is apparent to every re flecting citizen ; but the fact is not often confessed by the upholders of that policy. The lion. Schuyler Colfax, the present Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, is, however, frank to avow this result of the radieal policy, and proposes to adhere to it in all its features, though, as he foresees, it may re quire a generation to pass away before there can be anything like a ‘loyal population’ at the South, ac cording to the extra constitutional ‘loyalty’ required by that legislation.” Ah Awful Rkcoso.—lf any one wants to know what becomes of all the men that are sent to the war, let him subscribe for the Cincinnati Daily Commercial or Gazette. We give this pull free of charge to our political enemies, convinced that a perusal of their official columns of dead, sick, dying and wounded wi.l do vastly more good than all the eloquence of our eopperhea ! writers or sp_eakers.— One day last week we took the trouble of"counting the number in a single copy of the Commercial, and it was over a thousand ! When we remember that a single column in that papar contains over three hundred names, and then call to mind the the mul titudes of columns wo have seen, we no longer won der what has become of our men; on the contrary, wc wonder whero all the people have come from.— It is a perpetual list of sick, wounded, dying and dead—the missing not being taken into the ac count. Yet the callous and, wc might almost say, brutal editors of these papers fill thoir other col umns daily with invitations and entreaties to the remnant of young men at home to enter this war and march into the pens of the South. It would seem as if they were fascinated by the sight of their bloody lists, and ha l an ambition that every m:in’3 name should figure in their pag s as wounded, sick or dead. When shall, this devilish slaughter end? How long will the people sleep ia their lethargy until death raps at their door? It is impossible that peace should come again while a fiendish ape is at the head of our affairs.— He realizes nothing of the awful destruction of property, nor the wasting slaughter of life. Neither does he care. He has none of the instinct or sensi bilities as a man, nor the dignity of a respectable tyrant,— Dayton (Ohio) Empire. NOTICE! Notice is hereby given that the OFFICE of the POST COMMANDANT has been removed to WARREN’S ARCADE, (up stairs,) opposite the Express Offioe. sep27 3t Notice to twsi* Consumers ! Columbus, Ga., Sept. 27,1364. Owing to the unavoidable delay in getting retorts from Selma, the Gas Company is compelled to sus pend the operation of Gas Making for one week from date. Every effort will be made to resume sooner, and if wo can do so notice will be given. JNO. McILHENNY, sep2? >t Sup’t Gas Works. FOB AAT.-B! A HOUSE of six rooms,—plenty land aid tiro wood. Place one tnile and a quarter ftoin the city ; containing a dwelling house, two kitchens, stables, two wells, orchards of the finest fruit tree3, Ac One hundred or one hundred and twenty acres will bo su’d. Apply to J. H Martin, Enquirer office. sept £4, 3t. - TO RMT. \ LARGE DWELLING, in the centre part of the city, containing five rooms, double kitchen, ne gro and smoke-houses sufficient for a large family. For particulars apply at the tin shop under Cook s Hotel. sp!9 lw* Notice. C. S. Arsenal, Columbus, Ga., Sept. 23, 1864. \ a intelligent man with a wife, without incum brance, can hear of a desirable situation, oy ;rume diate application at this Arsenal. F. C. HUMPHREYS, sep'24 lw Major and Ex. Off. Confederate State* Tax Notice. All tax layers in the 23d collection district of Georgia, who fail to make return and pay the tax due by the 15th of October next, must expect the penalty prescribed by iaw. All per ons doing a Registered business in the district, who fail to comply strictly wish tiie-law, will, from and after the ?t day o: October next, have to suffer the penalty of the law. My duty compels me t > carry out the iaw with 111 E. F. KIBKSBY, O'lKecto-, "2 id (list. >f Georgia. sep23 4t BUtrSV FOR SALE! \N excellent Buggy and Harness for sale. Ap ply .it this office. sep2l tt SSO Howard. \ jSGRO boy CHARLEY : about 2b years old, yel- ‘ A low ■oaiplexiou. hair nearly straight. below or iinarv intelli once: left Jfr.Nat. T hoi up- on sn»ar Box Springs Talbot county. I bought him o. a V!•• B- ;wi* a refugee from Mississippi, who now reside- in Tusv-g-se. Ala. He originally came trow Charleston, id. C. A suitable reward will be pani for his delivery at th >ffice, or in any sate jail and information sent to m • RUSSELL. Colunabu*# G-a.., aug 1 ts AUCTION SALES. By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos. 0 N YHIS DAY. 27th of September, at 101-2 o’tlk, \J we will sell in front of our store, 1 HUM Wise FOOT, Suitable for a Lady, Girl or Boy. eep27 It $3 By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos. ON TUESDAY, 27thof September, at 101-2 o’tlk, we will sell in front of our Auction .floom, 1 Box Green Tea; 1 “ Ale, pint bottles j 1 “ Crush Sugar; 1 “ Black Tea; 1 “ Starch; 1 “ Adamantine Candles; 1 Roll Sole Leather ; 1 Buggy and Harness ; 1 “ Umbrella; 1 Horse Nett; 1 Riding Bridle, &c., Ac. —also. — 15 Shares Ga. Home Insurauee Stock —ALSO, — ONE YELLOW BOY, 17 years old, healthy and very intelligent; raised in this city. He needs but once to be instructed to do almost anything you may put him at. sep26 2t sl2 By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos. mm lii she! ON TUESDAY, 27th September, at 101-2 o’clfe, W« will sell in front of our etore, A VALUABLE PLANTATION! 10 miles from the city, on the Upatoie creek, in Chattahoochee Cos., originally Muscogee, containing 202} acres land— within one and a half miles of the Buena Vista Road—l6o acres under fence ; well watered; double log house; outbuildings, fruit trees, Ac., making a very desirable settlement. ALSO, A Desirable Tail-Yard! Situated three miles South of gee, on the Road to Warrior Stand, with 50 acres land attached; 30 Vats and Pools ; with all necessary outbuildings— convenient to Tan Bark, at a moderate price. ALSO, 2 67-100 Shares M. & G. K. K. Stock l ALSO, 1,000 yds. Dundee Bagging'! 5 pieces BARATHEA, a beautiful ar ticle for Ladies Dresses; 30 lbs. FLAX THREAD; LOT EKG. TOOTII BRUSHES! 25 Pieces Assorted CALICOES. ALSO, A VERY LIKELY NEGRO WOMAN I 23 y’rs old, fair cook, washer and ironer. ALSO, lO ©a* 12 Dorses and D tiles ! SINGLE A DOUBLE HARNESS ! Furniture, Shoes, Boots, Clothing, Ac. 9|>24 td $45 By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. DESIRABLE RESIDENCE AT YON3ESBORO! At Auction 2 4, 4 TUESDAY, September 28th, at 10 1-2 o'clk, O we will sell in front of our store, A Very DESIRABLE RESIDENCE and FARM, at Yongesboro Depot, Rus sell county, Ala., and at present owned by C. C Yonge, Esq. The Dwelling has 4 ro ms; good outhouses, all nearly new; one hundred and tony acres good iand attached —nearly all fresh; good market garden; fine orchards, with over 1,000 selected Fruit Trees, and a Vineyard of about 1,000 choice Grape Vines. sep22 S3O By Ellis, Livingston A Cos, 200 0-A.LILiOINrS PIE CATAWBA GRAPE IRANDY! A VERY FINE ARTICLE. For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards, a?3Q ts Bi ROSETTE, EIWIIOY & CO. ♦ Administrator’* .Sale ! A GREEABLE to an order of the Ordinary of Afus- A cogee county, will be sold on the Ist Tuesday in November next, at 11 oc’clock, in front of our Auc tion Room, S ±x. Negroes, belonging to the estate of John N. Burch, deed. 1 NEGRO WOMAN, Martha and her two children. 1 NEGRO ROY, Edward. 1 “ WOMAN, Mary Ann. GEO. P. SNIDER, Adm’r. Roskttk, Lawhox Sc Cos., Auct’rs. sep24 ltd & wtd WANTED! Cairns Hospital, Columbus, Ga., Sept. 23, ’dd. Okra cut and dried by the bushel; “ green, t * “ „ Butter Beans, dried, “ t< if . “ “ green, Sassafras Buds, prepared for Gumbo, by the pound. . Cbtton Yarns, or Domestics vr ill be exchanged for the above articles or they will bo paid for in cash. B. C. DALLAS, Clerk. sep24 lw FOR SAEE ! Papers 3 to 12 oz Tacks ; 25 Reams English Letter Paper; 100 ** Domestic “ 100 “ “ NoT,; “ 100 >GLI3H Domestic Envelopes sep24 w STANFORD & CO. fiTttfi!! WloiTT! GOODRICH & CO., .BROAD STREET. RE now opening a splendid assortment of STAPLE AM H W MS. . FRESH FROM EUROPE via Bermuda, which they will sell cheap por cash. augL. 1m Columbus High School FOR -yQXJISrG- LADIES ! JMIE above Institution will be re-opened in *ha l building owned by Mr. Cowdery, on ST. Clair st., opposite St. Luke’s Church, on Monday, October 3. 1814. For Terms, apply t' sep!3 ta&t 4w W. S. LEE.