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f'OU.i VI HI TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of *6.00 por m tnth.or ils ior three months. Vo subscription received for a longer term than 'irer month*, # 4DVKRTISIK6 RATES : V.lvertiscmeuts inserted for $2 00 per square for •a oh insertion. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the ♦harge will be S3O per square. Announcing candidates S2O. which must invariably paid in advance. Cbitsige of Schedule. irric* EsaiHaA and Superintendent, 1 Charleston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, June 7,1864. J !**»?• nxr -T! ',N THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further 0 notice, the Schedule ol the Passenger train will be as foil >w, viz: Lea- 1 !: Charleston 0.46, a. in. Arrive in Savannah . 6.40, p. m. Leave Savannah .5.30, a. in. Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m. rbi.s Train make* direc' connections, going north ind south, with the Northeastern Railroad eston. and the Central Railroad ai the Junction. H. S. HAINES, into-!'; ts Cn ; # .iccr m l Superintendent. Change of Schedule. iN and after Sunday, June 19th, tlie Trains on the uscogee Railroad will run as follow.--: TASSFNGBR TRAIN: .pave Columbus... 6 45 P. M. arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. Macon 8 10 P. «M Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M. FRRWHT TRAIN*: Leave Columbus 5 00 A. Arrive at. ChlutnhuK.... .4 55 A, A W. L. CLARK. uar lytf Supt. Muscogee R, it. Through to Montgomery NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27,1864. / kN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on ' * the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m. Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m. Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m. Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. ra. Arrive at Mon'Komery at 3:00 p. m. Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m. Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m. Arrives ; at 8:27 p in D. H. CRAM, Sup’t « Eng. ag27 1864—ts MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. Vil.tXliE OF SCHEDULE. Girard, Ala., Aug. 22,1864. / vN and after this date Trains on this Road will V > Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) follows: Passenger Train. i ave Girard at 00 p.m. Arrive in Union Springs 7 30 Leave Union Springs 5 35 a.m. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 Freight Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. in. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p.pi. B. E. WELLS, aglß ts ‘ Eng.Jc Sup't. SSOO Reward. HANAWAY from Barnesvillo Georgia, on the 20th . inst., a bright Mulatto Boy named Willis, 17 yrs old, has large white eyes, with a simple expression of countenance and shows his upper teeth when not spoken to. It is thought he was enticed to leave las he had a desire for camp life) by some Confed erate soldiers, and may bo with some scouting or straggling. He had on black cloth pants and dress coat—thirlattor old fashioned, with forked tail; was raised at Nashville, Tenn.; has been at Montgom ery, Selma, Columbus and other places. The above reward will be paid for his apprehen sion and delivery to me at Cook’s /Totcl, or to Maj. John S. Bransford, of the Army of Tenn.; Capt J M White, Barnesvillo; Capt A J McWhorter, Eaton ton, Ga„ or confined in any jail so that I can get him. THOS. L BRANSFORD. Columbus, Ga., Sept 30 51* S2OO l £BTRI¥E» OI& STOLEN, 'I'WO MULES. One a large sorrel horse Mule, * flax mane and tail; the other a very large bay mare Mule. Both about seven or eight years old, and estniyed or stolen from Dr. Bottle’s planta'ion ;.n North Cowikee, Bussell co., Ala., seven miles South of Hatohechubbee Boat Offiee, G. & R. R., on Sunday eight, 20t.h inst. The above reward will be paid for both mules, or half the amount for one. A suitable reward will be paid for apprehending the thief if stolen. THEOPIIILLS SPEItLOCK. sep2B lw* _ SI,OOO fitewai’d I OTOLEN, from my residence, in Wynnton, on the O night of the 19th inst., a Chesnut Sorrel Horse, about 14 1-2 hands high and 14 years old; he has on each side, Hist back of the foro-shoulder, the marks of a blister, which looks very much like a burn; lit tle white on the left hind leg; gay, stylish looking horse and a fast trotter, and had on when taken shoes all around. I will give the above reward for the horse and thief, with proof to convict, or dsou for the horse. MM. S. BALFOUR. 19®- Macon Telegraph copy two weeks, and send bill to this office. sp2o2w SSO Reward. LEFT my plantation near Glennville, Alabama, on Sunday last, 11th inst., a negro man by the name of GREEN, who belongs to Col. Samuel Thompson near Florence, Ala. Green is aJbout33 years old; nearly white; straight hair; slender lr.imo; noar six feet high; inclined to stoop in the shoulders; short round face, and talks slowly. He left my premises without provo cation, and I havo reason to beliove that he is at tempting to make his way to North Alabama, into tho enemy's lines. He is acquainted about Colum bus, Ga., having been hired out. there by Col. Win. Bryan, or Col. Sam’l Thompson, for several months last winter, and may tarry there m quest of employ ment, I will pay fifty dollars regard for his appro hension and delivery to mo, or confinement in some jail where Lean get him. sep2l ts JNO. F. TREUTLLN. 500 Megro Hen Wanted ! Nitre and Mixing Bureau, ) lleadq’rs Mining Division, No. 2, > Selma, Ala., Sept. 13, ’64. J I AM desirous of Hiring Five Hundred Negro "on, -*for the Bibb Iron Works, located on tho Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Rail Road, fitty miles North of Selma, 150 South of Rome and 70 West ot Mont gomery. I am paying for able-bodiuu men three hundred dollars per annum, feeding and clothing them One woman will bo hired to every ten men, Ho cook and wash for them. There is on the pla**e a. hospital with a regular surgeon, who takes charge of all tho sick. If the enemy threatens, the negroes can be moved West through an inaccessible coun try. Applv to W P Herring, La Grange, Ga., or WM. RICHARDSON HUNT, Lieut. Col. Cbmd’g. seplT 1m SSOO Reward. THILL bo paid for tho apprehension of bur boy If Truman. He is about 24 years ol l, o feet high; very black, and weighs about 180 pounds. Ihree hundred dollars will bo paid for his confinement m <omc jail so.that we cast get him, or five hundred dollars for his delivery at FACTORY. Eufaula Spirit of the South, Quincy Dispatch, Al bany Patriot, Macon Telegraph. LaGrange Repor ter, and Hamilton Enterprise, publish one month and send bills to Factory. sep2olm_ SSO Reward. Superintendent’s Office, 1 Muscogee R. R. Company, k Columbus, Ga., Nept 16, 'o4. ) A REWARD of SSO will be paid for the delivery il to me for each of the following negro men : Charles—Black; about 25 years old; quick spo ; weighs about 150 lbs.; about 5 feet 10 or 11 in. inbCk; abo; t 30 years old: 5 ft 9 inches "high; weighs 145 or 150 lbs.; blacksmith by trade.— Probably will go to Jones county where his wife is. W. L. CLARK, spl7 lm Superintendent.* $oO Reward. I WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black boy, about 24 years old. He has been out three er four weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about he city. "NO. H. **ASc. iy 4 ts SI,OOO sitward. A CHUNKY, heavy ?t ~ bh.ekboy by Cue uauie of WILLIAM, about 24 years old. left Coif* - bus ou Sunday morning last. I aml confident he was taken off by some white man. *\® above reward for the negro a “ d ™ ei i dence to convict, or I will pay two hundred rad fifty dollars forNJne negro delivered to» me nrColum bus. The boy Came from Virginia about two year, ago. and says he is a sailor. I ttqpk tje> E lumbus on foot and took the tram at sieme stati i eloseby. J. U.LAss. sepl-tf. ' ... ... P. S. —I learn, since the was written, mat lett Cblumbus on tho Opelika tram, on SuSrti: morning, in company with a small white limped, and that they were going to i\ est Poitic, J.H. B. STERLING EXCHANGE! A FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange for sale in sums to suit purchasers by agie ts BANK OF COLUMBUS, Vol. XI. J. W. WARREN &. CO. Proprietors J. YV. WARREN, Editor SPECIAL NOTICES Confederate States Arsenal. Columbus, Gsl., Sept. 30, ’64. Atlanta Arsenal—Notice. Parties hoi ling claims against the Atlanta Ar»*- nal, will, after having them approved by Lieut 2 U. Ansley, M S K Ord., now at Charleston Arst nal, present them at this Office for payment. M H WRIGHT. Colonel Coind’g, oetl 2w* Gov’t Works iid. Q’rs Government Works, (Ord. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 1,1864. Strayed or Stolen. FROM the Columbus Arsenal Stables, on the 28tb of September, 1864. One Black Horse Mule ; u 11 Mare u “ small Bay u A suitable reward will be given for their delivery at the Office of the Military Storekeeper. M. 11. WRIGHT, * • oetl fit Col. OorncPg. notice! THIRTY CARPENTERS WANTED! I wish to employ for the C. S'. Carpenter Shop, Thirty Carpenters, at once. Good wages and steady employment will be given. CIIAS, A. REDD, sep2B 6t Capt. and A. Q. M. 3,000 l ords Wood Wanted. Office Post Quartermaster, Coltfiubus, Ga., Sept. 20,1564. I wish to contract immediately for (3,000) three thousand cords of Oak and Hickory Wood. CIIAS. A. REDD, sep29 fit Capt and A Q M. NOTICE To Mississippi Soldiers! TIIE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of L Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in the Army of Tennessee, has beeij removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s corner, between Main st., and the Perry House. Your baggage is there. C. K. MARSHALL, sep2B ts _____ Agent,. •notice. Headquarters, 21th Militia Dist. • Columbus, Ga., Sept, i ■, 1864. The Captains appointed in the different Districts will*send to these Headquarters all men who have not reported at Macon. By order of Gen. Wayne. B. A. THORN TON, A D C. pr N. W. Garrard, Capt & E 0. Office at McGehee’s Auction House. sepl7 ts Battle-Field Stetiel Association of Columbus, Ga. All who are disposed to contribute articles neces sary for tho relief of tho sick and wounded in the Array of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at Goodrich & Go’s store by ONE O’clock, P. M. ev ery Tuesday and Friday., when they will be for warded to and dispensed Jby our Committee there. W. 11. YOUNG, Presd’t. * C. G. Holmes. Scot. a.g23tf Store Mouses for Rent. } HE three buildings known as the deGraffenreid i buildings, corner of Oglethorpe and Randolph streets, are offered to rent from and after Ist Octo - her. They ave guaranteed against Government im pressment. E L deQRAFFENREID. WYIVNTON SCHOOL. MISS J. L, JEW KTT w 11 resume the exercises of her Schoo’, at the Wynuton Male Academy, on Wednesday, Oct. sth. 1864. TERMS: Per Quarter (3 months) S4O 00 Incidental Expenses»(per quarter) 10 00 - invariably in advance. •©SfNo deduction-made, excepting in cases of pro. traeted illness. sp3o lvv MATT. It. KVA.YS,' COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 64, Commerce Street, MOBILE, ALABAMA. WILL sell on Commission every description of Roods, Negroes and Produce of all kinds. sp2o lm FOrTSaIaE I 320 Acres of Laud on Die Mobile & Girard Hail Road, THIRTY MILES from Columbus. Georgia, and one l 1 and a half from Station No. 5; about 180 acres opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, with good water, gui house, Ac. Apply to Messrs Ellis, Liv ingston & Cos., for terms. spalm* _ D C FREEMAN, Jr. WMTED! ,rr AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price cMJUI/ will be paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, sp7 ts , Major and Q. M. • FOR SALE? A HOUSE and LOT, situated North of the North TIL 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. For further particulars apply to sp!3 lm Dr. WOODRUFF. FOR SALE! i GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse, A. Apply to R. B. MURDOCH, sep 2—ts or, at this office. CQWI FEMALE ACADEMY! THE Exercises of this Institution will be resumed on the Ist Monday in October, under the contin ued direction of its present able instructor, Rev. Carlisle P. B. Martin- Terms of admission will be made known before the session commences. E. S. GREENWOOD, Presd't. D. F. WILLCOX, Sec'y. spl2 ts Board of Trustees. _ SSO V EGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel- A 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 refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskegee, Ala. 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. ColumbiFs Ga„ aug 1 ts * BVGGf FOR SALE! VN excellent Buggy and Harness for sale. Ap ply at this office. sep2l ts ■■ ■ 5 n PIPER k BUSK BOOBS FOR. SAL£3 ! V*' E have for sale 49 reams ot Letter Paper, and ■ 2,000 small Pocket Biank Books, at Wholesale or Retail. Paper, SSO per Ream: Blank Books, $l5O retail, 75 cts. wholesale. Apply at agk ts \ _ # THIS OFFICE. SOTlb 13. To Phmtertß ami Others l \ WILL EXCHANGE Osuaburgs,. Sheeting ana 1 Yarns, for Ba ou. Lard, laliow and Beeswax. 1 ■vill be found at Robinett A Cos oidstand, where i "i, manufact uring Candles and Lard On tor ?aie. L. S. WRIGHT, iune 2 tl - ___ S3OO REWAJKD. STOLEN from Cook’s Hotel, yesterday morning, 27tb, a TRUNK containing Needles auu Spool Thread and C u and Clothing t->r twenty -four pair Cot ton Cards. The truck was found early yesteraay morn ink, near the jail, robbe lof us content*, VV e will pay the nho*e eward for t.-.e stmen goods, and one hundred doimrs tor earn ot the thieves, a, we are continent two persons were engaged m tae theft. Macon and Montgomery will dc on the watch. SHIVERS, WYNNE & CO..' sep23t r. „ Proprietors.. Columbus, Ga., Tuesday Homing, .Honda y Evening. - - • An Order to Increase the Army.— The fol lowing is a paragraph of General Orders No. 73, just issued by the Adjutant and Inspector General at Richmond: “As soon as practicable, all officers and men now employed in the enrolling service, whether as enrolling officers, 'conscript guards, clerks or othc wi e, except such as are retired or assigned to light duty by the Medical Boards, will be relieved by details from the reserve forces and sent to the field.” LiUiUt/KLH JLYIU\ KMEXT ON dALTMLLC. — iucjljjulu burg “Republican” s£lys that it is rumored that the Yankees are ma-sing a large foree in Eastern Ken tucky for the purpose of destroying the Smythe county Salt Works, and attempting to overrun .(Southwestern Virginia. They are said to have 8,000 men at M< unt Sterling and 6,000 at Paints ville, ail under the command of General Burbridge. Our authorities are doubtless advised of this intend ed movement and will make the necessary disposi tions to checkmate it. To: Strength of the Reserves.— A cotempo rary has hit upon an ingenious method of -ascer taining “the reserved strength of the Confederacy.” lie says, take a trip over the railroads of the Con federacy, and when you arrive at a city, town or village, announce that President Davis or General Beauregard, or some other famous personage is on the train, wait half an houf ; then go to the next town and repeat the announcement. After atrip of this sort through the States, it will, be easy to tell where the men may be found to make up the six or eight hundred thousand. They are all safe, and the Government is maintaining them. General Bragg is on a raid. Certain quartermas ters in Richmond have been ordered to be at rested as “gu lty parties” who have violated section 9 of the act of February 17,1864. The following isjhe section of the law : “Sec. 9. That any quartermaster or assistant quartermaster, commissary or assistant oommissary, (other than those serving in the field,) or officer in the ordnance bureau, or navy agent, or provost mar shal, or officer in the conscript service, who shall hereafter employ or retain in his employment any person in any of their departments or bureaux, or in any of the duties mentioned in the Bth section of this act, in violation of the provisions hereof, shall, on conviction by a court martial or military court, be cashiered,” &c. An Important Order. —Adjutant General Cooper Las issued the annexed important and stringent order in regard to army letter writing: Private letters and communications relative to military marches an# operations, are frequently mischievous in design, and their publication gen erally injurious to the military service. They are, therefore, strict:'/ forbidden, and any officer or soldier, or other person serving with the armies of the Confederate States in the field, who shall be found guilty of making such communication for publication, or placing the writing beyond his con trol so that it finds its way to the press before one month after the termination of the campaign to which it relates, shall be punished, according to the degree of his offence, by the sentence of a court martial. Free Speech Illustrated. Boston Jour nal, a rabid Lincoln sheet, says : At the recent Union meeting in Fauueil Hall the Democratic Club of this city furnished a large dele gation, who called for cheers for J/cClellan with impunity and without molestation from the police. Mr. Boutwell offered to yie’d a portion of his time to any one who would attempt to refute his argu ment from the platform. This is the Union idea of free spe ch. At the Democratic meeting Saturday evening, one of the audience in the gallery called for cheers for the President, and at once hundreds of those present, and among them, not unlikely, those who shouted for McClellan at the previous meeting, rushed with demoniac howls to "wipeout” the intruder. The speech of .Judge Abbot was sus pended five minutes, until the police, who exhibited remarkable vigilance on this occasion, tumbled the man down stairs in a very brutal manner. He was passed down the back stairs, receiving cuffs and kicks from one of the vice-presidents of the meet ing as he crossed the platform on the way. This is the Democratic idea of free speech. Additional from tlie .\oil3i. Northern papers of the evening of the 21th give some further (Yankee) intelligence. Gold declined in New York on the 24th to 200. the pursuit of general early—the latest REPORT FROM SHERIDAN. The Baltimore American of Saturday evening contains an account of Gen. Early’s retreat from Fisher’s Hill on Thursday. The writer says : After much manoeuvering, Crook’s com mand, which distinguished itselniy splendid fight ing before Winchester, furiously attacked the ene my’s right on North Mountain, carrying every thing by a magnificent assault, and driving the enemy in the greatest confusion. The 6th and 19th corps at the same time attacked the enemy in front, and their whole line was broken up, and fled in tho greatest confusion. Nothing but the approach of darkness —the attack having been made late in the afternoon —prevented tho entire destruction of Early’s army. We capturned 16 pieces of artillery, a great many caissons, artillery horses, and, it is presumed, a large number of prisoners, though Gen. Sheri dan, at the time of his dispatch, did not know how many. Gen. Sheridan, who knows how to im prove it victory, was pushing forward after the enemy, and had also sent two divisions of cavalry down the Luray Valley to intercept the retreat of the enemy. Much is expected from this vigorous pursuit. The following is the latest dispatch from Sheri dan : Headquarters Middle Division, j Woodstock, Va., September 23, Ba. m. j Lieutenant General U. S. Grant, City Point: I cannot, as yet, give any definite account of the results of the battle of yesterday. Our loss will be light. General Crook struck the left flank of the enemy, doubled it up, advancing down along their lines. General Rickett’s division of* the 6t' n . army corps swung in and joined General Crook; Getty’s and Wheaton's divisions, taking up the same move ment, followed by the whole line, and attacking— beautifully carrying—tho works of the enemy.— The rebels threw down their arms and fled in the greatest confusion, abandoning most of their ar tillery. It was dark before the battle ended. I pursued on after the enemy during the night to this point with the 6th and 9th corps, and have stopped here to rest the men and issue rations. If General Torbert has pushed down the Luray Valley, according to my directions, he will achieve great results. Ido not think that there ever was an army so badly routed. The Valley soldiers are hiding away and going to their homes. I cannot "give you any estimate of prisoners. I pushed on, regardless of everything. The num ber of pieces of artillery reported captured is 16. [Signed] P. H. SHERIDAN, Maj?r General. The press and the people unite in calls ing upon the government to place all our able bodied men in the field. Yet, such is the Strangeness of human nature, when the necessary steps are taken, they are too frequently rewarded with obloquy.— As fast as the rule is applied, every man on whom it is brought to bear fetches a squall, and his friends all join, and de clare mat.this is a peculiar and should be a special ease. We may expect a great deal of such outcry ; but we trust it will be uo farther regarded than the best in terests of the service demand, and that nothing will be yielded to mere clamor or “influential friends " Public efiigers will find it a hopelesl undertaking to please everybody: let them rather do right and dispense equal justice ‘o all. f Rich > \tuieL [Srom the Richmond Enquirer, 29th.] The News. FROM PETERSBURG- The chronic dullness on the front gave evi dence ol no abatement, on yesterday. The only parries to anything interesting for the last few days have been tlie advanced pickets of the two armies, who have been giving one another accounts of the doings of Forrest and Sheridan respectively, and swapping lies gen erally, with tobacco and newspapers thrown in- „ „ mi -r-rt ,< j .» nn’viuuu raiuoad. The Wells house, o n ’ . ri ..uv i/uvis house, winch- latter was burned by the enemy some time ago, was destroyed a few nights since, through the wantonness of the enemy. Under a barn on the Davis plantation, a box of silver plate was buried by the family pre vious to the occupation *>f the place by the enemy. The barn was buraed with the dwell ing. Not long since a member of the family secretly entered the Yankee lines, rescued the box from und(f the ruins et the barn, and returned safely with it to Petersburg. FROM THE VALLEY. The figln which occurred on Monday, con cerning which so many rumors have been afloat, occurred at Milieu’s bridge, a few miles north of Port Republic, and so far as results upon the Valley campaign are involved, amounted to nothing, although the enemy were repulsed and severely punished. It did not occur between the main .armies, but, as far as could be ascertained, it was a cavalry fight in which our troopers determined to win back some of their lost lustre. It is probable that this was the only purpose of the fight, and when it was over, and the object accomplish ed, our troops fell back. The enemy is re ported to have sent a heavy force to Staunton on Tuesday, on which day large volumes of smoke were seen ascending from that town. A report was brought down by passengers on the Central train last evening that the hostile column numbered ten thousand and had pass ed through Staunton and gone towards Lex ington. The enemy sent a detachment of several hundred cavalry on the same day to Waynesboro’, which reached there about 7 o’clock in the morning, and between that hour and nine destroyed by fire the wood-work of the elegant bridge over the North river audthe depot, ticket office and wood house of the Central Railroad Company. The bridge is an iron structure, the top or floor, on which the track was laid, having formed the only wood work about it. Their subsequent operations are unknown. A report was current at Char* lottesvilie that a force of five thousand of the enemy were advancing on Rockfish Gap, the point at which the Central tunnel penetrates the Blue Ridge. This gap is about 18 miles Southwest of Brown’s Cove, now said to be held our forces, and, unless General Early has abandoned the latter place, such a move on the part of the enemy would appear singu lar, to say the least of it. But there were many reports as to the probable and reported projected movements of the two armies, which it is unnecessary to repeat. All that is posi lively known is, to recapitulate, that there has been no serious fighting since our sources left New Market, in Shenandoah, that the enemy ho!,d Staunton and Waynesboro’, and that they h;tve the strongest army of the two. Brown’s Gap, or Cove, is about thirteen miles west of Charlottesville. It is, perhaps, the strongest •and most defensible position in the Blue Ridge, if it is as,important as it is strong, as a military position, it can be held against any force. We take the following from the Lynchburg Republican of Tuesday : Our news from the Valley this morning is that Gen. Early made a stand at Brown’s Gap, about twenty miles Northwest of Charlottes ville, and about six miles this side of Port Republic, where he was attacked on yester day at an early hour by Sheridan. The fight lasted until 4 o’clock in the evening, and, while we have no official information of the result, we may state that we have it upon highly respectable authority that he succeeded in repulsing the enemy. We got this intelli gence from such a source as to lead us to place much reliance in its correctness. Notwithstanding the checking- of the Fede ral force at Brown’s Gap, military gentlemen, conversant with the* topography of the coun try, think it not improbable that Gen. Early may deenn it advisable to retreat further. Should he do so, it will be for sufficient reas ons, not now necessary to state, but the wis dom of which will be made apparent in good time. Tlie President. What good to the country do some of our co temporaries promise*to themselves, by Seizing the occasion of the President’s visit to the South to harshly criticise his blunders and anathematize and deprecate the “bad luck” he is sure to bring in his train ? The country would be much obliged to these censorious brethren of ours if they would remember that president Davis and Mr. Jefferson Davis are a separable dual, and that while thej may glut their wrath upon the man, they can - not strike at the influence and reputation of, and the public confidence in, the President, without se rious injury to otft- struggling cause and giving valuable ‘find and comfort” to the enemy.- If the President has made mistakes and exhibited fail ings from which nothing human is exempt, is this the time to harp upon them? Do the friends of General Johnjton or of General Hardee believe that they commend themselves to the favor of these patriotic soldiers by such ill-timed attacks upon the Executive of the Confederacy and the commander-in chief of its iftmies ? Whatever the personal feelings and grudges in reference to the man, neither of these distinguished gentlemen will ever forget what is due to his official position and responsibilities, and neither would throw a pebble’s obstacle in the path of our great cause to resent their personal wrongs. But, besides that the spirit is bad, the example evil, and the Occa sion ill-timed, it is not true that the President al ways carries ill luck in his train. He has been more closely associated with Gen. Lee and the Army of Virginia than with any other, and there ha3 been no lack of good fortune and victory there. We cannot have but one President and one commander in-chief and while ire are not to expect perfection and infallibility in any mortal chosen for so trying an ordeal it may be claimed that it is far better and safer to put up with Mr. Davis and his infirmities, than to turn over the military and civil administration of the govern ment, committed by constitution and law to his hands, to the experience and wisdom of any twenty of the most judicious editorial sanctums in the Confederacy. With all his blunders and ill-luck, we should prefer to see the power and responeibili ty remain where it is. Men who are not prudent enough to use the edged tools of pen and iak with more discretion and more thoughtfulness for the public-good, and greater justice and consideration for the great dials of high public functionaries, are hJfniiy the men to guide the helm of state through the sturm that beats upon its straining hull. We speak in the interest of the country solely and simply. Our relations are as dissever ed by ail personal considerations from tho admin istration as those of any press in the land. «We hare never been near the seat of government since it was planted in Richmond, have not received the smallest fuv frohi it, and, if we know it, have not a hatche:, much less an axe, to grind. But we feel it a sacred duty to uphold the authorities, civil and military, who are constitutionally ap pointed to conduct us through this terrible ordeal h fire and battle. They command the ship and are a par: of its crew. We may not think them perfect in action and infallible in judgment, but we stick to mem tor the sake of the craft; for while tho tempest rages all hands are piped to “save ship,” it is no-time to mutiny against the officers.— Mobile Adv; ‘Her d' Register. $5.00 Per Month. The Destruction of Jerusalem. Six j&ears after the birth of our Lord, Judea and Samaria became a Roman province, uu' der subordinate governors, the most famous of whom was Pontius Pilate. These govern ors became so oppressive that the Jews broke out into rebellion: and seventy years after Christ, Jerusalem was finally besieged by Titus, afterwards Emperor of Rome. No trag edy on the stage has the same scenes of ap palling terror as are to be found in the histo ry of the siege. The city itself was rent by r — -’— ***'' J — u: —*• —-- —i+k other —ail the elements of civil hatred had broke loose—the streets were slippery with the blood ofeitiz«iis—brother slew brother—the grana ries were set on fire—famine wasted those whom the sword did not slay. In the midst ot these civil massacre*, the Roman armies appeared before the walls of Jerusalem. Then for a short time the rival factions united against the oominon foo; they were again the gallant countrymen of David and Joshua— they sallied forth and scattered the eagles of Rome. But this triumph was brief: the fe rocity of the ill-fated Jews soon again wasted itself on each other. And Titus marched on —encamped his armies close by the walls— and from the heights the Roman general gazed with awe on the strength and splendor of the city of Jehovah. Let us here pause—and take ourselves, a mornful glance at Jerusalem, as it then was. The city was fortified by a triple wall, save on bae side, where it was protected by deep and impassable ravines. These walls, of the most solid masonry, were guarded by strong tow ers ; opposite to the loftiest of these towers Titus had encamped. From the height of that tower the sentinel might have seen stretched below the whole of that fair terri tory of Judea, about to pass from the country men of David. Within these walls was the palace of the kings—its roof of cedar, its doors of the rarest marbles, its chambers filled with the costliest tapestries, and vessels of gold and silver. Groves and gardens, gfeaming with fountains, adorned with statutes of bronze, di vided the courts of the palace itself. But high above all, upon a precipitous rock, rose the temple, fortified and adorned by Solomon. The temple was as strong withaut as a citadel —within more adorned than a palace. On en tering you behold porticoes of numberless col umn, of porphyry, marble and alabaster; gates adorned with gold and silver, among which was the wonderful gate called the Beautiful. Further on, through the vast arch, was the sacred portal which admitted into the interior of* the temple itself—all sheeted ovSr with gold and overliung by a vino tree of gold, the branches of which were as large as a man. The roof of the temple, even on the outside, was set over with golden spikes to prevent the birds settling there and defiling the holy dome. At a distance the whole temple looked like a mount or snow, fretted with golden pin nacles. But, alas, the veil of that temple had been already rent asunder by an inexpiable crime, and the Lord of Hosts did not fight with Israel. But the enemy is thundering at the wall. All around the city rose immense machines, from which Titus poured down mighty fragments of rock and showers of fire. The walls gave way—the city was entered— the temple itself was stormed. Famine in the meantime had made such havoc that the be sieged were more like spectres than living men ; they devoured the belts to their swords, the sandals to their feet. Even nature itself or perished away that a mother devoured her own infant; fulfilling the awful words of the warlike prophet who had first led the Jews towards the land of proiflise: “The tender and delicate woman amongst you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for deli cateness and tenderness—her eyes shall be evil toward her young one and the children that she shall bear, for she shall cat them for want of all things secretly in the seige and straightness wherewith thine enemy shall dis tress thee in thy gates.” Still, as if the foe and the famine were not scourge enough, cit« izens smote and murdered each other as they metuithe way, fulse prophets ran howling thro' the streets, every image of despair completed the ghastly picture of the fall of Jerusalem.— And now the temple was set on fire, the Jews rushing through the flames to perish amidst its ruins. It was a calm summer night—the 10th of August—the whole hill on which stood the temple was one gigantic blaze of fire—the roofs of cedar crashed—the golden pennacles of the dome like spikes of crimson flame. Through the lurid atmosphere all was car nage and slaughter ; the echoes of shrieks and yells ran back from the hill of Zion and the Mount of Olives. Among the smoking ruins, and over piles of the dead, Titus planted the standard of Rome. Thus were fulfilled the last avenging prophecies—thus perished Jeru salem. In that dreadful day men were still living who might have heard the warning voice of him they crucified—‘Verily, I say unto you all these thing? shall come upon this generation. * * * 0, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the phrophetsand stonest them that are sent unto the, * * behold you* house is left unto you desolate !’ And thus were the Hebrew people scattered over the face of the earth, still retaining to this hour their mysterious identity—still aliving proof of the truth cf those prophets they had scattered or slain— stll, vainly awaiting the Messiah, whose di vine mission was fulfilled eighteen centuries ago, upon the Mount of Cavalry. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton. A report of the brief address of President Davis, at Macon, will be found in this morning’s paper. Mr. Davis was evidently vexed when he delivered it. How —if he have the ordinary weaknesses of human nature —could it be otherwise—especially in Georgia, where malice and ignorance and pre judice have been trying to impair the confidence of our people in his virtues? Happily, the malevo lent or thoughless men who are engaged in this very unpatriotic business have only provoked more inquiry, and the-result is an inereased admiration and respect for the man. We have nothing of what Carlyle calls “hero-worship”—think that no man is worth worship of any kind, unless ha show gome good in the acts which make him great; and, therefore, shall bo suspected of nothing like idol izing the president, when we ask where is the man in the Confedaracy, or elsewhere, that one would to-day select to perform what he ha* performed? Even the worst of the croakers would be puzzled to name a substitute. For our own part, we think it might he impossible to find the man any where in any part of the world. If Providence control the acts of us peor weak creatures, and be on our side, and not that of the Yankees, we may affirm that Mr. Davis was set apart for the position he occupies. Logically, under the premis-, this must fee true, but wa need fcaidiy resort to any thing more than the records of the war, witho-i tbr re condite influences of Providence, to prove what we honestly believe—that is, that it ir impossible to honor President Davis too inuck. f Mobile Tribune. Whether due to the exertions of the Catholic clergy, or to the better knowledge of the real state of the case, or to the offer of greater inducements elsewhere, or to the exhaustion of the centrifugal impulse which every now and then causes the Irish population to fly off at a tangent, even to the ends of the earth, certain it is that the Irish emigration to the Northern States has greatly fallen off, if i ha? not wholly ceased for the present. That is ;o far encouraging, as it cuts off one suppiy of sol diers. If the German -- -ould’alao be kept at home it would be another go they may be.— State Journal. Speech of Secretary Chase. A number of the members of the Lincoln and Johnson club of Washington last Monday visited the residence of Searetary Chase, and serenaded him. After repeated calls, Mr. Chase addressed the club. After returning bis thanks for this demonstration, he said : I propose soon to go to my own great State in the West, there to advocate the cause fi> dear to you all. I believe you call yourself the Lincoln and Johnson club. Those names represent to us to-day principles and a policy, designs and purposes, by which alone we be lieve this country can be saved. Os these principles I have been an earnest advocate, to use a legal phrase, for a length of time, “whereof the memory of man runbeth not to thecountrary.” I shall not be likely now to forget them, or cease to inculcate them to my fellow-citizens. If all the voters would take* my advice, there would not be a vote cast except for these two gentlemen. A great many, no doubt, and, in my humble judgment, a large majority, will be given for them. The Baltimore platform,*upon which these nominees were placed, comprises three great principles : First, Union, one and indivisible. That Union embraces in its* extent the whole country —efery hill, every river, every mouth of every river, every promontory and cape, wherever the flag of the Union ever floated. The next of these principles is, that that Union has been assaulted by slavery, and slavery must die the death it deserves. This principle Was xuuouno.il by the convention, by, I suppose, a greater degree of unanimity than any other there connected. Is there a man here who means to deny this? Is there one who means to suffer this to be put down ? The third principle is, the right of Ameri cans must be respected by all foreign coun tries. They have no idea of allowing princes or potentates of any country to interfere with anything that of right belongs to this country or the people of this country, or to place any obstructions in the way of the institutions and the progress of this country. The Union can only be maintained by thor oughly suppressing the rebellion, and pre serving republican institutions, based upon these principles. To this end the people pro* pose to maintain their armies now in the field. We did not mean to treat them with any hol low or lip sympathy ; we do not mean to give any cold cut, but warm, generous sympathy, warm, generous support to the men who are fighting under that obstinate fellow Grant; the men who have acted so splendidly in that campaign, consummated by that glorious vic tory under Sherman; the men who, on the ocean .wave, or in the harbor of that ocean wherever Farragut leads them, with that gal lant commander tied to the masthead. We intend to give them ample supplies of arms, food, clothing, everything which they need. And while doing this, we intend to appeal to them in the name of this great republic, to save our national honor and our free institu tions. . t We want peace, but we want it with a Union mad© sacred by freedom, and made permanent by foundations upon freedom and justice. Which of the planks in our platferm do you want taken out ? Do you want any one shaved a single particle ? No, no ; let it stand as it is. It is all good. Let us maintoin it all.— Lot us maintain the men who support it. Mr. Chase concluded by again returning thanks for the compliments bestowed upon him, and the crowd dispersed. What the Tribune says about Peace now.— The New York Tribune disposes of the peace question in a paragraph, and thus sounds the la, as musicians say, on the requiem of the dead re bellion : We say little concerning the “Peace” rumors from day to day set afloat, but the conviction we expressed two months ago that Peaeo is not dist ant, it strengthened by subsequent developments. But for the hope still wildly clung to of a Copper head triumph in our Presidential contest, we are confident that no Rebel flag would be flying this side of the Mississippi on the Ist of November next. course, we lay little stress on reports of ne gotiations opened here or progressing there. They are not all without foundation; but the hope of early peace rests not on any of them. The vital facts that the Rebellion i3 u failure, and that its military power is very nearly exhausted, have far greater significance. The rebel chiefs at Rich mond may try to hold out till after our Presidential contest is over; but, if they do, they will have lit tle capital left whereon to base their demands for favorable terms. The more reasonable presump tion is, that, if not already intent on a capitulation, they very soon will be. Withdrawal of Fremont.—Fre mont has written a letter withdrawing from the canvass for the - Presidency for the sake of unity among those opposed to slavery. In it he says : The Chicago platform is simply sepa ration. General McClellan’s letter of acceptance is re-establishment with slavery. The Republican candidate, on the contra*- ry, is pledged to the re-establishment of the Union without slavery; and, however hesitating his policy may be, the pressure of his party will, we may hope, force him to it. Between these issues, I think no man of the liberal party can remain in doubt; and I believe lam consistent with my antecedents in withdrawing, not to aid in the triumph of Mr. Lincoln, but to do my part towards preventing the elec tion of the Democratic candidate. In respect to Mr. Lincoln, I continue to hold exactly the sentiments contained in my letter of acceptance. I consider that his administration has been, political ly, militarily and financially, a failure, and that its necessary continuance is a cause of regret for the country. Good, if True.— The Mail of this morning refers to a rumor current in mil itary circles, of intelligence that anew military district has been, or is about to be established, to be called the department of the Tennessee ; that it is to embrace all the territory north of the Tennessee river, and extending through Kentucky to the mouth of that stream, and into East Tennessee on the right as far as Cumber land Gap. And further and better, that General Forrest is to be made a lieutenant general and placed in command of this new department, with authority to raise, equip and organize as 1 large a force as pos sible and to operate against the enemy at discretion. From, what has come to our knowledge we are inclined to give more than ordina ry credit to this rumor, and have reason to believe that some of the steps indicated have been taken. We shall not be sur prised to be called upon to publish Lieut. Gen. Forrest’s order assuming command of his department, at an early day. [Memphis Appeal. A dispatch from Forrest states that “after three hours fighting he stormed and capttu~ r * the fort at Sulphur springs, with over eight hundred prisoners, two block houses, three hundred horses, two pieces of artillery and large quantities of Quartermaster aud Commissary stores. The trestle-work at that point, the most important between Decatur and Nashville, was completely destroyed. Enemy’s los? over one hundred killed and wounded, it*- eluding the Colonel commanding the Our loss ten killed and about twenty five wounded. The fight occurred on the 28th ult.— Selma. Reporter . '