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DAILY TIMES. J. W. WARREN, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Friday Morning? October 7,1864. ■ 1 ' ' 1 The march of Hood’s army from its recent position on the West Point and Atlanta rail road i> considerably involved in mystery. The statement of our intelligent correspondent that, oa the night of the 2d inst. our forces encamped in the vicinity of New Hope is doubtless correct, but does not gratify the curiosity in the mind of the public to know where Hood is going and what he proposes to do. Will he take position on the State road and fortify and bold it permanently, or will he continue his march into Middle Tennessee— say to Nashville? Much, doubtless, will de pend upon the course which the Federal com mander may adopt, and, as this is almost too uncertain even for speculation we shall leave flood and Sherman to work out the problem without deriving any advantage from our sug gestions. Ut one thing vve are certain, Hood is too far from It is recent base to hope to draw further supplies from that direction, and must establish another. Fortunately, one is already at hand, with a good railroad at its back. The capture of Rome by Wheeler will enable him to rely upon it with comparative security. To our view the indications'are highly encourag ing that Sherman will be forced out of Gee r-, gia in a short time. The fact that he has one, two or three months supply in Atlanta cannot affect the result. Nothing short of eight months supply can satisfy him, and he must have this within reach before winter sets in, or he is a ruined man. We shall yet be thank ful for the disaster at Jonesboro' and the fall of Atlanta. Custom, as well as propriety, makes the ed itor of a paper directly responsible for the editorial matter that appears in its columns and indirectly for that which is communica-. ted. The contingency that decides the ques tion of responsibility in the latter case is the social status of the author as compared with the aggrieved party or his refusal to render satisfaction to the latter. In the conduct of this journal we profess to be governed by the above rule. Peace Negotiations. \V<; perceive with much regret, says the Southern Recorder, that a few papers in Georgia advocate the sovereignty 'of the States' to such a degree, as to authorize each for it self to make the best bargain it can with Mr. Lincoln for the cessation of hostilities. We i regard this as exceedingly unfortunate. It i not only gives an interpretation to the South- j ern compact which that instrument does not i justify, but it is an indirect confession of weakness in the Confederacy, most hurtful ! to the cause. We do not impeach the fidelity ! of those who maintain this doctrine of State ‘ rights, but we feel persuaded that the error, ' honest as it may be. is calculated to exert an unhappy influence on our struggle for nation- | al independence. The proposition, at this gloomy juncture of reverse in Georgia, implies I an abandonment of ail hope in our ultimate I success, and in this respect it is very objec tionable, even if nothing more serious could be alleged against it. Such a pretention is : wholly inconsistent w'ith the power to conduct our foreign relations which has been delega- ' ted to the Confederate Government. i Coupled with this romantic idea is that of i a Convention of all the States, North and j South, to adjust the terms of settlement. ■ When the relative composition of such a body is taken into view, either on the basis of State j sovereiynty, on which the North stands about j two to one against the South, (22 to 12) or in ! representative power which largely prepon derates in favor ot the North, as our Tariff ex perience in Congress has ever shown, the sece ded States would have no voice whatever which the blast of fanaticism would not in* stantly silence in the Convention. As for Southern independence, no one dare breathe it in such a presence. Then, with absolute dishonor from such arbitrament, the South would meekly ask for reconstruction with Constitutional guaranties of property, &c. Driven to this humiliating extreme, and scorn ed for the audacity of expecting the recogni tion of property in “our fellow-citizens of Af rican descent,'' the delegates of the haughty South, once so jealous of then’ honor as not 10 permit even the higher laic to assail it by implication, will return with a burthen which will attract the ridicule of Europe, and the contempt of all high-minded men at home. Such would be the legitimate results of a Convention of all the States. We are greatly mistaken in our estimate of Southern sensi bilities and Southern valor, if any measure of j the kind will be sactianed by even one-tenth of the people, however clamorous a few timid and speculative politicians may be in urging this course to quiet our national troubles. We are in the fight and we must carry it on to the bitter end. until we can close it with ! honor. It is no time for us to propose nego- j tiations. or to ask forbearance. The sword j can be sheathed after victory. A Yankee Railroad — The Wat They ! i Build Them. —Grant's railroad from City j Point to the Weldon road is nine miles long, j and was built in eleven days. A letter de scnliiag n, says , Two days were lost to the force by the sink- j ing of a vessel having a portion of the materi- | *1 on board, which reduces it practically to a nine days’ job. No previous surveys had be*n made to establish the route, or ascertain grades, and the most remarkable feature of.; the whole is, that none were made at all. The j line was located by the eye, without the aid \ of a compass, and no instruments were used ; to guage the evenness or degree of curvature j to be established at different points. No meas- : nrement was made or taken in laying the i track from one end“to the other—not even a i tape line or “ten feet” poles ! All was guaged j by the eye—estimated by paces. The practi cal skifl of the construction corps enabled them to seize the best location for the road at a glance, and to direct its details without the engineering appliances usually deemed ludis* pensible. Several ravines of considerable width and depth were encountered on the way. A cribwork of rough logs were built up, heavy timbers run from one to another for stringers, cross-ties put down on these, the rails nailed down in the usual manner, and the result is a substantial roadbed, equal to the best trestle work in the United States for temporary use. One of these bridges is eight hundred teet long and fifteen feet high : tl»e other, eight hundred and twenty feet in length and twenty-five feet in height at its greatest elevation. Very little filling or cutting was done r.t any point on the line." Yankee IT Tha extraordinary deiig:« „»j whie'a the Y*< kee press and people great any Military advaatiq which they may obtain shews hew very sick they are es the war, and with what jey they would hail its termination. Not a joy fer humanity relieved from suffering er for renewed relations of concert between a people once kindred, but a joy that there would be ne more drafts, no more green backs, ne more Fort Delaware, no more arrest by telegraph, ne more suppressions of newspapers, no more exile to Canada, no more drumming and fifing, and no more marching armed men te the polls to see that unarmed men de not vote against the will of the government. It is a joy for them selves that moves the Yankee enthusiasm, not an interest in peace or humanity- It is a knowledge that this war is slewly binding Upon them har dens which their posterity will never be able to throw eff. It is a conviction that armed men will be ferever their rnlers ; that the bayoaet, turned from us, will be directed at themselves ; that as Russian desolation has marked the enforcement es the law against the free peopiewh© resisted a worse than Russian despotism, an Anstrian police will carry its force and espionage into all the social re lations of the Union. The joy with many grows out of the hope that they will have us to help them in this coming war with their Government. They hope for help from our courage and our councils. This is the true reason for the concurrence of the Yankees of every party in the desire of sub jugating the South. The Abelitionist wants to serve, the Democrat te a : d in recovering his liber ties. The hopes of both are, however futile. We cannot return to making brick without straw : we have had enough of bondage. We assure them that we could not live under their government a day : it is not fit for freemen. We assure the Abolition ist that we should be most unprofitable servants. It would be impossible for them to venture with any advantage upon their stolen property, or to swagger with any safety among their Southern serfs The pleasures of satisfied vengeance would be very short lived. They would soon find that the soldiery, hired to keep us in subjugation, would rule over and subject thorn, and that our subjugation would be an excuse for theirs. This Yankee delusion will soon pass away. It is a drenken delirium, which eannot last. The usual caprice of war will have nipped the blooming anticipations of those sanguine Yankees who believe in the prophets of the penny press.— The recoil of the telegraph will have stunned the credulous crowd, who have got drunk and waved their caps for the sham victories of Sheridan and Sherman. Early is not driven from the Valley ; Sherman has met his Moscow. Forrest is abroad, and the Confederate cause still looks upward anti onward to liberty and independence. No, no, Messrs, of the peace and war parties, you have not caught the wolf, and, therefore, had bet ter not sell his skin. You may pile up debt and march on men to destruction for four years more. You may believe lying editors and ambitious gen erals, but the truth will at last break upon you : The South*is unconquerable.— Rich. Enquirer. Almost a Row in Atlanta. We have the particulars of a scene that occurred in Atlanta since its occupation, in which no little fear was felt by some of our surgeons who were prisoners, and others, of their personal safety, but which finally ended by Dne of our surgeons ing an opportunity to administer a fitting rebuke to .the policy of Lincoln with res gard to the exchange of prisoners, and a tacit acknowledgment by a mob of Fed eral soldiers that the rebuke was deserv« i ed. Some of the Yankee prisoners exchang ed by us were sent up from ville, and many of them carried with them samples of the corn bread with which they had been rationed. It was of bad quality, our own men were forced to admit, and the length of time since it had been prepared made it appear still worse. The exchanged men used these samples to arouse the indignation of the large number of soldiers in the city, and they were so far successful that one eves ning a large crowd collected in front of the Trout House, and began to consider the question of holding our prisoners then in their hands responsible. As the matter was talked over by the crowd and inflammatory speeches made, things began to wear a threatening as pect, when one of our Surgeons, Dr. Abs ernathy, of Giles county, Tenn., a prison er on parole in the city, asked permission to make a statement, which was granted. The Doctor adverted to the fact that cut off from the outside world as she was, the South was necessarily without many of the comforts of life, and compelled to de pend upon her own resources, while the Federal government had the markets of i the world. The South, therefore, was compelled to feed her prisoners the same as she fed her own soldiers, and this had been done. But the government at Wash ington, he stated, was responsible for th 6 long confinement of the prisoners. It had refused persistently the repeated . offers made for an exchange by the Con federate authorities, who had always de> sired to exchange man for man, The cartel was broken up by the Lincoln gov ernment, and it alone was responsible for the long confinement of so many brave men, both North and South. The Doctor’s remarks were received quietly by the crowd, and at their conclu sion it soon became minifest the truths he uttered impressed themselves upon the auditors. The meeting broke up quietly and dispersed, and nothing more was heard of the prevalence of a mob spirit. — Appeal, Montgomery , 2d, From East Tennessee Bristol, Tenn., Sept. 23, 1804. Matters in this department are of a decidedly more hopeful aspect than a few weeks since. Glen. J. C. Vaughan, the brave and efficient commander of cavalry, has his command now thoroughly or ganized, and is on the move. He left Jonesboro’ on the 21st, and is moving in the direction of Bull’s Gap. Straggling has been effectually put down, and a great many who had no arms have been furnished. The people are hopeful, and look for brilliant results in a few days. General Williams, with fifteen hundred men, has joined Gen. Vaughan, and been furnished ammu nition, &c. They are from Wheeler’s command, having accomplished the object for which they were detached. A report has gained circulation that a party of Yankees came through Pound Gap a few days ago. The Gap is in the Cumberland mountains, and is 30 miles west of Abingdon, Va. The report, no doubt, arose from the fact of the passage of some of our own troops. The commanders in this department are compe tent, and alive to their duty, and ere many days shall have elapsed the Yankee rule in East Ten nessee will he quite limited. [Cor. Richmond Sentinel. Barbarous Inhumanity. —Four or five hundred sick prisoners were brought to this city from North ! ern prisons, for exchange last Thursday, in a con dition which proclaims the savage inhumanity of ! the enemy. We leArn from them that their food I was sour bread and had meat —which aggravated ! their disease. When through neglect they were 1 reduced too low to be restored to health, they were i sent here io die. Twelve of them, we understand, j died on board the boat between Fortress Monroe and this city ; ond 30 more were numbered with ! the dead within three days after their arrival. One of them who had been accused of theft had been made deaf, dumb, and blind by strangulation having been hung by the neck till he became insen- j sible! His tormentors then spared his life, that it , might prolong his misery .—Richmond Christian Observer. Ft. Morgan not in a State of Mutiny.—lt has been repeatedly said by deserters ana sensation itemizers that the garrison of Fort Morgan was in a 1 state of mutiny: that many of the men were in irons for refusing to do duty; that they are tired of the war and anxious to escape from the rebel service.- There is no truth in such stories. I have conversed with many of the prisoner*, and tnil mat their faith in the Confederacy is unshaken. lam firmly convinced that when the chance is given them a 1 large majority will fight bravely and well for what t they conceive to be their violated - i i Hero,ld. wn, and the Worfli In ferior Cnurt. icial documents in the above case | have at la»t come to hand. It is but just to slate that Governor Brown 3 order to Col. Jones was verbal; and that he (Col J.) wrote it after his arrival in Isabella. The Govern or. we suppose, somewhat incen?ed at the in aumarable contrivances of men of property to escape service in the field, reiterated to Col. Jones his order, (when that gentleman called on hint to know if he really wished such a l message to be delivered) and also to report to him immediately the action of the court. — Gol. Jones and Gev. Brown left Macon simul taneously—the Colonel * to deliver his un pleasant message, and the Governor for the Capital, to make arrangements for its defence against the numerous Yankee raids then over running and pillaging the country. Oa the Governor’s trip thither “a change came e’er the spirit of his dreamhis wrath against delinquents had abated in his great anxiety for the defence of like an honest man. be addressed Col. Jones a letter at Isabella, instructing him not to deliver the order, as the Judiciary es the State were on ly amenable to the Legislature for their ac j tions. But, unfortunately for Governor 8., Col. J. 1 did not receive the letter for several days af ter he had delivered the order, and it was ■ then too late to make honorable amends to j the irritated and insulted gentlemen compo sing the Inferior Court of Worth County. At the time the Governor s order was read to the Court, there chanced to be three legal gentle men present, re spectively; Messrs. P. J. Stro | zar, W. E. Smith and W. A. Harris. The hon i orable Court requested these gentlemen to ; state their opii ions of the case in question, which they did in no measured terms of de ■ nunciatio;i against the promulgator—Govern or Brown. Messrs. Strozar and Harris were i particular bitter, and hurled the epithets ot | ignoramus, tyrant, usurper, 4:c., on the un -1 defended Governors head. !* Major Harris—formerly a warm, political ! and personal friend of Brown’s, boldly I charged him with partiality in discharging i men from the militia, and related the follow | ing to show that the father and friend were j not lost in the Governor. “Whe-n Governor • Brown eaw that his son would soon become | liable to military service, he entered him in i an institution by which he was shielded from | the Confederate enrolling officer and the mi ! litia laws of the State, and the children of his 1 friends and subordinates are allowed to re ■ main in Yankeedom where their wealth and j influence will always protect them from the j draft, but when a young, sickly boy—my j brother—applied for a discharge, he was or | dered to the front; and there in the ditches he is to-day, a burden to himself and country, and a victim to gubernatorial partiality. You have all known me heretofore as the friend and adherent of Gov. Brown, but may the avenger of innocence blast me if, by word or act, I ever again sustain such a base dema gogue and usurper as Joseph E. Brown. As Pilate washed his hands of the blood of Christ, so do I, from this day, sever all affinities be j twixt me and this self-styled autocrat law j breaker.” J The court unanimously adopted the follow ; ing report, which our readers will find upon I perusal, to be as defiant as is the Governor’s authoritaiive. We will simply add, that Gov. Brown has lost one staunch friend in the per son of Major W. A. Harris, who, last fall, would have fought his “weight in wild-cats’ in defence of the Governor's political and per ■ eonal character. We are sorry that it has be- I come necessary to publish these papers, as | they show the.firat instance where a Governor j of Georgia coveted more power than that j which the Constitution allowed. —Albany I Patriot. , THE GOVERNOR S ORDER. # To tbe Inferior Court, of Worth County : lam ordered by His Excellency, the Gov ernor, and Commander-In-Chief of the State of Georgia, to say to you, that if you do not, within one week, re-consider your decision in case of (Writ ofHabeas Corpus) J. M. C. Hol amanvs. J.J. Williams, Assistant Enrolling Officer of G. M., (in which said Holaman was discharged from arrest, upon the grounds that he hafe given his bond tor appearance at Court, charged grith the crime of murder,) that he will turn over ail of the Court subject to the Enrolling Officer of the Confederate States. - Your decision will be forwarded to the Gov ernor. E. T. Jones. Lt. Cql. and Acting Aid-de-Camp. 10th Military Dist.. G. M DECISION OF THE COURT. Whereas, an order having been promulgated by. Lieutenant Colonel E. T. Jones, of the sth Regiment, G. M., from His Excellency, Joseph E. Brown, Governor and Commander-in- Chief of said Georgia Militia, threatening that if a certain judicial decision, lately made by this Court,(is not by us ‘revoked, he will have all of us, within the ages of conscription, con scribed and put into the army of the Confed erate States, It is, therefore, ordered by the Court, that the said order is (be ?) hereby ignored, and that we look upon it as an assumption of pow er not granted to him by the distinguished position which Governor Brown holds, either by law or the prerogatives of his office ae Gov ernor, or Commander-ins Chie f; and that we look upon said order as an indignity. Our judgment in the case referred to is final, and we spurn the threat of his Excellen cy with indignation. Given under our hands and official signa tures. this 15th day of August, 1864. B. T. Collier, J. I. C. U. Thornhill, J. I. C. Dan’l S. Sumner, J. I. C. G; W. Spring, J. I. C. . A true copy from the minutes of the Court, this 16th day of September, 1864. Thomas G. Westfall, Deputy Clerk Inferior Court, Worth Countv. Ga. To Whom it May Concern.” — The St. Louis Republican hits off Lincoln's famous “To whom it rnfcy Concern,” letter to the Southern Commis sioners as follows. Here is its illustration: Jones and Smith are quarrelsome neighbors. Both see the folly of continual strife, and desire pacification. Johnson, the friend of Jones, know ing this mutual desire, undertakes to see if it can not be honorably consummated, and writes te Thompson, the friend of Smith, that he would like to consult about it. Thompson goes to meet John son, and they enter into correspondence a3 follows; July 1,1864. Johnson. —Dear Sir : I understand yon are au thorized by Jones to tender terms of reconciliation to Smith. If true, lam deputed to put you in the way of seeing him. Y ours, Thompson. To which Johnson replies: July 2, 1864. Thompsgx —Dear Sir: lam nos directly au thorized to tender terms, but I know Jones’ wishes perfectly, and I have no doubt I could at once get his abthority to act I wish to see Smith. Yours, Johnson. This note is sent to Smith, who responds; July 3, 1864. Know all men by these presents, that if John son is directly authorized by J ones to tender terms of reconciliation, and Jonep will agree to paint his house white and burn up his son’s mahogany fur niture; he may live next door to mo in peace, sub ject to my rules. Smith is Lincoln exactly, and his letter is quite as sensible. Blue Times in New Orleans.—A Yankee let ter from New Orleans fays: The business world of New Orleans is very blue. Long faces predominate. The worm has destroy ed the cotton orop almost entirely; and merchants who last winter gave immense parties, dinners, etc., supposing that by this time they should count their wealth by hundreds of thousands, are now calculating how they can save their picayunes and meet their expenses. This winter premises to be very different from the last General Sheridan was horn in Perry county, (Ohio, in the year 1331, and haring entered West Point in 1848, graduated at that institution ia June, 1853. TELEGRAPHIC. r*peats or ths prbss" association. Entered according to a«t of Congress in the yea: iV33, by J„ S 1 brashes, in the Clerk’s office 0: 'he District Court of the Confederate States foj the N orthera District of Georgia. * Richmond, Ootober 6. official dispatches te the War ‘Department last night state that Lt Col Withers has returned from his expedition t# Western Ya. He passed through Bulltown, Jacksonville, Westever, Walkerville, and Weston, destroying a million dollars worth of stores, capturing 300 prisoners, horses, equipments and bringing off 500 horses, 200 cattle, sustaining no loss. ■ Mobile, Oct. 6. Five vessels ed the bar. All quiet this morning. Four foreigners and eae_ negro were captured to day near the obstructions trying to make their es cape. The Advertiser has authentic advices from For rest’s army via Cherokee to-day. He captured 3000 prisoners, four guns, TOO horses, 2300 stands small arms, 1000 negro men and children, and completely destroyed the Alabama and Tennessee Railroad from Franklin to Decatur. This is con sidered Forrest’s most successful raid. Near Clinton, La., 6th. Yesterday the eiaemy advanced in heavy force from Bayou Sara on the Clinton and Woodville Roads. Col. Scott with one regiment only fought and drove them back on the Jacksonville read to within two mile3 of Bayou Sara, but being flank ed ar 1 the enemy being reinforced, Col. Scott fell back on the Liberty road. The enemy occupied Woodville yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock, and CKnton early this morning. ' Harikarl In Japan. A letter written by a Frenchman at Jeddo. and. dated January 5, contains the following : The Japanese who yesterday passed through the principal streets of Kongo the aristocratic quar ter of Jeddo—were surprised to see not one, but fourteen houses covered from top to bottom with white hangings, a sign that each of their owners, a noble or some high functionary, had been order ed by the Tycoon to kill himself during the day by ripping open his bowels. On receiving notice, the unhappy man makes immediate preparation for his death. He calls his friends and relatives around him, and with them he drink3 rye brandy, eats sweetmeats, and jest3 upon the uncertainty of human affairs, until the arrival of the Imperial inspector, sent te see the execution executed. On his entrance the master of the house rises, takes leave of his friends, and passes into another room with the inspector and two or three relations. After hearing the decree read, the condemned man draws his sabre, makes one cut across .and another along his abdoinen, and, lastly, cuts his throat. It often happens that a man has only strength to make the first cut. In that case, a trusty servant, standing behind him for the purpose, strikes off his head. No one has any knowledge of the offences for which these fonrteon personages were condemned to death, but I heard that they were suspected of being to 6 sincere partisans of the alli ance with Europeans. Another report was that they had been engaged iu some mysterious con spiracy. When we hear in the frequent discussions of the military genius of Forrest, many persons declaim against his original plan of tactics with a total disregard of all systems laid down in books, the more are we inclined to class him with the Napo leonic school. We have heard of an old German officer who was a great admirer of correctness in military operations. He used to revile Bonaparte for spoiling the science of war, which had been errri and to such exquisite perfection by Marshal Dauu. “In my youth we used to inarch and coun termarch all the summer without gaining or losing a square league, and then we all went into winter quarters. And now comes an ignorant, hot-headed young mau, who flies about from Boulogne to Ulm,and from ITIm to the middle of Moravia, and fights battles In December. The Whole system of his tactics is monstrously incorrect,” The world is of opinion, in spite of critics like these that the end of fencing is to hit, that the end of medicine is to cure, that s he end of war is to conquer, that the great idea uppermost in the great, original mind of Bedford Forrest is to kill Yankees, and that those means are the most correct which best accomplish the and.— Montgomery Mail. Thk Virginia Campaign. —The Petersburg (Va.) Express takes a hopeful view of affairs in that State. It says : We know not what is to Come. It is a secret which time alone can reveal. But we have the satisfaction to know that at present the sky is brighter over our heads than it was a week ago, and that all the signs around us are auspicious.— Grant’s movements do not seem to promise much better than they did when he was sliding down from Spotsylvania to Prince George. Richmond and Petersburg, at the close of the fifth month of this famous campaign of his, still stand and are as likely as ever to continue to stand. Sheridan’s Valley glories are fast fading away, and, from the complexion of the latest intelligence from our army under Early, that boastful Yankee leader will soon be winging hi3 way back to the Potomac. ; The pursuer will be the pursued, as ha3 often been the case in the Valley campaigni. - - m* : Voiceless Verse. ♦The world is rife with nobler thought. Than trembles on the tongue ; The world is full of melody, Unwritten and unsung; The music of a march is sweet. But action is sublime, And you may live a nobler a ver3e Than can be told in rhyme ! The lyres and lutes with tinkling breath, The love-sick girls belong; The rytam of a well-spent life Is sweeter far than song. I'm weary of the wa3te of words— Our world were aot so dead If half our bards would caa33 to write And their songs instead : The draft yesterday and to-day made a deep cut in the Democratic ranks. To-morrow the Twelfth Ward will have to furnish nine hun dred—a very extensive haul. The drafting ia the First district commences on Monday next. There are only about 456 to be drafted. In the Second district the number will reach I*soo men. The city authorities of Louisiana, Mo., have taken measures to free that place of the ne groes who nave left their owners and gone into that place in such numbers aa to become a burden to the city. Owners are notified to come and take their negroes away or give bonds for their conduct and support them. The first volume of the Emperor Napoleon'3 long-expected “Life of Caesar” is announced p®3itivaiy to appear ia November orDecember next. The second volume will appear a month or six weeks after the first, and the concluding volumes will then appear at short intervals. Gsn. Hardes.— We have good reason to believe, (says the Savannah Republican), that the valuable services of this distinguished and successful leader are not to be lost to the Army of Tennessee, notwithstanding hie re cent appointment to the command of this de partment. The assignment of General Beau regard to his present post i3 likely to heal all difficulties and restore Gen. Hardee to the gallant corps which has done 30 much for it self and the country. PgAcas, Any How. — A hopeful correspond ent writes to the Mobile Advertiser from Clin ton, La., that as to the result of the next election for a Yankee President, I believe it will make but little difference to the South Who succeeds. If Lincola i3 re-elected there will be a Western revolution and Confederacy before the 4th of March next. It McClellan is elected Lincoln will make peace before the 4th of March. Keep this in mini. Labor and Recusation.— Au English paper has the following: It is said that in the town es Boston the girls have made an improvement in ironing, which beat3 the steam engine on commoa roads.all hollow. They spread out all the clothes on a smooth platform, and fasten hot flat-irons to their feet and skate ever them. This ia combining the recreative with the useful ana ornamental.” T JBL E CITY- T- J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR Gen. Beauregard. —We learn that it is the purpese of this distinguished General and patriot to pass through this city this morning en route, we presume, to assume the duties of his new com mand. “All hail to the chief.” Sixes To-dat. —It will be seen by advertise ment that Ellis, Livingston & Cos., will have a sale this day of very desirable furniture and ether property. Rains. —This section was visited yesterday by heavy rains, and at the time of writing, the pros pect was good for more. Georgia Militia.— Col. Thompson issues or ders to the 6th Regiment Georgia Militia, which will be found iu our paper this meruing. The time and place of meeting, with a view to re entering the service are specified, and all parties interest ed will do well to take due notice. ( Theatre. —We learn from persons present that Temperance Hall was literally jamemd on Wednes day evening to witness the first representation of Mr. Crisp’s fine troupe. The company is unusu ally large, all well up in their parts, while those ; characters represented by Mr. <fc Mis. Crisp, “our : Jessie” and Mr. Hamilton, were rendered in most | admirable taste and spirit. In fact, it is stated by competent judges, that our city has never been ! honored by the presence of such an array of I ability. It will be seen by advertisement that the troupe will appear te-night in the great French play— “ The Marble Heart,” to be followed by a charm ing afterpiece. Chattanooga Rebel. —We learn it is the in tention of the editors of this able but unfortunate paper, to commence its publication in this city in a few days. The Rebel, like the Memphis Appeal, has found it necessary frequently during the pro gress of this revolution, to change its base, and we can but admire, the pluck and energy which its proprietors hare displayed thus far in keeping their heads above the gales and breakers which have overwhelmed so many of our brethren of the “goose quill.” The Rebel has made its mark here tofore, wherever established as a popular, first class newspaper, and we have no doubt will fully maintain its reputation as such among us. Northern Methodists. —The late General Con ference of the Northern Methodist Church, elected three abolitionist bishops, about eight abolition editors, excluded all slaveholders from the church, without the authority of law, extended the term of the pastorate to three years, created eight new Conferences, made Trustees of Churches members of the Quarterly Conferences, made anew ritual and remodeled the Discipline, re-enacted the rule making attendance upon class meeting a test of membership, and provided for the organization of the baptized children of the Church into classes. Oates of Secession The Richmond Dispatch places Georgia next to I South Carolina in the order of State secession. In a note to £3,100 of the “Georgia Code,” the Com- j piler 3ays: The following is the order in which the : several States seceded from the United States, to-wit: 1 1 South Carolina, December 20th. 1860. 2 Mississippi, January oth, 1801. 3 Alabama, January 11th, IS6I. 4 Florida, January 11th, 1361. 3 Georgia, January 19th, 1861. 6 Louisiana, January 20th, 1361. 7 Texas. February Ist, 1361. 8 Virginia, April 17th, 1861. 9 Arkansas, May 6th, 1861. 10 North Carolina, May 20th, 1861. 11 Tennessee, June Bth, 1861. 12 Missouri, August 12th, 1861. ♦ ♦— Bltler the Beast.— lt is said that Butler \ has fooled Lincoln with the idea that he has some strength with the Democracy. Let the President disabuse himself, says Bennett’s | Herald, Butler has as much standing with the Democracy as he has with gentlemen. His is j justly considered the most universally dis- i graced American name since Benedict Ar nold's. Any administration which had the honor of the army in respect would long since have court martialed him for conduct unbe coming an officer and a gentleman, and put ( him out of the army in disgrace. notice! Headq’rs 6th Regiment, G. M. Columbus, Oct. 7, 1864. General Orders! No. -. J Commanders of Companies are hereby ordered to muster their commands on Tuesday, 11th inst., at the places herein designated, viz: Muscogee county, at the Depot of the Muscogee Rail Road in Columbus; Chattahoochee county, at the Box Spring Depot; Marion county, at Geneva; at which points they will take the train for Macon. Transportation will be furnished, and absentees on our arrival in Macon will be promptly reported as deserters and immediate stops bo taken to arrest thorn and bring them to camp. By order of D B THOMPSON, Col comd’g 6th Reg G M L B Duck, Adj’t Notice! Headers 24th Senatorial Dist,, G. M. In obedience to orders from the Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, all men between the ages of 50 and 60 years old, in the county of Muscogee, will assemble at the Court House on Monday, the 10th inst., at 10 o’clock, to be organized into a com pany or companies te repel raids. In the county of Chattahoochee on Wednesday, the 12th inst. In the county of Marion on Friday, the 14th inst. All Police Captains will be present with their muster rolD. By order of Gen. H. C. Wayne. B. A. THORNTON, A. D. C. oc6 4t FOR SALE 7 320 Acres of Land on tbe Mobile & Girard Rail Road, FORTY MILES from Columbus, Georgia, and one and a half from Station No. 5; about 180 acres opened, and cabins for about 30 negroes, with good water, gin house, <fcc. Apply to Messrs Ellis, Liv ingston <fc Cos., for terms. sps lm* D C FREEMAN, Jb. WANTED! C AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price JjUuU will be paid. Apply to F. W> DILLARD, sp7 ts Major and Q. M, SE EJECT SCHOOL. Mr. GEO- M. DEWN will resume his School with a limited number of pupils on Monday the 3d October next. Tuition for half a [scholastic year $125 00, paya ble in advance. sep29 4t* WASTED TO HEAT! ONE or Two Furnished Rooms, with or without Board—a small family. Best of references given. Can furnish supplies at low prices. Address C T NASH, sep3Q ts Box 109. WAITED TO HIHE. DIVE or SIX NEGRO FELLOWS, for which tb a highest price will be paid. Apply at TIMES OFFICE. sep29 lw* . Pressman Wanted, A mechanic whe understands repairing a Print ing Press can obtain a job, on liberal terms, at this office. ® ct * i TEMPERATE 1141,1. THEATRE. Lessee and Manager H. CRISP, Friday Evening, Oct. 7th. GREAT FRENCH SENSATION DRAMA OF THE MARBLE HEART! OR THE Sculptor’s Dream! Mr. Theodore Hamilton as Raphil. Mr. Harry Crisp as Volage. Mr. Jam «s Keith as Veandoee, Mrs. W. H. Crisp m....Maxco, thb Maebl* Hiaet.' Mr. J. Clark as TheOiphan Marie the Chunk of Gala. ANOTHER ROARING FARCE OF mil m rim mi \ m — Box Office, open daily, at the Hall, where Seats can be secured. Tickets can be obtained at the Hotels. Doers open at 7p. m. The curtain will rise at 1 i past 7 precisely. Tickets $5 each. Servants $2 each. No half price. Programmes"^ oc7 It AUCTION SALES' By Ellis, Livingston & Cos, * ON FRIDAY,-October 7th, at 10f o’clock, w# will sell in front of our store 2 very fine Mahogany Settees, 6 very fine Mahogany Parloy Chairs, 1 very fine Mahogany Marble Top Cen-> tre Table, 4 very fine Window Curtains, Cornice and Shades, 1 pair Brass Andirons, Mantle Orna ments, Bed Steads, Chairs, Crock' ery and Glassware, 17 Boxes Tobacco, assorted, 4 Cases Smoking Tobacco, 50 Bbls. Superior Coast Salt, 200 Empty Corn Sacks, 1 Chest Fine Black Tea, fresh, 1 Close Carriage, nearly new, late style, 2 Setts Single Harness, 1 Fine Two Seated Buggy, 1 Two Horse Wagon and Harness. 600 pounds Nails, Office Chairs, Desks, &e., Ac. —also — A Lot of Assorted Gerauiunis. octo-3t S3O By Ellis, Livingston A Cos. UP -« - «IWll - ON FRIDAY, 7th October, at 101-2 o’clock, we will sell in front of our store, A LIKELY BOY! 20 years old. j octo td $6 _ _ By Ellis. Livingston A Cos. 200 QALLO2>TS mi Mimi minium! A VERY FINE ARTICLE. For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards, ag3o ts Rt AAWAY Olft STOLEN S3OO Howard 2 LEFT Cusseta, Ala., on Sunday morning, Octo ber 3d, my man Henry. He is about six feet high, of pleasing address; was raised in Lumpkin county, Ga.; I bought him of Alexander Spriggs, of Lump kin county, Ga. I have reason to believe he has been decoyed off by some white man. I will pay two hundred dollars for tbe boy, and three hun dred dollars for the thief, with proof to convict. J. D. SIMMS, oc6 2w Cusseta, Ala. SIOO Reward. WILL be paid for a negro boy named Henrv, who ranaway about two mouths ago. He is about' teot Binches high; weighs about 160 or 170 lbs.; com plexion yellow; fine looking; when laughing has dimples in both cheeks. It is probable he went to Atlanta with some of the troops from this city. oc6 ts U. M. CLECKLEY. LOST. AN ENVELOPE containing about Ten Photo graphs. Any one finding it will confer a favor on the owner by leaving it at the Lee Hospital, Ward A. [oct 6-11* Situation as Governess Wanted. ANTED by a Refugee lady a situation as Visiting Governess to give instructions in English, Music and the Rudiments of French. Also desires Music Scholars—will instruct them at their homes. Terms reasonable. References given. Enquire of D. P. Ellis, Esq. [oct 6-ts General Orders, Ao. 30. [Extract.] Headquarters Post. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 5, 1864. Special Orders, ? No. 29. ( IV. All orders heretofore issued from these Head quarters, assigning men to duty as Detectives or on Secret Service, are hereby revoked. By order LEON VON ZINKEN, Colonel Comd’g Post. S. Isidore Guillot, Lt. and Post Adj’t. SSOO REWARD STOLEN, from Judge Thomas’ stable, near Colum bus, Ga., on the night of the 3d instant, one fine black HORSE, shoulder slightly rubbed from collar, mane also rubbed off near his ear by halter, on his left flank a healing sore, he has on anew set of shoes with heeis. Four hundred dollars will be given for the delivery of this horse to me at Columbus. One hundred dollars will be given for the delive ry to me of a NORREL MARE, small blazed face, one hind foot white, no other marks remembered. Both horses were taken off together. If any one living on the different roads leading from Colum bus can furnish any information respecting these horses, they will greatly oblige the subscriber. octs-4t J. A.'SHINGLEUR Strayed or Stolen. ]?ROM the Perry House, in this city, a beautiful a Pointer Pup, bluespeekled; with sides of head and ears liver color; one spot between the eyes and one large spot between the fore shoulders; about six months old; well grown. A liberal reward will be paid for his return to me. Any of my friends seeing him, will confer a great favor by taking possession and notifying me. ocs 3t Col. M H WRIGHT. A SUPERIOR ARTICLE or COFFEE! S Jol 1 ngle KTails! AT MULFORD’S OLD STAND. oct4-tf Piano Instruction. MRS. T. H. VANDENBURG is again prepared to resume her Instruction in Music on the Piano. Those designing to favor her with their patronage will apply at her former residence on Forsyth street. Terms—Fifty dollars per quarter. Mrs. T. would be pleased to REITT ROOM*-. o< a portion of the house, now occupied by berseu. Apply as above. oet,,do liiiMiOiifr T'HE Exercises of this Institution will oe reso.;ue_. 1 on the Ist Monday in October, under the contin ued direction of its present aole instructor. Rev. Carlisle P- B. Martin- Terms of admission will be made known oetire the session commences. tae E g GREENWOOD( Presd t> D. F. WILLCOX, Sec’y. spl2 ts Board of Trustees.