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DAILY TIMES. J. W. WARREN, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Monday Morning, Oetober 17,1864, Revocation of Details. The revocation of details, says the Richmond Examiner, like many other measures of the War Department, ought to hare been earlier. If the Order had been published three weeks age, the twenty days allotted for forwarding the lists would bow be expired, and the men from soft places would this day be pouring into the army. Now that the necessity of the measure has been at length teen, it may be hoped that it will be carried out ihtibxibly and honestly. The meD are really wan ted; and if we had this moment in the army, the whole, or even the ono half of those affected by by this order, and well able to serve, Gen. Lee could soon make short work of what remains of this campaign. Os CO urse judgement and discretion must be employed in deciding who are employed in indis pensable work to the army; for no other work is indispensable at till. Certain artisans, and per sons employed in providing and forwarding mu nitions of war, must of course be kept in that duty. All the country demands is, that there be no favoritism. Under tho third section of the Order, those who claim exemption on account ot physical disability are to be examined by “select medical boards,” after their arrival at the camp of instruction. Without disrespect to those m -di cal officers, we would impress upon them what a grave duty they will have to discharge in this matter. “Physical disability” is an uncertain and variable matter, very subject to exaggeration by fancy in certain circumstances; and the too hu mane indulgence of surgeons has exempted thous ands from service who, though not perhaps equal to a year’s campaigning, with heavy marching in snow and sleot, might yot very well do a few weeks’ duty in our present emergency, uot only with no injury to their health, but with positive beueiit. To the men thomselves who have sought “soft places” heretofore and obtained them, and remain snugly coiled up in them up to this hour, it is feared that there would be no use in appealing. If the ovi tent and crying need of their country has not been able to stir and rouse them, and noth ing but the hand of tho conscript guard upon their collar can move them from their corners, then let it be applied at once, and the more roughly the better. „ There is a large class who will not require such summons. All men possessing common intelli gence, and any heart to speak of, know that tho time has now come when they must do some fight ing or lose their property and their liberty ; be come wandorers in the woods or be housed in Yan kee prisons. It is disagreeable for untrlined old men to abandon homo and stop business for tho field ; but it is better to bo in the field for tho next six weeks than to be plundered of everything they have in the world by the Yankee army and sink into the condition of starving slaves. For the sake of themselves, their property and tho safe ty of their own live3, all must now shoulder a muskot who can. Let the call bo enforced, not merely in Richmond, but on every farm, in every ■bouse and in every cabin of Virginia and of all the other States; for the loss of Richmond is the immediate less of Virginia. Later from Europe. —Tho New York corres. pendent of tho London Times, writing on tho 9th September, says that tho Republican party, seeing the danger wiiieh menaces it from divided coun cils is rapidly closing up Us ranks —and in con trasting yho Republican claims of Lincoln and McClellan, he contends that between them there 0, 23 little to choose on publio grounds. The London Times correspondent at Richmond, writing Aug. 13th says there never wa3 a moment when moreconfideuce as to the result of tho war, was entertained throughout the South. The New York correspondent of the Daily News says that-whoovor may bo elected in November you have nothing to look for but war. Thero is so peace party that will weigh in the contest, and unless some great change comes over tho public mind, you will see no administration that will dare to cease lighting as long as the Confederacy is in existence. , Th« Northern papefs claim that prepara tions were made io meet the advance of our forces in Missouri, inasmuch ns it was‘‘known for some time by their war authorities that the rebels in the Trans-Mississippi were mass ing a considerable force to make an invasion.’' We fiud a dispatch in the Cincinnatti Com mtreial which says: ‘-General A. J. Smith’s command of 25,000 men were recently sent op from Memphis to counteract this very movement of the enemy. Other .troops have been quietly concentrated in the State. They are to be .under command of Gen. Rcaecrane.” Gen. Price seems to be having things all his own way. Headquarters. —The headquarters.for this department, now at Selma, where they were removed temporarily, says the Meridian Cla rion, will return in a few days to this place, the object of their removal being accomplish-* ed, General Taylor has been constantly on *3se move since he assumed command of this department. 11 13 energy, wliich is remarkable, is having a cheering etl’ect upon the people. [From the Richmond Whig, 11th.] Tlie News. .FROM EAST TENNESSEE. The cheering information already received from Breckinridge’s command in the Southwest, has an addition in the news received at the War Depart ment yesterday evening. The despatch referred to states that Brig. Gen. Vaughn’s Cavalry drove the from Kogorseibe. on the Bth of October, killing and wounding a good many.. It also reports * that there is no enemy in force this side of Bull’s Bap. Thus it seems that the tide in the Southwest aam the Valley of Virginia and North Georgia has turned, aud ihat we have now only to advance te reap the fruits of victory. FROM THE NORTH SIDE. jfll was again reported quiet on the Northside yesterday evening by an army officer direct from the front. From another source we also learned that the Yankees have over 20 guns in position at Fort Harrison bearing upon our works whioh front it. — Whether this be so or not, we are inclined to be lieve that before long, if not abandoned they will be captured with the cannoneres who man them. While we deplore the surprise or reverse, or what ever it may be called, which gave the Yankees Fort Harrison, we have met many knowing military peo ple who see in its capture nothing to he regreted by the friends of the Confederate cause. After listen ing to the reasons adduced by them, we have been forced despite our preconceived opinions to admit that they are not without force and plausibility.— The developements of the next ten or twenty days will betray, unless we are mistaken who was ori ginally right. FROM THE VAIiLEY. We learned by the Central cars last night that Sheridan is obeying Grant’s letter to destroy every thing in his passage through the Valley. He has spared neither barn, mill or corn-crib, and even in his fastest travelling finds time to apply the torch to every hay-rick. All accounts from Early repre sent his men as “ Jubilant ” in their pursuit of bher idan's column. Amon,- the acts passed at the latejseasion of the Alabama Legislature was one which makes the •rimes of negro stealing, horse stealing, burglary, xobbery and arson, punishable with death, by hang ing, without discretion of the jury. Another (and a *Dod one) to punish, by imprisonment in the peni tentiary , for a term not exceeding five, years, any impressing officer, who violates the impressment Jew, in any shape or form, in the.execution, or pre tended execution of the same. The Front. We have from our special agent, who writes us from Blue Mountain under date es the 11th, a pret ty clear resume of operatiois up to that time. Our earlier reports of the merenponts of our cavalry were quite correct. Reme was not cap tured, but merely occupied after the enemy bad retired. The Alatooaa affair transpired on the 4th. It was conducted by General French. The division of that officer, forming the left wing of Stewart’s corps, and placed farthest north in the advance upon the railroad, was ordered forward on a tour es observation. On reaching the vicinity of Ala toena, entrenchments were discovered and car ried with such ease that the reconnoissanee was oentinued. At every point es defense the resis tance was light, pad at length ear troops reached the depot with a comparatively small loss. Here a council of war was held. It decided to attack the hills, which rise about a half mile beyond and in which the enemy was supposed to have fortified himself. In the assault which followed our casu allies were more numerous than before, and we were forced to retire. It was now nearly night, and there being no reinforcements at band the lines were contracted to the left of the corps. In this roconnoissance in force we lost only one hundred and forty-nine men. The gallantry of the troops is highly commended by Gen. Hood. The report of a second attack and capture of the works by rhoentire corps combined is a mistake of the press agent at Newnan, who relied upon un founded and exaggerated rumor3. At Cartersville the enemy have erected superb fortifications, rivaling, as Capt. Nutt of the scouts reports, those around Atlanta. The enemy have massed large quantities of supplies at this point. A special note, which will be found in our tele graphic column, informs us of y,n importanr movement, which has already gone into effect and may bring us the most gigantic results. Lay fay ette, where <>ur armj is at present, is twenty two miles this side of Chattanooga at the lower end of Willis’Valley. The enemy are concentrating for the defense of Chattanooga. Our rear and flank is under perfect cover, and success is likely to follow the move. We shall endeavor to keep our readers fully and promptly advised of all that transpires, which is prudent to be made publio, as wehavo establish ed the most regular means of communication, and shall be able to present as constant and as re liable intelligence as can be had. —Montgomery Mail, 15. [Correspondence of the Montgomery Mail.] The Front, Blue Mountain, Oct. 12,1864. The movements across the Tennessee river, an inkling of which 1 dispatched you from Talladega, has received a checkmate, and our advance towards Gunter’a landing seems to be turned in another and more northernly di rection. I was not premature in my conjec tures. There is no doubt that but for causes, which it would not be prudent to mention ju3t now, our troops would have been by this time at Fayetteville, in Middle Tennessee. Gen. Hood has, with great promptitude, and with a celerity of perception which promises well, made his dispositions to suit the emer gencies as they rise; and the sudden flask to the right toward Will’s Valley has taken the enemy completely by surprise. The move ment, as I understand it from officers just in from the front, was made on Tuesday and Wednesday. The two army corps of Lee and Cheatham encamped near the little village of Centre, in Cherokee county, Ala., ware moved across the Coosa on the evening of the 11th. Gen. Stewart, who lay near Rome, pushed for ward over the Ettovvah above fb-at point. The columns met somewhere near Will’s Valley road, and are advancing on Lafayette. The advance guard is reported tu have entered that town without opposition. L’ayfayette will be remembered as the poiat from which Gen. Bragg marched out to fight the bffttle of Chickamauga, and the scene of Gen. Pillow’s cavalry disaster. It is a dirty little village in Walker county, Georgia, twen ty-two miles from Chattanooga, at* the ex tremity of Will’s Valley. General Hood can march up this valley and tap the railroad twelve miles from Bridgeport, near the river, and push forward over the route followed by Rosecrans upon the Sebastopol of East Ten nessee. ‘it is understood to be strongly forti fied, but may be captured by a suddeu dash over Lookout Mountain. Whether it is the design of Gen. Hood to a (tempt this, e*- wheth er he still has designs upon Middle Tennessee, is a matter of conjecture with your correspon dent as well as Gen. Sherman, and,, will be tfeveloped in a few days. I shall express no opinion as to the move ment in a military point of view. I do not pretend to be a critic in the art of war. It may turn out well or ill, for aught I know.— But its moral and political effect is a topic of fair discussion, and in their light the move ment is a good one. It encourages the troops, revives the spirit of ]the officers, disarranges the plans of the enemy, and disturbs the tri umphant dreams of the people of the North.— The effect will be beneficial on the election. The strength of Sherman’s army is various ly estimated. I have just had a conversation with a Captain commanding a detachment of scouts, and he tells me that the popular notion exaggerates the numbers of the enemy. There is one corps, eight thousand strong, in Atlan ta. Thomas has twelve thousand with him at Bridgeport and Stevenson. There are five thousand at Cartersville, two thousand at Ettow&h and about twenty-three thousand at Chattanooga. These figures sum up a total of fifty thous and. This does not include the cavalry. It is about five thousand strong. If these are anything like approximate aggregates we are not so bad off as some people suppose. We can dispose of them with some assurance. The Yankees themselves claim a force of one hundred thousand men. This is gasconade. General Beauregard has reached army headquarters and his appearance among the troops I am told inspires the liveliest enthu siasm. Shirley. (Special Correspondence of the Mississippian.) Visit to Memphis—The Subjugation of the South —A Federal Officers Opinion—The Presiden tial Election—No Chance for McClellan — Gen- Washburne —Confederate Money in Memphis, $ c - Mr. Editor: —Having recently (upon busi ness connected with the exchange of prison ers) spent several days in Memphis a few facts may be interesting to your readers. Os course, I cannot communicate any military information which I may have gained, as this would be violative of the confidence which the enemy reposes in a Confederate officer when he is admitted through the lines. I carried about eighty officers and privates to Memphis for exchange. Upon the way a Federal officer, as we approached Grenada, said to me, “I have traveled overthreehundred miles of rail* road which hitherto has been torn up by our army. Now, you are running trains unmo lested over the very lines which we had sup posed effectually destroyed. Upon either side I behold evidences of plenty. This work has all to be done over again. The difficulty in conquering the South lies in its tenacity ®f purpose and its immense territorial area.— When we, by overwhelming numbers, drive you out of one place, you retire to another ; by the time we dislodge you from the second you are ready to go back to the first. As we advance we have to weaken the invading col umn to garrison our lines of communication, continually threatened by your cavalry. The struggle is a long one, but if the North can endure, we will conquer you in the end.”— Barring the last remark, W 8 believe he had a right conception of our strength. When we reached Hernando we met the Federal flag of truce. The officers of the flags on both sides were elegantly entertained at the residence of Colonel White, of the Confederate array. Blue and grey were seated around acommon table, and the war freely but courteously discussed. It is a strange sight to see embittered enemies thus communing together— yet such is the power of the white flag. Having several matters of importance to lay before Major General Washburne, we pro ceeded to Memphis. We were met at the picket line bveMajor Burnett, of Gen. Wash burne’s staff, aud invited to the city. We were received with great courtesy and treated in the most genteel manner during our stay. Gen. Washburne is free and easy in his man ner and affable in his official intercourse. — From what we saw and heard of him he is a representative man of the more humane and gentlemanly class of Federal officers. We understand from members of his staff and cit izens that he greatly depreciated the destruc tive policy, and was highly incensed at the burning of Oxford, Miss., by Gea. Smith. Af ter the retain of that expedition, he ordered the express companies to send no’packagea or boxes North, until they could be examined. — He holds many valuable articles pillaged from the citizens to be returned to the rightful owners. In one box was a fine copy of Au dobon’s Natural History—the property of a gentleman at Holly Springs. This he has re turned. A copy of this invaluable contribu tion to science cost the subscribers .one thous and dollars each, and i3 very rart, as the plates have been destroyed. While in Memphis I became thoroughly convinced that McClellan has no chance for election, his own friends and supporters told me that be would be badly beaten. Among the prominent papers, however, supporting bis claim are the St. Louis Republican, Louis ville Journal, Louisville Democrat, Chicago Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer and New Y r ork Metropolitan Record. Vallandigham, Fer* nan do Wood and Garret Davis, of Kentucky, were making speeches for him. I consider ibat the election of McClellan would be the worst for the South. Partisan spirit would sustain his administration and thus the revo lutionary elements would be harmonized to a war policy. Public patronage would meet with a freah distribution and the malcontents subsidized into silence. The election of Mr. Lincoln would climax the revolutionary spir it and precipitate civil war in the border and Northwestern States. Four years of malad ministration give no prophecy of better suc cess, and a large class, yielding to despair, would demand a cessation of usurpation, and finally of hostilities. The revolutionary party, though in a hopeful minority at th« ballot box, knows its power in the field. Sustained by Southern arms it is a balance of power which would soon mage itself felt in the mighty throes of war which are now racking the American continent. We have only to hold on tenaciously, and wait for the devel opment of events in the United States. Peace will come at last through the efforts of our arms. I hf«re never seen a Federal officer that was willing to acknowledge our indepen dence. We have yet to fight on, but if true to ourselves the issue is certain. One thing that surprised me is that Confed erate money, estimated by its purchasing value is worth three times a» much in Memphis as it is in Selma. The brokers win pay seven teen cents upon the dollar for it in Lnited States currency, or eight and a third cents in gold. Calico can be bought in Memphis for three dollars per yard in Confederate mon ey which would cost fifteen in Selma. Other articles in the same proportion. There is a regular market for Confederate money in Mem phis. It is also astonishing that in Northern Mississippi, which has been time and again overrun by hostile armies, prices rule much lower than with us. In Seaatobia a day s board, (and which is much better than is furnished by our interior hotels) is furnished for eight dollars in Confederate money with us the price is twenty dollars. I saw no evi dences of disloyalty in Northern Mississippi. Indeed, the patriotism of the people seems to have been intensified by their insults and losses. ‘ This is very gratifying. There is as little, or even less, croaking among them than with our people who have never yet felt the bitter wrongs of invasion and devastation. Let us all pursue a brave, hopeful, enduring spirit, and peace and liberty will yet dawn and brighten upon us. Yours, Jfc., *• H. A. M. Henderson. Cahaba, Ala., Oct. 10, 1864. [Correspondence Savannah Republican.] Letter from “P. W. A.” Richmond, Oct. Bth, 1864. There was a renewal of hostilities before Richmond yesterday. At an early hour in the clay ‘Lieut. General Anderson advanced against the enemy’s lines in fiont of Battery Harrison and further to the left along the Darbytown road. On the right the enemy was driven back nearly a mile under cover of the guns of Battery Harrison, and on the left he was forced to abandon two temporary lines and retreat with considerable haste a distance ot two miles. Here he wa3 found to be strongly intrenched and in heavv force. Our troops charged thi3 position with their usual gallantry, but owing to the reported failure of one of the brigades, the attack was not as successful as it promised to be. Our chief loss was sustained at this point, though it is reported to have been inconsiderable al together Among the slain was Brig. General Gregg, commanding a Texas brigade in Gen. Fields’ division. Brig. Gen. Bratton, of South Carolina, was severely wounded. Col. Has kell, of the 7th S. C. Cav., received a wound in the head that will probably prove mortal, and his brother, Maj. Haskell, ot the artillery, was also wounded. - The results of the action may be summed up in a few words: On the right we drove the enemy back to Battery Harrison, and on the left wfc adrascsd Our lines fully two miles, took ten pieces of artillery and as many cais sons, with their horses, and made about one hundred prisoners, including Captain Ashe, Kautz’s adjutant-general. Gary’s brigade of cavalry rendered important service in making these captures and driving in the enemy’s ex treme left. The enemy still hold Battery Harrison, which has become quite an uncomfortable place to them, being shelled by our laud bat teries by day and by gunboats at night. Un fortunately, Chaffin’s Bluff i3 within range of this work, and our flag staff at that place was shot away yesterday. Gen. Early reports that Sheridan, on the night of the sth, retired from Harrisonburg back down the Valley, and that our forces had occupied the town. The operation guerilla bands upon his line of communica tions may have forced him to this step, ortho condition of affairs in Georgia may require the presence of a part of his forces in that quarter. A detachment of Federal cavalry burnt the railway bridge over the Rapidan yesterday. This, with the retreat of Sheridan, if not designed to mislead Gen. Early, looks as if the movement against Lynchburg had been abandoned. Price’s advance in Missouri, Forrest’s rig orous- operations in Tennessee, and Hood’s new move in Georgia, have doubtless discon certed the plans of our enemies, and rendered fresh combinations necessary. Our success at Saltville, in Southwestern Virginia, on the 2d inst., seems to have been complete. The fight commenced at 10 o’clock in the morning, only a mile and a quarter from the Salt Works, and continued until night. The enemy made repeated charges against our position, but were as often repuU sed. They commenced their retreat at ten o’clock at night, leaving their dead, many wounded, and a large number of small arms, in our hands. The battle, on our part, was fought chiefly by the reserves from the neigh boring counties, their loss being 18 killed, 71 wounded and 21 missing. The regular forces lost 39 wounded—none killed. The men de tailed to bury the Federal dead, interred 106 whites and 150 blacks; about bo were left unburied. Brig. Gen. Henson was wounded and fell into eur hands. The whole Federal loss was estimated by the Lynchburg Repub lican, from which the foregoing facts are ob tained, at over 1,200. The Republican states that “Mudwall” Jackson commanded on the field, and that Gens. Breckinridge and Echols reached the field after the fight had progressed sometime. At last advices, the enemy were in headlong retreat, and the Confederates in hot pursuit. Returned prisoners express the opinion that Mr. Lincoln will be certainly re-elected. Such is the prevailing opinion in Richmond also. President Davis has returned to the capital, and was out on the lines the day after his ar rival here. P. W. A. # » » Tinmen. bales of cotton, contributed by the cit izens of Yallabusha, Carroll, aad Holmes counties, for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers from Mississippi, were sold at auction at Jackson, a few days since, at an average of S7f cents, and the amount, $4,119,47, sent to the Rev. C. K. Mar shall. TELEGRAPHIC. *1 PORT* or TMM PBBB9 ASSOCIATION. Entered according te act es Ceagress in the year 1563, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office es the District Court es the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. SATURDAY NIGHT’S DISPATCHES. Richmond, Oct. 14.— " Northern papers 12th were received to-night. Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio have gone for the Republicans by large majorities. Sheridan is at Fisher’s Hill. The Governor General of Nova Scotia visits Grant. Nothing later from Sherman. Richmond, 14th.—The fight has not been resumed to-day on the north side of the James, as expected. Officers from below report all quiet. Nothing has been received at the War De partment from any quarter. Charlottesville, Oct. 5 p. m.—Sheridan has marched two corps of his army to this side of the (mountain through Thornton and Chester Gap. General Early followed and engaged the remaining corps under General Crook, and drove it through Strausburg and across Cedar creek. Charlottesville, Oct. 15. —Notwithstand- ing Federal statements that the 6th and 19th corps had crossed at Thorton's and Chester s Gaps, it is altogether probable that they did not pass through Thornton’s but north of that Gap. — . ♦—♦ ♦ [Special to th» M#il.] From the Georgia Front. Blue Mountain, Oct. 12.—0n Wednesday the army corps commanded by Gens. Lee and Cheatham crossed the Coosa at Center, in Cherokee county, and marched northward. Gen. Stewart crossed the Etowah above Rome, simultaneously. The columns have united and the advance have entered the town of Lafayette. The flanks are protected by a heavy force of cavalry, and the enemy are rapidly falling back to Chattanooga. E. P. Lieut. Gon. Taylor was in Jackson, Mississippi, on the 7th, in consultation with Major Gen. Gard ner, commanding the District of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and Brig. Gen. Adams, command ing all the cavalry in the district. A correspondent of the Register says: Among the rumors afloat is one‘that Gen. Taylor is to be transferred to the Army of Tennessee and to take command of Har dee’s corps, and one report has it that Gen. Breck inridge is to succeed him here, and another that Gen. S. D. Lee is to be sent back. How true these rumors are I know not, but I find it pretty general ly believed that Gon. Taylor is to go to Georgia, though public opinion is divided as to his successor here. Nous verrona. Murder of Confederates at Front Royal. —We have received from a gentleman who was an eye-witness of the atrocious acts of the Fedoral troops at Front Royal, the following particulars of the affair. The Yankee cavalry under General Torbert, en tered tho town, and drove out the few Confede rates on picket, who fell back to Milford. At this latter point, Gen. Wickham met the Yankee force and repulsed it. A part of Mosby’s men, under command of Captain Chapman, annoyed the enemy very much on their retufci to Front Royal, which, with the mortification of their defeat by Wickham, excited in them such savage feelings as to prompt them to murder six of our men who fell into their hands. Anderson, Overby, Love and Rhodes were shot, and one other, whose name our informant did not recollect, were hung to the limb of a tree, at the entrance of the village, with a card attached to the bodies, threatening with hanging on the same limb, any one who would remove the corpses from the tree. Henry Rhodes was quite a youth, living with his widowed mother, and supporting her by his labor. Ho did not belong to Mosby’s command. His mother entreated them to spare the life es her son, and treat him as a prisoner of war, but tho demons answered by whetting their sabrss on some stones, and declaring they would cut off his head and her’s, if she came near. They ended by shooting him iu her very presence. The murders were committed oa the 22d of September, Generals Torbert, Merritt and Custar being present. It is said that Torbert and Merritt turned the prisoners over to Custar for their fate, who ordered the execution. Carter, ono of the two that were hung, died the death of a brave man, defying his executioners, and threatening them with the tenfold vengeance es his comrades. If either of the three generals in command on that day, who are responsible for these brutal massacres, should be captured, his immediate execution by haDging would meet the demands es justice, and the approval of the peo ple.—Rich. Sentinel, 11th. Reconstruction. —This has grown to be the watchword among demagogues. It used to impart an obnoxious odor to all movements towards securing a peace. Let conservative men be on the alert, and suffer no dust to be thrown into their eyes. Reconstruction is simply impossible under any set of imaginable circumstances. Neither the advocates of free government in the North er South can, con sistently, give their sanction to coercion, or a union of the States by force, since this would be to yield the great point in the controversy. There are but two parties in the area covered by the late United States ;]oneis for a consoli dated government, the other for States rights, and a league between them as coequal sove reigns, usually denominated a confederation, and necessarily having just such a constitu tion as we adopted immediately after the act of secession.— Selma+Reportcr. A Specimen of Yankee Planters— The Natchez Courier savs, Lessees of plantations have hads hard time of it about Vicksburg. They cannot discharge their hands when they get out of work, when the ■ crop is made and eating is all that can be done. — They must adopt the “Southern principle” of feed ing and clothing their hands, even “though worms destroy the body” of this crop. See what Provost Marshal Thomas tells them, by authority of General Dana; It has been reported to this office that Govern ment lessees are discharging their Itands and send ing them to freedom camps, when they are sick, or their labor is no longer necessary. The attention of all planters employing freedmen is called to ti e provision of Order No. 9, issued by Adjutant General Thomas, requiring planters to feed and care for all freedmen employed by them for one year, or until expiration of their lease. Planters reaping the benefit of freedmen’s labor during the summer months, will be compelled to live up to the requirements of their contracts, and furnish food, care and medical attendance to all freedmen employed by them for the full time con templated in their lease. The Graveyards of Atlanta. We find the following in a letter to the Cincinnati Commercial, from Atlanta: Availing myself of the spirit that is now univer sally prevalent, to-day, I wandered through the City Cemetery among the dead, and there found many a mark to indicate the spot where rests the hopes of many a doting Southern matron and wife. The grounds comprise about ten acres, more than half of which is covered with the victims of war, Federal and rebel officers and privates, all crowded so close together that their coffins must touch each other. The part used as rebel burying ground is about four acres, and all the graves are marked, some with neat, yet unassuming marble slabs. At least eight or ten thousand rebel dead must sleep in »hose narrow trenches. In an obscure corner I found the plot set apart for deceased Federal prisoners, and, halting, I read upon the headboards many names of families from Maine to Nebraska, and remembering that at home in the great North there are scores of crushed hearts who know not where their dear ones sleep. I felt that an hour could not be better spent than in decipher ing the almost obliterated pencil marks upon the slabs. Upon none of the graves had the rebels in scribed aught to offend the tender sensibilities of the friends of the dead who lay there awaiting the resurrection which alone “Can awake them to glory again.” In every instance where the name of the sleeper is unknown, the inscription is not “an unknown Yankee,” as formerly, but “a Federal soldier, name unknown.” the OI^P-ST T- J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR Old Type Metal for Sale. —S»ver«l huadred pounds of old typo raot&l for silo at this ofllco at moderate prices. Call soon if you wish to pur chase. Maj. Allen has a lot of sheop which he wishes to exchange for beef cattle on Government ac count. Who wants to swap ? ♦ » ♦ —r Thbatre. —The play Saturday night was Mcta mora, a drama on tho terrific order. Never haring had the pleasure of seeing it before, we do not fool competent to judge of its merits or demerits, or the manner in which it was performed. It seemed though to hare been very well received. The bill to-night is that popular satirical come dy, J [onty, to be followed by Pleasant Neighbor,. Yamkeh Prisoners.— About two hundred yan kee prisoners captured by French’s division at Alatooaa, arrived here Saturday evening, and were sent forward to prison yesterday. They don’t confirm the fall of Altoona. Thb Wood Question. —We learn from tne Sun, that a clergyman of Columbus has received about SI7OO to supply destitute families of the city with wood during the approaching winter. Wo are glad to hoar this, and trust the subscription will bo swelled to a large amotfut, and second the sug gestion of the Sun, that all the clergymen of the city constitute themselves a committee of the whole to raise funds for this laudable and while making preparations to keep the needy from freezing, it would not be a bad idea to col lect a fund to keep them from starving. Change op Teachers.— We learn that Mr. Sartwell, in consequence of failing health has re signed his place as instructor in the male depart ment ot the Columbus Free School, and that Rev. Mr. Littlejohn has been elected to fill the vacancy. Beautiful October Weather. —During the last week we have been blessed with one of the most delightful spells of weather we have seen for a long time. The nights in addition to being of that fine temperature so conducive to health and comfort, have been must charmingly illuminated, by the smiling countenance of fair Luna, who has nightly rode the heavens in her silvery chariot, like a queen of beauty. Ah ! gentle “moonshine,” how much thou art admired by the idle dreamers of sickly sentimentality. How many soft words have been spoken by lips attuned to love, under thy kindling beams ; how many vows ' been pledged; how many hearts been knit together in love’s witching ties ! Roll on sweet goddess of night, in thy heaven-born mission. The New York World charges Mr. Lincoln with drawing $7,000 out of tho Treasury under the head of “necessaries for the President’s House,” which wasspentfor aitides ofhis own personal adornment, Also, that the cutlery bought for his mansion has been sold or given away. mm ■ ■ Rumors came down on the train from Newnan. says tho LaGrange Reporter of the 14th, yesterdiy evening—one to the effect that Stoneman, the rai der, has been recaptured on a train of cars, and another that a fire was seen in Atlanta on Monday night, and it is supposed the Yankees were prepar ing to leave and were burning their surplus stores, ♦ » ♦ Pious Vandals.— The New York Christian En quirer has the following rebuke of some of its less scrupulous brethren: In several libraries of New England clergymen vve have seen choice volumes, of great cost, bearing the names of Southern ministers, to whom they still belong, although they have been sent A orth as gifts from Yankee soldiers who had appropriated them. Some Massachusetts parlors are said to be carpeted with spoils of another kind. Now, if any one asks what has become of the Union party, once so strong at the South, we answer that, in part, they have been alienated from the Government by the unjustifiable outrages committed by wicked or .houghtless Federal soldiers, At Beaufort, South Carolinia, tombs were violated. At Holly Springs, Mississippi, a communion table was used in behalf of “euchre” and “old sledge.” Such tales of wrong have many who were disposed to be friends to the Union, and their righteous indigna tion has had something to do with reverses that have overtaken our arms. The Enquirer also quotes, with indignation, a letter from an officer, written at Camp Saxon, Beau fort, South Carolina, in which he says: The splendid mansion once occupied by that arch-rebel, T. Butler King, is on a Georgia island, and we stripped it of everything. I write this letter on his writing desk, which, with his piano, was pre sented to me on my return. Adjutant and Insp’r Gen’s Office, Richmond, Oct, 5, 1864. General Orders, } No. 76. / ***** * * IV. All men found for light duty, who arc unas signed, will at once report to tho Camps of Instruc tion, under the penalty of being forthwith assigned to the active forces. By order S. COOPER. Adj’t and Inspector General. All men coming under the provision of the above will report at once to Camp of Instructions, Macon, Georgia. LEON VON ZINKEN, Columbus, Ga., oc 17 3t Col. Comd’g Post. WMTm ' BY an experienced MLLINER a situation in some respectable establishment. Good relerence given if required. Address MISS M. O’GRADY, oc 17 3t* Selma, Ala. TO EXCHANGE! Sheep for Beef Cattle or Bacon. T HAVE Two Hundred and Eighty-six (286) head i- of SHEEP which 1 will exchange for Beef Cat tle with planters on Government account. A. M. ALLEN, Major and C. S. Apply to Mr. J. A. Tyler at my office, Columbus, Ga., Oct. 17,1864-6 t FOR SALE. F OFEER for sale the “Fisher Place,” 5 miles 1 south of Glennville, 10 miles from Eufaula, con sisting ofsoo acres, —200 open. Good improvements, fine spring water. Terms $25,0C0, For further information apply to the undersigned at Glennville. E. A. 0. WARE, oc 15-st* PERRY HOUSE. THE undersigned would respectfully inform his obi friends, patrons, und the traveling public generally, that as he has to be absent for a short time he has been so fortunate as to have associated with him his well known and worthy friend Mr. EDWARD PARSONS, late of Atlanta, Ga., whose reputation and superior t-ict for business is well known throughout the Confederacy. This House is large and commodious, and no pains, nor expense shall be spared to fit it up in the very best and most elegant style, and to obtain every thing in the line of substantial eatables and luxuries that this market: affords, With these assurances we most cordially solicit all our old friends, and the travel ing public generally, to give us a call and an oppor tunity of rendering them comfortable, oc 15 lm* THOS. E. SMITH. iYotice. Headqu’rs Georgia Reserve,) and Military District of Georgia, > Macon, October Ist, 1864. j General Orders \ No. 22. S In pursuance of orders from the War Department, I require all Quartermasters, Commissaries of Sub sistence, Ordnance and other officers who have de tailed men in their employ to furnish immediately to the Commandants of conscripts at Augusta, Ga., a list of all such detailed men, setting forth their names, age, residence, county, when detailed, by whom detailed, and whether found fit for field ser vice or for light duty by Medical Examining Board. And it is further ordered that after the 20th of October, inst., Enrolling officers will not regard as vajid any certificate of detail issued to the above mentioned employees, bearing date prior to the date of this order, but will send them to Camp of In struction for assignment to duty in he army. By command of Maj. Gen. HOWELL COBB. Lamas Cobb, Major and A A G. ocf 6t THEATHEI. Monday Evening, Oct. 17, 1864, CONTINUED AND TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS!! Bulwer's great Satirical Comedy of AX ONEX! POVERTY versus RIC HES Splendid Distribution of Characters. Mr Theo Hamilton. —C T Wolf*,— Harry Crisp,— Master J. Keith —E Bohen. Mrs W H Crisp—" Our Jessee”— Miss Cecelia Crisp in the cast. Popular Ballad, by Miss Maggie Marshall. To be followed by the Roaring Farce *f the PLEASANT NEIGHBOR! Christopher Strap Mr C T Wolfe Nancy Strap "Our Jessie” In preparation Lady of tho Lake. • Shakspear’s grand play of KING RICHARD 111, will soon be repeated. [ec 17 It AUCTIONSALES By Ellis, Livingston A Cos. Valuable Store House and Lot. AN TUESDAY, ISth of October, at 101-2 o'clock, V we will sell in front of our Auction iioom, THE STORE HOUSE AND LOT No. 22, three doors below the corner of Broad and Bryan streets, known as the Randal Jones property, now occupied by A. Velatti. Store fronts 30 feet, running back 90 feet, with four well finished rooms up siairs. [oc 11-Tt S2B By Ellis, Livingston A Cos. Homes for Refugees. AN TUESDAY, ISth of October at 10%o’clock, O we will sell in front of our store House and Lot at Silver Run, with 53 acres .'land attached. The house has two largo rooms, two kitchens, one of which has tw » rooms with brick chimneys; stables, cribs, &c„ with excellent water —making a very comfortable resi dence—formerly owned by J M Upshaw. -ALSO- House and Lot at Enon, Ala., Four and a half miles from Guorry’s Depot. The house lias six rooms with kitchen, smoke house and fencing nearly new, with fifteen acres land attach ed-. Good water on the place, oct 10-8 t S4B By Ellis, Livingston & Cos Executive Sale of Valuable Property. AN TUESDAY, 18th of October, between the usual hours of sale, I will sell in front of Ellis, Livingston & Cos., Auction Store, THE DESIRABLE HOUSE AND LOT, corner of Forsyth and Franklir streets, .No, 373, adjoining Mr. Slade’s Academy, with half acre of land attached. Improvements good. Sold as the property of John Bethune, dec’d. oct 10-8 t $32 CHERRY BETHUNE, Exu'tx. By Ellis, Livingston A Cos. 200 a-^_x J x J ©isrs PURE CATAWBA GRAPE BRANDY! A VERY FINE ARTICLE. For sale in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards, ag3o ts ’ BY ROSETTE, LiWBIOX & C O. Administrator’s Sale ! AGREEABLE to an order of the Ordirmryof .Mus cogee county, will be sold on the Ist Tuesday in November next, at 11 oc’clock, in front of our Auc tion Room, Six INT©g;roes, belonging to the estate of John N. Burch, dec’d. 1 NEGRO WOMAN, Martha and her two children. 1 NEGRO BOY, Edward. 1 “ WOMAN, Mary Ann GEO. P. SNIDER, Adm’r. Rosette, Lawhon & Cos., Auct’rs. sep24 ltd & wtd LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF LETTER PAPER! AND lEMOKANDUfI BOOK& ! For sale by J. K. REDD A, CO. oc 12 ts Tax in Kind Notice. Office Post Quartermaster, 1 Americus, Ga., Oct. 1, ’64. j i I. Producers of the 3d District are required to de liver their tithes of Wheat, Oats, Rye and Wool, by the Ist day of November proximo. (Those failing to do so will be subject to the five fold penalty imposed by the law. 11. Agents will begin receiving the articles con tained in the second assessment, (corn, rice, fodder, sugar, molasses, cotton, &c„) as soon as they are assessed. 111. In view of the difficulty of procuring barrels for the tithe Sorghum Syrup, producers may give in exchange at the rate of 14 pounds wheat, 3D 2-10 lbs corn, 44 4-5 ft>s shelled oats, or 2 fl>s bacon for ono gallon syrup. JNO T CRAFT, oc4 eod 2w Ckpt and Post Quart’r. Small Farm for Sale. T OFFER for sale One Hundred and Thirty-five 1. acres, well improved, eight and a half miles from town, and one and a half miles from Station No. 1, Muscogee Railroad. Location very pleasant and convenient. Price Five Thousand Dollars, if sold in two weeks, For further particulars apply to R. M. Gunby, on Broad street, or to myself near the farm. Possession given by first of December. JAMES M. LENNARB. { "oc 14 6t* Land for Sale. ’THE subscriber offers for sale 320 acres of Land on I the Mobile and Girard Railroad, 22 miles from Columbus, 150 acres cleared, two good Log House?, Negro Cabins, &c. Good young apple and peach orchard. 320 acres one and a half miles from the above place all in woods. 230 acres near \ alula, some cleared land and cabbins on it. For terms apply to the subscriber on the first named place. JAMES WORD, oc 14 6t* For Sale. 7 r SIDES Russett Upper Leather. ID FOLSOM &CODI. oc 14 2w Found. IN the (street, Inear Ithe lOpelika Railrod IDepot. 1 on the morning of the Ist October, inst., in a dis abled condition, a mouse colored JACK. The owner of said Jack can have him by proving pro perty and paying charges. Apply at No. 40 Broad street* Columbus Oct. 13.1864—6 t Half Bushel Measures F°R Sal 6ty JEFFERSON & HAMILTON, oc 13 ot* Jfef-Sun and Enquirer copy. Wanted \ T once, FOUR GOOD DINNING ROOM SER .'V. VANTS, not subject to impressment, for whic.i good wages will be paid. SHIVERS, WYNNE & CO., oc 13 6t Proprietors Cook’s Hotel. Strayed or Stolen, i \N SUNDAY morning last, two medium sizea U MULES, one a black the other a bay- they were in fair order and fresh shod. A libera i e ar ri m bepaid lor tbeir oc 13* 3t £25 Dollars Reward. oTKAYEO from my place in Wynnton, a dark iS hav mare MULE, about nine years old, hair rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right hindquarter. JOHN LOUR. oc II t* SSOOO in Gold for Salt*. t PPLY to J. F. WINTER. A Exchange Broke.. oc 136 t At Rock Island Paper Mills Qi- 'i-