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O >LL AllilS 1 IM LS Published Haily (Sundays excepted) at the rate ol (W.nO per month, ar sls tor thrae months. No subscription roceived far a longer term than kree month*. ai» erhsi\g rates : Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per iquare for each insertion. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the charge will be |3I per square. Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably paid in advanee. Change ot Schedule. Owe* Eunmnin awn ScpKnnrTnuDiPT, ) Charleston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, June 7,1854. J l |N THURSDAY,June9,lB<i4,and until farther J notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will as follow, vis; Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m. Arrive in Savannah .5.40, p. in. Leave Savannah -5.30, a. m. Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m. This Train makes direct connections, going north ind south, with the Northeastern Railroad atChar leston. and the Central Railroad at the Junction. Tl. S. I!AINKS, June 1 t.f Engineer and Superintendent. Change oi Schedule. ,\N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on I the 'uscogeo Railroad will run as follows : PASSENGER TRAIN: .eavo Columbus -p 45 P. M. Yrrive at Macon p *6 A. M. leave Macon on \rrive it FREIGHT TRAIN : ucavc 'olumHus .5 00 A. V irrive .it Columbus 4 oo A. .5. W. L. CLARK, : ,j hr Put Supt. Muscogee R, R. Through to Montgomery. NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT R AIL ROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27,1864. I \N and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on • the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave vi outgo me ry at 8:00 a. in. Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m. /Irrivo at f-'olutnbus at 5:32 p.m. Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m. Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p.m. Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m. Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a in. Arrives at 8:27 p m D. li. 6’R A M, Sup’t & Eng. ,ig27lß64—tf MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. fJi| iX V E n ¥ SCaiEIM LE. Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1804. ONtmd after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will Run Daily (Sunday excopted,) as follows: Passenger Train. Leave Girard at..:... 1 30 p^m. Arrive in Union Springs 6 00 Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. ( m. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 Freigtst Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS, ag!B ts _____ Eng. <k Sup’t. Dr. J. S. CLARK, 33 DE3 JST T X T , FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS, HAS returned, and can bo found at 106 Broad street, over Dr. R, A, Ware’s Drug Store. octlO-dlm uteri', it. evans, COMMISSION MERCHANT, No. 64, Commerce Street, MOSISEE, ALASUMA. WILL sell on Commission every description of »V Goods, Negroes and Produce of all kinds. ’ sp2o lpi , AT THE EAGLE FACTORY, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. 17IFTY young women can find steady work and liberal pay at the ocll dAwltn EAGLE FACTORY. s2v 0 REWA 1). \jt ILL be paid for the apprehension and delivery VV to us of our two Xog.o Boys, BILL and JIM, who ran off some tiuios'noe. BILL weighs about 150, is tall and slim, black complexion, hair very short and thin, has a down cast, sullen look, and talks lougand drawling, Loft us about the Ist of August last. J IM is a fi ielooking negro, weighs about 180, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, black complexion, thin visage and high cheek bones, hair short. Left us about the Ist of October. We will pay the a'clve reward for both, or SIOO for either in the above described negroes, if delivered to us or placed in some sate j til where wo can get thorn. Wo will also pay SIOO for proof to convict any white person o. harboring th'nn. BEDELL & CO. Columbus, G*., Oct. 13,1861. —lin vrISREXFttANtiE! •• FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange I for -ale in sums to suit purchasers by agltitt BANK OF COLUMBUS. RUNAWAY OR STOLEN SSOO 3EL©-warcl 2 l EFT Cu-sota, Ala., on Sunday morning, Oeto- Juberdd,n: man Henry. Ho is about six feet high, of pleasing address: was raised in Lumpkin county, (5a.; I bought him of Alexander Spriggs, of Lump kin county. Ha. 1 have reas* n to believe ha has been decoyed off by some white man. I will pay two hundred dollars for the boy, and three hun dred dollars for the thief, with proof to convict. J. J). SIMMS, oc6 2w t'usseta, Ala. SIOO Reward. <4\ ? ILL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who h runaway about two months ago. He is about 5 feet 8 inches high ; weighs about 100 or 170 lbs.; com plexion yellow ; tine looking; when laughing has dimples in both cheeks. It is probable ho wont to Atlanta with some of tU troops from this city. oe ,i ts 11. M. CLECKLEY. " nowardl. VEG HO hoy CHARLEY; alxut 26 years old, yel- O l i w oomplexiou, hair nearly straight, below or dinary iutelli .cnee: left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near Box Springs. Talbot county. L bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in Tusi.egee, Mi... He originally came from Charleston. 8. C. A suitable reward will be paid for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and inform. Hon scut to me at this office. J A m ES -M. RUBSELL. Col urn Hu *8 Gn.. ang 1 tf* 1.100 Reward. \U ILL be paid for the apprehension of our boy \\ Trumau. lie is about 24 years old , 6 feet high; very black, and weighs about 180 pounds. Three hundred dollars will be paid f r his confinement in some jail so that wo can get him, or five hundred dollars for his delivery at the HA OLE FACTORY. EufaiflSi spirit of the South, Quincy Dispatch, Al bany Patriot. Macon Telegraph, LaGrange A’epor xer, and Hamilton Enterprise, publish one month and send bills to Factory. sep2o 1m . SSO Reward. T WILL pay the above reward for 808, a black I boy, about 24 year? old. He has been out three or four weeks, and is supposed to be lurking about he city. JNO. 11. ;y 4 ts SI,OOO Reward. v CHUNKY, heavy set, black boy by the name A of WILLIAM, about 24 years old. left Colum bus on Sunday morning last. I am confident he was taken off by some white man. I will pay the above reward for the negro and thiet. with evi dence to convict, or I will pay two hundred and fifty dollars for the negro delivered to mo in Colum bus. The boy came from Virginia about two years age. and says he is a sailor. I think they left Co lumbus on foet and took the train at some station close by. J. H. BASS, sepl-tf. , /> g.—I l-aru, since ttie above was written, that the boy leit Chiumbus on the Opelika train, on iundav morning, in company with a small white ian that limped, and that they were going to M est Point J H ~ _ RFOGA FOR SAFE! A N excellent B*uggy and Harness for sale. Ap- A ply at this office. sepil t _ Store Houses for Rent. TILE three Lnail lings known as the deGraffenreid I buildings, corner of Oglethorpe and Ran do pa streets, are offered to rent Lorn and after Ist (Octo ber. They are guaranteed against Government liu pressment. E L deGKAFFENREID. Pressman Wanted, A mechanic who understands repairing a Print tng rressjeanobtain a job, on liberal terms, at thil office. , oct4 ts mmm mi Vol. XI. J. W. WARREN Sc CD. Proprietors. SPECIAL NOTICES Adjutant and Insp’r Gen’s Office, „ , _ , Richmond, Oct. 5, 1864. General Orders, ) No. 76. f ******* IV. All men found for light duty, who are unas signed, will at once report to the Camps of Instruc* tion, under the penalty of being forthwith assigned to ■ • H Georgia. Cos u m .■ I liver the Ist do so by the ' I tained sugar, ass essod 111. I u view of the difficulty of procuring barrels for the t ithe Sorghum Syrup, producers may give in exchi ,n£e at the rate of 14 pounds wheat, 39 2-10 fi>s corn, 44 4-5 ft>s shelled oats, or 2 ff>s bacon for one gal on syrup. JNO T CRAFT, oc4 ei )d 2vv Capt and Post Quart’r. 1 NOTICE^ To Mississippi Soldiers! THE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of 1. Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in the Army of Tennessee, has beeu removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s corner, between Main st., and the Perry House. Your baggage is there. C. Iv. MARSHALL, sep2B ts Agent. Battle-Field Relief Association of Columbus, Ga. All who are disposed to contribute articles neces sary for the relief of the sick and wounded in the Army of Tennessee, are requested to leave them at Goodrich & Co’s store by One O’clock, P. M. ev ery Tuesday and Friday, when they will be for warded to and dispensed by our Oouir ■ ;cc there. W. H. YOUNG, Presd’t. C. G. Holmes, Sec’y. ug23tf WAITED! K AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price JjUUU will be paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, sp7 ts Major and Q. M. WMTED. T)Y an experienced MLLINER a situation in some D respectable establishment. Good reference given if required. Address MISS M. O’GRADY, oc 17 3D Selma, Ala. TO EXCHANGE! SJieep for Beef tattle or Bacon. j HAVE Two Hundred and Eighty-six (286) head I of SHEEP which I wili exchange for Beef Ca tt e with planters on Government account. A. M. ALLEN, Major and C. S. Apply to Mr. J. A. Tyler .»t my office. Columbus, Ga., Oct. 17,1861-6 t Aotice l Columbus, Ga„ Oct. 4th, 1864. L. T. Maddux is authorized te attend to my business in my absonce from Columbus, oco lm* WILL. S. BALFOUR. FOR SALE. ~ I OFFER for sale the “Fisher Place,” 5 miles I south of Glennvillo, 10 miles from Eufaula, con sisting of 500 acres, —200 open. Good improvements, fine spring water. Terms $25,0(0, For further information apply to the undersignod at Glennville. E. A. 0. WARE, oc 15-st* PERRY HOUSE. r UHE undersigned would respectfully inform his I old 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 tke 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* • THUS. E. SMITH. §ma!3 Fartn for Sale. j OFFER for sale One Hundred and Thirty five I acres, well improved, eight and a half miles from town, and one and a half miles fre . Station No. 1, Muscogee Railroad. Location very pleasant and convenient. Price Five Thousand Dollars, if sold in two weeks, For urther particulars apply to R. M. Gunby, on Broad street, or to myself noar the farm. Possession given by first of December. JAMES M. LENNARD. - [oc 14 6t* Limd for Sale. THE subscriber offers for sale 320 acres of Land on 1 the Mobile and Girard Railroad, 22 miles from Columbus, 150 acres cleared, two good Log Houses, Negro Cabins, &c. Good ybung apple and peach orchard. 320 acres one and a half miles from the above place all in woods. 230 acres near Valula, 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. SIDES Russett Upper Leather. <D FOLSOM & CODY, oc 14 2w Found. T N the ’street, Jr,ear .the 'Opelika Railrod JDepot. I on the morning of the Ist Octobor, 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—0 t Half Busliel Measure* F OR sal ° b> JEFFERSON A HAMILTON. oc 13 6t* and Enquirer copy. Wanted AT once. FOUR GOOD DINNING ROOM SER ii VANTS, not subject to impressment, tor which good wages will be paid. __ SHIVERS, WYNNE & CO., oc 13 6t Proprietors Cook s Hotel. Strayed or Stolen, ON SUNDAY morning last, two medium sized MULES, one a black the other _a bay. They were in fair order and fresh shod. A liberal reward will be paid lor their delivery to meat the Perry House. TUOS. E. &MITH. oc 13 3t s*2s Dollars Reward. OTRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a daTk O bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right hindquarter. JOHN LOOK. oc 13 ts SSOOO in Gold for Sale. . ppy y « 0 J. F. IVINTER, i PPL l . Exchange Broker, oc 13 ot At Rock Island P*per Mills Office. FOB SALE! A GOOD Saddle and Harness Horse. Apply 10 K B MUKDOC n t MP 2-ts or ' « thi3 ° lSce - Columbus, Ga., Tuesday Morning, October 18,1864. J¥otice. Hkadqu’es Gkoroia Resskvs,) and Military District of Georgia, >- Macon, October Ist, 1864. J General Orders/ No. 22. J In pursuance of orders from the War Department, I require all Quartermasters, Commissaries es Sub sistence, Ordnance and ether officers who have de tailed men in their employ to furnish immediately to the Commandants of conscripts at Augnsta, Ga., such detailed men, setting forth their »Kg£KgH, r rid cnee, county, when detailed, by and whether found fit for field ser d vv by Med cm I Evamining Board, h -<rd' ted that, alter the fitch of Tkiiolling officer■> will not regard as HHHHor:.to detail i-sued to the above • •>, hearing late pri«>r the date HHH-r, hi) will -en.l them t-» Gamp .if In as*: - a »ent to duty in the army. -Mu. tOWELL COBB. Major and A A G. I Xoticc. GeOKCIV RkSERVE, 1 and Military District of Georgia, > HH Macon, Ga., (lot. 6th, 1864. J HHHj^Brde r3 | of the absolute necessity of having in service capable of bearing arms at this critical juncture, and to avoid all misapprehension of the meaning of Paragraph V, General Orders No. 15 from these Headquarters—current series it is hereby ordered. 11. All persons belonging to the Militia organiza tion, recently furloughed by Gov. Brown, are noti fied that they will not bo relieved from their liabil ity to the Militia by joining the local organizations,' authorized by General Orders No. 15, from these headquarters. 111. All detailed men not employed in the pub lic service who failed to join the Militia organiza tion when called out, are notified that they are placed on the same footing with the men who did join and are now required, either to unite in the militia organization or report to the Reserve Regi ments. By command of Major Gen. HOWELL COBB, Commanding, &c. Lamak Cobb, Major and A A G. ocß 5t Xotice! Headquarters Georgia Reserve, 1 and Military District Georgia. i Macon, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864. j Special Orders, { No. 20. ' I. Under orders from Headquarters of this De partment a Camp of Convalescents has been estab lished at this dace under the charge of Brig, Gen. M. J. Wright, commanding Post. 11. Every convalescent within this military dis trict will report forthwith at this place. 111. All c*minandants of Posts will see that this order is promptly and thoroughly executed. IV. Applications for Post Guard will then be made to these headquarters and will be furnished as far as the public service will authorize and justify. By command of Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, com manding, &c. LAMAR COBB, Major and A A General. ocS 3t HEADQUARTERS ARMY TENN., ? In the Field, Oct. sth, 1864. i CIRCULAR. The Senior Surgeon of each Post in this Depart ment will forward, each alternate day, to Col. M. H. Cooper, Provost Marshal General, Army Tennes see, consolidated lists of all officers and men return ed to duty from the Hospitals a t the Post. By command of General Hood. rSigned] A. P, MASON, A. A. General. Official. LAMAR COBB, oe 12 3t Major and A. A. General.. HEADQ’S GA. RESERVE & DIST. OF GA.) Ordnance Office, > Macon, Ga., October 10,,1864.) General Orders, 1 No. 1. | Officers commanding Sub-Districts, Posts, Bri gades, Regiments, Batteries and detached compa nies in this District, will forward-to these Head quarters, by the 20th of each month. MONTHLY REPORTS oMhe number of arms (their calibre and condition) and the amount of ammunition on hand the loth of each month, also amount of am munition expended during the month, stating in remarks the cause of expenditure. By command of Major General HOWELL COBB, Commanding Ga. Res. and District of G. A. F. POPE, Capt. Artillery and Chief Ord. Ga. Res. and Dist. Ga. oc 12 3t TO all Whom it may Concern. Headquarters Post, \ Columbus, October 11,1864, j It having been noticed that the following Act of Congress has been disregarded, it is again publish ed wi;h the assurance that the Commanding Officer will hold all it strictly accountable and amenable to the law: An Act to prevent the procuring, aiding, and assist ing of persons to desert from the army of the Confederate States, and for other purposes. “The Congress of the Confederate States of Ame rica, do enact, That every person not subject to the rules and articles of war, who shall procure or en tice a soldier, or person enrolled for service in the army of the Confederate States, to desert, or who shall aid or assist any deserter from the army, or any person enrolled for service, to evade their pro per commanders, or to prevent their arrest, to be returned to the service, or who shall knowingly conceal or harbor any such deserter, or shall pur chase from any soldier or person enrolled for ser vice any portion of his arms, equipments, rations, or clothing, or any property belonging to the Con federate States, or any officer or s ldier of the Con federate States, shall, upon conviction before the distriet court of the Confederate States having jurisdiction of the offence, be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not ex ceeding two years,” Approved January 22,1864. Citizens uow in possession of clothing, arms, or other government property, purchased from any soldier or person enrolled for service, will immedi ately report the same to the Commandant of the Post, LEON VON ZINKEN, oc 12 3t Col. Commanding Post - MS" City papers copy three times. Confederate States Arsenal. Columbus, Gsl., Sept. 30, ’64. Atlanta Arsenal—Xotice. Parties holding claims against the Atlanta Arte nal, will, after having them approved by Lieut. J U. Anslet, M S K Ord., now at Charleston Arse nal. present them at this Office for pa: ment. M H WRIGHT. Colonel Comd’c,* oetl 2w Gov’t Works Xotice to Farmers. Farmers who have not delivered their Tithe of Fodder are requested to bring it in immediately, as it is greatly needed at this Post. Those who com ply with this request can deliver their Fodder with out baling it. H. D, COTHifAN, Capt. & A Q M. Sun-Und Enquirer copy 10 days. oc4 lfo Exchange Xotice Xo. VI. Richmond, Va., Sept. 20, '64. All officers and men of the Vicksburg capture of July 4th, 1863, who reported for duty at any parole camp east of the Mississippi, prior to September 10th, 1864, are hereby declared exchanged. RO. OULD, oc 6 6t Agent of Exchange. Ulonday Evening:. For Chattahoochee. The steamer Jackson, D. Fry, Master, will leave for the above and intermediate landings, on Tues day morning, 18th inst., at 9 o'clock. H’dquarters Company K, 7th C. S. Cavalry, Near Petersburg, Va., Oct. 7,1864. Editor Times; Below you will find the names of members es Company K, 7th C. S. cavalry, who were captured at Fort Mcßae, near Petersburg, Va., Sept. 3d, 1864. By publishing them you will confer a favor on families who have relatives in this com mand: Lieut. E. F. Davis, Commanding company K. Major J. H. Sikes. Corporal Wyatt Chadwick. Privates—J A xYshley, R M Benford, II H Davis, J J Darden, J J Douglas, Wm Jewells, W L Pat tillo, J M Thomasson, C Thomasson, J M Moore. O.C. SHERWOOD. Sergent commanding Cos. K. 7th C. S. Cavalry. Missouri.— Jefferson Barracks, t© which the Yank«e General Smith has retired, says the Selma Reporter, is only ten miles from St Louis, and the most important point this side. From all accounts, Price is in a fair way te capture St. Leuis. Should such a fortunate event Stranspiro. North Missouri, always true to tho South, will be open to us with its thousands of recruits. Look out for an invasion of Illinois, and a rear march on Sherman, which will make the said Sherman rue tho day he ever ven tured from Chattanooga. Jayhawkers in Louisiana. —A correspondent of the Mobile Register says a terrible gang of these outlaws has been rendezvousing in compara tive security amid tho jungles of Honey Island, a swamp island somewhere near the mouth of Pearl river—and issuing forth on regular Camanche raids of outrage and robbory. Among their re cent victims was an old widow lady, living un protected in the oountry, with some thousands of dollars in gold hidden away for a rainy day.— Their threats not torrifying her sufficiently, they took her out to a tree, put a repe round her neck, and were about to swing her up, as she thought, when she told them where the gold was, and they got it and left. Since then Capt. Aaronstein’a mounted company, stationed at Franklinton, have been paying them a visit. Landing en the island, they surprised a portion of the banditti, killed one, and brought off eleven prisoners, with horses, mules, guns, etc. The island will be visited again as soon as the adequate force can be spared. [From the Mobile News & Register.] Arming Negroes. xY year ago we called attention in these columua to the reserve power es resistance to our enemies residing in the slave population of the South. We advocated then, as a last resort, and one to be used without hesitation, the arming of the negroes whenever it became necessary to secure our independence. The question is revived and is attracting more than usual attention. It is well that the public mind, as well as the policy of the Government, should be settled on the ques tion, against the time when \Ve shall have to call on this means of defence. We do not think the time has yet come. For this cam paign it would be too late, even if it were needful, and for the next—and whe knows if we are to have another?—there is time to act after the present campaign is finished. On this subject we copy the following remarks from the Richmond Enquirer, and for Alabama we are prepared to say, as the Virginia editor does for his own State, “Virginia, after ex hausting her whites, will fight her blacks through 'to the last man. She will be free at all costs.” Says the Enquirer: The question of making soldiers of negroes, of regularly enlisting them and fighting.them for their safety as well as our own, must have presented itself to every reflecting mind. Be cause the Yankees have not been able to make soldiers out of their drafted negroes, it does not follow that we cannot train our slaves to make very efficient soldiers. We believe that they can be, by drill and discipline, moulded into steady and reliable soldiers. The pro priety of employing negroes as soldiers, we shall not at present discuss ; but whenever the subjugation of Virginia and the employment of her slaves as soldiers are alternative prop ositions then certainly we are for making them soldiers and giving freedom to those ne groes that escape the casualties of battle. We should be glad to see the Confederate Congress provide for the purchase of two hun dred and fifty thousand negroes, present them with their freedom and the privilege of re maining in the State, and arm, equip, drill, and fight them. We believe that the negroes, identified with us by interest, and fighting for their freedom here, would be faithful and reliable soldiers, and, under officers who would drill them, could be depended on for much of the ordinary service, and even for the hardest fighting. It is not necessary nowtodis cuss this matter, and may never become so, but neither negroes nor slavery will be per mitted to stand in the way of the success of our cause. This war is for national indepen dence on our side, and for the subjugation of the whites and the emancipation of negroes on the side ©fthe enemy. If we fail, the ne groes are nominally free, and their masters ’really slaves. We must, therefore, succeed. Other States may decide for themselves, but Virginia, after exhausting her whites, will fight her blacks through to the last man. She will be free at all cost. I Mississippians. at Altoona.— From Mr. Isaiah Smith, of company D, 46th Mississippi who was slightly wounded in the bloody charge of General French’s division on the 1 Yankee fortifications, we learn the following i particulars: Among the killed, was Colonel Wm. H. Clarke, commanding regiment, and John Price, of company D. Wm. Floyd mortally wounded and left on the field. J. W. Divers, severely in foot. A. C. Cooper, slightly in arm. I. H, Smith, slightly in neck. In the 39th Mississippi, Major Durr com manding the regiment, Serg’t Joseph D. Berry, ; company G, and Joshua Williams, Jacob Nee- j ly, Estes Steen and Wm. Redfearn, of compa ny I, together with nearly half the regiment, were captured. Rob’t Whitaker and Albert Lawson, company I, were killed. Mr. Smith states that nearly half the men | belonging to these two regiment* were either killed or captured. He says the fight lasted about three hours and a half, and waa one es the most bloody on record, the entire division losing most terribly. —Daily Mississippian. Tlie Confederates in Front of Jefferson City. The following dispatch contains the latest 1 from the war in Missouri: St. Louts, Oct. 7th.—The enemy appeared before Jefferson City to-day, but in what num- i ber, or whether a battle has been fought, : cannot be heard at headquarters to-night. The damage done to the Pacific railroad is not known. It is estimated at $400,000, ex clusive of the lO3S of Ousiness of the road un til it is repaired. $5.00 Per Xontb J. W. WARREN, Editor [From the Richmond Bnquirer, 13th.] The Mews. FROM PETERSBURG. The enemy opened a heavy mortar fire on our left in front of Petersburg, Tuesday night, which w»b followed by a brisk cannonade, in ; which both sides participated. Between nine and ten o’clock a heavy musketry fire broke out on our extreme right, but subsided in a few minutes. A cannonade ensued on that part of the line and continued for nearly an hour. The cause of this appears to have been a suspicious movement by the enemy towards our flank, which was discovered and opened upon opportunely. Yesterday affairs were unchanged, and but rerv little firing occurred on either side. FROM THR VALLKY. On Monday last General Rosser, with his own and Lomax’s brigades, assaulted the ene my’s rear guard beyond New Market, and drove thtm some distance, killing and captur ing a number. During the pursuit, it was necessary for Lomax to separate from Rosser and move forward by a nearly parallel road. It aappears that the enemy were prepared for this movement. A column estimated at nine thousand strong was suddenly precipitated upon Lomax, who was compelled to fallback, abandoning tour pieces of artillery and losing about . one hundred men. Rosser was, of course, compelled to fall back also, which he did without loss. WHAT IS IT? There was some news at the War Depart ment, on yesterday, which “would make the public heart thrill with joy”—according to popular report. That such splendid news is withheld, appears remarkable, for, if ever the public heart needed “thrilling with joy,” it is just at this particular juncture. But these vague hints of something marvellous are not altogether new to the people. They have heard them before, emanating directly, too, from the best sort of Confederate authority, and it has happened, unfortunately, that they never did come out much. There was a fine, mysterious face put upon them all, too, which subsided into a beautiful blank at the denoue ment. It is highly probable the public heart can do without any more such pleasant stim ulants, and if they can’t let us know what the thrilling news is, we reckon the authorities might as well keep the whole secret to them selves. shiridan's retrkat. The following is an extract from a private letter : “The enemy commenced to fall back from Bridgewater and other places on the line, on the 3d, destroying everything in their course —mills, barus, stacks, growing crops, &c. The iron works of Lewis tj 1 Blackburn, in Rock ingham, were entirely destroyed. The She nandoah works of Messrs. Forren & Cash, in xlugusta, are believed to be safe.” Massachusbtts Slave and Slaughter Com pany.—The New York Daily News contains the following interesting expose ; We have before us a printed circular in French and Flemish, designed for distribution by Federal agents in Belgium. It is us fol lows : To ALL THOSE WILLING TO RESIDE IN THE United Status of xYmerica.— Wanted siugle men from twenty-one to forty years, to emi grate to the United States. Conditions : The engagement is contracted for three years, to date from the day they arrive in the United States. Traveling expenses and food from the place ©f residence in Europe to the place of destination furnished gratis to emigrants.—- On their arrival in the United States they re ceive a bonus of one hundred dollars, equiva lent to five hundred francs, their monthly sal ary twelve dollars, equivalent to sixty francs and besides they will be fed, clothed and lodged during three years. For further in formation address Louis A. Dochez, Emigra tion Bureau, No. 2 Rue de Brabant, Brussels. We will let some es the victims of this ins famous traffic tell their own tale, in the fol lowing letter to the editor of tho Courrier des Etats Unis New York, Sept. 20, 1864. To the Editor of the Courrier des Etats Unis : At the solicitation of a certain Leuis Dochez, emigrant agent for the Uaitcd States in Bru3- sele, who acts by authority «f Federal Con?uls, we embarked on board the ship Peter God frey, for Boston. We enclose you the pros pectus in French and Flemish, which was handed to us, aud which contains the false promiee under which we embarked. Not a single one of these promises has been fulfilled. On board we have been treated like dogs.—. They made us sell our clothing in Belgium, under pretext that they would give us other clothing: but they have done nothing of the sort. Several among us arrived in Boston literally naked. They only gave us one meal per day—and such food ! In Boston they gave u* first a shirt, then they wanted us to sign a paper written in En glish. Fortunately, several emigrant victims who had preceded us, had written upon the walls in French and Flemish,, the words, “ Don’t Sign. ” Hundreds of us, however, fearing the worst, resigned themselves to their fate, and signed. Immediately the police took them along and they were soldiers. Others, among whom we are, refused to obey, as we came here to work, and not to fight. At last we .succeeded in being transported to New and after giving us seven dollars, tbey left us to our fate in this, to us, strange city. We should like these facts to be made pub- j lie, so as to prevent our countrymen from { falling into the trap which has been set for them. Unfortunately, it is too late for those who are already on the route to this country in several other vessels. Antoine Stas, /c ,. ~ Jian Baptist DeWitt, (bigned) j B Avsrl| Magloir* Delattb, Can the French and Belgian Consuls over* look these things ? Thb way Enrolling Officers arb Treated is Pennsylvania. —A dispatch from Easton, Pennsylvania, dated the 4th instant, shows that the place of enrolling officer in Pennsylvania is not a bomb-proof: Private Leander K. Dease, of Captain Strend’i cavalry, es Philadelphia, was shot through the head with a ball, and in several parts of the body with back-shot, and instantly killed, near the house of Jacob Miller, in Price township, Monroe coun ty, Pennsylvania, yesterday. A squad of men, he being ene of them, had gone out as a guard te the person who was to serve notices upen the drafted men of that township, and while riding along the road, they were fired upon from the bushes, with the result above named. Miller, and a man named Sccoe, were arrested by the com rades of the deceased and brought to Stroudsburg last evening, and were taken te Philadelphia to day. Dease was a highly respectable young man, and a resident es Philadelphia. Thirteen bales es cotton, contributed by the cit izens of Yallabusha, Carroll, and 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 87| cents, and the amount, $4,119,47, sent to the Rev. C. K. Mar shall. [Special to the Mobile Higi»tnr.~\ [The following dßpateh wae mislaid when re? : ceived, but has not vet tost its interest. —Eds. A. ! & R-] Senatobia, Got. 10. — The Memphis Evening ; Bulletin of tie Bth gives the following news from | the Missouri Republican of the oth : Paroled priseuers arriving Ht St. Louis, report Price at l ni. non the 4th, moving rapidly towards JeffersonjCity. He had 15.000 mem, besides 5,000 camp fol lewert. He ~ad paroled 40# prisoners *n the 3d and 4th He was conserving all adult males not claim iag service under the United States, and holding others as prisoners of war. Cooper was reported to bo co-operating with Price, and commanding tho left wing. A passenger train was captured on the Han nibal and St. Joseph Railroad, and rebbed of $25.- 000. Pacific, in Franklin county, has been sacked by the Confederates. It was reported that Rousseau wss te be re moved, and that Wilson was to be sent from the Virginia army to commaud the cavalry in Sher man's army. European news wae to September 24th. There .vas commercial depression in England, and much distrust, owing to the heavy loans on cotton. Many failures were reported. The Leeds bank had failed. An outbreak had occurred at Tuvin, in Italy. The cavalrv fight near Richmond is described as desperate. The Valley correspondent of the New York Herald says no fight of consequence had occurred since the battle at Fisher's Hill. Gold in New York, on the 4th, was IDOL SCANTLING. mm • mm Biirbridare’s Repulse at Staik vllle. The Yankees have at last heard from Burbridge. It is about the mildest description of a bloody re pnlso wc have ever seen. The telegram is dated at Cincinnati on the 9th inst: General Burbridge, with two thousand five hun dred mounted infamry, attacked Saltville, in South western Virginia, where some extensive salt works are located, and carried two redoubts, capturing ouo hundred and fifty prisoners, besides a largo number of horses, mules, cattle, «ko. Our loss was small.— Col. Mason, of the 11th Michigan, was killed, and Col. Hanson, acting brigadier general, was wounded. I’ inding the place strongly tortitied and defended by a large force uader Breckinridge and Echols, Gen. Burbridge withdrew during the night, leaving his wounded. Tho rebels pursued about eight mile-. Gen. Burbridge passed through Covington this afternoon, on the way to Lexington. It has been remarkod by some writer, who seems te have peered into the darkness that cu wraps all human hopes and expectations, that “ coming events cast their shadows before them. ” Wo believe ourselves that our spirits are barome ters, and that they nre light and heavy, by turns, as our fortune fluctuates in the tide of revolution. There is a suble media through which we arc im pressed, amounting to a sort of prescience. No one can notice the bueyaut state of the public mind without being cheered, for though we may be unable to see exactly how Sherman is to bo driven out of Georgia, wo still feel confident; we follow eur iustinots instead of our reason. We feel—that is, we know—that we are on the eve of an avalanche of glad tidings. We can feel it in our bones that the vuudal hosts whose footprints pollute the soil of Georgia, are to be driven pell mell, like a herd of buffalo, out of the Empire State, and that this event will he followed by the election of McClellan, and the recognition of the Confederacy as a free and independent Govern ment.—Selma Reporter. Rumors came down on the train l’romNewnan, says the LaGrange Reporter of the 14th, yesterday evening—one to the effect that Stowcman, 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 tho Yankees were prepar ing to leave and wore burning their surplus stores, Hy Ellis, Eivifiigstoii A: Cos. PEACH BRANDY AND SUGAR. • wm AN TUESDAY, October 18th, at 10 1-2 o'clock, v/wg will sell in front of our store, 1 Bbl. Fine Peach Brandy, 4 Sacks Sugar, oc 17 2t $8 By Ellis, Eivingstoii & Cos. FINE HORSES, &c. mm • WE will sell, on TUESDAY, October 18th, at 10J o'clock, in front of our Auction Room 2 Fine Harness and Saddle Horses, 1 Genuine McClellan’s Cavalry Saddle and Trimmings, j oc 17 2t $8 | By Ellis, Livingston A; Cos. VALUABLE NEGROES, AN TUESDAY,«IBth October, at 10 1-2 o’clock, we will sell in front of our store Avery likely Negro boy 20 years old, A likely Negro Girl, 28 years old, good Waster and Ironer, and an excellent Cook and House Servant, oc 17 2t $8 By Ellin, Livingston & Cos., S E WIN G MACHIN E . E will sell on TUESDAY, 18th October, at Tt 10 1-2 o’clock, in front of our Auction Room 1 Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine, Mahogany Case, in good order, oc 17 2t $8 By Ellis, Livingston & Cos, -rnmm-9 —i NEGRO GIRL AND FINE SADDLE HORSE. i— • mm ON TUESDAY, October 18th, at 10J o’clock, we will sell in front of our store A likely Negro Girl, 15 years old, good House Servant and fair Seamstress, A VERY FINE SADDLE HORSE. oc 17 2t $8 By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. Administrators Sale. • ♦ —♦ TIITILL be so’d on Tuesday, the 25th inst,, in the VV City of Columbus, at the store of Messrs- Ellis, Livingston & Cos.. Auctioneers, a portion of the perishable property of the estate of B. A. Sorsby, dec’d, consisting of severs! Hogsheads of Sugar, Kegs of Nails, Boxes ol Tobacco, Pieces of Osna hurgs. Envelopes! Writing Paper, Buttons, Thread, &e. Sold by order of Court. Terms cash, Sal* to commence at 11 o’clock a. m. . _ G. E. THOMAS. Oct 14,1864.—0 c 15-tilloc2s Adm’r. By Ellis, Livingston & Cos Execntive Sale of Valuable Property. an TUESDAY, 18th of October, between the 1/ usual hours of sale, I will sell in front of-this, Livingston <k Cos., Auction Store, THE DESIRABLE HOUSE AND LOT, corner of Forsyth and Franklie streets, No, 373, adjoining Mr. SladeVAcademy, with half acre of land attached. Improvements good. Sold as the Pr^ P t C l»Bts32° bD CHERRY BETHUNE, Exu’tx. By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos. 200 G-JLX jX-OH^S piMimumm! A VERY FINE ARTICLE. rFor sal* in quantities of 10 Gallons and upwards. ag3Q