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DAILY TIMES. J. W. WAItREN, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Friday Morning, October 21, 1864. v ~ ■ , ~^ Peace Dreamers. We have not reprinted, says the Mobile Ad vertiser and Register; the letters of Mr. Ste phens, of Georgia, and Mr. Boyce, of South Carolina, and the various other speculations and resolutions looking to negotiations with the enemy on the subject of peace, because we regard them all n 3 so muclr “leather and prunella,” and mfrre brut v-a fulmen pBACri Who does not d*oii c peace? Who does not yearn for it? And who would not make any and every personal sacrifice to se cure it to t.'iia war-stricken land ? But h»*" secure it, with the robber's g ra<»' ® p upon our throat? Mr. Davis has the people of Georgia and of South ( u . o ]j nH) m jjj g S p eec h„ eg on his latp Sou uef(l tour, that he has at all times h #, .u out the “olive branch,” and that out Enemies, intent on our destruction, nave ever s ] the door in our faces. Uie Vice-President of the Confederate States, with the approbation of the President, essay ed a journey to Washington on the mission of peace. He was not allowed by the enemy to go even to Fortress Monroe. There is only one kind of a peace our enemy will lister, to —it is the peace of unconditional submission —the peace of slavery. What sheer nonsense in Mr. Stephens and Mr. Boyce to talk atiout negotiations for peace, when the enemy wt are fighting, and whose consent is essential to such a parley, cannot be brought to entertain the proposition. It takes two to make a bar gnu , two to make a fight, and two to agree to stop fighting. Without that consent, the par ty who stops fighting throws up the sponge, is vanquished, and the captive of the other party. That is precisely our situation with regard to the enemy. We may stop fighting, but Lincoln will not; he says there are ao terms for us but those of unconditional sub mission. With the Lincoln party, uncondi tional submission means the abolition ©f slavery, the confiscation of the property of the slave owners, and the passage of this rebellious South under the yoke of Yankee conquerors. With McClellan, submission means a recon struction of the Union, that is to go back to a political association which we appealed to arms to dissolve, and to become what Ireland is to England and Poland to Russia. The first proposition is what we have to deal with, and it is only the hope of obtaining the last, in the success of McClellan that has inspired thess dreams of peaceful negotiation in Messrs. Ste phens and Boyce. McClellan, to all human appearances, cannot be elected. The madness of the North is not yet cured. Tt is still bent on risking its own liberties in the destruction of every vestige of the principles of self-gov ernment, for the purpose of venting its intense hatred towards the South. We have the choice of alternatives fairly presented to us— " ’~ i /'>• yield—live or die like freemen, or crouch like siktc __ ’ v- , . ,l -“ lash of the vilest hinds that ever aspired to lord it over 3ouls and bodies of god-like men. Is Mr. Ste phens, of the Empire State of Georgia or Mr. Boyce, of the chivalric State of South Caro lina, ready for a Yankee master ? Their ar guments tor peace tend to no other direction. We cannot conciliate the Yankees. They are tlv "sting lor the blood of our freedom. Noth ing else will satisfy them, and nothing but the lire and steel of battle can save us from being made the victims of that Yankee repast. We may be beaten in this grandest of struggles for a nation’s life—God may fail to smile upon h just cause. Numbers, resources and th® fortunes.ot war may compass our subjugation ai! o! which we most religiously do not believe will come to pass. But if so, for God’s sake let us go down like men, with arms in our hands, and not like spaniel*, crouching to the feet of our masters. Death is a thousand times preferable to* Yankee sub jugation. We hold that all these peace letters and resolutions from Southern men proceed uun the postulate that the South is exhausted and cannot continue the struggle—in other words, that we are already whipped in the fight. The men who write them are without faith. They believe not in the justice of Heav en, or tin: subliuiity of the heroism of man. Their eyes are dazzled and their minds subju gated by the display of the brutal force and material resources of the North. They are wearied in the race of freedom. They faint undei the heat and fatigue of the struggle, they are mentally cowed and whipped, while courage and faith would bear them up much longer in the fight. But thank God ! this is not the feeling of the manhood of the country. Our President does not feel it; our Generals do not feel it; our glorious soldiers do not feel if. We shall win the fight yet. We should do it in quicker time, and at the saving of many a precious life, but for these ill-timed appeals to the cowardice of our own people, and more than useless pleas to the humanity and justice of our enemies. We must fight this fight out to the bitter end, else we are not only bankrupt in liberty and property, but damned iu infamous reputation. Disappointed. —The Ljnchburgßepublican L,i<,t in East Tennessee a raiding party ot bushwhackers, tones and Yankees, about three hundred strong, came withia three miles of Bristol, on the 7th inst., evi dently being ignorant of Burbridge’s defeat, and thinkiug that it was all right with that tedoubtabit* Cftnerai, who “marched up the hill and then run back again.” Here they ascertained theft mistake, and took the back Mack in double quick time, closely pursued by a regiment of Confederate cavalry, with a fair prospect of being overhauled. No other news of interest from this section. The Floridian and Journal says the war in Florida seems for a time to be suspended. Since the raid on Marianna nothing has taken place of importance, and the enemy seem dis posed to remain quiet for a while watching the great events about to transpire in Virginia and Georgia. The Baltimore Gazette gays: Last night after the performance at the Holiday Street Theatre, Mr. Bokee, one of the acters, wa« placed under arrest by the military guard, en the *harge ot using disloyal remarks when upon the f«,*&*•' c^ar g® appeared to have originated ‘ Heir Ts : r , h * play bei “S performed was the erlT Mr u"n , 1 5 * dialo K ue between Lord Dub -111 > and Mr - Steadfast, (Mr. Bekee) the iuttrr he is just from Quebec, America I 11 was asserted that Mr. Bokee i ‘ nSW * red ’ God, I am not L r -m ’he Daily Misstoippiaft, 18th.] The President and tlie News paper Critics. The President in his Augusta speech, ad ministers a severe, but justly deserved rebuke, to a portion of the press, that have been over ly censorious in their criticisms upon his mil itary policy. We cannot see the wisdom of these assaults, particularly at this time, up on the chosen chief of our Government and armies. The world has been disgusted at the attempt of Sir Walter Scott to criticiso the campaigns of Napoloon ; but how iramtasura bly presumptuous is the conduct of. some of the Southern journals in their continual car pings at the President. Col. Napier, in his Peninsular War, speaks es “authors who, unacquainted with the sim plest rudiments of military science, censure the conduct of Generals, and ars pleased, from some obscure nook, to point out their errors to the world; authors, who profoundly igno rant of tbe numbers, situation and resources of she opposing armri3, pretend, nevertheless, to detail with great ccUra cy, the right meth od executing, the most difficult and delicato operations of war As the rebuke of Turenne,” he continues, “who frankly acknowledged to Luvois that he could cross the Rhine at a par ticular spot if the latter’s finger were a bridge, has been lest upon such men, perhaps the more recent opinion of Napoleon may be dis regarded. ‘But it is not permitted/ says that consummate general, ‘it is not permitted, at the distance of three hundred leagues, and without even a statement of the situation of tne army, to direct what should be done. Yet we find a Georgia cotemporavy, in bad grammar and worse taste, speaking of the “palpable bad management” of the President in his conduct of the war. He has fault to find with him, that lie refused to weaken the army of Northern Virginia, then •contending at fearful odds with the hords of the enemy upon the Rappahannock, to save Vicksburg— thus re-enacting the folly of the dog in the fa ble who lost the meat in grasping at the shad ow. He calls the President to task for having allowed Sherman to capture Atlanta, when he could have saved it by sending Early’s forces from the Valley of Virginia to Hood’s assis tance—a movement that would have opened the back door of Richmond to the advancing columns of Hunter, and placed Gen Lee in such an attitude as would, in all probability, have resulted in compelling him to evacuate the capital of the Confederacy, and give up one half of the heroic old commonwealth of Virginia to be despoiled of her resources by the foe. Such is a specimen of the carping criticisms which, in seasons of disaster, seem to find their way into the columns of patriotic but injudicious journals. Now the results of this is to cherish a spirit of dis contentment with, and opposition to the war measures of the Government, which materially in terferes with the vigor of their enforcement. It creates distrust and hesitation, which, as Napo leea declared when France was overrun by th combined armies of Europe, will bring about •« destructioH mere speedily than the swords of th enemy. It is our unparalleled unanimity that hi so far alene saved us from the preponderatin military power and resources es the enemy—bt “woe werth the day” when dissensions shall ovei take ugfin eur council chambers,. i” th© camp, c public opinion shall become convei ari 1 j fl >e foil or treachery of opposition to the prosecution < this war. The following extract from a letter from Ge Washington to Mr. Laureus, President of tl Congress of 1778, may serve to furnish a hint t many well-intentioned persons who exhibit a war of judgment in dictating campaigns to our militar leaders : “All enemies,” he says, “take an ungeneroi advantage of me. They know the delicacy of in situation, and that motives es policy deprive a of tho defence I might otherwise make again their insiduous attacks. They know I cannot con: bat their insinuations, however injurious, with out disclosing secrets it is of the utmost momer to conceal. But why should I expect to he e: ernpt from censure, the unfailing lot of an elevi ted station.” Our surprise is not that wo have sustained di i?.tars*in this war—not that Fort Donelson fell V lcksbuig —pfured—that Sherman took : ianta and Sheridan defeated Ea.tj- -not that su< ; misfortunes are but the common incidents of w. 1 where the combatants are more evenly match* ! than are we. But there is abundance of room f wonder in the fact that Lee still holds Richmor against tho most stupendous and pertinacioi preparations of war known in modern times, th Charleston stands despite the presence of engin of naval warfare deemed irresistable by forts ai batteries ; that tho enemy is on the defensive the trans-Mississippi ilepartment, andPrice threa ens St. Louis with an army estimated at 30,0( strong—and, in fine, that Hood has flanked tl victorious army of Sherman and by concontratic of forces and celerity of' movement, threaten through the heavy blows he is striking, to for* „the retreat of au enemy superior to himself j numbers, almost double. While critics ami croakers hold the Preside: responsible for disasters, they should also have tl chaiity to give him credit for theso astoiaishiu successes. In the meanwhile, let the blacksmit stick to his anvil and the shoemaker to his la Tl*© Northwestern (Jonspirac --Astounding Developments ; A commission is in session at Indianapoli, Indiana, to investigate the case of H. B Dod ana others, charged with being connecte with a treasonable organization for the ovei throw of the United States. The cross-exam ination’ of Felix S. Stiger, the Governing witness, brought out the fact that the revc lutionary programme of the “Order ofth Sods of Liberty,” of which a Dr. Bowles i miluaiy chief, included a rebellion in th West m co-operation with an invasion by th Confederates. According to ihis programme Illinois was to furnish fifty thousand mei who were to concentrate at St. Louis and t co operate with Missouri, which was to fur nish thirty thousand ; and these combine forces, to co-operate with Price, were to in vade Missouri with twenty thousand, or whs force President Davis could furnish ; and the the one hundred thousand in all were to hoi Missouri against any Federal force brough against them. Indiana was to furnish fort thousand or sixty thousand men to co-operat! with whatever force Ohio might send ; and at these were to be thrown on Louisville, an< were to co-operate with whatever force Presi dent Davis could send to Eastern Kentucky under Buckner and Breckinridge, or whoevei he might deem best to conduct the operations This was the programme Dr. Bowles gave the witness in the early part of May, 1864. Earlj in June, of the present year, Dr. Bowles tolc the witness that the uprising would take plac« if they could obtain the co-operation of Colo nel Jesse, Siphert and Walker, of Kentucky A report of the testimony says: William Clayton, another witness for the Government, testified that the organization first contemplated bringing the Democrat ic party into power, and was only understood to be a political organization; afterwards, tht officers informed the members that it was a military organization. The authorities who had control of tho Government, were said tc bejtyrannical, and ( thatthey were trampling us under foot, and that we should have to re*i* by force of arms, and that the members of the Order are expected to rise and maintain their rights. The Order frequently drilled, and have been drilling for a year. About two tbirda of the Order.are armed, some with ri fles, and others with revolvers and ahot-guns. The muster-roll of our township»was over one hundred Dr. McCartney, who is Grand Seig neur of the county, informed the members that there were forty thousand in the State of Illi nois, well armed, and that they could depend upon eighty thousand in that State. There were about forty thousand in Missouri, twenty thousand being in St. Louis and vicinity. The officers said that, in May and June, there was to be an invasion at three point- : into Ohio, to be “led by Morgaa or Wheeler; into Indiana, to be led by Longstreet; and into Missouri, to be led by Marmaduke or Price ; and, in case the rebels came into Illinois, the brethren of the organization were to shake bant- and be friends. An assessment was made on the lodges I'g£ the purchase of arms. Their lodge was assessed for two hundred dollars ; it was collected by a Colonel Barry, or Barrett, of St. Louis. The arms were to come from Nassau to Canada, aad were to be brought to tbe Canada line by the Confederate authorities, but the Order was to pay the cost of transportation from Nassau to tbe Canada line. It was understood in the Order that the signal for the uprising would be givon by the Supreme Commander, C. L. Vallandigham. Next to him in command was Robert Hollo way, of Missouri. There were Lieutenants and Captains or Colonels in the Order, and a Major General for each congressional dis trict. The penalty for divulging the secrets of the Order, was death, Since the exposure of the Order in St. Louie, and especially of this case, the Order was disposed to be quiet, and do but little. The present invasion of Missouri was made known to the Order in this locality by one of Quanfrell's men, who said Price would be in Missouri by October Ist, and stay there until after the election, and as much longer as be coufd. The Order in Illinois made no effort to assist if he came in. The late expo sures had stopped their calculations. Their temples met but had quit drilling. . Wesley Tionter, witness for the Govern ment, testified that the organization, of which he wiki a member, contemplated a simultane ous attack on Springfield (Illinois) and St. Louis. Members of the Order who were fear ful of being shot or bung as traitors, if cap tured, were assured that the Government would be notified tbnt they must be treated as prisoners >f war, or Jeff. Davis would retali ate. Mr. Reebuck, in a late speech at Sheffield, re ferring to tbe iato proceedings of Parliament, at the late session, says: In three things tbe Government and Parliament acted in a manner which he disapproved, aad yet he was about to defend them. When the great secession took place in America, he would have at once recognized the Confederate States, with whem nineteen out of every twenty men he met were sympathizers; but tbe sympathy of England stopped short of risking war for the Confederate States. Lord Palmerston perceived, and acted in accordance with the wishes of the people ; a bold politician would have acted differ ently, but Lord Palmerston’s conduct was at all events prudent. When Denmark was oppressed by the bandit powers of Germany, ha would have sent the English fleet to her rescue ; the English people sympathized with Denmark, but would not risk the dangers of war on her be half. Lord Palmerston followed with true in stinct the national wishes, and Denmark was de sorted by England, and left a prey to the spoilor. Then as to reform, Parliament did not wish te reform herself and the people are net sufficient ly interested to compel her to do so : Lord Pal merston agrin sagaciously detecting the will of the people refused to node® the unwelcome ques- TELEGRAPHIC. i *—— REPORTS OP THU PRBSS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congress in tho yeai 1863. by J.S ihrasier, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court es the Confederate States foj the Northern District of Georgia. Richmond, Oct. 20.—A1l continues quiet on the lines below Richmond. No news from the Valley. New York papers of the 17th, has the latest intelligence from Georgia. Telegraph dispatches of the 15th, from Chattanooga says: Reports say our scouts fail to show the presence of any considerable body of the enemy North of Tunnel Hill. Scofield sent out a strong reconneitering party to-day to discover the whereabouts of the rebel column said to be moving towards West Ringgold and intermediate points and have been strengthening. No communication yet with Sherman. Jeff. Thompson captured Sedalia on the 15th. Price is still reported moving on Lexing ton. Gold continues to advance. New Ycrk last quotation, 220. Funeral Notice. The friends and acquaintances of Col. and Mrs. W, C. CLIFTON, are requested to attend the funeral services of their infant son, To-Day, the 21st inst., from the Mobile and Girard Railroad Depot, immediately on the arrival of the train. Columbus, Oct,, 21,1864. - HW A Valuable Plantation for Sals. —Persons in quest of a good home and lauded investments, are referred to the advertisement of Major John F. Treutlen, who advertises a most desirable place near Glennvilio, Ala. The place has many ad vantages to recomlnend it to thefa7c. Me consid eration of purchasers. A Proposed Negro insurrection in tbe South. The following is contained ia Gilmore s beok, “Down in Tennessee One day as I was sitting alone with Rose crans, an aid handed him a letter. He open ed it, ceased doing half a dozen other things, a-d became at once absorbed in its contents. He re-read it, and then handing it to me, said: “Read that. Tell me what you think of it.” I read it. Its contents indicated it had come from “over Jordan,” and had a “hard road to travel,” but its inside startled me. It was written in a round, unpracticed, hand, and though bauly spelled, showed its author, fa dliar with good Southern English. Ite date as May 18, 1863, and it began thu3 : “Ginbral : A plan has been adopted for a multaneous movement or rising to sever the bel communication throughout the whole auth which is now disclosed to seme Gen alin each military department in the seeesh ;ates, in erder that they may act ia coneert, >d thus insure us success. “The plan is for the blacks to make a cou nted and simultaneous rising, on the night 'the Ist es August next, over the whole tales in rebellion; to arm themselves with ny and every kind of weapon that may come > hand, and commence operations by burn >g all railroad and county bridges, tearing up 11 railroad tracks, and cutting and destroy lg telegraph wires—and when this is done to ike to the woods, the swamps or the moun ains, whence they may emerge, as occasions :iay offer, for provisions or for further depu tations. No blood is to be shed unless in self lefense. “The corn will be in roasting ear about th st of August, and upon this, and by foraging in the farms at night, we can subsist. Gos .•erted movement at she tiro lamed would be successful, aad this reb >a brought sud denly to an end.” The letter went on w ua details which 1 cannet repeat, and e hus : “The plan will b'e naneous over the whole South, and y* of all engaged will know its whole ext Please write ‘l’ and ‘approved’, and sen j the bearer, that we may know you are witu us. “Be assured, General, that a copy of this letter has been sent to every military depart ment in the rebel States, that the time ol the movement may thus be general over tho en tire South. I was reading the latter when the General again said : “What do you think of it.” “It would end the rebellion. It taps the great negro organization, ©1 which I speak ia “Among the Pine,” and co-operated with by our forces, would certainly succeed, but— the South would run wit h blood.’ “Innocent blood ! Women and children !” “Yes, women and children. If you let the blacks loose, they will rush into carnage like horses into a burning barn. St. Domingo will be multiplied by a million.” But he says no blood is to be shed except in self defence.” • “He says so, and the leaders may mean se, but they cannot restrain the rabble. Every slave has seme real or fancied wrong, and he would take such a time to revenge it.” “Well, I must talk with Garfield. Come, go with me.” We crossed the street to Garfield’s lodgings, and fqund him bolstered up in bed, quite sick with a fever. The General sat down at the foot- of his bed, and handed him the letter.— Garfield read it'over carefully, and then lays ing it down, said : “It will never do, General. We don’t want to whip by such means. . If the slaves, of their awn accord, rise and assist their original right te themselves, that will be their own affair; but we can have no complicity with them with out outraging the moral sense of the civilized world.” “I knew you’d say s© : but he speaks of oth er department commanders —may they not come into it ?’’ “Yes, they may, and that should be looked to. Send this letter to , and let him t ead off ‘the movement-’ ” It was not thought prudent to entrust the fetter to the mails, nor with the railroad in ested with guerrillas, was it thought a safe iocument to carry about ia person. A short hrift and a long rope might have been the onsequence of its being found on a traveler.. So, ripping epen the toe of my boot, I stow dit snugly away in the lining and took it forth. Oa she 4th of June following, Gar eld wrote me that ha had just heard from the writer of the letter; that five out of sine de partment commanders had ceme into the pre set, and subsequently, that another General isad promised it his support. A lad who had lately gone to service having tad salad served up every day for a week, raa t way, “because,” said he, “they made me eat grass the summer, and I was afraid they’d make me •at hay ia the winter, so I was off.” Among the items of latest European ews is the report of a treaty between Prance and the Italian States, which pro poses to reestablish and sustain the tem* -oral power of the Pope. ♦ ♦ ♦ Notice! Exemption Oranted. Wanted to contract immediately for THREE THOUSAND (3,000) OORDS OAK WOOD, to be islivered to me at this Post. Any one making ich contracts will be exempted from service In 0. S. Army. CHAS. A. REDD, oc 21 6t Capt. and A, Q. M. Exchange Notice No. I£. Richmond, Va., Sept. 20, ’6l. 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, oed 6t Agent of Exchange. the CITY. T- J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR • Theatre.—Wo learn that the second represen tation of “Richard the Third” was greeted on Wednesday evening at Temperance Hall by a large and select audienoe, and that tho several charac ters weie sustained with the usual spirit and ability. It will be seen by advertisement that the com pany will appear this evening, for the first time in this city, in the great sensation drama of “Camille,” which has been performed before Mobile audiences for a series es nights, without abatement es inter est, to be followed by popular songs by Miss Mag gie Marshall and others. The Eagle Factory offers five hundred dollars for an absconded negro. Auction Sales. —Ellis <fc Livingston yesterday sold a negro man for $3,700 ; a negro woman for $3,700 ; salt, 65 to 66c., furniture, crockery cloth ing <kc., at good prices. Georgia State Line.—Members of the Ist and 2d regiments, Georgia State Line Troops, who have neglected to report for duty will find an im portant order to their interest in to-day’s paper, from Adjutant and Inspector General Wayne. See also other important orders from the same source. See advertisement of Lee <fe Norton, Montgom ery, Ala., who will have an important auction sale in that city on Monday next. - ♦ ♦ ♦ Confederate Bonds. —lt will be seen by ad vertisement that Mr. W. 11. Yeung is authorized to continue the sale of the 6 per cent, long date, noa-taxable bonds of the 500,000,000 loan at tho Government rate of $135. The principal of this loan being exempt from taxation, and the coupons receivable for all im port and export duties, makes it one es the most desirable investments for capital yet offered by the Government. Those of oiu people therefore, hold ing surplus funds, probably could not do better than invest in this loan. (COMMUNICATED.) A Sunday at the Hospitals. The day was spent with comfort to myself, and I trust, profit to others. The services in tho morn ing were held at the Marshall Hospital, but owing to a misunderstanding in reference to tho time the attendance was small. The service fer murning prayer as set forth in the book of eommon prayer, being read by the Post Chaplain, a discourse was delivered, which was listened to with much atten tion, and it is to be hoped, with somo degree of profit. In the afternoon a considerable number was in attendance at tho Cairns’ Hospital, #n which occasion the Chaplain of the Pest delivered a very earnest and appropriate sermon. The congregation was attentive and orderly, and seem ed to receive the word in honest hearts. These duties performed we attended the burial serviees of a soldier who died perhaps far from home, and yet we trust in the exercise of a Christian faith. After which, we visited several of the sick in othor parts of the hospital department. The result of my observation is that the attendance oa the min istry of the word is as full and as attentive in pro portion to the population, as it is in our churches in tho city. I regret that so few of the officers and surgeons was in attendance. It is true they may have attended at the churches, but would it not be better for them to lend aid by their pres ence, to the sick and wounded, and also encour age the Chaplain in this way? At the Cairns’ however, I saw in the congregation Dr. Butts, and family, who all seemed to take great interest in these religious exercises. A Christian man or a Christian minister could not in all probability spend a subbath to more advantage, if not ethewise em ployed, than by going round with the Rev. Mr. Stieknev, tbe Post Chapiain, whoso oxertions to do good in this laudable cause' is indefatigable, and most assidious. I may remark that to us, though it was a day of labor, physically, to our spirit it was a day of rest. DOCTOR. Forrest’s Operations In Middle Tennessee. A correspondent of tho Clarion give* that jour nal a detailed account of tho operations of Gsn. Forrest’s Sommand in Middle Tennessee and Nerth Alabama. As we have already given onr readers full accounts of what ©ceurred up to the time our forces retired from Pulaski, we extract only such portions of the correspondence referred tc as refers to what occurred after the march from Pulaski toward tho Nashville and Chattanooga railroad commenced : At Fayetteville we were received with great en thusiasm. The people seemed to be wild with jey. The streets were crowded with ladies, who brought out many refreshments, gave us many a God speed you, God bless you, Ac. If a rebel happened to stop he was immediately surrounded by these an gels of earth, many of whom would seize us by the hand, arm and neck, and even, weep far joy, and some even kissed us dirty, ragged rebels. (You needn’t tell her I was one of these fortunate*.) May heaven bless the fair ones ©f Fayetteville.— None who were there that day can ever forget them. At Lynchburg the command was divided, For rest taking two brigades (Bell’s and Lyons’) with him, Buford taking the remainder, the wagon train, artillery, &c., and returning across tho riv er. Forrest took reundance on the enemy, who were concentrating at Tullahoma, and moved rap idly back on tho Alabama and Tennessee railroad, striking it at Spring Hill. Below Spring Hill ha captured four block houses and 150 prisoners, and destroyed several fine bridges. An incident is re lated in connection with these block-houses. Tho Lieutenant commanding came out to see General Forrest, and negotiate for a surrender. Looking around, he turned to the General and asked, “why, where is your artillery ?” Forrest drew from his pocket a small vial of a compound, known as Greek fire, and throwing it against a stump, which mmediately blazed up, “there is my artillery, and I can burn you and your whole d—d concern up in a half an hour.” The Lieutenant surren dered. On the 2d October, we drove in tho pick ets at Columbia, and withdrew on the Florence pike, in the direction of the Tennessee river. Ar rived at Florence en the 6th of October, and im mediately commenced crossing the river, the 2nd Tennesse, Col. Barteau, and the 7th Tennesson, be ing left in the rear to protect the cressing. These two regiments, under command of Col. Barteau, took position at Martin’s factery, on Cy press creek, about twe miles below Florence. On the evening of Friday, the 7th, the enemy appeared in considerable force in our front, and a lively en gagement commenced, our regiment, 2d Tennes see, being in their immediate front. We had a splendid position, and would have held a very large force in check. The engagement had lasted for an hour or so, when it was ascertained the enemy had gained our rear. Forming the regi ment (mounted) as hastily as possible, Lieut. Cel. Morton, commanding, ordered the charge. With yells and shouts the men dashed upon the enemy who were found to be in heavy force, dismounted, with cavalry in front. Our small foree could net penetrate their, lines, well protected as they were. We were sew dismounted, and a seeend time did the gallant old 2d threw itselt upon the very muz zles of the enemy’s guns. All around us and above us, the balls were tying thick as hail. The enemy were closißg upon our right and left. Slowly ear little squad fell back to their heriet and mounted. By this time the enemy had crossed the creek and were charging us. Our gallant little Lieut. Col. Morton drove them back, and flanking te the right, escaped capture. Thisenganement, though few wefo ecgaged, was the hardest of the earn paign. Col. Morton is considered one of the best oncers of Forrest s command. He is always at his post and knows no danger. Above the din and roar of battle, hi3 clear, cool voice can be heard cheering bis men forward. Other bri bant exploits may be expected soen of Forrest. The results of this expedition may be figured up a.- follows : Three thousand prisoners, three forts, twelve block houses and eight stock ades, seven hundred norses captured, and the de stroying of every bridge, trestle, and the railroad in general for a distance of fifty miles. THEATRES. Friday Evening, October 21, 1864. w. iu ouisp Will, by desire of many patrons, appear in her T Great Character of C A M I L L E! Performed by her recently in Mobile, for a series of Nights, to brilliant and crowded audiences. ’Tiro Grand Sensation Dramh of CAMILLE: OR, THE FATE OF A COQUETTE! Act Ist The Supper Scene Act 2d The Pledge of Love Ac* 3d The Sacrifice Act 4th .....The Fete A ©t sth .The Eleventh Hour GREAT DISTRIBUTION OF CHARACTERS' All the Taleat of the Company appear ! Poplar Ballad, by Miss Maggu Marshall. The Dutch Volunteer! Writtea and Sung by Mr. BOHEN. oc 21 It AUCTION SALES By Ellis, Livingston A Cos A PRIVATE SALE. - mm' • 1,500 Acres unimproved Land on Spring Creek, Miller county, formerly Early, will be sold at a bargain, oc 2117 t SSO By Ellis, Livingston Cos. — ♦ mm - SPOOL THREAD. ♦ ON SATURDAY, Oct. 22d, at 10J o’clock will sell in front of our store 20 dozen Carlisle White Spool Thread, assorted numbers. «oc 21 2t $8 By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. EXTRA NEGROES. mm m AN TUESDAY, October 25th, at 10 1-2 o’clock, vwe will sell in front of our store, TWO Extra Likely Negro women, 22 and 24 years old, both good Cooks, Washers, Ironers and House Servants, oc 21 5t S2O By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. mrn • OB FINE SINGLE HARNESS. WE will sell, on SATURDAY, October 22d, at 10£ o’clock, in front of our Auction Room ONE SETT SINGLE HARNESS, very fine. oc 20 3t sl2 By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. VALUABLE NEGROES. AN TUESDAY, 25th of October at 10% o’clock, we will sell in front of our store A likely Negro Man, 46 years old, A likely Negro Woman, 22 years old, and their two children. oc 20 5t S2O Bv Ellis, Livingston & Cos. SALT. ON TUESDAY, 25th of October, at 10 1-2 o’cloek, we will sell in front of our Auction AJoem, 90 BARREL’S SALT. oc 20 5t sls By Ellis, Livingston A Co< — m m mu Fine Furniture, &/c. AN SATURDAY. 22d October, at 10 o’cloek, we U will sell a very desirable lot of Furniture, We name in part— \ Mahogany Rocking Chair, 1 Mahogany Arm Chair, 1 Mahogany Centre Table j Work Table, 1 Fine Walnut Music Rack, 1 Fine Walnut Secretary and Book Case, 1 Fine Walnut Office Table, 1 Fine Walnut Dining Table, 6 Fine new Quilts, 4 Fine new Bed Spreads, 6 Extra Bed Blankets, 8 New Counterpains, 1 Large new Brussels Carpet, 1 Large new Worsted Carpet, 20 Yards new Stair Carpet, 20 Yards Straw Matting. 1 New Feather Bed With other desirable Furniture and House Furnishing Goods. —ALSO — A CASE FINE DENTAL INSTRU MENTS with a good lot GOLD FOIL. —ALSO — An extra pair HORSES, 5 and 6 years old, kind and gentle, oc 19 4t S4B By Ellis, Livingston A Cos Administrators Sale.* - ♦ ♦ ~ WILL be sold on Tuesday, the 25th inst,, in the City of Columbus, at the store of Messrs. Ellis, Livingston k Cos.. Auctioneers, a portion of the perishable property of the estate of B. A. Sorsby, dec’d, consisting of several Hogsheads of Sugar, Kegs es Nails, Boxes of Tobacco, Pieces of Osna burgs, Envelopes, Writing Paper, Buttons, Thread, Ac. Sold by order ot Court. Terms cash, Sale to commence at 11 o’clock a. m. G. E. THOMAS, Oct 14,1864.—0 c 15-tilloc2s Adm’r. SSOO REWARD! WILL be paid for the delivery of our boy ABRAM or his lodgment in some jail so that we can get him. He is about 30 years old, black, 6 feet high, and weighs 170. Ran off on Tuesday night, the l*th inst. Had on a suit of Jeans made at the EAGLE FACTORY. oct 21 lm The Eufaula Spirit of the South, Quincy Dispatch, Albany Patriot, Macon Telegraph, La- Grange Reporter and Hamilton Enterprse, publish one month and send bills to Factory. for sale. ~~ MY plantation containing 960 acres, lying on a branch of the Cowikee Creek, and 30 miles dis tant southwest from Columbus. Ga., seven mile? south from Colbert Depot, Mobile and Girard rail road, and five miles west of Glennville, and 20 miles norte of Eufaula. The place is mostly level, is pro ductive. and in fine state of cultivation, with 000 acres of open land, balance well timbered with oak, hickory and pine. On the premises are a good framed Dwelling, with two large rooms and passage; framed smoke house, 8 negro cabin-, bla>.k. cVion corn crib. barn, shelter?, *xc. if’desired 1 Would divide the tract and reserve a part “ Neighborhood excellent, plenty ot the best water The health of the place is no? surpassed by th it of any in East Alabama, Persons wishing to visit the place will get ett ’oe train at Silver;Run and take the daily Hack to Gleunville, where coaveyace can be had. For further particulars apply to the subscriber on the premise?, or address him af Glennville. Barbour county, Ala. Price S4O per acre. Possession immediately. OC 21 lm J. F. TREUTLEN.