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DAILY TIMES. J. W. WAR II EX, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Wednesday Morning, October 26, 1864. t • -• .. ~ r_rr~T —wr: *■ Pioneers of Peace. Before Messrs. Stephens. Brown, Boyce <fc Cos., laid before the country their plans for a peaceable solution of our difficulties, the pio neers had already “blazed the wav.” Two of these have followed it to its legiti mate conclusion —Messrs. Baylor and Camp. The first named of those worthies appeared in Richmond daring the last printer and in the columns of nut* of the “dailies - ' of that place laid down the “Georgia Platform - ’ and claim ed for himself the honor of being its architect —an honor which has been stoutly claimed in this locality. Deceiving a credulous tew*by the "coiumis <ion' which he bore from the Executive of this State, he proceeded in several published ar ticles to impugn th. patriotism ami loyalty ot the people of Georgia by declaring himself the exponent ot their views and sentiments. Fallowing the “road to Peace,’ he has re cently arrived in Abolitiondom and rehearsed his slanders on Georgia at a Black Republi can meeting. The last —after laying before an unapprecia tive public bis views upon the “road to Peac* through the medium of a Georgia paper, wi;h which he was connected, took the path be was persuading others to pursue and has reached Yankeedom, where, at last accounts, he was regaling his hearers with “doleful accounts of Dixie. - ’ f« i‘ strange that honest people hesi tate to travel a roaa which leads to such a goal ? Is it uncharitable to express the hope that Baylor and Camp may soon be followed by the loved ones left behind? Onr Hopes. k is best lor the people of the Confederacy to understand, once for all, says the Richmond Dispatch, that their hopes consist in their arms alone. If victorious, they can command the issue : if defeated, the issue will very cer- j tainly command them. I’hey are contendiug with an enemy who will listen to no terms short of absolute submission. Let us hear no more cries for peace, but let every man make np his mind to war. We have hitherto been extremely averse to regard the war as any thing more than a sort of episode in our exis tence. We must in future look upon it as the main business of our lives. All our thoughts must turn in that direction, as they have hith erto been turned upon the means of procuring a livelihood and establishing ourselves in life. Every thing we do must, from this day forth, have some relation to the conduct of the war. Our army must be made a regular army; hitherto it has been nothing more than a body of volunteers. Our cavalry system must be reformed. We must give up money'.making and devote ourselves to the pursuits that will be-t assist in carrying ou the war. Better to make a few dollars lees for the time being, than to make it for the Yankees. We have become accustomed to hardships and self-de nial. They will become e*en easier to us than they are at present. Above all, let not our people be deluded by the cry of peace. It has done them an immense deal ot harm al ready, and it. will do them a great deal more if they listen to it. There is at present, no prospect of peace, nor will there be as long as the Yankees continue to believe themselves gaining victories every day. There will be none, until they shall have become convinced that their efforts to subdue are unavailing.— This conviction we shall be. compelled te beat into their heads ; and in order that we may do so. it is necessary that every man should be at his post. Rampant as the Yankees now are for war, their tone would change imme diately. should one of their armies be de stroyed : tor they would find it difficult to re place it. In the meantime, we are convinced loaf it we can hold our own through this win ter —most certainly we can —the worst will have been past. Our enemy can never make such an effort as he has made and is now ma king We trust our citizens will remember to at tend and hear the address oi Rev. Mr. Holland at Temperance Ilall to-night, for the benefit of the Wayside Home. Tickets of admission can be procured at Spear’s, Acee & Collier s, Urquhart & Chapman’s and at the Hall door. Filling ur the Ranks.— -A late order, says the Richmond Dispatch, of tiie 21st, issued from the office of the Adjutant and Inspector General, orders the chiefs of the Bureau of Ordnance and of the Nitre Bureau to turn ever, without delay, one-fifth of ail the force employed in their respective bureaux, includ ing contractors and other employees. This oider will put into the field almost as many men, n not more, than were procured by the revocation of details of producers—the whole i umber of men who have been detailed as farmers on this side of the Mississippi riv er being, four thousandfour hundred and eighty five. The only objection to this order is that por tion of it which says: Three days are allowed so: the execution of this order after its recep tion at any post or station of the different de partments. This time \yill be too short to prevent inconvenience to the public service the sudden cessation of labor and the inability of contractors to wiud up their af fairs. Gen. L>iek Taylor, the great hero of the Trans- Mississippi, says the Savannah Republican, has arrived at the Army of Tennessee, and taken com ntitnd of Gen. Lee’s corps. Gen. Lee. it is said, goes west to command the Department of Missis sippi. Thus is the President pulling his strong est horses in the Georgia team, and if ibey should fail to draw the wßeel out of the mire, we. had might as well conclude to let it stay there for a season at least. Thus far the changes hare worked admirably, and silenced all caril, mm • mm — Mont ABOUT THE CAPTURE OF THE TRAINS AT Miller’s Landing.— We mentioned in yesterday morning's paper that tbe rebels on Monday, cap tured a freight train and three locomotires at Mil ter’s Landing, and took them west. M r o now hear that one of the locomotives, being disabled, was left at the Landing, while the others were run through Hermann, arid probably to Gasconade bridge. Railroad men apprehend that the bridge was burned aud the train run into the river. We learn, also, that one ot the cars of the train contained SOO .Vnurpe's rides, and that the rebels, when the capture was made, went directly to this mr, showing that they had previous knowledge es its contents, communicated, no doubt, by some ofyheir sympathizers it. our midst.— S>. Loui* J&NWAt \th. S.hlv’h! from Uic T nited States. From the New York Herald and Times of Tuesday', the 18th instant, we take the foliow ing : THE SITUATION IN OUOKGIA —TANK Kb VIEW OF noon’s MOVEMENTS — SHERMAN STARTS IN PURSUIT OK HIM. The Yankees claim to have again opened j communication with Sherman, and are putting , out rose-colored reports about bis pursuing Hood, the good condition of his supplies, Ac., to calm the people. Stanton’s official, dis patch, sent off - from Washington on Monday night, says : Advices froqj General Sherman to the even ing of October 16th indicates that Hood, after having struck the railroad in the neighbor hood of Dalton and Resaca, has fallen back before Sherman without fighting, abandoning his great movement upon our line of corntmi cations. He has torn up some fifteen miles of the road from Resaca north, but the injury will be rep died without difficulty. .The in terruption will cause no inconvenience to Sherman’s army, us his stores of supplies south of the break, as well as north of it. are ample. Hood has retreated towards the south west. His rear left Dalton in hast" at six o’clock on Sunday morning. A telegram from Louisville, dated the 19th, announces the capture of nine Confederates near Lafayette, Ga., and adds: Some of the prisoners say Wheeler’s whole command, comprising Martin’s, Roddy’s, i Jones’s and Patterson's cavalry, aggregating from eightr to ten thousand, are ail in the j country towards Chattanooga and Dalton. The rebels entered Resaca on Wednesday me ruing, and took prisoners the only troops there—a colored regiment—by surprise Tire j rebels immediately thereafter moved upon j Dalton. On Friday, there was considerable alarm at Chattanooga, and every able-bodied j man was put to work on the fortifications. At \ last advices. General Kilpatrick, with his ' cavalry, was at Dalton. No apprehensions j are now felt for Chattanooga or Knoxville. j General Sherman has over one hundred days’ rations at Atlanta. Knoxville has an j abundance of provisions >.« stand a six months’ siege. At Chattanooga, the Government store houses are fall of provisions, and large sup plies besides are on the grounc, covered with tarpaulins. Gen. Milroy was at Tullahoma, and General Schofield at Chattanooga. A private, trustworthy source says that, on j Saturday evening. Hood’s army was between j Dalton and Lafayette, making for the latter i place, with Sherman pressing him closely. Prominent military men say Hood’s last move places him exactly in the position desired by Sherman. There was considerable excitement at Clarksville, Tennessee, in consequence of re ports brought in by scouts that the rebel Gen. Lyon intended to attack the place. Gov ernment employees are all armed fcfr addition al defence of Clarksville. Thu Cincinnati Commercial has a special dispatch from Nashville, which says: Communication is again open with Sher man. He was at Tilton, nine miles from Dal ton, on Saturday at noon. Ilood left Duilou ou Saturday afternoon, moving in the direction of Bridgeport. Sherman has commenced moving in the same direction, and is close on Hood's rear. No battle bad been fought at last advices. Hood had nearly his whole army with him. The following telegram, signed by “William Warner, of Gen. Sherman’s staff'. - ’ is dated at Chattanooga on the 17th : Gen. Sherman and the army are all right, | and masters of the situation. Every point ever held by us is still in our possession. At lanta is all right, with plenty to eat; and the short railroad will be repaired in ten days, and ; the telegraph in three days. Hood, thus far, ; has no more tnen than we have, and his raid has produced no military result. ADDITIONAL FROM MISSOURI—CAPTURE OF AN OTHER TOWN —LEXINGTON OCCUPIED. A dispatch from St. Louis, dated the 16th; says the Pacific Railroad has been repaired, and troops are rapidly being sent to Lamiae. General Pleasanton had gone from the city to fake command of the cavalry and attempt the j capture of General Price s trains. Price’s forces were reported to be divided. General Sanborn was in pursuit of Jeff Thompson.— j A later dispatch, dated the 17th, says : Bill Anderson and forty of his murderous i crew entered Danville, Montgomery county, on Friday, murdered five citizens, mortally I wounded another, and burned eighteen build i iugs. A few citizens occupied the block house in the centre of the town, and undertook to de fend it, but the rebeb burned the house, with all the county records, and the law offices and papers of three prominent lawyers. The reb- I els then went to High Hill and burned the railroad property and plundered all the stores. Ou Saturday afternoon the militia force over took the miscreants near High Hill, and killed j 19 and wounded 17 of them. Lexington was occupied by the rebels on : Saturday, the Unionists having evacuated it | the day before. Warrensburg was also occu pied by the rebels. The Repulse Before Richmond on Thurs day.—The truth is gradually leaking out about the repulse below Richmond on Thurs day. A correspondent of the New York Times, writing about the “'reeounoissance,” says: At one time it was believed that we had found the point of the earthworks where the enemy’s left flank rested. This was over to- : ward the Charles City road, where Ivautz’s cavalry were feelingandhad developed a force of both infantry and cavalry in their front.— Having made a very perilous personal recon noissance at this precise spot, General Ames returned under the impression that here the rebel woncs stopped. Reporting his belief to General Terry, an advance of Col. Pond’s brig ade, of Ames’ division, consisting of the Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania, Sixty-second and Sixty-seventh Ohio, and Thirty-ninth Illinois 1 regiments, were ordered, and they charged gallantly forward. Unfortunately they fell into a trap, ana were repulsed with a loss of between one and two hundred men. Instead of ending here, the rebel line simply deflected to the rear, presenting a “refused’’ front, and the works were screened by a growth of scrub pines. The right of the brigade, in the impe-, tuosity of their onset, passed beyond the point i of deflection, and the men were badly cut up by an enfilading fire. Colonel Pond, finding himself in this unpleasant position, gave the order tb fall back, which was executed with remarkable steadiness and without leaving many of the killed and wounded on the field. Arrest ®f Blockade Running Merchants.— Great consternation was caused in Washington and Baltimore on Monday by the closing up of several steres and the arrest of the proprietors upon the charge of being engaged in running goods into the Confederacy. The ©peratien was performed by a guard of soldiers. A telegram | from Baltimore says : The seizures are understood to be pursuant to orders emanating from the War Department.— Nothing definite is known as to the charges which iuduced these seizures, but they are said to be contraband trade, and rebel mail car rying. The houses thus far seized are as follows : Messrs. I Hamilton, Easter A Cos., dry goods, on Baltimore street; Charles F. Waters A Cos., hardware, 13 Charles street; Jordan A Chase, clothiers, oa Hauorcr and Baltimore streets; the two ware i houses of Messrs. Weisenfeldt A Cos., clothiers, on Baltimore street; Isaac Cole, Jr., A Brothers, ' cats ar.d caps, on Baltimore street: Simon ' Franck A Cos., clothiers; and A. A L. Frederick, clothiers. All the proprietors, clerks, and other employ ees found on tue premises seized, have been j arrested, and sent to Washington in a special I train. It is understood that the War Department has ! ordered other arrests to be matte. TELEGRAPHIC. RKPOBT3 OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congress in the yea: 18&!. by J. S Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of 'he District Court of the Confederate States to the Northern District es Georiria. Richmond, Oct. 25th.—The Sentinel this morning coutains a circular from Secretary Benjamin, giving an exposition of the fnnd of the United State*, based upon official data. He estimate# the debt of the United States up to the firgt of May next at 240,000,000, in. volving annual charge upon the treasury, nearly equal to that accumulated in Great Britian two centuries ago. The circular is addreesed to Hon. A. Dudley Mann, Brussels. The quietude below Richmond remains im brekon. No further demons' ration by the enemy, is expected until aft er the Presidential election. Brig. Gen. Archer of Marylard. died in this city lust night. Mobile, Oc;. 3.-).—Ou Saturday night the steamer Senator. Number 2, exploded her star board boiler near Park’s Landing, and, was burned up and sunk. Twenty-five killed, wounded and missing. A special so she Register dated Seaatobia, 24th, says the St. Louis Republican of the 20th. and Memphis Bulletin of the 22d, say Price was in possession of the country from Marshall to Lexington. Federal combinations say they will compel him to cut his way out ol the State. He left Booueville on the 16th. Four thousand of his troops (Missourians) are at Glasgow. Large accessions made to his force. Quantrell aud Jackum are reported to have joined him. Anderson and Jackman have recruited five thousand men in five counties north of the Missouri river. The army is in fine spirits aud speak of wintering in the State. The St. Louts Democrat says it cannot con ceal the fact that the rebel army is assuming alarmiug proportions—and is constantly gath ering arms from unsupported garrisons. At Glasgow, the garrison of 600 was captured, and 200 citizens surrendered. Great excitement prevails in Western Kj. t in consequence of an anticipated raid from Forrest. A party of raiders attempted to capture S. P. Chase while speaking at Cov ington. Later from Europb. — European dates es the 6th have been received. We are assured from Lohodu that the EBglish financial crisis was culminating to a heavy “crash,” rapidly and with certainty. The only additional failure reported in Liverpool, is that of A. Salomons, a Manchester warehouse man. lli3 cashior has disappeared, with defalcations and forgeries to the amount of £40,000.* Miss Slidell was married in Paris to M. Er langer, the banker and agent of the Confederate cotton loah, on the 4th of October. The objections es the Catholic church to the union having been removed, there was a brilliant assemblage, made up of Southern, French, English and Jewish sympathizers, present at the ceremony. The ap pearance of M. Moquard, private secretary to the Emperor, was a semi-imperial compliment to the happy pair. Henry Dollgghton, Bart., has, it seems, been interesting himself in circulating a memorial from the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland to the United States of America, in favor of peace. It is stated that the signatures to this address were obtained within three iveeks from the day upon which the first was appended, and they embrace every class in the community. The clergy of all denominations have supported it, especially the Catholic priest hood of Ireland, from which country we obtained more than one hundred and thirty thousand sig natures. This total comprises about three hun dred and fifty thousand names, extending over some seven hundred yards of canvass, in four par allel columns, which, if taken consecutively, would stretch considerably beyond a mile and a half in length, The Confederate cotton loan had declined te 57 @ SS. “Bill Anderson.” —“An eye witness,’-fur nishes the St. Louis (Mo.) Journal with some items in reference to Capt. Bill Anderson and the affair at Centralia with a description of the man : He appears lo be a man about five feet, ten inches high, rather slim, black beard, long black hair, inclined to curl, and altogether a promising looking man of thirty-two years of age- He told the Yankees captured that they had just killed six of his soldiers, scalped them, and left them on the prairies. He was too honorable to permit any man to be scalped but he would show them that he could kill them with as much rapidity and skill as any body. Should he fall info Federal hands he should expect no quarter and ask none—and all Federal soldiers falling into his hands would be put to death. It is only due him to say that his whole family has been murdered ruthlessly—by men in Federal uniform—even his mother and sisters. He i3 only retalia ting. Yankee Views of Vice-President Stephen's Letter. —The letter of Vice-President Steph ens is published in the Northern papers in full and commented upon at great length. The New York Times says of it: When Mr. Stephens sees the election re turns of Ohio and Indiana, he will appreheud his mistake in counting on the' 4 Northwest as an ally in this re-organizing scheme. The Northwest is as firm a« New England itself for the old Union, and will tight the South to ex termination sooner than barter away its birth right for chimeras of new confederacies which are floating in the brains of peace men like him and Vallandigham. The whole North means to redeem and hold fast to the old her itage. Neither Southern rebellion nor North ern conspiracy can shake that determination. The Herald has a long editorial on it, in which it says : It will not need a second perusal, we think, to satisfy any politician of ordinary intelli gence that this silly pronunciamento of South ern secession abstractions is intended for the encouragement and guidance of the Northern Copperhead peace faction in this Presidential canvass. That it will be accepted by this rev olutionary faction as a model of conciliation and wisdom we cannot doubt, for it has the true ring of the peace speeches of Mr: George H. Pendleton and of the moral philosophy, as a peace-maker, of the Hon. Ben. Wood. Partisans on the River.— The Memphis Argus of the 12th. has paragraphs announc ing two attacks upon boats on the Mississip pi. It says : We learn from reliable sources that the steamer Eclipse, which arrived here at an early hour yesterday morning, on her way down was fired into when opposite Cotton wood point, from the Arkansas side of the river, by about 200 guerrillas, who seemed to be well armed and equipped Tbe boat sus tained no damage, and. save that a ne gro had a leg broken by a stray shot, and that two horses were killed, no injury was done to any person on board. The steamer White Cloud No 2, while on her way up from New Orleans, was fired into, we learn, by a number of guerrillas when nearly opposite Greenville. Ark., without, however, eustaining any damage. This was by way of finishing the 111-luck that attended this well-known craft during -the trip, she having “picked up’’ a snag a few miles this side of Vicksburg, which entering the hull, carried away part of the guard and staterooms, aad completely wrecking he? texas. "xtiocihj oan?^. T. J. JACKSON * LOCAL EDITOF At auction sales yesterday by Ellis k Cos., white flax thread sold for $32 : drab, $35; black, $54. j .'hoe thread, S4O ; large foolscap paper, $135 per | reals: envelopes, $lO5 per thousand; spool | thread, assorted, $25 per dozen : Augusta eheet j ing, $3 te $3,50 ; striped osnaburgs, $5,50 per yard : hickory shirting, $5,50; nails, $2,25 to ! $2,87 ; tobacco, $3,75 to $4 per lb.: sugar, $5,50 ; to $5,75 ; one negro woman named Mary, 22 years old, $4,900 : Francis, 24 years old, $5,550: ene man, wife, and child, $6,025 ; Zach, 23 years old, i $3,600 ; ene negro woman, 24 years old, $2,000: one set harness, $510; ene piano, $3,100; one barrel machine oil, S2O per gallon ; one barrel brandy, $62,50 per gallon ; furniture and other articles in proportion. - •» ; —•/. The Wayside Jlome. —Remember the lecture of Mr. Holland, to-night, at Temperance Hall, for the benefit of the Soldier’s Home. By attending you will be delighted, and, at the same time, in strumental in contributing to a cause which ap peals te the patronage and liberality of all friends of their suffering country, and its beroie defend ers. Our Citt —The Weather, Ac.— Columbus is unusually dull at this time, with little transpiring to mar the placidity es matters and things in general. About the only source of excitement is the frequent orders of Col. Browne. Gen. Howell Cobb, and Commandant Von Ziuken, who seem to have eeneeived the idea that all men in the State, are not yet in the service, and that the times and condition of our armies demand recruifing.— In this way the equanimity of a portion of our people is disturbed, and we occasionally hear of a man that is restless iu his boots at the thought of sleeping out cold nights and luxuriating on “hardtack.” Verily, the prospect ahead for this kind of fun is most promising to us all! Why don’t they quit this foolishness and let a fellow draw one or two more easy breaths before going to that distant bourne from whence there is no one returns. The weather continues most charming, with the exception of being rather dry and dusty. We don’t recollect to have seen a mere pleasant month fer years than the present. m • Something Good.—Reader, are you partial to good things? Are you an admirer of the beauti ful ; a stickler for old land marks, and agt'/t the infringement of human rights ? If so, call in at the old Post Office corner and see old daddy Douthit k Cos., who have some of the “whappin ist” and best flavored gingercakes in the Confed eracy. They are as big around as a dinner plate, and contain all the original ingredients of good time3. Besides, the best of all is, they only cast a dollar. Do go and see ’em, and buy one, won’t j y° u ■ Impressment Prices. The following, list of leading articles, with their prices, have been agreed upon by the Commissioners of Impressments for the States of Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. It will be ob served that they have greatly reduced the prices of everything from the forme'- sched ule : Bacon, sides, per ib $ 1 37 “ hams, 1 31 “ shoulders 1 25 Beef cattle, gross, per lb 26 Brandy, per gal 3 50 Corn, shelled, per bushel 2 25 “ unshelled 2 13 Corn meal per bushel 2 25 Coffee, Rio, per lb G 00 Candles, tallow, per lb 1 40 Flour, superfine, per bbl 30 00 “ fine > 26 50 Fodder, baled, per owl 2 25 “ unbaled .1 205 Hogs, at net, corn fed, per cwt 75 00 “ “ gross “ 60 00 “ unfatted, gross 52 50 Hides, good drv, per lb 1 88 “ green 94 Horses, first class 750 00 “ second class 600 00 “ third class 450 00 Iron, pig, No. 1,2, 3, per gross t0n.... 110 0q Lard, per lb 1 31 Leather, harness, per lb 3 75 “ sole 3 75 “ upper 4 50 Molasses, Cuba cane per gal 6 00 “ Chinese 3 00 Mules, Ist class GOO 00 “ 2d “ 525 00 “ 3d “ 375 00 Oats, sheaf, baled per cwt 1 88 “ unbaled 1 69 “ shelled, per bush 1 88 Pasturage, per head per month.... 150 Potatoes, Irish, per bush 4 00 “ sweet 1 75 Peas, per bush of 60 lbs 3 00 Salt, per bush of 50 lbs 7 50 Soap, hard per lb 75 “ soft 37 Socks, wool, per pair 2 00 “ cotton 140 Shoes, army, per pair 15 00 Sheep,sheared, each 15 00 “ unsheared 20 00 Tallow, per lb 1 31 Wheat, clean, per bush of 60 lbs 5 63 Whiskey, per gal 3 50 Wool, washed, per lb 4 00 “ unwashed 3 00 Celebrations over the Pennsyl vania Election. The Republican papers still continue to figure out a victory in Pennsylvania by the aid of the soldiers’ vote. A'telegram from Harrisburg says : The commissioners, with a few exceptions, have returned from the army, bringing with them returns which show an overwhelming Union preponderance. The New York Herald has an account of two celebrations held there on Monday night by the Democrats and Republicans, and both in honor of the 'result in Pennsylvania, It says : Last night, in accordance with the procla mation of Mr. August Belmont, the Democracy had an illumination in honor of Pennsylva nia’s redemption. The windows of Old Tam many were ornamented with sperm candles, and the immense canvass banners that cover her front were dotted with brilliant stars, caused by a liberal expenditure of gas and tallow in the background. A rakish-looking little piece, planted in the Park, in front of the City Hill, let out a hundred roars from its iron mouth, and gathered together a crowd of the old-style Democratic sovereigns, who formed a’ strong chorus to the gunpowder ex plosions. This was in honor of the Demo cratic triumph in Pennsylvania. At the corner ofTbirteenth street and Broad way, the Republicans held a jubilee at the same time that their Democratic brethren were celebrating a victory for their side. At this place, which was crowded to excess, our re porter found a Brooklyn minister of the gos pel haranguing an attentive assembly of Lin colnites, and glorifying the Lord that Penn sylvania was true to the Union. He felt sure that it would be carried on the Bth ot next month : but if the Democrats attempted vio lence at the polls, he was in favor of letting loose a portion of the Union army upon the Copperheads of the North ; and “then God help them, was all he had to say. He prayed God JeS Davis might yet be hanged and had no doubt that Old Abe would be elected, and “Small George,’ as he termed Geaeral Mc- Clellan, be driven into tbe obscurity whence, in an evil hoar, he emerged. His address was warmly applauded, especially the peaceful allusions to Jeff Davis and the Copperheads. KARaien. In Tr up county, Ga.. October 4lh, by Rev. .J. B. McGebee, Rev. JOHJfR. DEARLNG, ot the Geo ; gia Conference to Miss FANNIE ft. COS IX. In Cttlo Qui<?>. “Calm on the bosotn of thy God, f air spirit rest thee now! E’en while with us :hy footsteps trod. His seal was on thy brow.” Died of typhoid fever at Columbus, Geo,, Auerust 13th. 1364, Mrs. MARY OLMSTED MURRELL, aged 28 years, wife of Dr. William Murrell, Shorn of her loveliest aud best, our beloved land has become a wailing Rama, while destruction more terrible than the Mask of the Red Death stalks, sickle in hand, through every nook and valley, held-, ing hideous carnival throughout the country. We are a stricken people; sights and sounds of woe have grown habitual as household words, every breeze chants a requiem for some early dead; chill shadows crouch at every threshold, and we have be come sadly familiar with all the sable livery and touching paraphernalia of gnef; but in the midst of this vast harvest of death, a shudder crept over the hearts of many friends and relatives when the melancholy tidings reached our city that Mrs. Mur rell had passed away to her eternal rest. Ripe ranks of stalwart men are ruthlessly mown down on reek ing bat'lefields—and before the poisonous breath of disease fair baby fingers stiffen inton marble, and shining golden heads nestle in violet-crowned tiny graves; and yet, oh Death ! thy all grasping appe tite refused to snare that noble young wife and mother, whose untimely (ate hasentailed such irre mediable, loss upon friends and family. A native of Natchez, Miss., Mrs. Murrell’s early life was spent in Princeton, New Jersey, whither her father, Mr. George Tyler Olmsted, returned dur ing her childhood; and there, whiloyeta mere girl, she manifested that' earnest religious devotion which subsequently developed into a beautiful yet singularly unostentatious Christian life. Immedi ately after her marriage she removed to Mobile, and soon became' the centre of a circle of ardently at tached friends, whose hitter grief for her irrepara ble loss, sufficiently attests her rate excellence, and remarkable power of fascination. Gifted with ex traordinary beauty and grace, the winning sweet ness of her manners disarmed envy and detraction, and all who entered the circle of her influence ac knowledged the charm of her society; while to those who knew her intimately, tfie habitual seren ity and unselfishness, the concistcncy and loveli ness of her Christian character rendered her an object of reverence, as well as deathless affection. “A being breathing thoughtful breath, A trevelcr between life and death : The reason finn, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill; A perfect woman nobly planned, To warn, to comfort and command! And yet, a spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light.” Endowed with a heart peculiarly tender avd lov ing, her friendships were warm and earnest, while as a wife and mother no woman was ever more de voted and exemplary in the discharge of those sa cred duties which make home an oratory of prayer and praise,—a temple of peace and joy. “The blessings of her quiet life Fell on us like the dew, And good thoughts where her footsteps pressed, Like fairy blossoms grew.” Stricken by the numbing hand of disease, in the midst of a noble and useful career, the idolized wife and mother was cousigned to that bed of suffer ing whence, in the inscrutable providence of God, she was destined never to rise; and during her last illness evinced the unselfish devotion to her family, and the holy resignation which had characterized her life. Surrounded by those she loved, and sooth ed and cheered by a sublime faith in Jesus our Saviour, her pure spirit passed serenely from the stormy chequered shores of Time, to the calm fair fields of Eternity,— to the pearly gates of the Ever lasting City of God. “Alone unto our Father’s will, One thought hath reconciled, That He whose love exceedeth ours Hath taken home His child. Fold her, oh Father! in thine arms. And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human hearts and Thee!” Snatched away in the prime of her beautiful wo manhood, her dealt has fallen stunningly on a large circle of admiring friends, aud upon the fond hus band and wailing children who mourn over tho ach ing void in a once happy home, from which the crown of joy has been borne. Dssolation grim and gaunt broods now over the whilom cheerful hearth stone. and as the bleeding tendrils of affection are torn rudely from their idol, the bereaved husband moans: “Oh death in life! the days that are no more!” For anguish such as his, human sympathy is utterly inadequate, and in his terrible affliction the world grows dark and dreary, while In Memoriam creeps in sombre ciphers over all he looks upon. Oh, lonely widowed heart! and prattling sobbing mourners of the broken home group! would you snatch your darling dead from the cradling arms of God! or recall a. star-crowned seraph to the griefs and trials of this sin and care cursed world ? “Thine is a grief the depth of which another May never know, And <>n thine cars my words of weak condoling Mlist vainly fall. The funeral bell which in thy heart is tolling Sounds over all. I will not mock iliee with the poor world’s common And heartless phrase: Nor wrong the memory of a sainted woman With idle pra*se. \ct would I say, what thine own Heart approveth, Our Father’s will Calling to Him the dear one whom lie loveth, Is mercy still.” The setting of human hopes is like that ofthe sun, leaving coldness and night behind, and our deso late, crushed spirits cry piteously : “Oh fcr the touch of a vanished hand. And the sound of a voice that is still !” But in the infinite mercy of God, time has pre cious healing for stricken souls, and after a season the star of memory rises from the mists and gloom ! of death, and burns undimmed through all the clouds and tears of vexed and sorrow laden Earth, all swallowed up in the golden dawn of the Apoca- . lyptic Day. .‘God keeps a niche In Heaven, to hold our idols : and albeit He brake them to our faces, and denied That our close kisses should impain their white— I know we shall behold them raised, complete, The dust swept from their beauty—glorified New Memnons singing in the great God light,” A FRIEND. Ink! Ink ! Ink ! \\, E are now manufacturing a splendid article of ■J COPYING and WRITING INK, which we offer for sale by the Barrel, Gallon, or in Bottles. Address STANFORD A CO., oc 26 6t Agents. S3OO Reward. \V ILL be paid for the recovery of a sma 1 white V> MARE PACING 5 PONY, which was-stolen from in front of tha Express office in this City, on Sunday morning last. Should this meet the eye of any one knowing of her whereabouts they can tele graph me at this point at mj expense. •J. J. MEYER. ( olumbus, Ga., Oct. 20—ts SplcTajl NOTICES HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE FOR Georgia, Augusta, Oct. 17th, ISOI. Circular No. 18. To County Enrollin'.) Officers: Pursuant to orders from the Majer General Com manding the Reserves and District of Georgia, you and all others engaged in the conscript, service are commanded to apply yourselves with renewed en ergy and diligence to the important duties with which you are charged. The fact is established that in every county of the State there are numbers of men between the ages of 17 and 50 who have never been enrolled and hitherto evaded the service which they owe their country, which the law obliges them to render, and which the voice of patriotism, the importance of the crisis, and the caU of their gal lant brethren in arms have failed to induce them to perform. It is your duty to see that these men be no longer allowed to enjoy this inglorious ease, and to save them from the shame and degradation which await them when our independence is won, in the esteem of those bravemen.and noble women to whose valor and devotion, under Providence, these priceless boons will be due. The ranks of our armies must be filled. The bat tle scarred veterans, who, for four years have stem* med the tide of invasion and held at bay the savage and powerful foe which still pollutes our soil, must be strengthened and animated by the presence of fresh men by their side. The glorious battle flags •which bear upon their tattered folds the names of so many victories which have rendered our country famous throughout the world, must be upheld and supported by the many stout arms whose strength ha3 not yet been put forth in the defence of their homes, their fortune and their honur. Itis also a fact known to all that there are thous ands of deserters and absentees from the army - -al tered throughout the State, who, were they now present beside their faithful comrades, could drive the enemy beyond our borders, and before the win ter frests set in, conquer our independence and a cessation of war. Itis your duty to have these misguided men ar rested and returned to their commands. They have committed the most infamous crime of which a sol dier can be guilty, and deserve the terrible punish ment which the laws of their country and the usa ges of war have awarded to their offences. Their only hope of clemency at the hands of the Execu tive depends on their prompt abandonment f their j present life of lawlessness and peril ar.d their return to the ranks iu which they swore to serve during the war. Let constant efforts be directed to the ar- 1 rest of these men. Lst every hole and corner; let ; ever: and forest in your respective counties 1 U whi m th, j w ; ... rious shelter, bo searched and perv irated - selves and your.assietan;?, until every dc-er C' . been arrested, and your vigilance and energ> r . ’ proved that escape from capture is no longer >o.- ble. If you need aid in the performance ■ f th„ duty, ceil upon tno sheriff and other civil officer ot the county, and, under t lie repeated orders of tha Governor of the Suite, they are obliged to assU> you. The officers commanding local companies ra cently organW lin the different counties by orde of the Major General Commanding the Reserves are also bound to aid yon. and the great body of the inhabitants, aware that the safety of their relative and friends now in the field and of their families a .‘ heme; the possession of their property, their lives their liberty, depend on the success of our arm* and eur ability to hold our ground against the vandV hosts by which we are beset, will assuredly not uq to second your efforts to send into the ranks ere 7 man who properly belongs to them, whether he bo one who owes military service and has failed to dis charge his debt, or ho be one who has Wisely desert - ed the flag of his country in the face of the enemy when shemostneeds thebest services of all her sons The duties entrusted to you are onerous, but they are eminently honorable when faithfully perform, ed. Most of you have served with honor and fideli ty in our army, and the wounds of many atte-- their valor on the field. Let the same spirit tha animated you in confronting the foe, inspire you now in tho performance of your present duty, ;in J let the consciousness that upon you, to a large e:c tent, depends the speedy and successful tertuina- , 1 of the war, impel you to put forth all your or, and thus earn the highest reward a soldier can tain—fhe gratitude of his country. Hereafter County Enrolling Officer? will rep ,:t directly to these Headquarters, aud not asheret)- fore to the District Enrolling Officers, whose offices have been abolished by ordor of the War Dep t - ment. WILLIAM M. BROWNE, Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts for the State of Georg. 1. oc 24 6t HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE Augusta, Ga., October 20, 186 i. I Circular, No 19. It being generally believed that a number es I Certificates of Exemption and Detail hav 1. cu fraudulently obtained throughout the State, it is hereby ordered: That all Certificates of Exemption and Detail by whomsoever issued, prior to the 30th of November. 1864, shall be, on and after that date, revoked, an 1 become null and void. County Enrolling Officers will immediately pro ceed to collect such Certificates of Exemption ant Detail and hold the same until called for by the In spectors of Conscription, whose duty it will be to examine the same closely, and if satisfied of their validity, will issue a receipt for each, which will protect the holder thereof from molestation until the 20th of November, by which time the new Cer - tificates of Exemption and Detail will be forwarded these Headquarters to all persons entitled thereto. Railroad Companies, Government Officers aal Contractors having detailed employees, will collect and forward the Certificates of Exemption and Da tail of their employees by Express to these Head quarters, where they will be exchanged for new c-j; tifieates, WM. M. BROWNE. Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts for the State of Georgia. o ' t 24 Gt HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE, Augusta, Ga., October 21, 1364. Circular, No. 20. I. The Enrolling Officers of Georgia will ,‘pr ■ reed vigorously in tho execution of the following Circu lar, from the Bureau of Conscription : C. S. OF AMERICA, ) W ak Department, Bureau ou Conscription, > Richmond. Va., Oct., 7,1861. I Circular, No. 33, By. General Orders, No 76, current series, all de tails heretofore granted under authority of the War Department, through this Bureau, to persons be tween the ages of 18 and 45 arc unconditionally re voked, and by said General Order all such persons now under such details, are required to report in person forthwith to such Camps of Instruction of tho respective States a:s may be designated for as signment by the General commanding the Reserve Forces to military service. From this requirement are excepted rcen detailed and now actually employ ed in manufacturing, providing, collecting and for warding munitions and other indispensable supplies for the army and navy, or in work indispensable to military operations. Such persons will be allowed to remain in their employments until their details are revised. Under this Order, all Farmers, Plan ters, Mechanics, and others*holding details by au thority of the War Department, or of local Con scription Officers, are required forthwith to repair, to the Camp3of Instruction, ■ Officers engaged in the Conscript service are re quired promptly and with inexorable rigor to with draw all such details as are herein indicated, and move the persons to the Camps of Instruction for assignment to service. No appeals from this Order will be entertained by the Secretary of War, unless approved and forwarded through this Bureau by the Generals commanding the Reserve Forces. Applicants for detail will not be furloughed dur ing the pendency of their applications, but will be assigned to the army. - Circular No. 8, Bureau of Conscription, March 18,1864, having been rendered nugatory by subse quent General Orders from the A. A I. General’s Office, is hereby revoked. By command of the Secretary of War, (Signed l ’ JOHN S. PRESTON, Brig. Gen. and Supt. 11. In obedence to Orders from the Major Gea eral commanding the Reserves, Enrolling Officert will respect, until further orders, all details held by employees of Government Officers and Contractors. 111. The Secretary of War having directed that all men detailed from the army, now serving in Virginia—except those employed ia the Tax in Kind serviee—who are not pronounced unfit for field service by a Medical Examining Board, and who are not certified by various Heads of Depart ments and Chiefs of Bureaux as absolutely necessa ry for the continuance of the manufacture of muni tions and other indispensable supplies for the army, be immediately returned to the duty with their commands. Enrolling officers will see that persons are promptly forwarded. IV. When a soldier is unable to appear below a Medical Examining Board, by reason of physiekl disability, he will forward to the Enrolling offiser a certificate to this effect, which certificate must alv> embrace a full and accurate statement of the muh. The Enrolling Officer xeill, in all caeei, submit the certificate to a Hospital Examining Board, *r a Board of Examiners for Conscripts, who, in confer ence with him, will make upon it such recommen dations as may be warranted by the facts a-aer - tained. WM. M BROWNE, Colonel and commandant of Conscripts, oc 24 6t for the State of Georgia. AUCTION SALES. By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos A PRIVATE SALE. 1,500 Acres unimproved Land on Spring Creek, Miller county, formerly Early, will be sold at a bargain oc 2117 t SSO BY ROSETTE, LAW HON & CO. Administrator’s Sale ’ A GREE.4BLE to an order of the Ordinary of Ku<- A cogee county, will be sold on the Ist Tuesday m November next, at 11 oc’clock, in front o. our Auc tion Roern, Six Wegroes, belonging te the estate of John N. Burch, deed. 1 N T EGKO WOMAN, Martha and her two children 1 NEGRO ROY, Edward. 1 “ WOMAN, Mary Ana GEO. P. SNIDER. Adin'r. Roasttb, La WHO* ft Cos., Atwm gsp24 led k wtd