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DAILY TIMES. J. W. WAHRKLV, - - - Edilor. CpLUMBUS: Tiiurstlay Morning, October 27, 1864. “Pionsers of Peacs.” — A friend remarked to u< yesterday that we were rather harsh up on Governor Brown and Mr. Stephens in our paragraph headed as above. We have no idea that cither of those gentlemen ever contem plated the position occupied by many weaker and smaller minds among the consequences of their ill-starred movement in the direction of '‘Peace.” We boHcm th/'t the authority of their nitiuoi, though invoked, tins wrought groat wrong to the cuu s. and v. t are willing to )-elieve that, iri view of this fact, they would recall, were it in their power, the part they have played in this dangerous farce. Comptroller General's Report. We have on ont table the annual report of Comptroller General Peterson l invent!. marie to (he Governor Oct. lG«h, lhtji. I.in.c ail simitar paper.- which have is 't«*ri from o#l.' Tbweatt’s office, the < tie bes -ic us exhib its a great deal of well dictated industry,, and is replete with valuable information. We shah take an early oceft-ion to spread copious ex tracts from it before our readers Bate from Atlanta. — A gentleman reach' and here on Saturday, says tuc Montgomery Ad.- j vertiser 25th, who came out from Atlanta on j Tuesday*. He reports two thousand sick A an- i kei* soldiers and about six thousand effective \ ones in that city. The garrison is studying j tlie means of.escape from Atlanta. Our cav- j atiy surround the city and a portion of them j sleep in houses in the. suburbs every night. j •Kast Tennessee. —The Bristol Register has late information from the trout in Last leu* aessee Gou. Vaughn sent a scouting party into the mo tec “Chimney Top” country a few days ago— that they captured twenty-five head oi horses, fifty head of beef cattle, and punish ed the husii whackers considerably. \yi ( . a rn from the same source that quite a large quantity of supplies are being gathered in the counties below —that the country abounds in considerable supplies—and that the army is increasing daily. No portion of the country is capable of affording a greater quantity of subsistence for the army than East Tennessee—hence the importance of a perma nent occupation of the same by our forces. A gentleman who left Richmond some ten days since, informs the Memphis Appeal that about ten thousand men have been alrea dy added to Gen. Lee’s army under the order revoking details, and that the State troops of North Carolina have volunteered for the de fence of the Confederate Cabinet, if their ser vices are wanted. • Reconstruction. hi the Columbia Carolinian we find, over the signature of “A Daughter of Carolina,” a Acorching letter addressed to Hon. W. W. Boyce. We give Hie following extract., stop ping only long enough to propose three cheers tor the daughters of Carolina —and three times three cheers for this one: But, even grant for one moment that we are verging on military despotism, does that jus tify you in seeking reconstruction ; a recon struction that would sink us into so great a national depredation that every heart, that he us responsive to any 'emotion of pride, or aonor, would infiuitelj prefer war, extermina tion, any oth«r fate ? Where would be our wealth, our pride, our honor, our glory? De stroyed forever! No longer would we com mand the respect and admiration of all na» tions. No longer would our home be sought *s "the home of the free, and the land of the m-avv.'’ No longer would the name of South truer be a passport to respect, but a synonym of slave A degredation so deep, a ruin so Otter, could only be enuured by those who are unworthy of the freedom for which we are battling. Yet, you desire a union that would involve this complete destruction. You, sir, turned your eyes Irorn the plains crimsoned with the blood of hundreds, aye thousands, of your countrymen, to extend the right hand of fellowship to those whose hands are im bued with their blood. You see a country de vastated; you behold desolated homes, wan dering exiles : you hear the cries of widows and orphans: you read the infamous orders „of Yankee commanders; you hear echoed from Non hern prisons the wails and dying groans of your countrymen ; you see the re sults of ail that fiendish hate and brutal mal- ice could suggest, and yet you speak of “re conciliation and harmony,” you cry, recon struction, reconstruction ! Ob ! where, where is flie love of freedom that we hear in every sound, that wo see firing' the eye of the out raged and oppressed? lias it never possessed your heart? Where is patriotism? Has its pure, bright fires never been kindled in your nvn heart ’ Where is your sense of duty and justice ignored forever ? Where is the voice id conscience, hushed forever ? Did notits voice entreat you, warn you to beware; to Mi tie the cry—reconstruction ere it rose to your lips ? Did it not whisper, remember the fallen heroes ; a return to the Union would be an acknowledgement ihafcatbe Yankees justly itigmati/.e them as traitors. Traitors! You have disregarded *ffce warning; you have at tempicd to murder the untarnished honor and study. ' .me of the South'* gallant defen ders. And, beware! A voice will cry unto you, "Sleep no more !” But their honor, their .true, m ill live throughout all ages. What tras it that animated the noble, heroic Gen «ral Dunovant ? What was it that flashed in bis eye, that sounded iu his voice as he inci ted to deeds of glory the lirivva. Southrons ; that nerve t his arm as it waved aloft the gword fli.it ant' red as * beacon to guide 1113 gallant V flowers - Was it that of the traitor? No? it was the same tJeVoied patriotism that inspired Leonidas Thermopylae : the undying love sf country, that leads the patriot to nobly, ■willingly "offer his life as a sacrifice upon the altar■ of liberty, exclaiming in profound he rofc accents. OttFc* f t decorum est pro patria snort Was it the spirit of the traitor that served the heart and strengthened the arm ©fthe gallant and lamented General Jeakins, *hue he battled for his country? No! it was she unconquerable will and spirit, of freemen Sgliting tor their liberties, their homes, their all, that animated a host of martyrs, tor whom a grateful country mourns. Go tell the weep ing mother, the lonely widow, the orphaned abild, that her son, her father, her husband, sn a traitor’s grave. Go to the armies of Lee and Hood, and cry reconstruction ! Tell those war worn veterans that they can never con quer n peace, and witness their scorn and in dignation. Sir, the determination of the South so to ixert all her strength to resist the Xorth, never to reconstruct the Union, upon any terms whatever. And, sir, we will estab lish our independence, presenting to tho world, not the “sublime f*pectacle’ so elo» queutiy referred u> by you; but the sublime spectacle ot peace, blessed peace, with South ern rights. The end of tyranny and tho tri umph of hoaor and truth. Liberty, freedom, rom 1 aultvc. oppression will be proclaimed, onu toe names of fallen heroes inscribed in the tn< o *ry ot a grateful people. ihe Bristol Register states that the Union element in Upper Tennessee is preparing to [r«>rr*« p of 'lie Mo . >rr M f fs€ JFrotil. Gadsden. Aiia., Saturday night, ) 'October 22, 18(H. / The army has mofH The troop; are gone, the last train has disappeared, and the° last soldier has tak*n his farewell peep of the southside of the Coosa. 1 lie shadows of night creep slowly over thy scene, and the stars j look down in vain for the camp fires that an- 1 swered but yesternight their own resplendent ’ glitter. ‘ The bridge is up, and the channel flows An impassable flood betwixt as and. them.” i \ ou may hear indeed the clink of a few rus ty chains, which are left behind; you may see indee 1 dim outlines of a few old wagons, that j did not crose the Stream, and now and then 1 you may meet a stray quartermaster or team- ; ster groping about in the gloom ; but the j great caravan with its wild menagerie, has | passed heyotfd the stretch of eye and ear, and l nas left tL? world of Gadsden “in daricnesf j and to Kte.” Off yesterday StevyHlCs corps in arc hid out in the van. It was followed by Lee, or rather Dick Taylor, who occupies the centre ; and to-day. at and iwn. the delighted Tennesseeans under Chetvham. crossed the river Jordan, or Coosa. (May they not find it a hard road to travel ?) The transportation quickly follow ed, and at iiooti the pontoon was taken up i.ntl also hurried forward after the troops. VS hat does jt mean? It has nut ©ne sig nification. That is “forward!" Gen. Ilood has at last struck the right chord, and conipre bends the true policy. No matter what the critics may say ; no matter what the books may say ; no matter what science may say, we lose more in retreat than we can lose by ad vancing. The nature of our troops demand action, it I thev will not bear retro gnde. Gert. Cheatham was quite unwell when he mounted to follow his corps, “but,” said he. “We are going home now, and I'll strap my self to my saddle before they shall leave me behind.” General Beauregard is with General Hood. Every general officer is at his post, and the spirit and morale of the men un bounded. We shall cross the dfennessee river, as is generally believed, near Gunters ville, at about to-morrow night and the next day. The wea ther is dilicious and the roads good. The days are just cool enough to make a tramp of thirty miles a healthful exercise, and the nights not too cold for sound and happy slumbers by great log heaps. The country- is clad in her gayest suit to greet the soldiers as they pass, and to cheer them ou to the land of wine, milk find honey. What pleasant benedictions the boughs ot chesnut, beach and maple, which clasp their hands above the marching columns, cast down upon the soldier’s head, and how these deepening tints of “orange, scarlet, and apple green” remind him ofhome and peace ! Home and peace ! May God in His infinite mercy and grace, send to these brave men, who have toiled so long and so faithfully, Home and Peace ! SHIRLEY. The Front Our latest advioes from the Armj of Tennes see, worthy of credit and that may be prudential ly repeated, continue of a cheering character. Af our uccesses on tho railroad below Chatta nooga, of which wo have had full a 'vices, Sher man engaged himself in getting 1 s forces in position to protect and repair the road, while in the meantime our forces were massed at a point on the Coosa, and preparations mad© for an active marching campaign. At two o’clock on Saturday morning last the columns were put in motion, where to was a matter of conjecture. The troops were in fine spirits, and full of joy ful anticipations as to the prospects before them. They had been addressed by Generals Hood, Beauregard and Cheatham, the first of whom in formed them that they were about starting on a fifteen days’ march, but whither they were not in formed. Our opinion! is that in the absence of his railroad communications, Sherman, will have to perform rapid marchiug to be able to meet this new movement of the army of Tennessee, [Memphis Appeal. From the Valley—Victory and Reverse in one Day. A remarkable battle has been fought in the i Shenandoah Valley. On Wednesday morning, j at an early hour, our army attacked the Bth > and 19th army corps of the enemy, on Cedar : Creek, about three miles out front Strasburg, ; carried their positions by storm, inflicting ' heavy loss in killed and wounded, captured j thirteen hundred prisoners, eighteen pieces of artillery, all their camp equipage, wagons, and drove the remnants of the two de* moralized commands to Middleton, about two miles beyond. Here the Sixth corps of the enemy was entrenched, and Early determined to complete if possible, his victorious work now that the tide of battle seemed turned in his favor. Such glorious results as the com plete and unequivocal defeat of the main body of the enemy, and the capture literally of al most everything they had, might well have been dazzling, after the season of defeat in which our arms had well nigh begun to droop. But there is work in a victory, and in this it was crowded heavily upon the energies of our men to render the first triumph of the day quite decisive. When our troops came before the breastworks of the enemy, near Middle ton, they went forward with all the eagerness and enthusiasm with which it is possible for victory to inspire men ; but they had don* enough for the day : enough, physically and morally, but neither they nor their officers knew it, and however much they may have been inspired by their triumph, they lacked, unfortunately, the inspiration that would warn them to go no farther. They charged the enemy's works, but were repulsed. Nothing daunted, they charged again, but were once more turned back. A third time they went full tilt against the f< e, and again they were repelled. They began to find, too late, that they had been carried too far : it was evident ly impossible for their jaded columns to push through that fresh and unexcited line. And when they withdrew it was with that sort of despair which makes the heart sink. The enemy made a demonstration in pursuit, and they retreated from the field they had so glo riously won. The enemy’s cavalry alone pur sued, over Cedar Creek, their infantry re maining behind. All of the camp equipage captured on the creek in the morning was re taken by the enemy, and at Strasburg, the captured artillery becoming, by the demoral ization of the drivers, mixed up in the street with some ten or twelve pieces of our own, the whole of it was abandoned. The prisoners we had taken, the most usaless and unacceptable of our captures, were alone left to us as tro phies of the morning. By night our army was in New Market, worn with fatigue, and per plexed and mortified, with the results of the day’s operations, but growing cheerfully de grees, and sanguine of “better luck the"next time.” Our loss in men was not heavy. In this respect, there is some consolation in knowing that the enemy suffered by far the heavier. In the morning’s operations the slaughter of the enemy is represented as having been very great. —Richmond Sentinel. The Richmond Sentinel, es the 20th, thus close* a long article en the military situation in Georgia: From this Tiew of the subject the state of the campaign in Georgia is seen to be exceedingly faverable and promising to our cause. Hood ha* planned sagaciously, and thus far he has executed courageously and with admirable skill and suc cess. His adversary has been thus placed in a situation of extreme danger and embarrassment, from which it appears impossible for him to ex tricate himself without large loss. By the inge nious process, not of driving, but es drawing, Hoed seems likely to oxpell Sherman from Geor gia. We trust he may be able to make him thus follow out of Tennessee, also, and Kentucky. It matters net which geos in front, provided Sher man be made to go out. The Sifter. —How does it happen that Rich mond has filled up so soon after General Kemper sifted it of every man fit for duty in the field ? It is related that Theophilus Thistle, the success ful thistle sifter, while sifting a sieve full of un sifted thistles, thrust three thousand thistles inte the thick of bis thumb. Such, doubtless, was the j condition of General Kemper’s poliex after his ar j duous labors a week or two ago. Who is respon- I sible for the present repletion es Richmond ? I Must Kemper do his work over again ? » [Examiner. f* it So or "Yot ? ■mkjie month, or snare, since, we oabei attention ta tue ;act that one C. G. Baylor had arrived in Bermuda, and there claiming to be the Commis sioner of Georgia to France, was giving expre* «ion to sentiments wholly antagonistic t» the po sition he asserted he held. Tho Gubernatorial fu glemen gave the people no satisfaction upon the point. We knew all the while that Baylor, whe has been known to the writer so» ten years past, left here claiming publicly that he held such a commission. He even attempted to purchase clo thing in this city as a quasi officer of the Confed erate States, being, as he remarked, an undoubted j officer of one of them ; and if permission had been accorded he would have signed the rolls of the of ficer to whom he applied. * This man has been a respectable vagrant for years past—a confidence man on a large scale—following one idea and boriDg every one, upon the subject of direct trade. He began it in 1853, in Missisippi, and always bolstered his argument by abuse of the Yankee nation, and was a secessionist in 1850. The ar ticle which we publish in the paper of Sunday last, shows him in anew light. But wo have penned this article to have the question answered by thos<. who know. Is C. G. Baylor an officer of Georgia? and i. so let the people know it. We let Baylor speak for himself. In a speech at New York city on the 14th of September, at a Lincoln meeting, (his precious specimen of hu- manity, in referring to his own position said : Mr. Davis’ papers in Richmond have charged , that I was not in any manner whatever an offici lal representative of the South, and they have charged that in my public career in the State of Georgia, that I did not express in that State the views which I expresfld in Bermuda, and that these views were not at all shared by the people jof Georgia. Now, I have the honor of bearing the commission of the State <f Georgia as her com mercial and financial commissioner to Europe.— Before that was conferred upon me, a committee frem that State w aited upon Governor Brown and, protested agaius my appointment—but I was ap ' pointed neverth* less. Another committee waited ' upon Governor Brown, and claimed that : mission should be canceled, on the ground that I i was not an American. Governor Brown sent for me and laid these charges before me. My re sponse to Governor Brown was a very simple one. That I was burn ia America, had lived in America, and hoped to die in America; that my pursuits in life had disqualified me from taking part in i politics, and that I had never cast a vote in my life for anybody, and if that was treason against ; President Davis he could cancel my commission, i But Gov. Brown permitted me to retain my com | mission. Meanwhile new political questions had arisen, ! and I took the position in Georgia over my own ! signature and in public meetings, and stated it ,to one of Davis’ mostjintimate friends that I consider | ed Jeff Davis’ Government at Richmond a fraud and a despotism, [cheers] —that I considered the | whole scheme of sectional disunion to be what ; Alex. Stephens prophesied it would be, a folly i and a crime. Wo simply want to know if the Press of this j State in the confidonco of Governor Brown intend j that these words shall stand ? So this man now ! or is he cot a Commissioner from this State. We call the attention of our Georgia soldiers and ©ur Georgia citizens to this whole speech; and we trust the press will let the people see and know how this “Georgia Commissioner” (if he is one) is representing the State abroad. — Aug. Con. The Raleigh Standard is greatly alarmed by the intimation that sooner than be conquered by the Washington despot, we will avsil ourselves of the aid of out slaves. We are not surprised at this in a journal that with a surprising uniformity sees uneonstitutionality, despotism aad horror, in every measure adopted for increasing our mili tary efficiency, and advocates only such views as tend to weaken or disarm us. Its horror at the suggestion above stated is not from any tenderness for the negro—for it may become only a question which shall employ him, the enemy or we. It is not from any solicitude as to the preservation ©f slavery; for if wc are conquered slavery is des troyed. The only other effect of this proposed ac cession to our military organization, in a certain extremity, is to increase eur means of resisting our foes, and of winning our independence. Is it this that alarms the Standard ? It can be nothing else. Tie prefer independence to everything else. It seems to prefer anything else to independence. We have n© wish to appeal to the resource we have mentioned. Nor is it now necessary. But when we sea our enemies looking to that as their only hope, we shoal I be fools, or madmen, or traitors, if wedid not wrest this weapon from their hands, and usq it ourselves, if occasion shall re quire it. Not only our indcjpendence, but the preservation of slavery itself would command it. [Richmond Sentinel. Lonptreet in tbe Field Again. It has been known for some days past, says tho Richmond Sentinel, that Lieut. Gen. Long streot has returned to Virginia, after an ab sence of some months, in the South, whither he repaired to recruit his health and favor the convalescence of his wound, received near Fredericksburg, in May last. The soldiers of his old command will gladly welcome him back among them, and the country will be rejoiced to learn that be is once more in the field again, as the following general orders will show : Headq’ks Ist Army Cosrs, 1 18th October, 1864. j Genhral Orders, 1 No. 12. J By special orders No. 248, headquarters Army Northern Virginia, Lieut. Gen. Long ; street resumes command of his army corps. The undersigned congalillfit?? it*! officers and men on the restoration to them of ; that distinguished leader, with whom are as | sociated so many of ihe proudest recollections of the orps. In parting with them for anew command he desires to express his thanks for tbeirrea dy support, his high commendation for their gallantry and fortitude during the past unex ampled campaign, and his best wishes for their future for tube and prosperity. (Signed) R. H. Anderson, Lieutenant General. I lleadq’rs, Ist Army Corps, 9 19th October, 1864. / : General Orders, 1 No. 13. j The undersigned, with deep atul grateful j emotion?, resumes command of It is army } corps. Although" separated from it. since the first j action of the past eventful campaign, the his j tory of your share in that campaign is not unknown to him. He has marked with pride aud pleasure the l success which has attended your heroic efforts ■ under the accomplished commander who has : so worthily led you. Soldiers-! led us uot go backward! Let the Ist corps be always true to itself! We ! have in the past, a brilliant, an unsurpassed | record. Let our fnture eclipse it in our eager ness for glory, our love of country, and our determination to beat tbe enemy. (Signed) J. Longstreet, | Lieut. General. Yankee Deserters. —Deserters in large numbers continue to come within our lines ■ from Grant’3 army. They are sent so their j homes immediately. Among those coming in I night before last, was a very intelligent Eng- j lUhman, who had been in the Federal army I four months. He said there were ho troops j at City Point but negroes. That'a large num- I her of Grant’s veterans had gone home, their terms of elistraent having expired ; and their j places had been filled by raw recruits who were sen; forth to the front. It was believed j among the men that Grant contemplated an ad- . vance this week, and many of them were de- j serting to escape the expected fight. We learn from another source that deser ters are making their escape thro’ counties in the rear bf Grant, trusting to their own ef f#rts to escape from the Confederacy. • [ Petersburg Express. 22 d. England s Profits.— The full&wing is frein a •London correspondent of a New York paper : I cfo not mean that we hara lost, or are likely to 10.-e, by the war in America. At the least computation the Americans have given a profit es \ j £25.000,000 a year to India. We have netted • £100,000,000 ©a our 1861 itook. We get mil [ liens a year out es the American carrying trade, j j We have made a pretty penny in supplying the | 1 belligerents with munitions of war and thins. * * ’ TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS or THB PRESS ASSOCIATION. ’ Entered according to act of Coneres'* in the yeai 1863. by J. S thrasher, in the CSerk’s office of ■he District Court of the Confederate States so? the Northern District of Georgia. Richmond, Oct. 20.—Early has issued a j lengthy and eloquent address to the troops of his command. He attributes his recent de feat to the disgraceful propensity to plunder and panic; he appeals to them to stand by their colors in future at all hazards, and re trieve their reputation. The address does not admit of condensation and is too long to transmit in full. The President has issued a proclamation appointing the 16th November as a day to be specially devoted to the worship of Almighty God. He invokes the people of the Confeder ate States to assemble on that day at their respective places of pnblic worship and unite in prayer to our Heavenly Father for deliver ance and peace. Richmond, Oct. 26.- New York papers and the Baltimore American of the evening of the 24th, have been received. They conrain tel egrams from Kansas City, which gives a con fused account of the battle between Price’s army and the Yankees under Rosecranz. The fight between Curtis, Smith and Pleas anton, occurred on the 21st between Little Blue River and Independence. The latest telegrams claims a Yankee victo ry. It says Price is reported as retreating rapidly South, pursued by Pleasanton. Among the Confederate killed, in Todd, of Missouri. Lincoln declines to interfere with Andy Johnson’s test oath. No later intelligence from Sherman. Au application has been made to the Su preme Court of Baltimore for . a mandeamus to compell the Governtor to throw out sol diers’ vote on the Constitution. The Judge refused to award a writ of appeal taken by the Court of Appeals. The steamer Nando, blockade runner, with five hundred and fifty bales of cotton, has been captured. Gold 216. Petersburg, 26.—The enemy has receded a short distance on the City Point road, but it amounts to nothing. They are supposed to have done this in order to prevent Enfield fire from our Chesterfield batteries, and to get more elegible ground for their line of works. The enemy is still busy fortifying their lines, and everything at present indicates a purpose on their part, to act on the defensive. The force of the enemy in our front is com posed chiefly of the 2d and 9th corps. Picket firing and sharpshooting are <?f daily occurrence, mingled occasionally with dis charges ot artillery. Deserters report the enemy building winter quarters iD the rear of their lines of works. Our men are well fed and receiving full supplies of clothing and blankets, and are in fine spirits. A good many recruits are coming in under the order revoking details. Richmond, Oct. 26.—Northern papers of the 28d, contain additional glorification dispatch es from Sherman in relation to the battle of | Cedar Creek. ! In Grant s army the electioneering gees | bravely on. i Nothing from Sherman's army within the ! last four days except reports ot tue continued retreat ot Ilood. A train from Atlanta had | arrived at Tilton. The Vermont raiders were commanded by ! Lieut'. Bennett H. Young. Twenty-three per | sons were concerned in the raid. Tbe amount , taken from the banks, was two hundred and j twenty-three thousand dollars. Exchange of Naval Officers and Seamen. —Commissioner Ould having arranged with the , Federal Commissioner for an equitable exchange of all the naval prisoners of war held on either side, yoaterday morning three hundred and twelve Yankee sailors and seamen, including seventy-four officers, captured at various times, and at various points, from the enemy’s fleets, were forwarded ! to Yarina, for shipment North on a flag of truce steamer. The following Confederate naval officers aud seamen, exchanged under this special arrange ment, arrived in Richmond on Wednesday last, having been detained at City Point eleven day* : Commanders. —W A Webb and J D Johnston. Lieut. Commanding. —P U Murphy. Lieutenants. —W T Glassell, W D Bradford, J W Alexander, A D Wharton, G W Read, A Bar bot, G H Arledge, R H Gayle and Haskeu. Acting Masters. —T L Wragg, R II Murden, W W Austin, and Hernandez. First Lieutenant Marines. —James Thurston. First Ass’t Engineers. —L C King, W L Morrill, and E H Browne. Second Ass’t Engineer. —L C West. Ass’t Paymaster. —W B Micou. Midshipmen. —G H Williamson J A Peters, R Annan, W W Austin, F N Bonnenu, E II Brown. John E. Biilups. Master's Mate. —T B Beviil. Seamen. —Samuel Brockington, W Beall, Thom as Butters, A G Bird, Oliver Bowen, J W Casey, G W Clemons, S D Churns, N Canes, C W Devin, T M Duncan, James M Diggs, Samuel DeForrest, D M Eaton, W R Davis, J M Fleckwood, William Fox, Mike Follard, Wesley Fitzgerald, B Gray, M Gorman, Robert Harley, Thomas Hardin, L C Hudgins, Robert Hunt, R J Hockley, T L Her nandez, Jarvis Johnson, L C King, Charles Long man, Edward Lynch, J P Murphy, James McLeod, J Maes, William Moulton, A Messini, E 0 Mur den, W T Morrell, J W Matherson, W Mcß]air, Thomas Noland, George Nowrey, E D Newton, j W O’Neil, John Pettis, F E Paiingnest, Joseph Prebel, Patrick Quinn, G W Quarles, John Rob inson, Daniel Reiordan, W B Reed, Charles Smith, Patrick Smith, William Smith, L H Schofield, James Sylvanus, .T H Schinblee, C Schinblee, W R Shod, J M Sullivan, B C Shelton, W W Thomas, James Thurston, T R Trapier, Peter Vandever, J S West, Edward West, Patrick White, Samuel W Wheeler, Alexander White. ♦ ♦ ♦ No grander military exhibition has ever been witnessed, says the Sumter (S. C.) Guardian, than that between the North and the South. No more brilliant struggle adorns the romance of history. We stand to-day a conspicuous mark in the long succession of the human drama. Sink or swim : live or die ; Grecian triumph or Carthageniaa doom : Batavian victory or Sarmatian ruin; Prussian glory or Circassian exile—our record i* complete; we stand before the world, and wili live with posterity, as an example of gallantry that will awaken admiration wherever the bloody Confederate story is breathed among men llermes'says that the late Cabinet meeting decided to keep the departmental clerks per manently in the field, and employ ladies in their stead. , A GOOD PLANTATION For Sale. | N Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the i Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The tract contains 1,200 acres—about 700 cleared. There iiacomfortable Dwelling House’on the place, good Negro cabins with brick chimnies and all the neces sary out-buildings. Ibe land is productive and location desirable. Possession given in November For further information apply to DAVID ADAMS. oc 27 lm Columbus, Ga. E®~Telegraph Confederate, Macon; Montgo mery Advertiser; Cbnititutienalis, Augusta, copy. T33C23 CITY T .1. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOE Major Bass. —lt will be seen by a funtral *o tic© elsewker© that the last sad rites of interment will be paid the remains of'this gallant officer, wbo fell mortally wounded in defence of Rich mond some two weeks since, te-day at 8 o’clock p. m., from his mother’s residence in this city. “How sleeps the brave who sink to rest. With all their country's honors blest.” A Change.— From the clear bracing weather of the past few days, the temperature yesterday was quite warm, the skies obscured in heavy dra pery. flies and musquitors crept from their lurk ing places, and at the time of penning this para graph, the prospect for showers was prominent. A quietus en the dust would be highly efficacious. Auction by Rosktte & Co. — The following prices were obtaiqpd by Rosette A Cos., at their auction yesterday : One cooking stove, $270 ; one buggy, S9OO : sugar from $5 to $6,60 ; negro girl named Rena, 19 years old, $4,700 ; one man, William, 20 years eld, $4,275; a man, his wife and three children, SIO,OOO ; 202} acres land on the Upatoie Creek, $3,000 : one silk.umbrella, $l5O ; one gold watch $1,500 ; one sole leather valise, $l3O : and other, articles at good prices. Doings of Council. —Tbe following action of the City Council of Columbus on Monday evening last, will be found of general interest to city read ers : ’ “The Committee on house renting request that the Deputy Marshal take the city hands, and clear up the north wing of the Oglethorpe House, which has been given up for the use of soldiers’ families.” Which was adopted. By Aid. Bradford— “ Resolved, That Revs. Messrs. DeVotie, Key and Harrison be appointed by this Council to purchase wood for the poor of the city, to tbe amount of the appropriation made by this body.” Which was adopted. - By Aid. Bradford— “ Resolved, That the northeast corner of tho Court House square be appropriated for the use of the Committee, to deposit wood for use of tho poor.” Religious. —The protracted meeting at Pierce Chapel alluded to in this paper somo days ago, is still in progress, and to all human appearances is accomplishing much good. During the pa*st week quite a number of conversions have taken place and church members revived and established in tho faith. Services have been held nightly by Rev. Mr. Douthit, assisted by Revs. Messrs. Robinson, Littlejohn and Ainsworth, and occasionally by transient brethren. Asia the days of Christ, tho common people gladly hung upon his ministry, and embraced with alacrity the doctrines of sal vation therein enunciated, even so at this day, amid the distractions and wild confusion of the times, they still manifest an eager interest in tho precious legacy bequeathed by the illustrious founder of Christianity, who declared that “tbe poor have the gospel preached to them.” We think it would be a good idea for some of the up town ministers and church members to go down, catch the inspiration, and perhaps be instrumental in doing good. In following the footsteps of Christ in his labors of love among the poor, the halt, tho destitute, aud even sinners, there can bo no lowering of character or compromise of dignity. The Winchester Daily Bulletin, now pub lished at West Point, has reached us. It lavs been greatly enlarged and much improved in appearance. SPECIAL NOTICES HEADQUARTERS POST, Columbus, Ga., October 26, 1864. Headquarters, Military Division of the West, October 17th 1564. To those soldiers of the army, who are absout from their commands without leave, I appeal in the name of their brave comrades, with whom they have in the past, so often shared the privations of the camp and the dangers of the battlefield, to return at once to their duty. To all such a3 shall report to their respective commands in response to this ap peal, within the next thirty days, an amnesty is hereby granted. * * * * k J. Tho above paragraph of Gen. Beauregard’s Ad dress upon assuming command of the “Military Division of the West," is republished with the in junction that all men coming under its provisions take advantage < f same without doiay. All who report to these Headquarters will be promptly furnished with rations and transportation to their commands. LEON YON ZINKEN, oc 27 3t Colonel Commanding Post. HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE FOR Georgta, Augusta, Oct. 17th, 1864. Circular No. 18. To County Enrolling Officers: Pursuant to orders from tho Major 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 call of tfleir 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 ami degradation which await them when our independence is won, in the esteem of those bravemen.and n’nble 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 i mei the tide of invasion and held at bay the savage j and powerful foe which still pollutes our soil, must i 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, mu,st be upheld and supported by the many stout arms .whose strength has not yet been put forth in the defence of their homes, their fortune and their honor. It is also a fact known to all that there are thous -1 ands of deserters and absentees from the army scat 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. It is 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 i dier can be guilty, and deserve the terribie 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 piompt abandonment of their ! present life of lawlessness and peril and their return to the ranks in which they swore to serve during the war. Let constant efforts be directed to the ar rest of these men. Let every hole and corner; let ’ every swamp and forest in your re*necdive counties iu which these wretched men' now Sad a preca rious shelter, be searched and penetrated by your selves and j our assistants, until every deserter hag been arrested, and your vigilance ahd energy have proved that escape from capture is no longer poaei . file. If you need aid in the performance of this duty, call upon the sheriff and other civil officers of the county, and, under the repeated orders of the Governor of the State, they are obliged to a3si*t you. The officers eoau-ianding local companies, re -1 cently organiied in the different counties by ordw nf the Major: Genera! Commanding, the Reset . Ort. : aie a ' so bound to a*d you, and the great body of the inhabitants, aware that the safety of their relutiv** ; ftndfrkuds now in the field and of their families ! the posse«eion of their pror , erty> their . their iberty, depend on the success of our arms and our ability to hold our ground against the vandal hosts by which we are bese>, will assuredly not fail to second your efforts to scud into ihe ranks every man who properly belongs to them, whether he bo one whoowc c military service and has failed todis j charge his d"ht, or he be one who has basely desert - ; ed the flag of his country in the face of the enemy when she most needs the best 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 attest their valor on the field. Let the same spirit that animated you in confronting the foe, inspire yo* now in the performance of your present duty, and ! l«t the consciousness that upon you, to a large ex tent, depends the speedy and successful termination of the war, impel you to put forth all your energy i an< l thus ear n the highest reward a soldier ean ob tain the gratitude of his country. Hereafter County Enrolling Officers will report directly to these Headquarters, and not as hereto fore to the District Enrolling Officers, whose offices have been abolished by order of the War Depart ment. WILLIAM M. BROWNE, Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts for the State of Georgi a. oc 24 fit IIEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE, Augusta, Ga., Octobor 20,1864. Circular, No 19. It being generally believed that a number of Certificates of Exemption and Detail have been 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, anl become null and void. County Enrolling’ Officers will immediately pro ceed to collect such Certificates of Exemption and Detail and hold tho same until called for by the In spectors of Conscription, whose duty it will bo 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 nntM tho 20th ©f November, by which time the new Cer tificates of Exemption and Detail will be forwarded from these Headquarters to all persons entitled thereto. Railroad Companies, Government Officers and Contractors having detailed employees, will eelleet and forward the Certificates of Exemption and De tail of their employees by Express to these Head quarters, where they will be exchanged for new rei - tificates. WM. M. BROWNE. Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts for the State of Georgia. oct 24 6t HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE, Augusta, Ga., October 21, 1864. Circular, No. 20. 1. The Enrolling Officers of Georgia will vigorously in tho execution of the following Circu lar, from the Bureau of Conscription : C. S. OF AMERICA, } War Department, Bureau of Conscription, > Richmond. Ya., Oct., 7, 1864. .1 Circular, No. 33, By General Orders, No 76, current series, ali de tails heretofore granted under authority of the War Department, through this Bureau, to persons be tween the ages of 18 and 45'are 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 the respective States as may be designated for as signment by the General commanding the Reserve Forces to military service. From this requirement arc excepted men detailed and now actually employ ed in manufacturing, providing, collecting and for warding munitions and otherindispensable 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 Camps of Instruction. Officers engaged in the Conscript service arc 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 j quent General Orders from the A. A I. General's Office, b»hereby revoked. By command of the Secretary of War, j (Signed) JOHN S. PRESTON, Brig. Gen. and Supt. i 11. In obcdence to Orders from tho Major Gen eral commanding the Reserves, Enrolling Officers | will respect, until further orders, all details held by ; employees of Government Officers and Contractor*. 111. The Secretary of War having directed that I all men detailed from the army, now serving it» i Virginia—except those employed in the Tax in Kind serviee—who are not pronouneed unit for field service by a Medical Examining Board, and I who are not certified by various Heads of Depart ments and Chiefs of Bureaux as absolutely necessa ry for tbe continuance of the manufacture of tnuni - | tions and other indispensable supplies for the away, i be immediately returned to the duty with their commands. Enrolling officers will see that stub ! persons are promptly forwarded. ; IV. When a soldier is unable to appear before % ! Medical Examining Board, by reason of physical ■ disability, he will forward to tho Enrolling officer a j certificate to this effect, which certificate must alio j embrace a full and accurate statement of the ease, i The Enrolling Officer will, in all cases, submit tbe j 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 ascer | tained. WM. M. BROWNE, Colonel and commandant of Conscripts, oc 24 6t for the State of Georgia. AUCTION SALES By Ellis, Livingston A Cos AN SATURDAY, 29th of October at 10 % o’elook, U we will sell in front of our store 1 New Parlor Carpet, 2 New Bed-room Carpets, LOT FINE GLASSWARE: Including Goblets, Tumblers, Pitchers, Cake Stands, &e,, <fcc. 1 pair Fine Globe Lamps, Candlestick*, A lot Elegantly Bound Parlor Volume**, including the best Literary and Poeti cal Works, 1 Fine Gray Mare 7 jears old, 1 Splendid China Tea Sett, 1 Sett Fine Silver Plated Carriage Har ness, nearly new, 1 Shifting Seat Buggy, in good order, 1 Box Oil -Paints, for Portraits aud Brushes, 2 Dozen Cottage Chairs, Thirty Bbls. Salt, Lot Paintings, School Books, Bed Stea t., &c., kc. oc 2d 4t S4O • • By Ellis, Livingston A Go A PRIV AT E SALK rm * m 1.500 Acres unimproved Land ®a SpriDg Creek, Miller county, formeiiy Early, will be sold at jt bargain, oo 21171 ss*)