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Gv GjU I*l i> - & A 1 is>> Published Dally (Sundays except**!) at the raw of fft.OO per month, or j>l6 >or three months. Ko ►ubseriptJon received fer » longer f *rm than hrrr month*. ADI LRTISINfi RATES ! Advertisements inserted tor $2 00 per square for each insertion. W here advertisements are insorted a month, the tharae will be S3O per square. Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably paid in advance. Change of Schedolc. Orric* ENGINEER AND SuPKBIRTKNDKNT, 1 Charleston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, June 7,1864.) , tN June S. 1864. and until further '/ notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will *»e as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.15, a. in. Arrive in Savannah .5.40, p. iu. Leave Savannah £,:JO, a. iu. Arrive in Charleston 1.15. p. ru. " l’hi: Tram makes direct coime Tions, g ong north and south, with the Northeast eh) Railroad at<har lest.oTi, ami the t'errtral Railroad at tlie Junction. fl. S. (IAINKS, •i uiu* , ii gum l i.i. <l Supeiin etideni of selu‘<Bii!e. j \N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on '/lie •'uscogoe Railroad will run as follows: J’ \SSENGER TRAIN : L avi Columbus... 6 15 P. M. V.rive at Macon 3 2-5 A. M. L "five .Viaeon 6 10 IT M K rive a Columbus 4 25 A. j. FRRIGHT TRAIN : L'.avc Columbus , ‘ 5 00 A. M A rive at Ciilinnhus 4 55 A. iV W. L. CLARK, lift! Supt. Muscogee it, R. Through to illtmth'onieiy NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POiNT RAH,ROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27.1864. j I \ j- ml after August 27th. the Passenger Train on y] the Uontgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. in. Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m. 4rrive at Gilumbus at 5:32 p. in. Leave L\.iambus at 5:50 a. in. i rriv® at Montgomery at 3:o(Jp.m. Arrive at Wc4 Point at. 4130 p. m. Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a in. 4 rrives at 8:27 p m I). H. CRAM, Sup’t k Eng. &g 27 1864—ts . MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. (II4\LE Ol' SCHEDULE. Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864. / \N and after 10th inst. Trains ou this Road, will * ' Him Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train Leave Girard at 1 30 p. t jn. Arrive in Union Springs 6 00 Leave Union Springs ....5 35 a. in. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 Freight Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS. aglß l l Eng. k Sup’t. Blr. J. «. €URK, 33 33 2KT T 1 X SB TF ? FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS, HAS returned, and can be found at 106 Broad street, over l>r. R, A, Ware’s Drug Store. octiO-dlm __ _ o>r. tt. NOBLJB, IDEIsTT IST, AT Vomhertot) V Carter’s aid stand, back room of Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found at all hours, . foe 186 m Hand.® ‘Wantod AT THE ISAUBaK B^ACTOKY, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. U 1 F1 Y young women can find steady work and ’ liberal pay at the oell <1 \ wl m EAGLE FACTORY. r /\: w i LBS. <>: TALLDVV, fov which a liberal price i)’'o lG vrill be paid. Appiyto F. W. DILL vlil), .(,7 t; Major and Q. If. Notice! Columbus, Ga., Get. 4th, 1864. L. I'. Maddux is authorized to attend to my business in my absence from Columbus. „oslm* WILL. S. BALFOUR. la A E COYSIWYJ?! EWr OF LETT m- R PAPER! AND n hhosiaivdu.vi books ! For sole by ’ J. K. REDD & CO. nc 12 ts • NOTICE To riS assists g>B>i Soldiers ! DUE “MI SISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of i Agency t r the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in tho Army of Tennessee, lus been removed from Atlanta to Oolumuus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s corm r, between Main st.., and tho Perry House. Your baggage is there. 0. K. MARSHALL, sep2B ts Agent: §hoe Pegs i*or Sale. , 110 UT 500 bushe's, it quantities to suit pureha . > sers, at reduced prices, \pplyto HARRISON, BEDELL & CO. Columbus, Oct 28 —ts PEE.KY HOUSE. JHIE undersigned would respectfully inform his I old friends, patrous, uud the traveling public generally, that as he lias to be absent tor a short time he lms been so fortunate as to have associated with him his well known and worthy friend Mr. EDWARD PARSONS, late of Atlanta. Ga., whose reputation ad superior ict for business is well known tbr uihaut t e Confederacy. This House is 1; rgo end ■ nmmedious. and no pains, nor expense shall be spared <■’■ ,it it up in the very best and most elegant vie, ami to O'dain every t>i u< ui tho line of subs'• n<i 1 eatables uud luxuries that this market affords, With these_ assurauees we most cordially solicit all our old friends, and the travel ing pubic generally, to give us a call and an oppor tunity f t rendering them comtortuble. 15 TIIOS. E. SMITH. $2 j mWA D. » ~j v;vu off' same tinm sinw. •;‘L , ;', about ''Mi. is tall and slim, black .sii Yoxii 11,^1' it very»lu»rt tmd thin, has a down- • c st, sullen look, and talks long and drawling, Left ! us about the Ist of August last, JIM is a tinelooking negro, weighs ab<«itlßo,o fee; 10 or 11 inches high, black complexion, thin visa 5® and high check bones, hair short. Lett us aooutihe Ist of October. Wo will pay the above reward for both, or SIOO for either of the above described negroes, it delivered to us or placed in some saie jail where no can get ihouu We will al.-o pay SIOO for proot to convict ~y white person « Oborin, «'™ bELL * cO . Columbus, (la., Oct. 10, !Sb4.-~lm , . 'STERMIVCr EXCHAiViwE! FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange for sale in sums to suit purchasers by ag l6 t: BANK OF COl A1BU&. SIOO Bcwanl. AT ILL be paid for a negro boy named Ilemy, who \ I ranawa v about two months ago. He is about o feet 8 inches high: weighs aboutloOorltO lbs.; com plexion veilow ; fine looking; when laughing has dimples in hull cheeks. It is probable he went to VEG 110 bov CHARLEY; about 25years old, yel i low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or din„;iia'ouc»; left Jfr. s«t. 01 ” Box Springs. Talbpt county. I .bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in I'uskegee, Ala. HeongmaHy came from Charleston, S. C. A. suitable reward for his delivery at this office, or iu any safe j. information sent to me at this office, . JAMES M. RUSSELL. Columbu‘s On.. augltf* $25 aiollai* Heivard. CTRaYEB from ray place iu Wynuton, a daru O bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on right hindquartor. JOHN COOK. oc 12 ts 1 F VOL. Xl.} COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY", NOV. 2, 1864. SPECIAL NOTICES Office Medical Examining Board, Third Congressional District, Columbus, Ga., October 27th, 1864. All men in this District who hold Certificates of Permanent Etomption on accountt of Physical disability, dated previous to the Ist of April, will report without delay to this office for re-examina tion, Those failing to comply with this order by tho 10th of November will be forthwith turned over to thu county Enrolling officers, to be forwarded to Camp Cooper. ROBT. W. PARK. Surgeon, P. A. C. S. W. T. ABRAHAMS; Surgeon, P. A. f*. S. P. B. MINOR, Surgeon, P. A. C. S. i oc 28 6t 1 Enquirer copy, The Medical Examining Board. For the Third Congressional District, will be at Hamilton Harris county,. Nov 11 k 12 Cusscta Chattahoochee c0....N0v._.....14 & 15 Lumpkin Stewart county Nov 16 kl 7 Preston Webster county x’ov 18 & 19 Ellaville Schley county Nov 21 &22 Buena Vista Marion county -Nov 23 k 24 Columbus Muscogee county, 1 0 - or 27 “>S&°9 November .7 J ~ “ Talbolton Talbot county Nov. 30 k Dec. 1 Butler Taylor county Dec 2 & 3 Oglethorpe Macon comity Dec 5 & 6 Amerieus Sumter county Dec 7 & 8 Georgetown Quitman county Dec 9k 10 for the purpose of Examining all persons betwoen tho ages of 17 and 50, who have not been examined subsequent to tho Ist day of April, 1864. Each county Enrobing officerjwill notify all men between the ages of 17 and 50 to appear at Hie above mentioned places, for examination, at the time herein specified, and have a suitable room pre pared for that purpose. ROBT. W. PARK, Surgeon, P. A. C. S. W.T. ABRAHAMS, - Surgeon. P. A. C. S. P. B. MINOR, Surgeon, P. A . C. S._ oc 29 2w’s » iai:\ iiqit itTicits j iiiitary Division of the West. OCTOBER 17, 1864, lii assuming command at this critical juncture, of the Military Division of the West, I appeal to iny country m nos all classes and sections, for their generous support and confidence. In assigning mo to this responsible position, the Prssident of the Confederate States, has extended to me the assurance of his earnest support: The Executives of your States meet me with similar ex pressions ol their derot'on to our cause : the noble army in the field, composed of brave men and gal la t officers, are no strangers to me, and I know that they will do all that patriots can achieve. The history of the past, written in the blood of their comrades, hut foreshadows the glorious fut.ure which lies before them. Inspired with these bright promises of success, I make this appeal to the men and women of my country, to lend me the aid of their earnest and cordial co-operation. Unable to join in the bloody conflicts of the hold, they can do much to strengthen our cause, fill up our ranks, on courage our soldiers, inspire confidence, dispel gloom and thus hasten en the day of our final suc cess and deliverance. The army of Sherman still defiantly” holds tho city of Atlanta; he can and must be driven from it. It is only for the good people of Georgia land sur rounding States to speak tho word, and the work is done. We have abundance of provisions, and there are men enough iu the country, liable and able for ser vice to accomplish the result. To all such, I earn estly appeal to report promptly to their respective commands, and let those who cannot go, seo to it, that none remain at home who are able to strike a blow in this critical and decisive hour. To those soldiers of the army, who are absent from their commands without leave, I appeal in the name of their brave comrades, with whom they have in the past so shared the privations of the camp and the dangers of the battlefield, to re turn at once to their duty. To all such as shall re port to their respective commands in response'.to this appeal, within the next thirty days, an amnesty is hereby granted. My appeal is to every one, of all classes and con ditions, to come forward freely, cheerfully and with a good heart, to the work that lies before us. My countrymen! respond to this call as you have done in days that have pas;, and with the blessings of a kind and over-ruling Providence, the enemy shall be driven from your soil, the security of your wives and daughters, from the insults and the out rages of u brutal foe. shall be established, soon to be .[followed by a permen.mt and honorable peace. The claims of home and country, wife and children, uniting with the demands of honor and patriotism f summon us to tho field; we cannot, dare not, will not fail to respond. Full of hope and confidence, I come to join in your struggle, sharing your privations, and with your brave and true men, to strike the blow that shall bring success to our arms, triumph to our cause, and peace to our country. [Signed] G. i', BEAUREGARD, . General. Official: Geo. Wm. Brent, Col and A. A. G. oc ‘2S fit A C*©©!> PLANTATION Pot* ©ale. :I\ Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the i Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The tract contains 1,2»0 acres—about 709 cleared. There is a comfortable Dwelling House on the place, good i Negro cabins with brick chimnics and all the neces sary out-buildings. The land is productive and location desirable. Possession given in November. For further information apply to , „„ DAVID ADAMS. oc 27 lrn Cblumbus, Ga. -®3“Tclegraph k Confederate. Macon; Montgo mery Advertiser; Constitutionalis, Augusta, copy. Strayed or Stolen. S3OO IR, IE W .A. HR ID ! i |N SATURDAY NIGHT, Bth instant, two medi- V ’ um sized MULES, one a black the other a bay. Thev were in fair order and fresh shod, A reward of S3OO will be paid lor their delivery to mo at the Perry House. THOS. E. SMITH, oc 19 ts _ Wanted to Employ \ GOVERNES> in a private family for a limited TV r uraber of scholars, in the country , a short dist ance Irotii Columbus. Address Box 16. oc 31 2Ws W. G. AV. To Rent. | A “" liroaJsir<iet - Al,Pl fsis OFFICE. Wanted Immediately. ,<IX NEGRO MEN, young; and sixWASHER ; O WOMEN, without children. Apply to burgeon K. L. Bi 11, In charge of Cairns Hospital. J. B. Slaton-. Steward, oc St fit To Rent, . BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forges. *c a ?l mplCte ' APPi> &t THIS OFFICB. Tuesday Evening’, - 3 ■ 11 “ " The New Governor of Georgia. —Gen. Lo gan, who formerly commanded tht 16th Yankee army corps, say? the Augusta Constitutionalist, has been appointed te the command of Atlanta, and declared Military Governor of Georgia. He is now on a visit to Ohio, and Gen. Osterhaus commands in in -tead. By the time he is ready to return. we hope that our civic Gover s nor will be prepared to give him and Baron Oysterhouse a fining reception. The inaugural ceremony to take place at the Hotel dc Anderson ville. TheLhar’otiesvdie Chronicle, of the 23d, says: Eight hundred j i-oners captured in the recent battle passed her> lastevening, going up to Lynch burg from Staunton. A correspondence of the Enquirer under date Jacksonville, Ala , Oct. 25, says Jackson’s division of cavalry returned to Cave Springs on tho 23d. from a r id upon the State Railroad. They struck the road between Marietta and Mining’s Station, tore up several miles of the track, and captured a large train loaded with ammunition and rifles, which they destroyed ; also, picked up a Lieuten ant Colonel, a Major, forty-two Yankees, and fifty’ head of fine beef cattle. This movement was made for the purpose of covering ail important movement of the army. About Atlanta. Last Wednesday Gen. Patrick was quartered at New Hope Church, with over three thousand caval ry. A large number of Iverson’s command wero in the same vicinity, and numerous skirmishes were occurring daily between detachments of both forces. A comi lerable force of our cavalry was sent on last Tuesday to the rear of Marietta, to operate on the enemy’s scouting parties, that keep up a contin uous picket line with the various positions of the Yankee army, the largest portion of which was at Summerville and along the road to Chattanooga and Bridgeport, on Saturday and Sunday, a week ago. One entire Yankee corps remains in Atlanta. The men have been on half rations during the past two weeks and will have twenty days supply. A train of two hundred wagons laden with subsistence reached Atlanta one day during last week, having come safely by the highway east of the State rail road. Our cevalry have not been scouting in force in that direction, hence the eomparat vc safety with which the enemy succeeded in carrying the train through. The «-neuiy r have contracted their .occupation to the inner lilies of the fortifications in Atlanta. — They occupy the hill on which the City Hall stands, having strongly posted entrenchments about it. — They have destroyed all the frame houses, stables, &c., in the city and used the material for fuel and to secure a clear range. The female seminary was razed to the ground and the material in strengthening their torts, barracks and posts. They forage in the neighboring counties with entire divi sions for escorts, but lately they have found but lit tle subsistence and have become very much alarm ed for tlieir prospects of supplies. Their source of supply by the railroad is completely cut off. Our cavalry destroy the road as rapidly as the enemy repair it. There are eight hundred Yankees in Marietta, which post is not so strongly fortified but that a rapid movement on it, with a superior force would easily secure its capture. The garrison there is on very short allowance of rations and find it impossi ble to subsist off the vicinity. All the frame build ings have been destroyed for fuel. The Military Academy had not been destroyed up to Tuesday last. — Intelligencer, lab Med. Exam’g Board, 3d Congressioual Dis. Med. Exnm’g Board, 3d Congressional Dis. ♦ «* What Saves Us ! The New York Herald explains that Grant doe* not take Richmond fight away because it would involve the necessity of “a few hours hard fighting,” and he is anxious to avoid ‘The sacrifice of life.” This is a newly dis covered virtue iu tlie “Butcher of tlie Wilder ness.” His great merit heretofore, in the eyes of such critics as the ITearld, was his indif ference to the life of his men. Napoleon would throw away forty or fifty thousand lives without a wry face or a touch of sensi bility ; Grant would uo the same ; ergo, did not Grant resemble Napoleon? The Corsican, it is true, only did it when he could accom plish an object by it; Grant did it without accomplishing tiny object; but did not this prove that Grant was more indifferent to hu man life than Napoleon ? He has changed, it seems. He is now for sparing life. Perhaps he has filled his measure. Perhaps he had the ambition to be the death of a certain num ber of Yankees, say halt a million, and the score being completed, his ambition is satis fied. We hardly know* how else to account for the sudden transformation, which is all the more wonderful because it makes him the exact imitator of a man he is thought to hate very keenly, McClellan. That is precisely why “Little Mac didn’t take Richmond.” We were so assured repeatedly, when he lay along the Chiekabominy, in the identical language now employed by the Herald. The city was at his mercy for several weeks. He only de ferred taking it because the obstinate and un reasonable Confederates were iu a mood to make resistance, and he was anxious, above all things, to avoid the sacrifice of life. He was a tender-hearted and considerate Yankee. So, now, is Grant. Par nobile .'—Richmond Whig. [From the Richmond Sentinel, 28th.] The War. FIGHTING YESTERDAY ON BOTH WINGS THE NORTH SIDE. The enemy, on Wednesday, night, crossed over a large force, estimated to number from twenty to thirty thousand men, to the North side of the James river, at Deep Bottom.— Yesterday morning about 0 o'clock they made an attack iu heavy force againt our extreme left, on the Charles City road, about four and a half miles below the city. Our batteries opened on them at long range. The enemy's skirmishers advanced and were repeatedly driven back. Later in the day, the enemy showed a disposition to advance along our whole front, but in every instance were check ed by our artillery and skirmishers. The discharge was very heavy, from 3 o'clock, p. m. until nightfall, and was distinctly heard in the city. It proceeded mostly from our bat teries. * On the Charles City road, the enemy endeavored to turn our left, but the effort was not made with much energy. It seems to be the impression that the movement on this side of jthe river was a mere feint, while the reai at tack was made on the South side. There were reports of large captures of prisoners, but we could obtain no reliable particulars of either gains or losses in the op erations of yesterday, further than, that ihe enemy were everywhere repulsed, with heavy loss. Later.—9 P. M.—Five hundred prisoners have just arrived, captured en the lUrbytown and Charles City roads. A dispatch f'roui the operator at Chaffin s states that we also repulsed the enemy on. the Williamsburg road, captured two hundred prisoners and four stands of colors. Officers just from the front say that the en emy were stfveral times repulsed, with tefri ble loss in killed and wounded. Our loss on the north side, thanks to a merciful Provi dence, was not over twenty-five men, in the whole day s operations. THE SOUTH SIDE. At S o’clock yesterday morning, the enemy made an attack oa our extreme right, on the Boyd ! toa rood, between the Weldon and South side rail ! road, and about seven miles southwest of Peters burg. Passengers who came over on the evening train, report the fighting as having been very severe, the enemy having assaulted our position seven times, and were seven times repulsed, suffer ing heavily on each occasion. The fighting not ceased when the cars left. We regret to hear, from th« same source, that the brave and dashing Brig. Gen. James Dearing was among the killed. He was from Campbell county, Nirginia, only twer.ty-two years old, and one of the most promising young officers in the cavalry service. GUNBOATS IN RAPPAHANNOCK. A dispatch received from Milford Station, on the Fredericksburg road, states that at one o’clock yesterday morning a fleet of four gunboats was reported to be eight miles below Port Royal, which is on the Rappahannock, twenty-two miles below Fredericksburg. It was supposed at Milford that it was a raiding party in pursit of plunder, but that section has not yet recovered from the devastations of the ene mj’ on their last visit, and presents but a barren field for the thieving operations of the vandals. MOSBY AT BUNKER HILL. Passengers by the Central train, last evening, report that Mosby attacked a supply train of Sheridan, near Bunker Hill, but finding it very strongly guarded, had to retire, but iiot before killing and wouuding a number of the enemy, in cluding a general killed, and with little loss to him self. Bunker Hill is ou the direct road from Winchester to Martinsburg—-about eleven miles from the first named place. EAST TENNESSEE. We learn, from the Bristol Register, of the 24th instant, that the enemy, after being driven from Bull’s Gap, instead of retiring to Knoxville, it seems, took the noarest shoot for Kentucky. Thev made a stand at Bean’s Station, but General Vaughn’s indomitable forces soon routed them at that point, and at the last account they were seek ing an exit through Powder Spring Gap. Union men below report that Cleveland and other places in East .Tennessee have been evacuated. The East Tennesseo and Virginia railroad is being rapidly repaired, and will soon be in running order to Greenville. A portion of our forces occupy Morristown and Russelvillo. Army Correspondence Savannah Republican. Richmond, Oct. 24th, 1864. As you have already been advised, the Cou* federate arms have suffered a fresh disaster in the Valley of the Shenandoah. The disaster was not so great as it was first represented, however, while the loss of the enemy, though was far heavier, especially in offi cers and meu, than ours was. Officers who have arrived here since the battle, report that on the 18th our army lay at Fisher’s Hill near Strasburg, in front «f the Eighth and Nineteenth Federal corps, which | held a strong position on the north bank of j Cedar Creek. The enemy’s line extended ! across the Valley turnpike, and was strongly j intrenched on the left, the works on the right : not having been completed. The Sixth corps j was held in reserve between Middletown and I Newtown, and the cavalry was posted still j further to the rear. Early, smarting, it is supposed, under his recent defeats, determined to attack the enemy before daylight, on the ! morning of the 19th, and, if possible, to sur prise him and capture his camp. According ly, his whole force was put in motion on the j night of the 18th, and moved across Cedar j Creek, when it was divided into two columns, j the larger ot which passed around to the right I for the purpose of falling on the enemy’s left ! flank, and tlie smaller turned to the left with ! a view to engaging his right The column moving to the right had to take a circuitous route and pass through a narrow defile in a j spur of the mountain, where two men could 1 not march abreast. The plan was to make a ! simultaneous assault upon both wings of the ! enemy. Owing to the difficulty in passing { the defile, the right column did not get sition as soon as the left, and consequently i the assault on the left was delivered sooner j than on the right by about twenty minutes : ! otherwise, it is believed our captures in pris- j oners would have been larger. Our troops were all night getting in posi- j tion, and were much jaded when the battle opened. The assault, nevertheless, was made with vigor, and the enemy, taken completely by surprise, were driven back with heavy loss upon Middletown. Two divisions fled with out firing a gun, and eighteen loaded pieces ! of artillery fell into our hands, the cannoneers j being too badly frightened or too hard pressed j to discharge them. The Federal camp, rich with fatal spoils, was taken, and the road and fields from the creek back to Middletown were filled with wagons, small arms, knapsacks and other articles abandoned by the enemy In his flight. Over 1400 prisoners fell into our bands, and have since been safely lodged in the Libby prison in Richmond. Unfortunately, at Cedar Creek, as at Shiloh, , there were many Achans among the victorious i Confederates, who, the moment the enemy flsd, went to straggling and plundering. The delay thus. produced, gave Sheridan, who had just reached Winchester on his return from Washing ton, time to reach tho field and bring up the Sixth corps. When, therefore, the Confederates, minus the stragglers and plunderers, advanced about 2 p. in., they found the enemy reinforced by the cavalry and the Sixth corps, and far su perior to themselves iu numbers, in position and ready to receive them. Prudence would havejus tified a cessation of the battle st this point on the I of General Early, but of late disasters, and his desire to render his victory de ! cisive, and perhaps something else, urged him oa to a renewal of the fight. The result was, he was lepuised; when the Federal horse, moving upon nis flanks, compelled his whole line to give way in confusion- He was pursued only to Cedar Creek, sinu ..a al far only by the cavalry, the enemy's in fantry being too badly punished to take further : part in the action. The prisoners were brought | off safely, but the eighteen captured guns, and ' thirty of our own, with the enemy’s camp, and i nearly all of our killed and wounded, fell into the ! hands of our victors. Among the mortally wounded, was Major General Ramseur, of North Carolina, who tell into the hands of the enemy and has since died. Brig. Gen. Battle, of Alaba | ma, was also wounded, and is now in Richmond, doing very well. It is impossible to say what our less was, but there is reason to fear it will reach quite 2,000. Northern writers admit a loss on their part of 5,000 men, including Gen. Bidwell, killed, and Gens. IV right, Grover and Ricketts, wounded.— As Sheridan galloped forward to Middletown, he found the turnpike filled with wounded men and stragglers, and flying wagons and ambulan ees. Ho acknowledges, too, in hi3 official despatch, that his “left was turned and driven in confusion” ! at Cedar Creek, and adds—“in fact, most of the line was driven in confusion.” Early retired thirty miles to Newmarket, and 1 Sheridan now occupies Strasburg. There is a ru mor that the former has been relieved of his com mand, and that Breckinridge or Gordon has 1 been appointed to succeed him. Gordon is regard ed as the most promising young officer in the Army of Northern Virginia, and what is far bet l ter, he is a temperate manJ The affair of the 13th, at Fisher’s Ilill was greatly exaggerated. The only force engaged on our part was Connor’s brigade of Kershaw’s di vision, which easily repulsed the attack of the en emy, taking sixty prisoners, and killing and wounding a considerable number. Our loss, twenty-two killed, and 120 wounded, including j Brig. Gen. Connor, of Charleston, who lost the j leg in which he was wounded at Mechanicsville, in 1862. At a tew minutes to 7 o’clock Saturday morn ; i n g (the 22d) two Federal batteries of heavy long range guns were unmasked on Signal Hill and at j the Bouiware House, below Chaffin’s Bluff, ou the i north side of the James, and opened upon the Con federate squadron lying in the stream below the Bluff. The conflict was kept up until 9 o’clock, wheu the squadron retired up the river, having lost eight or ten men weunded. The smoke stack •f the Fredericksburg was perfected, and a part •f the iron armox #f the Richmond was tern np by a glancing shot. T’ue Breeke battery en the south side participated in the action against the enemy. Cef. Terrell, of the Forty-Seventh Alabama, Law’s Brigade, wounded on the 14th, below Rich mond, died here on the 21st, and was buried yes terday with military and Masonic honors from St. Paul’s church. The most touching part of the procession that followed the deceased soldier to tho grave, was his charger, whose position was | just behind the hearse. It was doubtless my im agination, but he looked as if he had los< his hest friend, aud that he, too, was a mourner. P. W. A. Latest from the United States. FROM GEORGIA —SHERMAN’S MOVEMENTS THK CAPTURE OF -DALTON, ETC. The Chattanooga correspondent of the New Yofk Herald, under date of the 18th instant, writes: No engagement between Ilood’s raiders and | Sherman's pursuers had occur!ed up to yes- I terday evening, at which time dispatch bear ers left our army at Snake Creek Gap. Gen. Sherman has not been pushing the enemy | very hard ; but he has been manoeuvering to ; coop him up in the valley and starve him to | death. While Sherman's troops are said to ! be well supplied and in the best of spirits, the j Mgzag track of the dodging rebel army gives ; indications of the scarcity of food among the ] troops. He od has vvotully failed either to find supplies in the country or to capture anv Union post with a stock on hand, consequent ly his men are suffering foe food. No supplies were captured at Dalton, and the thirteen thousand rations at Ringgold were destroyed by the rebel cavalrymen who found them. Hood is trying bis best strategy to avoid a , fight. Whenever our advance comes up with him—and such occasions have net been un frequent of late—he does not wait for more than a half dozen shells before he changes position. Sunday be attempted to sneak back through Snake Creek Gap, but finding that outlet blocked up, he abandoned the attempt after a slight skirmish. This morning he is reported one mile and a half below Lafayette, his army massed as if for a fight. Sherman is north of Villason, perhaps six miles from the enemy, and more than ever disposed to pounce on him Kilpatrick and Watkins, with their cavalry, are giving the rebels much trouble. Relative to the capture of Dalton, the same correspondent says: Hood appeared before Dalton and demanded j the immediate aud unconditional surrender of . the post and garrison, promising that white ! officers and soldiers should be paroled in a I few days. If he was forced to assault the J place no prisoners would he taken. The fol- j lowing is the language of li is demand : Headq’rs Army Tennessee, 1 In the Field, Oct. 13, 1864. j To the officers commanding United States Forces, Dalton, Georgia : Sir—l demand the immediate and uncon ditional surrender of the post and garrison under your command, and should this be ac- I ceeded to, all wnite soldiers will be paroled | in a few days. If the place is carried by as sault no prisoners will be taken. Most respecfully, your obedient servant, J. B. Hood, General. This was undoubtedly intended as a scare, and Colonel Johnson at first refused to accede to tlie demand. Skirmishing began, and the darkies fired viciously for a few moments— long enough, in fact, to kill a second flag of truoe bearer, who was coming from Hood.— Finally, Major Eustis, of Hood’s staff, and Isham G. Harris, got Johnson’s ear in consul tation. Harris wrote a long, windy, ver bose communication to Johnson, setting forth the folly of resistance, and assuring him from General Hood that the Union fort could be knocked to pieces in fifteen minutes by the rebel artillery. Daring an interview Hood pointed out to Johnson, S. D. Lee’s corps, Frank Cheatham’s corps, and insinuated that still another corps lay within call; fifty pieces of cannon eyed the devoted darkie3 from dif erent points of the compass. Johnson begged that all might be made prisoners of war; but the rebel General wouldn’t listen to it; eo the post was finally given up. The rebels began to parcel out “the niggers,” officers and pri vates coming.up and picking out their “prop erty,” till none were left. Meanwhile sixty or more darkies had escaped. Liveried servants are now the rage in the rebel army. A Raid into Kentucky. —A special despatch to the Lynchburg Republican, dated Wyrheviile, says: “Captain Everett, of Duke's brigade, arrived i here to-day from Kentucky with a portion of the staff of General McLean, captured on a train'seVen miles from Lexington on the Lexington and Oin : eianati railroad. The cars and locomotives were ' destroyed.” The other day as General Lee was riding along one of the streets of Petersburg, he heard a big row in a house where s*me soldiers were drunk and engaged in a “free fight ” Dismounting, the General rushed into the house, but the men, seeing him, all made their escape except a burly Iris’n xnau, whom several of them had been beating. Pat, seeing escape impossible, put on a bold face and exclaimed, “Faith, and 1 am delighted to see vou, Gineral, for these men had doubled teams on me; and but for the coming of your Riverance I would have got a good bating.” The General was so taken back by the impudence of the fellow that he merely ordered him back to bis quarters instead of the guard bouse. — Rich. Sentinel. The Outlaws Cleaned.— lt will be remembered that some two or three weeks ago the law-abiding and peaceable citizens of Marion county were seri ously threatened by- a formidable force of deserters and jahawkers from their rendezvous on Honey Is land, at the mouth of Pearl river, and making their way up that river, robbed and plundered the plant ations and inhabitants in their marauding march.— We are gratified in being able to state that their ca reer has been checked, and possibly, prevented from making any future incursions in this direction, by the promptitude with which the citizens of Marion, Hancock and Perry turned out to repel them, — Grayhaired men and boys, officials and other ex empts, placed themselves under Captain Dampeer, and scouring the infested country, pursued them to their den and effectually broke it up. They killed eighteen of the outlaws and wounded many others, besides capturing horses, guns and accoutrements. [.Holmeeville {Mies.) Independeqt. Political Calculation in Washington— Washington, October IT.—Since the result of the Pennsyirania election has been announced the democratic managers claim positively for McClel lan the following States : Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Now York, Connecti cut, Kentucky, Missouri. Indiana, Illinois, Cali fornia and Oregon, making on aggregate of 140 votes —116 being necessary to elect. Cinderilla's Slipper.—The Dublin Univer sity Magazine, gives the following aeeount of the glass slipper : Two centuries ago, furs were so rare, and there fore so highly valued, that the wearing of them wa* restricted, by severe sumptuary laws, to king? and princes. Sable, in those laws called vair, was the subject of eountHss regulations.— The exact quality permitted to bo worn by per sons of different grades, and the articles of dress to which it might be applied, were defined most strictly. Perraalt’s tale of “Cinderella” original ly marked the dignity conferred on her by the fairy, by her wearing a slipper of vair, a privilege then confined to the highest rank of princesses.— An error of the press now beeouie inveterate, changed vair into verr • 'glass), and the slipper •f sable was suddenly sonverted into a glm slipper. The War in Kcntnrky, Impressment Prlees. The following list of leading articles, with | their prices, have been agreed upon by tho Commissioners of Impressments for thetitniea 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 j ule : t Bacon, sides, per lb : $ 1 37 “ hams, 1 81 “ shoulders 1 2i> j Beef cattle, gross, per lb 26 I Brandy, per gal 3 50 Corn, shelled, per bushel 2 25 “ unshelled 2 13 Corn meal per bushel 2 2>5 Coffee, Rio, per lb 6 00 Canales, tallow, per lb 1 40 Flour, superfine, per bbl... 30 00 “ fine 26 50 Fodder, baled, per ewt 2 25 “ unbaled 2 05 Hogs, at net, corn fed, per cwt 75 00 “ “ gross “ 60 00 unfatted, gross 52 50 Hides, good dry, per lb 1 83 “ green 04 Horses, first class 750 00 “ second class... 600 00 li third class 450 00 Iron, pig, No. 1,2, 3, per gross ton ... 110 Oq 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 600 09 “ 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 mouth.... 150 Potatoes, Irish, per bush 4 90 “ sweet 1 75 Peas, per bush of 60 lbs 3 OO Salt, per bush of 50 lbs 7 50 Soap, hard per lb 75 “ soft. 37 Socks, wool, per pair 2 OO “ 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 Several of the London theatres have been opened for religious worship on Sundays. ——— ♦ ♦ « Babon R«thschild’s Reply to a Bbcoikg Letter. —The Mesiager du Midi statei that Baron de Rothschild possesses the most volaminous col lection of begging letters that any financier ever received. They form a complete series.— Among the number is one lately addressed to the Baron containing the very tempting proposition that for the bagatelle of 50,000 francs, the writer would engage to show he could prolong his life to the age of 153 years. The following is the Baron’s reply : Sir —It has frequently happened to me to be threatened with death if I did not give a sum of money. You are certainly the first that has ever asked me for it in proposing to prolong my life. Your proposition is, without doubt, far better and more humane. But my religion teaches me that wo are all under the hand of Ged, and I will not do anything to withdraw myself from his decrees. My refusal, moreover, does not in any way attack your discovery, from which you will not fail, I hope, to profit yourself. Regretting that I cannot accede to your proposal, I sincerely congratulate you on tho one huudred and fifty years which you arc called on to live in this world. Accept, etc., J. de Rothschild. Breaking up or a Government Fishery.— One day last week, the enemy landed on Mash’s Island, (about 36 miles fiom this city,) and surprised and captured a party of Fishermen, two pickets arid two citizens —in all 18 persons—with tiicir seins, -boats, kc. The citizens afterwards escaped. The fisher men are detailed men, and engaged in fishing for the Government. The enemy’s force consisted of about 50 men, who divided, one half going round one side the Island and the other half the other side, completely surrounding the party, who Wore unarmed and could afford no resistance. The cap tured men, when at home, live in Wakulla county. Floridian & Journal, 28t\. ♦ —•—♦ Confidence. —There is an essential to suc cess in our struggle. Not the blind, uncal culating sort—but a bold, intrepid confidence based upon a determination to do and suffer that which will insure success, resting upon a firm faith and trust in God and the righteous ness of our cause. This is the confidence, says the Confederate, now operating on and influencing the minds of our people; and they are submitting to privations and serious in conveniences with a cheerfulness seldom ex celled during this war. It is a good sign— a cheering omen —and one that will more than any thing else give strength to our cause afiu rebuke the factious croakings and despond ences of the weak-kneed and treacheroHS* Courage, fellow-citizens! A few days more, and we have reason to believe that we shall have achieved results that will lift our hearts in thankfulness to God for tlie great deliver ance he shall have wrought us. “Be not faithless, but believing.” Funeral Notice. The friends and acquaintances of Wm. Perry and family, and of his son JAMES M. PERRY, are in vited to attend the faneral of the latter from the First Baptist Church, THIS AFTERNOON, it 3 o’clock. [nov 1 It* OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS, Columbus, Ga.,oct., 29, 1864. ]YTO Freight will be received at the Southern Bx -1? press Company’s Office after 3% o’clock p. m. to go East on that day, nor will any be received to go West after 4% o’clock p M. oc 29 ts S.II. niLL, Agent. Hetice. G RAND and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at the May Term, 1864, of the Scperior Court of Muscogee county, are hereby notified to be and ap pear at the Court House in said county, on the Fourth Monday in November next. Witnesses and parties interested are also notified to appear on that day. ~ By order of his Honor E. H. AVorrell, Judge of said court. Oct 31,1861-td F. M. BROOKS, Clerk £3“Enquirer and Sun copy until day. Bonds of the 500,000,000 Loan. I Avi authorized to continue the sale of the 6 per 1 c ® n l-* on S date Non Taxable Bonds of this Loaa at the Government rate of One Ilundred.and Thir ty-five Dol ars. The principal of the Loan being free from Taxa tion and the Coupons receivable lor all Import and Export duties, make-sit the most desirable yet offer ed by the Government. I therefore recommend it to the favorable notice of the people. W. 11. YOUNG. oc 19 1m Agent for sale of Bonds. Blacksmiths Wanted. \ LIBERAL price will bo paid for Three or ¥o«r •A good Negro Blacksmiths until the first of Janu ary next. Apply at once to „ , , . HARRISON, BEDELL Jt C<f Columbus, Oct 28—fit Wanted or Five able bodied Negroes.- Wnfks wa^es " lven - Apply at owr Government * iS JOHN W. GRAY k 0#