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DAUi TIMES. J. W. WiHRK-V, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Friday Morning. November 4, 1864. [communicated.] Col. Von Zinken and City Papers. Mu. Editor The poet has said that “Where ignorance is bliss ’Tis folly to be wise." But when ignorance causey unhappiness it is well that ii should, ii' possible, be removed.— Ff a man believes that the go’znument under wuicu he live- i- uuaecvS’slariiy mtringing his rights he bee rues i- rn- 3 -. yndy;'(jql 'h exercise of power : X'U’ teach him that toe regulations against vbic.b be compl;iius is not only not. intended to curtail his liberty, but is adopted both tor his protection and the general wel fare. and ii tie is a good cif.zeo uuj ready has the prosperity and ? lory'of h s coup 1 ryat heart, be yields a prompt and wiling acquiescence. In the whirl and tin .uH. • a great revolu tion, ouch h- tU o in Woiyii At? are now en gaged, ii is -mutl ib it the people should Stumble ag .bi-' mani things, which, being new to their experience, arc not readily un derstood, and, therefore, not approved. Rules and regulations prepared and put in force for the sole purpose of keeping up the effiojei ov of the army, and holding to the requiremi- t* of duty those who belong to it sometimes < o erate iudirectly as inconveniences to the citi zen This is particularly the case with those regulations which have been adopted both here and elre« hrre with *he view of detecting and arresting absentees from the army with out proper authority, and to preserve and maintain order al military pest . 'H't|Pg these regulations is the one requiring citizens, exempts and others not connected with the army to carry passports and passes. The Enquirer of this city, in its issue of the 2d irrst., contained an editorial on this subject which was as wanting injustice as good taste. It seemed to have been conceived in Spite and brought forth in ignorance, and i3 calculated to produce dissatisfaction where realty there is no good or substantial ground lor any such feeling. The editor complains that he, in com mon with other is required to carry a pass which must be exhibited at every street corner; and declares that this is “an intoler able nuisance.” Perhaps if*in a, “nuisance,” but so is war; yet we are engaged in a gigan tic war against our own consent, and undw such a condition of things it is our duty to submit to whatever maybe honestly intended for the furtherence of our cause in this great struggle. Every man and woman will admit, without hesitation, the vital importance or keeping our armies in an efficient condition ; every candid person will just a? promptly concede that there are many in our armies who are inclined to shirk their duty and straggle to the rear, or if furloughed to extend the period which they were authorized to remain away from their commands. President Davis, in a ■ recent speech, made the astounding statement that o.yejr one half of the army were absent from -their commands. Now,'if this statement is true, or even approxirnnbly so, the question is pertinent how arc the. absentees to be brought back to their posts? It is obviously to the in terest of 4 every one who desires our success in this mighty struggle that these absentees should all be returned. But they must first be caught; they must be delected in their evasion of duty before they can be returned' And the question very naturally arises in every mind how is this result to be accom plished ? There must evidently be some gen eral and searching system of investigation— some method by which the right of every man to be away from the front.sliui i be tested and'verified. The system of pusses against which the ’inquirer inveighs was adopted for this purpose and ho other. It never was in tended to annoy those who do not belong to the armj and only does so incidentally. The object is to detect delinquent soldiers/ and surely sm b an object is worthy of the warm est support of every true Confederate. It may be true, as stated by the Enquirer, that “there is no lav " “to force old citizens and exempts to carry passes,” but if the public interests can bo subserved by their so doing, they are either very unworthy “old citizens” or very exceptionable “exempts” who would refuse to do it. The Enquirer will not, I presume, de ny that there is a law to search for and arrest deserters and absentees from the army and return them to their commands. In the execution of this law suppose a par ty of soldiers should happon to fall in with this editor and claim that he was a soldier.— He produces his exemption papers and claims that they should be and are sufficient. But it happens that these exemption papers were is sued bv some officer with whose signature the sol dioi in h ; s neighborhood, is not familiar ; and there are many forged papers. The soldier cannot judge of ihe validity of the papers and as the ony means of deciding the matter, car ries him before the nearest Post Commandant or Provost Marshal. In this the soldier would not be exceeding his duty, and the editor could nor complain. It is annoying to him, but perfectly lawful,, and could have been avoided by the possession of a pass with the c .0 whicA the soldier would have been familiar, and which it would have been no more trouble to exhibit than the exemption papers. The Enquirer states that “the Corn mandant of the Post is the individual to be blamed lor the whole matter, unless he can show that he acts under instructions from those above him." And “the whole matter'’ referred to is, that passes are required on the street corners. While I do not see that any “blame attaches to*any one, I have no doubt that,Col Yon Ziaken could shojv -he editor Sufficient authority for all he has done to sat isfy even his carping disposition. Col. Von Zinkeo is too strict a disciplinarian himself to be found running beyond the legitimate bounds ot his authority. JEla has attested his .patriotism upon too many band fought fields, and has shed his blood too oiitu in defence of the liberties of this people for it to be a reasonable supposition that he would now at tempt to invade the lights lie has fought so nobly uud fearlessly to establish. Tne wounds he received in that terrible and san'guiuury conflict on the 28th of July, are yet and tho«e who know his history and bis de votion to our.entice are well aware ih.-t the dearest wish of his heart is 10 sc** ui.s nation free and independent. » 1 must believe that the editor s reproaches to Col. \on Zinken were written without re flection, and sincerely hope that they did not spring from bis heart. JUSTICE. The ioflvenlion of the States. At this particular time, and tor llie whole time embraced in the war, the South has anxiously desired pr ice. It has Wen chelated in every form in which public or udnHinslra tive sentiment could» be enunciated-; in-the utterances of the press,-the rnessageli mt Pres ident Dav;>, the winin' declarations Ad Con gress, the embassy of- Mess*. Cr.xwf'ord find Forsyth at the beginning of Ihe war, the mission of Mr. Stephens to Foffre3s Monroe, and in the overtures of Messrs. Clay and Holcombe, in July last, from Cauada. In etery ehape and form in which the idea has been tp Lincoln, it has been spurne Jits, answer has been uniform aDcl consilient!' “ Return so the Unfbn, give up your siaves, cease your rebel lion- agaibsf the’ best government the - "world ever saw. acknowledge rry authority, throw yourselves on niy cfemencj and you shall have such pardugapd such rights as are now meteiioui to proslfute Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee and New 0* leans." Such is the response o ' this despot, and how our Presi dent can approach him again without degra dation we ;.fe unable to perceive. Nor have we any idea that he will do so. Mr. Davis is anxious lor peace, out act yet ready for dis grace.. As to Mr. Lincoln's temper and purposes ‘here can be no mistake. Everybody under . a .Us his position, and none of the “demor alized'' gentlemen, who are ventilatings 'hemes .of peace, have ventured to suggest such an absurdity us to approach him "again with a lender o;' honorable negotiation. But there are some who dream (they do not argue or reason —if they did we should nut be, perhaps, writing this article) that somehow or other there are parties in the .North with whom we can negotiate. How we are to manage it they are not kind enough so inform us We imag ine that a deputation to Mr. Vallaudigham or Fernando Wood would hardly end in any practical result. ‘ These gentlemen have no authority to bind or to loose anybody except themselves, and were they to attempt it Fort. Lafayette would soon shut down on them.— What then? Are we to try Governor Sej'- riiour of New York—a worthy gentleman enough, who dares not resist too loudly his own wrong?, and who would as soou think of jumping from the top of Trinity Church stee ple as making any sort of pact or agreement with the Confederate Slates ? Are we to tpy conferences with sume Democratic mass meet ing ? By what route are they to travel, what hotel to stop at, and wh A are they to ask from the er.emy or promise on our part?— Who is io pioteci the conferences from Mr. Lincoln’s artillery ? By. what sort of sop can this Cerberus he put to sleep while (hisqdeas ant business is being transacted? Can he be drugged, stupified with chloroform, made drunk, or bribed until the treaty is signed, sealed and delivered ? Who are to sign on the part of the enemy ? It takes two to make a bargain. We are ready—where is the oth er side ? The whole thing is absurd. Just now the North is anxious, not for peace, but for con* quest. They are confident they can conquer s. and, < referring that to auy other mode of treating the case, they mean to re-elect Abra ham Lincoln, who, they think, is Mae man to do it It matters not that tour v irs of war have demonstrated that we cannot be con quered, or that as many years of Mr. Lin coln’s blundering have greatly simplified for us the office of meeting ihe superior forces of the enemy. We know that we-cannot be sub dued. The Yankees believe directly the re verse, and, while they do so, they are not ready to treat. Whenever they change their mind, we shall be.apt to hear from them Meantime, we do hot deny that there is a peace party in the North. It. is, however, without power, and whether it will obtain power or not remains to be tested. Whenever, by tjie ballot or the revolution, it, shall acquire such power as to be able to negotiate, we dare say that those who represent its organization will find no difficulty in dealing with the Con federate Government. t While the North is busy nursing this folly of subjugation, we have nothing to do but to fight with all the energy that God has given ns, and for this the heads of our people are fully braced, come what may. Os our ability to resist, this effort, probably the last our en emy'will be »tde to make, we entertain no sort of doubt. When the coining winter shall put an end to active field operations, and the North shall discover that the year 1864, with al! its frightful expenditure of blood, has, af ter all, not been so lucky as the preceding year ; that it has not advanced them one jot towards their object; thatyears alter years of war still yawn before them ; we may hope for a return of that reason which will render dis cussion about peace a practical question in stead of being, as it is now, simply misplaced, ill-timed. For these reasons we deem it idle to discuss the plan of a Convention of the Northern and Southern States, favored by Messrs. Stephens, Brown and Boyce, nor shall we now consider the letters by which those gentlemen have contrived to divest themselves of the public confidence. How the proposed Convention could be held under our Constitution at all; how it or uld be held under any, were Mr. Lin coln willing to permit it, without a moral and implied recognition of the authority and bind ing force of the United States Constitution as still subsisting over us, we are not able to per ceive : but we do see that there are some three hundred thousand Yankees now encamped on our soil treating the whole thing with con tempt. To the Montgomery Mail, however, the whole scheme is “simple” enough: “Let Congress express itself upon the subject, ap point three or five commissioners of national reputation, to go to Washington and lay the matter before the United States government, and our word for it, the scheme wo.uld either meet with on affirmative response, or, in the event of a rejection, so divide the counsels of the enemy, as to. break one-half the force of his blows in the spring.” * * * “The weapons are now in the hands of Con gress. The States can do nothing. The peo ple can do nothing. The President will do nothing. Congress alone has the power by its courage and wisdom to strike a blow for peace.” Truly, this is a precious, delectable scheme ! Three Southern men are to be picked out, and are to crawl on their bellies to Washing ton, lick the dust and beg Mr. Lincoln for an armistice and a convention' of all the States r And this is called “courage - ’ and “striking a blow for peace." Now, our idea of courage is somewhat different from the writer’s. Cour age does not consist in humble applications to an enemy who demands your unqualified We call “courage” that spirit which animates the hearts of our brave sol diers. under Lee and Hood ; the temper which leads the Southern mother to derote her last boy gladly to bear arms for home and hearth, while she knits socks for him and his com rades. and sends to the front, words of cheer, and to Heaven a prayer that God in bis own good time will bless us with peace and inde pendence And, as to “striking a blow for peace,” we find it not in suggestions of im practicable convocations, but in the victories ot Lee, Hood, Beauregard, Forrest and the rest of our heroes. As to the aspersion of the President's mo- , lives and the suggestion to Congress to over ride him in the matter of negotiation, we do not deem it necessary to say one word of re- , ply. We do uot fear that such a scheme will be adopted or even proposed at Richmond The climate of this noble old Commonwealth is decide ly unfavorable to anything that looks like reconstruction or lowering the na • tional flag. Virginia was never more resolute and determined than now. In the light of burning homesteads, and by the graves of her muruerejj sons, she has registered a vow nev er to yield to an infamous foe. She is fully assured of the support of her sister States until honorable peace shall crown her endeav ors. In one oftly aspect is the proposition defensible—as a scheme to divide the enemy's counsels. It might do this and it might not. i “In vain is the net spread in the sight of any ; bird.” The Yankees might divide or quarrel: or. on the other hand, seeing us falter and ! give signs of irresolution, they might once iqor.e 'ake courage and Vice their ranks and .dock shield for one final effort tor our over throw. And he who knows aught of the gen uine Yankee nature will not doubt that the latter is the more probable result of the two. - - ’. ’From the M act) q Telegraph A Confederate.} ■A j® 4, Negio Sflftfitrs. E h tor and Confederate: It has been a long while since I attempted to write anything for a public journal :*and nothing but a high sense of duty to my coun try could induce me to attempt it now. Much ha3 beeu said upon both sides of the question which has lately exercised the minds of our people to a fearful extent. I allude to the*desire of some persons of great pretentions to make soldiers of our negroes. No wonder it has made its mark in the South. For, like Aaron’s rod, it has swallowed up all other matters of public interest. The champions for and against the policy have shown much ability, during its ventilation." But still I claim hat viptory has perehed upon the standard of those who have protested against the coQ3iiiß*nati >u of this mad scheme. So well convinced un 1 of the truthfulness of this \ position, that it is not my intention," on this ! occasion, to exp cise my powers of mind, to : assist those with whom it is my pleasure to agree. My main t uj- t is to invite the attention of your readers to -ome points, which I claim, have an important and direct bearing upon this monstrous, ill-shaped and frightful scheme of making soldiers of the negroes. The only reas >u these self-styled statesmen and patriots can urge in favor of their “bant ling,'' is that, o necessity. They contend the good of the S‘-uth demands, that our army corps should bo tilled—and as they, are not able to liud white men for this purpose, ergo negroes must I- taken from their owners, and compelled to perform the duties of the ‘ Oau cassian” race n the army. Well, it does seem to me, if some persou would point out to the authorities of the country whether they may find a sufficient number of white men, young, strong and healthy, for this laudable purpose, we shall hear no more arguments advanced in favor of making soldiers of negroes. Next, use all vigilant means to have the law enforced against the hundreds and thousands of young men, who now fill positions of quar termasters, commissaries, etc. Once more send every lawyer and doctor to the field who are under fifty years old. As strange as the 'assertion may seem, I hold, the country would do well to get shut of a majority of these men. Also exert every energy of your minds to co erce the Legislatures of every State within the perview of the Confederate States, to repeal all statuary provisions exempting themselves from military duty. The people should no longer tolerate such selfish and unequal leg islation. In my peregrinations this year, I have seen many young men who seem to be the possessors of sinecures on the cars. They follow the conductors.about like their shad ows, and if they perform any labor other than to hold tickets for the conductors, it has fail ed to strike my visual organs. All admit they could be spared by the rail road officials. Then make a long and strong pull to send them to the front. There are also many more men than you know of, who claim exemption from soldier duties because they have taken contracts to tan leather for the government, and while I admit there are many of these men good practical artizans, and are doing good service to the Confederate States, there are, 1 dare say, legions of others who use this as a mere pretense, being as ignorant or the art. they profess to understana, as they are of the “pandests” of Justinian. It will be found on investigation, that every one of these pseudo tanners are engaged in all kinds of schemes to swindle their respective communi ty. Let them be stripped of their false colors and sent to the army. Finally, if the advo cates of “niggerdom,” as some term it, would co-operate with each other, to influence the proper tribunal, to send a Medical officer quarterly to every Hospital in the Confederate Slates, duly empowered to send to the front every inmate whose physical condition is in a normal condition. I assert without the fear of contradiction, the cry for more soldiers would instantly .stop. There are at all times regiments of men with in the walls of these Hospitals, called patients by the iSurgeous, who have not the first sign or symptoms of disease about their organisms. How these would be sick men, manage to re-- main as patients, after their health has been fully reinstated is not for me to say. I fear, however, wider influences have been brought to bear in some quarter or other, /Slcue can lament more than I, the necessity of making this plain expose. The times are most lament ably out of joint, and all who love civil and religious liberty, sbhuld speak in thunder tones against all public abuses Could I in duce the friends of “Niggerdom” to do this rather than to become the advocates of a policy which, if ever inaugurated, would, in the eyes of Christendom, heap deep and dire disgrace upon the South, and put a final end to an in stitntion, to which the South is indebted for all that makes her superior, in every accep tion of that term, to the descendants of the puritans of New England. I shall feel fully remunerated for any trouble I may have had in preparing this article. Yours, Ac., RANDOLPH. Yankee Thanksgiving. The following proclamation was promulgated Thursday : By the President of the United States: A PROCLAMATION. It has pleased Almighty God to prolong our na tional life another year, defending us with His guar dian care against unfriendly designs from abroad, and vouchsafing to us in His mercy many andsignai victories over the enemy who is of our own hou-e --hold. It has also pleased our Heavenly Father to favor as well our citizens in their homes as our sol diers in their camps and our sailors on sea, with unusual health. He has largely augmented our free population by emancipation and by immigration, while He has opened to us new sources of wealth, and has crowned the labor of our working men in every department of industry with abundant re ward. Moreover, He has been pleased to animate and inspire our minds and hearts with fortitude, courage and resolution sufficient for the great trial of civil war into which we have been brought by our adherence as a nation to the cause of freedom and humanity, ana to afford us reasonable hopes of an ultimate and happy deliverance from all our dangers and afflictions- Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincsln, President of the Unieed States, do hereby appoint and set apart the last Thursday in November next as a ;day which I Idesire to be observed by all our fellow-citizens wherever they may then Ue, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer to Almighty God, the benefieient Creator and Ruler of the Universe ; and I do fnrther recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid th it, on that occasion, they do reverently humble themselves in the dust, and from thence .offer up penitent and fervent prayer aud supplica tion to the Great Disposer of events for a return of the inestimable blessings of peace, union, and harm ony throughout the land which it has pleased Him to assign as a dwelling place for ourselves and our posterity throughout all generations, In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United Statestobe affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this 20th day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1864, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-ninth. ABRAHAM LINCOLN By the President: Wm. H, Seward, Secretary of State. The Price of Gold Compared with the Currency. —Senator Semmes, in his late speech in Mobile, is reported to have presented the following view, which every thinking man will acknowledge to be correct: On the subject of our finances lie dispelled, to the satisfaction of all who heard him, our error as the degree of depreciation of the cur rency, showing that gold had appreciated, from such facts as that one could now board at any hotel in the Confederacy far a dollar a day in gold, when the price before the war was two dollars and a half. Other illustra tions might be adduced, showing that gold, from its scarcity, was worth about three times as much with us as it was in other countries, and that the depreciation of the currency, when compared with the gold of the world, instead of being at twenty or twenty-four for one, is really not more than about eight for one. And there was no nation that had prose cuted a heavy, war (and successfully) mi a credit, but had suffered** greater depreciation than this, and in a less time. It is stated to be a rule of law in the far western territories that “a town is a place where whisky is sold.” By means of this rule the courts distinguish real towns from those which exist only on paper plans of land. i'Fro in the peWuirg Ex-re-. F' ' . From the Front. Phe Enemy Retreat fm>u% the Plank Road—Cap ture o f Prisoner!, Arjr.s.ctc. — Our Irenes Re es tablished. In consequence of the late hour at which sue fighting on Thursday night closed, and the dis tance of the battle field from the city, the actual i t-nits could not be obtained in time for yester day morning’s paper.. The enemy held the-posi tion nfriclt he was fighting for at* darkj with his line of battle extending across the plank road, parallel with the White Oak road, at Burgess’ house, with a heavy reserve force in his rear. Thursday's battle. The enemy, after making several hcany demon strations upon our fortified lines, in each of which he met with a repulse, finally massed his force and broke tJirOugh Butler's (cavalry) divisiin*B . linos, in the Vicinity of Armstrong’s miff, ana ! swept around with great rapidity, until he struck the Beydton Plank road, near Burgess’ mill. Here the Yankees secured a very prominent and com mandingl position, having occupied the bill upon which Burgess’residence is situated. Our forces had retired across the bridge at the foot of this hill, and took position this side of Hatcher's Run. Confronting each other, the two armies made all proper dispositions for attack or defence, as the caee might be. Skirmishiug occurred at inter vals for several hours—sometimes slight, and sometimes severe—until about four o’clock in the afternoon, when it was determined to attack the enemy. . When the enemy broke through our lines in the morning, a large cavalry force under Gen. Hamp -tou, who occupied our extreme right, was separa ted from the main portion of our army, and re mained in the rear of the Yankee column. At the hour above stated, Gen. Mahone crossed Hatcher’s run, and struck the Yankees on the flank, while Gen Hampton attacked them in toe rear. The assault at both places was vigorous, and the enemy was forced back, but in eonse quence of the unfavorable position of the ground, the density of the woods and the heavy force of the enemy, the latter could not be dislodged.— Had the attack in front been pressed as vigorous ly as the assaults on the flank and rear, the result would probably havebeeen far different. Instead of any failure, brilliant and crushing victory would have crowned our arms. In pressio - forward, Mahone captured six pieces of ai fiery and some prisoners, but was unable to bring them off, and they again fell into the hands of the enemy. He also captured three stands of colors, which were safely brought off. This battle raged fiercely until dark, but fight ing against vastly superior numbers, and even while flanking, subjecting themselves to a flank movement, our men eventually retired. The en emy: though punished severely, was left master es the situation. Much of the fighting was done in a dense growth of woods, and not only the Yankees, but our own troops became separated in bodies from their commands, and wandered off. — In this manner, captures were made on both sides. In one of their charges, our infantry penetrated through the Yankee column to the Plank road) but could not sustain themselves. Os tho operations of our cavalry in the enemy’s rear, anil the losses they sustained, wc have no authentic intelligence, other than they .acted in their usual gallant style, and while tbs battle con tinued, gained considerable advantage, and in flicted much loss. We deeply regret to learn that Gon. Hampton lost one son killed, and another severely wound ed. The whole country will deeply sympathize with him. Oar loss in killed and wouuded in the infantry will not reach over one huudred and fifty, while in prisoners, we lost between three and four hun dred. We captured 200 prisoners. THE ENEMV LEAVE THE PLANK ROAD. Immediately after the cessation of hostilities on Thursday night, the enemy commenced to with draw his forces in the direction of his fortifications on the Yaughan and Squirrel Level roads, and by 2 o’clock yesterday morning, had entirely disap peared from the Flank road, with the-exception of a small force left there to keep up an appearance of his presence in our front. As soon as this was discovered, a brigade of our troops was ordered to advance and feel the enemy’s position, and meeting with such slight resistance, they pushed forward, only to ascertain that the bird had flown. Some two hundred and fifty additional prisoners were taken here. The enemy was found to have loft in some haste, probably fearing the events which would have followed had he remained in position yesterday.— Some three hundred of his dead were found un buried on Thursday’s field, and about two.hun dred of his wounded, too much disabled to be re moved. Fifteen hundred stands of small arms were gathered up, with a number of limbers, cais sons, wagons, etc., which the enemy had aban doned, showing that his retreat was hurried. The number of wounded removed in ambulances is, of course, unknown, but it is believed that every am bulance the enemy had was driven off full, aud that many, who were only slightly injured, were enabled to walk. Ilis loss was, therefore, severe. The experience of the Thursday’s fight proved to the Yankees that their position on the Plank road was untenable, or accompanied with extreme danger. It admitted of easy flank movements.— Independent of this, a heavy force of Confederate cavalry hung upon their rear. They were well aware of these facts, and preferred not to run the risk attending upon a further delay at Burgess’ Mill. Preparations were being made, which in their results, would not only have astonished Grant, but have shaken Lincoln on his throne.— But of these it is unnecessary to speak. It would have been extremely difficult for Grant to have maintained intact a continuous line of works from the Weldon railroad to the plank road. Such length of line would create weakness, and subject it to successful assaults. OUR LINES RE-ESTABLISHED. The enemy fell back to his original position, and our forces pursuing, re-established their for mer lines. So after this grand flanking move ment, in which Gmnt massed three corps of his army, we find that nothing was gained. It will probably serve to furnish a glorious theme for a bulletin froth.- Stanton, and Grant will undoubted ly report it as a successful reconnoissance. A TRIPLET OF GENERALS. During the progress of the battle around Bur gess’, the headquarters of the Yankee army were established in the vicinity of that gentleman’s house. Grant, Meade and Hancock were there, superintending the movements in person. From prisoners, we learn that our forces in one of their charge?, reached within a short distance of this “noble trio.” What a glorious prize they would have been. THE CAPTURED COLORS. Three stands of coiors were captured by Ma hone’s old brigade, viz: One by Robert 'Hatcher, Company E. 12th Virginia Regiment; one by Sergeant Emmit Richardson, Company K, of the same command; and the third by a member of the 61st Virginia Regiment, whose name we could not learn. GEN. DEARING. This gallant officer was neither killed no unin jured. We hope he may live long in his sphere of usefulness. He no doubt justly appreciates the complimentary notices passed upon him by our Richmond cotemporaries, who announced his death yesterday morniDg. Lieut. Col. Whitehead, of the 61st Virginia In fantry, was slightly wounded in the shoulder. Colonel Rogers was at one tiipe a prisoner, but managed to make his escape and rejoin his com mand. Among the Yankee prisoners captured, is Lieu tenant George Harney, of the 147th N. Y. AS ASSAULT ON OUR LEFT. About dark on Thursday night, while the fight ing was progressing on our right, a small force of the enemy made a dash upon our work on the left, and succeeded in capturing a portion of them. They also gained possession of one piece of artii lery, and took prisoners, Lieut. Col. Harrison and some twenty or thirty men of the 56th Ya. Regiment. This event occurred about the time of relieving pickets on that portion of the lines, and.is said to have been accomplished in this wise. The night was dark and rainy, and the Yankee pickets requested that firing should cease. The* request was acceded to. When pickets were relieved, the Yankees came in close afer them, many representing them selves as deserters, but having their short car bines concealed, beneath their eoats. The ruse was temporarily suecesful, and had it been under taken by a larger torce, might have resulted dis astrously to us The Yankees were driven from our works with a loss, of ten .or twelve prisoners. A CHARGE ON THE LEFT CENTRE, About ter, o'clock on 4he same night the Yam kecs made a, determine I charge on our works on the left centre, near the Jerusalem Plank road, and succeeded, in capturing our picket line, but did not reach our works. The musketry and can nonading on this occasion, as mentioned yester day, were furious, and the of mortars briiliaat. About 12 o’clock, the enemy was attacked by our forces, driven back, and our line resumed. iS- tnc twelve or fifteen dead Yanke-os. were dis covered ti.ere yes'erday morning. ANOTHER SHARP FIGHT. It was slated last night that the enemy made a fierce assault upon Mcßaes-lines, south of the Pla-*k road, about 5 o’clock in the afternoon, but were handsomely repulsed, with heavy loss. We could learn no further particulars. ' TKLKGKAPHiU REPORTS OP THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office c* r the District Court of the Confederate States for ( the Northern District of Georgia. ; IlifcsiiuosD, Nov. 3.—C01. W. If. Payne ot’t! e I 4th Ala. C v.ilry, ami Lt. Got." G. M. Sorrell, ! Lorigstreet's Adjutant General, have been | made Brigadier Generals, the former assigned to Maxey's, the latter to Wright's brigade. Savannah, Nov. 3. A Flag of Truce boat arrived here tO'-day as appointed. The steara c? Beauregard with Cal. U add v iy*-i the .stea mer fsfaiftl (Aty with Col. Byaneu. Bexesffor the Confederate prisoners were turned over and a large number of boxes for Yankee pri» sonera were received. There was no exchange of prisoners, but preliminaries’ were arranged for the exchange of ten thousand sick, woun ded and convalescent Confederates who have arrived at Hilton Head in steamers. The bal ance on the way in transports. Another Haw of truce is to take place at the same point on Sunday. PerRRSBCRG, Nov. 3.—The enemy night be fore last drew in about one mile of their cav alry picket line on .tueir extreme left below Reams' S: at ion, at the same time threw-'out their picket lines in tiie rear of their army on this side of the river a mile, as if to cover some movement. All quiet today in front.— Heavy rains falliag all day. No news of any military movement. Lieut. Col. Pegrem of the artillery, has been promoted to a Brigadier General and as signed to the command of Archer’s Brigade. Richmond,. Nov. 3.—New York papers of the Ist, and Baltimore American of the even ing edition of the same date, received. Gold in New Yolk on the lsr. 233 ; in Bal timore 235 to 289. No raiders have yet appeared at Buffalo. A Louisville telegram of the 31st, contra dicts the rumor of the evacuation of Atlanta, and says the place is not even in the slight est danger. There is little doubt of the fact (hat Hood s army was, a day or two since, near the Ten nessee river; but the rebel leader hesitated to attempt crossing. Gov. Cavney, of Kansas, issued a procla mation appointing a day for thinksgiving, that State having been spared from the de vastation of raids. Maryland, My Maryland!— '‘Honest Old Abe” has again spoken. On the night of the 18th of October, a few of the lick-spittles of tho throne of grace, pretending to be Marylanders, gave him a serenade. He appeared in one of the White House windows and delivered himself as follows: I am notified that this is a compliment paid to me by the loyal Marylanders resident in this District. — I infer tha f the adoption of the new Constitution for that State furnishes tho occasion, and that, in your view, the extirpation of slavery constitutes tho chief merit of the new Constitution. Most heartly do I congratulateyou and Maryland and tils nation and the world upon the event, I regret that it did not occur two years sooner, whluh I am sure would have saved to the nation more money than would have met all the private 1 ss incident to the mea sure. But it has come at last, and I sincerely hope its friends may fully realize all their anticipations of good from it. and that its opponents may, by its effects, be agreeably and profitably disappointed. A word upon another subject: Something was said by the Secretary of State in his recent speech at Auburn, which has been construed by sane into a threat that if I should be beaten at tbo eltcfion, I will, betweon then and the end of my constitutional term, do what I may be able to rub the Govern ment. Others regard the fact, t’ it the '-hicago Covention adjourned, sine die , but to meet again if called to do so by a particular individual, ns tho in timation of a purpose, that if their nominee should be elected, he will at once seize control of the Gov ernment. I hope the good people will permit themselves to suffer no uneasiness on either point. lam. struggling to maintain the Government —notto overthrow it. lam. strugglinp\especially to prevent otherrfrom overth row ing it. and 1 therefore say that if I shall live I shall remain President until the 4th of-next March, and that whoever shall be constitutionally elected, there fore, in November, shall be duly installed ns Presi dent on the 4th of March, and that in the interval I shall do my utmost, that whoever is to hold the helm for the next voyage, shall start with the best possible chance to save the ship. This is due to the pe pie, both in principle and under the Constitu tion. Their w : ll, constitutionally expressed, is the ulti mate law for all- If they should deliberately re solve to have immediate peace, even at the loss of their country and their liberties, I know not the power or the right to resist them. It is their own business, and they must do as they please with their own. I believe, however, they are still resolved to preserve their country and their liberty, and in this—in office or out of it. I am resolved to stand by them, I may add that in this pupose, to save the country and its liberties, no classes of people seem so ne irly unanimous as the soldiers in the field and the seamen afloat. Do ihey hot have the hardest o- it? Who should quail while they do not ? God bless the soldiery and seamen, with all their brave commanders. TEOTPERAACE HALL. GREAT BSLLJO NIGHT! Friday Evening:, November 4, ’64. PA33DY MILES, . OR; THE LIMES.ISE E 0 71 Paddy M iles Mr. Davenport, Dr. Coats Ma. R. Vance Harry Miss R. Ingram Mrs. Figetr.. Mrs. C- Vance Jane Miss I. Vance Job Miss Zulika ’ 4r ♦ Together with TABLEAUX, MSG 10AM! — • Price of Admission.! $5 00 Children and Servants. 3 00 4Ss“Doors open a t,VA o’clock. Curtain to rise at 8 precisely. * [no 4 It Notice. Headquarters Reserve Troops, Columbus, Ga., Nov., 2,1864. Circular. The Jate members of the "‘DAWSON ARTIL LERY,” are requested to meet at the Carriage Shop of Jaques & Cos., at 4 o’clock, p. m., the sth instant, for the purpose of organizing anew company. This has reference only to such member? as are not subject to duty in the field. S. L. BISHOP, not 2t Major commanding Reserve Troops, Owner Wanted for a Clock. LEFT at my residence during my. absence, by a negro man, a no name or ad dress-said he was instructeirio le ive it until called for. The owner can get th- same by calling at the office of JOHN D. GRAY A CO., and paying for this advertisement. [no4 2t MifllYD'-SSS GOODS! FRENCH GAITERS, p HOSE. TRIMMINGS, THREAD, i Ac., 4c. At no32t* ROO'f 86, COOK’S HOTEL. Wanted linnied lately. 4 GOVERNESS well educated and with uuex- A cepdonabie references. A liberal salary w;h be given.' Enquireat no3 12» THIs OFFICE. For Stale Low! «)‘)a ACRES Land near Dover. Russell county, Ze)U Ala. Good H . »se and plenty of waDr. A.di>lv to 1 McK. EE, __ r\o3 3t* C. S. Tannery, Columbus, l«a. T h~ !l "VP t m -y--» -Js- -fc-AL. jjJL* ■v,,.- ,li„ jt. JC % i 2 Jackson local sbur&ifc A Blue Dav.—Yesterd iy was a damper ou am bitions Locaff. Anybody who expects anyth!- >■ rieh, rare or raev, or :v~en novel •’ > t,iartl >ng * r mystoyious’Vqch weather as this, has his expec ». lions too high and must come dowu. There i nothing to be seen or heard yesterday. Every body and everything hail goge igto their hole3. We saw nobody in good spirits, save wood hauler’ They seemed to chuckle fit the propitious indie >- tions of an advance in fuels. Wc hvtrd one lit tle one horse sing out to a two mu e ,luad boy “Bill what did you gatf-’ “$25 •” “What did you git?” “&12 ?” Thus, it’s an ill-wind that blows nobody any goody. There’s a “bully” .ligje aheaal for wood haulers, and they know it and feci elated. But if anybody else felt com fortable yesterday, we haven’t as yet ascertain' l the fact. The Provost System —We see that our city cotemporarie?, as well as other exchanges in the State, are speaking their minds freely in referen:o to the grievous annoyance of the present Provost Marshal and Guard system as practiced in the lead ing cities of the Confederacy. We do not profeM to be sufficiently versed in military law to know whether the system is the result of due delibera tion. on the part of high officials in the State a.. 1 camp, or merely the assumptions of petty d?sr .= , but we are satisfied that the system is humiliatim" in the extreme to freemen, anno}ing to many who are logally exempt from military service in the field, and have our doubts as to whether its opera tions are productive of more good than evil. Os course, iu proximity to large armies, where martial law has been proclaimed and where the i strictest survsilance is necessary, the office of Provost Marshal and guard is of the utmost ne cessity, but in remote regions from such armies, where it requires a considerable army to perform these functions, we for one feel that their absence i. v,„fi„ r than their company. We all know that ihe tendency of military law is to despotism, an and .no despotism is si tyrannic. If we have any liberties left let us preserve them. While it is the duty of all loyal citizens in times like these to submit to all measures which look to tho common good, still wo claim she right when such meas ures become destructive of said ends, to speak out and warn tbe country against them. Died.— At 12 o’cl’k last night, of old age, the month of sapphire skies and golden sunsets —October. While he reigned over us he treated us kindly. He gave us many balmy days and much glorious sunshine. He gave us ripe crops and luscious fruits. He gave no frosts to clip tbe floral ves ture of our gardens, but with a lavish hand ho placed his own gorgeous children in the footprints of the summer flowers which be had swept from the yard and garden. Then with kindly wishes to the old fellow, as be flings us on the lap of November, we consign him to bis tomb in the ir revocable past. —Augusta Register. Just so. He died here at the same time and of the same disease, and we unite in ascribing full credit to his many excellencies and beauties. Oe tober has our best wishes for a peaceful rest. For his descendant and succesor, Novcmbor, we can’t express such a cordial welcome. lie s&emeJ to know exactly what to do when his time came, and immediately bid adieu to golden Suns and gentle airs, and inaugurated heavy rains, coll blasts, and sloppy streets. No more autumn i! fruits and flowers, no more genial sunshine a .i azure skies, no more friendly zephyrs, laden with the svreet3 of nature’s groves, bearing on the r glistening wings, health and hope, to dispairing hearts. Now comes tho “sere and yellow leaf” the keen, whistling wind, the frozen heath, the chil ling blighting frosts, the gloomy, penetrating rains, and all concomitants of rude, selfish winter. Bat why complain, the same wisdom and goodness manifest in the Spring, Summer and Autumn, may be traced in the recurring reign ol ice-cla i winter. The same Lord is God over all, blest for ever more. More Exceptions. —The Augusta Register, by the way, one of the spright’iest dailies in the Con federacy, also pitches into Joseph Jones (not *f Pineville, but [of Colum bus) for his recent invidi ous claims to the hast set of hands in the Coni fedoracy. Methiuks Joseph will get into trouble, unless more cautious in his assertions. Hear tho Register— “ln the Confederaey'' includes this burg and we too demand of Loeel Jones the proof of his brash assertion. We will give the opportunity of correcting his opinion by visiting the Register of fice—a solemn duty now resting on him. AUCTION SALES By 8311 ft, Livingston & Cos. AN SATURDAY, November 6tb, at 10J4o’clock, owe will sell in front of our store.^ 18 Boxes Good Tobacco; , 1000 pounds Fine Smoking Tobacco; FINE RUM AND WHISKY: 70 Bbk Coast Salt; 1 Shuttle Sewing Machine. Administrators Sale. At the same time we will sell for and on account of the Estate of 1.. MANSFIELD, dec’d— -2 Fine Sett Single Harness; 1 Box Horse Shoes, Sand Paper; Enamelled Cloth and Enamelled Leather; 16 Gross Japanese Flathead Tacks; 16 u Silvered 11 u 2A and 6 inch Carriage Bolts; 6 Gross Traces, Rollers Plated, Horse Shoes, Buckles, Bridle Bitts, &c. nov 2 4t $32 By Sills, Livingston & Cos. .A.T -A-TTOTIOIsT I AN TUE3D \Y, Btu of November, at lOKo’clock, U we wili sell in front of our Auction Boom, The Valuable Store, No, 127, Broad Street, Threo Doors bolow Hill & Dawson ’ 3 old con er. The Lot Is 22 feet front and 147 feet W inches deep—Store 114 feet deep—with privilege o the Alley. —ALSO — The following very desy*able Stocks: 133 Shares Florida Home Insurance Go , S2O per Share paid in. 100 Shares Eufaula Home Insurance Cos., SSO per Share paid in. 50 Shares Georgia Insurance Company, $25 per Share paid in. 500 Shares Southern Insurance Company, Savannah, Bringham, President, $lO per Share paid in. 5 Shares Importing and Exporting Company Stock of Georgia, Lamar, Prest., $3,000 per Share paid in. 53 Shares " Great Southern Insurance Company,” S2O per Share paid in. 5 Shares Bank of Columbus Stock, SIOO per Share paid in. oc 28 10: $l3O .. ...L_ Sly Ellas. Livingston & Cos A V RI VAT E S ALE 1,500 Acres unimproved Land *n Spring Creek, Miller county, formerly Early, v>’ll be sold at a bargain, oe 21 ITt