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DAILY TIMES, J. w. WARREN & CO., Proprietors. Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $5.00 per month, or sls torthree months. No subscription received ter a longer term than I » rr.f. month *. 4DVERTISIXG RATES i Advertisements inserted for 00 per senate for each insertion. * Where advertisements are inserted a month, die charge will be S3O per square. Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably paid in advance. SPECIAL NOTICES Tlie Medical Examining Board, For the Third Congressional District, will be at Hamilton, Harris c0unty,.........N0v.;....11 & 12 *Cusseta.... Chattahoochee co...,Nev 14 & 15 Lumpkin Stewart county... Nov. 16 &17 Preston Webster county 7-'0v...;..18 & 19 Ellaville Schley county Nov 2l &22 Buena Vista Marion county! Nov 23 & 24 Columbus. Muscogee county,) . 00 November / f" Talboiton... Talbot county Nov, 30 k Dec. 1 Butler Taylor county Dec. 2 & 3 Oglethorpe Macon county Dec 5 & 6 Air ericus Sumter c0unty.........Dec ...7 & 8 Georgetown Quitman county Dec.... 9& 10 for the purpose of Examining all porsons between the ages of 17 and 50, who -have not been examined subsequent to the Ist day of April, 1861. * Each county Enrolling officer will notify all nap a between the ages of 17 and 50 to appear at the. 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 : Notice. Parties desiring to send Letters or Packages to their friends in Pemberton’s Cavalry can do so by leaving them at J. ENNIS & (70’S Store before the Bth instant, Cooked provisions willlnot be re ceived. H. A. CHAPMAN, no 2 (It _ Goveriiiiicul Sheep for Exchange. Qn/) HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon DWU o r Beef. Tho Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacon 10c., Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Beef to be de livered alive. Apply to J. A. TYLER. Colurabus, Nov, 2,1864—ts Deserted. Headquarters Government Works (OrdJ Columbus, Ga., Oct. 31, 1864, JAMES PATILLO, a detailed conscript employ ed at this Arsenal, having absented himself from work without authority, is hereby published as a deserter. Said Patillo is 27 years old, 5 feet 8 inches high, has dark complexion, gray eyes and dark hair. M. H. WRIGHT. / no L 1 bt. Colonel Commanding. OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS. Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29, 1864. NO Freight will be receivod at the Southern Ex press Company’s Office after 3J4 o’clock p. ir.t o go East on that day, nor will any be received to go West after 4 % o’clock pm. oc 29 ts S. H. HILL, Agent. Notice. HAND and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at UT the May Term, 1864, of the Scperior Court of Mnscogee county, are hereby notified to be and ap pear at tho Court House in said county, on the Fourth Mondoty in November next. Witnesses and parties interested are also notified to appear on that day. By order of his Honor E. H. Worrell, Judge of said court. Oct 81, 1864-td F. M. BROOKS, Clerk. #3T Enquirer and Sun copy until day. Bonds of the 500*000,000 Loan. lA>l authorized to continue the sale of the 6 per cent, long date Non Taxable Bonds of this Loan at the Government rate of One Hundred.and Thir ty-five Dollars. The principal of the Loan being free from Taxa tion and the Coupons receivable lor all Import and Export duties, makesit 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 lm Agent for sale of Bonds. Wanted TO HIKE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.— Good wages given. Apply at our Government Works. oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY & CO. $25 Dollars Reward. STRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark O bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right bindquarter. JOHN t COOK. oc 13 ts • a" GOOD PLANTATION For Sale. IN Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the Montgomery And West Point Railroad. The tract contains 1,2C0 acres—about 700 cleared. There is * com for table Dwelling House on the place, good Negro cabins with brick chimnies and all the neces sary out-buildings. The land is productive and location desirable. Possession given iu November. For further information apply to • DAVID ADAMS. - oc 27 lm Columbus, Ga. 4®“Telegraph & Confederate, Macon; Montgo tnery Advertiser; Canstitutionalis, Augusta,copy. Wanted to Employ A GOVERNESS in a private family for a limited number of scholars, in the country, a short dist ance from Columbus. Address Box 16. oc 31 2w’s W-G-W. To Rent. A STORE on Broad street. Apply at oc 31 ts : THIS OFFICE. To Rent, A BLACKSMITH SHOP withsix or seven Forges. 1 1 all complete. Apply at oc 31 ts THIS OFFICE- S2OO REWARD. WILL be paid for the apprehension and delivery to us of our two Negro Boys, BILL and JIM, irho ran off some time since. BILL weighs about 150, is tall and slim, black complexion, hair very short and thin, has a down cast, sullen look, and talks long and drawling, Left ns about the Ist of August last. JIM is a fine looking negro, weighs about 180, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, black complexion, thin visage and high cheek bones, hair short. Left us pboutthe Ist of October. V 7? will pay the above reward for both, or SIOO for either of the above described negroes, if delivered to us or placed in some safe jail where we can get them. We will also pay SIOO for proof to convict any white person ol harboring them. BEDELL & CO. Columbus. Ga., Oct. 13,1564.—1 m STERLING EXCHANGE! 4 FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange for sale in sums to suit purchasers by agl6tt BANK OF COLUMBUS. SIOO Reward. WILL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who 1 > ranaway about two months ago. He is about 5 feet Binches high; weighs about 160 or 170 lbs.; com plexion yellow; fine looking; when laughing has simples in both cheeks. It is probable he went to Atlanta with some of the troops from this city. oc6 ts H. M. CLECKLEY. SSO Reward. NEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intelligence; left Jfr. Nat Thompson’s near Box Springs. Talbot county. I bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskegee, Ala. He originally came from Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and information sent to me at this office. u JAMES M. RUSSELL. Columbu’s &»., ang 1 ts ♦ xm* V. ; Strayed or Stolen. S3OO AN SATURDAY NIGHT. Bth instant, two medi- V urn sized MULES, one a black the other a bay. They were in fair order and fresh shod. A'reward of S3OO will be paid lor their delivery to me at the Porry House. THOS. E. SMITH. oc 19 ts Shoe Pegs for Sale. 10 suit - t,archa * &&L, Oct SEDELL 3c CO. VOL. XU Change of Schedule. Office Engineer and Superintendent, j Charleston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, J une 7,1564. J fpaiifi™ jfQ, -je—- i- w KUBBapEah j)N THURSDAY, June 9,1864, and Until further v/ notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m. Vrrive in Savannah...*. .., ..5.40, p. m. Leave Savannah .....; A.30, a. m. Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m. This Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. H. S. HAINES, June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent. , —* m .—■ Change ot Schedule. aN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on the '3uscogee Railroad will run as follows : PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Columbus... 6 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon .3 25 A. M. Leave Macon 8 10 P. M. Arrive at Columbus A 25 A. hi. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus . .5 00 A. M. Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M. W. L. CLARK, mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. Med. Exam’s Board, 3d Congressional Dis. Through to Montgomery- NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27.1364. ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at S;QO a. m. Leave West Point at 7:10 ,a. m. Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m. Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m. Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p.m. Arrive at West rotnt at 4130 p. m. Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a in. Arrives...... at 8:27 p in D. H. CRAM, Sup’t& Eng: ag27lß64—tf MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. # Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864. ON and after 10th inst. Trains on thi3 Road will Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train Leave Girard at 1 30 p. m. Arrive in Union Springs 600 •* Leave Union Springs 5 •> a. m. Arrive in Girard at 10 jj “ Freight Train. Leave Girard dt 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS, ag!B ts Eng. & Sup’t, For Chattahoochee. The new, first class, steamer SHAMROCK, llf.z Wingate, Master, will leave, on her first trip, for Chattahoochee, and all intermediate landings, on Tuesday morning, Bth inst., at 9 o’clock. For freight or passage,, having superior accom modations, apply on board, or at the office of HANSERD & AUSTIN, nov 5 3t Agents. notice. Headquarters Reserve Troops, Columbus, Ga., New, 2,1864. Circular. The late members-of tho "‘DAWSON ARTIL LERY,” are requested to meet att.he Carriage Shop of Jaques & Cos., at 4 o’clock, p: nr., the sth instant, for the purpose of organizing anew company. This hasieference only to such as are not subject to duty in the field. S. L, BISHOP, noi 2t Major commanding Reserve Troops, Dr. J. S. CLIRK, DENTIST, FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS, HAS returned, and can be found at 106 Broad street, over Dr. R, A, Ware’s Drug store. octlO-dim i>r. k. Noble, IOEirCTTIST, AT Pemberton & Carter’s old stand, back room of Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found at all hours, foe 18 6m ECands Wanted. AT THE EAGLE FACTORY, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. TjMFTY young women can find steady work and " liberal pay at the ocll d&wlm EAGLE FACTORY. WAITED! K AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price J>UUO will be paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, sp7 ts Major and Q. M. LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF LETTBR PAPER! AND MEMORANDUM BOOKS! For sale by * J. K. BED!) & CO. oc 12 ts NOTICE To Mississippi Soldiers ! T>HE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of l Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is- near Barnard’s corner, between Main st., and the Perry House. Your baggage is there. C. Iv. MARSHALL. sop2B ts Agent. PEK.E.Y HOTJSE3. rIE undersigned would respectfully inform his old friends, patrons, und the traveling public generally, that as he has to be absent for a short time he has been so fortunate as to have associated with him his well known and worthy friend Mr. EDWARD PARSONS, late of Atlanta. Ga., whose reputation and superior t ct for business is well known throughout toe Confederacy. This House is large and commodious,~aM no pairi?, nor expense shall be spared to fit it up in the very best and most elegant style, and to obtain every thing in the line of substantial eatables and luxuries that this market affords, With these assurances we most cordially solicit all our old friends, and the travel ing public generally, to give us a call and an oppor tunity of rendering them comfortable, oe 15 lm*' THOS. E. SMITH. Lard W ANTED-ih exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs * t and Y arns, at the novolm EAGLE FACTORY. Wanted Immediately. A GOVERNESS well educated and with unex ceptionable references. A liberal salary will be oven. Enquire at no3 Bt THIS OFFICE. Executor’s Notice. TWO months after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, for leave to sell the Negroes and perishable property of the Estate of Elizabeth T. Johnson, deceased, late of said county. SAMUEL K. JOHNSON, Ex’r Oct. 20wlm* Per THOS. D. BRAND. To Rent, For Confederate Money, TWO PLANTATIONS iu Sumter county, five and ten miles from Amerlcus. novT 12t s Americas, Ga, COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOV, I, 1864. Lard Tuesday Evening, [Special Correspondence of the Daily Times.] MjLLfiBGEviLtE, Nov. 6. 1864. A careful reading of the Governor’s message to the present session of the General Assem bly discloses a sealed policy on the part of the Executive of hostility to the President and the Confederate Government which should meet with a merited rebuke from the representa tives of the people of Georgia. | It sets out with a review Os the military j operations during the past year, and arraigns j- President Davis before the bar of public opin | ion and history for “abandoning Georgia to | her fate,” when he had under his control a j large body of troops beyond the Mississippi river of ns gallant men “as ever faced an ene my, which had been allowed to remain in a state of inactivity since our splendid victories in Louisiana last spring had driven the ene my, except a few garrisons, from that Depart-, ment,” and sending Gen. Early to the Valley of the Shenandoah and even into Maryland and Pennsylvania, and retaining Gen. Forrest in North Mississippi, when he could have con centrated a sufficient number of them in the vicinity of Dalton and others to operate in Sherman’s rear as would have insured, with out doubt, the rout, if not the capture, of his army, and have given to the Army of Tennes see the long promised “green fields” of Ken tucky. Not content with impeaching the want of foresight in the President in his,military cam paigns, the Governor also endeavors to make out a clear case against him in disregarding the policy and wisdom of the celebrated Ste phens resolutions adopted by this Legislature, at their late session, upon the subject of peace, and suggests a novel and wonderful plan of adjustment of the difference between the United States and. Confederate States Governments, by the intervention of the sov ereign States composing each Government, A pertinent enquiry is here suggested : How is this to be accomplished? Why, by the Southern States withdrawing from the Con federate Government the power delegated to the latter of levying war andconcluding peace, and assuming all the rights and powers which they delegated in the compact of confedera tion. Have we any assurance that such an effort to put an end to the struggle would meet with a like response from the Northern Government, or the States separately, which compose it? Mr. Lincoln says we can have peace by throwing down our arms and re turning to our allegiance to this Government. The sentiment of the people of that section, so far as developed by the recent elections, seem to sustain him in bis manifesto of, “to whom it may concern,” addressed to Messrs. Olay, Holcombe, and others. The message also, charges the President with great obstinacy and dereliction of duty in refusing to allow vessels chartered by the State for blockade running to secure clothing for Georgia troops, to clear unless a consid erable advantage should be granted to the Confederate Government, although, the Gov ernor says, the act of Congress regulating for eign commerce, clearly gave the States the right to carry out cotton or other staples and import necessary supplies-on their own ac count. These constitute mainly the charges in the indictment preferred by his Excellency against the Confederate Executive, and reveal but another phase of the settled policy of the Governor to impeach the integrity and assail the motives of the President in the faithful discharge of the duties which this gigantic and unholy - war has thrown upon his shoul ders. The Governor also asks immense ap propriations to carry on the Government for the coming year, and recommends the policy of paying as we go. The amount asked for reaches over $20,000,000, and how this amount is to be raised by taxation from the people who are already groaning under heavy bur dens, I am not able to comprehend, but the well known resources of the Executive aud his tender regard for the dear people may solve the difficulty in a special message to be transmitted to each branch, when the bill for raising revenue shall come up for final ac tion. You have doubtless read the message, ere this, carefully, and have given his great plan of peace due reflection and readily discover the hideous monster of reconstruction which when unveiled and disrobed of its inviting dress, it presents to view. His prejudice and hostility against the authorities at Richmond have blinded his eyes and clouded his judg ment, and he is now offering to bis country men the Grecian horse which will prove the overthrow and. destruction ot their govern ment and the total loss of their liberties. , TROUP. Gen. Hood at Columbia,—lt was currently re ported in the city yesterday, says the Telegraph and Confederate of the 7th, that General Hood had cap tured Franklin and Columbia. - The news was from a Captain of his army who had just returned from North Alabama. No other particulars were receiv ed. Columbia is 35 miles from Nashville. From Atlanta.—Everything, says the Telegraph and Confederate of the 7th, appears so be quiet about Atlanta. Three prisoners were captured by our scouts the other day near the city. The prisoners report that the garrison has been largely reinforced recently, and that trains are coming through from ; Chattanooga. Good Suggestion.—The New York Herald says ! the Convention candidates for President are both failures, and urges that the electoral colleges throw j both Lincoln and McCleilan overboard and select ! for President and Vice President "the two best men i in the country.” . —- ♦ ♦ ♦ Appointment of Postmaster.—B. F. Hall, Esq., the well known and popular Clerk of the Superior and Inferior Courts of Richmond county, has been appointed Postmaster at Augusta, vice James M. | Smythe, Esq., removed, I .. Characteristic.— The Yankees have a work in | front of Petersburg which they call "Fort Hell.” ! Perhaps the idea originatedHn our making it robot a place. ’ From Virginia. —A few days since, one of our batteries near Petersburg was tempora lly captured by a gang of Yankees, about ope hundred in number, who came into our lines ostensibly as deseiters without visible arms. As soon, however, as they were m close pis tol range of the battery, they unbuttoned jackets, and with cocked five-shooters de manded a surrender. A Confederate infantry force, near by, coming up, the Yankees pru dently skedaddled, with what loss we do not learn. J. N. Harrold has resigned his position as clerk of the financial burehu of the Post Office Department, and Prof. Bimetry. formerly min ister of the United States in .Central America, of Louisiana, has been appointed. We learn from one of*our correspondents (says the Southern Confederacy) that the “ Convalescent Camp ” for Gen*. Wheeler’s broken down horses has been changed from Southwesten Georgia to Southern Alabama, in the vicinity of Greenwood, where forage, provisions, and chills and fever are abundant. The Official Vote of North Carolina.— The official vote for Governor of North Caro lina this year, compared with that given in 1862, when Governor Vance led Colonel John ston 83.975, is publshecL This year he beats Holden 43,579, showing an increase on Gov ernor Vance’s former majority of 9,604 ! Canada.— A dispatch from Quebec, of the 26th tilt, says: The Conference is proceeding satisfactorily. The financial questions have been settled, The Conference will adjourn this'week. All of its ar rangements will be embodied in a bill to be submit ted to the different local legislatures. The Federal Government continues its official re lations with the old Government of Mexico, and Lincoln has recently recognized Jose Satera Prieto as consul of that Republic at the port of San Fran cisco. The New York Herald derisively heads an ac count of the propositions for peace in the Alabama Legislature, with ‘‘Another 4Vail for Peace,” in large capitals. Let no man put Georgia in the same predicament. The News. The heavy firing heard in the direction of Peters burg, on Wednesday, proceeded mainly from the enemy’s batteries opposite our left centre, before that city. A brisk shelling was kept up for several hours. During the past few nights, says the “Ex press,” bodies of the enemy’s troops have been crossed from the North to the South side of the James. Such manoeuvres, however, are constantly going on. The Richmond front was undisturbed ; on yesterday. All quitt in the Valley. The only : additional news regarding the affair at Plymouth | accounts for the absence of the ram Albemarle.— i She was blown up at her wharf, but whether by her j own men or the enemy does not appear. A North i Carolina paper—the Confederate—intimates that a crew of Yankees rowed up the river under cover of darkness, and blew her up with a torpedo, thus ren dering the attack upon the town a safe and easy matter. But where were our videttes? We have nothing from the mystic land of Hood. But we have sufficient from Missouri to say Price has suffer ed no such defeat as the Northern papers represent, and is in not the slightest danger of being used up in the strife accredited to the valor of Pleasanton and his six thousand braves. {Richmond Examiner, 4th. Yankee Loss at Cedar Creek.— The following is the Yankee admission of loss at the battle of Cedar Creek, in the Valley, on the 19th October.— Instead of 606 prisoners in this statement, we know that over 1400 have been received at Richmond, so that with this alteration their loss runs up to nearly 5,000. Early’s loss was 1050: Army of West Virginia—Killed, 60; wounded, 350; prisoners, 400. Total. 810. Nineteenth Corps- Killed, 400; wounded, 1200; prisoners, 100 Total, 1700. Sixth corps—Killed, 300; wounded, 1000; missing, 50. Total, 1350. Colonel Kitching’s divi eion—Killed,2o; wounded, 150; missing, 56. Total, 226. Grand total, 4,086. A young lady in Muscatine, lowa, has exercised the leap year privilege with perfect success. Her William hung down his head and blushed, but said he was willing, and would have popped the ques tion himself if he had spunk enough. Ladies, with bathful beaux, go and do likewise. Why do so our own papers fall into the Yankee custom of alluding to the Talla hassee and her consort or consorts, if she has such, as “privateera?” The Tallahassee is a regular armed vessel of the Confederate States* under regular commissioned officers of the Confederate States Navy—is manned by sail ors and marines of the same service—sailed from a Confederate port, where she was armed and fitted out, and acts under orders from the Secretary of the Navy of the Confederate Stales. She is jflst as much a part of the Na val service of the Confederate States as Gen. Lee’s army is of the military service. [ Wilmington Journal. - ♦ The Bath Paper Mill. —lt will be a source of gratification to the newspaper press to learn that this establishment will be at w'ork during the early part of December. We have just returned from a visit to the mill, where, through the politeness of its energetic and gentlemanly agent, W. K. Huss, Esq., we were shown through its various departments. The work done on this immense mill, though a longtime under way, is highly creditable to Mr. H., under whose superintendence it has been accomplished—when we take into con* sideration the difficulties he had to contend i against. Nearly all the castings had to be done in Augusta, the Government in the meantime monopolizing most of the time of the foundries. The lumber, timber, &c., had to be brought from mills at a distance, and only at such time as did not interfere with Government contracts. Machinists, carpen ters, laborers, &c., owing to the military ser vice, were, time and again, almost discourag ing to his efforts to obtain. Determined that he should succeed, Mr. Huss used the strenu ous efforts of his untiring nature, and now we are pleased to see that he is about to be crowned with success in the reconstruction of this invaluable enterprise. The mill will be ! much larger and of greater power than pre vious to its destruction by fire. In fact it uUll be the largest, most complete and substantial establishment of its kind in the Confederacy. The castings, principally the work of Messrs. ! Luffboro & Timmons, of Augusta, cannot be surpassed on this continent. \Savannah Republican. •♦ * | Lost.—Two Generals with their armies. These Generals, respectively named Hood and Sherman, the first a Confederate, commanding the “Army of Tennessee,” and the second a Federal, com manding the “Army of the Cumberland,” were last seen somewhere in Northern Georgia. Gen. Hood has lost a leg, and General Sherman is with out a heart. Glen. Hood was last seen in compa - uy with a military looking man named Beaure- ; gard and sundry other white me* dressed in grey, j Sherman consorted with one Thomas, a white ; man with dark principles, and also with sundry “American citizens of African descent,” vulgarly j called niggers, who may perhaps be traced by “de* ] scent." Their friends are very anxious about these mis sing parties. Any information in reference to their present whereabouts will no donbt be thank fully received by “enquiring friends,” among whom may be classed army correspondents, tele graphic reporters and newspaper editors, to say ! nothing of the “public in general.”—- Wilmington Journal. f FITE DOLLARf \ PER MOXTH. From the Richmond Enquirer, 4th. . Latest from the United States. We have New York, Philadelphia and Balti more papers of November Ist. They have very little fresh intelligence from any quarter. We take the- following from the ‘‘Herald’s” summary:* FROM GRANT’S ARMV. The casualties in the Army of the Potomac foot up about 1,500. The loss of the rebels i3 thought to have been greater. Over 800 of them and four of their battle flags were cap tured by the men of the 2d, sth and 6th corps. An attempt was made by the rebels on last Saturday morning to drive in the pickets in front of a portion of the 20th corps. The skirmish which ensued, though of short dura tion, was very sharp. The rebels were soon driven back, with a Union loss of only five soldiers wounded. shersian’s department. Not only* is there no foundation for the ab surd report recently set afloat that General Sherman had abandoned Atlanta, but the place is not considered in, any danger what ever. General Sherman has assured the gov ernment that he will hold it in spite of all attempts to dislodge him. The rebels are ac tive along the Tennessee river. A portion* of Forrest’s command, with'three pieces of artil lery, is reported to have sunk a steamer and a barge, loaded with army clothing, on that river, on last Saturday. A small force of them were attacked by Union cavalry on the same day and driven across the river. • Forrest is said to have several thousand men at Jackson, Tennessee. We have no advices yet of the rebels having carried -out their design of attacking Paducah, Ky. Various bodies of them, though, are prowling through different portions of the State THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. The attention of Gen. Sheridan seems to be at present particularly to apparent designs of the enemy to attempt some impor tant operations in West Virginia, and he is making his preparations accordingly. The rebel General Breckinridge, who is now in Southwestern Virginia, is repotted to be busy in reorganizing his forces, with the supposed intention of making a movement to distract the attention of the Union army from Early, who, according to rebel newspapers, is to re main in command in the Shenandoah valley. Arrangements for the safe supply of General Sheridan’s army have been perfected, and such guard’s for trains going to the front will hereafter be provided as will insure them against guerrilla attacks. MISSOURI. General Pleasamon’s official dispatches con firm previous reports of the captlire of the reb el Generals Mgrmaduke and Cabell. Oar St. Louis dispatches show that the accounts here tofore received of the overwhelming defeat and hurried and disorganized retreat from Missouri of the remnant of Price’s array have not been exaggerated. Included in the large number of his men captured by the Union troo'ps are about one hundred commissioned officers. [The above seeming epitome of Missouri news is not sustained by details—there are no details and not the sign of “official dis patches from Gen. Pleasanton” to be found anywhere in the Herald or any other of the Northern papers of Wednesday before us.— The statement was evidently made up to be copied.] POLITICS IN NEW YORK. The Democracy i3 making as much sensa tion as possible in New York. A large and enthusiastic meeting of mer chants and down town business men, favor* ing the election of the Presidency of Gen. McClellan, was held yesterday afternoon, at the corner of Wall and Broad streets, at which speeches were made by Mr. James Gallatin, of this city; Mr, Tindall, of Tennessee ; Hon. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland; General J. H. Hobart Ward, and other distinguished gentle men. There was but one feeling manifested —a thorough resolve to vote the Democratic ticket on the Bth of November next. The cheers for Little Mac were continuous and en thusiastic. GOLD. Notwithstanding the great “rout” of Price, the “safety of Sherman and Atlanta,” and the “brilliancy” of Grant’s reconnoissances, the barometer of Northern sentiment tells the state of the public feeling on the war : The stock market was bouyant yesterday, and a general advance of prices took place.— The gold market was excited and quotations tended higher. The opening price was 223 and the closing one 229£, the extreme price of the day. Government securities were strong at a fractional advance. SEMMES CHASED BY YANKEE MAN-OF-WAR. The London “Daily News” says : The Laurel, which left Liverpool on the 9tb, with Capt. Semmes and a number of Con federate officers and seamen* on board, will, it is expected, put into Maderia. A Union man-of-war went immediately in pursuit of her, for the purpose of apprehend ing Capt. Semmes, who ba3 been pronounced by the judicial authorities of the United States a prisoner of war. New York Congressmen. H. G. Stebbins, member of the House of Repre sentatives from the First Congressional District, has tendered his resignation for the following significant reason stated in his letter to his con stituents 4 My labors as your representative, during the first session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, were given to the support of the Government. Through out the session I favored a vigorous prosecution of the war, until the authority of the Government should be re-established over every part of the United States. I favored and supported the meas ures introduced by these who were empowered to conduct the Government up to March 4th, 1865, and who were acting in obedience to their official oaths “to discharge their duties to the best of their abilities.” Throughout the session I was opposed to the taking of any steps to a peace cal culated to weaken the national authority, or' that required negotiations with men in rebellion who had not laid down their arms. Were Ito Temain in Congress daring the ses sion to commence in December next, I should per sistently adhere to these same principles and to this same action. lam now convinced, though with much re gret, and have now to acknowledge my conviction that in all these respects my conduct is, and Would continue to be, disapproved by a large majority of those who elected me. Ben Wood, another. representativo from that State, having been re-nominated, declines again to be a candidate, saying: The compliment you extend to' me in this Ren der of renomination; is enhanced by the circum stance that its acceptance wottid insure my re election. It gives me to understand moreover, i that my constituents approve of my political course and adopt the opinions as a journalist and as a j member of Congress. Tcere is no possibility of j misconception in regard to those opinions My ; record is before the world, traced in characters J that all can read and understand. It embraces, hostility, under ail circumstances, to the doctrine , of an armed coercion of the States, and it attests j that I have never voted a dollar or a mau to as- j sistin the prosecution of this unholy war ■ 9 ■-/ ■ .. : Flag. of Truce.—The flag of truce boats, again communicated yesterday, at Veflus’ Point, in the lower part of thei river, andJ re» mained at anchor near each other for some three hours. They were not allowed to come alongside. J>ut’nr&W'iniMte& aifd then only for the interchange of freight; h«a«& the only communication allowed to Drivate-Jiarlies .pa board was from deck to deck. was 4 decided improvement on the general inwrlaiag ling that has heretofore been allowed. In consequence of the non-arrival Os our prisoners at Hilton Head, who were Expected, having left Fortress Monroe on Thursday last, the officers of the truce transacted no business of public importance. Another flag will go down Thursday next, by which* time it is hoped everything will be ready sos an ex change. We have no additional news by this arrival, the papers brought up being of no later date than the 29th ult. The officers on board the Yankee boat express entire confidence in the re-election of Lincoln, and they seem in no wise discouraged by the present aspects of the war, a? they understand them.— Savannah Re publican, Ith. B*ginstnq to Get Afraid. —ln an article, of the nature of those which always appear on the eve of great elections, urging upon eve ry man in the township and the. ward not to fail to cast his vote, the New York Tribune ex hibits great apprehension as to the action of the McClellanites. Its fears seem to have some fou'ndation, moreover, founded as they are upon a bet of the leader of the “shent pet shent” gentry. Says the Tribune:. . Men like Belmont don’t bet, as he is said to have been betting on McClellan for three weeks past, without being in possession of informa tion which gives them assurance of winning. Until the sacrilegious and treasonable fraud on which McClellan managers have reposed their hopes is fully developed, the Unionists through out New York must double their guards. Without the loss of another day, the duty, of canvassing tlxe towns and wards must be per formed. — j <— i Old Jack and his Foot Cavalrt. —The abovo is the title of a book just published in New York > and advertised in display type in the columns of the World. The advertisement says : Who is old Jack, and what is meant by Foot Cavalry ? the public will naturally inquire. The first was the pet term applied to that remarkable man, Stonewall Jackson, by his brave soldiers, and the last was the name given by the Southern army to the far-famed Stonewall Brigade, in con sequence* es the fleetness of its movements, and the rapidity of its marches—often traveling in a day as great a distance as well mounted troopers. The book tells of the most stirring scenes of the war; of the unwearied exertion and dashing bravery of these extraordinary soldiers, and of the exalted courage and indomitable energy of Stonewall, who gained f&r himself a name that has been wafted on the wibgs of fame to every quarter of the world. It is just such a volume as boys revpl in ; is full of anecdote and incident; and is, besides, very instructive, as it impresses upon the memory the history of the most exciting battles of the rebellion. Mr. John Bradburn, publisher, who inserts the above in the World, has, evidently, not the fear of Abe Lincoln or Major General Dix before him. “Abe’s” Financiering. —Lincoln, has been given, by his circle of friends and admirers, the appellation of “Honest Old Abe,” but the fol lowing, from a Northern paper, shows that it is a misnomer: The extraordinary appropriations made by the present and the preceding Congress for furnishing the Executive mansion have attracted much pub lic attention. This fund for refitting the Presi dent’s house is disbursed, more than any other appropriation, under the eye of the Executive, and he is always held responsible for the honesty of the expenditure. Well, it so happened in the early part of Mr. Lincoln’s administration that a bill was presented at Washington for payment by Messrs. E. N. Haughwont & Cos., of New York, for a china dinner service by order of Mr, Lincoln for the Executive mansion*. The amount of the bill as rendered was some twenty-three hundred dollars. The clerk who had to pass over the bill, delayed it because of the very unheard of price charged for an American service of china. At length a dealer from Phila delphia was sent for to estimate its value, and the appraiser returned eight hundred dollars as its full value, instead of twenty three hundred. The case, at last, came again before the President, and the representative of Messrs. Haughwont <fc Cos., was called in and confronted with the Philadelphia valuation. He promptly answered in substance : “Why, Mr. President, my firm never pretended that the China was really worth more than eight hundred dollars. We had reason'to suppose you knew that. The difference between the price of the China and the amount of the bill is for articles ordered for your private family use, but invoiced as china for the White House.’’ “Honest” Abe was cornered and caught. Like another very un fortunate man, dishonest in another scandalous transaction in which he was caugkt, he had not a word to say. Mr. Lincoln at last paid the differ ence out of his own. pocket, and Messrs. Haugh wout <ft Cos. got their money. General Joseph E, Johnston.— The Richmond Enquirer closes an editorial on the recent disaster? in the Valley of Virginia—which the editor attri butes to the lack of confidence in Gen. Early on the part of the army—with the following paragraph: The past cannot be mended—the captured artille ry are now parading the streets of some Yankee city as the trophies at some Republican mass meet ing. But the future should be provided sos, and some commander sent to the army who can gain it? confidence and restore its morals. While General Joseph E. Johnston is reposing at Macon, without a command, the Valley is being plundered and de vastated cy the enemy. The people of Virginia have lost no confidence in General Johnston. By them he is still regarded as a brave soldier and a son of whom the State is proud. We believe that his patriotism is of that noble and lofty character that will render service to the c.vuse wherever he may be ordered. To see him once more in com mand in his native State would be gratifying to the people of Virginia, who. feel deeply his removal from command in Georgia, An opportunity is now presented, which we hope will be quickly ernbra :e 1 by the President, to restore General Johnston to command. His presence in the Valley would res tore confidence and morale, and assure the enemy that their victories were not the end of the cam paign on our part. The reappointment of Johnston would silence the voice of faction and restore unuy and harmony to the country. The other day as General Lee was ridink alon* one of the streets of Petersburg, he heard a big row in a house where some soldierg were drunk and en gaged in a “free fight.” Dismounting, the General rushed into the house, but the men, seeing him, all made their escape except a burly Irishman, waom several of them had been beating. Pat, seeing escape impossible, put on a bold face and exclaimed, “Faith, and I am delighted to see you General, for these men had doubled teams on me, and but for the eomingof your Riverance I would have got a bating,” The General was so taken back by the impudence of the fellow that he merely ordered him back to his quarters instead of the guard house SSOO Reward. ! QTOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbia, O on the Crawford r6ad, on Thursday night last. TWO ZMITTITES, one a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye. The other a black mare Mule, medium size, with wbith mouth and white spot on ramp. Both in go and order. A Ore am Horse was also stolen last night, with dark mane and tail, rather low in order. Tho thief was seen going to wards Salem, Ala., before day this morning. I will pay the above reward for the delivery oi Males and Horse with the thieves, with proof suffi cient to convict, or Two Hundred Dollars for the Mules and Horse. H- M. CLECKLEY. Columbus. Ga., Nov. 8,1864—ts 3B“Sun please copy. LEE HOSPITAL, November 7. W 4: WANTED. Six WASHERS and IRONERS. Also four Ne gro Men to work in the yard. R. P. HUN I . Surgeon in ( barge A. D. Bridgm-ik, Steward. dgv 7 (5t NOTICfc TO STOCKHOLDERS* IN Steamer Shamrock. On and after to-morrow morning (November Bth) this Stearfcer will be at the RISK ofher OWNERS, as ail INSURANCE oa her will cease at that time. owners, wishing to Insure will do so at "their own expense, HANSEND <fc AUSTIN, ■'hovt IpJ • » * Agents.