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DAILY TIMES. J. W. WAItREV, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Saturday Morning, November 12,1864. Speech of Hon. Thos. J. Semmes, DELIVERED 121 TEMPERANCE HALL, NOVEMBER 10TH, 1864. .Mr. Semmes briefly-reviewed theoondition of the country. lie argued therefrom that the Confederate States were stronger to-day and better able to prosecute the war than at any previous period of its progress. We had re tired from t>r. those -■ <■* ;• r territory which '*ie immensely superior naval power of the <r had eaaoied them to wrest from U3, a: 'i low Stood upon a more circumscribe J, but compact, area, ilsthraond. Wilmington, Chari-' -’oil anu Mod ie were t it- only points in onr that were approachable by Yank-e gunboat.-, and i.e believed that all these place.3 could and would h- successfully defeu ■.'ruins: an;. t.k ■ water. By reason o: the ♦•■•n'r-vci i ju and compactness or our dim* r: ;iov •u" s’ron.tii w«. not required to be > ib-i.ividtd and fj ittorod away in the defen.- ■ o! remote ».id wdely separated points, and ny reason-of our railroad facilities end our shortened lines o!' communication, e could more readily remove bodies ot t:o ps from uiit mreatened position to another, aid thus, in a great measure, neutral:At the e:.e» emy’s superiority in numbers. The speaker saw no roonvor reason :or de spondency fn tue tact that the ranksof our ar mies are not so full now, as they-were at pre vious periods of the war. He discovered in the increased efficiency of the men who now compose our armies sufficient compensation for their reduced numbers. In the early battles of liic war it was observed that as many men were seen coming out of the fight as going into it. We had as many stragglersas fight ers. Now every manat the eamp-!ire or on the march counts a soldier in the battle. — There is no straggling when the fight is an nounced and the charge sounded. He believed that th-. number of young men arriving at the age of eighteen would keep our.army up to its present strength. The permanent losses in battle were comparatively small. A large majority of the casualties were slight, and, in a few monlh3, most of the wounded were restored and returned to their places. lie has just returned from the trans-Mississippi De partment and could say that under the effi cient enforcement of conscription, but recent ly inaugurated there, we should soon have an army beyond the Mssslssippi amply sufficient, not only to attend to the interest of that De partinent, but able to assist their comrades in the East, if it should be found practicable to cross the river. Tim experience of four years had abundant ly demonstrated the capacity of the Confede racy to subsist both array and people. There was no longer any doubt or apprehension on that score. The speaker gave an encouraging view of our financial condition. He defended the financial legislation of the Congress at its last session and claimed, among its beneficial re sults, .the reduction of the aggregate public debt. In February last the public debt of all denominations was nearly twelve hundred millions. According to the late report of the Secretary of the Treasury it is now a little up-, wards ot eleven hundred millions, including two or three hundred millions of 4 per cent, bonds, most of which will be absorbed by taxation the present year. The tax in kind would nearly or quite support the army and thus obviate the annual issue of at least two hundred millions of currency. Many of our expenditures will stover have to be repeated, because they are of a permanent nature. Iron fount rftes and manufactories, houses and ma chinery for the construction of arms and mu nitions of war have been established and paid for, and will last as long as the war does Our annual expenses, therefore, will be much reduced. We have endeavored above to give only an outline of the remarks of Mr. Scmmes on the several subjects touched upon in his address. Much the largest portion of his time was em ployed in the discussion of the proposition for a Convention of States for the purpose of ne gotiating a peace. His remarks on this sub ject we have endeavored to reproduce more fully and literally in the following abstract: The proposition for a convention of States has been of late much discussed, and I allude to it simply because gentlemen holding prom inent positions, have seen proper to bring that mode of reaching the much desired goal of peace before the people, and urging it as the only means by which this war can be termi nated. I consider the discussion somewhat premature until we can ascertain that there is a probability the proposition will be sub mitted to our consideration by those control ling the political action of the United States. It is admitted by all, that military success on our part is an indispensible condition to ne gotiation of any kind. In the commencement of the war when the Northern people believed we could be subjugated without difficulty, no party of any significance was found willing to offer us any terms short of unconditional sur render. After four years’ experience a very respectable portion of the Democratic party in the North have come to the conclusion that our subjugation is impracticable, and hence have in their platform proposed to us a re construction ot the Union through the medium of a convention of States. I say a re-con struction of the Union, because whatever doubt may have existed in regard to the true interpretation of the platform has been re moved by McClellan’s letter of acceptance.— This is the only proposition that has been made by any party at the North. If this par ty be defeated and Lincoln be elected, as 1 believe he will be, it is manifest the discus sion on our part is premature. What is the nature of the convention of States proposed in the Chicago platform? Is it proposed that the Southern States shall be admitted into this convention as separate, free, sovereign and independent States, at liberty to accept or reject the terms proposed, and in ease the terms be rejected, that the war shall cease ? If thi3 were so, it would be equivalent to a recognition of the independence of each State as a foreign power, and a consent in advance to a dissolution of the Union. If the North were willing to agree to such terms, it is man ifest there could be no possible objectiou to recognizing our independence in tlu aggre gate, and stopping the war at once. But such is not the proposition.they make to us. What they mean by a convention of States, is not the convention spoken of by Mr. Stephens or Governor Brown. It is a constitutional con vention of States bound together by the tie of the Federal Constitution. It is a conven tion of sister States under the Constitution of the United States. The proposition thu made involves on our part a destruction of the Confederate Government, a secession of the States from the Confederacy, and a recog nition of the Federal theory that secession was anullity; it is an invitation to us as sister States under the Constitution of the United i States, to meet in convention, to amend the Oonstituion, so as to avoid future disagree i meats. Our Constitution prohibits any Stata from making any treaty or alliance with a foreign power. It is manifest, therefore, that no State can go into the proposed convention to make a treaty without first withdrawing from the Confederacy. Mr. Boyce seems to ad •mit this, for he says in his letter that it may be urged as an argument against bis views, that the acceptance of a proposition for a con vention of Statps would imply an abandonment of Jour present form of Government. His answer to the objection is that the proposi tion would also imply an abandonment of the present form of Government at the North.— But does any man in his senses, believe that any respectable portion of the Northern peo ple entertains, for a moment, the idea that their government should oe broken upaswellas ours, and all the States t>e released from all obligations under both Constitutions and then meet in convention as they did in 1787 in their soveieign capacity as States foreign to one another? What thtfr really propose and what they sk of us, is to abandon our form of government and to come back and meet them in coo Mention as sister States. No promo.- Ition could be more dangerous to us. When we meet them in Convention how are we to vote ? Is-a majority of the Convea t-qa to settle tue terms ? If so, we know our i-*tc -a advance. Is a majority of the South ern States to control the action of the South ? It not. iome 'cites may accept, and some re ject. the terms agreed on. What, thin, is to become of the remaining States? Nothing wou.b .-r- left to them out an unconditional submission to the terms acceptably to the ma jority. la case of refusal to submit, rest as sured coercion would be resorted to If »»ne important State, such as Georgia, were to accept the proposed terms, the residue would be compelled to acquiesce, because further prosecution of the war with a divided territo ry would d>e hopeless.' Suppose none of the States accepted the terms proposed, parties wo-uid aris£ in each State in favor of accepting the terms rather than prosecute '.he war, and instead of a united people, engaged heart arid soul in the contest, we wound be torn by inter nal dissensions. I can therefore see in the proposition noth ing but discord among tue States and. divis ion among tiie people. I see, however, that it is suggested by some that this Convention shall uot be a Convention of States , m the or dinary acceptation of the term —that is, an assemblage of Sovereign States , with full power to act —but merely a Convention of Commis sioners. appointed-.by the States to negotiate, without power to act finally-; the result of the negotiation to be submitted to the respect ive Governments for their ratification. Such a Convention is nothing more nor less than a commission to negotiate a treaty of peace, the commissioners to be appointed by the State3. What difference is there between such a com mission and a commission of ten or twenty gentlemen, appointed by the President for the same purpose ? • None in .he world, except that the appointments in one case are made by the President and Senate, and in the other case they are made by the States. The action of either set of commissioners is not to be obligatory unless conn and by the Confederate authorities. So then tois grand proposition A;; an im posing assemblage ot States dwindles down to a proposition that the States, and not the President, shall appoint the commissioners to conduct the negotiation. Tuis implies dis trust in the Confederate Executive and Sen ate, and produces the impression that the Confederate authorities are unwilling to make peace, and this mode of negotiation is resorted to for the purpose of coercing unwilling agents. What rational man believes for one moment that the President or Senate, or any Confederate officer, does not sigh for the gol den calm of peace as longingly as the most ardent supporter of this Convention ofStates? The messages of the President and all his public declarations, as well as the address and manifesto issued by Congress, signify the ar dent desire of all the Confederate authorities for peace. Why is it that no one expects the President to offer terms of peace to Lincoln? It is because we know in advance that our in dependence will not be recognized. Because we know he will not talk to us as a party ca pable of making a contract, or as a third par ty having an independent existence with whom a contract, should be made. So long as he controls the government of the United States and’adheres to the principles announced by him, we will not be listened to as an indepen dent State capable of contracting. This state of things must continue and the war must progress until a change of sentiment takes place at the North. If this change of senti ment is not sufficiently powerful to overthrow the Lincoln dynasty, there is no party to whom we can offer terms of peace with any prospect of success. Rest assured this change of sen timent can only be effected by our soldiers on the battle-field. Four years of successful re sistance lias produced the effect of creating a party in the North disposed to come terms with us, but not yet strong enough to control the political action of the United States. I think two years more of successful defense will be so convincing an argument as to the utter impossibility of subjugating us, that a party strong enougli to arrest the war will be organized, and will make itself felt in the Federal Congress by withholding the necessa ry appropriations to conduct the war. At least this is my hope, and only hope of peace. There is then, nothing left us except to pre pare ourselves for the contest, and let us do so as we have done heretofore, in concert and harmony. Reinforcements ro the Army of the Southside.-— The Petersburg Express says each train from Richmond brings reinforce ments for General Lee's army in the persons of detailed conscripts and others. They are mostly noble looking fellows, too —Irate, hearty and fat,-and having the appearauce of being able to withstand the hottest kind of a cam paign. But the campaign this winter is des tined to be a cold one. and, we doubt not. they will fully accommodate themselves to that. The ranks are also being rapidly tilled up by convalescent and furloughed men return ing to their commands. Mi sc el lax nous Items.— Judge Clark, of the Southwestern Circuit, has decided, in a case recently brought before him, that a hotel or private dwelling is not liable to be impressed under ordinary circumstances, for Government purposes—the facts set forth in the case brpught before him not showing the absolute necessity tor so doing. * Judge Clark has also decided that manu facturers of powder, arms aud bonded men to the Government are in the service of the Con federate 6intes. and are not subject to State inilitia duty. The Charlottesville (Va. 1 Chronicle under stands that Gen. Lee approves of the idea of putting negroes in the army/ The States hat ing been called on for negroes, to be used as teamsters, etc., Alabama offered hers, if de siivd. in *l ; - capacity of s .tidier*. General Lee remarked that the war would soon dose, it the other States would follow her example. Bold attempt to Escape.—A bold and very in genious attempt to escape from the jail in Colu nbla was made by some of the Yankee officers on Thurs day last. At night the eighty-eight prisoners are placed in the second story to sleep. At the south west corner of the jail and »b'*ut twelve teet from it, there is a small wooden building, the “combing” of which is on a level with the second/tory win dows of the j ,il. From one of these windows the Yanks had run out a fridge—made from their sleep ing bunks—aud rested it in such a secure manner as to prevent its falling. Tw*dve o’clock was he hour fixed for the attempt to escape, but unfertu ; nately for them the bridge was discovered by tho 1 prison guard.— Courier. The r ollowing Circular has been ailrofsed by , Col. Wn. M. Browne, Commasdant »f Conscripts J for the State of Georgia, to the District Inapee tors. It ia an eloqwnt appeal to these officers te do their duty, and intelligently and clearly points ont the manner of performance. Col. Browne has thus given but another evidence of.his faithful discharge of official duty. We can truthfully ; affirm that no officer of the Government has more fully met the requirements of his position, and none has exhibted greater zeal and energy in sending forward to the army those liable to ser vice. Neither is any one more thoroughly versed in the polite courtesies of official intercourse : Headq’p.s Conscript Service, Georgia, ) Augusta, Nov. stb, 1864. ) I. la addition to the general instructions al ready communicated to you iu relation to your official duties as Inspector of Conscription, there are some points to which I would draw your par ticular attention. 11. To officers of your intelligence, patriotism and character, it is unnecessary to describe the need of '.ur country, the condition of our armies and the duty of true citizen in the present crisis of our national history. Nor is it necessary to assure you iha: the ranks of our regiments mus s be recruited, and that promptly, by every man capable of bearing arms, if the war which ba~ already cost > r much blood and treasure is to result in the ;or ,uest of our independence and . the restoration el the blessings of peace. Were the whole arms bearing population in the ranks where they belong, and whither every consideration of duty and every manly feeling ioudiy eall them, the soil of our O' untry would not now be defiled by the tread o; a -i: gla Yankee soldier in arms, and peace would be o certainty of speedy' realization. 111. If the Enrolling Officers.will do their whole duty, thous ufds of young and healthy men who have hitherto he 1 aloof from the path of patriot ism and tried to satisfy their consciences by the delusion that by i detail on a railroad, in a mill, on a farm, or in a counting house they are serving their country, w:*t be added to our armies. And thousands who ive deserted, or who hare ex pired or forged furloughs and certificates of detail, wao are now scattered over the Stale, would be arrested and sent back to the army. I have ap pealed to them to-discharge this duty. I hope that I have not appealed in vain. Were Ito base my hopes in future on my experience of the past, I regret to state hat I should not be sanguine as to the result. By vigilance and energy these thousands may be promtly scut to the front. , With zealous and active supervision on j’our part as to the prompt and thorough execution of the orders issued, the work can and will be ac complished. IV. To make your supervision efficient, you must become perfectly acquainted with your Dis trict, with the Enrolling Officers, and the leading citizens of known loyalty and patriotism. Where tnere are derelictions of duty, incapacity, or de ficiencc3 of any character you must discover them if you do your duty, aud by promptly reporting them to me a speedy remedy will bo applied. V. Herewith I send you another copy of Circu lar No. 3, from these Headquarters, which is the basis of the duty of the officers of the Conscript service in this State. See that the records of each Enrolling officer are faithfully kept as therein pre scribed. See that the rules therein laid down are implicitly followed. Where the Enrolling officers misapprehend their duty or fail to comprehend the proper mode of doing it,« instruct them, and by examination sea that your instruction has been thoroughly un derstood VI. Let every officer and employee in your dis trict be made to know that disobedience, neglect, absence without leave, favoritism, or abuse of au thority will be punished by instant removal and by being sent to Camp of Instruction to await -trial by a military court. Absence without leave on the part of the En rolling officers is an offence of frequent occur rence. This must not be. Many of those as signed to this duty because the eye of their Commanding officer is not on them, absent them selves for days and weeks from their posts of duty to attend to their private interests or pleasure, abandoning the important trusts confi ded to them, and yet ready at the end of the month to certify on honor whan they draw their pay and allowances that they havo not been ab sent without leave. Let them be made to understand the dishonor,Of such conduct, and let your vigilance detect and lead to its punish ment. The journeys of these officers on their private business are, I am informed, frequently made at the public expense, the delinquents obtaining or ders for transportation from the Post Quartermas ter’. This is fraud. I have recently discovered that transportation is given in many cases to men who nave held details and who now seek to have them renewed and escape obedience to recent or ders come to these Headquarters to present their petition. This is a criminal misapplicatian of the public money. I look to you to prevent these abuses within your district. Leaves of absence can only bo obtained from these Headquarters.— Public transportation can alone be honestly used for the public -service, and cannot be given to any conscript except when he is being for warded from his county to be assigned to military duty. VII. Complaints have been made, and with too much cause I fear, that while many men fit for the field are allowed to evade the service, individuals who have not been able to secure the favor of the Enrolling officer, have been treated with undue harshness, often amounting to brutality. See that this is corrected. Every citizen is entitled to, and should receive justice, due consideration, ancl respectful treatment. The laws cau, and must be rigidly executed, but this can be done without cruelty. VIII. Hear patientiy complaints made to you. Investigate the facts and report promptly to these Headquarters, with an expression of your opinion. Let the citizens feel that you not only are appoint ed to see that all men due to the armies in the field are sent there as the law directs, but that it is also your duty to see that their rights are re spected. Lis charged that Enrolling officers and their employees in some places, have demanded and received payment of large sums of money from applicants for exemption and detail for draw ing tbeir applications in proper form, and in oth ers where the officers and their assistants have not been guilty of this gross crime have directed applicants to apply to certain chosen lawyers to have their papers njade out, visiting a failure to comply with this direction by unfavorable re ports. I have reason to believe that there is good foun dation for this charge. I know there is, in one in stance. There are no words too strong to denounce such conduct. It is gross, base dishonesty. It is the duty of Enrolling Officers and their assistants to aid the applicants in making out their papers.— They receive pay and allowances for the perform ance of this among their other duties, and when they demand money from the citizens themselves, or enforce inpayment to a lawyer' they are guilty of a fraud, deserving the most condign punishment. IX. It is also an important part of your duty to see'that Medical Officers of the Conscript Service are faithful and diligent in the discharge of the im portant and responsible functions assigned to them. Let me commend this to your constant and special attention. X. The expenses of the service are very great, j even if rigid economy is observed, and-it is there- ! tore the duty of every officer to see that the public I monqy is faithfully applied,-that no waste is allow ed and that the public property issued is not mis applied. Large quantities of stationery are requir ed for the Conscript service, but it is feared that much is wasted. I have already pointed out your duty in this regard, and again enjoin upon you the necessity for strict economy in this item of expen diture In some instances difficulties have been re ported to me as existing between the Enrolling Officers and the authorities of the State, arising from conflicting claims as to the service of certain citizens—the former claiming that service was due to the Confederate States, the latter to the State of Georgia. I have assiduously endeavored to avoid conflict of this nature, and when I have been other wise unable to adjust the difference of opinion have referred the question at issue to the judicial tribu nals of the State. My action has met the approval of the War Department, and I am instructed to continue this course in the future. XI. Let Enrolling Officers in their intercourse with State officials be courteous and conciliatory, while they are firm in the execution of their duty. XII. Confiding inyour capacity and fidelity I re commended you to the MajoT General Command ing for appointment to your present office. On the faith of that recommendation you were appointed. Justify my recommendation by your vigilance, en ergy anil z-«l. Be strict, impartial and fearless.— Allow n i compromise with duty. Xeglect no means of acquir n-. information. Be untiring in your searches ami investigations. The laws and the orders to the proper authorities are before you. See that i hey are executed to the letter. The result will be thatvhe ranks of our army will be filled, our in dei endenee won. and peace restored to our now suffering country- WAi, M. BROWNE, Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts for the State of Georgia. •A Wipe.— What a sacred name, what a responsi ble office! She must be the unspotted santuary to which wear ed men flee from the crimes of the world, and feel that no sin dare enter there, A wife! she must be as pure as spirits around the sveriH-*mg throne, that man may kneel to her in aum-rtU u without abasement. A wife ! she must be th r >n angel of his footsteps on earth, and gi:i ; l< tn • "• heaven; so firm in virtue, that ?;n nl moment waver, she can yield him support ... , ■ e him upon its firm foundation; so happy iu conscious innocence that, when from the perplexities of the whole world, he turns to his home, he may never fir Ia frown where he sought a smile. TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS OF THB PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Richbond, Nov. 11.—Nothing definite from tae Yankee Presidential election. The pre vailing opinion is that Lincoln is re-eleoted. Gentlemen arrived from Maryland last night via the Potomac, report that New York and Pennsylvania had gone for McClellan. A courier from below, this afternoon, says that the Yankee mail boat had no: arrived to-day up to the time of his departure. So says the Yankee pickets. Richmond, Nov. ll.—Senate not in session to-day. having adjourned ever until Monday. The House went into secret session after the announcement of the special Committee to inquire into the expediency of making an ap peal to the several States to reduce the num ber of exemption of State officers. TOO for 1. —An officer who took a promi nent part in the operations on the North side, of last Thursday week, informs us that a care ful estimate of casualties on this side makes the Confederate loss about thirty, while that of the enemy, allowing the usual percentage of wounded for those who are known to have been killed, and adding the prisoners taken, must have been very near, if not quite, three thousand. The ratio of 100 for 1, is some thing better than we are accustomed to, and is due, perhaps, mainly to the fact that the Yankees enjoyed the benefit of the splendid generalship of Beast Butler. \Ve can wish nothing better than that he may continue to command the braves anywhere in front of our lines. ' We are not so exactly advised as to the ca sualties on the South side, on the same occa sion, but are assured that the percentage there, too, was immensely in our favor. The entire Yankee loss on both sides of the river, it is now well ascertained, eoiild not have been less than six thousand. But to serve the need r of his master at Washington, in reference to the election, Grant was reduced to the igno minious necessity of reporting his losses at not.more than two hundred. The ideal of the military chrracter, before this war, was frank ness, truth and honor. What will it be here after, when Yankee soldiership has had its day ?—Richmond Whig. 7th. From Mexico. —Cortina has surrendered, with his Army, to General Mejia, of the French army, with all his material and munitions of war. He demanded to be placed in command of ail the Mexican forces surrendered, with the rank of general, and if is stated that the request was complied with. Gen. Drayton has arrived at Brownsville, and assumed command of the rebels at that place and the lower Rio Grande. Governor Cortina has submitted to the Em peror Maximilian, surrendered all his forces, arms, cannon and all his munitions of war to the reactionary General Mejia, who i3 in the employ of the Emperor Maximilian, and has accepted a commission in the army ofthe Em peror as brigadier general. By the steamer Alliance a large number of Mexican officers have arrived to seek an asy lum in tue United States. These officers have refused the bribes offered them by the tyrants who now rule in Mexico, and stand out against all the influences of the French, preferring exile to being slaves. The Yankee Prisoners who Took the Oath. —On Sunday morning ,ast, two. hundred nativU Irishmen, who have been Federal prisoners in our hands for over twelve months past, reached this city, from Florence, S. C., and passed through on their wav to join Hood’s army. The aoove mentioned prisoners, were refused un exchange by the Yaukee Government in con sequence of their time having run out, and feeling that they had not been treated right by the said Government, and with a view to revenge, took the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States, and were duly sworn into our army, by a Catholic priest at Florence, S. C. They are all strong, hearty, and robust look ing men, and are now on their way to join the Army of Tennessee. They have expressed a wish, that they may be allowed to join the gal lant General Rat Cleburne's corps, that General being a native of their own dear Ireland. They all swear vengeance against the enemy if they are ever lucky enough to meet him on the tent ed field. The above parties represent that a large num ber of native born Yankees, whose time was out, desired to take the same oath and join the Confederate States army, but that the au thorities at Richmond refused them the privi lege. We have no doubt these men will give a good account of themselves, and prove a valuable ac quisition to General Hood’s army.— Chronicle &' Sentinel. The North British Review contains an able article on ToJ'eben’s “History of the Crimean War.’’ It is written from a Russian point of view, but on the whole it is far more reliable than Mr. Kinglake’s work. It seems clear enough that if the allies had pushed their ad vantage and marched on to Sebastopol imme diately after the battle of the Alma, that stronghold would have fallen without a pro tracted siege. We must remember, however, that the allied commanders could not possi bly know, and had no right to assume, that such an important place was so nearly de fenceless, and that, therefore, they were justi fied in proceeding cautiously. If the allies had not met with anew system of defence— that of earthworks, as invented by General Todleben—Sebastopol could not have held out for many weeks. Just when modern artillery had reached that degree of perfection which rendered the strongest stone fortifications of no avail, Todleben hit upon an expedient which neutralizes its most powerful efforts. It is curious to note what a marked effort the earthwork system of Todleben has had on the course of the American war. It has ena bled the South to defy the superior artiliery of their enemy. But earthworks are useful for defence, not for aggression, and, therefore, the Federals, though very ingenious in the use of the spade, have not made much progress to wards the conquest of the South. [London Index. The Florence Barracks. —A correspon dent of the Edgefield Advertiser writes: Florence, the military prison, is about three miles from Florence Depot, which is about one hundred miles from Columbia, and the same distance from Wilmington, N. C., and from Charleston, S. C. The stockade contains an area of thirty ttwo acres, and is built of logs eighteen feet long, inserted in the ground to the depth of four feet, with a small ditch in side and a large moat or ditch outside. The dirt is thrown up against the timbers on the inside of the enclosure, making a solid em bankment some ten feet high, upon which aur sentinels are posted day and night. In each corner of the stockade there is a large and substantial platform, and on each plat iorm two pieces of artillery so arranged as to sweep any direction. , There are about sixteen thousand prisoners confined in the stockade. They represent ev ery State of the Lincoln Empire, and many other nations besides; but the Emerald Isle is more fully represented than any other por tion of the globe. About one thousand have taken the oath of allegiance, aDd, it is 3aid, more contemplate doing so. The greatest morality per diem since the establishment of the stockade has been fifty-five and the small est about thirty. They bury their dead with heathenish indifference and appear neither to fear God or to regard men. The Late Cardinal Bedine-A curious Post Mortem Incident— A remarkable story comes from Viteolo, Italy, about the late Cardin,.l Bedini. It appears that his body lay in state in a church there, enclosed in a triple coffin, when suddenly an explo sion was heard as if from his coffin, and the corpse was forcibly ejected, the bier and the lighted can dles around it were overturned. The few people in the church fled in dismay. The police attributed the the explosion of a bomb which had been placed under the coffin, and immediately ar rested several citizens suspected of liberalism. TX3I3E3 OITY. T- J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR Sales To-dat.— Ellis, Livingston A Cos., will sell to-day, salt, syrup, chewing and smoking to bacco, shoes, clothing, sundries, Ao. See adver tisements. Jefferson A Hamilton wish to perchase 1,000 bushels of corn, which they propose to pay for in money or salt. — ►- w m A Bold Attempt.— We team from a very intelli gent and highly trustworty source, that yesterday, as a lady was driving a buggy alone some five miles from the city, a soldier, supposed to be a deserter, rushed from the woods, seized the reins of her horse, probably with the intention of cutting him out and mounting himself. Fortunately in the nicke of tim#, two gentlemen hove in sight and the theif "got up and got.” Can such things be in our laud of civilization and religious refinement. It sonnus more like the romance of highwaymen, than reality. But we suppose it must be so. The H iu. Question. —We sea from yesterday’s Enquirer that Local Jones is also exercised about the aforesaid swine recently presented to our neighbor of Bufanla. Lie still, Joseph, and keep your mouth shut. Such good things are only ini tended for “ sick folks” like oursolf and John Black. How dare you come in for a share. We shall have to put you to bed hungry a night or two to learn you fnanners. Immortalized at Last.— What curious things happen now-a-days. Little did we ever imagine our humble name would become the theme for the minstrel’s lays, or hallowed by flowing song— but even so it is, contrary to our mo3t ambitious hopes. Whether tjie effort of the poet is calcula ted to embalm our name very deeply in the saCred shrine of history and raeollection must be deter mined by the poem below. Reader, peruse it and judge fox yourself. It is one of John Black’s latest and best. John, you have one consolation in your present misfortune, —you are not the only author ever damned by the stupidity of the printer.* It is the fate of genius. But while this is so, the printer likewise 'aa3 his consolation ; that is, that where he accidentally consigns one author to oblivion, his own genius has given importance to the mise rable lucubrations of many a fool whose self-con ceit led him to suppose he knew a great deal more than he really did. Try again, John, perhaps we’ll do better next time : For the Times. Reading Proof. Ad dresssd to T. J. Javkson, Esq. ’Tis many, many years, dear Tom, Since we “stuck type” together,— But then our “proofs” were always dear, “Correcting” was no bother. The other day, I grieve to say, * Your “typos” of the Times. They played the very deuce with whar, I thought my best of rhymes. They put a Y, of F The word was plainly “Four,” And how the Y should got in F Bewilders me sPill more. And then tho “out,” —two words ware left Completely from a line ; A “doublet” in another place, Played havoc with the “Nine.’ Rub up your glasses, Tom, —or stop : It might have been a glass That troubled you when “reading proof,” And let those “errors” pass. If that were it, I’ll not complain, r But in my future rhymes, Please “follow cepy,” so they may Do credit to your Times. Eufaula, 1364. From Western Virginia. —We learn from the Wheeling Intelligencer, of Nov. 2d, (says the Richmond Sentinel) that on the morning of the Ist instant, a party of McNeil’s gallant men (the Intelligencer calls them robbers!) pounced upon a company of New York cavalry, stationed at Green Spring run, fifteen miles the other side of Cum berland, ancl killed three of the . company, woun ded several and took the balance -prisoners. No harm was done to the road. Recently, in Arkansas, a scouting party of Yankees, composed of Kansas troops and an Arkansas renegade or negro regiment, en countered the 17th Arkansas Confederate reg iment. Although the Federals were driven back to Little Rock, they claim a “slashing” big victory. The Washington Chronicle says : “ We should dislike exceedingly to believe the statements of the Louisville Journal, respect ing Kentucky loyalty. It declares ths.t ‘every body knows that thousands of persons have been drafted in Kentucky who have desired to remain at home, but who, if compelled to fight at all, prefer fighting on the rebel side.’ It then goes on to say that ‘we are assured, and believe, startling as the fact may seem, that our draft, got up with so much trouble and expense, and creating such deep and wide spread dissatisfaction and disaffection, has given more men to the rebel than to the Fed eral cause, and the evil is becoming worse and worse every day.’” , German and Polish Recruits for Maximil ian.—The number of Mexican volunteers now drilling at Ligani amounts to nearly 4,0Q0. Os which about 500 are former Polish insur gents, who have been., confined in the various fortresses of the empire since'their capture on the Galician frontier. Pleasonton. —The Y'ankee telegrams say that Pleasonton inarched 94 miles in two days with 6,000 men, and routed Priced army of 26,000. We always thought the Yankees were lying about the defeat of old Pap, and now we know it. Such a tale as this don’t bear telling even to the marines. It is more than probable that the New l'ork agents, arrested by Lincoln, were to some ex tent guilty of the charges preferred against them. In one of his late speeches, referring to the affair, Governor Seymour is reported to have said : I understand the Government has just ar rested some persons in Washington, on the charge of illegally altering the poluiers’ votes. It ill becomes a Government, which has sent soldiers by entire regiments to vote in Indi ana, and which has controlled the ballot box in Maryland by the bayonet, to inquire very closely concerning a few fraudulent votes. This is equivalent to an admission that fraud had been attempted. MARRIED. On the 10th instant, near Yillula, Ala., at the re sidence of the bride’s father, by the Rev. Dr. Hig gins, Alajor BENJAMIN G. JONES, of Rome, Ga„ and Miss MARY C„ daughter of .4. R. Smith, Esq. HEADQ'RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE GEORGIA, Augusta, November 9th, 1864. General Orders, 1 No. 51. / I. Lieatenant P. LOONEY i, anao.nced u Ad jutaot of tho Oi nrenpt S,rvice in the State of Ueor gia, and all offic ai communications with these Headquarters wih. in future, be addressed to him 11. The.folUwing named Officers are announced as Inspectors of Conscription for their respective Districts, and willjbe respected accordingly Lieut, Alfred Prescott, IstlCongressional District. Lieut. E H. Winn, 2d Congressional District. Capt. Win, S. Davis, 3d Congressional District Lieut. Col. Wm.fS. Wallace, ith Congressional District. Lieut. Wm. T. Martin, sth Congressional District Lieut. Geo. A. Cabaniss, 6th Congressional Dis trict, Lieut. B. H, Newt >n, 7th and Bth Congressional Districts. Lieut. J. H. Morgan, 9th Congressional District. WILLIAM M. BROWNE, Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts for the State of Georgia. no Li dt .YoUce. I shall be in Columbus tor a few days to pay for work done on its Defences when under the charge of Captain Theodore Moreno. Claimants from Mer riwether, Harris, Muscogee ar:d Chattahoochee aro requested to call immediately at the office of Messrs Ellis, Livingston & Cos GEO. H, BROWNE, nov 12 2: 2d Lieut. Engineer Con WANTED. 1 Ai|| I BUSHELS CORN, for which we will pay ivl/G cash or exchange Salt, nov 12 fit _ JEFFERSON A HAMILTON. <fe@*”Sunpnd Enquirer copy. AUCTION 3 ALES Bv Ellis, Livingston A Cos ’PHIS day, Saturday November 12th, at lloYiock, we will sell in front of our store, A Gentleman’s very fine Morning Gown, made of fine slarino and lined with Silk, new, a splendid article 0 —ALSO — A good Lotfof Standard, School and Medical Books. nov 12 It $1 By Ellis, Livingston & Cos., TI 7 E will sell on Tuesday, November, 15ta. at 11 »* o’clock, in front of our Auction Room -15 Shares Macon and Western Railroad .Company. 5 Shares Southwestern R. R Company. nov 12 3t $9 By Ellis, Livingston A Cos, I ♦ ♦ WE wili sell on Saturday, 12th November, at m 11 o’clock, in front of our store 63 Bbk Coast Salt; o Bbls. Sflrghum Syrup; 5 Cases Fine Smoking Tobacco; 10 Boxes Fine Chewing Tobacco; 1 Buggy; 4 Milk Cows; SHOES, CLOTHING, &o.; 90 Dozen White Spool Thread; Together with many other desirable goods. —ALSO — A likely Negro Woman, good House ser vant, 24 years old, and her child 4 years old. Sold for no.fault nov 9 4t S2B By Ellis, Livingston & (o, ON Tuesday, November 15th, at 11 o’clock, wo will sell in front of our store, Avery desirable lot of Fine Furniture! CROCKERY, CHINA, GLASSWARE, Ac., Ac.—viz : 1 Fine Sofa; 1 sett Mahogany Chairs; - setts Cane-bottom Chairs; 3lurble-top Side and Centre Tables; Hat Rack; Scribe Board; Washstands; Fine New Mattres ses, cfc., Ac. —ALSO— -1 Fine Plated Tea sett, (j pieces, 1 Fine Large Plated Waiter; 1 Fine China Tea sett, complete; Waiters, Flower Vases, Preserve Dishes, Wine Glasses, Salt Stands, Music Box, Carpets and Rugs. 8 White and Colored Marsai’es Cotin* terpains; 48 Yards New Flax Carpeting; 1 Large Mirror, Lounges, Card Tabic, 4 Rolls Floor Oil Cloth; 1 Ladies Saddle, very fine; 1 English Dragoon Saddle. —ALSO— Several Likely Negroes! FINE HORSES, &c. nov 114 t -idS Bv Ellis, Livingston A Cos, — % m ON Tuesday, 15th November at 11 o’clock, we wrll sell in front of our store A Likely Negro- Woman, 35 years oil, Field Hand, and her two children, a boy 9 years old and a girl 7. A Likely Negro Girl 17 years old: A “ “ “12 “ “ Avery fine STALLION, 5 year- old, well broke to. Harness; A splendid Iron Grey Filley, 4 years old, suitable for Saddle or Harness: 10 Sacks Extra Fine Sugar, nov 11 4t $24 By Ellis, Livingston & 10. ON TUESDAY, 15th of November, at 11 o’clock, we will sell in front of our Auction Ji oom, An Extra Fine Silver Plated Tea Seti, Consisting of Coffee Urn, Tea Urn, Sugar Dish, Cream Pot, Slop Bowl, 2 Cake Baskets, Ice Pitcher, Butter Stand. Custard Bowl, 8 Goblets, &c., &c.—a most magnificent sett of the most ap proved pattern, all new. nov 11 It S2O By Ellis, Livingston & l o ♦♦♦ - GOOD FARM AT AUCTION. 0" N Tuesday, 16th November, at 11 o’clock we wl ' sell in from of our store— .A. IF 1 A. JR> IMI About 6 miles from the Citv, and a half mile north of the Old Express-Road, containing 1'- ■ acres land—being-the eastern portion of lot >o. 4-> in tho 9th District. Sixty acres of which is cleared— lormerly owned by Aaron Lamb, and adjoining the plantation formerly owned by M. J. Crawford, Esq. On the place is a good Double Log House, out houses, fine Orchard and Vineyard, Good \\ ater. nov 7 8t S4O By Ellis, Livingston <fc t o A PRIV AT E SL A L E 1,500 Acres unimproved Lane Spring Creek, Miller county, former:- Earlv, will be sold at a bargain. 00 2117 t ssi)