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DAILY TIMES, j. \Y. WAR HEX A C 0 Proprietors. Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at th« rate of $5.00 per month, or sls tor three months. So subscription received for a longer term than t 're. month*. RATES OF ADVERTISING. CASUAL DAILY ADVERTISING BATES. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square. I REGULAR DATLY ADVERTISING RATES. First Week —$3 03 per square for each insertion. Second Week—s 2 00 per square for each insertion. Third Week—sl 50 per square for each insertion. Fourth Week —$1 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month—s3o per square. Third Month—s2s per square. Change of Schedule. )r fi• i'' Engineer and Superintendent > t/h irieston and Savannah Railroad;, > Charleston, June 7,1564.) ! noti -e,, he Schedule of the Fi sseriger train will >r- as follow, via: Leave Charleston i 9.45, a. m. \rriv • v <h -:.u:n'h 5.40, i>. in. Leave Savannah .5,30, a. in. Arrive in Char! .-td*u 1.15, p. m. ft is Tran makes direct connections, going north and iouth, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and Tie Central Railroad at the Junction. H. S. HAIN ISS, J une 14 t f Engineer and Superintendent. Cliiikige oi Schedule. 1 1N and after Sunday, June 19t.h. the Trains on ’ t the ' - uscogee 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.J 4 25 A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Columbus 5 00 A. Al. .Arriveat Columbus 455A. M. W. L. CLARK, mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee K, R. Through to Montgomery- NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27.1864. I \N and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on O the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at 3:00 a. m. Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m. Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m. Leave Columbus &t 5:50 a. m. Arrive at Mon’gotnery at 3:00 p. m. Arrive at WestPotnt at 4130 p. m. Freight Train ieaves Columbus at 8:40 am. Arrives at 8:2/ p m D. H. CRAM;-Sup’t & Eng; ag27 1864 —ts MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CIIANOG OF S« IBGOI I.i:. Giraud, Ala., Oct 7, 1864. ON and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train. Leave Girard at 1 30 p^m. Arrive in Union Springs 6 00 Loave Union Springs ..5 35 a. m. Arrive in Girard at..... 10 00 Freight Traill. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS, aglß ts Eng. Sc Sup’t. Dr. R, NOBLE, DENTIST, AT Pomborton & Carter’s old stand, back room of Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found all hours, foe 18 6m WANTED! C A Ait LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price Jn/Uu will be paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, sp7 ts Major and Q. M. Wanted 110 HIRE —Four or Five able bodied Negroes.— Good wages given. Apply at our Government Works. oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY Sc CO. Wanted to Employ A GOVERNESS in a private family for a limited numbor of scholars, in the country, a short dist ance from Columbus. Address Box 16. oc 31 2w’s W. G. W. House and Lot lor Sale, r |’ , llE subscriber dosftes to sell a House and Lot in 1 Russell county, Ala., on the Crawford and Salem road, about one mile from tlio New (Bridge. The House has two comfortable rooms, a fire place in each. There are on the lot also a stable and poultry house. The lot coatains two acres. For further in formation apply at the Eagle Factory, to nov 10-10t* - W. S. O’BANNON. SOOO RowardL 2 STOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Golumbus, S3 on tho Crawford road, on Thursday night last, two nvcxjuijus, one a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye. Tho other u black mare Mule, medium size, with whith mouth and whito spot on rump. Both in good order. I will pay tho above reward for tho delivery of the Mules with tho thief, with proof sufficient to convict, or Two Hundred Dollars for the Mules. H- M. CLECKLEY. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 9, 1864 —ts 45$~Sun please copy. WANTED. lAAn BUSHELS CORN, for which we will pay LUU' ' cash or exchange Salt, nov 12 6t JEFFERSON & HAMILTON. 4®*Sun and Enquirer copy. $25 Woliars Reward. STRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right hindquartor. JOHN COOK. oc 13 ts SIOO Reward. l\riLL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who VV ranaway about two months ago. He is about 5 feet Binches high; weighs about 160 or 170 lbs.; com- Slexion yellow; fine looking; when laughing has implcs in both cheeks. It is probable he went to Atlanta with some of the troops from this city. oc6 ts H. M. CLECKLEY. S3O Howard. jVTEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel 1* low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now - resides in Tuskegeo, 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 mo at this office. JAMES M. RUSSELL. Columbu's Ga., aug 1 ts * A GOOD PLANTATION For Sale. IN Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The tract contains 1,200 acres—about 700 cleared. There is a comfortable 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 in November. For further iiformatior, >mMa oc 27 lm (Ulumbus, Ga. 4bJ“Telcgraph A Obnfederato, Macon; Montgo mery Advertiser; Gonstitutionalis, Augusta, copy. To Rent, * BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forges. Al>Plylt THIS OFFICE. FBB.R.Y HOUSE. THE undersigned would respectfully inform his 1 old friends, patrons, und the traveling public generally, that as he has to be absent for a short time ho nas 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 tact for business is well known throughout the Confederacy. This House is large and commodious, and no pains, nor expense shall oe spared to fit it up in the very best and most elegant style, and to obtain every thing in the line of substantial eatable* and luxuries that this market) affords, With tuese 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. oc 15 lm* THOS. E. SMITH. Executor’s Xotice. TWO months after date application will he ma le a to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, for ♦WtL* ?® u the Negroes and perishable property of the Estate of Elizabeth T. Jonnson, deceased, late oi sam county. SAMUEL K. JiOHNSON, Ex’r Oct. 20w2m* Per THOS. DURAND. VOL. Xl.} SPECIAL NOTICES Heado’bs Conscript Service, Ga,, ! Augusta, Ga,, Nov. 11, 1864. j Circular, No. 25, It having been reported to these Headquarters that there arc quite a number of citizens in this State guilty of the crime of harboring deserters and persons enrolled for service, it is hereby ordered— That in all cases where the evidence is thought sufficient to convict the parties, the Enrolling Offi cer will apply to the nearest Confederate Commis sioner for a warrant and have them arrested and bound over for trial before the District Court of the Confederate States under the provision of the Act of Congress, approved January 221,1864, and pro mulgated in General Orders No. 29. A. A I. G. 0.. Current Series, which imposes afine of one thousand dollars and imprisonent for two years. WM. M. BROWNE, Colonel and Comd’t of Conscripts for Georgia, novl >-6t OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS, Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29,1864. lyfO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex ls press Company’s Office after 3% o’clock p. M.t o go East on that day, nor will any be received to go West after 4o’clock p m. oc29tf S. H. HILL, Agent. Register Your Names. Citizens will take noticeth.it the time allowed for registering their names as voters at the municipal election in December will expire on Saturday, 19th instant. The book is open at the Council Chamber, over Engine Room No. 3, opposiie Odd Fellows’ Hall, novl4 6t M. M. MOORE. Clerk. For Marshal. W. L. ROBINSON is announced as a candidate for the office of Marshal of the city by novls* MANY FRIENDS. For Deputy Marshal. At the solicitation of many friends, WILLIAM N. ALLEN has consented to become a candidate for the office of Deputy Marshal of the city of Co lumbus, at the ensuing election, and will be sup ported by MANY VOTERS. novl4 te* Produce Wanted, In exchange for Iron suitable for plantation pur poses. Apply to SHERMAN Sr, CO., novl4 2w. Masonic Hall, up stairs. Yotice. The office of Capt. B. A. THORNTON is removed to Agency Bank of Charleston, over Spencer’s Store. novls-st. Bonds of the 500,000,000 Loan. I AM authorized to continue tho 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 tho Loan being free from Taxa tion and the Coupons receivable for all Import and Export duties, makesit the most desirable yet offer ed by the Government. I therefore recommend it to the favorable notice of tho people. W. H, YOUNG, oc 19 lm Agent for sale of Bonds. STERLING EXCHANGE! \ FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange '* for sale in sums to suit purchasers by agio ti B vNK OF COLUMBUS. , KTOTIOS To Mississippi Soldiers! TIIE “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 Berry House. Your baggage is there. C. K. MARSHALL, sep2B ts Agent. Government Sheep for Exchange. DiiA lIEA.D SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon D’iU or 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. Columbus, Nov. 2,1864—ts Xotice. (4 RANI) and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at X the May Term, 1864, of the Scperior Gourt of Mnseogee county, are hereby notified to be and ap pear at the Court House in said county, on the Fourth Monday in November next. Witnesses and parties interested are also notified to appear on that day. By order of his Honor E. 11. Worrell, Judge of said court. Oct 31,1864-td F. M. BROOKS, Clerk. and Sun copy until day. Dr, G, R. HEARD, (Late Surgeon P. A. C, S.) OFFERS his Professional Services to the citizens of Columbus. Office at Dr. Carter’s Drug Store. Can’ be found at night at the residence of Wm. C. Gray, in Linwood. [nov 10 lm* SI,OOO Reward. STOL EN from the premises of George Kidd, in Troup county, on the Bth instant, a sorrel roan mare, about five feot high, five years old; three white feet, two behind and one in front; left hind leg newly scarred between tho hock and ancle joint, four or five ii ches in length. White spot on tho forehead about the size of a silver dollar. Scar under the left eye. _ One thousand dollar? will be paid for the detec tion of the thief and the mare, or five hundred for the mare, and no questions asked. nov!4 7t GEO. KIDD, Colton Xotice. A LL Storage not paid in Ten Days, the Cotton ii. wall be sold to pay it. nov 8 lOt CODY Sc COLBERT. To Rent, For Confederate Money, TWO PLANTATIONS in Sumter county, five I and ten miles from Americus. For further particulars apply to H. R. JOHNSON Sc CO., nov7 12t* Americus, Ga, Children’s Merino Hose, WDOZ. Fine article, at STANFORD Sc GO., nov 11 6t No. 78 Broad street. To Rent. i'HE Finest Store Room in the city. Comer -*■ under Cook's Hotel. Call at nov 11 lOt CODY Sc COLBERT. Lard \\ r ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs V) and Yarns, at the nov 51m EAGLE FACTORY. EXECUTOR’S SALE. AT T ILL be sold on the 22d of this inst., before the H Court House door in the town of Newnan, Coweta county, Ga.. by consent of the heirs inter ested, a portion ot the MEOHOES belonging to the estate of Harrison McLarin, dec’d, names as tollows ; Bill, a nian 35 years of age ; Su san, 35 years; Sarah, 16 >ears : Edmund, 14 years; George, 10 years; Jennie, 8 years; Lou, 6 years; Lizzie, 3 years; Lola. 2 years; Sarah, a woman 26 years; Laura, 10 years; Roscoe, S years; Fannie, 5 years; Cal ie, 2 years; Fumy, a man 48 years; Linda, 48 years : Dave, a man 40years; Perry, 24 years; Calvin, 18 years; George, 13 years. The above property sold for the purpose of division. Terms Cash. AV. 11. McLARIN, ? r* x »„ novl6-6t* W. B. SWANN. S rs * SALT. TURK’S Island or Alumn, Coast, and Virginia I Salt for sale, or exchange for country produce. novlb lw J R IVEY Sc CO. Wauled Immediately. educated and with unex ceptionable references. A liberal salary will be given. Enquire at no3 12t THIS OFFICE. COLUMBUS, GA, MONDAY, NOV, 2», 1864. (Extract.] Headq’rs Army of Tennessee,! In the Field, Oct. 23th, 1864. J Genera! Field Orders! No. 1:33. i H. Each District Commander in this Department will assign to duty, with his headquarters, a compe tent officer, as District Provost Marshal, who shall, under the orders of the District Commander, and the Provost Marshal General of the Department, have entire control if all matters pertaining to the Provost Marsha department. He will report to the Provost Marshal General and be subject to his or ders in all matters relating to passports, the arrest, custody, and disposition of officers and soldiers be longing to the Army of Tennessee. In all other matters he will be subject only to the orders of the District Commander, except that the Provost Mar shal General may call for special reports in regard to any matter in any way affecting the Army of Tennessee, to be forwarded through the District Commander. By command of Gen. Cobb, - (Signed) JAMES COOPER, Official: ' apt. and A. A. A. G. E. J. Hakvil, Col. and Insp’r General. Official: LAMAR COBB, Major and A. A. G. HEADQUARTERS GEORGIA RESERVES,) and Military District of Georgia, > Macon, Ga, Nov. 14, 1864.) General Orders 1 No. 28. S I. In compliance with the above order Captain C. W. Peden is appointed Provost Marshal of this Dis trict, to whom all Provost Marshals will jeport. By command of Maj. Gen. ROWELL COBB, Commanding, &c. LAMAR COBB, novlS-5t Major and A. A. General. List of Grand and Petit Jurors for the Nov. Term 1864 of Muscogee Superior Court, GRAND JURORS. Wm Mizell, J P Manly, E M Clark, W G Woolfolk, LEWatkins, E Schley, James Cooper, J C Moses, John B Baird, J McPhilips, J A Strother, John McGougb, J J Grant, R C Pearce, A Hunter, P J Philips, Wm Snow, A B Bostick, F C Tillman, Emanuel Rich, JS Colbert, S Rothschild, J W Sappington, C E Dexter, GH Betz, Samuel Johnson, WGJ ohnson, H T Hall. John Roquemore, Watkins Banks, A H Be Witt, J J Bradford, W A Beach, SWoodfield, Thos C Ruse, L G Bowers. PETIT JURORS. E C Burns, W Kicker, H P Miller, James Lovelace, E W Reeves, J F Tillman, S Smith, T M Hogan, John E Lamar, Thos Kidd, L J Harris, Thos Cary, Wm Jones, H A Garrett, W P Coleman, S B Hodo, N Miller, D Walstan, M C Wooten, J L Clark, John Durkin, George McGinty, Jerre Jones, AC Coleman, J M Armstrong, W II Harris, James Clem, H T Hood, John Jenkins, T J Willis, SWall, J T Campagniac, T J Doles, N Culpepper, J T Langford, A Silvers, GW Crouch, Henry Newsom, G H Smith, Robt Massey, James Dent, Wm Jones, W B Ledgar, J W Parsons, C E Johnson, J M Graven. JohnWamack, John R Hull. A true extract from the Minutes, novia-tf F. M. BROOKS, Clerk. On Consignment. -I A BARRELS SUPERIOR WHEAT WHIS _L\/ KEY, and for sale by novl9-3t HANSERD & AUSTIN. House and Lot for Sale. ON the Ist Tuesday in December next I will sell (unless previously sold at private sale) in Ham ilton the house and lot in that town known as the late residence of Dr. Gibbs. The lot contains about one acre, and the house has ten fine rooms. If not sold on that day, the premises will be rented to the highest bidder for the ensuing year. novl9-6t L. M. BIGGERS. Found. A BUNCH OF KEYS, which tho owner can get by ii calling at THIS OFFICE and paying for adver tisement. novl9-tf BLACK AND GREENTEAS. 1 A HALF-CHESTS BLACK, and five QUARTER iU CHESTS GREEN. These teas have been se lected in the London market, and will be found equal to any ever offered for sale here. For sale at Mulford’s old stand. novl9-6t. Headquarters Post, 1 Columbus, Ga., November 17,1864, / Order. No. 18. 11. All men retired from service that have report ed and filed their papers at this office, will report at these Headquarters on Saturday, 19th inst., at 11 o’clock, a. m., for the purpose of being mustered for pay. LEON VON ZINKEN, Col. Comd’g Post. S. Isidore Quillet, Lieut, and Post Adj’t. novlß-2t For Marshal. THOMAS P. CALLIER is announced as a candi date for re-election to the office of City Marshal. noylS-td* "D R Y GOODS, GROCERIES; &C., AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, BY U. Fischaclier. Meat, flour, syrup, soda, spice, Copperas, Snuff, Tobacco, Segars. Coffee, Tea, Tumblers, Sleys, Shakers, Osnaburgs, Macon Sheetings, Yarns, Cotton Cards, Playing Cards, Mason’s Blacking, Overshirts, Dress Goods, Linen, Linen Handkerchiefs, Pins, Powder, Shot, Caps, Pencils, Whiting, Toilet and other Soaps, Knitting Needles, Flutes, * Hosiery, Debage, Writing Paper, Envelopes, Country Jeans, &c. nov!4 6t H. FISCHACHER. AN EXCELLENT PLANTATION FOR SALS. SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES— -350 open—nearly all fresh —in splendid repair— excellent fences. Gin house,- lots, gates, cabins; healthy, well watered, nice young orchard; every thing new: 12 miles below Auburn, near Society Hill, in Macon county, Ala.—all conveniently ar ranged, with fine outlet and range for stock. Land fertile, soft, and easy of cultivation ; an excellent neighborhood— out of the reach of ordinary raids. Will take Negroes or Cotton in payment for half the price if purchaser desires it. Also, ten open Sows, three ordinary Mules, and five Milch Cores, that will have calves between this time and spring. See me at Auburn, Ala. WM. F. SAMFORD. 4ft* Sun copy and send bill to me. L t SWEETORANGES. A large lot ju3t received and for sale by EDWARD BUTT, At 114, Broad St. novlS-3t Saturday Evening. [Correspondence of the Daily Times.] Georgi; Legislature. SENATE. Milledgeville, Nov. 17. In the Senate to*day a motion prevailed to reconsider the bill to relieve warehouse men from payment of taxes on cotton, when it was destroyed by fire before the same was due. A resolution was adopted to appoint a joint committee to confer with the Governor in re lation to an early adjournment owing to the threatened advance of the enemy on Macon and this city. The committee consists of 1 Messrs. Pottle, Guerry and Barr. House bill to relieve from taxation the prop- ' erty df refugees when the same is in posses sion of the enemy—passed. A resolution was adopted to authorize the State Treasurer to remove the public funds to a place of safety. . A resolution authorizing the Governor to call out all the able-bodied men in the State for thirty days—referred to the Military Com mittee. House bill tor the relief of warehouse men— passed. A bill to equalize the tax on slaves was ta ken up and discussed until the hour for the election of State Printer, after which the Senate re-assembled and adjourned to 3 o’clock P. M. HOUSE. In the House Tuesday afternoon, several bills were disposed of. The general appropriation bill was taken up and considered by sections in Committee of the Whole until the adjournment. This bill has not yet passed the House, where it must originate under the Constitution ; hence I am’unable to advise you as to the amounts to be raised and appropriated for the next fiscal year. In the House to-day a resolution was adop ted authorizing the Treasurer to remove the public funds to a place of safety, rendered necessary by the forward movement of the en emy upon Macon and this city. A bill for the relief of the Empire State Bank was taken up and passed, Capt. Wood, of Walker, offered a bill to provide for the election of Representatives and Senators from counties overrun by the public enemy. To provide for the appointment of a public administrator in each county. To repeal the act to abolish the office of Treasurer for Stewart county. For the pardon of T. L. Cox. Upon the passage of the bill to provide a Medical Board for each Congressional district to examine persons subject to militia duty, a considerable discussion occurred. Math ews, ot Oglethorpe spoke in favor, and Geu. Cogswell in opposition. After disposing of the unimportant meas-. ures, the Senate repaired to the House of Rep resentatives to proceed to the election of a Public Printer. The names of Messrs. Bough ton & Cos., of this place, and R. M. Orme, of the Recorder, were announced. The election was by viva voce, and upon counting the vote it appeared that Boughton & Cos. received 93 votes and Orme 35. So the psesent incum bents were re-elected. Views of the Governors. —Referring to the comments of Enquirer upon the action of the gubernatorial convention with reference to a military use of slaves, the Charleston Mercury says : “We are informed that the Enquirer had no authority to speak for that meeting, and that it was not the meaning of the meeting, that the Confederate Congress should conscript our slaves as sol diers. On the contrary, the resolution was framed so as not to say that “Confederate au thorities” were intended. Governor Bonham, for one, did not believe the Confederate Gov ernment possessed the power to conscript the white population, much less the slaves ; and could not have assented to a resolution em bracing that idea. We are informed that the meeting did not desire to be understood as expressing any opinion upon the question, whether, even as. a last resort, the States should each put her quota of slaves into the field. This statement of the Mercury is evi dently made “by authority.” The Richmond Examiner of the 10th, says many intelligent officers are convinced there will soon be a great battle on the whole line about Richmond. The time of the battle is limited to the completion of the Dutch Gap canal, and its success as a ship channel; for it is highly improb able that Grant will try another assault without the aid of his fleet—at least until he ascertains that the canal is a failure, and that all hope of aid from the lleet'must be abandoned. The idea that the campaign in Virginia is over, which pre vails to some extent, is deprecated as one for the support of which no argument can be urged, and the Examiner adds, in support of its views : The ground is muddy on the surface at this season, but only for a few days; the foundation does not break up till some time iu December, and it will be ca pable of supporting military movements until then. A lull in the storm of war is now evident, but its cause is equally evident -the Presidential election in the United States. It would not have been prudent to risk a defeat, which was almost certain, had a grand attack been attempted; a bloody defeat of Lincoln’s chief army would have given McClellan some chance; so Grant was doubt less directed by his superiors in office to be quiet un tilMcClellan was disposed of. McClellan is disposed of, and Grant may now go ahead as soon as he is ready. The Txi^AiHAsaEE.— The Savannah Repub lican of Monday says : We are able to state, on unquestionable authority, that this steam er has had no fight with the enemy’s ships, and that she is now perfectly 3onad in every part. If the fight reported to the New York papers by the Arago’s captain took place at all, it was probably with a blockade runner. /FIVE DOLLARS 1 PER MONTH. Anothhr Scare at Memphis. —The Clarion learns that when Forrest was lately moving into West Tennessee, the Yankees became very much alarmed about the safety of Mem phis, a feint having been made in that direc tion by the “Wizzard of the Saddle/* to cover his real movement. The Yankees commenced making ail possible preparations for Forrest, by digging rifle pits and throwing up barri cades at the various crossings of Gayoso bayou, taking up the bridges, and urging for ward the work upon the four new forts in process ot erection, lying beyond the bayou. One of these forts is now completed, and the others very nearly so. The one just comple ted is south of the city, and intended to pre vent our troops from forcing their way iu through Memphis, and thus cutting off the troops in the city from Fort Pickering, take both in detail and at. an advantage. The reg iments of enrolled militia were also engaged on the fortifications. All through the city the streets were barricaded with cotton bales, and all preparations for a vigorous defense were made. The military stores, cars, etc., at White's station, were brought to the city, a number of black regiments thrown into Fort Pickering, and outlying regiments drawn nearer town. The militia patroled the streets, dragging into service every man capable of carrying a gun. It was discovered that blue and white signal lights were being sent up by some parties in the city to advise our forces, and Morgan L. Smith had all the cars east of the bayou run into Fort Pickering with the stores lying in the vicinity. After remaining in the trenches some days they heard from Forrest at Johnsonville. The Front. Mail Office, Montgomery, / Friday Morning, Nov. 18, 1864. J A gentleman attached to the Army of Ten nessee has just arrived, the reliability of whose information can be vouched for. The entire army has crossed the Tennessee River at Flor ence. Lee’s corps crossed first. The other corps crossed on last Sunday. It is further stated that "while portions of the army were on this side of the river, a party of bold Federal raiders came down the river in skiffs, and cut the pontoon bridge in two or three places. Three of |tlie river raiders were captured and hatchets were found in their possession, with which they did the cutting. The rest of the party escaped. It was one of the boldest attempts of the Yan kee raiders during the campaign. The bridge was soon repaired and the re mainder of the army crossed. Our informant further states that the baggage and transporta tion of the army has been materially reduced. One wagon alone is allowed to each headquar ters, even including the transportation of the Commander-in-Chief. The best mules and horses and wagons have been placed in the supply train. The direction of the army is not known. A late private letter from the army informs us that “our troops are in splendid condition. Men who are daily returning, express their doubts as to its being the same army, they left at Jonesboro’ or Palmetto. The offici il announcement of our successes around Rich mond have been unnecessary to add anything to the spirit or enthusiasm of this war-worn and weather-beaten army—it having already reached its acme. Everything seems to por tend a magnificent winding up of this arduous campaign.” P. S.—Since the above was in type we learn that reports are brought by passengers on the train, of an engagement between Hood and Thomas, and4hat Sherman has burned Atlan ta and is advancing in the direction of Macon. From the Mobile Advertiser and Register. Letter from Gen. Forrest’s Army. In Front of Johnsonville, Nov. 5, 18G4. Gen. Forrest has, in the last week, captured and destroyed on the Tennessee river four gunboats, fourteen transports, twenty barges, all of which were loaded, and one hundred and fifty thousand tons of freight. On Satur day, 29th October, Gen. Buford captured and burned the transport Mazeppa at FortHeiman. On Sunday, 30th, Gen. Chalmers, with Ruck er’s brigade, attacked and captured the gun boat Undine, and the transports Venus and Cheesman. with their valuable cargoes, at the mouth of Sandy river, five mile3 above Fort Henry. We then moved up the river opposite to Johnsonville, which place is on the opposite side of the river from us. Gen. Forrest, with his batteries and men deployed as sharpshoot ers, attacked the place, which had a heavy garrison of negroes, and three gunboats and eleven transports lying in front of the place. The engagement between our batteries and the gunboats yesterday evening lasted about three hours, by which time the entire fleet (three gunboats and eleven transports) were disabled and in flames, and were soon de stroyed. Our loss so far is one killed and seven wounded. The men are very confident and enthusiastic. Buford’s division and Chalmers’ division participated in the engagement yesterday. Gen. Chalmers won golden laurels, when at one time, at one of our batteries watching the progress of the engagement, he seized a gun and fired several rounds himself—and was everywhere throughout the engagement ani mating and inspiring hi3 men by his example and presence. Gen. Forrest was everywhere present, giving to his men that inspiration which always secures his success, and has added fresher and greener chaplets to the laurel wreath which his chivalrous va’or and patriotic courage have given him to entwine his widespread fame. He is the Murat of the Southern army. The other troop3, in a word all , did nobly—and it must not be construed (since I can speak personally only of that part of the command with which I was engaged) that any have been intentionally overlooked. Every man in Forrest’s command, with such a leader as Forrest, can make himself a hero by following him. He tells none to go, he only asks them to follow him. You may look for greater victories soon under our gallant champion. In great haste, LIONEL DHC. Northern News. (From Northern Papers of the sth.) A band of Confederates crossed the river from Lexington and took possession of Rich mond, Ray county, Mo., capturing $40,000 worth of goods. Mr. Cofer, an old citizen of Nashville, was shot on the 30th ult., in his own house, and killed by some unknown assassin. The Yankee steamer Ticonderoga visited the British West Indian Island of Grenada, on the 22d nit., for the purpose of taking in a supply of coal. Tbe authorities refused the supply and ordered her out of port. The Louisville Journal says fifty-five hun dred negroes, have left their owners in less than"one-fifth of the State of Kentucky since the war began. Yankee papers say the rebels are evidently expecting Sherman to make a bold push for Montgomery, Selma and Mobile, and are pre paring to resist with all their force. Boston has more capital in national banks now than the whole country had a year ago and Philadelphia two-thir ls as much. Rebel soldiers occupy Mayfield whenever they feel inclined, without let or hindrance. On Saturday and Sunday about forty were in town, purchasing goods, which they paid for in Confederate money. They molested no private citizens and do?- - troyed no one’s property. The Paducah Federal Union give3 the details of the capture, on the Tennessee river, of the steamer Mazeppa by Buford's men. The boat was captured, plundered, and burned at Fort Hieman. The rebels fired on her until she and the barge in tow was abandoned on the Ken tucky shore. They then crossed the river on rafts of rails and took possession. The Mazeppa "as immediately run over to the other shore, .aid they began to unload her. The cargo consisted of 1000 barrels of flour, eight cook stoves and fixtures, fifty bales o! bay, and a quantity of hard bread. (in the barge were several bales of blankets. 500 boxes bootees, 300 boxes sack and dress coats, 1000 sacks grain hard bread, and sev eral bales Government goods. The Mazeppa was anew boat The barge was worth $40,000, and the Government prop erty lost was $200,000. The officers and crew of the Mazeppa arrived at Pine Bluff in safety. The steamer Anna was fired on by a masked battery of three guns, but escaped. Every town on the Tennessee line and west of the river is full of rebel soldiers. Paris, Dresden, Lexington, Trenton, McLemoresvil’.e and Humboldt are all occupied. (Special despatch to the .Mobile Advertiser.) Senatobia, Nov. 12.—The Memphis Bulletin of the 10th is received. Gen. Blount's dispatches from Neosho, Oct. 30, state that he engaged Price at Newtonia on the 28th. The fight lasted four hours, and was the most vigorous of the campaign. The Yankee loss in killed and wounded was 11$ ; the Confederates lost 250, including two Colonels. One of Blount’s spies reports Price as having 16,000 men armed, and 10,000 unarmed. He still has 400 wagons, loaded with supplies and captured goods. He will not fight unless compelled to do so to save his unarmed recruits and transporta tion. All accounts indicate that Price will make his winter quarters at Kansas City. The Foderals had ceased from pursuit. Jackman is reported killed in 'be late fight. A Cairo dispatch admits the capture by Forrest of four gunboats, eight transports with their crew3 and a large amount of government stores, together with a considerable amount of artillery. Sherman is reported as having sent the 4th corps to Decatur to watch Hood’s movements, whilst he has gone to Atlanta with the remaining four corps to operate offensively from that point. Butler was sent to New York to preserve order during the elections. The Bulletin says nothing about the election or gold. SCANTLING. m » m [From the New York Herald,[ Arrests ill Chicago of Suspicious Persons. A large number of men, charged with being members of the order of American Knights, and with having completed arrangements for carrying out a grand system of murder, plun der and burning in Chicago, during the elec tion, were arrested in that city Monday morn ing. Among them are Col Marmaduke, brother of the rebel general of that name, (now a pris oner on Johnson’s Island, Lake Erie,) Chas. Walsh, door-keeper of the House of Repre sentatives ; Col. St. Leger Greenfield, adjutant general on the staff of Gen. Morgan, and Cap tain Cantrell, of Morgan’s command. Two hundred stand of arms, two cart loads of re volvers, a large quantity of ammunition, and several men who are said to have been en gaged in casting bullets for the conspirators, were found in Walsh’s house. The release of the rebel prisoners confined at Camp Douglas is also said to have been part of the programme of the arrested priso ners. At two hotels the police seized forty alleged bushwhackers, armed to the teeth, and two large boxes of loaded guns. It is stated that a number of the raiders who were on the train bound for Chicago on Sun day, learning of preparations for their capture, escaped from the cars at the city limits. About one hundred suspected persons who arrived from Canada on board of a steamer were being closely watched by the police. Homocide. —We learn that a negro belong ing to Mr. Ferrell, who resides near West Point, was taken out and with hands tied was shot with nine musket balls, by some cavalry, command not remembered. It seems that* a short time since this negro had shot and killed a member of this command, upon the grounds that said cavalryman was in the act of killing a hog that belonged upon the premises of Mr. Ferrell. The negro averred that Mr. Ferrell’s overseer had given him a gun and told him to shoot any one guilty of plundering or robbing. The men who killed the negro say that the white man killed was only walking through the plantation, and hence, under these differ ent versions we are in the dark as to the truth, Yet, it must be apparent that civil law has on both sides been ignored. What the cir cumstantial evidence in the case might be we know noi, but certainly with the fact that a negro’s evidence cannot be taken in a court of justice, staring the overseer in the face, it was very thoughtless in him to order a slave to kill a white man under any circumstances, and then the negro being a tool, as it were, would make the overseer responsible. On the other hand the conduct of the cavalry was a sad commentary upon the efficiency of that civil law which is the boast of freedom and enlightenment, and which should have been respected by the men whose resentment may have been justly provoked.— West Point Bul letin. How to be Miserable. —Sit by the win dow and look over the way to your neighbor s excellent mansion which he has recently built and paid for and fitted out. “Oh, that I was a rich man.” Get angry with your neighbor, and think you have not a friend in the world. Shed a tear or twe, and take a walk in the burial ground, continually saying to yourself, “When shall I be buried here ?” Sign a note for a friend, and never forget your kindness, and every hour in the day whisper to yourself, “I wonder if he will ever pay that note ?” Think everybody means to cheat you Closely examine every bill you take, and doubt its being genuine until you have put the owner to a great deal of trouble. Pat confi dence in nobody, and believe every man you trade with to be a rogue. Never accommodate if you can possibly help it. Never visit the sick or afflicted, and never give a farthing to assist the poor. Buy as cheap as you can, and screw down to the lowest mill. Grind the faces and hearts of the unfortunate. Brood over your misfortunes, your lack or talents, and believe that at no distant dav you will come to want. Let the workhouse be ever in your mind, with all the horrors of distress and poverty. Follow these recipes strictly, and you will be miserable to your heart's content, if we may so speak—sick at heart, and at variance with the world. Nothing will cheer or en ; courage you—nothing throw a gleam of sun shine or a rav of warmth into you heart. [ Visitor. The Richmond Examiner 3tates that the officers controlling the Confederate States mil itary telegraph are about to open a school in that city for the instruction of young ladies in the art of telegraphing. This step towards in novation i3 taken in view of the increasing demand for telegraph operators, and impera, tive necessity which calls every able-bodied man into the armies. Can they teach the dear creatures to keep secrets ?