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DAILY TIMES. J. W. W4KItE\, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Tuesday Morning, November 22,1864. From Macon. A dispatch was received in this city yester day from Macon, stating that the Superinten dent of the Central Railroad had received or ders to go to work to repair that portion of the road which had been damaged by the Yankees. The dispatch further stated that the ‘‘news was favorable,” but gave no par ticulars. We incline to the opinion that the Column which made a deniuiisl ration upon Macon has done its work and wiil now seek to form ajuuction with tbe main body moving upon Augusta. The object of this demon stration was, doubtless, to drive our forces into Macon and then out. the Central railroad so as to prevent the sending of reinforcements to Augusta or elsewhere, .a the Yankee front. We have not heard whether SfiHedgeville has felt the torch, but presume it has as (here was no force left for its defence, and the enemy, doubtless, knew the fact. AVe fear that for several days we shall be compelled to rely on the reports of passengers for the news we shall get from the East The machinery, type, &c., of the Macon Telegraph Confeder ate is now lying in the Muscogee Depot, and we suppose that our ether cotemporaries ia that city were equally regardful of their welfare. Our readers wilt suffer much from tbeir sus pension, as we must, for a while, depend up on our western exchanges and the telegraph for news. (communicated.) Transportation One of Sherman’s Diffi culties. Estimating Sherman’s army at three corps—four regiments to a brigade, three brigades to a division, and throe divisions to a corps : estimating 500 men to a regiment, 2,000 to a brigade, 6,000 to a division, and 18,000 to a corp3, ho would have an army of 54,000 divided into three corps. De duct 33;', per cent for disabled men and employees of various kinds, which is a moderate deduction) would give him 36,000 fighting men, while he would have 54,000 to provide for. This would require the following transportation, allowing that ho started with ten days food fer the men, and one and one-half days for the horses, and this much he would have to carry, never mind how abundant the country may be through which ho makes his campaign. The transporta tion allowed provides for tents for certain depart ments which must have them to transact the or dinary business of a campaign, but makes no allowance for moro than “flies” for the men, and hardly that, and leaves out altogether the forage and corn which must necessarily be carried for the artillery and the wagons necessary to haul from the surrounding country, forage and corn for at least ten thousand horses, which number would accompany such au army exclusive of the cavalry horses. Corps, H’dqrs. and Adjt.'s office, 2 Wagons. Quartermaster and employees, 1 do Commissary and employees, 1 do Ordnance officer and employees, 1 do Medical Director and employees, 1 do Three corps, 6 6 Div., Hdqrs, and Adjt’s office, 2 do “ Commissary and employees, 1 do “ Q M and employees, 1 do “ Ord. officer and employees, 1 do “ Surgeon, 1 do Three divisions to a corps, 6 18 Brigade Headquarters, 1 do “ QM and employees, 1 do “ Com’sary and employees, 1 do, “ Ord. office and employees, 1 do “ Surgeon, 1 do Nine brigades to a corps, 5 45 Regimental Field and staff, 1 do Comin’sy officers regiment, 1 do Every 100 men, 1 wagon, 5 do Ordnance to each regiment 2 do Regimental Surgeon, 1 do Medical Wagon, 1 do Cooking Utensils, 1 do 36 regiments to a corps, 12 each 432 1000 rations, 18,000 men, _ 240 Number of wagons to each corps, 741 Three corps, « 3 2223 Alllow for Headquarters afd attaches to General Commanding, Reserve Ord nance, Commissary and Quartormaa trains, Ambulance and Medical ‘Pur* veyor, ’ 300 Total, 2523 This is a small estimate, and yet it will occupy in a straight line a space ou the of twenty five miles, and after the first ten days from Atlan ta, which time has already elapsed, he will have to gather daily from the country 54,000 pounds of flour or corn meal, the same quantity of beef tor which salt will have been provided and hauled or one half the quantity of bacon. On such a march this is the least he could subsist his men upon. For his horses he would have, including his cavalry, estimated at 10,000, at least 20,000 horses t°iProvide for and these would consume daily 4,000 bushels and 200,000 to forage. To collect this in an enemy’s country is utterly impossible if the people are true to themselves. These difficulties ho must encounter unless as is stated he started with 25 days rations, and if he did they will impose upon him the necessity of guarding a train of commissary stores alone, of eighteen miles in length, besides all of his other transportation, making his whole line of transpor tation, exclusive of artillery, nearly 40 miles, leaving him to provide forage and corn on the route for all his animals. If he succeeds in passing through Georgia without utter destruction, it will be the most re markable campaign on record. Its success will reflect the highest credit ca the General who exe cuted it, and leave reproaches Olympus high on the people who failed to defeat it. An Army Man. Western Mexico. —The steamer John L. Ste vens, from Mazatlan, atrived at San Francisco, | November 3rd, with Western Mexican dates to Oct. 25th. Several prominent Mexicans came by her, hav- i ing left Mazatlan in anticipation of the speedy capture of the place by the French fleet. Nearly everybody at Mazatlan appeared desirous that the French would soon arrive and make an end of the different chieftains successively impoverishing the people by forced contributions. The principal French force in Western Mexico was understood to be marching towards Chihua hua ; the last stronghold of Juarez and Ortega. Important Decision. —George C. Brown, teller of the bank of Virginia, at Danville, having been arrested by the enrolling officer as a conscript, sued out a writ of habeas corpus, claiming exemption as a State officer. Last week the case came before Judge Wingfield, ot the circuit court, who decided that not withstanding the petitioner held the certifi cate of the Governor to the necessity of his exemption, he was not included in the list of the persons exempted by the act of Congress ; tbp f oHlceis were not State officers, and custo h dv nMi ’ re Tf ded the P etiti °ner to the custody of the military authorities. [Lynchburg Republican. Lincoln is destined to disgrace the very name of statesmanship, says the Meridian Clarion, by another four years of an imbecile and barbarous administration. With all the office holders, the Generals and most of the army tinder his control, and with Seward and Stanton and the other satellites of his cabinet to shout, lie and urge on by bribery and oth erwise the hungry and unreflecting crowd, he has succeeded in baffling the efforts of the Democratic party. His election is of course an endorsement of the policy of subjugation —of the regeneration of the republic on the basis of freedom, and we of the South must therefore prepare ourselves for another vigor ous campaign. The election of a Republican again will encourage that party and justify them in making new calls on the people for the shambles of Virginia and Tennessee. The people of these States must rise in their strength and support and sustain the noble band of heroes at the front. Even man must feel the extent of his obligations and wash himself cjt-ar of averice and speculation. Those who gained us independence in ’76 were cheerful and brave wrestlers with time, trial and necessity, toil and war—dilligent workers in a thousand different ways in which they reaped but little for themselves beyond the fame which hallows their memories. We must yet learn to follow in tbeir footsteps, satisfied with earning the bread thm sustains life and enables the physical powers to meet the exigencies of the hour. Prompt and strong efiorts will now be made by the great widow maker of the North for our ruin as soon as the Spring of 1865 is sufficiently advanced to ad mit of martail operations. We want indepen dence and we want peace and that right speed ily, and to obtain these the “vigorous prepara tions” of the enemy must be rendered futile. Strengthen and consolidate the army as far as practicable, and let all resolve to endure every trial until the achievement of that inde pendence, great, glorious and free, which God always gives to those who are in the right. It is not numerical strength that always give success in battle, but the momentum im parted by the moral qualities of an army, by its spirit, its resolution, its audacity and the genius of its leaders, exerted at the critical moment and at the critical point. This has been illustrated on many fields during the present revolution, and particularly on those where Forrest marshalled his hosts for battle. He infuses resolution and boldness, and by greater momentum always overcomes an ene my vastly superior in mere physical strength. The great Napoleon, too, has furnished some salient illustrations of these truths in those battles where he overcame armies that great ly excelled his own in point of numbers. He lays it down as a general principle, that the main object of a General should be to compel the enemy to bring his reserve in o action at an early period, and thus exhaust them be fore his own fresh troops are brought upon the field. Thus, at Marengo, by placing him self at the head of the aimy, at the moment when it was in full retreat, and leading a detni brigade to the charge, he induced Melas to believe that the French reserve had actually been brought up. The Austrian Commander then threw forward his own reserve of 6,000 men, on which Napoleon retreated, and Melas considered the battle gained ; but at the dis tance of half a league Napoleon came upon his own reserve, 6,000 strong, ordered it for ward, at the same time that he directed Kel lerman to charge with 800 cavalry, who had not yet been in action, on the enemy’s flank, broke his line, captured the reserve, and drove the rest of the array in confusion across the Bermida. And this was accomplished by the superior momentum of the fresh troops, launched against the enemy at the moment when bis whole force was wearied with a protracted contest, and his line weakened by an incautious advance. “For,” says Napo leon, “in battles there is always a moment when all the brave men have done their best, when they seek nothing better than to run away, but these are misgivings of tile heart; they want a pretext—the talent is to give them one. At Areola I gained the battle with twenty-five horsemen. I perceived the crit ical moment of lastitude in each army. I saw that the Austrians, in spite of their being old soldiers, would have been well contented to find themselves in camp; and that my French men, all brave as they were, had wished to be in their tents. All my forces had been en gaged—more than once I had been forced to re establish the battle. There remained to me but five and twenty guides. I sent them on the flank of the enemy with three trumpets sounding a charge very loud. ‘Here is the French cavalry,’ was the cry—they speedily took flight.” The commanders of our armies should give them this momentum. The ene may outnumber us and we must make up the deficiency by brilliant genius, boldness and spirit. —Meridia Clarion. Missouri.—The most trustworthy informa tion about Missouri, says the Examiner, comes through the New Fork papers. It is now generally admitted that Price has not been defeated at all, and has not been driven out of Missouri. The Herman (Missouri) Volksblat, the late Fremont organ, gives vent to its wrath over the military and political situation aslollows: “Within the last targe weeks the rebels have marched from Pilot Knob through our whole State, plundering, murdering and destroying, and none of our generals have as yet succeed ed in inflicting a severe defeat upon them.— Many millions worth of property has Price de stroyed within these three weeks and stolen almost as large an amount, and it seems as if he were not only to escape with his plunder, but as ifhe were also to retain possession of part of our State for some time to come. And to whom do we owe all this misfortune? No body but our administration—our supreme rulers in Washington. Mr. Lincoln has no time to attend to Missouri—he mu3t devote all his attention to the important business of his re-election; is not Missouri “compara tively quiet ? Oh, yes, if things go on this way, Missouri will pretty soon enjoy the quiet of the grave, and the once prosperous State will be nothing but a desert. Hurrah for Lin coln. The enthusiasm for Lincoln increases every day, but only amongst the rebels. Reb el officers, whilst in our city of Herman, ad vised bur citizens to vote for Lincoln. They said, “Lincoln is the right man 1” and cheered for “both Lincoln and Jeff Davis.” A Signal Exploit op a Young Negro— Dave, a negro boy, only sixteen years old, be longing to Gen. Brantley, of this vicinity, gave us yesterday a relation of his capture of a Yankee soldier who had made his escape from prison at Cahaba. We have no other confirmation of this relation, but the circum stances and consistency of his story leads us to confide in its truthfulness and has also in spired our admiration of the tact and courage of a boy of his age. He says that he met the \ ankee on a road running through his master’s plantation and directed him to go to a certain outhouse where he would bring him something to eat and a pair of shoes, he be ing almost, starved and entirely barefooted. The Yankee went to the house indicated, where Dave also soon repaired, not, however, with victuals and shoes, but armed with a loaded pistol which he presented to the Yankee’s breast, demanding his instant surrender. To 1 all the pleadings, entreaties and sophistry of ' the Yankee, Dave was obdurate and would listen to nothing but an absolute surrender, lie did accordingly surrender and Dave march led him a prisoner to his master, who, he says, had him delivered to the commandant of the post here, to be sent back to prison at Caha ba.—Selma Mississippian , 18lA. Western Kentucky. A correspondent of the Chicago Times, referring to the lata Federal scare in Western Kentucky, gives an explanation of its origin entirely new. He says: On last Sunday night the people of Smithland, Kentucky, indulged in a tremendous scare. The farce was on a graud scale, and, pell-mell, the poor ignorant ones who were not in the secret, went headlong into Paducah, praying to be saved from the legion of murderous “ grillis” that were supposed to be at tbeir heels. The knowing ones who had speculation in their eyes affected, of course, to be terribly frightened, in order to play out their game successfully. # The secret of the doings of these intense patri ots, is easily explained, and it is this: A large number of these adventurers, that this war has sent into all posts that are occupied by our troops, have made money by trafficing with soldiers, sell ing them nuts, bad pies, and villainous whisky ; and at Smithland, Othello-like, they find their oc cupation gone, since that post has been almost en tirely abandoned as a place for quartering large bodies of troops, and their enormous profits on rifle whi sky bad ceased to flow into their loyal pockets, and, therefore, they got up these mon strous scares to induce the military authorities to station a large force there, that they may resume their loyal practices again. AV'el 1 informed per sons from that region of the country are satisfied that this was the whole aim and object of last Sunday night’s piecouoerted scare, for there was not, and had not been for months, a guerrilla withiu miles of Smithland who hail the remotest intention of attacking the place. Abolition pa pers, will, I d' übt not, parade the huge and cruel hoax seriously before their readers, with the dou ble purpose of helping their loyal partisan friends in their scheming efforts, and for the additional purpose of defending that arch murderer and rob ber, Gen. E. A. Paine. A mibbite Abolitionist must make his loyalty pay. Os the outrageous acts of official tyranny per petrated in that region, the following is related: I notice a New York paper, true to the entire record of its exigence, attempts a defence of Gen. Paine, and says, if he shot guerrillas and banish ed disloyal persons, he did no more than his duty. Let me relate a c ise that is notorious in Paducah, and the facts can be learned by all who so wish trom almost any citizen of the place, Republican or Democrat. During Gen. Paine’s reign, a man went to him r.nd informed him that a certain man, living some seven or eight miles from the town, was a rebel sympathizer, and that at one time he had killed a good Union man, Ac. He did not, nor was ho asked to make oath to his statement, and it should be further remembered that the in formant had had a personal difficulty with the man he informed upon. Gen. Paine ordered a squad of negroes to go to the house of this man, arrest and shoot him, and bring his body to Pa ducah, that he might with his own eyes, see that he was dead. The negroes went and arrested him. The gentleman’s family were in the greatest grief at his arrest, but he assured his wife and children that the General would certainly release him as soon as he could see him ; that he had never been guilty of anything, and, therefore, it must be some mistake by which he was arrested. The family were comforted with tho balief that the husband and father would certainly return that evening to his home ; hut night camo and ho did not return. Morning came, and their anxiety compelled them to send to Paducah to hear what tidings they could of him. When they went to Gen. Paine, he answered that he could not tell them. Thus matters continued for four days, when the friends of the family found the body iu the pest house, riddled with bullets and partially devoured by rats, and then Gen. Paine thought he was taxing his humanity, to allow them to take the mutilated and decaying remains and have them decently buried. This murdered man was not even guilty of the high crime of being a Dem ocrat. He had incurred the displeasure of a Pa ducah leaguer, and an intenser Lincoln man, and therefore he was the victim of one of tho most di abolical outrage® upon record. ♦ » The Chicago Times on Negro Soldiers for the South.— The convention of rebel Governors, which met on the 17th instant, at Augusta, determined, among means of in creasing tbe Confederate armies, to recommend to the rebel Congress the arming of negroes. This action on the part of the Governors gives the project an importance that it has not hitherto possessed, and makes it tolerably certain that the scheme will speedily assume a practical form. It is scarcely necessary to reiterate that this determination changes ma terially the character and magnitude of South ern resistance. While it will be sneered at by the partizan press, it will be regarded with serious apprehension by men who are capable of appreciating the matter in al! its bearings. It indicates, on the part of the South, a de termination to avail herself of all possible means of resisting a war which, as at present conducted, leaves her nothing to do but fight as long as she can raise a soldier and a mus ket. It shows a vastly increased capacity for resistance on the part of the South, closes up one of the main sources from which we have been latterly drawing our recruits, and opens in the North a vista in the future along which we see interminable war, and intolerable, everlasting conscription. Tbe next Southern draft will take negroes ; the South will thus be able to increase its army to a half million or men. It was the aggression of abolitionism that provoked the present contest. It is barely within the limits of possibility that the very class for whom a mistaken or dishonest phil anthropy has plunged this country into this vast war may be the instruments which will sweep from existence their would be benefac tors.—Times, Oct. 30th. A Mob at Trenton, New Jersey.—On Sat urday night before the election, a railroad train at Trenton, New Jersey, ran into a Mc- Clellan procession Grossing the track, striking a boat carried on' a wagon, and containing thirty-six young ladies, representing the States of the “Union.” A telegram says : When it became evident that a collision must occur, an effort was made to stop the engine, but it struck the hind wheels of the wagon, carrying the end of the vehicle about twenty feet, and upsetting the boat and the ladies. Fortunately, none of them were killed, and none, we hear, seriously injured, though it was reported that a man’s leg was broken. The excitement at the time was fearful. Sev eral hundred men gathered around the engine, which had stopped. The engineer and fire man fled for their lives, and escaped in the confusion. The mob became infuriated, and attempted to destroy the locomotive, not being able to find the engineer, on whom they desired to wreak their vengeance. They threw their stones at the engine, breaking the reflector, and injuring it in other respects, but failed to break it. They crowded themselves on to it and on the cars, and managed to run the train back to the depot. Afterward, another engine was procured, and its engineer, who was known to be friend ly to the crowd, attempted to take the train on its way. But the mob threatened him, and he was not permitted to proceed. Fearing that the tract would be destroyed, or the bridge burned, the attempt to go forward was abandoned. Subsequently, when the train had been de layed more than an hour, some of the leaders of the procession were consulted. These men rode on the engine, declaring to the crowd that it was “all right,” and so the train was taken out of Trenton. Kentucky. —Our news from Kentucky is very cheering as to the sentiments of the peo ple. They long for the coming of Southern arms to set them free : and their hatred of the North is deep-seated and bitter. They are suffering sadly now from the effects of their neutrality system, at first advocated. Private letters from Kentucky, say that the State is filled with marauders, who ore mur dering people for their money, and- it is not safe to travel the roads in some portions of the State by night or day. Massachusetts men are coming into Ken tucky and buying the negroes at $1,500 a piece. The owner divides the money with the negro, and the Yankees run the negroes off North and put them in the army as substi tutes. The Yankee army is now being filled up with negroes and foreigners of the mean est type. A mass meeting was held, some days since, in one of the towns of the State, for n ratifica tion of Lincoln's nomination. No Kentuck ians participated ; only foreigners spoke, while four thousand Niggers and Dutch cheered the orators . TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS OF THE 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. Macon, Ncv. 21. —The enemy have retired from the immediate vicinity of this city. Their nearest force is eight miles distant. No in fantry force whatever in this neighborhood.— It is still undecided whether or not the city will be attacked:|if it should be the fullest confidence is felt in our ability to defend it.— All indications point to Augusta as the route taken, by the infantry. Reflections of large fires seen in the direction of Milledgeville. All excitement has subsided here. The people are quiet and confident. Fearful Tragedy. A frightful tragedy was enacted on Monday last near Tibbee, the particulars of which we learn Irom a gentleman who resides in that vicin ity. The perpetrator of the foul deed wai a man by the name of Robert Wingfield. For some time he has been trying to get a divorce from his wife in order to marry again, but failed; and at the time of the deed was living separate from her. Monday last he hired a negro boy to go to-his wife’s house and murder her. The boy went to the house, and calling Mrs. Wingfield to the door, first choked her down and then drew a knife and inflicted many frightful gashes upon her head and throat, after which he fled, thinking her dead. The news having spread the country—Mrs. AY. recovering sufficiently to give information—a search was made for the negro by the neighbors. During the search, suspicion resting on Wing field, his house was visited, where he was found in company with a young man who was living with him. During the conversation with the party he betrayed signs of guilt, and after their departure he remarked to the young man that he would have to kill the negro (who was then under his house) to save himself from trouble. Accordingly he next morning took the negro out and shot him with two loads of buckshot— one through the heart and the other through the head. He was present at the inquest next morn ing, stated that it was the negro who had attempt ed the killing of his wife, and that he had caught and killed him. He was then arrested, and the s||fove facts brought forward in the trial duly con ducted by the citizens, he paid the penalty of his crime on a tree near by. AYingfield has long been regarded a bad man/ and has been several times implicated in deeds almost as dark and Terrible as this one, but has heretofore escaped his doom. His wife, though still alive, is la a dreadful con dition. But little hope is entertained of her re covery, She’is represented to us as a good wo man.— Columbus (Miss.) Republic. The correspondent of the Louisville Jour nal, with Sherman’s army, admits that Gen. Hood’s movements must have disarranged the former’s “well matured plans for a fall cam paign,” but at the same time maps out a rnag nificant programme for the puzzled flanker.— In one of his late letters he says: I see nothing to prevent Sherman from de taching forty thousand men to hold Hood in check and protect his communications, and, with sixty thousand more, and by rapid move ments, swing his left around, capture Augus ta, Milledgeville, advance via the Savannah river, take Savannah from the rear, open up a short line of supplies via the Alabama river and the numerous railways centering at Macon and Atlanta, withdraw twenty or thirty thous and troops from his old line, and, with his short line oi supplies, mostly by water, and an overwhelming army, make a winter campaign in South Carolina or Alabama. Hood has not more than forty thousand men, and can not increase it to over sixty thousand, were he, as Grant says, “to rob the cradle and the grave,” while Sherman can easily command twice that nutnbe; when he has reaped the fruits of the recent drafts. Every intelligent reader who will study thejmap and the situa tion in Georgia, and estimate the respective strength of the two armies, must see at a glance that the enemy cannot long prevent Sherman from cutting his way in triumph to the ocean. A Female Guerrilla. —One of the pecu liarities of Berry’s band of cut throats is the officer second in command, recognized by the men as Lieut. Flowers. The officer in ques tion is a young woman, and her right name is Sue Monday. She dresses in male attire, gen erally sporting a full Confederate uniform. Upon her head she wears a jaunty plumed hat, beneath which escapes a wealth of dark brown hair, falling around and down her shoulders in luxuriant curls. She is possessed of a comely form, has a dark, piercing eye, is a bold rider and a daring leader. Prior to connecting herself with Berry’s gang of out laws, she was associated with the band com manded by the notorious scoundrel Capt. Al« exandcr, who met his doom—a tragic death— a short time ago in Southern Kentucky. Lieut. Flowers, or Sue Monday, is a prac ticed robber, and many ladies, who have been so unfortunate as to meet her on the highway can 'estify with what sang froid she presents a pistol and commands, “stand and deliver.” Her name is becoming widely known, and to the ladies it is always associated with horror. On Friday evening she robbed a young lady of Harrodsburg of her watch and chain. If the citizens had not so ut ceremoniously ex pelled the thieving band from the town, in all probability this she-devil in pantaloons would have paid her respects to all of the ladies of the place, ana robbed them of their jewelry and valuables. She is a dangerous character, and for the sake of the fair ladies of Kentucky, we hope that she may soon be captured and placed in a position (hat will prevent her from repeating her unlady-like exploits. [Louisville Journal. Col. Tennent Lomax, of the 3d Alabama Infantry, was no less remarkable for his dig nity of bearing than for his gallantry upon the field. He was also a man of great mili tary pride, and spared neither time nor trou ble in perfecting his command in all the min or as well as more important duties of the sol dier. Among the members of his regiment was a Dutchman, rejoicing in the familiar and eu phonious soubrequet of “ Schnider.'’ Now Scbnider had less penchant for tactics than enjoying a cozy nap. Scbnider was upon post—it wa6 the third w r atch—and Schnider’s eyes but little higher than the moon. The Colonel was going the “grand rounds.” “Who ish dere ?” demanded Dutchy. “Grand Rounds !” was the answer. “To hell mit yer Grand Rounds ! I dought it was der Corporal of the mit de relief.” The consequence was Schnider received a severe reprimand, with his instructions how to receive the Grand Rounds. “When the Grand Rounds approach you, sir,” said the Colonel, among other formality ties, “you must ‘turn out the guards.’” “Yah !” In course of time it came Schnider’s turn to go on guard again. Early in the night the Colonel had occasion to pass beyond the lines at Schnider’s post. “Halt 1” said the faithful guard as he ap proached. The Colonel disregarded the sum mons, % and continued tu advance. “Halt, I say ! who ish dere ?” About this time, the Colonel’s foot came in violent contact with a grub, which caused him so much pain as to exclaim : “ God Al mighty /” “Turn out the twelve Apostles!” roared Schnider, “God Almighty ish on der rounds !” An African Copperhead. —A correspond ent of-the New York Observer states that a short time ago an old African, in one of the negro meetings, held in Washington, rose and said : “Brederen, I does want to see peace flow down our streets like a ribber, yes, breddten, just like a ribber ; aud, breddren, I does want to see sugar eight cents a pound !” From his talk about peace and high prices, says the Chicago Times, it would be safe to say that that venerable African is a malig nant “copperhead,” perhaps without know ing it. •X- HEX 33 CIT Y- T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR. For Cliattalioocliee. The steamer Indian, Fry, Master, will leave for the above and intermediate landings, to-morrow morning, at 9 o’clock. Sales To-Day. —Ellis, Livingston & Cc. ad vertise the sale at auction to-day, of salt, tobacco, shoes, clothing, carriages, horses, Ac. See adver tisements. mm • m More Bad Weather. —Bad news and bad weather seem to go together. Yesterday was a peculiarly gloomy day, both on account of the doings of Sherman in Georgia, and the dark, rainy chilly weather. The sight of a cheerful countenance was like angels’ visits. Now is probably one of tho darkest hours in our feelings and history. Let us try to preserve our equanim ity of temper, and look forward hopefully. Per haps we may soon be enabled to discern tho silver lining in the clouds, and the bow of promise gleaming smilingly from the horizon. The God of all the earth will do right, and though tho future seems marked with sufferings, all will doubtless work out for our good in the end. Killed Accidentally.— AA T e learn that Mr. Henry Thorna*, a member of Capt. Pemberton’s cavalry of our city, was killed by an accidental pistol shot, at Macon, on Sunday night. Henry was a son of Mrs. Anna Thomas, of Beallwood, was a gallant youth ; has been in the service at different times since the commencement of the war, and was seriously wounded in one of the early battles around Richmond. His loss will be felt by a large and influential relationship, who have frequently been called during the war to mourn the loss of loved opes. May the days of these dreadful immolations on the altars of free dom be shortened. Active operations have commenced in Memphis for the confiscation of property in that city. Tho Argus contains a list of persons against which pro ceedings have been instituted. If Beauregard and Forrest reman in Tennessee, the demand for “city property will be limited. The great Irish orator, Grattan, declared in one of his thrilling speeches, that he had watched be side the cradle and had followed the hearse of the Irish nation. Tho biographer of the late Chief Justice Taney, who has recently died in AVashing ton city, might appropriately apply this remark to his career. He was born twelve years after the adoption of the Constitution, lived to be for more than thirty years, its chief interpreter, and has died after having witnessed its overthrow by the fanaticism of the North culminating in tho horrors of a bloody civil war. Prospects of a General AV ar in Europe.— The Burlin correspondent of the New York Herald, un der date of Oct. sth, comments on the prospect of a general war in Europe : Altogether the situation is extremely curious; Russia is on the best possible terms wit'i Prussia, and at the same time marries her Grand Duke to the daughter of the King of Denmark, whom Prus sia has already stripped of two-fifths of his domin ions, and threatens to deprive him of the balance, England, in all other respects the antipodes of Rus sia, co-operates zealously with the Czar in patron izing Denmark, and would gladly brine on a coali tion against Prussia, whose Crown Prince is the husband of her Princes Royal. Austria seeks the alliance of England to protect her from the enmity of France and Italy, and England is endeavoring to persuade Austria to join France and Italy against Russia and Prussia. AVhen wiil be the end of this imbroglio it is impossible to foretell; but if it does not resuit in a general war it will only because the finances oi at least four .of the powers concerned — Austria, Russia, France and Italy—are in so dilapi dated a condition that they would not be able to carry on war for three months without declaring themselves insolvent. A Massachusetts soldier, on duty at Indianapolis writes from that place under date of October 13: Dear Brother: Did you ever attend au election out West? It is a big thing ! The people are mere enlightened of course; it is a natural consequence that there is more liberty and freedom than in Mas sachusetts and other benighted lands; so much so that people vote as many times as they please, and allow all their friends to do the same, provided they are “sound on the goose.” It is estimated that the Sixteenth Massachusetts regiment cast about six thousanfi votes for Governor Morton last Tuesday ; and I know that some of the boys of Company I, voted ten and twelve times each one. Afterwards two or three car loads of the regiment were taken to the town of Greenville—about thirty five miles from here —and treated to a big dinner. — It is a copperhead town (or has been.) I think the boys hardly did their duty while there, for the town only gave about six thousand Republican majority. Secession of a Part of Illinois.— The noto rious John A. Logan stated recently in a speech that Win. J. Allen, the copperhead candidate for Con gress in the Thirteenth District, proposed to him in the beginning of the rebellion to divide the State of Illinois on the line of the Ohio and Mississippi Rail road, and the lower half should join the Southern Confederacy. OBITUARY, Another soul has winged its flight to an unknown world—a gallant soldier is lost to the Confederacy. Sergt. Edwin M. Horrel, of Cbmpany.'B, Waddell’s Artillery, was killed in Macon, Ga , Sept, 22d, 1864. While in a state of intoxication, (I can truly say it was his only vice,) he attempted to cross the line at the barracks,'and was! shot by the sentinel on duty. Mr. H. was about twenty-six years of age. Though a native of Pennsylvania, his heart was with tne South. On the breaking out of the present war, he volunteered in the “Independent Rifles,” 6th Ala bama regiment. Affer serving in it one year, he re volunteercd and joined Capt. (now Major) Wad dell’s battery; was with it through Gen. Bragg’s Kentucky campaign, in the battle of Baker’s creek and the siege of Vicksburg, where ho was highly complimented for the gallant manner in which he handled his gun —a Napoleon—with which he dealt death and destruction in the enemy’s ranks. After the fall of Vicksburg, and the exchange of our army captured there, the batrery was organized into i a battalion and Mr. 11. was assigned to Company B, commanded by Capt. K. 11. Bellamy, who bear3 he never shirked his duty, but per formed it faithfully and cheerfully. Asa man, he was intelligent, generous and sympathizing, ever true in his professions of friendship; as a soldier, he was brave and gallant, never fearing the enemy’s missiles of death ; as a printer, (that being his pro fession) he was ever mindful of the interests of the craft, and never turned a deaf ear to the appeals for charity of any one. He was connected, at one time, with the! Patent office in Washington City, before the war. Poor Horrel, thou art gone—cut down in the prime of life, with no loved ones ne.ir to wipe the death-damp from thy brow, or shed for thee the bitter tear. Far from his native land, he has found a last resting place in the soil of his adoption. No more will we listen to the many intellectual treats with which his mind was stored, nor laugh at his merry anecdotes. His manly voice is stilled in death—his generous heart has ceased to beat. We throw over,his faults the mantle of charity; and re member only his many virtues. May those who look on his rude headstone, heave one sigh and drop one tear to the memory of the gallant Northerner, who was willing to offer up his life in defence of the land of his adaption. Our hearts are stung by the recollection that he who had so often faced the ene my, and escaped unscathed, should meet his death at the hands of a Southern soldier, who, perhaps, neverlsaw an enemy. A FRIEND, Macon, Ga„ Sept 25th, 1864. Confederate States of America, 'l War Department, Ordnance Bureau. >- Richmond, Nov. 11, 1864.) All officers on Ordnance duty are required by General Orders, No. 70, Adj’t. & I. G. Office, Aug. 29, 1864, to report without delay to the Chief of Ordnance, Richmond, by letter, stating First. —Their rank. Second. —Date of commission (or appointment) giving date from which their rank takes effect. Third. —Arm of service. Fourth.— State to which they belong. Fifth— Date of assignment to Ordnance duty. Sixth— The authority by which assigned, furnish ing date, and ifpossible, copy of order of ass gnment to which will be added present duty, and order of assignment. Seventh.— Officers of the Regular Army will report both their regular and provisional commissions,’, or appointments, conferring temporary rank. Failure on the part of officers on Ordnance duty to report immediately as above, will be treated as a delinquency, J. GORGAS, nov22eod4w Chief of Ordnance. Cairns Hospital. 1 Nov. 21st, lt>64. / Wanted. THREE GALLONS MILK per day. delivered at the Hospital. BYRD C. DALLIS, nov 21—lw Clerk, Sun copy lw theatir pi * TIESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 221. 11. mu it I ,!'' aud Mrs ■ W. H. CRISP. e .' lld and Romantic Drama of the Brigand Choir Illustrate p ictur; , Picture No. 1-Brigand Cheif Reposing «fa Bauii ga ° and * " if * It. Result Picture No. 3—Brigand in Ambush. Picture No. 4.—The Dyiug Brigand. POPULAR BALLAD by Miss Maggie Marshal . With tho glorious Comedy of SXMPSOW cb 00. nov22-lt BLOCKADE GOODS BY LATE ARRIVALS. By James 11. Taylor. Oil Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 9 o’clock, WILL be sold at my Store, corner of Broad and ' * Campbell streets, A large assortment of Foreign aud Domestic Goods. -&4P’ Particulars in a future advertisement. Conditions Cash. nov2l-eodtfd AUCTION SALES By Ellis, Livingston A ( o lAN Tuesday, November 22d, at 11 o’clock, we v/ will sell in front of our store, One Good Two Horse Rockaway and Two Setts Harness. nov2l-td ' By Ellis, Livingston A Cos., V\ 7 E will sell on Tuesday, November, 22d, at 11 1' o clock, in front of our Auction Room -80 Sacks Salt, 10 Boxes Tobacco, 25 Pairs French Shoes, 1 Sewing Machine, 6 Fine Broad Cloth Coats, 1 Close Carriage, 1 Single Harness, (new.) —also— -2 Fine Milch Cows and Calves, 1 Thorough-bred Mare and Colt. 1 Single Buggy, 1 Large Iron Safe, FURNITURE, CLOTHING, Ac., Ac. nov2l-td sis FOR SALE] GIN Boxes of New Orleans Sugar, Shingle Nails , and Kails of all sizes, at reduced prices, for sale at J. H. old stand. ’ nov22 6t. BY TKEEToEmST] BLACK AMD GREEN TEAS. 1 n HALF-CHESTS BLACK, and five QUARTER- Ivl 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. To Rent THE Finest Store Room in the city. Corner 1 under Cook’s Hotel. Call at novll lOt CODY A COLBERT. Lard \I ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs * and Yarns, at the nov 5 ltn EAGLE FACTORY. Notice--Lauds for Sale. THE subscriber offers for sale one of the most val uable plantations in Florida—containing 1,882 acres in Wakulla county, Florida; about 550 acres cleared and under good fence—the balance goci oak and hickory, and splendid hamoe land, suited for short and long cotton, and tobacco. Good im provements, dwelling house, two gin houses and screws, tobacco barns, overseer’s house, and houses enough to shelter 100 negroes; school house, black smith shop, cooper shop, Ac., Ac—lying near the Gulf, where fish, oysters and foul can bo had at any time. I will take twenty dollars per acre for the above described lands, cash paid in hand. I have a fishery also, in seven miles of the planta tion, which I will also sell low with the place. I refer persons to Major Allen, of Columbus, to whom I have written all about the lands and rheir advantages. J. BRADWELL, nov2l-3t* For Sale. [ OFFER for sale my residence in AVhitesville. on 1 u LaGrange and Columbus road, fifteen miles south of LaGrange—a good and commodious house rooms, four fire places; all necessary out buildings ; a good garden, aud forty acres of land attached. Possession given immediately. Also, one fine HARNESS HORSE. 4fS=- Address me at West Point, Georgia. novlß-10t Captain W. A. ANDREWS S3O Reward. THE above reward will be paid for the arprehen -1 sion and confinement in the jail of Muscogee of county M. L. Patterson, about forty yea -s of age red hair and red whiskers. He was furloughed Aug! 12th, 1864, for 30 days, and has failed to report. He promised.to report to me in this city on Wednesday, the 16th inst,; but instead of doing so has sent me a legal docum&it, of no value in his case, as he is a deserter. W. L. SALISBURY, novlß-3t . Major, <ic. X_iOST~ i iN the 16th instant, between Columbus and Bull V. Cr D < V^,V°?^^l^ otton / f ! a large russet calf skin ROCKET BOOK, containing between seven teen and eighteen hundred dollars in old issue ami about three hundred and fifty of new issue, and a number of valuable papers. A liberal reward will b ? ai m- r tho P° cket book and contents, delivered at the limes Office, or to me at my residence, nine miles from Columbus. A. MAGRUDEPv. no v!7-3t. AN EXCELLENT PLANTATION FOR SAXjE. SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES— O 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 ior stock. Land fertile, soft, and easy of cultivation ; an excellent neighborhood out of the reach of ordinary raid Will take Negroes or Cotton in payment for half the price if purchaser desires it. Also, ten open Sows, three ordinary Mules, and five Mtlch Chios, that will have calves between this time and spring. See me at Auburn, Ala. o , , WM.F. SAMFORD. *6 Sun eopy and send bill to me, /16-d3tw t Notice. &B AND and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at. the May Term, 1864, of the Scptrior Cburt of Mnscogee 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. ■&g~Lmjuirer and Sun copy until day. £I,OOO Reward. STOLEN from the promises of George Kidd, in Iroup county, on the Bth instant, a sorrel roan mare, about five feet high, five years old ; three white feet, two behind and one in front; left hind leg fiewly scarred between the hock and ancle joint, four or five itches in length. White spot on the forehead about the size of a silver dollar. Scar under the left eye. One thousand dollars 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, House ami Lot for Sale, ON the Ist Tuesday in December next I will «e" (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. »«J y I9-6t L. M. BIGGERS. Found. A BUNCH 01 KEYS, which the owner can get by calling at THIS OFFICE and paydng for adver tisement. novlP-tf EXECUTOR’S SALE. \T r ILL be sold on the 22d of this inst., before the “ Court House door in the town of Newnan, Coweta county, Ga., by consent of the heirs inter ested, a portion ot the KTEG-PLOES belonging to the estate of Harrison McLarin, dec’d, names as iollows : Bill, a man 35 years of age ; Su san, 35 years; Sarah. 18 y ears : Edmund, 14 years; George, 10 years; .Jennie, 8 years; Lou, 6 years: Lizzie, 3 years; Lela, 2 years; Sarah, a woman 26 years; Laura, 10 years; Roscoe, 8 years; Fannie, 5 years; Cal ie, 2 ye<,rs; Furny, a man 43 years: Linda, 48 years; Dave, a man 40 years; years; Calvin, 18 years; George, 13 years. The above property sold for the purpose of division. Terms Cash. W. H. McLARIN, ( PvV . novl6-6t* W. B. SWANN. > Ex r ''-