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DAILY TIMES, j, \\ , 'A ARKEN A CO., Proprietors. Published Da' j (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $5.00 per montl.or sls for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than t >rr». months, RATES OF ADVERTISING* CASUAL DAILY ADVERTISING BATES. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square. REOULA R DAILT ADVERTISING RATR3. First Week—s3 Os) ner square for each insertion. Second Week—s 2 00 per square for each insertion. Third Week—sl 50 por square for each insertion. Fourth Week—sl 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month—s3o per square. Third Month—s2s per square. Change of Schedule. Ol- KICK ENGINEER AND SUPERIN rKNUKNT, 1 Charleston and Savannah Railroad, V Charleston, Juno 7,1864.) ,N THURSDAY, June fi, 1804, and until further ’ notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will c as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a. in. irriic n Savannah 3.40, p. in. Leave Savannah 3.30, a. in. Arrive in Chiu lestuo 1.15, p. m. this Train makes direct connections, going north unU soTith, with the Northeastern Railroad at« har i-wton, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. H. S. HAINES, J une 11 ts Engineer and Superintendent. Change ot Schedule. »N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on 1 s h« uscogee Railroad will run as follows : PASSENGER TRAIN: i>uuve Columbus .0 45 P. Al. Arrive at iMacon 3 25 A. M. Leave Macon 3 10 P. M. Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. A*. FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave tVlmnbus 3 00 A. M. A ~ ai iun. to 1 55A. A W.L. cLARIv. ma r 19 H Supt. Aluscogeo R, R. Til rough to illoufgomerj NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27, 18(54. \N and alter August 27th. the Passenger Train on 1 I the Montgomery and We*t Toint Rtulroad will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m. Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m. Arrive at Cblumbus at 5:32 p.m. Leave Columbus at o:30 a. m. 1 rrivc at Mon tgomery at 3:66 p. m. Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m. freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m. Arrives at 8:27 p m i>. 11. CRAM, Sup t k Eng. ag27lß64—tf MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. change: of s« hi:i»i i.k. Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864. ON and alter 10th inst. Trains on this Road will Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: I*a*Me»»£er TVitlu- Leave Girard at 1 30 p.m. Arrive in Union Springs 6 00 Leave Union Springs 5 35 n.an. Arrive ir. Girard at 10 00 Freight Trail*. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. in. B. E. WELLS, aglß ts Eng. A Sup’t. Dr, 85. HEARD, (Lato 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 ot Wm. C. , Gray, in Linwood. tnuv 10 lm* Dr. R, mOIILE, DENTIST, < T Pembertoo 4 Carter’s old stand, back room of L \ Smith’s Jewelry Store, where ho can be round all hours, . i ,,clß6tn STEREIW" EXC IS AAin E! . FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange ' 'if”'*" 10 ’"llsk “Ftolumbus. BTOTIOB r i'€> Mississippi Soldiers! DUE ‘‘MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of L Agency fertile Relief of Mississippi soldiers in the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from Atlanta to Columbus. Ga„ and is near Barnard s corner, between .Main st., and the Perry House. Your brow. MARS „ ALLi | aep2B ts Government Sheep for Exchange. • >i, a HEAD SHEEP will bo exchanged for Bacon 500 or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacon 10c„ Beef 2c. gros< per pound. The Beef to be de j livered alive. Apply to j. A. TYLER. I Columbus, Nov. 2,1864 ts j XaO&i a T , 9 aN Friday morning a RED VELVET BOW con- : V* tabling a gold star, with the letter J. engrav ed on it. The finder will be rewarded by leaving it at this office. n< »v 26 dtt | N0 3 rio hs. Office Quant Factory, \ Nov. 29, 1864. j 4LL persons having demands against the estate of Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to present them to the Grant Factory. nov 30tf JOHN J. GRANT. Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory. Lost or Mislaid. UOUR SHARES of the G. it A, S. S. Cos., No. f 160, in favor ol Mrs. J. L. W ilson, nov 30 ts D. A J. J. GRANT. To Rent. IT OUSE for rent, possession given Ist December. 1 1 Apply to 'll- MsHACKER, nov 30 6t 104, Broad Street. W-AII^TTEID i N OVERSEER. One without family, who has A lost an arm in the sefvice, and thereby unfit for military servico preferred. IT/v „. Applv to ROBERT R. HOWARD, Reynolds, Taylor County. MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS, nov‘2l-tf Columbus, Ga. WAAT ED! r AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price OjUUU will be paid. Apply to F. \Y . DILLARD, sp 7 ts Major and Q. M. Wanted fllO HIRE—Four or Fire able bodied Negroes.— 1 Good wages given. Apply at our Government ’Sgtf JOHN D. GRAY & CO. w A X T E I* , A GOOD BUSIN ESN MAN, uutil the first of J anuary. i'ne best wages paid. A disabltd sol dier preferred, and it matters not how badly muti lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment. Apply at the TIME& Ol l ICE. nov 30 ts _ SSOO Howard. ! CITOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus, O #n the Crawford road, on Tffureday night last, TWO ZMZTTXjIES, ane a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye. The other a black mare Mule, medium size, with whith mouth and white spot on rump. Loth in good or s will pay the above reward for the delivery of the Mules with the thief, with proot sufficient to convict, or Two Hundred Collars for the Mules. li . M. A. 1j h ivL. sci i Columbus, Ga.,Nov. 9, IS64—tf <£§~Sun please copy. WAITED. 1 AAA BUSHELS CORN, for which we will pay iUU'' cash or exchange Salt, nov 1264 JEFFERSON k HAMILTON. <a-Sun and Enquirer copy. $•25 SPoliars Ream'd. STRAYED from my place in Wyunton, a dark O bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair rubbed off of both hips and a largo sear on the right hindquarter. JOHN COOK. oc 13 ts 9130 Howard.. VEGRO boy CHARLEY : ah* ut 25years old, vel ax low complexion, hair nearly straight, bolow or dinary intelligence; lett Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near Box Springs. Tmwo •ounty. I bought him of a Mr. Brqwn, a refugee trom Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskegee, .41a. He originally came from Charleston, S. C. A suitaoie reward will be paid for his delivery at this office, or in anv -aie iail and informatiomeni to me at this office. , lAMEb M RUSSELL. Colmubu ? uu- 1 t YOL. Xl.} SPECIAL NOTICES CIRCULAR. Headquarters Georgia Reserve, j aid Military District of Georgia, J> Engineer’s Office Macon, Ga., Dec. 14, 1864. j The public interests require that a large amount of Slave labor be under the immediate control and employment of the Engineer Department, and to that end the recovery of Slaves who have rana*a> and the additional impressment of one able-bodied Slave out of every five between the ages of 18 and 45 years, has become necessary, Thai the interests consulted may be the better served, it is declared incumbent upon the owners or employers of runaways, that they secure the prompt return of such; and that every inducement in their power be given, that may conduce to the conten ted performance of the services required of the Slave. In all eases where >t may appear evident that the owners have failed to use proper dilligence in the return of such as have runaway; the party im prest ing are ordered to impress from them double the number they otherwise would be required to furnish. Every effort within the control of the Government is being exerted to render the condition of the slaves whilst on this duty as comfortable as possible. .Ade quate hospital accommodations are being prepared by the Surgeons of this Department for such as may become sick, and competent assistants will accom pany all the different divisions, that whenever a slave is taken sick he may be promptly cared for. Runaways from the hospital will be classod with the others, and must in every instance be returned when their condition will permit. By command of Major General HOWELL COBB. JOHN W. GLENN, dec 16 6t Captain Engineers P. C. S. A. Marshall Hospital, 1 Columbus, Ga., Dec. 14, 1864.) Notice! Wauted to hire for the ensuing year, fifteen able bodied NEGRO MEN and ten WOMEN. Negroes thus employed are not subject to impressment. DANIEL R. BIZE, dec 13 till Ist jan. Steward. lld’qrs Camp op Instruction por Ga.. J Camp Cooper, Macon, Doc. 10,1804,1 Special Orders, 1 No. 330. / [Extract-.] ******* 111. As communication with Col. Wm.M.Brow* Commandant of Conscripts, is ro-established, special order number 322, from these headquarters’is here by revoked. A. M. ROWLAND, decl2 5t Major and Commandant. Headquarters Conscript Service, 1 Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 2d, 1864. J Circular, ( No. 26. j Enrolling Officers.ofthis State are hereby instruc ted not to interfere, until further orders, with As sessors and Collectors of Tax in Kind. JNO. F. ANDREWS, Major and Acting Commandant dec 11 6t of Conscpripts for Georgia. Exchange Sfotice--M0.13. Richmond, December 1, ’864. 1. AH Confederate officers and men who have been delivered by the Federal authorities at [any place, prior to November 25th, 1861, a re hereby declared to be exchanged. 2. Ail officers and men o 1 tbe Vicksburg capture of July4th, 1863, who reported at any parole camp, either East or West of the Mississippi river, at any time prior to November Ist, 1864, are hereby de caredtobe exchanged. Ro. OULD, doc 11 6t Agent of Exchange. ISO I'Oll ATLAXTA! The Southern Express Company will receive freight (under forty pounds each package) and money parcels for Atlanta via Macon & Western Railroad, from this date. S. H. HILL, dec 6 tt Agent. OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESSi Columbus, Ga„oct„ 29,1864. \TO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex li press Company’s Office after 3)4 o’clock p. u. o go East on that day, nor will any be received to go West after 434 o’clock pm. _ „ TTTrT . oc 29 ts S. H. HILL, Agent. (Unfederatr States op America, 4 War Department, Ordnance Bureau, b Richmond, Nov. 11, 1864.) All officers on Ordnance duty are required by General Orders, No. 70, Adi’t. 4 I. G. Office, Aug. 29. 1864, to report without delay to the Chief of Ordnance, Richmond, by letter, stating First, —Their rank. Second. —Dato 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 if possible, copy of order of assignment to which will be added. Seventh.— Present duty, and order of assignment. Officers of the Regular Army will report both their regular and provisional commissions,; or appoint ments, conferring temporary rank. Failure on the part of officers on Ordnance duty to report immediately as above, will be treated ias a delinquency. J. GORQAS, nov 22 eod4w (Thief of Ordnance. To Rent, x t BLACKSMITH SIIOF with six or seven Forges. yll tf mPlete ‘ Apply at THIS OFFICE. Wanted. On A AAA FEET ASH TIMBER, ia plank •! 'UU.UvI/ inch, or by the cord. Apply at our Government Works. _ dee 26t JOHN @RA\ 4 0. To Printers ! WE offer for sale a cctoplete BOOK BINDERY, uexcept Ruling Machine,) two hand PREaSES, and about 1,000 Pounds of Type Metal, nov2l-tf _ Xotlceto Oebtors and Creditors \ LL persons having claims against the estate of A Joseph W. Woollolk, deo’d, late ©f Muscogee county, are hereby notified to render them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law; ans those indebted to said estate are requested t© m? ie immediate payment. „ WM. G. WOOLFOLK, nov 23, IS64 —w4od ~ - Adm’r. Lard \Xf ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs Lv a ! 4 il‘ n ‘ 3, “ t '“ eagle factory. Confederate Tax Xotlce. 1 SHALL commence on Monday next, sth inst.. 1 I collecting all Taxes that are due the Confederacy, Tax payer* must come up promptly and pay, or the penalty of the law will be visited upon them. There ate now many delinquents on their Quarterly Sales Tax. Mr. Green, or myself, will at all times be ready to receive the money. J. A. I*. Libra, dec 5 3t * Collector 41st Dish To Hire, I TOR next year, a first rate Cook, Washer and P Ironer. She is faithfulCafid honest andlfree from incumbrance. Apply at THIS OFFICE. dec 11 ts Wanted, * WOOD TURNER, white or black. G«od wages A will be paid for a goodturner. dec 156 t JEEFERSON 4 HAMILTON. Sun & Enquirer copy. COLUMBUS, GA., MONDAY, DEC. 19, 1864. Saturday Evening. Latest from Savannah, We have intelligence from Savannah by a gentleman who resides some miles below the city, and who reached Tallahassee yesterday, (says the Quincy (Fla.) Dispatch of the 14th.) From him w* lerrn that on Sunday Gen. Sher nutn made at a,tack upon Savannah at three difierent points; from the direction of the Charleston r-ilroad, in front, and on the south side. The firing was heavy, but the result of course unknown. Our informant states that the Confedera e force in the city numbers thousand effective men, and that the city is amply provisioned. General Bragg was believed to be moving from Augusta to the relief of Savannah with a force sufficient to raise the siege. Shermams army, it is esti mated, does not exceed twenty-five thousand men, and is known to be greatly demoralized; the stragglers being numerous. It was also reported that his cavalry under Kilpatrick had been entirely cat off from the main army by Wheeler. It was the general belief that Savannah could only be taken after a long and desper ate struggle, such as Sherman had not expect ed and is unable to maintain. The Confeder ate authorities were prepared for it, and would hold the position to the last extremity. We have reliable information, says the Ma con Telegraph & Confederate of the 16tb, from Station No. 3, on the Albany and Gulf railroad, of the 14th. At that time the enemy in small force had come down ou the south side of the Ogeechee, and cut the road where it crosses the river. The enemy passed over to the Savannah side of the river and destroyed the bridge. Up to that time no demonstration had been made on Fort McAlister, and it was still held by our troops. No enemy could be found south of the Oanooc-hee. On the morning of the 14th very heavy fir ing was heard at No. 3, in the direction of Savannah. Kentucky. — We conversed jesterday, says the Mobile Register of the 11th, with a gentle man who has lately been in Kentucky, which State he has frequently visited during the pro gress of the war, who represents the condi tion of things there as more favorable to the Confoderate cause than at any previous peri od. The people are determined, as with one mind, not to submit to a draft; and if there is any attempt to enforce it, they will fight, if fight they must, for the South, not the North. A great many Yankees, it is true have intru ded in the last four years, and these are abo litionists, of course; but the real Kentuckians are as one man in their sentiments, and draft or no draft, the presence of our army in the State will bring thousands of recruits to the Southern standard. Meanwhile there is much prosperity in the State, the negroes in many cases working quietly on the plantations, while elsewhere everything is devastated and deserted. Trav elling is rather hazardous, owing to the gangs of banditti which infest the roads, plundering indiscriminately. Texas. —The Mississippian has had a visit from Dr. M. C. McGregor, of Austin county, Texas, who brought across the river, State pa pers up to tbe 25th ult. Dr. M. gives the most favorable accounts from the “Lone Star’ State. He says the planters throughout the State have made most abundant crops, of ev erything in the subsistence line—in truth, the present crop of the State of Texas is con sidered moat abundant, sufficient to sustain the populaiion of the State for the next three years. Everything is cheap ; corn four to six bits per bushel, wheat sl, salt four cents per pound, and everything else in proportion. These, we suppose, are specie prices. From the Southwest and Mexico. —The New York Herald has New Orleans dates of the 3d, which state that the rebels are build ing forts on both sides of Red River, above the Alexandria falls., .The registered enemies, recently sent out of the Union lines, have been conscripted by the rebels. The rebels at Brownville have put a custom house in oper ation, and have prohibited the importion of all kinds of goods except corn, flour and vegetables. They have recently received an accession to their artillery of two pieces, and are expecting four more. There are about 1500 bales cotton there awaiting shipment for foreign ports. Our returned prisoners from Ty ler, Texas, state that immense quantities of this staple have recently passed that place on wagons, beund from Shreveport to Brown ville. The steamer Ike Davis, captured by pirati cal passengers on her way from a Texan port to New Orleans, was said to be taking on board a cargo of cotton in Matagorda bay.— Guerrilla outrages still continue ia some por tions of Louisiana. The French and rebels had a three days fandango in Matamoras to celebrate the establishment of the imperial authority there. Our consnl in that town was still protected from the insults and out rages of the rebels by a guard of French sol diers. Deserters from the rebel army were constantly coming across the Rio Grande and giving themselves up to him. in one dav over one hundred reported themselves at his office. The greater part of Mississippi, and a large por- ‘ tion of Georgia, have been desolated by the enemy, at various times, and the result has been the people of these States have learned te depend upon them selves, to a great extent, to protect their local in interests. They have suffered from apathy, untij they have become fully aroused, and even the timid and lukewarm are beginning to voluntarily under take the privations and dangers of a soldier's life, whenever there is a necessity for it. Energy will prevent that which cannot be easily endured, and yet is certain to follow apathy. If, therefore, the j people of any section hesitate, they invite and i insure the presence of a ravaging foe. Southern Mechanics. —It is useless t« disguise the fact, says the Selma Reporter, that thi» large and respectable class of our fellow-citizens have not received that consideration at the hands of the Confederate Government which it was their right to expect in respect to the wages paid them for their labor. They have really been working upon less than half pay since the organization of the Government; and although not originally un true to the Southern cause, thousands of them have quit the limits of the Confedeiaey because compelled to do so by sheer necessity. The alter native wasYo starve or leave : and flesh and blood gaining supremacy over sentiment they left us incontinently, however painful it might have been to tura their backs upon their country. Thou sands. however, yet remain in the hope that a bet ter day will come for them. In the multitude of other subjects of pressing interest, our authorities overlook them, and thus time passes while their hearts grow sicker every day, as their claims upon the country continue to,be ignored. It does seem to us that the merest smattering of a knowledge of political economy;ought to teach our authorities that the support and maintenance of the requisite number of mechanics in our foundries, arsenals, and other Government workshops, is essential to any reaso»able hope of success in a war of such magnitude as this; for if, while we are blockaded from the outside world, and thiown wholly upon our home resources our mechanical branches of labor perish, how can we keep up the supply of the munitions of war, and the other material and appliances so indispensable to the success which we contemplate? Are not mechanics just as much entitled to a decent support now as in times of peace ? Are they of right, any more “hewers of wood and drawers of water" than aßy class of gentlemen ? Surely no one will contend that the Government has a right to impose burihons upon thorn which it would not fasten upon others. Then, we say, let Congress at its present session increase the wages of departments of mechanical labor in proportion to the exigencies of the hour and the general depreciation of the currency. The subject is one of momentous interest, and it cannot be that our authorities will fail to give it the proper consideration. We have said this much, not in the interest of the mechanics as a class, but simply to conserve the welfare of our boloved Gov ernment. Tennessee State Government.— We find it sug gested in the ftebel, that, as we are now in posses sion of the greater part of Tennessee, Gov. Harris, who is now with the army, may soon convene the Legislature and have his successor installed in office. It will be remembered that Judge Caruthers was elected to succeed Gov. Harris, in August, 1863, and that Gov. Harris is now merely holding over under the Constitution until his successor is put in legal possession of the office. This can only be done by the Legislature, and it so happened, that at the election in 1864, the Federate being in possession of the greater part of the State, a sufficient number of members were not elected to constitute a quorum, consequently the Governor elect could net be in stalled- it is possible now however to hold special elections and elect members in those counties which were not able to do so by)reason of the Federal occupation in 1863, and we presume that Gor. Harris will take ad vantage of the present favorable circumstances to reorganize the State Government. - Among the wounded in the late battle at Frank lin, Tenn., was Gol. Scott, of the 12th Louisiana volunteei’3, who was acting Brigadier. Col. Scott’s wound was severe but not considered dangerou s.— Col. Nelson, who commanded the 12th Louisiana, was killed. The Mississippian gives the names of the follow ing Mississippians as amofii the list of casualties at the battle of Franklin: Col. Farrell. 15th Missis sippi, one leg shot off, the other amputated ; Capt. Crumpton, of the 14tb, killed; Capt. Worrell, of the same regiment badly wounded; Col. Rarer, of the 20th, killed. The ladies of Grenada have $1,500, deposited with Mr. James G. Allen, for the purpose of buying socks and gloves for the destitute of Gen. John Adams’ brigade, for which a liberal price will be given.— This brigade is composed entirely of Mississippi reg iments. Gen. Quarles.— On the authority of parties re cently from the army, the Rebel states that Gen. Quarles, who was reported mortally wouuded in the battle of Franklin, will probably recover. He loses his right arm. Though his many friends will re gret his painful mutilation, they will be rejoiced to hear that his life is not in danger. Mrs. Douglas— The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, with a meanness characteristic of the genuine Yankee, drags Mrs. Judge Douglas and her venerable mother before the public in the following vulgar style : The widow of Senator Douglas is living in quiet retirement with her mother, Mrs. Cutts in the old homestead near the Capitol building. Her brother, Capt. Cutts, who was wounded in one of the battles in Virginia last summer, has not yet recovered, and is receiving every possible care at her hands. Mrs. Douglas says little about politics, but her sympa thies are said to be strongly in the Federal cause. Mrs. Cutts is as great a rebel as can be found in Washington City, or even in Richmond, and loses no opportunity to express political sentiments. — This will appear a little strange to those who recol lect that her husband, at the time ot his death, was in the employ of the “Lincoln Administration, and that he never earned a dollar in his lile except in a Government situation,” But vanity and affection are attributes of unre generate human nature, and next to being aristo cratic, there is nothing affords so much pleasure to some people as pretending to be aristocratic. Among the old “residents” of Washington City it is considered a mark of plebian extraction to sym pathize with the Union cause. Hence the shabby genteels, with which the city is pretty well stocked, all prate about Southern gentlemen and Northern barbarians. When ;the genuine Southern aristoc racy lived here —until within six or eight year3 ago, the cl i s s to whom I refer were contented to occupy tht sphere to which their means and position enti tled them, but now they claim to be the “only re maining representatives” of people who never looked upon them in anylother light than as inferi ors and even servants. One finds a good deal to be disgusted at in contemplating the various phases of Washington City life as it exists at present, but un questionably the most nauseating- feature the shabby genteel. wmm > S Gen. Williams —ihb Thief.— While the Yan kees were at Milledgeville, a General Williams and staff made their headquarters at the house of a lady, who, hoping her private and personal prop erty would be protected by the presence of so , maßj officers, gave them the best room in the j house, and dispensed be enforced hospitably with what grace she could. Gen. Williams promised her that her property should be respected, and yet. at the first ineai. ho and the theiving scoun drels of his staff, stole the silver spoons and forks ‘off the table. In ihe room they occupied was a bureau belonging to the lady or the house, con taining a number of dresses and a set of furs. : After remaining three days, Gen. Williams left, ; and the lady, goir.g into her r.-om and fir. ling the bureau unlocked, congratulated heself that her personal ariparel was. i least unmolested.— Upon opening the bureau, however, it was found to be empty. The Yankee thieves had found a key to fit the lock : and had stolen the dresses and furs of the iady whose >o<*f sheltered them and at whose table they were fed. Pettv Ureeny, however, has become so common with Yankee officers and men, that it mayjustlv be con-idered “an institution.’’ and hardly entitled to special notice.— T«l*ar-.ph £ CV’W*.-*/*.. f FIVE DOLLARS \ I»ER MONTH. Nashville —Will it bf Captured ? W« notice that many ot our cotemporaries ot the press speak very confidently of tbe abil ity of Gen. Hood and his army to capture Nashville, and they seem to anticipate that we will be in full possession at an early day.— we have not much doubt that its cap ture is possible with such an army as Gen. Hood commands, we have not the slightest 1 idea that he will make the attempt in any j other mode than by regular seige approaches, ; which will necessarily consume much time; { and we doubt whether he will make the at tempt at all. To attempt to carry the place by assault would involve a loss oflife for which the possession ot the city would offer no adequate compensation. The position is ' one of great natural strength, and it has been extensively and strongly fortified. The ap proaches to it in every direction are over flat plains, in passing which our troops would be exposed to a murderous fire, through which jit might prove utterly impossible to carry them. Besides the position has never been | considered of much strategy value, and lir* 7 ’ 1 never been contended for by our forces. Al- j bert Sidney Johnson, in his retreat from Bow ling Green, though he passed histroops through I it, did not attempt to make a staud there. Gen. Bragg once had it entirely isolated from all intercourse with other points, and could have taken it, but did not deem it of sufficient, im- I portance to justify the loss of men it would require. j If General Hood captures the place it will j j be done by the flanking process, which his ! | superior force and his splendid cavalry will j | enable him to do. He already controls all of j Middle Tennessee and can close the Cumber- ; land river. He can also take possession of, or destroy the Nashville and Louisville Railroad, and thus cut the beleaguered army off from all supplies except the stock they now have with them. The Yankees evidently expect that he will attempt to carry the city by assault, but we are very confident that he will show them a trick worth two of that. Nashville is not es sential to our continued occupation of Middle Tennessee, and we have no men to lose upon quixotic enterprises which do not advance the general result for which we are struggling— the establishment of our independence. We must be content to practice economy in men and not rush them against fortifications where no valuable result is to be attained thereby, or when the end desired can be secured by other means. Glory is not what we are fighting for. Our object is more practical, and should not be lost sight of. We want success in this great struggle, and to secure this our armies must be preserved. Not one man should be sacrificed unnecessarily or without a valuable purpose, though the sacrifice would make the world ring with applause. Aside from the I actual value of our heroic soldiers to their j families and their country, we should never I lose sight of the fact that it is only by preserv | ing them that we can hope for the triumph of our cause.— Rebel. Additional from the North. THE BATTLE AT FRANKLIN —HOOD’S ARMY. A special dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer, copied into the New York News, says of the bat tle at Franklin : Hood commanded in person, and the assaults were marked by bis characteristic impetuosity. After dark he made persistent efforts to drive the Union army across Ilarpeth river. Our loss in ! ! killed and wounded is about one thousand; that ■ | of the enemy must be much larger. The experi- j ence of to-day’s battle demonstrates that Hood has i with him a very formidable army, and he brought into play not less than fifty pieces of artillery. Our whole army is now concentrated in Nasbviife, j the strategic point which forms the object of the next attack by Hood, and which is hourly ex pected. r j FROM SHERMAN—HIS ARMY IN A TIGHT PLACE. | The Washington correspondent of the New York I News, by far the most candid and truthful of all ; the Yankee correspondents, writes: The f orebodings expressed editorially by the j News in regard to the fate of Sherman’s army will be more than realized in a few days, perhaps iin a day or two. It is expected here this morning that gold will go up in New York still higher to day and if it has done so by the hour that you get this letter, it will be because unfavorable news from Sherman has leaked out. That such news was received here yesterday, I have good reason to believe. That it was expected and anticipated, and has been for three days past, I know ; and that was the cause of the advance in gold yester day and the day before. It is not to be wondered at that the people have ! been so deceived in regard to this march of Sher man’s across the State of Georgia, for every con | ceivablo expedient has been resorted to in order !to conceal the truth. The fact is, Sherman’s army j is in a position of great peril, and nothing but the | exercise of real genius on his part can save his I army from disaster- jAftor a while the public will J awake to a realizing sense of the deceit that has | been practiced upon them by the Administration. When this movement began we were told that ; Macon was to be captured sure, the first thing, it' was such an important railroad centre, etc., and l Sherman could be there before any troops could be brought there tor its defense. Well, Macon is reached, but behold! Confeder ate troops had got there, and Sherman dares not attack it ; and then the administration discovers that Sherman never meant to take Macon, and ! that its capture would have been no use. ANOTHER DRAFT —THE HARDEST OF ALL. | The Washington correspondent of the New York New writes : The business before Congress has not yet as | sumed definite shape, but as the session Is a “short” one, it will also be “sharp and decisive.” I There will he no half-was measures. This ■is ! i very evident from the tone of those members who | have the entreof the White House, and who aro on intimate terms with the permanent master (as he hopes) of that establishment. There will be, first of all, a most sweeping and relentless con ! scription. The next draft will exceed in its merciless hor rors all those that havepreceded it. It will not spare | one. The machinery will be all arranged before hand. The lists will be made out, the names drawn, and the men seized and mastered in, with out warning and without preparation. No com mutation, no substitute, no excuse will be al* lowed. The insatiatiable maw which has already devoured two millions, of human beings, demands 300,000 more men, and the men mnst and will be forthcoming. Such is the decree—such is the will of—Abraham. Executions in England. The hanging of Muller, the murderer, in England, seems to have afforded a fine field for the display of the characteristics of the British masses. The de tails of the attendant scenes remind one of the days of Jack Sheppard jtfid the pic ures of Hogarth. The following is a description of what occurred “under the gallows The “Times” thus describes the scene at New gate: “None but those who looked •! >w upon the awful crowd of Monday will ever believe in the wholesale, open, broadcast manner in which garro ting and highway robbery were carried on. We do not now speak of those whom the mere wanton mis chief of the crowd led to ‘bonnet’ as they passed, cr else to pluck their hats from ofi their heads and to-.. th- m over ihe mob, amid roars and snouts ol laugh ter, as they came from all sides and went :n ai r recti on s, til sometimes even they fed withi toe enclosure round the drop, and were kicked under the gallows by the police. Tb propriety ot such an amusement at such a time admits ot question to •=av 'he l*ast, even among such an audience. But even thi« rough play fails into harm less ness l»e-iue the open robbery ar 1 violence which yesterday morning had its way virruady unchecked, in New gate street. There we: : regular gangs, not so much n the crowd itself with.a the barriers as along the avenue? which !• J totfcem, and 11 esc ra*r*ni* ; *nen - ljr ed*‘bona* t. 1/aoiue'im.-s *r ».* ways plundered ary person win-se !r* • led them to think him worth the trouble ; the risk was nothing. Sometime-thtir victims niA<K,' ' mr-tle resistance, for a few minutes kept the u 1 :hein vio lently s.v ay inx to and fro Hi .‘‘ V uproar. In no instance.-however, <■ r'ain that 'Police!'was ever called. I.i ..•o of the solita ryinstances in which the' -- ,-;ered at all was where their aid wts soufht from some houses the occupants of which saw an o’ 1 firmer, who. after a long and gal hint struggle with his many assni'anU. seemed, alter hav ng neen robbed, to be in danger of serious injury as well. This, however, about the farmer is#m,ie episode; the rule was such robbing and ill-treat-nent us made tbe victims only 100 glad to fly far from the spot where .they had suffered it. and who. if even then they ventured ou giving any informati on to the police, could hope for no r- dress m su*mi a .tow,!. Such wore the nnen pastime* of tne inob I'roiii day Jig • t till near the time of execu tion, when the great space around the prison seemed choked with its vast multitude." The following passage we take from he account, of the proceedings on the morning o; the 14th in the ‘‘Daily News:’’ There ware,”says the writer, "ho st <es thieves and prostitutes, workmen of different grades, and philanthropic ar.dl professional obser vers at this execution. But, after carefully estima ting the behavior of the crowd, we declare it to ba earthly, sensual .and uevlisb. We cannot recall a single redeeming incident, or quote either a word or look oi pity for the soul gone to judgment, and ia recurring to our experience of the sight, we do so with a sense of shame and unutterable loathing and humiliation, such as would be evoked by no other spectacle on earth." This is a horrible picture: but there is no exaggeration in it. Mr. Charles Dick ens’ description of the crowd at the execution of the .Mannings, some fifteen years ago. was exactly simi lar in sp rit, and London ruffianism h’s not de creased in the interval. The prevailing feeling at tnese sights is that of base enjoyment at the taking away of hurnsn life; and a public execution is nothimg better than tho ruffian's and murderer's saturnalia. — ♦ ♦ Beyond The River. There is a river deep and wide ; And when all along tho banks we siray. We seeonr lov’d ones o’er its tide Nail from our sight away, away. Where are they sped—they who return No more to glad our longing eves? They've passed from life’s contracted bourne To land unseen, unknown ; that lies Beyond the river ? ’Tis hid from view ; but we may gucs« How beautiful that real must be; For gleanings of its loveliness In visions granted oft we see, The very clouds that o’er it throw Their veil uuraised for mortal sight. With gold and purple tidings glow, Reflected from the glorious light Beyond the rivor! And gentle airs, so sweet, so calm, Steal sometimes from the viewless sphere I The mourner feels their breath of balm. And soothed sorrow 7 dries the tear. And sometimes listening ear may gain Entrancing sound that either floats; Tho echo of a distant strain, Os harps’ and voices’ blended notas. Beyond tho river. There are our loved ones iu their rest ; They’ve crossed Timo’s river—now no moro They heed the bubbles on its breast, Nor feel the storms which sweep its shore ; But the pure love can live, can last— They look for us their home to share : When we iu turn away hkve passed, What joyful greetings wait us there. Beyond the river. [Correspondence of the Mobil# Register.] A New Steamer.; * * * Some time in May last, General Maury ordered Major 11. St. Paul, brigade quartermaster of the Bay forts and batteries, to construct a light steamer for tho purpose of daily rapid and econnomical com munications between the city and her outer defenses, and on yesterday that steamer, now powerfully ai’med, took her first trial trip, proving herself a complete success in every way, and combining elegance with strength and speed. She is named after a lovely child of our commander, “Rose Maury,” and on that first cruise reached the wonderful speed of sixteen miles an hour. A more staunch and steady vessel was never built here, and Mobile may well be jiroud of her mechanics, when we say that everything in her comes ! from their hands. The beautiful model, de signed by Major St. Paul himself, was execu ted by our townsman, Mr. Wm. McKay, and her beautiful low pressure engine comes from workshop of that rising firm, Park, Lyons k Keyland. To them, and to John Foster, W. 11. Crippen, and W. H. Bassett, all Mobilians, is due the credit of having built, out of noth ing almost, the most perfect machinery ever , set up here or elsewhere. I We predict to tbe Rose Maury a long career j of success, and can only regret that this good j work should not have been undertaken long I before. We were pleased, last evening, to notice ta*i arrival in our city of Col. Jared I, Whitaker ! with his family. Many of our old citizens are coining in t« j make arrangements for the return of their families, and soon all the houses left in our j ruined city will be occupied. [.Atlanta Intelligencer Extra, 16 th. DIED. November 2d, 1864, at Tallassee, Ala., Martha M. Sims, eldest daughter of the late Win- W. Sau* j aged 15 years. Fold her gently to thy breast, Mother Eearth— Take our weary one to rest. From our hearth— Hearth, now desolate and drear— Oh, forgive this bitter tear 1 Pearls are pure and without hue, In the sea— Daisies white and dainty too, As flowers can be 1 Cold emblems these!—our lost dove Was purity itself, and love. Gentle Christian, without stain, Was our lost, Murmuring not at any pain, Tho’ sorely tossed, God has crewned her sweet young brow With wreaths of heavenly radience now Father! our hearts are bowed Bleeding and tom— But thou’st the friend avowed, To such as mourn. Beloved one, to Heaven we mete thee, Angel bands are there to greet thee! Farewell!! Tallassee, Al*., Nov. 1864 j dec 18 It For Chattahoochee. The steamer Indian, Fry, Master, will leave for the above and intermediate landings, Sunday morning, at 9 o’clock, dec 17 td I Attention Macon County Militia. By virtue of an order issued from the Executive Department of Alabama, at 3fontgomery, Company A, 2d Class State Troops, of Macon county, will as semble at Chehaw on the 21st inst., also the men whose details have been revoked by Maj. Charles Green. Every failure will be promptly reported and dealt with accordingdo the 10th section ©f Act of August 29th, 1863. Transportation will be furnished from Chehaw to Pollard. THOS. P. RANDLB, dec 17 3t* Ckpt. Com’dg Company. Florida Lands fbr Sale. \ TRACT OF LAND situated in Wakulla county, A Fla., on Wakulla river, 12 miles routh of Talla hassee and six miles distant from both Newport anu St. A! arks; Containing 760 acres, of which If acres are pine, the remainder hammock. The growth is liveoak, whiteoak, wateroak, hickory, etc. All un improved excepting a few acres, and de^tio^apply^^^ VARAS and OSAfABI’RIxS TO EXCHANGE FOR aB-OUNB PEAS, At the GRANT FACTORY. d«e 17 ts SSOO Reward. OTOLEN from my stable, the Bth inst., a small dap- O pie cream PONY, white mane and tail, astwion, very fat, four years old. Will pay S2OO for the pony and S3OO for the theif. delivered to me in Amenoui. Ga., or E. J Pinckard, in Columbus, Ga. dec 15 2w R. C. BLACK..