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DAILY TIMES, j, W. WARREN & CO., Proprietors. *■4 Published Dai’/(Sunday* excepted) a t the rate of $5,00 per month, or sls lor three months. . No subscription received for a longer term than t «'•*'« montht. RATES OF ADVERTISING. CASUAL DAILY ADVHRTISING BATHS. Advertisement* inserted once— s 4 per square. REGULAR Daily ADVERTISING RATOS. First Week—s3 00 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—sl 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month—s3o per square. Third Month—s2s per square. Change of Schedule. Dev Engineer and Suprrin r undent, l Uharleston and Savannah Railroad, V Charleston, June 7,1864.) N THURSDAY, Juneo.lßo4, and until further ‘ notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will ,b as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 0.45, a. m. irrive iu Savaryuah 5.10, p. Leave Savann ih. .5 30, a. m. Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. in. Tais Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. H. S. HA INKS, June 14 ts Kngineer and Superintendent. 4'liaiige of Schedule. ( \N and alter Sunday, June 19th, the Trains n ' ' the uscogoe Railroad wiil run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN: i.'Cii vc Columbus .6 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. Leave Macon 8 10 P. M Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. lu. FREIGHT TRAIN : L . Cos auu r OO A. V Arrive at Culum(.ua w! L. CLAKK*^' car 19 tt Sunt. Muscogee R, R. Ttirougßi to Montgomery. NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS. August 27.1864. \N and alter August 27th. the Passenger Train on O the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m. Leave West Point at 7:10 a. in. Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p.m. Leave Columbus at 5:50 a.m. 4rrivcat Montgomery at 3:00 p. m. .4rrivc.it West Point at 4130p.ui. Freighi Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m. Arrives at 8:27 p m I). 11. CRAM, Sup"! x Eng. Ag 27 1364 —ts MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. Clltua: OF SCHEDULE. Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864. i\N and after 10t,h inst. Trains on this Road will U Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: PiiMsenger Train. Leave Girard at 1 30 p.ui. Arrive in Union Springs 6 00 Leave Union Springs 5 35 a.m. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 Freight Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. in. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS, aglH ts Eng. k Sup’t. Dr. 11, NOBLE, IDIEISrTIST, i T Pembort on & Carter’s old stand, back room of C\ Smith’s Jewolry Store, where he can be found all hours, joc 18 om MTGRIiIIWO lISCIlWLIi! ( FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange v for saleinsums to suit purchasers by agl6 tl RANK Oh COLUMBUS. NOTICE To iflississippi Soldiers! pII E "MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of t Agency fur the Rolief of Mississippi soldiers m the Army ot has been removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Go., and is near Barnard’s corner, between Main st , and the Perry House, y-ta.,..*™. K MARBUALL ,ep2B ts _ Agent. Government Sheep for Exchange. 3, ik HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon ■'U or Beef. The 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 TO GEORGIA EDITORS AND THE hat less i I WANT rabbit skins, coon skins, fox skins, otter skins, mink skins, beaverskins, and all other skins that have ur upon tham I want thorn for the pur pose of making hats, and will pav the highest cash prices, or swap hats for them. 1 will give a good , rabbit hat for sixty rabbit skins: a good coon hat for two dozen good coon skins ; a good beaver hat for throe beaver skins; a good wool hat for two i INmnds of eb an washed wool, free of cockloburrs, and cut from the live sheep’s back, and so on. The ! skins most be takon from the animals in winter and ie well stretched bes >re drying. Parcels may be amt by express, and hats in the same way, J. A. TURNER, Eatonton, Ga., Dec. 9, 1864. N. B. —All Georgia editors who will copy theabove notice, four times, including this note, and also the following prospectus, the same number of times, wndinv me (heir papers in exchange, with the ad vertisements marked, shall receive by express, free *f charge, a good, soft: rabbit fur hat which will iringin the market slot>; provided they will have their heads measured and send me the dimensions’ iWiles* Register Revived. PROSPECTUS OF THE COIIUTRIIIAH, VILES’ Register, the most useful journal ever ' issued in America, has been revived in the pub lication of The Countryman. This journal is a sac simile of its original, in the number and size of Us pages, its typography,and alftheTeatures which gave talue to the standard publications issued by Mr. Riles. Besides the features of Niles’ Register, the Coun tr>mau has others which should render it still more lUraetivo—to-wit: a department cf elegant litera ture, rejecting the s'ylo of Yankee literary journals, and modeling itself att- r the best English miscel ssneou- weeklies, but at the same time, being .tamped with an independent, Southern tone, origi nal with and peculiar to itself. An altogether novel feature with it, is that it is published in tho country on the editor’s plantation, line miles from any town or village, and devotes orach attention to agriculture, rural sports, and everything that interests the country gentleman. The Country-ill a is a handsome quarto, of sixteen pages, published weekly on the editor’s plantation, near Eatonton. Ga., to which all communications should be addressed. Our terms are $5 for three months, or s2® per mnnm. bend al| remittance.- by exi ross. J. A. TURNER. declOdlt Eatonton, Ga. Wanted WE wish to hire tor the ensuing year, six good Negro Carpel.tors, one good Blacksmith and iwe wagoner. dec 10 2w JEFFERSON k HAJ/rLTON. Sun and Enquirer copy. Wanted, OAAA LBS. PORK, for which we vrillpay *)l/vU cash or exchange salt. dec 10 6t JEFFERSON & HAMITON. Sun and Enquirer copy. A Plantation for Sale. THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Planta- I tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 miles below Chattahoochee, containing 1,500 acres, more or less, embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bottom land, rhe. balance superior pine land. In a favorable jeaeon swri bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds of seed tot ton, mi ba safely,relied on. On the premises are fast rat© n©n?c»* Quarters* gin house, screw Jind stu hos. The dwelling is small but comfortable. There are two orange groves on the place, one on she river and in lull bearing. A portion of the crop •f 1863 .old for more than sl*ooo. The pther grove is young but in good condition, embracing not only •ranges but lemons and other tropical fruits. The place is finely watered and healthy. A rare "Opportunity is offered for the iuvestment Os Con •wuer ue money if application is ifiade early, lities perfect. Apply to R. L. B A.SS, Columbus, oi VAN MARCUS. G Steamer Shamrock. Wanted, A "' 9,9® TURNER, white or black. Qead wages A will be paid for a good turner, dec 15fit JEFFERSON A HAMILTON, bun A copy. \ I|__' . •,/ i# VOL. XL} Stop the Horse 7'iltef! SSOO Steward. CTOLEN from the premises of C. P. Levy, across O the new bridge, on the nivht of 30ti November two BAY HORSES undone BLACK PONY. Above reward will be paid for the horae3 and thief. JOHN D. GRAY & CO. dec 2 4t To Rent. 453/ALL FARM, containing about iOG acres, 60 in the woods and forty cleared, about one mile above the Fountain Factory, on the river. On the place is a good dwelling with three rooms, a large apple and peach orchard and variety of other fruit trees, good water, &.e. For terms apply to Mrs. J. A. JONES, dec near Columbus. Florida Lands tor Sale. A TRACT OF LAND situated in Wakulla county, A Fla., on Wakulla river, 12 miles south of Talla hassee and six miles distant from both Newport and St. Marks; containing 760 acres, of which 160 acres are pine, the remainder hammock. The growth is Jiveoak, whiteoak. watcroak, hickory, cte. All un improved excepting a few acres. For terms and further description apply to dec 17 3t HANSERD & AUSTIN. YARNS and OSAARI RGS TO EXCHANGE FOR C3tJEI.<D>TJNjD At the GRANT FACTORY. dec 17 ts SSOO Reward. CTOLEN from my stable, the Bth inst., a small dap- O pie cream PONY, white mane and tail, astalion, very fat, four years old. Will pay S2OO for the pony and S3OO for the theif, delivered to me in Amerieu6, Ga., or E. J. Pinckard, in Columbus, Ga. dec 15 2w R. C. BLACK. Wanted, VT l.ee Hospital, the Ist of January, ten able bodied NEGROES, men and women. A, D. BRIDGMAN, dec II ts Steward. SSO Reward. LEFT my lot on Monday last a RED COW, me dium size, heavy with calf, mark : slit and crop in one ear and slit in the other, with white spot oh her face, small horns turned unwards, dec 19 6t* JOHN McGOVERN. Overseer Wanted. A MAN over fifty five, or one who is unfit for field , service, to attend to a plantation ne r jCMlumbus. Apply to J. it. IVEY, dec 15 lw WANTED. A N OVERSEER. One without family, who has A lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for military service preferred. Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD, Reynolds, Taylor Cbunty. MRS. OH AS. J. WILLIAMS, nbv2l-tf Columbus, Ga. : r | A LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price JMJUv will be paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, sp7 ts Major and Q. M. WASTED. A GOOD BUSINESS MAN, uutil the first of A January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol dier preferred, and it matters not how badly muti lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment. Apply at the TIMES OFFICE, nor 30 ts _ _ _ __ _____ notice to Debtors and Creditors i LL persons having claims against the estate of A Mrs. L. E. Oairnes. dec’d, late of Muscogee i county, are hereby notified to render them duly au thenticated within the time proscribed by law; and those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. F. O. TICKNOR, dee9w4od Adnrr. For Sale. By E. J- BRITT, 114, Broad Street. QA BOXES fine Tobacco, OU Large lot Cotten Cards, Soda, Pepper and Spice, Smoking Tobacco, (10 cases) Pad-Locks, Brier Root and Clay Pipe?, 100 Bushels Shelled Corn, to arrive this week, Bar and Toilet Soaps, Tin and Cedar Ware, Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bowles, etc. dec 7 d<fcw2t LARCJE COiT^IOIVIfIEITT OF LETTER PAPER! AND F#r sale by ' .J. K. RBDB k CO. oo 12 ts _ Administrator’s Sale. ON the first day of January, I will sell at public outcry at the Court House in Marianna, 500 acres (more oAess) of pine land, belonging to the estate of John Bird. On the premises is *a fine sprmg of water, negro oabins, etc. W. S. POPE, dec 6w4t Adm’r. Executor’s Aotice. TWO months after date application will be made L to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, for leave to sell tho Negroes and perishable property of the Estate of Elizabeth T. Johnson, deceased, late of said county. SAMUEL K. JOHNSON, Ex’r Oct. 20w2m* Per THOS. D. BRAND. Potior. Office Grant Factory, \ Nov. 29, 1864./ ALL persons having demands against the estate of Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to present them to the Grant Factory, nov 30 ts JOHN J. GRANT. Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory. Lost or Mislaid. FOUR SHARES of the G. A A. S. S. Cos., No. 160, in favor of Afrs. J. L. Wilson, nov 30 ts D. A J. J. GRANT. Wanted TO HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.— Good wages given. Apply at our Government Works. oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY A CO. SSOO Reward. 2 STOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus, on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last, TWO IMITTLIES, ene 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. Both in good order. _ , , , I will pay the above reward for the delivery of the Mules with the thief, with proof sufficient to convict, or Two Hundred Dollars for the Mules. H. M. CLECKLEY. Columbus, Ga., Nov, 9,1864—ts Or-Sun please copy. $25 Dollars 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 hindquarter. JOHN COOK, oc 13 ts _____ SSO Reward. VEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel- IN low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intelligence; left Afr. Nat Thompson’s near Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskegee, Ala. He originally came from Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid for his delivery at this office, or in anv safe iail and information sent to me at this office. •JAMES M. RUSSELL. Coinm»»- o*. augl t * To Hire, POR next year, a first rate Cook, Washer and C Ironer. She is faithfuUnd “ incumbrance. Apply at IHLo UrriUJS. deo 11 ts COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, DEC. 20. 1864. {*££?•%£* SPECIAL NOTICES Attention Macon County Militia. By virtue of an order issued from the Executive Department of Alabama, at Montgomery, 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 fai’ ire will be promptly reported and and .alt with icc riingto the 10th section of Act of August 29th, 1863. Transportation will be furnished from Chehaw to Pollard. THOB. P. RANDLE, dec 17 3t“ Capt. Com’dg Company. (IttCILIR. He\pqc vrters Georgia Reserve,! and Military District of Georgia, > 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 tlio Engineer Department, and to ! that end the recovery of Slaves who have ranaway | and the additional impressment of one able-bodied 1 Slave out of every five betweeu the ages of 18 and 45 years, has become necessary, j That the interests consulted may be the better j served, it is declared incumbent upon the owners or I employers of runaways, that they secure the prompt j return of such; and that every inducement in their ■ power be given, that may conduce to the conten j ted performance of the services required of the j Slave. I In all cases where it may appear evident that the owners have failed to use proper dilligence in the return of such as have runaway; the party im pressing 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 g lave is taken sick he may be promptly cared for. Runaways from the hospital will be classed 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 Gt Captain Engineers P. C. S. A. .Marshall Hospital, 1 Columbus, Ga., Dec. 14,1864. f Aotice! Wanted 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 IS till Ist jan. Steward. lld’qrs Camp of Instruction for Ga., J Camp Cooper, Macon, Dec. 10,1864, J Special Orders, 1 No. 330. f [Extract.] ******* 111. As communication with Col. Wm. M. Brown Commandant of Conscripts, is re-established, special order number 322, from these headquarterslis here by revoked. A. M. ROWLAND, dee 12 5t Major and Commandant. Headquarters Conscript Service, ] Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 2d, 1864. / Circular, I No. 26. / Enrolling Officers’of this 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. Headquartrrs Military Division ) of the West, t- ' Macon, Ga., Nov. 29th, 1864.) General Orders, 1 No. -. j All supernumerary Officers of this Military Bivision not otherwise assigned to duty, will report to ike Commandant of the Post, Macon, Ga, By command of General Beauregard. A. R. CHISOLM, dec 2 ocd2w A. D. C. and A. A, A. #. Headquarters Goy. Works, (Ord.) 1 Columbus, Ga., Dec. 1, 1864./ Wanted to Hire ! FIFTEEN NEGRO BLACKSMITHS. Good quarters furnished and liberal wages paid. Apply te M. H. WRIGHT, dee 2 lw Cel. Comkig. Exchange Notice—No. 13. Richmond, December 1,1864. 1. All Confederate officers and men who have been delivered by the Federal authorities at ’any place, prior to November 25th, 1864, are hereby declared to be exchanged. 2. All officers and men of tbe Vicksburg capture of July 4th, 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 c ared to be exchanged. Ro. OULD, *dec 11 '6t Agent of Exchange. HO FOR, ATLANTA! 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 ts Agent. OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS, Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29, 1864. MO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex it press Company’s Office after 3)4 o’clock p. m. o go East on that day, nor will any be received to go West after 4)4 o’clock p m. oc 29 ts S. H. HILL, Agent. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, ) War Department, Ordnancb Bureau, > Richmond, Not. 11, 1864.) All officers on Ordnance duty are required by General Orders, No. 70, Adj’t. k I. G. Office, Aug. 29, 1864, to report without delay to the Chief of Ordnance, Richmond, by letter, stating First. —Their rank. Second— Date cf 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. 5 Sixth— The authority by which assigned, furnish ing date, and if possible, copy of order of ass gnment 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 as a delinquency. J. GOR.GAS, nov 22 eo!4w Chief of Ordnance. To Rent, * BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forges, il all complete. Apply at oc 31 ts THIS OFFICE^ To Printers ! WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY, (except Rubng Machine,) two hand PRESSES, and about 1,000 Pounds of Type Metal. noy2l-tf Notice to Debtors and Creditors ALL persons having claims against the estate of Joseph W. Wooliolk, dee’d, late of Muscogee county, are hereby notified to render them du!y authenticated within the time prescribed by law; am 7 those indebted to said estate are requested te mr te immediate payment. WM. G. WOOLFOLK, nor 23, 1864—w40d Adm’r. Holiday Evening:. In Camp in Front op Nashville, \ December 3, 1864. j Editor Times : Please publish the following j list of casualties in Young’s Battery, caused by j the explosion of a limber chest near Spring i Hill, Tennessee, on the 30th November: Killed—William Watson, James Wallace. i Wounded—R D Sims, dangerously ;W R ! Baker, Allen Cowart, Robert Jones, T J Jar ; rell, T M Llghtfoot, severely, j All the wounded are expected to recover. I- Capt. A. J. Young, Com’dg Battery. j From Savannah.— But little additional in- I telligence from Savannah has been received | since our last issue, but so far as it goes, we | regard it as indicating that Sherman has been 1 held in check, and, perhaps, has been repulsed j in his attack on the city.- Passengers by last evening’s train report ; that on Tuesday heavy firing was heard at I Station No. 4, Gulf Road, in the direction of Savannah. The attack on the place com menced on Suaday, and this would indicate that our friends had maintained their position? and perhaps, by so doing, gained sufficient time to obtain aid from above. In the ab sence of all definite intelligence, such is not an unreasonable conjecture; and if the Con federates in Savannah have been able to keep Sherman at bay for three days or more, the probability that they can beat~and drive him off entirely, is greatly increased. It was also reported that the enemy had obtained posses- the Roilroad bridge over the Altamaha river, south from Savannah, in the direction of Brunswick ; but this is not reported as re liably certain.— Quincy Dispatch , 17(A. [Correspondence Atlanta Intelligencer.] Marietta, Ga., Dec. 5, 1864. Dear Sir : You will no doubt be surprised to hear from me at my old homestead near Marietta. After I heard that the enemy had evacuated this country, I got permission to come home and see what had become of the family. I found them all well but stripped of everything out of doors, anji only enough pro visions for a bare subsistence. As I ascended Kenesaw Mountain the first thing that came to view was the Georgia Mil itary Institute, laid in ruins, what was the once beautiful but* now desolate city of Mari etta, with all the public buildings and private residences not occupied by someone, (and some tba' were occupied,) burned to the ground. Those that were fortunate enough to save their houses, have no fences around them, their yards turned into roads, and their shrubbery completely destroyed. Bands of pillaging Yankees, (which the offi cers pretended to forbid,) were continually interrupting the citizens, taking off their pro visions and such other articles as they chose, negro houses not accepted. The Western and Atlantic railroad is torn up from the Southeast bank of the Etowah river to Atlanta, and from Resaca to Dalton. This leaves about forty miles of the road un injured. The bridge across Etowah river Is not burned. Why it was left standing.l am not able to say, unless it was from the fact that the timber from which it was made was too green to burn well, and they were too scared to wait on it. I was informed by the citizens near tbe river, that when they left their artillery and wagons were in a gallop ; they thought that Gen. Hood was close after them. I have traveled over a large portion of the country held by them through the summer, and which they have lately destroyed, and find many families suffering for the necessa ries of life. It is indeed heart-rending to think of the past condition of this country, and now to look upon it in its ruins. Yours, PENN. The Meridian Clarion of the 15th says that ; Davidson’s raiders never ventured within thir | ty miles of the Mobile and Ohio railroad. Gen. Thomas, however, deemed it necessary I to burn the Chickasahay bridge near Waynes- I boro, and on the east side of the railroad. Animals or vehicles can no longer pass that way. * We learn, says the Marianna News that * about 160 of the negroes captured in this county in the late raid, attempted to escape from Pensacola, having become tired of the treatment of their brutal masters —the Yan kees, and got as far as East Pass, when not having a pilot and being ignorant of the route, they got no farther and were recaptured by the enemy, who were several days searching for them. The trunks and private baggage of Mrs. General Buckner, were captured by the enemy recently, while being conveyed across the Mississippi. The garrisons of Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain, Whiteside, Bridgeport and other points, were recently constituted into a sepa rate division under the command of Major- General Steadmen. Steadman has by this time found it expedient, we opine, to transfer his separate division from the Tennessee to the Cumberland. - mm • The Y’ankee journals received "through the lines, claim that Thomas has, by strategy, got Hood where he wants him. The assertion is a modest one. (?) The Yankee forces were either driven, or made cowardly retreats, from every position they held on the Tennessee, and above that line until they reached Franklin, before they dared risk a trial of strength : and from that point were easily driven back to their last stronghold. Such boasting as the Northern journals indulge in sounds absurd in the South, but it tickles the palates of the Northern public. Nobody can be harmed bv the wholesale lying indulged iu, except the au thors. Yankee Account of the Battle of Franklin. The NashYille correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, gives the following account of the battle of Frankhin: The plan of the battle was very simple. We had no time, in fact, to get up a complete plan, as the euemy pressed us too closely, auu obliged us to fight them. The orignal plan was to withdraw the force of Gen. Schofield until the meeting of our reinforce ments, and then give battle in the vicinity of Nashville: but the over sanguine rebels pressed us too hard, and, when Schofield perceived he could not avoid a contest, he drew up his little army inline of battle in front of Franklin. At half-past three, the assault was commenced by the rebels. Cheatham's corps was on the right Stewart’s oh the lef:, and S. D. Lee’s, in reserve, on the centra. Cheatham threw his whole corps on Wagr er’s division with great impetuosity, and, after an hour’s hard fighting, he pushed Wagner back c» our second line, where Wagner's men becamo mingled with those of Cox’s and Roger's, on our left and centre. The rebels encouraged by their success in dri ving back Wagner, with loud cheers advauced on our second line. The order of advance was very peculiar—a semi-circle of two regiments deep extending all around our lines, and behind each alternate regi ments was placed four others, so that the assault ing columns were six regiments deep. Gen. Hood appeared about four o’clock p. m., at the head of his command, and, pointing to wards our lines, said: “Break those lines, boys, and you have finished the war in Tennessee.— Break them, and there is nothing to oppose your march from Nashville to the Ohio river.” Loud and ringing cheers answered the words of the rebel leader, while the whole space in front of our lines was crammed with the advancing ene my. Capt. Lyman, commanding an artillery brigade in tha fourth corps, had placed his batteries in most faverable positions, and from these storms of shot and shell were hurled into the charging rebel ranks. With the most reckless bravery stPl the rebels rushed on, and when within a yards of our works *ur boys opened upon them a terri ble fire of musketry, and it seemed ns if it were impossible for anything to live before it. But no wavering was perceived in those advan cing rebel lines. On they came to the very para pets of our works, and struck their bayonets un der the logs on eur battlements. On the Columbus pike, the pressure upon our lines wa* so great that some of Cox’s and Wag uer’s men temporarily gave way. Up to this time, the brigade commanded by Col. Opdyke, of the 125th Ohio, had been held in re serve. Col. Opdyke, by the orders of Gen. -Stanley, rushed forward with his brigade to restore our bro ken lines. The rebels, who had crawled over our works, had not time to retire, when Cox’s and Wagner’s men, who had broken away but a moment before, rallied and attacked the enemy on the flank, while Opdyke charged on the front. A desperate hand to hand fight ensued with bayonets, and the butt ends of muskets. A hundred rebels were captured here, and the line was renewed. m For two hours and a half the battle raged all along our lines. The men of the 4th and 23d corps vied with each other in bravery. Riley's brigade of the 23d corps fairly covered [ the ground iu front of it with rebel dead. The rebel Gen. Adams was killed. He and hja ; horse fell into a ditch in front of the 10th Ohio. Seventeen distinct attacks of the enemy were repelled. At dusk the rebels were repulsed at all points, but the firing did net cease till nine o’clock at night. At least five thousand rebels were killed, wound ed and captured, while our loss will probably reach fifteen hundred. We have taken from the enemy thirty.flags, some regiments, among them the Seventieth Ohio, taking a half a dozen each. Gen. Schofield directed the battle from tbe fort on the north bank of the stream, where some hea vy guns and the batteries of the corps were placed, and which did great service in damaging the enemy’s right wing. Nashville, Sunday Dec. 4. —No new devel opments have taken place to-day, except that our army still encircles the city on the south east, its wings resting on the Cumberland river. The enemy’s lines are clearly to be seen from high points in the suburbs and from the capitol. They are intrenching themselves in a south wstern direction, about three miles from the city. During the day heavy skir mishing occurred on cur left, and progressed along the line to the centre. Many persons witnessed the cannonading. Along the right of our lines nothing of importance transpired to-day. The general impression i3 that Hood will attack the Federal force in front of Nash ville. I I Johnsonville has been evacuated, and the I road has been uninterrupted, and part of the j trains from there are advancing to this point I by land. } It is rumored here to-day that Forrest has | placed a pontoon bridge across the river above the city, and that Marmaduke has occupied Johnsonville. Both are without foundation. A reconnoiterfng party sent Thursday re turned to-day, having gone eighty miles up the river. They report that no rebels were i seen or heard of crossing the river, and none | appeared upon the bank®. j A rebel deserter who came in to-day, re i ports that Gen. S. D. Lee published an order to his men Friday morning, complimenting them on their bravery, devotion. &c.. thanking them for the victory won at Frankiin, ami as surjng them that if true to themselves now in j front of Nashville, they would soon be enabled ] j to enter and take possession of tbe vast amount ! of stores contained there. Two prisoners were brought in to-d«y. Lt. , Hickman, 9th Tennessee cavalry, four mi’.es j from the city, and C. H. Gardy, of lor ) - 43 th 1 Georgia infantry. Congress has passed a bill authorizing the President to send the reserves out of their res pective States for a limited period. Conupirary nt Memphis. The Yankee journals are prolific in their an nouncement? of “rebel plots,' etc. The latest we find is in the Memphis Bulletin of the 29th ult. According to the Bulletin's story, Gen eral Washburne was advised that rebel emii saries contemplated inflicting some severe blow on Memphis. Detectives were put on the alert and one dark and stormy night, a number of men were discovered in the act of firing the Memphis and Charleston railroad depot. Four were caught in the incendiary attempt and placed in the Irving block. The officers at the same time that they e*p tured the burners, proceeded to the Charleston house near the depot, the keeper of which, named Dr. McMillon, who is alleged to be a rebel emissary and the concoctor of the plot to burn the railroad buildings, was arrested It is also alleged that Dr. McMillon promised that the incendiaries, who have all been em ployees oil the railroad, should have passes that would get them out of our lines and safe ly through Dixie to Mobile, and that he as agent of the rebel Government guaranteed that they should receive ten per cent, of what ever valuation of the loss shor'd bt made af ter the conffugration by the Memphis papers One of the incendiaries, known as Wilson, alias Salty, has been a conductor on the Charleston and Memphis railroad, another is Mike Sheeman. —Memphis Appeal. Davidson s Raid. —For reasons well under stood by the community, we have maintained “reticence’' for some days past on the subject of the Yankee expedition which was threat ening this point. We are now able to state that they have disappeared in the direction of •Mississippi City, after a sharp engagement near Leakesville, on the 10th, in which they were repulsed by McCulloch. This engage - ment was with one column—another was mov ing by a lower road, more in the direction of Mobile. Their plan was evidently lo strike the railroad somewhere about Citronelle, at the same time menacing points above and be low, so as to distract our forces, but their de sign was easily penetrated, and the disposi tions made against it were in all respects suc cessful. This raid has been a useful lesson in several respects, proving the defensible na - ture of the lines of approach to our city, tha skill of our commanders, the alacrity of o«r people to rally to tbs defence of their homes, and the sufficiency of the forces within tall to meet every at tack of such a force as the enemy is able to organize. We learn that the raiders have mace every thing desolate where they have passed. [Mobile Advertiser , lath. Faring Sumptuously. —lt is stated by the Louisiana correspondent of (he Register, that a bill of the “miscellaneous expenses” of the late free negro convention iu New Orleans has been published, amounting to over forty thoas and dollars, a considerable portion of which was for “refreshments” furnished to the mem bers. This is the first instance in the legis lative history of tbe world in which members have paid for (heir whiskey With public moa ey. As that “money,” however, consisted ®f greenbacks, which can be so easily printed, the loss is really not the people’s loss, but only those verdant people who accept aid keep those beautifully tinted promises to pay of a bankrupt Government. A question arises whether, under this new system, a legislator who does not drink is entitled to commute ilia whiskey for money. Grant has recently issued an order compel ling all citizens within five miles of his liaee to move further away, under the penalty #f imprisonment and loss of property. He ha* evidently been suffering seriously from the operation of our scouts, whom he thinks those innocent and defenceless people have been har boring. [Correspondence of the Mobile Register.] A New Steamer. * * * Some time in May laa^ General Maury ordered Major H. St. Paai, brigade quartermaster of the Bay forts aad batteries, to construct a light steamer for the purpose of daily rapid and econnomical com munications between the city and her outer defensea, and on yesterday that steamer, now powerfully armed, took her first trial trip, proving herself a complete success in every way, and combining elegance with strength and Bpeed. 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 stead}' vessel was never bnilt here, aad Mobile may well be proud of her mechanise, 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, a*hd her beautiful low pressure engine comes from workshop of that rising firm, Park, Lyons k Keyland. To them, and to John Foster, W. H. 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. We predict so the Rose Maury a long oaroer of success, and can only regret that this good work should not have been undertaken long before. The Liverpool “Post,” of November 18ta says : We were informed last night that Captain Semraes, whose whereabouts ha3 lately been the subject of several paragraphs in the pub lic journals, is in reality in Liverpool, occu pied in engaging men for service on board a privateer. It is said that he saw thirty-five candidates yesterday, and selected nine, and that he is to start on Sunday for Gibralter. Attention Russell County Militia. By virtue of an order from the Executive De partment of Alabama, all members of Capt. Guerry'* Company are erdered to report at Hurtville, Rui sell county, on tlie 21st inst., well mounted with five day’s rations, to repair immediately to Pollard.— Every failure will be promptly reported and dealt with according to Sec. llthofAct of A.ugust 29rh, 1863 - THOMAS BARRY, dec 19 2t* Lieut. Com’dg Company. For Chattahoochee. The Steamer Jackson will leave for the above ■ and intermediate landings, Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock. D. Far. dee 19 td By Elli*, Livingston & So, ON TUESDAY, 2Oth inst., at 11 o’elock, w t will sell in front of our store Avery Likely Negro Girl 15 years old. 29 bbls. Salt. 5 bbls. Corn Whiskey, Crockery, Cows and Calves, &c., &c., &c. dec 19 sl2 GREAT ART EX. 11111 ITI O N T war illu^trations.- -L< iith Series. or an Hour with the Confederate Generals. Vrill shortly appear at Temperance Ha4L dec 19 2t*