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Change ol Schedule.
)KV!CK ENGINEER AND SUPERINTENDENT, |
<Charleston and Savannah Railroad, 1-
Charleston, June 7. 1564.)
iN THURSDAY, June 9,18'>4, and until further
‘ * notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
ne as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.15, a. m.
Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah 5.30, a. m.
irriveinCharleston 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
11. S. HAINES,
fvme 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Change ol Schedule.
i .N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Train? on
• the ' uscogee Railroad will run as follow;
PASSENGER TRAIN:
jea\ e Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M.
heave Macon 8 10 P. M,
Vi rive at Columbus 4 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M.
.'os. Coiu*..' in.. 1 55 A.
W.L. CLARK,
nar 19 t.f Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY k WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
lN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
I the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point _at 7:10 a.m.
,4rrivo at 6\>lumbus at 5:32 p. m.
Leave Cblumbus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p.m.
.4rrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
D. H. CRAM, Sup’t 4 Eng:
ag27lß64—tf
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
t'HAVOE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
.\N and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
' ' Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at 1 30 p. 4 m.
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. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
agl 81 f Eng. Sc Sup’t.
Dr. It. NOBLE,
XDB3STTXST,
\ T PcmbertoD & Carter’s old stand, back room of
A Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours, foe 18 6m
STE Rli l\(> EXCHANGE!
4 FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
„i6 to istoaw
TO QEOROIA EDITORS AND THE
HATLESS !
T WANT rabbit skins, coon skins, fox skins, otter
skins, mink skins, beaver skins, and all other skins
that havo fur upon them. I want them for the pur
pose of making hats, and will par the highest cash
prices, or swap hats lor them. 1 will give a gjou
rabbit hat for sixty rabbit skins; a good coon hat
for two dozen good coou skius ; a good beaver hat
for three beaver skins; a good wool hat for two
pounds of clean washed wool, free of cockleburrs,
and cut from the live sheep’s back, and so on. The
skins must be taken from the animals in winter and
bo weil stretched before .drj’insf. Parcels may be
sent by express, and hats in the same way,
J. A. TURNER.
Eatonton, Ga., Dec. 9,18C>4.
N. B.—All Georgia editors who will copy the above
notice, four times, including this note, and also the
following prospectus, the same number of times,
sonding mo their papers in exchange, with the ad
vertisements marked, shall receive by express, tree
charge, a good, soft* rabbit fur hut which will
bring in the market $100; provided they will have
their heads measured and send me the dimensions'
files’ Register Revived.
PROSPECTUS OF
THE COIIUTRIMAW,
NILES’ Register, the most useful journal ever
issued in America, has been revived in the pub
lication of The Countryman. This journal is afac
simile of its original, in the number and size of its
pages, its typography,and alftheTeatures which gave
value to the standard publications issued by Mr.
Niles
Besides the features of Niles’ Register, the Coun
tryman has others which should render it still more
attractive—to-wit: a department of elegant litera
ture rejecting the style of Yankee literary journals,
and modeling itself after the best English miscel
laneous weeklies,. but at the same time, being
stamped with an independent, Southern tone, origi
nal with and peculiar to itself, ,
An altogether novel feature with it, is that it is
published in the country on the editor’s plantation,
nine miles from any town or village, and devotes
much attention to agriculture, rural sports, amt
everything that interests the country gentleman.
The Countryman is a handsome quarto, ot sixteen
pages, published weekly on tile editor s plantation,
near Eatonton, Ga., to which all communications
should bo addressed.
Our terms are $5 for three months, or i?2O per
annum.
Send all "mUtance. by ««<■*. I(JRNJj , R
dec 10d4t Eatonton. Ga.
For Sale.
By B. J. BRITT,
114, Broad Street.
QA BOXES fine Tobacco,
OU Large lot Cotton Cards,
Soda, Pepper and Spice,
Smokiug Tobacco, (10 cases)
Pad-Locks, Brier Hoot and Clay Pipes,
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
LARGE COi^SIOMIfIEMT
OF
LETTER PAPER!
AND
jREUIORANBILH BOOKS !
for sale by
J. K. REDD & CO.
oc 12 ts - l
SSOO Reward !
STOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Oolumbus,
on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last,
TWO ZMZTJXjIES,
one a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right ere.
The other a black mare Mule, medium size, with
whith mouth and white spot on rump, m good
° r f will pay the above reward for the delivery of
the Mules with the thief, with proot sufficient to i
«n&r Two Hundred Dolto *£»*!*•
Columbus, Qa., Nov. 9,1864—ts
4t#-Sun please copy- „
~SSO Reward.
VTEGRO boy CHARLEY;
iN low complexion, hair nearly
dinary intelligence; left Mr. N at. Thompson
Box Springs, Talbot county. I .bought him
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who no
resides in Tuskegee, Ala. He origmalo came trom
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be Paia
for his delivery at this office, or in anv -laieiau anu
information sent to me at this office. T
JAMES M % BUSSELL.
Columhn'- SUV 1 tt *
Administrator’* Sale.
ON the first day of January, I will sell at public
outcry at the Court House in Marianna, 500 acres
(more or less) of pine land, belonging to the estate
of John Bird. On the premises is ia fine spring of
water, negro eabins, etc. W. S. POPE,
dee Own Adas’r
a " ~
YOL. Xl.} COLUMBUS, GA„ THURSDAY, DEC. 29, 1864. {’SSI'SS&SF
WANTS.
Wanted,
AT Lee Hospital, the Ist of January, ten able
bodied NEGROES, men and women.
A. D. BRIDGMAN,
dec II ts Steward.
WANTED.
T7OR the ensuing year 10 or 12 DINING ROOM
l SERVANTS and PORTERS, and one superior
meat Cook. Also one white Chamber-maid. Par
ties desiring to continue their servants at the Ho
tel will please call on or before Saturday next to in
sure their hire. SHIVERS, WYNNE & CO.
Proprietors Cook’s Hotel.
Columbus, Dec. 20 —til Ist jan
Wanted,
A WOOD TURNER, white or black. Good wage§.
rx will be paid for a good turner,
dec 15 fit JEEFERSON & HAMILTON.
Sun Sc Enquirer copy.
WANTED.
4 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,
Beynoids, Taylor County.
MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS,
nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga.
WANTED!
C AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
•JAJyjyj will be paid. Applyto
F. W. DILLARD,
3p~ ts Major and Q. M.
WASTED,
* 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,
nov 30 ts
Wanted
110 HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.—
* Good wages given. Apply at our Government
W orks.
oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY Sc CO.
Wanted
WE wish to hire for the ensuing year, six goad
Negro Garpenters, one good Blacksmith and
one wagoner.
dec 10 2w JEFFERSON k HAMILTON.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
Wanted.
QAAA lbs. PORK, for which we will pay
OUUU cash or exchange salt.
dec 10 6t JEFFERSON Sc H AMITON.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
Overseer Wanted.
A MAN over fifty five, or one who is unfit for field
service, to attend to a plantation nnzr Cblumbus.
Apply to J. R. IVEY.
dec 15 lw
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS,
Columbus, Ga., Oot., 29,1864.
NO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex
press Company’s Office after o’clock p. m. o
go East on that day, nor will any be received to go
West after o’clock pm. _ .
oc 29 ts S.H. HILL, Agent.
Lost or Mislaid*
T7OUR SHARES of the G. & A. S. 8. Cos., N*.
F 160, in favor ol Mrs. J. L. Wilson,
nov 30 ts D. A; J. J. GRANT.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
ALL persons having claims against the estate of
.Joseph W. Woollolk, dee’d, late of Muscogee
county, are hereby notified to render them duly
authenticated within the timo prescribed by law;
an 6 thofo indebted to said estate are requested te
in? te immediate payment. „
WM. G. VTOOLFOLK,
nov 23, 1864—w40d " Adrn’r.
NOTICE
To Mississippi Soldiers !
pHB “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
L Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers lm
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 baggage is there. * TT
C. K. MARSHALL,
sep‘2B ts
Government Sheep for Exchange.
DnA HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacoa
DUU or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Baco*
10c., Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Beef to be de
livered alive. Apply to J. A. TYLER.
Columbus, Nov. 2,1864—ts
To Rent,
. BLACKSMITH SHOP with six erseve* Forges.
(V all complete. Apply at
oc 31 ts THIS OFFICE.
A Plantation for Sale.
THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Planta
tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 miles below
Chattahoochee, containing 1,500 acres, more or less,
embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bottom land,
the balance superior pine land. In a favorable
season sixty bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds of seed
cotton, may be safelyirelied on. On the premises are
first rate negro quarters, gin house, screw and sta
bles. The dwelling is small but comfortable.
There are two orange groves on the place, one on
the river and in full bearing. A portion of the crop
of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. The other grove is
young but in good condition, embracing not only
oranges but lemons and other tropical fruits.
The place is finely watered and healthy. A rare
opportunity is offered for the investment of Con
federate money if application is made early.
Titles perfect. „ „ „ ,
Apply to R. L. BASS,
Columbus, oi
VAN MARCUS.
C lec6 ts Steamer Shamrock.
Florida Lands for Sale.
A TRACT OF LAND situated in Wakulla county,
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 acre*
are pine, the remainder hammock. The growth is
liveoak, whiteoak, wateroak, hickory, etc. All un
improved excepting a few acres.
an ' l
Executor’s I¥otice.
TWO months after date application will be made
to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor bounty, fer
leave to sell the Negroes and perishable property of
the Estate of Elizabeth T. Johnson, deceased, late
or said county. gAMUEL R j OHNSO n, Ex’r
Oct. 20w2m* Per THOS. D. BP.AND.
NOTICE.
Office Grant Factory, \
Nov. 29, 1864 J
4 LL persons having demands against the estate #f
•i Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
"Zs aotf ,h< ' Hri ® F *JO r Jil J. GRANT.
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory.
Stop the Horse Tihef!
SSOO Reward.
STOLEN from the premises of C. P. Levy, across
the new bridge, on the night of 30th November
two BAY HORSES and one BL ACK PONY.
Above reward will be paid for the horses and
thief, JOHN D. GRAY & CO.
dec 2 4t
$25 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hau 1
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on thermit
hindquarter. JOHN LOU*.
oc 13 ts __ _
SSOO Reward.
STOLEN from mvstalUte, the Bth inst.,a smalldap-
Dle cream PON Y, white mane and toil, astalion.
very fat four j ears old. Will pay S2OO for the pony
ands3oo for the theif, delivered to me m Amencm,
Ga.. or E. J. Pmckard, m Columbus. Ga.
dec 15 2w B. L. BLAtR.
SSO Reward.
T EFT my lot on Monday last a RED COW, me-
AJ diuin rite, heavy with calf, mark . »ht and crop
iV SS Sd slit in the nther. with whit® .pot «
horW«m.H horns «“»^gj^fj,* iGOYERS . _
To Hire,
I F^onlr 1 ’ ®hfuU r Sv™«t«^frj>-
i iaouinbrance. Apply at Alt its
1 dec 11U
SPECIAL NOTICES
~ j
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, )
War Department, Bureau op Conscription, >-
Richmond. Va., Nov. 25, 1864. j
Circular, No. 35.
Generals commanding Reserves in their respec- !
tive States, will proceed forthwith, and ut- i
most vigor, to organize for “continuous local ser- !
vice, to be mustered in for the war,” companies to
consist of all men foundfit for light duty and not j
otherwise assigned and actually employed; of men j
transferred to the Invalid Corps and found fit for
the duties hereinafter indicated; and such men as
are temporarily disabled for field service. The men
of the latter class, when found ready for the field,
to be forthwith returned to their proper commands.
The companies to consist of not less than sixty
men, and officers of the Reserve Corps will be as
signed to the Gi nerals commanding to thorough in
spection of them, and the Muster Rolls forwarded
to this Bureau. Upon their reception, the Secre
tary of War wiL assign officers to the command of
the companies.
It is the purpose of the War Department to as
sign these companies to duty as guards at posts,
prisons, camps of instruction, on railroad trains, and
such like service.
Prompt action is required of officers charged with
the duties herein prescribed.
By command of the Secretary of War.
Official:
[Signed] C. B. DUFFIELD, a. a. g.
[Signed] R. J. Hallett, a. a. g.
Headquarters Conscript Service, Ga., ?
Augusta, Dec. 19,1864. S
General Orders, No. 52-
I. In compliance with the above Circular and by
order of Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, commanding Geor
gia Reserve and Military District of Georgia, all
men found fit for light duty, and not otherwise as
signed, those who may have been assigned, but who
are not actually engaged in the performance of the
duties to which they were assigned, will report at
once to Maj. A. M. Rowland, commanding Camp of
Instruction at Macon, Ga.
11. All soldiers of the Invalid Corps who have
been for duty as guards at posts, prisons*
camps of instructions, on railroads and such like
duty, by the Board es Surgeons so transferring them,
and all disabled soldiers pronounced by the proper
Medical Examining Board as temporarily unfit for
field service, but fit for the duties prescribed in the
above Circular, from the Bureau of Conscription,
will likewise report to Major Rowland at Macon
Ga.
111. Inspectors of Conscription will report to
these Headquarters the names of such Enrolling
Officers, Assistant Enrolling Officers, men assigned
to the duty of collecting stragglers from the army,
under General Order No. 96, A. Sc I. G. Office, 1862,
and all others engaged in Conscript service, who are
inefficient or negligent in the discharge of their du
ties, that their assignments may be revoked and
they forwarded to Camp of Instruction at Macon,
Ga., for service in the companies specified in above
( Circular.
IV. Inspectors of Conscription and local Enrolling
Officers will arrest and forward under guard to
Camp of Instruction at Macon, Ga., all persons em
braced in this order who do not report voluntarily
and immediately.
V. Maj. A. M. Rowland, commanding Camp of
Instruction, is charged with the execution of this
j order, lie will organize those reporting to camp
1 into companies, and forward the muster rolls as di
■ rected in above circular.
JNO. F. ANDREWS,
Major and Acting Corn’dt
| dec 28 fit Cbnscripts, Ga.
IVotice.
Headquarters Post, \
Columbus, Ga., December 23,1864,)
Owners who have had negroes engaged on the for
tifications about Columbus, and who have taken
them away, or whose negroes have left the works
and returned home, ardhereby notified that strin
gent orders have been received at these headquar
ters to have all such negroes collected again.
Planters are hereby notified to return all such
negroes without delay, or subject themselves to
have some sent .for by a force of cavalry, detailed
here for that purpose. The hands are required to
be returned on or before 29th inst„ from which
dato the cavalry will proceed to collect all that have
not been sent in.
S. L. BISHOP,
dec 24 6t Maj. Com’dg Post.
Notice!
Office Quartermaster’s Office, )
Columbus. Ga./
I will HIRE TWO HUNDRED NEGRO SHOE
MAKERS; will pay liberal wages, feed, clothe,
and provide medical attendance. Early applica
must bo made.
F. W. DILLARD,
Major and Chief Quartermaster.
December, 20,1864. tjanl
Chief Q. M.’s Department, 1
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 20, 1864./
I request that all persons holding certified
claims against the Quartermaster’s Department in
this district, will present them to me, for the pur
pose of facilitating speedy payment.
F. W. DILLARD,
dec 22 tljan M. and Q. M.
.Marshall Hospital, \
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 14,1864. /
Notice!
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,
dee 13 till Ist jan. Steward.
Negro Mechanics Wanted.
Wanted at the Government Transportation Works,
negro Blacksmiths, Wheelwrights, Carpenters and
Harness makers, for which liberal wages will be
paid. They will be fed clothed and medical atlem
tion rendered in sickness. Apply to
THOS. C. JOHNSON,
dec 27 tj3i»l Special Agt. Q. M. Dep’t.
Headquarters Gov. Works, (OkdJ l
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 26, 1864. j
Wanted to Hire !
Twenty negro Blacksmiths and fifty-five able
bodied men, for laborers, in the Ordnance Depart
ment in this city. Rations and quarters will be
furnished them; olothing at Government rates, aad
liberal wages paid.
M. H. WRIGHT,
dec 27 lOt Cel. Cem’dg.
LeVert Female College.
Talbotton, Ga.
rIE Spring Term begins on TUESDAY the Kith
of January, 1865. Tuition the same as the Fall
Term of 1864, namely :
Primary Department per month $lO 06
Preparatory “ “ ** *£ 9?
Collegiate ” “ ffl Ou
Musical J 5?
Use of Instrument t -
Incidental Expenses “ . 1
Patrons are requested to pay in advance.
Boarding Department ’.including fuei) oer month.
$l3O, strictly in nduance Board can be nad fer old
paces for provisions at old prices. A number ot
young ladies can obtain board in private famines.
The President, Rev. Thomas A. Brown, has associa
ted with him four competent Teachers. with whose
assistar ee hecan impart a thorough knowleoge or
Music, the English branches, French, Latin and
Greek. The unprecedented success of this Institu
tion during the session just closed warrant- the hope
that it will receive a liberal patronage the ensuing
Term. For particulars addr^s
dec 27 4t '2aw (Thairm Board Truatoe*
Sun'and Enquirer copy twee a week lor two
weeks aad sen ! bill*.
Wednesday Evening.
Sickness of the President —Many painful
rumors have been passing about for the two
or three days past, about the sickness and
death of the President; but we are happy to
state, says the Augusta Constitutionalist, that
they were at best mere rumors. We have been
permitted to publish the following private dis
patch from Richmond, received on yesterday,
from the President’s private Secretary.
Richmond, Dec. 21.—The President was not
much sick, and is now quite well again. He
had neuralgia in the face.
Burton N. Harrison.
Outrage. —The Troy Advertiser learns from
a source in which some reliance may be plac
ed, that Newton, in Dale county, Ala., was
burned on Thursday night week by a band of
deserters, who entered the town for that pur
pose. We have not heard whether any of the
citizens were killed or captured by the party.
Rosecrans.— As late as the 13th this officer
had not been sent into Tennessee. The St.
Louis Democrat of that date announces his
removal from the command of the department
of Missouri, with orders to go to Cincinnati,
and report to Washington by letter.
Yankees Crossing the Savannah River.— The
Constitutionalist of the 24th says: Among the ru
mors in circulation on our streets yesterday, was
one that Sherman was crossing a force of 15,000 men
over into South Carolina at Purysburg, some thirty
five or forty miles above Savannah. We merely
give therumor for what it is worth, without at
taching but little importance to it ourselves.
The Death op Forrest. —ln our afternoon edi
tion yesterday, says the Montgomery Mail, 27th, we
copied from the Selma Mississippian, a paragraph
containing a rumor of the death of Gen. Forrest
at the hands of one of his own men. The same re
port had otherwise circulated in this city. It was
stated that Forrest was punishing a refractory sol
dier with his own hands, when the brother of the
said soldier drew a knife and stabbed the General,
from the effects of which he died. No confirmation
of this story has yet reached us, and we are inclined
to believe that the story has no foundation in fact.
There is some plausibility in the cause alleged,
which has produced the reported result. If we re
member correctly, the Wizard is sometimes his own
court-martial and executioner. He could not be
spared at such a time, and we trust that he may live
to tell his great grand children es his exploits in this
war.
S*d Accident. —The Mississippian states that on
Wednesday last a young lady by the name of Miss
Head, while attempting to cross the Cahaba river in
a skiff at Graig’s ferry, was threwn from the boat by
running under the ferry rope, and drowned. She
was in company with a gentleman, who used every
exertion to save the life of the young lady, having
swam with her twice to shore, but the bluffs being
perpendicular, was unable to find a footing, and in
attempting a third time to reach a safe landing be
came exhausted, and separated from the lady, who
sank to rise no more. It is said they were on their
way to Mississippi to be married. The young lady’3
body was afterwards recovered, and consigned to its
last resting place.
Wilmington.
Non-combatants are earnestly requested to
leave Wilmington as soon as possible. This
looks as if an attack was expected from Por
ter’s fleet, and as rumors and speculations
from that quarter may be intereating to our
readers ; we give the following extracts from
our Wilmington exchanges. The Journal of
the 21st says :
Amongst the fleet off New Inlet, the war
ships Colorado and Wabash have been recog
nized. We are not‘sure the report of a por
tion of the fleet being off the Western bar is
correct; at least no such report had beer, re
ceived at headquarters, up to 6 o’clock yes
terday evening. The fleet off New Inlet con
sists of over thirty vessels, of all classes. The
wind yesterday evening was from the North
east, and the weather was unfavorable for
landing. No demonstration had been made
to land at last accounts from the coast.
The Journal of the 22d contains the follow
ing:
The report reached here on yesterday morn
ing that the Yankee fleet, numbering forty-one
vessels all told, had steamed off'at about five
o’clock the evening before, taking a northerly
direction. This would by no means imply
that they bad abandoned any intentions they
might have entertained against this place, but
simply that they felt the necessity of making
an offing before night. We will probably
hear, before going to press, whether they have
returned to their position off either or both of
our bars.
Wednesday Morning, December 21.—Wind
blowing fresh from the south—atmosphere
warm—heavy sea on—forty-two of the ene
my’s fleet reported off New Inlet Bar. They
are in about the same position they were yes
terday afternoon, except ten of them, which
have moved more in range of one of our forts,
east of Fort Fisher.
The heavy blow yesterday is supposed to
have caused the Yankee fleet to leave the po
sition they held in the morning, as we learn
they were not visible late yesterday after
noon.
Beast Butler is reported to be in command
of the force reinforcing Newbern. making it
evident that a movement upon some point in
North Carolina is contemplated in conjunction
with the fleet.
From Missouri. —Mrs. Lucius B. Randolph,
of St. Charles county, Missouri, who has just
made her escape through the lines to this
place, where she is now waiting te hear from
her friends, represents that nothing heretofore
suffered by Missouri at the hands of Yankee
rule, has ever approached the reign of terror
inaugurated since the recent campaign otGen.
Price into that State. Old men. young boys,
and all of Southern feelings are trying to get
out —indeed, there is no other alternative,
save death or prison—from the rabble Yan
kee militia, consisting of negroes and Dutch,
led and incited by the lowest and most un
scrupulous Americans.
Mrs. Randolph left St. Charles coun yabout
the 12th of November ; there was then thought
to be near one thousand bushwhackers in that
county, besides what had already gotten off
to Gen. Price. She hie five days in a cellar;
her husband had recruited a company, and
they hunted her because he had shot a negro
who had brought the Yankees after him. and
vowed they would kill her for it.
Gen. Curt,s, who was expected to fake com
mand. had avowed his determination, to make
all Southern sympathizers leave the State
men. worn n and children—recommending
that taxes should be levied sufficient to ab
sorb their means of living.
W K. SMITH.
Col~mbc» Miss Dec. 2C.
TjfibtU Busier, i!SM.
From Wilmington. —The Wilmington Jour
nal remarks thus on the affairs in the vicinity
of that place :
About the enemy’s fleet said to be off our
tars, it would be difficult, if not impossible
for us to speak with any accuracy.
From the notices issued by the military au
thorities—and their opinions, in their own
profession, of course tar outweigh ours-—we
should be led to judge that they regard an at
tack upon this place as imminent, and yet af
ter all, we are not without doubts ou the sub
ject. Somehow it does not feel so to us. To
use a rather rough colloquialism, we do not
feel it in our bones. If an attack is made be
fore the end of the year, we shall be rather
surprised, although, in truth, we think it best
to be surprised at nothing. The nil admirari
motto and policy might, after all, turn out to
be the best. Let us wait and see, and be pre
pared for anything that may arise.
We find the following order in the columns
of the Journal:
Headqrs. Department North Carolina, )
Wilmington, N. C. Dec. 20 th, 1864. j
(Circular.)
The commanding officer of the post will afford
every facility for nen-combatants, not able to bear
arms, to leave the city.
No white man able to bear arms in defence of
the city will be allowed to leave, and all such,
within legal age, will promptly report to Cel. J. G.
Burr, commanding Home Guard, to be armed and
assigned to duty.
All men over the age prescribed by law are
earnestly requested to form a voluntary organiza
tion, and report promptly to Colonel Burr.
By order of General Bragg.
Francis S. Parker,
Maj. <t A. A. Gen’l.
This looks as if warm work was expected soon
on the North Carolina coast.
The Resort of thk Death of Gbn. Price
Contradicted. —The Mobile Register received
the following dispatch :
“Lake, Dec. 23.—1 will be in Mobile to
morrow. I left Shreveport December 9tb, and
heard nothing of the death of Gen. Price.
“ Maj. ROSE.”
It will be remembered that Gen. Price wa 3
reported to have died at Dooley’s Ferry on the
Ist inst., and the fact should have been known
at Shreveport before the 9th instant. We sin
cerely hope it may prove tha old hero still
lives.
Yankee Deserters. —We learn on good au
thority that a large number of the galvanized
Yankees, who recently took the oath of alle
giance to the Confederate Government joined
our army and were sent to Savannah have
gone over to the enemy. Before deserting our
ranks they conspired to kill their officers and
go in a body to the enemy, but the plot was
discovered and seven of the ringleaders were
tried and shot. The others returned to Sa
vannah.
This is another instance of the folly of
sending these treacherous wretches to any
point at all exposed to the enemy. They
should be kept in the interior of the country
and under a strong guard; place them where
no opportunity will present itself for desertion.
We have plemty of work in the country on
which labor is required, the repairing and
building of railroads for instance, and if they
are sincere in their loyalty, as they professed
to be, put them at this work and keep them
there.— Constitutionalist.
Confederate Valor. —The heroism display
ed by our soldiers at the battle of Franklin
has excited the admiration and won unstinted
eulogy from our enemies. From their news
paper accounts of the fight the following ex
tracts are made:
The correspondence of the New York Her
ald say3 : “The'determined bravery of rebels
exceeded anything before seen. Although
slaughtered by hundreds they still advanced
against our works. Eleven distinct assaults
were made against our works—each a fail
ure.”
The same correspondent, who mu3t have
seen Cheatham’s gallant boys before, says :
“With characteristic impetuosity the sol
diers composing Cheatham’s corps dashed in
to the breastworks.”
A dispatch from Nashville describing the
fight, reads thus:
“The rebels were now fighting with the
desperation of demons, charging our lines fu
riously, some leaping our works and fighting
hard.”
And again :
“Eyewitnesses say this engagement, in des
peration and furious fighting, was hardly
equalled by the battle of Stone river.”
Another account of the battlefsays :
“An officer who witnessed the fight yester
day described the battle as one of the most
sauguinary of the war. The determined brave
ry of the rebels exceeded anything before seen.
Although slaughtered by hundreds, they still
advanced against our batteries. Wituio five
hours eleven distinct assaults were made
against our woiks.”
Vick President Stephens. —ln common
with a number of others, we had the pleasure
of a conversation, on yesterday, with the
Hon. A. H. Stephens. Vice President of the
Confederate States, who was a guest at the
Mansion House.
After conversing with this distinguished
gentleman, it is not difficult to understand the
secret of his influence. Clear and logical in
his ideas, and happy in his manner of express
ing them, Mr. Stephens impresses his hearers
with the conviction that they are listeuing to
a man of sagacity—of clear, common sense,
and one, too, who is fully convinced of the
truth of whatever he asserts.
Mr. Stephens is xo reconstructionist. He
believes that the worst thing that could hap
pen to the Southern Confederacy would be a
reunion with the Northern States. Misery
and degradation, worse than Ireland ever ex
perienced, would be our portion upon nay re
union that could be effected. We must have
independence.
Difference of opinion may exist a3 to the
policy of measures proposed and adopted,
and of the means necessary for the attain
ment of the ends desired, and these differen
ces should not be allowed to grow into bitter
ness of feeling, and to make discord aad divi
sion among ourselves. We should award to
others the same honesty of purpose which
we know that we possess. Calmly and dis
passionately. we should anproaci every sub
ject connected with the public def-rjse. having
in view only the good of our bleeding coun
try and the attainment of wh r we &l! so
aeep.y desire—an u&norabte peact—which fie
think? can only be on the basis of State sove
reignty.
edo not pretend to gi v e ta- exact lan
guage of Mr. Stephen*, but the above. as we
understood them, were the sentiments ex
pressed. Various other interesting topics were
discussed, some of which we snail take occa
sion 'o advert to hereafter. The ->re?en f *ime
and our limited space forbid further extension.
Charlotte Bulletin.
3gl»E. Hurlbut. Esq., the superintendent
o: the central section of the Southern Express
Company, who was aptured by the Yankees
at Gordon about fn_: weeks ago, ha* been re
leased aid is now it. August*. —Macon Tei.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OF THR PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1563, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s offiee of
the District Court of the Confederate States so
the Northern District of Georgia.
Delayed Despatches,
Richmond, Dec. 22.—The Cuba, arrived at
New Yark, brings one day later advices frem
Europe.
Dayton, United States Minister in France, died
in Paris, on the 2d, of apoplexy.
Twenty-five seamen recently desert ad from the
frigate Majora, lying in the Scheldt.
Richmond, Dec. 21.—The Senate passed a b il
increasing the number of acting midshipmen in
the navy.
The House passed Senate bill extending the time
for exchange of the old issue of Treasury netes
until the first of July.
The House also adopted a resolution closing
the debate on the currency bill at two o’clock
Friday.
Northern News. —The Yankee authorities
have issued orders, stating that reliable informa
tion has been received by the Government that “a
largo number of persons, consisting of rebel sym
pathizers, secessionists and marauders, have been
collected in Canada, with a view of entering our
principal < ities for the ostensible purpose of seek
ing employment, but really intent upon the de
struction eflife and property.
Lord Lyons is in New York on his return
to England, where he goes to recover his
health.
The Navy Department has received a despatch
from Rear Admiral Porter, dated Fert Monroe, in
which he reports the capture of the blockade
runner steamer Emma Hendry, with a cargo of
700 bales of cotton, by the Cherokee, and the
schooner Mary, with SO bales of cotton, by the
Mackinaw.
Late advices from Kansas report the destruction
of two large and valuable trains of Government
supplies for the Indians aud fears are entertained
for the safety of the third.
Brazil has declared war against Uruguay.
Much excitement was caused in Louisville a few
days ago by a wholesale arrest of gamblers
and a seizure of horses by the milita-y authori
ties.
Gen. Wkiib and the Florida Outrage.—
A dispatch to the Western Associated Press,
dated December sth, states that the Chevalier
W ebb, United States Minister to Brazil, under
date of October 14th, sent a communication
to the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs in
regard to the capture of the Florida. Gen.
Webb begins his communication by rehears
ing the course of Great Britain and other na
tions in recognizing the belligerency of the
Confederates, which is also sanctioned by
Brazil. General Webb declares that the Uni
ted States have kindly feelings towards Brazil,
and adds:
Animated by such sentiments for the Bra
zilian Government, the United States will feel
regret at learning that n commander in tha
navy, without any instruction or authority
whatever, took on himself the responsibility
to capture one of the piratical cruisers of our
rebels while she was anchored in the port of
Bahia; and the undersigned believes himself
authorized to assure your excellency that all
reparation which honor or justice exact, will
be very freely offered, and much more freely
and promptly than if the act had been com
mitted by American cruisers in the waters of
the most powerful nation of the world. Re
cognizing the right of those pirates to enjoy
protection in the ports of England and France
simply because she cannot resist it. the Gov
ernment of the United States will not with
hold from Brazil one iota of that reparation
which, under the same circumstances, and in
her present embarrassed position, she would
be obliged to concede to England. Neither
the United States nor the undersigned are di
rectly or indirectly responsible for this occur
rence. It was not ordered or authorized eith
er by the Government of the United States or
bv the undersigned.
Become Insane.— The Memphis Bullet:*,
following in the lead of more prominent
Northern journals, has “gone mad’ on the war
question, and very gravely and deliberately
expresses its opinion that a “foreign war ie
desirable” on the part of the Federal govern
ment. In a late issue it says:
There is every probability that soon the re
bellion will be crushed and so we are pleased
to see that many of our exchanges accord
with the suggestions made by us some time
since, relative to the desirableness of a foreign
war, as soon as our insurrectionary difficultie*
are ended. A foreign war will consolidate our
people—will give employment to a large class
that would not return readily to productive
industry—and would be most welcome to
thousands of Southern men, who would bo
glad to wipe out the memory of treason by
service against & foreign foe. The war would
be most advantageous to us if waged mainly
by land. There is no power on earth that
could resist on this continent the million and
a half of veterans whom we could put in the
field. Have we sufficient occasion for war
with any power on this continent? We have
a just demand on England for indemnity for
all the losses our commerce has sustained du
ring the last three years, from the pirate ves
sels that she has sent out. Let us demand
immediate payment, and if this is not made,
let us cross the Canadian border and pay our
selves by annexing British America. The
clearing Maximilian out of Mexico will come
in good time. Perhaps a notice to him to
leave would be in order before the settlement
of our accounts with treacherous old Britan
nia.
For Justice Inferior Court,
We are authorized to announce J. W. KING a.* a
candidate for Justice of the Inferior Court of Mus
cogee county. Election Wednesday, 4th January
next,
dec 23 tde
By Ellis, Livingston & €o
HIRING Os NEGROES,
De °®“ lbe r 31st, at 11 o’clock. w«
will hire (for cash) for the coming year,
10 Likely Negroes (field hands) in
cluding a good Carpenter.
We will also Sell
A Very Likely family of Negroes,
Lot English Shoe Thread,
Lot Furniture, with other desirable
goods,
dec 28 S3O
LOST.
[rv 0n Tuesday, a child's
1 SLED CORAL NECKLACE, with small rold
, a pd a CORAL CROSS, set with pearls, at
tached to the clasp. The finder will be rewarded by
leaving it either at th s Office or Dr. Billing’*,
dec 28 3t
For Justice Inferior Com*t.
We are authorized to announce N. W. Garraxd
as a candidate for Justice of the Inferior Court of
.Vdscogee county, at the ensuing municipal election
Mr. Garrard is not subject to military srrviee.
dec 27 tde
City papers copy
To Rent.
A SMALL FARM containing about 10# acre*
2A m the woods an iiorty cleared, abouUone 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, See. For terms apply to
, Mrs. J. A. JONES,
near Columbvi.
Overseer Wanted,
Ij'Oß the ensuing year, one without a family pr<t
fered. Apply at my place in Summerville, 'twa
miles from tne city, immediately.
X ts Mrs. R. ECHOLD6
