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Volume XL
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
MH3COGBB RAH. KOAU, >
Superintendent's Office, >
Cuiuiubua, Dec. 3d, 1863.)
ON and aft. rlb c d.h the Mai! Train on lbis Road
wit! run hh Idi'.WK :
Leave C’nlii t.hiis —.....7:45. I*. M.
I.e .vi Ma <>n 6:3d. i\ M.
Ariiv.-Hl Miron 4:la, a. M.
Arrive i>t C limnlnis a. &|.
Pt. eei.ftem < air now go through to Charleston, via
Hnvnnriaii, without delay,as the Mail Train on the
Charleston ami Havannah Railroad makes close con
nection wiPi Ho: Central ltaiLroad at Hsvahnah
W, I, CLARK,
fluid. MuHeturee R. K.
Dec 4 ts _____
Change of Schedule.
ON AM) AIT lot December f>th, the Passenger
l ram on the Montgomery £ West Point Railroad
will
l.< 'vc Montgomery at ..........10.30 A. M
‘ West Point 2,30 P. M.
Arrive at. Co.iiiiilhis, ................7,10 P M
l.e:ivc Columhns 230 A M
Arnve su Moniginnery 11,37 A M
* West Point ..7,50 A M
Making through connections to and from At lanta.
Frrir'ln leaves Cu1nmhd5................8,40 A, M.
“ Arrives m C01umbu5,..........8,00 p. M,
|D. 11. CRAM,
Dec. 4lf tjiipi. Sl Eilgr.
Notice.
MOBILE 4-GIRARD RAILROAD. )
tMtpinntenilcnt’s Oflice, Dec. 4, it»o3. S
ALL wood delivered on the right way oflheroad
after this date will be considered the property ol the
ilompany, to be paid for at the advertised rate at the
time • f delivery. >
Parties wishing to ship Wood on their own account
are hereby notified that it mu9t be delivered at some
one of the regular Stations on the Road, and subject
to rules g venting other freights.
Dec 5 2w B. E. WELLS, Sup’t.
CWI> FOR SALE,
I Will, sell 040 acres level LAND in the county of
lit,-.sell, convenient to iiachurliubbee
acres cieured. inline mate for .cultivation, with corn
and toddei on tl.fe premises. For particulars call on
me umlersiguc.:, seven miles west of Glennville.
K E. R. FLEW ELLEN,
Nov. 21, ts
Run copy.
DEJSTT A-Ta CARD.
.John &• €linrk, JD, 8.
Professor of “Theory and Practice” in
THE NEW ORLEANS DENTAL COLLEGE,
(4 AN be found at his rooms, over Dr. Ware’s Drug
j Stoie, No. 100, Btoad street, Columbus, Ga
Nov 2i im* *
c ox,tt:m:btts
imiM ESTABLISHMENT I
rjpliti SHRSCUIIiERS having perfected their ar-
X raegt meats, are now prepared to do all kinds of
DYING in
Biik, Wool and Cotton.
Dye House on sontb.west corner of Bridge and
Oglethorpe streets. orders left at ihe office ol the
Southern E.vpiess will meet with prompt attention
Parlies from the country can send any aiticle by Ex*
pre..s. Address
t OIGHT & HILL
Nov 19 3m.
law and collection office.
Ad- T. HUGHB9.
Attorney at Law and Notary,
RICHMOND, VA.
Claims of every 'description against the Confederate
States settled with accuracy and dispatch. Legal
business will receive prompt attention. uugl2 ly
A VALUABLE BOOK
03? 33HSTOHY.
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ADDRESS
J. S.THRASHER,
StTPERinTKNDBHT PtIISSH ASSOCIATION,
"a 8 ts ATLANTA, GA
LOOK OUT BOYS!
Here’s Another Chance !
VV7F. have received authority to raise u Com*
vV pany tor vi ajm T. B. ;,Ho\vanl’s Battalion ot
Non-Conucripts to be stationed at
COLUMBUS, GA.
FOB. TUB WAR
We invite ail young men between the ages of IS
ami 18 to join us. We shall have conilortahle quar
ters amt will reomve the same pay, clothing, 4-c , that
the tegular Conti derate troops receive. Tne duty is
light and pleasant
Ait wishing to ipm ns w ill repott to Acee & Col
liet’s Drug Hum:, or to Maj. T. B. Howard, or to
(.lamp Hump rev’s, near Columbus. For lurlher In
formal tow apply to
J. B. COLLIER, Capt.
JOHN S. ACEE, Ist Lieut.
2d
dec'll--d2m L. DOZIER, B.’vi 2d
Planters Look Here !
IAROi? quantity t<( HOG BRISTLES wanted lor
j witnt Hi highest maiket price wilt be paid, by
M. BARRINGER,
Opposite Datringer & Morion’* Oui Htand.
Dec 21 lm*'
Estray Notice.
DICKENS McCOV, ot the 77fd District G. M.
iratismi s to me the following certpicate of and
Eat ray Yoke of «x n: ins a red and while color,
and I lie other a white and brindlc color; mark'd with
a smooth crop ami underbit in bath yeats. About
tour years old. AptiraoedbyA.tr. liov. io and Jo
sepli i aw.-no Biggci?!. treeholdeni of said county air
district It* b" wettii four hundred do.liars.
A t-iie ext tact tr- in the estray bo«k. this the 28rh
ol December, 18(3. A. P JONES,
Jau4—w6od Clerk, 1. C.
€. Mi. Marshal Male,
WlLl.be si b! cut the first Tuesday in February
next beiwi ett the usual hours ot sale, before
the Court H. use in Muscogee county, a fine four
wheel carriage, levt din to satisfy twenty-ait ti iss
vs Beall tl[- Murphy, i t.e ti la vs A A Beall and one
h fa vs K A Murphy, garnishees in favor of the Con
federate States ot'Ann; ica for interest due on debt
to allien enemies to the 3(Xb August, 1862.
PHILIP A CLAYTON,
c. 8. Marshal.
Columbus, 29th Dec. 1863. Id
GEORGIA—MarIon County
RULE Nlrft —'Mtereas, M Butt and William M
Bui , Administratois upon Die e-iate ol Eidrtdgc
C. Butt, dec’ll, h .vmg applied lor letters of Disurta
rion Irom said Administration.—These are therefore
to nte and admonish all and singular the kindred and
creditors ot said deceased toshow cause, if any they
hav.-, \vhv said applicant ahould not be dismissed
from said Administration.
Given undo my hand and official signature. Sep
temberad. tMiJ, MALCt».u II Aik,
sept 7, iiifitn. Ordinary.
GEOROI \—Marion County;
WHEREAS, Jo. e, h Belk having applied lor l«t
i«rs t f Adminsiraii >n upon the estate ot Zachas
riah Belk, deceased,
These are liters ti re to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of sold deceased
to be ar.d tippe tr at my office within the time pr*'
scribed by law, to si ow lause if any they have why
said letters oi administration should not be granted to
■aid applicant, cu the 2nd Monday in January next.
Given under my hand and official signature, Nov
**»}. 1863. - MALCoM HAIR,
Nov *7 40. Ordinary,
PUBLIC SALK
ov
IMPORTED GOODS
BY JAMES D. TAYLOR.
On Wednesday, Jan 20 th.
CtOMM ENDING at 9 o'clock, will hi sold with
> out reserve, in my store, corner of Broad an
Campbell streets, Augusta. Ga., asp'em'td assortment
of, Goods of hue importations from Nassau ami Ha
vana, to-wit:
rRT-OOODS
45 cases 31% Collie Prints
10 cases 23$ Collie Punts
SO casts bleached Shirting
5 cases Mohair Challies
3 cases Black A pacca
5 cases Mohair Lustre At
S bales Scstll t.Flaunel
1 ease Irish Linen
1 case Slate Colored Linen
I case Blay Linen
1 Orleans Stripes
1 Mozambique
2 cases Coloied Del.aine—plam, all wool
I case Blue Union Cassimere
1 case Black Bombazine—riuper
1 case Black Henrietta 6-4
I case White Jackonet
1 case White Plaid Muslin
1 case riuper 6-4 Casrimere
2200 dozen Linen Tape and Bobbin
2000 dozen Twilled Tape—Black j and White
1 case Linen Sheeting—riuper
1 case Bilk Picket Haukrrchiefs
2 baits Chooolate and Orange Jldkfr
250 dozen Linen Cambric 5-8 Handkerchiefs
220 dozen Linen Fronts and Collars to match
3 bales Crimean Shirts *
1 case Fancy Regimes*
1 bale Super Black and Colored Cloths
2 cases Fancy Couonades
25 Business Coats
89 pair Blue Pauls
1 bale Linen Duck
1 case Black Alpaecas, superfine
1 case Black Aipaccas, fine
- Biles of Brown Shining
141 dozen Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs,
A.XiQO a
30 cases Shoes,gents,women, youths and mkies
3 raies Wool and ,Felt Hats
520 M Percussion Caps
iOOkega BtCatb Soda,
60 boxes Extract Logwood
1 ease Pipes
50 cases Salad Oil
75 cases Brandy, Durand <£■ Cos
25 bag* Coffee
10 bates Gunny
2 cases Cut Tacke
1 case Pocket Memorandum Books
I case Needles, Hair Pins, &c.
22 cast s Champagne
25 thefts super Green Tea
8 barrets Bi Cat b Soda
11 cases Soap,' 3 barrels Soap
20 coils Manilla Rope
600 pounds Gunpowder
ALSO
1 cask 250 and owe it jMMorted/'fio*
1 cask 75 dozen assorted Mill Files,
1 cask 66 dozen 12inch flat bastard Files
1 cask 40 dozen 14 inch bastard File*
1 c,sk SO dozen 16 inch bastard Fie*
1 cask 55 dozen assorted Round sud Square
1 cask 50 dozen assorted 4 round bastard
1 cask 30 dozen. Horse Shoe Rasps
3 c.ses 120 duzen Eoglisb Taper Files
3 casks 800 gross Wood .flcietvs assorted Hand
3 inch
3 calks 15dozen Cast Steel Hose
1 eask 100 setts Knives .and Forks
1 case 80 dozen .English ‘flclssots
10 cases brown und bleached Shoe Thread
2 cases Crocs Cut flaws f(v4j
I case 5 dozen Kngliau Powder Flasks
500 Grain hags
8 rolls Wire Cloth for Rice Mtlls
8 bales 4io pounds Linen Cartridge T* ine
1 case twelve dozen Chamois Skins
AND
Sundry Casks and Cases Assorted Hardware
Conditions—Cash on delivery.
January B—fleet td
Shipping Notices
MUSCOGEE RAIL Load, )
SI'PEUINTKNBKNT'a OFFICE, >
Columbus, Dec. 22d, ’63. )
Owing to the want-ot sufficient transportation for
Got eriimcnt jYtiu-ht, private freight will not be received
at this depot until further notice.
IW. L. CLARK,
Dec 23 if supt.
Wanted.
MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, 1
SvrSBINTBNDKNT’a OFFICE. >
Columbus, Dec. 22d ’63. y
WANTED to hire for the ensuing year (i664)
twenty-five able bedieH Negroes to work on the
Muscogee Railroad. Apply to
W.L. CLARK, fluot.
or A. B. BueTKI.
Dec 23 .Ini
HEADQUARTER!* )
SECOND DISTjRICT «A. STATE OU aRD, J
Savannah, December 30, 1863. j
Genhul Obders, No. 6.
i. Offictra commanding Regiments and Battalions
comprised in the B.coed District, Georgia State
Guard, will forthwith rendezvous tboir respective com
mands at points most convenient for railroad trans
portation to this point.
11. r l hey will report to these Headquarters the
times and places of rendezvous and the number of
men for whom they require transportation.
111. The horses belonging to cavalry oganutiona
will be left iu their present localities until further
orders.
By commutd of
Blig. Gen. H. B. JACKSON,
t'-oa»d‘g Second District G. S O.
H. Jackson, Capt. and A. A. Q.
MUSCOGEE SHERIFF SALE.
WILL be sold before tbe Court House door in the
°£ Columbus in saidouiuy of Muscogee,
oa the first Tuesday in February next, i etween the
legal hours of sale the following popert*, to-wit:
Filly Share* of the Capital Block of the Florida
Home Insuiance Company and an interest of two
thirtieth* in the S.eamer Marianna, levied on as the
proper tv of Charles Fratu Also twenty-five Shares
of the Capitaltotoekot tne Georgia Home Insurance
Company, and a negro woman slave u.med Polly of
a darkenmpexion, about twenty-five years of an
raid 26 Shares and said negro levied on as the prop
erty (J Daniel K. Dodge- Tbe while of the above
property levied on to satisfy a fi fa issued irom the
superior Ooarlof MuscoSee County, in tavor of At
kins A Dunham vs Pratt if- McKer zse
John ueoN,
Sheriff
Calufflbur,Qa , Ja»«aryMh, IJM. td
Columbus, Georgia, C. A Friday January 15, 1864
AUCTION SALES.
PEREMPTORY
Cargo Sale of
DIRECT IMPORTATION BY
CATAUOaUE.
BY WILKES MORRIS, Auctioneer
ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 24TH, 1864,
Commencing at 9 o’clock, A. M., I will sell at ray
Rooms, No. 2, Granite Row, Wilmington, N.
cargoes oriM Sh»«.tiipa,
I.UCY, AND WILD DAYRELL,
W«jplaige consigmuents from other vessels, via:
'• DRY GOODS.
68 bales Dark and Fancy Prints, Schawbe’s and
Hoyle’s
93 bales BUrk and White do
2u bales and cases Bleached Shirting
14 cases Black Alpaecas
6ca-es Super Freucti Black Broad Cloth
5 bales Extra Heavy Wool Coatings
10 cases Cassini eras
6 eases Fancy Mohairs
§ t ales Weieh Flannels
4 hales F-ncy Wove Flannels
1 bale Scarlet Flannel
4 bales Blue Satinets
2 bales Mixed Seal Skins
2 bales Fancy Tweeds
4 bales Bed Tick
2 cases French Merino
9 cases French Cassitntfre
2 cases LC Shirts
1 case Steel Doe Cloth
1 ease Pilot Cloth
2 cases Heavy Blue Army Cloth
2 cases Super Blue Broaa C loath
l case Waterproof Tweeds.
1 cum Velvet Pile
3 cases Lindseys
1 case Mottled Alp&cca
1 case Grey DeLaines
2 cases Figured DeLaines
case Piaid Knickerbocker
2cases Fancy Flanael Shirts
2 cases Merino Shirts
l,ease Merino. Drawers
4 cases Merino
1 case Colored Handkerchiefs
* «»p»«8r -Cambrics
3 cases Spool Cotton
3 cases Bone Buttons
1 case Military Buttons,
4 cases Pins, Kirby's
1 case Hair Pins
1 case fluty binding
1 case 1 i ien flhirt Collars
lease Long flhawls
2 cases Gioves and Mitts
1 case Hoop Skirts
1 sate Assorted Ribbons
BOOTS AND SHOES,
64 cases Gent’s and Ladies’ Shoes
23 casts Army Bluchers
6 cases Shoe Thread
7 ba.es Sole Leather
3 cases French Waxed Calf Skins
STATIONARY.
26 eases Cap. Letter and Note Paper
18 cases Pens, Hollers and Pencils
8 cases Envelopes, white and buff
3 cases Playing Cards
39 bundles Paste Boards
CARDING, &.c.
4 cities Card Clothing
4V ta*. s Cotton Cards, No. 19
i
HATS AND CAPS.
20 cases Gents’ Caps
8 t a*es French Felt Hats
GROCERIES.
44 brls Crushed Augur
60 bags Jam Coffee
10 halt Chests Young Hyson Tea
96 casts Vinegar
20 cases Pickles
20 cases Salad Gil
30 eases Brown Soap
100 cases Whits Soap
<0 cases Belmont Sperm Candles
56 barrels Mackerel
18 barrels Salmon
LIQUORS.
6 quarter casks Cognac Brandy, a superior at tide
80 casks Bourbon Whiskey
10 halfpipes Bourbon Whhkey
8 pipes Holland Gin
8 casks Old Tom Gin
203 cases Geneva Gin
123 cases Old Malt Whiskey
65 cases Bourbon Wi.iskey
15 cases ScheiJam Schnapps
30 cases Champagne
18 cases Pale A'e
*ls cases Cognac Brandy, Dupont and other fa
vorite btauds
SALT. ,
306 racks Liverpool G A Ba’t
160 sacks Turk’s Isiand Salt
2 ct ales Eanhern Ware
*5 cases Glass Ware, Tumblers, Wine Glasses
and Decanters
HARDWARE <fo.
10tons, 400 bundles, fine Nail Rod Iron
80 boxes Terue Plates
44 kegs cut Nalls
. 35*0 lbs Hollow Ware
4 cases Knives and Furks
2 i ares Scissors and Razors
1 case Files, Hammers, Hatihsts and Gimlets
•
116 boxes Window Glass
■lO cases P t r. Caps
BAGGING AND ROPE.
46 bales Gunny Bagging
30 coils Bale Rope
DRUG®.
*320 kegs Bi Cib Soda ; >
26 casks Soda Crystals
£0 casks Epsom Salts
35 bane s Lump Alum
8 kegs Pow’d Cream TartLr
2 cases lodide Potass j
3 cases Quinine
40 barrels Eng is'i Coperss
1: 0 boxes Extract Logwoods
6 casks Refined Camphor j
1 tierce Cerat ftesena l
J case Citric Acid I
1 case Acid Tart j *
I .fierce Pulv A cat: a
3 casks Flor Sulphur
10 drams Balsam Copaiba ,
30 casks Alcohol j
II Puncheons Alcohol j
12 casks Linseed OH
70 drums Linseed Oil
JO caee3 Taiitiiu Acid
1 ease India Rhubarb
1 keg Chlor Potash
2 kegs Salts Tartar
Meases Balsam Copaiba
2 cases Pow’d Cantharides
1 keg Gum Acacia Zinc
• «MM*B MtMtUXtl
3 carboys flulplt Acid
2 carboys Acetic Acid
1 case Pow’d ipecac T* ; *
1 case Pulv Rhei Turkey T i r ' ~ a %;S»* .* - I
3 cases Bi Catb Potah
3 cases Pow’d Jalap;
4 cases India Rhubarb
8 cat es Gas lor oil
10 drums Olive Oil
10 cases Calom-1, Pil Hydiaig, ar.d .lodide Potass
4 rases Ch oform.
Jan i4 tds,
tar Persons attending this t alc, with a view of
purchasing ate herehy notified tinrt no Drafts or ac
ceptances will be received in payment of bills. Ouly
money or Bank paper will be received.
EVENING EDITION.
RiiOLipp,
The rsstption Oj aA# Tsfyes, when ordered by
uimti, will is our rseciyi for ths mousy , sspesiul
ly to tkoss rub strikers for • Lest ivuis thmn *
ysmr.
When suiseriiers rreeies ths paper with this
paragraph marked, they wiU understand it as in
forming them that their suist-riptten ts about t»
tapirs, and that the paper will eertainiy is stop
fid unless they make a remittance
I
New York Tikes ;oh Senator Bhown, or
Mississippi —The “Times” of the Ist inst.»
contains a long editorial on the recent speech
of Senator Brown, of Mississippi, in the Con>
federate States Senato. It also pubiibes
his remarks. In its editorial, it says, in
speaking of the speech, “it is one of the most
remarkable attempts on record to embody des*
» Ugidaiiiin.*' Os thg proposition to con
vert the Confederacy into ongrand military
camp, it remralts: “If thin ba the only way in
which the Confederocy can be saved, then there
t& nothing more certain than that its doom is
sealed and its desk uctf on certain. There is no
maxim of goverament bettier settled than that
ihe force and oapacity forjonduranoo of a coun
try in war depends not so much on the number
of men it can put into the army, as on the ex
tent to which it can leavfe civilians free and un
disturbed in the pursuit of their ordinary avo*
cations.”
The Mortality of the War. —Ac-
cording to the Confederate (States Medical
and Smgical Journal, lately instituted at
Richmond, the mortality in the forces of
the enemy, is not only less than has been
generally believed, but apparently le»s
than the average of wars. It is true,
one hardly knows, what degree of confi
dence to repose even ir| Federal statistics.
They may be compelled to show the truth,
or for more temporary! political purposes,
to deceive the Yankee soldier into re-ena
listment, and with other designs:
The Mortality in the Yankee Armies . —
The first number of toe Confederate State#
Medical and Surgical Journal ha# been
published in JBLichniond.il Its typography is
excellent; its matter evidently of great
interest to the profession, and the whole
appearance ol the publication most credi>
tab'e. The present number contains an
instructive article,exhibiting, m appropriate
tables, the mortality in tfie enemy’s armies.
It appears lrom the! statistics that the
general mortality of the armies of the U.
Slates during the first year of the war was
67.6 pei thousand ot mean strength, includ*
ing with deaths lrom disease those lrom
wounds and injuries. The mortality from
disease alone was 50.4 pet thousuud; that
from wounds and injuries of every kind,
27 2 per thousand.
In contrast with these results, it may be
stated that the average annual mortality
from disease alone, in the United State# ar
my, during eighteen years ol peace, was
24 per thousand. In the United States ar
my, during the Mexican wat, 109.8 per
thousand. la the British army, during the
Crimean war, 232 p\ r thousand. In the
British army, duiing ihe year 1859, 9 per
thousand.
From the London Telegrpb.
Refinement has been extended to tbe campaign,
and the same republican impatience to seoure
for all ranks tbe distinctions granted in Europe
oaly to ihe lew, is enabling even the ordinary
general officer to vie wth tbe most potent im
perial commander. The carriage with which
the ladies oi New York have recently supplied
Gen. Sickles for his campatuing purposes, is in
itself a very bijou of tvi- engines. An English
landau, Americanized with a dickey for two
orderlies, moveable cuach-box, and a bright lan
tern within the carriage combines in its interior
the drawing room, officials bureau, dressingxroom,
bed-room, kitchen dud all. Thus the gallant
general—iilustrous it|t history for once refusing
to drink iho health of Q[,een Victoria—goes to
war like a tiue knigk errant, equipped by the
host of ladies whose ijavftilier be is. With the
means *of c&mpaigpign on tbe most epicurean
conditions, he may 4vnti;homj to thd War De
partment dispatches, recounting the victories
which he ought to have made, aided in his in*
cabrationa by the goldeii light and reflex of the
gift and of tbe memories which aocompatiy it.
The wife of a well known literacy gentleman,
while reading one of hiji articles for the press,
corrected it as he went aiding, and the errors were
somewhat numerous,
“Why, husband/’ she exclaimed, “you don’t
know the first rule ftj grammar, or else you are
very negligent." *1 ?
‘•Well, well, my love," he exclaimed, looking
rp from his work, “what’s tbe matter now?"
“Why, in ibree cases you speak of our sex in
theplural, and write in the singular number/’
“I can’t help it," was the retort j “woman is a
singular being/’
Butler tf&e Beast Among our Prisoners
at Point Lookeat,
The five hundred paroled Confederate
prisoners who arrived in this city on Mon
day night are mostly from Louisiana and
Maryland. They were escorted to the pa*
roied camp at Camp Lee, except a few,
who obtained furloughs to remain in the
city. The prisoners relate an incident that,
occurred on ihe 24th instaut at Point Look
out, Maryland, upon ihe occasion of the
visit of Butler, the squint-eyed tyrant,” to
the prisoners’ camp. He came, with his
staff surrounding his mailed carcass, and a
couple of hundred mourned guard forming
a solid phalanx about h.m, or dashing hith
er and thither.
The Beaat, for the first time in hia military
experience, was in the mitUt of 8 or 10,000
ot the men he had moat reason to fear, even
without arms, and his guilty, coward soul
must have trembled as iheir yells, jeers and
hissing volley of haired, contempt and de
rision smote upon him like a pelting storm.
The Louisianians were particularly exas
perated, and seemed bent on personal harm
to the wretch, who dared, while conscious
of security, to insult them by hie presence,
like the jackall that riancebin the presence
of the snared lion.
But betier counsel prevailed. A wall 16
feet high enclosed them, with cannon moun
ted and poiating from tho blockhouse, ready
to sweep them with grape.
The Beast, less noble in appearance than
the animal he rode, signified that he wished
to epeak to some ot tho prisoners, and
spoke to a squad concerning ihe raiious
furnished. Learning the quality ami quan
tity, he said they were, entitled to more,
and should leceive it. This was evidently
a compromise dodge of old blear-eyed bias*
phemer, and was intended to conciliate the
jeers, taunts and curses that belabored him
on every side, such as; “What will ji.d
lake for your dead?” ‘’You d—p k<hater»
eyed son of a b— h;” “Pay me tue money
you robbed me of at New Orleantj*’ “Why
don’t you fight men and not women?”
“When did you fight your last battle?”
“How much are you worth, you burglar?”
“Oh, bag your head;” “Why didn’t you
come to see us on the batile field,” &c,,&c.
These expressions were delivered all the while
Builer was speaking, and at the olo3e of his re*
uiaiks he rode off with his strff and body guard,
as ho oaine, the butt of a thousand jokes and
jeers.
This exhibition ot the Beast," in the midst, of
disarmed prisoners, places the cowardice of the
abject wretch in a most aespicatfle light. Know
ing he was justly hatea by them lor numerous
wrongs practiced up. n them, and atraid to meet
them iu tne field, with arms in uieir hands ana
their ffag overhead, he chose to appear among
them wnen he knew his person, white secure
fretn harm, would aud insult to the injury they
had already suffered at his stained, unholy and
sacrilegious hand.—[Rich. Examiner.
Tho New Attorney General.
The Petersburg, V., Register has the following
about Hon. George D*vis, of N. C,, who has been
appointed Attorney General of the Confederate
States:
. Mr. Davis has never been widely known as a
public man. A politician, in the party sense of
the word, he never Was. He is abuut lorty-iive
years of age, and a man of fiuo presence and de
portment, and respected and beloved wherever tie
is known. B.es&od with a high order ot mind,be
has cultivated it assiduously, and has attained
high tank, not only as a iawer, bat as a man of
varied literary acquirements. Prtoi to the trou
bles which culminated to Lincoln’* election, he
was a consistent member ot the Whig party, and
up to February, 1861, abiked by the “Union.”—
l’no Legislature of iNorth Carolina then, anima
ted by toe true patriotic feeling, and throwing
aside til merepariy predictions, sent a commis
sion to the Peace Congress, and of this commis
sion Mr. Davis was a member. Learning lrom
the result ot that mission, undertaken lor the
purpose of an honorable and satisfactory settle
uianc of our difficulties with the Nortn, bow nn»
possible it wus for the South to live in
honor in a Governmental union with the North,
he returned to his home at VVilimngton, and bade
bis countrymen prepare lor the struggle, which
he saw was at nano, and not to be averted, except
by a eiavisU abandonment ol all our rights, in
a like spirit of abandonment ol old party predic
tions, Mr. Davis Was elected a {Senator of the
Consederafe Congiessat the same lime that the
Hon. Win. T. Dortch, an old Democrat,, was
elected. Mr. Davis “drew” the short term, and
Mr. Doricu the long term At tue last winter’s
session of the Legislature of North Carolina, ex
Gov. Win. A. Graham was elected to fill the va
caucy occasioned by the expiration of the teim
of set vice of the Hon. George Davis.
Found Ills Man,
The wa; the natives talk iu Arkansas is
amatmig. The ioilowiug dialogue occurred on
the Devil's Fork of the Little Ked river, Old
Sense met Dan Loney: they were strangers to
eaoh other. Says Old Sense :
Good morning, sir ; are you well ?
£f you call a man wuil mat hus run miles, I
am that.
Dui you see any bear ?
LI you call a big btuolt thing, about the sixe
of Peio Whetstone's black mare, or horse, a bar.
1 did.
Had Jju a gun ?
Now you hit me.
Did you draw bioed ?
Do you call my double.handful of brains
blood ?
Had yon a dog ?
Is old Dose a dog ?
Did you skin him ?
Well, if you call a man in his shirt-sleeves,
with a knife seventeen in the blade, among to e
ribs and meat, skinning, 1 was that;
Was he fat ?
Do you call cutting eighteen inches on the
ribs fat ?
Did you pack him ?
If you call lour pouny loads packing v?Ly I
packed some.
Light loads, I reckon ?
If lour hundred pounds to a pony is a light
1 ad, they were iigui.
Did you eat any of it ?
Do you cail driokiug a quart of 1 at's ile eat
ing ? '
ifuu must have meat ?
It you call two thousand, seven hundred
pounds of clean meat, without bone, safe inside
the smoke house, meat, we have got some.
They must be iat at your bouse ?
Do you call a candle fat ?
Here Oid Sense brought a perfect squeal, and
6Wi re be had found the very man he had been
looking lor. "
Speculation is Hold —The Secretary of the
Treasury is contemplating the adoption wi*h the
concurrence of Congress, of some plan by which
to curiaii the fpeculatAo in gold, and reduce
premium te its true level, say twenty five to
thirty per e nt. One mode is mggestei in the
bill iot oduced by Senator Lane, of Kansas,
yesterday. Ado her will be embraced in a bill or
resolution, soon to bo introduced in the House
antheming the Secretary to usage the surplus
gold in the Treasury and ihe avails of bonds
sold abroad, in such ways as he may deem ex
pedient, to keep down the price of gold and ex
change. The Secretary of the Treasury hug
conferred with members of the Ways and Means
and Financial committees on this subject, but
it is net yet known precisely what course he
he proposes to por*ue.—[Washington Correa
pondent of the N. V Tribune. J
For Three Months, ?8
Another Chesapeake Affair.
Fromtbe New York Tiibune, Dec »I.J
The Morning Star brings at passengers
Capt J Nichole, and Walter Greenough,
supercargo of the schooner Jas L Gerety,
which was captured by pirates the second
day out from Matamoras.
Captain Nichols reports that he left MaU
arnoras on the 10th November, bound lor
New York, with a cargo ot cotton and six
passengers. On the night of the 17th,
about 12 o’clock, the capiain and two men
on deck, one at the wheel and the other
alolt, the six parsengers made an assault
on the captain with revolvers, knocked him
down, and threatened to shoot him if he
made any noise. They took him torward
and locked him in the lortcastle, putting a
guard over him. Four of them then went
aloft, and the mate, hearing a noise on deck,
came up, and was taken in the same man
ner and put in the forecastle with the cap
tain and crew. Mr Greenough, the super
cargo, in attempting to come on deck, was
kicked down into the cabin, and two shots
were tired at him, but fortunately did not
hit him. ~
The pirates confined him to his berth
and guarded him, with orders to shoot
him if he attempted any resistance. After
keeping them in confinement for eight days,
they put all hands into the small boat, and
told them to find their way to land the beat
they could. They landed on the coast of
Sisal, alter being two days and nights at
sea. There they got passage to Havana in
a Spanish brig, and the crew were sent to
i\ew York by the Bchooner Horace C Bell,
loin Sititl. .
The six passengers had paid their pas*
sage to New York from Matamoras. Their
names were T fi Hogg, ot Baltimore, J
Brown, of Conada, Jab Clements, Kelly,
Brown and John Wilsou. 1 his Wilson
w»s mate with Gordon the slaver, and be
tie was m the Toombs in New York
lor jour iyear* and ten moi. sU*.
They say that there arc four other par*
ties in Maumotut) awaiting fur vessels and
chances like this, and they are sure to get
them. The same party expected to have
had a steamer at Matamoras, but it got
away beiore they had their plans laid.
After they had put the captain and crew iu
the small boat, they hoisted the Confeder
ate flag and fired off their pistols as a sa
lute, saying that they had authority from the
(Jonfederate Government so to do. When
abked where they were bound, they said
Bei.ze, Honduras, where they would sell
the vessel and cargo. .
The vessel was owned by Francis Gerety
of New York, and the couon consigned to
JSheptey & Cos.
Or Geu Grant we have this afflicting in
telligence:
An army officer, direct from Chattanooga
informs the editor of the Indianapolis Jour
nal that Gen Grant is stiil buttering l rOK *
Install at New Orleans, has grown thin and
stooping, and shows marks of so great a
loss of health and strengtn as to create
tears ot his recovery, though he stiil works
as lndelotigabty as ever. ...
It is rumored that Gen Kilpatrick, the
celebrated cavalry officer, has oecotne in*
sane.
The Natchez Courier, of the 18th inst,
says; “We were pained yesterday to hear
ol tiie sudden death ot Mr Alpheus Wlieel
ock, of congestive chilis, Mr Wheelockhas
been lor many years a successful and re
spected merchant of Naichez, giving very
general sauslacuou In all his dealings with
our people. He will be much missed by
his inenua, as a generous and kind>teeUng
associate.”
The Ravels are kicking up their heels
and playing monkey shines in Memphis.
Grant’s Communications. —A dispatch from
Chattanooga, the 2&th ult, trom Grant's army
says:
Supplies come to us now quite plentifully by
way of the river from Bridgeport. Ihe railroad
from Nashville to Bridgeport is worked to us «t*
most capacity, and five new steamboats are, m
course oi construction at Bridgeport to increase
the facilities. The long bridge at Bridgeport will
be finished before the commencement of the new
year, and that at Runuiug Water before the mid
die ol January, w© biiail have all xwl to
Nashville. Wben supplies enough shall have
been piled up in Chattanooga to warrant a for
ward movement, I believe it will be undertaken,
no matter what the season of the year may be.—
Gen. Giant v*ill not let the rebellion rest m
quiet.
Florida Syrup-
A FEW BARRELS,choice article just rtc -ived and
fur sale by QUIN&.GHAY,
Jan 14—*t
XTOXICE.
HEADQUARTERS POST, I
Columbus, Ga., JarUiry 11th, 1904, J
[GENERAL ORDERS, No. *.]
**#*#•*
I. Capu Chat VVi od, A. A G, having repor.ed lor
duty in i ursuame of orders from Headquarters De
partment e. C , Qa., and Fla., Is announc' and as As
s slant Adjutant General of th-: po»t, and i.i future all
official communications dirt cted to these headquar
era will be adrfressed.to him.
11. Cammandit.g officers of Companies or other
military oiganjz.itiocs at thi; Post will make out and
lorward to these .'.e icquar ere as soon ss p.acttcable,
complete ret irps of all members of their command
piesent and ah .ent, together with rosters oi :he com
miss.ored officers, and statement* of the time when
and the autbo«tty by which such organize.ion were
-d into the seivice.
ill umcersofihe Staff Departments on duty a
thisPcst wili report at these Ilta)qua>ters in person.
J. W. ROBERTSON,
janUif Col. Cornd’g Fost.
320 or 640 Acre* of Land for Sale.
I offer for sale the tract known as the Mercer olace,
übout 1 % mile- from station No. 5, ol .be Mobi'c
a Girard R R. It cuntiins 320 acres, 18J oi whicn
is in cultivation, the balance timbered land/ There
ate cabins f>r about 30 negroes, gin house, stables,
4 r , iwo we:H of good water and a large quiiit tv of
light wood convent* nt to the R. R. The other baif
of the section, all. heavily timbered will b*. gold if de
sired by the purth s* r. Apply to Greenwood Sc
Gray, t.olumbu-. Ga , for teinis. Mr Mercer on the
place will show i to aoy iiie wshing to see it
D C. FREEMAN, Jr.
Bun Copy. Jan 12tf
Remember ILa Poor.
Those friends who have subscribed wood for the
poor of the city are eirnestly requested to ieliver
their contrihu'ions innedi ite-y. *8 ihe supply on
hand is exhausted and mar r '.niilies must sufi* Un
less relitfii furni-hed them without de «y.
J. H. De>vrre.
M E G $ 6
WAWTJED~
rpo HIRE, a NEGRO BOY or GIRL large enough
J- to v. ait on a genUetnm and h s wife
Jw i y i^i he TIMES OFFICE,