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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. 0 TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION, IN MONTHLY PARTS, and CONVENIENT FOR BINDING!. VOLUME I—AUGUST—DECEMBER, 186?. PRICE FIVE DOLLARS— FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. 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,