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Volume XI.
Cl W«i: OF «CUt ; ,DULE.
muscogee ru’il. load, i
SnjWiiii e.'u 0:1 c*:, J
rolui'iii i*, l)ee. 3!, |f-63, )
ON »n#»ll*T list Clh the Maul Train on this Road
wil run as follows :
Leave Uolun.fins .. *. 7:45, P. M.
Leitvi; Ma-<>n.................... 6:30, P. M.
Ariveftt Mac0n....... a....4:13, A. M.
Arrive 8t C •iumbiis .1 ,a. M
P-u-sengere can now (rt» Ifirmigfi w ( Ua. krnion, y la.
Savannah, without delay, the Mail Praia <w ihe
Cbarlestou and Savannah Kiliroad makes clone con
uetiioii with the Central Railroad at H&rafinab
VV. L CLARK,
riu|>t. M iacogte R. U.
Dec 4 if
Change of Schedule.
ON AND AFTER Dec* min r Ikh, the Passenger
1 rain on the Montgomery % West Point Railroad
wiii
Leave Montgomery at ~ lb.K) A M
** West P0int............ 2,30 P. M,
Arrive at Go umbus, 7,10 ** **
Leave Columbus 2 6° A "J
Atuv« at Montgomery. . H.S7 A M
“ •* West Point « 7,50 A M
Makingthrough connections to am from Atlanta.
Freight leave* C01umbu5................8,40 A, M.
*• Arrives at Columbus, 8,00 P. M,
ID. H CRAM,
Dec 4 ts tjui»i. A Engr.
Notice.
MOBILE* GIRARD RAILROAD, )
Hut»enntendent’B Office, Dec. 4, lt-63. {
ALL WOOD delivered on the right way of the road
slier this date will be considered the property oi the
Company, to for at the advertised rate a: the
time if tleliveiy-
Parties wishing to ship Wood on their own account
are hereby notified that it must be deliver and >t some
oneof the regular Stations on the Road, and subject
to ru i h g venting other freights.
Dr c 5 2w H K. WELLS, ftup’t.
I.AAU l OK SALE.
1W 11,1, Hell 040 acres level LAND in the county of
Hu.,,11 convenient to llu. diachufibee Dap .t,
acres . leared, iit line state ou cultivation, with corn
and fodder on the premises For particulars oil on
the umlerMKiieu, seven miles west oLDlennyilio.
t,. It. rl,ul> ul'libN,
Nov. 111, ts
Sun copy. ;
DEIST TA3-. CARD.
L Jolin &. Clark, D, IK
Frofewor of “Theory and Practice” in
THE NEW ORLEANS DENTAIA^LLEOE,
('i AN he found at his rooms, over Dr- Wort’s Drug
j ritote, No. 106, Broad street, Columbus, Ga
Nov i!4 lm* _____
C OXjXJjVCBXJS
ME IM ESTABLISH HENT !
rg'llE SUBSCRIUERS having perfec ed thcii a*-
1 raiigements, are now prepared to du all kinds of
DYING to
Silk, Wool and Cotton.
»y« House on sonth-west corner of Bridge and
Oglethorpe streets. Orders leu at'he office ql the
Bouthein Expiess will meet wuli prompt attention
Parites irom the country can semi any aiticle by Ex
press. Address ....
1 *OIGHT 4c HILL
Nov 19 3m.
LA VV AND COIJLECTJO.N OFFICE.
iVI- T. HUaHBS.
Attorney at Law and Notary,
RICHMOND, VA.
Claims of every description against the Confederate
Stales setue.l with accuracy and dispatch. Legal
business will receive prompt attention. angiM- ly
A VALUABLE BOOK
OF HISTOBLY.
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TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS
OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
IN MONTHLY PARTS, and
CONVENIENT FOR BINDING.
VOLUME I-AUGUST-1 MBER, 186S.
PRICE IIV fc DOLLARS—
FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONnY.
ADDRESS
J. 3.T»IUSii»R,
StJPKRiRTKNUBNX Press Association,
• a Btf ATLANTA, GA
LOOK OUT BOYS i
Here’s Another Uiauce !
WE have received aulhori y to raise a Com
pany tor vlajorT. R. liowani’a Battalion of
Non-Coiisciipia to be stationed at
COLUMBUS, GA,
FOR. THE WABL
Wc invite all young men : eyween the ages of !. r <
and 18 to join ui. We shall have cmioriable qaar
ters and will receive the same pay, cjothii.g. Jf-e , that
the legal.r Confederate troops receive. Tne duiy h
light amt p!e«saut.
Ah W sliing o j tin uawill report to A- ee & Cos),
liei’a Drug riiore, oi to Maj T. If. Howard, or to
Camp Humphrey’s, near Columbus. For lurllmr In
formation apply to
J. B COLLIER, Oapt.
JOHN S. ACER. I-t Lieut.
2d
dcc2l—d2m L. DoZUR, It.’Vt 2d “
Planters Look Hero !
LARGE quantity of HOG BRISTLF.O warn, and lor
wh cn ih highest maiiat pri< e Will he. i aid, l,y
M BARRINGER,
Opposite Barringer A Motion*« Old Stand
Dec 41 Ini*
Notice.
DICKENS McCGY, ot the 77Jd District G. M.
transmt s so u»e the following cert> :caie •;( and
Estray Yose of < »xt n: Cue a red Pint wi He n>!or,
and tin 1 oih-r a v. bite and briidie color; m.ukt and with
a smooili < rn,i aid underbi> in both \ cats. About
so«» yeais old Appraised l»v Ad. iiovdin and J o
seph Law-on It s.i-m, freehold! i- ol sud counfy mi
disliict to be wcidi four hujidnut dollkiis
A tiue exl an u m the tsi ray hook this the 2 w ih
ol Deceother, 1863. A. B JUNES,
Jau4—w6od ''drk.l.C
C. S. Marshal «aie,
VTT ILL be sold on ihe fir.*'. Tuesday in February
Yv next. U iwt t o the usu 1 hums ol sa c. In fine
the Court 11 use in Muscogee loamy, a fii;e b.Ui
wheel cairi"!-© 'evieden to satisfy twei iv-rix fi us
vs Beall dj' Murphy, one fi la vs. A A Head and one
fl fa ve R A Murphy, garnishees iu favor of the Con
federsie iSiuies of Amedca tor interest uue on eebt
to allien enemies to the 3!>ih August, 1862.
PHILIP A CLAYTON,
C. B. Marshal.
Columbus, 19. h Dec. 1863. td
GKO Util A—Marlon County
Rlil.E Nl4l.—Whereas, M Buu and Wiiliam 51
But, Adutinistratois upon thee t«te oi E.urio'ge
C. Bun , dee’d, having app ie.i lor letters ot Disims
xiou trom said A4mmistr.ilmu —These are ther. lire
to cite and admonish all aiul suitulirilie kindred ;t:ic
creditors ot said deceased uish.vv i -.use, if any thev
have, why *aui applicant sh uul n..t be disnuasei
from siid •• dminisuation.
Given under my hand and offirisl signature, Sep
teniber Ihkj, MAl.l M i. HAIR,
sept 7, inOin. Ordinary.
GEORGIA Dlarlon toniuyi
WHEREAS, J.eeph Be!k having bp 'ied for lei
ier*of Adiumsiraiion upou u.e .-u e ol'Zaciia
rish Belk. deceased,
There are Gn’ieh re to cite aid adui' tiish all and
singular the kindred and cr Ui '>rs c f s.-id deceased,
to be and appear at my otlicc within ilia line pre
scribed t.y law, to show can e if any they have why
said letters ot administration should not be cram ,; u>
said applicant, cn the 2nd Mo: day in January m \<.
Given under my hand and e ffi itl signature, Nov
Mth, 1863. MALCt'M HAIR,
Nov 27 40, Ordinary.
AUCTION SALES.
■■■- ■■ jc :• 7- 7".’ r ~—=f-r
PEREMPTORY
Cargo Sal© of
BIRKCT IMPORTATION BY
CATALOGUE.
BY WILKES MORRIS, Auctioneer
ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 1864,
Commencing at 9 o’eloch, A. M., I will sell at my
Bales Rooms, No. 2, Granite Row, Wilmington, N.
C., by catalogue, the catgoes of the Steamships,
PET, LUCY, AND WILD DAYRELL,
With large consignments lrom other vessels, via :
DRY GOODS.
68 bales Dark and Fancy Prints, ?chawbe’s and
Hoyle’s
13 bales Bla-k and White do
20 bales and cases Bleached Shirting
14 cases Black Alpaccas
6ca'es Super French Black Broad Cloth.
5 bales Extra Heavy VVooi Coatings
10 cases C’jasimeres
6 cap* s Fancy M chairs
6 f ales Welsh Flannels
4 bales F .ncy Wove Flannels
1 bale Scarlet Flannel
4 bales Blue Satinets
2 bales Mixed Beal Skins
2 bales Fancy Tweeds
4 bales Bed Tick
2 cases French Merino
2 cases French Cassimere
2 cases LC Shirts
1 case Steel Doe Cloth
1 case Pilot Cloth
2 cases Heavy Blue Army Cloth
2 cases Super Blue Broaa Clo&th
1 case Waterprooi Tweeds.
1 ctse Velvet Pile
3 cases Lindseys
1 case Mo tied Alpacca
1 case Giey DeLaines
2 cases Figured D Laines
1 case P aid Knickerbocker
2caFes Fancy Flannel Shirts
2 cases Merino thins
l case Merino Drawers
4 casts Merino
1 case Colo.ed Handkerchiefs
i case Paper Cambrics
3 cases tpool Cotton
3 cases Bone Buttons
1 case Military Buttons
4 cases Pins, huby’s
1 case Hair Pins
1 ca?e Stay Binding
1 cite Linen kitairt Collars
1 case Long Shawls
2 r ases G ;oves and Mitts
1 case Hoop Skirts
1 case Assorted Ribbons
BOOTS AND SHOES.
64 cases Gent’s and Ladies’ Shoes
23 cases Army Bluchers
6 rases t* hoe Thread
7 ba.es So e Lea ther
3cases French Waxed Calfskins
. STATIONARY.
2b ca.-es Cap. Letter and Note Pap *r
13 cases Pens, Hollers and Pencils
8 oases Enve opes white and buff
Sc.-scs Playing Cards
29nu i Lies Paste Boards
CARDING, &>c,
4 cages Card Clothing
4T tasts Colton Cards, No. 19
HATS AND CAPS.
SO cases Grips’ Cups
8 . ases French Frit Hats
GROCERIES.
44 brls Crushed Sugar
60 bags Jam Coffee
10 half Chests Young Hyson Tea
SO cases Vinegar
20 cases Pickles
20 cases Sal id 0:1
30 cases Brown Soap
IfO cases Wh ta Boap
50 cases Belmont Sperm Candles
slibtrrels Mackerel
18 barrels Salmon
LIQUORS.
6 quarter casks Cognac Brandy, a superior article
90 casks Bourbon Whiskey
10 half pipes Bouibon Whiskey
8 pipes II A and Gin
8 cisis uld Tom Gin
•203 i a;es Geneva Gin
}23 cases Old Malt Whiskey
65 cases Bourbon Wi.ickey
16 cases Sclieidam Schnapps
20 cates Champagne
18 cases Pale Ale
215 cases Cognac Brandy, Dupont and other fa
vorite brands
SALT.
"06 tacks Liverpool G A Ba t
160 sicks Turk’s Island Salt
2 crates Farthern Ware
25 case- Glass Ware, Tumblers, Wine Glasses
■rnd Decanters
HARDWARE «f-e.
10 tons, 400 bundles, fine Nail Rod Iron
80 boxes Terne Plates
44 kt Nails
55< 0 lbs Hollow Ware
4 casts Knives and Forks
2 mtes 8. issors and Razors
1 case Files, Hammers, Hatchets and Gimlet*
116 boxes Window Glasr
10 Caps
BAGGING AND ROPE.
*.5 ba es Qonnv Bagging
3c coils Baie Rope
DRUGS.
3?0 kegs Hi fab Soda
26 c isks Soda Crystals
60 casks Epsom Salts
35 barrels Lu lum
Cos! ambus, Georgia, 0. &.. Monday January 25, 1864
8 kegs Pow’d Cream Tartar
2 cases lodide Potass
3 casts Quinine
40 burels Eng ish Copers*
ICO boxes Extract Logwood
6 casks helmed Camphor
1 tierce Herat Re sen a
1 case Citric Arid
I case Aefd Tart
l"tierce Pulv Acac a
3 casks Fior .Sulphur
10 drums Balsam Copaiba
30 casks Alcohol
II Puncheons Alcohol
12 casks Linseed Oil
70 drums Linseed Oil
10 cases Tannin Acid
1 case India Rhubarb
1 keg'Chlur Potash
* kegs Balts Tartar
14 cases Balsam Copaiba
2 casts Fow‘d Cantharide3
1 keg Gum Acacia Zinc
0 cases Must ird
3 carboys Hulph Acid
2 carboys Acetic Acid
1 case Pow’d Ipecac
1 case Pulv Rhei Turkey
3cases Bi Catb Potah
3 cases Pow’d Jalap*
4 cases India Rhubarb
8 cares Cas tor Oil
10 drums Olive Oil
10 cases Calom-4, Ptl Hydray, and .lodide Potass
4 cases Ch .oform,
Jan 14 tds,
rr* Persons attending this sale, with a view of
purchasing are hereby notified ihut no Drafts or ac
ceptances will be received in payment of hills. Ouly
money or Bunk paper will be received.
he\dquarter7pobt, >
Columbus, G «:, Jan, 19th, 1e64. >
GENERAL GREEBS, No. 4.
Until further orders C rpt. Jno. B. Smith, P, A. C.
S., is announced as Acting Assistant Inspector Gen
eral at this Post.
He will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
By order ol
COL ROBER TBON,
_ Commanding.
Chas. Wood, A. A. G.
jan 31 ts
Shipping Notice.
MUSCOGEE RAIL Foad, )
Superintendent’s Office, >
Columbus, Dec. sdtd, ’63. )
Owing to the want of suffic ent transportation for
Government freight, private Leigh- will not be received
at this depot until further notne.
W. L. CLARK,
Dec 23 ts , gupt.
Wanted.
MUBCOGEE RAIL ROAD, 1
Bupebintendent’s Office. >
Columbus, Dec. 2zd ’63. j
WANTED to hire for the ensuing
twenty-five able bodied Negroes to work on the
Muscogee Railroad. Apply to
\> . L. CLARK, Su.it.
or A. B. BOgTItiK. .
Dec 23 ,1 in
HEADQUARTERS 1
SECOND DISTRICT fl a. »TaTE GTJ KD, >
Savannah, Dectmber 30, ISO3. )
General Orders, No. fi.
i. Officers commanding Begiirents and iJ ittalious
comprised in the Sicond •District, Gem gin c'late
Guard, will foiihwith rendezvous their respective com
mands at points mo߻coiiVcniem for railroad Iru as
portation to this point.
11. '1 hey will teport to these Headquarters the
times and placts of rendezvous and the number of
men for whom they require transportation.
111. The horses belonging to cavalry organizations
will be left in their-piesent localities until tu.ther
orders.
By coiunrxiid of
Brig. Gen. H. R. JACKSON,
Cotcd’g Second District G. S. G.
11. Jackson, Capt. and A. A. G.
MUSCOGEE SHERIFF SALE.
W’ IhL be sold before the Court House door iu the
city of Columbus in said county of Muscogee,
on tlie first Tuesday in February next, i etwem tue
legal hours ofiuxleihe following p opertv, to-vvit:
Filly Share of the Capital-. Stock of the Florida
Home Insurance Company and au interest of two
thirtieths in tlte Steadier Marianna, levied on as the
property of Charles Pratt. Also twenty-five Shares
of ihe Capital stock of toe Georgia Home Insurur?-:’
Company, and ain gro wcinau rlave mined Poliy oi
a dmk comp,exion, about twenty-five jears of ago,
raid 25 Shares aim said negro levied on as the prop
erty cf iJaniul K. Dodge. The whole of the above
property levied on to satisfy a fi la issu and irom tiie
upeiior Court of MuscoSee County, in favor ol A'-
kin-A Dunham vb Prau Jj* McKenzie.
JOHN LIGON,
r he, iff.
Columbus, Gil, January sth, 1364. td
xsroriG-EL
HEADQUARTERS POST, )
f’oJumbus, G.a , January llth,lß6L [
[GENERAI. ORDERS, No. 2.]
* A * # # # *
I. Capt. Cha* Wood, A. A G, havmg lepurtod for
duty in pursuant eof orders fio® Headquarters De
partment is. C , Ga., and Fla., 13 announce and Its As
sistant Adjutant General of til po*t, and in future all
official c imniuiiitatioiig directed 10 these heauuuar
ers will be addressed to Inin,
If. Cummandiitg otlicert of Compan es or*-other
military 0.-ganizations at this Post wiii make qnt and
lorwaro to these, heacquarters as soon , s p aerfiabie,
complete returns ol all members of then coma-ami
present and ab.ent, together witli rosters oi ihe coin
missioned officers, ami statements of ilm time when
and the autboiiiy by which such organization weie
mustered into the seivice.
HI. Officers of the Start' Departments on duty at
this Post wifi repori at these Headquarters in person.
J. W. ROBERTSON,
jan 12 if Col. Comn’g Post.
320 or 640 Acres of Land fjr Sale*
1 offer for -.rte the tract known ms the Mercer place,
about miles from station No, 5, oi he .Mubiif
v Giiard it H. It cunt ins 320 acres, IS !oi which
is hi cultivation, the ualanc.3 timbered Imd, Th-rr
aie cabins fir about 30 negroes, gin bouse, stables.
4 r.., two weil« of good water and a large quantity of
light wood o nveimm to ihe R. It. The other half
of the section, all heavily limbered will be sold if de
sired by ihe pnrchisor. Apply to Greenwood it
Gray, Columbus. Ga.. for terms Mr Mercer on uie
place will show fi 10 any one wishing to see it.
D. C. FREEMAN. Jr.
Sun Copy, jin 12
PI AAO FOKTKW
AND KEPA'RED in the best style of thn
L art by PROFESSOR LCKiMIS
No lu6 JSroad street.
Refer to J F Winter M P E lis a> and J N Barnett.
december22 w4t
i-'.ne m\o. ~
IN good order and fine tone f>r sale. Applv to
dec22 w4t QUJNN -r GRAY.
tiEuRGLi -Marlon Bounty:
TWO monihs af er date ap -licition will be made to
the Court of f»rd nary of said county, for leav< io
seii the negroes be onging to the estate of PoLa-d
J Payne deceased. Dec. Till. 1863.
WM. Payne, )
Hesry Payne. [- Exec’iis.
Pollard J. Payne. S
Dec !4 2m
GEO tGI A- marloii Comity t
'|>WO months after date application will be made to
J. ih t Court o< Ordmay of Marion county tor .eave
to sell a portion of ihe negroes belonging to the estate
of C. Vv'. Ross, deceased.
ARM,NLA P, ROSS,
Dr-clsth, 1813 2m iLdai’x.
"AJOTICE TO DEBTOR* AND CKEDITORS,—AII
J.l persons having claims egauisi ihe estate «-f Wm
J Patterson, dec’d, are hereby notified to present
them within tne time presciibed by law, and alt per
sons indebted to-Ml tstate arc n.qus-ied to make
immed ate navment. m’s
HENRIETTA A. PAITERSON, Ad
December xe—w6t
EVENING EDmOH.
RICMUPTS,
Pke rtctfi-an of the ttken ordered Ay
iMtfi *riV it *vr •»» the money ; esp&uit
rjr tn (hot* JxOeertiers for m less time tkon *.
year. * ■'
iVrun tui^rUfers the ?af«r eoith tins
fetragraph marked, they vefi’l u ndertim.uA it as in
forming thorn that their sutseription is about to
tseptre, and that the paper **tll eoremmly ir step
ped u tiles* they make a ~ emits arise
Fot CUattthoochte.
The steamer Jnckson, F y master, will leave
for the above and intermediate landings mon
day at 9 o’clock, A. M.
A friend of oura (says the Atlanta Register)
tells ua that ho used to exchange his Register#
after reading it, for a morning cocktail. But
now five copies will not buy a. single drink. Our
barhor would shave us for a morning paper in
the olden time, but now the process coats us
four copies. A yeai’s subsarip ion used to pay
for two pair boos, but now tea years would
not.
Everything lhat wo 'oat, wear and consumtx
even the fuel that warms the fingets of the prin
ters, and the horriblo lights which enable them
to placo fact.* before our readorg, the paper on
which wo write, and ihe pons and ink wo use,
cost tweuey times their former prices. Can any
reader eomplaim that we now charge only five
times the sum ior the Register that we did be
fore tho war? Wo do not bolievo that gold is
any standard of value now, but if it weie, we
only receive, at the advanced rates, “two dollars’'
per annum for our paper. *
Bui no sc.ne man will complain, and fools do
not take the Register.
The subscription price of the Register will
henceforth be $5 per month.
Gen. Cobb’s Speech in Americas.—The
Macon i6legr..ph learns that Geu. Cobb’s speech
in Americas on Saturday was attended with the
happiest results. The patriotic planters of that
wealthy county met and resolved to furnish sup
plies to the Government at its own price, and to
sell provisions to soldiers’ families in the county
at very low rates—one doiiar for corn, twenty*
five ceuus for bacon, and so o Q .
• Col. TliomHi’ Cherokee Indians.
It hB3 seemed to have escaped the attention of
the public, says the Asheville, N. C., News, the
vory iinporiant so; vices rendered the cause of
the Boutn by the North Carolina Cherokee Indi
ans, organized and now cornttiatidod by Col.
Wilii&m ii. Thomas, of Jtckson county. These
troo.ps bhve done much vaioablo service in the
mountains of this State aud Tennessee, and we
am pleased to observe, by a gener.il order, that
they have attracted thu ademion ot Gen. Bragg
In BO tnarkeel ;; mauner. Tno aeiauUnieut ot Uapt.
0. 11. Talbor, (himsoif a half-bred.) are all Cher
okee Indians. We believe that since tho coat
mencemtnt of hostilities, the w«if has not devel
oped a single Indian lory or traitor. And in
connection with this creditable fact we may c uto
another. Some two or three cases only of de«*
seriion have taken place among the Indians, and
they were cases in which n youngster just ran
off to see bis sweetheart, or a husband to see his
wile, and in both o tses the offender expected to
be back before be was missed. On the appear
ance of tho truant at bomb, the chief immediate
ly called iiis council together to deal with the
matter, consideied a.s a disgrace to the tribe. In
one or more of these cases the deserter was arrest •
ted and soundly thrashed, and in all of them
they were tied securely and sent back to thetr
command in custody of a guard composed of
eider members. We thiuk ‘-white folks" might
take a hint, here.
Meat for tlx© Armies.
If it is true, as a physiological fact, that sol
diers ean iigut wubeuij meat, it is assuredly true
as a moral iact, we (ear, that they will not fight
without it. Tne pailic on mis subject of supply
i« K'va , and probably contributes more than
anything else to the Uo&poiuUncy of the people.
Is tt warranted?
To largo p )f'.iop.s of the States ,f South Caro
lina and Georgia, and probably of Noith Caro
lina, Alabama and Aiiss-ssippi, ilso, a consider
able surplus ot meat has been kilkd and cured,
the present winter. It if no übusual thing to
hearot planters v.ho, befoire the war, were accus
tom: and io purchase one half of their bacon front
Ohio, who have now produced double the amount
necessary for f heir domestic ctftosirmpiion. It may
safely be estimated that, with rare exceptions,
ow ug to peculiar situations, cholera and floods,
the planters «•! h.,-e Stoics bate now in their
smoke Louse' supplies of pteat adeqn tie for pres*
ent neCc:*sit:os at. least. ihe wants of the
ar:-oy from these supplies lj>c met?
Uinter, tn.' preseat, regime they cannot. Und r
the present i. quisitoral jprocsssea of impress
meat ag .uu, wutch have produced disgust, di -
saiifrf.acfion and indignation or apathy overy*
where, planters speak on ibis subject with bated
bicaih. They will not tell meat at Government
prices when three or lour times that price can
easily bo obtained in open market, especially
when they are threatened with taxation which
all their resoerces may o© required to meet. —
They will not even carry L to nkarket wheD the
product oft : ■ir toil is liable to be seized by the
first peity impressing ag-.-at whoj may espy ii.—
And u ore than all, hey do not tear© to exchange
an iatriiirio valuator anoiber which is rapidiy
depreciating, with no adequate guarantee that
fiuch depreoiatioa will be tiheckCi before it be
comes worthless. Le ; the authorities cease rely*
mg on impressments, and they will be abie to
purchase more meat than at present. Let them
restore ;he currency, end supplies wiil be drawn
from old smoke-houses to an extent which would
bo now considered by many as incredible.
[Richmond Whig.
—-ew
TRANS-Mi'Stsm pi and Mobile.—According
to the accounts we go, fr.>,n the other side of the j
big river, Gen. Bauks has about as much as he
can W'll attend to in taking care ol Bankhead
Magruder and Dick Taylor, without undertaking
so iatge a job besides, as the taking of Mobile.—
That Algiers camp appears to hoid Federal troops
that have been pusaed hack to that po-ot of safety i
by iho vigilant, active an i oljriquttous Tayloi;
and from the notes ot prep iraiioa in Texas, we
should not be surprised to learn that Magruder
had driven Banks tut of that Slate some time
before he gets possession of Mubi e. Magruder j
and TayLr are iwo tieoerixis trom whom great •
achievements may always conjtidentiy expected
fae/h .vs the dasit and the energy of great
military leaner?, and they Jre both in dead
earnest in this war against Yankee domination.
We may be deceived in ibis, ind it always
well to keep a bright lookout against .possible
eontirgCEC’c*?, and our Army add NY vat autbori.
ties ’got. -u work as u toe Yankees were ex
pected the day alter to mjerronf. We have toe
often been caught napping fend jj?t a little be
hind hand, to our great in the loss of
territory and irou*ciad?. The experience ba*
beer, coff y enough >r • vigpanee and energy
to :bo d:i‘ks r minds. Lotus pounait no tnor* ’
su-’ii unpardonable blundejo.—[Mobil? Register,
20th inst. - ' 1
Ttx« Trial of Roberts Ford, Charged
with Killing Robert K. Dixon.
This case which has been “hanging fire”
for some months, was taken up io Judge
Lyons’ Coart yesterday.
It wilt be remembered that Dixon was
chief clerk of ihe Hcuie ofßepreeentatives,
and that Ford was his assistant or journal
clerk. Dixon was a native of Columbus,
Ga., and Ford was bom in Elizabethtown,
Ky. The causes of the grievances which
led to the rencounter are reported to have
been as follows:
On the 32 i of April, 1863, vhile Con
gress was insession, Mr. Dixcu felt con*
btrained by the continued inattention of
Mr. Ford, to notiiy him that his services
would no longer be required. Mr. Dixon’s
ground oS complaint was based on the
fact that he (Mr. Ford) neglected to write
up the previous day’s journal in time for
the next day’s session, It was after the
assembling of Ihe House on the 22d when
Ford was not ready with the journal, that
Dixon spoke to him, and reproved him
sharply, and finally notified 1 him that his
services were no longer required. Ford, 11
is said, left the House with threats, and
subsequently, wrote Dixon a letter or note
in which he avowed his intention to shoot
him (Dixon) 00 sight unless b•> - ~
stated in his place on Thurs-iny . .1
at 5 o’clock. Mr. Dixon gav- -i. r
into the keeping oi a friend, Mr. Lamar,
and remarked, perhaps, jocosely, that if
he was killed, to produce it, and if not to
return it to him.
On Friday the 24th of Anvil the two men
met on Capitol street, near Manassas Half,
when a rencontre took place, resulting in
the filling of D xon.
The trial having been set for yesterday,
the accused was led to the bar in charge of
Sergeant Dudley. The Commonwealth
was represented by Littleton W. Tazewell,
Esq , and Judge Dougherty, of Georgia,
while the following named gentlemen ap%
peared as counsel for the accused ; General
Humphrey Marshall, Judge W W Crump,
General G W Randolph, Congressmen
Burnett and Sims, of Kentucky, and Major
Allen C Magruder, ot Va.
The counsel for the accused moved to
postpone the trial till the next term of the
court, which motion was argued at length
on both sides. The motion was made on
the ground that a man named John 'l'
Clarke, an important witness tor the accus
ed, was absent from this city, in Baltioi me,
where he had gone for rhe purpose of t»uy
ing goods, for various persons in this city
Judge Lyons after hearing the argument
on Doth sides, overruled - the motion "t, Uih
ground tnat Clarke, the witness in question
whs without the jurisdiction of the cuurt
and therefore he hau no power to bring
him into Court.
A motion was then made to delay the
trial tilt a later dxy in the present term, on
the ground that the witness might return.
This motion was also argued at length, the
judge finally deciding Uiat it was impossi*-
ble to delay the trial. One hundred
men had been tried since Ford was indict
ed. He did not think the accused had any
right to complain. He doubted whether
the court would be able to get through
with ihe case in a week, if Clarke, the
witness referred to by the counsel for the
accused, intended to return he would doubt
less arrive before a jury could bu impannel
ed, as he thought it more than probable
that he would have to send the Sergeant
into the county to obtain a jury. He was
willing to afford the accused any and every
opportunity possible, but the business of
the court would not admit of any delay in
the case.
The jurors summoned, and the witnesses
in the case, were then notified to appeer
this morning, at ten o’clock.
Judge Crump sialeii that he desired to
enter a plea of abatement. He did not thiuk
the Commonwealth ought tofurthei prose
cute the accused on the indictment Defore
the Court, lie argued lhat no mages;rate
who commits or remands a prisoner for
trial for any offence, had a right to sit at
the examining Court. MrSanxa ~ a magis
trate of tills city, acted as Con .er on the
occasion, and that jury of inquest brought
in a verdict that the deceased, Dixon, was
killed by Ford ; then, when the case was
brought up before the Court of Hustings of
this city, Mr Sanxay sat upon the bench
as one of the five magistrates. The ques
tion was, whether MriSanxay, under tiiesc
circumstances, wasa competent magistrate.
He contended that he was not. He also
objected to Mr Sanxay on the ground mat,
after the commitment of the accused, Mr
Sanxay went to the jail md denounced t; e
killing oi Dixon as malicious and diabolical,
and iuither asset ted that he was shot w m
a copper ball. Tne sitting of such a man on
the bench was, in his opinion, a mockery.
San ay’s opinion had alreadv
and published, and, ther f< . . -
ed 1 hut it was iii.-gai tor bun to appeal ae>
one of the five magistrates.
Mr Tazewell contended that Mr Sanxay
did not commit the accused, aimply be
cause he had no power; no right, uuder
the law. The accused was sent to the
Court of Hustings by the Mayor of the city,
and, therefore, it was clearly shown by the
record, that Mayor Mayo committed him.
This was the only commitment made, arid
it was pertectly lawful. If Sanxay had
committed the accused, he would have done
so without any authority, in fact. He,
therefore, thought there was nothing in
the point made by hia learned friend.
The Judge stated that before he could
deliver his opinion in regard to the matter,
he would have to examine the records,
which he would and < to-night, and be pre
pared to decide tne question this morn Ig.
The prisoner was then remaudea to jail,
and the Court adjourned.
Lock upon this r ictttbe and upon That
“The powers of all just governments are derived
from the consentot the governed.”—[Declara
tion of American Independence.
“ Whenever, in any of ihe seceded States, one
tenth of the peopls shall organize a government
(upon certain principle*) I will recognize and
maintain >t as the g ivernment.’'
This is the doctrine laid down by Mr. Lincoln
in his. late message to Congress. The Declara
tion of Independence requires the consent of the
governed to ;bo go-ernmant; but Mr. Lincoln it
sat gfied with obu. Ling the consen of one tenth
against the remaining nine-tenths ol the people
Lincoln’s prir.c;ple ;= a beautiful exemplification
of the old Ain rican principle that the majority
shall rule ! His majority is me-tenth !
[Cincinnati Enqu ; rer.
The Lynchburg Virginian says, a substituted
man in that city, of considerable means, ap
plied for work in a shop for making wooden
bottomed shoes, and offered to work for fifty cents
a day.
For Three Mouths? $8
Rev. C. K. Marshall ard thx Soldibrs*
Hoshs. —We are pleased to learn that Dr. Mar*
shall, says the Atlanta Confedeiacy, Is rapidy
pushing forward the project set on foot by hUn
for the establishment of a home tor invalid sol
diers. His bill is before Congress, with the
promise of passage at an early day. We wish
him the most abundant sue'ess in bis laudable
undertaking, end hope at an early day to ebron
iole the fact that the institution is flourishing
under his auspices, and tbal the large number of
invalid soldiers, who are beyond the reach of
home and without the means of support, are
comfortably provided for. Success to his noble
enterprise.
mmrn 9 mm —.—
Senator Howe’s Proposition to Con
scribe a Million of Hen.
I The New York Times, commenting on the bill
of Senator Howe, of Wisconsin, to oall out a
milion of men for ninety days, says it would take
three moatbs to get a million of men mustered
into the service, three months longer to drill and
brigade them, end requiro 36,000 officers who
cannot be found;
Considering the state of the South however, it
would seem wise tor our crusaders to take at
least a million of sheep with them to cook as
they went along, Hud u would be well for every
man to drive hie own animal.
They would be suie to die like cockroaches
■■ire they ever got net -he enemy. And wo
’ b* rrily eav. < hat when they did meet him,
ten uouiaud of took troops as Lee or Johnston
oouimand, would be a match for one hundred
thousand of them, and would readily drive that
number nil the field in utter rote.
The sole result of this “grand uprising" would
therefore, probably be the desolation of some
hundred thousand Northern homes, and the leav*
log down South in lha hands of Jefferson Davis’
“ragamuffins,” one million muskets, one million
hats aud coals, and pocket handkerchiefs, several
hundred tons of pie and hard tack, and, we were
goiDg 10 add, odd million pairs of pantaloons;
but, we believ-j, that our fugitives stick to their
pantaloons, os well as their pantaloons to them,
even in the wildest rout. In a word, no foroe
can carry either food or clothing to the Rich
mond captives except a highly disciplined, well
orgamxed and perfectly managable oDe, led by
able and experienced officers. Ihe Senate com
mittee on Military Affairs know this, so they will
of coarse, not waste much time over the consid
eration of Mr. Howe’s bill.
The Army.
Every indication which reaches us from the
army is cheering. I- is not-so much that the
troops are comparatively comfortable in their
rude huts, nor yet that a single, universal sen
timent of confidence exist? in favor of G ner&l
Johnston. The chiei feature that arrests our
attention and our pkasuie is (hat the troo* a are
re-eu i tiug. Ihis noble example was set ly the
Tenues eeans. These poor exiles have held
meetings amoDg th« ins« ives, and have re. olved
lever to go home ex epc with muskets upon
their shomders. The Kentuckians lolioweu suit,
and the whole army is now readily subscribing
to anew term of service. With the new levies
which will be poured in after the first of bebru-i
ary, we shall be able to meet and repel Grant’s
advance in the spring. Ifev-ry one in !he rear
will put his shoulder to the wheel and contris
buie whatever he can to i e proper equipment
of the army, especially n ho way of blankets,
there would be no more ! i ffering. We confess,
frankly, that the apparent apathy of the coun
try had exeited some grave misgivings within
our heart, alter the retreat from Missionary
Ridge, but the heroism of the soldiers restores us
to a perfect faith, and we now look upon the ad
vent of hostilities with sanguine spirits. There
is no use mincing words about it—we must de
feat the next forward movement, preserve Geor
gia from invasion and save the Confederacy.
Wiih .dhis result, the coming elections in the
North will go against Lincoln. Another party
introduced to power and then comes negotiation.
Wiih negotiation comes peace.—[Confederacy.
temperance hall
MONDAY, Jan. 25;h, 1864.
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To commence at 8, P. M.
jan 23 2t
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
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of Stewart County, w .11 be sold within the legal
hours of a e before the Court llonse door in the town
of Lumi km. on the first Tuesday in Mar.h next.
*So hie’’ a negro woman 2i years old unit her child
4 years of age, Leioi ging to thL. esia e of Susan Yar
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Ceil rai Orders, No. 5.
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Enrolling Officers who will forward t > ihe Chiefs of
Districts, The latter them thrmgh the
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subsebuent to the issue of this order.
The Enrolling Officers w 11 take special precautions
avainst the lo>«_of documents.
These and mand» are made in pursuance of War De
paitment. Genera! Orders \c . 4. Jan 9 1864, pa% yii»
aa fallow;: **A^ 'exemptions hereto lore granted are
subject to reviskn, under instructions from the Bu
reau of < onacription, and if found to be improper or
unauthorized by law, will be enrolled."
By order of
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Comma.'dant of Conscripts of Ga.
P. Loonev,
Ist Lieut and Actirg Adjutant.
jan 22-5 t
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