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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. —0 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 moß»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. BLMiI TOM, THE PIANIST I For This Night Only. For see small bills. To commence at 8, P. M. jan 23 2t ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. AGREEABLY to an order ofihe Cou tor Ordinaiy 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 brough, defeated. Ter.ns cash, SARAIJ DE.NNARD, J»»23td Adm’x. By ELLIjS, LIVINGSTON cf- Cos. ON TUESDAY, 26th Jan., at II o’cloct we will sell 111 front of our store, A Likely Nerro n;-n. 40 yetrs old. an excellent farmhand, A Girl 7 years Id and one 4 year.-old* Jan 23 td g 4 is? oyiaE 1 HEAi QUARTERS OF < ON-CRIPTfON ) Mac ii, G ... Jan. iO, 1864. J Ceil rai Orders, No. 5. A w persons hold ug Ex p pt-ana, oihe- than those e ; '•** y the Medical F »m.. .fig Bu-iiiis. me hereby required to preMsnrtbem f>rrevision 10 iheir County Enrolling Officers who will forward t > ihe Chiefs of Districts, The latter them thrmgh the Commandant* ol Camps of Insrrucr on to the Com * iiiandanis ofComcnp 9, with an expression of opinion The Enrolling officers will give receipts for th(se papers when de;ivered, and reclaim the rect-ipis on returning the papers, which, when returned, will be invariably endorsed aa revised an'd approved, or dis approved at a given date Until the 20tn ol Fevru&'y, ihe receipts Lsued as above will protect them ,from nonsciiptioo. After that date, neiiher theteceipis nor the papers will pro tect, unless ne latter be endorsed aa revised at a date 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 MAJOR CfIAS.J HARRIS, Comma.'dant of Conscripts of Ga. P. Loonev, Ist Lieut and Actirg Adjutant. jan 22-5 t Just Published. A Complete Grammer of the En-li-h Lang lage, ( 44 pages, 18 mo,) may.be had ai ail Juok- . stores. Price S3—one third offtotlu trade. GEORGE DUNN & Cos. jan 21 -6t iiiehmond, Va. NEW SONGS. ‘Call me not back from ihe Echoieps Hhore”— In answer to "R; ck me to t-leep —by the author of -W en this Cruel War is Over." Price —St 50 “'Tistlie March of the Southern Men;” from a Scotch Melody Pi ice— $ i 50 •‘No Ones. Love;" by W. P Harvey. 1 nee SI st—-.>ne half off to the ir>t ?e. i»,n 91-At GEORGE DUNN St Cos;, jhn at-et Puh lshets, hkhnund, Va.