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Volume XI. 4'H OF SCBCIII Llj. MUSCOGEE RAIL FOAD, i Superintendent's Office, > Columbus, Dec 3d, 1863.) ON and after Dec mb ibu Mail Train on this Road will mil m f Hows ; Leave Columbus 7:45, I'. M. Leave Macon ~0:30, P. M. Arrive at Macon 4:18, A. M. Arrive at C • uiuhua 3 a. M. Passenger* e*» now go through to Charleston, via Savannah, without delay, an ihe Mail Train on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad makes close con nection with the Central Railroad at Savafmah. W, I. CLARK, Supt. Muscogee R. R Dec 4 if _ Change of Schedule. ON AND AITEU December 6th, the Passenger Train nn the Montgomery if- West Point Railroad will __ Leave Montgomery at *-.. .....10.30 A. M •’ West Point, ...............2,30 P. M. Arrive at (Jouinbiis, ...*..........7,10 P M Leave Columbus. ............ 330 A M Arrive at M0nig0mrry..........11,37 A M “ " West Point .7,50 A M Making through connections to and from A’lanta. Freight leaves C01untbu5................8,40 A, M. *• Arrives at Columbus, 8,00 P M, |D. 11. CRAM, . Dec 4if flupl. Sc. Engr. Notice. mobile <$• girard railroad. > Superintendent's Office, Dec, 4, 1663. > ALL WOOD delivered on the right way of the road after this dale will be considered the property of the Company, 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 must be delivered at some one of the regular Stations on the Road, and subject to rules g ivernuig other freights. Dec 5 2w 11. E. WELLS, rtup’t. Mj ANl> FOR SALJB, IWILI, sell 640 acres level LAND in the county of Russell, convenient to ilachachutibee Depot, 340 acres cleared, inline mate for cultivation, with corn and fodder on the premises. For particulars dll on the undersigned, seven imles west ol GleunviUe. ♦ £. R. FLLVVELLEN, Nov. 21, if Sun copy. ; jDidisrj: a-il. 4 J ohii Clark, D, O, S. Professor of “Theory and Practice” in TUB NEW ORLEANS DENTAL COLLEGE, CAN be found at his rooms, over Dr. Ware's Drug Hto e, No. 106, Broad street, Columbus, Ga. Nov 'l a lm* a oxjXjisabxjs DYEING fcSTABLISIIHENT! THE SUBSCRIBERS having perfected their ar rangements, are now prepared to do all kinds of DYING tit Silk, Wool and Cotton. Dye (louse on sontti-weal corner of Bridge and Oglethorpe streets, t inters left at tlie office ol the Southern Express will meet with prompt attention. — Parties irom the country can send any aiticle by Ex press. Address v \ OIGIIT & HILL Nov 10 3m. LAW OFFICE. JSX. X- HUGH-IES. 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. uuglS ly A VALUABLE BOOK OF HISTOHY. 0 TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION, IN MONTHLY PARTS, and CONVENIENT FOR BINDING. VOLUME I—AUGUST—DECEMBER, 1863. PRICE FIVE DOLLARS— FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. ADDRESS J. 8. THRASHER, fIUPHmSTBNDBNT PRKSB ASSOCIATION, *» 8 ts ATLANTA, GA LOOK QUT BOYS ! Here’s Another Chance ! WE have received authority to raise a Com pany lor vinjnrT. B. Howard's Battalion ot Non-Conscripts to be stationed at COLUMBUS, GA, FOB. TUB WAB We invite all yourig men i eiween tho ages nf !5 and 18to join us. Wesnallhave comiortai-le quar ters and will receive the same pay, clothing. 4-0, that the legul.r C<>nf< derate troops receive. Tne duty is light and pleasant Al. wishing 10 join us will report to Acee A Col lier’s Drug Store, nr to Maj. T. B. Howard, or to Camp Hump irey’s, near Columbus. For lunher in formation apply to J. B. COLLIER, Capt. JOHN 8. A EE, Ist Lieut. 3d dec2l d2m L. DOZIER, Brv. 2tl Flu liters Look Here ! JARGE. quantity <1 IJ> G BRISTLES wanted tor _j wh cn ih higlieai uiuiket price will he ;>aid, by M. BARRINGER, Opposite Barringer *r. Moitiu ’r O.fi stand. Dec SI lm* Estray Notice. Dickens mccoy, oi the 7tw Db rict n m. trai ami s to me the following certificate of and Betray Yoke of **xin: i ne a red and white color, and the other a wlni- anlhrindle color; marked with a smooth crop and underhit in both years About four years old, Appraee.l by A.B. Bo vein and Jo seph Lawson Higirers. freeholders ol said county un disiricl Ughc woilti four hundred doUlais. A n m ili« isiray book, this ’he Sffita ot December, 1863. A. 1* JONE-t, Jaii4 —w6lld Clerk, ). C. S. Marslial Salt 1 , WILL be mM on 'he first Tuesday in February next, between the usual hours 6t sa.e, be to.* the Court House in Muscogee county, a free four wheel carriage, levied 1 n 10 satisfy twenty-six fi las vs Beall 4’Murphy, one ii la vs A A Beall and one ft fa vs R A Murphy, garnishees in laviA of the Con federate States of America for interest due on debt to allien enemies to die 3 Uh August, iSS2. PHILIP A CLAYTON, C. S. Marshal, Columbus, S9<h Dec. 1863. td UKoUGlA—Hurion county RULE NISI.— uiiereas, M Butt and William M But, Administrators upon tin; o tree ol E dridge C. Butt, dec’d, liavirg applied ior U tiers oi Dismis siou trom said Administration.— riiese are therefore to cite and admonish all and sinvuiurihe kindred and creditors ot said deceased to show cause, :f any they have, why said applicant should* not be dismissed from said idmimsii reion. Given under my hand and official signature, Sep tember 2d, 1663, MALCOai HAIR, sept 7, Ul6lll. Ordinary. GEORG I Marion County: WHEREAS, Jotei li Belk having applied for let lers of Adminstraiion upon the estate if Zaciiu riah Belk, deceased, There are ihereti re to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of saul recessed, to be and appear at my office within the lima pre scribed by law, to slow cau.'O if any they have why said letters 01 administration should not be granted to said applicant, cn the 2nd Monday in January next. Uiven undernty iiand and official Gpnatnre. Nov. *4:h, 1663. MALCOM HAIR, Nov 37 40. Ordinary. AUCTION SALES. PEREMPTORY Cargo Sale of DIRECT IMPORTATION BY CATALOGUE, BY WILKES MORRIS. Auctioneer ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 26TH, 1864, Commencing at 9 o’clock, A. M., I will sell at my Sales Rooms, No. 2, Granite Row, Wilmington, N. C* bv catalogue, the cargoes of tbe Steamships. PET. LUCY, AND WILD DAYRELL. With large consignments irom other vessels, via: DRY GOODS. 68 bales Dark and Fancy Prints, l?chawbe’s and Hoyle’s 43 bales Black and White do 36 bales and cases Bleached Shirting 14 cases Black Alpacraa 6 cares Super French Black Broad Cloth. Shales Extra Heavy Wool Coatings 10 cases Caminteres 6cases Fancy Mohairs t ales Welelt Flannels 4 bales F..ncy Wove Flannels 1 hale Scarlet Fiaunel 4 bales Blue Satinets 2 hales Mixed Seal Skins 3 bales Fancy Tweeds 4 bales Bed Tick 2 eases French Merino 3 cases French Cassiinere ✓ 3 cases L C Shirts 1 case Steel Doe Cloth 1 case Pilot Cloth 2 cases Heavy Blue Army Cloth 2 cases Super Blue Broaa Cioath I case Waterprool Tweeds. 1 case Velvet Pile 3 cases Lindseys 1 case Mo'tlcd Alpacca 1 case Grey DeLaines 2 cases Figured DeLaines 1 case Plaid Knickerbocker 2 cases Fancy Flannel Shins 2 cases Merino Shirts 1 case Merino Drawers 4 cases Merino 1 case Colored Handkerchiefs 1 case Paper Cambrics 3 cases Spool Cotton 3 cases Bone Buttons 1 case Military Buttons 4 cases Pins, Kirby’s 1 case Hair Pins 1 case Stay Binding 1 case Linen Shirt Collars 1 case Long Shawls 2 cases Gloves and Mills 1 case Hoop Skirts 1 caso Assorted Ribbons BOOTS AND SHOES. 64 cases Gent’s and Ladies’ Shoes 23 cast s Army Bluchers 6 cases Shoe Thread 7ba.es So.eLeather 3 cases French Waxed Calf Skins STATIONARY. £6 cases Ca >. Letter and Note Paper IS cases Pens, Holders and Pencils 8 cases Envelopes, white &Hd buff 3 cases Playing Cards 99 bundles Paste Boards CARDING, &c. 4 ca.es Card Clothing 47 casts Colton Cards, No. 19 HATS AND CAPS. SO cases Gents’ Caps 8 1 aies French Frit Hats GROCERIES, 44 iirls Crushed Sugar 60 bags Jam Coffee 10 halt Chests Young Hyson Tea 5?0 casi s Vinegar 20 cases Pickles 20 cases Sal .and Oil 30 cases Brown Soap ICO cas-s Wil ts Soap’ fO cares Belmont Sperm Candles 56 b irrelr Mackerel 18 Cartels Salmon LIQUORS. fi quarter casks Cognac Brandy, a supeiior article 90 casks Bourbo«i Whiskey 10 half pipes Bouihon Whiskey 8 pipes HoPand Gin 8 casks Old Toni Gin 203 1 ares Geneva Gin 123 cates Old Malt Whiskey f 5 cases Bourbon Whiskey 18 cases Seheidam Schnapps 20 cases Champagne 18 r ases Pale Ale 915 cases Cognac Brandy, Dupont and other fa vorite brands SALT. 300 *arks Liverpool G A Sa't 160 sacks Turk’s Island Salt 2 crates Eariheni Ware ’-'5 cases Glass Ware, Tumblers, Wiue Glasses hud Dei a liters HARDWARE <f-o. 10 tons, 400 bundles, fine Nail Rod Iron 80 boxes Terne Plates 44 kegs cut Nails ?560 lbs Hollow Ware 4 rases Knives and Forks 2 rases Scissors and Ra/.ora 1 rase Files, Hammers, Hatchets and Gimlets H 6 bolt s Window Glass 10 cases Per. Caps BAGGING AND ROPE. 25 bales Gnnnv Bagging 30 coils Bale Hope DRUGS. 320 kegs Bi Cab Soda 26 casks Soda Ciyrals f,O casks Epsom Salts 35 harieia Lu luiu Columbus, Georgia, C. Tuesday January 26, 1864 6 kegs Pow’d Cream Tartar 2 cases lodide Potass 3 cases Guinine 40 barrels Eng is'i Copers* 100 boxes Extrect Logwood 6 casks Refined Camphor 1 tierce Cerat Resena 1 case Citric Acid I case Acid Tan l{tierce Pulv A c&c a 3 ca-ks Flor Sulphur 10 drums Balsam Copaiba 30 casks Alcohol II Puncheons Alcohol 12 casks Linseed Oil • 0 (hums Linseed Oil 10 casta Tannin Acid 1 case India Rhubarb 1 keg Chlor Potash 2 kegs Salts Tartar 14 cases Balsam Copaiba 2 cases Pow’d Canth&rides 1 keg Gum Acacia Zinc 6 cases Mustard 3 carboys Sulph Acid 2 carboys Acetic Acid 1 ca«e Pow’d Ipecac 1 case Pulv Fhei Turkey 3 cases Bi Garb Po’.ah 3 cases Pow’d Jalap;; 4 cases India Rhubarb 8 cares Ca tor Oil 10 drums Olive Oil 10 cases Calomel, Pll Hydtalg, and lodide Potass 4 rases Ch.oform, Jan 14 tds, ty Petsocs attending this sale, with a view of purchasing arc hereby notified that no Drafts or ac ceptances will be received in payment of bills. Only money or Bunk paper will be received, headqhauterTpobt, ) Columbus, Ga„ Jan, 19ih, 1684. y GENERAL OFEEBS, No, 4. _ Until further orders Cipt. Jno. 8, Smith, P. A. C. 6,, is announced as Acting Assistant Inspector Gen eral at this Post. 4 He will be obeyed and respected accordingly. By order of COL ROBERTSON, Commanding. Cn a? Wood, A. A. G. j«u 3 ts Shipping Notice. MUSCOGEE RAIL Poad, 1 SUPERINTENDKNT’S OFFICE, > ' Columbus, Dec, 29d, ’O3. ) Owing to the want of sufficient transportation lor Government freight, private freight will not be received at this depot until further riotire. LW. L. CLARK, Dec 23 ts gupt. Wanted. MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, ) SvefiRINTENDEWT’s OFFICE. > Columbus. Dec. 22d ’63. ) WANTED to hire for the ensuing yer.r (1864) twenty-five tMt> bodied Negroes to work on the Muscogee Railroad. Apply to W.’L. CLARK, Sunt, or A, B, BOSTICK. Dec 23,.1m HEADQUARTERS i SECOND DISTRICT Gi. bTATE GU ARD, > Savannah. December 30, 1863. J General Orders, No. 6. i. Officers cnmmanclng Regiments and Batialions comprised in the Second District, Georgia Slate Guard, will forthwith rendezvous their respective com mands at points most convenient for railroad trans portation to this point. 11. They vviil 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 organizations will be left in their present localities until further orders. By command of Brig. Gen. H. R. JACKSON, Conid’g Second District G. S. G. 11. Jackson, Capt. and A. A. G. * MUSCOGEE SHERIFF SALE. W r ILL be sold before the Court .House door in the city of Columbus in saidcaunty of Muscogee, on the first Tuesday in February next, I etweeii the legal hours of sale me following property, to-vvit: Fifty Share of the Capital Stock of the Florida Home. Insurance Company and an interest of two thirtieths in me Steamer Marianna, levied on as the property of Charles Pratt. Also twenty-five Shares of the Capital (stock of tne Gemgi* Home Insurance Company, and a negro woman ; lave named Polly of a dink complexion, about twenty-five years of raid 25 Share? anrtsard negro levied on as the prop erty if Daniei tv. Dodge. The whole of the auove prepony levied on to satisfy a fi fa issued irom the uperio l Ci.ua of Muscokee County, in lavor 01 At kins & Dunham vs Pratt if- McKer zte. JOHN LIGON, she. iff. Columbus, Ga., January sth, 1364. td JstoxicbT HEADQUARTERS PO«T, ) Columbus, Gj,, Jiiitnry JJth, 160*. J [GENERAL ORDERS, No. 2.] * * * #" * •' « * I. Capt. Ciia?. Wood, A. A G, having reported for duty m i-ursuauire of orders fro n lien! quarters De partment rs. C , Ua., and Fla., is announced as As-- sistaut Adjutant General of th • post, and in future all officia' c-uiiiit'i uicatiuiis directed o these headquar ers wid be addressed.to hint. JI. Commanding cfiicers of Companies or outer military oigan zations at this post wilt make out and torwaril to these heacquarrers as soon *s p aciicait e, complete returns of ail members ol their command present aud ab ent, together with rosters 0; tho com missioned orticers, and statumenis of the lime whan and the autho ny by which such organization were mustered into the service. 111. Officers of the Staff Departments on duty at this Post will report at these Headquarters in person. J. W. itOBERTeSON, jan 12 if Col. Comu’g Post. 320 or 640 Acres of Land for Sale. 1 offer for sale the t.act known as the Mercer ulnce, about IJ£ miles from siau in No. 5, o( >.he Mobile v Girard R R. It cuiiuiiis 320 acres, 18 !oi which is in cultivation, the nalanca timbered land. There are cabins f>r about 30 negroes, gin house, stables, Pj e , two well* of good water and a large quiMfty of light wood convenient to the If. R. The other half of tiie section, all heavily timbered will be sold if de sired by the ottreh ser. apply to Greenwood &. Gray, Colutubus, Ga., for terms. Mr Mercer on the place will show Hto any one wishing to see it. D. C. FREEMAN. Jr. Hjn; '’opy. jan 12 _ fuio 10am fj'UNED AND REPAIRED in the best style of the A art by PROFESSOR LOOMIS. No. 106 Broad street. Refer to J F Winter, M P Ellis and J N Barneit. decernber22 w4t FiS PIAiYO. IN good order and fine tone f>r sale. Apply to dec22 w4t QUINN * GRAY, LKOliftlY-Marlon county: TWo months after date application will be made to the Gnu it of Ordinary oi said county, for leave to seil ihe negroes belonging to ihe restate ot Pollard J Payne deceased. Dec. 7ih, 1863. WM. Payne, f Henry Payne, > Exec’trs. Pollard J. Payne, j Dec 14 2m BEORQlA—Mariou County: ' Jt WO months after date application will be ntsde to A the Court of Ordinay of Marion county lor reave to sell a portion of the nsarots belonging to ihe esiaie of C. W. Ross, deceased. „ * ARMiNLA P. ROSS, Dec 15th, )8)3. 2m Adtn’x. TO DEBTOR'* AND CREDITORS, —Ali persons having clautis against the estate of Wm J Patterson, dec’d, are hereby notified to present Diem within the time prescribed ,by law, and sit per sons indebted tos»ji estate are requested to ma6e , immediate pax meat. m’x HENRIETTA A. PAITBRSOaN, Ad \ December 28—wet EVENED EDITION. afiCCILkPTS. Tha rtftylion of Iks T-mes, ordered *y m\U it out receipt f-x ike mont? ; etpeeimi - Ijt to tkose tukterUnr: for * tee* Imi than a yemr. When ruhteriherj 'ttei** the pxper *»ith tint paragraph marked) they mil under stand it at t«- s or'Ming them that their subscription :a about to expire, and that tiuspafiitr *eill ctrtxmiy he stop junless they ~mzi' J emittane* For Balnbridge, The[C. 8. Steamer, Marianna, H. W. V'an Veigbten Master, will leave for the above and all interme- iate landii.gs on TUESDAY at 9 o’clock. FUNERAL NOTICE. The friends and acquaintances ol Mrs. Malinda L. Penning, are invited to attend her furrers! a' the residence of Mr M. L, Pattefsen, Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock. - illlUl Those who enjoy and appreciate such, will do well to bear in mind that 10-night wild bo the last appear a.ice of Blind Tom for some time. A Good Example.—Tho oitizons of Monroe county, Ga., having been culled upon to know at what prico they would hold their surplus produce to be disposed of for tho use of the Conic-erate army, held a meeting on tho I6ih inst., at which the following rules were agreed upon without any objection. The following was the repost of the committee: The Committee report that the people of Mon» roe.couoty ought to put a fair present price upon their surplus prodn ;te, and furnish all they can in good faith, for the support of the army duriDg the year. The poople ot ,«aid county ought to sell their leading products at the following rates, to-wit: Corn at $2 50 per bushel Wheat 5 00 per bushel Baoou. 1 90 per pound Beef L 40c. per pound Bard.,.. | 100 per pound Fodder ....2 00 per hundred Oats 1 50 per bushel The report was read to the people by the Chair man of tho Committee, and the poople were oailed ed to ratify, which was done without dissent. ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN HINES Readers of the interesting account of Morgan’s escape in the Times will recollect the separation of Captain Himes from Gen. Morgan, and the fear expressed by the General that hie gallant comrade had been murdered by the Yankees. The Captain has since arrived in Richmond, and the Examiner gives the following account of his escape: In a conversation with Capt Hines, wiio is a young gentleman of culture, modest manner?, and about twenty years of age, we gathered from him the facts embodied in the following highly interesting narrative of his own personal experience subsequent lo his separation from General Morgan, his escape, and the re-capture of himself. The event which changed their fortunes into widely diverging lines occurred on the south side of the Tennessee river, at Brady ferry, about twenty miles from Athens, Ga. Alter crossing the river. Captain Hines was directed by Gt-netal Morgan to procure a guide, if possible, the country before being unknown to noth of them. Captain Hines rode up to a small house, about one hun-* dred yard* distunt from where the General awaited his return, procured a guide, and was on hia way back when he heard a heavy cavairy tramp corning in hie rear, fie turned his horse, and they came up. From the irregularity of their dress, (they being without the regulation uniform,) Captain Hines first, mistook tberxi for Confederate scouts. When they were within a tew feet of him, and it was tO'i,late to trust lor safety to the speed oi his horse,ihe discovered his error. Though genuine “hlue*beilh and” Fed eral®, Capt Hines saw that they, too, were in error, and took him tor a federal. See* ing his own escape impossible, Capt Hines thought only oi tils General acd bow best to proceed m order the better to facilitate his escape horn tho pajek of byeoas who were so close upon ins trail. Ha made pretty familiar on so sa >rt r.n acquaintance, and riding up to the officer addieseed him; told him the “rebels” had just gone down ihe road, pointing in a direction opposite that his General had taken ; and requesting the officer of the command to ‘Jbilow him,” dashed off, declaring Urey would catch them. By this ruse he drew them on upwards of a ha 1 milt* before his captors discovered or rather suspected that in* was a Confed erate. This delay 01 the pursuit, gave Gen Morgan tioie to accend the mountain, at the foot of which io wtts standing wheirCapt Hines was pounced upon; The Federate, alter ascertaining to llteif satisfaction that their guide was a Confederate, threatened him witit deaih lor having drawn them off the trail of Gen Morgan, as they had learned from Union citizens that he was one of the party. He was dismounted, placed under a strong guard, and robhpd <n all his pri vate property —watch, money, etc,—aud sent, stiff under a m eille.-.Viy strong guard, back to the north Bide of the Tennessee liver to the Federal camp, the main body ot tho Federal cavalry going on like mad hounds in pursuit ol the “Great Bandit” and “VVeaaei of the West ” Capt Hines was kept under guard at the camp until the next evening (14th Dec’r,) suffering great anxiety of mind on account of the General, mini ihe pursuing parly ot enraged Feder ate returned and reported that they “be hanged if he hadn’t escaped, or slipped in to a bole.” Great was the mental relief and satisfaction this information brought Captain Hine?; but he did no; allow words to betray his feed age. Hq was brought up and underwent a rigid examination before Capt Taylor, the officer in command of the First Tennessee mounted infantry. They soon suspected that he was a Confederate officer and an escaped prisoner. Availing himself of their own presumption, Capt Hines confessed that he was a private in the Second Kentucky cavairy and had been separated front his command in Kentucky, on the raid into Ohio. The wiiv Captain still further deceived them by assuming the name of J. T. Bullet, a familiar Kentucky name. The examination seemed *0 satisfy Capt Taylor, ami he im ired Capt Hines to tane tea with him, attne house of a Union man, more than a quarter of a tnite irom the camp. After supper, about 9 o’clock, when it was quite dark, Capt Tayior proposed that they should return to cam,*. Alter geUiug ?=o do twenty steps from ihe resi dence. Capt Taylor remarked that ha had j forgotten his shawl, and would «iep back aud get it He 'started back, leaving Capt Hines standing in the dark, awaiting his return. Captain Hines says he struggled some time with his better feeling to get their con** sent to au attempt to escape, Every cir cumstance favored it. He was alone; had not yet been placed upon his parole of honor not to attempt his liberty. It was, perhaps, now or never with him. A dun* geon and chains might be his lot on the morrow. But then, the captain says, from Captain Taylor’s kindness to him, he felt himself somewhat in honor bound not to attempt the escape, but to return to camp a piisoner with him, which he did. Cap:. Hines was kept a prisoner at the enemy’s cainp until next morning, 20th Deo., when he was sent, atilt under strict guard, to Kingston, 30 miles distant. The journey was made on horseback, and the guard consisted of a Federal Lieutenant and ten men, armed with revolvers, sabres and carbines. At Kingston, Capt. Hines was confined in a smalt jail, without fire, end almost without food. His radons consoled of one army cracker per day, with a minute bit of very fat pork and oold wa ter. Hero, however, ho found companionship in three others of tho parly who accompanied tho Genernl through Kentucky—pnv ates Robert and William Church (brothers) and Smith, of the Third Kentucky c&vslry. The prisoners, under leadership of Capt Hines, had laid their plans to overpower, and, if necessary, kill the prison guard on the ni-htof the 20th Dec., but on the morning of that day they were al! sent forward under guard, 111 miles, to Loudon, on the Ttnne 1 sco river, walking all the distance. At Loudon they were placed under guard in tho cen* tre of the camp of the Third Kentucky Infantry, commanded by Col. Dunlajr. Around thoesmp, in eve y direotion for three quarters of a mile timber had been felled. But one open path led from Ore camp, nod that was strongly guarded, with the object, Capt. Hines supposed,of keeping tbe fevr renegade Kentuokians in the regiment from running away, and at the saoio time to pre* vent the escape of prisoners. Iu the centre of theoanp, in a small house, 12^feet by 14, Capt. Hines and hie twi# companions* were confined.— Two men were constantly on guard inside, and in front of tho door, the only way of egress, ten others were posted at night with loaded mus bsts. Having determined in his own mind to attempt his own escape, Capt. Hines disclosed his plan to his fellow prisoners, and they agreed to join aud second him in anything he would suggest. That nigt (December —) was fixed upon to make the attempt. All retired earlv, but cone slept; only slumbered like cats, and with “one eye upon.”— At moon down, between 5 and 6 o’clook in the morning, Capt. Hines arose, dressed himself, and under the pretenoe of suffering from cold, ap« proaohed the fire, bis companions following the example of there leader,and ail talking freely with the guard. We wilt relate the finale in Captain Hines's own words, as related to us. Getting a position near the door, I laid my band, unobserved, upon the latoh, and lifted it without a creak, at the same time keeping up a conversation with, and an eye on, the guard. AH ready, I turns and to my “companions and remarked, in as cool a manner as possible, knowiug the bold course was the best: You gentlemen, have remained here sufficiently long. All bowed to the guard, and bid them 'good morning,' and throwing wide the door, I bounded into the darkness, and ran towards the mountains, three quarters of a mile distant. Ab I sprang from the door, I heard a struggle behind me and I believe my more unfortunate prison companions were there captured, and perhaps murdered. Several shots were fired after me; but knowing there was safety and succor in the mountains, I ran for life and, dearer, liberty. I gained the protec tion of tho mountain, a spur of the Cumberland, but was followed to its very foot. Until within one half hour of sunrise on the morning of tbe 21st December, I lay hid in the peak of ihe mountain. At nightfall I reconnoitered the near est dwelling, and I found owner a good ‘Union man,’, but raspeotc not given to suspicions. I calh -i „ ’ representing myself as an agent oi the uTedorai Government, on my way to Kingston on busi ness, This insured me kind .treatment and a good snpper. Tho gentleman was quite commu nicative, and gave me the names of some of the “Benesh,” as he called them, who lived there about. After supper, tho night being moonlight and beautiful, I determined to avail myself of my host's information concerning my “rebel” friends, and started out to walk a lew miles far ther on the road. I reached the tiouse of one gentleman lay entertainer kad named, and he rendered me all the as3istaaoe in his power, and gave ma directions to she residence of another Southern man, fifteen miies fuoher on the road ! to Swoet Water run, aid eigh’een miles from Kingston. I was now safe.” The remainder of the distance Capt, Hines travellal by night, aud met a friend at every post, passing near Sweet Water, Mad'flonville, creasing the Hiawassa and the Ocoee rivers, some above Co lumbui, into Georgia, and reaohiog Dalton and the oeadquactors of General Joseph E. Johnston on the night of tho 27 h of Deceoiber. Wreck of thk Steamer \ r ESTA.—Tbs s'cam-- i-r Vesta, one of the fiaosft boats io tbe blockade running line, has been wrecked off the Carolina coast. She left Bermuda on tho 3d inst. For seven days she was chased over the seas by a ■ number of Yankee cruisers; but Fnoeeeded in eluding them, and on the 10th instant made the ; coa3t ?n the vicinity of WTm: igton. Being j comp-oiled to lay to she was do cried by a Yan- * kee cruiser, which gav-i chase, and in balF an hour more, eleven Y nkrea vessels were pouring down upon fkw suddenly (Uncovered prey. The Vesta, a' th-ugh apparently suri- unded, ran the gann'lH m splendid sly ire through one of the more e irriug rcenes which the war has yet wit nessed on the water Borne of the cruisers at ternpie 1 to cross her bows and cat her off ; hut she WcS too rapid for this raoooe jvre, and at about ea'f a mile’s distance some of the ernisers opened, their broadside? upon her, while five oth ers in chase were constantly using their bow guns, jxploding shells right over the deck? of the devoted, vessel. Fortunately, no ono was hurt and the vessel ran theguantlet, raising her flag in defiance, ' suffering only from a single shot, which, though it passed amidships, above the water line, happily escaped the machinery. But the trouble seems to have commenced with what the passengers anticipated to be the triumphant escape from thrir captors; for the CaptaTn first officer, Tickler, are report ed to have become outrageously drunk after the affair was over and the night had fallen, It is said that the Captain was asleep on 'he quar ter deck stupefied wi'h drink, when he should have put the ship on land: and that at two o’clock iu the morning bo directed the pilot to take tbe ship ashore, tell : nz him that the ship was tea mils? above Fori Fishor, when the fact was that shs was about forty miles to the south ward of Frying Pan shoals. Fifteen minutes afterwards the Vesta made land, the pilot having run her so hard ashore it was impossible to get her rff. She was run aground at Little River Inlet; the passengers landed in boats minus there baggage; and al though there were no cruisers in sight, aud not the least occasion for pree : pifation. the vessel, with all her valuable cargo, was fired before daylight by order gs Captain Eustace, and burn* ed to the waters edge. The cruisers did not get up to the wreck until two o’clock on the i-.ftemoon of the next and v.and then they were attracted to it by the smoke from the conflagration. a The cargo of the Vesta was of the most vaiu abte description ; three fourths of it on Govern ment account, consisting of army supplies, and including a very extensive lot of English shoes. There was also lost by the wreck a splendid uni form, intended as a present to General Lee by some of his admirers in London. Nothing of any accouat was saved. This ws»s the first trip of the Vesta from Eng land. She ~as ad 'able sorew steamer, perfect in all appore-riuents. Captain Eu-tace, her com mander, was i.n Englishman.—[Riobmofld Ex aminer. Three Months, $8 In iila uu Saturday *t th*» of Music, Henry Ward Beecher objected to the sys tem of volunteering, on the ground that it was a mercenary operation, and went in strong for con scription. The Amerean ship Winged Racer, which left Manilla on the 7th of Ootober for New York, and the Amanda, bound to Fa’mouth, had been burned off Java Heads by the Alabama, on 10th November. Joshua Gunnel], who recently received author ity from the War Department to visit Richmond, for the purpose of securing the release of Union men of Fairfax county, b&s returned, the rebel authorities refusing to receive him. Charleston is to be occupied by the Yankees in sixty days from December SOtb, it everything works according to the plans laid out. So says the correspondent of the Boston Herald. The Yankees have captured Hugh Logan, who is charged wish having piloted General Lee's 1 army into Pennsylvania. He has been sent to Pennsylvania for trial. The Lynchburg Virginian says, a substituted man in that oity, of considerable means, ap plied for work in a shop for making wooden bottomed sboes, and offered to work for fifty oents a day. PTATE OF GEORGIA, 1 Adjutant and Inspectum General’* Office. \ Milledgevllle, Jan. 1 dt>4 ) OFNERAL ORDERS, Nj. 3. Toe Aids-de-Camp of Senatorial Districts are by this Order, especially charged by the Governor, with the enforcement, within their respective Districts, o the Laws of the State, “for the suppression ot uu* lawful distillation ofgraiu and other commodities.’' Copies of the Laws passed by the General Assembly regulating distillation, accompany, this Order; and th« attention of ihe Aids is called to the Laws en the same subject, passed by previous Legislatures, and they are authorized to call out Military .force, if ne«. essary, to execute them. Both th* rnonl and physical welfare of the country, r equire that this Megal practice should be suppressed; and though in ihi? Order, the Governor especially charges his Aids-ds-Camp with the duty, he at the same, orders all Military officers and Militiamen, to obey their orders for its fulfi lment, and appeals to th* sense of duty of right minded citizens who have at heart the interests of their country, and a Christain regard for the poor around them., to be active in givin g information and assistance to the Aids in ferreting out and suppressing this great wrong. The Law is the common master of us ail, and every faithful officer and soldier, and good citizen, will not cavil at its wisdom or propriety, while it remains ;in use on the Statute Book, but will give every effort in hit power for its loyal execution. By orderof the Commander-in Chief. : HENRY C. WAYNE. Adjutant. & Inspector General. _jan_24 It A Few More Recruits Wanted FOR Gen. linboden’s Command, Horses and Equipment Furnished. SSO BOUNTY! I WANT a few more RECRUITS to complete my Company of Monnted Riflemen, for Gen, Iruboden’t? command. Persons who have substitutes to ihe army ca.i join this company if they will do so in len days, as at the expiration of that time volunteering will cease. I will grant furloughs of from en to fifteen days. My headquarters are at Camp Montgomery, where 1 can a ways be found or represented. F P. CRUTCHFIELD, Capt W. C. WRIGHT, Lieut. • Janie, dtf ' O LUMBUS GLUE AMU PKINTER’3 COMPOSITION ill A All FACTORY. YV r E wish to inform our friends and the public la YV general that the above business will hereafter be conducted under the name and style of ZORItOWSKY & CO., Dry Glue always on hand. Orders filled promptly, jan s—lm NOTIOEi HEAL QUARTERS OF CONSCRIPTION, J Mac.,n, Ga., Jan 19 1864. J Genoa! Otdera, No. 5. All persons hold.ug Ex mpUm*. other'than those granted t,y ihe Medical Examining Boards, are hereby required to present them for revision to iheir County Enrolling Officers who will forward t , the Chiefs of Districts, The latter them through the Commandants of Camps of Inanucupn to the Com-’ mandants ofConscripis, with an expression of opinion The Enrolling f flicais will give receipts for these papers when delivered, and reclaim on returning the papers which, .when returned, will be invariably endorsed as levised and approved, or dis approved at a given date. Until the noth ot February, the receipts issued as abo*e will protect them from conscription. After that date, neither the leceipts nor the papers will pro tect, unless tr>e la ter.he endorsed as revised at a.'date subsebuent to the iss ie of tlrs order. I he Enrolling Officers will take special precaution* against the la«s„of documents. These demands are made in pursuance of War De psitmsnl. General Orders Nt. 4, Jan 9, 1664, p*-. vil* as follow-: “All 'exemptions heretofore gnuted ar* subject to revision, under instructions from the Bu reau of <Description, And if found to be improper or unauthorized by law, will be enrolled.’’ By order of MAJOR CHAR. J. HARRIS, Commandant ot Conscripts of Ga. P. LaOJiKV, j. Ist Lieut and Actir-g Adjutant, jan 23-5 t Just Published. A Complete Graiuiner of the English Langosg*. (144 pages, 18 rno.,) may be had at all Book stores. Price s3—one third off to the trade, GEORGE BUNN A Cos . jan 21—6 t Richmond, V*. NEW SONGtS. “Call me not hack from the Echolesa s*bore”— In answer to “Rock me to Hleep.’*—by the author ©l' ‘ When this Cruel War is Over.” Price—sl 50 “’Tia the March of the Southern Men;” t/om a Scotch Melody Pi ice— 50. “No One to Loveby W. B Harvey. Price—Ski sC—One halt oft' to ihe Unde. GEORGE DUNN & Cos., jan Publishers, Richm,nd, Va,_ HEADQUARTER A 24TM SENATORIAL DiST. / Column.is, Jan. 12, 1864, > GENERAL ORDER, N0.2. Dr. T. N. Raines, ot James.own < haitahooehs* County, Ga., isannounded as having been appoint U Surgeon by the Comiiiruder-in-Chief for this Dumct, persons wishit, g > laminations for discharges wi.l ap ply to him at his headquarters. P. J. PHILIPS, jan 14—dAwlt C 01.4 A.D.C. HEADQUARTERS 24T11 SENATORIAL DIBT. ) L Columous, Jan. 12, 1854. J GENERAL ORDF.B, No- 3. The Enrolling Oiiicets of the various Militia Dis tiicts appoin:ed by me. for this Sena'orisl District will furni hme wi.h their Enrollment L:su comple cd at there Ileadquaueta on Tuesday next. P. J. PHILIPS, ran 14 4Aw II Col. 4k A. D. C,