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Volume XL
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MUACOGEE It AII. ROAD. i
Snpe/in'eiulent'* o#>®o. >
Coinnihitn. Dec. 3d, 1863, )
ON and aft. r lire fl;li tt.e Mail Train on this Road
will run as k.llowi ;
Leave Columbus P. M.
Leave Ma nn ......6:30, P. M.
Arilvcai Macon ...4:10, A. M.
Arrive at C .lumhua .-..-.. t a. M.
Passenger* c»n now go through to Cha'luuon, via
Savannah, without delay,*s the Mail Train on the
Charleslou and Savannah Railroad makes close con
nection with the Central Railroad at Bavatumh.
W, L. CLARK,
Hupt. Muscogee R. R
Dec 4 if
Change of Schedule.
ON ANI) AFTER December 6th, the Passenger
Train on the Montgomery <s• West Point Railroad
will
l,eave Montgomery at ....10.30 A M
•• Wee! Point «.30 P. M.
Arrive at Cmuinbus, ..7,10 P M
Leave Columbus .... 2’30 A M
Arrive ai Montgomery 11,37 A M
“ " W..t Point .7,60 A M
Making through connections to and from Atlanta.
Freight leaves C01umbu5.......... 8,40 A, M.
*• Arrives at C01umbu5,..........8,00 P. M,
ID; H. CRAM,
Dec 4 ts Bupt. & Engr._
Notice.
MOBILE 4- GIItARD RAILROAD, i
Huperiir.etidenl’s Office, Dec, 4,.1663. >
AIJ. WOOD delivered on the right way of the road
alter this dale will be considered the property ol 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 tint it must be delivered at some
one of the regular Stations on the Road, and subject
to rules governing other freights.
Dec 5 2w R E. WELLS, Bup’t.
LAND FOR SALK.
I WILL sell 640 acres level LAND in the county of
Russell, convenient to liadiachubbee Djd it, 340
acres cleared, in flue stale fur cultivation, with corn
and lodder on the premises. For particulars call on
the uridersigiiOvj, seven nnles west ot Gleunvilla,
£ R. FLEWELLEN,
Nov. Si, ts
Hun copy.
320 or 640 Aores of Land for Sale.
I offer for sale the tract known aa the Mercer place,
about 1% miles from station No, 5, of the Mobile
A. Girard R. R. It contains 320 acres, 18J oi which
Is in cultivation, the balance limbepd land. There
are cabins fir üboul 30 negroes, gin house, stables,
and c. t two wells of good water and a large quantity of
light wood convenient to the R. R. The other half
of the section, all heavily timbered will be sold if de
sired by the purcli iser. Apply to Greenwood Ac
Gray, Columbus, Ga„ for terms. Mr Mercer on the
place will show it to any one wishing to see it.
D is. FREEMAN, Jr.
Hun Copy. Jan 12
FOR SALE
QOA Acres heavily timbeie 1 Pine ‘Land, 9J>£ to 3
%JdU\f miles north us Stiver Run on the Mobile 4c
Girard Railroad.
Also 180 acres in Pike county, Alabama, near “Clay
Hill/' about 60 acres clea-ed, balance wood land,
lying immediately on While Water Creek. A bar
gain can be had by immediate application to
W. C. GRAY,
at Uieeuwood 4c Gray’s Office,
jau 14—2 w Lowell Warehouse.
MUSCOGEE SHERIFF SALE.
WILL be sold before the Court 'House door in the
city of Columbus in said county of Muscogee,
on the first Tuesday in February next, tetween the
Legal hours of sale me following property, to-wit:
Fifty Share of the Capital Stock of the Florida
Home Insurance Company and an interest of two
thirtieths in the Steamer Marianna, levied on as the
property of Charles Pratt. Also twenty-five Shares
of the Capital Rtock of tPe Georgia Home Insurance
fjtnpany, and a negro woman Gave named Polly of
a darkcump'exion, about twenty-five yeais of ago,
taid 25 Shares and said negro levied on as the prop
erty of Daniel K Dodge. The whole of the above
property levied on lo satisfy a fl fa issued from ihe
superior Couit of MuscoSee County, in favor of At
kins 4t Dunham vs Piatt McKenzie.
JOHN LIGON,
She; Iff.
Columbus, Ga., January sth, 1364. Id*
Estray Notice.
DICKENS McCOY, oi the 772d District G. RI.
transmits to me the following certificate of and
Estray Yoke of Ox«n: (;ne a red and white color,
and the other a white andtmndle color; marki.it with
a smooth crop and underbit in both years. About
four yean old. Appraised l>y A. S. Bovdin and Jo
•eph Lawson Diggers, freeholders of said county an*
district to be worth four hundred dolilats,
A true extract from the estray book, this the 28lh
ol December, 1863. A. P. JONES,
Jan4—w6od Clerk, 1. C.
€. marshal Sale,
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in February
next, between the usual hours ol sa'e, be line
•fas Court House in Muscogee county, a fine lour
wheel carriage, levied on to satisfy twenty-six ti ms
vs Beall 4- Murphy, one ti ta vs A A Beall and one
fl fa vs R A Murphy, garnishees in favor of the Con
federate States of Ameiica for interest due on debt
to allien enemies to the 3iHh August, 1862.
PHILIP A CLAYTON,
C. 8. Marshal.
Columbus, 29th Dec. 1863. id
N ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
AGREEABLY to an order ofthe Court ol Ordinary
ol Stewart County, will be sold withinthelegal
hours of sale before the Court House door in the town
of Lumpkin, on the first Tuesday in March next.
"Sophie'’ a negro woman 4? years old and her child
4 years of age. beloi gmg loth estate of Susan Yar
brough, deceased.
Terms cash, SARAH DENNABD,
jan 23 td Adm’x.
CBUBBlA—Murloo County:
RULL NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adrn’rx on
the estate of Daniel Juim-s, Jr., having petitioned
this Couit for letteisof disimasion from said Admin
istration.
These are theiefore to cite and admonish all an
singular the kiudied and credhors of said deceased to
b« and appear at my office within the time prescribed
by law, and show cause it anv they have, whv said
Administratrix should not be dismissed from said
Administration on the first Monday in July 1864.
Given under my hand -lid official signature, this
December the 7th, i863. MAI.COM HAIR,
Dec 14 1116111 Ordinary.
GEORGIA—MarIon County
RULE NISI.— Whereas, M Butt and William M
But, Administrator s upon the estate oi Eidridge
> C. Buti, dec’d, having applied lor letters of Dismis
•ioHtroin said Administration —These are therefore
to cite aud admonish all and siiu ularthe kindred and
creditors ol said deceased 10 show cause, if any they
bare, why said applicant should not be dismissed
from said Administration.
Given under my hand and official signature, Sep
tember 2d, 1663, MaLCUa It AIK,
sept 7,1116 m Ordinary
6EORUI i-Barlon County t
WHEREAS, Jo. e b Be k having applied for let
tersof Adniinstrati in upon the estate of Zacha.
risk Belk, deceased,
There are ihereb re to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and cr< ditors of said deceased,
to be it.d appear at ray office within the time pre
scribed by law, to show lau e if any they have why
said letters ot administration should not be grantod to
said applicant, cn the 2nd Mo, day in January next.
Given under my hand and official signature, Nov
•*th, 1863. MALCOM HAIR,
Nov 27 40. Or.ltnary.
GEORGIA—MarIon bounty:
TWO months af er date ap Miration will be made to
the Court of Onl.uary ot said county, for leave 10
sell the negroes belonging to the esuiie ot i'ol.ard
J Payne deceased. Dec. 7th. 1863.
WM. Payne, 1
Henry Payne, \ Exec’trs.
PoLI.ARU J. I'AYNK, )
Dec 14 2m
GEORGIA—MarIon Countyt
VfO months after date application will Le made to
X the Court of Ordinay of Marion county lor leave
to sell a portion of the uagroi s belonging to the estate
of C. W. Ross, deceased,
ARM NLA P. ROSS,
BUlSth, 1813 2;n idm’i.
TYTOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS,—AII
J.l persons having claims agauist the estate 1 f Wm
J. Patterson, dec’d, are he >by notified to present
them within the time presc ibed by law, and all per
sons indebted to v*id * state are requested to make
Immediate navment. m’t
Sw-kSHST* A fA.TSMON.AJ
SPECIAL NOTICES
KT OTICEI
IIEAt QUARTERS OF CONSCRIPTION, 1
Macon, Oa., Jan 19, 1851. \
Gentral Orders, No. 5.
All persona holdiug Exemptions, other than those
granted by the Medical Examining Boards, are herebv
required to present them frr revision their County
Enrolling Officers who will forward So the Chiefs of
Districts, The latter will.transmit them through the
Commandants of Camps of Insrruction to the Com *
inandants of Conscripts, with aa expression of opinion
The Enrolling Officeis will give receipts for these
papers when, delivered, and reclaim the receipts on
returning the papers which, when returned, will be
invariably endorsed as reyised and approved, or dis
approved at a given date.
Until the 20m ot February, the receipts issued as
above will protect litem conscription. After
that date, neither the receipts nor the papers will pro
tect, unless the latter be endorsed as revised at a.date
subsebuent to the issue ot this order.
The Enrolling Officers will take special precautions
against the documents.
These demands are made.in.pursuance of War De
partment. Genefil Orders Ni. 4, J,»n 9, 1864, par. vii*
as follows: “All exemptions heretofore granted are
subject to revision, under instructions from the Bu
reau of Conscription, and if found to be improper or
unauthorized by law, will be enrolled.’’
By order of
MAJOR CiJAB. J UaHRIS,
Cmninat.d&nl oi Conscripts of Ga.
P. Looney,
Ist Lieut and Acting Adjutant.
jan 22- 5.
headquarter* post, /
Columbus, Ga., Jan, )9ih, 1864. J
GENERAL OREEBS, No. 4.
Until further orders Cjpt. Jno. 8, Hmirh, P, A. C.
8„ is announced as Acting AfeSisiaiit Inspector Gen
eral at this Post.
He will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
By order ot
COL ROBERTSON,
Commanding.
Cmas. Wood, A. A. G.
jan 21 tt v
UeadquabterslEnrouno Office, 1
3rd Cougressn u&l District, >
January ISth, 1064. J
All men in thts District who have substitutes in
service will report at once to these Headquarters.-
Those who voluntarily report will be allowed a fur
lough often days before being sent to camps of In*
struciion. W. S. WALLACE,
Capt. and Enrolling Otficar.
jan 15—lOd.
OFFICE COMMANDANT POST. >
Oolumbus, Ga. Jan. ,7th, 1864. j
In pursuance of orders from Headqua-ters Dep&rt
mentof South Carolina, Georgii and Florida, the un
dersigned hereby assumes command ot the Post ot
Columbus
Captain Geo. N Knight having hcen assigned to
duty as Provost Marshal, all applications tor Puss]|
ports will be made to that officer.
J. W. ROBERTSON,
Janß—dtt Colonel Commanding Post.
Enquirer ar.d Sun copy.
Shipping Notice.
MUSCOGEE RAIL Foad, )
Superintendent’s Office, >
Columbus, Dec. 22d, ’63. )
Owing ro ihe wmii ol sufficient transportation for
Government freight private freight will not be received
at this depot until iurther notice.
Dec 23 it . Supt.
Wanted.
MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, I
Superintendent’s Office. S
.Columbus, Dec. 22d ’63. \
WANTED to hire for the ensuing year (1864)
twenty-five üblr bodied Negroes to work on the
Muscogee Rai roail. Apply to
W. L. CLARK, Sunt,
or A. B. BOSTICK.
Dec 23 Jm
HEADQUARTERS 1
SECOND DISTRICT OA. STATE QIURD, >
Savannah, December SO, 1863. )
General Orders, No. 6.
i. Officers commanding Rcgi,.rents and Battalions
comprised in the S. cond District, Georgia State
Guard, will forthwith rendezvous their respective com*
mauds at points moat convenient for railroad trans
portation to this point.
11. They wiil report to these Headquarters the
times and places of rendezvous and the number of
men for whom they require transportation.
111. The horses belonging m cavalry organizations
will be left in their present localities until further
or lers.
By commind of
Brig. Gen. H. R. JACKSON,
Coind’g Second District G. S. G.
lit Jackson, Capt. and A. A. G.
NOTICE,
HEADQUARTERS POST, >
Columbus. Ga., January 11th, 1864, \
[GENERAL ORDERS, No. 2.1
* * - * ■ * * « *
I. Capt. Chas, Wood, A. A O, having reported for
duty in pursuance of orders fuiia Headquarters De
partment f* C , Ga.. and Fia , is anuouac and as As*
s stani Adjutant General of til ■ post, and in future all
otficia c inmnlib ations du 1 eled :o these hejdquar
ers will be addressed to him.
11. Commanding officers of Companies or Other
military 01 gainz.tioiis at this Post will make out and
forward 10 these lean quarters as soon ss practicable,
complete returns of all members ot their command
present ami ab;ent, together with rosters oi the com
missioned officers, and statements of the time when
mid the authority by which such organization were
mustered into the service.
111. Officers of the Staff Departments on duty at
this Post will report at these llt.adquaners in person.
J. W. hOBBKTSON,
jan If if Col. Coind’g Post.
aox,xj3xd:sxjs
DYEING ESTABLISHMENT !
THE SUBSCRIBERS having perfected their ar
rangements, are now prepared to do all kinds of
DYING in
Silk, Wool and Cotton.
Dye House on south-west corner of Bridge and
Oglethorpe streets. Ordcis leti at ihe otfice ol the
Southeiii Express will meet with prompt attention.—
Paries irom the country can send any aiticie by Ex
press. Address
~ OIGHT A HILL
Nov 19 3m.
COLUMBUS GLUE
AND
Pi INTER’S COMPOSITION
MANUFACTORY.
CITE wish to Inform and the public in
ft general that the above business will herecfier be
conducted under the nan.e mi l ,-tyle of
ZORKOIYBKY & CO.
Dry Glue always on hand. promptly
jan 6— lin
LA WAN and collection office.
M- T. HUQHK9.
Attorney at Law and Notary*
RICHMOND, VA.
Claims of every description against the Coniederate
■Mates settled witii accuracy ami dispatch. Legal
susiuess will receive prompt attention. &ugl2 ly
PIAJKO iOitTES
TUN El» AND KKPAIRED in the best style of the
art by PROFESSOR LOOMIB,
No 106 Broal street.
Ref.-r to J F Winter, M P Ellis and J N Bartie.t.
decemberiS w4t
Columbus, Georgia, C. Thursday January 28, 1864
EVENING EDITION.
ttJOC&iPTS.
Th« rteeptum of the 'i\met, whon ordered ey
’’■•id, 4 oiU it our reeeupi roe the money ; ufiHiie
fjr to thott tubseriiort for m lett time them •
year.
When tub ur Her* reset** the payer tea A tku
paragraph marked, they eeUl under Hand tt at in
forming them if cm their subscription is about is
my we, and tnat the paper will eertanUy be stop
ped unless they make a ‘■smittane*
Advanced Bates.
Iu consequence of . he continued advance In price
of the material and labor consumed in conducting our
business, we are compelled to secure ourselves against
loss, to agtin advance our prices, which will be until
Anther notice :
Daily Paper for three monthsSß 00
“ “ “ one “ 3 00
Weely Paper six “ .... ... 500
« tt .. three .. 300
Single copies 25 cents
THOS GILBERT & CO ,
thos. Ragland,
J. W WARREN & CO
January Ist, 1864.
The Richmond correspondent of the Charles*
ton Meronry says that the Georgia delegation
were muoh stirred up on Saturday by a telegram
from Gen. Joe Johnston announcing the necessity
of putting the State road from Atlanta to Dalton
in his possession, in order to feed his army.—
Otherwise, he mast fall back. An interview with
the President was had, and it was decided to
leave the matter to the good sense of Governor
Brown.
Tlxe New Military BUI.
The editor of the Savannah Republican writ
ing from Richmond Jan. 19, gives the follow
ing as the probable provisions of the new mili
tary bill, they not having yet been made public.
The bill passed the Senate on Saturday, Jan.
16th, and is now before the House. The oor*
respondent says:
It is understood that the bill extends the cons
scription age to all able bodied citizens under
fltty-five years of age and over eighteen ;
those over forty-fiva to be employed m home
duties, such as the Quartermaster and Commis
sary departments, enrolling officers, provost
guards for towns and oities, guards for railroad
lines and bridges, and suoh like employments,
those now engaged m them to bo transferred to
active duty in the field, together with alt persons
enrolled under fortyefive years of age. The ex
emption liar is enlarged upon that originally re*
ported to the Senate by the Committee. It emu
braces ministers of religion in charge of regular
congregations, physicians thirty stive years of
age and over, who have been seven years in
regular practice, teachers of established sohools
of twenty scholars, one editor to eaoh newspaper
published prior to the 16th of April, 1862, to
gether with such journeymen printers as he will
swear are absolutely necessary for keeping up
his journal (book-keepers, mail olerks, reporters,
engineers and pressmen are not included in tho
bill as it stands); one shoemaker to every three
numlred inhabitants, to be over forty-five years
or p.ge and selected by the county courts. These
arc all the special exemptions, though a disore
lion is v»su;u in the President and Secretary of
War to deUii j.iich parsons as may be required
by the absolute necessities of each community.
The hill will likely pass tho House without any
material chance.
Vnntirs Afrovlties In Worth Carolina
THEIR own CONFESSIONS.
We publish below,- from the New York Daily
News, an account of General Wilde'a late raid
through the counties of Currituck, Camden and
Pasquotank, N. C. It will be found that our
accounts 01 bis infamous proceedings, bad as
they were, were considerably underdrawn, and
told but half the truth. We invite the attention
of the reader to this account. The Norfolk cor
respondent of the News writes thus—the letter
is dated Norfolk, V&., December 25:
In this vicinity there is a reign of terror. Hen.
Wilde seems to be independent of Gen. Barnes,
who, we believe, if he had the power, would deal
kindly and gently with us, and reports only to
Gen. Butler. He has visited the surrounding
country with lire aud sword, literally so, and far
beyond the Federal lines deviated whole provin
ces; and threatens that this is only the begin
ning of that vengeance which he proposes to call
down upon the heuda of defenceless women and
children.
In the county of Pasquotank, N. C., forty miles
from Norfolk, he hang Daniel Bright at his own
house, because it was believed he was attaoli9d
to an organized, commissioned guerrilla compa
ny. He seized more than one hundred thousand
dollars’ worth of personal property in the adjoin,
ing counties; ttripped the farmers of every living
thing, and brought ic away, leaving hundreds of
inhabitants without a pound of meat or a peek of
weal.
Many of these people, t > my knowledge, were
loyal, and had been so for month.-; suffering for
their loyalty persecution lrom their own people
They had certificates of protection from the for
mer commandants at this post, and no man ques»
tioned their good faith.
Negroes wera» permitted to curse and abuse
defenceless ladles, to strip them of their jewelry
and clothing, aud offer them indignities which
would offend decency to repent. A small Con
federate force captured two of his negroes iu a
skirmish, and for thi3 he outraged all the laws
of civilized war. lie arrested two ladies of high
character, permitted a brutal negro soldiery to
tie them band and foot, and kept them m this
condition for two days and nights; brought them
to Norfolk, and now keeps them confined in a
close room. These ho holds as hostages for the
return of his negroes. He visited the farm of
Mr. Gregory, an old man of seventy odd years of
age, who, I feel certain, never t.ok any part in
this war—set fire to hie dwelling and outhouses
of immense value, and burned them to the
ground; stripped him of all his personal estate,
and brought him a prisoner to Nor oik. He,
also, is held as a hostage. lam ready to ex
claim, with Madam Roland, “Oh ! Liberty, how
many crimes bare been committed in thy name!”
You will ask, who is Gen. Wilde? I answer,
God knows! Whence or where he came, or
what his lineage, the future must disclose. His
history is faintly wr ten here in atrocities that
make the blooa run cold. Whatever else he pur
poses is not for ms co say.
Situation In Europe.
The London ladex, thus pictures the “situs*
tion’* in Europe at the present moment:
At this time every member of the European
family stands armed to the teeth, and each for
the last few years has spent a greater propor
tion of its r«3oarces than at any previous epoch
in preparing-itseif for deadly strife against the
others. To meet in family council at such a
time could at worst precipitate by a very brief
petiod what must inevitably come otherwise;
it is far more likely that it would avert the dan
ger. m
A Grave Joke. —Some wags took a drunken
fellow, placed him in a coffin with the lid so he
could easily raise It, placed it in a grave yarn,
and waited to see the effect- Afie' a short time
the fumes ot U.e liquor left him, and bis position
being rather confined, he barst off the lid, got
out, and after looking around, exclaimed, “Well,
I’m the first that's ri! or else I’m much bela
ted !”
Tlie Next Meeting of Coagrm,
By law, the present session of the Confeder
ate Congress expires onjthe 18th of February
next—less than a month from this time -and by
law it does not meet until the first Monday in
December next, nine months hence. The Senate
seeing the exigencies of the approaching Spring,
resolved that Congress should meet tbe first
Monday in May. The House, to the surprise
and pleasure of everybody, resolved to meet a
month sooner than the Senate’had suggested.
A bill to this effect pas.ed the H use by a con
siderable majority, but on the motioft" of Mr.
Barksdale, whose relations to the Administra
tion are wed-known, tuo bill has been recom
mitted to the Judicairy Committee. It seems
this is to be made a test question, and there is
a possibility—we trust and believe it is nothing
more—that the country may again be culled up*
on Utmourn a secotd interregnum, longer and
far more dangerous than that which followed
the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson, Ween our
finances ran to ruin at the rale of two or three
millions a day, our armies dwindled away, and
he alona who had the power to call Congress to
gether was deaf to public entreaty and made no
sign.
_ This disposition to put off the meeting of Con
gress is unaccountable, except upon the hypo
thesis that the friends of the Administration are
of opinion that it is the intention of Copgress lo
interfere with the Executive. Congress has no
such intention. A great deal of important busi
ness is unfinished, and but little time remains
to finish it in. The currency question has cot
boon settled. The military biii has not been
settled.
These are matters of vital importance, and if
hurried over at the heel of the session, will doubt
less need early revision. It is important, too, to
see what tho effect of the currency measures Will
be. A crisis is at band, when the people will not
be satisfied unless their Representativsa are in
their places. It is necessary that the new mem
bers should be here at the earliest moment. In
deed, it may be said, there are a hundred rea
sons for the early reaassembling of Congress and
scarcely one good one against it. Tne people
desire it, aad .hey will wa ith a jealous eye
those who attempt to_thwart their wishes. M -
Wheuce c rues this factious opposition in Con
gress to th« will ot the people f What is the
meaning ot it] Who are the instigators of the
movement, and what is the end they seek to
accomplish? We confess we are at a loss to
answer these questions. Is it not designed (o
subvert ihe government? What, then, means
this attempt to place the whole power of exemp
tions in me hands of the Secretary of War, to
eonsenbe everybody from 16 to 60, to ,suspend
habeas oorpus, and to postpone, in this time of
public peril, the meeting of the representatiyes
of the people ? We should be glad to obtain
canaid responses to these interrogatories,
_ [Rieom-jad Whig.
Tabre Courage.
We are standing upon the edge of a crisis
which calls for the best strength and noblest en
ergies of our people. Our situation is by no
means desperate, yet it is one which demands
of men to pause and reflect. Drifting as we
now go heedlessly down tho current, our fate is
inevitable; bar let our country up and face the
stern re dity—let dreams be dispelled, and lalse
hopes be buried—let the busy note of prepare*
tion ring through the now stagnated country,
and we have no fear for the iuture. The next
oampaigu is the hinge ou which mayswiogour
destinies, and it is for us to say whether We
shall bo ushered in*o the presence of events gil
ded with tne hale of success, or darkened with
the shadows of defeat. If our people will be but
true to themselves, says the Columbia Carolinian,
true to the instincts which Lava permeated the
bro Hots of every nation wno have taught ror and
won their liberty, and true to rue great princi
ples which at the beginning of the war stood at
high water mark in every heart, we have no fear
of the result. God is by our side, though he
lights with visor down. Our cause is truth itself,
and truth can nffter fait. Our physical strength
i3 abated only for the moment. Power, a mighty
power, is still latent on the strong arm and will
of the people. Bring forth this young giant,
instii! into his heart the genius of morality and
religion, uoite faith with labor, aad prayer with
good works, aod we believe that the Almighty
will again shower down upon u; those wonder
ful blessings which in the past have made our
nation a h ye word for greatness throughout thb
world.-—[Rich. Wnig
The Latest Depredations by the Ala
bama.
The Liverpool Telegraph of December
15th contains the following particulars of
the latest depredations by the Alabama :
After several months of uncertainty re
garding the whereabouts of the noted Con-j
federate cruiser Alabama, a dispatch which
was received y esterday by the overland mail!,
via Alexandria, reports her having beeti
seen off the Island of Java on the 16th of
November,and adds that she destroyed the
noted American clipper Winged Racer—■
one of the most celebrated of the New
York aud San Francisco traders—and the
Amanda, off Java Head.
The news received is meagre, and does
not give any details, but tbs position in
which the Alabama was on the above datej
renders her presence of considerable im
portance to Federal vessels in East India
waters; and Captain Semmes’ well known
character for destroying the commerce of
the Northern Slates is sufficient to cause
uneasiness to those American shipowners
who have ships in the Souiliem latitudes.
The Amanda was 1,532 tons burthen,
and built in the United States in 1857. She
was bound from Manilla for Falmouth with
a cargo of sugar, &e. The Winged Racer
was i,BOO tons, and was alao fiom Manilla
bound for New York, laden with East India
produce. Both ships belonged to Federal
owners.
The Confederate steamers Georgia and
Rappahannock and Florida are reported to
be cruising in the Atlantic Ocean, north of
the Equator ; the cruiser Tuscaloosa wai
at last accounts off the CapeofGood Hope;
and o*ne not heretofore mentioned, the pri
vateer Relief, a sailing vessel, ivas spoken
on the llth of September, in lat, 25 deg.
24 mm. and long. 40 deg. 47 min.
East.
The Federal cruiser Vanderbilt, reported
in search of the Alabama, was at last ac»
counts cruising between the Cape of Good
Hope r.nd Mauritius, while the Alabama
had been shifting the scene of operations
to China waters.
The Federal cruiser Ivearsage, seven
guns, from Brest, where she had been look
mg after the Rappahannock, at Calais, was
at the end of last week off Plymouth Sound,
and stated to be in want of coal. Having
visited the American Consul at Plymouth,
she took her departure to the Westward
direction.
The Richmond eorrefpondent ot the Appeal,!
“Dixie,” says:
An amusing scen-i occurred last night in the;
House of Represon’a'ives. At the call of the
roll, Mr. Faote, of Tennessee, was iound to be
among the absentees. This gentleman had, only
yesterday morning, spoken very warmly of the
unpatriotic and reprehensible practice of mem*
bers neglecting their duties by absence from
their seat-. When Mr. Foote’s name was reach
ed, Mr. Vest, of Missouri, made an excuse for
him, saying tha’ he felt quite certain, after wbat
Mr. Foote had said on the floor in the morning,
that nothing short of the gentleman’s serious
illness or death had detained him from the House.
Mr. Pugh, of Alabama, suggested that Mr. F -o:e
had purposely ab<en ed himself in order to faciD
lUate the transaction us the public business
Confirmed by Congress.
The telegrams yesterday contained a very
significant vote in the Federal House of
Representatives. It was as follow?:
In the House of Representatives, Daw*
son, of Penn,, introduced a resolution that
the war is not for conquest, and requesting
the President to issue a proclamation that
when any State in insurrection shall sub
mit to the Federal Government, hostilities
shall cease, and such Slate shall be protec
ted against all interference with its local
institutions. The resolution was tabled
by a vole of 79 to 38.
This resolution was no doubt brought
forward by the opposition in order to com*
mit the Black Republican party fully on the
record to the emancipation policy of the
Lincoln proclamations. That is the main
issue upon which the opposition mean to
fight in the Presidential canvass, and we
see that the Black Republicans were not
at all backward in accepting it. Every
man of them allowing fora lew absentee*
stood up to it, and every man of the opp
sition, with the same allowance, took the
opposite ground. The yeas and nays were
called and the whole proceeding placed on
record. Let them fight it put.
The only fact in the proceeding of special
importance to tho South is this: that the
whole Black Republican party which now
controls the Government in every branch
is irrevocably pledged to conquest and ne
gro emancipation. Lincoln is unanimously
backed by his party. If any man dreams
or has heretofore dreamed that any amount
of submission or begging can avert total
ruin at the hand of the conqueror, let him
here see his fallacies exposed authoritative,
ly. Nothing can help him except fighting,
and whether that does or not, it is his only
and last chance. If the whole Confederacy
were to throw down their arms to»day>
their case would not be bettered over what
it will be, if they should fight to the last
and then sink down into subjugation and
slavery under the weight of irrepressible
numbers. Study the resolutions hire re*
ject‘;d.—[Macon Telegraph.
Tb« Federal Spy System in Great Brit
ain,
We copy the following affidavit from (he Lon
don Index. It was made by one of the work
men employed by J 5c G. Thompson, (shipbuild
ers at Glasgow. I was made in reference to
the attempt a&de by the Yaofeeo spies to sa
born item to give evidence that might be used
against the s earner Pampero;
“On the lt'th day of October lost Mr. Archi
bald Brodie, tornrnrly c.rver and gilder, Buchan*
an street, Gbsgow, called at my House in Govan,
proposing to sell carved trusses, &e. On the
Tuesday fol owing he called again about the
trasses; bu* *efore he left he introduced the sub*
ject of the stsamship Pampero, when be proposed
that I should call on bim at Bulloch to inspect
the trusses. Id and net go te Bullion. On the
evening of li e 23ra of October last, on going
home from work, I found him waiting for me at
my house. After waiting some time, I acoom
panied him on leaving, when ho proposed we
should adjourn to a tavern in Govan. When
there he again introduced the subject of the
steamship Pampero, and informed me he was
commissioned to ofber me a handsome sum, and
also to pay my passage to North America, and
guarantee me excellent gsituation there, if I
would give certain information about the above
steamer; sia ing as the reason ot his proposal
for my emigrating, that a party in my position
giving such information in such a way would
not get a situation anywhere on the Clyde.
Before parting we arranged to meet in TANARUS, Han
nah's, Gordon Street, Glasgow to settle the mat
ter. Acoordvng to that arrangement, 1 pro*
needed to Hannah's on the succeeding Salur«
day evening, when T found Brodie waiting for
me. He there proposed the following arrange
ment—via : that if I objected to emigrate, a euf*
ficient sum to render me independent of work
* ver afterwards, would be pa;d me at once; also,
that I would leave my employers immediately,
and enter their se'vice here at a larger salary
than I was receiving (over and above ih,e before
mentioned sum of money.) 1 understood the
nature of the work to bo that I would require to
watch the Pampero and report. He also stated
they had workmen as spies in Messrs. Thom*
son's yard reporting to them. Before parting
we arranged that I should write my decision on
the subject to him, which I did, decltniog the
offer. On the following Monday, at two o’clock
while proceeding home to my dinner, I was in
formed a gentleman wanted me in a tavern in
Govan, and on going there 1 found Mr. Brodie
waiting, with my letter in his hand. He then
begged me to reconsider the matter; but having
obtained sufficient information to pat my em
ployers on their guard against these parties, I
did not wait to discuss the matter, but shortly
declined the proposals. All which is truth.
John Gilchrist.
“Clyde Bank Iron Ship yard, 20th Nov., 18fl3
“Deponed before me at Glasgow, thirtieth .No
vember,' eighteen hundred and sixty-three yei
“(Signed,) A. G. Kipstof, J. >\ "
Cunning Device. —ls there are tricke in
all trades, we have heard of hook that
equals in cunning the one resorted to by
“laro-dealera” to prevent visitors from be
coming 1 informers under the new law.
Every man that, enters tire room before the
tiger is fegularly uncaged, is required to
take a seat behind the table, open a small
bank aud go through one deal, the others
betting against him. After the deal has
p?ssed around, so that aii have made them
selves equally amenable to stripes and im
prisonment, the real Bengal Tiger takes his
lau, and woe be to all who approach him.
Armed with a double-box loaded with
strippers, and without ? ‘cut papers” to mark
the game, the betters find their piles
of treasury notes melting away as frost be
fore the suo.
If tlae present law does not put an end
to taro, then no law can, and the best plan
would be to license gaming houses, make
them keep open doors, and thus keep young
men from flocking to them and squandering
their means.
The present law, if it ced be enforced, is
sufficiently severe in the punishment pres
scribed; but the difficulty of its enforce
ment is very great.—[Richmond Dispatch.
The Bureau of Conscription.— ln ad«
dition to the mutter of constHption proper,
Bureau of Conscription at Richmond, ac
cording to i communication trom Col J H
Preston to he Secretary of War, is charged
with the t allowing duties, which require,
perhaps, tea fold the labor and force de
manded so the full performance of that
service:
The am st and return of all deserters and
abseutees without leave from the army,
amounting, at tbia day, to so frightful a per
centage thi.t it may not be prudent to ex«
press even a conjecture.
Tbe whole matter of furloughs and de
tails outside of the army, the details alone
reaching thirteen thousand.
The whole matter of substitution, of
which there are now over fifteen thousand
cases under investigation.
The general external police of the array
in all its branches. —[Richmond Whig, 20th.
For Three Months, t 8
A Philosophic Darksy.
A newspaper correspondent from tha
Cumberland river gives the following ho
morous account of a colloquy with a phil
osophic darkey, who had beau present at
the battle of Fort Donelson:
Observing him toasting his shins against
the chimney, I broke in upon his profound
meditations thus;
“Were you in the fight of Fort Donel
son ?”
“Had a little taste of It, sah. H
“Stood your ground, did you?”
“No, ssh, I runs.”
“Run at the first fire, did von?’*
“Yes, Bah, and would hab run sooner had
I'knowed it war cummin.”
“Why, that wasn’t very creditable to
your courage,”
“Dat amt in my line, sah, cookin’s my
perfeshun.”
“Weil, but have you no regard for your
reputation?”
‘ ?ep ' nis nuthin to me by ds side
C; :!.c.
“Dj you 2£ni?idpr you t life worth more
than other people's?”
“It’s wuth more to me, sah.”
“Then you must value it highly?”
“Yes, sah, 1 does—more dan all die
world—more dan a million of dollars, sah;
for what would dat be wuth to a man wid
de bref oui’n him? Self preserbation am
defir6i law wid me, sah.”
“But why should you act upon a differ
ent rule from others?”
“Because different men sets different val
ues on da lives; mine is not in de market,
sah.”
“But if you lost it, you would have the
satisfaction of knowing you died for your
country.”
“What satisfaction would dat be to raa
sah, when de power of feeiin 1 was gone?*
“Then patriotism and honor are nothing
to you?”
“Nuffin whatever, sah; I regard deni at
among de vanities.”
“If our soldiers were like you, traitors
might have broken up the government with
out resistance,”
“Yes, sah, dere would hab been no help
for it. I wouldn’t put my life in de seals
agirisi any guotk rnment dat eber existed,
lor no gubberument could replace de lots
to me.”
“Do you think any of your company
would huve nnssed you it you had been
killed?”
“Maybe not, sah. A dead whiteman
aint much to dese sogers, let alone a dead
nigger, but I’d a missed myself, sah, and
dat’s de pint wid me.”
PLANTATION IRON I
1 000 BARS AaeORTEI> I R °N. on Consign-
ALSO,
Orders Received for
Hoop Iron, Nail Rod, Horae Shoe Iron,**ufar Mils,
Sugar .Kettles, i‘ut Wire, Long and Short Jiai die
Shovels.
ALSO,
For WOODEN WARE, coutisting of Buckets, Tuba
Churn*, ate. w
App’yio HALL, MOSES A CO.
Junji7St Co.un.tiU*. Ua,
Lost
~g NTempemnce Hall, Tuesday evening, J%a. gfttb,
A a Lartie’s >i AT. The finder will receive the thunks
t i the owner, or if needy a suitable reward, by
ieivingit at tue Tunes office or at the residence «f
the buusr.riber. D. 8. PORTER.
janH7 it
Attention !
Capt Park’s Cavalry Company living been steep*
ted fur service in South Western Gco.gia, every men'
ber to hereby ordered to report at once to Headquar
ters.
A lew more recruits will be received if early ap;
piieation u made to
H. h. pahs,
Co.umbus, Georgia.
janSfltf
A Few More Becruits Wanted
FOR
Gen, Imb o lien’s Command,
Horses and Equipment Furnished.
SSO BOUNTY!
I WANT a few more RELRCT-4 to complete ruf
Company of
Mounted Riflemen*
■f''■•'. 'lab din’s c inmai A Persons who has*
- anny ca , join ihis company if they
»u. a * tit tn iavs, as hi the expire' ©f that
time ws.l irtss. I wifi g- . £ fur;o*ighs
<iffr<>-n e,i io tit en -lays'
My In-a quar era nre a> Cjmp Montgomery, whew
I ran a ways be found or represented.
P P LRUTCHFIEF D, Cap*
W. C. WhIGHT, Lieut.
Janlfi dtf
Just Published.
A Complete G-amrner of the EnRUb Language,
(>44 poges, IS m 0.,) may V had at ail Boo*.
stores.
Price S3—one th rd f fftoth trade «.
GEORoE DUNN' * Cos
Jan 41—fit Richmond, va.
NEW 80NQ-S.
“Call me not back from the Erhotess Shore’ * —
In answer to **K"Ctc me to r- eip”—by tbe author of
“When tm» Cruel War is Or*r.’’
Price-81 80
“’Tutbi M&ren of the Southern Men»” from a
Scotch Melody
Puce—S l 50
•'No One to Lovej” bv W S Harvey
Price—St Bu ;*n>! hill off to the tru-'a,
GEitKuE DUNN A Cos..
|an 21-St P bisters, Kirhm nd,
BOARD WANTED. •
rHB subscr her wishes b ard in » prv te residence
for a small tandy. L beml pilco given, ami «aa
offer fkvoiahle advantages n auyp yof Drovisions
lecommendationa furniibed. Andressc, box IM,
witn p cimy, Fu i iatud r~oms will auu.
jaii 224 t
TO HIRE
MY C*'OK w th • ne child, for the balancee of lb*
ye ir or until ihe fi st ol October next
JunU r3 JaMEsM. KUSBBLL.
Notice-
The Citizens of Harris County are requested to
meet the first Tuesday fn February n-xt, (2d mat.,) at
Hamitoa fir the purpose of meeting the C.muiiaaaxp
ol this Department, that we miy arrange in referent*
to subsistence for the urmy from your ccanty.
Let evet y citizens of H.rris who feels an iutereJi i»
his country be present,
080. H. BRYANT,
W.C. JOHNSON,
J. M.MOBLEY,
J. M. RAMSEY,
H. W. PITTS,
Jan 4*td _ A. T. BROOKS
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
AI.L persons having claims against the estate o
John A. Jones,- cecexted, are hereby notified M
present them duly authenticated wiihm th-- lime pr*.
seabed by law, anj *li persons indebted to said e*.
tate are requested to make immediate payment.
H MARY L. JOaEH,
Qec 4-At AtUaNa.