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Volume XL • 'l wvt. OF mihebvlg. 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.