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Volume li.
4 HINUI2 OF
MVtHIOOEV: Kill. ROAD, )
Superintendent's Office, t
f otunitios, Dee 3d, 1663. J .
ON and «u. r D.c tiib the Mail Train on this {load
wlii tun as tallow* : _
Lear* L'oiun.bus .............. Mi.,; 7.-4S. P. M.
Leave Mac0n..—..6.3,1, P. M.
Arrive at Macon ....—,.... r .„...,.4:U), A M.
Arrive at C •luiubus... ? a. MF.
passengers can now go througti to Charleston, via
Savannah, without delay,ha the Mail 1 rain ou the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad makes close con
neciion with the Central Railroad at Savannah
W L. CI.A UK,
Supt. Must ogee R. R.
Dec 4 if .
Change of Schedule.
ON AND AFTER December 6th, the Passenger
'l l am on the Montgomery $ West Point Railroad
will
Leave Montgomery at ...,,.,.10.30 A M
» West P0int,...... 2,30 P. M.
Arrive at C01umbu5,...,.... .....7,10 P M
Leave Columbus,. .......2-30 A M
A/uve at M0n'guuiery................ ..1137 A M
•* West Point, 7,60 A M
Makinglhrough connections to an! from Atlanta.
Freight leaves C01umbu5................8,40 A, M.
*• arrives at C01umbu5,..........8,00 P. M,
ID. H. CRAM,
Dec 4if Snpl. tt Engr.
Notice.
mobile 4- Girard railroad, >
Mupermtendenl’s Office, Dec. 4,.1603. J
ALL WOOD delivered on the right way olthe road
after this date will be considered the property of the
Company, to be paid for at the advertised rate at the
time of delivery.
Patties wishing to ship Wood on their own account
are hereby notified that it must he delivered ui softie
one of the regular citations on the Road, and subject
to rules g iVernuig other freights.
Dec a 2w IL E. WELLS, Sup’t.-
MtUB FOR SA EfC
I WILL bell 640 acres level LAN l) in the catuHyjrt
tiuxsell, ( ouvt fiient to llarbachubhee Depot, .140
ucies cleared, m tine state Uir cultivation, wilh corn
uird milder ou the premises. For particulars c-l! on
ihe undersiiioe.i, seven ntiles West of Olennvilte.
E. K. FLEW ELLEN,
Nov. «i, rs *"
Bun copy.
320 or 640 Aores of Land for Sal#.
I offer tor sale ilu tract known as the Mercer place,
about IV£ miles from station No. 6, ot the Mobile
A Guard R. 11. It contains 380 -acres, 18.4 of which
is in cultivation, the balancs tiinbe.i rd lmd. Them
are cabins f u about 30 negroes* gin house, sublet),
4 e , two-worts orfgood water end a large quantity of
tighi WO >d convenient to the R. R. The other half
of the t union, ail heavily timbered will be sold if dC
sired by the ptm-fiisor. Apply 16 Greenwood a
Gray, i nhunhiu, Gar, for teriUH. Mr .Mercer ren tire
place will show ii to any one wishing to see it.
D. C, FREEMAN. Jr.
Run Copy, jati 18 - - r " __
FOR SALE
O ')A Acres heavily timbered Pina .l and, SJ-h to 3
OZU miles 'north of Silver Run .an the Mobile &
tt Irani Rafftoa'd. ...
also 160 acree in Pike county, Alabama, near “Clay
Rill,” about 60 acres cleared, balance wood Unit,
Iviiig immediately on White Water Creek. A bar
gain can be bad by Immediate application to .. .
W. C. GRAY,
at Greenwood & Guy's Office,
jail 14—8 w Lowell Warehouse.
~~MUSCOGEE SHERIFF SALE/'
WILL be sold before the Court 'House door in the
city of COiumbUS in saulc lump of Muscogee,
on the first Tuesday lrt Febru-iry ne*t, tetwet-n the
legal hotiri ftf sale the follnwiug property, to-wlt:
Filty Share of the Capital Stock of the Florida
Home hi&urance Cor.panY hnci an interest of two
thirtieths in the Steamer Maritftina, levied on as the
property “f Charles Pratt. Also twenty-five Shares
of the Capital rrtor.lt of the Georgia Home Insurance
Company, aif-fa negro woman i-lasm named Polly of
a daik'Cnnip exion, abdtlt twenty-five years of ago,'
raid 86 Shares ami said negro levied on as the prop
erty of Daniel K Dodge. The whole of the above
propertyla vied) oit tolatfaiy a fi fa issued irom the
superior Couit of MuscoSpp County, In lavor of At-;
kins & Dunham vs Pratt A McKenzie
JOHN LIGON.
...... » . .. ... Shmtfif.
Columbus, Ga., January 6th, 1364. id
Estray Notice.
DICKENS McCOY,' ot the' 778d District G. M.
tratisuilis to me the following certbicate of and
Estray Yoke of Oxen: Una u te l and white color,
and the other a white and bundle color; marked with
h smooth crop and underbit in bath years. About
spur years old. Appraised by A. ri. Bov din and Jo
seph Lcwson Biggers, freeholders of said county an
disulct to be worth four hundred dolllaia,
A (rue extiact from the estray book, this the ,28th
of December, 1863, A. P JUNES,
Jan4—w6od Clerk, 1. C. -
.. C. S, Marshal Sale,
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in February
next, between, the usual bourn ot sa’o, before
the Court House in Muscogee county, a tine four
wheel carriage, levied on to satisfy twenty-six-fi las '
vs Beall \ Murphy, one fi (a vs A A Beal) and one
fl la vs R A Murphy, garnishees jq Lyre irt the Con
fedeiatd Btales of America for interest due on ueht
to allien eneiuiea to the 30th August, -863.
• PHILIP A CLAVTON,
C. S. Marshal,
Cohlmbus, 99>h Dec. 1863. td
ADMINISTRATORS SALE,
AGREEABLY to an order of the Couit ol Ordinary
of Stew an County, will be suld w.thinthelegai
hours of .alrr be fofelhe Court House dour in the town
of Lumpkin, on the first Tuesday in March next
••Bochin”.* negro woman 83year*<dd'and her child
4yearsofng«, treloi ging totlie estate ot Susan Var
brough, deceased.
Terms cash, SARAH DENNARD,
jan 93 td Ad in’ x.
KKOHGIA—MarIon county:
RULL Nidi. Whereas Carrie James, Adm'rx on
the estate of Daniel James, Jr., having p«-iiiioned
this Court fur lettersof ffisin BSloft horn said Admin
istration.
Ti.ese arc therefore to cite and admontsh ail
sing ularau*kindred and creditors of said deceased to
be and ap, ear at my office within the tune prescribed
by law, and show cause it Any they have, why said
Administrat x should not be dismissed from &aid
Admiilisiiation ou the first M>n lay in July 1864.
Given under my hand and offi. iai sivor.ture, this
December the 7 lb, 1 863. MALCoM IIaIR,
Dec 14 ni6in Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Marion County
RULE Nl-U.~Whereas, M. Butt amt William M
But , Ad min isiratbr 8 upon the ert*le of £»uidge
C. Butl.Cti ’d, living applied lorleiiers of Dlsinis
»tou tiom said Administration —There are therefore
to cite and admonish all amt slnlularib.- kindred and
creditors ol said deceased to show cause, it any me)
have, why -aid u|>p'.icant should not t>«* dtsiuiss,-<i
tYom said t duitnislration.
Given u oiter iny band and offii ia\ signature Hep
teraber 2d, 1863, MAl.C'.u HAUL
•ept 7, nitbn r irdinaiy.
(iFUKtiI V Marion County :
WHEREAS, Joteph Brlk baviiig sp.di. J 1,,r let
lersof Adnioiatration iqron the estate ol Zd,hi»-
il«h Belh, dereased,
These are iberelore to eite and admonish all and
singular th*- kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and annear at my office within the time pie
scribed by l»xv. m show raure if any they have avhy
-aid letters <•> uduunistraiion should mu be granted to
•aid applicant, in the 2nd Mo. day in January nex'.
Given uii'ii i niy hand and olticial signature Nov
*4'h. HkW. ' - - • MtU iiM HAIR,
Nov fi 40. <Jr.l mary,
GEGU4HA Marlon County:
TWo morons sfier date a t . in unm will be mside to
the Court of Ordinary oi taid county, fur lejvc to
sell the negioes belonging to the estate of Pol.ard
J Payne deceased. Dec. T* h 1863
WM. P vVAg, )
Hsnrv Payne, V Exet’rrs
POLUUDj.IW.yE, )
Dec 14 ftm
GEORGIA—MarIon County:
'li WO months alter date application w ill be made to
JL the Court of Ordinay of Marion crmniy lor leave
to sell a ponion of the negroes belonging to ihe esia:e
of C. W. Ross,- deceased- '
ARM NLa P. ROS. 4,
DeclStb, )813 2m Adai’x.
Notice to debtors and cnEDi roun.-An
persons flaTlnf'fclllmV aga nst .the estate of Wm
J Patterson, dec’ll, are he.t by notified to present
them within the timepresctibed by Jaw., snd eh ; er
soiis indebted to r*id estate are requested to inaKe
Immediate pm merit. nt*r
_ HENRIETTA A. PA-tTEfIaON, Ad
December '.S—wtlt
SPECIAL NOTICES
3STOTXOEI
HEAtQUAUTERBKJF CONSCRIPTION,!
Macin, C4a., Jan id 1864. (
General Orders, No. 5. .
All persona holding Exemptluna, other than those
'granted by the Medical Examining Boards, are hereby
required to present them fur revision to their County
Enrolling Officers who will forward xxi the Chief* cT
Distriua, The latterwilUranemu them thrtugh ihe
Commandants of Camps of Instruetroa to the C,rm '
inundanw ofConscripis,.ivith as expression afbpiii.-on
The Enrolling Officers will give receipts for these
papers when;delivered, and reclaim the .reegipu <w
returning th® papers which, when returned, will be
invariably endorsed as reyiseff and approved, or dis
approved at a given date.
Until the 20th ot February, the receipts issued as
above will protect them ;froru 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 fcsue of this order.
The Enrolling Officers will take special precautions
against the lota.of documents.
These demands are made in.pursuance of War De
partment, General Orders Nc. 4, Jan. 9,1864,par. vii*
as follows: “All exemptions heretofore granted are
subject to revision, under instructions from the Bu
reau of Conscription, ,aud if found to be improper or
unauthorized by law„wtn be enrolled ”
By order of
MAJOR CIIAS. J fJAURIH,
Coinmai daut of Corircripta of Ga.
P. I.OONEY, Iff
lr-t Lieut and Acting Adjutant.
jun 22 -6t ' ..
HE VDtttIARTERY POST, J
Columbus, Ga., Jau, 19ib, 1864 \
GENERAL reREEBH, No, 4.
Uiiifl fnUberordersCapt. Jno. B. Smith, P, A. tl.
ri., is nminuncrrd as Acting Assistiim Inspector tien
- eralat th : a Post . -
He will be obeyml and respected accordingly.
By ordr i ot
' COL ROBERTSON.
Commandihg.
Cuts Wood, A. A. G,
jin 21 tt
Deadqua biehs)L'nsolino Office, J
- 3rd « bngreßSioTial District, >
January I3th, 1064. )
All men Jit this District who-have substitutes in
service will report at open to these Headquarters.-*
Those who volontarily report will be allowed 3 fit;
lotigli often days Before being sent to cjmps of tru
struct ion. W. H. WALLACE, * '
. Cspt. end Enrolling Officor.
. jan.ls—.JOd. ' - --s
OFFICE COMMANDANT POST. >
Gaiumbus, Ga, Jan. ,7tb, 1864. )
In pursuance ol cribrsiYom Headquaneirs' Depart
ment cf Houth Gi.rotiri;i, Georgia and Florida, the un
detbigned hereby-iitaumes command of the Post ot
Columbus . _ .
Captain Geo. N. Knight having been asßigred to
duty as Provost Marshal, all applications for Pass;
pons will be made to that officer.
~ - - Jv W. ROBERTSON,
Janß—dtt Colonel Commanding Post.
Enquirer ard Sun copy-. . .
Shipping Notice.
MUSCOGEE RAIL Eoad, )
SurtRIKTENnEST’s Ofpicb. >
- ~ v Columbus, Dec. *2d, m3. '
O vlngtotlie want of efiffident transportation tor
Gmerriment frtifrht, pnvats freight will not be received
at this depot until further notice.—- —-
- CLARK,
Dec 23 tt _ . Supt.
Wanted,
MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, J
~ - SUFEBINTENDBWT's OFFICE. >
Columbus, Dec. 22,1'63. j
WANTED to hire for the ensuing year (1864)
twenty-five able bodied Negroes to work un the
Muscogee Railroad.-Apply to
W L CLARK, Sunt. .
dr A. B. BOrstlCK.
Dec 23.1 m
HEADQUARTERS i
BEdJND DlSTfllf T O A HTaTE GU aRD, >
. .. Htavannalr, December 30, 1863. J
Gsnehal Obders, No. 6. " '
r. Officers crnnmtmtflng-Regi...vnts and Battalions
comprised in thn Second District, CJeo'gia State
Guard, will forthwith rendezvous then respective com
mands at poinls most convenient for railroad trans
portttuon id ibis point,
' IT. ’Fhc-y 'will report to these Headquarters the.
liiocs ami jrlser sos rendezvous aid the number of
•men for whom-they require transportation
111. The horses belonging-to-v avalry org.iniz. lions
will be leit in their pre.’ent localities until truth--r.
urdeis
By , omniahd of
Brig. Genl H. H JACKSON,
Coriid’g SfeCond District Q. S'.'G.
. LI, Jackson, Capt. and A. A. O.
isroxxa^
HEADQUARTERS POST, >
CoTtimbus, Ga., Januaty 11th, 1664. )
[GENERAL ORDERS, No 2]
**•*. * •# *
1. Capt. Chas Wood, A. A O, having reported tor
duty in pursuan, eof orders f,i>,iq Head quarters De
pariufeiit S C , Ga., and Fi* , is Announced as As
s:stan< Adjutant General of tit - post,-and in future all
official communications dirtcied 10 these heudquar
- ers will be addressed.to him,
11. Commanduig officers of Companies or other
military organizations at this Post will make out and
lorward to these headquarters as soon as practicable,
conipl, te returns of all members nf their command
present and abrent,togp-ther with losiers o; the com
missioned officers, and statements of the time when
and ihe authority by which stu b organisation were
mustered into ihe service. _
111. Officers of the Stall' Departments on duty at
thiaPostwilt report ai these IleadqtisMWs iir person.
J. W. HUBEIiTHON,
jan l i if Col. t’o'iiu’g Poet.
aoa-xjJsA'sxjs
DYEING ESTABLISIIMESiT t
riIHK HUBSCRIBKRB having perteued ttmir ar-
JL rangements, are now prepared tu do all kinds of
DYING in
Wool amt Cotton,
Dye House on south-west corner or Bridge and
«>*!, thorp* streets. Ord-re «e<i ai ihe office ol the
(suiiiheut u,press will ore,it v.iiii prompt artcruinn
Fariies lioiu the country can send auy article by Ex
press. Address
. - , . 'OICKT & HILL
Nov 19 Jill,
UOLUMBUS GhLUE
AND
- INTER’S COMPOSITION
KIIUtFACTORt^
If’ E ft Mtiiii inform our friends and the public in
11 genet -1 mat the above business will hereafter r,e
conducted under the name and style of
ZORKOWSKY & CO.
Dry Glue always on nand Orders filled promptly,
jan 6—l in
LAW AND COLlifcTlON OFFICE.
M X. HUQHB3,
Attorney at Law and Notary,
RICHMOND, VA.
Claims ot every descriptfoa-agalnsi the Contederate
rules stilled with accuracy and dispatch. legal
business Will receive prompt aneimdu augl2 ly
pia 10 jfciiuTtiS
T'U.YED AND REPAIRED in the best stvie of the
1 art by PRoi LOuMIB.
No' Ifff Ttroa3 street.
Refer to J F Winter, M P fi its and J N Barnett,
decent be r 23 wit
Columbus, Georgia, C. &.. Friday January 29, 1864 -
EVEHUTG EDITION.
RKGRkPXS
Tki rtuption of th* 2'imt*, tohtn ordrrui by
mmtt. to ill h >nr rseet?i to* tks viotxoy , ssperixt-
V <o thou tubstriiert for * Utt timo than a
spur.
\Vh*tt rubscriiort r**ei*t th* fOfor vnth tki*
ftt Tagrmph. mtttkod, they tout under stand it at %n
--'ormtrLg thr.ui. i tuU their tuboeriptton is aleut to
empire, and that ike paper anil eertminly be stop
ped units* then make a •'emutonee
Advanced Bates-
In consequence of ihe continued advance in price
of the material and labor consumed fa conducting our
busineta, we are compelled to secure ourselves against
loss, to agiia advance our prices, which will be until
further notice :
Daily Paper for three monrh3*B 00
“ ’* " one “ 3 00
Wedy Paper six “ 500
“ •* ** three “ 300
dingle copies 26 cents
THOB.-GH BERT & CO ,
THOB. RAGLAND,
J. W. WARREN St CO.
January Ist. 1804
~ ■ . omt
A soldier of Lae's army oomplaina that the
pieces of clothing furnished for soldiers pro most
always too spall, except for the smallest men in
the .ranks. The Captains should send the larger
or medium sreed urea to he measured—end the
contractors should not take a vest of from every
piece allowed lor a coat.
The Macon Confederate announces ihe with
drawal of lU old editor, Dr. Andrews, and the
transfer of the paper to Capt, Harry L. f’Jasb.—
Poet, warrior and editor, he has won reputation
in the war, and we predict lor him and ihe Con
federate, under his discreet admit Miration, un
limited success, satisfied that he can wmid tho
pen as gracefully as ho wore the sword.
“There is a tide in the affairs of men which,
taken at the flood, leads on .to fortune/' There
is a tide in ihe affairs of the Confederate Htft'.es,
already at its flood, in the re-enlbtwQotaref the
Army es Tennessee, which should he taken ad
vantage of by the people every wnere to. swell the
army three _trrues its strength.
The names of the men, who werp shot yestere
day iu this vicinity, says the Dalton Coalederatc
of Saturday; for the crime pf desertion, are Ru
fus Hiiumous, Cos. D, 25 Aia., G[ W.lsaaos, ot
the same oumpanv and regiment; G W Gi.more,
Cos H, 22d Ai./and Samuel Dogget, Cos G, 19th
Ala. The first and last were from Jefferson Cos.,
Ala. We have been .unable to ascertain the res
idences of the other two. Tlie last two were mar
ried men, tho others single. Dogget was tho
oldest, and he was only i!2 years oid. Ail ot
them had deserted twice—uot to the enemy. Lot
had gone home without leave. Twelve men were
detailed tioux the respective cump,union to which
they belonged, to exeocue the sentence of the law.
Doggti was blindfolded—the oihers dqplined,
prelcxring to look death in tho face, The shots,
took immediately fatal effect L pa all but Dogget.
He was baciiy wounded, but was not killed at
the first fire, and uttered cj iculaliuns of pain
and groaned pitoouaiy. It wi.s necessary to call
up a reserve of four men to, shoot him the second
ume, and, even then, we are told that he lingered
an Lour before death eatne to his relief,
From Kkntocky —A Kentucky Colonel informs
ike Dalton Confederate that parties, who have
recently come from Kentucky, represent that a
vast change has taken place among the people of
that State in reference to the war—that a large
nuinberof citizens,formerly opposed to the South
ern movement for separation and independence,
have changed their views, and the Southern cause
is stronger than k it ever was, and is getting
a rouger every dey.
School A mono the PKisoNERa.- We have
learned some very pleasing facts concerning the
occupation of our officers imprisoned on Jenson’*
island. The officers of the best education are
employing themselves in instructing those of
fewer acqairemints so that these last have the
opportunity of pursuing the study of mathe
matics, the classics, etc., besides the lower
branches.
Hen. left'. Thompson, who is one of the pris
oners, has adopted as his speciality, the eaalos*
iog and ornamenting of the graves of the de
ceased prisoners.
Mr. Cobdeu, of England, has attacked, by
name, Mr. John 1. Delano, principal editor of
the Timee, for am alleged misrepresentation of
the speech ot his friend, Mr. Bright. Mr De
lano responded in his own name, and avowed
his individual responsibility for eva:y editorial
that appears in the Times. v
Mr. Gooden is faring very bally in the con
test which he has thus initiated. The corres
pondent of the Philadelphia Inquire not with
standing his gratitude to Mr. Cobden for his
partisan advocacy of the Federal cause in Bug
land, cays “it is generally believed that the re
putation and influence of Mr. Cobden are to be
seriously weakened by this unfortunate aflair.’'
•‘Mr. Delano writes wiih a coolness that con
trasts strongly with the evident hot haste of Lis
antagonist, and his sarcasms are of terri
ble strength-’’
Promotions from thb Ranks.—ln response
to a resolution of the House ot Representatives,
the President has transmuted to that body a bet
of persons in the Confederate army who have
been promutftd from the ranks for gallantry t«
the field. The list embraces ninety, one of whom
has been promoted to the rank of Captain ; eight
to that of First Lieutenant, - and eighty none to
the rank of Second Lieutenant.
So tar as tho list purports to contain the names
or those who have been noticed for acts of ok
traordinary gallantry f3 con earned, it is doubt
less correct. Bui, says the Richmond* Whig, it
cannot tr? denied that It fa 1= tar short of the
number who have actually distinguished th m
seives in the held.
The New York Times denounces the follow
ing report of a speech recently addressed to a
Jury in the Gourt ot Common pleas by a lawyer
of some eminence ; McKoon, of N Y. city '
Mr Sumner, standing la the Senate of the U.
States, made a speech in which he said that the
twin relics of barbarism wctc not Slavery and
Polygamy, but Catholicity and Slavery. It is
pubiubed >n the Coogres-ional 9-lobe. and re
printed in the Herald, of thw city. Born and
educated Catholic, £ confess a poor one, I see the
coming storm, and. believe sincerely today that
when the kniie is taken from the throats of the
Southern peopl , it will be turned to the throat
of every Catholic in the North.
Confederate State*' Cetigreit...
Richmond, Thursday, Jan. 421.
'SENATE. ‘
Mr Sparrow, from the Military ComTnrt'-
tec, reported back the message of the Pres*
iiiec.t transmitting a coquuunicalion lrom
the Secretary olYVar in reply to a resolu
tion ollhe Senate as to who is acting as
Quartermasler General, etc, acd aiso sub-,
oiitted a report thereon, which, on motion
was laid upon the table and ordered to be
printed.
The said repoit covers forty pages of
foolscap, and embraces a revievfof she ac-'
tion of ihe Congress of the Provisional
Government in relation to the office of the
Quartermaster General, etc. Under tho
first act on the subject, no appointment of
Quartermaster General was made. The
subsequent act, amendatory of the Qrst, pro«
vided that the Quartermaster GeueraPs De
partment should consist ol a Quartermaster
General, an Assistant Quartermaster Gen
eral, etc. The President appointed A. C.
Myers to the position of Assistant Quar
termaster General, the rank of Lieutenant
Colonel being prescribed by the act author
izing the appointment. As Assistant Quar
termaster General, Lieutenant Colonel My
era organized tho Quartermaster’s Depart**
ioent. Under the act of February, .’62, he
was appointed Quartermaster, with the rank
of Colonel The office created by the law
wa6 that of Quartermaster General, the
officer as such to be entitled to the rank ot
Colonel. A former Secretary of War mis*
took the rank for the office, and the Presi
dent fell into the same error. Under the
Act es the 20th March, ’63, the rank of the
Quaitermaster General was increased ta
that of Brigadier General, The intent of
the Act was to give (he Quartermaster
G ! *he rank of Brigadier General in
- -olouel and it was approved by
iWzrardcau iv .
iho Secret ary.War saye the law was
susceptible ot two tutistructiojne, one-of
which was in violation of tiie Chnstiiution,
because it appointed a Brigadier General—
a prerogative belonging to the President,—
Jf the Secreiary means by a Brigadier Gon
eral the cnmrnander of a brigade of troops,
he is right; but tho office of Brigadier Gen
eral is one thing, and the honor and dignity
of the office is another. To be a Brigadier
Genersl is to command a brigade. To be
a Quartermaster is to discharge the dntieal
required ot that office by law, whether ha
is catted-a Colonel or a Brigadier General.
The duty of appointing officers clearly
belongs to the President, blit there was
nothing in the act of March, ’62,! requiring
anew appointment to be made. The rank
of the officer mentioned therein was simply
changed. The office was not abolished,
nor were its characters or duties in any
way changed. Had they been, a question
might have arisen whether the act did not
operate a repeal of the otd office by the cre
ation of anew one.- But nothing of this
sort is pretended to have been done. But
the Secretary says the effect is to create a
Bngufiter General *rn the Provisional Army.
Was not the effect of the first act to create
a Colonel in the general stall'? It was not
the President but the Congress which gave, .
that rank to the office. It Was the Press-,
dent and sot ihe Congress who chose the
officer. The character and duties olthe
office nre unaltered—-the appointee ot the
President is left to discharge the duties for
which he was selected—hie pay and rank
aro alof»e changed, find that effected in the
only way possible, by the Congress which
originally established them;
The report next refers to e precedent
under the old Unitetf'States‘Government,,
showing that when surgeons were invested
with rank it was not deemed necessary to
give them new commissions. They were
surgeons and assistant surgeons. Congress
made them majors and captains. It was
not then deemed necessary th assign majors
and captains to tho duties of surgeons and
assistant surgeons. In the case before the
Senate rank was increased hot originally
given,
The referanoe of the Secretary of War so the
petition signed by various- members of Congress
in favor of the appointment ot Myers to the office
of Quartermaster General, after the passage of
the act of March, 1862, is commented upon at
some length. Tne report then proceeds to show
that the assignment of a line officer to duty on
the genera! sniff deprives tho Senate of a just part
of its appointing power. A very gallant briga
dier might be a very poor quartermaster, and an
efficient quartermaster prove a very .unsuitable
brigadier.
The Senate is entitled to pass its judgment
upon all appointments, but in this instance that
judgment had been ignored. No reflection was
intended by the committee upon Gen. Lawton,
who bore upon h; n parson the marks of his ser
vices in the field He bad, however, been hold
ing the commiosiou of a bne officer for two years,
without the advice or consent of the Senate, and
under that, com mission had beea assisted to an
office in the general staff without th-* confirm r
tiou of the Senate. He has given no bond for
the fait'hiut discharge of tho duties of theofficc of
G tarteruiaster General, although the laws of the
United States, declared to ba in force in the Con
federate States, require that a bond shall be
given. The fact that no bond has been given
shows that the Department of War'is guilty of
two offences against the law instead of otie. —
Appropriations based upon estimates of theQuar*
termastor General are drawn by the Secretary of
Wqr on the requisitions if the Quartermaster
General, end ihotelore in the opinion of the com
mittee every drilar drawn since the 10th August
last, has bee n issued io violation of law. The
report closes With the recommendation of the
adoption of Uie following resolution :
1. .U'-reived, That, in the opinioin of the Sea
. ... Myers is now Quartermaster General
ot -re Jo.!federate Stales Army, ami Is by law
amhorieed and required io discharge the .duties
thereof.
2. That A. R. Lawton is not authorised by law
to discharge the duties office
Tee report refers to the following documents,
which are appended as t partthereof;
Exectmvg Department, >
Seprembei 13, 1862 j
Under the first clause of the 6th Art, of ifie
Constitution, I entertain a donbt whether it Is
intended that ihe officers either of the Regular
or Provisional Army or of the Navy, appointed
during the existence of the Provisional Govern
ment, and confirmed by Congress, require to be
re-Eominßted and confirmed hy (fcj« Senate. I
respectfully request your ad vice on this poiat.
Jefpeeso* Davis.
Resolution adopted by the 3enate ; j.
Resolved, That the Senate, in response to the
Executive message transmitted on she |3th inst.,
do advise ihe President that tt is iwendod by
the first clause of tho 6th. Ari. dt the L’onsliiu**
tiou, shat the oi .he Regular hr Provi
sional irmy er of the Navy, appointed daring
the existence of the Pnivrsional Government, and
confirmed by Congress, should be re-ntmicated
and confirmed by the Senate, or those persons
to succeed them should be nominator! and.son
firmed. -s-
Bams'-de has withdrawn his resignation, and
will probably be fUfigned to the Middle Da
panama t Rosecrans 13 to succeed Schofield in
Missouri—certain.
sh« «p>rltof th* Army.
. > With.gwater pleasure then She news of a vie**
tory eoujd bring, we hear of the. pnthosiaatic
manner in which our brave troops are re-enlist
ing at the expiration m thetf tSrm of serviee. Id
isnebesring assurance that through victory ot
defeat, glpom or
bnt remain firm iir iheir resolution to achieve
lndepohdcnue'cr' - perish sh the attempt. Theirs
is a fooling which spriugtr from~tbe-purest foun
tains of patnotisin, and adds to their hard earned
fame another laurei wreath,
The almost unanimous manner in- which the
troops Sfe tfferiog thefr*services to the Confcd-*
eracy, and the langu tgo-which conveys their
resolve, to continue iu the fumy while tho enemy
are upon our soil, should satisfy the people of the
Narrfi tharttrff South is fetribly in earnest—that,
vast as is the number of.her cons who have
already fallen in this bloody Etrife, there must.be
thousands more slain before theit cherished hope
fur rabjagationir accomplished.
The task-lrefure the North has become doubled.
In the tace of of pardon; in the
face of defeat; with ore&kers and malcontents
surrounding the nr, the gallant men, who have
faced the storm nf shot ams shell for three years
—whose bailie cry has often epread terror )u the
hearts of the Noribfcm joldiflry— f tw place the
seal of devotion to tueir country by manimonsly
declaring that they intend fighting while an
armed foe invades"the"Routh. «.
- -The testrbefore the North-it doubled. It is
no looger jsubjugation, .bt»t annihilation. The
army, the representatives of the people, have so
chosen ~T’hey have scorned the despot’s procla
mation of-pardon,- and stand prepared to meet
the issue. There ere no wavering, hearts among
them—no fears of what will bo the result. One
feel in gin spires the in, and the cry of '’Liberty or
DeathP l -hav baenshoutea at one end ot the line,
which, taken up, now rings- on,* on, until tho air
seems filled with ihe spontaneous outbnrst of a
free people.
There~Tfi in this action of our brave troops
much to- tuHr uud give considcration to. It is
ihe daLn. amt xtoliberatn action of men who, for
three years, have been sharing the dangers of the
battle field, and tha hardships of tire camp.-—'
These men bad been TrOYioxtffC'id l - «k I
os.disheartened and dexHowvb-stedvreT--fi }• ;
when it is left to their dr;
ooutinue struggling or sure, .urre: st to Lv - V~-’1
jagttted;iliey jffffWer witti the voioe Os defianoe,
“never.!” aud pledge themselves to continue the
struggle until m.iependeaqe is aohjovod.
Theoonauof of'ho soldiers cannot fail to cheer
and inspirit the people'Bf' the South and make
thom confident in the tmnl success of the cause.
ThidJs u momeiU.Qf.greal importanca.. .Wo havo
seen the conduct of the army, lot us, of the peo
ple, nest forget to give thorn n~at oordial support
which is necessary for tire achievement of victo
ry*., . Let,every man that owes seniceio the Con
ledaiaoy, emulate the spixit of the aymy, Let os
do away with conscript officers, but let those wfio
* have been nailed upon to perform ruilitaiy sor
vice, enter the ajrmy wiihout being forced to If;
and, with the saare feeling tfiat no * aoruates the
army, resolve '‘never to abandon the field until
the iast of the' Vandal invaders are driven from
our soil, or wa are compelled 4o snbstitnte for
liberty an honorable aboda in aoidiera*.graves "
f Atlanta Intelligencer.
Trow the Charleston Courier, 27.
Siege of Charleston.
" TWO HUNDbEL AND FIRST DAY.
The enemy still keep up a slow fire upon tha
city. BeV6n shots were‘fired at irregular inter
vals, from half pasu five o’clock Sunday to halt
past five Mon.day eveuiog,. 'they, have aso been
busy for the past two or three days, iDclU’iiDg
yesterday, haUlirig .mriianiuon'to B-Uiery Uregg
and Cummings l Point batteries.
Sonne unusual aouvily waa observed among
the fleet on Monday j thr*,e of the mo
‘ving up and taking'a position between Fort ana*
-ter and tbehuoys off Cuaaitng3''s fV.tit.
.iJoutc lew scattering shotii-worn esohanged be
tween our batteries: on Sullivan sand ffainea*
Islands, the firing lasting from a half to three
-quarters of an hour.
_ The.firmg- heso-d in. th?'. dirootion-. of Stono,
about ten o'clock ycsterday morning, iff brltev.-d
to have been from some of our batteries praott*
reing. * "
Then amber of vessels insidethebar and Sto
ne and Folly rivers, oontiuues about the same,
New Tax Oath-A Suggestion.
The late Georgia Legislature passed an act to
change the oath of tax payers in the State which
provides—
That from and alter the passage of this act,
in addition (o the oa'h now required of all tax
payers of this State, they shall he required to
state, under oath, >i,p.ih< ror not they have re
fused tnrtake Goo'ederate treasury notes ia sat
isfaction of any or ail claims due them.
The Milledgeville Recorder thinks ibis law was
no doubt passed as a supplement io the act
which was Afterwards vetoed by tbe governor de
clariDg that where' parties had refused to take
Confederate currency, their claims should, be
valued on the gold basis, and the tax paid in
coin. As this object has been defeated by the
governor, the saiuej'jurual suggests that it would
perhapssave unneoassarv labor and embarrassing
tests, wore he to instruct the tax receivers to
suspend tha oath enjoined by tha act until'fur
ther orders, as there re■*a be no practical use
made of the refusal u> take the oath Tie ques
tion is one of exceeding dniiCAny iu morals and
in law, and should not !>« idly pres^fd.
JjupftESfment -r-A hill has been adopted
in C mailing some important im-
in the impressment. If this
hciii been made a part oi the original law
how many heartburnings and irritations
wopid have been avoided. An amend
ment has been proposed to the bill creating
a board to supervise the appraisement.
This would defeat the object of the
bill. 11 is this 'penchant tor regulating
everything that has been the curse of this
war- After the local appraisements have
determined the value by as near an approx
imation as possible, of property impressed
according to the lights of personal experi
ence, would it not be the extjr»:n,i
sumption dor any general board* w jevw*
and, perhaps, reverse their vaiaaitons made
in conformity with the circumstances of
each neighborhood ?—[Atlanta. Conled.
The Cause and the Remedy,—The
Bahama Herald-ay? *
The scarcity of specie m both England
u/uJ France, and the consequent increase in
the rate of discount of the banks of both
countries has awakened a very great and
alarming interest among financiers, who,
although aware that the evil cannotat pres
ent be controlled as it has been before, by
legislation, admit that its radical cure is
thus imposeibiej and at best will only post*
pone for a time the impending crisis. It
does not yet seem to have pierced their in
tellects sufficiently deep to make them
aware that the great loss of labor (which is
national wealth) the whole world has suf
fered for three -years,is after all the real
cause of ibis of affaire, and that it can
only be-effectuaily-cured by the settlement
of th« American war, and the consequent
re-establish merit of the old productiveness
of.labor. The spokes cannot be taken fr uri
the wheels of trade, withont creating an
“upset” sooner t*r later.
M Alston lata Governor, of Seuth Carolina,
b*s a thorough bred cavalry horse to
Gan. Moig&a.
For Three Mouths, $8
IF I COULD HAVE MV WAY.
«r MHB. VALRNTINE ROBERTS.
... if I«ould have my way,
What customs I would blank,
What fashions old destroy,
And nice new laws I'd make ;
Husbands should never fame,
And wives should hold the sway—
What blessed times they’d be,
If T could bare my way.
If loon Id I have my way,
I'll tell you what Fd do :
Fd have the single wed,
And all the married true ;
No doubt should then exist ;
No husbands dare say “nay,”
Whatever his wife should ask,
If I could have my way.
I’d have a law enforced,
I That then no gentleman,
Without bis wife’s consent,
Should stay out after ten ;
No wife should venture then *
An angry word to say—
For ladies all are pleased
If they but have their way.
Old bachelors I’d tax—
No matter high or low—
They’d soon get married then.
Were taxes levied so;
Old maids I’d pension well;
For this wi.h truth I say,
They would not single dwell,
If they could have their way.
But ah 1 tis 'vain to wish 1
So since it oanuot be,
A word of good adnoe,
Dear gents, pray take of me;
If a wnman'a smiles are dear,
You've bur kind things to say ,
Ne’er fear that she will frown,
So let her have her way.
Bkautifol asd Thus—ln a late article In
rrszer’s Magazine this brief, but beautiful and
ij . i! 5 assage occurs :
•'iioi-v iuoii ut -with too alpha*
bet—it begins with a mother's love; with a
fathur’s smile of approbation, or a sign of re»
proof; with a-sister's gentle forbearance ; with a
hand al pt dowers in a green and dainty meadow;
with bird’s nerts admired, but not touched; with
Creeping ants, and almost imperceptible em
mets; with pleasant walks in shady lanes, and
with thoughts direoteu in sweet and kindly tones
and words to nature, to aots of. benevolence, to
deeds of virtue, and to the source of all good—
to God himself.
Mt. Foote urgeß, among other objections to the
bill to repeal exemptions, that it would place
the press of the country under the entire control
of the Government. This championship of the
'press Is entirely and sinterested on the part of Mr.
Foote, for whom the press dispensed as few words
of encomium as for any other public man we can
think of.—[Qh Mercury.
PLANTATION IRON I
1 QQI) B * K 8 ASSORTED IRON, on Consign
ALSO,
Orders Bsceived for
Hoop Iron, Nail R»d. Horse *
gar Kettles. Pa tv, t , Lag ana Short I a.;die
Shov* ,8.
- * ■ also.
For W< >t >DEN W ARE, constating of Buckets. Tube
Cuurns 4-c ,
App y to UaLL, moses &. co.
lan t 7 it Cos u tubus, Oa.
XiOßt
TNTemperance Hall, Tuesday evening, Jan. 26th.
X a t.Hdie's HAT. The finder will receive the thanks
• I the owner, or if needy a suitable reward, by
iewtngit m tne Tunes Office or at the reslder ca of
the sunseribcr. D. S. PORTER,
jan 27 it
Attention l
Capt Park’s Cavalry Company having ken accep
ted for service in South Western Georgia, every mem
ber is hereby ordered to report at once to Headguar
lers . .ii
a few more recruits will be received if early apj
plication is made to
H. w. PABK,
' Columbus, Georgia.
. ja* ?6tf
A Few More Becruits Wanted
FOR
den. Imbodeu’s Command,
Horses and Equipment Furnished.
SSO BOUNTY!
IWANT a few more RECRUiTd to complete my
Company of
Mounted Riflemen,
for Gen, Tmboden’s command. Persona who have
aubsmmes in the army ca i join this company if they
will do so in len days, aa at the expiration of that
time volunteering will cease. I will grant furloughs
of from 'en xo sis.-en days
My headquarters are at Camp Montgomery, where
I can a ways be lound or r<-prri=ent--d.
F P. CRUTCHFIELD, Capt
W. C. WI.IGHT, Lieut.
- Janld dtf ’
Just Published.
A Complete G'ammer of the English Language,
< 44 p;ige9, 18 m 0.,) may be had at an Rook',
store*.
Price S3 —one third trade.
GEORGE DUNN &. Cos,
jan 21—fit Richmond, va.
NEW SONGtS~
■ “Call me net back from the Echo leas Shore” —
In answer to *’H',ck me to t-je?pby the author of
“Wneti thi- Cru>-1 War is Ovar."
Price—Sl 50
“ ’Tis ihe March of the Southern Men;” from a
Scotch Meloity
Pi ice— $: SO
No One to Love j” bv W. it Hatvey.
Price—3l 5t )n« halt off to the trade.
GEORGE DUNN & Cos.,
jon 21-3 t P. t it-era, ttichm -nd, Va
BOARD WANTED.
*T , HE subatr ber wishes L ard in a private residence
A for a small sandy. L beral price given, and can
offer favorable advantages m suppiy of nroviaiona
Best recommendations furnished. Address c, box ink,
with h canty, Fui t.taped rooms writ suit
Jan 224 t
TO HIRE
MY Ct OK with one child, for the balance# of the
year or until the fist ot October licit
JanS3 d3t JaMEsM. HUSRELL.
Notice-
The Citizen-' ct Harris County are requested to
meet the first Tuesday fn February aext, ltd inst.,) <si
Hami ten f >r the purpo.-e of meeting the Commissary
o| ttiia Department, that we may arrange in reference*
to ■ubitfience fox the army from your county.
Let every citizens of H rris who feels an interest In
fci3 country be present,
GEO. U. BRYkNT,
W. C. JOHNSON,
- J. M. MOBLEY,
J. M, KaM^EY,
H. W. PITTd,
jan n td A. T. BROOK*
.Yotice to Debtor*! and Creditors
ALL pei3ons having c.u’ins against the estate ®
-lobn A. joni a . e e i-e 1, are hereby notified to
i resent tm m <tuly auth- n’icatefl within lh*- tin e pre
served by law. «n.i «li persons i -debted to s.Jd es
tate ar* requested to make irmne.uati pavrnei t.
Mary l. Jonhs,
QfC 4—A* Adin’tz,