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Volume XI. SPECIAL NOTICES NOTICE 1 lIEAI QUAhTERS OF CONSCRIPTION, > Macon, Ga., Jan. 19, JSf.i. \ Oeut ral Oidera, No. 5. All persons liolfoug Exemptions. nthe* than those gran'ed by the Medical Examining Bairds, aie hereby inquired to present them forreviafon n, |heir County Enrolling Officers who will foiwatd toVlic Chiefs of Districts. The latter them through the Commandants of Camps bf Insrruction to the Com * mßiidantsofCon.fr, pis, with au expression of opinion The Enrolling officers will give receipts for these papers when dedvered, and reclaim the receipts on returning the papers which, when returned, will be invariably endowed as revised and approved, or dis approved at a given date. Until the UOtta ol February, the receipts issued as above will protect them ffrom conscription. After that date, neither the teceipts nor the papers will pro* tect, unless the latter be endorsed ua revised at a date lubsebueut to the issue of this order. The Enrolling Officers will take special precautions against the documents. .These demands are made.injpursuance of War I)e --paitment. General Orders Nc. 4, Jan 9, 1664, par. vii‘ as follows: “All exemptions heretofore granted are subject to revision, under instructions from the Bu reau of < onscription,.and if found to be improper or unauthorized by Jaw, will be enrolled.” By order of MAJOR CHAB.J. HARRIS, Commandant oi Conscripts of Ga. P. Looney, Ist Lieut and Acting Adjutant. jan 23- 6t lleaoquaktkbs]Enkoi.inu Office, i 3rd Congressional District, > January 13th, 1064. ) AII men in thtu District who have substitutes in service will leporl at once to these Headquarters.*> Those who voluntarily report will be allowed a fur lough often days before being sent to camps of In. slruction. W. 8. WALLACE, Capt. and Enrolling Officer. jan 15—lOd. Shipping Notice. MUSCOGEE RAIL Foad, ) Superintendent's Office; > Columbus, Dec. 23d, ’63. ) Owing to the want ol sufficient transportation tor Oovtrmnent freight, private freight will not be received at this depot until turther notice. : W. L. CLARK, Dec S3 it - Supt. Wanted. MUSCOGEE! RAIL ROAD, > S UPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE. > Columbus. Dec. 33d ‘63. > WANTED to hire for the ensuing year (1864) twenty-five able bodied Negroes to work on the Muscogee Uailtosd. - Apply to W. L. CLARK. Sudl. or A. B. BortTICK. Dec 23 lm HEADQUARTERS j SECOND DISTRICT 9A. STATE GUARD, J Savannah, December 3ti, lec.a ‘j Gsneral. Orders, No. 6. < Officeis cunniauding Regi.r.-nta and Battalions comprised in the M, rond District, Georgia State tiuard, will forthwith rendezvous their respective com • inands at points most convenient for railroad traits portalion to ibis point. 11. They whl report to these Headquarters tlir times and places of rendezvous and the number of men for whom they n quire transportation. HI. The horse* belonging to cavalry organizations will be left in their present localities until further orders. By command of Brig. Gen. H. R. JACKSON, Comd’g Second District Q. S. G. H. Jackson, Cspt. and A. A. G. NOTICE. HEADQUARTERS POST, l Columbus,.Ga., Jamury 11th, 1664,5 (GENERAL ORDERS, No. 3.J *#*# # # - # I. Capt. Chas. Wood, A. A: G, having reported for duty in pursuance of orders from Headquarters De partmenr » o , Ga., and Fla., is announced as As* ■meant Adjutant General of the post, and in future ail official communications directed to these headquar •rs will beadriressed.to him, 11. Commanding officers of Companies or oiher military organizations at this Post will make out and forward to these headquarters as soon as practicable, complete returns ol all members of tbeii command present and absent, together with rosters o; ihe com missioned officers, and statements of the time when and the authority by which such organization were mustered into the service. HI. Officers of the Staff Departments on duty at this Post will report at these Headquarters in person. J. W. ROBERTSON, jan 13 if Col. Conm’g Post. Notice- The Citizens of Harris County are requested to meet the first Tuesday fn febmury ujxt, (id mst.,) at Hamilton for the purpose of meetiug the Commissary oi this Department, that we may arrange in reference to subsistence for the army from your county. * • Let every citizens of H.rris.who feels an interest In Jala country be present. \ GEO. 11. BRY*NT,{ W.C. JfJUN&ON, J M. MOBLEY, J. M. RaMSEV, 11. W. PITTS, jan 33 td A. T. BROOKS. GO3_.tTIIZr.i3TJ3 - u^, DYEING ESTABLISHMENT \ TIIS SUBSCRIBERS having perfected their ar rangements, arc. now prepared to do all kinds of DYING in Silk, Wool and Colton. Dye Uouse on south-west corner of Bridge and Oglethorpe streets, orders'left at Hi** office nt the Southern Express will meet with prompt attention.— Parties trom the country can send any aitmle by Ex press. Address *OIGIIT &. HJI.I. Nov 19 3m. COLUMBUS GLUE AND Pi INTER'S COMPOSITION jan 14 ts HI AN (J FACTORY. WE wish to inform our friends and tho public in gonersl that Uio above business wili here;, tier tie cunduited under ihe name and style of ZORUOWSKI & CO. Drv Glue alwavs on hand. Orders tilled promptly jan 5 —lm LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICR. IVI. T. HUGH E3. Attorney at Law aud Notary, RICHMOND, VA. Claims of every description apainst the C<mfedt:ia:e States settled wit'i accuracy and dispatch. Legal business wit! receive prompt attention. angpi ty ■ *. .. Old Iron Wanted. WE wfih to purchase a large qiunti y of SCRAP IRON, both cas' and wrough , lor which cash will be paid HARRISON, HKldil.l. & ro. j*n ‘-7 if , Notice to Debtors ami Creditors ALL persons having claims against the cat tie u John A. Junes deceased, are Imre by nuittiftsi i<> present ttinu duly autheuiicated v iiliin the time p:e ■eribed by law. but rll persons indented to said e - Ule are requested to make hmnefiu! pamienl MAhk L. JONES, fleci—ft Adm'ft. EVENING EDITION. RKCBiPTS, [h* riMyihni of ihe Times, when ordered Ay fumtl, will be our receipt tor the money ,- especial - if tu those sublet iters for a Use time i hart a fee it. WUn subscribers receive the pmpet with thu paragraph merged, they wiU understend it *i tn torming them that their subscription u abeui to suyire, mid that the pop tr will certainly be stop ped unless they make m 'emtttane* Advanced Bates. In contequence of the continued advance in price of the material and labor consumed in conducting our business, we are compelled to secure ourselves against loss, to again advance our prices, which will be until further notice : Daily Paper for three m0nth5,^,...,....US 00 “ “ *’ one “ ...... 3 00 Weely Paper six “ 5 4nJ ** " three “ 300 Single cuines 25 cents THOS. GILBERT & CO., THOS. RAGLAND, . , J. VV. WARREN & CO. January Ist. 1864 Tennesske.—The Aiianta Appeal copius a repot tof Andy Johnston’s speech at the celebration of the Bth of January in Nash ville. The attendance seems to have been principally Federal soldiers. Johnson de nounced slavery as a cancer upon the body politic which must be removed before health could be restored. He also contended for the indestructibility of States, and de nounced the position that they could be remanded to the position of territories as a sanction of secession. This war is a sifter,says the North Car olina Argus. It is doing its work. It is winnowing the chaff from the wheat. It is bringing out the patriotic and giving them that place in the hearts of the people which they will ever hold and adorn, and it is bringing into unenviable notoriety that class of our population who never had any pa triotism, who always were mean, who nev» er think of the future beyond, and whose every endard aim is to add dollar to dollar, Held to field and nigger to nigger, oblivous of the fact that they must die, ami go out of the world naked as they came into it. In Good Taste.— i’he Columbia Guar* dian says; Advertisements of females for husbands are not admitted into Hie Guar dian newspaper upon any terms. The ‘‘respectable young lady, just nineteen, quite pretty, very intelligent,” etc, ete, who has sent one to this office from Newberry, tv G., headed, “Wanted—a husband,”can recover $5 which acompanied it, on proper application. It was the war policy ami the wise polioy of the Emperor Napoleon, saya the Richmond En quirer which seizod every article of British manu facture in the shops of Franco and destroyed them, rather than permit 1 bem to corrupt and undermine the purposes and objects of the revolu tion. The destruction of British fabrics laid the foundation ol the present French and made France self^pripnrMug—t r njy Rllc i really independentr’ He may be said to have prevailed over the laws, not only of trade and commerce, but made those of nature yield to the necessities ot Franea. He caused cotton to grow in the South of Frauee; and her manufactures of sugar from the beet exists to this day a rnonu* meat to the war policy. And will not the pie of the Confederacy do as muoh lor their lib erty, and suffer as much for their independence, as the people of France? The soldiers of France never iought more gallantry than have those of the Confederate Slates. A Model Company.— How many corporations will seek and endeavor to get letters like that giv en below ? Such an autograph from Qen. John ston would be a valuable addition to any divi dend fund : Dalton, Jan. 18th, 1864. John J. Gresham Esq., Macon Mnfg. Compyany: learn from the reports ot the Chief CftuuHj^ary, that twice iu ihe past thirty furnished by your company wii of bacon for the army at $1 per poundprice established by the ooinmis t* io no 1 8“beFt)3«j3£‘2 20. In of speculation it is so gratifying io uio toyviujss such a course, that I cannot re frain fjpmjjSpressing to you my appreciation of the patriotism exhibited by yourself and the gens tCquen oeureriaing the company you control. I caif' assuretyou, too, of the high sense of your liberality entertained by this army. Must” respectfully, Your ob’t servant, ‘ ; V s J. E. JOHNSTON, General. Tire For Jtacksou Euieute. The rOpprts of this affair were exaggerated beyond the usual exaggerations which Cumo from the Mississippi. But there was something in it, although of no great consequence to any one.—• The last that we have seen of it in tho Northern papers is given us follows, in a letter from New Orleans dated 12th ult., to the Boston Courier: Oar military authorities have just had a fore* taste of The wisdom iu trusting important milita ry. posts to colored troops, by a revolt at Fort Jackson, which the newspapers in this departs mout “by authority,” will inform you was “only an altercation between an officer and some of the moo; and soon quieted.” I have my information from the lips of the officer in command of that post, the garrison of which consisted of fiva hun dred coiered seldiora and officers, and twenty white men, though some of the colored men are as,white as some « f their white officers, and so serious had boen the revolt that the officers de clared that had Hoy attemp'ed to exercise any authori y over their command, every while man would I.sve been kilted, aud the uegroes have l>een in possession of the forts which cost tho United S;ate3 Government so much of Lie and treasure, many months delay to get-into our hauds. It has beea decided .hat this regi ment of “colo-ed men must be mustered out of the service,” in consequence ol this altercation between au officer and some u. r tue men. - ■ ue — Hon U If. .VreeaiiNS. — Wears informed by a friend th a this distinguished gentleman is now at his residence in Crawtordvfile, and has redo weed from his late severe illness.su much so, as io be able to walk abou*, and resuqw, to some extent, correspondence with his friends. Long may he live to g'Vo wLe and patriotic counsel to hr* countrymen and to the Government iu which ho iiol .s to elevated a position! Neither tfie oia nor the other of these, can afiV.u to dis pense with his valuable services.—[lntelligencer. {Jolumbns, Georgia, C. S„ Monday February 1,. 1864 Employment of Free Kegroei and Slaves in the Army, Mr. Mile3 moved to take tip from tho calendar the bill reported Irom the Military Committee, to be entitled “An Act to increase the efficiency of the army by tbe employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities.” The motion was agreed to, and the bill taken up. It provides that all male free negroes between the ages of eighteen and fifty years shall be held liable to perform such duties in the army, or in connection with the military defences of the country, in the way of work upon the fortifi cations, or in Government works for the produc tion or preparation of material of war, or in milu tary hospitals, as the Secretary of War rnayj from time to time, prescribe; to receive rations, clothing and eleven dollars per month for suoh services. It also provides for the employment of slaves for the same purposes aud upon the same terms; and in the event of the loss of any, such slaves, the owners to be entitled to receive their full value; and the Secretary ofWlr is author ized to impress slaves, in the event that he shall be unable to procure their services in any militas ry department in sufficient numbers for the ne cessities of the department. Mr. Gardenhier, of Tennessee, inquired of the Chairman of tho Military Committee whether, in case that bill was passed, u would not be recognizing Lincoln’s right to conscribo our ne groes. Mr. Miles replied that he was surprised at such a question. We bad a right to do what we pleased with four slaves, and Lincoln had no control over them. Mr. Foote, of Tennessee, said that a difficulty occurred to his mind in relation to the quest ion of exchange; Suppose any of these negroes were to be taken prisoners, what would- be dono with them? Ho approved the object of the hill, and should support it, but the question he proposed suggested to bis mind a difficulty in the way. Mr. Miles replied that that question had not been considered by llie committee, and he did not think it proper to embjirra s the bill by tha suggestion of any feature in regard to it. It was a question that might arise hereafter, send might be left to the Commissioners of Exchange to settle. Mr. Bouidin, of Virginia, moved to amend the first section of the bill by adding, “and no free negro engaged in the production of food and forage shall be taken under this act.” Mr. Baldwin said that no exemption law which had been passed by Congress providod for the exemption of the produciug class of the coun try. The only exemption they had was made and founded altogether upon the idea of police. In the section that he represented the entire agricultural interest was conducted by white people and free negroes, although it was a slave* holding community. He had it from good au thority, that thu operation of the substitute law would reduce one thousand farms from the pro* duetion of a surplus of food and forage for tho army down so a sufficient quantity to supply tho families of the agriculturalists. Tho Valley of Virginia was the great granery ot Virginia to supply the army ol Virginia. Tha farmers there were now selling their personal property and hiring out their slaves, and preparing t - go into the army undJfr the provisions of ian,'bill.- Whatever its might be in bringing in skulkers in other portions of the ooantry, in his district it called away from home men engaged in business, every blow at whioh was a blow nt the Confederate States. It had swept through his district like a tornado of destruction. Slaves had escaped to the Yankees, and farmers nod supplied their places by free negroes, thus malt ing useful a class hitherto useless. And now here comes a bill whioh y, reposes io take away every free negro between the ages of eighteen anti fifty years, and free negroes'go in advance of slaves. In some districts of the State you might take* very white man, and the women could con duct the operations of the slaves ; but in his dis trict, if the white use.i and free.negroes were taken, it would stop agricultural operations al together. He thought it time to husband our resources, and not make any further drain upon the agricultusai resources of the country. Tha great question was not the number of men, but how to supply food and forage for the The supplies were already scant e*-c! we were would make placing them ameng those "Who were now scantly supplied. It seemed that there was a sort of stsmpo'o upon this subject, both in and out of Congress. The cry was, place everybody in the army and fight it out; blithe was unwilling to place it upon the hazard of a single effort. He aud tho people he represented had embarked in the war forever if neoessary; and were prepared to fight it out in spite of every obstacle, and when the Government comes to the conclusion that the war is to be fought within interior lines, the confidence of the people would revive. He urged it upon Congress to take care of every branch of industry, and supply the men we have; for tha people would lose confidence if they saw that everything they had was to be staked upon a single effort. He hoped the Government would set its foot upon any such mad policy, husband its resources, and protract the war long enough to secure our independence. Pending the consideration of the subject, Ihe House, on motion of Mr. Jones, went into secret session upon the question of the currency. [Richmond Examiner. General Robert "Vance a Prisoner. The Ashville correspondent of the Col* umbia Carolinian says that on Wednesday last General Vance, with about 150 men entered the village of Sevierville about 28 mil'3 southeast of Knoxville, and captured a foraging train ol 17 wagons loaded with flour, &c. He was making his way out in this direction, and on Thursday had reach ■ed Cosby Creek, when about 1 p. m. he was attacked by a regiment of Federal cav alry. Gen Vance and about 75 men were captured. The Federals then returned in the direction of Knoxville. He had ordered Col. Thomas, who was some 20 miles dis» tant to join him with a portion of his com mand at Cosby ; but for some reason his orders were not obeyed. Henry’s cavalry and our artillery passed the same place the next day and reached Newport safely.-- They learned from the citizens that General Vaace had been sent to Knoxville. Couriers from the same section report that Long street had been fighting for two days. No further particulars. The State Railroad aud General John stou. . ( A paragraph, we notice, is going the rounds of the papers, based upon an item of “Hermes” tho Richmond correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, to the effect that General Johnston had in a telegraphic i!is-< patch to the President announced the ne cessity of putting the State Road in his pos session in order to feed his army, and that it had been determined by the President to leave the matter to the good sense of Gov. Brown. 'Flint such a telegram was dispatched by General Johnston to Richmond, vvu believe is true, but we have no doubt it was dom through some misapprehension, or incorrect information received by the General, lor we learn, that alter an interview held between him and the Superintendent of the Road, lie became satisfied that the State float! was not chargeable with the default attril>~ uled to it in tbe transportation of supplies, but that the deiauit laid elsewhere. [Atlanta Intelligencer. “When I came into the pulpit, and for years after,” hays an eccentric minister of the old school, “religion used *o be the prin* cipal topic preached upon; now.it is all rum and niggerst” [From the Richmond Examiner, 26th.] .Latest from the North. We are indebted to the Signal Corps officer for the use of a Baltimore paper of Tuesday last, tbe 19th inst. We give a summary of the news contained : PROCEEDINGS IN THE YANKEE CONGRESS. In the Senate, on the 16th, the one million mer. bill, to release the prisoners at Richmond, was discussed. Mr. Howe, who offered the bill, assured tho Senate ha was in earnest. Mr. Trumbull thought one hundred thousand might bo raised, but a million was driving it’ a little too strong. Mr. Wilson thought a hundred thou sand recruits against Leo’s veterans would stand no chance at al. The subject was dropped. M«\ Smith,,of Kentucky, offered resolutions declaring ihat tho rebellion is “desperate, wicked and bloody;” that “the safety and security of perSonal and national liberties depend upon its utter and absolute extinction;” and that, there fore, “it is tho political, civil, moral and sacred duty of the'people to meet it, 'ight jit, and forever destroy it, thereby establishing perfect and un alterable liberty.” Tho resolutions wore adopted —ayes 112, nays 16. In the Senate, on the ISth, a bill was submit ted and referred, providing for the establishment of a .Bureau of Emancipation, under tho Secre tary of the Treasury. The resolution for the expttb ion ofSenator Davis, of Kentucky; was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Joint reroluiions of thanks to Hooker, Meade, Howard, Banks and Emns.de were passed. ■ AWFUL DISASTER IN CfIILI. An awful disaster occurred in Santiago, the cupiial of Chili, on the Bth of December. The immaculate Conception was being celebrated io the chur hos ih, Jesuits. It wasabout7 o’clock in the evening, and the crescent of light (gae) that formed the pedestal for the -Virgin Mary fired the wood upon which it rested, aud the flames sprurg wildly over the building. There were ton thousand persons in tho church. The suddenness of thq the was awlul. The dense mass of women frightened out of their senses, numbers fainting, and ai! entangled by their long swelling dresses, rushed as those who knew that death was at their heels, to the one door, whioh so6n became choked up. Fire was everywhere. Streaming a.ong the wooden ceiling it flung the oamphene lamps,hung in rowa there, among the struggling women. In a moment tho gorgeous church was a sea of flame, Michael Angelo’s fearful picture of hell was there but exceeded. Help was ail but impossible. A Ilorcules might have strained his strength in vain to pul! one from tbe serried mass of frenzied wretches who piled orio above another at they climbed over to reach the air, wildly fas tening the grip of death upon any one escaping, in order that they might be dragged out with them. Woman seized in the embrace of the flames wore roen to undergo a transformation as though by un optical delusiou—first dazzling brigh% ibsa horribly lean and shrunk up, then black sta-mes rigidly fixed iu a writhing attitude. Th>. a ' -ris-oned by the immense thickness •>i ■ -? devoured everything combus lio ' *k, and then, defying tho sicken ing v • pi-) came to bok for their lost ones. The suence, after the piercing screams of the burning were hu, bi and in death, horrible. It was the sile. ee of the grave, unbroken but by the bitter wail of minting cry. Over iwo tbouu sand souls had leaped through that ordeal of fire to the judgment seat of God! j The writer, referring to the fire, handles the clergy in the most severe manner, and says the population of Santiago are fired with indesorl* bable indignation ;u. the monstrous conduct of tluiprie t;, howling them guilty of the death of all tease vic.tme, ami particularly the moante* hank Ugario, ihd inventor ot the “Virgin 1 Post offi e ’ imposture, which required a bountleaa number of lights, pasteboard scenery, &o. When the fire broke out they blocked up the door of the sacristy, to devote themselves more undisturbedly to rawing their “ginusraoks.”— They saved a.gilt image, soma wooden SAf&iSf cnafce-and a great deal Rutting. After SAvittg tbeirfrss:*! led away, except °tta vrSoiavotod the agonized victims his absolution. More tbs ;< fire hundred persons of the highest easts perished ; the graa'ef part young girls be tween fifteen and twenty years of age. Cfoe mo ther perished with her five daughters. Two« thirds'of tha victima were servants. Several houses have been noticed by the police as empty, because all their inmites have perished, The lares; information is that seventeen hun dred bodies have been recognized., Three thous and at ieast, were in the building, and it is not yet known how many have escaped. Corrpspondents assert positively that brokers in Richmond have known lor more than a w eek the lending - features of the Currency Bill, as it nas virtually been pass ed in secret session, How much did they pay for that infor mation in advance ? It secret sessions must be the general rule—and with such a Congress as we now stiff r, something must be said iu their favor-"tho people should insist on the in violable sanctity of the secret. There should be no confidential whispering from members or messengers, or clerks or porters to brokers and dealers. II we must convert a great struggle lor independence into a scramble for spoils and fragments of a shat tered merit: of finance, let u« nil have a lair chance.— [(hairier. | Tun U. S. Government and the In dian Teibes.—ThcP - New York Observer shite* that tin: hostility of the Indiana to the United States is increasing rapidly. “Oa’e net ol ihe Government, fesbidding wars among themselves, was regarded as tyrannical. Aud when in 1861 our country was plunged into an awful civil war, the Indians said, “Our Great Father has al ways told us it was wrong to make war, yet now he him* •*!:' m making war and kill* mg a great many. Will you explain this 1 We don’t i.uderst.ujd it,” This watt a home thrust, and it was hard to make u savage understand the distinction between the right, of a white and a red man to go to war.” Gay Ci.oaks,—The NeW York Ban Jay Times says : * : . It is no; too much to say that the pretty pe* ripat.--i.v- of Broadway present a dazzling spec tacle. Bright yr-M-'W clocks with scarlet hoods, seariet cloaks with \« iiow hoods, purple cloaks with orange hood :, ripe l and checkered cloaks with rimson hr,o .-, moving continually in pris rca-lc procession through that great exhibition thorough'are, threaten wish “color blindness” th« inao nf u•• k vision who ventures into the flare. It is not “a sight fur sove eyes,” but is cal ulo.Ud, l;ke :be glare of an Egyptian desert, to p:■ '’or* ftpihalmta and inflamatujn of the xl?.. * « i The 1 ' "et!. bright red, green, azure, and •• i) ’ iored feather-, wherewith the ioi ■ *’ man on decorate their vivandiere hat-.—plant’Dg the flaming tufts, tike torches, in thu ‘or c fronts of the same—add much to their iocv>: nary an 1 fc'Wn aspect-and deepen the unpi.’- iao; impression prodaeed upon feeble retina- by ibe ioze of their garments. It really if New York beauty and iaqhion bad tkt.numcd to substitute lor the fancy baits that were $o much in vague last winter, a general stree tna-qtrerudu U: •: w.-u’■ i i-• r surmise that a tremendous* v r was swccpiirg off thousands and tens of thousands of the very flower of cur population, were it riot that the splendors:-,61 ttus gorgeous show are r. tted at intervals!by. grotips and sia gle wat far- - wat bed ip d*f »pe-r<)ie widowed wires and -coS* ss mo’flprs, brolthfiriess sis ter . t e-erphaned daughters, made desolate by the i Discipline and Organization, The following articles from {be Examiner con tains much of truth and we commend it to the perusal of the soldiers of ihe army of Tennes* see : MarUal virtue is qtitie distinct from the effioi* er.cy. the Romans were essentially the military people of the ancient world, though, in bravery upon the fieid of battle, it was impossible to ex cel the warriors ot Germany and Gaul. Yet in the thorough and systematic organization which prevaded the iegion of Rome, was found a principle which overcame ail the efforts of de» sullory bravery, and finally made her mistress of the world. The (uedal lords of mediaeval Ena rope displayed conspicuous prowess on every field, yet were they subject to such complete route as are unltnowu to .modern discipline, and their made of fighting became absolute with the in troduction of improved infantry tactics. # Francois undoubtedly the first military power of the present day. Yet, though at Albuera, at Bidajos and at Waterloo,the steadiness of tho British infantry maintained tho ground, in tbe Crimea it was clearly shown how insufficient, for a great and continued struggle, is the valor which is only prepared for the brunt of a single battle. Complete order, all pervading syspem, looking to the comfort of the soldier, and consequently, insuring his efti iency in actual combat, were tbe great military requisites which were eon spiouousiy displayed in every department of the army, and which can never fail to secure its ex cellence in campaigning. It is impossible to deny the Southern soldier that bravery which he lias proved on many well fought fields, but it is equally certain that the thorough organization of armies is not tbe praise properly attributed to the Confederacy. Much, no doubt is to be attributed to the manifold dis Acuities with which we have had to contend, the want of so many indisponsible requisites which go lomake up the complex machine of the army. Much, however, must be ascribed to official m competency or negligence. The character of the soldior h ; mßelf, too, renders it difficult to seoure that efficiency which marks the perfection of a discipline - army. The very reckless bravery which gives'hitn his victorious clan is difficult t<C§ reconcile with the strict discipline, the sleepless vigilance, whioh are indispen sable to success in war. Free-handed and im provident, tho Southern volunteer is disposed to bo thoughtless of tho future, and purchase pre sent convenienos at the price of future hunger and discomfort. Experience and long campaign ing have a tendency to correct these faults, but it is more in the watohful supervision of officers that we should look for amelioration. The French soldier, careless by nature, seems to assume anew character with his uniform. He becomes alert and cautious. He is provident and contriving in alleviating the hardships of oamp and increasing his stock of oomforts. To his su« perioritv in this respect, as well as to tbe excel lency of tho French Commissariat, many ot the advantages enjoyed by the Freneh over tbe Eng lish in the Crimea arc attributable. Kis care of cuisine, his dexterity in forag- . .. skill with which he dressed his fore. •' jpv . I his soup, contrasted adv&nto: • o * o :u --providonoe of the British. #vi secured him great advantages in the exposure ol the bivouao, the fatigue of the march, and the ordeal of battle. Three years ol war should have rendered ns a thoroughly military people. That they have not produced this effect is evident. Oar troops out fight the Y’ankees, as they have done from the beginning; yet the latter have made greater strides towards the constitution of a thoroughly organized army. The material they have had to work with, naturally le * endowed with military aptitude, is yet more pliant to the moulding ope ration of discipline, aad thus, with them, art has, to some extent, supplied tbe deficieaoies of na ture. It is important that a simple should be made it* the mflitafv efficiency of the Confederacy the possibility of tha pfoTongatiou of the present war and the armed attitude of watchfulness which will have to be maintained in consequence of tho future ohanged condition of affairs on this continent.— Enthusiasm and the ardor of high>spirited cour age must be supported and invigorated by the bracing hand of a discipline, and a system which will give concentration of energy without impair ing individual enterprise and darrng. Without resorting to the Yankee plan ofim* molating every officer who is unfortunate, we may at least, infer from the improvement which seems to have attended their generalship, that a stricter accountability and more enacting super vision of our own officers wonld not fail to pro duce a de. ided amelioration in the Confederate army, a military engine, the admirable parts of which only require to be properly combined and harmunizai in order to, produce unparalleled results. Did Yotr Evkb—Did you ever know a lodg ing .house landlady who-wouid own to bugs? Did you ever know a dancing master's daugh ter who was not to excel Tagliono? Did you ever know a man who did not think he could make sallad better than you eon Id? Did you ever know a house maid who, on your discovering a fracture in a valuable China jar, did not tell you it was "done along time age?” or that it was "cracked before?” Did you over know a man who didn't consid er hia razor a better razor than your razor ? I>id yocf ever know a shirt maker who was not prepared to sell you as good a shirt for eighteen dollars the dozen as tho one you’ve got on at thirty ? Did you ever know a red-haired man who had a'vory clear notion of wheiv scarlet began and auburn terminated ? Did you ever know a lady with fine eyes wear green spectacles ? Did you ever know an udttieur singer with out a “horiid bad cold?” Did you ever see a 000 l fat woman in black in the dog-days? Did you ever know an author who had not been ill-used by the publisher ? When is a .plant lik e a hog? When it be gins to root. And when is it like a soldier? When it begins to shoot. And when is it like an editor? When it begins to blow. A correspondent inquires what General Grant’s initials “U. S.” stand for. From the best information we have, they stand for an Unmitigated Scoundrel.—Reoel. OBITUARY, Died in the hospital at Kingston, Ga , on the 16th December, 1863, after a lingering and painful illness, Privaie T. F. Bish, aged 18 years, 11 months and 16 days Mr. Bush was from Chattahoochee County, Oa., enlisted in the service of the Confederate states over two years ago as amember of Company D, 40th Ga , commanded by tbe heroic and invincible Coiquitt, was stationed at Charleston, aiterwarda transferred to 'Mississippi, and lagt.y to upper Georgia, all of which time be displayed the sterling qualities of the true soldier. The writer knew him lone and inti mately, never knew a mote unexceptionable youth, or one more generally Le oved. He won the confi dence and esteem ot his comrades in erms a< and those at the hospital speak ofiumin the highest lertns Ilia last d%»s were lit up with the bright radience of the Christian’s hope, and we now entert-in an ab.dir.g confidence that he res s welt. He leaves h and many relatives and frien rto mourn _■.? t Thus sleeps another hero,acd ih- rgh r.--. nt-j not.be;recqrded in the high camidar of fame, his memory will be Measured up by a grateful country while the'.recollection ot his many virtues will be in delibly ineirihed on ti.e hearts of-those who knew bnn best and iov<.d him most. His body was brought home'lor burial A Fbiend, W. H. L. H jan 30* GEORGIA Marlon County. AT|7HEREa?*.B. A. Stary, Administta'or upon the TT estate of Josjp‘ N. Stary, late of said county, deceased,; having-replied for letters, oi Dismission ,from said administration. - These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and en dttors of said deceased, to be and appear at my \u.hin the time pre scribed by ;aw, to show cause. l’uny they have, why eaid letters of dismi sion , shout l not be grated to said applicant on the first Monday m Octobornext. Given unde! nry band and omcal signature. Jan. 22d, 1864. MALCQji 11 AIR. Jaa vsm6m Ordinary, For Three Months, $8 AUCTION SALES. " 11 11 ■■■ 1 ■■■■ M _ By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON Cos. WE will sell, on Tuesday, ihe *d of February, in front of our store, at 11 o’clock, A Very Valuable Family of Negroes, —consisting of Willis, negro man, No. 1 field hand, 33 years old. Caroline, nis wife, :-0 years old. William, bright and likely boy, 14 years old. Lucinda, bright and likeiy girl, II years old. Louisa, bright and likely gul, 10 years old. E.len, bright and likely gin, S yeais old. Frances, infant, 1 year old. febl—2t $8 By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO. Valuable Plantation at Auction. ON Tuesday, the 9th February, at 11 o’clock, w# will sell in front of our Store— That desirable location formerly owned by Judge W. W. Livingston, lying 10 miles east of Columbus, on the east bank of the Upatoie creek, one and a half miles from Peggy Read’s bridge, on the main road u» Vista. Said place contains 527 1»2 acres of land, 300 acres of which are under fencing, and will be delivered in a good state of repair. On the place is a neat framed dwelling. 3 good ne gro cabins, a cribs, siabiing, Ac; a No. t gin-house and screw, a 40 saw gin with belling, some sugar works, about two acres in peach orchard, good well of waier and two very bold and never tailing springs of water at convenient distances fiom each other on the plantation. Within one mile of tue dwelling is a good saw and grist mill, owned by Mrs. Van Horn, lebt St $32 By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO. ON Tuesday, the 2d of February, at 11 o’clock we will sell m front ol our store, A very.tine no top Buggy and Harness febl—St $ 4 By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO. ON TUESDAY, 2d February, at 11 o’clock we will sell in front of our store, 1 Fine Cavalry Horse, 1 Fine Colt years old, jan 39 id $4 By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON Cos. ON TUESDAY, 2d Feb., at 11 o’clock we will sell m front of our store, • ::bbla Florida Syrup, 1 Very fine Leather Trunk, jan 30 id $4 By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO. Desirable Residence and Farm AT AUCTION. ON TUtSD \ Y, 9th i euruar., at 11 o'clock, we wilt sen tor casu in trout ot our stoic, ? n 3 3 4 Acre* Land, 4 miles East of ihe uily known as the Schley place, now owned by ii . ', Aiaw tn, wiiU 175 tu > - red and under goo«; f,•:* r-.il* ein tae .v y .s, 9J ncre* .rich bote torn land on the place. On tne pieunses H a good dwelling, 6 rooms, closets, kitchen, siuoae house, crib.-, barn, carnage house, stables, 4-cwith a good well and spring ot water* Tnis.isone 01 the most desuabie piaces in the neigh borhood ot the cuy, Uu ana see tun place before tue day of sale, jan 29 td $33 By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & Cos. ON TUESDAY, 2d Feb., at 11 o’clock, A. M.» w# will sell in irom of our auction room, 2 bbls Seed Irish Potatoes. $s By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON # CO. Administrator’s Saie OP VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY . ON TUESDAY, February 9th, at 11 o’clock, will be sold in front ot kails, Livingston & Co’s, auction room, . The Store House, Ho. 30, situated on the ea«t side of Broad street, at present occupied by the Cuiiieueiaie estates clouting Depart ment. doiuaatue property of Jonn Warren, dec'u, JaS W, WAn KEN, jan S6id S2B Adm’r. Estray Notice. JONATHAN ENGLISH, of , he 77ad District G. M , transmits to me ihe fo.iowing certificate of aa* estray steer : a deep red color, supposed to be 3or 4 years old, marked with a crop ana underon in the rig .teal, and uuderoit and split in ihe left. Appraised oy James Cooper and Jeremiah Caitiedge.freeuoiaerj, to i-e worth one hundred doliais. Aime extract from ihe Estiay Book this 30th Jani nary, ,804. A. t*. JONEB, (Ji’kl. C. lebl—tf Coffee. I I 88. OLD BROWN lUO. in store and ItHIW lor sale by GOODRICH 4k CO. Jan 30th 3t . Sugsr. 1 || BOXES CHOICE NEW ORLLaNH, instore M. VT and lor sa;e by GOODRICH o. Cos. Jan 30 St wantedT THREE sober, steady MEN, to serve as Watch men. No applications received irom parlies sub ject to military duty. Apply immediately at Jan 30 ts NAVAL IRON WORK*. Notice. HEADQUARTERS PO*T, > Columbus, Ga., Jan. V 7, 1564, J GENERAL ORDERS, No. 6. I. All officers or soldiers remaining 1n Columbus over 12 hours will require a pass from Hies- Head quarters. y 11. All persons between the ages of 18 and 45 years visiting Columbus (Officers of the Navy and Army stationed at thir Post excepted) will in future be re quired to procure a pass from the Commandant of the Post. No other document than the pass specified will be regarded by the officer charge.) with the exami nation of passes. 111. Officers and soldiers abse.il from their com* mands, orcititzens claiming exemption by virtue of contracts or otherwise, will save themselves annoy ance by immediately procuring the required pssr. By order of Col. ROBERTSON. CHAB. WOOD, A. A. O. jan 99 ts ' NOTICE. QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, / Columbus, January i7, 1864. y On the first of each month, Major Juo. ;E. ;Davis Pos t Quartermaster, will make payment to ail employ ees of this department. Also to owners of slaves hired, and for property rented. Parties interested will present the r bills to Major Davis monthly. Tt.e employers of the Transportation Department will be paid by Capt. H. D. Cothran. All purchases of supplies and payments therefor will be made by rnvielf. F W. DILLARD, Major and Quartermaster, jan 99 ts LOST ON the street, on Tuesday last,* CHILD’B DRESS* fine white muslin embroidered in French, needle work up the front with two sco.loped bands on each side of tbe embroidery, small neat scollops around the bottom, top of the skirt turned in and gathered. , plain infant waist, perfectly new, (never been washed) sleev embroidered like skirt, pined underneath with.plain mus in. Drrs* would fit a cbrlrf three years old. The finder by leaving it at Dr. Billing’s or at the Times office, will be kindly thinked and suilah v rewarded. jan 28 3t Nails for Sale. #K EOS NAILS just received and for rale by jan S7 «t BIDELL * CO,