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Volume XI.
i JI AWUE OF
MUaCOGKE RAIL ROAD, )
Bupt'rinieridf'm's OSes, >
Colnciibus, Dec 3d, 1863, )
f / *Si and b t'tr r l)bc flih the Mall Train on this Road
* * will run as follow* :
Leave Goluuibaa 7:45, P. M.
Le.tVi- >ln i,ii 6:30, P. M.
Artivitui M»<:on ..4:18, A. M.
Arrive nt C'luinbUß 3 a. M.
l*rt»wn>rerH can now fio ilirou*!) to Cliavkaton, via
Havannali, without delay, -s the Mail Train on the
I riittrleauru and Havannah Railroad makes dost: con-
I nei non with the Central Railroad at Havahnah
W, L. CLARK,
Supt. Muaeogee R. R.
Der 4 if
Change of Schedule.
0* N AND AFTER December 6th, the Passenger
Irain r*n the Montgomery 4- West Point Kailruid
I will
I Leave Montgomery at .................,,10.30 A*M
•• West Point, „ ‘2,30 P.M.
I Arrive at Cotuinhui 7,10 P M
1 Leave Columbus.. 230 A M
§ Ariive at Montgomery .....11 37 A M
•• West Point 7,50 A M
; M iking through connections to arfl from Atlanta.
§ Freight leatrc* Columbus ..8,40 A, M.
a “ arrives at Columbus, 8,00 P. M,
•1). 11. ORAM,
lb Dec 4tf Hupt. k. Engr.
Notice.
MOBILE 4* GIRARD RAILROAD, ) *
Bupt-rintendenl’s Office, Dec. 4, 1863. y
|| ALL WOOD delivered on the right way ofthe road
■ bfiei this date will beconsidere.l the properly ol the
J company, to be paid for at the advertised rate ut Hie
■ time v.f ileliVeiy.
? Patties wishing to ship Wood on their own account
'fare hereby notified that it must be delivered at some
f one of the regular Stations on tfiu Road, and subject
Ito rules g v.-rning other freights.
I Dec 5Uw B. E. WBLLB, Bttp’L
Eetray Notice.
|T\ICKENH McCOY, oi the 77»d District G. M.
U traiisuii s to me the following certificate ut and
Ifistray Yoke of Oxen: rue a red and write color,
■ami the oilier a white and brindle color; raaiktd with
Pfjtt smooth crop and underbit in both yeats. About
Blijur years old. Apprai-ed by A. (3. liovdin and Jo
K. ph I awsoti Riggers, freeholders of said county an-
Sfisiritt. to lie worth four hundred dolllais,
Ia true extract Irum the i.stray book, this the 28ili
| Yl December, 1863. A. P JONE. 4,
W .lu<i4—wfiOd Clerk I C.
Kstray Notice.
IjONATIIAN ENGLISH, of the 77id District G. M.,
*J transmits to me the following certificate ot an
••stray steer : A deep red color, supposed to be 3or -1
S*«u old, marked with a cron and underbu in the
1 ear, and iimlerbil and spin in the left. Appraised
iv Juincs Cooperand Jeremiah Cat Ledge, free, ciders,
Jo ue worth one l.utidred dollars,
a A true ev r,u t front the ISsnay Book this 3(fllt Jans
lary, .864. A. P. JONES, Ci’kl.C.
febl—U •
IrlUOlLGlA—Marlon Comity:
I:'WO months atier date application will be made to
ml the Court otOrdinay of Marion county for leave
! j|i sell a portion ofthe negroes belonging to Ihe estate
wfr t: W. Ross, deceased.
AIIMiNLA 1». ROSS,
p! Reelslli, 18(3. 2m Acim’x.
IcOTICL TO DEBTORS AND CKEDITORS.-AU
||\ persons having claims againai .the estate ol Win
J Patterson, dec’d, are hereby notitied to present
1 tlieiix within the time prescribed by law, and «li per
fims indebted to .aid -estate are requested to m.tse
tawdiate payment. • tn’x
HENRIETTA A. PA I'PERSON, Ad
. Rcceniber 18 —vv6t
Jtotice to Debtor* au«l Creditor*
I A Ll< persons having claims against the estate o
{x John A. Jones, deceased, are hereby notified to
Igrseiit tin m duly authenticated within the time pre-
Untied by law, and all persons indebted to said en
tile arc requested to make immediate payment.
MARY L. JONES,
Bt|ec 4 — 6t _ Adm’lX.
L AD M.IMIST&ATOR’S SALE.
j a GIIEEARI.Y to an order ofthe Court of Ordinary
A. ot Stewart County, will be sold within ills legal
[hours of«a!e m lore the Court Douse door in the town
ALumpkm, on the Ural Tuesday in March next
pSni liie” a negro woman 23years old and her child
•team of age, Leloi ging toilm estate of Susan Yar
■nigh, deceased.
JTerais cash, SARAH DEN NARD,
fail 23 td Adin’r.
; BouuiA—Marlon county:
InIJLLNISI. Whereas Cairie James, Adru'rx on
XL the estute of Dauiel James, Jr., having petitione r
w Court for lelteisof dismission liotn said Admin
(Ration.
i /abiese are therefore to cite and uiimnntsh all an
Wagutar Hie kindred and creditors of .aid deceased to
Maud appear at my office within the time prescribed
|bf law. and show causa it any they have, why said
i Miuiiiisiralnx should not be dismissed from said
lAJimdisirauon on the first M*n>iay in July 1864,
■kßivtii under my hand and official signature, this
fUcemberthe 7th, 1863, MaLCOM HAIR,
Dec 14 1116111 Ordinary.
MOKhlA— Marlon County
ThllLE NISI.— Whereas, M Butt and William M
XL Rut, Administrators upon the estate of Eulndgc
Gs Butt, dec’d, having applied lor letters of Disarm
f *Hpi trom said Administration. —These are therefore
•t i» and admonish all and singular the kindred and
Wfduors ot said deceased to show cause, f anv they
ye, why said applicant should not be dismissed
tout said Administration.
Liven under my hand and official signature, Pep.
Ittiber 2d, 1863, MALCOA HAIR,
ypl 7, 1116 m. Ordinary.
OSCUROI \-Dlarlon County t
BL HERF.AS, Joseph Belk having apolied tor let
ters of Aduunsihuion upon the estate of Zacmt*
ML Helk, deceased,
are there to re to die and admonish all and
jjjkular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
>o t« n.d sppe ir at my office within the lime prt -
■■bed by i«\v, to .how came it any they have why
Wd letters 01 administration should not bo granted to
Mp syp leant, to the 2nd MOl day in J>iunary n« x*.
tiven umitrmy hand aiul official >,ignaiur*\ A..v,
Mth, 1863. MAI.COM IL\ lit,
_J>ov 27 40. Or Jin ary
(iIDHGIA Mar ton Uonuty:
IfnlVO m ).nh« >f er date ap lic-ttion will be made to
[1 tiie < ouii ( 1 ordinary of said county, for leave t««
M ihe in giues 1 e onging to ihe estate ot t*ol aid
deceased. Dec. 7ih. 18>>3.
f WM. Pavnk, l
Uenhy Pavsu. S Exec’irs
Pollard .1. Pav.sk, j
jRSoaGL/»~!tlai-ion County 1
nBLLE N lsl Wtiereas. Amanda L. tJaitle, Ad
IVlminisuainx upon the Estate of David L. Mu rv
HMaKed, having app ied for letters of disraimioii
p|i said Adiiiiiiistr.uion.
ISese a>e (horeffire tocite and admonish all and
ihe kird'ed ant credi’ors of s-nrt deceased
k)*ow oaus *, ,1 a: v they have why s .il Adunnis
JgJ.v shoiilu not he dismiss n! from said adtninistia
■Hven under my band and offict.l punamn\ Or
hUr sth, l v lUt. MALCOM HaIR,
Mcn’ui'in Ordinary.
ttKOROIA* ftlnrion County.
tXJIIFREAS M. A. E. Mayo having, petitioned
VV inis > oori tor letters ot Administration upon
the estate ot o W Hillman deceased.
These a e Ui. ref.ee to cite and admonish all a id
gulai the ki.:dr*d and credit t* of B:ni egeeased !•>
tin and ap.n it 1 my office, within the time prescribed
be lau.and sho.v muse it any they have, why said
tdtqinisiruiicn 11 the estate of sad deceased should
801 be issue! i . the applicant on the first Monday
IfiFe niaryjne.tr.
Mwven uiiib 1 my hand and ofiicia! signauito. Hec.
MALCOM HAIR,
Jkc‘22 40d Ordinaiy.
e DRGIA-M.VRION county.
• 112RSA8, wll Walker having petitioned t\is
Court for letters of Admir.i trauoti upon tl q
nftJarab Parker 1 deedbrn and.
are tbrtielJie to 1 i;e and admonicb all and
Rie kindied andirtditi rs oi &aid dec; used to
Pi cau««v it any they have, within the time pie
ML“d by law, why said letters ot Administration.
QB said estat* . should not t<■ grained to s tid apple
Won the Ist Mai day in February li-t.4.
l Riven nude: my hand and officiei c guatme, Dec.
H[imi3. MALCudfl hair,
S«ti2 40d Otdinxry.
®yHGIA- Marion County.
■HdCREA8 Ji. a. Stary, Administ titer upon the
f«Ate of Josap N.Stxry, late r f sod county,
having • pplied for letters, of D:smtssiou
"admin -union.
ate the*e ore to cite and admonish all and
P/jiar tlm ki-. dred and ciediiors of >-rid deceased,
mfland appear at uiy office within me time pre-
Kvd by ,aw. 10 show cause, f any the. have, why
letters ol dismi sion sboiil t not be gra .led
applicant on the first Monday‘n Cfetobor next.
Hren under my hand and othe id signature, .lan.
Ts . MALCOM HAIR,
M ‘5 1118 m Ordin&ry,
SPECIAL NOTICES
Notice.
HEADQUARTER* POST, )
CoiumhuH. Ga , Jan. i7, 1864, J
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 6.
1. All oflir.eis or soldiers remaining m Colurtibus
over U hours will require a pass from thesj Head
quarters.
% H. All persons between the age* of 18 and 45 years
visiting Columbus (Officers of the Navy and Army
stationed at this Post excepted) will iufu .u.-e he re
quired to procure a pass from the Commandant of
the Post. No other document th*n the pass specified
will be-regarded by Ihe officer charged with the exami
nation of passes.
HI. Officers and soldiers abse.it from their com
mands, orcitit.zens claiming exemption by virtue of
contracts or otherwise, will save themselves annoy
acce by immediately procuring the required piss.
By order of Col. ROBERTdON.
CHAB. WOOD. A. A. C.
Jan 29 ts
NOTIOJ3.
QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE. (
Columbus, January v 7, 1864. \
On the first of each month, Major Jno. ,E. ;Davis
Pout Quartet master, will make payment to all employ
ees of .ibis department. Also to owners ol slaves
hired, and for property rented. Parties interested will
present theif hills to Major Davis monthly.
The employees of the Tran-portaiion Department
will he paid by Capt. H. D. Cothran. All purchases
of supplies and payments theiefor will be made by
myself. f. w. DILLARD,
Major and Muariermaster.
jail S9jf
Shipping Notice.
• MUSCOGEE HAIL Hoad, 1
SUPEBINTENDENT’S OFFICE, 5
Columbus, Dec. 22d, ’63. )
Owing to ihe waul of sufficient transportation for
Government freight, private freight will not be received
at tins depot uiitii further notire.
W. L. Cx-aRK,
Dec 23j.f Bupt.
Notice-
The Citizen- of llanis County are requested .0
meet the first Tuesday fnFeoruary next, (2d inst.,) at
Hamilton for the purpose of meeting the Commissary
of this Department, that we may arrange in inference
to subsistence for the army from your county.
Let every citizens of H rris who feels an interest in
his country be present,
GEO. H. BRYANT,
W,C. JOHNSON,
J. M.MOBLEY,
J. M, RAMSEY,
H. W. PITTS,
jan 22 rd A. T. BROOKS
Wanted
OA ABLE-BODIED negro men for Teamsters on
au!/ Govcniio .nt Drays.
H. D. COTHRAN,
jav 14——ts Capt. & A At. M.
A Few More Eecruits Wanted
FOR
Hen. liuhoilens Coinmaud^
Horsss and Equipment Furnished.
S.;O BOMTY!
I WANT a few more RECRUITS to complete my
.Company of
Mounted Riflemen,
for Gen, linboden’s command. Persons who have
sutisutntes in tiie army ca t joiu tli:u company if they
will do so in ten days, as at the expiration of that
lime volunteering will ceaße. 1 will grant furlough
of from :en to fifteen days
My iieadquaners are at Camp Montgomery, where
I cans ways be found or represented.
F. P. cRUTCHFiEI I>, Capt
W. C. WRIGHT, Lieut.
Junl6 dtf '
Coffee.
1 LB*. OLD-fIROWN RIO. in store and
101 sale by GOODRICH St CO.
Jau 30: h 3t .
Sugar.
Ik ROXEH CHOICE NEW ORLEANS, instore
iitul lor sa e by GOODRICH - CO.
Jau 30 3t
MedicaliGard.
K. A. HI. D.,
OF JYEW ORLEANS,
riIENDERS his services to the cit z-ns of Columbus
.1 in all the brandies of his profession.
Jo® Special at ention,as m New Orleans, will be
devoted to gingery, and to the treatment of the JV
case peculiar 10 Females.
Pa«.ienlß from a distance requiring eiurgicalor MsJi
cal treatment will be visaed and treatment at lion,® 1
desired.
Office, No. 140, in the Masonic Had, UP fITAIRF
• _dec 12 tt
oox-tx JS/IBXTS
Dt'EHfl ESTABLISH REST 1
SURSCRUiER* having perfer'ed their ar-
J. rai gements, are now prepared to dj all binds of
DYING in
Silk, Wool and Colton.
Dye House on aonth-west corner of Bridge and
Oglethorpe streets. Ord is eu ut the office ofthe
Rouilu-iu Express will meet with prompt attention—
Panics trom rhe country can send any article by Ex
press. Addrcs
~ OJGHT & HILL
Nov IU 3»n.
CO LU MBITS OI ATE
AND
V INTERS COMPOSITION
IHMIIiAiTOttI.
\I7 E wr-lr to inform our 1 icin's and the public in
Vl genoril that the above- business wdl here-ner he
conducted under the name and MyU of
ZOKKOWSIAY & CO.
t'rv Glue always on hand. rroiuprly.
jnn s—lot
l, A WAN D COLLEI l’H >n!jFFIC K.~
JLd:. X. JKCTjTOJHI 23 3.
Attorney at Law and Notary,
RICHMOND, V*A.
Claims of every description against the Confederate
tales settled witn accuracy and dispatch. Legal
'.usiness will receive prompt attention. auv!2 ly
Old Iron Wanted.
WE wish to pu chase a large qu uui y of SCRAP
IRON, ti-itti rut and \vr. ugi: , (;r which cash
Will be paid liARHIBON, BEDELL & CO.
Jan ‘ 7 ,f
Post Cfiice,
Con mbuß, (!u„ Jan. 15, f4-
PHOPOSAUB for cairing the Mai’s <>n Route No.
636 from Buena Ga. by Pm.viLe. Gien
alta Hatloca and Water Oak, to Columbus. 40 miles
and back once a week, wiii te received at this office
until February Ist, li o’clock, M.
If. M. JETER, P. M.
Jan 10 dA.w till Feb. ist.
320 or 640 Acres of Land for Sale.
1 offer for sale the tract known *3 the M«rrer place,
about miles trom sutti-m No. 5, ot fie Mobile
h Chard R. R. It contains 320 acres, ISJ ol which
is in cultivation, the balance timbetul hud. There
ate cabins for about -lit negroes, 2 11 tmuse, stables,
4 c., two wetls of good water ami ala ge qu entity of
light wood convenient to the U. R. Tire other hail'.
of the section, ail heavily timbered will b: sold if de
sired by the purelnser. Apply to Gr-i-nw od St
Gray, Golumbus, Qa., for terms. *tr Mf-rrer on the
place will show it to any one wish tig :o s- e it
‘ D. C FREE IAN, Jr.
Sun C'jpy. jan j
{Jolambns, Georgia, C. Thursday February 4, 1864
EVENING EDITION.
RKCItPTB,
r/*» ttetplton of the Tvtrvu, or4tr*>l Aj
//.«•!, wi U As our n* lAi monty , ssye«i+*-
! ‘I t 0 thou nUscttiert /o* m Ut* t%v,e ikmn »-
. yaar
Wh+n. tiUtn iitn rttei** too p*f*ee wuA ia*i
f>sr*gr mmK moriod, they vnti -undtrstmnd it at *»-
<orvnng thom that thoir mhscriptum tt about u
, and that thtyaptr unit oortainly be •ICf
ped units* they make a ~«*nuttme*
Advanced Bates.
In consequence of the continued advance in price
, if the material and labor consflmed in conti ucting our
business, we are compe-led to secure ourselves againlt
loss, to sg.in advance our prices, which wifi be until
fuither notice.:
Daily Paper for three months . OO
*' one “ 3 00
Weely Paper six “ .5 on
“ ”
Single copies 25 cents
TIIO* GILBERT & CO ,
THOfS. RAGLAND,
, J. w. warren & co
January Ist, ]B,i4.
Breach of Tettst.—-We heard yesterday on
th® streets that Mr. .Tohn Arnold recently gsve
somtsgentleman at the Naval Iron Works ?7,000
to procure for his son a situation in that concern,
to avoid the action of the rocent law of Congress
putting the principals of substitutes in the army.
The situation wat> secured, and the young man
went to work, but after working a day or two he
was either discharged or gave up the situation for
a better one, Auer which Mr. Arnold, Sr.,
took out a warrant for the party for obtain mg
money under laise pretences, and according to
our information the case was submitted to Judge
Abercrombie for investigation, who bound tne
party over in a bond of $7,500.
Thus it will be seen that unless Congress stops
up the holes royud sbjut here and there, the
law putting the principals into the service will
not be calculated to materially strengthen the
army, as many of them who have not been able
to find holes to run in are taking leg bail for
parts unknown. Local.
Thb War News.—The rumors circulated for
some days past of the evacuation of Knoxville
by the Yankees, says the Richmond Examiner
of the 291 b, derived some consistency yesterday
from the peisonal accounts of officers recently
from Lougstreei’s linos. These consider the eva
cuation as highly probable, and relate the addi -
tional circumstance that a large Yankee train
was reported to have passed through Cumberland
Gap into Kentucky. It is supposed that the
evacuation was occasioned by the enemy's want
of supplies at Knoxville, and it is not attributed
to any military s'rategy.
The New York Herald, of the 20th instant,
discredits the advance of Longsfree", .ml .-ays
that the authorities at Washington had no infor
mation of any such movement; uircum-
Htanoe is not inconsistent wiiu the evacuation of
Knoxvdle on account of the enemy’s dot res; lor
supplies. Os course, if it has been evacuaied, 00
time wdl be lost in occupying it with our forces
and securing a position, the obvious and great
importance of which ia that it immediately
threatens Gram’s il iuk.
Congress, says the Examiner, scorns to find
great difficulty in the regulation of the currency.
Why not delegate the wnolo matter to the Com
missary General. Money is a commodity, and
follows the same laws as any othei articles of
traffic. The objeot is to diminish the tn’.pply of
money, and to raise its price. Sutcly the genius
which has done this for fl ur, beef and other
neoeisaries of life, would accomplish the same
thing for Ccutcderalc notes. Let him have ful
power, and let a judicious system of impress
ment be established, and we shall soon see a
wonderful change in the value of our circulating
n>r>rl \n tn
From the Front.
A special to the Register, dated year, rday,
says the enemy retired yesterday morning from
Ringgold.
A grand review, of Hardee’s corps look place
yesterday, and in Hindman’s to-day. Is was the
most spknd : d pageantry ever witnessed in this
army.
The troops aro better uni to met! and shod
than ever. There is glorious enthusiasm among
them.
Weather cloudy.
The Mobile Tribune, of the 20:b, expresses
the opinion, that for the present there will be no
land atlaek upon Mobile, but feare ihat the en
emy may attempt with theii iron clads and gun
boats, to get possession ot the Bay, with tbeviesv
to a future attack bv land.
Private advicee from Mobile, Hays the MiisL
sippiar, state that it is the general imptressioa
there that the city will soon be attacked. The
utmost cocilulenoe prevails in the ability of oar
forces to repel the enemy whenever he choose? to
make a movement against the pluoo. It is the
universal belief that Mobile will prove a second
Charleston.
Contraband Cohkkspondrxck Between the
'Torth and Soktii. —The Philadelphia Press, al«
ling to the correspondence between the Con
..dorates and the outside world, by means of the
blockade runners and the British naval steamers
between Nassau and New York, says : “Certa n
measures have been adopted which will ten i to
break up this correspondence. How the end is
to bo)brought about,ithe public may not ascertain
until the forces brought to bear have been
thoroughly tor the desired result attained.
Suffice it at present, that the authorities have
awakened to the necessity of some specification
in the matter ; and it will be peculiarly appro*
pria’e for the disloyal to kuow ihat the bttsi
njss letters which they have been unsuspecting
ly mailing to their colleagues at Nk*#6U anu the
South may, one of these days, be procured as
evidence against them.”
Tee revelations in the papers'of the Unitt and
StateF, says the Richmond Sentinel, makes It
plain that if we had dishonored ourselves by sit
ting in conference With Butler, it would have
been a gratuitous humiliation. We would have
received shame without advantage. The terms
which he was prepared to offer were only suoh
as we have repeatedly declined, and cannot ac
cept, injustice to our captured soldiers.
The cartel which our enemies took tho bene?
fit of, when it, was in their favor, they nov,
sUa-duy refuse to adhere to. Otir remedy lie?
in victory on the mid.
Th* Siege of Charleston—Two Mun
dreu and Seventh Day.
The enemy’s bombardment of Fort Sumter
erased at dark Friday evening, but was resumed
batu d»' mormng. The number of shots fierd
from the commencement up to the time of closing
Friday, was one hundred aud.fifty-six, of which
one hundred and twenty nine struck. The fir
ing was from three Parhm guns.of different oali«
bres, a thirty, a one hundred, and two hundred
pouiidef, and a ten inch Columbiad directed at
the South angle of the fort. Thirteen mortar
sheila were a:so fired, seven of which struck.
On Friday afternoon the flag staff was shot
away. It v,as promptly replaced, first upon a
Bmali at:-i a terwards upon a larger staff, by
Private f. Shafer, Company A. Lucas’ Battador,
who stood en the top of the traverse and repeat*
edly waved the flag in the eight of the enemy.
Private Shafer was assisted by Corporal L.
Bresemiam and Private Charles B?nbs, ofthe
-am* corps, and B. Middieton, of the Sig
nal Corps, and acting Adjutant ot the Post in
the absence of the regular officer. This gallant
aot was performed under a very aoourale fire of
shells to which the men were exposed. At the
close of the scene, the flag havi. g been secure
ly planted, Private Saafer springing from a oJjDtfd
of smoke and dash of bunting shells, stood «or
a long nine waving bis hat in triumph. Th”
upon the garnson of tlm gallant deed was
truly in apt ring.
Daring Saturday one hundred and fifty nine
shot were flrird the fort, of which one hundred
and thirty-eight struck and twenty-one missed.
The brmbardmem again ceased at dark,—
The firing Saturday was from two hundred
pounder Parrott gun?, one at . Battery Gregg
and one at ttie Middle Battery—tjfe latter sup
posed to boa gun formerly u#ed against the city
A garriion gun is reported stationed in au ad <
jott g embrasure in the Midole Battery.
Tne following are the casuliiies thus far re
ported:
Lieui . J. 0. Logan, heal by a alight,
(wounded on the 28th).
Private J. H, Keff -ey, Company I 23d Geor
gia contused back, slight.
Private J. J. Hansford, Company K. 6th Goor
gia, fractured leg, severe.
The bombardment of the fort was renewed
Sunday morning, and vigorously maintaned
throughout the day.
Abaci, nine o’clock Saturday right the enemy
re-opened fire on the 0 ty, 4 *fiicii continued up
to the hour ol closing our report Simduy even-,
ing. One hundred hnd one shells had been fired
at the oity up to five o'clock tun:iiy evening,
with about tiia usut-.l dam, ge to buildings. There
"Were no casuabties. The fire of the enemy
throughout the day averaged about one shot in
every five miuuntes on Fori Sum;er;one in
every ten minutes upon the city.
Correspontleuco bstween Gen. Lotty
sirmt uitl Gen. Foster.
Tho-Norlhern papers publish what purports
to be a correspondence between General Long
street and General Foster in relation to Lincoln's
amnesty proclamation. The following areeo,
pies of the letters:
llradquartebs CortFEderate Forces, )*
East Tennessee, Jan. 3, 1864. j
To. the Commanding General, United Slates
Forces, East Tennessee .-
Sir : 1 fiod tho proclamation of President Lin
coln, of tire Bci: of Deoembdr last, in circulation
in handbill? nm-mgst our soldiers. The imme
dlile object ol this circulation seems to be to
indue.', our soldiers to quit our ranks and take
the oa’h jjktUegiuaoe to the United bta'es Gov-,
eruui-’tit- 1 ~r««U u ii6, however, ihat the ureat
object and end in view in to hasten the'day of
peace. I respectfully suggest for your consi
deration the propriety of communicating any
views that your Government may have upon this
subject through me, rather than by handbiils
circulated amongst our soldiers,
f c ■ ■ -lieu who may desert under the pro*
f r and -.t is tho prcelitnatiou, cannot be men
” <• or standing. If they desert their
1 *o'' ' O'SuiieivcS ui the Of God
and of man. 7 hey cun <lo your euuse no good,
nor exn they injur? ours.
Asa great nation you can accept none but nn
honorable peace. Asa noble people you could
have us accept nothing ies;j.
I submit, therefore, whether the mode tbit I
suggest would cot be more iikeiy to lead to an
honorable end than such a circulation of a par
tial promise ot pardon.
I ate, sir, very rsspectfully, your most obedi
ent rervant, J. Longstrket,
Lieutenant General Commanding.
To this General Poster replies:
Hdqr’s Department of the Ohio, )
K oxville, East Tennessee, Jan. 7,1864 J
Lieutenant Gem-rai C mtnanding Confederate
Forces in East Tennessee :
S;r: I have the honor to aokiiowlc-dgo the re
ceipt of your letter, ria'ed January 3, 1864.
You are correct in the supposition that the
great object in view m the circulation Qf the
Presi ier. L proekmation is to induce those now
: in rebellion trer-nsi. she Government to lay aside
i rhe-r onus ass-i return to their allegiance rs citi-.
v.ers of the United States, u-.us securing the re
union of the .dtai'o9 now arrayed in hostility
agaiusi one onothor and the resforutitm ot psaeo.
Tho immediate rffjct of the circulation may bs
to cause many mea to leave yoor ranks to re
turn I oroe, or corac within oar lines, and, in
view of the I°. fer sour e, it has bsen though:
p op;-r to issue an order announcing the favour
able to-ms ou whteh deserters. will he received.
I accept, however, j;>or suggestion that it
I would have i-eon more courteous to have sont
j these and cameots to you for o>rout<ition, and I
I embrace wi h pieore tb<- opportunity thus af?
j forded to enclose you twervy copies .of each of
these documents, aud rely ttpun your genurosUy
! amt desire for peace to give publicity to the aa mo
j among your officers and men.
I cave the hou->r t be, General, very respee;*
fully, your obsdieat seavant,
J. G. Foster,
Major General Commanding.
Battle of Treuton.
The Biioee o 3 cif Washington at the battle of
Trenton ha* been generally considered as the
iutuiog po'.r.t in too war of *.ar independence.
Vet very lew are perhaps aware upon what ft
slight event that great and critical event was
made to hinge. t)n Christinas Ere when Wash
ington and hia followers crossed the Delaware,
Colonel Raid the commander of the Hessian*,
sat in a private room near Trent n engaged with
a company ot his officer? in driving r,ae and
playing cards. A urry wuo had discovered the
movements of the American troops, g?nt a note
by a special messenger to the Colonel with or
dot* to deliver it into his own hands.
The messenger found his way to the house,
and a negro open;; 1 the but refused him
admittance; > »:- 4 .> iotier and delivered it at
once to the Colonel, an 1 was ju?t shoaling for
anew game. Supposing the letter to be uairn
portanr, or not stopping to think of it at all, he
went on with bis play. The reading of the let
ter would thwarted Washington's designs;
but the love of play compa red the Colonel’s
prudence, and gave success (o a worthier cause,
involving tholoss of hU life snd raij, and ulti
mately the freedom of the colonies.
Little did the; Colonel think, when shuffling the
cards, that he was losing tne greatest game that
was ever played among the nations of the world.
I>ISTASC£ MAKES A DIFFSRKSCE.— We l?»rn
Irani * gentlemen three, from Bermuda, that
Yankee greenbacks were selling at that place for
sixty-two and a half cents on the dollar, and
Confederate grey backs »t seventy cents, the latter
being seven and a half cents more valuable in
the estimation ot the Bermudians than the
“promtse pn/ of the Lincoln Government.—
fßichmond. Examiner.
Exopus of Sdbstiwtsd ile.i.—The Fincas*
tie (Vo.) Express, of the 25;h, states that forty
in??;, rho mo-t cf whom had substitutes, hive
escaped recently from one section of the county
-of Botetourt, nto the enemy's lines. They cross
e .j r’ —nij r;er rjyar aj Rs.p’et’s Ferry,
'llk* Military Situation—The Prospect
-The Spring Csmpaisn dte,
The New York Herald, in «u article on the
military situation stares:
The seasoD, with it3 rains and snows, and es
pecially its mud, suffioitnily protects the rebel
capital from nuy operations at the at my under
Meade. In-kni. except by a penin?ul* ic-ute uo
operation Kicamond coula be carried on
in winter, though lor peninsula route tha would
perhaps, prove to bo iH besc ae, sou. But it i?
w|mer in Tennessee as rail as in Virgini 3 , and
if the soiison is to hold us still in one place, it will
doubtless hr effectively hold th# enemy still in
the other; and the very fact that enables the reb
els to et-ud their Virginia army into Tennv*s*e,
renders u iu.pitsihi; nr them 10 use it when
there.
* ** * « * * a
It i? of sotue importance rs an iud catfou of
what the rebels have in preparation for the
spring. \\ e sh? in ail probab:it<y, nave an
early and terribly nurd campaign ia Erst Tenues
see, tor there tho rebellion ia iikeiy to strike i's
fast blow. iSnma grand offansiva operation is
necessary toil; for if it -?’ands anil it ruust inevi
tably du; and £a*’ern Tennessee 1? the theatre
tba; promise a bet if result to them than any
6’.ner. Operation# ag .Inst Chattanooga, even it
successful, while they would greatly injure ns,
w ,-:<l ngr; p. si lively b--efit tho enemy, and au
v-dr?.- + hrougb: Virginia, are evidently copeies»;
but a great Southern victory near Knoxvitie,anu
tUe advance tuencci through Tennessee, and per
h tps Kentucky, of a victorious army, wcnld re
store th© Southern heart soucewnar, and wouid
?e t the siruggi-, back to the position it was in be
fore th© present awful glooru settled on the for
tunes of the Coofoderaey. Tor such a stake
Loogstroet, or probably Lee*, is now making
ready to fight, as tho stake i- an immeuaoone,
the enorny will work immensely in preparation
for it, and will fight desperately when the timo
comes.
Do our preparations for this great struggle
keep pace with those of ibo enemy? Far irom
it. The administration is busy with politics, and
cannot attend to tilling up oar armies. Batitfiod
with the general fact that our prospects were
hevor ao hopolul as they are now, and not even
desirous to end tha war, it has turned the greater
part of its attention to other matters, and -a ma
nojdvenng in the State Legislatures and Lincoln
leaguer.
Proposed Unrksirioted Trade in Cotton.
A special dispatch 0 aed Washington, January
lutb, to tho Cincinnati Commercial, says :
Tha Secretary of the Treasury has under con
sideration the question submitted by numerous
parties living along the bjrder of the States of
Tennessee, Alabama a, i Mississippi, of an un
restricted trade in cotton. It is stated, on relia
ble authority— among others, Adj Gen. Thoma?,
who has recctitly come from there—taut there u
an immense quantity which can easily be made
available. *lt is proposed to aiiow ail pe sons,
regaMiess of their loyalty, to br ng tne r cotton
wi'ni;n our lines, and.sell it for groanbacs£B,‘a,nd
return, if they choose, but not oj - jlfowed to
take supplies of any kind wi.u the: It is sta
ted that large amounts of cotton cs.t bus be ob
tained.
From Nor liter u kieoigia.
[Sjctial to the Chattanooga Rebel.]
Dalton, January 2H.
Yesterday afternoon tho enemy advanced with
two brigado* of cavalry and one of infantry, and
drbve in our j-ieket.*.. press mg Kelly’s brigade of
cavalry back from liingg-dd so within two and a
half rndes of Tunnel Hi I. At nigat tho enemy
was dirtvon back td Ruiggold. Q,ir loss was two
killed and four wounded ; that oi the <-neuiy otn
rider&ble.
This movement ia supposed to have been a
reconnoissaace in force
Alt laereno this morning. Sparta.
Charles F Brown (Arteaju
vertises himseli !o Jf j c”
York city (second .
Providence, Nonvatk- Com;, at:d Pnnadvi
pitia, j previimss to leav.-ng lor California.
After j this armoonceiucni he prints the ioi«
lowing:
REFKPvENCES.
' Janjes Buchanan, Wheatiaud, Penn,
Wendell Phillips, Boston.
C L VaHandighani, Canada.
Witt Lloyd Garrison, Massachusetts.
Mr Czar ol Russia, Russia.
Mr Lucy Stone, New England.
Mrs Eugenie‘Napoleon, France.
iSylYanus Cobh, Jr.. Maine.
The Bedouin Arabp, Itelaad.
Mr Smith, Wisconsin.
Young Albert Waies and wife, E-jgiaud.
[CLRTIFiCATES.j
Arterrius Ward :
Oe|b Sib—l have never heard of any of
your lectures, but from what I can learn I
should eay that fur people who like <he
kind Os lectures you deliver, they are just
the kirjid of leelures such people' like.
You re respectfully, O. ABE. '
Respected Sib -My wife wa afflicted
with the pipey wipsy u the head for :.e riy
eight yjears. Tne ffooiora ali gave her op.
but in a fortunate mo-;:*. • -:h-'3 went o one
of your lectures, atid cohinsenced recovß-
ing very rapidly, Shu is now’ ia per Let
health. We like your lectures very much.
Pieefsp settd me a box of them, They are
purely vegetable. Send another five dollar
tull.iuid I’ll write you another certificate
twice as long es this.
Yours, etc., AMOS PILKINS.
[And 1,000 o’.herc ]
Pretty Good — ln the Hou*»: of Repre
sentatives, a few davs since, Mr ?>loore, of
Kentucky, offered a resolution invuing Maj
Gen. Breckinridge to a seat on the floor.
A member moved to add the name of
Lieut Gen. Hardee.
Others from the several .States moved to
include the names of Brigadier Gen-reat*
Benning, Hoke, Quark**, S. E, Jones,
Gregg, and others, when Mr Hilton, of
Florida, stated that there were many
private* in Richmond just as distin*
guiehed as eotne of the Brigadiers, and he
therefore moved to indade them in the res
olution.
Mr Mioore then asked i.v vc to withdraw
iiie resolution.
Kisseh,—KUses admit of a greater rare'? of
character than, perliap?, even our lad 7 re Her?
are nwaro. Eight basis! diver? di:* are meutloa*
ed in Scripture. The kiei of
Salutation, Sam. xs. 11. i Tbess.. r. 26.
Valediction, ilutb 1 . y.
Reconciliation, 2 S Sam. xlv. 33
Subjection, Psalms «i. 12.
Approbation, Proverbs ii. 4.
Adoration, i Kings xix. 16.
Treachery, Matt, xxv; 49.
Affection, Genesis xiv. 15.
A Styptic which will stop the Bleed
ing <>f the Largest Wound —Sen?p • fine
two drachms of Castile sotp and dis-? ive
in two otinces of brandy or common spirits.
Mix welt with it one drachm of potash,
keep it jin a close phial. When applied,
warm it and dip in pledg- ts of lint. Toe
blood wjiH feuddenlv c-; *go!ate s-i-ne dja- 1
lance within the vessel F r deep wrv«- i« 1
and anifititaied iimbf, repedieu a, u : ‘ atio;,?
may be necessary.
.for Three Months, $8
Spsecii of n Patriotic Xsgro.
There was a supper got up the other day
by Ihe colored of Gonzales, Texas, for
the benefit of the sick soldiers, at which
soo was raised. The following speech,
delivered by ouo oi the darkies, we find in
the Enquirer:
Fellow Citizens'. —I pose you want me
to spaciate bout lie casioti ub die gatheriu,
and our poor sick sogiers way back in Kin*
lucky, ole Virginny, Nrf Calina, and de
rest ub de fornn countries. Hut what does
you spose oeif! darkiee is stayin’ out doors
Why doesn’t you pay your four bits
an cum in here, arrjiue w id us. an joy your
refves wid dese white darkies pon de noun*
ti'ul supper fixed by dese white ladie9 for
ut? Dis nigger hopes detn niggers out dar
ain't likeue lousy calf—lib ail de winter
an dy ia de spring. Aiu’t you ail kep fat
and happy, an when you gits sick don’t
you git de best uo uussiu’ from de missis,
and when you come to dye amt de
formed by de good ole massa hisse f? But
de poor sick sogers way back in de iorrin
lands had nobody to feud to him, and when
he dyes may be so he's put way wotse dan
ao\ Gonzales county nigger is put away,—
Mayb3 you’ll nebber see de poor soger till
you meets him in heaven, den howH you
leei in dat glorrifiedjpiace when de poor iel
ei sax, “nigger, you owes me four bits.”—
D.* iiigger has gioaii fur de wa , an did
nigger will ’tinue to gint.
Di* rugger wish he could shoe do horses
ior de enemy just afore dey make dar big
charge. Dm nigger drive de nail plum
from the frog ob ce horse’s toot. We must
bribe de bobuhUomsta from ole Kentucky
dat fornn iatui whar dis nigger war boru,
an ole Virgiuny, whar dia nigger’s fader
and inudder was torched up. 1 wish I was
dar, 1 does ; i‘d git one bobelitionist shore,
snd maybe so two, three, tour ob dem,
I'eiler-cuizep.s cum long it?! [Great ap
plause.]
Oh, Ulysses.— The Boston Journal says
“A lriend to Gen. Grant informs us that
\vi*en rallied recently anout the persistent
use of bis name by the New York Herald
ior the Presidency, he said,*’! aspire only
lo one pohucai office. When this war is
over 1 mean to run for Mayor, ol Galena,
(his place of residence,) aud if elected, 1
intend to have the sidewalk fixed up oe
tween uiy nouse and the depot.”
Notice from the iomniuinhnit
oi iouncript^.
For Ui« information oi ihe public, i: ia published
to at tiie Unioning Depjrtu.eru ol Ueorgi. is divided
into teufiOj Qoi gi-esaional Dwtr.C.s, eaca «£which ii
under charge of a iiisuictEarn.hug OiCcor.
The Ist, :id,3tl, 4iii and Till Dis.r cio are under the
*im ned an supervision of M ij. A. id. Riwi.nu, Ma
con, Ga , and riio th, bill, BtU, 9:a ..nl Ki 11, under
that of M}. Jo: i, F. AnCie.Vd, Deia ur, Ga. All
speua. appheatimn tor t xemptiom or derui, and
comuiui’icau.ins ivga rdiug th; Enroll gg rv.ee, will
te .o w .Ucu .hrjujjii lie cjuniy Hiiro_.i.ig uthceiß
to tao Giiiol of list .cis. ' «. *
Toe tnio.il g tleaiqiar :g oi hs se e al Dfa-,
fri' .s are he i ea a. tae Ijl owing p „cea, viz :
Ist Coi:gre.-biun_l aiat-ict, ai esavuonaa, Oa.
211 da l(o ao Albany, do
and *.i do Uulaui ,us, no
and J _ Alac. ■ do
- - ** < •> -O Augusta., do
*>-h and / do do AUmi, do
7tu uo do 00 Gri nn, do
do do do All .lit i, do
# l h do do do Alfihuielta, da
Wth du do do CditirsViLfij do
O- aRLE-s J. UaIUIs,
M.jjrana Cumin-i. Hunt Go. s rip!B,
leb 3 lot elate of ceo.gia.
Wanted.
10 BUSHELS Rid) PEPPER.
II IJ. COTHRAN,
feb 3 3 »V Capt. and A, Q M.
fellabiiifcjUAtl* &, CO.,
MOVED TO MASONIC HALL,
Third to the tight, on Second Floor.
feu 3 tl
Sta*m Engine for Sale.
1 OFFER ia; a.le a N.> I Steam Engine Boilers
u iiit e used— fimures c mp et .aud ail in good
order -uhii y horse mow r A-ao, two vv .iioiij ’ and
harness, one tat, two Fairbanks Pat-nt tfcah a. on
wt es.s, two sets of .tjaclc . it .’a cooli, a »arg, lot of
cast run, tOO pa; nla be.-t ste-i, c p er'and bras wire
de s,; e.ti.i 6 , .-opiua ;s-iiit: v ry a ge), und on safe,
so dinii y tiler ait • lei oi Value a a much w .ated
toil s.
Tiie a 'ove property can be ?eer. at Canton, C lero
k e county, Ga. It t is not t eaied for at privatesaie,
wi lbe -old at uo b; ou> c-v in AUmia, t.a . o i the
ißin ofFeoruary res’, frf ir.iier ini'jirua.ion appiv
to tti- undersign and in East ihtua, Ga.
fob 35: V. VVOOLLMY
io Hire.
Ayi-UsP. GIRL. Ap.iy to
fet> i 4 * J. McCA|iTV
HD'QRS ENROLLING OFFICE* a
3d Congressional District, >
February 2d, 18G4. y
Notice is hereby given to ail Recruiting
Onicera in this D triet that they are not
allowed io rrecivo any one as a recruit be
tween me ages of 18 and 45 yeare. Every
man putject to concci ipnou must go to
j Cutups os instruction lor assignment: by
Maj, Harris.
A iy officer violating this order will be
arrested and seat to Macon, Ga.
W. a WALLACE,
C ipt. and Enrolling Officer.
Feb 3 lot
E. quirer copy. r ,
o oStcsbt7
111 ll iJEORGK W. CHASE, of H,* :»&'
-'-W CuiqiLtt’K Urita'lo vroird re*'pp' , r , u y an
jivUi.ce !ba',a»nted by several iadi s aisd men
cl me c.ty.; e wi 1 g.vfc a Con eri lor tb» oenem of
h’3 rCi-iiaeja on
Thursday Evening, 4;h cf February.
Tick-’- "u; be bad at Mr Spear’* Jnwclr, ff iore
tea 2 & *
FOR SALE.
(1 FINE DOUBLE GOLD WATCHES
A Aipyto O. R, STANFORD.
ieD « tt
Administrator’s Sale,
By v -Hie of an od r f the Crurt cf Ordinary of
!-vl-*r Con ty, wi-1 b* sn’d b five lire f'our:
Lv* Ee and < r ol said comity, on dia fir t Tuec’ay in
•V ,;i) 1 rn-xt. w ihin t o leg lii. ur*< f si.e, a valnanie
!ieg Bo’i. 0; l a i.aine o .1 voo sine-n y.»r- «M,
lb'* n upejty of Oie es. .ie of j:i h-.- M j tg tut-ty d-jw’U
UORG-, H. Di'H.
f*b3 4’d A ui'r.
PLANTATION ISON
KTiL be cxccinaeii f r c, r:> v ’. ; t t, C.icon ot
' ; I.;, o, lit Hi. u\ r jX'ti *V3i..i»uOL s>E.
l i.. .lu*. via., Feb. 3<i, l*v