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MU.iCOOEE RAII. ROAD, )
p'tipp.rintendent’a Office, J
Columbus, Dec. 3d, 1803, )
ON Mod .-U rl> r Mli the Mail Train on this Road
will mu as (■’How* :
i t :tve i niuutfiu* ........ 7:45, P M
l.tdVß Mut’dn .„ t,:30, P. M.
Ardv.ai Macon ....4:18 A. M.
Anivc tC Minfins. 3 A , m.
can now go through to Chuileaioa, via
Savannah, without delay.aa ihe Mail Train on the
GharlesMii ami (Savannah Railroad makes close con
neiUon wilh the * ! * mtral Railroad at riavahnali
W, 1,. CLARK,
Hunt. Muscogee R. U.
Dec 4 if
Change of Schedule.
ON AN l> AFTER December fith, tho Passenger
fi»m on Ute Montgomery West Point Railroad
will
Leave Montgomery at ..10.30 A. M
*• West Point „ 2,30 P. M.
Arrive at Cos ambus, „„ .....7,10 P M
Leave Columbus. 2-30 A M
Amve ai Montgomery. M ll 37 A M
*• *’ Wen Point,... ..7>o A M
Mikiiii? through connections to an 1 from Atlanta.
Fitiubl leaves Columbus..»» .......8,40 A, M.
*• Arrives at Columbus, ..8,00 P. M,
ID. 11. CRAM,
_ Dec 4 if Hupl. Si Engr.
Administrator’s Sale.
1) V virtue ©fan o.drr from the Court of Ordinary of
_D Taylor County, will be sold before the Court,
tioiise and M>r of said county, on tiie fir.-t Tuesday in
Mircli next, within t e legal hours of sale, a valuable
neg o BOV by the name of Jacob, sixteen years old,
Ihe urn perty of the estate of James Montgomery, dec’d
flsS£& GORGE H. DAVIS.
lth.3 4(}<t Adm’r.
Estray Notice.
DICKENS McCOY, of the 77Jd District G. M..
triiiisuiiis lo me the following certificate of and
. Estray Yoke of *»x 11: One a re,i and wiiite color,
and the other a v* h.t.e andbrindie color; marked with
a smooth 1 roji ami underbii in both yeais. About
four years old. Appraised by A. 18. Boviim and Jo
eeph iavvson liigceia, freeholders of said county an-
Uisiriet to be worth four hundred dolllais,
A tine extract iivm the estray book, this the 2 H th
ol December, Mt>3, A. P JONES,
Jan4—wiiOd Clerk. 1. C.
iiistray iSJotice.
JONATHAN ENGLISH, of; lie;77ld District O. M.,
tr*h sum a to me ihe fo.lotting certiticale ol an
eslray steer : a ilt ep red color, supposed to be 3ot 4
years old, matked with a crop and undertm in the
rignt ear, and umleroit and split in the left. Appraised
hy .lamia Cooper and Jeremiah Cat Hedge, tree, olders,
to is worth one hundred dollars.
A true extract from the Estiay Book this 30th Jail*,
wary, .804. A.P. JONES, C.’kl.C,
tebl-tt ___
and IkORG I tY—Alar lon County:
At WO months at er date application will be made to
the Court om r unay of Maiion county lor leave
to sella portion oi ihe negroes belonging to the estate
of C. VV. Ross, deceased.
ARM I NLA P. ROSS,
Declstli, IBi3. 2m Adm’x.
Notice to debtors and creditors^—ah
peibons having claims against .ihe estate of Win
J Patterson, tlec’d, aie hereby notilied to ’present
them wiihin tiie time prescribed by law, and ah per
s ins indebted to .■ ■« id 1 state are requested to make
immediate payment. ju’x
HENRIETTA A. PA xTERRON, Ad
December 28—wot
Notice toDebtorn amt Creditors
ALL persons having claims against the estate o
John A. deceased, are hereby notilied to
presentthtin uuiy authenticated within the time pre
scribed hy law, an 1 ah persons indebted to said es
tate ar>- requested to make immediate payment.
MARY L. JOjvES,
(jec 4—lit Adin’rx.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
AGRtl EARLY to an order ofthe Court ol Ordinary
of Hieivan County, will be sold within the legal
Uoute of: ale bt fore tiie Court House door in ihe town
of Lumi km, on the first Tuesday in March next.
♦’Hoiiliie’' a negro woman 23 years old and her child
4 years of age, beloi ging to tho estate of Susan Yar
brough, deceased.
Term? cash, SARAH DENNaUD,
jan23td Adm’x.
iiKOßhiA—Muriou i uunty:
RIJLL NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adm'ix on
the estate of Daniel James, Jr., having petiiioue ..
this Court for letters of dismission horn said Admin
(stratum.
These are therefore to cite amt admonish all an
singular the kindred and creditors otsaid deceased to
be and appear at my office within ihe time prescribed
by law, and show cause ii any they have, why said
Administratrix should not be dismissed from said
Administration u ■ the first Monday m July 18U4.
Given under my hand and official signature, this
December tne 7ih, ißt>3. MHi.COM HAilt,
Dec 14 in6m Ordinary.
GKOBGIA— Marion County
Rule NISI.— Whereas, M- Butt and William M
But, Administrate! 8 upon the e.i >te oi Eidiidge
O. Butt, dcc’d, having applied lor U tters ot Diemis
tiou from said Administration.—These are therefore
to cite and admonish all and singuhrtlte kindred and
creditors ot said deceased to show cause, d'any they
have, Why said applicant should not he dismissed
trom said Administration.
Given under my hand and official signature Sep
tembcr i*d, 1603, MALCOM DAIK,
sept 7. mfim __ Ordinary
GEOHUI \-- Alarlon County i
WHEREAS, Joseph Belk having applied for let
tersot Ad mi net ration upon tl.e estate cf Zacha«
liali Belk, deceased,
These are litereu re to cite ami admonish all and
singular the kindied and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear ai my office within the time prw’
scribed by law, to »bow cause i('any they have why
raid letleis 01 udmiiiistration should not tie granted to
*ud applicant, < n the ‘2nd Monday in January next.
Given under my hand and official signature, Nov
Stffi, 1663. MALCOM HAIR,
Nov S/ 40. Ordinary.
GEORGIA- Marlon bounty:
mwo months i fer date aprlic ition will be made to
A the Cornt of Onl nary of-said county, lor leave to
aeilihe negroes be ongmg to ihe estate ..i l*ol ;ud
J Bayne deceased Dec. 7th, isu3.
WM Paynk, )
Henry Payne, \ Exec’trs.
i 01. LARD J. i *YNE, N *
Dm 1 1 \ 2iri
i —Wai iou C'ouiUy I
RULE NISI Whereas, ’Amandt L. Cattle, Ad,
ininisiiatrii upon the Estate of David L. Mmry,
deceased, having ap > ied for letters of dismission
from said Adiiiiinstra.ion.
Tnese aie itiorefurv to cite and admonish al! and
singular, the u.i died an . credimis of said deceased
to show oau- ■, lit* • \ i hey have why sail Aominis
iratnx sliou and not be disu.issed from said adminisiia
lion.
Given mii’ei my tiand and offir.i <1 signature, Oc
tuber sih, 1-63. MAI.COM »UIR,
dec IS mi'iii Oruinaiy.
UKOItCI A- Marlolt County.
WHERE AH M. A. E. Mayo having pi thinned
ibis Court u,r letters ot Ad ministration upon
the estate ofG W. II 1 man deceased.
These a e tit-icloie t > cite and at in ni-li all and
gu lar ilie kindri and and creditors of said < created to
tinund appear ; i iuy • (fire. within the time pi escribed
be law, and show cause if any they have, why said
adiuinis tauoii n tlie <.• late of sad deceased should
nor be issue I !<> the applicant on the first Monday
in Fe >niarvincit
Given under n y hand and effir a' signature, l.'ic
]71h,166h MAI.COM HAIR,
Dec at -tod ordinary.
GEORGIA—M AUION COUNTV.
WHEREAS. W B Walker having petitioned this
(joint for I -iterj of Adinini nation upon the
estate of Sarah I’a ker)deceased.
Ttiese are iheii l ue to cite and sdmonun ail and
singulai ihe kii died and credit" rs oi said dec. used lo
show cause, a a* y they have. \m hin the lime pie
scribed by law, why said loiter* ot Administration
upon sain esta**. should not it* gruiu’d to s.ul appli
cant on the Ist M i day in Felirn i y 1864.
Given miner my Land and oili.ml s gnature, D.-c.
19th, 063. MaLCuM HAIR,
decS34od - Ordinary.
GEORGI A Mtirlon Comity.
WHERE ah R a. Stary, Aemiiiist amr upon the
es ate of J .sap N.SUry, lne of said county,
deceased," having plied for letters, ol Dismission
from said adtu'iiistriiion.
Thepeare therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kir-diod and creditor-ol said deceased,
to be and appear at my office within ite time pro
scribed by aw. to show cause, if any the- It tve, why
said letters of dismi sion shou; i not e granted
to said applicant on the tirst Monday it October next.
Given under my hand and officmi sign a. me, Jan.
23d, 1864 MAl.CO.ti HAIR,
Jan. 25 inCin Onbuaiy.
PLANTATION IRON
WILL be exchaiiL>**d fir Corn Wheat, Bacon or
Laid, at PLANTER'S WAREHOUSE.
Columbus, Qa,, Feb 3d, Iw
SPECIAL NOTICES
HD’QRS ENROLLING OFFICE, j
3d Congressional Di3Trict, >
February 2d, 18G4. )
Notice is hereby given to ail Recruiting
Officers in this District that they are not
allowed to receive any one as a recruit be
tween the ages of 18 and 45 years. Every
man subject to conscription must go to
Camps ot Instruction for assignment by
Maj. Harris.
Any officer violating this order will be
arrested and sent to Macon, Ga.
W. S. WALLACE,
(’apt. and Enrolling Officer.
Feb 3 lot
Enquirer copy.
Lumber.
Proposals for supplying the city with lumber for
the present year ate invited, the same to be delivered
in the city.
The patty to whom the contract may be awarded
will be required to give bond with security (or the
faithful uerfoimance oi the contract.
Bids nu 4 be sent in by Monday. Bth inst., and ad
dressed to M. M Moore, City Clerk.
By oidei or Council.
W H. GItISWO! D,
Chairman Contract Committee.
Feb 4 id
Notice.
HEADQUARTERS POST, »
Columbus. Ga , Jan. V 7, 18U4, J
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 6.
1 All officers or soldiers remaining in Columbu3
over 1* hours will require a pass from these Head
quarters.
11. All persons hi tween tiie ages of 18 mid 45 years
visiting Columbus (Officers of the Navy and Army
stationed at ihi-r Post excepied) will in future be re
quired to procure a pas.? from the Commandant of
the Post. No other document than the pass specified
will be regarded by the officer charged with the exami
nation of passes.
111. Officers and soldiers absent from their com
mands, orcitit.zen-' claiming exemption by virtue of
contracts or otherwise, will save themselves annoy
ance by immediately procuring the required p.ss.
By order of Col. ROBERTSON.
CHAS. WOOD, A. A, G.
jan 29 ts
NOTICE.
QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, >
Columbus, January *7, 18C4. $
On the first of each month, Major J no. _E. ‘Da vis
Pott Quarter master, will make payment to all employ
ees ot\ihis depaitment. Also to owners of slaves
hired, and lor property rented. Parties interested will
piesent their bills to Major Davis monthly.
The employees of the Transportation Department
will be paid by Capt. H. D. Cothran. All purchases
J of supplies and payments therefor wili be made by
myself. F. W. DILLARD,
Major and Quartermaster,
jan Sfllf
Shipping Notice.
MUSCOGEE RAII, t oad, )
. Sij pen in ten dent's Office, S
Columbus, Dec. 22d, ’O3. )
Owing to the want of sufficient transportation for
Government fraght, private f.eight will not be received
at this depot until further notice
W. L. CLARK,
Dec 23 ts Hupt.
Notice
Thu Citizens of Harris County are requested to
meet the first Tuesday fn February (2d inst,) at
Haini'ton fjr the purpose of meeting the Commissary
oi this Department, that we may arrange in reference
to subsistence for the army from your county.
Let evuiy citizens of H riis who feels an interest in
his country be present.
GEO. H. BRYANT,
W. C. JOHNSON,
J M. MOBLEY,
J. M. RAMSEY,
H. \V. PITTS,
jan 22 td A T. BROOKS
Wanted
‘)A ABLE-BODIED negro men for Teamsters on
L\J Government Dra>s.
H. 1). COTHRAN,
javll-tf Capt &A Q. ML_
Medical
K. A. uomw JH.
Ob' JVTG w Ok 1. KMJv'S,
TENDERS his services to tiie citizens of Columbus
in all ihe branches of his profession.
1D“ Sped il attention,as in New Orleans, will be
he voted to Surgery, and to the treatment of the )
ease peculiar to Females.
Patients from a distance requiring Surgical or Msd
ral treatment will be visited and treatment at hone »
dished.
office, No 149, in the Masonic Hall, UP STAIR*'
dec 12 li
aOLUMBtJS
MMSti ESTABMSHMJiT!
* 1 QIE SIIBSCRIBERS having perfecied tbeir ar
-1 rai gemenls, are now prepared to da all kinds of
DVING in
Wool and Colton.
Dye House on sonth-west corner of Bridge and
Oglethorpe streets. Orders ieli at ihe office, of the
Southern Express will meet with pr- nipt a'tention
Parlies from the country can semi any aiticle by Ex
press. Address
' OIGHT & HILL
Nov la 3m.
COLUMBUS GLUE
AND
Pi INTER’S COMPOSITION
MI AHU FACTO KT.
t V E wish to inform our L tends and the public in
If general mat the above business wtll hereafter be
conducted under ihe name and ityl- of
ZORKOWSKY & CO.
Dry Glue always on Hand Orders filled promptly
jan 5 —im
LAW AND COLLLCTKJNT>FFICL.
IVI- X. HUGHES.
Attorney at Law and Notary,
RICHMOND, YA.
Claims ot every description against the Confederate
Btat.es settled with accuracy and d,..patch. Legal
’ usiness will rece.ye prompt attention. itugl2 Iv
Old Iron Wanted.
WE wish to puichasea large quantry of SCRAP
I HON, both cast and wrought, f.i which cash
will be paid. HARRIsoN, BEDELL at CO.
jan 7;f
320 or 640 Acres of Land for Sale.
I offer for sale the tract known s the M“rcer nlace,
about \% miles from station \o 5, ol -.he Mnbi'e
i Guard it. R. It cont ins 3’2u acres, ISJ ot which
is in cultivation, the Uaiaue • t mber »and land There
are cabins f>r ahoui 3;i negroes, gin house, stables,
4 >•., iwo we b ol good water and a' la ge quantity of
light wood convenient to the R. R. The other "half
of the section, all heavily timbered will b * sold if de
sired by the purch s-r. Apply to Gr. emvtod A
Gray, Columbus, Ga., for terms Mr Mercer on the
. place will show it to any one wish ng ns--e n
D. C FREEMAN. Jr.
Hun Copy, jan 12
To Hire.
A HOUSE GIRL Apply to
fob 3 4.- i, mccarty.
Columbus, Georgia, C. &.. Saturday February 6, 1864
EVENING EDITION.
KHiC if. I PTB,
Tht rettption of the wntn oiderni s>y
mrnti, will it our reieivs A*, tho moneyv-ptm
ly to thou tuaseriiert for « leu Hint than a
When tuksiriitrr rurivt the ?«?*r with thi*
formgrajth mtritd, they **Ui under ziond u as m
rorming them theu their lubssTtpHon is about to
taptre, and that the paper anil eertatniy he stop
ped unless they make a -e-mtto.net
Advanced Bates.
In consequence of ihe continued advance in pace
ofthe material and labor consumed In conductin'' our
business, we are compe led to secureourselvesagainst
loss, to again advance our prices, which will be until
fuither notice.;
Daily Paper for three months*B 00
“ one “ 3 00
Weely Paper six “ 509
“ “ three “ 300
Single copies 25 cents
THOS GILBERT & CO ,
THOr*. RAGLAND,
. J. W. WARREN & CO.
January Ist, 1834.
A Voice from Harris County
At a meeting of the citizens of Harris .county
held in Hamilton on the 2d inst., the following
patriotic resolutions wtre passed:
Resolved, by the citizens of Harris county,
That in this crisis of our country’s history, we
will stand by and support the Government in
the prosecution of the war, so unjustly waged
against us.
Resolved, That we will sell all our surplus
supplies to the Government, in preference to any
person, after furnishing the families cf soldiers
the price to be determined at the time of de
livery by arbitrators of the vicinity.
Resolved, That we recommend to all a- rigid
economy in the consumption o‘s all .articles of
food, and untiring energy in the production of
the same.
Resoived, That the army must be supported,
and that we will submit to the privations nec
essary to enable our gallant soldiers to drive
back the invadets of onr soil.
G. 11. BRYAN, .
Chairman.
W. C. Johnston, Sec'y.
Movement on Savannah. — Wo have appar
ently reliable information, says the Macon Tele
graph, that Skidaway Island’lsss been occupied
by the tnemy in force, and the island is white
with their teiUs. If this be so, a movement upon
the city by way of Thunderboit is probably im
pending.
Gen. Brago.—The Eufaula Spirit of the South
of the 2d, says, “Tnis true patriot, tried soldier,
and able commander is now on a visit to his nu-.
rnorous friends and admirers in this city. His
stay Be very short, y n account of the
imperative nature of hispublie duties. Wo trust
he will soon bo assigned a place where bis great
experience, skill and ability will aid our causs ia
the future as much ae they have done in the
past.”
The Fortune es Longstreet’s column,
The Yankees arc marvelling at the success of
Longstreet in East Tennessee, anti are forced to
acknowledge the ability which he has exhibited
in his ir dependent campaign. The bombastic
rhodomontade of the New York Times, which
predicts his utter annihilation, is quite amusing
just at this time, when the forces of Fosrer r out
manoeuvered and threatened with destruction,
are upon the retreat, with Longstreet’s bayonets
accelerating their motions. Says this paper :
«‘The fortune of Longstreet’s column is the great
est pu jflo of the war. It is a perfect mystery
how h*? continues to subsist his/orce; for, rich
though the great Virginia and Tennessee Valley
is, it has already been drained by two mouths
occupancy of Burnside’s army. He is entirely
without base of supplies or lines of communica
tion. To add to the embarrassment of his situa
tiox, Averill has cut off all possibility of his
dr,.wing supplies from Lynchburg or Richmond.
He cannot possibly rejoin the rebel army at Dal
ton, for Grant is in his way j and he has a ma-eh
of (our hundred miles over the horrible rosdsof
the season iDio Virginia. While g ving the column
and its commander credit for every imaginable
energy, pluck and perseverance, it is impossible
to conceive how it can fail to be almost utterly
broken and used up—its transportation destroyed
and its artillery and material abandoned. A
very short pe iod now must decide Longetreet’s
fate. ’
Marrying a Negro in Vicksburg Cite doc
trine of negro equality, so liberally advocated by
the Northern Abolitionists, is bearing its legiti
mate fruits in practice, and the negro worshipper*
have now the grim satisfaction of knowing their
labors.have not been in vain. As an evidence of
this fact, says the Meridian Clarion, we will state
that a white woman imported from Yaokeedom
to educate Sambo was recently united in matrix
mony to a big woolv headed .negro fei;.,w whom
sho had been teaching at one of the negro schools
in Vicksburg. As tho Abolitionists have sown
they shall reap.
wmm •
The Enemy.— lt is believed in official quarters
at Montgomery that the enemy in force, of in
fantry, artillery and cavalry, have crossed the
Tennessee river and are moving southward to th .*
interior of Alabama. We learn that Gen. Rod
dy's command ba* retired slowly before the ad
vance, and is already out of Will's Valley.
Whether this movement has any immediate con
nection with that from Vicksburg and above and
below on the Mississippi rivei, is for our military
authorities to determine. The Yankees are open
ing the campaign quite early, but we suppose
where weather end roads will peimit them to op.
orate offensively, Confederate soldiers can do
likewise in defense.
We are not sorry to see him dividing hisstrength
and moving in detachments. It gives advanta
ges which we trust the skill and enterprise of our
Generals will improve. But the circumstances
ad uonish us to be ready for the impenping con
test, as it appears to be coming sooner than was
expected.—[Mobile Register.
Nellie Bryant, and three other female
Convicts, who escaped from the Penitentia -
ry on the 23d tilt., were captured near Au
gusta on the 25th by an . fficer of the Pen
itentiary who went in pursuit of them. Poor
“N'eilip’! her soldier 9 uniform didn’t save
her. We understand that she made an
attempt to join a company in Augusta, but
before her arrangements were perlected she
i was pounced upon and brought back to ihe
Peniteutiary, and, worse still, she will have
to stay three or four years longer to pay for
her short absence without leave. We ex
pect Cos! Green will be so cruel that he w ill
put her where she can't “dig out'’ again,
[Milledgeviiie Union, i
More es tire Correspomleuk-.e
The Yankee paper, from which ’we copied the
correspondence between General Longstreet and
General Foster, very wisely omitted Geti. Long
s’rcei s rejoinder—which omission we supply:
Htqr’s Depaetment of E. Tennessee, (
January 11,1)864. i
Sir: I have tiie honor to acknowledge the re
ceipt of your letter oi tho 7th of January, with
its inclosures, etc.
The disingenuous manner in which you have
misconstrued my letter ot the 3d nan disappointed
me. The suggestion you claim to have adopted
was in words as follows, viz : ‘T presume, how*-
ever, that the great object and iuterview was to
hastenjhe day of peace. I respectfully suggest
for your consideration the propriety of I commu
nicating any views that your Government may
have on the subject through tne, nther than by
handbills circulated amongst our soldiers.” This
sentence repudiates, in its owu terms, the con
struction you have forced upon it. Let me
remind you, too, that the spirit and ton-i of my
letter were to mtet honorable sentiment^.
The absolnie want of pretext for your con
struction of th*' letter induces me to admonish
you against triti.ng over the cvenis of this great
war.
You cannot pretend to have answered my let
ter in the spirit of frankness due to a soldier.—
And yet it is hard to believe that an otiicer com*
mandmg an army ol veteran soldiers, qn whose
shoulders rest, lu no small part, the destinies of
empires, could so far forget the height of this
great argument a: arms, and so betray the dig
nity of his high s.ation as to iali into a contest of
jests and jibes.
I have read your order announcing the favor
able terms cm which deserters will "be received!
Slep by step you have gooe on in violation of the
rules ot ctviiized warfare. Our farms have been
destroyed, our women and children have been
robbed, and our houses have been pillaged and
burned. You have laid your plans, and worked
diligently to produce wholesale murder by servile
insurrection. And now you propose to degrade
the buaian race by inducing soldiers to dishonor
and foreswear themselves. So.dier3 whb have
met your own on so many honorable fields, who
havo breasted the storm of battle in defence of
their honor, their families', and their homes, for
three long years, have a right, to expect more of
honor, even in their adversaries.
I beg leave to return the copies of the proela*
mati©n and your order.
I have tho honor to renew to you the assuran
ces of great respect.
Your obedient servant,
J. Longstreet,
Litut. General Cotnd’g.
Maj. Gen. J. G. Foster,
Comd’g Dep’t of Ohio
From the Charleston Courier, 3d.
Siege of Cliaxleatoo.
TWO HUNDRED AND NINTH DAY
WRECK OF THE STEAMER. PRESTO.
The enemy, with tho exception of aneccasion
. al shot, has discontinued fifing upon Fort Sum*
ter. l our thirty pounder Parrott shots only were
fired at the fort during Monday, and two more
shots Monday night, since wbiuu the firing on the
fort ceased.
The number cf shells fired at Ihe city from
half past five Monday afternoon to half past five
Tuosdav evening was 136. No casualties were
reported.
Bo<ween eleven and twelve o’clock, Monday
night, the steamer Presto, Captain Horsey, from
Nassau, in auempdag to run tho blockade into
this port, struck the wreck of the steamer Minho,
and unfortunately got ashore eff Sullivan’s Island
nearly opposite ihe Beauregard battery. Every
effort was made by the captain and crew to get
her afioa ! , by throwing over tho cargo And oth
erwise lightering her. It was iouq-I thr.r ;he ves
sel had goo into a kind of ja: where n was im
possible to move her.
About davlght she discovered by tho on
etny, who at once opened fire upon her from two
thirty pounders at Greeg. The creW having
thrown over a greater part ofthe cargo -and so
curing their po- sonal effects, übadone l thio steam
er ami lauded on Su’livan’s Island, front whence
they came to thoc;ty. The enemy shortly after
wards opened with a two hundred pounder Par
rott at Wagner and n three hundred pounder at
Gregg upon the grounded steamer. The four
monitors also moved up and joined in the firing
upon the steamer. A vary heavy fire was kept
up on her by the enemy alt Nicy.
A number of shells hid burst in and over the
steamer, and it was expeeled that she would be
a total logs. Most of the cargo has been saved
in good condition.
The Presto was a very fine ntw steamer and
brought a valuable assorted wgo of shoes, blan
kets, bacon, hams, Ac., tor the. Government Only
a soiaf portion oi the cargo belonged to private
individuals.
There was no change of importancp in ihe
fleet.
*a*ae®S>EO*.
Another Serious .ccident Explosion
of a iwo Hundred Pounder Parrott.—
About hail-past one o’clock Tuesday afteri-'
noon, another dreadful oXptosion ot an eight,
inch ur "two hundred pounder J'arrbit shell
It'ok place in the blacksmith sho/) of Mr
Wui S Henerey’s foundry, oh Meeting
street, near Line street, wounding six ot the
boys connected with the blacksniitij shop—
one mortally, one seriously and four [slightly'.
The boys, it appeals, had taken one of
the loaded shells from a pile (hat had been
picked up in the city, and sold at tjie foun
dry, and roiieu it nsio ih-* shop,
with the intention oi dr., wing tin*, charge.
1 hey filled the chamber with water, and
supposed that the powder had become thor
oughly absorbed with it. One of (them, to
test if, r.ui a red h“t wire into the charge,
when the shell exploded with terrible effect.
The following boys were wounded ; Ben,
a free negro, wounded in both legs mortal*
ly ; William, belonging to Mr Tlf O’Neal,
wounded in the leg seriously ; Jackson, be
longing to S E Seaman, & lightly j Anthony,
belonging io Mr W »V Rhey, slightly ; Wil
son and Wheeier, two tree itegroesL slightly.
This is another warning to use the ut
most caution in handling these Bhebs. We
learn that the powder in these shells is
packed very lightly and afier remaining
exposed to ihe rain and weather tor weeks
they have been opened and the powder at
the bottom found dry and easily ignited.
[Charleston Cornier, 3d,
“Tile ll—lt. Frkfzes Over.’—Tie Texas
Telegraph offer- to receive contribntiops in ac
cordance with ihe following request:
Fort Point, Nov. 27, 1563.
Editor Tki.yoraph: Can’t some of our good
friends send u- some tobacco ? Oar money has
bean out for a long Lunej we don't draw aDy
these times. A few twistj of homc-ipm* would be
a Christmas present that would rinse the sun#
shine in our faces. We inlet:-! to “iis.tig up our
stockiDgs.’' If the / can't send tobacco, pLease
send us the seed, nd wo wi:l commence preparing
the ground ; for we moan to de'end this - place
till h— li freezes over, and then Sgh'f thbYankees
on tht > Te. “ Private,
Cos. A, Cook’s Reg!,, Halves oiji Island.
The Duke of Wellington said thajl, if ho kn«w
anything, it was h-w to feed an aifciy. The
Genera who possesses tin? knowledge, and ex
ercises <f. pre-erves thereby tho health of his
troops. Every General, then, should be a sani
tarian. It is not the enemy, we arf fold, how
ever numerous cr skiillui. who tff •-ta the de\
siraction ot unities. It is fatigue, ex. ojure, want
of food, (and, more particularly, pr jer food,)
wan" ot gf.eiter want f elo'hing, wanjtof sani
•ary prevention. Let us ‘Reel ourre.-f.-4 -ibilmea
towards Ibe is to whom we entrust the violence us
our soil and our honor, ” i
Violations ofthe Constitution by Lin*
coin.
We have nowhere seen a more succinct
ami concise statement of the violations of
the Constitution by the Lincoln Adminis
tration, than is contained in the following,
from the Camden (New Jersey) Democrat
ic Association. They thus speak ol the
tyrannical acts of the leaders of the Black
Republican partv;
I. The freedom of speech has been vio
lated by the arrest and imprisonment of a
number ot persons charged with no crime,
and whose only offense was the utterance
oi sentiments distasteful to the iren in
power.
11. The freedom of ihe press has been
subverted by the suppression of a number
of newspapers.
111. The right to security from arrest
when crime is charged has been disregar
ded in the arrest and incarceration of a
large number of persons, denounced by the
parasites ofthe Administration as “svm«
pathizers wilh the rebellion.”
Uv • The right lo security from unlawful
searches and seizures, has been violated
in numerous instances, in which domiciles
Im ve been visited, and papers, etc , seized
without legal authority. *
\ . Ihe right of trial by jury has been re
fused in the cases ol citizens arrested and
imprisoned or banished by military orders
or court martial.
VII. Tin* freedom of every citizen has
been taken from him by the illegal and un
necessary suspension of the right to de
mand the writ ot habeas corpus.
VIII. The right of property has been ab
rogated by the emancipation proclamation
and the confiscation act.
IX The inviolability of contracts has
been destroyed by the act which makes
depreciated treasury notes a legal tender
lor ail debts.
X. The freedom of religious worship has
been violated on repeated occasions by the
interference of military officers.
XL The right of States to the manage
ment of their militia has been taken from
them by the conscription act, which places
the whole military power of the country at
the disposal of the President.
XII. The formation of the State of “West
Virginia” was a violation of the 3d section
of the 4th article of the Constitution.
XIII. The heretofore undisputed right
of the people to elect their legislatures and
rulers has been taken from them, and the
will of majorities disregarded, as is abun
dantly manifested in the manner in which
elections have recently been carried by the
grossest corruption in Northern States, and
military orders in the border States of the
South,
Newspaper Borrowers
Someone, whose name does not appear,
pitches into newspaper borrowers, with a
vigor which is no less just than refreshing.
Hear him:
A ’’borrower” is an unfinished being.—
lie is incomplete. T.iere is a screw loose
in his organization. He never conies to
anything good, and is always poor. It is
an old Scandinavian proverb thti when
Satan wishes to angle with and finally catch
a man, he first eels him to borrowing; and
it is a good old Saxon proverb that “he
that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing.”
The whole tribe of borrowers are utterly
mean, and the newspaper borrowers are the
meanest of the tribe. In this country,
newspapers are so cheap that every man
can—and every decent man does—buy his
own. It dirties and rumples a paper to
handle it, aDd no man likes to have his fa
vorite larnily journal soiled by borrowers 5
hands. .Subscribers to good papers like
to preserve them in good condition; and in
order to do this the papers must be kept
smooth, clean and whole. No one likes to
preserve a dirty, torn or rumpled paper, and
one such unsightly number spoils a whole
—one number of a paper lost, breaks the
continuity of a—volume. There is a de
gree of sentiment, too, about a favorite fam
ily newspaper. A man acquires an
affection for it, and in case of his wife and
baby don’t want anything else to fmeddle
with it. Therefore, the newspaper borrow*
er is a disturber ol ihe peace and happiness
of families; he is a pest, a nuisance and
should he permanently disposed of in a
suitable manner.
The Mississippi Soldieto.— Gen. Lie, in
transmitting resolutions ot thanks, passed by
their Legislature, to the soldiers of his army
fiom Mississippi issued the following speoial
order :
llrad’qrs Armtof Northern Va., 1
January, 2(kb, 1864. J
Special Orders No. 18 :
L Soldiersof Mississippi! It is with great
gratification that the Commanding General an
nounces to you the joint resolutions of thanks
passed by the Legislature of your Slate. Ii is a
just tribu;e to that conduct which in every cam.
paign and on every battle field of the army of
Northern Virginia, has won for you his highest
admiration. lie mourns with pou, your gallant
leaders and brave comrades who’have (alien.
May you cherish their memories and emulate
their deeds. From her wasted fields and deser
ted homes, Mississippi calls upon you to vind>
cate her honor and achieve her independence.
(Signed) R, E. Lee, Gen’l.
Destruction of River Steamers Du
ring the War.—A correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial has taken the trou
ble to collect interesting statistics in regard
to the destruction of steamboats on the
Mississippi, and its tributaries, since the
oeginning of the war. H<? gives a list of
one hundred and H-venty by name that
have been either burned, sunk or otherwise
destroyed by the war.
Cott.ou Cards,
We understand that the increased number of
machine constructed in the Penitentiary, for
the manufacture of cotton cards, will do much
towards supplying a great public need, and that
cards may now be had at the sale room at the
old price of six dollars a pair, half in skins and
the other halt in money. This is a change of
the former rule, which required the whole price
to be paid in skies. For the benefit of thoee
desiring cards on these terms, and in no
other way cm they be obtaiaed at the Peniten
tiary, we again state the quantity of skins, and
the price, to buy a pair of cards :
For sheep, goat, dog or deer skin 9, raw, the
price allowed is twenty-fire cents for 22 inches
in length and five inches in width; and for
tanned s-kins of the same description, the sum is
fifty oents. The skins u ust he sound, and with*>
out holes. It will take from two to three skins,
according to size, to bring three dollars in ex~
change; the o'her three dollars will be received
in money for a pair of oard#, under the present
regulation—[MibedgeviUe Recorder.
For Three Months, $8
TELEGRAPHIC,
REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the tear 1863 6*
J. S. ttrasker, in the Clerk’s office of' the District
Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District
of Georgia.
Congressional.
Richmond, Feb. 3d.—lt seems to be gcner*
ally understood that the Finance measure, or
Tax bill, as reported by tho House, contempla
ted a tax on Confederate notes so heavy as to
absorb the bulk of the currency with a view to
increasing our currency value of notos, left the
matter to Special Committee, who have it now
under consideration.
Richmond, Feb. 3.
This morning, in the House, Mr. Curry, of
Alabama, submitted an important joint resolu*
tion iD relation to tbe exchange of prisoners of
war, especially negroes, endorses tho resolutions
of Congress of Ist May last, and Prcsideut
Davis’ proclamation in reference to Lincoln’s
emancipa'ioo proclamation, and policy, recog
nise that the North in claiming the exchange
of colored troops and their officers, intend this
claim to apply to slaves, the property of our
people, whom they have seized, abducted aud
impressed into their military service, and armed
against their lawful masters, declare the eman
cipation of slaves by tho enemy within the Con
federate States, as not among tho acts of legiti
mate warfare, but classed by writers of public
law wrong, and most commentaries and publicists
class such acts as putting prisouors to death, as
cold blooded, aud using poisoned weapons, as
assassination.
That the claim of tho North, that when we
recapture our own slaves, whom they have ab
ducted and armed, we shall doliver them baok
in exchange as prisoners of war, is in effect recog
nizing the right of the United States to legis*
late within our own limits, and aiding them in
giving effect to such legislation was too mont
strous and revolting to be yielded for a mo«
ment, and the pretext for violating the solemn
obligations that the Government release all
prisoners of war on parole. But neither these
resolutions nor those of the first of May last to
be construed so as to exclude from treatment as
prisoners of war free negroes, not residents of
the Confederate States at the commencement of
the war.
The House adopted a resolution of thanks to
Gen. Longstreetand men. Also a number of
resolutions of thanks io soldiers of various States
who are re-enlisting for the war. Re-enlisimenta
arejhe order of the day in our army, and is
going on everywhere, with an enthusiasm ie
sembling the volunteering at the commencement
of the war.
The Senate passed a bili to create the office
cf ensign in the army, and a bill to provide for
the organization of Generals staffs tor tho arua o,
and went into secret session on a bill to regu
late Foreign Commerce.
The House has been in socret session on the
army bill Inost of the day.
A Fortune,
Having made it mv study recently, I am t»r pared
to give receipts for matting goad and oura-le
Black Writing Ink..
None of the dye that is being made ia some por
tions of the country Ii *aiisfactioir is not given the
money shall be refunded. Price $ 5.
Address T A. PHILLIPS,
feb 5 3.* Cotton Vaiiey, Ala -
TEMPERANCE HALJL,.
TAYLOR~& CO.’S
PARLOR ENTERTAINMENTS
WILL OPEN
Monday Evening, February 8,
MRS. NELLIE TAYLOR,
MR. J. J. WALLACE,
MRS. BELLA WALLACE,
MR. J. R TAYLOR,
WILL APPEAR.
The Entertainments will e>ch evening embrace
Tradegy! _
Comedy ! !
Farce!! !
Music, Singing and Dancing !
CET* Tickets 82, lo be had at the Hotels, Book Stores
and at the Hall.
Doors open at 7, curtains tise at 8 precisely.
tar No money taken at the door.
J. T. BE'rtIELL,
4 Agent.
Steam Engine for Sale.
1 OFFER for sale a No. I Steam Engine and Boiler*.
tut little used—fixtures c inp et ;, and all in good
order-of.-ixiy horse power Also, two wagons and
harness, one cart, two Fairbanks Patent Scales on
wliee's, two sets of Hiackx-itiTs tools, a iarg • lot of
cast,iron, 100 pounds hett >teel, copper arid brass wire
sievs, felting, roping (some very age), one nm s ire.
and many . ther aiticit sos value and much wanted
these times.
The a >ove property can be Feen at. Canton, Caero
kee county, Ga. If it is not treated for at private sale,
will be sold at public outcry in Atlnriia, Oa , on the
18th cf February next For far her information app y
to the undersigned in East Macon Ga.
. feb 3 I fit V. WOOLL EV.
J¥otlce from flie Commandant
or Consjcriptn.
For the information of the p iblic, v is publi bed
that the Enrolling Department of Ge .rgi . is divided
into ten (10) Corgressional District, eac t of which ia
under charge of a District Enro.ling Officer.
The Ist, 2d,3d, 4th and 7th Di3tr.cts are under the
immediate supervision of Maj a. M. Riwland, Ma
con, Ga., and the sth, 6th, Bth, Oih and 10*h, ’udder
that ol Maj. John F. Andrews, Deca ur, Ga. All
special applications for exemptions or detail, and
communications regarding the Enrol iog a. rvice. wilj
be so warded through he county Enrolling Officers
totbeChiet ofD'stricts.
The Enrolling Headquarters of iha several Dis
tricts are loca ed at the fol.owing places, viz ■
Ist Congressional District, at Savannah, Ga.
®d do do do Albany, do '
do do do Columbus, do
do do do Macon, do
slh do do do Augusta, do
6,il do do do Athens, do
7th do do do Griffin, do
do do do Atlinti, do
9lh do do do Alpharetta, do
10th do do do Caiter.vii e, ilo
CHARLES J. HARRIS,
Maj «r and Commandant Conscripts,
_feb 3 IQt ____ State of Georgia.
Wanted.
10 BUSHELS RED PEPPER,
H D. COTHRAN,
feb 3 2w Capt. and A. U. 6|.
& co.,
MOVED TO MASONIC HALL,
Third Door to the right, on Secoud Flour
feb 3 u *'