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Volume XL DUAUfiE OF S^HEBIILE. MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, i Siipofinieitdeni’s Office, > Columbus, Dec. 3d, 1803.) , vjy aM< j b (t« r Dec till) the Mail Train on this Road vJ will run a* follows : l#*ve Coinaibus • • »*,••••••«» « ,n. t *45, P• Id. Leave Macon .............<1:30, P. M. Arrive at Macon 4:lti, A. M. Arrive at Columbus . % a. M. Passengers can now go through to Charleston, via iSttvaunah, without delay.as ihe Mail Train on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad makes close con ueutun with the Central Railroad at rtavahnah W, L CLARK, Bupt. Muscogee R. R. Dec 4 if Change of Sohednle. ON AND AFTER December 6th, ihe Passenger train on the Montgomery 4- West Point Railroad I .cave Montgomery at 10.80 A M “ West Point, ‘^i 3o P- M. Arrive at Columbus ♦ J.J® \ “ Leave Columbus ~ »30 A M Antve at Montgomery 11,37 A M « “ West Point -—-—7,50 A M Makingthrough connections to and from Atlanta. Freight leaves Columbus,... .....8,40 A, M. *• Arrives at Columbus,.... .8,00 P. M, |D. U. CRAM, Dec 4 ts aupi. St Bngr._ Administrator’s Sale. 1> V virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary ol J|> Taylor Couuty, will be sold before ihe Court Douse dour of saiu county, on Hie fir.-t Tuesday in March next, within t,.e leg.l hours of sale, a valuable negio BOV by the name of Jacob, sixteen years old, mo nioueiiy of the esute ol James Montgomery, dec’d 1 uoltGfc* D. Davis, fcb.3 40d Adm*r. Estray Notice. fvICKENB .McCOY, ol ihe 771.1 District G. M. | J transiui sTo me the following certbicate ol ami Asiray Yoke 01 oxen; one a reu and wiiite color, and the other a white andbrindle color; muikcd with u sinooru crop and underbit iu both yeais. About lour year. old. Appraoed by A. ». ltovdinandJo .cph l awsou Riggers, freeholders ot sutd county an* disuict 10 be wouh four hundred dolllais, a uue extract iroin the estray book, this the 2“lh ol December, 1803. A. P JUNES, Jau4 —wtHld Clerk. I. C. Kstrav .Notice. JONATHAN ENGLISH, of .he 77 2d District G. M., iraiisimis to me ihe following certilicate ot an cMray steer: A deep red color, supposed to he 3or 4 years old, inaiked wnh a crop ana underbit iu the ngutear, and underuit and split iu the left. Appraised ny James Coopei ami Jeremiah Cat tieuge.tiee.,outers, 10 ue worth one hundred dollars. A true extract irom the Estiay Book this 30th Jan*, uary, ,864, A.P. JONES, Ci’ki.C. tebl-tl administrator s sale. AGREEABLY iu an order of the Corn l ol Ordinary ol Srew ail County, will he sold within ihe legal hours of .ale before the Court House door in ihe town of Lumpkin, on the first Tuesday 111 Mar-ii next. ••Sophie” a negro woman 2a years old auu her cni.d .4 years of age, beloi gmg 10 lie, catUie ot Susan kur brougli, deceased „ Terms cash, BAitAl! DENNARD, I juu 23 id Adni’x. liKOßUiA—Marion touniy: |j Ui.L NISI. Wheieus Carrie James, Adm’rx on lV tue estate of Daniel james, Jr., having peliuone-i tm. Couil lor letters ol ilism.Shion horn said Adiuiu isiration. These are therefore to cite aud admonish all an singular me kindred and cieditors ol .uid deceased to ne and appear at my oIU 3 within ihe tone prescribed by law, and show cause . any they liuVe, why said Adininisuatrix should uoi be dismissed !toiu said Admidisiraiioii ou the first Aloiiday m July foo4. Given under my hand and official Uiis December tne 7th, *bo3. MALcom llAlft, Dec 14 inbm ordinary* UFOiUilA—Uitnon county .j bili Nlai. — ,*nereas,M- Butt and VViUiain M XL Bui Admiiustraioi s upon tile estate ol Eidridge c. Bull, uec’d, having applied lor letters ot Dtsiuis tlou Iroin said Administration. — I'Uese are there tore to cite and admoiii.il au and singular the kindred and creditors ot said deceased iohli<jW cause, it uuy they have, wily said applicant should nut ue disimsseu trout said Administration. Uiven under mj hand and official siguaiure, Sep lumber 2d, t&nJ, AIALCUa* ilAltt, sept 7, u.imi. _ Ordinary ÜBORRU»Bartnn Couuty « EUle MHl.—Wueieas, .Ainautla L. Cattle, Ad. iiiinibtiainx upou the Estate ot David L, Alu.ry, ue.edßija, navmg app Ed tor letters ol dismission iroin said Administration . Tuese aie tliorelore locie and admonish ad and aingulai, die aiinlied 011- uodiiois ul sunt deceased to snow ouuse.d any they have way said Auimins iratnx aimu.d not.be dmu.Uuea Iroin sam admiuistia- U °Given uifoei my nand and official bignaiUie, Oc tobtr bill) 1 fid AIALCuM iiAia, .dec 1* menu Oruinaiy. ÜBORGIA-lhari**" County. WUEtiEAs B. A. ssiary, Aumiinst au.r upen the estate oI Joß.p N Bury, late ot said county, deceased,. hav.ng applied for leiiers.oi-DiMuißaK.il trbm said aumnnstration. There are vuere.oie 10 cite and admonish all and singular lire kindred and latdnors ol =«ad deceased, 10 re and appear at dry ullice wnhiu me time pre bcrtut.d by .aw, 10 show tau»e, it airy me, have, why said tciieis ol inarm sion sli..ulu noi be Jgra.iied to said uppneant on me hrot Monday n Ocionui next Given under my hand and othciai bigua.u e, Jan. SSd, 1804. AIALOmj* 11 Al It, Jan. .5 infilu oidiuary^_ PLANTATION IRON WILL be exchanged tor Corn, Wheal, Bacon or Lard, at PLANTttt'B \\ AItEitODSE. Columbus, fi>., Feb. 3d, lw — & MOVED TO MASONIC HALL , Third Door to the right, on .Second Floor. fob 3 . Notice. THE notes and accounts ot J. tl. Daniel &i Cos., have been p aied in oui hands tm collect ion Persons lndebud to them and satotf to pay, wifi please coiue lotwaid si ont e ami do so. Those who da not wish 10 pay we wifi endeavor to make 1 hem We are also atnhnii/.cd to trantact any business lor said hr,", ot .or J.li & BRaNNON . teb 6 dim Aliys at Law LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. Tvl. T- KXJCililiJa. Attorney at Law and Notary, RICHMOND, VA. Claims ot every description against the Contederate States settled with accuracy and dispa u h Legal business will receive prompt attention. ty Old Iron Wanted. WE wish to puicliasea large quanti y of BCBAP IRON, both cast and wrought, f;i which cash will be paid. HARKIBON, BEOELL A LO. jan x 7 if 320 or 640 Acres of Land for Sale ■ oiler for sale the tract known the M“rc«i place, 1 about lVa unle» from station No. 5, ot ihe Mobile & Guard U R. It cuntains 320 acres, 16J ot which is in cultivation, the balance tiinbei id land. There ate cabins for about 30 negroes, gin house, stables, ic. two wells of good water amt a large quiutity of light wood convenient to the R. R. The other hall of ihe section. alLheavily timbered will b.; sold if de sired by the purih s«r. Apply to Greenwi od & Gray, Columbus, Ga., for terniu. Mr Mercer on the place will show it to any one wishing to see it D. C. FREEMAN. Jr. Bun Copy, jan >2 COLUMBUS dyeing Establishment t i rai gements, are now prepared to do ail kinds of DYING in Silk, Wool anil Colton* Dye House on sonth-wesi corner ol Bridge aud Oglethorpe streets. »»rdns leii at ihe office oi the Souihe.n Espress will meet with prompt attention Parties ir.nn the country can send any article by Ex press. Address ' OIGHT St HILL Nov 19 3ro. Knitting Needles. LJOLI) at manufacture Vs prfocs, at wbo’esate and kVr taii. U. hEITri. feb6 lw Agent. (fnttimlms liaitn Cinu\*>. SPECIAL NOTICES HD’QRS ENROLLING OFFICE, 1 3d Corgrkmiional District, > February 2d, 1864. ) Notice ia hereby given to all 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, 6a. W. 8. WALLACE, Capt. and Enrolling Officer. Feb 3 lot Enquirer copy. Notice- HEIDHUARTBRB POST, > Columbus, Qa„ Feb. 18tb, 1864. ( GENERAL OREEBB, No. 7. The attention of all pastes concerned ia called to the following paragraph of General Orders, No. 16, from Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office at Rich mond, and officers at this Post will be herd accounta* hie for recruiting in violation of that order.| “I. The Beaureau ol Conscription affords adequate means for bringing ioto service persons liable to military duty ; and all authorities given prior,to De cember Ist, 1663, to raise troops from men not within the lines of the enemy to recruit for any paiticular command ia the fHd are hereby revoked." By order of CUL ROBERTSON. Chas, Wood, A. A. G. feb I y lw Notice. HEADQUARTERS POST, > Columbus, Ga., Jan. 37, 1864. j GENERAL ORDERS. No. 6 I. All officers or soldiers remaining in Cotumbiiß over IS hours will require a pass from thesa Head* quarters. 11, AU persons between the age3 of 18 and 45 years visiting Columbus (Officers of the Navy und Army statloned’at tbit Post excepted) wiil in futuie 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 charged with.the exami nation of passes. 111. Officers and soldiers absent from their com mands, or citiLzens claiming exemption by virtue of contracts or otherwise, will save themselves annoy ar.ee by immediately procuring the required pass. By order of Col. ROBERTBON. CHAS, WOOD, A. A. G. lan 89 ts NOTICE. QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, > Columbus, January.*7, 1864. ) On the first of each month, Major Jno. .E. *Davis Port Quartet master, will make payment to alleuiploy ees of'this department. Also to owners of slaves hired, and tor property rented. Parties iuteiested will present their bills to Major Davis monthly. The emplo eea of the Transportation Department will be paid by Capt. H. I>. Cothran. Ali purchases of supplies and payments therefor will be made by myself. F. W. IULLaKD. Major and Quartermaster. jan 29 ts Shipping Notice. MUSCOGEE RAIL Hoad, ) Bit FEU INTEM DENT’S OFFICE, > Columbus, Dec. 22d, ’63. ) Owing to the want of sufficient transportation for Qoverwnmt freight, private freight will not be received at this depot until further notice. W. Ij. CLARK, Dec 53 ts Supt. cut 1)0 SiLB. BY JAMES H. tAYLPB. OIV WEDNESDAY, 2D MARCH, V Mi ILL b - sold in my store, corner of Broad and * * Campbell atieets, Angus.a, Qa.— A SPLENDID; ASSORTMENT OF SEASONABLE GOODS, RECEIVED PER STEAMER —, FROM NAS* SAU, AND LARGE CONSIGNMENTS DIRECT, PAR riCULARS OF WHICH WILL APPEAR IN A FUTURE AD VERTISEMENT. JAMES H. TAYLOR, feb 18 ts Augusta, Ga. C«OOfi>KI4 H A CO„ (FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS ) 74: Broad Street, COLUMBUS GEORG IA. Wholesale and Retail. STAPLE & FANCY DRY WOODS. ARE constantly receiving fresh importations, direct from Europe, ot staple and fancy DRY GOODS, which they offer cheap for cash, teb 53m SSOO Reward. I WILL pay the above reward for the arrest of the person or persons who broke into iny smokehouse on Thursday nii lit last and took therefrom about A THOUBAND POUNDS of bacon. The rewaid will be paid for the recovery of the meat and proof to convict the parties who took it, or a proportionate repaid wi 1 be paid forthe reeovery of a part of the meat .W. U. WEBB, feb 16 fit Notice from tlie Commandant of Conscripts. For the information ot the public, it is puili-hed that the Enrolling Department of Georgii is divided into ten (10) Congressional Districts, each of which is undr, charge <fa District Enrolling Officer. The Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th and 7th Districts are under the immediate supervision ofMaj. A. M. Rowlapd, Ma con, Ga., and the ah, 6ilt, Bth, 9th and 10th, under that ot Maj. Jot n F. Andrews, Deca ur, Ga. All special applications lor exemptions or detail, and communications regarding tli.t Enrolling service, wil be so warded through he county Enrolling Officers to the Chiei of D stride. The Enrolling Headquarters ot the several Dis tricts aie lurved at the following places, viz : Ist Congressional district, at Bavannah, Ga. 2d do do do Albany, do 3d do do do Columbus, do 4ih do do do Macon, do sth do do do Augusta, do 6ih do do do Athens, do 7th do do do Gridin, do gib do do do Atlinta, do gib do do do Alpharetta, do IQlti do do do Caitersvil.e, do CHARLES J. HARRIS, M'ajcr aud Commandant Conscripts, fob 3 lot State of Geoigta, fob 3 lot Columbus, Georgia, C. S„ Tuesday February 23, 1864 HEADQ’RS 24TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT, i Columbus, Ga., Feb 11, 1864. } SPECIAL ORDER, No. I, There wiU be elections held on the Sd of March hext, for a Captain and four Lieutenants, for each of the present MiUtia Districts of Marion county, viz: a 1 the School House near Judge McCalls’ for the 710 and 948th, consolidated Districts ; at Buena Vista toil the 808th St 1034thconsolidated Districts; atTazewel forthe 807th Sc 955ih consolidated Districts and on the 12th of the same month at the Court House and va rious piecints in said county, for a Major ol said Bat talion, said elections to be conducted by a Justice of the Peace and a freeholder or by two freeholders or two military officers. The taliey sheets and returns will be properly executed and forwarded through these headquaite s By order of the Commandei-fn-Chief. P. J. PHILIPS, feb 15 lw A. D. C, Express Notice. All freight ior shipment by the Southern Expres must be pre paid from this date, wuept for the Govern mtnt. B. H HILL, Feb 15 1m Agent. Lost ON Saturday aflerno in, a GOLD WATCH KEY, the plate in the form ufa hey none, and contains on one side the symbol of a Royal Arch Maion The centre of the symbol baa an inscription in Hebrew cbaiai ters. The tinder wifi be suitably rewarded by leaving it at the TIMES OFFICE, feb 15 4t* OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, ) Columbus, Ga , Feb. 13th, 1864, $ Much complaint being made of tlia delays of this Company in for warding merchandise,! am instructed to advertise that the rules of the Company require that Government paekaffes thall have precedence over all orliers,] and next in order packages forwarded by friends to officers and soldiers in the field.or hospitals. The observation of this rule to gether with limited facilities for transpoitation, nec essarily cause delay in the (forwarding ol packages for merchants and others. S. 11. HILL, feb 13 lm Agent. CFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRBSS COMPANY, > Augusta, Ga„ Feb. 10th, 1864. J Legal notice ia htreby given to all concerned, that per sons who ship packages containing spirits, wines and cordials, without informing our Agents of Hit,fact wil not be entitled to, nor wifi they receive, the benefit of valuation. Spirits, wines or cordials, will not be for warded by this Company [except under tpecia. con tract. JAMES SHORTER, Supt. fab 13 lm Acting President. SEQUESTRATION Xj-A-KTID SALE. WILL be sold, by order of the Hon. Edward J. Harden, District Judge, in front of the Custom House in the city of Savannah, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, on TUESDAY, the lath day of Match next, in the usual hours of sale, the following lots of land, namely: Lots number (;7) twenty seven, (47) forty seven, (62) sixty two, (155) one hundred aiul fifty five, (167) one hundred and sixty seven, (201) two hundred and one, (224) two hundred and twenty four, (254; two hundred and fifty ,lour, (255) two hundie 1 and fifty five, (256) two hundred and fifty six, (257) two hundred and fifty seven, (259) two hundred and fifty nine, (264) two hundred and sixty four, (277) two hundred and seveniy seven. (301) three hundred and one, (303) three hundred and three, (330) thiee hun dred and thirty, (339) three hundred and thirty nine, (371) three hundred aild Seventy One, (ill) four hun dred and eleven, (157) one hundred and filly seven, alt riliiated in the first district ofoiiginally Appling, now Cotlee county, Georgia; Lois number (441) four hun dredand finty one, (410) four hundred and ten, (343) three hundred and forty three (530) five hundred and thirty,(72) seventy two, (.80) two bundled and eighty, (305) three hundred and five, (373) three hundred and seventy three, (519) five hundred and nineteen, (64) sixty lonr- [43] lorty three, [ssl] five handled and fifty one, [3lo] tinee hundred and forty, [364] three hun dred and sixty four, [399] three hundred and ninety nine, [l3l] one hundred and thirty one, [27l] two huu dred and seventy one, [49] forty nine, [43t>l four hun. dred and tb>ny six, ali m ihe second District of origi nllly-Appling c •„ Ga. Lois number [M2] onehundied and twenty two, [22]twenty two, [sl] fifty one, [22o] two hundred ahd twenty, [4B!] four hundred aim eighty one, [l7B] one hundred and seventy eight, [2o2] two hundred and two, [s2] fifty two, [B3] eighty three, [»is] sixty five, ,[29] twenty nine, [Ullone hundred aue eleven. [6lj sixty two, [ss] fluy five, [2l4] two hundred and fouiteen, [9?] .ninety three, [235] two hundred and thirty five, [3rj thirty two, [432] lour hundred two, [39l] ihree hundred and nine ty four,[29fjTv^hundred and ninety seven, situate in the thud Appling county, Georgia; Lots number [B<] eighty two, [3l7] three hundred and seventeen, [i64] one hundred and sixty four, 27 twenty seven, 102, one hundred and two, 208, two hundred and eight, 33h, three hundred and thirty. 337, three hundred aud thirty seven, 2UB, two hundred and sixty eight, 299, two hundred and ninety nine, 265, two hunored and sixty five, 367, three hundred and sixty seyen, 307, three hundted and seven, 312, thiee hundred and forty two, *44, two hundred and foity tour, situated iu the fourth District of Appling county Geoigia; Lots number 426, four hundred and twenty six, 245, two hundred and loity five. 320, three hun dred and twenty. 344, three hundred and torty four, 4a2, four hundred and eighty two. 296, two hundred and ninety six, 132, one hundred and thiriy two, 247, two hundred and forty seven, 335, three hundred and thirty five, 240. two hundred and forty,2ls, two hun dred and fifteen, 353, thr ; e hundred and fifty litres, 259, two liundied and fifty eight, 272, two hundred and seveniy two, 349, three hundred and forty nine, 169, one hundred and >ixty nine, *O6, five hundred and six, 268 two hundred and sixty eight, 90, ninety, s.tuatein the sis-h District of Appling county, Geor gia ; Lots number 485, four hundred and eighty five, 220, two hundred and twenty, 165, one hundred and eighty five, 386, three hundred and eiglny six, 2fZ., two hundred and sixty seven, 502, five hundred and two, 497, tour hundred and ninety seven, 481, four hundred and eighty one, 51)5, five hundred and five. 514 five hundred and so rteen, 207, two hundred and seven, 1, one, 93 ninety three, 301, thre*. hundred and one, 435, four thirty five, 149, one hundred and forty eight, 243, two hundred and torty three, rs,fif teen, 503, five hundred and three, 407, four hand and seven, 410, four hundred and ten, 363, three hundred aqd sixty three, 3n7, three hundred and sixty seven, situate in the sixth district of originally Appling now Cottee county, Georgia; Lots number 386, three hun dred and eighty six, i53, three tiunured and fifty three, 443, lour huu .red and tweuty-three, 148 f one hundred .and forty eight, 284, two hundred and eighty lour, 308", three hundred and eight, 241, two hundred and forty one, 415, four hundred and fiftten, 145, one hundred and forty five, situate in tite seventh district of originally Appling now Clinch county, Geoigia; Lots numbtr 148. one hundred and lorty eight, 8, eight 139, one hundred and thirtv nine, 3, ihree, 243, two hundred and forty ihree, ’OS, one hundred and five, 80, eighty, 87, eighty-seven, 555, two hundred and fitly live, 306, three hundred and six . 469, four hundred anil sixty nine, situate in the eighth district ot orig inally Appling, now Ware county, Georgia ; Lots number 379, three hundred and eventy nine, 170, one hundred and seventy, )01, one hundred and one, 190, one hundred and ninety, 158, one hundred and fifty eight, situate in the ninth District of origma ly Ap pling, now Pierce county, Georgt t; Lois number 333, three hundred and thirty three, 3.4, three hundred and thirty four, situate in the twelfth disirict of originally App.ing, now Clinch county. Georgia, the property of Abraham Colley, Charier W. • utter and Leioy O. Deli, alien enemies; and I. its number 49, forty nine, 207, two hundred and seven, 265, two hundred and sixty five, 198, one hundred and ninety eight, 397,three hundred and niueiy seven, 93, ninety iDree, 219, two hundred and nineteen, situate in ihe fifth district of Appling county, Georg a; Lois number 481, four hundred and eighty one, i76, one hundred and»eyen ty six. 3-3, three hundred and thirty three. 305, three, hundred and sixty five, si uat in tne s- cond district of Appling county, Georgia ; L'*t ? umber 224, two hun dred and twenty four, situate in the fourth district of Appling eounty, Georgia; Lol number 384, three hundred and ninety four, simate in the sixth district of Coffee County, Ga ; Lots number 447, four hundred and forty seven, 170, one huudied and seventy, 294. two bundled and ninety four, situate in tne Biventn distiict of Clinch couuty; Lota number 471, tour hundred and seventy one, 473, four hundred and seventy three, situate in the et„hth district of Ware county, Georgia; Lots number 60, 6ixiy, 131* one hundred and ih rty one, situate in the third district of Appling county, Georgia ; Lots number 496, four hundrad and ninety six, 500, five handled, 50 .five hundred and oi:e, 502, five hundred and two, st>3, dve bund ed and three, 504, five hundred and four, 52*, five hundred and twenty two, 33 <, time huudied and thirty nine, 341, thiee hundren and forty one, situate in the lourih district ot Appling county, Georgia, the pioperty of Abraham Colley, Rofiert Bice and others, alien monies. Bale to continue from day to day until all are sold. W. C. DA.MBI.L, Receiver. Feb. 15, 1864. doawidr. 150 lbs English Blue Mass. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. For sale b> J. B. PEMBERTON, fob, IS if Druggist under Cook’s HotsE EVENING EDITION. RECEIPTS. The reception 0 j tke Timet, vtten ordered by tnmti, wiU be av.r reetifi to* the money / eeyeenU ly to those suieerHera for « Lett time them e yeeur. When rubserUeis reeeive the foyer wuh this pmrmfrmph marked r key will understand tie* in forming them then thet* subseripteen u about to emytra, and that the paper anil eertaxnly be stop ped unless they make a •■emittamee Advanced Rates. In consequence of the continued advance In price of the maieriat 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 months ♦£ 00 “ ** “ one “ 3 00 Weely Paper six ‘* ■5 00 “ “ " three “ 300 stogie copies 25 cents THOS GILBERT St CO., THOH. RAGLAND, J. W. WARREN St CO. January Ist 1864 R*-euUttlbg lm th* Army. [OEFICIAL.] Oranoe C, n., Fob. 15. To Gon. S. Cooper: The following troops have re*enltßted for the war siuoe tha announcement of the 10th inst.: a Lane’s brigade, Wright’s .brigade, Perin’s brigade, Davis’ brigade, 7th Virginia cavalry, llth Virginia cavalry, ISth North Carolina Troops, llth North Carolina Troops, 48ch Vir ginia infantry, Garnett’s, Peague’s Haskell’s and Pegram’s battaliona of infantry. The following having enlisted originally for the war, have reiterated their determination to continue in service : Cutts’ battalion of artillery, McGowan’s brlgado aud the 14th Alabama regiment. R. E. LEE. The Forty.— The Richmond press, says the Chronicle and Sentinel, are quite facetious over our retiring Congressmen. Thoy contend that these patriots have manifested painful anxitty in their ligislaiion to find “soft places” for them, selves after the adjournmant. Forty patriots— and many of them liable to oonsoription ! Is it any wonder that their deliberations, in view of their probable fate, have been characterized by haste and trepidation ? Forty stout, able-bodied men—nearly eno'ugh to form a full company. What miracles might not this corps effect, if put into the ranks ! The tide of battle might possi bly be turned by ibeir forty-tude and heroism Put to work on forty fications, their services would be tnvaluablo. According to the Rioh» mood Whig, they have passed a host of laws creating olfioos where a man—an anti-belligerent •> —oonld find a place free from the harrassing vis its of the enrolling officer. Did not our valiant Congressmen have an eye to these easy berths wnea they passed the statutes aforesaid? Oh, no j wo will not iibol chair patriotism by such a supposition. Forty fugaoious fuglemen feel for fighting the foe fearlessly in the front. Give them ihe opportunity their souls crave. Who knows but they may «m as much distinction in the field as in the halls of legislation. Tha Nashville Presa of tuo 13th says: Thu deaths ot rvbei prisoners at Catnp Morton are at the rate of more than oue hundred a month—oß last December, 114 during the succeeding Janua ry, and over 80 taua iar m the present February. This is a heavy mortality out of only about 2800 human Goings. The poor fellows are escas ping very fast, The Cincinnati i Commercial of the 10th, says that it has authentic. occasion for saying that “Gen. Grant under no circumstances will be a candidate for the Presidency, or permit his name to come before a national convention lor such purpose, ii his ppsutve declination of the honor will prevent it. So lar as his opinions are known, he is in iaVor oi the renomination and. re-election of Liiooln.” ihe little word “if” leaves a loophole. When offered a nomination his “positive decimations of the honor” will cease. TKANSFitftBKD.—-By an order received from Headquarters yesterday, says the 3avanu.h Re publican, Maj >i General Gilmer has been trans ferred irom Savannah to Mobile, lie will leave for his new destination by the 5 o’clock train this morning. Brig. Gan. Mercer succeeds to the command, Temporarily, of the Military District of Georgia and the 3J Military District of 3outh Carolina. . A QussTiON. —Numerous Banks have been started in variovs parts oi ihe Confederacy (as ihey atiould not have been) which bank upon Couiederato Treasury Notes. bills are re deemable in ‘Confederate Treasury Notes.” Ihe States have all issued Treasury script re deemable the same way. Geoigia has a good deal oat and is issuing a good deal more. Ala bama has several millions more. What wiil be the loss of these j States and institutions upon their covenants, under the new Finauoeßill? asks the Macon Telegraph. A recent numbei' of the London Times con tains some very striking sentences. They re late to the present trade of Great Britain. They deolarethat England has never before known such prosperity as she, is now CDjoying. They adduce faots which confirm the declaration.— This is truth in sp te of the cotton famine—in spite of the idle operatives and silent mills in Lancashire. Asa confirmation cf the death of Brdwnlow, the Macon Confederate mentions that the weather has turned several degrees colder in tbelast few days, in consequence of an extra quantity of heat in demand somewhere else. Gen. P. D. Roddy.—Ot this gallant officer whose recent surprise aud capture of Ath ens, Alabama, wits one of the mo9t brilliant (eats of the war The Richmond Whig of the llth says: Gen. P. D. Roddy, is one of the rising men of the army. Plant and unpretentious he baa won tor himself in military circles the highest distinction, and is considered by officers of ihe highest military repute in our army, as one of the best of our cavalry commanders. Sprung horn an' humble parentage, he has carved for hirnaeit a name that wiil live while true and geuuiue worth finds admirers. Items tram the Mobile Register, 20th The Enemy.— Sherman and his btigade are haviog things their own way yet awhile. It will be a stain upon (lie military energy of the Confederacy if this daring march does not yet bring the expedition to grief. A great war Minister, even at the distance of Richmond aud in the short time already elapsed, might have concentrated an at my strong enough to march upon and chastise the invaders. Sherman’s force is made up of troops gathered in from a number of garrisons and added to his own corps. Why has not an army constituted in the samu way been concentrated to meet him ? Sweep the scattered garrisons and Provost guards in Alabama and Georgia, borrow a brigade or two from Gen. Johnston and Beau re* gard, and form them upon tho neucleus of Gens. Polk’s and Maury’s armies, and by the aid of interior railroads, how long would it take to confront Sherman and make him rne his rash contempt oi the War Department and of Gen. Polk ? Not Found. —The main body of the Yan kees in Mississippi is still lost. A small gang only came down to Quitman, and did all the mischief there. The Demopolfo boats report others in Coctaw county, as we staled yesterday, 4jut whether cavalry or infantry, or how many, was not knowu. Sherman is not yet found. Where is the bell-ringer ? Fort Powell.— All the military and naval officers we have conversed with, are of the opinion that this little work—that is, little in the island ground it occupies— came out of the nrdeal to which the Yan kee fleet subjected it, not only unscathed, but in such style as gives them iucreaeed confidence ii^ its ability to defy the enemy’s fire. The work itsell was not grazed, and nothing out the officers’ quarters, built of wood, was damaged. At the distance at which the enemy delivered his fire, Fort Powell is deemed impregnable, and it has a garrison that will hold it and give the Yanks some of their Charleston experience. If the fleet comes to closer quarters some body will “be hurt.” And there is no run ning past in this case, for the fort has to be reduced, and the chaonel dug out, before the Yankees can enter the bay of Mobile that way. Borne have thought they could land on Dauphin Island and establish a battery there against Powell. But the dis tance is too considerable for an effective battering Are, besides which our own gun boats can command the beach where ihey would erect a battery. Sand has already played an important part as a material fur defensive loititications. General Beauregard brought out its virtues at Charleston, and Powell is writing anew chapter in honor of it. There has been no firing on the fort since the first day’s bombardment. A strong north wind has blown the water out of the shallow sound, and the Yanks have had to haul off eight miles for water to float. The ebb was so sudden that several of their ves sels got aground before they were aware of it. Ou the whole, the fort and its garrison have behaved nobly so far, and with the ex perience of Wagner undSai.iue Pass before the eyes of their brave deietnlers, they have in their grasp a glorious and successful de« fence, that will cover them with honor and confer a lasting benefit on the cause and country. Capt. Grant a Prisoner. —We learn by passengers by the steamer Admiral from Demopolis, that Captain Grant, formerly of Mobile, ol Grant’s Pass notoriety, and somewhat noted as preacher, politician and orator, was captured by our cavalry near Meridian, and has been sent, under guard, to Richmond. Tne captain, if the report be true, was found in very bad company ami must take the consequences. He was here since the war began, and, if we mis take not, presented the city anew gun, of his own invention. From Mississippi.— -The reports from the Yankee advance in Mississippi are not ex citing. It is generally believed that the en emy will only succeed in desolating that portion of the iState on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and will fad in his intention of holding Meridian as a base of operations against Mobile and this section of Alabama. Gen. Polk will prove himseit equal to the great emergency, and force Sherman back to Vicksburg if the people of Alabama re spond to the call of duty. Latest advices state that the vandals have appeared at Shubuta and Quitman. We depend upon the wires for further advices from the enemy's movements against Mo bile.—[Selma Dispatch, 20th. Go to Work —The occupation of Me ridian, Mississippi, by the Yankees, is a ee> lioua loss to our cause, as it effectually cuts us off from the productive region lying along the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and north of that point. Large quantities of produce had been gathered at the various depots by our Government, but so suddenly were the movements ot Sherman that but little of it was removed, and the enemy will now be able to gather supplies from the country north ot him, As our producing area is thus so materially narrowed down it be comes the imperative duty of our people in other sections lo put forth their best ex ertions in raising supplies, it is as impor tant they should do this, to ensure the final success of our cause, as it is that our armies should win victories in the field. In fact the succes of the latter depends upon the action of the planters. Government should, and we have no doubt will, exercise a liberal policy towards the producers, both in grant* ing details and remunerating them for their produce. Go to work, then, at once, and earnestly. The country cannot do without the fruits of your industiy. Do jour duty in this respect, and you will render a ser vice equally as beneficial as can those wbo bare their breasts to the missiles of the en emy. Go to work. —[Appeal. Deserters Punished. —Four deserters from our ranks in Texas, who had joined the enemy, were recently captured and taken to Bonham, where Col. Baylor had a court of investigation convened. The pris oners were brought lorwardand interro gated, and found guilty by their owu testi mony. The majority of the board were in favor of disposing of all the ptisoners im mediately, and no, to burden the soldiery in guarding them, or put the government to any unnecessary expence. Col Baylor, however, in hie sage judgment, declared in favor of two on account of their extream youth. He accordingly ordered the two older ones, Benson and James Armstrongs to be executed, and they were marched out one tune from Camp Irene and shoi. For Three Months, {8 TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congress in the year IMS, ky J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Xorthsm Dutntt of Georgia. -» - - -jrrT^—g rr.ray.-.? - m ’ ~~i -ri~- - -r .TOmaf mm r- Dkhopolis, Feb. 21. The main enluran of the enemy ia still at Me* ridian. A detachment occupy Lauderdale, on the Mobile &. Ohio Railroad. A oolamn of mounted infantry occupy Abardoen. Forrest's command ia supposed to be near Wett Point, Miss, Mobile, Feb, 20. Brig. Gen. Baldwin last night was killed by a fall from his horse. The mortar fleet below has been increased tut there was no tiring. A special dispatch to the Advertiser and Regs ister from DeSoto says that the whole force at Enterprise moved yesterday towards Meridian. An intelligent citizen who was in custody du ring their stay at Enterprise, thinks their army will return to Vicksburg,; There is a report that Leo was fighting Thun* day at Alatuuchoe, Lauderdale county. Dkuopolis, Fab. 20. The .enemy at last accounts, was falling back from Enterprise towards Meridian, their oayalry being at the iaticr plaoe. Grierson i« moving from North Mississippi, to the prairie country, where Forrest and Lee will cooporato against him, Mexico. —The northern papers have news via San Francisco through Mexican sources, that the Mexicans, on the 6th of January, recaptured San Louis Potoai by an assault. French accounts from the same place, purporting to be of the 4th ult., represent the town as being quietly and rapidly aettling down under French author ity. Col. Judson, of the 6th Kansas, com** mands the post ot Fort Smith. The effects of the passage of the curren cy bill, in this city, has been to advance the price ol all articles ot provisions and neces* sity lrom twenty to thirty per cent. The Macon Telegraph says a few in that city shut up their stores and refused to sell goods altogether. Others tacked on thirty and a third per cent, upon prices and made no discrimination in tavor small bills. We would suggest that it would be pru* dent to torego conclusions in regard to a measure which has, after months of labor, been consummated bv the collective wis« dom ol Cabinet and Congress, until the bill itself is given to the public. We are di«*» posed to doubt that the telegraphic synop sis which we have published gives a lull and fair exposition oi the provisions of the bill. It the measure is as impracticable as it is represented, we must hope that the Pres ident will withhold from it his signature, amt thus prevent its becoming a law. Ldavannah News. Gen, Braxton Bragg and his staff have arrived in Richmond, and taken lodgings at the Ballad House. It is rumored that General Halleck will resign if Grant is made a Lieutenant Gen eral. Letters from England up to the 16th of January, received here, express the sur prise of merchants on learning from their Southern correspondents that there are no British consuls in the C.ontederate States, while those of Spain and France still remain. If no other fact declared the hostility of Lord John Russell to the South, and his fear of arousing to a still higher degree the already turbuiant spirit ot Englishmen in our behalf, this simple withholding of in* formation, that would touch every honest Englishman's pride, and lead him to inves tigate the causes thereof, is proof of his bitter enmity. * While that man remains in power, we can expect nothing but opposi lion, intrigue and the subjugation of Brit ish pluck by Yankee diplomacy. Let him die, however, or be put out of the way, and the Confederacy is as sure of recognition, if not intervention, as she is of her own independence.—[South Carolinian. We take the following advertisement from the Macon Telegraph: ' Something New—A Company for Gen. Beauregard's Escort. —We, the undersign-* ed, have received authority from General Beauregard, to iaise a Cavalry Company of non®conscripts, to be stationed at his Head-* quarters for an escort, couriers, &c. To young men able to mount themselves, this Company offers great inducements. It is intended to make this a crack company, composed of intelligent young men. Sad dles, bridles, and all other equipments fur nished. Any reliable man, recruiting 15 mounted men will secure a Lieutenantcy. Early applications must be made, as our time is limited. Captain B LUMSDEN, Macon, Ga. W *S Tarver, Twiggsville, Ga. Stray Mule* RED RAY HORSE MULE, about 16 binds high, 10 <r 12 years old. Trie owner can get him by calling on J P. CUKBR, leb Vi 41* at Greenwood, Fla. OFFICE MOBILE & GIRARD R R. » Girard, February 2b, 18ii4. $ On and after this dak; all partisa receiving or ship ping freights ov r his Road, will be required to fur nish the exact chmge ior freight. W, U. WILLIAMS. feb 20 ts ' Agent. By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO, 101 Acres Desirable Land AT AUCTION. ON TUESDAY, ?3J of February, we will sell in limitoi store, 101 1 -4c Acres Land. Nine mi os from ihe c ty, on tne o and Express road, a j thing the land of Laurence and Jones. Twenty a-re-ms which is cleared, naiance heavily timbered, ttb 18 td *l2 Steam Engine for Sale. 1 OFFER for sale aNo I -Steam Engine and Boilers, i ut little used—fixtures c nip ete, and all in good order —of sixty horse pow- r Also, two wagons and harness, one ca/t, two Fairbanks Patent Scales, on wheels, two sets of (Lack uit -’a tools, .a iaigs lot ot cast iron, 100 pounds be t steel, c- p,ier and brass wire tiers, heltimr. ropmi- <s •me v- ry 'a ge), one iron safe, and n.any • ther arti- its ot value and much wanted these times. The above property *an be seen at Canton, Chero kee county. Ga. It it is not treated for at privatesale, will be sold at public out cty in A'lama, Ga ..n the 18th of February next. Fcr fur,her infhrma.ion apply to the undersigned in East Macgn, Ga. Itb3 i* V. WOOLLEY.