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Volume XI.
CUANtiG OF SCHEDULE.
MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, 1
Supsrintendeni’s Office, >
Columbus, Dec. 3«l, I*o3, )
i \N and »ft< r Dee fl,h t,ie Train on this Road
wlli run as follow* :
Ije&ve Columbus ••• • • '43, P- M.
Leave Macon.. ...........6:30,1*. M.
Arrive at Macon .. .._.~.....4:18, A. M.
Arrive at C<>luuibua ...1 A. M.
Passengers can now go through to Charleston, via
Savannah, without delay,as the Mail Train on the
C'harlesiou and Savannah Railroad makea close con
neuiviu wRk the Central Railroad at Savabuah.
W, L. CLARK,
_ Supt. Muaeogee R. R.
Dec 4 if
Change of Schedule.
ON AND AFTER December 6th, the Passenger
Train on the Montgomery dj- West Point KaiUdad
will
Leave Montgomery at 10.30 A*. M
M West Point, ........-.•■-.....•....2,30 P. M.
Arrive at Columbus ..............7,10 P M
Leave Columbus, ..2-30 A M
a riive oi Montgomery....... 11,37 A M
** ** West Point - 7.50 A M
Makingthrough connections to an t from Atlanta.
Ficigm leaves Columbus.... M® A, M.
•• arrives at Columbus 8,00 P. M,
|D. 11. CRAM,
Uec 4 if BupuA.EngT,_
Administrator’s Sale.
BV virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of
Taylor County, will be sold before the Court
Amuse door of saiu county, on the fir.t Tuesday in
March next, w.ifiin t .e leg.l hours of sale, a valuable
negiu BOY by tue name of Jacob, sixteen years old,
the in openy ofitteesuie of James Montgomery, dec and
1 V UOItGL U. DAVIS,
ltb 3 40d AAm’r.
Estray Notice.
DICKENS. McCOY, ol the 77id District G. M.
transmi's 10 me the following ceru-icaie ol and
tairay Yoke ot oxen: tine area and wake color,
anu the other a white and uiindle coloi; niaiktd with
a siiiooiu crop and underbii in both yeais. About
four years old. AppraneU by A. so. llovuiu and Jo
gepb Lawsou Riggers, freeholders of s'ud county an-
Uisincl 10 be worm four hundred uoiliais,
a true extract from the esiray book, this the 28th
ot December, 18b3. A. P JoNES,
Jau4 — wbOd Clerk I ■ C
Estrav ISTotic©.
IONATUAN ENGLISH, of the77id District G. M.,
irausmits to me the following certificate ot an
esiray steer : A deep red color, supposed to be 3or 4
years old, marked with a crop and underim iu the
lightest, and unde run and split in the left. Appraised
by James Cooper and Jeremiah Caitiedge, lreei.olders,
lo i*e worth one hundreu dollars.
A tiue extract from the Estiay Book tills 30th Jan
nary,'B64, A. P. JONES, CVk I C.
lebi -It
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
AGREEABLY io an order ufthe Cuua ot Ordinary
oi Blewari County, will be sold within the itgal
hours of .ale before the Court House door iu ike town
ol Lumpkin, on the first Tuesday iu March next
••riophie” a negro woman J.i year.-, old alia her cni.d
4 years of agu, ueloi ging lo the esiaie oi Busan Yar
brough, deceased.
Terms cash, SAllAll DKaNaKU,
| jau 13 Id Ailm’x.
LKORUiA—Mrnrluu county:
KUI.L Nlril. Wheieas Carrie James, Adui'rx on
the estate of Daniel Janies* Jr., having petilioue.
tins Court for letleiu of dismisnuu hum said Admin
istiaiion.
l uese are therefore to cite and admonish alt an
singular the kindred and creditors of said dec* used lo
he and appear at my office within ihe time piescrihed
by taw, and show cause it any they have, wny said
Administratrix should not he dismissed !h»iu saiu
Administration on the hist Monday iu July 1804.
Given under iny hand • lid official sign-lure, litis
December tne 7Ui, ,803. MALc-OM Haiti,
Dec 14 iu6m orui.iiuy.
UhOUUiA—Marlon lomuy
KIjLE Nlril.— Whereas, M- Butt and William M
But , AdmiiUttUaloi s upon the estate ol E.dtidge
C. Butt, dec'd, having applied lor letters ol Dismis
kiou irom said Administration. —Tnose are iheretoie
to die aud admonish ail and singuiartlie kindred aud
creditors ot Baid deceased tosUow cause, it any they
have, why said applicant should nut uc dtsunsseu
trout said Adnuuisuaiiou.'
Given under my hand aud official signaime, Sep
tember z«l, 1863, MALCOi* tiAltt,
sept 7, inOui. Octimaiy.
tiUOHtilA»}la>lou County :
RUl.b Mtil. —Womens, Aiuaudi L. faille,
lutmsiiauix upo'* the Estate ot David L. Mu.ry,
oeceaced, having upp lad tor letters ol disillusion
from aaid Administration
These tie liiorefore t<tci>e and admonish ad and
singular, the a ll died alii creditors ol said deceased
to show oause, .1 any they have vvtiy said Atiniiiiis
irainx ahOUid not he dismisses Irani sa>U admililsiia
tion.
Given .uuCei my hand and oUiuijl stgna.uie, Oc
tober Sill) l'W». ’ MALOuAI Dalit,
dec i» lutini CD.anaiy.
ti£OUUIA Marluu County.
WDEUEA* R. A. Slary, AUluinisl amr llßem ilie
estate of Josap N.Hi.ry, laic cl said county,
deceased,. Uav.ng ajp llt; d t»r letters ol D.siuiSsiou
ttoin said auiuiinstra ioa.
These aie there oie to c<te and admonish all and
singular the Kindied unit cicdlior* oi said deceased,
to ne and appear ut iny ollice wiilnn me tune pte
scnhed Uy .aw, to show cauee, it any me, have, vvtiy
said tellers ol' disnn Sion stiuUlu not l.e jgra ueu
tu said applicant cm Uie lust Monday n Ociuooi next
(liven under my liand and olhcai sigua lie, dan.
S3d, ieh4 MALCOoi DAitt,
Jan. muni \ ,lUl “! ir *:
PLANTATION IRON
WILL he exchanged tor Corn, Wheat, Bacon or
Laid, at PLaNTER’H WAliEnllUtSli.
Coluiiihns. Oa., I eb. 3d. lw
*HtaKl?lA N & CO.,
MOVED TO MASONIC HALL,
Third Door to the right, on Second Floor,
feb 3
Notice.
I''HE1 ''HE notes and ac coo its o! J. D. Dtnirl it Cos.,
t have been pated in oui hands tor collection
Persons indebted to itiein and wishing to pay, will
please codie toiwaid at fine ana do so. Toose who
do uoi wish to pay we wil. endeavor to make >hem
We are also auihoiized to transact auy cusineas for
said nrm, or tor J,H. Dmiei,
PEauODY & URaNNON,
teb 6 dim AitysuiLivv
LAW ANI) CULUSCTION OFFK K.
3VI • X. HUGHES.
Attorney at Law and Notary,
RICHMOND, VA.
Claims ot every description against the Ooniederats.
stales settled with accuracy and dispau.ii legal
business will receive prompt attention »«HD* 1)
Old Iron Wanted.
WE wish to purchase a large qiunti y oi' SCRAP
IRuN both casi and wrought, far whtcii cash
wilt be paid. HARRISON, BEDE! l. A Cos.
jan ".7 it
320 or 640 Acres of Lacd for Sale.
1 oiler tor sals the liact known as the M**rcer place,
atmut l}4 hi ilea Loin station No. 6, ol che Mobile
A Guard H It. It contains 320 acres, lad ot which
is in cultivation, the balance umbei >d land There
aie cabins for about 30 negroes, gin house, cables,
4 e., two well* of good water and a large quo tity of
light wood cojiveuietitto the R. K. Ttie other half
ol ilie section, all heavily umbered will be sold it at*,
sired by the putch ser, apply to Greemv. o«l it
Gray, Columbus, Ga., for lemis Mr Merrci un tan
place willshow u to any one wishing tosee it
l>. G. f KpEMAN. Jr.
Bun Copy jan 12
C OXaXJIVC'SXJS
DYEING ESTABLISHUEVI' 1
r 1 'HE SUBSCRIBERS having perfected their ai
-1 raiigeincnU, are now prepaied tod jail kinds of
DYING in
Silk, Wool and Colton.
Dye House on sontli-wesi corner ot Bridge and
Ggl, ihorpe streets, orders Jell at the office ol the
tsouibe.n Express will meet with prompt attention.—
Paniee iroin the country can send auy aiticie by Ex
press. Address
' OIGHT ot If ILI.
Nov 19 3m.
Knitting Needles.
SOLD at Hiauufacturei’s prices, at who rt-ah; and
D. h El I'D,
iVfcblW Agcul.
iflttmlis Diitgf Hmejs,
SPECIAL NOTICES
OFf ICE MOBILE * GIRARD R R. )
Girard, February SO, 1864. y
On and after this date ali parties receiving or ship
ping freights ov> r this Road, will be required to lur
nish the exact change tor freight.
W, 11. WILLIAMS.
feb 20 ts Agent.
HD’QRS ENROLLING OFFICE, )
3d Corgr ebsional District, >
February 2d, 1864. )
Notice ia hereby given to all Recruiting
Officers in this District that they are not
allowed to receive anyone aa a recruit be*
tween the ages of 18 and 45 years. Every
man subject to conscription must go to
Camps ol Instruction for assignment by
Maj. Harris.
Any officer violating this order will be
arrested and sent to Macon, Ga.
W. S. WALLACE,
Capt. and Enrolling Officer.
Feb 3 lOt
Eoquirer copy.
Notice
headquarters post, >
Columbus, Oa,, Feb. ieth, 1064. J
GENERAL OREEBS, No, 7.
The attention of all parties concerned ia called to
the following paragraph of General Orders, No. 1$
from Ad|utaat and Inspector General’s Office st Rich
moi.it-, and officers at this Post will be held accounta
ble for reciuiting in violation of that older.f
“I. The Beaureau ot Conscription affords adequate
means for bringing into service persons liable to
military duty ; and all authorities given prior |to De
cember Ist, 1883, to raise iroops from men not within
the lines of the enemy to recruit for any particular
command iu the field aie t.ereby revoked.”
By order ot COL ROBERTSON.
Chas. Wood, A. A. G.
feb 19 lw
Notice.
HEADQUARTERS POST, >
Columbus, Ga., Jan. »7, 1864, $
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 6.
I. All officers or soldiers remaining in Columbus
over 13 hours will require a pass from ihesj Head*
quarters.
11, All persons between the agee of 18 and 45 years
visiting Columbus (Officers of the Navy and Army
stationed at ihir Post excepted) will in future be re
quired to procure a pass from the Commandant of
the Post. No other document than the pass specified
wiil be regarded by the officer charged with.the exami
nation ot passes.
HI. Officers and soldiers absent from their com.
mands, orcitit.zens claiming exemption by virtue of
contracts or otherwise, will Bave themselves annoy
ance by immediately procuring the required p*>ss.
By order of Col. ROBERTBON.
CHAS. WOOD, A. A. G.
jan 29 ts
NOTICE.
QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, >
Columbus, January.a7, HttS4. j
On the first of each month, Major Jno. „E. ;Davis
Pop t Quartet master, wiil make payment to ali employ
ees of .ibis department. Also to owners ol staves
hired, and lor piuperty rented. Parties interested will
present their bills to Major Davis monthly.
Trie emplo <vs of the Tran poriaiiou Department
will be paid by Capt. H. D. Cothran. All purchases
ui supplies and payments iheielor will be made by
myself, F. W. DILL AUD,
Major and Quartermaster.
jan 29 tt
Shipping Notice.
MUSCOGEE RAIL Road, )
Supebintemdent’s Office, >
Columbus, Dec. 22d, *63. )
Owing to the want ot sufficient transportation tor
Government freight, private height will not be received
at this depot until tunher norite
W. L. CLARK,
Dec 23 ts Supt.
tiOOlfltil'H & C©„
{FORMERL Y OFNE W ORLEANS )
74= Broad. Street,
COLUMBUS GEORGIA,
Wholesale and Retail.
STAPLE & FAMJI DRY ROODS.
ARE constantly reci iving fresh importations, direct
from Europe, ot siajde and fancy DRY GOODS,
which they offer cheap tor cash,
ltb 53m
SSOO Reward.
1 WILL pay the above reward for the arrest of the
person or persons who broke into uiy smokehouse
on Thursday nii ht last amt took therefiom ab.iut A
thousand pounds of bacon.
The rewaid will' be paid for the recovery of the
meat and proof io con viol ike parlies who took it, or
a nroporrionaie reward wul be paid for the recovery
of a pari of the meat _W. 11. Wtßd.
feb 16 6t
Notice from tlie Commandant
of Conscripts.
For the information ot the public, it is publi hed
that the Enrolling Department of Georgi» is divided
iutoteu(lO) Congressional Dislricis, each of which is
under charge of a District Enrolling Officer.
The lat, 2d,Sd, 4th and 7th Districts are under the
immediate supervision of Maj. A. M. Rowland, Ma
con, Ga., and the sth, 6th, Bth, 9th and 10!li, under
that oi Maj. Jot n F. Andrews, Deca ur, Ga. All
special applications for exemptions or detail, and
roinmunications regarding the Enrolling s-rvice, wil
be 10, warded through ihe county Enrolling Officers
to tbe Chief of Districts.
The Enrollii<g Ileadquarteis ot ihe several Dis
tricts are loca’ed at the fol owing places, viz :
Ist Congressional District, at Savannah, Ga.
8d do do do Albany, do
3d do do do Columbus, do
4th do do do Macon, do
sth do do do Augusta, do
fiih do do do Athens. do
7ib do do do Griffin, do
Bth >lo do do Atlanta. do
9th do do do Alpharetta, do
lOrti do «io do CaitersviLe, do
CHARI.E* J HARRIS,
Major and Commandant Conscripts,
feb 3 lOt e late of Georgia.
Stray Mule,.
RED HAY HORSE MULE, about 16 lands high,
i0 v-r I: year. old. The owner can get him by
cauiiis: on J P. Ct-KBR,
leb 33 4i* at Gretnwot*d, Fla.
Seed Irish Potatoes.
TJOR SALE BY
T J S. PEMBERTON,
leb 1 3 ts D.uggisl under Cook’s Hotel.
Fine Smoking and Chewing Tobacco,
* T WHOLESALE.AND RETAIL.
A For sa.e by J 8, PEMBERTON,
ten 13 ts Druggist under Cook’s Hotel.
Old Scotch Whiskey.
ilik DOZEN pure Heat h Whiskey, a superior
ariicle- - very wld ’’ For esieby
feb 10 lw QOODhICH * CO,
Columbus, Georgia, C. Wednesday February 24, 1864
HEADQ’RS 24 Til SENATORIAL DISTRICT. >
Columbus, Ga , Feb 11, lcG4. J
SPECIAL ORDER, No. I,
There will be elections held on the 2d of March next,
fora Captain and four Lieu tenants, for each of the
present Militia Districts of Marion county, viz: a 1
the School House near Judge McCalls’ for the 710
and 949ih, consolidated Districts; at Buena Vista tori
the 808th & 1024th consolidated Districts; atTazewel
fort he 807th & 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 ot said Bat
talion, said elections 16 be conducted by a Justice of
the Peace and a freeholder or by two freeholders or
two militaiy officers. The tal.ey sheets and returns
will be properly eierin and and for wauled through
these headquaite s
By Older of the Commander-in-Chief
P. J. PHILIPS,
feb 15 lw A. D C,
Express notice.
All freight *or shipment by the Southern Exprra
must be pre-paid trom this dale, except for the Govern
ment. 8. H. It ILL,
Feb 15 1m Agent.
Lost
ON Saturday afterno >n, a GOLD WATCH KEY,
the plate in the torm of a key stone, and contains
on one side tbe symbol of a ltuyal Arch Mamn. The
centre of ilie symbol lias an inscription Iu Hebrew
characters. The Under will be suitab.y rewarded by
leaving it at the TIMES OFFICE,
feb 15 4i*
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, )
Com mbus, Ga , Feb. 13th, 1864, y
Much complaint being made of ths delays of this
Company in fjnvarding merchandise, I am instructed
to advertise that the. rules of the Company require
that Government packages .-hall have precedence over
all others,, and next in order packages forwarded by
friends to officers and soldiers in the
field or hospitals. Tne observation of this rule to
gether with limited facilities for transpmtation, nec
essarily cause delay iu tha ot packages
for merchants and others.
S. H. HILL,
leb 13 lm Agent.
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRB3B COMPANY,/
Augusta, Ga„ Feb. 10th, 1864. J
Legal notice is hereby given to all concerned, lhai per
sons who ship packages containing spirits, wines and
cordials, wiinout informing our Agents of theifaet wil
not be entitled to, nor will they receive, the benefit of
valuation. Spirits, wines or cordials, will not be for
warded by this Company except under tpecia. con
tract. JAMES SUORTER, Supt.
feb 13 lm Acting President.
SEQUESTRATION
LA-lSrib SALE,
WILL be sold, by order of the lion. Edward J.
Harden, District Judge, in Iront ol the Custom
House in ike city of Savannah, at public outcry, to
the highest bidder, on TUESDAY, the 15tk day of
Match next, in the usual hours of sile, Hie following
lots of land, namely: Lots number (27) twenty seven,
(47) forty seven, (0/?) sixty two, (155) one hundred and
fifty five, (16i) on« Hundred and sixty seven, (201) two
hundred and one, (224) two hundred and twenty lour,
(254) two hundred and fifty .lour, (255) uvo hundred
and filly five, (256) two hundred and fifty six, (257)
two hundred mid fifty seven, (259) two hundred and
fitly nine, (264) two hundred and sixty four, (277) two
hundred and sevemy seven. (301) three hundred and
une, (303) tbree inuKtred and three, (330) thiee hun
dred and thirty, (339) three hundred amt thirty nine,
(37i) three hundred atul seventy one, i4il) four hun
dred and eleven, (157) one hundred and fifty seven, all
situated in the first district oforiginaliy A .pling, now
Coflee county, Geor ia; Lots number (14 ) fourhun
died and forty one, (410) four hundred ana ten, (343)
three hundred and forty three (530) five hundred and
thirty,(72) seventy two, ( <80) two hundred and eighty.
(305) three hundred and five, (373) three hundred and
seventy three. (519) five hundred and nineteen, (64)
sixty torn, [43] loriv three, [ssl] five bandied and fifty
one, [3lo] ilnee hundred aud forty, [j64] three hun
dred and sixty four, [399] iliree hundreu and ninety
nine, [l3l] one hundred and tinny one, [i7i] two hun
dred and seventy one, [49] forty nine, [43b] four iiun.
dred and tinny six, ah in the second District oforigi
nllly-Appling c*>., Ga. Lois number [l2t] one hundred
and twenty two, [22] twenty two, [sij fifiy one, [22o]
two hundred ahd twenty, [4Bl] four hundred anu
eighty one, [l7B] one hundred and seventy eight, [2of]
two hundred and two, [s2] fifty two, [B3] eighty three,
[6s] sixty five, :[29] twenty nine, [ui] one bundled
aue eleven, [bij sixty two, [ss] fitly five, [2l4] two
hundred and fouitmyi, [9?] ninety three, [235] two
hundred and tlnrtyTive, [3i] thirty two. [432| four
hundred and thiity two, [394] ihree hundred ami nine
ty four,[297] two hundred and ninety seven, situate
in the third Dts rictol Appling county, Georgia; Lots
number [Bi] eighty two, [3i7] three hundred and
seventeen, [ 64] mie hundred and sixty four, 27
twenty seven, 102, one hundred and two. 208 two
hundred and eight, 330,three hundred and thirty. 337,
three hundrid and thirty seven, 2nß, two hundred and
sixty eight, 299, two hundred and ninety nine, 265,
two hun-ired and sixty five, 367, three hundred and
sixty seven, 307, three tiundred and seven, 342, thiee
hundred and forty two, v 44, two hundred and forty
tour, aiuuled in the f.mnh District of Appling county
GeOigu; Lot* cumber 42ti, four hundred and twenty
5ix,245, two hundred arid io,ty five 3:0, ihree hun
dred and twenty. 344, mree hundred and lorty four,
4r2, four r.undred anrfe'gliiy two -.96, two hundred
and ninety fix, >32, one hundred and thirty two, 247,
two hundied and forty scvui, 3?5, three hundred und
thirty five, 240 two bundle i and forty,2ls, tAO hun
dred and fifteen 353, thr e tiundred and filly liuee,
259, two handled ami fifty e ght, 272, two hundred
and seventy two, 349, three hundred and forty rune,
169, one hundred and ?iity nine, 500, five humlied
and six, S6B two hundred and sixty eight, 90, ninety,
s mate in the fifth District ot Appling county, Geor
gia; Lots number 485, four hundred and eignty five,
320, two hundred and twenty, 185, one hundred and
eighty five, 38;i, three huinued and eighty six, 267,,
two hundred and sixtv seven, 502, five hundred and
two, 497, four bundled and ninety seven, 481, four
i uudred and eighty one, 5('5, five huadied and five.
5t4, five hunured and so rtee.n, 207, two hundred and
seven, 1, one, 93. ninety ilnee, 301, three hundred
and one, 435, f.mr thirty five, 144, one hundred and
forty eight, 243, two hundr* and aud lorty three, 15, fift
teen, 503, five tiundred and three, 407, fi.ur liuud and
seven, 410, tour hundred and ten, 363, three hundred
ami sixty three, 31>7, three tiundred and sixty seven,
situate in the sixth district ot originally Appling now
Gnflee county, Georgia; Lots number 356, turee hun
dred and eighty six, t-53, threa hundred and fifty
three, 423, to uc hint red and iwenty-ihrte, 148, one
hundred.and forty eight, 284, two hundred and eighty
lour, 308*, three hundred and eight, 241, two hundred
and forty oce, 415, four hundred and fifteen, )45, one
hundred and forty five, situate in ihe seventh district
of originally Appling now Clinch county, Georgia ;
Lots numtn r 148, one hundred and forty eight,B, eight
139, one Hundred and iliirtv nine, 3, luee. 243, two
hundred and forty ihies. t 0». one bundled and five,
80, eighty-seven, - j55, two tiundred and
fifty five, 306, ihree hundred and 5ix.469, four hundred
and sixty nine, situate in me eighth district oi orig
inally Appling, now W are county, Geoigia ; Lota
number 379, three hundred and eveutv nine, 170, one
hundred aud seventy, .'Ol, one bundled and one, 190,
one hundred and ninety, 158, one hundred and fitly
eight, situate in the ninth District ot origma ly Ap
pling, now Pierce countv, Georgia; Lm* number 333,
three hundred and thirty three, 334, three hundred and
thirty four, situate in the twelfth district of originally
App.ing, now Clinch county. Georgia the property of
Abraham Colley, Charles W. < utter and Leroy O.
Dell, alien enemies; and L~>ts number 49, forty nine,
207, two hundit and and seven, 265, two hundred and
sixty five, It*S, one hundred and ninety eight,397,three
hundred and ninety seven, 93, ninety mree, 219, two
hundred and nineteen, situate m me fifth district ot
Appling county, Georgia; Lots number 491, four
hundred and eighty one, 176,0ne hunUied and seven
ty six. 3*3, three hundred aud thirty three. 365, three
hundred and sixtv live, si uat in tne s cond district of
Appling county, Georgia ; L *i number 224, two hun
dred and twenty lour, situate in the fourth district of
Applin? county, Georgia; Lot number 384, three
hundred and ninety four, situate in the sixth district
of Coffee County, Gi; Lots number 447, four tiundred
and forty seven, 170, one hundred and seventy, 294.
two hundred and ninety four, i-i.uate in the seventh
dis’tict of Clinch county; Lois number 47i, four
hundred and seventy one, 473, four hundred and
seven y three, situaie in the eighth district of Ware
county, Georgia; Lots number 66, sixty, 131, one
hundred and ih rty one, situate ia the third and sertet of
AppUng county, Georgia ; Lots number 496, four
hundrad ami ninety six, 500, five bundled, 50 , five
hundred and one, 502, five hundred ar.d two, 503, five
huadied mu three, 504, five hundred arid four, 52*,
five hundred and twenty two, 33j, three hundred and
thirty nine, 341, three hundri and and forty one, situate
in the lourli district of Ap.uing county, Geoigia,
the property of Abraham C’uliey, Robert Rice and
others, alien inunit s.
Sale to continue firum day today until ali are sold.
w C. DAN I ELL, Receiver.
Feb. 15, 1864. doawnft.
150 lbs English Blue Mass.
At wholesale and retail.
Forsaieby J. H. PEMBERTON,
feb, J3 if Druggist under Conk's Hotel.
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I TIM.*. RAGLAND,
J. W. WARREN A CO.
January Ist 1854
THE! TAX BILI,
An Act to Lay Additional Taxes for the Com
mon Delence and Support of the Govern
ment.
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate Statos
of America, do enact: That in addition to the
taxes levied by rha u act to lay taxes for the
Oummon defence and lo carry on the Govern
ment t-f tho Confederate S:a;cs, 5 ’ approved ‘24th
of April, 1833, there shall be levied from the
passage of this act, o.t the subjects of taxetioa
hereafter mentioned, and collected from every
person, co-partnership, association or corpora*
tion, liable therefor, taxes as follows, to wit:
I. Upon the value of property, teal, personal
aud mixed, of overy kind an i description, not
hereinafter exempted or taxed at a different rate,
five per cent. Provided, That from this tax on
the value of property, employed in agriculture,
shall be deducted the vame of tho tax in kind
delivered therefrom, aa assessed under thelaw
imposing it, and delivered to the Government.—
Provided, That no credit shall i/o allowed beyond
five per cent.
11. On the value of gold and silver wares
and plate, jewels, jewelry, and watcLoi, ten per
cent.
111. The value of property taxed under this
section shall be assessed on the basis ot tha mar
ket value of the same, or similar property in the
neighborhood whore assessed in the year 1860,
except in cases whore land, slaves, cotton or to«
bacoo have been purchased Mnee the Ist day of
January,*,lß62, in which case the said land, slaves,
cotton and tobacco so purchased, shall be asses*
sed at tho prico actually paid for the same by
the owner.
Sec. 2. On the value of all shares or interests
held iu any bank, banking company or associa
tion, canal, navigation, importing, exporting, in
surance, manufacturing, telegraph, express,rail
road and dry dock companies and all other joint
stock companies of every kind, whether incor
porated or not, five per cent.
The value of property taxed under this section
shall be assessed upon (he basis of tho market
value of such property in the neighborhood
where assessed, m such currency a* mny be in
general use there, in tho purcuas- and sale of
such property, at the tijnoa ot' aiinessmeot.
Sec. 3. I. Upon the amount of all gold and
silver coin, gold dust, gold or solver bullion,
whether held by the banks or other corporations
or individuals, five per cent; and upon all mon
eys hold abroad, or upon tho amount of ail bills
of exchange, drawn therefor on foreign countries,
atax.oi'five per cent; such tax upon money
abroad to bo assed and collected according to the
value tbereot at the place where tho tax is paid.
11. Upon tbo amount of ail solvent credits,
and of all bank bills, and all other papers issued
as currency, exclusive of non-interest bearing
Confederate treasury notes, and not e mployed in
a registered business, the iucomo derived Irom
which is taxed five per cent.
Sac. 4. Upon profits made in trade and busi
ness, as follows:
I. On all profits made by buying and selling
spiritueus liq ioi?, flour, wheat, corn, rieo. sugar,
molasses or syrup, salt, bacon, pork, hogs, beef
or beef cattle, sheep, oats, hay, (odder, raw hides,
leather, horses, mules, boo.s, shoes, cotton yarns,
wool, woolen, cotton Mr mixed cloths, hats, wag
ons, harness, coal, iron, steel or nails, at any time
between the first of January, 1863, and the first
of January, 1865, ten per cent, m addition to the
tax on such profks as income under the “act to
lay taxes for tho common defence, and carry on
the Government of the Confederate States," ap
proved April 24th, 1863.
11. Oa all profits made by buying and selling
money, gold, silver, foreign txonaugo, stocks,
notes, dc-bts, credits, or obliga-ions of any kiad,
and any merchandise, property crtffects of any
kind, not onmneraicd in the para
graph, between tbe tutus named therein, ten per
cent., in addition to the tax on such profits as
income, under the act aforesaid.
11l On the amount of twenr
ty-fivM per coot, made during eiiher of the years
1863 and 1864, by au.y b nk or bulking compa
ny, insurance, canal, navigation, importing and
exporting, telegraph, express, railroad, manu
facturing, dry dock, or other joint stock compa
ny of any description, whether incorporated or
not, twenty-five per cent. >-n such t xceas.
Sec. 5. Tho following < xemptions from taxa
tion under this aot shall In allowed, to-wit :
I. Properly of each h ul of i family to the
value of five hundred dollars; and lor each minor
child of the f.itnily to the further value of one
hundred dollars; and for each son actually en
gaged in the aimy or navy, or who has ded or
been killed in the military or naval service, and
who was a member of the family when he on*
tered the service, to the further value of five
hundred dollars.
11. Property of the widow of any officer, sol
dier, sailor -r marine, who may h .ve ..led or been
killed in the military or naval service, or where
there is no widow, .hen of the family, being
minor children, to the value of one thousand
dollars.
111. Property of every officer, soldier, sail
or or marine, actually engaged in the military
or naval service, or of such as have been dis«
abied m such service, to the value of one thous
and dollars, provided that, the abovo exemp
tions shall not appiy to any person, whoso
property, »xclasive of household furniture, shall
be assessed at a value exceeding one thousand
dollars.
IV. That where property has been injured or
destroyed by ihe enemy, or the owner 'hereof,
has been temporarily deprived of lheu?e or oc
cupancy thereof, or of the moans of cultivating
the same, by reason ->f '.fee presence or prox
imity of ihe enemy, tbe escessment on such
property may be reduced, in proportion to the
damage sustained by ice owner, or the tax as
sessed thereon may be reduc-od in the same ratio
by the district collector, on satisfactory evidence
submitted to him by the owner or assessor.
See. 6. That the taxes on property laid for
the year 1864 shall be assessed as on the Jay of
the passage of this act, and be dua and celled
ed on the first day of Jane next, or as soon
after as practicable, allowing an extension of
ninety days west of the Mississippi river. The
additional taxes on incomes or profits (or the
year 1863 ievied by this act, shall be assessed
and collected forth wills ; and tho taxes on in
comes or profits for theylear 1864 .shall be as
sessed and collected aceoriirg to the provisions
of the tax aDd assessment acta of 1863
Sec 7. So much of the tax act of the 24'h
day of April, 1363, as levies a tax on incomes de*
rived from property or efficts on the amount or
value of which a tax is lev cd by this act, and
also the first section of said a-t, are suspended
for the year 1864, and to estima’ed rent, hire, or
interest on property or credits herein taxed ad
valorem, shall bo asae--ed ortaxed as income?,
under the tax act of 1863,
Sec. 8 ibat the tax imposed by this act on
bonds of the Confederate States heretofore issued,
shall in no case exceed the interest ou the same,
and such bonds when held by or for minors or
lunatics, shall be exempt from the jax m all
cases where the interest on the same shall not
exceed one thousand dollars.
Lincoln's Calls for Men.
Tbe New York World, in commenting
on some flippant phrases that are used by
some of the Yankee papers—such, for ex
ample, as “Who’s afraid ?” Nobody’6 hurt,”
&c.—says:
These phrases are too memorable and
too familiar to leave any occasion for trac
ing their paternity or explaining the beating
they were intended to have at the time of
their utterance. Each of these memorable
phrases, when uttered-reflected the feelings
and elicited the warm approval of the Re
publican party. They prove that in the
Presidential canvass of 1860, and for some
months afterwards, there was no statess
manship in that party with foiecasi enough
to torm the faintest notion of coming events.
In our judgment, time will show that these
men are as politically blind now, in 18G4,
as they were in the autumn oi 1860 am) the
ensuing winter. But, for tho present, we
wish to call attention only to
contrast between the light and cavalier
manner in which the Republican statesman
scouted the idea of possible danger, witli
the actual consequences of the election of
Mr Lincoln. When Mr Seward was scot
ting at the apprehensions of more prudent
and sagacious men, and leeringly crying
out “Who’s alraid ?” what would his audi-'
ence have said if the curtain of a near fu*
turity could have been lifted and the dan
ger disclosed to their view which has since
justified these enormous calls for troops ?
April 16, 1861 75,000
May 4, 1861 64,848
From July to December, 1861 500,000
Juiy 1, 1862 200,000
August 4, 1862 300,000
Draft, summer of 1863 300.000
February 1, 1864 500,000
Total 2,039,738
This is the aggregate of the calls for men
in only one branch of the service. The navy
has not, indeed, been developed on the same
enormous scale as the array, but the nurn»
ber of vessels purchased and built, the
number ot seamen enlisted, and the expense
incurred in the brief space of three years,
has no paralell in the history ot any other
nation. From the recent report of the
Secretary of the Navy we compute the fol
lowing statistics of that brunch of the ser
vice :
Total number of vessels iu the service and
under construction. 588
Total tonnage 498,000
Number of guns 4,443
Number ofseamen, July lat 34,000
Patriotism naturally enough exults in
these exhibits, which so spendidly attest the
resources of the country; but they equally
attest the fearful magnitude of the danger
which *o enormous a strain puts upon the
national energies. But do they not still
more empatically attest the unstatesmanlike
blindness which so misjudged the tendency
of events, and laughed to scorn the pre
dictions ot those who foresaw what was
coming? But our prodigious armies arid
fleets ate not merely displays of power,
they are also evidences of debt. The fol
lowing figures, which we find compiled to
our hand, show the various loans aud lia
bilities of the Government, thus far author
ized by various acts of Cougress:
Loan of 1842 $ 642,624
Loan of 1847 9,415,250
-Loan of 1848 8,908'841
Texas indemnity loan of 1830 3,460.000
Loan of 1858 20,000,000
Loan of 1860 7,022,000
Loan of 1861 18,415.000
Treasury notes, March, ’6l 512 900
Oregon war loan. 1861 1,016,000
Another loan of 1861 50.000.000
Three years treaeurv notes 139,679,000
Loan of August, 1861 320 000
Five twenty loan 400,000 003
Temporary loan 104,433,007
Certificates of indebtedness 156,918,430
Uuclaimed dividends 114.115
tenders, 1862 397,767,004
Legal tenders, 1863 704,989 937
Postal and iractional currency 50,000,000
Old (reasurv notes outstanding 118 000
Tea forty bonds 910.000,000
Interest bearing treasury notes 500,000,000
Total $2,775,912,808
All the loans included in this table have
not yet been raised and expended, but they
are no more than sufficient to carry the yvar
through the next fiscal year. But all the
expenses of the war are by no means in
cluded in the expenditures of the Federal
Government. If we include the large sums
paid by the several Btates, and by munici
pal corporations in bounties, in the outfit of
regiments, for sanitary purposes,-and li.r
supporting the families of soldiers absent
on duty, several hundred millions would
be added to ihe enormous total. If we far
ther include the losses occasioned by the
shock given to business in the first year of I
the war, the injury done to our commerce
by the rebel privateers, and the wealth
which wouid have been created by the men
employed as soldiers, the aggregate will
swell to a sum so formidable that the party
that laughed and sympathized when their
leaders so jauntily exclaimed—“ Who’s
afraid?” should at least be convinced that
they were then following blind guides. But
what reason is there for supposing that
these leaders possess more wisdom now?
Have the fanatical passions and sectional
hate which blinded their judgment then
abated anything of their violence by the
progress of the war?
“Nobody’s hurt!” The shallowness and
levity which prompted this noted remaik
wa re a shocking preclude to the bloody
scenes that were about to open under tbe
direction of the man who uttered it. The
corpses that moulder benefth the »-oil of a
huudred battle field?; the hundred of thous
ands of brave fellows who have perished
in military hospitals; the hundred and
twenty four thousand widows that are now
applicants for pensions, are a sad and ter
rible commentary ou this heedless arid
tieartless text. Do such leaders deserve
die confidence of the country? Shall its des
tiny be longer committed to their keeping?
A recent number ot the London Times con
tain some very striking sentences. They re
late to ihe present trade of Great Britain. They
declare that Eagland has never before kno«tn
?uch prosperity as she is now enjoying. They
adduce facts whieh coo firm the declaration.—
This is truth in spite of the cotton famine—in
spite of the idle operatives and silent mills in
Laaoashire,
For Three Months, $8
P;om East Tennessee.
Private letters from Bristol announce the
forward movement of Longstreet.. It is
said that he passed Knoxville, which is »(•
tectually garrisoned by Small Pox. Ths
number of troops in the place is very
small. Our scouts suy that Thomas is re
inforcing Foster. Oa yesterday it was ree
ported by Unionists and others, that a
fierce conflict had taken place near Knox
ville. The tight had continued through
two day. On the first days the battle was
iudicisive, on the second, the Federals were
routed. JSuch are the stories brought in by
our scouts. Our readers may judge of their
credibility.
On yesterda -', two pieces of artillery and
three hundred cavalry and infantry cama
out from Cnaltanooga and attacked our
pickets. Two ol tnese were captured. No
other reported losses on either side.
The roads about Dalton are iu a horrible
condition. Os the ninety prisoners
brought in from Alabama, one is a woman
m man’s apparel. She goes oil crutches,
and belongs 10 the 16th Illinois.— [Atlanta
Register 21st.
The i halned Aluse.
We find the following significant an*
noimceinent in the Columbia South Caroli
nian o! Wednesday :
Married, in Columbia, on the 16th inat.,
by the Rev. J. Maxwell Priugle, Henry
Tnnrod, of Charleston, S. C., io Miss Katie
S. Goodwin, youngest daughter of the late
Geoige Alaryatt Goodwill, Esq., of Bury St.
Eilmouds, England-
The poet, journalist and essayist of the
Carolinian is no more !—a bachelor. His
accomplished associate disposes of him with
this spicy Personnel congratulation;
ANOTHER DEFUNCT BACHELOR.
Ii is with a species of grim satisfaction
that we announce in our columns, to»day,
another diminution in the ranks of single
blessed*dorn. Ye “elbow neighbor” of ye
local, and pleasant associate of ye editor,
Harry Timrod by name—poet, dreamer,
philosopher and good fellow generally, after
suffering lor months all the horrors of that
worst of “i is that flesh is heir to,” enlarge*
meat of the heart, has at. last entered hia
haven of rest. The nervous, restless, jerky,
abstracted individual, who was wont to up
set our exchanges, read papers for hours
upside down, write editorials and tear
them up, order big fires oil hot days and
open the doors when it was cold enough to
freeze the legs on a tin kettle— this afflicted
cor porosity, the Fates be praised, is no more-
With a number of friends, yesterday noon,
we assembled to witness his “final going
off. ’ The expression ol Ins face was sin
gularly serene, pulse good, and general
symptoms not at all suggestive of the blue
lines he oace wrote to some imaginary en*
chan tress over head:
“Ob! take me thence, I would no longer stay,
Beneath the sky;
Give roo to ciiaat one puro and deathless lay,
And iet mo die/’
There was no dye about the poet, yester
day, sure. We carefully watched him aa
the wing* of time flapped on, and inch by
inch his poor mortality began to slip away;
but “few Bud brief were the word* ho said."
Oace he di 1 complain of his heart, which
lie faintly murmured was “like an odd vol
ume in the liorary of creation, containing a
yet unfinished uie but tins was the only
appi >ach to a groan that escaped him. In
a few minutes more, he was elan ding like
an interrogation point, that meant every*
thing but. said httie. The metamorphosis
now oeg'in —hi3 soul changed residence,
and iiis life was set lo new and nobler mu»
stc. Trie poet had commenced the Epic
ol hia dream-. IK stood forth, in short, a
veritable, unadulterated, unsophisticated
married man! Peace, plenty and prodigious
prosperity attend hw peregrinations.
•‘Caa Vow iteep asecret.”
“Dorothy, -aiti Icnabod, pale and trembling,
to his wi in, * D,<rolLy, I have a secret and If I
though' yea would ke«p ic Inviolable I would
•not i: -iitar.) to reveal it to you ; but oh, Doro
thy, woman”—
“Why, Icuabod, it must certainly be a secret
of great importance, tor you are iu a woful agi
tation. You, kuo w, lnxsuaad, you caff place
implicit confidence in your wile. Have I ever
givt-nyou any occasion to doubt my fidelity?”
“Never, never, Dorothy; but the secret I have
to communicate is oae that requires more than
ordinary fuithiuinesa and prudence to prevent
yon from divulging it. On! dear! I shudder
when I think on’t!”
“Why, husband, do you know how your
lips trombio, and vour eyes roll? What is the
matter? !• uauo.il yon surely cannot mistrust
the c n&d-.teo of one who vowed at ihe altar to
be truthful lo yon. Come, unbosom your*
.-eil/’
“.May I roly on your fidelity?”
“ic ,;j! J, you ko >w you may,”
“Well, choc, —We are both ruined !— undone
—I have commuted murder!”
“Murder!”
“Yes, murder !—and have buried him at the
fool of airon in the orchard !”
“D;i! i-vyjoi! Ich.ibod. C-.mmitted murder!
Tii a inured w■: .%m ruined, and children with
ua !”
Ichabcd left tbs room, nod Dorothy hurried
off t- a neighbor’s. Mrs Prattle observed a
great c!:an;,o in Dorothy's countenance, and in
her general appearance, so great as to induce her
to inquire n o tbecao?e ot it.
“Oh ! Mrs. Pranie, said Dorothy, I am the
most miserable ot women ! I am ruined for
ever !"
“Mercy ! Dorothy, how gloomy and distress*
od y. q kok! What has turned up to make
yon appear so dejected? Why, how you sigh 1
worn * a T ime tho cause.”
“I wish i might, Mr.-. Prattle; but the n cca*
eion of my unhappiness i- & secret whioh I atu
not pormiUed to di uige.”
“Oh!” yea may teil me D rothy,—l shall
never mention it again to any on«.”
“Will you promts mo never to reveal it to
any person living ? ‘
Yoa know, Dorothy, I nuvor toll secrets.”
“Woil, Mr a . Prattle 1 scarcely dare say it,
tuy husband ha* committed murder, and buried
him at tec foot of u trci in the orchard! — he
told m3 of it him ialf. For heaven’s sake, don’t
ui,me it to any one
“Murder: ifour husband committed murder I
indeed, indead Dor 'by, y a have reason to
think yourself ruino-t! Poor thing I pity you
to in;, Lean!”
D n thy went home weeping and wringing her
hands ; and Mrs. Prattle, leaving her dough
half kneaded, and her infant crying in the cradle,
has to hold a tete-a to;e with Mr3. Tellall.
Scon after thi* last confab was ended, the re
port ot Ichabod's having committed ,inorder be
came geoeral, and tbo disclosure of the fact was
traced to bitf‘ wife Dorothy. Process was imme
diately issued against bini by a magistrate, be
fore whom, and in the presence of a multitude
of anxious spectator?, he gave the following ex
planation, and f.lcad guilty to the charge of mur
der. ‘*My objeet,” said Ik-ab j, “in the course
I have par.«u" ! , r -> ? °-t my wife's capabili
ty of keeping a -ecrc r —l have committed m or
der ;b scrmch as I killed a toad, and buried it
at the foot of a tree in my own orchard. Os
how far my wi o is capable ot keeping a secret,
has been sufficiently proved—-and with respect
to the murder, those who feel an interest in it,
are at liberty to i aspect the body,”