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Volume XI.
CttANtiF' Os SCHEDULE,
MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, I
Superin'endent’a Office, >
Columbus, Dec. 3d, 1863,)
ON and art* r Dec Ath the Mail Train on this Road
will run aa follows :
Leave Coluiubus .45, P. M.
Leave Macon... .............6:30, P. M.
Arrive at Macon 4:18, ▲. M.
Arrive at C ilumbua ...5 a. M.
Passengers can now go through to Charleston, via
Savannah, without delay.as the Mail Train on the
Charleatou and Savannah Railroad makes close con
nection with the Central Railroad at Savabuah.
W, L. CLARK,
Supt. Muscogee R. R.
Dec 4 if _____
Change of Schedule.
ON AND AFTER December 6th, the PasseHger
'I ann on the Montgomery $• West Point Railroad
will
Leave Montgomery at —. 10.30 A M
•* West P0if1t,.,MMn...»4 ...tiSO ?. M.
Arrive ut C0minbua,....................7,10 P M
Leave Coluinbua,..... M . 8-30 A M
Arrive at Montgomery.... 11,37 A M
“ •• West Point ...7,60 A M
Making through couoeciiona to anl from Atlanta.
Freight leaves C01umbu5.................6,40 A, M.
"• arrives at C01umbu5...........8,00 P. M,
|D. H. CKaM,
Deo 4 If Hupt. *t Engr,
Administrator’s Sale.
By virtue ofan order from the Court of Ordinary of
Taylor County, will be sold before the Court
jttouse door ofsaut county, on me fir.t Tuesday in
March next, within t..e leg.l hours of axle, a valuable
negio Buy by tne name 01 Jacob, sixteeu years old,
Uic njooetty of me estate' ofJaiuesMontg.imury, dec’ll
1 v ’ ucHOii u. DA via,
lebji 40*1 A am>r -
Estray Notice.
1 vICKENS .MoCOW, ol the 77id District O. M.
XJ traiismj s’to me the following certnicate ol and
Astray Vose Oi Oxtii; cna a tea and wiilte color,
and the other a while and brindle color; maiked Willi
a Biitooin crop and mideibit in both yeats. ADout
four years old. Appraised by A. 0. BoYuin aud Jo
sepn Lawson Biggeis, freeholders of saU county an
u,si,id to he woiui four hundred dolllais,
A uue exuact In.nl the tsiray book, this the 28th
ol December, I6t>3. A. P JUNES,
Jau4 —wbOd Clerk. I. C.
Estrav Notice.
JONATHAN ENGLISH, of iUe772dDisliiet G. M.,
transmits to me ilie I'oilowiug certificate ut an
c.ti ay steer : a deep red ruior, supposed to be 3or 4
years old, maiked with a crop ana undertm in tbe
ugutear, and undertnl ami split in the left. Appraised
by James Cooper and Jeicmiab Uaitleuge, liee„olneis,
lu ue worth one hundred dollars.
A true extract trout the Estiay Book this 30th Jan
uary, ißt>4. A.i*. JONfis, tVKI.C.
lehl— U
ADMINISTRATOR’S BALE.
AGREEABLY’ to an order of the t;ouit ol Oulmuiy
of Siewan County, will be sola wittiin the legal
bouts of .ale before the Court House door in itieiowi.
of Luiupkin, on the first Tuesday in Matvli next.
••Sophie" a negro woman year. old and her cm.d
4 years of age, netoi gtng iuiu«. estate oi (Susan Yar
brough, deceased.
Terms ndslt, »ARAH liENNARU,
t JttU S3 Id Agio's.
tiKOiUflA—Murlou fouitly:
HULL NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adui’rx on
the esute of Daniel names, Jr., havmg petitioneu
this Court lor letters of dismission from said Admin
lauation.
t’uese ure therefore to rite and namotitsh all an
singular me kindred and creditors ui rata deceased to
be and appear at iuy otttce withiu me tuna pte.vtrtbcd
by law, and sboW cause it uny they have, why said
Administratrix should not be owiuiSseii trout said
Administration Ou tne Ural Monday m J uly i»f*4.
Given under my Hand c iid oinciai siao-ture, tnia
December tne 7 lit, .on3. MALCtiftl ilaih,
4Wc 14 mom 4nju.ra.>._
LtoiUiiA—iiatiou utuniy
I* tjLE Nisi.— Aitereas, M- Rutland William M
IV Hut , AduuiiWtraioia upon the estate oi E Kludge
c>. Bull, deu’d, having applied ntr letters ot Dismts
iiou irom said xtliitsiuuiuuu. —l ttese are theretoie
to cite and admonish an and modular me kindred and
creditors ot said deceased losliow cause, it any tuey
bave, why said applicant euuuid out be dtsimsseu
trout said AdilUHlst.attdli.
Uiven under my hand and official signature, Sep
teinber Hd, iooa, MAiiCUoi liAiu,
sept 7, m tint. uidinaiy.
UEORQla»ftiarian bounty <
KlU.li NlSl—Wneteas, AttiamliL. Hattie, Ad.
muusuauix upon the Estate ui David L, Muiry,
saving* app !• u for loners of dismission
trout said Administration
Tuese a.e lhoretore loti e and admonish a,l and
singular, tlyc studied au, creditors of s.»td deceased
40 snow outisri, ti any ituve Why said Auiiiiiii9
trutm should not oe dtsa.xsseu fro,ti said dumiuisun-
UOti.
Given uitCei ray hand and official stgna.ure, Oc
tuber bill, 1 (>d all ALCuAi 11.a lit,
dec lx mlnn _ tiiuinaiy.
OEORtiIA-Marlon County.
WHEREao.B. A, Slur*, Adlltlu.sl.aior upon the
estate of Jussp N 8.. ry, late of said county,
deceased,, having applied f«r letters, ot DisuhSbluii
troiu said aoinmistra.ioii.
These ate ittereioie to c>te and admonish all and
singular the autdieu and citdltora of said deceased,
lo lc and appear at my office within me tune pro
scribed by ,uw, to show cause, if any litej have, wny
said iclieis of disnti siou Simula not ee ptra.neil
lo said applicant on the lirst Monday ,n Ocioooi next.
Given under my hand and officnl st b na u.e, Jan,
JJ3U, ISO 4. MaLU'lji HAIR,
Jkii. xb utbm i ___ mdinary._
PLANTATION IRON
\\) ILL be exchanged tor Corn, Wheat, llacon or
VY Laid, at PLANTER'S WakEuIHJSK.
Colnti.bua, Ga.. Feb. 3d, lw
SiftiSftClHAftl & CO.,
MOVED TO MASONIC HALL ,
Third Door to the right, on tsicuoinl Floor.
feb 8
Notice.
fI*HE notes and accoui.ta ot J. U. Daniel A Cos.,
A have been p a*«d lit our hands tor collection
Persona indebted to ihent uiid uutnng to pay, will
please coiue toiward ut t ine ana do so. Tuo.e who
do not wmh to pay wo will endeavor to make >hem.
We are also amfioiized to traiuaci uny cusinets for
saidhtun or lor J,ft. Daniel,
* PEABODY A BRANNON,
feb fi dim Ally s hi Law.
LAYV AND COLLECTION OFFICE,
ivi. a".
Attorney at Law and Notary,
RICHMOND, VA.
Claims ot every description against the Conlederute
fitates eeuled with accuracy and dispatch. Legal
business will receive prompt auenliou. augl? ly
Old Iron Wanted.
WE wish to puuhasea large quaiiti y of SCRAP
IRON, bath cast and wrought, f.r which cash
will be paid. HARRISON, BEDELL a. Cos.
jan S7
320 or 640 Acres of Land for Sale.
Ictier for saio the tract known Bathe Mercer place,
about 1 miles from station No. 5, ot die Mobile
A Guard It. H. It contains 3*20 acres, 16.2 ot which
is in cultivation, the balance tiiuberul land. There
aie cabins for about 30 negroes, gin house, stables,
4 <*., two wellx of good water and a large qtin tny of
light wood convenient to the ft. R. The other half
of the section, all heavily limbered will be sc Id u de
sired by tbe purch s<-i, apply to Gr«enw< nit A
Gray, Columbus, Ga , lor leims. Mr Men tt on the
place will show it to any owe wishing ;os<-e it
D. C. i-REKMaN. Jr.
Bun Copv. jan H
COLUMBUS
DYKING ESTABLISHMENT I
ff'IIE SUBSCRIBERS having perfeciud their a'«
1 rargemenls, are now prepared to da all kinds of
DYING in
Silk, Wool and lotion.
Dye Uouse on south-west corner of Bridge and
Oglethorpe streets, ordeis Jefi ai he office oi ihe
Bouihe.it Exptcss will meet with pn mpt ulteaiion
Parlies trom the couniry ran send any att.cie by Ex
press. Address
> OlGliT A lllU.
Nov Hi 3m.
150 lbs English Blue Man.
A T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
TA. For gahiby J. B. PEMBERTON,
Wb, 13 if Druggist under Cork's Hotel.
feb fi dim
iulttttibts lailtt ofme&
SPECIAL NOTICES
OFFICE MOBILE !c GIRARD R R. >
Girard, February 90, 1864. $
On aud alter this date all parties receiving or ship
ping freights over this Road, will be required to fur
nish the exart r.htnge tor freight.
W, H. WILLIAMS.
feb 90 ts Agent.
Notice-
HEADQUARTERS POST, I
Columbus, Ga„ Feb. leth, 1864. {
GENERAL GREERS, No. 7.
The alien lion of all parties concerned is 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 held accounta
ble for reccuiting in violation of that oider.J
“I. The Beaureau oi Conscription affords adequate
means for bringing into service persons liable to
military duty; and all authorities given prior,to De
cember Ist, 1863, to raise troops from men not within
the lines of the enemy to recruit for any particular
command in the field are hereby revoked."
By order of COL ROBERTSON.
Chas. Wood, A. A. G.
feb 19_lvv
Notice.
HEADQUARTERS FOaT, >
Coiumbus, Ua., Jan. *7, lbt.4, y
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 6.
I. All officers or soldiers remaining m Columbus
over IS hours will require a pass from then; Head
quarters.
11, All persons between the ages of 18 and 46 years
visiting Columbus (Officers of the Navy and Army
stationed at this Post excepted) will in future be re
quired to procuic a puss 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.
HI. Officers and soldiers abce.it from their com
mands, orcitit.zens claiming exemption by virtue of
contracts or otherwise, will save themselves annoy
airce by immediately procuring the required pass.
By order of Col. ROBERTSON.
CHAS. WOOD, A. A. G.
jan 89 ts
NOTIOJS.
QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, >
Columbus, January>7, i6t>4. $
<»u the first of each month, Major Jno. .E. 'Davis
PuriUuaitmmaster, will make payment to alleiuploy
ees of .this department. Alsu to owners ot staves
hired, and lor properly rented. Patties interested will
present their bills to Major Davis monthly.
The emplo «es of Ute Transportation Department
will be paid by Cape 11. D. Cothran. All purchases
of supplies and payments liteielor will be made by
myself, F. W. DLLLaRD,
Major and Quartermaster,
jail 29 it
Shipping Notice.
MUSCOGEE RAIL Koau, )
81l CERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, >
Columbus, Dec. 2?d, ’b3. )
Owing loihe want of sufficient transporiaiion tor
Government frtigto, piivule freight will not be received
at this depot until turiber halite.
W. L. CLARK,
Dec S3 t< Bupt.
notice troiu tbe Commandaut
ot Conscripts.
For the information olthe public, it is publi hed
that tbe Euiohiiig Department of Georgi a is divided
intoien(fO) Congressional Districts, tacit of which is
under charge of a District Enrolling officer.
The Ist, *2d, 3d, 4th and 7th District are under the
immediate supervision of Maj. A. M. Rowland, Ma
con, Ga,, and the ath, bth, 6th, 9th and 10th, under
that ui Maj, Join A'. Andrews, Decaair, Ga. All
special applications fur exemptions or detail, and
communications regarding the Enrolling service, wil
be fuiwatded through he county Enrolling Officers
to the Cbiei of Districts.
The Enrollin<g Headquarters ot the several Dis
tricts are localed at the following places, viz :
Ist Congressional District, at Bavauuali, Ga.
Sd do do do Albany, do
3d do do do Columbus, do
4th do do do Macon, do
sih do do do Augusta, do
bih do do do Athens, do
7th do do do Griffin, do
Btli do do do Atlanta, Cos
9th do do do Alpharetta, do
10th do do do CartersviUe, do
CHARLEB J. IIARItIB,
Major and Commandant Conscripts,
feb 3 lot State ofGeoigta.
Medical Card
JDr. E. A. BOSSY,
FORMERLY'; Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fc
ntaie lutirmary/’tenders his services to tbe citi
zens ot Coliumbus, in ah the branches of his piotes
ston.
Special attention will be devoted to the treatment
of the Diseases of women.
|I7“ BurjToal operations performed for Slone in the
Bladder, Fistula in Auo, Ven o-Vagmal fistum. Hyd
rocele, Congenital amt Accicentai Thymotis, Varico
cele, Mcemorrholds or Piles,Cal ous Impassable Stric
tures, Farße Passage, TaUpts or Club Foot, and Con
traction of the Fingers, Stratiismus or Squinting,
Aneurism, Vaiix or uiuued veins, Pterygium, Cataract
aud Hair Lip ; also lor tbe removal of ail tumors or
abnormal giowths liorn any pailot the body.
Diseases of tbe Geniio-Druiary Bysteiu, comprising
the different stages of Gonorrhcße, istnctures, Gravel,.
Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in us prtmaiy, scondary,
tertiary and heiedirary forms, wi.l receue panicu.ar
attention.
References given whenever desired, as well as Ute
recommendation of many years practice in New Or
leans. Con.iiltutiOM hours every day at his office
in the Masonic Hall Build mg, hoot 10 to 12 o’clock,
a, nt., and ftont 2to 4 o’clock p. m. Patients will do
well to call prec.seiy at these hours, as before atm
after that time wiil be devoted to vistitng persons in
the ciiy.
Address all cominunii aliens 1 1
DR. E. A. ROStY,
Columbus, Ua
N. B. —Patrons irum a distance wiil be visited and
treated at Uutue, if di sired. 1 shall be thankful to
tny professional brethren tor any favor they may do
me i.y sending me persona requiring Hurgical atten
tion.
U 7“ In a tew days I shall have rooms for the pur.
pose of giving BTtAM 'ULPHUttGUS BATHS and
MEDK aTED FUMIG.vT.oNS, as employed m the
ho.-pita sos Eutope ana America, as one ot the most
efficient means for the cute of Rheumatism, eerolu
lous Diseases, Syplii.n c Empiion, Gout and all Chron
ic affections of the skin. E, A. R
leb 1 1 3ut
GOODRICH & ( 0.,
(FORMERLY OFXEW ORLEANS )
7*i Broad Street,
COLUMBUS ..GEORGIA.
Wholesale and Retail.
STAPLE A FANCY DRY GOODS.
ARE iutir-tsally receiving fresh importations, direct
from Europe, ot staple and fancy DRY GOOOS,
which they offer cheap for cash.
Itb 53m
Stray Mule.
&ED BAY HORSE MULE, ab-mt lb hrnds high,
10 or 12 years old. The owner can get him by
calling on J P. COKER,
feb 22 4i* at Greenwood, Fta.
Fine Smoking and Chewing Tobacco,
At wholesale and retail.
For sale by J ». PEMBERTON,
leb 13 It Diuggisi under Cook’s Hotel.
a -4
Old Scotch Whiskey.
|IA DOZEN pure Scotch Whiskey, a supeiior
article—•‘yery oid." For sate by.
feb 10 lw GOODRICH a CO,
Colambns, Georgia, C. Friday February 26, 1864
IIEADQ’RS 24TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT, i
1 Columbtip, Ga., Feb 11, lfc64. J
SPECIAL ORDER, No. 1,
There will be elections held on the 2d of March next (
for a Captain and four Lieutenants, for each of the
present Militia Districts of Marion county, viz: at
the School House near Judge McCalls* for the 710
and 948th, consolidated Districts; at Buena Vista tori
the 808th A 1034th consolidated Districts; atTazewel
forthe 807th At 955th.consolidated Districts and on the
12th of the same month at the Court Ilpuae and va
rious precints in said county, for a Major ol said Bat
talion, said elections to be conducted by a Justice of
the Peace and a freeb ’ ie; or by two freeholders or
two militaiy officers. The isd’ey sheets and returns
will be properly executed and forwaided through
these headquarter.
By otder of the Commander-In-Chief.
P. J. PHILIPS,
feb 15 lw A. D. C,
Express Notice*
All freight .or shipment by the Southern Exprea
must be pre-pa and from this date, except fvr the Govern
mint. H. 11. HILL,
Feb 15 1m Agent.
Lost
ON Saturday afterno >n, a GOLD WATCH KEY,
the plate in the iorai of a key sum*, and com tins
on one side the symbol of a Royal Arch Ma3un. The
centre of the symbol has an itise.iplion in Hebrew
characters. The under will be suitably rewarded by
leaving it at the TIMES OFFICE,
feb 15 4l*
OFFICE SOUTHEP.N EXPREBS COMPANY, >
Columbus, Ga , Feb. 13th, 1864, >
Much complaint being made of the delays of this
Company in forwarding merchandise,! am instructed
to advertise that the rules ot the Company require
that Qm'emmeiit package t hall have, precedence over
all oihers.f and next in order packages forwarded by
friends or£aesocialionsto officers and soldiers in the
field or hospitals. The observation of this rule 10.
gether with limited facilities for transportation, nec
essarily cause delay in the ot packages
for merchants and others.
S. 11. HILL,
feb 13 1m Agent.
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXFIf&SS COMPANY, t
Auoustx, Ua., Feb. 10th, 1864. >
Legal noticeis lureby gwen to all concerned t that pei
sons who ship packages containing spit its, wines and
cordials, without informing our Agents of 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 specia. con
tract. JAMES SHORTER, Supt.
l’eb 13 1 m Acting President.
Printing* Binding*
Paper, etc.
HAVING constructed alarge^buildihgin Columbia,
8, C.. and removed our machinery from Charles
ton, we would inform Quartermasters, Bank and
Railroad Officers and the public, that we &>e as welt
prepaied as before ihe war to execute all orders In our
line. We have been importing fiom Europe largely
ol articles used in our business, and now have on
hand a stock ccnsi-ting in pan of the following ar
ticles •
200 Reams English Double Cap
Writing.
»oo Reams English Royal—white,
blue and buff.
200 Reams English Bank Note
Paper,
500 Reams White and Blue French
and English Folio Post.
500 Reams White and Blue Eng
lish Cap.
1,000 Reams White and Blue Eng
lish and French juetter.
1,000 Reams English Bath (small)-
Letter.
2,000 Reams Whited and Blue Note.
Also, Blotting, Copying and Do
mestic Papers.
7,000,000 Assorted Envelopes.
7,000 Gross Gillctt’s and other makers’ Steel Pen?,
Pea Holders, Pencil?, Sealing Wax. anb, and almost
all anicles of Stationary.
ALSO, A SMALL STOCK OF
Best ENGLISH BLANK BOOK PAPER [Super
Royal and imperii 1 not yet arrived], which we are
prepared io manufacture into any kind of BLANK
BOOKS.
We are now opening the abnv v luable stock and
advise our old customers, and eli others iii want, to
send lit their oideis at once, or the > tock may be so
much broken as to pi event us from tiling them prop
erly.
MEW PUBLICATIONS.
ISTOW JR.E.A.ID'SV
"ANDREWS’ MOUNTED AND FIELD ARTIL
LERY DRILL," by Lieut. Col. R. 8. Andrew?, Army
of Northern Virginia, liiustrased w.th nearly mu fine
lithographed cuts, punted on fine white paper, and
lull brown cambric This book is publi?he i under
instructions ot the Ordnance Department, G. S. A.,
and*sh<>iild be in the hands of every Ariiilery officer.
Price $4, one third off to the trade.
XJNf PRESS,
soon to be published:
GENERAL ORDERS, from tile Adjutant and In
spector General’s office, up to January i, 1864, with
copious index and other valuable mutter. Edited by
Gen. Thomas Jordan, Chief oi Gen. Beauregard’s
St iff Price #3, one third off to the trade.
CHISOLM’S SURGERY', being a third edition of
this valuable work, revised and enlarged by the au
thor, J. J. Chisolm, Surgeon S,A„ superbly illus
trated.
MARMONT’S YVORK ON MILITARY SCIENCE,
translated from the Fieuch, by Col. Frank Muller, C.
S. A., with notes by the editor. Illustrated.
PHILIP, anew Novel, by Will. H. Ttiackery ( aiely
deceased), splendidly illustrate i with portrait ot the
author and other engravings.
being a reprint of this valuable woik, now nearly out
of print, and much needed by thejoutn of our coun
try.
Also, lOO.OCO copies ol the Netv Testament and
Psalms lor ihe Confederate States Bible Society, with
seveial works for omer Societies and Publishers.
Haying arrangements for securing full supplies of
all kinds of Priming Papers, we are prepared to
undertake ihe printing and pubishing of any book of
value to the country, and expec t to continue the pub
lication oi Military, Schoorand other useful hooks.
EVANS St COGSWELL,
Near So. Ca. R. R. Depot.
feb 15 12t Columbia, ei. C.
1,000 Pair Cotton Cards at
per Pair, to consumers only. One bun
dred pair im 1 be given to needy soldiers’
lamilies of ihi* and adjoining comities ofGeorgW and
Alabama, eaiisi'.-ctoiy re'erer.ces fur such families
will be required. Apply tu Gunby * C-.
W H. YOUNG.
feb :94t R. M. GUNBY.
Pleasant Hour*
'1 > HI3 old and well known SALOON we havere-
A fined and opened for business We have three
Bowling Alleys and necessary fixtures, ad shall by
conducting our in an orderly manner, hope
to met it a libera: share or patronage
OGLETREE & .BARRINGER-
Feb 16 ts
FRANK ALLEN.
THIS beautiful and Thrrough Bred STALLION
wit! make ?h» ensuing erring Season at the
CHATTAHOOCiiBR cXM K-E, his old stand, near
Columbn*. Ga.,eo...meaning the 15tn inst, ana end
ing on ihe 15th of June mxi.
I will not attempt here a long pedigree or tUaerip
tirn of FRANK, a* his form, blood, beauiy, perfor
mances and fame, are 100 wed known io make it nec
esaapr
Trrma-S’tO for the Season in qdvanre. Should a
mare not pr.ve in fjai, she will be entitled to h:s ser
vices ano'ber Season f.ee of charge,
iefcl« im P. W. PRYOR,
EVENING EDITION.
UECKIPTS,
The reception oj the T>>w, taken ordered if
mail, will be ettr reseipt i >* tk* money / espetiai
ly to those subs enters for a Use time than a
ye*r.
When subscribers receive the paper wtth this
paragraph marked, the# will understand tt as in
forming them that their subscription is about te
tapirs, and that the paper will eertainly be stop
ped unless they make a *•emit tenet
Advanced Bates-
In consequence of 1 lie continued advance in price
of the material and labor consumed in conducting our
business, we are compelled to secure ourselves against
loss, to agiin advance our prices, which will be until
futther notice.:
Daily Paper for three months ~.,58 00
“ ** ** one “ 3 00
Weely Paper six “ ....... 5 00
“ *« " three “ ........... 300
Single copies 25 cents
TIIOS GILBERT St CO.,
TlfOS. RAGLAND,
J. W. WARREN & CO.
January Ist, 1864.
For Chattahoochea.
The steamer Jackson, Captain Fry, will leave fortbe
above, and intermediate landings FRIDAY morn
ing at 9 o’clock.
feb 25 id o
Retehateu, —The Rome Courier, of Saturday t
states that the Federal lorce, a of in
fantry under General Onerliaus, uud a brigade
of eavairy, commanded. by Gen. Wilder, that
recently occupied Wilis’ Valley, have all retired
beyond the Tennessee river. They tecrossed last
Tuesday night, and have fortified on the north
bank of the river, opposite Larina's ferry. Their
pontoons had not been taken up on Wednesday.
Our scouts now go to Larkin’s ferry, and aUo to
Guntersville.
Yankee dispatohea from Tennessee report
movements oi the army thora ami a design to
flauk General Johnson.
A dispatch from Chattanooga says General
Logan left Huntsville, Alabama, some days ago
with the Fifteenth army corps, to act in con.
juclion with General Sherman.
The cavalry expedition under Grierson and
Smith, crossed ibo country from Corinth moving
southwardly.
It is understood that these columns are iuten*
ded to act in conjunction—one to attack,
aud the other to cut off Polk’s re:real and dis
perse the cavalry of Forrest, repotted as scouring
Central and Northern Mississippi.
There is rio reason to dobut, though beyond
this enterprise ihe combinations are merely con
jectural, but mat a great Hank movement on
Johnstou’s army is intended.
The army at Chattanooga is by this lime in
motion for Tunnel ilui and Dalton. Its move
taeuts may have been delayed by circumstances
unanown to us, but it,is under marching orders.
A Sword lor Gen. Lee,
Tbe lltchmond Enquirer : "A spendid
sword has lately been brougnt to this oity and
deposited at Muchuii & Taylor’s store, a piesoux
for General Lee. It is ot Parisian manufacture
and was brought from Europe by the last steam
er that rufi the blockade into a Conltderaie port.
The blude is of ibo cavalry pattern, and embell
ished with many of the most boauuiui designs
known to art, Ou one side of the b.ade is en
graved the motto, •'Aide toi et Dieu V aidera,’
on the obverse side, Gen. if, E. Lee. From a Ma.
rylander." The sworu is emblazoned with a
cross on tbe shield, and other appropriate
devices. It is worthy of the duliuguisnod gen
eral fur whom it is intended by the patriotic
donor.”
The hotel proprietors of New York are pro«
posing to organize a special Intel police, “to
protect the travellii g public irom the profession
al sharpers and thieves who livo upon the pmo
der they levy upon strangers.”
Tub Armt.—The work of re-enlisting among
our veterans has become so general that ic may
be said to be universal. From all quarters, and
in every issue, wo have additions to make to the
glorious record of the patriotism and gallantry
which have added new lustre to the fame cf our
citizen goloicrs
Siege ot Ctiai-lestou.
TYYO HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHTH
DAY.
The number of shots, says the Charleston Mer»
cury of the 22d, fired by the enemy at the city
since our last report has been one hundred and
twelve. Two shots were fired at Sumter on Sat
urday, both of which struck.
'i beie Las been a very material diminution ot
late in tho number of Yankee lent? on Morris
and Cole’s Islands. The enemy has fce o n bu?y
modifying the construction oi the embiasures of
hia batteries on tho site of Battery Gr<gg, so as
to give him greater facilitiea for working his
guns against any attack that might be made
upon his position in barges.
The Yankee blockading steamer, the sinking
of which was noticed in oar last issue, was a large
three masted propeiier. She now lies offMaffit’s
North Channel, io the direction of the buoy
formerly known as the Cummings' Point buoy,
and is sunk, apparently, in about five fathoms
water. It gratifies us to be able to state that stiU
another blockader is since missing—gone to the
bottom, too, w® trust.
Five deserters from the enemy’s force on Kias
wah Island surrendered t finis rives to our pick
ets on John’.-: Islano on .Saturday. They are
Yankee conscripts, having been in the service
but two months, and belong to the 54ih New York
Regiment. They represent that a large proper
tion oftbeir regiment would likewise desert-if
they could get tho opportunity.
The battle in Florida was of far larger
proportions than we had any conception.—
Instead of four to five Unhand, as report
ed by the Federal deserters at
Savannah, Gen. Finnegan says the enemy’s
force was ten thousand, and this estimate
is confirmed by a correspondent of the New
York World, wtiling from fijlton Head on
the 9:b. He says that “nearly eleven
thousand” Federal troops embarked from
that point f'*>r Florida on the 4th instant.
The battle of Ocean Bend was tbeu a “big
fight,” at ieast on the part of the enemy
On our side we think it will be found that
not half the number were engaged, AH
honor to the heroes of CFe*n Bend- Weil
and gloriously have they ushered in the
campaign of 1864.—[Macon Telegraph.
From the Front.
Very strangely we have no special dispatches
at this hoar, 12 o'clock, to-day, from the front.
We are satisfied, nevertheless, from many indica
tions that Thomas is advancing on Gen. John
ston. We are (old that there is a column from
ten to twenty thousand strong moving South
from Cleveland. Everything betokens active
operations in the vieinity ot Dalton. There is
said to be another column advancing from King
gold. Oar pickets have been driven in at the
•Stone Church four miles this side of Ringgold.
Such are the rumors, to which we give credence,
from the front.—[Knoxville Register, 23i.
[Special to the Montgomery Advertiser.]
Dalton, Feb. 23 —Two Squadrons ot cavalry
and one Regiment ot infantry advanced by
Ringgold Gap yesterday afternoon, and drove in
the pickets, and halted at Ringgold. No fur
ther demonßtaiicn was made.
The enemy are in front in force, to make a
reconuuissance. They advanced this morarng
at 4 o'clock, within for miles of Tnnnel Hill, wa*
ambuscaded by Hawkins’ Sharpshooters and
Lowry's Alabama Brigade. The enemy wax
driven back, leaving 13 dead on the field. A
large number of wounded were oarried off by
the enemy.
Oar whole army is _eager for.a general fight
and advance.
From the West. — A gentleman who
left the vicinity of Wyatt, Miae., on Tues
day night last, reports that Gen. Forrest
bad been lighting the Yankees for two days
—Monday and Tuesday—and had suc
ceeded in driving two hundred of them
into a river and drowning them.
He also reports that the column which
was advancing m the direction oi Aber«
deen had returned in the direction of Gren
ada or Memphis, having given out their
expedition,—[Selma Rep.
ADDRESL
To the Daily Press of the Confederate States.
The period for’which the officers of the Press
Association were eleated has now drawn to a
close, and as the constitution of the body fails
to provide a day for the annual convention of
tbe members, the duty of calling you together
in general convention devolves on mo.
The expiring year of the Press Association
was the initial year of its existence. The pre
vious one had witnessed the suspension of many
journals, under the adverse influences which had
borne and still bear upon publishers. The past
presents as with the gratifying laot that since
the organization of tbe Press Association, no
daily journal has suspended its publication;
several which have been forced by the opera
tions of the publio enemy, to leave the scones of
their labors, have been able to pursue iu other
localities their career of usefulness; ana a num
ber of new ones have oome into existence. Tfiat
these results have been entirely owing to tho ta
bors of tbe Press Association, I will not claim ,
but we may well believe that without the or
ganized system of general and equally distribu
ted news reports, at a cost within the reach
of every one, which the Association has estab
lished, a e should not have witnessed them in
their entirety.
The labors that have been performed in
behalf have partaken largely of an experimen
tal oharaoter. They-need revision, and e cine of
them may need your sanction. Those winch
are yet before us require your counsel. Oints
siona in the provisions of the constitution, suon
as thai which calls forth this address, should
be supplied- The necessary election of officers
calls for your attention. An exammutlon, and
possibly a reconsideration, of the manner of as
sessing the burthens ot toe service, may bo oand
desirable. Praiices injurious to yvur interests
demand consideration. The powers wnioa your
elected representatives may justly claim in be
half of the comtadu good will acquire gre.ter
force from an expression of the general wi.l in
regard to their exercise and limits j and the
principles upon wtiion the press associauou has
been foimud and administered will acquire great
or stability trom discussion and judicious at
tention.
Tbe general relations of the press to other in
teres ot widely extended influence in the soc>ai
scheme also require cafeml conpiiiera ion. I
need not recite idem here, but bn instance will
convey and enforce my meaning. Tbe relations
oi the pres? to the teiegraph are ill defined anti
little understood. While this great mstiumeui
for the rapid transmission of intelligence i- an
invaluable auxiliary to the press, the operations
of the past year have demonstrated that ic can
also beootno a rival whiob defies competition.
Through the system of concentration of news
for the purpose of publication which the Frc??
Association has established, with the ass L-tar ce
of the telegraph, a temptation has been hold out
to those controlling that instrument also to be
come publishers. Some of these have given
way to this temptation, and hive found tha
means to increase ihe profits of ihier lines by an
early distribution of the news reports published
in the morning and evening editions of the daily
journals; thus turning to the injury of the prtea
the widely ramified system of labor and expendi
ture which tbe Association has established for
its own bemfit-and the public good.
The earn st and laborious efforts of your oU
fleers to organizr tbe association on a firm basis
should be considered and supported by a full
meeting Much misunderstanding wiil thereby
be removed, and many suggestions made to ren
der the institution the most valuable in the Con
federacy. The press and the people are all in.
teresced in its success.
The annual meeting of the Press association
will be held at Augusta, Georgia, on Wednes
day, the 6th of April next, and 1 re?pecifully but
earnestly urge a full attendance of the members.
Will the daily prma please extend this notice?
R. W. Gibb as, M. D.,
President Press Association.
Columbia, February 17, 1864.
tuixuisaau Treatment.
Rev. Isaac Lewie, a Methodist minister,
who for forty years has been a preacher ot
tbe Go.«pel in Knoxville, died in that city
lately. During hie last hours he was eub*
jected to the most inhuman treatment by a
Federal soldier. The following is Irnm a
letter describing the affair*.
The evening before he died the privacy
of his quiet bed room was invaded fy tbe
rude knock of the Yankee soldiery at his
door. One of them, when the door was
opened, inquired with an oath “it that old
rebel spy was not dead yet, the house is
wanted tor a hospital." He was told to
come and see for himself. He entered, and
nothing awed by the presence of Mrs wis
and her daughters standing in tears around
the bed, he rudely came forward and felt
the extremities of the dying man, and tor
three hours remained by his bedside impa
tient to see him draw his last breath.—
Death soon came to relieve him from this
unwelcome intrusion. In words scarcely
audible to hi* indignant and deeply be
reaved family, he calmly whispered, “Be
still—«ay nothing to him—l will soon be
beyond their power and their malice—
where tho wicked cease from troubling—
aud the weary are at rest" So died anoth
er martyr to the Southern cause. For three
months he had suffered horn Yankee tyr
anny and insolence. Tbe city where his
lung life had been spent was under a siege
in want ot fuel and subsistence- His sons
were to the camps or the field, and bis wile
and daughters soon to be turned out of
home upon the cold charities of strangers |
and enemies. Under these influences he
sickened—under these savage circumstan
ce# be died.
For Three Months, |8
Mews from Bermuda.
MOVEMENTS OF THE BLOCKADE RUNNER*.
We take the following from the Bermu
da Roja! Gazette ot February Bth;
The steamer Don, which lett here ob
Sunday morning last for Nassau, N. P-, is
reported (falsely of course,) to have been
captured uu leaving Nassau by the United
States steamer Tioga. From the 3d to the
6tn ult, the steamers Fannie, Syren, Sco
tia and liansa hod arrived there from Wilo
nungton The Presto and the Wild Day*
reli had also arrived.
The steamer City of Petersburg hence
tor Wdmmgtou, N, C, was cap ured off
that port uu the morn ng of the 18th ult.,
by the United States ship Connecticut.
Toe su-amer Red Jacket, from Mobile,
with 600 oales and a quantity ot Rosin bad
been captured by the United States steamer
Kennebec. The R.d Jacket is valued at
3100,000.
The steamer Isabel, under Spanish col
ors, arrived at Havana trom Mobile on the
15th ult., laden with cotton.
Toe blockade runners Cumberland,
Alice, and Little Lula wore at Havana on
the 16th ult.
It was reported at Havana that the
steamship Harriet Lane, formerly the Uni
tod S ates gunboat of that name, had been
tilted up at Galveston, Texas, for blockade
running purposes, and was expected at
Havaua with a full cargo of cotton.
The steamers Index, Emily, Minnie rnd
Caledonia had arrived at Bermuda from
England. They were supposed to be in*
tended ior blockade running.
The Advantages of Heavy Taxation
The bills passed by Congress embody
tiie financial ideas which commonplace
people have ever advocated. Taxation waa
the only remedy for financial evils, and with
a degree of courage which we had net as*
cribed to our legislature, they have met the
issue like men.
There is no great abundance of money
among the agricultural classes, and heavy
taxation will compel the sale of supplies so
greatly needed by the army. There ia
abundance of money among speculators,
and these are now forced to fund it. The
plethora of currency will no longer be felt,
the'priees of goods must decline with the
price of the necessaries of lite. Above
all, the army will bo ted. Seizures and im
pressments will no longer be necessary, and
the inducements to production are thua aug
mented. Speculation now ceases. The mar
kets will be open and free, and prices will
soon adjust aud regulate themselves. The
excitement of the hour will soou subside.
The local banks can furnish the medium
of exchange that commercial necessities
require between ’this time and the date of
extinction of the present currency. The
conflagration of Coniederate notes which
we wrote about some days ago is almost
letmzud, and no permanent harm, but a
dsgiee of inconvenience, and ultimate
soundness ol the curtency must be the re
sult.—[Kuoville Reg.
The London Tnuee, in commenting on
Lincoln » retumt of the military event* of
1V63, nays,
‘Can he (Lmcolu) deny that the,year
closets with tnaiKud evidence of the superi—
• ntiy possessed by tne Confederate army in
Virginia* that Gen. Lougstreet still clings
to East Tennessee ; that Gen. Johnston is
infusing new life iato Gen. Bragg’e army,
nod that he is backed by all the armed
strength ot the most powerful of the Con
federate States ? Besides, the obstacles
which irom the commencement have ham
pered Federate iu their stiategy, are as
actively operaiive as ever. No Federal ar
my has ae yet succeeded iu getting faraway
from it« .vater base* their enemy has con*
stautly moved upon an inner, and conceal
ed oase ot communication. Could some
power beetow upon President Lincoln and
his advisers the gift of seeing themselves
as others see them, what a picture would
tneir handiwork, as read in this once happy
ami favored Continent of North America,
present to their view.”
Horrible Mistake— A Sad Case or Poison
ikg.—Due of taoßo distressing accidents which
sometimes occur, and whioh thrill us with hor<*
ror, occurred m cur city on Tuesday night. Tha
facts of the case, as reported to at, are pub
srnntiaily these: Un the evening in question Mr.
George Hanna, an employee of the M. and W.
P. R. R. Cos., and three others, went into the
room of Mr. David Barrett, on Commerce street,
for the purpose it u supposed of spending the
evening. Mr. Barrett happened to be absent
from I- e room at the time, and seeing a bottle on
the mantle-pieoe which they supposed to contain
whiskey or other spirits, they imbibed freely.
In two hours Mr. Hanna was a corpse, and the
others were seized with violent contortions, which
produced great suffering- The bottle contained
medieina instead of whi»key, one of tbe ingre
dients being poisonous, of which we are assured
Mr. Barret was not aware. Mr. Hanna was
hurried yesterday. Tbe others, we are glad to
learn, are recovering. What a sad comment is
this upon the thoughtlessness of people iu taste
ing or drinking whatever they may chance up
on, without knowing their properties.— [Moots
gomery Mail.
To the Citigsns of Columbus and Mus
cogee County.
There are many of you who have not called at the
office of the Aijessor of the Confederate Taxes and
given in your property, fjr this neglect you are liable
to a penalty. Many of you have been assessed and
have failed tu pay your Tax, f«r this neglect you are
liable to a penalty. For this neglect you bave no ex
cuse, ss the Collector's and Assessor's office his been
open every day (Sundays excepted) fur three months.
After Monday, Hfcbjnst., I tha’l .commence issuing
executko* and rha.l visit the penalties of law on ail
di-fan ters. J. A. L, LBS,
feb 55 3t Confederate Collect >r.
Columbus Relirf Association,
CoLVMSC*. Feb. 54. 18G4,
At a meeting of the Directors of the Columbus
Relief Ann lation this day, the following Resolution*
were pis ed:
Resolved, That no one shall be allowed to purchase
more than one week’s supply tor fah or herself and
family at one and the tame date, and no one be par
mitied to puichase a second time .of the same article*
until th*4r f >rmer purchases are within one day of
being exhausted.
Resolve and 9d, That no one shall be permitted to pur
cb*<eattb« Storehouse of rhe Columbus Relief As.
sceiatiin. but >be Sorkh'ilders and such persons as
har or .nay ber-after be furnished «Kb cards
by me ..fine D rectors of the Assoc atioa.
Res Ive 1 i*c The Sel stnan b \ Instiuc ed to tell at
the .'owe t p r fl-. rates to e ver expen es of purchase.
t ra ?p nation and sale, wl regard the recent
legislation of Con refs on the On re< ey Mil.
B F COLEMAN,
Ffeetdeatpio teat,