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Stau ^ConlederattStates Rights THE CONFEDERATE UNION ( Corner of Hancock and IfilUinson streets.) OPPOSITE THBCOPBTHQggE, B#C €BtOf, HISBET & CO., SUtC PlteUIl. Tuesday Morning, January 3, 1865. Advertising nnd Job Work. All advertising done at this office, -except with persons with whom we have business transac tions, must be paid for in advance No Job Work will be executed at this office unless the money is paid down when the work is ordered. This »s positive. The Constitutional!** and it* Cabbage- head Correspondent, Junins. In times like these, when thieving and robbery are rife in the land, and when many persons once considered respectable, are disposed to set all laws human and divine, at defiance, it wou d seem o be n sacred duty of the press to < ‘ heck “J* ^ nounce this growing licentiousness, rather than to aid and encourage it. When it was discovered that many articles of value had been taken from the State House, the Penitentiary and the Lxe- cutive Mansion, by persons in and around Mil- ledgeville, the Governor believing that some ot these things were taken and held under mistaken notions of right, caused notices to be posted around the town, inviting such persons as bad any of the public property, to return it to an agent appointed to receive it, and warning them that, if it was not returned, a legal search, and forcible re capture would be tbe next resort, goon after these notices were posted op, a low, vulgar piece of blackguardism, in writing, was pasted upon a barber's pole, in which the writer abused the Governor, and set bis power to recover the sto len property at defiance. The strong sympathy which seemed to exist between the thieves and their champion of the barber’s pole, made it evi dent to everyone, that this knight of tho barber pole, had participated largely in the plunder. W1 o this champion of thieves and knight of the tho barber pole is, we do not pretend to know, but it is now very evident that he and the Con stitutionalist's correspondent, Jusius, are one and the same person. In a late number of the Constitutionalist, we see the entire article taken from the barber’s pole, and transferred to the col umns of that paper, over the signature of Junius. Now it is doubtful whether any one but the author could have copied that effusion entire from the barber’s pole, and it is very certain that no one but the author would have taken the trouble to seud it to Augusta for publication. Thus then the knight of the barber's pole turns out to be one and the same person with Junins. We do not now believe be is a Confederate officer. 1 he knight endorses the thieves. Junius endorses the kniglit, and the Constitutionalist endorses Junius; but who will endorse the Constitutionalist ? I hat paper, after publishing and endorsing the effu sions Ot Junius, is iu much the same condition iu which Coleridge found the River Rhine alter it had washed the dirty city of Cologne. “The River Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash the City of Cologne: But tell me nvmph what power divine, Can henceforth wash the River Rhine.” Our C’hristmfis. The past week has indeed been a gloomy one, around, above, below, inside. Ihe news was gloomy, and the weather seemed to take its hue from the military situation. Eggs are rare articles about here, since Sherman's hen roost robbers paid ns visit; and that cut off tbe supply of egg-nog, the only solace that many could have fonnd under the many depressing surroundings. It was enough to .give nny good man, even the editor of a news paper, (who is admitted on all hands to be made of good stuff for hard use.) a fit'of the blues to have lived in the last woek of 1864. W ithin the first two or three days of tbe week, we had the news of Hood’s defeat, Sherman’s occupation of Savannah, and the death of Gcuerals Forrest and Prico. two of the Lest fighters in tho Confederate army. Here was a budget of news sufficiently damp to take the starch out of the stillest faith amongst us. And then we had no set off to all this depressing news. Nobody invited us to a “merry Christmas” at their house, and we had nothing at ours to be merry with,—no tuibey to stop the aching in the void: no doughnuts to pac- jfy.the restless gastric juice, and no corn juice to put all tho juices in us to running around and keeping warm. Oh, it was not like Christmas was ir. boyhood days. But we saw some happy children and niggers, happy in spite of Sher man’s robberies and the rainy weather. “When ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise”-—so said the Poet and he knew 6ome things as well as oth ers. The gloomy w eather is gone—the season of disaster to our army, we pray God is over. Let os hope for brighter and better days, and strive to be better, and we certainly will be, happier men. The While tho streets are sonorous with the lamentations of croakers, and people of every class and profession are wearing long faces, and beginning to doubt the suc cess of the Revolution, thank God the PresH is cheer ful, hopeful .bright hearted and sanguine. With one or two exceptions, every newspaper in the Confederate States is brimful of confidence. Every page, eve ry lino, almost, appeals to tho reader, stirriDg the embers of his faltering faith, and bracing up the tottering fab' no of his hope. We rejoice that it is so. May it always be so. While some short sighted people would suppress tho Press, or hide its great light under a bushel, we re joice to see that the masses of men iu this Confeder; cy are wise enough to appreciate its powerful agencies in working out the great problem of liberty aud indc- pendenoe. Tlie Memphis Appeal. The obstmetion to the Mails has deprived us of the regular visits of one of the best papers among our ex changes. By the last Western Mail we received ten copies of the Appeal. But though delayed we found n feast of good things in the package, furnishing us about the only treat we had during Christmas. The Appeal is a large, well filled, ably conducted daily journal. It is high toned, spirited, thoroughly in for the War, nnd well and plainly printed. It i, t ] )e • est.daily in the Confederacy, containing daily almost double the amount of reading matter of many of its contemporaries. It is published by McClanahan and Pill, at Montgomery Ala. Terms, $6. per month. Wbal n ,T3nu. ^ few days ago it was stated positively, that the Tan kee Cavalry General Kilpatrick, was shot in tht ea Now wc hear that the same mau lias shot ahead iu t i. diree.tiou of Thomasville. w r — -— flhermoa Sherman will be the lion of the da> m I ar, • cles, because he captured in a forty day s march a city that could not be captured, in the by the naval and land forces of the Federa Gov ern ment Hi« cruel nature entitles him to be the God of such a people as the Yankees. They have now got an idol worthy of their worship. Lincoln will never be satisfied until he gets Beast Butler in Savannah. About next March or April the Beast will visit Savannah to warm his stiff paws in the sweet sunshine of our sea port city, vent his spleen on gentle women and inno cent children, and steal the spoons and plates and valu ables from the houses of the unfortunate citizens. A Wanton Outrage. “Mr. (Hugh Treanor, a respectable citizen of Mil- ledgeville. was wantonly killed, iu that city, while the enemv had possession of it. W e learn that a party of the enemy went to his rdsidence.and demanded his g<>id, and silver, and when informed by him, he had none, one of the party drew a revolver, and shot him in the heart, from the"effect of which he died in a short time ” We clip the above from the Countryman, where it appears as an extract.but no credit given. We assure friend Turner there is not a word of truth in it. The Yanks did not even burn Mr. Treanor's mill at the city much less take his life. A Mr. Patrick Cain, overseer for Dr. Jarratt.was killed by the Federala, for what rea son we are not advised. From Wilmington. The enemy’s fleet consisting of some oO vessels of war, of all shapes and sizes, led by tbe famous Ironsides made a furious attack on I ort I isher noar Wilmington, on th* 24th ult. After a heavy bombardment for several hours, the enemy put out disgruntled: Forter and Butler did not have the pleasure of giving Wilmington to Old Abe, as a Christmas gift. Our casualties were very few-. Report*. In the absence of official information through the medium of the telegraph, the country is filled with reports, many of which have no foundation iu fact.— We caution the public against the thousand and one reports put in circulation by idle and bad people who think there io not,real suffering enough in the country, but that a supply of artificial trouble should be added Since last Thursday we have heard of the death of the President, also Gen. Hood, Gen. Price and Gen'.'For rest. Now, we discredit all these reports. Neither ha^ been confirmed. Bad as our fortunes usually are at the close of the year, we are very far from believing that we are any worse to-day, so far as the cause is concerned, than at this time a year ago. Again we caution our readers against reports set afloat by thought less and crue 1 people. Slier in nn’« Christmas Gift. Sherman -writes Lincoln as follows,—I beg leave to present you as a Christmas Gift, the city of Savannah, with 150 heavy guns, plenty of am- munition, also about 25,000 bales of cotton. lie scarcity of labor, we e short. It is, however, th- •pinion of military men, that, by careful foraging, Hood can collect io that country, friendly as it is to !iim, enough corn to subsist his urmy on for some time: and, SB the mills have not been generally destroyed, he can have Ids corn ground. The great Sheibyville mills, where Bragg lyvi bis meal gn-und while at Murfresboro and Tuiiahoma, are still extant and can be used to H"od. It is not ahso lutely certain, therefore, that he must retreat for waul of provisions—it will not do to depend upon starving him out. But we must not forget that, owing his sub sistence to fo-aging exclusively, he can not live any longer than he can command the country with his cav alry. As soon as he is hard prerssed he must stop for- aging, and then very soon lie will be out of rations. Frtm middle Tennessee North. by way of the 53P Gen. Beauregard has made a demand, for 1000 negroes, from some of the counties on the Georgie Rail Road, to repair the road from Greens boro to Atlanta. He expects to complete the work in ninety days. The Georgia militia under Gen. G. W. Smith, passed through Augusta on Wednesday last. * Old Mssno. Both Houses of Congress has p assed a bill ex tending the time until July 1st 1865 to exchange old issue Confederate notes for the new. The Pres ident will sign the bill. Au Interesting Incident of tlic Hattie of Franklin. We learn from a private letter, by a participant in this sanguinary fight, that the gallant Missouri brigade. According to Northern papers. Hood has been attacked by Thomas, and badly repulsed From the accounts in the Yankee papers it seems that on Thursday, Dec. 15. an attack was made on Hood’s lines around Nashville, by Gen. Thomas, who held that city On our'fifft the attack was aided by the Federal gunboats, and at that point it succeeded. On our right the attack was unsuccessful, Hood holding his ground till night. The enemy claim that our left was pressed back eight miles, aud also that our centre retreat-d two or tlyee miles The number of prisoners claimed to have beeu captur-d, “between eighr hundred and a thousand,” would indicate no con siderable disorder in our lines The number of pieces of artillery (sixteen) is out of proportion to the captures, and was probably due to some ac cident. * Hood is reported, on'tbe next day, to be retreat ing in full column. Gen. Chalmer’s headquarters and train and another train of twenty wagons were also cap tured by the Yankee. Hood was driven during the fight from his whole line of entrenchments except those on his extreme left. Yankee dispatches say Hood cannot retreat by the way he entered Tennessee. At last accounts Hood was this side of Frank lin. The citizens of that place represent the Confederate army as being completely demoral ized. Other despatches; unofficial; from Nashville, state that 1,000 prisoners were captured by Wil son, aud that General Rousseau, commanding at Murfreesboro’ reports Forrest killed and 1,500'of his men captured. The Superintendent at Nashville reports that the railroad from Nashville will be open to nig.'it, and will rapidly follow Thomas, thus furnishing him supplies, and enabling him to push on after Hood. A dispatch say General Breckinridge is at. Spar ta, Tenn , endeavoring to forma junction with Hood. Confederate Gen. Lyon with four thousand men men at last advices was twenty miles above Fort Doneison, moving on Hopkinsville. Ky. The Yankee garrison at that place is a small one. War Dep’t. C. S. A. ) Richmond, Dec. 19, 1364. $ Mayor of Milledgeville, Ga : Sir: You are authorized to draw upon Mr. Win. Collie Esq Wilmington X. C. for the sum of Five Thousand dollars to bo applied to the relief of those who have been leduced to poverty by the recent pas sage of the enemy through Georgia. " Alexander Collie Esqr. a liberal merchant of London has placed at my disposal a fund for charitable pur poses, and I take pleasure in devolving a portion of it to the purpose indicated. Mr. Wra. Collie will be informed of this letter aud requested to honor your draft. Very respectfully, JAMES A. SEDDON, . Secretary of War. Milledof.vii.le, Georgia,? Dec. 29th, 1864. ) Hon.James A. Seddon, Secretary of War, Richmond Va : Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 19th iust., “authorizing ine as Mayor of the city of MilledgeviUe, to draw cn Win Collie Esq. Wilmington, N. C. for the sum of Five thousand dollars to be applied to the relief of those who have been re duced to poverty, by the recent passage of the enemy through Georgia.” I have this day drawn upon Mr. Win. Collie, accor dingly, and beg you to assure our unknown benefactor in London, that his opportune and munificent bounty, ‘for charitable purposes” could not have been bestowed on a more needy and grateful people, and to yon r—If, iiam Missouri ongaae. : . ... T led by the brave <».id noble Ghr.'.. Cm-krill, aud attached f° r J' our timely consideration of our necessities, Ire. to French’s division, entered the fight 680 strong, and i return yon, in the name of the people I represent, the brought out only 261, having lost 419 men, killed, wounded and missing. In speaking of the charge made by this brignde. our informant -nvs: “In a very few minutes, Gen. Cockrill returned, riding his wearied hoise, and severely wounded in three plaees. The horse of Colonel Gates, of his brigade, which so often followed Gefl. Cockrill’s, over many a weary mile, turned, and by instinct, followed him from the fu-ld also, the rider, shot through both amis, being unable to guide him. I shall never forget the steady, calm gaze of this old hero of many a battlefield, ua lie sat his horse erect as a statue, his paralized arms hanging to his side. I assisted him irom his horse and he was borne from the battlefield ” Many of this brigade fell on nnd in the jcnemy's works.' Two color sergeants passed over, nnd a few others. But they aud the little force of Col. Adair were too weak to remain and were compelled to retire and abandon thcjield with the rest. The enemy lmd a ditch in front of his last intrencli- ment, and our informant adds: Major General Cle burne was killed and fell in the .enemy's ditch. Brig Gen. John Adatns was fouud in the enemy's ditch, and I saw his horse etretclied dead on top of the enemy’s main line. Over the dead at Frankiin, may we’.l be inscribed hereafter, the simple but truthful epitaph, “Pause, traveler! you tread upon the dust of-heroeb.” From the Cincinnati Commercial of the Cth. Northern View of tl»«* Mifiintioii In Jlitldlc Tennessee. That Horfd's urmy forms a line of battle within two miles of Nashville, is not very pleasant reading; but if the facts are calmly ai.d intelligently considered, there will be no imminent peril discovered in the situation.— Thnie was great danger dise.oved a few days ago.— That portion of our army on the retreat from Pulaski to Nashville was in a most critical condition, aud would have beeu annihilated if the genera) management had not been, on our side, that of alert aud capable officers and on the side ot the rebels that of a slovenly confi dence. The safety of the 4th and 23d corps, with the garrisons from Pulaski to Nashville, and all the prop erty, is in itself cause fo: congratulation. And in ad dition the bloody cheek given Hood at Franklin has materially weakened him. Then we have concentra ted our forces at Nashville in good order and good morale. The explanation of the policy pursued by General Thomas Is his temporal j inferiority in cavalry. Hood’s cavalry, under Forrest is nearly fifteen thousand strong, and, as our cavalry is not so strong the enemy can, for the time, sweep the country. General Sherman took with him most of the well mounted men in his department. Of course it would be improper to speak of this if the fact were not ns well known to the rebelsjis to ourselves. An additional fact may be mentioned that is of some moment. There has not been ns energetic nnd efficient work at Louis ville in providing dismounted cavuliy with horses aud equipments,as Gen. Sherman had reason to expect. W e have spoken of the advantage of the rebels as temporary. It, is so strictly. In a very short time our inouuted force will be made superior to that of the enemy, and then, if not before, Hood must place him self south of the Tennessee river, if he can. The rebels cannot take Nashville by assault,and they have uot a siege train or ammunition to besiege U^r- They will not be able to cut off®*—•■••■mention with that place, and. tl—civre, they cannot starve us into evacuation. Evidences have appeared of an intention of Ilood to cross the Cumberland and move into Kentucky, but as long as the river reuiuius at its present stage lie will find tie cnteqjrise of crossing it, one attended with great difficulties. The river is patrolled both above and below Nashville, by gunboats that would soon run down a pontoon bridge. It is not likely Hood can cross the river unless lie makes the attempt as high up as Carthage, aud there he would have a rough and lean country to drag his army through M hether Ilood can supply himself in Middle Ten nessee with provisions and ammunition, is a question of the greatest importance. We. hold firmly the rail road to Chattanooga, so that nothing for the rebel nr- my can come from that direction. The nearest iioint ot rebel railway to Hood is Florence, Alabama and it is known that he seut back his supply train that point the other day, especially, it was thought,to bring tip ammunition. Tho rapidity with which ammunition is consumed in action, may be judged from the fact that in tho fight at Franklin, the other day, we expended one hundred wagon loads. While Ilood might bring up from Florence a suffi ciency of amunition, his transportation is not ndequate to the task of hnuliDg provisions from that point to the neighborhood of Nasnville There is a good deal of 109m in Middle Tennessee, though the crops in that re- gion, owing to the unsettled state of the country and most earnest assurances ot personal regard. Respectfully, Your obt. servt. B. B. DeGUAFFENRIED, Mayor. General Johnston. Public opinion everywhere is strongly in favor of placing Gen. Johnston in command of the Army of Tennessee. We should be rejoiced to see it. XTlt The Constitutionalist says Gov. Brown will soon convene tho Legislature. We have heard that the Governor will convene the Legislature as soon as necessary repairs can he made at the Capitol, and ihe Railroad put in order from Ma con to MilledgeviUe. The Tennessee Front. The editor of the Meridian (Miss.) Clari on giYes the following details of a conver- jsation with an officer of the army of Tenn essee, which etnbrances the last intelli gence yet received. The officer states that on Thursday morning, the loth, the enemy formed a line of battle in the front of Gen. Sear’s brigade of French’s division, on the left of the Hillsboro pike, and at the same time advanced in heavy Hues of battle in front of the cavalry near the Hardin pike, threatening tqcut off Ector's brigade of French’s division, which was two miles distant of tho Hardin pike. Col onel Coleman, commanding Ector’s brig ade of French’sdivision, then fell back by swinging around and formed the extreme left of the army. As the enemy advanced and extended to our left they passed Gen. Walthall’s division aud Sear’s brigade, and obliged them to fall back, and the line was formed betweed the Hillsboro’ and Granny White pikes, supported by Johnston’s division. Ector’s brigade occupied a high hill on our extreme left. Johnston s on his right, less commanding, on the plain beyond.— About 4 P. M. the enemy pressed Johns ton from his position and pierced the cen tre of our left wing and nearly gained the Granny White pike, when it became dart and the fightipp’ coo-.J. Ouieman, with Ector’s brigade, held his position all night, and thus checked the advance of the enemy. No fighting oc curred on the centre or right. That night our line was formed near the Granny White pike and across it. Ec tor’s still being on the left, supported by General Bates on the left. Tbe next morning the action commen ced early by cannonading on both sides, and continued till 10 A. 11., when every thing indicated a general engagement. Our loss on Thursday was small, while that of the enemy was much greater from ourj advantage of position. Gen. Sears was wounded and had his leg amputated, bnt wae doing well. We hope to get fur ther particulars in a few daye. Seventeen hundred Yankees prisoners, captured by our forces at different places on the advance toward Nashville, arrived at Barton, on the Memphis and Charleston railroad to-day. The last bntlle in Tennenoee. We publish to day a Yankee account of ihe last battle in Tennessee. Notwithstanding the Yan kees clainf a victory over Hood, and say he is re treating in confusion, it will be seen by the w> c uut of the Cincinnati Gazette, that the Feder al* suffered terribly. i—P ♦ mmm ■ 1 The last Sattle in Tennessee. The Cincinnati Gazette publishes a vivid description of the battle of the lGth—the second day’s fight before Nashville. The day opened cloudy, with indications of rain. There was a dense fog at an early hour, but this soon cleared away. After describing the disposition of the Federal forces, the Yankee account says : At about half-past eight o’clock our batteries opened from a hundred pieces simultaneously along the entire lines. The rebel artiilery replied feebly.— Schofield marched down the Granny White Pike, carefully concealing his strength, and placed his corps direct upon the enemy’s left flank, Steadman, at the same time, working hi6 force forward, the enemy in the meantime strengthining his advance line. Kimball’s first divis^in moved for ward to the charge, firing volley after volley more than once, but still steadi ly pressed on until within half pistol shot, when the enemy’s fire became so deadly that our men, in order to return it more effectually, came to a halt, longer, perhaps, than any troops ever remained in such a position. They stood and fired furiously at the ene my, but they could not remain and live. A few gave way and fled in disorder. The whole line staggered, and had the rebels done nothing more than kept up their deadly fire, we should have been driven back, but thev made a movement to shift their artillery, which our men received as au indica tion that they were about to abandon their line,and raising aloud shout, the division, with fixed beyonets, rushed impetuously forward, and, swarming over the works, captured such rebels as had not fled. They had time to get away two guns, but the rest fell into our hands. As soon as the preliminary success was achieved, General Thomas, who was seen during the day in the very front of line of battle, ordered a charge along the entire line. McMillan’s brigade rushed right up on three rebel batteries and carried at the point of the bayonet, the salient point of the rebel works. In a few moments the enemy’s works were eve rywhere taken. Wood and Steadman, on our left, were now prepared to assault the rebel right, which was still unbroken. Under cover of a tremendous (ire from our guns Golonel Post’s brigade moved forward, and Straight’s brigade of Samuel Beatty’s di. vision formed on his right, and immediate ly on Post’s left. Thompson's colored brig j ade was drawn up, and Morgan’s colored brigade was next on tbe left. The enemy reserved his fire until Boat’s brigade commenced to climb tbe bill, when a perfect hurricane of shot and shell and canister tore through his ranks. In the face of this fire our men steadily advan ced. The colored troops vied the whites iu the persistent energy with which they forced their way up the hill. Thompson’* men, in endeavoring to pass around to. the left, met a terrible flank fire which confused their ranks. The troops on the right, terrified by the terri hie fire, paused an iustant, and at this juncture Colonel Post was mortally woun ded. In a moment all order was lost, and our men, whose conduct had immortalized them, rushed back, confused and bleeding to tbe line whence they started. Wood soon reformed his broken battle lines and issued orders for the renewal of the assault, while Post’s veterans again assailed the hill directly, and Thompson’s Africans moved on the rebel right. Elli ott’s and Kimbali’s divisions were hurled like a thunderbolt against the rebel left. The rebel fire blazed forth anew, but our soldiers carried the entire works, with their guns, aud drove the rebels'from the hill. This was the last stand the rebels made, and their whole army was now flee ing, and hajl not night intervened the ar my would have been destroyed. The appearance of the battle field was horrible in the extreme. Rain was fall ing rapidly and the ground was thickly covered with dead and dying, tho equip age torn and trodden in the mud, was min gled with scattered artillery wheels and fragments of exploded caisons. The results of the battle are five thous and prisoners, thirty cannon and seven thousand small arms. A Dutch Adventure —Belonging to the 5th Alabama Infantry, was a Dutchman rejoicing in tbe beautiful name of Jacob Schwartz Schwartz was particularly fond of “hen fruit,” and never failed to lay in a supply when a" opportunity of fered. On one occasi on be had secret, d a dozen beneath the floor of his tent. Early in the morn ing he hastened to ill's treasure, but instead of eggs, found a pole car snugly ensconced wut » •• t Happened wo will give you in Schwart's own words: “Von tarn plack, vite striped, spotted puppy dog. come get under my tent, eat all my egg, and by golly^when I dries to trive him away lie fling aroung mit me—phew ! SHnk heap like ter tevil —forty men could schmeli him in a minite.’’ Where is Kilpatrick ?—We feel authorized to aunounce, almost offici ally, that there is no force of the ene my on this side ofthe Altamaha river; and that the last known of a small body of the enemy’s cavalry in that vicinity is, that it was retiring towards Riceboro* and Darien. Consequently all apprehepsions should be dismissed. [TcLSf Confed. C\MIA\>.K \0iICE NO.—13. ! Richmond, Dec. 1.1864. 1. All Confederate officers and men who have been delivered by the Federal authorities at any place prior to November 25th, 1864, are hereby declared to be ex changed. 2. All officers and men of the Vicksburg capture of July 4th, 18 13, who reported at any parole camp, either East or West of the Mississippi River, at any time prior to November 1st, 1864, are hereby declared to be exchanged. RO OULD, December 6,1864. Agent ° f Excha ^ I ''WO months after date application will be made to the honorable Court of Ordinary of Jones county, for leave to sell the land and a ne gro woman, belonging to the estate ot James A. Blow, deceased, for the purpose of a division.-— Terms on th* day of sale. * WILLIAM BLOW. Ei< Sept. 23rd, 18G4- 18-9t WAR TAX OFFICE. FORSYTH, Dec. 26, 1864. T HE following Circular from the Secretary 01 the Treasury is published for the information of Tax payers When Certificates shall be returned to have others of a less amount issued, they must be re turned to the Depositary, who issued them. Tax payers will p(|ase recollect this Certificates will be received after January 1, 1865, in. payment of Taxes which were due and payable in 1864. but not paid in J864, on account of inability in Collectors to receive th*m. E. G CABANIS8, - State Collector Ga. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, C. S. A ? Richmond Dec. 2,1864. \ CIRCULAR INSTRUCTIONS, To Depositaries of the Treasury in reference to issue of four per cent. Certificates to Tax pay ers, &c. Depositaries of the Treasury who have issued certificates for f<nr percent bonds, (under Act 17th February, 1864), to Tax payers in sums too large to meet their payments of taxes, are hereby authorized and instructed, upon application, to re ceive back such certificates, and issue therefor like certificates for similar sums. Such re-issue of certificates shall be made only in multiples of one hundred dollars, and shall be limited in number, if possible, to one certificate for an amount approximating the tax to be paid, aud another for any balance remaining of the amount of the original certificate G. A. TRENHOLM, Secretary of Treasury. • I^* The Augusta Constitutionalist, Atlanta In telligeucer, Columbus Enquirer, Georgia Times, i LaGrauge Reporter, Albany Patriot. Southern 1 Whig, Athens ; Southern Recorder ai.d Confeder ate Union, wiil give the above one insertion and I forward their aceonnts in duplicate aud receipted ! to this office for payment. E G. CABANISS, State Collector. Dec 27, 1864.ju It communicated- Jo S tt«« S .t,helor,ri„ rt#olt<(fBald As the day for the election of .1•■ .. Court is near at hand, I would niosi r ^fori.n- attention to the merits and claims 0 f 'hilly ( . a q bents. Without disparagement to ,1, T^scnt iucum- fitness of any other aspirant whose und seated, it is but due to say, that »i, ne nia - v k ri '- have most zealously aud faithfully ,i,„ e Court dous and complicated duties devolved ^ Rr F e ‘* ** le ar- Four years of experience has not oul v ( , 1,1 — with the general routine of Court busin ^united them them familiar with all the details of our Jut ties. It will be safe to say, that the ilu t j Int ^ n “ c< ‘ 8s i' ferior Court consume more time, and ;■.*? , “ e la- care and responsibility than do those oftk » e . ,nore the Superior Court. The legislation of o’.' u, k r es of the last four years has made *these officer* t * t>r measure, the guardians ot the public inter,*! * K , e!lt custodians of its bounty. In this county, the, have been watchful, zealous and efficient’* “ fncer » without auv pecuniary compensation—old um vvl "n citizens—they should reasonably expect their , ful m the approbation of a grateful public. As a n^ nl of right aud compliment, I would suggest that the n pie endorse their merit at the ballot box at tic- proachiug election, by giving them a cordialsnunort P " Black Horse Stolen* O N Monday, 21st Nov., the Yankees took, from *, house, the old black horse we were iu Hie hchi; ■ driving to our buggy. He is ten or twelve years <» c «triug-lmlt, stiff, brokeu-wiuded, a mi blind in one tv, ami probably was dropped between this place uud MilledgeviUe. Any frieud knowing where he is, will please inform us. J. A. TURNER. Dec. 20,1864. 29 tf. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. A LL PERSONS having demands against the estate pf John Haas deceased, are hereby no tified to present them legaljy authenticated, and debtors to said deceased are requested to mal e payment to MARY E WILLIS. Adm’x, Dec 27th 1864 gt) 9t. with the will annexed. • TAX NOTICE. A LL those who have not paid their State and County Tax, must settle the same by the 25tb January next. L. N. CALLAWAY, T. C. Dec. 31st, 1864. 30 2t HEADQ RS CAVALRY CORPS, ( k^arderville, Dec, 25, ’64. j Capt. Shannon, commanding Genera! Hood’s scouts, will, pursuant to orders from General Ho d, report to me for duty. J WHEELER, dec27 30 3t. Major General Georgia papers copy three times and send bills to Constitutionalist office. RESERVE MIMTU, HEADQUARTERS, ) Wacom, Ga., Dec. 19, 18G4. I GENERAL ORDERS No.-] I All parts ofthe State, except the sea coast and a small garrison at Dalton, being relieved from the pres ence of the enemy, the Reserve Militia who have re sponded to the call of the Governor, and are now in camps of organization, who have not been ordered to report to Major General Smith, are hereby furloughed until further orders fRiiri these Headquarters. II. The organizations completed in camp, or at home under special orders, will be maintained, subject to any future call which necessity may, in the opiuiou of his Excellency, demand. Inthe meantime, they will under the direction of the officers commanding in their re spective counties perforin police and patrol duty for two days, vix : Friday and Saturday in each week.— The; will exteud all needtul protection to citizens, and special care will be taken to guard the homes of wives and families of soldiers who have died, or who are iu service, from depredations of thieves and marauders. They will arrest all stragglers and deserters, and Hend them, if Confederates, to the uearest military post—or, if State troops, to the Commandant of the Camp at Macon. III. They will arrest all men under fifty years of age, pubjeet to serve with the troops under Genera! G. \V. Smith, and send such to the Commandant at Macon, to he forwarded to their command. IV’. They will, at ull times, act as a county police, and arrest all suspicious persons liable to service, ex amine their papers, and send all such as are attempt ing to pass without proper authority, to the Command ant of the nearest military post. V. Officers in command of companies will report weekly to their superior officers, commanding Regi ments or Battalions ; and these will make monthly re ports to these Headquarters. VI. The Militia iu any county, who do not conform promptly to these orders, will be held for field duty. VII. All men in the various counties subject to the call ot his Excellency, of the 19th ult., and who have failed to report for duty, will be required to perform such extra service in their respective counties, as the officer commanding shaii deem necessary. VIII. All armed details, sent to various counties to arrest and bring up persons refusing to respond, will report to their respective camps, with tjio persons ar rested, nnd will deliver them to the commandants of the camp, to be reported by them to the Coinmander- in-Chief for proper action. They will, on their return, deliver their arms to the commandant of their camp, nnd then ba released oa furlough under these General Orders. IX. The Commander-in-Chiaf takes this occasion te express his thanks to the Reserve Militia, who have responded with such alacrity to the call of their State in her hourof trial, By order of JOSEPH E. BROWN, Governor and Commander-in-Chief. VY K.DeGrakfenried. Dec. 21 It. Major and A. A. G. 40 Wanted Immediately. healthy able bodied negro men to cut and haul u R. R. and work at the wood for the Gov. au MiU. Such hands will be exempt from conscription. J. H. JONES. Gordon, Ga. Dec. 26th, 1864. • 30 1L DOCTOR, HOLMES H AS removed his office and residence to the house next to the Masonic Hall on Wayne St,and having permanently located in MilledgeviUe, he renews -the offer of his services in the practice of medicine, mid- xvifery and surgery. Dec. 26th 1864. Pd. 29 It NOTES LOST OR STOLE*. T HE following Notes were stolen or destroyed by the Yankee Army while at MilledgeviUe One note on I> A. White, Jr., F L Def-aun*y security for $540, given shout tho first of Jari u ary. J HI I—-one note on L. Carrington for uineri odd dollars, given in IHH.and one note on Thos Humphries for $349—made in 186(1, tbe latter having several credits on it. I hereby warn all p rsonrf against trading for said notes, and the makers f . m paving them to any one bnt.me. J U. NISBET. MilledgeviUe, Jan. 2nd, 1865 30 3t GE 1 >RGIA Baldwin county. W HEREAS William Supple has made application for letters of administration on the estate of Pat rick Cain latd of said county deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all per sons adversely concerned to file their objections on or before the first Monday in February next. Given under my official signature this 29th Decem ber 1861. 30 5t. JOHN HAMMOND Ord’y. * GEORGIA, Pnlaski County. Y^rUEREAS. Mrs. Sallie E Coney applies to * gno for letters of administration on the estate of Ezekiel W. Coney, late of aaid county, de ceased These are therefore to cite and admonish all per sons concerned, to he and apppar at my office on or before the first Monday in February next, and show cause, if any they can, why letters of ad ministration should net be granted ihe applicant in terms of the statute. Given under my hand and official signature tbia Dec. 28, 1864. 30 5t JOHN FALE, D. Ord’y. t TO GEORGIA EDITORS AND THE HATLSSS 1 1 WANT rabbit skins, coon skins, fox skins otter skins, mink skins, beaver skms, and a l[ other skins that have fur upon them. I want them for the purpose of making hats and will pav th- highest cash prices, or swap hats for them, ’i i VI ;| give a good rabbit bat for sixty rabbit skins; a good coon hat for two dozen good coon skin.»; a good beaver hat for three beaver skins; a go’„d wool hat for two pounds of clean washed wo..| free of cocklebuirs, and cut from the live sheen's back, aud so o* The skins must bo taken from the animals in winter and be well stretched before drying. Parcels may be sent by express, and hats in the same way. J. A- TURNER. Eatonton, Ga , Dec 9.1864. N. B.—All Georgia editors who will copy the above notice, four times, including this not-, and also the following prospectus, the same number of times, sending me their papers in exchange, with the advertisements marked, shall receive by ex press, tree of charge, a good. soft, rabbit fur hat which will bring in the market $100; provided they will have their heads measured and seud me the dimensions Niles’ Register Revived* PROSPECTUS OF The Countryman. N ILES' Register, the most useful journal ever issued in America, has been revived in the publication of The Countryman, ibis journal is a facsimile of its original, in the nutnber and size of its pages, its typography, and all the features which gave value to the standard publications is sued by Mr. Niles Besides the features of Niles’ Register, the Countryman has others which should render it still more attractive—to-wit. a department of eie- gant literature; rejecting the style of Yankee liter ary journals, and modeling itself after the best English miscellaneous weeklies, but "* tu& time, being stamped with au independent, South ern tone, original with and peculiar to itself. An altogether novel feature with it. is that it is published 111 the country on tbe editor’s plantation nine miles from any town or village, and devotes much attention to agriculture, rural sports, and everything that interests the country gentle man The Countryman is a handsome quarto, of six teen pages, published weekly on the . ditor's plan tation, near Eatonton, Ga-, to which all communi cations should be addressed. Our terms are $5 for three months, or $20 per annum. * Send all remittances by express. J. A. TURNER. dec 10 4t Eatonton, Ga. CF* We are authorized to announce the names vf B. B. deGRAFFENKIED, DR G. D. CASK, O P BONNER, PETER FAIR, W. H. SCOTT. Tbe present Judge* of the Inferior court as candi dates for re-i lection. Dec. 7th, 1864. 07 NEGRO WOMAN 4~TW0 CHILDREN TO SELL, OR H RE, And a desirable residence in Milicdgc- ville to rent for next year. { Propose to hire out for the next year, or sell, ffn extra likely negro woman with two chil dren; one, a girl, aged between 3 and 4 years, the other, a bo,, agfed 14 years—both heal hy and fine children. The woman is aged about 26; a as raised in Charleston, t? 1 . C., and is strictly a No 1 washer and ironer, a good cook, aud can sew very well Her moral character is good, c.nd she is naturally industrious 1 will also rent for •he next y ar, to a careful tenant, the residence' I now occupy within the corporate limits of Mil- i-dgevi'le—about | ;*f a mile from tils Capitol to wards Midway. The dwelling has six 100ms, and has attached 12 acres ot iand—a fine ore ard. with all necessary out buildings. Apply to ihe subscriber at Miiledgevide IT H. WATERS. Mill-dgeville, Dec. 17, 1864 28 tf. WESTOVER, A Beautiful Residence and Plantation For Sale. I NOW OFFER my Plantation, wall known as the late residence of Benjamin S. Jordan, within five miles of Miiled-e- ville, on tbe Eatonton Railroad, liand- — somely improved,line dwelling with good our houses, barn, stables, &.e , for sale. In trout of the dwelling there is a beautiful FLOWER YARD, nniidsomely ornamented, aud one of the finest nd best collections of plants and flowers in Mwdle Gesma — Also, a fine APPLE juid PEACH ORCHARD The tract contaius 850 acres of good land, about 250 in the woods h urmture, stock, Ate., can be had with the place. MilledgeviUe, Dec. 20th, 1864. L p We are authorized to announce the hare Alfred B. Moore, as a candidate for Judge ol Inferior court of Baldwin county. Dec. 7th, 1864. o- ; MilledgeviUe Female Academv* rpHE Exercises of this Institution will be re- X sumed Monday, 2nd «f January, 1865. Tuition first quarter of ten weeks, 00 Fuel “ “ n .i . 5 00 Payable in advance. _ Producers are expectad to nay in provision JA8. S. BURRILL, 31 D-. •, Prio^'P^' Dec. 10,1864. 4t ' LOST BUGGY