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DAILY TIMES,
J. W. WARREN & €oi, Proprietors.
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charge will be S9O gf* square.
Announcing candidate* S2O. which most invariably
paid in advance.
Change of $< Itcdule.
Office Esreigiin and Superintendent. i
Charleston anti .Savannah Railroad, V
Cbarlestvn, Juno 7, 1864. j
|N THURSDAY, Jnne 9. 1864, and until further
not ; ce, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m.
Arrive ;n Savannah .5.49, p. m.
Leave Savannah ......Jo 'lO, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston Llo, p. m.
This Train make* direct connections, going north
and south, with tbe Northeastern Railroad at« har
laston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. IIA INKS,
_June 14 ti Engineer and Superintendent.
f'lsange of Schedule.
j )N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains ■ «ti
'the usoogee Railroad will run a# follows
I'A.S.SENUER TRAIN:
L ;.ive Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon JJ 25 A. M.
Leave Macon 8 10 P. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
L-.ive Columbuc 5 00 A. M.
A nveat Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
xuj i- ti Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27.1864.
, \N and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
* " the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. in.
Leave Odutnbus at 5:50 ». ra.
lrrivent Mon gotnery at 3:00 p. in,.
Jrrivcat We«t Point at 4130 p. tn.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p in
i>. H. CRAM, Sup’t <fc Eng.
ag2? I S64 —ts
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
ON and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted.) as follows:
Pa.BNengcr Train.
heave Girard at 1 30 p. m.
Arrive in Union Springs 600 “
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 1G 00
Freight Train.
heave Girard at 400 a. tn.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS.
*glß ts Eng. k Sup’t.
Dr. fit, NOBLE,
DE IsmST,
i T Pember op k Carter’s old stand, back room of
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours, Toe 186 m
wa^tedl
C Ai i A LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
will he paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
sp7 T.f Major and Q. M,
Wauled
frO HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.—
I Good wages given. Apply a - our Government
Works.
oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY k CO.
Wanted to Employ
\ GOVERNESS in a private family for a limited
number of scholars, in the country, a short dist
ance from Columbus. Address Box 16.
oc 31 2w’s W. Q. W.
Wauled Immediately.
4 GOVERNESS well educated and with unex-
A ceptionable references. A liberal salary will bo
given. Enquire at
no3 12t THIS OFFICE.
s*ls Dollars Reward.
QTRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
A bay mare MULE, about nine ye;irs old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right
hindquarter. JOHN COOK,
oc 13 ts
SIOO Reward.
t\ ILL be paid for a negro boy named Henry, who
“t runaway about two months ago. He is aboutS
feet 8 inche- high; weighs about ItiO or 170 lbs.; com
plexion yellow; line looking; when laughing has
dimples in both cheeks. It is probable he went to
Atianta with some of th troops from this city.
03ft ts H. M. CLECKLEY.
SSO Howard.
V EURO boy Cll AKLEY : ab< ut 25 years old, yel
low co'uploxion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelli .etice; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near
Box Springs. Talbot county. I bought him of a
Mr. B row’ll, a refugee front Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee, -11a. He originally ct tne from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any sale jail and
information sent to me sit this office.
JAMES >l. RUSSELL.
Coluiubu’s tVa., aug 1 tf*
Shoe Pegs for Sale.
\ BOLT 500 bushes, in quantities to suit purcha
-“1 sers, at reduce'! prices.
Apply to HARRISON, BEDELL k CO.
Columbus, Oct 28 —ts
A GOOD PLANTATION
For Sale.
IN Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the
1 Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The 1
tract contains 1,2' 0 acres—about 700 cleared. There
is aeon f,.rt tble Dwelling House om the t lace, good
Negro cat it's with brick ehimnies and all the neces
sary out-budding*, ihe laud is productive and ;
locaten desirable. Possession given iu No\ember. I
For tu titer information apply to
DAVID ADAMS.
oc 27 lm (Atlumbus, Ga.
Telegraph & ton led crate, Y icon; Montgo- ,
tnery Advertiser: Amstitutiunalis. Augusta,copy.
To Rent,
1 BLACKSM ITH SHOP with six or seven Forges, j
A ali complete. Apply at :
oc ! ts THIS OFFICE. !
REWARD. |
vr ILL bo paid for the apprehension and delivery |
»* to us of our two Negro Boys, BILL and JIM,
who ran off some times nee.
BILL weighs about 150, is tall and slim, 'lack
complexi in, hair very short and thin, has a down
cast, sullen look, and talks long and drawling, Left
us about the Ist of August last.
JIM is a fine looking negro, weighs about ISO, 5
feet 10 or 11 iache- high, black complexion, thin
visage and higa cheek bones,“hair short. Left us
about tho Ist of October.
We will pay the aboye reward for both, or SIOO for
either ot the above described negroes, if delivered
to us or placed in une safe jaii where we eau got
them. Wo will also pay SIOO for proof to conviet
iuy white person o. harboring them.
BEDELL & CO.
< ■- alius, Ga., Oct. 13,1364.—Lm
F3F.F. Y HCTJSiE.
rUL undersigned would respectfully inform his
old frier, i.-, patrons, and ihe traveling public
generally, shat as he has to be absent for a short
time he has been so fortunate as to have associated
with hiut hi* well known and worthy friend Mr.
EDWARD PARSONS, late of Atlanta, Ga., whose
reputation a >1 superior t ct for business is well
known t: r--u,u.AU t e Confederacy. This House
islr rge and commodious, and no pains, nor expense
shall be spared to fit it up in the very best and most
elegant style, aud-to obtain every thing in the line
of substantial eatables and luxuries that this
market affords, With these assurances we most
cordially solicit all our old friends, and the travel
's. public getter illy, to give us acall and an Oppor
tunity of rendering them comfortable,
oc 15 lm* THOS. E. SMITH.
..... -f
Notice.
i montns dter date appK*'.-tion will be m.i e
law! 'w r ' V oniiUi, ry of Taylor county , for
fL* f eu V vgrpes and perishable proper yof
of s£d county® * ibeth T ' J ° hnSOn ’
~ «... , SAMUEL K. JOHNSON, Ex’r
Oct. 20w2m~ Per THOS. D. BRAND.
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VOL Xl.}
! SPECIAL NOTICES
’ HEADQ’RS CONSCRIPT SERVICE GEORGIA,
i Augusta, November 9th, 1864.
General Orders, 1
No. 51. )
I. Lieutenant P. LOONEY is announced asAd
j juta :t of the Conscript Service in the State of Geor
gia, and all offic al communications with these
Headquarters will, in future, be addressed to him.
11. named Officers are announced
as Inspectors of Conscription for their respective
Districts, and>will be respected accordingly:
Lieut, Alfred Prescott, Ist Congressional District.
Lieut. E H. Winn, 2d Congressional District.
Capt. Wm. S. Davis, 3d Congressional District,
Lieut. Col. Wm. S. Wallace, 4th Congressional
District.
Lieut. Wm. T. Martin, sth Congressional District
Lieut. Geo. A. Cabaniss, Bth Congressional Dis
trict.
Lieut. B. II Newt n, 7th and Bth Congressional
Districts.
Lieut. J. H. Morgan, 9th Congressional District.
WILLIAM M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts
for the State oi’ Georgia.
no 12 3t
Notice.
I shall bo in Columbus tor a few days to pay for
work done on its Defences when under tbe charge
of aptain Theodore Moreno. Claimants from Mer
riwether, Harris, Muscogee and Chattahoochee are
requested to call immediately at the office of Messrs
Ellis, Livingston A Cos
GEO. H, BROWNE,
nov 12 2t t 2d Lieut. Engineer Corps.
Headquarters Enrolling Office, Muscogee Co
s Nov. Bth, 1864.
In accordance with Circular No. 23, from Com
mandant of Conscripts, State of Georgia, all persons
of Muscogee county holding Certificates of Exemp
tion or Detail, are required to surrender them at
these Headquarters immediately. Receipts for the
same will be given, which will protect the holders
until new certificates are issued.
JNO. D. ATKINS,
nov 9 6t Enrolling Officer, Muscogee co.
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS,
Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29. 1864.
TVTO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex
x" press Company’s Office aft<*r o’clock p. M.t o
go East on that day, nor will any be received to go
West after o’clock p m.
oe 29 ts • S. TI. HILL, Agent.
Bonds of the 500,000,000 Loan.
lAM authorized to continue the sale of the 6 per
cent, long date Non Taxable Bonds of this Loan
at the Government rate of One II indred.and Thir
ty-five Dollars.
The principal of the Loan being free from Taxa
tion and the Coupons receivable :or all Import and
Export duties, makes it tbo most desirable yet offer
ed by the Government. I therefore recommend it
to the favorable notice of the people.
W. H. YOUNG,
oc 19 lm Agent for sale of Bonds.
STE RMNtt EXCHANGE!
, FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
. for Sale in sums to suit purchasers bv
lglfi ti BANK OF COLUMBUS.
NOTICE!
To Wigsi**ii»i>i Soldiers !
plt E “Ml SISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
' Agency f r the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in
the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from
Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard's
corner, between Main st., and the Perry H mse.
Your baggage is there.
C. K. MARSHALL.
sep2B ts Ageut.
Government Sheep for Exchange.
•J.iA HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon
G Uor Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacon
10c., Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Beef to be de
livered alive. Apply to
J. A. TYLER.
Columbus, Nov. 2, 1864 —ts
■Notice.
(A RAND and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at
T the May Term, 1864, of the Scp.rior Court of
Mnscogee county, are hereby notified to be and ap
pear at the Court House in said county, on the
Fourth Monday in November next.
Witnesses and parties interested are also notified to
appear on that day.
By order of his Honor E. H. Worrell, Judge of
said court.
Oct 31. 1864-td F. M. BROOKS, Clerk.
and Sun copy until day.
Dr, G, IS. UFA 818,
(Lato Surgeon P. A. C, S.)
OFFERS his Pro ession il Services to the citizens
of Columbus. Office at Dr. Carter’s Drugstore.
Can' he found at night at the residence of Wm. 0.
Gray, in Linwood. [nov 10 lm*
WAITED.
lAjji; BUSHELS CORN, for which wo will pay
I'J ”' cash or exchange Salt,
nov 12 6t JEFFERSON & HAMILTON.
43cSun and Enquirer copy.
House and Lot for Sale.
{ HE subs riber dcsi'Ag to sell a House and Lot in
1 Russell county, Ala., on the Crawford and Salem
road, about one mile from the New Bridge. The
House has two comfortable rooms, a fire p'ace in
each. There are on the lot also a stable and poultry
house. The lot coatains two acres. For further in
formation apply at the Eagle Factory, to
nov KMOl* W. S. O’BANNON.
3300 2
OTCLEX out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus,
O on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last,
TWO nVFXJTIES,
one a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye.
The other a black mare Mule, medium size, with
whith mouth and white spot on rump. Both in good
order.
I will pay the above reward for the delivery of
the Mules with tho thief, with proof sufficient to
convict, or Two Hundred Dollars for the Mules.
H- M. CLECKLEY.
Columbus. Ga., Nov. 9, 1864 —ts
4tsr'Sun please copy.
$oO Regard.
FOll the recovery ard delivery to me of a Negro
boy named JIM. ta:id boy weighs 160 lbs,, iss
feet 6 inches high, dark color, and belongs to Mr.
Jarret- He was aired to me by F. M. Brooks of
Columbus. He is probably prowling about Dr.
Jeter's or McCall’s plantation, in Marion county.
The above reward will be p.rid by me on his being
delivered, iu irons, to me at Salem. Ala.
nov9 61 A. H. DeWAIT.
Cotton Notice.
». LL Storage not paid in Ten Days, the Cotton
A will be sold to pay it.
nov 8 lOt CODY & COLBERT.
To Rent,
For Confederate Money,
|W\ 0 PLANTATIONS in Sumter county, five
• and ten miles from Atnericus.
For further particulars apply to
H.R. JOHNSON* 00..
novT I2t* Americas. Ga,
FRESH OYSTERS
EcEIYED every morning from Savannah at the
firs ? door above the t.'id Post Office corner. Sold
at whole- tie ani retail.
nov 11 3t RILEY k CONNOR.
Eiftiidren’s Ilerino Hose,
WDOZ. Fine article, at
STANFORD k CO..
nov 11 6t No. 78 Broad street.
To Rent
PllE Finest Store Room in tho city.. Corner
A under Cook's Hotel. Call at
nov 11 Ot CODY A COLBERT.
Lard
\l7 ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs
* ■ aod Yarns, at the
nov 5 1m EAGLE FACTORY.
COLUMBUS, GA., THURSDAY, NOV 17, 1864.
Tuesday Evening:,
[Correspondence of the Daily Times.)
(ieoma Legislature.
Horse.
Milledg! till*, Ga., November 14.
In the House to-day, a motion was made
to re-cohsfder the bill lost on Saturday to
purchase corn for distribution ro the people
of tbe several counties which have been over
run by the enemy. which gave rise to 3ome
discussion, and n-evaiied.
The call of th- counties was kept in order
and severa; bills introduced:
To amend set ;ioo 199 of the code relating
to Ordinaries 'residing in cases where they
are interested.
To relieve the Empire State Bank from any
penalty for failure to make report to the Gov
ernor, as required Oy law.
To provide for the administration of estat s
where the property has been removed on ac
count of the inroadsof the enemy.
To exempt Ordinaries from miiitia duty.
To authorize Ordinaries to administer
oaths.
To renew the banking privileges of the
Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company.
A resolution to adjourn the 23d instant,
adopted.
A resolution calling for a report of the
operations of tbe Card Factory.
A bill to authorize the Treasurer to employ
a clerk.
To prescribe the mode of attesting wills.
For the relief of Hiram Dennis, of Troup.
BILLS ON THKIK PASSAGE.
To amend the laws in relation to the effect
of writs of certiorari and of error in cases of
Habeas Corpus—passed.
For the relief of B. T. Sledge, of Upsan
county—passed.
To amend certain sections of the code—
passed.
For the relief of certain tax payers of Fay
ette county—lost.
To raise the ranks of the Quarter Master
and Commissary Generals of the State to that
of Brigadier General—passed.
To punish persons running off' slaves charged
with capital offences—lost.
To change certain county lines—gave rise
to some debate and was rejected.
To increase the fees of county officers 100
per cent — passed.
SUPREME COURT.
The Supreme Court commenced its session here
to-day—all the Judgos present.
Hon. H. W, Hilliard, formerly of Alabama, was
admitted.
Among the bar present, I notice Gen. Toombs,
Col. Kenan, Messrs. Whittle, McKinly, N. J.
Hammond, Seward, Bleckly, Hall, Scarbrough,
Miller, Vason, Robinson, Briscoe, Platt, Morgan
and Harrall.
The docket is not very heavy and will be dis
posed of in a day or two.
SENATE.
Ih the Senate, to-day, a resolution was offered
to adjourn on the 24th proximo.
A motion was made to reconsider the resolution
adopted on Saturday, tendering the thanks of the
people of Georgia to President Davis. Ruled out
of order, as the resolution had been ordered to be
sent to the House immediately after its adoption.
The following bills of the House were passed :
To authorize the City Council of Columbus to
erect a market house in one of the streets of the
city, and to provide, regulations to govern the
same
To extend the time for the settlemement
of Tax Receivers until the first of March next.
To provide remedies for sureties in certain
cases.
House resolution to adjourn on the 24th proxi
imo, was taken up and argued at some length
and adopted.
House resolution to bring on the election of
State printer on the 17th proximo was con
curred in.
It is very gratifying to see so general a disposi
tion to get through with the public business, and
adjourn at an early day.
The Financial Committee is earnestly engaged
in devising ways and means to carry our old State
through the difficulties and dangers which threat
en not only her credit but her very existence, and
it is believed that her welfare will not suffer in
their bands. Troup.
From Atlanta. —A portion of the troops
under General Iverson, says the Intelligencer.
I3tb, attacked Atlanta at sunrise on the 9th
inst. Col. Hannon, on the South, skirmished
heavily with the enemy, driving them from a
redoubt. His loss was one killed, fifteen
wounded and fc ur missing ; that of the enemy
unknown ; a number of dead were left on the
field. The enemy being largely reinforced,
Col. H. retired. General Lewis approached
within four hundred yards of the breastworks
on the East side and opened with artillery,
-driving the enemy inside. They showed a
tolerably good line along the breastworks
and it was not deemed prudent to push the
attack. Gen. Lewis sustained no los3.
Gr.s. Lee’s Vigilance. —Grant pays our
matchless leader a great compliment in his
! despatches, giving an account of the recent
; reconnoissauce in force upon our lines.
He says that he found “every point in
trenched and the works of the enemy manned.”
Butler, too. he says, made a swoop around on
the Yorktown road, “without finding a point
unguarded.’’
This, says the Lvnchburg Virginian, -is not
a very encouraging state of affairs for the
en'-my. m l gives but littie to that the
‘•on to Richmond'' mov ment will be success
j ful. Dashing, like u mad bull, upon our lines :
first on one side and then on the other of the
* James river, endeavoring in vain to steal a
march upon our wary leader, Grant is com
pelled to acknowledge that his plans are all
anticipated by his master in the art of war,
and tha: Lee ha* guarded “everj poiut. ’ —
Hating 4,, f1t our lines’ and found them all
guarded : and having been repulsed in bis re j
! cebt with terrible loss, the redoubtable
hero of Vicksburg finds himself considerably
j “set back and gives cold comfort to bis mas
l ter at Washington. This admission wrung
from him. should be consoling t» our people.
Confederate Cengieis.
SENATE.
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1864.
The Senate met at 12 o’clock M. Prayer by
the Rev. T. V. Moore, of the Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Garland,,,of Arkansas, presented a joint
resolution of his State relative to the sale or
barter, under certain restrictions, by exempted
farmers, of so much of their produce as ne
cessary to purchase salt, iron, etc., for their
farms or plantations. Referred to the Military
Committee and ordered to be printed.
Mr. Garland also introduced a bill fixing the
salaries of certain civil officers in the Trans-
Mississippi Department. Referred to the Fi
nance Committee.
Mr. Hill, of Georgia, offered the following,
which, after some remarks by different mem
bers, was agreed to :
“ Resolved , That the Committee on Military
Affairs be instructed to inquire and report
what additional legislation if any, may be
needed to secure prompt payment of dues to
the army.”
The foliowring, by Mr. Hill, was agreed to:
Resolved, That the Finance Committee in
quire into tin- expediency of providing, by
law, for the receipt, in payment of taxes and
other public dues, of certificates and stated
accounts, given by the authorized agents of
the Government for property and supplies im
pressed or purchased for the use of the army
and Government.”
Mr. Sparrow, of Louisiana, offered the fol
iowring, which was agreed to :
“ Resolved , That the President be requested
to communicate to the Senate,
“Ist. The number of persons exempted from
military service on the several railroads with
in the Confederacy, designating the uumber so
exempted on each road, and the number of
miles of each road ‘in actual use for military
transportation', and further, if the presidents
or superintendents of said roads have made
monthly returns in regard to exemptions there
in, as required by law, and if any have failed
to do so, the names of such officers and the
roads to wriiich they belong.
“2d. The number, and their-names, of all
persons exempted in cases where railroads
have fallen into the hands of the enemy and
a portion of the rolling stock of such roads is
being used on other I’oads.
“3. The number of persons, if any, which
have been detailed for duty to assist in re
pairing or running any roads, or in repairing
or taking care of the rolling stock on, or be
longing -to, any of said railroads.
“4th. The number of persons exempted or
detailed for express or telegraph companies,
designating the number to each.
“sth. The number of persons exempted
from military service under tbe provisions of
the act, approved April 14, 1863, entitled ‘an
act to exempt contractors for carrying the
mails of tiie Confederate States and the driv
ers of post-coaches and hacks, from military
service.’
“6th. The number of persons exempted or
detailed for agricultural purposes who have
given bonds to furnish supplies, as provided by
la w.”
The following, by Mr. Orr, of South, Carolina,
was agreed to:
lie#olve<l, That tbe Committee on Finance be
instructed to inquire and report if any, and what,
additional legislation is necessary to secure the
owner or hirer a credit upon the amount of their
taxes equal to the tithe produced by the hirer or
owner, provided such discount does not exceed 5
per cent.”
The following, by Mr. Henry, of Tennessee, was
agreed to :
“ Resolved, That the Committee on Military Af
fairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency
of repealing that clause of the ‘act to organize
forces to serve, during the war,’ approved ljth
of April, 1863, which exempts from military ser
vice one person* as overseer or agriculturist on
each farm or plantation upon which there are
now, or were on the Ist of January last, fifteen
able-bodied field hands between the ages of six
teen and fifty ; and also the whole of the second
section of said act, which provides that the Presi
dent be authorized to grant details when, in his
judgment, justice, equity and necessity require
such details.”
On motion of Mr. Sparrow, the report of the
Secretary of War, was ordered to be printed.
Mr. Henry offered the following, which was
agreed to:
“Resolved, That it is sound policy, on the part of
the Confederate States, to impress or hire, with
the consent of their owners, as many negro slaves
as the public necessity may require for any num
ber of years, or during the war, to he employed in
all positions in the army except as soldiers in tho
field upon paying the owners thereof a just com
pensation ; and that it has the constitutional
power to do so.”
On motion of Mr. Hill, the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House was opened at 12 o’clock, with prayer
by Rev. Dr. Duncan, of the Methodist Episcopal
church.
The Ouair laid before the House a communica
tion from Hon. Augustus 11. Garland, of Arkan
sas, tendering a resignation of his seat in the
House of Representatives, he having been elected
to i he Confederate Sonate. Laid on the table.
Mr. Baldwin, of Virginia, introduced a resolu
tion of inquiry as to what had been done under
the resolutions of last session in regard to repor
ting the debates of the House of Representatives.
Adopted. ;
Mr. Miles, of South Carolina, introduced a bill
to establish a general army intelligence office.—
Referred.
Mr. Swan also introduced a resolution instruct
ing the Military Committee to inquire into the ex
pediency of providing, by law, for the removal
irom danger of all able-bodied adult male negroes
as the territory may be occupied by the public
euemy. Adopted.
Mr. Foote, of Tennessee, offered the following
resolution :
“ Resolved , That the recommendation contained
in the President’s message to Congress which
vests in the military authorities the power to de
tail such editors and other needful employees of
newspapers as they may consider proper for the
conduct of said papers, and put ali others in the
military service, is one which this House can by
no means approve.”
Mr. Foote had hopied that some Virginia gen
tleman would have made the first more in- this
matter, hut it had not been done, and he felt bound
to say something on the subject.
George Wythe ha I said, in the Virginia Con
vention, more than half a century ago, that met
for the e nsider.ition of the Federal Constitution,
“that the fieedom of the press was on 9 of the
greatest bulwarks of liberty, and should not be
violated.”
Mr. Foote denounced the proposition to detail
editors as tyrannical, and an attempt to mnzzle
the press. Abraham Lincoln would not have
dared to send in such a proposition to the Federal
Congress. As for himself (Mr. Foote), he would
never give his consent to any such measure as to
put the pre-s under the power of the President
Mr. .Marshall, of Kentucky, endeavored to
modify the resolution soas to declare that the
present limit allowed to exemption of members of
the press is sufficiently narrow, and ought not to
be altered ; but Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi, re
fused to permit the matter to be further discussed,
and it was referred to the Military Committee.
Adjourned.
mm • .
Bank of England.— Kirkham Dan Hodg
son is -Governor** of the Bank of England.—
Tue Bank has branches in the following cities :
Birmingham, Bristol, Hull, Leeds, Liecester,
Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Plymouth and Swansea.—ll.
Ir. lizard Solnif
So far as the Senate is concerned, the Geor
gia Legislature has placed itself rectus incuria
before the country.
A resolhtion. reiterating the pledge of the
General Assembly, that Georgia favored a
vigorous prosecution of the war until the es
tablishment of CoufeJerate independence, hav
ing heen introduced by Mr. West, Mr. Ezxard,
of Cherokee, proposd the following amend
ment:
Resolved, That the General Assembly re
commend. that our Government make to the
Government of the United States official offers
of peace on the basis of the great principles
declared by our fathers in 1776.
Resolved, farther, that our Senators and
Representative in Congress be requested to
H3e their influence to stop this unnatural
strife, looking forward to the time when peace
may b* obtained upon just and honorable
terms.
We are happy to announce that but a single
vote endorsed this substitute, and that vote
came from its author, Mr. Ezzard, of Chero
kee
Tittlebat Titmouse overthrew the adminis
tration in'the British House of Commons, by
imitating the vociferous clarion of the chicken
cock. Mr. Ezzard, of Cherokee, less fortunate
than Titmouse, has only the echo of his own
crow for peace.
Will this eternal shriek for a General Conven
tion never cease ? Will earnest men never under
stand that every bid of this sort for affiliation
with the North is received in those hyperporean
regions with sheuts of derision and as a token of
the wauiDg fortunes of our struggle ? The Ala
bama Legislature adopted a disgraceful resolution
of similar import to this of Mr. Ezzard. What is
the consequence ? All over the North the press
spreads the news with flaming capitals, as “An
other AVail for Peace.” Let, then, these weak
brothers who shudder at bloodshed and hope for
quiet by log-rolling conventions, understand
that their frothy ejaculations and ill-timed res
olutions are valued fc the realms of Abraham
only as so many evidences of our despondency,
and as so many arguments for smiting the more
heavily.
We believe that this great State of Georgia has
no idea of submission, just as strongly as wg be
lieve that all such rhodomontade as Mr. Ezzard’s
is but submission in ambuscade.
Let the Governor’s message go to that tomb of
the Gapulets—the public archives. Let Mr. Ezzard
and such as he remember that little scrap of his
tory which relates to Tarpeia. She betrayed a
city to the Romans in consideration of the brace
lets which they wore on their arms But when
these warriors entered the city, despising her
treachery, they crushed her with their shields
instead of their bracelets. Let the Convention
ists beware. They think to barter our liber
ties for a bracelet. They will get the buckler
and with it—the sword.— -Ait/jasta Oonstitntion
alist.
Yankee Presidential Election.
[To the Editor of the Whig.]
Wilmington, Nov. 1, 1864.—The newspa
pers are all wrong about the Northern elec
tion. I write this just to put my opinion on
record, so that you will not say I am only
wise after the fact. McClellan will beat Lin
coln. He will get more votes ;he will not get
the presidency without fighting for it. Lin
coln and his party will maintain that there
can be no election short of the Constitutional
majority ot the whole electoral college. The
President of the Senate, if McClellan gets
more votes than Lincoln, will declare no elec
tion. The House is in the same situation—no
one can get eighteen States. Lincoln will,
therefore, hold over. The Democratic party,
sustained by a popular majority, will resist,
and there will be civil war in the North. Then
will be our time to make an arrangement. The
Democrats, in return for our assistance, will
make any terms with us for peace. Do you
see the point ? It will so happen if McClellan
beat Lincoln in this election. My only fear
would be, that McClellan, who is a 3pooney,
may be too weak to head the movement. But
I have no doubt that the Democrats nomina
ted him in order to avail themselves of his
military prestige and talents when armed re
sistance becomes necessary.
In referring to this prediction of its correspon
dent, the Whig recurs to the statistics of the con
test oi 1860. In that election Lincoln obtained in
the free States, with Delaware, Kentucky, Mary
land and Missouri added, 1,860,528 votes. In the
same States the vote against him was 1,968,146,
making a popular majority against him of 10.3,-
62.3. But of the 214 electoral votes in the same
States, he obtained 168. The electoral college of
those States now numbers 223, to which the Yan
kees add 5 for what they term “ West Virginia,”
3 for Kansas, and .3 for Nevada, makiug 234.
Necessary to a choice, 118. But the constitution
requires that a majority of the electors for all the
States composing the Union are neeessary to a
choice, and the Yankees in>ist that the sdceeded
States are still in the Union. Os course, then, to
constitute an election, the majority must be more
than half of the number which would arise from
including the seceded States in the count. This
majonity Lincoln is not likely to obtain. Will the
Democrats permit him to claim an election based
upon a repudiation of his own theory, that no
State is or can be out of the Union? We shall
see.
The Albemarle.—A Yankee letter, speaking;
of the destruction of the Albemar.e, says :
The great mailed monster that has so long ex- i
cited the apprehensions of the Navy Department,
and held in the sound a force greatly in excess of 1
that which was usually stationed there, now lies
quietly at the bottom of the Roanoke river, a sub
ject of curious contemplation and dread to the
fish that frequent these waters. In the squadron
every one feels a sense of relief in realizing the
fact that the Albemarle is no longer afloat or ca
pable of doing much damage ; for it is no eecret
that she was one of the toughest customers for
wooden vessels to confront that has yet floated.—
Her raid on the flotilla on the sth of last May
proved that fact beyond a shadow of doubt.—
She then encountered and fought to great advan
tage, three heavily armed doubla-onders—the Sas
sacus, Mettabesett and Wyalusing—and retired
only after a prolonged contest ; slightly damaged.
While she floated no post held by ug and accessible
to her was safe. She eould go her way as she
chose, in spite of the efforts of our wooden vessels,
unless some accident occurred to her which would
prevent her steaming. Nofte of the light draft
monitors were ready to confront her, and she
threatened to clear our forces out of the State of
North Carolina.
♦ » ♦
The Tallahassee at Work Again.—Prov
idence, Nov. 2. —The schooner Goodspeed.
Captain Baxter, of and from Boston, via
Newport, for Philadelphia, was boarded by
the pirate Tallahassee seven miles south of
Block Island, and scuttled. The captain and
crew eseaped to Block Island in a boat and
reached Newport. The captain reports that
the Tallahassee scuttled another vessel within
a short distance, and the crew of the privateer
said they had the crews of three other vessels
destroyed within a few days. The gunboat
Marblehead left Newport in pursuit this eve
ning.
♦ ♦ ♦
Lincoln has appointed Butler to protect
public property in New York. Very good
appointment. The Beast knows how to take
care of other people s property “about as well
as any other thief.”
A wag offered to bet the other day that
Lincola would carry Massachusetts. "The
Lord send he may.” replied “Old Issue,” “car-,
ry it to the d—l with him.”
FITE DOLLARS
. PER MOUTH.
Repulse.—The following is taken from the
Northern papers of the Btb. It is at
Nashville, November sth:
On the 3d instant, the rebel army, under
Hood, attempted to cross the Tennessee river
i the mouth of the Hiuewater, and were re
i pulsed by the Union army, under Geoerf.l
.Sherman, with considerable loss.
-As it is well known in Richmond, says the
Dispatch, that General Hood has crossed the
Tennessee river, and without a tight too, w«
may put the above down he an election dis
patch. Upon the strength of thi9 telegram,
the Herald has the following:
General Hood has been defeated with con
siderable loss in his first attempt to cross the
Tennessee river. The point chosen for this
movement is between Decatur and Florence,
I at »he head of the Muscle Shoals of the Ten
; nessee river. It appears from our correspon
j dence that General Sherman has sent the
j Fourth corps to Decatur to operate against
Hood, while, with the remaining five corps of
bis army, he has moved to Atlanta, and is, in
all probability, about to inaugurate an offen
sive campaign from that point; thus ignoring,
for the time, the existence of Hood, or leaving
him to prosecute his campaign into Tennessee
at his leisure. The rebel accounts, which we
publish in connection with other important
matter, give interesting accounts of Hood
previous to the battle.
This correspondence is dated at Rome.
Georgia, on the 30th ultimo. It says that it
is understood that the Georgia militia is being
gathered to attack Atlanta, and adds :
Now, Sherman is averse to permit Hood to
have the planning of his fall campaign ; and
so. day before yesterday, he broke up camp
west of Rome, and while the took up his
line of march for Chattanooga, the tread
ed southward for Atlanta, where they will ar
rive November 1 or 2.
Sherman therefore ignores the existence of
Hoc.d e army to the extent of five heavy corps,
which, we may be sure,* will not be idle. The
Fourth corps, Gen. Stanley, will be in Deca
tur, Alabama, by the time this reaches you.
It proceeds on foot via Lafayette and Rossville
to Chattanooga, where trains for Decatur
await it. .
The paymasters have reached Atlanta, and
will pay tbe troops there before they embark
in any further movement. The late pursuit
has convinced Sherman that he can move a
great distance into the enemy’s territory and
subsist mainly on foraging.
Hood, hereafter, will fight troops under com
mand of General Thomas (who is still at
Nashville) if he fights at all, and there can be
nothing comforting to the enemy in the state
ment that he will find an army of United
btates soldiers competent to prevent him
treading the soil of Tennessee to a reckless
extent.
Lively Times on the Ocean Wave. —lt
would seem from the reports in the Northern
papers that a perfect avalanche of new Con
federate “pirates” has descended on the Yan
kee shipping. The New York Post contains
the following :
“Another rebel privateer, the new steamer
Chickamauga, escaped from Wilmington on
the 27th of October, and is now cyi our coast,
capturing and burning American ships. Her
commander is Lieut. Williamson, of the Con
federate Navy. This new privateer is a screw
steamer, painted pea-green ; fore and aft
schooner rigged, masts short, without top
masts, and with two smokestacks. She car
ries an armament of three guns, one 32-
pounder and two 24’s, and is manned by a
crew of one hundred and fifty men. Her offi
cers say that she ran out from Wilmington.
N. C., on the night of the 27th ult., together
with one other armed steamer.”
The crew3 of the ships Shooting Star, of
New York ; Mark W. Potter, of Bangor; and
Emma W. Hall, of New York, all arrived in
New York on Friday, their vessels having
been burnt by tbe Chickamauga. On the
same day the crews of the bark Therese, of
Baltimore ; schooners A. J. Bird,of Rockland:
E. F. Lewis, of Portland, and Antelope, from
Matansas, arrived in New York, their vessels
having been burnt by the Confederate cruiser
Olustee, Lieutenant Ward, of the Confederate
States Navy,"commanding. Os this vessel the
telegraph says :
“The Olustee is an iron screw steamer, of
eleven hundred tons burden, schooner rigged,
two smokestacks, two screws, and very fast,
painted white. She ran out of Wilmington
on the night of the 20th. In passing the
blockaders, she received a shot in her bow.
which went through her. Several ofthe cap
tives, in conversation with the crew, learned
that there were four steamers of the same class
on the coast; all out of Wilmington and
English built.”
The Tallahassee had not been heard from
for a day or two.
The Springfield Republican is a Lincoln paper.
Let our readers (says the Constitutional Union;
and all friends of the soldier read and remember
what that Lincoln paper says of Mr. Lincoln’s
conduct to exchange prisoners. Here it is : “We
might recover all our white soldiers now in rebel
hands by the proposed exchange, and yet hold a
large balance as hostages for the colored soldiers
while their status is in controversy. If, under
circumstances, the leaving of thirty-five
thousard white men to suffer and die at the rate
of one hundred per day is not practically in the
eyes of both God and men—murder, murder, mur
dfr, MURDER, what is it ?”
m - *
The New York Herald says Sherman is com
ing back to Atlanta to inaugurate an offens
ive campaign. Well, it would be rather
offensive if anything like his last. Indeed, we
do not know of anything more offensive un
•less it be—his breath.
The Yankee dispatches say “gunboats from
Paducah are now in sight.” \Vhen Forrest's
gunners get a “sight” on them we predict tbey
will follow the Johnsonville and go ‘out of
sight.”
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos
ON Thursday. 17th November at 11 o’clock, we
will sell in front of our store
i A Likely Negro Woman, 35 years old.
Field Hand, and her two children, a
boy 9 years old and a girl 7.
A Likely Negro Girl 17 years old;
A “ “ “ 12 “ <<
' Avery fine STALLION, 5 years old.
well broke to Harness;
A splendid Iron Grey Filley, 4 years old,
suitable for Saddle or Harness;
10 Sacks Extra Fine Sugar.
nov 15 4t sl2
Produce Wanted,
Li exchange for Iron suitable for plantation pur
poses. Apply to SHERMAN k CO.,
novl4 2w. Masonic Hall, up stair3.
For Deputy Ylarbhal.
At the solicitation of many fpiends, WILLIAM
: N. ALLEN has consented to become a candidate
for the office of Deputy Marsaal of the city of Co
lumbus, at the ensuing eleotJon, and will be sup
ported by MANY VOTERS.
I novl4 te*
SI,OOO Reward.
CTOLEN from the premises of George Kidd in
F Troup county, on trie Bth instant, a sorrel roan
* J l **? 0 } high, five years old; three
white ieet. two behic and and one in front; left hind
j ! c ? , n * w3 >’ “carred oetween the hock and ancle
joint four or five n c h« in length. White spot on
the forehead abou . tne Size of a silver dollar. Scar
under tne left eye,.
; . * *°N ars will be paid for the detec
; °* ? j !e ' *nd the mare, or five hundred for
tne mare, and \jo questions asked.
sovU it / GEO. KIDD.
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