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DAILY TIMES,
j. W. BARREN & €O., Proprietors.
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paid in advance.
Change of Schetlule.
Office Engineer and Superintendent, )
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, Juno 7, 1864.)
■»
,iN THURSDAY. June 9,1864. and until further
■ notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
be as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a.,m.
Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. in.
Leave Savannah .5.30, a. in.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. in.
This Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
11. S. HAINES,
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Fliange of Schedule.
ON and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains <>n
the "uscogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Lmave Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive at .Macon 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon ....8 10 P. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W.L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS. August 27,1864.
ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
the Montgomery and 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.m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m.
Arrive at West Point at 4130 p. m.
„ Freight. Train leaves Columbu3 at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 5:27 p in
t>. H. CRAM, Sup’t k Eng:
ag27lß64 —tf
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CIUSIGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
ON and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) a3 follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at 1 30 p. m.
Arrive in Union Springs 600 “
Leave Union Springs 7. 535a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. in.
B. E. WELLS.
aglStf Eng. & Sup’t.
Dr. It, NOBLE,
ZDZEZNTTIST,
AT Pemberton A Carter’s old stand, back room of
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours, Toe 18 6m
wmtedT
C AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
J>uUv will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
sp7 ts Major and Q. M,
Wanted
rilO HIRE —Four or Five able bodied Negroes.—
1 Good wages given. Apply at our Government
Works.
oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY k CO.
Wanted to Employ
A GOVERN ESS in a private family for a limited
nuinbor of scholars, in the country, a short dist
ance from Columbus. Address Box 16.
oc 31 2w’s W. G. W.
Bouse and Lot tor Sale.
' THE subscriber desires 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 place in
each. There are on the lot also a stable and poultiy
house. The lot coatains two acres. For further in
formation apply at the Eagle Factory, to
nov KMOt* AY. S. O’BANNON.
SSOO Reward. 2
STOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus,
on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last,
TWO HVITTIYEJS,
one a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye.
The other a black mare Mule, medium size, with
whitli mouth and whito spot on rump. Both in good
order.
I will pay the above reward for the delivery of
the Mules with the thief, with proof sufficient to
convict, or Two Hundred Dollars for the Mules.
H.M. CLECKLEY.
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 9,1864—ts
<®*Sun please copy.
WANTED.
1 Gill I BUSHELS CORN, for which we will pay
LUUU cash or exchange Salt,
nov 12 6t JEFFERSON k HAMILTON.
«S“Sun and Enquirer copy.
s*2s Dollars Reward.
OTRAYED from iny place in Wynnton, a dark
A bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right
hindquarter. JOHN COOK,
oc 13 ts
SIOO Reward.
\UILL bo paid for a negro boy named Henry, who
\Y ranaway about two mouths ago. He is about 5
feet S inches high; weighs about 160 or 170 lbs.; com
plexion yellow; fine looking; when laughing has
d'mplcs in both cheeks. It is probable he went to
Atlanta with some of the troops from this city.
oc6 ts H. M. CLECKLEY.
SSO noward.
YfEGRO boy CHARLEY ; about 25 years old, yel
low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him of a
Mr. Brown, a refugeo from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee. Ala. He originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in any safe jail and
information sent to me at thu oK«|. mjsSELL.
Columbu’s Gn., aug 1 ts *
A GOOD PEAATATIOA
For Sale.
IN Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the
L Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The
tract contains l f 2oo acres about <OO cleared. There
is a comfortable Dwelling House on the place, good
Negro cabins with briok chimmes and all the neces
sary out-buildings. The land is productive and
location desirable. Possession given m November,
b'or further information ABAMg
oc 27 lm tblumbus, Ga.
k Confederate, Macon; Montgo
mery Advertiser; Constitutiocalis, Augusta, copy.
To Rent,
t BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forges.
A.jU°“ Ple,<> - Apply »t THISomcE ,
PERRY HOUSE.
rHE undersigned would respectfully inform his
old friends, patrons, und the traveling public
generally, that as he has to be absent for a short
time he has been so fortunate as to have associated
with him his well known and worthy friend Mr.
EDWARD PARSONS. late of Atlanta, Ga., whose
reputation and superior t»ct for business is well
known throughout the Confederacy. This Hou a
is large and commodious, and no pains, nor expense
shall be spared te fit it up. in the very best and most
elegant style, and to obt**n every thing in the line
of substantial eatable* «nd luxuries that this
markets affords, With tu«se assurances we most
cordially solicit all our old friends, and the travel
ing. public generally, to give us a call and an oppor
tunity j)f rendering them comfortable,
oc 15 lm* THOS. E. SMITH.
Executor’* Notice.
TWO months after date application will bo made
A to the Court of Ordinary of Tayler county, for
leave to sell the Negroes and perishable property of
tho Estate of Elizabeth T. Johnson, deceased, late
oi said county.
n . >n . . SAMUEL K. JOHNSON, Ex’r
Oct, 20w2m* Per TIIOS. D. BRAND.
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VOL. Xl.}
SPECIAL NOTICES
Headu’rs Conscript Service, Ga„ >
Augusta, Ga,, Nov. 11.1864. j
Circular, No. 25,
It having Keen reported to these Headquarters
that there arc quite a number of citizens in this
State guilty of the crime of harboring deserters and
persons enrolled for service, it is hereby ordered—
That in all cases where the evidence is thought
sufficient to convict the parties, the Enrolling Offi
cer will apply to the nearest Confederate Commis
sioner for a warrant and have them arrested and
bound over for trial before the District Court of the
Confederate States under the provision of the Act
of Congress, approved January 22d, 1364, and pro
mulgated in General Orders No. 29. A. A' I. G. 0..
Current Series, which imposes a fine of one thousand
dollars and imprisonent for two years.
WM. M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Comd’t of Conscripts for Georgia.
novls-6t
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS,
Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29,1564.
"V'O Freight will be received at the Southern Ex-
JA press Company’s Office after o’clock p. M.t o
go East on that day, nor will any be received to go
West after A]A o’clock p m.
oc 29 ts S.H. HILL, Agent.
Register Your Yames.
Citizens will take notice thit the time allowed for
registering their names as voters at the municipal
election in December will expire on Saturday, 19th
instant. *
The book is open at the Council Chamber, over
Engine Room No. 3, cfpposiie Odd Fellows’ Hall,
nov!4 6t M. M. MOORE. Clerk.
For Mai^liai.
W. L. ROBINSON is announced as a candidate
for the office of Marshal of the city by
novls‘ MANY FRIENDS.
For Deputy Barslial.
At the solicitation of many friends, WILLIAM
N. ALLEN has consented to become a candidate
for the office of Deputy Marshal of the city of Co
lumbus, at the ensuing election, and will be sup
ported by MANY VOTERS.
novl4 te*
Produce Wanted,
In exchange for Iron suitable for plantation pur
poses. Apply to SHERMAN k CO.,
novl4 2w. Masonic Hall, ..p stairs.
IVotice.
The office of Capt. B. A. THORNTON is removed
to Agency Bank of Char'estor., over Spencer’s
Store. novls-st.
Bonds of the 509,000,000 Loan.
I AM authorized to continue the sale of the 6 per
cent, long date Non Taxable Bonds of this Loan
at the Government rate of One Hundredffmd Thir
ty-five Dollars.
The principal of the Loan being free from Taxa
tion and the Coupons receivable lor all Import and
Export duties, makesit the most desirable yet offer
ed by the Government. I therefore recommend it
to the favorable notico of the people.
W. 11, YOUNG,
oc 19 lm Agent for sale of Bonds.
STERLING EXCHANGE!
FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
t for sale in sums to suit purchasers -by
ag!6 tt BANK OF COLUMBUS.
NOTICE
To Mississippi Soldiers !
THE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
L Agency for 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 House.
Your baggage is there.
C. K. MARSHALL,
sep2B ts Agent.
Government Sheep for Exchange.
QUA HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon
Ov/u or 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,lS64—tf
Notice.
pRAND and Petit Jurors summoned to appear at
IT the May Term, 1864, of the Scptrior 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. 11. Worrell, Judge of
said court.
Oct 31.1864-td F. M. BROOKS, Clerk.
4®~Enquirer and Sun copy until day.
Dr, Cw, il HEARD,
(Late Surgeon P. A. C, S.)
AFFERS his Professional Services to the citizens
* t of Columbus. Office at Dr. Carter’s Drugstore.
Can! be found at night at the residence of Wm, C.
Gray, in Linwood. [nov 10 lm*
SI,OOO Reward.
STOLEN from the promises of George Kidd, in
Troup county, on the Bth instant, a sorrel roan
mare, about five feet high, five years old ; three
white feet, two behind and one in front; left hind
leg newly scarred between the hock and ancle
joint, four or five it ches in length. White spot on
the forehead about the size of a silver dollar. Scar
under the left eye.
One thousand dollars will be paid for the detec
tion of the thief and the mare, or five hundred for
the mare, and no questions asked.
novl4 7t GEO. KIDD,
Cotton Notice.
ALL Storage not paid in Ten Days, the Cotton
will be sold to pay it.
nov 8 lOt CODY & COLBERT.
To Rent,
For Confederate Money,
TWO PLANTATIONS in Sumter county, five
and ten miles from Americus.
For further particulars apply to
H. R. JOHNSON & CO.,
nov7l2t* Americus, Ga,
Children’* Merino Rose,
1A DOZ. Fine article, at
1U STANFORD & CO..
nov 11 fit No. 78 Broad street.
To Rent, #
'THE Finest Store Room in the city. Corner
A under Cbok's Hotel. Call at
nov 11 lOt - CODY & COLBERT.
Card
WANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs
V» and Yarns, at the
nov 5 lm EAGLE FACTOR!..
“EXECUTOR’S SALE.
TTIJTLL be sold on the 22d of this inst., before the
»» Court House door in the town of Newnan,
Coweta county, Ga., by consent of the heirs inter
ested, a portion of the
NEGROES
belonging to the estate of Harrison McLarin, dec’d,
names as follows: Bill, a man 35 years of age; Su
san, 35 years; Sarah, lfi j ears: Edmund, 14 years;
George, 10 years; Jennie. 8 years; Lou, 6 years;
Lizzie, 3 years: Lela, 2 years; Sarah, a woman 2b
years; Laura, 10 years; Rosooe, 8 years; Fannie,
5 years; Cal ie, 2 years; Furny, a man 48 years:
Linda, 48 years ; Dave, a man 40 years; Perry. 24
years; Calvin. 18 years; George, 13 years. The
above property sold for the purpose of division.
SALT.
TURK'S Island or Alumn, Coast, and Virginia
Salt for sale, or exchange for country produce,
novlfi-lw J R. IVEY A CO.
Wanted Immediately.
A GOVERNESS well educated and with unex
ceptionable references. A liberal salary will be
given. Enquire at TU rc cmw
no3 12t THIS OFFICE.
COLUMBUS, GA., SATURDAY, NOVI 19 1864.
Friday Evening;.
HATES OF ADVERTISING.
CASUAL DAILY ADVERTISING RATES.
Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square,
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First Week—s3 00 per square for each insertion.
Second Week —$2 00 per square for each insertion.
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Third Month—s2s per square.
Sherman’s Programme and Our Duty.
Tb«.intelligence which we publish to-day
from the Macon Intelligencer remotes all
doubt that Sherman’s army has left its moor
ings in Atlanta, and is out on a grand ram
page through the State. Its line of march
will doubtless be through Macon and its des
, tiuation Savannah. With the capture of the
latter city Sherman would have a secure wa
j ter-base from which he could reach the cen
tral portion of the State with more ease and
at less risk than he could from his previous
position.
It thus happens that the crisis in the fate
of Georgia has come, and the next 30 days
must decide the matter for or against her.—
Such being the case, the Georgia Legislature,
now in session, has an obvious duty to per
form. Let it repeal at once all State exemp
tions for 30 days, or until the emergency is
passed, and put every man under 50 years of
age in the field. Close the churches, printing
offices, Inferior and Justice Courts, sheriff’s
offices and all other State offices, and let there
be one grand rally of Georgians to meet the
enemy. Has the Legislature the nerve for
this work. If so, the session of that body at
this time is extremely fortunate. There is no
time to be lost. One hour should settle the
business.
From Our Richmond Correspondent.
Richmond, Va.. Nov. 10th, 1864.
The reported falling back of Sheridan in
the Valley and the appearance of a number of
iron clads in the James river squadron give
color to the rumor that Grant intends a com
bined land and .naval attack on Richmond. If
lie succeeds the war assumes new features and
must be conducted on a different and more
limited scale; if unsuccessful the troubles
which have so. long environed this noble city
will have passed away—and with them Ulyses
Grant. The result records him to future his
tory as its bloodiest butcher or one of its most
successful generals.
In the meantime no signs of trepidation or
alarm are manifest here, and the quiet is un
broken-save by the boom of the heavy guns
which nightly shell the industrious Yankees
as they toil in the Dutch gap canal.
In the published report of Admiral Buchanan
of the engagement in Mobile Bay he complains
of the want of competent officers, most of
those at his command having been recently
appointed from civil life. The commentary is
not flattering to the administration of the Naval
Department. What has become of the long
list of naval officers whose names and rank
adorn the pages of the “Navy Register?” And
why Were they at so important a crisis allowed
to employ that elysium of sailor life, i. e. “on
shore and full pay?”
News has just been received here of the
election of Gen. Gray, of Louisiana to fill the
vacancy in the representation from that State
occasioned by the death of Mr. Hodge. The
election was close and exciting. An old fel
low townsman of yours, Col. Lang Lewis, be
ing his competitor.
The Congressional Globe died to-day of its
own weight. An attempt was made to kick it
in the House on yesterday, which probably
hastened its demise. There is but one compe
tent stenographic reporter in the Confederacy,
and he of course could not report the proceed
ings and debates of the House, but even if he
possessed the ability and endurance, the ex
pense of publishing and disseminating Con
gressional debates would more than counter
balance any good that might be accomplished.
In the House, to-day, Mr. Chambers, of Miss.,
made a strong speech against the policy of
making soldiers of negroes. In the course of
his remarks, he paid his respects to the recent
peace movements in various quarters—in very
strong and emphatic language. The publica
tion of his remarks would do good in many
sections of the country, where weariness of
war is first ripening into something worse.
Mr. C. is regarded, and justly too, one of the
strongest debaters in the House. He is a well
informed, independent, bold and logical man,
and withal a gentleman of modest but cliival
ric bearing.
The papers notice a bad accident on the
Piedmont Railroad on yesterday. If some
change for the better does not occur soon, the
Government will be compelled to interdict
general travel over the most important roads.
The administration of some of the roads them
selves, needs a little attention, which they will
receive during the present session. This morn
ing, McClellan stock opened brisk upon the
strength of a report from onr pickets in front
of Petersburg, that the soldiers had voted for
“little Mac.” An arrival of northern papers
before noon, disappointed the hopes of the
faint hearted and the Peace Convention men.
Lincoln has beaten him worse than Gen. Lee
did : and small George is henceforth forever
more, consigned to that sphere commensurate
with his small talents and smaller services.
The road to peace now is as straight as a
! musket barrel. Some of those who have been
j looking for it in another direction, will be
I shortly called upon to stand behind musket
barrels. We shall see if they respond.
JIM.
i A Confederate Port. —Some of our co
i temporaries, all of them, we might say, are in
, the habit of mysteriously announcing the ar
’ rival of vessels at a “Confederate port.” In
nineteen cases out of twenty, this means Wil
j miagton, North Carolina—is so understood by
the enemy, and might as well be so expressed.
‘ This is only a foolish way of whipping his
; Satanic Majesty around the abbreviated tree,
which deceives nobody, and can hardly be ex
pected to deceive anybody.— Wilmington Jour
nn .
From the Front in Georgia.
The latest reliable intelligence from the
front in Georgia, says the Intelligencer of the
18tb, we have received from a gentleman who
left Griffin last night. (Wednesday,) at ten
o’clock. Gen. Wheeler fought the enemy—
who was advancing with a force estimated at
from twenty-five to thirty thousand, in two
columns, one on the McDonough and the other
on the Jonesboro' road—at Bear Creek, ten
miles above Griffiu, until late in the evening,
when he fell back to Griffin, and was passing
through that city on its right, when our in*
formant left. Our infantry forces were fall
ing back to Barnesvilie. It is probable, at
the tune we write, that Sherman occupies
Griffin and will rapidly demonstrate upon
this city, and perhaps Milledgeville. It is
, reported that Sherman has applied the torch
to a large portion of Atlanta, and has burnt
Jonesboro,’ also McDonough. It is also re
ported that he has destroyed the railroad from
Atlanta to tin- Chattahoochee and burnt the
bridge at the river on that road. The fore
going we deem to be reliable information, and
it is all we have at the time we write-.
It is now evident that Sherman has inaug
urated a winter campaign, and that Georgia
is the field which he designs to desolate. A
terrible crisis is therefore upon us. Every
man in the State able to bear arms should
rally to the rescue. In the hands of the mili
■ tary authorities, however, the defence of the !
State is left. We have no suggestion to make. I
What we have long looked for, is come at
last. We have no censures now to pass upon
any one, while we would urge upon every
man in the State the necessity of doing what
patriotism and duty require of him.
The Hon. Senator, Mr. Sparrow, of Louis
iana, has introduced into the Senate “a Bill
to extend the assessment of prices for the ar
my to all citizens of the Confederate States.”
A better title for the Bill would have been, “a
Bill to extend fraud and falsehood through
out the Confederate States.” No measure
which offers the premium of fortune to dis
honesty and the evasion of law should, at any
time; receive the sanction of legislation ; but
now, when war has unloosed the bonds of
virtue, and dishonest extortion has supplanted
legitimate trade, a bill which drives honest
men from the beaten track of integrity, as
well as offers inducement to the wavering to
evade the laws, is neither wise nor expedient.
A maximum of prices for the whole people,
from its impracticability, always becomes a
maximum of fraud and perjury. Men will
trade, and when the law steps in and attempts
to regulate trade between man and man, it
either stops all commerce, or its provisions
are evaded and its penalties avoided. Laws
which, from their nature cannot be executed,
ought never to be passed. They extend the
already great disposition of man to escape the
restraints imposed even by wholesome laws,
and accustom the people to disregard all laws,
by forcing them to evade a mischievous en
actment, which pries into the private trans
actions of man with man. The depreciation
of the currency is not produced by extortion,
but extortion results from the depreciation of
the currency and the scarcity of provisions,
consequent upon an unequal distribution of
supplies. Improve the currency, as proposed
by Mr. Trenholm, and extortion will hare been
struck a powerful blow; improve the trans
portation of the country, and the blow will be
fatal to extortion.
Attempt to legislate prices for all the people,
and the faith of the Government is again im
paired; for at last it is but a roundabout way
to make the money go without regard to its
intrisic value. It, is tinkering with the cur
rency, when you attempt to manipulate prices.
It is not only of doubtful Constitutionality,
but it is of undoubted inexpediency. ’ Maxi
mum is the exploded nostrum of a quack; the
folly of a revolutionary era; the error of in
sane men, and having well nigh ruined those
who attempted it, should be avoided by us at
this time.
“One Future—One Destiny.’’ *
BY GEN. TOOMBS.
Our people must not grow weary of this war.
It is the life-time task of this generation, if the
work bo not Sooner accomplished, to establish
the independence of our Confederacy, and to
thwart the fiendish designs of our would be sub
jugators. Every thought, everyjenergy, every pur
pose of every man and woman should-be beut to
that one great object, the suceessfn' ending of this
war. Upon that success hangs c’l that makes l :f e
desirable for a gallant and free people; and the blood
and warfare, arms and ammunition, saerfi sand
self-denia 1 , marching and count irmarching, trials
and suffering must be our chief delight, unt ; ’ we
have shaken off, forever, the despot’s hand that
would throttle the l :, o out of our little Confeder
acy. Murmuring must be hushed; compla'nts
’ must cease; unanimity must reign, and one uni
j versal determination never to give ap must ani
mate our entire population. The goa 1 of our
hopes and exertions is too glittering, too glorious
not to be won, and our fate, ! f we fa' 1 , is too woe
ful even for contemplation. As we cannot afford
ito fail, so must, wo not fail to sue and. Up,
l then, Southrons! Buckle on your armo - anew,
and take a f .sh lease of hope and cor "acre !
Away with doubt and despondency and wen ness!
The flag of or’country is yet destined to wave
j ; n the glory-flood of a victoiious sunsl'n< id
! the gallant dead are yet to behold r om the spir.t
--j land the inestimable boon of libe..y, purchased
j for.us with the* ’ heart’s blood. Let us prove our
! selves worthjpcompat. lots of such glorior s heroes !
i And with “one future, one destiny, o.\e hope,”
l for our motto; let us join hands in the a’ 1 h" ow
; ed purpose of repelling the i lie inTaders, and,
working out for ourselves, at every cost of blood
and treasure, a deliverance from the shackles our
enemies wou’d forge for us and or' descendants !
Let us cease striving to amass wealth, and give
more heed to the calls of patriotism: and ' f that
: call sylhbles the fatal word blood, let us remember
| that “Liberty, in its last analysis, is but the blood
i of the brave.”
w i
A Hard Hit.— The Ra’eigh Confederate has
; the following hit:
We learn that the Government agents arc im
! pressing apple brandy, and that it is the inten
tion of the authorities to take all there is in the
country for the use of the Government. Was there
ever a Government as dry as ours ? ever i>ne that
: required so much brandy and whiskey ? Men aie
detailed to se 1 it, impress it, and we suppose men
are deta’led to drink it. If taken for medical
j purposes, we predict that most of the sickness
will be among the officers rnd their clerks, atten
dants and favorites, and that the weather bea'*n
soldiers will get but precious little. We honesty
believe that if the importation, s?’e and manr'ae
ture of spiritaons liquors was prohibited altogether,
that it weuld he all the better fer our cause, for
drunkenness among Government officials has be
come so common that it has ceased to excite the
wonder of any one.
No Distinction.— The^returned prisoners
gave some laughable accounts of the c. use
quence and pomposity of their negro guards
in the Northern prisons. Most of them were
▼ei y overbearing and cruel, though ir. some
f FITE DOLLARS
t PER MOUTH.
| instances they gave evidence that there natu
-1 ral docility had not been entirely corrupted
by association with Yankeebuckra. They were
very fond of showing their authority, and
rarely ever let pass an opportunity for asser
; ting their equality. For the slightest infringe
ment on the prescribed line, a big buck ne
gro in Yankee uniform, with loaded musket
and fixed bayonet, would call out—" Stop !
take care what you do. white man. Dar's no
’stinction here."— Sav. Newt.
Letter from Gov. Brown.
ON THE APPOINTMENT OP BAYLOR, AND THE REVO
CATION OP HIS COMMISSION.
Milledgeville, Nov. S, 1364.
Editor of the Chronicle cfc Sentinel:
«
I notice in your paper a letter addressed by C.
It. Baylor to myself, from New York, in which
he pretends, as Commissioner of Georgia, to give
information of the political sentiments and opin
ions of the people of the North ; and volunteers
his advice as to the mode of settlement which will
be necessary, &c. The public has riready been in
formed of the nature of the commercial commis
sion to Europe which Mr. Baylor held in accord
ance with the resolution of the Legislature of this
State. I take this mode of stating that neither the
commission not instructions to Mr. Baylor, clothed
him with any political or diplomatic functions.—
He was confined by both strictly to the commer
cial objects expressed in the resolution of the Leg
islature with no authority to transcend them. On
learning that he had assumed to exercise diplo
i rnatic functions with which he was not clothed,
and had gone to the enemy, I issued a proc
lamation revoking his commission. The state
ment made in some of the papers that he was
ever a member of my staff is wholly destitute of
truth.
His public speeches made prior to the date of
his commission were as strongly Southern and as
denunciatory of the Northern people and govern
ment as those made by the most ardent official of
the Confederate States.
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t,
Joseph E. Brown.
The 7th C. S. Cavalry, Col. Taliaferro, com
manding, was, says the Petersburg Express,
disbanded on the 3d instant, and several com
panies, composed of Georgians, ordered to
Young’s brigade, which is also from that
State. This regiment has been, during the
present campaign, attached to Gen. Dearing’s
brigade. In disbanding the command, Gen.
1). addressed the following complimentary
communication to Colonel Taliaferro:
Dearing Cavalry Brigade, }
November 3d, 1864. }
Colonel V. H. Taliaferro , Commanding 10 th
Georgia Cavalry , Young's Cavalry Brigade:
In having to disband your present regiment,
and order you, with a part of it, from my
brigade, I desire to express to the officers and
men of your command, my entire approbation
of their conduct as soldiers and gentlemen.
It is with feelings of pride and sorrow that I
now turn you over to the dashing and brave
Brigadier from your own State. Pride, in
knowing that your command will make its
mark wherever it goes, and that they have
formed a part of my brigade. Sorrow, at
having to lose men that I have become at
tached to and who have shown themselves so
valiant. I have ever found them ready and
willing to go where they were ordered or
needed. And I shall always rejoice to hear
of their success, and feel a lively interest in
their future advancement and good reputa
tion.
Accept, Colonel, for yourself and the officers
and men of your command, my kindest wishes
and v. regards.
Very sincerely,
(Signed) Jas. Dearing,
Brigadier General.
A Tower of Skulls.
Lamartine, in his “Pilgrimage to the Holy
Land,” writes as follows :
“When I was about a league from Nisa, the
last Turkish town almost on the frontier of
Servia, I saw a large tower rising up in-the
midst of the plain as white as Parian marble.
I took the path which led to it. I desired a
Turkish lad who occompanied me to hold my
horse, and I sat down under the shade of the
tower to enjoy a few moment’s repose. No
sooner was I seated than raising my eye to
the monument, I discovered that the walls
which I supposed to be built of marble or of
regular rows of white stone, were composed of
regular rows of human skulls; bleached by
rain and sun, and cemented by a little sand
and lime, formed entirely the triumphal arch
which now sheltered me from the burning
sun ! There must be from fifteen to twenty
thousand. In some places portions of hair
are still hanging, and waved like lichen or
moss with every breath of wind. The moun
tain breeze was then blowing • h, penetra
ting the innumerable cavities of the skull, and
sounded like a mournful and plaintive sigh.—
; These were skulls of fifteen thousand Servi
j ans who had been put to death by the Pacha
lin the last insurrection of Servia. Ser a,
l however, is now free, and this monument will
| tenth their children the value of independence
| by showing them the price at which their
i forefathers purchased it.”
What a tower we might raise if we had the
skulls of all those noble Confederates who
i have died ; n this struggle for independence!
I ( ould we look them in the face and say, “You
1 b vo died inva'n? You began this war be
cause you had been convinced that the Yan
k; e nation wrs faLe to its promises, recreant
toits obligations and that no reliance was to be
I placed on their pledge" found in the solemn
i articles of a Constitution, but we who have
su. . ived you have become tired of this expen
diture of blood and treasure, and r *e willing to
accept peace if our treacherous Northern
i friend'; w ;, l give us the same frail guarantees
which we once possessed.” Let the banquet
i table of re-union be set. Gather round it the
Beast Butler of the North and the reconstruc
j tionists of the Confederacy, and the ghosts of
; the thousand murdered Banquos will rise to
j break “the good meeting with most admired
disorder.”— Montgomery Advertiser.
A High Old Dickson, of New
Jersey, editor of the Scalpel, whose grand
father owned the site of Fort Lee, near the
! Hudson river, about eleven miles above the
city, on the New Jersey side, mentions as one
of the incidents of the occupation of that sec
! lion of the country by the Hessian troops un>
der Gen. Knyphausen, during the Revolution
j of '7G, that the Hessian soldiers rolled a bar
rel of sugar and a barrel of whiskey out of
I the cellar, emptied the contents of both into
! the rain hogshead, stirred the compound with
a fence rail, and used their shoes for drinking
. cups. Some of them got tight.
—
The Federals are hurrying away from Price
to attend to H&od. A dispatch from St. Louis
dated the 4th, says :
“General Rosecrans and A. J Smith arrived
last night, Smith’s infantry moving eastward,
one column on the northside and the other
on the south side of the Missouri, with in
siru Hons to clear the country of guerrillas,
advices from the Upper Missouri say that
Gen. Sully and his ommand are at Sioux
City.”
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS or THE PRESS association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863. by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond. Nov. 16.—European news of the
4tb, says the Juda was wrecked off the Mercey
on her last trip.
Morris, of the Florida, telegraphed the cap
ture of that vessel to a Confederate agent in
London.
The Times says the seizure was an act of
piracy.
The Herald recommends the maritime powers
to interfere if the Florida is not given up.
It is stated that the steamer Laurel from
Liverpool had transferred the crew, arms, and
I ammunition to the Alabama off Madera.
J The of Czar ot Austria after an interview
; with Napoleon at Nice went to visit the King
J of Prussia at Potadam.
Count Richburgs rasignation terminated in
a cabinet crisis at Vienna.
John Leech the well-known artist is dead.
A hurricane at Calcutta on the 4th of Oc
tober drove one hundred vessels from t’yeir
moorings.
Twelve thousand persons were drowned.
The loss is estimated at two hundred million
i franks.
| Richmond, Nov. 15.—The following official
I dispatch was received to-night at headquar-
I ters to the Secretary of War :
Breckinridge reports that on the night of
the 13th, he turned Bull’s gap when the en
emy attempted to retreat. About one o’clock
yesterday, with Vaughan’s and Duke s com*
mands, he struck their column and routed it,
and several hundred prisoners, ten stand of
colors, six pieces of artillery with caissons
and horses complete, fifty loaded wagons with
teams, ambulances with medical supplies, &c.,
were captured. R. e. LEE.
Death of Ex-Governor Hammond. —The
Hon. James H. Hammond, ex-Governor of
South Carolina and more recently a Senator
from that State, when the Union survived,
died yesterday morning at his residence on
Beech Island. The deceased was well known
over all this country as a man of eminent
genius and rare acquirements. His intellect
was essentially classic—large, catholic and
masculine. When quite a voting man he watt
elected from his native State to the House of
Representatives and became at once conspic
uous as the opponent of John Qnincv Adams,
on the Right of Petition.
From that time forth, until his health be
came seriously impaired, this remarkable man
filledjiearly ail the most bonerable and re
sponsible offices of the commonwealth of
South Carolina.
As an author, Governor Hammond had few
equals. Elegant scolarship, vast and curious
information, the accumen of the advocate, the
grasp of the statesman, the imagination of the
poet—all the graces of diction and strength
of intellect breathed and burned through his
composition. His hospitality was princely,
and there are few who were admitted to his
intimacy who did not feel the spell of his
musical voice as he held them in the thrall of
his glittering eye, like the Ancient Mariner
and the wedding guest.
At the time of his decease, Gov. Hammond
was within one day of his 57th year.
[ Constitutionalist.
The Ring of True Metal.— A lady in Hinds
county, Mississippi, sends the Clarien a letter
from her son, from which we make the following
extract:
I have to-day a melancholy duty to perform.
A young man of our company shot and robbed
a citizen, some weekß since, and to save himself
he deserted to the enemy. A letter of inqVry
has just come from his mother, which I must
answer. Poor woman, I know not what to tell
her. Mother, no -one will ever write to you
about the desertion of your son. You may hear
I’m dead, but deserted, never. lam to-day as
confident, as determined as ever. Thank God,
that I have inherited from you that redoubtable
energy, that nothing can subdue or crush. Star
vation, nakedness, cold, hunger, nothing can tear
me from my purpose or discourage me in the
least. We are now, thanks to Gen. Early,, getting
plenty to eat. His “fool’s errand” has paid us
well, and some of us will soon be off on another
just such mission.
f Extract.]
lleadq’rs Army of Tennessee,!
In the Field, Oct. 28th, 1861. J
General Field Orders l
No. 133. /
11. Each District Commander in this Department
will assign to duty, with his headquarters, a compe
tent officer, as District Provost Marshal, who shall,
under the orders of the District Commander, and
the Provost Marshal General of the Department,
have entire control of all matters pertaining to the
Provost Marshal department. He will report to the
Provost Marshal General and be subject to his or
ders in a'l matters relating to passports, the arrest,
custody, and disposition of officers and soldiers be
longing to the Army of Tennessee. In all other
matters he will be subject only to the orders of the
District Commander, except that the Provost Mar
shal General may call for special reports in regard
to any matter in any way affecting the Army of
Tennessee, to be forwarded through the District
Commander.
By command of Gen. Cobb.
(Signed) JAMES COOPER,
Official: Capt. and A. A. A. G.
E. J. Habvil, Col. and Insp’r General.
Official: . LAMAR COBB,
Major and A. A. G.
HEADQUARTERS GEORGIA RESERVES,)
and Military District of Georgia, >
Macon, Ga, Nov. 14,1364.)
General Orders \
No. 28. J
I. In compliance with the above order Captain C.
W. Peden is appointed Provost Marshal of thf3 Dis
trict, to whom all Provost Marshals will report.
By command of
Maj. Gen. HOWELL COBB,
Commanding, Jic.
LAMAR COBB,
novlß-ot Major and A. A. General.
SWEETORANGES.
A large lot just received and for sale by
EDWARD BUTT, At 114, Broad St.
novlß-3t
By Ellis, Livingston 1 Cos
i—i • mm
ON Saturday, 19th November at 11 oVlock, we
will sell in front of our store
1 Large Iron Sale.
novlß-td $4
LOST.
AN the 16th instant, between Columbus and Br'l
V. ip e npv^ h BAnv° tton ™ a< )’ a large russet calf
skm POCKET BOOK, containing between seven
teen and eighteen hundred dollars in old issue and
about three hundred and fifty of new issue, and a
number of valuable papers. A liberal reward w 'JI
paid for the pocket book and contents, delivered
at the Times Office, or to me at my residence, nine
miles from Columbus. A. MAGRUDER.
novl7-3t.
AN EXCELLENT PLANTATION
FOR. SAXjS.
SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES
-350 open—nearly all fresh— in splendid repair
excellent fences. Gin house, lots, gates, cabins;
healthy, well watered, nice young orchard; every
thing new ; 12 miles below Auburn, near Society
Hill, in Macon county, Ala.—all conveniently ar
ranged. with fine outlet and range lor stock. Land
fertile, soft, and easy of cultivation ; an excellent
neighbcrhood-oul of the reach of ordinary raids.
Will take Negroes or Cotton in payment for half tke
price if purchaser desires it.
fi £ h u > f V l ,° Pen . t ,K* e nrdi ™ry Mutes, and
five Milch Lows, that will have calves between this
time and spring. See me at Auburn Ala
. ~. WM. F. SAMFORD.
4F* 9un copy and send bill to me.
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