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DAILY TIMES.
«*. W. WARREN, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Saturday Morning, November 26,1864.
H e are permitted to make the following
extract from a private letter received in this
eitj:
Near Macon, Ga., Nov. 23d, 1864.
Dear Parents: —l take this spare moment
to write you a few lines to let you know that
I am in the land of the living, and am enjoy
ing very good health considering the hard
ships we have passed through in the last two
days. I wrote you a leuer ihe other day
stating that I had been admitted in Floyd
Hospital in Macon, but that I expected to be :
sent to duty. Well, it turned out just as I ,
expected ; we were scut to duty a few hours '
after I wrote to you Yesterday we were or- *
dered to overtake the Yanks, who were ad- I
rancing towards Milledgeville on the rail
road. We started from here about 9 o'clock
in the coldest 'weather I ever tell. It was
anowing wheu we left; rny hands froze to my
gun. Well, we overtook them about two
miles beyond a little place called Grisswold- j
ville. Our company was put out a.s skirmish- !
ers. Gen. Phillips commanded the expedi- |
lion He had two brigades of militia, one of j
Georgia reserves and twe of State line troops, i
Wheeler’s cavalry were also in their rear.— '
But they whipped us badly. We were re- j
pulsed with heavy loss. As the enemy were
strougly fortified and outnumbered us, we |
were ordered to fall back to the fortifications j
at Macon. # -
Tub Army ok Tennbbske.—Our iniorma
tiou from the army (says the Memphis Appeal,
23d,) is to the morning of the 18th, at which
date it still remained in the vicinity of Tus
eumbia and Florence. Every preparation for
an advance had been made, however, which
it was expected would take place as soon as
the weather and roads would permit. Strong
cavalry reinforcements had arrived, and the
other branches of the army had also been
greatly strengthened. Os the eueiny in fiont
nothing was known, outside of official circles.
(Jen. Hood. —The Columbus (Mias.) Republic
of the 18th, says : This gallaat officer, wo. have
boon informed, is quite ill with erysipelas at
Cherokee. We trust he may soon recover.—
This Confederacy may have abler commanders
in its service, but none truer, braver or more
devoted.
♦ —♦—•—
Prices in the North. —Prices of all kinds have
advanced greatly in the North. Gold is 236 and
more, which makes the Federal currency worth
about forty cents on the dollar. Owing to this de
preciation, the Accessaries of life and all kinds
have run up to the most extravagant prices. i,Cot
ton, which was, before the war, only some six or
seven cents a pound, is now worth a dollar and a
quarter ; common white shirting inuslin, which
nsed to be bonght for ten or twelve cents a yard,
prime quality, now brings fifty or sixty cents ;
* sugar which used to be bought for eight and nine
cents, sells now for twonty-fivo cents a pound;
flour, which was a drug in the market for five or
fix dollars, is scarcely to be had now for twelve
and fifteen dollars a barrel j whiskey, which used
t* he thought high at two dollars a gallon, is now
worth eight and ten : bread, formerly three and
four cents a loaf, is now seven and eight cents,
and the size dimiuishedjjat that; hotels that used
I© charge two dollars a day, are new askiug fire
and six.
W» learn from the News that at the late session
*l'the Confederate court held at Jackson, Miss.,
indictments were found against parties for deal
ing with the enemy and trading in greenbacks.
♦ —♦
Northern Expectations.
If the Northern journals believe half what
they say, they are fully convinced that Sher
man’s grand raid frem Atlanta to the sea
coast is to break down the rebellion and put
an end to the war. But they do not believe
any such fanfaronade as they indulge in
Even if successful, this movement could not
affect materially the substantial interests of
the Confederacy, but it is necessary to magni
fy its importance in order to give hope aad
encouragement to the Northern masses, who
bear the burdens of the war. Firmly estab
lished at either Savannah or Charleston, Sher
man’s army would be less potent for mischiel
than if at Atlanta
If not compelled by necessity, we do not
think the Yaukee general would give up his
position in the heart ot the country in order
to effect a lodgment on ttie sea coast. Out
aide of the injury he will inflict upon the
country on the route of his march, the advan
tage will be greatly in our favor, for we recov
er" vastly more than we lose by the change.—
During the blocko.de, the ports of Charleston
and Savannah are of little or no value to us,
as \v* can neither import nor export through
them, and the troops employed in their de
fease might be much more profitably engaged
elsewhere.
But we are by no means prepared to believe
that Sherman will bo successful in this bold and
hazardous enterprise, and before the expiration of
twenty days, the now exultant Northern journals
may have occasion to sing a different tune. The
country through which their hero has to march,
is not so barren of troops and available means of
defense as they suppose. His way will not be
strewn *ith flowers; on the contrary, he has
doubtless learned ere this, that he has a “ hard
road to ravel,” and may finally pull up at some
of the prison depots in Georgia or South Carolina.
Wo are mistaken in the pluck of the people of
these two States if they permit this Northern bar
barian and vandal to march with impunity over
their soil, ravaging and desolating their country
as be goes. He, with his whole army, 5 s clearly
within their power if they will but do their duty
to themselves aud their country. With Beaure
gard, Taylor and Hardee to command ar and direot
them'fthey can and we hope will bring Sherman
to grieflong before he reaches any point on the
•joa coast.
With this portion of the army of the Cumber
land destroyed, the reclamation of Northern
Georgia and the whole of Tennessee will be aa
easy matter, and we shall open the spring cam
paign under the most favorable auspices. But
looking at the question in the most unfavorable
point of view, and supposing Sherman to be en
tirely successful in the accomplishment of his
ends, we consider him far less dangerous on the
periphery of the circle than he would be if in the
center: far less to be feared on the outskirts »t the
Confederacy than he would be in the interior.
The change can but result in our favor, let the
expedition terminate as it may; and we ire entire
ly at a loss to see what there is in it to excite the
jubilations of the Northern press.— Memphis Ap
peal.
The Princess Dagmar.— The Princess Dag
mar, of Danmark, who is to he the twpress
of Russia, is just eighteen years old. She locks
far short of that age, from the infantine and inno
cent loveliness of her manner, and from her stat
aro. Iler eyes and teeth form the fascinating
beauty es her face, her features being far from
regular. In oemplexien, she is a brunette ; but
the ski* is wouderfully clear, and the roses of
health seem ever to bloom on her soft dimpled
cheeks Ilor stature is rather under middle, “but
her form stems perfect, and her bust, scarcely yet
eome to maturity, rivals the most perfect of Thor
walden’s geddesses in the swan like neck, the
gracefully drooping shoulders, and the rounded
proportion of "her arms.” To become Empresa
es Russia, the lady must change her
religion, and become a member of the Greek
church.
President Davis' Message Joy. Brown's
Undelivered Message to ihe Georgia Leg
-1 islature.
The following message was prepared by
Gov. Brown to be sent to the General Assem
bly ; but while it was being copied for the two
Homes, they adjourned on account of the near
approach of the enemy, before the message
was received by them. As Congress probably
now has the question before them, and as it is,
in the opinion of the Governor, important that
the people and presses of the country should
speak out boldly to their representatives be
fore the fatal step is taken by them, he has
directed the publication of the message with
a view to call special attention to the sub
ject :
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, >
Milleduevillk, Ga. November lbp’64. /
To ihe General Assembly:
I fee! it rny duty to call your special atten
tion to that part of the late message of the
President of the Confederate States, which
relates to exemptions from conscription.
The President declares that “no pursuit nor
position , should relieve any one who is able
to do active duty, from enrollment in the
army, unless his functions or services, are
more useful to the defence of bis country in
another sphere.” But he says, ‘fit is mani
fest that this cannot be the case with entire
classes.” He then enumerates several classes,
such as telegraph operators, professors, teach
ers, editors, • millers, shoemakers, tanners,
blacksmiths, physicians, &c., who should not
be exempt a9 classes, and adds, “and the nu
merous other classes mentioned in the laws"
who he says, “cannot in the nature of things,
be either necessary in their several professions
nor distributed throughout the country in
such proportions , that only the exact numbers
required are found in each locality.” Nor
says he, “can it be everywhere impossible to
replace those within the conscript age, by men
older , and less capable of active field service.”
He then save, “A discretion should be vested
in the military authorities , (which can only
mean in him, as the head of these authorities,)
so that a sufficient number of those essential to
the public service, might be detailed to con
tinue the exercise of their pursuits or professions,
but the exemption from service of the entire
classes should be wholly abandoned .”
This is very comprehensive language. If
such a law were enacted by Congress, and ac
quiesced in by the States and people, it would
not only give the President absolute colllrol
overall persons of the classes enumerated by
him in the message, but of what he terms the
“numerous other classes mentioned in the
laics."
Who are these other classes mentioned in
the laws, of whom the President seeks to get
the absolute and unlimited control, without
startling the country by the designation of
them in this message? One of these classes
“mentioned in the laws,” is “the members
and officers of the several Stnte Legislatures.”
Other classes mentioned in the laws, are
Judges of the State Courts, Sheriffs, Clerks,
Ordiaaries, or Judges of Probate, &c. Anoth
er class mentioned in the laws is, “ ministers of
religion ,” authorized to preach according to
the rules of their Churches. Tii- P.-esident
denies that these could be more useful as
classes “in another sphere,” than in the mili
tary field, and says, “they cannot, in the na
ture of things, be either necessary in their
several professions , nor distributed throughout
the country in such proportions that only the
exact numbers required, are tound in each lo
cality.” He therefore demands, that Congress
leave it to his “discretion” to say, who of
them shall be detailed to continue in the exer
cise of their pursuits or professions, with the
declaration in advance, that their exemption
as “entire classes” should be “wholly aban
doned.”
Aside from Constitutional objections, what
would be the effect of vesting in the President
the absolute power over all classes of people
in these States which he now demands at the
hands of Congress ?
No man could cultivate his fields to produce
corn, wheat, or any other of the necessaries
of life, or run his factory to make clothing or
work in his blacksmith shop, raiil, tannery,
carpenter’s shop, machine shop, or follow
other industrial pursuits without the consent
of, and a detail from the President.
No man can then publish a newspaper with
out the consent of the President, and a detail
for that purpose. This would at once destroy
all independence in the press and abridge its
freedom which the Constitution of the Confed
erate States expressly declares Congress shall
make “no laws” to do. If each editor must
have a detail from the President, which would
be revocable at the will of the President to
publish his paper what freedom or indepen
dence of the press in future can exist? No
bold, independent, high-toned man would be
willing to accept a detail for this purpose, as
it would be an acknowledgement in advance
that his press shall be the tool of the Presi
dent with its freedom abridged, and its exis
tence dependent upon the President’s will. As
this law would give the President the power
to say how many editors he would tolerate,
it would heave it to his “discretion” what sort
of editors he will have, and what principles
they shall advocate Thus the public press of
the country which, whatever may be its errors
and abuses, is, next to the Christian religion,
the greatest promoter of civilization, and when
left free and untrammelled is the strongest
bulwark of constitutional government and the
most powerful advocate of civil and religious
liberty, is to be prostrated at the feet of the
President, and prostituted to the base end of
overthrowing constitutional liberty and es
tablishing despotism. Where did liberty ever
exist with the freedom of the press abridged
and its existence dependent upon the will of ft
single individual ?
The President not only demands of Congress
the passage of a law giving him the power in
future to muzzle the press and prevent it
from exposing the errors of his administration
or the corruption of his officials, but he de
mands that the State Governments be placed
absolutely under his control, and that it be
left to his “discretion” how many members
and officers may attend each session of the
Legislature, aud what shall be the ages of the
members, and if he chooses what shall be their
political sentiments. It is also to be left to
his “discretion” how many Judges of the Su
perior, Inferior, or other Courts, each State
may have, and what shall be their ages. How
many Sheriffs, Clerks, Tax Collectors, Jus
tices of the Peace, Ac., he will tolerate in each
State. Each of these classes of State officers
is one of the other “numerous classes men
tioned in the laws,” who he declares are to be
distributed according to his discretion through
out the country in such proportions that only
the exact numbers required are found in each
locality, those within conscript age to be re
placed by “older men,” less capable of active
field service, and in the selection of those
with whom they are to be replaced, regard
might be had to those who would be “less
capable” of opposition to the President’s will.
But this, intolerable as it seems to be, is
not the worst feature in the demand. The
President asks that Congress place the “mine
isters of religion” under his absolute control,
with a declaration aocompanyina the demand
that they are not to be exempt as a class , but
only such of them as he in his “discretion”
may deem a sufficient number to be detailed
to continue to exercise their pursuit or profession ,
“that only the exact numbers required may be
found in each locality.” There is no mistak
ing the purpose, they are one of the classes
“mentioned in the laws." In other words,
they are a class who are mentioned in the ex
emption laws and are exempted as a class.
Giro the President this power, and the minister
of religion can no longer exercise the high func
tions of his calling under the commission he has
received from Heaven, withou r a detail from the
President. This would give the President the
power in his discretion to determine not only hew
many may be necessary, but to select thelecalities
where they will bo tolerated, and to prescribe, if
he should think proper, the deneminatien to
! which they shall belong. This would place the
freedom of religion as absolutely under his control
as the freedom of the press, and the government
of the States.
The provision of the Constitution which da
dares that Congress shall have power to raise and
I support armies must be construed in connec
tion with that ether provision that “ Congress
shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.”
j Taking these two provisions together, I do not
see hew any candid man can say that Congress
has power under the pretext of raising and sup
porting armies, te place the free exercise of relig
ion and the freedom of the press at the “ discre
tion” of the President. Nor can it be denied that
the freedom of both are dependent upon his will
when the law permits no ene to pnblish a paper
or to preaeh the gospel without a detail from hint.
What possible connection dees the preaching es
the gospel in the city of Milledgeville or any other
place, have with raising and supporting armies f
And why is it necessary that the preacher of the
gespel should, by act of Congress, be mustered in
to the military service of the Confederate States,
and put nnder the control of the President, te be
detailed back in the “ discretion” of the President
te preach ? Is this the “free exercise es religion?”
Is not the freedom of the press abridged when
a newspaper can only be published with the con
sent of ihe President, and is net the independence
and dignity of the legislator lost when he is com
pelled to entrr the Legislative Hall with a detail
in his pocket, subject to be ordered out of it at
aty moment when it suits - the interest or caprice
of the President? Is this State Sovereignty, free
dom of the press, and free religion ?
When Congress enacts such a law, it converts
the republican ism of the Confederate States into
th« dospotistn of Turkey, makes the President a
dictator a»d prostrates the liberties of the country,
the independence es the press, and the religious
privileges of the people at his 'eat. Even the Lin
coln government, despotic as it is, has not dared
to attempt any rueh encroachment upon the lib
erties of the people es the United States.
I wish in advance to eoter my solemn protest
against this asoi strous proposition, which if adop
ted by Congress, will not only endanger the suc
cess of our caus-, by breaking the spirits of our
people, which msj T precipitate counter revolution,
but may, and I fear will, engender a strong feel
ing for reconstruction with the odious government
of the North as the only means of escape from a
worse despotism. I therefore earnestly recom
mend the passage of a joint resolution by this
General Assembly, instructing eur Senators and
requesting our Representatives in Congress to
vote against, and use all possible influence to pre
vent the passage of any such law.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Great anxiety is manifested by the pesple in
relation to the situation of General Sherman’s ar
my. Not understanding the movements now in
progress, the public passes hasty judgment, and
caa see nothing cheering in the present position
of the two hostile armies. To the casual ob
sorver Hood seems to be master of the situation.
By a bold move he has thrown his asmy far
into Sherman’s rear, aad his legions now throng
the banks of the Tennessee, and even threaten
Nashville. General Sherman caanot lay his
programme before the public, or detail the ope
rations now in progress for its benefit. His
success lies in rapid execution and secresy of
movements. We are advised of some of the
feats of the present campaign, startling and bril
liant in conception, and which promise to result
in glorious success, but we caanet, at the present
time, breathe a word to the public in relation to
them.
We can only say, that if all works well, the
world will be astounded at the genius of General
Sherman and at the movements planned by his
fertile brain. To him, and to those who under
stand his campaign, there is nothing dark in the
present situation ; all is bright and full es hope.
When the facts shall be presented to the public,
even if the operations now in progress should not
be marked with success, the world will stand ag
hast—will be filled with amazement—and ac
knowledge that a more bold and brilliant cam
paign was never planned by an able general. It
exceeds their wildest conceptions ; and when the
startling news shall break forth, thousands of
tongues will sing the name ot Sherman with
praise, hands be ready to crown his brow with
unfading laurels.— Louisville Journal.
All this is very pretty and grand, but it loses
much of its favor when we recollect that it was
said five or six times before of McDowell,
McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Pope, Grant A
Cos., who were to startle the world by their mar
vellous achievements in Virginia. Where are
all these men now, and their wonderful military
schemes.
Interesting European News,
Northern papers give advices from Europe
to the 19th of October.
The European papers contain very impor
tant details of the progress and pressure of
the financial crisis in England, France, Spain,
German} 1 -, Brazil and Australia, with a record
of the latest suspensions and failures in Lon
don.
Mr. Henry Lafoce, in a letter to the London
Times, says: “I must positively contradict
the assertion that Oapt. Semtues was a pas
senger in the Laurel.”
A United States man of war went in pur
suit of the Laurel, for the purpose of appre
hending Capt. Semmes, who has been pro
nounced a prisoner af war.
Vienna advices in regard to the Dano Ger
man question indicate that the conference
will soon sign a final treaty of peace.
Events are assuming a more and more af
flicting appearance in Russia. The Poles in
corporated among the Russian troops, can
toned in the provinces bordering on the Vol
ga, are said to have formed a plot in conjunc
tion with a secret society of Russians called
Nihilists. The intention attributed to them is
to burn all the villages and towns of the prov
inces. Accident and the energy of the au
thorities have saved Radan and Samara, but
the town of Simbrisk and all the villages
around have fallen a prey to the flames. The
conspirators had placed barrels of gunpowder
under the cathedral and all the public edi
fices of the town. A commission of inquiry,
presided over by au aid-de-camp of the Em
peror of Russia, has also been opened. Tjje
burning of the town had reduced thirty thou
sand inhabitants to misery and deprived them
of shelter.
Matters appeared to be approaching a crisis
in Japan on the 29th of August. The Prince
of Nagato had refused to open the Inland sea
and fired across the bows of the British war
ship Cormorant, when the latter made the ex
periment of passing his batteries. She and
the Barossa accordingly at once returned to
Yokohama. It is believed that the fleet would
sail for Simonosik before September.
Orders have been received by the commander
of the Persons, the senior British naval officer
at present in port, to charter vessels to con
vey one thousand two hundred tons of coal
to the Inland sea for the use of the fleet, and
to proceed himself thither to join it.
The Richmond Sentinel says that the Yankee
privates are very much depressed at the result of
the Presidential election, declaring there was not
a free expressiom of opinion allowed them, and
that they are hopeless of a speedy termination ot
the war. The number of desertions has largely
increased since the result of the election was made
known in the army. To use the expression of
our informant, “they are deserting in droves.”
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TELEGRAPHIC.
RIPORTS or TB* PRBBB ASSOCIATION.
Entered according te act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. 8. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s offioe of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Macon, Nov. 25.—Position of affairs re*
mains unchanged. The enemy is still pro
ceeding in a southerly direction, and the opin
ion still obtains that they ara proceeding di
rectly to Savannah. Macon is now consider
ed safe from attack.
Portraiture of War.
O, tell me, iftheie b# any relenting or pity
in your bosom, how could you endure it, to
behold the agonies of the dying man, as, goad
ed by pain, he grasps the cold ground with
convulsive energy, or, faint with the loss of
blood, hie pulse ebb* low, and the gathering
paleness spreads itself overffiis countenance—
or wrapping himself around in despair, he
can only mark, by a few feeble quiverings,
that life still lurks and lingers in his lacerated
body—or lifting up a fading eje, he casts on
you a look of imploring helplessness, for that
succor which no sympathy can yield him. It
may be painful to dwell on such a representa
tion—but this is the way in which the cause
was served. The eye of the sentimentalist
turns away from its sufferings and he passes
by on the other side, lest he hear that plead
ing voice, which is armed with a rod of re
monstrance so vigorous as to disturb him.—
He can not bear thus to pause in imagination
on the distressing picture of one individual;
but multiply it ten thousaud times—say, how
much of this distress has been heaped together
on a single battle-field—give us the arithmatic
of this accumulated wretchedness, and lay it
before us with all the accurucy of an official
computation; aad, strange to tell, not one
sigh is lifted up among the crowd of eager
listeners, as i hey stand en tiptoe, and catch
every syllable of utterance which is read to
them out of the register of death. Oh ! say,
what mystic spell is that which so blinds us
to the suffering of our brethren—which deaf
ens to our ear the voice of bleeding humanity,
when it is aggravated by the shrieks of dying
thousands—which makes the very magnitude
of the slaughter throw a softening disguise
over its cruelties and its horrors—which caus
es us to eye with indifference the field that is
crowded with the most revolting abomination*,
and arrests that sigh which each individual
would singly have drawn from us, by the re
port of the many who have fallen and breath
ed their last in agony along with him ?
When I think that the Christians, even of
the great world, form but a very little flock,
and that an army is not a propitious soil for
the growth of Ohri&tian principle—when I
think on the character of one such army, that
had been led on for years by a ruffian ambi
tion, and been inured to scenes of barbarity,
and had gathered a most ferocious hardihood
of soul, from the many enterprises of violence
to which an unprincipled commander had car
ried (hem—when I follow them to the field of
battle, and further think that, on both sides
of an exasperated contest, the gentleness es
Christianity can have no place in almost any
bosom—but that nearly every heart is lighted
up with fury, and breathes a vindictive pur
pose against a brother of the speoies. I can
not but reckon it among tbe most fearful of
the calamities of war, that while the work of
death is thickening along its ranks, so many
disembodied spirits should pass into the pres
ence of Him who sitteth upon the throne, in
such a posture and with suoh a preparation.
I have no time, and assuredly as little
taste, for expatiating upon a topic so melan
choly, nor can I afford at present to set be
fore you a vivid picture of the other miseries
which war carries in its train—how it deso
lates every country through which it rolls,
and spreads violation and alarm in its villa
ges—how, at its approach, every home pours
forth its 'rembling fugitives—bow all tbe
rights of property and all the previsions of
justice must give way before its devouring ex
actions—how, when Sabbath comes along
with it—and for the sound of the church-bell,
which was wont to spread its music over
some fine landscape of nature and summon
rustic worshippers to the house of prayer,
nothing is heard but the deathful volleys of
of the battle, and the maddening outcry of
infuriated men—how, as the fruit of victory,
an unprincipled licentiousness, whfch no dis
cipline can restrain, is suffered to walk at
large among the people—and all that is pure,
and reverend, and holy in the virtue of fam
ilies is cruelly trampled on, and held in the
bitterest derision. Oh !my brethren, were
we to pursue these details in which no pen
ever attempts, and no chronicle perpetuates,
we should be tempted to ask, what that is
which civilization has done for the character
of the species ?— Chalmers.
Tub Effects op War.—lt seems as if our
country will be eat out by Confederate caval
ry. Nearly everything in the country has been
impressed, and worse still, there has been
stock belonging to citizens, shot down before
their faces and left lying dead. Large hogs
not fat enough to eat, where shot and left ly
ing, while those fat enough were eaten. Cattle
were also killed, and everything destroyed that
could be of any use to the owners and no use
to themselves. They have damaged the peo
ple worse than Rosseau’s Yankee raiders.—
There are instances under my observation
where the (so-called) Confederate soldiers
have robbed destitute widows and orphans of
all the means they had in the world of a sup
port—Ladies who had been made widows by
by their husbands being killed and dying in
our army. Who wonders that the war goes
on? Who for a moment can expect God’s
blessing to rest upon a nation where so much
wFckedness and vice reigns? Is wickedness
the cause of this dreadful war ? If so, we
may not expect it to close soon; but on the
other hand become more destructive.
Where are the officers of the different com
mands, that they don’t attend to this whole
sale robbery ?
On Monday night last a brigade of cavalry
camped around this place and were busy all
night shooting hogs, and on Tuesday morning
hog skins and heads were plentiful.—[Ash
ville (Ala.) Vidette.
LARGE CONSIGNMENT
OF
LETTIB PAPEB!
AND
MERORANDIM BOOKS!
*For sale by
J. K. REDD & CO.
ee 12 ts
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL persons having claims against the estate of
A Joseph W. Woollelk, dec’d, late of Muscogee
county, are hereby notified to render them duty
authenticated within the time prescribed by law ;
and those indebted to said estate are requested tn
make immediate payment.
WM. G. WOOLFOLK.
nov 23, 1864—w40d Adm’r.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
TTTILL be sold on the 22d of this inst., before the
Vv Court House door in the town of Newnan,
Coweta county, Ga., by consent of the heirs inter
ested, a portion ot the
NEanoES
belonging to the estate of Harrison McLarin, dec’d,
names as follows: Bill, a man 35 years of age ; Su
san, 35 years; Sarah, 16 years : Edmund, 14 years;
George, 10 years; Jennie, 8 years; Lou, 6 years;
Lizzie, 3 years; Lei a, 2 years; Sarah, a woman 26
years; Laura, 10 years; Roscee, 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.
Terms Cash. W. H. McLARIN, l ™ ,
novl6-*t* W. B. SWANN.
SALT.
rpURK’S Island or Alumn, Coast, and Virginia
1 Salt for sale, or exchange for country produce.
nov!6-lw J. R. IVEY k CO.
THE OXT Y.
T. J. JACKSON t LOCAL EDITOR.
ATTENTION !
The Members es Captain Wilkins’ Company
will appear at tbe Counoil Chamber this morning
at 11 o’clock, to draw arms and accoutrements.
By order of the Captain.
Pemberton’s Cavalry.
Any? Ismail packages for Pemberton’s
loft at Mr. Spear’s Jewelry Store will be forwarded
this evening.*
Theatrb. —Temperance Hall continues to be
the centre of attraction, notwithstanding the bitter
cold weather and the feverish state es the public
mind consequent upon the important military
movements in Central Georgia. Judging from
the number es able-bodied men at the Hall
Thursday night, one would think that the “fine
tooth comb” which the Yankee General Grant
speaks about, had a good many of its teeth broken
out before it scraped over this section of “God’s
moral vineyard.’ ’
On Thursday night Mr. Crisp assumed anew
role, playing Dimple in the popular comedy of
Leap Year, and convulsed the audience with his
drolTeries and the oxeellent manner in which he
delivered the fine bon mots with which the play
abounds. Jessie Clarke was inimitable us the
“matrimonial broker,” and is decidedly the favor
ite of the Columbus public.
That ever popular drama of Black-Eyed Susan
concluded the bill fer the evening, and seemed to
rivet the attention of the audience. Hamilton, as
William, made such a “sailleur boy” as we but
seldom see en the stage, and never on the spar
deck of a man-of-war.
To night, Forrest’s great prize tragedy of Meta
mora will be placed on the boards again, with the
Spectre Bridegroom as an afterpiece.
—. —4. -» ——
NOTICE 2
MARY BURTON is in this city at Mr. R.
P. Spencer’s, in search of her daughter, a
yellow girl about fifteen years old by the
name of ANNA HOBBS, who was sold in Mo
bile five years ago by Mr. Browdenax to Mr.
Jack Hobbs, of Vanwert, Ga. She wrote to
her mother to write to her at this place
to the care of Miss Mollie Jones. Any infor
mation in reference to the daughter will be
gladly received by the moiher.
Nov. 25—11*
LOST,
ON Friday morning a RED VELVET BOW con
taining a gold star, with tho letter “J.” engrav
ed on it. Tho finder will be rewarded by leaving
it at this office. nov26—dtf
OFFICE 0. S. NAVAL IRON WORKS, \
Columbus, Ga. Nov. 25, 1864. j
During the absence of the Reserve Forces and
the Militia from this city, the Steam Fire Engine
attached to the3o works will be used in connection
with the Fire Department of the city. This organ
ization will be under the immediate command of
CaptP Knowles, assisted by Geo W Huckeba.
Citizens living in the vicinity of the works are re
quested to assist in getting the Engine promptly
forward upon the alarm of fire.
J, 11, WARNER,
.Chief Eng’r G. S. N. Commanding.
November 26,1864 —d3t.
Mayoralty.
To the Citizens of Columbus :
From the announcements of candidates for Mayor
of the City, I find it an office to be sought after, and
not Reeling disposed to vacate my present position,
I announce myself a candidase for re-election.
hot 25 tde ■ F. G. WILKINS.
We are authorized to announce B. F. COLE
MAN as a candidate for Mayer of the City es Co
lumbus at the ensuing munioipal election.
nov23—dte
For Marshal.
THOMAS P. CALLIER is announced as a candi
date for re-election to the office of City Marshal.
jnevlß-td*
For Marshal.
W. L. ROBINSON is announced as a candidate
fer the office of Marshal of the city by
nov!s* MANY FRIENDS.
For Deputy Marshal.
At the solicitation of many friends, WILLIAM
N. ALLEN has consented to become a candidate
for the offiee of Deputy Marshal of the city of Co
lumbus, at the ensuing election, and will be sup
ported £>y MANY VOTERS.
novl4 tc*
For Sexton.
ROBERT T. SIMONS is announced as a candi
date for re-election to the office of Sexton at the
ensuing election in December, nov2l td
Headquarters Anderson’s Brigade, 1
Wheeler’s Corps es Cavalry, >
Macon, Ga., Nov. 18, 1864.)
Special Orders, \
No. 27. /
All officers and men of this Command now absent
will.rendfzvous at this point immediately.
By command of
Brig. Gen. H. H. ANDERSON.
Gko, L. Barthklinbss, a. a. g.
Augusla, Savannah, Montgomery and Colum
bus papers please copy and send bill to Captain
Goodrich. nov 22 d3t
Alabama Militia
OEDEItED OFT !
We have been shown an official dispatch ;to Capt.
N. D. Guerry, from the Executive office of Alaba
ma, ordering Captains Guerry, Randle and Peddy,
to assemble their .respective commands, (2d class
militia) and report for duty at Opelika immediate
ly.
Capt. Guerry orders his command to report for
duty at Opelika on Thursday, 24th inst.
nov 22 2t*
Headquarters, 24th Dist. G. M. <
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 25, 1864. \
All men subject to the Governor’s Proelamatien
of the 19th inst., who do not belong to Captain
Wilkins’ or Capt. Cheney’s Companies, and who
have not reported at these Headquarters, will be
arrested during the day and sent to Macon by the
evening train. B. A. THORNTON,
noq2slt A. D. C., 24th Dist. G. M.
Notice!
All letters, packages, Ac., for any of the Reserve
forces sent from here to Macon, should be addressed
" Oare 001. Leon Von Zinken, commanding Col
umbus Reserve Forces,” Macon.
S. L. BISHOP,
nov 25 3t Maj. Com’dg Post.
S3O Reward.
THE above reward will be paid for the apprehen
sion and confinement in the jail of Muscogee
of county M. L. Patterson, about forty years of age,
red hair and red whiskers. He was furloughed Aug.
12th, 1864, for 30 days, and has failed to report. He
promised to report to me in this city on Wednesday,
the 16th inst,; but instead of doin£ so has sent me
a legal document, of no value in his case, as he is a
deserter. W. L. SALISBURY.
nov!8-3t Major, Ac.
LOST.
ON the 16th instant, between Columbus and Bull
Creek, on the Talbotton road, a large russet calf
skin 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 libtral reward will
be paid for the pocket book and contents, delivered
at the Times Office, or to me at my residence, nine
miles from Columbus. A. MAGRuDEK.
novl7-3t.
For Sale.
I OFFER for sale my residence in WhitesviHe on
I the LaGrange and Columbus road, fifteen miles
south of LaGrange—a good and com“® d ‘£ary out
with six rooms, four fir# places V.rtv of land
buildings ; a good.garden, ?md forty acres 0 t
attached. Possession
Also, one fine HARNESS HOK&.
Bme capuffiw. Andrews.
TIIEATE.E !
.SATURDAY EVENING, NOV, 26th, I*4.
Forrest’s Great Prize Tragedy I—American1 —American Play
by an American author,
METAMORA 2
The Last op the Wampanoags 1
Metamora Ur The 'Hamilton
Nahmeokee Mrs W H Crisp
Ballad By Miss Marshall
A GHOST! A GHOST! A GHOSH
The Spectre Bridegroom !
Mrs Jessie Clarke as Lavina
Miss Cecilia Crisp as Georgi&na
Shakspear’s King Richard 111, Othello and Mac
beth will be presented. nov26—lt.
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
— —-♦ —*
ON TUESDAY, 27th inst., at 10£ o’clock
we will sell in front of our store
A Likely Negro Boy, 15 years old,
Two Negro Women, 35 years old ;
good Washers and Ironers.
Two Likely Mules, t£e., &c.
nov 26 sl2
BLOCKADE GOODS
BY LATE ARRIVALS.
By James TI. Taylor.
On Wednesday, Dec. 8, .at 9 o’clock,
YYTILL be said at my Store, corner of Broad and
ii Campbell streets,
A large assortment of
Foreign and Domestic Roods.
Particulars in a future advertisement.
Cenditiens Cash. novjft-eodtfd
A PROCLAMATION
BY
JOSEPH E. BROWN,
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA.
STATE OF GEORGIA, )
Executive Department, >
Milledgeville, Nov. 19, 1864.)
The whole people understand how imminent is
tho danger that threatens the State. Our cities are
being burned, our fields laid waste, and our wives
and children mercilessly driven from their homes
by a powerful enemy' Wo must strike like men for
freedom or we must submit to subjugation.
Death is to bo preferred to loss of liborty. All
must rally to the field for the present emergency or
tho State is overrun.
I therefore by virtue of tho authority vested in
me by the statute of this State, hereby order a levy
en massee of the whole free white male population
residing or domiciled in this State between sixteen
(16) and fifty-five years of age, except such as are
physically unable to bear arms, which physical de
fect must be plain and indisputable, or they must
be sent to camp for examination, and except those
engaged in the Legislature or Judicial Department!
of the govrenment, which are by the recent act of
the'Lcgislature declared exempt from compulsory
service.
All others are absolutely required, and members
of the Legislature and Judges are invited to report
immediately to Major General G. A Smith, at .Ma
con, or wherever else in Georgia his camp may be
for forty (40) days service under arms, unless the
emergency is sooner passed.
The statute declares that all persons hereby called
out shall bo subject after this call to all the rules
and articles of war of the Confederate States, and on
failure to report, shall be subject to the pains and
penalties of the crime of desertion,
J Volunteer organizations formed into companies
battalions, regiments, brigades or divisions will be
accepted for (40) forty days, if they even approxi
mate to tho numbers in each orgaization which is
required by the militia laws of this State which were
in ft rce prior to the late act.
All police companies formed in counties for home
defence will report, leaving at home for the time,
only those over 55 years of age; and all personshav
ing Confederate details or exemptions, who, by the
late decision of tho Supreme Court of this State, are
held to bo liable to State militia service and bound
to obey the call of the Governor.
All such refusing to r jport will be arrested by the
police force or by any Aid-do-Gamp, or other offioet
of this State,' and carried immediately to the front.
The necessary employees of Railroads now actively
engaged, and the necessary agents of the Express
Company, and telegraph operators are from tbe ne
cessity for their services in their present position,
excused.
All ordained ministers of religion in charge of a
Ghurch or Sjnagogue are also excused.
All Railroad companies in this State will trans
port all persons applying tor transportation to the
Front, and in case aHy one refuses, its President
Superintendent, lagents and employees will be im
mediately sent to the front.
All Aides-de-Camp and other State officers are
required to be active and vigilant in the execution
of the orders contained in this proclamation, and ali
Confederate officers are respectfully invited to ahS
State officers in their vicinity in sending forward a! !
persons hereby ordered te the front.
The enemy has penetrated almost to the centre of
your State. If every Georgian able to bear arnw
would rally around him, he could never escape.
(Signed) JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Governor.
#3= Each paper in the State will publish the
above Proclamation, nov 22 It
Headquarters, 24th Dtst. G. Af. 1
Columbus, Ga., Nov. 22, 1864. J
Under the Proclamation of the Governor of the
19th inst., all persona liable to the call, are respect
fully invited to form Companies or Battalions by
volunteering, which will be accepted immediately
and transportation given. All who do not volunteer
will report to these headquarters without delay, or
be subjeetto arrest. B. A. THORNTON,
nov 23 3t Act. A. D. C., 24th Dist. G. M.
AN EXCELIENT PLANTATION
FOR SAXiS.
SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES
-350 open—nearly all fresh— in splendM repair
excellent fences. Gin house;’’lots, gates, cabins;
healthy, well watered, nice young orchard; even, ■
thing new: 12 miles below Auburn, near Socie'v
Hill, in Macon county, Ala.—all conveniently ar
ranged, with fine outlet and range for stock. Lani
fertile, soft, and easy of cultivatien ; an exeelJe -
neighborhood— out of the reach of ordinary ral t.
Will take Negroes or Cotton in payment for half the
price if purchaser desires it.
Alse, ten open Sows, three ordinary Mules, *n
five Milch Cows, that will have calves between tfc\‘
time ardspring. See me at Auburn, Ala.
WM. F. SAMJORD.
Sun copy and »end bill te me,
rlb-dßtw t
Notice ~
rj.RAND and Petit Jurors summoned to appear a
vJ the May Term, 1864, of the Scperior Court #1
Mnscogee county, are hereby notified to be and ap
pear at the Court Heuse in said ceunty, on the
Fourth Monday in November next.
Witnesses and parties interested are also notified to
appear on that day.
By order of his Honer E. H. Worrell, Judge of
said court.
Oct 31, 1»64-td F. M. BROOKS, Clerk.
Enquirer and Sun copy until day,
§I,OOO Reward.
STOLEN from the promises of George Kidd, in
Troup county, on the Bth instant, a sorrel rear,
mare, a&out 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 itches in length. White spot on
the forehead about the size of a silver dollar. Sea:
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.
nov!4 7t GEO. KIDD.
House and Lot for Sale*
AN the Ist Tuesday in December next I will sell
' * (unless previously sold at private sale, in H»il
ilton the house and lot in that towa known as t„e
late residence of Dr. Gibbs. The lot contain* abou»
one acre, and the house has ten fin* rooms. lino,
sold on that day, the premises will be rented to the
“fffflff dCr ,h ° Ti. DIGGERS.
FOFIND.
AT the Theatre on Monday evening, a GOLD
TOOTH-PICK, which the owner can hare by
applying at thi* office and paying for this adver
tisement. mev 21 It
