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DALLY TIMES. J. H. IV4IIREX, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Monday Morning, .November 28, 1864. The Prospect. It canuot well be doubted, says the Macon Bulletin, that, the snemy hare given Macon and yet we are not as yet willing to advise refugees to return, though we see no good reason why they should not. Sher man is aiming for the seabord—perhaps con templating the ravagpment of Sonth Carolina and the capture of Charleston, that nest of the rebellion, ile will pjobrbly capture both Savarn ■ h and Charleston, if be succeeds in capturing tilher. it is reported that General Bragg has arrived in Augusta with a large force, so that Sherman may find it conven ient to pass by that city. The destruction ot the railroads and telegraphs, does not augur a speedy return on his part to occupy the country. But shall the gigantic raider suc ceed aim escape ? Not'it Georgia, fcouth Car olina and Alabama, will do their duty; not if they wili rush to arms aid surround him, de stroy supplies, cut oil' his foraging trains and obstruct his path. Napoleon's march on Mosc'ow was not a more daring and hazard ous move than this ; and yet it proved a laiU tire —so may this. Latest fkom the Front—Tun Enemy ue- Fulbed at Oconee. —Yesterday (says the Sa vaunah Republican,, of the.24th,) an official dispatch was received here staling that the enemy, with a large force, had Hanked Gen. Wayne at Oconee Bridge, C. R. It., and com pelled him to retire, and furthermore, that the former had crossed his forces at Ball’s Ferry, some four miles below the bridge. This w.t most unwelcome news, and produced many long faces. At a lute hour last right, however, we were lavored with the following dispatch to Gene ral Hardee, who is now in the cily, contain ing the cheering news that the enemy nad been repulsed and driven across the river. All honor to c ur gallant young townsman : Augusta, 9 p. m., Nov. 23. Lieut. (Jen. Hardee , Savannah : Muj. Hartridge has driven the enemy back across the Oconee river. Gen. Wayne has returned to ihe Bridge and opened the office there. J. Brenner, Supt. • Signs ok the Times.— Silence, says the Char leston Mercury of yesterday, has reigned in * our #lty for several days. But the enemy have now in position on Morris Island some forty pieces of heavy ordnance, bearing on Sullivan’s Island and Fert Sumter. They are busy in mortar mount ing and preparations, and have brigade drills.— They have buoyed out Bull’s Bay not far to the northward. They have a fleet of some dozen monitors at Port Royal, and somewhere on the Atlantic coast a dozen and a half more, including ships like the Ironsides and Dictator. These pre parations indicate an attack on Charleston by the water approach. The signs are confirmed by the statements of Northern papers that Charleston is the point desired and aimed at. And tho rapid advance of Shormau’s army upon Augusta, which i is only some six days’ march from here, t°’lies with all the rest, and warns us that no time is to ! be lost in preparing, to the best of our ability, to meet the issue which appears to be upon U3. A>® wo ready for an attack and for a siege ? The people of Charleston have seen danger more than 1 once before, and are not subject to panics. Let tho situation be camly scrutinized now with a viow to th« final result. Te the above magnificent preparations, _ t forth by the Mercury, we may add that large fl: ts are now assembled at Pert Royal, Tybee, and Doboy, no doubt in preparation for Sherman’s arrival.— Thus are they prepared to meet him at all points, showing perfect confidence in the success of his expedition. And, with ihe Mercury, we woo'd call upon our people to avoid everything like undue excitement, and with calm deliberation bring their minds to" the great work before them. It is a time for manhood, not indecision and cowardly fear. We may have valuable use for all of good judgment and courage that we possess; let them not bo neutralized by any thought or act unbecoming engaged in a great struggle for liberty. As regards Sherman’s expedition through Geor gia to the coast, which the Yankees pronounce a grand military achievement, even after their great leader has told them he has “no enemy” to oppose him, we have a word or two to say. Evon should he succeed in penetrating to the coast, what w ;, l he have achieved? Neither Savannah nor Charles ton is of any great strategic importance to the Federal 3-, and should they get there, our people will only closo up tho gaps, repair the damage in his rear, and stand ready to keep him there. He would have a ready wator communication for his supplies, but wherein would his advantages dif fer from those of the Federal commanders who have foot-holds on the coast of Virginia and North Carolina? Tb* great heart of the country would still be intact, and the “rebellion,” instead of being “crushed out,” would only be ounce ted and ready for more decisive blows. Twen.y such “grand expeditions” would not quench the flame of Southern Liberty, nor unnerve tho stur dy arms tnat are bared in its defence. X)ur g. t trouble has been in this war, a multiplicity of points to be defended. It has scattered our forces and consequently weakened them. Concentrated in the interior, they would be stronger than ever before, and bid defiance to all the arts of their foes.— Sav. Rep. 24 th. We copy the following items from the Macon Telegraph Confederate ot the 26th : The Situation.—The situation remains j unchanged. The enemy are below Gordon, ! moving in a southerly direction. The impression still prevails that they are ! making directly for Savannah. Sherman was probably in Irwiaton yester- j day (Friday) morning. • This city is now considered safe, and refim ! gees are rapidly returning. Macon is Safe.— We are happy to an nounce that Macon is considered safe. The i Commander of the Post has declared the city upon a peace footing, and the order of Major General Ocbb, ordering out every man capa- ! ble of bearing anas is withdrawn. This will 1 be pleasing intelligence to those families j whom the exigencies of the occasion forced j from their homes. We trust they will at once ■ return, and thus escape the many inconven iences which are the inevitable fate of the refugee. The city is perfectly quiet and or derly. We expect, in a few days, everything will resume its usual appearance. The storm of war which threatened us has passed—come i home and bask it in the sunlight. Atlanta.—We learn that an order has been issued to repair the railroad and tele- j graph line to Atlanta at once. Many of the citizens of the deserted city are returning to their homes, and it is to be hoped not soon to leave them. It is impossible to ascertain the exact amount of damage done to this city by the Federals when leaving it, but the prevail ing opinion seems to be that nothing but public property was destroyed, and that pri vate residences are still standing. A Good Capture.—Captain J. B. Morris, 20th Georgia Regiment, with eight men, while on a scout yesterday morning, about a mile from Gordon, saw a drove of beef cattle fol lowing tbe rear of the euemv s forces.. He immediately charged the drivers, captured four prisoners and the whole drove of cattle, numbering 220. The beeves are in fine order, and their loss will be severely telt by the ene my. A few more such captures and Sher man's forces will be in a bad condition. Hard tack, without beet, will lie heavy on their stomachs. We hear but two houses in Clinton w ere burned by the enemy. One was the dwelling ot the Enrolling officer of Jones county, R. \Y. Bonner, and the other i»u old shop used us an office by the late Dr. Bowen. It is stated that the Yankees have been to Athens. [From ■' e Richmond Enquirer.] An liuraniiiielietl Press Legal anti Necessary. The Constitution of the Confederate States exieuds to the press, the segis of its protection, and, selecting it out from all other professions, gives it an honorable security against even the Congress of the Confederacy. Coupling it with the free worship of Almighty God, the constitution connects it also with the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances. It3 place in the constitution is between the voxdei and the voxpopuli —subordinate to the one; superior to the other. This could not bav® been mere confident; there must have existed somt reason for this protection and for this immediate conjunction with religion and popular petition. We find this same importance given to the pres3 in the 16th article of the bill of rights, reported by Mr. Wythe, of the Virginia convention, to the Federal constitution, a3 follows : “That the freedom of ihe press is one of the greatest bul« warks ofliberty, and ought not to be violated.” What.sori ot a bulwark of liberty would tho press be with detailed editors—the underlings ot an underling? It is to this degraded posi tion that the President has deliberately rec ommended the Congress to reduce the press. He dees nit say that the army needs their services, but. that the exemption by law should be repealed, and that “a discretion be vested in the military authorities” to cetail the edi tor. whensoever and wheresoever those au thorities may regard them as “essential to ’be public service.” Editors as individuals, deserve no more con sideration from the Congress than “shofma kers, tanners, blacksmiths, printers, millers, miners, physicians and telegraph operatives but as the press, without editors, be playing llarniet, with the part of Hamlet omitted, there is something due to the intelli gence of the people, which demands at the hands of Congress that the press of the coun try be not wholly prostrated at the foot of Ex ecutive power, and forced to petition for exis tence, and to receive it upon such conditions as the Executive, or bis detailing subordinate, may choose f > impose. Exemption by law gave an honorable posi tion to the press, secured its independence, and left no rod suspended over its head, but such as the people raised by their support or rejection But an editor emerging from that cesspool of corruption, the detail system, would be an'object of oiFense to the virtuous people of these States, and the paper ho con ducted cease to be an organ of publie opinion, and become tho miserable conduit of those to whose favor he owed his exemplion from the ranks. No! for God sake put us in the army, the trenches, any where ; but save us from the de graded position of a detailed editor. Did the President when he recommended this degradation to the press of the country, know that neither “telegraph operators, work men in mines, engineers, shoemakers, tanners, blacKsmiths, nor millers,” were exempt by law, ana that his recommendation pointed only at professors, teachers, physicians, and the press ot the countiy ? The exemptions by the law cf February 17, 1864, are : Ministers of religion at the time of the passage of the act; superintendents and physicians of asylums ; ona editor for each newspaper and employees certified on oath to be indispensably necessary; pu ic printers of Confederate and State Governments, and such journey men printers certified on oath to be indispensable; skilled apothecaries, of date October 10, 1862; physicians over thirty years of age and of seven years’ practice; presidents and teachers of co ,! eges, engaged a's such two years before the passage of the law ; overseer or agriculturists of fifteen ne groes ; presidents, etc., of railroads, and mail contractors. These are all the “classes” ex empt by law. There is no exemption to the law for “telegraph operators, workmen in mines, engineers, shoemakers, tanners, black smiths and millers;” and if any of these “classes” have been exempted, it is the fault, not. of the law, but. of its administration The law also gives discretionary power to the Pres ident, under the “public necessity” cltuse, io make “additional exemptions,” but is it nec essary to destroy 7 the pr :s of the country to to repair he evil consequences shat may have arisen from mal-a rath er than defective legislation? There can be no frauds where exemption is granted by law ; but when the detail system or the “public essity” clause is substitu ted, the door is opened wide t© every species of corruption. The widest latitude of exemp tion by law does less injury than the closest system of detail. The one is open to Hie in spection of every official and of every citizen ; the other is known only to the detailed man and to the officer. There can be no fraud in the former, there has been much in the latter. Had the President recommended the Congress lo abandon all details and substitute a wider range of exemptions, he would have suggest ed a measure for the suppression of L .ud and corruption. For sixty years the Richmond Enquirer has existed a newspaper, free, unbought, unpur chaseable, end never shall it otherwise With our consent. The support we have here* 'oforc given the President and th-e cause has been conscientious and free , no other support can we ever give. If the Congress considers that the bone and muscle of the press are worth more than its brains to the. cause, send us ail to the ranks —there we may do some service to the country—but as detailed editors, we may become the tool, the minions of pow er, but should cease to be the agencies of ex pression for a free people The press is not a “class,” it is an institu tion, as such recognized by enlightened opin ion ail over the world, and guarded, as we have shown, by the power of the constitution. Neither shoemaking, nor tanning, nor black smithing, nor millering, nor any of the “clas* ses” with which the president has connected the press, have any cop Titutional recognition. Religion and the press, and popular petition, j is the trinity protected by the constitution When the President shall have succeeded in striking the < mral essence from this triune j guard of public liberty, and deprived religion of its organs and popular petition of its voice, he will have added not a hundred men to the army, bin darkness will brood over the land, i illumined only by the . ashlights of pensioned and purchased papers eiPted by details. The first step toward despotism will have been taken when the press of the country is put under the control of the executive details. The army will not receive one hundred re cruits from this recommendation to sub titute detail fer exemption of the press, but the I world will soon learn what value to set upon ! the voice of the press whose conductors owe their exemption from service to the favor of a detail. Let it be remembered that, unlimited and unrestrained power corrupted even the psalm ist oflsiuel, and that under the “universally recognized paramount political duty of every member of society" to serve in the army, Uri ah, the Hittite, was sacrified to the guilty passions of King David, who sent him to the army with a letter to the commander, saying : “Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten and die”—a fate easily visited oa an ob|»oxious editor under the detail system. Under the Virginia bill of rights the free dom of the press is guaranteed. We do not believe that the State of Virginia will quietly pr emit her press to be wholly destroyed.— The only pleasure yet left to conductors of the press is the kind and cheerful support given ifie.ru by the people. They have un complainingly home with all the embarrass ments 'hat have beset the press, and aided and sustained us ;n aii nur difficulties. We do not belii-ve they will permit this last dis grace to be visited upon the press. !. Accident from a Torpedo.—The Mobile Tribune, of Saturday last, says: “We are in formed that on Friday morning, as Dr. Powell | and Mr. John Bannifer were in a small boat going on some excursion (fishing or hunting.) the boat accidently struck on a torpedo, which blew- the boat to atoms, killed Mr. Ranniter and very seriously injured Dr, Pu'Veii. The } latter was picked up by a fisherman, who was returning to the city. The death of Mr. Ban j niter will be much regretted by many friends." ART? CORBUPWiDEXCE OF THE .3 IVANNA H REPUBLICAN. RrcHMOND, Nov. 18, 1664. The condition of affairs in Georgia is so ex citing .aid so critical that it may well be doubt ed whether anything that can be written from this point wiii po.-sess sufficient interest to at tract attention. Shearman wili have reached Macon before this can reach you, and the ex tensive works in that beautiful town will have been reduced to ashes ere the characters my pen is now tracing can be put in type and stamped upon paper. But is Sherman to be allowed to reach the coast without an earnest effort being made to destroy him ? Can nothing be done to embar rass his movements and stay his march until hi3 supplies shall have been exhausted? Eve ry man and boy, white and black, along the line of his advance should be immediately called out and put to work to obstruct his pro gress. Every 7 tree within reach of the roads by which he is marching should be felled across the roads : and where there are no trees, great holes should be dug in the ground, and barricades of stone and earth erected. Cuts in the roads should be filled up with stones and timber, bri Iges destroyed, mines sunk, and torpedoes placed in every defile. In ad dition to thiq Lie horses, wagons, stock of every description, and all kinds of supplies should be removed beyond his reach or wholly destroyed, ff this be done, and every marks man who. has a rifle will make it his business to give his special attention to Gen. Sherman as he passes along- the road, his army may be delayed ands werely punished, if not finally destroyed, while the commander-in-chief him self may be de -patched by 7 some lucky shot to that undiscovered bourne from whence no traveller ever returns. The plan here suggested, except so much of it as relates to Sherman individually, was submitted to a member of the Cabinet this morning, and by him immediately- laid before the President; and lam glad to have it in my power to staie that the latter sent a telegram to the officer in command of Georgia, direct ing him to adopt it as one of his measures of defense. It is but proper to add, that the plan had occurred to the President during his late visit to Georgia, and that he had intimated his desire that it might be put in execution in the event the enemy attempted to move further down into the State. Grant has shown considerable activity 7 with in the last few days. There is but little rea son to doubt that lie is preparing for fresh offensive operations. All furloughs hereto fore granted have been revoked, and stringent orders have been issued for the immediate re turn to* their respective commands of absent officers and men. It is reported also, and generally believed, that the greater part of Sheridan’s army is now being transferred from the Valley to the James or York river, and that a portion of it has already arrived. Whether these reinforcements will operate on the north side from the York river as a base, and move against Richmond from the north east, or "will be moved around and beyond Petersburg, with the view to an advance upon the Soutliside and Danville railways, we have no means yet of determining. It may be that the object of Sheridan’s transfer to this part of Virginia is to prevent Le§’s sending rein forcements to Georgia, or if he should do so, of attacking Lira. Meanwhile the Confeder ates are not idle or unmindful of these move ments. They continue to deliver a heavy fire upon the working party at Dutch Gap, and to strengthen and extend their works on the right and left. A detachment of our troops moved out last night against the pieket line of the enemy in front of Chester Station, on the Richmond and Petersburg railway, and cap tured over two hundred prisoners, with scarce ly any loss on our part. The resolutions touching the employment of negroes as soldiers in the army, has not yet come up again in the House and it is consid ered not improbable that it will be allowed to rest where it is ; but if it should be called up, l have reason to believe that it will be imme diately referred to the Committee on Military Affairs, and not the Judiciary Committee, as was inadvertently stated in a former letter. It is deemed advisable to give the subject such a direction as not to commit members in advance, and to leave them unpledged and free to give or withhold their votes when the necessity shall arise of determining whether we shall introduce the slave into the army and put a musket in his hands. That necessity, in the opinion of Congress, does not yet exist, and until it do arise, it is deemed best to take no action upon it and make nc pledges. It may be stated positively that Gen. Lee and the Army of Northern Vir ginia generally are in favor of using the ne gro as a soldier. There is no objection on the part of the men, and whatever may be thought of the courage of the African in the abstract, no doubt is entertained that negroes will do to fight negroes. . From all I can learn, there is no disposition on the part of Congress to put printers in the army. Printing is considered an art, which requires much time to learn, and the disposi t’on of members is to leave a sufficient num ber to enable newspaper proprietors to carry on their business. Everybody else about the office, however, including proprietors, editors, book-keepers, &c , who are within the con script age, will, ii is believed, be treated as all other professions, and if able-bodied, be put in the array. It is maintained that a measure of this sort will in no respect touch upon the liberty or usefulness of the press. Men enou. h, it is contended, can be found over forty-five and among disabled soldiers, to con duct the editorial department of all the papers in the country. Indeed, it is very rarely that we see a man who does not believe he can edit a newspaper; whereas the truth is there are very few men who possess the requisite qualifications for that responsible and unen viable position. P. W. A. Georgians ! Now is the time and now the hour, for the sons of the gallant Empire State, to fling aside all other considerations, and proudly and defiantly, thrust themselves forward in the bloody and burning breach, which is daily growing wider and wider. Eschew, fora short time, the ease and comforts of home ; leave behind you the endearments of loved ones, but while you do so, let those endearments fire your braiu, and nerve your souls to deeds of the noblest daring. On other soils you have behaved nobly. Will you prove unwor thy when the enemy are thundering at the gates of your own Troy ? When the swerd and the firebrand are suspended over your own homestead, and the feeble voice of inno cence and virtue, is crying aloud for protec tion ? Will not Atlanta, the emporium of your State, with her exiled babes and moth ers, and her smouldering heaps of blackened ruins, enkindle the fire of patriotism, and give to your trusty blades a keener vengeance ? Do you desire more Griswoldville’s to lick the fiery flame ? Is the soul 3tirring appeal of your patriotic Governor, calling you to arms, to be onh as beautiful in its diction’ but claiming no further share of your feelings or care ? Georgians ! we feel that you will prove, as you have ever done, worthy scions of a high souied ancestry; that you will do your duty, your whole duty, and nothing but your duty, and thereby save the Empire State ! [.Macon Bulletin. The Army of Tennessee.—We understand an officer of Gen. Hood’s staff has reached the city direct from the front (says the Montgom ery Mail, 26th.) who states that the Army of Tennessee is otieb more advaacing. It started forward from Florence on last Saturday in fine trim and the troops in enthusiastic spir its. General Hood and Gen. Forrest both addressed the soldiers. Gen. Hood tells his men he will not turn back. He has taken up the pontoon bridges, and forward is the word. The London Satirist contains an excellent car icature. Persignv, the French minister at Lon i don, is represented as a sculptor exhibiting to J ■Liu Bull, a statue of Liberty manacled and muf fled—.ire foot resting upon a scroll labelled “The Press. John Bull, with quizzing glass to his appears to be viewing the statue, and re marks : “Ah, Monsieur Persigny, if that’s your j idea of liberty, it’s not mine.” TTT > '*! \ P! j in i iiiilj 1 I LAY. i i-1 JL\A. REPORTS OF TEIK PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1363, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of tho Confederate States for the Northern District *>f Georgia. Macon, Nov. 26. —The enemy left Milledge-. viiie and Gordon Friday morning. Both col umns were moving ia the direction of Milen, destroying the railroad as they proceed. At Milledgeville, they destroyed the depot, Penitentiary and the bridges. No private property burnt. Latest from the .North. Richmond, Nov. 23.—Baltimore and New York papers of the 21st have been received. A telegram from Buffalo announces the ar rival of Gen. Darry, Sherman s Chief of Artil lery. Ho left Sherman at Kingston on the morning of the 11th. He said the men had received eight months’ pay and an outfit adap ted to a rapid and hard campaign. Hood’s entire forces, including Forrest’s cavalry, were at Tuscumbia and Florence, watched by Geu. Thomas. Tke invasion of Tennessee is deemed impossible. A Cincinnati telegram says nine hundred Rebel prisoners arrived at Nashville on Sat urday from Atlanta. Believing the place evacuated, they rushed to pillage and were captured. The Cincinnati Gazette of Friday says that Sherman was advancing towards the Savan nah river in two columns, one to go to Macon and the other to Augusta. It gives Beaufort as his ultimate destination, where he intends to make the South Atlantic blockading squad ron his future base of supplies. @nly such buildings in Atlanta as could be of benefit to the enemy, were destroyed. The extensive rolling mills, store houses and sta bles, alone, were destroyed by order of Gen. Cook. The Hotel at Etowah was also burnt. Advices of the 12th from New Orleans state that the French troops had evacuated Meta moras. At Brownsville there was a small rebel force. General Canby’s wound is severe, and he ivill not be able to take the saddle for six months. Everything was quiet at Little Rock on the 9th. , A Chattanooga telegram of the 19th says : The Rebels attacked our forces at Strawberry Plains yesterday. The fighting continued at intervals all day, the rebels being repulsed in every attack. Gen. Galham is safe in Knoxville. Gold in New York was excited and advanced to 225, fell to 218, and closed at 223. Movements in the Valley. Richmond, Nov. 23.—The following was re ceived this.a. m. Headquarters, Nov. 22d.—Hon. J. A. Sed don: Gen. Early reports that the enemy’s cavalry, in considerable force, drove in our cavalry force this morning- and advanced to Mount Jackson where they crossed the river. They were met by some infantry and one brig ade of Rosser's cavalry and driven back.— Rosser pursued, driving the enemy beyond Ellinburgin confusion, and compelled him to abandon his killed and wounded. Early thinks it was a reconnoissance. Confederate Congress. Richmond, Nov. 23.—The Senate passed a bill conferring the rank if Colonel on the Commissioner of Exchange, and Lieutenant Colonel on his Assistant. Mr. Henry’s declaration resolution were made the order for Tuesday next. The Sen ate then went into secret session. In the Hause Tuesday, bills and resolutions were introduced, one to abolish the passport system, after which they went into secret ses sion. Pascagoula, Nov. 26.—New Orleans papers of the 20th received. They contain little of interest. GeneialCanby was rapidly recovering from his wound, and would resume his official duties in a few days; he is attended by Dr. Stout. General Hulburt orders all persons between the ages of 18 and 45, who have neglected to be enrolled, to be subject to summary pun ishment. All persons subject to enrollment, who hereafter arrive in the city, must report for such within forty-eight hours after their arrival. Another order requites all owners of hor ses and mules to make returns of how many they own at the time, professions and ages of animals, and service they can perform ; fail ure to do so, subjects the animals to seizure to confiscation. All sale3 or transfers for their removal from the parish is forbidden.— Business men have some hope but few realize any benefit from the promised removal of the military embargo by favor of Governor Hahn, who has been popular in the electitm at Baton Rouge for municipal officers, and ask if equal clemency will ever be *bestowed on New Or leans and Algiers. 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 feeling disposed to vacate my present position t I announce myself a candidaso for re-election. nov 25 tde F. G. WILKINS. We are authorized to announce B. F. COLE MAN as a candidate for Mayor of the City of Co lnmbus at the ensuing municipal election. nov23—dte For Marshal. THOMAS P. CALLIER is announced as a candi date for re-election to the office of City Marshal. novlß-td* For marshal. W. L. ROBINSON is announced as a candidate i for the office of Marshal of the city by nov!s* MANY FRIENDS. For JYeputy marshal. At the solicitation of many friends, WILLIAM N. ALLEN has consented to become a candidate forthe office of Deputy Marshal of the city of Co- ' lumbus, at the ensuing election, and will be sup- ! ported by MANY VOTERS, j novl-i te* 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 Head’qrs Gov. Works,.(Ord.) ? Columbus, Ga., Nov. 23,1864. J Notice! The hands employed in manufacturing small arm Cartridges, at the,Laboratory, are notified that work will be resumed en Friday, the 25th inst. M. H. WRIGHT, nov 24 2t Col. Uom'dg. THE! O X h'U if . T- J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR. All citizens of Columbus not subject to tho call of the Governor for military duty and who arc willing to report at an alarm of fire to the Engine House of the several Fire Companies to which they will be assigned, are requested to call at tho stole of Rosette, Lawhon <fc Cos. and enroll themselves members of the Fire Department during the ab sence of the Firemen from the city. J. L. MORTON, Ch’s Eng. Fire Dcp’f, Columbus, Ga. Nov. 28th, 1884—3 t Theatre. —We are promised something rare at Temperance Hall to-night. Mr. Crisp will appear in his great character of Richard, which has received tho unqualified approbation of all persous of dramatic taste in the South. With Captain Crisp, as Richard, and Hamilton as Rich mond, together with a happy distribution ot the minor characters, wo guarantee a crowded house, nr.d delighted audience. Ge early, if you wish to secure comfortable seats. R. L. Bass, Esq., has reti ed from the candida cy for the mayoralty of this city. The Militia.—Wo learn that two companies have been formed and gone forward under Gover nor Brown's proclamation, one under Captain Cheney, and one under Captain Wilkins. Both are made up of good material and will make thoir mark if they meet the enemy. The weather has again moderated. Saturday and Sunday were very pleasant, and a most agree able change from tho blighting frosts of the early part of ihe week. For the sake of the soldier, we should be delighted with a continuance of fine weather. Death of Joseph B. Hill, Esq.—We regret to learn that this gentleman died on last Satur day from injuries received at Butler, on Friday night, from falling between tho cars while at tempting to' get off the train. He was on his way to Macon as a member es Captain Cheney’s com pany, in pursuance of tlm lato proclamation of Governor Brown, calling out the militia forces of the State. Mr. Hill was one of our oldest and most respected citizens, having always been char acterized as a gentleman, of high-toned principles —ever among the foremost in advocacy of those measures, looking to the welfare of eur immedi ate section, as well as those relating to the State and Confederacy. He was a gentleman es fine intellectual gifts, of excellent business qualifica tions, enlarged beneficence, and was politeness and good-breeding personified, being ever ready te greet his acquaintances whether rich or poor, high or low, with a friendly smile and cordial welcome. A gentleman of finer qualities of head and heart, wo have seldom known. Our entire city will unite with his family in dropping the sympathi zing tear to his memory, and share with them their great loss. Tho name of Joseph B. Hill will long be remembered and his death deeply lamented. But grim-visaged war is new holding high carnival, and the great and small are alike called to do him homage. Rumored Death of Lieut. Wall.—Rumors are rife iL this city, that this gentleman wa3 killed a day or two since by a fall from his horse near Macon. Lieut. Wall was a member of the 3d Ga. cavalry, was a heroic and dashing soldier, and has seen much very hard service since the break ing out of the war. We hope that these rumors may prove unfounded but they seem to come so direct as to be entitled to some credence. He leaves a wife and children in our city, who are en titled to and should receive the earnest sympathy of our people, in a loss which to them as well to the country at large must prove a serious one. Far the Daily Times. Georgia. BY OSSIAN D. GORMAN. The fierce foe sweeps thy fertile lands, With fire and brand he ready stands To desolate fair Georgia : And like a 3ame his minions blast Our cities’ wealth, and ruin cast On our great Empire Georgia. Oh ! shame that dastard Cruelty Should seek to bind with chains the free And noble sons of Georgia ; That Wrong insults the claim of Right, And Plunder stalks in boasted might To filch the wealth of Georgia. a Pale Sorrow reigns in widowed hearts, And soon will Battle pinnge his dart3 Still deeper into Georgia. Then rouse thy sons and gird for fight, Strike for thy homes, for froodom, right— These are thy jewels, Georgia. Wake from the ease of quiet life, All now is bustle, battle, strife ; Then stand and strike for Georgia : For by the great, and just, and good,^ Our foe shall drink his own life blood In passing through fair Georgia ! Talbotton, Ga. Cairns Hospital, 1 Nov. 21st, 1864./ Wanted. THREE GALLONS MILK per day, delivered at the Hospital. BYRD C. DALLIS, nev 21—lw Clerk. Sun copy lw » UNION SPRINGS PROPERTY FOR SALE! HOUSE and LOT, the lot contains one acre, the house is a good framed building with four rooms, out houses, etc. A great bargain can be had if im mediate application is made, nov 23 3t* J. W. WELBORN. OFFICE C. S. NAVAL IRON WORKS,) Columrus, Ga. Nov. 25, 1864. / During the absence of the Reserve .'Forces and the Militia from this city, the Steam Fire Engine attached to these 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, H, WARNER, 'Chief Eng’r G. S. N. Commanding. November 26,1864 —d3t. Headquarters Anderson’s Brigade, ) Wheeler’s Corps ofCavainr, > Macon, Ga., Nov. 18, 1864. J Special Ordees, 1 No. 27. J All officers and men of this Command now absent will rendezvous at this point immediately. By command of Brig. Gen. H. H. ANDERSON. Geo. L. Barthelixkss, a. a. g. Augusta, Savannah, Montgomery and Colum bus papers please copy and send Dill to Captain Goodrich. nov 22 d3t Alabama Militia ORDERED OUT! We have been shown an official dispatch Tto 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* ,T T? T :r N* T7* f y rn -w-7 ; -a~ jL. •. JL, JL ” 8 - l MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23th. Mr. W. li. LRISP, by unanimous desire, will ap pear a- the DUKE of GLOUCESTER, inShak peare’s Grand Historical Play of ZIHO RICSHARD III: UR IHE batile of bos worth field : Mr. iheo. Hamilton, as.. t ,. . Mr. 0. T. W so, as.. ...V •• Richmond Mrs. W’. U. Orisp, as ph ta 2? l ?- 7 Miss Cecilia Crisp, as Lady Anne Roaring Fare© * nov2B-it AUCTION-SALES By Fills, Livingston ti to, ON Tl ESDAY, 29th inst., at tl o'cloet we will sell in front of our store A Likely Negro Boy, 15 years old, Two Negro Women, 40 years old ; good Washers and Ironers. 15 barrels Florida Fish, *!cc.,&e. nov 26 sl2 BLOCKADE GOODS BY LATE ARRIVALS. By James H. Taylor On Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 9 o’clock, i TWILL bo sold at my Store, corner of Broad ani [ if Campbell streets, | A large assortment of Foreign and Domestic &oods, ; Particulars in a future advertisement. Conditions Cash. novJl-eodtfi A FROCL.AWATIO.A BY JOSEPH E. BROWN, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. STATE OF GEORGIA, ) Executive Department, Milledgeville, Nov. 19, 1864. } The whole people understand how imminent i the danger that threatens tho State. Our cities aro being burned, our fields laid waste, and our wive; and children mercilessly driven from their heme by a powerful enemy' We must strike like men fo freedom or wemu3t submit to subjugation. Death is to bo preferred to loss of liberty. A must rally to tho field forthe present emergency I the State is overrun. I therefore by virtue of the authority vested i.i j me by the statute of this State, hereby order a levy ! en massee of tho whole free white male population residing or domiciled in this State between sixteon (16) and fifty-five years of age, except such as arc physically unablo to bear arms, which physical de fect must be plain and indisputable, or they mu-: be sent to camp for examination, and except those engaged in the Legislature or Judicial Department - of the govrenmont, which are by the recent act therLegislature declared exempt from compul- y service. All others are absolutely required, and members of tho Legislature and Judges are invited to report immediately to Major General G. A Smith, at Jfa con, or wherever else in Georgia his camp may jb for forty (40) days service under arms, unless the emergency is sooner passed. The statute declares that all person hereby cal le i out shall be subject after this call to all the rule and articles of war of the Confederate States, and on failure to report, shall be subject to the pains ani penalties of the crime of desertion. Volunteer organizations formed into companies battalions, regiments, brigades or divisions will bo accepted for (40) forty days, if they even approxi mate to the numbers in each orgaization which > required by the militia laws of this State which were in force 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 persons hav ing Confederate details or who, by the lato decision of the Supreme Court of this State, are held to be liable to State militia service and bound to obey the call of the Governor. All such refusing to report will be arrested by the police force or by any Aid-de-ftimp, or other officer of this State,) and carried immediately to the frorr The necessary employees of Railroads now actively engaged, and the necessary agents of the Expresi Company, and telegraph operators are from the ne cessity for their services in their present position, excused. All ordained ministers of religion in charge of a Ghurch or Synagogue area’so excused. All Railroad companies in this State will trans port all persons applying tor transportation to toe Front, and in case any one refuses, its President Superintendent, (agents and employees will be iu. mediately sent to tho front, All Aides-dc-Cainp and other State officers ar» required to be active and vigilant in the executioa of the orders contained in this proclamation, anda” Confederate officers arc respectfully invited to a i State officers in their vicinity in sending forward a persons hereby ordered to tho front. Tiie enemy has penetrated almost to the centre &; your State. If every Georgian able to bear arcs' would rally around him, he could never escape (Signed) JOSEPH E. BROWN, Governor. 1131= Each paper in the State will publish the above Proclamation. nov 22 It Headquarters, 24th Dist. G. M. \ Columbus, Ga., Nov. 22, 1864. > Under the Proclamation of the Governor of tho 19th inst., all persons liable to the call, are respeet 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 >. be subject to arrest. B. A. THORNTON, nov 23 3t Act. A. D. C., 24th Dist. G. M LOST, AN Friday morning a RED VELVET BOW con- Vy taining a gold star, with the latter “J.” engra ed on it.* The finder will be rewarded by it at this office. nov26—dtf LARLi; (OYmLYJILYT OF LETTER PAPER! AND mFmoßAftDum hook* * For sale by J. K. REDD & CO. ®c 12 ts ZVotice to Debtors and Creditor*. ALL persons having claims against the estate c Joseph W. Woolfolk, dec’d, late of Muscogee county, are hereby notified to render them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law and those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. WM. G. WOOLFOLK. nov 23, 1864 —w4od Adm’r ftotice! All letters, packages, Ac., for any of the Reserva forces sent from here to Macon, should headdress* “Gare Col. Leon Von Zinken, commanding A umbus Reserve Forces,” Macon. S. L. BISHOP. nov 25 3t Jfaj. Com’dg Poi? On Consignment. -I A BARRELS SUPERIOR WHEAT WH'3- JLU KEY, and for sale by „ novl9-3t HANSERD & ALbTIN SWEET ORANGES. A large lot just received and for sale bv gp'VY ARD BUTT, At 114, Broad S' novlß-3t To Rent, For Confederate Money. TWO PLANTATIONS in. Sumter «ountv. I ani ten miles from Americus. Fer further particulars «J^ SON * CO nov7l2t* America*.