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DAILY TIMES.
1. W. WARREHf, - - - Editor.
COLUMBXJS:
Wednesday Morning, December 7, 1864.
The News.
The gratifying intelligence that the gallant
army under Hood has achieved a signal suc
cess on the soil of Tennessee over the forces
of Thomas, has sent a pleasant thrill to the
hearts of our weary, war-worn people, and we
feel assured that instead of an inactive win
ter campaign, our chivalrous men are going
on to achieve still more brilliant successes,
iltid execute bolder designs. The sky is bright
ening in Tennessee, and we shall not be sur
prised at any time to hear of the fall of Mur
freesboro’, Nashville and other important
points in the volunteer State. But even the
paeans of victory are mingled with the wails of
mourning for the loss of such gallant leaders
a? Cleburne, Gist, Anderson, and the long
list of minor officers and heroic privates who
have, in the hour of triumph, fallen a sacri
fice to insatiate war. But let not our people
become despondent over such serious losses to
the cause. Rather let them become stimula
ted anew to further deeds of patriotic devo
tion and endurance.
All accounts represent the affair at Grahatn
ville, S. C., a few days ago, as one of the boh
complete successes of the war, in which a
small force of raw Georgia militia met and
drove back to their shipping a vastly superior
force of the enemy, which had made a demon
stration on the Savannah and Charleston
Railroad, probably with the view of testing
our capacity to defend it, and s from thence go
ing to the relief of Sherman.
On Georgia soil there seems to be little
change to note. From the latest accounts we
can glean from our Savannah and Augusta
exchanges, Sherman seems to occupy pretty
much the same position he did a week ago,
from which he appears to be feeling around
him to see where he can strike the most ef
fective blow. Wheeler has been harrassing
him with telling effect, and probably by this
time Sherman sees numerous impediments in
his way of which he has not heretofore dream
ed. A few days will probably force him
either onward or backward, and in the mean -
time we indulge the hope that he will meet
with only disaster let him turn in whatever
direction he may.
Sherman’s Place in History.
To assign Sherman a proper place in the
annals of history will be a perplexing task to
the future [historian. His generalship will be
lost in the record of his infamy, (says the Ma
eon Telegraph & Confederate) and the bril
liancy of his military genius eclipsed in the
darkness of his cold and heartless cruelties.
As with the Spirit of a thousand fiends cen
tred in one, he drives women and children
from their homes to perish, or else subsist
upon the charities of the world. His name
will descend to the future blackened with
crimes vthicb, like the curses of the damned,
will be echoed by a thousand tongues of per
dition.
Who would have believed that in the 19ih
century, a monster would rise up in the shape
of man, whose acts should shock all humanity
and startle all Christendom, with their atroc
ities ! It wo aid seem as if in him all the at.
tributes of man were merged in the enormities
of the demou, as if Heaveu intended in him
to manifest depths of depravity yet untouched
by a fallen race. The whole North are ac
complices in his brutal, inhuman and mur
derous acts. Never, for once, have they
raised a voice of condemnation of the wretchi
who, without mercy, exiles women and chil
dren from their huines, applies the torch to
their cherished tenements, and who, unsated
still in his demoniac vengeance, sweeps over
the country like a simoon of destruction
!
blighting everything in his path. Nay, they
chant Te Deutns in his praise, and rejoice at
the prospect of his desolating the whole
South and annihilating its population.
We repeat, the Muse of History will view
and review the darkest page for an appropri
ate place lor the name and deeds of Sherman.
Turn which way she will, and no fiendish
barbarity or heartless cruelty in other men—
uo cold-blooded murderer, robber or assassin,
but wili present some redeeming quality—
some palliating circumstance to justify their
übuduot more than his
In this war he is a true representative of
the North. Each act of his meets with a res
ponse in the hearts of that deprived people.—
Clever was a nation more fitly represented
thau the North is in such men as Lincoln
?
Andy Johnson, Beast Butler, Sheridan and
Sherman. Maddened with finding it impos
sible to “rule,” they now seek to “ruin” by
the most atrocious means human malignity 7
ever eoueeived.
We wore a clever people so long as we were
willing to continue “hewers of wood and
drawers of water” for them : but when we
saw fit to proclaim our independence, goaded
with the idea of losing the profit we paid in
to their coffers, they turned upon us with the
savage ferocity of hyenas, seeking to destroy
and exterminate us, as a race
In-Sherman they find a supple instrument
of their nefarious purposes. Nurtured by the
South, warmed into life—given place and po
sition by a people ever incredulous to the ad
der of desiruction coiled in the bosoms of the
Northern men. Judas Iscariot like, he found
it in his heart to betray the people who had
elevated him to power, that he might furnish
the world another instance of the base deprav
ity ot man.
A Brief Story ox Yankee Brlta i.itv. —Our
readers wnl remember the cold, raUy Monday
might of the 21st ult. On that night a portion of
the Yaukce army camped on the'plantation of Mr.
Walter l r . Mitchell, in Putnam county. After
the departure of the army, a likely mufatto girl,
about seventeen years old, was found in their camp
in a dyi , r condition, with a frozeu [infant by her
side, ?» tt- ueh she had given birth during ike
sight. When restored by the kind ueaiinept ot
the family a. Mr. J/itcheli’s house, she related her
history in alow words: A Colonel Cook, of some
Pennsylvania regiment, had captured her from
her owner near Tullahorca, ’i an., more than
twelve months ago, since which time lie had lived
with her as his wife. When abandoned to her
late, she was giving birth t<> the child of their il
licit [in i, rconrse.
| (The brute, i\\ Cook, left her ..c>s i.is <wn off
spring t,. p 1,, ... , M now with bis worthy com
panions a. am,.-, on i- up _• their w . : es personal
wrong col. ,• .m>* .-toiO vi'K —winningiv>r tbeui
,“ veE the honor and giorj mat seduction,
robbery, murder and Me-ing can give to the most
a&liiinous race'tuat ever diagracsd o&riii or hewlod
m heu,-^-Telegraph &• Confederate.
The great tactician of the New York Times
does uot appear to agree with General Sher
man with regard to the rate at which it is
proper for bis column to move. He had no
doubt that, on the 20th, Sherman was in Au
gusta, having passed over the intervening dis
tance of one hundred and seventy miles in
eight day3 ; that is to say, having marched
somewhat more than twenty-onemiles/>er diem
General Sberman, on the contrary, in his gen
eral ordeis, prescribes a march of fifteen mile3
a day, and he does not appear to have been
able to do even that. At least, we do not
learn that he is in Augusta, as be ought to
have been a week ago if that pace had been
preserved. Indeed, we very much doubt
whether he has been able to reach as much
as ten miles per diem. This is a slow rate for
a flying column, as Sherman was supposed to
have converted his army into. It would seem
to indicate that he had not found the people
as complaisant as he expected them to be
when be cut himself loose from his base and
destroyed all communication with his rear by
tearing up the railroads and burning the
towns. Even fifteen miles a day is slow
traveling for a flying column; and we are
led, with a contemporary, to doubt whether
Sherman meant to place his army in that cat- !
egory. A .flying column, from its very name, 1
would seem to indicate a rapidity of move
ment entirely inconsistent with Sherman's
prescribed daily march He must have meant
something more solid than the Yankee news
papers gave him credit for. His proposal to
Governor Brown and Mr. Stephens, last sum
mer, give evidence of a fixed belief on his part
that Georgia was ready to fly into the arms of j
ths Union as soon as her people could feel j
themselves secure under the protection of a
Yankee army. The whole tone of the Yankee
press has been of the same character, and the
probability is, that the idea was derived from
Sherman himself, or from persons about him
supposed to know his opinions.
There is another theory to account for Sher
man’s expedition, but not for the slow rate
which he prescribes to its movements. It is
that the operations of Hood uponhi3 rear ren
dered it utterly impossible for him to retain
his position at Atlanta. That he was compelled
to move from that locality and go somewhere.
That he had the choice of either Alabama or
Georgia, and that he preferred thelatter. That
there is a great deal of truth in this supposi
tion is evident enough. The care which the
Yankee newspapers take to represent the
movement of Hood as ineffectual and despica
ble—the ridicule which they caat upon bis
present position—-their constant declaration
that Thomas is more than a match for him,
and that be has failed entirely—prove it be*,
yond a doubt. He has not failed. He has
succeeded in placing Sherman ia a most em
barrassing situation—a situation from which
be couid only escape by a desperate plunge,
which be has taken, and the effect of which
we shall very shortly witness.
We know nothing of the councils or designs
of the authorities ; but we cannot help strong
ly suspecting that this movement of Hood has
had the exact effect that it was designed to
have, and that this movement of Sherman is
a legitimate and calculated consequence.—
We express this belief without knowing what,
or whether any, provision has been made for
resisting the advance of the latter, but from
the consideration that, if Sherman reach the
ocean, he will leave the whole • ountry be
hind him, from the ocean to me western
boundary of Alabama, clear of an enemy. The
entire State of Georgia, and the lower part of
the State of Alabama, will, in that event, be
without the presence of an enemy. He can
not hold the State of Georgia by means of
posts, for ho has but fifty-five thousand men ;
and should he destroy all the railroads, they
will soon be restored. Should he reach the
Atlantic, and as we suggested several days
ago, sail thence to join Grant or Sheridan,
still he will leave the whole country free be
hind him. His expedition, let it terminate as
it may, will but have added another to the al
ready existing proofs that it is impossible for
an army to keep down a people scattered over
such an immense surface of country as ours.
[Richmond Dispatch.
Mr. Orr, o! South Carolina, on the Exemp
tions and Detaiis.
On the 15th ult., Hon. James L. Orr, of S.
C., introduced the following resolution, and
accompanying remarks. We copy from the
Richmond Examiner:
“ Resolved, That the Committee on Military
Affairs be instructed to inquire whether the
late order No. 77, Adjutant and Inspector
General’s Department, revoking the details of
all men between the ages of eighteen and
forty-five, requires any modification by legis
lation to preserve the producing and industrial
interests of the country.”
Mr. Orr said that when the President’s mes
sage was read he had called the attention of
Senators near him to the misunderstanding of
the exemption laws by the President. The
President says: “all telegraph operators, work
men in mines, professors, teachers, engineers,
editors and employees of newspapers, journey
i men printers, shoemakers, tanners, black
' smiths, millers, physicians, and the numerous
other classes mentioned in the laws, cannot,
in the nature of things, be equally necessary
in their several professions, nor distributed
: throughout the country in such proportions
that only 7 the exact numbers required are
found in each locality, &c., &C;”
Mr. Orr then proceeded to show that on the
17th of February 7 , 1864, when the military bill
, was passed, one clause repealed all exemptions,
! and a subsequent clause named all those class
es who should be exempted. 01 all the many
classes enumerated by r the President only
three, editors, physicians and ministers of the
gospel, were exempted. Every blacksmith,
every 7 tanner, every shoemaker in the country
was made liable to be put into the military
service, and in whatever cases they were kept
out of the army, it was done by the action of
the President himself, through the Secretary of
War. The President states that “numerous
other classes” are exempt. Who are they?
Overseers and agriculturists working over fif
teen able-bodied field hands were exempted on
condition of entering into bonds to furnish
certain supplies to the government. This was
the only 7 class he could think of. Did the
President desire to put ministers of religion
into the army? Their mission was peace, and
according to the ussage of all civilized nations
they were exempt from serving in xvar. If the
President wanted the exemption laws modified
so as to put them in the service, he had just
as well say so as to enumerate tanners, black- I
smiths, &c.
Mr. Orr went on to show that, at least ac* |
cording to his information, there were not too
many physicians, apothecaries, or railroad j
employees exempted. Speaking of the latter j
class, be asked it it was believed that any sys- ;
tern of detail could be hit upon which would
be less subject to abuse than the existing law.
At present rai; roads actively engaged in trans- j
portation weie only allowed one exempt for
every mile of track, and in cases where the '
roads were in the lines of the enemy 7 only the j
President and superintendants were exempt
ed. If this law was not enforced, the fault
was with the conscript authorities. It appears !
to him that an attempt was made by thePre3- !
ideal to throw blame upon Congress for not
doing that wbicn it had done more than six j
months ago. This was not just. Whether 1
the laws passed by Congress bad been prop- j
erly carried out would appear when an answer
should be received to the enquiries contained
in tiie resolutions of the Senator from Louisi
ana, Mr. Sparrow) adopted some days ago.
Mr. Orr then read extracts from the milita
ry bill relating to exemptions and details, I
When Congress repealed the exemption of all j
these classes it was not without the convic
tion that very many of the individuals of
these classes were necessary to the industrial
j interests of tbe country: and Congress, there
fore. gave the authority of detail to the Sec
re ary of War. Under tbe authority the Sec- i
re'nrv ot W o had organized a system of de
tuus te- u_! 7 he instrumentality of the Con
- -ij>t TL*v • M~. Orr then explained the
•v- :\n\. calling wUenttoa to its apparent per
>enon in the matters of caution and circum
-1 spection Notwithstanding that the Congress
) had contemplated that the Secretary of War .
should make the necessary details, we find in
this recent Order 77, a sweeping revocation of
all details. He knew nothing of the effect of
the order mother parts of the country, but in
his section, if persisted in. it would be very
disastrous, by involving the loss of a great
part of the crops in the lower and upper part
of the State.
After six months of experiment, the Secre
tary of War. instead of protecting, oy judicious
details, the industrial interests of the country,
at one fell swoop revoked every detail. He
was aware that the ranks must be filled, and
favored it being done ; but, at the same time,
the supply of provisions must be kept up.—
We all accepted the re-election of Lincoln as
offering a prospect of four or more year3 of
war. and it became us to husband our resour
ces, not only to supply the army but to pro
vide for the families of soldiers. The 3oldier
informed by letter that his family was suffer
ing for food, would be much induced to desert.
The tendency of our legislation was to put
every man in the army. This must not be
carried so far as to destroy the country. Ev
ery inau should go into the army who could
be spared from the industrial pursuits of the
country, but he regarded it as unfortunate
that the Secretary of War should have thought
it necessary, by one stroke of the pen, to re
voke all details
Referring gmu to the President’s message,
Mr. Oir, saiu be did not know that it would
be agreeable to the Secretary of War to be
called on to say who should preach and
who should not ; and who should edit
newspapers and who should not ; but
without pretending to be the especial
champion of the press or pulpit, he would say
this power should be entrusted to no man.—
Congress bad turned over to the Secretary of
War, all the cl -.sses except those that it was
not proper he shonld have power over, and if
he had ever had a doubt as to the propriety of
handing these over to him, it had been dis
pelled by the Secretary’s recent action in re
voking all details.
He asked that his resolution might go to the
Committee. He hoped if they found it neces
sary they would report a bill protecting the
.nterests of the country against the effects of
*he Secretary’s sweeping revocation of de
rails.
The War News.
All was quiet on the north side of James
river on yesterday. There was considerable
shelling of Dutch gap by our batteries, and it
was reported that General Pickett, from his
lines south of battery Howlett, had also open
ed with his cannon upon the enemy iu his
front, who are believed to be mostly negroes.
It is also said that picket firing has been ac
tively resumed on this part of the lines.
It was reported on yesterday that Grant
had sent off a considerable body of to
co-operate with Sherman in Georgia, and to
aid that General in reaching and establishing
a base on the Atlantic coast.
We do not vouch for this rumor, but must
say there is nothing improbable in it. Still,
we think it more likely that Grant is muster
ing his forces for an early demonstration on
General Lee than scattering them to aid Sher
man. It is just possible that Sherman’s com
ing to grief might not be disagreeable to him.
That General has already acquired so much
of glory as to become a dangerous rival as a
candidate for the next Presidency—a reason
sufficient to prevent Grant’s regretting any
ill-luck that may now befall him. But, as
Sherman has gained much reputation and
glory by his campaign, so has General Grant
gained little of either ; and it is highly im
portant to him to do something before the
close of the year. He has now laid idle before
Petersburg a month and and two days; and
but one month more of the year is left him.—
He must do something quickly. We may,
therefore, if the weather permit, expect an
early demonstration on both our wings. We
say on both wings, because we have no faith
in the Yankee statement that Butler’s canal
is nearly completed ; and without the aid of
this canal, there is not much likelihood that
any attempt will be made upon our centre. —
We speak of thiß prospect most cheerfully, as
we believe our army was never before so well
prepared for battle.
FROM PETERSBURG.
At Petersburg, there are movements on our
extreme right that give rise to the expectation
that the enemy are about to make an attack
in that quarter.
On last Friday, there was some skirmishing
on the right, and there has been some artillery
firing at different points on the lines since.—
At night the enemy keep up a constant mus
ketry fire from their picket lines, with the de*
sign of preventing a surprise. Since Mahone’s
desceut upon their pickets, they have been
very nervous and apprehensive.
[Richmond Dispatch, ‘29th.
Later from Europe,
The 3teamship Asia, from Liverpool ou the
13th. brings two days’ later news from Eu
rope :
Captain Semmes received the crew of his
new Alabama, the Sea King, on board that
vessel off Maderia. The men were shipped in
Liverpool. On their joining the Sea King,
Semmes made an address, explaining the na
ture of the duties expected from them by the
rebel Government. At the conclusion of his
remarks, a row ensued on deck, after which
thirty-six men out of one hundred refused to
go with him, and returned to Liverpool in the
Laurel.
The London journals publish the correspon
dence between the British Consul at Bahia,
Brazil, and the Governor of the Province in
the Florida case. Influenced by the perusal
of the official papers, some of the London
journals renew their angry protests against
the action of the commanderof the Wachusett.
Others of these papers express the hope that
due reparation will be made by the United
States Government.
La France , of Paris, says that Brazil has
broken off diplomatic relations with the
United States in consequence of the seiz
ure of the Florida : and the Paris Patrie,
of the latest date, asserts that England has
called on all the other great Powers to
test, collectively, against the seizure.
A London paper professes that British army
officers, when regularly commissioned, have
always been received with courtesy in the
American camps, North and South.
Earl Russell delivered an address in the
University of Aberdeen, in which he express
ed his joy at the fact that the negro was for
ever free in America, no matter how the war
may end—in re-union or a “final separation.”
Hon. J. C. Scarlett, late British Minister in
Athens, has been appointed Ambassador of
Queen Victoria to Mexico.
Franz Muller was to be executed on the
14th of November, the Home Secretary having
refused to reprieve him.
The Dano-German peace treaty was ap
proved by both branches of the Danish Legis
lature.
The debates on the Franco-Italian Conven
tion, and the question of the removal of the
capital, were continued in the Italian Parlia
ment. Deplorable damage had been done by
the recent floods around Florence.
Armed insurrectionary demonstrations had
again been made iq Venetta.
Admiral Sir M. Stopford, Royal Navy, is
dead.
The King of Belgium was on a visit to the
Emperor Napoleon.
The London discount market was easy, but
there was an average demand at the bank at
reduced rate. Consol3 closed at 91(77 91J for
money on the 12th November.
The Liverpool cotton market was buoyant
on the 12th November at an advance ranging
from Breadstuff's were steady. Pro
visions dull.
A New York letter says :
Though there are some persons who pooh pooh
the Washington telegram to the Philadelphia
Evenin g Telegraph as to the offer of the three
Southern Governors to make peace with General
Sherman, there are ethers who are convinced, if
not not of its entire truth, that there must be
j something in it. Gold has fallen in consequence ;
an the fall would ba greater were it not for
the jcary Louisville dispatches annouttei*j til#
advance of Hood towards Kentucky.
From Savannah.
The following are extracts from a private
letter written by a distinguished citizen of
Savannah, to a gentleman of this city, (says
the Macon Telegraph.) His statements are en
tirely reliable :
Savannah, Nov. 30.
They have been fighting to-day not far
from Grahamville. CoT. Harrison, command
ing the 32d and 47th regiments, from Charles
ton, met the enemy, and were reinforced by
General Smith. The enemy ha3 been driven
back. Two trains in this evening from Thom
asville, with thousand Georgia Militia,
which will proceed immediately to Graham
ville. I hope and think we can keep the ene
my off the Charleston road.
The Train went from Savannah to-day to
station eighty-five miles from Savannah.
Road all right so far. Courier from Wheeler
met the train at station 7, seventy miles from
Savannah. Wheeler stated in his dispatches,
that Sherman's main army had started from
Louisville, on the road to Augusta. The peo
ple have obstructed pretty effectually, the
roads in Burke, Scriven and Effingham coun
ties, and burnt the bridges, with scarce an ex
ception. I begin to feel that we have got
Sherman in a tight place.
Savannah. Dec. Ist, 4, 30, A. M.—Despatches
received at 2 o’clock this morning say|:
“Heavy fight five miles from Grahanjvillo, last
ing three hours. Enemy driven back to their gun
boats. Our loss in killed SO—wounded 130. The
wounded will arrive in Savannah in) an hour.—
Enemy being heavily reinforced. Our troops
engaged only hundred, principally Georgi
ans. I expect Sherman will not find it an easy
matter to take Augusta. I cannot believe he will
attack that city. He will yet fall back to some of
the ferries on the Savannah river and strike for
Hilton Head.
The News from the Trans-Mississippi,
We had only time to introduce a brief para
graph in our 3 o’clock edition of yesterday evening,
giving the latest item of news from beyond the
river. There is no reasonable doubt that by this
time Fort Smith is in our possession, leaving in
the far western portion of the Department no
Yankee force except about 1,000 men at Fort Gib
son, in the Cheerokee country, which can be easi
ly overpowered, if necessary, but dees not inter
fere with our'movements. Stand Watie rules that
oountry, having captured numerous trains since
his big haul in September.
The Choctaws, Cherokees, Creeks and Setni
noles have upwards of 7,000 men in arms, and
firmly united in the Southern cause. About 2,000
Cherokees and Creeks went off to the Yankees
with Ross, but it is thejopinion of Stand Watie that
not more than 400 or 500 of them are left.
Mr. Boudinet confirms the report of Col. Brook’s
capturo of a train of 50 to 60 wagons between
Fayetteville and the Missouri line, just previous to
the capture of Fayetteville.
The Yankees stiil hold Little Rock on suffer
ance. Migruder could capture the place, but it
would not pay.
At the latest news, from Gen. Price, previous
to the capture of Fayetteville, he was at Cane
Hill with .33,000 men, a portion of whom are in
need of arms. He had great trouble in getting
out of Missouri, with his immense spoils, being
hard pressed by the enemy, but sustained no dis
aster except at the capturo of Marmaduke and
Cabell, on which ocoasion he lost about SOO men.
All the other Yankee stories of their success over
him are fables. At latest accounts his train, num
bering 1,200 to 1,300 wagons, was crossing the
Arkansas between Fort Smith and Fort Gibson.
All the Western people, especially the Missouri
ans, are well satisfied with the results, and Gon.
Parsons says, “tell my Missouri friends that the
Missouri expedition has been a complete success.”
The objeot of the return of the expedition was
as has been declared by a high authority in these
matters, to secure the spoils of the campaign, and
place arms in the hands of the numerous recruits.
[Mobile Advertiser and Register.
| [Correspondence of the Lynchburg Republican.]
Sale of Monticello.
CharljOttesvihjJ2, Nor. 18.
Yesterday being the day for the sale of tho oon
| ‘iseated estate of Captain Uriah P. Levy U. S. N.,
I at Monticello, attracted a large concourse of visi
' tors. Among them was Captain Jouas P. Levy,
\ brother of the deceased owner of Monticello. Af
ter the Deputy Marshal had proclaimed the decree
; of ttio District Court, C. S. A., and tho terms of the
’ sale, Capt. L. stated that he did not come there to
interfere with or prevent tho sale In any way, and
[ that while he for the present waived his right in
j the premises, he intended to bid for the property
himself. The Deputy Marshal thets stated that
one acre of the place, tbe cemetery of Thomas
Jefferson, was reserved in the sab, and Captain
Levy said his mother was also interred on the
place, and he hoped whoevor became the pur
chaser of Monticello would let her rest in peace.—
Monticello was put up and the first bid was $20,-
000, the last $80,500, and Lt. Col. B. F. Ficklin
the purchaser.
The land at Buckeye, 961 acres, bought, it is
said, for the Confederate Government, at SBB per
acre, $81,685, by J H Parker.
The first negro man, Fuke, brought $7,000; the
next, Fleming, $7,450; Lewis, $7,850; John, sold
to Captain Jonas P Levy for $5,400. A negro
woman, with seven children, one at the breast,
$23,100, to B F Ficklin ; three girls, from five to
nine years old, SII,OOO, and two smaller girls, $3,-
200. An old man and his wife was put up and
withdrawn, as the Marshal would provide private
ly for their support.
The bust of Mr. Jefferson, which stood in the
hall on a fluted Corinthian pedestal, brought only
SSO, and will still retain its place, as Mr. Ficklin
re-puerhased it. The piano forte $5,000; side
board, with marble top, $5lO. The model of the
U S frigate Vandalia was bought by J P Levy
for $100; a washstand, S2OO ; cows, from SSOO to
S9OO each; yoke of oxen, $2,500; skoats, from
SBO to SIOO ; thrashing machine, S6OO. Thc*bu?.t
of Voltaire was sold, but what it brought I do" not
know. It was said to have been Mr. Jefferson’s.
The amount of sales was $350,000.
In one of the rooms in the upper story was the
body of a chair or one horse sulky, which Mr.
Jefferson used to ride in from Monticello to Phil
adelphia, when he was Secretary of State.
Standing in front of tho house, a piece of
land of 200 acres was pointed out to me by Mr.
Randolph, which Mr. Jefferson purchased for a
howl of punch, and several hundred acres for five
cents.
Visitors have defaced the walls of tho houso by :
scribbling their names over them. Hundreds of
them can be seen and read oa each side of tbe
rout entrance to the hall, pieces of the bust of Mr. |
Jefferson were chipped off', chairs, tables, mirrors, j
vases, broken and destroyed, and in sotfie cases
mementoes of rare virtue and art have been pur- !
loinod, while the family resided here as well as in j
their absence. And the monument of the imrnor j
tal Jefferson has been sadly defaced, and the frag- }
ments carried off as trophies or mementoes from a .
sacred shrine. Shame, shame, upon our thought
less countrymen ; why should they be so disro
spectful to the sepulchre of the great patriot of the :
revolution ?
A great deal es excitement was caused in New
York on Saturday by some incendiaries setting
fire to all the principal hotels. The New York j
Tribune says that Bamum’s, the Astor House,
Metropolitan, etc., were all fired between 8 and 11
P. M. by rags, saturated with phbsphorus, placed
in different rooms. No clue to the cause of this
wholesale arson had been obtained, though seve
ral arrests had been made.
Tee Grahamville Fight,—The light at
Grahamville. says the Savannah News, of the
3d, was one of the most complete triumphs
of the war. The enemy came against us with
fully five to our two. A large portion of our
forces were raw. umlriiled militia, who Lad
never seen a buttle. They waded into the
work vigorously and heroically, and covered
themselves with honors immortal. Their
praise is on the lips of' ail. When the full
history of tbaf battle i? written, it will be
shown to have been one of the most h.nlo con
tested. against the most overwhelming odds,
and resulting ia the most complete triumph
of any fight during the war.
Pebsoxal.—Lieut. Gfcn. Dick Taylor, the hem of
the Trans-Mississippi, arrived in the city Ja-t night
by the Gult road, and took quarters a* the Pulaski
House We congratulate our citizen- <>n the oros
l>ect of having so strong an arm bared in defence
of their homes. — Sav. Hep.
Federcls I.tXDixo ox no. •• o/.s r.- n < hr< ai
de Sc Sentinel oi the 30th, says it i, ru rod that the
Federal.- • '•e landing a force on the C.. "tJun Coast,
If this tumor is correct it u> probaH.- .. <c uu, merdy
to create a diversion in favor of Shsraajv
TTT T 7! CITY.
T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR.
Theatre.— Theatre goers will learm from ad
vertisement that Mr. Crisp’s Compauy will ap
pear to-night in that popular play, Don Cmsar de
Bazan, which has heretofore been produced with
great satisfaction by Mr. Crisp in this city and
elsewhere. Also a roaring farce.
Friday evening we learn has been sot apart as a
benefit night for Miss Cecelia Crisp, and the
announcement will doubtless insure a good house.
The’preseut week will probably close the engage
ment of this popular and talented corps, all per
sons partial to fine representations of the drama,
should avail themselves of the remaining oppor
tunities to be present at Temperance Hall.
Auction Sales. —At auction sales by Eliis,
Livingston & Cos., yesterday, one .negro woman
and-three children sold for $5,700 ; one negro
woman 40 year? old, $3,500; one negro girl 21
years old—a good seamstress—ss,sso ; one negro
boy 20 years old, a good cook, $3,550 ; one negro
boy 13 years old $3,050 ; a negro man and his wife
$0,950; 202i acres land with improvements nine
miles from Columbus $3,500. Twenty shares
Columbus stock $l2O to $127 per share. Salt 65
cents. Furniture, crockery, mules Ac., at good
prices.
Communication with Atlanta. —Our readerswill
bepleased to learn that tho Express Company of this
city is now prepared to receive and forward small
packages of freight to Atlanta. After that un
fortunate city has been so long in tho hands of the
enemy, the announcement will awake a thrill of
gratitude iu the hearts of mauy a houseless exile,
as well as afford gratifying news to the trading
and busiress public. We trust that from the ashes
of the brave and honored old metropolis, may
spring up anew the thrift and enterprise that haTe
been so characteristic of it in days past, and that
henceforth no hostile foot will be permiited to in
terfere with the peace and prosperity of the “Gate
City.”
Maj. J. A. B. Besson. —We were pleased to
receive a visit yesterday from our whilom friend,
Major Besson, who has been ordered to report for
duty at Lauderdale Springs. He has acted for
some months past in the conscript department at
Eufaula, but that concern being abrogated, he
goes to anew field. He is a popular officer.
[For the Columbus Times.]
Up Geogians.
BT ,INO. BLACK.
Up Georgians, up, the hour has come.
To win a glorious name,
And bring the foe whe tread your soil,
To infamy and shame ;
His track is mark'd with blood and woe,
His path with lurid fires,
Up, Georgians, up, and truly show
The spirit of jour sires.
One effort now, and it wili^tell,
In many a future age,
One blow and make the vandals reel.
Will fill the brightest page ;
That eye has ever hit upon,
That ear has ever heard,
A song more sweet to woman’s heart.
Than ever bird.
.S'hall it be said, t’ueso monsters dar’d.
To cross the Empire State,
Their pathway mark'd on ev’ry side.
With vengeance and with hate :
If this is done, what will be said,
By wives and mothers!then :
Will they not pray, they'd given birth,
To bolder, braver men.
Think of the wrongs that they have done.
And when you smite ths foe.
Lei eye and heart be true to arm.
And death be in the blow.
If in this high and stern resolve,
Ye make the dastards fly,
There will be peace within your breasts,
When ye brave come to die.
Eufaula, 1864.
AN ACT,
To author ize all persons in the military service of this
State or Confederate States, including those in hos
pitals, and detailed service to vote at municipal
elections.
1. Sec. I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of Georgia, That all persons in the military service
of this State, and tho Confederate States, including
those in hospitals, and detailed men for any pur
pose by the military authority, citizens of this State,
who are now by law entitled to vote, or who may at
the time of such election, be entitled to vote at any
municipal election in this State, be and they are
hereby authorized to assemble at such place as they
may be stationed at, and cast their votes, as though
they were in the town or city where they reside.
2. Sec. 11. That at said elections it shall be law
ful for any two commissioned officers, residents of
the State, to preside and hold said elections under
the same rules and regulations that are now pre
scribed by law for holding such elections, and make
returns of the same, as though the said election had
been held in the town or city of the residence of the
voters respectively, sending a copy of the list of
voters, and a copy of the tally sheet to either the
Mayor. Intendant, Alderman, Councilman or War
dens of the town or city, where the soldiers voting
reside; and all elections thus held shall be accoun
ted good and valid; provided, the returns thereof,
shall reach the proper municipal authority, within
fifteen days after tneday of said election.
3. Sec. 111. Be it further enacted, That the reg
istry laws in force for ail cities and towns in this
State, shall not apply to absent soldiers and de
tailed men, voting under the provisions of this
Act.
4. Sec. IV. Be it further enacted. That said com
missioned officers authorized to hold the several
elections provided for by this Act, shall, before they
proceed to hold said elections, subscribe the follow
ing statement in writing; (first state the regiment,
battalion or company of which they are mem
bers, station and date): each an l both of us declare
on honor, that we will faithfully superintend this
day’s election ; that we are commitsioned officers in
the Confederate, or State service, (state the regi
ment, battalion or company,) that we will make a
just and true return thereof,,that we will not know
ingly permit any one to vote, unless we believe he
is entitled to do so, according to the laws of Geor
gia, nor knowingly prohibit any one from voting,
who is entitled by lav to vote, and we will not di
vulge for whom any vote was cast, unless called on
under the law to do so; and it shall be the duty of
said Superintendents to forward a copy of said state
ment, with the copies of the tally sheet and list of
voters, and the same shall be taken in lieu of the
oath now required by law to betaken by Superin
tendents of such elections.
Sec. V■ Repeals conflicting laws.
Assented to Dec. Ist, 1863.
For CliattaSioocbee.
The Steamer Shamrock, 3. Wingate, master, will
leave for the above and intermediate landings,
Wednesday morning at 8 o’clock,
dec 0 td
For Chattahoochee.
The Steamer Jackson will leave for the above
i aad intermediate landings, Thursday morning at
9 o’clock. D. Fry.
dec*6 td
For Sale.
Byß. J. BIIITT,
114, Broad Street.
Qa BOXES fine Tobacco.
OU Largo lot Cotton Cards.
Soda, Pepper and Spice.
Smoking Tobacco, (10 cases)
Pad Locks. Brier Root, and Clay Pipe?.
100 Bushels Shelled Corn, to ,:r;i?e this week,
Bar and Toilet Soaps.
Tin ana Cedar Ware.
Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bowles, etc.
■ de<"- 7 d<tw2t
SSO B.eward.
v E tB'J boy CHARLEY ; ab- ut 25years old. ye»-
4 : w omplexiea, hair nearly straight, bek " or
ti-.-ir;. intfelfi-rence; left .tfr. Nat. Taomnsua’s near
; -.x Spro.g-. ’• a; :, .OT. county. I bought hu>: of a
'lf. >•-*>, Toyjec fro a. Mi.-Ms.-ij-: i, wh .ow
•r -ide« 1 • " . lla. He originally er, me fr-'U’:
Chart esto. -uitabie reward ml. pe P- j
■wf bis cci»,ory ftt liice, or in an? >■-> ’ *■! a -*<
uuomauoasen- - ii, EGSSKLL. j
[ C»lwabu‘s <?»., aug Its * [
■2? ZE3 3E=L U 2 2
WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER
last MtUIT HIT THREE!
Mr. W. H. Crisp in bis celebrated original
acter of the Wild, Dashing, Rollicking
I>o\ CrESAR re KAZAN!
ALL THE STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY
Mrs. W. II Crisp, as Maritas*
Mr. Theo. Hamilton, as j} OJl j, ~
Miss Cecilia Crisp, as Lazari j
Mr. C. T. Wolfe, as The Mar ; ,
GREAT DRAMA! ROARING FARCE:
£Sir»FRIDAY, BENEFIT of Miss CECILIA
CRISP, on which occasion a LADY of COLUM
BUS will make hor first appearance on any
In rehersal, Romeo and Juliet.
dec 7-11
iLOCKADE GOODS
BY LATE ARRIVALS.
By JamesfS. Taylor.
On Wednesday, Dec. 0, at 9 o'clock,
WILL be sold at my Store, corner of Broad j j
> V Campbell streets.
Augusta. Ga.,
A large assortment of
Foreign and Domestic Goods.
-titSp- Particulars in a future a Ivertisomen:
Conditions Cash. novEl-eodrr'i
AMOUYtEMEAT^
Tlie Mayoralty.
To the Citizens of Columbus :
From the announcements of candidates for M
of the City, I find it an ofilee to be sought after. a:i:
not feeling disposed to vacate my present posit: r
I announce myself a candidate for re-election.
nov2stde F. G. WILKINc
We are authorized to announce B. F. COLE
MAN as a candidate for Mayor of the City of Eo.
lnmbus at tho ensuing municipal election.
nov23—dte
We are authorized to announce W. R. BROY
as a candidate for Mayor at the ensuing municipj
election. IEI V 30 te*
For Marshal.
THOMAS P. CALLIER is announced ns a ean i
date for re-election to the office of City Mars'uv
novlß-td* I __
For Marshal.
W. L. ROBINSON is announced as a candiiva
for the office of Marshal of the city by
novls* MANY FRIENDS
For Marshal.
We are authorized to announce JOHN F. OLE I
IIORN as a candidate forth e office of Mar hal a:
ensuing municipal election,
dec 5 td
For Deputy Alarslia!.
At the solicitation of many friends, WILLIAM
N. ALLEN has consented to become a candidsts
for the office of Deputy Marshal of the city of Ca
lurabus, at the ensuing election, and will be sup
ported by MANY VOTERS
novl4 te* _
For Sexton
We arc authorized to announce R. T. SIMONS
as a candidate for City Sexton, at the ensuing m*
nicipal election.
decl to
S3OO Reward !—Stolen.
17ROM Room No. 46, Cook’s Hotel, a SINUL.%
1’ CASED GOLD WATCH, with tho initials " M
F” carved on the back of it. The Watch has a white
face and steel hands.
A reward of S3OO will bo paid for its recovery *O4
no questions asked, by leaving it at the
nov 29 3t* SUN OFFICI
Coffee ! Coffee!
200 POt'ADS CHOICE COFFfIE
ALSO,
*3OO ihs. Black Pepper.
STANFORD & CO..
nov 30 8t No. 78, Broad Street.
Adiiiiuistrator’s Sale.
ON the first day of January, I will sell at public
outcry at the Court House in Marianna, 500 acres
(more or loss) of pine land, belonging to the estate
of John Bird. On the premises is la fine spring of
water, negro cabins, ete. W. S. POPE,
dec 6w4t Adm'r.
! Loxt Trunk, SIOO Reward.
AN SATURDAY night, tho 19th November, at tjo
* * depot in Macon, a LE ATHER TRUNK, market
“R ; A. Chambers, Columbus, Ga.,” was misciiecke?
or in some way misplaced. I will pay one hun
dred dollars for the recovery of the trunk and cor.
tents. JAMES M. CHAMBERS.
dec 6 Columbus, Ga.
A Plantation t*or Sale.
THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Planta-
I tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 miles below
Chattahoochee, containing 1,500 acres, more or less,
embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bottom land,
tho balance superior pine land. In a favorable
season sixty bushels of corn or 2,W0 pounds of seed
cotton, may be safelyjrelied on. On the premises are
first rate negro quarters, gin house, screw and sta
bles. The dwelling is small but comfortable.
There are two orange groves on the place, one ? oa
the river and in full bearing. A portion of the cro;>
of 1863 sold for more than $9090. The other grove
young but in good condition, embracing not only
oranges but lemons and other tropical fruits.
The place is finely watered and healthy.
opportunity is offered for the investment of C "
federate money if application is made early.
Titles perfect.
Apply to R. L. B ASS,
Columbus, or
VAN MARCUS.
dec 6 ts Steamer Shamrock.
Plantation to Rent or Mell.
. »NE and a. half miles north of Union Spring','M ■
v con county, Ala. It contains four hundred and
eighty acres, a little less than four hundred «
cleared. Most of the cleared land is black prar A
and creek bottoms. For particulars apply to
GEORGE STEWART,
dec 5 lw Union Springs, Ain
FOR SAXiF.
ASA/ALL FARM, containing about 100 acres, 7 ;-*
in the woods and forty cleared, about one nsi A
above the Fountain Factory, ors the river. On ’re
place is a good dwelling with three rooms, a large
apple and peach orchard and variety of other fruit
trees, good water, &c. For terms apply to
Mrs. J. A. JONES.
dec 5 ts near Columbus
Wanted.
)aa AHA FEET ASH TIMBER, in planko'
UU.UUU 1% inch, or by the cord. Apply ■*'
our Government Works,
dec 26t JOHN D.GRAY Jr QO.
FOR SALE.
TWO FINE BREED SOWS to sell or exchanje
1 for pork. Apply at Sherman & Co’s, up*
in Masonic building,
dec 6 ts
Confederate Tax Notice.
1 SHALL com i once on Monday next, sth ini 7 ....
A collecting all Taxes that are due the Confederacy
Tax payers must come up promptly and pay, ortha
penalty of the law will be visited upon them. Thera
are now many delinquents on their Quarterly 3aies
Tax. Mr. Green, or my3elf, will at all time
ready to receive the money.
J. A. L. LEE.
dec 5 3t Collector 41st Dis 7 -
Stop the Horse Tihef!
SSOO Reward.
CTOLEN from the premises of C. P. Levy, u’ “
D the now bridge, on the night of 30th Noveaioe
two BAY’ HORSES and one BLACK PONY. ,
Above reward will be paid for tho horses,*-*
thief. JOHN D. GRAY Jt 60.
dec 2 4t
LARGE VOVSIGVWi:VI
OF
LETT & R PAPES!
AND
For sale by
* J. K. REDD & UO.
~C 12 ts 7
SAXiE!
oa vOK KS 'FLA ND. thirty in cultivation . ’
Do hundred ?r i seventy in tho woods ’
place is near *b» ■ n mile house on the l ;
read, and! ■ r.fed for the time?. - -
to L. M. BIGGERh.
nor 29 it* ColumbuSi
