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DAILY TIMES, j, w, HI ft REN & CO., Proprietors. .»aily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of 85.00 per month, or sls for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than t ' month*. RATES OF ADVERTISING. CABUAL DAI.LT ADVERTISING BATES. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square, REGULAR DAILY ADVERTISING BATES. First Week—s3 00 per square for each insertion. Second Week—s 2 00 per square for each insertion. Third Week—sl 50 per square for each insertion. Fourth Week—sl 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month—s3o per square. Third Month—s2s per square. Change of Schedule. Office Engineer and Suff.kintendent, j Charleston and Savannah Railroad. V Caarleston. June 7,1864.) jN THURSDAY, Junelß6l, and until further ' f notice, the Schedule of the Pa<-engcr train will be as follow, viz: Leave Charleston v ...9.45, a. m. Arriv* in Savannah .5.40, p. tn. Leave Savannah ;.A3O, a. m. Arrive in Charh’-r.tn 1.15, p. m. This Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at U'har ias ton, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. H. S. HAINES. .Tune 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent. Change of Schedule. \N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on * the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows : PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Columbus 6 45 P. L. Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. Leave Macon 3 10 P. M. Arrive at Columbus 4 2-5 A. M, FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M. Arrive at Columbus I 55 A. M. W.L. CLARK marl9tf Supt. Muscogee R, R. Through to Montgomery. NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS. August 27,1864. ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m. Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m. Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p.m. Leave Cfolumbus at 5:50 a. m. Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m, Arrive at West Point at 4130 p. m. Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m. Arrives at 8:27 p m D. 11. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng. ag27lß64—tf MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CJIIAWGE OF SCHEDULE. Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864. ON and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train. Leave Girard at 1 30 p. m. Arrive in Union Springs 6 00 Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m. Arrive in Girard at... 10 00 Freight Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS, Agl&tf Eng. & Sup’t. Din G, B. HEARD, (Late Surgeon P. A. C, S.) OFFERS his Professional Services to the citizens of Columbus. Office at Dr. Carter’s Drug Store. Can be found at night at the residence of Win. C. Gray, in Lin wood. fnov 10 Ira* Di\ R NOBLE, IDSHSTTIST, 4 T Pemberton Sr. Carter’s old stand, back room of A Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found all hours, foe 186 m STERLlifftt 4 FEW Hundred Pounds ot Sterling Exchange | ft for side in sums to suit purchasers by aglfi tl BANK OF COLUMBUS. NOTICE] To mississippi Soldiers 1, THE "MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of L Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s corner, between Main st„ and the Perry House. Your baggage is there. C. K. MARSHALL, sep 28 ts Agent. Government Sheep for Exchange. Oi |A HE AD SHEEP will bo exchanged for Bacon DUu or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacon 10c., Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Beef to be de livered alive. Apply to J. A. TYLER. Columbus, Nov. 2,1804—ts _ LOST, ON Friday morning a RED VELVET BOW con taining a gold star, with the letter “J.” engrav ed ot. ir. The tinder will be rewarded by leaving it at this office. nov26 —dtf MOTION. Office Grant Factory, \ Nov. 29, 1564. J ALL parsons having demands against the estate of Daniel Grant, deceased, arc hereby requested to present them to the Grant Factory, nov 3o ts JOHN J. GRANT. Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory. Lost or Mislaid. DOUR SHARES of the G. & A. S. S. Cos., No. a lbi), in favor of d/rs. J. L. Wilson, nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRANT. To Stent. HOUSE for rent, possession given 1-t December. Apply to H. FISIiACKER, ] nov 30 Ot 104, Broad Street. WANTOID. 4 N OVERSEER. One without family, who has A lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for military service preferred. j Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD, | Reynolds, Taylor County. MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS, nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga. WAITED! r j ip, j L B'S. oi T ALLOW, for which a liberal price tm/Di) will be. paid. Apply to F. IV. DILLARD, gp7 ti Major and Q. M, Wanted TO HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.— Good wages given. Apply at our Government JOHN D. GRAY k CO. WANTED, A GOOD BUSINESS’ MAN, uutil the first of January, The best waves paid. A disabled sol dier preferred, and it matters not how badly muti lated by wounds so he ha? firmness and judgment. Apply at the TIMES OIrICE. nov 30 ts SSOO Howard. ! STOLEN out of my stable. 2 miles from Columbus, on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last, TWO IMITJLiIEJS, one a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye. The other a black mare Mule, medium size, with whith mouth and white spot on rump. Both in good ° nay the above reward for the delivery of the Mules with the thief, with prop! sufficient to convict, or Two Hundred Dollars for the y Mules. H- M. CLI * KLLi. Columbus, Ga,,Nov. 9, 1864 —ti »'#~Sun please copy. WANTED. 1 a., BUSHELS CORN, for which we will pay 1* n ! ’ ca-h or exchange Silt. „ m „ noviaSt JEFFERSON A HAMILTON. 40-Sun and Enquirer copy. dollars Reward. QTRAYED from my place in Wynn ton, a dark O bay mnre MULE, about nine years old. hair robbed off of both hips and a large scar on thermal hindquarter. JOH> COOK. ©e 13 ts SOO Reward.. NEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25year?| old, yel low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson s near Box St rings. Talbot county. I bought him of a Mr. Brown, a refugee trom Mississippi, who now resides in Tuskegee, Ala. lie originally came from Charleston, c A suitable reward will be paid for his doliverv at this office, or in anv saie iail and Information sen. to *t this office. JAMES V RUSSELL. Celumbr' <*a. aur . t * YOL. Xl.} Headquarters Georgia Reserve, 1 and Military District Georgia. >■ Macon, Ga., Nov. 30, 1864. j fExtract.3 Special. Orders ( No. 149. < # ***** * 11. Major A. M. Rowland, Commandant Camp of Instruction, will, in that section of the State cut off from communication with Augusta assume and per form the duties Commandant of Conscripts until communication with Col. W. M. Browne, Com mandant, &c„ can again be resumed. By command of Major General HOWELL COBB. R. J. llallett, A. A. Gen. Hd’qr3 Camp of Instruction fop. Ga.. / Camp Cooper, Macon, Nov. 30,1864, > Special Orders, t No. 322. i The attention of Enrolling and all other Officers connected with the Conscript service, >vho are not in DIRECT communication with Augusta, is called to the above order of Maj. Gen. Cobb. Until* further orders thoy will report to these Headquarters. A. M. ROWLAND, Major and Commandant. Columbus Times, Albany i Patriot and La- Grange Reporter, copy five times and send bill to Camp Cooper. fi ec 25t aT P BOE li A.JIATIO A BY JOSEPH E. BROWN, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. STATE OF GEORGIA, ) Executive Department, [ Milledgeville, Nov. 19, 1864.} The whole people understand how imminent is the 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' We must strike like men for freedom or we must submit to subjugation. Death i3 to be preferred to loss of liberty. All must rally to the field for the present emergency or the State is overrun. I therefore by virtue of the authority vested in me by the statute of this State, hereby order a levy en masses 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 Departments of the govronment, which are by recent act of tholLcgislature 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 Ufa con, or wherever else in Georgia his camp may be for forty (40) days service under aims, unless tho emergency is sooner passed. The statute declares that all persons hereby calleP out shall be subiec . 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. Volunteer organizations formed into companies battalions, regiments, brigades or divisions will be accepted for (40) forty days, if they even approxi mate to the numbers in each orgaization which is r quire! 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 personshav ing Confederate details or exemptions, who, by the late 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- Camp, or other officer 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 the ne cessity for their services in their present position, excused. AH ordained ministers of religion in charge of a Church or Sj nagogue are also excused. All Railroad companies in this State will trans port all persons applying for transportation to the Front, and in case any one refuses, its President Superintendent, ;agents 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 all Confederate officers are respectfully invited to aid State officers in their vicinity in sending forward all persons hereby ordered to the front. The enemy has penetrated almost to the centre of your State. If every Georgian able to bear arms would rally around him, he could never escape. (Signed) JOSEPH E. BROWN. Governor. ti3, Each paper in the State will publish the above Proclamation. nov 22 It. Confederate States of America, I War Department, Ordnance Bureau, > Richmond, Nov. 11, 1864.) All officers on Ordnance duty are required by General Orders, No. 70, Adj’t. & I. G. Office, Aug. 29, 1961, to report without delay to the Chief of Ordnance, Richmond, by letter, stating First. —Their rank. Second. —Date es commission (or appointment) giving date from which their rank takes effect. Third.— Arm of service. Fourth. —State to which they belong. Fifth.— Date of assignment to Ordnance duty,’ Sixth. —The authority by which assigned, furnish ing date, and if possible, copy oforder of assignment to which will be added. Seventh— Present duty, and order of assignment. Officers of the Regular Army will report both their regular and provisional commissions,; or appoint ments, conferring temporary rank. Failure on the part of officers on Ordnance duty to report immediately as above, will be treated 'as a delinquency. J* GORGAS, nov 22 eodlw • Chief of Ordnance. PERRY HOUSE. THE undersigned would respectfully inform his L old friends, patrons, und the traveling public generallv, that as he has to be absent for a short time hehas been so fortunate as to have associated with him his well known and worthy friend Mr. EDWARD PARSONS, late of Atlanta, Ga., whose reputation and superior ttet for business is well known throughout the Confederacy. This House is large and commodious, and no pains, nor expense shall bespared to St it up in the very best and most elegant style, and to obtain every thing in tiro line of substantial eatables and luxuries that this market affords. With tuese assurances we most cordially solicit all our old friends, and the t ,avel ing public generally, to give us a call and an oppor tunity of rendering them comfortable, oc lo lm* THOS. E. SMI.m» Executor’s Notice. TWO months after date application will be made 1 to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, for leave to sell the Negroes and perishable property of the Estate of EVzabeth T. Johnson, deceased, late of said county. g AMU jj L K . JOHNSON, Ex’r Oct. 20w2m* Per THOS. D. BRAND. ITTSOOD PLANTATION For Sale. i N Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the i Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The trac r contains 1.200 acres—about 700 cleareu. ..here is a comfortable Dwelling House on the plac ~oed Negro cabin® with bnek ehimmes and ail the neces sary out-buildings. The land is productive and location desirable. Possession given m November. For further information , l» D ADAMS . OC 211 m Columbus, Ga. Jarlelegraph A Confederate* Macon: Montgo mery Advertiser: Cmstitutionalis, Augusta, copy. COLUMBUS, GA., THURSDAY, DEC. 8, 1864. SPECIAL NOTICES To the Citizens of Columbus ! Having announced myself a candidate for re-elec tion for Mayor of the city, since which time a por tion of my follow citizens calling upon me to take commar and of them under the recent call of our Gov ernor, to aid in repelling (he enemy against our homes and famili s—not feeling disposed to reject their request—l h ive consented, and shall cast my destiny with them, and in accordance with this de termination, I call upon the cstizens~of Columbus, if my former administration meets their approval, that they will remember me and elect me for their next Mayor. Mr. R. L. Bass, who goes with me to jthe front, declines being a candidate for Mayor, in my favor for which he will please accept my thanks, nov 29 5t F. G. WILKINS. To Printers ! Ul/E offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY, 1 1 (except Rut ng Machine,) two hand PRESSES, and about 1,000 Bounds of Type Metal. nuv2l-tf Headquarters Gov. Works, (Ord.) 1 Coluinhus, Ga., Dec. 1, 1864./ Wanted to Hire ! FIFTEEN NEGRO BLACKSMITHS. Good quarters furnished and liberal wages paid. Apply to M. H. WRIGHT, dec 2 lw Col. Com’dg. Headquarters Military Division ) of the West, > Macon, Ga., Nov. 29th, 1864.) General Orders, 1 No. -. / All supernumerary Officers of this Military Division not otherwise assigned to duty, will report to the Commandant of the Post, Macon, Ga, By command of General Beauregard. A. R. CHISOLM, dec 2 etd2w A. D. C. and A. A. A. G. Headquarters Post, 1 Columbus, Ga., November 29,1864, / Orders No 19. * * * * * * * I. All men retired from service that have repor ted and filed their papers at this office, will report at these headquarters on Saturday, the 3d of De cember, at 11 o’clock, a.m., for the purpose of being mustered for pay. By command S. L. BISHOP, Maj. Com’dg Post. S. Isidore Guillet, Post Adj’t. nov 29 5t __ OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS, Columbus, Ga., Oct,, 29, 1864. "VTO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex 1' press Company’s Office after o’clock p. si.t o go East on that day, nor will any be received to go West after 4>£ o’clock p M. oc 29 ts S. 11. HILL, Agent. Lard W ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs I*' and l’arn.s, at the nov 5 lm EAGLE FACTORY. Lost Trunk, SIOO Reward. ON SATURDAY night, the 19th November, at the depot in Macon, a LE ATHER TRUNK, marked "R. A. Chambers, Columbus, Ga.,” was mischeckod or in some way misplaced. I will pay one hun dred dollars for the recovery of the trunk and con tents. JAMES M. CHAMBERS, dec 6 2t* Columbus, Ga. A Plantation for Sale. npHE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Pianta 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, the balance superior pine land. In a favorable season sixty bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds of seed cotton, may be safclylrelied 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 on the river and in full bearing. A portion of the crop of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. The other grove is young but in good condition, embracing not only oranges but lemons and other tropical fruits. The place is finely-watered and healthy. A rare opportunity is offered for the investment of Con federate money if application is made early. Titles perfect. Apply to R. L. BASS, Columbus, or VAN MARCUS. dec 6 ts Steamer Shamrock. Plantation to Rent or Sell. ONE and a half miles north of Union Spriugs, Ma con county, Ala. It contains four hundred and eighty acres, a little less than four hundred is cleared. Most of the cleared land is black prarie and creek bottoms. For particulars anply to GEORGE STEWART, dec 5 lw Union Springs, Ala. FOR SALES. A SMALL FARM, containing about 100 acres, 60 in the woods and forty cleared, about one mile above the Fountain Factory, on the river. On the 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 aaA FEET ASH TIMBER, in plank of ~UU«UUU 1 % inch, or by the cord. Apply at our Government Works. dec 2 6t JOHN D. GRAY & CO. FOR SAFE. PWO FINE BREED SOWS to sell or exchange 1 for pork. Apply at Sherman & Co’s, up stairs in Masonic building, dec 6 ts Confederate Tax Notice. I SHALL commence on Monday next, sth inst.., collecting all Taxes that are due the Confederacy Tax payers must come up promptly and pay, or the penalty of the law will be visited upon them. There are now many delinquents on their Quarterly Sales Tax. Mr. Green, or myself, will at all times be ready to receive tne money. J. A. L. Lihjh, dec 5 3t Collector 41st Dist. Stop the Horse TTihef! B*soo Reward. STOLEN from the premises of C. P. Levy, across the new bridge, on the night of 30th November two BAY HORSES and one BLACK PONY. Above reward will be paid for the horses and thief. JOHN D. GRAY Jc CO. dec 2 4t To Rent, a BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forges. A ,l ff° ml * lete - APP ‘ y at THIS OFFICE. Notice to Debtors and Creditors ALL persons having claims against the estate of it Joseph W. Woolfolk, dec’d, late of Muscogee county, are herebv notified to render them duly authenticated witnin the time prescribed by law; those indebted to said estate are requested to m,,e immediate a . WOOL FOLK, nov 23, 1364—w40d Adm’r. FOR SALE! A N IRON GRAY MARE, five year? old, can be a seen at Harris’ Stable. Esquire of dec 2 St* ___ Lieut. L. W. WALL. FAROE CONSIGATiEAT OF LETTER PAPER! AND For sale by J. K. REDD & CO. oc 12 ts FOR SALS! DA i ACRES OF LAND, thirty in cultivation, two DIM hundred and seventy in thi woods. This place is near the ten mile house on the Cusseta road, and is snugly improved for the times. Appiv to L. M. RIGGERS. UCV9Q <r* £,-> umbos Ga Wednesday Evening. In Tennessee everything is progressing as pros perously as heart could wish. The dispatch of Gov. Harris, says the Memphis Appeal, will send a thri.l of joy to every heart, and build up anew the hope and confidence of our people. Just at this time, the situation of affairs presents more flatter ing rspecta than at any period within the last twelve months. Gen. llood’3 army is daily grow ing in numbers, resolution and spirit, and while.be is driving the Fedarals out of Middle Tennessee, Breckinridge is also disputing with them the pos session of the Eastern portion of that State. .Nor thern Georgia and Alabama are already clear of them, and now is the time for every arms bearing man in these States to hasten to the front if they would prevent their territory from again becoming the thoatreof war. This is now transferred to Ten nessee and may easily be removed to Kentucky and kept there if the people will but rally and hasten to the front all those whose duty it is to be there* Let us but once more get the Cumberland moun tains and the Tennessee river between us and our foe, and we are satisfied that these barriers will never again be wrested from us. As wo have pre viously remarked, they are worth to us at least an army of fifty thousand men, and it was an egregi ous blunder originally, that they were permitted to slip from our grasp. With these regained, we can very well afford to let Mr, Sherman escape, if such must be the case, and still be in a far more promising position than we were two months since. Then let not the people of the gulf States, because the army is far removed from them, depend too implicitly upon the people of Tennessee and Kentucky to hold it where it is. These States we doubt not will do their whrle duty in the premises > but now is the propitious moment for the States in the rear to rally to the rescue, and enable General Hood to push still further on toward the Northern border. If ho is not thus supported, he will nec essarily be compelled to fall back, and Jfississippi, Alabama and Georgii, instead of Kentucky* will become the theatre of the war. This is a calamity worthy every exertion in our power to avert. Let us then cease croaking and whining about peace, and send forward every available man lo the front, and the soil of these States will never more bo polluted with the blasting tread of the detested Yankee. Since the foregoing was written, we have re ceived later intelligence from Tennessee by tele graph, to which the reader is referred. The Jackson (Miss.) News of the Ist. inst., says that on Thursday week last the Yankees reached Baton Rouge from their old raid on Broekhaven, with one hundred and fifty Confederate prisoners, eight hundred negroes, and four hundred horses and mules, and placed them all in the State peni tentiary at the above place. About dark on the same day, the alarm of fire was given, the result of which was that the State prison, with all the horses and mules and abou; one hundred negroes were consumed. In the excitement seventy-five of our boys made good their escape. The Richmond Dispatch suggests that it would be exceedingly valuable to the public interests, and tend very much to aid Congress in devising the most advantageous military measures, to hold a personal conference with Gen. Lee, that they may learn from him his views of the wants of the army. His opinions would have a great,weight, the more particu larly as his presence would afford the oppor tunity for those full explanations and answers to inquiries necessary for a thorough under standing of matters. Such conference would, of course, be held in secret session. ♦ ♦♦ The News from Tennessee. There is no reason to doubt the coirectness of the dispatch published yesterday from Tus cumbia announcing a victory of Gen. Hood’s forces over Thomas’ near Franklin. Rev. Mr. Browning, upon whose authority the state-, me'nt i3 made, i3 a good and true Tennesseean, well acquainted with the army!and country, and more than ordinary credence may be giv - en to his report. The locality at which the buttle is repre sented to have been fought is such as might have been expected from all previous acs counts. Gen. Hood seems to have made the impression on the Yankees that he would at tack them at Columbia, and may have divided bis forces to make a’feint in that direction, while he moved forward to the left, so as to intercept them on the line of railroad to Nash ville. Thomas, seeing this when it was too late, withdrew from Columbia and fell back to Franklin, where he fought for bis commii cation with Nashville and lost it, retreating across the country to Murfreesboro’, from which position he might endeavor to keep up his line through Nashville to Louisville, but would more probably abandon Nashville and retreat North by the pike road through Leb anon and Gallatin. Franklin is 18 miles south of Nashville, on the railroad connecting with the Memphis and Charleston road at Decatur; and Murfrees boro’, Gen. Bragg's old battle ground, is south east, 34 miles, on the Nashville and Chatta nooga road, connecting by Nashville with Louisville. It is a distance acro33 the coun try from Franklin to Murfreesboro’ of 22 miles, and Thomas certainly never would have pursued that route had he not been driv en of? the direct line by Hood’s army. Brent wood, at which point the dispatch places Gen. Forrest, is 9 miles from Nashville on the Co lumbia pike road between Thomas and the former place. The rejoicing of the country over this sig nal victory of our arms is not unmixed with sadness, at the loss of the gallant and invinci ble Cleburne, and so many of his brave as-, sociaies who have fallen killed or wounded by his side. Still, we can imagine no prouder death than that of the military leader whose spirit sinks to rest amidst the shouts of his victorious troops. As much as we lament the death of such a commander and of his noble comrades who have shared his fate, we are cheered by the reflection that their lives have been spent in the noblest of anuses, and that a victory has been achieved over the enemies of our country which is worth more at this junc ture than the lives of men however honored and valuable. We know that with our brave defenders, death is preferable ten thousand times to subjugation. What would life be to them and their posterity without honor or ; without liberty ? Shame upon the recreant that could hint submission and degradation iu ; the rear of such an army. [Montgomery Advertiser , Qth. The Mississippian contradicts the report of the capture ot Maj. Sebattion and his wagon train of ordnance stores. Twenty-three boxes crossed the river and six of theta were captured. The re maining portion of the 140 boxes are not yet, but soon wid be crossed. The teams aud wagons were ordered back to .Jackson. f FITE DOLLARS l {PER MONTH. The Battle of Honey Hill. In our account of this affair, in Thursday morning's issue, we spoke of it as a “drawn battle," both armies having continued the fight until dark. We wrote with the official dispatch of Gen. Smith before us, in which his modesty, which is equal to his merit, led us into error by withholding the true charac ter of the contest and the real magnitude of the victory—for such it was, and for the num bers engaged, one of the most brilliant and important of the war. It was clearly a move ment on the part of the,enemy to co-operate with Sherman; so large a force would never have been sent singly to cut the Charl#*:on Railroad, when the Yankees believed it to be defended only by a company of cavalry. Honey Hill is about two and a naif miles east of the village of Grahamville. Beaufort District. On the crest of this where the road, or highway, strikes it, is a semi-circular line of earthworks, defective though in construc tion, as they are too high for infantry and have little or no exterior shape. These works formed the centre of our line on Wednesday, whilst our left reached up in the pine lauds without protection, and our right along aline of fence that skirts the swamp below the bat teries. They commanded fully the road iu front as it passes through the swamp at the base of the hill, and only some fifty or sixty yards distant. Through the swamp, during the winter months, runs a small creek which spreads up aad down the road for some thirty or forty yards, but is quite shallow the entire distance. Some sixtyyards beyond this creek the main road turns off to the left, making an obtu3e angle, whilst another and smaller road makes off to the right from the same point. The enemy came by the former road and turned the angle appaientlv before they were aware of the presence of an opposing force. They consisted of four regiments of whites and the same number of blacks. Prisoners, of which ten or twelve are in our possession, state that this force was commanded by Gens. Foster and Hatch ; some of them say Gen. Foster was also present as chief of command. The negroes, as usual, formed the advance, and had nearly reached the creek when our batteries opened upon them down the road with a terrible volleyof spherical case. This threw them into temporary confusion, but the entire force, estimated at five thousand, was quickly restored to order and thrown into a line of battle parallel with our own, up aud down the margin of the swamp. Thus the battle raged from 11 a. m. till dark. The ene my’s centre and loft were most exposed and suffered terribly. Their right was posted be hind an old dam that ran through the swamp, and it maintained it3 position till the close of the fight. Our left was very much exposed and an attempt was once or twice made by the enemy to turn it by advancing through the swamp and up the hill, but they were driven back without a prolonged struggle. The centre and left of the enemy fought with desperate earnestness. Several attempts were made to charge our batteries and many got nearly across the swamp, but were, iu every instance, forced back by the galling fire poured into them from our lines. We made a visit to the field the day following and found the swamp and road literally strewn with their dead. Some eight or ten bodies were floating in the water where the road crosses, and in a ditch on the roadside just beyond, we saw six negroes piled one on top the other. A colonel of one of the. negro regiments, with his horse, was killed while fearlessly leading his men across the creek in a'charge. With that exception, all the dead and wounded were carried off by the enemy during the night, traces were left where they were dragged from the woods to the road and thrown into ambulances and carts. We counted some sixty or seventy bodies in the space of about an acre, many of which were horribly mutilated by shells ; some with half their heads shot off, and others completely disembowelled. The artillery was served with great accurracy, and we doubt if any battle field of the war presents such havoc among the trees and shrubbery. Immense pines and other growth were wit short off or torn into shreds. From all indications it is estimated that the loss of the enemy is fully five or six hundred. This is the lowest estimate we have heard. Many officers are of the opinion that their loss cannot be les3 than one thousand. Ours was eight killed outright and thirty-nine wounded, three or four mortally. The enemy fought to some disadvantage, as they fired up hill, and most of their shots ranged too high. Our infantry behaved with the greatest val or ; throughout the protracted struggle there was little or no straggling, nearly every man standing firmly to his post of duty. The Geor gia Brigade was commanded by Col. Willis, whose behavior on the field is highly com mendable. The Athens battalion, under Maj.. Cook, and Augusta battalion, Major Jackson, stood manfully to their work. The South Carolina Artillery also acted most handsome ly and served their guns with the skill of vet erans. Great praise is bestowed by the rank ing officers on Capt. Stewart, of the Beaufort Artillery, five guns, and on Earl’s and Kana paux’s batteries, each of which had a gun in the action. As before stated, the general command was vested in Major General Gustavus Smith, of the Georgia State forces, though the line was immediately under the direction of Colonel Colcock, whose conduct on the occasion is spoken of as beyond all praise. The gallant Col. Gonzales was an active participant in the fight, and might have been seen every where along the lines posting the guns and encouraging the troops. So much for the battle of Honey Hill. The enemy were whipped long before its close, but they waited for night to save themselves from the disaster in their retreat. Soon after dark they made off with all possible speed, and, as the* evidences show, with the wildest fright and confusion. Nearly everything was thrown away in their flight. The road and woods for mile's was strewed with clothing of every de scription, canteens, cooking utensils, &c., &0., whilst in their camp, about two miles from the battle-field, they left everything. Any quantity of provisions, bottles of liquor, pre served meats, blankets, See., were abandoned in their hasty retreat. With the exception of shelling from their gunboats next day. which was harmless, nothing nas been heard of them since their galling defeat and inglorious flight. [Savannah Republican,3d. A Slight Omission. —In the letter of B. B. De- Graffenried, Mayor of Milledgville, to Colonel Ira R. Foster, he returns thanks to the Colonel, to Mayor Collins and others for the timely and gen erous contribution of 5,000 rations of meal and IS beeves for the poor of Milledgeville. Not a w -rd is said about the Confederate authorities and the public would naturally suppose that they had ' nothing to do with the gift. Now the fact of the matter is, the 5,000 rations and 18 beeves belong j to the Confederate Government and were turned over by order of Gen. Cobb to the Milledgeville poor and hauled to them in Government wagons. . Gen. C<»bb appreciating the necessities ot the peo- , pie of Milledgeville, teok the responsibility of turning over Government property for their use and to him belongs the credit. We think the omission of his name in the letter of acknowl edgement uajust, and would mildly suggest that ! the Mayor of Milledgeville not only acknowledge the corn but'he Cooo.— [Tel. and Cos ifed. TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS or THR PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863. by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’r office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Mobile, Dec. 6th.—A special dispatch to the Advertiser St Register, dated Senatobia sth, says: Northern dates of the 2d received. The New York Herald’s Washington dis patch says an order has been issued by th* Administration surrendering the Florida and her crew to the Brazillian Government. Nashville date3 of the 29tli contain nothing from the front. Thomas wa3 at Franklin awaiting reinforcements. Scouts report Steele’s arrival at Memphis to be false. Gold in New York on the 29th 232£. Quite Ltkelt.— The Wilmington Journal says it is reported that the steamship Advance, cap tured after leaving that port with a cargo of cet ton. has made her appearance off the coast in the character of a Yankee blockader. This is only what we looked for. She will be a dangerous ves sel. The Charleston Courier denies the report that a Federal forco had crossed the Savannah rivar, and says that all the boats and other moan? of crossing have bean removed. The new capital of Italy, Florence, is to bo for tified at a cost of thirty million of francs. Coming Home. 0 brothers and sisters, growing old, Do you all remember yet That home in the shade oi the mstling trees, Where once your household met f Do you know how we used to come from school, Through the summer’s pleasant heat; With the yellow fennel's golden dust On our tired little feet ? And sometimes in an idle mood We loitered by the way ; And stopped in the woods to gather flowers, And in the fields to play ? Till warned by the deep’ning shadows fall That told of the coming night, We climbed to the top of the last long hill, And saw our homo insight? Aud, brothers and sisters, older now Than she whose life is o’er, Do you think of the mother’s loving face, That looked from the open door ? Alas, for the changing things of time ; That home in the dust is low ; And that loving smile was hid from us, In the darkness, long ago ! And wo have come to life’s last hill From which our weary eyes Can almost look in that home that shines Eternal in the skies. So brothers and sisters, as we go. Still let us move as one ; Always together keeping step, Till the march of life is done : For that mother, who waited for us here, Wearing a smile so sweet, Now waits ou the hills of Paradise For her children’s coming feet ? mm • mm Latest from Hood’s Armay—Occupation of Columbia, Tenn. —Passengers from the west re port that the army of Tennessee occupied Colum bia, Xenn., several days ago. Gen. Forrest was on ene of Thomas’ flanks, on the north side e*’ Duck river, aud some light skirmishing had oc curred between the hostile forces. Large num bers of recruits were flocking to our army and enlisting under the Confederate banner. Every thing looks cheerful aud bright, and the Tennes seeans expect to occupy their Capital in a few days.— Rebel, 3d. Yankee Villainies, Like Chickens, Conn: Home to Roost. —The moral sentiment of tho Yankee Sodom is greatly shocked at the discovery of several stupoudeous forgeries recently perpe trated in the Northern cities. The press of thosa cities who have almost unanimously commended a system of villainy on the part of their govern ment which virtually made every officer and sol dier in their invading armies a forger and a coun terfeiter, advertising in their columns counterfeit Confederate money for sale at the rate of $lO per SIOOO, finelj executed and warranted to deceive— these virtuous presses are outraged beyond expres sion at the fact that there are persons in their community, (though the New York Herald thinks they came from England) base enough to commit the crime of forgery. The Herald says the for geries are badly done, the names of several large firms having been signed to chocks to the amount of several thousands of dollars, and even 'the cer tificates of the bank cashiers have been counter feited. “In this way,” says the tho saintly Herald, “these rascals secured an immense amount, prob ably $255,000, not only in this oity, but in Alba ny, Troy and other cities in this State and Penn sylvania.” If “those rascals” knowhow to stoal, burn and rob, and lie, as well as counterfeit, they ought to be Brigadier Generals in the Y’ankee army.— Sa\ Neivs. Look Out for Spies and Traitors. —A fact that should not be overlooked by our military authorities is the presence of spies it our midst, through whom Sherman is no doubt kept constantly advised of everything important for him to know. A gentleman who, a few weeks since, was within Sherman s lines, and had a long interview with him, in formed us that Sherman was not only well posted in regard to the condition of our mili tary affairs, but that he knew even the status of individual citizens of Savannah better than he did. With such advantage a less skilful gene ral would be able to make a display of astona ishing strategy. We need expect nothing from the ignorance of our enemy unless we can adopt mean 9to interrupt his sources of information. It becomes U3 to be watchful for spies and traitors.— Savannah News. For Aldermen of First Ward. Messrs. Editors, will please announce the name? of JAMES M. HUGHES and JOHN B. TFRIGHT, as candidates for Aldermen of the First] Ward,!at the ensuing municipal election to be held on Saturday. 10th inst, d ec 7 HO FOR ATLANTA! The Southern Express Company will receive freight (under forty pounds; each package) and money parcels for Atlanta via Macon k Western Railroad, from this date. S. H. HILL, dee 6 ts Agent. S3OO Reward !—Stolen. FROM Room No. 46. Cook’s Hotel, a SINGLE- T CASED GOLD WATCH, with the initials “ M F” carved on the back of it- The Watch ha3 a white face and steel hands. A reward of S3OO will be paid for its recovery and no questions asked, by leaving it at the nov 29 3t* SUN OFFICE. Coffee! Coffee! 300 POODS CHOICE COFFEE ALSO, 200 lbs. Black Pepper. STANFORD x CO.. nov 30 3t No. 78, Broad Street. Administrator's Sale. ON the first day of January, I will sell at public outcry at the Court House in Marianna, 560 acres ftnore o- less) of pine land, belonging to the estate of John Bird. Oa the premises is!a fine spring of water, negro cabins, etc. W. S. POPE, dec6w4t Adm’r. Cor Sale. IQy E. J". BRITT, 114, Broad Street. OA BOXES fine Tobacco, Ov/ Large lot Cotten Cards, Soda, Pepper and Spice. Smoking Tobacco, (10 cases) Pad Locks. Brier Root and Clay Pipes, 100 Bu-ffiels Shelled Corn, to arrive this week, Far and Toilet Soaps. Tin an 1 Cedar Ware. Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bowies, etc. dec 7 dtw2t