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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. W.4RRBX, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Thursday Morning, December 8, 1864.
Nothing New. —We received yesterday no pa
pers from either Richmond, Sarannah or Augusta,
and are consequently without advices from the
armies around Richmond, and igrorant of further
operations on the part of Gen. Sherman. The
telegraph Jias also failed to bring us a confirma
tion of the great Tennessee battle up to the pres
ent writing. All of which, taken together leaves
us without anything fresh or interesting in this
morning’s issue.
Wm. fl. Chambers, Esq.
A correspondent of the Columbus Enquerer,
signing himself “Nassau,” writing from Mont
gomery, Ala., under date of Nov. 30tb, thus
alludes to the above distinguished gentleman
in connection with the next Gubernatorial
contest of Alabama :
The people are organizing to east about for
a successor to Governor Waits The Gover
nor has not formally declined to stand for re
election, but it is pretty well understood that
he will not be a candidate. Mr. William H.
Chambers, of Barbour, is generally spoken of
in the city and among the members of the
Legislature—as Mr. Watt’s successor. Wheth
er this geDtlemau will yield to these solicita
tions Ido not know All 1 know is he can
be placed at the helm, if he be willing to try
the perils of the position.
We know not what may be the mind of Col.
Chambers in regard to this matter, but are
inclined to believe from his well-known mod
esty and reserve, that he could not be induced
to accept a position so fraught with responsi
bility and arduous labor. But it iB certainly
gratifying to his many warm friends and ad
mirers in this section of Georgia, amongst
whom most of his useful life has bean
spent, to know that his name is spoken of in
connection with such honors in his adopted
State. Col. Chambers is a gentleman of great
popularity, and a rising man, and possesses
qualities of head and heart which eminently
fit him, in our opinion, for the office of Gov
ernor of Alabama, and, for one, we should be
delighted to see him placed there. He is a
gentleman naturally, and a gentleman by edu
cation, —of enlarged intellectual; grasp ; well
versed in the science of politics ; of incorrupt
ible integrity, and, withal, a Christian patriot.
He has resided for some years in the noble
and patriotic county of Barbour—a county
proverbial for chivalry and bright intellects—
from whence he has several times been elect
ed Representative to the Alabama Legislature.
When old Barbour honors a man it is a pretty
good indication that he has gifts. Col. Cham
bers, we believe, at present occupies a seat in
the Alabama Senate 'from that county.
(Jan Peace be Made With Lincoln ?
The Savannah Republican does not despair
of a treaty of peace recognizing our indepen
dence even from Lincoln, when he becomes
satisfied of the impossibility of subjugation. It
says:
“We think Mr. Boyce and ail who contend
that no honorable peace, if any at all, can be
obtained of Mr. Lincoln, argnt most illogic
ally. Why not? Lincoln has fought us for
four years and issued many foolish and arbi
trary edicts, but is that any reason why he
should not agree to a peace when he shall
find his armies whipped and all prospect of
our subjugation vanished ? Rest assured that
no party at the North will let us go in any
other contingency. Is Lincoln now any more
resolved on our conquest than Geoigo 111. and
the majority of the British ministry were in
1782 ? The Parliament assembled in Novem
ber, and at that late day the speech from the
throne breathed a settled purpose to continue
the war until the rebels were brought into
subjection, whilst the addresses from both
Houses, echoing the same sentiment, were
carried by immense majorities. Peace seemed
alar off ; the Government was united, much
more so than the political household of Lin
coln, and the prospect was dark indeed. And
yet the spirit of peace was silently at work ;
and, in spite of the open committals of every
branch of the Government, in three short
months thereafter the fearless Conway moved
in the House of Commons for “peace with
America.” It was carried by a respectable
majority, together with a corresponding ad
dress to the King, and in a few weeks, to the
surprise of the world, peace was declared, and
these States stood forth a free and independ-.
ent nation
“Let the South rally all her strength and
drive back these invaders, as we hope soon
to do, to their own soil, and then we shall be
in a position to demand peace at the hands of
even Abraham Lincoln, and to get it, too, for
then he will have become powerless for war.
Peace, too, consistently with our own Consti
tution, and without laying violent hands on
our own offspring under the pretext of neces
sity. We regard the recent movements on the
par of certain distinguished citizens of the
South in behalf of peace as most unfortunate,
ill-timed, and pernicious in their effects upon
our cause. They but serve to weaken us
when our great struggles.are at hand, and to
inspire the enemy with a fresh confidence in
our early destruction. In Heaven’s name, let
us discard, for the present at least, all such
thoughts, and unite in one solid phalanx to
expel the foe from our borders and save
the couutry from threatened disaster. Then
to talk about peace will be sensible, practical
and patriotic."
Mobile Conference. —The Mobile Conference
of the M. E. Church, South, held its first session
in Tuscaloosa, Nor. 23d-23th. The President of
the Conference was the Rev. Bishop Andrew, who
in this city, in 1832, organized the Alabama Con
ference, of which the Mobile Conference is one
moiety, the Montgomery Conference, which is to
be held in Tuskegee, Dec. 7 th, being the other. —
There were more than a hundred ministers in at
tendance, and several distinguished laymen. The
business was conducted with great harmony and
dispatch. The reports from the various pastoral
charges of the Conference, were encouraging—
notwithstanding the troubles of the times. The
Conference devoted great attention to. the subject
©f providing for the orphans of soldiers, and agreed
upon a plan which gives great promise of success.
Two agents, Harmon and Grace, have
been appointed to solicit contributions to this noble
and patriotic charity. The Army Mission also,
jeceived the attention which its importance de
mands. A number of additional ministers were
designated for this field- The pulpits of the
Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist Churches,
were well filled during the session and the large
congregations being edified by eloquent and evan
gelical discourses. Friday evening was set apart
for an address by President Garland, in the re
ligious and sqriptural training ot the young,
which elicited a highly commendatory vote of
thanks from the Conference. It was a very able
address. The Conference adopted a resolution
tendering hearty thanks to the citizens of Tusca
loosa, for the elegant and princely hospitalities
with which the members were entertained, n e
can say for our citisens, thatji-hey will be ever reauy
te *peu their li»u3as an a like occasion. — 'lncaa
iooea Obterver.
The Committee on Finance of the House es
Representatives, reported ou yesterday a bill for
the reductien and final redemption of the Gov
ernment currency. It will be found in our re
port of proceedings. The bill is in accordance
with the recommendation of the Secretary of the
Treasury, and we trust it witl be the pleasure of
the House to adopt it. Nothing can be more im«
pertant than to place the credit of the currency
above all question or cavil. It is the Jcircula
ting fluid of the commercial body, and if in un
healthy condition, disorders the whole system.
[Richmond Sentinel.
Slavery in America.
A STAND-POINT VIEW IN THE ENGLISH CHURCH.
There are some Subjects upon which we
cannot enter but with a reluctance amounting
almost to pain. Just such a question as ttat
now before us. If there be a name more ab
horrent than another to our English ear, it is
that of “slave.’ There needs no eloquence
of denunciation, no artful painting of indi
vidual horrors to rouse against it on* warm
est and strongest feelings. But tfcp truth has
to be spoken, and we must needs give the
subject, painful as it is, a fair and patient in
vestigation.
Let us then at once admit that, whatever j
maybe the reality of American slavery, our j
preconceived notions of it have proved as yet j
very far from the truth. It was, indeed, al- i
most inevitable that it should be so. A mat
ter of which we could have no personal knowl
edge, and of which, therefore, our ideas must
necessarily be taken only at second hand,
could hardly fail to be misunderstood; whilst,
in this instance, misconception was undoubt- ,
edlv aggiavated by the directly hostile man- j
ner of the only source from which even this j
second hand information was derived. How j
serious this misconception has been, the
events of the last few years have, in some j
measure, shown ; and we shall do well, be
fore entering further into the question, to
consider briefly the natuie and extent of the
error thus proved in the outset against our
calculations.
If there was then, a point on which all,
whether here or in the United States, has
confidently reckoned, it was on the hostility
ot the slaves to their masters. How, indeed,
could it be otherwise ? Were one tithe of the
statements currently reported of their condi
tion but founded upon truth, this hostility
was as inevitable as oppression and cruel
wrong cofiuld make it. Yet what has the
event shown? The armies of the North have
marched and countermarched over many hun
dred miles of Southern soil; but the negroes,
instead of welcoming them, have, for the
most part, fled at their approach. The proc
lamation ff freedom has been boldly reprinted
in Southern newspapers, and circulated from
white to black and from black to white
ihroughout the Confederacy, but not a plan
tation has risen to claim the boon. The plan
ters have fearlessly entrusted their dearest in
terest to the slaves, whose vengeance they
were supposed so abjectly to dread. The ne
groes, thirsting to wash out in their master’s
blood the memory of their wrongs, have tilled
his fields and watched over his home and
tended his wife and little ones while he was
far away fighting against the friends who
were to set him free. Is all this natural—is
it even credible? If the relation of master and
slave in the Southern States were really as
we have deemed it, is the negro nature so an
gelic—nay, so divine—as to repay such evil
with such good ?
We would gladly thjnk it, even at the cost
of an enforced tribute of admiration for a sys
tem that could nurture such a frame of mind.
But we know it is not so ; that it is not our de
duction, but our premises, that have been at
fault. The position of the slave is not as we
have pictured it. He is not a struggling and
down-trodden serf, writhing under the lash
of a cruel task-master, stretching chained
hands to heaven in agonised prayers for de
liverance. Rather is he a situpl.; hearted,
docile, affectionate child; imparient often,
like our children, of constraint, and yet more
impatient of work ; needing guidance and ev
en correction, and conscious of his need ; ca
pable, no doubt, of being trained to a higher
and nobler life ; but for the present at least,
best and happiest, and, in truth, most con
tented as he is.
Nor, if thus mistaken in our estimate of the
slave, have we been much nearer the truth in
our portrait of his master. The two errors
have, indeed, gone hand in hand. The hid*
eous cruelty which oppressed the one must
needs, as we rightly supposed, have, “demor
alized” the other. A bully is inevitably a
ruffian and a coward, and such we confident
ly expected the “Southern chivalry” to prove.
On this point, at least, our misapprehensions
have been cleared away ; and whatever may
be ,nr knowledge of the institution itself, we
have learned something of the real character
of its supporters. For of tkeirs alone. We
have no unkindly feeling towards the North—
no wish to exaggerate her defects or gloat
over her difficulties. Far from it. It is in
very sadness that we are compelled to point
the moral of Southern gallantly and chival
rous devotion by contrast with the sordid
meanness, the uncivilized barbarity, the bitter,
bloodthirsty, unchristianity of the Abolition
party at the North. If the tree may, indeed,
be known by its fruits—if the test of results
in character and conduct may, indeed, be fol
lowed as confidently as it was applied, we
have here a lesson which, however sorely
against the grain, it would ill become us any
longer to neglect.
Yet, while thus constrained to avow our
conviction that the slavery of the South is
very far from the unmixed evil of our early
prejudices, let us not be supposed to bold it
up to admiration as by any means an un
mixed good. Very far otherwise. At the
best it is but a thing to be tolerated as a less
er evil for a while, and even thus, there is
much, that requires prompt amendment.—
They are points but too well known to us all
The separation of families; the stern prohibi
tion of education of any kind ; the invalidity
of the marriage tie ; the laws that subjects the
child to the condition of the mother, with all
the manifold evils that follow in its train—no
one can deny that these are faults which cry
loudly for a remedy. Our error has been, not
in considering them as faults, but in Confoun
ding them too.closely with the system itself
with which they have in truth no necessary
connection. Nor was this all; experience
proves that we have erred perhaps yet more
dangerously in giving to these incidental de
fects a prominence to which practically they
are not entitled.
As our acquaintance with the truth extends,
we know more of the real condition of the
slave in these respects, and find what the an
alogy of our own customs might have earlier
taught us to expect from a kindred race. We
see laws harsh and cruel, as iu too many re
spects they undoubtedly are, rendered com
paratively mild and harmless by the higher
law of public opinion. We see especially the
enactment against education, necessitated by
the reckless agitation of Northern Abolition
ists, in practice so generally 'disregarded that
the Southern Church can boast of no less than
a million negro communicants. We see that,
though legally ignored, the marriage tie is as
a rule practically held sacred ; and that to
separate families, or even, without some good
or pressing reason, to sell his slave at all, is
for the planter a stigma and a reproach. And
most of all we find, what most of all we should
have done well and charitably to pre-suppose,
that whatever these ewils may be, we are not
alone in our recognition of them ; that with
the slave owners themselves these questions
are matters of deep and wide-spread anxiety:
and that among their leaders, at least there is
a very general desire to mitigate and remove
the evils which they, no less than we. feel as
a reproach to their institutions and to them
selves. In this respect, too, we are apt to
judge over harshly of the South. We must
not too promptly seize on every doubtful
word. In times like these, it is the hottest
spirits that rush to the front, and much is
said that can have no claim to be regarded
as a general utterance, and that in calmer mo
ments the speakers themselves would certain
lv modify, and probably Tetract. Much, too.
must be allowed to men who, by bitter and
unjust reproach, may have been led to look
with too favorable an eye upon the very
faults and weaknesses of cause they are
defending against such cruel odds. But’ with
the upper classes, at least, such men are the
exception, not the rule. We firmly believe
that the slave owners of the Sonth, as they
are undoubtedly the parties most deeply in
terested in remedying the defects and amend
ing the errors of their institutions, so are
they, above all others, most fully anxious
so to do.
What, then, is our duty as freemen and as
Englishmen in the face of this tremendous
question? It is surely plain. If we really
seek the welfare andjhappiness of the negro ;
if we even suspect that the men on whom bis
fate depends re not the '•elfish monsters we
have deemed them; above all, if we reaaze
our position, and rightly measure our own
own power and our own importance
alike for good and evii in this respect, we
shall net find it difficult to see our way.—
We shall know' then that really to benefii
the 3iave we must work with his master, not
against him ; tjiat hard thoughts are
powerless to shake the masters hold
omnipotent to clenoh it till it becomes
indeed as galling as our fancy pictured it
long ago. On us, in this “old country” rests,
in truth, a terrible responsibility. Those who
best know the South, know best also the pow
er over the Southern mind of English opinion.
Much of this power has, indeed, been lost by
the manner in which we have withheld from
them in their desperate struggle the recogni
tion so earnestly coveted, so justly due, and
so freely given to many without the hundredth
portion of their claim. But for this the South
would ere now have been free and England
might have won from her gratitude, those
ameliorations of her institutions which she is
already more than half disposed-to grant as a
measure of justice to herself. This chance
has unhappily gone by, and with it has gone
much of our influence for good. Some*
thing, however, may even yet be done.—
By gentleness? and justice; by recognizing
the good -is frankly as we condemn the
evil : by acknowledging at once the
difficulties of the Southern position, and the
real and sterling good that, in spite of it, that
has even now been so largely achieved; sh a
word by doing Christian work in a Christian
spirit, we may as surely contribute to procure
for the negro those ameliorations of his lot
most truly calculated to promote his happi
ness and welfare, and finally lead him to a
real and valuable freedom, as by a blind per
sistence in injustice and calumny, and a ruin
ous and impracticable end, we assuredly shall
at once rive the chains of the slave, and add
bitterness to his bondage.
[English Church and Slate Review.
Form the Telegraph and Confederate.
From Rome.
Cam? near Macon, Ga., Dec. 14, 18(54.
Mr. Editor : As there are a great many refugees
from Upper Georgia, who hare been driven from
their homes by the invader, who feel a great
anxiety to hear from that quarter, I propose to
give a few items of observation, while on a scout
to Rome and vicinity. After General Hood had
entirely outwitted the old flanker, and loft him
at Blue Pond, he seemed to have instantly grown
desperate and crossed the Coosa river at Cedar
Bluff, and struck a beeline for Atlanta with three
corps of infantry, passing by Dykes’ store, to
Cave Springs. Here they separated—one corps
went to Rome, while the other two went by Cedar
Town, Vanwert and Powder Springs to Marietta.
At Cedar Town they burned the Court House,
Jail, and sixteen store houses and private dwell
ings, including Willingham’s Hotel. At Vanwevt,
the Court House and some small buildings were
burned ; also the residence of Mat. Ware, who
was a great terror to their scouting and foraging
parties, was burned by Kilpatrick’s oavalry.
On my return to Rome, after its evacuation,
language fails to express my feelings when I ar
rived on the south bank of the river, to behold the
mutilated section of the once flourishing commer
cial metropolis of Cherokee, Georgia. Every hill
in the vicinity has been divested of the beautiful
groves that onee covered them, and contributed to
the romantic beauty of the city of Seven Hills.
Their places are now supplied with massive forti
fications. The crest of evey hill is girded with
rifle pits, and its summit opened with a redoubt
for artillery. Fort Jackson, on Burwell’s Hill, is
a very formidable work, with nineteen embrazures
and a large magazine.
Court House Hill is covered with a very sub
stantial circles of earth work with sixteen embra
zures. Those works are surrounded with an al
most impassable abatis. An almost continual
line of rifle pits surround the town, immediately
on the river banks. The line from Smith's Pond
to Burnell's Hill, on the northwest side, is one
of the most formidable of the kind that I have
seen.
Near the residence of E,ev. Mr. Jones is con
structed works for field artillery thrown up enbar
bet, surrounded with travis ditches and loops for
riflemen, making an easy range for all the hills
and ravinoa leading to the north 3lde of the city.
These works fully exemplify the skill and indus
try of their author.
The new cemetery is a sad specticlo to behold,
almost the entire yards are torn up into rifle pits,
and tho beautiful railing and raarbio monuments
and tombstones that once marked and surrounded
the resting place of loved Ones are broken to pie
ces and included in the fortifications.
Such a scene of sacraligioua vandalism is a dis
grace to any people of this age of Christian civili
zation. The pews were taken from all the church
es and constructed into pontoon bridges, and the
buildings used for hospitals. Before leaving the
place they burned the railroad depot and steam
boat office, Cunningham’s store house, the foun
dry. rolling mill, flouring mill, Cooper’s warehouse,
Etowah house, Empire bank, and three stores be
low, also the jail and several other houses in the
city. Two-thirds of all the railing and fencing in
the city is destroyed, and the lots occupied for
wagon yards, &c.
The residence formerly occupied by Capt. Pep
per, is burned. Shelby’s school house, with all
the private residences in that neighborhood, is
torn down and burned. But amid the common des
olation, what few citizens remain, are in fine spir
its. I think it would be beneficial to some of the
croakers of Middle Georgia “to visit this section.
A majority of those in town have from six to
twelve mon hs rations.
Unfortunately, the country is infested with
bands of robbers, claiming to be “independent
scouts,” which are committing a groat many dep
redations upon the persons and property of citi
zens. A band of these fellows entered the city on
the night of the 12th ult., and robbed several hou
ses, having no reference to age, sex or condition,
and want off loaded with money, clothing, blan
kets, sugar and coffee, and such other articles of
value as they wanted. After robbing, they shot
and killed N. J. Omberg, one of the oldest and
most respectable citizens of the place. It is hoped
that some steps will be taken to suppress them.
-Roman.
Grant's Notions about Sherman. —The
Great Ulysses has recently made a visit to
“Gotham,” and the quid nuncs succeeded in
pumping him of a wonderfully luminous rev
elation regarding Sherman's expedition. The
Times says :
To a gentleman of this city he said, on Sun
day afternoon : “The Southern Confederacy is
a mere shell. I know it. lam sure of it. It
is a hollow shell, and Sherman will prove it to
you.” The calm, modest consciousness of
power with which this was said, more than
the words themselves, conveyed to his visitor
an unqualified conviction of the truth of the
General's remarks. In answer to a question
whether, in his opinion, ninety days would
bring the end, he said, with a grim smile : “I
; am not a ninety day man, but we shall see
! what will happen in six months.” The signifi
-1 cance of these words from the Commander-in
i chief of our armies, with the sense of his
; knowledge of and power over the whole sub
; ject, which his manner imports, cannot be un
! derrated. Gen. Grant knows and believes
what he says, and he is not accustomed to ex
: press his views without due consideration.
! From the movement of General Sherman, it is
! evident he expects great results, and in the
success of his operations he has the most per
fect confidence. Although few had the pleas
i ure of seeing him, yet he so impressed those
, few with his own hopefulness that they cannot
help reiterating the cry of the Veteran Union
i Club and the prayer of all loyal men. “God
bless you. General; God bless you!"’
l
Important Papers Captured on the Flor
ida. —Among the documents captured on board
the Florida was the letter book of the com
manding officer, containing his official reports
from the first of this year, and his correspon
dence with officials of the several ports where
he touched. One of the curious documents
thus brought to light is a. letter from Vice-
Admiral Hope, of the British navy, referring
to a case where the Florida had burnt an
American ship, which was known to have
taken out British papers only to protect itself,
j The \ ice-Admiral states emphatically British
papers must, under all circumstances, r»r
the vessel holding them, and announce
he has issued orders to attack and capture any
vessel that shall hereafter be guilty of the
Florida’s action. —Northern paper.
D‘ fipliibj ! n the Armyjj
Wh *Tl*Uer wrißte-^oP?
coraiLftadc. .. in fault. If soldiers
straggle or scatter in the fight to plunder, and
-aster result, as it is almost sure to do, offi
cers cannot exonerate themselves by blaming
tle men. A commander reaps the chief glory
>f success ; he must, in like manner, endure
t e principal shame of disaster. The glory
an i the blame reach his troops secondarily,
anW through hint
Commanders are not, indeed, as ready to
take upon themselves the shame of defeat as
the honor of triumph. We frequently read in
the reports of the Yankee officers particularly,
such expressions as this: “/attacked the ene
my ; “/routed him” j “/drove him in con
fusion’ - ;“/ captured many prisoners.” But
we have never seen one which admitted “/
was whipped,” “I broke and fled before the
enemy” : “I straggled and scattered, and be
haved very shamefully.’.’ The ussge is to
claim life victories for the General and to give
the defeat to his men. The public, however,
recognize a justcr rule. A General may not
avoid his responsibility. He will be praised
lor what his army accomplishes ; he will be
censured for it3 failures or misconduct.
This standard ot judgment is eminently just
in reference to the discipline of an army.
That discipline is just what ’be commander
chooses. To complain of an imperfect dis
cipline is to accuse his officers and himself.
The men are expected to take such liberties
and indulgences as are allowed. If these are
harmful, let the officer who allows them be
blamed—not the men.
In the establishment of a better discipline
in our armies, wherever it is needed, let tee
officers, high and low, be held first and prin
cipally, to the discharge of their duties. Let
them bo held officially responsible for the con
dition of their respective commands. Let no
excuses be taken of them for neglect. L *t them
resign their positions if they shun the duties
which fairly attach to them, or be promptly
removed if incorrigable.
The company that does not move promptly
and in good order, has a bad captain ; cut
him down. The regiment that is not in fine
condition—good drill, steady ranks, bright
guns, equipments in the best order, so that
every man may tell in the fight—has the
wrong man for a colonel. And so of brigades,
and divisions and corps. Judge the tree by
its fruit Judge the officer by his men. Fasten
to them the odium of their bad conduct as
surely as he deceives applause for their merit.
He cannot escape such judgment from history
—let him abide it now.
In increasing the efficiency of our military
organization,no part of the machinery is so
important to be looked to as the officers. Let
us have none but the best men for those posi
tions. It is due to the cause, due to the army,
due to the privates. Let us have none who are
studious only of their ease, who are content to
go into battle at hap-hazard, who appropriate
the honors of victory, but blame the ranks for
defeats Let discipline begin at the marquee
of the General and tent of the Colonel, and
we need not fear for the rest.— Sentinel.
♦
Grant in New York —The Herald of Tuesday
has the following notice of a visit of Gen. Grant
to that city.
Our great military chieftain, the gallant and
able commander of all our national armies, Lieut.
Gen. Grant, arrived in this city on Saturday last,
and remained here till yesterday afternoon, when
he took his departure to return to the supervision
of affairs in front of Richmond. Os Gen. Grant’s
arrival and presence in this city we have been
fully aware during all the time of his sojourn, but
at his request, made from high military consider
tions, have, until now, refrained from alluding
to them. He was present at the serenade at the
Astor House on Saturday night to Mr. Fenton,
Governor elect of this State; but, in reporting
that affait, in conformity with the expressed de
sire of the Lieut. General, we omitted any allusion
to him. This is the first visit he has paid to this
city in the last ten years, and so quietly and un
ostentatiously was it made, that comparatively
few knew of it. General Grant, before leaving
New York, called on the veteran General Scott
These, the only two Lieutenant Generals of the
Republic, had a very interesting conference, and,
just before they separated, Gen. Scott wrote on
the fly-leaf of a copy of his autobiography, “From
the oldest to the ablest General in the world,” and
presented it to General Grant.
Exemption op State Officrrs. —ln the House
of Representatives, Confederate States Congress,
on the 10th lust-, Mr. Staples, of Virginia, from
the Comnyttee to which was referred a resolution
directing an inquiry into the expediency of ap
plying to the several States for such a modifica
tion of the action of the States as shall have the
effect to decrease the number of exemptions from
military service of State officers, reported that
they considered it highly fexpedient, that an ap
peal be made to the several State Legislatures to
modify their exemption laws as to leave subject to
military service State officers between the ages of
eighteen and forty-five years whose presence a
home may not be essentially necessary to conduct
and carry on tho operations of their respective
governments. The Committee recommend the
appointment of a Joint Committee to consist of
one member *from each State, on the part of the
House, and such members as may be appointed
by the Senate, whose duty it shall be to ascertain
the number of officers in each one of the several
States exempted by existing laws from military
service in the armies of the Confederate States for
the purpose of carrying on the government of said
States, and if the number be larger than the pub
lic necessity shall seem to require, that the Com
mittee prepare and report to the House an address
appealing to each of said States to so modify their
respective exemption laws as to reader liable to
military service all able bodied men between eigh
teen and forty-five years whose services in their
several offices may be temporarily dispensed with
without detriment to the government of such
States.
The resolution was passed.
The Prison at Florence. S. C.—A corres*
pondent of the Yorkville Enquirer, writing
from Floreace, S. C., says :
There are still in the stockade here 10,000
prisoners, over 1,000 having died from scur
vey and their own natural filthiness. They
are well fed, drawing the same rations we do;
but they crave vegetables, which, except po
tatoes, are not to be had by any of us. They
have booths inside, where they sell bacon, to
bacco, potatoes, red-pepper and pea soup to
one another, carrying on, perhaps, their old
trades, except that their swindling operations
are confined to one another. They have yet
some specie among them, though their cur
rency is mostly greenbacks, for which the sol
; dier is not allowed to trade. Potatoes is our
currency most available with them—these are
bought outside at five dollars per bushel, and
exchanged for rings, pipes, ink-stands, watch
es, oil cloths, and a certain 3tyle of Yankee
hat, which is becoming very fashionable
among us, and which form a part of the “home
remittances.” It is said if you lock two Yan
kees up in a room together, they can make
i five dollars a piece swapping jackets ; ifso,
| they have an opportunity of carrying on a
I thieving business. Tunneling, it was found,
| would nos pay.
Look Out for Spies and Traitors.— A
| fact that should not be overlooked by our
| military authorities is the presence of spies in
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*
j formed us that Sherman wa3 not only well
j 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
hedid. With such advantage a less skilful gene
ral would /be able to make a display ofaston a
j ishing strategy. We need expect nothing
i from the ignorance of our enemy unless we
can adopt means to interrupt his sources of
information. It becomes us to be watchful
for spies and traitors. —Savannah News.
The Mississippi contradicts the report of the
| capture ot Maj. Sebastion and his wagon train of
i ordnance stores. Twenty-three boxes crossed the
iver and six of then* were captured. The re
gaining portion of the 140 boxes are not yet, but
soon will be crossed. The teams and wagons v
I ordered back to Jackson.
THS OITY.
T- J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR.
Theatre. —A pretty fair audience was in attend
ance at Temperance Halloa Tuesday evening, and
the plays were well rendered. To-night Mr.
Crisp’s company will appear in the popular and
thrilling play of “The Stranger,” and the laugha
ble afterpiece of Box and Cox. Remember Miss
Cecelia's benefit to-morrow evening.
Dull. —Our city continue# remarkably dull in
the way of interesting local incidents. We have
not seen or heard of anything in several days,
worth relating. With t£e exception of the thea
tre at Temperance Hall, and the occasions’ arrivs l
of a country wagon with produce, around which
our people are seen to gather with unusual solioi
tude, everything seems complete stagnation. L’ke
one of Dickens’ heroes we are living in hopes that
“something will turn up” soon, and in case it does
we shall promptly let our readers have it
♦♦ ♦
No Candidate. —We have been requested to
give notice that the name of W. R. Brown has
been withdrawn from the canvass for Mayor of
the city. The contest is thus narrowed down to
F. G. Wi’kins and B. F. Coleman. One or the
other of these will probably be our next Mayor.
Auction Sales. — At auction yesterday by
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos. five shares Georgia Home
Insurance Company sold for $5 premium per
share ; Sam, a negro boy, 16 years old $3,625; su
gar $6 to $6,10 ; one horse and buggy $1125 : to
bacco (common) $2,25 ; other articles unimpor
tant.
AN ACT,
To authorize all persons in the milita) y 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 the 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 snail 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, Council men 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 tne day of said election.
3. Sec. 111. Be it further enacted. That the reg
istry laws in force for all 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 and both of us declare
on honor, that we will faithfully superintend this
day’s election ; that we are cotnmifsioned officers in
the Confederate, or State service, (state the regi
ment, battalion or company,) that we will make a
just and true return thereof, Jhat 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 la v. to vote, and wo will not di
vulge for whom any vote was cast, unless called on
under the law to do so; audit 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 be taken by Superin
tendents of such elections.
Sec. V- Repeals conflicting laws.
Assented to Dec. Ist, 1863.
♦ » 4
Woman.— Perhaps a more just and beautiful
compliment was never paid to woman than the
following, by Judge Story:
“ To the honor, to the eternal honor of the
sex be it said, that in the path of duty no sac
rifice is with them too high or too dear.
Nothing is with them impossible, but to
shrink from what love, honor, innocence and
religion require. The voice of pleasure or of
power may pass by unheeded—but the voice
of affliction never. The chamber of the sick,
the pillow of the dying, the vigils of the dead,
the altars of religion, never missed the pres
ence of the sympathies of woman. Timid
though she be, and so delicate that the winds
of heaven may not too roughly visit her, on
such occasions, she losses all sense of danger
and assumes a preternatural courage which
knows not and fears not the consequences.
Then she displays that undaunted spirit which
neither courts nor evades them; that resigna
tion which utters neither murmurs nor regret;
and that patienee in suffering which seems
victorious even over death itself.”
For Cliattalioocliee.
The Steamer Jackson will leave for the above
and intermediate landings, Thursday morning at
9 o’clock. D. Fry.
dec 6 td
T© 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 fellow citizens calling upon me to take
command of them under the recent call of our Gov
ernor, to aid in repelling the enemy against our
homes and families —not feeling disposed to reject
their request—l have 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 'the 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 Pi’infers !
WE offer for sale a complete feOOK BINDERY,
(except Ruling Machine,) two hand PRESSES,
and about
1 ? 000 Pounds of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf
Headquartees.Gov. Works, (Oed.) I
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 1, 1864. j
Wanted to Hire !
FIFTEEN NEGRO BLACKSMITHS*
Good quarters furnished and liberal wages paid.
Apply to M. H. WRIGHT,
dec 2 Iw Col. Coin’dg.
Headquarters Military Division )
of thk West, V
Macon, Ga., Nov. 29th, 1864. )
General Orders, 1
No. -. j
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 ecd2w A. D. C. and A. A. A. G.
Headquarters Post, )
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, Tost Adj’t.
nov 29 5t
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS,
Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29,1864.
NO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex
press Company’s Office after 3% o’clock p. w.t o
so East on that day, nor will any be received to go
Test after 4% o’clock p h.
oc 29 ts S.H. HILL, Agent.
' Lard
WANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs
and Yarns, at the „ .
nov 5 lm EAGLIS FACTORY.
To Rent,
• r TTH snap with six or seven Forges.
' !,yiyat THIS OFFICE.
T 11 UA T R s 2
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER sth.
THE LAST NIICiHT BIT TWO !
Mr. andW. H. Crisp wilUppear »the thrilling*
tragic play of the s
S3 Jfcrt A. 3SJ Ci- TVs t
MISANTHROPY and REPENTANCE 1
FINE DISTRIBUTION OF CHARACTERS.
Mr. Theo. Hamilton, as Th# Baroa
Mr. C. T Wolfe, as Old Salomon
Miss Cecilia Crisp, as The Countess
PRI-YTErT .uitl HAITI.R.
BOX versus COX.
FRIDAY, BENEFIT of Mis, CECILIA
CRISP, on which occasion a LADY of COLUM
BUS will make her first appearance on any stage.
In rehersal, Romeo aud Juliet.
dec S-lt
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston &l Cos.
LARGE AND VALUABLE SALE
At Glenuille, at Ala.
TWILL be sold in Glennville, Ala., on Tuesday, 1
t V December 13th, at 11 o’clock,
Avery desirable House and Lot. The
house has five rooms, an out house with
two rooms and other out buildings. Ex
cellent orchard, with twenty acres of land
attached, including 26 hogs, horse and
rockaway, cow and calf, express wagon,
sugar, large lot poultry, household and
kitchen furniture, crockery, bedding, etc.
The above property will be put up and sold alto
gether. Sale positive. Titles goods. Terms cash,
dec Btd $45
A A A OU A C E ?1 EATS.
For Aldermen of First Ward.
Messrs. Editors, will please announce the names
of JAMES M. HUGHES and JOHN B. WRIGHT,
its candidates for Aldermen of the First’Ward,‘.at the
ensuing municipal election to be held on Saturday,
10th inst. dec 7 to
Tlie Mayoralty.
To the Citizens of Columbus:
From the announcements of candidates for Mayor
of the City, I find it an office to bo sought after, and
not feeling disposed to vacate my present position
I announce myself a candidase 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 JVlarslial.
THOMAS P. CALLIER is announced as a canii
| date for re-elcetion to tha office of City Marshal.
novlS-td*
For Marshal.
W. L. ROBINSON is announced as a candidate
for the office of Marshal of the city by
novls* MANY FRIENDS.
For Marshal.
We are authorized to announce JOHN F. CLEG
HORN as a candidate for the office of Marshal at the
ensuing municipal election,
dec 5 td
For Deputy Ilarshai.
At the solicitation of many friends, WILLIAM.
N. ALLEN has consented to become a candidate
for the office of Deputy Marshal of the city of Co
lumbus, at the ensuing election, and will be sup
ported by MANY VOTERS.
novl4 te*
For Sexton.
We are authorized to announce R. X. SIMONS
as a candidate for City Sexton, at the ensuing mu
nicipal election,
decl te
HO FOR ATLANTA l
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. 11. HILL,
dec 6 ts Agent.
S3OO Reward !—Stolen.
PROM Room No. 46, Cook’s Hotel, a SINGLE
r CASED GOLD WATCH, with the initials “ M
F” carved on the baekofit. The Watch has a white
face and steel hands.
A reward of S3OO will bo paid for its recovery and
no questions asked, by leaving it at the
nov 29 3t* SUN OFFICE.
THE
Coffee ! Coffee!
200 POUNDS CHOICE COFFEE
ALSO,
200 lbs. Black Pepper.
STANFORD & 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 Houxe in Marianna, 500 acres
(more or less) of pine land, belonging to the estate
of John Bird. On the premises isfa fine spring of
water, negro cabins, etc. W. S. POPE,
dec 6w4t Adm’r.
For scale.
ByE. J.
lit, Broad Street.
| Q A BOXES fine Tobacco,
OU Large lot Cotton Cards,
Soda, Pepper and Spice,
Smoking Tobacco, (10 cases;
Pad-Locks, Brier Root and Clay Pipe*.
100 Bushels Shelled Corn, to arrive this weex,
Bar and Toilet Soaps,
Tin and Cedar Ware,
Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bowles, etc
dec 7 and& w2t
Lost Trunk, SIOO Reward.
AN SATURDAY night, the 19th November, at the
depot in Macon, a LEATHER TRUNK, marked
“R. A. Chambers, Columbus, Ga.,” was mischecked
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,
I'HE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Plaida-
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. Ia a favorable
season sixty bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds of seed
cotton, may he safely, : relied 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 Ton
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.
Tho 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.
dee 6 ts Steamer Shamrock
Plantation to Rent or Sell.
ONE and ahalf miles north of Union Springs, Ma
con county, Ala. It contains four hundred ani
| eighty acres, a little less than four hundred is
; cleared. Most of the cleared land is black prarie
and creek bottoms. For particulars apply to
GEORGE STEWART,
dec 5 lw Union Springs, Ai
FOR SALS.
A SMALL FARM, containing about 10) acre , >}
in the woods and forty cleared, about one nine
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, Ac. For terms apply to
Mrs. J. A. JwXEt.
dec 5 ts near Columbus.
Wanted.
on a aaA FEET ASH TIMBER, in plank of
/UIftUUU 1 % inch, or by the cord. Apply at
our Government Works.
dec 2 6t JOHN D. GRAY £ 00.
FOR SA IA.
'fWO FINE BREED SOWS to sell or exchange
1 for pork Apply at Sherman j Co’s, up stairs
in Masonic bu'tdiag.
dec 6 ts