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DA IL Y TIMES. J. W. W4RRES, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Friday Morning, December 9,1864. Commissary General of Prisoners. —By a general order No 48, Brigadier General John H. Winder, in command of the prison post in Georgia, has been constituted Commissary General. <it prisoners of war, a new office in ffie Confederacy, and similar in duties to the office of the Federal Commissary General of prisoners, of which General Hitchcock is the incumbent General Winder, in bis new sphere of duty, is to bare control of the dis position ;u and discipline of all the Yankee pris oners in prison posts East of the Mississippi. Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Lincoln. —ln over hauling the cargo of the blockade runner Hope, hi Lewis' wharf. Boston, a few days ago, a large box whs found directed “Mrs. Jefferson Davis.’ On opening the box it was found to contain silk dress patterns, dry goods ot different kinds, toys, hoisery, and a variety of articles belonging to a lady’s ward robe. It is stated in papers that there is some talk of forwarding the box and contents to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. The Florida.— -Captain Mon is’ official ac count of the seizure of tbi3 vessel will he found ou this page. It was addressed to Mr. Mason, our Commissioner at London. He makes out even a worse case against the Yan kees than their owu correspondents. It was not only an outrage in itself, but was done in violation ot a solemn pledge. The Death of Midshipman W. B. Sin clair. — luiormatiuu haS been received by the Navy Department, that on the 1 Oth of July last, Passed Midshipman \V. B Sinclair, C. S. Navy, son of Dr. Wm. B. and Mrs. Lucy Sin clair, of Norfolk, Va.. was drowned at sea, while passing from a prize ship to the Florida, to which ship he was attached. Although but nineteen years of age, this gallant youth bud won the confidence and admiration of his commanding officers and crew. The New Currency Bill. The followiug bill, drawn pursuant to the recommendations of the Secretary o&tbe Treas ury, in his annual report, is now pending in the House, and will probably pass into a law. t)f its salutary effect on the currency none can doubt: A Bill to be entitled “An Act to provide more effectually for the reduction and redemption of the currency.” Whereas, the recovery of the currency from its depreciation, and the re-assurance of the public of its ultimate payment in full, would be an inestimable benefit to both Government and citizens; and as a means for accomplish ing this end it is expedient to exempt the same from taxation, and to pledge the public faith, not only against any addition to the amount of the currency now authorized by law, but also to the reduction of it, by cancelling, an nually, a material part thereof, and to the ded ication of an ample fund for redeeming the residue, to be applied to that purpose from and after the close of the existing Avar ; therefore— Section 1. The Congress of the Confede rate States of America do enact, Hereafter, and until the full redemption of the Confede rate States treasury notes, now outstanding, and of such ns are authorized by existing laws to be issued, the said notes, except those is sued prior to the seventeenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, shall be free from all taxation whatever. Sec. 2. Pending the war, one-fifth of the treasury notes annually received into the Treasury in payment of taxes, shall be there upon cancelled until the amount outstanding shall have been reduced to one hundred and fifty millions of dollars. Sec. 3. Upon a declaration of peace between the Confederate Statqs and the United States of America, the tithe received by the Govern ment of the annual crops or produce of cotton, (other than Sea Island cotton,) wheat aud corn, in the ratio of four-ninths of cotton, four-ninths of corn and one ninth of Avheai, shall be applied to the redemption of the tieasury notes in circulation, until the whole shall have been redeemed; the tithe of cotton being valued at fifty cents a pound, of corn at two dollars a bushel, and of wheat at four dollars a bushel, and being deliverable by the Government at one or more shipping ports in each of the Confederate States, to be selected by the Secretary of the Treasury: Provided, turnover, That the tithes aforesaid, or any part thereof may, by consent of the parties entitled to receive the same, be’delivered else where than at a shipping port: Provided, further, That the cotton to be delivered under the authority of this act, shall be equnl to cot ton classed aud held as “middling cotton" in the ports where such cotton may be delivered. Sec. 4. That all acts and parts of acts now in force, providing for the assessment and collection of the tax in kind of cottor, corn, and wheat, be, and the same are hereby, re-enacted and shall con tinue in force until all treasury notes issued, or authorized to be issued by “Au act to reduce the uorrency and to authorize anew issue of uotes and bonds,” approved February 17th, 1864, shall have been redeemed in full; and the persons paying taxes in kind under this act from and after a rati fication of a treaty of peace shall receive credit for the then market value of any cotton, corn, and wheat, delivered after the termination ot the war, so as io equalize their taxes with o'her tax payers, the value to be ascertained at the time of delivery in the mode prescribed by law. Sec. 5. The holders of treasury notes desiring to receive the tithes aforesaid in payment thereof, shall convert the same into treasury certificates, bearing an interest of six per cent, per annum, which shall be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury in said notes, and shall ex press on their face the object for which they are | intended; the holders of which said certificates shall be entitled to receive payment therefor, in the ; tithes aforesaid at the rate of one-frith ol the amount annually*: Provided, however, That more than one-fifth of the amount of tithe due upon any such certificate, of the whole of such amount, may be paid in any year at the election of the Secretary of the Treasury. Sec. 6. All planters or farmers liable to the tax in kind shall be permitted to satisfy the same by payment of such certificates as aforesaid. Sec. 7. Certificates issued under the authority of this act shall be in the following proportions, to wit: four-ninths in a separate certificate, payable in cotton ; four-ninths payable in corn, and one ninth payable in wheat; but the amount to be made payable on the face of each certificate shah be such as the Secretary of the Ire ;.-ury shall judge to be most suitable and conveni for the purpose of this act, which said certitic . s shall be assignable in writing in such form and with such authentication as the Secretary of the Treasury •WuTt* public faith is hereby pledged to the immutable observance of the provision.- herein above contained, and to the collection ot toe -ax on wheat, corn, and cotton m kma, r : an plication thereof as aforesaid, until he re iemp.ion ©f the currency,as above provided sha>* nave been completed. . , . Sec. 9. This act shall be in torce .com •ne passing thereof. Gen. Robertson.— This glorious cavalry officer, wounded near Waynesboro . inow in our city. When shot, he was fifty yards in advance of his men. He had killed, Yan kees with his rev and tour others. Attempting U. , l ve another an, . be was fired upon and hit, in passing. Bravo for the young Texan and a quick recovery. \ o i»n* i ititi ton alts t. The Seizure of the Florida. Lieutenant Morns' Official Statement—lndigna tion of the Brazilians—Exequatur of the Yan kee Consul Withdrawn—Comments of the London Times. The London Index publishes the following account of the capture of the Florida, written by Captain Morris, her late commander : Bahia, October 13, 1864. Sib—lt is with great pain that I have to report the seizure of the Confederate States steamer Florida, lately under my command. I arrived at this port on the 4th inst., at 9 o’clock, p. m., to procure coal and provisions, and also to get some slight repairs, after a cruise of 61 days. Just after anchoring, a boat passing around us asked the name of our vessel, and, upon receiving onr reply, stated that the boat was from Her Britanic Majesty’s steamer Curlow. Next morning 1 found that the United States steamer Wacbusett was at anchor near us, but no English steamer, so I at once concluded that the boat which had bailed us the evening before was from the Wachusett. ! We were visited on the morning of the sth | by a Brazilian officer, to whom I stated my wants, and was informed by him that he ! would report the same to the President, aud ! that until his answer was received we could hold no communication with the shore. At roou I received a communication (which was left on board the Florida) from the President, stating that iie was ready to receive me. At our interview he informed me that 48 hours ! would be allowed me to fit and repair, but ! should his chief engineer, whom he Would | send on board to examine the machinery, j deem the time too sfaort A he would grant the | necessary extension. He was most urgent ir his request that f should strictly observe the laws of neutrality, at the same time stating | that he had received the most solemn assur : ances from the United States Consul that the United States 3teamer would do nothing in port contrary to the laws of nations and of Brazil; and that he desired the same from me, which I unhesitatingly gave. The Brazilian Admiral, who was present at the interview, suggested that I had better j move my vessel in between his ship and the I shore, as the proximity to the Wacbusett i might cause some difficulty, My assurances j to the President seemed to set his mind at ! rest on the score of any collision between the two vessels, and upon leaving him I immedi ately repaired on board and moved the Flor ida close inshore to the position suggested by the. Admiral. I found the Brazilian engineer on board, and was informed by him that it would require four days to repair the pipe of the condenser. Feeling now no apprehension , of any difficulty occurring while in port, and ' wishing to gratify the crew with a short lib erty, not only on tue score of good conduct, but also of health, I determined to permit one watch at a time to go ashore for twelve hours, and sent the port watch off that afternoon. About 7:30 p. m a boat came alongside stat ing that she was from the United States stea mer Wacbusett, with the United States Con sul, who had an official communication for the commander of the Florida. The letter, with the card of the Consul, was handed to First Lieut. Porter, who, after examining it, and finding it directed to Capt. Morris, “Sloop Florida,” returned it unopened to ;he Consul, stating that it wa3 improperly addressed ; that the vessel was the Confederate States steamer Florida, and that when the letter wa3 so di rected it would be received. The next day (6th) a Mr. de Yidiky came on board, having received a letter from the United States Con sul, inclosing one for me. He requested me, be f ore receiving my letter, to permit him to read to me the one sent to him. It was are quest of Mr. de Vidiky to carry a challenge to the commander of the Florida, aud, in case of its acceptance, to offer his (the Consul’3) in fluence in having the repairs of the Florida speedily finished. I informed Mr. de Yidiky that I had heard quite enough, and finding the letter to me still improperly addressed, declined receiving it; but at the same time said o him that I had come to Bahia for a special purpose, which being accomplished, I should leave ; that I would neither seek nor avoid a contest with the Wachusett, but should I encounter her outside of Brazilian waters, would use my utmost endeavors to destroy her. That afternoon, the port watch having re turned, I sent the starboard watch (the other half of the crew) ashore on liberty, going also myself in company with several of the officers. From our nearness to the Wachusett, persons on board of that vessel could well see these men leave the ship. At 3:30 a. m. I was awakened by the proprietor of the hotel at which I was staying, and told there was some trouble on board the Florida, as he had heard firing and cheering in the direction of the ves sel, but on account of the darkness was un able to discern anything. I immediately hastened to the landing, and was informed by a Brazilian officer that the United States stea mer Wachusett had run into and seized the Florida, and was then towing her out of the harbor. I hurried off to the Admiral’s vessel, and was told by him that he was at once go ing in pursuit, which he did as soon as steam was raised on board a small steamer belong ing to the fleet. The Admiral’s ship, being a sailing vessel, sloop-of-war, was taken in tow by the steamer and went out of the harbor. | He returned in the afternoon with all his ves sels, having been unable to overtake the Wachusett. Upon mustering the officers and crew left no I shore, I found there were four officers, viz : : Lieut. Barron, Paymaster Taylor, Midship i man Duke, and Master’s Mate King, and sev : enty one men, of whom six had escaped by ; swimming from the Florida after her seizure, j Os the actual occurrences and loss of life on ' board the Florida I have been able to find out Very little. The substance of what I have gathered from the six men who escaped is as follows: That at 3.15 a. m., on October 7th, Master T. T. Hunter, jr., being in charge of the deck, the Wachusett left her anchorage, and | taking advantage of the darkness, steamed ! for the Florida, from whom she was not seen until close aboard; that she was hailed by Mr. Hunter, who, receiving no answer, called I “all hands” to quarters. Before the officers and crew were all on deck, the Wachusett j struck the Florida on her starboard quarter, i cutting her rail down to the deck and carry ing away her mizenmast, at the same time pouring a volley of musketry and a charge of canister from her forecastle pivot gun upon our decks. The Wachusett then backed off, and demanded our surrender, to which demand 1 Lieut. Porter declined to accede. The enemy j then fired again, and again ran into us, which was returned by the officers and crew of the Florida. Another demand was then made for our surrender, and Lieut Porter answered, “I will surrender conditionally.” The enemy then stopped firing, and the commander called for Captain Morris to come on board; Lieut Porter answered that Captain Morris was on shore, and that he, as commanding officer, would come on board as soon as he could get a boat ready. The enemy then sent a num ber of armed boats to take possession of the Florida. As spon as Lieut Porter was heard to surrender, fifteen of our crew jumped over board to escape capture, of whom only six suc ceeded, the remaining nine having been shot in the water by the men on the forecastle and in the boats of the Wachusett. Mr. Hunter was wounded and a number of men killed.— The -enemy made fast a hawser to the fore ; mast of the Florida, and, after, slipping her cable, towed her out to sea. f called in person on the President as soon as possible, but could get no further infor ; mation from him. On the Bth, I sent a pro test to the President, of whioh I send you a i copy, marked 2. On the 10th, our agent vfras informed by the interpreter that the Presi dent did uot intend to answer my protest, as I the Confederate Government had not been recognized by Brazil, and that I could find ail the official correspondence in the newspapers. I then wrote a letter marked 3, in which ref renee ic made to a letter marked 4. Just be fore leaving Bahia, having received no an swer, I cent our agent, Mr. James Dwyer, to i tue President. The result of his visit is con j tained in bis letter, marked 5. The Bahia 1 papers contain a number r »f reports as to the killed and wounded on board th* Florida, all of which i uave tboraugbiy sifted and find no foundation for the same. At the time of her seizure there was about twenty-five tons of coal on board, most of , which was dust. The list of officers captured is contained in the report of Paymaster Tay lor, marked 6. The enclosed newspaper isau official ex tract containing all the Brazilian official cor respondence in reference to the Florida. I am, very respeotfully, your ob’t servant, (Signed) C. Manigault Morris, Lieut. Commanding C. S. Navy. EXCITEMENT AMONG THE BRAZILIANS. The London Times, commenting on this let ter, say3 : The indignation of the Brazilians at this gross insult to their neutral hospitality is de scribed as intense. The exequatur of the Uni ted States Consul, who had opportunely gone to sea in the Wachusett, was at once with drawn by the Governor, and the arms of the Consulate itself was torn down by the people. The great body of merchants at Bahia at once signed a document, in which they emphati cally denounce the conduct of the captain commanding the Wachusett as an open de fiance of international law, and charge the Consul with a direct breach of faith. The re monstrance w s forwarded to the New York Chamber of Commerce, with an earnest le quest that they would appoint a committee to investigate the matter before adjudging to the captors the reward of five hundred thous and dollars, for the sake of which the out rage is believed to have been committed. Sherman’s Orders for His March. Prior to the commencement of his march, Sherman issued the following “Field Orders,” which we find in the Herald of the 25th ult •. SPECIAL FIELD ORDER — NO 120. H’d'qf.s Military Div. of the Mississippi, ] In the Field, Kingston, Ga., v Nov. 9th, 1864. J I. For the purpose of military operations this army is divided into two wings, viz: The right wing, Major General 0. O. Howard, commanding the Fifteenth and Seventeenth corps; the left wing, Major General H. W* Slocum, commanding the Fourteenth and Twentieth corps. II: The habitual order of march will be, whenever practicable, by four roads, as near ly parallel as possible, and converging at points hereafter to be indicated in orders.— The cavalry, Brigadier General Kilpatrick commanding, will receive special orders from the Commander-in-Chief. 111. There will be no general trains of sup plies, but each corps will have its ammunition and provision train distributed habitually as follows : Behind each regiment should follow one wagou and one ambulance; behind each brigade should follow a due proportion of ammunition wagons, provision wagons and ambulances. In case of danger, each army corps should change this order of march by having his advance and rear brigade unen cumbered by wheels. The separate columns will start habitually at. seven a. m., and make about fifteen miles per day, unless otherwise fixed in orders. IY. The army will forage liberally on the country during the march. To this end, each brigade commander will organize a good and sufficient foraging party, under the command of one or more discreet officers, who will gath er near the route traveled corn or forage of any kind, meat of any kind, vegetables, corn meal, or whatever is needed by tho command ; aiming at all times to keep in tho wagon trains at least ten days’ provisions for the command and three days’ forage. Soldiers must not enter the dwellings of the inhabitants or commit any trespass, during the halt or a camp they may be permitted to gather tur nips, potatoes and other vegetables,|and drive in stock in front of their camps. To regular foraging parties must be entrusted the gath ering of provisions and forage at any distance from the road travelled. V. To army corps commrffiders is entrusted the power to destroy mills, houses, cotton gins, &c., and for them this general principle is laid down : In districts and neighborhoods where the army is uumoslested, no destruction of such property should be permitted ; but should guerrillas or bushwhackers moles' our march, or should the inhabitants burn bridges, obstruct roads, or otherwise manifest local hostility, then army corps oonmanders should order and enforce a devastation more or less relentless, according to the measure of such hostility. YI. As for horses, mules, wagons, &e., be longing to the inhabitants, the cavalry and artillery may appropriate freely and without limit; discriminating however, between the rich, who are usually hostile, and the poor or industrious, usually neutral or friendly.— Foraging parties may also take mules or horses to replace the jaded animals of their trains, or to serve as pack mules for the reg iments or brigades. In all foraging, of what-< ever kind, the parties engaged will refrain from abusive or threatening language, and may, when the officer in command thinks proper, give written certificates of the facts, but no receipts; and they will endeavor to leave with each family a reasonable portion for their maintenance. VII. ’Negroes who aro able-bodied and can be of service to the several columns, may be taken along; but each army commander will bear in mind that the question ot supplies is a very important one, and that his first du ty is to see to those who bear arms. VIII. The organization at once of a good pioneer battalion for each corps, composed, if posssible, of negroes, should be attended to.— This battalion should follow the advance guard, should repair roads and double them if possible, so that columns will not be de layed after reaching bad places. Also, army commanders should study the habit of giving the artillery and wagons the road, and march ing their troops to assist wagons at steep hills or bad crossing of strenms. IX. Captain 0. M. Poe, Chief Engineer, will assign to each wing of the army a pontoon train, fully equipped and organized, and the commanders thereof will see to its being prop erly protected at all times. By order of Major General W. T. Sherman, L. M. Dayton, Aid-de-Camp. GENERAL SLOCUM’S ORDER TO HIS WING OF THE ARMY. Headq’rb Twentieth Corps, and Atlanta, Ga., Not. 7, 1864. / Circular. When the troops leave camp on the march about to commence they will carry in haver sacks two days’rations salt meat, two days’ hard bread, ten days’ coffee and salt and five days’ sugar. Each infantry soldier will carry sixty rounus of ammunition on his person.— Every effort should be made by officers and men to save rations and ammunition; not a round of ammunition should be lost or unnec essarily expended. It is expected that the command will be supplied with subsistence and forage mainly from the country. All for aging will be done by parties detailed for the purpose by brigade commanders, under such rules as may be prescirbed by brigade and ; division commanders. Pillaging, marauding j and every act of cruelty or abuse of citizens ! will be severely punished. Each brigade com mander will have a strong rear gua* I on ev | ery march, and will order the arrest of all ■ stragglers. The danger of straggling on this ; march should be impressod upon the mind of every officer and man of the command. Not i only the reputation of the corps, but the per | sonal safety of every m:t», will be dependent, in a great measure, upon the rigid inforce ment of discipline and the care taken of the rations and ammunition. By command of Major General Slocum. j H. W. Perkins, Ass t Adj’t Gen. * Expeditious. —The blockade running stea mer Hattie, belonging to the Lamar Compa ny, ran into a Confederate port one night last week, with a valuable cargo, discharged her ! freight, took on an outward bound cargo, and f put to sea again the second night after. Late Dlsenssioos. ! Tho re-elec.bn Lincoln shows that til the talk and heated discussion in the South, on the question of a Convention of the States, was en tirely superfluous and irrelevant. In the face of a popular majority of 300,000 for Lincoln, and the vote of all the so-called loyal States, except three, none, we presume, will now attempt to nenew the idle and profitless debate. We know now that it was idle and profitless all along ; and that if any effect was produced by it, that effect was precisely the reverse of what was doubtless intended by the highly intelligent and patriotic gentleman whe inaugurated it. There is no evidence to show that the diplomacy of Mr. Boyce or of the Vice Presi s dent accomplished that cherished object of divi ding the North against itself; unless indeed, we admit the division into two parts, whereof the greater and dominant part is resoulutely bent on onr destruction, and the lesser and powerless part, by no means overtly friendly to us, may be | thought a consummation due to those diplomatic \ efforts. But this was clearly net the desireu re | suit. The strengthening of the opposition party in j the Yankee States to the extent of the overthrow I of Lincoln and his gang of thieving and plun dering followers not only did not take place, but in the strong, broad light of the election, appears to have been a thing totally unattainable, even by such processes as Confederate letter-writing and speech making. It is even lamentably true that no Yankee Stare has, either expressly or impliedly, directly or indirectly, declared any wish, or ex hibited any willingness to meet these “wayward Southern sisters” in that much debated but entire ly chimerical convention of all the States. For | this fact wa have the authority of the Secretary of i State, who assures Congress, in reply to a resolu tion of that body, that the government has not re ceived the slightest hint on the subject. So that all the palaver goes for naught : which is truly distressing in view of the earnest appeals that have been made on one side and the passionate de nunciations on the other. It is bad enough that all this talk and writing should be actually wasted: but it is still worse that there seems now to be ro chance of ever ma king it more available hereafter. Even these Northwestern States which have been rife for i: - surrection any time these two years, which were overflowing with friends of the South, as much as ever Canaan did with milk and honey, which were replete "with Vallandighams and Longs and Gold en Circle Knights, hav9 actually turned their backs on us aud our diplomacy, and have gone for Lincoln by majorities even gteater than those by the New England States themselves. gfcThe result is not auspicious it must be confessed, for diplomacy. It is not inauspicious for the Con federate cause; but it certainly does show that the discussions into which we have been betrayed were pre-eminently useless, aud that the passions aroused by these useless discussions might have been much more profitably expended against the common enemy. So plain, indeed, are the teachings of the North ern elections—so very decided the expressions of Yankee opinion on the very point we are debating with so much seriousness—that it looks very much as if we must have been joking the whole time. We do not suppose ;hat the most resolute diplo matist among us will venture to claim that the sys tem has failed on.y for want of a trial. To be sure, we cannot deprive them of the right to say that things would have been otherwise had their advice beer, followed, but we fancy that more of them will wish to exercise the right. It would be simply absurd, of course, to maintain that any thing we could have done, except to beat back the Northern armies, oc destroy them, would have ma terially affected the Northern elections. Certainly, nothing short of the demonstrated impracticabili ty of the scheme of subjugation could have de feated Lincoln or elected McClellan. It therefore becomes perfectly idle to speculate on the consequences that might have ensued had the Chicago nominee been successful. Whether he would have been a peaee man or a war man is of no possible consequence to us, and, as things have proven, never was of any possible conse quence. Neither is,it important any longer to ar gue the potentialities of that imaginary Conven tion of all the States which came so near to divi ding our people into two rampant parties. The issue is dead, and ought for the present to be bu ried out of sight. So likewise ought all the ani mosities engendered by it. Mr, Boyce and Gov. Brown, and Vice President Stephens seem to have been the mark for almost all the antagonisms aroused by that Convention question. Yet, we do not for a moment believe that these gentlemen are unpatriotic, and we feel sure that those who have been most strenuous and emphatic in opposition to"their views, would bo very sorry to think them otherwsc than the truest kind of Confederate pa triots ; mi taken, perphaps, in their opinions— mistaken certainly, we may say, but not on that account unworthy of confidence now that the cau ses of disagreement are proved to have been in substantial and shadowless. [Richmond Whig. Andy Johnson Among the Negroes. —The Vice President elect of the “universal Yankee nation,” has been making a speech to his brethren, the only difference being that the one has a black skin and tne other a black heart : The colored people in Nashville had an im mense torch light procession in honor of Lin coln and Johnson’s election. The procession was nearly a half mile long. The Vice Presi dent elect, Col. Muzzy and Lieut. Smith, of New Jersey, addressed the throng in front of the Capitol. Gov. Johnson counselled his hearers to industry, forbearance, moderation and virtue. He earnestly warned them against the vice of loafing and immoral practices, and advised them to spend their surplus earn ings in the education of'their children. “If you are not true to yourselves in this strug gle,” he said, “you don’t deserve to be free.” I regret to say that two persons, soldier and citizen, lost their lives during the meeting. The first was a member of the 13th regulars. While Gov. Johnson was speaking, he very foolishly commenced hurrahing for McClellan, denouncing Andrew Johnson a traitor, and making other violent demonstrations. A row ensued, during which the soldier waa shot down. One of the colored men who had noth ing to do with the matter, was said to have been murdered afterwards by the soldier’s friends. The citizen who threw stones at Col. Muzzy while he was speaking, started to run. lie was instantly shot down by the guard. From East Tennessee. —Great results,'says the Richmond Enquirer, of the 30th ult., are anticipated from the present movements of General Breckinridge. Having driven the enemy beyond Strawberry Plain? on the 9th inst., be has since been improving hi3 time in planning a campaign, which, it is no long er contraband to state, will soon make the historic ground of Kentucky ring once more with the shouts of our gallant men under the leadership of her chivalrous son. Bent upon redeeming that down-trodden State, he will strike a telling blow ere the winter's snows whiten her broad rich fields. On the 18th inst., Gen. Breckinridge visited Abingdon, and after inspecting the positions of the troops in that section, returned to the front, and ere this has commenced his march. By what route he will overcome, flank or evade the blustering Burbridge, remains for that very great general to find out. Already the latter may have felt the flashing steel of his victorious foe: if he has not, the blow is. nevertheless, inevitable, for Breckinridge is master of the situation there, and strike when or where he will, it will be to conquer. Mississippians Rallying. —We learn from a paragraph in the Clarion of Saturday, that the people are rallying hurriedly in Mississippi, and turning out with a promptness unparalleled in the history of this war- As desired by the Govern or’s proclamation, they wait not, but come singly, in squads, and by the hundred. Two regiments ot infantry and of oavahj were at Meridian oh Saturday. It will be remembered that on Friday last our dispatches from Clinton, La., reported that a Yan kee.force. estimated at from five to ten thousand strong, with eighteen pieces of artillery and sev- wagons, had passed Franklington, twen i ty miles west of Pearl river, and moving east in good order. The destination of this column was i unknown, but it is not at all unlikely Gov. Clark will soon find work for bis people Mississippi 1 can certain I .' protect her soil Iron* he insignificant bands of piuß-ie.ers that have been plundering it, and they should do so. Just m w the veteran troops are needea elsewhere, and MUsmippiaas wiii ruve to defend their State. [Atpeal TSS CITY. T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR. Theatre. —A fine bill is offerred to-night on the occasion of .Visa Cecelia’s benefit. The Hall will ! doubtless be well filled, and the audience well I entertained. The young lady deserves a good berefit. Erratum. —ln consequence of an important error in Mr. Black's last piece of poetry, which destroyed the sense of the last verse, we republish it as a matter of justice. Important Sales. See advertisement of important auction sales of real estate and perisha ble proporty at Greenville next Tuesday, by Ellii> Livingston A Cos. This sale will afford an admi rable opportunity for a good investment. Good Things. —Mr. E. J. Britt, advertises a number of good things and useful articles for sale at No. 114 Broad street, Columbus. Give him a call. Cooler. —Yesterday was cooler than any day for a week past. The atmosphere is now healthy and bracing. [For the Columbus Times.] Ip, Geogians. BY JNO. BLACK. Up Georgians, up, the hour has come, To win a glorious name, And bring the foe who 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 your sires. Ono effort now, and it will 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 song by bird. <S’hall it be said, these 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 the foe, Let eye and heart be true to aria, And death be in the blow. If in this high and stern resolve. Ye make the dastards fly. There will be poaeo within your breasts, When ye hare come to die. Eufaula, 1864, AN ACT, To authorize all persona in the military service of thin 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 uien 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, bo and they are hereby authorized to assemble at such place as they may be stationed at, and cast their rotes, 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 residenco of the voters*respoctively, sending a copy of the list of voters, and a copy of the tally sheet to either the Mayor, Intcndant, Alderman, Oouncilmen or War dens of the town or city, where the soldiers voting reside; and all elections thus held shall be accoun ted goad and valid; provided, the returns thereof, shall reach the proper municipal authority, within fifteen days after the 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 commissioned 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, ner knowingly prohibit any one from voting, who is entitled by law 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 be taken by Superin tendents of such elections. Sec. V- Repeals conflicting laws. Assented to Dec. Ist, 18(13. Attention Aliens ! You are hereby notified to attend a meeting on Saturday, the 10th inst., at 7 o’clock, at Mr- John Carughi’s, on Broad street, for important business dec 9 3t* ALIEN. Notice to Debtor* and Creditor* ALL persons having claims against the esta e of Mrs. L. E. Cairnes, dcc’d, late of Muscogee county, are hereby notified to render them duly au thenticated within the time prescribed by law; and those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. F 0. TICKNOR, dec9 w4od Adrn’r. Lard \U ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs and Yarns, at the nov 5 lm EAGLE FACTORY. To Rent, A BLACKSMITH SHO’’* with six or seven Forges, fl all complete. Apply at oo 31 ts THIS OFFICE. Confederate Tax Notice. T 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 the money. • J. A. L. LEE, dec 5 3t Collector 41st Dist. Stop the Horse Tihef! SSOO Reward. S~TOLEN from the premises of C. P. Levy, across the new bridge, on the night of 30th November i two BAY HORSES and one BLACK PONY. ' Above reward will be paid for the horses and thief. JOHN D. GRAY & CO. dec 2 4t I Eost Trunk, SIOO Reward. AN SATURDAY night, the 19th November, at the \ * depot in Macon, a LEATHER TRL NK, 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. THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a pianta- I tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 mile3 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 .-eed cotton, may be safeljbrelied on. fin the premises are first rate negro quarters, gin house, screw and sta bles. The dwelling is small but com for: able. There are two orange groves on the place, one on the river and in full bearing. A port!or of the crop of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. The other grove is youDg 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- i federate money if application is made early. Title.- perfect. _ _ _ j Apply s o It. l*. B Columbus, or VAN W vRCUS. je C 6 ts Steam - hamrock. Wanted. inn Aijfi FEET A'H TIMBER, in plank of /vU.VUU inch, i ST the cord. Apply at o^rr ment Work ° john • ° ray * °°- T 3ET EAT R. H 2 . Notice.— No improper characters admits i Friday "Evening, December 9th. benefit of THE YOUNG AND RISING ARTISTS ’MSS CECIUA crisp. on which occasion (and for this night only 4 Lady of Columbus will make her first appearance on any sta »« SHAKSPEAR'S SUBLIME PLAY * so generally read, and universally admin i ROMEO and JULIET. Great Cast of Characters for the Occasion Mr. Theo. Hamilton, as ~ Mr.W.H Crisp, as Me CG Mr C T. Wolfe, as Friar Law^ Lady Capulet, by a Lady of Col um b U} Juliet (her daughter) Miss Cecilia Cri-r» First time in this city of the elegant petite Comedy of Stranger’s BLiss . OR WHO SPEAKS FIRST ' In which, Mr. and Mrs. Crisp, Mr. Hamilton Mr. Wolfe and Miss Cecilia;, Crisp, sustain the leading characters, dec 9-lt AUCTION SALES Bv Ellis, Livingston A to. LARGE AND VALUABLE SALK At Glenuille, at Ala. i y ; UTILL be sold in Glennville, Ala., on Tuesday \ t 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 alt - gether. Sale positive. Titles goods. Term- cash, dec Btd $45 AAAOIJACENIEAT*. For Alderman. IVe are authorized to announce A. M. BRAX j NAN a candidate for Alderman of the 6th Ward, dec 9te* For Aldermen of First Ward. Messrs. Editors, will please announce the names of JAMES M. HUGHES and JOHN B. WRIGHT, as candidates for Aldermen of the First Wardfat the ensuing municipal election to be held on Saturday. 10th inst. dec 7 te Tlie Mayoralty. | To the Citizens of Columbus: From the announcements of candidates for Mayor of the City, I find it an office to be sought after, and not feeling disposed to vacate my present position I announce myself a Candidas? for ro-eicction. | nov 25 tde F. G. WILKINS. We are authorized to announce B. F. COLK MAN as a candidate for Mayor of tho City of Co s at the ensuing municipal election. nov23—dto For marshal. THOMAS P. CALMER is announced as a candi date for re-election to the office of City Marshal novlß-td* For Marshal. W. L. ROBINSON is announced as a candidate for the office of Marshal of the city by nov!s* 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 Marshal. 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. nov!4 te 1 * For Sexton. We are authorized to announce R. T. SIMONS as a candidate for City Sexton, at the ensuing mu nicipal election, decl te HO FOR ATLANTA! The Southern Express Company will receive freight (under forty pounds; each package) and money parcels for Atlanta via Macon & Westers Railroad, from this date. S. H. HILL, dec 6 ts Agent. S3OO Reward !—Stolen. UROM Room No. 46, Cook’s Hotel, a SINGLE- T CASED GOLD WATCH, with the initials ” M F” carved on the back ofit- The Watch has a white face and stoel 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! 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 House in Marianna, 500 acre* (more or less) of pine land, belonging to the estate of John Bird. On the premises is!a fine spring ot water, negro cabins, etc. W. S. POPr*. dec sw4t T ' For Sale. By E. J- BRITT. 114, Broad Street. qa BOXES fine Tobacco, Large lot Cotton Cards, Soda, Pepper and Spice, Smoking Tobacco, (10 cases) Pad-Locks, Brier Root and Clay Pipes, 100 Bushels Shelled Corn, to arrive this wee<£, Bar and Toilet Soaps, Tin and Cedar Ware, Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bowles, etc dec 7 dAw2t TTar«e COSSIM.HEST OF LETTER PAPER! AND METIORANiDII BOOKS* For sale by J.. K. REDD & CO ! oc 12 ts port SALE ! QA ACRES OF LAND, thirty in cultivation O 0 hundred and seventy in the woods. Vu Place is no, the ten mile house on the Cu.sej road and snugly improved for . *° Columbus. Plantation to Rent or Sell. / \NE and a half miles north of Union Spring.. I ) eon county, Ala. It contains four hand , s to 5 . little less than, four cleared. Most of the cleared. l*nd » biack P^ ; and creek bottoms. F 0 r G p |o RGE !> TEW ART. , * Union Springs, Ala dec 5 iw _/ . —- pOE- SALE. w.tt warm containing about 100 acre,)A S& » «««• F " jW . - near Columbia dec otf FOR SALE! t N IRON GRAY MARE, fiveyear? old, o*» it Harris’ Stable. &W? § WAbL» dec 2 3t*