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DAILY TIMES, j, Wt WARREN k CO., Proprietors. ,'ublished Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of 85.00 per month, or sls tor three months. No subscription received for a longer term tham t ee month*. RATES or advertising. CASUAL DAILY ADVKBTISING RATBS. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square, RKGULAH DAILY ADVERTISING KATES. First Week—s3 00 per square for each insertion. Second Week —$2 00 per square for each insertion. Third Week—sl 50 per square for each insertion. Fourth Week—sl 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month—s3o per square. Third Month—s2s ger square. Change o( Schedule. JKFIOB EnOINKKR AND SOPKRINTEN DENT, | Charleston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, June 7,1864.) vN THURSDAY, J one 9,1864, and until further '* notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will >e as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m. Arrive in Savannah .5.10, p. tn. Leave Savannah ~6.30, a. in. Arrivein Charleston 1.15, p. m. This Train makes direct connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at * har leston, arid the Crntial Railroad at the Junction. 11. S. HAINES, June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent. Tltan&e of Schedule. »N and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on * the ttscogee Railroad will run as follows : PASSENGER TRAIN: weave Columbus 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. Leave Macon 8 10 P. M Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M. Arrive atColumbus 4 55 A. M. W.L. CLARK, mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. Through to Montgomery. NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS. August 27, 18(54. * \N and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on U the Mqntgomery and Point Railroad will LoavoMontgoiuery at 8:00 a. m. Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m. Arrive at Oolumbus at 5:32 p. m. Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m. Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m, A rri vc at West Pofcut at 4130 p. m. Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a in. Arrives at 8:27 p m D. U. CRAM, Sup’t k Eng. iig27lß64—tf MOBILE A GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Gibabd, Ala., Oct 7, 186-4. ON and alter 10th inst. Trains on this Road will Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train- Leave Girard at 1 30 p. m. Arrive in Union Springs 6 00 Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. in. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 Freight Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. w. B. E. WELLS. jig] 8 ts Eng. & Sup’t. Ur, O. It. IIEARD, (Late Surgeon P. A. C, S.) OFFERS his Professional Services to the citizens of Columbus. Office at Dr. Carter’s Drug Store. Can be found at night at the residence of Wm. C. Gray, in Linwood. [nov 10 Ini’ 1 ' Dr. BL IVOBLE, IDZEJIsrTIST, \T Pemberton & Carter’s old stand, back room of Smith’s Jewelry Store, where ho can bo found all hour:, _ [oclß6m STEitlilitftt BXIBUMNWS* » FEW Hundred Pounds ot Sterling Exchange A for sale in sums to -uit purchaser- ! -v agl6 u BANK Oh COLUMBUS. KTOTIOE To Mississippi Soldiers ! THE "MISSISSIPPI DEPOT" and Office of i Agency far the lteliel of Mi siasippi soldiers in the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s corner, between Main st., aud the Perry House. Your baggage is there. C. K. MARSHALL, «tp2g 0 Agent, Government Sheep For Exchange. QmA HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon D'>U or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacon 10c., Beef 2c. uros- per pound. Tho Beef to be de livered alive. Apply to J. A. TYLER. Columbus, Nov. 2,1864 —ts ZiOST, AN Friday morning a RED VELVET BOW con * * taming a gold star, with the letter "J.” engrav ed oi it. The tinder will ho rewarded by leaving it at this office. nov26—dtf SFo-jpxojsl Office Grant Factory, 1 Nov. 29, 1864./ * LB p u'.-.us having demands against the estate of A Daniel (Bunt, deceased, are hereby requested to present the.a to the Grant Factory, nor 3otf JOHN J. GRANT. 81111 ropy and >. nd hill to office Grant Factory. Lost or Mislaid. POUR SHARES of tho G. & A. S. S. Cos., No. I 1 160, in favor <d Mrs. J. L. Wilton, nov 30 ts I). & J. J. GRANT. To lie sit. for rent, given 1-t December. j Apply to H. FISH ACKER, nov SO 6t W 4, BtoM Street. WANTED. 4 N OVERSEER. One without family, who has A lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for j military service preferred. Applv to ROBERT R. HOW ARD, j Reynolds, Taylor Cbuntjr. MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS, nov2l-rf Columbus, Qa, j WAITED! r Ail BBS. oi TALLOW, for which a liberal price j 5,0(1' mill. „aU. Ap.,.y» DIiLAM) _■ ap 7 t| Major and_Q. M. Wanted TO HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.— Good wages given. Apply at our Government W o° c r 2B'tf JOHN D. GRAY A CO. WASTED, 4 Goo|> BUSINESS MAN. uutil the first of A January. The best waxes paid. A disabled sol dier preferred, and it matters not how badly muti lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment. Apply at the TIMES OFFICE. nov SO ts __ SSOO ! QTOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Ooluuibus, O on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last. TWO liULES, •no a small bay marc Mule, blind in the right eye. The other * black iu:vre Mule, medium sue, with whitu mouth and white spot on rump. Both in good I will pay the above reward for the delivery of the Mules with the thief, with proof sufficient to convict, or Two Hundred Dollars tor t he Mules. H M. CLE KLEI. Columbus. Ga., Nov. 9, lb 64 —ts 4WSun t»lease oqpy. _ _____ WAITED, lAii BUSHELS for which we will pay lv'* ' i ,'h i,r exchange salt, nov OB JEFFERSON Jt HAMILTON. 4j*-\->u i and Enquirer copy. * i.% Reward. QTRAI .0 from my place in Wynuton, a dark O bay u: ir MULE, about nine years old, hau rubbed ofi ol both hips and a large soar on the right hindquavtor. JOHN 1 00 k. oc 13 ts S3O Reward.. NE(t lio txj> CTIARLEY; about 25 years old. yel low i- ,i tea,on. Siiir nearly straight, below or dinal > i ,*••••* . Vr. Net. Thompson's near Box n-i 1 y. I bought him of a Mr. Ci a ,re : m Mississippi, who now resides g, 1 He originally came from Charlcaio; ..tab rew-ux, will be paid for his doln art at Uu> fim .or in .no iaii and information -on t moatr). - >»tE „ -HE- M > >^LU. Colirr I" f ’?. i. YGL. Xl.} COLUMBUS, GA., SATURDAY, DEC. 10, 1864. {’K&tiSSS* Headquarters Georgia Reserve, 1 and Military District Georgia. >• Macon, Oa., Nov. 30, 1854. J f Extract. 1 Special Orders t No. 149. < * * * * * * 11. Major A. M. Rowland, Commandant Camp of Instruction, will, in that section f the State cut off from communication with Augusta assume and per form the duties of Commandant of Conscripts until communication with Col. W. M. Browne, O'om mandant, &c., can again he resumed. By command of Major General HOWELL COBB. R. J. llallktt, A. A. Gen. lld’qrs Camp of Instruction tor Ga., f Camp Cooper, Macon, Nov. 30,1864, > Special Orders, I No. 322. J The attention of Enrolling and all other Officers connected with the Conscript service, who are not in DIRECT communication with Augusta, is called to the above order of Maj. (Jen. Cobb. Until further orders they will report to these Headquarters. A. M. ROWLAND, Major and Commandant. Columbus Times, Albany (Patriot and La- Grange Reporter, copy five times and send bill to Camp Cooper. dec 2 ot TpßocLAimoi BY JOSEPH E. BROWN, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. STATE OF GEORGIA, } Executive Department, ? Milledgeville, Nov. 19, 1864.) The whole people understand how imminent is the danger that threatens the State. Our cities are being burned, our fields laid waste, and our wives and children mercilessly driven from their homos by a powerful enemy' Wc must strike like men for freedom or we must submit to subjugation. Death is to be preferred to loss of liberty. AIF must rally to the field for the present emergency or the State is overrun. I therefore by virtue of the authority vested in me by the statute of this State, hereby order a levy en mat tec of the whole free white male population residing or domiciled in this State between sixteen (16) and fifty-five years of age, except such as are physioally unable to bear arms, which -hysical de fect must be plain and indisputable, or they must be sent to camp for examination, and except those engaged in the Legislature or Judicial Departments of the govrenment, which are by the recent act of the!Lf gislature declared exempt from compulsory service. Ail others are absolutely required, and members of the Legislature and Judges are invited to report immediately to Major General G. A Smith, at Ma con, or wherever else in Georgia his camp may be for forty (40) days service under arms, unless the emergency is sooner passed. The statute declares that all persons hereby calleP out shall be subject after this call to all the rules and articles of war of tho Confederate States, and on failure to report, shall bo subject to the pains and penalties of the crime of desertion. * Volunteer organizations formed into companies battalions, regiments, brigades or divisions will be accepted for (40) forty days, if they even approxi mate to the numbers in each orgaization which is ri quired by the militia laws of this State which were in force prior to the late act. All police companies formed in counties for home defence will report, leaving at home for the time, only those over 55 years of age; and all persons hav ing Confederate details or exemptions, who, by the late decision of the Supreme Court of this State, are held to be liable to State militia service and bound to obey the call of tho Governor. All such refusing to report will be arrested by the police force or by any Aid-de-Gamp, or other officer of this Stated and carried immediately to the front. The necessary employees of Railroads now actively engaged, and the necessary agents of the Express Company, and telegraph operators are from the ne cessity for their services in their present position, excused. All ordained ministers of religion in charge of a Church or Synagogue are also excused. All Railroad companies in this State will trans port all persons applying for transportation to the Front, and in case any one refuses, its President Superintendent, (agents and employees will be im mediately sent to the front. All Aidcs-de-Camp and other State officers are required to be active and vigilant in the execution of the orders contained in this proclamation, and all Confederate officers are respectfully invited to aid State officers in their vicinity in sending forward all persons hereby ordered to the front. The enemy has penetrated almost to the centre of your State. If every Georgian able to bear arms would rally around him, he could never escape. (Signed) JOSEPH E. BROWN, Governor. tßfk. Each paper in the State will publish the i above Proclamation. nov 22 It. Confederate States of America, 1 War Department, Ordnance Bureau, > Richmond, Nov. 11, 1864.) All officers on Ordnance duty are required ! byGenoral Orders, No. 70, Adj’t. & I. G. Office, ! Aug. 29, 1864, to report without delay to the Chief of Ordnance, Richmond, by letter, stating Firs'.—Their rank. Second.— Date of commission (or appointment) giving date from which their rank takes effect. Third. —Arm of service. Fourth— State to which they belong. Fifth— Date of assignment to Ordnance duty.! Sixth— The authority by which assigned, furnish ing date, and if possible, copy of order of assignment to which will be added. Seventh. —Present duty, and order of assignment. Officers of the Regular Army will report both their regular and provisional commissions,: or appoint meats, conferring temporary rank. Failure on the part of officers on Ordnance duty to report immediately as above, will be treated [as a delinquency. J- GORGAS, nov 22 eod4w Chief of Ordnance. PERRY HOUSE. rHE undersigned would respectfully inform his old friends, patrons, und the traveling public generally, that as he has to be absent for a short time he has been so fortunate as to have associated with him his well known and worthy friend Mr. EDWARD PARSONS, late of Atlanta, Ga.,. whose reputation and superior tict for business is well known throughout the Confederacy. This House is large and commodious, and no pains, nor expense shall tte spared Vo fit it up in the very best and most elegant style, and to obtain every thing in tbn line 1 of substantial eatable* and luxuries thaf this market affords, With tuese. assurances w« most cordially solicit all our old friends, and the t ravel ing public generally, to give us a call and an oppor tunity of rendering them comfortable, oe 15 im* THOS. E. SMITH. J. A. TYLER Executor’s notice. TWO months after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, for leave to sell the Negroes and perishable property of the Estate of Elisabeth I. Johnson, deceased, late es said county. gAMUEL K j oHN g oift Ex » r Oct. 20w2m* Per THOS. D. BRAND. jTgoo and plaitatioi For Sale. } N Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the l Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The tract contains 1,200 acres — abGTit 700 clear© a. -here is acomfortable Dwelling House on the plac oed Negrt> cabi is with bnck ohimnies and all the neces sary oir » ddings. The land is productive and locat •« Ic. Possession given in November. ADAMS. oc 27 iui Cblumbus, Ga. 4W~Teleg?apk A Cbntederafe. Macon; Montgo mery Advertiser: CbrutitotionalU, Augusta, copy. SPECIAL NOTICES To the Citizens of Columbus ! Having announced myself a candidate for re-elec tionfor 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 fan dlu not feeling disposed to reject their request—l hwe 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. Jfr. 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 Printers ! 117’E <>ff er for rale a complete BOOK BINDERY, “ (except Rul ng Machine,) two hand PRESSES, and about 1,000 Pounds of Type MetaL nov2l-tf Headquarters Gov. Works, (Ord.) I Columbus, Ga., Dec. 1, 1864./ Wanted to Hire ! FIFTEEN NEGRO BLACKSMITHS. Good quarters furnished and liberal wages paid. Apply to M. H. WRIGHT, dec 2 lw __ Col. Com’dg. Headquarters Military Division 1 of the West, >- Macon, Ga., Nov. 29th, 1864. j General Orders, l No. -. ] All supernumerary Officers of this Military Division not otherwise asrigned to duty, will report to the Commandant of the Post, Macon, Ga , By command of General Beauregard. A. R. CHISOLM, dec 2 ocd2w A. D. C. and A. A. A. G, Headquarters Post, 1 Columbus, Ga., November 29,1864, / Orders No 19. * a * * * * * I. All men retired from service that have repor ted and filed their papers at this office, will report at these headquarters on Saturday, the 3d of De cember, at 11 o’clock, a. m., for the purpose of being mustered for pay. By command S. L. BISHOP, Maj. Com’dg Post. S. Isidore Guillet, Post Adj’t. nov 29 fit _____ OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS, Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29,1864. VTO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex 1. press Company’s Office after 3% o’clock p. M.t o go East on that day, nor will any be received to go West after i]4 o’clock r j*. oc 29 ts S. H, IIILL, A gent. Notice to Debtors and Creditors ALL persons having claims against the estate of Joseph W. Wooltolk, dec’d, late of Muscogee county, are hereby notified to render them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law; an/ those indebted to said estate are requested to mr te immediate payment. WM. G. WOOLFOLK, nov 23, 1864—w40d Adm’r. Lard ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs 1 ; and Yarns, at the nov 5 EAGLE FACTORY. To Rent, \ BLACKSMITH SHOT* with six orseven Forges. 1 all complete. Apply at oc3l ts THIS OFFICE. Confederate Tax Notice. 1 SHALL commence on Monday next, sth inst.. A 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, dee 5 3fc • Collector 41st Dist. Stop the Horse Tihef! SSOO Reward. STOLEN from the premises of C. P. Levy, across tho new bridge, on the night of 30th Novembor two BAY HORSES aud one BLACK PONY. Above reward will be paid for the horses and thief. JOHN D. GRAY & CO. dec 2 4t Lost Trunk, SIOO Reward. ON SATURDAY night, the 19th November, at the depot in Macon, a LE ATHER TRUNK, marked “R. A. Chambers, Columbus, Ga.,” was 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. rpHE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Planta -1 tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 miles below Chattahoochee, containing 1,500 acres, more or less, embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bottom land, the balance superior pine land. In a favorable season sixty bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds of seed cotton, may bo 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 on the river and in full bearing. A portion of the crop of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. The other grove is young but in good condition, embracing not only oranges but lemon3 and other tropical fruits. The place is" finely watered and healthy. A rare opportunity is offered for the investment of Con federate money if application is made early. Titles perfect. Apply to R. L. BASS, Columbus, or VAN MARCUS. dec 6 ts Steamer Shamrock. Wanted. on A nnA FEET ASH TIMBER, in plankof /vUtUUv \% inch, or by the cord. Apply at our Government Works. dec 2 6t JOHN GRAY k 00. J>3oo Reward !—Stolen, FROM Room No. 46, Cook’s Hotel, a SINGLE CASED GOLD WATCIJ, with the initials “ M F” carved on the back of it- The Watch has a white face and steel hands. A reward of S3OO will be paid for its recovery and no questions asked, by leaving it at the nov 29 3t* SL N OFFICE. Coffee ! Coffee! 200 POUNDS CHOICE COFFEE ALSO, 200 lbs. Slack Pepper. STANFORD k 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 acres (more or less) of pine land, belonging to the estate of John Bird. On the premises ista fine spring of water, negro cabins, etc. W. S. POPE, dec 6w4t Adm’r. FOR SALIH I OA . ACRES OF LAND, thirty in cultivation. two Ov hundred in’. seventy in the w,.o>ts. This place is nr . ?h ten mile hruse cn_ the Cusseta road, and -nuciv improved for tne times. Aprdy to L. RIGGERS. y ‘ P tr* 'a tirnhu* G : * Plantation to Rent or Sell. ONE and a half miles north of Union Springs, Ma con oounty, Ala. It contains four hundred and eighty acres, a little less than four hundred is cleared. Most of the cleartd land is black prane and creek bottoms. For particulars apply to GEORGE STEWART. dec 5 lw Union Springs, Ala. FOR S ALE. A SMALL FARM, containing about 100 acres, 60 in the woods and forty cleared, about one mile above the Fountain Factory, on the river. On the place is a good dwelling with three rooms, a iarge apple and peach orchard and variety of other fruit trees, good water, Ac. For terms apply te Mrs. J. A. JONES, dec S tt near Col umbo*. Friday Evening. From the Georgia Front. On Sunday last, the 4th instant, says the Savannah Republican, Gth, a battle was fought which exceeds in magnitude any that has characterized the campaign, and is therefore worthy of some particular mention. The 14th Yankee corps, united with Kilpatrick’s entire cavalry force, made an attack on Wheeler, and a severe battle raged for several hours. At the moment of the assault, Wheeler's line was very much extended for the purpose of forag ing, but he speedily brought his forces togeth er and received the attack of the enemy with a vigor that made them stagger. Several times were they driven back by our men in counter charges, and sometimes from behind breastworks. Finally, Wheeler fieding him self nearly surrounded by a greatly superior force, quietly and in good order retired and left the field to the enemy. The losses of the latter were very heavy, and the blovf cannot have failed greatly to cripple them. We cap tured a number of prisoners, one a Colonel who was taken in a hand-to-hand fight. We also lost severely in officers and men, but in no proportion with the enemy. Among cur killed was Colonel Graves, who on the occa sion was acting as Brigadier. Os the present whereabouts of Sherman, it might gratify curiosity, but would do no good to speak. From his movements we judge that he’himself is not so sure of his latitude and longitude. Suffice it to say that he fcas many days hard marching before him ere he will be able to respond visibly to the rockets of his friends on the coast, with a good pros pect of having to fight his way through the entire distance. Sherman. —For the past three days, (says the Savannah News es the 6th) this incendiary has manifested symptoms of uneasiness, apparently making efforts to move. He has made demonstra tions in at least four diroctious : towards this city, towards the coast South of this, towards the Sav annah river and towards Augusta. In one of these movements Kilpatrick’s cavalry and Sher man’s advanced infantry have been met by Whee ler’s cavalry and soundly thrashed in two regular attacks which were attempts to press forward. Which way he intends to move his whole force towards the coast is not yet manifest. He is still feeling for that way, and seeking the opening through which to escape. It is evident to our miud that he is in a much worse fix than he cal culated to be when he cut loose from Atlanta. Nearly fifty Yankee prisoners arrived here last evening, who were gobbled up by our forces at the front. Sherman’s Course. The ascertained fact that, the advance of Sherman's army has reached Millen, settles the question as to the general direction of his movements. It is towards Savannah or its vicinity, as foreshadowed by Northern inti mations. The route or routes to be pursued, and the disposition of his forces, are matters yet to be cleared up. He may move with his whole army direct to Savannah by the old road from Augusta, which runs with the Central Railroad. Or he may move across Scriven county and Beau fort district, in South Carolina, crossing the Savannah river, so as to form a junction with Foster’s reinforcements from the coast, at Grahamville, on the Charleston and Sayan-- nah Railroad. Or, again, he may divide his army and march a section by each route. Foster’s advance on Grahamville, and the fact of his throwing up signal rockets, and balloons with calcium lights attached, for some days past, seem to indicate that he ex pected Sherman to join him there, that this was the original programme, but that Sher man has failed to come to time. The point to be gained by reaching Grabam ville. would be to cut off the reinforcements which might be sent from this and other points for the relief of Savannah, and to secure a base of supplies. Commanding the railroad before the arrival of those reinforcements, Sas vannah might be at Sherman’s mercy. He would (hen have Port Royal for a base, from which he could obtain ammunition with all other supplies, and also reinforcement?? be fore proceßding to the accomplishment of the ultimate object of bis campaign—the capture of Savannah or perhaps Charleston. The obvious advantages to be gained, ren der it highly probable that Port Royal is the point at which Sherman is now aiming, and has been since he left Atlanta. The abortive attempt of Foster to reach the Charleston and Savannah Road at Grahamville, strongly con firms this view. Placing the map before him, the reader will see that "Sherman has been pur suing almost a straight line from Atlanta to Grahamville. Sherman would hardly be willing to risk a battle before Savannah, with only the supplies he might have left at the end of his march to rely upon. He knows that the casualties of battle might deprive him of these, and leave him without resources. Hi3 known caution and skill as a General, would, therefore, lead us to expect that he would provide against such a risk, by first securing a base of supplies within his reach, which would be Grahamville and Port Royal. In view then of all these considerations, the most probable coujucture is that Sherman, whatever feints he may make, will aim to reach the point where Foster is now waiting for him. This, too, is his shortest and most practicable route to the coast, and the coun try through which he would pass would af ford au abundant supply of forage and pro visions. With such an array of military genius and talent, with such Generals as Beauregard, Bragg, Hardee and Smith opposing Sherman —watching hi3 movements and ready to de feat his plans—we do not deem it necessary to offer our advice as to the measures necessa ry to be adored. We could doubtless figure out a plan oi operations which would result in the oomplete discomfiture of the enemy j but our sage advice not being needed, and not having been asked for by our ai Gen erals, we forbear to give it. We will only indulge in the editorial priv ilege of speculating as to what will b*> done, far the encouragement of our readers. We venture to say that the roads which Suerman'e army will have to travel will be obstructed with a variety of impediments. That our in vincible cavalry will continue to hang upon his flanks, harrassing his march, hemming in his foraging parties, and making hisjouraev as dangerous and uncomfortable as possible. That forces will be sent out in his treat to dispute and retard hi- g • •• IO feat him And timt before he n. n .-.ch : uC he wilt hate to confront t.;* army wrJch will surprise him, and will be able ;o roul hi* hests, horse, foot and dragoon. On secona.thought, we will a-.ivi.s-f ocr mil itary authorities even at the risk of being j thought egotistical, to make all possible haste to throw up fortifications at every available point on the enemy's route, and which is liable to be attacked, not excepting Savannah, the fortifications of which we think a cotemporary has indiscreetly advised to be abandoned.— Breastworks are excellent things to fight be hind. They save our men and double our strength. We cannot have too many of them. We would urge upon our Generals to throw up fortifications at every point where they may possibly be needed.— Chron. Sentinel , 4/A. A gentleman who left Northwestern Georgia i on Thursday last informs the Memphis Appeal j that Chattanooga and Dalton are both garri- j soned by the Federals, but all the points be low the last named place have been abandon- j ed. The garrison at Dalton is reported by j our scout3 to consist of three regiments— I that at Chattanooga is small. Both are j straitened for supplies and are foraging large ly. Trains are run no further in the direction of Nashville than Bridgeport, the Yankees having reports that the road above to Nash ville was in possession of the Confederate forces. Trains were running between Chatta nooga and Knoxville, via Cleveland. Sherman’s army was camped in the vicinity of Rome some days before he started on his last great raid. On arriving at Kingston, he sen f one corps up the road to Thomas. The best informed of our friends estimated that with the Atlanta garrison Sherman would have an infantry force of about forty thousand for the movement he is now making. His wagon trains were larger, but hit stock in poor condition. But few citizens have returned to North western Georgia, and our informant thinks refugees would act wisely in remaining away if possible. The country is destitute of every thing. and it would be impossible to sustain the usual resident population thirty days. Those now there arc really suffering. •—» -» Grant Recrossing the James. —The Rich mond Dispatch of the Ist says: It was report ed yesterday, upon what seemed the. best authority, that Grant was massing his ti’oops on the north side of James river. There is nothing more likely than that the present rare spell of fine weather may afford him the op portunity it is supposed he has been seeking, to make another burst for the capital of the Southern Confederacy: in which case, the north side of the river will, most probably, be the theatre of his heaviest operations. But, as yet, there has been nothing observable on this side of the river to indicate such a movement except the report above mentioned. The Silly Fools! —The Yankee newspapers are having quite a jolification over a report that Sherman had recaptured a large body of prisoners at Millen. The Herald says: “This is one of the great tviumps of Sherman's brilliant campaign.” The Savannah Republican says, all we have to say on the subject is that Sherman is etirely weleorne to all the Yankee prisoners he may overtake in his present expedition. Burning of Home. In addition to the property destroyed by the i Federals at Rome, Ga., belonging to Southerners, : their own loss was very heavy. We find the following account of the burning , in the corres j pondence of the N. Y. Tribune: Owing to the great lack of railroad transporta tion, Gen. Corse was obliged to destroy nearly a million dollars worth of property, among which was a <ew thousand dollars worth of condemned and unserviceable government stores. Nine rebel guns captured at Rome by our troops, were burnt, it being deemed unsafe to use them. One thousand bales of fine cott-on, two flour i mills, an entensive foundry, several machine shops, ! together with tho railroad depots and store houses, i four pontoon bridges, built by Gen Corse’s pion ! eer corps for use on the Coosa and Etowah rivers, and a substantial trestle bridge nearly completed 1 for use, were destroyed. This trestle was con structed by the engineer corps, and I ana told 1 would have cost fifty thousand dollars North, i Recollecting the gross outrages which I allu ded to above as being perpetrated upon 6'olonel i Straight by the “Romans,” our troops as soon as i they learned that the town was to be abandoned and a portion of it burded, resolved to lay Rome in ashes in revenge for insults offered to our pris ! oners. Gen. Corse, however, had taken precaution to station guards through all parts of the city, : with orders to shoot down the Tirst mau caught ; firing a building without proper authority. Strin ; gent orders were also issued to arrest all citizens or suspicious person* found on the street* after the | conflagration commenced. An English Peace Address Declined bt Seward. —The English peace address, with ! three hundred and fifty thousand signatures, l asking Lincoln to suspend hostilities. wa3 car ried to Washington by Mr. Joseph Parker, of | Manchester, England, on Saturday. He wrote 1 a note to Seward asking permission to pre , sent it to Lincoln : To thi3 the Secretary replied that, before answering the letter, it was desirable to be further informed whether Mr. Parker had au thority from the Government of Great Britain and Ireland for the purpose referred to, and. | whether his mission had been made known to : to tbe diplomatic agent of that Government near the Government ot the United States.— Mr. Parker replied by saying that the address i he had the honor of bringing to this country, : containing the signatures of some three ban : dred and fifty thousand of his countrymen, from the peer to the artisan, was cot from the Government of Great Britain, nor from : any political party. It was simply an expression of the earnest de- , ; sire of Great Britain to see peace restored again to this continent. Tne correspondence closed by a note from the S cretary of State, in which he said the Government of the Uni ted States could not receive the address, v.d J that the request for an interview with the I President was therefore dee l'Tied The inten tion now is to present ihe address to Congress ! at the approaching session. Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Lincoln.—ln over hauling the cargo of the blockade runner Hope, at Lewis' wharf, Boston, a few day* ago, a large box was found directed ‘ Mrs. Jefferson Davis.’ On opening the box it was found to contain silk dress patterns dry troodi of different kinds, toys, hoisery. mul a variety of article* belonging to a lady’s ward robe. It is stated ‘.a papers that there is yjtne talk of forwarding * box a:id contents to Mrs Abraham Licoo-.a. _ j {TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to aot of Congress in the 7 ear 1863, l>y J. F. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. LATEST FROM HOOD’S ARMY. Richmond. Dec. 4. —The New York Herald of the 2d is received. A dispatch from Nashville gives some details of the fight at Franklin. The rebels, it is said, fought with the desperation of demons, but the Federals made a flank movement and turned their line of battle, which prevented what at one time threatened to boa most disas trous defeat. The rebel loss in k lied and wound od is estimated at three thousand. One hundred and seven rebel officers had arrived at Nashville Schofield commanded the Federal?, aud Cheatham aud Lee commanded tho rebel oorps. After defeat ing tho rebels Schofield’s troops fell back to a point three miles south of Nashville. The bridges across the Harpeth were burned to retard the transpor tation of the rebel supplies. A telegram dated Nashville, Ist., at midnight says: It is rumored this e*vening that Hood is moving towards Murfreesboro.' Great panic pre vails among the people in the country around Nashville, aud they are fleeing to the city in crowds. They say Hood is gathering up ail the horses, mules and cattle, and sending them South. Holt, of Kentucky, has been appointed Attorney General. Gold in New York 225. THE WAR IN TENNESSEE. Richmond, Doc. s. —Both Houses of Congress were in secret session to-day. Nothing of goneral interest was done in open sassien in either House. Richmond, Dec. 5. —The New York and Balti | more papers of the 3d, contain additional details j of the battle at Franklin, in which the repulse of , Hood with heavy loss is reiterated. Cleburne and j Wirt Adams are reported killed, and thirty stand of colors captured by the Union forces. A telegram from Nashville, dated 2d, says there was slight skirmishing with the onomy's cavalry all day. A complete line of entrenchments encir cle the city. A portion of our cavalry forces en countered Forrest’s cavalry three mi.es from town on the Franklin pike. Tho rebels could bo plainly seen advancing when our troops retired towards the city. Night coming on only a few occasion al shots were exchanged. It is rumored that Hood is endeavoring to cross tho Cumberland with a large cavalry force. Com* mander Fitz is hero with a floet of boats and iron clads. A Louisville telegram of the 2d says yester day evening the two forces were engaged in heavy skirmishing, and the rattle of musketry was plainly hoard in the streets of Nashville. The battle was terrible and tho firing immense. Hood is pressing blindly forward on Nashville. Another telegram says it is believed that Heod'g main army is threatening Murfreesboro’. The New York Tribune’s finanoial article of Friday says gold opened at 232 and advanced to 33J, and closing at 30J. from Tennes see was used with effect to advance the quota tions. Capt. Semmes arrived at Bagdad, in Mexico, oa the 11th. In the evening he crossed the Rio Grande, en route to Richmond, j A portion of the penitentiary at Baton Rouge | was destroyed by fire on the night of tho 23d. Fredericksburg, Dec. s.— lt is reported that the enemy sent a grand rading party into Loudon and Upper Fauquir during last week, who des troyed many barns and houses, burnt up much slaughtered moat, and drove off all the cattle and horses they could find, as retaliation, as the Yan kees allege, for the people of these countios ta king care of Mosby. It is also said that 6000 troops have just passed down the Potomec to re- I in force Grant—4ooo of these are from Sheridan's j army, and 2000 are new recruits. Some of these j troops in passing through Alexandria said that there wonld be a grand fight below Richmond this ; week. , Richmond, Dec. s.—Vice President Stephens ! who arrived here on Saturday night, presided in ’ the Senate to-day. Richmond, Dec. s.—Official information ha* ! been received of a fight in Georgia, on Sunday, ■ between Wheeler’s cavalry and a portion of Sher : man’s army, embracing one corps of infantry and Kilpatrick’s cavalry. The enemy attacked Whee ler’s position, and made several charges, all of which were repulsed. The enemy’s loss was very heavy. Kilpatrick is reported wounded. Whee ler’s officers and men behaved most gallantly. EUROPEAN NEWS. Richmond, Dec. s. — European advices to tho 28th are received. A dispatch relative to a joint protest in the case of tho Florida had been ex changed between the governments of England and France. Franz was executed ou the 4th. At the last moment he confessed the murder of Brigg*. The insurrectionary movements in Vienna con tinue to be of a serious character. A collision be tween the troops and the GaribaJjlians occurred on the 14th in Northern Lombardy. The cotton market was buoyant at an advance of a half to one penny. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. Richmond, Dec - 4.—The Senate was not ia session yesterday. Nothing of importance trans pired in tbe House in open session. It is repor ted that tho habeas corpus bill was passed in £*•- cret session by a majority of five vote*. OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, ) Military Division of thb West, V Montgomery, Dec. 3, 1864.) Ail officers in the Quartermaster’s Department in this Military Division, will report by letter to tho Chief Quartermaster of this Division, stating, first, rank ; second, date of commission ; third, date of assignment to quartermaster duty; and fourth, the authority by which assigned, furnishing date, and if possible copy of orders of assignment, and whero on duty. This report ia called for in pursuance of Circular orders from the Quartermaster General, aa all such officers who have become detached firoq| their commands to which they were originally ap pointed and assigned, will be dropped in pursuance of General order No. 70, Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, series 1863, unless reassigned by a special order of the Secretary of War. E. WILLIS. dec9 4t (Thief Quartermaster. Chattahoochee and Ochesee. The steamer Indian, Fry, Master, will leave for the above and intermediate landings, Sunday morning, at 9 o’clock. dec 9 td For Sale. By E. J. BRITT, 114, Broad Street. OA BOXES fine Tobacco, Ov Large lot Cotton Cards, Soda, Pepper and Spico, Smoking Tobacco, (10 cases, • Pad-Locks, Brier Root and Clay Pipe*. 100 Bushels Shelled Corn, to arrive this week, Bar and Toilet Siaps, Tin and Cedar Ware, Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bowies, etc. dec 7 dJkw2t LARGE CONSIGNMENT" or LETTER PAPER! AND BOOK*I ! For •sale by J K. REDD A 00. OO 12 *.f