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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. M limiiV, ... Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Monday Morning, December 12,1864.
The Teachings of Adversity.
All nations which have risen to renown,
and have left their name in history for the in
struction and guidance of the world, (says
the Charleston Mercury j have passed through
the furnace of severe trial and bitter suffering,
the only portions of history which are worth
reading, or worth remembering, are those por u
tions which, portray the struggles between
right and wrong—liberty »uu oppression.—
The disgusting details of despots and their
despotism are only valuable because they may
be abhorred. But the life of history—in the
development of its grand utilities—consists
in its moral teachings, and the sublime exhi
bitions of character in maintaining tnem. It
is a sad reflection, but it is 'rue, that the
greatest benefactors of the world have been
generally those whom it has most prosecuted.
And it is the same with nations; for nations
are but tbe aggregates oi individuals, and ex
hibit the passions of individuals. The United
States presents the spectacle of an avaricious,
unprincipled, arul enraged oppressor. All
these passions prompt them to conquer, if j.os*
sible, the Confederate States. And the Con
federate States may have immense deal of dif
fering to encounter, before they shall defeat
their nefarious intents. The struggle, howev
er. will noi be without its uses. It may make
t! om sip- rf(!Ct by suffering.” They will
learn what subjeetion to the United States is,
by jhe sorrows and blood with which they
may fill our laud. They may rightly estimate
the necessity of an eternal separation from the
United States, politically, socially and com
mercially, from the deadly hatred and con
tempt they will inspire. They may more
lightly prize that liberty and self-government
which is won after our country is invaded, our
seaboard ravaged, our homes desecrated, and
whole hectacombs of martyrs have perished in
their defence. South Carolina may be des
tined to go through trials in the maintenance
of her rights. The enemy is on her soil; she
is regarded as a special subject for vengeance,
because she has been foremost in resisting their
robbery, tyranny and fanaticism. If we be
equal in our great destiny, we will benefit in
character and grow in heroic virtues under the
item teachings of our present adversities.—
*We will make and will leave a name which
other generations shall mark and admire.
Os the Geuerals who fell at Franklin in the
recent battle we make the following brief
mention :
Major General Pat Cleburne was a native of
Ireland. He had resided in Arkansas many
years before the war, and was' a lawyer by
profession.
Brigadier General Strahl, was, we believe,
» native of Ohio, but was residing in Tennes
see at the commencement of the war.
Major General Gist was a South Caroli
nian,
Brigadier General Cordon was a Tcnuessee
an by birth, but until the commencement of
hostilities had resided some years in Texas.
At that time he returned to Tennessee and
rrtistMi u coiiipany.
General Granbury was from Tex
as, but whether n native or not we do not re
nte in ber
Major General Quarles was a Virginian by
birth, bui from boyhood had been a resident
ot Tennessee.. He was a lawyer by profession
and had only recently received his promotion
*s Major General, lie is reported mortally
wounded.
Major General John C. Brown, a Tennessee
an. n. 1 wyer by profession. He is report
ed only slightly wounded.
I'rb Cuahbston Road.—There was heavy
fight iujg av.,iia yesterday, at two points on tho
t hat-lei ton and Savannah railroad—at Coosa
watchia a.sJ between there and Pocataligo—and
the report is that the enemy were again success
fully repulsed. They are leaving no stone un
turned to get possession of that work, but we have
a good prospect of defeating their purpose in the
future as we have in the past.
From all we can learn, there was some unneces
sary exposure of our men in small bodies in tho
Tuesday’s fight, and we suffered considerably from
the error.— Suv. Rep. Bth.
Wo take the following items from the Chronicle
and Sentinel of the 6th :
From Below. —The mail agent who went down
t > Green’s Cut on the Augusta and.Savannah rail
road yesterday, reports that no firing had been
hoard during the day. A largo body of Confede
i-aio cavalry crossed at that point, pursuing the
retreating foe.
J/ore Prisoners. —One hundred and twenty
six prisorers reached here Sunday, captured by
Gen. Wheeler near Waynesboro. They will never
be exenangod, as we understand that as far as
this lot are concerned tho black flag is raised and
they will be executed. They were barley beeves
and not blue bellies. m
Still They Comb. —Yesterday morning about
eight o’cloe* another batch of Yankees was brought
in by the Waynesboro Road, having been captured
near L uisville.
They numbered one hundred and twenty-two,
men and boys, and a more rnotly looking set we
have never se»‘>i. Old and young were there, and
nearly every nationality in existence was repre
sented. Their general appearance told very plain
ly, thai tho Quartermaster and Commissary de
partment of their corps had been sadly neglected,
»s they were badly off for olothing and shoes, and
all seemed to have an enormous appetite.
T*G« p-’.r'y whs sefit to Columbia for safe keep
ing. Most' of them belonged te the infantry
branch ol xt.e service.
From Tennessee.
We are in possession of some additional in
formation from Tennessee, giving some few
particulars ot the fight at Franklin on the
30th ult. The attack was made at 4 o'clock
v m on that day, and the entire outer works
ot the enemy was taken, when night put a
stop to the lighting.
Under cover of the darkness, the enemy
made a precipitate retreat to Nashville, pur
sue t by our cavalry the next morning, leaving
their dead and a portion of their wounded in
our hands. We captured several stand of col
ors and one thousand prisoners.
Wuh the exception of the general officers
idled, w uncled and captured on our side,
•,vt uuv o.i intelligence of the losses Sustain
ed by • u, r party. These are—killed, Gen
era-s OUbtrne, Strabl, Adams, Granbury and
Wounded—Gens. Quarles, Brown, Canty,
Sco : i , M ungault and Cockrell. Gen. Gordon
was cuouired. 9
U . un 3d. our army was within six miles of
Nashv>tl* .n the Franklin turnpike. This in
formation may be regarded as authentic. The
Victory, o.thottglr dearly bought, is regarded
as a d \ : and important one.
A mm. was iu general circulation on our
itreet-ye-wM-tay evening, to the effect that
Gen. 1 \<i ■c. v aas in Nashville. This, howev
er, needs confirmation, though it is not at all
improbable that such is the fact.— Memphis
Appeal, 10 th. 1
Richmond Doomed Again.
The correspondent of the New York Tribune
has discovered that. Richmond is soon to be
• dbtroyed, if Grant will permit it. Gen Leo
i w ou’t be asked any odds. The correspondent
| says :
A movement is now in progress ia this army
which, when fully completed, wilt destroy
Richmond. It only wails the sanction of the
General-in-Chief, who will be here to-mor
row, before active operations are commenced.
It is not generally known, even among well
informed military men, that the beleaguered
Cap. «». ui rebellion is gun -hoi range I
of our batteries; out such is nevertheless a !
fact. Guns are now on their way here that
will throw shells into Richmond from our bat
teries in front of the 18th corps, a distance of
seven miles. With these gnns in position, and
the projectiles prepared which it is intended
to use with them, our gunners can destroy
Richmond in forty-eight hours. The ball or
shell now in use not, of course, an
swer tie purpose, although that would doubt
less accomplish the object in course of time.
A particul u kind of shell has been prepared,
and in this really consists the main feature of
the proposed pluo. With such guns and shell
in our possession, it would be folly, nay more,
would be madness akin to sin uot to use them
The plan has already met the approval of the
general commanding this department, and it
on;y waits the sanction and approval of Gen
eral Grant previous to adoption. If adopted
it will be at once carried out Do not be sur
prised »o hear of the total destruction of Rich
mond before Christmas.
The Movements of Gen. Hood.— The N. Y.
Herald of the 30th u!t., in commenting upon
Hoodhj movements, says :
Many intelligent persons may very nnturally
dislike the appearance of the retirement of Thomas
a§ Hood advances. But no fact can be more posi
tive than ttat there is no reason in this for the
least alarm. Sherman Contemplated that Hood
should even go to the Ohio, and it is true that if
he conld be drawn so far with forty thousand men
Ik*, mere in Liier way in which we could de
prive the rebellion of that force so cheaply and so
easily. Thomas has now a large and veteran
force in hand, and large reinforcements are within
a striking distance. It is, therefore, not from
any want of power to cope with the rebel General
that he retires. On the contrary, he retires sim
ply because, in his judgment, he can fight Hood
to better advantage on other ground than any he
has lately held; and his services and his success
have been such that the country should have con
fidence in his judgment as the very best that can
be had on the military situation in Tennessee. Let
no one listen for a moment to the vicious notion
that there is a parallel sin the military prospects
of the two powers, an that Sherman’s advances
through Georgia is matched by Hood’s through
Tennessee. There is no parallel at all. Sherman,
with an immense, well equipped and well fed army,
marches through a hostile country without any
hostile foroe on his front, and goes towards abase
where supplies and ammunition will meet him.
Hood, with a small army, marches away from a
base without the hope of any other, aqd with an
army in front abundantly able to fight him, and
if he should march as far as Sherman will that
distance will insure his complete destruction.
[Special Correspondence Memphis Appeal.]
Letter from the Border,
Grenada, Miss., Nov. 30, 1864.
Between the recent order ot Washburne
closing the lines around Memphis aud forbid
ding trading with persons outside of the lines
of occupation, and the late raid on the Missis
sippi Central railroad, we have had consider
able excitemeut here for the past few days.
Many persons assert that the cause ofWasfi
burne’s order closing the lines was the recent
circular issued by Gen. Dick Taylor in regard
to the exchange of cotton for supplies, and
abuse him in round terms for issuing the
same. I think the circular should have been
issued long since, as it has had a tendency to
put a stop to the large amount of illicit trad
ing with the enemy which has heretofore ex
isted, by annulling the contracts of those who
had used the same for personal gain, and al
lowing them a stipulated per cent, on the
actual cost, besides stating what articles
would be permitted to be brought within the
lines,but that it had no connection wi ll Wash
burne’s recent order I am satisfied, and that
the latter was caused by some regulations of
the board of trade issued in pursuance of an
ordei from the Treasury Department. A del
egation of those interested in mercantile pur
suits has gone on to Washington to consult
with Old Abe in regard to the matter.
The raid referred to above struck the rail
road at Vaughn’s station, on Sunday last,
about two o’clock p. m., and after burning the
depot, hotel and water tank proceeded up tbe
road in this direction, destroying it as they
came, burning the depots at Pickens and
Goodman’s stations, After passing Goad
man’s about two miles they camped on Mon
day night, and yesterday retreated in tbe di
rection of Yazoo City, at which point three
transports that had accompanied the expedi
tion were lying in wait for tbe cotton which
was to have been stolen on the trip.
The raiding force consisted of fifteen hun
dred cavalry, with four pieces of artillery, and
at last accounts Colonel Griffith, with 2,000
men, was in hot pursuit, while it was hoped
that our forces from below, under Gen. Hodge
and Col. John Scott, would be in time to cut
them off. The exact amount of damage done
to the road has not as yet been ascertained,
but no important bridges have been destroyed,
and General West, the President, informs me
that the work of repairing wili be commenced
at once.
The Northern pres3 is on the rampage again
in regard to the bold movement of Sherman,
the speech of Beast Butler and the peace com
missioners, who are to be sent to Richmond
to invite us back into the Union provided we
leave our slaves behind us or allow them to
accompany us as equals.
Price has succeeded in getting across the
Arkansas with his army very much demoral
ized, according to their statement—which I
fear is nearer the truth than most of them.
Pleasanton says of Curtis’ pursilit that, had it
been abandoned the larger portion of Price’s
army would have deserted before crossing the
Arkansas, but were deterred from fear of fall
ing into the hands of the Federals, and winds
up by saying that the pursuit, in addition to
the enormous expense attending it, has driven
15,000 men into the rebel army who would
not have been there otherwise. His own
statements show that Price, after all the ter
rific defeats he sustained, had succeeded in
recrossing with 15,000 more men than he en
tered the State with.
From the number of “beautiful young
boys” and girls “to give away” and “be adopt
ed out,” advertised in the New’ York Herald, I
should judge that morals were at a low ebb
in Gotham.
Major Wolfe who was to have heen shot on
the 11th inst., for the alleged murder of Major
Wilson, in Missouri, has been reprieved by
Lincoln. What’s in the wind now ?
Brute Burbridge is rivaling the palmiest
days of Bntler, in his administration in Ken
tucky. According to a recent order of his, any
officer treating a guerilla (?) as a prisoner of
war, will be arrested and puuished ; and for
every Union man killed by guerillas, four
Southern sympathizers are to be shot, and for
every negro, two.
I learn from Col. Morris, that the road will
be in operation next week. SPK CIAL.
The Gvlf Stream. —The warm water rushes
out of the great Mexican cauldron through the
Strait of Florida—having a temperature ot
84 degrees, equalling that of the hot springs
of Matlock, and whose width is a hundred
miles —with a velocity of from three to five
miles an hour. Thence it passes through the
Straits of the Bahamas, and then tight on to
the banks of Newfoundland, spreading it
self over the western half the North Atlantic,
which is thereby heated in winter consider
ably’ above the temperature which it would
otherwise hare Arrived at the batiks of
Newfoundland, the Gulf Stream, a? it is called,
is suddenly deflected to the east; and, be
coming divided, one portion makes ahead
southward iu the direction of the Azores, aud
fiually merges into the great equatorial cur
rent : whilst the other portion runs northwest
I or N. N. E., until it impinges against *he wes
! tern shore' of the British 1 •« it has
; the effect of charging the air w.• u manure,
i and rendering their waters considerably mild
!er than those of the eastern coast. The Gulf
Stream, in its course across the Atlantic, brings
with it West India seeds (Mimosa soandens,
Dolicbos urens, eto.) and doubtless portions
of trees, throwing them on the coast of De
vonshire, the west of Ireland, the Hebridges
and the Orkney Isles. It continues to give to
Ireland its perpetual verdure, and to make
Bute the Isle of Wight of Scotland.
[For the Columbus Times.]
Georgia’s Appeal.
My sons ! my proud and gallant sobs !
Once more I call you to your guns ;
Oppressed, invaded, I am bleediag,
Is it in vain ? a mother’s pleading f
Thy foes are pressing hard and fast;
Their war-cries, and their bugle’s blast,
Lord, tell us the impending fate
That does each recreant heart await;
Will you, cun you, longer steel
Your hearts to old Georgia’s sad appeal ;
0, no, my sons! awake, awake !
Rise up for lore and honor's sake!
Let every gale which snaps the hills,
Let ever .- drop of blood which spills,
Let sigh.-, arid dying groans, and wails
Wafted i roni our border rales,
Uurge y»u forward to the strife ;
To strike for liberty—for life !
Though you be lather, son, or brother,
You have ;> sister, wife or mother,
Who proudy looks to your strong arm
To shield them from approaching harm.
Will you defond this sacred trust ?
Unflinching stand and give the thrust !
Will you not deal the deadly blow,
To crush this cruel, hearless foe ?
Oh ! yes, my sons, I krow you’ll come
When you have heard the rallying drum ;
’Tis pealing now! One moment, listen,
Then seize your arms and make them glisten;
Be quick ! For fatal is delay ;
Prepare to struggle night and day.
The vandat’s tread is on our soil.
Bo valiant, and he must recoil,
In single combat or in group,
Stand hovering around his flanks ;
Send death and woe into his ranks;
Attack in front, attack in rear,
Be watchful, and be always near.
Ask God’s guidance to attend,
While you are striving to defend
A mother, sister, wife, or friend,
And he will, surely, blessings send.
Awhile the clouds may lowering seem,
And blood may as the waters stream ;
The brilliant star of hope may wane,
While you retreat from plain te plain ;
Despair not patrtots ! persevere ; ’
At darkest hour, day-dawn is near,
Give not your hearts to doubt aud dread,
Tho’ dark may seem the sky o’er head ;
Behind the clouds the sun is shining,
Tho’ dark, they’re fringed with silver lining !
Ne’er did the storm-swept ocean lash
Against its beach with such a crash,
But that the waves could e’en be stilled,
When the God of earth and sea, so willed-
Then let no history e’er record,
That you delayed to draw the sword,
While your mother, scarred and bleeding,
Protection from her sons was needing.
The storm will come—the struggle’s near !
Let no one falter, no one fear ;
Wheu smoke the battle-fields shall come,
When war-clouds, thick, around you hover,
When foes their banners shall unfurl,
And shot and shell around you hurl—
Stand, staud like a wall of solid stone,
Remembering, you are not alone.
May God’s arm make the freeman’s strong,
Then fast avenge your enemy’s wrong !
Then think of how your foes have waged,
With insults gross, and hordes enraged,
A war, wnose vile and brutal end,
Is but to force my sons to bend,
Beneath the despots iron heel,
Each brow to stamp with the coward’s seal,
Rise up brave men! thy foes drive back !
Their blood should mark their every track,
Then sotm the sun of Peace shall beam,
And in its bright effulgence gleam
Upon these hills and rales of ours,
Homes of the free ! the land of towers !
Rise ! plant your war-worn battle-flag,
From sea board sand to mountain crag !
“Junius.”
A Story of Gen. Sherman.
The Baltimore Clipper tells the following
story:
A distinguished official who was lately at
the headquarters of Gen. Sherman, gives us
the following anecdote of the latter, in the
neceesity under which he lay of sitting in
judgment on a certain class of men in Atlanta,
when that place was evacuated by the citizens.
Writing us, our friend says:
Let me give you a little incident which took
place in my presence at Sherman’s headquar
ters, Atlanta.
You will remember that an order was pro
mulgated directing all civilians to leave At
lanta (North or South) within twelve days.—
The day of its issue, a gentleman entered
Sherman’s office and inquired for the general.
The latter answered in this way, very prompt
ly, “I am Gen. Sherman.” The colloquy was
very nearly as follows :
Citizen—General, I am a Northern man,
from the State of Connecticut ; have been
living in Atlanta for nearly seven years ;
have accumulated considerable property here ;
and as I see that you have ordered citizens to
leave within twelve days, I came to see if you
would make an exception in my case. I fear
if I leave, my property will be destroyed.
Gen. Sherman—What kind of property do
you own sir? Perhaps I will make an excep
tion in your case, sir.
Citizen—l own a block of stores, three dwel
lings, a plantation two miles out of town and
a foundry.
Gen. Sherman—Foundry, eh ! what have
you been doing with your foundry ?
Citizen—Have been making castings.
General Sherman—What kind of castings ?
Shot and shell, and all that kind of things ?
Citizen—Yes, I have made some shot and
shell.
Gen. Sherman—You have been making shot
and shell to destroy your country, have you?
and you still claim favor on the account of
being a Northern man ? Yes, sir, I will make
an exception in your case; you shall go South
to-morrow morning at sunrise. Adjutant,-
see that this order is carried out. Orderly,
show this man the door.
Citizen—But, general, can’t I go North ?
Gen. Sherman—No, sir. Too many of your
class there already, sir.
Another Yankee Mcp.der.— It is with
much regret, says the Savannah Republican,
that we hear of the death of Dr. William
Jones, a prominent citizen of Burke county.
He,was killed a few days ago by the enemy,
under circumstances of brutality, that, if pos
sible, should render them still more odious.—
It was said that he was at Station No. 9, Cen
tral Railroad, and, seeing the enemy coming
up, mounted his horse and ‘rode off. The en
emy opened fire on him, and he fell from his
horse riddled with balls, and expired iu a few
; minutes.
: . Dr. Jones was well knowu and highly es
teemed in this city, having resided here for
some time as a member of the Medical Exam
ining Board. He was in the meridian of life,
I possessed of a large estate, and left a young
) and interesting family to mourn his lose.
j TELEGRAPHIC.
RBPORTB or THB PRBSS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s offic.
the District Court of the Confederate States to,
the Northern District of Georgia.
Miridian, Dec. 10.
Anthentio information has been received
here of the advance of General Davidson’s
raiding party from Baton Rouge. They pas
sed through Augusta. Perry county, in this
State, yesterday morning, for Mobile.
Colonel Scott and others are in the right
place. Warm work expected on Monday or
Tuesday.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 10.
The undersigned gratefully acknowledges the
accompanying note with sls enclosed, and which
will be appropi&ted in accordance with the wishes
of the unknown, but patriotic and thoughtful do
nor - J G. W. Sticknet,
Chaplain of the Post.
Apalachicola, Nov. 21.
Rev. G. W. Stickney : Please accept the
ameunt enclosed, to be applied as will best pro
mote the cause of religion in the army.
Respectfully, .
How the Yankee Government Treated our
Prisoners in the Ohio Penitentiary.
One of our returned prisoneis, who had been
confined for a time in the Ohio Penitentiary,
brings tho following copy of the “rules and
regulations” that were observed by the Fed
eral authorities towards our men who were
confined there:
Notice.—The following rules and regula
tions will be observed in the treatment of the
rebel prisoners of war confined in this prison:
I. Roll-Call. —The roll will be called daily
as follows:
1. After unlocking in the morning.
2. After breakfast.
3. After dinner.
4. Before locking up.
Prisoners will present themselves at roll
call promptly, in proper order and without
unavoidable noise. No excuse for absence
will be valid, except confinement in the dun
geon or the hospital.
11. Locking Up. —At the proper signal,
each prisoner will take his stand in the door
of his cell, where he will remain until the
guard who locks him up arrives, to whom, if
requested, he will give his name in a proper
manner, then go in and close his door tor
locking.
111. Lights. —No lights will be in any cell
after the proper hour, except by order of the
warden. No talking or noise allowed after
the convicts are locked up, and no prisoner
will sleep with his face covered.
IV. Conduct. —Prisoners are strictly forbid
den to indulgfe in certain privileges, described
as follows:
1. To go into each other’s cell.
2. To make avoidable noise, either in talk
ing or otherwise.
3. To play at disallowed games.
4. To converse in the dining- room.
5. To converse with convicts, on any pre
text, or for any purpose.
6. To converse with guards, except briefly
in making known their necessary wants.
7. To be insolent or insulting in the use of
language.
8. To abseut themselves at roll call.
9. To crowd upon the surgeon, stewart, or
other person, while transacting business.
10. To order the funds for their use to be
placed in the hands of any one except the au
thorized agent.
11. To transact any kind of business with
any person, or to receive anything without
permission from the warden.
V. Correspondence. —No person will be
permitted to write more than two letters in
any week. No letter to be of more than one
page of common letter paper in length ; to be
without interlining or cross lining. To be
address to a near relative, of a strictly private
nature, and subscribed by the writer’s name
in full. Others, exoept written by the per
mission of the warden, will be destroyed.
VI. Special. —The warden may, from time
to time, permit one copy of a newspaper ex
tract or telegram to be given to prisoners,
which, after examination, will be returned by
the guard to the office. A failure to make re
turn to the guard by the prisoner will involve
the withdrawal of this order.
VII. Guards. —Allguardsand other persons,
except those assigned or permitted by the
warden to attend to this special duty, are for
bidden to hold any intercourse with the pris*
oners of war, or to intrude upon the quarter
of the prison in which they are confined. The
guard iu charge will report all persons viola
ting this rule.
VIII. The furnishing of supplies to prison
ers of war, by gift or purchase, having been
forbidden by the Hon. Secretary of War, none
such will be delivered until further orders.
Nathaniel Merion, Warden.
Office Ohio Penitentiary, Columbus, November
12, 1864.
All letters sent to office on Mondays and
Fridays.
The following shows what harm the “States
Convention” men are doing our cause, by ex
citing the hopes and zeal of the enemy:
ORGANIZATION OF A PEACE PARTY IN THE REBEL
STATES.
We learn that quite an extensive intercourse
has grown up between Macon and Atlanta.
The latter place and vicinity is entirely re
lieved from the presence of the enemy, as is,
also, the line of the Macon and Western rail
road. The trains of the latter run to a point
about ten miles above Griffin, and repairs on
the intervening distance are progressing as
rapidly as possible. The Southern Express
company has opened it3 office; Col. Howard
has been making preparations to open the post
office, and an early issue of the Intelligencer
is expected. There will, therefore, soon be
some evidences of civilization amid the deso
lation left by the vandals in the Gate City.
We notice that some of our cotemporaries i
of the Press are exhibiting a very great want j
of confidence in the result of the present cam- i
paign. Their stomachs appear to be turned |
and the rebellion with them is at a discount.-!
Sherman’s movements have dislocated their j
joints and thrown them from their equilibrium.
They snuff danger in every gust of wind, and
expect the news of disaster by every mail.—
We observe in them the singular fact of bone
changed to gristle-. Their spinal vertebrte
has softened and will not hold their bodies
erect. They start at shadows and see fright
ful gobblins on every side. In their fright |
and desperation they denounce and villify the
administration for not protecting them against
the appearance of these horrid spectres. —
They do not seem iu understand that the ter
rors which b<-set them are merely the creatures
of a diso.dered imagination with which the
government has nothing to do. They cannot
comprehend that Thomas is on the eve of an
uihdition and that Sherman is doomed to dis
appointment and defeat. The scare upon
them Las assumed the chronic form and seems
to be incurable. We hope that the events of
the next tw > weeks will show that our cause
is not in the terrible condition these despond
ing patriots apprehend, but the Confederacy''
is moving along in a cloudless sky of victory,
and that our independence is assured.
[ Chattanooga Rebel.
Personae— Lieut (?en. Dick Taylor, the hereof
the Trans Mississippi, arrived in the city last night
by tiie Gulf road, and took quarters at the Pulaski
House We congratulate our citizens on the pros
pect of bavin? so strong an arm bared in defence
of their bonnes.—Sue. Rep.
T33ES CITY.
T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR.
Municipal Election.
The following is the result of the election for
(Tity officers yesterday :
FOR MATOR :
F G Wilkins 222 B F Coleman 106
FOR CLERK :
M H Moore 298 (no epposition)
m
FOR MARSHAL:
T P Cal’i»r 179 W L Robinson 75
CH Smith 12 J F Cleghorn 41
James F Holmes... 5
FOR DEPUTY MARSHAL:
J C Lovelace 208 WN Allen 97
FOB SEXTON :
R T Simons 190 James Foran .....74
H M Harris 39
FOR ALDERMEN :
Ist Ward.
J J McKendree 28 J B Wright IS
W W Robison 24 J M Hughes lo
2d Ward.
F S Chapman 42 J W Sappington 23
F C Johnson 43
3d Ward.
John King 26 W II Gri5w01d.........27
4th Ward.
J C Porter 71 J A Bradford 28
John Mcliheny... 71 E F Uolzey 28
W R Brown 9 (no candidate)
sth Ward.
John Quin 42 JM Everitt 42
J J Jones 27
6th Ward.
John Durkin 28 A M Brannan 16
J M Bivins 21
The army vote is yet to hear from, but it is
thought this will not materially affect the result.
Sad Accident. —We learn that a little girl four
years old, a daughter of Mr. Jack Ward was
killed by the accidental discharge of a gun in the
hands of her uncle- a lad about 12 or 15 years
o»d, named Ed Cary—on Saturday morning. It
seems that he was playing with the gun, and
without knowing it was loaded, snapped it at the
little girl, when it went off. the load taking effect
in her head, from which she expired immediately.
Children should not be allowed to handle guns.
It is strange that parents do not exercise more cau
tion in this respect.
DIED.
In Fort Gaines, Ga., October 25th, at the residence
of his brother, Col. Frank Tenille, Col. William A.
Tenii.le, of Georgetown, Ga., in the 72d year.of his
age.
He wa3 loved and respected by all who knew him.
liis pure spirit has winged its flight to the
loved ones in that blest eternal home, wuero family
circles are never broke, where sorrow never comes,
where the weary are at rest.
dec 11 It
Headquarters Conscript Service, 1
Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 2d, 1864.}
Circular,)
No. 26. j
Enrolling Officers)of this State are hereby instruc
ted not to interfere, until further orders, with As
sessors and Collectors of Tax in Kind.
JNO. F. ANDREWS,
Major and Acting Commandant
dec 11 6t of Conscpripts for Georgia.
Exchange Notice—No. 13.
Richmond, December 1, 1864.
1. All Confederate officers and men who have been
delivered by the Federal authorities at "any place,
prior to November 25th, 1864, are hereby declared to
be exchanged.
2. All officers and men ol tbe Vicksburg capture of
July4th, 1863, who reported at any parole camp,
either East or West of the Mississippi river, at any
time prior to November Ist, 1864, are hereby de
clared to be exchanged. Ro. OULD,
dec 11 6t Agent of Exchange.
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, )
Military Division of the West, j-
Montgomery, Dec. 3, 1864. j
All officers in the Quartermaster’s Department in
this Military Division, will report by letter to the
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 es orders of assignment, and where
on duty. This report is called for in pursuance of
Circular orders from the Quartermaster General, as
all such officers who have become detached from
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.
dec 9 4t Chief Quartermaster.
HO FOR ATLANTA!
The Southern Express Company will receive
freight (under forty pounds each package) and
money parcels for Atlanta via Macon & Western
Railroad, from this date. S. H. HILL,
dec 6 ts Agent.
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRSS3,
Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29, 1861.
NO Freight will bo received at the Southern Ex
press Company’s Office after o’clock p. M.t o
go East, on that day, nor will any be received to go
West after 4 X A o’clock pm.
oc 29 ts S. 11. HILL, Agent.
Acknowledgement,
I offer our gratitude to our friends of Columbus
and vicinity—many personally unknown to me —
who have privately made generous contributions of
money, etc., towards replacing the losses suffered
by my household in the late incendiary fire.
These gift 3 are characteristic of our people, al
ways noted for their charity and public spirit. It is
the manifestation of such virtues that has ever en
deared our citizens to all corners, and made us all
happy to call this our “home.”
C. T. CUSHM \N.
Columbus £ra., Dec. 10,1564.
Marshall Holpital, (
C'oiumbus, Ga., 10th December, j
Notice !
All having claims against the Hospital for hire of
servants, are requested to call for payment.
T. A. MEANS,
dec 10 3t ..Surgeon in Charge.
Sun copy.
Lost Trunk, SIOO Reward.
AN SATURDAY night, the 19th November, at the
v- iepot in Macon, aLE A.THER 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.
Notice to Oebtors and Creditors
4 LL persons having claims against the estaie of
Mrs. L. E. Cairnes, dec’d, late of Muscogee
county, are hereby notified to render them duly au
thenticated within the time prescribed by law ; ana
those indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment. F- 0. TICK N OR,
dec 9 w4od
For Sale.
ByE3. J- BRITT,
114, Broad Street.
QA BOXES tine Tobacco,
OU Large lot O'-ton Cards,
Soda, Pepper and Spice,
Smokiig Tobacco, (10 cases)
Pad Locks, Brier Root aud Clay Pipes,
100 Bushels Shelled Corn, to arrive this week,
Bar as >i T* bet Snaps,
Tin and 0> ;ar Ware,
Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bowles, etc.
dec 7 d&w2t
LiRGE COftSICHVIIEEXT
OF
LETTER PAP.SB!
AND
REMORAS DUR BOOKS !
For sale by
J X. 11 FDD & CO.
ei 12 t-f
; AUCTION SALES
By Ellis, Eiving*toii & ۥ.
0 N P ec<!mber 11 e’cleck. ws
\t will sell in front of our store
1 1 Mahogany Settee,
1 “ Bureau,
1 “ Bedstead,
1 Marble Top Centre Table,
1 Wardrobe,
12 Cane bottomed Chain?,
Extension Dining Table,
Hair Matrasses, Feather Beds,
Washstands, Looking Glasses,
Crockery; Safe, Scales,
Bedsteads, Chairs,
Tables. Hardware,
Tin Ware, Books,
&C., &C-, &c.
dec 11 td $lB
By Ellis,
LARGE AND VALUABLE SAL,*
At Glenuille, at Ala.
YI7TLL be sold in Glennville, Ala., on Tuesday,
M 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
roekaway, cow aud calf, express wagon,
sugar, large lot poultry, household and
kitchen furniture, crockery, bedding, eto.
Sale positive. Titles goods. Terms cash,
dec Std $-45
ISy Ellis, liiviia£«fon & Cos.,
VT7E will sell on Tuesday, December, 13th, at M
T * o’clock, in front of our Auction Room —
1 Close Carriage and Harness,'
1 Very Fine Mahogany Piano,
10 bbls. Corn Whiskey,
100 lbs. Sole Leather,
55 Sacks Salt,
1 Lot Ready>Made^Clothing,
2 fine Saddle and Carriage Horses,
2 Likely Mules,
Cows and Calves,
Ac., do.
dec 10 td $27
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
GROII\D PEAS.
ON TUESDAY, 13th of December, at 11 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our Auction Room,
250 Bushels No. 1 Ground Peas.
dec 10 $9
TO GEORGIA EDITORS AND THE
MI AT LESS !
I WANT rabbit skins, coon skins, fox skins, otter
skins, mink skins, beaver skins, and all other skins
that have ur upon them. I want them for the pur
pose of making hats, aud will pay the highest cash
prices, or swap hats for them. 1 will give a good
rabbit hat for sixty rabbit skins; a good coon hat
for two dozen good coon skins ; a good beaver hat
for three beaver skins; a good wool hat for two
pounds of clean washed wool, free of cockleburrs.
and cut, from the live sheep’s back, and so on. Tho
skins must be taken from the animals in winter and
be well stretched bes ire drying. Parcels may he
sent by express, and hats in the same wav,
J. A. TURNER.
Eatonton, Ga., Dec. 9,1864.
N. B. —All Georgia editors who will copy theabevo
notice, four times, including this note, and also tho
following prospectus, the same number of time*,
sending me their papers in exchange, with the ad
vertisements marked, shall receive by express, free
of charge, a good, soft, rabbit fur hat which will
bring in the market SIOO- provided they will tiavo
their heads measured aud send me the dimensions’
Wiles’ Register Bevivcd.
PROSPECTUS OF
THE COUJITRYMAM,
NILES’ Register, the most useful journal ever
issued in America, has been revived in the pub
lication of The Countryman. This journal is a fas
simile of its original, in the number and size of its
pages, its typography,and all the features which gave
value to the standard publications issued by Mr,
Niles.
Besides the features of Niles’ Register, the Cou»-
trjman has others which should render it still more
attractive—to-wit: a department of elegant litera
ture, rejecting the style of Yankee literary journals,
and modeling itself after the best English miscel
laneous weeklies, Zbut at the same time, being
stamped with an independent, Southern tone, origi
nal with and peculiar to itself.
An altogether novel feature with it, is that it is
published in the country on the editor’s plantation,
nine miles from any town or village, and devote*
much attention to agriculture, rural sports, and
everything that interests tho country gentleman.
The Countryman is a handsome quarto, ofsixtes*.
pages, published weekly on the editor’s plantation,
near Eatonton, Ga., to which all communications
should be addressed.
Our terms are $5 for three months, or $39 par
annum.
Send all remittances by express.
J. A. TURNER,
declod4t Eatonton, Ga
Wanted
WE wish to hire for the ensuing year, six good
Negro Carpenters, one good Blacksmith and
one wagoner.
dec 10 2w JEFFERSON A HAMILTON.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
Wanted.
f)AAA LBS. PORK, for which wo will pay
OUUU cash or exchange salt.
dec 10 6t JEFFERSON & HAMITON.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
A Plantation tor Sale.
THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Planta
-1 tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 miles below
Chattahoochee, containing I,sooacres, more or less,
embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bottom land,
the balance superior pine land. In a favorable
season sixty bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds of seed
cotton, may be safely,relied on. On the px-emises 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 ca
the river and in full bearing. A portion of the crop
of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. The other grove is
young but in good condition, embracing not only
oranges but lemons and other tropical fruits.
The place is finely watered and healthy. A rare
opportunity is offered for the investment of Con
federate money if application is made early.
Titles perfect.
Apply to R. L. B ASS,
Columbus, or
VAN MARCUS.
dec 6 ts Steamer Shamrock.
Wanted.
on a agA FEET ASH TIMBER, in plank of
/UU.UUv 1% inch, or by the cord. Apply at
our Government Works. „ _
dec 26t JOHN GRAY & 00.
S3OO Reward !—Stoien,
T7ROM Room No. 4fi, Cook’s Hotel, a SINGLI
- TASEDGOLD WATL’H, with the initials “M
F” carved on the back of it- The Watch has a whit®
face and steel hands.
A reward of S3OO will be paid for its recovery a*4
no questions asked, by leaving it at the
nov 29 3t* SUN OFFICE.
Coffee ! Coflee!
200 POUNDS CHOICE COFFEB
ALSO,
200 lbs. Black Pepper.
STANFORD & CO.,
nov 30 3t No. 78, Broad Street.
Adminifetrator's Sale.
ON the first day of January, I will sell at public
outcry at the Court House in Marianne, 500 acres
(more Oi less) of pine land, belo ging to the estate
of John Bird. On the premises is .a fine spring »f
water, negro cabins, etc. W. S. POPE,
dec 6w4t __ Adta’r.
FOR BALE! :
9 A ACRES OF LAND, thirty in cultivate n, two
*)*' hundred ant seventy in the woods, i iua
place i* n- i th* 3 ten mile house cc f uc v-u-^eta
road, and snugiy improved for tn* *'. >»<?*• --ppiy
* c L. ■ . LiuHhiCS,
r-r - AM-* • v> mnhus - m
Plants*?ion to Resit or Seii.
ONE an* 1 a half miles north of Union Spri gs. Mn-
county, Ala. It contains four hundred and
ch'htv acres, a little less than tour hundred ie
cleared. Most of the clear* and land is black prawe
and creek bottoms. For particulars ntmly to
GEOBGE - I’EWART ?
dec 5 lw Union Springs, At*.
To Rent,
\ BLACK - MITH SHG’ > with six or seven Forgw.
£k all complete. Apply at
31 ts THIS Oi IIV a-