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DAILY TIMES, j, Wt WARREN Sl CO., Proprietors. 'ublished Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rat* of 45.00 per month, or sls lor three months. No subscription received for a longer tana tham t e months. RATES OF ADVERTISING. CASUAL DAILT ADVERTISING BATES. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square. RBGULAR DAILT ADVERTISING BATHS. First Week—s3 00 per square for each insertion. Kocond Week—s 2 00 per square for each insertion. Third Week—sl 50 per square for each insertion. Fourth Week —$1 00 per square for each insertion. Second Mouth—s3o per square. Third Month —$25 per square. Change of Schedule. ">FFFO* ENGINEER AN!) SUPERINTENDENT, | Charleston and Savannah Railroad, V Charleston, June 7.1864.) ■ N THURSDAY, June 0,1861, and until further ' notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will e as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m. .i-rive in Savannah .5.40, p. m. ueave Savannah 5,30, a. in. Arriveiu Charleston 1.15, p. m. This Train m;ikes lireot connections, going north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at'-har u,- on, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. 11. S. HAINES, ~ane 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent. i'liaiftge of Schedule. , 4 and after Sunday, Juno 19th, the Trains on die uscogee Railroad will run as follows : PASSENGER TRAIN: ,e:ive Columbus 6 45 P. M. Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. ,cii ve Macon 8 10 P. M, vi rive at Columbus 4 25 A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN: ■ivc Columbus 5 00 A. M. ,ii dun ,s>... 55 A . .a. W. L. CLARK, ul iirl9tf Supt. Muscogee R, R. Through to Montgomery, NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAI LROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27,1864. , vN and alter August27th. the Passenger Train on the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m. Leave West Point at 7:10 a. in. A rrive at 6'oJuinbus at 5:3l p. in. Leave 6bluiiibus at 5:50 a. m. friiveat Montgomery at 3:00 p. m, A rrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. in. j Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:10 a m. Arrives at 8:27 p m L>. 11. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng. a*27 1864—ts MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. ( lUVtii: OF SdIKDI LK. Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864, i \N and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will * * Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Pasticuger Train. Leave Girard at 1 30 p.ni. Arrive in Union Springs 6 00 Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 10 Oil Freight Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS. AglStf Eng. <k Sup’t. Hr, O, 65. SHEAR!), (Late Surgeon P. A. C, S.) OFFERS his Professional Services to the citizens of Columbus. Offico at Dr. Carter’s Drugstore. Can be found at night at the residence of Wm. C. Gray, in Lin wood. [nov 10 lm* Hr.™ It, AOIll-i:, XD“Hj3sTTXST, « T Peuibertoo A Carter’s old stand, back room of /» Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found all hours, ’ foe 18 6m STERLING EXCHI^WE! 4 FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange ! *• for sale in .sums to suit purchasers hy 1K 1« ti BAN KO F COLUMBUS. J MOTIOI3 r l'o ! THE "MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of i L Agency for the Belief of Mississippi soldiers in j tile Army of Tennessee, has been removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s j corner, between Main st., and the Perry House. Your baggage is there. C. K. MARSHALL, ’ sep2B ts ' Agent. Govenimeiii Sheep for Exchange. •), iA HE AD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon j ijoll or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacon I 10c„ IJecf 2c. gross per pound. The Beef to be de • livered alive. Apply to J. A. TYLER. | Columbus, Nov. 2,1864 —t.f l\N Friday mornings RED VELVET BOW eon- ; v/ taming a gold star, with the letter "J.” engrav- I ed on it. The tinder will be rewarded by leaving ! it at this office. n»v26—dtf j KTOTIOE. Office Grant Factory, 1 Nov. 29, 1864.1 ALL pirsous having demands against the estate of Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to present th-m to the Grant Factory, nov 3d ts JOHN J. GRANT. Sun copy ind s-rnd bill to offico Grant Factory. Lost or Mislaid. I?OUR SHARKS of the G. A A. S. S. Cos., No. I 160, in favor of Afrs. J. L. Wilson, nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRANT. To Re lit. a OUSE for rent, possesion given i-i December. Api»ly to H. 11SHACKER, nov 30 6t lot, Broad Street. WANTED. iN OVERSEER. One without family, who has A lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for military service preferred. Applv to ROBERT R. HOWARD, , Reynolds, Taylor County. MRS. Oil AS. J. WILLIAMS, nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga. WASTiStt! - LBS. ot TALLOW,forwhifh a liberal price 3»UU‘ * will be paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, , p 7ti Major and Q. M. Wanted TO HIRE—Four or Five able bodiedXegroes.— L Good wages Apply a our government W oe2B ts _ JOHN D. GRAY & CO. HA\T E D , 4 GOOD BUSINESS MAN. until the first of Jiuiu.n-y. The best wages paid. A disablt and soj diet preferred, and it matters not how badly muti lated by woumls so he has firmness and judgment. Apply at the . TIMES OFFICE, nov 30 ts ___ SSOO Howard ! CJTOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus, O on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last, TWO ZMITTIL-ES, ene a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye. The other a black mare Mule, medium size, with whith mouth and white spot on rump. Both m good ° r i will pav the above reward for the delivery of the Mules with the thief, with proot sufficient to •onvict, or Two iluudred Dollars for the Mules. H M. CLF BLEY. Columbus. Ga., Nov. 9, 18<a4 —ts ♦jfSun please copy. WANTED. lAfWI BUSHELS CORN, for which we will pay ill'"' ca-h or exchange Salt, nov 12 6i JEFFERSON A UAMILT N. AGTSun and Enquirer copy. *25 Dollar* STRAY Kii rom my place in ttynoton. a dark bay mam MI'LE, about nine years old, hair rubbed off of both hips and a large sear on the riuht hindquartcr. JOHN COOK. oc 13 t r __ SSO noward.. ATEGRi' boy CHARLEY’ : ahrut 25year? old, yet lv low complexion, hair nearly strainnt, below er amary linclli ,ence ; lelt Hr. N.it. i'hoiupsou’s near •u* ,7* r f’U-" ouu : : I bought niin of a Mr. lirow' a lfetugee ,ro;n Mississippi, vrho n»w rese •> li!?kexee. Ala. He originally ev in# from A suitable rewarq win be paid '•i- at this office, or in aav aieiail&nd laic on -©n to me »: this office. „ , JAMBS w fU 9SBLL, Coluint*'* ay*. * YOL. Xl.} A PROCEAVIATIOA JOSEPH E. BROWN, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA. STATE OF GEORGIA, ) Executive Department, > Miliedgeville, Nov. 19, 1864. J The whole people understand how imminent is the danger that threatens the State. Our cities are being burned, our fields laid waste, and our wives and children mercilessly driven from their homes by a powerful enemy’ We must, strike like men for freedom or we must submit to subjugation. Death is to be preferred to loss of liberty. All must rally to the field for the present emergency or the State is overrun. I therelore by virtue of the authority vested in me by the statute of this State, hereby order a levy en maseee of the whole free white male population residing or domiciled in this State between sixteen (16) and fifty-five years of age, ex ept such as are physically unable to bear arms, which physical de fect must bo plain and indisputable, or they must be sent to camp for examination, and except those engaged in the Legislature or Judicial Departments of the govreumenC \h eh are by the recent act of thejL gislauire declared exempt from compulsory service. All others are absolutely required, and members of the Legislature and Judges are invited to report immediately to Major General G. A Smith, at Ma con, or wherever else in Georgia his camp may be lor forty (40) days service under arms, unless the emergency is sooner passed. Thestatute declares that all persons hereby callep out shall be subject after this call to all the rules and articles of war of the Confederate States, and on failure to report, shall be subject to the pains and penalties of the crime of desertion. Volunteer organizations formed into companies battalions, regiments, brigades or divisions will be accepted for (40) forty days, if they even approxi mate to the numbers in each orgaization which is required by the militia laws of this State which were in force prior to the late act. All police companies formed in counties for home defence will report, leaving at home for the time, only those over 55 years of age; and all personshav ing Confederate details or exemptions, who, by the late decision of the Supreme Court of this State, are held to be liable to State militia service and bound to obey the call of the Governor. All 3ucli refusing to .aport will be arrested by the police force or by any Aid-de Camp, or direr officer of this Stato,! 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 Sjiiag> gue are also excused. All Railroad companies in this State will trans port all persons applying lor transportation to the Front, and in case any one refuses, its President Superintendent,,'agents and employees will bo im mediately seat to the front. All Aides-de-Camp and other State officers are required to be active and vigilant in the execution of the orders contained in this proclamation, and all Confederate officers are respectfully invited to aid Stite 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. Each paper in the State will publish the above Proclamation. nov22lt. CbNFEDBRATK STATES Os AMERICA, Y War Department, Ordnance Bureau, >- Richmond, Nov. 11, 1864.) All officers on Ordnancr duty are required by General Orders, No. 70, Adj’t. & I. G. Office, Aug. 29, 1861, to report without delay to the Chief of Ordnance, Richmond, by letter, stating First.— Their rank. Second— Date cf commission (or appointment) giving date from which their rank take* 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 ass gnraent to which will be added. Seventh. —Present duty, and order of assignment Officers of the Regular Army will report both their regular and provisional commissions,, or appoint ments, conferring temporary rank. Failure on the part of officers on Ordnance duty to report immediately as above, will be treated a# a delinquency. J. GORGAB, nov 22 eod-iw _____ Chief of Ordnance, e. sotrsa, THE undersigned would respectfully inform his I 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 hi? well known and worthy friend Mr. EDWARD PARSONS, late of Atlanta, Ga., whose reputation and superior t ict for business is well known throughout the Confederacy. This House is large and commodious, and no pains, nor expense shall be spared to fit it up in the very best and most elegant stvle, and to obtirin every thing in tbu line of substantial eatables ant) luxuries tha! this market affords, With tucse assurances we most cordially solicit all our old friends, and the t .avel ing public generally, to give us a call and an oppor tunity of rendering them comfortable, oc 15 lrn* THUS. E. SMITH. Executory Notice. TWO months after date application will be made I to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, for leave to sell the Negroes and perishable property of tho Estate of Elizabeth T. Johnson, deceased, late of said county. g AMU g L K JOHNSON. Ex’r Oct. 20w2in* Per THOS- D. BR AND. A GOOD PLANTATION For Sale. 1 N Macon county, Alabama, lying directly on the I Montgomery and West Point Railroad. The tract contains 1,200 acres —about 700 cleared, -here is a comfortable Dwelling House on the phe »o*d Negro cabins with brick chiinnies and all t tie neces sary out-building*. The land is productive and location desirable. Possession given in November. For further information wjjtop ADAM g < oc 271 m OMumbus, Ga. *S“Telegraph k Confederate, Macon; Montre al ery Advertiser; (Amgtitutiogaiis, Augusta, copy. Notice to Debtors and Creditors \ LL persons having claims against the estate of A Mrs. L. .E. Cairnes, dec’d, late of Muscogee county, are hereby notified to render them duly an thenticated within the time prescribed by law; and ! those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. F- 0. TICKNOR, dec9w4od Adm r. For Sale. By E. y. BRITT, 114, Broad Street. QA BOXES fine Tobacco, OU 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 week, Bar and Toilet Son ns. ! ■* Tin and Cedar w are, Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bswles, etc. dec 7 dAw2t LARGE .CONSIGNMENT or LETTER PAPER! AND MEIOBAiIDVH BOBKI! Ter nil bj J. K. RIDP k CO. j *©lßtf COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14, 1864. SPECIAL NOTICES To the Citizens of Columbus! Having announced myself a candidate for re-elec tion for Mayor of the city, since which time a por tion of my fellow citizens calling upon me to take command of them under the recent call of our Gov ernor, to aid in repelling the enemy against our homes and families—not feeling and eposed to reject their request —I b ive consented, and shall cast my destiny with them, and in accordance with this de termination, I call upon the cstizens of Columbus, if my former administration meets their approval, that they will remember me and elect me for their next Mayor. Mr. R. L. Bass, who goes with me to .the front, declines being at- mdidate for Mayor, in my favor for which be wili please accept my thanks. nov 29 5t F. G WILKINS. Headquarters Conscript Service, ) Georgia. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 2d, 1864. j 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 ■ 'ommandant dec 11 6t of Conscpripts for Georgia. Exchange NTotice--IVo. 13. Richmond, December 1,1864. 1. AH Confederate officers and men who have been delivered by the Federal authorities at 'any place, prior to November 25th, 1861, are hereby declared to be exchanged. 2. All officers and men ot tbe Vicksburg capture of July 4tb, 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 e ared to be exchanged. Ro. OULD, dec 11 6t Agent of Exchange, OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, } Military Division of thr West, V Montgomery, Dec. 3, 1864. J Alljofficers 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 of orders of assignment, and where on duty. This r-port is oalled 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, xidjutant and Inspector General’s Office, series 1863, unless reassigned by| a special order of the Secretary of War. E. WILLIS, dec 94t (Thief Quarfbrmaster. * HO FOR ATLANTA! The Southern Express Company will reeeive freight (under forty pounds each package) and money parcels for Atlanta via Macon A; Western Railroad, from this date. S. H. HILL, dec 6 ts Agent. OFFICE SOUTHERN 3X9 LESS, Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29,1864. VTO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex li press Company’s Office after o’clock f. m, o go East on that day, nor will any be received to go West after 4% o’clock p m. oo 29 ts S. H. HILL, Agent. Marshall Holpjyal, j Columbus, Ga., 10th Dec* cm her. } IVotice! All having claims against the Hospital for hire of servants, are requested to call for payment. T. A. MEANS. dec 10 3t in Charge. Sun copy. Lost Trunk, SIOO Reward. AN SATURDAY night, the 19th November, at the U depot iu 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, doc 6 St* Columbus, Ga. To Printers ! WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY, (except Ruing Machine,) two hand PRESSES, and about 1,000 Pounds or Type Metal. nov2l-tf Headquarters Gov. Works, (Obd.) 1 Columuus, Ga., Dec. 1, 1864. J Wanted to Hire ! FIFTEEN NEGRO BLACKSMITHS. Good quarters furnished and liberal wages paid. Apply to M. H. WRIGHT, dec 2lw Col. Com’dg. Headquarters Military Division I of the West, > Macon, Ga., Nov. 29th, 1864.) General Orders, l No. ; All supernumerary Officers of this Military Divis on not otherwise assigned to duty, will report to the Commandant of the Post, Macon, Ga, By command of General Beauregard. A. R. CHISOLM, dec2ecd2w A. D. C. and A. A._A. G. Headquarters Post, 1 Columbus, Ga., November 29,1864, / Orders No 19. # * * * * * * I. All men retired from service that have repor ted and filed their papers at this office, will report at these headquarters on Saturday, the 3d of De cember, at 11 o’clock, a.m., for the purpose of being mustered for pay. By eommand S. L. BISHOP, Maj. Com’dg Pest. S. Isidore Guillit, Post Adj’t. nor 29 5t Stop the Horse Tihef! SSOO Reward. STOLEN from the premises of C. P. Levy, across the new bridge, #n the night of 30th November two BAY HORSES and one BLACK PONY. Above reward will be paid for the horses and thief. JOHN D. GRAY k CO. dee 2 4t Notice to Debtors and Creditors ALL persons having claims against the estate of Joseph W. Woollolk, dec’d, late of Muscogee county, are hereby notified to reuder them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law; an/ those indebted to said estate are requested to mr ke immediate payment. WM. G. WOOLFOLK, nov 2S, 1864 —w4od Adm’r. Lard YIT ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osuaburgs and Yarns, at the nov slm EAGLE FACTORY. Confederate Tax Xotiee. 1 SHALL com nence on Monday next, 3?h inst„ collecting all Taxes that are due the Confederacy, Tax payers mustcouae 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 tnr-rif, will at ell times be ready to receive the money. „ J. A. L. LEE, doc 5 St Collec or 41st Dist. FOR SALE. Pro FINE BREED SOWS to sell or exohanje for pork. Apply at Sherman A Co’s, up stair* in Masonic building. de* 6tf _ _ FOR SAIjB. A9UA LL FARM, containing about 100 a«re*. #0 ia the wood, and forty cleared, about one mil# 1 above the Feantain Factory. «n tha river. Oa the plaoe is a good dwelling with three room*, a large . apple aad peach orchard and variety es other frail Irma, good water, he. Fer terms apply U Mr*. J. A JONES, deefttf »«ar Coiambas. Tuesday Evening. Enterprising. —The New York Herald of November 11th ult., give3 the message of President Davis, delivered on the 7th, in full. Also the comments thereon indulged in by the Richmond press of the Bth. Considering tbe difficulties of running the blockade, this was speedy work. Preparations to Oppose Sherman. —A Washington dispatch of Sunday says : “Infor mation received here shows pretty conclusive ly that Early has been with his entire force from the Valley, to send to Savannah by rail, and that about 10,000 more have been detach ed from Lee’s army and sent South, and that an army ot about 30,000 is to be improvised under Ewell, to get between Sherman and the Atlantic coast.” The Augusta and Savannah Railroad, so called, extends from Augusta to Millen, a dis tance of 53 miles. At Millen it intersects the Georgia Central Railroad, extending from Sa vannah to Macon. Millen is 79 miles from Savannah, and 111 miles fiom Macon. Postscript. —Just as we go to press, says the Floridian and Journal of the 10th, we learn that a cavalry force of the enemy struck the jGulf road at King’s bridge, en the Ogechee, and completely de stroyed it. No further particulars. The news comes from a reliable source, and is entitled to full credit. We learn that the Western & Atlantic Road is in running order as far as the Etowah. Above there, it is destroyed only in places.— Telegraph & Confed erate. It is reported that Secretary Stanton is still so ill that his physicians consider it necessary that he should, for some time to come, relinquish entirely his attention to the official duties of the War De partment. The Recent Yietory ii East Tennessee. The Yankees are in a critical situation in Knoxville. Gillem’s command is there, and cannot receive any reinforcements, as all the troops in Tennessee have been sent to Thom as. Gillem’s headquarters are in the old Fair Ground of tbe town. A letter in the Knoxville Register*gives an interesting account of Gen Breckinridge's recent victory near Morristown. General Vaughn moved around to the rear of the euemj and General Bazil Duke was to at tack in front. Tbe letter says: Everything worked exactly as it was ar ranged. The ridge was gained on the' morn ing of the 12tb, with but little resistance, and Gen. VAughn was promptly in the rear. Tbe point at which the ascent of the ridge was made, however, was about a mile from the enemy’s inner entrenchments. Our men were immediately formed in a line extending across it. The range is a very narrow one, having only room enough on top for a bridle path ; very steep on the sides, and intersected with ravines, with here and there a spur running out, to increase the difficulty of travelling it. As soon as our advance began, the difficul ties of the ground over which we were to more were seen at once, the thick underbrush and deep ravines rendering it impossible to pre serve a line. Our troops pushed forward, however, without regard to scientific adjust ment, and drove the enemy before them in a rambling flight for about three quarters of a mile—charged and took their first line of breastworks. The goal was nearly won. One more charge, and the hill which overlooked the enemy’s encampment would have been ours. But in counting our host for this la3t effort, it was discovered that about two-third3 of it had been lost in the underbrush. We began to hesitate, and the Yankees seeing it, immediately advanced upon us, and opened a fierce fire of grape and canister with their ar tillery upon the woods in which we had halt ed. There was no time to send back to bring up the stragglers. We were forced to fall back; which was done in good order, bringing our wounded and stragglers off the field with us. The attack of Gen. Vaughn in the rear, and of Colonel Crittenden in the front, were only intended as feints. The main attack having failed, theirs, of course, was immediately abandoned. We then moved back and occu pied the lines of the day before. The enemy, elated at their brief success, kept up a furious shelling, which did no other injury than to frighten a few of the weak-hearted and render a surgeon nervous who was dressing wounds in the rear. The next day, the 13th instant, passed off in perfect quietness. It was evi dent, though, that the enemy were very much disturbed about their situation. They bust led about, worked all day in plain view, forti fying their position, and giving us evidence of their intention to hold the gap in defiance; but the Major General commanding was not to be deceived by these preparations. About 9 o'clock, p. m., our whole force moved to the flank and rear of the enemy, through gap, Vaughn and Duke, with their cavalry, in the front. So confident were the enemy that our army was still in Bull’s Gap, and had not suspected their evacuation, they neglected to observe the road leading through L gap at all. The consequence was, that our cavalry took them completely by surprise, and struck their col - umn at Russellville, about 12 o’clock at night, cut it in two, and then Vaughn had a chase that has been rarely equaled on this continent. Information was obtained that the wagon trains and artillery were in front, and these things were what our boys hankered for. The moon w&3 at its full, and one of the clearest nights I most ever saw, just such a one as was desirable for the work ahead. The fight with I the enemy was uninterrupted in its progress from Russellville to Morristown, and a dead Yankee here and there on the roadside, the ' prisoners and other paraphernalia that were ! streaming back to the rear, told bow things ! were going on at the front. ! Ido not think I ever saw the blood of our ' boys more disturbed than it was in this pur suit Duke’s men fought splendidly, and not one of them was to be found anywhere except at his post.' While Vaughn’s boys, as they approached Morristown —tht scene of their late defeat —began to swell on a big rampage, the retreat of the enemy was becoming more and more rapid, and their efforts to protest it gradually slackening until about three miles west of this place, a charge was made upon 1 them bv Vaughn, which resulted in their ! complete route—abandoning il.eir entire wag on train and artillery, with horses and equip ments complete. The whole Yankee force was now dispersed. The main portion of it ! took to the woods and made their way to their i fortifications at Strawberry Plains through the bushes and by-path?. The result of this brilliant movement ha been : first, the complete rout and dispersion ; of the Yankee force operating in East Teunes see ; second, the capture of their entire trans portation and artillery, consisting of seventy wagons, richly loaded with baggage and equipments of the whole eomnetad, with their 1 teams »till attached to them ; six 11-pounder /FIVE DOLLARS 1 ;PER MOV Til. Parrott guns, in splendid order, with tbeir horses, and ammunition enough for a cam paign : eighteen stands of colors, three hun dred and sixteen prisoners, and about two hundred horses and mules. — « ♦ ♦ Whkklf.r's Generalship.— Thus far Wheeler lias done nearly all the fighting against Sherman’s grand army, indeed all except the disaster and the defence of Oconee bridge, having been aided by infantry in the latter- A correspondent of the Augusta Constitutionalist very justly says: “After this invasion let no one traduce the mili tary genius of Wheeler. On this march for rapid concentration and celerity of movement, lie has not been excelled by any commander. At Sandersvillo he struck tho advance of a large force of the enemy; drove back the mounted force upon its infantry; fell back ; crossed over to notify Wayne of his dan ger of a flank movement in time to save him and his command; heard of Kilpatrick on another route moving towards the Quaker Road for Waynesboro’; overtook and fought him with brilliancy and vim, and drove him in a gallop towards Waynesboro,’ the result of which is at this time here unknown. The fight and pursuit was made under great disadvan tage. Unfortunately, our people on that long line of travel, and in a wealthy country, failed to get off their horses and mules ; these supplied tbe places of the horses worn out in the chase, and none were left for the pursuers. Again the enemy, after resting and feeding their stock out of the abundance of the barns and cribs, destroyed the balance by tire, leav- I ing but little for Wheeler; but notwithstanding these great disadvantages, on he press and with great | speed and energy, from the first battle ground to the | last point arrived at by his party. The country was ! one vastlscene of desolation and ruin ; in many places nothing but dwellings are left upon the i farms.” ♦ Retaliation. —Brigadier General A. L.Lee, i commanding at Baton Rouge, and Brigadier General B. Hodge, commanding tbe Southern district of this department, have been indul ging in a spicy correspondence on the subject of retaliation. General Hodge says: Without presuming to question the extent or eminence of your fanfiliarity with I he scenes of diabolical cruelty which eharaoierized the early history of Kansas, I have only to say in reply, that, my troops are instructed to fire upon the enemies of their country whenever and wherever these enemies are found in arms, those instructions will be continued.— Your troops are at liberty to avail themselves ; of the same well established usage of war.— Should you aitempt to carry the contest be yond the recognized principles of civilized warfare, I have not only the means in the persons of many of your troops captured from your command and now prisoners within my control, but I shall venture to hope that I shall have the nerve to develop a course of conduct quite equal to the emergency which you may press upon me. +- » Fidelity of Southern Slaves. —This in vasion among other things has demonstrated (says a correspondent of the Augusta Con stitutionalist) one fact and that is, the gen eral devotion of our slaves to their owners.— Often upon the route in the rear of the ad-< vancing armies, large groups of faithful slaves could be seen shouting with joy upon being able to escape and return to “Old Master and Missus.” These nigger lovers, with unspeak able meanness? robbed the poor creatures of all the money they had, and in some instances ot hats and shoes. Heaven grant that the skill of our commanders, with the burning courage of our men, will strike a fatal blow to this “grand” and remarkable invasion. To t his we may add the significant fact that ihe Georgia negroes in Sherman’s rear are now arresting most of the straggling Yankees and delivering them up to our authorities. [ Tel. 4' Confederate. ♦ - ♦ ♦ A Warlike World. —The Opinion Natioiaale, of a recent date, gives this dismal picture of the present belligerent condition of the world : If there be a dead caltn in politics, as well as business, among us, it is not the same in all parts of the little planet we inhabit. Three quarters of humanity, in faot, are living in the barbarous state of war. There is war in Poland. War in Algeria. War in Tunis. War in Mexice. War in the United States. War in Peru. War in Now Zvaland. War in China and Zacbgar. War in Japan. War in Afghanistan. War in t wenty countries in Africa. This is unfortunately, enough to disoourage the friends of universal peace, and who can say they will not meet with still greater disappointment next year '! Italy, Hungary. Poland, Denmark, and the Slavonian population of Turkey, are not it must be confessed, in the most pacific humor, arid, to those who study tbe general situation of our continent, it is quite evident that the general situation, instead of getting better, goes on from day to day getting more and more complicated. The Greatest Duel on Record. —The fa mous duel in whie’n forty or more gentlemeu were engaged, in 1828, is still remembered in Natchez. Col. Jim Bowie, tbe famous fighter and inventor of the knife which bsars his name, used to spend a great deal of his time in Natchez. He was challenged by a gentleman of Alexandria, La., whose friends, to the number of twenty or more, accompanied him to Natchez to see lair play, knowing Bowie was a desperate man, aud had his own friends about him. All parties went upon the field. The combatants took their places in the centre, separated from their friends in the rear, far enough nottoen ‘anger them with their balls. Behold the battle array thus: Twenty Louisi anians fifty yards behind their champion and his seconds and surgeon, twenty armed Missippians. ' Behold the heights of Natchez thronged with spectators, and a steamer rounded to, its deeps 1 black with passengers, watching with a deep in terest the scene. The plan of fight was to exchange shots twice with pistols, and close with' knives, Bowie being armed with his own terrible weapon. At the first fire both parties escaped. At the second, the Loui sianian was too quick, and took advantage of . Bowie, who waited the word. At this Bowie’s seeend soon cried “feul play !” and shot the Louisi anian dead. The second \oi the latter instantly killed the slayer of his principal. Bowie drove his knife inte this man. The Emrgeons now crossed blades, while with lefad battle cries, came on two parties of friends, the light of battle in their eyes. In a moment the whole number were engaged in a fear ful conflict. Pistols and knives were used with fatal effect, until one party drove the ether from the field. Ido not know how many were killed and wounded in all, but it was a dreadful siaugh ter. Bowie fought like a lion, hat fell covered with wounds. For menths he lingered at the Mansion House before he fully recovered. Not Hkalthy for Masssaohusitts Mbs.— The Springfield (Mass.; Republican gives two cases of the latality of the Missouri climate to New England squatt-r? ; t “It is reportedttbsa f Rcr Joshua Boucher formerly of this county, who removed to Mis souri last spring, was killed a few day? ago by guerillas. Some rebel* seized him and ordered him to take tu«* o.itn cf abegiaucc, which he declined, no doubt very decidedly, when they shot him. Mr. Boucher was oneoi the Liberty party men of Ohio —one of toe old anti-slavery vanguard. •*A Mr. Eiisworth. who. several years ago, removed iroua Dear Catawba to Missouri, u..-, a short time since, killed by a band of gm r illa? who dem -tded his best horse, and *her being saddled bridled and delivered iuto their as they were about to i tart and she.- - ough the head, instant jj killing boa. Mr* Biiswortb baa returned vo h*r friend*, and re a tea the *ad itoiy An-thmh T*i,BOF*Ftr L'jr*.—Two b«n*ee4 thousand dollars has been guaranteed to tbe Ce lnmbia nnd Greenville Telegraph Company, had it isp-aposed to make the capital stock S3SO,§M to eompleto the lines to Greenville, Abbeville I*. H., Anderson C H., and Pendleton. The wire to complete the line from Columbia to Greenville ia now ready. The company expect* to be fnlly er ganized by the 3th of next month. - —P i Sherman tr» Lunatic. —They say that Wm. T. Sherman is sometimes subject to “flits” es hs ranity ; that it is the “hereditary passion es the house;” and if we mistake not he was once plaoed in a Lunatic Asylum. He is in a fair way new to land in a jail. We begin to believe that he is deranged. Thie is not the first expedition he has undertaken which looked like insanity. Surrounded by a complication of difficulties, his old complaint comes back upon him and his reason is dethroned. We are incline to the opinion that if he sought the sea fide, he could have attained it six days age. There was scarcely any obstacle if the advaneo had been pressed direct. We fully expected hina to go through, believing he could accomplish the I movement. He dallied too long. If we were a Northern gamblei betting upon his successes, we should draw the stakes now. Tho delay augurs favorably for the Confederates, who have beeu | listening every day to hear that he ha-1 turned up on the coast. But be didn’t turn up. We can hear nothing. We'cun imagine only the Federal army come to grief and starvation. Therefore, it is glorious news to us just now* to hear just nothing at all. The Mails. —We learn from the Augusta Constitutionalist that an arrangement baa been made by which the mails will be regu larly forwarded westward from that city. ! From the same paper we gather the pleasing intelligence that tho Georgia Railroad will be repaired throughout the entire rout to Atlan ta in the next forty days. Gov. Brown’s Aids. —A message from thß Governor of Georgia in response to a resolu tion of enquiry from the House, gives the names of his Aids-de-Camp, the nature of the duty performed by them, the necessity for the appointment, &c. It states that Col. Schley has been sent to Europe, Cols. Wilbur and Lamar are the active agents for the exporta tion of cotton and importation of supplies; Col. Lee and Captains Hendrix, McAdoo and Paxton are appointed to complete the “Roll of Honor,” and that it has been necessary t* appoint one Aid in each county, to assist the district Aids, since the militia have been call ed out. Mauy of these are not subject to con scription. Brutality of Sherman’s Army—A Dnrnia ble Reeord. The following narrative appears in the A.». gusta Register of the 2d. With our cotem porary we raise the cry of vengeance against the inhuman wretches : A gentleman arrived in this city yesterday evening who left Milleqlgeville on Tuesday morning. He says the State House, Executive Mansion and Miliedgeville Hotel have not been burned. The depot, Penitentiary and Arsenal were all the buildings that were burned. They burn all granaries and cotton they find in the conntry, and kill or carry off every .living thing that could pos sibly serve for food. The country is left a barren waste. Many families that oneweex age were comparatively wealthy have not now the means of sustenance. But the most hellish deeds that the infernal demons committed remains to be told, and wo think the paper should blush that bears tho record. We are informed that the incarnate devils ravished some of tho nicest Jadies in the town. We pen the paragraph with hor ror. Our blood runs cold as we write. Wo would forbear doing so, but we wish our peo ple to know the destiny that awaits them if the villains are allowed to continue their in vasion of the country. One of their uuforto* uate metima was, we learn, consigned to the asylum on Monday. Her reason tottered be neath the load of wounded honor, and the poor victim is ruined forever. How long ! oh, t how long is our country to be insulted by these savages ? In the name of justice and humanity we urge our people to vindicate their honor. We have a heavy score against our foemaa ; tilood will scarcely obliterate the record.— There have been deeds committed by these God-forsaken wretches, that should cause the heavens to peal a thunder-cry of vengeauee, and the earth to open and swallow the wretoh es, as it did the wicked Korah. But the earth would spew out such wretches ; the sea would disgorge them. Hell is scarce fit to domicile them. To our armies we would say, write on your battle flags, in broad, black letters, “ Avenge the honor of our Women!” Let it be em blazoned before the eyes of every soldier, and in the hours of conflict let it be the battle cry that goads our men on to deeds of valor which will crush out the foe and leave not a vestige of them save a,great stench in the land. At the sight of these words the guilty hound* who have ruined our homes and despoiled our w. men of their honor will quail and sink as before a mighty whirlpool, and the indigation of an outraged people will over whelm them. Then thunder it over the land until the rocks shall echo back the sound and the hills reverberate the echo, and every heart be filled with the fires of vengeance. Fire and Self-immolation. —Tho Vicevilla Academy, a two-story wooden building, was dis covered to be in flames about half-past two o’clock or Sunday morning, and was burned to its sills in tha course of an hour thereafter. ✓ Some negroes, tenants of a neighboring kitehea, say, late in the erening before, a drsmktn soldier came in, and cursiDg the dampness of the school house, took a fire-brand with him, and made ©i, swearing that he would make a fire to dry up the damp even if he burned up the d—d old Church. It is supposed that he made up his fire very carelessly in the second story of the building, and then sank into the sudden sleep ofinebriatioa, during which the brands rolled out and set th« building in flames. Stupefied alike by smeke and intoxication, the unhappy man was burned as he lay. The irons of his gun, his bones aad his heart, still unconsnmed, were found among the ashes and cinders and furnished certain evi dence of his awful fat*. There is toe much drink ing among the soldier? quartered arouud Mae*i, to say nothing about civilians. Let all take a lesson from this awful penalty for a single de bauch.— Teleg> aph & Con. FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE AND BAINBRIDBB The Steamer Shamrock, H. Wingate, master, wiH leave for the above and intermediate landisge. Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock, dec 12 td Hd’qrs Camp of Instruction for Ga.. I Camp Cooper, Macon, Dec. Id, 3S£4, S Special Orders, l No. 330. I [Extract.] * ***** • 111. A* ceaamunication with Col. Wri. M.Erewa, Commandant of Conscripts, is re-established, sneeial „rdcr number 322, from these headquarters's here by revoked. A. M. ROWLAND, dec 12 5t Major and Coinmandaat. Wanted, lßt of January, ten able -1 b©<4ied AEGROEu, men and women A. D. BRIDGMAN. n ts * Steward. To Hire, uOR next year, a first rate C*ok. 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