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f'liasige oft Schedule.
OKY.ru: I'iNGiNEJCR and Superintendent, |
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, r
Charleston, June 7,1864.)
,N THURSDAY, June9,lß6-.,and until further
t r n oticc, the Schedulo of the Passenger train will
be ass tlfow, viz:
T,c:ive (Charleston 9.45, a. m.
Arrive in Savannau 5.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah 5.30, a. in.
Arrivcin Charleston 1.15, p. m.
Xkis Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
11. S. IIAINRS,
June 14 if Engineer and Superintendent.
i'hsmge oft Schedule.
,AN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
1 > the u-ujogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 45 P. M.
Arrivo at Macon 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon.... 8 10 P. M<
Arrive at Columbus „...............4 2o A. BU.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
j,, ü b\ 500A. M
Arrive at Colum is/. .....J 56 A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 tl Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS. August 27,1864.
,\ m „ n .t ..tier August27tli. the Passenger Train on
0 the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m.
Arrive at Columbus at. 5.32 p. m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a.m.
Arrive at Monrgomory at o:UU p. m,
Arrive at West Point at 4130 p. in.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
i). U. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng:
ag271864—ts
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
(!ll4\Gi: OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
ON and after 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. ( m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4_ 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
aglß ts Eng. & Sup’t.
Dr, G, It. HEARD,
(Lato Surgeon P. A. C, S.)
OFFERS his Professional Services to the citizons
of Columbus. Office at Dr. Carter’s Drug Store.
Can bo found at night at the residence of Wm. C.
Gray, in Linwood. [nov 10 lm*
Dr. R, NOBLE, -
DENTIST,
i T Pemberton & Carter’B old stand, back room of
A Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours, roc 186 m
STIIItUAO EXCHAM«E!
t FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
A for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
a K I6 tl BANK Oh COLUMBUS.
ISrOT'XOIES
To Mississippi !
t he “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
l Agency for tho Rcliof of Mississippi soldiers in
the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from
Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard s
corner, between Main st., and the t erry House,
Yoor baggme is R MARSHALL>
sep2B ts _ . Agents
Government Sheep for Exchange.
*)i>A HEAD SIIEEP will be exchanged for Bacon
,j 0() or Beef. The Sheep rated at a>2 00, Bacon
10c., Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Lee! to be de
livered alive. Apply to TYLER
Columbus, Nov. 2,1361 ts _
LOST,
/\N Friday morning a RED VELVET BOW con
i' tabling a gold star, with the letter J. engrav
ed on it. The finder will be rewarded by leaving
it at this office. nov26 dti
NOTION.
Office Grant Factory, 1
Nov. 29, 1864. J
ALL persons having demands against the estate of
Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
To°v 3itf"“ toth ' SrO °* J«& J- GRANT.
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant lactory.
Lost or Mislaid.
T7OUR SHARES of the G. & A. S. S. Cos., No.
T 160, in favor of Mrs. J. L. M ihon.
nov 30 ts D. A J. J. QRANI.
To Rent.
rar-—ASICS'"'
new 30 6t 104, Broad Street.
■w .a.hspx’ieljlD
. N OVERSEER. One without family, who has
A lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for
military service preferred.
Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD,
Reynolds, Taylor County.
MRS. CIIAS. J. WILLIAMS,
nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga.
'W AATED!
r aa, i LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
will be paid. Apply tm DILL ARD,
sp7 ts _ Major and Q. M.
Wanted
TO HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.—
Good wages given. Apply at our Government
W o°o r 2B*tf JOHN D. GRAY & CO.
WASTED,
4 GOOD BUSINESS MAN, uutil the first of
A January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol
dier preferred, and it matters not how baaly muti
lated by wounds so he has firmness and judirment.
Apply at the TIMES 01FICE.
nov 30 ts
SOOO Howard. !
STOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus,
0 on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last,
TWO 3yEXJI-.ES,
one a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye.
Tho other a black mare Mule, medium aize, witn
whith mouth and white spot on rump. Both 111 good
° r i will pay the above reward for the dfdDrery of
the Mules with the thief, with proof sufficient to
convict, or Two Hundred dollars
Columbus, Qa.,Nov, 9,1861—ts
4Ur-Sun please copy.
WAITED.
1 AAA BUSHELS CORN, for which we will pay
and Enquirer cop> •
s*2s Dollars Reward.
OTRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
O bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and a large sear on the right
hindquarter. JOHN COOK.
oc 13 ts .
SSO Reward.
VtEGRO boy CHARLEY : about 25 years old, yel
lv low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence ; left Mr. Nat. Thompson’s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. 1 bought aim of a
Mr. Brown, a refugee from Mississippi, who now
resides in Tuskegee. Ala. He originally came from
Charleston, S. C. A suitable reward will be paid
for his delivery at this office, or in anv -afe iail and
information sent to me at this office.
. JAMES M. KbnSELL.
Columbu’s fra. autrl t *
VOL. XI. [
SPECIAL NOTICES
Marshall Hospital, \
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 14,1864.;
Notice!
Wanted to hire for the ensuing year, fifteen able
bodied NEGRO MEN and ten WOMEN. Negroes
thus employed are not subject to impressment.
DANIEL R. BIZE,
dec 13 till Ist jan. Steward.
lld’qrs Camp or Instruction for Ga., I
Camp Cooper, Macon, Dec. 10,1864, v
Special Orders,)
No. 330. i
[Extract.]
* * * * * * *
111. As communication with Col. Wm. M. Brawn
Commandant of Conscripts, is re-established, special
order number 322, from these headquarters "is here
by revoked.
A. M. ROWLAND,
dec 12 5t Major and Commandant.
Headquarters Conscript Service, )
Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 2d, 1864. j
Circular, I
No. 26. j
Enrolling Officersjof this State are hereby instruc
ted not to interfere, until further orders, with As
sessors and C ollectors of Tax in Kind.
JNO. F. ANDREWS,
Major and Acting f'omma.ndant
dec 11 6t of Conscpripts for Georgia.
Exchange STotice-Ko. 13.
Richmond, December 1,1864.
1. All Confederate officers and men who have been
delivered by the Federal authorities at [any place,
priorto November 25th, 1864, are hereby declared to
be exchanged.
2. All officers and men of 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
c ared to be exchanged. Ro, OULD,
dec 11 6t Agent of Exchange.
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER, ]
Military Division, of the West, >•
Montgomery, Dec. 3, 1864. J
Alfiofficers 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, Sand
if possible copy of 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,
dec9 4t Chief Quartermaster.
HO FOR AT Ia AWT A !
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 EXPRESS,
Columbus, (4a., Oct., 29,1864.
\TO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex
press Company’s Office after 3% o’clock p. u. o
go East on that day, nor will any be received to go
West after 4% o’clock pm. rTTT t ,
oo 29 ts S.H. HILL, Agent.
Marshall Holpital, )
Columbus, 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 ISurgeon in Charge.
Sun copy,
Lost Trunk, SIOO Reward.
an SATURDAY night, the 19th November, at the
U depot in Macon, a LEATHER TRUNK, marked
“R. A. Chambers, Columbus, Ga./’ was mischeoked
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.
Coftfee! Coffee!
200 POUNDS CHOICE COFFEE
ALSO,
•200 lbs. Black Pepper.
STANFORD & CO.,
nov 30 3t No. 78, Broad Street.
Administrator’s Sale.
/4 N the first day of January, I will sell at public
U 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 is [a fine spring of
water, negro cabins, etc. ” • S. “OFE,
dec Gw4t Adm r.
FOrL B ALE s
on - ACRES OF LAND, thirty in cultivation, two
OU 1 hundred and seventy in the This
place is near the ten mile house on the Cusseta
road, and is snugly improved for the times Apply
t c L. M. BIGGEItb,
nc i ”9 4t* Columbus. Ga.
Plantation to Rent or Sell.
ANE and a half miles north of Union Springs,*,Ma
v* con county, Ala. It contains four hundred and
eighty acres, a little less than four hundred is
cleared. Most of the cleared land is black prane
and creek bottoms, r^partgntaar^^
dec 5 lw • Union Springs, Ala.
To Rent,
4 BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forges.
Vll tf ml,lete ' APP ' ? “ THIS OFFICE.
Wanted.
OAA aaA FEET ASH TIMBER, in plankel
/UU.UUU \% inch, or by the cord. Apply at
our Government Works.
dec 26t JOHN GRAY & 0.
To Printers !
WE offer for sale acomplete BOOK BINDERY,
VY (except Ruling Machine,) two hand PRESSES,
and about
1,000 Pounds of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
4 LL persons having claims against the estate of
A Joseph W. Woolfolk, dec’d, late of Muscogee
county, are hereby notified to render them duly
authenticated within the time presenoed by law;
an«' those indebted to said estate are requested to
mr ie immediate payment. __ _ _
WM. G. WOOLFOLK,
nov 23, IS64—w4od Adni'r.
Lard
\\ r ANTED in exchange for Sheetings, Osnaburgs
novs d lm arnS ’ ** EAGLE FACTORY.
Confederate Tax Notice.
1 SIIA.LL commence on Monday next, sth inst..
1 collecting all Taxes that are due the Conlederacy,
Tax payers must come up promptly and pay, or the
penalty of the law will be visited upon them There
are no'w many delinquents on their Quarterly Sales
Tax. Mr. Green, or myself, will at all times be
ready to receive the money. j A j. lee
» j ec 53t Collector 41st Dist.
To Hire,
I OR next year, a first rate Cook, Washer and
!* Ironer. She is faithfuEand
incumbrance. Apply at THIS OxrlCK.
dec 1 1 tt
Wanted,
4 WOOD TURNER, white or black. G#od wages
A will be paid for a good turner. _ tav
dec 15 6 t JEEFERSON A HAMILTON.
Sun A Enquirer copy.
COLUMBUS, 6A., SATURDAY, DEC. 17. 1864.
Friday Evening;.
| From our Richmond Correspondent.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 30, j 864.
Though [Winter smiles like Spring, and all
natural indications are favorable, Grant strikes
no blow. A light between the Yankee Gunboats
and our battery at the Howlett House, and tbe
chasing of a few negro pickets on our extreme
right, comprise tbe whole of mi.itary operations
for several days past. The political world in this
quarter partakes of the quiet which reigns over
: the military.
; The Tennessee delegation through a mistaken
j philanthropy prevented Mr. Swan from taking
Mr. Foote “over the boders.”
Cobb of Alabama has been expelled and, sub
sequently his ignominious career has been cut
short by a weapon given him by his Yankee
friends.
In view of the recent vaporing* on the subject
of peace and reconstruction, Congress has seen
fit to reiterate the determination of the country,
never to submit or re-unite with the North.
; In the Senate, on yesterday, Mr. Henry of Ten
nessee, made a powerful and effective speech on
i this subject.
The House a few days since rejected by an al
; most unanimous vote, the resolutions of Mr.
I Leach of North Carolina, in favor of Liberty. Queer
j idea that of Liberty. The resolutions declare se
| cession wrong, and the willingness of the South
j to go back upon the guarantee of her constitution
j al rights.
Judge Wright of Georgia, the mover of the
first proposition in Congress, has gone to the
Yankees. Singular is it not, that all roads to
peace, no matter from what point started, lead to
the Yankees.
The new3 from Georgia is very vague, indefi
nite and unsatisfactory. The last dispatches lo
cate Sherman and his whole force at Millen, and
a Yankee force landing on Broad River between
Savannah and Charleston. This would indicate
that he is making for Hilton Head, via. Sister’s
Ferry on the Savannah river in Scriven County.
It is expected here, that he will succeed in march
ing through the State, with but little material
loss. A contrary result will prove an agreeable
disappointment.
The last news from Hood says ha was in thirty
miles of Nashville, and marching towards that
place.
Since the recent operations in Georgia, some
few who endorsed Hood’s original plan, have be
gan to question its wisdom. Among them some
high military officials. Success to his arms is
indispensable, both for his reputation and the
spirit of the ceuntry-
The message of Governors Vance and Watts
have been received. The fir3t is quite as free
from fault finding, and narrowness of views as
could be expected from one of limited capacity
and attainments. The other is a model produc
tion of a high toned, patriotic and enlightened
gentleman.
Both are in bold and pleasing contrast to the
miserable mass of ignorance, vanity and low dem
agoguery which constitute the last State paper of
Governor Brown.
Bishop Lay arrived here [on Sunday last. He
dined with Sherman before he started on his raid,
and reccivod a similar honor at the hands of Gen.
Grant on the day of his arrival here. They both
expressed the utmost confidence in the success of
Sherman—speke desparingly of Gen. Wheeler—
and seemed to hare a wholesome terror of For
rest.
A day or two since the Yankees captured Roger
A. Pryor, while exchanging papers in front of Pe
tersburg. The obscurity which has surrounded
this gentleman for seme time past will be tempora
rily removed, for believing [from his activity just
before and immediately after the commencement
of this struggle—that they have captured a prize
—they will allow him an ephemeral season of
newspaper notoriety, before consigning him to
prison. All the surroundings of his capture are
quite as romantic as have been the salient points
in his previous political and military career.
George D. Prentice turned up at the Spotswood
Hotel on yesterday. It is said that he came by
Federal and Confederate consent to attend the
trial of his son for the murder of a hotel keeper
in this'State.
In this connection it is stated that Kentucky is
in a better condition now than at any time before
in her history. How long this eiysium will last
depends upon the stay of Prentice in our border.
Ho describes Lincoln’s tyranny in Kentucky as
insupportable, and says it is better for the South
to suffer annihilation than to submit to him. The
financial and tax bills reported to Congress, are
said to mest the approval of the Secretary of the
Treasury. Jim.
The New York Herald has an elaborate ed
itorial urging that more men be sent Grant;
that without them he can make no movement.
It says: “Why is it that General Grant still
lingers before the triple lines of fortifications
which protect the rebel capital? We know
that with the dislodgement, defeat and dis
persion of Lee’s army, the Davis Confederacy
will collapse and fall to pieces, and we know
that until we shall have demolished that army
the war will go on; and why, then, is it that
Gen. Grant delays the decisive blow ? There
can be but one answer to this question. He
delays the decisive blow suggested because be
has not men enough to justify either a gene
ral assault upon the enemy’s elaborate works,
or another flank movement, which would cut
off Lee’s remaining lines of subsistence and
capture his army. This is the secret of Gen.
Grant’s delay. He wants more men to ac
complish the final blow. * * * The first
duty devolving upon the administration is the
reinforcement of cur armies, and especially
the army in front of Richmond and Peters
burg. Mr. Lincoln, then, in his forthcoming
annual message to Congress, we hope, will
recommend an immediate call for more sol
diers.”
Rescuptios CjF Mail Commexicatiox.— We are
much pleased to team, says the Telegraph & Con
federate of the 15th, that from and after to-day, a
regular mail will leave for Augusta and) Atlanta.—
This re-umption of mail communication is due to
the energy of Mr. Mills, Special Agent of the Postal
Department, who has left no means untried to se
cure a safe and regular transportation of the mails.
We congratulate him upon his success, and feel as
sured our western exchanges will be much pleased
at the prospect of again regr Urly receiving the eas
tern papers.
False Rumor. —lt was currently rumored on
the streets this morning that Col. Von Zinken
had been billed and his whole commaad captured.
We took it upon ourselves to trace it up and found
that it was wholly groundless, and without founda
tion.
The Florida Affair.— The Richmond Dispatch
says the Yankee tricks with regard to the Florida
affair are not likely to avail it anything. We un
derstand that information has been received here,
on undoubted authority, that Brazil has notified |the
United States that she will make the seizure a casus
belli unless the crew and vessel are restored and
ample apology made for the outrage. In this it is
further understood that she will be supported by
England and France.
From Nashville. —The Jackson (Miss.)
News, of the 11th, has it from reliable sources
that our troops are in possession of the outer
works at Nashville, and has no doubt that by
this time we hold the city. Yankee informa
tion, by way of Memphis, stated that our cav
alry could be seen from the State House in
Nashville.
The Macon k Western R. R. mails for Lovejoy’s
Station, connecting with Macon, leave this place
every morning at six o’clock, and arrive in the
afternoon.— Atlanta Lit. — Extra.
The Chronicle and Sentinel of the 13th learns
from passengers by the South Carolina Railroad
on the evening of the 12th, that a fight took place
on the 12th at or near the Junotion on the Charles
ton and Savannah Railroad, and that when the
train left it was not definitely known what was the
result, but it is thought to have been a severe en
gagement. The Yankee forces under Gen. Foster
are reported to be 40 mi'es this side of Savannah,
and heavily entrenched.
Passengers by the same train stated that Gen.
Beauregard returned from a visit to Savannah on
Sunday. He went up the river to the vicinity of
the Railroad bridge and ran the gauntlet of the
batteries which command the road, on the special
train which had awaited his arrival, and which
was the last that has left Hardeeville.
Parties from along the line of the Central Rail
road represent that the road is badly injured for
miles in several Everything about it
that could be destroyed by the Yankees, has been.
The office of the Quartermaster General of Geor
gia, has been established in Augusta until further
orders, under charge of Major G. C. Conner, the
Assistant Q. M. General.
The beautiful cottage ressidence of R. R. Cuy
ler, Esq., at Marlow, with other private residences
in that section, were burned by Yankee raiders on
Wednesday.
It is reported that the village of Whitesville, on
the Central Railroad, has been burned also. This
report needs confirmation.
Several negroes taken from their homes ,by
Sherman’s troops during their march thvough
Georgia, have runaway from the Yankees and ar
rived in Savannah.
Gentlemen from below Augusta state that the
report that Briar Creek bridge has been burned is
incorrect.
The warehouse and wood rack at Lumpkin have
been burned.
At Waynesboro, the depot, warehouse and water
tank have been burned. The track at the depot,
has been burned.
Three miles from Waynesboro about one mile of
track has been < estroyed. The depot at No. 1. has
been burned.
The Telegraph Line.—The Southern Tele
graph Company has commenced re-buildlng
its line between Augusta and Macon. The
Yankees in their march cut down all the poles
and burned them—broke all the insulators
to pieces and bent and cut the wires badly.
We are glad to learn that over sixty-five
miles of this line has already been repaired,
and that the work is being pushed forward as
speedily as possible. But as new poles have
to be put up and brackets and insulators pro
vided, some time must elap3e before it can be
finished.
East Tennessee. —lntelligence received from
East Tennessee, announces the advance of Bur
bridge from Kentucky, which was met, on the
part of General by a retrograde
movement to Greenville, in order to protect his
communication with the rear.
East and West, the enemy is thus seen to be
in motion.
The Atlanta Intelligencer says the following pre
cious morsel was picked up a few miles from the
city. It will give our readers some idea of the de
pravity and hatred of the infernal Yankee, and that
they had permission for one week to revenge the
death of McPherson":
Dear Johnnies: Good-bye. Two years ago, at
Corinth, you tendered to us your best evacuation
respects. We have had and fairly won those fields
where blood was to flow knee-deep; now take At
lanta if you want it—it needs improvement- Tell
CeneraljHood he is played out. You fight well, but
then you can’t prevent our flanking.
YANK.
McClellan has soured. Old Abe has been re-elec
ted, and now then for another four years’ war if
you want it—that’s our name. Remember Mc-
Pherson, and a week for vengeance is ours by per
mission. ;yank.
How are you, Atlanta ;"what’s the price of ashes ?
You had better use them to make soap of, and
wash the damnable stain from your black HEARTS!
YANK.
A Habrowixg Sight.—Last evening, just
before dark, one of the most pitiful scenes
ever presented to our notice, passed up the
avenue. It wag a procession of some
seventy of the most fearful looking men
we ever saw, guarded by a number of caval
rymen, armed with carbines aud revolvers.—
These men were chained to each other by the
ankles in threes and fours. They were all
dressed, in a measure, like the poorest of Con
federate prisoners brought here. Some of
them were hatless and coatle39 ; and all of
them filthy in the extreme. As they passed
up the avenue at a slow gait, their chains
clanked on the pavement, giving U3 an idea
of the chain gang of France going to the gal
leys in the days of Yidocq.
These men were sent here from Kentucky,
under a guard of fifteen Kentucky mounted
infantry. They made several ineffectual ef
forts to escape during the passage. When
near New Creek, six of the worst of them
sprang from the cars, and one is known to
have been killed. Pursuit was made for the
other five. Many of our citizens mistake
these men for Confederate prisoners, as they
were mostly dressed in gray, or so filled with
filth that they looked gray. They are Fede
ral? deserters and bounty-jumpers, who de
serted to the Confederates in West Virginia
and Eastern Kentucky, and again deserted
from the Confederates, and banded themselves
together for plunder and murder.
[ Washington Union, 17 th.
/FIVE DOLLARS
[ PER lUOXTII.
From the Richmond Whig.
Sherman and Cornwallis.
A comparison has been instituted between
the march of Cornwallis from Charleston 10
Yorktown in 1781, and the march of Sher
man now in process of execution. It does
not hold good, at least in one particular.
Sherman has entirely cut himself off from his
base of operations, exposing his communica
tions to continual interruption, and even des
truction, without having, thus far, secured any
compensating advantage, from free communi
cation .with the yankee fleets. Cornwallis, on
the contrary, was always within reach of his
naval forces, or if he found himself beyond
them for a few days, he soon regained a posi
tion near enough to keep up his correspond
ence with them. When he advanced from
Camden, in pursuit of Greene, in the winter
of 1781, he supposed that he had left a con
quered country behind him. Not a mouse
seemed to be stirriug in that part of the lately
hostile country, where Marion and Sumter
soon after made themselves so formidable. It
is true that the battle of King’s mountain and
Cowpens had been fought; but these were
away off on his left, while everything was
quiet in his rear. After the battle of Guilford,
finding his victory very doubtful and his loss
very severe, he determined not to trust himself
any longer so far from the sea, and he fell
back down the Cape Fear, to Wilmington, in
order to be near his ships. At that place
Tarlton endeavored to prevail upon him to re
turn to South Carolina, where the revolution
ary spirit had again broken out w r ith extraordi
nary violence ; but he refused to be counselled.
It looked too much, he said, like a retreat.
He had, he said, left Rawdon in that province,
with force enough to put down any insurrec
tionary movement. He passed on to Virginia
being opposed no where, because Greene had
passed him, and gone on to South Carolina.
He entered Virginia, and made directly for
Petersburg, where he united yvith Gea. Leslie,
and communicated with his fleet. * There was
no troops in Virginia. But LaFayette soon
came on, and the militia rallied around him
in great numbers. Cornwallis had passed
through nearly two thousand miles of territory
when he surrendered. But he had not sub
dued one inch of it. Greene, before the end
of the year, had shut up all the British forces
in Charleston, and the country was free.
The difference between the circumstances
under which Cornwallis undertook his
enterprise, and those under which Sher
man has undertaken his is thus apparent
to the least reflecting. Sherman not only has
—at present at least—no communication with
the sea, but he has none with his friends in
his rear. Nor, so far as we can discover, he
has any means of opening such communica
tion. He has left a vast tract of country,
which will grow as he advances, absolutely
free in his rear, and that country is bitter and
unanimously hostile. As Cornwallis left Raw
don to take care of George in South Carolina,
so he has left Thomas to take care of Hood in
Tennessee. Should he ever sueceed in taking
possession of Charleston or Savannah, it will
be only to find himself shut up there, as Sir
William Howe was in New York, and as Sir
Henry Clinton continued to be after Howe had
been recalled. In the meantime, his determin
ation “to make war support war”—that is, to
subsist his army upon the country through
which it passes, will have the same effect that
it has always had wherever it has been at
tempted. It will inflame the hostility of the
population to the point of deadly hatred-
The people of Georgia are by no means lack
ing in patriotism or zeal for the cause, how
ever misguided some of her public men may
have been. They have never until lately felt
a touch of the actual horrors of war. It was
not natural that they should have felt all that
zeal and animation in the-contest that has
been manifested here in Virginia bj men who
have had their houses burnt, their crops de
stroyed, their negroes stolen, and their stock
driven off by the robbers whom the Yankees
call soldiers. It was natural, seeing that
they had not thus far suffered to a great ex
tent, for them to wish for peace before the
ravages of war had extended to them, and to
believe it possible, because they wished for it.
That these wishes never extended to the con
templation of reconstruction will now be made
evident. The people of Georgia will arouse
themselves like a strong man who has been
lulled asleep.
We know not what may be in contempla
tion by the military authorities, or what oper
ations may have already commenced The
War Office keeps upon that subject a most
profound, and we have no doubt, most judi
cious silence. But we do believe that an op
portunity is presented to strike the greatest
blow for our deliverance that has yet been
struck by tbe Confederate armies since the
war began.
“The Hachish Eaters.”—A terrible affair
has just come to light in paris, which is caus
ing a great sensation. A celebrated physi
cian, desirous of ascertaining and minutely
recording the effects of the “haschisb,” or In
dian hemp, upon the human mind, induced
three young men to lock themselves up in a
room with him and partake of it. The ser
vants were sent away, but, after waiting twen
ty-four hours, and the inmates not coming
forth, the doors were demolished, when a hor
rible sight presented itself within :
On the floor lay the doctor, insensible, and
bleeding profusely from a wound in his head.
One of the young men extended beside him,
groaning in agony, his left arm and leg both
broken by the fall of the chandelier, which,
by some extraordiary accident, had slipped
from its chain, and lay scattered in fragments
all over the carpet. Another of the experi
mentalizers was seated on the floor, close be
side the doctor, grasping one of the brass
candelabras from the mantelpiece, with which
it was evident the victim had been wounded ;
he was found to have become a raving mani
ac ; while the third was lying quietly beneath
the table, in a stupor from which no medical
skill has yet been able to arouse him.
The doctor, whose wound is not serious, and
whose insensibility proceeded from the 1033
of blood, gives a vague, contused account of
the scene as yet. The revelations made in
the pages of his pocket book are said to be
most extraordiary, and to have caused the
greatest excitement amongst the medical men
of Paris.
The Negro Qcestiox.— The following resolutions
were being considered by the South Carolina Leg
islature, at last accounts, and would probably be
adopted:
Resolved, That if, in the opinion of those author
ized and competent to decide, the employment of
slaves in the army for special service as teamsters,
etc., will contribute to the military efficiency of the
Confederate forces, the State will cheerfully and
■promptly fumishthe quota which may be required:
Provided, That, in the discharge of sueservi e,
the servile statu* of the negro be maintained.
Resolved, That thi3 State cannot consent to the
proposition by which slaves so employed, shali be
purchased and declared free by the Confederate
Government upon the expiration of their term ol
service, because the creation of such a class would
involve the most delicate and dangerous questions
as to theriebts of the General Government on sub
jects belonging to the exclusive control ot tnc- indi
vidual States, because the proposal of freedom as
the highest hope and reward which can be offered
to the slave is. in itself, a declaration that slavery
is jin inferior condition from which he has the ca*
parity and ought to have the .de-dre to escape—be
cause such a policy is opposed to the steady and con
sistent demestic legi- *tion of thi3 State for near
half a century, and because such a plan, if other
wise unobjectionable, c-nfers its privileges une
qually and unjustly.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the yea:
1863. by J. S ihrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
FROM VIRGINIA;
Richmond. December 10th.—The evening
Whig says that, in spite of snow, rain and
mud, strong indications exist this morning of
active hostilities below Richmond.
Our forces were in line of battle.
The enemy were driven from their exterior
works, this morning.
FROM THE VALLEY.
New Market, Dec. 11th.—Lieut. Baylor, of
the 12th Virginia Cavalry, attacked two com
panies of the 21st New Y'ork Cavalry, near
Millwood, Clarke county, on the 4th instant,
killing and capturing forty of them. Thirty
nine horses were also secured.
FROM PETESBURG.
Petersburg, Dec. 9th.—The main body of
the enemy's raiding party was in. the vicinity
of Jarratt’s, thirty miles south of this city.
Fighting has been going on there to-day. but
'he result has not been ascertained.
Our forces hold the field, and tbe bridge is
strongly guarded.
The enemy destroyed Sussex Court House,
on their route, and seized horses and cattle
everywhere.
The Peace Address.
The Correspondence Between Seward and lhe
Bearer of the Address.
Washington, D. C., November 2G, 1564.
Hon. IV. 11. Seward, Secretary of Stale, .V'.,
cj-c. :
Hon. Sir : I beg to inform you that I have
been deputed to convey to this country an ad
dress from the people of Great Britain aud
Ireland to the United States of America.—
The address was presented to Governor Sey
mour, for him to present through the proper
channel, I was requested by him to convey it
to the President of the United States, as the
aaithorized channel of communication between
the people of other nations and the people o:
the United States of America. May I, there
fore, ask the honor of an opportunity for so
doing ?
I am, honorable sir, yours most obediently,
Joseph Parker.
Department of State, )
Washington, Nov. 26, 1864. j
To Joseph Parker, Washington, D. C.:
Sir —Your letter of this date, stating that
you are the bearer of an address from the
people of Great Britain and Ireland to the
United States hag been received. Before au
swering the question which your letter con
tains,'it is desirable to be further informed
whether you have authority from the Govern
ment of Great Britain and Ireland for the pur
pose referred to, and whether your mission
has been made known to the diplomatic agent
of that Government credited to the Govern
ment of the United States.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
IVm. H. Seward.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 26, 18G4.
lion Wm. 11. Seward, Secretary of State
4' c - •
Hon. Sir—ln reply to your letter of to-day,
permit me to state that the address which I
have the honor of being deputed by the par
ties signing it to bring to this country, and
containing the signatures of some three hun
dred and fifty thousand of my countrymen —
from the peer to the artisan—is not from the
Government of Great Britain nor from any
political party. It is simply an expression of
the earnest desire of the masses of the people
of Great Britain to see peace again restored to
this continent.
Waiting your favor, I am, Hon. Sir, yours,
most obediently. Joseph Parker
Department of State, j
Washington, Nov. 26, 1864. /,
To Joseph Parker, Esq., Metropolitan Hotel:
Sir: The Government of the United States
cannot receive the address which was men
tioned in your notes of this morning. Your
request for an interview with the President to
present the address is therefore declined.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
Wm. H. Seward.
At the late Presidential election the city and
county of New York cast 110,431, of which McClel
lan received a majority of 36,901.
For Chattalioocliee.
The Steamer MIST, Abe Fry, master, will leave
for the above and all intermediate landings, to
morrow morning, at 9 o’clock,
dec 16
CIRCULAR.
Headquarters Georgia Reserve,
and Military District of Georgia, i-
Engineer’3 Office Macon, Ga., Dec. 14, 1864. J
The public interests require that a large amount
of Slave labor be under the immediate control aqd
employment of the Engineer Department, and to
that end the recovery of Slaves who have ranaway,
and tho additional impressment of one able-bodied
Slave out of every five between the ages of 18 and
45 years, has become necessary.
That the interests consulted may be the better
served, it is declared incumbent upon the owners or
employers of runaways, that they secure the prompt
return of such; and that every inducement in their
power be given, that may conduce to the conten
ted performance of the services required of the
Slave.
In all cases where it may appear evident that the
owners have failed to use proper dilligence in the
return of such as have runaway; the party im
pressing are ordered to impress from them double
the number they otherwise would be required to
furnish.
Every effort within the control of the Government
is being exerted to render the condition of the slaves
whilst on this duty as comfortable as possible. lAde
quate hospital accommodations are being .‘prepared
by the Surgeons of this Department for such as may
become sick, and competent assistants will accom
pany all the different divisions, that whenever a
B lave is taken sick he may be promptly cared for.
Runaways from the hospital will be classed with>
Jhe others, and must in every instance be returned
when their condition will permit.
By command of
Major General HOWELL COBB.
JOHN W. GLENN,
dec 16 6t Captain Engineers P. C. S. A.
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
♦ ♦ ♦
ON Saturday, December 17th, at 11 o’clock, we
will sell in front of our store,
1 Negro Woman, fair cook and seam
tress, with one child.
dec 16 $6
Bv EIIU, Livingston A Cos.
\YE will sell on SATURDAY. 17th December, at
it 1 11 o’clock, in front of our store
1 No. 1 Negro Man, 40 years old, good
field hand.
1 Very Fine Silver Plated Sett of
Castor?.
dec 15 sl3 50
Notice.
Left the Orphan Asylum, in Columbus, Ga., about
the 20th of ■■September, a little girl between eight
and nine years of age, with light hair, fair complex
ion and grey eyes, the dress not remembered. Her
name is Feaxces Calistep. Axdsrsox, placed in
the Asylum by a refugee from Campbell county.—
Any one that can give information of her will ad
dress Li zie Anderson, Griffin, Ga., or the Matron at
the Orphan Asylum of this place.
All papers friendly to the orphan and widow w : ll
confer a favor by publishing.
dec Kit