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DAILY TIMES, j, W. H ARR EX & CO., Proprietors. Published 9j j (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $5.00 per mon ih, or sls tor three months. No subscription received for a-longer term than t\ree month*. RATES OF ADVERTISING. CASUAL DAILY ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square, regular daily advertising rates. First Week— s3 00 per square for each insertion. Second Week—s 200 per square for each insertion. Third Week—sl 50 per square for each insertion. Fourth Week—sl 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month—s3o per square. Third Month—s2s per square. 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