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Change of Schedule.
Dev Engineer and Suprrin r undent, l
Uharleston and Savannah Railroad, V
Charleston, June 7,1864.)
N THURSDAY, Juneo.lßo4, and until further
‘ notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
,b as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 0.45, a. m.
irrive iu Savaryuah 5.10, p.
Leave Savann ih. .5 30, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. in.
Tais Train makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. HA INKS,
June 14 ts Kngineer and Superintendent.
4'liaiige of Schedule.
( \N and alter Sunday, June 19th, the Trains n
' ' the uscogoe Railroad wiil run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
i.'Cii vc Columbus .6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon 8 10 P. M
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. lu.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
L . Cos auu r OO A. V
Arrive at Culum(.ua w! L. CLAKK*^'
car 19 tt Sunt. Muscogee R, R.
Ttirougßi to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS. August 27.1864.
\N and alter August 27th. the Passenger Train on
O the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. in.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p.m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a.m.
4rrivcat Montgomery at 3:00 p. m.
.4rrivc.it West Point at 4130p.ui.
Freighi Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
I). 11. CRAM, Sup"! x Eng.
Ag 27 1364 —ts
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
Clltua: OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
i\N and after 10t,h inst. Trains on this Road will
U Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
PiiMsenger Train.
Leave Girard at 1 30 p.ui.
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. in.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
aglH ts Eng. k Sup’t.
Dr. 11, NOBLE,
IDIEISrTIST,
i T Pembort on & Carter’s old stand, back room of
C\ Smith’s Jewolry Store, where he can be found
all hours, joc 18 om
MTGRIiIIWO lISCIlWLIi!
( FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
v for saleinsums to suit purchasers by
agl6 tl RANK Oh COLUMBUS.
NOTICE
To iflississippi Soldiers!
pII E "MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of
t Agency fur the Rolief of Mississippi soldiers m
the Army ot has been removed from
Atlanta to Columbus, Go., and is near Barnard’s
corner, between Main st , and the Perry House,
y-ta.,..*™. K MARBUALL
,ep2B ts _ Agent.
Government Sheep for Exchange.
3, ik HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon
■'U or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacon
10c., Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Beef to be de
livered alive. Apply to
J. A TYLER.
Columbus, Nov. 2,1864—ts
TO GEORGIA EDITORS AND THE
hat less i
I WANT rabbit skins, coon skins, fox skins, otter
skins, mink skins, beaverskins, and all other skins
that have ur upon tham I want thorn for the pur
pose of making hats, and will pav the highest cash
prices, or swap hats for them. 1 will give a good ,
rabbit hat for sixty rabbit skins: a good coon hat
for two dozen good coon skins ; a good beaver hat
for throe beaver skins; a good wool hat for two i
INmnds of eb an washed wool, free of cockloburrs,
and cut from the live sheep’s back, and so on. The !
skins most be takon from the animals in winter and
ie well stretched bes >re drying. Parcels may be
amt by express, and hats in the same way,
J. A. TURNER,
Eatonton, Ga., Dec. 9, 1864.
N. B. —All Georgia editors who will copy theabove
notice, four times, including this note, and also the
following prospectus, the same number of times,
wndinv me (heir papers in exchange, with the ad
vertisements marked, shall receive by express, free
*f charge, a good, soft: rabbit fur hat which will
iringin the market slot>; provided they will have
their heads measured and send me the dimensions’
iWiles* Register Revived.
PROSPECTUS OF
THE COIIUTRIIIAH,
VILES’ Register, the most useful journal ever
' issued in America, has been revived in the pub
lication of The Countryman. This journal is a sac
simile of its original, in the number and size of Us
pages, its typography,and alftheTeatures which gave
talue to the standard publications issued by Mr.
Riles.
Besides the features of Niles’ Register, the Coun
tr>mau has others which should render it still more
lUraetivo—to-wit: a department cf elegant litera
ture, rejecting the s'ylo of Yankee literary journals,
and modeling itself att- r the best English miscel
ssneou- weeklies, but at the same time, being
.tamped with an independent, Southern tone, origi
nal with and peculiar to itself.
An altogether novel feature with it, is that it is
published in tho country on the editor’s plantation,
line miles from any town or village, and devotes
orach attention to agriculture, rural sports, and
everything that interests the country gentleman.
The Country-ill a is a handsome quarto, of sixteen
pages, published weekly on the editor’s plantation,
near Eatonton. Ga., to which all communications
should be addressed.
Our terms are $5 for three months, or s2® per
mnnm.
bend al| remittance.- by exi ross.
J. A. TURNER.
declOdlt Eatonton, Ga.
Wanted
WE wish to hire tor the ensuing year, six good
Negro Carpel.tors, one good Blacksmith and
iwe wagoner.
dec 10 2w JEFFERSON k HAJ/rLTON.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
Wanted,
OAAA LBS. PORK, for which we vrillpay
*)l/vU cash or exchange salt.
dec 10 6t JEFFERSON & HAMITON.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
A Plantation for Sale.
THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Planta-
I tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 miles below
Chattahoochee, containing 1,500 acres, more or less,
embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bottom land,
rhe. balance superior pine land. In a favorable
jeaeon swri bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds of seed
tot ton, mi ba safely,relied on. On the premises are
fast rat© n©n?c»* Quarters* gin house, screw Jind stu
hos. The dwelling is small but comfortable.
There are two orange groves on the place, one on
she river and in lull bearing. A portion of the crop
•f 1863 .old for more than sl*ooo. The pther grove is
young but in good condition, embracing not only
•ranges but lemons and other tropical fruits.
The place is finely watered and healthy. A rare
"Opportunity is offered for the iuvestment Os Con
•wuer ue money if application is ifiade early,
lities perfect.
Apply to R. L. B A.SS,
Columbus, oi
VAN MARCUS.
G Steamer Shamrock.
Wanted,
A "' 9,9® TURNER, white or black. Qead wages
A will be paid for a good turner,
dec 15fit JEFFERSON A HAMILTON,
bun A copy.
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VOL. XL}
Stop the Horse 7'iltef!
SSOO Steward.
CTOLEN from the premises of C. P. Levy, across
O the new bridge, on the nivht of 30ti November
two BAY HORSES undone BLACK PONY.
Above reward will be paid for the horae3 and
thief. JOHN D. GRAY & CO.
dec 2 4t
To Rent.
453/ALL FARM, containing about iOG acres, 60
in the woods and forty cleared, about one mile
above the Fountain Factory, on the river. On the
place is a good dwelling with three rooms, a large
apple and peach orchard and variety of other fruit
trees, good water, &.e. For terms apply to
Mrs. J. A. JONES,
dec near Columbus.
Florida Lands tor Sale.
A TRACT OF LAND situated in Wakulla county,
A Fla., on Wakulla river, 12 miles south of Talla
hassee and six miles distant from both Newport and
St. Marks; containing 760 acres, of which 160 acres
are pine, the remainder hammock. The growth is
Jiveoak, whiteoak. watcroak, hickory, cte. All un
improved excepting a few acres.
For terms and further description apply to
dec 17 3t HANSERD & AUSTIN.
YARNS and OSAARI RGS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
C3tJEI.<D>TJNjD
At the GRANT FACTORY.
dec 17 ts
SSOO Reward.
CTOLEN from my stable, the Bth inst., a small dap-
O pie cream PONY, white mane and tail, astalion,
very fat, four years old. Will pay S2OO for the pony
and S3OO for the theif, delivered to me in Amerieu6,
Ga., or E. J. Pinckard, in Columbus, Ga.
dec 15 2w R. C. BLACK.
Wanted,
VT l.ee Hospital, the Ist of January, ten able
bodied NEGROES, men and women.
A, D. BRIDGMAN,
dec II ts Steward.
SSO Reward.
LEFT my lot on Monday last a RED COW, me
dium size, heavy with calf, mark : slit and crop
in one ear and slit in the other, with white spot oh
her face, small horns turned unwards,
dec 19 6t* JOHN McGOVERN.
Overseer Wanted.
A MAN over fifty five, or one who is unfit for field ,
service, to attend to a plantation ne r jCMlumbus.
Apply to J. it. IVEY,
dec 15 lw
WANTED.
A 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 Cbunty.
MRS. OH AS. J. WILLIAMS,
nbv2l-tf Columbus, Ga.
: r | A LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
JMJUv will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
sp7 ts Major and Q. M.
WASTED.
A GOOD BUSINESS MAN, uutil the first of
A January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol
dier preferred, and it matters not how badly muti
lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment.
Apply at the TIMES OFFICE,
nor 30 ts _ _ _ __ _____
notice to Debtors and Creditors
i LL persons having claims against the estate of
A Mrs. L. E. Oairnes. dec’d, late of Muscogee
i county, are hereby notified to render them duly au
thenticated within the time proscribed by law; and
those indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment. F. O. TICKNOR,
dee9w4od Adnrr.
For Sale.
By E. J- BRITT,
114, Broad Street.
QA BOXES fine Tobacco,
OU Large lot Cotten Cards,
Soda, Pepper and Spice,
Smoking Tobacco, (10 cases)
Pad-Locks, Brier Root and Clay Pipe?,
100 Bushels Shelled Corn, to arrive this week,
Bar and Toilet Soaps,
Tin and Cedar Ware,
Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bowles, etc.
dec 7 d<fcw2t
LARCJE COiT^IOIVIfIEITT
OF
LETTER PAPER!
AND
F#r sale by
' .J. K. RBDB k CO.
oo 12 ts _
Administrator’s Sale.
ON the first day of January, I will sell at public
outcry at the Court House in Marianna, 500 acres
(more oAess) of pine land, belonging to the estate
of John Bird. On the premises is *a fine sprmg of
water, negro oabins, etc. W. S. POPE,
dec 6w4t Adm’r.
Executor’s Aotice.
TWO months after date application will be made
L to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, for
leave to sell tho Negroes and perishable property of
the Estate of Elizabeth T. Johnson, deceased, late
of said county.
SAMUEL K. JOHNSON, Ex’r
Oct. 20w2m* Per THOS. D. BRAND.
Potior.
Office Grant Factory, \
Nov. 29, 1864./
ALL persons having demands against the estate of
Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
present them to the Grant Factory,
nov 30 ts JOHN J. GRANT.
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory.
Lost or Mislaid.
FOUR SHARES of the G. A A. S. S. Cos., No.
160, in favor of Afrs. J. L. Wilson,
nov 30 ts D. A J. J. GRANT.
Wanted
TO HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.—
Good wages given. Apply at our Government
Works.
oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY A CO.
SSOO Reward. 2
STOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus,
on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last,
TWO IMITTLIES,
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 in good
order. _ , , ,
I will pay the above reward for the delivery of
the Mules with the thief, with proof sufficient to
convict, or Two Hundred Dollars for the Mules.
H. M. CLECKLEY.
Columbus, Ga., Nov, 9,1864—ts
Or-Sun please copy.
$25 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right
hindquarter. JOHN COOK,
oc 13 ts _____
SSO Reward.
VEGRO boy CHARLEY; about 25 years old, yel-
IN low complexion, hair nearly straight, below or
dinary intelligence; left Afr. Nat Thompson’s near
Box Springs, Talbot county. I bought him 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 safe iail and
information sent to me at this office.
•JAMES M. RUSSELL.
Coinm»»- o*. augl t *
To Hire,
POR next year, a first rate Cook, Washer and
C Ironer. She is faithfuUnd “
incumbrance. Apply at IHLo UrriUJS.
deo 11 ts
COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, DEC. 20. 1864. {*££?•%£*
SPECIAL NOTICES
Attention Macon County Militia.
By virtue of an order issued from the Executive
Department of Alabama, at Montgomery, Company
A, 2d Class State Troops, of Macon county, will as
semble at Chehaw on the 21st inst., also the men
whose details have been revoked by Maj. Charles
Green. Every fai’ ire will be promptly reported
and and .alt with icc riingto the 10th section of Act
of August 29th, 1863.
Transportation will be furnished from Chehaw to
Pollard. THOB. P. RANDLE,
dec 17 3t“ Capt. Com’dg Company.
(IttCILIR.
He\pqc vrters Georgia Reserve,!
and Military District of Georgia, >
Engineer’s Office Macon, Ga., Dec. 14, 1864. j
The public interests require that a large amount
of Slave labor be under the immediate control and
employment of tlio Engineer Department, and to
! that end the recovery of Slaves who have ranaway
| and the additional impressment of one able-bodied
1 Slave out of every five betweeu the ages of 18 and
45 years, has become necessary,
j That the interests consulted may be the better
j served, it is declared incumbent upon the owners or
I employers of runaways, that they secure the prompt
j return of such; and that every inducement in their
■ power be given, that may conduce to the conten
j ted performance of the services required of the
j Slave.
I 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. ;Ade
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
g lave is taken sick he may be promptly cared for.
Runaways from the hospital will be classed with
the 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 Gt Captain Engineers P. C. S. A.
.Marshall Hospital, 1
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 14,1864. f
Aotice!
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 IS till Ist jan. Steward.
lld’qrs Camp of Instruction for Ga., J
Camp Cooper, Macon, Dec. 10,1864, J
Special Orders, 1
No. 330. f
[Extract.]
*******
111. As communication with Col. Wm. M. Brown
Commandant of Conscripts, is re-established, special
order number 322, from these headquarterslis here
by revoked.
A. M. ROWLAND,
dee 12 5t Major and Commandant.
Headquarters Conscript Service, ]
Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 2d, 1864. /
Circular, I
No. 26. /
Enrolling Officers’of this State are hereby instruc
ted not to interfere, until further orders, with As
sessors and Collectors of Tax in Kind.
JNO. F. ANDREWS,
Major and Acting Commandant
dec 11 6t of Conscpripts for Georgia.
Headquartrrs Military Division )
of the West, t- '
Macon, Ga., Nov. 29th, 1864.)
General Orders, 1
No. -. j
All supernumerary Officers of this Military Bivision
not otherwise assigned to duty, will report to ike
Commandant of the Post, Macon, Ga,
By command of General Beauregard.
A. R. CHISOLM,
dec 2 ocd2w A. D. C. and A. A, A. #.
Headquarters Goy. Works, (Ord.) 1
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 1, 1864./
Wanted to Hire !
FIFTEEN NEGRO BLACKSMITHS.
Good quarters furnished and liberal wages paid.
Apply te M. H. WRIGHT,
dee 2 lw Cel. Comkig.
Exchange Notice—No. 13.
Richmond, December 1,1864.
1. All Confederate officers and men who have been
delivered by the Federal authorities at ’any place,
prior to November 25th, 1864, are hereby declared to
be exchanged.
2. All officers and men of tbe Vicksburg capture of
July 4th, 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.
HO FOR, ATLANTA!
The Southern Express Company will receive
freight (under forty pounds each package) and
money parcels for Atlanta via Macon & Western
Railroad, from this date. S. H. HILL,
dec 6 ts Agent.
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS,
Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29, 1864.
MO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex
it press Company’s Office after 3)4 o’clock p. m. o
go East on that day, nor will any be received to go
West after 4)4 o’clock p m.
oc 29 ts S. H. HILL, Agent.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, )
War Department, Ordnancb Bureau, >
Richmond, Not. 11, 1864.)
All officers on Ordnance duty are required
by General Orders, No. 70, Adj’t. k I. G. Office,
Aug. 29, 1864, 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 takes effect.
Third.— Arm of service.
Fourth. —State to which they belong.
Fifth. —Date of assignment to Ordnance duty. 5
Sixth— The authority by which assigned, furnish
ing date, and if possible, copy of order of ass gnment
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 as
a delinquency. J. GOR.GAS,
nov 22 eo!4w Chief of Ordnance.
To Rent,
* BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forges,
il all complete. Apply at
oc 31 ts THIS OFFICE^
To Printers !
WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
(except Rubng Machine,) two hand PRESSES,
and about
1,000 Pounds of Type Metal.
noy2l-tf
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
ALL persons having claims against the estate of
Joseph W. Wooliolk, dee’d, late of Muscogee
county, are hereby notified to render them du!y
authenticated within the time prescribed by law;
am 7 those indebted to said estate are requested te
mr te immediate payment.
WM. G. WOOLFOLK,
nor 23, 1864—w40d Adm’r.
Holiday Evening:.
In Camp in Front op Nashville, \
December 3, 1864. j
Editor Times : Please publish the following
j list of casualties in Young’s Battery, caused by
j the explosion of a limber chest near Spring
i Hill, Tennessee, on the 30th November:
Killed—William Watson, James Wallace.
i
Wounded—R D Sims, dangerously ;W R
! Baker, Allen Cowart, Robert Jones, T J Jar
; rell, T M Llghtfoot, severely,
j All the wounded are expected to recover.
I- Capt. A. J. Young,
Com’dg Battery.
j From Savannah.— But little additional in-
I telligence from Savannah has been received
| since our last issue, but so far as it goes, we
| regard it as indicating that Sherman has been
1 held in check, and, perhaps, has been repulsed
j in his attack on the city.-
Passengers by last evening’s train report
; that on Tuesday heavy firing was heard at
I Station No. 4, Gulf Road, in the direction of
Savannah. The attack on the place com
menced on Suaday, and this would indicate
that our friends had maintained their position?
and perhaps, by so doing, gained sufficient
time to obtain aid from above. In the ab
sence of all definite intelligence, such is not
an unreasonable conjecture; and if the Con
federates in Savannah have been able to keep
Sherman at bay for three days or more, the
probability that they can beat~and drive him
off entirely, is greatly increased. It was also
reported that the enemy had obtained posses-
the Roilroad bridge over the Altamaha
river, south from Savannah, in the direction
of Brunswick ; but this is not reported as re
liably certain.— Quincy Dispatch , 17(A.
[Correspondence Atlanta Intelligencer.]
Marietta, Ga., Dec. 5, 1864.
Dear Sir : You will no doubt be surprised
to hear from me at my old homestead near
Marietta. After I heard that the enemy had
evacuated this country, I got permission to
come home and see what had become of the
family. I found them all well but stripped of
everything out of doors, anji only enough pro
visions for a bare subsistence.
As I ascended Kenesaw Mountain the first
thing that came to view was the Georgia Mil
itary Institute, laid in ruins, what was the
once beautiful but* now desolate city of Mari
etta, with all the public buildings and private
residences not occupied by someone, (and
some tba' were occupied,) burned to the
ground. Those that were fortunate enough
to save their houses, have no fences around
them, their yards turned into roads, and their
shrubbery completely destroyed.
Bands of pillaging Yankees, (which the offi
cers pretended to forbid,) were continually
interrupting the citizens, taking off their pro
visions and such other articles as they chose,
negro houses not accepted.
The Western and Atlantic railroad is torn
up from the Southeast bank of the Etowah
river to Atlanta, and from Resaca to Dalton.
This leaves about forty miles of the road un
injured. The bridge across Etowah river Is
not burned. Why it was left standing.l am
not able to say, unless it was from the fact
that the timber from which it was made was
too green to burn well, and they were too
scared to wait on it. I was informed by the
citizens near tbe river, that when they left
their artillery and wagons were in a gallop ;
they thought that Gen. Hood was close after
them.
I have traveled over a large portion of the
country held by them through the summer,
and which they have lately destroyed, and
find many families suffering for the necessa
ries of life. It is indeed heart-rending to
think of the past condition of this country,
and now to look upon it in its ruins.
Yours, PENN.
The Meridian Clarion of the 15th says that
; Davidson’s raiders never ventured within thir
| ty miles of the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
Gen. Thomas, however, deemed it necessary
I to burn the Chickasahay bridge near Waynes-
I boro, and on the east side of the railroad.
Animals or vehicles can no longer pass that
way. *
We learn, says the Marianna News that
* about 160 of the negroes captured in this
county in the late raid, attempted to escape
from Pensacola, having become tired of the
treatment of their brutal masters —the Yan
kees, and got as far as East Pass, when not
having a pilot and being ignorant of the route,
they got no farther and were recaptured by the
enemy, who were several days searching for
them.
The trunks and private baggage of Mrs.
General Buckner, were captured by the enemy
recently, while being conveyed across the
Mississippi.
The garrisons of Chattanooga. Lookout
Mountain, Whiteside, Bridgeport and other
points, were recently constituted into a sepa
rate division under the command of Major-
General Steadmen. Steadman has by this
time found it expedient, we opine, to transfer
his separate division from the Tennessee to
the Cumberland.
- mm •
The Y’ankee journals received "through the
lines, claim that Thomas has, by strategy, got
Hood where he wants him. The assertion is
a modest one. (?) The Yankee forces were
either driven, or made cowardly retreats, from
every position they held on the Tennessee, and
above that line until they reached Franklin,
before they dared risk a trial of strength : and
from that point were easily driven back to
their last stronghold. Such boasting as the
Northern journals indulge in sounds absurd in
the South, but it tickles the palates of the
Northern public. Nobody can be harmed bv
the wholesale lying indulged iu, except the au
thors.
Yankee Account of the Battle of Franklin.
The NashYille correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette, gives the following account of the battle
of Frankhin:
The plan of the battle was very simple. We
had no time, in fact, to get up a complete plan,
as the euemy pressed us too closely, auu obliged
us to fight them.
The orignal plan was to withdraw the force of
Gen. Schofield until the meeting of our reinforce
ments, and then give battle in the vicinity of
Nashville: but the over sanguine rebels pressed
us too hard, and, when Schofield perceived he
could not avoid a contest, he drew up his little
army inline of battle in front of Franklin.
At half-past three, the assault was commenced
by the rebels. Cheatham's corps was on the
right Stewart’s oh the lef:, and S. D. Lee’s, in
reserve, on the centra.
Cheatham threw his whole corps on Wagr er’s
division with great impetuosity, and, after an
hour’s hard fighting, he pushed Wagner back c»
our second line, where Wagner's men becamo
mingled with those of Cox’s and Roger's, on our
left and centre.
The rebels encouraged by their success in dri
ving back Wagner, with loud cheers advauced on
our second line.
The order of advance was very peculiar—a
semi-circle of two regiments deep extending all
around our lines, and behind each alternate regi
ments was placed four others, so that the assault
ing columns were six regiments deep.
Gen. Hood appeared about four o’clock p. m.,
at the head of his command, and, pointing to
wards our lines, said: “Break those lines, boys,
and you have finished the war in Tennessee.—
Break them, and there is nothing to oppose your
march from Nashville to the Ohio river.”
Loud and ringing cheers answered the words of
the rebel leader, while the whole space in front of
our lines was crammed with the advancing ene
my.
Capt. Lyman, commanding an artillery brigade
in tha fourth corps, had placed his batteries in
most faverable positions, and from these storms of
shot and shell were hurled into the charging rebel
ranks.
With the most reckless bravery stPl the rebels
rushed on, and when within a yards
of our works *ur boys opened upon them a terri
ble fire of musketry, and it seemed ns if it were
impossible for anything to live before it.
But no wavering was perceived in those advan
cing rebel lines. On they came to the very para
pets of our works, and struck their bayonets un
der the logs on eur battlements.
On the Columbus pike, the pressure upon our
lines wa* so great that some of Cox’s and Wag
uer’s men temporarily gave way.
Up to this time, the brigade commanded by Col.
Opdyke, of the 125th Ohio, had been held in re
serve.
Col. Opdyke, by the orders of Gen. -Stanley,
rushed forward with his brigade to restore our bro
ken lines.
The rebels, who had crawled over our works,
had not time to retire, when Cox’s and Wagner’s
men, who had broken away but a moment before,
rallied and attacked the enemy on the flank, while
Opdyke charged on the front.
A desperate hand to hand fight ensued with
bayonets, and the butt ends of muskets.
A hundred rebels were captured here, and the
line was renewed. m
For two hours and a half the battle raged all
along our lines.
The men of the 4th and 23d corps vied with
each other in bravery.
Riley's brigade of the 23d corps fairly covered [
the ground iu front of it with rebel dead.
The rebel Gen. Adams was killed. He and hja ;
horse fell into a ditch in front of the 10th Ohio.
Seventeen distinct attacks of the enemy were
repelled.
At dusk the rebels were repulsed at all points,
but the firing did net cease till nine o’clock at
night.
At least five thousand rebels were killed, wound
ed and captured, while our loss will probably reach
fifteen hundred.
We have taken from the enemy thirty.flags,
some regiments, among them the Seventieth Ohio,
taking a half a dozen each.
Gen. Schofield directed the battle from tbe fort
on the north bank of the stream, where some hea
vy guns and the batteries of the
corps were placed, and which did great service in
damaging the enemy’s right wing.
Nashville, Sunday Dec. 4. —No new devel
opments have taken place to-day, except that
our army still encircles the city on the south
east, its wings resting on the Cumberland
river. The enemy’s lines are clearly to be
seen from high points in the suburbs and from
the capitol. They are intrenching themselves
in a south wstern direction, about three miles
from the city. During the day heavy skir
mishing occurred on cur left, and progressed
along the line to the centre. Many persons
witnessed the cannonading. Along the right
of our lines nothing of importance transpired
to-day.
The general impression i3 that Hood will
attack the Federal force in front of Nash
ville.
I
I Johnsonville has been evacuated, and the
I road has been uninterrupted, and part of the
j trains from there are advancing to this point
I by land.
} It is rumored here to-day that Forrest has
| placed a pontoon bridge across the river above
the city, and that Marmaduke has occupied
Johnsonville. Both are without foundation.
A reconnoiterfng party sent Thursday re
turned to-day, having gone eighty miles up
the river. They report that no rebels were
i seen or heard of crossing the river, and none
| appeared upon the bank®.
j A rebel deserter who came in to-day, re
i ports that Gen. S. D. Lee published an order
to his men Friday morning, complimenting
them on their bravery, devotion. &c.. thanking
them for the victory won at Frankiin, ami as
surjng them that if true to themselves now in
j front of Nashville, they would soon be enabled ]
j to enter and take possession of tbe vast amount
! of stores contained there.
Two prisoners were brought in to-d«y. Lt.
, Hickman, 9th Tennessee cavalry, four mi’.es
j from the city, and C. H. Gardy, of lor ) - 43 th
1 Georgia infantry.
Congress has passed a bill authorizing the
President to send the reserves out of their res
pective States for a limited period.
Conupirary nt Memphis.
The Yankee journals are prolific in their an
nouncement? of “rebel plots,' etc. The latest
we find is in the Memphis Bulletin of the 29th
ult. According to the Bulletin's story, Gen
eral Washburne was advised that rebel emii
saries contemplated inflicting some severe
blow on Memphis. Detectives were put on
the alert and one dark and stormy night, a
number of men were discovered in the act of
firing the Memphis and Charleston railroad
depot. Four were caught in the incendiary
attempt and placed in the Irving block.
The officers at the same time that they e*p
tured the burners, proceeded to the Charleston
house near the depot, the keeper of which,
named Dr. McMillon, who is alleged to be a
rebel emissary and the concoctor of the plot
to burn the railroad buildings, was arrested
It is also alleged that Dr. McMillon promised
that the incendiaries, who have all been em
ployees oil the railroad, should have passes
that would get them out of our lines and safe
ly through Dixie to Mobile, and that he as
agent of the rebel Government guaranteed
that they should receive ten per cent, of what
ever valuation of the loss shor'd bt made af
ter the conffugration by the Memphis papers
One of the incendiaries, known as Wilson,
alias Salty, has been a conductor on the
Charleston and Memphis railroad, another
is Mike Sheeman. —Memphis Appeal.
Davidson s Raid. —For reasons well under
stood by the community, we have maintained
“reticence’' for some days past on the subject
of the Yankee expedition which was threat
ening this point. We are now able to state
that they have disappeared in the direction of
•Mississippi City, after a sharp engagement
near Leakesville, on the 10th, in which they
were repulsed by McCulloch. This engage -
ment was with one column—another was mov
ing by a lower road, more in the direction of
Mobile. Their plan was evidently lo strike
the railroad somewhere about Citronelle, at
the same time menacing points above and be
low, so as to distract our forces, but their de
sign was easily penetrated, and the disposi
tions made against it were in all respects suc
cessful. This raid has been a useful lesson
in several respects, proving the defensible na -
ture of the lines of approach to our city, tha
skill of our commanders, the alacrity of o«r
people to rally to tbs defence of their homes,
and the sufficiency of the forces within tall
to meet every at tack of such a force as the
enemy is able to organize.
We learn that the raiders have mace every
thing desolate where they have passed.
[Mobile Advertiser , lath.
Faring Sumptuously. —lt is stated by the
Louisiana correspondent of (he Register, that
a bill of the “miscellaneous expenses” of the
late free negro convention iu New Orleans has
been published, amounting to over forty thoas
and dollars, a considerable portion of which
was for “refreshments” furnished to the mem
bers. This is the first instance in the legis
lative history of tbe world in which members
have paid for (heir whiskey With public moa
ey. As that “money,” however, consisted ®f
greenbacks, which can be so easily printed,
the loss is really not the people’s loss, but
only those verdant people who accept aid
keep those beautifully tinted promises to pay
of a bankrupt Government. A question arises
whether, under this new system, a legislator
who does not drink is entitled to commute ilia
whiskey for money.
Grant has recently issued an order compel
ling all citizens within five miles of his liaee
to move further away, under the penalty #f
imprisonment and loss of property. He ha*
evidently been suffering seriously from the
operation of our scouts, whom he thinks those
innocent and defenceless people have been har
boring.
[Correspondence of the Mobile Register.]
A New Steamer.
* * * Some time in May laa^
General Maury ordered Major H. St. Paai,
brigade quartermaster of the Bay forts aad
batteries, to construct a light steamer for the
purpose of daily rapid and econnomical com
munications between the city and her outer
defensea, and on yesterday that steamer, now
powerfully armed, took her first trial trip,
proving herself a complete success in every
way, and combining elegance with strength
and Bpeed. She is named after a lovely child
of our commander, “Rose Maury,” and on
that first cruise reached the wonderful speed
of sixteen miles an hour. A more staunch
and stead}' vessel was never bnilt here, aad
Mobile may well be proud of her mechanise,
when we say that everything in her comes
from their hands. The beautiful model, de
signed by Major St. Paul himself, was execu
ted by our townsman, Mr. Wm. McKay, a*hd
her beautiful low pressure engine comes from
workshop of that rising firm, Park, Lyons k
Keyland. To them, and to John Foster, W.
H. Crippen, and W. H. Bassett, all Mobilians,
is due the credit of having built, out of noth
ing almost, the most perfect machinery ever
set up here or elsewhere.
We predict so the Rose Maury a long oaroer
of success, and can only regret that this good
work should not have been undertaken long
before.
The Liverpool “Post,” of November 18ta
says :
We were informed last night that Captain
Semraes, whose whereabouts ha3 lately been
the subject of several paragraphs in the pub
lic journals, is in reality in Liverpool, occu
pied in engaging men for service on board a
privateer. It is said that he saw thirty-five
candidates yesterday, and selected nine, and
that he is to start on Sunday for Gibralter.
Attention Russell County Militia.
By virtue of an order from the Executive De
partment of Alabama, all members of Capt. Guerry'*
Company are erdered to report at Hurtville, Rui
sell county, on tlie 21st inst., well mounted with five
day’s rations, to repair immediately to Pollard.—
Every failure will be promptly reported and dealt
with according to Sec. llthofAct of A.ugust 29rh,
1863 - THOMAS BARRY,
dec 19 2t* Lieut. Com’dg Company.
For Chattahoochee.
The Steamer Jackson will leave for the above
■ and intermediate landings, Tuesday morning at
9 o’clock. D. Far.
dee 19 td
By Elli*, Livingston & So,
ON TUESDAY, 2Oth inst., at 11 o’elock,
w t will sell in front of our store
Avery Likely Negro Girl 15 years old.
29 bbls. Salt.
5 bbls. Corn Whiskey,
Crockery,
Cows and Calves,
&c., &c., &c.
dec 19 sl2
GREAT ART EX. 11111 ITI O N
T war illu^trations.-
-L< iith Series. or an Hour with the Confederate
Generals. Vrill shortly appear at Temperance Ha4L
dec 19 2t*