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DAILY TIMES. J. W. WARREV, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: f nesday Morning, December 20, 1864, Bungling. —The bogus Legislature of Loui siana blundered in their efforts to have that State represented in the Yankee Senate. The Louisiana corn spondent of the Register says: The Legislature in New Orleans, in electing Mr. King Cutler to the United States Senate, elected him “to fill the unexpired term of Hon. *John Slidell,” and Mr. Smith, the St. Mary's carpenter, to fill the unox;dre-1 **rm of Mr. Benjamin. Three weeks after >v ads it wasdis aoveted that Mr. Slidell’s “term" expired in 1862. As it was chronologically impossible to fill an “unexpired” term which expired in 1802, Mr. Cutler’s enemies (for even so great a man as lie has enemies) claimed that the election was void. The Legislature, however, interposed,‘and ivinjvvd this trifling objection by declaring Mr Cu f l<*r '•lectfcd. any way to serve ns long a- Mr. Slidell woul i have serve] ifhehad noi e.wnmitied treason, (which would probably have been all his life.) A nice as sembly of statesmen is that Yaukee Legisla ture in New Orleans. —♦ ♦ ♦ What the Yankees Say ok the President’s Message. —The following, from the New York World, will serve to point out the tendency oi public opinion in Yankeedom with regard to the President’s message: The closing paragraphs of Jeff. Davis’Ynes sage have attracted a considerable degree of attention here. These paragraphs .are devoted to the peace question, which is treated by the rebel President as it never was before. If you examine attentively the structure of his sentences you can not fail to be struck with the particular form in which the possibil of peace with the North is presented. Contrary to the phraseology used in his previous mes sages, Mr. Davis does not consider the recog nition of the independence of the South as the only way by which peace can be reached; but he substitutes for the wprd independence the right, which makes considerable difference. Every one here has noticed this peculiarity in the message, and is disposed to find in it the forrunner of a coming peace. ‘•John Pope, Maj. General,” Galvanized into Life again. The following from the City Point corres pondence of the Herald shows how Grant has resurrected John Pope, the fugacious “Major General,” and how he is about to galvanize him into the semblance of a military com mander once more. We doubt whether our gallant soldiers would desire anything better than to see this Bombastes in the field : City Point, Dec. 1, 1864. Gen. Pope.— Gen. Grant was accompanied from Fortress Monroe by Maj. Gen. John Pope, former commander of the Army of the Poto mac, who was summoned to Washington last Thursday, and sent thence to Gen. Grant for assignment to active service. Since his retirement from command of the Army of the Potomac, Gen. Pope has com manded the Department of the Northwest, embracing that Indian territory, with head quarters at Milwaukee, and won the good opin ion of all with whom he came in contact. Now, that time has softened the asperities and animosities attending his removal, the Presi dent acts wisely in placing General Pope in some position where his gallantry and soldier ly ability may again be called into play. Af ter a day’s conference and consultation with General Grant, he returned to Washington at five o’clock last evening on the steamer Key port, to await the final action of the War De partment in assigning his command. There are many speculations concerning it; but no one probably kuows but General Grant him'* self. Imbroglio in Mississippi. —The Jackson News of the 13th saya : Wo learn that the Secretary of War has de manded all State troops between the ages of seventeen and fifty be mustered in as reserved troops under command of Brig. General Bran** don Gov. Clark, we learn, has refused to turn them over, and there will be considera* b!e skirmishing between the parties before the matter eu is. If the demands of the Secreta ry of War is acceded to, a large number of agriculturists will be thrown in the field for three years, and we soar that such a policy would produce evil results for the State and tortlie country. It is impossible for a man to serve two masters, and the State troops enlisted and sworn in under the laws of the State must preserve their status until finally disbanded. We are willing to admit that the Government has lost a considerable number of the troops by the State organization, but a majoi i.y of these troops never could have been reached except for State organization, and they are now doing good service. On the whole we think the demand of the Govern ment unreasonable, and we trust the or will resist firmly all attempts to disband his troops—which would virtually be effected by yielding to the demand of the Secretary of War. The Government claims the troops un der the act ofl’Dli February last. We pre sume me whole matter will undergo judicial investigation— probably tried under a habeas corpus, and if decided against the Governor will be taken up to the supreme court. From Louisiana. —The Herald contains the following intelligence from Louisiana and else where : By the arrival of the Evening Star, from N. Orleans 26th ult., we have interesting news from the Gulf. The report of the arrival of the rebel Captain Semmes at Bagdad, is con firmed. He arrived at that place on the 11th ult., and immediately crossed the Lio Grande, on his way to Richmond. At Baton Rouge, on the night, of the 23d ult., a portion of the penitentiary building was destroyed by fire. One hundred and forty mule.-,, forty horses and seventy-five harness were consumed. It is reported that the rebel General Forrest has issued an order prohibiting the troops from firing upon unarmed transports. m ♦ Old General Wool turns up again as the commander of a department on the Canadian frontier. Fifty odd years ago, “Lieutenant” Wool achieved his first military laurels on the same frontier, at the storming of Queenstown Heights, his regimental commander being u Colonel Winfield Scott. General Stoneman in and Difficulty. I he New York Tribune contains an account ot the attack upon the Yankee Gen. Stoneman, i oi raiding notoriety, at Wellsville, Ohio. Stoneman was just from the Libby prison in Richmond, and therefore the treatment, under the circumstances, was regarded as peculiarly outrageous. The Tribune says Major General Stoneman stopped at the bouse of a man named Dean, at Wellsville, Ohio, with his family, To get some tea, and took bis colored nurse in with him to feed his child, as well as to give her something to eat, as we had not time to get anything at Pittsburg. We had nothing fiomthe time we left Alatoona. When they went in the room was nearly empty, and they seated themselves at the extreme end. ! An elderly woman stepped up and said they did not ailow “niggers’ to sit at the table with white folks. General Stoneman remarked that it was only his own family occupying the ta ble. “1 don’t care, sir, we don’t allow them to sit at the same table here with white folks ” Gen. S. replied : “Well, let her have i another table alone, as 1 wish her to feed my i child. Elderly lady: “No, sir, 1 will do no r-ucb thing. Niggers are not allowed at all in ; tins room.'' And the nurse sat back from the : table. Nothing further was said upon the ! matter. In a few minutes the proprietor came along and accosted General Stoneman with : “I want your fare, sir,” naming the price. Gen. S. replied : “I will give it to you as soon as I finish, as my time is short.” Proprietor retoits: “Are you not going to do as other people do ?” General S. replied : “Certainly I am to pay you, but as I said before, I wish to eat as lain late and will pay as soon as I finish. But Ido not think you treat the pub lic with proper courtesy, as I was insulted by a waiter about a servant when I came in, and”—Proprietor interrupting him—“ Who insulted you ?" “That lady,” pointing to the elderly woman before referred to. Proprietor : “Who did she insult you over?” General S: “That woman who is setting there, who is my servant.” Proprietor then struck Gen. Stone man between the jaw and ear, knocking his head round on one side; another man, a brother of his, struck him on the cheek on the other side and clenched his left hand in the General’s hair, and dragged him off his chair, stunned and bleeding as he was, both kicking and knocking ijira, he being partially dragged on his knees, his arms hanging by his sides, and unable to make the least resistance or de fence. While his wife pleaded with them for her husband, one of them rudely thrust her away, and continued to pound and kick him, saying at the same time they would kill him. Tennessee Sketches. The Yankee journals give the following brief sketches of the principal towns in Ten nessee, through which Hood’s army passed, and of Franklin, where the late battle occur red : TULASKI. The Yankee forces under General Richard W. Johnston evacuated Pulaski, on the 23d ult., retiring upon Columbia. Pulaski is the seat of justice of Giles county, Tennessee, and at the beginning of the war had a population of over eleven hundred persons. The war has probably increased this population, doubtless changing the character of the inhabitants, as it generally has done in the principal cities occupied by us. Pulaski is handsomely built and beautifully located on the east fork of Richland creek, an important branch of Elk river. COLUMBIA. Columbia, Tenn., abandoned by the the Yan kee forces on the night of the 26th ult., is one of the handsomest cities in the State, and is located in Hae richest district of Middle Ten nessee. It is the residence of Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, Gen. Lucius J.Polk, and several others of the Polk family of Tennessee; A. 0. P. Nicholson, formerly United States Senator; W. C. Whitthorne, the rebel Secretary of State of Tennessee, and many other wealthy and notorious rebels. The city i3 located on the high and rolling ground south of Duck river, which is here quite an important stream. The population at the beginning of the war amounted to three thousand. FRANKLIN. Franklin is a handsome town, pleasantly lo cated on the Harpeth river, and is the county seat of Williamson county. It has a popula tion of about fifteen hundred inhabitants. There are no public buildings of importance. Franklin fell into Yankee bands in March, 1862, being captured by General Buell's army on the march to Shiloh. It was evacuated in the September following, on the retrograde movement of the same army. During that time it was several times attacked. It was reoccupied for several hours on Dec. 12th, by Gen. D. S. Stanley, then chief of Rosecrans’ cavalry. Several mills and varions other property belonging to the rebels were burned. The place was permanently occupied immedi ately after the battle of Murfreesboro, and, as a consequence, of Bragg’s retirement # from the position. The Continent an Iceberg. —Professor Agassiz, in the Atlantic Monthly, cornea to the conclusion that the continent of North Amer ica was at one time covered with ice a mile in thickness. The proof is that the slopes of the Alleghany range of mountains are glacier worn on the very top, except a few points which were above the icy mass. Mount Wash ington, for instance, is over six thousand feet high, and the rough, unpolished surface of its summits, covered with loose fragments, just below the level at which glacier marks come to an end, tells us that it lifted its head alone above the desolate waste of ice and snow. In this region, then, the thickness of the sheet cannot have been much less than six thousand feet, and this is in keeping with the same kind of evidence in other parts of the country; for, whenever the mountains are much below six thousand feet, the ice seems to have passed directly over them, while the few peaks rising on the heights are left untouched. The gla cier, he argues, was God’s great plow, and when the ice vanished from the face of the land, it left it prepared for the hand of the husbandman. The hard surface of the rocks was ground to powder, the elements of the soil were mingled in fair proportions ; gran ite was carried into the lime region, lime was mingled with the more arid and unproductive districts, and a soil was prepared fit for the. agricultural uses of man. There are eviden ces all over the polar regions to show that at one period the heat of the tropics extended all over the globe. The ice period is supposed to be subsequent to this, and next to last be | fore the advent of the year. TKCE! CITY r. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDlT''*. | ■■■ ■ ■ - * Printer Wanted. A good COMPOSITOR can find permanent em ployment by immediate application at this office. dec 1$ ts For Chattahoochee. The Steamer Jackson will leave for the aboTe and intermediate landings, Tuesday morning at ‘ 9 o’clock. D. p aT . dec 19 td —♦ » FOE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND BAINBRIB6I. The Steamer Shamrock, EL Wingate, master, will l leave for the above and intermediate landings, I Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock. dec 20 td -• Funeral Notice. The friends and acquaintances of Mr. Hendek | son Henley, are invited to attend his funeral from i the Perry House this morning at 10 o’clock. dtc20 —It A large portion of Postmaster General Rea ’ gan’s report is devoted to the Southern Express ! company, which he charges with fraud on the revenue of 1. is department, by carrying mailable matter in defiance of law. This is quibbling about a small matter. The most severe and strin i gent laws to prevent this, are recommended; but it is to be hope ! Congress will not heed the rec ommendation. In consequence of the misman agement of our mail system, the enterprise of the Express company almost half the time places us in possession of journals, from distant points, in advance of the mail, and the public desire the bei efit. Especially is it notorious that the Ex press revives from interruptions caused by raiding parties of the enemy, on almost every occasion, days before the post office officials act. Every body knows this, and everybody has been benefit ted by it. We suspect the superior energy, en terprise and accommodation manifested by the Ex press company is i“the head and front of its of fending” against Mr. Reagan, and believe if the people were permitted to decide between the Post Office Department, as now administered, and the Express, the latter would be the favorite! The Christmas Tree. —We have been request ed to state that the Christmas Tree intended for the little girls of the City School, will be prepared at the African Methodist Church on Saturday next* All persons wishing to contribute articles for that purpose will please send to the Church during the week. We trust a liberal response will be made to this call,.and that the children composing this school may be encouraged to)think usoro of them selves and strive to merit the hospitality shown them. The City Cemetery. —A stroll through the grave yard yesterday afternoon satisfied us that Mr. R. T. Simons, as Sexton,is the right man in the right plare. We have no recollection of ever seeing our “Silent City of the Dead,” in such nice cenditiou. The new enclosure especially cannot fail to elicit the admiration of all who feel a pride in the looks of the last resting place of their loved ones. If o wners of lots in the old enclosure would have them put in order, we could justly feel a pleasure in pointing to our cemetery as one of the handsomest in the South. The place is sus ceptible of much improvement and Bob Simons is the man for the business. Let the City Council and people encourage him. + ■» ■» Deab— We learn that Mr. Frank Henly alluded to in our yesterday’s edition as having been shot on Sunday morning by Willaim Dillon, has since died. Yesterday Dr. Romer advertised for information of his son Frank—a ’ youth of sixteen—who had mysteriously disappeared. The lad bad returned to his hpme. Last Monday, while preparing to leave it for the College at Spring Hill, of which he is a stU dent, a heavily bearded man approached him and asked him certain questions, by which he was enticed a short distance from his father’s house As soon as he was beyond observation, the man seized him by the throat, drew a pistol, and threat ened his life unless he went with him quietly. The lad had no alternative. The ruffian then searched him and questioned him concerning the defences of Moble, the number of forces here, <fcc. Thi s information Frank resolutely refused to give. The consequence was that he was obliged, at the peril of his life, to go with the stranger. The two slept that night in the ; and there Frank resorted to a stratagem, which shows his resolu tion and quick-wittedness. For a time he feigned to be asleep. The man feeling secure, then fell into a slumber. 2The boy, watching the opportu nity, mad e movements to test the obvioqsness of the rascal ; and, being assured, rapidly seized his pistol. He had him thus at an advantage, and thus marched him all the way to within a short distance of Pascagoula, where he gave him up to some scouts, who happened, opportunely, to make their appearance. The boy returned to his home yesterday, shaken in nerves and exhausted by his long tramp and exposure to the inclemency of | the weather. One instance exhibits his quickness of apprehension and boldness. While crossing the bridge on their way down the coast, the ruffian made a movement to draw out a weapon from his coat, as was supposed. The lad instantly drew up for offensive operations, and actually made the fellow draw off his coat and cast it over the bridge into the river. It is a very singular circumstance. 9 It is sup posed that the scoundrel was a l'ankee, who de sired to abduct the youth in order to convey him within the enemy’s lines for the purpose of for cing from him what information he had in res pect of the defences and forces of the eity. [Mobile Tribune, llf/t. WAITED. T?OR the ensuing year 10 or 12 DINING ROOM P SERVANTS and PORTERS, and one superior meat Cook. Also one white Chamber-maid. Par ties desiring to continue their servants at the Ho tel will please call on or before Saturday next to in sure their lives. SHIVERS, WYNNE & CO. Proprietors Cook’s Hotel. Columbus, Dec. 20—til Ist jan TEMPERANCE HALL. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21st Pioneer Historical Exhibition. OTEREOSCOPTI3ON. Lee Mallory’s Exhibition of Photographic, Art. Dissolving Views and the wonderful Chinese Fire Works dec. 20 2t Notice! Office Quartermaster's Office, 1 Columbus. Ga. / I I will HIRE TWO HUNDRED NEGRO SHOE MAKERS; liberal wages, feed, eiothe, and provide medical attendance. Early applica must be made. F. W. DILLARD, Major and Chief Quartermaster. December, 20,1864. tjanl Everybody Eook Here. WILL be sold on the 10th January, 1865, on the plantation of John Howard, Jr., on Flint j diver, on the Columbus branch of the ,S. W. R. i R., all the corn, fodder, peas, mules, cattle, hogs and I plantation implements. Terms cash, | At the same time will be rented the plantation of i eight hundred acres, and hired for the year, a like ly set of plantation negroes, for good rtotes with ap proved securities. R. R. HOWARD, ! dec 20 tds Agent. Wanted, A WOOD TURNER, white or black. Geod wages .1 will be paid for a good turner, dec 15 fit JEEFERSON & HAMILTON. Sun Sc Enquirer copy. TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS OF THg 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 foi the Northern District of Georgia. FROM RICHMOND—CONFEDERATE CON GRESS. Richmond, Dec. 18th. —Nothing of interest in the Senate in open session. In the House, Turner’s resolution aud Barks dale’s substitute were taken up. McMullen offered a substitute declaring that, whilst it is not expedient nor campatible with the dignity of the Confederate States to send commission ers to Washington to secure a cessation of j hostilities, yet it would be eminently proper i that the House of Representatives despatch, without delay, to some convenient point, a body of Commissioners to confer with such in* dividuals as may be appointed by the Govern ment of the United States, if possible, upon terms of a lasting and honorable peace, sub ject to ratification of the respective Govern ments, afid the sovereign States respectively represented. McMullen addressed the House in explanation of his views. Before conclud ing the moving expired. The House resumed the consideration of the currency bill. Foote occupied the floor until adjournment. LATEST FROM THE NORTH. Richmond, Dec. 18th.—Northern papers of Thursday received last night. An official dispatch from Hilton Head on the 10th says Howard, commanding the right wing of Sherman’s army, had communicated with four of his chief of scouts, having des cended the Ogeechee in a small boat and thus made his way to our lines. He left the army on the 9th icst. A dispatch from Howard says : We hare met with perfect success thus far. Our troops are in fine spirits. Nothing of importance bad occurred at Nashville. On the 13th General Lyons wa3 moving on Russellville. In the Senate, on the 14th, Chancellor offer ed a resolution denounciag the .release of the St. Albans raiders, and authorizing the organ ization of an army corps for the protection of the Northern frontier from incursions of rebel raiding parties. Chandler also introduced a series of resolu tions directing the Secretary of State to de mand from the British Government payment in full for all American vessels destroyed by pirate ships from English ports. The resolu tions were laid over. In tbe House, the Senate bill authorizing the purchase of six revenue cutters for the lakes was passed. Brooks made a long speech in favor of ne gotiations for peace. General Dix has issued an order in conse quence of the discharge of the St. Albans raiders, directing military commanders on the frontier, in the event of similar raids, to pur sue the marauders if necessary into Canada, and if arrested there they are, under no cir cumstances, to be surrendered. A Montreal telegram of the 14th says the St. Albans raiders left the city immediately after they were discharged. The authorities are taking steps to arrest them. A Toronto telegram of the 13th says the Lake Erie raiders were again before the Court to-day but discharged, on the ground that the Ceurt has no jurisdiction. The result caused much excitement. Mobile, Dec. 19th.—On the 18th our forces on the Eastern Shore under Gens. Liddell, Calvin Clanton and Arinistead, pursued and severely punished the Pollard raiders; drove thorn beyond Pine Barren Creek—capturing part of their trans. portation and supplies. The road for ten miles was strewn with the enemy’s dead. The damage to the Mobile and Great Northern road is consid erable, but will shortly be repaired. Tbe public buildings at Pollard were burnt. An infantry force of the enemy were at Franklin Creek near Pascagoula yesterday, confronted by our cavalry which, after heavy skirmishing, drove them sever al miles. Capt. Semmes of the Alabama arrived yester day from the trans-Mississippi. Important from Nassau. —The following ex tract of a private letter from Nassau, conveys an important hint: “I am of the opinion that during this winter blockaders will have more to fear frum enemies in their crews than they will from the blockaking fleet. Hundreds of Yanks are now here, and I suspect that it is a settled plan to capture vessels by strategem at sea. Spies are all around, and it may be that you may hear of several Roanoke affairs in the next moon. Aa attempt was thus made to capture the Owl, which failed, and eight of the crew are now in irons, and one es them holding a Yankee commission as master’s mate. This looks serious, but proper precautions on the part of the officers will render these devilsh plans abortive. Owing to the dubious character of Eng lish neutrality, these mercenary minions of a tyrannical Yankee Government will escape pun ishment. Nassau, N. P., Nov. 14, 1864.” Sorghum Sugar. —Sorghum sugar, costing nine cents per pound, made at Chicago, is now on exhibition at the Agriculturist Department in Washington. A Yankee journal says it has the appearance of bright Havanna sugar, and at the price stated, must find plenty of buy ers. Gen. D. H. Thomas, commanding the Yan kee forces in front of Hood, has the reputation of being a pretty He has with him Rosseau. Van Cleave, Granger, Milroy. Miller, Jack Smith, &c. Brig. General R. W. Johnson commands all the cavalry. A St. Louis paper says: “There are not less than 200,000 persons in Missouri this day who are little better than paupers, not knowing where to get food to maintain them tnrough the winter. SPECIAL NOTICES Attentioii Macon County Militia. By virtue of an order issued from the Executive Department of Alabama, at Montgomery, Company A, 2d Class atate Troops, of Macon county, will as semble at Chehaw on the 21st inst., also ;he men 1 whose details have been revoked by Muj. Charles Green. Every failure will be promptly reported , and dealt with according to the 10th section of Act j of August 29th, 1863. i * Transportation will be furnish* and from Chehaw to ! Pollard. TUOS. P*, RANDLE, ! dec 17 3t* Cant. Com’dg Company. I Attention Russell County Militia. By virtue of an order from the Executive De partment of Alabama, all members of Capt. Guerry’s Company are ordered to report at Hurtville, Rus j sell county, on the 21st inst., well mounted with five ! day’s rations, to repair immediately to Pollard.— ; Every failure will be promptly reported and dealt i with according to Sec. 10th of Act of August 29:h, 1863. THOMAS BARRY, dec 19 2t* Lieut. Corn’dg Company. CIIUILAR Headquarters Georgia Reserve*,) and Military District of Georgia, V 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 j employment of the Engineer Department, and to I that end the recovery of Slaves who have runaway and the additional impressment of one able-bodied ! Slave out of every five between the ages of 18 and j 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; arid that every inducement in their power be given, that may conduce to the conten ted performance of tbe services required of tbe Slave. In all eases 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 con iition of the slaves whilst on this duty as comfortable as possible. 'Ade quate hospital accommodations are being [prepared : by the Surgeons of this Dopartuient for such as may j become sick, and competent assistants will accom ; pany all the different divisions, that whenever a I s 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 6t Captain Engineers P. C. S. A. Marshall Hospital, 1 Columbus, Ga., Dec. 14, 1864. J 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. Hd’qrs.Camp of Instruction for Ga., i Camp Cooper, Macon, Dec. 10,1864, S \ Special Orders, 1 ■ No. 330. / [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. dec 12 5t Major and Commandant. Headquarters Conscript Service, | Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 2d, 1861. j Circular, I No. 26. } Enrolling 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. Headquarters Militarv Division ) of the West, >■ Macon, Ga., Nov. 29th, 1864.) General Order 9, l No. j All supernumerary Officers of this Military Division not otherwise assigned to duty, will report to the Commandant of the Post, Macon, Ga, By command of General Beauregard. A. R. CHISOLM, | dec 2 eod2w A. D. C. and A. A. A, Q. Headquarters Gov. Works, (Obd.) l Columbus, Ga., Dec. 1, 1864.) ! Wanted to Hire ! FIFTEEN NEGRO BLACKSMITHS. Good quarters furnished and liberal wages paid. Apply to M. H. WRIGHT, dec 2 lw Col. Corn’dg. Exchange Notice-N0.13. 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 tbe 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 thi3 date. S. H. HILL, dec 6 ts Agent. OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS. Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29, 1864. NO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex press Company’s Office after '£%. o’clock p. M. o go East on that day, nor will any be received to go West after 4% o’clock p m. oc 29 ts S. H. HILL, Agent. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, 1 War Department, Ordnance Bureau, > Richmond, Nov. 11, 1864.) All officers on Ordnance duty are required by General Orders, No. 70, Adj’t. Sc I. G. Office, Aug. 29, 1864, to report without delay to the Chief of Ordnance, Richmond, by letter, stating First Their rank. Second— Date of 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.l 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 Ordnanoe duty to report immediately as above, will be treated ,as a delinquency. J • GORGAS, nov 22 eod4w Chief of Ordnance. To Printers ! WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY, (except Ruling Machine,) two hand PRESSE.., and about 1,000 Pounds of Type Metal. nov2l-tf j Motice to Debtors and Creditors A LL persons having claims against the estate of A Joseph W. Woolf oik, dee’d, late of Muscogee county, are hereby notified to render them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law; ant’ those indebted to said estate are requested to ie a. WOOLFOLK, nov 23., 1864—w40d Adm’r NOTICE To Ulississtppi Soldiers! j THE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT”, and Office of I I Agency for the Relief 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. f and the Perry House. ' Your baggage is R MAKSHALL , sep2B ts ____AgenL_ j Government Sheep for Exchange. •>4,a HEAD SHEEP will be« x S hs £ g ls oo Bacon i DUO or Beef. The Sheep rated at- W. Bacon 10c., Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Beet to De ae livered alive. Apply to J A TYLER. Columbus. Nov. 2,1864—ts AUCTION SALi..- fly EHi*, Livingston A €o. ON TUESDAY, 2<>th inst., a: 11 «>’«loek, wt will sell in front of our store A very Likely Negro Girl 15 voart ®ll 20 bbis. Salt; 5 bbis. Corn Whiskey. Crockery, Cows and Calves, j &c., &e., &c. ■ dec 19 sl2 I Stop the Ilorse Tihef! I §SOO Steward. CTOLEN from the premises of C. P. Levy, acres,! O the new bridge, on the night of 30th November two BAY HORSES and one BLACK PONY. Above reward will bo paid for the horses an 1 thief. JOHN D. GRAY A 00 i dec 24t To Rent. A SMALL FARM, containing about 106 acres, *>4 A in the woods and forty cleared, about one ruilo 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, Ac. For terms apply to Mrs. J. A. JONES, dec near Columbus * Florida Lands for Sale. A TRACT OF LAND situated in Wakulla . y, A Fla., on Wakulla river, 12 miles south of I*!!-) hasseeand six miles distant from both Newport and I St. Marks; containing 760 acres, of which 160 acres are pine, the remainder hammock. The growth is jiveoak, whitcoak, wateroak, hickory, etc. AU un improved excepting a few acres. For terms and further description applv lo dec 17 3t HANSERD & AUSTIN. YARNS ami OSAABI RCiS j TO EXCHANGE FOR aROUNX> PEAS, At the GRANT FACTORY, j dec 17 ts SSOO Reward. i CTOLEN from my stable, theSth inst., a small dap ( 0 pie cream PONY, white mane and tail, asialion, ! very fat, four jears old. Will pay S2OO for the pony ! ands3ooforthe theif, delivered to me in Americus, Ga., or E. J. Pinckard, in .Columbus, Ga. | dec 15 2w R. C. BLACK. Wanted, AT Lee 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 a» her face, small horns turned upwards, 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 ir Columbus. Apply to J. R. IVEY dec 15 lw WAITED. A N OVERSEER. One without family, who ha* A lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for military service preferred. Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD. Beynolds, Taylor County. MRS. OH AS. J. WILLIAMS, nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga. WANTED! r AAA LBS. ofTAhLOW, for which a libera! price i O>UUI/ will be paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, i sp7 ts Major and Q. M. WANTED, i \ GOOD BUSINESS MAN, uutil the first of A January. The best wages paid. A disabled soj j iicr preferred, and it matters not how badly muti j lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment. Apply at the TIMES OFFICE. nov 30 ts _____ Notice to Debtors and Creditors ALL persons having claims against the estate of Mrs. L. E. Cairnes, dec’d, late of Muscogee county, are hereby notified to render them duly au thenticated within the time prescribed by law; and those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. F. O. TICKNOR, dec9w4oa Adm’r. For Sale. By E. J. BRITT, 114, Broad Street. OA BOXES fine Tobacco, OU Large lot Cotton Cards, Soda, Pepper and Spice, Smoking Tobacco, (10 cases) Pad-Locks, Brier Root and Clay Pipes, 100 Bushels Shelled Corn, to arrive this week, Bar and Toilet Soaps, Tin and Cedar Ware, Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bowles, ets. dec 7 d<fcw2t LARUE CONSIGNMENT OF LETTER PAPER! AND j?IEiWORAftI>Ui?I BOOKS! For sale by J. K, RED© & CO. oc 12 ts Administrator’s Sale. ON the first day of January, I will sell at pubiia 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. W. S. POPE, dec 6w4t Adm’r. Executor’s Notice. TWO months after date application will be made 1 to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, for leave to sell the 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. NOTICE. Office Grant Factory, 1 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. UOUR SHARES of the G. & A. S. S. Cos., No. r 160, in favor of Mrs. J. L. Wilson, nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRANT. Wanted TO HIRE —Four or Five able bodied Negroes.— Good wages given. Apply at our Government W oc2B ts JOHN D. GRAY k CO. SSOO Reward l STOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus, on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last, TWO ZMITTITES, one a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye. The other a black mave Mule, medium ’size, with whith mouth and white spot on rump. Both m good OF I will pay the above reward for the delivery of the Mules with the thief, with proof sufficient to convict, or Two Hundred Dollars r E^ e L Columbus, Ga. t Nov. 9, 1864 —ts *jg-Sun please copy. $25 Dollars Reward. S ! TRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair i rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right i hindquarter. JOHN COOK. oc 13 ts SSO Reward. \TEGRO boy CHARLEY;‘about 25years ojd.yel iN low complexion, hair nearly straight, below iinary intelligence; left Mr. Nat. Thorap? (Tharleston S C. A suitable reward win oe paia I MfdeUVeiy at this office ormany safe ,aU and j information sent to me at th e. ftUSSKLL. Cos 1 mnhr- 1 6*3.. aug 1 T To Hire, r?OR next vear * a first rate Cook > M '^ ier T Ironer. She is h<mest and.free from incumbrance. Apply at THIb o**lo a. dec 11 ts To Rent, A BLACKSMITH SHOP with six orseven Forges. (i all compiete. Apply at TIIIS OFFIC3.