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DAILY TIMES, J, U r , WARREN & CO., Proprietors. Published Da- > (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $5.00 per month, or sls tor three months. No subscription received for a ionxer term tho* 1 1 ret month*. RATES OF ADVERTISING. CASUAL DAILY ADVKBTtSINO RATES. Advertisements inserted onoe—s4 per square. KKOTTLaS DAILY ADVERTISING BATES. First Week—s3 00 per square for each insertion. Second Week—s 2 00 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 Mouth—s2s per square. Change of Schedule. ' IKKH K linonVRKR AND SUPKUJN rKNDRNT, | Charleston and Savannah Railroad, > Charleston. June 7.1864. * ,N THURSDAY, J line 0.1864, and until further notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will o as follow, viz: l eave Charleston 9.45, a. m. urn e n Savannah —J). 10, p. m. Leave Savannah A3O, a. tn. Arrivein Charleston 1.15, p. tn. Tais Train makes direct oonneotioos, going north ana south, with the Northoastoru Railroad at • hur ls-- >n, v m.l the Central Railroad at the Junction. 11. 3. 11 AIN KS. J me 14 ts . Engineer and Superintendent. of Schedule. iN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on ' be uscogee Railroad will run as follows : PASSENGER TRAIN’ : euve Columbus .6 15 P. ML. ■Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. cave Macon & 10 P. M Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. K. FREIGHT TRAIN : V ' or.lv 500 A.-M A ,-ivcat» luin is 55 A. A. W. L. CLARK, mar 19 ti Supt. Muscogen R, R. Til rough to Montgomery NEW SCHEDULE. j MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27,1864. i> and alter August27th. the Passenger Train on ’ Mhe Montgomery and West Point Railroad will ] Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. in. j Leave West Point at 7:10 a. in. trrive at Goiumbus at 5:32 p.m. Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m. Irriveat. Montgomery at 3:00 p.m. ; frrive at \V est. Potnt at 4130 p. m. Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a in. Arrives at 8:27 p m I). 11. 6’RAM, Sup’t k Eng. ag27 1864—ts MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. t lK.«hi: OF SCHEDULE. Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864. ON and utter 10th iust. Trains on this Road will Run Daily (Sunday executed.) as follows: Passenger IVaiu. Leave Girard at . 130 p. in. Vrrivo in Union Springs 6 00 heav'e Union Springs 5 35 a.p. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 Freight Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. in. j 13. E. WELLS. xglß ts Eng. & Sup’t. Ur. St. SOBiill, IDIEIDTTIST, t T Pemberton & Carter’s old stand, back room of Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can bo found aU hours. [oc 186 m ; STERLUCr EXCHANGE! j i PEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange i A for sale iu sums to suit purchasers by agl6 tt -HANK OF COLUMBUS. | TO GEORGIA EDITORS AND THE II4TLE<S ! J WANT rabbit skins, coon skins, fox skins, otter 1 . skins, minkskins, heaver skins, and aH other skins | that have ur upon them Iwa ’ tiihui lor the pur pose of making hats, and will pa the highest cash ; prices, or swap ats ior them. 1 w 11 give a gvod ; rabbit hat for sixty rabbit stiiw; a good coon hat • for two dozen good coon skins ; a good beaver hat for three beaver skins; a good wool hat ior two 1 pounds of clean washed wool, free of coekleburrs, j ami on from the live sheep’s hack, and so on. .The j <kins must be taken trom the animals in winter and j be well stretched before drying. Parcels may be | sent by express, and hats in the same wav. J. A. TURNER. Eaton ton, Ga., Doc. 9, 1864. N. B.—All Georgia editors who will cony the above notice, four turns, including this note, and also the following prospectus, the same yuiuber of tunes, sending me their papers in exchange, with the ad vertisements marked, shall receive by express, free if charge, a good, soft, rabbit fur hat which will bring irs the market ifhOO; provided they wilt have their beads measured and send me the dimensions' *•> IVilc*’ Register Revived. PROSPECTUS OF THE COUXTRYTTIAX, \ ILES’ Reg stor, the most useful journal ever J.N 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 its pages, its typography .and all the features which gave value to the standard publications issued by Mr. j | Besides tho features of Niles’ Register, the Cuuu trj man has others which should render it still more attractive—to-wit: a department of elegant litera ture, rej*-ioiag the .> .ylo of Yankee literary journals, and modeling itself alter the best English miscel laneous weeklies, but at the same time, being stamped with an independent, Southern tone, origi nal with and peculiar to itself. ... . . An altogether novel feature with it, is that it is published in the country on the o<l.tor’s plantation, nine miles from any town or village, and devotes much attention to agriculture, rural sports, and everything that interests the country gentleman. The Countryman is a handsome quarto, ofsixteen pages, published weekly on the editor’s plantation, near E steuton. Ga., to which ail communications should be addressed. Our terms are $5 for three months, or S3O per annum. Send all remittances by express. J. .4. TURNER, dec 10 d4t E itonton, Ga. Wanted Wi: «ish to hire for the ensuing year, six good Negro Carpet tors, one good Blacksmith and one wagoner. dec 10 2w JEFFERSON & HAMILTON. Sun md lv quir* r copy. Wauled. QAAA LBS. PORK, for which we will pay OUUU cash <*r exchange salt, dec 10 6t JEFFERSON & HA MIXON. Sun and Enquirer copy. 1 Plantation for Sale. THE UNDERSIGNED ffers for sale « PianLi- I tion on the Apalachicola river, 2o miles below Chattahoochee, containing I,sooacres, more or less, embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bottom land, the balance superior pine laud. In a iavorable season sixty bushels of qorn or 2,000 pounds of seed cotton, may be safely relied on. On the premises are first rate negro quarters, gin house, screw ami sta bles. The dwelling is small but comfortable. There are two orange groves on the place, one on the l iver and in luli bearing. A portion of the crop of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. The other grove is young but in good condition, embracing not only oranges but lemons and other tropical fruits. The place is finely watered and healthy. A rare opportunity is offered for the investment of Con federate money it application is made early. Titles perfect. Apply to R. L. B ASS, Columbus, oi VAN M \ ROUS. dec 6 tt Steamer A iiamrock. SSOO Howard. 2 S‘ TOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Qfiumbus. on the Crawford road, on Thursday night last, TWO IMUTHiIES, one a small bay m ire Mule, blind in the ngtit eye. the other a black mare Mule, medium size, w tk whitU '. u;h and white spot on rump. Loth 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. 9,1861—ts bun please copy. 300 V EGIiU boy CH AKLhY ; about 25years old, yel y ‘" w complexion, hair nearly straight, below or .inary muili . hut hr. Nat. Thomi-.m’s neai -.OX slap.,, ,m:;r.v I bought bin. ol a Mr. Lrown. a rrnugee trom Mississippi. w v,o now resides in ta«Rege.e, .4la. lie ongiually catne from Gnarlestou, a. ... \ suitable reward will be paid .or his delivery at this office, or in anv - *»e iail and anoriuatiori en. to me at this office. . JAM Hi? M. KoSSELL. vDittmv. au.- . . * "v VOL XI. ( Stop the dorse Tihef! 1500 Reward. CTOLEN fi ora the premises of, C. P. Levy, across G the uew bridge, on the night of 30tv November two BAY HCRSES and one BLACK PONY. Above reward will be paid for the horses and thief. JOHN D. GRAY AGO. dec 2 4t To Rent. A SJ/ALL FARM, containing about 10d acres, 69 a in the woods and forty cleared, about one mile above the Fountain Factory, on the river. On the place is a good dwelling with threo rooms, a large apple and peach orchard and variety of other fruit trees, good water, dee. For terms apjdv to Mrs. J. A.' JONES, dec near Columbus. Florida Lauds For Sale, A TRACT OF LAND situated in Wakulla county, A. Fla., on Wakulla river, 12 miles south of Tall a hassee and six miles distant from both Newoort and St. Marks; containing76o aoros, of which 160 acres are pine, the remainder hammock. The growth is liveoak, whiteoak, wat roak, hickory, etc. All un improved excepting a few acres. For terms and further description apply to dec 17 3t HANSERD & AUSTIN. YAMS and OSIYARFRGrS TO EXCHANGE FOR <3-3ETOUUSTIO 3P^3^SI, At the GRANT FACTORY. dec 17 ts SSOO Reward. CTOLEN from my stable, the Bth iust.,a small dap- O pie cream PONY, white mane and tail, as’alion, very fat, four years old. Will pay S2OO for the pony and S3OO for tho theif, delivered to me in Amerious, Ga , or E. J. Pmckaid, in Columbus, Ga. doc j. 5 2w 14. 0. BLACK. Wanted, VT 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 erop in one ear and slit in the other, with white spot on her face, small horns turned u wards, dec 19 Gt* JOHN McQOVERN. Overseer Wanted. A MAN over fifty five, or one whe is unfit for field service, to attend to a plantation n« r Columbus. Apply to J. it. IVEY, dec 15 lw WALTTBD. i N OVERSEER. One without family, who has A lost an arm in tho service, and thereby unlit for military service preferred. Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD, Reynolds, Taylor Ctounty. MRS. CD AS. J. WILLIAMS. nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga. WAATEIH r iiiwi LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price • MMMJ w m jje paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, spiff Major and (j. to. W ANTED, i OOOD BUSINESS' MAN, until 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 th 1 TIMES OFFICE, nov 30 ts Notice to Behtors ami Creditors \ LL persons having claims agiHust the estate of A Mrs. L. E. Oairncs, deeVl, late of Muscogee county, arc hereby notified to renter them duly au thenticated within the time prescribed by law ; and those indebted to said esta ie are requested to make immediate payment. F- 0. TICKNOR, doc9w4od -4dm r. For Sale. By 353- 5*- BRITT, 114, Broad Street. Q A BOXES fme Tobacco, Large lot Cotton Cards, Soda, Pepper and Spies, Smoking Tobacco, (10 eases) 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 L.IRCiE CO A* i C»1 IVJIEIVT OF LETTV R PAPER! AND T iVEEHOR BOOKS ! For sale by J. K. REDD & CO. oc 12 ts * __ Ad iiiinistrator’si* Sale. , vN tho first day of January, I will sell at public \ i outcry at the Court House in Marianna, 500 acres (more o, less) of pine land, belonging to the estate of John Bird. On the premises is _a fine spring of water, negro cabins, e c. W. S. POPE, dec 6\v4t Adm’r. Executor’s Notice. pwo months after date application will be made l to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, for leave to sell the Negroes and perishable property of tho Estato of Elizabeth T. Johnson, deceased, late if said county. g AMUEL K JOHNSON, Ex’r Oct. 20w2ui* Per THOS. D. BRAND. ~7 j^ro^xoues. Os kick Grant Factory, 1 Nov. 29, 1864. / 4LL 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. DOUR SHARES of the G- & A. S. S. Cos., No. F 160, in favor of Mrs. J. L. Wilson, nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRANT. Wanted itO HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.— « Good wages given. Apply at our Government Works. oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY k CO. Notice to Debtors and Creditors A LL persons having claims again?. the estate of A Joseph W. Wooliolk, dec’d, late of Muscogee county, are hereby notified to render, them duly authenticated within the time prescrioed by law; : ans those indebted to said estate aro requested to i mt le immediate payment. WM. G. WOOLFOLK. nov 23, 1864—w40A Adm'r NOTICE To Mississippi Soldiers! pHE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of ! \geticv for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in ; the Ar uy of Tennessee, has been removed irorn Atlanta to Columbus, G i.. and is near Barnard's corner, between Main st., and the Perry House. Your baggage is there. TT ■ C. K. MARSHALL, sep2S ts _ Agent. j. Government sheep for Exchange. •> hi HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon i) v or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacon loe.. Beet 2c. gross per pound. The Beef to.be de : livered alive. Apply to J. A. XYLER. C<ilumbus. Nov. 2.1864—ts To Ilii*e ? OR next e ir, a first rate Cook, Washer and lroner. Site isfaithlufand honest andhre* from ineu.ubiH e--- Apply at IHIb Ol t ICE. dee 111* . To Kent, \ BLACKSMITH with six or seven Forges. i all complete. Apply at W 3ltf THIS OFFI6E- COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21. 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 wh >?e details fiave been revoked by Maj. Charles Green. Every faihire will be promptly ieported ami d'. alt with according to the 10th section of Act of August 29th, 1863. Transportation will be furnished from Chehaw to Polla and. THOS. P. RANDLE, dec 17 31" Ckpt. Com’dg Company. 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 sell county, on th • 21st inst., well mounted with five day’s rations, to repair immediately to Pollard. — Every failure wi I be promptly report'd and dealt with according to dec. 10th of Act of August 29th, I 1863. THOMAS BERRY, dec 19 2t* Lieut. Com’dg Company. CIRCULAR. Headquarters Georgia Reserve, "j 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 the Engineer Department, and to that end the recovery of Slaves who have ranaway a«d 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 j ted performance of the services required of the Slave. In all cases where it may appear evident that the i 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 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 s lave is taken sick he may be promptly cared for. Runaways from the hospital will be classed with the othert, 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. JfARSiiALL Hospital, 1 Columbus, Ga., Dec. 14, 1864. j fYotice! Wanted to hire for the ensuing year, fifteen able bodied NE(7RO MEN and ten WOMEN. Negroes thus employed are not subject to impressment, DANIEL R.BIZE, dec 13 till Ist jan. Steward. lld’qrs Camp of Instruction for Ga., I Camp Cooper, Macon, Dec. 10,1864, > Special Orders, 1 i No. 330. ( j [Extract.] * * * # *• * * I 111. As communication with Col. Wm. M. Brown Commandant of Conscripts, is re-established, special | order number 322, from these headquarters-'is hore ! by revoked. A. M, ROWLAND, dec 12 5t Major and Commandant. Headquarters Conscript Service, ) Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 2d, 1864. j j Circular. > ' No. 26. j' Enrolliug Oflicersjof 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 Military Division 1 of the West, > Macon, Ga., Nov. 29th, 1864.) General Order9, l No. -. j All supernumerary Officers ofthis Military Division not otherwise assigned to duty, will report to the Commandant of the Post, Macon, Ga, Bv command of General Beauregard. A. R. CHISOLM, ; dec 2 e< d2w _ A. D. C. and A. A, A. G. Headquarters Gov. Works, (Obd.) 1 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. Com’dg. Exchange Xotice-Xo. 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 the 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 o 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... 25,1864. 1 \TO Freight will be received at tho Southern Ex , ay press Company’s Office after o’clock p. M. o go East on that day, nor will any be received to g > West after AH o’clock pm. I oc 29 ts S. 11. HILL, Agent. CbXFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, ) War Department, Ordnance Bureau, > Richmond, Nor. 11, 1864.) All officers on Ordnance duty are required I by General Orders, No. 70, Adj’t. & 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 tak ’« effect, j Third. —Arm of service. | Fourth.— State to which they belong. Fifth.— Date of assignment to Ordnance duty. Sixth.— The authority by which assigned, furnish ing date, and if possible, copy oforderof ass gnment to which will be added. Seventh. —Present duty, and order of assignment Officers of the Regular Army will report both thei • regular and provisional commissions, or appoint ments, conferring temporary rank. Failure on the part of officers on Ordnance duty tn report immediately as above, will be treated as a delinquency. J. GORGAS, nov22eoJ4w Chief of Ordnance. To Printers ! \V E offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY, O (.except Ruing Machine,! two hand PRESSES, - and about 1,000 Pounds of. Type Metal. nov2l-tf -a Tuesday Evening Columbus Men Wounded.—We are indebted to Major Warner for a number of late papers, among them the Charleston Courier of the 14th. It contains a list of wounded (copied from the Savannah Republican,) received at Broughton i street Hospital Savannah, among which we notice several names from this city : J. P. White, Cos. A, Naval Battalion, left hand. J. J. Blanchart, Terrell Artillery, under right eye. J. Underwood, Cos. B, Arsenal Battalion, left | hand. * The News. ! From Savannah we have but liuie or no • news outside of vague rumors. The Mercury of the 16th says : We have little additional from Savannah. | ; The disaster of Fort McAlister, announced in j | our last issue, is fully confirmed. A thousand ; rumors were afloat yesterday—none of them ! trustworthy. To our miud, however, the as pect of affairs about Savannah is not particu- I larly cheering. j Wheeler’s cavalry is at Hardeeville. The enemy has constructed two batteries within range of the railroad near Coosawhatehie, and continue to shell every passing train. The Courier contains the following in regard to the assault ou Fort McAlister : We omitted to make mentiion o£ the very general report in circulation Wednesday eve ning of the capture by the enemy of Fort Mc- Alister, deeming it to be of very doubtful character, coming so soon after the announce ment of its being heavily reinforced and pro visioned. The information, however, came from such a source that we are forced to be lieve it. The fort was carried by assault at 3 o’clock on Tuesday morning, 13th inst., by the portion of Sherman’s forces sent to tap the Albany and Gulf Railroad. We have no par ticulars or details of the capture. The officer in command of the fort was Col. E. C. Ander son, of Savannah. The main body of Sher man’s army, it is believed, still threatens Savannah. The capture of Fort McAlister, at the mouth of the Ogeechee, will enable the enemy to co-operate with his fleet in any at tack on the city. No further news from there had been received up to a late hour last eve ning. All was quiet on the line of the Savan nah railroad. Notwithstanding the enemy has captured Fort McAlister, we can see but little to cause any serious apprehensions for the safety of Savannah. If those in command of our forces | at that point are, as we believe they are, de termined to defend it to the last extremity, - I Our forces are now concentrated and have had some time to prepare themselves for the ! conflict they havaseen gradually moviug upon ! them. We believe the defences of the city are sufficient to successfully resist even a combined attack by land and water. [Constitutionalist , 17 th. A disabled soldier who w r as on a visit to Savannah and left there on Monday morning, has reached this city, says the Charleston Courier, 14th, and communicated some state ments for the Courier. He reports that on Saturday, 10th instant, throe several and severe "charges were made against our lines between the Central andGult Railroads, and about five miles from the city, beginning at Ip. m. Three assaults were re pulsed in good style and with good'spirit and determination on our side. It wa3 reported that the Ogeechee bridge on the Gulf road, near Savannah, had been burned by our forces, perhaps too soon, and this had pre vented the arrival of some forces who would and could have reached Savannah. It is more than probable that these soldiers may find good work to do, however, on the South side .of the Ogeechee, as things now go—at all events they can work their way to and for good service. From Virginia. Our Richmond exchanges furnish us but little news from the two armies confronting each other so near the walls of that besieged city. The recent hostile demonstrations made by the grand army(?) of the “modern Ulyses,” in which it was universally believed he was about to make another on to Richmond move ment, has quieted down into a perfect calm, and it is thought no movement of any impor tance will be inaugurated on either side until the first of January, as the holiday season is drawing nigh : and both parties along this line are doubtless willing to chain for a few days the war dogs, whose mutterings they have so long listened to without cessation, in order to celebrate the Christmas holiday, not only in memory of the usual great event, but of past days when peace and plenty abounded everywhere. From the Soutbside there is nothing of any importance. Warren’s corps that recently endeavored to strike the Weldon railroad, has returned to the lines of the main army. From East Tennessee. —A portion of Bur bridge’s command entered Bristol, on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, on the 14th, destroying some property. This little town is situated on the line of Virginia and Tennessee, and it is the first time D has ever fallen into the hands of the enemy. W~e presume this is another effort to strike the Virginia Salt Works, but will no doubt be speedily checked by Gen. Breckinridge.— Constitutionalnt, 17 th. Special Mail to Shbp.man. —A New York paper says: The steamship Fulton, specially detailed, j will leave this port to-day with a heavy mail j for Gen. Sherman's army. She goes under ; sealed orders, as the exact point of Sherman’s arrival on the coast has not yet been divulged. The mail for the Fulton consists of two hun- ' dred and seventy-eight leather pouches, weigh ing over fifteen tons. It is principally com posed of mail matter, accumulated a’ # Nash ville since the recent movement of General Sherman, and seut here for shipment. I FIVE DOLLARS 1 PER MO.MU. East Temiessee Items. From late numbers of the Bristol Register wo make up the following : From Morristown wo learn that on the 26th of November, the Yankees attempted to scout this side of Strawberry Plains, but were driven back ! across the river, since when all has been quiet on this front. Gen. Steneman, of Georgia notoriety is now in command of tho Federal forces in East Tennessee, with his headquarters about Knoxville. The Un ion element report that ho is pressing horses to mount Gillem’s command, and reorganizing them for a forward movement. Gens. Vaughn and Duke, are on the look out for him. and will be pleased to tender him a characteristic reception, whene*or he is ready to come. Our pickets are well to the front beyond New Market. Our army in East Tennessee is drawing large supplies from the country between the French Broad and th© Holsten. The people who favor the Confederate cause, cheerfully submit to ,una voidable impressments, but complain loudly that they should only get half tho price for their pro duce that is paid in Virginia. If there is any way to remedy this injustice, the Government should speedily doit. It is to be hoped some of our Tennessee delegation in Congress will inves tigate the matter at an early day. Vaughn’s scouts have been within four miles of Knoxville. No enemy is reported this side of Strawberry Plains. Union citizens still consider ! the Federal evacuation of East Tennessee as a probable occurrence at an early date. It is very evident the force at Knoxville will not attempt any offensive movement in this section pending the operations of Hood in Middle Tennessee. A por tion of Burbridge’s force is at Bean’s Station, whether for the purpose of watching Vaughn's movements, or of guarding the road towards Cum berland Gap, under the oxpectatien that the gar rison at Knoxville mav have to skedaddle by that rout®, is not known. New* from Tennessee. —We saw a gentleman yesterday direct from Corinth, who said the Yan kee report that Chattanooga was still by them, is false. He had seen a passeugor who dined there after its evacuation. There were no Yankeetroops of consequence east of Knoxville. Gen. Hood kept his own secrets, but it was believed his.campaign contemplated the flanking of Nash ville, an advance into Kentucky and the occupa tion of Bowling Green. This portion of tho state ment correspondents with the latest Yankee re ports.—Mont. Advr. 18tA. Northern News. Lincoln’s message and the gold market. Gold rose in New York on Friday to 249, and a letter in the Philadelphia Inquirer, from New York, says : The public are still nibbing at the Presi dent’s message and accompanying documents. Down town, among the money kings, there are two parties, one of which accepts the | statements of Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Fessenden | as a gratifying evidence of the ability and | willingness of the nation to go ahead and put down the rebellion ; the other, on the con« trary, accepts them as proof that the war is to be indefinite, and the taxes, conscriptions, &c., are to be indefinite ' also. The views of the latter 3eem to predominate, for the mo ment, in the Gold Room and in the Produce Exchange. Prices are all up, but before the close of the week the outside public will be disappointed if we do not have some good news from our brave boys in the field that will place the whole pack of secession sym pathizers in William street, and all the other operators for arise, hors du combat. THE YANKEE DEFEAT AT GRAHAMVILLE. The Port Royal (South Carolina) Yankee Palmetto has the following account of the Fed eral defeat at Grahamville : A hot engagement of some seven hours du ration occurred. Charges and counter char ges were unsuccessful; each side, when at tempting to carry by storm, meeting with con siderable loss. Night put a stop to the fight ing, the lines on both sides remaining the same. We took a few prisoners and lost a few. Our casualties are variously estimated at from six hundred to one-thousand, but we are sure the latter astimate will more than cover the entire loss. Daring the evening, we fell back to the church; unpursued, and since then an advance has been made in other directions. THE C. S. STEAMER CHICKAMAUGA. The Bermuda Advocate, of the 16th inst., speaking of the departure of the “Chiekamau ga” from the port of St. George, says : The Confederate cruiser left the harbor yes terday. Some particulars of her run from Wilmington may not be uninteresting, the more so as some erroneous reports have got abroad in reference to it. When she left Wil mington, the mouth of the inlet was blocka ded by ten Federal gunboats, which com menced firing on her as soon as she had crossed the bar. She was chased for two hours, but escaped by »uperior speed. The following day she was in chase of a supposed Yankee ehip under sail when a cruiser hove in sight. Insurrection among the Yankee Officers at Danville.— Yesterday morning the Yankee officers in the prison at Danville made an at tempt to overpower the guard. They were fired on, and Colonel Rossier, of New York, was instantly killed and others wounded. This frightened the rest, and the attempt wa3 given up. The struggle lasted but a few min utes, and all was soon quiet. [Richmond Dispatch. The pouid Avoirdupois contains 7000 grains. The pound Troy, 5760 grains. The Carat, used j in weighing diamonds, is 31-16 grains. When the term Carat is applied to gold, it has a wholly dif ferent meaning, and is used to express its fineness or degree of purity. Every mass of alloyed gold is supposed to be divided into 24 parts or carats. 1 If eighteen of these aro pure gold, then the same j is eighteen carets fine; it twenty are pure gold* , the mass is twenty carats fine, and so forth. Twen ty-four carats would signify pur® gold. It would i be the same, instead of saying eighteen carats fine, ; to say eighteen twenty-fourths fine, Ac. The j standard for English sin is 22 carats fine, or two ! of alloy. TELEGRAPHIC. *«;poaTS tr rui tress associatim. Entere.t according to act ot Congress in the ,ve« 1863. by J. S iiiß iu the ClerkV office ®f he District Oou; t of th<; Confederate State* f*i :ke Northern District of (} orsda. Delayed Dispatches. CONGRESSIONAL. Richmon >, Dec. 14.—Nothiug import*** ®t * definite character wits done in t eith®r hems® of Congress to-day. Richmond, Dec. IG.—lu the Houso Mr. Tur ner offered a resolution requesting the Prui dent, with the advic# *ud consent of the Sea ale, to appoint thirteen commissioners, one from each State, to tender the Government #f the United States a confereftee for negotiating an honorable peace ; failing in this to use *ll proper efforts in obtaining the immediate ex change of prisoners, and if possible to come to such understanding with the enemy in re gard the to further conduct of the war as may tend, in some degree, to mitigate its horrors and atrocities. Barksdale submitted a substitute, the pru amble setting forth that the Government of the United States hud repeatedly refused to listen to propositions ter an honorable peace, and have thus far manifested a determination to continue the war. The first resolution, whilst reiterating our readiness to enter upon negotiation for peace whenever the enemy are inclined we will pur sue without faltering iu the course deliber ately chosen lor the preservation of our liber ties. The second resolution prescribed by the Constitution of the Confederate States for making treaties of peace, affords ample means for the attainment of that end when tho Gov ernment of the United States evinces a wil lingness to enter upon negotiations for tho termination of the war. After the substitute was read the morning hours expiied, and the House resolved itself into a Committee of a the Whole and resumed the consideration of the Currency bill. Mr Perkin3 offered the substitute under c onsideration, when the House adjourned. Nothing of importance done in the Senate in open session. GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Columbia, Dec. 14.—The South Carolina Legislature to-day elected Judge A. J. Ma grath Governor by a vote of 79: Gartlingan 52 ; McGown 11; Preston 8; Evans 1. FROM THE NORTH. Richmond, Dec. 14.—U. S. papers of th® 12th have been received. The position of affairs at Nashville i« «n --changed. Rosecranz has been removed from mand of the Department of Missouri, and is succeeded by Dodge. Some twenty-five rebels appeared on the river bank opposite Memphis a few days age, waved their hats and hurrahed for Jeff Davii A force of 150 negroes was sent on a stea mer a mile lower down the river and raided- The rebels were pursued by the negroes’ until they came to a thick bush, where a large force of rebels was secreted. The negroes fled, the rebels hotly pursuing. One report 3ays that seven negroes returned | another that none got back. Many rushed into the river and were drowned. A Cincinnati telegram says that there was considerable excitement there on the 9th, ia consequence of a rumor that Forrest was mov ing against Louisville. A telegram from Louisville, the loth, Mid night, says the Nashville train had not arrived, and was six hours behind time. The ca®*® *f the detention was unknown. Gold on Monday was 232. Richmond, Dec. 16.—Northern paptrs af the 14th have been received. A Montreal telegram says that the St. Al bans raiders have been released; the court deciding that lie had no jurisdiction in the case. The Council for the United States io an impassioned speech implored the court not t* discharge the prisoners, declaring if he did so we must be prepared for the consequences.— The conrt ordered the discharge of the pris oners and was prepared to incur the responsi bility. Applause—which wag immediatoLj checked. The gunboat Otzga was sunk by the explo sion of a torpedo in the Roanoke river about Plymouth a few days ago. Cold weather has enforced the suspension of all imporlant movements on both sides at Nashville. In the Senate Sherman reported a resolu tion, which forthwith passed, appropriating a million of dollars for the construction of six revenue cutters on the Lakes. In the House a resolution wa3 adopted re questing the President to give Great Britain notice of tlie termination of the Canadian re ciprocity treaty. Gold 135}. Raymond, of the New York Times, is one of the successful Abolation candidates for Con gress in New York. That he entertains tho largest ideas as to the future of his party, ani is a fanatic in his opinions of the blessings that will flow from Abolition rule, he demon strates in a late number of his paper. He con fidently anticipates the day “when our repub lican empire shall hold the whole continent, from the Arctic to the Isthmus, with almost unnumbered human beings in the enjoyment of such liberty and prosperity as the world has never seen, with South a3 well as North filled with free and happy communities, and all classes and races equal before the law." This is magnificent and comprehensive. The republican empire is to be almost boundless, and the equality of races limitless. A Sarcastic Rebel. —Of a batch of recruits sent to a New Hampshire regiment, over 85 de serted to the enemy the first after their ar rival at camp. A few days afterwards a Confede rate officer sent to one of eur officers the following note : “Capt. C —Please send over your colors.— I am having splendid success in organizing the lit New Hampshire rebel regiment." The New York Tribune says it has made no money the la3t year, and has lost thousands a dollars by the weekly edition, so it revises and raises the price for 18G5. ■~■ _ Wanted. 4< segro Laborers and Blacksmiths.*’ Y? T E wish to hire for the ensuing year 25 Laberer* " ’ a ud. eight to tun Blacksmiths, to work in Gov ernment employ, which will exempt negroes from conscription. Me will pay ood prices fer smart and active fellows. For particulars apply at oar Government Works, near the New Bridge, dec 20 20t JOHN D. GRAY k CO.