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DAILY TIMES. .1. W. WIRRES, - - - Editor 4T—- . . • COLUMBUS: Wednesday Morning, December »1, 1864. The Herald contains the following in its “situation” article in reference to the defeat of Foster’s co-operating force on the 30th nit. It3 accounts of the affair occupy four column* and a half of that paper. The Yankee cas ualties foot up 810 according to this account. Says the Herald : By the arrival here yesterday of the govern ment steam transport Trr>dc Wen*, from Hil ton Flea I, S. C., on the sth instant, we are farnh'ht and iy our corresponde its wi*h full and interesting details of she battle at Honey Hill, S, 0., three miles from Giahamvillc, on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, on the 3<>tli nit., between soup of Gen. Foster’s troops and a rebel force under Gen. Gustavus Smith. We have alrt idy given some rebel new .-‘r _ - r „i , . , 'ni of lid eii.'.arreineiit. own dispatches -how it to have been a stub bornly on’esieii affair The Union force left Hilton Head early on the morning of the 29th nil. on transports, and proceeded up Broad riter to BoyTs Point, where they were landed. A naval forte accompanied them, and both Admiral Dahlgren and Gen. Foster were wtdi the expedition. After landing the troops were pushed out for several miles in various directions, driving the enemy before them at every point. The day was thus consumed in reeonnoiteiitig and skirmishing. Early on **• 1,1 *- ’g oi 'he oOiii they wee attacked by a body of rebels who moved out from their at Honey Hill. These were im mediately driven in, and determined and se vere fighting commenced between our men on the open ground and the enemy in his en trenchment, and lasted for several hours.— Three gallant charges were made on the reb el works by the Union soldiers; but, finding them ioo strong to be easily taken, and not of sufficient importance to compensate for the losses which their capture would involve, Gen, Foster withdrew his command to a strong and important position on the Savannah road, where his troops remained during that night and the following day. No accounts of his latter movements have reached us. We ac company our descriptive despatches with a map eh nving the locality of the battle. Eloquent Extract. l lie following is a stirring specimen of Southern eloquence from a late speech iu the Confederate Senate, by Hon, Augustus A. Henry, the “eagle orator” from Tennessee, the question being on the joint resolution intro duced by him in the Senate defining the posi tion of the Confederate States, and determin ation of the Congress and the people to prose cute the war till their independence is ac knowledged : “Reunion with them ! No, sir, never ! There is a great gulf that rolls between us. It is a j gulf of blood w’itliout a shore and without a ' bottom, and is as inseperable a3 that which ! separates Dives from Lazarus. The mute ob jects of nature : ou r desecrated churches and altars , our sweet valleys drenched in blood and charred by fire, forbid it. The dead would cry out against it from their gory beds. The blood of my own sons, yet unavenged, cries to Heaven from the ground for vengeance. The thousands who are sleeping red in the graves would awake and utter their solemn protest. Stonewall Jackson, Polk, Stuart, Modes, Morgan and Preston Smith, and thou sands over whose “remains a monument to the unknown dead shall be raised, arc speaking in tones of thunder against it ; and can it be the living only will be dumb? Sir, those who have died in this war are not dead to us. “E’eu in Hicirlashcs live their wanted fires.” They are in the light of their examples more valuable than the living. Their spirits walk abroad, and stir the hearts of living men to do or die in the cause of liberty. We cherish their memory. Weeping virgins and devoted mothers shall kneel around their tombs, and bedew with their tears the graves where they sleep. Poetry shall embalm their memory, and minstrelsy perpetuate their fame lorever. We give in charge their names to the sweet lyre. The historic muse, proud of her treasure, shall march with it down to the latest sculpture, who iu turn shall give bond iu stone and-ever-during brass to guard them, and immortalise her trust. The soldiers who have died in this war are not only enshrined in the innermost core of our heart, hut, to the mind's eye, are ever in our siglxr. “On fame's eternal camping ground. Their silent tents are spread : And glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead.” Arrests in Memphis.— The Bulletin, of the ' 22d ult., says: Nearly three hundred butternuts have been arrested about Memphis within the past two days. They were from nearly all portions of Tennessee and Mississippi, and were to sell cotton, under the impression that they be al lowed to take back one-third of the proceeds in supplies, and two-thirds in greenbacks. A report to this effect had been circulated throughout rebeldom, and the way the but ternuts and graybacks came into Memphis with their cotton was a caution. On Sunday morning nearly every wagon yard in town was full of them. Satisfied that many able bodied men could not live in the Confederacy j without being identified with the rebel drmy, the commanding General ordered the arrest of every countryman in town. The authorities were right. It was found that ‘the majority were rebel soldiers, and among them one or two officers. Many had furloughs, which they doubtless obtained with .the express purpose 1 of bringing in their cotton. All were sent to , Irving block, and examined ; some were sub sequently released, no evidence appearing to show that they were anything but peaceable citizens, -- - • The New York Journals.— A New York correspondent writes : The coming New Year is likely to witness a revolution iu the newspaper business here, as regards prices, <s*c. The venerable Journal of Commerce notified its patrons that its rate of subscription henceforward will be sls per annum. This is a big jump up, but not more so than is actually necessitated by the high prices of all Kinds of printing materials, mac * ual labor, editorial services, &c. Two of the other morning papers, it is said, will increase their price from four to six cents each. Os * two w iH probably advance their prices, and the remainder give up the ghost. Lincoln’s Message. We make the extracts Iron Lin- Ws last message to the Yankee Congress, it F only portion of it that would be of ■crest to the Southern reader : TUB WAR—OCS MILITARY OPERATION'S—PKO GRRSS or RECONSTRUCTION, The war continues. Since the last annual message all the important lines and positions then occupied by our forces have been main tained, and our armies have steadily advanc ed, thus liberating the regions left in the rear, so that Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, aud parts of other States, have again produced reasonably fair crops. The most remarkable feature in the military operations of the yearis Gen. Sherman’s attempted march of three hun dred miles directly through an insurgent re gion. It tends to show a great increase of our relative strength that our General-in-chief should leviable to confront and hold in check every active force of the enemy, and yet to detach a well appointed large army to move on such an expedition. The reault -not yet being known, conjecture in regard to it shouid i not here bt indulged. Important movements have also occurred during the year, to the effect of moulding so , ciety for durability in the Union. Although short of complete success, it_i3 much in the direction that twelve thousand citizens in each of the States of Arkansas and Louisiana have : organized loyal State Governments with free Constitutions, and are earnestly struggling to maintain and administer them. The movement in the same direction, more extensive though less definite, in Missouri, Kentucky and Ten nessee, should not he overlooked. But Mary land presents the example of complete suc cess. Maryland is secure to liberty and Union for all the future. The genius of rebellion will no more claim Maryland. Like another foul spirit being driven out, it may seek to tear her, hut it will woo her no wore. ABOLITION OF SLAVERY—CONSTITUTION AL AMEN D MENT. At the last session of Congress an amend- I meat ot the Constitution abolishing slavery j throughout the United States passed the Sen ! ate but failed tor lack of the requisite two* I thirds rote jq the House of Representatives. ; i Although the present is the same Congress, ! | and nearly the same members, and without j questioning the wisdom or patriotism of those ; who stood iu opposition, I venture to recom- ; mend the reconsideration an l passage of the j measure at the present session. Os course, the i abstract question is not changed, but an in- j tervening election shows almost certainly that 1 the next Congress will pass the measure if this does not. Hence there is only a question of time as to when the proposed amendment will go to the estates for their action, and as it is to go, at all events, may we not agree that the sooner the better? It is not claimed that the election has imposed a duty on mem bers to change their views or votes any fur ther than as an additional element to be con sidered. Their judgment may be affected by ! it. It is the voice of the people now for the j first time heard upon the question. In a great j national crisis like our3 unanimity of action | among those seeking a common end is very j desirable, almost indispensable ; and yet no i approach to such unanimity is attainable un- j less some difference shall be paid to the will i of the majority. In this case tne cunimon end j is the maintenance of the Union, and among j the means to secure thatend, such will, through j the election, is most clearly declared in favor of such constitutional amendment. THE REBELS MUST BE "SUBDUED. On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible it seems to me that no attempt at | negotiation with the insurgent leader could ! result in any good. He would accept of noth- i ing short of the severence of the Union. His j declarations to that effect are explicit and oft repeated. He does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves. We cannot voluntarily yield it. Between him i and us the issue is distinct, simple and inflex- j ible. ii is an issue which can ouiy be tried ;by war, and decided by victory. If we yield we are beaten, l! the- Southern people fail him he is beaten. Either way, it would be the victory and defeat following war. What is true, however, ot him who heads the insur gent cause is not necessarily true of those who follow, Although he cannot reaccept i the* Union they can. Some of them we know already desire peace and re-union. The number of such may increase. They at any moment have peace simply by laying down their arms and submitting to the nation al authority under the Constitution. After so much the government could not, if it would, maintain war against them. The loyal people would not-sustain or allow it. If questions should remain we would adjust them by the peaceful means of legislation, conference, courts and votes. Operating only in consti tutioual and lawful channels, some certain and other possible questions are and would be be yond the Executive power to adjust, as for instance, the admission of members into Con gress, and whatever might require the appro priation of money. The Executive power it self would be greatly diminished by the ces sation of actual war Pardons and remissions of forfeiture, however, would still be within executive control. In what spirit and temper this control would be exercised can be fairly judged by the past. A year ago general pardon and amnes.y upon specified terms, were offered to all, ex cept certain designated classes, and it was at the same time made known that the excepted classes were still within contemplation of spe cial clemency. During the year many availed themselves of the general provision, ;*nd many more would, only that the signs of bad faith in some led to such precautionary measures as rendered the practical process less easy and certain. During the same lime also spe cial pardons have been granted to individuals of excepted classes, and no voluntary appli cation has been denied. Thus, practically, the door has been for a full year open to all except such as were notin condition to make free choice—that is such as were in custody or under constraint. It is still so open to all; but the time may come, probably will come, when public duty shall demand that it be closed, and that in lieu more rigorous meas ures than heretofore shall be adopted. THE END OF SLAVERY. In presenting the abandonment of armed resistance to the natural authority on the part of the insurgents as the only indispensable condition to ending the war on the part of the government, I repeat the declaration made a year ago, and that while I remain in my pres ent position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that Proclamation or by any ol the acts of Congress. If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an executive duty to re-enslave such persons, another, and not I, must be their instrument to perform it. In stating a single condition of peace, I mean simply to say that the war will cease on the part ofthe government when ever it shall have ceased on the part of those who began it. Abraham Lincoln. ♦ The Best is Left. — “l am fallen,” said a Christian philosopher “into the hands of pub licans and sequestrators, and they have taken all from me. Now what ? Let me look about me. They have left me sun and moon, fire and water, a loving wife, and many friends to pity me, and I can still discourse : and f unless I list, they have not taken away my merry countenance, and my cheerful spirits, and a good conscience. They have still left me the providence of God, and all the promises of the gospel, and my religion and my hopes of Heaven, and my charity too. And still I sleep, and digest, and eat, and drink; I read and meditate : I can walk in my neighbors’ pleas ant fields, and see the varieties of natural beauties, and delight in all in which God de lights ; that is, in virtue and wisdom, in the whole creation, and in God himself” Tiie Bazaar* Fnnd—Seward Refuse* to Allow It. Lincoln, on Thursday, sent a message to the Senate in reply to Mr. Sumner's reeolution calling open him to furnish any information in his pos ees-ion relative jo a proposition of British fubjecte to give aid to the rebellion. Lord Wharncliffe in forms Mr. Adams that the Liverpool Bazaar pro duced about £17,000, and asks permission for an accredited agent to visit the military prisons with in the Northern States and distribute aid to their inmates. He deuies that any political aid ia aimed at, or any imputation that Confederate prisoners are deprived of such attention as the ordiaary rules enjoin. He says : “The issue of thte great contest will not be de termined by individual suffering, be it greater or less ; anjjl you, whose family name ia interwoven with American history, cannot view with indiffer ence the suffering of American citizens, whatever their Siate or opinions.” Mr. Adauas rep:ied that it has never been the desire of the Government to treat with unneces sary or vindictive severity “any of the misguided individual parties in this deplorable rebellion who have fallen [into its hands in the regular course of the v> ar, a; A t hat he should greatly rejoice if the effects of sympathy could be extended to min istering their mental ailmeut as well as their bodily suffering,thus contributing to put an end to a strug gle which otherwise is too likely to bo only pro crastinated by their English sympathizers.” Mr. Seward replies aa follows to the application receiv ed through Mr. Adams : Department of State, j Washington, Dec. 5, 1858, j Sir — l have received your dispatch of the 18th of November, No. 807, together with the papers therein mentioned, viz : a copy of a letter which was addressed to you on the 12th of November last by Lord Wharncliffe, and a copy of your an swer to that letter. You will now inform Lord Wharncliffe that permission for any agent or com mittee described by him to visit the insurgents detained in the military prisons of the United States and distribute among them seventeen thou sand pounds of British gold is disallowed. Here it is expected that your correspondence with Lord Wharncliffe will end. That correspondence will necessarily become public. On readinjfit, the American public will be well aware that whilo*. the United States have ample means for the support of prisoners as well as for every exigency of the war in which they are en gaged, the insurgents who rushed into that coali tion are suffering no privations that appeal for re lief to eharity’oithcr at home or abroad. The Amer ican public will be likely to reflect that the sum thus insidiously tendered in the name of humanity constitutes no large portion of the [profits which its contributors may be justly supposed to have derived from the insurgents by exchanging with them arms and munitions of war for the coveted productions of immoral aid enervating slave labor. Nor will any portion of the American people be disposed to regard the sum thus ostentatiously offered for rhe relief of captured insurgents as a too generous equivalent for the devastation and dissolution which a civil war, promoted and pro tracted by British subjects, has spread throughout the States which before were eminently prosperous and bappv. Finally, in view of this last officious intervention in our domestic arffairs, the American people can hardiy fail to recall the warning of the Father of oua Country, directed against two great un intimately connected public dangers, namely, sectional faction and foreign intrigue. I do not think the insurgents have become de based, although they have sadly wandered from the ways of loyalty and patriotism. I think that, in common with all our countrymen, they will rejoice in being saved by their considerate and loyal Government from the grave insult which Loid Wharacliffo and his associates, in their zeal for the overthrow of the Urited States, have pre pared for the victims of this unnatural and hope less rebellion. I am, sir, your obedient servant, William H. Seward. [Extract from a Private Letter.] From Gen. Lee’s Army. —There is a variety of opinions here as to what phase this long protract ed campaign wiii assume. If warlike, we are ready ami willing to meet it, feeling as we do our conscious ability to whip Graut and, his free hoot ers. I believe the campaign to be virtually ended. Grant, it is true, may make demonstrations of a charutcter 'sufficient to detur us from sending troop S-to the succor of Georgia, but that he in- serious move upon Richmond at this late stage of the proceedings, I do not believe. He is as well aware of the fact as you, or any other person, that there is one army in the Con federate States that he cannot whip. One army which nothing but the force of public sentiment and dire necessity can ever again make him con front ; aa army which looks with scorn, pity and contempt upon the vain effort made at home by croakers and “ whale fishers” to weaken its strength ; an army that will never submit to a dis honorable peace, no matter what the basis, with the United States, though the people clamor for it. Better; yea, better be in your graves, than b*w the neck in submission to Yankee task-master*- It noauseates me to hear men talk of being subju gated. Their conversation, in my mind is always associated with swaddling clothes; I would not dignify them by saying troops. Others may doubt the final issue of the contest now being waged, but to the Army of Virginia our freedom is as certain as the air we breathe. mm » The “ infernal guerrillas” have been dis turbing the tranquility of Dame Thomas’ blacks at Milliken’s Bend lately. Harrison’s men pressed the contrabands so closely that it was deemed expedient to remove the “freed men” to Vicksburg. On one plantation the rebels carried off about fifty horses and mules and destroyed considerable property. While goiDg down to Vicksbuig a barge laden with the peculiar institution sank, drowning a num ber of the passengers. Among the latest arrivals in Richmond, ia that of Mouillot, a French cavalry officer, who has come to the Confederacy with a view of offering his services in a military way. He left on the 29th ult. to tender his services to Gen. Beauregard. This gentleman says that the sympathies of all classes in France, are with us in our struggle, but that France and England are both too much “compromised” with their own affairs to warrant intervention just yet. An orator out West lately electrified his audi ence thus : “Mr. President, the roaring of the thunder was heard tar and wide, and reminded those who • heard it of the clattering of the hoofs of so many wild horses galloping across a bridge over a creek where the little fish were seen skipping from pud dle to puddle—the lightning flashed and flashed, and every now and then the whole canopy of hea i ven looked as though it was lighted up with tallow j candles, and them all snuffed. j Resignation of Yankee Genernls.—The I following Yankee Generals having had quite enough of the war, have resigned : Maj Gen. John A.McClemand, United States Volunteers. Brig. Gen. I ic-nzer A Paine, United States Volunteers. Brig Gen. Neal Dow, United States Volun teers. Tzotxrci CITY- T- J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR. Printer Wanted. A good COMPOSITOR can find permanent em ployment by immediate application at this offiee. dec lits FOR CHiTTAfiOOCfIEE^AND BAINBRID6I- The Steamer Shamrock, H. Wingate, master, will leave for the above and intermediate landings, i Wednesday morning at 9 o’clock. ; dec 20 td A Christmas Fair j For the benefit of the Ladies’ Soldiers' Aid So ' ciety, will be held on Thursday evening, Decem ber, 22d, at Hull <fc Duck’s eld stand. In connection with the above, will be a supper | which will tempt the fa sue of the most fastidious, served by the hands of some of Georgia's fairest I daughters. j There will also be a variety of articles offerred j lor sale useful and ornamental. And amidj the i festivities of the evening the gratification of the juveniles ha3 not been overlooked. A miniature ! Christmas Tree brilliantly .illuminated will add to the pleasure of the occasion, i All favorable to tbo cause wo cordially invite to i attend. Doors open at 6 o’clock. - Tickets of admission can be procured at Mr. I Spear’s store, or at the door. j Silvers, Wynne A Cos., at Cooks Hotel wish to j emfptiy several dining room servants and porters for the coming year. See advertisement. Nhgro Shoemakers. —Major Dillard wishes to employ two hundred negro shoemakers to work on army shoes. The terms offerred are liberal.— See advertisement. John D. Grey wishes to employ for the ensuing year 25 negro laborers and black smiths. Such negroes wilt be exempt from conscription. Returned. —The companies of Capis. Cheney and Warren, we understand have returned to this city. The regiment of which they formed a part having been furloughed to await further orders. Temperance Hai.l. —The iaterosting war pan orama of Lee Mallory will be on exhibition at the above Hall this evening. Let everybody go aud see it. An Accident to Gen. Philips. —As Gen. P. J. Philips was coming into town yesterday morn ing in his buggy, bis horse took fright and run away with him, in the meantime completely kick ing the buggy,to pieces. The General received a number of bruises, but we are pleased to learn wsif not seriously injured. He was just recovering frem a spell of sickness, having previously been confined to his room nearly two weeks. Harne. There is a land, of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o’er all the world beside ; Where brighter suns dispense sereener light And milder moons emparadise the night ; A land es beauty, virtue, valor, truth, Time tutored age, and love exalted youth ; The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not a realm so beautiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air ;) In every clime the magaet of his soul, Touched by remembrance, trembles to that pole ; j For in this land of Heaven’s peculiar grace, | The heritage of nature’s noblest race, j There is a spot of earth supremely blest, I A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest, j Where man, creation’s tyrant, casts asi ’e | His sword and sceptre, pageantry and pride, | While in his softened looks benignly blend • The sire, the son, the husband, brother, friend ; Here woman reigns, the mother, daughter, wife, i : Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life ? | In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, | An angel guard of loves and graces lie,- I Around her knees domestic duties meet, j And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet, ; Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found ! , Art thou a man ?—a patriot ?—look around, O, thou shalt find, howe’er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home ? It is unfortunate that .Governors will make j or take or seek issues with and against the j President, or any Confederate authority, with* I * 7 ; out clear evidence and proof. One of the charges urged by Gov. Vance, , of North Carolina, as to the loss of the steamer I “A. D. Vance,” is explicitly denied on author i ity, which is approved and vouched for by a j correspondent of the Richmond Sentinel, and j by the Wilmington Journal. GRAND ART EXHIBITION. TEIPERMCiTHALL. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21st IR.LEEHALLORY ~ having a short leave of absence from the army, will personally superintend the exhibition of the sth Series of his WAR ILLUSTRATIONS, com prising the celebrated collection of CONFEDERATE GENERALS Upwards of 500 most perfect and complete life-like Photographs, from which a selection of the most prominent will be exhibited, among which will be lound Gen. Robt. E Lee, Gen. Beauregard, “ Jno. B. Hood, “ Jos. E. Johnston, “ Forrest, “ Jackson, “ Morgan, “ Wheeler, and others exhibited larger than life-size by the aid of a powerful Calcyum Light, and wonderful Stereo3copticon or Mirror of Life, also a series of fine English Dissolving Views and Chinese Fireworks. With laughable and ludicrous scenes to please the children, (rood music will be in attendance. Admission $3. Children and servants $2. Doors open at 7 o’clock. Tickets can be secured at the Hall during the day. dec 21 It Headquarters Conscript Service, Ga. \ Augusta. Dec. 13, 1861- / Circular' 1 No. 27, s In accordance with from the Bureau of Conscription, Enrolling Officers will return at once all reports, directing the anest of Deserters and ab sentees from the army, which were issued prior to the Ist July, 1864 ; with a report of their action thus far, in endeavoring to secure their arrest. JNO. F. ANDREWS, Major and Acting Commd’t dec 21 3t Conscripts,^Georgia. At Home Again. THOSE wanting cutting done will please call, I am at your service. C. H. JONES, r. j, 134, Rroad street, Columbus, Ga. dec 21 4t LOST, t Confederate States Certificate for 4 per cent. A Bonds, issued bv W r . H. Young, Depositary, at Columbus, dated March 14, 18*54, and numbered 1238, for Six Thousand Dollars. The public is cau tioned from trading for said Certificate, as applica tion has been made for a duplicate. dec2llm2w* H. BLACKMAN. Bring on Your Fur and Wool. MY HAT SHOP is still in operation notwithstand ing my bsence personal 'y, having been called away in the arm*’. J. B. GILBERT. Stewart county. Ga., Dec. 21, 1864. dec 21 2t* For Sale. I INSEED OIL CAKE, for stock food, at S4|Broad i Jj street. N. P. NAIL A CO. deo 211 m SPECIAL NOTICES Attention Macon County Militia. By virtue of an order issued from the Executive Department of Alabama, at Montgomery, Company A, 2d C!;l?3 Btate Troops, of Macon county, will as semble at Cbehaw on the 21st inst.. also the men whose details have been revoked by Maj. Charles Green. Every failure will be promptly reported and dealt with according to the 10th section of Act of August 29th. IS6-3. Transportation will be furnished irora Chchaw to Pollard. TIIOS. P. RANDLE, dec 17 3t* CL.t. Com dg Company. Attention llusseli County Militia. By virtue of an order from the Executive De partment of Alabama, all members of Capt.Gncrry’s Company are ordered to report at Hurcville, Rug soil county, on the 21st insr., well mounted with five day’s rations, to repair immediately to Pollard.— Every failure will be promptly r port and and dealt with according to Sec. 10th of Act of August 29. h, 1863. THOMAS BERRY, dec 19 2t* Lieut. Corn’dg Onnpany. 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 pf Slave labor be under the immediate control and employment of the Engineer Department, and to 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 IS and 45 years, has become necessary. That the interests consulted may be the better served, it is declared incumbent upon the owners or employers of runaways, that they secure the prompt return of such; and that every inducement in their power be given, that may conduce to the conten ted performance of the services required of the Slave. In all cases where it may appear evident that the owners have failed to use proper dilligence in the return of such as have runaway; the party im pressing are ordered to impress from them double the number they otherwise would be required to furnish. Every effort within the control of the Government is being exerted to render the condition of the slaves whilst on this duty as comfortable as possible. .'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 slave is taken sick he may bo promptly cared for. Runaways from 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 fit Captain Engineers P. C. S. A. Marshall Hospital, \ 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 op Instruction for Ga.. I Camp Cooper, Macon, Dec, 10,1864,1 Special Orders,! No. 330, > [Extract.] ******* 111. As communication with Col. Wtn.M. Brown Commandant of Conscripts, is re-established, special order number 322, from these headquarters’is here by revoked. A. M. ROWLAND, dec 12 5t Major and Commandant. Headquarters Conscript Service, ) Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Dec. 2d, 1864. j Circular, ) No. 26. j Enrolling Officersjofthis State are heroby 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 fit of Conscpripts for Georgia. Headquartebs Military Division ) of the West, > Macon, Ga., Nov. 29th, 1864.) General Orders, 1 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. G. CbNFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, J War Department, Ordnance Bureau, > Richmond, Nov. 11, 1864.) All officers on Ordnance duty are required 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 takes effect. 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 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. GORGAS, nov 22 eod4w Chief of Ordnance. Headquarters Gov. Works, (Ord.) 1 Columbus, Ga., Doc. 1, 1864./ Wanted to Hire ! FIFTEEN NEGRO BLACKSMITHS# Good quarters furnished and liberal wages paid. Apply to M. H. WRIGHT, dec 2lw _ Col. Com’dg. 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 25tb, 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 c ared to be exchanged. Ro. OULD, • dec 11 6t Agent of Exchange. WANTED. T?OR the ensuing year 10 or 12 DINING ROOM I 1 SERVANTS and PORTERS, and one superior meat Cook. Also one white Chamber-maid. Par tics desiring to continue their servants at the 11 o tel will please call on or befor* Saturday next to m suxh their hire. SHIVERS, WYNNE Sc CO. Proprietors Cook’s Hotel. Columbus, Dec. 20—til Ist jau Wanted, A WOOD TURNER, white or black. Good wages decls 6t Paid f °JE a E?ERSON& HAMILTON. Sun & Enquirer copy. Notice! Office Quartermaster’s Office, "r Columbus. Ga. j I will HIRE TWO HUNDRED NEGRO SHOE MAKERS; will pay liberal wages, feed, c othe, and provide medical attendance. Early applica must be made. F. W. DILLARD, Major and Chief Quartermaster. December, 20,1864. tjanl Everybody Look Here. WILL be sold on the 10th January. 1865, on the plantation of John Howard, Jr., on Flint i River, on the Columbus branch of the : S. W. R. ! R., all the corn, fodder, peas, mules, cattle, hogs and | plantation implements. Terms cash, At the same time will be rented the plantation of eight hundred acres, and hired for the year, a like ly set of plantation negroes, for good ap ' < proved securities. R. R- HO '* A rID, dec 20 tds Agent - HO FOR ATLANTA ! The Southern Express Company will receive freight (under forty pounds- each package) and money parcels for A via Macon Western Railroad, from this date. b. tl. HILL, dec 6tf Agent, j YARA* and OSWABFRCU TO EXCHANGE FOR O-XT <’ TN33 PEAS, At the GRANT FACTORY. dec 17 ts 1-500 Reward. OTOLEN fr-.ra invstable, theßth inst.,a small da* O pie cream PONY, white mane and tail, as (alien, very fat, ton. j ears old. Will pay $2<X) for the pony and S3OO so- the theif, delivered to ine in A merit*!, Ga., or E. J. pinckard, in .Columbus, Ga. dec 15 2w R. C. BLACK Wanted, AT Lee Hospital, the Ist of January. tea .ibla 2*. bodied NEGROES, men and women. A. I). BRIDGMAN, dec II ts Steward. SSO Reward. T EFT my lot on Monday last a RED COW, »s- JJ diuui size, heavy with c-alf, mark : slit and crop in one ear and sht in the other, with white spot ou her face, small horns turned u wards, dec 19 fit* JOHN McGOVERN. Overseer Wanted. A MAN over fifty five, or one who is unfit for field A service, to attend to a plantation ne ir Columbus. Apply to J. li. IVEY, dee 15 lw Florida Land* for Sale. \ TRACT OF LAND situated in Wakulla county, 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 liveoak, whiteoak, wateroak, hickory, etc. All un improved excepting a few acres. For terms and further description apply to doo 17 3t HANSERD & AUSTIN. Stop the Horse Tihef! SSOO Reward. 12T0LEN from the premises of C. P. Levy, across i» the new bridge, on the night of 30th November two BAY HORSES and one BLACK PONY. Above reward will be paid for the horses and thief. JOHN D. GRAY &€Q dec 2 4t _ To Rent. A SMALL FARM, containing about 105 atres. 84 in the woods and forty cleared, about one mi'.o 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, ic. For terms apply to Mrs. J. A. JONES, dec near Columbus “Twaistted;” AN OVERSEER. One without family, who bat A. lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit far military service preferred. Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD. Beynolds, Taylor County. MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS. nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga. WANTED! 5 AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price will be paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, sp7 ts Major and Q. M. ’ W ANTED, A GOOD BUSINESS MAN. uutil the first M A. January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol dier preferred, and it matters not how badly mali lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment. Apply at the TIMES OFFICE, nov 30 ts Notice to Debtors aud Creditor* ALL persons having claims against the estate of Mrs. L. E. Oairnes, dec’d, late of Muscogee county, are hereby notified to render them duly a»- thenticated within the time prescribed by law; and those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment. F* 0. TICKNOR, dec9w4oa AdmT. For Sale. By £2. J, BHITT, 114, SSroad Street. OA BOXES fine Tobacco, O U Large lot Cotton 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, J Tin and Cedar Ware, Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bowles, ett dec 7 d<fcw2t LARGE ~CONSi«3¥IIFAIT OF LETTIS PAPER! AND REHORANHIJU ROOKS! For sale by J. K. REDD & €0 oc 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 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 iVoticc. months after date application will be mafia the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, for ! leave to sell the Negroes and perishable property of j the Estate of Elizabeth T. Johnson, deceased, late i of said county. ! SAMUEL K. JOHNSON, Ex’r Oct. 20w2m* Per TIIOS. D. BRAND. ; KTOTIOEI. Office Gbant Factory, \ Nov. 29, 1864./ 4LL persons having demands against the estate «f 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., L 1 160, in favor of 3fra. J. L. Wilson. nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRANT. Wanted | *p,o HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.— ; I Good wages given. Apply at our Government I Works. I oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY Sc CO. i Notice to Debtors and Creditors ALL persons having claims against the estate ot Joseph W. Woolfolk, dec’d, late of Muscogee I county, are hereby notified to render them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law; those indebted to said estate are requested to in? te immediate payment. WM. G. WOOLFOLK, nov 23, 1864 —w4od A dorr __ NOTICE To Mississippi Soldiers! DUE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT” and Office of L Agency for the Relief of Mississippi soldiers in the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard * | corner, between Main st., and the Perry House. I V° ur baggage is R MARSHAIIi | sep2B ts _ Agent. Government Slieep for Exchange. Q/iA HEAD SHEEP will be exchang3d for Bacon OUU or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacon 10c. t Beef 2c. gross per poupd. The Beef to be de livered alive. Apply to j A. TYLER Columbus, Nov. 2,1864—ts To Hire, (7 OR next year, a first rate Cook, Washer aat C Ironer. She is faithfolTand honest andlfree incumbrance. Apply at THIS OFFICB. dee II ts To Rent, * BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forge*. »c a lltf mPlete - Al,|lly,t THIS OFFICE A Plantation for Sale. THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Plan a -1 tion on the Apalachicola river, 2-5 miles belov Chattahoochee, containing 1,500 acres, more or less, embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bottom lana, the balance superior pine land. In a favoraD.a season sixty bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds 9f see i cotton, may be safelylrelied on. On the premises a.•- first rate negro quarters, gin house, screw ana s.a bles. The dwelling is small hut comfortable. of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. The other grove i> young but in good condition embracing not on-/ oranges but lemons and other tropical fruits. The place is finely watered and healthy. A rare opportunity is offered for the investment ot Cod federate money if application is made e.irly. Titles perfect. _ . Aonlv to R- L. Bt.Sb, Ap * J Columbus, VAN MARCUS. dec6 ts Steamer Shamrock $25 Dollars Reward. .TRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a bay mare MULE, about nine years < 1 • . rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the > hindquarier. 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