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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. WARREN, ... Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Friday Morning. December 23, 1864.
From Tcnneitee.
Yankee reports of recent operations around
Nashville give a not very encouraging view
of the “situation" in that quarter. They are
certainly later than anything we have received
from Confederate sources, and may speak
truth as far as they go 1 but we imagine that
they <lo not give, and were not intended to
declare, the whole trutn. Y»> are inclined to
believe th*i Gen. Hood has fallen back from
his poßwioii immediately in front of Nashville.
That he did this voluntarily we deiive ample
assurance from the fact that he drove Thomas
behind bis fortifications aiound that city and,
since then, the latter could have received but
few ir any reinforcements. The railroads
leading north from Nashville have certainly
bteti ' ut, and Uk Cumberlaud river bitekad
ed, at and it is hardly possible that any
large fore* could have xtrayyled through by
any other avenue to the rescue of the beleag
uered city, ft is ‘air to suppose that General
Hood’s lines in Font of Nashville were in
tr- lichee, and the idea that, after having
whipped she Yankee army strongly fortified at
Franklin, the latter should turn the tables
upon him when positions were reversed is uu
rea-unable, it no absurd. We may rely upon
it tout Thomas never showed his head outside
oi his intrench meats until be found that Hood
w..>nar, i- ito thru mane a great flourish,
sounded ?! • charge, leaped bravely over
abandoned breastworks, attacked the rear
guard with, perhaps, some success, and then,
most consistently, tickied the Yankee nation
with a Ji> .
Wbhl m.iv be Gen. Hood’s plan of campaign,
oi which Ins withdrawal from Nashville was
the necessary preliminary, we, of course, do
not know. We think it reasonable to sup
pose, however, that this plan involved the
transfer of his army iurther north. We have
never imagined that Gen. Hood intended to
take NaehvilK- by assault. We can readily
conceive, however, that it might have been
necessary, or proper, to make a strong de
monstration against that city in order to fa
cilitate his operations in its rear. By doing
so he has been able to detach Gen. Lyon with
a considerable force to blockade the Cumber
land and move into Kentucky, aud to send
Forrest on a similar expedition to interrupt
railroad communication. It may have been
important, lou, thus to employ Thomas’ atten
tion in order to transfer Breckinridge’s com
mand in safety to a proper position. We do
not know the whereabouts of this officer, but
we do know that Burbridge entered Bristol a
short time since with a few thousand men—a
thing that could not have been done had
Breckinridge been anywhere within the lines
ut his old Department. Late news from the
west placets Gen. B. at Gallatin, Tenn. If this
be not true to the letter we feel quite well
assured that it approximates the truth. Hood,
having made .e/erytiiing ready for the move
ment, now turn Nashville and marches into
Kentucky. If be be joined there by Lyon,
Breckinridge a.id Forrest, the programme we
have marked out tor him will have been car
ried out, hpd the confusion of the Yankee
General and the consternation of the Yan
kee people will be the result.
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Lincoln’s Message.
Ii lieu of any comments of our own upon
this document., wc will substitute those of the
Richmond Examiner, which, although a little
facetious, will strike every on* as both forci
ble and to the point. Every reader of the
message, says that paper, will be pleased to
it.,rii, on that potentate’s own authority, that
‘•his relations with Egypt, as well as with the
Barbary powers, are entirely satisfactorylt
is also gratifying to bo told the cheering news
teal “the rebellion which has long been fla
grant iu China has been at length suppres
sed.’ In the tirstpart of this singular docu
ment, Mr. Lincoln expatiates over every known
country of both hemispheres, except the
Southern Confederacy. He treats of Bolivia
and Peru, the Guano Islands and the Japanese
inland sea ; bis imagination, ia its Yankee
vastness rJitd sublimity, ranges from con'inent
to continent with its world-encirchng cable ;
lie leads his hearers to the dreary Straits of
Behring, and gives them a pleasing view of
that paradise, Liberia, with which “official
correspondence has been freely opened.”
He touches with pain upon some sceues of
violence and strife which, it seems, are taking
place in some regions of this earth—a civil
war in St. Domingo, a threatened war of
Spain upon Peru, and “pitiful altercations” in
Egypt—allot' which must naturally grieve so
feeling a heart. In short, Mr. Lincoln’s ob
servation, with extensive view, surveys ua 1-
kind from China to Peru. The reader’s ideas
are enlarged, and his geography touched up,
by so vast a general prospect of the earth and
animated nature; but as you read column
alter column, you begiu at length to fancy
that the eloquent writer has forgotten the ex
istence of a place called the Confederacy, and
of a painful altercation—worse even than the
Egyptiau one—whicb is said to be going on
r here. At last, however, after dealing with
the benevolent institutions of the District of
Columbia, the “agricultural department,' and
other details of administration, he suddenly
appears to recollect a little circumstance, and
says : “ The war continues.”
It was time to thiuk of it ; but 1 hough the
great majority of readers will skip over the
Egyptian and Chinese dissertations, to come at
once to the official pronouncement about the
war, yet when they come to that part they
will not find themselves much enlightened.—
In fact, the first sentence devoted to this sub
ject, states what all rauukiud knows to be a
falsehood—“ Since the last annual message all
the important lines and positions then held by
our forces have been maintained,” hs if there
were no such States iu the world as Texas,
Louisiana and Arkansas; or as if tire line of
the Cumberland river at Nashville were as far
advanced as the line of the Tennessee at De
catur aitu Chattanooga. We need not. how
ever, find fault with Mr. Lincoln’s estimates ot
military affairs: because ihokc matters are
not in his line ; but come at one*- to the polit
ical considerations. Now will it he believed
that such is the teudtrness and loving kind
ness of that great Emperor towards us miser
able emuer*, that he i 9 w Yling even still to
pardon and take us to bis bosom as if nothing
had happened.
“They (the rebels) can at any moment have
peace Simply by laying down their arm3 and
submitting.” It seems that some timorous or
desparing rebels have been under the impres
sion that even should they lay down their
arms and cry peccavi , the offended sovereign
would still insist upon making war upon them
afterwards ; would go on maneuvering armies,
firing batteries, and charging in line of battle,
just as if the white flag were not displayed.—
Mr. Lincoln kindly reassures those timid ones
—he says: “Afterso much P. e. submission]
thf Government could not, if it would, main
tain war against them. The loyal people
would not sustain or allow it By which we
may get some idea of the gentle and Christian
spirit of those loyal people.
In short. Mr Lincoln ooce more offers us f
and perhaps for the lust time, the bare lives
—nothing more—of : nose among us who are
not amenable to the statute of treason, if they
will only submit a.td lay down s heir arms. He
reminds us of what we had really forgotten,
“that a year ago general pardon and amnesty
upon specified terms, were offered to jill, ex
cept certain designat'd classes”—that is to
say, except officials of tile Government, and
members ofCongre-s and military officers,
above the rank of Colonel, l’bus, lie says
lias a door of repent nice tu-en open to all
for a whole year ; and even now, after all that
experience of the hardness and impenitence
ot our hearts, he cays -‘it is still open to all.’’
Since the Saviour wept over Jerusalem there
has been no such touching appeal Mr. Lin
coln wi uld gather U3 up even as a ben gath
erelh her chickens under her wings; and we
vuii not! It is true that his proffered indul
gence extends only to our lives, everything
else, as we colject from this message, he will
take away from us.
He not only adheres to his “Emancipation
Proclamation,” but urges Congress to pass, at
once, a law absolutely abolisbiug slavery in
the “United States,” iu which term he compris
es the whole of this Confederacy ; and it is
remarkable that he does not ailude to the sev
eral confiscation acts at all, those laws by
which all the property of rebels is to vest in
“loyal” planters and their heirs and assigns
forever. Indeed, when we say that Mr. Lin
coln offers us our bare lives, we ought to limit
that expression by explaining that he promises,
in case of our submission, to destroy no
more of us with weapons of war ; as to other
instrumentalities, whether for slaying or im
poverishing us, he promises nothing ; but re
fers all that to future legislation and to crimin
al jurisprudence, “to courts and votes;” and,
as all the courts and votes would go against
us, we can judge how like a forked radish we
should look after having run the gauntlet
through them.
Mr. Lincoln thinks it highly important to
impress upon the world the one noble princi
ple—that he will make war on us no more af
ter we have laid down our arms ; and finishes
his message by emphatically repeating it in
these words : “In stating a single condition of
peace, I mean simply to say that the war will
cease on the part of the Government, when
ever it shall have ceased on the part of those
who began it.” That is, whenever we cease
to defend our cities, fields and houses, he will
no longer make war, but only peaceably take
possession.
It need scarcely be said that the other por
tions of the message are on a par with what
we have cited, in point of candor, statesman
ship and honorable fueling. The second sen
tence contains an equivocation, a suppression,
and a preparation for future villainy. It is in
these words: “Mexico continues to be a thea
| tre of civil war. While our political relations
'with that country have undergone no change,
we have at the same time strictly maintained
neutrality between the be-igerents.”
How impossible it is for Seward (who proba
bly composed the message) to utter one
straight-forward sentence!
In these treacherous words, the “Mcnroe
doctrine” lies coiled up like a snake. As to
the Brazilian difficulty the message gives it
I but one distant allusion ; and one might sup
-1 pose that the relations with Liberia were irn
* measurably more interesting and important
I than those with Brazil. In short he says noth
ing about that business, for the simple reason
i that the mail from Europe has not come which
iis to teach him what he should say. Thereris
; another part of the message which will also
i make mankind stare : when Mr. Lincoln shows
| that not only does the United States abound
more in men than it did before the war, but
has also very much more money : its income
being more than its expenditure, and an over
plus left in the treasury. Foreign nations will
say—he wants to cheat somebody: he is going
I to borrow money: let us beware of him.
As to the bearing of this message upon our
selves and the war, nobody, we apprehend, can
i read it without coining to the conclusion that
; there is no citizen of the Confederate States
| more fully resolved to resist to the death a
i reconstruction of the Union than is Abraham
j Lincoln. Will those men at the South who
| have been snivelling about Peace, hold their
j tongues at last ?
[SpecialCorrespondence Mobile Register.]
From Forrest.
Partial List of the Killed, and Wounded at the
Franklin Fight, November 30, 1864— Our Ar
my in fine spirits—Loss in Rucker's Brigade,
Ninety-Jive Killed and Wounded to this date.
Left Wing Army of Tbnn., 7
Rucker s Brigade, Forrest’s Corps, Dec. 6. j
1 herewith send you a partial list of the
iossos in our army at the Franklin fight, No
vember 30th, 1864. The list only includes
general and field officers. lam unable to
procure the names of the brave privates who
f-llou that memorable night, but a just coun
ity w ill cherish them throughout all time to
come.
CaLATHAMS CORPS.
The following is a list of the General, Field
aua Staff officers of Cheatham's Corps, killed,
wounded or captured at Franklin, Tennessee,
November 30, i864.
Maj General Patrick R. Cleburne, killed.
Cat ain B. F Phillips, A. I. G.. wounded.
Colonel W. 11. 11. Tison, 32d Mississippi,
wounded.
Colonel .John Weir, sth Mississippi, woun
ded.
Lieut Colonel R H Abercrombie, 45th Ala,
wound© 1.
Colon*! F A Ashford, 16th Ala, killed.
Cj.. a. i 1 F Critteuden, 33J Alabama, cap
tured.
Lieut Col J 11 Dunklin, 33d Alabama, cap
tured.
Cap? M P Garrett, Ist and loth Arkansas,
killed.
Major A T Meek, 2d and 24th Arkansas,
killed.
Captain M*H Dixon, 3d Confederate, cap
tured.
Brigadier General H B Granbury, killed.
Captain R Fisher, 6th <k 15th Texas, cap
tured. .
Captain A. A. Cox, sth Confederate, woun
ded.
Lt Colonel R B Y'oung, 10th Texas, killed.
Capt Brown, 7th Texas, captured.
Major W A Taylor, 24th and 25th Texas,
captured.
Major General John C Brown, wounded.
Major John Ingram, A A G, wounded.
Capt tin Thomas F. Henry, Division Staff,
wounded.
Capt. M B Pilcher, Division Staff, wounded.
Brig Gen SR Gist, killed.
Major B B Smith, A A G, wounded.
Capt D H Cowden, “ “
Col E Capers, 24th S C, wounded.
Lt Col J S Jones, do do
Major S J C Dunlap, 46th Ga, wounded.
Brig Gen John C Carter, wounded.
Capt E F Lee, A A I G, wounded.
Lt Col John L House, Ist and 27th Tenn,
wounded.
Capt Wm Ledbetter, acting Major, Ist and
27th Tenn, wounded.
Adjt T H McKinney, Ist and 27th Tenn,
wounded.
Adjt A T Cloy well, Bth, 16th and 28th Tenn,
wounded.
Brig Gen 0 F Strahl, killed.
Capt J W Johnston, A A G, killed.
Lt J H Marsh, A A I G, killed.
Lt Col F E P Stafford, 31st, Tenn, killed.
Acting Adjutant T J Munford, 4th Tennes
see, wouuded.
Col J A Wilson, 24th Tenn, wounded.
Lt Col S E Shannon, 24th Tenn, wounded.
Captain AM Keith, acting Major, 41st Tenn,
wounded.
Adjt J Nance, 24th Tenn, wounded.
Brig Gen G W Gordon, captured.
Capt R F Lanier, A A A G, wounded.
Capt W R Lucas, A A I G. do
Colonel M Mageveny, Jr, 154th Tennessee,
wounded.
Adjt W B Goodlett, 154th Tennessee, woun
ded.
Colonel II Rice, 11th and 29th Tennessee,
wounded.
Adjt J A Martin, 11th and 29th, Tennessee,
wounded.
Lieut F M Stafford, A I G, Jackson’s Brig
ade, wounded.
Col George A Smith, first Confederate Ga,
killed.
Capt T Carter, ADC to Brig Gen Smith,
wounded.
Lieut Colonel F Badger, Ist and 4th Flori
da, wounded.
stewart’s corps.
Field Officers of Stewart's Corps.
Col. H. A. Garland Ist and 4th Mo., killed.
Capt. P Caniffe, 3d and sth “ “
Major Parker, Ist and 3d “ “
Coi E Gates, Ist and 3d Missouri, wounded.
Lt Col Carter, 2d and 6th “ “
Lt Anderson, A. D. C. “
Col Witherspoon, 20th Miss., killed.
Col Adair, 4th Miss., wounded.
Col Magee, 46tb Miss., “
Col Hulme, 42d Tenu.. “
Major McDonald, 55t,h Term., killed.
Major Cooper, 46th Tennessee, wounded and
captured.
Lt Col Atkins, 49th Tennessee, wounded
and captures.
Maj Knox, Ist Ala., wounded.
Captain James Rettenbury, 53d Tennessee,
wounded.
Lt Col Garvin, 26th Ala., wounded.
Col Murphy, 17th Ala., missing.
Capt Gardner, 29th Ala., wounded.
Major Brat’on, 9th Ark., “
Col Stevens, 31st Miss,, “
Lt Gol Dyer* 3d “ “
Col Farrell, 15th “ “
Col Brown, 20th “ “
Col Ives, consolidated Ala., “
Col Cunningham, 57th “ “
Col Nelson, 12th La., killed.
List*of Brigade and Regimental Commanders
killed and wounded in the battle of 30th of
November, 1864, at Franklin, Tennessee, in
Lee’s Corps, A. T.
JOHNSON’S DIVISION.
DKAS’ BRIGADE.
Major E H Armstead, 22d Alabama Regt.,
wounded.
manigault's brigade.
Brig Qen A M Manignult, wounded.
Col N N Davis, 24th Ala., “
, Coi T P Shaw, 19th S. C., “
SHARPE’S BRIGADE.
Colonel W H Bishop, 7th and 9th Miss.,
j killed.
Lieut Col W H Sims, S. S., 10th and 24th
j Miss., wounded.
Capt J M Hicks, 4lst Miss , wounded.
brantley’s brig ids.
Major G W Reynolds, 29th Miss., killed.
Lieut Col J M Johnson, 30th Mississippi,
wounded.
Major J R Allen, 30th Miss., missing.
No casualties in Clayton’s and Stevenson’s
Divisions.
The killed and wounded in Col E W Ruck
er’s brigade, General Forrest’s cavalry, up to
this date, are ninety-five. Col. Rucker has
participated in every fight and skirmish which
has occurred on our march here.
Capt. John Williamson, of the 15th regiment
Tennessee cavalry, was killed at Franklin.
We are in sight of Nashville and the Yan
kees are alarmed as to their safety, and well
they may be. Old Tennessee abounds in fat
beeves, hogs and sheep, and our army is sub
sisting finely upon the country.
Hoping to be abie tD announce the capture
of the “City of Rocks” in my letter, I am,
Truly yours, H. L. P.
Good News from Kinston. —lt will be seen
by the following official dispatch, for which the
Raleigh Confederate is indebted to the courtesy of
Lt. Gen. Holmes, that the enemy who we announc
ed on yesterday as advancing upon Kinston,
were met on yesterday at daylight, and after a
brisk engagement were driven back, our forces
still pursuing. Stiil farther reinforcements have
been sent to Kinston, amply sufficient for any
force the enemy can bring to bear at that point.
Lieut. Col. Starr’s promptness and courage has
thus easily frustrated an attack upon Kinston
which, if successful, might have resulted in seri
ous consequences.
“Kinston, Dec. 12. —Having been reinforced,
I left the breastworks at daylight,' to find the
enemy. I discovered him in considerable force on
the Neuse roau, two miles from town. He show
ed twopiecesof artillery and five or six hundred
infantry. After a brisk engagement of thirty
minutes, he was driven across South west bridge,
j destroying it behind him. Our avalry and infan
try are still pressing him.
(Signed,) J. B. Starr,
Lieut. Col. Commanding.
(From the Cincinnati Dec. 6.)
Northern View of the Situation in Middle
Tennessee.
That Hood’s army forms a line of battle
within two miles of Nashville, is not very
pleasant reading; but if the facts are calmly
and intelligently considered, there will be no
imminent peril discovered in the situation-
There was great danger a few days ago. That
portion of our army on the retreat from Pu
laski to Nashville was iu a most critical con
dition, and would have been annihilated if the
general management had not been, on car
side, that of alert and capable officers, and on
the side of the rebels that of a slovenly confi
dence. The safety of the 4th and 23d corps,
with the garrisons from Pulaski to Nashville*
and all the property, is in itself cause for con
gratulation. And in addition the bloody
check given Hood at Franklin has materially
weakened him. Then we have concentrated
our forces at Nashville in good order and good
morale.
The explanation of the policy pursued by
Gen. Thomas is his temporary inferiority in
cavalry. Hood’s cavalry, under Forrest, is
■ nearly fifteen thousand strong, the enemy can,
• for the time, sweep the country.
Gen. Sherman took with him most of the
well mounted men in his department. Os
course it would be improper to speak of this
if the fact were not as well known to the reb
els as to ourselves. *■ An additional fact may
be mentioned that is of some moment. There
has not been as energetic and efficient work at
Louisville in providing dismounted cavalry
with horses and equipments, as Gen. Sherman
had reason to expect.
We have spoken of the advantage of the
rebels as temporary. It is so strictly. In a
very short time our mounted force will be
made superior to that of the enemy, and then (
if not before, Hood must place himself south
of the Tennessee river, if he can.
The rebels can not take Nashville by assault,
and they have not a siege train, or ammunition
to besiege it. They will not be able to cut off
communications with that place, and, there
fore, they can not starve us into an evacua
tion.
Evidences have appeared of an intention of
Hood to cross the Cumberland and move into
Kentucky, but as long as the river remains at
its present stage he will find the enterprise of
cossing it, one attended with great difficulties.
The river is patroled, both above and below
Nashville, by gunboats that would soon run
down a pontoon bridge. It is not likely Hood
can cross the river unless be makes the at
tempt as high up as Carthage, and there he
would have a rough and lean country to drag
his army through.
Whether Hood can supply himself iu Middle
Tennessee with provisions and ammunition, is
a question of the greatest importance. We
hold firmly the railroad to Chattanooga, so
that nothing for the rebel army can come from
that direction. The nearest point of rebel
railway to Hood is Florence, Alabama; and it
is known that he sent back his supply train to
that point the other day, especially, it was
thought, to bring up ammunition. The rapidi
ty with which ammunition is consumed in ac
tion, may be judged from the fact that in the
fight at Franklin, the other day, we expended
one hundred wagon loads.
While Hood might bring up from Florence
a sufficiency of ammunition, hia transporta
tion is not adequate to the task of hauling
: provisions from that point to the neighbor
, hood of Nashville There is a good deal o’
1 corn in Middle Tennessee, though the crops
) in that region owing to the unsettled state of
I the country and the scarcity of labor, were
| short. It is, however, the opinion of military
l men that, by careful foraging, Hood can col
| led in that country, friendly as it is to him,
i enough corn to subsist his army for some
| time; ahd, as the mills have not been gener
. ally destroyed, he can have his corn ground,
j The great Shelby ville mills, where Bragg
had his corn ground while at Murfreesboro
and Tullahoma, are still extant asd can be
used by Ilood. It is not absolutely certain,
therefore that he must retreat for want of
provisions—it will Hot do to depend upon
: starving him out. But we must not forget
j that, owing his subsistence to foraging ex-
I clusively, he cannot live any longer than he
j can command the country with his cavalry.—
| As soon as he is hard pressed he must stop
i foraging, and then very soon he will be out
i of rations.
The Wind a Musician. —The wind is a mu
sician by birth. We extend a silken thread in
the crevices of a window, and the wind finds
it and sings over it, and poor Paganini must
go some where else for honor, for lo ! the wind
is performing upon a single string. It tries
almost anything upon earth to see if there is
any music in it. It persuades a tone out of
the great bell in the tower, when the sexton is
at home and asleep ; it makes a mournful
harp of the giant pines, and it does not dis
dain to try what sort of whistle can be made
out of the humblest chimney in the world-
How it will play upon a great tree, till every
leaf thrills with the notes in itq and with the
river that runs at its base as a sort of running
accompaniment.
And what a melody it sings when it gives a
concert with a full choir of the waves of the
sea and performs an anthem between two
worlds, that goes np, perhaps to the stars that
love music thle most and sung it first. Then
how fondly it haunts old houses; mourning
■ under the eaves ; singing in the halls, opening
the old doors without fingers and singing a
j measure of some sad old song around the
houses and deserted hearth.
The Bermuda Advocate, of tho 10ch ult., speak
ng of the departure of the Chicamauga from the
port of St. George, says :
The CoLfederate cruiser left the harbor yesterday.
Some particulars of her run from Wilmington may
not he uninteresting, the more so as some errone
ous reports have got abroad in reference to it.—
When she left Wilmington the moutu of the inlet
was blockaded by ten Federal gunboats, which
oommenced firing on her as soon as she bud crossed
the bar. She wa3 chased for two hours, but es
caped by superior speed. The following day she
was in chase of a suppose'! Yankee ship under sail
when a cruiser hove in sight.
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Troubling Them.— Forrest is doing a glorious
work in his new field. The Nashville correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Commercial thus alludes to
him :
Our greatest annoyance is from the rebel caval
ry under Forrest —an officer of much greater en
ergy and ability than arty that the rebels have
aver had in that branch o. the service ia the West.
| Ilis force is estimated at fifteen thousand—which
is, of course, an exaggeration ; as much so as the
‘ statement that Hood fifty thousand infantry.
Tils o ity
T- J. JACKSON....: LOCAL EDITOR, j
Printer Wanted.
A good COMPOSITOR can find permanent em
ploy i ent by immediate application at this office.
dec Id ts
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Thf. Chqistm as Tree.—We learn that the din
ner and Christmas Tree for the pupils of the Co
lumbus Free School will take place in Jacque's
Building at ‘three o’cloek on Saturday afternoon.
Our readers should not forget to assist the good
enterprise.
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Wood for the Pooh.— The wood with which
to furnish the poor of Columbus has beeu exhaust
ed. Twelve thousand dollars have been expended
for this purpose. Every dollar placed in the hands
of the committee has been laid out for wood, and
winter has hardly commenced. Let those who
have means look about them, see how little money
the poor can make, look at the high price of w.»od
and then imagine the suffering certain to ensue,
if a fire be wanting." The struggle to pro
cure food and clothing is hard enough. They cau
scarcely be provided. Where wood must come
from, unless furnished by the benevolent, heaven
only knows. Tho wages of the poor cannot pur
chase it.
Can there uot be some action iu this matter?
Will not men and women of wealth lend a helping
hand to those whose struggle for life is so bitter
and heart sickening ? Many are wives and chil
\ dron of those who on the battle field have poured
| out their heart’s best blood for their counuy. Come
| forward with a generous heart aud hand, and as
j sist in relieving suffering and need.
| Rev. Messrs. DeVotie, Harrison and Key, and
| Aldermen Bradford and Griswold, we believe,
: were appointed a “committee” by the City Council
ito purchase wood. They will gladly receive con
tributions for this purpose.— Sun.
Launch of the Gunboat.— Quite unexpected
ly, we imagine, to most of our city readers, Mus -
cogee Ram No. 1 was launched at 12 o’clock yes
terday (not into eternity, but) on the gentle
bosom of the complacent and anti pellucid Chat
tahoochee. Fortunately we got an “inklin’ of
the affair, and posted our melancholly way to the
wharf to witness the beautiful sight—a sight which
many, doubtless would have been pleased to see,
had previous announcement been made. As it
was, however, we found bur. few persons in at
tendance. We took our “posish” and waited for
nearly one hour, in the meantime shivering under
the influence of a cool northwester until well nigh
frozen. Atlength the time having ‘arriven” which
were to have “ arroven,” to wit, 12 o’clock,
tho props were kaocked from under the “finney”
monster,the slides oa which she rested sawed into
)
and away she went, not at the rate of 2:40; not
with locomotive speed, nor yet according to
the velocity of a greasy streak of electricity—but
like unto a snail’s gallop. According to our meth
od of computation she made about fifteen foot in
fifteen minutes, a motion so slow as to be imper
ceptible to spectators on shore, owing, we suppose,
to the lack of inclination in the “slides” and the
congealed condition of the “grease.” But all of a
sudden we heard the cry “she moves,” and turning
our eyes we beheld tho guuboat gliding down mag
nificently into the yielding waves. A groat “ker
slosh” was the result, and the surplus timbers hav
ing floated away, she reposed on the bosom of
the river, as beautifully as glides a duck ou the
siiver lake. We had made up our mind to soe
her go to the bottom, but/ffiary time” 'id she do
so.
Capt. S. 11. Hill, our popular Express Agent was
on board with a colored crew to bring the boat
“up standing” after she struck, and he performed
his functions with the naivotte of a veteran Com
modore. The last we saw of the captain and his
craft, they wfcre making slight headway up stream
in the midtilo of the river, the vessel drawing five
feet four inches at the bow, and four feet
three inches water at tho stera. The launch was
conducted under the immediate supervision of that
veteran and popular stoamboat builder Charley
Blain, whom we took to be the happiest man en
the continent as ho bel eld the success of his ex
periment. Charley is justly popular and for his
public spirit entitled to the thanks of the commu
nity. What he don’t know about “navigators”
from a “soft shell Turtle” to a gunboat is hardly
worth knowing.
This gunboat has been building here for two
years. We know nothing of the technical phra
seology of her construction, but wo believe she
will prove a troublesome customer to the Yankees
if she ever gets where they are.
“ Gonb the Way of all Flesh.” —From a
marriage notice published elsewhere, it will be
seen that Thomas Gilbert, the indefatigable pro
prietor of the “Daily Sun” ha3 gone to his last re
ward, and entered into the unfailing delights of
conjugal felicity. Yes, Poor Tom, whom wc sup
posed an incorrigible “old Bach,” has “ gone up,’’
and though he has sent U3 no cake upon which to
dream of fairies, houri’s or hobjobbings, we never
theless wish him abundant success. Well done
Thomas. We trust that you may add to your
regular issue of “Sous,” a reasonable proportion
of “daughters,” and that all future “impressions”
may be of the most exalted character —without
spot or blemish.
From Savannah. — From a private letter dated
10th, and written by R. C. Floyd from Wood
Lawn near Savannah, to his mother in this city
we learn that our detailed men have had some
fighting to do, and have suffered some casualties
not heretofore reported. Speaking of a fight on
the 9th he saj s : One man named Jordon, was
killed ard one or two others of the naval Battal
ion wounded. We also lost Pat Savage, L. C.
Singleton, and Moody, who we think were cap
tured. The Naval Battalion have had several
wounded since they have been behind the breast
works, but none very seriously. To-day James
Clem, was shot through the left breast, bat will, I
think, get over it.”
Salt for Soldies’s Wives.—We arc request
ed by Mr. Broadford to give notice that the wivee
and families of soldiers entitled to draw salt at
his store, can now get their portion by immediatee
application. Each applicant must bring $6.70 to
pay cost*, etc.
married.
On Thursday, the 22d inst., at me residence of the
bride’s father, by the Rev. Dr. 3. H. Higgins, Mr_
Thomas Gilbert and Miss Fannie E. daughter of
James Johnson, Esq., all of this city
Funeral Xotice.
The friends and acquaintances of the late Jo
seph W. Thomas and Mr3. Annie E. Thomas, are
respectfully inv>ted to attend the funeral of their
son, Hf.nry L. Thomas, this morning at 10 o'clock
from the Muscogee Depot,
”dec 23 lt.
Notice.
In the absence of Dr. T. J. WORD, lam author
ized and reqested to collect his accounts as early as
possible. Person- indebted to him will please call
ami settle immediately.
4eo 23 4t J. W. SAPPING j
XjOsol
| N front of Ligon i Brooks’ Store, one smaU
I MONEY PORT. cental mg a note on Litton Jr
Brooks for about $1 ,275,-on which there is! a. cr
for S6OO. and a small • mount of money, an.l some
other papers. The f: der will please 'Uve it Mr.
Chaffin’s store and receive hi.- rew wi- „
•lec 2-J It* M, It. Bi V INS. j
Tin* Reserve Mititia.
The following is Governor Brown s o «• r
furloughing the Reserve Militia j.uv ■» -
catopfd at Mat■ on. jr will be seen it 1* ■ u*. -
poses a uumber of duties upon th* : i * ); ►<:, •.
which if rightly performed, it is ln;»i i n.,1
exert quite a beneficial influence o.t so-i> iv ;
Hkadqcar I'KIIS. x
Macon, Ga.. Dec. 19, 18G4. /
General Order, No. —.]
I. All pa.vd of the IStale, except the s**i
coast and a small garrison at Dalton, being
relieved from the presence of the enemy, the
Reserve Militia who have responded io the
last call of the Governor, and are now in
camps of organization, who have no' an -
dered to report to Major General Saiiib. arc
hereby furloughed until further orders hum
these headquarters.
It. The organizations completed iu camp, or
at uorue under special orders, will be main
tained subject to any future call which necessi
ty tnay, in the opinion of his Excellency, de
mand In the meantime, they will, under
the direction of the officers comm Hiding \
their respective counties, perform p hoe and
patrol duty for two days, to-wit : Fri lay aud
Saturday in each week. They will tx'eud alt
needful protection to citizens, and special care
will be taken to guard the homes n. wives and
families of soldiers who have died, <>r who
are in service, from depredations if tuieves
! and marauders. They will arre- all strag
glers and deserters, aud send them, t i
federates, to the nearest military p —'. r
State troops, to the Commandant ot .e- Cuap
1 at Macon.
111. They will arrest all men ml> fit’y
years of age subject to serve with me troops
under Gen. G. W. Smith, and sen 1 suo'.i -to the
I Commandant at Macon, to be lorwarvlc 1 to
i their command.
IV. They will at all times, act io a county
police, and arrest all suspicious persons liable
to service, examine their papers, and send ail
such as are attempting to pass without proper
authority, to the Commandant of the nearest
military post.
V. Officers in command of companies will
repott weekly to their superior officers, com
manding Regiments or Battalions : aud tb 'se
will make monthly reports to Headqu ir ers
VI. The Militia in auy county, who* :<* not
conform promptly to these orders, wilt be held
for field duty.
VII. All men in the various counties sub
ject to the call of his Exeelloncy, of the 19 a
ult., and who have failed to report for duty,
will be required to perform such extra service,
in their respective counties, as the officer com
manding shall deem necessary.
VIII. All armed details, sent to the various
counties to arrest and bring up persous refus
ing to respond, will report to their respective
camps, with the persons arrested, and will de
liver them to the commandants of the cimp
to be reported by them to the Commander -in-
Chiel for proper action. They will, on their
return, deliver their arms to the commandant
of their camp, and then be released on fur
lough, under these General Orders.
IX. The Commander-in-Chief tar.es this
occasiou to express his thanks to the Reserve
Militia, who have responded with such alae
rity to the call of their State in her hour of
trial.
By order of
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Governor and Commander-iu-Chief.
W. K. DkGratfknrkid.
Major and A. A G
AUCTION SALES
By Eilis,
WE‘WILL sell ou Saturday, December 24th, on
H the wharf,
40 Fattening and Stock Hogs, 2 Cows
and Calves and many other articles so r
Plantation use.
—ALSO—
-20 Bales ol Cotton.
dec 23 sl2
YARNS and OSNARYRCJ-S
TO EXCHANGE FOR
OHOUNID FEIAS,
At the GRANT FACTORY.
doc 17 ts
S3OO Reward.
B~TOLEN from mysti,ble, theSth inst.,a small dap
ple cream PONY, white mane and tail, astalion,
very fat, four years old. Will pay S2OO for the pony
and S3OO for the theif, delivered to me in America,
Ga., or E. J. Pinckard, in Columbus, Ga.
dec 15 2w R. C. BLACK.
SSO Reward.
LE FT my lrt on Monday last a RED COW, me
dium size, heavy with calf, mark : slit p.nd crop
in one ear and slit in the other, with white gpot ea
her face, small horns turned upwards,
dec 19 fit* JOHN McGOfBRN.
s*2s Dollars Reward.
‘TRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
J bay mate MULE, about nine years old, han
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar cn the right.
Uindquarter. JOHN COOK,
oc 13 ts __
To Printers !
WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
(except Rut ng Machine,) two hand PRESSES,
and about
1,000 Pounds of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf
Everybody Look Here.
WILL be sold on the 10th January. 1865, on the
plantation of John Howard, Jr., on flint
diver, on the Columbus branch of the ,S. W. R.
R,., all the corn, so lder, peas, miles, cattle, hogs and
plantation implements. Tern-ca r h,
At the same time will be rented the plantation of
eight hundred acres, and hired for tho year, a like
ly’ set of plantation negroes, for good notes with ap
proved securities. R. R. HOWARD,
doc 20 tds Agent.
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. 11. BILL,
dec 6 ts Agent.
Headquarters Conscript Service, Ga. I
Augusta. Dec. 13, 1861-j
{
No. 27. *
In accordance with from the Bureau of
Conscription, Enrolling Officers will return at once
all reports, directing the ariest of Deserters and ab
sentees from the army, which were issued ."prior to
the Ist July, 1864 ; with a report of their action thua
fpr, in endeavoring to secure their arrest.
JNO. F. ANDREWS.
Majcr and Acting Commd’t
dec 21 3t Conscripts,lGeorgia.
At Home Again,
rpiIOSE wanting cutting done will please ea'J,
X lam at your service.
C. H. JONES,
134, Rroad street, Columbus, Ga.
dec 21 4t
LOST,
i Confederate States Certificate for 4 per cent.
A Bonds, issued by W. H. Young, Depositary, at
Columbus, dated March 14, 1864, and numbered
1238. for Six TnonsanJ Dollars. The public is cau
tioned from trading for said Certificate, as applica
tion has been made for a duplicate.
21 lm‘2vv* 11. BLACKMAU.
For Sale.
I INSFED OIL CAKE, for stock food, at 34|Br ad
L street. N. P. NaIL k CO
deo 21 lrn
Notice to Debtors* and Creditor*
t LL persons having claims against the esta-e of
A Mrs. TANARUS, E. Cairn w. deed, lai*
county, are hereby notified to ronderthomduly au
thenticated within thet,me l>rescribed by law.and
those indebted to said eta ea . n TICKNOR
immediate payment. F- O. TILKNOR.
dec.9w4Qd AOmr^
Attention Russell County Militia.
By virtue of an order from the Executive De
partment of Alabama, all members of Capt. Goerry’*
Company are ordered to report at Hurtville, Rus
sell county, on the 21st ins*., well mounted with five
day’* rations, to repair immediately to Pollard.—
Every failure will ba promptly reported and dealt
with according to Sec, Ihth of Act of August -'
1863> THOMAS BERRY",
dec 19 2C Lieut. Corn'd* ftimpan/.