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DAILY TIMES, j, H'. H AIlliEI & CO., Proprietors* Published Da’*,/ (Sundays excepted) at the rate of 55.00 per month, or sls for three months. No subscription received for alonger term than t >< motelu. RATES OF ADVERTISING. CASUAL DAILT ADVERTISING I»ATIS. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square, REGULAR DAILY ADVERTISING BA TBS. f iist Week— s3 00 per square for each insertion. Second Week— s 2 00 per square for each insertio*. Third Week— sl 50per square for each insertion. Fourth Week— sl 00 per square for each insertion, gecond Month— s3o per square. Third Month—s2s per square. Change of Schedule. 'rvirg hiN'GINKRR and Superintendent, ) Charleston un-l Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, Jurie 7, 1864. ) iN THURSDAY, June 9,lß*>t, and until further 5 notice, the Schedule pi the Passenger train will « as follow, viz: Leave Charleston 9.45, a. m. Arrive in Savannah .'.5.40, p. in. Leave Savannah Jj.3o, a. m. Arrivein Charlerlon 1.15, p. m. This T.ain makes direct oonueoiions, gointt north and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Khar is. ton, and the Central Railroad at the Junction. H. S. HAINES, . une 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent. Change of Schedule. |N and after Sunday, Juno 19th, the Train.' on ' the UfniOgee Railroad will run at follows : PASSENGER TRAIN-: .cave Columbus 6 45 P. JM. Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M. Leave Macon 8 10 P. M. Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. K. FREIGHT TRAIN : .cave Columbus 5 00 A. M, A. 4u» US iSSA. M. W. L. CLARK, :inr 19 ts Hupt. Musoogee R, R. Through to Montgomery. NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27,1864. \N and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on ' the Montgomery and West, Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. in. I,cave West Point at 7:10 a.m. 4rrive at. C'olumbu? at 5:32 p.m. Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m. Arrive .it Montgomery at 3:00 p.m. A rri vi} :if Wost Point at 4130 p. in. -Yeisrhi Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 am. A rrives at 8:27 p m D. 11. CRAM, Sup’t ft Eng. tf_ _ MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CHANGE OP SCHEDULE. Gikard, Ala., Oct 7,1864. ii \ hi, i after iOtu iust. Trains on this Road will / Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train Leave Girard at. 1 30 p. m. I Arrive in Uni in Springs 600 “ Loavo Union Springs 5 35 a. m. Arrive in Giranl at 10 00 Preigiit Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS, as IS tl Eng. ft Sup*t. BJ>s\ R, NOBLE, HDEIsTTIST, t T Pemberton ft Carter’s old stand, back room of A Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found all hours, foe 18 6m H.Vdll I.VLH! FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange for sale iu sums to suit purchasers by *gl6 tl 1! ANK OF COLUMBUS^ TO GEORGIA EDITORS AND THE HATLESS ! 1 WANT rabbit skins,ooou skint, lox (kins, otter ! skins, uiink skins, hoaverskius, audai! otherskins that have ur upon them I want them or tie pur pose of making hats, and will pa the highest cash prices, or swap' ats for them. 1 will give a good rabbit hat for sixty rabbit skins; a good coon hat for two dozen good coon skins ; a good beaver hat ‘or three beaver skins; a good wool hat sot two pu mds of cli an washed wooL free of oockleburrs, «n<l cur from the live sheep’s back, and so on. The ikins must betaken trom the animals in winter and be well stretched bes >re drying. Parcels may be «*nt by express, and hats in the same wav, J. A. TURNER, Eaton ton, Ga., Dec. 9, 1864. N. B.—Alt Georgia editors who will copy the above •price four times, including this note, and also the following prospectus, the same number of times, sending me ilieir papers in oxchange, with the ad vertisements marked, sha»l receive by express, free if charge, a good, sott, rabbit fur hat which will bring in the market $100: provided they will have their heads measure t and semi me the dimensions Register Revived. PROSPECTUS OF THE COUNTRYMAN, \ ILKS’ Register, tho most useful journal ever O issued in America, has been revived in tho pub lication of The Countryman. This journal is afac simile of its original, in the number and size of its pages, its typography,and all the features which gave raluj to the standard publications issued by Mr. Besides ihc features of Niles’ Register, the Coun try man has others which should render it st ill more attractive-to-wit: a department of elegant litera ture rejecting tic style ot Yankee literary journals, and modeling i self a ter tho best English miscel laneous weeklies, but at the same tune, 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 m the country on the editor’s plantation, nine miles from any town or village, and devotes ouch attention to agriculture, rural sports, and everything that interests the country gentleman. The C mid ry man is a handsome quarto, ct sixteen pages published weekly ou the oditm’s plantatio i, near Eatonton. Ga., to which ail communications should be addressed. Mur terms am $o for three months, or S2O per annum. s '>“* *" rmuumm by “Tit. turner. dec 10 c!4t Eatonton, Ga. For Sale. By DEI. J. BRITT, 114. HI road Street. QA BOXES fine Tobacco, Oil Large lot L.itton Cards, S-.da, Pepper and Spice, Smoking Tobacco, (10 cases) Pad Locks, Brier Root and Clay Pipes, 100 Bushels Shelled Corn, to arrive this week, Bar and Toilet Soaps. Tin and Cedar Were, Confederate Crockery, Jars, Bowles, etc. dec 7 (ktwif ' L \ R<2 K CO I or LETTER PAPER! AND Hs;UORAN DUH BOOKS ! For sale by J. X. REDD & CO. ■>c 12 ts . S3OO BLeward. 2 wTOLEN out of my stable, 2 miles from Columbus, ' ’ f>n the Crawford road, on Thursday night last, TWO IMCTTX-jIES, one a small bay mare Mule, blind in the right eye. The other a black mare Mule, medium sue, wita whith mouth and white spot on rump, doth in good will ..ay the above reward for the delivery of the Mules with the thief, with proof sufficient to ~»,ict.or Two Hundred Dollar, Columbus, ila.,'Nov. 9, 1864 ts tMrSuu please copy. SSO Reward. t EGRO boy CHARLEY ; about 25 yeanlold^yel - * low hair nearly ®tr»ighU b lintiry intelligence : left Mr. Nat. 3o> springs. Talbot county. I bought him ot Mr. rlrown, a refugee from Mississippi, wno now modes in Tuskogee, Ala. it * originally came Irom , larlfwtnn. S. 0. A suitnole reward will 9®.,f )al j oi hi.-. ieliver nt tW» offioe, or in any aieiailana nii.ri <rio*-. .nn' to me at this office. 5 A ?KS '■<. KdriSLLL. . )t.O<r * A«i iiiisa§ *t * % ■t; *>S**# Sate. i iN trie orsf d-. y of«l»mtar/, I will soil at public ' l outeiy at the Gout House in Mar-kuna, 500 acre' (more o less) ot pin und, belonging to the estate of John Bird. On tue pr«aiises it .a spring of water, negro cab.;. , et_ \7. Jj. daefiwit Adin’r. VOL. Xl.} WANTS. Wanted. “Negro Laborers and Blacksmiths.*’ lI7E wish to hire for the ensuing year 25 Laborers " and eight to ten Blacksmiths, to work in Gov ernment employ, which will exempt negroes from conscription. We will pay ood prices for smart and active fellows. For particulars apply at our Government Works, near the New Bridge, dec 20 20t JOHN D. GK AY ft CO. Wanted AT Lee Hospital, the Ist of January, ten able iA- bodied NEGROES, men and women. A. D. BRIDGMAN, dec II ts Steward. WANTED. 170 R the ensuing year 10 or 12 DINING ROOM a SERVANTS and PORTERS, and one superior meat Cook. Also one white Chamber-maid. Par ties desiring to continue their servant- at. the Ho tel will please call on or before Saturday n xt to in sure their hire. SHIVERS, WYNNE ft CO. Proprietors Cook’s Hotel. Columbus, Dec. 20—til Ist jar*. Wanted, A WOOD TURNER, white or black. Good wages R wdi be paid for a good turner, dec 15 6t JEEFERSON ft HA MIL TON. Sun & Enquirer copy. WAl^Dr \ N OVERSEER. One without family, who has * lost an arm ifi rhe service, and thereby unfit for military service preferred. Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD, Beynolds, Taylor bbuoty. MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIA MS, nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga. WANTED! *■* 1)1 111 LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price .JjU’will be paid. Apply to F. W. DILLARD, , sp7 ts Major and Q. M. ; WAITED, A GOOD BUSINESS’ MAN, uutil the first of A January. Tho best wages paid. A disabled sol dier preferred, and it matters not how badly m lti lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment. Apply at the TIMES OFFICE, nov 30 ts Wanted fllO HIRE —Four or Five able belied Negroes.— 1 Good wages given. Apply at our Government Works. oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY A CO. Wanted WE wish to hire for the ensuing year, six good Negro Carpenters, one good Blacksmith and one wagoner, dec 10 2w JEFFERSON ft HAMILTON. Sun and Enquirer copy. Wanted. OA A A LBS. PORK, fc r which we will pay OUUU cash or exchange salt, dec 10 6t JEFFERSON ft HAMITON. Sun and Enquirer copy. Overseer Wanted. A MAN over fifty five, or one who is unfit for field A service, to attend to a plantation n#ir Columbus. Apply to J. R. IVEY, dec 15 lw Headquarters Gov. Works, (Ord.) V Columbus, Ga., Deo. 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. OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS, Columbus, Ga., Oct., 29, 1864. \TO Freight Will be received at the Southern Ex lv press Company’s Office after 3}4 o’clock p. m. o go East on that day, nor will any be received to go West after 45% o’clock p m. _ oc 29 ts S. H. HILL, Agent. Lost or Mislaid. POUR SHARES of the G. ft A. S. S. Cos., N*. P 169, in favor ol Mrs. J. L. Wilson, nov 30 ts D. ft J. J. GRANT. Notice to Debtors and Creditors ALL persons having claims against the estate of Joseph W. Woollolk, doc'd, late es Muscogee county, arc hereby notified to render them du»y authenticated within the time prescribed by law; nni those indebted to said estate are requested te m, le immediate Q . WOOLFOLK . nov 23, 1864 —w4od Adm'r. KTOTIOE To Mississippi Soldiers ! CHE “MISSISSIPPI DEPOT’’ and Office of L Agency for tho Relief of Mississippi soldiers in the Army of Tennessee, has been removed from Atlanta to Columbus, Ga., and is near Barnard’s corner, between Main st., and the Perry House. R MARSHALLt sep2B ts Agent. Government Sheep for Exchange. Oi A HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacon Owl) or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacon 10c., Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Beef to be de livered alive. Apply to j A TYLHR . Columbus, Nov. 2,1664—ts _____ To Hire, J?OR next year, a first rate Cook, Washer and B Irouer. She is faithfaEand honest andtfree from incumbrance. Apply at THIS OFFICE. ■ dec lift To Rent, % BLACKSMITH SHOP with sixer seven Forge*. V" ff'"'"'' Alll ~ l ' “ this at .lß. A Plantation for Sale, THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Planta tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 miles below Chattahoochee, containing 1,500 acres, more er less, embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bottom land, the balance superior pine bind. In a favorable season sixty bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds 9f seed cotton, may be safely-relied on. On tb - premises are first rate negro quarters, gin house, screw and sta bles. The dwelling is small hut comfortable. There are two orange groves on the place, one oh the river and in full bearing. A portion of the crop of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. The other grovo u yoxvagbutin good condition, embracing not only onsoges out lemons and other tropical fruits. 'The place is finely watered and healthy, ir are opportunity is offered for the investment of Cem federate monej if application is made early. Titles perfect. Q Apply to R* ii, A*r toC v Columbus, cu VAN MARCUS. <j eo f, ts Steamer Shamrock. Florida Lands for Sale. A TRACT OF LAND situated in Wakulla county, Fla., on Wakulla . ver, 12 miles south of Talla hassee and six miles distant from Loth Newport and St. Marks; containing 760 acres, of which 160 acres are pine, the remainder hammock. The growth is liveoak. whiteoak, wa. -roak, hickory, etc. All *»- improved excepting a few acres. For term.; and further description apply to dec 17 3t HANSERP A AUSTIN. Executor’s Notice. TWO months after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Taylor county, far | leave to sell the Negroes and perishable property of 1 the Estate of Elizabeth T. Johnson, deceased, late of said county. gAMUEL K JOHNSON, Ex’r Oct. 20w2m* Per THOS. D. BRAND. Of* ch Grant Factory, \ Nov. 29, 1864. / 4 LL persons having demands against the estate af A Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to present thorn to the Grant Factory, nov 3o ts JOHN J. GRANT. Sun copy and send bill to office Grant ractory. the Horse Tihef! £SOO ieward. rTOKEN from tiie p~cnibas of C. P. Levy/ aerws* Sthe new bridge, «u the Light of SOto November ■ two BAY HORsES and one BLACK PON I. ! Above reward will Le paA for the horse* and • thief JOHN D. GRAY *tv. ! des2it COLUMBUS, GA., SATURDAY, DEC. 24. 1864. ! SPECIAL NOTICES ! - Notice! Office Quartermaster’s Office, \ Columbus. Ga. / I will HIRE TWO HUNDRED NEGRO SHOE MAKERS; will pay liberal wages, feed, clothe, and provide medical attendance. Early applica nt ust be made. , . F. W. DILLARD, Major and Chief Quartermaster. December, 20,1864. tjanl Attention Macon County Militia. By virtue of an order issued from the Executive Department of Alabama, at Montgomery, Company A, 2d Claes State Troops, of Macon county, will as semble at Chehaw on the 21st instl, also the men whose details have been revoked by Maj. Charles Groen. Every failure will be promptly reported and dealt with according to the 10th section of Act of August 29th, 1863. Transportation willbefurnishtd from Chehaw to i Pollard. THOS. P. RANDLE, j deo 17 3t* Capt. Com’dg Company. Attention Russell County Militia. i By virtue of an order from the Executive Dc i partment of Alabama, ail members of Capt. Guerry’B ; Company are ordered to report at Hurtville, Rus sell comity, on the 21st inst., well mounted with five | day’s rations, to repair immediately to Pollard.— I Every failure will be promptly reported and dealt j with according to Sec. lfithofAot of August 29th, ! 1863- THOMAS BERRY, dec 19 2t* Lieut. Cota’dg Company. CIRCULAR. Headquarters Georgia Reserve, 4 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 es Slaves who have ranaway and the 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 pewer be given, that may conduoe 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 Lie 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. 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 slave is taken sick he may be promptly cared for. Runaways from the hospital will be classed with the others, and must in every instance be returned when their condition will permit. By command of Major General HOWELL COBB. JOHN W. GLENN. dee 16 6t 4 aptain Engineers P. 0. 8. A. Hdqrs Cam* of Instruction for Ga.. i Camp looper, Macon, Deo. 10.1864. S Special Orders, 1 Ne. 330. f (Extract.] * * * * * * * 111. A* communication with Col. Wm. M. Brown Commandant of Conscripts, is re-established, special order number 322, from these headquartersifis here by revoked. A. M. ROWLAND, dec 12 5t Major and Commandant. Headquarters Conscript Service, ) Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Deo. 2d, 1864. j Circular, 1 No. 26. j Enrolling Officersjof 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 deo 11 6t of Conscpripts for Georgia. Headquarters Military Division ) of the West, > Macon, Ga., Nov. 29th, 1864.) General Ordert, 1 No. -. j All supermynerary Officers es this Military Division not otherwise asiigned to duty, will report to the Commandant of the Post, Macon, Ga, By command of General Beauregard. A. R. CHISOLM, dee 2 eod2yv A. D. C. and A. A. A. Q. Confederate States op America, ) War Department, Ordnance Bureau, > Richmond, Nov. 11, 1864.) All officers on Ordnance duty are required by General Orders, No. 70, Adj’t. ft 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.—Tho authority by which assigned, furnish ing date, and if possible, copy es 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 commissiens,! 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 cod4w Chief of Ordnance. Exchange Sotice-So. 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 25ih, 1864, are hereby declared to be exchanged. 2. All officers and men of tbe Vicksburg capture of July 4th, 1863, who reported at any parole camp, either East or West of the Mississippi river, at any time prior to Novatnber Ist, 1864, are hereby de o ared to be exchanged. Ro. OULD, dec 11 6t Agent of Exchange. Chief Q. M.’s Department, 1 Columbus, Ga., Dec. 26, 1564. j I request that all persons holding cirtified claims against the Quartermaster’s Department in this district, will present them to me. for the pur pose of facilitating speedy payment. F. W. DILLARD, dec 22 tljar M. and Q. M. Marshall Hospital, 1 Columbus, Ga., Dec. 14,1864. j Notice ! Wanted to hire for the ensuing year, fifteen able bodied NEGRO MEN and ten WOMEN. Negroes thus employed are not subject to impressment. DANIEL R. BIZE, dec i&Uill Ist jaa. Steward. To Rent. ASJfALL FARM, containing about 10# acres, 6A in the woods and .f -rty cleared, about one mile above the Fountain Factory, on the river. On the place is a good dwelliug with three rooms, a large apple and peach orchard and variety of other frmit trees, good water, 4c. For terms apply to Mrs. J. A. JONES, Ac* near Celumbar, Friday Evening. The Situation in Tennessee. So far as we can learn from Tennessee, says the Montgomery Advertiser, 22d, everything seems to auger well for the success of tho Confederates in holding Middle Tennesse at least until Lincoln can raise another army. This we believe he will have some difficulty in doing unless Gen. Hood should threaten too strongly the trans-Ohio States. The army of Tennessee, we learn from those that have recently returned, is faring well The -people of Middle Tennessee are furnishing large quantities of socks, blankets and jeans to the soldiers. Provisions are found to be much more abundant than was anticipated. No appre hensions whatever are felt as to Quartermaster and Commissary supplies, and it is believed that arrangements have been made which will ensure an abundant supply of Ordnance stores. Hood’s Headquarters ar the latest Confederate accounts, were at Overton’s, six miles from Nashville, on the Franklin pike. Our army had invested Nask vil’e completely south of the Cumberland. Bat teries had been planted on the river so as to prevent any further navigation. Preparations were being made for the crossing of the cavalry and a portion of the infantry.— Murfreesboro', with its garrizon, about 5,000 strong, had been cut off from Nashville and sur rounded by eur forces. Trains had been captured both on the Tennessee and Alabama and Nash ville and Chattanooga railroads,, and were regu larly running between our lines and Columbia, on the former read, and from near Nashville to the vicinity of Murfreesboro’, on the latter.— When Gen. Forrest left his position on the Ten nessee to join Hood he left behind him Lyon with his own and Belle’s brigades. Since the evacuation of Johnsouvillo by the Yankees, Lyon has crossed tba Tennessee and Cumberland with his force, about 5,000 strong, and is moving on Russellville, Ky. Russellville is on the Clarks ville and Bowling Green railroad, about 18 miles from the later place. It is but a short distance from Russellville across to the Louisville and Nashville road. So w* feel confident that be fore this all lines of communication with Nash ville ar* cut off. Such being the situation General Hood may quietly go into winter quarters with in sight es the capital es Tennessee, and leave the Yankees to suck their paws behind their fortifi cations. If this should be his plan he will un doubtedly at the same time be busily engaged refreshing and recruiting his army after his ardu ous march from Jonesboro, Ga., through North Alabama to the suburbs es the city es Nashville. Hood, however, is a manes active tempera ment. He will net be apt to remain quiet very long, unless controlled by very prudential con siderations. He may conclude that a brief cam paign into Southern Kentucky may prove bene ficial, and instead es establishing his line around Nashvibe he may establish them in the hills, of Sumner county, Temnessee, or further forward at Bowling Green. In the ead w* shall see. trn # Letter from Kiddle Tennessee. The Selma Dispatch publishes a letter from its army correspondent, dated “In sight of Nashville, Dec. 6th,” from which ire extract ae follows: I feel more encouraged, and more confident of our final success, than I have done at any time in the last two years. We are now in the heart of Tennessee, and the mysterious move ments of this army, which our people (especi ally editors) were so dull to comprehend, hare culminated in a fierce and unprecedentedly bloody battle at Franklin, Tennessee, and in a glorious victoiy to our arms. We have chased Schofield into Nashville, where he now hides ingloriously behind his fortifications. We have caused them to evacuate all ©f North Alabama, Chattanooga, and all his forts this side, except Murfreesboro, where there is a garrison of 4,#00, besieged by Forrest, with his cavalry and five brigades of infantry. All of Tennessee south of the Cumberland is now in our possession. Our division (Clayton’s) and Stevenson's were not engaged in the bloody battle of Franklin. But we were ou the field, and saw and heard much of the bloody work, which began at 4 p. m., on the 30th, and lasted until after midnight. The brunt of the battle was borne by Cheatham’s corps, although Stewart’s corps and Johnson’s division of Lee’s, acted a very honorable part. But I will not attempt to describe a battle, the fierceness and sublimity of which surpasses all description, and beggars all language. I walked over the field the next morning and such a horrid sight T never saw before—never have I seen our dead so thick on the field; and they had nearly all perished at the ditches of the enemy, on the breastworks, or over them. In many places I could count fifty dead in i less than fifty yards. I have sepn a good deal of the bloody fields of this war, and I have j talked with officers who have witnessed the ! fighting in Virginia, but I have never seen or I heard of a battle, in which our soldiers fought j so boldly, so firmly, so bravely—they charged | and drove the enemy from two lines of strong j fortifications, and nothing but night saved j Schofield and bis army from utter rout and destruction. But severe as the blow was to us, in the loss of brave men and skillful officers, it cost the enemy nearly as much in material losses, and utterly broke the spirit ot their army. I think we could accomplished all that we have done without fighting tbe battle of Franklin. I think.it was an unnecessary and useless waste of the lives of the bravest of the brave. On the 28th of November Hood’s army was investing Columbia. Gen. Hood went in person with Cheatham's and Stewart's ctirps i and Johnson's Division around to our right, and crossed Duck river six or eight miles above Columbia. On the 29th he marched through woods and across fiplds with his in fantry alone, to gain the enemy's rear, and prevent retreat. Late that evening, I have heard and believe, that odr advance, Cheat ham’s corps, came within sight, of the turnpike * near Spring hill, eleven rni ; es from Columbia, j and slept that uight within a ha!? mile of tbe road, and saw and heard the Yankees passing by in retreat nearly all right l#ng, and let J them pass without attacking. ; Tuu* wa* lost an opportunity of destroying /FITE DOLLARS l PER MOUTH. an army which rarely occurs On the evening of the 10th, Gen. Pettus crossed at Columbia, and drove the enemy before him in a very hot skirmish, that was’witnessed by the whole of Columbia, and during the night the other two divisions crossed the river, and at daylight on the 30th, we started in pursuit, we marched twenty-three miles, and arrived at Franklin at 4 p. m., in time to witness the opening of the great battle. I know not who is to blame for letting Scho field escape ; but I know it caused us to light a bloody battle. Tbe enemy do not care to make a stand agafbst us. We have them shut up in Nashville, while we are living on the fat of the land. The enemy have not destroyed the railroads in their retreat, as they expect soon to drive us back, but I think Gen. Hood is preparing for a permanent occupation of the country. We captured two trains of cars on the Nash ville and Decatur road, ana one' on the Nash ville and Chattanooga road, and in a few days will have trains ruuning as far south as Pulas ki Tullahoma. These are of incalculable advantage to us. Forrest is making small captures daily. \Y e are living on the country, faring sumptuously, and have enough to last several months. Hurry up the work of re pairing railroads in the rear, so that we may get ammunition and letters from home, * * * * There is far more probability that we will go into Kentucky than there is that we will fall back to Alabama. I believe that if we go intojwinter quarters at all this winter, it will be on the banks of Green river. * * * We have gained all that we have lost by two years of Avar. We have a foothold in Tennes see which we will never relinquish. We have beef and pork in abundance; the weather is fine, and all goes well. Our little army has at last given proof that it is not inferior in gallentry and heroic endurance to any army in the Confederacy. Hb?—General Sherman has with him in the Georgia * ampaign one of the beet and most reliable scout? or guides in the Southwest—an old man, a native of Georgia, and a wealthy planter and slaveholder at that. It would not be proper, of course, to mention his name, but he is well known to all who were in the habit of visiting headquarters a year ago. When the war broke out he de nounced the Southern leaders, and in conse quence ofhis Union sentiments, was compell ed to leave his home near Macon, between two days. His neighbors nrssed him, and sus pecting, rightly, that he had gone off to jo.n the Yankees, they followed him so close./ that he was obliged to hide in the mountains in the Northern part of his State for several days. They have since organized all kinds of raids for no other purpose than to catch this one man. being in the service some time he volunteered his services to Gen. Buell, but that officer didn’t need much Southern “guid ance.” Next he received a position as volun teer aid to. Gen. Rosecrans, to whom he was of great service in the campaign te uninating at Chattanooga. He has been witli General Sherman since last June. There is not a highway or byway in the interior of Georgia with which he is unacquainted, and scarcely a town cr village in which he is not known. He used to say tbat with a. brigade of cav alry he could find cotton and niggers enough within a hundred miles of Atlanta to liquidate the national debt. He is one of the few rich men of the South who have remained faithful to the Union cause when they knew that to do so was to loose their property, their homes and their comfort. On his present trip he carries with him a black list of those who took pleasure in prosecuting him four years ago. He thinks he will make it more than even with them before he gets through. [Northern paper. [From the Richmond Sentinel] Congress being in session, we would respect fully call their attention to what appears to be some of the present system. The poor farmer —the pack-horse for the balance of mankind —is hampered and restricted, while the doc tor is permitted to charge at discretion. The widow, whose only sou may bo in service pro tecting the physician at home. Some are very reasonable, and attend gratuitously, in certain cases, but others t avo but little conscience. There is the mounted guard, luxuriating in the comforts and pleasures at home, hunting and frolicking in their tidy suits of Confeder ate gray, while the field-faring soldier, in real service, far from home and helping friends, feels the pinching cold through bis threadbare clothing. Cannot this appendage be dropped? or, indispensable, cannot the Government be saved the heavy outlay by requiring them to elothe, ration and pay themselves for the priv ilege of staying at home ? Being rheumatic, scrofulous, or otherwise affected, and having abundant supplies at home, some of them can afford to sell their rations at present prices, while be in the trenches gets none to spare.— There is something wrong in this oar Den mark. * Govbbxor or South Carolina. —The tele graph has announced the election of Hon. A. Magrath governor of South Carolina, by the Legislature of that State. The Legislative vote, on the 6th ballot, stood Magrath, 79, all others, 72. Os (he Governor elect the Col umbia Guardian says : Gov. Magrath is a native of Charleston, in the prime of life, in vigorous health, of ripe experience, acquainted with atf.iirs. and fnlly identified with the State rights views of our South Carolina school of politics. He b%s long filled very acceptably and dign : fi«u with learning, taste and sound judgment, the office ofjudge of the Confederate court for the dis trict of South Carolina. His experience i.nd studies his well settled opinion-’, nad his steads re-ves, emiuently qualify Lon t or a faithful and succe sful discharge of the high duties which now devolve upou him. Washington, Dec. 2d. —It ha , » hem dcf?r» f c- Iv settled to-day that Mr. .Fessenden will re main at the head of the Treasury Deparimvnt. until the 4th of March next, when, from pres ent indications. RoberfM. Walker will be ifl' : vited to take the place. There is ho immediate prospect of a ebange in the War Department. The present incum bent has no idea of quitting until some other place of importance is provided for him, which is not easy to do while so many of the leader* of the Senate are opposed to his appointment to any other important position. A rumor is in circulation that Hon. Mont gomery Blair is to reoeive the appointment of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; but it i* ; more probable that he \aill be Senator from ' Maryland. The refusal of Judge Holt to accept the post ! of Attorney General occasioned no little sur* i prise, and was not generally credited until this afternoon. In his own department non* had expected it, many stoutly denying the re port until assured of its truthfulness by Gen. Holt himself. Judge Johnson, of Ohio, has been strongly urged for the position, but th* ; President adhering to his policy of conciliation towards the Western border States, and anx ious to have one of them represented in his Cabinet, has appointed Hon. James Spend, of Kentucky, and it is understood that the tender has been accepted. It understood that Gov. Hicks is to re sign his seat in the Senate, and be appointed Collector of Customs at Baltimore, in the place of Hoffman, one of the Davisites, and that Montgomery Blair is to have the Senatorship thus vacated. Excitement at Baton Rough.-— lntelligence | has been received through a reliable source, says the Jackson (Miss.) News, that a collis ion between the Federal troops at Baton Rouge took place a few days since, resulting in tbe killing and wounding of a number of officers and men. Three Colonels were killed, it is said. The revolt grew out of the refusal of several regiments to re-enlißt, their time hav ing expired. The number of prisoners captured at Fort McAllister is reported to have been seven hun dred. Chattanooga and Dalton.— Our informa tion is that the Yankees have garrisons yet at Chattanooga and Dalton. At the latter place it is supposed their foree is composed of three regiments, say about fif teen hundred men. If Hood’s operations are as successful as we have reason to believe, these garrisons will soon be in an awkward predioament. — lntelligencer , 20 th. The Clarion expresses our sentiments in the following paragraph : We read of the exploits, and they are get ting quite common, of unsexed women with pain and sorrow. War and politics are net the true spheres for women. The domeetie circle, home and public education, and the elevation of the race toward the perfection es refinement and civilization, are the pathe where woman’s soul shines out in all its an gelic loveliness. Here she can be useful and change the deserts to green fields and beautify the whole world. But when she unsexes her self, encases her feet ia boots, her limbs in pantaloons, her body in a martial cloak, with a pistol swung to her side, she becomes a ha woman and is a monstrosity. Such wosaeo by the law of nature—the true book of eti quette—and by their associations, lose al modesty, self-respect and frequently honor. Indians Coring.— Wo learn that the brave Cherokees of Thomas’ legion, who rendered seek notable service in the Army of Tennessee at the beginning of the war, and who have recently been doing important duty in guarding the border pass es of North Carolina, will shortly join the com mand of Gen. Brecaenridge. These dusky war riors have a habit of leaving, as the sign es their appearance, at Yankee camp fires and i& Yankee tents, blue bellied corpses mysteriously slain, which, to the seeming of our foes may not ba in accordance with the usages of civilized varf«r», bnt when the sneaking and brutal character -vs the Yankee invader is considered, and the intense ha tred fcf the red man for the unprincipled etoaturci, it will not be wondered at that they e’ek thair lives with such untiring and cautious persistence. We are happy to be able to correct the Yut-ke* slander that they scalp their victims. In Una of battle they fight as honorable soldiers. It i. ily the despicable tory spy, the sneaking rcaut, or the thieving bushwhacker, who deserve; the i lalpieg knife.—f Bristol Register. By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. WE will sell oa Saturday, December, 21th, at II o’clock, in front of our Auction Room— -40 Fattening and Stock Hogs, 2 Cowl and Calves and many other articles for Plantation use. —also — 20 Bales ol Cotton. 6 bbls. Corn Whiskey, 3000 Florida Cigars, old and bnt, 100 lbs. Cast Steel, Glass Decanters, Jars, Bowls, Pitchers, Clc thing, Bedsteads, &c. dec 23 $lB YARNS and OSNABURQ* TO EXCHANGE FOR anOTTNID PEAS, At the GRANT FACTORY. deo 17 ts SSOO Reward. STOLEN from my stable, theßtb inst., a small day - pie cream PONY, white mane and tail, aat alio*, veir fkt, four years old. Will pay S2OO for the pong ands3oo for the theif, delivered to me in Ainenonl, Ga., or E. J.Pinckard. in. Columbus, Ga. dec 15 2w R. BLACIE, SSO Reward. T EFT my lot on Monday last a RED COW, me -Li diurn size, heavy with calf, mark : slit and erop in one ear and slit in the other, with white spot ea her fitce, small horns tiuned U' w.trds. ! dec 19 fit* JOHN McGOYERN. $25 Dollars Reward. cTRAYED from myr'we in Wynnton, a dark ij bay mare MULF, about nine years old, hair rubbed off of both hips and a large sea-- on the right hindquarter. JOHN COO*. oc I t ts To Printers ! WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY, <except Rul ng Machine,) two nand PRESSES, and about 1,000 Pounds of Type Metal. nov2l-tf Everybody Look Here. WILL be sold on the 10th January. 1866, on the tY plantation of John Howard, Jr., on Flint fiver, on tbft Coin nbus branch of the S. W. R. R., all the corn, fodder, pea«, mules, cattle, hogs and plantation implements. Terms cash. At the same time will be rented the plantation af eight hundred acres, and hired for the year, a lik*- ly ser of plantation negroes, for good notes with a#' p.oved securities. R. R. HOWARD, dee2o tde Age**.