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New Daily Paper in Richmond.
Prospectus.
THE undersigned propose to publish a daily pa
* per, under the title of “THE RICHMOND
HERALD,” on or about the 15th of January next.
It will be entirely independent in politics, but
will nevertheless accord to the administration a just
support in all measures which, in the opinion of its
conductors, may be deemed promotive of the good
of the cause in which we are engaged. A proper
criticism of such acts as will be doemod adverse to
this object, will be, of course, consistent’with the in
dependent character under which the paper is to be
inaugurated.!
In the matter of General News it will bo found to
keep pace with the leading journals of the day, while
it will have added to it in the matter of financial in
telligence a feature such as we venture to say, no
paper in the Confederacy can boast of. Editorials
from the p. u of one of the ablest financial writers
in this or auy other country will be presented in
each number.
For reasons not now proper to be mentioned, we
forbear to give the names of those who shall com
pose the regular editorial staff; but we flatter our
selves that when they shall appor, they will be found
to constitute such an arry of talent as cannot be ex
eelled on this continent.
The well known character of the individual whose
name appears below, as a stenographic reporter,
furnishes, we presume, a guarantee that, in all that
relates to important political speeches and debates, i
whether in legislative assemblies or out of them, i
the‘‘flEßALD” will presont advantages certainly j
not to be xcelled by any paper m the Confederacy, j
The farming interests will bo faithfully vindica- |
ted, and care taken to disseminate the earliest in- i
telligence which a proper regard for the welfare of j
that great element of national wealth and power
shall demand.
In the matter of correct commercial intelligence,
equal zeal shall be manifested, our objoct being to
assign to each of these departments an editor of
known experience and ability.
Arrangements are on foot by which to secure the
earliest foreign news, and the paper will contain
such editorial talent as will fully elucidate the
bearing of foreign diplomacy upon Southern inter
“in short, “THE RICHMOND HERALD” will
be found to combine 'every feature of interest
which the requirements of the present crisis de-
The enterprise is respectfully commended to the
favor and patronage of th© citizens ofthe Southern
Confederacy. _ „ , ....
Ail the papers of the Confederacy will copy till
.lay and send bill to p. K EAN 4 CO.,
dec 29 td Richmond, Va.
Change of Schedule.
(FFICK Engineer and Superintendent, l
* Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, J une 7,1864.)
N THURSDAY, June 9.1864, and until further
> notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
he as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a, m. ]
Arrive in Savannah 5.40, p. m.
Leave Savannah .5.30, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direot connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at Char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
U. S. HAINES,
.1 une 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Change ot Schedule.
. kN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
"the *i uscogee Railroad will run as follows :
PASSENGER TRAIN :
Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 3 25 A. M.
Leave Macon 8 10 P. M,
Arrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus A 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus ...........4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee 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
0 the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. in.
Leave West Point at <:10a. m.
Arrive at Oblumbus at 5:32 p. m.
Leave Cblumbus at 5:50 a. in.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m.
Arrive at West Potnt t at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
ATTI 9 D. H. CRAM, Sup’t A Eng:
ag27lß64—tf
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
AN and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
0 Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at \ 59 P \P*
Arrive in Union Springs o w
Leave Union Springs /X
Arrive in Girard at R> w
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at.. 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 P- m -
B. E. WELLS,
aglStf Eng. ASup’E
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Ciitiirote fines.
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VOL. Xl.}
WANTS.
Wanted.
“Negro Laborers, Carpenters and
Blacksmiths.”
XU E wish to hire for the ensuing year 25 Laborers
and eight to ten Blacksmiths and Carpenters,
to \Vork in Government employ, which will exempt
negroes from conscription. We will pay '-ood
prices for smart and active fellows. For particu
lars apply at our Government Works, near the
New Bridge. JOHN D. GRAY k CO.
dec 20 20t
Wanted,
AT Lee Hospital, the Ist of January, ten able
■CL bodied NEGROES, men and women.
A. D. BRIDGMAN,
dec II ts Steward.
WANTED.
FOR the ensuing year 10 or 12 DINING ROOM
SERVANTS and PORTERS, and one superior
meat Cook. Also one white Chamber-maid. Par
ties desiring t o continue their servants at the Ho
tel will please call on or before Saturday n;*xt to in
sure their hire. SHIVERS. WYNNE & CO.
Proprietors Cook’s Hotel.
Columbus, Dec. 20—til Ist jan
W^ZKTTIEID.
AN OVERSEER. One without family, who has
lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for
military service preferred.
Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD,
Beynolds, Taylor County.
MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS,
nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga.
WANTED!
£ DAO LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
sp7 ts _____ Major and Q. M,
WAITED,
A GOOD BUSINESS' MAN, uutil the first of
ix January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol
dier preferred, and it matters not how badly muti
lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment.
Apply at the TIMES OFFICE.
nov 30 ts.
Wanted
TO HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.—
Good wages given. Apply at our Government
Works.
oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY k CO.
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRE SS,
Columbus, Ga.,Oct„ 29,1864.
NO Freight will bo received at the Southern Ex
press Company’s Office after Z]4 o’clock r. m. o
go East on that, day, nor will any be received to go
West after 4 ]4 o’clock pu.
oc 29 ts S. H. HI IjL. Agent.
LOST.
PI the streets of Columbus on Tuesday, a child’s
SEED CORAL NECKLACE, with small gold
Clasp and a CORAL CROSS, set with pearls, at
tached to the clasp. The finder will be rewarded by
leaving it either at th s Office or Dr. Billing’s,
dec 28 3t
To Rent.
A SMALL FARM, containing about 1.6# acres, 89
in the woods an-; iorty cleared, about one mile
above the Fountain Factory, on the river. On the
place is a good dwelling with three rooms, a large
apple and peach orchard and varietv of other fruit
trees, good watev, Are. For terms apply to
Mrs. J. A. JONHS,
dee near Columbus.
Overseer Wanted,
FUR the ensuing year, one without a family pre
fered. Apply at my place in Summerville, two
miles from the city, immediately.
dec 28 ts Mrs. R. ECHOLLS.
Lost or Mislaid.
T?OUR SHARES of the G. A A. S. S. Ce., No. :
r 160, in favor ol Mrs. J. L. Wibon.
nov 30 ts I). Sc J. J. GRANT.
Government Sheep for Exchange.
Ojk/VHEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacoa
O’" or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Baeon
10c., Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Beef te bed«
liv.red alive. Apply to J. A. TYLER.
Columbus. Nov. 2,1864—ts
To Rent,
t BLACKSMITH SHOP with six or seven Forge*.
all complete. Apply at
oo 31 ts THIS 9FFIOI
- Plantation Gil* Sale.
THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Planta
tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 miles belew
Chattahoochee, containing 1,500 acres, more er less,
embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bot tom land,
the balance superior pine land. In a favorable
season sixty bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds of seed
cotton, may be safely[relied on. On the premises are
first rate negro quarters, gin house, screw and sta- i
bles. The dwelling is small but comfortable.
There are two orange groves on the place, one o»
the river and in full bearing. A portion of the crop ;
of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. Tho other grove is !
young but in good condition, embracing not only
oranges but lemons and other tropical fruits.
The place is finely watered and healthy. A rare i
opportunity is offered for the investme it of C«a- i
federate money if application is made early.
Titles perfect.
Apply to R. L. B ASS,
Columbus, oi
VAN MARCU&
dec 6 ts Steamer Shamrock.
]MOTIOS3.
Office Ghant Factory, 1
Nov. 29, 1864. /
ALL 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. j
$25 Hollars Reward.
OTRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
J bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right
hindquarter. JOHN COOK.
oc 13 ts _
For Sale.
T INSEED OIL CAKE, for stock food, at 84 Broad
L street. N. P. NAIL & CO.
deo 21 lm j
Dr. R, AO It 1.13.
IDIEISrTIST,
AT Pemberton <k Carter’s old stand, back room of
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours, [oc 18 6m
STERLING EXCHANGE!
i FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
a for sale in sums to suit purchasers by _ 1
HflG tt B \NK OF COLUMBUS. 5
SSOO Reward.
STOLEN from my stable, the Bth 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 Americu*.
Ga., or E. J. Pmckard, in. Columbus, Ga.
dec 15 2w ___ R. O- BLACK.
SSO Reward.
T EFT my lot on Monday last a RED COW, me-
JLi dium size, heavy with calf, mark : slit and crop
in one ear and slit in the other, with white spot on
her face, small horns turned upwards. . TT __ >r
dec 19 6t« JOHN MoQOVERN.
To Hire,
L'OR next vear, a first rate Cook, Washer and
F lroner. She is faithfulland honest andjree from
incumbrance. Apply at THLs> OrrlUi^.
declltf
Ntitice lo Debtors and Creditors
ALL persons having claims against the estate of
Mrs. L. E. Oairnes, dec’d, late of Museogee
county, are hereby notified to render them duly au
thenticated within the time prescribed by law : and
those indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment. F-U. iILJUXUix,
j dec9w4od Ad* r.^
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
* LL persons havingclaims against the estate of
! Joseph W. Wooliolk. dec’d. late of Muscogee
county, are hereby notified to render them du y
authenticated within the time prescribed by law;
Ini those indebted to said estate ara requested to
m,*e immediate Q Wooh¥oLKt
nov 23. 1364—wtdd Adm r.
COLUMBUS, GA., FRIDAY, DEC. 30, 1864.
SPECIAL NOTICES
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, )
War Department, Bureau op Conscription, >•
Richmond. Va., Nov. 25, 1864. # j
Circular, No. 35.
Generals commanding Reservn in their respec
tive States, will proceed forthwith, and with the ut
most vigor, to organize for "continuous local ser
vice, to be mustered in for the war,” companies to
consist of all men f oundfit for light duty and not
otherwise assigned and actually employed; of men
transferred to the Invalid Corps and found fit for
the duties hereinafter indicated; and such men as
are temporarily disabled for field service. The men
of the latter class, when found ready for the field,
to be forthwith returned to their proper commands.
The companies to consist of not less than sixty
men, and officers of the Reserve Corps will be as
signed to the Generals commanding to thorough in
spection of them, and the Muster Rolls forwarded
to this Bureau. Upon their roception, the Secre
tary of War will assign officers to the command of
the companies.
It is the purpose of the War Department to as
sign these companies to duty as guards at pests,
prisons, camps of instruction, on railroad trains, and
such like service.
Prompt action is required of officers charged with
the duties herein prescribed.
By command of the Secretary of War.
Official:
[SignedJ C. B. DUFFIELD, a. a. g.
[SigucdJ R. J. Hallett, a. a. g.
Headquarters Conscript Service, Ga., f
Augusta, Dec. 19, 1864. )
General Orders, No. 52-
I. In compliance with the above Circular and by
order of Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, commanding Geor
gia Reserve and Military District of Georgia, all
men found fit for light duty, and not otherwise as
signed, those who may have been assigned, but who
are not actually engaged in the performance of the
duties to which they were assigned, will report at
once to Maj. A- M. Rowland, commanding Camp of
Instruction at Macon, Ga.
11. All soldiers of the Invalid Corps who have
been foundjfit for duty as guards at posts, prisons,
camps of instructions, on railroads and such like
duty, by the Board es Surgeons so transferring them,
and all disabled soldiers pronounced by the proper
Medical Examining Board as temporarily unfit for
field service, but fit for the duties prescribed in the
above Circular, from the Bureau of Conscription,
will likewise report to Major Rowland at Macon
Ga.
111. Inspectors of Conscription will report to
these Headquarters the names of such Enrolling
Officers, Assistant Enrolling Officers, men assigned
to the duty of collecting stragglers from the army,
under General Order No. 96, A. & I. G. Office, 1862,
and all others engaged in Conscript service, who are
inefficient or negligent in the discharge of their du
ties, thar their assignments may be revoked and
they forwarded to Camp of Instruction at Jfacon,
Ga., for service in the companies specified in above
Circular.
IV. Inspectors of Conscription and local Enrolling
Officers will arrest and forward under guard to
Camp of Instruction at Macon, Ga., all persons em
braced in this order who do not report voluntarily
and immediately.
V. Maj. A. M. Rowland, commanding Camp of
Instruction, is charged with the execution of this
order. He will organize those reporting to camp
into companies, and forward the muster rolls as di
rected in above circular.
JNO. F. ANDRE WS,
Major and Acting Com’dt
dec 2* 5t JCbnscripts, Ga.
Notice.
Headquarters Post, 1
Columbus, Ga., December 23,1864, /
Owners who have had negroes engaged on the for
tifications about Columbus, and who have taken
them away, or whose negroes have left the works
and returned home, are hereby notified that strin
gent orders have been received at these headquar
ters to have all such negroes collected again.
Planters are hereby notified to return all such
negroes without delay, or subject themselves to
have some sent Ifor by a 'orce of cavalry, detailed
here foi that purpose. The hands are required to
be returned on or before 29th inst,, from which
dato the cavalry will proceed to collect all that have
not been sent in.
S. L. BISHOP,
dec 24 6t Maj. Com’dg Post.
Notice!
Office Quartermaster’s Office, 1
Columbus. Ga. J
I will HIRE TWO HUNDRED NEGRO SHOE
MAKERS; will pay liberal wages, feed, clothe,
and provide medical attendance. Early applica
must be made.
F. W. DILLARD,
Major and Chief Quartermaster.
December, 20,1864. tjanl
Chief Q. M.’s Df.paetmknt, 1
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 20, 1864./
I request that all persons holding certified
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 tljan M. and Q. M.
Marshall Hospital, 1
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 14,1864. /
Notice!
Wanted to hire for the ensuing year, fifteen able
bodied NEGRO MEN and ten WOMEN. Negroes
thus employed are’notsubjeet to impressment.
DANIEL R. BIZE,
dee 13 till Ist j an. Steward.
Negro Mechanics Wanted.
Wanted at the Government Transportation Werks,
negro Blacksmiths, Wheelwrights, Carpenters and
Harness makers, for which liberal wages will he
paid. They will be fed clothed and medical atten
tion rendered in sickness. Apply to
THOS. C. JOHNSON,
dec 27 tjanl Special Agt. Q. M. Dep’t.
Headquarters Gov. Works, (Obd.) l
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 26, 1864. J
Wanted to Hire !
Twenty negro Blacksmiths and fifty-five able
bodied men, for laborers, in the Ordnanoe Depart
ment in this city. Rations and quarters will be
furnished them; elothingltt Government rates, amd
liberal wages paid.
M. H. WRIGHT,
dee 27 lOt Col. Com’dg.
LeVert Female College.
Talbotton, Ga.
THE .spring Term begins on TUESDAY the 10th
1 of January, 1865. Tuition the same us the Fall
Term of 1864, namely:
Primary Department per month $lO oft
Preparatory “ ” 15 oft
Collegiate “ “ 20 00
Musical ‘ ‘ - D 99
Use of Instrument 2 00
Incidental Expenses “ 1 Oft
Patrons are requested to pay in advance.
Boarding Department (including fuel) per month,
$l3O, strictly in advance Board can be had for old
prices for provisions at old prices. A number of
voung ladies can obtain board in private families. —
The President, Rev. Thomas A.Brown, has associa
ted with him four competent Teachers, with whose
assistance he can impart a thorough knowledge of
Music, the English branches, French, Latin and
Greek. The unprecedented success of this Institu
tion during the session just closed warrant- the hope
thmit will receive a liberal patronage the ensuing
Ten . For particulars address the President.
E. H. WORRELL,
dec 27 4t 2aw LTiairm in Board Trustee*.
Sun and Enquirer copy tv» ice a week for two
waeks and send bill*.
Thursday Evening.
Violent Storm.—We learn from a gentleman
just from Montgomery, that a terrific storm, be
ginning west of Montgomery, raged along the
whole extent of the Montgomery & West Point
railroad on the night of the 27th inst. A railroad
bridge, 20 miles east of Montgomery was blown
down, and the woods and fields everywhere along
the track were strewn with the monuments of its
fury. At Auburn, where its fury seemed to be
the greatest, a large number of houses were un
roofed er blown down, and some 15 persons were
killed. At Opelika, several buildings were de
molished, and two or three lives lost. Nothing
like it is recorded in the memory of the oldest in
habitant. We shall, doubtless, get further par
ticulars from our Montgomery exchanges.
iMi % mm -
SPEECH OF HON. GUSTAVUS A. HENRY,
of Tennessee,
In the Senate of the Confederate States, Nov.
29, 1864.
[Concluded.]
There was but one moment that a doubt ever
hung on my mind as to the final result of this
war; and that doubt was soon dispelled by
the noble conduct of our army. When the
firet terms of service of our volunteers was
about to expire, the Congress felt it was ne
cessary to conscribe them for two years long
er. The necessity was imperious and we
were compelled to meet it. We knew all our
soldiers wanted to go home to see their fami
lies ; but we also knew to disband the veteran
troops then in the field was to give up the con
test. We were not unconscious the step we
were about to take was a perilous one, but the
public safety demanded it. We passed the
law, and without a murmur our noble soldiers
stood to their arms. No complaint was heard
anywhere, except among politicians and those
who had never been in the service.
When two years more of war had rolled
round, and the second term of the soldiers
was qjbout to expire—when the Congress had
the subject under painful consideration, we
were all relieved by glad tidings that came
from the army. The soldiers, anticipating
the act of Congress, had volunteered or re
enlisted for the war. From that moment I
felt all was safe, if we would do our duty.
I had the honor, sir, to offer the first reso
lution of thanks to the soldiers for their he
roic sacrifice of ease, and all the comforts of
home, to the good of their country. The ex
ample, which all of the army speedily follow
ed, first came from my own noble Tennessee
ans; thus re-asserting and re-establishing
the proud claim of Tennessee of being the
“ Volunteer State,” and I lift up my heart in
thanks and praise to God, that 1 had the ho
nor, in part, to represent here in the Senate
such a people !
Sir, we are engaged in the prosecution of a
mighty war. It has swelled and grown be
yond the dimensions anybody gave to it at the
beginning. We have to make up our minds
to fight it out unaided, and we will “conquer
or perish more proudly alone.”
We have determined to suffer and endure,
and we feel that suffering and endurance but
purify our heafts and enable us to make sac
rifices that are worthy of the cause in which
we are engaged. The spirit of patriotism is
found in its purest state where the seourge
has been most keenly felt. It is then unadul
terated, and has been refined of its dross, as
silver, by fire. “ The blood of the martyr is
the seed of the church,” and the plant of pat
riotism takes root and flourishes best in the
soil that has been fertilized by the blood of
our sons and followed with the ploughshare
of despotism. We may, sometimes, under the
hope of saving our property, temporize with
the enemy, and even listen to degrading terms
of reconciliation; but if tbat property be de
stroyed in our sight, and families insulted and
driven from their homes, and those homes
themselves given to the flames, the remains of
which reminding us of the vandalism of the
foe, then we begin to burn with a patriots
fire and are willing to give up all earthly
treasures, as being of no earthly value in
comparison with the liberty of the country.
Many a man is a good patriot without being
burnt out, but he is certain to be afterwards.
It is an infallible remedy for all who are de
ficient in love 6f country, or who “gall to
make oppression bitter.”
No one has any idea how cheerfully the
people of the desolated districts of Tennessee
have given up all that they had, and how
strong their hope of the future which animates
them. Their faith in final success is stronger
than the faith of the people where the invader
has never been. Thousands of my cons itu
ents, who have heretofore enjoyed all the lux
uries that wealth could purchase, are now eat
ing the bitter bread of exile, or are compelled
by manual labor to earn the bread they eat;
but they murmur not, neither do they com
plain ; seeming to realize the holy writ, that
the rest of the laboring man is sweet. They
submit to the change of the condition in which
they are placed without a murmur or a sigh.
No groan breaks from the heart, however
loaded it may be by a sense of degradation or
of wrong, they say, “We do not care for the
loss of our property, but give us, oh, give us
independence to our country and freedom
from the Yankee thraldom! They have felt
his contaminating touch; they have felt the
degradation that accompanies his supremacy;
and they fear his rule as the dying sinner fears
the tortures of the damned, and pray to be
delivered from it as the dying Christian prays
to be delivered from the bondage of hell.
Oh, sir, its enongh to break one’s heart to
listen to the recital of their wrongs. Not con
tent with burning naills, dwelling houses and
factories, the enemy have committed enormi
ties at the very name of which my heart sick
ens, and which are enough to shock high
heaven and invoke its thunders. A refugee
from my own State recently out, fell in with
a neighbor boy who had been in the service
here in Virginia, since Gen. Lee’s first cam
paign in the mountains. He had been with
him in the great battles, from Petersburg,
along the winding Chickahominy, the heroic
battle of Manassas, and away to Antiefam and
Gettysburg, wherever his banner floated or his
falchion flashed, and by the mercy of God
was preserved uninjured. The meeting of the
two friends was touching beyond anything we
have ever seen in fiction. The young soldier
said to him, “Tell me quickly the news from
home. The old man, my father, is he alive?
Is he well? My mother, my sister, how are
they ?”
“Ob, sir, the news is too bad to tell. The
homestead is in ruins ; your aged father was
murdered by the vandals, on his own hearth
stone, your mother fell broken hearted on bis
lifeless corps ; and your sister—oh, I cannot
tell what has happened to her—she is now a
wandering maniac!” Can we have a reunion
with such monsters in human shape? Forbid
it. Almighty God.
The people of Tennessee have felt the yoke
of the oppressor. They know how galling it
is to the neck. They have been made tc drink
the cup of slavery to the dregs, and they know
wbat it is to have the iron enter their souls.
They bate their oppressors with a concentra
trated hate which can expire only with their
lives. The Jew3, when they were carried in
to captivit* -.n Bablyon. never looked more
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anxiously for deliverance than they are look
ing even now for the Confederate army to en
ter the State and strike from them their galling
chains. They are now, sir, standing on tip
toe, straining their eyes to catch the first
glimpse of the Confederate flag as it floats out
upon the wild woods free on yonder hill. Oh,
they long for its coming as the hunted hart
pants for the water brook.
I confidently predict that if our army enters
the State acd maintains its position there for
three months, that its numbers will be
doubled. From every hill and valley our op
pressed people come to our banner as the
“leaves come when forests are rended." It is
ray nightly prayer that my life may be spared
till I witness the deliverence of my noble
State and my oppressed people. Tennessee !
Oh, may I be allowed to
“Raise my exultant head and see
Thy hills, thy dales, thy people free !
That glance of bliss is all 1 crave
Between my labors and my grave !
I further predict, Mr. President, if our army
goes into Kentucky and stays there three
months, and gives to the people there any as
surance that we will hold it and stand by them
—if they will unite their fortunes with us, and
make common cause in this great struggle for
liberty—the last that ever will be made if we
fail: for if the light of liberty is extinguished
here the gloom of despotism will be unbroken
all over the world; put out that light and
where is the Promethean spark that can
that light relume—if, I say we will give the
people of Kentucky an assurance that we will
stand by them, and not by coming speedily
away hand them over to the ravenous wolves
who will thirst for their blood, thousands will
join our army, and re-enact the scenes of th§
“dark and bloody ground,” and add new lus
tre to this the most memorable struggle in the
annals of time in which Kentucky has not yet,
as a State participated. I do not over esti
mate it when I predict that fifty thousand as
gallant men as ever shouldered a musket or
hung a sabre to his thigh, will be added as
fresh recruits to our army from Kentucky and
Tennessee. Sir, they constitute the best re
cruiting grounds in America. The people of
.both States are now ripe for action, and will
come to the rescue of our gallant army at an
opportune moment and with alacrity.
Mr. President, let us be united: let us work
together in this common cause, no matier at
what oost of blood and treasure; for it is
worthy of the sacrifice. Let not the future
historian record of us, here was a nation that
bravely spurned “villian bonds and despot
sway” and never was conquered by its ene
mies till “from itself it fell.” If there had been
no division in North Carolina and Tennessee,
we could have sent to the field an army of
000 men. The mother aud the daughter,
locking their shields together, could have
passed through the land conquering and to
conquer.
It is not too late yet. If all discord were
silenced, and the people of the two States,
soldiers and politicians, the men at home and
the men in the army, could act together as one
people, animated by one purpose, and emu
lous only to excel each other in the race of
glory, this war would soon have an end ; in
deed, under such a condition of things it nev
er would have had a beginning. It is kept
alive by discord now. Is it not mortifying in
a struggle like this, when all hearts should be
united in a common effort, that any discor
dant voices should be raised in carping criti
cism against the Government, its administra
tion and its President. It is surely task
enough tor his worn energies to watch the
public enemy, without being forced to endure
the distrustful assaults of friends at home.—
From the bottom of my heart he has my sym
pathy in the midst of the great and multiplied
trials that are with him every day and hour,
and which haunt his pillow at night, driving
sleep from his eye-lids while others are in
calm repose.
Is it fair, or generous, or patriotic, that his
opponent should select the darkest hour of
gloom that hangs over the country—a gloom
which a united voice and effort in this capital
would drive away in twenty-four hours—to
assail his character and mar his plans as
though the pilot was standing at the helm in
the hour of danger did not have enough to do
to watch the storm that is beating mercilessly
against his vessel to hold its head steady to
the wind and shun the rocks against which it
could not be driven and live without being
harrassed by the railing and the mutiny of the
crew 1 Thank God, those who assail him can
not shake him in his steady march in the path
of duty ; nor can they shake the confidence of
the eountry in him ! Though their words of
censure may fall harmless at his feet, they are
caught up by the spies who crawl about the
capital and meet us in our private and public
walks, and become winged messengers to the
enemy giving exagerated accounts of whatever
dissatisfaction may prevail here, and encour
agement to the enemy to persevere against us
under the hope that domestic discord may un
bar the gates they have not been able to force,
and weaken the fortress which hath hitherto
been impregnable to their assaults, and from
which their columns have been hurled back
in confusion, bleeding and broken. Sir this
habit of assailing the President and the ad
ministration is in my opinion, a habit mor#
honored in the breach than the observance.
It does incalculable injury ; and though it is
not so intended; gives aid and comfort to the
enemy. It is gratifying that no such habit
prevails in the Senate. But notwithstanding
all the grumblings and muttering or disap
pointed malcontents elsewhere, he is firmly
fixed in the hearts of the people ; aye, sir in
their heart of- hearts. They put their trust in
him while thi3 storm of war is raging over
the land as he leans on Heaven for support.
May he lire to bring the vessel safely into port,
amid the acclamations of all on board, and the
shouts and huzzas of all on the shore. Doubtleis
he has committed errors, and great mistakes in
his judgment of men and measures ; for every
body and everything was untried, and had to be
tested by experience. Did anybody ever expect
anything else ? for is he not human, and is it not
human to err ? Our own WaahiDgton, the pureat
and greatest of human beings, was not exempt
fram human frailty. The people have given their
confidence to tha President of the Canfederate
States, because they believe he is wise, patriotic
and brave ; and so far as I know, he haa done
nothing te forfait their confidence, but a great
deal to increase it. The consequence is, they who
assail him do not injure him, but themselves, and.
it may be, their country. Hera, sir, is th# rub.—
Th* r-onntry i* the sufferer. The shafts that are
aimed at him fly wide of the mark, passing him
harmlessly ; but are found quivering in tbe heart
of our bleeding country.
They who throw themselves in the way of an
united and vigorous prosecution of this war, from
any uDjust suspicion of the President, or from any
other cause, will rapeDt it in sackcloth and ashes.
Whosoever falls an this rock shall be broken ; and
on whomsoever it falls, ha shall be ground to
powder. In.jny opinion, we ought to gire him a
cordial support in all his efforts to sav# the coun
try ; not blindly, but patriotically for the sake of
the country. It were better, it teems to me, te
direct our thunders against the enemy who is try
ing to subjugate us, rather than pour out our in
vectives on his head whom the people have
chosen as the pilot to conduc, us through the
storm. .
It shall be some consolatiou to me, Mr.- s j e3l l
dent, when that storm is over, and our vessel ts
State is riding on tranquil seas. aDd "walking the
water like a thing of life,” with our Confederate
flag flying from its mast head, recognized by all
nations, and honored and respected in every port
around the globe; when peace and prosperity
shall return to bless the land; when ear field*
shall again smile with the rich production® es ag
riculture, and the white winged birds »f eur com
merce shall flock to every port, carrying our great
staple to other lands and bringing back the laxi
ties and wealth of otbe: nations to pour them ini©
our lap. * This shall be some consolation to ma
then, that I have upheld the arms of the eom
maDder and stimulated the hearts of the crew, t*
a manner commensurate wi<h my great'avocatiea
to serve the country honestly, and to serve it well,
that I have at least deie nothing to paralyse, the
one or the 0L .tr; bu f according to the bast of my
poor ability, done all I could to sustain the cause,
to advance our standard, to brace and strengthen,
in the field er in the cabinet, all who honeiUy
wish to serve the couatry, and to establish our i»-
dopendcaee forever.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS op the press association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate Stete* fe
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Dec. 23.—An official telegram from
Gen. Leo confirms the report of the repulse of Cus
tar’s division of cavalry by Rosser near Harrison
burg. He states that Torbcrt was repulsed and se
verely punished near Gordonsville to-day by Lo
max. The enemy retired, Lomax preparing to fol
low. i
Northern paperslof the 21st have been received.
Nashville official telegrams represent that a rem
nant of Hood’s army is crossing Duck river- It
claims the capture of four Major General-, including
Ed. Johnson.
Cleburne[was shot through the heart.
An arrival from Port Royal of the 18th says
Savannah is still in the hands of the rebels. It? sur
render had not been demanded.
Sherman’s whole loss in men, from all causes
during the march from Atlanta to Savannah, about
1,000. He gathered up on the way about 7,000 able
bodied negroes, and brought to Savannah a drove
of 1,200 cattle.
The United States steamer Narcissa, was blowa
up by a torpedo off Mobile a few days ago.
General Grant has gone to New Jcr.-oy on a flying
trip.
Six blockade runners were captured off Galves
ton, during the week ending the 9th inst.
The yellow fever is still raging at Galveston, land
the mortality is very great.
Gold unchanged.
The Senate was not in session to-day.
The House perfected the currency bill in Comrnit
the of the Whole. The bill was reported to the
House. No further action taken.
From Savannah.—Our information from thia
quarter is very meagre and uncertain ; no re
port can be vouched for. From a private let
ter we learn that the place was evacuated »»t
because of our inability to hold it, but on ac
count of provisions—there being but a vary
small supply at the post at the time of Sher
man’s surrounding it. From the same sourc©
we learn that our forces are still at Hardeeville.
From another source we get information
that Kilpatrick’s raid had not crossed the Al
tamaha up to last Wednesday, but it wa*
thought he would cross at or above the rail
road bridge, on that or the following day—
Our authorities have sent a force in pursuit of
him, which it is to he hoped, will make hi*
Government regret ever having ordered the
expedition.— Southern Confederacy 28/A.
Conscription. —The Richmond Examiner
informs us that the enormous number of the
cases in which men within conscript age eoa
trive, by means of the cumbrous and slow
working of the conscript law, to delay their
actual entrance into the service, and at last
to evade it altogether, has suggested to some
able officers that an entire change should be
made in the routine of conscription ; namely,
that the enrolling officer should always refer
each case of difficulty as it arises, to the Gen
erals of Conscription and Reserve in eaeh
State, to be dealt with at once ; that these
Generals should report to one military head,
to be an officer of experience and busin«*e
habits ; anil that the present Bureau of Con
scription should be dispensed with altogether.
We repeat the hope expressed by the Cel
umbus Republic, that the military authorities
will soon remove the restrictions on the trans
mission of intelligence. Whatever might be
of use to the enemy should be withheld ; bnt
there is much that could be transmitted along
the wires, of great interest to the general pnb
lic, that would not be of the slightest serviae
to the Federal officers if it were sent to then*
by flag of truce.
The Examiner of the 17th reports the me
notony of the lines around Richmond and
Petersburg is broken only by the advent of
deserters. But for the precautions of the en
emy, since the fact is known in the Yankee
army that through our lines lies their way
home, whether it is to Canada, Germany or
Ohio, deserters would come to u> in battalions
They report that none but genuine blue-bellies
are now trusted on picket; and that every one
of these is instructed that if he succeeds ia
shooting a man in the act of desertion he is
allowed a furlough of thirty days and tweaty
dollars in greenbacks. Their vigilance is
great.
Snobbed. —Garrett Davis met with but lit.
tie sympathy in the Federal Congress, on th 9
introduction of his peace resolutions. The
Washington correspondent of the Herald say*:
The resolutions amendatory to the Consti
tution, presented by Mr. Davis in the Senate
to-day, have excited here no little amusemeat.
Although notified by Mr Davis of his inten
tion te bring this subject before Congress, the
Senate to-day was entirely unprepared for
such refreshing coolness, and, after decently
burying the subject in the Judicial Committee,
adjourned.
Expenses of Conscription—Arrest of Deser
ters.—Appended to the annual report of the Secre
tary of War, we find the followtng estimate of ex
penses of conscription, arrest and return of absen
tees and deserters, and all duties assigned to the
Bureau of Conscription for the six months ending
June 30, 1864:
Virginia $257,828
North Carolina 225,365
South Carolina 197,828
Georgia... 408,443
Alabama 408,440
Mississippi .'. 408,440
Tennessee 100,000
Kentucky 100,000
Florida 100,000
East Louisiana : 75,000
Bureau of Conscription at Richmond, Va... 44,772
Total $2,426.114
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