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DAILY TIMES, j, w. WARREN & CO.. Proprietors. •üblished Dai / (Sundays excepted) at the rate of W.OO per month, or sls lor three months. So subscription received for a longer (trm than t . ?r. month*, RATES OF ADVERTISING. CASUAL DAILY ADVERTISING JHATO. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square, regular daily advertising *atki- First Week— s3 00 per square for each insertion. Second Week-$2 00 per square for each insertion. Third Week— sl 50 per square for each insertion. Fourth Week— sl 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month—s3o per square. Third Month—s2s per square. for 1865. JANUARY. S. M. T W. T. F. S. 1234 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY. S. M. T. W. T. F. S. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MARCH. S. M. T. W. T. F. S. 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25; 26 27 28 29 30 31 j AI'RIL. S. M. T. W. T. F. S. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8! 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 MAY. S. M. T. W. T. F. S. 123 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JUNE.. S. M. T. W. T. F. S.‘ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 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 LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF LETTER PAPER! AND nEMRAiIDIJU BOOKS! For sale by J. K. REDD & CO. oc 12 ts JULY. .js. M. T. W. T. F. S. 1 2345 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ,16 17 18 19 20 21 22 j 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 AUGUST. .S. M. T. W. T. F. S. ■l2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 113 14 15 16 17 18 19 ■2O 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 SEPTEMBER. ,S. M. T. W. T. F. S. ■j 1 2 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 1G 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 J 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 OCTo3ER. jS. M. T. W. T. F. S. 1234 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ,15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NOVEMBER. Is. M. T. W. T. F. S, 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DECEMBER, S. M. T. W. T. F. S. 1 2 3456 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 31 Ciitiirote fines. * 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 /FITE DOLLARS \ PER MONTH. 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 Red cheeks are only oxygen in another shape. Girls anxious to wear a pair will got them where the roses do—out of doors. By Ellis, Livingston & Go. VUE will sell on Saturday, December, 31 a t, at 11 n o’clock, in front of our Auction R om— -1 Cottage Sett, including Bedstead, Bureau, Chairs, Mattresses, etc. —ALSO— -6 Cane Bottomed Parlor Chairs, 2 Rocking Chairs, 1 Sofa, 1 Mahogany Centre Table. 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