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dee 29 td Richmond, Va.
Change of Schedule.
ivi'irs Exutnkkk *nd Superintendent, j
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, June 7,1564.1
I'UIiftSDAY, June 9,1864, and until further
notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
; ; as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a. in.
Arrive in Savannah .5.40, p. in.
Leave Savannah 5,30, a. tn.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. ra.
This Train makes direct connections, going
ami south, with the Northeastern Railroad at' h&r
lestoti. ami the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. HAINES,
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent..
Change ol Schedule.
iN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains en
r the uscagee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macou 3 25 A. M.
Lea re Macon 8 10 P. M,
An > r at Columbus 4 25 A . M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Le*\o Columbus 5 00 A. M,
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W.L. CLARK.
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Ti’iougb to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
BAII.ROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
i \N and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
\f the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at r.lO a. m.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m.
Leave Columbus v at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p.m.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives ....at 8:27 p m
D. H. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng:
ag27lß64— tf
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHASGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
i\N and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
U Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows.
Passenger Train.
Leavo Girard at 1 **o P-,? 5,
Arrive in Union Springs o w
Leavo Union Springs ..5 35 &. m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 W
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at....... 199,*’ m
Arrive in Girard at
B. E. WELLS.
ag.B ts _Eng.A_Sup^
LARGE COi\Sl^^ T
07
LETTER PAPER!
AND
MEMORANDUM BOOKS!
For gala by
J. K. REDD k CO.
oe 12 ts
VOL. XII.)
WANTS.
Headquarters Gov. Works, (Ord.) I
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 26, 1864./
Wanted to litre !
Twenty negro Blacksmiths and fifty-five able
bodied men, for laborers, in the Ordnance Depart
ment in this city. Rations and quarters will be
furnished them; clothing at Government rates, and
liberal wage3 paid.
M. H. WRIGHT,
dec i.7 lOt Col. Com’dg.
IVegro Mechanics Wanted.
Wanted at the Government Transportation Works,
negro Blacksmiths, Wheelwrights, Carpenters and
Harness makers, for which liberal wages will be
paid. They will be fed clothed and medical atten
tion rendered in sickness. Apply to
THOS. C. JOHNSON,
dec 27 tj",nl Special Agt. Q. M. Dep’t.
ACarshall Hospital, )
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 14,1864. /
Notice!
Wanted to hire for the ensuing year, fifteen able
bodied NEGRO MEN and ton WOMEN. Negroes
thus ••mployed are hot =ubject to impressment.
DANIEL R. BIZE,
dec 13 till Ist jan. Steward.
I
' I
Deo c m
Wanted.
fc ‘Negr© Laborers, Carpenters and
Blacksmiths*”
WE wish to hire for the ensuing year 25 Laborers
and eight to ten Blacksmiths and Carpenters,
to work in Government employ, which will exempt
negroes from conscription. We will pay ;rood
prices for smart and active fellows. For particu
lars apply at our Government Works, near the
New Bridge. JOHN D. GRAY A CO.
dec 20 20t
Wanted,
A T Lee Hospital, the Ist of January, ten able
iX bodied NEGROES, men and women.
A. D. BRIDGMAN,
dec II ts Steward.
WMTED.
I?OR tho ensuing year 10 or 12 DINING ROOM
r SERVANTS and PORTERS, and one superior
meat Cook. Also one white Chamber-maid. Par
ties desiring to continue their serv ants 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
\ N OVERSEER. One without family, who has
I lost an arm in tlxe service, and thereby unfit for
military service preferred.
Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD,
Reynolds, Taylor Cbunty.
MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS,
«ov2l-tf Columbus, Ga.
WMTED!
‘ ;i; i LBS. of TALLOW, for which n, liberal price
Jn/'jl' will be paid. Apply to
Y. W. DILLARD,
*P" ts Major and Q. Af.
WAN T E B> .
i GOOD BUSINESS MAN, uuti! the first »f
i\ January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol
dier preferred, and it matters net bow badly muti
lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment.
Apply at the TIMES OFFICE.
nov 30 ts -
Wanted
mo HIRE—Four or Five able bodied Negroes.—
I Good wages given. Apply at our Gorernmeat
W erks.
oc 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY Ji CO.
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS,
Columbus, Ga.,Oct., 1864.
TVTO Freight will be received at the Southern Ex
is press Company’s Office after 3% o’clock r. m. ©
ge East on that day, nor will any be received te g*
West after 4J4 o’clock vm. TTTT T a t
oc 29 ts S. H. HILL, Agoat.
To Kent.
ASIfALL FARM, containing about 16# acres, §•
in the woods an 4 forty cleared, about one mile
above tho Fountain Factory, on the river. On tee
place is a good dwelling with three rooms, a large
apple and peach orchard and variety es other fruit
trees, good water, Ac. For terms apply te
Mrs. J. A. JONIS,
dee „ near Celimbw.
Overseer Wanted,
FOR the ensuing year, ene without a family yre
fered. Apply at my place in Sumiaerville, two
miles from the eity, immediately,
dec 28 ts Mrs. R. BCHOLLi.
Lost or Mislaid.
T7OUR SHARES of the G. A A. S. 9. Cos., N*.
F 160, in favor ol Mrs. J. L. Wile on.
nov 30 ts D. A J. J. GRANT.
Government Sheep for Exchange.
*>lA HEAD SHEEP will be exchanged for Bacoa
tJ ! 'v or Beef. The Sheep rated at $2 00, Bacoa
10c„ Beef 2c. gross per pound. The Beef te be de
livered alive. Apply to .j. A T TLER.
Columbus, Nov. 2,1894 —ts
To Rent,
* BLACKSMITH SHOP with six er seven Fergee.
A all complete. Apply at
ee.3l ts THIS OFFIOH
A Plantation for Sale.
rIE 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 bettorn land,
the balance superior pine land. In a favorable
season sixty bushels of corn or 2,000 peunds of seed
cotton, may be safelytrelied on. On the premises are
first rate negre quarters, gin house, screw and sta
bles. The dwelling is small but comfortable.
There are two orange groves on the place, one on
the river and in full bearing. A portion of the crop
of 1863 sold for more than S9OOO. The 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
opportunity is offered for the investment of Cen
federate money if application is made early.
Titles perfect. nice
Apply to R* L. B AS3,
Columbus, oi
VAN MARCUS,
dec 5 ts Steamer Shamrock.
Dr. R, NOBLE,
ZDIEHsTTIST,
\ T Pemberton & Carter’s old stand, back room of ;
A Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found ;
all hours, [oclß6m
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
ALL'persons having claims against the estate of
Mrs. L. .E. Cairnes, dec’d, late of Muscogee
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 mate
immediate payment. F. O. TICKNOR^
dec9w4od -4 dm r.
Notice to Debtors and Creditor*
ALL persons having elaims against the estate of
Joseph W. Wooltolk, dec'd, late of Muscogee
county, are hereby notified to render them du’y
authenticated within the time prescribed by law;
am’ those indebted to said estate are requested to
“« a WOOLJOMi
nov 23, 1864—w4Qd Adm r
STERLING EXCHANGE!
, FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
" gums t 0 , “ COLUMBUS.
-Admiiiis.trator’B Sale.
1 AN the first day of January, I will sell at >ub!ie
0 outcrv at the Court House m Mananna,.. acre*
(more or'lei) of Pine land, belonging toth« estate
SSK H On the premise* is !a finespnng of
water, negro cabins, etc. • Adm’r
dec 6w4t
COLUMBUS, GA, TUESDAY, JAN, 3. 1865.
SPECIAL NOTICES
HEADQUARTERS POST. 1
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 30,1564. / j
Orders, No. 20.
I. I hereby resume command of the Military
Post of Columbus.
LEON VON ZINKEN,
dec 30 3t_ _ Colonel Commanding Post.
H \rl •eyille, S. C., Dec. 21st, 1864.
Major General Howell Cobb, Macon, Ga.:
Some of my men have deserted and will propably try
to pas?‘through your Department. Please direct your
forces to arrest and lodge them in jail wherever
they may be found.
(Signed) JOSEPH WHEELER,
Major General.
Headquarters, Post. <
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 30, 1864.1
Orders, I
No. 20. /
11. In ofced : encoto orders from Maj. Gen. How
ell Cobb all officers and enlisted men are hereby or
dere Ito arrest and bring to this Post, any and all
mounted, or dismounted, men of Maj. Gen. Whee
ler’s command found straggling through the coun
try. l itizens are also requested to give assistance,
and individually or collectively make arrests of
above mentioned men, it being more to their inter
est to make such arrests when thoy have the power,
complaints.
LEON VON ZINKEN
Col. Commanding ; Post.
Gun, let, Lieut, and Post Adj’t.
HHh'RATE MATES OF AMERICA? 1
■bHh^Baktmbnt. Bureau of Conscription, >
Richmond. Va., Nov. 25, 1864. }
Circular, No. 35.
Generals commanding Reserves 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 found fit 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 reception, the Secre
tary of War will assign officers to the command of
the companies.
It is the purpose of the War Department to as
siga these companies to duty as guards at posts,
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:
[Signed] C. B. DUFFIELD, a. a. «.
[Signed] R. J. Hallrtt, a. a. e.
Headquaetbks Conscript Srrvicb, Ga., ) !
Augusta, Doe. 19,1864.) !
General Orders, No. 52-
I. In, compliance with the above Circular and by I
crier of Maj. Gen. Hewell Cobb, commanding Geor- 1
gia Reserve and Military District of Georgia, all i
men found fit for light duty, and not otherwise as
signed, those who may have been assigned, but who ;
are net actually engaged :n the performance of the
duties te which they were assigned, will report at
once to Maj. A M. Rowland, commanding Caap es
Instruction at Macon, Ga,
11. All soldiers of the Invalid Corps who have
been found]fit fer duty as guards at posts, prisons,
camps of instructions, on railroads and such like
duty, by the Board of 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 ia the
above Circular, from the Bureau of Conscription,
will likewise report to Major Rowland at Maeon,
Ga
-111. Inspector* of Conscription will report to
these Headquarter* the names of such Enrolling
Officers, Assistant Enrolling Officers, men assigaed
t« tho duty es collecting stragglers from the army,
under General Order No. 96, A. A I. G. Office, 1862,
and all others engaged in Cbnscriptgervice, whe 3re
inefficient er negligent in the discharge of their du*
ties, that their assignments may be revoked and
they forwarded to Camp of Instruction at Afacen,
Ga„ for service in tho oompanie* specified in above
Circular. 1
IV. Inspector* of Conscription and local Enrolling
Officers will arrest and forward under guard te
Camp of Instruction at Macon, Ga., all persons em
braced in this order wh« do not report voluntarily
and immediately.
V. Maj. A. M. Rowland, commanding Camp
. Instruction, is charged with the execution of this
order. He will organize those reporting to camp
into oompanies, and forward the muster rolls as di
rected in above circular.
JNO. I. ANDREWS,
Major and Acting Cem’dt
doc 38 et Conscripts, Ga.
Notice.
HKAnOUARTBRS 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, aro hereby notified that strin
gent orders have been received at these headquar
ters to have all such negroes oollected again.
Planters are hereby notified to return all sueh
negroes without delay, or subject themselves to
have seme sent Ifot by a force of cavalry, detailed
here for that purpose. The hands are required te
be returned on or before 29th inst,, from which
date the cavalry will proceed to collect all that have
not been sent in.
S. L. BISHOP,
dec 24 6t Maj. Com’dg Pest.
Chi*? Q. M.’s Drpaetmint, \
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 20, 1864. j
I request that all persons holding certifier
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.
NOTIOB.
Office Grant Factory, 1
Nov. 29, 1864 J
I . LL persons having demands against the estate *f
A Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested te
present them to the Grant Factory,
nov 30 ts JOHN J. GRAM.
Sun copy and send bill to office G-ant Factory.
$35 Dollars Reward.
i 'TR.AYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
; O bay mare MULE, about nine ye;(rs old, hair
I rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right
; hindquarter. JOHN COGk.
oc 13 ts _
For Sale.
j T INSEED OIL C AKE, for stock food, at S4 Broad
.L street. N. P- N AIL A CO.
deo2l Ira
Plantation for Sale.
AA ACRES, six miles from Glennville. near the
OZv river, for particulars call on Maj. •. D.
! Willisn* s . who lives adjoining the place.
dec t
HO FOR ATLANTA!
The Southern Express Company will re« eiv ®
freight (under forty pounds each package) and
money parcels for Atlanta via Macon * Western
Railroad, from this date. S. H. HILL,
dee 6 Os Agent.
Monday Evening.
Attack on Fort Fisher. —At one o'clock
on Saturday, December 24th, 1864, says the
Wilmington Journal, 25tb, an immense fleet
ol steamers, led by the Ironsides, and contain
ing, it i3 said, not less than fifty-one others,
among them several monitors, approached
Fort Fisher in line cf battle, and opened a
most tremendous fire upon that work. An
eye-witness who passed the Inlet in a steamer
coming up the Cape Fear river says it exceed
ed in its awful fury anything he ever had wit- ;
nessed or could conceive of. In rapidity it
resembled the roll of musketry rather than
th« distinct and separate reports of cannon.
—i » »■
Latest from Gen. Hood. —On official informa
tion, says the Appeal of the Ist, wo are enabled to
state that Gen. Hood, with his army, is once more
on this side of the Tennessee river, which he crossed
at Bainbridgo ferry on Monday and Tnesday last.
No particulars whatever are given, though we are
inclined to think, from the tenor of recent Yankee
dispatches, that he was not very closely pressed by
Thomas, and infer that, with the exception of some
stragglers and the severely wounded, he has brought
his army out entire. There is little reason to doubt
also that he has lost a considerable portion of his
artillery, though this can easily be replaced. A few
days, however, we hope will plaoe us in possession
of all the particulars. Altogether, we can but re
gard this as an ill-starred campaign, though we feel
great relief from the knowledge that he has suc
ceeded in again putting the broad Tennessee between
himself and the enemy.
From Mississippi— The Appeal of the Ist says ;
We learn from official*! sources, that the Yankee
raiders on the Mobile and Ohio ratlroad, had left,
after having been repulsed with a loss of some ?forty
or fifty men, and when last heard ifrom were some
twelve miles west of Houston, retiring rapidly. It
was thought by some that they would probably'tp're
Grenada on their return to Memphis,* though this
will depend upon the manner in which they ara
pressed.
In the oonfliot had withithem, Gen. Ghelsen, es
Mississippi, was wounded, though it is believed not
dangerously. We have not been able to learn the
amount of damage done to the road, with the excep
tion that two trains numbering two locomotives, five
passenger and some thirty freight cars were de
stroyed.
Destruction of Three Gunboats. —The Her
ald’s correspondent ®f December 17th, gives the
following acoount of an expedition up the Roanoke
river: A gunboat expedition sent up the rirer,
when opposite Jamestown, eighty miles above
Plymouth, suddenly cams in contact with some
torpedoes placed in the channel by the rebels, and
three boats were blown up. The flagship, Wya
lusing. Commander Macomb, sonior effieer, took
the lead and passed safely through. Tho Otsego,
a double-ender, Lieut. Commander M. Arneld,
followed. The bow eame in contact with an eb
ttruetion, which was suc.esifully passed, until
being struck by the stern, it proved te be a large
terpede, which, exploding, blew up the Otsego
sinking her in a few minutes.
After the blowing up of the Otsego, the remain
der of the fleet remained by her until the morning,
when those vessels uninjured by the explosion,
passed *p the river. Boon aftor, Commoioro
Macomb diipatohod on special duty his aid, Pay.
master Lewis Sands on the steamer Bagiev with
two guns On arriving in the vicinity, or very
near the immediate spot where the steamer Otsego
was sunk, a terpedo exploded under the Baglej,
blowing a hole throngh her, causing her to sink
immediately. One man and a bey were killed.—
The officers and most of her «rew escaped by swim
ming, Paymaster Sands and Capt. Ames, com
manding the tag, swam te the wreek es the Otsege
and were picked up soen aftor tho sinking of the
Bagley. The steam packet Launch No. s, was
alse destroyed. Roanoke river is a perfect net
werk es terpedoes. A large number have already
been taken np, and a still larger number are sup
posed te remain.
Wilmington.
Colonel William Lamb, commanding at Fort
Fisher, has sent to headquarters the following
official dispatch :
Port Fisher, 6 o’clock p. m.
The enemy's fleet, consisting of oyer fifty
vessels, including two monitors, several arm
ored vessels, and a large proportion of heavily
armed frigates and sloops of war, commenced
a furious bombardment of Fort Fisher at
twenty minutes to one o’elock, which they
kept up until 5:30, p. m., when they withdrew.
No part of the work was greatly injured. Cas
ualties 23 wounded, 1 mortally, 2 severely, 19
slightly.
The officers, soldiers and seamea, all did
their whole duty. As the enemy attempted
no passage of the bar, and staid out at long
range—with the exception of the iron-clads—
I fired very slowly and deliberately. I am
unable to know what damage was done them,
but I am certain the injury inflicted upoa
them far exceeds the injury their bombard
ment did us. Oar Heavenly Pather ha3 pro
tected my garrison this day, and I feel he will
sustain us in defending our homes frees the
invaders.
(Signed) Wm. Lamb,
Colonel Commanding.
Northers Naws.—The Yankee House of
Representatives have passed a uniform bank
rupt bill. It is thought the Senate will con
cur.
A dispatch from New York to the Boston
Herald states that it is considered more than
probable that two very fast vessels, which
sailed from that port during the last week,
were intended to be converted into Mexican
privateers, to destroy vessels flying the French
flag. The fact that large numbers of the Ju
arez family were, with some of his high mili
tary officers, in New York, apparently with
plenty of money, seen moving about in com
mercial circles recently, gives sufficient weight
to the rumor to warrant our Government in
placing detectives on their track. Instructions
have also been sent to our naval officers in the
Gulf relative to the course to be pursued by
them should the escaped privateers show
themselves in that latitude. The French Min
ister has had an agent in New York watching
the movements of Mexican refugees for
months past. *
It is said the blockading fleet on the South
ern coast will soon be largely increased, and
rendered so strong that it will be almost im
possible for vessels to run in or out through
them.
Kilpatrick’s Movements. —From a perfect
ly reliable gentleman, jast from Thomasviile,
we learn that the reported advance ot Kilpat
rick on that place, taken from the Augusta
papers a few days since, is without founda
tion. There is not, nor has bean, any enemy
on the Thomasviile side of the Altamaha. This
will be joyful tidings to the people of South
West Georgia. God grant that they may nev
er be subjected to the accursed presence of a
foe who knows no laws of moderation or jus
tice. —Southern Confed., 31*1.
J FIVE DOLLARS
l PER MOUTH.
Latest from the Mississippi Raid.
From passengers who arrived here last night on
the train from Meridian, we gather some impor
tant particulars concerning the raid on the Mo- j
bile and Ohio railroad. The Yankee force, esti- j
mated at from twelve hundred to fifteen hundred, i
cavalry, very unexpectedly reached Verona at 8 j
o'clock on Sunday night, capturing soveuty-five ,
wagons and from one thousand to twelve hundred
horses and mules, a large lot of horse shoes, and
other valuable stores. Though there were at Ver
ona some five or six hundred Confederate troops,
the arrival of the Yankees was so completo a sur
prise that no successful resistance was made.
The raiders then moved down the road to Oko
lona, which point they reached Tuesday morning.
All of the steres were safely removed in anticipa
tion of their arrival. They however burned the
place without opposition.
They arrived at Egypt Tuesday evening where
they encountered Col. O'Neil’s regiment of galvan
ized Yankees who fought line heroes and repulsed
tho raiders. This is the first engagement in which
these men havo been engaged since they enlisted
in our service, and it is gratifying to know that
the large majority of them have proved true to
their pledge. Only a very small number of them
—some fifteen or twenty, it is said deserted to the
enemy.
Astor the repulse of the eDemy our forces who
were largely outnumbered, fell back in the direc
tion of West Point. The passenger train from
Egypt to West Point was chased by some of the
enemy’s cavalry, and the train being too
heavy for rapid motion, four of the cars were cut
off and left, and wore destroyed by the enemy.
We learn that in addition to Col. O’Neil’s Yan
keee Confederate regiment, there are at West Point
portions of threo brigades of cavalry, which is
deemed altogether sufficient to dispose of tho raid
ers, should they attempt to move farther down
the road. —Selma Rebel, Slit.
Mint Wanted.
A correspondent of tho Charlotte Bulletin
writes:
After the governor of North Carolina had or
dered possession to be taken of the Branch Mint
in Charlotte, by a company of State troops, it was
proposed to utter a eoinago by authority of the
"Independent State,” as her sovereign right, be
fore joining the Confederacy. Gov. Ellis desired
the gold bullion, then deposited to the credit of
North Carolina, should be coined with special de
sign and devices. The dies were promised within
a month by an artist in the Confederacy. But,
before such an arrangement was completed, an act
of convention united the State to her sister States
of the South.
By the Constitution, the right of ceinage be
came vested in the General Government. The
mint, its deposits and apparatus wore trausferred
j "fer tho same' special purposes for which they
were originally intended” from the jurisdiction of
North Carolina to tho Confederate States, and all
operations were suspended.
Precious metals are native products es many
Southern States, Virginia, North and South Caro
lina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee, This old
fashioned constitutional currency may yet become
worthy of attention. Coinage of gold may pos
sess some secret influence over the exchanges.—
The rates in favor of goldjare certainly highest
when no coinage ar allowed.
The extrication of bullion from mines and de
posits, which abound in AS’outhern States, aided by
a few old minors who can advatagoously employ
refugee negroes infesting our inland towns, or by
tho exertions of planters, after their crops are laid
by, offer domestic supplies of precious metals, in
creased in value t»y coinage, the expense of
which the minors are willing to bear.
An experiment may be made, therefore, with
ont great expense to Government, to set a mint
mto active operation, t« 'assist other efforts
Congress to improve the condition of the enrrenc
Necessary supplies for miners, or a mint, can b
procured as easily as for nitre and ordnance bu
reau ; engravers, lithograghers, telegraphers, and
various artists dependent, ir a greater or less de
gree, upon foreign assistance.
The regular expenses of ooiaage cannot bes»
great as those connected with the manufac
ture of suurplas treasurv netes, while gold is in
triasieally and permanently most valuable. Coin
ages prodaee practical effects stronger than ordi
nary promises on paper. At anjjrate, their pres
ence evidently increases the value es such respon
sibilities.
There are old habits entitled to respect, which
insensibly influence the minds of men, though not
ennmerated among the "laws of trade,” or always
comprised in "principles ©f political economy.”
An act to re-establish a mint with coinages es
gob l , by authority of the Confederate States, ai
ded by the proposed reduction in the volume of
treasury notes, may posses a moral as well as
physical and political influence, to render Confed
erate notes and bonds mere nearly equal in value
te the precious metals in trade.
At this time sneh an influence is sarely desira
ble for the security and economy of government,
as well as fer the tranquility and conrenienee es
the people es the Confederate States.
SitcißH l»R tbs Cure ®p Wounds.—A corre*
pen best es the Country Gestleman recommends
smeke at a cure for weunds in men and animals.
He says: “I cat my foot with an axe. Tbe lady
of tbe house, seizisg the feot while it was yet
bleeding freely, held it ever a pan centaing rnae
kiag tag leeks. la a few minutes the bleeding
stopped, and the smoke was removed, and a baad
age applied to protect it frem accidental blows. The
wound never suppurated, and consequently never
pained me. I have seen the remedy tried in many
similar cases, and always with the same results.—
Let the reader bear ia mind that ne liaiment or
salve, drawing or healing, sheald be applied.-Yen
have merely te smoke the weund well, and nature
will do the rest. I suppose the smoke es buruing
weed weald prodace thesaaie results, bat it would
net be so manageable. There is a principle is the
smeke es woel, which when,applied te the flesh, co-
Sgulates tbe albamea, thus rendering it unsuscep
tible es putrefaction. The same principle steps
.bleeding by eoagulating the blood. It promotes
healing, and may be applied with decided benefit
to all ulcers, weunds, and cutaneous diseasee.”
A Glbam or Rrcoonitiob, Etc.— Front our
delayed Richmond correspondence es November
19th, says tbe Selma Dispatch es the 23d inst., we
make the following extracts :
There is a gloom of recognition from Mexieo to
chronicle. This feeble ray is contained in a let
ter from a prominent citizen of the Confederate
States, in the city of Mexico, written to a high
official here, and which that a decidedly
strong feeling in favor es the South exists among
the founders and supporters of Maxiinilliau’s em
pire— both Mexican and French. This letter says
that the movements for recognition of the Con
federate States are led by tbe most influential men
of the new Government, and speaks in very hope
ful terms of our chances in that quarter. It ha3
long been the opinion of many that Louis Napole
on would first make his intentions, in respect to a
recognition of our independence, known through
the agency of Mexico, and possibly the statements
contained in the letter referred to may be the skiss
breaking before the dawn.
The Old Issue.—A gentleman writing us
from Richmond, says the Chronicle <fe Senti
nel, states that both Houses of Congress have
passed a bill extending tbe time which the
old issue may be exchanged for the new under
the act «f 17th February, 1864, until the Ist
of July, 1865. Holders can see that there is
no necessity for sacrificing any of the old is
suu they may happen to have on hand.
From Dalton. —Col. Glenn, at Athens, Ga.,
has received information from Dalton that
there are but few Yankees guarding that
place, the force having been withdrawn to
reinforce Thomas.
An Example Woutht foe Bking Followed.—
The people of Fayetteville, N. C.. have subscribed
$41,355 for the relief *of the indigent poor of that
town. Five hundred cord* of wood were pur
chased .
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OF TH* PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according: to lict of Congress in the yea;
186.3 by J. S J hrasiivr, in the Clerk’s offioeel
the District Court of the Confederate States flo?
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Dec. 28.—Northern papers of tho
26th hare been received.
Sherman’s telegram te Lincoln, dated Savannah,
22d, reads :
"I wish te present you as a gift
the city of Savannah, with 160 guns, plenty of
ammunition, and about twenty-fire thousand bales
of cotton.”
Foster sent a telegram to Grant and B&llesk,
in which he says that Hardee anticipating an
assault escaped with the main body et his in
fantry and light artillery on the night es the
20th.
The rebel iron-clads wore blown up and the
Nary Yard burned. Tho rest of the city remains
intact, and contains about 20,000 citizens, who are
quiet and well disposed.
The captures include SGO prisoners, 146 guns,
13 locomotives in good order, 190 cars, a largo
supply of ammunition and materials, three steam
ers, and 33,000 bales of cottoa, safely stored in
warobouses.
Arrangements are being made to clear the
channel of the river of all obstructions.
The Julia, Blenheim. Fex, and Let Her Bee.
arrived at Nassau on tho 19th.
Nothing further from Middle Tcnnossce.
Richmond, Dec. 28.—The following wa* received
late last night, dated Wilmington, 27th, and ad
dressed to the President :
The enemy has embarked under cover of bis
fleet. Hia mevement is not developed.
I have visited Fort Fisher and find the damage
slight, except te buildings not necessary f#r its
defence. Only two guns were disabled.
The marks remaining indicate that the bom
bardment was very heavy.
Major General Whiting command; the defences
at the mouth of the river, and Colonel Lamb the
fort.
The officers and men composing tho garrison
deserve special commendation fer their gallantry,
and the efficiency and fortitude displayed nndor
very trying circumstances. Braxton Bra«».
From Atlanta. —Capt. Dan Pittman, Ordi
nary of Fulton county, who arrived from At
lanta Tuesday night, reports all quiet there.
OitizeDs were still returning.
The Macon <s• Western Railroad was com
pleted to Jonesboro. Capt. G Hurvy Thomp*
son, recently shot himself while laboring un
der mania apotu. H© died very soon after.
Chron. <j- Sentinel, 29th.
Sketch of Augusta, (la.
From the N. Y. Herald.]
Augusta, Georgia, the most important city
within reach of General Sherman, and of the
occupation of which we anticipate an early
announcement, is, in a military sense, one of
the most important cities of the South. It is
situated on the Southwest bank of the Savan
nah, one hundred and twenty miles from its
mouth, and has river and railroad connections
with the coast at Savannah and Charleston.
It is handsomely built, many of the bouses
being spacious and elegant, and has a popu
lation of about twenty thousand inhabitants.
As the capital of Richmond county it has a
spacious city hall, courthouse and jail, while
a Government arsenal, powder mill, hospital,
and several other Government buildings grace
the city. A canal, nine mile* in length, far
nishing an immense water power to the city,
has attracted a large number of manufactu
rers to the city, and many important manu
factories and rolling mills have been in opera
tion here for years.
GOVERNMENT WORKB.
The war has added new importance to these.
The State arsenal has been seized and enlarg
ed by the rebel anthorities, and a large pow
der mill has been erected. A number of other
works have also been built by the rebels, until
the city is almost absorbed in the production
of material of war. Among these works are
the following :
Confederate States Government Works—
Col. G. W. Rains, commander ; Major Jobe®-.
Barnwell, ordnance officer.
Atlanta Arsenal—Colonel M. H. Wright,
eommander; Captain J. H. Ansley, assist
ant.
Nitre and mining burean—W. A. Pratt, su
perintendent.
Pewder mill".
fortifications.
Immediately after the fall of Atlanta the
rebel Government decided upon fortifying
Augusta, as well as Macon and other points
Major C. L. Sayre, of the rebel inspector
general’s department, was authorized to im
press slaves in the comities of Richmond,
Burke, Jefferson, Glascock, Warren, Columbia
and Scriven, and for a momth past a large fore©
has been engaged upon these new works. Un
less a large force of veteran troops has hew*
pushed forward into Augusta to hold these
works, Gen. Slocum will walk ever them
against all the militia that earn be gathered
together in the surrounding counties. The
destruction of the works at Augusta would he
a serious blow te the Confederacy.
The Montgomery Mail preposes to |the young la
dies of that city, the opening of a subscription te
purchase an elegant sword manufactured there, te
be presented publicly as a New Year’s gift to that
brave lion-hearted Alabama soldier, Brig. General
J. H. Clayton. There is not, says the Mail, an offi
cer in the service more deserving of the gift, and we
aro qui e sure that, coming from the fair daughter j
of Alabama, no man weuld prize it more or ift© it
to batter purpose.
» 1 *
Consider.
The people of this County have am important elec
tion te make. The interests of this county are largo
and increiis’ng. The Judges of the Inferior Court
for tho next year, will have duties to perform that
will require capacity, experience and energy. Prao
tical business men are necessary to meet the urgeo t
necessities ot the times.
We suggest the name3 of the following gentlomea
as embracing every qualification :
JOHN QUINN,
W. L. SALISBURY,
T. K. WYNNE,
J. R. IVEY,
D. B. THOMPSON.
jan 2 tde
Headquaethrs Cavalry Corps, i
Hardeeville, Dec. 25, 1864. j
Captain Shannon, commanding General Hood’s
Scouts will, pursuant to orders from Gen. Hood, re
port to me for duty. *r J. WHEELER,
jan 2 3t Major General.
Georgia papers copy three times and send bills to
this office. — Constitutionalist.
By Ellis, Livingston & to.
ON Tuesday, 3d January, at 11 e’eloek, we
will sell in front of our store .
A Lot Standard Medic? 1 Books.
; Lot Fine Sand Crucibles,
1 Case Dental Instruments,
2 Cases Ground Spice,
jan 2 $9 .
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Eng Morphine. , A fine asst Ing Soaps,
Powers A Weightman s Brown Windsor Soap,
Vorphine, A fine asst Toeth Brush**,
150 oz Eng Quiaine. Children* Round GooJm,
, Gum Camphor. Nitrie Acid.
, Ext Logwood, MurA«»d„
j Cochineal Boda,
Pow’d Ipecac, Cr Tartar, ~ '
Dover’s Powders, Eng^Mustard,
i Sal Soda, MurateofTin.
I Gum Opium, Fine Comb?,
Pow’d Opium. Dress Combs,
i Eng Note and Letter Pa- Pocket Combi,
per. .
Eng and Coniederate
Envelopes,
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