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\>w Daily Paper iu Richmond.
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e rn short, “THE RICHMOND HERALD” will
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dee 29 *d Richmond, \ a.
(liange ot Schedule.
*KKIOK EnGINKKR and SL’FKRIWTRNDKNT, |
'Charleston and Savannah Railroad. >
Charleston, June 7, 1564. 1
N' THURSDAY, June9.lß64,and until further
notice, the Schedule of the i’ossenger train will
• as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a. in.
\rrive in Savannah 5.40, p. a\.
ueave Savannah A.dO, a. m.
Arrivein Charleston 1.15, p. m.
This Train makes direct oonnoetions, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad at char
leston, and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. HAINES,
June 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Change ot Schedule.
iN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
'the r uscogeo Railroad will run as follows :
PASSENGER TRAIN:
b«nye Columbus *6 45 F-
Arrive at Macon £ 2o A. M.
Leave Macon f lj? A*
Arrixe it Columbus •••• 4-oA. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus .5 (X) A. M.
Arrive at Columbus .......4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R. R.
Til rough to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAII,ROAI) COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
, \N And after August 27th. the Passenger Train on j
' the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will .
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m.
Arrive at Oolumbus at 5:3- p. ra.
Leave Odutubus
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p.m.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4100 p. n .
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a in.
Arnves D. H. CRAM, Sup’t i Eng:
ag27 1864—ts
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHANGE OF SCIIEDIXE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1861.
ON and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at 1 30 p. ( m.
Arrive in Union Springs b 00
Leave Union Springs ..o 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 1" ot
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at
Arrive in Girard at ® 00 P* m>
B. E. WELLS,
aglStf Eng. & Sup’t.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
ALL persons having claims against the estate of
Mrs. L. E. (Jaimes, dec’d, late of Muscogee
county, are hereby notified to render them duly au
thenticated within the time prescribed by law; and
•hose indebted to said estate are requested to make
immediate payment. F-O. TICKNOR,
deo9 wlOd . Adm’r.
STERLISt; EXCHAKiJE!
A PEW llundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
for sale iu sums to suit purchasers by
ts BANK OP COLUMBUS.
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VOL. XII.}
SPECIAL NOTICES
JfKADqL'ARTLRS GkOROIA KgSLRVK,T
:nd Military District Georgia. \
Macon. Ga., Dec. 31, 1861. j
i General Orel re, >
No. 31. I
I. The number ot ab entces without leave from
the army demands the most vigorous measures for
j their immediate return. The recent desertion of a
largo number of men from the sth Georgia Re
serve, as well as tko ! arge number of absentees from
other Kegimento of the Reserves induces the issuing
of this order.
11. All commandants of Posts, Provost Marshals,
Enrolling Officers, and other Confederate Officers on
duty in this District, are commando j to use constant
and energetic means for the arrest of those men, and
have them sent under guard to this Post.
111. All other officers. Confederate and State, as
well as all good citizens are earnestly appealed to
I to unite in the effort to arrest and return these ab
sentees to their commands.
IV. Tn view of the systematic effort of the enemy
to obtain information by means of spies,, dressed in
: uniform of Confederate Officers, it becomes the duty
ofthe above named officers t<> examine, rigidly the
I p pei of at, uoon n Confederate uniform, whether
ouiemoor priVi-100, and to arrest every one who
cannot procure unquestionable evidence of his
identity.
I V. A faithful and energetic compliance with the
requirements of this order by the Officers of this
! command, will be enforced by all the means at the
disposal ofthe Commanding General, and it is ear
nestly requested that the earliest information shall
I be given of the failure or neglect of any officer to do
i his duty in the premises.
By command of
Major Gen. HOWELL COBB,
j Lamar Cobb, Major and A. A. General.
jan 3 fit
Notice!
Hkadquartbrs Georgia Reserve, 4
and Military District of Georgia, t
C. S. Engineer’s Office Macon, Ga.,Deo. 26, 1864 J
The attention of Slave ‘owners and employers is
called to the largo number of negroes running away f
and to thatolause ot Circular liom this offioe of
Dec. 14th, requiring them to prom, tly return the
runaways under penalty of impressing double the
number otherwise required. That penalty will be
rigidly enforced in every instance.
By command of
Major General HOWELL * 088.
JOHN W. GLENN,
dec 31 fit Captain Engineers P. C. S. A.
WANTS.
Wanted.
“Negro 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 ood
prices for smart and active fellows. For particu
lars apply at our Government Works, near tho
New Bridge. JOHN D. GRAY Sc GO.
dec 20 20t ’
W.A IsTTIEZD.
4 N OVERSEER. One without fit wifr. who has
\ lost an arm in the service, and thereby unlit for
military service preferred.
Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD,
Reynolds, Taylor County.
MRS. CHAs. J. WILLIAMS,
nov'2l-tf Columbus, Ga.
WAIVrJEII!
’ IH m LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
l-UIH) wilt b« paid. i> ILLAKDi
S p 7 ts Major and Q. \i.
WANT E O ,
A GOOD BUSINESS MAN, uutil the first of
A January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol
dier preferred, and it matters not how badly muti
lated by wounds so ho has firmness and judgment.
Apply at the TIMES OFFICE.
_ nov3o ts
Wanted
•no HIRE—-Four or Five able bodied Negroes.—-
* Good wages given. Apply at. our Government
\\T firlfo
»c 28 ts JOHN D. GRAY * CO.
TANARUS« Kent.
i BLACKSMITH SHOT* with six or seven Forges.
> all complete. Applv at
oc 31 ts THIS OFFIOE-
S EVE AT VALUABLE NEGROES
For Sale.
i MAN, 51 years old, good hostler and farmer.
A Woman 32 “ “ washer and field hand.
Girl. 15 “ “ No.l house servant and
washer. . _ . .
Boy, 13 years qld first rate dining and body
servant. * ....
Boy, 7years old, a smart boy and waits in the
hUU (JirI, 2 years old, likely child.
Girl 19 “ “ cook and house servant.
Apply to CARI IgLE p b iVARTINi
dee 30 t f Columbus Female Aca iemy.
]SrOTIO33.
Office Grant Factory, \
Nov. 29. 1864.1
i LL persons having demands against the estate of
A Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
present them to the Grant Factory
nov 30 ts JOHN J. GRAN £.
Sun copy and send bill to oface Grant factory.
$25 Dollars Reward.
bTRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
5 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
Lost or Mislaid*
POUR SHARES of the G. A A. S. S. Cos., No.
C 160, in favor oi Mrs. J. L. Wilson,
nov 30 ts _ D. AJ. J. GRANT.
A Plantation for Sale.
THE UNDERSIGNED offers for sale a Planta
-1 tion on the Apalachicola river, 25 miles below
Chattahoochee, containing 1,500 acres, more or less,
embracing 1,200 acres of unsurpassed bottom 1 ana,
the balance superior pine land. In a favorable
season sixty bushels of corn or 2,000 pounds 9 f seed
cotton, may be safely'relied on. On the premises are
firstrate negro quarters, gin house, screw and sta
bles. The dwelling is small but comfortable.
Thera 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 sl*ooo. The other grove is
young but in good condition, embracing not only
oranges out lemons and other tropical fruits.
The place is finely watered and healthy. A rare
opportunity is offered for _the_ investment ot Con
federate money if application is made early.
Titles perfect. *
Apply to R- L. BASS ,
Columbus, oi
VAN MARCUS.
d«. c 6 ts Steamer Shamrock.
Everybody Look Here.
WILL be sold ou the 10th January. 1865, on the
YY plantation of John Howard, Jr., on Flint
Kiver. on the Columbus branch of the b *> .R.
R., all the corn, fodder, peas, mules, hog. and
plantation implements. Terms cash,
At the same time will be rented the plantation ot
eight hundred acres, aud hired tor the year, a like
ly set of plantation negroes, for good notes with ap
proved securities. R* R- *»D\> ARD,
dec 20 tda Agent.
HO FOU ATLANTA!
The Southern Express Company will receive
freight (under forty pounds each package' and
money parcels for Atlanta via Macon & Western
1 Railroad. Hum this date. 5. H. HILL,,
dec 6 ts 1 Agents
To Rent.
i If ALL F \ RM, containing about 100 acres, 60
Aln the woods an orty e'es ed, about one mile
above the Fountain Factory, on the river. On the
Dlace is a good dwelling with three rooms, a large
I apple and peach orchard and variety of other fruit
i trees, good water. Ac. For terms
near Col ambus.
COLUMBUS, GA.. TUESDAY, JAN. 10 1865.
DAILY TIMES,
EVENING EDITION
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1865.
Shrrxak'l W vkmkets.—Reliable informa
tion receive*, ir this city Monday, says the
Charleston Courier, states that a portion of
Sherman’s three? had crossed the Savannah
river at Serein ..'a Ferry, and driven iu our
pickets. The s'>rce of the enemy was not po
sitively known at last accounts. It is suppo
sed his tnuvem ufs will be developed to-day.
No news was received yesterday of any fur
ther movemeu of iue enemy, who are now
believed to b at Hardeeviile. Our iorces
have fallen b ick to Grabamville. Killpat
t rick a raiding party, which went down the Al
tatn iha river some days ago, had returned to
Savannah, and it is reported moved over to
the Carolina side of the Savannah river.
Another report was that a party of Yankee
cavalry had made their appearance et Perrys
burg, S.X)., but the report is not credited.
■— m*
The Chicago Times censures Seward for
his letter refusing to allow the proceeds of the
bazaar at Liverpool to be expended for the
benefit of Confederate prisoners, and says “ it
is odorous of the fish market; it, is more like
the ill-tempered snarlings of some old woman
: than the language of an individual who be
; lieves himself the very embodiment of all the
arts of diplomacy. We ‘ostentatiously’ sent
I bread to England to aid the victims of the
j cotton famine; and what, would we have
j thought had Earl Russell sent it back with
! the information that it was ‘officious iuter
-1 vent ion ?■” ■ .
j The Clarion, of the 4th inst., doubts the success
i of the Yankees at Grenada, Mis.*., and says ;
i From information in our possession, we aro pre
■ pared to believe the statement published a day or
two since of the burning of Grenada and the cap
ture of trains to be utterly without foundation, no
such events having occurred. We learn from
good authority that Gen. Adams fought the enemy
; on Monday last between Yazoo and Big Black
rivers, with success. We published the item a few
! days since on what we deemed a reliable informa
| tion, but we are glad to inform our readers of its
! falsity.
j A Vicksburg letter says that a rebel force of
seventy-five men surrendered to General Dana’s
force of negro infantry, and after being disarmed,
' several thousand negroes were turned loose
I upon them with their bayonets, and not a life
| was spared. The (otter asks how this cold
blooded atrocity will look on the pages of his-
I twrv. A few officers expressed indigestion, but as
a general thing debate on the subject was sup--
pressed.
Virginia on Separate State Action.
The House of Delegates of Virginia unani
mously adopted a series of resolutions, a few
days ago, expressing a determination to prose
cute the war until an honorable peace, result
ing in our independence, could be secured.
The subjoined conclude the series:
4. That the Confederate Government, which
is the centre and organ of our united exertions
in war, has been also entrusted with the pow
er ot concluding peace by the Constitution
wiiich binds these States together; and this
Commonwealth, believing that this trust has
been wisely reposed, for the common benefit,
does not desire either to withdraw the authori
ty which Ims been delegated by all the States,
for their common safety, or to embarrass by
, irregular proceedings the Confederate Gov
! ernment, in its delicate and difficult duty of
: negotiating peace : and that any proposition
from the enemy to any of the States of the
Confederacy, to treat for a separate peace, is,
in the language of this General Assembly, in
1782, insidious and inadmissible.”
5. That unity, both in prosecuting the war
and in concluding a peace, is absolutely ossen
! tial to our safety, and can be obtained and
preserved only by firm adherence to the con
\ stitutional authority established by all the
States, and that this General Assembly will
not listen to any proposition, nor suffer any
uegotions inconsistent with their Confederate
Faith and Union.
Guerillas near Island No. 10. —The Mein
; phis Bulletin, of Dec. 18th, publishes the following
details et the operations of rebel guerrillas on the
Mississ : ppi:
During the dense fog of Friday night and Sat
urday morning, the little steamer Morning Star,
' bound from Memphis to Cairo, with two barges
; in tow, while anchored near Island No. 40, a few
i miles from this city, was suddenly boarded by a
gang of twelve guemllas, who approached in a
yawl boat, from the Arkansas shore. They im
mediately took possession, ransacked the boat,
taking everything of any value that could be re
moved, and made prisoners of the entire crew,
whom they transported to the share. They then
set fire to the boat, and in a few moments the
skies were lurid with the flames. The boat and
i barges were entirely destroyed. The crew num
bered about a dozen persons; little or no reiist
ance was offered when the guerrillas boarded the
boat.
When taken to the shore, they were received by
a portion of the band, who had been watching
operations, and compelled to give up all their val
uables. aud divest themselves of their elothing, in
exchange for which their captors gave them their
own old *biuds.'' The exchange of civilities con
cluded, the crew were allowed te get into the yawi
and navigate back to the city, where they were
placed under arrest as suspicious characters, but
released when their story was told. The yawl
which they used, evidently belonged to a gunboat.
They are supposed to have been a portion of Col.
Lyle’s command. The morning Star belonged to
Messrs. Davis and Scanlan. She was valued at
about $50,000. The appearance es the crew when
they returned, is represented as being exceedingly
ridiculous.
The News from Georgia in Washington.
Washington. Dec. 25. —The news of the
i capture ot Savannah by General S rman be
came Known here about 10 p. m., and caused
great rejoicing. It has made this indeed a.
verv merry Christmas, anti the most inveterate
recession sympathizers abandon ail hop£ of
future success, aud consider the termination
of the rebellion to he close at hand.
Since Gen. Sherman started from Atlanta,
11,000 rebel prisoners have been exchanged,
and during the same time we have captured
nearly 30,000 of the enemy. At this rate
three months further continuance of the war
will give us the whole rebel force as prisoners.
——— ♦ » ♦—. —-
It is stated that the telegraph line is work
ing through from Selma to Grenada aad all
poiuts north. The Yankee raid does not ap
pear to have succeeded in injuring, to any ex
tent, the Ct r rA railroad.
[From the Charleston Courier.]
Eradiation of Savannah.
Editors Courier :
Your correspondent, together with mauy
others who have been driven from their homes
in Savannah by the public enemy, has been
agreeably entertained by the interesting narra
! tive and profound reflections of a writer in the
Courier "of Tuesday last over the signature of
“ A Refugee, from Savannah. ” The article re
ferred to contains many palpable errors, and,
as I conceive, quite as much injustice. It was
evidently written in a pet, and under circum
stances of personal prejudice or excitement
unfavorable to an equitable and intelligent
treatment of his subject. As specimens of his
accuracy in matters of fact, I need only cite
the statement that six hundred prisoners were
cuplu-ed with Fort McAlister, the official ac
count fixing the number exactly at one hun
dred and eighty-two; whilst no Savannah
naan will be able to suppress a broad grin at
the flight of fancy in which the steamer Nash
ville, loaded with cotton, the property of citi
zens ofthe Confederate States, and destroyed
by shells from the enemy’s gunboats whilst
trying to get to sea, was converted by this
writer into ». hostile craft, seeking to attack
Savannah in the rear, and for her temerity
demolished by our guns on Fort McAlister.
Our historian of the fail of Savannah is
sadlj posted in the events of that latitude. He
must have been anew comer, or a Rip
Van Win’.le during his sojourn in that unfor
fortunate £ity. If the rest of his statements
are as carelessly made, or have no better foun
dation than the two to which I have alluded,
the public is not likely to be greatly edified
by his exposition—not even the enemies of his
country, to whom he has with singular indis
cretion carefully pointed out the present lo
cality of the rolling stock of our railroads and
certain vital points to the Confederacy, at
which a damaging blow might now be aimed,
besides giving them other valuable and timely
information.
But my purpose, Messrs. Editors, is more
particularly to notice the remarks of the
writer in arraignment of the military authori*.
ties recently in command at Savannah, and
his criticism of the course pursued by the press
of that city during the late siege. On these
two points I beg that you will allow me a
short space in your columns, as I think great
injustice has been done to the parties referred
to. And I would preface what I have to say
by the remark that I am in no wise connected
with the military, have no ties of either office
or kinship with our commanders at Savannah,
and owe them nothing save that respect and
justice that are due to men who are sacrificing
every personal comfort and periling their
lives for the public good. I can never see
them wronged and remain silent.
I am a resident of, and a refugee from Sa
vannah. and I was in the city daring the
greater portion of the siege, and for months
previous. From a personal knowledge of
what was going on, I am sure that the mili
tary authorities did nothing to conceal from
the citizens the real position and intentions j
of the enemy, so far as they understood them.
In fact, it was next to impossible to have de
ceived them, had there been a desire to do so.
Information of the progress of the enemy,
down the Central Rail Road toward the city 1
was received daily by the trains, became \
generally circulated among the people. The
dispatches at headquarters in relation to the
same matter, generally lay on the table and
were accessible to all visitors. They were
read by hundreds daily, and freely talked
about and canvassed in the streets. On fre
quent visits to headquarter?, I even found
Gen. Hardee communicative and frank on the |
movements of the enemy and the perils that !
surrounded,the city. Other citizens who went ,
there, and especially the city authorities, en- i
joyed the same privilege and knew all that
was important to be known for the regulation j
of thoir own conduct.
As regards his intention to evacuate the
city, whilst no public announcement to that
effect made, the building of pontoon j
bridges and the shipment ot commissary stores j
to the Carolina side of the river—all done in j
open day—coaid leave no doubt on this point i
in the mind of the intelligent observer. The I
evacuation took place on the night of the 20th, (
the occupaiion of the two remaining rail roads
leading to the city on the Bth and 9th—nearly
two weeks before the event occurred—and the
fall of Fort McAllister, opening communica
tion between Sherman and the fleet but a few ;
days afterwards, made the fall of the city in
evitable to all who had the sense to compre- j
head the simplest case of cause and effect.
It was the destruction of these rail roads
which, as stated, occurred ten or twelve days i
previous to the evacuation, that formed the
great obstacle to the departure of citizens,
and not a deception as to their real situation
on the pari of the military authorities. We
had but a single highway left, and that to be
| reached by a ferry of three miles in extent, i
whilst our limited water transportation and
| its constant use for militiry purposes prevent
; ed the shipment across of vehicles to convey
1 passeugers and their luggage to their destina
; tion.
Those are the simple facts, and they acquit the
military authorities et' all blame in the premises.
Per contra, for the complete suceess in saving all
the garrison under th® oircumstances, they are en
titled, in my judgment, to th® highest praise. The
eight hundred prisoners, of which Sherman boasts,
were the sick in the hospitals, necessarily left be
hifid, and a few soldiers too drunk to be brought
away; whilst the one hundred cannon captured
are dismounted, trunionless and spike 1 .
In answer to another criticism it is only neessary
to state that situated as was Fort McAllister, on a
tongue of land, and designed solely as a defence
of the water approaches, in its construtien no pre
paration had been made for an attack in the rear,
therefore any reinforement of the garrison, whilst
it might have prolonged the struggle; wopldonly:
in the end, have augmented the number es the
enemy's captives.
Just here one word on the fall of Savannah. —
The city went by the board for the simple reason
that suffioiet troops could not be had to defend it.
The force within the lines, which were very strong,
was ample for its protection, but there were none
to spare to keep open communications outside. —
Under these circumstances its eventual fall from
starvation, if from ne other cause, was inevitable,
and our generals acted wisely in deciding on its
evacuation in time to save the garrison. It is not
my purpose te enquire why the necessary troops
were not there: it may have been a clear case of
i poverty, or our soldiers may have been engaged at
! points whioh they could not leave at the time with
out seriously risking greater loss to the cause than
the occupation of our Georgia seaport. All this
will be brought forward and discussed in the right
place and the right time. I have reason to be
lieve, however, that the greatest military minds of
the Confederacy were exercised in concert on th®
case, and that the giving up of tbe Georgia coast
was the result of that consultation. The fact
should go far toward making us at least charita
ble in discussing our misfortunes.
‘ As regards the retieenee of the Press of Savan
nah, in my humble judgment, it was not only prop
er, but the clear dictate of common prudence. No
information could have been more desirable to the
i fleet off the coast than the exact position of the in
vading army and the point on the coast for which
it was striking, as it was and -signed that the former
should co-operate with the latter. A long and
intimate acquaintance with the two principal edi
tors of that city, with some personal knowledge of
j the motives that prompted them, convince me that
they etuted nothing that was not, under the cireuin
stances, improper and unsafe information to the
public.
Another Refugee from Savanna*
Charleston, Dec. 21, 1854.
/ FI YE DOLLARS
l PER MOUTH.
t Sikge or Savannah—Fir* Hundred and
Forty-Third Day. —Five shots were tired at
the city Friday night, since which the enemy
hare been silent.
I Two Yankee barges, under the command of
two Acting Masters Mates, with their crews,
comprising twelve and thirteen men respect
; ively, were captured off Fort. Sumter, on Sat
; urday night by our naval picket boats from
i the receiving ship “Indian Chief.” Ouc es the
Yankee barges under the command of Acting
Master A. F. Rich, belongs to the blockading
; steamer “Mary Sandtord," the other comman
ded by Acting Master Wai. Fitsgerald, belongs
to the double ender “Pontiac.” The prison
ers state that they were on picket duty, and
cruising in search of blockade runners
The captured blockade runner reported
among the fleet on the 25th inst., they state
was the steamer “Julia,” towed offfrom where
she had been beached near Capo Roraain.—
These prisoners also report the capture of the
crew of the steamer “Beatrice" about whose
fate much anxiety has been felt. Several la
dies returning to their homes here from the
North, came into our lines Saturday through
flag ot truce on James Island.
There has been no change in the fleei.
FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FOURTH DAY.
With the exception of an exchange of a few
; scattering shots between the enemy’s batteries
and our batteries on Sullivan’s Island Mon
day night, all has been quiet.
The enemy’s river steamers aDd small boats
were unusually busy all day Tuesday plying
between the different vessels of the fleet. The
monitors, seven in number, took a fresh sup
ply of coal and ammunition during the day.r—
The enemy were also busy hauling ammuni
tion to their lower batteries on Morris Island,
and also at work on batteries Gregg and Wag
ner.
The number of shells thrown into the city
| from the commencement of the bombard
i ment to the Ist of January, 1865, is 12,262.
[ Couner.
God Bless the Bors.—We learn from the
Wilmington papers, that the Junior Reserve
forces acted most gallant and distinguished
parts in repulsing the storming party that at
tempted tt capture Fort Fisher on Sunday
night. The Journal says two attempts were
made to take Fisher by storm, but both were
gallantly repulsed by our Junior Volunteers.
We might mention many instances of individ
ual gallantry then and there performed, but
forbear, as we could hardly fail to do uninten
tional injustice, and we hope soon to have a
full account.
And the Carolinian makes mention of a
company of “extra” Juniors, composed of boys
from ten to fifteen years of age, who reported
to General Holmes for duty, armed and
equipped for the field. The General thinking
them too young, declined their services, upon
which they informed him that they were going
to the front at all hazards. Gallant little fel
lows. It shows the proper spirit,. We learn
that they are to be sent, in charge of Yankee
prisoners.
Interesting Correspondence with a Bush
whacker. —The following documents are in
teresting as “phases” of the struggle through
which our border is passing :
Hdq’s 4th Sub Division, I)ist. Gen. Missouri, j
Office P. M., Kansas City, Mo., >
November 4, 1864. j
Special Order No. 76.
I. Having been informed that Daniel Vaughn
(bushwhacker) has in his possession Sergeant
John Bay and private B. M. Fox, of Cos. A. 2d
Colorado Cavalry, it is hereby ordered that
his sisters, Nancy J. and Susan Vaughn, now
in custody at this place, will be held as hosta
ges subject to the release of the two prisoners
now in his custody.
11. Should the two prisoners now in his
possession be killed by him, his men, or
through his influence, Nancy J. and Susan
Vaughn will be retained in close custody until
his capture or death.
111. Should he release the two prisoners
above referred to, and they safely report to
these Headquarters, his sisters now in my cus
tody, will likewise be released and permitted
to go to their homes in Jackson county, Mis
souri.
(Copy,) J. C. W. Hall,
Provost Marshal.
To Daniel Vaughn, per Special Messenger.
[rbfly.]
November 5, 1864.
J. C. W. Hall, Provost Marshal:
Sir: We received your communication this
morning and accept your proposition to re
lease John Bay and B. M. Fox.
You will in turn immediately release Mr3.
N. J. ana S. Vaughan and Mrs. Linney, and
deliver them to A. Muir. If you fail to do
this, Muir and Nalen shall forfeit their lives.
(Signed) Daniel Vai7gh..n.
[bushwhacker’s pass.]
November 5, 1864.
All Confederates and bushwhackers will
pass these two Federal soldiers beyond our
lines. We have exchanged them for our sis
ter and mother, and Mrs. Linney, who are
held as prisoners by the Federals. If Muir
does not bring back the women, I will kill
him.
(Signed,) Daniel Vaughan.
A Timely Invention. —There is now in suc
cessful operation at the Confederate States
Laboratory, in this city, a machine capable of
turning out three hundred and forty thou
sand percussion caps in eight hours, filling
and pressing them, The fastest machine used
in the United States, of which we have any
knowledge, is Wright’s patent, which only
turns out thirty thousand in ten hours. The
champion Confederate machine, or machines
—as there are two of them—are capable of
turning out an amount of work by three hands
that formerly required one hundred and twen
ty operatives. The inventor is Capt. Wesley
N. Smith, commanding the Laboratory, whose
skill, perseverence and ingenuity first called
into existence, at the inception of the war, the
extensive Laboratory now operating in
Richmnnd. The graduated fa*e-cutter, now
in general use, is another of Captain Smi b’s
inventions, and has demonstrated its entire
efficiency on numerous occasions. The in
ventor of the labor-saving machines is still
devoting his experience and knowledge, gain
ed by twenty-five years of study, to the in
vention of machinery calculated tu aubstitute
able-bodied labor, now so sorely needed in the
active operations of the army. — Rich. Exam.
From the Roanoke. —It is pretty certain
that during tbe late Yankee advance up t e
Roanoke twelve YaAee vessels ascended that
•tream, and that six of them retarned-the
other six were disposed cf by the Confederate
torpedoes. And another thing is very certain
—six hundred Yankees perished by the explo
j s j on3 Os this latter fact we have almost in
comestible evidence That will 4o for our
torpedoes. — Stale Journal.
Oku. Joseph E. Johhton.—hud the n l ***
ur* of a casual Interview with this ilistinguiehed
n®M>r yesterday. His appearance anti uioveuieute
indicate firun health. Ilis step is elastic, his conn
tenanee bright and cheerful, his carriage that of a
saldier and gentleman. The fire of genins burn*
in bis eye. 1L >s the man we reotl at this junc
ture of our affairs. The country requires and de
mands his scrvicas. An important field await*
him, and the President, we trust, will immediately
assign hiui to it. —Columbia Uuaidmu
Col. M D. Haynes.— Referring to the death
| of this geutUunan, late treasurer of Missisaip
i pi, the Mississippian savs: For some month*
| Col. Haynes hag been extremely gloomy oa
I account of the condition of the country, re
! garding all its lost. Recently it has been frt
j quently said of him that he was crazy on th®
! subject. There is no doubt that his rash act
| was caused by his morbid nature of gloomy
forebodings, and his sad example furnishes a
powerful argument against the too free iudul
| gence of such feelings. Col. Haynes possess
ed considerabl# weiilth, and stood high
throughout the State. We resume he wa#
about forty-five years of age. He had never
married.
Gallant Officers Wounded.— They full around
us thick and fast, the heroes of this fearful war,
every drop of whose tdood should count tor mor»
than torrents from the hir<4iug miscreants who in
vade our soil. Reliable intedijrewee fins been re
ceived in Edgefield that Limit. 001. Thomas Shaw,
ofthe 19th South Carolina regiment (Maniganlt’s
brigade), was mortally won ded in one ot the recent
battles in Middle Tennessee. And that Cant. Rufus
Doan, inspector on Gen. Manigatilt's staff, was. it
the same time and place, very severely wounded. —
Than these two sons of Edgefield there aro none
braver, more honorable, more devoted. God grant
they may still bo spared to their Friends and country.
[Charlerton Mercury.
Lieut-Gen. S. D. Lkf,.—The Mississippian
learns that this otficer is at Columbus, Miss.,
wounded. He received a pretta severe wound
in the foot during the fight in Tennessee.
Why Savannah Fell.— A correspondent es
the Charleston Courier, in speaking of kha
reason why “Savannah fell” wtites thus:
The city went by the board for the simple
reason that sufficient troops coaid not be had
to defend it. The force within the lines, which
were very strong, was ample for its protection,
bnt there were none to spare to keep open
communications outside. Under these cir
cumstances its eventual fall, from starvation,
if from no other cause, was inevitable, and.
our generals acted wisely in deciding on its
evacuation in time to save the garrison.
Why Thev Took Neorors.— The Milledge
▼ille Recorder say 9 Gen. Sherman boasts in
his dispatch to Lincoln of having taken in hie
trip through Georgia, seven thousand slaves
The motive on the part of his troops in doing
this, was, as '.vowed while they were in Mill*
edgeville, to sell them as substitutes—saying
for a good healthy fellow they could get from
five to seven hundred dollars a piece. This
is characteristic of the Yankee.
Extra Junior Reserves. —A tittle company
of boys from ten to fifteen years of age, eajre
the Wilmington Carolinian, reported on yes
terday to General Homes for duty, armed and
equipped for the field. The general thinking
them too young, declined their services, upon
which they informed him that they were going
to the front at all hazards. Gallant littl*
fellows! It shows the proper spirit. We
learn that they are to be sent hi charge of
Yankee prisoners to-morrow.
. :
Tho fallowing is a specimen of Hibernian epis
tolatery composition :
O’Ragan Territory, March 32.—Tim if yere ded
wroite the how it happuned and es yere aloiue
thin cum out here immediately or seoner. I'm
faaoiin 80 acres es land have 2 ciws and a horse
givin milk. Tor own bruter,
Pat Uoui.ahan.
Official Notice.
UI£AD<}UAKTISI(.S MILITARY DIVISION )
of thr West, V
Deeember 23, 1864. J
■ General Orders, No. —•
I. All officers and men absent from commands
I serving in this Military Division, without author! -
j ty from their department or corps commanders, are
: ordered to rejoin their commands at once.
11. All non-commissioned officers or soldiers be
longing to the cavalry service, who may be so ab
sent, will be dismounted and forwarded to their
commands—their horses and equipments being
turned in to the nearest Post Quartermaster, to be
disposed es as authorized in Act 26, published in
General Orders No. 58, Adjutant and Inspector
General’s Office, 1864.
111. Department, Distriot and Post Commanders,
Provost Marshals and Officers of the Conscript Bu
reau, are specially requested to give their attention
to those orders, end will take immediate steps 4e
collect and forward to their proper commander* all
such absentees.
IV. Department and Army Commanders will
take steps to transfer to infantry commands all oav
alry men so collected, reporting each case as diree
ted in Par. 11, G. O. 56, A. and I. G. 0., 1864.
By command of General Beauregard.
JNO. M. OTEY, A. A. H.
jan 9 lw
By Ellis, Livingston <fc Cos.
ON TUESDAY, 11th of January, at llfo'cloak,
we will sell in front of our Auction Room,
A Large Lot Excellent Bed Cloihin jr,
’lncluding Quilts, Blankets, Feathers, A®.
A Fine Mule.
jan 9 $6
Wanted.
ANY person having a small house, or part es a
house, to rent, can find a good tenant by apply
ing at this office. jan 9 ts
Officb Medical Director or Hospitals, \
Macon, Miss., Dec. 29, 864. J
The following named soldiers detailed for Hos
pital sendee, having been appointed to act ae "For
agers” by Surgeons in charge of Hospitals, and their
appointment approved at this office, are duly au
thorized to act in that capacity for the various
Hospitals and in the counties set opposite their re
spective names.
All persons claiming to be such agents, and wke
cannot show written authority as above set fortk (
will he subject to arrest.
J. M. Hightower, enrolled conscript, Ried Ho*-
pital, West Point, Ga. Troup, Harris and Heard
counties, Ga.
J. Cannon, private company K, 51st Ga., Ret t>
Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga., Lee oounty, Ga.
J. J. Hunt, private company H, 4th Ga., Cavalff,
Ocmulgee Hospital. Macon, Ga., Coweta
Ga.
G. S. Banks, private company D, 44th Ga., Ret't
Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga., Foreyth ccamtr
Ga.
J. T. Hall, private company F, 4<sth Ga., RegH.
Ocmulgee Hospital, Maeon, Ga., Webster eoanly,
Ga. S. M. BEMISS,
jan 7 lw Acting Med. Director.
To Georgia .Soldiers !
Phillips’ 4th Georgia Brigade.
Statb of Georgia. |
Quartkbkaster GknehaVh OFFICE j-
Xhe members of this Brigade now living, and tbe
representatives of those deceased, wilt please infom
us where the Half-Pay due them, under the Act es
December 7th. 1863. may be forwarded to them, f*
response to each communication we will forwaed
the necessary papers for signatures.
Each correspondent will furnish us Hmcompo*y,
battalion or regiment to which, hc*or thelsoldier be
represents, belonged in this Brigade, and hi* f«tl
address at the present time.
IRA ,R. FOSTER.
Q. M. Gen. ofGa-
N. B.—After the Ist of March letters will be *d
dressed to us at Milledgeyille: until that time, t*a
less ia case es danger to this place, w# will be ad
dressed at Augusta,
jan 7 lm
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