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Change ot Schedule.
•)VPlCft fe.VGINKKR and SUFF.RINI KNDRNT, 1
'Jbarteston and Savannah Railroad, \
Charleston, Juno 7,1864.)
,N THURSDAY, June 4), 1564, and until further
notice, the Schedule of the PfU?.*engor train will
as follow, viz:
Leave Charleston 9.45. a. in.
Arrive in Savannah 5.40. p. n..
Leave Savannah y f> 30, a. m.
Arrive in Charleston 1.15, p. in.
This Tram makes direct connections, going north
and south, with the Northeastern Railroad atuhar
leston, and the Centr.il Railroad at the Junction.
11. S. HAIN ISS,
.line 14 if Engineer and Superintendent.
A ol Schedule.
/ iN and after Sunday, June 19th, the Trains on
1 ’ the useogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN :
i.vß Columbus ..6 45 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 8 25 A. M.
Li ave Macon 8 10 P. M
A rive at Columbus 4 25 .4. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
L v r 1 ,;bu r <X» A. V
A iv. at v. hum 'U<5 55 A. a,.
W. L. CLARK
uiar 19 ti Supt. Muscogee R, K.
Tiiroiiftli to Moutgumer)
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
, jN and after August 27tli. the Passenger Train on
V/ the Montgomery and We»t Point Rai road will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. in.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. ni.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:82 p. m.
I.cave Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
4rrivoat Montgomery at 3:00 p. m.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130p.ui.
Urcighi Train leaves Columbu- at 8:40 a in.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
I). H. CRAM, Sup’t k Eng.
ag27lß64—tf
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.;
t (Via Os SCHEDULE. !
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
i tN arm after 10tn 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... 600 “
Leave Union Springs,, 5 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at..... 10 00 “
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at....‘. 4 00 a. m,
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. in.
B. E. WELLS,
a«lßtf _ Eng. & Sup’t.
Notice to Debtors* and Creditors
ALL persons having claims against the estate of
Mrs. L. £. Cairnes, deo’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 mako
immediate payment. F-0. TIOKNOR,
dec 9 w4od __ Ad m 'r.
STERLING EXCHANGE!
4 PEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
•gXS tt B ANK OF COLUMBUS.
3TOTIOE3.
, Office Grant Factory, I
Nov. 29, 1864. f
ALL persons having demands against the estate of
Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
present them.to the Grant Factory.
nov 30 ts JDIIN J. GRANT.
Sun copy anil send bill to office Grant Factory.
s*2s Dollars Reward.
STRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right.
hlndquarter. JOHN COOK,
oo 13 ts -V -
Lost or Mislaid*
tfOUR SHARES of the G. & A. S. S. Cos., No.
T 160, in favor ol Afrs. J. L. Wilson,
nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRANT.
To Xteni.
A SMALL FARM.containing about 100 acres, 60
in the woods an . lorty cleared, about one mile
above the Fountain Factory, on tho river. On the
place is a guod dwelling with three rooms, a large
apple and poach orchard and variety of other fruit
trees, good water, &o. For terms apply to
Mrs. J. A. JONES,
do,, near Columbus.
seven Valuable negroes
For Sale.
A MAN, 51 years old, good hostler and farmer.
Woman 32 “ " wash r and field hand.
Girl. 15 “ " No. 1 l ouse servant and
washer. „ . , , .
Boy, 13 years old first rate dmmg and body
servant. . , .. .
Boy, 7 years <dd, a smart boy and waits in too
house. ,
Girl, 2 years old, likely clnlu.
Girl 19 ** “ cook and bouse servant.
Apply to p B
dee 30 tl Columbus Female Acatemy.
I'RESXI lIRUCiS.
Eng Morphino, A fine asA Eng Soaps,
Powers & Weightinan’s Brown Windsor Soap,
Morphine, A fine asst Tooth Brushes,
150 oz. Eng Quinine, Childrens Round Combs,
Gum Camphor, Nitric Acid,
Ext Logwood, Mur Acid,
Cochineal Carb Soda,
I’ow’d Ipecac, Cr Tartar, *
Dover’s Powders, Eng Mustard,
Sal Soda, Murat e of Tin.
Gum Opium, Fine Combs,
PowM Oniunv Dress Combs,
Eng Note andliCttor Pa- Pocket Combs,
per,
Eng and Confederate
Envelopes,
For sale by J. A. GREEN & CO,,
dec 28 Itu Union Springs, Ala.
For Sale.
I INSEED OIL CAKE, for stock food, at 84 Broad
L street. N. P. NaIL&CO.
deo2l lm
S9OO Reward.
STOLEN from Cook’s Hotel or between ihe Mus
o cogee Depot and the Hotel, on the morning of
the 7th inst. ouo small VALISE, covered with red
russctl Lather, s imowhat torn, ends dark or green,
tugs at each end. containing one Captain's fine
rioy uniform, under clothing, one ink stand, one
finely bound volume of “General Orders” from
Adjutant General’s Office, and belongs t > Lieut,
Cbl. Waddy. Some of the clothing marked Thomas
W. Hunt. Wo will nay the Above reward of two
hundred dollars for the recovery ofihe valiee and
two huudred dollars for the thief, if a white ma«,
or iitty dollars if a negro.
SHIVERS, WYNNE * CO„
Proprietors Cook's Hotel.
Columbus. Ga.. Jan. 10, ’65.—2w
FOR SALE.
Two Valuable and Accomplished
House Servants.
AM .AN and WOMAN, both young and likely—
The man is a go id shoemaker, ostle’- and car
riage driver. , . . . , . .
The woman is a fair scamtress and understands
house work generally. Apply to TTrr „
jan 11 Iw J. R. IVEY .
For Exchange or Sale.
A T the office of the “Southern Iron Works.’’near
A. the new bridge, the following articles oi Hard
ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon,
Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other articles
of P-oviiions or Confederate currency, viz:
Bar and iloop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan
tation uses. . „ „
Sugar Mills and Kettles, of all suses,'.from 30 to
120 gallons,
Pots, Ovens and Skillets.
Pry Pans and Anuirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades,
Trac# (Jbaines and Plough Moulds. . ,
Orders for Castings and Machine Wor<t
Vronaptiy executed.
Jan sti JOHN D. OK A\ X 00
LO%T.
\T the Pair at Hull and Duck’s corner a white
j China Sal id DISH in the shape of a shell. Hav
a match to it l would be pleased to have it de*
hvered at this Office.
-ts MRS. B.T, CHAPMAN.
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VOL. XII.}
SPECIAL NOTICES
Hkadquarti ns, Military Division of the West
January 7th 1865.
General Orders l
No. -. ]
Post format ndanta. Provost Marshals and En
rolling Officers on duty in this Military Division,
will not permit to r>ag« within its limits, officers and
men on leave or furlough, or scouting parties of
Wheeler’s Cavalry, uni ss their leavo or furlough,
or tl* j oiler detailing the scouting party is ap
proved by Major Gen. Wheeler, or his commanding
officer.
Such parties will be arrested and returned to
thoir com mands, and the name of subordinate com
manders grantir g leaves or furloughs, or ordering
such details, will bo forwarded to thesS Headquar
ters at Montgomery, Ala.
By command of Gen. Beauregard.
J. B. RUSTI3, .A: G.
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi papers
please insert for one week, and send accounts to
Montgomery, Ala
jan 13 lw __
HEADQUARTERS Georgia Rbservk, 4
»ni Military District Georgia. >
Me *n, (4a., Jan. 10,1865. j
General Order*, t
JYo. 2. /
Under order* fri m General Beauregard, all per
sons absent from Gen. Wheeler’s command are re
quired to show an approval for such absence, either
from General W 1 oeler or sorno higher officer.
Post Oommaridau's, Provost Marshals aDd En
rolling Officers are directed to arrest all who cannot
produce such approval and forward them to Col, J
W. Avery, »t this place, who is charged by General
Wheeler with the business of collecting absentees
from his command and enforcing the rules and reg
ulations of the seryieoin their cases.
By command of
Mfcior Gen. HOWELL COBB.
R. J. Hat,LETT, a. a, g.
Jf an 13 6t
Official IVotice.
Headquarters Military Division )
of the West, >
December 23, 1861.)
General Orders, No.
I. All officers and men absent from commands
serving in this Military Division, without authori
ty from their department or corps commanders, are
ordered to rejoin their oommands at once.
11. Al‘ non-commissioned officers or - Id'ers be
longing to the cavalry service, who mit, be so ab
sent, will bo dismounted and forwarded to their,
commands —their horses and equipments being
turned in to the neared Post Quartermaster, to be
disposed of as authorized in Act 26, published in.
General Orders No. 58, Adjutant and Inspector
General’s Office, 1864.
111. Department, District and Post Commanders,
Provost Marshals and Officers of the Conscript Bu
reau, arc specially requested to give their attention
to these orders, and will take immediate steps to
collect and forward to their proper commanders all
such absentees.
IV. Department and Army Commanders will
take steps to transfer to infantry commands all cav
alry men so collected, reporting each case as direc
ted in Par. 11, G. O. 56, A. and I. G. 0.. 1864.
By command of General Beauregard.
JNO. M. OTEY, A. A. G.
jan 9 lw
Office Medical Director of Hospitals, \
Macon, Miss., Dec. 29, 864- )
Tho following named soldiers detailed for Ho
pital service, having been appointed to act tu “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 olaiming to be such agents, and who
cannot show written authority as above set forth,
will be subject to arrest.
J. M. Hightower, enrolled conscript, Ried Hos
pital, West Point, Ga., Troup, Harris and Heard
counties, Gal
J. Cannon, private company K, 51st Ga., Reg’t,
Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga., Lee county, Ga.
J. J. Hurt, private company H, 4th Ga., Cavalry,
Otfmulgco Hospital. Macon, Ga., Coweta county
Ga.
G. S. Banks, private company D, 44th Ga., Reg’t
Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga., Forsyth couuty
Ga.
J. T. Hall, private company F, 46th Ga., Reg’t,
Ocmulgoe Hospital, Macon, Ga., Webster county,
Ga. S. M. BEMISS,
jen 7lw __ Acting Med. Director.
To Georgia Soldiers !
Phillips' 4th Georgia Brigade.
SiTATE of Georgia, V
Quartermaster General’s Office. >
Augusta, Dec, 28th, 1864.)
The members of this Brigade now living, and the
representatives of those deceased, will please inform
us where ihe Half-Pay due them, under the Act of
December 7th, 1863, may be forwarded to them. In
response to each communication we will forward
the necessary papers for signatures.
Each correspondent will furnish us the company,
battalion or regiment to which, thelsoldier he
represents, belonged in this Brigade, and his full
address at tho present time.
IRA IR. FOSTER,
Q. M. Gen. ofGa.
N. B.—After the Ist of March letters will be ad
dressed to us at Milledgoville: until that time, un
less in case es danger to this place, we will be ad
dressed at Augusta. I. R. F.
jan 7 lm
WANTS.
Overseer Wanted.
\\TANTED to engage for the present year an
YY Overseer to take charge of a plantation near
Hurtville, Ala. The applicant must be a single man
and permanently exempt from military service. A
disabled soldier preferred Apply to Mr. John H.
Bass at this office.
jan 9—6t*
■W^HSTTEID.
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 Oo unty.
MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS.
nov2l-tf Columbus, Qa.
WANTED!
r AAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
O.UUU .ill t>. raid.
sp7 ts • Major and Q. AL
WASTED,
A GOOD BUSINESS MAN, uutil the first of
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
YARNS and OSNABITRGS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
C3HO.OTJ3KTX> PS3AS,
At the GRANT FACTORY.
dec 17 tf_
To Rent.
A HANDSOME RESIDEFCE. IV* mile* from the
city, eight good rooms, comfortable cuthousei
and stables, fifteen acres land, good garden Ac.
Apply to JOHN H. BASS,
jan 12 ts at Tunes Office.
I>r. n. iVOHI.E,
ZDEHSTITST,
AT Pemberton A Carter’s old stand, back room of
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hour*, ioelß 6ta
COLUMBUS, GA.. SATURDAY, JAN. 14. 1865.
DAILY TIMES,
EVENING EDITION.
FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1865.
Who is to Blame foe thb Failure of the
Wilmington Expedition. —The Northern pa
pers are jabbering away at each other as to
whu is to Llarae—the army or navy—for the
failure of the Wilmington expedition. The
New York Com nercial Advertiser says : “Up
on the land forces, and them alone, rests the
responsibility f;r the lack ol success. The
navy carried out its part of the programme
by bombarding ihe fort, but when it came the
turn of ibe army to act, it failed to accom
plish its allotted task. This much is elearly
apparent, but whether or not the General
commanding the land forces acted wisely in
the matter must be determined hereafter. Ad
miral Porter, believed that “after coming so
far,” an attempt, “at least, to reduce the
stronghold should have been made.” Gen.
Butler held the contrary opinion, and pro
ceeded to re-erubark his troops, when the
naval commander was looking for the con
templated assault. It remains for the proper
authorities to decide which of the 'two was
in error. Meanwhile, wc are assured that
Admiral Porter, who has never known what
it was to fail, when acting separately, will
continue operations against the Wilmington
fortifications.
The OcmcliGEE. —Wo learn, says the Macon
Telegraph & Confederate, 11th, that the river
is higher now than it ever i as been since the
great Harrison Iresbet. On night before last
a portion of the bridge at this point was
swept away, and last night the remainder
went.
This morning, while some men were en
deavoring to remove the families from houses
that are inundated on the eastern bank, the
boat in which they were, partly capsized,
when two men jumped out, and one of them
—Mr. Thos. Wooten, watchman at the Cen
tral Railroad depot—was forced down stream
by the swiftness of the current, and instantly
drowned
The War Spirit in the North. —The New
York Albion, a British journal, has the following
notice of the sudden disappearance of the peace
inclinations in the North: “The peace rumors, of
la3t week have disappeared. The commissioners
about to start for Richmond, are very shadowy
personages indeed. Mars is again in the ascen
dant. The pulpit on Thursday—the day appoint
ed by the President, and by the Governor of the
Suite, for general thanksgiving—resounded with
martial .exhortations. The community is ashamed
of its momentary relapse towards humane views.
The noble army of contractors breathe again.”
The Salt Works.
The following authentic particulars of the
damages to the Salt Works by the Yankees,
will effectually settle the hash of the salt spe
culators, who are fondly hoping that they
have the people completely in their power,
and are preparing to fleece Ihem unmercifully.
The exhibit below shows that the works can
be repaired in a very short time, and it is
therefore entirely unnecessary for our people
to feel auy uneasiness about a supply of salt
in the future :
Saltville, Va., Deo. 26, 1864.
To Lieut. Col. Robert Smith, Comm’g Post:
Colonel : We, the undersigned, having been
appointed by you to examine the various salt
furnaces at this place, and make estimate ol
the amount of salt on hand, and also to state
the condition of the works as left by the ene
my on the 23d instant, respectfully report me
following ;
We find the wells not seriously damaged.
! Mr. Musselwhite, the mechanic in charge,
I thinks they may be put in full operation in
! less time than one month. All the pipe logs,
j cisterns, etc., are uninjured.
As to the furnaces, the masonry is uninjur
i ed, but the sheds are all destroyed by fire.
We find by actual count 1840 good kettles,
and 788 broken by the enemy. The North
Carolina, Georgia and thfc River Works (State
of Virginia) suffered almost the entire loss.
We find the entire amount of salt at the fur
| naces to be about 92,000 bushels, damaged
j slightly by fire. Os this salt, 23,000 bushels
belong to Stewart, Buchanan & Cos., manufac
tured for North Carolina; 17,000 belong to
McCiung & Jaques, for Tennessee and Alaba
ma; 8,900 lo J. N. Clarkson, for State of Vir
ginia; 5,500 to North Carolina; 8,500 to
Bingham & Cox, of Georgia; 4,300 to Seago,
Palmer & Cos., of Georgia ; 3,600 to Planters’
Salt Manufacturing Cos., of Georgia; 8,600
to T. R. Friend ; 2,000 to Alabama ; 3,500 to
Cox, Ammon & Sexton ; 2,500 to R. Goolsby
4' Cos.; and the remainder belongs to numer
ous small furnaces worked on private account.
Very respectfully, yonr obedient servant,
J. D. Pierce,
• Eng. in Charge of Saltville Defenses.
Samuel L. Graham,
Capt. Comm’g Cos. B, 13th Bat. Va. Re.
Approved : R. Smith,
Lieut. Col. Comm’g Saltville.
Exchange or Prisoners. —The Washington
correspondent of the New York Times write? -.
Colonel Mulford, Government Agent for ex
change of prisoners, is here in conference with
the authorities upon this subject. It is un
derstood that some definite arrangements will
be shortly made which will facilitate exchan
ges.
Col. Mulford has laid before the Govern
ment some very important facia concerning
our prisoners, which have hitherto been un
known. The rebels claim to heve about 55,
000 of our men in their bands. The deaths
which have occurred among Union prisoners
are very large to number. Altogether there
are in different parts of the South about 17
prison camps, of which Andersonville, Ga., is
the largest. During the la.-t nine month*,
upwards of 14,000 ot the Union prisoners
confined in this camp have been buried.
A Yankee London correspondent writes:
“Lust week, in a literary view of Capt. Bur
ton’s narrative of his journey in Dahomey, in
allusion to some apologetic statement of Cap
tain Burton that the savage king of these
black savages was not, perhaps, as black as he
is painted on paper, said: “It is no use: the
King of Dahomey is as big a barbarian as
Abraham Lincoln I” And this paper is the
great organ of the great tory party of Eng
land, and boasts & circulation of over fifty
thousaud copies.
Savannah Under Sherman.
A correspondent of the New York Herald,
writing from Savannah on the 25th nit., gives
the following items of the situation of affairs
in the city :
When our troops came iuto the city they
found none of the better class of citizens in
the streets ; but the poor classes were well
represented, and mobs, composed of Irish and
Dutch women, negroes and the thievish sol
diers, gathered here and there, broke open
stores and sacked them. The work of clear
ing out a grocery store, after the doors were
open, was an almost instantaneous affair.—
There would be a rush, a crash, and then wo
men and men would be leaving the building,
bearing away everything that they could car*
ry.
Quito a number of stores were thus sacked,
but the work was speedily stopped when it
came to the knowledge of the military autho
rities, and no pillage has since occurred.—
Such of the merchants as have been doing
business in Savannah have suffered greatly
at the hands of the rebel soldiers.
On the night of the evacuation some of
Wheelers cavalry made a raid on the stores
and plundered a large number of them of all
tbeir conteuis of any value, and threw the
balance into the street. They inspired a per
fect terror among all the inbabitanis, whose
residences they would occupy, quieting all
protests by threatening to burn the house if
their demands were not acceded to. A reign
of terror existed while Wheeler’s wild, undis
ciplined, reckless freebooters remained in
town, and the inhabitants felt a sense of re
lief when the last of these scoundrels depart
ed.
The city of Savannah has changed but lit
tle during the war. It now wears the aspect
of a Sunday quiet and sleep. All the stores
are closed, and the blinds to all the private
houses are shut, and no one seems to be at
home, except where staff officers may be quar
tered. The inhabitants are beginning to ap
pear on the streets more and more, their first
fright having passed away. At the churches
to-day there was quite a number of ladies out,
and the pastors were all at their respective
desks. They all prayed heartily for the re
turn of peace ; they remembered the sick and
wonuded soldiers and the poor, but did not
mention either of the Presidents in their sup
plications. Quite a quantity of greenbacks
went into the plates at the close of the serv
ice, which will help the cause along, while
Georgia State money remains worthless.
Brig. General John W. Geary, command
ing the 2d division, 20th corps, has been placed
in command of the city, and has perfected the
organization of his department. The city is
divided into two districts, the eastern and
western, over which he has placed a Provost
Marshal with a heavy guard. Colonel Wood
commands one, and Colonel Barnum another,
who are to see that order is preserved, and to
perform the other various duties pertaining
to their office. They are both excellent offi
cers, and perform their duties to the satisfac
tion of all.
It is estimated that at least 25,00*.) of the
inhabitants remained in the city. Very few,
not connected with the rebel military and
civil service, left the city. Gen. Hardee’s
wife and family were left by him to the tender
mercies of our army, which General Hardee
has so often described in the darkest colors.
His practice seems to differ somewhat from
what his general orders advise. They are, of
course, as all other families, protected in lives
and property.
Wbat line of policy General Sherman will
adopt in relation to the inhabitants, to trade
and the government of the city, has not yet
been developed. There are some delicate
questions involved that will require some time
to settle.
With characteristic enterpise and energy,
the Adams Express Company have already
opened an office here, and arc prepared to do
business in the city of Savannah. Mr. A. A.
Rice, the general agent in the department of
the South, accompanied by Mr. E. P. Tenni
-Bon, cashier, arrived here to-day, obtained the
keys to their old office—occupied since the
rebellion by the Southern Express Company
—and opened it.
Savannah had no sooner been captured ihau
preparations were made to publish a news
paper. On the morning .of the 24th the first
number of the Savannah “Loyal Georgian”
made its appearance. The editor is Captain
M. Summers, Assistant Quartermaster United
States Volunteers. The motto of the paper
i3, “Redeemed, Regenerated and Disenthralled.
The Union, It Must and Shall be Preserved.”
The paper is mainly filled up with rebel ad
vertisements, but a few admirable editorials
appear.
Emancipation. —The New York Tribune does
not think there is a sufficient Abolition majority
in the Yankee House to pass, by a tao thirdevote,
(which is required) the bill abolishing slavery.—
The New York World, discussing the same ques
tion, says:
All reasoning which concedes the early abolition
of slavery, assumes that the South cannot gain its
independence by the unaided efforts es its white
population. If it can, slavery will be abolished
when the South pleases ; which will not be in this
generation, nor the next. Let us assume, then,
that the time is not distant when Southern arms
will give way before Northern valor, unless some
new element enters into the struggle. Meanwhile,
steps are taken for extinguishing slavery by an
amendment to the Constitution. What will be the
consequence ? Why, clearly this : that the South,
seeing that the fall of slavery is inevitable, will
anticipate our action, and get beforehand with us
in its abolition. That a majority of the negroes
will prefer their old homes and associations in the
canny climate of the South is next to certain ;
and the rebel army will have nearly as many fresh
blacks to draw on for recruits as they had whites
at the beginning of the war. To say that this
will have no tendency to prolong the contest, and
render the final result doubtful, is to talk superla
tive nonsense. If, as the Abolitionists contend,
the emancipation proclamation prevented Europe
an recognition, it logically follows that (the dis
position of Europe remaining the same) recogni
tion would speedily follow the abolition of slavery
by the South; and all the more certainly from the
increased military weight of the South when its
able-bodied male negroes had been thrown into
the scale.
The certainty, then, is as great as this kind of
reasoning admits, that the passage of the consti
tutional amendment would cause the South to of
fer up the doomed institution on the altar of in
dependence, and that fortune would be so propiti
ated by the sacrifice jt to enable them to prolong
the straggle and win a recognition in the family
of nations. !.
It is not the mission of the Democrat> party
to abet a proceeding that tends to protract 'he war
and oast doubt on its success.
The State Commissioners of Alabama,
Messrs. Lehman and Tichnoe, have left for
the North—their mission being to supply the
wants of the soldiers of Alabama, now in the
prisons of the North. Mr. Lehman has gen
erously offered to furnish the funds necessary
to carry out the intentions of the Legislature
from his own private means at the North, if
there should be any difficulty in obtaining
permission of the Northern Government to
ship cotton for the purpose. Mr. Lehman
further proposes to take the cotton h*re for
payment of his advance, if so made.
f SIX DOM.4RS
\ PER MOIfTH.
Seward on the Belligerent Rights of Con
federate Cruisers.
In his correspondence with the Brazilian
Minister, Seward takes occasion to say that
this Government disallows the assumption
that the iusurgents of this country are a law
ful naval belligerent; and, on the contrary, it
maintains that the ascription of that charac
ter by the Government of Brazil to the insur
gent citizens of the United States, who have
heretofore been, and who still are, destitute of
uaval forces, ports and court3, is an act of in
tervention in derogation ot the law of nations,
and unfriendly and wrongful,as it is manifest
ly injurious to the United States.
After further remarks, he says :
It does not, however, belong to the captains
ot ships of war of the United States, and the
commanders of their armies, or to their con
suls residing in foreigu ports, feting without
the authority of Congress, and without even
Executive direction, and choosing their own
time, manner and occasion, to assert the
rights and redress the w rongs of the country.
This power can be lawfully exercised only
by the Government of the United States. Al
though the crew are enemies of the United
States, and, as they coutend, enemies of the
human race, yet the offenders were neverthe
less unlawfully brought into the custody of
this Government, and therefore they could not
be lawfully subjected here to the punishment
which they have deserved; nor could they,
being enemies, be, allowed to enjoy the pro
tection of the United States ; they will there
fore be set at liberty to seek a refuge wherev
er the may find it, with the hazard of re-cap
ture when beyond the jurisdiction of this
Government.
The entire correspondence will soon be offi
cially promulgated.
Peace to the South.
The New Yors World is out in a ponderous
leader urging the Government at Washingtou te
meat “a generous offer of peace and arnnsty to the
South," and that the preseut is a propitious mo
ment for the step. The World says :
The fitting thing for our Government to do,
close upon the heels of our success, is to make a
generous offer of peace and amnesty.
The tendency of the thick succession of disas
ters the South has recently suffered is to cause dis
satisfaction and bring the Confederate Govern
ment inte odium, as deceivers of the people and
betrayers of their interests. We ought to take
advantage of this feeling while it is fresh. We
ought to make the meat of 'heir gloom and dis
couragement before the impression begins te wear
off, and the people accommodate themselves to
their new situation. This is the propitioas mo
ment for directing their feelings into a now chan
nel. In a little while they will brace themselves
against their losses, as they did against the of Now
Orleans; as they did against the loss of the Mis
sissippi ; both of which were blows of which the
consequences did not correspond to our expecta
tions.
If this golden opportunity is lost, long years of
war still hovers over the country. There is uo
form of danger or suffering so hideous that fa
miliarity will not soon strip it of its terrors. “Hope
•prh.gs eternal in the breast." After a little, if
advantage be not taker of this conjuncture, the
South will see that they can prolong the horrible
struggle indefinitely, provided thej only forego
the comforts and conveniences of civilized life.—
They have machinery for the manufacture of arms,
aud in such a climate as theirs, subsistence is pos
sibla if one man in five labors and his crops ezeape
destruction by an enemy. A poople reduced to
barbaiism, that is, a peoplo reconciled to a bare,
coarse subsistence, caunot be subdued, when tired
with revengeful passions, if they are at all nu
merous. We alluded yesterday to the twenty
years’ war waged by France for the conquest of
Algeria.
It cost a hundred millions of dollars and bun
dreds of thousands of lives to complete the con -
quest of that petty people : ancl since their subju
gation it has required an army of a hundred thou
sand men to hold them in subjection. The history
of oar Florida war affords another pertinent illus
tration. The army of the United States was em
ployed seven ' years, at a cost of twenty millions
of dollars, to conquer the relic3 or the petty
tribe of Seminole Indians, under Billy Bowlegs.
It does not weaken a community of barbarians to
cut them off from intercourse with foreign nations;
nor will such isolation weaken the South, if the
South does not get disheartened by yearning after
old comforts and luxuries. If hatred and pas
sion arc kept up to so high a pitch as to reconcile
the people to a life of barbarism, the interruption
of outside intercourse ,adds to their military
strength, by reserving for war all that would
otherwise have been expended on imported goods.
An extraordinary number of application* for
passes to go to Savannah were refused, at the War
Department in Washington, on the 30th.' Among
them was that of Judge Wayne, of the Supremo
Court. His and his wife's property is in Savannah
and its ueigborhood.
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The Coer of thio Torpedo That Did Not Blow
dp Fort Fishbr.—A correspondent of the New
York Tribune, writing about that torpedo that Ad
miral Porter had read so much about that he could
not help trying one, says :
Every appliance which scientific knowledge and
ingenuity could device, an i enterprise arid manly
daring could execute, were put in requisition to in
sure the success of this novel and important feature
of the expedition. The boat selected lor the pur
pose was the Louisiana, a propeller of about three
hundred tons burden. About one hundred and
forty tons of powder, together with the, necessary
Gomez fuses and other appliances for insuring an
instantaneous ignition of the vast mass of powder
that was put on board before the boat left Hamp
ton Roads. One hundred and twenty tons more of
powder were added at Beaufort, where she put in on
her way to the scene of action, making, in all, two
hun *red and sixty tons, or 520,000 pounds. The ag
gregate cost of powder aDd boat to the Government
was slightly in excess of a quarter of a million of
dollart. The boat was painted white, her general
appearance being notunlike that of a blockade run
ner—though, to do her strict justice, a somewhat
more respectable-looking craft.
Tardt Justice to Gen. Johxstox. —We notice
in the Examiner,of the 29th ult., the following pro
ceedings, which show that Congress, at least, will
do justice to one of our ablest and most patriotic
military chieftains:
Mr. Baldwin, of Virginia, offered the following
resolutions :
Resolved, That the attention of the President
be respectfully called to the following resolutions
heretofore adopted by this House, and to which
no response has yet been made:
“1. A resolution, of May 10, 1804, calling for
certain correspondence with Gen Joseph E. John
ston, therein described.
“2. A resolution, of Novetui*er 18, 1804, call
ing for an official report made by Gen. Joseph E.
Johnston, of hie late campaign iu Georgia.”
Mr. Barksdale, of Mississippi, said he was op
posed to the resolution, and hoped the House
would not adopt it.
Mr. Baldwin, of Virgiuia, said Le could see no
objection to the resolution. In last May, the
House adopt e/I a resolution respect fully calling
upon the President for copies of oe ' >n corres
pondenee with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. In
November, again the House adopted a resolution,
requesting the President to furnish the House a
copy of the official repert made by Gen. Joseph
E. Johnston of his late campaign in Georgia. To
neither of these resolutions had any respouse
been received from the President. He thought it
due to the House that tne President's attention
should bs called to the matter.
Mr. Barksdale said he would move that theres
olutwn be referred to the Military Committee. The
vote being'taken upon the motion, the Hou;e, re -
fused to refer—only ■ rtoen members voting jn
favor of it
Bo Mr. Baldwin's resolution was adopted.
A OtMLTY UnWfOtKWCK —One
memorable passages ever ut'ered by 'lf Web
ster was in vindication of the authority of
conscience and of Providence, on a trial for a
dark bnd mysterious murder: “The goilty
. soul cannotVVet;( t ; its c* u secret. Uis false
to it*o'f. If labors under its guilty possession
and knows not what to do w:ih it. The h»-
umn heart w-:>s not tirade for the residence of
I such an inhabitant. It finds itself preyed
; upon by a toiment which it dors not acknowl
edge to God «r man. A vulture is devouring
it, and it can ask no sympathy or assistauoo
either from heaven or earth. Tbeaccret which
j the murderer possesses soon comes to posse#*
him ; and, like the evil spirit of which we
read, it overcomes him. and leads-him whith
ersoever it will. He feels it beating at his
heart, rising at his throat, and demanding
disclosure. He thinks the whole world sees
it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost
hears its workings in the very silence of bis
thoughts. It has become bis master. It be
trays his discretion, it breaks down his conr
age. it conquers hi? prudence. When sus
picious from without begin to embarrass him
and the netot circumstances to untangle him,
the fatal secret snuggles with still greater vi«
olenee to breas forth. It muet be confess* >1
it will be confessed; there is no refuge from
confession but suicide is confession
Warlike Courtksies.— —When in the earth
works near Savannah, tho Yankees would call
out, “ Hello, ’Tored Trowsers, if you won’t
shoot, we won’t. ” Confed wanted an airing,
so “agreed," would be sung out, and both
parties would collect upon the fortifications:
A warning would always be given before ei
ther commenced firing. At the call of “Bats
to your holes, I’m going to shoot," Yanks
and Confeds, in striking tableaux, would dive
into the shelters. Then commenced the pop,
whirr anil whiz of bu’lots.— Telegraph .j' Con
federate.
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The following dialogue occurred yesterday u«:u
our office, between a wag and a wealthy old city
croaker:
Wag—Did you hear thenews?
Croaker —(Excitedly)—No! What is it?
Wag—The Muscogee R .ad is cut.
Croaker (Very nervously)— ls it possible! Kit
Patrick’s force?
Was—No. General W ash-ups’force.
Croikti —General Wash ups! Is he from Sher
man’s aroiy?
No: he desceaded from Heaven last night iu a
rair. storm.
Exit Croaker, withasevwl. Wag and compan
ions repaired with a laugh to Porters’ ilestauran*,
on Cuorry street, for refreshments. —Oonfedera^y.
How to Pkvent Wet Feet.—A writer in tho
Mechanic’s Magazine, who says ho has had three
pair of boots to last him six years, and he thinks
he will not require more for six years to come,
tells how he treats them:
I put a pound of tallow and rosin in » pot on the
fire, when melted and mixed, apply it hot to tho
boot with a painter’s brush until neither the sole
nor tho upper will soak no more. If it is desirable
boots should immediately take a polish, dissolve
an ounce of wax to- a teuspoouful of turpentine
and lamp black. A day or two after the boots
have been troated with the rosin and tallow, rub
them over with wax and turpentine, but not before
the fire. Thus the exterior will be a coat of wax
alone, and shine like a mirror. Tallow and greaee
become rancid and rot the stictching on leather,
but tho rosin gives it an antisoeptic quality which
preserves the whole,
Tho “Alexandra," a steam vessel, said to havo
been intended as a blockade-runner, but surmised
by some of Mr. Lincoln’s active agents in Eng -
land to be in fact a cruiser, and meant for battky
has been seized at Nassau ; on what evidence, or
on what grouud of suspicion, tbo first intelligence
does not inform us.
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Man & hot. — A man said to he a naval oflicer wag
shot yesterday afternoon. We are informid that
he_ was jirrested by tho Provost .Marshal, and was
being taken to the barracks. On arriving at Mcln
tosh street, he started and run towards the river.—
The guard ordered him to halt, but he did not obey.
One of the guard firel at him, aud it i$ said hit him
in the shoulder; he kept running, the other guard
fired and hit him in the thigh. He fell, and the
guard took charge of and conveyed him up tb*
street.— Chronicle A Sentinel , 7th.
Alluding to the Florida disaster, the London
Times says: As-uiningit to have been by design.it
is.not disposed to waste much indignation upon the
subject, as the method of procuring and equipping
tho Florida were such violations of neutrality us to
deprive the sufferers of sympathy: Brazil is really
the outragod party. The Times predicts that Mr.
Seward will make ample apolhgy.
By Bllis, Livingston & Cos.
The Sale at John Howard’s Planta
tion, on Flint Klver,
Is postponed until WEDNESDAY, 18th
inst., at which time I will sell all the
mules, cattle, hogs, corn, fodder, peas,
wagons, carts, plows, plantation tools, ete.
Terms cash.
I will at the same time rent the
tation of 800 acres, rich bottom land, and
hire out the negroes belonging with the
place, for the present year Good notes
and approved security.
ROBT. 11. HOWARD,
jun 14 $45 Agent.
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos
UU E will sell on SATURDAY, 14th January at
M 11 o’clock, in front of our Btore
17 Pieces MACON SHEETING.
jan 13
Special Notice.
To Tax Payers of Muscogee,
OWING to protrated sickness I have been obliged
to partially suspend the collection of the State
end County taxes. The time is now at hand when
I must urge the payment. Tux payers will please
cali at my office, at the store of Stanford & Cos.,
where they will find Mr. Chas. E. Johnson or my
self with the Tax Book.
I will close my Tax Book on the 30th of January.
JORDAN L. HOWELL,
Jan 12 3t Tax Collector.
Regular Line of Steamers on Um
Chattahoochee River.
Cor.UAt bus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
Til E Stearner.JACK3o.sr, Daniel Fry, Master, wil
I leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day at 9 a.m. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 p. m.
The Steamer Indus, C. D. Fry Master, leave#
Col ambus every Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. Re
turning, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at
2 a. m .
The Steamer Mist, A. Fry Mast r, leaves Colum
bus every Friday at 9a. «. Returning leaves Ch*t
t.ujooche every Sunday at 12 x.
ja n 10 2m
Notice.
DR. A. C. WINGFIELD has removed his office
to Pemberton <t Carter’s where he may be found
during the day. Night calls left at his residence,
oetween Forsyth and Mclntosh streets, immediate
ly iit the rear of Dr. Bozeman’s will be promptly
attended,
jnn aOlw*
To Rent.
t DELIGHTFUL RESIDENCE, well furnished
A containing six rooms, situated four miles from
Columbus, in Gon. Abercrombie’s neighborhood. —
There are tne hundred and seventy acres attached,
with tine orchards and good garden, and well im
proved out buildings. Apply to . , ,
jan 9 —ts Mrs. SARAH CROWELL.
To Hire,
\ GOOD MAN COOK. Apply to myself or the
A Times Office. IH'IS- W.jGRIMER
jan 10 tt ;
To Printers !
dVE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
V* (except Ruling Machine,) two hand PRK.-BRS,
and about
1,000 Pound* of Type Metal.
_ P"*2l-tf
Wanted.
4 NY haying n small hotm, or part of a
*•. rent, can find » good bv apphr
ing at tU* office. § |f
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