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Change of tUile.
•'/ riOK tvoiKKKK ASl> SUPItRINT SNOBNT, I
nariastou and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, Juno 7,1864.)
THURSDAY, June 9, 18(34, and until further
notice, the Schedule of the Passenger train will
• as follow, vir,:
Leave Charleston 9.45, a . m .
V.-riv. ii shivanuuh.., t 5.40, p n,
5-eave Savannah f,..„...550, a. in.
Arriveiii Charleston '.1.15, p. m.
TANARUS! is Tra>u makes direct connections* going north
*r,d south, with the North-astern Railroad at Char
leston. and the Central Railroad at the Junction.
H. S. HAINES,
tune 14 ts Engineer and Superintendent.
Change ofi Schedule.
-,N -«nd alter Sunday, June 19th, the Trains <•«-
» « • UKCOgee Railroad will run u# follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN :
oave Columbus 6 15 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 8 25 A. M.
Leave Macon 8 10 P. M
Vrive at Columbus 4 25 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
I ~hu r OO A. «
A ivt at ‘lumi/tu 35 A. it.
W. L. CLARK
mar 19 l. :>upt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS. August 27,1864.
. k.N and after August 27th. toe Passenger Train on
U the Montgomery and West Point Kai road will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave W oat Point at 7:10 a. ra.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:82 p. m.
Ireave Columbus at 5:50 a. in.
trriv-0 at Mouigoiuer.' at 3:00 p. ra.
Imve si West Potnt at 4130 p. ui.
/treigh Train leaves Colawbm at 8:40 a ra.
Arrives .at 8:27 p ra
D. 11. CRAM, Sup’t k Eng.
fegff;lß64-tf
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
UdAKGE OF h€UEU(JLG.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
ON and aftor 10th Inst. Trains ou this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as lollows:
Fanengcr Train.
Leave Girard at 1 30 p. in.
Arrive in Union Springs 600 “
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. ra.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00 "
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. ra.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. ra.
B. E. WELLS.
»«13 ts Eng, it Sup’t.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
ALL persons having claims against the estate of
Mrs. L. E. Oairnes, 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 make
immediate payment. F- O. TICKNOR,
dec9w4oJ _ Adm’r.
SILItU.VL EXCH;I.\tiE!
i FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
*v for sale in suras to suit purchasers by
U BANK OF COLUMBUS.
NOTICE.
Omo« Grant Factory, 1
. Nov. 29. 1864. j
v LL persons having demands against the estate "f
A Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
aresent them to the Grant Factory,
nov 3i( ts JOHN J. GRANT-
Pnn copy and send bill to office G-ant Factory.
Dollars Reward,
CTRA Ytitf from my place in Wynnton, a dark
.J bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and » large scar on the right
hindquartor. JOH N COOK.
©e 13 ts ____
Lost or Mislaid*
POUR SHARES of the G. A A. S. S. Cos., No.
” 169, in favor of Mrs. J. L. Wilson,
nov 30 ts D. A J. J. GRANT.
To Rent.
i S A/ALL FARM, containing about 100 acros, 61*
Ain the woods aa lorty olearcd, about one mile
above the Fountain Factory, on the river. On the
place is a good dwelling with three rooms, a large
apple and peach orchard and variety of other fruit j
trees, good water, Ac. For terms apply to j
Mrs. J. A. JONES,
Joe near Columbus. j
Special Notice.
To Tax Payers of Muscogee.
OWING to protrated sickness I have been obliged
to partially suspend the collection of the State
aud Countv taxe’. The time is now at hand when
I must, urge the payment. Tax payers will please
call at my office, at the store of Stanford s t 0., |
whore they will Slid Mr. Chas. E. Johnson or my* j
self with the tax Book.
1 will clw-e mv Tax Book on the 30th of January.
JORDAN L. HOWELL,
j ;l u 12 3t Tax Collector.
FRESH DRUGS.
Eng Morphine, A fine asst Eng Soaps,
Bowers & WeightinanV Brown Windsor Soap,
Morphine, A tine asst Tooth Brushes,
150 ox. Eng Quinine, Childrens Round Combs,
Gum Camphor, Nitric Acid,
Ext Logwood, Mur Acid,
Cochineal Carb bod*.
Bow'd Ipecac, ‘r Tartar,
Dover's Powders, Eng Mustard,
Sal Soda, M urate of Tin,
Gum Opium, Fine Combs,
Row'd Opium, Dress bombs,
Eng Note and Letter Pa - Pocket Como*
per.
Eos and Confederate
Envelopes.
For sale by J. A. GREEN i CO„
dec*2B liu Union Ala.
For Sale.
| IXSKKD OIL CAKE, for stock food, at 84 Broad
L street. N. P. N AIL k CO.
jloo 21 hn
S2OO Reward.
O’iOLKN from Cook's Hotel or between the Mus-
O cogee Depot an l the Hotel, on the morning of
*he 7ih in*t„ oao small VALISE, covered with red
russ-df leather, somewhat torn, ends dark or fcreon,
a: each end. containing one Captaiu s fine
rrev ♦*nit<,i’tn, nn icr clothing, one ink stand, one
Anetv nounct voluino of “General Orders froo
Adjiit mt General’s Office, and belongs to Lieut.
B>l Waddy. Some o# the clothing marked Ihomas
r . Hunt- We will nay the above reward of two
bund rod dollars for the recovery of the valice and
two hundred dollars for the thief, if a white man,
or fifty dollars if a negro.
SHIVERS. WYNNE A CO.
Proprietors Cook s Hotel.
o«duinbns. G*., Jan. 10, ‘Ob. 3w
FOR SALE.
Two Valuable and Accomplished
House Servants,
i «AN and WOMAN, both young and likely-
A Thu a*ab& good shoemaker, ostler and ear
¥he d wo V man is a fair seamtress and understands
house work generally. Apply to tvs>v
Jan 11 lw J. K. IVKt.
For Exchange or Sale.
\ f the office of the "Southern Iron Works.” near
, Y thi new bridge, the following articles of Hard
ware which we will exchange for Pork, Baeon,
Lard’ Wh- at. Flour. Fodder, or anv othor artrolei
of p ,‘,viiio„.- or Confederate currency, vis:
Bar and H -op L.-on.«t'*ll sixes, suitable fov plan
‘"K'Mills and Kettles, of all sires, .from Mto
120 gallons,
Pots, Ovens and Skillet?.
Fry Pans and Anuirom,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades
Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds. .
45- Orders for Costings and Machine w-is
promptly executed. _
janjU JOHN D. GRAY A CO.
LOaT.
i T the F,«ir a Hull an! Duck’s corner a white
•A China Salid DISH in theshape of a shell. Hav
ing h match to it l wou.d ho pleased to have it de*
livered at this Office.
* ts • MRS. B.T. CHAPMAN.
VOL. XII.)
SPECIAL NOTICES
Headquarters, Military Division of the West
•January 7th 1865.
General Orde:s i
No. -. 4
Post Commitndants, Provo.-t Marshals and En
rolling Officers on duty in this Military Division,
will not permit to pass within its limits, officers and
men on leave or furlough, or scouting parties of
Wheeler’s Cavalry, unless their leave or furlough,
or tho order detailing the soouting party is ap
proved by Major Gen. Wheeler, or his commanding
officer.
Such parties will be arrested and returned to
their commands, and the name of subordinate com
manders grunting leaves or furloughs, or ordering
such details, will be forwarded to these Headquar
ters at Montgomery, Ala.
By command of Gen. Beauregard.
J. B. RUSTIS. A; A: G.
trig- Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi papers
please insert for one week, and send accounts to
Montgomery, Ala.
Jan 13 Tw
Headquarters Georgia Reserve,!
•vml Military District Georgia. v
Mu ra. Ga., Jau. 10, 1865. J
General Orders, 1
No. 2. 1
Under orders from General Beauregard, all per
sons absent from Gen. Wheeler’s command are re
quired to show an approval for such absence, either
from General Wheeler or some higher officer.
Post Commandant, Provost Marshals and En
rolling Officers are directed to arrest all who cannot
produce such approval and forward them to Col, J
W. Avery, at 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 service in their cases.
By command of
Msjor Gen. HOWELL tOBB.
R. J. Hallktt, a. a, &>
_jan 13 6t
Official Notice.
Headquarters Military Division 1
of this West, >
December 23, 1864.)
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 commands at once.
11. All non-commissioned officers or - ddrars be
longing to the cavalry service, who raa Le 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 of as authorised in Act 26, published in
General Orders No. 58, Adjutant and Inspector
General's Office, 1864.
111. Department, District und Post Commanders,
Provost Marshals and Officers of tho Conscript Bu
reau, are specially requested to give their attention
to those orders, and will take immediate steps to
collect and forward to their proper commanders all
such absentees.
IV. Department and Array Commanders will
take steps to transfer to infantry commands all cav
alry men so collected, report!n-j 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
OrricE Medical Director of Hospitals,!
Macon, Miss., Dec. 29, i864- J
The following named soldiers detailed for Hos
pital service, having been appointed to act at- "For
agers” by Surgeons in charge of Hospitals, and their
appoistisem approved at this office, are duly au
thorised to act in that capacity for the various
Hospitals and in the counties pet opposite their re
spective names.
All persons claiming to be such agents, and who
cannot show written authority as above set forth,
will be subject to arreßt.
J. M. Hightower, enrolled conscript, Ried Hos
pital, West Point, Ga., Troup, Harris and Heard
counties, Ga.
J. Cannon, private company K, 51st Ga., Reg’t,
Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga., Lee county, Ga,
J. J. Hunt, private company H, 4th Ga., Oavalay,
Ocmulgee Hospital. Macon, Ga., Coweta county
Ga.
G. 8. Banks, private company D, 44th Ga., Reg’t
Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga., Forsyth oounty
Ga.
J. T. Mali, private company F, 46th Ga., Reg’t,
Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga., Webster county,
Ga. S. M. BEMISS,
jan 7 l w Acting Med. Director.
To Georgia Soldiers !
Phillip*’ 4th Georgia Brigade.
S'TATE of Gsorgia, I
Qoartrrmastkr Gekkral’s Office, >- j
Augusta, Dec. 23'. h. 1861.)
The members of this Brigade now living, and the
representatives of those deceased, wih please inform
us where the Half-Pay due them, under the Act of
Dcoember 7th, 1663, 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, he thelsoldier he
represents, belonged fn this Brigade, and his full :
address at the present time. * I
IRA.R. FOSTER, !
Q. M. Gen. ofGa.
N. B.—After the Ist of March letters will be ad- j
passed tous at MUledgeville; until that time, un- I
less in case of dangerfhi; place, we will bo ad* •
dressed at Augusta. *"•
jan 7 lm
WANTS,
Overseer Wanted.
Air ANTED to engage for the present year an
VY Overseer to take charge of a plantation near
Hurtville, Ala. The applicant must be a single man
and permanently exompt from military service. A
disabled soldier preferred Apply to Mr. John H.
Bass at this office.
i jan 9 —6t*
WANTED. ,
i N OVERSEER. One without family, who has j
A lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for
military service preferred. _ _ _.
Apply to ROBERT R. HOW ARD,
Beynolds, Taylor Cbunty. I
MRS. CUAS. J. WILLIAMS,
Columbus, Ga.
WAITED!
r ,\i\ A LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
3.UUU .in b. ..«d. DILLARD,
sp" ts Maior anJQ. .V.__
WASTED,
* GOOD BUSINESS MAN, until the lint of
iV. January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol
dier preferred, and it matters not how badly muti
lated by wounds so he ha« firmness and
Apply at the TIMES OFFICE,
nov 30 ts ___
TARAS and OSAABIRGS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
j ground peas,
! At the GRANT FACTORY,
dec 17 ts
To Rent.
4 U 4NDSOME RESIDKFCE. 1!, milet from the
; A city, eight good room’, comfortable -uthooee’
I and stables fifteen acres land. j good.gar len^C;
j JanjVtf ~ »* Times Ogg*_
Dr, R, AOBLE,
XDEISr TIST,
AT PemberiOD A Carter’s old sund, back room of
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he found
all hour?. *oe
COLUMBUS, GA., MONDAY, JAN. 16. 1865.
[DAILY TIMES.
EVENING EDITION,
SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1865.
Savannah. —l' >w ihe “ well-disposed ” citi
zen* of Sayannau are to be treated, in the
very freshness of their alleged loyalty, is ob
vious, from arr mark attributed to the joker,
Abraham, ; s w< and it in ft United States pa
per . *
“TbePr -sidc .it is reported to have said :
I ‘ I don’t know r uvtliing about Hardee's army;
I only know thr we got eighteen million dol
lars’ worth of c oton ’ ”
Whether the ;<eop!e will be as “w-jll-dispos
ed ” after the and -tter of-course robbejyr by the.
world’s best government, Mr. Lincoln does not
stop to say. The truth is, a few weeks of Fed
eral domination is the greatest purifier of
patriotism that could be contrived.
; We observe that a writer in the World says
( that if the experience of Vicksburg, Memphis,
, Natchez, Baton Rouge, and other points, boa
i test, “Government will get very little of the
| §18,000,000 ” Some good “ loyal men,’’ or
[ “ men recently from the North,” will swear it
j all away. Thief rob thief—“dog eat dog.”
The London “Times,” editorially applauds
Secretary Seward’s correspondence with Mr.
Parker, when that gentleman sought to sub
mit an address to President Lincoln signed by
350,000 people of Great Britain. The “Times”
denounces the officiousne3s of this address
and the manner of proceeding with it, and
says the public of both nations ought to be
much obliged to Mr. Seward for having ad
ministered to these people so complete and
well-earned a snub.
j The London "Army and Navy Gazette” remarks
| that Sherman must do something .more than pass
! like a sword blade through the body of the States.—
j He must hold his own at every point of the line or
the wound ceases to be vital. It thinks, however,
that if he succeeds in gaining the coast a great point
will be occupied between Charleston and Savannah,
from which the whole of the Southern seaboard
may be agitated, but it must be confessed that
Sherman’s avoidance of Augusta and Macon indi
cates weakness and a fear of the feathering of his
I enemies.
The South Carolinian, of Columbia, is very hope
ful of the future. It says:
Taking every contin-euiyinto consideration, sup
posing even that Sherman should be able to ac
complish iu South Carolina what he has already
aocomplished in Georgia—which is not likely, not
even possible, if we all do our parts—it is now mani
fest even to those wdo, in such an event, would be
stripped of everything they possess in the world,
that the conquest of the country would not bo ex
pedited one jot thereby. The idea, therefore, which
obtained, for a’vhils, with a timid few, that we had
reached our last entrenchments, has doubtless boea
dismissed, oven by that timid few, as sftremely
ridiculous; and the weakest of us may now fight
with the catm confidence of those who know they
have a thousand resources at their backs.
Gen. Sherhan on the War. —A letter from
General Sherman, which treats incidentally of
the Yankee Administration,' of the war, and
the prospects of the rebellion, closes with
this sentence :
“My idea is that every young and middle
aged man ought to be proud of the chance to
fight for the integrity of his country. I would
like to see all trade and commerce absolutely
cease until this conflict is over; and all who
can fight, and wont fight, ought to be killed or
banished; and those who won’t support those
who do fight should be denationalized.”
Rumors —There have been many rumors
afloat concerning Yankee raids in different
parts of tbe State. We can assure our read
ers that the few Yankees seen were only fora
giug parties, and that they have not yet been
on this side of the Altamaha, or furthey up
the country than Tatnall county. —Macon Tel.
and Confederate.
Rail Roads. —The occupation of Savaunah
readers very desirable some modification of
our rail tov.i system in South Carolina and
Georgia.
The Raii road line from Wilmington to Au
gusta makes a detour at* Branchville precisely
in the wrong direction, because towards the
coast. From Kingsville, by Columbia, to Au
gusta, would be no farther than by Branch
ville to Augusta, and would give a much safer
line. Cannot the link between Columbia and
Augusta be put in ? The distance as measur
ed on the map, is about 9eventv-five miles.
The rail road as it stands, however, is, from
Augusta to Aiken, almost in a direct line to
Columbia ; making Aiken a point of junction,
would shorten the distance seventeen miles,
or reduce the whole, say to sixty mile*. We
should thus have a safe, direct line from Au
gusta to Columbia, where a choice of roads
leading hitherward would be bad, by Wilming
ton, or Charlotte and Danville.
Still further up is Abbeville, which is in
rail road conneotion with Columbia ; aud op
posite to it in Georgia is Athens, which is iu
connection with the Augusta and Atlanta rail
road. These points are tiy the map about
sixty-five miles apart. If they, too, were con
nected, we should have another and a more
interior line between Georgia aud the Eastern
States.
It should be an object to remove tbe super
structure of rail roads no longer serviceable,
and employ the materials upon connections
adapted to the changed state of affairs.—
Large portions of the rail roads leading to
Savannah are now unserviceable, and, indeed,
can be of advantage only to the enemy. Oth
er rail roads are, or may become, in like con
dition. We should be as studious to disman
tle these as to bring off the oaggage train of
an army; nay, more so. Slaves ought to be
impressed in sufficient numbers to complete
with dispatch the new connections which be
come eligible. If we construct these with
judgment and in time, it will not be in the
power of the enemy to cripple our communi
cations.— Richmond Sentinel.
“Coen. —American readers, outside of the
circle of trade, may not know clearly that, in
the reports and columns of the British jour
nals, and in British and European usage,
“corn” means specially wheat, and generly
lv all the sereal grains quoted at the Corn
Exchange, and that the distinctive “Indian” is
always needed in Europe to denote the grain
which with us is emphatically corn. For in
stance, a Liverpool journal gives in the mar
ket report, under the “corn head,' notices of
the article included generally, if not always, in
the order —wheat, flonr, Indian corn, barley,
oats, meal, peas, beans.
With us, corn specifically denotes the Indian
corn, or mrutc. either in the field or in the ear,
after shelling, as the case may be, or even after
distilling, when it appears in a form called
“corn cordial,” by Simon Suggs and other con
noisseurs, and by many corn-whiskey.
From the North.
We gather the following intelligence from
the United States files :
I’AUTICCLARS OF THB SURRENDER OF BAVANNAH.
A correspondent thus details the circum
stances connected with the entrance of Sher
man into Savannah :
Hutchinson's island..
This is a low rice island, perhaps tour miles
loug aud one mile broad, in the Savannah
river, opposite our left. It possesses the ad
ditional advantage of being opposite the ene
my too, for its lower point is opposite the
city, just below the Causeway Ferry. Our
| troops occupied the northern portion of the
! island soon after we got in position here ; but
a with- canal which divides it about a mile
and a naif from its lower point, prevented out
i flanking the rebels out of their mainland for
tifications at the cutset. They soon discov
ered the importance of Hutchinson’s Island,
: aud swung troops over there to hold it.
The South Carolina shore opposite the is
land is low and swampy, an alligator wilder
l ness, except where the Union Causeway ran
j through it to he Charleston railroad, thirty
| miles above. Cavalry, dismounted, fought on
the South Carolina shore, aud were veryjeal
i ous of Unionists, who attempted to pace the
: soil of the Palmetto State. The negroes of
j the grand army were quartered on the upper
end of Hutchinson’s, subsisting themselves on
* rice. All tho mills—and there were four or
five—were kept at work for the benefit of the
army. This, then, was the “situation ”on the
19th, when the bread begun to come in, and
there were no further fears that the army
would be obl'ged to abandon it. Kilpatrick
was scouting down the country b«low St.
Catherine’s and Kilkenny, aud reported no
enemy.
THE INFANTRY CRAWLING UP.
General Sherman had intimated to division
commanders that the first one of them to en
ter the city should be Military Governor. I
do not know whether this caused any extra
shedding of blood, but it worked the* troops
up as fast as they could crawl. Men would
build little platforms on bogs, advancing them
every night, or crawl out ia the swamp along
dt trees. In this way many men of Word’s,
Geary's and Jackson’s divisions, who were in the
woods, approached within range of the rebel
works, and made it difficult for them to work
the old navy guns and platform cars any more.
I doubt not that if Hardee had been foolish en
ough to wait, our fellows would have buried
themselvs u ider the rebel earthworks by inch
es, or gone over with a rush, as at McAllis
ter.
ORN. SHERMAN DEMANDS THE SURRENDER OF
SAVANNAH.
Oa the 16th inst. Gen. Sherman addressed
a note to Lieut. Gen. W. J. Hardee, etc., de
manding the surrender of Savannah and all
it contained to the Government he represent
ed. General Sherman jocosely concluded his
message with a quotation from Hood’s demand
for the surrender of-Daltoa last Summer—that
about “no prisoner* being taken in case of
refusal.” Until the Delaware and Sylph got
up, Geu. Sherman had only one kind of irony
at hi* command. He informed Hardee that
he had thA city Closely invited, and that it
could not hope to hold out. Hardee replied
on the 17th that he was iu daily '•vmmunioa
tion with his Government; that he had plenty
of supplies and men, and could hold out for
an indefinite period. Then preparations went
on to beat a change of sc-otiment into the
lieutenant "<*neral’s head.
THB RKBRL3 STEAL OUT.
On the afternoon of the 20th the rebel ram
Savannah moved up the Savannah river, near
the lower point of Hutobinson’s island, and
commenced- a furious fire on our left. Their
batteries all along the lme did the same thing.
Under cover of this fire Hardee crossed his
men by steamboats, small boats, rafts, Ac., to
the South Carolina shore, and escaped up the
Union causeway. The Savannah kept up her
fire until some of our men got into the city, I
am told. Our batteries did not waste mach
ammunition in replying to this fire, and it did
no damage of consequence. By the morning
they had nearly all got safely across, taKing
with them most of their Ijght artillery.
THEY BLOW UP THEIR RAMS.
About half past ten on the night of the 20th,
those who were on Gen. f Foster’s boat at Fort
Pulaski, and those who were within 25 miles
of Savannah, noticed a column ot flames shoot
hundreds of feet into the air, followed by a
tremor in the earth and air, and a dull, boom
ing sound. This was noticed at Hilton Head.
50 miles away. The rebels had blown up their
floating battery Georgia, an unwieldy monster
moored near tbe obstructions in Ihe Savinnab
river, above Fort Jackson. The explosion was
soon followed by the red flame from the burn
ing navy yard. Late last night they blew up
the ram Savannah. The Savannah was a bet
ter ship for offensive operations. I am told
each carried eight heavy guns.
FOSTER AND SHERMAN.
Gen. l’orter’s boat, the Canonical, detained
at Fort Pulaski during the night ot the 20th
by the explosion and fire at the Savannah na
vy yard, was the first to get up to the city:
Foster, like Sherman at McAllister, didn’t care
for torpedoes; he “must go up there.” The
Ctnonieus ran up to the obstructions, where,
according to all information, the torpedoes
had been placed as soon as Col. Mulford ceas
ed his exchauge operations. Boats were low
ered, and a couple of the dangerous “ kegs”
removed from the path. There were undoubt
edly others there, or near at hand, but the
boat fortunately esoaped them. Gen. Foster
met Gen. Sherman in Savannah at half past
ten ; an hour afterwards dispatches were rea
dy, the Christmas gift from Sherman invoic
ed, and Gen. Foster returned the way he earn*
—quite as daring a feat as facing a cannon
in active operation, as any soldier who leaped
over the torpedoes at Fort McAllister will tell
you.
THE CAPTURES IN SAVANNAH.
Nearly one thousand rebels have already
reported as prisoners, and more are coming in
from their hiding places. Some of these are
willing prisoners ; others are laggards, who
were too slow for Hardee s ferry. One hun
dred and fifty guns, heavy and light, with a
vast quantity of ammunition, fell iuto our
hands. The steamers Beauregard, General
Lee and a nameless little one, all good harbor
boats, were taken undamaged. A cigar-shaped
torpedo boat was saved from the burning nary
yard. She was nearly ready for service.—
Thirty-two thousand bales of cotton, much of
it superior quality, lam told, are urtd in
warehouses about town. Twelve \o>' -u tive-*
and two hundred cars are among the spoils,
and no indifferent amount of rebel provisions*
THI CITY IN ITS PRISTINE BEAUTY.
Although the appointed time was not t*r
off. General Sherman had not opened *ny of
his batteries with intent to injure the city o?
Savannah. Consequently, the city wa* int act
and the contrast with Ai.anta was aoue. i by
the soldiers as they entered the pretty r'reeis
They realized wbat the “bull-headit!
of flood brought upon the latter pervert* city.
Savannah is emphatically a city of classes.
Squares for tut resideuce* of the “upper ten”
have squares removed from them, whereon
are located the residences of iiit grand class.
None of these fine residence* were puuetureJ
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by shot or shell, and the efficient provost
gaard3 of General Geary will keep their inte
riors safe from the tread of vandals. Their
spoous, table and bed linen are safe as they
would be in the strongest of strong boxes.—
bo much the Savannah people gain bv living
on the seacoast. The mercantile shops are all
closed this morning ; report speaks of consid
erable amounts of wealth concealed behind
their doors The citizens keep in doors. The
blatant stories of Union rapaciiy and cruelty
published in Southern papers have had their
effect. So long as they can support themselves
I think no military orders will disturb them.
savannah's defenses.
The principal defenses o f the town from at
tack by water were the obstruetions in the
river and Forts Jackson, Lee and Bartow. We
had been told that Fort Bartow was truly a
formidable work, but the event proved “they
say” liars. Bartow and Lee were very fair
earthworks, and Jackson a rusty old United
States. Some of the guns they mounted were
spiked, but they can be reclaimed for use.—
The main ship channel has long been stopped
up by spiles ; the south channel was used till
recently by Col. Mulford in exchange busi
ness, so they had left a gap in trie wood work.
Just before they left some torpedoes were sank
in this gap, but they were taken up by Geu.
Foster’s boat without their doing harm to any
one. It will probably require a week to open
the main ship channel to Savannah. The
laud fortifications, although mounting heavy
guns, could have been easily carried had it
not been for the flooded rice plantations and
swamps,
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE SURRENDER
OF SAVANNAH.
From a correspondence of the New York
World, “dated Fort Pulaski, below Savannah,
Dec. 23d,” we extract the following interesting
particulars connected with the occupation of
Savannah by Sherman :
General Sherman entered Savannah on the
forenoon of the 21st instant, and established
his headquarters, together with Generals Slo
cum and Howard, in the town. On the fol
lowing day General Foster opened communi
cation with the city by steamers.
In the haste of his departure, Hardee strange
ly neglected to destroy the ammunition in the
forts and the cotton in the city. Only a por
tion of the guns left behind were spiked.
The truits of the capture are as follows :
The city of Savannah, all its fortifications
intact, with the adjoining rivers and harbors.
Eight hundred prisoners, the number of
which is being daily increased by the discove
ry of concealed rebel officers in the town.
One hundred and fifty-two guns, only a part
of which are spiked, and nearly all of which
can be rendered serviceable.
Thirty-throe thousand bales of cotton, most
ly belonging to private individuals.
Ammunition aud other materials of war not
estimated.
Thirteen locomotives and two hundred rail
road cars.
General Sherman’s entry into the town was
marked by no ordinary commotion. The city
received him quietly and respectfully, though
not with open arms.
The population of Savannah, during tho
past thirty days, has been imawisclj in’ereas •
ed by emigration from the interior. Tkou
j sands of people, including many wealthy fami
; lies, fled from the country threatened by Gen.
Sherman’s march, to find, as they presumed,
an undisturbed refuge in the city. The houses
overflow with them; numbers dwell in sheds
and lire upon the streets. Negroes form a
large niri e s *hj g transient population. Many
rebel officers aud soldiers are found concealed
in houses, and probably considerable valuable
property, not yet estimated iu the fruits of this
almost bloodless siege, will yet be brought to
light likewise.
A number of prisoners, which may be coun
ted in addition to those found in the city,
werj previously captured during our advance
against the enemy’s works. Col. Clinch, of
Gen. Hardee’s staff, with thirty men, was taken
on board a transport in the Savannah river, a
few days before the surrender. A quantity of
of whisky was aboard the transport, and when
oar officers reached it, every man on board,
except Col. Clinch, was found in a state of
beastly intoxication. Gen. Harrison, a Militia
General, and a man of considerable wealth,
residing near the city, was also taken prisoner [
during the seige.
The exact route taken by Hardee and his
[ troops is not yet ascertained. It i3 supposed
; that he has gone to Augusta.
! The thousands of Union prisoners confined
j in the stockade at Andersonville, and after
| wards removed to a similar stockade at Millen,
j were withdrawn before Sherman’s advance,
! and are now said to be temporarily confined at
; a point about sixty miles below Savannah, it
j is rumored that Gen. Kilpatrick, with part of
[ the cavalry under his command, is about to
! start upon an expedition to deliver them.—
; The stockade prison at Millen was scarcely
i less horrible —except that it had not be -z used
!so long—than that at Andersonville. .'some
iof the prisoners had made burrows in the
! earth, where they existed like animals, wdth
' no other shelter from the rains or protection
; from toe winds.
What course will be parsued respecting the
i excessive population oi Savannah city aud the
j fifteen thousand negroes who accompanied
j the army from the interior to the coast, is not
yet manifested. The question of supplies for
j these immense numbers of people, united
1 with the army, mu3t become a serious one.
The citizens themselves are not over well &up
i plied with food. Hardee's army had a con
! siderable quantity of provieions, but it was
jealously kept apart for the support of the
i troops alone.
Nearly three hundred Union officers, prison
| ers in rebel hands, escaped during the late
| march, and accompanied the army hither.
The siege of Savannah just closed, although a
I short and comparatively unexciting one, has been
{ marked by a readiness on. the part of the troops,
! which proved how much additional* confidence
and spirit the last successful march has given
S them.
The capture of Fort McAllister was effected
, within forty minutes after the assault began.—
i Our men went over aud into the works like a
! whirlwind. Yet, notwithstanding the fury and
i success of the assault, they did not fight against
; eowards The rebel troops inside the fort still
! fought oa after we had entered it, saying they
were forbidden to e urrender.
Hand to hand combats iher* actually occurred.
Bayonet met bayonet. Mutkets were used as
clots Ono Union captain rV-ught with hi* sword
: againj: a rebel soldier for nearly five miuute*.
i finally striking him dywn with a blow upon the
i head-
The desperate res*- a nee aid not eau*e us much
; less, save in woaede-i. Our ;•***es in killed were
’ chiefly i’raffl the torpedoes with which the fort
<va< snm-umled. whiih did not explode
. uuder the fee; oi rhe troop* were uu r 'v*rJs re-’
moved by pri* -aers in the same tn.inner as tbore
planted in o‘h. approaches.
Maj-’f Auderiou, commanding Fort McAllister,
w.ii sk*»u prisoner with his men. Major Aa.i-r
--son '..r iin style. Nearly four thousand dollars
worth of wines and <*i?ars were found stowed away
in uii quarters Tho soldiers rcvelsd rid .rag
the** -iainies. a* wa* their wont. General
man, wtio, like Gen. Grant, ie a smoker, fiad i r is
' presumed from the following incident, his -bare of
, tiu Havanas : .
M.*jur Andemra. in conversation with Uen«*rai
Sherman outside the fort after the surrender, asked
! ta \, e excused a racme «t, in order to return to his
quarter#, “where,” said he. smilingly, “©eaeral,
I have swine very good cigar*. I wou>d Hkf f-n
have you try one.”
“ Thanks," responded General Sherman, ja»t a*
plea-untiy, at the #ame time extending a handfisl
es the Mujor’s own tragraut eherootg, “but I ba*e
some very good ones here. Permit me.”
The Major took a cizar.
My Mother.
~ Would 1 e raid soothe thy loving heart.
And bid vaeh anxious care depart,
And k iss -way thy tear* that start,
My mother!
I ne’or shall feel the mean regret
That aaught but terror can beget,
Whate’er tho perils that beset,
My mother f
I will not fill a coward's grave,
Nor flinch my country’s call to save,*
But to stand or fall amid tbe brave.
My mother !
Ah ! many deaths I'd rather die,
Thau shut ray ear to that wild cry
Os fatherland, that wings on high,
My mother !
The cry that calls each gallant son,
Ero yet the murderous deed b"e done,
To shield tbe life bestowing one,
My mother 1
The martyred dead do sweetly sleep—
\ ictorious o’er the slumber deep.
Their spirits shall a vigil keep,
My mother !
A vigil keep o’er »ll the land—
And flashing forth at His command,
To victory lead tho patriot band,
My mother !
To live or die ! If die I must,
Oh! let me rest on hero dust,
Nor live a traitor to thy trust,
My mother 1
“The Soldier Bov.”
The Constitutional Union, published in
Washington city, says:
“Pray God that the history of this horrible
war may never be writteu. The world will
shudder at it, and whenever the word infamy
is spoken, it will surely be coupled with this
name of Butler and Sherman.
Infant Mortality.— From a return made
to the House of Commons, it appears that
22,757 inquests were held in the course of last
year upon persous who had come to their
death in some violent or unusual manner. Os
this number 6,506 were held upon infants
under seven years old, and 3,644 upon child
ren under a year old. Os the former class
1,100, and tho latter nearly 1,000, were ille
geumate. A frightful prevalence of infanti
cide is disclosed by such a return, and it is tobe
feared that the great mortality of infants is an
evil which must be reached as much by moral
as by sanitary influence.— London Times.
A party of Canadian duck shooters lately
was magnified into a formidable rebel gang
of “rebel ” raiders who were about to invade
the State of New York from the Canadian
border. The Government spent over a million
of dollars in'preparing to resist this threaten -
ing army of six duck shooters. Gen. Butler
was sent to New York, together with from 10
to 20,000 soldiers, hut Butler, with even hls
obliquity of vision, could’ut find the raider*.
He, however, received many fiatteriug compli
ments as to his great personal beauty, by sev
eral New York ladies. —New York New*
An Unlucky Nukdbr.—A letter from Rome
says that recently thirteen pickpockets were
taken up by the papal police aud brought to
the loce np. The “intelligence officer” who
superintended the stations released one of
them, oa the ground that thirteen was suck
an unlucky number.
Model Rules.—A jubilee was recently held at
Alton, Illinois, and on taking ’he oLair the Presi
dent announced the following rate*:
Ist. When instrumental mosio is called for the
band will play their veiy best, and all play the
sane tune.
2d. When vocal music is called for, the men and
women singers will please all sing—none excused
on account of colds, but all should be careful about
tho pitch.
fid. When gentlemen are called on to apeak, they
are expected to speak promptly, speak well, and
above all, speak short; particularly the short.
4th. When public speaking is going on. private
speaking mast be suspended—exoept ladies whi*-
pering.
sth. The public speakers are requested to speak
one at a time
6th. At the time allotted for general free conver
sation, all are expected to speak at once.
7th. All speeches, songs and musio must be round
iy cheered, and the poorer the performance the
moro earnest the eheering, for the simple reason that
such need it moH.
Bth. A speech from the chair shall always be ia
order and toundly cheered.
9th. The ohair may ,dd to these rules as the meet
ing progresses.
Major General Stoneman arrived in Nashville or
the 29th, from hi* raid in Southwestern Virginia.—
He exaggerates equal to Pope.
Road not to contradict and confute, nor to believe
and take for granted, nor to find talk and discoareo
but to weigh and consider.
It has been customary to pardon a convict in the
Massachusetts State prison, every thanksgiving
but this year a procuranoe of the Governor’s Coun
cil could not be obtained for the purpose. It vil
probable that two convicts would bo pardoned on
Christinas day.
The’steamer North America, from New Orleans,
bound for Philadelphia with two hundred and
three sick soldiers, twelve cabin passengers, aud
arrow of forty men, was lost off the Florida coaat
on the 21st ultimo in tho heavy gale es that day.
Os the passengers an J crew 62 were saved, tad
197 lost.
FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE AND BAINBRIDGI
The steamer Indian, Fry, Master, will leave
for the above and intermediate landings. Tuesday
morning, at 9 o’clock,
jan 14 td
Regular Line of Steamer* on tfe«
Chattahoochee River.
Columbus. Ga., Jan. 9th.
'PiI fa. Steamer*Jackson, Daniel Fry, Master, vS
1 leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day at 9 a. u. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 p. m.
The Steamer Indian, C. D. Fry Master, leave*
Columbus every Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. Re
turning, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at
2 A. M.
The Steamer Mist. A. Fry Master, leaves Cohan
bus every Friday at 9a. u. Returning leaves Chat
tahooche every Sunday at 12 u.
jan 10 2m
Notice.
DR. A. C. WINGFIELD has removed his oftae
to Pemberton A Carter’s where he may be fow4
during the day. Night calls left at his reei deaea,
between Forsyth and Mclntosh streets, immediate
ly in the rear of Dr. Bozeman’* will be pronyOy
attended,
jan 10lw*
To Rent,
* DELIGHTFUL RBSIDBNCR, well fornishttd
A containing six rooms, situated four miles from
Columbus, in Gen. Abercrombie’s neighborhood-
There are one hundred and seventy acres att&ohed,
with fine orchards and good garden, and well Im
proved out buildings. Apply to
jan 9—ts Mr*. SARAH CROWELL.
To Hire,
\ GOOD MAN COOK. Apply to myself or the
Times Office. THUS. W. OKIMBR
jan 10 ts
To Printers !
\l’ E ouer for srie a complete BOOK jU
V> (except P.nlrag Machine,) two hand PRESBW,
and about
1,000 Pound* of Type Metal.
nr v2l-tf m
Wanted.
i NY perron having a *mall bouse, or part es a
A house to rent, can find a good tenant bj apphr
ing at this office. Jen * m
Reward.
Strayed or Stolen.
ON the right of the Ufth inst, a BAY HORSE in
low condition, without shoee, a star on hia fore
head. saddle mark on the baek. I wilt pay the
above reward to any p*-r»on for information so that
I can get Mm, THOM AH KKNNY.
j»n V 3t* Columbus.