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SPECI AL NOTICES
Special Notice.
Headquarters 24th List. G. M., >
Columbus, Ga.. Jan. 17, 1866. i
The attention of the Reserve Militia, Policemen,
ft nd all companies commissioneo from the Adjutant
and Inspector General’s Office of Georgia, aie es
pecially directed to General Orders No. 11. issued
from that office on the 7th inst.
B. A. THORNTON,
jan 18 3t .4 D. C.
HEADQUARTERS, Mu./ TARY DIVISION OF THE WEST
January 7th 1865.
General Orders t
No. ]
Post Commandants. Provost Marshals and En
rolling Officers on duty in this Military Division,
will uot permit to pass within its limits, officers ard
men on leave or furlough, or scouting parties of
Wheeler’s Cavalry, uni as their leave or furlough,
er the order detailing the scouting 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 granting leaves or furloughs, or ordering
fuoh details, will be forwarded to these Headquar
ters at Montgomery, Ala.
By command of Gen. Beauregard.
J. B. RUST 18. A. A: G.
Georgia. Alabama and Mississippi papers
please insert for one week, and send accounts to
Montgomery. Ala.
jan 13 1 w
To Georgia Soldiers !
rtilllipw' 4th Georgia Brigade.
State of Georgia, )
Quartermaster Uenkral’s Office, >
Augusta, Dec. 28rh, 1864.)
fbe members of this Brigade now living,-and the
representatives of those deceased, will please inform
us where the Half-Pay due them, under the Act of
December 7th, 1863, may be forwarded to them. In
response to each communieition we will forward
the necessary papers for signatures.
Each correspondent will furnish us the oompany,
battalion or regiment to which, he .or he
represents, belonged in this Brigade, and his full
address at the present time.
IRA R. FOSTER,
Q. M. Gen. ofGa.
N. B.~After the Ist of March letters will be ad
dressed tons at Milledgoville; until that time, un
less in case of danger to this place, we will be ad
dressed at Augusta, I. R. F.
jan 7 1m
WANTS.
“W-A. 3STTIETD.
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,
Bevnuld::, Taylor Couuty.
MRS. Oil As. J. WILLIAMS,
nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga.
wSrii! ”
c 1111(1 LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal prioe
51/ will be paid. Apply to •
F.W. DILLARD,
»p 7 ts Major and Q. M.
WAITED,
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 OSNABURttS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
OR.OUN3D PEAS,
At the GRANT FACTORY.
dec 17 ts
Reward.
QTOLBN from Cook’s Hotel or between the Mus
er ootree Depot an I the Hotel, on fie morning of
the 7th inst. one small VALISE, covered with red
russett leather, somewhat toro, ends dark or green,
tugs at each end. containing one Captain’s fine
grey uniform, under clothing, one ink stand, one
finely bound volume of “General Orders” from
Adjutant General’s 0 lice, end belongs to Lieut.
Oil. Waddy. Some of the clothing marked Thomas
W. Hunt. We will nay the above reward of two
hundred dollars fir the recovery of the valice and
two hundred dollars for the thief, if a white man,
or fifty dollars if a negro.
SHIVERS, WYNNE & CO..
Proprietors Cook’s Hotel.
Oohimbuv Ga., Jan. 10. '65. —2w
To Rent
A DELIGHTFUL RESIDENCE, well famished
A coutainiaar six-ro >ms. situated four miles from
Columbus, in Gen Abercrombie's neighborhood.—
Thore are v no hundred and seventy acres attached,
with fine orchards and good garden, and well im
proved oirt buildings. Apply to -
jan 9—ts Mrs. SARAH CROWELL.
To Printer* !
TJTKofterfor sale a complete BOOR BINDERY,
f \ (except Ruling Machine,) two hand PRE&&ES,
and about
1,000 round* of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf
FRESH DRIIVS.
Rug Morphine, A fine asst Eng Soaps,
Powers it Weightman's Brown Windsor Soap,
Morphine, A fine asst Tooth Brushes,
150 ob, Eng Quintan, Childrens Hound Combs,
Gum Camphor, Nitric Acid,
Ext Logwood. Mur Acid,
Cochineal Carb Soda,
©ow’d Ipecac, Or Tartar,
Dover’s Powder*. Eng Mustard,
Sal Soda. MurateofTia.
Gum Opium, Fine Combs,
Pow’d Opium. Dress Combo,
fen* Note and Letter Pa- Pocket Comb*.
Png'* anJ Confederate
Envelopes,
For sale by -d. GREEN & CO.,
dec 28 1 m L nion BpriSgs, Ala.
Regular Lin© of Steamers on the j
Chattahoochee River.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
r DH.E Steamor*JACKSON, Daniel Fry, Master, wil
1 leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day at 9 A . M . Returning leaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 r. m.
The Steamer Indian, C. D. Fry Master, leaves
Columbus every Tuesday morning at 9 *. m. Re
turning, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at
2 A. M.
The Steamer Mist, A. Fry Master, leaves Colum
bus every Friday at 9a. m. Returning leaves Chat
tahooche every Sunday at 12 m.
jan 10 2m _
To Rent.
A SMALL FARM, containing about 100 acres, 69
in the woods an ■ mrty cleared, about one mile
above the Fountain Factory, on the river. On the
•lace is a good dwelling with three rooms, a large
apple and peach orchard and variety of other fruit
frees, go ><l -ratar, Ac. For terms apply to
Mrs. J. A. JONES,
near Columbus.
For Exchange or Sale.
i T the olio© of the “Southern Iron Works.” near
A the new bridge, the following articles of 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 an t Hoop Iron, of all sixes, suitable for plan
tation u»es. AA
Sugar Mill* and Kettles, of all sixes, from 30 <<•
120 gallons,
Pots, Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Pans and An irons.
Club and Broad Axes.
Shovels .uni Spades.
Trace chain os and Plough Moulds.
Orders for Castings and Machine Work
promptly executed. *
ianf.t JOHN D. GRAY k CO-
VOL. XII.}
DAILY TIMES,
EVEMNfi KIIITIOiV.
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1865.
Gold Declining. —We understand, says the
Augusta Constitutionalist of the 10th, that advices
were received in this city yesterday to the effect
that gold had declined in Richmond to thirty.
This is a very immense aud sudden declension,
and will operate with stunning effect upon the
heartless sbylocks who have been so long laboring
to speculate in the national currency.
There was a rumor also afloat in Augusta to
the effect that the Government had ordered the
officers and men in the field to be paid two m nths
wages in specie ! We hope that this may be true
for the sake of the “ragged bravos” who are bat
tling at the front.
A List of Engagements
In which the Fourth Alabama Regiment
HAH BEEN ENGAGED.
1 Manassas Gap, First, Virginia.
2 Eltham’s Landing, Virginia.
3 Seven Pines, two days.
4 C4aines’ Farm.
5 Malvern’s Hill.
6 Hazel River. . J
7 Thoroughfare Gap.
8 Second Manassas, two days.
9 Boonsboro, Maryland. j
10 Sharpsburg, Maryland, two days.
11 Fredericksburg, Virginia, two days.
12 Fort Huger, Virginia.
13. Suffolk, twenty-three days.
14 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, two days.
15 Falling Waters, Virginia.
16 Manassas Gap, Virginia,
17 Thornton’s River.
18 Chickamauga, Georgia, two days.
19 Chattanooga, Tennessee, fifteen day*.
20 William’s Island, three daj 3.
21 Raccoon Valley, three days.
22 Hog Mountain, two days. J
23 Loudon.
24 Campbell’s Station.
25 Knoxville, ten days.
26 Knoxville Heights, seven day*
27 Bean’s Station, two days.
28 Dandridge Pike.
29 Dandridge.
30 Strawberry Plains.
31 Wilderness, Virginia, two days.
32 Spottsylvania Court House, five days.
33 Crutchfield's Farm.
34 Hanover Junction, two days.
35 Mechanicsville Road.
36 Charles City Road.
37 Cold Harbor, three days.
38 Hosvleit House, two days.
39 Petersburg, forty days.
40 Deep Bottom, two days.
41 Fuzzell’s Mill, three days.
42 Petersburg, thirty days.
43 Fort Gilmer.
44 For Harrisou.
45 Darbytown, 7th of October.
46 Darbytown Road, 13th of October
47 Williamsburg Road, 27th of October.
48 Darbytown Road, 10th of December.
Chronological order agrees with the nume
rical arrangement of the above list.
Total number of days engaged, 191.
Number of days been in service to 13th of j
December, 1864, 1337.
Proportion of engagements to time of serv- |
ice, one day in seven.
Mr. Editor: The above is a list of engage
ments in whiah the old “bloody 4th Alaba
ma” has been engaged, up to the 13th of De
cember, 1864. The list was made out bj one
of her “ bravest of the brave,” Private Jesse
B. Nave, Jr., formerly of Marion, Ala. Jesse,
like many of her brave sons, entered her ranks
on the 12th of January, 1861; has never been
absent from his command; and what is more,
has never asked for leave of absence. This
glorious old regiment deserves justly to be
called the Banner Regiment of our noble band
of patriots now battling for freedom. Not
withstanding the number of fights this gallan*
regiment has took part in, they have neve P
suffered their bullet-riddled battle-flag to trail
lin the dust. It will be seen from the above
| iist of battles that she has borne her banner
! in every important fight, from the first battle
of Manassas to Darbytown Road. It was also
present at Chickamauga, and, under the gal
j lant Hood, turned the tide of battle. At Knox
j villa, she again stormed the foe, aud caused
many a hireling of Lincoln to bite the dust.
The regiment has been under numerous shell
ings not included in the aoove list. Still we
hear of no bickerings in this proud old regi
ment, which has had every man of her ranks
| wounded at some time since she went into
j service. Nobly dona 1 old Mother Fourth—
you have done well, and could well aay to
“croakers’ at home, Come and join us, and
• we will show you how freemen can meet the
' foe. B.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 19, 1865.
Richmond, Jan. 10.—The following dispatch
was received here to-day :
Charleston, Jan. 9.
To His Excellency, President Davis :
Gen. Wheeler’s cavalry has bees organizod un
der my supervision. It consists of three divisions
—eight brigades. It is a well organiaed and effi
cient body.
Reports of its disorganisation and demoraliza
tion are without foundation, and its declaration,
accredited to this command can generally be traced
to bands of marauders claiming to beiong to it. l
know nothing at present to add to its effective
ness except the promotion of a name, (olank) for
which recommendations have been sent in.
W. J. Hardbk-
Richmond, Jan. 10—Tbe following was re
ceived last night :
Macon, Jan. 7.
To Gen. Cooper :
General Hood reports from Tupelo, 6th, that
Thomas appeared to be moving up the Tennessee
river, up to 9 o’clock, a. m., on the sth.
Scouts report that six gunboats aud 60 trans
ports had passed Savannah, Tenn., going towards
Eastport, loaded with troops and supplies.
G. T. Beatregard.
Richmond, Jau. 11.—The Examiner of this
morning states, on the authority of Mr. Pollard,
that Butler has been relieved of his command and
ordered to report to Lowell, Mass., his place of
residence. Gen. Ord has been assigned to the
command of the Army of the James.
Jackson, Jan. 14.—Advices from Vicksburg of
the 12th has been received.
They report that General Grierson’s command
I had gone to Memphis.
The raid on Yazoo was supposed t» hare been
| local troops.
Thackery is to have a bust in Weataister Abbey
among the great men of England. It is to be
placed close by the effigy of Addisea.
COLUMBUS, GA.. FRIDAY, JAN. 20. 1865.
Latest from tbe North.
From Northern pipers of the 4th inst. we
take the following:
FROM THOMAS’ ARMT.
A telegram from Nashville, of the 3d, says
! that all of Thomas’ sick and wounded have
been sent back to that place, and that, he will
soon be heard fr miu another direction. We
find the folio' dag telegram :
Decatur, Ala., Deo. 29.—Gen. Steadman
transferred his command to tbe south bank oi
the Tennessee, atfove this place, oight before
last, and threw it quickly upon the town. The
ent my, under Hood, rapidly retreated.
Our cavalry, under Col/Polly, 10th India
na, captured two 12-pounder guns, with their
horses and caie mns. They also took a num
ber of prisoner-.
The trains ran from this place to Chatta
nooga.
shbrman’s movements.
A letter from Gen. Sherman’s brother, at"
Savannah, says that on the 29th ult. a portion
of the army commenced moving.
COMPLETION OF BUTLER’S CANAL—THB BULK
HEAD BLOWN OUT —FIFTEEN FEET OF WATER
IN THE CANAL.
A letter to the Philadelphia Inquirer, from
Butler's headquarters, on the Ist, announces
the completion of the canal and the blasting
out of its upper end on that day. It says :
The long-expected blasting of the upper
end of the famous Dutch Gap canal occurred
at 4 o’clock this afternoon. To effect its re- j
moval it was to be blasted with gunpowder.
Asa preliminary to this, it was desirable to
diminish as far as possible the mass of earth 1
to be blown out, and a large diagonal slice,
sloping inward, was taken off the top of tbe
bulkhead. It was also detached from the
solid ground on either side of ik by cutting
narrow fissures down to the level of the wa
ter.
The mine was sunk to the depth of 20 feet
below the bottom of the canal, being kept dry
during the process of its excavation and after
its completion by means of two hand pumps
and an air pump. From the main shaft di
verged five separate galleries, one of which
was placed several feet forward under the bed
of the river. In these galleries wa3 placed
an aggregate of six ions of gunpowder. Fu
ses were prepared, and by the first day of the
new year everything was in readiness for
blowing away the barrier and allowing the
waters of tbe James to flow freely through
the new channel dug for them.
This afternoon Geu. Butler, with most of the
officers of his staff, rode down to. tbe gap to
witness the culminating act of the great en
terprise of which he was the author, and in
which he has taken so deep an interest.—
There was some delay in arranging the fuse,
but as the New Year’s sun began to redden iu
the west, and somewhat less than an hour be
fore its setting, the explosion occurred. It
was attended with but a slight report, and al
though dust was thrown to the height of 100
feet, the ooucussion was barely sufficient to
crack the ice on a mud-puddle near the edge
of the crevice.
Not having been tried by the actual passage
of vessels through it, it would, perhaps, be »
little premature for me to assert now that the
canal is positively a success ; but it is so re -
garded by those who have the best opportuni
! ties for knowing.
The natural inquiry of the public mind uow
| will be as to the effect of the completion
!of tbe canal. Well 1 however eminently suc
cessful it may prove, it, of course, will not en
able as to steam straight up to Richmond
with our monitors. Twenty rebel cannon bear
directly on its upper end, and the river above
is barred with obstructions, and its channel
thickly sown with torpedoes. Incidentally,
these obstructious have doue us one service
in preventing the rebel gunboats from coming
down below the left flank of our line North of
I the James, as they were able to do before the
! expected opening of the canal compelled the
j enemy to obstruct the river. There is abun-
I dance of work to do above tbe gap before our
gunboats can proceed much higher, but there
are doubtless means by which this can be ac
i compiished, aud 'he advantage of being able
| to commence hostile operations above, instead
i of being obliged to commence six miles below,
i ia self evident.
The correspondent adds that there are sis- j
teen reel of water now in the canal.
GUERILLAS IN KENTUCKY,
The Louisville Press contains a notice of
the latest exploits of Sue Mundy, the celebra
ted female guerilla. It says : .
Thursday last, Capt. McCormick and Sur
geon Sherk, of the Seventh Pennsylvania cav
alry, left camp at Bardstown for the purpose
of visiting the family of Mr. Grigsby, one and
a half miles from town. While the two gen
tlemen were sitting in Mr. Grigsby's parlor,
conversing with the ladies, they were surpris
ed by the sudden appearance of Sue .Mundy.
at the head of a gang of thirteen desperadoes.
The officers, finding resistance useless, imme
diately surrendered. Sue Mundy was appris
ed of the fact by one of Mr. Grigsby's daugh
ters, who begged her to spare the lives of the
two men.
She replied by cursing her, and told her she
would be her own judge, at the same time
walking up to Capt. McCormick, and shooting
him through the head. She then shot Dr.
Sherk through the breast. Both men died al
most instantly. The gang then feft in the di
rection of Bloomfield, where they have their
headquarters. The citizens recognized among
the scoundrels a man by the name of Turner,
from Bardstown, who was sent across the river
some weeks ago to remain during the war.
This gang has been prowling around Bards
town for the past week. They have sworn to
kill every Federal soldier caught by them.
They rob everybody, and are a terror to tbe
whole country.
General Long, as tfoon as he heard ol tbe
i murder of the two officers, sent scouting par-
I ties in all directions, with instructions to kill
| all guerillas captured. We have not leaned
whether any of the party were caught.
The bodies of Captain McCormick and Sur
| geon Sherk were brought to tbe city yesterday
! to be forwarded to their friends in Pennsyiva
, nia.
I RANCIS p. blaie’s “mission "
Francis P. Blair, about whom Bv nuch was
written in the Confederacy, because >t the New
York Tribune's crediting hfin with a peace
commission, returned to Washington on Mon
dav, having ‘‘finished an agreeable and friend
lv visit to General Grant." A telegram says
he saw no one trom tne rebel Government.,
except some deserters and refugees. The Phil
adelphia Inquirer, announcing the return of
the Blairs, says :
The quid nunc,*, having retried beyond dis
pute that diplomacy was their errand, arc*
now withdrawing the assertion by gradual
modification?, and preparing lor the final con
fession that they were mistaken. The first
modification of the story is that Gen. Grant
refused to give passes to the Messrs. Blairs,
which, if they bad authority which wag *s
cribed to them, would not have been refused.
Next We -are told that the BUirs had no pub
lic mission, but that they hoped to get back a
large number of letters from prominent poli
ticians throughout the country which were
taken by Breckinridge at Silver Spring
These missives might reveal many secrets con
cerning the inns and outs of pariigan move
ments. The idea of their obtaining Ruch a
boon from Jeff Davis, whwse stock of corres
pondence ' was captured at his plantation m
i Mississippi and published to tbe world is
rather absured. If tbe let'ers of tbe Blairs
contained damaging political revelation**,
Davis would be the first man to revenge him
self by making them public. The latest state
ment in regard to tnis matter is, that the
Blairs went to the army merely 1 upon a trip
for the purpose of seeing the troops and ma
king .Temselves familiar with the situation at
.Petersburg. They are intelligent men, and
what they saw- will be of advantage to them
in all time. If they have had greatness thrust
upon them by the gossips, they may comfort
themselves that their forced honors were of
brief duration, and that they may soon return
to a life of ease and dignity, undisturbed by
ambassadorial anxieties.
SEWAJtD AND fflS FOREIGN RELATION QUESTION.
The Northern paper* publish, by telegraph
from Washington, an editorial fr<>m tbe Rich
mond Sentinel, concluding with this paragraph :
If France and Englaud will enter into a treaty
with these Conlederate States, recognizing our
nationalcy aud guaranteeing our in epenuence
upon tbe abolition of slavery in all these States,
rather than continue the war wo should be prepared
to urge the measure upon our readers. We believe
such a proposition would be favorably received
and acted upon by those nations, aud it ought to
be made to them.
[This paragraph is from the Richmond Enqui
rer.]
Accompanying the) 'telegraph is the following
explanation :
The following editorial from the Richmond Sen
tinel has been deemed by Secretary Seward of such
importance, and so truly representing tue con
dition of the South aud Jeff. Djvis’own inten
tions, that he ha* ordered copies of it to be sent
to our foreign ministers, to show that the rebel
government is admitted by their own ministers to
be a failure, and that, already exhausted and worn
out, they are seeking for some port of refuge; and
this being the case, that they be no longer con
sidered as “ belligerents.” Those familiar with
Jeff. Davis and his writings, declare this to be
from hi* pen.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Gold is going up. It was quoted at 233 in New
York on Wednesday.
General Rosecrans is urged for the command of i
the Army of the Potomac.
The ship Isabella, from New York for Bremen,
had put into Fayal leaking.
Strong delegations to Washington are urging
Admiral Dupont as the successor of Socretarv
Welles.
The most interesting news of the day is
brought us by the Northern papers, and is the
announcement that Butler’s much talked of
Dutch Gap canal ha3 at length been completed.
The importance of this news remains to be
seen. If it is a success j that is, if it admits
the passage through it of the Yankee fleet, it
is an important and useful work to the enemy,
inasmuch as it puts them about six miles near
er the city by water than they would be had
they been obliged to make the trip around
Farrar’s island, which is the name of the pen
insula of which Dutch gap was the isthmus,
if it proves unnavigable to monitors and gun
boats, the whole vast undertaking is so much
time and labor lost. But even should it float
the monitors comfortably, it ia yet to be tested
whether our batteries on the south side of
James river aud west of the gap will not effec
tually blockade its navigation. We think they
will.
The Yankees tell us the canal has fifteen feet of
water in it at high t’de. Its length is five hun
dred and sixty feet; its width, forty yards. The
cut through the ridge of the isthmus, at its high
est point, to the water line is fifty-nine feet. The
work was begun on the 10th of August; and the
western end, which had been left untouched till
the rest of tbe canal was finished, to protect the
laborers against our batteries, was blown out last
Sunday—the first day of this year. The Yankee
nation are making a great glorification over the
completion of this work, and volumes of praise
are being lavished on Butler for originating the
canal scheme and prosecuting it to ‘a successful
; conclusion. It is, as w* have said, only so far
! successful that the gap has been cut through and
j the cut filled with water. Is advancing the enemy
! in the siege of Richmond is another matter. Even
shoald the monitors sail through, it may be found
• that they have not improved their kcation over
I much. We may, however, expect them to attempt
| the excursion at an early day.
| One of the most remarkable things about the
j completion of this canal is, to us, the fact that it
, should be done right under our noses, (Dutch gap
i being, as the crow flies, only twelve miles front
Richmond,) and yet we heard not one word of it
f untii the news was brought to us from New
| York.— Rich. Disp., 7th.
Thk Savannah Parade.— Our friend of the
Atlanta Intelligencer has a scathing article
founded upon the report which has been the
rounds ol the press, that twelve hundred and
fifty men were in the Fireman Parade in Sa
vannah. We have learned the facts of the
case and will state them for the benefit of
those who may have been deceived in this
matter. The Fire Department of Savannah
is composed, with the exception of two com
panies, numbering not more than a hundred
and fifty men, of negroes. Two white men, a
Foreman and Assistant Foreman, are nppoint
ed to each organization of negroes, and
though it is probable that the Fireman’s Pa
rade in Savannah numbered twelve hundred
and fifty men, certainly not more than two
hundred could have been white men. Thus,
the large procession of which the Yankees
seem so exultant, was simply a parade of ne
gro firemen.— 7 el. A Confederate.
Mr. Seddon, the Confederate Secretary of
War, informs Mayor B. B. DeGraflenried, of
Milledgeville, Ga., that Alexander Collie, Esq.,
a liberal merchant of London, has placed at
his disposal a fund for charitable purposes,
and the Secretary takes pleasure in devoting
$5,000 of it to the relief of those who have
been reduced to poverty by the recent passage
of the enemy through Georgia. The mayor
is authorized to draw upon Mr. Wm. Collie,
Esq., Wilmington, N. C., for the stated amount.
A New Telegraph Company —The pros
peetus of thaTelegraphic New Asraoiatiun (limited)
has been issued. Theysapital is £50,000 is 5,000
share? of £lO each, with a deposit, of £1 on ap
plication and £1 on allotment. Already a iarge
proportion of-the am ;oat ueeesiary ha? ueen sub
scribed. The object is to furnish the -ss and
the public of England, tho continent? of Europe,
atnd the western world with a fuller aud more reg
ular supply of' telegraphic intelligence than the
present systea, provide*. The promoters of the
undertaking, after much preparation and expendi
ture, and favored by circumstances of an excep
; tional Latuje, are in a position to assume the re*
! poosibls function with the certainty of being able
j to execute it in a complete and effective manner
I Special arrangements have been made for procur
ing early aod accurate, at.d in many instances
exclusive, information in connection with the
American civil war aud the progress of the new
Mexican empire, while from China and kho East
Tn iie? intelligence will frequently be transmitted
via St. Petersburg!' wbcu other sources of infer
' mation are not available. According to careful
estimates of the probable financial result* s large
return in the shape es dividend will be secured
upon a small entUy.
1 SIX DOLL4RS
l PER MONTH.
[From tbe Selma Rebel.]
What of Diplomacy?
The writtrs who assume that the war can
not any longer be carried on with any hope of
success are presenting tbe weakest possible
argument to the enemy, as an inducement to
euter upon negotiations for peace. The on
ly argument that eaji have weight with the
* Washington Government, and persuade them
to appoint commissioners, is the conviction of
our power to hold out indefinitely against
their assaults. If Lincoln and Seward were
persuaded that they could not conquer us,
they might be induced to enter the fieid ol
diplomacy, in which they might then fairly
hope to gain some advantage more than by
: prosecuting hostilities.
If tne gentlemen who believe we can never
I w ear out our enemy by resistance with arms,
! were to ha»e tbeir way, President Davis would
at once open negotiations, prompted to it by
i the idea that we are too weak to resist lon
-1 gcr- It is to be supposed that Mr. Davis
would be too diplomatic to inform the Wasb
| ington Government of his reason lor opening
: negotiation, since tbat would be to insure tbe
rejection of hi» ovettures. For otherwise Lin
coln would naturally reply to the overture;
if you are too weak longer to resist, if you
are satisfied ol your inability to sustain jour
government and achieve your indeaendence,
why should yen wish farther effusion of blood,
why should you not lay down your arms and
submit to the '‘national authority.”
This would be the uatural, as well as the
logical conclusion, and it is certain tbat Lin
coln is shrewd enough to see the point. This
answer would conc.ude the negotiation, and
would ihriw upon the Confederates the onus
of unnecessarily prolonging a useless con
test.
But if our newspaper writers are correct,
aud Mr. Davis recognizing their hypothesis,
but seeing that it would only weaken our
bope of getting a conference with the Feder
als, by admitting it, were to falsify what he
believed to be the fact, and proclaim to Lin
coln that we arc stronger now than ever, and
that we intend to resist “to the last man and
the lust ditch,” at the same time, asking for
commissioners to be appointed by both Gov
ernments, to negotiate for peace, would not
the wily diplomatist, Seward, at once .per
ceive that Mr. D. was prompted and urged by
the sentiment of those men who hope to over
reach him by negotiation, while they have no
hope of success by arms ?
These men have openly proclaimed tbeir
sentiments and their desires. They have olam
ored for negotiation, after mukiug an open
confession that this is our only hope. They
have weakened our chances of success by dip
lomacy, by their imprudent gasconade con
cerning our weakness and the strength of the
enemy.
While we would not desire the President to
seek negotiation upon their basis, or anima
ted by their sentiments, which would be fatal
to the effort, we candidly confess that we
would be pleased to see an effort made by him
to that end, just to expose to the people how
illogical is their reasoning. Or if, perchance,
it should be successful, we should be still
more rejoiced at the success.
A PUKE iLLANtMOus Set.—lt is said that
the land forces under Butler who came along
with Porter to close up our port, got awfully
sea-sick. They laid down on their backs and
on their stomachs; they grunted; they
groaned ; they cursed; they prayed; they
cast up accounts ; they paid tribute to Nep
tune ; they threw up tbe coats and the waist
coats of tbeir stomachs ; they threw up their
boots ; they became cataracts ; they said New
York ; they spouted at each other and on each
other; they defiled the vessels from stem to
stern; they cursed their fathers and tbeir
mothers, likewise Beast Butler, whom an Irish
gentleman denominated “the bastethey had
a high old time, and if they spoiled our Christ
mas it is some comfort to know tbat they
were as miserable as human nature could well
be. Butler himself was off his grog and the
black Boldiers looked blue and green, diversi
fied by & mottled yellow. A sea-sick nigger
brigade is a sight for gods and men. If any
of them did sink we have no doubt they hailed
it as a providential deliverance from their woes
which were intolerable. An ugly coast is this
North Carolina coast.— Wilmington Journal.
[From the Baptist Banner.]
“They Dou’t Write to Me Now.”
We have recently met with several cases of dis- i
sipation among our soldiers which were calculated |
toelicitour syuipathv, and lead us to an earnest'
self-examination. When these per ons left home
their haoits were good, their hopes high, and their
energies active and vigorous. For a time they
struggled manfully and successfully with the temp
tations peculiar to camp life. But they were re
moved from home, with nil its hallowed, happy as
sociations: from nearly all social and religious in
fluences; with no watchful mother’s eye upon them,
no father near to admonish by hi3 counsels; and
temptations of various kinds presented themselves,
such as only "au be known to those who have been
in camp. When they first entered t.be army, letters
from home came with due regularity, but their
friends became careless and negligent, and letters
were omitted. They very naturally conclude l that
they were neulected if not lorgotten, and with a sad
heart and dejected countenance they would ex
claim, “They don’t write to me now.” And enter
taining the feeling that no onecared for them, they
began to lose their self-respect, and not to care lor
themselves; audthen commenced their career of
sin and dissipation. Had their friends at home
kept up a regular correspondence,.had they remin
ded them that they continued to be objects of in
terest and solicitude, the memories of borne and ;
friends would have exercised a most salutary influ- i
ence, and encouraged their hearts andstrengtbened
their arms for the spiritu 1 and bodily conflict in |
which th y were engaged, and would iu all proba- j
bility have checked them in the downward course,
and saved them from disgrace and final dcstruc- j
of our churches are sadly at fault in this respect;
they do not write to these absent members, baid a .
brother to me a few days since, * I can endure the j
privations and fatigue of camp : I don t mind them;
but when I think of the negligence of my brethren
at home, lam almost ready to give up. I love ray ;
► church, and rduciuHcr, when X first volunteered,
how my heart was softened by the many expres ions
of interest and solicitude for my future welfare,
uttered by my brethren; but they don’t wnte to me
now and I fear they have lost all interest in my
behalf ”
This brother occupies the position and expresses
the sentiments of thousands of our devoted soldiers,
and it they yield to temptation and tail, the church
collectively, as well as individually, will be in a
measure accountable for their sin and downfall.—
We have great faith in the power of a letter, and
when iudir-iously written and generously intended,
there is an indiscribable magic and influence for
good w e h3ve seen ions from home and soldiers in
cam,' Huger repeatedly and for hours over some
fragments of a leiter which they bavepieserved, and
valued as something more precious tnan gold. to
the siek, the dispirited or the unfortunate, what can
be more soothing than expressions of love and so
; licitade from home. A letter may revive a thou
sand reminiscences, change the purposes, and thus
‘ and restore. It is moreover, such an
aj.-v thine to write; a tew minutes uevoted each
i e labor of l.«. and who can estimate
and 1 imagine the consequences? We. all know how
symyathy lighten- the load: how Inendly counte
nances illumine the darkness; how friendly hands
Impart, as V were, fresh courage and hope.-
Wc all know tbe vnue of sympath: . but alas . now
little true sympathy is exhibited in this jo-ding,
covetous, seilih world : how many friendships have
been broken : h w many brave hearts have been
crushed; how many noble forms have been cast
d-.wn and destroy od by t e vices ©f ndifference and
ntgh- -: . ;T. J. K-'AI i .
We . *u r.r learn that Lieut. Col- William*,
who was in charge at Fort Powell. an 1 * of
evacuating that post, was .objected t- t c- r.
b r-rri£t.r* "
, oomins ' <h“ and return!
j cleared by the court, a. - 9 „’. - a u* B t
to his regimeut recto? t» curia. He 5
’ -Btleman a* has bee. proved on well fought
g.ld« -[Mobile Tribune.
tamp Life in the Army of Virginia.
It jim will taketbr trouble to ride along tht
liueat this lime, no ina'ter liow much yo«
have been accustomed to “ the pomp and < ir
cutiKlme.- of lorious war,” you will enjoy,
for the nonce, the rare luxury of being aiiou
ished. Herd »fore, “the hue” baa, perhaps,
been associated in your memory with serpen
tine journeys through wood*, around swantps,
across ravines, up hills and down, a pile of
log* or fence,rails, covered with a little earth,
marking the defences and a motley array of
scattered and disored men, tents and wagons,
making known the presence of the army.
But note toe change t What only a few
day* ago was a dense wood, is now a cleao,
broad avenue, fit for a boulevard or (barring
a stray stump here and there) a race course.
On one side are strong, high, complete en
trenchments, provided with every means of
defence that art- of the engineer can suggest.
On tbe other extends a row of log huts, is
single file, as far as the eye can reach, irregu
! lar and fanciful enough in their construction
| to suit the taste of a curious antiquarian. In
' genuity has certainly made her mark, for, in
this city of one street, you may sec orders and
styles, roofs and eellars, domes nnd cornices,
pedestals and capitals, entablatures and deco
rations, of which even the architect of a Chi
nese pagoda never dreamed. In one place for
; instance, are four log walls, plastered with
| innd ; a floor is laid just high enough to pre
| vent your stooping when you stand ; and then
; commences the foot, or attic,*which is made
;°f au °ld tent, covered with interwoven
' branches, and likewise plastered with mud.
| Although tbe edifice is only twelve feet square,
in these two stories sleep eight or ten persons.
Yonder is a Gothic arrangement, and just
next to it, in comical contrast, a small struct
ure tbat looks for all tbe world like a forlorn
pig-sty The boys were too Irzy to run tbeir
premises up in tfie air, and accordingly con
tented themselves with digging out a space
within doors, that has given them a not un
welcome subterranean bed chamber and din
ing hall, which answers every purpose of their
simple lives.— Cor. South Carolinian.
A State convention was called in Kuntucky, te
be held on th® 4th inst., to thoroughly reorgan
ize the Uniou- party, and put distinctly befora th*
people the issue of slavery iu that State. Allthia
means an effort is to b® made to humble the dark
and bloody ground still lower,before the abolition
despot.
Ge.v. Job. E. Johnston. —The country will
be delighted to hear that Gen. Jos. E. Johns*
toa has been ordered to South Carolina to or
ganize the forces which will act against Shei
man, if he attempts to move north by tbe laud
route. No men is more competent to organ
ize an army than Gen. Johnston. He Is tha
right man in the right place, and we hope he
will never again be taken from a position of
usefulness, aud put out, like a dry oow iu a
canetrake, to make a winter of discontent ia
“masterly inactivi'y.” Gen. Johnston is a
great soldier, and the people have unbounded
confidence in him. With Lee on the right,
Johnston in the centre, and Beauregard on tbe
left, who does not /eel his spirits revive and
his confidence increase! —Milltdgtvillt Union %
\7th inst.
Phinciplk.—Never confide in the principle
of a timid man. He who has no courage can
not be said to have principle,*he may be dis
posed to virtue, and may prefer good to evil,
but he is in tbe sport of chance, and the slave
of circumstances. What avails the beet in
clinations, if resolution be wanting to put
them in practice? A feeble and irresolute
man who means well, is more dangerous tha«
au audacious and confirmed villain. Yos
know the latter, and are onyour guard against
him ; you rely upon the intentions of the for
mer, and discover too late, like the son of Is
rael, he is unstable as water, and shall not
excel. A timid man can never become great;
if he possesses talent, he cannot apply it; hs
is trampled upon by tbe envious and awed by
tbe swaggering; he is thrust from tbe direel
path which alore leads to honor and fame, by
every aspirant who possesses more spirit than
himself.
Religious Notice.
The first Quarterly Meeting of St. Luke’s Chunk
will be held next Saturday and Sabbath. Berviee
each day at 10% a. m.
jan 2t
Young’s Light Battery.
Persons having relatives and friends in Young 4 *
L'ght Battery, are notified that Capt. Young is nsw
in Columbus, for the purpose of collecting supplies
of clothing , for his men. Those desiring to seat
clothing to their friends in tLis Battery, will for
ward it to Capt. A. I. Young, eare es Eagle Manu
facturing Company, Columbus, Ga., on or before tha
Bth of February. The clothing should consist prin
cipally of under clothing and socks, with the aUM
of the soldier plainly marked on it.
jan 19 lw
Notice.
Southern Express Company, I
Augusta, Ga,, Jan. 9, 1865./
Persons owning freight shipped by the Southeta
Express Company, that is detained in this city, sad
other places, in consequence of damage done to ral
roadg by the Federal armies/and which cannot ha
forwarded to destination in consequence thereof,
are hereby notified that this Company will not he
responsible for loss or damage by fire. Consignees,
and others interested will take notice of the above.
JAB. 6HUTER.
jan 19 lm Acti> g Pree,
tftf, Ma 'on. Columbus, Montgomery. Mobile aai
Selma papers copy one month.
Wanted. .
TWO first class Machinists and onegood Locoma
tive Runner, at the .Mobile k Girard Railroad.
Apply to W. JOHN.-jilN.
jan 18 3t
Negroes to Hire.
TO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a goad
Cook and Washer. Apply to
Wm. «. WOOLFOLR,
jan 17 ts Ag-nt
FOR SALE!
IjOCKAWAY HORSE and MUSTANG POfilV
II- neither liable to impressment. For sale at
jan 19 2t* HA RRIB’STABLES,
Nave Cost,
BY resolution of Council the Clerk is instructed
to issue executions against all person* who
have not paid their City Tax after, ten days from
this date. Persons who hatre not paid their city tax
will save cost by calling on the Treasurer at ki>
office, over Engine House No. 3, within he to*
days and settling up.j J. D- JOHNSON,
Collector and Treasurer.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
Cblumbus. Jan. 19—6 t
Wantejl.
TH hEE or four smart negro BOYS as water* ia
the Perry House. Applyto
EDWARD PARSONS,
jan 19 3t Proprietor.
Attention Company D, lntßegt.
6. R, M.
You ure hereby ordered to appear at the Coer t
House in this county, on Monday, 23d inst, at M
o’clock A. M. t armed and equipped, for the pnrpoae,
of doing police duty for one week in accordance
with Special Orders No. 1, from Henry C. Ways**
Adjutant and Inspector General. All who fail te
appear at the above time and place will be arreete4
and sent to the front.
By order J. W. WARREN,
Cn.pt. Company •.
*. M. Myoßk, 0. S.
jan 17 td
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the
O Contract Committee of Council to furnish the
City with Lumber, also to do the Wood work and
Blacksmith work for the year 1565. Bids to be
1 made at the usual prices charged for each quar
ter, with the rate of discount. The payment to be
made by Counei 1 at the expiration of each quarter.
Bid* to be closed on Wednesday, 25th inst. .
J C- PoBTJCR,
W. W. Robison,
J. J. McKexdkis.
jan 16 td Com, on Coptraetk.
For Eu’hange.
\ HOUSE AND LOT in Girard, near the upper
| i» Bridge, the lot contains two acres, includi**
i garden aud young fruit orchard, well of good wata^
• com'o-table outbuilding', Ac. Premise? owned *■*
occupied by sir. I>. Avtrett; would like to exchange
i for a rcsitlei.ee in town of a smaller lot and house.,
i with 4or 6 rooms and suitable outbuildings. *.Lw
lor sale a I'kely Negro BOY, about 20 year* trf age
P. KEITH.
j*n 1$ lw lAgakL