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SPEC! AL NOTICES
Special iAotiec.
Headquarters 24th Dist. O. M \
Columbus, Ga.. Jan. 1/, 18<>j. )
The attention of the Reservo Militia, Policemen,
and all companies commissionee from the Adjutant
and Inspector General’s Office of Geofgia, aie es
pecially directed to General Orders No. 1, issued
from th it ofli ieon the 7th inst.
3. A. THORNTON.
jan 18 3t A, D. C.
II ra dqu ak r ers. Military Division of the West
January 7th 1865.
General Orders t
No. -. <
Po3t Commandants, Provost Marshals and En
rolling Officers on duty in this Military Division,
will not permit to pass within its limits, officers a id
men on leave or furlough, or scouting partial- of
Wheeler’s Cavalry, unless their leave or furlough,
or 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 i caves or furloughs, or ordering
nueh details, will be forwarded to these Headquar
ters at Montgomery, Ala.
Ry command of Gen. Beauregard.
J. B. RUSTIS. A: G.
#ar Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi papers
pleu.se insert for one week, and send accounts to
Montgomery, Ala.
jar; 13 lw _
To Georgia Soldiers!
rtiiiiip*’ 4tli Georgia Brigade.
State of Georgia, 4
Quartermaster General’s Office, >-
Augusta, Dec. 28th, 1864.)
The members of this Brigade now living, and the
representatives of thoso 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 communication we will forward
the necessary papers for signatures.
Each correspondent will furnish us the company,
battalion or regiment to which, he,or the.soldior he
rapresents, 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 bo ad
dressed tous at Milledgeville; until that time, un
-1 ess in case of danger to this place, we will be ad
dressed at Augusta. I. R. F.
jan 7 lm
WANTS,
■WAJtSTTED.
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 County.
MRS. OHAS. J. WILLIAMS,
uov2l-tf Columbus, Ga.
WANTED!
t Iki | LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
JiUy'.l will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
ap7 ts Major and Q. M,
WANTED,
A GOOD BUSINESS' MAN, uutil the first of
A January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol
dier preferred, and it matters not how badly muti
lated by wounds'so he has firmness and judgment.
Apply at the TIM ES OFFICE,
nov 30 ts
YARNS ami OSNABTRftS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
GHOUMI> FBAS,
At the GRANT FACTORY.
dec 17 ts :
S3OO Reward.
QTOLEN from Cook’s Hotel or between the Mus
n cogoe Depot and the Hotel, on the morning of
the 7th inst., one small VALISE, covered with red
russett leather, somewhat torn, 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 Office, and belongs to Lieut.
Oil. Waddy. Some of the clothing marked Thomas
W. Hunt. We will pay the above reward of two
hundred dollars for the recovery of the valioe and
two hundred dollars for the thief, if a white man,
or fifty dollars if a negro.
SHIVERS, WYNNE & CO.,
Proprietors Cook’s Hotel.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 10, ’65. —2w
To Rent
4 DELIGHTFUL RESIDENCE, well furnished
r\ containing six rooms, situated four miles from
Columbus, in Gen. Abercrombie’s neighborhood.—
I’here are one hundred and seventy acres attached,
with fine orchards and good garden, and well im
proved out buildings. Apply to
jnu 9 —ts Mrs. SARAH CROWELL.
To Printers !
VV E offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
* ? (except Ruimg Machine,) two hand PRESSES,
and about
1,000 Fouu<ls of Type Metai.
nov2l-tf
FRESH JRRU&S.
Eng Morphine, A fine asst Eng Soaps,
Powers Sc Weightman’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,
Pow’d Ipecac, Or Tartar,
Dover’s Powders, Eng Mustard,
Sal Soda, Murate of Tin,
Gum Opium, Fine Combs,
Pow’d Opium, Dress Combs,
Eng Note and Letter Pa- Pocket Combs,
per,
Eng and Confederate
Envelopes,
.For sale by J. A. GREEN & CO.,
dee 28 lm Union Springs, Ala.
Regular Line of Steamers on the
Chattahoochee River.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
THE Steamer. Jackson, 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 Indian, C. D. Fry Master, leaves
Coiuiubus every Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. Re
turning, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at
2 A. M.
The Steamer Mist, A. Fry Master, leaves Colum
bus every Friday at 9A. n. Returning leaves Obat
tahooche every Sunday at 12 M.
jan 10 2m
To Rent.
A SMALL FARM, containing about 100 acres, 60
in the woods and forty cleared, about one mile
above the Fountain Factory, on the river. On the
place is a good dwelling with three .rooms, a large
»PPI • and peach orchard and variety of other fruit
trees, good water. Ac. For
} eo near Columbus.
For Exchange or Sale.
\ T the office of the “Southern Iron. Works,’’near
A the new bridge, the following articlesi of Hard
ware, which we will exchange tor Pork, Bac .
Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other articles
es Psoviiions or Confederate currency, viz:
Bar and iloop Iron, of all eizos, suitable tor plan
tation uses. . oft .
Sugar Mills and Kettles, of all sizes, from -39 to
120 gallons,
Pots, Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Pans and Anuirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades,
Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds. _ ,
tf#" Orders for Castings and Machine Work
promptly executed.
jan stf JOHN D. GRAY & Ct.
%
VOL XII.}
Change of Schedule.
\N and alter Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains on
’ the .Huaoogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN ;
Leave Columbus 6 30 A. M.
Arrive at >lacon.. 2 50 P M.
Leave Macon... 6 50 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 3 06 p y
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus Jj 00 A. M.
Irriveat Columbus 4 55 A. M
„ , , W.L. CLARK '
mar 19 tt Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to MoiU§ionier).
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
jN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
' ‘ the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Loavc West Point at .7:10 a. m.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m,
. Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a in.
Arrives .at 8:27 p m
»gZ7lß64—tf If. H, PIMM, 6up- t <£ Eng;
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
j (5 and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
- Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
rasseager Train.
Leave Girard at 1 30 p. m.
Arrive in Union Springs 600 “
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m.
Arrivo in Girard at 10 00 “
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS.
tf Eng. A: Sup’t.
CITY FOUNDRY!
SUGAR MILLS AND KETTLES !
WE HAVE OP HAND
Sugar Hills and Kettles,.
Arsenal, abseated themselves from work
without authority, are hereby published as deser
ters. '
T. M. Floyd, conscript, age 33, '5 feet 10 inches
high, dark complexion, dark eyes, and dark hair,
by trade a Blacksmith.
D. Walk«r. soldier, company “F.” |sßth N. C.
Regiment, by trade a Blacksmith.
S, L. Myers, conscript, age 28, 5 feet 11 inches
high, fair complexion, light eyes and light hair, by
trade a Blacksmith,
G. it. Bowers, soldier, 34th Miss., Rcgt„ by trade
a Blacksmith.
M. H. WRIGHT.
jan 19 30d Col. Cem’dg.
For Colonel First Class Militia
ot Rnsscll County.
We are authorized by many voters to announce
A. G. JONES as a candidate for Lieut. Colonel of
FrstClass Militia, of Russell county, Ala.
Election to take place on Thursday, 26th inst.
Opelika paper topy.
jan 18td*
Wanted,
TWO first class Machinists and one good Locomo
tive Runner, at the Mobile & Girard Railroad.
Apply to W. JOHNSON,
jan 18 3t
Negroes to Hire.
TO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good
f?ook and Washer. Apply to
Wm. G. WOOLFOLK,
jan 17 ts Agent.
FOR SA LE l ‘
ROCK AW AY HORSE and MUSTANG PONY
i neifher liable to impressment. For sale at
jan 19 2t* HA RRIS’ STABLES,
Save Cost,
BY resolution of Council the Clerk is instructed
to issue executions against all persons who
have not paid their City Tax after ten days from
this date. Persons who have not paid their city tax
will save cost by calling on the Treasurer at his
office, over Engine House No. 3, within the ton
days and settling up. j J. D. JOHNSON,
Collector £nd Treasurer.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
Columbus. Jan. 19—6 t
Wanted.
r PHKEEor four smart negro BOYS as waters in
1 the Perry House. Apply to
EDWARD PARSONS,
jan 19 3t Proprietor.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the
u Contract Committee iof Council to furnish the
City with Lumber, also to do the Wood work and
Blacksmith work for the year 1865. Bids to be
made at the usual prices charged for each quar
ter, with the rate of discount. The payment to be
made by Council at the expiration of each quarter.
Bids to bo closed on Wednesday, 25th inst.
- J C- Porter,
W. W. Robison,
J. J. McKendrke,
janl6td Com. on Contracts.
For Exchange.
A HOUSE AND LOT- in Girard, near the upper
Bridge, the lot contains two acres, including
garden and young fruit orchard, well of good water,
comfortable outbuildings, <fec. Premises owned and
occupied by Mr. D. Averett; would like to exchange
for a residence in town of a smaller lot and house,
with 4or 6 rooms and suitable outbuildings. Also
lor sale a likely Negro BOY, about of age
j«n 18 lw "Agent.
STERLING EXCHANGE!
FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchang©
4 for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
A gI 6 ts BANK OF COLUMBUS.
MOTIOB.
Office Grant Factory, 1
Nov. 29, 1864. j
\ LL persons having demands against the estate of
4 Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
present them to the Grant Factory,
nov 30 ts JOHN J. GRANT.
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory.
$25 Dollars Reward.
STRAYED from my place in Wynnton, a dark
'O bay mare MULE, about nine years old, hair
rubbed off of both hips and a large scar on the right
hindquarter. JOHN COOK,
ec 13 ts
Or. R XOBLE,
IjEISTTIST,
\ X PembertoD & Carter’s old stand, back room of
Smith’s Jeweiry Store, where he can be found
all hours, roclß 6m
Lost or Mislaid.
UOUR SHARES of the G. 4 A. S. S. Cos., No.
T 160, in favor of Mrs. J. L. Wilson,
nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRANT.
For Sale.
f INSKED OIL CAKE, for stock food, at 84 Broad
L street. N. P. NAIL Sc CO.
deo 21 lm
Buggy for Sale.
i rrtOD SIDE SPRING BUGGY. Call at
A ROCK ISLAND PAPER MILLS OFFICE.
jan 18 3t
COLUMBUS. GA.. TUESDAY, JAN. 24. 1865.
iDAILY. TIMES.
1 KHAIM! KIIJTIII.V
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1865.
More Important Rumors.
The MisSissippian of Friday mentions a ru
i mor prevalent in Selma that the governments
of France and England have actually made
overtures to our government proposing to re
cognize us upon the condition that we
I t 0 the gradual emancipation of slavery within
j the next fifty years. It is’said that Judge Sail
received a private dispatch from Senator
i Bi-own of Mississippi stating that the above
proffer had been made. We see it ;flso stated
in the Columbus (Miss.) Republic that an ex-
Senator at Meridian (Hon. James Phelan) ha‘d
al3o received a dispatch from Richmond, and
that he had declared his willingness to can
vass the State to persuade the people to accept
the terms offered*
Referring to this matter, our respected co
temporary says : If such a proposition has
been made by England and France in good
faith, we don’t think our people need any can
vassing to induce them to agree to it. Simple
recognition, however, will have very little ef
fect in guaranteeing our independence. Re
cognition must be accompanied by interven
tion or it will prove a delusive farce. The
people of the South, we have no doubt, are pre
pared to give up slavery for the sake of their
independence. They wish to avoid, as far as
possible, any sudden revulsion in Aheir pecu
liar system of labor, but, in our opinion, a
majority of the thinking portion of the South
ern people prefer gradual emancipation to any
connection with the hated Northman. Indeed
■many have arrived at the conviction that
■gradual emancipation is the true policy of the
■South ; and if the adoption of such .a policy
■guarantees our recognition, and intervention
[in our behalf, thus placing us beyond even
|the contingency of falling a prey to the ruth
less and intolerant Yankee, it would be an act
of supreme folly for us to turn our backs up
on it.,
We, therefore, unhesitatingly announce that
if such a proposition’ is before our Govern
ment, we are in favor of acceding to it at
once, and in this sentiment we believe we have
the co-operation of nine-tenths of our peo
ple.
♦ » ♦
Gen. Lyon’s Command Safe. —Colonel Cun
ningham, of Lyon’s command, who reached
Selma on the 19th informs the Rebel that Gen.
Lyon’s forces are all safe on this side of the
Tennessee river. Much anxiety has been felt
for the safety of this portion of our army
since the retreat of Gen. Hood. It was left
on the north side of the Cumberland and fears
were entertained that it would be unable to
get out. In the face, however, of innumera
ble obstacles, General Lyon has succeeded in
placing his command where it can reunite
with the army at its leisure. After the retreat
of the army commenced, Gen. Lyon made a
rapid march in the direction of Louisville,
passedin the vicinity ofElizabethtown, crossed
the Cumberland near Cathage, and came out
by way of Sparta and McMinnville.
What Prentice Thinks.—A gentleman in
Richmond lately had a conversation with Gee. D.
Prentice, while the latter was there on a visit to
kis sou. Prentice declared that the Yankees were
lighting for national existence. Thus confessing
that a retributive ruin stared them Jn the face,
when they should withdraw from a struggle be
gun and carried on in such folly and wiokodness ;
that a continuance of the war, with all its hor
rors, was to them the preferable alternative. In
other words, that they were coavirced and terrified
to know that on the day the Confederacy was rec
ognized, would Commence the dissolution of the
Federal Government.
From the South Carolina Coast. —The Cou
rier speaking of the situation around Charleston
says: Th© enemy, at latest accounts, were en
camped at Gardner’s Corner. About noon Mon
day a considerable body of Yankee infantry ad
vanced to within two and a half miles of Comba
hee bridge, but- retired without making further
demonstrations. A deserter who came into our
lines Sunday night states that the force which
moved up from Port Royal consists of the whole
of the Seventeenth, and part of the Fifteenth Ar
my corps, and that their destination is Charleston.
They have very few wagons with them, but are
expecting te meet Sherman, who is reported
moving on the Savannah road with his train.
From gentlemen who are direct from Shreve
port, the Mississippian Extra learns that the re
port put in circulation a few weeks ago, that Gen.
Hindman had been arrested by order of General
Smith, proves untrue. Gentlemen who are in ev
ery way reliable, tell us, instead of the arrest of
General Hindman, that the last heard from him he
had advanced far into Texas, on his way to Sono
ra, to which State he was repairing in accordance
to a special invitation by the “Duke of Sonora,’*
who is no less a personage than Dr. Gwyn, for
merly U. S. Senator from Mississippi, and more
recently from California.
We hav© intelligenc©, says the Meridian Clarion,
of a perfectly trustworthy character, that a large
quantity of troeps have been sent down from Ten
nessee to New Orleans recently to operate against
Mobile. They will all be concentrated at Pasca
goula. The movement is freely discussed in
Vicksburg and Memphis. In consequence of a j
report that Forrest was menacing Memphis, Grier
son had been sent up from Vicksburg.
The Emperor Maximilian is gathering about
him slowly a foreign legation. The Honorable j
Peter Scarlett has been sent on a mission to
Mexico from England. King Leopold, of Bel
gium, has ordered Mr. Blondel Coulebront, j
Belgian Envoy to the United States, to pro
ceed to Mexico on a special mission; and j
lastly, Baron Wettersedt, successor to Count
Piper as Sweedish minister ’o the United
States, has set out upon a journey to Mexico, j
even before presenting his credentials at
Washington.
From North Alabama.
A gentiemm just from Blount county brings
information that Gen. Lyon, with 300 or 490
men, crossed the Tennessee river at Beard’s
Bluff, a lew miles below Guntersville, last
week. It occupied him lour or five days, the
enemy having destroyed the flat-boat, forcing
him to resort to skiffs and dug-outs for the
men, the horses swimming. The interference
of the Yankee gunboats was prevented by a
12-pounder Parrott placed on the Bluff. Fifty
of the force did not succeed in getting over at
that point, and doubtless struck for some oth
er crossing. On Saturday, the 14th instant,
Gen. Lyon moved out to the vicinity of Red
Hill, about 12 miles from the Bluff, and his
men encamped in three detachments, throwing
out their pickets towards the river, but none
on their rear.
Last Sunday morning,before day, the enemy
both infantry and cavalry, proceeding on the
Huntsville road, circumvented the Confeder
ates, attacked their rear and stampeded them,
killing, wounding and capturing a few of them.
The 12-pounder Parrott, and, it is supposed,
many horses, fell into the enemy's hands.—
Gen. Lyon..was sleeping in a house. The
enemy surrounded it. A lieutenant and ano
ther Yankee atered the house, waked up the
general and told him he was their prisoner.
He arose and asked permission to dress, which
was accorded him. Drawing on his pants he
stepped to the bed, seized his pistol lying on
it, shot the lieutenant, knocked down his com
panion, leaped out of the house and made hia
escape. The Yankee command returned to
the north side of the river.
The gentleman who give3 the foregoing account
states, what we have received from another source
that there were 20,000 Yankees in and near Hunts
ville, last week. The citizens had been treated
with more rigor than formerly. The Rev. Dr.
Ross, of tho Presbyterian church had been ban
ished from their lines and ordered South. It
seems that during the Yankee evacuatios, the
Dector had, in a sermon, inveighed against the pu
sillanimous conduct of those persons who had com
promised themselves and affiliated with the Yan
kees. Someone had taken down such expressions
as were most offensive to the Yankees and reported
them to the commanding officers on their roturn.
The Doctor was, therefore, arrested, tonfronted
with his reported language, and asked if ho had
used it. He, with accustomed conrage and patri
otism, acknowledged it and received sentence es
banishment.
Benjamin^Jolly, a’citizen’of .Huntsville, who
has had the reputation, ever since the war began,
of being a Union man and affiliating with the
Yankees whenever they occupied the place, vied
with the most patriotic citizens in extending
hospitalities and invitations to liquor, to the Con
federate officers and soldiers, when they got pos
session of the city. It is reported that, when the
Federals re-occupied the city, they robbed Jolly
of SII,OOO in greenbacks, broke up his furniture,
&c., threatened te hang him, and he barely es
caped with his life through the interposition of
seme loyal (Yankee) friend er friends. So much
for trying to please beth sides. —Montgomery
Advert.ser, 2 2nd.
A Voice from the People-Citizens’ Meet
ing in Coweta.
Pursuant to a call there was a large meeting
of the citizens of Coweta county, on the 18th
of January. At an early hour erowds of peo
ple were seen flocking to Newnan. The meet
ing was held in the Methodist Church, and the
large building failed to accommodate tho ma
ny who came. Doorsteps, aisles and altar
were crowded. Not the least attractive feat
ure was the number of ladies present. On
motion of Gen. T. A. Grace, Judge Joseph T.
Brown, who has often represented his county
in the Legislature, was called to preside over
the meeting, and U. B. Wilkinson and J. P.
Brewster were requested to act as secretaries
The business of the meeting was inaugurated
by prayer, by Rev. Jas. Stacy. At tbe request
of the chairman, W. F. Wright, Esq., was call*
ed upon to explain the object of the meeting.
His speech was brief, pointed and pithy He
declared the people were called together for
the purpose of branding with indignation the
meeting held recently in Savannah, when a
few craven spirits bad dared to speak for Geor
gia. He denounced that meeting, and called
upon the people to denounce it, and repledge
themselves to a prosecution of the war until
an honorable peace should be obtained. On
motion of Rev. John H. Caldwell, a committee
was appointed by the chairman for the pur
pose of reporting resolutions for the action of
the meeting. The following were selected ;
Rev. John H. Caldwell* W. F. Wright, B P
Hill, J W Hunter, R B Bridges, A McElroy, J
Y Carmical, W G Hill, A J Stalings, T Kirby,
A B Brown, O C Cavender, J W Pearce, Hugh
Buchanan, J E Dent, J S Bigby, A North, E
Martin, G O Wynn, W Overby, J Gibson, Ben
Leigh, John Morgan, W W Anderson, W B.
Dennis, G L Johnson, N C Bridges, R O More
land, Y J Long, and U B Wilkinson.
The above embraces many of the most influ
ential, wealthy and intelligent citizens of the
county, and were chosen from every district
of the county. The committee retired for the
work assigned them. In their absence, A J
Smith, Esq., was called ’upon to address the
meeting, which he did in fine style. His speech
was eloquent and full of ardor.and good cheer.
After a short interval, the committee appeared
and through their chairman made the follow
ing unanimous report.
Whereas, We have seen in tinyiewspapers
the published proceedings es a meeting held
by some of the citizens of Savannah, subse
quent to the occupation of that unfortunate
city by the Federal army under Sherman, a
preamble and several resolutions wherein they
declare that they accept the infamous term3
of peace set forth in the proclamations of the
President of the U. S., by laying down their
arms and submitting unconditionally to the
authority of the U. S. under tbe present ad
ministration which i3 avowedly opposed to
the rights and welfare of the seceded States.
They furthermore declare their willingness
to bury in the grave of the past the remem
brance of all th* wrongs and cruelties which
their injured country, and outraged country
men have suffered at the hands of those ene
mies to whom they now so obsequiously sub
mit, and request the Governor of Georgia to
call a State convention to enable them to vote
on the question of continuing or stopping the
War. They proceeded so far as to order
copies of their proceedings to be gent to the
Mayors of the cities of Augusta, Macon, Col
umbus and Atlanta. .
And, whereas, these proceedings eminated
from a city where the first secession meeting
was held in Georgia after the election of Lin
coln—where the first flag of independence was
hoisted in the State—where sleep the honored
remains of the proto martyrs of Georgia, the
noble Bartow and the gallant young men of
Savannah, who followed him to and fell with
him on the historic plains of Manassas, and
where, as we firmly believe, the great mass of
the inhabitants are loyal to the cause of their
bleeding country. And whereas, whiie we
regard the expression of such sentiments by
an inconsiderable number, not one of whom
we can recognize as having ever acted a con
spicuous part in maintaining the honor of!
their invaded country, as too insignificant and
contemptible to call a public meeting for the
purpose of rebuking the spirit and conduct
of the ignoble few : yet we deem it useful j
and encouraging to our countrymen to meet
and after a fiee expression of our sentiments j
to renew our vows dt loyalty. Therefor*.
1. Resolved, That we regard tt,e ~r o_
ceedings as eraenating from men who had
never heartily espoused the cause of their in
sulted country, who had never made any sac
rifices tor her welfare, who had determined
never to make any and who had yielded bu? a
feigned ana reluctant assent to the measures
adopted by the people to rid themselves of the
domination of an intolerant and despicable
race.
2. Resolved, That, with the knowledge of
the ravages committed by Sherman and his
army in passing through a country unarmed
and defenceless, the few citizens of Savannah
represented in the aforesaid meeting and as
senting to their proceedings the sons of whom
had laid down their lives in battling for their
country’s rights, were either awed into syco
phantic reverence by the presence of Yankee
bayonets, or yielded to a more sordid impulse
and sold their birth right of freedom to save
their property.
3. Resolved, That we regard their request
for the Governor to call a State Convention to
enable them to express their wishes at the bal
lot box, surrounded as they are by Federal
bayonets, while their whole country outside of
the Yankee lines are engaged in a stern, un
bending purpose never to submit nor yield,
but rather to suffer defeat, disaster, death and
j eve p extermination unless t-lie independence of
their country is acknowledged as evincing a
degree of impudence which their contiguity
j to Yankee influence alone could promDt.
4. Resolved, That their proposition to the cities
I of Georgia outside sos the enemies lines dese.ve
; and as we believe, will receive the unqualified
| scorn and contempt of those cities ; and that the
I entire population of tho State so far from being
discouraged or driven to despair by Sherman’s
successful raid through Georgia are more than
; ever determined to prosecute rhe war until their
| honor is vindicated and their rights acknowledged.
| 5. Resolved, That even now in the darkest hour
of our .desperate struggle we renew our patriotic
covenant and again pledge our fortunes, our lives
and our saered honer to maintain and defend our
country’s cause—for her to live and die.
6. Resolved, That we now, and at all times have
been anxious to bring about an honorable peace—
and te stop the further effusion es blood, but that
we can entertain no proposition for peace from any
quarter that does not look to, and secure for us
our independence as a nation.
7. Resolved, That the Southern Literary Com
panion, in Newnan, the papers in Augusta, Macon,
Columbus and Atlanta, and tho Memphis Appeal
at Montgomery be requested to publish these pro
ceedings and all friendly to the sen
timents, therein expressed.
In .support of the Resolutions speeches were
made by the Rev. John H. Caldwell, Col. Phil
lips, of Cobb, Col. Harris, of Meriwether county,
and Capt. Hu Buchanan of this place. The ad
dresses were characterised by eloquence, zeal and
loyalty, and it is to be regretted, that time and
space will not permit justice to be dons to Lheir
I respective merits. After Captain Buchanan re
sumed hie seat, the Preamble and Resolutions
were put upon their passage. A rising vote was
taken and resolutions passed unanimously, no one
voting against them. On motion the meeting ad
journed. J. T. Brown, Chairman.
U. B. Wilkinson, ) 0 . .
J. P. Brewster, J S ««e^ies.
Arming the degrees,
The press is generally engaged in discussing the
great question of employing a negro force in the
field, against the enemy. When this subject was
first breached, our opinion was decidedly ex
pressed, and, after having heard the arguments
adduced by others, on both sides of the question,
we continue to entertain original impressions in
opposition to the proposition, fer the reasoß, in ad
dition to the objections we first urged, that wo can
not yet see the necessity for the adoption of a
measure, the impracticability of which is of s©
doubtful a character as to admit of argument
against it ; or, in other words, we have not yet
btcomo satisfied that the white men of the
South are incapable of winning their own indepen
dence in a conflict with a foe whose purposes and
outrages should rouse every man to the perform
ance ®f his duty.
The question should b* stated : have we ex
hausted all the means we possess, outside of our
servile population ? Are all that have obligated
themselves to service in the field now in the ranks P
13 all our population liable to duty, under the
laws, in the armies ? Have the skulkers been
brought out P Has official favoritism ceased to
protect those who would dodge, and have thus
far, by money and influence, escaped the privations
of a soldier’s life ? Has straggling ceased to
be the rule with our armies, and do not strag
glers and details constitute the majority of the
able-bodied male population now at home at
ease ? These are the questions to be answered.
And when it can be done affirmatively and truth
fully, it will be time enough to fly to other sources
of strength.
Observation has failed to satisfy us that the
prospects of our cause are so dark as they are ev
idently viewed Joy some of our cotemperaries. Re
verses ia a war like this one must be expected, by
both sides. We have met them before, and have
resolutely borne up under them ; and this with
such success as to not only overwhelm our ene
mies but to astonish ourselves. Everyone famil
iar with the history of the progress of the war is
aware that as dark clouds as those by which we
are now threatened, have at other perieds made
their appearance, and by a more vigorous effort
been speedily dispelled. In every real emergency
the people have thus far proven themselves equal
to every exaction necessary to roll back the hosts
of the enemy, when wisdom controlled the counsels
of our civil and military authorities, and that they
will fail now there is no reason to conclude.
Their spirit is not broken. They are not subju
gated. On the contrary, if wise counsels prevail
in the conduct of our affairs, we will soon witness
an uprising against the despondent spirit that so
extensively prevailed a short time since. In fact,
the clouds are already scattering, and determina
tion is finding an abiding place in the breasts of
the doubting.
But if the strength our enemies shall be able
to control against us shall turn out to be greater
than is expected ; if our people fail to respond to
the calls of patriotism as they should do ; if escape
from the domination of our hated fees becomes
even probably an impossibility, through the nat
ural resources of the Confederacy, then it will be
time enough to seek other aid. Until that point is
realized, however, we should hesitate ere we adopt
a remedy that will shake the foundation of our so
cial system. When it is realized, we can with
propriety change our policy, and bring into requi
sition all the resources under our control. When
ever, therefor*, we conceive the condition of affairs
demand it, we shall be prepared to make and ad
vocate even thi3 great sacrifice.
We would, however, earnestly exhort our au
thorities to exhaust all the other strength of the
country before adopting the policy of arming the
negro population. Force to the field, during the
winter, all the stragglers and deserters. Order
back to the ranks the many thousand officers,
guards and attaches employed almost uselessly at
the various posts in the country. Revoke all de
tails, and send to the ranks every rnan who has
the physical ability to perform service. Place at
the head of the armies men whom the people and
the soldiers nave confidence in. When this is
done, public confidence will be restored, and we
think the fighting force of the Confederacy will
not only be equal to the ta.-k of freeing every foot
of Southern soil from the presence of the enemy,
but fully as great as the producing population can
support. Should it turn oat otherwise, we shall
be prepared to change our policy. Whenever our
rulers ,-oa . decide that change necessary, aequies
. nee will uot only be proper, but its advocacy a
duty. We shall, under the proper circumstances,
be ready for both. —Memphis Appeal.
Freshet in the Santee.—The Mercury says
that the water in that river was exceedingly high,
and done some light damage to the trestle ©f the
Northeastern railroad. The train did not pass
over last Monday.
i\o!iee.
lam now prepared to pay Ceupons and Interest
on inter s' bearing Tr sury Notes, also Certifi- !
cates issued by me paj le in New Currency
W. H. YOUNG,
jan 17 2t Depositary, j
f SIX DOLLARS
\ PER MONTH.
Frov Oh ,v.— A Yart <* nv»u:*"r >
picket duty between Forts Moultrie u, and eumter*
was suddenly sunk, supposed by a torj odo. it
about eight o’clock. Sunday night, leaving only
her smoke stack above water. The hailing of the
erew for assist.. »e was distinctly bear! on 8ul!i
--vau's I-land. A » irtion of the crew are suppose!
to Lave neon lost. The-sui ken monitor is believed
to be the “Montauk," whii h h.is been the picket
~uat cum-.r f.r some rime past. The Yankee
tug boats *t the wreck during
Monday, mnkme efforts to save some of tho furni
ture o! the wreck. The absence in the morning
of another U'- >.tor from the flout led to the report
.ha; two of the \ aukco ironclads had beeu sunk,
but towards evening’the missing vessel reappeared
in the fleet.
Nothing else of importance occurred Jurine the
day.— Court, r .
Late and reliable information from Tcnaes
nessee, is to the effect that a large portion of
the uieawho straggled from Hood's army, du
ring his late retreat, are making their wav out
of Tennessee in large numbers. An officer of
high rank, who came out of Tennessee since
Hood's army crossed the river, assures us that
on all sides of his line of march, he could
hear of stragglers who were preparing cloth
ing, shoes, etc., for the winter campaign, and
that but few, if any of them, who had ever
belonged to the army, had any idea of remain
ing in the yankee lines. Fifty joined him on
his way out, and all along the road he could
hear of numbers who were about to move to
wards the army.— Rebel , 21*7.
Confederate Ordnance Department.
The following is from tho Richmond Enquirer.—
i Col. Gorgas is the efficient head of the Department:
j , The Ordnance Department of the Confederate
i States has accomplished immense results, of which
: the people are aiuiO't wholly ignorant. Its results
i are d.iiiy seen, but by whom accomplished, by what
means effected, by whoso skill directed, by whoso
' talents guided, the people have not stopped to iu-
I quire. Justice to a most useful department, to most
industrious and indefatigable officers, induces us to
endeavor to point public attention more particularly
to this department.
When stating that the Richmond Arsenal has.
during tho last campaign, issued many millions of
i cartridges, it may be well to remind our people that
after tho first battle of Manassas, there were not
percussion caps enough in the Confederacy for an
ordinary skirmish of this campaign. Tlieugh rich
in material resources, the country had no experi
ence in their collection or manufacture, nor skilled
even to begin these necessary duties. And when it
is remembered tha- extended scientific knowledge,
both in theory and in practice, are required more in
the Ordnance Department than in any other branch
of the service, the results of this oorps will bo more
lully appreciated than the mere statement in figure*
of its issues to the army. Os workshops and me
chanics, powder, nitre, saltpetre and caps, there
were, practically, none.
W henever we have sought information from any
of the branches of this department, immediately
they terrepinizc, and, for fear of information to the
enemy, retire to their sholls, keep their friends in
total ignorance; and as fire in their backs might
produce an flxplosion, wo must write without spe
cific knowledge.
The organization of the Nitre and Mining Corps
was an imperious necessity, and its successful opera
tions have supplied the material required for the
immense issues of this department. It has since
swelled to a separate bureau and is managed with
consummate skill and talent. It was the Ordnance
Department which organized and directed tho for
eign importations of the Government, which, under
the fostering care and able management of this de
partment, has also risen to a separate “Bureau of
Foreign Supplies.”
The magnificent powder mills at Augusta, the
arsenal here, tho National Armory and Central
Laboratory at Macon, Ga., tho arsenals at Savan
nah, Columbus, Athens, Fayetteville, Raleigh, Sal
isbury and Richmond, all attest the ability, skill,
zoal and energy of the Chief of Ordnance and bis
subordinate officers. The combination of private
workshops, backed by the immense resources of
Tredegar, has made Richmond the great depot that
supplied the army of Northern Virginia; and
throughout all the difficulties that have besot the
Ordnance Department, in all the campaigns of this
war, no disaster has ever befallen our army for want
of ordnance stores.
From the Richmond and the various other depots
throughout the States come all the various grades
of cannon, from the mountain howitzers to the
columbiad; all small arms; all cavalry equipments
for man and horse; all artillery equipments, and all
ammunition for infantry, artillery and cavalry.
The industry and skill which have produced these
results deserve ail praise and every reasonable re
ward which an appreciative Government can be
stow. And when to these are added a porsonal and
professional courtesy, after which many ether de
partments might pattern, we have not said one word
to whioh every man will not assent who has I had
transactions with this Department.
In point of numbers, the Chief of Ordnance com
mands more men than any division in the army.
In point of scientific attainments, his duties require
more knowledge than any branch of the service :
and yet his rank is only that of Colonel, while the
Chiefs of the Conscrint Bureau and the Quartermas
ter’s Department have been promoted to the rank of
Brigadier General. We hope it may be the pleasure
of the Congress to examine into the Ordnance De
partment, and where investigations to hunt out fraud
and peculations are so numerous, one may be insti
tuted to promote and commend the skill, energy,
zeal and faithfulness of the Chief of Ordnance and
subordinate officers.
Rumors.— Our streets, says the Mississippian Ex
traof the 13th, are full of rumors this morning in
relation to the army of Tennessee. One is that
Gen. Hood is furioughing his entire army ; another
is, that the army of Tennessee is on the move for
ChiH'loston, and many others, all of which is without
foundation. Gen. Hood, as all good Generals will
do, is furloughing all the sick and wounded ot his
army that are able to get home, that they may have
a few days to get well and recuperate. As to his
army being on the move for Charleston, is untrue. —
From the best and most reliable information we
have, of which there is no doubt, the army of Ten
nessee is now in the neighborhood of Tupelo, watch
ing the movements of Thomas’ army. Thomas’ army
will govern tho movements of Gen. Hood, and there
is n© probability of his leaving his present position
until Thomas’ army Amoves.
FOR FHATTAIieOCIIEE AM BAINBRIDGI.
The steamer Indian, Fry, Master, will leave
for the above and intermediate landings, Tuesday
morning, at 9 o’clock.
jan 23 td
Ladles to the Rescue !
A young gentleman of prepossessing appearance,
about 2-5 years old, accustomed to ladies society, and
an exile from home, is desirous of drawing around
him some of those silken bands, of which the poets
speak so eloquently.
He feels very sad and lonely, and in a city like
Cblumbus, far famed for the beauty of its angelic
daughters, thinks that at least one compassionate
heart might be found to smooth his rugged path to
the tomb.
He can only offer in return, the worship of a true
and guileless heart, and hopes his appeal Will not
be made in vain. Address
“ADONIS,”
jan 23 It* Columbus P. O.
Young 7 ** Light Battery,
Persons having relatives and friends in Young’s
L : ght Battery, are notified that Capt. Young is now
in Columbus, for the purpose of collecting supplies
ot clothing 2for his men. Those desiring to send
clothing to their friends in this Battery, will for
ward it to Capt. A. I. Young, care of Eagle Manu
facturing Company, Columbus, Ga., on or before the
Bth of February. The clothing consist prin
cipally of under clothing and socks, with the name
ofthe soldier plainly marked on it.
jan 19 lw
Notice.
Southern Express Company, \
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 9, 1865.4
Persons owning freight shipped by the Southern
Express Company, that is detained in this city, and
other places, in consequence of damage donejto rail
roads by the Federal armies,'and which cannot be
forwarded to’destination in consequence thereof,
are hereby notified that this Company will not b«
responsible for loss or damage by fire. Consignees,
and others interested will take notice ofthe abore.
JAS. SHUTER,
jan 19 lm Acting Pres.
Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Mobile and
Selma papers copy one month.
Hotice!
Headquarters Gov’t Works, (•rd.) 1
Columbus, Ga-, Jan. 29th, 1860, j
Private James Roe, Cos. A, 10th Georgia regiment,
who was advertised as a deserter from this Ar-enal,
on the 19th inst., has reported for duty, and account
ed for his absence. M. H. WRIGHT,
jan2l 2t Col. Comd’g.
"Lost,' ‘
ON Broad street, or in someone of the stores, a
Five Hundred Dollar Confederate Bank Note.—
Any one finding it will be rewarded liberally by
handing it to W. H. Erwin, at Captain GraybilPs
office.
jan2l 3t* P. L. CO I FEY.
notice!
i LL parties who hare left GUNS, PISTOLS, See.,
A. to be r paired, at my .-hop on Broad street, are
requested t., call imme liately and ga? tb“ =»?a»
jan23 6t J. T> . MURKaY.