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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. IV4RREI, - - - Editor.
OOLUMBUS:
Tuesday Morning, January U , 186a.
From Our Richmond Correspondent.
Richmond, Januray 6, 18G5.
Sherman's march through Georgia was a
disgrace to our arms, a disaster to our cause.
Galling and humiliating as it was to the
proud u id high spirited people of this Confed
eracy, who have staked life, honor and liberty,
on the issue of this struggle, it was light, as
compared t.> Uie
abject and cringing submission of the people
of Savannah. A little more than four years
ago, in one of the beautiful parks of that city,
her people kindled the firet. of secession, l aised
upon the monument of an honored revolution
ary lirro the State flag of Georgia blazoned
with defi iiit motto, and, with the lion-hearted
Bartow, swore to take the swoid, and never
to sip at a* it ua! peace and independence
should be won, no matter at wb-.t cost ol
blood and treasure. To-d«y they are kneel
ing submissively at the ;eet ot an abolition
braggart, and tamely kissing the rod which
has smitten them. If human events could, by
possibility, impart life and vigor again to the
sleeping dead, from the quiet shades ol “ La it*
rel Grove and the bloody plains of \ irginia
would come Bartow in his bloody shroud, lot
lowed by a host of young heroes who, in
death, illustrated Georgia, to protest against
this foul dishonor to the escutcheon of their
State. Who shall describe the feelings of ihe
sons of the 11 Forrest City.” battling on either
side of this Confederacy, when, along the trem
bling wires is flashed to them the story ol a
nation's shame —this record of a people's in
famy 7 Could their friends at borne not have
sh wed rue fate and imitated the example of
New Orleans, of Memphis, of the many towns
of this Commonwealth, which the for tunes of
war have placed under the tyranny of Yankee
rule? Were fine houses, luxurious living,
splendid furniture, the social elegancies and
comforts of an old and established society,
treasures too deal to'be sacrificed in a cause
like this ? Or was it decreed that a handful
of truculent and timid money changers, at the
instigation of a few olu and gouty gourmands,
should place upou the brow of a (State the
chaplet of dishonor woven for her by her own
politicians? An unwilling pen refuses fur
ther to follow a theme k BO unworthy. I confess
that for one 1 was not unprepared for this re
sult. From a somewhat intimate acquaintance
with Savannah and her people, I knew that
tfie demands of war had left but few, if any.
unselfish and heroic souls among it3 popula
tion. And when a;, Yankee army marched to
warehouses filled with the coveted staple
which was to bolster their drooping finances,
it required no foresight to tell where a people
would go who had neither the nerve nor pa
triotism to put the torch. x to„itheir treasures.
What, the effect may be upou the people of the
State remains to he seen. What it will he at
the North and Europe is easy to say.
Aud this history may be repeated, if some
thing is not done to avert it, Charleston is
trembling in the balance. Most, if not ail, of
her brave young sons have either fallen in the
tight, or are fighting still, far from their
homes. Are they soon to leant that the
“ cradle of secession ” has been made the rest
ing place ot abolition slaves by traitorous
hands ? Are tire crumbling walls of Fort
Sumter to be shaded again by the same “old
flag” which was torn from its formidable bat
tlements bv the chivalry of the Palmetto
State ? It may happen—it will happen, if' we
do not some deed to convice our own people
and the world that we are in earnest—terribly
in earnest. If by force of arms Charleston
must fall, our people should leave nothing
behind them but the ashes and smouldering
ruins of the time-honored city of this Confed
eracy. We must let the timid and time-
serving, the traitorous and treasure-loving
know that, before they shall imperil the safety
and honor of this cause, we will offer a
willing sacrifice upon the altars of liberty the
accumulations of years of industrious toil—
yes, everything that can materially assist those
who would enslave us. A people who would
do less do not deserve to be free; and liberty,
even at this price, would be cheap.
The military situation hereabouts is un
changed, the weather not permitting move
ments of any character. The supplies of ra
tions to the troops are becoming more plenti
ful, and it is thought that with proper energy
all trouble on this score may soon be obvi
ated.
The Yankees have completed “Dutch Gap
Canal. They claim that the channel has
sufficient water to bear their iron-dads, but
their papers do not seem to expect brilliant
results from this huge labor of “ Beast But
ler. ”
The entiie time of the House of 'Representa
tives lor the past week has been consumed in
the consideration of a bill to consolidate regi
ments and battalioas. The discussion upon
the main anu only point in the bill viz:
‘ giving the soldiers the privilege of electing
officers, ” has been spirited, able and interest
ing. By quite a decided raajorty, the elective
principle has beeu voted down, and the prob
ability is that the bill, as reported by the
Military Uommitte, will become a law, with
few alterations. It is one of the many harsh j
measures that the necessities of war have im- j
posed upon our gallant armies. As they have j
borne the others, they will bear this. When
the people at home imitate the unity of feel
ing, the unselfish and self-sacrificing spirit
of our soldiers, then all the dangers which
threaten our cause wilUhave passed away.
Defective transportation, Ajadj roads aud
worse weather, have caused a rapid rise in the
prices of provisions in this market.
Have received copies of the Times, up to the
19th December, by mail.
As I close this a furious snow storm is fall
ing, accompanied by a high cold wind.
VIRGINIUS.
We learn that the cause of the great im
provement in the value of the Confederate
currency was the throwing of an amount of
Government gold upon the market. Thi§ is a
means resorted to by the Yankee administra
tion to stay the depreciation of greenbacks,
and it is justified by the condition of the
country and the gambling devices by which
the currency had been so greatly depreciated.
e trust tjiat the Government has large
amounts of the “genuine” to prop its paper
promises.
[OOMMITNICATED.]
Newman, Ga., Ju«i. 18th, 1864.
Messrs. Editorh : We witnessed a scene in this
place to-day, which, it it were imitated in every
town throughout the South, would encourage our
pooplo and nerve the arm3 of our brave soldiers
in the field. It was a county meeting “to take
into consideration matters pertaining to the wel
fare of our country.” This rather indefinite ob
ject, stated in band-bills which had been posted
several dayc ago in prominent places throughout
every district of the county, excited no little curi
osity as to the precise motive of the proposed
meeting. Some appeared to be alarmed, and oth
ers openly expressed their suspicions that what
purported to be a patriotic assembly would turn
out in the end to be a seditious “tory,” “union 1 ”
or at any rate, (which amounts to the same thing)
a “reconrtructiou” meeting, ’Curiosity, however,
prevailed, and by ten o’clock the people began to
pour in from every direction, and from every
part of the county, some oa foot, some on horse
back, some in vehicles of every imaginable Ge
seription, among them a number of two aud even
four horse w igons, heavily laden with the “bone
and sinew of the country.
At ttie appointed hour the crowd nbmh throng
ed the streets, the shops and public square mov
ed by a common impulse toward the Methodist
Church, wnere more than half the seats were
already occupied by ladies, who had
cially invired to tttend.” The “lords of creation”
soon filled up the remaining fiaa'u, isles and other
vacant places, leaving a largo number out of
doors. Judge S. T. Brown, the Intendaut of the
town, was called to the ■'hair, and, at his requst,
Col. W. F. "Wright stated the object of the meet
big, which was to diiect attention to, and rebuke
with patriotic indignation the resolutions adopted
anu published by certain citizens of Savannah,
in which they unconditionally submit to Lincoln,
and call upon the Governor and people of Geor
gia to do the same. A committee consisting of
about thirty substantial citizens, selected from the
various districts of our county, were appointed in
accordance with the objects of the meeting. Af
ter a brief interval, (during vhich A. J. Smith,
Esq., entertained the audience with a speech re
plete with sound sense 'and patriotic eloquence,)
the Cummitte returned, and through their chair
man presented a preamble and resolutions con
demning in unqualified term? the “ignoble few”
in Savannah who sold themselves, and would have |
sold tiieir State to Lincoln. A number of gentle- j
rneD, among whom were Col. Phillips, of Cobb, I
Col. Henry Harris, of Meriwether, and Capt. \
Hugh Buchanan, of Newtiati, addressed the meet- ;
ing. The preamble and ([resolutions were then j
adopted by a rising vote—not a dissenting voice.
It was one of the most unanimous, harmonious
and pleasant meetings of the kind ever witnessed
in Coweta. Old and gray headed men were seen
to shed tears of joy as the vast assemblage arose
to their feet to express thereby their assent to
the resolutions, in which they -again “pledged their
lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor” to stand
by their bleeding country, to "support her army
and government until her rights are acknowledg
ed and # her honor vidieated. One good patriotic
lady almost shouted for joy. A gentleman—an
exiled son of Tennessee said he felt “revived,"
to him “it was like a camp-meeting or love-feast.”
Every one wore upon his countenance the aspect
of cheerfulness and joy.
The people were taken by surprise, they did
not expect such a meeting, but it was the very
thing they wanted. The whole day passed off
with the quiet, good order and serene cheerful
ness of a religious assemblage on the holy Sab
bath. No disputes or dissentions marked the in
tercourse of ihese quiet aud orderly citizens. —
They were a uuit for once in their lives—and all
for their country. If there was a single union
man or reconstructiouist present he. war ashamed
to let it be known. He could not be afraid, for
no threat of violence, no intimidating language
was employed, but every one was invited to ex
press his sentiments fearlessly for or agaiust the
resolutions. Much good has been accomplished
by this test of the sentiments of our people. They
go forth mutually benefitted, linked to each other
bj common sentiments, aad pledged to each oth
ers support in this trying hour. If similar meet
ings could be held in overy county; the good
which they would accomplish in uniting aud en
couraging our people would be immense. Lot us
hope that the example of unity set this day by
the good people of Coweta may be followed every
where in the State, and even, throughout our sis
tor Sta'es. “United we stand, divided we fall.”
As you will doubtless be furnished with a copy
of the proceedings, I will add no moro.
A Fartcipant.
The United States and Great Britain.
It is evident that there is a bitter feeling ex
isting in the Lincoln party against Great
Britain. Annexed we give a speech mada by
Senate" Chandler, of Michigan, a leading Re
publican in the United States Senate ; also a
copy of some resolutions introduced by him into
that body :
Mr. Chandler, of Michigan, (Union) —I see in
the morning papers the following announcement
from Toronto : “The St. Albans raiders have been
discharged for want of juris fiction.” I desire to
offer a couple of resolutions this morning bearing
upon this subject, one of them particularly—but
I do not expect to make the Senate understand
the state of feeling existing on the border. I
have a great number of letters in my possession
from gentlemen living on that border. In my own
city, which is within musket range of the Canadi -
an border, thousands of citizens have been under
arms for a long time. We have been in a continual
state of alarm from incendiaries, burglars and
robbers.
From this announcement it would seem that the
Canadian authorities have made up their minds to
protect these robbers. As I understand it a man
comes from the South with a commission purport
ing to be issued by Jeff Davis. He enlists his
robbing parties, crosses the border, murders and
robs whom he pleases, and returns to Canada,
where he is protected. The letters which I have
in my possession are all bearing upou this point.
The one in my hand now is from one of the most
respectable citizens of Detroit, a gentleman of
groat wealth and high political and social position,
who earnestly desires to avoid any difficulty
with Great Britain at this time. He says :
“The anxiety growing out of the mist and
doubt concerning every rumor that reaches us
is not to be endured, and if upon some slight
provocation our people should be found engaged
in Canada in some act that the Canadian gov
ernment will say is wrong. Sooner or later war
will be the result.” He says also : “Will you
give this subject your immediate attention, for
it involves, sooner or later, if not properly man
aged, war with Great Britain.” Mr. President,
I have no expectation of making the Senate
comprehend the state of excitement thus an
nounced, and the state of feeling on that border.
Vermont may, for aught I know, quietly submit
to have her towns robbed, and her citizens mur
dered, but- the Northwest will not. I offer- this
resolution :
Whereas, Recent raids have been organized in
Canada and Nova Scotia, and men enlisted in
said British provinces by men purporting to
hold commissions from the rebels of the United
States, for murdering and robbing peaceful
citizens of the United Statos, for burning cities
and villages, for piratical!}' capturing merchant
vessels and murdering their crews, aad for a gen
eral system of murder, arson, robbery, aud plunder
of peaceable aud unarmed citizens of the United
States ; and,
Whereas, The people of the British provinces
seem disposed to protect these thieves, robbers,
incendiaries, pirates and murderers, not only in
| their individual capacities, but by the quibbles of
the law : therefore,
Resolved, That the Committee on Military Af
! fairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency
[ of organizing an army corps to watch and detend
our territory bordering on the lakes and the
i Canadian lint from all hostile demonstrations and
incursions. .
Mr. Johnson, ol Maryland, (Deua.) —I object to
the resolution.
j The President pro Una. —The resnlaG n will lie
over, objection made.
Mr. Cbfindier—l bad hoped - here would be r,o
objection to it. I will row offer nii<>t her re-olution,
which I ask to be referred to the Committee on
Commerce.
The resolution was read ana is as follows :
M hereas, At the men cement of this rebellion
the United States were at peace wim ail the gov
ernments of the world, and upon term,- of comity
and good wiil with Great Britain ; and,
V hereas, That nation, before the anival on her
ofour minister accredited to the adiniuistra'ion
of President Lincoln, precipitately acknowledged
the rebels as belligerents, thus recognizing their
flag upon the ocean, without which recognition it
would have been regarded and treated as piratical
by all other powers ; and,
\v bereas, She then proclaimed perfect neutrality
between a republic with which she had entertained
friendly relations for upward of halt a century and
its treasonable subjects ; and.
W hereas, Numbers of her subjects, with the
<uli knowledge of her authorities continued
fitting out fast sailing British ships, loaded
with munitions of war, for the purpose of run
ning into our blockaded ports to the rebels, thus
furnishing tbem . ith the means of organizing
and continuing the rebellion, and without which
it could not. have sustained itself for six months ;
and,
Whereas, In addition to the above, and with
the knowledge of the governor nt, British sub
jects and members of parliament engaged in the
manufacture of piratical English ships owned by
British subject, manned by British seamen, and
sailing under iiri' sh colors, for the purpose of
burning, destroying, and utterly driving from the
ocean, all pear ful vessels sailing under the United
Stares flag; and,
Whereas, M itr. private and unarmed American
ships have been burned and destroyed by these
pirates from English ports, thus causing grea,.
loss and damage to the citizens of the United
States : therefore,
Resolved. Thai the Secretary of State be in
structed to make out a list of each ship aud cargo
thus destroyed, with a separate valuation thereof,
and interest theiton at the rate of six per cent,
per annum, from day of capture or destruction
to the date of presentation, and that he be di
rected to demand from the British government
payment in full for all ships or cargoes destroyed
as aforesaid.
Mr. Johnson objected to the rcsoluaon, which
lies over.
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REPORTS <)K TIJE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States so
the Northern District of Georgia.
Delayed Dispatches.
Richmond, January 13.—Ex Governor Foote
lias been arrested at Occoquan, Prince Wil
li -m County, Va. The charge upon which he
was arrested has not been made public. It
is understood to have been without instruc
tions from the authorities in Richmond. Mr.
Foote has not occupied his seat in the House
of Representatives in nearly three weeks. He
went towards the Potomac for the purpose of
sending hi3 family across, that they might
reach their home in Nashville.
Richmond, January 15.—Frank P. Blair left
by flag of truce boat yesterday. Colonel J.
W. Singleton, of Illinois, a prominent peace
democrat, arrived on the return trip, and took
lodging at the Spottswood Hotel. It is under
stood that Blair had a private and confidential
interview with the President He came in no
official capacity, and has had no official inter
course with any member ot the Government.
The belief m well informed circles is that
this interview may lead to a conference be
tween authorized agents or commissioners of
the two Governments. It is known that the
President will permit no obstacle of any form
to stand in the way of sending or receiving
commissioners.
Petersburg, Jan. 15,— N0 change has oc
curred in the military situation around this
city during the past week. The enemy daily
expends much ammunition in shelling our
lines, but to little or no purpose. He never
accomplishes the dismounting of a gun. The
damages to the works and bridges by the late
rains have been repaired.
Grant's troops are being constantly drilled
and perfected in discipline.
Salisbury, Jan. 13th.—A fire in Salisbury
was discovered this morning about 7 o’clock
in a vacant store room in the George W. Brown
building, now the property of J. H. Ennis. It
spread with great rapidity to the right, left
and rear, invoh ing almost overy wooden
building in the block, Murphy’s three story
brick store arrested the flame3 on the south,
and Ennis’ brick building, now occupied by
the Commissary Department arrested it cn the
north. The buildings of the Quartermaster’s
Department were destroyed and with them
some property, but how much is not yet
known. Loss of movable property either pub
lic or private not very great. It is believed to
be the work of an incendiary.
Richmond, Jan. 13.—The House amendments
to the Senate to the bill providing clothing for
officers of the army and navy were concurred in ;
also the bill increasing the number of Acting Mid
shipmen. Several other naval bills from the Sen
ate were passed ; also passed the Senate bill pro
viding for the transmission of newspapers to offi
cer, privates and musicians in the army; also the
House bill providing for payment of interest due
the Cherokee Nation on certain State bonds, the
payment of which was assumed by the Confede
rate States. The Exemption Bill was taken up
aud, further considered until adjourment at one
o’clock.
President Davis sent in a message and commu
nication of the report of the arrest of Hon. A. S.
Foote in Northern Virgidia, while endeavoring to
pass our fines on his way to the enemy’s country.
Accompany was a note to the President from the
Secretary of War, which says no special instruc
tion was given for such arrest. The Provost Mar
shall of Frederieksburg, who made the arrest says
in a telegram dated the 12th : “I have arrested
Hon. Henry S. Foote at Occoquan, on his way to
Washington,for the purpose of peace,
as he avows. I.have gparoled him .to await in
structions.”
On motion of Mr. Clark the matter was referred
to a select committee of five.
Richmod, Jan. .15.—The Senate was in secret
session to day.
The House resumed the consideratioa of the
Exemption bill. The clause in the present law
relative to ministers of the gospel was re-adopted.
Richmond, Jan. 15.—European advices of the
31st ultimo,'-Gave been received.
The London Times, alluding to the present at
titude of the United States to Canada, says: ’‘ln
the present state of Northern feeling there is much
reason to apprehend some OHtrage which may
render a rupture inevitable. The Americans nei
ther appreciate the ’strength of England nor un
derstand the unanimity .with which a war would
be prosecuted if forced upon a reluctant Govern
ment and nation, and the first result of that war
would be the immediate and irrevocable estaMizh
rnent of Southern independence.’
Visit of Confederate Gunboats. —Shortly
after the fall of Savannah, our city was visi
ted by the two Confederate gunboats. They
have been at anchor a short distance below
the railroad bridge, for some weeks past.
A few days since we paid these specimens
of marine architect a visit, and were shown
over them from stem to stern.
The larger one of the two is called the
Sampson. Lieutenant W. W. Canes, comman
ding. It was formerly used as a tow boat
at Savannah, but being a very substantial
boat, was bought by the Government, and
converted into a gunbdat. This boat carries
two guns, one a bow chaser and one a stern
chaser: has a crew of fifty officers and. men.
She has very good machinery, which is kept
in complete order by the chief engineer, Mr.
Caldweil, to whom we return our thanks for
his kind attention during our visit.
The Sampson bears several marks of the en
emy’s shells, which hit her during the en
gagement at Argyle Island, six miies above
Savannah. It will be remembered this is the
tight iu which our iron clad, the Resolute, was
disabled and afterwards captured by the ene
my, together with hc-r officers and crew.
The other boat is called the Macon, and is
built of wood. She was constructed for a
gunboat, and her decks are clear of all ob
structions, except the smoke stack, she being
moved by a steam propeller. The Macon is
comm,uided by Lieut. J. S. Bernard, and car
ries six heavy guns, two broadsides each, and
oqe bow and siern guu. This boat has a
larger crew than the Swupsoa, and was also
iu the fight mentioned ahove. She received
one shot through her smoke stack.— Augusta
Chronicle.
MAYOR'S OFFICE, \
CVtirabus, January 23, 1865. /
It having been represented to me that it is
to the interest of the public service and for
the good of the community that all bar rooms
and drinking houses be closed for a few days,
i earnestly request all proprietors and keepers
of above named establishments to close and
discontinue the sale of spirituous liquors un
til further notice.
F. G. WILKINS, Mayor.
HEADQUARTERS POST, j
Columbus, January 23, 1865. /
Attention is invited to the above request of
the honorable Mayor. Keepers of bar rooms
or drinking establishments, who sell, give
away, or in any manner dispose of liquor to
any soldier, will have their liquor confiscated.
LEON VQN ZINKEN,
jan24—d3t Col. Com’d'g Post.
Headquarters' Conscript Service, 1
Georgia, Augusta, Jan. 12, 1865 j
Circular, No. 1.
I. Inspectors of Conscription will, in pursuance
of Circular No. 36, Bureau of Conscription, current
series, herewith published, forthwith proceed and
cause to be made the Impressment apportioned to
their respective Districts to fill the quota of slaves
due from Georgia as follows: '
Ist Congressional District 150
2d " " 4»0
3d “ " 450
4th “ ** 450
sth “ " • 325
Gtli “ “ ; 325
7th ” ** 200
Bth “ “ : 100
9th “ “ 50
2500
They will immediately make the tour of their Dis
tricts, apportioning to each couuty.tho number due,
according to the nearest ,e.-timate that can be ob
tained of its maleslave population between the ages
ol'lß and 50 years, and wiil inform the Local En
rolling Officer? of the number required in their re
spective counties. The latter will than proceed to
make the impressment in the manner prescribed in
the Circular above referred to. taking care that each
owner furnishes his just proportion of the number
of slaves from the county, as pet estimate of the
District Inspector.
11. Local Enroll ng Officers will prepare accurate
lists of all slaves impressed by them, upon the Blank
Forms herewith furnished. These lists will be made
in quadruplicate —one for the District Inspector, two
to be forwarded monthly to these Headquarters and
one to be turned over with the slaves to the officers
designated. They wiil ahe keep in the County En
rolling Offices, for future reference, correct records
of all slaves impressed, which records must corres
pond with the printed form for returns.
111. The examination and appraisement of slaves
impressed under this order will be conducted in the
manner prescribed in paragraph V and VI of Circu
lar No. 36, B- of C.
XV. Slaves impressed in the Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th
Congressional Districts will be forwarded by the Lo
cal Enrolling Officers to the Camp of Instruction at
Macon, to be turned over by tbo Commandant
thereof, to the Engineer Officer in that city desig
nated to receive them; those impressed in the sth,
oth and 9th Districts will be forwarded to Augusta
and burned over to Captain L. P. Grant, of the En
gineer Corps; and those impressed in the7th and Bth
Districts will be sent to Atlanta and turned over to
Capt. J. W, Glenn, of the Engineer Corps.
V. Duplicate receipts, forms of which are here
withfurnished, will in all cases be taken for slaves
turned over Ao the Engineer Department, one copy
will be forwarded to these Headquarters with the
Monthly Return, and the other retained by the
Impressing Officers.
WM. M. BROWNE,
Commandant of Conscripts, Georgia.
Was Department, Bureau cf Consossption, i
Richmond, Va.. Dec. 10, 1864. ,i
Circular No. 36.
I. Paragraphs I and II of General Orders , No. 3£,
A. and I. G. 0., 1864, herein recited are mads parts
of this Circular.
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, ,
Richmond, Dec. sth, 1864. >
General Orders, \
No, 86. j
I. The Chief es the Bureau of Conscription wifi
coutinue, with all practicable dispatch, to bring into
service the twenty ftousand slaves authorized by
the Act of Congress, approved February 17th, 1864.
Enrolling Officers will prepare correct lists in du
plicate of the names, personal description and as
certained value of the slaves, the County, District,
or Parish in which, and the time when each was
impressed, the name of the owner of each, and of
the Impressing Officer. One of the lists will be for
wardly montbly tolthe Commandant oflConscription
in the State to which the slave belongs, and the
other to the Superintendent of the Bureau ; each of
whom will cause them to be copied in some uniform
manner convenient for reference.
11. When fifty or more slaves shall have been
collected at any one station, they will be forwarded
under the charge of discr- eUmen,“detailed from the
Reserve forces, to such points as the Superintendent
of Conscription may direct, and turned over to the
Engineer Officer instructed to receive them for la
bor in the Engineer and other Departments of the
service. A copy of the Descriptive Roll of each
slave will accompany his delivery to the Engineer
Officer.
Generals of the Reserves in the respective States
are required to proceed forthwith to execute the
above orders, employing therefor all Enrolling
Officers and all other officers under their command
not actually in service, inconsistent with this duty.
It is supposed that the Congressional District In
specting Officers and those provided under Circular
No. 35 of this Bureau, current series, maybe made
available.
111. The number of slaves to be obtained in each
State is as follows:
Virginia 2,250
South Carolina 2,500
Alabama 2,500
Tennessee 500
North .Carolina 2,250
Georgia 2,500
Florida 500
Mississippi and East Louisiana 1,500
Total 14,500
Forms of Returns accompany this Circular which
can be printed ands urnished to the proper officer.—
Each return must be in triplicate.
IV. When fifty negroes are collected in any local
ity, either by one or more officers having contigu
ous districts, they will be forwarded to the nearest
Camp of Instruction in the State, whore a complete
record will be made and they wiil thence be for
warded to the points hereinafter stated. In no case
will the gangs of slaves be kept over 48 hours at a
Camp of Instruction.
Generals of Reserves are anthorized to send a
proper officer to such localities from which it may
be more convenient to send the slaves direct to the
army—who shall make the record and forward the
slaves without passing them through the Camp.
The Impressing officer is authorized to make re
quisition on the mast convenient agent of the Com
missary ;Department, for the subsistence of the
slaves while under his charge, at the rate of one
radon per diem of meat and flour, or meal, and aiso
on the proper Quartermaster for transportation,
without reference to this Bureau.
V. Impressing Officers will require the owner or
hirer of the slave to furnish to each slave one good
suitjof clothes before he is received, the value of
which will be estimated in the appraisement. Con
gressional District Examining Boards may depute
single members of the Boards to make examinations
in presence of the owner and hirer, aud the Im
pressing Officer, under regugulations to be prescribed
by the Surgeon General.
VI. Slaves will be appraised by the Impressing
Officer, together with the Advisory Board of the
County.
In localities where there are no such Boards, the!
appraisement may be made by persons selected tfor
the purpose, on agreement between the Impressing j
Officer and the owner.
The hire of slaves is fixed by the Secretary of.
War. not to exceed twenty-five dollars per month.
VII. In distributing the impressment in various
localities, regard wiil be had to the wants, the con -
dition, and the position of the localities. Credit
must be given, of course, for all slaves procured un- j
der instructions of the Secretary of War, dated 23d
September, ultimo, but not for any other existing j
impressment. This levy is provided for by a special
act, snd its operation is not to be referred to any
other proceeding.
Negroes of refugees may be credited to th £ eoun- j
ty in which they are found,'or to the county from
which they have been removed, after investigation
of the circumstances at the discretion of the General
of Reserves. , , .
VIII. Generals of Reserves, wifi see that their
Impressing Officers exercise an intelligent and thor
oughly informed discretion, in select' ng for impress
ments, negroes who may be most conveniently
spared, with least prejudice to the productive and
mechanical industry, and that they conduct this
service-in the most conciliatory mode consistent
with a prompt and firm performance of their duties,
receiving the slaves proffered by the owners, it
physically competent. The impressment should bo
made in all esses according to th> rules and regula
tions provided for the impres-oneut of-'ave.- in the
States, and a'so in all cases an effort should be made
to procure the slaves to be hired » tm* e of
the owner.
By command of the Secret ay f rY „ r
' Signed' C. B. DFFFIEL A. .4. G.
jan 24 3t _
A.TJC2IOIT SALES.
Rosette, Lawhoa Sc Cos.,
Auotione ors,
131, Broad St., Columbus, Ga.,
WILL SELL
WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 25th, at II o’clock,
30 Shares M. & G. R. R. Stock,
1 LIKELY NEGRO WOMAN, 20
years old, No. 1 Field Hand,
1 PIANO, 1 MELODEON,
BEDSTEADS, MATTRESSES,
MARBLE TOP WASH STANDS,
MARBLE TOP BUREAUS,
1 MAHOGANY SECRETARY,
1 NO-TOP BUGGY,
1 MUSIC BOX,
1 HERRING IRON SAFE,
1 ENCASED WHEELER & WILSON
SEWING MACHINE,
jan 24 S3O
VALUABLE PLANTATION
AT
PRIVATE SALE.
Rosette, Liwhon & Cos.,
OFFER at private sale a VALUABLE PLANTA
TION, containing 960 acres—soo cleared, balance
woodland, heavily timbered—twenty-fivo miles from
Columbus, on the Mobile & Girard R. R ; good
Dwelling House with four rooms Kitchen, Smoke
House, Stables, <fcc.; well watered, and in a high
state of cultivation.
jan23 6t $36
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
One Copper Boiler, 8 feet long.
Five or six hundred pounds Led Pipe.
8 or 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks.
jcu 18 ts
MYERS, WATSON & CO.,
AUCTIONEERS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
At Hull- & Duck’s old stand,
Opposite Bank of Columbus. Broad Street.
—49> —*
Personal and prompt attention given
to all consignments.
Columbus Ga., Jan. 21, 1865. jan23 ts
Attention Independent Colum
bus Guards.
A meeting of the Company at the Cily Council
! Chamber is ordered for this morning at 10 o’clock. —
| Punctual attendance is required,
j By order of Capt. URQUHART.
Allen, O. S.
! jan 24 It
T JEC El CITY.
| T. J, JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
| Sales To-DAr.—Ellis, Livingston A Cos. will
j c-ell to day, clothing, furniture, boots and shoes
stock, and numerous other things. See advertise
ment*.
T „
Auction Sales. —At auction by Rosette, Law
hon & Cos., yesterday, one negro woman, 18 years
old, sold for $3,250 ; one do., 22 years old, with a
a child, 3 years old, $3,650 ; one do., 35 years old,
$2,275 ; one do., 26 years old, and child, $3,4 00 >
i other sales unimportant.
i A Synopsis of the Art of War— Dedicated to
the Junior Officers of the Confederate Army,
Evans & Cogswffl : Columbia, S. C.
j We are indebted to the publishers for a pamph.
let with the above caption,
i Bike all other publications from the press of Evans
A Cogswell, this work is handsomely printed on
! good paper. It is a good text book for the military
! student. f
| Garroting.—ln addition to numoerless cases of
I thieving which are constantly occurring in our
city, we understand that garroting prevails, two
negroes and one white man having been “collared”
last week, and their “money or life” demanded.
Is there no remedy for the evils we suffer ?
♦
Negro Impressment —Public attention is ealled
to general orders of Col. Browne, Commandant of
Conscripts for Georgia in reference to the impress
ment of slaves ip Georgia. These orders and in
structions are sufficiently solf-explanative, and we
commend them to the consideration of all con-
I cerned.
Writing Inks.— Mr. Reuben Thornton, of
Lumpkin, Ga., has presented us with a sample of
writing ink of his _own manufacture, wh : ch we
pronounce equal to, if not better, than any ink of
Confederate make that we have seen. He designs
offering it for sale in this city soon.
To the Ladies of St. Luke’s Church The
: bad weather of last week prevented the completion
: of the work at St. Luke’s Church, and it is there
* fore requested that servants be sent again on
Wednesday next, and that ..each servant bring- a
tub or bucket.
Reserve Militia. —About one hundred of the
Beserve Militia cf Muscogee county assembled at
the Court House yesterday in responsetto the call
of Capt. J. W. Warren, to be mustered into the
State service foronejweek. There is a fine fie.d
before this force in this county, and we trust they
will make good use of the time they are under
arms. We have no doubt there are numbers of
skulkers and stragglers scattered .throughout our
city aad county , and Capt. Warren should pre
pare to give them a warm reception wherever
found. And whiie he is about it if he can man
age to lay violent hands on a few of the night
prowlers, who infest this city, and eke out nefa
rious existence by thieving, he will bo entitled to
the best respects of the community.
Matrimonial. —An advertiser in this paper,
who signs himself “Adonis” is tired of single
blessedness, and desires to “draw around him some
cf those silken bands of which the poet speaks so
eloquently.” [Would’nt a cotton rope answer his
purpose better, seeing that “silk ties” havo about
played out in these Confederate war times ?] This
Adonis, feeling aud lonely” like the fellow
who was anxious to see this “cruel war over,”
wants to lay on Hymen's altar, the “worship of a
true and gutless heart.” in return for a similar
degree of adoration on the part of some lovesick
angelic daughter of our far-famed (.city. [These
things will do very well in but we
opine it will require something more tangible and
substantial to make the “pot bile,” and keep the
tires of love burning when iightea. But hold, wo
a ust not discourage ris sentimental dreamer. lie 1
is evidently down w ; i “woman on the brain.”—
Cannot some lady relieve hirn.jj
sAias.
By lUlis, Mvhigston & Cos.
( -n U A??* ay r Jit II o’cluefc ts
will sell m front ofour store
1 Likely Negro Boy, 22 years old.
1 Fine Full Blooded English Bui!
1 Fine Cow and Calf,
1 Yearling,
Lot Plows,
jan 24 $8
By 3111 i*, ijivEiiiiMioii
ON TUESDAY, 24th inst., at 11 o’oU-ek
wfc will sell in front of our store
Two very likely Negro Men, 20 and 21
years old.
One two-horse Wagon.
One six horse Wagon.
One good open top Buggy.
Lot of Sows, Pigs and Shoats.
Six bales excellent tobacco.
Lot fine Furniture, Clothing, Boot*.
Shoes, &c.
One FINE PLANTATION GRIST
MILL.
One Patent Press for packing cotton
fodder or shucks.
Besides many other articles of value
too numerous to mention,
jan 23 s2l
By Ellis, fjirinsstou At Cos.
i:\IX ITSiIY SjaLE.
AN FftIDAY, 27th of January, commencing at 11
V ‘ o’clock, I will sell, at the late residence of Jose
phus Echols, in Russell county. Ala.,
25 head Fine Cattle, including Milch
Cows and a splendid blooded Bull.
40 head Pork and Stock Hogs,
30 “ Goats,
20 u Sheep,
Large lot Cast Iron and Lead Pipe,
Wagons, Carts, Plows, Plantation Tools
A fine lot of HOUSEHOLD AND
KITCHEN FURNITURE, with many
other articles of value too numerous to
mention.
ft. M. ECHOLS, Executrix.
jan 23 $52 50
ALSO —
I Fine Rockaway,
1 “ Buggy,
1 “ Harness Horse,
jan 24 sl2
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos,
AT PRSVATE SALE.
75 acres of heavily timbered PINS
! LAND, within two miles of the city, ad*
; joining the lands of J. G. Worsham, Esq.
, jan 17 6t $lB
I Wanted.
Headquarters Gov’t Works, (Ord.) 1
I Columbus, Ga., Jan. 20th, 1865. »
Wanted to contract for a large quantity of Pine
and Oak Lumber. Also Hubs. Fellies and Spokes ;
and 2,000 forks for saddle-tree pommels, of elm,
black gum, m iple, or sugar tree. Apply at the C. 8 ,
Arsenal. M. H. WRIGHT. '
jan2l lot Col Corod'#.
Motice!
MY wagon, with six large bay mules and five n«-
groos, left my plantation, in Calhoun county.
Ga., on Monday, the 16th inst., for Columbus; since
then I have heard nothing from them. The wa*on
was loaded, and contained my silver ware and some
bedding, with other articles. The negroes were—
two men, one about 40 and the other about 45 years
old, both black; two women, one about 27 and the
other about 16 years old; and a girl about 11 years
old. I am of the opinion that they havo been stolen
by deserters. Any information concerning them
will be thankfully received and liberally rewurded.
My address is Columbus, Ga.
j an23 ts JAMES BOND.
Buggy for Hair.
i » GOOD SIDE SPRING BUGGY. Call at
| A HOCK ISLAND PAPER MILLS OFFICE,
jan 18 3t
Death of Rev. Father O’Neill
It is our sad task this morning, to ebroni-
I cle the death of a good and beneficent man
I and indefatigable pastor—the Rev. Patrick
i O’Neill, of St. Patrick’s Church. Universally
i jrell known and esteemed as he was in our
community, little need be said of his public
usefulness and private worth. Heavily in
j deed will his loss be felt in the humble family
circles, who formed a large proportion of his
flock, and manv a worthy but indigent par
ishioner will miss the hearty sympathy the
o-ood priest was ever ready to bestow, an ; ths
liberal hand which has so often relieved their
wants.
Father O’Neill was a native of Kilkenny
Countv, Ireland, and had completed his 'Bth
year. * He came to this city in 1833, in com
pany with Bishop England, and under that
distinguished divine pursued his studies for
about three years. In 1836 he was ordaiue .
Priest, and appointed Pastor to the fast grow
ing congregratiou of Catholics on “the Ni" k
From that time to thi3, he labored with un*
i tirin<* zeal and energy in the duties of m3
position, shrinking from no toil or endurance,
braving,' through twenty eight successive
summers, the terrors of the epiuemiC, w
attending the sick and the dying, nd minis
tering aa frequently to the physical suffering
as to the mental anxieties of the patient.
In the memorable yellow fever season o.
1838, so untiring were his exertions and so
conspicuous his usefulness, that the citizens,
without distinction of sect, united in present
ing him with a handsome service of plate, as
a token of their esteem and grattitude.
The deceased last officiated on New i ear s
day, in the church which he erected over a
quarter of a century ago. For 3° me ,!^ 3 P re '
vious he had been struggling with a severe
cold, which on that afternoon developed it
self into pneumonia. He gradually tanx ....
der the attack until 8 o’clock yesterday mor
tino-, when he quietly expired.
lfis obsequies will take place at St i atruK S
Church this (Wednesday) morning a
o’clock. —Charleston Mercury.
Confederate Commissioners to Canada
We received last night special and authentic
inlormation from Quebec, that George - ,
I dvrs and Clement C. Clay have sought and
obtained a quasi official inteiview • -
1 Government there, whether with the approx
of Lord Monk or not, we do not learn. In
: mission, of course, waß y -
! pat ion of a possible intention on the part of
the authorities to surrender the St. Albans
i robbers. The Confederate emissanes howev
! pr embraced the occasion to lay before the
members of the Provisional Government wh.
I purported to be the basis of a seGT( ;}
i entered into between the Richmond anrftonaes
and the Emperor Maximilian. Hie agrtemen
included the terms of alliance, offensive and
defensive in its character, between Mexico and
the Confederacy. ,
Sanders took pains to explain that the com
pact had the perfect assent ot the Empeio
the French, and that material aid would e
offered bv the regenerator of Mexico, m -
ing effect to the covensnt at the proper n
maiit. , .
The replv of Lord Monk's advisers "•‘■L
that thev had, first of all, no assurance u -
what Mr. Sanders and his partner represent
was true, and in the next place, it was rjoI -~ v
their business if it was true, as they had no
foreigu relations that were not J
subordinate to those hich
eminent chose, to recognize and maxiua n.
There may be no. truth m banders repr - •
nation. There may be no such agreement be
tween the Confederates and the new
Government. But of the mission of bAnawa
to Quebec there is-no room whatever to no <-
It shows that the last hope of the
is now fixe-t in embroiling Hie Luiu .
with some foreign power. —A. 1 ■<’