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daily times, j, h , IVWURKI & CO., Proprietors. published i>a ; 'y (Sunday* excepted) at the rate of >6.00 per mouth, or $lB tor three month*. So ,übi«“rii>tion received lor a longer lemt than „t iitonlht. IUTEB OF ADVERTISING. «ABUaL DAILY ADVIRTIStNQ KATES. Advertisements inserted onoe—s4 per square. regular daily advketisino rates. firat Week—s-1 00 per square for each insertion. Second Week—s 200 per square for each insertion. Third Week —$1 50 per square for each insertion, fourth Week— sl 00 per square for each insertion. Pore id Month—s3o per square, third Month —$25 per square. SPECIAL NOTICES Notice! Headquarters Gov'r Works, <'Orp.)> Columbus, Ga-, Jan. 20th, 1805, / private James Roe, Cos. A, lOih Georgia regiment, w ’,io was advertised us a <.e.-ertcr from this Arsenal, on the 19th inst., lias reposted for duty, and account- i e d for bis aLs/mce. M. It. WRIGHT, jan‘2l 2t 001. Cotnd’g. Young;'' • bight Battery, Persons haviug relatives and Mends in Young's I/ght Battery, are i > ilf« Ith r Japt? Young is now in Columbus, tor the purpose oi collecting supplies of clothing for his men.. Those uasiring to send. clothing to their friends in tuts’Battery) vriUJor-i; ward it t‘> Gap! .!. I Yo ig,- cant of ijagle Manu facturirn., Company, C rtwnoßs, qr’befoFe'tir® I Bth of February. Lb ■ clothing should consist yrriii- ■* cipslly of under clothing and sue it*, with the name ofthe soldier plainly marked on it. ,iao Ilw ' * , ( • . . Wanted. , ’ t I(kadqu aktkhs Gov’t Works, (Ohd‘.) < Columbus, Ga., Jan. £otb, 1805. • > Wonted to 'O il l iixjt fur a largo quantity of Pine and Oak Lumber. Also Hubs, Fellies and Spokes; j , ed ’,tXJG forks for pommels, of elm, j bla. k gum. ui tple, or sugar tree. Apply at the C. S, j Ar-un.il. M. 11. WRIGHT. j jan2l lot Col. Coind’g. Notice. SOUTHERN l/jfpßEfiS COMPANY, I Augusta, Ga., Jan. 9,1865.) j Persons o.vuing freight shipped by the Southern \ l .press Company, that is detained in this city, and j other pPe es, in oons.oquen m of dawage doneito rail roa-i- by die Federal crime.-,’and" wlreh cannot be : forw ivdod to destiuatifm iu eonseqconpe thereof, are b reby notified that £his Company will not be responsible for loss jpr damage fire* Consignees, ! and others interested will take notice ofthe above. ! ( ./AS. SHUTER, •*ju .* 19 lin Acting Pres. 0*», Ma:<>n, Columbus, Montgomery, Mobile and j ,Seims papers copy one month. To MCOk'gift Soldiers ! Phillip**’ 4tli Georgia Brigade. STATE OF GEORGIA, and •Quartermaster Gbnkral’s Office, > * Augusta, Dec. 28th. 1864. j The members of this. Brigade now living, and the representatives of those deceased, will please inform nkoro rlic Half-Pay due them, under the Act of December 7th, 1863, may be forwarded to them. In response to each communication we will forward j the necessary papers for signatures. Each correspondent will furnish us the company, battalion or regime vt to which, holor thejsoldier he represents, beloujjed in this Brigade, and his full address at the present time. IRA R. FOSTER, Q. M. Gen. ofGa. N. B.—After ’be Ist of March letters will be ad dressed tous at Milledgeville; uutil that time, un less in ease es danger to this plate, we trill be ad dressed at Augusta, .1. Rfc F, jan 7 lih in —i ■■mi iingaM Notice. WAN'TS. wantb:d. i N OVERSEER. One without family, who has A lust an arm in the service, and thereby uufit for military service preferred Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD. Reynolds, Taylor County. MRS. CUAS. J. WILLIAMS, novlll-if Columbus, Ga. VViliWEii: t i kii k LBS. oi TALLOW, for which a liberal price B ’ will be paid. Apply io F. W. DILLARD, • i . Maj or and Q. M. WANTED, k GOOD BUSINESS MAN, uutil the first of A January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol dioi preferred, and it matters not how badly muti lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment. Apply at th-- TIMES OFFICE. V A »Ssf aiad «SNIB(JR«S TO EXCHANGE FOR o 3aouasrx> peas, At the GRANT FACTORY. dee 17 ts . MOO Reward. STOLEN from Cook's Hotel or betw.cn the Mus cogee X>eoot an i 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, add belongs to Lieut. f>>l. Waddy. Some of the clothing marked Thomas W. Hunt. We will pay the above reward of two hundred dollars for the recovery of the valice and two hundred dollars for the thiei, if a white man. or fifty dollars if a negro. SHIVERS, WYNNE A CO., Proprietors Cook’s Hotel. Columbus, Ga., J mi. 10. ’6s.—2\v To Rent \ DKL.LUIITFUL RESIDENCE, well furnished A containing six rooms, situated four miles from Columbus, in Gen. Abercrombie’s neighborhood.— There arc one hundred and seventy acres attached, with fiao orchards and good garden, and well im proved out buildings. Apply to jan 9—ts Mrs. SARAH CROWELL. To Printers ! VI, 7 E offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY, (except Ruing Machine,) two hand PRESSES, and about I, JOT Poumls of Type Metal. nov2l-tf FR ESH DRUGS. Eng Morphine, A fine asst Eng Soaps, Powers A 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, Coefc* -a! Carb Soda, Pow’d Ipecac, - Or Tartar, . Dover’s Powders, Eng Mustard, Sal Soda, MurateofTin. Gum Opium, iine Combs, Pow’d Opium, Dress Combs, Bng Note and Letter Pa- Pocket Combs, per. Eng and Confederate Envelopes, For sale by J- A. GREEN A CO.. ,R. O 28 lm Union Springs. Ala. Regular Line of Steamers on the Chattahoochee River. Columbus, Ga., Jan.9th. Til E SteamerIJACKSON. Daniel Fry. M ister, wil leave Columbus,until further notice, every Sun day at 9 a.m. Returning leaves Chattahoo heo every Tuesday at 2 P. M. E The Steamer India*, C. D. Fry Master, leaves Columbus every Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. Re turning. leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at 2 a. m. The Steamer Mist, A. Fry Master, leaves Colum bus every Friday at 9a. m. Returning leaves Chat tahooehe every Sunday at 12 M. jan 10 2m For Exchange or Sale. A T the office of tho "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 Psoviiions or Confederate currency, viz: Bar aud Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for juan-; tation uses. * Sugar Mills and Kettles, of all sizes, from 30 to 120 gallous, Pots, Ovens and Skillets, Fry Pans and Anoironff, Club and Broad Axes, Shovels and Spades, Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds, stir Orders for Castings and Machine Work promptly executed. jau stl JOHN D. GRAY A C 4. VOL. XII.} COLUMBUS, GA.. WEDNSDAY, JAN. 25. 1865. Change of Schedule. I jkN and af er Friday. Jan. 20th. the Train* on r tpe - use>gee Railroad will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN Leave Col.-mb.ua .6 do A. M Arrive at . lacon 2 50 P. M Leave Mac n o 50 a M Arriie at C< lumbus 3 06 P Y FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Co!ui thus .5 00 A. .M Arrive at Coiuuibus 4 55 A. M W.L. CLARK; mar K*tf feupt. Muscogee R, R. Tti rough to Montgomery. NEW SCHEDULE. JMONTQOMERY & WEST POINT IIAILKOAD COMPANY. , _/ A - COLUMBUS, August 27, 1864. iN and after August 27th. the PaAsengor Train on ’ the “Montgomery and We*t Point Rah road will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a, in. Leave West Piiiut at 7:10 a.m, •Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m. Leave cblumbus 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 m. Arrives at 8:27 p m L>. 11. 6’RAM, Su)»’t 61 Eng. ig27lß64—tf MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. ( iItSCKOF SOIKin i,K. Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864. 1 j.N ah<l after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will ' Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: PaKseuger Train- Leave Girard at 1 30 p. m. Arrive in Union Springs 600 “ Leave Union Springs 5 3f> a; m. Arrive in Girard at 10 00 “ I’relgihl Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m. \rrivo in Girard at 6 00 p. in B. E. WELLS, 1 S Lt * ling. A Sup’t. CITY FOUNDRY! SINiVR MILLS AND KETTLES! WE HAVE OF HAND Sugar Hills and Kettles, holding 20,35, 40. 60, 80 and 130 gallons, which we will exchange for Provisions or any kind of country Produce, or money on very liberal terms. Orders solicited. PORTER. MdLHKNNY & CO. Columbus, Jan. 20. ts lleadqoauters Gov. Works, vQrd.) I Columbus, Ga., Jan. 18, 1865.) Deserted. The following detailed *men, employed at this Arsenal, ihaving absented themselves from work without authority, are hereby published as deser ters. ■ . : , T. M. Floyd, conscript, age 33, to feet 110 inches high, dark oomplexion, dark eyes, and dark hair, by trade a Blacksmith. D. Walker, soldier, company “F,” Jsßth 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 trado a Blacksmith, , G. K.’ Bowors, soldier, 34th Miss., Regt., by ttade a Blacksmith: ; . M. H. WRWHT, jan 19 3(Jd Col. Com’dg. For Colouel First Class Militia of Russell County. We aro authorized by many voters to announce A. G. JONE* as a candidate lor Lieut. Colonel of | FrstClass Mi itia, of Russell county, Ala. Election to lake place on Thursday, 26th inst. Opelika paper copy. .ian 18 td* Wanted. TWO first class Machinists and onogood Locomo » tive Runner, at the Mobile & Girard Railroad. Apply to W. JOIINBON. jan 18 3t Negroes to Hiire. t’.O HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good Cook and Washer. Apply to Win. G. WOOLFOLK. jan 17 ts Agent. ~ FOR DOCK AWAY HORSE and MUSTANG PONY il neither liable to impressment. For sale at j jan 19 2t* HA KRIS’ 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 day3 from : this date. Persons who have not paid their city tax i wilt save cost by calling on the Treasurer at his 1 office, over Engine House No. 3, within the ten i days and settling up.i J. D- JOHNSON, Collector and Treasurer. Sun and Enquirer copy. Cblumbus. Jan. 19—tit Wanted. | 'PHREE or four smart negro BOYS as waters in j 1 the Perry House. Apply to EDWARD PARSONS, j jan 19 3t Proprietor. 1 OEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the ; U Contract Committee ,of Council to furnish the City with Lumber, also to do the Wood work and Blacksmith work for the year 1865. Bids to be j made at the usual prices charged for each quar ter, with the rate of discount. The payment to be i made by Council at the expiration of each quarter. } Bids to be closed on Wednesday, 25th inst. « J C- Porter, W. W. Robison, J. J. McKkndkkk, ianlfitd Com. on Contracts. For Exchange. A HOUSE AND LOT in Girard, near the upper il Bridge, the lot contains two acres, including garden and young fruit orchard, well of good water, comfortable outbuildings, Ac. 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 tor sale a likely Negro BOY, about 20 years of age D. KEITH, j«n 18 lw “Agent. ' STERLING EXCHA.MUE! FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange ■ 4 for sale in sums to suit purchasers by . 4gi6tt B ANK OF COLUMBUS. NOTIOE. Officr Grant Factory, l Nov. 29, 1864. j i LL persons having demands against the estate es A Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to present them to the Grant Factory. nov 30tf JOHN J. GRANT. Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory. Dr. R- NOBLE, X3EITTXST, j * T PembertoD A Carter’s old stand, back room ot I 1 Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found ‘ all hours, loclß 6m ; ; ■ Lost or Mislaid. 1 T?OUR SHARES of the G. A A. S. S. Cos., N«. : C 160, in favor oi Mrs. J. L. Wilson, j nov 30 ts • 1). AJ. J. GRANT. For Sale. LINSEED OIL CAKE, forstockfood. atS4 Broad street. N. P. NAIL A CO. deo 21 lm LOST, ON Broad street, or in someone of the stores, & Five Hundred Dollar Con federal© Bank Note.— Anyone finding it will be rewarded liberally by ; handing it to TV . H Erwin, at Captain Graybiil’s I 0< jan2l 3U P. L. COFFEY. ffolice! ILL parties who have le f t GUNS, PISTOLS, Ac., A to be repaired, a, ,ny shop on Broad street, are requested to eall imme.Lately and get th jan 236 t J. ?. MbRRAY. SPECIAL NOTICES HeiPQrARTKRs Conscript Service, ! Georgia, Augusta, Jan. 12, 1865 ) | Circular. No. 1. * I. Inspectors of Conscription will, in pursuance of Circular No. 35, Bureau of Conscription, current seri -s. herewith published, forthwith proceed and cause to be nfiade the Impressment apportioned to their respective Di tricts to fill .the quota of slave© due from as follows : Ist Congre.- j ioual District ,150 2d “ “ 456 -d “ 450 jth ‘‘ “ 1...450 sth ’ “ 325 6th “ “ 325 7th ” “ 200 ' «'h " 10t) I y !l “ 50 , 2500 They will imme (lately make the tour of their Dis tricts, apportiouiu r to each county.the number due. according to the nearest .estimate that can bo ob tained of its male slave population between the ages j oflS and 50 years, and will inform the Local En rolling Officers of »he number required in their re spective counties. The latter will then proceed to make the impressment in the manner prescribed in j the Circular above referred to. taking care that each j owner furnishes his just proportion of tho number of slaves from the county, as pei estimate of the District Inspector. 11. Local Enroll lig Officers will prepare accurate lists of all slaves impressed by them, upon the Blank Forms herewith furnished. These lists will be made in quadruplicate—ones >r the District Inspector, two to be forwarded monthly to these Headquarters and one to bo turned ovo* with the slaves to tho officers designated. They will also 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. IV. Slaves impressed in the Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th Congressional Districts will be forwarded by the Lo cal Enrolling Officers to tho Camp of Instruction at Macon, to be turned over by the Commandant j thereof, to the Engineer Officer in that city desig- , nated to receive them; those impressed in the stb, j 6th and 9th Districts will be forwarded to August:* | and turned 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 with furnished, will in ail oiiaes be t&keu for slaves turned over.to 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. War Dbpabtmkst. Bureau op Conscription,! Richmond. Va., Dec. 10, 1864. f Circular No. 36. I. Paragraphs I and II of General Orders .No. 36, A. and I. G. 0., 1864, herein recited are made parte of this Circular. Adjutant and iNSPUoron Grnkrau’B Oppicic, t Richmond, Dec. sth, 1864. i General Orders, 1 No. 86. / I. The Chief of the Bureau of Conscription will j continue, with ,dl practicable dispatch, to bring into i service the twenty thousand 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 tho 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 monthly tojhe CommandantofJConscription in the State to which tho slave belongs, and the i other to the Superintendent of the Bureau ; each ot j whom will cause them to be copied in some uniform 1 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 -'et.pnen,’detailed from the Reserve forces, to such points as the Superintendent of Conscription may direct, an l turned over to the Engineer Officer instructed to yeceive them for la bor in the Engineer aud other Departments of the servioe. A copy of tho Descriptive Roll of each slave will accompany his delivery to the Engineer i Officer. Generals of the Reserves in the respective States j | are required to proceed forthwith to execute the i | above orders, employing therefor all Enrolling Officers and all other officers under their command j not actually in service, inconsistent with this duty. • It is supposed that the Congressional District In- I spectinn Officers and those provided ufider Circular i No. 35 of this Bureau, current series, may be made j available. 111. The number of slaves to be obtained in each i State is as follows: Virginia w... 2,259 j South Carolina ...2,500 1 Alabama 2,500 i Tennessee 500 ! j North Carolina 2,250 j ! Georgia 2,500 I Florida 500 j Mississippi and East Louisiana 1,500 j Total 14,500 ! Forms of Returns accompany this Circular which \ can be printed and furnished to the proper officer. — j : 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 beforwarded to the nearest j Ckmp of Instruction in the State, where a complete 1 record will be made and they will 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 I be more convenient to send the slaves direct to the | j army— who shall make the record and forward the j slaves without passing them through the Camp, j The Impressing officer is authorized to make re- j : quisition on the most convenient agent of the Com missary !DepartmentJ s for the subsistence of the | slaves while under his charge, at the rate of one I i ration per diem of meat and flour, or meal, and also j on the proper Quartermaster for transportation, 1 without reference to this Bureau. V. Impressing Officers will require the owner or i hirer of the slave to furnish to each slave one good j suitjof clothes before he is received, the value of , which will be estimated in the appraisement. Con- ! gressional District Examining Boards may depute j single members of the Boards to make examinations ; in presence of the owner and hirer, and the lm- | ] pressing under regugulations to be prescribed j by the Surgeon General. 1 Vi. Slaves will be appraised by the Impressing j Officer, together with the Advisory Board of the ; County. i In localities where there are no such Boards, the ! appraisement may be made by persons selected jfor 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. , i VII. In distributing the impressment in various localities, regard will be had to the wants, the con dition.and the position of the localities. Credit j must be given, o, course, for all slaves procured un- j der ius ru rimis of tho Secretary of War. dated 23d September, ultimo, but not for any other existing 1 impressment. This levy is provided for by a special act, «ndit' .*iteration is not to be referred to any other proceeding. Xegroe.- of refug rs may be credited to the coun ty in which they are found,'or to the county from which they have been removed, aftor investigation ofthe circumstances at the discretion of the General of Reserves. _ ..... VIII. Generals of Reserves will see that their Impressing Officers exercise an intelligent ana thor- J oughly informed discretion, in selecting 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 petformnnee of their duties, receiving tho slaves proffered by the owners, if physically competent. Che impressment should be made in all eases according to the ru'es and egula tions provided for the impressment of slaves in the States, and a so in all cases an effort should be made to procure the slaves to be hired by the consent of the owner. Bv command of the B<*ere'»y "I w »r. -Signed) C. B. DUPFIEL ! , A. A. G. j<u -4 3t DAILY TIMES. EVENING EDITION. TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1865. Death op Capt A. C. Frost. —F’rom intelli, genee received from Dr. B. W. Cromwell, Surgeou of the 4th Georgia Regiment, we learn that Capt. A. C. Frost, Cos. D. of that Regiment was killed iu the battle of Winchester on the 19th Septem ber last. Capt. Frost was well known to many of 1 our citizens, was a resident of West Point, and i brother of Mr. U. B. Frost of this city. He was a gallant soldier, and an honorable and useful man- May the sod presa lightly on his bosom. The True Grit. Amid the symptoms of despondency and giving way which may be observed too frequently in the streets of our cities the highways of travel it i3 soui what refreshing to find a man who stands up unmoved by tho fears us tho coward or tho defection of tho traitor; and whose unblanched cheek and unfaltering faith administers a rebuke to both. We hardly need assure our friend that we are with him in sympathy and shall be with him in purpose until the morning after the last day : Knoxville, Ga., Jan. 20, 1865. Mr. Editor —Sir: Enclosed please find twelve dollars for your paper. To E. B. Pbnick, Knoxville, Crawford County, Ga. P. B.—We want a paper that will stick to this fight until Gabriel’s trump shall sound or have independence—such it our determination with every sacrifice—positively no go back nor any reconstruction for old Crawford. E. R. P. From the “ Coast. ” —The enemy at latest accounts, says the Charleston Courier, were encamped at Gardner’s Corner. About noon Monday a considerable body of Yankee in fantry advanced to within two and a half miles of Ccmbahee bridge, but retired without makiag any further demonstrations. A de serter who came into our lines Sunday night states that the force which moved up from Port Royal consists of the whole of the 17th and part of the loth Army Corps, and that their destination is Charleston. They have very few wagons with them, but are expecting to meet Shermau, who is reported moving on the Savannah road with his train. - We are told that Lincoln has agreed to rec ognize the Government of Maximillian by sending a Minister to it on condition that France will not interfere in the American re bellion ; and that such assurance has been given. There can be no doubt that Lincoln would give the Monroe Doctrine to the dogs, for such an assurance as the West ern Powers; and we think it very probable, that it may have been extorted from France with the conditions annexed. It is quite cer tain, also, that if France has given this assur ance, England could r.ot be induced to es pouse our cause on any terms. The New York Times figures that the coun try at large now holds at least $18,185,638 in gold and silver coin more than at the out break of the war. This is, no doubt, correct. As long as blockade running is tolerated, gold and silver will continue to leave the Confede racy. Personal. —Lieut. Gen. D. H. Hill has arrived in Augusta for the purpose of assuming command of the forces in that vicinity. The Columbia and Auousta Railroad.— We have been much on the Ridge of late, says the Edgefield Advertiser, and in that section this im portant road is coming on finely. The gentlemen who have contracts for work on tho road between I Capt. Clint Ward’s and Lieut. Louis Y'oungblood’s, a distance of twelve miles, are working steadily and energetically. Several of them informed us that the grading along the entire track, was, at least, half finished. During the late legislature, Mr. Gardner, chief engineer of this work, informed the committee appointed to consider the matter, that with 2,850 slaves, the tithes of Lexington and Edgefield being appropriated to feeding them, the road could be completed by the middle or last of May. Whether such a force has been, or is to be, put at his disposal, we hare not ascertained. Surely, if either the government or the have the merest ordinary energy, this now all-im portant route will be very rapidly pushed through to completion. We are under the impression that it will be. Northern papers of the 13th instant say that on Thursday the Yankee Senate adopted a resolution to terminate the Canadian recip rocity treaty, by yeas 31, nays 8. There is now no fnrthei doubt of the termination ofthe treaty. A telegram from Cairo, January 12th, says that Forrest is reported concentrating a large force at Paris. The same dispatch gives some details of Grierson’s raid. General Gholson is mentioned among the Confederates cap tured. » A telegram from Wheeling says that the en emy under Rosser captured the town of Bev erly and a large portion of the force defend ing it, on the 11th instant. McClellan will leave New York for his Eu- j ropean tour early in February. Jame3 Guthrie has been elected Senator ! from Kentucky to succeed Powell. Gold 220. A large amount of money has been raised | in New York and other cities for the relief of ! sufferers at Savannah. Brigadier General. Geary is left in command of Savannah, while ] Sherman is moving upon Branchville. The Wilmington Journal of Monday says : W regret to iearn that soaie considerable injury has been done to the Wateree trestle work, between this place and Kingsville. Some injury has prob ably been dene to the Manchester road at other < points, but of thi* we .have no positive ' informa- i lion. The injury to the Piedmont P. *1 is inuea less than had been supposed. Important to Owners of Cotton. The following 1 correspondence Appears in the Augusta, Ga., papers : Headquarters Department of ) South-Carolina, Georgia and Florida, l Charleston, S. C , Dec. 30, 18*14. j His Excellency o3. Brown, Governor of Georgia: ‘ Sir : There was in Savannah a considerable amount of cotton, for the most, part, property of private individuals, which, for want of , transportation, it was impracticable to remove and which being stored in buildings in vari j ous parts of the city could not be di stroyed when Savannah was evacuated, without des troying ’he city. p There can be little doubt that the cotton has been taken possession of by the Federal au thorities and will be applied to the uses of the Federal Government. To prevent a recurrence of this, I have respectfully to urge as a .matter ■ of precaution, that all Cotton in Augusta or i vicinity to be removed to a place of security, I and that you will give the people notice, that iu case Augusta should be endangered, all i Cotton will be destroyed by the military au thority. 1 have the honor to be, Very respectfully. Your obedient servant, W: J. IIARDEE, Lieutenant General. Headquarters, Macon, Ga., "1 January 9, 18(15. / Brig. Gen. Fry, Angustn, Ga.: i General—Enclosed please tiuu a commuui*. : cation just received at tnese headquarters from General Hardee, which is sent to you with the ! belief that if the import of it could be corainu ! nicated to the citizens of Augusta, the desired ; object could be secured. Will you please give j it such publicity as iu your judgment is ncees i sary. Very truly, your obd't serv’t, W. K. DrGrakfenhisd. •> Major and A. A. G. Official: F. A. Timberlake, A. A. A. G. [Special Correspondence of the Confederacy.] Lttter from Northern Georgia. The Rock, Ga, Jan. 7, 1865. Mtaara. Editora : As I have ju*t arrived here from the up country, I will give you a hint of affairs as they are in that portion in which I stopped. It is needless to speak of the desolation of the country, as it has already been spoken of by many. The state of affairs, morally speaking, is worse than I expected to find them. Thieving, murder ing, and swindling, are the order of the day. There are thousands of deserters from the army prowling through the country, robbing for their living. A great many are well mounted and pass themselves off as scouts, claiming to be Texans. The people seem to think they have a right to i govern and control the country. Whenever one | neighbor becomes offended at another, he reports him to the scouts who are always ready to get a job, and never wait for farther testimony than the mere reporting. Abou two weeks ago, I was near Dallas, in Panlding county, where they perpetrated a cruel deed. I was informed that a man had gone to a widow lady’s house and taken some hogs, which ; 'she said belonged to her, aud carried them to his I house and put them up. Her two sons went that i night aud turned them out of the pen. Upon | whi h the man who had taken them, went imme diately for the scouts, who soon returned with him, I and took the two boys out #f their bed and hung I them. When they cut them down they were ! dragged off like hogs and covered up in mud be side a branch. They put at defiance the militia | who attempted to arrest them ; in fact, they met | the militia, who were ordered to Dallas, to arrest them, as they came in, and disarmed, and kept them some time in the courthouse, prisoners. The citizens have petitioned the Governor „to give them more force, also arms and ammunition, to put down such outrageous crimes. I have already written more than I intended, ; and will close. Elwood. I South Carolina Moving. —For several days j past the streets of our city have beea throng ! ed with fugitives from South Carolina, accom panied by their families, flocks, herds, cattle, ! servants and stock of all kinds. There seems | to be a general exodus from the old Palmetto ! State, and the planters in the neighboring dis j trict of Barnwell especially, are fleeing from ! what they conceive to be “the wrath to come.” i Safety and security from the inroads of the ! Yankees are being, sought in the interior of | our State. This movement is not predicated upon sla -1 vish fear, but is in accordance with the orders ' of Governor Magrath, who wa3 directed by ! the Legislature of South Carolina to remove l all property from a certain section of the ! State, most liable to interruption by the ene ! my. Asa matter of precaution it is very com j mendablo. und the deserted counfry that will ! be presented to Gen. Sherman, will at once ! embarrass hi3 movements and attest the self-- i denying patriotism of the Carolinian. There i3 something painful, however, in this daily spectacle of fleeing families, accustomed as we have been to all the terrible scones of | the war. It is a desertion of home, a rude ! snapping of old and familiar ties, a venture i upon the wide, wide world by those who have ; never before quitted the shadow of the hou3e ! hold roof tree, aod exemplifies at once the i self-sacrificing spirit of our people, and the dastardly and uncivilized mode of warfare conducted by the Yankei — Augusta Consti tutionalist ibth. After the Flood. —Our city is beginning j to assume its quondam appearance. With the exception of a few localities the water has ■ subsided, at and the streets are again passable for pedestria, s. Asa consequence our chief thoroughfares. Broad and Green streets, pre sented yesterday a gay and brilliant appear- j | ance. Business was brisk throughout the ' morning hours, while in the afternoon the ladies, in beautiful bevies, seduced by the genial sunshine, fluttered and flounced along the sidewalks with ravishingjgrace .and en- ; trancing loveliness. Some of the streets are yet k filled with water, j occasioned by breakage in the water remov- j ing pipes, which will soon be remedied. Our citizens are actively exerting themselves ! to remove the water from the cellars, and in addition to pumps, the service o! the fire en- ! gines are being called into requisition. This 1 is somewhat expensive—seven bftudred dol lars being paid hv one gentleman for the wa- I ter from his cellar. We are glad to s°e that the city authorities are actively engaged in replacing the street crossings and repairing the sewers. They have an immense task before them, but energy well directed will soon place Augusta on her j throne as the Queen Os Southern ci'ies. The Gas Works are still out ot repair, and we are enjoying the delight of darkness, the moon failing to come to time, save at so late an hour that her visits are not appreciable. £ Constitutionalist , 1 Ssh. + ♦. ■» I* is Hated. says the Beacon, authority of pas-engers from abore. that sixty federal trans ports and gunboats landed at Pittsburg, some •woTxfv -ight miles from C riuih. with 30,000 wt-u. Tii« evident ! -e expedition is Erj.-v against *i • e -beriaan's campaign • |SIX DOLLARS t PER MOXTII. The Richmond Exam’nfr of 'he 2d sketches the‘‘situation,” of llto past yea* up to the time ot Oen. J( hnston'g removal: It was with great difficulty that the enemy completed hi ; preparations for the last gigan tic campaign. Foreign ievy whs exhausted. He had to empty the *Legs ot the native pop ulation, and to draw in bis troops from the East and the* West, to make up the two great columos of Virginia and Georgia Hit finance* reached tbe .jrink of dissolution. One Treae urer resigns!, his successor plainly told the nation that without military success there would be an end of credit. When midsum mer came it brought the certitude that nosue oess was forthcoming. Bloody battles had beeu fought in Virginia without the pretence of victory to Grant. He bad changed his owa bi%e, afier ,eaoh. from the Rapidan to the Rappahannock, from the Rappahannock to the York, trom the Y ork to the James, and there he stuck, and stjll sticks, nothing done, and failures confessed. Sherman had done lea* than Grant, although Johnston's army was not so large as Lee’s. Certainly tSheiniau bad penetrated less deeply into Georgia than Grant iuto Virginia, and tar more slowly. In one of Graut s battles be took some prisoners and some gnus ; Sherman had taken nothing—hie opponent did not leave him a cart wheel or a bucket, in retiring. Although Lee gained tho fortifications of Richmond and Petersburg by the various changes of position, Grant also gained at last a better base of supply on the James than be hud on the Rapidun But Sherman’s difficulties increased with every mile ot his march towards Atlanta, and h’t dangt with every river he crossed. Thus while the defensive campaign in Vir ginia had been successful so far as defence, the defensive campaign in Georgia had not only been a complete defence, but furnished ground of strong hope for the ruin of the ene my. Johnston s position in Atlanta was not less secure than that pf Lee in Petersburg; and judging prospective by past events, it was impossible to doubt that he would have held Sherman there as well ae Lee held Grant here. He could at least have done that ; yud if he succeeded in destroying his laud communica tion—very much more easy to reach thaw that of Grant over water—he might have forced the enemy into disastrous retreat on Tennes see. At midsummer, therefore, the two campaigns, for which the enemy had surrendered the Trans-Mississippi and North Carolina—the (wo cards on which he had staked all—were both perfect failures—hopeless failures. That military success which wonld alone bring him money, and by which alone conld (he Aboli tionist tyranny retain power, was not forth coming, or even dimly visible in any future.— Had tbe campaign of Georgia pursued its par allel with that of Virginia, McClellan or some other man capable of negotiation, would have been elected and perhaps an honorable peace could have been attained by the present day. If no peace, at least the invasion would have lost its venom with its hope—tbe ’.enemy would now be a bankrupt, his army impotent, and his people indisposed to further exactions. These bright prospects were changed* iu a day. The Latest On Dit. — The very freshest »a4 most recont sensational item from Richmond is furnished by the "reliable genlleicnn.” It ie to this effect : that old Frank Blair’s mission te Richmond is for the purpose of guaranteeing from Lincoln the independence of the Confederacy pro vided we unite with the United States in enforcing the Monroe Doctrine, against the foreign na’ieus, over all the American continent. [ Conatitutionnliat, lOf A. A batch of two hundred Yankees passed through Selma on last Friday night. They consisted of a portion of those captured in th« engagement at Franklin, Tenn. A Catholic Priest on the Yankee Presidential Election. The Dublin (Ireland) Nation published tho following letter from a Catholic priest at Orange, New Jersey, explaining to his cona« trymen in Ireland how the Presidential elec tion was woiked. Tbe following is an extract front the letter: Lincoln being a Republican and Abolition jst, and McClellan being a democrat, and the people being tired and disgusted at tbe war to a state- ot nauseousness, Lincoln saw that Democracy would rise up in its majesty and defeat him. What did he do? He set his agents to work, and there was not a city, town, hamlet or village ir. tbe Northern and West ern States but were bribed with thousands i and thousands of greenbacks to secure his re-election. Greenbacks are the papsr dol lars that are current now. They have ceased to count them at Washington They weigh them by the ton. I enclose one as a sample You can easily see, sir, how Lincoln was re elected. And by getting so elected, he con sidered that this would prove to all Europe that tbe Federals endorsed him and bis ad ministration, whereas the contrary is tbe fad All of us know full well how the constitu tional rights of the North and South have been trampled upon and invaded by the Know Nothings and Abolitionists of the North. And all Europe can surely and clearly see, after four years ot bard fighting against overwhelm ing uumbers-, that the Southerners have earned and have established their indepeu | deuce. I might write you a longer letter on | the American question did time permit; but ! as my duties are so pressing and my taste for ; American politics so poor, and just only a looker on, I deem it a duty to put The Natioa right on a question of vital importance—The Nation, I say, a paper I so much admire, and which comes to me so correctly’ once a week, and getting so much matter from false and correct papers and correspondents as you do, I haire only to say that, a love of truth and a hatred of partiality prompted me to pen you this letter, and believe me yours eu cordt. James McKay, Pastor of Orange, New Jersey, United States of Auierica, 1 ATJGTIOIT SALES. BY MYERS, WATSON & €0„ ROBERT MYERS, Auctioneer. 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