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SPECIAL NOTICES
MAYOR’S OFFICE, )
Columbus, January 23, 1865. j
It having been represented to me that it is
!0 the interest of the public service and for
the good of the community that all bar rooms
ftn d 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 farther notice.
F. G. WILKINS, Mayor.
HEADQUARTERS POST, 1
Columbus, January 23, 1865. f
Attention is invited to the above request of
the honorable Mayor Keepers of bar rooms
or drinking establishments, who sed, give
away, or in any manner dispose of liquor to
any soldier, will have their liquor confiscated.
LF.ON VON ZINKEN,
jan‘24—dJt Col. Com’d’g Post.
To Clou federate Tax Payers,
f have this day resumed the collection of Taxes
duo for 1861. Specific Taxes are now due for 1865.
All persons liable to this Tax must come up, regis
ter md pay at once.
J. A. L. LEE.
i„,i 25 3t Collector 41st District Ga.
Young’* Light R&ttery,
Persons having relatives and friends in Young’s
1, ght Battery, are notified that Capt. Young is now
In Cos unibus. for the purpose of collecting supplies
oi clothing for his m? ~ Those desiring to send
clothing to thoir friends in tnis Battery, will for
ward it to Capt. A. I. Yomg, care of Eagle Manu
facturing Company. Columnus, - in., on or before the
B'h of February. The clothing should consist priu
fip'illy of under clothing and socks, with the name
of die soldier plainly marked on it.
jan 11) lw
Waailctl.
Hradquartkrs Gov’t Works, (Ord.) i
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 2 !; th, 1865. »
Wanted toco itract 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, maple, or sugar tree. Apply at the C. 8,
Arsenal. M. H. WRIGHT.
jauZl lot Col. Comd’g.
Notice.
Southern Express Company, I
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 9, 1865. )
Persons owniug freight shipped by the Southern
Repress Company, that is detained in this city, and
ether places, inconsequence of damage done,to rail
roads by the Federal armies,'and which cannot be
forwarded to destination in consequonce thereof,
are hereby notified that this Company will not be
responsible for loss or damage by fire. Consignees,
*nd others interested will take notice of the above.
JAB. SIIUTER,
jau 19 lm Acting Pres.
Ma-on, Columbus, Montgomery, Mobile and
Selma papers copy one month.
To C*eorgia Soldiers !
Phillip** 4lh Georgiu Brigade.
- * atk op Georgia, |
QtiARi’RaMAsrRR Gknkral's OrptCE. v
Augusta, Deo. 28th. 1864.)
The members of this Brigade now hriusr. and the
representatives of those deceased, wilt please inform
us where the Half-Pay duo them, under the Act of
December 7th, 1863, may be forwarded to them. In
response to each communication we will forward
the necessary vapors for signatures.
Mach correspondent will furnish us the company,
battalion or regime tt to which, he or thejioldier ho
represents, belonged in this Brigade, and his full
address at the present time.
IRA R,. FOSTER,
Q. M. Gen. ofGa.
N. B.—Alter the Ist of March letters will be ad
dressed tous at Milledgeville; until that time, un
less in case of danger to this place, we will bo ad
« 'ssedat Augusta, I. R. F.
jail 7 lm
_ WANTS.
WANTED.
z N OVERSEER. Cue without family, who has
A lost an v»mh in the service, aud thereby unfit for
u itiLarv service (.referred.
Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD,
Beynokls, Taylor (bounty.
MRS. OH AS. J. WILLIAMS,
nov2l-tf Columbus, Qa.
WANTE D!
i.u i LBS. o r TALLOW, for which a liberal price
M w ui be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
>r>7 ts _ Major and Q. M.
W A If T E » ,
i GOOD BUSINESS MAN, uutil the first of
l January. The best wages paid. A disabled so]-
and ior preferred, and it matters not how badly muti
i.ited by wounds so he has firmness and judgment.
Apply at the TIMES OFFICE.,
nov SO ts
YARNS and OSYA BURGS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
fields,
At (lie GRANT FACTORY.
dee 17 ts
S9OO Rt*war«l.
STOLEN from Cook’s Hotel or between the Mus
o eo-ee Depot an i the Hotel, on the morning of
the 7th iust., one small VALISE, covered with red
russett leather, somewhat tor i, ends dark or green,
Higs at each end, containing one Captain's fine
r, m uniform, under clothing, one ink stand, one
fineh bound volume of "General Orders” from
*v.tjuu»ut General’s Office, and belongs to Lieut,
tbl Waddy. Some of the clothing marked Thomas
W.’llunt. We will pay the above reward of two
hundred dollars for the recovery of the valice and
two hundred dollars for the thief, it a white man.
or fifty dollars if a negro.
SHIVERS. WYNNE A CO..
Proprietors Cook’s Hotel.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 10, ’OS. —2w
To Rent
• DELIGHTFUL RESIDENCE, well furnished
A containing six rooms, situated four miles from
Columbus in Gen. Abercrombies neighborhood.—
1 here are’one hundred and seventy acres attached,
with fine orchards and good garddh, and well lm
"Tan r-t? buildinSS * m!TSARAH CROWELL.
To Printers l
\\TE oiler for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
Y\ (except Ruling Machine,) two hand i
*»d about _ .
1,000 Pounds of Type Metal.
wov"l-tf
FRESH DRUGS.
fnc Mi,vr,bins A fine asst Eng Soaps,
ewers A Weightman’s Brown Windsor boap,
tfornhiiic * A fine asst Tooth Brushes,
150 oz. Eng Quinine, Childrens Round Combs.
Bum Camphor, Nitric Acid,
Ext Logwood, Mur Acid,
Cochineal Garb Soda,
fow’d Ipecac, Cr Tartar,
Dover’s Powders, Eng Mustard,
fal Soda, MurateofTin.
Sum Opium, Fine Combs,
Pow’d Opium, Dress Combs,
Eos Note and Loiter Fa- Pocket Comb*,
per,
®og and Confederate
Envelopes,
For saleby J. A. GREEN A CO.,
det 28 ira Union Springs, Ala.
VOL. XII.}
Change of Schedule.
;AN and after Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains on
"the ’lusvogoe Railroad will run as follows :
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus.... 6 30 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 2 50 P. M.
Leave Macon 6 5o A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 3 06 P. M
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Lfcave Columbus 5 0U A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M
W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through io Montgomery.
NEvV SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
railroad Company.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
; iN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
’ the Montgomery and Wed Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave 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 m.
Arrives .at 8:27 p ra
I), 11. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng.
ag27lß64—tf
MOBILE 4 GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHANGE OS SCllEitl EE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
. V.N and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
■ Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Girard at 1 30 p. m.
Arrive in Union Springs 600 “
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at.. 10 00
Freight Train.
Girard at. 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at. 6 00 p. m,
B. E. WELLS.
i«l6 H Eng. £c Sup’t.
CITY FOUNDRY !
SUGAR MILLS ANI) KETTLES 1
WE HAVE OF HAND
Sugar Wilis and Kettles,
holding 20,35, 40. 60, 80 and 130 gallons, which wo
will exchange for Provisions or any kind of country
Produce, or money on very liberal terms. Orders
solicited. PORTER. MeILHENNY St CO.
Columbus, Jan. 20, ts _
Hkadquartkrs Gov. Works, okd.) I
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 1865.)
Deserted.
The following detailed Imen, employed at this
Arsenal, having absented themselves from work
without authority, are hereby published as deser
ters.
T. M. Floyd, conscript, age 33, ?5 feet £lO inches
high, dark complexion, 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, ago 28, 5 feat II inches
mgh, fair complexion, light eyes and light hair, by
trncif* m Rln.ftk.-smith
G. it. dowers, soldier, 34th Miss., Regt., by trade
n BLick-raith.
M. H. WRIGHT,
jan 19 30d Col. Com’dg.
iliiNNeU County Ilesertes,
We are authorized to announce R. B. KYLE as
a candidate for Major of the Russell County Re
serves, at the election to be held outlie 28th Janu
ary, 1865.
jan 24 4t _ _ _____
For Colonel First Class Militia
of Russell County.
We are authorized by many voters to announoe
A. G. JONES as a candidate for Lieut. Colonel of
FrstClass Militia, of Russell county, Ala.
Elect on to take place on Thursday, 26th inst.
Opelika paper copy.
jan 18td*
Negroes to Hire.
'DO HIRE ten young Negro MEN, also a good
l 6’ook and Washer. Apply to
Wm. G. WOOLFOLK,
jan 17 ts Agent.
Save Cost.
L> Y resolution of Council the Clerk is instructed
D 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 Etigiue Rouse No. 3, within the ten
days and settling up., J. D JOHNSON,
Collector and Treasurer.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
Columbus/ J an. 19 —fit
STERLING EXCHANGE!
FEW Hundred Pounds of Sterling Exchange
for sale in sums to suit purchasers by
gib tt B ANK OF COLUMBUS.
MOTIOS.
Omen Grant Factory, 1
Nov. 29, 1864. j
* LL persous having demands against the. estate of
id Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
present them to the Grant Factory,
nov 30tf JOHN J. GRANT.
Sun copy ami send bill to office Grant Factory.
Dr. R. NOBLE,
DENTIST,
A T Pemberton A Carter’s old stand, back room ol
A Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours, foe 186 m
Lost or Mislaid.
DOUR SHARES of the G. A A. S. S. Cos., No.
F 160, in favor ol Jfrs. J. L. Wilson,
nov 30 ts D. A J. J. GRANT.
Regular Line of Steamers on the
Chattahoochee River.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
rHE Steamer^ Jackson, Daniel Fry, Master, vril
leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day at 9 a. m. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 p. m.
The Steamer Indian* 0. 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
tahooche every Sunday at 12 st.
jan 10 2m
For Exchange or Sale.
4 T the office of the "Southern Iron Works,” near
A the new bridge, the following articles of Hard
ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon,
Lard, Wheat, Flour. Fodder, or any other articles
of P-oviiions or Confederate currency, viz:
Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan
tation uses.
Sugar Mills and Kettles, of all sizes, [from 30 to
120 gallons,
Pots, Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Pans and Anuirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades.
Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds.
AS* Orders for Castings and Machine Wors
promptly executed. , ~
jan stf _ JOHN D. GRAY A CO.
Notice !
A LL parties who have le t GUNS. PISTOLS, Ac.,
A to be repaired, at my shop on Broad street, are
requested to call immediately and get the same,
jan23 6t J. v.MURKAx.
SIOO Reward.
WILL be paid for information leading to the re-
W coveryofthe slave JOAN, supposed to bo in
the neighborhood of Macon. Said hoy is a bright
mulatto, about live feet eleven niches high, about
S years old. a likely boy. KISg
at this office.
AS* Columbus Times eopy three times eod and
*en t bi and t*> this office.— Macon Telegraph,
jan 25 eud3t
Cow Peas.
i Z2l°J cow ’HWlww.
COLUMBUS, GA., THURSDAY, JAN. 26. 1565.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Hkadqi arters Conscript Service, )
Georgia, Augusta, Jan. 12, 1865 )
Circular, No. 1.
I. Inspector.* of Conscription will, in pursuance
of Circular No. 36. Bureau of Conscription, current
series, herew.th published, forthwith proceed and
cause to be made t lie Impressment apportioned to
their respective D, -tricts to fill the quota of slaves
due from Gcor ia us follows:
Ist Congrr sional District 156
2d “ “ 450
** ;; “ 450
sth “ “ 325 I
6th ” “ 325
7th “ ** ‘2OO
Bth M “ 103 ;
9th “ “ 50
2500 |
They will irame Lately make the tour of their Dis
tricts, apportioning to erch county the number due,
according to the uearest estimate that can be ob
tained of its rna!: slave population between the ages |
of 18 and 59 year-, and will inform the Local En- :
rolling Officers of .he number required in their re- j
spective counties. The latter will than proceed to |
make the impressment in the manner prescribed in j
the Circular above referred to. taking care that each |
owner furnishes his just proportion of the number!
of slaves from the county, as pei estimat e 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 male
in quadruplicate—onef»r 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 «lso keep in the County En
rolling Offices, for future reference, correct records
of ail slaves impressed, which records must corres
pond with the printed form for returns.
111. The examination and appraisement of slaves
i 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 forwardod by the Lo
cal Enrolling Officers to the Camp of Instruction at
Macon, to be turned over by the Commandant
thereof, to the Engineer Officer in that city desig
nated to receive them; those impressed in the sth,
j 6th and 9th Districts will be forwarded to Augusta
| and turned over to Captain L. P. Grant, of the En
gineer Corps; and those impressed in the 7th and Bth
! Districts will be sent to Atlanta and turned over to
j Capt. J. W. Glenn, of the Engineer Corps.
V. Duplicate receipts, forms of which are here
j with furnished, will in all cases be taken 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 Dhpartmrnt, Bureau of Conscription,)
Richmond. Va.. Dec. 10, 1864. /
Circular No. 36.
I. Paragraphs I and II of General Orders ,N«. 36,
A. sod I. G. 0., ISG4, herein recited are made parts
of'this Circular.
Adjutant and Inspector General’s Offick, <
Richmond, Dee. sth, 1864. f
General Order*. !
No. 86 i
I. The Chief of the Bureau of Conscription will
continue, with ill practicable dispatch, to bring into
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 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 monthly to’tho Commandant oflConscription
in the State io 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.
I 11. When fifty or more slaves shall have been
i collected at any one station, they will be forwarded
! under the charge of disereetlmen,*,detailed from the
I Reserve forces, to such points as the Superintendent
[ of Conscription may direct, and turned over to the
j Engineer Officer instructed to receive them for la
| bnr in the Engineer and other Departments of the
| service. A copy of the Descriptive Roll of each
I slave will accompany his delivery to the Engineer
| Officer.
j Generals of the Reserves in the respective States
j are required to proceed forthwith to execute the
| above orders, employing therefor all Enrolling
: Officers and all other officers under their command
| not actually iir service, inconsistent with this duty,
j It is supposed that the Congressional District In
! spectinv Officers and those provided under Circular
{ No. 35 of this Buroau, current series, may be made
i available.
111. The number of slaves to be obtained in each
State is as follows:
Virginia .....2,250
South ''arolma 2,500
Alabama, ...2,500
Tennessee 500
I North Carolina 2,250
i Georgia 2,500
Florida * 500
Mississippi and East Louisiana 1,500
Total 14.500
i Forms of Returns accompany this Circular which
| can be printed and furnished to the proper officer. —
j Each return must be in triplicate,
j IV. When fifty negroes are collected in any local
! ity, either by one or more officers having contigu-
I ous districts, they will be forwarded to the nearest
! Chmp of Insi ruction in the State, where a complete
j 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 j
Camp ot 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 sh ill make the record and forward the
j slaves withour massing them through the Camp.
I The Impressing officer is authorized to make re
quisition on the most convenient agent of the Com
missary Department, for the subsistence of the
slaves while under his charge, at the rate of one
ratiou per diem of meat and flour, or meal, and also
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 j
which will be estimated in the appraisement. Con- 1
gressional District Examining Boards may depute
i single members of the Boards to make examinations 1
in presence of the owner and hirer, and the Im
' pressing Officer nnderregugulations to be prescribed
! by the Surgeon General.
VI. Slaves will be appraised by the Impressing
j Officer, together with the Advisory Board of the j
| County.
In localities whore there are no such Boards, the
'■ appraisement may be made by persons selected ifor
I the purpose, on agreement between the Impressing ;
j Officer and the owner.
i The hire of slaves is fixed by the Secretary of
; War, not to exceed twenty-five dollars per month, j
' 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 1
! must be given, of course, for all slaves procured un
| der insertions of the Secretary of War, dated 23d ;
September, ultimo, but not for any ot: or existing |
, impressment. This levy is provided for y a special j
; act, and its operation is not to be referred to any
S other proceeding.
! Negrues of refugees may be credited to the coun- ;
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. , . J
VIII. Generals of Reserves will see that their ,
Impressing Officers exercise an intelligent and thor
oughly informed discretion, in selecting for impress- !
ments, negroes who may be most conveniently j
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 aud firm performance of their duties,
receiving the slaves proffered by the owners, if
physically competent. The impressment should be
made in all e ises according to the rules and regula
tions provided for the impressment of slaves in the
States, and a so in ail cases an effort should be made
: to procure the slaves to be hired by the consent of
the owner.
By command of the Secretav of War.
'•Signed! C. B. TH'FKIKr. \ A. A. G.
i -i. 24 St
DAILY TIMES.
EVKNINIi gPITHN.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 25, 1865.
G. B. Lamar. —The Augusta Register, of Sun- 1
day reports as an ascertained fact, that Gassaway
B. Lamar, of Savannah has taken the oath of
Lincoln Um. The report, vouched, reached the
Courier office almost with the news of the occupa
tion of Savannah by Sherman, but we did not deem
it neeassary to be in haste in mentioning wbat was
expected by all knowing the man. After reading
G. B. Lamar’s letter to Fernando Wood, for a
blockade running trade be ; ween New York and
Savannah, no impartial reader would hesitate in
that opportunity alone was needed to induce him
in “taking the oath,” a form which has been ''om
plied with on both sides by some persons since this
war raged.
Mr. G. B. Lamar, we are further told, has writ
ten a letter to a irieud in Augusta, kindly advi
sing him to go through the same process, which,
whether good for the soul or not, is believed to
be aalutary for the purse and pocket and bank
account.
We suppose some persons, whether: directly
advised or not, will imitate Mr. G. B. Lamar in
his step when opportunity offers—and will
prefer the retraction of all oaths and protestations
they have made fer years and the swallowing of
Lincoln's oath to a risk of their property, largely
increased as it has been in seme cases through this
war.
Had all such persons—-or these of them who
were clearly known or suspected on reasonable
grounds—been deported from our lines at the on
set es the war, it would have done more for our
cause and for a successful prosecution of the war
than many plans that have been tried.
It is indirectly or directly through information
and encouragement derived from such vacoillating
devotee* es mammon that Sherman was enabled to
succed in his march through Georgia.
Tub Nrws.—There was no special news re
ceived from Wilmington yesterday. When
Grant sent Butler lo take Fort Fisher, his in
structions were: “Should Fort Fisher and
the point of land on which it is built fall into
the hands of our troops immediately on land
ing, it will be worth the attempt to capture
Wilmington by a forced march and surprise.”
These inslructions were predicated upon the
belief that General Bragg and most of his
troops had gone to look after Sherman, leav
ing only four hundred men at Wilmington and
Fort Ftsher, and have, no doubt, been modi
fied, since he is aware that our forces at Wil
miDgton have been largely increased. General
Weilzel, who, we presume, now commands at
Fort Fisher, will, therefore, hardly make a
forced march towards Wilmington; but if he
moves that way at all, will do so with much
caution. He may content himself with the
capture of the Fort and the consequent clos
ing of the port of Wilmington. On this point
we may expect to ’ ear something to-day.
Everything conti iues quiet on the Richmond
and Petersburg lines. South of the Appo
mattox there is still kept up the usual picket
firing, which is not regarded by military men
as disturbing the quiet of the army. There
was a cessation of this picket firing for several
hours on last Sunday afternoon, during which
many soldiers of either army showed them
selves upon, and in front of, their respective
works.
There seems to have been no foundation for
the report that General Breckinridge had
been appointed Seoretary of War. He is in
the city ou business connected with his com
mand, in Southwestern Virginia.— Richmond
Dispatch , 1 8th.
From Savannah.
Freott Northern papers we gather the foliewiag
paragraphs relative to affairs in that city :
Gen. Sherman is daily visited by hundreds of
people, but refers the business, except in important
cases to subordinate officers, lie i« in good
health.
Brig. Gen, John W. Geary, commandant of post,
has his office in the railroad bank building, and is
gradually getting a system of thorough military
government iu operation.
Col. Julian Allan has been sent North by the
J/ayer and Common Council of Savannah to pur
chase for the city certain articles of food, to a
certain amount, for distribution to the necessitous
families. The city authorities of Savannah pro
pose to barter a quantity of rice for these provis
ions.
The proprietor of the Palmetto Herald—a sheet
which was recently started at Port Royal, South
Carolina—is publishing a daily paper * from the
office of the Savannah Nows.
The cotton which fell into the hands of General
Sherman when he captured Savarnah is to be
shipped to New York. Collector Draper has been
appointed cotton agent, asd will embark to-mor
row probably, on board the steamer .Granada for
Port Royal, and thence will sail for Savannah.
The sale will be made in New York. All the
cotton in the vicinity of Savannah will take the
same course. A corps will accompany
the negroes.
Thore is much excitement among Northern j
merchants concerning the trade of Savannah.—
Several hundred applications for information or
permission to ship goods there have been made,
but no vessels have yet been cleared to that port.
It is usually desired io ship general merchan
dise.
Seme vessels, whose owners or charterers hope
they will eventually be permitted to go to Savan
nah, have already been cleared for Port Royal. It
is thought the pert of Savannah will bo formally
opened to commerce immediately after the cottea
has been shipped.
Gen. McCullum, Director and general Manager
of Military railroads, has been ordered to dispatch
a party of officers and operators to take charge of
the railroad stock and property captured at Sa
Tannah, and in conjunction with the officers of the
Quartermaster’s departments in the South, mako
all>irangeinents necessary for their efficient repair
and use in the operatiens in South Carolina and
Georgia.
Nbws from Europr. —The China, which
left Liverpool the 31st of December, and
Queenstown ou the Ist of January, brings two
days later news. The English press continae
to comqjent on the St. Albans raiders and the
order of General Dix. All the pai'■rs declare
against allowing the Confederates to infest
the U. States from Canada. The Conteuerate i
loan has declined six per cent, and further
news fr m America was expected with gre-t
anxiety.
A meeting has been held at Dublin, Ireland j
for the purpose of forming an association for \
the reform of the law of landlord and tenant, •
and for obtaiuing the abolition of the Church
establishment. Nearly all the Catholic bish
ops lake a leading part in this association.
The French Government is said he great - ;
ly annofe.l by the Pope's letter
A df’sperata encounter has t»k* ««*<•»■ b* i
tween French troops and • b»od i brigands
near Veroli, in tha Paps!
f SIX DOLLARS
1 I’ER 31 DA I 11.
TELEGRAPHIC.
reports of thb press association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the yeu
186.1 by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office r 1
the District Court of the Confederate States to 1
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Jan. 24 — In tne House Clark,
from the Committee on eleetions, presented a
report referring to the circumstances of Foote’s
effort to leave the Confederacy, etc.,closing
with the declaration that he has been guilty j
of conduct incompatible, with his du'y and I
stains as a member of Congress from the Con
federate States, and that he therefore be and
is hereby expelled from the House. Gilmer
presented a minority report justifying the ar
rest of Foote, and declaring that his conduct
deserves the censure of the House. The rna- j
jority report was rejected for want of a two-*
thirds vote in favor of its adoption—yeas 61,
nays 24. The minority report was theu adop- i
ted. After a short secret session the House !
adjourned. The Senate went into executive
session ou the currency bill.
Richmond, 24. — The Legislature of Virginia
adopted a resolution on the 17th, declaring
that the appointment of Lee to all the armies
of the Confederate States, would promote
their efficiency , operate powerfully to reani
mate the spirits of the armies as well as the
people of the several States and inspire in
creased confidence in the final success of our
cause.
This resolution was committed to the Pres
ident, who in reply s tys Virginia cannot have
a higher regard for Lee, or greater confidence
iu his character and ability thau entertaiued
by bm. He has always expressed his ina
bility to assume command of other armies
than those now confided to him, unless re
lieved of immediate command' in the field, of
that now opposed so Grant. In com fusion
the President assures the General Assembly
that whenever it shall be found practicable by
Lee to assume command of all the armies of
the. Confederate States, without withdrawing
from the command of the Army of Northern
Virginia, he will deem it protnotive of the
public interest to place him iu such command.
Richmond, Jan. 24tb.—Frank Blair is still
here, endeavoring to initiate negotiations for
peace.
Singleton started for Washington to-day,
• but the flag of truce boat was compelled to
| return,
| Richmond, Jan. 24th.—Northern papers of
the 20th say that Wall Street was excited on
tie 19th by a report that Blair bad returned
to Richmond with a programme from Lincoln
in favor of commissioners to meetatCitv Point.
! Everybody who had anything to sell was
selling at a sacrifice, in many cases under the
conviction that the war was about to be over.
; In a day or two, says the writer, they will
i probably have occasion to be moan their cred
! ulity. Gold opened on the 20th at 1995.
! Richmond, Jan. 20.—The flag of truce boat ar
i rived at Varina to-day, bringing 500 returned
j prisoners,
No further particulars.
Richmond, Jan. 20.—The Senate passed the
I House bill authorizing the establishment of an of
fice of deposit in connection with the Treasury,
i The consolidation bill was further discussed
until adjournment.
In the House, J. M. Leach submitted a resolu
tion declaring no exigency existed justifying the
suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas
corpus, which was rejected. Yeas 26, nays 43.
The Senate bill authorizing the reserve troops
to be removed from one State to another, was
passed ; yeas 63, nays 16.
The exemption bill was further considered
without result.
| Richmond, Jan. 20.^—The Examiner asserts
i that the Senate in secret session adopted the.
j resolution creating the office of Comrnander
in-Chief of all the Armies in the Confederacy;
; recommending the le-instatement of General
Johnston, by a vote of 20 to 2 ; and that the
i House in secret session, concurred in said reso
j lution—yeas 62, nays 14.
The Examiner also says Hood was relieved,
it is said, at his own request. The army is
believed to be under command of Dick Taylor.
Richmond, Jan. 19. —1n the House to-day
Marshall’s resolution m relation to cotton and
tobacco'were adopted—yeas 43, nays 31.
In the Senate a joint resolution of thanks to
Gen. Standwatie, Col. Gano and Gen. John S.
i Williams and the officers and men of their re
: spective commands was unanimously concur
red in.
At the expiration of the morniDg hour,
Foote rose to a question of privilege and ad
dressed the House for upwards of an hour.
At the Jose of his remarks, he asked.leave of ab
sence for two Uionths, but subsequently withdrew
the application.
Snead submitted a preamble and resolution de
claring Foote unworthy to occupy a seat upon the
floor of the House, and that he be expelled, Re
ferred to the Committee on elections—ayes 44, nays
36. The House then adjourned.
Mobili, Jan. 24.—A special to the Register,
datao Sen&tobia of 22d says Memphis ‘papers of
the 21st have been received.
Thomas has arrived at East Pori.
A movement will be made to attack on flank
Hood’s army,and will take place within a fortnight.
Meagher, with several thousand troops from
C jattanooga is reported to have arrive i at Nash
ville en roure to join Sherman at .'Savannah, via.
New York.
Sherman is reported moving on Charleston and
B ranch ville.
A raid on Memphi* by Forrest is expected. It
is said that permits for over 30,000 bales of cot
ton hare been i*<ued at Memphis in fourteen days.
We learn from the (Yankee) .Savannah Re
publican of th? 11th, which, through the
kindness of a friend, we have been permitted
to glance at. that the Arago was chased four ,
nours by the Tallahassee off the North Caro- ;
hna C'ias?.
Larry M acartht. —lt perhaps does not;
amount io much where this comedian is. but ]
since it has been mentioned that he was some j
time a;iic- iu Phfhd-lphia, it is perhaps on'v i
jus'ic- to say that u have positive informa- •
Lou tha: was ai iar very time very sick
in Nassau Wilmington Journal.
The Yanktcs on Slavery.
The debates in the Yankee Coiigrese en ilh*
abolition of slavery by an Amendment <o tK<»
Constitution are drawing to « close. In the
last proceeding-, we find the following:
Mr. Rollins (Mi?soti r :| s.ii l, at trie last ses
sion e voted attHin'jt the proposed amend
ment, but wiiett the question shall again be
token, be intended to record bis name in thu
Affirmative. He had changed his views with
reference tc the expediency of the measure,
and wis satisfied with the reasons which had
induced him to reach such a conclusion. Hu
entertained the eatnr opinions of the rebellion
now which he always had, and tin t there was
not a shadow of pretext for the infamous and
disastrous conduct on the part ot the i>QUth
Nevertheless, he believed that there bad not
been exhibited a sufficient willingness to ex
tern* conciliation to the masses who have beeu
misled and betrayed by their leaders. If he
could preserve the Constitution and Union by
preserving the status of slavery, he would d*
it He would go further, and save them, eves
if it were necessary to extend slavery. Il«
would, it the language of the President, either
partially or altogether destroy slavery to a«-
complisb this purpose ; and it was simply be
cause be believt and the amendment, if adopted,
would serve that patriotic end that he should
vote for it He argued that Congress bus th-j
power to propose the amendment to the Con
stitution, and yielded to the public sentiment
of Missouri iu abolishing slavery. We mi
never have a peace until we, in some w.-.y,
dispose ot that institution. He expressed the
opinion that in less than two years Kentucky,
too, will be a free State, and will abolish'
slavery without compensation. Mr. liollins
was applauded at the conclusion of bis re
marks, which extended over two hoars.
Mr. Garfield alluded to tile progress of eman
cipation. Slavery was first driven from tha
territories, and then its kingdom of the State*
was shaken to its foundation, and one by one
its corner stones were being removed. His
colleague (Pendleton) had, however, found a
new resting place for slavery—namely, where
the great statue of liberty was enshrined; bat.
no spot was so sacred that slavery could not
be pursued to the altar, and there slaiu. The
argument of his colleague were good if it were
true, that the S'ates were sovereign and inde
pendent. This lie controverted; aud if they
were sovereign and independent, they were not
so now. Coming into the Union, the obliga
tion once taken, rendered them an indivisible
nation
Mr. Stevens said the gentleman from Ohio (Pen
dleton) hail exonerated those in arm« in the rebel
States from responsibility lor this bloody war and
placed it upon himself [Stevens] and those whe
acted with him. This was a grievous charge, if
true, and should make them feel not only regret,
but remorse for their conduct, 110 thanked Go 4
that- his long entertained hatred of slavery had nat
been weakened by enfeebling nge. The party
with which he had acted could not hesitate to de
what duty required, viz: to exclude slavery from
the territories, confining it to the spot which it
already polluted in the States. Ho had hoped tha*
the great evil would work its own destruction.
But none with whom be had acted had proposed
a violation of the Constitution ;or eradicating
slavery. He said the epitaph of the gcntlcmaa
from Ohio would bs : “Here rests the ablest and
most pertinacious defender of slavery and oppo
nent ol liberty, of his party while his own [Ste
vens] would be: “Hero lies one who never rose to
any eminence, aud only eourted the low ambition
to have it said that he sought to ameliorate tha
condition of the poor and dewn-troddon of every
language, race and color.
♦ *
Terrible Steamboat Disaster.
\Vt> arc called upon to record a. terrible dis
aster, which occurred ou yesterday morning,
about 10 o’clock. The steamer Dick Keyt,
Capt H. R. Johnson, left this port on Tues
day evening, bound for Pickensville, and whet
near the lower Salt Works, exploded all
her boilers, one after the other in quick suc
cession, resulting in a most lamentable loss of
life. Fortunately the number of passenger!
was limited, or the casualties must have beei
greatly augmented. The boat was so badly
shattered by the explosion that she sunk im
mediately, and i8 a total lo3s.
We append a list of the killed and wounded
fts far as could be ascertained :
Killed—Alex. Willie, 2d engineer; John T.
Woodruff, Ist clerk; W. H. Mayberry, 24
clerk; James Anderson, carpenter; Thomaa
; Pigeon, a Mexican ; an orphan child, name
' unknown ; Geo. W. Reynolds, passenger,
j Negroes Killed—Abraham Beers, f. m. t. (
(cook; Frank Owen, Anderson, Alexander^
! Willis Thornton, steward, all four belonging
| to H. R. Johnson ; Sam, slave ot 11. 0. Arring
| ton ; Henry, slave of Abe Meyers: William,
i slave of Dr. Nelsoij ; Dick, bar-keeper; Glas
| ter, slave of Mcßride. There were several
j other negroes lost whose names could not b«
j ascertained.
Badly Wounded—H. C. Arrington, pilot;
0 L. Thomas, passenger ; Dr. Jones, salt ma
ker at Peavy’s landing.
Slightly Wounded—Capt. H. R. Johnson,
Henry Willie, Ist engineer ; S. T. Douglas, jr ,
passenger.
The steamer Gertrude reached port this
morning with some of the killed and woun-ded
on board.
The hooks and papers of the boat being’lost,
it is impossible to get a complete list of pai
sengers.
The above was furnished by Capt. Johnson
from memory.— News.
Tiik Quotations of Gold.— Whether gold
is to-day held at fifty or an hundred, or an
hundred and fifty’ for one, does not alter tha
fact that such a quotation is not based upon
the depreciation in value of Confederate mo
ney. There are now before Congress bills for
confiscating the property of those who have
left the Confederate States to avoid military
service. To avoid this confiscation, this prop
erty is being sold by the holders and the me
ney converted into gold, to be sent abroad to
these delinquent Confederates. Besides thie
the negroes, who have been hoarding Confed
erate currency, have been disposing of it, pre
paratory to running off. These, aud similar
causes, far more than the fall of Fort Fisher,
constitute the real reason for the exorbitant
price of gold.— Richmond Despatch, 18/A.
Enthusiasm —Rev. Rowland Hill, iu onee
addressing the people of WottoD, raising him
self, exclaimed : Because I am in earnest men
cali me an enthusiast. When I first came in
to this part of the country, I wa3 walking om
yonder hill, and saw a gravel pit fall in and
bury three human beings. I lifted up my
voice for help so load that I was heard in the
town below, at a distance of near a mile:
help came, and rescued two of the sufferers'
No one called me an enthusiast then, and
when I see eternal destruction ready to fall on
poor sinners, and about to entomb them irre
coverably in an eternal inas3 of woe, and caM
aloud to them to escape, shall I be called an
enthusiast bow? No, sinners, lam no enthu
siast in so doing ; and I call on thee aloud t*
fly for refuge in the hope set before thee i«
the Gospel.
BY MYERS, WATSON & CtL,
ROBERT MYERS, Auctioneer,
WILL SELL ON
THURSDAY,
JANUARY 26th, at 11 o’clock,
In front of our Store, *
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1 HACK,
1 Set DOUBLE HARNESS,
ALS—
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1 COW AND CALF,
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