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SPECIAL NOTICES
Notice.
Xam now prepared to pay Coupon* and Interest
on interest bearing Treiauiy Notes, also Certifi
jatcs h3ued by me payable i n New Currency.
W. H. YOUNG,
jan 26 6t Depositary.
To Confederate Tax Payers,
I have this day resumed the collection of Taxes
due for 1864. Specific Taxes are now due for 1865.
All persons.liable to this Tax must come up, regis
ter and pay at once.
• J. A. L. LEE,
jan 25 3t Collector 41st District Ga.
Wanted.
Headquarters Gov’t Works, (Ord.) t
Columbus, Ga., Jan 20th, 1865. >
Wanted to contract for a large quantity of Pine
and Oak Lumber. Aiso Hubs, Fellies and Spoke-:
and 2,000 forks for saddle-tree pommels, of elm,
black gum, maple, or sugar tree. Apply at the C. S,
Arsenal. M. U. WRIGHT.
jan2l lot __ Col. Comd’g.
Notice.
&
Southern Express Company, 1
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 9, 1865. j
Persons owning freight shipped by the Southern
Express Company, that is detained in tiffs city, and
other places, in consequence of damage dono";to rail
roads by the Federal armies,'and which cannot be
forwarded to destination in consequence thereof,
are hereby notified that this Company will not be
responsible lor loss or damage by fire. Consignees,
and others interested will take notice of the above.
JAS. SHUTER,
jan 19 lm Acting Pres.
Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Mobile and
Selma papers copy one month. '
To Georgia Soldiers !
riiiHlipa' 4tb Georgia Brigade.
State op Georgia, 1
Quartermaster General’s Office. >
Augasta t ßec. 28th, 1864.)
The members of this Brigade now living, and the
representatives of those deceased, will please inform
as where the Half-Pay due them, under the Act of
December 7th, 1863, may be forwarded to them. In
respomse to each communication we will forward
the necessary papers for signatures.
Bach correspondent will furnish us the company,
battalion or regiment to which, he or theleoldier he
represents, belonged in this Brigade, and his full
address at the present time.
IRA R. FOSTER,
Q. M. Gen. ofGa.
N. B.—After the Ist of March letters will be ad
dressed to us at Milledgeville; until that time, un
less in case es danger to this plaoe, we will be ad
dressed at Augusta, I. R. F.
jan 7 lm
H*adquart*bs Got. Works, (o*d.) 1
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 18, 1865./
Deserted.
The following detailed men, employed at this
Arsenal, ‘.having absented themselves from work
without authority, are hereby published as deser
ters.
T. M. Floyd, conscript, age 33,85 feet ;10 inches
high, dark complexion, dark eyes, and dark hair,
by trade a Blacksmith.
D. Walker, soldier, company "F,” !58th 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
tr G!°ll. S4th Miss., Regt., by trade
a Blacksmith. M H# WRIGHT.
jan 19 30A Col. Com’dg.
Russell County Reserves.
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 on the 28th Janu
ary, 1865.
jan 24 4t
For Colonel First Class Militia
of Russell County.
We are authorized by many voters to announce
A. G. JONES as a candidate for Lieut. Colonel of
FrstClass Militia, of Russell county, Ala.
Election to take place on Thursday, 26th inst.
Opelika paper copy,
jan 18 td*
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A lost au arm in the service, and thereby unfit for
military service preferred. imwAun
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11 y Beynolds, Taylor Omnty.
MHB. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS,
nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga.
c iWlri LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
divlfv will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
sp 7 ts Major and Q. Af.
WANT E I> ,
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A January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol
dier preferred, and it matters not how badly muti
lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment.
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A containing six rooms, situated four mi.es from
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There are one hundred and seventy acres attached,
with fine orchards and good garden, and well mi
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(except Ruling Machine,) two hand PRKi>&LS. ,
and about
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nov2l-tf
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luring Quinine. Childrens Round Combs,
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Ixt Logwood, Mur Acid,
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Dover’s Powders, Lng Mustard,
Sal Soda. M urate of Tin.
Sum Opium, Fine Combs,
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lng Note and Letter Pa- Pocket Combs.
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NOTICE!.
Ofpicr Grant Factory, 1
Nov. 2y, 1804. j
ALL parsons having demands against the estate <>f
Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
present them to the Grant Factory. „ . XT _
nov 30 ts JOHN J. GRANT.
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory.
Di\ R. NOBUE,
X)E3STTXST,
AT Pemberton A Carter’s old stand, back room of
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours, foe 186 m
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VOL. XII.)
special notices.
Headquarters Conscript Service, 1
Georgia, Augusta, Jan. 12, 1865 J
Circular, No.l.
I. Inspectors of Conscription will, in i
of Circular No. 36, Bureau of Conscription, current j
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 “ “ 450
3d “ “ 450
4th “ . “ 450
5 th “ “ 325
6th “ “ 325
7th “ “ 200
Bth “ “ 100
9 h “ “ 50 j
2500 j
They will immediately make the tour of their Dis- ,
tricts, apportioning to each county the number due.
according to the nearest’estimate that can be ob- •
tained of its male'slave population between the age3
of 18 and 50 years, and will inform the Local En- ;
rolling Officers of ihe number required in their re- !
spective counties. The latter will then proceed to j
make the impressment in the manner prescribed in |
the Circular above referred to. taking care that each j
owner furnishes his just proportion of the number ;
of slaves from the county, as pei estimate of the !
District Inspector.
11. Local Enroll ng Officers will prepare accurate
lists of all slaves impressed by them, upon the Blank j
Forms herewith furnished. These lists will be made i
in quadruplicate—one fir the District Inspector, two
to be forwarded monthly to these Headquarters and j
one to be turned over with the slaves to the officers
designated. They will also keep in the County En
rolling OSices, 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, 13- of C.
IV. 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
Maoou, to bo turned over bv the Commandant
thereof, to tho Engineer Officer in that city desig
nated to receive them; those impressed in the sth,
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 3ent to Atlanta and tur icd over to
Oapt. J. W, Glenn, of the Engineer Corps.
V. Duplicate receipts, forma of which arc here
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 Department, Bureau of Conscription, 1
Richmond. Va., Dec. 10, 1864.
Circular No. 36.
I. Paragraphs I and II of General Order* No. 36,
A. and I. G. 0., 1864, herein recited are made parts
of this Circular.
Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, .
Richmond.“ Dec. sth, 1864. i
General Order*. I
No. 36. /
I. The Chief of the Bureau of Conscription will
continue, with *ll pr*etio*ble dispatch, to bring into
service the twenty thousand slaves authorized by
the Act of Congress, approved Pabruary 17th, 1864.
Enrolling Officer* 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 tofthe CommandantoflConscription
in the State to which the slave belongs, and the
other to the Superintendent of the Bureau ; each of j
whom will cause them to be copied in some uniform
manner convenient f®r reference.
11. When fifty or more slaves shall have been
collected at any one station, they will be forwarded
under the charge of discr* etfmon,'detailed from the
Reserve forces, te such points as tho Superintendent
of Conscription may direct, and turned over to the
Engineer Officer instructed to receive them for la
bor in tho Engineer and other Departments of the
service. A copy of the Descriptive Roll of each
slave will accompany bis 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 Ofiicers 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 £250
South Carolina -AjwU
Alabama
Tennessee oW
North Carolina .2,250
Georgia...* • 2,000
Florida 500
Mississippi and East Louisiana 1,000
Total 14,500 .
Forms of Returns accompany this Circular whien
can be printed and furnished te the propor 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
Chmn of Instruction in tho State, where a complete
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 hour? at a
Camp of Instruction. , . , . .
Generals of Reserves are authorized 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 most convenient agent of the Com
missary ’Department, for the subsistence of the
slaves while under his charge, at the rate of one
ration per diem of meat ana 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
suit of clothes before he is received, the value of
which will be estimated in the appraisement. Con
gressional District Examining Boards may,depute
! ,; nK ie members of the Boards to make examinations
I in presence of the owner and hirer, and the Im
! pressing Officer, under regugulatiocs to be prescribed
by the Surgeon General.
VI Slaves will be appraised by the Impressing
Officer, together with the Advisory Board of the
C where there are no such Boards, the
appraisement may be made by persons selected dor
the purpose, on agreement between the Impressing
Officer and the owner. . , _ , -
The hire of slaves is fixed by the secretary of
War. not to exceod twenty-five dollars per month.
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
must be given, of course, for all slaves procured un
dor instructions of the Secretary o’ War, dated 2>d
September, ultimo, but not for any other existing
impressment. This levy is provided for by a special
act, and its operation is not to be referred to any
° refugees may be credited to the coun
ty in which they are found/or to the county from
which they have been removed, after investigation
of the circumstances at the discretion ot the General
° f Vlli.r\fe'nerals of Reserves, will see that their
Impressing Officers exercise an intelligent and thor
ouvhly informed discretion, in selecting *or 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 ot then-dunes,
T«i>pivine the slaves proffered by the owners, if
-*• a
j*n 24 3t
COLUMBUS, GA.. FRIDAY, JAN. 27. 1860.
DAILY TIMES.
EVENING EDITION.
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1865. j
[From the Mobile Register & Advertiser.]
Once More to the Breach.
* Blue as things now look, or black as they
present themselves to the visious of some, it
is nevertheless an undeniable truth that we
hold in our hards the means of a sudden and ,
perfect deliverance. No one doubts‘that the
cause languishes and suffers, nut from a defi
ciency of resoupes to maintain a war of de- I
feuse, but from a poverty of spirit to breast 1
reverses, and or fortitude to endure trials.—
The people are not whipped, but cowed. Their j
souls, their hands, are disarmed. Our
strength is not sapped, but our courage is
oosing out at the ends of our fingers. Asa
lady from Georgia writes in a letter we read
this morning, “the people are whipped, but
the army and women are riot, and, by the bless
ing of God, never will be.” And what is
wanting to change this leaden aspect and to
drive away the clouds which hang like a pall
over the Confederate situation? Courage and
one more effort. One single’ flash of that- no
ble, warlike enthusiasm, which, in 1861, spread
its halo of crimson battle light over this South
ern land, now revived, and inspiring all hearts
to answer with life in hand to the sacred calls
of duly and country, and those shadows now
darkening all hearts with gloom would be
lifted like a eurtaiu, and unveil a 3cene of hope
a nd joy and deliverance.
Sherman is the power against which this
resistless wave of popular determination
should be burled, and South Carolina is the
soil that should be made memorable by tho
mighty achievement. Sherman is the key
stone in the military arch of our enemy. Break
it, and the campaign is over; and subjugation
is passed forever beyond the reach of the Yan
kee foe. Will any man tell us that all these
States cannot present the muscle, and bone,
and courage, to confront aud beat this boast
ful and bigoted enemy of our country ? Sup
pose he begins his march with 50,000 men,
the utmost that he will think necessary, or
that Yankee resources can muster for that
column ? Shall we be told that the tier of
States from Virginia to the Mississippi river
cannot raise an equal number of men, to strike
one last and crowning blow for freedom and
independence? Without counting the Geor
gia and South Carolina reserves and militia,
we figure up at once thirty thousand veteran
troops, leaving only twenty thousand to be
supplied by volunteers from these and all the
other sister States. If the spirit and the will
existed, a hundred thousand men could be
massed in front of Sherman, and crash him,
and with him, crush this detestable and deso
olating war. Yankee hopes and Yankee fi
nances could never survive the ruin of Sher
man’s army ; and if the country wills it, it ha«
the power to crush it like an eggshell. Who
will raise the war-cry of salvation ? Who will
kindle the beacons on the hill tops of a bleed
ing couQtrv, and speed the burning arrows
which can the Southern clansmen together to
fight for their invaded homes ? Who will
arouse the dead hearts which lie (told and still
under shivering ribs, while events transpire
around them which ought to make their mor
tal frames respond as the red hot iron on the
anvil answers in burning scintillation to the
strokes of the hammer ?
There is one man who„can raise on high this
fiery cross, and beckon the people on to one
more struggle for redemption! Robert E. Lae
is that man. Let him summon the Virginians
to rally to Richmond and Petersburg, and
leaving them there under one of his Generals
to hold Grant by the throat, march to Caroli
na at the head of 10,000 of his veterans, and
rally upon that invincible nucleus a grand
and patriotic army, call upon North Carolina
to join him in his march, and Georgia and Al
abama and Mississippi to meet with the
strength of South Carolina on that soil, and
stay the advance of the Yankee host from the
sea-eoast. Add ten thousand of the veterans
of the Tennessee army, the 'ried reserves of
Georgia, the garrisen of Savannah and the
army under Hardee, and we already have a
force upon which to weld in volunteers an
overpowering and invincible army. Imagine
such a host, composed of the veterans of the
two great armies of the East and West, fight
ing in glorious emulation by each other’s side,
and ot the true patriots of the South, and all
led by the unconquerable Lee ! 13 this a fancy
sketch, or is it a sober and practicable reality f
It is a picture of imagination to the soul al
ready cowed for the yoke ; it is a stern and
spirit stirring fact to those who are vet ready
to strike for the noble3t prize man ever fought
for.
Wby despond when the pathway to safety and
honor is plainly blazed before our eyes ? Why
feel conquered and lie down in supineness like the
over tired ox, when a hope like this inspires you
to effort, activity and manhood ?
But there is another consideration which knocks
at the heart of every brave man in this nation to
rush to the defense of South Carolina. You have
heard the threats which Sherman has denounced
against that State and people. He restrained his
soldiery in Georgia, but when he strikes the era
die of secession, he will bare the blade and flame
the torch in his desolating march. The women of
that heroic State plead to their countrymen to
come and shield them in their arms against their
pollution of brutal mercenaries. There is ne
manhood left in this land if this piercing cry for
help from Carolina s daughters goes unheeded. —
Let Lee raise the standard, and proclaim this new
gospel of warlike and heroic enthusiasm, and the
cry will reach thousands of hearts now slumber
ing and untouched, but alive to the talismanic in
fluence of his own great soul. Men of the South !
this emprise is within the reach of your strength.
Up and achieve it, or hold back and become the
slaves of slaves.
A Government Detective Playing Faro.
The Washington fJhronicle has the following,
which is interesting as showing the utter de
pravity of Government officials in the North,
and the character of the man upon whose
“ statements ” men are arrested and persecu
ted by the military authorities :
Worsley, the chief Government witness in
the prosecutions of merchants of this city and
Baltimore for selling goods to blockade run
ners, most of which, it will be remembered,
were sold to said Worsley, has recently lost
considerable money belonging to the Govern
ment, in “ fighting the tiger” at the gambling
saloon of Parker « Cos., No 296 Pennsylvania
avenue, over Campbell’s wine and liquor store.
He has made an affidavit setting forth that on
a certain night in November he met a man
named Fields in Mitchell s restaurant, near
Grover’s theatre, with whom be (Worsley)
took a drink, and was afterwards invited by
Fields to go to Parker’s, where they went to
gether and played at cards, he (Worsley) then
and there losing one thousand dollars ; that
at different time? during the month ot Novem
ber he had visited Parker’s and played card3,
losing in the aggregate three thousand dollars
in money, a gold watch valued at three hun
dred.dollars, a diamond ring and several gold
chains.
He claims that the money lost belonged to
the Government, and therefore the saloon was
3eized and pa 1 under guard on Thursday
night.
Capture of Fort Fisher,
Sunday night we went quietly to bed, satis
fied that all was right at Fort Fisher. Our
attention, strained to the utmost for days,
flagged, and we went immediately to sleep.
On yesterday morning we woke to find Fort 1
Fisher captured. As we expected, Gen. Whi
ting fought like a paladin. Both he and Col. 1
Lamb are seriously wounded and in the hands
of the enemy.
It is certain that generally the fort was
fought with chivalric bravery. To this there !
w.ere exceptions, to which at some future time 1
we may allude as a matter of justice to others. I
W e cannot say when that time may occur.
For the present it is enough for us to know !
that Fort Fisher-has fallen ; that a division of j
infantry in the field were in gun-shot and did
not lire a gun to save it that we know of, and
that heroic men like Whiting, Lamb and oth
ers are prisoners; that the last port of the
Confederacy is gone, and that it ought to have
been saved.
We will not trust ourselves to say more. If
we said anything, we might possibly give vent
to our feelings. We do place the responsibil
ity for our failure, but if we once commenced
we might give too wide a vent. Our port
ought not to hare fallen. There is a respon
sibility ; that responsibility will hereafter ap
pear.
So far as we can see, the enemy cannot get
to the town. We aay “so far as we can see,”
for we plaoe no reliance upon what we cannot
judge for ourselves. On Sunday night, aw
fully tired, we slept quietly, thinking that all
was right, depending upon an official dispatch.
We found the thing totally different.
It is not our part to give advice to our citi.
zeu£ There are so many, that under any cir
cumstances, cannot leave, while there are so
many, that under any circumstances, must
leave, that no single rule could apply to all.
Every man’s conscience must be his own judge.
»Ye need hardly say what we will do, or try to
do. Our course, we presume, is anticipated,
Wa are Confederates. If we lose, why we
lose.
But we see no reason why we, more than
Mobile, should be taken. God only knows
why our outer defenses were taken; we do not;
we have lost many good and true friends; we
may lo3e many more. We fear that they were
sacrificed. Such is the impression we have
derived from all we have heard and otherwise
learned.
There is no doubt but that there is a strong
excitement against Gen. Bragg. There can
be no doubt either, that Gen. Bragg has at
tached to him the prestige of bad Inck, Un
fortunately he always has that prestige. Per
manent bad luck means permanent bad man
agement, somewhere. A man with this pres
tige ought not to have been sent here.
Some people never learn anything, and nev
er forget anything, as, for instance, the Bour
bons and the high old “Conservatives” in this
State, who, for once, did seem to co-operate
with the Richmond clique in maligning Gen.
Whiting and demanding somebody else. They
appear to have got their desires gratified.
Gen. Whiting is wounded aud a prisoner. Ie
Gov. Yance perfectly satisfied? He. we know,
was one of the agents in overriding, supersed
ing and trying to ruin Gen. Whiting. All
right, we suppose, in a party point of view.—
Wil. Journal.
So far as we are able to learn, says the Jour
nal, there ha3 been n© movement of import
ance among the Yankee troops since the cap
ture of Fort Fisher. On yesterday, it was
stated, upon what appeared to be good au
thority, that only two of the gunboats had as
yet made their appearance in the river, oppo
site Fort Fisher, the rest of the fleet still lying
off.
We have endeavored to obtain some particu
lars in regard to the fight, but matters are in
so confused a state that no two reports agree,
and unless we can get the truth we prefer pub
lishing nothing.
All reports, howover, concur in stating that Sea.
Whiting and Col. Lamb fought gallantly, leading
the troops to repel each assault, and never gave
up, but ware overpowered or shot down. Others
alto fought bravely and well, and are deserving of
all praise. j
We understand that when the enemy had gained
the parapets of tho fort and planted their flag,
Gen. Whiting, two or three times tore the flag
down, and only desisted when he was shot down
and unable to rise.
A communication has been received from the
commander of the Federal forces, General Terry,
stating that Gen. Whiting’s wounds were of a se
rious nature, but not mortal. We trust that ho
may soon recover.
Col. Lamb, we believe, received a serious wound
in his thigh, from a minnie ball.
Forts Holmes and Caswell were evacuated by
our troops on Monday, as was expected, the cap
ture of Fisher rendering the holding of these
points useless to us. A tremendous explosion was
heard and felt in town about 1 o’clok on Tuesday
morning, supposed to have bean produced by the
blowing up of the magazines; at the above forts.
When a great public calamity occurs, it is natu- I
ral that people who are immediate sufferers by
such calamity, should seek :Some victim upon
whom to place the responsility. We do not claim
to be any better or purer than our neighbors. If
the town of Wilmington falls, it 3sems to us that
the labors of a reasonably intelligent aod tolerably
industrious lifetime are gone.
Knowing this te be the sact —sympathizing with
others—with loved friends and relatives —ladies
whom we can no longer protect; with servants j
whom we have protected, who look to us for pro- j
tection, who beg us to protect them—who beg U3 j
to carry them with us, wherever we go. Seeing j
and feeling all this, we may have said something !
about General Bragg which, under other circum- |
stances, we would not have said. Generally, we
are thoughtful and cautious. This is simply be- 1
cause we control our feelings. Possibly we have 1
given vent to them—possibly we have blamed our
authorities when we ought not to have blamed
them. We do not know. We say this, however : j
Whatever we lose, other people, just as good peo- ,
pie, have already leet as much. Any sacrifice :
that is due and necess.ry for us to make, that sac- j
rificewe are willing and ready to make. We can j
do no more. ,
The cause is not gone. Wa do not give up the \
ship. We do not mean to give it up. We nm*t !
expect to meet difficulties. We must have expect- !
ed that from the first. Let us be men. Now is
the time to try our manhood.
We must throw ourselves upon and
courtesy of our readers, and ask them to excuse
lateness of issue and all other defects. We are
almost alone. Onr effective force h- n guard, and
we are required to de the b *t we can under the
cir«umßtanoes. This is w-,»t we ail must do. and
things will come out better 'ban we tbink.
f SIX DOLLARS
l PER MONTH,
England and the United States.
The Times publishes the following corres- !
pondence from London :
WAR BRTWBRS ENGLAND AND AMERICA —FEAST- j
ING AND STARVATION IN ENGLAND: —ADVICB TO j
ARTISTS.
London, Saturday, Dec. 31, 1864.
\\ e eud this year and begin the new with
three matters of interest: War with America, j
anew agitation in Ireland, and the Eucyeli- j
cal of Ibe Pope. I may mention one or two j
other subjects, but these are the chief, and *
nearly absorb the attention of those enlight- |
cnee minds that are engaged in giving light 1
to others.
First, of the war. England does not want
war with any civilized country, and dreads it
more than all with America. As I have here
tofore explained, it would be disastrous to
commerce, destructive to manufactures, and
might be ruinous altogether. But it has been
the prevailiug opinion here for three years,
that war with England would be in some way
the termination of the war in America. There
is a powerful party here that would ask noth
ing better. -They believe in the power aud
resources of the British Empire, and that a
“short, sharp and decisive” war between En
gland and America would secure peace and
independence to the Southern Confederacy.
The Times, which, more than any other pa
per, speaks the real feeling of the Govern
ment and governing classes in England, says,
in effect: “If you want war with England, go
ahead. We will do nothing to provoke it;
but if you are fools enough to do so, we are
ready and whatever else may result from it,
it will secure Southern independence.”
Here is a little of the old traditional bluster,
no doubt; but a fair pretext for intervention,
and striking a blow for the South would be
welcomed with joy by thousands. Canada
might be lost or not as it happened, but, ex
cept as a question of honor and prestige, Can
ada is of no account. Canada has her own
destiny in her own keeping. England will
not desert her in the hour of need, but England
would not raise a finger to coerce her to re
main a colony or appendage of the crown.—
The loss of Canada, therefore, is not a matter
of enough consequence to be a motive for
peace. I believe that in spite of the terrible
costs of war to England, it could be brought
about, and I judge so from the tone of the
most friendly Pro-Northern, as well as the
most violent Pro-Southern papers. Invade
British territory, in accordance with the or
ders of Gen. Dix, aud war would he begun.—
Ido not know the nature of the dispatohea
sent to Canada by the last steamer, but there
is not a British Minister who would dare to
face Parliament, if they were not in accor
dance with the instincts aud tradition! of
John Bull.
The last news from America, after all the
whittling down of which it was capable, was
a terrible shock. Sherman safe, Hood de
feated, Savannah taken ! It was too much for
one day. Os course Savannah was safe enough
and Hood had fallen back for strategic rea
sons; but that Sherman had been allowed to
reach the Atlantic was sufficiently aggrava
ting. Confederate stocks tumbled down eight
pounds in three days. It vrae enough to
make the Southern press belligerent. If a
newspaper article could be a casus belli, the
review of the war in the Times this morning
would be as good a one as ever was offered.
Gen. Stephen D. Lee, on taking leave of his
old comrades of the Army of Tennessee, issu
ed the following manly order:
Hkadq’rs Lhe’s Corps, \
In the Field, Deo. 18, 1864. }
Order No. G 7.
Before taking temporary leave of this corps
I desire to express to the officers and men of
my command my high appreciation of the
! good conduct and gallantry displayed by them
: at Nashville in the engagement of the 16th
I inst., and to assure them that th»y can be
held in no manner responsible for the disaster
of that day. I extend to them all my thanks
for the manner in which they preserved their
organization in the midst of temporary panic,
and rallying to their oolors and pretenting a
determined front to the enemy, thus protect
ing the retreat of the army.
I would also specially thank the officers and
men of Gens. Holtzclaw’s and Gibson’3 brig
ades, of Clayton’s division, and Gen. Pettus’
brigade, of Stevenson’s division, for the gal
lantry and courage with which they met and
repulsed repeated charges ot the enemy upon
their lines, killing and wounding large num
bers of the assailants and causing them to re
treat in confusion.
I de.sire also to tender my heartfelt thanka to
Major General Stevenson, the officer* and men of
Pettus' and Cummings brigades, of hi* dirhem,
for their skilful, brave and determined conduct,
while protecting the retreat of the army from
Franklin yesterday; continually attacked in front
and in either flank, those brave troops maintained
an unshaken line, repulsed incessant attacks and
inflicted heavy loss upon the enemy.
In conclusion, my brave comrades, I beg to as
sure you that I am not only satisfied with your
conduct in the recent campaign, but shall repose
unatterable confidence in you in the future, a fu
ture which despite the clouds that seem to hover
around us, will yet be rendered bright by the pa
triotic duty es our army, in which none will gain
prouder laurels, er do more gallant deeds than the
veterans which I have the honor to command.
(Signed) S. D. Lee,
Lieut. Gen.
The Memphis Bulletin, referring to the “extreme
lenity with which persons found on beard Tessels
attempting to run’the blockade have been treated”
by the Abolition Government, says: “The British
sailors who ship on such vessels anticipate no
lengthy imprisonment—no serious danger of life
or liberty, even though again and again caught in
their misdeeds. When the Lady Sterling was
caught off Wilraingion lately, she had en board a
large amount of specie. Just before the capture 1
this was divided among her crew, and amounted
to over five thousand dollars for each of them.
Subsequently, whon tbS<rew were let ge, |they
were allowed to take the specie with them.” The
remedy proposed is that “Congress pass a law im
posing a penalty of from fire to tea years impris- j
onment, on all persons caught on board vessels
running the blockade. This will give some of the
English rascals what they deserve, if it does not
ston blockade runners.”
*■ 1
It is ne v er too late to do right; so, for in
stance, a gentleman began to study grammar
after he had written for tbe press ten vears.
Li: never too to get married; Naomi,
the daughter of Enoch, took her first husband
at five hundred #nd eighty. It is never too
late to stop any habit; Mr. James, the nov
elist. wrote sixty-nine volumes before he could
shake off his “solitary horseman.” It is nev
er too late to be a wide awake character; an
old gentleman who has ceased to read the
Evening Blunderbuss has entirely recovered
rom the sleepiness that used to affect him.—
ft is sometimes too Ute to pop the question ;
I man once did so once to a charming widow,
aust a? she bad rea- 1 -d home after buryirg
jber first husband You are too late. The
deacon spoke to me at tbe grave.”
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OF THU PRESS ASSOCIATIOM.
Entered according to act of Congress in the yeaj
1863. by J. 6 Ihr ash kb, in the Clerk’s office o.
the District Court of the Confederate State* so?
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond. 25ih.—The Confederate fleet in
James river attempted to pass the obstruc
tions at the head of Farrar’s Island yesterday.
The wooden gunbeat Drewry, carrying one
gun, ran aground and was abandoned and
.blown tip.
The iron clad Fredericksburg, passed the
obstructions but returned in consequence of
the Virginia and Richmond running upon
shears between Dutch Gap canal and Hew
lett’s) TLey got off oihigb tide and returned
with the Fredericksburg to tbeir usual moor
ings.
Rk’Hmomc, Jan. 25.—1n the Senate, after the
discussion of tha bill increasing the number of
acting midshipmen, which the President had ve
toed. it was again passed, yeas 15, nays 3.
The Senate then resolved itself into secret ses
sion.
The Currency Bill passed yesterday in secret
session without any important amendment.
In the House J. T. Leach submitted a resolu
tion condemning the employment of negro soldiers
in tha Confederate army, was referred to the Com
mitte on Military Affairs. The Senate bill in
creasing the maximum rate of compensation al
lowed on railroad* for the transportation of mail*
passed. On motion of Mr. Lyon the House
resolved into secret session.
Insurance in England.
A writer in the British Almanac for 1864,
estimated the amount of property insured in
England at £1,141,000,000; and the total
property, insured and uninsured, at £5,000,-
000,000, or $25,000,000,#00. This gives us
some idea of the enormous wealth of a popu
lation whose territory is not as large as the
State of Vifgiuia. An area of six miles around
Charing Cross in London contains alone,
“ property liable to destruction by fire, valued
it $500,000,000. ” Allowing for the incom
bustible property, it may be safely said that
the area above named is equal in value to all
the real and personal property in the Confed
erate States, and to half that of the United
States, including New York, Boston and the
numerous other Jarge cities.
The premiums paid for the insurance of
property in England, varies from Is. 6d. 011
the £IOO to £5 4s. per £IOO ; the lowest being
on the better and safer class of dwelling hous
es in London and its neighborhood ; and the
highest rates being charged on theatres. The
average insurance is ss. per £IOO. Reducing
these figures to another form of expression,
the rate of insurance on first class dwellings,
three-fortieths cf one per cent. ; the rate on
theatres five and one-fourth percent., and the
average rate on property of all descriptions
one-fourth of one per cent.
Thesa rate 8, low as they are, are greatly in ad
vance of the real risk. “It i* estimated that the
premiums paid to the companies, are four time* as
large as would cover the actual average losses by
fire! All experienced officers declare that the
necessary premiums mightbe reduced one half, but
for the fraudulent demands they are compelled to
cemply with. The premiums paid by an honest
policy holder consists of fear parts—of which one
part is the real risk, two ether parts the compensa
tion, and one filth es the insurer’s, and the remain
ing part a contribution to the frauds of dishonest
policy holders. It is a sad commentary on human
nature, that with all the care and watchfulness es
experts,the cheating ameng peliey holders is as
great as the destruction by fire! If a nan’* prop
erty be se scattered that he ean afford te be his
own insurer, it fallows that he would effect an av
erage saving of three fearthe es the Sum paid fer
insurance by others.
France, which began tho system of insurance
much later than England, new far exceeds the
latter in the amount insured, though the premi
ums paid and the losses incurred are mueli less
even in the aggregate. The United Kingdom, in
1856, insured five and a half thousand millions of
property, at aa annual aggregate premium of $9,-
750,000, and with aantal losses paid by the Com
panies of $4,875,000. France iasures nine theus
and millions of property at an aggregate premium
of $7,800,000, and annual lesses of $3,800,600.
The cause of this difference is not explained. The
insured amount in the United States in 1856 was
estimated at only $175,000,008, but little more
than one fifth of the amount insured in Great
Britain.
Soap—A Patent Claimed. —If ne oae has
made the discovery and procured a patent I here
by claim one for making soap.
I hereby give the benefit of the same to the
Clarion office.
This morning my attention 'was ealled to a pot
of ley heminy, by my houseweman—too mnch
water to get meal, and we have to subsist on ley
hominy at such times—l called the cook and di
rected the corn to be taken and the ley saved, first
trying it and finding it to be better soap than I
have paid two dollars a pound for.
I learn there was near three pecks of corn and
about thirty quarts of strong ley, and it is .bailed
for four heurs. The hominy it is at this moment
undergoing a cleaning to be eaten to-morrow. This
is no joke, and I think the naan who talked of
making *oap from shucks, meant corn. Me have
eleven quarts of better soap than some es eur
hard cases would have charged me full forty dol
lars for, and the hominy made.
If I am not in error, ihis is a blessing in these
times when grease is scarce. I hope it may bene
fit our people, and thus I will be quite paid for
this.
Let some other person test and then circulate.
A. Refugee of Mat 63.
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs.
Nicholas L. Howard, and his mother, Mrs. Judith
Howard, are invited to attend the funeral service*
of the mother at his residence in Wynnton, at 3
o’clock this afternoon.
jan 26
g 1 1 11 '■ ;■ him
Negroes to Hire.
G O HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good
i Cos ok and Washer. Apply to
Wm. G. WOOLFOLK.
jan 17 ts Agent.
Lost or Mislaid*
UOUR SHARES of the G. & A. S. S. Cos., No,
F 160, in favor ol Mrs. J. L. Wilson.
nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRANT.
Regular LiaxT of Steamers the
Chattahoochee River.
Columbus, Ga., Jan, 9th.
THE SteamerlJACKSON, Daniel Fry, Master, wil
leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day at',9 a. m. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 p. m. i
The Steamer Indian, 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, 4. Fry Master, leaves Colum
bus every Friday at 9a. m. Returning leaves Chat
tahooche every Sunday at 12 m.
jan 10 2m
For Exchange or Sale.
A T the office of the "Southern Iron Works,” near
FL 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-o vinons or Confederate currency, viz:
Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan
tation uses.
Sugar Mills and Kdltles, of all sizes, ;from 30 to
120 gallons,
Pots, Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Pans and Anuirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades,
Trace C’naines and Plough Moulds.
■63 T Orders for Castings and Machine Work
promptly executed.
jan sti JOHN D. GRAY k C®.
Notice!
\ LL parties who have left GUNS, PISTOLS, Ac.,
ui. to be repaired, at my shop on Broad street, are
requested to call immediately and get the same.
jan23 6t J.P. MURRAY.
SIOO Reward.
WILL be paid for information leading to the re-
Ts covery of the slave JOAN, supposed to be in
the neighborhood of Macon. Said boy is a bright
mulatto, about five feet eleven inches high, about
25 years old, a likely boy. Address,
T. R. ifoTCHKISS.
at thi* offiee.
♦T’Colui us Timet cepy three times eod and
tend bill to this office.— Macon Telegraph.
jaa2oood3t
D. & J. J. GRANT