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daily times, j, \\\ IVAIMU23 & CO. i Proprietors. published Da : 'y (Sundays excepted) at the rate dl {6.00 pertbonth, or $lB tor three month*. No subscription received tor a lonjsr term than month,!. RATES OF ADVERTISING. CASUAL. DAILY A£T«RTISIN» RATES. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square. RRQOLAR DAILY A»YKRTIBIK« RATRS. First Week— s3 00 per square for each insertion, feoond Week—s 2 00 per square for each insertion. Third Week—s! 50 per square for each insertion, fourth Week —$1 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month— s3o per square. Third Month—s2s per square. 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* "WANTS."" WJAINTIEID i N OVERSEER. One without family, who has A lost au arm in the service, and thereby unfit for military service preferred. imwAun Apply to ROBERT It. HOWARD# 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> , 1 GOOD BUSINESS MAN, uutil the first of A January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol dier preferred, and it matters not how badly muti lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgment. Apply at th« TIMES OFFICE. bov 30 ts OSIVABFfitSi TO EXCHANGE FOR c3m.oiTJ\rx> Fisas, At the GRANT FACTORY, dee 17 ts To Rent i DELIGHTFUL RESIDENCE, well furnished A containing six rooms, situated four mi.es from Columbus, iu Gen. Abercrombies neighborhood.— There are one hundred and seventy acres attached, with fine orchards and good garden, and well mi buildingS - CROWELL. To Printers l W r K offer for salsa complete BOOK BINDERY, (except Ruling Machine,) two hand PRKi>&LS. , and about 1,000 Pounds of Type Metai, nov2l-tf FRESH DRUGS. ling Morphine, A fi ne *§§s ng Powers & Weightman’s Brown Windsor Mortihinn A fine asst loothßrusnes, luring Quinine. Childrens Round Combs, Camphor, m l *! 1 a £i ld ’ Ixt Logwood, Mur Acid, Cochineal ’ Fow’d Ipecac, Or Tartar, Dover’s Powders, Lng Mustard, Sal Soda. M urate of Tin. Sum Opium, Fine Combs, Pow’d Opium, v Dress Combs, lng Note and Letter Pa- Pocket Combs. Ing T ’ and Confederate Envelopes, Vnr .alebv J. A. GREEN & CO., deg aim ° Union Springs, Ala. 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 , . 4 r^ a % Ski „ •' S ■ 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