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daily tlmes, j, W, HIRREI a CO., PrftprieUrs. ■ iblished ).i / ihuuday* excepted) at th* tat* ai ■ 4 ()0 SIS tor thro* notthi. So <ubscription received for alon**r term tbaw ( ».• r, nurtUhi, RATES OF ADVERTISING. • ASOAL DAILY ABVIBTISIVa *AT«*. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square. EKGULAR DAILT ABVIBTIBIKO EATM. First Week—s3 00 per square for each insertion. Second Week—s 2 00 per square for each insertion. Third Week—sl 50 per square for each insertion. Fourth Week—sl 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month-S3O per square. Third M o nth-$25 per square. €mm -pi mi imi— wnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm SPECIAL NOTICES Ghorgta Insueanck Compaky, l Columhus, Ga.. Jan. 20,1865. t This Company having determined to suspend bu siness, Policy holders are hereby notified to surren der their Policies by 12 o'clock M, of this day and receive the premium for the unexpired terms of said Poli' ies. in accordance with the terms of the same. *UNN, j an 2ft ts Agent. Notice. lam now prepared to pay ‘ eupons and loterost on interest bearing fro suiy Notes, also Certifi «ates issued bigme payable in New Currency. W. H. YOUNG. jan 2ft fit Depositary. To Confederate Tax Payers. I have this day resumed the collection of Tax’ * due for 1861. Specific Taxes are now due for 186 >. All persons liable to this Tax must come up, regis ter ind pay at once. J. A. L. LEE, .iao 25 at Collector 41st District da. Wanted. Headquarters Gov’t Works, (Ord.) i olumbus, Ga., Jau. 2dth, 1865. > Wanted to contract for a large quantity of Pine snd Oak Lumber. AI3O Hubs, Fellies and Spokes; snd 2,000 forks for saddle-tree pommels, of elua, black gum, maple, or sugar tree. Apply at the C. S, Arsenal. *». H. WRIGHT. jan2l lot __ Col. Comd’g. Notice. Southern Express \ Augusta, Go., Jan. 9, 1865.) Persons owning freight shipped by the Southern Express Company, that is detained in this city, and ether places, in consequence of damage doneito rail roads by i.he Federal armies,'and which cannot be forwarded to destination in consequence thereof, are hereby notified that this Company will not be responsible for loss or damage by fire. Consignees, and others interested will take notice of the above. JAS. SHUTER, jan 19 lm Acting Pres. W®, Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Mobile and Selina paper; copy one month. To Georgia Soldiers! Phillips' 4th Georgia Brigade. State op Georgia, 1 Quartermaster General’s Office. f Augusta, Dec. 28th, 1864,) The members of this Brigade now living, and the representatives of those deceased, will please inform •s inhere the Half-Pay due them, under the Act of December 7th, 1863, may be forwarded to them. In response to each communication we will forward the necessary papers for signatures. Each correspondent will furnish us the company, battalion or regiment to which, he or theisoldiCr he represents, belonged in this Brigade, and his full address at the present time. IRA ft. FOSTER, Q. M. Gen. efGa. N. B.—After the Ist of Maroh letters will be ad dressed toua at Milledgev.il le; until that time, un leas in case es danger to this place, we will be ad dressed at Augusta. . I- B* F■ jan 7 lm Headquarters Gov. Works, (Qbo-) l Columbus, Gft., Jan. 18, 18b5. j Deserted. The following detailed men, employed at this Arsenal, having • absent*-d themselves from work without <i..t lOi .ty, are hereby published as deser *”*S* L. Myers, conscript, age 28, 5 loot 11 inches high, fair complexion, light eyes and light hair, by trades Blacksmith, . __. _ . . , . Q. ii. Bowers, soldier, 34th Miss.* Regt., by tra.de a Blacksmith. M H WRIGHT, jan IMOd Col. Com’dg. RuNsell County Reserves. Wo are authorized to announce E. KYLE as a candidate for Major of the Bussell County Re serves, at the election to be held on the 28th Janu ary, 1865. jan 24 U - For Colonel First Class Militia ot Russell County. We are authorize . by many voters to announce A. G. JONES as a candidate for Lieut. Colonel ol Ft;tClass .Militia, of Russell couiuy, Ala. Election to take place on Thursday. 26th mst. Opelika paper copy. jan 18 td* WANTS. Wj^2stt:e:d. i N O V ELIS EE R. On« without family, who has A. lost an ;*on in tho service, anvl thereby unfit for military service preferred. Apply to ROB Mil R. HOWARD, 1 ‘ J Beynolds, Taylor bounty. MRS. Oil AS. J. WILLIAMS. 1 nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga. j \VA VTKI)! - , u ni LBS. of TALLOW, for which ifTiberal price ! J.IHIO wiu i» P»M. An>g>» I>ILLAKDt sp7 ts - Major and Q. M. WAXT E © , 4 000D BUSIN HAS’ MAN, uutil the jirst of \ January. The best wages paid. A disabled sol diet preferred, and it matters not how badly rnuti ated bv wounds so he has firmness and judgment. Apply at the • TIMES OFFICES, j nov SO ts j VA K\* and »S\ U«I R«S j TO EXCHANGE FOR orotjnd peas, At the GRANT FACTORY, j dec 17 ts _ .. ■ To Rent i DELIGHTFUL RESIDENCE, wci; furnished i \ containing six rooms, situated four piles from | Columbus, in Gen. Aborerouibios neighljgrhood.— j There are one hundred and seventy acres attached, | with fine orchards and good garden, and well tm- , Provedom hpiMings. M^fRAH CROWELL. To Printers! tTTE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY, \V (except Ruling Machine,) two hand 1 SE&. 1,000 Pounds of Type Metal. noY»-tf FRESH DRUGS. & ExtLogwood, Ssoda. Cocbitieal . n Tartar PoWdlpeeac, P°, V c r ’i? and Murat* of Tin. 6hun ojliuin, Em NotoiSd'LMt.r Pi- Pocket Combs. Eng 1 ’ and Confederate Envelopes, sale by J - -*• ***£*. & C0 Ti Union Springs, Al»._ UOTXOI3. ° rrW * GRAH No i^ R is^.l * present them to the Grant j GRANT. §o|n copy and s<*nd bill to-oft o* Grant Factory. DrTn. ironi/fi, Tr JDEIsTTieT, \ T Pemberten A Carter'* eld stand, back reel* #f A StaKii’s Jewelry Store, where he em be toond ; all hours, S**W«» . .i VOL. XII.} SPECIAL NOTICES. Headquarters Conscript Service, | Georgia, Augusta, Jan. 12, 1865 j Circular, No. 1. I. Inspeeto. ? of Conscription will, in pursuance of Circular No. 36, Bureau of Conscription, current series, herewit h published, forthwith proceed and cause to be ma ie the Impressment apportioned to their respective Districts to fill the quota of slaves due from Georgia as follows : 1 t Congressional District 150 2d “ “ 450 3d “ “ 450 4th “ *• 460 sth " 325 6th “ “ 325 7th “ " '2OO Bth “ " 100 9th “ “ sft 2500 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 ages of 18 «nd 50 years, and will inform the Local En rolling Officers of the number required in their re spective counties. The latter will then proceed to make the impressmetit in the manner prescribed in the Circular above referred to. taking care that each owner furnishes his just proportion of the number of slaves from the county, as pei estimate of the District Inspector. 11. Local Enroll ng Officers will prepare accurate lists of all slaves impressed by them, upon the Blank Forms herewith furnished. These lists will be made in quadruplicate—one for the District Inspector, two to be forwarded monthly to these Uoadquarters and one to bo turned over with the slaves to the officers designated. They wiil also keep in the County En rolling Offices, for future reference, eorrect records of all slavos impressed, which records must corres pond with the printed form for retures. 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. ii. of C. IV. Slaves impressed in the Ist, 2d, 3d and 4th Congressional Districts will be forwarded by theLo oal Enrolling Officers to the Camp of Instruction at Macon, to be turiied over by the Commandant thereof, to the Engineer Officer iu 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 iinpresiod in the 7th and Bth Districts will be sent to Atlanta and tursed over to Capt. J. W, Glonn, of the Engineer C*vrp*. V. Duplicate receipts, forms of which are taere with furnished, will in all cases be taken for slaves ttfrned overito the Engineer Department, oneeopy will be forwarded to these Headquarters with the Monthly Return, and the ether retained by the Impressing Officers. WM. M. BROWNE, Commandant of Conscripts, Georgia. War Department, Bureau or Oosscriftion, 1 Richmond. Va. Dec. 10, 1864. / Circular-No. 3ft. I. Paragraphs I and II of General Orders No. 36, A. and I. G. 0., 1864, herein reel ted are made parts of this Cireular. Adjutant *.*» IxaraeTOE Ghkzral’s Orrici, . Riehwead, Dee. Sth, 1864. General Order*, \ Wo. Bb. 1 I. The Chief *f the Bareas es Coaseriplion will continue, with-. 11 practicable dispatch, to bring into service the twenty thousand slaves authorized by the Act of Congress, approved February 17th, 1864, Enrolling Officer* will prepare correct lists in du plicate of the names, personal description and as- j oertained value of the slave*, the County, District,! or Parish in which, and the time when each was impressed, the name of the owver of each, and of the Impressing Officer. One of the lists will be for wardly monthly teethe Commandant ofjConscription in the State to which the slave belongs, and the other to the Superintendent of the Bureau • of whom will cause them to be copiedsou 1 * um Nrm manner convenient for reference, o . , 1 have ut il. When fifty or more slaves sh,a for?r< ,-^en collected at any one station, they will bt? <r°'' -id ; under the charge of discreet!men,’detailed he j Reserve forces, to such points as the Superintendent I of Conscription may direct, and turned over to the i Engineer Officer instructed to receive them for la- j bor in the Engineer and other Departments of the ; service. A copy of the Descriptive Roll of e;<eh slave will accompany his delivery to the Engineer! Offioer. 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 ail other officers under their command not actually in service, inconsistent with this duty.''! It is supposed that the Congressional District In specting Officers and those provided under Circular No. 35 of this Bureau, current series, m*y be made available. , .... , 111. The number of slaves to be obtained in each State is as follows: Virginia - bouth Carolina Aow Alabama North .Carolina 2,2 w Georgia 2,000 Florida* Mississippi and East Louisiana ...1,500 Total 14.500 Forms of Returns accompany this Circular which can be printed and furnished to the proper officer. — Each return must be in triplicate. IV. When fifty negroes nre collected in any local ity, cither by ouo*or more officers having contigu ous districts, they will be forwarded to the nearest C'amp of Instruction in the Stale, whore 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 slavo6 be kept over 48 hours at a \ Camp of Instruction. .... . j Generals of Reserves are authorized to send a 1 prO;>er officer to such localities from which it may j be more convenient to send the slaAes direct to the anny—who shall make the record and forward the slaves without passing them through the Chmp. The Impressing officer is authorized to make re quisition on the mest 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 h* is received, the value of whioh will be estimated m.the appraisement. Con gresrional District Examining Boards may.depute rirgle members of the Boards to make examinations in presonce of the owner and hirer, and the Im pressing Officer, under regugulatioos to be prescribed by the Surgeon General. VI Slaves will be appraised by the Impressing Officer, together with the Advisory Board ot the appraisement may be made by persons selected ,for the purpose, on agreement between the Impressing > Officer and the owner. s«.rntnrv The birerrof slaves is fixed by the secretary oi TTar not t" exceed twenty-five dollars per month. Vfl. In distributing the impressment m various localities, regard will be dition, and the position of the localities. Credit must be given, of course, for all slaves procured un der instructions of the Secretary of War, dated 23d September, ultimo, but not for any other existing impressment. This levy is provided for by aßpeciai act, and its operation is not to be referred to any •teSJlfS&r.« m„y b. erediiea to th. eo.n --’ ty in which they are found, or to the county Irora I which they have been remove*!, after u.veptjfeation of the circumstances at the discrctieaof the tsenera; ) °‘Vlll."Generals of Resents, will see that their i Tmnressing officers exercise an intelligent and thor oughly informed discretion, in selecting for impress ment W may be most conveniently soared with least prejudice to the productive and ! mechanical in lustrv. and that they conduct this •arrice'in the most conciliatory mode,, eoprietent with a prompt and firm oorformance of iheir du- I^ . Sving 35ve* proffered by the owners if iKaSohe'liV- be hired hr the «*«« •» *■ *■ i £*• of COLUMBUS, GA.. TUESDAY, JAN. 31 1865, ifoir, JANUARY. , JULY. S. M. T W. T. F. S.'S. M. T. W. T. F. S. 12 3 4 5 6 7 i 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 22 23 24 25 26 27 2816 17 18 19 20 21 22 29 30 31 23 24 25 36 27 28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY. j AUGUST. S. M. T. W. T. F. S.|S. M. T. W. T. F. S. 1 2341 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 12 13 14 15 16 17 1813 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 21 22 28 24 2520 21 22 23 24 25 26 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 MARCH. j SEPTEMBER. S, M. T. W. T. F. S. S M. T. W. T. F. S. 123 4 1 2 56789 10 ll! 3456789 12 13 14 15 16 17 1810 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 2517 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 31 '24 25 26 27 28 29 30 APRIL. OCTOBER. S. M. T. \V. T. F. S.js. M. T. W. T. F. S. 1 1 234567 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 is ie 17 i 8 19 2 o 21 16 17 18 19 20 21 2222 23 24 25 26 27 28 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 29 30 31 30 MAY NOVEMBER. S. M. T. W. T. F. S. Sl M ' T - W - F ' S ’ 123456 6fi 7 s q in n | 7 8 910 11 12 13® ,3 ' ® \\ 21 22 23 94 25 26 28 29 30 ll 26 27 ; 26 2 * 28 29 30 JUNE DECEMBER. S. M. T. W. T. F. S.jS. M. T. W. T. F. S. 12 3 12 456789 10! 3456 789 11 12 13 14 15 16 17; 1° 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24jlT l 8 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 '24 25 26 27 28 29 3« 131 fiuuige of Schedule. and alter Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains en '* the Muscogee Railroa<l will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Columbus 6 Si A. M. Arrive at Macon 2 50 P. M. Leave Macon 6 50 A. M, Arrive at Columbus ..3 06 P. M. FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M, Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M, W.L. CLARK. mar Ifi tt Supt. Museogee R, R. Through to Montgomery. NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY". COLUMBUS, August 27,1864. , »N and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on ’ the Montgomery and West 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 Lblmnbus at 5:50 a. m. Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m, Arrive at West Potnt .at 4130 p. m. Freight Train loaves Columbus at 8:40 am. drrives at 8:27 p m D. H. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng. ag27 1864—ts MOBILE A GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CHISRE OF SCHEDULE, Girard. Ala., Oct 7, 1864. iAN and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will • " Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train- Leave Girarji ati..L 1 30 p. m. Arrive in Union Spfings ,6 00 “ .Leave' Uliimi Sprnlgs 5 35 a. ay Arrive in Girard fctfj 10 00 I'reigHt Train. J Leave Girard at....... 60 a. m. Arrive in Girard at ...6 00 p. in. ji. E. WELLS, agi3 ts 4 Eng, k Sup’t. CITY FOUNDRY ! SUGAR MILLS AND KETTLES! WE HAVE OF HAND Sugar Mills and Kettles, holding 20,35, 40. 60, 80 and 130 gallons, which we will exchange for Provisions or any kind of country Produce, or money on very liberal terms. Orders solicited. PORTER, McILHENNYA CO. Columbus, Jan. 20, ts Negroes to Hire. iTO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN. also a good 1 Cboknnd Washer. ,*,» , vOOLrOLK , jan 17 ts Agent. Lost or Mislaid. POUR SHARES of the G. & A. S. S. Cos., N«. P 16’», in favor oi Mrs. J. L. Wilton, nov 30 ts D. & J, J. GRANT. Regular Line of Steamers ou the Chattahoochee River. Columbus, Ga„ Jan. 9th. THE Steamer"Jacksox, Daniel Fry. Master, wil leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun day at(9 a. m. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every Tuesday at 2 p. u. | 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 x. jan 10 2m For Exchange or Sale. AT the office of the “Southern Iron Works,” near the near bridge, the following articles of Hard ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon, Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other articles of Psoviiions or Confederate currency, viz: Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for pl*n- and Kettles, of all sizes, from 30 to 120 gallons, ■ Pots, Ovens and Skillets, Fry Pans and Andiron;, Club and Broad Axes, Shovels and Spades. Tra#e Chames and Plough Mould*. 4SF* Orders for Castings and Machine work •SStfjf ““ UteJ - JQHK I>. CRAY t 38 StOO Reward. \l7 ILL be paid for information leading to the re- W coveryofthe slave JOAN, supposed to be m the neighborhood of Macon, baid boy u a bright mulatto, abou- five feet eleven inches high, about S years old, a likely boy. £ d £f OTC Q KISS . at thus offi«e. gjf- Columbus Times eopy three times eod and send bill to thi*otho? —Maeon TsUcrraj)"- jan Laeod3t $1,200 Reward. STRAYED, cm the 3th of this month, from aiy O plantation in Talb<-t county, a blazed fated MARE; color black, with a nay horse eolt, six months old. They were seen h-.tched to a wagon, going through Girard, Ala., about Jen days ago, m the directi.m of Eufimla or Clay «wunty, Ga. The above reward will be paid by me fortheir delivery in Talbot counts, nr Columbus, or SBOO, for informa tion which will lead to iheir jan 27 lw Talbotton.Ga. Mon Advertiieraad Spirit of the Soeth oopy or.e week, and send bill to this office To Hire. A LIKELY sixteen vear eld hon«* GIRL. keen sews well, be# a good DAILY TIMES. EVENING KIIITIIIN. MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1865. The Federals report Gen. Price's armj at Boggy depot, en Red river. Declined. —ln a letter to the Selma Repor ter, Gen. John T. Morgan declines to be a can didate for Governor of Alabama. rnm • Gov. Clark has issued a proclamation con vening the Mississippi legislature in extra session. Tt is to assemble in Macon on the 20th of February. Our cotemporary of the Canton (Miss.) Citizen, is apprehenfiv* of being left “standing in the cold,” from the following item from his last paper: “It has been intimated to us by a gentleman of intelligence and observa tion, that it is altogether probable this part of Mississippi will shortly be turned out in the cold by the Confederate authorities. In other words, that no further efforts will be made to hold the country between the Yazoo aad Big Black rivers or to protect the Mississippi Cen tral railroad, but that OHr lines will be moved back at least as far as Brandon, and perhaps farther east—the only hope now being to hold the Mobile and Ohio railroad. If this should be true, God help us.” The New York Tribune says that the report that Russell after the foruth of Maroh only intends to recognize Lincoln as "President of the North on the ground that the South did not vote for him, is in correct. The Tribune argues that Russell might as well refuse to recognize him as President of the States which voted for MeClelfan. Sherman’i Neit Move. The Washington correspondent of the New York Times pretends to foreshadow what Sherman's march from Savannah is intended to be. He says that Angusta is the next point to be taken,and adds : Sherman's ultimate objective is nothing less than Lee’s army, now held tight in Richmond by Grant. But between his present position and his ultimate destination lie the States of South Carolina and North Carolina. Now, whatever in these supports the rebellion— whether seaports, through which contraband of war finds entry from abroad ; or depots of supplies, for feeding the rebel force in Vir ginia ; or railroads and rolling stock, for the transportation of men and material; or cap ital towns, whose fall brings distraction, de moralization and dismay, to th* rebellious population : or negroes, which form the work ing sinews of the rebellion^—all lie a prey to his conquering columns. From Augusta he can swing down on Charleston, cutting every railroad on which it depends, and enveloping it as he has enveloped Savannah. This of itself will be a portentious blow at the rebel lion, for it will bruise the head of the serpent of secession in its home and hatching place. But it will not be all; he will have his heel on that haughty State, and on the stiff necks of its rebellions population, who will be hum bled and brought low. If our prisoners are still allowed t* remain within the counties of this State, they will be released ; if they are transferred further north, the rebels, becoming unable to feed tnem, as they.are pressed upon by Sherman’s advance, restricting the area from which »hey now draw subsistence, will bay* to set them go. Finally, ,'froin North Carolina, Sherman moves up into Virgina, where he join* Grant in dealing the death blow at the rebellion, the head ana frost of is Lee's army at Richmond. This programme may, to some, seem rather a wild sally of speculation than an outline of ope ration, “actually to be realized, or even in serious eontemplatien. And yet, I*yenture to say, it is neither more ner less than what will be done this winter—’neither more nor less than what will be an accomplished faet by the opening of spring.— In justification of this anticipation, the following Considerations may be presented : Putting aside, as settled, the question es oppo sition from the armies of the enemy is an advance from the Savannah River, through tho States of South and North Carolina practicable, simply as a problem in logistics ? In other words, ris it feasible as a march ? Before Sherman made his march from Atlanta to the Atlantic, it might have been hazardous to answer this query in tho affir atiro. But the master mind that, in the month of Deeejnber, conducted his army From tho heart of Georgia to Savannah, a distance of threa hun dred miles, without,‘the ioss es sojmnch as a wagon, is equal to the task. It is a prerogative of genius to shame old impossibilies by new achievements. It is clear from this outline of the grand scheme now being worked out by Sherman, that the mili tary situation in Virginia assumes a wholly new aspect and relations. The expulsion of Lee’s armv from Richmond, so far from being as hith erto, a desideratum, iB now an event to be prevent ed. Indeed, it is presumable that it will for some time be Lieut. Gen. Grant’s chief aim to hold Lee in Richmond, while Sherman presses forward in the execution of his great design. Viewed in its most central aspect, Richmend assumes the char acter es a pivot, towards which Shennan is sweep ing, in an immense circumference. (COMMUNICATED, j Macon, Ga., Jan. 21, 1865. Messrs. Editors: I am fully conscious of the indelicacy of troubling the publi* with mat ters personal to one’s self; but having been frequently interrogated t>y friends with refer ence to a paragraph that has appeared in some of the journals of this State, purporting to be an extract from the “Valedictory Address *f the editor «f the Savannah Republican.” I feel that a word of explanation is due to mi self. The article referred to appeared in the Sa vannah Republican of the 21st December—the day on which the enemy entered and took possession of Savannah ; I left the city on the 11th, or ten days previous to its fall, and i have written nothing for that paper since my j departure. I know nothing of the authorship S of the “ Address, " and disclaim all responsi- j bility on account of it. It was, doubtless, i well* meant, and contains some wholesome advice to a people entirely in the power of their eonqueror* ; but there are expressions in it whic-h I do not approve, and. what is of far more significance, the spirit is not mint-. I write this disclaimer because, as a public journalist, I have taken no position in thi3 struggle for independence that ray judgment and heart did not both approve, and l desire \ to be consistent and stand right on the record i to its glorious close, the result of which, per mit metD sav, in spite of blundering generals ; in the field, money-loving people at borne, and i captions, noisy demagogues everywhere. I en- ' tertain not a Tue cause is a just one, . the army is true to it. and we nave enough patriots in the land vet to command the hies*- ; ings of Heaven open it. . W !l * * x!~*qn Voar *bedieaf serv:.«i, $ J R. Savaatiaa • u. Benjamin Franklin Butler, as he was called i by his sponsors—Beast Fiend Butler, as he has richly earned for himself a title—has dis tinguished him«elf by rendering odious North and South a surname which was before him honored and honorable in Europe and Ames rica. He has been sent home to rest and meditate on his trophies, including thousands of trink ets. pearls and jewels, stolen from ladies of New Orleans and Norfolk, and a lot of gold and silver, earned with hie characteristic thrift in bis military-mercantile career. The real -cause of his dismissal is that even the Yankees who patronize and applaud plundering, after a sort denounce and despise any one who suf fers himself to be openly detected. The im mediate pretext is his failure at Wilmiugton, where it was supposed even Butler could and should succeed against Bragg—and the fail ure of the Dutch Gap Canal, now generally admitted. What a comment on our political history and management is (urnished by the fact that until five years ago many Southerners saw in the views and tactics of Butler and his pen more hope for the South than in the acts of Southern States! [Charleston Courier. Retribution.— Some of the North Carolina tories are meeting a long reserved but deserv ed fate. Several weeks ago, we recorded an advance by raiders to the plantation of Doct. Mills, 18 miles from Spartanburg, where they committed ruinous depredations. A company of the citizens of Spartanburg started in pur. suit; but, after a cba.se of two days, returned I without achieving their object. Last week, a j number of the ringleaders, so supposed, were traoed to Columbus, Polk county, N. C., and ! ft posse of men under Lieut. Lane went thither jto secure them. Dr. Mills accompanied them. ; They rt ached the house ot one Peyton Hunter, i and on his arrest being demanded, he made at ! Dr. Mills with a bowie knife, but fortunately | stabbed no deeper than an overcoat. A mo i meat afterwards Hunter fell, pierced by seven balls. Five others, viz: Frank Weaver, Sam ! Hunter, ——— Sbehan, B. F. Hampton and Hunter, were also killed. The Hun ters were members of the same family. Wea ver was one of the distillers of this State, and known extensively in Columbia as the manu> facturer of the celebrated “Weaver Whisky.” Three of the above party were mysteriously lost in the woods, while en route to Ashville. Lieut. Lane, of the attacking party, was twice i wounded, while performing his duty, but, we | are informed, will survive his injuries. It is I said that the entire community in the vicinity breathe freer since the above “clearing out,” and that the most dangerous nest of ringlead ers in that section has been effectually de stroyed. Captured correspondence implicates other parties.—[SomM Carolinian. E. A. Pollard, Esq. The Richmond Examiner contain* the fol lowing in relation to Mr. Pollard, historian etc. It will be remembered that Mr. Pollard was captured last spring on hii way to Eng land in the Greyhound ; Among the arrivals by the flag of truce boat last night was that of Mr. Edward A. Pollard, of this city, sent through the lines for exchange. Mr. Pollard reported at Fortress Monroe on the 60th of November last for exchange, and with out any known cause, was placed there in close and solitary confinement in a guard box, where he lived for some weeks without space to walk in and sheltered from the weather on ly by a shell of boards, ventilated through seams half an inch wide. This was in conse quence of a direct order from Secretary Stan ton, who, in this instance as in others of the oppression of our prisoners, is directly and personally responsible. Strange to say, But ler relioved Mr. Pollard from a situation in whioh Mr. Pollard says that an officer of the guard at Fortress Monro* declared, that a man could not reasonably be expected to survive for two weeks. As it is the la3t act which Butler can prob ably ever do to a Confederate prisoner, it may be mentioned for his benefit. For we learn fr*m Mr. Pollard that on Sunday last General Batler was removed not only from the com mand of the army of the James, but from all other command, and ordered by the adjutant general at Washington to report himself at Lowell, Massachusetts, which is his residence. The terms of this order were construed to the effect that B. F. B. had been removed in disgrace. Major General Qrd takes command of the army of the James and of the depart ment of North Carolina ; but this is suppose® to be only an arrangement ad interim. In any event Butler is shelved for the war; and fit is thought a not improbable con sequence that we may next hear of this indi vidual declaring a war against the politicians ot Washington. During Mr. Pollard's term as a prisoner—• eight months—he had an interval of parole on account of bis health, in which he had op portunities of visiting many of the Northern cities—New York, Boston, Brooklyn, Balti more, etc,, and thus gathering much of the true public sentimem and political designs of the North. He says generally, that while there is not the least hope for the South in any present political organization in the North, there are grounds of encouragement in the military situation of which the people of the Confederacy have nothing like adequate ideas ; that the military resources of the North, although superabundant and impressing the first view, are not practically available, and are fast being contracted by certain moral forces which the newspapers do not take into their calculation ; that their system of draft, hitherto patched up by foreign enlistments, ■egro enlistments and bounties, is nearly at the point ot exhaustion; that the draft of last summer, for 500,000 men, firnished but 70,000 effectives; that the expedient of boun ties cannot be carried much further, some counties having already been taxed ca this score actually in excess of the value of all the real and personal property within their limits, some, for instance, in New York State having accumulated a debt of a million and a half of dollars on the single account of military lar gesses. And that, finally, all intelligent men in the North are given to the opinion that when the necesities of the war are pushe 1 o the point of an enforced draft, of an actual conscription that it is precisely at that period and precise ly from that cause that the war will and must break down. Thus the conclusion may be drawn that the independence of the Confed eracy is to be achieved more surely by the sheer force of endurance than by anything else, and that even if we should fail to accom plish it by the single strokes of military for tune, it will be worked out at the last, and that wueh more speedily than i* generally supposed, by a simple competiuo* of the real resolution of the South with a confidence in the North, now bloated and swaggering, bat really on the verge of the last and fatal ne neceesity—wnieh is not finances, not politic* resolution, or any of that bosh es the proph ets ot peace, but simply conscription. ♦ m * Ta* Old Issc».—lt has been generally un derstood the lime for lundine the old i*»nfc bad b*eu exf'-nded u> the first oj 3*.y. but it appears fr*n> ' *« following, which w« ecletbe Colambu-* (Missj itupubiic, that / SIX DOLLARS l I»ER MOUTH (•Old T*h” dies on the let AuriL:' Columbus. Miss.. January 13. 1865. Hon. G. A Trenhohn. Secretary, etc , Richmond, ' Va: Has th*• time been ex anrtc« ter exchang ing the old (r- the new i-auf of treasury notes .’ ; If sc, upon i«nat conditions ‘ f - J \MK4_WBtTFnap, h pnsitary. Richmon >, Va—Janus Whitfield. Deposi tary. Columbus, Miss Uac■>oaitiono!ly, un j til first ot April, ...... . t G, A. TrkjiHolm. As this ii probably tne last ‘ call" or ex tension tii it will be granted, tho:e who do not avail t turn selves of tfu grave allowed will un doubtediy wake up and U*d theuiseivajs fuel ing foolish on next “all to s day." A company ot pontooniers, belonging te General Hoed s army passed through here last Tuesday on their way to 3eima. We learned from one of them, with whom we had a short conversation, that ‘he company wa» with the pontoon traiu that was captured some two or three weeks ago in North Ala bama— that about one hundred ami fifty wag ons. and some five hundred mules were cap tured on the occasion. He also informed us that a supply train had been captured, num bering as many wagons and mules, making the aggregate loss, from the two captures, sav 300 wagons and 1,000 mules. The pontoon train, he informs us, was traveling wtthout a guard Gross carelessness, it seems to us The supply train was probably in the same condition. Greenboro (AUa.) Br econ. Tub Exempts,—Mr. Miles, chairjuan of the House Military Committee, has reported the total number of exempts, under the different classes of the present law, on this side of tho Mississippi river, as follows : Physical disability 61,167 State officers exempted by Governors... 18,783 Ministers. 3^86 Insane asylum managers and nurses 185 Editors and employees of newspapers 686 Apothecaries 399 Physicians 3 718 Teachers and professors .- 1,557 Untjer the fifteen negro clause 3,643 Quakers, Dunkards, etc 893 Mail contractors 479 Railroad employees 4,982 The number of exempts is much smaller than has beeH usually supposed. Particularly is this the case as to State officers, for many have claimed heretofore that the States of Georgia and North Carolina alone had each more than the total of State officers exempt. A seldier writing from James river to the Rich mond Enquirer says: Did not Congress make & law that the troops shenld be paid off every two months ? Has that law been revoked ? If there is such a law and it has not been revoked, why is it not enforeed ? Keowing that you do all in year power to promote the interests of the soldier, I ask these questions. We put up with rotten tebacoo, half rations aid bad clothes, but give us enr money, we need it, and though it is but little (actually net more than fifty eonts a month,) give us that. “The laborer is worthy es his hire.” Some of us have not had any pay since last December—some a longer period. Government does nut famish as with all tho necessaries; no nor half. The homes of many of us are in the enemy’s lines, and we” are anable to get remittances. And te illustrate ; ear shoes are worn oat; we have to get along as best wo oan till we again draw clething, which will not probably oecur for more than six months. Again, we are itawell—not sick enough to go to an hos pital—and the surgeon tells us “to diet eurselves - ” We have not the wherewithal to buy anything, and be give* us nothing-—se such advice is simply ri dieuloas. “Cleanliness is next to godliness,” yet last summer we drew no soap, and had no money t# buy it. Imagine our condition! Those sol diers who can get money from*toine are, of course, much better off than we exiles, still they suffer flinch. Cannot, will not out Representatives in Congress assembled at its present session,- d* something for us ? What is the me of laws if not enforeed ? Dkath of a Notorious Chahaotib.—We learn thata Jury of Inquest was held last week upon the body ©f the celebrated Dr. Da vid T. Hines, alias Dr. Hamilton, who was shot while out with a hunting party in St. Stephens' Pariah. A difficulty, the particu lars of which were not kuown by our infor mant, ocourrcd between the deceased and a young man about seventeen years ©!d. J The latter shot Hines in the back with a donble barreled shot gun loaded with slugs. Both barrels were discharged, killing Hines almost immediately.— Char. Courier. What Gen. Leb Says.— A Richmond cor respondent of the Appeal thus reports General Lee’s opinions . “Gen. Lee told Mr. W. C. Rives tLe other day that there was but a single thing to fear, and that was the spreading of a causeless des pondency among the people. Prevent that, and all wonld be well. We had strength enough left to win our independence, and we were certain to win it if the people will only not give way to a foolish despair. “To another distinguished gentleman Gen. Lee said that the attack of the press on the President pained him (Lee, very much. He had confidence in the President, and did not think we could find a better man for that place. Gen. Lee’s opinions are not infallible, but they carry great weight with them.” ATJSTIOH SALE OF FINE STOCK. Ellis, Livingston kCo., AucUr* ON TUESDAY, the 7th day of February, at my Plantation on Flint River, near Reynolds, Tay lor county, (commencing after the trains arrive from Macon and Columbu*) Dwill sell some very desira ble stock, including my two fine stallions, "Gari baldi” and “ Yov.no Stonewall a half dozen good mares, some with colts and others in foal: one good Morgan Mare, fine buggy animal; a naif dozen A No. 1 mules; 27 head of sheep: a small flock of goats ; one blooded bull and fifteen head es etoek cattle; also 1000 bushels of rice; 890 good new osna fcurgs sacks and other articles ot value. I will kave conveyances at Reynolds to meet the trains, and gentlemen from a distance can find accommodation with me or my neighbors, jan 30 td CHES HOWARD. Confederate Union, Milledgeville, copy and send bill to this office. FOR SALJeTT ONE splendid new VELVET CARPET with Rag to match. Apply at jan 30 «t WARNOCK k CfJ.’t. Attention Fire Guards. You will appear at the Engiae Room on Wednes day afternoon at 3 o’clock, with arms and accoutre ments. prepared to go into camps. By order of the Caprain. jan 304 t BARNETT, O. 8. FOR SALE. QQH ACRESOF WOOD LAND 23 4 miles nortk- OZU west from Crawford, Russell county. Ala. — Titles warrented. Apply to _ John McCarty. jan 28 ts Columbus. Ga. A PROCLAMATION To tbe Officer}* and Members of the General Assembly. In Anformity to the Resolution of the General Assembly, passed at the close of its last Searion, re questing the Governor to convene the Legislature at such time and place as he may think best, to com plete the necessary Legislation which was unftn - Lahed at the time of adjournment on the approach of the enemy. I hereby require the officers aad members es the General Assembly to convene at the City Hall in the eity of Maeon, at ten e'ciock, a. a,, on Wednesday the loth day of February^ ex’. * Given under my band and the Great Seal of the State this the 25th day of January, 1865. JOSEPH B. BROWN ■W All paper* ia*the State are requested te top? jan 27 td LOST, ON the night of Wednesday, 29ih iiwt,, between the eitv and my rerid Mace, three mike from ike ci'y. , Sue '-•w"'%r». i- a•hiu marked on the e»--, 'l'lianr*! C. The fli i"' >i- n b- nilabl, rewarded h* leaviag it »t ivy *t. ,1C Br*.<*4 etrtxt. jar W St I>. B. THfrVpsujf.