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DANA TIMES,
j, if. WARREN & 10., Proprietors*
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t’liasige of Schedule.
iVV a; tor Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains on
'/tno >1 u.soogae Railroad will run as follows :
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 6 30 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 2 50 P. M.
Leave Macon 6 50 A. M,
Arrive at Columbus 3 06 P M
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Columbui 4 55 A. M
, _ W. L. CLARK, '
mar Ats. Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Tlirougli to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY. -
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
after August 27th. the Passenger Jrain 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 Columbus at 5:50 a. in.
-lrrive at Montgomery at 3:00 pf m.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
D. 11. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng.
ag‘27 1 864 —ts
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHAAUU OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
iAN and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
1 ' Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train.
Leave Gii ird at 1 30 p. m.
Arrive in Union Springs 600 “
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at .10 00 “
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at... 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
*gl K ts Eng. & Sup't.
WAITED.
AN OVERSEER. One without family, who has
lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for
military sorviee preferred.
Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD,
Beynoids, Taylor Cbunty.
MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS,
nov2l-tf Columbus, Qa.
WAtf TEJ* !
C ri(|n LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
jp7 ts Major and Q. M ,
YiIR.AS and OS.VAIII'RtiS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
OB.OTJNX> FBAS,
At the GRANT FACTORY.
dec 17 ts
To Rent
A DELIGHTFUL RESIDENCE, well furnished
containing six rooms, situated four miles from
Columbus, in Gen. Abercrombie’s neighborhood.—
There are one hundred and seventy acres attached,
with fine orchards and good garden, and well im
proved out buildings. Apply to _ t
jan 9 —ts Mrs. SARAH CROWELL.
Dr It. 'IORLE,
.DE3ITTIST,
\ T Pemberton & Carter’s old stand, back room of
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where ho can be found
all hours, , |oclß6m
To Printers l
WE otter for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
(except Ruing Machine,) two hand PRESSES,
ami about
1,000 PouuUs of Typo Metai.
nov2l -ts
To Hire.
A LIKELY sixteen yfear old house GIRL, that has
been well raised, sews well, has a good disposi
tion and is fond of children. Apply at
jan 27 ts THIS OFFICE.
To Georgia Soldiers !
Phillips' 4th Georgia Brigade.
State or Georgia, I
Quartermaster General’s Office, >
Augusta, Dec. 28th, 1864.)
The nlembers of this Brigade now living, apji the
representatives of those deceased, will please inform
us where the Half-Pay due them, under the Act of
December 7th, 1863, may be forwarded to them. In
response to erch communication we will forward
the necessary papers for signatures.
Each correspondent will furnish us the company,
battalion or regiment to which, he or thejsoldier 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 of danger to this place, we will be ad
dressed at Augusta, I. R. F.
jan 7 lin
For Exchange or Sale.
AT the office of the "Southern Iron Works,’’near
the new bridge, the following articles of Hard
ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon,
Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other articles
of Psoviiions or Confederate currency, viz:
Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan
tation uses. „ „ .. x
Sugar Mills and Kettles, of all sizes, from 30 to
120 gallons,
Pots, Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Pans and Andirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades,
Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds. __
*3“ Orders for Castings and Machine Work
promptly .routed. JoH[f Q URAy 4co
CITY FOUNDRY!
SUGAR MILLS AND KETTLES !
WE HAVE OF HAND
SugaY Hills and Kettles,
holding 20, S5, 40. 60. SO and 130 gallons, which we
will exchange for Provisions or any kind of country
Produce, or money on very liberal terms. Orders
solicited. PORTER, McILHENNY & CO.
Columbus, Jan. 20, ts
Negroes to Hire.
mo HIRE, ten young NegrO SEN, also a good
1 Cook and Washer. to WOOLFOLKi
ian 17 ts ■_-
Lost or Mislaid.
I?OUR SHARES of the G. 4 A.S. S. Cos.. No
* 16 %ft n tf aV ° r ° M J ' L i> Aj' GRANT.
nov ov u -
Regular Line of Steamers on the
Chattahoochee River.
Columbus, Ga., J an. 9th.
THE Steamer! Jackson. Daniel Fry., Master, wil
leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day atl9 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
turning, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at
The Steamer MiST. A. Ery Master, leaves Colum
bus every Friday at§ a* m# Returning leaves v
tahooche every Sunday at 12 M.
jan 10 2m
FOR SAL«3! ~
ANE splendid new VELVET OA APET with Bus
U to match. Apply at . ,
jan 30 6t WARNOCK & CO. s.
noTIOE
OrriCE Grant Factory, \
Nov. 29, 1364./
ALL persons having demands against the estate of
Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
Present them to the Grant factory,
nov 30 ts JOHN J. GRANT.
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory.
jL ’ 333'
VOL. XII.}
SPECIAL NOTICES
Circular from General Lee.
Headquarters Army of Virginia, \
J anuary 16, 1864. }
To the Planter s of Georgia :
The recent heavy freshets having uestroyed a por
tion of the Railroad from Danville to Greensboro
and thereby cut off, temporarily, necessary supplies’
for the Army of Northern Virginia, an appeal is re
spectfuMy made to the patriotic people of Georgia to
furnish whatever breadstuff's, bacon and molasses
they can spare.
Such citizens as .Major Allen, of Columbu.-, Major
George Robertson, of Macon and Major H. Cranston,
of Augusta, may select are asked to act as agents
and collect supplies through the various offices con
nected with the Commissary Department in Georgia
and on the line of railroad.
Arrangements have been made to pay promptly
for all supplies delivered!under this appeal, or re
turn the same in kind as soon as practicable.
R. E. General.
Office Dist. CbMinsSARY, J
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 2d, 1865. \
I present to the people of Western and South
western Georgia, the above Circular.
Our greatest necessity at this time is Bacon, you
have a superabundance and can substitute, if (nec
essary, syrup and molasses in lieu of a part of the
bacon ration on your plantations.
Who will doubt, or fear* to trust Gen. Lee ?
The following are my agents :
A F Johnston, Hamilton,
T A Brown, Geneva,
Maj. Geo. Robertson, Capt. A 0 Bacon, Macon,
U B Harrold, A.mericus,
Maj. J D Maney, Cuthbert,
J J McKendree, lolumbus,
Capt J A Houser, Ft- Valley,
Charles Wilson, Thomaston,
B Pye, Forsyth,
Gep Hill, Florence,^
Capt J A Davis, Albany.
Embracing their sub-agents in their districts.
A. M. ALLEN,
feb3 lw Majcr and C. S.
Enquirer copy.
Tax in Kind Notice.
Office Post Quartermaster, 1
Americas, Ga., Jan 27, 1865./
The assessment value of Tithe Corn of crop of
1864, for this District, is regulated at ’six dollars per
bushel. All whose tithes have been assessed at less
price, will apply once to the Assessor oi their re
spective counties to have assessments changed to
this price, in erder to get their proper credit of the
tax imposed on agricultural interest.
Other articles of the second assessment will be as
sessed at prices of Schedule No. 15.
JOHN F. CRAFT,
Captain and P. Q. M.
feb 1 6t 3d Cong. Dist. Ga.
Headquarters Enrolling Office, 1
Muscogee County, V
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 21, 1865.)
Special Orders, No.
All officers and men furloughed to visit this coun
ty, are hereby required to report to these Head
quarters within twenty-four hours after their arrival
for the purpose of having their furloughs recorded.
W. A. COBB,
Capt. and Enrolling Officer,
feb 1 l.w Muscogee County.
Headquarters, Gov. Works.
Columbus. Ga., Jan. 31, 1865.)
Wanted to Excliauge.
Pig and Wrought Iron, suitable for Plantation
purposes, foi Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Corn and other
produce. Apply at office of
M. H. WRIGHT,
feb HOt Col. Commanding.
Ware-House Notice.
ON and after the first day of February, 1865, the
Storage on Cotton in our respective Ware
houses, will be two dollars ($2 00) per bale, per
month.
Hereafter the rule to sell cotton to pay storage
will be strictly enforced quarterly if they are not
paid promptly.
KING & ALLEN.
WARNOCK & CO.,
GREENWOOD <fc GRAY,
HUGHES & HODGES,
POWELL, FRAZER & CO.,
CODY & COLBERT,
J, R. IVEY <fc CO.
Jan 31 2w
APROCLAMTIOX
To tlie Officers and Members of
the General Assembly.
In conformity to the Resolution of the (Jcneral
Assembly, passed at the close of its last Session, 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 unfin
ished at the time of adjournment on the approach
of the enemy. I hereby require the officers and
members of the General Assembly to convene at the
City Hall in the city of Macon, at ten o’clock, a. m,,
on Wednesday the 15th day of Februarylnext.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
State this the 25th day of January, 1865.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
All papers in the State are requested to oopy
jan 27 td
Notice.
Southern Express Company, _ 1
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 9, 1865.)
Persons owning freight shipped by the Southern
Express Company, that is detained in this city, and
other places, in'consequence of damage donelto rail
roads by the federal armiesjand 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.
Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Mobile and
Selma papers copy one month.
MYERS, WATSOY A CO.,
AtrOTIOHEEBS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
At Hull t& Duck’s old stand,
Opposite Bank of Columbus, Broad Street.
jg<gy° Personal and prompt attention given
to all consignments.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 21, 1865. jan23 ts
For Sale.
A FINE BAY HORSE, thoroughly broke to har
ness, not gelded and consequently not liable to
impressment, J- kIRUIHEK.
feb 3 3t*
To Hire,
A NEGRO WOMAN with one child. She is a
good Was’ 'rand Ironer, and a good common
°° f ebl 6t PPb t 0 MRS. JNO. A. JONES.
FOR SAFE.
OOA ACRES OF WOOD LAND miles north
oJj\J west from Crawford, Russell county. Ala.
Titles warranted. Apply to MeCA RTY.
. m Columbus, Ga.
jan 28 tt .
Gold lor Sale.
ANE THOUSAND DOLLAR:‘VENTER, 1
” Kx'hansre Broker.
j aa 3Llw At Paper Mill's Office.
COLUMBUS, GA. MONDAY, FEB. 6, 1860.
DAILY TIMES.
EVENING KIUTIIIY
SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 4, 1865.
North Carolina Finances. — The North
Carolina Conservative learns that the recent
advertisement of the Treasurer of that State
for the purchase of State bonds resulted as
follows : The various bids ranged from par to
121 premium—the large bidding was at a pre
mium of 103. The Treasurer, however, in
accordance with the reservation of a right to
do so, which he had wisely made, rejected all
the bids. He h<.s since sold about $150,000
of bonds at from 150 to 175 premium; and
about $300,000 at a premium of 200. He has
declined making any additional sales, unless
it shall be seen whether the five or six mil
lions due the State from the Confederate
States Government, chiefly for clothing to
North Carolina troops, shall be paid.
It is very lemarkable that there is more pa
triotism and courageous determination in the
army than at home. This being the case,
then, let every man that is out of the army,
lend his willing support, bpth to fill np the
depleted ranks, and to maintain the army, and
relieve himself from all further business in the
affair of closing the war. Leave this to the
army, and be assured that our cause will be
in good keeping. When the army fails, then
it will be time for outsiders to despond.
The Yankee papers make their total losses
in Tennessee exactly 1,000. The total killed
and wounded is 6,100. They set down the
total Confederate loss at 20,024 —10,700 kill
ed and wounded and 9,334 prisoners.
L *. ♦
No man from the field, says the Charleston
Courier, has yet bid you despair, or said our
cause is hopeless. No man from the field has
yet taken the stump or the public press to
show cause why Georgia or South Carolina or
any other State should desert her sisters in
this fight for the rights of free men. No man
from the field has yet whispered that terms
must be made with the enemy or annihilation
would come. But shouts of true hearts yet
reach us from the men in the ranks on all
sides, even from the defeated and retreated
army of the gallant but, unlucky Gen. Hood,
it comes full and clear and hopeful
Sickles and his staff sailed from New York on
the 13th, for California, in one of the regular
steamers. He is reported as ‘having gone on a
tour for military inspection.
One hundred sailors were selected at Portsmouth,
N. H., to be sent to Baltimore lately, in the steam
er De Soto. Upon being searched, most of them
were found to be dressed in citizen’s clothing under
their outer dress, and were armed—with the inten
tion, probably, of making their escape upon a
convenient opportunity. Many of them are des
perate characters. They were sent into the hold
of the United States ship Vandalia, and the
hatches fastened down.
Mr. Thos. S. Pettit, editor of the Owensboro,
Ky., Monitor, has reached Richmond, under sen
tence of banishment fo'r alleged disloyalty to the
Lincoln Government.
The Yankeo papers report Forrest to be con
centrating a large force at Paris, Tenn. A
great number of his men are hovering around
their homes in Tennessee and Kentucky, con
scripting Union men.
Yankee Vessels at Nassau. —We are as yet,
says the Mobile Advertiser and Register, in the
dark respecting the reported seizure es Yankee
shipping at Nassau. The inference, however, is
a highly probable one, that the authorities there,
either acting under some standing order hereto
fore given, or themselves taking the responsibility,
have laid their grasp on the Yankee vessels as
security for the British cotten seized at Savannah.
King Cotton, he of “the white discrowned head,”
the world know, from time to time, that ho
still lives ; and, he may yet become the arbiter of
this quarrel.
Gen. Grant anti the Sherman Testimonial.
Hbadq's Army United States, )
City Point, Va., Dec. 22, 1864. j
H. Hunter, D. Tallmage, John T. Brasee:
Dear Sirs: I have just this moment receiv
ed your printed letter in relation to your pro
posed movement in acknowledgement of one
of Ohio’s greatest sons. I wrote only yester
day to my father, who resides in Covington,
Ky., on the same subject, and asked him to
inaugurate a subscription to present Mrs.
Sherman with a furnished house in the city of
Cincinnati. Gen. Sherman is eminently enti
tled to this mark of consideration; and I di
rected my father to head the subscription with
SSOO for me, and half that amount from Gen.
Ingally, chief quartermaster of this army,
who is equally alive with myself to the emi
nent services of Gen. Sherman.
Whatever direction this enterprise in favor
of Gen, Sherman may take, you may set me
down for the amount named. I cannot say a
word too highly in praise of Gen. Sherman s
services from the beginning of the rebellion
to the present day ; and will therefore abstain
from flattery of him. Suffice it to say, the
world’s history give3 no record of his superi
ors, and but few equals.
I am truly glad for the movement you have
set on foot, and of the opportunity of adding
my mite in testimonial of so goo 4 and great a
man. Yours, truly
U. S. Grant,
Lieutenant General.
Connection with Richmond. —Os course we
all hope that communication with Richmond
will not be broken, but as it may, in spite of
our best efforts to prevent it, it is not improper,
or out of place to consider how and by what
route we can restore it.
A glance at the map will disclose a route
quite practicable, and above the line the ene
my's present purposes to try to occupy, anu
that is from Macon to Eatontion. and thence
by stage to some point—Madison or Gieens
boro - on the Georgia railroad, via Barret to
Washington, Ga.; thence by stage to Abbe
vflle, S. C.. a distance of about sixty miles,
where we strike a branch railroad which con
nects at Cokesburg with the Greenville s Co
lumbia railroad. From that point the line te
Richmond is unbroken. C° n '
A General-in-Chief-The Restoration of Gen.
Johnston.
The injunction of sacresy has been removed
from the proceedings of Congress, connected with
the passage of the following important measures :
GENERAL IN CHIEF OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES.
A bill to provide for the appointment’of a Gen
eral in-Chief of the armies of the Confederate
States.
The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer
ica do enact, That there shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, an officer who shall, be known and
designated as ‘"General-in Chief,” who shall be
the ranking officer of the army, and, as such, shall
have command of the military forces of the Con
federate States.
Sec. 3, That the act providing a staff for the
General who may be assigned to duty at the
seat of government is hereby repealed, and that
the General-in-Chief who may be appointed
under the provisions of this act shall have a staff
not less than that now allowed a General in the
field, to be assigned by the President, or to be ap
pointed by him, and by and vrtth the consent of
the Senate.”
RESTORATION OF GENERAL JOHNSTON.
The subjoined resolution, with House amend
ments passed the Senate on Saturday, while in
secret session : ' *
Resolved, (the House of Representatives concur
ring,) that if the President w ill assign Gen. Joseph
E. Johnston to the command of the Army of Ten
nessee, if will, in the opinion of the Congress of the
Confederate States, be hailed with joy by the
army, and will receive the approval of the
country.
There can be no doubt, as the Richmond En
quirer remarks, as to the officer upon whom the
high position of General-in-Chief will be conferred.
To General Robert E. Lee, the whole country
looks lor the efficient direction of all the armies ;
upon his wisdom and firmness the country reposes
all her hopes. That he will receive this impor
tant trust there can be no doubt, and that under
his direction to the success of our cause is secured,
if the people willDOw rally to him, as their duties
demand, and the absolute necessities of the situa
tion require. But Gsneral Lee as Commander in
Chief can do nothing unless he is sustained by the
whole resources of the country. There must now
be no holding back, but every citizen must deny
himself and liberally contribute to the support and
maintenance of the army; the Congress must re
member that General Lee has asked for the con
scription of the negroes. This appointment, as
General in Chief, if not accompanied with the
conscription of the negroes, will be giving him a
stone when he asked for bread. Leave the re
sponsibility of conscripting the negroes with him
to whom is now entrusted the important duties de
volved by this law; he originated the measure, he
has recommended it, and he is prepared to meet all
the responsibilities that may result from it. We
cannot see how the Congress can hesitate longer
upon that measure.
This law intimates that new measures are about
to be tried, and ‘hat this year is to witness a great
and more determined effort on our part to end the
war triumphantly for our cause than has hitherto
been made.
But the Congress has done more. A joint reso
lution, adopted almost unanimously, has signified
to the President the wish of the country for the
restoration-of General Johnston to the command
of the Army of Tennessee. We expect the Presi
dent to yield his objections to General Johnston
to this utmost demand of the popular branch of
the government. Upon strictly constitutional
grounds the President might decline to accede
to this request of Congress, but backed and
sustained as it is by the wish of the country it
would not he prudent to disregard the popular will
in this matter.
Our Cruisers.
The steamer Sumter, under the gallant
Semmes, captured 17 vessels in her cruise,
from July 3d, 1861, to January 17th, 1862
three ships, six barks, five brigs and three
schooners—for a half years work. The Ala
bama, under the same naval hero, captured
63 vessels, from September, 1862, to January,
1864. The greater number of these were very
valuable ships, and ail but nine of them were
burnt at sea. In the number is included the
United States gunboat Hatteras, (eight guns,
108 men and 18 officers) which was sunk, in
open fight, on the 11th of January, 1863. To
this list of the Alabama’s captures, have to
be added two vessels brought by her tender,
the Tuscaloosa. One of her captures was
subsequently commissioned as a cruiser un
der our flag—as in the case of other captures
by her cruisers.
The steamer Tallahassee, under the com
mand of the intrepid Taylor Wood, captured
33 vessels during the month of August, 1864.
His dashing cruise along the American coast,
Northward, was shorn of its richer fruits by
the chilling courtesy of the British authorities
in Nova Scotia on whose unfair conduct we
had occasion to animadvert at the time. Os
the Raptures made by commander Wood, two
were ships, four barks and four brigs, the
remainder being, for the most part, aea-going
and large tonnaged schooners. Only five of
the whole number were bonded, and two re
leased, all the rest having been burnt or scut
tled.
The “Chickatnaaga under the command of
John Wilkinson, who has no professional superior
in the service, in a short cruise, last November,
captured seven vessels—one;ship, four barks,
and two schooners. The “Georgia,” in a few
weeks, captured and destroyed seven ships and two
barks. The “Florida”—but enough of such de
tails. Here are the shortest mathematical results
of all: Fifty-eight ships, forty-one barks, thirty
two brigs, fifty-seven schooners —pilot boats and
small steamers extra—all disposed of at sea since
the war, by a power which, has, popularly, “no
navy.” «
To estimate the value of these sea captures let
us strike an average. The Jaeob Bell, one of the
most valuable, was set down as worth, at least,
$2,040,000 ship and cargo; the Oroies, at proven
value, $950,000 ; the Star of Peace, at $900,000 ;
the Anglo Saxon at $35,000 —others more and
others less. Allow for the few bonded, and then
draw a moderate average, say $500,000 for each
ship and errge, and you have about $30,000,000
worth of property in ships destroyed at orce.—
The brig Estelle was valued, under mark, at $130,-
000; the Windward at $44,000; say for each brig
and cargo, $50,000 and you have $1,600,006 addi
tional. Carrying out the great moderation of this
estimate, se» each bark down at $40,000, and each
schooner at $25,000, several of both were three
times either amount, and you hare an aggregate
of $31,605,000 destroyed, directly by our navy.—
Is that nothing/
We are informed by Captain , of Gen.
Lyons’ command, who crossed the Tennessee
on Saturday morning last, that, in retaliation
for the killing of some of their men by guer
rillas under Captain Johnson, the yankees, on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week,
burnt every house from Paint Rock to within
four miles of Huntsville. Not only residences
but cribs, stables and outhouses of every de
scription were destroyed. leaving the wretch
ed inhabitants, principally women and chil
dren. wholly without shelter or food, and al
most entirely without clothes. From a moun
tain top above Huntsville, our informant, on
Friday, counted twenty-one houses inflames
[R'lti. 21st.
Important Arrests,
Four Rebel Spies and Hotel Burners in Custody
—Their Trial to be by Court Martial at Tort
Lafayette.
Ever since the attempt to burn the leading
hotels and places of amusement in this city on
the evening of November 25th, Major General
Dix and Superintendent Kennedy have exerted
themselves to the utmost to discover and ar
rest the perpetrators. Several arrests were
made on the evening in question, and within
a few days afterward, but they were unimpor
tant, and the greater number of those arrested
were discharged, no proof appearing against
them. About one month since, Sergeant J.
S. Young, chief of the detective force of the
city, accompanied by a number of detectives
under his command, and several from the
headquarters of General Dix, visited the fron
tier, their trip extending from Lexington, New
\ ork, to Port Huron, Michigan, at the lock of
Lake Huron, calling at Buffalo, Cleveland,
Detroit and several other cities on the way.
As the fruit ofctbis expedition they have
secured four of the most notorious rebel spies
who have been operating along the border,
including one of the leading hotel burners in
the city. The first of the prisoners and the
most important one passes under the name of
Baker, and is the leader of the gang of pirates
who seized the steamer Parsons, a passenger
steamer from Detroit, Michigan, on Lake Erie,
soon after leaving Maiden, G. W., on Septem
ber 19th, and after putting the passengers on
shore, cruised up and down the lake. Their
object, it is believed, was to. endeavor to sur
prise and capture the United States steamer
Michigan. This, however, they did not at
tempt, and after running the captured steamer
on shore, they set her on fire and escaped.
Baker’s real name is Capt. Bell, of the rebel
army. His home is near Richmond, Virginia,
and he is a man of education, of medium age.
He was arrested near the Suspension Bridge,
at Niagara, together with a Confederate whose
name is withheld to the authorities, but who
is known to have been in the rebel service.
In their possession was found a carpet-bag
containing among other things,, six or seven
candles. A few days before their arrest in
formation was received at General Dix’s head
quarters in this city that an attempt would be
made to burn Buffalo by a party of raiders
from Toronto, and as they were on their way
from the former city to Canada at the time of
their arrest, it is presumed that they were con
cerned in the plot. The third prisoner is one
of the leading New York incendiaries and is
known as Stanton, that being an assumed
name, however. He is also a captain in the
rebel service, and w»s arrested about ten days
since at Detroit, having crossed at Port Sarnia,
in Canada to Port Hudson, and proceeded by
rail to Detroit. The fourth is in the rebel ser
vice, and was arrested in one of the small
towns on the Hudson river. No information
in regard to his case is vouch-safed by the au
thorities, except that he is one of the pirates.
From information since received it i3 now
certain that not more than six or eight per
sons were engaged in the attempt to burn this
city- One of the ‘ number set fire to two ho
tels, while a second fired Lovejoy’s hotel and
Barnum’s Museum. The prisoners have been
lodged in Fort Lafayette, and a court martial,
to consist of the following officers, has been
formed to try them :
President, Brig. Gen. Fitz Henry Warren, U
SV ; Brig Gen W H Morris, U S V ; Col M S
Howe, 3d U 8 cavalry ; Col H Day, USA;
Beevet Lt Col R F O’Beirne, 14th Infantry;
Major G W Wallace, 6th U S Infantry ; Major
G' W Wallace, 6th U S Infantry ; Major John
A Bolles, Judge Advocate.
It is stated that the sessions of the court
will be held at Fort Lafayette.
The Pope—Answer to the Confederate
Manifesto. —The Index publishes the sub
joined reply of the Pope to the manifesto of
the Confederate States:
Hon. Gentlemen:—Mr. Soutter has handed
me your letter of November llth, with which,
in conformity to the instructions of your Go
vernment, you have sent me a copy of the ma
nifesto issued by the Congress of the Conted*
erate States and approved by the most honor
able President, in order that the attention of
the Government of the Holy See, to whom, as
well as to the other Governments, you have
addressed yourselves, might be called to it.—
The sentiments expressed in the manifesto,
tending as they do to the cessation of the
most bloody war which still rages in your
countries, and to the putting an end to the
disasters which accompany it by proceeding
to negotiations for peace, being entirely in ac
cordance with the disposition and character
of the august head of the Catholic Church, I
did not hesitate a moment in bringing it to
the notice of the Holy Father. His Holiness,
who had been deeply afflicted by the accounts
of the frightful carnage of this obitinate
struggle, has heard with satisfaction the ex
pression of the same sentiments. Being the
vicar on earth of that God who is the author
of peace, he yearns to see their wraths appeas
ed and peace restored. In proof of this he
wrote to the Archbishops of New York and
New Orleans as far back as October 19, 1862,
inviting them to exert themselves in bringing
about this holy object. You may then, honor
able gentlemen, feel well assured that when
ever a favorable occasion shall present itself,
His Holiness will not fail to avail himself of
it, to hasten so desirable a result, and that all
nations may be united in the bonds of charity.
In acquainting you with thi3 benignant dis-' i
position of the Holy Father, I am pleased to |
declare myself, with sentiments of the most i
distinguished esteem,
Truly your servant,
G. Card. Antonelli.
Rome, Dec. 2, 1864.
Messrs. A. Dudley Mann, J. M. Mason, and
John Slidell, Commissioners of the Confed
erate States of America, Paris.
Spirit op our Southern Girls. — A “Geor
gia Girl,” whose letter appears in the Macon
Telegraph and Confederate, closes with the
following passage, which exhibits the spirit
of our Southern girls :
Although we suffered much—although we
have been overrun and stripped of all the lux
uries and many of the necessaries of life, still
we are hopeful—not depressed—not despond
ing—not, by far, subdued. ’Tis true, the sky
is dark, the clouds are threatening, tne winds
are high, the billows rough ; yet our tempest
tossed bark will outride the storm ; the pilot
is at the helm ; the maddened waves crush us
not: there is light in the distance—port is
nigh. Ere long these menacing clouds shall
be dissipated, the billows will diminish into
ripples, and our gallatfl bark dance merrily
over the waves We shall yet be free ! No
tyrant shall oppress us—liberty shall be en
joyed, and peace restored.
A Sharp* Critique —Shakspeare never re
eeived a keener criticism than that made by an
old sea captain, who figures in Feiton s Familiar
Letters from Europe. The author says :
Last night I read some passages from the Mid
summer Night’. Dream to the captain, When I
came to the description of the mermaid ri ling
upon the dolphin’s hack, he prenouced it a hum
bug: “ Tne dolphin # back is as sharp a? a razor,
and no mermaid coui 1 nossibly ride tae beast un
leas she had first 3a-i ieL him.” Se Sbadsneare
was caught napping here.
f SIX DOLLARS
l PER MOUTH.
Asa Hartz to Gen. Sherman.
NO. XXXII.
Gentle Warrior: The sweet young fomale
patriot of the Confederacy, who periodically
bathes my classic brow, has just left my bed
side in the 290 Hospital. Before leaving, she
informed me that you intend to come up this
way in a short time if not sooner.
Mr. Sherman, don't do it.
I caanot say, my hero, that you occupy the
the most loving comer in my hart of Hartz,
nor that you are a particularly proper bosom
companion of my uncle J. D. or old Blizzard;
still I iike you with muchness, and do not
wish you to take a contract which you cannot
fill. Appreciate duly the kind motives which
govern me in this, my gallant Yank, and do
justice to the affectionate heart of your con
siderate trump.
My hero, I don't know if you are aware of
the fact, but this section of the once great
United States is engaged in a war—a war of
some magnitude, too —and all the little annoy
ances incident to a condition of war prevail
to a certain extent here. The means of trans
portation are not so abundant us they might
have fteen had peace continued and rail road
companies multiplied. Provisions in sections
where there is a scarcity, are not so plentifal
as they would be if there were more of them.
The people all along the route, by you
may be reasonably expected to travel, do not
fancy your peculiar style. Fondly believing
you are not a good egg, and, and'tbar you are
not over nice respecting the matevials of which
your fires are built, they will very naturally
place obstructions in your vray, and might
even so far forget what is due Southern hos
pitality as to fire at you with ball cartridge.
They are simple-minded creatures, my gallant
warrior, and don't know any better.
I mention these little things, magnificent
Yank, as but a small portion of the difficulties
which will make your visit anything but plea
sant. They are by no means the most promi
nent. Let me tell you a little story :
There was a gallant and festive ebap.froui
Florida who used to answer roll call in Block
14, Mess 2. He was a member of
Rangers, my hero, and as such broke into the
prison block aforesaid like a man. He had
the bad taste to dislike his quarters, and was
simple enough to entertain a desire for free
dom. So, one day he thought of a plan to
break out, and all unknown to the other Lap
stones, put it into execution. Time passed
on, and the day arrived on which he fondly
hoped to leave the prison walls. He started,
my Western hero, but didn’t go far before he
ran hi3 head against an ounce of lead —and
stopped. The lady he used to board with never
got another letter from him. He sleeps now
where I never wish to visit again, and he
doesn’t care for the cold.
My hero, the chap referred to undertook a
journey unadvisedly, and never made the trip
In view of his fate, and applying it to your
own case, allow mo to repeat with gentle firm
ness— don’t come.
Should you rashly conclude to follow the
bent of your own judgment, my worthy con
queror, and try to come anyhow, take advice
founded upon experience, and eschew all rail
road lines. If you undertake the trip by rail,
you will die of old age before you reach Dan
ville. Danville, my sweet General, is suppos
ed to be in the bosom of the mother of States,
a geographical fact open to doubt, and but
for the extremely cold temperature whioh
prevailed there the last time your trump pass
ed through, liable to the imputation of being
in the bosom of the Father of Lies. Don’t
stop at Danville, Mr. Sherman, unless you’ve
made your peace with and settled with
your laundress. A night there would be an
infliction too great for my worst enemy to
bear.
Finally, if you will come, my gentle war
rior, bring your dinner and stay a week. *
You will find me at the 290 Hospital in Co
lumbia, where I am engaged in the highly in
teresting pastime of robbing the cradle and
the grave. I have sacked fifteen cradles in
the last sixteen days, and interred all the spoils
except one—an interesting infant of 75 sum
mers. lam saving him, my hero, to start a
new graveyard with near Charlotte, in the
State of North Carolina.
Don’t forget to call on Generals Hardee,
Beauregard, Johnston, Hill, Taylor, Bragg,
and other gentlemen of military instincts, as
you come by. They are a jolly and interest
ing set, and will entertain you in a highly
satisfactory manner—to themselves
Remember me, soothingly, to your chief
commissary.
Yours, in a suggestive way,
Asa Haktz.
290 Hospital, Jan. 23.
The Exemption Bill.—The Richmond Dispatch
of Jan. 24th say3 that the House of Representatives
has passed an exemption bill, whieh provides radi
cal changes in the present exemption law. It re
peals absolutely the fifteen negro law; provides that
no nyail contractor under forty-fi7e Jyears of age
shall be exempt, and limits the power of detail
hitherto vested in the hands of the President and
Secretary of War. We have no reason to believe
the bill in its present form will pass the Senate.—
The sense of the Senate, as recently incidentally
expressed in debate, is in favor of leaving untouched
the law now in force.
Food for Lee’s Army.
We find the following in the Augusta Constitu
tionalist of the 31st ult.:
An appeal to the citizens of Georgia and South
Carolina in the counties and Districts adjacent to
Augusta for provisions for Gen. Robert E. L ;e’s
army.
We the undersigned, having been appointed in
pursuance to orders from Gen. Robert E. Le •, a
committee to collect supplies for this army, agree to
purchase, receive, pay for promptly and turn over
to the proper Government officers for immediate
shipment, the following articles of provisions. at the
prices annexed, to-wit;
Bacon, prime, hog round, $6, per pound ;
Pork, prime, dry salted, hog round, $5 per pound;
Pork, prime, unsalted nett, $3 per pound ;
Flour, S3OO to $350 per barrel ;
Corn, shelled,; sacks;returned or furnished $25
per bushel.
The above prices will rule until the Ist day of
March.
Provisions sent to any one of the committee will
receive prompt and personal attention.
Neither the provisions, nor teams nor drivers em
ployed, will be interfered with by impressing officers.
It is earnestly hoped that producers will respond
at once to this call of our peerless General.
H H Hickman, J M Newby,
Jas T Pace, B H Warren,
T J Jennings, Ant. Poullain,
Wm Gregg, Jr.. T W CHICHESTER.
W H Potter,
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances of Lieut. A. M.
Kimbrough, and of Mrs. Pwidgeway, are invitei to
attend the funeral of the former at the residence’ of
the latter on Sunday evening, the sth inst., at 3
o’clock. feb 4 It
——— _"-1 ILJJ.■
BY MYERS, WATSON & C 0„
ROBERT MYERS, Auctioneer.
WILL SELL AT 11 O'CLOCK
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 6tli. 1863,
In front of our Store.
1 Likely Woman and two Children,
15 Shares Bank of Columbus Stock.
20 Boxes Manufactured Tobacco,
2,000 Florida Cigars,
1 Cooking Stove,
1 Sewing Machine,
Lot-Dry Goods, Hardware,
Ready-Made' Clothing, &c.
ALSO,
1 Likely Mule, 4 years old,
2 Carriage Horses,
Lot of Crockery.
20 Bags Flour,
2 Gold Watches.
1 Silver Watoh, and many other ar-.
tides,
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For Chattahoochee.
The steamer Jackson wi’l leave for ‘be above
and interaie.r i-e landings, ®undiy m >rn : » at
9 o’clock D F«y.
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