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DIRECTORY
For Government Officers in this City.
COL. LEON VON ZINKEN, Commanding
Post —Headquarters iu the “Winter ‘Building,"
East side Broad Str>:et, nearly opposite Express
Office.—Staff, Lieut. 3. ISIDORE QUILLET
Post A jc.——Capt. T. 8. FRY, Post Inspector.
Ordnance Department*
Col. M. 11. WRIGHT, Commanding Govern*
ment Works—Office corner Oglethorpe and St.
Clair Streocs, over Post Office.
Major F. O. HUMPHREYS, Executive Officer,
Columbus Arsenal—Office over Post Office.
Maj JA MBS HARDING, in Charge of Armo' j
ry—Office ac Pistol Factory on Oglethorpe Street-, j
between Franklin and Bridge.
Lieut. J. M. MULDEN, Jr„ M. 8. K.—Office
at Ordnance escort) House, near City Cemetery.
Quartermaster's Department.
F. W. DILL \ RD, Q. M.—Chief Quarter
masters Office, East side ot Broad Street, oppo,
eire Union Bank. 1
Maj. A B. RAGAN, Army Paymaster—Office I
in same buiidiag with Post Commandant.
Capi. B. F- BOMAR, A. Q. M. Post Paymas- j
rer—Office West side of Broad Street, opposite j
Wa'ker Hospital.
Capt. J. A REDD, A. Q. M.> Post Quarter- i
master —Office No. 82, East side Broad Street.
Cape. 11. D. COTHRAN, A. Q. M. in charge of
Transportation and Forage—Office West side of
Broad Street, opposite Waiter Hospital.
Capt. J. T. PEYTON, A. Q. M., Depot Q-
M —Uffioo oti Randolph Street, one door East ot
Daily Time** office.
Capt. J. F. COOPER, A. Q. M., Tax in Kind
Q. M. Bth Cong, of Georgia—Office West side of
Broad Street, 3d door below Agency Marine Bank.
Commissary Department
Maj. A M ALLEN, O S, District Commisaa*
ry—Office at Alabama Warehouse, on Front St,
Capt, J II GRAYBILL, ACS, Post Commis
sary—Office corner Broad and St; Clair Streets.
Capt. G H FULKERSON, Piovost Marshal—
Office one door North of Post Commandant’s Jol
fice.
Medical Department.
Surgeon 3 H STOUT, Medical Director of
Hospitals—Office West side of Forsyth Street,
between Bryan and Franklin,
Surgeon S M BEMIS, Assistant Medical Di*
rector of Hospitals,
Surgeon G B DOUGLAS, Senior Surgeon of
Post—Office on Randolph Street, between Broad
and Front.
Surgeon C. TERRY, Surgeon in charge of
Walker Hospital, comer of Broad and Bryan
Streets.
Surgeon R P HUNT, Surgeon in charge of
Lee Hospital, corner of Broad and Randolph
Streets.
Surgeon T A MEANS, Surgeon in charge of
Marshall Hospital, Court House Building, on
Oglethorpe Street.
Surgeon R L BUTT, Surgeon in charge Cairns
Hospital, at Camp Montgomery, just North oi
:he City,
Rev. G, W. STICKNEY, Chaplain Post, Resi
dence corner Forsythe and Thomas streets ;~o&n
usually be found at office Commandant Post.s
Conscript Department ,J
Capt, W S DAVIS, Inspector for 3d Cong.
Dist.—Office at Lowell Warehouse, on Randolph
Street.
Capt. W A COBB, Enrolling Officer, Musco*
gee County.—Office at Lowell Warehouse.
Examining Board for 3d Cong. Dist.—Surgeon
P B MINOR, ROBT. W PARK and W T ABR A
HAMS—Office at Lowell Warehouse.
Chief Engineer—J H WARNER, CSN in
charge of Naval Iron Works—Office opposite
Lower Bridge.
Capt. G H HAZLEHURST, Engineer's De
partment—Office on Mclntosh Street, between
Bryan and Randolph.
of Schedule.
, \.4 and alter Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains on
>' the '■•useogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
ue&ve -Columbus § §0 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 2 50 P. M.
,eavc Macon § 50 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus PP 4"
Arrive at Columbus w! LV CLARkf'
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee 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 WeR Point will
Leave Montgomery at
Leave West Point at 7.10 a. m.
Arrive at Columbus at 5.32 p. m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at *:UU p-m.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p.m.
freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:10 a m.
4 D. H. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng;
ag27lß64—tf _
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
,\V and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
*1 Run Daily (Sunday excepted,! as follows.
Passenger Train
Leave Girard at...... 1 30 p^in.
Arrive in Union Springs 6 UO
Leave Union Springs..*. yS £> a. m.
Arrive in Girard at to **•
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at b 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS.
aglßtf Eng. Agup’L.
W.A. HSTTIEID .
4 N OVERSEER. One without family, who has
A lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for
Mef<! ROBERT R. HOWARD.
Apply Beynolds, Taylor County.
MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS.
nov2l-tf Columbus, da,
WAITED!
r aaa LBS. ofTALLOW, for which a liberal price
o>„ . v will bo paid. Apply to DILL ARDi
gp Y t s Major and Q. M,
YAMS and OSIfABIIR^S
TO EXCHANGE FOR *
0-ROXJ]Sri> PEAS,
At th. grant factory.
dee 17 ts ’
To Hire.
. T TTr-c'T y sixteen year old house GIRL, that has
A w&rsA .“,r r '«n ““amu*.?
tion and is fond of children. I OFFICE.
jan 27 ts . r —'
CITY FOUNDRY!
SUGAR MILLS AND KETTLES!
WE HAVE OF HAND
sugar Mills and Kettles,
k.1din.20,35, «.ofSjOT
Wjl exchange for Provisions or terms . Orders
Produ’s or ®on^ o |n T v£y M Lb«^ E t NN Y k CO .
Colv. ". J-u. 20, ts
jSTOTIOB.
or™,
ALL persons having demands against th« estate of
A Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
'srys”* o®* 0 ®*® 1 " 1 JO& j. grant.
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory.
Lost or Mislaid.
POUR SHARES of the G. 4A. S. S. Cos., No
" 160, in favor ol Mrs. J. L. Wjkon. a » »vt
aov 30 ts D. A J. i- GRANT.
VOL. XII.}
SPECIAL NOTICES
Circular from General Fee.
Headquarters Army or Virginia, 1
J anuary 16, 1864. j
To the Planter* of Georgia :
The recent heavy freshets having destroyed a por
tion of the Railroad from Danville to Greensboro,
and thereby cut off, supplies
for the Army of Northern Virginia, an appeal is re
spectfully made to the patriotic people of Georgia to
furni.-h whatever breadstuff's, bacon and molasses
they can spare.
Such citizens as J/iijor /liien, of Columbus, Major
George Robertson, of Macon and Major H. Cranston,
of Augusta, in.;y 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. LEE, General.
Office Dist. Commissary, i
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 fears to trust Gen. Lee ?
The following are my agents :
A F Johnston, Hamilton,
T A Brown, Geneva,
Maj. Geo. Robertson, Capt. A O Bacon, Macon,
U B Harrold, Americus,
Maj. J D Maney, Cuthbert,
J J McKendree, Jolumbus,
Capt J A Houser, Ft- Valley,
Charles Wilson, Thomaston,
B Pye, Forsyth,
Geo Hill, Florence,
Capt J A Davis. Albany.
Embracing their sub-agents in their districts.
A. M. ALLEN.
feb3 lw Major and C. S.
Enquirer copy.
Office of the Georgia Home )
Insurance Company, >
Columbus, Ga., Fob. 4, 1865, J
• Dividend No. 8.
The Directors of this Company, have declared a
dividend of five dollars per share on he Capital
stock payable at the Company’s office on end after
Wednesday, Bth inst.
feb7 6t D. F. WILLCOX, Sec’y.
Headquarters, Gov. Works, (Ord.) \
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 31, 1865.*
Wanted to Exchange.
Pig and Wrought Iron, suitable for Plantation
purposes, for Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Corn and other
produce. Apply at office of
M. H. WRIGHT,
febl lOt 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 A ALLEN.
WARNOCK & CO.,
GREENWOOD A GRAY,
HUGHES A HODGES,
POWELL, FRAZER A CO.,
CODY A COLBERT,
J. R. IVEY A CO.
Jan 31 2w
A PROCLAMATION
To the Officers and Members of
the General Assembly.
In conformity to the Resolution of the General
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. in,,
on Wednesday the 15th day of February next.
Given uudcr 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 copy
jan 27 td
Aotice.
Southern Express Company, I
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 9, 1865.1
Persons owning freight shipped by the Southern
Express Company, that is detained in this city, and
other places, in consequence of damage donoito rail
roads by the Federal armies, and which cannot be
forwarded to destination in consequence thereof,
arc 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 lin Acting Pres.
S®, Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Mobile and
Selma papers copy one month.
For Exchange or Sale.
* T the office of the "Southern Iron Works.’’near
A the new bridge, the following articles of Hard
ware which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon.
Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other articles
of Psoviiions or Confederate currency, viz:
Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan
taSugar vfills 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 Chames and Plough Mouldy.
Orders for Castings and Machine work
eX6CUtOd - JOHN D. GRAY A CO.
Regular Liue of Steamers on the
Chattcboocbee River.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
rIE Steamer]Jackson, Daniel Fry, Master, wi!
leave Columbus, until further notice, every -.un
day at'9 a. m. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 p. m. |
The Steamer Indian, 0. D. Fry Mastcr
Columbus every Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. ne
turnmg, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at
2 A. M*
The Steamer Mist, A. Fry Master, leaves Coluin
bSSSS »• *■ RrtwmiM leases Chat*
tahooche every Sunday at 1a m.
j an 10 2m
Dr. R-
DEITTIST,
,* T Pemberton A Carter’s old stand, back room 01 '
A Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours. 00 !
For Sale.
A FINE LARGE COW with a young Calf.—
at Warehouse of WARNOCK k CO.
For^ale.
00 a ACRES OF WOOD LAND 2M miles njrth-
DZv west from Crawford, Russell county. Ala.
Titles warrented. Apply to J()HX McCARTY ,
jan 28 ts Columbus, Ga
FOR SALES!
TTTAGON HARNESS. COLLARS. HAMES. Ac.
" !,,b “ r .
feb 4 lm Masonic Hall, upstairs.
• Jlegroes to Hire.
fTO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good
I Cook and Washer. Affto WOOLFOLK.
jan 17 ts
COLUMBUS, GA. SUNDAY, FEB, 12. 1860.
DAILY TIMES.
EVENING EDITION.
SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 11, 1865.
Change of Publication Day.
The Times will, hereafter, be published on
> Sunday mornings instead of Monday as here
tofore.
Gen W. T Wofford. —We learn, says the
Atlanta Intelligencer, 9th, that this gallant
officer, to whom the command of Northern
Georgia has been assigned, for purposes to
which we referred in Tuesday morning’s issue
of this paper, has arrived in our city from
Bartowville, where he has been for some few
days. His efficiency, energy, and popularity,
in that suffering section of our State will soon
promote, we have no doubt, a great change
for the better, and' restore confidence among
the loyal inhabitants thereof.
What Kind of Peace. —The Peace which
Lincoln and Seward proposed to our Commis
sioners may be known from the following reso
lution of the Yankee Congress :
“Resolved, by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives in Congress assembled, That no
j negotiation, terms of settlement, or conces
| sion, or compromise, be entered into, proposed,
! yielded or made with the rebels, directly or
indirectly, until they have manifested their
implicit and unconditional submission to the
authorities of the government; and further,
that however much peace may be desired, the
present war must be waged with all the re
sources and energy of the government, until
said submission shall be secured, and the su
premacy of the Constitution and the laws es
tablished over the entire territory of the Uni
thed States, as heretofore claimed.”
Sale of Autographs. —At an antiquarian
sale in Washington city, an autograph letter
of Lafayette to Mr. Madison was sold for
$16.50; the signature of Napoleon Bonaparte
brought $8.50 ; a letter from William Henry
Harrison brought $5.50 ; John Hancock’s au
tograph, $6.50; Von Humboldt’s autograph,
$4.75; a letter from Andrew Jackson, $6;
a letter from Thomas Jefferson to Lafayette,
$9; Thomas Jefferson’s address to the Tam
many Society, $5.50; the autograph of Tous
saint L’Ouverture, $5.50.
While the Prince of Wales was at Hebron
he and his suite obtained permission to visit
the Cave of Machpelah, Abraham’s burial
place. They are the first Christians who have
been allowed to enter it since the Crusades,
nearly seven hundred years ago. Dr. Stanley
says everything is kept in the most beautiful
order, and nothing could be more satisfactory
than the state in which the tombs are pre
served. Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph,
Sarah, Rebecca and Leah are buried there.
General Lee as Commander-in Chief.—The
country and the army will be delighted to hear
that Gen. Robert E. Lee was on yesterday nomi
nated by the President and confirmed by the Sen
ate, as Commander-iu-Chief of the Confederate ar
mies. We do not doubt that he will yield to the
call thus made upou him, and enter without delay
upon his enlarged sphere of duty, retaining per
sonal command, however, of the army of North
ern Virginia.
Let our whole people and our government, in
all its department?, rally to the support of General
Lee in the position to which he has been thus ap
pointed, with all the resources and all the zeal
and energy at our command. We must not ex
pect him to do our fighting, but to direct it; not
to render unnecessary our own efforts, but to en
courage them, to guide them, and apply them.
We stand on the threshold of a stern campaign.
Soon we shall be busy amid its trying scenes. As
we love our country, let us not lose another day of
those which remain to us for preparation. Let
the most efficient means be adopted for gathering
in the absentees from our armies, for bringing in
recruits, for wholesome reorganization, for provi
ding supplies and munitions, and for putting forth
our whole strength. We have called General Lee
to the command, let us heed his counsels and
second his efforts.
We have the material for an admirable cam- |
paign. We have a noble and powerful army. We
have abundant supplies. We are less straitened
for munitions after four years of war than we were
in the first campaign. We can do great things if
we will apply ourselves to the work like men.
We trust that every bickering will new b* bushed,
and that there will be among us enly a noble emu
lation which shall best serve his country, and best
support our leaders. —Richmond Sentinel. Ist.
A Short Lived Sensation.—The war spirit snuf
fed in a considerable martial breeze yesterday
morning, and the old military fogies about town
immediately set about making themselves illustri
ous. Fortunately, the city escaped the usual sub
jugation by the early explosion of the sensation, ac
cording to which the Brooke turnpike was alive
with Yankees. It appears that a demonstration
was begun by the enemy on Monday night, on the
left of our lines, but abandoned after a reconnois
sance yesterday morning. The enemy intended
simply, it is said, to make a sortie on our picket
lines, in retaliation for a like favor a few nights ago
from our side. With the retirement of the demon
strating force, the excitement in town subsided.—
The season of raids is approaching, and it is to be
hoped that the new Secretary of War will see that
on every occasion of this kind in which Richmond
is directly interested the city is not turned np-side
down about it. — Richmond Enquirer, Ist.
Official Dispatch from General Grant.— City
Point, Va., Jan. 28.1864—10 p. m.—Hon. E. M. Stan
ton, Secretary of War: One of my staff has just re
turned from Fort Fisher, with dispatches from Gen.
Terry, from which I extract the following :
"On the 16th the enemy blew up Forts Caswell
and Campbell, and abandoned them and the works
on Smith’s Island, and those at Smithville and on
Reeves’s Point. These places were occupied by the
navy. The number of guns captured amounts to one
hundred and sixty-two.
"A large number of small arms also fell intolour
hands, besides quantities of ordnance and commis
sary stores. Our casualties prove smaller than at
first reported. They foot up thus—l 2 officers and
107 men killed; 40 officers and 495 men wounded.”
(Signed) U. S. GRANT, Lt. Gen.
E. M. Stanton. Sec’y of War.
The Black Republican Peace Prktenc*.—
! Under the above eaptlcm, we find the subjoined
paragraph in the New York News of a recent
1 date :
Gustavus A. Henry, of Tennessee, is a man
! whose reputation is as broad as the Old L nion.
A Whig Unionist at the time of Clay, he has al-
I wavs been a man of moderation and conaerva
l tism. A descendant of one of the glories of the
revolution. Patrick Henry, he possesses like him,
many of the highest gifts of oratory. A Senator
: from Tennessee, he is perhaps one *1 the ablest,
i and he is certainly one of the most moderate mer
! in the Confederate Congress. The determination
I es the Southern people to fight for the rights es
j their States against every attompt of Federal cen*
! tralization, can, therefore, be proved in no way
! more conclusive than that such a man as Gustavus
! Henry, an eld Unionist, a statesman, a man of
i thought and moderation, should have introduced
! into the Confederate Senate as he did a few days
ago. a resolution of such calm and we must cou
i fess, grand defiance as the following :
“Resolved, That the time has come when the
I Confederate Cengress. in the name of the people
of tbs Confederate States, de«ai u preper again
to proclaim to the world their unalterable deter
mination to be free, and that they do not abate
one jot of their high resolve to die freemen rather
than live slaves; and further, if the people of the
Lnited States, by re electing Abraham Lincoln,
means te tender to them four years more of war,
or reunion with themoD any terms, deeply depre
cating the dire necessity so wantonly thrust upon
them, and relying opon the justice of their cause
and the gallantry of their soldiers, they accept
the gage of battle, and leave the result to the
righteous arbitrament of Heaven,”
An “offer” of grandiose amnesty, in the face of
such a declaration of conscious power as that
conveyed in this resolution, were at best but. a
shallow trick.
♦ ——-
Latest frtm the United States.
the New York Tribune of the 26th has been
received.
Gold advanced to 207 on the 24ih and clos
ed at 205.
,
THE SHENANDOAH STILL DESTROYING.
A dispatch from Fortress Monroe says that
! the Confederate steamer Shenandoah has de
j stroyed several American merchantmen along
I the eoast of Brazil, in consequence of which
vescels bound to the United States were ob
| taining British registers so as to enable them
to sail under British colors.
BLOCKADE RUNNERS ON THEIR GUARD.
The blockade runner Owl succeeded in
reaching Fort Caswell the night it was evacu
ated, and immediately returned to Bermuda,
arriving on the 21st with the news of the cap
ture of Fort Fisher, and stopping the Maud
Campbell, Old Dominion, Florence, Deer, and
Virginia, all ready to sail. The Charlotte and
Stag sailed for Wilmington at the same time
with the Owl; and the Rattlesnake, Charnel
ion aad Stag, between the 13th and 20th, and
had not since been heard from.
MORE EXILES. '
A St. Louis dispatch says :
Gen. Sanborn, commanding the district of
Southwest Missouri, has banished 48 families
and 100 other men and women to a distance
of 50 miles, outside of his district, tor feeding
and harboring guerillas and bushwhackers.
The parties are to leave the district by the
20th of February, on penalty of arrest and
punishment.
BUTLER TO BE EXONERATED.
A special dispatch to the Evening Post says:
“The committee on the Conduct of the War
have completed the investigation of General
Butler’s couduot in the first attack on Wil
mington. Their report will soon be presented
to the House, and will completely exonerate
the general.
Some of the facts of Butler’s defence of his
character are interesting. Butler started on
his enterprise against Fort Fisher with 6,500
troops and six small pieces of artillery. Terry
had nearly 15,000, besides the help of 2,000
marines, and also a siege train. Butler lan
ded with only 2,200 men, and was immediate
ly engaged by the Confederates—the storita
prevented the landing of more troops; Terry
landed 8,000, in a calm, and not a Confeder
ate near, and improved the opportunity to en
trench himself, having nearly three days for
the purpose and to prepare himself for the
assault. The fleet co-operated with Terry in
a manner which protected Terry and dam
aged the Confederates ; in Butler’s case the
fleet did no good to him and no harm to the
Confederates. With the guns of the fort si
lenced, Terry could not take it after two hours
hard fighting, with an assaulting column of
6,000, and had to bring in a fresh brigade of
3,000 before heeaccomplisbed the work. But
ler wisely declined the job with an assaulting
force of only 1,200 and 1,000 forming a thin
line to protect his rear. Porter’s column of
2,000 marines were checked and driven back
in disorder from the “least difficult side” of
the fort. ’ How could it be expected that But
ler with 1,200 could gain anything on the
most difficult side.
THE FIRE IN TH* SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE.
The fire in the Smithsonian Institute had
probably been smoldering four days in the
loft at tbe west end of the main building. The
pipe of a stove had 'been placed in a flue in
tbe south wall, and their a joist running
directly into this flue. But four or five pic
tures were saved from this Gallery. “The
Dying Gladiator” (a copy by John Gott) was
utterly ruined, crushed to pieces and burned
to lime. The books and records in the Re«
gent’s room, over the south door of the build
ing, including the effects of the founder of the
building, James Smithson, consisting of silver
plate, the library of Bishop Johns, of Va., and
the Beaufort (S. C.) library, placed in the in
stitution by the Governor for sate keeping,
were totally destroyed.
The sarcophagus brought from Syria by
Commodore Elliot for President Jackson was
damaged. The large collection presented to
the Institute by Dr. Robert Hare, of Phila
delphia, was mostly destroyed. Some that
was got out was broken and many of the
pieces are. missing. In the offices over the
north front entrance, with but little exception,
all the correspondence of the institution and
a large number of back reports were burned.
The east wing was not in the least injured,
although the staircase leading from the Pro
fessors’ apartments to the apparatus room was
several times in flames. The lecture room
is gutted completely. The towers on the
north front appear to be cracked, and some
of the walls are warped. The library in che
east end was uninjured, and much of the ap
paratus having been stored below iB also
saved. There was no insurance on the build
ing or effects.
LATEST FROM MEXICO.
A French paper of Mexico reports the Re
publican army under Porfirio Draz to number
8,000 men with 65 pieces of artillery. He is
said to be now supported by a large portion
of the church party, who have advanced the
cause of the Empire where Maximilian has
ratified the past sales of church property and
introduced religion toleration. A Consul
General of the Mexican Empire has been ap
pointed at Havana, who made a demand upon
the Consul General of the Mexican Republic
for the archives, but, of course, met with a
pointed refusal. The steamer Harriet Lane
was on the 18th of January found to be on
fire, bhe was towed ashore and scuttled.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A number of Philadelphians have purchased
a four story double front house on Chesnut
street, in that city, as a permanent residence
for Gen. Grant and family. It cost over
$30,000.
A meeting was held at Cooper Institute,
New York, on the night of the 25th, in be
half of the “suffering blacks,” liberated by
Sherman's army. The reports of the affair
say it was very thinly attended and deplore
the lack of popular sympathy.
Horace Cushing. & well known broker,
jumped out of a second story window ~ New
York on the 25tb, and killed himself. “Men
tal aberation.”
The New Yorkers are in excitement because
they are called upon to furnish twenty, thous
and instead of fair thousand men, under tbe
new draft. Lincoli, it seem 9. will not credit
them with their surplus.
Everett's Last Letters.
MR. EVF.RETT TO MR. ROBERT BONNER.
Boston, Dec. 30, 1864.
My Dear Robert; Having been hard at work
all day, I sit down by way of relaxation, late
in the evening, to have a little chat with you.
I am rejoiced to hear that the Ledger is do
ing, as you say, “remarkably well. * * *
I do, 1 assure you, take great satisfaction in
the thought, that, through your columns, 1
speak to so large an audience, and occasional
ly with good effect. What are four thousand
persons in Faneuil Hall compared with the
numbers who read the Ledger? 1 often're
ceive letters of acknowledgment. * * *
With respect to the French mission, it has
been occasionally mentioned to me, never by
me except at this moment, in writing to you.
Unless our ministers now abroad are recalled
it is not likely that Massachusetts, which has
now three full ministers, will be allowed to
have another. Even if they should come
home, there are other Massachusetts men who
will do what I shall not—seek the place by
themselves or friends. In fact, I am very
doubtful whether I should accept it if offered
to me. I have been ten years in Europe. I
am in my seventy-first year. I don’t want the
salary. I refused two year’s ago to go abroad
on a confidential mission to all the leading
courts, with leave to*stay as long as I thought
expedient in each* capital*: to have a secretary
and an allowance equal to the highest salary.
It is true I was not to have a regular commis
sion, but I was to have a plenary credential
from the President and a letter from the Secre
tary of State to all the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs. Having declined this when urged
upon me, you can judge whether I am very
eager to go abroad or very likely to solicit
any office. Ido not wish these things pub
lished now; but when I am gone you can
affirm them on good authority. In the mean
time my moderation is pot likely, on this oc
casion, to be put to the test, for there is not
the least probability that the office will be
offered me.
Ever sincerely, yours,
Edward Everett.
Robert Bonner , Esq.
MR. KVBRETT TO MRS. WISE.
Boston, January 13, 1865.
I have yours of the Bth. lam just recov
ering from a pretty severe attack of' illness,
which has kept me in bed most of the time
since Monday. On Monday morning I was at
.the court room two and a half hours, testify
ing. 1 then went to Faneuil Hall, which was
cold, and, till my turn came, I sat in a draft
of air. When I got through—though I spoke
but half an hour—my hands and feet were as
ice, and ray lungs on fire. In this agreeable
condition I had to go and pass three hours in
the court room. This finished me I came
home, sent for Hayward, and went regularly
to work. I hardly left my bed next day. I
have barely weathered an attack of pneumo
nia, which was an oldfashioned lung fever.—
Hayward comes twice a day. I have turned
the corner, and as soon as I get a little appe
tite, shake off my carkling cough and get -he
kidneys to resume their action and subdue the
numbness of my limb3, and get the better of
a sharp neuralgic pain iu the left shoulder, I
hope to do nicely. Everett behaves very well,
in the somewhat abnormal condition of the
household. His new sled—the “ Kearsage”—
behaves as well as its namesake. The Arago
has got back to New York, so that I think we
shall get news from Sid to-night. Best love
to husband and babies. Your ever affection
ate papa, E. E.
The “Everett” alluded to is Edward Everett
Wise, a young son of Captain Wise, who was
visiting his grandfather at the time of his
death. “Sid,” also alluded to, is Mr. Everett’s
oldest son, about thirty years of age, a major
in the volunteer service, and now at Beaufort,
South Carolina, serving upon the staff of Gen.
Saxton. Mr. Everett had'three sons and two
daughters by his wife, Charlotte Gray, daugh
ter of the late Hon. Peter C. Brooks, who
died about two years ago. One daughter
died while Mr. Everett was minister to Lon
don, and subsequently he lost a son. Two
sons, Henry Sidney Everett and William Ev
erett, and a daughter, survive him. The latter
is married to Commander Henry A. Wise, ©f
the navy.
A Prophetic View. —ln the life of Col. Geo.
Hanger, written by himself, and published in
London, in 1801, occurs the following proph-*
etic remarks on the future destiny of the
American Union. The writer relates a con
versation that took plaoe at Gen. Dickinson’s
table, at Philadelphia:
“Ju3t,as this war commenced you are go
ing to fight among yourselves, and would
have fought had the British not interfered.
You then, one and all, united against us as
your common enemy, but one of these days
the Northern and Southern powers will fight
as vigorously against each other as they both
have united to do against the British. This
country, when its population shall be comple
ted, is large enough for three great empires.
Look, gentlemen, at this map of it. View
how irregularly the provinces are laid out,
running into each other. Look particularly
at the State of New York ; it extends 150 miles
in length, due north ; and in no place above
15 or 20 miles in breadth. No country can
be said to have a boundary or frontier unless
its exterior limits are marked by an unforda
ble river, or a chain of mountains not to be
passed in particular places. The great finger
of nature has distinctly pointed out three ex
tensive boundaries to your country; the North
river, the first; the Great Potomac, which runs
300 miles from Alexandria to the sea, unford
able, the second; and the Mississippi, the
third and last. When the country of Kentuc
ky is completely settled, and that back coun
try farther on the banks of the Mississippi
shall become populous and powerful, do you
think they will ever be subjected to a Govern
ment seated at Philadelphia or New York, at
the distance of so many hmndred miles? But
such a defection will not happen for a very
long period of time, until the inhabitants of
the country become numerous and powerful.
The Northern and Southern powers will firgt
divide, and contend in arms.”
The Yankees in Milledgeyille. —We find
the following account of the blasphemous pro
ceedings of that portion of the Yankee army
which reveled in and desecrated the balls of
the Capitol at Milledgeville, during Sherman’s
retreat from Atlanta, in the New York Herald
of December 22d:
The State House, when I viMte.i it, present
ed an appearance of devr.*- > and chaoi.
The troops had entered the _ —d Repre
sentative chambers and the offices attached,
and torn up the furniture, scattered the con
tents of drawers about the floor, destroyed the
library and State papers left behind by Gov.
Brown and his associates in their hurried
flight, appropriated to their own use every
thing tbev could carry, cut the trimmings from
tbe windows and reveled in broad sheets of
unsigned State eono* and currenev, several
millions of which found piled up in one
es tbe rooms.
I SIX DOLLARS
l PER MOXTH
Loss OF THK SrFAMF3 RATTLESNAKE —The
line si earner Ktitiio4UM»c, from Nassau, N. P.,
; iu attempting »<> run the blockade off this port
went ashore on L ng Is,and atom 8 o’clock,
Friday morning. She ran ashore about three
! mile? from Battery Mu •‘shall, on Sullivan’s
Island. An un-uccesstui »ffort was made to
lighten her by throwing overboard a portion
of the cargo. Finding Ins exertions hopeless
i the captain ct fire (o the vessel, and with the
passengers and crew landed on Sullivan’s
■ Island. They arrived in the city Friday eve
ning. Ba terr Marshall opened upon the
blocfcader firing on the wreck, and protected
the crew in (heir landing.
The Rattlesnake is said to be the consort of
the Tallahassee. Two thirds of her cargo
were on Government account, and consisted
|of coffee, bacon, Ac. The passengers were
Messrs. Clement C. Clay, jr., Scott and Dewcin.
[Charleston Courier , 4th.
Proclamation by the President.
The Congress of the Confederate States have by a
joint resolution invited me to appoint a day of pub
lic fasting, humiliation and prayer, with thanks
giving to Almighty God.
It is our solemn duty at this time, and more es
pecially in a season of public trial and adv rsity, to
acknowledge our dependence on his mercy, and to
bow in humble submission beforo llis footsool con
testing our manifold sins, supplicating his gracious
pardon, imploring His Divine help, and devoutly
rendering thanks for the many anu great blessings
which he has vouchsafed to ua.
Let the hearts of our people turn contritely and
trustfully unto God, let us recognize in His chast
ening hand the correction of a Father, and submis
sively pray that the trials and sufferings which have
so long borne heavily upon us, may be turned away
by 11 is merciful love; that His sustaining grace be
given to our people, ami Bis divine wisdom impar
ted to our rulers, that the Lora of Hosts will be
with our armies, and tight for us against our entities;
and that He will graciously take our cause into His
own hand and mercifully establish for us a lasting,
just and honorable peace and independence-
And let us not forget to render unto His holy
namo the thanks and praise which are justly due
His great goodness, an 1 for tho many mercies which
He has extended to us amid the trials and sufferings
of protracted and bloody war.
Now, therefore. I, Jefferson Davis, President of
the Confederate States of America, do issue this, my
proclamation, appointing Friday, the l()th day of
March next, as a day of public fasting, humiliation
and prayer, (with thanksgiving,) for “invoking the
favor and guidance of Almighty God,” and I do
earnestly invite all soldiers and citizens to observe
the same in a spirit ol reverence, peuitence and
prayer.
f G Given und*r my hand and the'seal of
-s seal > of the Confederate States, at Richmond
this 26th day of January, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
By the President :
J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State.
Funeral Notice.
Tho funeral services of Capt. Jno. K. Redo will
be preached at the Presbyterian Church Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock.
February 11, 1865—1 t.
Owing to the increased price of Provisions, La
bor and other expenses, the Steamboats on the
Chattahoochee River have been compelled to ad
vance their prices for freight and passage to the fol
lowing rates :
Passage from Columbus to Chattahoochee $75 00
From Chattahoochee to Columbus SIOO 00
Intermediate landings in proportion.
Freights to any point on Chattahoochee River $4 00
per hundred. Measurement Freight $1 25 per cubic
foot.
Capt. 11. WINGATE, Shamrock.
Capt. DAN FRY, Jackson.
Capt. ABE FRY, Indian.
Capt. JOHN COUCH, Mist.
Capt. A. 0. BLACKMAR.MunnerIyn.,
febT—tf
To Printers !
WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
(except Ruling Machine.) two hand PRESSES,
and about
1,000 Pounds of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf
HW GOODS! NEW 6001!!
Ju§t Received.
Fine English LONG CLOTH,
“ Gentlemens’ HALF HOES,
Extra fine BRAID, for Ladies Dresses,
Also, two Barrels COFFEE.
STANFORD & CO.,
feb 10 lw No. 78 Broad Street.
SSOO R.©wardL !
T7OR A LOST TRUNK, lost somewhere between
P Maj field and Milledgeville, marked Coleman,
Augusta, Ga., a flat green Trunk. Please address
Rock Island Paper Mills, Oolumbus, Ga.
Macon Confederate & Telegraph, Milledge
ville Confederate Union, and Augusta Constitu
tionalist, copy three times and send bill to this of
fice. feb 10 3t
HOTEL FURNITURE,
THE best lot of HOTEL FURNITURE in Geor
-1 gia, for sale. Consisting of every article neces
sary for a first class Hotel.
Apply, by letter, or in person to
R. A. McCOMB,
feb 10 2t Milledgeville, Ga.
SIOO Reward.
QTOLEN from the subscriber’s lot in Taylor coun-
O ty, near Howard, Ga., one moderate size sorrel
mare MULE, main roached and tail trimmed. I
will give the above reward for the delivery of the
mule, which was stolen on Saturday night, the 4th
of February, 1865. MARTHA B. MATHEWS,
feb 10 4t*
Confederate Tax Collector**
NOTICE 2
PIE INCOME and SALARY TAX, for 1364, are
now due, and I am instructed to collect them
without delay. All tax-payers will at once come ia
to the office and give in their taxes to the Assessors.
Many of you are now defaulters. Are you going to
force me to visit the penalty of the law on you ?
Numbers of you are doing business without regis
tering. For this the penalty is heavy. Come in
then and do your “duty, and save cost, vexation
and trouble. This is a notice, and a final notice, to
all defaulters. J. A. L. LEE,
feb 10 3t Collector 41st District Ga.
Louisiana Bakery.
THE UNDERSIGNED begs leave to inform the
L citizens of Columbus and vicimiy, that he is now
prepared to furnish BAKERS BREAD of all de
scriptions at as liberal rates as any establishment in
the city. Customers can be daily supplied by call
ing at the Louisiana Saloon or at the store of Dou
tbit Si Cos., old Postoffice corner.
feb 9 lw D. B. CALDWELL. '
ON CONSIGNMENT,
and for sale by
M. P. ELLIS cfc Oo
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
10 Bales Yarns, »
3 “ Usnaburgs,
2 " Hard waste,
15 “ Bagging,
20 Coils Rope,
■ 38 Barrels Cane Syrup,
6 " Superior Sorghum,
2 Tierces Tallow,
120 Sacks Salt,
8 cases Florida Leaf Tobacco.
10,000 Segars,
2 old Copper large size,
100 Hemp Bagging Twine,
—ALSO—
-72 Bales Cotton, in various lats.
feb 11-3t*
MYERS, WATSOtf & CO.,
AUCTIONEERS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
At Hull & Duck’g old stand,
Opposite Bank of Columbus, Broad Srreet.
E&* Personal and prompt attention given
to all consignments.
j Colnmbu3. Ga.. Jan. 21. 1865. jan23 ts
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
One Copper Boiler. 8 feet long.
Five or si x hundred pounds Led Pipe
8 or 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks.
jen 18 ts
Postponed Sale. •
THE SALE of Stock, Ac., advertised to take place
1 on theT't is postponed until Saturday the 12ta.
at 1 o’clock. Conve ances will be at Reynold- for
these wishing te atteau from a disMuce.
:ebll-U C. L. HOW A AD.