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directory
For Government Officers in this City.
COL. LEON VON ZINKEN, Commanding
Post —Headquarters in the “Winter BuiidiDg,”
East side Broad Street, nearly opposite Express
Office.—Staff, Lieut. S. ISIDORE QUILLET,
Post A jt.—C ipt. T. S. FRY, Post Inspector.,;
Ordnance, Department.
Col. M. 11. WRIGHT, Commanding Govern*
nent W rks—Office corner and S':.
Oiair titree's, o»or Post Office.
Major F. G. M t/MPll KEY3, Executive Officer,
Columbus Arsenal—Office over T’oai Office.
Maj JAMES HARDING, in enarge of Armo
ry—Office *n Pistol t ictory on Oglethorpe Street,
between Franklin ani Bridge.
Lieut. J. M. MULDEN, Jr., M. 8. K.—Office
at Ordnance Store House, near City Cemetery.
Quartermaster’s Department.
Maj. F. VV. DILEARD, Q. M.—Chief Quarter
master s Office, East side ot Brood Street, opput
eite Union Bank.
Maj. A B. RAGAN, Army Paymaster—Office
in same butl ling with Post Commandant.
C*p • B t. BOM Alt, A, Q. M. Post Paymas
ter-Office West side of Broad Street, opposite
Wa'ker Hospital.
CApt. J- A REDD, A. Q. il., Post Quarter
master —Office No. 82, East side Broad Street.
Cape. IE D. OOI’HR.iN, A. Q. M. in charge of
Transportation and Forage—Office West side of
Broad Sroe’, opposite Walker Hospital.
Capr. J. T. PEYTON, A. Q. M., Depot Q
M—Office on Randolph Street, ou6 door East ol
Daiiy Timer. office.
dipt. J. F. COOPER, A. Q. M., Tax in Kind
y. M. Bth Oo.ig. ot Georgia—Office VVest side of
Broad dtreof, 3d door below Agency Marine Bank.
Commissary
M*j. A M ALLEN, 0 S, District Commissa
ry—Office at Alabama Warehouse, on Front St.
Cipt, J H GRAYBILL, ACS, Post Commis
sary— tffi.o corner Broad and St. Clair Streets.
Capt. G 11 FULKERSON, Provost Marshal—
Office one door North of Post Commandant’sjof
fiee.
Medical Department.
Surgeou S H STOUT, Medical Director of
Hospitals—Office West side ol Forsyth Street,
between Bryan and Franklin.
Surgeon S M BSMTS, Assistant Medical Di«*
rector ol 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, corner 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 of
:he City,
Rev. G. W. STICKNEY, Chaplain Post, Resi
dence corner Forsythe and Tnornas streets j*can
usually be found at office Commandant Post.
K.samwm Conscript Department.
”Capt. W S DAVIS, Inspector for 3d Cong.
Bist.—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 BARK and W T ABRA
HAMS—Office at Lowell Warehouse.
Chief Engineer—J H WARNER, CSN in
charge ol Naval Iron Works—Office opposite
Lower Bridge.
Capt. G H TIAZLEHURST, Engineer’s De
part mo at—Offioe on Mclntosh Street, between
Hry ,n and R.mdoipn.
Louisiana Bakery.
THE UNDERSIGNED begs leave to inform the
I citizens of Columbus and viciniiy, that he is now
prepared to furnish BAKERS BREAD of all de
scriptions at as liberal rates as any establishment in
the citv. Customers can be daily supplied by call
ing at the Louisiana Saloon or at the store of Dou
'fcbViw < "' i PC '’' < '® o ' C ° r °D. r 'B. PALP WELL.
W.A.JSTX'HjID..
4 N OVERSEER. One without family, who has
A lost an arm in the service, and thereby unht tor
military service preferred. unwATtn
A n pi v to ROBERT R. HOWARD,
1 p y Beynolds, Taylor County.
MRS. Oil AS. J. WILLIAMS,
m>v2l-tf Columbus. «». _
Dr. R- ISOBLE,
DENTIST,
; T I’oinbcrt.ou A Carter’s old stand, back room ot
A Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours.
To Printers !
WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY.
VV (except Ruling Machine,) two hand PREbbES.
and about
1,000 Pouuds of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf
NOTIOB.
°™ au ®lkl
k I>L persons having demands against the estate of
\ Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
resent them to the Grant Factory. AXrT
nov 30tf JOHN J. GRANT.
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory.
. Lost or Mislaid. *
SHARES of the G. & A. S. S. Cos., No
, 30°f a ™ rl> 'i> A J°°j. QUANT.
VARIKS and OSIKABUROS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
ariouND PEAS,
At the GRANT FACTORY.
dec 17 ts ...
To Hire.
A LIKELY sixteen year old house GIRL, that has
bis well Sited, sews "•ll; h f? “ eood
tion nud is fond ot children. OFFICE.
CITY FOUNDRY!
SUGAR MILLS AND KETTLES !
WE HAVE OF HAND
Sugar .Hills and Kettles^
holding 20 35. 40. 60, 80 and 130 gallons, which we
will exchange for Provisions orauyhmdof country
” “WMSSm'
Columbus, Jan. 20, ts ___
r ADA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
O.UUU Will b. paid. Abbott _ dillard ,
sp7 ts Major and Q. M.
FOR SALE.
OOA ACRES OF WOOD LAND 2 V, miles north-
OZU west from Crawford, Russell county. Ala.—
Titles warrent«d. sIPPIJto JOHN MoOA ’*TY.
jan 28 ts Columbus, Ga.
POR SALiH! 2
WAGON HARNESS, COLLARS, HAMES, &c.
VV Also a few setts of HUGGY HARNESS.
Apply to SHERMAN A CO.,
feb 41m Masonic Hall, upstairs.
Hegroes to Hire.
f PO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good
A Cook and Washer. Apply to _ „
Wm. G. WOOLFOLK,
jan 17 ts Agent.
Lumber tor Sale.
TWO CAR loads assorted LUMBER, te be had
fibU lf 2r liedr<,r E. J. MOSES.
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YOL. XII.} COLUMBUS, GA, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15. 1860.
SPECIAL NOTICES
|
To Retired Soldiers !
Headquarters Post, 1
Columbus, Ga-, Feb. 13th, 1865. t
Special Order 8, 1
No. 36. j
***** *
V. All Retired Soldiers who have reported and
filed their descriptive lists in this office, are ordered
( to report on Tuesday the 28th inst., at 9 o’clock, a.
j in., to these Headquarters, for muster.
* * * * * *
By command,
LEON VON ZINKEN,
f Col. Commanding Post,
i Wm. Q. Moses,
Lieut, and Asst. Post Inspector.
febl4-td
Country papers near this Post please copy
to the 25th inst., and send bill to these Headquar
ters.
Headquarters Enrolling Office, - )
Muscogee County, >-
C’olumbus, Ga., Feb. 13, 1865. J
Slave owners of *bis County are hereby notified
that I will bo ready on Monday and Tuesday, 21st
and 22d inst., to receive and receipt for their quota
of slaves, authorized by Act of Congress, approved
Feb. 17th, 1864. Ownors are required to furnish
each slave with one good suit of clothes, one blank
et or bedding and (3) three day’s rations. Those
having furnished their quotas under instruction
from the Secretary of War, Sept. 23d, 1864, will be
credited for the same, upon presentation of their
receipts at these headquarters.
W. A. COBB,
feb 14 td Capt. and Enrolling Officer.
Marshall Hospital, 1
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 13, 1865. j
Rooks Wanted !
I respectfully solicit additional contributions of
Books, Periodicals, &c, to the Library of this Hos
pital.
The importance of such an appeal will be at once
seen and appreciated by all interested in the welfare
of the soldiers of our army.
Any donation, however small, left either at the
office of the Sen. Surgeon of Post, Pease’s Book
Store or at this Hopital, will be most thankfully
received and properly accounted for.
T. A. MEANS,
feb 13 2w Surg. in Charge.
A PROCLAMATION'
To tlie Officers and Members of
tbe 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. m,
on Wednesday the 15th day of February next.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
State this the 25th day of January, 1865.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
&g- All papers in the State are requested to copy
jan 27 td
Notice.
Southern Express Company, 1
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 9, 1865. J
Persons owning freight shipped by the Southern
Express Company, that is detained in this city, and
other places, in consequence of damage done..to rail*
roads by the Federal armies, and which cannot be
forwarded to destination in consequence thereof,
are hereby notified that this Company will not be
responsible 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.
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 s<s 00
From Chattahoochee to Columbus SIOO 00
Intermediate landings in proportion.
Freights to any point on Chattahoochee River $4 00
per hundred. Measurement treight $1 25 per cubic
Capt. H. WINGATE, Shamrock.
Capt. DAN FRY, Jackson.
Capt. ABE FRY, Indian.
Capt. JOHN COUCH, Mist.
Capt.A. O. BLACKMAR.MunnerIyn.
feb7—tf
Regular Line of Steamers on the
Chattahoochee Hlver
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
THE Steamer Jackson, Daniel Fry. Master, wil
leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day at',9 a. m. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 p. m. 1
The Steamer Indian, C. D. Fry Master, leaves
Columbus every Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. Re
turning, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at
2 A. M.
The Steamer Mist, A. Fry Master, leaves Colum
bus every Friday at 9a. m. Returning leaves Lhat
tahooche every Sunday at 12 m.
jan 10 2m .
lEWMDS! IKVMK!!
Just Received.
Fine English LONG CLOTH,
« i' Gentlemens’ HALF HOES,
Extra fine BRAID, for Ladies Dresses,
Also, two Barrels COFFEE.
STANFORD & CO-,
feb 10 lw No. 78 Broad Street.
~For Exchange or Sale.
t T the office of the “Southern Iron Works.” near
A the new bridge, the following article of Hard
ware which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon,
Lard, Wheat, Flour. Fodder, or any other articles
of P-oviiions or Confederate currency, viz:
Barand Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan
taSw Mills and Kettles, of all sizes, from 30 to
and Skillets,
Fry Pans and Andirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades, „
Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds.
19- Orders for Castings and Machine Work
pr a t t l f " <,C “ te<l, JOHN P. GRAY * CO.
Wanted.
T7OR the State of Louisiana TEN Af°! T BDERS.—
JD Wages liberal. Transportation furnished. Ap
ply to M«j.». S. H.rd.»g.of S6sHER.
feb 12 ts Comissioner for Louisiana.
Poeket Book Lost.
S3OO Reward.
A large enameled cloth Money book lost in the
“1
delivery at the Times Office- It was dropped at the
SeatW Febl2tf ingthß ° M J- ROSS
SIOO Reward.
STOLEN from the subscriber’s lot in Taylor conn
tv Howard. Ga.. one moderate sue sorrel
7" s,,j! KlilA B 5 math sws.
feb 10 4t*
DAILY TIMES.
|_ KVKMVI! HIHTHIY
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1865.
Let us Help Lee. —There is no longer any
doubt, says the Meridian Clarion, about the
struggle in the east. All the available men
in the Yankee service are going or have gone
already to Virginia and South Carolina. Grant
is concentrating his entire strength there.—
The comm voders in the West should extend
a co-operating .iand to General Lee. He will
need all the strength that can be thrown in
his favor. Our business should be to hold as
many men as possible from Grant. To do
j this we must keep moving. There are sever
al points such a man as Forrest could take
and hold with a small force until, an army
! was concentrated to dislodge him. Can’t we
have a diversion in favor of the east ?
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The Pacific Possessions of the United
; States. —Mr. DeJarnettes Bpeeeh in Congress
i predicting the designs of the French upon
■ the Yankee possessions upon the Pacific coast
had hardly been made before we received
i through Northern journals the statement that
j five Mexican Stales on and neighboring to the
; Pacific coast have been ceded by Maximilian
!to Louis Napoleon. If this be so, what then
becomes of California, Oregon and Washing
ton.
The New Orleans Picayune says that there
is something of much interest to be seen in
the river, nearly opposite the foot of Gravier
street, at this time. There lies the great iron
clad steam ram Tennessee, the chief work of
Confederate naval architechture, which is said
to be like Achilles, invulnerable, except at its
heel, which in this case was in the hole in
which its rudder chain ran. It is somewhat
obscured and disfigured by various wooden
shanties which are built around it, as dwell
ing places for the crew probably, who are
nearly stifled in the bowels of the monster.
Yet much of its huge iron back can be seen,
as it rides at anchor, with the stars and stripes
as its flag, since it “took the oath.” There
are also monitors which never have been ta
ken, but helped to take the Tennessee, and
many other “wonders of the deep” worth the
walk to see.
Ross’ Texas Brigade. —From the Clarion
we learn that this brigade crossed the Mis
sissippi river in May, 1862, with 4,700 men.—
Participating in 225 fights has reduced thi3
number to 600. Only 150 have deserted and
joined other commands. The names of fifteen
batlles have been inscribed upon their flags—
Corinth and Hatchie Bridge by special order.
They fought as infantry for nine months,again
were mounted, and passed through the Geor
gia campaign, and with Forrest fought under
Hood. They have never had a furlough.—
Their record is glorious. It is commanded
by Brigadier General L. S. Ross, and is com
posed of the 3d, 6th, 9th and 27th Texas cav
alry.
Gangrene and Oxygen. —A remarkable in
stance es the advantage which medical men may
derive from chemistry, hai been published in the
reports of the hospital Hotel Dieu, at Paris. A
young student wrote a thesis, in which he showed
that gangrene and deficiency of oxygen were to
be regarded as cause and effect. Dr. Langier,*
Surgeon-in-Chief of the hospital, having a case
of spontaneous gangrene under his care, proceeded
to test the theofy. The patient, a man sevent
five years of age, had the disease in one foot, one
toe was mortified, and the member was in danger.
Tbe diseased part was enclosed in an apparatus
contrived to disengage oxygen continuously, and
in a short time the gangrene was arrested and the
foot recovered its healthy condition. A similar ex
periment, tried upon another patient equally aged
was equally successful,frem which the inference fel
lows that oxygen is an effectual rem
edy fora disease which too often infests hospital!.
There is a sublimity in the attitude of the peo
ple of the Confederate States at this hour. After
four years of desolating war with a merciless in
vader, above the roar of battle and smoke of burn
ing homes is heard the heroic voice of Liberty.
The blood-bloated foe demands the confiscation of
property, and timid property holders serk shelter
urder friendly arms. The self-confident and un
compromising enemy vouchsafes a leniency to
-1 wards Rebels against the United States Govern
! meat, but no more—and the meek political Quaker
declares to bear the Confederate ills we have, than
fly to others ho knows not of. The croaking
raven, so long bellowing for revenge on the blcod
drinkers, finds all at once that blood is a marvel
lous proper drink. The dastard reconstructionist
has decided that the old Union is not very desira
ble after all, since Lincoln says he can return to
that Union only as a naked and penniless suppli
ant at the throne es an Abolition despotism. Fac
tion has closed its many mouths, and slinks back
to the caverns from whence it came. Well let all
the sins of the discord press, political demagogues
and their victims, pass into forgetfulness. Though
they will not confess to error of judgment or ma
licious designs they talk right now. All the peo
ple of the Confederate States are equally interested
in the accomplishment of our independence, and
let charitv, unanimity, harmony and oneness of
purpose characterize the sentiments and action of
this family of States and we will be delivered from
the enemy.
The improved tone of public sentiment is as re
markable, and almost as astonishing, as the de
pression a few weeks since. It required no
prophet or son of a prophet to predict this reaction.
Our hopes for peace and independence have in
creased a million per cent, within the last ten days.
In our humble judgment, want of harmony and
unity of action has prolonged the war. The read
to praee has been, and is, by the “diplomacy of
the sword.” No one doubts that now. and the
peopie of the Confederacy are on that road. —Selma
Dispatch.
The Secret Service. —Under the rigid mili
tary surveillance <>f Lieut. Gen. Dick Taylor,
commanding this department, no branch of gov
ernment officials have been moreassidious in their
ities than those gentlemen attached to the secret
-. a. They are, or seem to be, übiqitoui ;
and it a strange face appears upon our public
thoroughfares, the best of papers must be pro
duced, or the candidate finds himself transferred
te the front in double quick time. Few strange
faees can be found in Montgomery at this time,
and th-.se few have the best possible guarantees for
being permitted to roam the streets at will. We
have every reason to congratulate ourselves on the
thorough efficiency of this branch of the depart
meat: for in these perilous times every man
counts in filling up the ranks of these whese prov
■ ince n is to defend tbe South from me merciless
attacks of the invader. — [MaiL
An Eloquent Tribute to Georgia,
A few days ago Senator Hill, of Georgia,
pronounced the following eloquent, thrilling
and truthful eulogy upon the Empire State,
defining her position in tbis crisis :
Os late frequent allusion has been made to
Georgia, in this hall and out of it, and he had
been asked, “What’s the matter with Georgia ?
Is she going to forsake us and make terms
with the enemy ?” As one of her sons he an
swered, no, never! She will never be faith
less to any pledge she has made, nor to any
compact into which she has entered. When
she dissolved her connection with those who
had been faithless to a common and long hon
ored covenant, she sent a special commis
siouet to Virginia, explained her reasons for
that notion, and asked the glorious old mother
of Commonwealths to link her destinies with
her. Never could he forget, never could any
Georgian forget, how promptly Virginia ac
ted, and thus bared her bosom to the wrath
of the enemy. The gallant. State of North Car
olina and the other border States soon fol
lowed the example of Virginia. Sir, (he
said) no Virginian, no Confederate, ever asks
if Georgia or any other of the original seven
will be faith! ss to the compact thus so sol
emnly made at their instance. Georgia has
; suffered, is suffering sorely in this war.
Her soil has been invaded, her temples des
| ecrated, her comfortable homes burned, her
sons have been buried, but infidelity to her
j sisters in toil and blood is a word that shall
never be truthfully written or spoken as one
j in the lists of ber sufferings and wrongs. Let
i the foe, now holding her seaboard city, look
! upon tbe monument to Pulaski, which lifts its
: high column in the very midst of that city,
and even they must know that the State
which erected it ean never be false in this
struggle for liberty. [Applause.] No sir,
no! her people may kee lly feel the oppres
sions which faithless subordinate officers of
our Government may heap upon them ; the
| enemy may cross and recross her borders,
| carrying material ruin in his path, but neither
faithless friend nor cruel foe can ever destroy
or tarnish the honors of this true old State.
Proud, like the eagle, with her plumes in the
sun, Georgia will ever move far above all the
storms of faction that would assail her, and
all the schemes of ambition that would mis
lead her.
And I (laid Mr. H.) the humblest of her citi
zens, commissioned by her to stand iu this high
place to day, remembering that in her bosom are
reposiDg the ashes of those who gave me being
and where I am determined to sleep when, tired
and weary, lashallI a shall fall in her service, I speak the
prayer of her sens and daughters to-day, when I
say withered be the arm that strikes her, cursed be
the tongue that maligns her, hated be the foe that
invades her, but withered, thrice withered, thrice
cursed, thrice hated forever be the sen that would
betray her ! No sir, no ! her houses may be burn
ed, but they can be built again ; her fields may be
desolated, but they will bloom and bear again ;
her children may be scattered, but they will be
gathered again; her young men may all perish in
her defence ; but she will rear other generations to
revere their memories ; but that hener which, once
lost, can never be recovered ; that honor which,
j once tarnished, can never be brightend again,
; Georgia will never, never surrender. Courage, is
her greeting to her sisters to- day ; with the smoke
i from her burning houses, her vows for frredom
are, even now, arcending afresh and firm as her
; own mountain rocks; and rich as her valley soil
I is her purpose to be faithful to you, and the re
ward which that fidelity shall bring us all.
Our Doom if Conquered.
The great and good Dr. Thornwell, since de
ceased, at the onset of this dreadful war, thus
wrote as to what would be our doom, in case eur
enemies should succeed :
The ravages of Louis XIV in the beautiful
▼alleys of the Rhine, about the close of the sev
enteenth century, may be taken as a specimen of
the appalling desoUtion which is likely to over
spred the Confederate States if the Northern army
should succeed in its schemes of its subjugation
and plunder. Europe was then outraged by atroc
ities inflicted by Christians upon Christians, more
fierce and more oruel than even Mahome
tans could have had the heart to perpetrate.—
Private dwellings were razed to the ground, fields
laid waste, cities burnt, churches demolished, and
the fruits of industry wantonly and ruthlessly de
stroyed. But three days of grace was allowed to
the wretched inhabitants to flee their country,
and in a sort time the historian tells us, “the
roads and fields, which then lay deep in snow,
were blackened by innumerable multitudes of men,
women, and children flying from their homes.—
| Many deid of cold and hußger; but enough sur
| vived to fill the streets of all the cities of Europe
! with lean and squalid beggars, who had once
been thriving farmers and shop keepers.” And
what have we to expect if our enemies prevail ?
Our homes, too are te be pillaged, our cities
sacked and demolished, our property confiscated,
our true men hanged, and those who escape the
gibbet to be driven as vagabonds and wanderers
j to foreign climes. This beautiful eountry is to
pass out of our hands. The boundaries which
mark our States are in some instances, to bo ef
faced, and the States that remain are to be con
verted into subject provinces, governed by North
ern rulers and by Northern laws. Our preparty
is te be ruthlessly seized and turned over to mer
cenary stangers, in order to pay the enormous
( debt which our subjugation has cost. Our wives
and daughters are to become the prey of brutal i
lust. The slave, too, will pass away, as the red
man did before him,under the protection of North- ;
ern philanthropy ; and the whole country, now like
the garden of Eden in beauty and fertility, will j
first be a blackened and smoking desert, and then
the minister of Northern cupidity and avarice.—
| Our history will be worse than that of Poland and
Hungary. There is not a single redeeming fea
ture in the picture of ruin which stares us in the
face, if we permit ourselves to be conquered. It
is a night of thick darkness that will settle upon
us. Even sympathy, the last solace of the afflict
, ed, will be denied us. The civilized world will
: look coldly upon us, or even jeer us with the
I taunt that we have deservedly lost our own freo
' deni in seeking to perpetuate the slavery of others.
We shall perish under a cloud of reproach and of
unjust suspicions, sedulously propagated by our
enemies, which will be harder to bear than the
loss of home and of goods. Such a fate never
overtook any people before.
A New Commissary General. —A few days
j since the whole country was rejoiced with the in
telligence that Northrop, the incapable and uni
versally detested Chief of the Commissariat Bureau
at Richmond, had resigned. But a damper was
thrown upon this pleasant intelligence afterwards
by the report that the “pepper doctor” of South
| Carolina was one of these office holders that John
Randolph facetiously, yet truthfully describes—
who seldom die, or never resign.
We chance to be advised of the status of Mr.
Northrop, and in order to relieve the community
will give it. He is an officer of the regular army
i ©f the Confederate States, and has not resigned his
I commission. But he has been relieved of the du
j ties he has heretofore discharged.
I At the beginning es this week, Gen. Breckia
i ridge entered upen his duties as See rotary of War.
Prior to taking the position, es which the country
) hopes so much, he demanded .he right of appoint
' ing anew Commissary General. Who that will be
I we are not yet advised. But public sentiment at
j the capital seems to point te the Hon. E. M. Bruce,
’ a leading member of Congress from Kentucky. l
We hope that Gen. Breckinridge will be thus for
tunate in his selection. Mr. Bruee is a gentleman
j of the finest active business capacities, has en
larged and liberal views, is generous to a fault,
’ and would bring to the office of Commissary Gen
eral, experience, energy, ability, tact and a will to
serve the that few men possess* The
: whole nation would gladly hail this appointment, 1
and if Mr. Bruce can be persuaded te accep* the
! position, we trust that he will ignore his private
I ©©9© for taegeneral good,
Free Maryland.
The Metropolitan Record has an article on
“Free Maryland.’’ Here is an extract :
“The genius of rebellion will no more claim
Maryland,” says Mr. Lincoln. “Maryland is
1 free,’’ shout all tbe Abolition organs in con
cert. Yes, by fraud, Maryland is free for the
negro ; but the white man is now a slave on
ber soil. Baltimore, and as the faithful ser
vant of his master at Washington, this sa
trap is determined to redress Democratic sen
timent in Maryland. At the late election iu
that outraged State, two gentlemen named
Holland and Waters were elected to the Sen
ate by handsome majorities. These gentle
men were sound Democrats, loyal and true to
the Constitution of their country. But Gen.
Wallace does not recognize the rights of
Democratic Senators to legislate for Mary
land. He tried hard to prevent the election
of men professing such dangerous principles
as those forming the Democratic creed, but
did not succeed. Defeated in this, he re
solved upon another plan. He would arrest
them when elected. When Mr. Holland was
returned elected, this willing instrument of
despotism caused him to be notified, that if
he did not resign he would be arrested and
sent beyond the lines.
The only charge against him was that he
was a member of the legislature of 1861. Mr.
Holland, with less spirit than we would ex
pect to find in a Maryland Democrat, did re
sign. This was a brilliant victory for Gen.
Wallace. The other gentleman, Mr. Waters,
was also notified by General Wallace that un
less he resigned he would be arrested and sent
beyond the lines. The charge against Mr.
Waters was, that in 1861 he had a Southern
flag iu his office. This was denied by the Sen
ator elect, who characterized the charge an
unmitigated falsehood. Bui Wallace was
valiant. He sent a lieutenant and some men
to arrest Mr. Waters, and that gentleman was
dragged from his home and family ; and incar
cerated in one of the military prisons of Bal
timore. He may be there now, or General
Wallace may have sent him beyond the lines.
Our generals have become so proficient in
the art es concealing tbe victims of his ty
ranny, that no one expects to know anything
about prisoners when the key of the bastile
is once turned upon them.
The abolitionists of Maryland will now have
their own way in tbe Senate. They should
send Wallace a testimonial for ridding that
body of two obnoxious members. Who will
dare say Maryland is not free? “The foul
spirit may seek to tear her, but it will woo
her no more.” So says Abraham.
A New Brigade—Gen. B J. Hill. —We are
pleased to announce that Brig. Gen. B. J. Hill
ba3 been authorized to raise a brigade of
mounted men in North Alabama, and that he
will make his headquarters alternately at
Rome, Ga., and at Gadsden, Ala.
Gen. Hill is well known in the army of Ten
nessee, with which he has served from the be
ginning of the war, in the capacity of regi
mental and brigade commander and Provost
Marshal General, with the highest approbation
of his superior officers, for his energy, skill,
judgment and daring.
He was invested with the riband of honor by
Gen. Beauregard for conspicuous gallantry at
Farmington, and in every battle and skirmish,
in which he has been engaged, has displayed
coolness and courage, of a high order, not
rashly exposing his men to unnecessary dan
ger and yet doing great execution upon the
enemy at the moment for action.
In the late campaign in Tennessee General
Hill commanded four hundred pioneer scouts,
who reported regularly and accurately to
General Hood the position, movements and
reinforcements of the enemy, and was always
complimented by General Hood for the sagaci
ty with which he discharged his arduous
duties.
In the prosecution of this enterprise he fre
quently encountered parties of the enemy, with
whom he had frequent skirmishes. To his
credit be it said, he only lost five men in these
encounters, in killed and wounded, although
he killed, wounded and captured five hundred
of the enemy. He also captured and sent out
about fifty wagons, five hundred beef cattle,
75,000 rounds of cartridges and a drove of
hogs. The address displayed by General Hill
in this expedition proves him to possess the
capacity to command with prudence and
judgment, and merits the attention of persons
who wish to place themselves under a leader
of experience, ability and coolness.
General Beauregard has authorized General
Hill to proclaim an amnesty and pardon to all
the men improperly absent from their com
mands, who may join his brigade. We have
seen the authority and know that pardon will
be so extended to all who may, within a lim
ited time, enlist with General Hill. An op
portunity is thus afforded to those who have
erred to reclaim their error, by enlisting un
der one of our most patriotic and trusted mili
tary leaders. —Chattanooga Rebel.
The Church in Lee’s Army. —A soldier in
Lee’s army, writing to the Bichmond Whig,
says :
A stranger to pass along our lines here
would conclude we were a very religious peo
ple. He would see commodious churches
every six or eight hundred yards. They are
made of logs of course. To save labor and
heat, they are three or four feet below the
surface. The congregation is well and com
fortably seated. Prayer meetings are held
twice generally during the week, and preach
ing twice on Sabbath. Young men’s Christ
ian associatioas are organized. I understand
that the association near us attached to Corse’s
brigade, have invited many distinguished gen
tlemen to lecture before it this winter, and
that there is a prospect of success in the wor
thy enterprise. The great theme will be tbe
twin duties—Piety and Patriotism. These are
noble subjects. The world furnishes many
splendid illustrations for tbe speakers, and
they will be used with effect I doubt not.
Thank God, in our own short history we can
furnish noble examples of both these cardinal
virtues. Our cause has been already baptized
with .the blood of Christian patriots. Among
the speakers invited to address the association
we may mention Dr3. Burrows, Duncan, Hoge
and Minnegerode, and Gens. Wise and Pendle
ton ; also, Hon. Messrs. Hartridge, Henry,
Goode and others. We have no doubt but
that these gentlemen will fire the bload of
many a man who is now lukewarm. We feel
not half a3 despondent as the people of
your town —indeed never have—but there are,
doubtless,, men in the army who would be
profited by a word of cheer The Christian
man needs line upon line, and so does the pa
triot. Not that he has any idea of abandon
ing his glorious work, but that be will do it*
with mor» cheerfulness, and consequently
more thoroughly.
The Rebel is responsible for the following
suggestion: If the Yankee Government will
take up the issue of the Confederate notes, old
and new, in gold and silver, or sterling ex
change. we will recognize their indeper ience.
It will fcs a good bargain on both tide!-.
Letter from General Sherman.— Mij >r
General 6hertnau, iu a letter to Quartern! is
ter General Meigs, dated Savannah, says:
You may use my name in any circular ad
dress to the Quartermasters of the army, to
the effect that e\cry par- o f the Southern coun
try will support their n mie? by a judicious
system of foraging. More a iiuais are lost to
your department while standing idle, hitched
to their wagons, ban during the long and
hard marcues iuto the interior.” General
Meigs adds that during the remarxable march
the cavalry and trains found an abundant
forage and of remounts ; and tbe Chief Quar
termaster, Brevet Brig. Gen. Eaton, reports
from Savannah that the transportation is even
in a better condition than when the march
commenced, better than he had ever seen be
fore. No horses or mules are required from
the Northern depots to refit this army, after a
march of three hundred miles through a hos
tile district.
A Buzzard Victory over Yankees. —The
Petersburg Express, of the 30th ult., relates
the following amusing incident:
A column of bold horsemen ventured out in
the direction of Dispuranta Station, on the
Norfolk rail road, on a stealing excursion of
course. On their way thither, they inquired
ot oitizens whom they met, whether there
were any rebels in the vicinity, and learned
that a tew, probably a company, were bank
ing about the neighborhood. A company of
rebels was nothing; they could whip h regi
ment. Just before reaching their destination,
they had to pass through a small body of thick
woods and undergrowth. But they kept a
strict lookout, and were confident of whip
ping and bagging every rebel they could dud ,
no matter if there were a brigade of them.
Now it happened, that just at the turn of
the road in these woods, there lay the decay
ing carcass of a horse or some other animal,
around which, for a hundred yards or more,
was congregated a flock of several hundred
buzzards. The head of the boastful and con
fident cavalcade hove in sight, and the buz
zards espied them. Immediately, all through
the woods, there was such a flapping of wings
and such a noise among the leaves and bush
es, (made by tbe carrion birds in their efforts
to fly away) as had not been contemplated in
the Yankee programme. Ten thousand rebels
could not have made a greater to do. With
out waiting to ascertain the cause of this de
monstration in their front, the Yankee horse
men, to a man, wheeled their horses and put
back to their base, as fast as speed could take
them. Had all of Hampton’s cavalry been at
their heels they could not have fled faster or
more precipitately. This fact,. now notorious
in lower Prince George, speake well for the
buzzards of that county, and the valiant cav
alry whom these birds put to flight are called
“ Buzzard Cavalry.”
— • —i
White Slave Trade.— “ Gov. Andrew, of
Massachusetts, in his anuual message, calls
attention to the excess of women, in Massa
chusetts, and to the surplus of men in Oregon,
California and other remote western commu
nities. In Oregon, having 52,150 inhabitants,
according to the census of 1860, there were
19,961 males over 15 years old, and only 9,878
females above that age. Its population is now
estimated at over 100,000 —the disproportion
yet remaining, In Massachusetts there were
257,733 males between the ages of 15 and 40,
and 287,000 females, or a surplus of 29,166.
The excess, the governor says, of women of
all ages above 16 years, was 38,846. The ab
sorption of men by the military and naval
services, during the intervening four years,
has aggregated this disproportion. And it is
a disastrous one; it disorders the market for
labor; it reduces women and men to an unu
sual competition for employment, fitted for
men alone; tends to iuctease the number,
both of men unable to maintain families, and
of women who must maintain themselves, un
aided. In civilized and refined society, it is
the office and duty of man to protect wo
man, to furnish ber a sphere, a support, and a
home, In return, she comforts, refines and
adorns domestic life, the family and the range
of secial influences. This is also the plainly
providential order. Where women, who are
driven to tbe competition of the market with
men, or where men are left unsolaced and un
refined by the presence of women, society is
alike weakened and demoralized. He recom
mends the adoption of some practical way, by
which young women may be enabled to emi
grate to useful fields of employment in the
Western States.”
Headquarters Georgia Reserve, I
and Military District Georgia. >
Macon, Ga., Feb. 10, 1865. j
General Orders }
No. 4. <
I. In accordance with Par. XXXVI. Special Or
ders No. 18, Adjutant and Inspector General's
Office, Richmond, 24th January, 1865, Brig. Gen. W .
T. Wofford ischaiged with the duty of collecting
stragglers and deserters, and dissolving illegal or
ganizations in Northern Goorgia, and placing them
in temporary organizations for immediate duty, un
til they can be sent to their proper commands. He
is also authorized to enroll all men liable to con
scription in that section of the State who have thus
j far evaded the service, and to disperse all bands of
deserters that may infest that section of the State.
11. To enable him to discharge fully and energeti
cally these duties, the organizations of Col. Find
ley and others, recognized in Generali Orders No*
30,1864, from these headquarters, and all other ir
regular organizations in Northern Georgia, are
hereby directed and ordered to report to General
Wofford without delay, and will hereafter be sub
ject to his orders under the authority granted to him
by the Special Order from Richmond, referred to in
preceding paragraph.
HI- Enrolling officers in Northern Georgia will
recognize the authority given to General Wofford
to enroll the men subject to conscription and who
have so far evaded the service, and will render him
all the aid and assistance in their power.
IV. All Confederate officers acting under orders
from these Headquarters will give to Gen. Wofford
their aid and assistance, when called upon by him,
to carr> out the duties to which he has been as
signed.
By command of
Msjor Gen. HOWELL CQBB.
R. J. Hallett, a. a. g.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. lltb, 1865.
General Orders, No. 1.
I. The commanders of the organizations men
tioned in the above order of Maj. Gen. Cobb, will
report to me in person at humming, Forsyth coun
ty, Georgia, on the 20th ot this month ; before leav
ing their commands they will give orders putting
them in readiness to move to the general encamp
ment at the above named place at 3uch time as may
be hereafter designated.
11. All stragglers, deserters and absentees, not
belonging to the above organizations, and all mea
liable to conscription, will report at the Adjutant
General’s Office at the above mentioned place, on
the 25th of this month, with such arms as they have,
or may be able to get, for the purpose of being or
ganized into companies, battalions and regiments,
for present duty. On leaving home they will take
enough rations to supply them to the place of ren
dezvous.
111. All officers and soldiers under my commani
will pay proper respect to civil officers, and aid them
in the execution of the laws.
IV. The impressment or irregular seizure of pri
vate property, or any interference whatever by sol
diers with the rights of citizens, either in their per
sons or property, is forbidden. Any violation of this
older will be promptly reported.
W. T. WOFFORD.
Brig. Gen. Comd’g Northern Ga.
Jfg- Macon Telegraph, Columbus Times, Augusta
Constitutionalist and Register, copy 6 time=—and
Athens Banner and Watchman 3 times.
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For Chattahoochee.
The steamer Shamrock. H. Wisqate, Master
new lying at the Wharf, will receive freight unti
Wednes lay moraine, 9 o'clock,’»* which rime she
will leave ft r *he above Po X.
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