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DAILY TIMES, j, H . H\RBE\ & €O., Proprietors. CablisHo'i Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of 0,00 per mon th, or $lB tor three months. jfo subscription received *or a longer term iAu» , \rrt. month*. RATES OF ADVERTISING. EABUAL DAILY ADVERTISING KATES. Advertisementa inserted once—s 4 per square, REGULAR DAILY ADVKRTIBING RATES. First Week — $.8 00 per square for each insertion. Second Week— s 200 per square for each insertion. Third Week—sl 50 per square for each insertion Fourth Week—sl 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month—s3o per square. Third Month—s2s per square. 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. ' ' # 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 ? - - • mmm - 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. feb 14 |6t _ 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. feb 13 td