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SPECIAL NOTICES
Headquarters Georgia Reserve,")
Ard Military District Georgia, ' ).
Ga., Fob. 10, iB6O. j
loners! Orders
No. 4.
I. In a orrdance with Par. XXXVI. Special Or
ders No. 18, Adjutant and Inspector General’s
Office, Richmond,"24th January, 1865. Brig. Gen. W.
T. Woiford s < h;i go<i with the duty of collecting
nrafcglers and des'-tf-rs, and dissolving illegal or
ganizations in Northern Goorcia, and placing them
in temporary organizations for immediate duty, un
•il they can be sent to the r proper commands, lie
is also authorized ro enroll all meu liable to con
scription in that section of the State who have thus
far evaded the service, and to disperse all band- of
desorter- that may in \st that secti >n of the. State.
11. To enable him to discharge fully acd energeti
cally the--* duties, the organizations of Col. Fi* *-
,ey and )th* rs, recognized in Goueral Orders O.
0,1864. from these headquarters, and all other ir
regular organizations in Northern Georgia, are
hereby directed and ordered to report to General
Wt ff"rd without delay, and will hereafter be sub
ject to his 0 lers under the authority granted to him
by the Spec.at Order from Richmond, referred to in
preceding ; aragraph.
lir. Enrolling officers in Noriiiern Georgia will
recognize the authority g ven to General Wofford
to enroll the men subject to conscripti n and who
have si) far evaded the service, and will render him
all the aid a >d assistance in their power.
IV. All Confederate officers acting under orders
lrqm these Headquarters will give to Gen. Wofford
their lid and assistance, when called upon by him,
to earn out the duties to which he has been as
signed.
By command of
Mfcjor Gen. HOWELL. COBB.
it. J. HAf.LKTTI A. A. G.
Atlanta, Ga„ Feb. 11th, 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 Cuinmiug, Forsyth coun
ty, Georgia, on the 20th ol 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 such time as may
be hereafter designated.
11. All stragglers, deserters and absentees, not
belonging to the above organizations, and all men
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 command
will pay proper respect to civil offioers, 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
order will be promptly reported.
W. T. WOFFORD,
Brig. Gen. Coind’g Northern Ga.
Macon Telegraph, Columbus Times, Augusta
Constitutionalist and Register, copy *3 times and
Athens Banner and Watchman 3 times,
feb 14 j6t
Headquarteks Enrolling Office, 1
Muscogee County, r
Columbus, Qa., Feb. 13. 1865,)
Slave owners of this County are hereby notified
that I will be ready on Monday and Tuesday, 21st
and 22d insf., to receive and receipt for their quota
of slaves, authorized by Act of Obngress, approved
Feb. 17th, 1864. Owners 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 bo
credited for the same, upon presentation of their
receipts at these headquarters.
W. A. COBB.
fob i4 td Capt. and Enrolling Officer.
To Retired Soldiers !
Headquarters Post, 1
Columbus, Ga-, Feb. 13th, 1865. j
Special Ordert, \
No. 36. I
* * * * * *
V. All Retired Soldiers who have reported and
filed their descriptive lists in this oflice. are ordered
to report on Tuesday the 28th inst., at 9 o clock, a
m., to these Headquarters, for muster.
* » * * * *
By command.
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Col. Commanding Post.
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.
Marshall Hospital, )
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 13, 1865. j
Books 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.
Notice.
Southern Express Company, l
Augusta, Ga., J an. 9, looo. )
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
janl9 1m Act ™*
O, Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Mobile and
Selma papers copy one month.
Owing to the increased 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. e o
lowing rates« , aa
Passage from Columbos to Chattahoochee w
From Chattahoochee to Columbus.. * IW w
Intermediate landings in proportion.
Freights to any point on Chattahoochee River $4 00
pet hundred. Measurement „1 mpm CUoIC
f ° ot ’ Capt. H. WINGATE, Shamrock.
Capt. DAN FRY, Jackson.
Capt. ABE FRY, Indian.
Capt. JOHN COUGH, Mist.
Capt. A. 0. BLACKMAf* .Munnerlyn.
feb7—tf __
notioej.
Office Grant Factory, \
Nov. 29, 1864.1
A LL persons having demands against the estate of
A Daniel Grant, deceased, ®Je hereby requeated to
'•oVsotf “ 100 rant f *jo2n j. <irant.
Sun oopy and 3end bill to office Grant Factory.
*r 1
VOL XII.)
(Change ol Schedule.
j\N and Alter Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains on
7 ttle U3< Railroad will run as follows ;
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus r. 6 30 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 2 50 P. M
Leave Ma< on .’.6 5.J A, M-
Arrive at C dumbos 3 (*> p’ V
FREIGHT TRAIN : *, *
Leav : Cola nbtis 5 00 A, M.
Arrive at Co'uni bus t 55 A. M.
W . L. CLARK,
mar 19 tl Supt. Muscoaae R, R.
Through to Slontgoesiery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RALLRO A D COM PA NY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
. |N and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
’ the Montgomery and We»t Point Rat road will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. in.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m.
Jrrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
lrriveat Montgomery at 3:0o p. m.
Arrive at West Pqtnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 am.
Arrives .at 8:27 p m
I>. H. C'RA M, Sup’t & Eng.
ag27 18(34 —ti
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
< fiuia: or sciigoi le.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
• Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
f*it*>4e«iger Train.
Leave Girard at 1 30 p. in.
\rrive in Union Springs 6 00
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. in.
Arrive in Girard at *...10 00 “
Freight Train.
uflav# Girard at 4 00 a. m.
Krrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
agis ts Eng. & Sup't.
Regular Line of Steamers on the
Chattahoochee River.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
rIE Steamer Jackson, Daniel Fry, Master, wil
leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day aU9 a. m. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 p. m. j
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 Mtst, A. Fry Master, leaves Colum
bus every Friday at 9a. m. Returning eaves Chat
tahooche every Sunday at 12 m.
jan 10 2m
MMTTEfIODsTT
Just 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.
For Exchange or Sale.
AT the office of the “Southern Iron Works,” near
the new bridge, the following articles of Hard
ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon.
Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other articles
of P-oviiions or Confederate currency, viz :
Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan
tation uses.
Sugar Mills and Kettles, of all sizes, from 30 to
120 gallons,
Pots, Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Pans and An irons.
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades,
Trace Cbaines and Plough Moulds.
Orders for Castings and Machine Work
promptly executed.
jan stl JOHN D. GRAY & CO.
Louisiana Bakery.
PHE UNDERSIGNED begs leave to inform the
l 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 city. Customers can be daily supplied by call
ing at the Louisiana Saloon or at the store of Dou
thit & Cos., old Postoffice corner,
feb 9 lw D. B. CALDWELL.
A N OVERSEER. One without family, who has
A. lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for
military service preferred.
Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD,
Beynolds, Taylor bounty.
MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS,
nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga.
l>i\ R. NOBLE,
DENTIST,
. f Pembertoo A Carter’s old stand, back room ol
.1 Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
ail hours. • Toe 186 m
To Printers !
tTTE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
W (except Ruling Machine,) two hand PREaSEb.
and about
1,000 Founds of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf
Lost or Mislaid.
i;OUR SHARES of the G. A A. S. S. Cos., No
P 160, in favor ol Mrs. J. L. Wilson,
nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRANT.
YARNS and OSNABTBOS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
OB.OUND PEAS,
At the GRANT FACTORY,
dec 17 ts _
To Hire.
A LIKELY sixteen year old house GIRL, that has
been welFraised, sews well, has a good disposi
ti?° n a ?7 d tf folld QfchildreD ‘ APP THIS OFFICE.
CITY FOUNDRY!
SUGAR MILLS AND KETTLES!
WE HAVE OF HAND
Sugar Wills and Kettles,
holding 20,35, 40. 60. 80 .and 130 gallons, which we
will exchange for Provisions or any kind of country
Sa ” m ° n pOKTEs7 McILiHKNST 4
Columbus, Jan. 20, ts
WASTED!
r aoa LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal pric.
S,UIiU will be paid. Appjrto DILLARD,
s P 7 ts Major and Q. V.
FOR. sale !
WAGON HARNESS, COLLARS, HAMES. Ac. ■
fe b 41m Masonic Hall, upstairs.
Wanted,
TPOR the State of Louisiana TEN MOULDERS.—
V Wages liberal. Transportation furnished. Ap
ply ,o Mm. K. S. Uarhaw»r.of.hu c^ :3u Eii
febl2tf Comissioner for Louisiana.
Poeket Book S^ost,
gSOO Reward..
A large enameled cloth Money book lost in the
1“
Joilc” It n> drooped at the
cars at Columbutr Rl>ss .
Feb 12 tt _
Negroes to Hire.
mo HIRE, ten young NegroMEN, al«v a good
f ebok and Washer. Apply to
Agent.
jan 17 ts
COLUMBUS, GA., THURSDAY, FEB. 16. 1860.
DAILY TIMES,
JSVSMI.NG EDITION. '
WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 15, 1865.
Gold at } ichmo\j>.— From a statement in
the Richmond Disp tch of the Ist inst , we are
led to believe that there has already been
some bucglinsr in manipulating the large
amount of gold in the hands of the govern
ment. That jcurn&l says: Gold was on yes
terday still held at forty-five. It is known
that the Treasury has put a large amount of
gold upon the market. The object, however,
seems not> to be to reduce the price of the
precious metal. but to obviate the necessity of
a further issue of Treasury notes by purchas
ing sums sufficient to meet the immediate
wants of the Department. If it was sought to
to enhance the value of the currency by re
ducing the price of gold, it were an easy mat
ter considering the great amount of specie of
which the government is known to have the
command; but this, as we have said, seems
not to be the present policy, whatever may be
done in future. Since Government gold has
been put on the market, it i3 much, we think,
to be regretted that the fact of the agent en»
trusted with its sale was not either kept a
profound secret or made generally public. He
is now known to comparatively few persons,
who find it easy to speculate upon their
knowledge.
The Richmond Examiner states there is no
doubt anew harbor will be staked out on the
coast for blockade runners.
♦ ♦ #
Ladies with Southern sympathies, in Wash
ington and Baltimore, have anew way of
“distinguishing” themselves now. Instead
of wearing red and white favors, they wear
two curls over the left shoulder.
The Rebel expresses the opinion that Alabama,
Mississippi and Georgia are destined to be over
run, unless their people come out to a man and
assist in meeting the invader. There mast be no
shirking or dodging. All must do their duty.
If we do this, under the favor of an overru
ling Providence, our rights and liberties will be
safe. Otherwise there is great apprehension that
we are undone. The question is in the bauds of
the people.
-
Mail communications between Selma end Me
ridian is open again. Passengers who arrived at
Selma Friday night, say the gap iu the road this
side of Meridian is only about two hundred yards
in length, aud will be repaired in a short time.
Until then the cars will meet at the gap, change
freight and passengers and return, causing but
very little delay.
■— • —i
The Richmond Examiner mentions a report that
Colonel Drinkard, of Richmond, would be appoint
ed Assistant Secretary under General Rreckin
ridge’s administration of the War department, and
says : Colonel Drinkard occupied a similar posi
tion in the ©ld Government, when Governor Floyd
was Secretary of War at Washington, and his ex
perience in this respect, and his eminent qualifica
tions as a business man would, no deubt, add
much to the vigor and efficiency which the
public expect from recent changes in the War
office.
Mr. Stephens in the Field. —We are pleased
to learn, says the Memphis Appeal, that Vice
President Stephens has determined to take the
field in Georgia, for the purpose of rekindling the
spirit of the people of that State. The effect
will be instantaneously benefieial. We would
suggest that Senator Hunter and Judge Campbell
also appear among the people—the former in
Virginia and Caroliaas, and the latter in Alabama
and Mississippi. They can do their country and
the cause no better service.
Npirit oy the Army. —From every brigade in
the army, we daily receive patriotic appeals evin
cing th© indomitable of our troops. The
Louisiana brigade, Army of Northern Virginia
(Hays’) and Stafford’s Louisiana brigades) held
a meeting on the 23d of February and adopted
a series of spirited resolutions. We publish the
last four and recommend them, particulary the
Sth resolution, to the gallant stay at homes who
embellish our street corners.
Foreigners in the Yankee Arjit. —ln the
Presidential election the entire.vote in all Grant s
vast army was but 18,000. All the rest were
foreigners.
A citizen of Montgomery informs us, says the
Memphis Appeal, that while the troops were par
taking of the bounteous and welcome fare pro
vided for them by the ladies of Columbus, several
of the Alabama veterans were heard to remark,
with mortification mantling their manly coun
tenances, that in passing through their own
State they had been entirely neglected. Ladies
of Alabama, if you do not wish your brothers and
son* to blush for yen, never allew this remark to
be made again with truth. We believe it ii only
necessary to call attention to the late emission to
avoid a repetition.
No Doubt. —A correspondent of the Bosten
Post, in allusion to the rapid increase of popula
tion among the Mormons, says more of their peo
ple are in arms than can be found among the same
amount of peplation anywhere else in the country.
Both Houses of Congress having passed, by
a two-third vote, the bill to authorize the
mailing of newspapers to soldiers free of post
age, the bill is now a law.
Cavaliere Righetti, the fortunate owßer of the
gigantic statue of Hercules, lately discovered at
Rome, has begged the P-'pe's of it,
and hie holiness has been graciously pleased to
* it. The magnificence of the gift may be
iw. * -vhen it is known that only a few days
before a Roman noblemiui offered two hundred
thousand scudi fever forty thou»and pounds) for
I the splendid work *f art, and M. Schents made
: even a higher bid for it, on behalf «f the French
' government.
The Reporter 3t*tea that the re-bnilding of
the telegraph line between Atlanta and West
Point is nearly completed, and that aa office
is to be opened at LaGrange.
[From the Montgomery Advertiser, 13th inst.]
War Meeting and Soldiers’ Dinner at Tus
kegee, Ala.
On Friday last the citizens of Macon county
gave, atTuskegee, a barbecue, principally de
signed for wounded and furloughed soldiers
and soldiers’ wives; and advantage was taken
| of the occasion to invite several distinguished
gentlemen to address the people on subjects
connected with the war.
About 12 m., several hundred persons—cit
izens, soldiers, and a goodly number of the
fairest aod noblest of God’s creation—assem
bled in front of the Court House, and were
ably and eloquently addressed, by Col. Mike
L. Woods, of the 46th Alabama regiment, Gov.
j IV atts, and Rev. Dr. Elliott, formerly Princi
pal of the Nashville Female College, now of
the fethodist Femaie College at Tuskegee.
Want of time and space prevents our attempt
ing, even, a brief sketch of the speeches.—
Suffice it to say, that they breathed the spirit
[ of genuine patriotism; they counselled unity,
harmony, and a self-sacrificing spirit among
eur people; a liberal confidence and support
!to the Confederate Government; sustaining
i our soldiers in the field by providing for their
families, and maintaining a better spirit—
more hope and courage aud less despondency
—among our people at home ; and firmer and
more unflinching resolution, with God’s help,
never to eeaee our efforts, until our freedom
and independence are established. All of the
speakers expressed perfect assurance of our
final success
The speeches were well received, and exert
ed a most happy influence in encouraging the
hopeful and reviving the despondent. While
Gov. Watts was speaking, a paper was band
ed him containing the repor". of our Peace
Commissioners. He read it to the audience,
and it caused a visible sensation, and many
renewed vows of resistance to Lincoln’s inso
lent demands and barbarous efforts for our
subjugation.
The spirit of the people present may be ga
thered from the following capital resolutions,
which were presented by Rev. Mr. Henderson,
and adopted, seriatim , without a dissenting
voice:
Resolved, That our confidence in the final
triumph of our country in this terrible strug
gle is still unshaken ; and that, trusting in the
justice of our cause and the Lord of Hosts,
we now renew the pledges we made four years
ago to the Confederate Government, of all that
we have, and all that we are, to secure our
liberty and independence.
Resolved, That the unparalleled bravery,
sufferings and sacrifices of our soldiers new
present, as well as those who compose the
armies of the Confederate States, entitle them
to the admiration of the world and the undy
ing gratitude of their country; and that we
will leave nothing undone which mortal agen
gy can do, to add to their comfort and support
their families, while they are in the field bat
tling for our rights.
! Resolved, That we see nothing in our recent
disasters to discourage the true patriots of our
country; but, withacalm and settled purpose
of our soul, we aocept all the calamities with
whioh tbi3 barbarous war can afflict our coun
try, rather than the dishonorable terms of
peace tendered to us by an insolent foe.
Resolved, That we, a portion of the citizens
of Alabama, solemnly protest against any
method of settling the questions at issue be
tween us and our enemies other than by the
constituted authorities of the Confederate go
vernment—and that we will never violate our
plighted faith to our sister States, by being a
party to any peace negotiations, which do not
involve the independence of every member of
the Confederacy.
After the meeting adjourned, a plentiful re
past of the best and most substantial food was
furnished, wounded and furloughed soldiers
and soldiers’ families being invited, first, to
the tables. We trust that the people of every
other county will follow the example of our
Tuskegee friends, in order that the patriotic
fires of 1861 maybe relighted, and our people
may devote themselves anew to the glorious
cause of redemption of ourselves aud our pos
terity from the degradation and infamy of
I Yankee and African domination.
It ma 7 bs proper to remember that the brave
Louisianians in Lee’s army, from fifteen thous
and, their original number, are now little over
six hundred. These war-worn veterans who
have been near four years in the field battling
for the country’s independence, whilst their
homes were invaded by the foe and their fam
ilies driven into exile, have the right to re
buke the luke-warm, soft-place seekers, whose
absence from the army is one of the most cry
ing abuses of the day.
5. That whatever have been our toils and
sacrifices in the past, we count them as noth
ing in comparison with the objects for which
we have labored and fought; and we are pre
pared to encounter yet greater with cheerful
hearts rather than abandon the cause of lib
erty and our country.
6. That, in our opinion, the great danger to
our cause is to be found in the absence from ,
the army of thousands of able-bodied young
men who, under pretext of details, have been
permitted to shirk their first and highest duty
of bearing arms, and who, seeking a shameful
security from danger, are playing the craven 1
part of enjoying freedom when it shall be won j
by those now in the field.
7. That whilst we contemn and despise the
conduct of all such, we invite them to go with
us in the coming campaign and assist as in
teaching our boastful enemy the oft.repeated
lesson of history, that a nation fighting for it3 ;
liberty and loyal to itself is unconquerable.
8. That those who desire peace on any
terms short of national independence are
slaves in spirit and need only the chains
which the oppressor is forging to be slaves in
fact.
Northcri Repirt of the Gunboat Adventure.
A Washington dispatch of the 28th ult.,
gives the fallowing report of the operations of
the Confederate gunboats on the James river,
below Richmond:
Yesterday morning at 2 o clock, taking ad
vantage of the high water in the James, five
rebel war vessels, including, we understand,
two rams, ran past the obstructions we had
placed in the river, with the purpose of de
stroying our transports and warehouses at
City Point. Our batteries on the shore opened
fire at one of the rams, which had got aground
and was so hotly peppered that the rebe’s
blew it up, setting a slow match to the mfg
azine and escaping in their boats. Two oth
ers also got aground and were shelled warm
ly. It was doubtful whether they could es
cape. The fourth ram returned toward Rich
mond. One is said to have got below our
batteries. She caused a sensation certainly,
at least. If she did damage, and how much,
if any, is not yet known. There will proba
bly be a removal from command in the James
; river flotilia as a punishment for the negli
gence in this case.
But one iron clad was injured, and that
•lightly. The steamer blown up was a little
wooden tugboat. It seems the Yauk-ies were
' terribly frightened.
(From the Augusta Constitutionalist, Sth.)
By Clothes Line Telegraph and Saw
Horse Express.
[Reported expressly for the People’s Organ by
Bamboozle and Humbug, new* agents and re
porter*, and entered according to Act of Parlia
ment in the large safe in the Clerk’s office in the
Southern District of Nova Zembla, February 31.
1865.
N. B.—Reliable gentlemen, officers, ladies, run- j
agees, little boys, and intelligent contrabands are
respectfully requested to report all startling news 1
to Messrs. B. A H., at their office, northwest cor- i
ner of Broad and Reynolds strees, Augusta Ga. !
without delay.]
LATEST FROM EUROPE, FRANCE AND MEXICO— i
I
PUBLIC OPINION OF THE AMERICAN WAR —NX INS j
FROM CHINA, ETC.
Nova Zembla, Feb. 1, t 865. j
Professor Low’s Balloon from Hong Kong, via j
Cowes and a market, has just passed high over
this place, but i»w enough to obtain the following i
startling intelligence.
Louis Napoleon declines te grant a further loan
t© the Mexican Empire. He alleges as a reason 1
for his refusal that he has already given that Gov
ernment a million. On being asked by the Mex- 1
icau Envoy, when had that event occurred, he re
plied, “Have I not given you a Maxi million t”
The Envoy very curtly replied, “Sir©, the maxim
we can get along without, but the million we need
very much to sustain the maxim.” Consuls
have gone up (for money) in consequence ot thia
correspondence—two of them went up from Havre
to Pari* by the last steamer.
The Brier Public states that the Emperor is to
have a large navy afloat in a short time, and adds
he is looking to Sea-ward with reference te the
Monroe doctrine.
A Scotch journal, referring to th© Yanke® Con
grass, says “they mon-row their own doc
; trine—the British Government is up to (Scotch)
| snuff.”
The Fore finger, the rebel organ at London,
! states that public opinion is strongly in saver
j of recognizing the South, but that the commis
• sioners hare changed so much by reason of
| high living in Paris, that their own friends can
scarcely recognize them, hence the European
governments are not altegether to blame in the
premises.
From China, it is reported that the Emperor A
B Ab Link Horn has ordered his Secretary of
War, Mr. Sea Wahrd to procure anew supply of
gongs, hewgags and tomejins, with which to fright
en the rebels into submission.
LATEST FROM THE NORTH —ARRIVAL OF THE REBEL
PEACE COMMISSIONERS —THEIR MAGNIFICENT
RECEPTION.
Hamburg, S. C., Feb. I.— An intelligent contra
band has just reached here, bringing with him a
copy of the New York Blower, containing the fol
lowing accounts of the reception of our Commis
sioners at Washington.
As soon as it was known that th a rebel envoys
had arrived, a large crowd of rebel sympathizers,
consisting of one adult contraband, two little con
trabands, three newsboys, and a blind fruit seller,
and a little poodle dog, gathered round their
quarters, and proceeded te give them three vocif
erous cheers. The provost guard instantly ar
rested the party, gave the contrabands 25 cents
apiece in Federal postal currency, sent the news
boys to the barracks and kicked the poodle. Af
ter which quiet was restored, and business re
sumed as usual.
The rebel commissioners were assigned to com
fortable quarters in the Old Capitol prison and on
the following day sent in the following note to
Mr. Lincols :
Sir: We have been especially appointed by
ourselves in behalf of the Confederate States, to
await ,on your Imperial Highness and ascertain
whether you will treat with us on the basis of
independence of the “said Confederate States.”
Signed by Campbell, Stephens and Hunter.
To which Mr. Lincoln immediately replied :
Dearly Beloved, but erring brethren : You re
mind me of an anecdote which I remember to
have heard when I was in Illinois. There was
an old hunter who used to annoy an old farmer
very much by hunting on his grounds. The con
sequence was that the two parties, who had pre
viously been friends, fell out, and remained
“fell’d out” (excuse me gentlemen—its a techni
cal term I used when engaged in splitting rails—
a better business by the way than splitting
horns with Rebel Commissioners!) for some tine,
until another gentleman by the name of Stevens,
volunteered his services te make peace between
the belligerents. The reply which he received
from the old farmer substance, as follows :
“As I am no Cambellite and Stevens’ so deceivin’
nobody wont believe him, I am afraid to trusi my
friend, the Hunter; lam afraid he’ll tresspass on
my grounds again.” I apply the anecdote to you,
gentlemen, and can assure you, in conclusion,
that if your people will lay down your arms and
agree to take the places of their slaves, perhaps—
understand me, I say perhaps—l will see whether
I can allow them to come back in the “glorious
Union” once more.
(Signed) Abe Lincoln.
To which our eemmissioners replied as fol
lows :
Your Highness also reminds us of an anecdote
we once heard. It was in substance as fellows:
“A long eared animal of the horse tribe once es
sayed to pass himself off upon the werld as a
nightengale. He succeeded pretty well until he
attempted to sing, when it was discovered that
he was an ass !” You can apply this aneedete
to yourself, - and in conclusion, we beg leave te
say, that as our people have been so ,ong Cera
fed, and have lived on peas for euch a length of
time, and can live en them longer yet, and don’i
care a bean for such peas as you offer. They did
hope for negotiation peas; now sir, they are go
ing to have field peas !
Signed by the Rebel Commissioners.
[Here the sawyer had to nse his saw horse, and
the old lady wanted to hang out her clothes, so
that nothing more can come through this eve
ning.— [lioportei 8.
—
Information Called Fob. —ln the Confede
rate Senate, on the 24th ult., Mr. Hunter, of
Virginia, offered the following :
Resolved, That the President of the Confe
derate States of America be requested to fur
nish the Senate—
1. Informatioa as to the number of white
men, between the ages of 18 and 45, and the
number of negroes who, in addition to their
own officers, may be required for the necessa
ry employment and the proper discharge of
the function of the Department *f Medicine,
of the Commissary General, of the Quarter
master General’e Department, of the Engineer,
of the Ordnance and of the Nitre and Mining
Bureaux.
2. A like statement a3 to the Postoffice and
Navy Departments.
3. A like estimate in regard to the rail road
transportation of the country, including cot
only the working but the equipment, repairs,
and construction of the number, in his consi
deration, required fer such transportation.
4 To specify the rail roads, if there be any
such, whose repairs and construction, in his
opinion, will be necessary for military purpo
ses, and ought to be effected, in whole or in
part, by appropriations from the Confederate
Treasury.
Mr. Hunter said, in his opinion, the time had
come when we must organize the industrial
system of the country. If this had been dons
before, we should have bees able to keep a
! greater number of men in the field. He bs
i lieved we had men enough to keep up the r.e
--■ cessarv industrial pursuits of the country and
ito take the field and win the cause. He desi
red that the Senate should have thus asked
for information that they should be able to
j legislate on the exemptions,
which would in a *»w deys come up for con
sideration. iH
Tha resolutions were agreed to.
I SIX DOLLARS
1 PER MOKTU
The Gallant Louisianians. —The Columbia
South Carolinian pays the following j ...» ><■« o
the Louisianians :
AtuoEgtbe States whose son* have unC"it; >a.a
ingly followed tbs Confederate banners into many
a sanguine eot fl et, far away from their native soil,
none staud ont to-day iutc conspicuously upon
this picture ®f the “carnival of death," tbaa
bleeding Louisiana. The valor of her sous has
been no more illustrated in th© ranks or th© army
* f Northern Virginia, than their endurance has
gained the r. fmiratiou and lev© of tteir fellow
soldiers in the ill starred army of the Weet. Pre
eminently among the most dashing of our soldiers,
the Louisiana ehasa©urs-a pied, zouaves and rifle
men have met the enemy in the front rank upon
every battlefield, and the Washington artillery has
won a name envied by every battalion, in tie
service. Os fifteen thousand ©no© belonging to
the command of Gen. Lee, now barely six hun
dred remain to tell the story of their battles.—
This simple statement is touching than any
rheterio could possibly be. These six hundred
oomprise ten regiments, divided into two brigades.
They ar© new commanded by Brig. Gen. Zebulea
Yerk, an officer who has fought his way from
captain upwards, who has seen thirty-six ensan
guined fields, was thrice severely wounded, th©
last losing an arm, and who thus, we need hardly
say, has proven himself to be on© of the moat
gallant from a gallant State. We are glad to hear
that this officer has received authority to recruit
his command, and that „he has th# most flattering
prospects es increasing his brigade to five thou
sand before the spring campain opens. We trust
every Louisianian will rally to that distinguished
Louisiana brigade. Geo. Yerk is on a short offi
cial visit to Columbia. We wish him weic me
aud a M»\ior General’s commission.
Cavanaugh s Perimeter Mill —A number
of officers, parties engaged in grinding for
the government, and others, were yesterday
invited to look at the mill patented by Mr.
Cavanaugh, and now ruuning at Purdy <fc
Kings’? establishment, coiner of Conception
and Canal streets. Their unanimous verdict
was that they had never seen anything to
compare with it; a stone of twenty inches
diameter and seven inches face, turning out a
bushel of good meal per minute, and that with
out heating to any sensible degree. The name
“Perimeter Mill” indicates the nature ©fits
operation—grinding not on the face of the
stone, but is circumference. Seme of the
visitors thought Mr. Cavanaugh was no more
entitled to credit for his invention than Col
umbus was for discovering America; the
thing was so simple that aomebody else
would have found it out it he had not. Nev
ertheless he is entitled to the credit of stand
ing the egg on end.— Mobile Register.
♦ ♦
Thr Duty of the Citizen to his Country—-
By Hon. O. A. Lochrane, Judge Superior Court
in Georgia. —lt is the solemn duty of every citi
zen, area when he differs with the public gov
ernment, to maintain his fealty and allegiance
to it.. This is especially the duty of every man
to a government like ours, formed by the people
in anticipation of war, and whose rulers, by the
people’s voice hare been placed in circumstances
of the most extraordinary peril. It is not a
question alone of national honor, but es personal
honor, from which no power can absolve the citi -
zen ; and allegiance commenced in honor, cannot
be displaced by disasters ; begun in victory; it is
not dissolved by defeat.
ATJgTIOTT SALES.
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
(Auction Sales of the 15th is
Postponed until the 17th.)
Auction© ers,
131, Broad St., Columbus, Ga.,
WILL SELL AT 11 O’CLOCK
MM M D J&M Rif
FEBRIIRARY 17th,
5,000 CIGARS,
1,000 ORANGES,
79 NEW OSNABURG SACKS,
9 Reams SAND PAPER,
3 Cushioned ROCKING CHAIRS,
1 Coil MANILLA ROPE,
14 Doz. Roys' COTTON HALF HOSE,
PARLOR STOVE,
MUSIC BOX,
BLACKING,
LEAD PENCILS,
1 Negro WOMAN, 25 years old, good
Cook, Washer and Ironer.
ALSO,
A Fine Lot ot Jewelry.
GOLD RINGS,
“ BREAST PINS,
“ BRACELETS,
“ PENCILS,
“ EAR RINGS.
feb 15 $72
ALSO,
6bbls extra fine Green CANE SYRUP,
for family use.
feb 15 $9
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
VERY DESIRABiTnEGROES.
WE will sell, on SATURDAY, February 18th,
at 11 o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
A likely NEGRO MAN 51 years old,
good Hostler, Farmer, &c.
A likely NEGRO BOY, 13 years old,
A “ “ Woman 32 years old,
Field hand, and her child 2 years old,
1 likely NEGRO BOY, 6 years old,
A “ “ Girl, 19 years old,
house servant, cook, &c ,
A NEGRO BOY, 20 years old.
feb 15 S4B
—ALSO—
-10 bbls Fine Corn Whiskey,
2 four, and 1 two-horse wagon,
Lot Furniture, &c., <fcc.
feb 15 sl2
ALSO —
A Likely Negro Man 28 years old, Carpenter,
X “ “ Woman 30 yr3. old, field hand,
1 «< “ Boy 14 “ “
1 « “ Woman 23 “ “& 2 children
1 “ “ Man 26 “ “ Blacksmith,
1 “ “ Woman 26 “ “
X a »« “ 22 “ “
1 “ “ Boy 17 “ “
1 “ “ Woman 30 “ “ good Cook,
etc.
feb 15 $24
AL^O,
A Very Fine 7 Octave Piano, Aeoleaa
attachment, iD good order,
A Good Close Carriage and Harness,
late style, in good uider.
2 Road Wagons, etc., etc.
I Circular and Upright Mill Saw,
10-inch Guttapercha Belt.
Lot Grass Bale Rope,
Brocade Silk, Window Curtins, etc.
feb 15 $24
Attention, Nelson Rangers!
All members of the Nelson Rangers, on furlough
or detail, are ordered to meet at Columbus, Ga.,
on Saturday, 18th hist.. prepared to march i.r medi
ately. J. & OWENS,
feb 15 td Lieut. Camma Lag.