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SPECIAL NOTICES
i 1 kad'Juabters Georgia lleskrve, 5
an i Military District Georgia. [
Macon, Ga.. Feb. 10,1855. j
oencral Orders
No. 4.
[. In a jcordanec with Par. XXXVI. Special Or
ders No. 18, Adjut mt and Inspector General’s
Afice, Richimm.i.Zitn January. 18(35, Brig. Gen. W.
T. Woffo.'d i. ha o 1 vvirM thlm.y of.-i»i:„,;ting
stragglers umi dose tors, and dissolving illegal or
ganiE»tions? in Nor. hern Gooriria. and placing them
in temporary organiz itious for immediate duty, un
til they can be scat to ' hair proper commands, lie
is also authorized 'o 'jiroll all men liable to con
scription in that, section of the State who ha ve thus
far evaded the service, and to disperse all bands o'
deserters that may infest that secti u of the State.
11. To enaole him to discharge fully nod cnerge T
cally then* duties, the organizations of Col. Finn-
Icy and others, recognized in General Orders No.
30,1854, 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 o. 1 rs u. der the authority grunted to him
by the Special Order troin Richmond, referred to in
preceding pn-fi 'raph.
111. Tinrolling officers in Northern Georgia will
recognize the authority e ven to General Wofford
to enroll the tnen subject to conscripti >n and who
have so far evaded the servioe, and will render him
all the tiid and assistance in their power.
IV. All Confederate officers acting under orders
from theso Headquarters will give to Gen. Wofford
their aid and assistance, when called upon by him,
to earn out the duties to which he has been as
signed.
By command of
Major Gen. HOWELL < 088.
R. J. Hallett, 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 Gumming, 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 such time as may
be hereafter designated.
11. All stragglers, deserters and absentee?, 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 bo able to get, for the purpose of being or
ganized into companies, battaliohs 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 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
order will be promptly reported.
W. T. AVOFFORD,
Brig. Gen. Oomd’g Northern Ga.
4Sg“ Macon Telegraph, Columbus Times, Augusta
Constitutionalist and Register, copy 6 times—and
Athens Banner and Watchman 2 times.
feb 14 6t
Headquarters Enrolling Office, . A
Muscogee County,' >
Golumbus, Ga., Feb. 13, 1865. j
Slave owners of this County are hereby notified
that I will be ready on Monday and Tuesday, 21st
and 22d inst., to receive and receipt for their quota
of slaves, authorized by Act of Gongress, 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 be
credited for the same, upon presentation of their
receipts at these headquarters.
W. A. COBB,
feb 14 td Capt. and Enrolling Officer.
To Retired Soldiers !
Headquarters Post, 1
Columbus, Ga-, Feb. 13th, 1865. |
Special Orders , 1
No. 36. ]
* * * * * «
V. All Retired Soldiers who have reportod and
tiled tlieir descriptive lists in this office, 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.
AVm. 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
Hooks Wanted !
I respectfully solicit additional contributions of
Books, Periodicals, Ac., 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 l
Augusta, Ga., Jan. 9, 1865. J
Persons owning froight shipped by the Southern
Express Company, that is detained in this city, and
other places, in consequence of damage donejto 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.
♦9, Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Mobile and
Selma papers copy one month.
Owing to the increased price of i'xovisions, La
bor and other expenses, the Steamboats on the
Chattahoochee River have been compelled to ad
vance their prices for freight and passage to’the fol
lowing rates ;
Passage from Columbus to Chattahoochee $75 00
From Chattahoochee to Columbus SIOO 00
Intermediate landings in proportion.
Freights to any point on Chattahoochee River $4 00
per hundred. Measurement freight $1 25 per cubic
Capt. H. WINGATE, Shamrock.
Capt. DAN FRY, Jackson.
Capt. ABE FRY, Indian.
Capt. JOHN COUCH, Mist-
Capt. A. O. BLACKMAR.MunnerIyn.
f*b7—tf *
XOTIOB.
Ornci Grant Factory, l
* Nov. 29, 1864. J
ALL persons having demands against the estate of
Daniel Grant, deceased, are heroby requested to
resent them to the Grant Factory. _
nov 30 ts JOHN J. GRANT.
Bun copy and send bill to office Grant Faotocr.
mUmms limes,
VOL. XII.}
Citimxe of ttchedisle.
liN and after Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains on
'the use gee Railroad will run as follows :
’ASSENGEK TRAIN:
ijoave Columbus e; #) jj
Arrive ,ii . lacon .2 50 p‘ ’
'iCa.ve .M ic« and.... j} 30 A. M*
arrive ot < < iumbus .3 06 P V
FREIGHT TRAIN: '
ueavc Columbus \ t)0 A. .M.
Arrive at Col un’>u- 455 A v
1f • W. L.. CLARK, '
Jjupt. Muscogee R, R.
Througli to .dloiitaromer y.
NEW SCHEDULE.
340NTQ0MERV & WEST POINT
It All, HO A 0 CO M I’ANY.
COLUMBUS. August 27,1864.
iN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
the Monigpmery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point . at. 7:10 a. m.
Arrive .ir. Oolurabus at 5*32 p. m.
Leave Columbus 5 at 6:50 a. m.
Arrive at Mon ginnery at 3:OU p. m.
Arrive at West. Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbu-- at 8:40 a in.
Irrives .at 8:27 p in
I>. 11. ORAM, Sup’t & Eng.
ag27 1861 —ts
MOBILE A GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CUIJISB OF saiBDIILE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
I iN and after 10th inst,. Trains on this Road will
> Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Pas-tenger Tea lis
ueave Girurd at 1 30 j>. m .
Arrive in Union Springs 600 “
i,eave Union Springs 5 35 a. m.
\rrivo in Girard at 10 00
Train.
ijeave Girard at 4 00 a. m.
\rrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
*vlß ts Eng. & Sup’t.
Regular Line of Steamers on the
Chattahoochee lUver
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
THE Steamer. Jackson, Daniel Fry, Master, wil
leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day at‘9 a. m. Returning loaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 p. m. j
The Steamer Indian, 0. 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 .WasDr, leaves Colum
bus every Friday at 9a. m. Returning eaves Chat
tahooche every Sunday at 12 m.
jan 10 2m
ranmis! hew goods ;!
Just Received.
Fine English LONG CLOTH,
“ l ' Gentlemens’ HALF HOES,
Extra tine BRAID, for Ladies Dresses,
Also, two Barrels COFFEE.
STANFORD & CO.,
feb JLO 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, Baeon,
Lard, AVheat, t lour. 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 s’ze«, from 30 to
120 gallons.
Pots, Ovens end Skillets,
Fry Pans and An irons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades.
Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds.
Orders for Castings and Machine Work
promptly executed.
janStl JOHN D. GRAY & CO.
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 city. Customers can be daily supplied by call
ing at the Louisiana Saloon or at the store of Dou
thit k Cos., old Postoffice corner,
feb 9 lw D. B, CALDWELL.
W A ]NTBD f
AN OVERSEER. One without family, who has
lost an arm in the service, and thereby unfit for
military service preferred.
Apply to ROBERT R, HOAVARD,
Beynotds, Taylor Gounty.
MRS. CHAS. J. AVILLIAMS,
nov2l-tf Columbus, Ga,
Dr. R. YOBI.E,
JDZEnSTTIST, .
AT Pemberton A Carter’s old stand, back room ot
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours, * foe 186 m
To Printers !
WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
Vr (except Ruling Machine,) two hand PRESSES,
and about
1,000 Pounds of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf _
Lost or Mislaid.
[?OUR SHARES of the G. & A. S. S. Cos., No
f 160, in favor ol Mrs. J. L. AVibon.
nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRANT.
i no* ami osvAnnms
TO EXCHANGE FOR
a-R.OU3Nri> PEAS,
At the GRANT FACTORY.
dec 17 ts ~
To Hire.
A LIKELY sixteen year old house GIRL, that has
been welllraised, sews well, has a good disposi
tl°?^d»f°°dofCl’lld''e°- AP %‘IS OFFICE.
CITY FOUNDRY!
w, tor
5,000 will be paid. DILLARDi
sp7 ts Major and Q. M.
FOR SAXiE 2
WAGON HARNESS COLLARS, HAMES, Ac.
'» Aft'»** 86 ’ BU lhkr“ AN S sco,
feb 41m Masonic Hall, upstairs._
Wanted,
TOR the State of Louisiana TEN MOULDERS.—
F Wages liberal. Transportation furnished. Ap
pi, to Mai. R. S. H.rd.-.y.jfthKcrtj ; s„5. R
feb l 9 ts Comisetoner for Louisiana.
Pocket Book Lost.
SSOO Reward..
A large enameled cloth Money book lost in the
ladiesoir of the Gpellka R- R- on Saturday tiia
lPh inst* The name oft Martha James Ross was
written in full within it* It .contained three five
hundred dollar bills, ten hundred dollar bills and
twe fifties besides some small bills, the total amount
about $2,600- The above reward will be paid for its
delivery at the Times Office- It was dropped at the
B * at W Febmf iDg th< °
Negroes to Hire.
rno HIRE, ten ,onn« H*ro ME!t, . eo»J
T Cbo kmiWrf.. Ap£, t. weaLFOLK
iwlTtf v
COLUMBUS, GA., FRIDAY, FEB. 11. 1865.
DAILY TIMES.
EVENING EDITION.
THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 16, 1865.
J he Exemi won Bill. —ln answer to a cor
respondent, v. ho inquires whether the exemp
tion bill, passed a few days ago in the House
of Representatives; does away with the pres
ent exempi on ] w. or whether it proposes to
modify the prvg at exemption law by repeal
ing the peculiar sections mentioned in the bill
passed a few Jays since: the Richmond Sen
tinel replies tint the exemption bill referred
to does not rep- U or modify the existing law
on the subject ot exemptions, except in three
particulars: First it repeals the ‘‘fifteen ne
gro” exemption. Secondly it abolishes all
exemptions and details granted by the Presi
dent or Secretary of War to persons under
forty years of age, except light duty men and
artisans, mechanics and scientific men em
ployed by or working for the Government.—
Thirdly, it restricts the exemption of mail
contractors and drivers to contractors person
ally engaged in executing contracts. The rest
of the present exemption law remains in full
force.
It may be proper to explain, as to the sec
ond head of the bill, that it applies only to
what the public know as “details, ” although
“ exemptions ” are mentioned. But these are
the exemptions which the existing law au
thorizes the President or Secretary of War to
grant, net those which are granted by law,
such as those of public officers, preachers,
teachers, &c. It is understood that the Press
ident and Secretary of War have not been in
the habit of granting exemptions. They have
made details. The bill revokes both, and
prohibits both for the future, except as before
explained.
The bill requires the bonds of exempted
and detailed men when they are called into
service to be abated in proportion to the time
they may lo3e of tbeir exemption or detail for
the year.
Roll on this Ball.—The Chattanooga Re
bel, published at Selma, Ala., brings us the
gratifying information that some of the lead
ing and most influential citizens of that por
tion of Alabama have already taken the ini
tiatory steps towards the inauguration of a
system of public meetings, with the view of
arousing the people to a realizing sense of the
magnitude of the present crisis, and the im
portance at once, and without further delay,
of making the most effecctive preparations
to resist and beat back the tide of invasion
which will certainly be poured upon us at an
early day. The best popular speakers are to
be appointed to address the people at the va
rious points to be hereafter indicated by pub
lic announcement.
Seward has determined to continue his
blockade upon travel across the Canadian line.
A late Chicago paper says : Mr. Hall, ex-pres*
ident of the Galena railroad company, who
left Detroitltar AVashington in behalf of the
Central and other railroad companies, to sug
gest reasons in favor of the revocation of the
passpoit order of Secretary Seward re
turned. He says that Mr. Seward informed
him that the order would not be revoked.
A Northern paper states that a number of
“copperheads and secessionists” have decided
to quit California in disgust. They have
founded what they call a “White Man’s Col
onization Society,” and intend emigrating to
Mazatlan, Mexico. Beriah Brown, editor of
the San Francisco Democratic Press, is at the
head of the movement.
An application to raise a regiment of negroes,
made to tha Adjutant General at Richmond, was
retured endorsed —“ refused. No authority by
law.”
■—- T • - 1 *
Naval Power op Npain. —Spain has a con
siderable naval force. She has two lines of battle
ships, ter frigates, four eorvetts, nine brigs, six
teen schooners,fifteen smaller vessels, thirty-seven
side-wheel steamers, nine transports—in all one
hundred and two vessels and mounting nine hun
dred and seventy-four guns. There are besides
for coast servioo twenty-six felueces, and seventy
one gunboats.
The annual report from California shows that
the total revenue of the Federal Government en
the Pacific coast for the past year was about nine
milliongof dollars: the excess of disbursements
about six hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.
[The import duties collected amounted to nearly
Lix millions of dollars in gold. Tha total coinage
preached sixteen millions. The entire product of
gold and silver for all the Pacific mines was
about fifty-five millions of dollars.
The Mobile Tribune thinks Mr. Lincoln has
done a great deal for our country. It is true that
he has devastated it wherever his mercenary troeps
were employed, but while his troeps have been
doing this, he has been undoing their work by his
protocols and his messages, and his ultimatums.
And the last of them is the best of all. It is what
has restored to our people resolution—what has
taken from their hopes ail expectation of a peace
not won by arms. And in that respect it is the
best thing of all. I; has produced unity, and that
is all that is necessary to the salvation of the
country.
Interesting from New Mexico. —The Santa
Fe Gazette gives the following account ot Carson’s
fight v ' c Indians :
Rep* 1 ". v cached the city of an engage'
ment wbica Uoi. Carson’s command had with the
Camanche and Kiowa Indians, on the 25th of
November, at Bent's fort cut Red river, abeut 100
miles from Fort Bascom.
The •ngagement began about tight o clock, a.
m., and laitad until sundown,about ten hours and
a half. The Indians, who numbered from 1,000 to
1,200, wore driven from their position, 150 lodges
burned, and fifty or sixty of their warriors killed
or wonnded by Col. Carson's command, which
numbered 24# effective men. The colonel two
■eldiers killed, ten wounded, and one Apache hilled,
and fire Utaa and Apaches wounded.
Northern News—The State Convention of
Tennessee.
Jhe Tories of Tennessee, with old Parson
Brownlow at their head, have been cutting a
high figure at Nashville—going through the
farce of a State Convention. The New York
tribune has column after column of the pro
ceedings of this conclave of Yankees, but the
following paragraphs will serve to show the
character and action of the body.
The State Convention has been in session
in the Capitol, and its meetings have been
somewhat stormy and excited. Delegates are
m attendance from nearly every part of the
State. Parson Brownlow i'3 on hand ; Horace
Mayr.Td? with his long black hair thrown be
hind b ; 3 ears, and his weird and striking (out
ensemble , is a delegate; General Milligan and
James R. Hog, figure largely in the uiicus
sions. 1 here were 510 delegates appointed
but only about two thirds of that number are
present, and nearly half these hail from East
Tennessee.
A spicy debate sprung up on supplemental
amendment, o the effect that persons of In
dian and African descent, to the third genera
tion, be prevented from exercising any of the
rights of citizenship. Mr. Maynard opposed
it. He said that perhaps he was not the right
man to speak upon that subject, for he voted
against the arming of negroes ; but when he
went out in the suburbs, a short time since,
and saw them lying side by side with rebels,
dead, wounded, shot in the head—for him he
could not see much difference in color.
[Noble talk for a Southern man.—Ex.]
Mr. Hood, in debating a proposition before
the Convention, said:
I declare myself opposed to disloyal white
men voting, and when gentlemen propose to
vote disloyal whites, I propose to bring up the
loyal black men to offset that vote. Let the
loyal colored man counterbalance the disloyal
white vote, just as the black brigades counter
balanced the rebel brigades in front of Nash
ville on the 15th and 16th of December, 1864.
I never was a pro-slavery man. I believe the
bloody war through which we are passing is
entailed on us as a punishment for the great
crime of slavery. Preachers have prostituted
the pulpit by raring and declaring slavery a
divine institution. They have been the apos
tles of hell, and I thank God that this can be
said in the Capitol of Tennessee.
[This beats Parson Brownlow himself in
profanity.—^Ex.]
Summing up the action of this great Tory
Convention, a correspondent of the Tribune
says:
Slavery, the primary cause of the rebellion,
and the hitherto bane and curse of the State,
is practically abolished forever. This is glory
enough for one one month. Slavery has still
a nominal existence until the 23d of February
next, but the Conventio i was so sure of hav
ing killed the accursed thing, that it read the
funeral services of the institution amidst the
clapping of hands and the wildest manifesta
tions of enthusiasm.
East Tennesseans went into raptures over
the auspicious event, and excitedly went about
the hall greeting each other, and acting some
thing after the fashion of a Methodist Camp
meeting.
On the 4th of March the elections for Gov
ernor and Members of the Legislature take
place, and on the first Monday in April the
Legislature meets in the Capitol in Nashville.
Mr. Brownlow was nominated by acclama.
tion for Governor: -
MEMPHIS UNDER YANKEE RULE.®
Memphis seems to hare become a delightful
city under Yankee rule. A letter in the New
York Tribune saj3:
Memphis is to-day a commercial capital of
the valley. The swarms of speculators gather
and disperse from here. It is thronged with
adventurers. A class in great haste to get
riches and more reekless, was scarce Known
in California in the golden age'of “ Washee.”
YANKEES PLAYING A HIGH HAND IN MISSOURI.
The Yankees, who are sitting in Convention
at the Capitol of Missouri, a self-styled State
Convention—protected by Federal bayonets—
are playing a high hand. They have adopted
a “ Bill of Rights,” of which a telegram from
St. Louis aay 8 :
The 6th section of the Bill of Rights, pass
ed almost unanimously by the Missouri State
Convention, declares that the State shall ever
remain a member es the national Union, and
all attempts to dissolve said nation ought to
be resisted with the whole power of the State.
The 7th declares that every citizen of the State
owes paramount allegiance to the national
Government, and that no State enactment in
opposition thereto can have any binding force.
An ordinance ha3 been introduced confisca
ting (he property of rebels engaged in overt
acts, and asking Congress to release the claim
of the United States to confiscate rebel prop
erty in the State of Missouri.
From Mexico.
From the Monterey Monitor, Nov. 26th, the
following is extracted:
Movements of the Emperor. —His Majesty,
Maximilian I, has been visiting the State of
Morelia, where he was received with every
demonstration ot respect and enthusiastic al
legiance. His Majesty, on approaching the
city of Morelia, halted his body guard and ad
vanced into the city alone, thus displaying
bis confidence in the faithfulness of the peo
ple who bad been represented as inimical to
his government. The city was illuminated,
and the people and the authorities vied with
each other in manifestation of devo’ed loyalty.
On his return 10 the city of Mexico, the Em
peror was met half a day’s journey from the
city by the Empress. When the two royal
corteges were within a short distance of each
other, both the Emperor and the Empress
descended from their conveyances and met
each other on foot. The Emperor traveled
on horseback and the Empress in her car
riage.
Letters from the capital intimate that the Em
peror intends soon to visit Vera Cruz, and theuee
he intends to extend his trip by sea to this State.
It affords us unalloyed happiness to make this
announcement, as we are certain that his J/ajesty
will meet with a reception in this great commer
cial emporium which will assure him that the peo
ple of Tamaulipas are more than satisfied with
the Imperial government. The wealth, beauty,
intellect and aristocracy of tbi? community will
no doubt make the>r reception for the Emperor
eclipse any fete that has graced Mon'eray for a
great many years.
Defeat of Canale3. —In the last number of
the Monitor we gave in Spanish, an official ae
count es the defeat and dispersion of the faction
iats under Canales, by the Imperial troops under
command of Gen. 'Cartini. The engagement took
place at Guorioce, and was conducted on the part
of Gen. Cartini with censumate skill. The Im
perial force suffered no loss, while the factioniats
lost oonsiderably. Among the killed we regret
to notice the name of Senor Puente, an old mem
ber es the editorial fraternity, and a gentleman of
many estimable qualities.
The Monitor argues at length in favor of direct
trade between Hou-ten and Brownsville, instead
of Caaargo.
Condition of the Slaves Stolen by Sherman.
Toe following shows the suffering condition
of the slaves that were run off by Sherman.
It is interesting as an evidence of what the
Slaves of the South have gained bv leaving
their masters, by whom thev were well fed
and clothed, aud running off to the Yankees :
OKS. SHERMAN S FKEBDMEN.
Good Men and Women of the Xorth:
V\ e earnestly appeal to you'in behalf ot the
thousands of suffering negroes whom General
Sherman has just liberated by his triumphant
march ti.rougu Georgia.
Wherever he has borne our flag, thev have
hastened to follow it with simple faith in the
truth ot the Government and the charity of
the nation. They have arrived on the coast,
utter long marches and severe privations,
weary, famished,, sick, and almost naked.
Seven hundred ot these wretched people ar
rived at Beaufort Christmas night, in a state
of misery which would have moved to pity a
heart ot stone, and these are but the advance
ot a host no less destitute.
1 he stores ot the Government, already over
taxed to supply a large army, are not availa
ble to relieve their wants,” and unless the
charity o: the North .comes speedily to the
reseue, they must die by hundreds from ex
posure and disease.
So extreme and entire is the destitution of
this people, that nothing which you can afford
to give will come amiss. Clothing is their
most pressing need, especially for women and
children, who cannot wear the cast off gar
ments of soldiers. Shoes and stockings, hats,
suspenders, and under garments of all kinds,
are hardly less necessary in this climate than
in the North. Utensils, medicines, money—
anything you have to spare—will fiud its use
among this wretched people.
The several Freedmen’s Aid Societies at the
North are proper and sufficient channels for
your beneficence. We pray you, for the sake
of suffering humanity, let them be speedily and
abundantly filled. Rufus Saxton,
Brig. Gen. and Mil. Gov. of S. O.
H. G. Judd, Sup’t of Freedmen.
Beaufort, S. C., Jan. 6, 1885.
Another “ appeal ” for these “ poor suffer
ing creatures ” says :
The first intimation given me that many of the
freedmen would be brought hither from Savannah
came in the form of a request from the General
that I would “call at once, to plan the receptien of
seven hundred, who would be at the wharf in an
hour.” This was Christmas day, and at 4 p. m.
we had seven hundred, mainly women and chil
dren, before us.
A canvass, since made. sho*s that half of them
had traveled from Macon, AtUnta, and even Chat
tanooga. They were utterly destitute of blankets,
stockings or shoes, and among the seven hundred
there were not fifty articles in the shape of pots
or kettles, or other utensils for cooking, no axes,
very few coverings for many heads, and children
wrapped in the only article not worn in some form
by the parents. * * # *
We have no stockings—we have no children’s
clothing—no needles or thread for the making up
of articles—no cloth for shirts or petticoats. The
supply of blankets is almost exhausted. Two hun
dred out of the four hundred taken out are sick
through exposure, and coffins go out each day to
bury the dead.
Is it necessary to say more to awaken the strong-,
est feelings of sympathy in their.behalf. But be
fore this reaches you, from three to five thousand
more, equally destitue will be laid upon our hands.
AVhat, in God’s name, shall we do with them?—
How offer them sufficient in the way of physical
comfort, even to keep them from regretting their
escape from slavery ?
And this, the Appeal remarks, is the condition
of the few thousand blacks that have been libera
ted by Sherman. And yet the North—in the face
of this confession, would set free the feur millions
of slaves of the South. And for what? To die
from sheer starvation!
The Negro in Tennessee. —The following
is Adjt. Gen. Thomas’ latest order in relation
to the “ American citizen of African descent ”
in Tennessee :
Nashville, Tbnn., Jan. 16,1865. —General:
The following are the views upon which I have
acted, and wliich I desire to see carried out in
the State of Tennessee in relation to the col
ored people:
By placing in the army, as we have done, a
large number of able-bodied men, we have to
this extent diminished the active labor in the
State, and it is therefore essential that all oth
ers of this race be kept in the State. No pa
pers should therefore be given blacks to go
beyond its limits.
A r ery many have left their former homes
and come to this city, or in default of find
ing employment, have gone to contraband
camps.
It is not desirable tp receive them, either
here or in the camps, especially in the city,
where, huddled together in miserable hut3
and inadequately provided for, they contract
disease, and death in many instances is the
consequence. All should be allowed to go to
tbeir former homes, or seek employment in
the country, where they will be well t'reated
and receive fair compensation for tbeir labor.
Papers should therefore be granted, in all
cases, to blacks desiring to leave the city to
seek employment.
At the contraband camp3 the blaeks will be
hired on fair terms to those who desire them,
provided the commanders thereof aTe satisfied
that they will receive proper treatment, and
hire according to contract.
A T ery respectfully,
Your ob’t servant,
L. Thomas, Adjt. Gen.
Brig. Gen. John F. Miller, Com’d’g Post of;
Nashville, Tenn.
Northern Items. —The Catholic churches of
New York are to be assessed each $50,000 per
annum for a magnificent cathedral, an enterprise
initiated by Archbishop Hughes, and now cher
ished by his successor. The edifice will doubt
less excel anything of the kind north of the City
of Mexico.
The inhabitants of Aspinwall are clamoring
loudly fer the permanent location in their port of
a United States gunboat to protect their shipping,
etc.
•
Nineteen States have accepted the provisions
of tha acts of the Federals donating lands “ for
the benefit of agriculture and mechanic arts,” and
have received land and land scrip amounting to
4,930,009 aces.
The Northern Bank of Kentucky is seeking
the passage of a law by the Legislature, authori
zin'* it to organize under the Federal national
banking law. It has a capital of $3,000,000.
Mr. Wells, of the Federal navy department, is
unable to answer the question of the House, as to
the cause of the bursting of the Parrot guns. He
admits that five have burst daring the two attack?
on Fort Fisher, and that forty- five men were
killed and wounded by the explesions, but says
the reason of the bursting cannot be ascertaied
until more complete facts can be obtained.
So many acqpdents have lately happened on
the Morris and Essex railroad in New Jersey,
that those people, still living, who regularly trav
el ou the road, have held meetings to take some
action which may preeerve their lives and
remainder of their limbes.
The fortification bill reported in the House, ap
propriate $6,648,000. The items for the defence
es the lakes and the Northern seabeard are mate
rially increased over t : >seef last year, and half a
millioa ot dollars are given fer the defeaee of
Washington
f SIX DOLLARS
1 PER MONTH
Al. " > p-iq *V' U?v :■ tv. •’> Mie
Kmewing from a .fetter in tae Rebel, fated at
Rome. Ga.:
There are Ihou.-aQID.Mr. Editor, who prefer oeing
whipped and do gated ,"imd our cities and towns
all jiurris-Hied, ra her than accept humiliating
vrms at tbs hands of utxt enemies. Rather
than fi hack into -h-Ii a loin, they
weuid prefer being held down like uanappy
1‘ land, nod let tne smothered fires Durst forth
a? often as there was occasion and opportU'
nily There are breaches that can never ba
healed.
Cohld you stand upon the hills of this desolate
city and see its wasted and withered beauties—
could you traverse our cemetery hill that once so
beautifully bung its clustered shades over the bank*
of cur rivers, I know you would feel that there is
no fitness in a l nion with that people. The wan
ton destruction es all theso ornaments with which
we had adoroed the homes of our dead, has mur
dered our Christian charity and stabbed our for
giveness to the quick. The digging of rifle pits
through the cemetery might possibly have been a
military necessity, but it was a brutal insult to our
dead to undermine their graves. Their harmleet
b.mes might have been moved to some quiet
spot.
It was intensely fiendish to :ake our ornaments
and tombstones aud place thorn like rock and rub>
bish in their fortifications—to shatter the iron
railing into a thousand fragment*, and to pitch
their tents right over the ground where our loved
ones were resting in hallowed peace, to beat their
thttoo and reveille and sing their rude songs and
chuckle their devilish merriment right over the
homes of our dead—the sacred spots where we b id
planted the Fairest flowers to sweeten their ?a i
graves. In taking a survey of this desolate and
desecrated place, I thought that if the ,-p rits ' he
dead did love to linger around their graves, they
must have wandered far away from tae tuaiu *u
ous and unquiet ground.
Within the same enclosure, there rest in pe.ics
some seven hundred of our enemy’s dead—their
graves in long rows of marked precision—every
one carelully filled, and haviugueat painted head
boards with name, and rauk, and company and
regiment. No Southern vandal has vetjbeen found
to disturb or displaces single clod. There I trust
they will rest in unmolested quiet as a contrast to
the brutal meanness of the Yankee nation. Such
things, Mr. Editor, will forever make a Union
with that people impossible. The hatred of the
race will from this tlmo and forever bo heredis
tary in the bosoms of our children and their
posterity.
A Northern Opinion of Sherman’s Move
ments. —The Washington correspondent of the
New York Times pretends to foreshadow what
Sherman’s march from Savannah intended to bo •
He says :
Sherman’s ultimate objective point is nothing
less than Lee’s army, now held tight in Richmond
by Grant. But between his present position and
his ultimate destination lie the States of South
and North Carolina. Now, whatever in these
supports the rebellion—whether seaports through
which contraband of war finds entry from abroad,
or depots of supplies for feeding the rebel force
in Virginia, or railroads and rolling stock, for
the transportation of men and material, or cap
ital towns, whose fall brings distraction, demorali
zation and dismay te the rebellious population, or
negroes, which form the working sinews of
the rebellion, all lie a prey to his thundering
columns.
* * * Finally from North Carolina,
Sherman moves up into Virginia, where he joins
Grant in dealing the death blow at the rebellion,
the head and front of which is Lee’s army at
Richmond.
This programme may, to some, seem rather a
wild sally of speculation than an outline of opera
tion, actually to be realized, or even in serious
contemplation. And yet I venture to say it is
neither more ner less than what will be done this
winter, neither more nor less than what will be an
accomplished fact by the opening of spring. In
justification, the following considerations may be
presented.
It is clear from this outline of the grand scheme
now being worked out by Sherman that the mili%
tary situation in Virginia assumes a wholly new
aspect and relations. The expulsion of Lee's
army from Richmond, so far from being, as hith
erto, a desideratum, is now an event to be pre
vented. Indeed, it is presumable that it will for
some time be Lieut. General Grant’s chief aha
to hold Lee in Richmond, while Sherman
presses forward in the execution of his great de
sign. Viewed in this most general aspect, Rich
mond assumes the character es a pivot, toward
which Sherman is sweeping in an immense eir>
cu inference.
Route to Richmond. —By Colonel Hugulty.
—For the information of officers and soldiers,
returning to their commands in the army of
Virginia, I would suggest that you publish
that it ia not well for them to proceed by way
of Augusta, as they are liable to be detained
by the authorities, and there is no established,
rout through from that point. It is better for
them to go by Washington, Ga., where they
will find a Government train running to Abbe
ville Oourt House, S. O.; (distance 40 miles)
there they will take the Greensboro’ Railroad
to Alston (20 miles), where they will find an
other wagon train running across to Winns
boro’, at which point they intercept the Col
umbia and Charlotte Railroacl. They should
not attempt to carry any baggage. I came
through with my “ boots and spurs. ”
[ Winchester Bulletin.
A soldier says the prettiest sight in the world,
when on a long march, is a sixteen year eld girl
standing in the door waving a white handkerchief;
and the next prettiest sight is a good fat hog.
Repairs have been made on the Mississippi Cen
tral railroad, so that cars now run through from
Jackson to Grenada, Oxford and Senatebia.
“Sor*y TOR THE Horse.”—The Eufaula Spirit
of the South tells the following story :
A friend es ours, who rejoices in a most enormous
beard and moustache, happenedjto be in Richmond
when a raid was threatened on the capital, and
alive to duty, hurried to the entrenchments. As
he passed a party of “old ueldiers," their natural
fondness for making remarks, broke out. Said
one to another,
“Bill, just look at that fellow, I'll swar if he
hasn’t swallowed a horse.”
“How do you know,” was the rejoinder.
“AYhy, bekase, I see the tail sticking out of his
mouth.”
“Well," says Jim, “all I’ve got to say is, I feel
mighty sorry for the horse.”
The way the “Judge” double-quicked from that
locality was amusing to the hard tack boys.
The Retort Discourteous. —At a convene
tion of clergymen not long since, it was pro
posed by one of the members, after they had
dined, that each one should entertain ta*
company with some interesting remarks,—
Among the rest, one drew upon his fancy, ani
related a dream. In this dream he went to
heaven and he described the golden streets,
the river of life, etc., etc. As he concluded,
one of the divines, who was somewhat noted
for his penurious and money saving habits,
stepped up to the narrator, and joeo3eiv in
quired :
“Well, did you see anything of me in vour
dream ?”
“'Yes, I did.”
“Indeed! What was I doing?’
“You were on your knees.”
“Praying, was I?”
“No—scraping up the gold!”
m • rnm - - -
Win. B. Aster, es New Yerk, in paying his war
tax acknowledges to an annual income of $333,-
535.
Attention, Kelson Rangers!
All members of the Nelson Rangers, on furlough
or detail, are ordered to meet at Columbus, Ga.,
on Saturday, 18th inst., prepared to march immedi
ately J. S. OWENS,
feb 15 td Lieut. Commanding.
rnR nUTTAHBOCHEE AND BAINBRIDGE.
The Steamer MIST will leave for the above
and intermediate landings, Friday morning at
9 o'clock,
feb 16 td
Headquarters Enrolling Office, 1
Muscogee County, Georgia, >
Columbus, Feb. 15, 1365. j
Government contractors in this county are hereby
notified that many details for hands in their em
ploy have expired. They must come forward a
ecoe and get said details renewed or said hands
will be sen' to Camp Cooper.
W. A. COBB.
feb 16 lw Capt. k Harolling Offioer.