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DAIL V TLMES, J, n 7 , H 6l €O,, Proprietors, Published Dr 7 (Sundays excepted) at the rate of o_ilO per uiomil, or J>lß ior three mouths. S* subscription received for a longer term than , r „ month*. rates of advertising. CASUAL DAILY ABVBRTISINQ RATES. isements inserted once-$4 per square. RKOULAR DAILY ADVERTISING RATRB. first W oek—-$3 00 pec square for each insertion. Second Week —$2 00 per square for each insertion Third Week—-$1 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. 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.