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SPECIAL NOTICES
iIBA I) QUARTERS GEORGIA RESERVE, "I
m l Military District Georgia.
Macon u Ga., Feb. 10, 1865. j
icn'-rsi Orders .
'No. 4.
I. In <i ’enrdauoe with Far. XXXVI. Special Or
d-.'.rs No. 18, Adjutant and Inspector General’s
Office. Richmond, 21th January. 1865, Brig- Gen. W.
T VVohoid sch i with 1 1> j duty of colieetinjr
stragglers and des fi rs, and dissolving illegal or
jranization in Not. hern Goors ia, and pi. icing them
in temporary organizations- fm immediate duty, un
til they can bo sent to che.r proper commands. He
is also authorized so »nroll all men liable to con
scription in that section of the State who have thus
tar evaded the service, and to disperse aii bands oi
deserter.- that may infest that section of the State.
11. To enable him to discharge fully and energeti
cally these duties, the organizations of Col. Find
ley and others, recognized in General; Orders No.
30,1864, from these headquarters, and all other ir
regular organizations in Northern Georgia, are
hereby directed and ordered to report to General
Wofford without delay, and will hereafter be sub
ject to his o h-rsu.ider the authority granted to him
by the iSpeoi »1 Order from Richmond, referred to in
preceding • S’:vvraph.
111. Unrolling officers in Northern Georgia will
recognize tlic authority g veil to General Wofford
to enroll the men subject to conscripti >n and who
have so far evaded the service, and will render him
all the aid ad assistance in their power.
I . Allouftfderate officers acting under orders
from these Headquarters will give to Gen. Wofford
their aid and a;sistance, when called upon by him,
to carr> out the duties to which he has been as
signed.
By command of
Major Gen. HOWELL COBB.
R. J. Hallktt, 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
,ng their commands they will give orders putting
them in readiness to move to the general encamp
ment at tho 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, wjl! report at the Adjutant
General’s Office at tho 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 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. WOFFORD,
Brig. Gen. Cornd’g Northern Ga.
Macon Telegraph, Columbus Times, Augusta
Constitutionalist and Register, copy 6 times—and
Athens Banner and Watchman 3 times.
feb 14 6t 0
Headquarters Enrolling Office, 1
Muscogee County, >
Golumbus, Ga., Feb. 13. 1865.)
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 onogood suit of olothes, 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, )
Columbus, Ga*. beb. 13th, 1865. j
Special Orders, \
No. 36. j
* * * _ * * #-
V. All Retired Soldiers who have reported and
filed their descriptive lists in this office, are ordered
to report on Tuesday the 28th inst., at 9 o’clock, a.
m., to these Headquarters, for muster.
$ $ $ $ * iff
By command,
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Col. Commanding: Post.
Wm. Q. JfoSES,
Lieut, and Asst. Post Inspector.
febl4-td
Country j)apers near this Post please copy
to the 25th inst., and send bill to these Headquar
ters.
Marshall Hospital, )
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 13, 1565. j
Books 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 ull 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, 1
Augusta, Ga., J an. 9, 1000. j
Persons owning freight 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
ferwarded to destination in consequence thereof,
are hereby notified that this Company will not be
responsible for loss or damage by fire. Consignees,
and others interested will take notice of the above.
JAS. SHUTER,
jan 19 lm Acting Pres.
Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Mobile and
Selma papers copy on 6 month.
Owing to the increased price of Provisions, La
bor and other expenses, the Steamboats on the
Chattahoochee River have been compelled to ad
vance their prices for freight and passage to .the fol
lowing rates:
Passage from Columbus to Chattaheochee 910 W
From Chattahoochee to Columbus SIOO 00
Intermediate landings in proportion. *
Freights to any point on Chattahoochee River $4 00
per hundred. Measurement Freight $i 25 per cubic
f ° ot ' Capt. ... .. NGATE, Shamrock.
Capt. P* * », Jackson.
Capt! ABE FEY, Indian.
Capt. JOHN POUCH, Mist.
Capt. A. O. BL ACKMAR.Munnerlyn.
feb7—tf |
NOTIOB.
Office Grant Factory, \
Nov. 29, 1864. J
ALL pir*ons having demands against the estate of
Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
resent them to thffiran; Factory,
nov 30 ts JOHN J. GRANT.
Bun copy aa<i send bill to office Grant Faotocy.
ft
VOL. XII.}
I’ll uijft of Schedule.
i ..'i ari l arer Friday, Jan. 20th, the Train- on
'the 'use >gee Railroad will run as follow-:
‘ASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus *■ 30 A. M.
Arrive at 4aeon 2 60 f. M.
Leave Mac in 50 A. M
Arrive at O lumbus 3 08 P. M.
FR KlO ITT TRAIN :
Leave Coiui ibus 5 00 A. vt
Arrive at Uoiumbu- 4 55- A. \f.
W. L. CLARE
miir 19 ts Supt. MuscngUe R r P,.
• * M
i iii ough to Montgomery
NEW SCHEDULE.
RAILROAD COMPANY. *
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
ON and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
the Montgomery and We»t Point Rai road will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m
Loave West Point at 7:10 a.m.
Arrive at Golumbus at 5:32 p. in.
Leave Golumbus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. in.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
D. 11. GRAM, Sup’t & Eng.
ag27 1864—ts •
MOBILE & GIRARD RAit ROAD.
€IIAi\GE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7,1864.
\ N and alter 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
’ Run Daily (Sunday excopted,) as follows:
‘Passesager Train.
Leave Girard at ....1 30 p. m.
Arrive in Union Springs 600 “
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. rn.
Arrive in Girard at..... ........10 QO “
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at ~..4 00 a. in.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. in
B. E. WELLS.
Agldr.f Eng. A Sup't.
Regular Line of Steamers ou the
Chattahoochee River.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
THE Steamer Jackson, Daniel Fry, Master, wil
leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day at‘.9 a. m. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 p. m.
The Steamer Indian, C. D. Fry Master, loaves
Columbus every Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. Re
turning, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at
2 A. M.
The Steamer Mist, A. Fry Master, leaves Colum
bus every Friday at 9a. m. Returning leaves Chat
tahooche every Sunday at 12 m.
jan 10 2m
For Fxciiange or Hale.
AT the office of the "Southern Iron Works,” near
the now bridge, the following articles of Hard
ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon,
Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, 01; any other articles
of Psoviiions 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 Anuirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades,
Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds.
AST Orders for Castings and Machine Work
promptly executed.
jan 5 ti JOHN D. GRAY & CO.
WA3STTBD.
4 N OVERSEER. One without family, who has
iV lost an arm iu the service, and thereby unfit for
military service preferred.
Apply to ROBERT R. HOWARD.
Reynolds, Taylor Gounty.
MRS. CHAS. J. WILLIAMS,
nov2l-tf Columl'us, Ga.
Or. E. NOBLE,
JDSISrTIST,
i T Pemberton A Carter’3 old stand, back room of
A Smiths Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours, soc 186 m
To Printers !
WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
(except Ruling Machine.) two hand PRESSES,
and about
1,000 Founds of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf
Lost or Mislaid.
I/OUR SHARES of the G. k A. S. S. Cos., No
T 160, in favor of Mrs. J. L. Wihon.
nov 30 ts • D. & J. J. GRANT.
YAftSslmd OSMBURGB
TO EXCHANGE FOR
onon»rr) peas,
At the GRANT FACTORY.
dec 17 ts _________
CITY FOUNDRY!
SUGAR MILLS AND KETTLES!
WE HAVE OF HAND
Sugar Mills and Kettles,
holding 20,35. 40. 60, 80 and 130 gallons, which we
will exchange for Provisions or any kind of country
Produce, or money on very liberal terms. Orders
olicited. PORTER, McILHI-NNY A CO.
Columbus, Jan. 20, ts
WANTED!
Hi lit LBS. of TALLOW, tor which a liberal price
JvJvv will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
sp7 ts Major and Q. M,
FOR SALE !
WAGON HARNESS, COLLARS, HAMES, &c.
A Iso a few setts of BUGGY HARNESS.
Apply to SHERMAN A CO ,
feb 4lm Masonic Hall, upstairs.
Wanted,
FOR the State of Louisiana TEN MOULDERS. —
Wages liberal. Transportation furnished. Ap
pi, to m. R. s. Hardaway,
feb 12 tt' Comissioner for Louisiana.
Pocket Book Lost.
SSOO Reward.
A large enameled cloth Money book lost in the
ladies car of the Opelika R. R- on Saturday the
11th, inst- The name of Martha James Ross was
written in full within it- It contained three five
htmdred dollar bills, ten hundred dollar bills and
two 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
seat while leaving the cars at Columbus*
Febl2tf M* J* ROSS-
Notice!
T EFT in Box No. 96, Post Office, on the morning
.L 17th Feb. 1865, one bunch KEYS, any one re
moving the keys will please leave them at the Post
Office with the Clerk, and oblige.
fed 17 ts
Attention, Aelsou Rangers!
All members of the Nelson Rangers, on furlough
or detail, are erdered to meet at Columbus, Ga.,
on Saturday, 18th inst., prepared to march immedi
ately J- S. OWENte.
feb 15 td Lieut. Commanding.
Stolen.
TAKEN off the Montgomery train, 15th inst., near
Chmp Watts, a CARPET SACK, the property of
Surgeon B. F. Dickinson, containing valuable
clothes and about fifty ounces of Quin ne, intended
for the Army of Tennessee, Any information con
cerning which will be thankfully received and for
the delivery of the same a liberal rewardwill be
given. T. E. PREWITT,
Ass’t Nurgeon 12th Tenn. Reg,
Vaughn’s Brig., Cheatham's Div,
feb 17—tt*
Headquartrbs Enrolling Offtce, 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 at
once and get said details renewed or said hands
will be sent to Camp Cooper. COBB,
feb 16 lw Capt. & Enrolling Officer.
Hcffroes to Hire.
mO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, aiso a good
T Ox>k and Washer. Avnjr * WOOLFOLK ,
COLUMBUS, GA., SUNDAY, FEB 19. 1865.
DAILY TIMES.
EYKNING RMTION.
SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. 18, 1865.
Public Speaking To-Night.
Our citizens will be rejoiced to know that
Hob. B. H. Hill. Senator from Georgia, will
address tip m. a Temperance Hall, to-night,
on the State of the Country. This simple
announcement is sufficient to insure a crowd
ed audience. The distinguished Senator is
just from Richmond, and will, doubtless, give
his hearers, wuat the absence of mail com
munication has long kept from them, an in
telligent view of the situation in the “Old
Dominion,” and the feeling of the people in
that gallant State. Come out to hear him!
From the Tennessee. —Late arrivals from
North Alabama, says the Memphis Appeal, con
firm previous reports et the preparations of the
Federal commander in Middle Tennessee. These
state that heavy forces have been gathering fer
some time at Decatur, Huntsville and Florence,
and that extraordinary activity in mounting them
was visible. Various estimates were made of
theirstreugth, by such as had the best opportuni
ties of making observations, and the figures rang
ed from thirty to forty-five thousand. The lowest
figure is probably exaggerated; still we cannot
contemplate the situation without forebodings. If
the present line weather continues a few days,
Thomas will most probably make such movements
as will develop his plans.
The travelling public, says the Memphis Ap
peal, who are compelled to lie ever at Columbus,
will find excellent accoramedations with our friend
Parsens, of the Perry House. He spares no pains
to make his guests comfortable. His rooms are
large and airy, and his tables supplied with the
best the market affords, including a large admix
ture of the genuine artiole in his substitute coffee.
Give him a oall.
Congressional Election in the Third Dis
trict of Alabama. —Official information, says
the Montgomery Advertiser, has been received
that Col. Thomas B. Cooper, of Cherokee, member
of the House of Representatives in the Hast Ala
bama Legislature, (has been elected to the Con
federate Congress,” in place of W. R. W. Cebb,
expelled for disloyalty aud dead from the acciden
tal discharge of his own pistol. We understand
that Cel. Cooper was regarded as the War Gandi
date, and his opponent, B. T. Pope, Esq., was the
candidate of the so-called “Conservatives.” Col.
Cooper’s majority is said to be about 200. The
third Congressional District embraces the oounties
of Jackson, Marshall, DeKalb, Cherokee and St.
Clair.
Toar Outrages at Ashxille, Ala. —Official
information has been received, in this city, from
Ashville, that a band of toriei and negroes, 60 to
100 strong, visited that place, last Saturday night
—the 11th inst. They surrounded the house of
Capt. Stewart, Cos. C, Hardie’s Battalion of Ala.
Reserve cavalry. He and Capt. Rankin, Cos. C,
were in the house, and in attempting to escape,
Capt. Stewart was killed and Capt. Rankin ground
ed. They burnt Capt. S’s heuse and all its con
tents adHDr. Nixon’s shop, set fire to the Court
House, Hilled Mr. Wharton (agent for tax in kin and),
and one of Capt. S’s men, and wounded two ethers;
and broke open thejail and released 15 political
prisoners, and escaped without the less es a man.
Capt. Stewart’s company was absent on a scout
towards the Tennessee river. Ashville is the
county seat of St. Clair county.
Guerrilla Raid on Simpsonville, Ky.—
About 11 o’clock yesterday morning a party es
fifteen mounted guerrillas, under command of
Dick Cottor, one-armed Berry and Sue Mucdy,
entered the town of Simpsonville and took posses
sion of that place. After entering the town their
first object was to rob the citizens, and a number
of them were relieved of what spare change they
had about them, and a number of stores were also
entered and robbed. While the guerrillas were
engaged in the robbery, they perceived that the
rear guard of a large drove of government cattle,
which was said to number one thousand head, be
ing driven down the pike towards this city, guards
ed by some seventy-five negro soldiers. The par
ties who bad command of the guerrillas at once
collected their forces, who were scattered through
the town, and started down the road. The negro
soldiers guarding the cattle, were divided into two
squads, one of which was in advance of the drove
and the other in the rear.
About one mile from Simpsonville, the guerril
las came upon the rear guard of the negroes, and
at once opened fire upon them. The negroes were
so panic-stricken bj the sudden attack that they
started to run in all directions. The guerrillas
made rapidly towards them, firing upon them
with their revolvers, and in less time than it takes
to relate it, thirty-five negro soldiers were stretched
upon the ground dead. The whole of the rear
guard were killed, with the exceptiea of one man,
who hid underneath a wagon which had been up
set. The guard who were in advance of the cattle
scampered off and thus made their escape.
After this the guerrillas again returned to
Simpsonville, where they remained for a time,
robbing stores and committing ether depreda
tions.
The store of Albert McDowell was robbed and
his safe rifled of papers, valuable to him only.
Other steres were robbed, but we did not learn the
names of the parties. A number of persons who
were in the town when the guerrillas first entered,
during their absence concealed what valuables
they had, and in this manner saved them. The
guerrillas left Simpsonville about twelve o'clock,
moving off in the direction of Shelby ville.
Pennsylvania.— The Message of the Governor of
Pennsylvania to the Legislature of that State is al
most as long as that of the Governor of Massachu
setts. In it he declares that bounties for volun
teers are not only expensive, but demoralizing and
unproductive of benefit.
Here is his statement of the number of troops fur
nished by Pennsylvania. If it be true, is it not
wonderful that thiw country was not subjugated
long ago—provided other Yankee States have done
in proportion to their means? If it be True, we can
easily see why the North is becoming exhausted
and why the new draft is what AbTaham Lincoln
has no desire to enforce : .
The number of troops sent in the during
1864 from Pennsylvania, is 91,704. o, which over
seventeen thousand have been re-enlistments.
Since the beginning of the rebellion, the number of
volunteers furnished by ylvania been
336 444 to which we may add 25,000 militia, c&iiea
in service in 1862, making altogether 501.444 men.
We learn from the members of the Legis
lature. says the Macon Confederacy, that the
spirit of war and resistance to Lincoln, is ris
ing in a flood tide from one end of the state
to the other. People from the mountains to
the seaboard are resolved, wiih the voice of
one man, never to submit to the demands of
Lincoln, Seward, and the abolition crew, who
require us to bend our n*cks to 'he yoke they
hate made for us.
Employment of Xegroes in the Army.
debate in the senate, feb. 8.
The Senate resumed T he consideration of
the Senate bill to provide for the employment
ot free negroes and slaves to work upon for- t
tifications and perform other labor connected
with the defenses of the country. The pend
ing question being on agreeing to the second
amendment of the House to strike out the
clause restricting the number of negroes to be
employed to 30,000 east of the Mississippi,
and 10,009 west of that river.
Mr. Orr said he should vote against the
amendment of the House. Forty thousand
negroes to be employed iu the arm;, was the
number recommended by the Executive. If
80.000 or 100,000 had been recommended, he
should have voted for that number. But the
bill L and given rise to the discussion of a sub
ject which had excited the public mind more
than any other whatever—putting negroes in 1
the army as soldiers. In his opinion, this
would be one of the most fatal steps that !
could be taken, He believed our soldiers
would object to the measure to such a degree
that it would have the effect ot disorganizing
our army. When the Yankees first began to
occupy our c untry there was a great exodus
of our slaves 10 the enemy’s lines. This conti- j
nued until the Yankees began to enlist the j
negroes as soldiers, when it almost entirely !
ceased. But the moment it was known that ;
we designed putting them into our armies
they would leave by thousands. He believed
the negroes were naturally cowardly, but if
it was simply a choice between entering one
or the other army, they would go to the Yan
kees. Nine hundred and ninety-nine out of
a thousand would do so.
Mr. Orr then went on to show that emanci
pation was a necessary concomitant of put
ting negroes into the army as soldiers, and
dwelt eloquently upon the disastrous effect
upon our country thas the emancipation of
the slaves would entail.
There was an impression in the country
that a large number of men were absent from
the army with and without leave. If this
opinion was incorrect, no one was so much
responsible for it as the President himself,
'who during his unfortunate trip to the South,
made that most unfortunate speech at Macon,
wherein he said that two thirds of the army
were absent, and one third of those two thirds
absent without leave.
Mr. Hill stated that the President never
made such a statement. The report of the
speech was incorrect, and was so stated in the
Georgia papers. The President stated that
two thirds of that army, the army of Tennes
see, were absent, many of them without leave.
The correction was made in the Georgia pa-<
pera, but not by authority.
Mr. Orr repeated that the President’3 speech
at Macon, as reported, and even as stated by
the Senator, was the most unfortunate speeoh
ever made by any public man. The country,
the ordinary newspaper readers, understood
him to mean that most of the absentees were
absent without leave, which was not a fact.—
In that speech he had also aimed a blow at
Gen. Ji hnston; saying that he had putin
command of the army of Tennessee a man
who would strilre an honestrand mairtytoow
for Atlanta; that Sherman’s campaign would
be mere disastrous than the retreat of the
army of the French empire from Moscow.
Mr. Hill explained that be heard the speech
and did not understand that the President
aimed any blow at Gen. Johnston. The whole
purpose of the speech was to induce the peo
ple to recruit and support the army, and stat
ing what would be the result if the people
would do so. The charge had been made that
the President designed to abandon Georgia to
her fate. For the purpose of refuting .ue
imputation, and not as a blow at Gen. Johns
ton, he stated that he had placed a man at
the head of the army who would strike an
honest and manly blow. If the army of Ten
nessee had been recruited by the return of
the absentees, the result of Sherman’s cam
paign would have been what the President
predicted.
After some further remarks about this
speech of the President, Mr. Orr said General
Johnston was removed from the Army of the
Tennessee, and nothing but disaster had fol
lowed. All the men and boys of South Caro
lina were now in the field to resist the advance
of Sherman. It would inspire confidence if
Gen. Johnston were in command there. A
report had just reached him that Gen. Beau
regard had been relieved from the command
of the Southwest, and ordered to command in
South Carolina, This assignment would oe
acceptable to the people of the State. But
he thought that to Gen. Johnston should be
given an important command somewhere.—
He did not know whether there was much of
the Army of Tennessee left. He hoped that
Gen, Lee, now that he bad been made general
in chief, would see to it that Gen. Johnston’s
talent and high military genius should not be
lost to the country.
Mr. Maxwell spoke in opposition to putting
negroes into the army as soldiers. It involv
ed abolition of slavery. He could scarcely
realize that he had heard such a proposition
discussed in the Confederate Senate. He did
not believe that putting negroes into the
ies would add to their strength, and as the
amendment of the House was understood to
tend in that direction he should vote against
it.
Mr Johnson, of Missouri, said that he was
astounded at the range this debate had taken
on this amendment. The question was not
whether we shall put negroes into the army
as soldiers, but whether we shall restrict to
40,000 the number of negroes to be put at the
disposal of the commanders of our armies, to
cook, drive, throw up fortifications, &o. He
was in favor of giving Gens. Lee and Beaure
gard whatever amount of negroes they should
find necessary. Another subject had been
freely discussed; the restoration of General
Johnston to the army of Tennessee. He had
no opinion on this subject himself, because
he had no knowledge of its merits, but he
would state that every Missourian of the Ar
my of Tennessee with whom he had conversed
had told him that Gen. Johnston was the only
man who could revive the spirit of that army,
and that the heart of every man in the army
had sunk when he was removed from its com
mand.
Mr. Burnett said he had not lo3t the pride
of a Southern citizen, but his chief end was
severance fro® the Northern Government. If
this could be done without resort to negro
soldiers, he would say never put a negro into
the army. If he was convinced that there
was white material enough in the country, he
would vote against negro aoldiere, but he was
not convinced of it, and, if called an Aboli
tionist, he was in good company. Gen. Lee,
and many other distinguished officers, favored
putting negroes into the army. The material
of which the Yankee army was composed was
Irish, Germans and negroes. It was the poli
cy of the enemy, having issued a proclamation
of universal emancipation, they put into the
army all the ablebodied negroes in the coun
try as they overran it. The portions of Ken
tucky held by our armies in 1862 was now
garrisoned by negro troops, the slaves of that
country. In his opinion it was with U3 simp
ly a choice, whether we should put the neg
roes into our armies, or to leave them to swell i
the armies of the enemy.
Mr. Barnett said all the diaaateri ra the army
of Tennessee had been the direct ronseqaeuoes of
the removal of Gen. Johnston, and he believed
his restoration would be hailed with joy by the
whole artny. He did not know whether the Pres
ident knew the truth, but be would do what he
could to enlighten him. In conclusion, he said
the question of putting negroes in the armies as
soldiers was not practically before the Senate.—
Whenever it should be, he would vote for it as a
military necessity.
The vote being taken, the amendment was re
jeeted—yeas 6, nays 10.
Those who voted in the affirmative were Mcs-rs.
Brown, Barnett, Dortch. Henry, Johnson of Mis
sonri. Nhnms, Sparrow, Vest and Watsor.
Those wiio voted in tho negative were Messrs.
Baker, Caperton, Garland, Ilayues, Hill, Maxwell,
Orr, Seinmes and Wigfall.
The remaining amendments were then consid
ered, and with three exceptions, agreed to.
Before a vote was taken on the bill, Mr. Orr of
South C&r<diua, moved to reconsider the vote by
which the second resolution was concurred in.—
He did not wish to change his vote, but had made
the motion that one of tho Senators from Missis
sippi (Mr. WatsoH), who desired to express his
opinions on the subject of that amendment, might
be heard.
On motion of Mr. Oaperton of Virginia, the
Senate resolved iu secret session.
debate in the house, feb. 3.
Mr. Aiken, of Tennessee,offered a series of roso
olutions as a substitute for those offered on Wednes
day by Mr. Gholson, of Virginia. It will be rec
ollected that the resolution of Mr. Gholson de
clared that the people of the Confederate State*
have ever been, and are now reaay to make peace
on terms honorable to both parties ; yet if it is the
judgment of this House that, while we should
manifest a willinguess to treat for peace, we should
not omit vigorously to prepare for war! that in
the judgment of the House this preparation can
be best made by using every effort to place at
once in the army every man liable under our
laws to render military service, by causing the
commissary, quartermaster and other depart
ments to be administered with renewed energy and
increased activity; and since General Lee has
been made General-in Chief by assigning under
him oar best and most acceptable generals to the
command of separate armies, and by ceasing to
agitate the policy of emplying negro troops.
The reolutions offered by Mr. Atkins, as a sub
stitute, were as follows:
“Resolved, That arming the slaves in our cause,
upon a promise of emancipation, is in conflict
with well established principles, and therefore
should not he done.
“Resolved that the character of the war which
the enemy is waging against us and the immense
resources which he is bringing to bear for our
subjugation, justifies and requires that we should
exhaust all the resources within our reach rather
than submit to so terrible a fate.
“ Resolved, That between subjugation and
using our slaves in our defence, every principle of
•justice and self-preservation requires the latter;
and therefore we should at once put one hundred
thousand slaves, between the ages oi seventeen
and forty five, in the field; and, in order to make
them effective, and to immediately interest all of
our soldiers in the initiation, it is expedient that
the governmant should purohase all the slaves
thus put in the army within three months after
the enactment of a law in accordance with these
resolves, a slave, to be his absolute right and
property, to be forever free from the claims of
any and all persons, and t the title only to be de
livered by such soldier abandoning his post with
out leave, in which case the title shall revert to
the government.”
Mr. Boyce, of South Careliaa, moved that the
House go into secret session upon the considera
tion of the resolutions, but the motion did not
prevail.
The subject being taken up, Mr. Cenrad, of
Louisiana, proceeded to address the House, direct
ing his arguments principally in opposition to the
resolutions of Mr. Gholson.
At the conclusion of Mr. Conrad’s remarks, Mr.
Horton, of Florida, moved that the resolutions be
referred to the Committee oa Military Affairs,
which was so ordered.
fFrom the* Macon Telegraph.]
The Signs of the Times.
We the most gratifying evidence daily
presented to us that Lincoln’s insolent conduct
toward our Peace Commissioners i3 having
the effect of uniting our people, heart and
soul, in defence of their liberty. Anew spirit
has been awakened which gladdens the hearts
of all true men, and inspired anew hope in
every breast. The despondent cease to mope
and mourn, and, the man who yesterday saw
nothing but gloom and disaster, is fired up
to-day with a zgal and earnestness that have
been strangers to his feelings for many weeks.
It makes one feel proud of his country, and
her people to witness this new state of things
The moment Lincoln presented to our people
the choice between the continuance of this
bloody and cruel war and unconditional sub
mission to his abolition yoke,-he gave anew
impulse to the revolution ; for he struck a
chord that sounded the depths of Southern
manhood, and brought forth a response that
will yet fill the despot’s heart with bitterness
and despair.
Our people, it is true, love thefr ease an 1
comfort, but dearer to them than this, is their
honor and their liberty. Murdered them he
has; desolate their homes, he can; overwhelm
them, he may; but conquer their proud spirits
never ! Not only is it the case in our own im
mediate neighborhood, bur we are permitted
to publish extracts of private letters fiom
different sections of the State, exhibiting
a similar feeling. Indeed, from every
quarter we hear of the enthusing effect of
Lincoln's announcement to our Peace Com
missioners, that snbmission —unconditional
submission—was the only terms he had to
offer us. Thanks to you, Mr. Lincoln, you
have aroused the rue spirit of our people,
and will yet learn that Southern womea have
not given birth to a race of poltroons. You
indeed reckoned without your host, when yeu
counted upon their base surrender of all that
is dear to freemen, to your insolent demand.
Below we publish a letter received Bv us
from Judge Love, of Thomasville, a gentleman !
long looked upon as a leader of that party
who were in favor of negotiation. It will be :
seen that the Judge is now convinced that,
the war must go on. and like an honest man
and true patriot, i3 not ashamed to admit that j
he has been mistaken. We hope and trust ■
that all who thought as Judge Love, will im- |
itate his patriotic example. Read the letter: i
Thomasville, Feb. 10, 1865.
* * * It appears that our commission
ers have returned to Richmond, and the only
terms offered them by Lincoln and Seward j
were abject submission to the Yankee Got- i
ernment and its abolition laws. I was one of
those who honestly expected a different result: !
but the delusion is now thoroughly depleted. <
Nothing now remains to us bat to fight this i
war to independence or complete exhaustion.
This mission, although it hat failed in the ob*
tainmentof peace, has resulted, and will result, in
uniting our people in the effort to win or to die. I
have heretofore been opposed to arming the slaves,
but I now yield my objections. Indeed, all I have,
negroes, houses, lands, everything, is at the ser
vice es our Government, if it wants them to prose
cute this war. In saying this, I believe that I but
express the sentiment* of all those in t : : s section,
wlio have heretofore been for peaea by i.egoiia
tion.
May a just God aid us in the deter-wi"--- * •
which now has to come.
Respectfully,
P. E. Love.
New, let our friend? read the following extracts
—it will do their hearts good .
Newnan, Feb. 9, 1565.
* * * We are all right here now: Liacoin
has done what Jeff. Davis could not do—he has
united our people. No mere '‘Union” ana peace
talk in these parts, hui everybody is in for the
war.
Atlanta. Feb. 11, 1865.
« • * la spite »t all this rvua and. desolation,
I SIX DOLLARS
\ PER MOXTU
the *'•«*»!* “ere -.re vs >•-j "’ j ’o-il
as m the tir*t day* of ttie rofoiateu; 1 aeu- m.»t
this is tho case all through “Cherokee Heorg’ t.”
Avery clever man said to me yesterday, tint
he had been a peace man for the las: ?<-».
months, but be wi>ald now dir before be w >u 1
take peace on Lincoln's terms, and that is tbo
taik with everybody. It the »«m« feeling prevails
everywhere, rhat we have here, I tell von thst
Lincoln will never whip this light. * ** *
Ameiucus, Feb. 11, 1865.
* F ‘never saw such a change as has
taken place with the people here since the Peace
Commisone.i have returned. It has made good
South™ men out of the worst case* we had.
Tell- c that evea old savs he is
ready to fight now. ami would see old Lincoln
d—d before he would,submit to him. * *
Albany, Feb. 10, 1563.
* * * We have just heard the news from
Mr. Stephens, and the other peace commissioners,
and it has wiped out the peace. Union and sub
mission feeling in this country. I never sew any
thing like it in my life. Next to raising the dead
to life, comes the resurrection of the submisionists
to anew life. They don’t look like the same men.
It make* me feel good all over, when I hear one
of these croakears, cursing and damning old Lin
coin and all Yankeedom, and swearing be goes ia
for fighting it out * * *
[From Hall’s Journal of Health.'
Eating Economically.
What kind of food has tho most nourishment
and costs the least, is a question of great practical
importance. The following tables may be stud
ied with considerable interest by every faini'y
They will show the mode of preparation, uv'
amount of nutriment, and the time required f li
the digestion of the most common article?
tood placed upon our tables. A dollar s worth • ■!’
meat at 25 cents a .pound, gees as far as 50 een s'
worth of butter, at 50 cents per pound. Throe
pounds of flour at S cebts a pound, is said to con
tain as much Dutrimeut as 9 pounds of roast beef,
which, at 25 cents, is $2,21; that is, 25 cam*’
worth of flour goes a? far as nine rimes that mu h
money spent for roast beef, as weighed at .tbo
butcher’s stall.
A pint of white beans, weighing 4 pound, aul
costing 7 cents, contains as much nutriment m
3J of roast beef, costing 87i cents. Os all tbs
articles that can be eaten, the cheapest are bread
butter, molasses, beans and rice. A pound
corn meal, (Indian) goes as far as a pound 0)*
flour: so that fine family flour at sl6 dollars a
barrel, and corn meal at 4 cents, the lattei is just
one half les3 expensive. If qern and wheat wore
ground, and the whole product, brand and all,
made into bread, 15 per cent, of nutriment would
be saved, with much greater healthfulness. The*e
are standard tables :
Quality of Mode of Alh’t of Time of
Food. Preparation. Nutriment. Digestion.
h. u.
Cucnmbers, raw, 1 per cent. 8 00 -
■ Turnips, boiled, 4 “ “ 230
MUk, fresh, 7 “ “ 215
Cabbage, boiled, 7 “ “ 430
Apples, raw, 13 “ “ 150
Potatoes, boiled, 13 “ “ 280
Fish, boiled, 20 “ “ 200
Venison, boiled, 22 “ “ 180
Pork, roasted, 24 “ “ 515
Veal, roasted, 25 “ “ 400
Beef, roasted, 26 “ “ 330
Poultry, roasted, 72 “ “ 245
Mutton, roasted, 80 “ “ 315
Bread(wheat)baked, 80 “ “ *3 30
Bread, baked, 80 “ “ 330
Beans, boiled, 87 “ “ 330
Rice, 88 “ “ 100
Batter and Oils, 96 “ “ 330
Sugar and Syrup, 91 “ “ S3O
MARRIED*
In this city on the 15th inst., by Rev. J. S. Key.
Mr. J. Wesley Wright, of Caroline county, Va.*
and Miss MarycLouisa Hardaway, daughter es
Major. R. S. Hardaway, of this city.
AUCTION S ALES,
- -- _ - . .. . - -- p-
By Myers, Watson & Cos.
AN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20th, in front of our
U Store
-10,000 Fine Florida CIGARS,
35 Boxes Chewing TOBACCO, varioua
grades,
10 Bags Choice SUGAR.
2 bbls SUGAR,
2 bbls Choice Cane SYRUP,
15 Sacks SALT,
20 Bales Smoking TOBACCO,
: One Show CASE,
I Solar LAMP, and a great variety of other
| articles.
I feb 18 $lB
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos
VBUIABLE NEGROES AT AUCTION
ON TUESDAY, 21st Feb. at 11 o’clock, we
will sell, on account of a party retiring
from the planting busine3, the following val
uable negroes,
A Likely Negro Man, 24 years old, good
family Servant, farmer and very trusty.
A Likely Negro Woman, 19 years old, good
house servant, cook, Ac., and her child, 3 years
old.
A Likely Negro Man, 27 yr3 old, field hand.
A Likely Negro Girl, 23 yrs old, field hand,
and children.
A Likely Negro Boy, 18 years old, house
servant and field hand.
A Likely Negro Man, 33 yrs old, field hand.
ALSO,
2 Shares Eagle Factory Stock.
15 “ Ga., Home Ins. Company Stock.
77 “ Great Southern Ins. Company Stock,
feb 16 $67 50
ALSO,
A Negro Man 26 years old,
A “ Woman 55 years old.
feb is |?
iVotice!
Device Medical Director or Hospitals, )
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 15, 1865. j
The following named soldiers detailed tor Hospi
tal service having been appointed to act as Fora
gers by Surgeons in charge of Hospitals, and their
appointment approved at this Office, are duly au
thorized to act in that capacity for the Hospitals and
in the Counties set opposite their respective names.
All persons claiming to be such agents, and who
cannot show written authority as above set forth
will be subject to arrest.
W. H.H. Phelps, Enrolled Hos
pital, Andersonville, Ga, Counties, Muscogee, Ga.
G. H. Perdue, private Cos. C, 37th Ga. Keg., Flew
ellen Hospital Opelika, Ala., Pike, Upson. Monroe,
Butts and Crawford, Ga.
M. T. Lloyd, Enrolled Conscript, Walker Hospi
tal. Columbus, Ga,, Counties, Muscogee, Ga.
W. N. Reid, Enrolled Conscript, Cairns Hospital,
Columbus, Ga„ Counties,-Coweta, Troup>nd Meri
wether, Ga.
B. N. Grehan, Enrolled Cbnscript, Lee Hospital.
Columbus, Ga., Counties, Chattahoochee, Ga.
W. C. Jamison, Private Cos. I, 46th Ga. Regiment,
Catoosa Hospital, Geneva, Ga„ counties, Talbot.
Chattahoochee and Marion, Gi.
S. H. STOUT.
feb!7-7t Medical Director.
Headquarters, Gov. Works, (Obd.) >
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 17, 1865./
."special Orders, No. 12-
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11. Mr. J H. McLean, is hereby appoint*!
Special Agent for the collection of small arms and
accoutrements, belonging to the Government in this
District.
He >*ill call at every house and make inquiries,
and the citizens are mow earnestly and respectfully
called upon to give him all the assistance in their
power, and to give up all public arms, Ac., they
may have in their possession.
They are needed in the field. It aannot be necea
sary to add more • > get the aid of ali interested in
the success of >ur cause.
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By command
K H WRIGHT.
tebld .w Co*. Cumtttaoduig.