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SPECIAL NOTICES
Notice!
Office Medical Director of Hospitals, )
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 15, 1865. )
The f illowing named soldiers detailed lor Hospi
tal service having been appointed to act as Fora
gers by Surgeons in charge of Hospitals, and their
appointment approved at this 0 dice, are duly au
thoriz'd •(> act in that capacity fertile Hospitals and
in the Counties sot opposite their respective names.
All persons claiming to bo tuch agents, and who
cannot 3how written authority as above set forth
will be subject to arrest.*
W. H. 11. Phelps, Enrolled Conscript,iSumter Hos
pital, Andersonville, Ga, Counties, Muscogee, Ga.
G. H. Perdue, private Cos. C, 37th Ga. Reg., Fiew
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 .and Meri
wether, Ga.
B. N.Grehati, Enrolled Conscript, Lee Hospital,
Colmnhus, G.i., Counties, Chattahoochee, Ga.
W. C. Jamison, Private Cos. I, 46th Ga. Regiment,
Catoosallospit il, Geneva, Ga., counties, Talbot,
Chattahoochee and dfarion, Gi.
S. H. STOUT,
feb!7-7t Medical Director.
Headquarters, Gov. Works; (Ord.) \
Columbus, Ga., Fob. 17, 1865. t
Special Orders, No. 12*
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11. Mr. J. H. McLean, is hereby appointed
Special Agent for the collection of small arms and
accoutrements, belonging to the Government in this
District.
He will call at every house and make inquiries,
and the citizens are most earnestly and respectfully
called upon to give him all the assistance in their
power, and to give up all public arms, &c., they
may have in their possession.
They are needed in the field. It cannot be neces
sary to add more to get the aid of all interested in
the success of our cause.
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By command
M. H. WEIGHT,
To Retired Soldiers !
Headquarters Post, )
Columbus, Ga-, Feb. 13th, 1865. j
Special Orders, I
No. 36. j
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Y. All Retired Soldiers who have reported and
tiled 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.
Sic Sjc Sjc Sic ifc
By command,
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Col. Commanding Pott.
Wm. Q. J/oses,
Lieut, and Asst. Post Inspector.
febl4-td
#3“ Country papers near this Post please copy
to the 25th inst., and send bill to these Headquar
ters.
Marshall Hospital, 1
6'olumbus, Ga., Feb. 13, 1865. J
Rooks Wauled l
I respectfully solicit additional contributions of
Books, Periodicals, &c., to the Library of this Hos
pital.
The importance of such an appeal will be at once
seen and appreciated by all interested in the welfaro
of the soldiers of our army.
Any donation, however small, left either at Ihe
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 Oharge._
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 Ireight 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.
CBpt. DAN FRY, Jackson.
Capt. ABE FRY, Indian. »
Capt. JOHN COUCH,* Mist.
Capt. A. O.BLACKMAR.MunnerIyn.
feb7—tf . -
CITY FOUNDRY!
SHUAR MILLS AND KETTLES!
WE HAVE OF HAND
sugar Hills and Kettles,
wU?eiehM?e for Prossi“s wan yjXmi of country
Ba ot ““FoSter? m'Slh enny 4CO?
Columbus, Jan. 20, ts _
WMTED!
r i'wia LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
3.OUU will be paid. Appjfto DIIjLAKD ,
gp Y t s Major and Q. M,
fob. SALE 2
WAGON HARNESS, COLLARS, HAMES, Ac.
" /to* setts ot BU sherm?n!c6,
feb 41m Masonic Hall, upstairs.
Wanted,
T?OR the State of Louisiana TEN MOULDERS,
r Wages liberal. Transportation furnished. Ap
■ p,y JUi. R. s. H.rd».g, of
feb 12 ts Comissioner for Louisiana.
Negroes to Hire.
mO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good
I Cook and Washer. to WOOLFOLK
jan 17_tf_
Hr. R. HOBLEj
JDZEIfcTTIST,
» T Pemberton A Carter’s old stand, back room of
A Smffi Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours. loc i»om_
IffOTIOE.
Omc.
k LL persons having demands against the estate of
A Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
resent them to the Grant j QIIA NT.
Sul coil and send bill to office Grant Factory.
To Printers !
WE offer for sale a-complete BOOK.&> jurwES*
W (except Ruling Machine,) two hand 1 REsSLS,
and about „ _ ~ , ,
1,000 Pounds of Type Metal.
and OSHABTRRS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
Q-H.OTTNE peas,
At the GRANT FACTORY.
dec 17 ts -
Lost or Mislaid.
POUR SHARES of the G. A A. S. S. Cos., No
T 160, in favor ol Jfrs. J. L. Wilson.
nor 30 ts D^AJ^jJ^GßANA
notice to Debtors and Creditors
PERSONS having claims against the late Captain
Charles D. Fry. are requested to present them
withinthe* time p&BcribedV law *nd those indebted
will make immediate P a7ment - DAN xEL FRY,,
feb 21 w4od Adm’r.
VOL. XII.}
DAILY TIMES.
EVENING MHTIIJN.
THURSDAY EVENING, FEB. 23, 1865.
I rom Virginia. —The Ricbmc nd papers
state that the army of General Lee was never
stronger than at present.
Col. Mosby has received a telegram stating
that none of his men had been captured in
the Shenandoah Valley, as alleged by the last
Yankee newspapers.
General Custi3 Lee has been made a major
general, and assigned to the command of a
division on the north side of the James.
Samuel Ruth, superintendent of the Frede
ricksburg rail road, committed to Castle Thun
der, Richmond, upon a charge of treason, has
been unconditionally released.
The Government has stored near Lynchburg
nearly one thousand tons of ice.
From Thomas’ Army.— We learn, says the
Montgomery Advertiser, 22d, through an offi
cial channel, that twenty-five transports filled
with \ ankee soldiers, left Eastport not long
since, and went down the Mississippi, and
have passed Vicksburg. It ib conjectured
that ihey are designed to reinforce Sherman.
Hon. A. H. Stephens.—A Richmond cor
respondent of the Memphis (Montgomery)
Appeal says that Mr. Stephens told some
Georgians the other day, that “now he inten
ded to stand on the deck of the ship and ring
the bill until she weathered the storm or went
down in the breakers.”
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Vice President Stephens, the Richmond Ex
aminer of tbe Bth sta es, left that city on that
day for Georgia. We presume that his fine
oratical powers will be enlisted in the advoca
cy of the cause of Southern independence
thoughout the State of Georgia.
A rumor was current on tbe streets yester
day, says the Meridiaj Clarion of the 18th,
that General Thomas had arrived at Vicks
burg with 18,000 men. Report needs con
firmation.
—
Major General Forrest, we learn from the
Rebel, at Selma, has inaugurated his admin
istration, as commander of the District of West
Tennessee, Mississippi and East Louisiana, by
an agreement with the Yankee General Thom
as, to supply suffering and destitute families,
within and near the Yankee lines, with food
from the rich prairies of Mississippi and Ala
bama. The Rebel well says :
“The promptitude with which Maj General
Thomas responded to the suggestion of the
noble Forrest, stands forth in pleasant relief
to the vandalism of the Federal commanders,
whose barbarism and cruelty have despoiled
these veiy sections, and others, now appeal
ing to humanity for relief. It is true that his
own soldiers have robbed the people whom he
now consents for Gen. Forrest to feed. It is,
notwithstanding, creditable to him that he
consents to mitigate the errors of invasion by
an exceptional instance of humanity. ”
Enemy’s Movements. —The forces of Gen.
Thomas, which were lately on the borders of
North Alabama and were destined, as our
friends in the interior confidently believed, to
march southward, taking Montgomery and
Selma in their route, have left that region and
been moved down the Tennessee river. We
now learn that when they reached the Missis
sippi they turned down that stream, and a
portion of them having encamped a few days
near Vicksburg, the whole once more embark
ed, still steering down the river. A few days
will develop their destination. Mobile would
seem to have the preference in the mind of the
speculator in probabilities. It may be that
Tbomas thinks Pensacola a better base and
starting point for a march into the interior,
while he can pay his respects to this city in
passing. At the same time, he was nearer to
Montgomery where be started from in the
North than he will be after having steamed a
thousand miles around to Pensacola! On the
other hand, there is no report by scouts of the
preparation of a siege train at New Orleans
adequate to the investment of a city, upon the
fortification of which tbe best engineering
talent of the Confederacy has been employed
for four years. So large an army as that of
Thomas and Cauby combined, P is surmised,
may be designed for more distant operations,
in the Trans-Mississippi, especially as this is
the only season of the year when gunboats
and heavy transports can ascend Red river.
A few days must develop the intentions of
the enemy'. If he comes this way, it is fortu
nate that we are in a better condition a3 to
actual strength, to give him the welcome due
him, than we have been at any time for twg
years past, and as to spirit, that of the army
and people was never more determined. The
late meeting in front of Fortress Monroe has
intensified the feeling of resistance, and the
next battles with the enemy will show that
our men will fight as they never fought be
fore.— Mobile Advertiser.
\WB •
The Baltimore Clipper of the 20th ult., says
Col. Daniel R. Hunley, 21st Alabama infantry, who
escaped from Johnson’s island on the night of
the 2d inst., was recaptured at Fremont, Ohio. —
He undertook to pass himself off as a- private,
and had provided himself with a special order, on
which the signature of Captain J. F. Huntington,
A. A. A. G. was closely imitated; announcing that
“Private Charles A. Whittier is herby detailed fer
special duty in Detroit, and ordered to report
forthwith to tbe provost marshal of that plaee.
The Armstrong gan which was captured at Fort
Fisher was the one which was presented by the
manufacturer, Sir William Armstrong, to Jeff.
Davis. A soldier describing it says: “It is by
all odds the handsomest gun I ever saw, being
entirely of twist wrought iron, and mounted on a
magnificent mahogany earriaga.
The Fight in East Florida.—This affair
turns out to be one of considerable importance.
Although the Yankees outnumbered our forces
four to one, it appears that they were severely
punished and . got much the worst of the
We are informed by a person direct from Last
Florida, that the Yankees left fifty of their dead
on the field. Capt. Diokieon succeded w getting
his twelve-pounder into a position of which the
enemy were not aware, and when he opened on
them, they were mowed down by scores. It wa
this mevement that compelled them to M down
and leave for the cover of their guaboats. Full
” tk. h*« »« 7* >»•*"-
oeived. —[Quincy Dispatch, 18 th.
COLUMBUS, GA., FRIDAY, FEB. 24. 1865.
[From the Macon Telegraph.]
Georgia Legislature.
HOUSE—BILLS INTRODUCED.
Tuesday 21a1.--Mr. Carlton, of Campbell:
A resolution relative to detailing mechanics
i from militia service for the purpose of put
ting tbe mills in order that were destroyed bv
the enemy.
Mr. Butts, >*f Chattahoochee: A bill to ap
propriate $275,000 to the county of Chatta
hoochee, to reimburse the Inferior Court of
said county for the amount expended by them
in disposing of cases of the small pox.
Also, a bill to change the line between the
counties of Chattahoochee and Stewart.
Mr. ,lali, of Butts: A bill to appropriate
money to tiic county of Butts, to build a court
house and jail fir said county,
j r - Graham, of Clay: A bill to increase
the per diem pay of teachers of children en
titled to the benefits of the Public Education
al Funds of the State.
Mr. Adams, ot Clarke : A bill to be entitled
“an act to exempt certain civil officers trom
militia duty in the field.”
Mr. Zigler, of Echols : A bill to allow clerks
of the Superior Courts to administer the mar
riage ceremony.
Mr. Adams, of Clarke : A bill to legalize the
suspension of Bpecie payment by the banks of
this State until the Ist of January, 1866.
Mr. Ezzard, of Fulton: A bill to compel
j persons who have taken or received property
j either stolen or improperly taken from the
j owner or other person, to restore the same,
j or to make the same penal,
j Also, a bill to provide for the support and
j maintenance of certain exiles from Atlanta.
Mr. Starke, of Elbert: A bill to exempt
physicians from militia service, in certain
cases.
Mr. Gartrell, of Cobb : Resolutions relative
to running trains on the Western <fc Atlantic
Railroad and* on certain other railroads for
the purpose of shipping corn and other
supplies for the benefit of the people of this
State.
Also, a bill to require the recording of deeds
and other instruments that have been
heretofore recorded but which have been de
stroyed.
Mr. Bryan, of Greene: A bill to repeal
the 3d clause of the 1206th section of the
code.
Mr. Russell, of Muscogee : A bill to pre
scribe the taxes on banking corporations and
all incorporated institutions ; also, to relieve
such institutions from double lax.
Also, a resolution relative to exportations
and importations authorized by the Legisla
ture.
Mr. Brock, ot Harrison: A resolution re
leasing a portion of the per diem pay of mem
bers, and prescribing how the remainder shall
be paid.
Also, a resolution requesting the Governor
to detail from militia service, a number of
blacksmiths.
Mr. Dever, of Polk : A bill to amend an act
authorizing the Treasurer to issue certificates
of deposit for certain Treasury notes.
Mr. Hcndly, of Warren : A resolution to in
crease the forces of the State line.
Mr. Monroe: A bill to extend the time for
tax collectors to make their returns.
Mr. Jackson, ol Whitfield: A bill to legal
ize the recording of deeds and marriages in
counties which have been overru by the
enemy.
Mr. Jackson, of Whitfietd: A bill to pay
bounties to the two regiments of the State
Line.
Mr. Moore, of Thomas : A bill to change the
oath of tax payers.
Mr. Leonard, of Morgan : A bill for the re
lief of tax payers. •
Mr. Miller, of Harris : A bill to exempt from
taxation the property of resident widows of
soldiers who have died in State or Confederate
service, when said property shall not exceed
two thousand dollars.
Dr. Dever, of Polk: A bill to exempt from
taxation slaves and free persons of color em
ployed by the Confederate Governme.nt for
field service.
Mr. Kimbrough, of Harris : A bill to require
the County Treasurer to be elected by the
voters of the county.
Mr. Moore, of Thomas : A bill to collect tax
es on nett incomes.
Mr. Selman, of Putnam: A bill to amend
section 4220 of the Code.
Mr. Bryan, of Greene: A bill to repeal that
portion of section 2521 of the Code, which re*
quires that tbe Ordinary must be satisfied that
distributees shall have actual notice.
Mr. Elam, of Monroe : A bill to allow Ordi
naries to make out annual returns and charge
fer the same.
Mr. Horsley, ol Upson : A bill to amend sec
tion 1752 of the Code.
Also, a bill to allow administrators and ex
ecutors to sell Confederate certificates and
bonds for distribution.
Mr. Hendly, of Warren : A bill to amend
the military laws of the State.
The House took up the Senate resolution in
relation to the calling of a Convention of the
people of Georgia.
Mr. Selman, of Walton, moved to refer tbe
resolution to the Committee on the State of
the Republic.
The question ot reference wa3 discussed by
Messrs. Stephens, Matthews and Gartrell, in
favor ; and Messrs. Hill, Russell, Wright, and
Monroe, of Warren, against it.
Mr. Russell, of Muscogee, in opposing the
motion to refer, said that he was opposed to a
reference of the Senate resolution to a commit
tee ; that he was one of those who earnestly
wished that there had not been a resolution or
bill on this or any kindred subject presented
in this body at this time. We want harmony
and coacord We have enough to do to fight
the Yankees without getting up a partisan
spirit among ourselves. He was in favor of
peace; first, peace among ourselves, to secure
an honorable peace with our enemies. He saw
no interest that the country had in any per
sonal feelings between Mr. Davis and Mr.
Brown. Like all private difficulties, both
have doubtless been wrong at times. We have
an interest in the success of our cause. This
was an unpropitious time for a convention.
The enemy had unsheathed the sword and
thrown the scabbard in our faces, and recently
had offered terms of peace that none but
slaves could accept. Our reply, said he, can
only be that of the Baron of England, under
King John, when asked by what right they
held their lands. They drew their swords and
replied, “By these we hold them.
The time had come when we should not
| look back into the mournful past, for it has
i gone to come no more. Wisely improve the
present, for that is their own : and go forth
into the shadowy future without bear and with
a manly heart.
In replv to the gentleman from Hancock,
(Mr. Stephens,) who said, “the Convention
should be called to take the military power out
of the hands of the President in order to give
more efficiency to the rigorous prosecution of
the war,” Mr. Russell remarked that a Con
vention called to exercise one power, becomes
all-powerful to do all things, because it con
stitutes that primary assembly wherein the
i sovereignty of the people resides.
He instanced the Convention c lied for the
secession of the Stats of Georgia, which re
quired only a resolution of a half-fingers
! length which, when it met. made a new Con
i stituMon. elected membe-s to the £ rovts.onal
Cong, and aid all things it chose to do. In
these times, a partisan spirit would arise in
the election necessary to a Convention, and he
feared a worse division of our people would
ensue, and more bad blood be engendered,
than we had ever had.
Kill all bills on this and kindred subjects
and he thought the best interest and harmony
of the country would be subserved.
The motion to refer was lost bv a vote of 56
to 59.
House adjourned till 3 o’clock, p. m.
The House met at 3 o’clock.
By a vote of 56 to 46, the resolutions of the
Senate, adverse to the call of a Convention of
the State, was postponed and made the order
of the day for Thursday next.
The bill to repeal the law requiring Judges
of the Superior Court to give certaia acts in
charge to Grand Juries, was lost.
Adjourned till 10 o’clock to-morrow morn
ing.
Letter on the Currency.
MR. TRENHOLM TO MR. BAKER.
Treasury Department, C. S. A.,)
Richmond, Feb. 4, 1865. j i
Hon. It. H. Baker, Jr., House of Delegates, Rich- !
mond , Va. :
Sir—l have had the honor to receive your let
ter of 3d inst., enclosing the copy of a resolution 1
offered in the House es Delegates of Virginia, j
suggesting the expediency of paying the troops of I
the State of Virginia one month’s pay in coin, ;
“provided the Confederate States Government will
agree to reimburse the same, either in coin or in
Treasury notes at their market value, as the said
government may elect,” and inquiring “what
ameunt es coin will probably be sufficient to ac
complish that ebjeet, and whether the Confederate
Government will agree to reimburse the amount
so expended, in the manner so indicated in the
resolution.”
I was unable to ascertain to-day, the amount of
coin necessary to pay the troops of the State of
Virginia, and, not to delay the reply to so grave a j
proposition, I respectfully submit for your
consideration the reflecdvDs to which it has given
rise.
To pay a pertion of the troops in specie, taking
the same at its market value, would be equivalent 1
te paying them forty times as much as the others, j
No authority exist to make such a distinction, I
even if it were not, as it plainly appears to be, a
violation of every principle of justice and equality.
It' it take $2,000,000 to pay the troops of Virginia,
this sum in specie would purchase $80,000,000 in
treasury notes, while the same number of troops, !
belonging to other States, would receive for an
equal length of service but $2,000,000 in the I
same currency. This view of the question ap- :
pears to bo conclusive against its adoption.
It may be asked, perhaps, whether it is possible
to extend the benefit of the proposed measure to
the whole army. The estimate of the Quarter- >
master General for six months’ pay of the army is !
$80,000,000, which is about $15,000,000 per month, i
I suppose, however, that the actual amount does
not exceedsl2,ooo,ooo monthlr. This amount of j
specie I think is unattainable. Bat if it were not,
if this sum in the precious metals could be com- j
manded, or whatever this amount may be, that j
ran, it should, in my opinion, be differently ap
plied, to procure from it the greatest amount of
good for the army. The largest and most perma
nent benefit that can be conferred upon the soldier,
in my opinion, is to make the money of the govs
eminent good.
This money is a lien upon the property of tho
country. Unable to pay our gallant defenders in
money, we pay them in mortgage upon the prop
erty and income of the country ; and all that is
wanting to make that money good in their hands,
is to provide a summary process for the foreclosure j
of the mortgage.
This may be done; an adequate amount of
taxation imposed upon the property will give se -
curity to the notes, and render their purchasing
power independent of the fears ofthß timid or the
exactions of the extortionate. I have ventured,
with becoming respect, to suggest that the error of
our past legislation has been to pay the soldier,
and the public creditor; from whom his supplies '
are drawn, in treasury notes, without rendering |
the property and productions of the country im- j
mediately responsible for the prompt redemption
of them.
The value of the tithe extinguishes the tax oa
agricultural property; the ad valorem tax on
other property is credited against the income tax;
hence the amount to be collected is small com
pared with the expenditures. #uthad this amount,
small as it is, been payable in Treasury notes with
which the army is paid, the soldier would have
found a customer willing and perhaps anxious
to exchange hi3 substance for the notes. But the
taxes for the last year, with no important excep
tions, were made payable in four per cent, bonds, j
It was a system under which 500 millions of Trea- j
sury notes must be issued, for which there was to
be no demand whatever. Is it to be wondered 1
that corn rose to SSO per bushel, and that houses '
worth slo,oo© before the war commanded from i
SIOO,OOO to $150,000 ? Had the farmer been un- j
der the necessity of payißg a money tax, as well
as a tax in kind/would it have be6n possible for
him to raise the price of corn to SSO per bushel ?
Had the speculator been compelled to pay a tax
of ten per cent, on his property, in Treasury notes,
would he have given fifteen times the former value
(for a house) yielding in Taany cases no rent. |
My plan, then, for the relief of the soldier is
to impose a suitable tax on property and income.
I would reverse the position of the solder and the
property holder, and impose such a tax oa the
latter as will render him dependent on the soldier 1
for the means of discharging it. Nor is this sys
tem at variance with the interest of property
holders and producers. If a farmer owe a debt 1
of $5,000, would he prefer to give a mortgage on
his property, payable in specie after the war, or to
discharge it at once, by the sale of 500, bushel
of corn at $lO, or SI,OOO bushels at $5. This is
equally the case, I think, with all property hold
ers; it is better to part with a portion of our prop :
erty at present values, than to pile up mortgages 1
to be discharged at a future day in specie.
Even they who are inclined to the opinion that
necessity requires, er equity justifies the scaling
of the debt, will perceive that taxation affords to
every man the opportunity of purchasing the notes
at the depreciated value: and of accomplishing
equal saving, without subjecting the Government
to the imputation of repudiation.
I have the honor to remain,
Your most ob’t servant,.
G. A. Trenholm,
Secretary of the Treasury.
General Sherman.—W« append an abstract
from a letter written before the war by this man,
who is trying to subjugate the South. It was ad
dressed to a delegate to the Charleston Con
vention from one of the Western States :
“Fort Ridgelt, March 20, 1860.
“New, my dear fellow, lam glad yon are going
South, and all we ask of you is, give us a good
President. Stop this damnable negro heresy of
the country; frown upon every Abolitionist you
meet: and, as you pass down through old Vir
ginia, see that the remnants of that raid of
Brown’s, yet unhung, are properly brought te the
halter. And, in the meantime, if yon will take
a few of our most distinguished sons of the devil j
(Republicans), now ,in the Minnesota Legisla
ture, along with yen', and let them see Virginia
justice, you will benefit our community.
Yeurs truly, and in haste,
T. W. Sherman, i
Curb vor the Small Pox.—The following
prescription is vouched far by the Eastport (Me.)
Sentinel, as a eure for small pox :
Give te the patient two table spoonsful of yeast
and water, sweetened with molasses so as to be
palatable, equal parts es each three times a day.
Diet: Boiled rice and milk, and teasted bread,
moistened with water and without batter. Eat no
meat- Give eataip tea as often as the patient is
thirsty. Give physic when neeessary. If the !
above treatment is strictly followed, no marks of
small pox will remain.
A Yankee Papfr in Georgia,
We do not perceive how any man, himself
loyal to the South, can have read the Augusta
(Ga.) Chronicle and Sentinel for the last six
months, without arriving at the conviction
that that journal is no friend to our cause and
country. We comprehend and make allow
ances for the bitterness of partisan feeling, !
and how a man, mystified and carried away j
j by the passions that are evolved from the col- j
lisions of party may momentarily overstep the 1
, sacred bounds of duty to country; but we j
j cannot comprehend how a man can so hate
Jeff. Davis and idolize Joe. Brown as to be
come the pander and tool of the Yankees in
their infernal war on the rights and peace of
this Southern country. But there is a proviso
to this declaration. It has reference only to
Southern men, and not to a representative of
that race, who came to us utter the war begau,
from Bridgeport, Connecticut, ostensibly as an
exile, banished for his anti-Abolition proclivi
ties, but as his conduct has well justified the
suspicion, as a Federal spy, to sow discord
among our people. But no matter where he
was born, or what his secret motives and pur
poses. it is enough for us to know that his
course is hostile to the liberties and lives of
our people and patriots, and that he is a coad
jutor, moral and political, in the work of sub
jugation. That paper is a nuisance. It is
worse. It is a public enemy to a nation
struggling for its rights. It adds to tbe weight
of the cross which God has put upon our
shoulders. It is the organ of discontent, the
fomentor of dissension and division. It is the
Cassandra of evil tongue, the very Eris of
gloomy prediction, the nightmare that sits
squat like some damned devil upon the breast
of a free people locked in a death grapple
with its oppressor. Why is this scoundrel,
traitor and spy, tolerated by the brave men of
Georgia ? How dare he declare open war up
on the war party of a sacred war in the chief
city of that ancient and renowned Common
wealth ? No man is a greater enemy than we
are of extra judicial vengeance, but there are
times in the history of men and nations when
the keen and burning sense of justice outruns
the laggard footsteps of law, and when the
public safety, suprema lex, demands instant
judgment against its enemies.
We undertake te say that such a paper as that
ceuld net be published a single week in this city
with impunity. We do not understand here the
conservatism (cowardly word !) which comes in to
deprecate your wrath, and counsel prudence, dip
lomacy and peace, when burglars, incendiaries and
murderers have invaded the homes of your sleep
ing wives and children at the dead es night. We
must believe that the interventer in such a ease is
the accomplice ofths felons, and, like them, merits
nothing but tbe contents of your revolver. We
do not know tho Editor of the vile reactionary
sheet. We can have, therefore, no personal preju
dices against him to inspire a counterfeit indigna
tion. We know him only by bis public utterances
in these times of trial to our sorely stricken coun
try, and by these we pronounce him an enemy to
Confederate Independence within its boleagured
walls—a viper in bur bosom, who should be driven
forth, for it stings tho hospi ality that has warmed
it into life. We have held that every Southern
man in this terrible conflict between power and
right owes his life to his country. We should
deem ours well staked as against a Yankee enemy j
of purest blood, were the editor of this vile and
traitorous sheet to call upon us fer responsibility, !
for these words. If perchance there be no Geor
gians upon the soil of their mother to shield her
honor and the safety of her Confederates against
tbe “leprous distilments” of this audacious Yan
kee; there is a Georgian bora, long since emigrat
ed from her boundaries, but never forgetful of his
birthplace and tho burial ground of his ancestors,
who scorns and spits upon the imported wretch
that counsels ignoble peace and dishonoring sub
mission to that free and gallant people. Where
are the Howards, the Mclntoske-, the Tatnalls,
the Troops of Georgia, that they permit this man
to boast of a large party in the State to his
baseness, and “the largest circulation” in the city
of it3 abode ? Is Georgia so degenerate that this
paper is its true and authorized organ ? God help
her if it be so. But it is not. The brave men
who have fought on a hundred battlefields under
Gordon, Banning and Colquitt have marked the
denial of the slander with their blood, and when
peace, honor and independence crown their valor,
these are the men to settle accounts with the trai
tors and cowards at home, who have given “ aid
and comfort” to the enemy against whom their
lives were set. —[Mobile Anvevtiser.
Mr. William H. Seward demands our admi
ration. His “God bless you, Hunter,” and
“ Remember me to my old triends in the
South,” are exquisite. We had supposed
that Mr. Chester, iu “ Barnaby Budge,” was
a caricature, but we must acquit Mr. Dickens
of all exaggeration. His polished master
piece of courteous craft and malignity must
hide its diminished head by the side of W. H.
Seward.
It were worth years of ordinary sight-see
ing to have witnessed that interview. We
should like to see Mr. Hunter after that bene
diction. We should consider it a privilege to
look upon the head honored by Seward's bless
ing. We fancy that a halo surrounds it; that
a luminous shadow attends it; that troops of
good angels surround the beatified man.
“ God bless you, Hunter.” (I am in hopes
of hanging you some day, old gentleman, but
in the mean time, receive my apostolic bene
diction.) “ Ramember me to my old friends
in the South.'' Let the “old friends call upon
Mr. Hunter and receive the affectionate sou
venir. Mr. Seward could hardly suppose that
his friends here would ever forget him. There
ar© monuments to his genius in a hundred
thousand mounds scattered everywhere over
the surface of this broad land. The jlames of
burning houses and cities are nightly illumin
ating the skies in his honor. Every breeze is
laden with plaintive music, called forth by his
master hand. The sheeted dead start from
their bloody shrouds and wander through'
their old, loved homes, whispering the name
of Seward.
Not even Mr. Lincoln has such claims upon
Confederate admiration. He has neither th«
heart nor the face of Seward. Born upon
Southern soil, he cannot altogether eradicate
all impulses of humanity from his soul and
all traces of bone3ty from his visage. Mr.
Hunter has our sympathies. We would rath
er be cursed by any other man than blessed
by Seward. —Richmond Dispatch.
“No Money.” —This notice, stuck promi
nently on the windows and doors of quarter
masters and paymasters, has a woefully de
pressing effect upon the spirits of poor, bare
footed, ragged, hungry and penniless soldiers.
Fresh from the field of battle, or the expos
ures of active service, they hope to enjoy some
of the comforts, perhaps luxuries, ot social
life when they get home; and their first visit
generally is to the pay or quartermaster, for
funds and clothing to enable them te do so.
“No money!’ salutes them, in staring capitals
R3 they approach the sacred precincts of these
Confederate army dignitaries, and they turn
away, sick at heart and despondent. Is it
any wonder? Why should these poor fellows,
who have borne the “ hiat and burthen of the
day,” be turned away without their just com
pensation. while thi eleventh hear men. who
are mostly at home, enjoying the privileges of
ease and comfort, though ostensibly in serv
ice, manage, somehow, to get money, not only
for'necessary. but for luxurious expenses ? Is
it a fact that the Government fails to furnish
its pay and quartermasters with fund* for tbe
prompt and eqaitable pay of her soldiers ?
The writer heard an tnecdotw, the other day.
which may go to eluetdato the oecret of this
f SIX DOLLARS
\ PER 310XTH
f “***— •***>*. * .
“ No mat'er.
A plain soldier, apparently, eailei on-
eur post quartermasters with bis accounts, dhei
ri»g payment. He was peremtorily, iPnot inso
lently informed there were no funds. The urgen
cy of his necessities were pleaded to no purpose.
“No money’’ was the terse and disheartening re
ply. Finally, the claimant asked to have endorsed
upon his claims. “No funds at this post.” The
; quartermaster indignantly aud iu high dudgeon,
| refused to make the endorsement; whereupon a
persecutor unbuttoned his coat and exhibited the
marks of ran* and authority which entitled him
te respect and deference. “No money” it once
smoothed his “wrinkled brow,” and superoiliously
informed his superior he would pay the accounts,
an t opening an irou safe, drew therefrom Con
lederate bills largely in excess of an ordinary de
mand ! May it net be possible that tobacco, cot
toa, and other speculations, on the part of ths
Government disbursing officers, have something
to do with the shortness of funds, when a needy
soldier calls for his pay ? The writer has an ink
ling of the modus’operandi of these latter specula
tions, and may, if justice is not done the soldier
eulighten the public on the subject. Burr.
[ Telcgrttyh & Confederate.
The New Command op Gen. Lee. —General Or
ders No. 3, have been issued from the Adjutant
General’s office, relative to the new command of
General Lee. The following is an extract:
"11. General Robert E. Lee, having been duly
appointed General-in-Chief of the army of the Con
federate States, will assume the duties thereof, !and
will boobeyed and respected accordingly.
“111. General Order Number 22, of 1864, is hereby
revoked.”
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs.
R. M. Aldworth, are invited to attend the funeral
of the former from the Episcopal Chnrch this
(Thursday) afternoon at 3 o’clock.
feb 23 It
By Ellis, Livingston & €o
Griiardlan Sale.
ON the first Tuesday in April next, I will sell in
the City of Columbus, in front of the auction
store of Ellis, Livingston & Cos., a negro MAN
named Hamilton, about 23 years old, belonging to
the orphans of Chas. Evens, dec’d. by order of the
Court of Ordinary of Muscogee county.
M. WOODRUFF,
feb 23 wtds $36 Guardian.
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
- m
ON. TUESDAY, 28th inst., at 11 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our store,
A SHALL FARM,
Five miles from the city on the Buena
Yista road, with 25 acres land attached,
12 acreß cleared, balance heavily tim>
bered. On the premises is a framed dwells
ing, 2 rooms, smoke house, stables, Ac.,
with a good well and spring of water,
feb 23 $37 50
Strayed or Stolen.
ANE large cream colored mare MULE and one
U mediumlsized iron gray mare MULE, from my
wagon near the city magazine. A liberal reward
fbr their recovery, or information so that I can get
them, will be paid by J. J. McCook, next door to
theTTransportation office.
feb 23 2t* J. J, McCOOK.
money Lost.
BY TIIE undersigned, five Confederate bills of
FIVE HUNDRED dollars each, twenty-five
dollars in Old Issue and a four per cent Bond of
one hundred dollars. The above was rolled up in a
portion of a large size envelope. The finder will be
liberally rewarded by leaving the above at this
office. JOHN H. WILLINK,
Jab 23 3t*
To Itcnt.
A GOOD DWELLING HOUSE containing four
A good rooms, with all necessary out buildings and
a well of good water. Tho house is situated on
Oglethorpe street in the upper part of the city.—
Possession can be given by the first of March. Ap
ply at No. 8® Broad street.
feb 23 ts .
SIOO Reward.
S‘UN AW AY from Mr. J. D. Gray’s shop, about
IS) the 18th of January, my boy TOM, 19 years old,
five feet seven inches high, no particular mark re
collected, except a scar through his left eye brow.
The above reward will be paid for his delivery to
Mr. Gray or myself. P. J. PHILLIPS
feb 23 4t
Rosette, L&whon & Go.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
One Copper Boiler, 8 feet long.
Five or six hundred pounds Lead Pipe
8 or 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks.
jen 18 ts
Change oi Schedule.
ON and after Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains oa
the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 6 30 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 2 50 P. M.
Leave Macon 6 50 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 3 Off P. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M,
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W.L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS. August 27,1864.
, \N and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
'* the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m.
Arrive at Cblumbus at 5:32 p. m.
Leave Cblumbu3 at 5:50 a, m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p.m.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4!30 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
D. H. GRAM, Sup’t & Eng:
ag271864—t f
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CH4.XGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7.1864.
ON and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train-
Leave Girard at .....1 30 p. m
Arrive in Union Springs 600 “
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00 “
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at v 4 00 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS.
aglStf Eng. A Sup’t.
Regular Line of Steamers on the
Chattahoochee River.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
THE SteamerMACKSON, Daniel Fry, Master, wil
leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day at’.9 a. m. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 p. x.
The Steamer Indian, C. D. Fry Master, lea7«3
Columbus every Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. Re
turning, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at
2 a. x.
The Steamer Mist, A. Fry -Vaster, leaves Colum
bus every Friday at 9a. x. Returning leaves Chat
tahooche every Sunday at 12 m.
jan 10 2m
For Exchange or Sale.
AT the office of the "Southern Iron Works,” near
the new bridge, the following articles of (Hard
ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon,
Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other article?
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
320 gallons, .
Pots, Ovens and skillets.
Fry Pans and Andirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades,
. Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds.
Orders for Castings and Machine Work
promptly executed.
jan stf JOHN D. GRAY A CO,
House fbr Sale in Wynton.
THE residence adjoining Mr. Winter. The
lot contains 20 acres, and it one of the
healthiest locations in the suburbs. The house has
five rooms. Kitchen, Stable, and Carriage House.
Price $14,000. Possession Ist October next.
Apply to J. FELIX WINTER,
Rock Island Paper Mills.
Sun copy seven times. feb 19 7c
For Sale.
Acres of Pine Land.eight miles below Auburn
aD” on the road to Society Hill. Seventy acres
open land. Common improvements. Possession
given imm I’.Ately. Cheap!
feb22 tt WM. F. BAMFOPD.