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DAILY TIMES, J, W. H Ail HE A & 10., Proprietors Published Da’/(Sundays excepted) at the rate a f«. 00 per momn, or >lB ior three months. No subscription received for a longer term than t Kree month*. RATES OF ADVERTISING. CASUAL DAILY ADVERTISING RATES. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square. ''rroulah daily advertising rates. 12* \ V^ k T$ 3 <t ° o °£? r square for each insertion. t e^ $ ln°° per squar ? for each insertion, p«I, F rl vllT^ Per 3quare % each insertion. sXd &U. 430 pWS? ” e “ h in, ' rtlo "’ Third Month—s2s per square. ’ 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* ******* 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. * * ***** By command M. H. WEIGHT, To Retired Soldiers ! Headquarters Post, ) Columbus, Ga-, Feb. 13th, 1865. j Special Orders, I No. 36. j * * -;S * * 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.” -■ ♦ mm 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.