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directory
For Government Officers in this City.
COL. LEON VON ZINKEN, • Commanding
Post—Headquarters in ihc> “Winter Building,”
East si ie Broad Btrtet, nearly opposite Express
Office—-St.-fT, Lieut. S. ISIDORE QUILLET,
Post A jt.—-C ipt. T. S. Fit V. Post Inspector.
Ordnance Department.
Col. M. H. WRIQHT, Commanding Govern,
wen- ft’ -rks—Office corner Ogloihsrpe aud St.
Clair s: reets, ovor Post Office.
Major F. C. HUMPHREY!, Executive Officer,
Columbus Arsenal—Office over. Post Office.
Maj JAME i HAU.DING, in charge of Armo
ry—Office a. Pistol F ctory no Oglethorpe Street,
between FraiiKlin and Bridge.
Lieuu J. M. MULDEN, Jr., M. S. K.—Office
at Ordnance Store House, near City Cemetery.j
Quartermaster’s Department. *
Maj. F. W. DILL ARD, Q. M.—Chief Quarter
master’s Office, East side of Broad Street, oppo«
eite Union Banu.
Maj. A. B. RAGAN, Army Paymaster—Office
in same building with Post Commandant.
Capt. B. F. BOMAR, A. Q. M. Post Paymas
ter —Office West side of Broad Street, opposite
Walker Hospital.
Capt. 0. A REDD, A. Q. M., Post Quarter"
master —Office No. 82, East side broad Street.
Capt. H. D. COT UR AN, A. Q. M. in charge of
Transportation and Forage—Office West side of
Broad Street, opposite Walaer Hospital.
Capt. J. r. PEYCON, A. Q. M., Depot Q
M—Office on Randolph Street, one door East of
Daily Time* office.
Capt. J. F. COOPER, A. Q. M., Tax in Kind
Q. M. Bth Cong. of Georgia—Office West side of
Broad Street, 3d door below Agenoy Marine Bank.
Commissary
Maj. A M ALLEN, C S, District Commissa
ry—Office at Alabama Warehouse, on Front St.
Capt. J H GRAYBILL, ACS, Post Commis
sary— Jlfioe corner Broad and St. Clair Streets.
Capt. G H FULKERSON, Piovost Marshal-
Office one door North of Post Commandant’s of
fice.
Medical Department.
Surgeon 3 H STOUT, Medical Director of
Hospitals—Office West side of Forsyth Street,
between Bryan and Franklin.
Surgeon S M BBMIB, Assistant Medical DU
rector of Hospitals,
Surgeon G B DOUGLAS, Senior Surgeon of
Post —Offioe on Randolph Street, between Broad
and Front.
Surgeon C. TERRY, Surgeon in charge of
Walker Hospital, corner «f Broad and Bryan
Streets.
Surgeon R P HUNT, Surgeon in charge of
Lee Hospital, oorner of Broad and Randolph
Streets.
Surgeon T A MEANS, Surgeon in charge of
Marshall Hospital, Court House Building, on
Oglethorpe Street.
Surgeon R L BUTT, Surgeon in charge Cairns
Hospital, at Camp Montgomery, just North of
:he City,
Rev. G. W. STICKNEY, Chaplain Post, Resi
dence corner Forsythe and Thomas streets; can
usually be found at office Commandant Post,
Conscript Department.
Capt. W S DAVIS, Inspector for 3d Cong.
Dist.—Office at Lowell Warehouse, on Randolph
Street.
Capt. W A COBB, Enrolling Officer, Musco*
gee County.—Office at Lowell Warehouse.
Examining Board for 3d Cong. Dist,—Surgeon
P B MINOR, ROBT. W PARK and W T ABRA
HAMS—Office at Lowell Warehouse.
Chief Enginoer—J H WARNER, C S Nin
charge of Naval Iron Works —Office opposite
Lower Bridge.
Capt. G H HAZLEHURST, Engineer’s De
partment—Offioe on Mclntosh Street, between
Bryan and Randolph.
Change ol Schedule.
AN and after Friday, Jan. .20th, the Trains, on
.'the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
ueave Columbus § 30 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 2 50 P. M.
Leave .Macon 6 50 A. M
derive at Columbus 3 Ob *• M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus A * M,
Arrive at Columbus ..........4 55 A. M.
W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 ti • Supt. Muscogee 11, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27, D864.
/ IN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
W tho Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m,
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a in.
Arrives at 8:27 p m
D. 11. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng:
ag27lßo4—tf
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
UIIAXGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Cot 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 6 00
Leave Union Springs 5 35 a.m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00
Freight Train.
Leave Girard at 4 00 a. in.
Arrive in Girard at..-. 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS/
aglStf Eng. & Sup’t.
Regular Liue of Steamers on the
Chattahoochee River.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
TIIE Steamer Jackson, Daniel Fry, Master, wfi
1' leave Columbus, until further notice, every bun
day at. 9 a. u. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every
Tuesday at 2 p. m.
The Steamer Indian, C. D. Fry Master, leaves
Columbus every Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. Re
turning, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at
2 A. M.
The Steamer Mist, A. Fry Master, leaves Colum
bus every Friday at 9a. m. Returning leaves Chat
tahooche every Sunday at 12 m.
_jan 10 2m
For Exchange or Sale.
i T the office of tho "Southern Iron Works,;*: near
A the new bridge, the following articles of Giard
yare, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon,
Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other articles
of Psoviiions or'Confederate currency, viz:
Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan
tation uses. .... - on
Sugar Mills and Kettles, of all sizes, from 30 to
420 gallons,
Pots, Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Pans and Andirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades,
Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds. w .
Orders for Castings and Machine »Y ork
executed ' JOHN D. GRAY & CO.
For Sale.
OAf} Acres of Pine Land.eighfmiies below Auburn
fU'J on the road to Society HilL Seventy acre.
°P*n land. Common improvements. Possession
Cheaply „ SAMFORD .
wanted:
yA(|A LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
”>vUU will b« paid. DILLARD,
Jj>7 ts Major and Q. M,
T IS and OSHABUROS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
Ground peas,
At the GRANT FACTORY.
4 ««17 ts
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VOL. XII.}
SPECIAL NOTICES
To Retired Soldiers !
Headquarters Post, )
Columbus, Ga-, Feb. 13th. 1865. j
Special Orders, 1
No. 36. f
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.
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By command,
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Col. Commanding Post.
Wm. Q. A/oses, •
Lieut, and Asst. Post Inspector.
febl4-td
Country papers near this Post please copy
to the 25th inst., and send bill to these Headquar
ters.
Marshall Hospital, )
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 13, 1865. j
Books Wanted !
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 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.
Owing to the increased price of Provisions, La
bor and other oxpenses, the Steamboats on the
Chattahoochee River Lave been compelled to
vance their prices for freight and passage to the fol
lowing rates :
Passage from Columbus to Chattahoochee $75 00
From Chattahoochee to Columbus SIOO 00
Intermediate landings in proportion.
Freights to any point on Chattahoochee River $4 00
per hundred. Measurement Freight $125 per cubic
foot.
Capt. H. WINGATE, Shamrock.
Capt. DAN FRY, Jackson.
Capt. ABE FRY, Indian.
Capt. JOHN COUCH, Mist. *
Capt. A. O.BLACKMAR.MunnerIyn.
feb7--tf
Deserted.
DICK FREEMAN, Company "I,” 7th Alabama
Cavalry, blue eyes, black hair, sallow complexion,
five feet eleven inches high, twenty-one years of age,
a resident of Madison county, Alabama*
When he left me at Columbus, Ga., was riding a
sprightly bay horse, wore a cottonade Jacket, was
in possession of a Maynard Rifle with breech burnt
near the look, he will probably try to get through to
the enemy’s lines in North Alabama.
FRANK COOK, Company “I,” 7th Alabama
Cavalry, light hair, fair complexion, eyes yellow
with considerable white in them, five feet eight or
ten inches high, twenty-five years of age, a resident
of Madison county, Alabama. When he left me at
Columbus, Gii*, was riding an old sorrel horse, wore
brown jeans clothing, had in his possession a May
nard Rifle, he will attempt to make his way to the
enemy’s lines in North Alabama.
Confederate officers and soldiers, and Enrolling
officers are requested to arrest men answering the
above description and deliver them to the Com
mandant of Post, Columbus, Ga.
r. a. McClellan,
feb263t Lieut. Cos., “I,” 7th Ala., Cav.
“First Lome, First Served. 5 ’
LooK Well!
I OFFER FOR SALE FOR
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
Ist. Twenty-jive bales of good COTTON, in good
order, scattered in small lots in the counties ot
Chambers and Macon, Ala.
2d. A HOUSE; (and LOT of 10 acres, already
deeply ploughed —ditched and manured) three fur
nished rooms in a convenient locality and good
neighborhood.
3d. A nick little FARM of 160 acres near Au
burn, Ala. 100 acres of open land —30 or 40 acres
sowed down in Wheat and Oats. No houses. —
Plenty of Wood, Water and Pasture.
4th. My HOME PLACE—consisting of the lot on
which I live (40 acres) and another House and Lot
across she street. Very valuable —well located.
N. B.— l will give good bargains to those who ap-
WM. F. SAMFORD
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, MdLHENNY & CO.
Columbus, Jan. 20, ts
FOR SALE 2
WAGON HARNESS, COLLARS, HA.YIES, &c.
Also a few setts of BUGGY HARNESS
Apply to SHERMAN A CO.,
feb 4 lm Masonic Hall, upstairs.
Wanted.
FOR the State of Louisiana TEN MOULDERS.—
Wages liberal. Transportation furnished. Ap
ply to Moi. R. S. Hardaway, of thtaci^ si j^ Ri
feb 12 ts " Comissioner for Louisiana.
SIOO Reward.
DUNAWAY from Mr. J. D. Gray’s shop, about
It 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 tor bis delivery to
Mr. Gray or myselt. P. J- PHILLIPS.
feb 23 41
IVegroes lo Hire.
ffO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN. also a good
i Cook and Washer. A f*£ wO OLFOLK,
jan 17 ts Asept -
Dr. R. AOBLE,
jdbnptist,
AT Pemberton & Carter’s old stand, back room of
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be tound
all Lours, 18 6m
NOTICE.
Office Grant Factory, 1
* Nov. 29, 1864.4
ALL persons having demands against the estate of
Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
'“ft” 1 ’"" ' ,ra " t JO*! J. GRANT.
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory.
To Printers !
TT7E offer for sale a complete BO £ K , B J£rlsKS*
W (except Ruling Machine.) two hand PREasES,
and about . .
1,000 Pounds ol iyp- Metai.
nov2l-tf :
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
withHi the time prescribed W law and those indebted
will make mmediate P aymeut - DAN iEL FRY,
Adm’r.
feb 21 w4od ‘
Stolen.
CTOLEN from my H huuU
O Columbus, a light BAY HORSprin
high, with a white spot in his foreneau.
ciple gait is a pace. A suituable FOL K
paid for his recovery.
feb 24 ts
COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, FEB. 28. 1865.
DAILY TIMES.
i:\kmmi eiih'ihv
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1865.
North Carolina.—A late Raleigh Progress
3ays : The force sent to the capture of Fort
Fisher, i3 still in front of our lines below Wil
mington, and his gunboats are in the Cape
Fear river.
A day or two since, we beard of the arrival
ot troops at Morehead city, and subsequently
of their removal around to Wilmington. Bu t
yesterday, the State Journal, and the letter of
our Kinston correspondent, informs us that
the force is at Newbern; that they are con
structing the railroad towards Kinston; and
have engines ready for use upon it. If this
be so—they contemplate an advance into the
interior of the State.
The New Flag. —The new Confederate flag
adopted by the Senate, Saturday, is as follows:
The width two-thirds of its length, with the
union (now used us the battle-flag) to be in
width three-fifths of the width of the flag,
and so preportioned as to leave the length of
the field on the side of the Union twice the
width below it; to have the ground red and a
broad blue saltier thereon; bordered with
white and emblazoned with mullets or five
pointed stars, corresponding in number to that
of the Confederate States; the field to be
white, except the outer half from the union,
which shall be a red bar extending the with
of the flag.
Butlhr’s Suceessor. —Gen. Ord succeeded
Butler. He is a native of Maryland and citi
zen of Pennsylvania. He figured in Virginia
at Drainsville and other places, and afterwards
at Vicksburg. He is a raw-boned fellow, with
gray hair, and rather eccentric. He belongs
to the Catholic Church.
Let the people be true to themselves, says
the Macon Telegraph and Confederate, and
our armies will stand by us to the “ last of
their blood and their breath.” The battle
scarred and war-worn legions that bear on
their banners names as proud and full of deep
historic interest “as ever blazoned the war
rior’s shield,” or gave immortality to a nation,
will never sacrifice the future by forfeiting the*
glories of the past. They will never abandon
a cause which has been watered by so much
precious blood. They will never bear the
sight of maimed and wounded comrades beg
ging bitter bread through a conquered land
which their valor fried in vain to save. Nev
er, no, never, will they give up a cause, the
abandonment of which places them before the
world as meh.who admit that Jackson died a
traitor, and tGat fiKE deserves a halter!
The Enemy at Milton. —Capt. Keyser re
ports from Pollard, on the 25th, that the ene
my had landed in force at Milton, with infantry
and cavalry were scouring around the country,
but the infantry had not moved out. This
looks like a move into the interior in the di
rection of Montgomery and Columbus. In the
present state of the roads and the water cour
ses, it is not thought he can advance to much
advantage—but this cause will not operate
long to interfere with his movements. We
doubt if the enemy contemplates a direct
movement against Mobile; if he can capture
Montgomery and Selma by columns co-opera
ting from North Alabama or Mississippi and
Florida, he will not trouble himself
about Mobile, for that yvill be effectually
flanked and in his power whenever he chooses
to take it. We shall know in a short time
what are the real designs of the foe; in the
meantime, vigilance, energy and vigor should
characterize the action of authorities and peo
ple. This section of country is too valuable
to be lost, and it is believed that, by a wise
direction of the forces at command, tljp plans
of the enemy can be defeated.— Montgomery
Advertiser , 26 th
News Items.
The Constitutionalist ol the 23d inst., con
tains the following:
GEN. LEE’S MOVEMENT.
It is currently reported that Lee has moved
out of his works at Petersburg, to make a
rapid sweep upon Sherman. Though but a
rumor, we think such a movement would be
but the dictate of common sense and pru
dence.
VANDALISM OF THE ENEMY.
The enemy, in their march along the river
road and going toward Barnwell Court House,
burnt numerous houses. Many were de
stroyed which were not on the main roads.
The enemy, when allowing a house here and
there to escape, invariably destroyed the gin
houses and presses. Fences were always
burnt, fruit trees cut down, and a dreary
waste shows their track. All the meat were
taken ; occasionally a little corn was left.
The Chronicle & Sentinel of the same date
says :
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
A gentleman who left Newberry Court
House on Tuesday morning last, brings the
information that our forces fell back from
Columbia, on .Thursday last, and the enemy
entered it on Friday.
Our forces fell back in the direction of
Winnsboro, and at last accounts the ene
mv was moving in that direction from Col
umbia.
What damage the Federals did to Colum
bia has not been ascertained.
A correspondent writes us that the iast
heard from the enemy, iD Washington, Ga.,
was that they were at Newberry Court House,
on the Greenville Railroad, on tbvir way to
Abbeville.
We take the following items from the
Chronicle & Sentinel of the -3d :
Rumor. —A Richmond rumor is current that
that city is being evacuated by our forces.
Hon. A. H. Stephens. —This gentleman has
arrived home from Virginia. He returned by
way of Washington.
From Wilkes County.— A geqtleman writ
ing to us from Wilkes county says that travel
through Washington to Virginia, has sudden
lv stopped. Soldiers who went on a tew days
since hare returned, the route being off by
the movements of the enemy.
Norte CAROLiNA.-The North Carolina Legisla
ture has adjourned t. meet the third Thursday in
May
[ From the Telegraph & Confederate.]
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Macon, Georgia, Feb. 24, 1864.
senate.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock, a. m., Hon. T.
L. Guerry, President pro tern.,’ in the Chair.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Wills.
Mr. Spray berry moved a reconsideration of
the divorce bill, which reconsideration wa3
lost.
Mr. McCutchen introduced a bill to compel
proprietors of hotels and other places of pub
lic entertainment, to give receipts or checks
for the baggage of their guests; and, in cer
tain cases to make penal a refusal so to do.
Mr. Pottle, a bill, to be entitled, An act to
extend the time for returns of elections in the
army It makes the time 20 days instead of
15. The resolutions of Mr. Pottle, with the
substitutes of Messrs. Walker and Gaulden,
were then discussed at length by Messrs. Pot
tle and Gaulden.
When Mr. Pottle had concluded his remarks
he moved the previous question, which was
sustained.
The question was then taken on Mr. Walk
er’s resolutions, which were unanimously re
jected.
Mr. Gaulden's resolutions were then put to
vote and received but four votes, viz: Messrs.
Bennet, Ezzard, Gaulden and Pafford.
Mr. Pottle’s resolutions were then passed,
by a vote of 23 to 2. Messrs. Bennet and
Gaulden voting in the negative.
Resolutions requesting the Confederate Go
vernment not to take up the iron on the Macon
and Brunswick Rail Road. Adopted.
Resolution requesting the Confederate Go
vernment to build the rail road between Alba
ny and Thomasville. Passed.
Adjourned till 10 o’clock, Monday morning.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met.
Mr. Stephens, of Hancock, moved to recon
sider that portion of the journal of yesterday
relative to a resolution of the Senate, adverse
to the holding of a convention. The previous
question was called, and the yeas and nays
required to be recorded. The yeas were 57 ;
nays 69.
Mr. Ezzard, of Fulton, introduced a resolu
tion that the General Assembly adjourn sine
die on the 2d of March next.
The resolution in reference to the distribu
tion of cotton cards was passed.
Mr. Hardeman, of Bibb, introduced a reso«
lution in relation to taking up the iron on the
Brunswick road. Adopted.
A bill *0 pay baok to the citizens of this
State, the tax on all slaves captured, or escap
ing to the enemy, in the year 1864. Lo«t.
A resolution that the military law is subor
dinate to the civil. Adopted unanimously.
A bill to change the lines between the coun
ties of Dougherty and Lee. Lost.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—AFTERNOON SES
SION.
The House met at 3 o’clock.
Mr. Hill, of Dougherty, introduced a bill to
abolish the State Penitentiary and provide for
the punishment of crimo.
The resolution to allow administrators apd
executors to sell bonds and certi
ficates for distribution and paying debts, was
taken up and adopted.
Adjourned till Monday morning, 10 o’clock.
SENATE —AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate met at 3 o’clock.
Mr. Walker asked permission to withdraw a
reselution which he had offered, the
Cemmissary General to furnish certain salt to the
county of Walton. He had offerred the resolu
tion under a misapprehension of the facts in the
case, and being satisfied that the Commissary
General had done his! duty in the case, he desired
to withdraw the resolution. Leave was granted,
and the resolution was withdrawn.
Mr. Nisbet introduced a bill for the relief of the
Eatonton Manufacturing Company.
Bill to make it cause of a divorce for a husband
or wife to desert a wife or husband, and go over
to the public enemy. Lest 9 to 22.
Bill to allow officers from Georgia, in the Con
federate service, to purchase clothing from the
Quartermaster General of the State. Passed.
Mr. Nisbet introduced a bill to allow the Geor
gia Railroad and Banking Company to wind up
its banking business.
Mr. Groover, a preamble and resolution, asking
the aid of the Confederate Government in build
ing a railroad from Thomasville to Albany.
The Senate then resumed the consideration of
the resolutions in relation to a convention of the
people.
Mr. Walker addressed the Senate, and offered a
series of resolutions, which were ordered to be
printed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE —AFTERNOON SESSION.
The House met, and proceeded to take up bills
for a third reading.
A bill to change the line between the counties
of Wayne and Pierce. Passed.
A bill to change lines between the counties of
Pulaski and Telfair. Passed.
Mr. Russell, of Muscogee, introduced a bill to
incorporate the Metropolitan Telegraph Com
pany.
A bill to amend the Military Laws, to exempt
county surveyors. Lost.
A bill to increase the rank of the Q. M. Gen
eral. Lost.
A bill to change the line between the counties
of Worth and Dooly. Laid on the table for the
present.
A bill to prescribe the oath of tax payers for
the year 1865. Passed.
A bill to amend an Act authorizing the Treas
urer to issue certificates for the payment of mem
bers, and other civil officers of the. State. Passed.
A bill to refund money to tax payers whose
property has been destroyed by the enemy. A
general bill being introduced that embrace this,
the bill was lost.)
A bill to prescribe the tax on Banking Com
panies and all incorporated Companies using the
banking privilege. Passed.
A bill to legalize the suspension of specie pay
ment by the Banks of the State until Ist of Janu
ary, 1866. Passed.
A bill to exempt from taxation all widows,
feme soles, and minors and families of soldiers,
where the property does not exceed $2,000 in
value. Recommitted. <*
A bill to require the County Treasurers pf this
State to be elected by the people Ist January,
1866. Passed. _
A bill to add the ceun'y es Worth to the s. W.
Judicial Circuit. Passed. .
A bill.to exempt shcool teachers from the militia
service. Passed. _
Resolutions relative to the death of the Hon.
Daniel Lawhon, of Terrill county, and Hon. A.
Nichols, of Wabster county, were adopted.
Adjourned till 10 o’clock to-morrow morning.
Cheering.— The Rebel gives us some glorious
news from North Alabama. Deserters and absen
tees are coming iniin droves under Gen.,Lee s am
nesty proclamation and reporting to their com
mands. Within forty-eight hours up to Tuesday ■
evening, about one hundre orted at Colum
biana and.Montevalo, in Sbc ■ **’• We sin
cerely trust that this is but the Degianing of a great
inpouriag which will fill up the ranks of our weak
ened armies and enable us to crush the vandals
who are now rioting in the insolence of their Jpewer
and desolating the fairest portions of our country.
The French described the battle of Aboukir
as a drfwn cattle. “Well/' said Nelson, they
are quite right—only they draw the blanks,
and we draw the prizes ’’
TELEGRAPHIC.
reports op the press association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States fi r
the Northern District of Georgia.
Augusta, Feb. 25. —The Constitutionalist
publishes information from or& of General
Young’s scout's, who reports that the Depot of
the South Carolina railroad in Charleston, sit
uated in a very combustible part of the city ?
below Mary and Ann streets', containing Quar
termaster, Commissary and Ordnance stores,
took fire, exploding fixed ammunition, killing
and wounding three hundred women and
children in the building getting stores aban
doned by our troops. The Yankees entered
the city soon after, and assisted the firemen.
A large portion of the city was burned. Our
forces left the city at noon on Thursday, by the
North-Eastern Road to Kingston.
The Yankees 'garrison Savannah with two
thousand whites, and an outside line with five
thousand negroes.
Approved loyal people in that city receive
one-half of the New York rates in greenbacks
for cotton and other property.
There are about thirty-five miles of railroad
stock, making nearly 3,000 engines and cars,
belongingto every 5-footguage road in the Con
federacy, accumulated about Charlotte. The
guage changes there, preventing their going
further. Sherman’s movement will or has
caused their destruction. All those heavily
loaded with stores, for want of wood and
water at stations, could not move between
Chester and Charlotte. The Southern Express
Company saved the valuables and papers
from all the offices and placed them in safety.
The post offices lost m*ils everywhere. The
Express carried the only mail that was saved.
Some Yankees, captured in Carolina, had
settled as millers, carpenters and farmers.
The fortifications around Augusta are being
rapidly strengthened by a large force.
No fears are entertained of a raid or dem
onstration in force in future.
When our forces left Charleston on Thurs
day, the bridge over Ashley river was burnt.
Two regiments left behind were captured.
A large number of our guns were left in the
hands of the enemy, not dismounted. The
ammunition was cast into the harbor and de
stroyed.
The city is garrisoned by negro troops.
7:30 notes advanced five cents to-day, with
an increasing demand.
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Latest from the United States.
- the peace failure.
(Special Dispatch to the New York Tribune.)
Washington, Feb. s.—The Hampton Roads
conference, as it will be known in history, was
held between Stephens, Hunter and Campbell
on one side, and President Lincoln and Secre
tary Seward on the other, with a plenipoten
tiary from Africa, friendly to both parties and
serviceable to each, who came and went with
things on a salver.
The conference opened, as was intimated on
Thursday that it would open, with remini
scences of the old Washington life and inqui
ries after common friends and acquaintances.
Stephens was worn, and had a look of anxiety
and weariness. Hunter in fine condition,
and lofty and confident as of yore. Campbell,
too, was his own self. All were marked with
strength, assurance of the future, and con
sciousness of power. There was in no one of
them a trace of suppliance ; not one was in
look, word or carriage a suiter for peace.
The terms of peace were gradually ap
proached. When fully reached on the rebel
side, Stephens took the parole and surpassed
all his old exhibitions of persuasiveness,
shrewdness, tact and courage in putting the
demands and the rights of the Confederacy.
In the midst of them, and at the conclusion of
one of his points, Mr. Lincoln swung forward
on the lower hinge of his back and interrupt"
ed: “ That reminds me of a story of a man
out in Illinois ! ” Stephens, Hunter and Camp
bell instantly jumped up in a roar of meri
ment.
The interruption caused by this character
istic outbreak, and the apt story which fol
lowed being through with, the rebel Vice
President resumed, and pursued to the end of
his statement of the rights of the Confederate
States and the terms on which he thought
they would be willing to stop the war. Re
cognition was the first of them. The proposi
tion for an of course, a logical
sequence.
It was very certain that Mr. Lincoln and
Mr. Seward were surprised at striking this
snag at the very outset of the conference.
The preliminary groping and feeling around
by our pioneer of peace, and his assurance
and convictions, had led to the belief that the
three envoys had entered our lines to talk of
a re3tor.ed L’nion and a common country.
They had for about two days at the army
headquarters in conversation there with Gen
erals Grant, Meade and one or two other gen
erals.
Stephens professed to love the old Union,
to be as much as ever, in his feelings, an Amer
ican of the United States, and deplored the
necessity which politics placed him and all
the leaders of the rebellion in, to have some
thing to give to the decimated and impover
ished people of the South for their sacrifice.
It is tmderstood that they declared at head
quarters, that if we would recognize them for
only a week, or any suitable length of time,
to satisfy the pride of their people,.they would
pledge their honor to bring about re-union.
What was the precise character of their admiss
sions or intimations, our peace prospectors went
to Fortress Monroe on what they felt was a sure
thing.
Os the whole character of the whole inter**
view the country can judge from what Mr.
Lincoln said to a general officer on Satur
day: “We could not do anything with them
whatever.” .
They stood on recognition. Mr. Seward
considered their claims argumentatively. He
kindly and courteously spoke of our- larger re
sources, and of our certainty of victory in the end.
They insisted on recognition. The* utter inad
missibility of this demand and of o her and
consequential demands was demonstrated. —
They were immovable—they stood for recogni
tion.
Mr. Stephens,- more flexible and politic than
his associates, proposed and argued” his crafty
scheme of a temporary recognition, repeating at
length considerations he bad aired at Grant’s
headquarters : bat on recognition absolute or
temporary, the three Commissioners stood as
rocks. *
* A GENERAL EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS-
Washington, Feb. 4.—lt it said that the Presi
dent and Mr. Seward have agreed upon a general
exchange of prisoners *oich will forthwith take
plaea.
/ SIX DOLLARS
l PER MOUTH
The Her da a'.?o publishes the following on 'be
subject:
Headers Armies of the U. States, ;
City Point, Va., Feb. 1,1565. j
Rev. Henry W. Bellows, President United States
Sanitary Committee:
Sir—l am directed by tbe Lieutenant General
| Commanding to acknowledge the receipt of yours
of tbe 27th of January, ’65, and to say that every
exertion is being made to effect a general
exchange of all prisoners now held North and
South.
Owing, hjwever, to the difficulty of moving
large bodies of men in the South, by reason of the
bad condition of their railroads and other high
ways, much delay will be experienced before our
prisoners can reach any place where wo can re
ceive them. Every exertion is also being made to
release and exchange civilian prisoners at the
earliest moment practicable.
Supplies or money packages for prisoners
in the South can be sent to them, directed
care of Lieut. Colonel JoJbn E. Mulford, Assist
ant Agent of Exchange, Fortress Monroe, Vir
ginia. I am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant. E. S. Perker,
Lieut. Col. and Military Secretary.
RELEASE OF THE CREW OF THE FLORIDA.
Boston, Feb. 3.—The crew of the rebel steamer
j Florida, which was captured in the harbor of
; Bahia, by the United States steamor Wachusotts,
! have been liberated by order of the Govern"
ment. They numbered about thirty. They
were taken from Fort Warren in a tug and
placed on board the British steamer Canada,
which sailed from this port last Wednesday for
Halifax.
THE TROUBLES ABOUT THE DRAFT.
. x The coYnmission appointed by Gov. Fenton,
of New Yorg, to endeavor to secure from the
War Department a decrease in tiie quota of
this Slate under the late call for troops has,
so far, met with little success. They are to
have another interview with the President to
day.
Pennsylvania, it is understood, is protesting
vigorously through a voluminous correspond
ence on the part of Gov. Curtin, as well as by
a delegation in attendance here, against the
quota assigned to that State. Her claim is
based upon tbe principle which Gov. Curtin
asserts is established by existing laws, that
iu every case the man should be counted with
out refere ce to his term es service. This is
at variance with the assurances given by tbe
War Department last year, and will find no
favor unless clearly established as a local pro
position.
As most of the. previous enlistments of that
State have been for ene year, the adoption of this
principle would reduce the quota of Peunsylvania
from forty-five thousand, now allotted, to about
thirty five thousand.
Illinois, the State which claims both the Presi
dent and Provost Marshal General, has a heavy
quota assigned her—something ever thirty-five
thousand.
lowa, which has continued the steady system
of volunteering between the drafts, escapes en
tirely.
The disparity in the enrollment in the various
States in proportion to their population is very
great. Pennsylvania is said to have nearly two
hundred thousand less men enrolled than the State
of New York ; but on the other hand. New York
has a much larger number of credits, amounting
in the aggregate to something over one hundred
thousand years service.
[ Washington Telegraphic Dispatch.
THE EXPLOSION AT FORT FISHER.
The sad work of exhuming the dead who were
killed by the magazine explosion of Jfonday morn
ing is slowly progressing. The immense amount of
sand displaced, andithe wide extent of ground cov
ered over, renders the labor very great and necessa
rily very slow. Eleven were dug out in one day.—
Most of them were recognized as belonging to one
company of the Two Hundred and Third Pennsyl
vania. They were asleep at the instant of the ex
plosion,?and knew no waking. The position of their
lynbs indicated that they were reclining in uncon
scious slumber when death overtook them. Many
were horribly disfigured and scarcely recognizable.
Fragments of human limbs, entrails, etc., which
must have belonged to a dozen or more bodies, were
gathered in one pile and buried in ona coffin. Con
federate dead lay scattered about —some of them
exhumed from the sand; others, who had diedifrom
wounds, in the dark passage ways and corners of the
bombproofs where they had crawled after beiag
wounded.
VOTE ON NEGROES RIDING IN CITY STREET CARS,
The vote up to the hour of closing the trips las t
night was largely in favor of white persons riding
inside the cars and the exclusion of the blacks. The
vote on one of the lines at noon yesterday stood
four thousand opposed and one hnudred and sixty
in favor of the question. Votes will continue to be
deposited during the present week, that all may
have an opportunity of depositing their vote as their
teeling may dictate. — Phil. Inquirer, Jan. 31*
Dentrifice.—Of charcoal and honey, make a
paste. It is excellent for cleaning,’ the teeth.
—o •
"Marriage,’’ said an unfortunate husband, “is the
churchyard of love,’’ "And you men," replied the
wife, “are the grave diggers,”
Garden Seeds,
REAL CABBAGE, Lettuce, English Peas, Cucum
ber, <fcc. For sale by G. A. NORRIS.
feb 27 2t*
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
ON TUESDAY, 28th inst., at 11 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our store,
3 bbls. Choice Sugar,
40 pair Men’s Shoes,
100 lbs. Sole Leathes.
feb 27 $9
ROBERT A. CRAWFORD,
Slave Trader,
AND DEALER IN
f STOCKS, BONDS, CERTIFICATES, GOLD
AND SILVER COIN,
Cherry Street, Macon, Ka.,
NEARLY OPPOSITE THE DAILY TELE
GRAPH AND CONFEDERATE OFFICE.
All classes of NEGROES usually on
hand, and stock constantly replenished by
experienced buyers.
Cash advances to regular traders, as
heretofore.
Negroes also sold on Commission.
My trusty Porters, Andrew and An
tony, attend the Trains.
feb 27 3m
NEGROES at AUCTION.
-BY-
J. B. HABERSHAM A CO.
* * *•* 9
Executor’s Sale.
On Tuesday, March 7,186*5.
TYTILL be sold on the first Tuesday in March next,
Yt between the usual hours of sale, at the Court
House in the city of Macon,
TWENTY-TWO NEGROES,
(more or less) consisting of Men, Women and Chil
dren, belonging to the estate of Caroline Baynard,
deqpased. These negroes are accustomed to the cul
tivation of Cotton and Corn, and sold for a distribu
tion among the heirs, agreeably to the provisions of
the will of the late Wm.G. Baynard.
ED WARD M. BAYNARD,
WM. G. BAYNARD,
Executors.
M. B. BAYNARD, Executrix.
feb 25 w3t
Columbus Times will please copy once a week til
day ot sale and forward bill to J. B.H Jfc Cos.
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
One Copper Boiler, 8 feet long.
Five or six hundred pounds Lead Pipe
£ or 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks.
jen 18 ts
Lost or Mislaid*
TOUR SHARES of the G. i A. S. S. Cos.. No
i 160, in favor ol Jfrs. J. L. Wilson.
nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GR ANT.
Columbus Knitting Company.
W e are prepare:l to t eeeive orders for SOCKS and
HOSE for Ladies and Children, all*made of home
made Knitting Cotton, rather coarse, but soft and
pleasant to wear. D. KEITH,
feb2s Iw Agent-