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VOL. XII.}
DAILY TIMES.!
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FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1865.
Official Report of the Operations of the
GEORGIA. MILITIA NEAR ATLANTA.
Headquarters Ist Div. Ga. Militia,!
Macoo, Ga., Sepi 16, 1864. /
General J. B. 1100d t
Commanding Army oj Tr, ( neesee }
Near Lovejoy’s Station:
General : 1 have the honor to make the
following report of the part tak* n by the Geor
gia militia, under my command, .during the
operations at and near Atlanta.
My appointment was dated the Ist of June.
I took command a tew days thereafter, reliev
ing Majoi General Wayne, vviio returned to
the duties of his office as Adjutant and L
specter General of the State., The force the.'
in the field was composed entirely of State offi
cers, civil and military. Tfre.y had been form
ed inld two brigades, ol three regiments each,
and one battalion of artillery, numbering in
all i little over 3,000 men. The officeis of the
militia, not needed for these regiments, took
then places m the ranks as privates with the
civil officers. The command had reported to
General Joseph E. Johnston for duty and had
been ordered to guard the crossings of the
Chattahoochee river, from Roswell bridge to
West Point, Which duty they continued to
perform, until ordeiel by General Johnston
to cross the Chattahoochefe and support the
cavalry upon the left wing of his array, the
right wing then being at Kenesaw Mountain.
In the execution of this order, the militia were
twice brought into conflict with the enemy’s
infantry. They behaved well, thoroughly exe
cuted the part assigned them, and when the
array tell back to the Chattahoochee, were
the last in.an try vvithuiawn to the fortified
!>•».-1 ion.
General Johnston, in a letter to Governor
Rrovn, paid a handsome, and I think, well
deserved compliment to them for their conduct
beyond the river and their services in beating
back the enemy in ‘their attempts* upon the
various crossings. The day we reached the
Chattyhooehee, we were assigned to your
corps of the army. You soon placed us in
reserve, which it was thought would give
some opportunity for drilling and disciplining
the command, no opportunity for this having
previously occurred. In the meantime, the
reserve militia of Georgia were ordered out
by Governor Brown, and I was ordered to
Poplar Spring, near the Atlanta and West
Point railroad, for the purpose of reprganiz
ing, arming tHe reserves, etc. We had not
been there three days before you found it ne
cessary to order us info the trenches on the
east sale of Atlanta. You had, in the mean
while, been assigned to the command of the
arnis, and instructed me to report, to you di»
rect, instead of through a corps commander.
There were at this time about 2,000 effective
mti'-l; -'s in the command. We guarded over
two miles of the lines, having on them, how
ever, some eighty, pieces m Confederate artil
lery.
On llu> 22d of July, whiist Hardee was at i
tacking the enemy on out ex--ivrne- ngut ; •in j
tbe direction of Decatur, y<tn • a red *>;•.- .
log orders, I clo.ed ten .:,e*rv :.U in U> :
line, formed Han of b fair ,u -«* >renc»*es» and J
moved the uiiiitia to waul o-ri Hie parapet 1
tuoro Hum ,t, nnlo i.bv •■'■emv s mttei.-g j
works in our front, Tuey .v »■ ;u <-..ctod. upuit
a battery wbn a had no a. v» and •:** /err much.
Oa;',’,u.i Auciersou, \v;.l u.td crrv and with my ,
eouiin ni beyond the 0... ti a vuiun- ;
teei -a io move his battery Wi’b us. He took .
his position in clear, open ground, within j
about 40u ynrds of Hie tint;;', uw • battery of j
the enemy, .supported bt Hue ni'iitia on liis j
righi and left -Within ten minutes, the effect- j
ire fire of the enemy was stl• need in our front, ;
and uler this they only ooc-ji- io uly ventured j
tc show theiwseives at the embrasures, or put i
their fieads above llie p.vuipet. My troops j
were eager lo be allowed io charge he batte- j
ry, but the brigade on my left had given way. 1
and the fall rag back was still fur
ther to the left. Hardee’s fire upon my right ‘
had ceased just after we moved out of the
trenches, I considered it useless to oiako an ;
isolated attack, and therefore 1 jm the position
awaiting further development i about two
hours 1 received orders iron |H uirecting
me to withdraw to the treache JH * e lost only
about fifty men killed and ided. Thf
officers and men behaved "ad ly. Every
movement waa promptly and tely made.
There was not a single straggl. A few lays
after this affair of the 22d of JP y, Iv * or
dered again to Poplar Spring, but was scarce
ly established in camp there before we had
again to be placed in the frenches on the left
of the Marietta road, and from this time until
tbe end of the siege, continued unde*- r, °9°
fire night and day. We h»-< i!
portion of the lines to another, and mid our 1
full share of ail the hardest places, extending !
from the left of the Marietta road across the
Peachtree road to our extreme right.
The militia, although but poorly aimed,
very few having proper equipments, more than
two thirds of them without cartridge boxes,
almost without ambulances or other transpor
tation, most of the reserve men never having
been drilled at all. and the others but a few
days, all performed well every service requir
ed, during an arduous »ud dangerous cam
paign. They have been in service about 100
days, during at least fifty of which loey have
been under close fire of the enemy, mostly
night and day; they have always shown a
willing spirit, whether in camp, on the match,
working at fortifications, guarding trenches,
or upon the onen battle field ; they have done
good and substantial service in the cause of
their country, and have established the fact
that Georgia is willing and able to do some
thing effective iu her own name, beyond fur
nishing mote than her quota to the Confeder
ate armies proper. The greatest number of
effective muskets in the trenches at aqy one
time was about 5000. When Atlanta was eva
cuated, the reserve artillery of the army pass- ,
ed out through my lines, and iny men were
formed as a rear guard. The whole was safe
ly brought to Griffin under your orders. The
inarch trem Atlanta to Griffin satisfied u:o that
men over fifty are not, as a class, fitted lot
military duty, I have therefore airougly ftd
vised tho Governor to withdraw them from
continuous active service.
There being a lull in active operations, the
Governor has, with my recommend.»*ion and
your concurrence, temporarily withdrawn the
militia from Confederate service and furloughed
them for thirty days.
This report is hastily written, without ac
cess to the detailed records and papers of my
Adjutant General s office, but a!! omissions
can be readtiy supplied by the /run »j-> uiready
forwarded to your office.
Before closing l eanuot refrain from allu
ding to u subject which, under ordinary Cir
cumstances,' forms no part of report o sub
ordinates to their commanders. . iHuae to
the outcry from tbe press and the people
against yourself because ot the evacuation o<
Atlanta-
Unsolicited by me, without my consent or
Ifhowledge, the civil and military officers ot
the State of Georgia, when called upcm to take
up arms .u defense ot their homes, almost
unanimously elected me their leader, and. a*
their leuder, I wiah in * i ji/l tOB&j toyuu
/ .
COLUMBUS, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1865.
and place officially on record this opinion, viz:
Had your orders been properly executed eith
er upon the 20th of July at Peachtree Creek,
the 22d of July on our right, or on the 30th
of August at Jonesboro, Sherman would have
been toiled and Atlanta saved, at least for
some time o come, and I am not alone in this
opinion.
Commanding a peculiar organization, the
lanking officer in the forces of the State with
in whicn y. .q were operating, I was invited
to, and participated in, your councils. I had
every opportunity of knowing what was go
ing on. Your plans were fully explained to
your Lieutenant Generals, your chief of Ar
tillery, Chiei Engineer and myself. Opinions
nil i view.-; were called for, and then specific
orders were given, I have never known one
>f t'-'-en to express dissent to any plan of yours
that Wa; ittempted to be executed ; never a
doubt expressed as to the meaning and intent
of your orders, nor a suggestion made by
•hem r,i u plan they supposed would be better
man that you ordered. If they ate not now
unanimous there is but one, if any, who dis
sents iroiatl e opinion expressed above, name*
iy Sherman would have been beaten had
yonr orders been obeyed oo the 20th of July,
22d of July, or 30th of August. Whatever
the press or people may say, the militia of
Georgia are more than eatiified with you as
their Confederate General, and when they
again enter that service, in defense of their
homes, wili be glad to hail you as their Con
federate ChitJ.
(Signed) G. W. Smith,
Major General. j
Official: John P. Ferrill, A. A. G. j
[From the St. Louis Republican.]
Forty Thousand Hegroes.
We quote the following from the proceedings of
a public meeting held at the Federal capital on tho
evening of tho IGth inst., (Jan.) Rev. Wm, Chan
ning in tho chair:
‘■Mr. Channing road a report setting forth the
startling and most heart sickening condition of
these wretched outcasts under the shadows of the
national capital. In June last Che census showed
at leant 30,000 colored pojoiiaiion in this Diatriot,
nearly all in the confines of the city. . There are
t*ti lease VOO i'Jimmer of these |jvor poopL. la ibo
city. A few of them have been able to build
shanties, paying for the miserable ground on which
to place them $25 or S3O a year. Not more than
twenty five of these families pay for their hovols
less than $5 monthly rent.
The following eases are reported as those which
met the visitors in every direction .*
“An old woman on Eleventh street was found
with the melting snow dripping through her hovel
upon her pallet of rags. She was sick: ,ad buried
two children ; no fire, fuel or food, and no means
to get any; was hungry ; had begged a match to
light in the night* so that the night might not
seem so long.
In anothei hovel near by was a mother ants a
babe without <iress. No fire, and twenty four hours
without food. A girl nine years old washing rags
gathered from the mud to sell.
A few squares away, Saiiy Clayton, daughter,
and two grand children. The daughter had an
| undressed infant; no food nor fuel, and in a per
i isbing condition. • -
| And an old man, many years a preacher while
in slavery, steeps it a hovel on a board, w ; th a
! stick of wood for a pillow . no food or fuel; no
| shirt. His cedar bone had been hr .ken and he
cannot work.
In a sbtunv ,»u Jo tu-d -rare ;ix obi: iron
huddled in rigs together ilka a flock ot sfi&rp.
Thu mother, Mrs. Jackson, has recently died. No
food nor fuel.
On Osp; Hilt, in a space a s'.bic souHor
i.bau two state, arc two iaoiiHes—an old oi in, •
cripple, and i girl 12 years aid wii h Hoe evpsauap'
■-• * :
moth rto«s boy, atr-l ; iio'iio* . rnau ; a pi..,-a o*xi
tor the old people, :&d naked-bo ud< with rags on
cbom -:or toe children; a wi-iow fifty years old
; b.i u only itupport; rest $1.2; no fire nor food.
On Sixteenth btvoid, a woman ninety years old
m a stable; no light no food, no fuel.
When the report bad beeu road, Mr. Chnuning
r<: H , o,tad' Mrs. Griffin, tho agent of the assordution,
who has been laboringarnoftg those pi’’ ’’ ,n
bri ,i -some mouths, to o*p«-..s »
mailer. They needed every!'- 1
slavery, taking but a few ', aO KS.
Food, fuel, clothing, were all equally needed, and
the report stated likewise.
The woman needed clothing. They cannot get
employment. People spurn them from their doors;
refusing entrance to creatures half covered with
filthy rags. She spoke of the women as brave and
determined. They had come here in desolation,
and in the face of every fbrm of discouragement
Uitd done, the most of them well, and many of
them nobly. Their destitution of clothing was
absolutely shocking, A dozen aud more persons
are crowded into a single sir.ail room. Move than
sou, fifths of the families have no fuel. Fifty
families are to be turned into the streets imtuedi
ately for non payment of rent. A man aad four
children have already been thus turned out of
doors and another family, mother and three chils
drop, all barefooted. Almost every family has a
sick poison.”
We might quote at greater length from these
proceedings. We might comment upon the condi
tion of those negroes now and before the war.
We might state that the negroes here
are !• ; a type of the etoae all over tbat portion »•
rho Siftimerh country visited by our armies, and
especially in Louisiana, on the Mississippi, and
etsf.»!mrs. We might point to over 80,000 negroes
destroyed in and near New Orleans since the war
began—bat we forbear.
Oapt. J. Y. Beam,.—We have published
the Northern report of the execution ot Oapt.
Beall, and we find a letter from him iu the
Richmond Sentinel. It is addressed to his
brother. The sentiments he expresses in this
farewell to bis brother are such as wilt iu
apire a universal respect and sympathy. To
an unbleDohing manliness as to his own rate,
he exhibits u chivalrous tenderness for cap
tive foes, solicitous, even in so trying an hour,
lest the severity denounced against him might
be retorted by his outraged kindred:
Fort Lafayette. Feb. 14, 1885
Dear Will: Ere this reaches you, you will
most probably have heard ofmyd.eath through
the newspapers. That I was tried bra mili
tary commission and bung by the enemy—
and hung, I assert, unjustly. It is both use
less and wrong to repiue over the past. Hang
ing. it was asserted, was ignominious: but
crime only cun make dishonor. Vengeance is
mine, saith the Lord, and I wjl! repay ; there
tore do act uow show unkinuess to prisoners.
Remember me kindly to my friends. Say
to them that I am not aware of committing
any crime against society. I die for my coun
try.
*\ T o thirst for blood or lucre a Unaied me in
my course, lor 1 had refused, when solicited,
to {-ng&ge in enterprises which I deemed de
structive but illegitimate; and but a tew
months ago I had but to have spoken‘..ud 1
would have been red with the blood and rich
with the plunder of the foe But my i; . -rds
ate deal of blood, unless it be spilt in eondict,
and not a cent enriches my pocket. Suouta
ycu be spared through this strife, stay with
nioiuef ami be a comfort uu her old Hgc H
dure the hardships o» tue cauipaigi n -•* *
man. In nay trunk and box you can get meiny
of clothes. Give my love to mother, ti e gills
too. Mar God bless you all, now and < e.”-
moic. if my prayer and wish for you.
John Y. Beall.
Northern' papers announce the death n-*-
distinguished astronomer, Prot. Bond, oi ; ; r
Harvard University Observatory • A ..e
dcato of Cuipumi J. M Giliis, whw suco-ded
Lieutenant Maury as rfuperiotendent or 'fie
Uailed Bt»tee Naval Ob*’erv uory
Worthy of Thought.—Gov. Blair, of Michi
gan, says : *
11 Since the commencement of the war up
wards of eighty thousand men have been ;
placed in the field irotn the State, of which
thirty-five thousand have been - raised since •
January, 1863. The State has now in service !
thirty regiments of infantry, eleven of cavalry. I
one of light artillery, one of engineeis and I
mechanics, two independent batteries, and I
fifti eu companies in various arms of service. ’’ j
Toe Governor of Indiana says that State has
furnished over one hundred aud sixty-five
thousand men to the war.
The Governor of Massachusetts says that
State has senl one hundred and twenty-five
thousand four hundred and thirty-seven men
to the war, making a surplus, over all calls,
of seven thousand.
Referring to enlistments, the Governor says
that Maine has contributed during the past
year to the service of the Government 18,994
men ; and since ’• he commencement of the war
one-tenth of tlv population of the State, or
more than 11,005 of her sons have been in the
military and raw il service
The message of Gov. Yates, of Illinois, says
that State has over filled its quota of every
call made for men by Lincoln, and has furnish
ed 198,360 men to the Federal Government,
beside 11,328 one hundred days troops.
The total of the above, from five States only,
is 529,000; yet the entire vote cast by Grant’s
and Butlers armies was only 18,000 !
A^ain: Official reports chum that there
have been furnished by the so-called “ loyal ”
States, and placed in the
Yet the aggregate vote cast ior President in
the same States, in 1860, was only 3,860,616;
by which it would appear tha* excepting the
comparatively* insignificant number of 600,-
000, the entire voting population went into
the army.
The idea that all industrial pursuits ought to be
broken up and every mar sent to the army, is as
pernicious as it is absurd. There are men all
around us who ought to be at the front; but this
does not argue that every one should be. there. w e
cannot, whip the Yankees into terms by one battle,
nor by a series of battles, but .by stubborn ectdu
raneo, aud to bo able to eminre, we must Keen
up the machinery of our recuperative energies,
agriculturally, mechanically and otherwise. It is
madness to stake the fate of the country ou one
die. We must proceed with the contest as if it
were to last forever, and to do this we must attach
i no odium to citizens who are honorably exempted
j from military duty. The Government has boon
j its own judge in determining the number and
| character of its details and exemptions, aud it
j therefore follows that men at home may be just as
I good patriots as those in the field. Every man
! who carries a musket is not necessarily a true man,
j any more than ovory man who serves the govern
ment at home is a traitor. There should be no
i enmity between citizens and soldiers; on the.con
[ trary, they should be reciprocally kind the one
| towards the other. As to turning out <n mouse,
| when local exigencies require it, that is a, different
j matter, of which every one should be his own
: counsellor. Every one .is interested, and we pro
sumo every one will do bis duty. It is charitable
to think so. —Selma Reporter.
I Exchange of Prisoners.— A large namber ni
| prisoners have lately passed through this place en
j route for Vicksburg f. r exchange. Col. 11. A M.
i Henderson, the assistant «eaunissionor df exchange,
| has recently p rfectcd arrangements for the speedy
j exchange of all the prisoners confined w- ti of Hae
{ Aiabuun i river. There is. we understand, no gen
! <*r it ■ ’ 1 jnt in Vir»inia, which
j j» »r>i - u'.f-'t, a-l the one >n this depart
! mein wi»ich esebadg.es hem, being fiq iiirate and
• cli:t u: . C.-l. sLvrtd«rs*'i:r has b< eo "■■. 1 f stigable
jio ■ iT-.ns u> s.eeor.J H|« ev-i ■ --n «.i' our
!h: j u, Nortiiera prisons, «.-vi uqw uis eft* have
I Ltau i vi h etni eat suee.'ss. Eow-iuany
! hearts; ...J ba/Uert KUd rni ks will b |dad.Cieaod
I !>v ••.« return Os oqv wipui o br«Vos ! — Dcmoijoi t»
Tier aid,
—7 | ' —•
! 4, ‘ *
1 A Guxnixg PKOi'osiT 10 s —-If tun s'atemeiH
! of iii.- Washingtott o.irr *apc>ndeiif, of a «
: York Herald is euiitiod to any credmc". ti;:"
I lebc! peace eomtnis-ionero made to the Pres
j ident a most cunning and artful proposition.
I This was in brief , that the Government and
the rebel power should postpone the question
■ m re-union and become allies in a star to re
j move Maximilian, and consequently in a w&r
witli France and itaiy. and such other pow
ers as France could induce to .tide with her
iu the contest. Such a course would secure
rebel independence, by the very fact of the
alliance, so long as the contest continued, and
would place the rebels whore they could say
any moment:, “Acknowledge our indepea
i deuce or lose your ally.” The moment we
j had entered upon a war with France, under
; such an alliance, our “ally,”.Jeff Davis, would
; have us ar. bis mercy by his ability at any
j moment to take jiis lso,ooomen over from our
side to the French. We should reaily have,
liked to have heard what kind of an anecdote
such a proposition suggested to our worthy
President JE3OD To* illustrated the point
Dy uie obliging crane, which lost its head in
i the attempt to pick an obstruction out of the
wolf’s throat. The rebellion is at the choking
point and it we would only trust our bill half
way down its gullet, by going to war with a
foreign power for the sake of having it as an
independent ally, how easily it woaid walk
off with our head, in its mouth, and leave our
body to flounder with its legs dancing their
j spasmodic death dance in the air. These reb- ;
! els are very smart men ! We admire them ir- j
! resistibly ! Tiieir modesty is charming. Their ,
| acuteness is ptorious. One would think they '
j had been'inth? wooden nutmeg trade all tbeir ■
! lives. They might as well try to beat Old
j Abe trading horses as at such a kind of a !
I swap. They've called on him just where be j
; feels most at home. Wonderful men they are. ]
j Smart! very smart ! —Chicago Times.
The War ih St. Douihgo.—The Havana cor- j
i respondent of the New York Herald writing on the
; 18th of February, says :
We have been for a considerable time withoal
news from St. Domingo, probably because overy
, thing is quiet * u ere, in expectation of the speedy
j abandonment oi this island by tbe Spanish Gov
j erument. As m instance of the hopelessness of a j
\ struggle in wl ; , h by far the most terrible foe is j
1 tbe climate of that country, I would mention that
Ia regiment w’ '-h has been there since the com - |
mencement of the war, eighteen months ago, and
j which left Havana with nine hundred men, rack •
and file, returned the week before last with only
fourteen survivors oat of that number. The offi
cors did not svffsrda proportion, and were much
more fortuMH-\ since only «even have perished.
This unfortunate regiment owes its annihilation
! entirely to the climate, the casualties in the field
! being but a friction. With such aa example hex
I fore their eyes, the advisers of her Catholic Ma
! jesty must be convinced that they cannot serve
i the interests of Spain better than by withdrawing
! the aruiv at once from so fearful a pesthole and j
jso unprofitable a colony. Perhaps they are in |
: search of same lofty principle of international j
! policy upon which to have an excuse for aa honor- ,
! nble withdrawal bat I would suggest in the mean I
I time tbat. upon the principle of humanity alone, j
thw uav? high and nobie a pretext as any that !
; redt-»pots«i cr famish. I h -pe the minor may 1
pi vt true that the step has been determined on; i
1 and if political principle be insisted upon, iet them j
j take the broad ene that tbe occupation of St Do- ,
: miugo was an unjust invasion, and an unriguteous .
: attempt at the conquest of a pcsple who however !
contemptible as a nation, bad nevertheless a claim
' to be protected In the independence which the
: wc . r M has accorded them. L should not be snffi
' oient-<> admit that iii p0!:",.'.; e-- tr .:• 3
error Ifcere ought to be in ffiese days a higher
urir-ci'.-lc 'ban mem.material in'erert to guide the *
public -c:isctCnie of natioftv: otherwise the w.-rid 1
st iu wilt in 'tie s-hadew of barbnr-m. -nd the j
i dav hu- net vet dswsfd which should announce ;
i -he death of :«<*«»»=•' •*' file:- >f eocquwt and oat ,
rage.
Government Detectine Murdered. —About
a week since, Dr. J. S. Jeffries, a Government ’
detective, doing duty under orders from post ‘
headquarters of Cincinnati, left there for Lex- 1
ington, Ky., from which place he was to make
a trip into Bourbon o»unty for the purpose of
“working up’ an affair of some guerrillas who
were supposed to have their headquarters at
the house of a lady in that vicinity. Jeffries
took with him a rebel deserter, whose know
ledge of the country arid of the men with
whom he had to deal was to be brought to his
aid in the affair. It seems, however, that, in
stead of succeeding in his work, the unfor-u
--nute detective was betrayed into the hands of
the guerrillas, who murdered him, took from
him his gold watch, diamond ring and pin,
revolver, etc., and left his body in the woods,
where it was found la3t Saturday. Jeffries
aided materially, in connection with Captain
Booth and Detective Roberts, in bringing about
the arrest of the guerrillas who were fitting
out in such fine style in Cincinnati, of which
affair we gave the full particulars a few months
since. He was a widower, and leaves a daugh
ter living in St. Louis.
Peace. —The Louisville Journal thus refers
to peace:
“ It is time that both sections see whether
peace cannot be obtained Every week-ot the
continuance of the war tends to the weakness
of the great prospective republic which we all
hope to have after a little while. We know
very well that the people of most of the i
Southern States have, from whatever mo- j
tive or feeling, declared almost unanimously ’
their stern aud deep resolve to perish with all
their households, rather than consent to the
restoration of the Union. Yet, calm refi.ee- i
tion, eveu a very little of it, would bring them j
,o understand, if they do not understand al- j
ready, that permanent would destroy j
the North, the Centre, trie West, and North
west, while restoration would be salvation, I
and the only salvation of the South. The I
South should not. expect, even were she twice
as strong as she is, to enforce v-gainst the Fe
\lt-iiil i iuy ■»! Stales mi; »mui luuusutf ui tat
sep&ration of the Union, when she beweetf
knows, and all her statesmen and politicians
will acknowledge, that such a result would be
i immediate and eternal death to the States.
Yankee “Assurance” Baulked.— The Savan
nah Republican contains a glowing account of tho 1
S 22d of February celebration in that city. One j
item is peculiarly Yankee and amusing. Among |
the regular toasts, Washington, Grant, Shormun, |
McPherson, and many other Idols were rmnem- j
bered, and the sentiments invariably responded j
: to by a speech’ from someone present. Finally, 1
I the jubilant Yankees came to the following: j
“Abr iham Lincoln—A »vUo counsellor, firm and j
j unyielding in the integrity of an uncorruptod ;
j heart, his name will occupy the second niche in j
i tho memory of his countrymen.”
Immediately following, the reporter (who, by (
t the way, did not lose his assuraac •) adds :
“Such was the next in order, but no one was of j
j sufficient o elf assurance to attempt a response to
j the expression of so g oertUly acknowledged era rll ;
as is accredited to our Chief Magistrate”!
Hi! fia! ha! Wo hope Father Abraham will ’
i consider himself flatter-.d by the compliment! -- 1
j Telegraph <£• Confederate. . j
I The late ser-satiou in Memphis caused .by a !
v i
! report, ra-i to.bo from aat’i uuc so-« . ’.at 1
a lead mine has recently been discovered he- j
iw: 11 Wolf o.ni I, o-u h ttchie river:-, by a j
couple ot Alt in ji o isiii Is. The ILi iiotin says : !
“ Tbe discovery was purely accidental, e.r.d j
as much iusurprioe so the discoverers os J He =
lumo of ore- whwh-th-w er(;..::A-4.. v
had falleu from the clouds.
The sealing of tho port of Wilmington- aga : - «t-
English bioekiid ■ runners has bean a fearful blo w •
to Nassau. In its harbor, on the lid instant, there 1
| wore lying idle over thirty s r eauiers and about a :
1 hundred sailing vessels, recently engaged in tho ,
j contraband trade, and warehouses are filled wkd ;
| goods for which there is no market. Tho UaHed ,
! States gunboat Ilor duras arrived there on the 3too j
j ultimo, and her commander asked permission to !
j anchor in the harbor, but was refused.
The fittest idea of a thunder storm extant, :
• was when Wiggins came home tight, Now i
I Wiggins is a teacher, and bad drank too m*uch ;
lemonade, or something. He came into the
I room among his wife and daughters, and just i
then he tumbled over the cradle and fell j
j whop on the floor. Aftei awhile he rose and !
| said:
‘Wife,are vou hurt?'
j ‘No.’ ‘
i ‘Girls, are you hurt '? : ,
! ‘No.’
j Terrible clap, wasn’t it V
■ T , r
One of the Shetland mares imported by J. •
j S. Rarey, of Ohio, lately gave birth to a eol', !
; which is considered as the smallest specimen j
of the horse kind in the world, being only 20
inches iu height, and only weighing 21 lbs.— i
The mother of the colt weighs only 75 lbs.
DAILY TIMES,
J, W. WARREN & CO., Proprietors.
PUBLISHED EVERY DAY (MONDAYS EXCEPTED),
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
One month $lO 00
Throe months S3O 00
ADVERTISING RATES:
Advertisements inserted once —$5 per square.
First Week—s 4 00 per square for each insertion.
Second Week—s3 00 per square for each ir irtl«.
Third Week—s 2 00 per square for each insertion.
Fourth Week—sl 0° per square for each insertion.
Second Month—s4o per square.
Third Month—s2s per square.
Marriages and Deaths charged as advertisements.
Notice!
Marshall Hospital, i
Columbus, Ga., March 22, 1865./
The privileges extended to patients in private
quarters is hereby revoked, and all now out will
renort to this office immediately.
T. A- MEANS,
mar 23 3t Surg. in Ti-t..-
SSOO Hewar* -
STOLEN from the Wagon Yard, near € .umbo?, .
Ga.,on the nighttofrhe i7th March, twu mules— 1 !
one a dark brown horse mule, 17 or 18 years oH,
medium size, has a considerable knot on ODe side
near the flank. The other a bay horse mule, about |
12 years eld. eompaet b rli,and rather under ased'- 1
urn rise. The above reward w;.. oe paid m-Ou us
delivery of said mules to me at lalbotton, Ga., or at
my plantation in Harris county, three miles from j
Waverly ll»ll.
march 23-1 w THu -. J. DuZlr.lv. ;
Anxious to Sell Immediate!:/
REFFGEES TARE NOTICE !!
Ist a small HOUSE and LOT. of ten acres, in Au- '
bum. Lot already planted in corn and well ma
nured. Three fini-hed rooms, in a convenient io- ;
c?»toy sj-id guiyi reiebborhoed.
2d 360 acres of Pine Land, tight miles below Au
burn, er. the road to Society Hill. Seventy acres]
ope-, T md, common improvements. Cheap!
3d A lot of Tobacco, Sheetings andSh-oes
4th lfiO acres of land in one and a helf miles of
Auburn—a nice littie Farm, no houses, 100 acre?
or*en, 15 in fine growing Wheat, 15 in promising j
Oats and 15 to Corn well nut in, fiO acres of Wool !
land. Tht might we 120 wi-;h tbe 13 acre lot. i
I mu-tsell quick! Call pc I r.- at Auburn, Ala
.marlAtf _ Wy_F - AMFORD.
2?OH SiAXiS 2
4 No. 1 B .4Y HOR iE, works w«-I! in double bar*
A. nes?. and is sai .abSe for cavalry gervipe.
Apply to JA MEN <\ O OK
mar 21 Iw
SPECIAL NOTICES
Headquarters Georgia Reserve.)
and Military District Georgia. >
Macon, Ga., March 20,1865. j
"Extract/’
Special Orders, No. 59-
- * * * * * *
V. Col. Leon VonZiukou, Commanding Post at
Columbus, Ga., is assigned to the command of the
sub-district, embraced in the count es of Troup,
Aferriwether. Harris, Talbot., Taylor, 'luscogeo,
Marion, Chattahoochee and Schley counties, Ga.,
and the*Comiu mdants of all Posts within this sub
district will report to Col. Von Zinken.
& *
By command of
Major Gen. HOWELL ( ORB.
R. J. H.U, LETT, A. A. O.
raar 21-7 t
Each paper within the District wfil publish for
one week and forward bill to Post Q. M. at Colum
bus. Ga.
LEON VON ZINKEN,
j * Col. Comd’g.
Notice t
Macon, Ga., March 16, 1865.
The following Orders have been received from
“Headquarters Military Division of the West/'
For tho purpose of collecting and providing for j
tho prompt restoration to their several Regiments,
Battalions or Companies all absentees from Lee’s, j
Stewart’s and Cheathun’s corps, th« following J
measures will be taken without delay: _ J
*T. Brig. General Mackall, P. A. 0. S., m < addi
tion to his other duties, is specially charged with the
general supervision of the service, involved —his
Headquarters being at Macon. Georgia,—and be will
take all practical steps to recall tet their colors all •
who are absent from any other cause than actual
disability for field service, or on properly granted I
furloughs. To this end ho will establish camps at 1
Columbus, Atlanta, Aifany, Macon and Augusta, I
Georgia; Montgomery. Nelina and Mobile, Alaba- j
raa; and at Jackson, Macon aud Columbus, Missis- j
sippi; and such other points as may bo found. expe
dient, to which absentees living in the vcinitxes re
j spectively shall bo required to repair and report, ■
; aud to which will bo sent all those who nr. ybe col- j
• ;acted b. neighboring Enrolling Officers, who will >
i vAj-Lo conscript Bureau. Ho will also require nil 1
I ’officers and men to repair to the nearest rendezvous
appointed who may be absent by any authority less
i than that ofthese Headquarters or of the Cornman
i der of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and .
East Louisi; nna; in which case ho will make a re- ;
quisition for such absentees upon that Commander, i
to whom ho will communicate a copy of these or
ders, with a request for the necessary orders to ena
blo him to execute his duties within the limits of
that command
" 2. All officers and men collected at tho several
rendezvous established under these orders South
and West of .Montgomery, Alabama, will be con
centrated as soon as practicable at that place, and
those brought together in Georgia will be assem
bled at Augusta.”
*##**#■l
1. In obedience to the above order, Maj. E. D,
Willett, 40tb Alabama Regiment, has been directed
to tube command of the Rendezvous at Montgome
ry, Alabama, to which place ail officers who have
already been sent to collect absentee: belonging to
the three corps i t Tennessee, Mississippi* ami Ala
bama, will send them in squads of ten or twenty,-
the number to depend upon the facility of transpor
tation from the centre of their field of operations,
and the practicability of subsisting them at the point
of assembly.
2. (lamps of Rendezvous will be established as
early as practicable at the following points viz:
Columbus, Atlanta, Albany, Macon and Aogn-ta,
Georgia; .Montgomery, Selonj and Mobile, Alaba
ma. and at Jackson, Macon and Columbus Missis
sippi. Tbe officers and men colleeted in them will
■c L-'i'eter-.hid, thus s r‘-te:or;ing in Ala .am '-Its
.-iissippi 10 Mow. omc.r. ; those in Georgia to A ague
to. or M.io-m. Until these camps are es'.nbi-hed
ofi.-, - j qnd m :u wilt repoi t to tbe nearest i'ostOuu.
mai i.. G.r Jb 'g' l; h "h wfiware requeiltJ to
■irward them as above directed.
3. The officers on duly u Ur tbc. c or '- rs will
m-ike.a weekly report of the absenter-c oolleotel
'Uvjk' ri iffie reeirnervt amd brigade-, the
time at which they report aid tbe place to which
sent. The eommenders of the Rendezvous at Mont
go • rry an 1 .Augusta' wiii make a* weekly report of
tb 1 ii i -rs and men received during the week, and
the - rength of tuc camp at date of report.
*. Post Commanders arc requested to direct tliejr
r >:t..;termasters to give all uccc-.-
sary suiipUes callea for y officers engaged on this
duty wtebin tho limits of tlier commands.
■ 5. I am informed that the officers sent to mo for
tLtir. duty have been selected for their special fitness-
It is, therefore, not necessary to urge upon them de
votion to the service and earnestness in their en
deavors to assist in bringing their old comrades
back to their colors, but as the very nature of their
service sends them to the vicinity of their homes I
may warn them of the danger of allowing them
•eHesto lose one day in the enjoyment of home,
which should bo devoted to filling the ranks, by
which homes are to be defended.
6. AU officers and men returning are urged to
bring in their arms, or any arms they may find in
the country. They will the sooner be enabled to
join their colors. W. W, MACKALL,
Brig. General..
N. B,—All papers in Georgia. Alabama ami Affe
sissippi, are requested to copy for six consecutive
days; those in Ga., wiii send their accounts to
Post Q. M. at J/acnn, those in Ala . to Po%i Q If
ia Montgomery, and those Miss., to Pos.’Q. M. in
C’olumbus for payment. W. \V. M.
mar 20 fit
JXTOTXOIiJ.
Office. Medical Diep.ctor of Hospitals }
Columbus, Ga., March 16. 1865, j
The following named soldiers, detalieS for Hos
pital service, having been appointed to act as
“Foragers” by Surgeons in charge of Hospitals, and
their appointment approved a: this office, are duly
authorized to act in that capacity for the Hopitala
and in the Counties set opposite their respective
names.
All persons claiming to be such agents, and who
cannot show written authority as above set forth
wiH be subject to arrest.
W H Farris—Private, company “H” 4th Tenn.,
Regiment, Foard Hospital, Griffin, Ga., Counties,
Spaulding, Pike, Coweta, Merriwether and Troup,
Ga.
W E Yerby—Private, company “C.” 30th Miss.,
Regiment, Foard Hospital, Griffin, Ga., counties,
Spaulding, Pike. Coweta, Merri wether and Troup,
Ga.
S D Smith—Enrolled conscript, Buckner Hospi
tal, Auburn, Ala., counties, Heard and
Merriwether, Ga.
Casper Lewis —Enrolled conscript, Floyd Honse
Hospital. Macon, Ga., oounties, Decatur and
Mitchell, Ga.
W G Redding—Private, company “F,” 12th Ga.,
Regiment, Polk Hospital, Macon, Ga.. counties
Dooly, Ga.
A P Gatlin—Enrolled ronsertpt, Floyd House
Hospital, Macon, G*., counties, Pike. Ga.
J W Williams—Enrolled conscript, Flsyd House
Hospital, Macon, Ga., counties, Butts, Ga.
A J McDonald—Private, company, “H.” 45th
Ala., Regiment, Prison Hospital, Macon, Gs.. err.n
ties, Talbot, Ga., and Macon, Ala.
. G .ii Banks —Private, company, “D,” Gs.
Rtgiment, Ocmulgoe H<«pltal, Maoea, <>4 . cona
ties. Forsyth. Ga.
Ihe appointments of private* .T J compa
ny “H,” 4th G: , cavalry, Jatper Caruson, company
“K,” 51st Ga., Regiment, Oomnlgo Hoq itab Ma
con, Ga.. and W II U Phelps, 'Broiled conscript,
iiurater Hospital, Andersonvilie. <4a.. as "F ora
vers, are reealled becauto of not having been de
tailed by proper authority.
S. H STOUT
m f »r!3 7t Medical Director.
Bank of Coiumbo*.
The annual meetinc of the -*« ckbolttor- -»t to’--
Bank for the election of a Board of Directw;*J
take place on the first Monday ir. ApH next.
DANIEL GRIF IN
mar d»d President
T 4 ,m u / OXE MONTH, - - ♦lO-00
ietkiß. | THREE MOUTHS, $30.00
G. W. RO3KTTK, S. K. I.XWKGN, F. G. WILKINS
ROSETTE, LAWUOU & CO.,
AUCTIO IsTBEHS
and
Commission Itlercliaiats*
131 BROAD STREET ,
Ci? olum bu s , Georgia.
march 7tf
MYERS. WATSOUf & CO.,
auctioneers
AND
General Consmission Merchants,
At Hull (t Duck't old it and.
Opposite Bank of Columbus, Broad Street..
J&2T* Personal anc prompt attention giveu
to aifeonsignments.
Columbus, G« . Jan. 21, 1665. jad23 ts
W. W. McCall N. W. Garrard.
McCILL &. UAKRIRD,
A TTORNE YS A T LA IF,
LaKo City, Fla.
mar 9 3m
ROBERTA. CRAW FORD,
Slav© Tractor,
AND DEALER IN
STOCKS, BONDS, CERTIFICATES. GOLD
AND SILVER COIN,
Cherry Street, itlaeon,C*a.,
NEARLY OPPOSITE THE DAILY TELE
GRAPH AND CONFEDERATE OFFICE-
All classes of NEGROES usually ou
hand, and stock constantly replenished by
1 experienced buyers.
Cash advances to regular traders, aa
heretofore.
Negroes also sold on Commission.
My trusty Porters, Andrew and An
tony, attend the Trains,
feb 27 3m
Eosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
A DESIRAJEHjE residence,
Opposite the Lowell Warehouse. Thy
House contains six rooms with a brick
basement, good kitchen and other out
buildings,
mar 17 ts
Cetton itfinicd.
| ; FOLDERS nf COTTON RECEIPTS burned in
5 nur Warehouse, wilt please present thorn imme
diately. CODY li COLBERT,
mir 17 2w
SO TOI¥S VEXOA
f For Sal© for Caeltat
OR EXCHANGE FOR PRODUCE.
! 4 and inches wide.
;0 . ' J. ENNIS &CO»,
j mar 81m Columbus, Ga.
&riml Stoues,
!
j 1 -,E all size-, from 18 inches to 6t- t. for sola by
1•' * . greenwo >D AGRAY.
! ufaren 12 God
||to9# Reward :!!
4 SILVER W're-Linkcd PURSE lost on night
| of the ti: eat residence oi IV. Beach. Abo a
j g<_ld BREASTPIN, form" S<,unre and Compass,
j with three links of Odd Fellowship, set with dia
‘ moods; one set out.
Above reward will be paid* to finder. Apply at
\ office of JOHN D. GRAY £ CO.,
I ma.r 18 7t next New Bridge.
For
I \ No. 1 SADDLE HORSE, at
A OFFICE EAGLE FACTORY,
mar 19 fit _
A I TED, '#
'PWO GOOD MACHINISTS, exempt from military
L service, at the EAGLE FACTORY,
mar 19 6t
SOMETHING GOOD AT
Raveuscroft Co’s. 91 Broad Slrcol
pRIME Pickled Pork, Florida Mullet, Syrup,
1 Rice, Fresh Corn Meal, Prime Corn Juice, by
the gallon or bottle. Onion Setts. Cabbage Seed, and
. English Peas.
I mar 21 2w*
FOR SAfrE!
FOUR BARRELS OF ALUM,
APPLY TO
SIIER IH A Hf & C’O..
Masonic Hall, Up Sta>r*.
march 19 ts.
WAITED.
AT THE PERRY HOUSE. Columbus. Ga., a
A BOOK-KJ&HPER. A wounded soldier prefer
red. EDWARD PARsONS.
| mar 16 ts
OO OX) s
EXCH4IGED FOR BOffFA*.
AT THK
«RAHT FACTORY.
march 12 ts _
in on
Exchanged for Country PrediK^,
AT THK
ftRAIT FACTORY.
march 12 ts *
CITY FOUNDRY!
srfiAß MILLS AS» KETTLES!
WE HAVE OF HAND
*ugap Iftills and Keltleit^
holding 2D, 35, 40. f>o. 80 and 130galiens, which we
will exchange for Provisions or any kind of oountry
Produce, or money on very libera! t%rms. Order*
solicited. PORTER. McILHENNY k OO
Columbus, Jan. 20, ts
WAATED!
\ AAA LBS. ofT ALLOW, for which aliberai price
■ ’ will be paid. Applv to
F. W. DI * PD
i>' r ts Major and V■ X.
For Eicbang:e or Sale.
\ X the office of tho "Southern Iron Work- , ” near
•A the new bridge, the followitf% articles of Hsrd
’xor* which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon,
Lar h Wheat. Flour, Fodder, or any other article*
off* i.vuions or Confederate eurraocy, vit:
E r and Ho p Iron, of all sizes, roitebie f.-c }.s:wi
t*' ion use-.
Sugar Mill: and Kettles of a?J iir.r-., fr-oa u) to
J2C gahor.3.
Pot-, OtoTiS and Skillets.
Fry Pi. • ami An..iron-.
Ciu B-oad Axe*.
Sin T...3 an 1 Spades.
Tr.-:'c ChaintF and Pb.ugh M. M r
Orders for Ousting: Aud M a«hrr. -- W-A
nroinptly execute-!.
jsufi t. JOHN D QRA\ A H),
Rr R.
DBOTIST,
• - . A Corfi v - , old -tnr.d, bnaV oi
'f 'ft* j'A'A. . * r, ,i<A CH < • '>!s(*