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VOL. XIJ.)
DAILY TIMES.
EVENING Knn'J'lN,
->VY EVENING. *•. • .
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IhK AANKK K3 I H AIAHAMA —W# l«atO fl Olil
•i relm *» «* source that a dispatch wtu- received
in thn City, this mottwnjr, to the tflfaf t thut
fourteen hundred were t Evergreen
Conecuh county, Ala. on
Flm-.d;. ft»il Road, >e 6 -.-Juy. p.s-d
through it t.•* sti|>'..'.4ed they were
makiug for so mo point on tb*- Aiauatna river.
»'u;c : .oiiaxob.—The Now Y’ork Times of
the 2il 'tuteo that Colonel Mtrlloi *0 toe specitl
ngc .i. oi exchange, had perfected his iurnu v
mei.ts for the delivery of those who have be* a
in pris-oi. t ..lauiSia, Salisbury, apd a p,..t
oi those at. ** loreuci*. '['he place named ioi
this cxr.haoge i» Wilmington. The Georgia
and Ahtbumc prisoners are to be delivered at
Mobile ; those west of the Mississippi at f(:«
montii of Red river, iie included in hj* ai
r: in gem eu* a *ho release of loyal masters at:d
crows of vessels, and of not a few private citi
zens I*3 Wl !i.
This Lv.oislatttrk.—This body has done
everything the Govr-mor requested til-, m to
and%, except one. They refund to cull a con
vention. in all else they have agreed ’with
the Governor.
Now, i to a convention, wo did not advo'
cate it, and have not done so ; Vint we are
satisfied the people in favor of it, aud we
ask that the people should vote upon it. Who
says nay?— Confederate Union.
To the above, the Atlanta Intelligencer,
hitherto one of the staunchest of Gov. Brown’s
supporter*, thus rejoins: The members of the
Legislature fresh from among their constitu
ents say uay.
The largo majority of the press say nay,
Georgians in and out of the army, by an over
whelming majority, say nay.
We must go on with this revolution as a
united people until oar independence is ac
knowledged, or we are ruiped.
Thank God ! we are satisfied that Georgians
will press forward and onward from genera
tion to generation, until our religious aad po
litical equality, and the rights and sovereign
ty and independence of the Confederate States
of America* are’established and acknowl
edged.
Harmony and the spirit of endurauce is all
we want or need, and oar independence will
surely come in due time. Let us be faithful
to ourselves, our country, and to our God, and
all will bo well in thexmd.
A Tal3 of a Fryingpan.—Ex-Gov. Aiken,
a rauu of immense wealth, as every one knows,
sent r large quantity of epleudid silver to
Wiuusboro', to get it out of the way of the
Yankees. When tliff- /auks reached Winn-i
--boro', it fell into their hands—cn rather, a part
into the hands of certain negroes. After the
withdrawal of the Yankee army, an ancient
slave was found frying bacoa in a magnifi
cent silver waiter, of elegant workmanship
and huge value.
There has been much inquiry since Grant
was made a lieutenant-general, as to what has
become of Halleck. From the official direc
tory ui the Army and Naval Journal, we learn
that he is commander-in-chief of the horses
in the cavalry service. ,
Thb Battlk. —At last accounts, Sherman had
taken to picks and spades again, says the Journal
A Messenger 24th after trying the mettle of our
troops and finding them too stubborn for his pur
pose. In a fair, open field oonte-t ..e stands uo
chance of success, and ho knows it. lienee he re
sorts to oavth-work defens.es, and •'/ill doubtless,
seek thus to screen himself from the vengeance ol
our Southern soldiers, until he can be reinforced
by overwhelming numbers. It is impossible to
bring him to a decisive action, without giving him
all tho advantage of superior force and position.
If Raloigb is Sherman’s objective poiDt, it is not
improbable that he will find the road a hard one to
travel. Our coteuiporary |bo Tehigraph of this
city, has the following in refer*®-- - to thc situa
tiou :
Sherman was advancing direct from Fayetteville ;
upon Raleigh; as Boutonvillc, tio scene of the |
battle commenced last Sunday, (:.be 19th,) is near
ly on an air line from tho former to tho latter
plaoe, iu tlio Southern part of Job" c on county, of
wbic’ Smith field is the county site. Johnson
couu lies broadside to Wako coanty, in which
Rale gh is situated, and bounds it on tho E;i«t.
Goldsboro is about 50 miles Southeast ot Ral
eigh, on the road from Wilmington to Weldon, and
about S»9 miles North of Wilmington. The rail
road, Allan. io and Carolina, from Alorehead city :
on the coast to Raleigh crosses the \5 ihuington ana
Weldon road at this place.
Morohead oitv is the eastern or Atlantic terminus j
of tho A. A N. C. Railroad, distant about 150 |
miles E. S. E. from Raleigh.
Newborn is at the junction ot the Neuse and ;
Trent rivers, aud on or near tho A. A N. C. Kail- ]
road, about «0 miles from Morohead city and 120
miles E. S. E. from Raleigh.
kiu.'.stou is eu the Nouse, and on the A. A A- G.
Railroad, about 30 miles from Goldsboro, 40 mnes
froo' Newbern, and about SO miles E. S. E- trorn
Ral -gh, and 60 or 70 miles E. N. h. from lay
ett*-- lie.
Now on the 10th or 11th Sherman was repor
ted ai Faretteville about 60 miles South of Ral
eizh, and Schofield was previously at Kingston,
abo. t 30 mile* Southeast; and the twb arums
about 60 miles apart. The übjeot cf t■« two
commanders, wa to soma junc
tion and march on Raleigh. But on the Sih or
oth the advaaoing ooUmns of Scofield
terei General Bragg, n°t only sustaining a sever
check, but was driven four miles with ternbla
slaughter and the loss of a large number of pn
,oTho column under Sherman £
vanced without serious impeaimeot about twenty
miles from Fayetteville towards Raleigh, when we
presume it encountered our forces on the 19th| m
der Johnston, Beauregard and Hi.'dee»,
in the terrible engagement reportod as teen
commenced on that day and on Moni ay.
rhe P.vris Pres»e says there are agiuticn*
prevailing in South America that will vventu
ate m the annexation of the little republic, of
Guatemala, San Salvador, Homiur** and Nic
aragua, to Maximilian's empire of Mexico.
Notwithstanding tUe refusal of ihe i-edcra*
Senate, at the late session, to recognize Ar
ausas by ihe admission of her Seuators, they
confirmed the nominations of United State*
attorneys and marshal* for the jadicial diet
ricte of that Stat*.
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Georgia State Debt.
Comptroller General’s Office, )
Milled" jville, March A7, LsO.i. )
!o the l]Jtfo) *of 4kc Muthern Recorder:
Oentiouu-Q: lo your paper of the Uch ingt
y.O represent the “Public Debt" of Georgia,
‘above forty million dollars."
I ,iui very happy to inform you that in thiej state-,
mem y.m, jr very much mistaken. In my report
tw the <J ' ' -r ior, ou the 17th of October last, I re
[ rescared ibi public debt ai follows, viz ■
'dionde heart tg. interest, $4,379,250 00
Hor.-ds, nol be iriog iute.-st, 210,000 00
Vyte Tc.-si.ry Notes nor bearing
interest, 0,993,000 00
I rea.--.ury Get Jleate of Dej riitc
n ,,! bearing interest, 1,385,00tj. Ou
iit Change bills (payable iu
r,federate Treatory notes not
'•earing intere.-t, 1/lH »12 00
, $15,885,692 o<>"
And \ u-.rther said ;
“To which rn.iy be added the
fd.095,000 of Trea,ur : Notes
pay able in new issue of Confed
crate Treasury Notes —which if
not-prefconted before the 25th of
and irch nex', are "not redeemable,
except m payment of public
,<uefe -” * 8,095,000 00
, Making total $23,9-1,692 00
Vo pay Ibis interest and meet the debt of sls,
885,092 as it becomes due, (the $3,095,000 of
Treasury notes due on the 25th of December being
already provided for,) Georgia has nor >nly her
taxable wealth—worth in specie cur<c> y .*-700,
000,000 or sßoo,ooo,ooo—hut she has gY, t..e fol
lowing public property, wuich, if sifld m any time
after the resumption rff specie payment?, would
pay more than two thirds of this debt (after the
$8,095,000 is taken up by the taxes of r* is year,)
leaving but a very small debt to be hereafter paid
by taxation. Her public property is as fol.ows :
7,000 Shares of Stock in the Atlan
tic and Gulf R?”- >.13, 700,000 00
80,609 Shares Stock in several
Hanks, 290,960 00
Also, her Western <fe Atlantic Rail
road, which has Ween paying into
*he Treasury sine-. ISSO
he*wv-.. g an,] 7 per y-.nt upon
$7,000,000. 4,d paid into .ue
Treasury iu before the ene
my got put-session of it, $1,650,-
000, aud which before the rise of
all kinds of property, was valued
by a committee of the Legisla
ture at 7,819,224 68
$8,840,124 68
As about $9,000,000 us this debt has been crea
ted by the State during the war, for her military
defense and for assisting in clothing the soldiers
of the Confederacy from Georgia, tho amount thus
necessarily spent will no doubt at some future day
be assumed and ho refue led by the Con federate
States Government. But whether this be done or
not, if»the Stato is not forced to iuorease her debt
further for war purposes, even with #*ic fourth of
our present tax (or 25 cents ou the $100.) aud with
the net annual income* from our railroads, we can
go on and defray the ordinary expenses of our
Sflttc Government, and be liberal towards eduoa
tion, our lunatic, blind and other benevolent in
stitutions, and pay our debt promptly ; and could
thus pay the whole of it iu about half the time
some of it is due, without the State's .(ailing one
dollar of her public property.
Since thi • report was made there has been no
change in <.oe public debt. It >s true the Legia
laturo, in its uessiun iu November, »(-d at its
sessi* n lately ut Macon, made appropriations as
follows:
For support of families of indigent
soldiers, $3,000,000 00
For taiiitorj fund, ■» OOO.OyO 00
To export n. tton to pay ti>, sol
diers, ✓ 8,000,000 00
F»r military iaad, 4,000,000 00
t'\> >. Ap“: -i . ‘ to way ? -t sol
d.ars clothing, pabiio dent, Ac.,
Ac., 1,500,000 00
To Georgia Relief and Hospital
Association, m 0,000 00
To purchase corn lot exiles, 800,000 00
To pay principal ‘tad interest of
publio debt duo, 1,219,576 00
To pay members and officers oi
Legislature for both sessions,
say, 230.000 00
To Lunatic asylum—support of
Ac., 20',020 00
For contingent fund, 0« 0 00
For civil establishment, say 100,000 (W
For punter’s fund, 30,000
For support of Blind Academy, 18,000 00
To purchaso stationery, 18,000 00
To pay for fuel, lights, Ac., for
Legislature, 13,813 00
To Georgia Military Institute, sal
aries, Ac , Ac., 12,200 00
F >r repairs of Legislative Hall at
Macon, 2,000 00
For repairs on State House "and
Executive Mansion, 11,000 00
To Quartermaster Genera! to pay
lor cotton yarris, 21,915 00
Miscellaneous appropriations, 24,096 00
$16,<64,600 00
Yet, as the Legislature has provided for the
raising of the same this year by taxation, aud as
tho mooey has not been either spent or rai-ed, it
cannot bo properly chargeable to the public debt.
The public debt of the State, as I m. rerstand it,
is that which she owes and can p~y “ L,a wbloU
she has not tho iucuc, already in to-d to or .
for which she has not already provided to irnme 1
diately pay. This being the case, tho real public i
debt of Georgia is but $14,471,250, for the State !
has the money ana is ready to redeem, on any
day, all of her change bills, amounting to $1,411,-
442, which is classed in my report with the public
debt, amounting to $15,585,692. The other items
in said report, amounting to $14.47J .250, the State
could not redeem if she wanted to do *O, because
they are not duß/except $210,900 to 0 nds, which
the holders prefer to keep raihev than take the
currency for tLem. But the change bills were
classed as a publio debt because it wits cot leliev- :
ed that they would soon bo brought in tor re
demption.
But I have said that the ! is* Legislature nas !
provided for the meeting of its appropriations by i
taxation (luring the year, at-J toot, tLerelore, they
have not increased the public debt. Let us see.
Last year, although twenty-one counties (princi
pally Cherokee) made no returns of taxable prop-
•tty, yet the returns amounted to upwards of sl,- '
600,000,000. It is true that since t icu Sherman
has marched through Central and Lower Georgia
and destroyed much property, and the enemy now
have Chatham. If they remain Iher-: this year
do tax will be collected iu Chatham, and not muoh
from a few of the surrounding counties. But, on
the other hand, Fulton, DeKaU*. Carroll, Camp
bell an<Luio?t of the Cherokee c • unties, have been
releaseand fv.. a the'
ther raids upon Georgia ueriß;. - year, the
returns will be as large as la* 4 v. Then, upon
$1,600,000,000 of taxable pr**p a tax of ninety
coot* on the SIOO, which i* au-iu-ritj-l to be levied,
will yield $14,400,000. Add to this the income
tax, which is estimated at $2,600.000, and we have
$17,000,000 *.*> meet the appropriation* of $16,-
, 764,000 th”.t «»* j •.'wopriaisd bv '*“» last Lsgis
I Utue. It wui he se*n that the appropriations l will
: be fully met without kmreaaing t>e debt of the
, State use cent.
It is true, all of the l >i y> due the 25th of Decern*
s ber last, and payable m Confederate 1-eaury notes,
have not been brought in 10 * r.d» Jptton ,
thcless, the State has the m m -y waiting to redeem
them, is taking them in foi taxes, aud redeeming
them di ii> ; and as one wfits otfi *rs,. . be
..i-a if all of them could be brought s 1 to niom-w.
fc The State debt proper, then, i&stnad of being
“above f'rty million doLar, is really bu. about
*l4 -Vst.uOO ; and it will notiuevaas* if future J^* .
futures will but follow the good -xampie of »uei>a<«i,
' One wowTcow”to those who tatkefh’gh taxes
now. and who would make extravagant fbpropn**
nd at the same tune veiuse to levy a
I pav the same, and who want to throw a
heavy defit upon posterity, or their children and
i children’s children to pay. , ,
Except with those hiding ar® de
.V .f...
hallcenu ot -s, ssoO alter the
d °T WB iSdTth? tax ?n Georgia whs 6H oents
£gg^ri^nng\
COLUMBUS, G.A., SUNDAY MORNING M A Bill 2S, 1865.
. E , '*TT,H. n 5M lh '* Dh * , r <, of
ioi«g, on lae sluu now is lower fferera.Hr thi»n
that tai. Corn was then selling at fr->m 30 to e 0
■ cents, now it sells irom $6 to sls and A'Vi n,r a
; **r from. 18 to o 0 pries ; flourYo.d
I dred, wnile it now sells for tr*-iu $125 to s2l» ner
m i D , d f| d f)oun " s ' 40 10 50 Price; ;ueat sold lob from
noon l -! 3 f en, %n ? I,C , U B -" w se,b fur ,roua to $5 t „ r
L D ,0 c< P, noes i. P eaa that sold for abflut
$1 Ler bu heL now sell for sl* to $lB prices pota
«n 't‘ HfS «45?%r VSA Tw
sell for from si2 ro sls, 25 to 40 prices ; common
k ri \ B sfh 3 V )t '' toa 8 ’*'* forabuu! $1 now sell < <r
and S6O. from 50 to -u) prices. I m.ghf g.f ou
article to iruclfc, oi the of life an <i t
rnuatthen torn to the Gaily laborer and io the
tra ms, and show that the prices now paid for a l
the-e rhunts are from 10 to 30 dmes a? much e« it
”3 t W h^ D ,h°a ttr J a Xt “ We - e but cents on the $lOo!
♦ or, r,A * t’t'ces of a ! thmsrs a’e from 20
i- M times a- c uc,. n*»w a? then, while a tax cf *|
th . e 1 IJ -r^ ur J 5 tl!D<>s mu - ; - as it w»s in
18.J9 and lboO. This being ttje then, am I not
correct in assertinv that a rax of $i upon the *IOO
now. jg easier p„id than or 5 cents 0Q she - (u0
at.er tbs war—and if lam correct, where is there
any economy in postponing the payment of appro
pria i iDs made Uy the or where is rhrre
any luresigbr or justice in tiirowing upon our chil
dren ami our children’* children a heavy debt that
wu contracted awl could e isily pay, when it will re
quire from twenty u> thirty times as much properly
s it wou and now ti.iveto pay that debt?
And yet lam*- .rry to say that there were mem
bers of the Legki unre who advocated tha policy
of throwing their appropriations upon posterity io
pay. burely did no* redact upon the effect of
their policy, or Joey did net expect or desire pos
tenty to pay the debt. No sane man. in the man
ugemunt ol his own pri ate affairs, while he had
ary | roperfcy to sell, would now deliberately go in
debt, buy provisions, clothes, Ac., at present htgh
prices, with the understanding at the time, that ho
was not to pay for the same until the end of the
war, aud then pay the same in specie. This being
the case in our private affairs, why should any
citizen of Georgia, loving his State, desire tq put
his State in a different position ? is not such a
policy calculated to destroy her credit, aud in the
eDd bankrupt her? I think it is, and therefore I
am utterly opposed to the policy. *
While, then, bad I bceu a member of the Legis
lature, I would have done my best to have trimmed
down some of these appropriate *i«, yet had I been
overruled by a majority of the Legislature, both
upon the score of economy and to maintain the
heretofore high standing and credit of Georgia, I
would have voted for any tax bills necessary to
ruse the money to meetthe appropriations. Before
prprv fhini» fFoi so huh. or the currencv b(»c«n,«
o much depreciated, the Legislatures of Georgia
did appropriate more than they provided to pay
by taxatio.,, which was an error. Thev have iu
creased its debt $12,000,000 since the war began.
It, ban j»ui upon posterity this much, and it is
enough. It is true that the debt is not large for
such a State as Georgia, with ail of ber wealth and
resources, but I thiuk it iargo eucugb, and not
wishing my native State even "tempted,” in future,
to disgrace herself, I trust, Messrs. Editors, that
you will uuite with me in opposing any further in
orease of tho same, and that you will advocate the
policy for the State, m these times, of “paying as
she goes."
Very respectfully yours,
Petkrsoxt Thweatt.
Tut, following items are taken from the Ha
vannab Republican, -f ;he 15th ,
Ex-Vice President Hamlin departed from
Washington for his home in Maine this morn
ing, thoroughly disgusted with everything and
almost everybody in public life, excepting the
President. Ho complains that almost every
one with whom he has had anything to do has
played bitn false. With the Secretary of the
Navy, whom hV wa* influential in having ap
pointed to his present position, he has scarcely
exchanged a word during the last, two years:
while Mr. Fesse den, whom he assisted to en
gineer into the Treasury, some months since,
with the understanding that he should remain
in the Cabinet and leave Hamlin % clear track
tor his place in the Senate, had no sooner
reached that position than he turned tho whole
patronage, power and machinery, of bis de
f m lit, into (he effort to secure his own re
turn to the Senate and ♦he defeat of Mr. Ham
lin.
In thie work it is averred that he found a
willing tool in his collector of internal reve
nue at Portland, Israel Washburn, jr., who, iu
turn, is looking with covetous eyes upon the
seat in the Senate now occupied by Senator
Morrill. This is a pretty quarrel as it stands
—aud bids fair to work a.political revolution
in Maine. Mr. Hamlin goes homo ar med with
all the points of his adversary, even to his
aspiraGon *0 the Presidency in 1868, and if
he does uot succeed in pulling the astute Ex-
Secretary’s air castle down about hi 9 head
during the next four years, he is not the saga
cious man he has been taken for
THK VICE PRESIDENT.
It now appears that the idea of taking Vice
President Johnson to Silver Springs originat
ed with Pres'on King, and that accompani
ed Johnson and Biair to that retreat. It is
also stated in official ciicles to-night that se
veral doctors have been called in for consult
ation, with a view of making out a case of
temporary insanity, and thus obtain an excuse
to dispose oi the Vice President. The fact
that Mr. Johnson was nominated at Baltimore
thrbugh the influence of Weed aud Seward is
much commented upon by the radicals. Sew
ard is held responsible by them for the recent
disgraceful scene i*> the Senate, and an effort
is being made to'iuake a point on this tact.
The following ite'. from the New York i!e
raid,-March 9th, speaking of the disposal of
the cotton captured at Savannah and the im
portant position Hiram Barney occupies iu
the estimation of Lincoln, says:
Under his (Barney’s) suggesstion, the couon
captured at Savannah, if sold in New York,
is to be divided in parcels among ali the auc
tioneers of that city. Under this arrangement
the Government will have to pay one half of
one per cent, commission for its sale instead
os two and a half. The storehouse-son Staten
Island, which were reported by Draper as untit
to receive the cotton, are nevertheless to be
used under the advice of Barney. Some of
the parties who had made arrangements to
store it in New York, have found their calcu
lations sadly interfered with. Castin.
Qii'i Fostkr.—Last evening we had the
pleasure of meeting with Gen. Ira. R. For-er,
the very efficient quartermaster general of the
State of Georgia, who h < ks jus' returned from
Richmond. The people have heretofore
notices of the good work be has been perform
ing among the needy Georgians cf Lee s army
--distributing blaukets, cloth.ug, shoes and
socks to the brave men—and he found thou
sands ot the glorious patriots in very distress
ins? circumstances. Many oi tbena bad ° rn
ur> tbeir hlanketo aud tied them on their limbs
in the stead of pants, which they had not.-
Many had no shoes or socks, and had tied u;
their feet with rage, pieces ot blanket#, eic ;
u-iag the bark of trees or twisting up swanp
gras# to tie t>e these ceveriugs for tbeir eet.
This is the wav oar men are doing; tr.s is
what they arc suffering tor the caHse of liber
ty and independence.
« g, iioral succeeded in relieving ito wants
or almost every needy Georgian in :oe army
and manv were the blessings bestowed upon
him for bis energy and the kind interest be
wa* manifesting in t fa » weiiare and comfort of
our brave and true men ; but particularly un
da -nr nobie State by these noble sons ot hers,
for her munificence and consideration in this
hour of their neeu.
Let the State continue this bounty. Let it
be ready to send Gen. Foster regain among .a
m ,n bv next October, loaded with clothing,
blanket*, shoes and socks Ladies, send Gen.
Foster sicks “by he thousand —Macon ( onud
eracy 24,'£ m
.Jas. Buchanan, lato President of the Poi'ed
State#, report# bis incori# for tfa« last year as
having been eleven thousand one hundred and
eleven dollars.
French Tepcet or Lincoln's Proposes
through Bl.mr—We have reason to believe
that the Imperial Government has received
from M. Geoffrey, French Charge d’A fair a at
*Vashiogton, the folit-wiag details respecting
the late peace negotiations. The following
were the auuuiUeU io Preiiikui Da si*
wy Mr. Lincoln:
1- The South to return to the Union.
2. Phe gradual rhotilioo of slavery. * •
3 Recognition or the rights of the various
Sutes at present forming the Southern Con
federacy.
4. A general amnesty for all Confederate
citizens.
5. Maintenance of the Confederate array on
its prest-.i, iuoutig.
0 A disuse offensive and defensive between
the NY: iu - rid South.
President tormally and absolutely re
jected the ti.st proposition, but expressed his
to accept the others in pi iaciples,
• [Pa rat Paine, 1 A'h ult.
' Raiu Road ‘"'oMMUNiCAjros to
Can??k is renamed. Trams now run regularly
b. tween that point and Augusta. So « • are
infoi med by Mr. Mills, the efficient special
agent of the Poatofhee department. ArrAnge
nents are also made for the transportation of
the ljsils between Mayfield and this point
with dispatch and regularity. The immense
rams wc h.:v- lately been regularly visited
with have oe. o the cause of the detention
heretofore, sod it fins not been occasioned by
any lack of energy in the offioers of the I)e
--paftnent. Tnie we know ourseive-s —Macon
Confederacy.
A Useful Imfortatiom.— The machinery for a
cotton factory arrived in Texas this week. From
the number of boxes wo saw, we should judge
some ore was going to have an extensive estab
lishment. We are informed that the spindles will
be humming a cheorful tuae at no distant day.
The exact point where the factory is to he estab
lished we will not state. We loivo that for the
future research of sdme i.*yal league eavan.—Gal
veston Ne>cs.
To PrBVKVT TH2 E CAPK OV NKQROftS.—T’be
Legislature at the late «e-aioi2 pas.-ed an aot au
thorizing the Governor to establish «. mounted lino
of pickets, of such number and »t snob points as
be may neom suoie’ont fw ti»„ purpose of prevent-i
ing the escape of slaves to the enemy at Savannah:
and to orgauize the men into a battalion of caval
ry, to be composed of such men as can jnouut and
arm themselves.
In an editorial on currency and finance, the N
Y. Tribune says;
Let no speculator in the necessaries of life plead
want of notice if he should find himself ruined by
peace and resumption, for the notice has been
seasonable and utnplo. Understand, once for all,
gentlemen, .that there is to be a determined effort
to return to specie payment directly after the close
of the war. It may fail, though w& hope it will
not; it may achieve a less speedy success than we
anticipate; but wo firmly believe that it will be
backed by « gr»at preponderance of the iibor
and capital of the country, and that all your un
doubted power and address will b® taxed to defeat
it. If you would seasonably set your homes in
order for the great change in currency value im
pendjng. you can hardly begin too soon,
Fkom North AL\BAKA.--From official linfbrma
tion, it is reported tint there are no Yankee
forces of any character this side of the Tennessee
river.
Thomas is at Knoxville, Tenn., wjth two army
corps, nnd the corps recently at Huntsville were
lttu.vin? for Knoxville on the 15th mat.
This deoides the question of an advance in this di
rection for the present., iShertnan’3 “strait” has
probably called off tho main force* threatening
Mobile, and Alabama can breathe freer.— Selna
2t«.
L?t Us Fat Oep Ggjr. Lbe’s Anar,-We copy
tho iollowiug from the South Carolinian of the 9th
instant. Will not the people of Georgia move in
this matter? Let us go to work aud contribute
enough money to pay off Gen. Lee’s army. Albany
rate, let GaoiKiaiifi raise a fund sufficient to pay off
the Georgia troops in service. Let this be done
by voluntary contributions. Who will move in the
matter?
The Kiohmond Sentinel has been authorized to
sa.y that contributions to tho Confederate Treasury
will be received by Secretary Trenholm. Many
offers have already been made. The rich have
proffered their magnificent gifts, and the poor have
casein their mite. (Joins, curronoy, plate, bonds,
certificates ol indebtedness, all of which will be ac
ceptable. Petersburg has made a challenge to be
one of twenty-five to contribute two hundred thou
sand dolla s eiS'Ch towards paying Gen. Lee’s army,
and it is understood that it will not pass unaccept
ed. What will South Carolina do ? Is it not better
to give your wealth to your Government, than risk
its capture by enemy, an utter loss bdth to the
country and r'“aratflv«s? A list of the donors will
be publisho ! by the Department.
The Dvsolatrd District of Colombia,— Afr.
Seagc, Lj express messenger from Columbia has
furnished the editor of the Augusta Chronicle
with the annexed statistics of the destruction
in tho devastated districts of Columbia : Number of
squares burn*d, over eighty-four: length of burnt
district, one-third / a mile ; number of acres burnt
over. »w« btroarefi 'and thirty-two aor«“ : eigfet
tcuths of the city was destroyed, and nine-tenths of
the property.
A DtiaKSTFi* /ills«k.—The Charlotte Democrat
of,he 7th inst., ba« the following:
Or* one or U.i days week before last our streets
wero crowded T7lth well dressed, fat-looking m-n ;
but when it was reported that the Yankees were
near here, and when Col. Hoke and Col. Brem com -
menced sending out invitations by the hands of
men bearing shootingirons,” for every man to walk
up and enroll hi*mself, our “population,’rapidly de
creased, and on Friday morning, the 24th. the streets
ot Charlotte! looked rather deserted. The “go-off”
diseaso prevailed extensively.
Quarr&llino for thb Plunder. —We learn
from the St. Louis Democrat that an interest
ing case has tor some time been before the
United States supreme court, involving the
title to the cotton captured or seized by the
navy during the Red River expedition of. Gen,
Banks, and involving also a principle which
has nerer yet been.directly decided by the su
preme court* yiz : Whether naval forces can
m ike captures as prizes of war, upon land,
or upon the inland waters of the United
States.
The case in question grew out of the seiz
ure of seventy-two bales of cotton about the
2t‘th of March last, at the plantation of Mrs.
Alexander, the claimant, in the parish of
Avoyelles. La., and was taken from a ware
house, oue mile from the bank of Red River,
and about fifty miles below Alexandria. The
occupation of the city of Alexandria by the
Federal forces ux.*k place on the 16th of the
n‘ .inth ramed. m J all the country below there
t 1 the memo of the river was in the undis
puted possession of the troops, at the time
of the seizure of claimant's cotton, and had
1 teen since the occupation of Alexandria. The
| captors sent the cotton to Cairo for adjediya*
tion as a prixe of war. The case war .ried n
i the United Stacra District Court for the South -
! ern Di6irict of Mine s, on the sth day of De
cember last, and restitution was awarded to
the claimant, and ib<* proceeds of seventy-two
bales of cotton were ordered to be paid to
; her. And therefore the district attorney
! prayed an appeal to the Supreme Court, which
was allowed The arguments before the court
! have been made, bi * no deei=i'>n has been
rendered
There- are a large imoant 01 claims .n ihe
district court of a similar character to th«*
Alexander claim and the decision ia ihe case
p-.jdieg. will co'-er all others.’involving in the
aggregate, a million and a half of dollars
[Appfai
Tw-> hundred rebellions New Zealanders
haveefrocgly fovi'.tied themselves ia tome of
tue New Ze-i-sd mountains the British
t Governor, with twenty thousand British sol
-1 diers at his back, confesses that he is afraid
;to attack them Yet, of eour?* t SngUsb sol
! iters are superior to any others.
DAILY TIMES,
J. W. V, \KKES & CO.. Proprietors.
PUBLISHRO EVRKT D\T (MONOiYS RXOKPJCDh
SUBSCRIPTION BA IKS:
On« taon'h $lO 00
Three month- S3O 00
ADVERTISING RATES:
Advertisement, inserted once—ss oar square.
Ftrrl \Ve,_-K— $r **it sqo ire tor :.ich insertion
Bec<nui Week —•->< G per square *or each ins-errion.
Third W <iek —$2 00 per sou .re ;<»r e.u’h insertion.
k'niirth Week—sl tit) pera ,re for e.-sen iu-ertion.
Se •<>', i Monti ?4 |! i-er niuarr.
Tlurd Mo,.rh— $25 per-ini. re.
Marriages and Deaths charged as advertisofae* u.
HBAnQUARTEHS GhoLOIA ReSKRVB. )
aud Military Dirtrict tie rgi*. V
M.tcon, Ga., Ma rk 20. 1563 )
“Extract."
Speflia! Ord*-r.-*. No. 59-
• * * * * + *
V. Col. Leon Von Ziukar. ‘.’-minandint Post at
Columbus, Ga , is assigned <.O the command ot tho
sub-diatrieit embracod iu t H e count es of Troup,
korriretLor. Harris, Talbot Taylor, Mmmogea,
Marion, Chattahoochee and S ’hleV Ga ,
and the Comm ird.ints of all t‘e.-Ls v- , u » .liis sub
distrier. will report to Col. Von Z uk*n.
V * * * v s
By command of
Major Gtc. liO\J I LL COBB.
R. J. Hallbtt, a. a. a.
mar 21 7t
Each paper within the District wfil publish for
one week and forward bill to Post Q M. at Colum
bus, Ga. *
LEON VON ZINKEN,
, ' < 0!. C* ia.i’g.
Notice!'
MxCo.vrGx., March 16, l6t>s.
Tiro following Orders have been reeeivod from
“Headauarters ililitary Division of tho Wect:”
For the purpose of collecting and providing for
the prompt restoration to their several R-gimeets.
Battalions 1 r Companies all absentees trom Li e’s,
.Stewart’s and Cheath m’s c-r,w the Hdlnwina
measures will l»c taken without delay:
‘ I. Bsig.General Mackall, P. .4. C. S., in addi
tion to his other duties, is ape: ! "llr charged with tho
gout-ral supt-rvision of tho service, involved —his
Ueadquurtc: -i baiarf at Maeon. Georgia,—and hewiM
take all practical steps to re .a. to th'-ir colors all
who are absent from any ocher cause chan ac ual
disability for field service, os on properly granted
furloughs. To this end he will establish eftmps at
Columbus. Atlanta, Albany, Macon and Augusta,
Georgia: .Montgomery. Neltna and Mobile, Alaba
ma; and at Jackson, Macon and Columbus, Missis
sippi; and such other points as may be found expe
dient, to which absentees living in the v cimties re
spectively shall be required to repair aud report,
and to which will ho sent all those who may be col
lected by !>“ighboiing Unrolling Officers, who will
bo calltd on to give assistance under tho regulations
of the conscript Bureau. He will also require ail
officers aud men to repair t*> the nearest rendezvous
appointed who may be absent by any authority le.-s
than that of these Headquarters or of the Comman
der of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and
East Louis! nna; in which case he will make a re
quisition for such absentees upon that Commander,
to whom he will communicate a copy of those or
ders, with a request f<rr the necessary orders to ena
ble h’m to execute his duties within the limits of
that command
“ 2. Allaiffi iers and men collected at the several
rendezvous established under these orders South
and West of Montgomery, Alabama, will be con
centrated as soon as practicable at that place, ar.d
those brought together in Georgia will be tuaem
bied at Augusta."
Jffr ||» & *
1. In obedience to the above order, Maj. E. D t
Willett, 40th Alabama Regiunont, haa been directed
to take command of the Rendezvous at Montgome
ry, Alabama, to which place all officers who have
already beea sent u> collect absentee* belonging to
the three corps i 1 Tonnet-see, Mississippi and Ala
bama, will send them in sqnala of ten or twenty,
tn« number f * Amend upon the facibty of transpor
tation from Ihe centrs o* their field o f operations,
and the practicability of them at the point
of assembly.
2. Camps of Rondrsvaua will be established as
early as-practicible at the following point*, viz:
Columbus, Atlanta, Albany, Mauim and Augn ra.
Georgia; Montgomery, Selma and Mobile, Alaba
ma, and at Jackson, Macon and Columbus, Missis
sippi. Tho officers and men eolleoted in them will
be forwarded, those reporting in Alabama and Mis
sissippi to Montgomery: tbo3ein Georgia to Augus
ta or Macon. Until these camp? are established
offioers and men will report to the nearest Post Co
mmanders or Enrolling Officers, who are requested to
forward them a? r.bove directed.
3. Tho officers on duty under these orders will
make a weekly report of the absentees collected
giving name, company, regiment and brigade, the
time at which they report and tho place to which
sent. The commenders of the Rendezvous at Mont
gomery and Augusta will make a weekly report of
the officers and men received during the week, and
the strength of the camii at date of report.
4. Post Commanders are requested to direct their
Quartermasters and Commissaries to give all nocea
sary supplies called for by officers engaged' on this
duty within the limits of ther pommands.
5. I am informe x that the officers sent to me for
this duty have been selected for their special fitness-
It is, therefore, not necessary to urge upon them de
votion to the service and earneAnesa in their en
deavors to assist in bringing their old-comrades
baelr to iheir colors, hnf as the very nature ot their
service sends them to the v .cinity of their homos I
tnay warn them of the danger of allowing them
selves to lose one day in the enjoyment of home,
which should ba devoted to filling the ranks, by
which homes are to be defended.
6. All officer? and me- returning are urged to
bringMn tbeir arms, or any arrrw they may find in
the country. They will the sooner be enabled to
join their colons. W. W. MACKALL,
Brig. General.
N. B,—Ali papers in G-.orgia, Alabama and Mis
sissippi. are requested to copy for six consecutive
days : those in Ga., will send their account? to
Post Q. M. at Afacon, thos- in Ala., to Post Q- M
in Montgomery, and those ia Miss., to Post Q. M. in
Cblumbns for payment. W._W. M.
mar2o 6fc
SSOO Reward. I
-iTOLEN from the Waaon Yard, near Columbu3,
O Ga.,on the night of the 17th Marsh, two mules—
one a dark brown horse mule, 17 or 18 years old,
medium size, has a considerable knot, on one side
near the flank. The other a bay horse mulo, about
12years old, compact bun., and rather under
um size. The above rew*r i will be paid uoon tho
delivery of said mules to oe at Talbotton, Ga„ or at
mv plantation in Harris unty, three mile* from
W m"clf 2M- IHOS. J. DOZIER.
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
4 DESIRIBL*. ReSIDEVIK,
Opposite the' Lowell Warebooiie The
House contains six room.- with a brick
basement, good kitchen and other out
buildings,
mar 17 tl
Cotton Burned.
1 1 oLDKr.S of COTTON RECEIPTS bam el in
11 our Wareht.'iiee, will pleaiej'.-esent them im.ime
diately. CODT A COLBERT,
mar 17 lm _
:$o TO.s§ IRO\
For Sale tor Oasli
OR EXCHANGE FOR PRODUCE.
01-tg, • 7 inches wide.
o J. ENNIS £ CO.,
mur c lm Columbus, Ga.
* W. McCall N. Y»’. Gas.ha»o.
HcCAIiL k G4RR4RD,
A TTOkS'H VS AT I.A W,
I#aU.e City, Fla.
awr 9 ?ir
T . ni . 1 O\E MONTH, - - SIO.OO
* *\ TII KKK MONTHS, S3O OO
EXTENSIVE SALE Os
Valuable Machinery,
STEAM ENGINE, \f.
U' ILL be sold at auction on the premises, on
W tiDNESD.tV, 19th April next, uulesssooner
d;si*osed of—
ONE LOT, 97 feet front on Oglethorpe street, and
UT set deep, with anew two-story brick building,
40 by 70 feet.
ONE BRICK BUILDING. 20 by S*> foet. w.th the
cup -la for foundry.
1 Brass Foundry room, 20 by 30 feet.
1 complete sett of patterns for making Cookies
Stoves, at nil «iz«?s.
1 < otuplet- sett of patterns for making Box Steves,
Pn;l r Stoves, Hollow Wa r e, Ac. (Tie e paitems
w-r« goti-n up in beat stylo at Albany, New
JV ,sand dies for making knircs and forks.
41 c , i<k*ls f->r making Shoe l’eirs. Shoe Tools. Ac
7 pair Bl <eksn>ith’s Bellows. -kMi'lSaws,
28 large Vi -ed, tj Lathes, Jitf«reut sizes.
15 Anvils, 2 L‘ri'l Presses
1 large Ste in Trip-Hummer,
l large Bm-'s i.uek,
1 superior UPRIGHT ENGINE, S5 hone power
with tubular boiler.
I frame with Polishing Wheels,
3 Grind stones, with tra-ro-.
60 P >h'hii g Wheels, 2 Drill Presses,
1 R t' dg Machine, 1 Portable Furnace,
1 r unching Machine,
300 feet >h ifinz. with pulties, assorted siz»s,
Ca-t -trel an t Spring Steel,
•t dozen Files assorted,
1 pair large F irbank’s Platform Scales.
1 pair smail Sc. ties.
1 pair Counter Scales and Weights.
12 Crucibles. 1 tin 00 gallon Can,
(•id urfp*s aud Copper.
6 dozen Butcher Knives, Firmer Chisels.
1 bundle 3 lb Iron Rods,
MY up wing paper, sand paper.
2 dozen Bh< e Shaves,
Wood Handle assorted.
i large Sieves for .oundry,
2 cans Black Varnish.
20 G’oik Benches, 200 pound.- Lead, and various
other art'-’ies. . .
1 he <aie will continue from day todsv until aid t*
HARRISON. B 1" ELL A CO.
Columbus, Ga., March 25th, 180 -t :s
War Tax Notice.
1 AM tins ua,> I. iu close uiy collection? of
I all tuxes duo af'e' tho expiration of itir' d,.ys
UUUI illU.». it,
I ~m turiher instructed uot to .oceive »*.ur p*r
cent . oe»tifio;ite« in payment of thi last quarter 8
auiex. or for 'incometax of 18‘H.
Unless you come up prt and nay, it would
b impossible tor me to write the numberof receipts
required within |be tune specified. I shall exact
the penalty (which is 10 per cent.) after thirty days,
on all defaulter* ; and it I have to levy and soli. 0
per cent, additional with costs, Ac.
J. A. L.LEE,
Mnrfh 25,1865-3 t (Lllector 41st Dist., Ga
, Hat Pressing Police.
MRS. A. D. CLECKLEY in'nrms the ladies mi
Columbus and vicinity, that i*ho is now ready
to press Hats in the the latesr and mo? approved
-lyle She cun bo found at Mrs. While’s remdsmoe,
next iloor to Dr. Bozeman's, Randolph 8L
march 25-1 w*
AA'Hun please copy.
For Sale.
i FINE YOUNG MORGAN STALLION. Five
A yx ars old, iron grey. By r
J. B. GORMAN, Jo..
march 25*2t Talbotton, Ga.
WANTED!
< i it Irt LBS. of TALLOW, forwhicb a liberal price
w ;i| be paid. AnpVt**
WM. BARN W ALL. Ja.,
mar 25 tt Major and Q. H.
FOR CHATTAIIOOCHEF AND BAINBRIDfIB.
The Steamer JACKSON, Fby. master, will leav#
for the above and all intermediate landings,
Sund-sy morning, at 9 o'clock,
mar 25 td .
pOtAtoeS,
A FIN E LOT just received Ht
RAVENSCROFT k Co.'B
march 24-2w*' _ 91 Bread
SOMUTUKXG GOOD ALT
I Ravenscroft & 91 Broad StroeS
lj K l VIE Pickled Pork, Florida Mullet, Syrup,
I Kiw, Fresh ijuru feieaS, Prime Corn Juic® by
t.n gallon or bottio, Onion Sottg* Cabbage Seed#
English Pons.
mar 21 2w*
FOR SA LE!
FOUR BARRELS OF ALUM.
APPLY TO
$ H ER9I AIV k, CO,,
Matonic Hall , Up Stairs.
march 19 ts.
WANTED.
i T THE PERRY HOUSE, Columbus. Oa. a
A TOOK-KfcWPER. A wouuded soldier jprefar
red. EDWARD PARnONfI.
- in nr 16_
00033 S
EICHAVGED FOR ROIVES.
AT THK
liRAXT FACTORY.
mareh 12 ts
I H. O 3ST
Exchanged for Couniry FrodiK^,
AT THE
GRANT FACTORY.
march 12 ts
CITY FOUNDRY!
SCC.tR MILLS AND KETTLES !
WE HAVE OF HAND
Sugar Mill* and Kettle*,
holding 20,35, 40. 60, 80 and 130 gallons, w.iich ire
trill exchange for Provisions or any kina of country
Produce, or money on very liberal terms. Order*
solicited. PORTER. McILfIhNNY k CO.
Columbus, Jan. 20, ts
For Exchange or Hale.
\ T the office of the "Southern Iron W jrks ” near
tbe new bridge, tbe following articles of
ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon,
Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other articles
of P-oviiions or Confederate currency, vi*:
Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sites, suitable for plan
tation usee. .
Sugar Mills and Kettles, of all si*c». from 90 te
120 gallons.
Pots, Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Pans and An irons.
Club and Broad Axe=.
Shovels and Spaues,
Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds.
48T Orders for Castings and Machine W ara
T»S'u “' C “ Ud - JOHN 11. GRAY 1. cj.
Dr. R. VOBLE,
JDENTISr,
A I Pemberton k Carttr’s ok 4 ?‘and, Wk room of
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where oe t. .he found
ai! hour., . oc 1665»
int’ous so *ell IminedlFUif
REFCCEES TAKE NOTICE!!
Ist a small HOUSE and LOT. often aeree, in as
t ,ra Lot already planted i* corn and well ma
nured. Three finished roo'us. in a convenient lo
entity and good neighborhood.
2d 360 acres of Pine I ard, eigM miles below Aa-
Viurn, on th. road te S*»frV I.tfl. *ere»
open laud. <jomm«n improvement.'. cheap 1
I mast sell <io:'k ! Call on me at AuHnrn, Ala.
nitflStf ffM. F. BAMFOEP
FOR. SAIiR l
. No. 1 BAY HORSE, works well in doable har
A now, and is suitable for 'avalry service.
. pnly to JAM ES C. OOOK
oiar 21 Iw *
Bank of CoSumbas.
The annual meetir -r of *he M--okholder* of Idle
Bask for the election of a Board of Direct "re, will
take place on tbe fwst Monday in April next.
DANIEL GRIFFIN.