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VOL. XIJ.) DAILY TIMES. EVENING Knn'J'lN, ->VY EVENING. *•. • . * 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*. ~‘ ' = ! " ' X 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.