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SAVANN AII DAILY HERALD. VOLU>I E l.\ No* -A 7. * ffrp |hulg^jcraU> PCELIBHKD eVSR Y evening, SUNDAYS EXCEPTED, BY a w. 31.150N & CO., At 111 Day Stbket, . Savannah, Gfoegta. tekme: Per Copy... Per Year sl® apybetisi n g : A limited number of Advertieemeets will be re vived at the rate of Twenty Cents per Line for flirt insertion, andxFifteen Cents per Line for each pubscqnen insertion ; invariably in advance. Ad vertisements handed in before”noon of each day. JOB X* XL liX T ING Id every style, neatly and promptly done. I.ATE REBEL NEWS. RHTODYD DATES TO FEBRUARY 25 » Imijortant Extracts. [Prom the Richmond Dispatch, Feb. 55 We learn that the raiding party of Yankee cavalry who 1 were reported to be advancing by way of Tarboro’, N. C., on the Weldon Railroad, have- returned to Washington. AYe have been unable to obtain any information as to the amount of damage done by them. (From the Richmond Enquirer, Feb. 25.,' If it be correct that the Confederate Senate has decided definitely against ne gio soldiers, then it has deliberately and defiantly disregarded the earnest appeal of General Lee and the well expressed will of the people; it has criminally jeopardized the liberties of these States; recklessly hazarded the success of our cause, and presumptuously set its judg ment, or rather the judgment of thirteen men, against the will of the people, the earnest" appeal of General Lee, the re quest of the army, and with indifferent eyes looks upon the calamities that now beset our cause and the imminent danger that now imperils these States. The liberties of these States must be preserved; we should rejoice if this could be done and the Legislature of the coun try remain intact; but the public safety is imperative, and since the Senate will not consent to the use of a great element ot strength, there remains but one thing for the President to and that the re public sustains no detriment—and, lor this end, without law, call upon the peo ple to send their slaves to the front; aye, take the negroes and use them. The public safety is above laws and constitu tion, and if a mistaken respect for the laws and constitution permits the public safety to be compromised, there will at tach an awful responsibility to the Exec utive, which will be transmitted through all times in the miserable slavery of these people and tlieir descendants. When the assumption of extraordinary and s'upra-coustitutional power is in ac cordance with the will of the people,and exercised lor the protection of the gov ernment and the defence of the public liberties, it is right and will be justified. It may be said that this is revolution ary, dictatorial. But it would be revolu tionary only in form, not in truth. The will of the people—certainly in Virginia —has been expressed through her press, her soldiers and her Legislature. Senators have undertaken to disregard that will; they are in revolution against their own people.. The President may exercise this power, and would do so, with “the consent” of the Virginia Legis lature. It is not desirable that any con vention of the people of Virginia should assemble during the excitement of this war, but if the supposed interest of slave holders is to be permitted to stand be tween the use of any and every means of public defence and the*’ preservation of SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1865. the liberties of these States, then a con vention ought to be assembled and the institution abolished. If the will of the people is not to be regarded by Senators, then they set themselves up as an garchy, superior to the people.. This cannot be submitted to. The Legislature of Virginia should see that the will of the people of the State is obeyed and re spected. These States and this cause stand to-day in need of a dictator —ot a man who will take the power of the people and use it for their preservation; and such a man, -whether President Davis or Gen. Lee, would be borne.on the shoulders of a grateful people, if either of them would with strong hand * seize power and exercise it vigorously for the public safety. At such a time, and amidst such perils, it seems like mockery to hear the action of the Con federate Senate called conservative. Sherman is rushing through the Caroli nas like an avalanche, and report says has captured one hundred thousand bales of cotton at Columbia; Grant is gradually and perhaps surely extending ins lines around Petersburg and Rich mond, and threatens every moment to burst over the lines that intervene, and the Senate is doing the conservative. History furnishes no parallel to this. [From ihe Richmond Whig, FeD. 25.] A gray-haired merchant of this city offered the other day to give the govern ment half of everything lie owned in the world, to close his store, and to devote his whole time, without charge, lo hos pital duty, if thereby he could ensure the success or promote the good of the cause. Another old gentleman living in the country, in renewing his eubeeiipilot! to the Whig, writes that, but for his in firm health, which confines him to the house, he would, in spite of bis seventy winters, shoulder his musket and fight under the black flag rather than submit to be ruled by the Yankees. Slill another old gentleman, writing from the implores Congress to do its duty and lay on the taxes. The people, he declares, are willing to be taxed any amount, to endure any privation, in or der to benefit the cause. This is the true spirit of patriotism— the genuine, unselfish love of country. Were all our people actuated by motives as ardent and principles as noble as these white-haired sires, the success of the cause would not admit of a moment's doubt—the great stake would virtually be won and our independence as sure as the sun in heaven. And if the old man be moved by impulses. so exalted, certainly the young men ought not to be backward. Nor are they. The glowing resolutions which regiment after regi ment, brigade after brigade, and division after division of Lee's glorious army con tinues to send in to the papers, showi conclusively that the pick and flower oj our youth are fully up to the mark, ready as ever to peril life and limb in de fence of the lovely and beloved cues at home. / If the old men are eager to give the half, and if need be, the whole of ticir substance, and the young men are ready to lay down their lives lor the goal of the cause, where, then, is the iron He ? It is to be found in that middle elms of men, neither young nor old, wiling neither to part with their goods n»r to imperil their lives for the sake of thd in dependence without which worldly pods are a curse and life but a degradation. — They are the men who give up the «ause as lost before they have made th^first effort to save it. They are the med who tell you on the street tbat it is impossible to check Sherman, and useless f pro tract the struggle. Strange that ihf very men who have borne the hardslips of the struggle during four weary ydtrs are determined to struggle on to tie end, while they who have never struggled at all are anxious toj prevent from struggling.’ And yet it is not strange either. Faith without works is dead. He who has worked most for the cause ought to have, and, in fact, has the most faith in its suc cess ; while he who has not worked at all, very naturally, has no faith at all. — Hence the obvious inference that if we would revive our faith, we must renew and increase our works. Especially is work needed in Congress. Four months of twaddle is enough in all conscience.— The time has arrived for action —prompt, vigorous and united action. Robert E. Lee has wrought manfully, and main tains the faith heroically. His hands should be strengthened. As many negroes as he desires should at once be placed at his disposal. Negro blood is not more precious than the blood of our sons and brothers. The enemy is in mortal tear lest we should arm the negroes, and presses his campaign through the winter months in hopes of overpowering us be fore the nearo troops can be ready foi the field, is the Confederate Senate piay ing into the enemy's hands ? It really seems so. And y T et we ought to beware of an ill-timed assault upon the Gulf States. It comes with bad grace from the papers of the State of Virginia, both of whose Senators are as actively hostile to the use of the negro as are any ol the i Senators from the cotton States. We | want harmony, bold and conceited ac -1 lion ; not ti renewal of the stale quarn*^ ' between the cotton and border | Such a quarrel, at such a Vme, if not | quickly hushed, will necessarily prove : iatal to the cause. The enemy will re gard it as the surest of all signs of our failure. Let us look up. There is hope in North Carolina. The people of that much maligned State will, as we firmly believe, shows a front to the fob which will bring a blush to the cheeks of the Georgians and South Carolinians. Hol den is a North Carolinian, but North Carolina has sent more, soldiers to Lee’s army than any other State except Vir ginia. Some of the best troops and cer tainly one of the very' best brigades now in that army (Cook’s) is composed oi North Carolinians. The people of the Old North State are a brave and tena cious people. They will teach Sherman a w holesome lesson. The clans are mus tering, the forces are gathering together. “God,” sain an intrepid and devout cler gyman of this city, “has a hook in Sher man’s nose and is leading him to des truction.” W t o trust and believe so.— Where he least expects popular opposi tion, there will his fate be sealed. A Polyolot Item.— A young French traveler recently spent several months in London, and has been heartily laughed at*fer dating all his letters in this singu lar manner. “No. 4, Bill-stickers Beware street, Leicester Square. *We can beat that all to pieces. There was dime a German Music-teacher in New Y'ork, who for four months, until be learned that a sign-board on the com er doesn’t necessarily bear the name of the street, dated all his letters home, from “ Commit no Nuisance ” street, New York. Peace —How Boon ?—The following story is told :—“How soon do you ex pect peace ?” was atked the other day of an ofGc»dl confident of the President’s. “The problem of peace, ”he replied, “is a very simple one. It is just a question of walking §o many hours a day. Cal culate for yourself how long it will take Sherman’s army to walk across South and North Carolina, and you have the answer.” Tried by that test, and with the more difficult march from Atlanta south, which proved only “a pleasant walk,” as a precedent, the problem is in deed limited to very narrow and simple conditions. DRAMATIC. The initial performance at the Theatre last evening was attended by a large au dience, who manifested their approval of the various entertainments offered in the most emphatic manner. Many of the songs and dances were encored, and all seemed to give eminent satisfaction.— The performances of the ladies, “La Belle Louise” and Miss Lottie Howland* elicited special approbation. These la dies are possessed of very versatile tal ent, for one finds them on even ing appearing in Extravaganza, Farce, Song and Dance, and doing ail satisfac torily, and some of them in a truly ad mirable manner. Messrs. Sweatnam and Scott also pro duced a good impression, the former being a good comedian, and the latter one of the finest singers in the dramatic profession. They were well supported the other members of the comp in fact, so well pleased did t’ vuefiunce seem, that we cannot <tolVbt , at the h °T. t °; Dlg ) t be crowded. The en.iie cruel* nment p lsse( i of well, save 1 some of those hitches and irregr.- Lurities which seem to be inseparable? \ from a first night s performance. Tne | music is under the able superintendence |of Prof. Weigand. The same bill will be. repeated this evening.- Theatre ix Charleston. —Wc lean* that the Military Hall, on Wentworth | street, near King, is being put in repair, , and will be fitted for theatrical eutertaiu ! meats, by Messrs. Strahau 6c Parke?, ! late of the Howard At hen mum, Boston. ; The Company - are on the way, SMth will | commence to delight the soldi j citizens, as soon as the fittings cun i completed; The Company is composed | of excellent talent, and w*; wish them every success. A Fruitful Country.— ln his “Ad chess on California,)’ the Rweivnd Lr. Bellows has the following; “A respectable Presbyterian clergy man told me he planted a peach pit, and in fourteen months it had grown to a tree ten feet high, and he ate peaches grown upon it.” After endorsing that as true, the Doc tor gives a little story ofi his own hook. He says: “One man cut a stick which he cur ried as a cane for a 'week or two, and then sticking it in the ground as a sup port for a weak sapling, it sprouted, and in tw T o years he gathered a peck of pears from that very cane! We Lave no con ception of the activity of that soii.” Os course we don't doubt the wqid of cither of the clergymen. It is all v< ry true, but it reminds us of the hero of one of Col. Thorpe’s or some other joker's story. He, however, placed his lertile soil in Arkansas. There, a crowbar having been placed in the field at night, sprout ed ter.penny nails by morning. The hero meets a man from New York who. had visited Arkansas. “Were you at the Shirt Tail Bend of the Roarin’ of Arkansavv river ?” “Yes.” At Col. Thunder's plantation!” “What did you think of the sile thar?’ ’ “NoUinuch. In fact, it was all red cedar stumps and Indian mounds.” “Red cedar stumps an’ Injin mounds!: Why, stranger, them red cedar stumps was* beets, an’them Imin mounds was tater hills.” But, as we like peaches and pears bet ter than beets, and potatoes, commend ua to California. f PRICE (Five Cents*