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Tliuryday- Morning, Fob tut, IBSB.
Senator Johnson’s letter.
We w«rt not aware yesterday, when
we wrote that article about peaceable
recension, that theSavanuah ltepublican
was included among ijeuator Jultusou’o
critics. That puper certainly docs not
belong to the “State High!a, strict con
struction” school. It has been an ad
vocate of-the Confederate Government
from the beginning, and baa adminis
tered some well-timed rebukes to that
spirit of radicalism which is making des
perate efforts to get foothold in Gcor
gia.
The letter Johnson, explan
tory of his bill, will be found in to-day’s
paper. By a careful perusal of that
letter it will he seen that his motives
have teen misunderstood, his course
misrepresented, that injustice has bceu
done him, uud that, after till, there is
but little issue bet ween him and bis
critics.
Both parties desire a permanent gov
ernment; both seem to regard the pres
ent form of our government as eminent
ly unstable, and belli desire to avoid
a repetition of the calamities now upon
us. How shall this be done .' One par
ty is in favor of making such constitu
tional provisions as will render war or
forcible Be cession unnecessary in future.
The others seem inclined te trust to their
hobby of “strict construction,” or, what
is worse, to compromises and concessions,
as sustained by (he intelligence of those
whose interests ure conflicting, lit oth
er words, to live over again ottr experi
ence for the last thirty years
The present Constitution of the Con
federate States, possesses in a measure
the same elements of self-destruction
which existed in the old, and will, in
process of time, make themselves mani
fest It is a defect which is inseparable
from our compound system of govern
ment; an evil which we cannot eradi
cate without making changes such as
our people are not now fully prepared
to make. Thou, since wc cannot eradi
cate the evil, wc should make provisions
to endure it. Senator Johnson's hill is
not perhaps all that we could w ish, hut
it is certainly preferable, to any plan yet
proposed, to meet emergencies which are
certain to ooujo upon us within a few
years after we shall have achieved our
independence. If secession ever be
comes necessary t^ preserve tlm rights
of States now in the Confederacy, wc
want it to be pair,ii’We .- onr experience
atforrible secession has not been pleasant
by any means.
The Naval Expedition off Hit- Soullt
<*rn Coital.
l’hc Northern papers give us nothing
positive of the formidable naval expedi
tion gathering oil the Southern coast—
-1 here are abundant rumors and specula
tions, buttlic military censorship of the
North imposes o remarkable silence and
seeresy on its real object and deslina
tiou. In the absence of any authentic
information we giye such -tray para
graphs concerning it as we have been
able to sift from the Northern papers.—
A correspondent writing from Ncwbern,
North Carolina, to a Boston paper, of
the sailing of the expedition, says :
The sailing of the expedition to ope
rate against Charleston, 1 believe, was
one ol the grandest sights I ever wit
nessed. The fleet consisted ol about l”f»
sail of vessels, steamers, transports, lugs,
and schooners, all following in rapid sue
cession. U was a magnificent sight, with
the troops cheering, bands playim and
the colors flying from the mauls. I
counted 78 sail vessels and and” steamers.
The Washington correspondent of the
New \ork Times, speaking on the point
of destination of the expedition, writes:
There is no longer any necessity for
concealing the fact that‘the iron clads
which mysteriously disappeared some
time since were dispatched to Wilming
ton, North Carolina, with the object of
cutting the important line of railroad
which connects CJiurlcstun and Rich
mond. This doue, it call do the rebels
no good lu leant that Charleston will
soon be made the recipient of that lardy
justice which has so long been due her
and thus w ill be developed nuotber of
these voluminous co-operative move
ments, the success or failure of which is
likely to determine Hie result „p ( | u ,
war.
Tlie Philadelphia Inquirer, •ipcttkinwuf
flic sailing ol' flic expedition. s:i_y«:
Late news from Newborn, via Norfolk,
which came hy (ho canal ami i he iulami
route, informs us that one hundred ami
twenty vessels had sailed southward, ami
that tfro schooners, one loaded with cat
tle and the other with coal, had gone
ashore on -11 alt eras shoals. The eve. of
Fancy can “see them on their winding
way ; hut the tongue ol Fancy refuses
to tell where the tortuous traverse will
end. It is a large force, destined lor an
important service, ami it must M) nii lie
at its final destination
The New York Times intimates Unit
the movement was planned by Cutler,
and that heniay he given oommand of
"he expedition. The Times says :
The plan of sending General Cutler
t° Charleston is seriously debated, and is
one of the propositions intended to head
oti the strong popular demand for his
instalment in the War Office ns Chief of
that Department. General Cutler has
given his views to the Government in
regard to a system of operations from
that eity as „ base, ami bis plan is eliar
actenstic , t hu goni „ s . , }ovcru .
ment has as yet reael.ed no conclusion
m the matter.
The New Wk World, speaking of I lie
expedition and the protmble ~huk
Charleston, believe* that it will bo weeks
yet before anythiug i a done .by i,. The
World says, in the com-*.. .q ii s editorial
speculations as to the time of attack
The expedition against Charleston
seems to have mi. earned for K elson
and the attack, it Is now amiouueed, may
Ot be made tor a mouth yet. Thus ~11
lost i U V V ■ hasheen
the rebels belfevel J, u m » k e
attack on Wilmiugton w„ ,t,! \ ! ‘J ul “’!
then to suddenly sail f uv , e t\® ue * 1, !Uul
attack it without deUy. “T
story was repeated. x'h K \V ur bc,„m
ment sent Major General Foster 'will
troops to Major General HintterV de
partment without designating who should
command the operations. General Fos
ter declared he was the man, but General
Hunter wae quite sure he was the com
-Bencral So the troops which
transnart«***?•, r v“ au>e< * on ~oard «*te
lranepert« until disembarked, lor a di.
rect attack on Charleston, have been
landed at St. Helena Island, while Gen
eral Foster comes home in the Arago to
get things fixed at Washington. , So gol
den weeks have been lost; the rebels
have been given abundant, time to prepare
for attack, and auother evidence is af
forded of the singular want of forecast
aud administrative ability of the Bar
Department
A correspondent of the New lou..
World, writing front Port Royal, ohy
the immense flee! io httino oat, j ‘ ■
confirms this story of the World, and
cays :
The expedition is at a stand still—
worse even, for the troops are disembark
ing from the transports, and taking up.
their quarters on St. Helena Island. All
the mystery which ensltroudededthis ex
pedition for so many weeks is thus use
less, and many days must elapse before
anything can be achieved by it. A dis
agreement has arisen between Generals
Hunter and Foster, and it would scent
that the authorities at Washington had
re-enacted the Butler Banks emhroglio,
with still worse results. It not being
possible for two heads of departments
to live amicably' in the same locality,
and General Hunter not being disposed
to leave, General Foster has gone to
Washington, to have an understanding
with the authorities. Von must not,
therefore, expect to hear anything furth
cr from-tliis expedition for at least three
weeks to come.
Letter from Senator Johnson
‘Teacable Secession.”
JticnMoxn, V.t., Feb. 14, 1808.
AW. Sa r. Republican: —ln your issue
of the 10th instant i find editorial com
ments on a bill which l introduced a tew
days ago, proposing an amendment to
the Constitution of •I# Confederate
States. The tenor of that article shows
an entire misconception of the substance
of the amendment, and object which its
mover would gladly accomplish. I’nfor
tunatcly, however, the proposition fails,
because, under our Constitution, Con
gress has not, the power, as it lias under
that of the United States, to propose
amendments. On the call of three
States, a convention of nil the States
may be had, for the purpose of amend
ing; and this is the only mode by which
the amending power, under our Consti
tution, can be exercised. This may be
wise, but 1 doubt it. It will render
amendments exceedingly difficult, if not
impracticable.
To understand fully my object, by
such an amendment to the Constitution,
please read the bill introduced. It is as
follows:
“See. 1. It is enacted by the Congress
of the Confederate Slates, two-thirds of
both Houses thereof concurring, that the
following amendment to the Constitution
of the Confederate States of America, be,
and the sdfctc is hereby proposed, and
when ratified by the Legislatures of
three-fourths of the several States, shall
be a part of said Constitution, and shall
be inserted therein us clause 2d, section
Ist of article 6th, to wit :
“When any State, being aggrieved by
any act of Congress shall, by Convention,
declare the same to be unconstitutional,
Congress (if it be in session, and if not,
the l'rosidcnt shall convene it for that
purpose) shall immediately call aconven
tion of all the Stales, to consider said
act, and,jf not atlirmed by two-thirds of
said convention—the vote to be taken by
States—it shall be void and no law: lmt
if atlirmed and no adjustment can be
made, by amendment or otherwise, satis
factory to the complaining State, and it
determine to secede from the Confeder
acy, it. shall do so in peace, lmt shall be
entitled to its /jrn rata share of the pub
lic property, and liable for its /mu rata
share of the public debt, to be deternjin
cd and settled by negotiation,”
Snell is the proposed amendment.
You spoke of it in terms of unconcealed
censure, when you say, “the introduc
tion of such matter in Congress, at this
particular juncture-—the prescribing a
mode for tearing down, when all the
energies of the people, and Government
arc employed in the effort to build up—
to say the least, is a most sigubir specta
cle." My object was very different from
what you seem to suppose. 1 have no
idea you intended to dome injustice, and
for that reason you will allow me to
speak for myself through the columns of
the Kepublienn.
Wlmt, tUcm, is the object of the pro
posed amendment? You Admit that
“pencalde secession, at will , is a princi
ple incorporated with the spirit of our
new Government”- that under our Con
stitution Hie right of secession is no
longer a debatable question. This is
true. lienee, you must acquit mo of
any purpose to introduce this feature in
our "new Government.” It is there al
ready. You seem to think it a bad fea
ture. Ido not think it is. On the eon
trary, it is in accordance with ihe doc
trine of the Declaration of Independence,
that whenever any Government becomes
destructive of the ends for which it was
ordained and established, ii is the right
of the people to throw it oil'. The exist
ing war iswaged for the maintenance of
this principle. But in my judgment it
is a right which ought not to be exor
cised rashly and precipitately. No State
ought ever to resort to it until all effort
for adjustment has failed—not until it
!ms had a calm and full conference with
• s confederates. This dicloses the ob
ject ol the proposed amendment ICx
amine it, in a spirit of candor, and
you will see-that it provides for all
this, before a dissatisfied Stale shall
resort 10 secession. Note the steps.
Ihe complaining State, must first call
a convention and, in that form, pro
nounce the law unconstitutional; next.
Congress is required to call a convention
of all the States, and then, after all ef
fort for adjustment has failed, the tig
grieved Sidle may, if it so determine,
secede in peace. These various steps
give ample time for reflection, for pas
sion and prejudice to subside, and for
argument to produce its legitimate fruits.
I'ltc general Convention brings into con
sultation (lie united sovereignties of the
several States the creating and amend
ing power. Will not. the conflict be
healed, if possible, and the integrity of
the Government preserved V if it cannot
be, by such means, then the complaining
State may depart in peace. Who will
say site shall not? Who will say she
shall be held by force '.' What then, 1
repeal, is the prime object of the pro
posed amendment ? it is not to intro
duce the principle of secession into "our
new Government,” but to provide a
check against its being exercised cap
tiously, or precipitately, or rashly.
! Another object of the amendment is to
! sheathe for ever the sword of civil war.
That is to say, if all effort fail toroeoncile
the conflict, (lie aggrieved State may
without the shedding of fraternal blood,
and lake her position among the family
of notions, !■■ work out her dr.-aim as
best she can.
The right ul secession is not, in so
many words, in our Constitution, but to
us, who arc familiar with the circum
stances attending its adoption, it is well
1 understood to be conceded by the pre
amble, and, as you say, "incorporated
*'"* the spirit of our new Government."
nut with future generations, noibetno
tn the letter, it may become a question
Tr.lh, " 18 ”«n in the spirit. I would
. L . 1 11 ow ' hy expressing in words
what is the universal understanding of
all a the present day, that a State may
secede peaceably, but not until all effort
for adjustment by the creating and
1 amending power ‘hall bav* been ex
hausted. ,
What world be the probable effect ot
j such a provision in our Constitution .
j J. It v,„uld promote harmony and
! fraternity between the Stales. Each
! would feel that no rupture of the *Gov
i erriment could occur until all had been
j consulted, and every menus of settlement
I exhausted, lienee, mutual confidence
!j u t aeh other, aud the confidence of all
in the slabiiitity of the Confederacy.
x. It would undoubtedly restrain Cou
gtijo within the sphere of the delegated
jiowcr.,. The right of each State to veto
an act of Congress, on the ground of
unconslifutionality, would be an efficient
check by which the minority could al
ways pretext itself against the encronrh.-
ments of the hiajority. Congress repre
sents the delegated, and the several States
or the people thereof, the reserved, pow
ers. Conflict between these two classes
of powers is Jhe greatest danger to be
apprehended, and is most likely' to be
fatal. But it is rendered harmless
whenever you can secure to the minority
-that is, to each State—a mode, within
the Constitution, by which it can defend
the reserved against the encroachments
of those who represent the delegated
powers. The framers of the Constitu
tion seem to have supposed that the Ex
ecutive veto was sufficient ; but past ex
perience under the Government of the
United States proves the futility of this
reliance. I’arty spirit, fanaticism, and
1 yst for power defeat its salutary purpo-
ses, even when properly exercised. It
would be stronger if it required two
thirds of both houses, voting by State*,
to pass a law against the Executive veto.
But it is not so, and if it were, the
States arc liable to he under the control
of partisan influences, and thus the re
served powers forgotten in the heat of a
struggle for political ascendancy. This
would not be the case when, upon a
State veto, a convention should be as
sembled to pass upon the act; for then
the sovereign power would be invoked and
called into exercise—invoked fov the
purpose of protecting the reserved
against an alleged encroachment by the
.delegated powers—to save tire imperiled
Government, lu a crisis of such mo
mentous import the voice of party would
he hushed.
Suppose the Constitution ofthe United
States contained such a provision as the
one under consideration, and that, in pur
suance of it, any State had declared, in
convention, that the Missouri Compro
mise was unconstitutional, and that,
thereupon, all the States had been as
sembled in convention to consider the
controversy, who can can doubt that that
mischievous measure would have been
effectually rejected and abandoned?—
Suppose the same, in reference to the va
rious infractions of the Constitution which
have occurred since, is it not almost cer
tain that the Congress would have been
kept within its prescribed limits, and
abolition fanaticism and legislative cor
ruption so far repressed as to have pre
served the Union for many generations
to come ? Usurpation nipped in thebud,
by Slate veto, never could have become
so formidable ns to subvert the Govern
ment. If such would have heen its -ef
fect tinder the old, it would not fail to be
equally salutary' under our new Govern
ment, Butin order to reap its highest
beneficial operation, it ought to be .in
corporated into (lie Constitution, in the
very beginning of ottr career.
3. In your editorial comments you say,
“our mind and the mind of every patriot
should be turned to the establishment
and perpetuation, not the overthrow, of
a government that has already cost us so
many millions of treasure and so many
rivers of blood. We would amend the
constitution with a provision creating a
common arbiter between the States, and
between tlielatter and the Confederacy.”
I cordially subscribe to Lot It t hese sen
timents. According to the doctrine of
the Kepublican school of 1798-’9, in all
cases of compact among parties having
no common arbiter, “each party lias an
equal right to judge for itself, ns well of
infractions as of the mode and measure
of redress.” Our Government is just
such a compact, aud the conclusion is
irresistible, that each State of the Con
federacy has this right of judging and
determining the mode and measure of
redress against encroachments upon the
reserved powers. Hut indisputable as is
this proposition,it is not to be denied that
it will prove fatal to the integrity of any
compact, unless both parties agree that
such is the right, of each. Hence the
propriety of its being well defined in the
organic law. Nor will this dispense with
the necessity of some common arbiter to
which questions of dispnta may be re
ferred, Without it, however clear the
right, its exercise, in the midst of excite-’
ment .and haste, will almost certainly
lead to forcible conflict—to war. My
deep conviction of the importance of
such an umpire, is one of the strongest,
reasons that moved me to propose the
amendment to onr Constitution. It es
tablishes such an umpire between the
Stales and the Confederacy. What is it?
It is a Convention of all the States, corn
postal ol tin united sovereignties of each,
assembled by constitutional requisition,
to adjust a controversy between an ag
grieved Stale and the Confederacy—the
same power that created the Govern
ment, invoked to perpetuate and pre
serve it. What more appropriate or
more potent umpire can human ingenu
ity devise ? Mho would not sooner
trust it than the Supreme Court? The
old Government furnishes an instructive
lesson on this subject. Despite its inde
pendent tenure of office and its removal,
bv Executive appointment, from the im
mediate influences of popular excite
ment, it is not to be denied, that however
honest, the Supreme Court ofthe United
States had, at the time of secession,
become so imbued with the party spirit
of the day. that it was an unsafe umpire
between the States and the United
States.
Suppose wo WfU' back in the old Union,
who would be willing to submit to the
decisions of that tribunal as a final arbi
ter bet ween the North and the South?
Or if the Court have not yet reached that
degree of degeneracy, which renders it
until for such an office, who doubts that
it will reach it, in a very short time?
What experience has shown us to be
true of that, admonishes us that we ought
not to make our Supreme Court the final
judge in cases of conflict between the
delegated and reserved powers, lint the
united sovereignties in Convention must
always be safe, so long as the people arc
sufficiently intelligent and virtuous for
self-government —as certainly safe as
that a father will watch tenderly and if
possible save the life, us an only child
afflicted with disease, it. would preserve
the Government, it'it could be done; if
it could hot, we would be left to weep
over the imperfection of all human insti
tutions, but consoled by the reflection
that the land could not be drenched in
traierual blood and desolated by the
ravages of war. Hut 1 think such an
umpirage would certainly save the Con
federacy in all its integrity. The Con
vention would not oppress a complain
ing Slate; two thirds of the States never
could be united for such oppression.—
The spirit would rather be to do justice
to an aggrieved sister. And on the other
hand, that sister, actuated by reason,
impressed with the deep solemnity of the
occasion and deferring to the wisdom
and patriotism of the Convention, would
abide its decisision. I cau scarcely ini
agine any conflict between a State and
the Confederate Government, that could
not, and would not, be satisfactorily
adjusted by a Convention of all, called
for that purpose.
4. Another important benefit to be de
rived from the amendment proposed
would be, that it would put an end to
all Congressional compromises. This
•was a canker upon the United States
Government, from 1820 down to its dis
solution. Indeed it was that which cor
roded, to severance, the ligatures that
bound (he States together. These com
promises were entered into as expedi
ents to conceal or heal breaches in the
Constitution and (hey were submitted to
by the weaker section, because there
was no redress or power of repelling en
croachments recognized by the organic
law They were submitted to, from time
to time, by the South, because resistance
promised war and bloodshed. All such
controversies referred to a convention of
the States would be settled - the high
est authority known to the i.t .and ; anti if
settled by compromise, such . tinprorni-e
would he invested with the t.ignily of
constitutional obligation.
If you suppose that I would relax the
bonds that unite the Confederate States;
that i would increase the facility of sc
cession; that 1 would treat lightly the
value of stable government, you do me
great injustice. Secession is a very se
rious alternative, because it is a moment
ous tbingto change a Government. But
it is preferable to oppression. It is
wrought into ottr political fabric. If it
were desirable, it could not be etadica
ted. It is there, and there it will re
main. Then, is it not wise and con
servative to throw around it such con
stitutional restraints as will prevent it
from being rashly exercised ? And when
at last it shall, if it must be, exercised,
is it not also wise to require if t o be done
in peace ?
Wc are engaged in a terrific struggle
for independence. We must achieve it.
But independenoo gained, I want good
government, stable government, endur
ing government. Without it, indepen
dence is worth but little, Whatever it
may cost of blood and treasure. This
is what prompts me to desire the propos
ed amendment, I believe it would per
petuate the Confederacy and sheathe
the sword of civil war.
Respectfully, your oh’t serv’t,
Hrrschkt, V. Johnson.
Richmond Marlets—Sceoie and
Bank Notes.— Gold is still firmly held
by the brokers at $2 30 prem., with
sales at these figures. The premium for
silver—selling rate—is $2 20. We con
tinue to quote Bank notes at 38 to 40
per cent premium, selling rale; 34 to
411 buying rate. Exchange on London is
dull—quotations nominal.
Bonds and Stocks.—Confederate bonds,
100 M., 103. J and interest, payable in
new currency : do. do., 15 M., 100 and
interest : Virginia Sixes, registered, 103;
Virginia Central Railroad bonds, first
and second molt., 112 and interest ;
North Carolina Sixes, 120 to 127}.
Produce—Wit cat, $3 30 to $3 50 per
bushel, very little coming in. Corn,
84 25 per bushel. Flour—superfine, S2O;
extra $22 50 to $23; family,s2s. Corn
meal, $4 to $450 per bushel. Tobacco—
market active and sales at, full prices.
Heavy purchases have been lately made
on foreign account. Bacon, $1 (o $1 10
bog round.
Groceries —Sugar-—brown, 89 to 90c
by the barrel, 75 to 85 by the hogshead;
white clarified, $lO5 to 1 20. Molasses,
$7 50 to $8 per gallon. Coffee, $3 25 to
$3 50 per pound. Rice, 10 to 12.1 c. by
the tierej, with an advancing tendency.
Salt, 25c. per pound.— Rich. Dispatch,
20th.
Married.
In Harris co., Cu., on the IBtli of February, by
Rev. J. Johnson. Mr. E. N. Beall an«l Miss Fannie
K. Glaze.
By Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.
('LOT 11 INO, UAKDWAKK, Ac.,
*3 000 lbu. Salt!
ON FRIDAY, February 27th, at 11 'o'clock,
w« will sell in front of our Auction Room
Clothing, Hardware, No.;
—also—
-3,000 lbs of Salt.
To he sold without reserve.
felt'2o t.ls ’
By Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.
WE will sell three Valuable) Negro Boys, tit
the COURT HOUSE, on TUESDAY, the 23d
Mareii next.
Judge, 22 years old;
Henry, lit “ “
Jim, 15 “ “
feb2o tds
For Sale.
. .-I'M;.';Ill 1) SHARPE’S TARGET RIFLE,
J\ with Moulds anti Primers. Apply to
JOHN L. DUFF IE, or .
feb2d ts A. 0. BLACKMAIL
For Sale!
I WENTY NEW MATTIt ASSES; also Bedsteads,
1 T:il»U*s, and IN ashstaiuls. Tho’subscriber also
fins ;t house for rent, on Front st., opposite tho
factory boarding house. HUGH DEV HR.
f01.20 lw
House and Lot for Sale !
/CONVENIENT to the New Methodist Church.
Lz Apply to JOHN LIOON.
l*eb2C 3ts.
TO COFFEE DRINKERS !
Imported Fresh Ground llio Coffee
JUST RECEIVED a'ml for sale by
11. FISCIIACUER,
feb-Jtl lw No. 104, East side Broad st.
Stop the Horse Thief!
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS will be paid by the
undersigned for the delivery to us in Taylor
county, Gu„ of a man whose name, he says, is
Williams, and escaped from the custody of Messrs.
Mcßride & Amos, near Geneva, Talbot co.. on the
night pf the l‘Jtli inst. Said Williams is about 25
years old and weighs about 125 lbs., round should
ered, a scar over the left eye, left arm inclined to
l»e stiff, light complexion, light hair, and an or
ange colored goatee on when he escaped.
A. J. COLBERT.
fel»26 6tp B. L. ROSS.
For Sale,
A NO. I JACK. Apply to
J. A. FRAZER.
at Ennis A Cos g Store.
or W. LOWTIIKR.
fel»2s lm
Runaway l
L' WW ULAI»rS FACTORY. 3 miles nort‘h ofCo
-1 1 limbus, on the morning of the 24t1» of Febru
ary. two White Boys: John Abney, aged 15, light
liair and complexion, gray eyes, spare made: wore
4 V ro ' vn coat > Griped homespun shirt,
giay imsey pants, and uniform cap. Joel Dennis
Headers.> u , aged I>. black hair, fair skin, chunkv
1,1 “t. uoro oil a brown cotton sack coat, white
cot on pants and palmetto hat. Any information
"ill be thankfully received.
.. . . KQ|SK ANNE ABNEY,
t' **-* -*l> ANN HENDERSON.
Deserted!
ON the 2*.»th of January, ISG3, Private M. D. h-
Rowe, of Cos. D, 3d Georgia Cavalry. Said de
serter lives in Harris county, (la., has* dark hair
-lark eyes and fair complexion, is 5 feet 11 inches
hiirh. will weigh about 160 tbs., carried with him
u'lVd'lTv ts e ‘ iUip;lsro * S 3O r * war <* f‘»r the arrest
Deserted!
ON the 2!Uh day of Jannary, 1863. J. \\ jp, i 0
ot C.». I>. 3d Georgia Cavalry. Said deserter
t< at,nut r. IV,a 10 tacheKhigh, light hair. l,|, u . oves
ami fair comploxloii, will woigh 100 lhs.. and liras
»ud !i*uUv(i/v ""° a f:!0 r, "' ird for tho arrest
Deserted!
()V!?°? ,h ” f • ,,lnuar >'. IS«3. Corporal J.
Vt I twister. ~t c... D. .id (lo.irgia Cavalry. Said
dea.rter is about •> l.mt S inches high. light hair
m rSliv h “""idexion. will wtigl, tfhout ISO
Deserted t
( l ’j"'.,°f February, 1563, R.c. Harris,
r ~ [ ' 11 Unvalry. Said and. serter is 5
bair. blue eyes, fair com
piexton. will weigh about 134 lhs.. and live, in
Stewart county, Ga. iJO reward for the arrest aid
ROBERT THOMPSON,
feh.s ts Maj. Comd'g 3d Ga. Cav.
TKIxEaKAPHIC
Richmond, Feb. 25th. — The New York
Times of the 19th avows thg conviction,
with reluctance, that the breach Empe
ror lias determined to open the Southern
ports by the first of April, for the export
of cotton, and that he will welcome ra
ther than deprecate war as the conse
quence of such aet. The tenor of the
Monit nr, the general tone in ministerial
circles, and the recently changed lan
guage- of the Liberal press, combine,
says the Times,- to show that litis is the
policy which the French Emperor has
resolved to carry out. The National In
telligencer docs not share this conviction.
Hon. Isaac- Tottcey has promised to
stump the State of Connecticut for Sey
mour. ,
The Times says that Merrier openly
pi ed te, at Washington, that Napoleon
will ’break the before the end
of March, just, it says, as he announced
intervention from France weeks before
it actually took place.
The Keokuk Constitutional, a news
paper published in Keokuk, lowa, was
destroyed on the 2d, by convalescent
troops in that plane,
A letter of General .Scott, dated Octo
ber 4th, 1801, lias been called for by the
\ ankee Senate, which will show tint
McClellan treated Scott with disrespect,
while the latter was Oommander-in-
Cliicf, and that McClellan would have
been Court Marti.-ih-d hut for fear of do
ing injury to the cause.
On the 18th, sterling exchange .com
manded 180 in New York. The Times
says this was brought about by Hie na
tional loan bill and the discussion ~l
French mediation,
Butlor had a grand rccep ion in Bal
timore on the 191 b. Thirty-fom* young
ladies, dressed in while, and bearing
Hags, sung patriotic airs outlie platform.
The Times says editorially, that the
attack on Charleston was to have been
made on the 20th. The Commercial Ad
vertiser says the entrances to Charleston
and Savannah are filled with torpedoes
and obstructions, and we must not be
surprised if an assault, on those aides
partakes of the nature of a protracted
scige, rather than an overwhelming
assault, If Fort McAllister is a speci
men ofthe enemy’s fortifications, we
may pause before we can contemplate
an easy victory.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Richmond, Feb. 25.—G01d advanced
here to-day in consequence of a more
.active demand. It. was sold at 240.
Premium on silver, 230.
Charleston, Feb. 25. —We have trust
worthy information from Beaufort, that
the difficulty between Hunter and Fos
ter, which resulted in the return of the
latter to Washington, growing out of a
dispute as to-proceeding with the new
programme of Hunter’s, is now under
stood to he another expedition to cut the
Charleston and Savannah railroad at
I’ocotaligo, simultaneously with the na
val operations against Genesis Point and
Coast’s Bluff, preliminary to attacking
Savannah. The Ist of March is the day
fixed for their movements.
The steamer aground yesterday is now
in harbor.
What “London Times” iti ssKi.L Saw.
Mr. Laing, Ex-Chancellor of the Ex
chequer, in a letter to the London Times
on the cotton supply, quotes tlie authori
ty of Russell on the culture of cotton
in the Confederate States. Russell's
observations of our agricultural opera
tions, like Burnside’s of the battle of
Fredericksburg, must have been made
through the medium of “a powerful
glass.” According to Air. Laing he
says :
Irish labor was employed to save the
more valuable negro, and take the
rough edge off the work in clearing the
jungle and draining the feverish swamp.
Then gangs of negroes, working in
brigades like those of a regular army,
were brought into play, with all the re
sources of capital and machinery to cul
tivate vast tracts of the richest virgin
soil.
A party advertises in the True
Delta “to those who own slaves and ltav
ing no use for them, t hat, he has a plan
tation near the city, where, by kind and
strict discipline, he has been enabled to
retain all his slaves at home ; and that
lie will take slaves for one year, either
in families or otherwise, and give them
all proper attention. No wages must be
expected, except for experienced field
hands.” He docs not give his name.
The Boston Rost says that a stick
thrown at a dog in front of the Wash
ington hotel hit five Brigadier Generals.
The fellow who threw the stick cer
tainly exhibited a considerable animus
against a respectable race of canines.
By Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.
ON TUESDAY, 3.1 of March, we will sell in
front of tho Court House,
Seven or Eight Likely Negroes.
Consisting of Alen, Women and Chil
dren.
feb24tds ROSETTE. LAWIION, & CO.
For Sale
A PLANTATION on tho Salem and Columbus
road, adjoining the plantation of Dr lr
quhart. and numbering 270 acres, more or less.
Said plantation is in a good state of cultivation,
good water and healthy location. On the premises
l.- a comfortable dwelling liouse, containing live
rooms, a.good kitchen with good ont-housem and
tin* conveniences necessary to make a comfortable
;md desirable residence. For.further particulars
apply to If. K. Upping, of Columbus, Ga.
fch2s Ifttp j. M. RUSSELL. -
COMPANY WANTED !~
A Fair Proposition for Three
Lieutenants!
JIIAX Ebeen temporarily relieved from duty ns
«n Aid on lien. Paul J. Semmes' Stats, with
whom I have served 12 months, with authority
from Col. John W. Evans (whoso authority to
lorm a regiment emanate, from the Secretary of
war,) to raise a company, and to pay SSO Bounty
and furnish Clothing to Recruits for tho same
1 propose that Squads of not less than 20 men
unite, in any ofthe counties In the 3d Concress
tonal District and elect a Lieutenant and a fair
proportion of Non-Commissioned Officer,, and on
ter my Company, upon condition that they retain
the position in the Company to which they are
nominated by the Squad. Commissioned Officers
aktng rank according to number of men fnrnish-
Compni'iy into the Confederate sm'yice'tn'' hi
JWm/nm,) 1 : Evi * ns fl< 'P m ent, under Brig. Gen
"'2Sr U “" and in ®°uth-western Geor-
Those liable to be Conscripted now Joining Re
intents already in service, and thereby losing
bounty and privilege of electing officers'of the!
own number, will here find an inducement
Apply at the Store of.T. K. Red.l A Cos m-ad
dress me at Columbus, Ga. ’
_ . JOHN K. REDD. Capt.
limes anti Enquirer copy. f*4>23 lot 1
Special Notice to Conscripts^
MEN liable to Conscription, and not vet en
rolled, will learn something to their* advan
cal.Unf “PO» me- I will he in .and about
Columbus for twenty daya.
GEO. W. ATKINSON, Capt.
Com’d’g Atkinson Artilfcry, and
feb23—»tf C ° rapaoy C * 9th Qa * Bfttt Artillery.
LOCAL INTELLIGEWCB.
A Card of Thanks.
CoLiMfU..-*. Fc»». 25H*, 1803.
Henry E. Day, Treat r <'h>hr
Silt: The- Board of ! i!tcOrphan Asy
lum respectfully acknowledge Hi.- reception of
your favor of fin* in-t.. eurloniujr $151.50. They
gratefully return tbeir heaity thunk to the mem
bers of the - J’.ttt irttc Club.” I ff the kind lemqju
! trance of rh rpha-:. ' YtCJM TMS'T.
Nutlet.
Ii». cina.ll riM’ekh of Mtai lot i ; . Hoi -
i it* on & Cos., will be redeemed hv us in future.
*12 3 ts BKDELL & CO.
To Ai> r *- ~v■.n'iis. —Onr .advertising
friends are requested 10 hand in their
favors as early in the day as possible.
By handing them in early'" they will .al
ways be sure to appear, and will be “set
up' lo appear to better advantage.
MvidenTltoT 16.
* MUfCOGEE RAIL ROAD COMPANY, |
Colnmbi\s, Ga., Fob. 18,1803. j
The Board of Directors have declared
a Dividend 0f54.00 per Share on the General Stock
of the Company, payable on demand.
J. M. BIVINS,
feblS lm Sec’v and Treus.,
Notice!
lIKATKJI'AKTKRS 31 ST <1 L IlKilMi Ni . »
F. bi nary 13, iKttt. {
Sjucitt! Or<hr A<>.
The attention of all men now absent, on sick fur
lough, front this Regiment, is called to the practice
of applying for an extension wihout a proper cor
tificate. lleuceforth no extensions will he "ranted
except on the certificate of an Army Surgeon.
By order of .1. If. LOWE,
Maj. Coin'd pi
.1. T. Mo<«L\ty, Acting Adj’t. f«h23-2t
The ste.-uuev Indian, (!. D. Fry,
niasior, will leave for I'liaitahoochee,
and all intennedi.-itolandings, on Friday
morning, 9 o’clock.*
The “Georgia Defeiulorsl”
tin the 22d inst,, Mayor Wilkins ml
dresseil a note to Gen. Mercer, command
ing the Confederate foveas at Savannah,
informing him of the readiness of the
Company recently formed in this city
for the defence of .Savannah, to report
for duty, stating that they only awaited
orders to repair to that city.
In reply, General -Mercer tenders his
thanks to the citizens-composing the
patriotic company, and says that “so
soon as lie is confident that the enemy is
ready (o advance upon the city, he will
call upon them to rally to tha(, point.”
He recommends Captain Wilkins to bring
all the arms and ammunition at his com
mand, amt ,«ays that, transportation and
rations will he furnished while the com
mand is in service.
Dons. —Dog skins arc now in great,
demand. Dog skins will purchase cotton
cards in Milledgeville. Dog Skins Will
bring a high price in money, if cotton
ca.rd.4 are not. wanted. No other kind of
skins are so well adapted to the manu
facture of cotton cards, and no other
article seems to be in so great a demand
just now, as cotton cards. Everybody
wants them. Everybody’s wants in this
particular might, he supplied in a short
time, if everybody would go to killing
and skinningthe thousands of worthless
dogs in the country. The city of Colum
bus alone', oould furnish dog skins
enough to supply a dozen such cities
with cotton cards. Why don’t somebody
begin the good work? Our streets,
alleys, and hack lots are full of dogs.
Tn many part ft of the city they appear
to have taken undisputed possession.
They are as numerous ns the frogs of
Egypt, and we doubt not, very little less
annoying. Why are they allowed to
live ? Let them be killed, and their hides
taken off, and let. the price of bread and
cotton cards thereby be reduced.
Strayed!
17* ROM the residence nf the subscriber, in liar
. flour county, Ala., on Sunday, felt. 15tli, a
Alack Mare, about 6 years old, hipped, and n sor
rel Colt, 1 year old; also two black Mules, medi
um size, one lias a bend in tho fore leg, about five
years old; the other has lost one eye, is seven or
oiglit years old; one sorrel Mule, with a knot on
bis shoulder, medium size: 1 mouse colored Mule ■
the two last nine years old. A liberal reward will
be paid for their retnrn. \
W. P. STREATER.
fehgi Imp Cnwikeo P, 0.. Ala.
Plantation for Sale.
I Alt OFFERING my Plantation for sale, 12 miles
from Colnmbns, near the Muscogee It. It.—
There is 1,175 acres, 600 of which tire cleared, 250
acres rich bottom land, the balance strong pine
land. The place is in good order and under culti
vation, and can be divided into settlements—the
improvements are all good. Any ono desirous of
purchasing a good placo, and convenient to the
city, would do well to call on
fel>23 dlw&Wtf A. .1. ODOM.
A HARE OPPORTUNITY !
REAL ESTATE FOR S4LE !
THAT woll known and valuable property, on
Oglethorpe st, opposite Temperance Hall, (the
business stand of Lockhart, Young & Roberts,) is
ottered at private sale. For particulars apply to
Urn undersigned, at-tlie Office of the Eagle Manu
iW O'!'r Po ’ JOS. A. ROBERTS.
ENGLISH PRINTS !
FOR SALE BY
Hi, Straus ct> 00.
tVo. 117, Broad Bt,
LONG CLOTH (bleached);
Unleach ml Sheeting and Shirting;
Osiiabiirgs, A arns, Woolen Jeans :
Ladies Hose, (white and colored;
Black Alpaec.a, Alerino and Drapdete
Second Alourning Delaines •
feb2l 3t . ’
Cancer Cured.
FOR tlie benefit of suffering humanity. I would
inform tho public that .Mrs. Henry Warnka, of
tins city, can Cure Cancers of every description
nnd tit every condition, provided, it. is so situated
that she can apply her remedies. She lm, com
pletely cured a Cancer on tnv face, within two
week, of more than three years standing; a, all
my friends ami neighbors ran testify, i would
say to all afflicted with that desperate disease. Try
Mrs. Warnka, for she can euro them without fail
„ PIItEBE NIX.
-Residence near Dr. Pond’s. feh24 Iwp
Deserted !
QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE,)
. Oolumbtis, Ga. f
fpm. usual reward will he paid «,r rite appre
-1 lien,ion and delivery at this office oftlie follow
ing •anted soldiers, detailed as Shoe-makers for
Government Shoo Shop of this ni tre
nraV’ bfwt a inches, complexion fair, itair
light, eyes grey, fiom Butler co., Ala
1 ) 'f°y sl: ' C , O - °’ - I ' l 0a - Rest., age 47 years,
id. son d'ari.-' " ln< i ‘' rJ ' l "* ir ~lark ' ‘‘l’” bine?com
-Irt Si t ' t- W. DILLARD,
f ' h 24 1w Maj. and Q. M.
Boiler Iron.
A!'T:u sheets excellent boiler iron,
lievor u-etl, enough to m;tke a Boiler.
Apply at OKFICK R. I. PAPKII MILLS.
feb24 3t
Powder! Powder!!
AFEWQn.trtcrand Half Kegs best Kentucky
Killo Powder for sale by
feblk lw BREWER & PATTERSON.
For Sale,
A THIRTY HORSE POWER ENGINE and Boil
or, with every thing complete, now in opera
tion, in Chambers countv, Ala. For particulars
enquire of D. KEITH,
fe1124 lw at the old Presbyterian Church.
Lost,
ON the North Common, between tho residences
of Dr. Higgins and Dr. Schley, a large Gold
Pencil and Pen Case. The finder will be liberally
rewarded by leaving it at the SUN OFFICE.
feb2s 3f
auction sales.
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
/ \N THURSDAY. 26th February, at 11
" * we will Sell in front of our Stoi c
A Very Likely Negro Girl, la vcar
oltl, sound and intelligent.
fel>2s tds
By Ellis, Livingston &~Co"~
181 BOXES TOB-A rr;o ;
,\T A I KJTIoN.
i.4 ' K will -sell on THURSDAY, 26th inst , i.
* V in front of onr Auction Room, without- i*
181 BOXES TOBACCO,
Including all grades. lcbD.i 1( r
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
O 4 j; j* * GOOD COPE BAS in cO end v
t MM / ii> Packages. i A
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
EXECUTO B’S SALE!
ON W EDNESDAY, .March 4th.-at l(t
A.M.. in front of Ellis,Livimoiton t c
Auction Room,
SHJ Shares MusCogeS Rail Road Stock;
—also—-
3tii Shares Mobile & Girard Rail Ron-l
*S4ock ;
10 Shares Planters’ Salt Manufachn-..
ing Copipany.
Three Lots on Oglethorpe Sl„ to-n u:
The South half of Lot 192;
Lot 19(1, containing one-half acre of
Land, one eight room Dwelling and all
necessary Out-buildings :
Lot 197, containing one-half acre ot
Land, a six room dwelling wiili all ne
cessary Outbuildings;
The following l.ots in tho Northern Liberties
adjoining the North Common ofthe city of(\,| um
Inis, tn-wit:
Numbers 9, 10, 22, 23, 37, 38, 39 lit
41, 42, 44, 45, 40, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, !yf
53, 54, 55, 50, 57, 58, 59, GO, 01, 02, t,
0 1, 05, 00, 07, 08 ;
—ALSO—y
Lots on the Past side of the Hainifeou K<iiul,
adjoining the North Common, to-wit :
till, 70, 71, 72, 78, 74, 78, 70, 77,
ALSO—
Lois adjoining I lie East Common, 78
70, 80, 81, 82, 88, 84.
Maps ofthe Lots, showing thejr position and
measurement., ertn be seen in the Auction Room
in tjiis city.
"Terms Cash.
JOS. W. WOOLFOLK, )
WM. O. WOOLFOLK. J Jx * '
HLLTS, LIVINGSTON & CO., Auct'iv
. frbG-lm
Sequestration Sale of Sixteen
Negroes.
I>Y Order of the lion. Edward J. Harden ltH-
J tiict Judge, will be sold on the first Tuesday in
March next, before the Court House, in the city
of Columbus, within tho usual hours of sale, sixteen
negroes, to-wit: Philip, a carpenter, about 45 years
old; Alfred, a man about 32 years old; Allen, a
man about 20 years old ; Tom, about 17 years old .
Mike, about 10 years old ; Jane, about 21 years old;
and her two children; Francis, and her three child
ren; Martha, a house woman, 30 years old: Julia,
about 25 years old; Tom, a man about 45 years
old: Dick, about 45 years old. Sequestrated by
tl*o District Court of tho Southern District of (In.,
as the property of W. A. J. Maddox, an alien ene
my. Conditions—Cash in Confederate States bond,
or Treasury notes. W. C. DANJKL, Receiver.
feb!2 tds By R. L. BASS, Agent.
Mobile Sl Girard. H, *E• Lauds
for Salo.
I WILL offer for Halo on TUESDAY, Stl of Maivlt
next, at .Girard, Aht, the Lands belonging to
the Mobile & Girard Rail Road Company, lviim in
Russell county, Ala.
—ALSO—
At Union Springs, Ala., on the THURSDAY fol
lowing, (sth), the Lands of the same Road, lviiift
in Macon and Montgomery counties, Ala.
R.O. HOWARD, Ag't.
-Times copy till day of gale. fel/20
AUCTION BALE OF
20 Fine Mules and 5 Road Wag
ons with Harness.
I WILL sell at MIDWAY. BARBOUR COUNTY,
ALA., TUESDAY, tho 3d day of March next,
to the highest bidder, for Cash, tho above specified
property.
Planters wishing Stock will do well to attend,
as the Mules are largo and young.
JAMES M. PRUETT,
feblO lot Midway, Ala.
Stray Mule!
STRAYED from my Plantation in Russell co.,
Ala., on the 12th inst., a small black Mare
Mule, mane rather long, and is 8 or 10 years old.
Any information of her to C. IT. Prichard, Hamil
ton, Ga., or myself at Salem, Ala., will l»o thank
fully received. A. PICKARD
feh23 Ntp
On Consignment!
I’AIR MEN'S BLACK BROGANS.
I fp|i23 2w C. C. CODY.
State of Georgia Treasury Notes
S2o,()n() FORPAM -. T^?INS ,
frl>23 1 w at Muscogee R. R.
Turpentine!
m)f\ BRLS. Spirits of Turpentine for sale. Ap
•6V/ply to W. L. CLARK.
fel>23 lw at Muscogee R. R.
The Celebrated “Hughes” Ex
celsior Soap.
T?OR SALE BY
1 L. STRAUS ft CO.
fah23 3t No. 117, Broad M
Oil Flooring Cloths.
For sale ry
fffl'23 6t L. STRAUS & CO.
10 Bales Flint River Yarns
FROM Bto 10. For sale by
frh23 3t ' L. STRAUS & CO.
5 Bales Flint River Osnaburgn.
I? OR SALE RY
feb2.T 2t L. STRAUS & CO.
Wanted,
A file Ofthe DAILY or WEEKLY SUN from
the commencement of tho war to date, foi
which a liberal price will be paid. Apply at
ts THIS OFFICE.
Jamaica Rum !
A FEW DOZEN BOTTLES Pure Jamaica Rum.
For sale by q. B. TERRY.
fob2l 3tp
Lost, *
TN THIS CITY, on Friday, the 20th inst.. on
JL Broad st., between Spear’s and Williams’, a
BREASTPIN, with a likeness in it. The pin was
broken out and the glass cracked. The finder will
confer a favor by leaving it at the
f>>l> ; l SUN OFFICE.
ARMY REGULATIONS^
BY J. AY. RANDOLPH.
THE only complete of the Army Regu
latioiis, revised and enkirged, and containing
many important forms not in any other, just re
c".v j. w. PHASE.
Iron ! Iron!!
A (’EM Hundred Th-\ •" inch and 4 inch Bar
Iron for sale by
feblß lw BREWER & PATTERSON.
Linen Damank Table-Cloths and
Counterpanes.
I HAVE just received a largo Lot of the above
Goods. Call and buy before they are gone.
18 lw * MRS. L. ,7. DAVIES.
Gold for Currency.
131 VERY person owing us a Note or Account,
_J owes it in Gobi or its equivalent. Wc are
willing to take the currency as it is, dollar for
dollar, and we prefer it to holdingyoiir Notes and
Accounts In our possession, and now is the time to
pay your debts ami it will be to you Gold for Cur
rency. J. B. JAQUES & BRO.
febl.S Imp
Notice!
ALL persons indebted to the firm of Bussey <£
Guice will find their Notes and Books of Ac
counts in the hands of Col. B. S. Worrill, Lump
kin, Ga. All persons having demands against
said firm can have them paid off, as money « cot
lecled, or Lv taking notes of tho Arm, taptace or
ours, and delivering notes against the firm to Col.
r tf 9 ‘i°wr tlCnl<,nt ' nrganv a quick.
New Book!
A STRANGE STORY, by Sir E Bnlwer Lvttoii
Just received and for sale by
JaP24 ts J. W. PEASE.
Needles! Needles!! Needles!
HEMMING’S best Drilled Eyed Needles, at 50c
.per Paper. ESTES A BRO.
feblO ts