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it hundred pamphlet*, containing
H -eo hymns, suitable for tie use
I h Schoclo throughout th 9 Coh-
I I *. for sals at $25 per hundred, at
■ SUM OFFICB.
| Writing Ink
I ile, io any quantity do,tired, at
| SUN OFFICE
Note Paper.
Ken Reams FRENCH NOTE PAPER,
■r sale by the quire or react.
SUN OFFICE.
1
POINE, BOILER, &c, FOR SALE
Mi N ENGINE of FIVE or SIX IIORSE POW
■ft ER, with BOILER and SMOKE STACK of
■ifeet in length, will do SOLP or EXCHANGED
■r NEGROES.
■ apply a the SUN OFFICE, where it can bo
■ " SIOO Reward
BTT*]LLbe paid for the npprolieDsiou ond do
livery to me near Salem, Russell county,
or the safe confinement in jai’, bo that I cun
Het liini, a hoy by the name t-f PERRY, be-
B,oging to the estate of Abel Smith, deceased.
Haiti boy is about 18 or 19 years old, a bright mu
■tto, about live feet five inches high ; no waiku
1 looted. •
■ lie left Sa’em, oh tho train iowards Columbus,
Hj the evening of the 19th instant, and was aeon
Hi.ut tho depot on pa«na evening, in Columbus.
fl TUEO. WHITE, Adai’r.
■ of Abel Smith, deceisei.
HftW lm
| SLUE! GLUtI htDF.I“
■ . tUAItI.KS lIESMiN,
■(Successor to A. Zorkoweky.)
I ARE NOW MANUFACTURING A
SDFEBIOR ARTICLE OF CLUE,
.... OQJI. VL TO BNfU4SU.)
which they offer
FOR SALE- BY TIIE QUANTITY-!
Address
CHARLES HETMAN,'
Box 3UO,
Oolutnbus, Ga.
mb a ts
FOR EXCHANGE OR SALES
A T the office of tho “ SOIiTUKRN IRON
A WORKS,’'near the NEW BUIl;QE, the fol
ic wii g articles of HARDWARE, which we will
e i i lingo for Pork, IS con. Lard, Corn, Wheat,
I’i.ur, Fodder, or any other articles of provisions
or for Confederate Currency, >i/.:
I>AR and HOOP IRON oi all sizes suitable for
tat ion ÜBo.
?■ IGAR MILLS AND KETTLES of alt sizes,
from 30 to 120 gallons.
POTS, OVENS AND SKILLETS.
FRY PANS, SPIDERS AND ANDi’RONS. *
CLUB AND BROAD AXES.
SHOVELS AND SPADES.
trace chains and plough moulds.
49-ORDERS thr CASTINGS and MACHINE
WORE promptly executed.
JOHN D. GRAY & CO
.) ftnuary 5,1865 ts
SSOO Howard.
RUNAWAY from thA undersigned, February
2<3th, iny boy GKuRGE, black, mix fjfct high,
weighs about 170 lbe., very active, quick spoken,
auJ"intelligent, may be in tho neighborhood of
West Point, woere hid old master jives. I will
give the above reward for the said George, or liij
safe lodgement iu jail, so that I may get aim.
LAWRENCE ROONEY,
mlw 6t
l. RiVEHSOROfr& CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. 91. Broad" St., Columbus,
CONSTANT DEALERS
Country Produce of All KfiidSi
AND WILL
E X C H AN G E
Potware, Nails, and Osnaburgs, j
ON MOST REASONABLE TERMS. 1
iLcbo Sftrpd
TO EXCHANGE.
PLANTATION SWEDES IRON, •
PLANTATION ENGLISH IRON,
PLANTATION PLOW STEEL,
WHICH WE WILL EXCHANGE
ON LIBERAL TERBIS FOR LORN,
Bacon or Lard.
ESTES & BROTHER.
feb2S ts
Louisiana Bakery.
mHE undersigned begs leave to inform tho citi-
X zons of Columbus and vicinity, that ho is
now prepared to furnish BAKER’S BREAD of all
descriptions, at as liberal ratos as any similar es
tablishment in the city. Customer* can be sup
plied daily by culling at the LOUISIANA SA
LOON, or at tho store of DOUTIIIT & CO., oldP.
0. cornor.
D. B. CALDWELL.
feb9 ts
HurtviUe Plantation Iron Com
pany i
1 FARMERS and others are notified that this
* Company is now ready to supply IRON for
PLANTATION PURPOSES, in any quantity
SCOOTER; BAR, SHOVEL and SWEEP with oth
er kinds, needed for Plantation use will be fur
nished. Samplos may be aeon at the NaijJ Factory,
in Girard, Alsz, upon application tc V/ R Brown,
or at the works, Ilurtville, Ala.
Iron will be exchanged for produce. For price
and terms of exchange address or apply to
W R BROWN, Girard, Ala.
or J W WALKER, Ilurtville.
sep’24 _
Beeruits Wanted.
I AM authorized by Gen. Dabney 11. Maury to
recruit for Young’s Battery, (Crcfi-’s old Bat
tery,) which is now stationed at Mobile, Ala. Ap
plications may b<r made to Jos A. Roberts, at of
fice Eagle Manufacturing Company, who will mus
ter in, grant furloughs, and furnish transporta
,lon" GEO. B. YOUNG,
Ist liicut. Young’s Battery,
Recruiting Officer.
Columbus, G&., March 5,1865 Ot
" ~Found.
ASET of SINGLE HARNESS,which tho ou nor
can have by proving property, and pa; mg
chargee. RW MOORE,
Grant’d Factory.
mh7 6tpd *
Coliinsworth Institute.
EXERCISES will be resumed March tth. Tui
tion aud board exclusive of washing, payable
in provisions at peace pricei. $2,00 per week, pay
able in Currency in advance, SIO,OO per week.
Boarders must furnish then- rooms with Dud
clothing, towels, Ac., or extra charges will bo
made.
iuLS law 2w j McGLAUGIILIN.
g IO O Beward.
I xnl.L be paid far the apprehension and dc-
VY livery to me in Russell county, Ala., near
Salem, or the safe confiueinent in any Jail so that
I can get him, a NEGRO MAN DICK, belungingto
tho estate-of ABEL SMITH, decea-ed_ Said ne
gro Uofblack completion, about five feet six or
eight inches high,and about twenty-six j errs old.
Ho is supposed to be lurking abon t Columbus, Ga.,
aud its vicinity, aud may have a pass, aa 1 nnder-
Ktand he can write. .
THEO. WHITE, Ado.’r.
of Abel Smith, deo’d.
Salem, Feb. 11, 1865 lav.’ Bat 4w
8500 Howard.
CtTOfiEN from tho Papor Mill, on Saturday
O night last, three FELTS. ono entirely woolen,
the other two half cotton and half wool, they are
two yards wide and very thick, resembling heavy
blankets. I will give the above toward ior their
recovery, and proof to convict the thief.
} 3 FELIX WINTER, President.
mliß 3t
Oj-Tiraes copy three tames
Notice to Defaulters.
\ I.L ntraons tvho have failed to make their Tai
A return to the Receiver for l 64, are herecy
notified to come forward and file their amdavit
with the Tax Collector, showing cause of default,
and pay ih«ir proper Tax, before the first of Apnl
next, or execution will isaiio against them for the
double Tax.
GKO. W. KOdi.IT id, Cietk.
mh9 lw
For Exchange or Sale.
A T Haiman & Bro’s. the following article of
A. Hardware which we will exchange forPoik,
Bacon, Uorn, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, I’eas or any
• other articles of provisions—-or for Confederate
Currency, viz: Bar Iron of all sizes, suitable for
plantation use, Sugar Mills and Kettles, of differ
ent size*, Spiders and Andirons. Home Shoeing
and plantation work of all kinds, n-anafactv ed
to order. Orders for Castings aoa Machine work
promptly executed.
L. HAIMAN A BRO.
jan!2 ts
VOL. X.!
THE DAI LY SUN.
♦
From Tistikday’s Fvining Emiioii.
i J’llo9. UK WOLF. TIIOS. GILBERT.
I THOS. GILBERT & CO.,
PROPRIETORS.
Subscription nud Advertising Kates.
Daily Son—one month fG 00
“ “ l hreo months IS 00
Weekly months, $0; G m0f1.,10 CO
CASUAL DAILY ADYEiITISINa BATES:
Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square.
REGULAR DAILY ADVIF.TISIKa RATES:
First Week—s3 per square for each insertion.
Second Week—s 2 per square for each insertion.
Third Week—fl 50 per squaro tor each insertion.
Fourth Week—sl per square for each insertion.
Socond Month—s3o per square.
Third Mont I —s 26 per square.
fjisg." The sales of various articles ad
vertised for to-day, by Messrs. Myers,
Watson & Cos., have, on account of tka
weather, bsea. postponed until Monday,
the 18,h instant. ,
Proclamation.
lii tccordauce with a proclamation o f tho Presi
dent of tho Confederate States, setting apart Tri
day, tho 10th inat, as a day to be observed in hu
; miliation and prayer, it ij roqoested tint ou
that duy all business be suspended, and onr
citizens observe the eanieas requested.
F G WILKINS, Mayor. |
March 0, IS 36 It
A Card of Thiyiku. J
Tlio. uuderoigpod ik.ro tj return thsir moat I
grgteful thanks to their friends and citizens, for ■
their vn'nable assistance i.i saving their propelty i
from tho late firo. |
W B BEACH.
H D McGINNIS, ,
O T NASH,
U T CUSHMAN.
March dlh, 1865 2t
I-Ap’'i'i'ueH and Eujuirer please copy It
The decision of Hon. J. T. Clark in a i
recent habeas co>-pus case, which we pub
lish this morning, will bo interesting to j
the general reader, at well as to members
of the logal profession.
The people should ini crest themselves
more in the deoinions of our civil tribu
nals. Every man who claims the right
of suffrage should endeavor, ns far as
practicable, to inako himself familiar
with the iheory of his Government, and
the prccelc-nts laid down by its civil
courts. If tho masses would inteie3t
themselves more in these matters, snd
endeavor to form clearer conceptions of
the great principles which underlie our
political system, there would be lass ap
prehension for the safety of Constitution
al liberty, and fewer occasions for revo
lution and bloodshed.
Small Pox in Mobile and Talladega.
—The Register of the 5 th, says this loath
some disease has been prevalent in this
city, in certain spots, for sorr>9 months
past, but kept down by sanitary and pre
cautionary regulations. Tho disease bids
fair to extend its ravages by Yankee rec
ognition. The formey exchange of pris
oners in our Bay brought some subjects
who had it, and communicated the dis
ease; aud we learn that tho exchanged
prisoners expected;, to-morrow have the
disease among them. Aa wo have had
enough of this diseaso already,- we trust
it will soon end. Oh, could wo return
Yellow Jack.
Smail Pox has also appeared at Taila--
■dega. Twenty-five cases of a virulent
form exists among the citizens and iol
diers at that place.
/ Cotton in Mobile. —All the cotton in
Mobile has been gathered Together and
stored, if says the Ft.egisier, Mobile
should be attacked, there will be but one
place where their sheila can cause alarge
fire, er if, as a last resort, the city ehould
fall, it will all be burned by our peoplo.
so that it cannot fall into the hands of
the enemy. We learn that parties ovra»
ing cotton are allowed to send it up the
country out of the way. We have heard,
many amusing stories about the secret
ing of cotton, its diseovery, and the
pranks of some of our wag:?, who y.’ill
have their jokes let affairs go as they
may. There has been soma sweariftg,
but all good people (many of whom had
cotton) cheerfully sustain the authorities,
and are willing to make any sacrifice for
the cause. )*
Tiie Generals in Favor 02? Arming
Negroes. —The Missisaippiaa of the 3d,
is informed by a couple of very intelli
gent officers of tho Virginia Army who
left Richmond on tho 18‘h, that the
members of Congress had written to the
different commands to know tho senti«
meat cf the army upon the subject cf
arming the slaves. Answers have been
returned almost unanimously endorsing
the policy, and urging the speedy adop •
lien of the measure. There gentlemen
think there will be but little opposition
to the bill, as framed by Barksdale, of
Mississippi, and that it will pass both
houses cf Congress at an early day, if it
has not already done so. They also state
that between 500 and 600 of the negroes
at Richmond have expressed a desire to
be allowed the privilege of volunteering
as soldiers in the Confederate service.
At Greensboro they have done the same
thing; also at several other places in
Virginia and North Carolina.
l MrLOYsiEztx or Negroes as Sol
diers.—We believe Gov. Brown of Geor
gia is the only southern Governor who is
opposed to the employment of slaves in !
our army. Gov. Allen, of Louisiana, ■
though expressing great confidence in an i
early termination of the war, urges the \
employment of able-bodied slaves to j
“make assurance doubly sure.” They j
should do the labor now imposed upon .
soldiers and be mobilized and used to j
military discipline to be employed as an -j
armed force whenever necessary.
Tr.un to the Letter..— Mayor Slougn, j
of Mobile, in a letter to the editor of the j
Mobile Register says, “it is a noticeable j
fact that during the progress of this war,
ihose who have been the most vociferous
in their clamors for the men to go to the
front, are those who have amassed large
fortunes growing out of the war, or those
who are protects! in soft and secure
places from the hardships and dangers
of the “front.” The guilty conscience
is prone to thehalloo “wolf,” with a view
to turn the scrutinizing gaze of the pubs
jic from its own vices and misdeeds.
COLUMBUS, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1865.
Habras Corpus Decision.
UoNFtDMATr STirrs B9fo “ Aß^ 0 S n fTZ T.
byß.s., EngoflkorAc., clark of tho p ft t» n !a
ts ts «ii.w rsw District, at. Cuthbert,
E. M. Black, Jailor, Ac. Ga ., Fob. 18, 1665.
Col. Samuel Hall and George S. Robin
sou for petitioner, and 11. 11. Platt and
E. K. Harden for respondent.
A preliminary motion was submitted
by (ho respondent to dismiss the writ,
as no State Court can exercise jurisdic
tion in any case to which theConfoderate
States is a party, or which arises under
the laws of Congress.
On this motion it was held, let, That;
constitutional acts of Congress arc a I
part of the laws of each State, ond that
it is the right and duty of tho State ;
Courts to recognize, interpret and en
forco them, when they aro applicable to j
a case otherwise within the jurisdiction j
of such tribunals. 2d, Although tho j
Constitution of the Confederacy gives to j
tho Confederate Judiciary jurisdiction i
in “controversies to which tho Confide- j
rate States shall be a party yet when ;
the Confederate States chooses to come ;
into a State Court and ask for her rights, ;
and especially where, as in-this case, aj
judgment of such Court is to bo-recou j
sidered, as being in conflict with ouch j
rights, the State Court will not refuse to j
the maHer-wad-graMt jnolioe.
OPINION OF THE COURT UPON ITS MERITS, j
The facts apparent iu this case are j
these. Ono Jacob L. Cobb, being at tho j
lime u furloughed soldier of the Confed- j
erato States, was sued iu equity, last i
summer, for the recovery of a large pc- j
cuniary demand, and was ordored by I
the Chancellor to turn ovdrto'a receiver |
the assets of the partnership out of j
which the dobt sprang. He, refusing to j
com ply, was attached for contempt, and
under that process has been, by the re*
pondent, jailor of Randolph county,
imprisoned from September 2d, 1864,
until the hearing of this writ. Ilia fur
lough having expired, tho Confederate
States, through tho enrolling ofiicor of
Raudolph county, has sued out this writ
to secure the military services of Cfcob.
The Constitution having given Con
gresc the power “to raise aimies,” and
“to make rules for the government and
regulation of tho land and naval forces,”
[C. S. Constitution, Art. X, Section viii,
pp. 12 and 14], necessarily gives the
right to hold the persons of soldiers in
service by suitable laws. The United
States Congress, in the 21st section of
of (he Act of Jan. 11th, 1812, enacted
that “no non cammiesioned officer, mu*
sieian or private in the military service
of tho United States shall, daring his
term of service, be arrested upon a mesne
process, for a'by debt or debts arising
before enlistment, which may bo -sever
ally less than twenty dollars at the time
when contracted;-nor for any debt what
ever contracted after enlistment.” [U.
S. Statutes at Large, p. 671.} Tho pol
icy and wisdom of this aro too obvioua
for comment. Our provisional Con
gress enacted, Fob. 9tb, IS6I, “that all
the laws of the United States of America
in force and in uso in the Confederate
States of America on the l3t day oi No
vember last, and not inconsistent with
the Constitution of the Confederate
States,” should continue “in force until i
altered or repealed by Congress.” Con- j
gress has not altered or repealed the 1
above cited section of the Act of 1812.
It is consistent with our Constitution. ;
Certainly there is nothing in our condi
tion now to make it unreasonable that •
the right of the Government to tho mili- j
tary service of an enlisted soldier Ehould j
have preference over the right of a pri- !
vate individual to seize and hold his ;
debtor’s body in aid of the collection of ;
a debt. We hold, then, that the above j
cited section of the Act of 1812 is in J
force in onr country.
The attachment under which respond- j
ent holds Cobh was issued as a remedial
writ, in furtherance of private rights.
It is only so far penal that the Chancel
lor will not issue it until, by some diso
bedience, the necessity for so harsh a
• remedy is shown to exist. In this in
stance the terms of the writ required the
defendant, Cobb, to be imprisoned until
he should obey our order for tho deliv
ery of the property to the receiver. Lpon
such obedience the attachment, which
was designed only to enforce it, would
have been exhausted. Still, however,
tho cause wherein the proceeding for
contempt was had, might have remained j
unended, and the rights in dispute un
settled. This process, therefore, cannot,
be Anal. It is "mane process used
here in aid of the collection of a pecuni
ary claim.
It appearing that the debt, for which
the suit was brought, arose subsequently
to Cobb’s enlistment, or his enrollment
as a conscript, and that while he was at
home on furlough, he was arrested upon
this attachment. Such arrest was ilies
gal, as being in conflict with the aforesaid
act of 1812. The right of tho Confede
rate States to his military service is vio
lalei by his impiisonment; and the!
Government asking relief at our hands, j
we cheerfully give it upon the first pre- j
sentation of the facts, by transferring i
! the prisoner to the custody of the nsilU ,
j tary authorities.
! The right of the civil officers to arrest j
! soldiers on criminal process, is fully re- j
cognized by Congressional enactment
: requiring military officers to deliver up
to tho civil authorities those under their
! command who may be accused of crimes.
But great apprehension is manifested
i lest, by delivering the prisoner to tho
i military authorities, tho supremacy of
I civil law over the military may be yield
ed or compromised. That supremacy :
! does not imply the right of a civil offi-
I cer to disregard the rights of soldiers
! a nd military officers, much 1C32 to despise
! those of the whole nation. All that is
i essential to it is that the military author
ities should derive their "powers, not
from the arbitrary will of a commander, j
nor from the edge of the sword, but froia l
laws fixed by the legislative department.!
of the Government end construed by the I
judiciary. Tho Constitution of the Con
federate States authorizes Congress to
make rules and regulations for the gov
ernment of ihe land and naval forces;
and when made they have, as laws, pre
cisely tho same nature which bolongs to
all other acts of Congrose. They are
designed, indeed, to promote tho mili
tary interests of the country, but are
not “military law.” Tho term, “mili
tary law,” or “martial law,” implies the
arbitrary despotism of the sword. Laws
made by Congress for raising, support
ing and governing armies and navies, or
in anywise appertaining to military af
fairs, aro as niuok civil laws us laws for
tho collection of debts. When, there
fore, wo adjudicate a causo like this, we
but, look at the wkolo law of the case.
Wo boar in mind that the State laws for
the collection of debts are modified by
this act of Congress, which the State,
for a most, important purpose, has au
thorized Congress to make.
The military officers do not demand
Cobb at our hands, or at the hands of
the jailor, who-holds him by our order.
No attempt is made to get hira from our
custody by fiuf sword. Tho Confederate
authorities, willing to be bound by the
civil laws Os the laud and the judgments
of the civil tribunals, have appeared
befoie ua as a private petitioner for legal
redress. A more striking illustration of
tho supremacy of the civil law could not
bo given.
The prisoner, Jacob L. Cobb, is there
fore ordored to be transferred from the
custody of the respondent to that of tho
enrolling officer of Raudolph county, to
bo forwarded to his command.
Upon the delivery of the foregoing
I judgment, respondent’s counsel exoept
ed, and moved for a Buporcedoas to ena
ble respondent to hold the prisoner until
after the judgment of the Supreme
Court. This motion was overruled, on
the ground that the laws of Georgia
provide no suporoedeas for either party
to a habeas corpus.
Louisiana Soldiers. —lt fills the
heart of every Louisianian, says Cover
nor Alleu. with pleasure and pride to
see how well our troops have acted
Iu Virginia, in Georgia, in Tcnnosßece,
in Mississippi, in East Louisiana, in this
Department, everywhere they have nobly
done their duty, and won fresh laurels
upon many a bloody battle-field. The
early regiments that went to tho armies
of Virginia and Tennessee have been
most terribly decimated, leaving bat a
few small brigades cf that gallant host,
who went forth with strong arms and
stout hearts, to battle for their country’s
cause. The regiments in this depart
ment have suffered nearly a$ much in
battle and by disease, but have been more
fortunate in recruiting.
When the armies of France returned
from the late Italian campaign, all
Paris received them with that pomp and
circumstance which can only be dis
pi.-iysd in that brilliant capital. All
wealth, and taste, and art could do, was
brought into requisition. Wit, and
beauty, and fashion were there, for this
was the proudest day that France over
saw. Tho triumphal procession of re
turning columns, was headed in person
by tho Emperor, the most sagacious and
successful monarch that ever roigned
over any person. Soldiers of Louisiana!
when this war shall end and you shall
return to your homes, a greater triumph
awaits you than that of Daria. Each
man, the humblest private in the ranks,
will boa hero. The garland and the
wreath shall bo prepared—flowers shall
strevz your paths and lovely women
shall shdd tears for you of j oy. Soldiers;
my heart warms to you all. I have had
the proud privilege of sharing your pri
vations and hardships in camp, and
yours dangcre on the battle-field. You
shall never, never be forgotten.
| The Ravages of Banks, by Gov Allen,
j of La.—Gen. Banks had emblazoned
| upon his banners, “Shreveport or Hell.”
i lie did not roach Shreveport. Uis logs
! itmrod him from lull. It is believed,
I however, that ho will roach tho latter
' place—for it is prepared for the ; e who
have shed their brother’s blood—for the
‘•Devil and his angels.”
If tho “dark and sulphurous pit” was
paved with cotton bales, I verily believe
that N. D. Banks with his co-partners in
trade, Messrs. Mansfield & Cos., of New
Orleans, would get up an expedition
with government transportation, in order
to beg, buy or steal from the devil the
aforesaid cotton. The disgraceful over
tures which they have made, and which
they are novr making, for cotton, are
disgusting to every honorable man.
And now the country presents the
appearance of tho Carnatic aa described
by Edmund Burke, after tbc terrible raid
of Hyder Ali upon its plains. Y’ou can
travel for miloe in many portions of
Louisiana, through a onoe thickly settled
country, and net ueeainau nor a woman,
nor p, child, nor a four-footed heist.
The faim-kouser have been bsrned—the
plantations deserted—tbe onoc smiling j
fields are now grown up in briars and ■
brakes, in parasites and poisonous vinos!
—a painful melancholy broou’d over the j
land and desolation reigns supreme.
From Hodov aud Forrest. —A corres
pondent of the Nashville Free says that
the pickets at Eastpert were driven in on
the night of the 14th of February, by a
portion of Gen. Roddy’s comraand. The
same correspondent says, the rebel, Gen.
Forrest, is only a few miles from Court
land. Portions of his troops are hover
ing in sight every few days. Several
flags of truoe have been sent iu by hi m
daring the last few weeks. Copies -of
the correspondence I intend sending y\ u
homy next letter.
If I mistake not, Gen. Forrest will get
aomethiDg he does not bargain for short
ly, I cannok tell you more, but I fear it
would be considered contraband, theriv
fore, keep cool for a few days nnd yoif
may hear something cheerful.
Tlie Appeal orfioveruor Watts.
Io the proclamation calling the people !
of Alabama to arms, Governor Watts :
says:
It mal'.ors not now, what were your
opinions at the time Alabmaa seceded
from the United States. We are all now
placed on tho same footing. All have,
in some form, participated in the war.
We have sent to tho bloody fmld of bat
tle, our sons, our fathers or our broth
ere; we have equipped them for the con
flict ; we havo sustained thorn by our acts;
we lia7c encouraged them with nil the
powers of language, by our smiles and
our tears, to fight for all that freemen
prize, or freemen hopo. We havo all ta
ken part in olecling to tho presidency, to
the governorships, to Congress and to
our State Legislatures, those who have
sworn to support the Constitution and
the cause of the Conioderate States. ' Iu
every form in which mankind can bo
hound in law and morals we have all been,
aud are still, infolvod in maintaining tho
Confederate States as “free, sovereign
and independent.” O.tr lives, our prop
erly, protection to our wives aad chil
dren, our liberty and honor uro staked
on the result of tho war. Common v oil,
or common woe, awaits us all. Tho t!Uo
of tho traitor and the tory ever will be,
as it has ever boon, to desorvo and ro
ceivo tho execrations of ibe living and
the curses of posterity. Lot us then be j
united; in union there is strength. Lot j
us unite qgr hands and our b;arlr in gtju j
liicre’tfforl to secure safety to mil- prop- ■
erty, to our families, aud liberty to our- ,
selves aud to our children.
Tho rosewos sustained by our armies, !
in view of tho doom threatened against j
us, ought not to paralyze, but ought to i
arouse all our energies, and call forth |
tho highest evidences of patriotism.
Unless tho peoplo of Alabama will do,
voluntarily ; what they cannot, by law,
be compelled to do, 1 fear that Alabama
cannot be successfully defended against
the dangers now impending ovev her.
Tho Legislature at the extra aud the
regular sessions, with a full kuowlcdge
of tho condition of the State, failed to
provide new or more efficient means of
defense. 1 wish their action may prove
to have been founded in wisdom; but
I fear for ike consequences to the State.
Tho militia of tho State, kuowu as the
2J class, by tho laws of Congress, have
been reduced to a very few. The pre
cise number, it is not necessary or proper
to state here; but united with all the
available Confedaralo troops, it is not
sufficient to defend against tho forces
with which the State is now threatened.
Under the operations of the State laws,
the fits*, class of militia cannot, without
their consent, bo ordored beyond tho
limits of their respective counties. The
first class is now composed of boys be
tween 10 and 17 years old and men be
tween GO and 60 years of age; those be
tween 45 and 50 having been, by tho
laws of Cougress, placed in Confederate
service under Confederate officers. In
three of the Congressional distiiota, in
North Alabama,‘the first class has not
been aud cannot, by law, be organized.
The first class, according to reports
mado to this office, amounts to ever
30,000. The boys between 16 and 17
amount to about 4,000. To this class,
this appeal is made, and especially to
.the bravo boys, whoso hearts lovo liberty,
*and who know no such word as fear or
fail.
| In this crisis, I make one more appeal
! to your manhood and your love oi' conn, j
try. J>o you love your Stale? You I
will not hesitate to rally to her dofcnco. i
Would you keep and enjoy vour proper
ty? You must now dsiend it. Bo you
love your wives and children ? You
must prepare at once to dofond them,
your homes and your firesides. Do you
love your mothers and you sisters ?
Then, young urea pet on the armor of
war, and strike for them, “for God and
your native land.” Do you lovo liberty ?
You must draw your a vords, shoulder
your guns and show, by your acts, that
you will bo freemen. Will you be slaves
or will you bo freemen, peopio of Ala
bama? Will you secure the blessings of
liberty to yoursolvcß and your children ?
Will you have independence and peace?
The path to liberty and to peace will be
found where your country’s soldiers
stand. The road to safety, to liberty, to
hciior and to glory leads over tho same
ground.
Tub Ladies or Louisiana. —Governor
Allen says:
1 have promised every lady in Louisi
ana a pair of cotton cards. This prom,
iee is nearly fulfilled. The cards will
soon be delivered. There are to-day no
fair hands in the State idle. All are bu
sily engaged in making cloth, first for the
woldiora in tho field, then fur themselves.
The music of the spinning wheel and loom
is to be heard in every farm-house from
early morn til! dewy ovc. It is a glori
ous sight and cheering to tho patriot’s j
heart when the oged mother, with silvered j
locks, sits by the fireside, lighted by Gib j
I brightly blazing native pine, (candles!. <•- ;
i jug no longer in use,) her fair daughters i
i assembled around her, some carding, some j
knitting, while others arc engaged i.. .
that truly graceful tusk of spinning; all j
cheerful and happy; though a tear may j
steal from tho mother’s eye, as she thinks
of her dear boy far away, lighting
the battles of his country on tho banks
of the James or the Tennessee. God
bless the noblo mothers of Louisiana '
I was called on hy an aged matron, who
said tome with tearful eyea :• “Gover
nor, I have eight sons in the army; I
have one more, my darling little Banja
min. He is just seventeen, and now the
Captain of the Reserve Corps has sent I
for him. He wants to go, Governor, but !
I want him to stay and take care of mo
in my old age. But God’s will be done !
I love my children much, bat I love my
country more. Ho shall go ' He isyoung
and tender—my last hope—but he shall
go ! he Bhall go !” Gentlemen, with such
mothers ns these, we must, we will tri
umph. In other lands there may be wo
men equal to lho3e of Louisiana, but I
cannot believe it. Throughout the State,
the ladies have not only clothed our j
troops, but have given great assistance j
to other Confederate soldiers. Sewing j
societies, concerts, tableaux and banquets ,
have all been brought in requisition ; and j
i many a brave soldier has reaped the fruits i
!of these patriotic exertions. One rone- j
: rable lady, seventy-seven years old, in ,
i the parish of DeSoto, has unit with her i
j own hands, one hundred and twenty .
! oairs of socks for Missouri soldiers. !
I *
jX Suffering ix Savannah.—A lady who ;
j left Savannah t'.vMvo days ago, brings ;
intelligence of great sufleriog in that j
city. She sayß many persons arc in a ;
starving condition. Also that the Van- j
kees are digging entrenchments through
the graveyard, turning up the bodies of
buried persons, and leaving them ex
posed to the public gaoe. Among other
Bodies thps treated, she mentions that of
Mr. Dempsey, formerly cf this city.—
Journal and Metsentfcr, Hth 9 y
(NO. 187.
Thr Columbia P.eli*: Fcnd.—Tho
amount, collected thus far in Augusta,
for tho relief of the Columbia sufferers
is $103,801.
The Indies of that city are collecting a
and for the relief of tho Columbia suf*
ferers who may oomc to that place.
The Masonic lodges of Augusta con
tributed the entire surplus hi their
treasuries—six thousand dollars- -to the
relief of the needy and homeless ones of
Columbia.
Feom Nashville. —The Nashville Press
o'fthe 18th ult.,'has the following:
Planter’s and Union Bank ha<£ some
what improve 1. For tho former brokers
pay 73, and sell at 75, with but little in
tho market, (phe notes of the Union
Rank are bought at 68, Ond sold at. 70a
T 2. lk.nk cf the Union is only 10 per
6“nt. discount.
fcfiu.-' r«ankroumlns dull, and witkbut
little in the mrrkot. It is bougfft. at
about 40 centa in <he dollar and sold at
42*45.
-Southern money is still very low, and
broker? only offering 40 cents in thodol
lar for it. Tbc notes of the Central rail
road, of Middle Georg!: , and Marino
Bank command 3(1 cente, while the Bank
o4' Savannah Is hold at 25.
Nashville appears to be well stocked
l with auiueemehin. There arc three Ihea
(,rr.r, an opera troupe, ad a buitdofmio
' Strfft. Mtra ’MwirgttritaTWbilti S jiltyhijf'
at the old theatre.
Messrs. Burner and Douglas havo open
ed the race course, and three matches
! came off on the 18. h.
i The Press says that the city and couu
’ try is full of robbers. It mentions that.
I Capt. Win. Boyd was stopped on his way
to his residence in Edgefield, but drew
his pistol and run the robbers off. Also
that Mr. IV. S. Barry, tho oldest printer
in the Uuitcd States, was robbed a day
or two before.
The death of Mrs. Medora Stephens,
daughter of A. C. Carter, is announced.
Finances and Manufactoiukh in Lou
isiana.—Gov. Allen, in Uis message to
•tho Louisiana Legislature has the follow
ing : .
FINANCES.
At your last session you appropriated
the sum of $11,042,630. J have drawn
from the Treasury $0,247,970, loaviug a
balance of appropriations unexpended #f
$4,794,651. You will sec that (hero is
in ihe Tro isury, of all funds, $3,227,«
859.
MANUFACTORIES.
Having found the State destitute of
manufactories of all kinds, I am pleated
to inform you that there aro now in suc
cessful operation, tho following works:
Two turpentine distilleries, one castor
oil factory, one establishment for making
carbonate of Boda, two distilleries for |
pure medical alcohol, one rope walk for j
cotton cordage, one foundry for cooking j
Utensils, machinery nnd agricultural im- i
plemenls, two cotton cloth manufacto- '
ties, two laboratories for indigenous meJ- 1
ic incs.
COTTON AND. WOOL CARDS.
I have imported and distributed in the
Stale, fifteen thousand pairs of C«Uon
Cards —selling them to the soldiers fami
lies at ten dollars per pair.
At the factory in Minden there are
three machines which will soon he in
; successful operalion, with the capacity
i for mnlcing one thousand pairs of cards
! per month. As ihcse machines cannot
supply Ihe demand, 4 shall continue to
import cotton and wool cards.
Tiik Survivors of Cheatham’s I)iyis*
ion. —A correspondent of tho Mobile
Register, ts ho lately passed over the rout e
belffi’Wt- Mao an and Annual?, tjkie
following sad story of some (he gallant
Tennesseans:
It, was my forlur.o Io meet with the
remnant of Choatham’s old division, tho
voieraiiß with whom I campaigned in
ISfiii—t. Alas! a remnant. The tat
tered, scarred and worn battle-fiags that
flutter in the air over the littlecommand,
aro not worse used and mangled than
the unconquerable soldi’rs who still
cluster around them on the march and
battle. Out of tho many thousands who
fought at Shiloh, we havo aot one thou
sand left. Many companies have only
one man, some not one, left, fine com
pany iu the 14tlv Tennessee regiment has
, tt iy its second lieutenant remaining.
A soldier from .ha Virginia array ask
ed one of our brev: men where his.com-|
inaud was. lie nvioted out the little
squad that vn. were marching with. Baid
! (he soldier, ” where are the balance. 1 any
straggling V\ “The balaßjm,'Bir, are -at
J Balmont, Shiloh, Derryville, Murfrees
-1 hero, Chiokamaaga, Missionary Ridge,
j and from there to Jonesboro ; thousands
tie nt rest on the field of Franklin, nnd
■ hundreds uselessly laid-down their arms
i at Nashville. A Liousatid other battle
; fields and skirmish lines attest -the burial
| j-dacea of our thousands. A few of us
t i emain ; perhaps our turu may be next.”
j J , Or.orJ volt 1885.—“ Economy,” a orrespon.
(Iu: t if lUb Montgomery Advertiser,advise*pLnt
i erH as fjlluw* :
Iu printing your - ,ps ibis year, bs laieful to
plant, liiosu things which will give you the laigost
yield or foot for tho aruiy nob people at bume.
This is at .jiicj best au.l most profitable for your
self , m ,| 111 ~ ftini.ry. Lot me cal! your attention
to the itoin of i ice. You way plant it on ali of
your wrt luars’i land, which would be likely to
1 iii will, coro, and ic will yield you from 25 to ..0
bushel, p- r ante. Pico is easily w. rltcd and
easily gathered. If there is a mill within your
, each, it will be worth from $lO to sls par bushel.
It there is no mill, a bushel of rice ii equal to a
bushel of corn, ami grows irotu three to lire times
ts abundantly.
1 I w ill not farther occupy your MlAbtion. Plant
i rice, and tints make your a. ros most productive
i which havo heretofore been tlio toast so.
WAR TAX NOTICE!
\\JVi will attend a* - . the following times and
VV placed to ageoseand collect the Ooul«di*rat©
U’axce of 18*14 ; also tho Registry Tar for 1805.—-
'I ho«e Laving Four Per Cent. Certificates too Jaige
to meet the payment of their tax uro rsqirred »o
goto tho Depositary and have them changed to
(.ait the amount of their tax.
The Collector of Tax iu Kind and tho As*essor*
of Htute and County tax will bo with on.
Those who do not meet us will leo treated as
*»ef*ulters,as the law directs.
Monday 27th Feb., at Sundfort
Tuesday, 28th Feb , at Ucbee Post office
Wednesday,'March Ist, at Hnrtvillo
Monday, March 6th, at Baltin
Tuesday, March 7th, at Opelika
- Thtmolay, March 9ib, at Wacoocheo Vallay ?
■ Friday, March iOtb, at Dover Pont Office
, Saturday, March l i ill, at Girard
\ Monday, March 13 b, at Crawford
■ 't nesday, March 14ib, at Wm'ool* Depot,
i Tlur.dav, Mu ch lT,b, at Vi i<ilA
| Friday, Ma-ch Mil*, Brown « Shop
• F.O.BLAPPJCY,
j C 1 3/,f h J)i*t. of Ala.
J. A. DAD.HON,
C. .J. 1.LW19,
Assessors.
fttb2l dWSvr
COFFiHS I
y/ H.PT ou hand, of duforent sizes, at my shop,
fV »n the old OGLLTHOKPB BUILDING.
O. W. HKWBCN.
On and after Ist of October, my business
will be REMOVED OPPOSITE to tho old Ogle
thorpe Hotel, at the place formerly ooer ' ed by
UKNBY McOAUU2Y
ts
Attf&Uer,. :, ;A Claa* AUbsirr,?,
Ytllstia.
'>w*rs CcCvtt OofrxAMtwST, 1
34 Clone S. M , Union Sp-icgs, Ala., >
MnrAh VIBSS. )
In olv«dlouco to Oenarnl Orders No. 8, Aijotaac
sal Inspector QonornVs Office, Hcat-ornery, Ala,
tbs Seat Oorhmandsnts of the Id Clm» Stn’o Mili
tia, AJU ensEßt? to nrTost snd tr.r \ orer to the
Officer of thD oonnty, VI desertve,
stragglers, skulb.era and abs-ateosfe-m t,ho nrro7,
In their respective Beats.
By the 2d icctlonof an act, entitled “An aot, to
ali tbo Confbderate GoveriuaoMt in arroeting dc
eortors and other*,“ “Approved Angnot Il'ihjaSß,"
it is made “llie doty of the county commandants,
and of civil aud military officers in their county ,
to caune tlio arrest of nil pursons who aro In the
military eerrioe of tho Confederate" Slates, ond «
vrho are improperly absent from tbolr commands.’*
“All needful force, and the needful military
power of tho county, may lawfully bo employed.”
By tho 10th section of Ui • same act, all civil and
military officers charged with duty Imposed on
them by tho Bald 2d uctlou, hilling to perform the
duty, are male guilty of a mlsdamoaaor, and sub
ject to WMcnlhm and ruNisiiurNT by fine or im
prisonment.
You are hereby required to vigilantly observe,
and Btri-tly enforce ibis orn.r.
By command of
OHAB 11. GREENE,
Major and county Qomnmndant.
N. J. Thompson, Adjutant,
mh l lm
Orric". Post Q’r. 7tn Cons. Dirt., Ai.a_,\
Opohka, Ala., March 1,1805. j
Captain Joseph Farloy having been relieved (ai
his own request,) I, in accordance with orders
from the Controlling Quartermaster, “Tax in
Kind,” State of Alabama, take charge of “Tax in
Kind,” 7th Congressional District, Ala.
J. M. PERRY,
Capt. A Post Q’r.lth Cong Di.it Ate,.
| March 1, je«s If
llzjrovsßirss WanngiL’s Battiuit, i
Columbus, March ad, Jb6s. f
This city, if.i supposed is threatened by a raid
Os tho enomy. I havo a battery", without horses,
w hich is pooled tor its dofonce. It req lires elxty
fonr horses. If I can el)tain this number torn
elUneus iu tho ody aud tho adjoining country,
both In Ueorgla ami Alabama, Iu bo used only In
aa emergency. lam auttaorlr.otl by t o Pool Com
mandant to s«y, that Much porees will be exempt
ed-Irom any order of the
emergency may at in-', they wiilbe needed only
once a week for drill.
j.eavo all offius iu this bchaif at tho office of
Post Commandant, Unqnuer office, or with meat
Dr. and iSraffonried’s.
J. F. WADDELL,
nilid fit, Mi jor Art’y.
Notice to Planters.
Orrrji; Post Quautbbhabteii 1
7thOo«'g. Dist., Ala. >
■ Opelika, Feb: tl, 18G5.J
Defaulters ou Tax in Kind for A. D., 18G8, are
allowed thirty days from date ol" this notice to
deliver their produce, for which they aio in de
limit. Tho necessities of the Government for the
produce, nro such ae to war:ant this notice. And
it io hoped that all will promptly bring on tliuir
, Uthos.
JOSEPH FAIILEY,
' Capt. and P. Q. M.
" I February 7, 1865 30t *
i Wanted to Purchase for tho
Stato of Georgia.
rZTIS following ligt of article* iu ln r ge or small
I quantities:'*
' DACON,
PORK,
MOLASSKtt,
BUG AH,
BEEF,
FLOUR,
CORN In PACKS,
FODDER in BALES, ami
other article* of produce.
Will pay cash, or exchange Factory Yarn, Ga
nahurgs, Balt and Iron, at Birch A Snider’s old
ui And, a few doors from Columbus Bank.
J. L. WINTER,
PfKchssipg Commissary
fel>2 3m
’To Retired Soldiers.
HfiADQUAKTKRS I’GHT, I
C Inmhos, Ua , Fob. 13,18:33. >
! yppditl Omlol’S )
i d\o.M. I
*** * * *
v. A!! retired soldiers who have reported and
Hied their (inscriptive lists in this olßce, are or
dered to report on Tuesday, the 28th inst., at. rt
o’clock a. in., to these Hondqnartors for muster.
iY :> * * *i* * *
By command
LEON VON ZINK EN, .
Col. Comd’g Pout.
Wm. Q. Mosf.s, Lieut, and Asst. Post Ins.
febH ts
OFFICIAL.
Ueadq’bs Ahmifb or OoN?»orRiTC State:’, )
February 11, 1866. j
General orders, no. 2.—in entering up
on 1 lie campaign about to open, tho Genora!-
iu-Chief feels assured that tho soldiers who have
ho long and ro nobly boroo tho h.-.rdships aud dan
gers of tho war require no exhortation to respond
to tho calls oi‘ honor and doty.
With the liborty transmitted by their forefath
ers they have inherited tho spirit to defend it.
Tho ‘’•■Lnl ojibtwocn war fli ’ect submission
is beforffUTfm. . ,
To such a proposal bravo men, with arms in their
hands, can have but one aiiswer.
They cunnotbartor manhood for peace, nor the
right of self-government for life or property.
But justice to them requires a sterner admoni
tion to those who have abandoned their Comrades
in tho lionr ts peril.
A last opportunity is offered them to wipo out
tlio disgrace and escape the punishment of ihofr
Cf JjvMiuttiorify of tho President of the Confederate
States, a pardon in announced to such deseitora
and men improperly absent as shall return to the
commands toawhlch they belong within the short
est possible time, not exceeding twenty days from
the publication of this order, at the headquarters
of the department in which they may be.
Those who may be prevented by interruption of
communication, may report within the fcimespeci
iied t.o the nearest enrolling officer, or other offi
cer on duty, to b© forwarded m ©oon as pn-c lea
ble ; and upon presenting a fruni such
officer, showing compliance with this require
ment, will receive tho pardon hereby offered.
Those who have deserted to the servico of the
! rnomy or who have deserted ufter having been
1 eoce pardoned for the same offence, and t hose who
1 shall d<*sort,or absent iheuißO'vos without author-
I by, alter the publication of this order, are ex
\ eluded from i a benefits. Nor does the < ffer of
■ pardon extend to other « ffeuoea thau desertion
and übseucc without permiesL.n.
liv tho auine authority,it h also declared that
nouonerul amnesty will again granted, and
1 those who refuse to accept the pardon now of
f.;re<l, or who shall hereafier deaerc or absout
iliujitHolves without leave, shall suffer such pun
ishment us the courts may inn * se, and no appii
cation for elo money will be entertained.
Taking new resojutiou from the fato which our
ouomioM inteud for us, lot man devote all
bis energies to the common doleuoe.
Our resources, wisely aud vigorously employed,
are ample, and with a bravo army, suatuinod by &
determined and united peopio, success, with God’s
assistance, cannot bo doubted.
The advantages of the enemy will liuvo but lit
tle value if we uu not permit them to impair our
resolution. Let us, then, oppose constancy to
adversity, fntitude to suffering au<f courago to
danger, with tho firm >*33nranco ihat He who give
freedom to our fathers will bless the efforts of their
children t > proaoiveit.
iuiro-dt K E LEE, General.
jg#*AU newspapers iu the Confederate States
ur« requested to copy nix times the above [General
Order No. 2 J and Hand bills (with a copy of the pa
per) to the it cbmoud Enquirer for payment.
Headers Armies of CosPEJ>i£EA.Tii States, l
February, 11, 1805. (
Gt kWKKAL ORDERS, NO. 3.—-The diicipliue
l nnd efficiency of the army have beeu greatly
iiuimh' e<l ’>y men ieaviQ g their proper commands
to join others, ia which they find service more
almoet iw injur ion* in its coneo
(asMHMtbs 6f desertion, by the Article.
~»■ tVar Maiaei tiit. onendvr to a bimilar punish
to
dlsmL.al f.oNi tho arn;>.' , , , __ , D .
It ia tUerefjro daclmod v*" 4 from armv
Guiieial Order No. 2. ft «*- Tit’ »'v
Uead.|.iarter S ,apply »<>“ wlthoat
P'optir comaiauJs and j..ir, wlu rt caive
bnm - roeularly traoafoirod. .
tl.o pardon promised in ihat oido ™ C anencL
ing wiih it.conditions, or suffer the c 113
attach and ;o mg ectiug it.
Ih« names of such absent! es will be fort,. .**
: reported to these headquarters by the officers wt.***
; ahomtho urese»ving, and immediate
; taken to j turn them to their proper command's
A.4 soon as practicable, an inspection will be
, umde, and chat ge. will bo preferred agni> tt Iho»e>
; who i ©gleet to ime cb this order.
! tnauW. H E LEE. General.
I All nr a .papers «n the Confederate States are
I requesto < to *a>iy .six iim»-H the above [UinerAl
j Order No fcj and tend bills (with a copy of th*.
>o th-» cnqolr«.r lor pay moot.
jSoiiee,
IW ILf. sell to tho highest bidder on Saturday,
»h« IHh dAy of Mr.ci next, at, the plantation
of the late Thos. L. McGowan, deceased, twenty
five or thirty thousand pounds of SKKD COTTON,
belonging to said eetate, and sold at a former sale
to Major B. S. Field, who has failed t» comply
with the terms of s&id sale.
MARY L. McGOWAN,
Administratrix of estate of
Thos. L. McGowan, aec'd.
Union Springs, Feb. 25, 1565 tds
Beotiflod Whiskey ,
ITJIOR sale first door above the Union
J: j. p Tißßgns,
(•bo