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C. H. C. WILLINGHAM, EDITOR.
LA ORANGE:
ntni! nine, ubch *, !»*•
Being unexpectedly called away from home to a
distant part o! the Confederacy, we are compe lled
to defer the rcsompticn ol The Daii.t Rstouter
.until ©ur return. Wc regret this very much in
deed, as it is ©nr desire to make no promise? with
which wc cannot comply. Nothing but important
tiwinesa could induce us to leave home just at this
time. Our friends will please hew patiently with
us arid ire will endeavor to return as soon as pos
sible. C. li. C. WILLINGHAM.
&b24-4t ' Editor.
The Carer ament, the People, and the Army.
The Confederate States, from the time of tbeir
confederation at Montgomery and the <lection < f
President Davis, have been under a provisional,
and not an independent and permanent govern,
meat, as some of our people and political leaders
have falsely imagined. Its removal to Richmond
and the adoption of a new constitution did not es
tablish it as such; nor neither has the re-election
of President Davis and a new Congress, or all the
battles that have been fought, yet made it iude.
pendant and permanent. These are facts which
ihonld be kept steadily l<efore our eyes, ar.d should
influence us as patriots to ins tain President Davir>
Revival or Patriotism.—The insolent answer
of Lincoln to our peace commissioners has fired
the Southern heart Patriotism has revived. Ev
ery breeze from the mountains and tire plains—
from the hills and the dales—from the camps and
the trenches—brings ns the glorious news of pa
triotic revivals.
The citizens and the soldiers are renewing tbeir
vows to tbair country, and are resolved to sacri
fice everything to teach the ftnpcrioos tyrant at
Washington that the Southern people are free—
that his bcel is not on their necks, and never shall
be: that the miserable, puritanical race which he
rules shall never dictate terms to them,’nor de
grade thf m to the level of tbc negro.
We think wc fee© the finger of God in this inter
view between Lincoln and our commissioners. It
reminds us of that between Pharoab and Moses
Pharoal;. wboselicart was hardened, refused to let
the Israelites go in peace. The result was, tbc
plagues of Egypt, the the overthrow of Pharaoh
and the establishment of the Israelites as an inde
pendent nation.
So this Yankee I’baroab, in his pride and arro"
gance of heart, answers oar commissioners that he
will not let ns go in peace; bnt that, for our pre
sumption, fresh burdens shall be put upon us, and
that wc and onr children shall contiuuc to labor
for Yankee taskmasters forever.
What will be the sequel cf this lianghty answer
to our just demands? It will unite our people to
continue tbc war until plagues worso than those
of Egypt shall overtake cur enemies, and until
God shall raise up frie ids to assist ns in punisbirg
a people who have set all His laws at defiance.
levs Heats.
The Augusta Constitutionalist learns from a
scout that Charleston was evacuated by oar forces
oa the lGth February. The bridge of the Ashley
river was burnt, and two regiments left behind
were captured. The depot of the South Carolina
railroad, containing quartermaster, cernmissniy
and ordnance stores, took fire, exploding fixed da-
munition, killing and wounding 300 women apd
children. The Yankees entered the city soon af
ter and assisted the firemen. A large portion tf
the city was burnt.
The accident said to have occurred at the S. C
depot in Charleston, happened at Columbia. The right of self-government for life or property,
enemy shelled the city furiously.- Missiles were But jpstiee to them requires a ■Carper ndt
thrown indiscriminately. A large portion of the
city destroyed. / i
The salt works in Virginia are again iu success
ful operation. _ ?
Hon. Pierre Soule is represented, by a letter
from Monterey, to bare arrived at the city of Mex
ico on a mission frost the Confederate States.
Arrangements have lx en made for the exchange
of all prisoners.
The new Confederate flag has been adopted. The
change made ia tbc flag consists in the division #f
tbc field iuto a white bar and a red bar in eqnK
proportion—the red bar being at the outer end of
the field.
Two boys, aged respectively 12 and 13 years,
were kille 1 at the naval ire n works in Col ambus
Mai «r fl
Hours. Armies of tme C. States, I
14th February, 1865. j
General Orders, 1
No. 2. f
In entering upon the campaign about to open,
the General-in-Chief feels assured that lb© soldiers
who have so long and so nobly borae the hardships
and dangers of the war, require bo exhortation to
respond to the calls of honor and duty.
With the liberty transmitted by their forefathers
they have inherited the spirit to defend it.
The choice between war and object submission
is before them.
To such a proposal brave men wi»h arms in tbeir
hands can bare bat one answer.
They cannot barter manhood for peace, nor the
tion to those who have abandoned their commands
in the boor of peril.
A last opportunity is offered to them to wipe ont
the disgrace and escape the punishment of their
crimes.
By authority of the President of the Confederate
States, a pardon is announced to such deserters
and men improperly absent, as shall return to the
commands to which 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
communications, may report within the time spe-
ified to the nearest enrolling officer or other officer
on duty, to be forwarded as soon as practicable,
and npon presenting a certificate from such officer
showing compliance with this requirement, will
receive the pardon hereby offered.
Those who have deserted to the service of Ihe
enemy, or who have deserted after having been
once pardoned for the same Offence, and tho-e who
shall desert or absent themselves without antbori-
School for R*yi
onr Congress and armies, until onr Independence eohm*' wlllbe found the notice of a school
. i, achieved and our government “ B ^ r ®P cned fur tbc of rctire ' 1
« xan-tt nv tiuiC rTTtet—to become . _.>oldierii,whicb will explain itself. TYe are inform-
mn ft uv“iu:f? tff UTlet—to become soldier*.which will explain
discouraged ourselves anl to discourage others; to ej there arc already nearly oue hundred pupils
denounce our President, Congress and generals, or | a p oa the ground, representing every State in the
to endeavor to engender strife and division among Coufi-deracj —some in the first rudiments and oth-
the people at borne by crying out “usurpation” on en . more advanced. We hope this institution will
the part of President Davis and Congress, and ! i;i^c r a.lly sustained. Wc are gratified to learn
“mimnnnLgiment" on the part of our generals. tbat the trustees of Howard College have appro-
Sensible people know that President or -JtfT < the rent received from the government for
Davis is but a man—that all men are frail and
have their foibles, and “no man is perfect.” They ;
also know tbat be was selected at the time of the
organization of the provisional government at fedcracy
Montgomery as its President by those assembled ,
there in convention, holding in l.-a- <t-
on Tuesday last, while trying to extract the pow- j *1 a ^* r l ^ e publication of this order, are excluded
dtr from a 40 U iul- 1 .L„ti n..._ , from its benefits. Nor docs the offer of pardon ex-
the buildings, to the laudable purpose of defray
ing tbc expenses of the school, The school is
opened to .Indent* from every State in the Con
dor to come ont, when tbc shell exploded, mang
ling them both horribly, so that they soon died.
Tbe news from Paris is in corroboration of pre
vioua reports tlpt Louis Napoleon has taken pay
in land for his services to Maximilian. The prov
ince of Sunora, of which be has tbns come into
possession, is bounded west by the Gnlf cf Califor
nia, north by Arizona, cast by Chihuahua and
south by Cinalvx
A large portion of Columbia, S. C., was burned
by tbe Yankees, on the 18th February. They left
Ibc same day, moving rapid y northward.
It is reported tbat tbe mayor of Charleston has
their bands the
power and destiny of the people of the seceded p.-tlcr on tbe death of young Boe Curtrigbt:
Southern States, end in whom tbe people bad cv.
cry confidence at tbat time, and believed then
was a concentration of wisdom and patriotism
This action of that convention was subsequently
unanimously ratified by tbc people and the army
indent of tbe “permanent government.” He
then, first selected by thooe wbo knew him best on
account of hie known qualifications as a patriot, a
statesman, a scholar, a soldier, and, better than
all, a pure man. He was re-elected by the people
and tbe army afterwards, because be bad sustain
ed himself as worthy of tbc position, and more ca
pable of controlling the great cause in wkicb we
were engaged than any other man in the Confed
craey. He has occupied, since the commencement
of the war upon ns, the most importrnt and res
ponsible position of any man upon this continent,
and perhaps upon the habitable globe. War is an
exigency at any time to any nation or people: bat
the fiery ordeal through which our government has
had to pasB from the time of its incipieucy, bas
kept President Davis, our congress and armies in
a continuation of emergencies. They bare been
but tbe agents of the States in confederation, co
operating for the establishment of an independence
upon which must finally rest a new nationality
and a new government for tu and our posterity.
If they shall succeed In their co operative efforts
in achieving that boon, what a great blessing it
will be for ns; bnt if they should finally fail, after
all tbe sacrifices we have made, what a sad condi
tion we «h*n be reduced to, as individuals and as
a people. How important, then, is it, tbat they
should be sustained by all the people of all the
Confederate States.
The crisis of onr fate is upon ns, and tbe great
question for os to settle among ourselves is.wbeth
V.-en assured by tbe French consol that Napoleon
W « ar f Penuittci to publish the following j wonU recoffnize tbc impendence of tbe Confed
eracy on tbe 4lb of March, and would support it
by force of arms, if necessity.
A little boy four years old, a eon of Mr. Gates,
of Monticello, Fla., died suddenly a lew days since,
from the eflects of smoking a piece ol vine—rop-
Camp neap. Petersburg, Va , I
February 10, 1805. J
Mia. B. M. Ccbtright:
It becomes my paioful duty to inform you of
the death of your dear little son Roe He was kil-
of the Confederate States in bis re-cleetioa as Prc- Jed ^ Monday tbc Gib inst., by a miaie ball en
tering bis skull immediately over the right eye,
passing out at the back of bis bead, producing in
stant death. Poor child! He Tell while fighting
as bravely as the bravest. No better boy has fall
en in this wicked war. Never bas be flinched from
any duly. He prided himself iu carrying out all
orders and instructions given him by any one that
had the authority. It seemed that it was bis whole
study to perform any duty tbat be might be ordcr-
I ed to. This was tbe first time he was ever under
fire, but be conducted himself as if he bad been a
veteran soldier. T! e fight lasted aSout four hours,
but Roe fell when we bad not fought over two. He
followed me through tbe thickest ant^banlest con
tested parts of our line. Let me go where I would,
there I could always find him doiug bis best, with
out tbe least excitement: and when be was killed,
I was only a few feet frohi bim noticing bow calm
and collected he appeared.
Camp life bad not corrupted bis morals in the
least. -I bad frequently advised him as to his best
course, for which he always appeared very grate
ful, and would consult me before doing anything
tbat be was not satisfied was right. I secured alj
of bis things that he bad about bis person at the
time he was killed, and then bad him brought to
our camps and so buried that you can have him
removed at any time you see proper. His knife,
purse, gloves, handkerchief and such other things,
I will send yoa the first opportunity. I di-patch"
cd Henry yesterdoy, informing b.m of Roc's death.
Mrs. Curtriglit, I know thin—ill be a severe .-bock
po.-cd to be the yellow jessamine.
Tbe Georgia Legislature bas decided not to call
a Convention.
We are informed, any? the Southern Confedera
cy, that Hon. Alex. li. Stephens bas arrived borne
from Richmond. Wc regret to learn his health
is considerably impaired. We doubt very much
if he is able to address the people srsy where, as
the telegraph announced he would. We trust
however, tbat tbe quiet of home may soon improve
him.
Major F. W. Dillard, post quartermaster at Co
lumbus, died at bis residence on the 27th February,
after a long and painful illness, ills disease was
said to have been consumption.
Over five hundred negroes from the hospitals
and in government employ in Richmond hare vol
unteered to servo as soldiers in our army, and have
been accepted by tbc authorities.
-e<.
Washington bequeath <T to l,j« heir.-, IliO rrrortt fie
bad won in the unr of Liberty, he '•barged them
“Dever to take it ftom the'fcabbard but in self de
fence. or in defence of their couutiy a >J lief free
dom: 1/ut tbat whe t it cb< ttM thus t>e drawn, tl;*-y
teadJiL'^l'ftbfcSiottr- '*
By tbe same authority, it is also declared that
no general amnesty will again be granted, and
those who rcfaae to accept the pardon now offered,
or wbo shall hereafter desert or absent themselves
without leave, shall suffer such pani-bment a? the
courts may impose, and no application for clemen
cy will be entertained.
Taking new resolution from the fate which our
enemies intend for ns, let every man devote all his
energies to the common dt. fence.
Our resources, wisely and vigor on sly employed,
are ample, and with a brave at my, sustained by a
determined and united people, success, with God’s
attdstance, cannot be doubtful.
Tbc advantages of tbe enemy will have but little
valne if we do not permit them to impair our rcso
lntion. Let us, then, oppose constancy to adver
sity, fortitude to suffering, and courage to danger,
with tbe firm assurance tbat lie w ho gave freedom
to our fathers will bless all tbe efforts of tbeir
children to preserve it
R. E. LEE, General.
MaiM, Fe». *0,*1865.
FINANCIAL.
Sterling Exchange.56 to 60. mjmk
Gold, buying, 46; selling SO. -J #
Silver, “ 40; “ 45. W*
Bank notes baying from 3 to S.
Georgia 6 per cent Treasury notes baying, 170;
^Gosafk 8 per cent Treasury notes, buying, 175;
Georgia War Bonds, baying, 2; selling 3.
First Mortgage Railroad Bonds, buying, 4 to 5;
selling 5 to 7.
City Augusts Bonds, buying, 7; setting, 8.
Old Bonds of North Carolina and Georgia, buy
ing. 6; selling 7.
Confederate secnritierdali; prices nominal.
COMMERCIAL.
CofTox.—Dull at 80c; very few sales.
Groceries.—Flour 350 to 400 per bid.
Coffee, Rio, 35 to 40 per lb; Java, 30 to 35 per
pound.
Sugar 10 to 12; crushed 16 to 18.
Mice, new crop, 2 to 3 60.
Syrup, Sorghum, 16 to 20 per gal; Florida 20 to
30: New Orleans 30 to 35.
Candles, tallow, 7 to 8 per pound/adamantine,
15 to 20.
Bagging dull at 9 50 to 10 per yard, _
Cotton rope 5 to 6.
Salt, coast, 1 20 to 1 25 per lb, Liverpool 1 50;
Virginia 1 40 to 1 50.
Tobacco, chewing, 1 to 12 50 per lb, firm: smok
ing, 1 to 8, in good demand.
Iron 3 to 5 per lb.
Nails 3 to 5 per lb.
Hides 4 to 6 per lb.
Leather, sole, 18 to 20; upper 20 to 25.
Liqcors.—Whiskey, ryt. 80 to 150; corn 70 to
90; brandy, peach, 85 to 110; apple 85 to 100.
Dry Goods.—Calicoes. 20 to 30 per yard; 4-4
sheeting. 6: J, 5 50: osnaborgs, 6; yarns, 60 to 65;
flannel, red, 15 to 30; white. 20 to 30; fancy, 25 to
40. Comitr? jeans. 15 to 40; Colombo* do, 20 to
ZOO; bliidr Engllfe STOTT
To
GEORGIA SOLDIERS
iu TUB ABUT OF WMMtl VTBWUIA.
npHE FIRST VOLUME OF «HEBOB AMD
X MARTYRS OF GEORGIA, Ac.” mis
ready for delivery to the many nabeeribenia the
above army, and womranioatton wife them bring
cat, I am requested by several retook— to fee
army to deliver to theirAurika, as it was for fee
benefit and one of tbsir families tbat fee* mb—ri-
!"«*-. They, therefore, having relations sad Mauds
in tbe following named ill, would feUre
12*!:°* * kb . e h 00 * 1 - *>° n “ posibto, before
this edition Is exhausted by public sale.
The following named command* are wpwaeated
in fee work-tte loons by disease. deatTupoo the
field of battle, wounds, ie.—the number H1H in
every fight; the history of each from ibeir organi
zation; tbc rank of those who have dintfogrinhod
themselves, and many interesting historical inci
dents connected with them: lst;3d,f>tb, I4fe, 18*h,
19th, 23d, 27tb, 28th, 35th, 4‘4h, 48th, 49tb and
64th Georgia regiments; ICtb, 18th (Savannah
Volunteer Guards j, Cntt’s ‘artillery), Phillips
Legion (cavalry) battalions, ajd Thomas’ infantry
brigade.
Tbe subscription price is tin per copy.
Address JAMES M. FOLSOM. Author.
..... Gordon, Ga.
I will send n copy of the work to each newspa
per in Georgia tbat will pttoli-b tbe above, and
send me copy of paper. •- febU 3:
Wanteq.
G eorgia railroad b. j 5k notes.
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GEORGIA SIXES AND EcGTITS.
NORTH CAROLINA. TENNESSEE AND
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GIA AND MISSOURI BONDS.
feb24 -tf JI4SSE McLENDON.
The Destination or Candy and Thoxa.?.—The
Mobile Register thinks tbat a large Federal army
is nndonbudly concentrated somewhere between
Vicksburg and New Orleans, including that of
Sen. Thou a* (with tbe exception of Schofield s
xoroe, which bas gone to Grant) and tbe forces
nnucr Major Gen. Canby. Troe-port© l ave also
gone np tbe river from Fort Kenner near New Or
leans, and it is reported the troops lately loaded
at Pensacola have re embarked and gone West.
All this looks like a concentration for tbc month
of Red rirer, aud a big raid iu the interior of Lou
isiana; ibc more so, as this is tbe only season of
tbe year when tbat riv- r b navigable for gunboat*
and heavy transports. It is significant, too, that
Thomas should bave brought bis cavalry down the
Mississippi on sixty-four transport*, and confirm;
the indications tbat they are to lie used west of !
tbe great river If this combined army do<s noi j
appear before Mobile within Ihe coming week, wc !
may be quite -are that its d stiny is Louisiana j
and Texas, and that some new ar.d pressing puliti- i
cal complication* have cau-cd the sudden iunr.gr
of programme.
Texas was one-: an in li pendcnt State, wlulevcT :
doubt* Federal casuistry may throw on the trig!- i
nal independent and sovereign Matos of the other j
The Impelial General Mejia ha* undoubt- !
Cards, cotton on leather, 50; wool 50.
Drcos.—Alum, 8, copperas 4 to 5; soda 8 to 10;
quinine 130 per oz; blue stone 20 to 25 per lb by
tbe case.
Black pepper 12 per lb.
Soda asb 5 per lb.
Oil, Tanners’, 10 to 12; tcrcbene, 12, retail; lin
seed, GO; castor, 80 to 110.
Turpentine 6 50 to 7.
[Augusta Constitutionalist.
Auction Prices.—In Columbus, Ga., last weel,
sole leather sold at $13 25; wit $1 07; ground
peas $18; China tea plates $23 each; Florida ci
gars $160 per thousand; Stoughton Bitters $30
per bottle; oraages 50c; bacon $4: tallow $3 90;
sugar $8 25 to $10 25; con lard 94 30; barrel do
$3 90; Sain, aged 25, $3,700; Jackson, wife and
child, 88,000: Dick, age 27, $3,600; Patience and
four small child.en, $5 225; Leooard, aged 18,
$3-700; Hany, aged 32, $2.2<>0; Sarah and four
children, ages between 8 and 1, $8,100; Jebn and
wife, $3XU: well rope $16 15 per lb; tomblers
821; oil cfltli $7 50 per yard; one mahogany sec
retory $750; one sewing msebiue $600; one do
$750: negro man Jndah 81,700; silver watch 862-
50; one gold watch 81.750; one bnr- au $400: wag
on and harness $1500; leather 811 75; two -bares
Eagle Factory stock 81,175 per share for 1530
paid in; 15 shares Home Iuwe-anco stock 81t>7 per
share for $50 paid in; 75 *L .res Great Southern
Insurance stock 83<»per share fo* 320 paid int one
share Lamar Exporting A Importing stock $1,050
for 81000 paid in.
Married,
On tbe 23d of February 1865, at the residence of
tbc bride’s mother, by II. W. Morgan, Esq., Mr.
JOHN D. COMER of the Tennessee Army, to
Miss MARY V. BROWN, of this place.
NEW ADV EKT1SEMKNTS.
W’antef.
Impressment Prices.
Li
. Grange Reporter Ovnrr. )
La Grange. Feb. 10, 1865. J
Tbe following scbednle of prices for the princi
pal articles of produce and army supplies at the
places of impressment, or purchase, is agreed open
and published by the Board of Commissioners lor
tbe State of Georgia, to continue in fore-until
the find day of April, 1865, unless sooner altered.
Bacon sides, per pound « 3 cq
bams.
“ shonldera
Beef cattle, gross, per pound
Brandy, per gallon ;
Corn, shelled, per boshel
“ unshelled
Corn meal, per bn-bel^...."
Coflec, Rio, per pound t
Candles, tallow, per pound •
Flour, superfine, per barrel*
** fine !
Fodder, baled, perhnndied weight...... .
•* n nKn !«•<! 4
oubaled
Hogs, fat, oqt, corn fed, pel cwt
*• “ gross “ ••
unfatted, gross.
10 i*»
5 i*>
4 30
5 mi
10 0'J
300
75 Du
60 00
4 50
4 <n
125 0o
luo OO
15 OO
Hides, good, dry, per pourd 3 mi
Not Ice.
F in
COTTON ROI'E. SALT. Ac., for sale at th*
•SALT IlOL'SE, Iju Grange, Ga.
niar3-3t W. II SIMH.
shonid nevtr sheath it nor_ ever give it up. Imt j t |, c Slate* on this side of the great stre*iu7 th.,-e
States.
edly b:en acting ns if uu axnaditicn treaty «::ist
ed lictweeu Mexico aud the Texas part ol the Con !
fcderacy. and ba* returned lugilivis from ju tice ! Georgia, Tioup lOtlllt).
and from service to the Confederate uutliu jlles i Ordixaky « OsKicE. r i-D. L... I.
on fhellio Grande. We did nol learn this from . FAMES II. GALLAWAk, Adminl.-trafor with
flic alarmed uliforia) of the Mew Oilcans Delta ; '* W, B annexed of Kit ward d oiinz Hill, Jr,
The news was brought before by ‘couts and mes- I decease*!, gives notice tbat lie will apply to me on
sengers from Ihe other side of the river. J’eihap- , '*»<-' first Monday in September next for toilers ol
Lit colu Tins beeoiuc alaiinf.d at the.-© motvuii nl*. ' lismission front scid administration,
mid.uiay njijin hend that, v.hile lie is subjugating j All |ierson* arc notified to file tin ir o! j ctkt
er we shall be a free and independent peoy'e, or ( l0 y 0U f or P0 (^mily has suffered more in ibis war
shall we be ter ft and vatsalr of Lincoln and his
minions 7 The enemy ore overrunning various
portions of our country and desolating the homes
of onr peopje, Bffd the women and children arc
fleeing for Gaiety before them to a land of strang
ers. They now threaten us with suljvgation, con.
fiscal ion and even extermination. They present
to oa but two alternatives: one is to lay. down our
arms and submit to their vile edicts, not knowing
their terms: or to fight on nntil we can effect a
more honorable and equitable settlement of our
difficulties. This is not a contest with us for pro
perty or political fame, but a contest for a home,
and for deil and religious liberty for ourselves
and our posterity. Who among us is so base, so
mean and so cowardly as to surrender these ices,
tiamble blessings without on honest effort for oar
deliverance? Wbo bat a knave or a traitor doubts
the patriotism and integrity of our worthy Presi.
dent, Congress, generals and soldiers, who have
been laboring, by day and by night, for i.early
four long years, to conquer for ns an honorable
and equitable peace? Who bnt a knave or a trai
tor, at this crisis, would conspire against these co
operative agents and endeavor to engender dissat.
infection and discord amongst the people of our
unfortunate country, by crying out “usurpation,’-
and “down with the traitor”? No! This is no
time for radical changes either ia the civil or mil
itary departments of onr government, nor neither
itk* timo far strife and divisions amour onr-
selves, i! we expect to succeed. We. must be a
unit; for united toe may stand, but ditided now,
we will certainly fail aod fall. Let us stand as a
band of brothers, supporting the three pillars,
President Dams, oar Congress, and our Army,
and we shall erect for ourselves and onr children’s
children a temple of liberty, upon (he three front
pillars of which shall be inscribed, “Justice, Wis
dom and Moderation.”
than your*: and in your afflictions you bave n y
deepest sympathies, for Roe felt as near to me as
any brother that I have. It is true, be was with
us but a short time, but no one ever mode more
friend* in so short a time a* be did, and bis death
is regretted by ail who knew him. But ala*! it is
tbc will of oar Supreme Ruler to take bim from
our midst, and I pray that he has gone to tbat
world that knows no sorrows.
Should you wish to make any further enquiries
of tbe particular* of bis death than I have given
you in this hurriedly written letter, I am ever
ready to serve you.
I am, a* ever, very respectfully,
D. A. KIDD.
pref< r fall.ng with ii in im-ir bauds to the relin
quishment thereof”—words, says an iniincut Eu-
glisbmsn, the majesty an I simple c'oqnence of
which are uot sun a sed in the oratory of Athens
and Ro ne.
Let every soldier of the Con r ed»rncy engrave
tli« se last wyrds of Washington upon his heart.—
Let them be inscribed in letter* of gold upon the
capitol of every Ce-ifedcrr.ie State. Let tbe pulpit
proclaim them: let the mother learn them to her
children; Jet tin.in b; etub'nzoned on every banner,
ring in i very trumpet c-dl, and Cash from every
sword.—[Riebmoud Dispatch.
if any. in this office, at or by that lime, or said
letters will Ik: cranted. I. IMTTS,
inarcb3-Gtin* Ordinary.
Wmmxo and Branding White Men,—Gov.
Brown, in his moesRge, favors the whippttg and
branding of white men. He says:
I recommend that the penitentiary be abolished
as soon as can be legally done, and that other
inodes of punishment, such as banging, whipping,
branding, etc., be substituted.
The execution of such n law would be an indig
nity to every white man in the State, and would
level him to tbe negro slave.
Wo had thought that an enlightened age had
■ash mode* of punishment aa barbarous
is snmsttmss necessary to the good
djtoi{ftiif 0f the negro, and, when properly ad
ministered. beneficial to humeral character.
Bnt branding, even of the negro, is
rj, erari, and revolting to oar feelings.
Reiiei.uox.—On this subject the Richmond Dis>- {
patch says:
Even Lord John Rnsscil confesses his inability
to see any cans'.-for the excessive indignation man
ifested in llie North at tbe crime of -rebellion.”
England, he observes, rebelled against Charles I;
rebelled against James II; and the people of New
Engi&nd, not content with these two rebellions,
rebelled against George III. Without deciding
whether those rebellions were justifiable, or wheth
er they were wrong, or whether the Southern re
bcllion is justifiable or not, Earl Russell says:
“'The mere fact of rebellion is not, in my eyes,
a crime of so deep a dye that we must renounce
all fellowship and communion and relationship
with these wbo have been guilty of it. I own I
cannot but wonder to see the offspring of three re
bellions really speaking like tbs Czar of Russia,
LhaSuHaiipf Turk'-y.or Louis XIV himself, of the
dreadful crime and gum or r<oeiiion."
What adds to the audacity of this outcry is tbe
simple fact that there has been no rebellion at all
nnlesB it be tbat of the Black Republican party
against the American Constitution. There must
be allegiance to a government acknowledged be
fore resistance of its authority becomes rebellion
The States never owed allegiance to tbeir agenev
at Washington. They were the sovereigns, to
whom, and to whom alone, the supreme allegiance
of their respective inhabitants was due.
Nine-tenths of tbe miseries and vice# of m.io
hood proceed from idle ess; with men ol quick
minds, to which it is especially pernicious, this
habit is commonly fruits of many disappointments
and schemes oft bafitod; they fail in their sehetnes,
not so much from t c want of strength, as from
L e ill-direction of it The weakest living crea-
tnre, by concentrating bis powers npon a simple
object, can accomplish something; tbe strongest,
by dispersing his over many, fails to accomplish
anything. The drop, by continual falling, bores
its passage through the hardest rock; the batty
torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar aad
leaves no trace behind.—[Carlyle.
on the other may slip from bis grasp, aud slide
und- r a Fiance Mexican protectorate. Wc tbsl!
Meantime, tbc milita y preparation* arc being ! file IJHiljf Journal and Messenger,
made here precisely as if it were certain that j /^~\N THE FIRST DAY OJ- MARCH, lb - proprt-
Tiiomas and Canby were coining this way. c * orH o the JOURNAL & ME&?h!VGKU will
Tbc receut campaign planned by Yankee papers commence the publication of a daily and tii wcek-
may be all a blind. j ly> at the following rates of subscription:
A General Exchange ok Prisoners.—A Wash- ;
ing ton dispatch, dated Feb. 4, says it is said tbat :
Daily 1 month
- 2
*• 3 “
8 6
12
18
Tri weekly i month $3
.. .. 2 .. c
“ 3 “ 9
green
Horse*, firm class..
“ second cbias
*‘ third class
iron, pig. Nos. 1. 2. 3, per gio-s ton .. . . . .
Lard, per pound :
Leather, harness, \*r pound.
“ sole
, “ u TPvr
Molasses, Cuba cane, per gallon
'* Chinese '
Mule*, flnt class
•* s* com! class
*- third clas*
Oats. sli< af. toiled, per huudn dweight.. ..
** on toiled
“ shelled, per bu-hcl. . .
Pasturage, per !>.*d, per (iioi.th
Pula toes.'I rub. per bus'-**
“ sweet ...
Pea*, per b<|*hel of s:»(y .pounds.......
pel bjfebcl of lifty ft-'and.*
.Soup. hard, p- r pound.. ......
** soft..... >
.Sock*, wool, per jiair
*" cotton
Sboc*. army, per pair......
Sheep, sheared, each.. .a
-" ttnsliean d
Tallow, per b. f j *
Wheat, clean. p< r bu.-b
Whi-kv pergiif.
1 5-J
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12141 00
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ltd no
2 2T.
5 00
5 l*i
6 OO
10 OO
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15 0.)
20 IM
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15 nil
. .No subscription lakeu for longer than three
Lincoln and Seward have agreed on a general ex- t n.outli!!.
change
place.
of pi isouers, which wi.l foitbzriib take
Plocghixg Mux.ii Cows.—Wo learn that Capt.
James Henderson, of Jasper county has accom
plished tbe task of plongbing milch cows. He
works gear npon them, like he would upon a
horse, or male. Feeding Utem very well, they do
tbeir work kindly, and give more. milk, now,
than they did before be began to work them.—
[Countryman.
The Wbattol—We have had but one bright
day [Sunday) sine* on lari Issne. Ik bas been
mining nhaost inoessnntly daring tbe pant week,
making too streets very naddy nod disagreeable
for pedestrians.
Umbrellas hare risen, aod even skirts have gone
up.
Georgians at Camp Chase, Ohio.—We bave
fust received a letter by flag of truce, requesting
us to announce tbat tbe following named Georgia
soldiers are among tbe prisoners now confined at
tbat place; £ M Sapeter, S T Loe, T H Varner.
W M Bollard, W M Hearn, of Second Regiment
Georgia Cavalry; O F Smith and James Ramsey,
of Campbell County; D A Lowry, ol Jooeaboro;
T R Cannon and B F Benton, of Chattanooga
county; N B Smith, of CampbeU county, has died
in prison.
Tbe following anecdote of the Iron Dnke is re
commended to tbe secretaries for war and for the
navy, who bave spent enormous sums in fruitless
experiments with new inventions. A man cane
to the Duke. -‘What have you to offer?” said tie
Duke. “A bullet-proof jacket, your grace.”—“
Pat it on.” The itri< ntor obeyed. The Dcke
rang a bclL An aid-de-camp presnted hirasrif.
‘•Tell the captain of the gnard to order one of its
men to load with ball cartridge.” The inventor
disappeared, and was never seen again near foe
Horse Gnirda. No money was wasted in trying
that invention.
The Mobile Register’s Loufsiana correspondent
learns from Vicksburg, on the very best authority,
tbat the negroes there are dying at a fearful rate,
from d sease brought on by exposure, want and in
attention. He do-.s not know tbe.cxact number
there, but bis information is that the average nam
ber of deaths per day is about thirty. One day
over forty were buried. The same is the tase at
the negro camps at Natcbe*, Port Hudson and Ba
ton Ronge.
Advertising.—Three dollars per square of len
l I'ccs for each insertion.
The Herald publishes tbe.anncxed upon the sub- | 0 , r £ c £ tfCottJ ‘ t coulract
j*JCt:
and county
IIdqus. At:mien ok the United States, )
City Point, Va. f Feb. 1,1865. f
Rev. Henry W. Bellows, President United States
Sanitary Commission:
8ir—I mm directed by tbe lientenant general
commanding to acknowledge tbe receipt of yoars
of 27tb January, ’65, and to say tbat every exer
tion is being made to effect a general exchange of
all prisoners now held North and South. Owing,
however, to tbe difficulty of moving large bodies
of men In tbc South, by reason of tbc bad condi
tion of their railroads and other highways, much
delay will be cxperienced'bclore onr prisoners can j
reach any place where we can receive them. Ev- j
cry exertion is also being made to release and ex
change civilian prisoners at the earliest moment
practicable.
Supplies or money packages for prisoners in the
South can be sent to Ibem, directed care Lt. Col.
John E. Mhlford, Assistant Agent of Exchange,
Fortress Monroe, Va.
I am, very rcspcctfnlly,
Your obedient servant,
E. S. PARKER,
Lt Ool. & Mil. Sec.
Obituaries and marriage notices to be paid for
»( advertising rates.
Cash in sdvancc will lie invariably exacted.
S. ROSE,
S. B. BURR, J 1 r0 P ric t«re.
Macon, Feb. 22, 1865.
Attention) Retired Soldiers!
A SCHOOL has been opened at Marion, Perry
County; Ala., under the supervision of tbe
Trustees of Howard College, lor tbe benefit of re
tired aoldiera desirous of educating tbcmaclv -s lor
future usefulness.
FACULTY.
Col. n. Talmud, D. D., President.
A, B. Goodhue, A. M., Prof. Mathematics.
D. Goodhue, A. B., Tutor.
G*;x. Suerean’s Resignation Letter.—We
find in a Northern paper, says the Augusta Chron
icle, the annexed letter of resignation written four
years ago by Gen* Sherman, wheu be resigned Ids
l***ition as superintendent of the Military Acade
my of Louisiana:
pST-Tuition gratis.
The buildings are sufficiently large to accofomo-
datc from 250 to 300 students.
The trustees are desirous of securing the
services of two retired soldiers as tutors competent
to instruct in academical branches.
pdf Papers copying the above circular will
please forward a copy to Professor ff. 8. Barton,
Montgomery, tbat a record may be kept of tbeir
kindness in the college archives. mar3-tf
ExhiecSIve.—A young Irish girl, who was ren
dering testimony against an individual in a conit
of law, said—‘"I am sure he never made his moth
er smile.” There is a comprehensiveness and in
tensity of expressin, in this simple sentence, to
wh'cb we have scarcely, if ever, seen a parHel.
Snch a history of bard-beartedness and depravity,
was surely never compressed into eight words.
a pupil teacher, who had jut rewired an ap
pointment In n quiet country village, says that on
the enooad morning “I found lei—re to look about
me, nod among the scanty fernltwre, I eepied a
three-legged stool.” ‘Ie that fee donee’s stool?’ I
said to a little girl of five. Tbe eyes garbled,
aad the coils nodded assent and fitt lips rippled
oat. ‘I suppose it is—the tocher always sits on
that”
The political and moral results of this struggle
will Dever pass away. The infamy of the enemy
will be chronicled m history long after the latt
participant of tbe war bas left this sphere. Tbe e>
amples of patriotism and virtuotis heroism will bt
a dauntless heritage, growing richer aod bolted
aud*bearing fresh harvest of noble lives and deem
while the earth endures.—{Clarion. i
Certain Cure for Ringworm.—Bath# the (art
affected in strong vinegar once a day. ^1 know it
to be a good one for I have tested it foil/.
How to Make Vinegar.—Take one pint of kw>
lapses, pat ft into a jag, poor in os© galled of
warm water, not boiling, let It stood two monfee
and you will have good vinegar. Try it.
January 18,1861.
Gov. Thos. O. Moore, Baton Rouge, La:
Sir: As I occupy a quasi military position un
der this State, I deem ft proper to aeqaaint yoa
that I accepted such position when Louisiana was
a Slate ia the Union, and when the motto of the
seminary was inserted in marble over the main
door—“By the liberality of tbc Goueral Govern
ment of tb* United States—tbe Union. EMo per-
Keeeat events foreshadow a great change, it bt|
com— all men to choose. If Louisiana withdraws
from fee Federal Union, 1 prefer to maintain my
allepanoe to fee old Conetitntioa — long — a
fragment of itBvives, and my longer stay here
would be orafu every settee of tbe word.
Ia tbat event I beg yoa will eaad er appoint
—me nnthorl zed agentjp take charge of tbe arms
aod sinaitioBsef war hero, belonging to tbe Mate,
or direct me what disp—itien feeald be made of
(Icnrral Oi*it-
1IKADQU A KTElL^ 6
•la-11'
A LL ABSENTEES Ftj<
toA. sire hereby ordered ty
upon the t-Npiraliou of th^ir
By orJ- r ol
lLicit Birl-Ai,
B.
Ni o. —.
IGA. I.' BGT..)
3-1. 1065. (
THIS COMMAND
ri itaimdiaiel/, • r
rfougb.
R.S McFaumv.
To i
FOUR PER CENT
Show-caw, which I
coining forward, proving
this advertiwuicul. If
days it will lie sold to
let 10-It
JUMB3.
60tb Ga. Urgt.
(rbl7 41
Watchen
A lbert leuman,
sale.
25 GOLD AND 8,'LV
13 GOLD CHAINS.
11 8ETS OF FINE
Together with several
dry line. Call soon, as
limited time only. A
WaC
dec!6-tf
P was left up*-n my
'Her can bave by
Jperly and (tayin^ fa*
Called tor will-in JO
advotifiing,
. ^ I Mi. HALL
Jewelry.
5 Grange, Ga., has for
ATCHEd,
A western editor —ed tbe expremhm that he
“smelt a rat.” Prentice mysif tbe pa— mb emit
bim, tbe rat got tbe worst of it.
Anne, of Bohemia, consort of Rlfeaid.II, flat In-
trod need the fashion of riding sideways—before
which ladies rode astride-
Ami furthermore, — Px—Meat of tbe Board of
Sapcrvieess, I beg yoa to take immediate steps to
relieve zfc — Superintendent, tbe moment fee
State detenaioes to aeeede; for oa bo earthly ac-
wiU Ido any act, or think aay thought hos
tile to. or iadeflaa— of, fee old government of the
united mom.
Wife great r-poct, etc.
W. T. Sherman.
"How fle ym Hko me aowt” afeed a belle of
» —none, — Ac -Hed In the room, wife a sweep-
lag Ma at maiim. following her.
” mM ha. “to UU yoa Ac troth, it Is im-
poariuk lor ae to like yon any longer.
Certificates •( Indebtedness,
B EARING six per cent, per annum interest,
and free from indebtedness.
Treasury VerxirmexT, C. S. A.,)
' Richmond, Aug. 7, 1864. f
By the 14Ui section of the act to rodace Ihe cur
rency, approved Feb. 17tb, 1861, the Secretary of
tbe Treasury ia auiborized to issne tbe above cer
tificates, payable two years after tbc ratification
of a treaty of peace with tbc United States. They
cannot be sold, bat are only to be issued to such
creditors of tbc government as are willing to re-
eeivc tbe same in payment of f heir demands. They
must also be given at par, though free from taxa
tion.
Tbe attention of purchasing agents and disburs
ing officers of tbe government ia called to this
class of public secoritiei as offering peculiar ad
vantages to those from whom the supplies of tbe
government are bought, and to facilitate tbe use
of them, check* drawn by disbursing officers npon
the depositaries holding these funds, and marked
aeross fee face, “Payable in certificates of in
debtedness,” wifi be paid ia conformity there
with.
Depositaries are hereby aatboriced and required
to efimply with this regaintios, and to make ap
pliestion to the register for wppiiss of certificates
— required.
(Signed; G. A. TRENHOLM,
Secretary of Treeaary.
Not
T he books, acco 1
longing to tbe find*
and Miller A Ferrell,
bands of J. T. McGoi
collection. Those i:
avoid a suit aad bill of
him and settle up. We
MILmj
oct 30-tf MILL
P
RY.
articlo in Ibc Jew.
Will be on hand lor :t
LEHMAN,
her A Jeweler,
La Grange, Ga.
JOB
'£5 and NOTES, bc-
illi-r, Ferrell k Co.
been placed in the
_, for settlement and
to ns, who with to
bad bettor call apot*
what we—y(
RFKELL A 00..
FERRELL.
ING!
The character of the .
branch of our Eetib
iUafl >7
Superior i.-x>
Wc arc well suppled w!*^
tifui Styles cfo8ctipt ajnJ
print to order wifecahl
CIRCULARS. : T j
BILL HEADS, ^ :
LEGAL BLA^Vd
BANK p£f,
LEfTtr;
>b
L
u turnc-1 out from this
cat recommends
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Horn!
the Late and Beau \
ob Type, and will \
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si
aDd despatch
3,
iIE\DS,
OF FARE.
ROGRAMME.S, ETC
PROFESSIONAL OAR
BUSINESS C
VISIT
Poer QUARTKKMAZTBS’g OFFICE, 1
Weet Point, Ga^ Feb^ 21,1865. f
In paraaaa-wife the above ofreal— fr—■ fee
Treaoaty Deportment, I wifl pay wife feeze oerti-
fiewtoo mU dnime oontreetod by officers of the Q.
M. Deportment, properly made oat and certified
to, whea prc—ated to —ia effioe.
STEPHEN F. POWER,
fcb24-lm Major A Q M rest
POSTERS
All orders fi
dre—ed to fee
JARDS,
>INQ CARDS.
LABELS, ETC
Intiag should be ad
who will do fee earns
HHHg Mgheet marfctt \
1 KIND8 OFCOTT-
deiivered at lUitiMij
Our friends wfH
lvoe, by mv
A
pHTSICIAN
OFFICE-the same
A Ware-
Orafflf’ttowija,
pied by DraTLawg
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