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MORNING EDITION.
JAMES W. WABREI, Editor.
Colcmbas, IbwsiUy January 2s, tSfil.
flights and DutUi,
It ii the theory of Government that each citi
zen owes hie services and his la*t dollar, ifneces*
■ary, to defend his Government. This allegiance
la in consideration of the protection that his Gov
eminent is presumed to give him in life, liberty
and property. The* efSzen, eighty years old,
owes this allegiance as much as the citizen who
is twenty-one —the man who is forty-six as
much as the man who is forty four. The only
equitable limit to this allegiance is ability to
serve. If the exlgiency arise?, oach mast do all
ho can to defend his Government with muscle
and money.
We repeat that, this is the theory of Govern
ment, as laid down by elementary writers, and
should be the practice, in order to distribute the
burdens and benefits equally. As laws, however,
oannot attain exact equality in all casos, they
must approximate it as nearly as possible, as
they must be general in their operation. It was
the law, until our last Legislature repealed it,
that men over sixty years of age were not re
quired to serve on the jury—not that some men
over sixty could not make bettor jurors than
most of men under, but because a majority ever
that age are on the decline of life, bodily and
mentally.
It is on the same principle that all over forty
five are exempt from conscription—not but that
in thousands of cases men over that belter
qualified, physically, and could be much better
spared from their Homes than thousand* under,
but because they are among a clas9 of which a
majority tare not so capable of active service
who can still perform a noble part at home in
maintaining our police regulations and in pro*
ducing food, raiment and materials of war. This
is a privilege conferred, and not a matter of
right to this clh««. They, of right, owe a duty
corresponding to the sacrifices of the brave men
in the army who are imperilling all in defence of
our hearths and our altars.
It is no excuse that they, unlike the soldier, are
not compelled to do their duty. Their duty is
only limited by their ability to do. They have a
sphere assigned them as clearly defined as the
soldier in tbs ranks, and the army and the coun
try havo a nght to hold them to as strict accoun
tability for tho faithful discharge of tho>r trust as
to require military service of tho fighting olass.
Then, with what just indignation must the
soldier view the man who baa this onsier task at
home, not as a matter of right but. of grace, when
he violates his privileges by monopolizing or
hoarding the necessaries of life to enhance the
price; who withholds his bounty, made during
the war or before, from the families ot men who
are fighting to protect his liberty and bos proper
ty; aye, who would not even reduce tiro rations
of himself and nor vents, and stiut ttiom in the
prime necessaries of life, whioh alone can reach
tho army, and substitute in their stead many
things that can be grown at home which cannot
be transported, when that army or their families
havo already reduced their rations in the per
formance of a harder service !
To such a man let us suggest this fact: One
cause of tho repoal of the law allowing substi
tutes originated in the army, who rightly
thought that this privilege was abused by meu
at home. If all classes of producers do not do
their duty to the army and their families at
home, a voico will soon come trumpet-tongued
from the army to conscript ali, irrespective of
age, who fail in their duty, aud lellhciu see for
themselves the wants of the soldier.
ladeed, the principle has already boon estabs
lished by tho Government in details. No man
can now be detailed for any purpose without the
recommendation of the enrolling officer that he
has and will discharge his duty faithfully to the
army and soldiers’ families, and perform this
home duty us a producer.
We oppose impressment laws without just
compensation, ns they operate unequally and are
much abused. We are not much wedded to the
tithe law, as it operates as well in localities
where there is scarcity as plenty, as well remote
from transportation as near by ; but favor any
plan which will m,*ko every man do his whole
duty to support the war, in the sphere assigned
him, by giving him it free rido to the front tor
concealing or refusing to sell any of his surplus
necessaries of life at their fair market value, ad*
judged by his neighbors, or for any kind of ex*
tortion in these commodities.
The assessors of the first general Confederate
tax, says the Examiner, arc now drawing to*
wards a conclusion of their labors, and if the ac
counts wo hear of the results in particular cities
and counties bo true, and if these results be a
fair sample of what will be realized in tbo Con
fedaracy at large, the aggregates must be very
considerable ; probably not lees than three or
four hundred millions of dollars. The money
tax in Lynchburg is stated to be more than two
millions of dollars. The same tax in Washing
ton county, \ irginia, bordering on Tennessee,
exclusive of the tax in kind, will be upwards
of half a million. At this rate Virginia will pay
in money and taxes in kind, very nearly, if U ot
quite, u kuodrrd millions of dollars. Georg ais
larger and more populous by halt than the por
tion ct Virginia no* overrun by the enemy, and
will,doubtless, :t these data bo true, pav more
than a hundred millions; possibly as much as
a hundred nations in money. If'the accounts
we have alluded to be correct, great paios should
be takenjjto make known the fact; for the Gov
ernment would, in that case, be fully -ib.e to
carry on the war witn,.ut a further manufacture
of paper money, and the Confederate currency
would at om e begin to exhibit a rapid appre
eiation. Ino quoMiouof our ability to main
tain the army and carry on the war to any *>x
tent of time would be so'tied, and Confederate
credit be established at homo on an enduring
and impregnable basis.
If three hundred millions o'currency are col
lected by the tax and paid into the Treasury by
the middle' of spring, a wonderful revolution
will be etfopUd in prices, and speculations begin
to pay as heavy lossos as they have been paying
heavy profits. Avery large class of producers,
not having ready cash to meet their tuxes, wii
disgorge at greatly reduced rates, their hoarded
grain, meat and forage; thus increasing to the
army and to non-produce* the supply of the
necessaries of life. Many will betake them
selves, a- of old, to the banks for loans, and
those institutions will be able to pay out the Con
federate currency which they have handled so
reluctantly.
Contrary to the general expectation, the tax
will not be paid without muoh difficulty by the
masses of the people. They have now very lit
tle to sell, and they pur led the shortsighted
policy, while the Coamdeiat® amuey was in their
hands, of getting rid of it at extravigftftt loa*.—-
Just at the time when everybody will want full
supplies of Confederate money, suddenly it will
be found very difficult to procure. There is not
enough of this money in the hands of the g*®“
erel public to meet the taxes. Like everything
else, it has been engrossed by speculators, and
this baneful class will have it in their power to
drive harder bargains with the people, in the ca*
pacity’of usurers, than they have done in that
of speculators in commodities. For thie reaeon
the new tax Uw of Congress should lay a heavy
rate on money loaned. The great majority of
our present Confederate capitalists have come by
their money by foul means. They i deserve no
mercy at the bauds o the people or thepeople’e
representatives. The measure that they have
meted to others, the sane should be meted to
themseives.
Heavy taxes have the two fold benefit of re
pleting the public treasury and drawing forth
into market the entire disposable produce of the
country. They have the civil effect of placing
tho general population very much at the mercy
of usurers. For this reason, the tax laws should
lay heavy duties on loans of money and enforce
certain forfeiture upon violations of the usury
laws.
If Congress will absolutely prohibit the further
manufacture of paper money, the revenue laws
which it has enacted and is now maturing, will
effectually cure the disease of the courrency.—
Enaoc such a prohibition; lay heavy taxes;
make tho business of money brokers a peniten
ry offence; crush out usurers; encourage regu
lar, legitimate banking; and in twelve months
Treasury notes will be the most popular cur
rency in the Confederacy. ''
The Marietta Rebel says that when the history
of this war is written, by an impartial hand, the
chapter whioh records the noble conduct of our
Southern women will constitute the most brilliant
chapter. Bat what pen will be able to do jus
tice to the glorious theme? What words can
properly describe and give to future generations
anything like a clear outline of the unyielding
devotion, the sturdy fortitude and the unshaken
faith whioh has marked theii attachment to the
cause of Southern independence from the com
mencement of the rebellion up to the present
time? Their enthusiam, the promptness with
which they yielded up their loved onea to the
support of what they believed to be a holy oause,
the activity and earnestness they have displayed
iu providing for the oomfort oi the soldiers, their
watchful and nnceasirg care of the sick and
wouuded, the angelic tenderness with whioh
they have beat over the couch of the dying, and
the words of comfort and consolation they have
poured into the expiring hero's ear ;,thes» things
cau ail bo told.
But the story of uncomplaining anguish, of the
unutterable sorrow of loving hearts, bereft of all
that was dear, and about whioh the tendrils of
cfleotion had twined and wound themselves,
until separation was the rain of all hope, and en
tailed enduring woe—this, must constitute the
unwritten, but the saddest feature iu the narative
of this horrid conflict, and must be transmitted
down the stream ot time, through the families,
from generation to generation. Few families will
tnere be, who will not have thetf tale of father,
husband, son or lover, who perished in a holy
effort tp prop the reeling cause of human rights,
assailed by overwhelming odds, but defended
with au unfaltering spirit and resolution, wrioh
considered not the-numbers of the foe, but with
eyes fixed upon the sacred banner to be upheld,
staked all ttpon tbe issue, and poured out life
upon the bloody field. And what uutold wretch
edness they left behind ? How umnurmuringiy
endured? The stifled sob, the heaVing breast,
the quivering lip, and grief’s rough lines made
daily deeper and more plain, by the iron finger
of despair, speaks a language tu>t given to words
lb tell, or pen to pelray.
Can it be supposed that a God of justice takes
of these bereaved hearts, and that he
will not hold to a stern accountability the au
thors of all this woe? Does any one doubt*
that when the great aocount shall be made up*
at the general judgment, every fear and sigh will
demand indemnity, and every sorrow recoil with
fearful power upon its guilty authois?
The N. Y. Times, of the 31st ult., announces
the arrival in that city, from Camp Douglas,
near Chicago, pf eighty-twojConfederate soldiers,
who had enlisted in the naval service of the Uni
ted States—having availed themselves of the
pardon offered in the amneßty proclamation of
Lincoln. They were placed aboard the old re
ceiving ship North Carolina.
The London Globe cautions its reader® against
the statement that Lord Lyous had telegraphed
to Earl Russell, predicting the termination of
the war in the United States in six mouths.
Northern papers say that Longstreot has joined
Loe, and that the combined armies will again
move into Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The Northern Demooratic||Convention to nomi
nate a candidate for the Presidency, will meet
in Chiaago on the 4th of July. Our success iu
the pending campaign wi 1 determine which of
the two parties will triumph. The Abolitionistz
have not yet fixed the time and place of holding
their Convention.
Fifteen out'of twenty of the Buropean Sovereigns
have agreed to attend Napoleon's Congress. The
Sultan will attend in person.
The Situation in Tennessee. —A corres
pondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, writing from
Chattanooga, says :
Grant’s.headquarters aro at Nashville, and
will be thero this winter. This indicate® that
i Abusive operations are. at present, suspended.
The work to be done just now is feeding, re
pairing and recruiting, and until this is com
pleted little else can bd accomplished.
An organization to aid emigrants from Europe
to emae to the United Mates has been formed
in Boston.
Several Republican Conventions have renomi
nated Liiicolnfor the Presidency.
The London* Times on the War. —The
London Times reminds those who antici
pate an early break-down of the Confeder
ate cause, that conquest in the held must
be succeeded.by military occupation. Pres*
ident Lincoln proposes, on Republican prin
ciples to vest Ihe Government of each se
ceded State in one tenth of the population,
who will swear allegiance to him and
obedience to his acts of Congress and pro
clamation*. These men will soon be no
more able to maintain themselves than
were the. thirty tyrants of Athens without
the aid of the Lacedomanian garrison. They
will form a detached oligarchy like the
Mormons in Saxon-England only, they will
rule over men more brave and warlike than
themselves. Even when the North has
surrendered her liberty and beggared her
finances she will not be able permanently
to hold her immense countries and keep
their hostile populations of these terms.
The Times adds that, “though we conceive
it to be quite possible that, overborne by
constantly recruited numbers and immense
rosouices the South may become unable to
retain large armies in the fieli, yet between
that and subjugation, there is an interval
which we do not expect to see filled up.”
Extwrtlossars.
While the press with universal accord ia
scourging extortioners, the most graceless
of all the graceless set fras n0 ? y e * come * a
for their lull share of the anathemas of their
fellows. We refer to the farmers, who,
with well filled cribs, refuse to allow any
of it to come to the hungry mouths of the
leas favored of fortune. What are they
withholding it for? For good prices. What
do they ask more than ten dollars per bush
el for corn meal ? Vet these high prices do
not bring food into market. Go out on the
street to hunt for meal or corn, and you
will search the city through and you will
scarcely find any. Ask the merchants the
reason, and they will tell you there is none
in the country for sale. Then we are led
to inquire what has become of the crop that
was grown this year? It is a well known fact
that Providence blessed us with a much
larger yield of corn than at any time for
years previous, and that corn is now housed
in the spacious cribs of the farmers waiting
for good_ prices or for the government
agents to seize it. We hear frequent com
plaints coming from lower Georgia, that
producers who hare thousands of bushels
of corn cribbed, absolutely refuse to Bell a
bushel of it to consumers. They have for
yearg expressed an anxiety to have their
country filled up with a population suffi
cient to work their highly fruitful land, and
now that people are disposed to go there
and purchase lands, they are absolutely re
fused the food that is necessary for them
until they can raise a crop of their own.—
What use can the country or mankind have
for such people? They recognize none of
the claims of humanity. They have no
feeling for their fellow men. So long as
they have enough and to spare in their
granaries, the rest of the land may starve.
Such men should have “the dismal hiss of
universal scorn” speemed in their faces
until they hide their shame-covered heads,
and are willing to open the doors of their
storehouses that their starving fellows may
have the wherewith to soothe the papgs of
hunger. In our cities are the hungry, the
naked, the famishing progeny of poverty,
who are ground down to the last heart
pang of misery by the cupidity of the only
ones to whom belongs the prerogative of
feeding the land. And thesq same persons
who hold the keys of the earth, as it were,
have locked it in the face of those whose
cries aie bitter for food. How long will
justice allow this to continue? How long
shall the “staff of life” be withheld from the
people for an extortionate pecuniary con*
sideration? How long shall tbe hunger
mongers deal so hardly with the and ?
“And echo answers” how long ?
How long shall the reign of Mammon,
Oppress the world with woe?
How long must Justice, blinded,
Be led by the wicked foe?
How long must we sit in the shadow
Os the world's great sorrow and wrong?
How long must we dwell in bondage,
How long, dear Father, how long?
[Southern Confederacy.
Agreeably to a resolution of the House
of Representatives, the President has trans
mi tied to that body a communication fur
nishing information relative to the collection
and distribution of tbe tax in kind, from
which We have been enabled to obtain some
details of interest. T/.e /aiue of the ag
gregate tax collected thus far, estimated
according to the rates established in Vir
ginia, believed to be lower than in any other
State, is $5,180,087.25. The value of the
tax collected iu Virginia is $752,290.99; in
North Carolina, $948,225.32; in South
Carolina, $202,021.23; in Georgia, $990,-
290.79, in Alabama, $1,292,963.70; in
Mississippi, $536,934.31; in Florida, $351,-
690 89; in Tennessee, $16,620.02. The
expenses of the collection thus far in Vir
ginia is 2 8-10 per cent, on the value of the
whole tax“ collected; leaving a net
value of 7 2-10 after deducting all expenses,
including rent, erection of buildings, trans
portation, hire of laborers, &c. Os the tax
collected thus far are 321,125 bushels of
corn; 271,419 bushels of wheat; 104,850
bushels of oats; 10,501 bushels of rye;
55,145 pounds of rice, and 67,179 pounds
of wool. There have been issued to the
army 331,917 bushels of corn; 164,879
bushels ot wheat; 55,874 bushels of oats;
3,783 bushels of rye; 19,711 pounds of rice,
and 20,553 pounds of wool. The Quarter
master General recopimenos that hereafter
famers haul the tax fifteen miles, and that
they be paid for it. The law requires that
they shall haul it only eight miles, and al
lows no compensation. The returns from
no State are complete, but the foregoing
will afford an idea of the operation ot the
law.
New® Summary.
The passports issued to the parties who have
been overhauled, iu their efforts to cross the
lines, and brought back to Richmond, have been
undergoing a rgid scrutiny at the hea-Jquarters
of General Winder, at the hands of Brigadier
General Kemper, who was appointed to that
duty. The number of Jews, foreigners and
principals of substitutes arrested in transitu
and brought in custody to Richmond, upon the
charge ot attempting to evade the laws, has been
large and in a number of cases, their passports,
where any at all were shown, were found to be
informal.
Eight eonvicts have been sentenced to the
penitentiary by Judge Lochrane, at the late
term of the Supreme Court of Bibb county, Ga.,
all of them, except one, were strangers in the
eounty.
The re®idents of Charleston don’t seem to mind
the Yankee »helliDg. Every thing goes on as
usual. The fact is their shells ouly reach the
lower part of the city., and the citizens have
changed their base, or fallen baok so as to he out
of reach; and the only thing the enemy can
hope to gain by the incessant bombardment is
the destruction of a few buildings.
The Rome Courier says anew and fatal dis»
ease has recently made its appearanco in the
community. The physicians call it Mnusngetis,
and say its pathology is an iEfiamation of the
base of the brain, and the spinal nerve. The
patient is attackad with chily accompanied with
severe pains in the head, particular in the back
part, and in the spine. The head becomes
drawn back and the patient experiences pains in
the neck, suuiliar in kind to lockj aw, and gen
erally becomes deranged in ’mica. The disease
generally proves fatal in from twelve to thirty
six hours. The disease is not considered conta
gions; though it may possibly prove epidemical.
Some twenty persons have fallen victims to the
malady, in the vicinity of Rome, in the past
three weeks.
A great many outrages are committed upon
Southern citizens by the bushwhackers through
the mountains, near ‘*Eila Jay," Ga. Scarcely
a night passes away witnou: some unoffending
citizen being killed by these murderers.
It is said that the towns of Jackson, Hunt
ingdon and McLemorsville, in West Teuneaee,
have been burned by the Federal torces. This,
as is supposed, has be6n done in revenge for
the welcome reception tendered by the people
there to Gen. Forrest.
W. W. Clements, of Orange county, North
Carolina, is now, and has been for some time
engaged in grinding flonr, corn, etc., at his mill’
free of toll, for the wives of deceased soldiers,
and of those whose husbands are in the army’
and of widows with sons in the army.
The Chicago Times’ Washington corres*
pondent, who is a sensible and truthful
man, says that the number of prisoners
held by each side is about equ^j—ls,ooo
each. He denies the foolish and absurd
stories of theirmen being badly treated in our
prisons. They are accommodated to the
best we can afford, and therefore have no
right to grumble,
TELEaKAPHXO
REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION,
Entered according to act of C ongrew in the vent 18®*,'
by J fl. Thrasher, in tile Clerk’s offlee of the Dis
trict Court of the Confederate flutes tor the wottnern
District of Georgia.
Richmond, Jan. 27.
In the Houet ihifr morning an important
Bill was introduced to amend the several
impressment heretolor;o submitted. It pro
vides that impressments ot private prop
erty except on the express condition of
just compensation. The heads of depart*
merits, commanders in army departments
shall have power to order impressments
when the property is required by the Gov
ernment. Notice shall be served on the
owner, stating when wanted, the necessity
for it, and the price offered tor it, and whea
ther the impressment .will be given without
seizing, which shall be a condition prece*
dent to any impressment. Just eompention
to be ascertained by local appraisers who
shall assess the value at the lime the notice
is served; and appeals can be made to State
Commissioners by either party. Dwelling
fnrniture, necessary supplies and servants
to be exempt and persons allowed to send
their produce to market except in cases of
extreme necesstiy. Referred to the Judi
ciary Committee. Itj is understood that
this bill meets the views of the War De
partment.
A bill was presented to prevent thett,
marauding, pillage, and robbery by persons
in the army,awarding punishment by stripes
—flogging or death for a second offense.
A bill to continue in service difring the
war companies organized for local defense
under the act of 16th Oct. 1862. Referred
to Military Committee.
A motion was made to reconsider the
vote by which the Senate bill fixing the
first Monday in May as the time lor the
meeting of next Congress.
The Senate rejected the House bill to
fix the rank and pay of Adjutants.
Orange C. H., Jan. 27.
The report of the advance of the enemy
by way of Madison C. H, grew out of the
fact that a foraging party of our men had
been sent on neutral 5 ground and was chas
ed into our lines by a small equad of Yan«
kees who crossed Robinson river and drew
in our pickets. Our reserve pickets rallied
and drove back the enemy. We lost no
prisoners.
Charleston, Jan. 27,
No firing on the city today. Tw o shots
were fired at Sumter last night. Every
thing else quiet.
Atlanta, Jan. 27.
A meeting of Morgan's men at Decatur jester*
day paused resolutions agreesug iu a partial con*
vention of Kentuckians at Dalton.
The following ticket was nominated for the
Congressional election on the 10th proximo: Ist
District, W B Machouj 2d, John D Morris; 3d,
C J hteritt; 4tb, J ft Berwick; sth, Tima Napier
6th, I I. Burnett; 7tb, H Yl Bruce; Bth, J T
Peoketl; 9ih, E M Bruce; 10th, J W Moure; 11th
T B Monroe; 12th, J M Eiliot. This ticket, if
adopted, adopts half the members of the Dalton
Convention.
Meridian,
The enemy is exhibiting unusual activity at
Vicksburg, ftuinforoementa have been tent, to
them irom Memphis,
•Sherman and staff have recently arrived—des
tination unknown.
Stark's cavalry was skirmishing with the ene
my at Messenger’s Ferry, on Big Biuok a few
days ago. Some prisoners taken and a number
of Y ankees were killed. Oar cavalry had a brush
with Martino's brigade on the 18th, defeating
them.
Pascagula, Jan. 27.
Nothing new to-day. The enemy’s bass drum
was hoard at noon yesterday on Horn Island.—
Last night a side wheel gunboat passed to the
westward.
Mobile, Jan. 27.
A special dispatch from Brookbaven, 25th,
says Wirt Adams <m the 23d, near Natchez,
captured 35 prisoners, and 60 wagons and teams
loaded with cotton, going to Natchez, and also
about 80 negroes.
Selma, Jan. 27.
Information h3s been received that Lieut. G. E
Talby, of Capt. Bain’s Corps of the Army
of Tennessee, who was falsely reported to have
deserted to the enemy before the battle of Mis*
sionary Ridge, is a prisoner of war on Johnson’s
Island.
Meridian, Jan. 27.
Advices from Vicksburg state that the
enemy aro making preparations to move out and
occupy Jackson. Pontoon bridges are being
thrown across the Big Black for that purpose.
Sherman lett Vicksburg the 18th on a gun
boat, destined down the river.
Remarkable Phenomenon. —The shock of
tbs big gun tired in Congress the ether day, en
rolling the principals of substitutes, had a most
wonderful effect upon some people. The concus
sion was so great as to snap, in some instances,
the optical nerve and burst the drum of the ear.
A gentleman whose strength of optics wa«, be
fore, equal to that of an eagle, now sports green
spectacles, and cannot, for the life of him, rec
ognize a neighbor across the street. Another
whom we know has lost, almost entirely, his
sense of hearing, and cannot be made to compre
hend the commonest interrogatory. The Ex
amining Board) at Camp Lea are at a loss to ac
count for this extraordinary phenomenon, but
attribute it to an indisposition to enroll and re
gpond to theoommand to “fall in.”
J Examiner.
A HlHiiiinotli Swindle.
The swindles of Ibis war are carried on on as
grand a scale as the war itself—both exceed any
thing yet accomplished in their respective lines.
Capt. Decie, an Englishman, residing near the
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, has “rec
ognized” the Confederacy—done it for the band
seme figure of $1,200,0t)0 —and sloped. His op
erations were sales ot bogus bills of sterling
exchange. The Lynchburg Virginian gives the
following account of this great swindle:
The bills werd disposed of to various merchants
and brokers of Richmond and other town?, and
on being forwarded for collection, the startling
fact was brought t6,light that they «ere spurious
They, however, tjkar rho endorsement of the
Cashier of tbs Batik of the Valley at Christian
burg, which indemnifies the holders from lo=*
but will rum the bank. The Cashier bad such
assurances as to make him perfectly confident of
his safety in the transactions, but it turns out
that they ware delusive. Among those who
vouched for his responsibility, we hear the names
of gentlemen m high station connected with the
Government.
Decie, we believe claims to be an officer in the
Royal Navy, and, we understand, had somo con
nection with our Government. lie has re
siding for a year or two in Montgomery, w here
he owds a plantation, and has recently ha.lerec
ted a splendid residence. A great deal of his time
however, was spent in Richmond, where he lived
in princely style, paying as much as one hundred
and forty dollars a day at the hotels, besides ta
king his rneais at the restaurants. His extrava
gance seemed to have no bounds. We hear the
names of Wadsworth. Palmer & Cos., Samue*
Harrison, and- Poster, a broker, ofßich
mond, as among the victimized. Parties in Wil
mington also suffered. Decie is supposed to have
gone to England. He left fifteen or twenty ne
groes farm, furniture, eto„ which have been at
tacked for the benefit of the sufferers. Other
tac s will no doubt be developed of this mammoth
swindle.
Local.
Far ChMUhe^h***
The steamer Jackson, Fry master, will leave
for the above and intermediate landings Fri
day at 9 o'clock, A. M.'
Sales To-day,
Ellis A Cos., will sell this day a great many
goods and chatties, too tedious to mention. Read
the advertisements carefully, and be on
armed and equipped as the law directs, with
plenty of Confederate me nay.
See advertisement of Hall, Moses & Cos., who
have on consignment a good lot of plantation
iron, and also a lot of wooden ware.
The Weather— For the past eight days has
been very spring-like and beautiful. Should it
continue thus for a few days we shall be greeted
with a return of nature’s warblers,and the sweet
little flowers. Thank Qod for pleasant weather.
Col. Holt. —We were pleased to see on our
streets yesterday, in a state of convaleaance,
our distinguished fellow citixen, > Col. Hines
Holt. After a long confinement from severe
indisposition, it U gratifying again to see him
on foot. We trust he may long survive to bless
his country, and society; with his. great talents
as a lawyer and statesman, as well as in the so
cial circle and private walks of life.
Soldiers’ Benefit Tuesday Evening,
The ladies’entertainment for the benefit of the
soldiers, was a docided success. We have seldom
seen Temperance Hall so filled with the young,
the old, the intelligent, the brilliant, the giddy,
the sedate. Theprattliog child, the coy maiden,
the blooming matron, the noble soldier, and tac
iturn ‘manhood, ali vied with each other in
doing homage to an ocoasion so interesting,—
The whole scene reminded us of happier days,
when “peace hath her victories no less renowned
than war." Eyes long accustomed to weep,
seemed to kindle with a brighter glow, and hearts
bowed down beneath a weight of woe, to vibrate
to the reanimating melodies of a purer hope.
Altogether, it was an occasion calculated to re
inspire the desponding, and to relight on the
altars of country the fires of a loftier patriotism
and a more determined spirit of resistance to the
wily machinations cf an inveterate foe.
It were hard to do justice to all the interesting
features of the programme, or to discriminate,
where everything was arranged with such admi
rable taste. The enlivening thrill of music, the
brilliant tableaux vivants,the splendid pantomime
and the laughable comio scene, were so harmonl •
ously blended and skillfully atranged, as to pre
sent a programme of rare attraction, full of in.
terest to all.
We feel that wo should fall to do justioe to the
occasion, did we not allude specially to the exe
cution of the musical portion of the programme,
under the direction of Profissor Chase, assisted
by the amateurs of our city. The selections
were fine, and combined in their execution a thor*
ough knowledge of the highest scientific princi
ples of the divine art. Professor Chase won new
laurels for his boquotte of musical fame, and
proved bylbis versatility of talent, is mas
ter of his profession. He was rendered valuable
assistance in this department by Mad. Bailini
and Prof. Braun, both thorough and accomplished
musicians. Tne Madam, on. this occasion, seem
ed to infuse new power, and beauty and life in
her touohes on the piano, while Prof. 8., on the
violin and violoncello, gave evidence of a mas
ter’s skill. The vocal music was also rendered
with admirable beauty, and taste and power.
“Oh, music, thy celestial claim
Is still resistless, still the same,
Aid faitluul as the mighty sea,
To the paie star that o’er its icalms presides,
The spell-bound tides
Os human pa-rsion rise and fall with thee.
A Rich City.—Wo sec the City Council has
instructed its Committee on Assessments of oity
property, to make out its estimates according to
the value of all property in Confederate money.—
This is a good idea, and will doubtless serve to
fill the city ooffet>. At least, it will have the
tendency to give the currency a standard value,
and to put a stop, in son e measure, to the rapidly
increasing tendency of prices. If a house and
lot in the city, at the breaking out of the war,
was worth SI,OOO, at this time, according to the
difference between gold and Confederate money,
the same property is worth from $20,000 to $25,-
000. And whereas, the owner would then have
to pay a tax of, say five dollars, he will now have
to pay a tax ol SIOO, The poor man, according
to this estimate, at the beginning of the war, is
now rich. And, instead of hewers of wood and
drawers of water, all such property holders now
belong to the upper circles of society.
Want of Appreciation.— At the Ladies, En
tertainment the other evening, while Prof. Braun
was rendering one of his most inimitably sublime
and artistic solos on the violin, an old fashioned
country gentleman at our side, who seemed to
have no appreciation of that peculiarly fascina
ting style of music, unbosomed himself after
this fashion: “Wal, that’s awful; that’s exorutia
ting .'—why, I’d much rather hear a neighbor of
mine play ‘Billy in the low ground.’" Ah,
thought we, this is the fate of genius. When a
man aspiros to excel in his profession, he is inva
riably looked up to with contempt by the clod
hoppers far beneath him. “Sich is life.”
Cat eoorical Courtship. — Time, evening
place, John Smith’s parlor—Dramatis Person®,
I'l'zwilhaui and Angelica. Says Fitzwilliam,
(picking up the cat,) “Pussey, may I have your
mistress?” Augelioa, {patting the oat on the
bac-k,) “Say yes, Pussey.”
P. S.—The last that was beard of FitvwiJliaui
be was being “gobbled" by a oonscript ufficer.
while Angelica was lying in a *ute 0 f
indifferent and inconsolable insensibility.
The Last Rose op Summer.— While this im
portact flower ia being immortalized, in poetry
and prose, and embaimed in the profoundesi
depths ot memory and music, we hear but little
said ol iho “first rose of summer.” Howisjthis?
Will someone versed iu the abstruse science of
metaphysics please inform us? We pause for
a reply. Bui while waiting we may be allowed
to say, that we will take the flfct rose every
time. While the last rose implies the fading
ol life’s Hopes and the pae-ing away of the glo
ries thereof, ibe first impresses ue whh fresh
ness, with you-h, with vigor, with life, with im
mortality. lucrcfore we enter uur protest against
the old rose having all the honor, and respect
fully suggest that some of our composers indite
& melody to “The first rose of Spring, ’’
A Handsome Sum —We learn that the ladies
took in at their entertainment on Tuesday night,
the goodly sum of $1,900. This L probably the
largest amount ever taken at any similar enter
tainment in this part of the country. Well done,
Ladies.
An unsuccessful effort was made to burn the
Presidential Mansion at Richmond, Jan. 20.
The timely discovery of the flames, which had
commenced in the wood shed, saved the
building.
Diabolical. —Our Dsvil, who is cslsbimtcd
for his profound research, and aptness for intri
cate investigation has recently made a most
wonderful discovery. He says he has recently
observed a large inorease in scientific limping and
hopping, to elude oonsorlption, and tbat these
ailments are always a great deal worse iu the
day time. Os a night, after Capt. Wallace has
retired, bs says a good many of these itmp-and
gO'fetchits can walk as well as anybody. We
are disposed to question the veracity of this al
legation, but as our Devil is a member of the
“Do-Funny” Club, his opinion is doubtless en«
titled to some weight.
Men from West Tennessee continue to reach
Forrest's Headquarters.
Captain Wilson has been appointed Chief Com
missary of the Army of the Potomac. He has
five Lieutenant Colonels under him.
The Democrats of New Hampshire have nomi
nated E. W. Harrington for Governor.
ATTENTION
Independent" Columbus Guards,
APPEAR at the ‘ ourt Bouse this Thursday, at 4
o’clock P. M., for drill. A full attendance of the com
pany is crd» red by Ci-pt. Urquhort
Jan. 88—It. JOHNSON, O. 8.
SOUTHERN -—»•
JVIEOPiAISriCS’ TJJNTIOISr.
A Regular Meeting of the Southern Mechanic’s
Union will be held this (Thursday) Evening, *Bth at
the meeting room’ of the Columbus Fire Company
No, 1, at 7 o’clock,P. M.
By order of the Pres’t.
JOHN R. BIGGER*.
Jan S3—lt ♦ Sec'v-
LOST
ON the street, on Tuesday last, a CHILD’S DRESS*
fine white muslin embroidered in French, needle
work up the front with two scolloped bands on each
side of the embroidery, small neat scollops around
the bottom, top of the skirt turned iu and gathered,
plain intant waist, perfectly new, (never been washed)
sleeves embroidered like skirt, pined underneath
withjplain mus in. t Drt ss would fit a child three years
old. The finder by leaving it at Dr. Billing’s or at
the Times Office, wilt be kindly thanked and suitab y
rewarded,
jaa 48 3t
Old Iron Wanted.
WE wish to purchase a large qu&nti'y of BCBAP
IRON, both cast and wrought, for which cash
will be paid HARRISON, BEDELL fe CO.
jan‘.7 if
Nails for Sale.
A fl NAILS just received and for .-ale by
jan S7 fit BEDELL fe CO.
AUCTION SALES.
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON Cos.
ON THURSDAYSBih Jan ,at II o’clock, we will
sell in front of our Store
1 Barrel Pe&ch Brandy.
jan 37 td S3
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO.
ON THURSDAY, SBtU January, at ll o’clock, we
will sell In front ot ou< store,
A Yery Fine Buggv Horse,
1 Second-hand Buypy and Harness in good order,
2 Milch Cows and Yearlings,
l Large Coffee Urn,
1 Heavy Silver Case Watch,
ftbbla Choice Sugar,
11 boxes Tobacco,
Besides other valuable goods,
jan 40 id $0
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO.
ON THURSDAY, 28th January, at 11 o’dock w
will sell In front of our store,
62 Boxes Tobacco,
an excellent article, to close a consignment,
jan 36 td $4
By 7 ELLIS, LIVINGSTON cf- CO. *
Administrator’s Sale
OF VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY
ON TUESDAY, February Bth, at 11 o'clock, will be
sold in front ot Ellis, Livingston it .Co’s, auction
room,
The Store House, Ho. 86,
situated on the east side of Broad street, at present
occupied by the Confederate Htales Clothing Depart
ment. Bold as me property of Jobn Warren, dsc'd.
JaH W. WAJtufcN.
jan Stitd S2B .Adoa’r.
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO.
DESIRABLE RESIDENCE
TO RENT, AT AUCTION.
ON SATURDAY, SOth January, at II o'clock to
front of our store, we will rent tor the year ‘the
Dwelling House and Lot with 15 acres' land attacked
on the 1 alootton road, oppoaiie the residence of Mr"
Livdsay.
The house is nearly new, with seven well finished
room3. good out buildings, good water, &c., owned by
fnos, D. Jones. #
Jan 26 td sl2
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & Cos.
Important Sale-Hare Bargain),
W r l il (, u old ; ! l our auction room, on Saturday.
tbe 29th of January, at 11 o'cleck. a family of
uie most valuable neoboes ever offered in anr
lh,« 1 nc « r » «'«■“«“ -iJ
The woman is thirty years of age, stout and of fine
nil' < ?' le 0t 1,le T fuo ßl at complished negroes ia
Georgia; being a splendid cook, washer and ironer.
a No. 1 weaver and seamstress, and an excellenthX
servant in every department.
The children are mree little girls, aged 6 4 sad «
years-aUmuhrnofcs and fine looktag.* ’ ' 1
are ® eor « ,a negroes, and are sole for no
but ,I,erel V for lhe purpose 11 distribution.
They can be teen at our auction rooms on Thurs
day evening or Friday morning, before the hour of
B!tJe - Ljantt—6t sl4.
GOODRICH A CO.,
(FORME RL Y OF NEW ORLEANS J
Next Door Below Speer’a Corner,
BROAD STRKSST.
A R E " < i w , » large and very desirable stock
of DRi GO jDs and oth r ariid. B , recently im
ported from E i iijHi, wh ch tney . rfrr for »aie cheiu
for cash, by tbe piece or par (cage
Jan I—lm
School Notice,
Wynnton Male Academy.
VC’HH JtJLtA O. JEWETT will open school for
is aLVirtssß' *■ *•
dec3oil
Medical* Card.
K. A. BOSSY, ,I|. 0.,
OF JVKIV ORLK.IJVi,
WENDERS his services to the rit zena of Columbus
uli the branches of bis pint, ssion.
ID"* Special at!eiuicß,ag in Nnw Orleans, will Ue
devoted to Surgery, and to the ir. at memos the JVH
ease peculiar 10 Females.
tf, ’ ma distance requiring Surgical or M» • )
desired tU ' e " l visited and treatment at hoa. <
Office, No Hu, in the Masonic Hall, UP STAIR*
uec 18 it
Post Office,
Columbus. «a„ Jan. It, ,M
PROPOSALS for earring tbe Mails on Route No.
1036 from Buena Vista, Ga.. by Piaevill* Gl*»
nils Malloca and Water Oak, to Columbus. 40 mile#
and hack once a week, will be received at this office
until February Ist, Iz o’clock, M.
11. M. JETER, P. M.
Jan 16 d&w till Feb..lst.
Wanted
GA ABLE-BODIED negro men for Teamsters on
id\) Government Drays-
H. D. COTHRAN,
javl4—if Capt. »t A. Vi. M.
WANTED
FOR the balance of the year a healthy negro WO
MAN, accustomed to farm work, without ircum
brance Apply at THIS OFFICE.
Jell 88