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HOBHDia EDITION.
JANES If. WARBEX, EdHor.
Colombof, M«ty, February 1, .IW4.
Hou W F. Sumford.
Tins distinguished gentleman, in to-day's pa
per, addi *ome beautiful flower* to the gsrland
of sympathy heretofore laid upon the tomb of
the lamented Col. Peyton H. Colquitt. Waller
T. Colquitt has *aid of Col. Samford, that, wben
young, he waa the fiaest orator of the age, and
promised to eolip*ethe brightest intellects of the
oountry. Though hi* health ha* circumscribed
hi* sphere of usefulness, we never see him grasp
his pen that he does not throw a flood of light
and learning over everything he touches.
"His eloquence is classio in its style,
Not brilliant with explosive coruscations
Os heterogeneous thoughts, at random caught,
And scatter’d like a shower of shooting stars,
That end In darkness: no; —his noble mind
I* clear, and full, and stately, and serene.
His earnest and undazzled eye he keeps
Fix’d on the sun of Truth, and breathes bis words
As easily as eagles oleave the air;
And never pauses till the height is won;
And all who listen follow where he leads "
W « Would not be Surprised.
The Louisville Journal says:
« Beta are freely taken at twenty to one in
Kentuoky that the star-spangled banner will
wave over Atlanta by the 4th ot July."
Before giving the statement full credit, says
the Southern Confederacy, we must make due
allowance for two considerations: the one, that
Mr. Prentice is a poet ; the other, that he some
times gets as drunk as a fool. If he were really
serious, however, and meant precisely what is
written, there are greater fools than he, who can
not plead the excuse of old Bourbon. The Yan
kee flag will not wave over Atlanta on the 4th
of July. We had as leave wager the same odds
that the Confederate flag will float over the eity
of Louisville od or before that day.
Who can tell? What would there be miracu
lous in this page of history for 1864, that after
great preparations throughout the winter, Grant
marched from Chattanooga early in the Bpring,
by two columns, one advancing toward Bristol
and one toward Dalton; that, as usual, the
strength of the Confederates was vastly under
rated—instead of an army of dispirited and des
perate refugees, a phalanx of inspirited volunteers,
handled by an able commander, met the forward
movement; that a great battle, or a series of
great battles, was fought in front of Atlanta ;
that after much hard lighting, the Federate gave
back and back and back ; that the victory was
not alter the manner of Bragg, but was pursued
and the retreating column driven into Middle
Tennessee ; that meanwhile the East Tennessee
campaign was a failure, and cut off from Chat
tanooga by the retreat from that point, had no
outlet but Cumberland (lap; that Tennessee thus
cleared at a bound and the war transferred to
Kentucky, the Southern eagles, onoe on the
wing again and guided by the admirable John
ston, flew whither they listed, and lit at last on
the very dome of the Galt House! Would there
be anything so very wonderful in all this? Net
a* ad. War is made up of vicissitudes, which
eeem to be They are not so, how
ever.
When the backward race begins—and the fa*-
rnous Camptown rases were nothing to wh.it it
will bq—there will be some betting, which may
prove more equal and decidedly less factious
than that announced in the lively and imagin
ative columns of our Louisville ootemporary.
Wo would not be surprised if the Confederacy
is right.
The Lilt Hug.
A cotemporary puts the case strongly
thUs: The business of the hour is war
with all the world, if necessary to the
achievement of our independence, naturally,
socially, commercially, every way, from
the mongrel myrmidous of Abraham Lin«
coin. The clans are gathering in the North
tor the final struggle—for the “last hug,” in
the parlance of the ring. There is every
evidence of it in the recent proceedings of
the Federal Congress; in the tone of the
Northern press, in tho military advertise
ments for recruits, and in the enormous
preparations ct Grant in Tennessee. These
initiatory preparations will, no doubt, de
velop themselves m a grand raid upon At
lanta in the spring. These industrious ef
forts on tho part of our enemy must be an*
ticipated by energetic preparations on our
part. The result will depend as much upon
the determination and endurance of either
side, perhaps, as upon increased numbers
of fighting men. It is a question of pluck,
after all. It cannot be possible that the
chivairie sons of the South will be the first
to “throw up the sponge” in the great con
test. The extensive preparations of the
North, and the boastful declarations ot her
Congress, with a million of reinforcements,
to carry desolation over the whole Southern
country, only reveal their weakness and
the hopelessness of their schemes of sub
jugation, if ibis last endeavor fail. We
must no! be behind in arrangements for the
figh', which may be decisive in its results.
The decks must be cleared for action. The
veterans in the field must be stimulated, en
couraged and cheered on in their glorious
march by additions to their ranks from the
rear of all our available anus-bearing force
flocking to their side. We have but to
meet this last issue presented to us by the
enemy as men fighting for their liberties
should meet it, and the whole magnificent
scheme will to'ter to the earth.
Mark Bread, —Tho Augusta Chronicle and
Sentinel says never mind the cotton and tobacco
this year. The tobacco the world can do with
out, and as to cotton, a very small quantity will
suffice, as there is much stored away all through
out the country. Let our farmers, as the spring,
the season for seeding will soon be here, prepare
for corn, potatoes, rice, peas, beans and every
thing that wi 1 subsist man and beast. Nobody
is afraid of the Yankees, but everybody fears
starvation. Make corn, and raise hogs and feed
the army, and tiure need be no fears of subjuga
tion.
One of the best puns ever spoken, was made,
by an English wit in answer to the question:—
“Why is it that all our best poets are obliged
to write prose?” “Because poetry is proee
•cribed, was the reply.
In the examination of a witness in an Irish
Court, he was v ked his a g ß . hi» b just twenty
your hour, bu I would have been twenty-one,
only my mother miscarried the year before I
wm born.
[For the Times.]
B&ilg MEMOIRS or CM. PiVTON H COLMITT,
“ rio live, that, whrn ihv soiamons come* to j >in
‘‘The innuoifliHb e csi.ivan, thst m<ves
'* To that rrysietjauß rrilin. whore ter 1) -hall tak»
“His chamber in the silent halls * f dealh,
“Thou go not, like tine quarry-slave at mgot,
“ Mi-nurge.it if) his dungeon; but sustain’*! an- ®“
“Be an gstftlterinf ttu'st, approach,th v «rav-.
*• Like one that di ■w* the drapeiy of Itri c >ucli
“ About him, and lies and >wn to pi. asset dteauis
Bay * st.
Petton Holt Colquitt w as born, in Camp
bell county, Georgia,, on the 7th day oi C cto
ber 1831. I know nothing that distinguished
his early boyhood or education ; except that
he was uneommonly affectionate and apt to
endear himself to his associates, and the
friends of his distinguished father. Shortly
alter I became acquainted with him, he was
admitted aa a Cadet in the U. 6. Military
Academy at West Point where he remained
two or three years, and then returned home,
without graduation, in consequence, I pre
sume, of the failing health of his lather.
From that day, until he died, be was my
friend. I owe these hasty, historical lines to
his precious memory*:
“We were so close within each other’s breaat,
“g he rivets were not lourtd that joined us first.”
Although my heart “inly bleeds" and “ fancy
sinks beneath a weight of woe” while I write,
I mast cast “this humble stone upon this
cairn.” I owe it more to the cherished
friendship of his family, for me and mine—the
exalted worth of every member of that fami
ly—to bereaved kindred and friends —but
most of all, to Country and Church! Posterity
has an interest in knowing how pure and
benevolent —how gentle—how patient—how
prayer/ul—how a fleet ion ate —how_cheerful—-
how active and happy a Christian, this noble
patriot and martyr-hero, was. I would lilt
the light of his modest example to the moun
iain-tops of memory, and a9 I descend the
valley of years, point my children to it, for
an inspiration of hope—of faith—of joy and
of life.
“ Posts attempt ins noblest work they can,
“Praising the Author of all good in man;
“ And, next, commemorating worthies lost,
“The dead in whom that good abounded most.”
lam not prepared to say that any marked
success attended his short practice in the
Courts of Law. liis lino perceptions and
agreeable address, with devottou to its duties,
would doubtless, in due course of time, have
brought him the dazzling rewards of that
learned and honorable Profession : But it is
certain that the details of the practice were
not agreeable to his tastes. The principles
! of political philosophy—the ever-varying
pro '! jms of Governmental economy—blended
as they are with the sublimest developments
of ethical science and the profoundest specu
lations of human systems, had far more at
tractions for him, than the dull formularies
and musty precedents of the law books.
In the session of ISSO-’56 young Colquitt
was elected Secretary of the Senate in the
Georgia Legislature. In 1857 he was elected
Judge ot the City. Court of Columbu?, and in
the tail elections of the same year he was
chosen by the people of Musccgee county,
under the most flattering circumstances, to a
seat in the Senatorial branch of the General
Assembly of Georgis. His competitor was a
gentleman of ability and unexceptionable
character; and had the prestige of success
in two previous contests for the same office.
Besides this, the opposition party had a ma
jority of several hundred in the county. The
very great personal popularity, the solid
merits and admitted virtues of young Juoge
Colquitt countervailed all these formidable
advantages of the opposition and ne was
elected by a small majority. His nomination
proved to be a coiq> d'e tat on the part of the
democrats, and they hailed the triumph of the
young champion of their principles, with
somewhat of the enthusiasm, which the name
of his illustrious father never failed to arouse,
in their ranks,
In the summer of 1559, in connection with
J. W. Warren Esq., its present able and gen
tlemanly Editor, Mr. Colquitt purchased the
interest of the lamented Col. Tjsnkent Lomax,
in the Times newspaper, published in the
city of Columbus, Geo., and continued to be
the senior Editor of that influential and popu
lar Journal, until he entered the military ser
vice of the Confederate States. To say that
the paper maintained its former character, as
to purity of sentiment—ability of argument
and patriotic !oao, reflects the highest honor
upon its associate editor*, wilder the new
management. They stood m a place i'bjuSttji
ted by uncommon Editorial power and suc
cess. For many years JOHN FORSYTH
had made the tripod of the 'Times, “a throne
of thunders," in defence of the rights of
the South. The generous and gifted LOMAX,
had not yielded the proud distinction of this
patriotic press—and Mr. Colquitt by his cease*
less activity and vigorous Editorials and chi
yalric tone and bearing, did a liberal share of
the joint labors of the- new* managers, which
maintained the paper in its olu position of
power. In one lespect, the Times was ele
vated. Its sentiment was a pure and highly
moral one, under the conduct of Mr. Forsyth.
Lomax gave a more earnest east to its Chris
tian features. Under the control ot Mr. Col
quitt and his friend Warren, the paper as
sumed a high religious characier. The senior
editor was a practical Christian and the paper
in his hands became an aelive religions-pow
er.
For eighteen years previously to his death,
and in the midst of all his labors and trials,
tdis hero-patriot had been <yi aciive, can»is«
tent, loving, zealous member of lire Metho
dist Episcopal Church South. When lie died
a disiinguistied professional gentleman, who
had known him from his cradle, exclaimed
Be was the worthiest man I ever saw.” A
lady of eminent virtues and high social posi
tion, lamenting his untimely end, remarked
“W hat a sweet tempered, amiable gentleman
he was." And ano.her of equal character
and position, replied: “[ never saw him, in
mylite, without a bright smile on his couuteu
ance.” His amiable and intelligent siaier,
Mrs. Emily L. Carter writes to me tkatin the
companionship of their childhood and all the
intercourse of imuurer life, this brother was
a model of devotion—an example ot unself
ish affection. It is rigtn that the world should
know that all his viitues were engrafted upon
a living Christian faith, and flourished as they
were ted from that “true vine” of which
Christ's “Father is the husbandman-” It is
right that the Church should not cease to cher
ish the sacred memories of her obedient,
loving and illustrious children.
A secular paperin noticing his. death, most
justly and beautifully said r “His name is
without spot or blemish, tie lived a pure and
stainless life ; he died a patriotic and noble
death, and has left a memory for tire good to
bless and the free to glorify.” This “name”—
this “life”—this “death”—this “memory”be
longs to the Chureh. He was a child of the
Church, consecrated by the faith of his ehris*
tian parents and baptismal rites and earnest
prayer; and led lotwnrd by the light of Godly
examples, anu trained “in the way he should
go 1 ’ To the children and young men of the
Church—to the political ediiors of his age
to his horoic companions in arm —to us a!!,
of every age and name, hi? eminently useful
and thoroughly christiaa life, was a bright
and beautitul example.
“ Men of good lives,
“Who by their virtuous actions, stir up others
“To noble and religious imitation,
“Receive the greater glory after death.”
This man who lived a patriot and died a
hero, and who illustrated all the walks and
relations of life with the most brilliant and
tnanly virtues—had long been a zealous, lab -
rious, mod* st. Sabbath School Teach*. lie
was afterwards Superintendent, and when he
was summond to the field in defence of the
liberties of his conntry, he was an active
and in the Church. From
his boyhood, wherever good men or a rood
work were to be found, Peyton H. Colquitt
wasto be found. His charities were ungrud»*
ingly bestowed. His hand was ready to help
in every work of mercy. Ho was a minister
of light to the ignorant—of comfort to the
afflicted —of providence to the poor.
Patriotism was an hereditary virtue. When
the vandal foe first threatened Virginia, and
Governor Brown with his prompt and
stinct*e zeal determined that Georgia should’
contest the fust foot of Confederate soil the
fratricidal foe dared to pollute with his pres*
ence, ray gallant friend, then Captain of the
“City Light Guards,” responded to the tele*
graphic summons of the Governor to leave
immediately for thescene ofconfl'otin the 0 and
Dominion—“l am ready /” He entered the
service In the 2d Georgia Battalion, which
was ordered immediately to Norfolk. *
Csptiia Colquitt was engaged in the first
contest on Virginia soil, at Sewell’s Point
with the Gunboats—evinced great self'poa
session and high - qualities of command —
handling hitmen with the skill and beroi-m
of an experienced officer—ar and himself fired
the effective guns. .... ,•
In October, 1801, Capt. Colquitt havmg ob
tained a short respite from tbe duties of the
camp and held, returned to Columbus and
consummated the happiest event of his life,
by marrying tbe lovely and accomplished
daughter of Col. Joel K. Iluit of that City.
His cup of earthly bliss needed not another
ingredient. The future was one long un
broken vista of smiling hope and radiant joy,-
and he looked forward, almost impatiently,
to the ending ol this wicked war, when he
would enter upon their fruition. Alas! this
rapturous vision was neyer to be realized.
In the summer of 1t?62, the President calls
ea upon Georgia, for twelve regiments of
volunteers. This number, and more, were
pomptly organized, and my lamented friend
was elected Colonel of the 46th Ga. For
twelve months succeeding its organization,
this regiment was stationed at Charleston,
where its high perfection in drill,its discipline
and soldierly bearing won universal app’ause
from the people of that gallant citv. From
this point, Cel. Colquitt, with his fine regi
ment, eleven hundred strong, was transferred
to Mississippi to meet the expanding dimen
sions of the war in that quarter. He fought
with distinguished courage in the battle of
Jackson—having exclusive coma and of the
force which was ordered to hold the enemy
in check until our stores could be removed.
A personsl observer and a friend ol mine,
in whom I can rely, told me that he saw
him come Out of that conflict so begiimined
wit h.gunpowder and the smoko of the guns
that he could not have distinguished him from
a st"a»ge r .
His promotion to still higher command was
only a matter of time, and had probably been
delayed by the Government because ot that
of his brother, Gen. Allred H. ColquitiJwhose
brilliant career, has added such lustre to his
civic honors and paternal name.
But higher honors than earth bad to be*,
stow, awaited this Christian patriot-hero.
Ills work was nearly done. He approached
the goal of life and passed it in the whirlwind
of battle. He rose above the dust and clamor
of his earthly course; the chariot of fire
ascended to tho circle of heaven and its glow
ing wheels caught lire* radiance of ihe eter»
nal rainbow.
On the 20th day of September, 1863, Col.
Colquitt was in command of a brigade in the
battle of Chickamauga, and “being required
to charge a battery ot the enemy, with his
hat off, and sword in hand was riding up and
down the line in front of his men, address
ing them with words of encouragement when
a canister shot struck him in the breast and
hurled him from his horse. He was removed
to tbe camp Hospital in the rear, wuere after
lingering thirty hours, death ended his suffer
ings.” On Monday, the 21st of September, 1863,
he was fifty yards in front of his men, waving
his hat *and cryrng to them “Come on my
brave boys,” when he received the fatal
wound, another account says, from “a min
nie ball .” Tie was presently carried to a
shade, and there the Chaplain of his regi
ment, Rev. Thos. Stanley attended him. I
give the account of the closing scene in.his
own words. “When I found the Colonel,
he thought his wound was mortal, and
though he had not recovered from the shock,
he seemed calm and collected. I talked with
him very freely on the subject of religion.
He constantly expressed a spirit of resigna
tion to the Providence of God, snd that he
had no apprehensions whatever in regard to
the future; that ha had tried to do his duty,
and felt in the last hour that he was aeeeps
ted of his Saviour. In tbi* hour, his taitll
never wavered—he said he was “going to the
laud ol light and peace, where he should
meet his many loved ones who had gone be
fore,” an i again, “Tell my dear wile, I go
to meet our Angel child and to come to us.”
At one time he said • “The Providence of
God is inscrutible, but I submit in hope.”
He died without a struggle.
It is comfortable to know that all his wants
were supplied during his sulferiugs. He ex
perienced no pain, and was conscious to the
last moment. As soon as lie was wounded,
Gen. Forrest sent his surgeon to aim; the
poor people, who had oet n bereft ol all their
woridly substance, went to gee him from
miles around. One old gentleman, whose
name 1 have not, who nad served with him
in the Georgia Lcgi-ia.ure, went to him and
watched him, with the kindest devotion, until
he diets. •
He is gone ! I7e h“** sealed the covenant
ot our independence with his preCtcff* ulvOd.
A capable and courageous Christian com*
rounder—a dignified, courteous, accomplished
gentleman—a captivating, genial, gentle
hearted, true friend, laden with honors in hia
youth, he has fallen in the midst of all his
usefulness, his fame, his domestic happiness.
“In his death the editorial fraternity has lost
a courteous and accomplished member—so*
en ty has been robbed of an ornament and a
blessing, and the Church of a bright and
shining light. Death’s icy hand has been
rudely thrust into friendship’s warm heart,
anti hits crushed, in their morning bloom, the
tender blossoms of wedded love.”
hen this bloody war shall be depicted by
the coming historian,
“With hues as when some mighty painter dips
His pea in dyes of earthqnake and eclipse,”
the death-scene of this gifted, gallant, lovely
young Christian patriot will g ow in the midst
of its horrors, like the fire-sido of hospitality
in a frozen, stormy world, and kiudie a rapture
in humble and sancMfied hearts, which ahali
exalt them to the bliss ot Heaven!
His burn an deeds weie so nictated and
directed by the Divine Spirit—liis virtues so
beautified and systematized—’hat iv is not
extravagance to say that
“He fairly laid tire Zodiac in the dust.”
Wji. F. Samfcrd.
Auburn, Ala., Jan. 7ih, 1864
. _
[From the Mobile Advertiser.]
Spasmodic Action of the Yankee Gov
ernment
A!1 the symptoms aro spasmodic. Tho Yankee
Congress works in spasms. 000 offers a resolu
tion to eniist 100,000, men for one hundred days
to drive tho Robela out of Virginia !—a slight
tiling off from tho 1,000,000 men for 90 days
lately proposed.
Another resolves that the war is not for con
quest, but for an integral union; the majority
vote down ibis plain proposition, and thus affirm
by implication that the war is solely for conquest,
confiscation, email e ipaiion and general robbery !
One wants to ui mu: into the exchange of pris
oners of w ir, and tho majority vote him down,
afraid to inovease our armies and their own by
equal numbers.
tools In'gin to fed the public senti
ment on tbit subject of continuing his Preaiden*
ey; and the opposition deal in muttering monace
and warn him of “the ides of March."
Gold will rise, and greenbacks see-saw with it;
ft-d the New York World warns “the powers that
"of a coining “financial crash,” and it insists
that Lincoln and his advisers had better “have
mill-stones about their necks, and be cast into
the sea," than take responsibility when that hour
arrive*.
Imtn.. nso sums are" given for recruits, which aro
obtained in limited number?; ihe Irish fountain
has dried tip, and thß negro is largely depended
upon for the material of future armies.
All is spasm, doubt, uncertainty, fear of the
coming ovont. and that inevitable earthquake
convuh Ln which will alarm, startle and over
whelm those i 1 men “whose offence is rank, and
smell? to Hesvon
Wo Lav., only m hold our own aDd repo! the
ofllie foe in order to insure bis inovgta
"bio ruin. That rotten usurpation of robbery and
bio: u will break down, and we shall win, under
God, Hiat-for which our pecplo have so nobly
struggled.
In such a prospect how pitiable the
croaker and the submfMoniit! And what a
stench in the nostrils of ali true and good men,
is such a creature as this North Carolina Traiior,
Holden, and the miserable party that sustains
him! ThaV.great and powerful State, whose
sons have so gloriously sustained our cause on
many a gory field, will, unless these tory rene
gades are frowredin o deoency, suffer a stain
upon the ereuteneou of her honor that may blur
her proud fame through ci ming generations. As
sure as God reigns we shall be free; and then the
unmitigated scorn of the South, and of genera
tions unborn, will blight and scatter and blast
;he?e traitors to,their own land and cause in the
hour of grc-aiesJt trial.
S me bidden thunder iu ill® stars of heaven
Red with Uncommon wrath, to blast the man
Who owes his greatness to his country'* rum!”
Army R«org»ulst»tlon.
It will have been observed in alraoet if
not all the meeting* of the soldiers and offi
cers of the army of Tennessee for re-enlist
ment, the desire has been expressed lor the
election instead ot the appointment ot otn-i
cers. While, as we have heretofore said,
we think, in view of the lofty spirit ol pa
triotic eelf-abnegaiion evinced by these
command?, thip simple concession should
be accorded as* a boon by Congress, we
think the election is not without an appear*
anee of right and reason.
As between appointment and election,
both may be said to have their advantages
and disadvantages, the exercise of both be
ing liable to error, and ihe advantages of
bohi b*ing exceptional, rather than the re
sult of unitorm infalibility of operation in
either. A good officer may be appointed,
or elected, or a bad officer elected or ap
pointed, there being no such uniformity in
the attainment of good, or, the avoidance
of evil, as to involve the mental safety ot
the predication of a general rule free !rom
objections, if one rule were absolutely safe,
and the other unsafe, obviously the safe
one should be adopted and the unsafe one
ignored ; but if, on the contrary, there is no
such prepoaderence of one over the other,
wisdom would dictate that the one should
be adopted which, while not without its
proportion of advantages, would carry with
it the greatest amount of moral force, in
fruits of satisfaction, content, and harmony
to the particular command, and by conse
quence to the whole army.
The threatening presence of the enemy
is not the time and occasion in which to
discuss abstractions, or calculate shades of
advantage, or disadvantage of this political
idea or style, or that; or to discuss the po
litical authority implied in appointment, or
military authority without reference to the
practical ends and aims to be subserved by
it; but it is the time above all others for
strengthening the army by the additions of
all possible physical strength and moral.
As the array is asking almost unanimously
for the privilege of election, we are to infer
that it is the system much most satisfactory
to them, and under which they will fight
best and most jreliably ; and as that is the
most important point just now, for all par
ties, why let it be indulged.
While election is most consistent with all
of our political ideas, as well as with our
fully accredited doctrine of State rights, it
will have the further effect of weeding out
all those noxious or unproductive official
tares which have been choking and tainting
the wheat of the army since the war began,
and putting meritorious men in their places.
When the army was first organized, and
there was the prevalent deficiency of the
requsite military knowledge, it was, per
haps, or would have been, well to devolve
appointment upon the President, or some
one presumed to know what were the need
ful qualifications for command; but now,
when the army has had three years of tui
tion, and experience, the electors are all
West and the best sort of West
Pointers; West Pointers made in the “mili
tary academy” of actual drill and actual
campaigning, and actual war and battles;
West Pointers of experience and not of
books.; West Pointers made in a school
which antedates books, and from whence
books are made or derived. A soldier, like
a college boy, know* who is who better
than the President. He knows, in army
language, who “will do to tie to” and who
will not. Trust him for that.
Besides, the effect of election, while put
ting an end to all the supernumerary lolly,
nonsense, quibbling, loafing and what not
of examining boards will return to the ranks
of the army almost an army of supernum
erary officers distributed through the court*
try, to its great annoyance and greater dis
gust, now doing nothing, or what is worse
than nothing, eating up the substance of the
country, at the public expense, without
giving for it the slightest equivalent of ser
vice. Wo are informed by an intelligent
army officer, whose business carries him
over the whffle Country between South
Carolina and the that no one
has any conception of the prevalence of
this description of demoralization. We
know tnat conscription, or reduction to the
ranks, by the passage of a law vacating
their offices, would create quite a flutter
among ihe sweetly indolent wearers of the
stars and bars; but as they were appointed
for the country, and the country not made
for them, the country can well afford to see
them return to the ranks, where they can
serve her iu that capacity, particularly as
they have ceased to serve her in any other.
Let the officers then by all mean* be elec*
ted.—[Atlanta Appeal.
Perils of Blockade Running.— The difficul
ties and danger? of going to Nassau from Wil
mington are increased as much by the vigilance
of our own guard as by that of the Yankee fleet.
The Petersburg Register relates an amusing in
cident which lately occurred on board the steamer
Fanny. l!he litegiater says :
The steamer; Fanny was ready for sea; the
cotton and tobacco were stored and steam up,
when the prpvost guard ojrne aboard. The
officers, passengers and crew were all called up
and underwent a strict examination. They were
detailed on deck while a strict search was made
below, and all possible places, where a surrep
titious passenger might conceal himself, was
closely investigated. All being found correet,
away the Fanny steamed for the “open sea," but
ore sho reached the mouth of the river another
party of soldiers boarded her for a parting look,
inis party was provided witn a machine in the
shape of a large syringe, filled with some chem
ical mixtute known in that locality as thc“snee
z\ag compound/’ This stuff was vigorously
pumped into every possible and impossible ph«»e
where "Nassau" runner could be concealed.—
Any man subjected to its influence in close quar
ters, must sneeze out or “bust his biler.” ft is
described as k villainous compound of stink and
tickle, which no person can sustain and live.
All parts had been tumlgated except the coal
bunks. Onexamuut'iou, they were found closely
packed with bags of coal, too close apparently
for the admission of a oa', much less a man.—
But the “sneezing compound" was thrown iu
freely. After a while a slight motion was no
ticed, then a -uppr.-ssed sneeze, quickly followed
by n vigorous Teutonic oath. In a lew minutes
lour anything but jolly Dutchmen, black as ne
groes, half smothered, and sneezing with a 20
horse power, came forth from their eoal bunk
births. Tnoy were escorted to shore, and what
farther occurred we know not. At a later hour
the Fanny alao came back, not liking the appear
ance of the blockading fleet at the entrance of the
harbor- We presume she has left before this, but
where the joily Dutchuieu are, or whether they
have done sneezing yet, this deponent saitti not.
Knoxville to be Re-Captured,—The
Atlanta Register of Jan. 28th, has the an
nexed item of news;:
Private dispatches received in this city
from Bristol, state that within the week
Longstreet will have possession of Knox
ville. We have not anticipated this event
for some dajys past; but the dispatch shown
to us is from a gentleman whose official
and privafej character renders his state
ments eminently trustworthy.
Gov. Letcher stated in his address at
Danville, Va.that the late Stonewall Jack
son was in favor of conducting this war
under the black flag, and so expressed his
sentiments to him seven days after the se
cession of Virginia, proposing to set the ex
ample himself by first carrying that flag in
the face of the enemy. ' i
TELEGBAPHIO
REPORTS OF THE PfKS» ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the vear'lß®*,
by J. 8. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of me w ■
trict Court of the Confederate States fortUe Not toern
District of Georgia.
Morristown, Tenn., Jan. 30. —Maj. General
Buckner has arrived here.
Gen. Longstreet’s headquarters have been re
moved to this place.
The enemy attacked Gen. Martin with a superio r
force beyond the French Broad river on Wed
nesday, and after a severe fight compelled them
to retire, witn a loss of two pieces oLartillery
and 100 men, killed, wounded and Missing.
Morristown, Jan. 30—Gen. Martin attacked
the enemy on the 29th, and after a stubborn fight
drove them from the field. They retreated in
the direction of Louisville. The enemy’s cavalry
have undoubtedly been reinforced.*
Persons from Knoxville represent, the small
pox raging there.
Charleston, Jan, 30.—The bombardment of
Fort Sumter ceased at dark, last night, 150
shells in all having been thrown, of which 129
struck. It was renewed this morning with a 30,
a 100, and a 120 pounder parrot; and a 10 inch
oolumbiad. The fligstaffwas shot down, yea*
terday, but replaced by three of the garison un
der a rapid and accurate fire ; the men repeat
edly waving tbe flag in the face of the enemy,
and waving their hats in triumph after Ihe flag
was replanted.“ The bombardment was continued
steady all day. The fire is mostly diiected on
the western wall.
Charleston, Jan. 31.
Tbe euemy keeps up the bombardment of
Sumter by day and ceasosat dark. 159 shots
.were fired during Saturday, of which 138 struck.
No damage of consequence to the fort. The ene
my renewed the fire on the city at nine o'olock
Saturday night, the shots averaging one every
ten minutes, and still going on. 101 shells fired
at city up to five this evening. Tbe tiring on
Sumter to-day averages one in five minutes, di
rected mostly at the west angle of the 'fort. No
change in the position of the fleet.
Go into the Country. —Our cities are too
crowded. From various causes, but chiefly from
ihe threatened advance of the enemy, our popu
lous towns have become full to repletion. Every
available tenement, or 7 by 9 room, is occupied ;
hundreds are pressed into a space hardly large
enough lor a doseu people; and the oonsequenoe
is much discomfort often ill health. Augusta
is in this category. Vo josde each other here,—
We have no space ' expand. The free air of
heaven is around us, but wo want larger sniffs of
it. As the warm weather approaches, it would
be oar earnest advice to tho dwellers in our own
and other orovvaed cities, to malm arrangements
to more into the county, if only for a temporary
sojourn. All v oo boi.. lifted by the thinning
of our ranks— h a who remain and those who
migrate. Aid e. racially will ttio latter class be
profited by \ "hange, Health and a fresher
bloom to the ch will be the result.
“God made th mntry, man tho town,” says
Cowper. Let ou <y folks try rural lifo awhile,
and they will obtai : a fresh lease of existence.—
A small farm, or garden, well tilled, will help
to stock the larder, and everything you raise by
so much increases the supply of food. What you
grow you will not have to buy. Lot those who
arc desirous of Irying the experiment ot country
life, pack up their movables, aud at the first note
of the blue bird, dive into the bowels of the land.
Fix upon some choice spot not too remote from
civilization nor too near; let the housewife and
her aids put things to rights in the dwelling,
while the menfolk* shoulder their spades and
hoes and march to tho garden or field. The new
stylo of labor may induce some aches of body,
anil there may be blisters in the palm of the
hand, and tho pa!o check may bo sunburned; but
the quickened pulse, the physical elasticity and
vigor, the free respiration, the miud at ease, is
an abundant compensation for all.
[Chronicle &, Sentinel.
The Plea op Insanity in a Murder Cask. —
George Victor Townley, who some time since, in
England, murdered Miss Goodwin, a young wo
man to whom ho had been affi meed, has been
i tried, found guilty and condotmied to death. A
1 defence was set up that ho was insane, and it
was sought to prove the plea of insanity by pro
ducing evidence of the prisoner’s general moral
derangement. A physician who had twioe seen
Lp p rj soner since his incarceration, was of opin
ion S il insar.ee, Baron Martin, the pre
ton txia . this Plea by tebing the
sidiDg juiL e, demo,*.. *" 1 ww »
jury that assuming “that me ‘ * ,
was diseased on the 21st of August, yet, n
knew tho act he did would probably cause death
and that what he was doing was against the law
of God and the subject of legal; punishment, ho
is responsible.for his aot.”
A Remarkable Discovery —An English As«
tronomer has discovered that we are several mil
lions ot miles nearer the sun than has been snp>
posed. This is certainly very satisfactory, when
we icfloot that coal is S4O a load, and wood S3O
a cord.
Conclusion to the Stab Spangled Banner.
The author of the Star Spangled Banner omit*
ted the last verse of that once celebrated song.
Here it is :
Farewell to that flag, though long it hath waved,
The prido of out land, and the world’s admira*
ticn ;
Now sullied and shorn, its supporters enslaved,
It flaunts but to tell of its own desecration;
Accursed be the name
That hath covered with shame :
That flag, once the emblem of glory and fame,
For the Star Spangled Banner no longer doth
wove
O’er the land of the free and the home of the
brave.
An eye-glass has been well-defined aas toy
which enables a coxo mb to see others and others
to see that he is a coxcomb.
In all the battles around Richmond, there
one hundred and seventy-one poisons of
the Jewish faith wounded. It is al9o said that
the first person killed in this war, in South
Carolina was a J6W.
Latent Buties.— Nature is bountiful
even in her sterniet mood, and not only
ha« her solace lor vicissitudes', but actually
reserves eorne of Iter bounties us the neces
sary accompaniments o( pain. Some beau
ties are only disclosed by destruction. It is
death exhibits the t’ i iug dolphin’s riches in
the way of color Death anil decortication
are ueeded to 'ay bare the exquisite pearl
bark of the nautilus, covered in life by a
sad and slimy cloak. Fracture alone dis«
doe' s the prismatic hues of the &Gber*eur
faced flint.
A Rouge ; oi jhen blushes for those who
can’t blush ft tnemselves.
More perso. * are admired and envied
from being un; aown than from being
know r n.
Why is the minister of a fashionable Cuuroh
like a locomotive?
Bocaus j people look out for him when the
bell rings.
GOODRICH &€O t ,
(FOIIMERL YOFNE U r OR LEA NR,)
Next Door Below Speer’s Corner,
BROAD STREET,
ARE now opening a large and very desirable stock
of DRV GOOD:? and other anicles, recently
ported from EuroTe, wli cli they offer for sale cheai
tor cash, *»y the piece or package.
Jan I—lm
WANTED
FOR the balance of the year a hea’.tl y r.egio WO
MAN. accustomed to’farm work, without ircum
brance Apply at THIS OFFICE {
Jan 3S *
Local.
Notice to AdTerttaera.
From and alter ihis date, until further notice, wfl
■hall chaige for advertisements Two Doliara per
aquare for each insertion.
THOS. GILBERT & CO.
THUS. RAGLAND.
JAS. W. WARREN A CO.
Feb.), 1864.
WANTED,
Two intelligent boys who can read writing, at
the Telegraph office. Apply immediately.
Fell—d3t.
Bishop Pikrcb. — This distinguuhol Divine
was in our city yesterday, and preaohed at St.
Paul’s Chuch. Ilis discourse was characteristic
of the gentleman’s well known ability and
abounded in wißdom, eloquence and piety. His
remarks were peculiarly appropriate to the
times. We are pleased to see the Bishop in fine
health.
General Bragg passed through otfr city yester
day on route for Enlaula, He took passage on
the steamer Uchee.
Query. —Would auy of our leaders like to in*
dulge in the luxury of a genuine cup of Rio cof
fee, sweetened with regular old fashioned New
OrLans sugar ? If so, go to Goodrich & Cos., at
Ware’s old stand, in Jones’ bnilding. They ad
vertise these articles for sale. Our lady readers
will find there also a fine assortment of dress
goods, as well as numerous other articles to please
their fancy. Judging from the numbers of the
fair tbat flock to this store, we should think that
the firm of Goodrich 5c Cos., are becoming known
and appreciated.
The Concert Saturday night for the benefit of
the soldiers, was by no means as well attended as
we had wished. The Confeds displayed their
usual abilities to please, in point of good music,
burlesque and witticisms. There was, we regret
to say, however, an undeicurrent of rowdyism
in the Hall which deterred decent people from
enjoying the entertainment to any great extent.
We would advise our city authorities to preserve
order at the Hall at all hazards on oooasioua
like this, and if it cannot be done, those who
have any self respect had better remain at home.
A Word to the Ladies. —Not a word of love,
fair reader, for the haioyon days when love's
young dream irradiated our pathway have
passed and we nre now termed by many incor
rigible, but a word as to duty. The spring is
now on the tapis, and tbe gonial rays of the
sunshine admonish us tLnt seed-time has come
again, and wo ihould exercise the foreeaatc to
loon forward to ihe probabilities for living during
the com tg summer. Under the blessings of
Heaven, we shall, in a large measure, be in
debted a tue yielding earth for the means of
sustenanc e ; and it should bo the particular care
of every family, possessing a.foot of soil, to store
it well with ueelul seeds. Every reflecting lady
knows the value of » good garden, and the im
portance of one has ntsver heeu so great aa now.
Vegetable diet is wholesome and nutricioue, and,
as a matter of extensive ecouomy, should be
universally resorted to the present year. ‘You
should not only have your own comfort and
convenience in view in this matter, but the good
of tbe country and the welfare of the soldior.—
There is no food more relished in camps, and
we trust, for the common good, that ibe earth
will be taxed to its uttermost capacity to bring
forth an abundant harvest of vegetables.
Go to the Countby. — We see by our ex*
ohanges everywhere that the influx o! the popu
lation into the cities is becoming alarming. In
such times as these it is hard enough to live any
where but in the populous cities, where every
nook and corner is jarnned to overflowing, and
where the supply ot provisions is scanty, and
with but little capacity for production, the pros
peot is becoming more gloomy every day. The
idea of soldiers families crowding into the oities
isanertoneous one. Many of these have quit
comfortable homes in the country, to eke out a
precarious and np*-Gtble existence in these
crowded thoroughfares, when by ren-aining upon
their farms, cultivating their patches and gardens*
with the assistance granted {by the Inferior
Courts, of the several counties, they oould not
only live more comfortably but be more con
tented and happy. The prices of all the neces
saries of life are already enormous, and with a
oontinuance of this elate of things, will in a short
time become fabulous. The productive energies
of the country are too small and must be strength
ened, and this can only be accomplished by a
dispersion of the masses from the cities. At
the present rate of inorease in the price of pro
visions, it will be impossible for the poorer classes
to live in the cities. Therefore we earnestly
advue all who can possibly do so to get them
places in the country and prodaoe from the soil
articles of food for their own support.
Besides these considerations, which we regard
as very weighty, the city is not the best place,
even in good times, to raise up a family, and es»
pecialty in these limes of almost universal oor
rnptioD; do we deem it exceedingly inappropri
ate to attempt to do so. To raise children prop
erly should be the earnest desire of all parents,
and in selecting thoir homes they should inquire
whether the surroundings and associations will
be such as to conduoe to this end. In point of
moral restraints we regard the country by far
tho Letter place. It t ikes a. groat deal of watch
ing and anxious attention to fix the moral and
virtuous habits of chi dren in cities, where there
are so many incentive! to vice.
I.ocal Scintillations.
Place not too much relianeo in friendship, ii is
often bu: a name to subserve selfish ends.
The female character is suspended on a verv
frail tenure—once lost it is gone forever. Too
muoh solicitude for its unsullied maintainanco
cannot be manifested.
A word, of encouragement to the friendless—
Get on intimate terms with the City Sexton, per
haps he will bury yon for nothing.
A sovereign remedy for every ill—Hang your
self.
An object of compassion— A local editor with
thirteen children.
To perpetuate misery—(Jet married.
An object of universal contempt—An old bach
elor.
A choice between evils—To choose between
the last mentioned evils, get soma old maid to
sow you up in a bag and throw you in the river.
Hard to find—A man that hasn’t got
enough to keep him out of tho army.
MARRIED,
Id Lin wood, at the residence of D. P. Ellis, on the
27th January, by the Rev. Mr Key, Mr. William J.
Weekks, of Talhoiton, to Mhs Or-nui ia, daughter
of Oeo. Osborn, Esq.
M : da» was so great a man that everything
that he touched turned to gold. The case is
altered now—touch a man with gold and h«
will change into anything.