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raunm bditionT ,?A IES W. WARRE.V, Editor. O&lsmhs, Thursday February 4,1W4. raaTfntton of Plantar*. Ir assay of 'h% State the planters bav« ava-:d therr.?<»!Tc« of the invitation of Major Cub lings to meet in convention, an fix the P?c a* wh 'h they will sell suppliesto It* Gov eror tnt This invitation, wo have rsa-on to kao'was extended in faith, .'or, witfcouv. e?:ce :i*in, as far as wo have objerved, the por- Oja 1 ig age’.*- < ‘ the Govern meat have paid the p ic < affixed by the cornuy meeting?- The plant ers M iteogee have been slow to nr. eve i this mat r, hut we tre't they wMsoon oaten ihe oon t igi .. It is proper they should know shat if they tkslny until the nupplies are imperatively need, the latter will be impro?B«d at the ccm- E.i c vs ; nation- To fixlii • ;V * * r e«* <:~ thei p rod a < they ehouli dsal generously and liber illy wi h the Government. The question with tbfm should be, not how much we can ob tain by the asking, but how low, in view of all • the circunfl c ‘ancos, can we aflf >rd to sell. They should comprehend the faoi that the Government is doing nil in its power to protect their property and themselves, and that but for its efforts, they would now be outcasts and beggars. “Wet Damnation.” The Confederate Union of the 2nd contains an anonymous letter to Governor Brown, giving information that in Butts County alone, there are from “twelve t<f seventeen distilleries turn ing out liquid fire in open violation of law. The writer gives the name of some dosen men who are engaged in this business, and includes a Justice of the Peace among the number. The complaint is made to the proper functionary, and we may expect soon to hear that this nest of wickedness is completely demolished. The Got ernoris a Baptist of the rigat stamp—not a Hardshell. m There ie a spunky little town up in Alabama by the name of Guntersville. In July, 1862, a large force of the enemy arrived before it and demanded its surrender, but its citizen; coolly refused. The enemy oharged, took and burned half of the town down. But it seems the place was not conquered, for on the 22d of January another demand for its surrender was made, whioh was peremptorily refused, when the town was shelled from 9 o’clock in the morning until 3 in the afternoon. The “garrison,” consisting of tea old men and twenty-five women aud ohil« dren, was bravely “holding out” at last acoounts. The North Carolina Frontier—An In cident. We have, say* the Richmond Examiner Os the 30th, from a most reliable source, the infor mation that a detachment from a Massachusetts negro regiment, under the Colonel commanding, left Norfolk last week for Currituck county. North Carolina, to attack, aud capture if possi ble, some of our guerrillas of Lieut. White's com mand. Failing in this they visited a second time the houseol?LieuTenant White, and, after abusing the family, took his daughter, an accomplished young lady of seventeen years, After having her hands tied ia front $f her and the rope thrown over her shoulders, she was driven, by a big ne» gro, with curse* and abuse, ia front of the com* ma and, towards Norfolk. When within five miles of Norfolk tboy met a regiment of New York wb to infantry, who, with its Colonel at the head, knr ?ked over the negro driver aud rescued Miss Wt :o irom the negro guard, and aont hor to No oik in a carriage. r be New Conscription. —Tho Richmond Ex miner says that Genera! Orders have bean is? 1 sd in tho Adjutant General’s office instruct ing the enrolling officers to prooeed as rapidly as ossibie with the new conscription. The priv tic,- .1 of volunteering ia restricted in tbceo orders by wo important conditions : * l. The company selected must hwe been in set ico on she 16th of April, 1862.” * Too company selected must be, at the time of volunteering, oelow tho minimum number prr crib" ! by re relations.” 7 -?»* Butler has oomm«oyed eorfiscating the pr .->«*rtv o' eitiasns of Norfolk. Tm* property of t jins <i tcea poriona is advertised for sale for the oeneut of the United States Government. ’ hero is a bill before tho Senate of Virginia to mako Confederate Treasury notes a legal tender. Th > Richmond Dispatch contains a severe arti cle in opposition. Mrs too,- -Yankee nows from th* oity of Mexi co and Saa Luis Potosi, to the 22d and 28th of December, is to the eff.r-t that tho Mexicans not only harrass tho invaders, bnt ocoßsionally offer them battle. Juarcst contemplated moviDg his sea* of government from San Luis to Monlepey, to be nearer to tho\Unked Stales. In a letter he says: “We know full weir, that if the Uni ted States had not been engaged in their present struggle, no European poivneuta would ever have altonapted’to strike a blow against republican in stitution.” He says it may boa matter of sur prise that they nbandoa the principal cities, but they were rigut in doing so ; that by harraeeiag and destroying the French communications, and carryi n t? on ft roving system of warfare, like that which the French once experienced ia Spain* they eventually will not consider Mexico au easy empire to govern. Court House in Mobile Burned About half past q o'clock yesterday morning, the Caurthouic, situated in the south-west cor ner'of Royal and Government streets was dis covered to be on fire in the roof on the south end of the building o-er the City Court room. From appearance*and the rapid manner in which the roui burned, it was the general opinion that it must have been on fire some hours before it 1 was discovered. It is said, we learn, that smoke was seen issuing from the gutters at least a naif gn hour previous to the alarm by the fire bell. A ll the doors leading to that part of the build ing, we understand, were closed and locked at the time of the alarm, and those that entered are somewhat divided in their opinion in regard to the origin of thefire. The porter and other*, . seem to think that it wan caused by a detective fine leading from the Circuit Court office. Vfe learn that that room was the only one in which a lire had been made this morning. Owing to the scarcity of water, the upper nor ion, or all of the combustib e material <fcc., that could burn was destroyed before the engines got to werk. The lower stories, which are fire proof, of the south end, and all the northern por tion of the building are saved, together wi;h the books, papers, Ac. This is undoubtedly a publio calamity,—os the Courthouse was ono of the best buildings in the city. S nee the above was in type the flames have communicated with tho front, or nortaern end of t. e buildic destroying all of the unper sto ries ezr t>t tl massive walk and pi'lars, the low r stories : jmain um dared — fMebi-e Tri bunj, 31s. ult [From the Richmond Examiner, 30th.] The Senate Military Bill. The Senate, on yesterday, removed the injunction of secrecy from the military bill reported from the Military Committee. We give below an abstract of ih* bill as it pass ed the Senate in secret session. W* learn the bill now being considered by the House of Representative* in secret session is en tirely a different a flair, • The first reckon of the Senate b*l *e claro* gt| white m°n, residents o’ the Lon federate State*,between am h”?- five year*, io the irary -ervice of to j Confederate State* c nr *br war. “JStecnow 2. All arsons between fnr*v« ! -five and liftyfm • 'to', now. in the army s»ball i enroll them.**!**” 4 tv if : n ? T-»rtod •». scribed by the Pre under pain of be- | i ir-.- fonecribet into « nr; .an the fe:d ; j ■ y,- J, a 1 de*. 6 "?- 5 ’ nrovost at -! tft; j £ Grds; "• . quarfermasta' and j ni rt* bureau n" -r <s and guards,nodi f, ge- vice *' ■’ '* eontcri• 1 '.eta, ,s m ■ be -rona those persons w , ... *eto -five and fir -hae not now in the am* .od from those >esow feety-five who >, ' * • r military a--v’ce ir. tiio field bv rea< of physical dis - Tty, within thirty da vs from the passage o* this act: Provided, that m the Trans-Missis sippi Depart ;; .t ! u tim * for the enroll ment aforesaid st> • be sixty days: And provided further, ' c’l person* named | oetw-en >• e ! only he ni»o- t < ( thft service to act '*”« ashore: pro vided. “Section 3. Discharges from too a:my to be of oo effect unless the disability, on account of which the discharges were ob tained, still exist; Provided, that persons exempted on account of religious opinions, and who have paid the tax levied on them as such, shall not be conscribed. “Section 4 repeals all laws granting exemptions from military service and pro vides that hereafter none shall be exempt except— “l. All who shall be held to be unfit for military service, under rules to be prscribed by the Secretary of War. “11. The Vice-President of the Confede rate States, the members of Congress, and ot the Slate Legislatures, and the officers thereof, and such other Confederate and State officers as the Piesident or the Gov ernors of the States, respectively, may de clare to be necessary for the proper admins istiation of the Confederate or State Gov ernments. “111. Ministers of religion who, on the 10th of April, 1862, were and still are in the regular discharge of their ministerial duties; superintendents of assylurns for the deaf,dumb, blind and insane; one edit or of each newspaper established and being published on the 10th of April, 1862, who was owner or editor of a newspaper at that date, and which has been so published reg ularly since that time, and such journey men printers as such editor may, under oath, declare are indispensable for printing said newspaper; one apothecary doing bus iness on the lOih of April, 1862, and who is now, and has been since that time doing business; all physicians over thirty-five years of age who, for the last seven years, have been in the actual practice of then profession ; and teachers of twenty childrep whose schools have been in operation for the past two years: Provided, that when the occupations here mentioned have been interrupted by the occupation of the enemy and resymed at the place of residence *the persons named shall be entitled to exemp tion. “IV. For the police of slaves there shall be exempted on each farm or plantation, the sole property of a minor, person of unsound mind .femme sole, or person absent in tho military or naval service, bn which there are twenty or more effective hands: Provi ded the persons so exempted w ere acting as overseers previous to lGih April. 1862, and there is no white male adult on suen farm or plantation, not liable to military duty: and Provided, the owner of such fs»m or plantation, i:is Agent or legal representative shall make affidavit that, after diligent c-fs fort, no overseer op* l he procured who is not liable to ir.Mtery duty* Provided fur ther, that this shall nut extern to any farm or plantat-.-ni on widen negroes tut been placed, by.dr. ?db", from any order farm or plantat on, luce ike lith October 1862. Provided further, that for ev; yper« son. oxemn* 1 re a;.!, and d:Hng the period c£sn« : - thore shall be paid,annually, ; public treasury, by »ae owners of *u • •■’.vce, the sum ot" five hundred dollar- ' vided further, . that nothing herein ; -•! ehnll be so con strued as to prev< ?.e President horn de tailingl the owner o: a plantation to o verse* the same, upon < i tr>ms.and in the case* where such owner would have the rght to claim the exe:n-*‘ >n of an overseer 10 manpgo such »* ! ju >*i,” “V. X'l'f"-' 'if c Trained s’fill h“ j construed tu e act of A prill >863 {in relation ‘>rn . .* . ‘ors, and <-v --e nipt ion* herein g *• ad nniv ce oinuo whilst the percouv ex* lopted' ar>i <■»*..* aged in their ir«?7)*'C*ive pursuits or occupy ..ms.” ‘‘Section 5. By this section the President is authorized to gr nt details, under gener al rules and regulations to be issued horn the War Department, either from persons between forty five and fifty five, or from the army in the field, in all case a where, in his judgement, justice, equity and necessity require that he should make such detail, and he may revoke such order of details whenever he may think proper: Provided , The power herein granted to the President to make defcai's and exemptions shall not be construed to authorize the exemption or de tail of any contractor for furnishing sup plies to the Government, by reason of said contract, unless the head or secretary of the department shall certify that the person* al services of abd contractor are indispen sable to the execution of the contract, and that the same is carried on in good faith, and then never more than one person for each contract, or ot the officers, clerks, agents or employees of express compa nies.” ‘ Section 6 provides that any quarter masters or assistant quartermaster, com missary or assistant commissary, (other than those serving with brigades or tetji raents in the field) or officer in the nitre bureau, provost marshal, or enrolling offi cer, who shall employ any person bet ween the ag<-s of eighteen and forty five, who is liable to military dyty in the field as a clerk, •agent, or in any other way? shall, upon con viction thereof by a court martial or milita ry court, be cashiered; and it shall be the duty of department or district commanders to relieve such quartermaster, etc, upon proof, bv oath of some creditable person, that he or they have violated the reqoire* meats cf this clause; and any department or district commander who shall fid! to do as requited by this aet, as above staled, shall, upon conviction thereof, be dismissed from the service.” “Section 7. In appointing local boards o; surgeons for the examination of persons liable to military service, no member com posing the same shall be appointed from the county in which said persons preside." “Section 8. Noiliiug herein contained shall lie construed to repeal aiiy*p-iri of th** act ent'.t'ed, An act to provide further for the public defence, approved April 1G b, !S6:t, or of the act »mendntory thereto, ap* proved September 57, ifß2, <*xeept as here in expressly providei. : ’ The Department Clerke. The bill Tor the relief of the officers and clerks of the Executive .Department and other Gov ernoseot employee?, has passed both Houses of Congress, in the following shape: . A Bill to Increase the compensation of certain civil officers and employees in the President’s office and in tha Executive and Legislative Department?, at Richmond, for a liua.ted pe riod. The Concr ass, do enact, Tha* he salaries , and compear vtion of all civil officers and cm* \ ptoyee? a *b ■. Pre-Ident’f office, and in .he Exe cutive and Lsgisl.-ove Departments, at Rich mond, whose eompensa'lon’' b* salaries do not exoeed the sum of w annum, shad be increased, from *he passage of this set, to tbe 13th of May. ISfil, a . the rr,i« of one hundred par cent, per annual i pre v , i the same shall sot thereby be tncrc.i?? eyoad the rate ot $ ',OOO r • ar nuca ;a: ts : r.i*’C-% of all said ■fleers, whoso ©otnpeiisa- on ■ above »00, and <soo§ ri?’ Ji tlio sutti of $3,0.00 p&r sofiutu* shall,for she sane pezj «1 of ? uie. be lac; ased at. the rate of fifty cec* per r.-niuci; but it is here by expressly declared, that tao inoioaae * com* neneation,provided i.,r in this act, ahati »*>.< f >® paid to any officer or employea in Kxoauhve Dipartmsnt of the Govo/dmcpt who is tia.-*ie to perform military lu'j, nr is abie to ber.r arras m lie field, unless such officer or employee shall f . st obtiid ft cerdficate from tha head of the de partment in which be is that his ser vices are absolutely necessary to the Government, and tliat his<place cannot, be supplied by ony One known to the head of ilc department tvhn isfnot subject to military dv*y ; vtuch said cer .„ .. , - r-,. -r of the ! p : , lid . aod i. r haU be i!u dn’j ea. S-cretary, at the b>-* ginnieg o: ttsch st-ssion, to coiiimuuioate u list ot all such cert>fic;itea to Congtcss; provided, the.? no clerk, who, by virtue of a inditary commis sion, receives rations or commutation of radons, shall ba entitled to the besieflts of this net. Late from Nassau THE HARBOR FULL OF BLOCKADE BURNERS —THE YANKEE FLEET INOPERATIVE AT WILMINGTON. The British steamship Corsica arrived at New York on Friday, from Havana, 16th, via Nassau, ISth. By this arrival, we learn from the Nassau Guardian-that the‘steamers Alice, Wild Dayrell, Horcine, Pet, ami Dispatch—the latter comman ded by the noted Capt. Coxetter, arrived Irom Wilmington previous to the 16th, and that, with the exception of tha Dispatch, they had sailed again for Wilmington. The Nassau correspon dent of the New York World, writing on the lTth, says: There i?, perhaps, no place throughout tho world where an American—one who is ready to share the varied fortunes o: the republic—:a sub jected to more humiliating spectacles than here. The events of the past tew days are sufficient to call for the immediate interference of the United Stales Government. Nassau, a month since, was as dull as midnight; now it is full of the miserable offscourings of the South, who have ignobly fled from the Rebel conscription, but are ready, at aoy moment, to defend the Con federacy in the billingsgate »Dd blasphemy of South Carolina. Tho saloons and bar-rooms, and even the lowest hoarding-houses near tho beach, aro fall of these runaways from the South; but they seem to believe that here they c(:n, under the British flig, establish the superiority for which they so long vainly contended in the land of rice and cotton. . The South seems to view in Nassau a conge, nial refuge, and her fugitives have eomo in hun dreds during the last week to this port. Yester day the rebel steamer Dispatch, which ran the blockade three times to my own knowledge, sailed into the harbor in the morning with tho British flag flying at her peak. She had on board tho notorious Captain Coxetter. After coming to the wharf he was surrounded by a party of South erners, who welcomed him. His steamer was loaded with cotton, which was shipped at Wil mington. The day before the arrival of this sdeamer feur other vessels sailed into the harbor and anchored near the city. They had, as lam informed, ail cargoes of cotton. From ono of the officers of tlie-^, vessels I as certained‘hat rhe crews weronot pormiu«<t tu go jusliure as several of them deserted at Hava na. I was also informed by him that Wilming ton was full of Southerners, who had sold all their property at a great sacrifice ia order to leave the Confederacy by tho steamers which were regularly advertised to leave that port for Nassau and Havana. loan etate from my personal observation that vessels are constantly arriving here*, ostensibly front cw York, with cargoes which aro itamo diatcly reshipped on notorious blockade runners. Hew these vessel? escaped customhouse surveiK lane* is a mystery which the proper officers in your city can atone solve. 31obii«; It may not be generally k -own to our renders that an attack has beon expected on Mobil; 8 for some time past, Tho indica •ious nre t r.u ; -<b v is not far distant when an attempt wiii he m?T. to capture that 'citv. The I;,’- ?t information from the West ip* forms' ut that Gon. Savrr.ino had arrived at an i after.vavd.-4 left Vi.-kaburg, ou List way down the Mississippi r; vhp «-.<] ti,» supposition is, that he will iak« fommand of the expedition, which i* said >t> oe near ly finished filling ou:, and ready fur notion. Os tlie ability of the Yankees !o capture Mobile, we will not sav, but, afier two years of time, wo trust that nothing has V ' ' ' ‘ nee. The city cun.be;-” *n... f.dfy, an assertions which we i:-*v.- Gv':? John-.ron’si opinion to. *u«tKin. That gaila-t Chief told ono of ihd principal citizens oi the ci’y, last July, that Mobile was a much easier place to be de fended than any other c.tv in the Corded emey. All that is required is the same ac» tivity, heroism and determination oa the part of iho officers and men that have characterised the defenders of Charleston, If ihe name spirit is shown, we cannot doubt that the rdsult will be equally as glorious The advance of the enemy in Mississippi can bo only a feint to d>ver*‘ attention from Mobile, but that they will succeed in their stratagem we have not the least idea.— The gallant L ent General who commands the department will, we feel certain, exhibit the same foresight as he has hhnerto done. True, with the army which has been gath* ered for the defence of Mobile—composed as they are oi the bravest and be*! troops in ihe service—makes us feel satiaiied that Mobile v- i I only fall after there is nothing left in it worth lighting tor [AtlSuta Inteilige: ( cer. From Memphis. — We have bad the pleasure of a conversation with a friend wuo left the vi oinitc of Memphis about two weeks ago. He states that tho Yankoe officers hdra discontinued tbo enlistment of troops sou f h of Noncoonah, but is st:il kept up in Memphis. A m >to liberal policy in r'egard to the traffic between Memphis uni the adjoining country ha? been reasaily adopted by the Keterals. They are now rather dispo-e i to encourage trade, since Gon Forrest has determined to break it up. as he is tying pretty cffbc'uaPy.' It was believed that Corinth was entirely evacuated by the Yankee®, and Fort Piilow was repertrd to be abandoned. There was ‘a gen rai trepidation among the Federal* and Southern traitors, based on the fear that Forrest would, on some dark night, take the cby by sur» nri-o. Our Southern friends in Me rphis were as loyal and hopeful as ever Atlanta Appeal. Wc are informed that a flag of truce Foe has been established between Chattanooga and Dal ton, and that letters are now permitted to pass the ,ines of boih armier, under arrangement and restrictions similar to these adopted at F-ohinond and Fortress Monroe, iftkisi* tre, it will he a great convenience to those h&visg friends in T-mue’sce and Kentucky, with whom they wish to communicate, or who may wish to communicate with them ; and ifn is proper at Richmond and Fortress Monroe, it is proper here. —[Atlanta Rebel. To ascer nin the length of the day and night at any time of the year, double the time of the. *un’s rl? s op. which gives the length of the night, -cd double -ia time of setting, which gives the length of ttc day. This is a simple method wiiich, we gue?g, few people ore awara.of. TELEQBAPHIC REPORTS OF TDK PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to act of Congress in ttifl vear l««3. I,»J g Thrasher, in the Cterk’a office of the Dis trict Court of the Conf-derate States for the No. them District of Georgia —i --AJir ... .-'I- L^-rr=r Orange, C. H., Feb. 3. Thej Whole of Hood's division, Law’s North Carolina brigada and nearly all the rest of Wil r’ox’e division have re*enlisted for the war.—- AH qjsicf along our lines. Pascagoula, Feb. 3. Thhre ba* been only one gunboat.in sight for the last five days. She came from the Southward day'belore yosterday* A flag of truce boat from New Orleans is mow ~t anchor about eight miles Jrom this o'aoe. Bvi referring 'o our advertising oolumns ft wH» be seen that Mr, Winter has on pairo: Bnglish Con? "s. Gaiters worth $65 perppa’sT f wjicb as wishes to exchange for shoe? suitable - the brave and patriotic defenders of our .n uik‘3 and firesides. It is to be hoped and earn estly desired '.bat some citizen who has such sho?* u . hind will readily make the exchange wii.l Mr. Winter, who, by so doing, will shoe at a few of our patriotic brave*. Texas Items—Our State if filled with refugees irom Louisiana and Arkansas. Thousands upon thousands of negroes hove been brought here for security. These negroes can be ot little service in raising the crop, aud they must be fed. So must the army, now thousand strong, nearly every regiment of which is cavalry, and its transportation pack mules. So must the coast planters, who, for security, are falling back to places beyond the danger ot raids. The temptation’to raise cotton has been greatly removed by tbe cutting off by the Yankees of the Rio Grande trade. Until that w«s done, cotton was worth 60 cents per pound all over the State, and 12£ cents specie at San Antonio. This was a temp tation that few could resist. jl give you the prices of the necessaries and comforts of life here. They will en able you to judge of our condition better than a cplumn of description of the state of the country, viz; Flour, SIOO per cwt.; corn, $5 per bush el ; bacon, $3 50 per pound ; lard, $3 per pound ; salt, $1 per pound ; eggs, $3 per dozen; butter, $5 per pound ; potatoes,ss per bushel; calico, $8 to $10; ladies’ shoes, $75 ; cavalry boots, $l5O to $200; army gray, S6O per yard, though the Quar termaster sells it to officers at $6 50 ; star Candies, sl2 ; wood, $35; negro hire, $75 per month; printers’ wages, $1 75 per 1000 ems ; printing paper, $l6O per ream; gold, 17 to 20 for one. The expedition of General Kirby Smith against Little Rock has fallen through for a variety of reasons.— [Houston Cor. Mo» bile Advertiser, Insurrection among the Negro Troops in Mississippi. —The following is the ver sion ot the emeuto in Warren county, Miss., between the negro troops and Yankees, a brief acconnt of which has been received by telegraph. The Mobile Tribune says : “We iearn from a gentleman who arrived yesterday morning Irom the border of the Mississippi, and for whose veracity we can vouch, that a serious insurrection occurred some time last week among a portion of the negro troops near Vicksburg. Our in formant says that a Colonel of an African while drilling it, found one of the ;en obstinate, and, taking hie musket troin him, used some harsh language. The ne* gro replied insolently, and the commander : killed him. This excited tho anger of the ; rest of the regiment, and they rushed on | the whites and slaughtered several of them, j They also charged a battery, took posses ; *3ion of it and turned it on the whites, A j courier was immediately dispatched to Vicksburg ior reinforcements. Two brig ades were sent, on a double-quick, to the scene of action. They charged and retook the battery ; from the negroes, and turning the guns ou j them managed, bv grape and canister, to ' kill and wound between four and five hun j dred. We also learn that nearly all of the j negro soldiers have been sent up the Mip~ iiifisippi, to what point our informant did i npt know. Three of them, belonging to the j brother in-law of our informant, cama back j to their ow;:*><■«’ plantation afser this affa-'r begging to be pardoned and promising to be faithful, They had escaped from the mas sacre. Our informant heard the reports of the guns and the screams of the massacred negroes.’’ Fred Doi/clas*. Interview with the President. — Fred Douglas delivered a tom on Wednesday evening before the “dVOman's Loyal League,” a lie Cooper Institute, New York, in the course of wh c.h hit' r aid he did not like the Pr- :!amation of Mr I/'ncolo, because it said to take the slaves from the traitors in thr' South, but tji leave them with loyal men. lie did not like that. He had tried to impress it on the President, but it did no good. Ho hardly bllieved the President, though, for he knew hitjrn too well—he liad bepn to eee Ivm. [Cheers and laugtiter.] It was no Greek meeting Greek when they mot—[more laughter]—but it was a rail splitter meeting aj nigger. [Boisterous laughter.] Probably spine of them would like to know how ihe “black man was received in the White House ?” He received me, continued ihe speaker, for all the world just as you see one gentleman receive another—[shouts ot l|ugUer]—with the hand and the voice ot Welcome; not too cordially, nor too coldly, but just the right thing ; "and I made my» seif quite at home in Ins presence. O/ie thing I told him the \ which I now tell you; and it was, that if I were called upon to point out the most discouraging feature oi th? present situation, it would not be any of tho distress experienced by flood and field, by our forces, but it would be the tar illness and hesitation and vaccillation of the President of the Uniied Slates. Mr Liaeoln did not, of course, admit that this cams from me, but went on at. once to defend hirnself from the charges brought— and there was oi e charge he did not defend himself from at all. He admitted that ho was slow, but would not allow it to be un» i derstood that he was vascillating. I don’t tijink that charge can be sustained. Think of the President of the United States ad dressing a b‘ack man as Mr Doughs [Daughter ] He moved hie handp back aud forth as he said, “Vacillation,” says ne, “I don’t think that can be sustained, sir.’’ [Daughter.] Says he, “When I take a po si;ion l think no man cao say that I ever retreat.” [Cheers.] But this warm heart aijd high feelings, the speaker continued to say, did not control Mr Lincoln’s utterance, it was policy, policy, prudence, prudeuce wijih him. So it was, \fe were trying to crush every noble utterance, hut doing U r > n necessity what we know in our heart of hearts to be a great virtue, as »uch was demanded to be done, r— — ■ *’j s; 'I""**?" i m fTo Shoemakers! Iff* VE M)0 psir of Engli-ta Congress Omi t*, h per pair, I desire to exchange U. m |.| H|i (M « i suitable for -oldieis for a donation. OaJl gnd look „t I thtjiu. ii.t.l give & ’ibe/al difference and «»-ui thej barefo '*ed defender? of'ur lum.c* »i,,| i feb 43t . J.f YVIINIUII | Local. Tbe Committas appointed for the Soldiers' Way side Home, are requested to meet to day (Thursday) at 11 o'clock,at the Georgia Home Insurance Office, f. b 1 It Sales To-tiay. See advertisements of Ellis, Ar Cos., who will sell this cloy ;i numi’cr of articles, too tedious to»rae»tion. New Advertisements. Seethe advertisement of Msj. Chn?. J. Harris, Comu-andant of Conscripts, in relation to ’be di ; vision of the State into conscript districts, Ac. See advertisement of Woclloy, who offers a No l steam engine, 60 horse power, with b 'Hers Also several articles of value. Address Mr. W., at Mecon. Tho fi-m of W. H. H. Phelps «t Cos., hue been dissolved, and Mr Phelps has removed his store to one door above Gunby <£ Cos., where he i« pre pared to exchange yarns,sheeting, osnaburg? and cotton cards for country produce. Capt. H D. Corhran advertises for 16 husfcels of red pepper. See advertisement of Sherman Ac Cos., who have removed their siore to Masonic Hail, on Broad* stroet. Mr. Chase’s Concert. —Oar readers will bear in mind that Mr. Geo. W. Chase, of the 19 h Ga regimeat, assisted by a number oUiadies and gentlemen of this city, will give a concert this evening for tho benefit of his regiment. It ia un necessary for us to assure our readers that Mr. Chase is a thorough musician, and with the as- our best amateurs, rjo feel safe in promising those who may atteod an agreeable musical feast. The object, too, of tho Concert is a good one, and one which oannot fail to enlist the support of all truo friends of tbe soldier. The 19lh Georgia has rendered good service, both in Virginia and at Charleston, and are doubtless needy. Wo trust, therefore, that Mr. Chase will receive a full benefit this evening, and that tbe hearts of his regiment may be made glad by the liberality of our citizens. Acknowledgments.— We are under obligations to Master Robert Jones for a sample of fine to bacco and cigars, which he kindly presented ua on yesterday. Always appreciative of small fa*-- vors, we feel doubly f o in these days, when even trifles smell so strong* of money. By the way, Bob has removed his store to No/86, Broad street, where he has for sale a variety of articlf 8 other than tobacco and cigar?, including a mim« her of ficuthern periodicals. Our young friend ia a persevering and energetic stripling, and we have no doubt a successful future await? him. Local Scintillations. —Under this caption our local friend of the Times thus g®es eff: “The ladies’are cotcd for their lock of punctu ality. The on y place at whioh they are ever in advance of time is the marriage altar.” Iu tebaif of our lady friends, we do not hesi tate to denouune the above as a direct slander, perpetrated “with malice aforethought.” And while we thus denounce, we would announce that it is one of the things in which our friend is en tirely, andwefear, irrevocably bahiedhjml. Be it known, therefore, that the author thereof is a crusty old bachelor, whose age baa been a secret for lo! these many years, and we incline to the opinion that even now be is only giving vent to Ins anger, became some fair one refused to sanc tion his olt-repea-ed overture?, But just here, fair ladies, allow us to say a word in behalf of our misguided friend—- or he does not always feel thus, and wo know he has a heart, a large and susceptible one, and we fear that some bourne lassio has, unwittingly, been playing the ve.y deuce with its warm and gene rous palpitation?. Then, for our sake and bis own happiness, liar ladies, b3 gentle wbh out friend, and ere another twelvemonth has psssed, we may fine him with • a blushing and confiding bride, hurrying from tho very altar he now so ungenerously accuses you of hurrying to. In conclusion, wa say to cur friend,'do not despair; ior, a9 this is Leap \ear, same lady, mny yet, in her hurty, lake you along with for to tlirtt sacred altar, and ere you know it, will have forever robbed you of your estate of single blessedness. * Wi copy tho above 4 from tho Ecijulrc!- of yes terday. It will be soon that while tho edi*o r soaihcs us rnmerer'ally, there is still running through his comments a vein of pity, and not deemifig oar or.-.:-entirely hopeless, turns us over to the tender mercies of the fair, from whom, or dinarily, wo should expert rlomeECv, bun wc fear in this case wo nave forfeitou even iho riyht ol an appeal to their magnanimity. Ts-ere are points however, in tho indiotmont, which we claim the right to deny, and especially, tha’ which charges thepbpetration of our onme un* dor tho influence of “malice aforethought.” Now malice is no element in our composition, and as to a wilful intention to render'ho f te tba' even the woret of enemies will acquit u 0 f ?u ih a malicious design. AU cur items calcula ted to rcfloct on the fair sex have bc*n jndi'ec under the i? fluenca of an innocent jocaiar mood of a general character, and we trust hove bo* D considered in this light by all concerned. How evor, if we have laid ourselves liable to the above specifications, and have aggrieved any of the la die?, we most humbly retract, feeling an abiding confidence that they will accept the evidence of cur repentance as genuine. We are under obligations *o the local of ihe Enquirer for tbeeredi: giwm of somo good points left in oar charade', and also for the expression of good wiehes for our fa ure, We the la diss w-11 look on cur case as favorably, and in tho exercise ofthoT forgiving nature, bid ns “go in pease, and sin no more.*’ The Printers andtkp. War.—T n these days when everybody think* everybody ought to en ter the servi. e ex -ept ’them.-vi veSt Wo m . y be ailueed to express our opinion. Almost every day we hear the rernatk that --litori and prin iers ought to be compeilad to goto the field ; us they were the prime instigat r< and movers of toe war they ought lobe m ß ,io to ftel some of tha horrors of it. We aro sure this allegation is untrue. While the papers "have been the ndvo cates of the war they havo not been so muc h the original rs ag tbe reflectors of pubiio opinion Public sen ia.tmt all the while hag been in wL vancc of the press, and white we yield to editors their due meed of patriotism, it is undeniable” that the people have forcod them into position.— We believe that this class are under as much obligation to enter the service as any other, and wo are sure that public testimony wifi be*’r us up in the assertion, that in proportion to num ber*, they have evinced aa true patriotism and endured as many sacrifice* a* any othor calling. f>at »' tbe.aisc tiuir, if CJugic*.-, a the present stage of thig desperate struggle, deem i the con ductors of the prega Utter calculated to run. derm .re efficient torrica to the cause or liberty, aa the expoundora of public sentiment, and the dins: minuter* of knowledge, thiui they possßty oouid.do In the.auk*, we think it ungenerous aud unkiud in those at home to be continually reflecting on the patiioUm of the pres* M’e •reeorrv that Us, Hurt. In the cauw ofinde pandem a ate so lightly estimated. It has been aald, end we think truthfully, ,hat an untraui ot«led press u the bulwark of a nation’s liberty, so ne esse has thi>, hem more thoroughly ilfua if.itmt ttian in the present revolution. Crt::b out U» light aud power to*dsy, by consoribing every editor and printer in the land, and what ,> do ? You would not add 500 effective nj e .., service, wbilo iho ship of State would be drift into the dark waters of anarchy, c . ally to sink, no more ro rise, beneath the „ of despotism darker and more terrible Reign of Terror in France. A freo pre Sj solutely necessary to a free people, and ,v only be laid under the ban when all otho, ditnts fail. It i* the light and life of the re nan •- •hv.ff, end is the object of hatred r. ' c.her lan tyrants. But says one, what necessity have f ur new>«ip‘rs while one i$ for all practiesl purposes. We sdmit taj* true, bat who si. 1 »ay what two eha;] ! Give Congress or tbe lbeiident the p,4 er , a portion of the pre-s and (bey * to dise ntinue all, Ibe fav’ rites wh L ,, . ' under the tyranny of such a rule cc u ]d be termed a free press, bu* would be E ' scppliani tools of the powers ;ha h*. r day has arrived whioh demands the p rt e every man in the in the army, why us all co and sink together into a common t not able lo nehreve our independence, fj-;-' a day has not <v>iuc, in Heaven’s name s the censure which w« S', frequently h eit i.' *up >!i this, intelligent and patriotic class * As far as the Times office is concerea *, say for the benefit of all in'ercsted, tha; not among it* compositors a tingle to conscription who has not been mos! " once di*.3h<;rged oa account of physical ps ty, and we 6ave no doubt the same ussy te of many other offioea throughout the §,,, | All told there is not more than six or ei bodied primers In Columbus. Aod f Ur ., give it as our firm belief that if the emp tbe entire Southern press were thrown toy there would not be found among them three•- panics of able-bodied men. SOUTHERN MECHANICS’ TTKTIOv A Retrular Meeting of the Souths.* >j f Union will l-e held .this (Thursday) Evening the meeting room’of the Columbus Fue Coir No. I,at7 o’clock,P. M. By order of the Pies't. JOHN R BIGGER? feb 4 -It J Ptt* Dissolution, TIIE firm of Win. II II PHELPS 4- CO. wu solved on 'lie 25tu January, The firs ba used only ir. liquids ion. teb 4 H* Will. H. H. PHELPS, ONE DOOR ABO VE GUNDY'S COPN. TATI! L exchange Coilou Varns, Sheeirn. 0 v v bu gs and Cot on Cards, for any kind of C try Prr duce, or wii. pay he highest marEtt w cash. \ /eh 4 .1 * AUCTION SALES. By ELLIS. LIVINGSTON & Cos riN THURSDAY, 4th Feb , ai 11 o’clock, A N \J will sell in front of our auction room, 50 boxes Imfgo Blue, 3 doz Lead Pencils, 3 sets Castors Fish Ifooks White Wash Brushes, * Buear Bowls, Tin Can, Washboard?, Ac. teb 3 td $3 By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON Cos. 8 f H ’ on Tuesday, the 9th of Febnti r» front of our store, at 11 o'clock, A Very Elegant and Desirable latlie’s Siik Dr-t:fi perfectly new. teb 3 td S7 By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO Negroes at Auction, ON TUESDAY, 9th Os Frbruarv, we wifi s» riontof .our store, A Very Desirable Family of Negro Viz : Negro Man, 44 years old, good field hand le<tr er. 4 N gro Boys, 12. 10. 8 and 7 yeare old 1 Nesro Girls, 5 arid 3 years old. A ver,* valuable family and sold onlv ty money, leb 3td Sl4 By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO. /"\N T THURSDAY, 4th of Febmary at 11 o’ti yj we will sell in front of our swrf Fine French Bea^Btead, 1 Mahogany Bureau, 1 Mahogany Wu-!i Stand, leb 3;d S3 By ELLIST LIVINGSTON &Co7 ~ 4,11 February, at llo'cluci vy w.ll sell in front of our store, A Fine Military Suit OF CRENSHAW CAPSIMERE, I>«ht blue fj coatird nsnts, not made up, cut f. r a imn i B^a high* leb 3 tils gs Bv PLUS, LTVINGSTON & Cos. ' UH* D.\Y 9th of Frbnifary, ai II A J we wtii sell m from of o»rr store. 2 ELEGANT AND NEARLY NEW VfcU TAPF.-TRY CARPETS; fitiing rooms 28 by til ALSO, T E f Y L KEf V NEGRO BOY i 2-2 for rm fam r i“ ny k ' nil of work ’ ver Y intelligent. 41 boxeß Tobacco f 9 boxes Choice roigar Feb 1 ids SJO 6 By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO. \ alu&ble Plantation at Auetloa.l iAN Tucsday t 1,.. 9.h February, at II o’etotk. I Th ,' J 1' e ,n , fronl of Cl,r Store- W 1 w f?! irafcH loc atfon ioi. er)v owned by 111 “Wingiton, lying 10 miles cast ot C on the east bank of the llpatoio r r « ek **i.e'anda| mile, frq.n Pegcy Head's bridge, on the Jan ro| i 1 ! rt" 3-o ,Sta ' S r ld placc COI, 5\7 us til t J'redv r! C . rr8 ° fWh i' h f ' re ~ndef tenclng, - I te rtiUtTf and U) a good Stat« ofrenai-. n the place :s a tie*, tr-med dweliinv 3p' gro rabins, Scritu, * a-mg, &r; a Wol and screw, a 4u iaw gin with beUim? ; ri o £ tWO v ? rv ' l,nld ®nd never failing * u eonv—nient rs-s anres f,mn ■ aril oilier § t c puti.taticn. \\ 1:1511,one mile of r. e dwe: io{ I g >‘>d saw and gns: mid, owned by Xr Vantitofl HDI b; Bv ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO. ON Tuesday, the 2d i.fFrfcnmy. ar II o'cicc l »ii sell mti .nt ot mi store, 1,0 1 *!' hwgy snd flarn -s B - El LIS, LIVINGSTON & CO. Desirable Eesidence and Fas AT AUCTION r AN TUESIItV, 9ih Februar.’, at 11 u’clM 11 1 wdi sell '.>r casn in front ot t gr stoie. I 003 3-4 Acres Land, 4 miles East I • known as the SctiVy place, n.'W owll f| I K. ** . A dworth. wi:h 175_ acres cleared sr r^■ E'Hid fence, balance in the'w-'oos, 90 acres K® a tom land on th** place. , H <>u the piemises ir ag»M*d dwelling, 6roo/.i*. t l l 0 l|j Kitchen, smute house crib-, barn, carriage •’ m siables, S'C., with a good well and spring o! vv ' i ’’ cr I his is one ot the most desirable places in the borhood of the city. Oo and see in. place bnO' f| day of sale. _jm 99 td 533 4 j By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON cf- CO. Administrator’s Sale J OF VALUABLE CITY PROPBK'i^ ON TI'ESDAY, February 9tli, at 11 o’e ! i c* w: ,J sold ij front ot Ellis, Livingston &. CV*. al, ‘ ■ room. The store House, No. 36, | situa ed on the east side of Broad street, it ! ’ re fl or. up.::! by tlie Confode ate states Clothing tyli meat Boid aa the property of John Warren. ~ , JAS. W, WAi'fiEtyl jail 56td S2B A J l,l if