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JAMES W. WARREN, Editor.
Colimbu, friitj, Febnary 5, 1864,
Fixing Prices.
A writer in the Confederate Union, over the
signature of “One of the People," animadverts
with just reverity upon the conduct of the plan
ters of Baldwin county, in a late meeting called
to fix the price of their provisions.
It seems, from the facts cited in the commu
nication refer-ed to, that (heßaldwin county plan
ters have two scales of prioes. They have one
valuation by which they propose to sell, and
another, and very different one, whioh they give
in to the Tax Receiver, They agree to sell their
baoon to the Government at $3 25 per pound ;
corn at $4 50 per bushel, and wheat at sl2.
These prices are about double what has been
proposed by any other oonnty meeting we have
noticed. When these same gentlemen returned
their property for taxation last year, they (bought
negroes worth only SBOO, and sheep and hogs
worth $5 a head eaoh. Now this does not look
well for the good old oonnty of Baldwin, and we
(rust that her public spirited and liberal-hearted
planters will get together and undo this action. —
If they do net, the noble race of men that Bald
win sent oat to people the western portion of the
State, more than a quarter of a century ago,
will begin to think that the hiv s has degenera
ted.
Free Navigation.
Tba Memphis Bulletin, of the 17th, says “a
gentleman who has just arrived from the lower
river says that while at New Carthage he heard
rapid cannonading for two whole days. A
steamboat, while coming np the river the day
previous to the firing, was brought to by a heavy
battery located on the Mississippi shore. The
steamer landed on the opposite shore, aud the
crew fled into the forest* A large party of Con
federates had just embarked in dugouts and ca
noes to cross over and take possession of her,
when a gunboat made its appearanoe, and tossed
a bushel or so of canister and grape into them. —
They turned back aud scattered into the bushes
more precipitately, if possible, than did the crew
of the steamboat they had vittually captured.—
The attaches of the latter oraft returned as soon
as their enemies wero rilenood, and in a few
minutes showed their heels for up the river. The
boat fired into was the Delta.
“It was reported that Quantrell was at this
point, with fifteen hundred men and six thousand
stand of arms, whioh he was desirous of crossing
over to the Mississippi side of the river, for the
purpose of co- operating with Forrest & Cos. The
arms were loaded on to a flatboat, which, it is
reported, has since been captured by one of our
gunboats. The apparent intention of the rebels
was to capture a morchant boat, and use it to
transport their troops aoross at some point above
or below their battery, employing the latter to
engage the attention of the gunboats while their
transportation was going on. The impression in
that portion of the oountry is, that it is the in«
tention of the Confederates, if hotly pressed on,
to give up the oountry, and direct their whole
attention to the defense of the remainder of the
territory on the east side."
A Senator now in the Confederate Con*
gress, says the Columbia Carolinian, writes
home to a relative in South Carolina that
in two months from this time our currency
will be worth more than it has yet been
during the war; to buy little and cautious
ly, and to sell freely. The advice is from a
source which makes it worth remembering.
We are undoubtedly on the eve of a finan*
cial revolution, which will do away with the
old order of things, and we believe restore
our currency to a sound, healthy and relia
ble basis. Our business men already feel
the symptoms of the threatened storm, and,
like prudent mariners, are taking in sail,
Bonds are in unusual demand; few perma
nent investments are being made, save in
real estate, and the various importing firms
are already “hove to," with their goods
anchored in Wilmington and Augusta,
waiting lor daylight.
Upper' East Tennessee. —The Railroad
bridges, crossing the Holston and Watauga riv
ers at Zolliooffer and Carter Depot, have been
completed, and the road placed in running order
to Greenville The Telegraph understands that
it will be repaired as far down as Morristown in
in a few days. The [first mail train since the
Ist of September, 1863, reached Jonesboro* on
;he 24. h of January, 1864.
The lare&lites.
The Richmond Sentinel has a long commun-
Dication signed “An Isrealite” in the defence of
the Jews of the Confederate States. After com
plaining of the unrestrained abuse of his people
by the Southern Press, he says j
“Has it never entered info the imagination of
these editors that the hackneyed phrases of con
tempt against the Jew, which daily filis their
columns, might wound the feelings of'the brave,
the educated, the prtriotic, the good, the chari
table, the refined of that sect? Has it never oc
curred to them that their remarks might torture
iho sensibility of some Jewish matron or maiden,
who was ministering to the wants of the wenry
or wounded soldier at the hospital or wayside
home? llave ihey never dreamed that their in*
discriminate abuse may have added mental tor
ture t« the physical suffering of some wounded
Jew, whose blood had been shed for his coun
try's rights, and, sir, f tell them that Jewish
blood has bowed on almost every battle held,
from Manassas to the present hour. I write
•more in sorrow than in anger;' and I ask them
to ponder on what I say."
jSteEiuer Denbigh Lost,
We learned yesterday afternoon (says the Mo
bile Tribune of 2d) by the arrival of the steam
tug Gunnison from Fort Morgan, that the block
ade steamer Denbigh, in .command of Capt. Aba
ner Godfrey, in attempting to run ont yesterday
morning during the intense fog, at about 3
o'clock, got aground just east of the Swash Chan
nel and about one mile from Fort Morgan.—
She sprang a leak and was nearly full of water*
They threw overboard the greater part of her
cotton, (she had on board some 520 bales) which
is saved. The crew and passengers were lam*
ded in safoty at the fort.
Our informant states that it is probable that
all her cargo will be saved, but the vessel will
be a total loss, as from the position in which she
is now lying she must go to pieces.
A Richmond paper states that upwards
of one fbou*ind prisoners have been receiv
ed m that i ty Irom East Tennessee since
the luovem ut ot Gen. LongsueeVe aimy
frooi Knoxville. w
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Speech of Hon. Richard W. Walker.
- At the re«ent“Bragg dinner” in Ibis city, Hon.
Richard W. Walker, the Senator elect from
Alabama, having been called out by some com
plimentary remarks from Jad>;e Phelan, re-»
■ponded in the following eloquent and patriotic
style:
I should In truly insensible, Mr. President, if
I fail to be deeply moved by the words which
have just Jallen from my 'os partial friend,
Judge Phelan. Somo things he said have touched
me at a tender point for they were particularly
grateful to that fteling of filial pride wuicb, I
am not ashamed to own, I have always cherished.
Sensible of ray inability to express the emo
tions excitti j in my breast by what has just oc
curred, I shall not attempt to do so, but content
myself with saying that I appreciate very high y,
the complimentary allusion made in the senti.
meat whioh has just been received so kindly by this
company, to an event which, however little it
may have been expected by the public, was, if
possible, even less so by me. For I hope 1 may
say without impropriety* on this occasion* that 1
have }been transferred from the field of public
duty in which I have been employed for the past
five years, to the Senate of the Confederate
States, not only without solicitation on my part,
but without my having any intimation, or sus
picion even, that such a purpose was entertained
in any quarter. I trust, too, sir, that I shall not
be suspected of mock modesty, when I say that
I have felt from the first announcement of my
eleotion, and still feel, a profound and painful
distrust of my fitness for the position to which I
have been so unexpectedly called. And I know
that all reflecting men will understand how it is
that in this season of unexampled public peril so
urgently demanding the highest wisdom in coun»
oil, as well as the greatest possible sagacity,
energy, and prudence in the field, instead ot
being elated by this unlooked for elevation, 1 feel
solemnized and oppressed when I contemplate
the burthen of responsibility whioh I have, in-
considerately I fear, consented to assume.
I know it is about as usoloss for a public
man, as it is for an author, or a General either
to depreciate or defy criticism, or to bespeak in
advance the charitable judgment of the world
upon the conrso ot' conduct he may pursue.
Still, I believe I will venture to say on this oc
casion, that our membors ol Congress, like our
Generals, are, it does t-oem to me, rather hardly
dealt with by the army of critics, croakes, and
malcontonts, which does not wear a uniform,
sleep in camp or carry muskets. I have no
motive to be and I certainly am not, the apolo
gist or advooato of the present Congress. No
doubt its shortcomings have been serious, no
doubt it has done some things which it ought
not to have done, and has left undone other
things which it ought Jo have done. No doubt
statesmen are rare —possible (though i express
no such opinion), not to bs found at all in our
publie places. Still .there is such a thing as
expecting too much from our rulers, and push
ing censuro too far. It is in matters of civil ad"
ministration, as it is in military operations —our
people do not make sufficient allowances tor
the inherent difficulties of the situation. The
truth is, the chief evils which now afflict us* are
precisely the evils which in all ageß and coun
tries, groat wars, especially revolutionary wars,
subverting established Governments, and creat
ing new nationalities, have invariably produced,
and which no wisdom oi legislation can altogeth
er obviate. They seem, indeed, to have been
unalterably ordained by Providtnco as apart of
the prioe which all people who win freedom by
the sword, have to pay for their liberties.
I do not say, baoause I do not believe, that
greater foresight, larger views, more compre
hensive statesmanship on the part of our rulers,
might not have greatly mitigated the ills which
now afflict the land. But Ido say that there are
other evils, fraught with greater danger to the
oountry, than any wh ; ch eao, with even a show
of fairness, be ascribed to an incompetent Con
gress or injudicious legislation. Here—at homo
among the masses of the people—in the bosom
of society, we may find that which should occa
sion graver apprehensions than anything the
Congress or tho President has done, or has failed
to do, or is at all likely to attempt to do. Wo
need statesmen in council and in cabinet—none
deny it. Wo need re-organized and replenished
armies—all admit it. We ueed a better currency
andan improved financial system—every one
feels and concedes it.
But more than these, more than all else, be
sides, we need a people resolved to be free, That
is the true and only catholicon for our disoases.
Give us that —give us a people resolved to be
free, and you will fill without new conscription the
depleted ranks of your armies, infuse fresh vigor
into your. Government, inspire with wisdom and
energy your Congress, and drive back to the
dark domaine from whence they sprung those
fell spirits of speculation, peculation and extor
tion, which, covering the land like a shadow,
have corrupted the morals and emasculated the
patriotism of the people, sapped the foundations
of all public and all private confidence, and
mammonized every rank and grade of society.
Hence I will take the liberty of saying that tho
duty of the hour is not to join in the inconside
rate and cruel clamor so apt to follow faithful
and gallant generals, who. whatever tnoir ser
vices and sacrifices, and however much they may
“deserve,” cannot, with the inadequate means
furnished them, always “command” success—
nor to magnify the shortcomings of Congress
nor to snuff tyranny in every tainted breeze that
blows from Richmond; but ra:her to a/rest and
exorcise the mischievous spirits of discord, dis
content and despondency, which are silently at
work among the people, sowing seeds whose cer
tain harvest will be sullen indifference, open
disaffection, and the hour of our extremest peril,
active treason to the cause—to cultivate in our
selves and in others that high and haughty spirit
ot self-sacrifice which is the unmistakable badge
of men worthy ot freedom—to disseminate among
tho people, what they are far from having, a just
appreciation of the certain consequences of sub
jugation, and of the unspeakable miseries which
in all ages have been the portion of a conquered
race—to rouse tho sloepiDg patriotism and rean
imate the fainting courage of tho country, and to
inspire that sublime faith in the final success of
our cause which enables us to loe! that, though
‘the day i3 dark and dreary,”
“Bi-hiiid tli: cloud is the sun still shining ”
We oil long for peace, Mr. President; but no
man at this board, I trust, will willingly live to
seo the peace w hich will follow subjugation.—
Endless war, with all its horrors, were bettor than
such a peace as that. If, indeed, the people of
these Confederate States are doomed to final de
feat in their attemptjßto maintain the right of self
government—if it is to be their hard fate to add
another member to the wretched family of con
quered races, no survivor of this struggle, with a
heart of fios-b beneath his ribs, would ever desire
to penetrate the secrets of the future which the
peace that must follow subjugation will have in
store for ns, and for those who are to come alter
ns.
For, if he is at all acquainted with human his
tory, or human nature, he will know that he
would behold in that duik future such scenes of
suffering and humiliation and degradation for
himself and children, and his children’s chil
dren, as would make him curse the day that be
was born, and cail rpon the mountains to cover
him. Fiodieg oniina* y language inadequate for
the purpose, he wifi have to call upon a prophet
of old for words to describe the vision which
such a future will present to his sight. “Ti e
earth mourneth end laDguisuetb; Lebanon is
ashamed and hewn down. Sharon is like a wtl
deritess- They that did feed dehealely are deso
late in the streets; they that were brought up in
scarlet embrace dunghills. They ravished the
women of Zion and the maids in the city of
Judah. They took the young men to grind, ami
the children fell uader the wood. The joy of our
heart is ceased ; our dance is turned into mcui n
- The crown ha? fallen from our head.”
Whether the p-.-ace whicii shall close this war
shall be Ihe glorious and h morable peace which
independence brings, or the ignominious peace
which follows subjugation, depends not upon our
enemies, but'upon ourselves. The final issue o!
thPs contest will determine what manner of men
we are. If we are indeed worthy of liberty, if
we are resolved to be free, the day of deliv< ranee
and independence, though it may he deferred, is
certain. We have in the territory still occupied
by our arms twice the population and more than
ten times the resources our ancestors had, when,
through greater privations than any we have
endured, they won their way to independence ;
and if the people of these Confederate States are
not prepared to shame the lineage from whence
they sprang, lost battle-fields and overrun dis
tricts will not shake their firm resolve, or alter
their fixed purpose; but in the midst of thicKen*
ing disasters their proud hearts and manly spirits
will enable them to feel themselves, and to show
to their enemies and the world, that though for a
season the field be lost, all is not lost —there yet
remain
“The unconquerable will
And courage never to submit-or yield,’’
which sooner or laler most work out our deliver
auce, and give us tn honorable place among the
cations of the earth.
The New York Times has a Utter from Paris
which states that the Confederate steamer Flori
da was about ready to sail from Brest, and adds ;
She lies in the bay, very close to the Union gun
boat Kerseage. It is not likely the latter will be ab)«
to keep her, for if in port when the Florida sails,
the twenty-four hour rule will be [applied, while
if she remains outside, the Florida which is
faster than the Kerseage. can easily steal out
some dark night.
The New York Herald, of the 28th ult, says
the Richmond Sentinel, contains the monstrous
falsehood that the Confederates, on the Rapi
dan have “undoubtedly” been fighting each other
ano declares that “heavy artillery [and infantry
firing was heard there." The same veracious
paper is informed that the proclamation of Lin
coln has nearly demoralized the Confederate
army, and that the soldiers evince tho utmost
eagerness to get hold of it. And yet the Herald
knows that such was the general contempt felt for
that proclamation, that it was published in all
papers and sown broadcast over the land.
The news from Europe is ominious of war on
the Schleswig Holstein question. ,
The Kentucky members of Congress have had
a violent quarrel on the floor of the House.
< Re-Rii listed tor the War.’*
“Re-enlisted for the war” is now the order of
the day with the gallant men who have gone
through the privations and perils of three years’
service in the Confederate army. The latest
instance which has come to our knowledge, is
the re-enlistment of Gen. Robt. D. Johnston’s
North Carolina Brigade in tho army of Northern
Virginia.
Douglas’ Texas Battery held a meeting on the
18th ult., and resolved to re-enlist for the war.—
The 6th r 9th and 13th Tennessee regiments have
also adopted similar resolutions.
Hatt’a Bat cry, of South Carolina, on duty in
Virginia, met on the 18th, after the receipt of
the news of certain resolutions of the Yankee
Congress, and adopted the following proceed
ings :
“ Whereas, we, the members of Hart's Battery
—Horse Artillery—Hampton's Cavaliy Division,
S. C. V., viewing the gigantic preparations of
the enemy for the spring campaign, deem it
sufifioient to move the spirit and soul of every
Southern soldier to instantly carve out his course
in the threatened issue. We proudly take up
the boasted gauntlet and defiantly fling it back
in tho teeth of our savage foes. We hereby re
volunteer for the war. We also call upon our
brother soldiers throughout the army to come
out as one man and record their defiance of the
dastard invaders.
Resolved, That we re-volunteer for the war,
subject to any rules or regulations Congress may
enact regarding the twelve months’ mon.’’
General Johnston having received official infor
mation of the of the Tennesseeans,
i sued a General Order, from which the follow
ing is tho concluding extract:
“Tho noble and patriotic resolution of the
brave Tennesseeans to enlist ‘for tbo war' is
offered to the army as an example worthy of be
ing followed by all who love their home and
country.
“Will not this army, by immediate action,
gain the proud distinction of being the first to
volunteer in a holy cause, and pledge its servis
cos to tho Government until peace is conquered?”
[Charleston Mercury.
Dispatch to the Asscoiated Pies j , Ncr.h.
From Jlaitco
San Francisco, January 11.—Dates are re
ceived from the City of Mexico to tho 22d De
cember, and Sun Luis Potosi and Haralia to the
■the 19th,
On the 17tb, Gen. Urags, with five thousand
Mexicans, attacked the French army entrenched
at Maralia, and was repulsed with a loss of
two thousand in killed, wounded and prisoners
Previous to this disaster, Uraga had inflicted
considerable damage on the French by captur
ing supplies. He proposed ro continue guerrilla
warfare, and was gathering reinforcements for
tho purpose.
Doblado, before evacuating Gunujuato destroy
ed the acqueduct, water reservoirs, and all the
works belonging to the different miues, agricul
tural implement ard growing crops, leaving the
country a barren waste. He retreated toward
Zacatecas, pursued by a division of tbo French
army. Ortega was expected to join Doblado,
and then give battle to the pursuers.
Oq the 6 th, the Mexican traitor, Tookar, was
defeatetLby an equal number of loyalists, under
Col. Rujos. Five hundred prisoners, three hun
dred horses, and a large amount of arms and
ammunition were captured by Rujos.
An impression prevailed at the City of Mexi
that Maximilian would be prevailod to abandon
the throne, and somo Spanish prioco be substi
tuted for him on condition that France and Spain
uphold the now government.
It wins reported that Juarez contemplated mov
ing tho seat of government from San ( Luis Po
tosi to Monterey, because of that being nearer
the United States.
Dispatch to the Associated Press, North.
[lndian Troubles,
Washington, Jan. 14.
A special dispatch to the New York Tribune,
says about one thousond rebellious Sioux were
fleeing from the Uuion army in Minnesota. They
are causing much trouble in the vicinity of Sel
kirk, British America. Some lime ago permis
sion was asked ot the British Government to cross
tho line with our troops, to prevent such outra
ges. The permission was declined.
Gov. Cummings, formerly of Utah, on apply
ing lor his last year’s salary, was notified by tho
United States Treasurer that he should not pay
him unless he took the oath of allegiance, inas«
much as he had been charged with disloyalty.
Death of one Hundred and Fifty
Federal Soldiers. —ln the Democrat of
yesterday morning we stated that a number
of our brave boys who volunteered from the
State of Indiana and had died from expo
sure, while en route Irom Cumberland Gap
to (his place. We yesterday had a conver
sation with a number of those who arrived
here, and from them we learn the following
particulars:
Five hundred of the 115ih, 117th, and
118th Indiana six months’ volunteers were
ordered to report at Indianapolis, their term
of service.having expired. They left Taze
well, and were matched over the mountains
through the coid, some of them without
shoes on their feet and with but little
clothing. They were compelled to march
day atui night, with but a scanty supply of
food, and a number of them actually died
from starvation.
In one party of a hundred and two,
twenty-four died before reaching Camp
Nelson; and, after reaching that place, fifty
six men of the same partv fell down from
sheer exhaustion and died in a few hours
Out of five hundred who left Tazewell,but
three hundred and fifty reached here, the
other one hundred and fifty having died
from exposure and the want of food and
proper care. One night two belonging to
company A, of the 15th Indiana, had be~
come so weak from starvation that they fell
by the wayside and actually died crying
for bread. These facts were actually rela
ted to us by both officers and privaies be
longing to the ditferent regiments named
aho-e. The men who arrived here pre
sented a most piiiful appearance, being
scantily clothed and having been almost
wilhout food for several days.—[Louisville
Democrat.
The Democratic State convention on meeting
at Concord, X. 11., on the 9tfi nit., passed the
following resolution :
Resolved, That the freedom of the ballot, must
and shali be maintained sacred and inviolable -
and that we, the Democracy es New Hampshire]
will unite w ith our brethren of other States, by
force of arms if need be, in resistance to every
attempt, from whatever source or direct inter*
ference by military foree, the independence and
purity of the ballot-box in the ensuing elections
State and national; and to this end we pledge’
each to the other, aed to our brethren of other
States, our five#, fonunes, and sacred honors
being firm!? resolved to maintain at all haz .rda
our rights «s free and patriotic citizens of the
American Union.
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Entered according to act ol Congress in the Tear 1863,
by J. «. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s olßee of Ihe Dis
trict Court of the Confederate States for the Noithern
District of Georgia.
Orange, C. H., Feb. 4.
Tee work of re-enlisting goes bravely on.—
The 6th, Stb, 12th and! 61st regiment, of Mm
hone’s Ya., brigade retaliated for the war yes
terday.
Morristown, Feb 4th.
A scouting party in the neighborhood of Cum
berland Gap state that Wilcox's ninth army
corps have been mustered out of the'servioe and
gone home, very few hav[pg re*enlisted, not*
withstanding the large bounties and land war
rants offered them. The enemy’s cavalry has
been largely diminished by this.
Charleston, Feb. 4.
The enemy have kept up an ocoaaional firing
on Sumter. Six dhotis were fired yesterday
morning and three last night. The former
struck the fort, the latter exploding overhead.
Eighty were lured at the city te»day.—
The enemy’s batteries and monitors have kept
up a slow fire on the work of Pristo. ’I he mon
itors fired eleven and fifteen inch shells.
Richmond, Feb. 4.
It is understood that the House in secret ses
sion passed the military bill and sent it back to
the Senate for furtdor consideration of that
It is understood that it was extensively amen
ded and altered in the House.
Nothing of speoial importance transpired in
open session in either House of Congress to-day.
It is understood that the Senate in secret session
passed the currenoy bill which was sent to that
body by the House some time ago, though eon*
siderably amended and changed, it was sent back
to the House for further consideration of that
body. The Senate will next take up the tax
bill in secret session. The House is still en
gaged on the military bill in secret session,
Richmond, Feb. 4.g|
In the Yankee House on the 20th Fernan.
do Wood aade an earnest appeal for the re
storation of peace. On the 2Sth his reception
was largely attended by Members of Congress
Judges of the Supreme Court, Foreign Min*
isters, Ac.
Senator Bayard of Delaware has resigned.
Dispatches from Chattanooga say Johnson’s
army has fallen back to Kingston.
Wilson has withdrawn his resolution for
the expulsion of Davis.
Latest European advices indicate a disa*
greement between the Powors of the German
Confederation on the Sohliswig-Hostein
question.
The Confederate Loan has advanced in
London to fifty.
The Court of Exchequor has refused a non
trial in the Alexandria case. The ship would
be relieved.
The Florida bad not yet left Brest.
.The French Corps L*gislatiff has granted
the extraordinary credit demanded by the Go
vernment.
Liverpool cotton market dull.
Mobile, Feb. 4.
A special to the Tribune from Okalona says
no signs of tha tore my ia North Mississippi
or West Tennessee only at Memphis and
Germantown; or of (lie Yankee programme
to advance Irom Vicksburg into Central Ala
bama, necessitating ihe abandonment of Mo*
bile. Our forces occupy Corinth and Jack
son.
The enemy destroyed everything, carried
off stock, farm utensils, burnt houses, and many
families have to go to Memphis or suffer distress.
A cavalry force whioh erosstd the Big Black
yesterday or the day before, were met by Jack
son’s cavalry
men. Vance, captured in East Tennessee, has
arrived in Nashville. He was captured by Gen.
Sturgis;
The Japanese.— “A Traveler,” in a letter
to the London Time®, says :
I can assure you, if we go to war with
the Japanese, we must not blind ourselves
with the belief that we shall have a second
Chinese affair. They are bold, courageous,
proud, and eager tor every kind of know*
ledge. A friend of mine gave a workman
a Bramah lock to put on a box; it was not
discovered until some time afterward, and
only then by the absence of the name,
that the lock had been imitated, and, as the
workman confessed, the original kept as a
pattern. I have beeij on board a steamer
(paddle) which used three years ago to run
between Nagasaki and Jeddo, six hundred
miles, whose engines and boilers, and every
part of her machinery, were made of cop
per. She was built by a doctor in Jeddo,
whose only guide was a Dutch description
of a steam engine, translated into Japanese.
An American gunnery officer was sent over
in 1859, in the Powhatan, to teach them
gunnery. He was courteously received,
and then taken over the arsenal at Jeddo.
He returned to the ship, saying “he had
been taught a lesson instead of havinar to
teach” jj 6
In many of (he arts and manufactures
they excel us; their 'beautiful castings in
bronze would puzzle the most experienced
workman. I have ajhown specimens to
clever workmen who have confessed they
could not imitate thirn. I have teen ex*
amples that would rival in brilliancy any
made in England, tjhe French Minister
had a large bail, 60 cljtfar and of such per
fect color that he believed it to be a gigantic
sapphire, and bought it for a good round
sum. Their paper imitations of leather
are perfect; their water proof coats are
bought by the captaihs of ships for their
exposed boats’ crew* ;j their own clocks are
good, and they have imitated our watches;
they walk about with fpedometers’ attached
to their belts, and they* are not backward in
copper-plate engravsjng aud perspective.
Their china is far superior to the Chinese.
The country abounds with coal, though
they only uso that fojund close to the sur
face ; but even that, 4 bl uminous shade, is
good. In gold and silver, I believe they
could rival Mexico arid Australia j copper
and tin «ru found in great profusion. A
friend of mine at Yokohama gave a Japan
ese a piece of English cotton shirting ; in a
few days the man brought back two pieces,
and my friend had much trouble in distin
guishing which was his, so closely had it
been imitated. In fact, they are a people
who want for nothing but teachers.
To Make Yeast for Rolls and Light
Bread. —Take 1$ tablespoansful of sugar
and 4| tablespoonsful of flour, add water
enough to make it into batter, about as
.thick as that used in frying fritters. Let it
stand a day and night, or two days and
nights, if necessary, when it is ready tor
use. Take a teacup half full of yeast to
two and a half pints of flour, pour the yeast
into the flour and add water or sweet milk
enough to make the dough, knead it well
and at night place the rolls in th*s oven and
set it aside. Keep it cool till morning, and
bake by putting fire under the oven grad*
ually increasing till the rolls have risen
sufficiently, then put fire on the lid and
bake at once. Keep up the yeast by feed
ing it daily in summer, but not so often in
winter, as it does not sour so quick, by
adding sugar and flour in the same pro
portions as above directed. Sometimes the
yeast is not ready in cold weather for sev
eral days, but give it time and it is sure
This recipe is fnfathble. It is cheap, and
economizes and is very little trouble
[Mobile Register, 1
Local.
mnw—i ii -■•--«* i " " 'MW 11 "" tl
New Advertisements.
See advertisement of proposals for supplying
the eity with lumber. Bids for this contract
mast be sent in by Monday next, addressed to
M. M. Moore, Clerk of Council.
See advertisement of M. L. Patterson, Seore=
tary of the Georgia Importing and Exporting
Company, who calls on the Stockholders to send
in their old Certificates and receive new ones.
1 1 Dry Good*. —Oar readers are referred to the
advertisement of Goodrich A Co s, 74 Broad
Street, who have on hand a good stock of staple
and fanev dry goods, whioh is constantly being
added to by fresh importations. The ladies es
pecially, will find this a good place to make their
purchadbs. Remember Goodrich <sc Cos.
Parlor Entertainments. —By reference to
an advertisement the reader will observe ‘that
Tayloy A Cos., will open Temperance Hall on
Monday evening next, commencing a eeries
of entertainments, combining tragedy, farce*
music and dancing. We know nothing personally
of this troupe, but team that it is a portion of
Crisp’s theatrical corps, and notice that the
Montgomery press speak well of their perforn
mancts. The fact have been performing
nearly all the winter in Montgomery to good
houses is a testimony in their favor.
Military. —Capt. Thweatt's company of Maj.
Howard’s battalion/were out on parade yesterday.
They went through the usual exercises of Aril]
in a spirit and familiar style. The company is
composed of young men, mostly under conscript
age, all of whom area fine looking set of boys,
destined to make the best of soldiers.
The Vigilant Fire company was also out un
der command of Cawt. Williams. Yesterday
was their day to be mustered out of the military
service, but we understand they determined to
maintain their organization for the present, at
least until they receive instructions either from
the Secretary of War or the Governor of Georgia
This company have maintained their efficiency
as good firemen and have done service as pro*
vost guard.
Encouraging. —We met an esteemed friend
yesterday direct from Dalton, who represents the
oondition of our army there as admirable. He
says the boys are fat and saucy, and in the best
possible spirits; that it was really inspiriting to
get among them, h ome of the soldiers had been
home on furlough and found the people so gloomy
and depressed, that they were anxious to get
back to their commands. This is truly enooura*
ging. While the people at home are already, in
a manner, whipped, our brave soldiers keep alive
the fires of patriotism, determined never to quail
before our hated enemy. Hurrah for the army.
Old Abe told the truth when ho said the strength
cf the rebellion was in its armies.
Where Do They Come Froi?.— We notice
more dry goods in tbo city at this time, than we
have seen siaoa the breaking out of the war.—
We bad supposed that after closing the port of
Charleston, that our country would run dry of
all these articles, and are at a loss to know where
these fresh arrivals come from. We havq not,
however, been able to discover any decrease in
the tendency of prices. There is still a great
scarcity in shoes, the article most in demand at
the present time. If some of the enterprising
blockade runners would tarn their attention to
increasing the stock of leather and shoes in ihe
Confederacy, they would thereby do our people
and the country generally a service.
Some folks think tha editing of a newspa pe
an easy thing, and imagine if they wore in -posi
tion they could conduct a paper to suit every
body. There never was a greater mistake. It
is comparatively an easy matter for a good, writer
to write a readable article when he has a subject
at band, but to be compelled to produce some
thing new every day, on every imaginable sub*
ject, to suit evory variety of taste requires a
general sand of information and a been sagaci
ty that few people possess. Then exercise charin
ty for tho poor editors.
Miss Emina Sauiom.
Executive Department, )
Mon<gomery, Ala., Jan; 28, 1864, j
E Jitorsxjf the Mail:
Gentlemen—Herewith please find a copy of a
letter, received at this office, from Miss Emma
Sansom, who so heroically guided Gen. Forrest,
in his memorable oapture of Gen. Straight and
his raiders. This lector is in response to one
written by Governor Shorter, when transmitting
the resolutions of the Legislature to Miss Sansom
Streight aod bis men were captured in Cherokee
county, Alabama, within a few miles of Miss
Sansom’s home.
Very respectfully,
T. H. Watts.
Gadsdsn, Ala., Dec. 20, 1863.
To His Excellency, Gov. Shorter:
Respected Sir—l must ackuoaledgj iho re*
oeipt of year quite complimentary communication
of November 27, ;1563; and in doing so, tender
nay gratitude for tbe umre.than expected respect
shown me for having done' my duty. At the time
the duty was performed, it was a pleasure to be
able to render some service to my country, and
give aid to our noble cause. There are other
duties that would seem more becoming and
adapted to my sex. Vut feeling it my high privi
lege upon such an occasion, I went forward, in
spired by a sense of doty, and of the purest mo
tives, willing to hazard woman’s tim;ui-v in
giving aid to impede the onward march ol the
marauding foe.
In conclusion, 1 must acknowledge my pro
found gratitude for the very liberal donation by
the State; and while I oontinue to live, I shall
endeavor to render myself not more unworthy of
your high respect than heretofore.
I have the satis aotiou to be, very respectfully,
your friend, Euua .Sansom.
Footpads. —They have their highwaymen at
LaGrange as weli as we. A dav or two ago two
or three fellows wearing the Federal uniform
stopped a party of three, one lady and two gen-’
tlernen, a Miss Hart and Mr. Austin, the other
party’s name we could not 1-arn. The robbers
on stopping tbe parties demanded their money’
but they were entirely nonplussed by the lady
who presented a pistol and told the scamps it
they did not decamp instanter, she w utd biuw
their trams to atoms They were an entirely
discoticerted by this bold movement that the
rest of the pany Lad time to recover their self*
possession. The would be robbers were finally
Buiietio, sr " i,o,e •““-[M.-phu
Seward is said to have found an indorser
for that famous note, at sixty and at ninety
days, which he has been hawking about the
world ever since the war began. Lord Lv
ous is gaid tohave assured his Government
that the Confederacy must yield in three
months. The arch swindler Seward, him
self, has been %o often protested that ho is
entirely discredited. His new backer will
hardly set him afloat again. Though a very
wel behaved gentleman, that nobleman is
neither a Metternich nor a Talleyrand.
During his residence at Washington he has
never evinced the slightest disposition to
play the part of an incendiary to the Poto»
mac. His chief, Earl Russell, is malignant
enough to desire it, but not silly enough to
believe that the Confederacy is, by any
means, at so low an ebb.—[Examiner.
It is said the whole number of Yankee
prisoners in Richmond and Danville is
pearly fifteen thousand.
From Mississippi.
A few days ago we gave information of a move
ment in force of tbe enemy on Jackson. Yester
day we received news of the advance of the ene
my to Mechaniosville, which ia less than thirty
miles from the supposed destination. It seems
that he was met there by our forces, bat with
what result was not known by our informant.—
Whether this is a simple raid to obtain possession
of the country west of Jackson, or for other more
extensive purposes, is not known. It may, how
ever, be the initial movement towards the city in
a direction which has not been generally antici
pated—not to assail it directly, but to get com
mand of its communications by whioh we obtain
food for our garrisoil. It is tbe opinion tkat we
cannot be taken by a movement directly on our
defense?. That may also be the opinion of the
enemy; and it may, therefore, be his intention to
oat as off from succor and starve us into subrnis*
sion. Os this the reader knows as much as wo.
After a few days we may have some accurate
knowledge on the subject.—j Mobile Tribune, of
the 2d.
Battle’s Brigade. —Among our gallant sol
diers who have promptly come forward and re
newed the pledge of their lives, if need be, to
defend our sacred cause as long as tbo public
exigennies require it, is Bailie's (formerly
Rhodef’,) Brigade of Alabama veterans, of tho
Army of Northern Virginia. This action on the
part of our gallant defenders, who have volun*
tarily re-enlisted, is indeed like bursting of tho
rays of the sun through a dark cloud; and thosa
who are at all conversant with the spirit Vhich
has sustained them through the hardships of tho
long and weary march, the bivouac and the
dangers of the battle field for three Ipng tedious
years, without hope of reward, save the achieve
ment of our independence and the gratitude of
their country, aro not surprised at this fresh and
most che ring manifestation of it.
We wili no doubt have the pleasure of record
ing continued re-enlistments until all our brave
defenders have promptly come forward without
awaiting any formal demand or request for their
continuance in the field —[Richmond Whig.
Lincoln’s Cares. —No man in hisago&y, says
Mrs. Stone, in tho Boston Watchman, has suffered
more and deeper, albeit with a dry, weary, pati
ent pain, that seemed to some like insensibility,
“VV hiohever way it ends,” he said to the writer,
“I have the impression that I shan’t live long
otter it is over.” After the dreadful repulse at
Fredericksburg, he said, “It there is a man out
of hell that suffers more than I do, I pity him.”
In those dark days his heavy eyes and worn and
weary air told how our reverses wore upon him,
and yet there was a never failing fund of pa*
ticnce at the bottom thaj sometimes rose to tho
surface in some droll, quaint saying or story,
that forced a laugh evon from himself.
Noble Little Girl.— Miss Rebeoca Cos of
Amite county, Miss., a little girl about thirteen
years of age, has sent to our souldiers within the
past two years over two hundred yards of jeans
several home made blankets and many pairs of
socks, mostly the work of her own fair hands.—
She has set a noble example, and deserves much
praise. She is a rich blessing to the country.—
How dear she must be to the old folks at home.
, [Mississjppian.
Arrived at Nassau.
Information being leceived of the arrival of ou r
Agent at Nassau,she Directors of the Georgia linpor
tmg and Exporting Company beieby notify the Block*
holders to bring in their Certificates of Block, and ie
ceive new Ceitificatea; the money value
thereof, and lerejvc their receipts for the Cotton sub
scribed, the ownership and liability for which reverts
from the sth inst., to the Btockholder.
P ease call or semi lorward promptly your Certificates
and receive your Cotton Receipts.
M. L. PATTERSON.
feb 5 lw St r'y.
{mOOHMICH a CO,,
(FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS')
74 Broad Street,
COLUMBUS GEOiiUIA.
Wholesale and Retail,
STAPLE A FANCY DRYGOODS,
ARE constantly receiving fresh importations direct
. f r°m Europe, of maple and fancy DRY Q*OOOg
yvnich they otter cheap for cash ’
feb 5 3m
AUCTION SALES.
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & Cos
at “ ° ,£ioc ‘ ~
2 Elegant French Plate Mirrors,
5 feet by 3 1 2, very heavy plate.
ALSO,
1 Barrel Very Fine Peach Brandy.
feb 4td 89 „ J
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTOtTcoT
W^vTnt 1 8 f U ’ on Tuesday, the 9th ol February i*
front of our store, ai II o’clock, y ‘ *
A Very Elegant anti Desirable Ladle’s Silk Dress Pattern,
perfectly new.
feb 3 td $7
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO,
Negroes at Auction.
O r s,o T mo| S ?u A , Y ,;„“ of Fcb ' u «-«. «*• Will .-111.
A Very Desirable Family of Negroes.
teaser egr ° Man ’ 44 years old > S ood fie * d &and.and
4 Negro Boya, 12, 10. 8 and 7 years old.
* Negro Girls, 5 and 3 years old.
Va,Uable and Bold only to raise some
feb 3td sl4
By ELI,IS, LIVINGSTON & CO.
Valuable Plantation at Auction.
() N Tuesday, the 9;h February, at II o’clock W e
1 ael ! 1,1 front ot our Store—
Thi.t desirable location lorn erly owned by Judge
W VV Livingston lying 10 miles east or Columbus
on the ean bank of the t/pato if* creek, one and u htilf
miles front Peggy Read’s bridge, on the mam road to
ILuuna Vista. Haid place contain* 5*7 rcrea of
land, 3( 0 acres of which are under fencing and will
be deliver and in a good state of repair
On the place is a r.eai tr.med dwelling. 3 good ne
gro cabins.-z cribs, *-as.!i„g, Ac ; a No. 1
and screw, a 40 aw gin Uh belting some sugar
works about two ac es i„ peach orchard Tood well
ot wkler and two very bold and never f«iii„ •
ot water at conv- nient distances ”fom elch mi‘‘ pt ‘ EgS
t‘ e plantation. Within one mUe of tue dwe W i„°“
8 gn ° W, ' ed by Mr Va « Horn
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON
Desirable Residence and Farm
AT
AUCTION.
303 3 4 Acre* Land, 4 miles East of
Ihecky known as the Sch’ey place, now owned by
L* V A ‘ h * VV, -'‘ 1,5 acres c[, ‘ 3red and under
mm balan, ; e 1,1 lbe w,l oas, 9:1 acres rich boi*
.orn land on place.
On the premises is a good dwelling, 6 rooms, closets
!.«KL en V"' ! ‘ 0a - e u hoUse , cril ”- ~ara > cariiage house,’
stables, c., with a good well and spring ot water.
i *K ,a , a °r of * he ,noßt "testable places in tbo uelgb
day of sale lhe C,Iy ’ Go a,ld Bee place before the
_ jsn 29 td $33
By ELLIS, LIViNGSTON^CO
Administrator’s Sale
OF VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY
i) N T! T , E *, DAY ’ Feb f uar * 9th, at 11 o’clock, will be
V/ sold ii front ot Ellis, Livingston At Co’s, auction
room,
The Store House, No. 36,
situated on the east side of Broad street, at present
occupied by the Confederate States Clothing Depart
ment. (Sold as the property of John Warren, dec'd,
JAS W. WaUKEN.
jan SCtd S2B _ Adiu’r
To Shoemakers!
11l WE !99 pair ofE;;gli-h Congress Gaiters, worth
gt's per pa r, I desire to exchange them for Shoes
suitable for so diers for a dona'ion. Call and look at
them, and give a Mberal difference and assist to shoe
the barefooted defenders of our homes and firesides
feo * 81 J-F. WINTER, "