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gaoh expeditions haa long ago assumed a chronic
type. They no longer excite apprehension, and
if repeated much oftener, will fail to elicit com.-,
toent. They are simply ridiculous.
Unless the spirit of the British people has be
come as meek as it was formerly haughty, the
publication of the correspondence between Se
ward, Add ms and Russell, relative to the iron*
clad rams, says the Richmond Examiner,
will awaken a storm of. indignation that
may oause the Foreign Secretary to fall as
ignominiously as he did when his shuffling tnel#
at the Vienna Congress first came to light. It
will be recollected, that at the time those vessels
wore approaching completion the greatest alarm
pervaded Yankeedom. Fearful visions were
formed of the breaking of the blockade and the
annihilation of Yankee commerce. Urgent re
monstrances were mado to the British ministry
to prevent their sailing. No effort was wanting
to avert so dire a calamity. Together with di
plomatic representations, tho oracular utterances
of the press were brought to bear upon the same
point. Argupient was .freely mingled with
throats. Menaces of war and vengeance were
muttered in dissonant tones. If neoesssry, said
these mentors of the public, the pirates should
not only be captured on the ocean, but chased
into the refuge of British ports and destroyed in
defiance of "perfidious Albion.”
Os course this brnster was looked upon as only
an ordinary ebullition of the rage which that
abatable nation lashes itself into at the least con
tradiction of its will, and a fair specimen oi its
courteous mode of dealing with other powers.
What must be the surprise of every reasonable
man to find that this rioakl outpouring of intern*
perate journalism was but a transcript of the
deliberate enunciations of the United States
Government? What must be the mortification
of eveiy high minded Englishman to find that
such threats wero aotually mado against his
country in official dispatches ; that they were
not only received and submitted to, but that the
Ministry transgressed .the.bounds of iho law in
order to satisfy the insolent demand* of Seward?
Tho "meteor flag' has fallen low, indeed, when
it is subjected to such degradation, and/orced to
dip before tho now dishonored “Stars and
Stripes." ..
' £>.;'v;,ul goes dirootly to tlih point. His lan
■ "u.ij.yi is muoli more precise than is usual with
him. it is unencumbered with' tho polite cir
cumlocution of diplomacy, and void #f that mis
liuess which delicately conveys a threat without
expressing it in undisguised brutality. He telle
Earl It us sell plainly that tho people of the
United States are greatly excited on tho subject;
that if the vessels are allowed to escape it will
be tantamount to war waged by a portion of the
British people; that it will be a question wheth
er a war with. the whole world, v/ould be any
greater evil; that such must be the result, if
measures are not taken to provent tho sailing of
the rams; tha>, if necessary, the lawn of England
must be changed; .hut the United States wn 1
not hesitate to seek the cruisers iu English ports;
and that, if tho war navy is inadequate to that
purpose, tho whole commercial marine will be
employed iu addition. At this part of the dis
patou E >.rl Russeil, hadbe been facetiously in
cliu«*d, might have made seme humorous com-
Hhmu eji the probability of clipper ships and
nmii steamers forcing the entrance of British
hubors and oveicoming ihe thousand ships of
that power. lie ©plica gravely, boivcvdvthat
the vessels have been seizrd, and goes into a
little argumentative protest against the haste of
his fr.tni iso ward, stating that legal forms must,
to sohie extent, be observed in England, aaffthat
some proof is necessary of the illegal character
of a vessel before proceeding to her seizure,
H j also urges foioibiy enough that there is
no solid distinction between furnishing one bet
ligisreni with arms and another with' ship3. Un
fortunately for himself, the better hi* logic the
deeper his humiliation. If the Yankee demauds
aro really unreasonable aud unjust, the more
Contemptible his conduct in acceding to thenfi
Better to acknowledge the cogency of hte op*
poneirs a'gunicnis thau to rebut bis reasoning
while ho cowers before his rnenaeo. Better to
yield ihe dialectic victory than to stale txo«l«
lent reasons for doing right, just before doing
exactly wrong.
So far Seward is triumphant. Russel! strain
ed the law to oblige him, uLd, as he himself
stated, intends to apply to Uarliautent for an
Act of iudeuutity. The publication ot this cor
respondence wiil not smooth his path. It shows
that the Yankees have builied England much
in the seme style in which that power has been
accustomed to treat SpHu, Naples, and Denmark,
There may be poetical justice in thus l,eoin
.mending the poiseoei chalice to her owq lips'*
but it will prove a nauseous draught to iho
nation,
But a few jerrs have passed since the Pal
merston Minist-y was toppled from its place by
the storm of indign&'ion aroused by its endea
vour to frame a law to meet tho case of assas
sination concerted in England against the French
Emporor. Omni had fearfully excited the ap
prehensions of the Emporor and his people-
Threats were hinted agaiost Eogland for the
complicity in harbouring conspirators, and the
Qovtrnmcn were diaposed to act ia the mauer.
But a trem»-n ljuß reaction took place among the
people at the idea of foaeign dictation. From
the Commons there came up &u indignant re* i
spouse, worthy of the martial barons cf the
Plantagcuets, noivmns leget Anglia mntari"
When ho di-- »suro is made that under this
tiiim I‘j io ti ,i’s premiership, the defender put
s*!dUnoi of ihc honor of England, such an af*
frontijhaa bee4,t»melypocketed,U is'natural to ex
pect an eiplotfon ofindignation at least as gres’
as that which was excited by 6 - * partial concess
siorijjttnder much mbry ex tenuatihg y c ircums:an
ew, to a much more dignified antagonist. It
will still, probably, be diemod prudent to re?
strain the rams from sailing, bur the public mind
will be much mare embitteroi against cur ene
mies, and will be disposed to resist any future
■training of the law to our prejudice.
[ The Yankee press is jubilant on the subject.
I They' r*>joiss-/at having teen permuted ' to in-
I dulge their favorite bullying propensity with im-
I pun it y, but are a little disappointed that .Louis
Napoleon did not snare in Seward's lecture.
| Let them be satisfied. There is no abolition
Secretary in Franca to corapromi-e the h>.nor
of his country for tho sake of ben fitting, as be
supposes, the African race. The French, too,i
are sensitive to tusult. Louis Napoleon holds a
throne and inherits ft name which does not per
mit him to submit to humiliation. If the “Em
pire is peace," it I? also gloyy-and honor. France,
too, is equally as formidable as England to. the
Yankees, *nd much less vulnerable. Let tho
Herald be content. Mr. Seward, like the bully
in the Story, knows whom Louis Na
poleon is not Earl B ussed.
[From the London Standard ]
L'annot be Subjugated.
The South seek.- for disunion. It wish
es to be left alone as a separate peupie.—
It dr.e* not desire the conquest,- it does
not aim at the-humiliaiion of the North.—
It will never be satisfied with anything
less than disunion—with tho complete and
unreserved recognition qf the State rights
guaranteed by toe Constitution of the iate
United States. Disunion is inevitable. If
every array of the South were dispersed;
if the Northerners were to gam a hundred
battles; if every city in the South were
garrisoned by Northern troops, every river -
swept with Northern armaments, it would
but delay for a time the accomplishment of
the end, which is about as certain as that
the sun rises and sets. la the war of In
dependence the English drove the Amen*
leans about like sheep, aud. occupied every
strategic point in the States lor months
together. They were obliged hi the end
to give way to the indomitable will of a peo
ple determined to be tree. .
The Americans of that time were but a
handful in comparison so the Southerners
of to day. You cannot hold down by any
known force, ten millions of people who
have sworn to achieve their independence.
The armies ol Lee and Johnston might' be
disbanded to morrow; they, might go like
Israel, “every man to his tent;’/ and ali the
military operations ol the Confederate Gov
ernment be suspended. The Federal*
would be as far as ever from the conquest
of the South. There would Still be an ene
my in every cottage, a rebel in every field.
To reduce this whole population to a corn*
dition worse than that of negro slavery
would be a task beyond the strength of the
mightest patjop on. earth It is not in the
power of the North to make the South the
Poland of America, nor rs it could be done,
would it ever prove profitable or pleasant.
The time has now arrived when the pol
iticians of the North are alive to the truth
of what.is told us by every map of South
ern blood, that ther.e is nmv between North
and South So impassable a barrier of hatred
that never under any circumstances, can
they be reconciled and re-united. at W
perhaps within the power of the Northern
belligerents to drive their antagonists to
such a last extremity of despair as that
which maddened the people ,of Carthage
when their extermination had tjgen decreed
by the Roman Senate. When every city
has been sacked, every village given to the
flames, every farm laid waste, when every
Southern man has been slant in battle, ev
ery woman has offered herself up on the
altar of her country, wh.en every State south
of the Potomac is a desert of ashes and of
corpses—then, and then only may the North
take possession. Those who think that
there is a Providence that rules the world
will uol believe, ja the possibility of such a
catastrophe.
The people of the North are ali jubilant
just now atthe fate successes of their ar
mies. The disastrous defeats of the armies
pf McClellan, Pope, Burnside and Hooker
plunged them, not very long ago, into the
depths of despair. In presuming oh the
subjugation of thq South because Lee has
retired and Vicksburg has - fallen, they are
as much in the wrong as they were in re
garding these Southern victories as deci
sive.of the war. With such power of rai
sing armies, and with so vast an extent of
ground on which to deploy them, the war
must go on ; indefinitely, eo long as either
North or South choose to continue it.
The tail of Vicksburg, of Port Hudson,
and tho opening olthe Mississippi to the
Federal armaments are - great calamities to
the Confederate cause ki the- West, because
they cut off from tiic reel of thiilSouth those
Sfates which are west of the river. But.
as in ail ivmteste where naval iarces aye
brought into piav, the 'North. hasatKiia
naense auvaoi-r.ge over dip South, tiieee oc
currences caimo; be said to ha we been un -
Iwre-een. The defenceol’ Vick=bnrg is.ofie
ot the most heroic k ale recorded in history,
it is one of those struggles' whitTi sucoest-fai
or unsuccessful, go to form the character
ami mature ihe—t-piritoi a< peej, e. Iris
perhaps well for the Smith that u, should
meet with misfortunes a©4> undergo heavy
trials. It might have presumed too much
on an unbroken- tide ot success, grid, in
its presumption, rushed upon its ruin.— ~
Its utanfal struggles have earned lot it the
sympathy, .of Europe-end .3 place ia history.
Centuries after it has emerged from its
baptism of lire, and taken its- proud pince
among th*nations, the Southern lather and
the Southern mother will narrate to their
children by the lueekk*,-m burning-words,
ibe story ot their ancestors’ . prowess, ami
Did them emulate the deeds otjheir fathers
iu tire olden lime, They mil tell iheir sbn?
of those- conqtu ring .veterans of■■ Virgin a.
those dauntless defenders"*©!'* the bouid
ouined Mississippi-bastions. They wULte|l
their-daughters how the - women of Char
leston tore off their jewels for tulwar, how
the women ot New Orleans huilcd dena.ce
at the Northern tyrant in the midst ot his
troops, Those -sorts and daughters will
then grow upt:»t->a people that vt;.i .be-*-
worthy of those Jiotu Wlkku thtty sprung.—
To us here in England therm wui he an
■ abidintf-regreb ?*
We did not once stretch out »< hand to
aid the combatants in this noble struggle
lor independence*. Even Northerners telia
us now that we might- have stopped the
war long ago hv the simple krecoguki
ihetSouUi. We*--«nw«rht have wade, these
brave men our brothers and. friends,
tached them lor ever iron*-their selfish sins*
men of the North. As partners-4n eommurCb'
we should have- beeoioe the providers tiff
tiie w£fid -when New York end Phiiadel, in.,
were as desolate as Tyre and Sydoc, We
have left tba South alone to win its
Our neutrality is designated as selfish. If
rightly understood, it is unselfish in thg
extreme—but it is now unwise aud cruel. *
— » m. > ...
The Sufcstilmte b«*r.
Mr, Spirrow, from the Military Commit
tee, reported back, with the recommend a
tion tliat it do not pass, House bill amen .a,
lory of the act emitted k; Au acttoj>utau
end to thfrexemption from military service
of fhosj&Hvhtjt have heretofore furnished
substitutes,” approved January 5,1864.
\Ve persuoie that the Senate prefers their
exemption bill which was passed and sent
to the House a few days ago; which ac
complishes the same object Iti the exempt*
ion of producers.
Garret Davis’ Reply to Senator Wil
son's Resolution to Expel Him from
the Senate.
His (Mr, Davis’) resolution only propos*
ed to institute a plain and frank investiga
tion of the measures of the administration,
and he intended to continue such investiga
tion until the Senate expetied him ; and if
they should do that, he had a higher mis
sion as an American Senator and freeman
born under the Constitution, which he had
imbued in his infancy and cherished i;
manhood ?—he would go home among Ihe
people of his loved, native Kentucky, and
raise the cry of oppression, tyranny, usur
pation and revolution against the faithless
men who have charge of the Government.
We had fallen on evil times, indeed. We
have a great rebellion second only in im
portance to that when Lucifer was thrown
from heaven. We have in this administra
tion of the Government, in ail the depart
ments men who are sworn to support and
defend the Constitution, not for the power
it confers upon them, but for the liberties it
gives the people, recreant to their high trust,
and by the abuse of power both civil and
military trying to subvert that. Constitution
and the proper liberty it secures to the erti*
zen ; and yet any man having the audaci«
ty to question ihe wisdom and constitution
ality of the policy of the adminis'ration is
branded as disloyal.. We have had great
men in ihe past; tho founders of the Gov
ernment were great, wise men and
patriots. When he desired to learn their
principles of Government, he went to the
noble foundation of political knowledge es
tablished by them. Such men as the Sen*
ator from Massachusetts only perform the
base office of muddying the fountain. He
is not fit for any other work. On- this sub*
ject Mr. Webster held that it was the “un
doubted right of legislators to scan the acts
of public menthat this right was as un*
doubted as the right of breathing or walk*
ing the earth. It is the last right that he
would abandon. He would exercise it at
all hazards. At an humble distance and
in this feeble way, he intended to follow
the great expounder of the Constitution.
The Senator from Massachusetts seems to
have installed himself as a sort of overseer
of this body, and he was not surprised at
the dictatorial manner in which he bustled
about, administering rebuke in this and in
the other Houee. He had pe suaded him*
self that he i3 the government, and is par
ticularly assured that he is the Senate, a
least the largest and most important part of
if. (Laughter.) But I don’t think there is
a person in or out of the Senate who hugs
such a delusion to his breast except himself.
(Laughter.) He would read the resolution
of this learned Senator, this able man, who
distinctly understands everything in juris*
prudence, administration, and of war mat
ters in the field, to expel him. If the Sen
ator had power commensurate with his
purpose, it would have been done ; but he
thanked his stars there were juater, wiser,
ab'er, more patriotic men in the Senate
and country than the Senator, if there
were not—Gad stive the mark!—the coun
try would soon go to ruin. How long did
the Senator sit under the treasonable utter
ance of leaders in the rebellion three years
ago, at the time he was engaged m his
avocation at home. He occasionally adver
ted to the debates in tho Senate, and read
the treasonable effusion* of the band of
traitors who have organized the reooilion,.
He read the avowal of Toombs that lie was
a rebel, and the world never saw a letter
equal to the declaration of the audacious
Mason that he owed no allegiance to the
government. So of Wigfall and others in
a heir treasonable utterances. All this was
done in the presence of tho just, pure,
courageous, patriotic senator who remained
as dumb as a fish. (Laughter.)
Mr. Davis said the majority of the States had
a light to meet together in convention and do
away the best government on earth. ThispolitK
sal partnership could be cancelled by the consent
of tho partners. I ask that the people of ah the
States go into convention to take this cruel
war into their hands and close the bleeding
wounds of the nation ; reconstructing it upon
the principles of compromise and liberty, upon
which Washington and his associates acted.
It was the S&nator’s intention to put hitu in a
state of suspension here, like Mahomet’s coffin,
between heaven and earth. (Laughter.) Ho
was in durance, and any durance the Senator
would establish was vile enough, in Goa’s name.
(Laughter ) lie was for ihe prosecution of the
war to any honorable peace, but wouid prefer
that it siiuu and close, by the peaceable submission
of those.in rebellion.
Mr. Days* continued at great length to refer to
the course of Massachusetts in Shay’s rebellion,
in tlte war of 1812, in the Mexican war, and in
tier resistance to tho Fugitive Sta ve act. lie re
ferred to a speech of iho Sene tor from Massa
chusetts during the Kansas trouble, in which the
N -rii is called upon to ooiuo forth and ovor
b'ow the slave propagandist.-*. His iarguage
w - strong.r than mine; and yet ho has the
audacity >*» introduce a resolution to*'expel me
for uslt-g language less signifie.nt and less eub.«
vtrsive than iris, la 1808 bo pestilent State of
«1 asfaebuso. had pasteu a haw amending ffcn
c ngitive Slava law. ;ba was covered all ever
w,t:i treason in 1812. I bad net been in this,
k-dy but a ;cw da- s ! etore an annonymous letter
; n relationii:e S- nutor was Lauded to me.,,
eu. ;tig iho S-cater of sytiicg a tu'ur-hip for
(.no-iiait of iLe pr.-ii c. Ho did uos. lelieTd it
-Lon, nor did ho no w; -but (be rt-.ve suions in re
{.aid. to plunder are m stariliug he did, cot
kn.ow what to believe.”
There was •ba chance for the display of the
moral and physicKl courage of tha Senator.
When Tie read the e' deciaralioa hii t.lood boiled
in his veins, and had he been present he
dared say he would not have kept silent like the
senator, from Massachusetts. Now the senator
has a majority here, backed by hundreds of
thousand-, of soldiers and officers who hold their
places at the will of the power at the o her end
of the avertuc, who, when they are order* t \o
do the bidding of that power, do it or ajlTer in
carceration, court-martial or death Iho sena«,
was so at'sufficient, teif-sufficient, and in
sufficient—(laughter)—that he did not consult
withs sirgle individual. He wanted all the
glory.—(Laughter). He calls the proposition
for a convention treason. He was told the gen at-,
tor boasted that he was the successor of Webster.
Ye god-, what a succasioul (Laughter.) The
sena or ts afraid it will stop the war. Thtr ■
wacre t>e shoe pinches. He does cot want the
war to be stopped till the rebels shea and have
snbm’tted to the Constitution and laws ts tbs
United States. .He would not prove *#eie*hi :o
tho goveramenr. but would support tko-e who
ware ftdnamistering it, however incompetent he
deemed them. The grand purpose of the sena
tor was to c=-r:-y cn the war for the destruc ion
o v slavery and to perve-t the war power and ad
other powers of the G-overnmeiu (•> tbU end.
He asked the Senator if the rebel* io iha South
ern •States were ar offer to eame beck w«h their
fighUhiEder the Oms'itanoc,-save >* here u for
feits to* them their rights for -heir rebellious
action), would be sgree that they should come
bat-k TANARUS” The Searalor is silent, but bis heart i»n-
Swtts -.he question. There is no Senate* bur
what'knows that h« is more- devoted io the ds
fifftiotiatt of slavery than to the viaditSiHon of
thw"laws in the seceied States. He would
swbep away ;h-* CooxtituUon and State laws to
abolistr Etavery ia vioiation of his oath as a
senator; and to hear him prate of loyalty one
would think that there was no loyalty in the
Untied States besides his. -lie (Mr. Davis) as
utimbd that ifa convention of aU, the States were
catted together and should resolve to do away
with the Government that they had the* right
aud power to do it. lie was opposed, of coarse,
to any rueh exerci-e of power as a practical
.uiag. He considered this compact a political
partnership. 7 i
ttEPOETS OF THfi FBSSf ASiOCUSION. J
Entered accord Log to act of Coglgresf In the V«** H*®*,
by J. 8. Thrashes. fa the'Clerk's offlee of Ore Dis
trict Court of the Confederate States for the Noithern
District of Georgia.
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SCLXHA, Fob. 7.
Tbe Reporter has information of a figbt be«
tween Lewis’ eqq&'irim and the enemy noar
Lebanon, Ala., on Wednesday last. The enemy
9,000 strong subsequently abandoned Lebanon
at# returned towards the Tennessee river. Oar
forees numbered 400 only. The Reporter's cor
respondent says the Yankee force at Larkin's
Ferry number at least 40,000.
Orange, C. H., Feb. 8.
One Captain and 39 privates, captured at
Barretts' Ford by Gen. Early's divisiou, were
brought in this morning. The enemy erossed at
Barrett's Ford early this morning, bat soon re
crossed again.
- ~ ~ Charleston, Fvfo. 8. t
The enemy resumed fire upon the city last
night. Seventeen shells were fired up to to-night;
A fifth monitor made appearanoe in|the harbor
to-day. Fosition of the fleet in other respects
unchanged.
Richmond, Feb. 8.
Gov. Gambia of Missouri died on the 24.
George RRsdldc a strong Unionist succeeds
him.
Hard of Delaware elected to Yankee Sen
ate. "!
Latest information fioiu below represonta
that the Yankees have taken the backtrack
to Williamsburg. The movement was prob
ably intended as a reconnoissance, The im
pression prevails here that the next cam
paign w;ll commence at an early day. Ac*
tive operations on the Ropidaa Will probably
be delayed until the recovery of Meads, who
at last accounts was convalescent at his
home in Pennsylvania.
The weather continues favorable for milfe
tary movements.
Semi-official infora ation received.ot the ar«
rival of eighteen gunboats and transports at
Jacksonville, Fla. The enemy in large force
bad landed and weife reported advancing last
Saturday night. |
Richmond, Feb. 8.
Mr. John A.Wilfcoxa member of the House
of Representatives from Texas, dropped
dead in a moment at his room yesterday mor
ning, while in appurc ntly perfect health.—
No business transacted in either branch of
Congress to-day, except the announcement
of his death and appropriate resolutions.
Morristown, Feb. 8.
Reports from Kficxville by various sour
ces represent the garrison there ia a state of
great suffering lrohn smallpox of which there
are seven hundred case?, and from scarcity of
of rations. Prisoners captured had bread
made of uubol ed and >i>r.
Col. H. L. Gilmer of the 4 h Kentucky Ca
valry has been commissioned a Brigadier
General.
The train from Strawberry Plains ran with
in 10 miles of Knoxville yesterday.
CoDierlptioa «f Fret Ncgroei-liupor
taul Bill.
Second in importance, says the Richmond
Whig, to no other of the present session, is
the bill passed by the House of Representa
tives, to conscribe free negroes and impress
slaves for various uses in the army. It re
ceived, after being amended and perfected
an almost unanimous approval, and will
doubtless receive the approbation of the
Senate, to which body it has been sent for
early action.
There is no doubt that the bill will add
largely to the efficiency of the army, iT hav
ing been roughly estimated that it wild .in
crease its lighting strength to- the extent of
not less lhau fdrty thousand able bodied
men. This is certainly a very important
step in the right"direction, and every patriotic
spirit must concede.that it is both wise and
opportune. „ „
Let Congress who has manifested a de
termination to empty their time with-profit
to the country, apply tile scalpel and insti
tute reform iii other departments of the
service, particularly the.unequal And, un
just system s details—and, no ground,will
remain for the tears of those who imagine
that we are to be overwhelmed by the mere
force of numbers at the opening of the
spring.
F.ee negroes and slaves are better adap»
ted to the menial but necessary duties of
teamsters, cooks, etc, and the latter have
become inured to the hardships of the ser*
vice, and are in splendid trim to fill up’ihe
mated ranks of oiif gallant soldiers who
have fallou by disease or m battle.
If the Senate pass the bijL we may ex
pect a general dosing of tree negro restau
rants and barber shops* and an aye aipled
exodus to the Yankees, who will riot assign
them ttt such duties as we- propose, but put
ti.Ctu in the very front of battle.
Trial of Forde Concluded'—The triai
.-of RobertForde ipr ilie nturdor of
trt E, JivYoii, was concluded, last evening
about »’clock, the juny mmii-ring a
verdict of guilty of murder in Ihewecoml
degree,’ass'gfiiog the prisoner to the period
of eighteen yearn’ imprisonment fu tnc
peui entiary. After the, verdict was an*
tKHuicetl the jury were polled at the sugges
tion of one es the council for the and etc use,
and it was ascertained thatthey were tman
itnotis in their verifict. The‘counsel for
the prisoner gave noVice rTiat they would
take, an appeal for anew trial.
. Tins Dial hae occupied ten .da}?, and
Itas-been -mo.-t ably conducted both on the
pari of the prosecution and-the defense.
The ckwinjj speech of'Mr. L. ; Tazewell, the
1 onimeHwealths'* attorney,‘ occupied* Three
hours and a half, aud is «aid f to have been
o»o of the ablest of his life. lY»*‘£jourr
rofKn was crowded with 6paetatOis, ! ,,and
during the whole period of the tml, xt has
elicited the deepest' iolerest. ** •<»
The prisSOneF represented to have been
greatly effected, —[Richmond Whig
Do not be doubled because you have not groat
virtues. God made a million spears of gras*
where Ho made one tree. The earth is frioged
aas carpeted, not whh forests -but with graeiSf.
Only enough of Uttio virtues and common fideli
ties, and you need not-mourn . because you ate
neither a here nor a Bu:ct>.
MOBILE * GIRARD RAILROAD, >
Superintendent's Office, Dec. 4, 1863. J ; .
ALL WOOD delivered on the right way of the road
after thr- Lite will be considered the property of the
• oaip-a- y. to bs- paid for at the advertised rate at the
time f t'eiivery. -*»>
real,-* wishing to ship \%od an their own account,
.re i*re’>y aotined that it must be a some
eneof th regular Stations on the subject
la rules g mning other freights.
Dec siw , B. E. WELLS, gup't.
. ■— r— J - »-
Sugar.
1 f| BOXES CHOICE NEW ORLEANS, injure
li3!e SOPDRICH * CO.
Jan 39 ii
rwnin null I i«w I-‘| 'll I '■■l.ii, ■■■*'
- I SaHmi To-Day . / ’
SeeadvertisamanU-of Ellis, Livingston 4 Cos,
who will have this day a large and important sale
of negroes and other property of value.
Theatre. —By referenoe to advertise me at it
will be seen that Taylor Sc Co.'s troupe will ap
pear to-night in “Ingomar” and a “Day in Paris-’*
The various characters will probably be well
represented.
~~ ~ v ; New Advertisement*.
It will be seen that Mej. Dillard advertises a
plantation, with all necessary Improvements, for
sale, situated near Tuskegee, Persons wish
ing to invest wilt doubtless a good op*
portunity. Who wants to buy ?
The notes and accounts of J. 11. Daniel & Cos.
faavwbeen placed in the bands of Beabody A
Brannon for collection. All persons interested
will please take due notice.
It will be seen that the surgeons of the militia
will be in this c.ty on the 12th and 13tb, for the
purpose of examining applicants for discharge
on the grounds of physical disability. So those
who intend to apply had better begin to limp
now.
Espionage. —ls our home guards are as active
and vigilant after stragglers and deserters as
they are after the exempts and cripples the pros
pect Is good for a rapid filling up of the rank s.
It is almost impossible to cross the street, and
quite out of the question to get bsyond tbe-sub
urbs without being run agaiast by either caval
ryman or infantry, who are anxious to save their
country by seeing ywur papers. Now it ia right
and prop r that a duo interest and solicitude
should be manilesie-i in this matter, but at tbo
same time things are getting to be rather an
noying. If it requires as many soldiers to look
after delinquents in all parts of the Confederacy
as hereabouts it is evidvut that there wili soon
be required a larger army at home than in tho
field. However if the necessities of the country
require it, we should not complain. But let tho
business be confined to the legitimate subjects of
conscription, and let the maimed, the half, and
the blind alon i.
Vaccination. —Ai this time when all South*-
era cities are crowded to overflowing, and there
fore particularly liable to inifeotuous diseases,
and especially small pox, too much care cannot
be manifested to maintain the health of the peo«
pie. Would it not thereforo be well to resort to
a general system "of vaccination. A word to the
wise is sufficient
Socks.— Oar lady friends are invited to pe
ruse the advertisement of Ira R. Foster, who
again appeals to our noble countrywomen for
socks, for our boys in the army. He refutes
meat clearly the charges whien have bten cir
culated in.regard to selling the socks heretofore
contributed by the ladns to the soldiers, and
gives notice that ne stjll has yarn for those who
uiay wish to- knit for the boys. It Is” merely
necessary to mention the fact to the ladies to
again set them to work, to protect the Ret of the
soldiers from the frosts of winter.
Out A gain. — We were glad to see Capt. C
B . Mims, the former Commandant of the Poet
In this city, sufficiently recovered from his late
illness, as to be able to be out. He cause home
sick about the first of December, and has had
quite a savere time of it, bat the prospect is
now, that he will soon be ail right. Capt. Mims
w© believe, belongs to General Longstreots oorps,
and has rendered efficient service iu most of the
important battles in Virginia. We trust he may
be long spared to win still brighter laurels m
his chaplet of military fame.
Qood Prospects for Living. —Pork was tel
ling, yesterday at $1,50 a $1,75 ; chickens, $3,00;
Butter $3,00 : and other articles in proportion.
Prices for all the necessaries of life, double about
onee* in- three months. Verily the prospect for
livingTooks cheering!
___ _____ __ *
To the Worntn of Georgia-
STATE OF GEORGIA, 1
Quartermaster General's Office, J
Atlanta, Feb. sth, iBO4 J
A report has been put in circulation in various par.
lions ot the State that the Socks knit by the Ladies of
Georgia for this Department, hive been s> Id by me to
the troops in the fijid. Without entering further info
the detail* of this VKe and malicious report, I hereby
pronounce the whole.tale to be a malieioua FALSE
HOODS I deny and challenge the world for proof to
the contrary that there has ever been a sock sold by
this Department to a soldi -r of the Confcdera-e Army
since mv first appeal to the Women of’Goigia tn knit
for their dest.tute defenders, 1 hereby bind myself to
present Oafs Thousand Dollars to airy person
cither titixen or soldier, who Will come forward and
prove that be ever bought a took from this Department,
that was either kmtiiyrbe Ladies, or .purchased for
'esue to Said irbops.
This rep in has been invented on the one hind by
the enemies of our i nbie -ba) s, vtyto rejoice in th-ir
sufferings, and are delighted when they suspend the
-efforts ofube noble wotr.eu in tfieirbehn!! On the
other hand hypeurile opponents of this Department,
who forget that in vent ng tbeir.unprokel rpiie upon
us, they are can -fog >he troops of their “.State to ma ch
ovt r r sen group t an I the drifting tuow. wi h nn.
covered and ble-tl ng bet.
Wortrtrt oi O- orgia ! I appeal to you. Tb-s
time 1 call upon you to frovv i down ' vile 'false
hoods. Demand of him wb . peddles the taJo the evi.
dence I calWor above. Un ij that testimony is pro.
'duced 1 implore you stay not tour efforts.. 1 tsiure
you in the name olaj) that is holy >nd noble--on the
honor of a man and an officer -<h at myself or any of
my assistant* have never so’d a pair of Socks that were
knit by you Every pair baw ogen i <sued to the des
titute'troops as a GIF F, a* about tJjbOD gallant sorts
of the Emp re State will godly* bear te'-timony.
Daughter#-of Georgia, Ist H n and socks. Requisi
tions for them are daily pouring in upon me. ,1 st dp
to furnish you T< an»Wy*'if e ;i e 't., se .
cure a pair -of sucks for cvery-hsie footed soldier fiom
Geo ga. You are my -only re.fou e Fast experience
lejciits me 1 vv 11 not appeal to jo i in vain.
’ 1 -• IRa R. FOSTER,
frk ® **t Qr Mas. Gen. of Ga
rSMI’EKANCE JXAX.II
2d MIGHT OF THE
PABLOB ESTEBTAISMUm
- IKTGOMAH! -
Mnsicf ’
v„ Singing?!
—.. .. > i Ijancing!!!
A DAY Iff PARIS 1
Tuesday Evening, February 9,
lie performance will commence with the beautiful
Way entitled - . -
XISTOOIMIAXL,
TIE Bill BA I IAN!
jnqojjak..... vv ........mr;j. j: waalloe
PARTHENIA MRS. NELLIE TAYLOR.
GRAND MUSICAL OLIO.
To conclude with-the rearing Farce entitled
A Day in l
In which Mrs. Wallace will sustain five different
characters.
Fab 9 ts
Militia Take Notice,
. Al^e w ‘h be at C>l Philips* Headquarters in Culuni
ambus, Ga.-, on the 12th and 13th £ at Custom, Chat.
tAhoochee county, ilm 15th andlrith; at Buenavi ta,
Marion county, the l~ta and 18th of this month, far
the purpose of examining and discharging such appli
cants as are unfit for military duty,
T. A. RAINES,
Surgeon.
P. J. PHILIPS, A. I). C.
For the 24th Senatoiial Dtst
N. B.—The Sub Enrolling officers of the various
Mili.ia Districts will givejpublicity to the above not ce
feb §lw P, J. PHILIPS, A. D. C
- Sun and Enquirer copy.
Grape Guttings. *
I HAVE TEN THOUSAND Grape Cuttings for
sale. Catawba, War en, Black July and nher va,
neties. J. ECHOLS.*
feb 9 lw* m
AUCTION SALES.
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON <f. CO.
WE will sell THI? DAY (Tuesday) at 11 o’clock
in front of our auction Room—
-65 Boxes Fine Tobacco,
foq 9it $2
t>J ELLIS, LIVINGSTON ft CO.
FLORIDA LANDS
AT AUCTION,
n N THUiWDAY, nth February, at U o'clock we
wil; sell in front of our Btore, *ve
4 Sections 0f2,500 Acres of Land,
in Franklin county, Florida.
Particulars and terms made known at sale,
feb 8 iiO
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & cl
AN TUESDAY, 9rb Feb at 11 o’clock .Mu
U will sell In front or’our auction M ‘ 4
10.) Sacks, IJ4 busuelseacb,
50Linen Coats,
50 pair Misses Shoes,
1.0 yards Country Jeans,
It; >ards llomespoii.
f-b-Sd $3
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON 4* Cos.
ON TUESDAY, 9th February, we will sell in
from of our eton\
Ona..Fine English Bull, 3 years old,
feb 8 td *3 '
By ELLIS, 1 iv7i\gstON aTc(L
PRIME LOT OF NEGROES AT
AXjoTioisr i
OYJ™r»u*„ V ,V O ”„ U r ( ,f„fS* 111 °' cl “ k '
TEN LIKELY NEGROES.
Charles, 28 years old; carnage d.iver and home
servant. - - - - °
Davo 85 years old; stood house servant.
Brito 23 years old diniug room servant
old good held hand
Qrscey and child, 24 years old; rood washer and
troner,
Lucy, 40 years o’d; splendid cook.
_ Milly, 52 vears nUI; (fold hand.
Jane, 18 years..ld; fit itl hand.
Mary, 40 years old ; field hand
feb e td $0
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & Cos.
ON TUESDAY 9th of February, at II o’clock
we will sell in front of our store,
A Valuable Negio Woman and her
two children. A No. 1 spinner, weaver,
and cook.
feb 8 tds $3
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON $ CO.
2* of February, at 11 o’clock, we
will sell ih front of our store, ' •
A Likely Negro Girl,
18 years old, field hand and good nurse.
feb'6 td $4 fe
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON Cos
rvN TUESDAY, 9th Feb., at 11 o’clock w« wild
v jSell in trout of our store,
2 Elegant French Plate Mirrors,
5 feet by 3 1-2, very heavy plate.
■ - *aLso,
1 Barrel Very Fine Peach Brandy.
feb 4td 39 '
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON Cos.
WE will sell, on Tuesday, the 9th of February, in
front of our store, at 11 o’clock,
i Very Elegant and Besirahle Ladle’s Silk oms Pattern,
perfectly new.
feb 3 td $7
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON CO,
Negroes at Auction.
/\N TUESDAY, 9ih of February, we will sail in
Vy frontoi our sum*,
A Very Desirable Family of Negroes,
Vtz : Negro Man, 44 years old, good field hand and
teanner
4 NcgroUoya, 10. 8 and 7 years old.-
2 Neuo G-r18,‘5 and3 ytara old
Aver- valuable family and sold only to raise soma
money,
feb 3td #i4
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO.
Valuable Plantation at Auction.
ON Tuesday, the 9.h February, at II p’clock. we
wul gell m from of our Etore—
Tlwt desirable location lon- erly owred by Judge
Vv. VV. Livingston, ly-ing 10 miles east of Columbus,
on tnc ca*>t bunk of tue Ujiatoie creek, one and a fralf
iniles from Peggy Readme fridge.on ihe main road to
Uupfla Vista, tfaid place contains 5V7 1-2 j.cnsof
land, 3<'o acres of which are under fencing, and will
be dedv-r- <1 in a good state of repair.
On the p.'ace is a neai fr med dwelling, 8 good ne
gro cabins, a cribs, stabling, Ac; a No. 1 gin-house
asid screw, a 40 .aw gin with betting, some sugar
works, about two acres- in peach orchaid, good well
of water and two very bod and never failing rorirEs
of water at conv-nient distances f,cm each other on
t c pla-titation. VViinin one mile of tne dweflin" is a
*zr-v na St ,hi '■ ow,itd by Mr - v “ uutr ”“-
By DI.LIS, LIVINGSTON CO.
Desirable Residence and Farm
AT
AUCTION.
/iN TUESDAY, Februarv, ut 11 o’clock we
w will sell for cash in from of our store ’
303 3-4 Acre* Land, 4 mile* Eaet of
Die city, known us the ?ih’cy place, n< w owned by
R. m, Aldwortli, with r. 5 acres t lea fed and nr.der
good frtice, balam c iu the woods, 90 acres rich bot
tom land «m the place.
On the p-cutise* iiagocd dwelling, brooms closet-"
la (hen, smore hou-.e tilth-, bam, carnage house.’
btables, 4 cwith a good w elland spring oi water,
Tills is one or the me st dcsiiahe places In rilfi neijlh
fcorhood of the cry, and see the place before the
day-of safe, • •
jan *29 td §33
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON cj- CO.
Administrator’s Sale
OF VALUABLE CITY PROPERTY.
ON TUESDAY, Februarv 9ih, at II o'clock, will be
sold i < front ot Ellis, Livingston Sc. Go’s, auction
room,
ThS Store“Honse, No. 30,
3itua:ed on the east side of Broad s reet, at present
occupied by the t-’onfede.-a'e states Clouting Depart
merit £o!dastbe property of John Warren, dec’d,
j a 8. W, warren,
•jan totd i>2B Adm’r
* Td Shoemakers!
I. HAVE 1(W pair of Engii-h Congress Gaiters, worth
§fs per parr, I desire to exchange'h-m for abuts
suitable for soldiers, for a dnna ion. Call auJ look at
them, and give a ; »ber*4-difference and assist to shoe
Ute barefooted defender* of our homes-and firesides,
teb 4 -St ' J. F.' WINTER.
S ALE,
|) FINE DOlibLE CASE GOLD WATCIIEfi,
m Apply to o. R, STANFORD,
feb s ts