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JAMES W. WARHEST, Editor.
Colamtai, Wednesday February 10, 1863.^
Dkaiu of P. J. Williams Bsqn.—We are
pained to learn the death of this estimable gen*
tinman which occurrod in Milledgaville #n the
Bth inst. For many years past Mr. William
has been a passenger Conductor on the Musco
gee Railroad—a position which he filled with
high satisfaction to tho Company, and to the
travelling public. His character was full of
manhood" generosity and tho softer social vir'ues,
and warm and lasting friendships were the uni
form result of contact with his lollows. In this
city, especially, ho had a host of friends, whose
ailiiotion, at his untimely death is only less than
that of his bereaved kindred.
Arrest of Gen. Toombs.
Rumors of the arrest of Gan; Toombs, in
Savannah, by order of God. Beauregard, end of
tho caues which led 'to that event, have been
flying about our city and. through other portions
of the State for a weok past. The Richmond pa
pers are the first to give them publicity. It is
stated by those journals, and we have hoard it
elsewhere, that the cause of this procedure by
the military authorities at Savannah was the
puhlio utterance by Gen. Toombs, in that city*
of “disloyal and treasonable sentiments.” ' From
our knowledge of the chatacter of Gen. Toombs,
as well as from information which contradicts
this statement wo feel authorized to deny it
That Gen. Toombs is not personably very well
disposed towards the present Administration and
that he has found fault with and denounced some
of tho measures of the Government, tho country
is thoroughly Informed ; but that he is disaffec*
ted and disloyal to the revolution on tho suc
cess of which his reputation, his lile and property
are stakod, is a conclusion which, 4 it seems
to us, none hut his bitterest enemies will accept.
Wo learn from a gentleman just from Sav
annah, and who was in that city when the
arrest was made, that tho charge against Gen.
Toombs was interference with the railroads. —
When his command was transferred from At*
lanta to Savannah, the woather was exceedingly
cold and his men placed brioks in the box cars
and made tires on them. Against this conduct
the Conductor of the train warmly remonstrated
and G en. Toombs as vehemiently defended and
sustained. The latter by foroe or through threat
carried his point, and, on complaint being made,
was arrested therefor. Wt.ether this statement
be true or not we trust, since the matter has
thus beon brought before the public, and in a
manner so disparaging to the reputation ofUcn.
Toombs, that our Savannah cotemporaries will
asoer tain tho truth and publish it.
From Mississippi.— Most enthusiastic meet*
ings are going on in Jackson’s cavalry division.
The gallant and war-worn Texans lead the van,
and are re-enlisting to a man. The whole di
vision is alive, and all are re-cnlisting for the
war, bo it short or long.
A Heavy Northern Tax Necessary.— Tho
Now York Tribune, of tho 16th* calls for a heavy
increase of tho Federal direct tax, ana Uevotes a
lengthy articlo to demonstrating the necessity of
the increase. Congress, it says, ‘'mast tax.
Very large sums are now being rapidly drawn
from the treasury to pay tho bounties of the vol
unteers who arc re-enlisting for another term of
•threo years or during the war.’ ” This, it is
added, “onhancos the cost of the war; it sends
up the premium on gold; i: renders more urgent
and imperative the necessity of pressing tho
struggle to an early conclusion; and it imposes
on Congress the duty of promptly increasing
taxation.”
It seems that tho present tax is yielding less
than one hundred millions per annum, instead
of ono hundred and fi&y millions, as we exi
pected. Tho whiskey tax failed, “either because
there was a great falling off in the consumption
of that articlo and othor stimlants, or elao the
distillers ooutinued to cheat tho Government;’’
tho income tax was a failure—“there should have
been one thousand millions assessed, but there
was not.” Othor dcGoioucos are also notod, suf
ficient to show that the effort to collect an ade
quate tax proved abortive.
Greeley wants a tax adequate to pay tho in.
terest on the publio dolt as it will bo on the Ist
of July next, support tho regular Government,
and put twenty millions annually into a sinking
fund. This provided, he thinks gold would not
commund e-’on thirty par cent premium. There*
fore “Congress must tax."’
The Currency Bill.— The Richmond
Examiner saye: It was expected that the
currency bill would bo completed ami pass
ed by the Senate in the secret session of
Tuesday. We learn that the bill which
was sent up from the House has been mods
ified by the Senate in such important par
ticulars that there is no prospect of the
House agreeing to it, and that a committee
of Conference will be demanded, which will
probably bring this important matter to the
fieri id the session.
Displacing the Conscripts.— On Friday
fast, the act of Congress displacing the de
partment clerks of a certain status, and fill
ing their places with exempts and disabled
soldiers, was put in force at the commissary
general’s office, at Richmond. Quito a
number of the clerks falling under the ban
of the act were turned off and their places
supplied, in part, by females skilled in the
mysteries of clerical duties.
Thk Military Billoftub House of I\kp-
RKSEM'ATIVKS.— It is currently reported that the
House o!| Representatives yesterday passed its
military bill. The bill is described as wild end
impracticable to the point of insanity. Amr
much discussion about exemptions, they were
all stricken out, with the exception, we suppose
of the members. Fuch a law as this means one
*. wo *hings, the destruction of society, or its
subjection to the holders of Executive offices.
Either horn is sufficient to deal tho death blow
to tho causa of the South. Now, the only hope
of tho country is in the Senate. The constitu
tion of that body, in our organic system, was
expressly designed to prevent rash, extreme, or
oorrnpt legislation. Now, if ever, is the time to
fulfill its constitutional and legitimate function.
We hope, what we have a right to belioio, that
a body ot the State, constituted as the Sona e,
cannot partake the ‘eelings which appear to
agitate the House. We will abstain from quail
lying the course of the last named assembly, fur
ther than to say that it appears to be in that
dehrum which sometimes precedes the dissolu
tion of pa» t amentary bodies and of States, w it
‘ agon,e9of »videal;;.— L Kfi-bmo«.l
Additional from the North.
Lincoln in Military Council on the Fro*
ORAMME FOR THE SPRING CAMPAIGN —The
New York Herald says that Lincoln an i those
remarkable men with him are busy with thewwanr n
and are in military council upon the pl an to be
adopted at the programme of operations for the
spring campaign" * The Herald is very severe
upou this military council, and pitches into them
in the following s*yie:
They propose to repeat once more the misera
ble drama that they have played so many times
since the removal of McClellan. They are en
gaged upon a plan for a spring campaign. No
one, of course, can tell how ridiculous the plan'
may prove to he. Mr. Lincoln is ambitious of
military fame. He no longer wishes to be im
mortal as a rail-splitter; he is tire 10l tho Honest
Abe sobriquet, aitd tired even of his little joke.
He knows that he has rendered abortive the good
plans of able leaders simply by his interference.
Ho knows that he has blundered frightfully
from the commencement; and, therefore, we
ought not to be surprised at any monstrosity.
Rut the country will require for a spring
campaign a better plan than any that Mr. Lis
coln or the military nonentities about him can
make. Besides General Grant, we have in our
armies several other men of first-rate military
ability. In view of all this the people will want
to know whether the existence of our great mili
tory men is to be ignored while the blunderers
and jokers of the Washington directory arrange
their little plans for the completion of this great
war. Are we, with the best military talent In
the world at our disposal, to have the war carried
on by men who have no othor title to public re
membrance than their terrible blunders ? No;
the country will endure that no longer. Enough
Northern men have already beon wantonly slain
to gratify tho vanity of the directory men in
favor of this plan or their prejudices against
that. Not another life must be wasted in that
cruel, criminal way.
The spring campaign must be planned by our
great military men—by the men whose past
achievements are such that the country and the
army may havo confidence in the plans they
may proposo. Last year, weeks in advance ot
the battle of JChickamauga, we warned the
Government as to what was to take place. Over
and over again we showed that there was in
progress a grand concentration of the rebel force
in Alabama, and urged the reinforcement of
Rosecranz. But all in vain The administra*
lion was too busy with politics to attend to its
business, and we, as a consequence, were badly
beaten. Shall wo have a repetition of this in
May?
The reinforcement of our armies must be
pushed forward more vigorously. Mon will vol
unteer plentifully now if the business is attended
to; but tho administration must give up elec*
tioneenng amt attend ,to it. If wo fail in tho
spring it will bo bee rese our armies have not
beon properly reinlorced, and the administration
will be responsible for it. Planned as wo have
indicated, and properly supported with uiod, the
spring campaign will bo something more than
an excursion from Washington to the Rapidan—
marching up the hill to march down again will
be done with them. Wo shall havo a compre
hensive plan, that will not waste the energies
of the nation upon any isolated struggle, but,
viewing the rebellion as a whole, will strike at
its vital points and crush it at once. Such a
plan, carried out by General Grant and such
men as he would choose to assist him, would
end tho war by midsummer, and such a plan
we must have. Let us have no more plans from
bunglers and'Jbkers.
Thin principle might bo extended, upon grounds
of military necessity and security, to all the
slaves within a particalar State, thus working
manumission to such State ; aud in Mit soar t,
perhaps in Western Virginia also, and possibly
even in Maryland, the expediency of such a
measure is only a question of time. A system
of policy thus constitutional and conservative,
and pervaded by the influence of Christianity
and freedom, would receive llio support of almost
all truly loyal men, would deeply impress tho
rebel masses and all foreign nations, and it might
be humbly hoped that it would commend itself
to the Almighty. Unless the principles govern-;
iog tho future conduct of our struggle shall bo
made known and approved, tho effort to obtain
requisite forces will, be almost hopeless. A dec*
laration of radical views, especially upou slavery,
will rapidly disintegrate our present armies.
* * .-* * » x
(Signed) CtliiUKU ili 15. MIC CUS lilt AN.
With the light of the past before us, says the
South Carolinian, the predictions embodied in
the last two sentences have; proven true. It is
the enforcement of tho radical views of the Ab
olitionists, and their utter abandonment of all
constitutional principles, which has made the
North 83 “a house divided against itself,” that
will ultimately tumble to tho ground; that has
demoralized their armie3 and people, and bred a
revolution in their midst, which only awaits a
few turns more of tho wheel to break into a
bloody tornado of past ion and erimo.
Opinions from the Ranks-Couscrln
t|on.
No State papor, since tho war began, con
tains a* greater arnouut of practical sagacity
than tho following resolution, adopted by the
19 th Tennessee regiment, in relation to the in
crease ofthe army. This regiment has ro-enlisled
for the war, and its opinion is entitled to pe
culiar forco:
Resolved, That wo believe that the men in
this ponJederucy between the ages of eighteen
and forty live, capable of beating arms, if prop,
ly fed, clothed and equipped, are, under able
and skillful commanders, abundantly equal to
the task of repealing the Abolition invasion,
and establishing the uult pende'taoe of the South
upon a solid and enduring basis; asd wo are,
therefore, opposed to the conscription of those
above forty-five and lho.se under eighteen yeas 3
of ago, and think that Gongress could employ
itseli more wisely aud profitably in dovirieg
measures for briuging into and retaining in the
service those between the agas above named
than in discussing propositions to force into the
ranks those who can servo tho cause and the
country home than they can in the
army ; and wo respectfully but most earnestly
warn them against the mistaken policy' of con*
soribing our entire population, and a blind and
stupid reliance upou more numbers.
Hero is another resolution in reference to tho
Gommandcr-in-Cliief of the army :
Resolved, That wo rejoico in tho appoint
ment of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston to take oomd l
rnand of this army; that in him we recogn z i a
commander of vigorous intellect and penetrot.ug
genius a strategist of consummate fact and pru
dence a leader of “foresighted and surefooted
judgment,” an incorruptible patriot, a good iuau
—one, in short, in whoso skill and capacity wo
have the high st confidence ; to whom wo
promi-o tur hearty support, who will follow
with undonbirtig "fsi : !i, in advance or in rotnat
whe lur he move forward into Tennessee or re
tire into Central * org la, and who wo trust,
will be allowed to carry out his plsns, mi \ am
meled and unhindered by orders aui infrac
tions from R.chmond—[Rich. Whig.
Execution of a Confederate Sfy.
A correspondent of the M. Y. Herald, says
a Confederate spy was to have been execu
ted at Knoxville, on the 8111 ult., and gives
the following history of the case:
“The prisoner’s name is E. S. Dodd. He
belongs to Company D, Eighth Texan Rau»
gers, and on the 1 <3?H or 17th of December
last, was captured by a lieutenant of the
Home or National Guard ot East Tennes
see, near Brabson’s unii, about eleven miles
lrom Knoxville', on the road to Seviervitle,
He was at the time dressed in Union over
coat ami pants, and was accompanied by
two other rebel soldiers. On his person
was found a diary, in which al umou was
made to ins having passed as a Union sol
dier, and also to Ins having sougnt informa
tion as to the position and strength of our
pickets. A court martial was convened ;
witnesses testified tt> his inquiries about our
forces, ami to his having worn the Uuion
uniform, and after due deliberation he was
convicted. In liis detense he claimed that
the blue pants were a portion of the uni
form of the rebel States; that the overcoat
he wore from necessity, not from choice,
and that the inquiries he nude wen* for
the purpose of enabling him to get out of
our lines and rejoin his command, from
which he had been detached by L**ng«irec» s
rciieat.”
[From the Mobile Tribune, 7d»] v
The Enemy’s Movements In Ml»*ti
slppt. ~
. learn -from an officer who arrived
this morning on the ears, and who left Jack
son yesterday morning, that on Thursday
the enemy, composed of seven regiments of
infantry and five of cavalry, attacked a brig
ade ol our men under General Adama at
Bolton’s Depot, and after a [Hetty sharp
fight, Gen. Adams retreated back some six
miles, having lost in killed and wounded
about forty men. The enemy’s loss is not
known. Gens. Loring and Lee are trying
to bring on a general engagement, and*in
the event of success are confident ot vic
tory.
The report of the fight at Jackson that
'has been in circulation is false. Gen Lo
ring is reported to have said that he never
would cross the Pearl river, and Gen Lee
says he has made his last retreat. When
our informant left Jackson, cannonading
* was heard at a distance.
From the Clarion (Meridian) of this mor
ning (Saturday) we extract the following;
We gain but little information from the
tront of a reliable character. Voluminous
reports reach us, but their own magnitude
brands them as false. It is known, how
ever, that the enemy moved out from Big
Black on last Monday, when they encoun
tered our pickets, who gradually fell back.
There was heavy firing heard about Ed
ward’s Depot on Tuesday and Wednesday,
and the latest reports credited, state that
our pickets back to Champion’s
Hill, east ofßakmnk Creek, where Pember
ton fought the ever memorable battle which
sealed the fate of historic Vicksburg.
The enemy moved from Big Black in two
columns—one from the crossing at the
railroad bridge and the other from Messen
ger’s ferry. From Edwards Depot it is
thought they will move in three columns—
one on the road leading to Raymond, the
second on the Clinton road, and the third
on the road leading to Brownsville. On
Thursday, it is reported, Ross’s Texas cav*
airy met the advance of one wing, where
upon they dismounted and drove the ene
my back to their support. The Yankee
force is put down at 20,000, which we are
inclined to believe is a pretty fair estimate.
In a day or two the infantry of both ar
mies will come together, wheu we hope the
Yankees will be drove baejt to Vicksburg
in the same disorder that characterized
Pemberton’s retreat after the battle of Ba
ker’s Creek. We believe our forco is ample
of excellent material and in the hands of
leaders not “unknown to fame.”
Later. —Passengers by last night’s train
report the enemy between Edward’s and
Bolton’s—some place them within four
miles of Clinton. Firing was heard at Jack
son all day Thursday and up to the hour
the train left yesterday morDing, Thirteen
prisoners taken near Baker’s Creek, arrived
here last night, They belong to McPherson’s
escort.
From the Brandon Republican of Thurs
day morning we extract the following:
We have numerous reports of the ad
vance of the enemy from Vicksburg during
the past week, but up to last evening they
had not crossed Big Black at any point that
we could iiear of. A force had gone up
the Yazjo river, and firing was heard in
that direction ail day Tuesday, but it is gen
erally supposed here that it was the Yankee
gunboats shelling the woods along the river.
There is no doubt our generals anticipate
an attach and that ample preparations In 1 vo
been made to drive the invaders back
should they attempt to advance into the in
terior. learn that our forces sunk a
Yankee transport on the Ytumo »n Woducs
day of last week.
Later.—From sundown until after dark
last evening we heard very heavy and rap
id firing in the direction ot Brownsville.
McClellan’s JPollcy—lie vel at ions.
The advance sheets of Gen. McClellan’s’
work on the war have been exhibited to a
Washington correspondent, who publishes
in the Cincinnati Commercial, a lengthy
review of the same. From the article we
quote at present only a portion of a letter
written by McClellan to Lincoln, in July,
1862, in which tho former lays down a plat
form of conduct which he, as a soldier
would have adopted for thp suppression ot
the “rebellion” :
The responsibility of determining, de#lar*
ing and supporting such civil military poli*
cy, and of directing the whole course of
national affairs in regard to the rebellion,
must now be assumed and exercised by
you, or.our cause will be lost. The Con
stitution gives you power sufficient even
for the present terrible exigency. This re
bellion has assumed the character of war;
as such it should be regarded, and it should
be conducted upon the highest principles
known to Christian civilization. It should
not lie a war looking to the subjugation of
the people of any State in any event. It
should not be at all a war upon population,
but against armed forces and political or
ganization, Neither confiscation of prop
erty, political executions of persons, territo*
rial organization of Slates, or forcible aboli
tion of slavery, should be contemplated for
a moment. In prosecuting the war all pri
vate property ami unarmed persons should
be strictly protected, subject only to Ihe
necessity of military operations. All pri
vate propei ty taken lor military use should
be paid or receipted for; pillage and waste
should be treated as high crimes; all unne
cessary trespass sternly prohibited, and
offensive demeanor by the military toward
citizens promptly rebuked. Military arrests
should not be tolerated except in places
where active hostilities exist, and oaths, not
required by enactments constitutionally
made, should be neither demanded nor re
ceived. Military government should be
confined to the preservation of the public
order aud the protection of political rights.
Military power should not be allowed to
interfere wiih the relations of servitude,
either by supporting or impairing the au>
thority of the master, except f<r repressing
disorder, as in other cases. {Slaves contra
band under the Act of Congress, seeking
m Mary protection, should receive it. The
right of the Government to appropriate
permanently to its own service claims of
slave labor, should be asserted, and the
right of ihe owner to compensation therefor
should he lecognized.
Claims of Slaves Impressed by the
Confederate Authorities.
In aoe>rdanco with ihe requisition of the Chief
of the Engineer Bureau, the President has
recotmi ended an appropriation by Congress to
meet tho claim* presented, or that may be here
after presented, for slaves impressed by the Con
federate authorities and lost in tho public ser
vice.
The sum of 705,000 is given as Ihe oat ro es
timate for the State of Virginia, at an average
valuation of $2,000 for each slave esoaped cr
deceased, and includes those employed ou the
Richmond defences, in the Peninsula, earlier in
the war, and other portions of the State.
Reasoning by analogy, for want of absolute
data, and extending the calculation to the other
States of the Confederacy, in all cf which heavy
loses have been sustained among the negroes im
press and lor labor on the defences, tho bureau has
arrival at the sum o: $2,108,000 as the minimum
probably required ;d meet this class of expendi
tures,—[ Rich. Whig. * |
telegraphic;
REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION,
Entered according to act ot Congress in the Ye&rl|?63,
by J 8. Thrasher, in the Clerk’ffofflee of the Dm i
trici Court of the Confederate States for the Noittiern
District of Georgia.
Lake City, Feb. 9tli, 1 A. m.
The Yankees came very near cutting ofl a
train to night. They chased some of our men
to within two hundred yards of the train.
An official dispatch received from Ba’dwin
says that the enemy are advancing on that place
in large force—infantry, artillery and cavalry.
Col. McCommiek and his oonitnanil are cut off.
It is is supposed that Pearson’s and Davis’ com
panies are taken prisoners.
245 o’clock.— Another official dispatch from
Baldwin says that all is lost as far as known of
at Camp Finegan.
Feh 9th, 4 a. m.—From all that we learn, the
enemy is now this side of Pickot’s place, about
eight miles from Baldwin, from,three to four
thousand strong, advancing on Baldwin.
5 o’clock, A. m. —No communication with
Baldwin, It is supposed the telegraph operator
has abandoned his office and fallen back towards
Sanderson. Wo will probably hear from him
by 10 this A. m.
Morristown, 9th.
A flag of truoe, for the purpose of bringing a
number of ladies out of Knoxville, went yester
day.
Gen. Martin's cavalry drove in the enemy’s
pickets, and captured one caisson and a few wag
ons within a lew milos of Knoxville yesterday.
Wilmington, 9th.
A firo occurrucd last night, destroying about
1,025 of bales of cotton, partly insured. It
belonged to the Chicora Consolidated Company,
and J R Murchisin. Loss $700,000.
Tho steamer Spunky is ashore under tho guns
of Fort Caswell. Her cargo will bo principally
saved. The vessel will probably be Lost.
Seventy-three prisoners, captured by Colonel
Martin last week at Shepardwille, below Now*
bern, arrived hereto day.
. k • I Richmoad, 9th.
The report that Gen. Hood had been tempera*
rily assigned to the command of local troops is
incorrect. Ho will assurao command in the Army
oi Tennessee.
The city papers of to-morrow will publish an
address of the President to the soldiers in tho ar
mies of the Confederate States, elicited by the
general ro»enlistmont of troops. They have nover
rendered service, he says, so deoisive in results,
as in this last display of the highest qualities of
devotion and self-sacrifice, which can adorn the
character of the warrior patriot. The confidence
of tho people is revived, and even the weak-mind
ed shamed into silenco by spectator soldiers pres,
ent. The coming spring campaign opens auspiu
ciously, whilst the ranks of oipr.army are replen
ished _ over tho strained energies of the enemy,
who are weak by debt, dissensions aad conscious
ness of bad oau.se His campaign this year wil|
be larless formidable than those for tho last two
years, when unimpaired wore used with
boundless prodigality. As-ured success awaits
us iu our holy struggle for liberty and independ
ence.
Tlie Future.
Another call for troops has been made,
ami another draft for men is ordered by
Lincoln on the 10th March, Desperate in
deed, remarks the Richmond Enqnirpr, must
be the difficulties and embarrassments of
the enemy m this matter of procuring men.
Waiting to see how re-enlistments would
take amoDg tho soldiers, the January draft
was postponed. Tho fact that five hundred
thousand men are now called for, and are
to be drafted on the 10th of March, would
indicate that re-enlistments had not been
so favorable as the authorities at Washing- ,
ton desired and expected.
These repeated calls and drafts indicate
greater difficulty on tho part of tho enemy
m procuring men than apy encountered by
the Confederate authorities. They demon
strate an unwillingness jon tho part of the
people to continue the war. As long as
volunteering could be relied on, the war
was popular, the people were in favor of
u; but when exorbitant bounties became
necessary, it evidenced a falling away of
popularity, a popular indisposition toward
tfie war that may fairly be accepted as the
breaking down of the war spirit. Draft has
supplanted bounties, as bounties supersed
ed volunteering. First, patriotism; next*
money; and, lastly, force: these are the
three features that characterize the war
among our enemies. Patriotism ran its
course in one year—from June ’6l to June
’62—and expired wish McClellan’s failure
on Ihe Peninsula. Another year was got
ten over by bounties, which valued a Yan
kee soldier at about the same price as a
first-rate negro man before the war. Boun
ties are now played out to a very consider
able degree. Draft has this year to run its
course, and will either expire with tho Presi
dential election or overthrow the party that
is dragging the men from their homes to
continue a war of which the people are
heartily tired.
These are signs which indicate that grad
ually a disposition for peace is making itself
felt throughout the great mass of the peo
ple of the United States. A blatant cry for
war on the part of .ho Republican papers
will not deceive; the evidence furnished
by Mr. Lincoln in these repealed calls and
drafts cannot be Weakened or destroyed
by the noisy clamor of party journals.
These indications are unmistakable; the
people are giving away ; tho war spirit is
on the wane. Force and violence may seize
and secure men, and discipline may hold
them lor a while, but the war spirit is bro
ken, is gone, and indications of peace will
soon dropout nil over the surface ol North
ern society.
Confederate victories this Spring will end
the war spirit, and fully and completely
develop the prospects of an early peace.
Every effort of every man should he devo
ted for ibis year to the muse. The united
exertion of all ihe people, the revival of
the spirit of 1861, will crown our effi rle of
this year with peace.
The prospects oj peace should stir up
the people; each rnanshoud see that his
neighbor who ought to be in the army is al
the post ol duty. Skulking of duty be«
hind contracts should be exposed. Men
engaged in procuring contracts should he
held up to public execration.
More depends upon the Spring campaign
than ever be lore waited upon the conflict "of
arms. It the Confecerate armies are vic
torious, Lincoln wili be defeated in the Presi
dential election, the draft will be useless as
a means of recruiting his army, and peace
will follow. If we are defeated, Lincoln
will be re-elected, the draft becomes a pow*
erlul means of securing men, and the war
indefinitely prolonged.
Duty so plain and palpable, duty so full
of hope and promise, diity so necessary to
success, demands of every man his undi
vided labor for his country. For the en
forceraent of the performance of this duty
the Congress has legislated the substitute
principals into the army. -Has no member
ot Congress lent the aid of his influence to
procure contracts for these same men which
wili keep them out of ihe army ? I
Local;
*
Theatre.— The Taylor troupe made their first
appearance on Monday evening at Temperance
Hall, to a large and appreciative audience. Those
who were present express rhemselves as well
pleased. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, and in faot the
whole troupe ably sustained themselves in thei r
various parts. To-night the Company appear
in three fine pieces, ,“Hamlet,” “The Morning
Call,” and the Farce “Swiss Cottage.” The bit A
is a good one and will doubtless be ably sus
tained. Professor Camp3 will be in attendance
and regale the audience with some good music.
Mr. J. J. Wallace, of this troupo is a wounded
soldier on furlough, and is therefore entitled to
the respect and patronage of the public.
Auction Sales.—Ellis, Livingston & Cos.,
had an extensive Auction sale of real estate, *he*
gEoes, and other property yesterday. We were
present for a short time—long enough to satisfy
us that most of the property was bringing good
prices. We saw a likely negro girl sell for $4,»
500; a negro boy 13 years old for $3,200 ; a silk
dress pattern for S6OO ; a couple of large patlor
mirrors for SIOOO each. A store-room in War*
ton's Arcado, sold for $13,500, and a small farm
of 300 acres, three or four mile from the city fo r
SIO,OOO. All other articles sold in the sam®
proportion. Verily some people must have
plenty of money.
That Explosion. —Many of our peoplo wero
startled on Monday night about eight o’clock
by a loud explosion, like unto the report of
heavy ordinance. Soma supposod tho Yanks
wore upon us and his advance guard had com
menced shelling tho city, others perhaps, that it
was the trump of doom. But the Local hereof is
satisfied after an expenditure of about $lO worth
of shoe leather, in endeavoring to trace tho ori
gin of the report, that it was only the explosion
-of a boiler attached to tho lumber kilo near the
cemotry. It scorns that it had boon fired up
and a negro left iu charge to keep it straight,
who probably fell asleep and left the boiler to
take caro of itself. There was no steam guago
attached to the concern, and the pressure becom
ing too great for the inferior quality of the iron
‘it took and went off,” bursting Jnto fragments
—tho main pressure jheing agamst tho top of
the boiler. The nig_,or was “a soltin” a little
to the right of the western end of tho boiler,
and was fortunately but slightly scalded. Jle
doubtloss thought the jig was about up with him.
With this exception there was no particular
damage done except knocking down a portion of
the fence. Thus eudeth the explosion sensation.
The Darkest Hour. — Nations as well a
individuals have their dark hours. Most of us
have probably seen during the progress of hu
man life seasons boyond which (here seemed not
a ray of l : ght to direct and irradiate the future.
Surrounded hy impenetrable darkness, we then
vainly essayed to catch even a glimpse ot hope
upon tho which to base cur future plans and
operations, but for tho moment all these efforts
appeared only to involve the mysterious future
in a shroud of yet deeper and more inextricable
uncertainty. However, as the mists of doubt,
and tho overhanging clouds cleared away, the
bright sunlight burst forth, throwing an almost
divine illumination athwart our future horizon,
assuring us of a safe aud certain anchorage in
which to moor life’s wavering bark, and color
ing the boundless future, in the gorgeous beauty
of a loftior faith and more noble destiny.
80 of nations. When the Israeliis groaned
beneath the weight of Egyptian bondage, thoir
nationality gone, reduced to a state of the most
servile dependence, there seemed not a ray of
hope for that dejected and down-trodden people.
, The more faithful were they to their cruel task-
I masters the moro relomloss the hatred and oner
ous tho bondage heaped upon them. But in
process of time the God of the oppressed heard
thoir cries and redeemed them with a high hand
and outstretched arm, and tho very moans of de
liverance .which was so gloriously vouchsavcd
in thoir behalf proved the utter overthrow of the
proud and haughty nation, to whom the chosen
vessels had been so long and cruelly enslaved.
For seven long years tho thirteen American
colonies struggled on against hope, against fear
ful odds in thoir efforts to free tbemsolves from
the oppressor’s yoke. Although the contest was
so unequal, and according to all human philoso*
phy, so hopeless, yet the invincible Washington
and his handful of courageous troops determined*
by the help of an over-ruling God never to give
up their efforts for the achievement of their com
plete independence. In due course of time, after
unmounting innumerable obstacles an.l suffering
every conceivable horror, the smiles ol heaven
which ever accompanies the right, favored their
noble aim and granted the boon they sought.
Tho thirteen colonics grew to bo the greatest
nation on the lace of the globe.
And now it is evident that the South is passing
through the terrible ordeal which is to usher in
her inpependenco. The circumstances surround
ing us are by no moans as disparaging as those
which surrounded our forefathers iu the first
revolution. The principles for which we contend
are as just and sacred as were those of the colo
nies. We have a larger territory and fighting
population, aud it only tmo to ibo cause and
faithful to ourselves, tho day star of liberty will
soon dawn upon us. We have suffered much
and may be called to suffer more, but a just
God will yet avengo our wrongs, and lead us
into the green pastures and by the cooing
streams of a separate nationality, before which
opens the fumr; glory and prosperity of the
land ol pn muo.
Auspicious Signs
In llie extracts lately published in the
journal, says ihe Richmond Dispatch, from
the Richmond corrtspondence of the Lon
don Morning Herald, it was clearly shown
that the Yankee draft bail proved a failure.
The recent debate in the United States
Senate upon the crazy proposition of a
Senator from Wisconsin, to raise a million
of men for the deliverance of tho Yankee
prisoners in Richmond, elicited ihe declara
tion from Senator Wilson that a hundred
thousand might possibly be raised, but that
these raw recruits would soon be disposed
of by the veterans of Gen, Lee. The enoi
mous bounties offered j'or volunteers show
the increased difficulties of raising men for
the Yankee armies. Gold is higher in New
York than ever before. If the Confederate
Congress ami tiie people of the Confederate
Statesjnow do their duty, the “winter of
our discontent,’’ under the blessings of
Providence, will give place to a glorious
spring, and the back-bone of the Yankee
invasion widbe finally and forever broken.
Only let us be true to ourselves, arid inspire
the army in our front with the moral effet
ol a harmonious and determined people,
and tbe starry cross of the Confederacy will
emerge from the clouds and darkness
which now surround it in a blaze of glory.
It is unmanly, wicked and traitorous to
despair under such circumstances as now
surronnd us. Let the croakers and fault,
finders, for the sake of their country, con
ap, ‘ l to an armistice of three months, and
devote that interval, before the opening ol
the campaign, to working cheerfully and
harmouiou-ly in the common cause. Let
the whole Confederacy ri6e as one man,
and strike such a blow as a great people
ought to strike for its liberties and right*.
Let the stragglers and absentees come back
to their gallant and faithful brethren. One
grand effort more and we are free. With
the glorious triumph of the Confederate
arms, which we confidently anticipate in
the coming spring, the military and financial
power of Lincoindom will be crushed aid
the independence of the Southern Confed
eracy secured.
Explosion of a Yankee Vessel.— The
Petersburg Register learns by passengers
from Smithfield, Va , that a large portion
of the arms and stores were removed horn
the Smith Bridges before our people set
fire to her. While she was burning,one
of the captured officers remarked there
would be a heavy explosion, as there was a
ton of gunpower on board. The alarm was
given, and the residents near the wharf
left their dwellings. When the magazine
exploded, the crash was awrul. The doors
and windows of the houses near the creek
were blown off. With thisexception.no
other damage was done. Three of tho en
emy’s gunboats are anchored at the mouth
ot the creek, but no attempt to land troops
has been made since the capture of the *
raiders on Monday.
Another Steamer Gone.—The Wil
mington Journal learns that the steamship
Wild Dayrell, from Nassau for that port
went ashore last Wednesday morning near
Topsail Inlet, about twelve miles north of
Wilmington, She threw over cargo to
lighten ship and get off, but was discovered
by the blockaders. The vessel was taken
possession of by the enemy. About one
third of the cargo of the Dayrell isunder T
stood to have betn on Government account.
This was her second trip.
TEMPERANCE HALL.
3d NIGHT OF THE
PARLOR ENTERTAINMENTS.
Wednesday Evening, Feb, 10,
Hamlet, j
Morning Call,
And Farce of
SWISS COTTAGE.
The entire Company will appear.
Feb 10 ti
AUCTION SALES.
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON 4- CO.
ON THURSDAY, II Hi of February at 11 o’clock,
„vve will sell in .'rout of our store,
65 Boxes Fine Tobacco,
fob 10 3i #3
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & GO. *
32 LIKELY NEGROES AT
•A-craxiojxi i
TUESDAY 16th of February, at J 1 o’clock
V 7 we will sell m front of our auction stole. In tho
Cj u^baui ooiinous, for ami on account of a refugee from
32 Likely Plantation Negroes.
Embracing all qualities, youi g likely mid Wi.il
raised priucipailv on the pi oi ratio ti ol tho owner,
who sells mein tor ihj ou:y roasun that he is driven
rom home.
feb 10 id Sl6
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON & CO.
FLORIDA LANDS
AT AUCTION.
ON THURSDAY, lllh Febiuary, at II o-clock we
will soli in iroiu of our store,
4 Sections of 2,500 Acres of Land,
iu Franklin county, Florida.
Particulars aud terms made known at sale.
fell 8 $!0
To the Women of Georgia.
STATE OF GEORGIA, i
GUAIITEKMASTER GENERAL’S OFFICE, (
Atlanta, Feb. sth, ibV>4 J
A report has been put in circulation in various pjr
(ions 01 the State ihaithe Socks knit hy the Ladies of
Georgia for this Department, have been sj Id by me to
ihe iroops in the fuid. Without entering further into
the details of this vile and malicious report, I hereby
pionouncc the whole tale to be a malicious FALSE
HOOD! 1 deny and challenge the world for proof to
ihe contrary that there has ever been a sock sold hy
this Department to a soloier of the Confederate Army
since nr/ first appeal to the Women of Gorgia.to krut
lor their destaut# defenders. 1 hereby bind myself to
'»*»"« Tho,..™ D»i llM 1 S,
either citizen or soldier, who Will come forward and
prove that he ever bought a sock from, this Department
that was either kmthy.he L illies, or .purchased for’
'ssue to said troops.
This report his been invented on the one hand by
the enemies of our noble boys, win. rejoice in their
sufferings, and are delighted when they suspend ihe
efforts of (he noble women in iheir behalf. On Ihe
other hand by peuriie opponents of this Department
Who lorget that in venting their unprokeJ jpite upon
us, they are causing the troops of their State to maich
over frozen ground and the drifting f ,tow wi,h un
covered and bleed ng feet.
Women of Georgia! :i gain I appeal to you. This
time I call upon you to frown down there vile false
hood-. Demand of him who peddles the taJe the evi.
deuce I call lor above. Until that testimony is pro
duced I implo ie you stay not tour (fl irts. I assur e
you in tire name o/all that is holy and noble—on the
honor of a man and an officer—ih'at niy-elf or any of
iny a?flis:ants nave never so'd apar of Seeks that were
knit by you Ev. rv pih has men issued to the des
tilute troops as a GIFT, as about i7,000 gallant sons
of the Empre Hiatewiil gUdly bear testimony.
Daughters es Georgia, I still need socks, Requisi
lions for them are daily pouring in upon rne. I still
have yarn to furnish you. I earnestly deeiieti se
cure a pair of socks tor every hue footed soldier fiom
Geoigia. You are my only retinue Past experience
teaches me 1 w II not >ppeal to you in vain.
IRA R. FOSTER,
feb oOt Qr Mas. Gen. of Ga.
Militia Take Notice,
W. w.lLbe at C I Philips’ flea 'quarters in Coium
umbos, Ga., on Ihe lath and ]3ih; at Custeta, Chat
tahnoi h e county, tho !sth aridluh; at Bnennvi-ta
Marion com ly, the 17m an t 18th of this month, lor
the purpose i.l\ Manning and cli charging such appli
cants a* unfit f r military du:y,
t. a Raines,
burgeon.
P J. philips, a. D. c.
For the 21th Senatorial Diat
N. B-Th- Hub Enrolling cfficersofthe various
Mili.it Districts will givejm'jJiciiy to the above notice
fob 9lw p, j. PHILIPS, A. D. C.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
Grape Cuttings,
T "n THOUSAND Grape Cuttings for
1 sale. Catawba, Wur.en, Uiack July and . tber va.
“la* J ECHOLS.
To Shoemakers I
I HAVE 100 pair of Engii-'h Congress Gaiters, worth
&tis per pair, I desire to exchange ill in for Shoes
suitable for Foldiers, fo> a dona-ion. Call and look at
them, and give a lheral difference and assist to shoe
the barefooied defenders of our homes and firesides
fob 4 2i J. F. WINTER.
FOXt SALE.
• N FINE DOUBLE CASE GOLD WATCHES
A Apply to , O. R, STANFORD.
li. li 2 U