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HOMING EDITION. - 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