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HOMING EDITION.
WARREN Editor.
t .„ Wedaeitay February 17, 1863.
From Mliiliilppl.
Matters In Gen. Polk’d Department are be
ginning to assume quite a serious aspeot. The
object of Sheiman’s movement is at length de
veloped, and la nothing less than the wresting
from our grasp the entire State of Mississippi,
together with the oapture of Mobile. It is a
bold undertaking and. thus far, has met with
that success which, as has been frequently dem
onstrated in this war, boldness seldom tails to
command. The Yankees have used every means
to induce in ns the belief that Georgia and Vir
ginia—Atlanta Vnd Kichmond would be the bat
tle cry of their armies in the Spring, and it was
easy enough for them to understand that we have
been duped by theii cunning. While the strength
ening process has been going on vigorously in
the armies of Johnston, Longstreet and Lee, Gen.
Polk’s command,, we presume, has come in for
a very small share of such favors. Meanwhile
the enemy’s line in Tennessee has been almost
stripped of troops, and probably two thirds of
Grant’s force has been quietly distributed at
points whence it could be thrown suddenly into
Mississippi. It is also generally understood
that considerable drafts have been made upon !
Meade's army and that it is now but little, if
any, more than equal to the defence of Washing*
ton While, therefore, the bulk of our forces has
been distributed in regions of count jy where the
weather and roads compel quiescence, the chief
strength of the enemy has been transferred to a
point wbeie opposite conditions and circum
stances invite activity. Yankee strategy has suc
ceeded, and they have got largely the start of us,
but we should immediately set to work to coun
tervail the advantages which this start has given
them. Reinforcements from proper points should,
and we have no doubt will, be at once urged
forward to Polk's army and to Mobile. We
hardly think that it is the mission of Sherman’s
column to do more than strike iho Mobile and
Ohio Railroad. His means of transportation and
subsistence would doubtless fail him in a march
from Meridian to Mobile, or much farther East
ward. We think it altogether likely that hi 8
main purpose is to decoy from Mobile, aud hold
in his front, the force requisite for the defeuce
of that oicy while tin Yaakee that shall attack
it or land forces at Pensacola or elsewhere to
taka itia the rear. All those ooniinganc.s should
be immediately provided foe, and the only way
to do it is to send forward the raeu.
United States Army Officer s In the Re
bellion.
Assistant Adjutant General Townsend has
made a report containing a list of ail kn<>wa de
sertions of non-commissioned officers and pri
vates from the Regular Army to the Rebels.—
The number is only 28, of whom 20 are ftom
the Bth Infantry, lie has also compiled a list
of the officers of the Rogular Army who have
left the seivico by resignation or desertion to
engage in the rebellion. The total is 277, of
whom 183 have entered the Rebel service, 92
are presumed to have done so, one was dismis.
sed for surrendering his command in face of the
enemy, and one made [an attempt to desert to
the Rebels; 242 have resigned, 26 were dismis
sed, and 9 were dtopped.
The Albany Evening Journal says, “Beaure
gard held the oointnusions of Captain ; llill, that
el First Lieutenant; Ilardee, that of ( Lieuter>ant
Colonel; Stonewall Jackson, that of Second
Lieutenant; Albert S. Johnston, that of Colonel
and Brefet Brigadier General; Lee, that of Col
onel ; Longstrcot, that of Pay master; Maury,
that of Captain; Maruiaduke, that oi Second
Lieutenant; Magruder, that of Captain j Pe
graui, that of First Lieutenant ; Pemberton, ihat
of Captain ; QuuUlebaum, that of Second Lieu
tenant; Rains, that of Lieutenant Colonel; Stuart
that of Captaiu ; Kiiby Smith, that of Major,—
The only General who turned traitor was
Twiggs."
Meat Impressment In the Confederate
Congress.
The foilswing bill has passed the House of
Representatives:
“A Bill lo be entitled 'An act to authorize the
impressment ol meat for the usoof the army,
under ceiutn circumstances'
“Section 1. Thu Cougre3i of the Confederate
States of America do enact, Thai whenever the
President shall declare that the public exigencies
render it necessary, impressments of weal, ior
the use of the army, may be made from any
supplies that may exist iu the country, under the
expos# condition that just Compensation shall
be afforded to the owner of the meat taken or un
pressed, and subject to tbo following restrictions
and limitations:
“Seotion 2. The power to direct such impress
ment shall be conferred upon tbo Secretary ot
War; but lie shall not reduce the supplies of any
person bel w one-halt of the quantity usually
allowed lor the support of himself, bis family
and dependants tor the year. He shall exercise
the said power by orders directed to the officers
or agents he may employ, who shall have ex
plicit instructions as to the mode ot its execution,
and injunctions that the sumo shall noi be
abused.
“Section 3. Thai those orders shall direct that
a notice shall be given to the owner of the meat
needed, bis bailee or other agent, declaring the
quantity required, the price offered, the existence
of a necessity, and whether po.-sjtsiou is to ho
taken of the same immediately, and with whom
the risk of the safe keeping is to be, pending the
negotiation, and iu what manner the compeDsa
tion shall be settled, in case the offer is not ac
cepted—ervico of which uutioe shall he a <:< to
ditiou precedent to any impressment or seiautc
by the impress! tig officer.
“Section 4 That upon the service of this no
tice upon the owi.er.vf any meat liable to im
pressment, the owner shall hold the same, sub
ject to the claim of the Confederate States, and
shall be entitled to just Couinpusatiou, according
to the provisions ot this act; and it the neees°
sily is declared by tbe impressing officer to be
urgent, he shall deliver the possession to the
impressing officer upou his demand, who shall
give a receipt therefor, us provided in the sinh
section ot this act.
‘•Section 6. That lor the ascertainment of the
quantity of moat liable to impressment und> r
this ac.\ and also of just compensation tor the
same, v hare the owner and too impressing offi
cer cannot agree, the imptessing officer shall ap
point one loyal aud disinterested ciuzen oi the
county, distiiet or parish, iu which the meat
imprer ed shall be at the lime ol impressment,
aud the owner of (ho meat eo impressed, his
agent, or other bailee shall appoint another’, who
shall, upon oath, ascertain the quantity liable t 0
impressment, and the value ofihe same at the
date of the notice setved upon the party, which
oath may bo admin stored by the impiessing vffi.
c r, and which ascertainment of the quantity an i
value shall bo conclusive evideuco thereof, and if
tbe assessors cannot agr-e they may associate
with them a third person, ol like qualification, to
make said assessment
“Section 6. That whenever au impressment
shall be made, under this act, it shall be the
duty of the impressing officer to give an official
certificate, showing the quantity taken, the com
pany, battalion, regiment or other command,
for whose use it is required, the compensation
tube paid, the circumstances’of necessity that
, existed, which eertifi iate shall be evidence of a
oU.m against the Confederate States, and shall
be promptly paid by the. disbursing officer of the
Command for which the meat Was taken, or by
[From the Richmond Enquirer, 12th.
The Recent Escape from the Libby
Prison—Re-capture of Twenty Two
Officers.
The escape of the Yankee officers front
the Libby continued to be the liveliest topic
of yesterday, and divers conjectures were
rifle as to tho means of the escape other
than those described iu the published ac
counts. The sentinels, as usual, were en
riched with laurels that their native mod
esty, if nothing else, would cause them to
decline. After all, however, this grand
delivery does not exceed iu glory or secrecy
the escape of John Morgan from the Ohio
Penitentiary, and >ei, neither the conni
vance nor carelessness ot sentinels or others
have received any credit from Morgan or
his historians, Yankee or Southern. It-is
more probable, in fact, that this distinguish
ed general is, more than anybody else, re
sponsible for the success with which
Streight and his chums made their exit from
the Libby. The experience and example
of the one was an admirable lesson for the
other.
It appears that the tunnel under 20th
street was dug entirely with an old hinge,
and the loosened earth—a brittle, marly
sand—removed with an old sugar scoop sto
len from the hospital quarters. As the
tunnel progressed, the miner took with
him, besides his tools, an old fashioned
knapsack, made upon a wooden frame, to
which a cord was attached. When he lil.ed
this with earth, it was drawn out by an ac«
complice who remained in the cellar, the
contents deposited safely out of the way,
and it was then shoved back to the digger
with a pole.
The basement itself, in which this work
was canied on, was kept constantly locked,
never used; and the windows being tightly
nailed, it was as dark as pitch. The prin
cipal in the tunneling operation was Cap
tain J. N Johnson, ot die 6th Kentucky
Cavalry, who is the escaped. His
accomplices ware different, as occasion or
private arrangement demanded.
On several occasions it had been observed
that this Johnson was absent from roll call,
and now and then two or three others, a
circumstance not very gratfying to the clerk
having the roll to call, who, fff course,
would have it to go over again. A shot i
time after he would appear and make his
presence known, aud would give as an ex
cuse that it was only a little fun—“just dev
iling the clerk.” On one occasion, when
this thing had occurred once too olten, he
was called up for punishment, when he
plead very earnestly, with a broad, good
Matured grin, that he was “only joking—
and was tolled up in his blanket when his
name was called.” lie was excused this
time with a warning, lie totfk good care
to keep better hours in quarters, while the
work continued below to its completion.
Immediately after the escape was discov
ered, and the first to go in pursuit, Mr John
Legion, Assistant C'etk, with Orderly
Hatcher, Warden R. 11 T urner, and two
policemen, went ift in the direction of the
Peninsula, and up to yesterday evening had
signalized their promptness and energy by
the recapture of eight of the fugitives, who
they picked up on tho roads. Fourteen
others were brought in during Wednesday
night and yesterday, by pickets on the
Chick ahum iny. Several were captured at
Bottom’s bridge, some in Hanover, but the
larger number only a few miles from the
city. Intelligence was obtained that a nuai
ber of them were trying to get through in
the direction of Fredericksburg. Anoiher
batch, recaptured in that direction is looked
for to day. The eneigv and solicitude of
Major Turner are subj cteol deserved com
mendation.
One of the captures oi Wednesday wa-.
made by “an American eit.z nos African
descent.’* The dusky captor was engaged
in a matutinal “dig” in bis potato patch,
when he observed the fugitive officer streak
ing it across the field. Seeing that he wore
suspiciously blue garments, the darkey
trailed him and asked him where lie was
“gwiite.” Something to the effect of “no
where” being the reply, the darkey with
courage and patriotism worthy ot immortuk
ity, brought his hoe to a “charge,” and re
sponded, “Yes you is, dough—you done
broke out o’ one o’ dem prisons—come along
- —you got to go will me.” He marched
hint to the house, handed him over to his
master, and returned to Ids potato patch,
covered with glory. Tha Yankee arrived
under due guard yesterday morning.
Spiritual Doings.
InG lasgow (Scotland) at the last accounts
there was a revival of the spiritual rapping
business. The 11-*rald of that place lias a
long account of the phenomena, which, in
star!ling instances, rem nd one of what oc
casioned * o much speculation in this coun
try, The ghosts operate there just as they
do here. Our special purpose, however, is
to state that one of the spirits called tor
was “Stonewall Jackson.” He instantly
came to time. What he divulged is very
brief. The part, as lollotvs, we give to the
reader:
The spirit of “Stonewall” Jackson also
announces itself, and Males that he is now
an abolitionist; but imimutes that New Or
leans will be retaken by the Confederates
next month; that the war will end in Octo*
her, 1864; that the South will establish its
independence; and that the Potomac will
be its boundary line. This would be en
couraging news lor the Southern symp.t
thizeis among os, were it not that “J
has discovered, trom experience, that no
reliance is to be placed on the predictions
of these rapping visitants. How much
more is to he placed in their statements re
garding the past and present, people can
judge 'or themselves. The spirits are evi
dentlv a “kittle” iot.
These rappiiigf, we suppose—for there
is no date to the extract from the Herald,
occurred in the early pad of January. Mo
“next month” is not yet past; but we ima
gin<- ihat it will not validate the testimony
ut the spirits —[Mobile Tribune.
Congressional.
Nothing <if im('or:aiiL‘o was d.iue in iho ,*■ en
att», ycr.terd.iv, in open session.
I'ne ll..use continued ia open ses>ion sonic
time. Resolutions ot thanks to var ous orgam
z cions of inopa who have ro'enhsted for the
war, were utiammou-ly adopted.
A bill was passed appropriatings4,ooo for the
publication and purchase of 4,000 copies of a
l*>:i st of iho I, i vs ut the Confederate Sia-es.
An umemiuieut to iho Senate bill providing a
General Stall tur the armies in the field, so as 10
give Surge, ns on the Stuff’ot Geuerals the as
timi.ued r„..a wtb the nay and allowances of a
Colonel ot cavatry.
The licum also passed bills to provide fortha
compensation «f horses lost, kitted, eiptorad or
permanently disabled in iho service ot the Con
federate States; and the bill to uu horize the im
pressment ot meat for he use of the army un
der ct r aio circumstances. Both these bills may
be found at ten th under the head of the pro
ceidinga ofihe House.—[Richmond Whig, 12ifi.
N' kthwkstbbn Ukokgi a.—Undsr the head of
“no news from the front,” Rome Courier of
the lltn, says : There is a ine of couriers from
Rome to Labauon, throDgh whim regular com •
monierttiou is kept up. The enemy slill occupy
Hand Mountain and a portion of Wills valley
having made oo caange of position duriag the
two days preceding yesterday. The object of the
expedition probably is to procure forage.
TELEGRAPHIC
REPORTS OF THE PR ESI ASSOCIATION,
Entered according to act of C ingress in the year 1863.
by J 8. TiißisiiEß, in the Clerk's offlee of the Dis
triiit Court of the Confederate Stiter for the No. t hern
District of Georgia.
Richmond, Feb. 16.
Boih Houses to .(lay parsed the tax, currency
and military bills, which await the President’s
signature. The ii junction of secrecy was re
moved from the cnrroncy bdl. It provides that
tho holders of non,interest bearing notes over
five dollars bo allowed till the first of Api il, and
east of the Mississippi tili first of Jnly next, to
fund in twenty year bonds of four per cent, and
ull notes not funded or paid to the Government
in taxes within that time, to bo taxed thirty
three and a third per cent, and fundable till first
January next, uf\er which to be taxed one hun*
dred per cent. The huudrod dollar notes not
presented within this time are no longer receiva
ble for public duos, and taxed ten per c< nt in ad
dition to the 33% per cent. The issue of notes
to be continued till first of April, after which a
new issue is authorized, to be kept within rea*
sonablo limits. Six per cent bonds to the amount
ot five hundred millionß,ir ay be issued and sold
to raise money to meet the expenses of tho Gov*
eminent. All duties on imports to be paid in
specie, Sterling Exchange or Coupons of these
bonds. All import and export duties specially
pledged to pay interest on these bonds.
The tax bil. levies five per cent on most real,
personal and mineral property, stocks, Bank
bills and solvent currencies. Ten to twenty per
cent on income profits Ac.
The military bdl declares all betwoon 17
and 50 in -ervice during the war, and alj be
tween 18 and 45 now in service be retained
under the existing organization. The officers
of all between 17 end IS, and 45 aud 50, shall
be enrolled for State defeuce. Provost, hos
pital, conscript, and guard duty, to be per
lormtd by men between 16 and 45, unfit for
the field. The exemptions are: Ail unfit lor
field service ; members of Congress and State
Legislatures, and other Confederate and State
officers; Preachers r guturly engaged; one
edi or of each uew-paper mw published, and
such employees as are iud^peu&able; one
apothecary to each drug store doing busiuess
on the 10.hof October, 1002; Physicians over
30 years, who have been seven rears iu prac
tice; Presidents and teachers of Colli gos and
Schools who have been ngularly employed
for two years, having 20 students ; one per
son on a farm of fifty field hands, who must
give bond and security to deliver the Govern,
meat 100 pounds of bacon and beef to the
hand, and sell all 'heir surplus at schedule
rales; al officers of raiboads as heretofore re«
ported, aud lhe Secretary of War is authorized
to giant exemptions aa her etofi re reported.
('harukstom, 16th.
Eleven sliel s were find at 'he city to day.
No other nows of importance.
Richmond Feb. 10.
Northern dales lo the llih ni-iived.
The Connecticut regiment lost 113 killed
in lhe affair on the Rapi >au.
Four hundred rebel officers, including Jeff'.
Thompson and Capt. B. C Eckemer, have
been transferred to Joh> son’s Island.
Grdd on the 10th 159.
[r.'oirespondonca of the Mobile Ragiater ]
‘‘A Vicksburg Incident.”
Mobile, February 13, 1864
Mr. Editor; —l have just arrived from
Vicksburg, where I have lain alternating
between life ami death for all the weary
mouths since 1 was wounded there, and
when aorni* of our Southern women who
thought more of a sick soldier's bedside
than the riot and revelry of parties and
balis, would firing through the lines and
read us the ever welcome “Evening News,”
J.promised Ihat if God would spare my life
to get out from among Abraham’s Yankees,
1 would relate an incident for the edification
of your readers which 1 cannot hear ot ever
having been published, and which I consid
er should bo given to the world iu honor of
one who has freely given his life to his
country,'•and who was she instrument by
which the Confederate arms gained immor
tal renown. I am going to explain why
Vicksburg did not fall as soon as the Yan
kees appeared before if, and the publication
of ibis may do some good in these eventful
tunes.
I think it was the day of, or before, the
“Baker’s (’reek” tight, I was passing by the
Southern Railroad depot in Vicksburg and
stopped to listen to an altercation between
two officers—one of whom appeared to be
a staff officer and was strenuously urging
the shipment nf large quantities of animus
mtion then on the cars; the other a small
elderly Captain, who was as persistently
refusing to forward any more that day.
giving as his reason that there was enough
gone already, and that he was determined
to keep that, as the Yankees would besiege
Vicksburg in less than a week and there
was no more in the arsenal, .so he was go
myo keep it if ho got cashiered for it.
Mure enough, none ol the ammunition which
had been «ent out was saved, being but nod
somewhere abotil 'Edward’s Depot, and that
retained would -have shared she same late
but for the foresight of the little. Captain,
and Vicksburg would have fallen without a
struggle, as the Yaukees arrived before it
on the Monday after he made bis prediction.
By his calm and determined judgment tin-
Hills of Vicksburg became immortal, and
ho richly earned tor.hiimell a niche in the
pedestal ot lame, I heard no more of this
hero until wounded and disjoining 1 lay j„
the hospital. There he was ministering to
the wants of Missourians. He was a Mis
sourian, I think. I got the nurse to call
into, and 1 said, Captain, you have saved
Vicksburg, but you have caused me to lose
my arm. He was surprised until 1 explain
ed the scene at the depot ; I told him be
would he promoted surely. Ah ! my friend,
lie said, the greatest promotion I could get
would be that I migh' live through this lo
see my family one more.
Through liie siege be often sent and
brought me htile delicacies, but 1 missed
lmn two or three days and sent down a
nurse to Ins office. The unwelcome u
dmgs came back that my friend, Captain
Bruce, must be killed, as bis house was
empty and compleiefy riddled with shot
and shell, and nobody knew what had be
come of him. It may be a satisfaction m
his family who did five somewh* re in
Georgia, to know how well ami faithfully
he did bis duty to his country, and how
kind lie was to the sick and wounded sol
diets. May he rest m peace.
“Wounded but Thankful.”
RaiUL.it ac. Hung.—Forde, recently"cJlivi~c.
ted and sentenced to the Penitentiary f lir iLe
murder of Dixon, bears his late with manly res*
ignation. On hit way to tbcjvil, after the ver*
diet ha 1 been announced, he expressed his regret
that the jury, if they behaved him guiby OI
uiurder, did ..ot sentence him to bo bnng, as he
greatly inferred that to au ignominious impris*
onmeat in the Penitentiary,
Local.
Theatre.— Owing to the inclement weather
on Monday evening, the soldiers benefit was
not so well attended as we had hope! and ex
pected. Tho performance of “Bamboozle” and
“the E on B>y”with a poem by Mrs. Taylor,
and tho comic song of Mr. Wallace, passed of
with the usuaj spirit and ability. To-night the
Taylor troupe will appear io tho beautiful come*
dy entitled the “Morning Call,” to be followed
by one act of the “ Laiy of Lyons,” after which
comes the laughable afterpiece entitled “A Cone
jugal Lesson.”
As the company will remain but two or three
nights longer, those partial to ihis /;pei ies of en
tertainments, t bould not lose the opportunity to
enjoy a good laugh.
Robbery.—Our readers will see by the ad
vertisement of Mr. Win. 11. Webb, that he of
fersfivo hundred dollars reward for the thief
who stole fr in his store • n Thursday night last,
one thousand pounds of b.cen.
Oob City— W bather, &c —Yesterday was a
dull day—very little activity manifested on tho
streets, and comparatively lew people in from
the country. The day was clear and windy, and
after nightfall quite cool, reminding one more of
the blustering ides of March thau its predeces
sor. Everything seems to indicate that the
Spring is opening upon us, and it were wise now
for our people to begin to prepare for tho new
state of things, which tho pleasant visitant will
inaugurate. Rtm iuiher our people will prob..«
bly be reduced to greater stiaits to live the com
ing Summer, thun ever befoic, and wo cannot
too oarnestly or too frequently urge upon them
the necessity ot preparing their fields and gar
dens for an abundant harvest of edibles. And
while looki*g to your own support and comfort,
remember tho hundreds of poor in c ur midst, who
have not a foot Os soil upon wh eh to rely and
who must inevitably sutler without assistance
from tho liberal and philanthropic. Therefore
plaut a doable crop of everything calculated to
sustain mau and beast.
Remember the Poor To day. —lt will bo
seen by advertisement that Messrs, Q lin & Gray
will close out to-day the books contributed
to the poor by lion. A Iverson. They have yet
near a thousand dollars wor<h of stock on hired,
and we sincerely trust, in v ow of tho good otject
in view, our people will attend the sale and pur
chase the books at good prices. Messrs. Q .in <fc
Gray have determined, in a spirit of becoming
liberality, to soil tho books free of commissions,
that the whole of the money may be applied to
tho suffering poor. Wo hope, therefore, our citi
zens will be actuated by a, similar spirit of lib
erality in this mattor. There is no shutting our
eyes to t!*o fact that there is a great amount of
destitution among us, and every sacrifice should
be resorted to, to relievo it us far us pos.dbk.
Capt. J. B. Oi.iveu.. — We were [(leased to
meet ycstrrdiy, ocr old friend J. B. Oliver,
wh.) it will bo recollected is now Government
agent fur .collection of supplies in Florida. This
gentleman was among the first to buckle on his
armor ia defence ot th i Louth, and we predict
will bo cutj of lhe last to iay it by. He has mani
fested his patriotism in the hard fought cam
paigns ot Virgiuia, as well as iu the position he
now holds. We cougra'.uhto the country in
securing tho services of such au honest und ef
ficient ageul, and tool assured if it had acted so
wisely in all its selections, the army ami couu
try would now be in a much better condition. lie
has been probably more successful in accumulav
ting supplies than any other agent, and lias at
the same time won the love and esteem of those
among whom his operations have been extended.
We iearn from Capt, Oliier, that he made a nar
row ose.tpa with about a million dollars worth
es supplies from tho recent raiders near Like
City, but forlualalely saved everything from their
clutches. W» wish him a successiul luiuro
with many humirs as a reward for his lailhfut
nesa.
Kern Discernment. —Our sagacious devil
says he noticed ihat the sun run a great deal
slower on his declining track yesterday afternoon
than usual, and accounts lor it on the exceeding
ly plausible and scientific hypothesis that the
strong current of air in. in West retarded
the progress of his fiery chariot. Now the reader
must pardon ns for drawing on the inexhaustible
iund of our devil’s knowledge so frequently, but
tho truth is he possesses so many traits of simi
larity to his illustrious prototype and namesake
described by Mjilton, and accounts so satisfato
rily for tho Ireih that is ia him, that occasionally
we become so “befuddled” ai his philosophy, as
to believe almost anythiug ho say?. Our devil
i s a great sophist as well as philosopher.
„ Another Funny Saving op our “Devil.”
Last night our imp of the rosy locks and im
passioned eye, was at the tffico (a thing unusual
for him at night, owing to die Itugilo qualities
of his corporeal frame) for the purpose of rcuJing
the telegraphic leport of the military bill. Wlmn
ho cume to that part of the bill which takes in
service those between 17 and 18, ho burst <ortb
in a fl md ot tears, exclaiming, ‘ well I ..vul ln.ro
just duei years 10,. su.u . Pour follow, wc
thought so too. It he had waited that much
lunger, perhaps ho w..uld have been born in time
to escape i his cruel war. Wo know severe]
whole lamilijs who were boru u fjw yoars too
suou.
Capi. Wm. 11. Brnj.ktt—VV .3 have seen a
letter trom a lady teiugee. jus ! out <»: Knoxville,
to a sister of 0 mi'. Bennett, strung tint, the
Captain is a prisjoncr iu Knoxville, .mi that he
is in good health and spirits. The le-ter stales
as probable that ha would bo son' to Johnson’s
Isbuid or C imp Chase. This is iho seeoud time
that Lapt. Bennett has been a prisoner, and as
we shared with him his first imprisonment, we
can say thxc w r know of no one who bears mob
incarcerations mors philosophically. He seems
uuder such i-i rerun stance*, determined to pr soul
a cheerful and eonti cut aspect lo ihe enemy,
which, in a great measure, has a tendency to
stimulate and encourage iris comradis iu mis
fortune.— [ Enquire".
temperance hall
9rh NIGH f OF THE
PA ft LOR EITEHTAIA ME AT h
Wednesday sive. Feb. 17.
Performance to commence with .ha beautiful
petite Comedy :
THE.MORNING CALL!
THIRD ACT OF LADY OF LYONS !
To cone!u« with the warning Farce entitled
A ( Qn -i u S a l Lesson.
ITT Hike's Si, to be had at the Holds, Book Stores
in a at me ti :11.
U r *’ t”’" 7 - curtains use at 6 precisely.
I3T No in. ne> taken at die door.
. . , J- T. BETHELL,
leb 17 It . ’
Agtnt.
Southerners In N«wYork-i’helr Siuni
bers, Resources and Quality,
(From the New Yoi k Commercial ]
It is estimated that there are about 25,000
Southern people sojourning in this city and
it 9 environs, Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey
City. They are mostly refugees, and may
bo divided into three classes, namely—the
secessionists, the no eiders and the Union
ists. They stay at the hotels, they lodge in
private boarding houses, and they rent our
finest mansions; vet they k*-rq> so quiet,
affiliating only wiili a choice coterie of
friends and sympathisers, that but lew ol
us are aware ot their presence. In fact,
their advent among as has had an effect to
make rents high and houses scarce. Among
them are some of the highest families of the
South, whose names History loves to re
peat, and men who, a few years ago, u ere
fabulously wealthy. Numbers of them
own valuable real estate iu this city, or are
interested to a considerable extent in in
surance companies, banks, etc. O i the
other hand, hundreds of them are absolute
ly dependent on their Northern relatives for
their daily bread. These cases are gener
ally widows, with their little ones, whose
fathers have been killed in the war, the
widow robbed ol the hi tie estate her hus
band had lelt her, and who has returned to
the home of her youth, which she ielt year 9
ago, happy and proud, as the bride of a
planter’s son.
THE 6ECFSSI sNISTS.
Os this class aie the rich, those whose
every interest is at sLake when the “pecu
liar institution” is in jeopardy. A great
many of these are ol Northern birth. They
cherish the doctrine of secession with reli
gious zeal, and are bigoted beyond all reas
on. Many of them have sons in the Con
federate service, with whom they have fre
quent intercourse. Tney also receive the
(Southern papers regularly. Most of this
class came North because they could live
cheaper and belter there, during the wai,
than they cotiid il they stayed at the South,
while some come with the double purpose
of escaping the Southern conscription and
to save their Northern property iroin con
fiscation. They are blind worshippers of
Jeff’. Davis. When worse comes to tin
worse, ami nothing can save the South from
defeat, they will My to Europe, where ihey
imagine they will be received like princes.
They effect to care nothing about slavery,
whether it exists or nut, the question now
being, whether or not the North shall rule
the (South. This class is in the minority
of our Southern visitors.
THE UNIONISTS.
This class is in the the majority. It con
sists chiefly of Southerners, includes some
of the most resoectable and oldest families
of the South, especially ot Virginia and the
border States. Some of them came on Id re
belore the war, thinking that they coil'd
pass the time pleasantly and quietly until
tho difficulties were settled, which, coincid
ing with Mr. Seward, they looked upon as
an aflair of a few months. They then
hoped to return to their homes, but finding
that such was tut the case, they concluded
to stay here and mukc out a living as best
they could, some in business and some iu
Government employ. Tire gentlemen were
unaccustomed to the heavy business which
fell to their share, if they found anything
to do.and many vveie nuabie to g-q work.
The only resource leu was that tho ladies
should do fancy work tor the stores ; or,
(ami these cases are few, as they had no
friends to give as security lor the rent,)
open a private boaidmg house. The sin
terings of this class have been terrible. A
large family which had lived in a palace at
Hie South, passed the whole winter, last
year, in one small garret room, m a tones
merit house. Many of these ladies have, so
we understand, obtained work for the New
Yoik depository, by which they have man
aged to support a family.
THE NO fIDERS.
This class consists chiefly of the border
Slate people, (Southerners who own no
property, and Not them wives of deceased
planters, who have as great interests at the
North as iu the South. Others have arrtv-*
ed since the war began, having had a taste
ol the perils ot irotmer life. This class is
by far the best off. They think they will
not be materially affected as individuals, no
matter which side is victorious. If the
(South, ihey trust they enn make it all right
again wtih their oid .comrades; if the
North, why thdy arc ail rigid already. So
they watch the conflict with apathy, and so
they lead a life that has little in it to re
deem it fiom the absolute contempt ol lhe
loyal, or ol those who have decided con
victions.
By ftUIN & OKAY.
\\7 E will THIS DAY conclude the sale, at our auc
“ .1" « room, of aneztersivc end valuable colter
lion ot BIIOKB, the proceeds o wl.icli i< to lie given
tor the t uichasco ol W.xJ for die pooi oftlie city,
ALSO,
Bed-stetids, lm.ttlasf es, ladies hoes, shoes, clip: ers
10 do/, cott >u liaiidertli.efs, Z d..z coffee n.iil-\ in!
w “'f> “° 4 ker y, sliuw cases, and Vaiious olhei ankles,
fell 17 li
MUSt OGEE KAIL ROAD COMPANY, >
t’olomou.J, Uu , I’eb. 13th, lt*6l $
DINIDEND No. iff.
The Boaid af Directors have, dec .tied a Div.bt.d ol
45 per Bhare on the Gcneial Mo. k of tt.is Company,
pay .hie on demand. .) M It IVI Ns,
til.. 15 hv 8i c’y. and Treasurer
CA.VALRY.
General Joseph E. Johnion 1 * E&coit !
AII in. inlieis of Cupl ft S .PAlih’H f: A V AI. R Y
OoMPANVare li. re >y otde.ed to repot at t eoe
tb adqioiiers vv.tlioi.t ('clay
It H. H/fttK,
,eh 12 ts l-apt. of Cavalry
ItHCItU ITS 4>
r>Ott PuMPAVY “A,” 7di HLHIMISNT. (’ 8. V.
1 1 tie I,i,de signed having been ruipow. ie.i ... re
ceive le.it.t, torttie above Coinpany, will remain in
‘be c.t ten days. Con-ctipts aud Piers- will be le
. eived i y applying immediately to me hi n.- t imes
Gltice .) EHE foXE,
( b I ’A 4t Ist Lent. Cos A, C. S. r.
But: copy.
NEW
Sllockade ( ompaity*
SUBSCiUPTION LISTS
POR a portion of the Stock in a n-w Rloi k,de Oom
-1 pany, wnh i capital oi
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS,
which ha* already received the suponn of n, e fir.,
houiec m t 100 lest on, ar now open tor a lew dav
at the office or It H Epoii.g F.. l
w bere u‘] fur.her it.f-.ra,a m„ ,u„ b u and L,l " k '
Grape Cuttings,
lJrap,: <V,r
lieues. Uar ' ,i,, ' black July ar„t • th. ria
teb 9 lw'" FCIIt»l,8.
WAHTEO
cpO puichase or hire a good PIANu, fiifc.which a
linn amdv a i , "‘ te "* ‘ b “‘ P ‘” tJ ' iot '" nU, r
feb 15 41 TIMS 0.. I
Pleasant Hour,
l*Ht3 old and wed know SAIODN Wo t.aveie
l n ,ed a..ii opined f.r hmim ts We have li.ree
Rowling \ leys ana nece-sa y uxiiiies, ad siiall i.y
conducting our _hn -.n s- in an ord. r.y iuai i.tr, hope
to lne.il a liberal share ot pa innate
„ , OGLETUEE ’BARRINGER.
Feb lb ts
AUCTION SALES.
By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON &. Cos.
ON™0 N ™S n .. D ? 6UI reb -»» '« o'clock we will
Vy soil in tioiitot our sioio,
Three Extra No. 1 Mares,
Best stock in the c in. y (’an bo seen unlit day of
sale at limns’ l.iverery Stal le 7
fi-b 16 Id
Printing-, Blinding 7,
Paper, etc.
HAVING constructed a laige building in Columbia,
8. O , and i< moved our machinery lioiu Charles’
ton, \v< would inform Guarie>mast< l-, Hank amt
Kai l ad Officers and ihe public, that we are as welt
pi( pared as belore 'he w.ujo execute a'l orders tn dir
tin"- have been iiiqmrlirrg fiom Europe largely
Ol ailicles usr and in our hog.ness, and now hare on
hand a ytock con si ling in pari of ilie following ar
ticles :
200 Reams English Double Cap
Writing.
200 Reams English Royal—white,
blue and buff.
200 Reams English Bank Note
Paper.
500 Reams White and Blue French
and English Folio Post.
500 Reams White and Blue Eng
lish Cap.
1,000 Reams White and Bine Eng
lish and French Letter.
1,000 Reams English Bath (small)
Letter.
2,000 Reams Whited and Blue Note.
Also, Blotting, Copying and Do
mestic Papery.
7,000,000 Assorted Envelopes.
7,000 Gross Giilritt’s and other maker*’ Steel Pen?,
Pen Holders, Pencil?, Sealing Wax. ink, and almost
all an idea of Staiionury.
ALSO, A SMALL STOCK OF
Hist ENGLISH BLANK BOOK PAPER [Super
Royal and Inipeiii] not yet arrived], which we are
prepared tomaiiuficiure into any kind of BLANK
BOOKS.
We are now opening the above valuable stock and
advise our old customers, and all others in want, to
b-.ma iii their orders at once, or lhe dock may be so
much broken as to prevent us from filing them prop
erly.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
£<rcrw IRE-A-IDY.
“ANDREWS’ MOUNTED AND FIELD ARTIL
LEItV DRILL,” by Lieu;. Col H.S. Andrews, Army
of Northern Virginia, illustrated vv.ili nearly UK) fine
lithographed cuts, printed on line white paper, aid
lull brown cambric. Tins book is pubti-hel under
instruciions oi the Ordm.me Department, C S A,
reid„sliould he in >he hands of every Artillery officer
Price $4, one tlr.id off to the trade.
IN PRESS,
[and soon to ok published:
GENFBAL ORDERS, from the Adjutant and In
sp dor General’s office, up to January I, liitii, with
copious index ai.d oilier valuable matter. Edited by
Gen. Thomas Jordan, Chief oc Gen. Beauregard’s
Bt;li' Price Sri, one third off"to the tr;ute.
CHISOLM’S SURG GUY, being a third edition of
ibis valuable vvoik, revistd and enlarged by the au
thor, J. .1 Chisolm. Surgeon C. S, A., supeihly iilus
uat-.d.
MARMONT’S WORK ON MILITARY science,
translated front lhe Fiencli, by Col. Frank 8h tiler, C.
8. A , wuh noies by the editor. I luslrated.
Pit it.IP, anew Novo ,by Win 11. Thackery ( atety
deceased), sp endid.y illustralod with portrait ot the
author und other engravings.
OLKNDORFF’S new Method of Learning French,
being a reprint of this valuable work, now nearly out
of prim, amt much needed by lhe youth of our coun
try.
Also, 100,0*0 copies ol tire New Testament aud
Psalms for the Coni- derate States Bible Society, with
seveial works for oilier Bocieties and Publishers.
Having arrangements for securing full supplies of
ail kinds ol Punting Papers, we are prepared to
undertake ihe printing and pub ishiiig ol any hook of
value lo ihecounfry, and expeu io continue the pub
lication oi Military, Hchool and other useful hooks
EVANS & COGBWfi.I L,
f b“is*lm • Columbia, 8. C.
Medical Card
Dr. E. A. ROSSY,
FORMERLY, Surgeon to the New Orleans ‘Te
male infirmary,” lenders his services to the Citi
zens ol Coltumhus, in all lire branches of his profes
sion.
•Special attention will be devoted to the treatment
ol lire Diseases of women.
OT’' Muitical operations performed for Siouo in the
Bladder, Fistula in Ann, Veti<o-Vaginal fistula. Hyd
rocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, Varico
cele, Hteinorrlioids or Piles,Callous impassable Buic
tuies. False Passages, Talipes or Club Foot, ami Con
traction of tlie Fingers, Strabismus or gquiniiug,
Aneurism, Varix or dilated veins, Pterygium, Cataract
and Hair Lip; also lor the removal of all tumors or
abnormal growths from any paitol the'body.
Diseases of the Qeniio- Urinary Hysiem, comprising
the different stages oi Gonorihoee, btrictures, Graved
Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primaiy, bcondsry,
tertiary and heieiiiiaiy tonus, will receive particular
attention.
References given whenever desired, as well as the
recommendation of many years practice in New Or
leans. Consultation hours every day at Ins office
in the Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to H o’clock,
a, m., and from 210 4 o’clock p. m. Patients wilt do
well lo call prec selyat thes-e hours, as before ami
atier that lime will be devoted to visiting persons iu
lhe ei;y.
Addicts all communications to
. DR. E. A. ROSSY,
( ciitimims, Ga.
N. B.—Patrons from a distance will be vi.-ited aud
treated at home, if desired. 1 shall he thankful to
my professional brethren lor any favor they may do
me by tending me persons requiring Murgical atien
tion.
Ifln a few days I shall have rooms for the pur.
pone cf giving MTisAM BULPIHIID US BA IDS ut.d
MEDIi A TED I'UMtCiAT.ONH, an employed in the
hq.-piiu f! of Euiope and America, as one ot the i.iom
iff.cieni means for the cuie of Rheumatism, t'erolu
lous Diseases. Hyphiiit.c Erupiioii, Oout and ad Cnron
ic affections of the skin. E A It
feh It 3m *
To the Women of Georgia.
STATE OF GEORGIA, i
GbAnTEHMASTF.R Gf.NEKAI.’S OFFICE, J
Atlanta,#et.. stli, ibi»4. )
A report lias been pul iu circulal’on in various par
linns oi the State ilia, the Mocks knit by the Ladies ot
Georgia tor this Department, have been s . id by me t j
die. tn.ops in the fi.:d. Without entering farther into
the d> t .its ol ttiii viie and malicious r.-jiort, I hereby
p*or,ounce the whole tale to be a malicious FALBE-
Ii OD ! 1 deny and challenge the wur and for proof to
he contrary that there has ever b. en a sock solo by
this lepai intent to a sol; icr of the Confederate Army
since in,* first rip; ea! to the Women of Gorgia,to knit
o: the r (lest lute defet.deis. 1 hereby bind niyseit to
present One 'lhoisaxo Dollars to any person
eidier tilkfu or neither, who will come foiwstd and
liiuL lie ever bought u sock from this DijHirtme/it,
l:U( was either knit by the Laities, or puichased tot
6>ite to said troops.
This report lias been invented on the one lund by
the enemies of our noble boys, who rejoice iu Un it
self, rings, and are delighted when they suspend the
efforts of lie noble women in their behalf On the
otter hand by peurile opponents of tins Department,
who (orget that in venting their improleJ .pi e it, ou
us, they are causing it.e troops ol their Btate to ma.ch
over .ro/.eri ground and the drifting mow wi.lt nn
covcred unit bleeding I. et.
W omen <>( Georgia ! again I appeal to you. Th’s
tune I call upon you to frown down the-.e vile false
hoods. Demand til him who peddles the ule the evi-
Uet.i elca 1 for above. Un'il that testimony is pro.
duced I niplo e you stay tint tour efforts. I assure
you iu the name olali that h holy “ami r.oble—on the
honor ot u man ami an officer—that myself or any of
my assistants have never su’d a pair of Seeks that were
knit by you Every pair has been issued to the des
litute troops as a GIFT, as about 17.000 gallant sons
ot the Empire State w dhgladly hear testimony,
D ltighiers of Georgia, 1 still need socks. Requisi
ti ms for them are daily pouring in upon me. I stilt
have y arn to furnish you. I earnestly desite to »e
. urea pair of socks lor every ba.e footed soldier from
Geo gia. You are my only reliance. I'asl experience
•each, s me i vv.ll not appeal to you in vatu.
IRA It. FOSTER,
feb 9 Gt Qr. Mas. Gen. of Ga.
Seed Irish^Potatoes.
T?OR BAI.E BY
T J. S. PEMBERTON,
feb 13 ts Druggist under Look's Hotel.
Fine Smoking and CfiewingiTobacco,
4 T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
A For sa.e by J 8. PEMBERTON,
teb!3tt Druggist under Cook’s Hotel.