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NUMBER 12 VOLUME xlvi. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1865. K* M- ORME & SON, JV# EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.' —$5 00 for Four Months, in Advance. $5 GO 8 oo transient advertising. per square of ten lines, each insertion, LEGAL ADVERTISING. Ordinary's— CitationsforLetters of Administration, Iiv Administrators, Executors, Guardians, Ac Application for Letters of Dismission from Ail ministration and Guardianship.* 12 00 Application for leave to sell Land and - Negroes 12 00 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 10 00 Sales of personal or perishable property, Vi square, of ten lines ..... 4 00 Sales of Land and Negroes, per square of i ten lines ........ .... 12 00 | Sheriff's— | Each levy of ten lines, or less 8 00 i Mortgage sales of ten lines, or less 1G 00 All advertisements of sales by Sheriffs exceeding 1 ten lines, will be charged in pro portion. i Tax Collector’s sales, per square 10 00 Clerk's. Foreclosure of Mortgage, and other month ly advertisements, $4 Of) per square of ten ten linesJbr each insertion. I Establishing lost papers, per square of ten lines 00 i Fora man advertising his wife,in advance, 20 00 j Tributes of Respect, Resolutions by 8o- 'cieties, Obituaries, &c., exceedingsiz lines, ' to lie charged as transient advertising. I E5?’ Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administra- tors. Executors or .Guardians, are required by law to be lieid on the first Tuesday in the month, be tween the hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court-house in the county in which the property is situated, i Notice of these sales must be given in a public gazette 40 days previous to the clay of sale, j Notices for the sale of personal property must be given in like manner 10 days previous to sale j day. | Notices to debtors and creditors of an estate must also be published 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Ne groes, must be published for two months. Citations for letters of Administration, Guar dianship. Ac., must be published 00 daj's—for dis mission from Administration, monthly six months ; tor dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Utiles for foreclosure of Mortgages must be pub lished monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers, for the full space of three months—for compelling titles from Executors or Administra tors, where bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued accord ing to these, the legal requirements, unless other wise ordered. TO HOCSEKEEPERS.^ 5 Clean Eags. X CENTS PER POUND will be paid in cash or subscription for CLEAN RAGS delivered at the Recorder Office. Miiledgeville, August 23,18G4 "TVTOTICE.—As every article is rising with ra- _ 1 pidity, we shall rise in the price of tanning and dressing leather. From and after the first day of March next, we will charge for tanning and dressing sole leather, five dollars per pound ; for upper leather, six dollars; skins, not charged by the pound, but in due proportion: or, we will charge one-half for the other, at the option of the patron. M. J. CALLAWAY, JAMES THOMAS. Hancock county, Feb. 21,1865 8 4t TO EXCHANGE. lbs. SALT for PROVISIONS. FDD' COMPTON & CALLAWAY. Miiledgeville, Feb. 14, 1865 8 tf lilll UOLE, RUSSET and KIP LEATHER, also ►J LIGHT SKINS for sale at the Georgia Pen itentiary. Apply to T. T. WINDSOR, B. K. February 14, 1865 8 6t §f ale. A FARM CONTAINING 101i acres of land, 2l. three miles south of Thomaston, Georgia— ■"! acres under fence, divided into live fields and a large woods lot: 12 acres of branch bottoms. A frame dwelling with four rooms and a frame bnild- '■gten steps in the rear; all necessary out-buil?^ ings; an orchard of select trees—peach, apple and cherry; good water—spring and well. I will take $•10 per acre in Confederate money, or $1 per acre in gold or silver, for the place. Possession given at the elose of the year. Address box 01, Thomaston, Ga., or apply at the Recorder office. January 31,18C5 5 tf I ^OIt SALE—At,the Miiledgeville Clothing Store, seven fine fancy Show Cases, one large table with drawers, one large Looking Glass—ve ry superior—one Iron-armed Chair, three Trunks, two very superior Rides and one large Iron Safe. A. C. VAIL. January 31, 1865 5 tf OFFICIAL. HEADQUARTERS, C. S. A, / February 11,1865. J General Order No. 2.] In entering upon the campaign which is about to open, the General iu-Chief feels assured that the soldiers who have so long and nobly borne the hardships and dangers of war, require no exhorta tion to induce them to respond to the calls of hon or and duty. Liberty was transmitted to them by their forefathers, and th§y have inherited the spir it to defend it. The choice between war and ab ject submission is before them. To such a propo sal, brave men, with arms in their hands, can have but one answer. They cannot barter their man hood for peace, nor the right of self-government for life or property. Justice to these requires a sterner admonition to those who have abandoned their comrades iii the hour of peril. The.last opportunity is now afforded them to wipe out the disgrace and esc ape the pun ishment of their crimes. The authority of the President of the Confederate States to pardon de serters and absentees and men improperly absent, as shall return to the command to which they be long, within the shortest possible time, not exceed ing twenty days from the publication of this order at the headquarters of the department in which they may be. Those who will be prevented from reporting to their commands, by the interruption of communication, may report within the time specified to the nearest enrolling officer or other officer on duty, to be forwarded when practicable ; and on presenting the certificate of such officer, showing compliance with this requirement, he shall receive the pardon which is hereby offered. Those who have deserted the service of (to?) the enemy, or who have once been pardoned for the same offense, or those who shall desert or abseut themselves without authority, after the publication of this order, are excluded from its benefits; nor does this offer of pardon extend to other offenses than those of desertion, or absence without per mission by some authority. It is also declared that no general amnesty will again be granted ; and that those who refuse to accept the pardon now offered, or who slmli here after desert or absent themselves without leave, shall suffer such punishment as the courts may im pose ; and that no application for clemency will be entertained. Taking new resolution from the fate which our- enemies intend for us, let every mamdevote his en ergies to tiie common defense. Our resources, wisely and vigorously employed, are ample, and with a brave army, sustained by a determined and united people, success, with God’s assistance, can not be doubtful. The advantages of the enemy will be of but lit tle value to him, if we do not permit them to im pair our resolution. Let ns oppose constancy to adversity, fortitude to suffering, and courage to danger, with a firm assurance that He who gave freedom to our fathers will bless the efforts of their children to preserve it. (Signed) li. E. Lee, Headquarters C. S. A,. February 11, 1865. General Order No. 3.) The discipline and efficiency of the army have been greatly impaired by men leaving their prop er commands to join others, whose service is more agreeable. This practice is almost as injurious in its consequences as the crime of desertion, and the articles of war expose the offenders to similar pun ishments, and subjects the officer receiving such men to dismissal from the army. It is therefore declared that the provisions of General Order No. 2, of this date, from Army Headquarters, apply to such men as have left their proper commands and have joined others without being regularly transferred. They will receive the pardon promised in that order upon complying with the conditions, cr suffer the consequences at tached in neglecting it. The flames of sncli absentees will be forthwith reportedto these Headquarters with, the names of the officers with whom they are now serving; and immediate measures will be taken to return them to their proper commands. As soon as practicable, an inspection will be made and charges will be preferred against those rt ho neglect to enforce this order. (Signed) R. E. Lee. March 3, 1865 10 6t All newspapers in the Confederate States are .requested to copy the above (General Orders Nos. 2 artd 3) six times, and send bills, with a copy of the paper to the Richmond Enquirer for payment. CITATIONS G EORGIA, MONTGOMERY COUNTY. Isabella Galbreath has filed* her petition in the Court of Ordinary of said county for letters of guardianship of John A. Galbreath, a minor— Notice is hereby given to all concerned to file their objections, if any exist, within the time pre scribed by law, otherwise lettefs of guardianship will be granted the applicant. Given under my hand and official signature, this February 18th, 1865. JOHN McLEOD, Ordinary. March 7,1865 10 5t* TATE OF GEORGIA, Lowndes County. Nancy E. Beaty applies for letters of guar dianship of the person and property of the minor heir of William J. Beaty, late of said county, de ceased— This is therefore, to cite and admonish all per sons interested to file their objections on or before the first Monday in April next, otherwise letters will be granted the applicant- Given under my hand, this 9th day of Februa ry, 1865. WILLIAM SlllTH, Ordinary. February 23, 1865 9 5t G eorgia, Hancock county. Whereas Martha Veal has filed her petition in the Court of Ordinary for said county, praying for letters of administration on the estate of Irwin F. Veal, late of said county, deceased— This is therefore to admonish those interested to be and appear at my office within the time pre scribed by law, to show cause, if any exist, why said letters should not be granted. THOMAS I. LITTLE, Ordinary. February 23, 1865 # 9 5t G eorgia, laurens county. Whereas Thomas J. Holloman, guardian of Sarah E. Stokes, applies to this Couit of Ordinary for letters of dismission— These are therefore to cite all and singular the kindred and creditors of said ward to file their ob jections, if any they have, in my office within the time prescribed by law, why letters should not be granted to said applicant. WASHINGTON BAKER, Ord’v. February 21, 1865 8 5t [From, the Richmond Sentinel.'] ,f 2>ulcc et Secoruxn est.” BY H. C. LEWIVEL. In early morn an army stood In battle’s proud array ; In it were youths of fiery blood, ^ And men whose locks were gray; But nerved alike was every breast To conquer or to die— For dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. The day was gone and silent night Hung o'er tlio battle-field: The moon arose : her silvery-light A thousand forms revealed— Why tie they now, as if at rest, Beneath the star light-sky ? Ah, dulce et decorum est. Pro patria mori. The father left his fireside. And all the dfear ones there : The lover left his promised bride— So teftder and so fair, Yet, when the steel their bosoms prest, Naught tempted them to tiy, For, dulce et decorum est, Pro patria mori. Now life seems like a dismal night To many a striken one ;' But darkest hours precede the light—- We soon shall see the sun ; Then will those soldiers graves attest, To every passer by, That dulce et dccorom est, Propatria mori. G GEORGIA, BALDWIN COUNTY. I Whereas AnnE. Wood has made application for letters of administration on the estate of Jonas Wood, late of said county, deceased— These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons adversely concerned to file their objec tions on or before the first Monday in May next. Given under my official signature, this 7th March, 1865. JOHN HAMMOND, Ordinary. March 7, 1865 10 5t G i EORGIA, HANCOCK COUNTY. Devreux have, filed their petition in the Court of Ordinary of said county for letters of adminis tration oil tlio estate of William W. Devreux, late of said county, deceased— This is to admonish all and singular the kind red and creditors of said deceased to be and ap pear at my office within the time prescribed by law to show cause, if any they can, -why said let ters should not be granted. • THOMAS I. LITTLE; Ordinary February 28, 1865 9 5t S200 REWARD, W ILL BE PAID for MARIA, a dark mu latto woman, believed to be decoyed off_by her husband, Henry, a slave of Fielding Lewis of Miiledgeville. She is a young, likely girl, of me dium height, with the features of the African. No doubt she is about Miiledgeville, or vicinity, con cealed and harbored by her colored friends, as she was on a former occasion lately. Any information leading to her detection, will be suitably rewarded. R. H. RAMSAY. Midway, March 14, 1865 11 2t SlOO Keward. STOLEN from the subscriber’s stable, on the night of the 18th inst., at Midway, a white horse, about eight years old, thin in order, proni- hi<-iit hip bones, high tail bone, rather chunky, commonly paces, rubbed by the saddle on the fore pmt of his back. P ie above reward will be paid for the horse and evidence to convict the thief.. Any information 'tout the horse thankfully acknowledged. K. M. ORME, Sen. ^Hbledgeville, Jan’y 24, 1865 4 tf E TWO GLOBES MISSING. J V hIXG HIE VISIT of the Yankee army to Miiledgeville, two Globes belonging to the '•male Academy were removed from Mr. Wind- • '| r s office. Whoever has them or any of the Fur- ’ lltUre belonging thereto, will please return them -it once to the Academy, as they are wanted. J^todgcville, Feb. 7,1865 ' 6 tf notice! E; HIENANas general partner, and J. W. i . 1 ears as special partner, in mechanical bnsi- ‘r 8 f’ 1 e ’ in the publication of the Albany Patri. y' iilll | Advertising, and Job Printing, in connec- imtwith said paper, in Albany, Dougherty Coun- : ' 'Under the firm name of E. H. llienan, hereby .‘^otice °f the formation of said partnership, on 6 lowing terms, to-wit: J. W. Fears, specil tl ! ner ’ Puy s in cash, in Confederate currency, nio SU,n ut Eight Thousand Dollars into the coin- , ,' )l ' st °ck. Said partnership is to commence busi- j;* "' 1 *he 18th day of January next and to con- P . r the term of two years next ensuing.— (,J 11 c; de and affidavit registered in the Clerk’s , cc ot the Superior Court of Dougherty County, to 18th day of January, 1865. E. H. HIENAN, Gen. Part. J. W. FEARS. Spe’l Part. ^Albany, Feb. M, 1865 7 6t ^EMINistraTRIX’S SALE.—On the first Court i Ues ‘ la y in April next, will be sold before the ty, w -/? use door in Miiledgeville, Baldwin coun- p r L., the usual hours of sale, the following fia ii ty ’ to-wit: 300 acres of laud situated in se r i„v? nt 7’ at !i°iuing the lands of Reuben Pros- ^te'inhrVi • ® a E* Newton Pugh and John H. Sold b« a)so > 0116 oegro *5 years of age. c°untv ° raer Court of Ordinary of Baldwin to'ru's'f.the property of Jesse M. Breedlove, lor the purpose of distribution. w 1 MARY E. BREEDLOVE, Adm’x. 'eluavy 7 1 )?<£5 £ td3 C ONFEDERATE TAX.—I am instructed to collect all tax now due forthwith. All per sons who have not paid, will call and settle imme diately. The tax on salaries and income of the last year, are now due; all persons are requested to call soon and make their returns. SSP’* Office at Mrs. Carr’s. J. C. WHITAKER, Collector. R. MICKLE JOHN. Assessor. Miiledgeville, Eeb. 21, 1865 8 tf MEDICAL NOTICE. T IIE CASH system being the prevalent one, the undersigned, Physicians of Milledge- ville, are compelled to adopt the same. They will, therefore, from this date expect their fees upon the termination of each case, GEO. D. CASE, SAM’L G. WHITE, W. H. HALL, J. H. HOLMES. February 28, 1865 9 4t S TRAYED OR STOLEN oil Sunday the 5th instant, a small BAY HORSE, with short ears and long hair, mane trimmed oft, also a white spot in tiie forehead. Said horse is the property of Wm. Supple. Any person returning the horse to the subscriber will be amply rewarded. WM. SUPPLE. Miiledgeville, Feb. 14,1865 7 tf G REEN AND DRY HIDES purchased at the Geor&ia Penitentiary, for which the highest market price will be paid. February 7, 1865 7 6t jOTRAYED OR STOLEN from the subscriber about the 9th instant, a large black horse MULE, seven or eight years old, right eye out. I will pay $100 reward for the mule, or $500 for the mule and fhief, with evidence to convict. a; j. banks. Miiledgeville, F^b. 21,1865 8 tf REWARD OF ONE HUNDRED DOL- lars will be paid for the return of a new pair of FAIRBANKS’ SCALES, with a 1, 2 and 300 pound weight, taken from the Penitentiary during the late invasion, by a negro man upon a cart or one horse wagon, who was seen going out of town towards the Macon orEatonton road. The above reward will be paid for its delivery to T. T. WINDSOR, B. K. Eebruary 14, 1865 7 6t A LL PERSONS having demands against the estate of Patrick Kane, late of Baldwin county, deceased, are hereby notified to present their claims, legally authenticated, and those knotting themselves indebted to said deceased, are requested to make payment. B. P. STUBBS, Escheator . aud ex-officio administrator. February 14, 1865 (■>») ? A LL PERSONS indebted to the estate of Hugh Galbreath, late of Montgomery county, de ceased, are requested to make immediate pay ment, and all persons having demands against said estate will please hand them in properly au thenticatedas the law directs. ALEXANDER MORRISON, Ex’r. March 7, 1865 . 10 6t* G i EORGIA, HANCOCK COUNTY. T Whereas Sarah J. Harton has filed her peti tion in the Court of Ordinary for said county, praying for letters of administration on the es tate of Alfred P. Harton, late of said county, de ceased— This is therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de ceased, to file their objections, if any they have, in my office within the time prescribed by law, otherwise said letters will be granted to the appli cant. THOS. I. LITTLE j Ordinary. February 23, 1865 9 5t QTATE OF GEORGIA, Lowndes County Whereas Archibald Averett, administrator de bonis non of J oh* M. Dees, late of said comity, deceased, having filed his petition in this Court for letters ot dismission from said-estate— This is therefore to admonish all concerned to be and appear at my office within- the time pre scribed by law to show cause, if any exist, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my band, this 9th day of February, 1865. WILLIAM SMITH, Ordinary. February 28, 1865 9 mGm The Accuracy of the Bible. An astonishing feature of the Word of God is that, notwithstanding the lime at which its com positions were written, and the multitude of top ics ‘;o which it alludes, there is not one physical error, not one assertion or allusion disapproved by the progress of modern science. None of those mistakes which the science of each succeeding age discovered in the books of the preceding; above all, none of those absurdities which modern astrongmy indicates in such great munbersin the writings ot the ancients in their sacred codes, in their philosophy, and the finest pages of the fath ers of the Church ; none of those errors are to be found in any of its boooits. Nothing there will ever contradict that which, after so many ages, the investigations of the learned world have been able to reveal to us on the state A our globe or that of the heavens. Peruse with care our Scripture from one end to the other to find there is such spots, and whilst you apply yourself to this examination, remem ber that it is a book which speaks of everything; which describes nature ; which recites its creation; which tells us of the water of the atmosphere, of the mountains, of the valleys, of the animals and the plants. It is a book which teaches us of the first revolutions_of the world and foretells its last. It recounts them in the circumstantial language of history, it extols them in the sublimest strains of poetry, and it chants them in the charm of glow ing song. It is a book which is full of Oriental rapture, elevation, variety and boldness. It is a book which speaks of the heavenly and invisible [Special Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.] The Burning and Sacking of Columbia. Full and Authentic Particulars. Ruins of Columbia, ^ Sunday March otb. ) Where to begin, and how—that is the question. One cannot comprehend the amount or character of wanton destruction and uncalled for outrages heaped upon this once beautiful capital without seeing its bitter fruits. The optics of others fall in satisfaction when they attempt to descry the points which all would wish to observe; and I must need to content myself with a bald narration of facts, without making a requisition upon des criptive faculties. For liere indeed the paucity aud feebleness of mere words are manifest, and none can understand the blight which lell upon this place within a day and night without being here to witness the sad, the deplorable, the incalcu lable effects. This much, however, may be said, and with perfect truthfulness, that accustomed as yonr correspondent has been to all manner of woe ful sights—to the wreck of battle-fields, the miser ies of field hospitals,the upheavals of turbulent city population in more peaceful times, never yet did such a spectacle present itself. Under the.benignant smile of the vernal moon Columbia lies to-night. But there is no clamor of iron tongues from steeples and towers—no pealing of organ notes from consecrated lofts—no melody of chorister voices mingiing with the charmed air —no sound or sign of worship, save that which from some smitten and stricken fireside wails forth its pleadings to the One Merciful, and alas! He seems to have stayed his mercy while lifting the chastening rod. Through the perfect hush and silence of this beautiful night there comes to us naught but the indications of that more thau paralysis with which a busy, teeming people have been suddenly and sorely stricken. Bare and grim the naked walls stand, casting their fitful shadows. The magnifi- cen State Huuse looms up a solitary pile amid the wreck and desolation, its wliitff marble gleaming sickly and sorrowfully. While the beautiful ev ergreens, burned and reddened by the torch of no autumnal fire, rustle mournfully to the sobbing, sighing breeze. Ea Route Through Disaster. Almost immediately after entering Lexington District, we fell into the footsteps of the prole tarian invader—footprints which, though time and industry may efface from the land, will be forever impressed upon the hearts of the people and their posterity. The army of Sherman followed all of the main roads west of the Cougaree, and every where swept with the besom of destruction. In scarcely an instance did they leave a house—it mattered not, the humblest tenement of logs, or the abode of the richest planter—all were given tc the flames. All, too, were sacked, Clothing, fur niture, table-ware—everything, in fact, which could not be stolen and carried away, was burned. Provisions were taken, cattle carried off, horses and mules shot down, and the people, berett of everything, driven into the woods to starve, or live as 1 hey could. We passed scores of families upon the wayside ; from some came direct appeals for assistance, ac-. companied by terrible recitals of wrongs endured ; from others, the mute eloquence of hollow eyes and gaunt frames was more impressive. Who could resist such call for aid? Not, I ween, a man con- world, which speaks of the, earth and the things stituted with the largeness and tenderness of heart visible. It is a book which nearly fifty writers o{ : 0 f our friend Cohn. Of his private supplies he dis- G 1 EORGIA, HANCOCK COUNTY. r Whereas John F. Adams and Mary E. Sas- nett have filed their petition in the Court of Or dinary of said county, praying for letters of ad ministration on that part of the estate of William P. Sasnett, late of said county, deceased, not em braced in his will— This is therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said de ceased to tile their objections, if any they have, in my office within tire time prescribed by law, to show cause why said letters should not be grant ed. THOMAS I. LITTLE,^Ordinary. February 21, 1865 8 5t G i EORGIA, COLQUITT COUNTY. r October Term, 1864, of Court of Ordinary of said. County. The last will and testament of Samuel Hutchi son, deceased, having been produced in open Court, and application having been made that, said will be proven in solemn form, wherefore. It is or dered by the Court, that Pleasant Hutchison and his wife, Nancy, of Thomas county, Ga., Posey Glenn and his wife, Susan, of South Carolina, and the heirs of Ivey Hutchison of South Carolina, be-served with a copy of this rule by publication thereof in the Southern Recorder, a public gazette published at Miiledgeville, Ga., once a week nn til the May term of this Court, requiring them to show cause, either personally or by attorney, why the said will should not be proven in solemn form at that term of this Court. True copy from the Minutes of Court. I.SAAC CARLTON, Ordinary. November 15,1864 46 td 1 4WO MONTHS after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Telfair county for leave to sell the real estate of John Ste phenson, late of said county, deceased. DAVID HULETT. Adm’r. March 14, 1865 11 9t T WO MONTHS, after date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary of Hancock county, for leave to sell the lands and negroes be longing to the estate of Ann H. Brooking, late of said county, deceased. 3 ANDREW J. LANE, Ex’r. March 14, 1865 Lpd. $ 10 j 11 9t rriWO "MONTHS after date application will be X made to the Court of Ordinary of Colquitt county for an order to sell all the ieal estate^of Burrell A. Baker, late of said county, deceased. J. B. NORMAN, Adm'r. February 7, 1865 5t rpwo MONTHS after date application will be X made to the Court of Ordinary of Hancock county for leave to sell a negro man slave, named John, J8 or 20 years old, belonging to Ephraim Barnes. ” ASA BARNES, Guardian. Sparta, Feb. 21, 1865 8 9t A LL PERSONS having demands against the estate of John W. II. Mitchell, late ot llan cock county, deceased, are hereby requested to present them, properly proven, to Thomas I. Lit tle, Esq., and Chose indebted to said estate are re quired to make immediate payment to said Little. ELIZABETH MITCHELL, Adm’x. February 28, 1865 9 6t A LL PERSONS having demands against the estate of George B. Amoss, late of Hancock county, deceased, are hereby requested to present them, properly proven, and those indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment to JAMES BASS, Adm’r. February 28, 1865 9 6t A LL PERSONS indebted to the estate of^John Stephenson, late of Telfair county, deceased, are requested to come forward and settle the same, aud those having demands are notified to present them within the tirtfe proscribed by law. DAVID HULETT, Adm’r. March 14,1865 11 6t every degree of civilization, of every state, of ev ery condition, and living through the course of fif teen hundred years have concurred to make. It is a book which was written in the centre ot Asia, on the sands of Arabia, and in the desert of Ju dea ; in the Court of the temple of the Jews, and in the music schools of the prophet cf Bethel.and Jericho, in the sumptuous palaces of Babylon, and on the idolatrous banks of Chebar; and, finally, in the centre of the Western civilization, in the midst of polytheism and its idols, and in the bo som of pantheism, and its sad philosophy. It is a book whose first writer had been, for years a pupil of the magicians of Egypt; in whose . - aii.-u the sun, 'he stars and elements were en- i ved with intelligence. It is a book whose first writer preceded by more than nine hundred years the most ancient philosophers of ancient Greece and Asia; the Thaleses and the Pythagorases, Zal- eacusas, the Xenophons, and the Confuciuses* It is a book which carries its narrations to the hi erarchies of angels; even to the most distant epoch of the future and the glorious scene of the last dav*. Well, search among its fifty authors, among its sixty-six books, its 1,189 chapters, and its 31,- 713 verses ; search for one cf ihe thousand errors which the rfficients and moderns committed when they spake of the heavens, of the earth, of their revolutions, or their elements—search ; you will find none.--Biblc Society Record. NAUVOO- A correspondent of the Oquawka Plain dealer, writing from Nauvoo speaks of the past and pres ent of that ancient Mormon city as follow s : Twenty years ago this month I made my first vi.-it to the place. At that time the Mormons claimed a population ot 25,960 inhabitants, which I think did not leave many uncounted. There were five or six hundred Mormons at work put ting up Joe Smith’s Tenq.de ; to-day two men with a little powder and fire brought down the last of that once beautiful building. The corner that i'tli tins morning at ten o'clock was sixty-live feet high, fronting ten feet-each way from the south west corner, and from lour to seven and a half feet thick. I saw the same carved blocks come down with a tremendous crash. The Temple was nearly completed in 1846, at the cost of $9(10,000, and burned October 8th and was afterwards sold for $400. The population of Nauvoo within the last twenty years lias been below 100; it now has a population of 3,000 one-lialf American, three eighths German and one eighth French. Joe Smith was killed in the 26th year of his age at Carthage, June 1844, and his widow married Major Didman in 1847. They still live in the city. She never fully believed in the Mormon faith.— There are three of Joe Smith’s sons living in Nauvoo, all preachers: Joe Smith jr., has now a congregation of about fifty members in his Mor mon (Jhurcb, in Nauvoo, where lie preaches regular ly the Mormon faith without polygamy. In 1340 John Cabbit started what was called the Icariau society, all working into one common fund, and eating at the same table. According to the rule of the society, a ruler was to be elected every two years. They got along very well for a while till they became dissatisfied with Cabbit and elected a new leader, which caused a split in the church, and in 1856 the whole thing played out: and the members nearly all left with the truth for other parts. At the last battle oi' Nauvoo, September 1846, the Mormons reported three killed and nine wounded. This is bound to be the vineyard of the west. At the present time there is under cultivation about 5('U,009 grapevines. If the winter does%iot injure the vines, they will make over 10!),UUU gal lons of wine this year. They expect to set out 100,000 more vines next spring. Three quarts is about an average to the vine when it gets in good bearing. The Delaw are seems to take the prefer ence with them now for wine. Catawba wine is as plenty here how as Christy’s lager used to be in *>ld times in Oquawka, when he sold two glass es for live cents, but not quite so cheap. Thukf. Stets to Heaven.—Rev. Rowland Hill once visited a poor silly man, and on conversing with him said : “Well Richard do you. love the Lord Jesus Christ ?” “To bo sure,^ do said the man, “aoiT’tyou?” “Heaven is a long way off,” said the minister, “and the journey is difficult.” “Do you think so ?” I think Heaven is very near,” “Most peojile think it is very difficult to get to Heaven.” “I think Heaven is very near, aud the way to it is very short, it is only three stejis there,” said Richard. Mr. Hill replied, “only three steps ?” Richard repeated, “only three steps.” “And pray, what do you think thoso three steps to be,” said the pastor. “Those three steps are, out of seifs unto Christ, and into glory.” Brazil is engaged in hostilTIies with Uraguny and.Paraguay, the iatter State having, according to lart advices, also declared war against Brazil, tribute*! freely to these sufferers, and received in requital a sufficiency of “God bless youto ren der secure the salvation of any one, he he Jew or Gentile. Columbia Before its Fall. For severeal days prior to the withdrawal of the troops from Columbia, apprehensions were felt in the minds of the people that disaster was to befall them. Yet this was in a great degree, quieted, and the inhabitants lulled into fancied security by the inspiriting jireseuce in their midst of Beaure gard and Hampton. With two such men in com mand, it seemed to matter not whether there were any troops or not; they dreamed that the tide of Yankee invasion would be bt ttten back. In truth, they avowed that it was determined to hold the capital of the commonwealth, even were it neces sary to contest the advance of the foe street by street and house by house. Reinforcements from Cheatham’s corps were also reported coining to their relief, aud thus the Columbians indulged themselves in a lethargic indisposition on the ar rival of the eventful catastrophe. On Wednesday and Thursday, the 15th and 16th of February, there was considerable skirmishing without result between Wheeler’s cavalry and the advance of the enemy. Our feeble lines of works were however carried, aud a steady advance made. Wednesday night it was determined to evacuate the city, as with the small force at our command our leaders found the position untenable. Then and there commenced the scene of trouble and tur moil which beggar-description. First was heard the dull, heavy tramp of the cavalry, as Wheeler's men passed through the silent streerts, and sick ness of heart came over the people when they saw their defenders quitting them. Next a lurid glare of flame illumined the city, and a heavy column of smoke fringed the shores of the Congaree, Indica ting that the bridge was being burned. The Shelling. Thursday morning the 16th, looking to the westward the lines of Sherman could be plainly described on the opposite heights of the Congaree. Without warning, and contrary to the rules of civilized warfare, the batteries were planted and the shelling of the city commenced. Of course consternations prevailed among the innocent non- combatants, and they fled in all directions for pla-i. ces of security. But the quick whizzing shells seemed to follow whithersoever they might flee, and fall in all points of the place. Luckily no lives were lost, and but little damage sustained. This species of Yankee sport was continued during the day, and for some hours of the night. The Surrender. On Friday, Generals Beauregard and Hamp ton, and Governor Magrath, with their respective staffs, quitted the city, aud Mayor Goodwin deter mined upon a surrender, passive resistance being wholly useless. Accordingly, the Mayor, accom panied by two aldermen, went out of the city to meet the enemy, who by this time had crossed the Congaree on the pontoon, two miles aud a half above. The advance into the doomed precincts of Columbia was led by an officer and four men in a Carriage, bearing that detested symbol of despo tism—the gridiron flag of the Abolition States.— Passing through main street, they halted in front -of Nickerson’s Hotel, aud when in the act of rais ing the flag, were fired upon by a cavalryman, the bail passing through the miserable rag. The Yan kee immediately returned the fire but the gallant horseman escaped unharmed. Another flag was afterwards unfurled upon the old State House. The Grand Entry. Immediately after the surrender in flocked the Northern legions. To the I5th Army Corps, Ma jor General John A. Logan commanding, was delegated the duty of guarding the city and pro tecting the citizens. How well this body of men fullfillud their mission let the world know. In their own army they have the reputation of being a set of marauders and pillagers, and admirably did they sustain the renown they have won as the most consumato of Yankee thieves and poltroons. General Sherman and staffleft the grand caval cade, apd rode through the principle streets, eye ing with curiosity aud envy the manifestions of wealth and domestic comfort that everywhere abounded. Sherman is described to us as a tall, athletic, rawboned man, with no particular beauty af physiognomy. He was dressed in plain blue, without ornamentation,' or even any ensignia of rank. Cold, calm and calculating, his blueish grey eye sparkled only wjien he glanced at the thou sands of houses he had given up to despoilment The Sacking. Immediately after the order to^fcJPk arms, the Yankees showered through the streets. They left no tenement unvisited ; they .invaded, the sanctity of ladie^Jchambers; they robbed indiscriminately: they were rude, savage r... J beLu; “V-’hat do you think of the Yankees now ?** waa their com mon expression. Gentlemen were mot on the sidewalk, “What is the time of day ?’’ is the first querry, and-then a snatch at the gold chronometer. This continued for hours, neither age nor sex nor color being respected. Jewelry was taken, ladies' clothing* stolen and destroyed : plate mads way with, fine liquors gnzzled, provisions poured into the streets: everything done, in fact that could terrify and dishearten the people.. No one was safe from these encroachments. According to Sherman’s order, “thirty-six hours" was granted to pillagers, and right well did they avail them selves of the privilege. The Burning During Friday several tires occurred,which were speedily extinguished, the cotton in the streets be ing also consumed. But afterwards, when at tempts were made to stay tlio progress of the flames, the hose were cut, and the engines ren dered powerless. It was not apparent, however that the enemy intended destroying the city by fire Gntil late in the afternoon, when they burned the residence of Hon. Geo. A. Treuholm, Secreta ry of the Tceasury, Gen. Wade Hampton, and William Wallace. After nightfall fires broke out in various sections of the city, and soon the flames were seen ascending from aU«juarters. To escape with property was a vain attempt. Wherever one went, the angry element followed. All was chaos and confusion. Everything v.t.5 given tip to the great aevourer, and no one seemed con cerned about saving aught but himself and house hold. The wind blew furiously, and the mad, lu rid fir.mes lashed each other from street to street; the tumult ot the conflagration sounding as the deep abysmal roar of the oo*au upon a much fret ted iron-girt coast. Thus the greater part of the city fell a prey* to the fire—thus were robbed and beggared hundreds aud thousands—thus were happy families reduced by a sudden blow to the orphange of want and poverty, and, thus a sightly city became a waste of smouldering ruin. Where the fire originated it would be impossi- - bie to state. It bursts forth with violence in all sections at the same time. Yankee soldiers with hand grenades, halls of phosphorus and other combustibles visited all parts of the place and tired it indiscriminately. 8uch wicked, malicious exhi bitious of diabolism were never before witnessed on this continent. Attila, in truth, was never so wanton. Nor were the hordes of Goths so ruth less as the Illiuoisians and Iowans and Ohieians of Logan. The whole of Main street was burned ; but one house remaining. To show the extent of the lire,- we may remark that it followed the course of Main street from North to South, extending one square to the west, and as far as Bull street to the east. Here and there may be found isolated houses that by some chance were saved; but the tire-fiend spared but little. But 1 sicken and tire of this recapitulation of calamity upon calamity. By to-morrow’s sunlight let me hope to continue this record ot disasters, which, like the evil omen of Poe’s Raven, “follow ing fast and faster,” have whelmed a whole com munity in grief and poverty' In order to preserve the narrative of history, it may be best to state that the Yankees remained in Columbia until Monday, the last of the delectable blue coats quitting on that afternoon, when there was an instant elation of sjiirits, and a determina tion that KKSUKGAM should be written over the black and smouldering ruins of the place. SE DE K \Y. Be Truthful Always. [This little story, copied from an exchange pa per, is excellent. Read it, boys aud take its les sons well to heart:] “Two country lads came at an early hour to a market town, and arranging their little stands, sat down to wait for customers. One wits furnished with frtiits and vegetables of the boy’s own raising, and the other supplied with clams and lish. The market hours passed along and each little mer chant saw with pleasure his stores steadily de creasing and an equivalent in silver bits shining in his little money cup. The 'ast melon lay on Harry’s stand, wlneu a gentleman came by and placing his hand upon it said : “What a fine large melon; I think I must have this for my dinner. What do you ask for it iny boy ?” “The melon is the last I have, sir : and though it looks very fair there is an unsound spot on the other side,” said the boy turning it c^er. “So there is,” said the man ; “I think I will not take it. But” he added, looking into the boy’s fine open countenance, “is it very business like to point out the defects of your fruits to customers ?” “It is better than being dishonest, sir,” said the boy modestly. “You are right, my little fellow; always remem- be that principle, and you will find favor with God, and man also. You have nothing else I wish for this morning, but I shall remember your little stand in future.” “Are those clams fresh ?” he continued turning to Ben. Wilson's stand. “Yes, sir ; fresh this*morning. I caught them myself,” was the reply ; and a purchase being made, the gentleman went away. » ‘Harry, what a fool you was to show the gentle man that spot in the melon. Now you can take it home for your pains or throw it away. How much wiser is he about those clams I caught yesterday? Sold them for same price I did the fresh ones. He would never have looked at the melon until he had gone away.*’ “Ben, I would not tell a lie, or act one either, for twice what I have earned this morning, Besides, I shall be better off in the end, for I have gathered a customer, and you have lost one.” And so it proved, for the next day the gentleman bought nearly all his fruit and vegetables of Har ry. but never invested another penny at the stand of his neighbor. Thus the season passed; the gen tleman finding that he could.always g et a good ar ticle of Many, continually patronized him, "and sometimes talked with him a few minutes about his future hopes and prospects. To become a mer chant was his great ambition, and when the win ter came on, the gentleman w anting a trusty boy fowhis stoi*£, decided on fivtng the place to Harry. Steadily and surely he advanced in the coniideuco of his employer, until having passed through vari ous gradatiofls of clerkship he became at length an honored partner in the linn. Why Not ?—A youthful minister, now a mission ary, was once, at the close of a funeral serv ice, sit ting next te a young lady who was apparently al together careless about religion. He inquired of the stranger if she were a Christian, She replied “No, I am not,” Deeply interested in her spiritu al welfare, lie again asked, “Why not/" That question was the arrow of conviction to her heart. “A still, small voice” in her thoughtful moment, repeated with startling earnestness, “Why not ? " She had thought that there might be reasons for her becoming a Christian ; what reasons there were for her continuing impenitent, afce had never con sidered. She gave herself up “a living sacrifice” to her Savior, aud is now telling in a foreign land the story of his love. _ May the Holy Spirit lead every one who reads this, and is not a Christian, to consider in his heart that momentous question, “ Why not ?” “The Wav You Always Stopped.”—The Ver mont Record tells a good story of an innocent old lady who never before had “rid on a railroad,' who was passenger on one of the Y ermont railroads at the time of a recent collision, when a freight tram collided with a passenger train, smashing one of the cars, killing several passengers and upsetting .1 - „nil n Ac Qfiiin as hp pnniil rppnunr lii. mSei KSSatZSfor. lb>W W- *■>«• .«?«?>?•*• 't His staff were however, most sumptuously clad, and the gold lace with which their cerulean clothes were embossed would have put to shame even the “chicken entrails” which flame under the guise of Hungarian knots upon the slaves of our Confeder ate officers. Sherman established his headquar ters at the House of Blanton Duncah, a'tnan we are loth to say is a Kentuckian, whose whole career in this revolution has been one systematized scheme of personal aggrandisement, petty meanness, pil lage and rascality and who having fattened off the Confederate crib has gone to Europe to epeud Iris ill gutteu gains. scattered senses, the conductor went in search of the venerable dame, whom he found sitting solita ry and alone iii the car, (the other passengers hav-* in°* sought terra firma.) with & very placid coun tenance, notwithstanding she had made a v impleio summersault over the seat in front, and her band- box and bundle had gone unceremouiusiy down the passage way. “Are you bust ?” inquired the conductor. “Hurt! why ?” said the old lady.— “We haye just been run into by a freight train, two or three passengers have been killed, ane sew era! others severely injured.’ “La. me ! I didn t know but that was the way you always-stopped *