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WEDNESDAY, FED. 22, 1865.
No news of importance received by yes
terday's mail.
At an election held litre last Saturday,
B. M. Fryer was elected jlustioe of
the Peace for this District. •
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Gen J. H. Winder, recently commander
cf the Federal prisoners at Audersonville,.
died lately, of apoplexy, at Florence, Ala.
By order of Gov. Milton, of Florida, all
State taxes for the present year must be
paid iu State Treasury Notes or specie.
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Gen. Gordon is now in command of the
Corps in the Army of Northern Virginia
formerly commanded by Gen. Early.
Both Houses gs Congress having passed,
by a two-thirds vote, the bill to authorize
the mailing of newspapers to Soldiers free
of postage, the bill is now a law.
The Yankee Copsul 'at Havana has noti
fied bi 3 Government that tlje Confederates
are opening and improving the harbor of
St. Marks, Fla., for the purpose of block*
aae-ruuniug on an extensive eoaib.
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Upon careful calculation it is estimated
that Lincoln, in the two hours of his levee
on New Year’s day, shook hands with about
eleven 'thousand persons, men, women and
children, of all ages, ranks and races 1
u Joe. Brown’s ” Message to the Legiss .
kturo occupies a whole sheet as large as
the Neva l As usual, he is down on the
President and general government. We
may notice this document at length iu our
next.
0 Tom. Thumb ” aud family have gone
to Paris. The General became disgusted
on socount of the public exhibition of a
new fat boy—a little chap only ten years
old, and already five feot high, and weigh
ing about two buudred and sixty pounds !
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A* New York paper of areceot date says
that the French and English Ministers have
notified Seward of the intention of their
Governments to recoguizo the Southern
Confederacy, on the Government of the
latter abolishing slavery.
Toe Louisville Journal says that Hon.
A. 0. P. Nicholson, of Tennessee, has gone
withiu the enemy's lines, and resumed his
allegiance to the -Wash lag ton Government.
If this is so, bis room is better than his.
company.
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It is.said that nearly the whole of the
wagon train of the Tennessee Army is now
driven by negroes, and that tho stock is
now*in much better condition than when
under the control of white men. This will
add many hundred, or probably thousand,
effective Soluiersto the ranks.
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Hon. Beni. If. ilill, of the Confederate
Senate, and Hon. Linton Stephens, of the
Georgia. House of Representatives, are ia ’
the city.-— Macon Telegraph.
Well, what of it?—we, too, expect to be
iu Macon ourself shortly-! Wonder if our
arrival will be noticed under the head of
“ personal! ” Os course—if the Tdegraph
notices the arrival of big men, it should
also notice that of little ones, like ourself.
All accounts from Virgiuia and South
and North Carolina indicate that the old
war spirit of 1861 is thoroughly revived
there, and that the people aro now more
determined than ever on whipping our en
emies. The people in these States now be
bevo like Vice-President Stephens, since
the failure of the recent peace mission, that
our only hope now is iu a vigorous prose
ectiou of the war. All that we need to
whip tho rascals is to be united among cmr
•dves. There has all the time been entire
ly too much dillydallying for us to be suc
cessful. It is to be hoped that the late un
autsce&sfal effort to secure peace will now
us all as tne man
We have some curiosity to know wh;<t
move will next be mods by those who hnve
always been so clamorous for the opening
of negotiations with our enemies upon the
subject of peace. We certain they w ill
not bo satisfied at the result of the late at
tempt to close the war by negotiations.
They will not admit that the futility of
their resources is bounded by one solitary
effoit. They will be sure to Invent other
plans of obtaining a hearing fn»m Mr. Lin
coln upon the subject of compromising aod
settling our national difficulties. They will
want commissioners appointed from all the
States South and North ; and when this is
done, and Lincoln spits in all their faces,
and makes Seward rub it in, they will then
be for going to him in person, that they
may receive some of his precious saliva in
their faces—that they may wipe it off with
their white spotless handkerchiefs, and
brigg them as charming souvenirs of their'
mission. What delightful creatures recon
struotiunists and conventionists aro!
The Secretary of the Treasury, iu levy
ing tho Confederate tax for lasl year, it
seems, made a. blunder of four hundred
million dollars—that is, thi3 is the amount
that is short to defray the expenses of the
Government! Quite a small mistake, ain't
it? He was certainly out of his head at
the time he made the figures, and only put
down figure l’s when they should have
been s’ts ! The. fact of the business is,
plenty 'of money wns no doubt appropria
tecWand printed fur all necessary
but thousands of the Government officials
throughout the land have hooked a few
hundred or thousand each, and hence the
deficiency. But, we suppose, it makes no
difference, for the people*now only have to
be taxed a second time for the same pur
pose, and then the officials will each be
enabled to again “ feather their nests ! ”
This is the way we are gaining our inde
pemleuce! Ain’t we playing the devil
with iflhree (j.mrter auger?
Somebody asks—“ What has the Militia
done ? ” So far as we aro concerned, we
are unable to answer the question ; but we
can tell the enquirer what they should have
done long ago—Stopped “ Joe. Brown’s ”
proclamation month, disbanded the Legis
lature, aud came home. They will never
‘be able to do better deeds, if they shouid
remain in the Sold for the next ten years.
This would be almost equal to whipping
the whole Yankee nation. If this was gen
erally done in everyaState in the Confeder
acy, it would have a tendency to bring
about peace quicker than anything we can
think of. Too much legislation, and h
million or two fool proclamations and or
ders from our State Executives, is tho on
ly reason that we are iu our present condi
tion. Let all legislation bo done away
and the last one of-them bo seut to the
front. This will soon end the war.
. Sherman, in his raid op Milledgeville,
* did not do but little damage to the Peni
tentiary, and that is now being rapidly re
paired. There are at this time but twelve
members boarding at this hotel, but the
prospect seems to be good for the uumber
to be increased shortly, if we are to judge
from the many* cases of crime of all sorts
wc see noticed jn our city dalies from timo
to time. Macon could well spare a dozen
or two of her citizens to board at the Mil
ledgeville State Hotel, and we hope to hear
• of them being sent there shortly.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is now acting
as volunteer aid on the staff of Lieut.-Gen.
Hardee, iu South Carolina. This volun
tary pet on the part of Gen. Johnston fur
nishes additional evidence of his exalted
patriotism in the cause in which he has en
listed, and should mantle the cheeks of his
few defamers with shame. And thecoun
try will rejoice to learu that his counsels
will be enjoyed by ‘‘Old Reliable,” Gen.
Hardee.
“ When does a candle resemble a tomb
stone ? When it.is set up fov a late hus
band.” — Exchange .*
If this is so, then there are certainly a
confounded sight of tombstone-candles in
these parts. A lady friend of .ours says,
that her husbabd is a very early
man, for he generally comes in about day
light f or a little before!
The plan of the new Confederate Sag 1 ,
. submitted some time airo by Mr. Rogers,
for the consideration of Congress, has been
adopted by the Military Committees of the
House and Senate, ami will henceforth bo
• the national emblem of the Confederate
States.— Confederacy*
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It is just about such fool things as this
that Congress has been discussing during
nearly the whole of the present session—
the fact is, in half of its proceedings we
have seeu more or less about “ the plan of
a now Confederate flag." What the devil
difference does it make with the Soldiers
what kind of a flag they fight under, just
so it’s a flag of some sort, of our adoption*?
There would be just as much patriotism in
fighting under a common homespun shirt - .
tail as there would be under a silk one.
Just so it’s .known to be the Confederate
flag, it doesn’t matter what sort of material
it is-made of, or what sort of stripes are
on it. At least, we don’t send men to Con
gress to be always harping- and wasting
time on a subject of as little importance as
this. , If the members of*Cimpress can do*
nothing else than be everlastingly; trying
to change our already beautiful flag, and
which Ims proudly and triumphantly wav
ed over so many hard fought battle-fields,
they had better adjourn sine die immedi
ately. This would-be our advice to them.
What do the constituents of the several
Congressmen
The Howard College, located at Marion,
Ala., has been opened for the purpose of
giving to disabled Soldiers, who may de
sire if, an education. This schbol is not
open alone to persons from Alabama, but
to those iiunj. anypState in The Confedera
cy.* RetirwMjpaiers, if they will only
avail themselves of the opportunity, can
report there and receive a thorough educa
tion without the expense of a dollar. It
is stated by tbo Macon Confederacy that at
this time there are about one hundred stu
. dents in attendance, representing every
State in tbo Confederacy, and the build
ings are ample to accommodate'two hun
dred and fifty persons, which number the
Professors hope soon to have. Surely if
the President and Professors are willing
to remain there and devote their time and
labor to the education of those who aro in
want of such a thing, the disabled and re
tired Soldiers will not refuse to report and
receive the advantages gratuitously tender
ed them. It is to be hoped that this In
stitution may be sustained, for it is cevtaia
ly the most praiseworthy oue that we have
yet noticed. If a similar school were es
tablished- in every State it would be the
means of distributing incalculable good
throughout the country. Can it not be .
done? Soldiers desiring aliy further sn
formation upon the subject, will address
the Rev. Henry Talbot, Marion, Ala.
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We have bad the pleasure, during the
past week, of a “ pop call ” or two from
Capt. R. W. Wade, 1 29th Ga. Cav. Batt. #
The Captain is in better health than we
have ever seeu him—in fact, the service
seems to haVe been of considerable benefit
to him in the way of appearance. The
“ girls ” have been crowding him so since
he returned, that we have so far been un
able to have much of a talk with him about
his campaign since he first entered the ser
vice. Now we have no objection to the
young ladies showing him respect by their
calls, but in so doing we don't like for them
to interfere with our affairs—they’ve not
even let us have more than jive minutes
chat with him at a time yet. But, as.tbey
have more claims on his person than we
have, we’ll grumbie no more, and let them
get him if they can i—for we’d like very
well to eat a little 'wedding cake ! Go it,
girls—hero’s for who can— u pop goes the
question l ”
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It is said that when Sherman’s march
through Georgia was determined upon,tho
Secretary of War informed him that the
President desired Gen. Hooker should be
appointed second in command. Sherman
replied, expressing his preference for How
ard; and he was again informed that, the
President particularly desired the appoint
ment of Hooker ; whereupon Sherman an
swered that his resignation was at the Pres
ident’s disposal, when the Secretary wrote
to Sherman, “Appoint whom yog please."
To Peace!
It may be that some of our people will
be disappointed, and perhaps some will be
come disheartened because the Confederate
Commissioners have failed to patch up a
Treaty of Peace with the Yankees : but it
is evident row that Lincoln and Seward
never intended to make peace. By mis
representations as to their disposition and
purposes, they induced President Davis to
send Messrs. Hunter, Stephens end Camp
bell on their mission, thus affording Lin
coln the opportunity to reject all overtures
and place the Confederacy before the world
in the light of an humble supplicant for
peace. He will now profit by the occjj.sk u
t(i,make a vigorous appeal to the North tu
furnish him more men and more means ;o
“crush out” the Confederacy, which ev
en now has the presumption to demand a
recognition of her Independence.
Negotiation between the two Govern
ments is over for this year, at.any rate, and
it is no way probable that the youth will
ever again make overtures to the North
for except upon her own terms. The
war is to be fought out trow, no. matter
whether it takes one or five or ten years
. time to bring it to an eud. Henceforth it
is simply a question of endurance between
the two sections or parties; and who doubts
the ability of the South to hold her ground
and keep up the struggle, if need be, /or* _
ever ? TkeJNbrth is carrying on a war of
invasion. She ha? to transport and feed
her armies in an enemy’s country, and for
tify and leave garrisons wherever she gains
a point. After raising more than 2,000,-
OCIO of men for her armies during less than
four y ears time, she has notv but 400,000
men in the field, (disease and bullets hav
ing dene the ‘work for the balance,) and
she is forced to the dangerous expedient of
drafting to keep her army up to the pres
ent numbers.
To oppose this force, the-South has still
70 J), 000 meu capable of doing dqty in the
field; and when she.pleases, she can recruit
her armies with 250,000 negroes. Tbi3 is
her pTesent actual, reliable strength; and
iu view of it, who talks of yielding and
stoppiug the war ? I Vho talks of submis
sion to the Yankees? Does uot every man
of the South know, from the most positive
and repeated declarations of Lincoln, and
from the military operations of his Gener
als, that the North is fighting for the pro
perty of the South to reimburse her for tha
expenses of the war, and to save her from "
bankruptcy? Does he not know that no
species of property will escape confiscation,
and that the whole slave population is al
ready declared “ free and equal ” by tha
•Yankee Congress? More thus all this;
Does he not know that the honor and’lives
of his wife and daughters ar6 to be placed
at the mercy of the most depraved, licen
tious, beastly and reckless class of men ev
er allowed to walk the earth ? I Vhy, then, .
in the name and for the sake of home and
cwuntjiy, and all he possesses or hopes for
in thijs life, will he not fight it out , to save
himself from subjugation,and his childreu
from bondage and infamy ? To this it has
now come, and the sooner the men of the
South realize their position,"and meet their
responsibilities, the sooner.they will have
peace, and with it Independence and safety.
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Judge Loohraue, of the Superior Court
at Macon, has decided, on a writ of habeas
corpus, that, under the Constitutional pow
er to raise armlc%, Congress had no right
to put everybody into tne service, but that
they were limited to such as were capable
of bearing arms, and therefore discharged
the petitioner. The cose was that of Rob
ert Brady, of Macon, who had been exam*
ined and discharged, as unfit for service,
by three or four Medical Boards, since the
commencement of the war; but since tha
passage of the Act of the 17th February
last, lie was conscribed, and on examina
tion found unfit Jor field service, but as
signed to light duty in accordance with the
provisions of the said Act, and had been
ia the conscript camp several months, most
of tliQ time on crutches.
Maj.-Gen. Forrest has divided his de
partment into two sub-districts. All of
West Tennessee, and the counties of Nox*
• übec, Winston, Holmes and Washington,
in Mississippi, constitute a district c&Usd