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Proclamation by the President, ap
pointing a day of Fasting, Humili
ation and Prayer, with Thanks
giving.
TV Congress of the Cofederate States
have, by’ a joint resolution, invited me to
appoint a day of Public Fasting, Humilia
ti‘"< and Prayer, with thanksgiving to Al
mighty God. •
It is our solemn duty, at all times, and
more especially iu a season of public trial
and adversity, to acknowledge our inde
pendence on His footstool, confessing our
Manifold sins, supplicating' His gracious
pardon, imploring His Divine heip, and
devoutly rendering thanks for the many
ami real blessings which He has vouch
salVd to us.
Let the hearts of our people turn con
tritely and trustfully unto God ; let us ro
coauixu iu lli's constraining hand the cor
j. i tittn of a Father, and submissively pray
that the trials and sufferings which i«vo
Sv lone botue heavily upon us, may be tnrn
; J away by his merciful love : that 11 is
sustaining grace be given to our .people,
i. u .J lira divine wisdom imparted to our
rulers; that the Lord of floats will be with
our armies, and tight for us against our
enemies-; and that He will graciously take
miF cause into llis own band, aud mterci
t iliv establish for us a lasting, just and
Lou (Table peace aud independence.
Aid Ictus not forget to.render unto
Iris holy name the thanks and praise which
are ho justly due for His great goodness,
ati.l fur tie many mercies which He has
extended to us amid the trials and suffer
ings of protracted and bloody war.
Now, therefore, 1, Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederate States of A
meviea, do issue this my proclamation, ap
pointing Friday, the 10th day of March
next, as a day of public fasting, humiliation
aud prayer,.(with thnnksgiviug,) for “ in
voking the favor and guidance of A (migh
ty God ; ” and 1 do earnestly invite all
soldiers and citizens to observe the same
in a spirit of fevcience, penitence and pray
cl*.
Given under my hand And the seal of
tho Confederate States, at Richmond, this
25th day of January, in the year of Our
Lord oue thousand eight hundred and six
ty five. Jefferson Davis.
By the President:
J. P. Benjamin,
Secretary of State.
a-LU. —i^- 1 - !Jl I . "-.a
Dissolution of Partnership.
rjAIIE firm of Powell & Grouby, in the
i Shoerunking business, was dissolved by
rnatual consent cn the 14th inst. All claims
against said firm will be settled by R. A. J.
Powell, who has assumed, in settlement* the
payment oi dll debts, if any.
K. A. J. POWELL,
K H. GROU BY.
Feb. 22, 1865. 18-3 t
The undersigned will continue to carry on
a is hoe Shop, aud all orders left at the News
Office will be promptly filled.
E. H. GROUBY.
Feb. 22, 1865. 18-3 t
To Stock Raisers.
“y,CY fine-blooded Stallion, “John Degee, ’*
1f F formerly owned by Col. M. W. Staia
<por, will stand the present season at Gates
ville. By calling on Judge Hanks, of Clay
coanty, or Dr. O’Conner, at Fort Gaines,
uome of his colts can be seen. Terms—34o
*xt tbs reason, or SSO for insurance.
Y. T. URQUHART.
P-jb. 22, 1865.
All kinds of Job Printing
v v A ,jy «xecut*d at tbs Ei-rl? Co. N »ws olfca.
far DEATH ON SPECULATORS, JEWS, RASCALLY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, &c., &c.-^s
** . *
GA., MJSIKCII 8. 1865.
(published by request.)
Killing of Private John Lindsey-
Great Excitement.
Yesterday afternoon was one of intense
excitement. About one o’clock, private
John Lindsey, of the 17th Georgia, arpiy
of Virginia, and son of Col. S. G. Lindsey,
one of the oldest apd most respected resi
dents pf Coluntbun, was shot by Sergeant
Bob. Bennett, of the Columbus Provost
• Guards. It is difficult to get correct iufor
| matron concerning the facts. No reports
are alike in detail, wd only give what we
hear.
Young Lindsey whs reported to have
created some disturbance, of what conse
quence wo do not kuow. At the corner
of Ellis, Livingstou & Co’s., the Provost
Guard attempted to arrest him. Some say
friends prevented .it; others-say that he
dvovo off the guard, but at last was.iuduc
ed to get on his horse to go home. The .
Guard not satisfied, started after him, Lin
, sev was riditig at a slow gallop, when just
as he reached Jiiques' Corner, Bennett,
who had run up midway between the Slice
Shops, commanded : “ Halt, or I’ll shoot
you,” and at the same time aiming his
gun. Hardly a second had elapsed, when
the gun (an Erifield rifle) was fired. The
ball passed through Lindsey’s head from
side to side, and he at orice dropped dead
from his saddle. The horse instantly stop
ped his gallop. It is generally supposed
Lindsey did not hear the command to half.
The body was carried to the Walker
Hospital. Soon a large crowd of the citi
zens and soldiers who were passing through
the city, assembled at the hospital.' They
were clamorous for Bennett, and demanded
that he should be given up to them to be
dealt with. Col. Von Zinken, from the
roof of the shelter in front, endeavored to
calm them, but seemed to more excite them,
lie, gentlemen tell us, usAued the crowd
that *he was wholly irresponsible for the
j offence, and that he would deliver the slav
er to the civil authorities. He then went
(some say forcibly, carried), to bjU office,
j The'crowd followed. Two battalions Tof
city troops Lad been • ordered out to sup- .
press the assemblage'if violeuce-were at
tempted. They were arranged in front of
the commandant's office.' After au. hour
or two the military were dismissed, and the
crowd was Assured that Bennett, while be
ing conveyed to jail, had escaped from the
guard, and that Col. Yon Z’inken had prom
ised to Col. Lindsey to use his utmost pow
-1 er and exertkms to arrest him. The larg
er portion of the crowd then dispersed.
Excitement against Bennett, but more so
against the commandant, was most intense.
By whose authority tire order for the ar
rest was given we cannftt tell. Sopie say
it was a general one, others that Col. Von
Zinken gave a special order to that effect,
aud'that he endorsed the action previous
to the assemblage of the crowd. We hope
the affair will by judiciously investigated,
and justice meted out to the guilty parties,
if there be such.
John Lindi»py was one of the bravest
and most reliable soldiers in the army of
Virginia. He was of a frank, generous
nature, and was very popular. * Besides
numerous relatives, he leaves a young wife
and child to lameut his loss. His totn
manders speak proudly of' his daring in
battle. lie has been in service nearly four
years, having left our city with the Colum
bus Guards.
Bennett was a member of the Ist Ar
kansas, and has been wounded twico ve
ry severely in battle. On account Os dis
abling wounds, he was placed ou light du
ty- .
We have endeavored, with the best in
forms tion in our power, to give a correct
version of<bio lamentable affair.
Columbus Sun.
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No man from tfye field, says the Charles
ton Courier, has yet bid you despair, or
said our cause js hopeless. No man from
the fßldf has yet taken the stump or the
public press to show cause why, Georgia or
South Carolina oi - aoy.other State should
desert her sisters in this fight for the rights
of freemen*. No man from *the field has
yet whispered that terms must be made
with the enemfy oranoihilation would come.
But shouts of true hearts yet reach Ms from
the men in the ranks on all sides, even from
the defeated and retreated the gad
lant but unlucky General Ilood, it comes
full and clear And hopeful.
Society, like a shaded silk, must be viewed
in all situations, or its color* will fool you.
Tho Words of a Patriotic Old Man.
The Aiilledgevillo Recorder, of the 21st
ult.* contains* a communication from an
• old man, from which we make the follow
' ing extract. Speaking of the few who
i want peace ou any terms, he says :
Now peace on any terms would he no
peace at all, and reconstruction would bo
nothing more nor less than submission to
subjugatiou by a heartless, relentless, cru
el aud hated foe, who have evidenced to
us, by their conduct, their disposition to
take what we possess, and then make us
■ their slaves. lam as anxious for peace
( iu principles,of justice and righteousness,
but on auy other I don't want it at all.
I am now advancing ou sixty-ono years
of age, 1 represent the war with six sons,
whilo but oue of them is dead as 1 know
of, the youngest a little over sixteen years
old, and to nay gratification they have all
acted honorably amd faithful as far as I
know or believe. I have three more at
homo iu (heir rotation of age,, and before
Submission, subjugation, reconstruction,or
peace ou an terms, let t(jo. war continue
.uutil tho last one of them is sacrificed
* upon the altar oi liberty aud independence,
(F reckon L love ray children as well
as any person,) and then if need be let me
steady my time and care worn frame upou
my musket in defence of the same until i
mix my blood with my children’s together
with our brave sons who have already sac
rificed their blood aud their lives iu the no
ble and gloiionS cause of freedom, until- I
shall have dyed ipy grey hairs with the
crimson fluid oi my owu veins, and the
Confederate flag shall become my winding
sheet and the battle-field the,resting place
for my frame.
Those who are so an'xions for peace, and
so ready to march over the slain of tho bat
tle-field. aud wade through the blood of our
lamented heroes to yive the right hand of
fellowship to our enemy*, and take peace
on any terms, are generally deserters and
cowards destitute oi’ patriotism, or the mi
ser or speculator who has ,up country out
side of his pocket, or the traitor who would
betray bis country’s interest for pecuniary
advantage. The time has not come for us
to he whipped yet. We must let oar en
emies know that we possess a spirit of pa
triotism determined to conquer or diq., ’
I was pulled out of the Union against
my will, but if J am pulled back again it
* will bo more so ; nnd I think that the Con
federacy holds some good pulling stock
; . that cau pull as well backward as forwards.
Homespun,
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Mr. Scott, an inhabitant of Exeter, trav
eled-on business till about 80 years of age.
He was oue of the most celebrated charac
ters in the kingdom for punctuality ; and
by hi.-? methodical cduduct, joined to uni
form. diligence, he gradually amassed a
large fortune. For ;t long series of years
the proprietors of every Inn he frequented
in Devon und Cornwell knew the day and
the very hour he would arrive. • •
A short time before lie died, a gentle
man. on a journey through Coruwell, stop
ped at a small Inn, at Port Isaac, to dine.
The waiter presented him a bill of fare
which he did not approve of, but, observe
ing a fine duck roasting, said :
“ I’ll have that.”
li 'You cannot, sin” said the landlord,
tl it is for Mr. Scott, of Exeter.”
“ 1 know Mr. Scott very well,” replied
the traveler : “he is not in your house.”
“True, sir,” said the landlord, “ but six
months ago, when he was hero last, he or
dered a duck to bo ready for hirn precisely
at two o’clock, and to the astonishment Jf
the travelog he saw tho old'gentleman jog
ging into the Inn-yard, j ust about five min
utes before the appointed time.
•»♦ i
* “Julia, is you better dis morning?"
t‘No—l was bettor yesterday, but I’s got
ober dat.” “A m der no hopes of your dis
covery?” “Discovery of what?” “Your
discovery from the convalescence what ara ,
fetching you on your back.” “ Dat depends,
sail, altogcddah on de prognostication
which implies do disease; should dey
coutiuue fatually, de doctor thinks I’se gon
rt?r. Should dey not continue fatually,
lie hopes dat dis cullud individual won’t
die yet dis time. But, as I said afore,
dat all depends on de prognostics ; and till
des come to a head, dere am no telling wed
der dis person will cum to a discontinuation
or ftdderwiae.”
■ 0y"0» a
He who lives oi% to benefit himr.elf,
gives the world a benefit when be dies.
Too Good to bo Lost.
Tho following letter appears, m the Rich
mond papers, and though a,little out of
date, is too good to be lost. It reached the
officer to whim it is addressed rooentlv by
tho Yankee flaaof<r«oe boat The author •
got through tlfe lines under the protection
of his papers showing him to be a Reporter
for the Press :
Washington. I). 0., Sept. 1. 1854
41 lo John A. Poke, Confederate Slaty*
At my, Captain and Enrolling Officer,
Richmond Virginia :
Cawtain : L herewith return vou mv
exemption as one of the reporters of tho
Richmond Enquirer. Tiv explication, let
me say that while on a visit to Louisa eoun
ty a tew weeks since in the enjoyment, a*
I imagined, of all the immunities secured
by said exemption, I was suddenly inform
«d by a brother ‘Knight of the Quill'
that some considerate friend bad handed
my name to you as a conscript; officers
wgi'c scekiug me, and Camp Lee loomed
in tire distauee. lie advised mo instautor
to ‘ make counter movements.' His sug
gestion possessed merit. The Virginia
, Central Rail li<»ad and Orange and Alex
andria Rail Road, and a strong pair of legs
lauded uie, nearly used upfin Ashby’s Gap,
in Warren county. I then 4 gently mean
, dered ’ down the Little river turnpike on
foot, over fifty-six miles to Alexandria,
# and here lam ! Brevity,-usually the soul ’
ot wit, is now n necessity. Hastily let mo
return my thanks, through you, to the par
ty' who tried the experiment of converting
. toe ipto a soldier without first asking my
opinion. ,
1 shall be at Richmond again when rail
roads and steam boats are more fashiona
ble than nojj\ and when white men are uot
required t* carry passes'; hardly before,
*• if this court knows heraeLf, ami .-he thinks
she do.’' •
I aln, eapta'n,
Your oVt servant,
C kouge (.’ WiLnr,,
“ Late reporter toY Richmond Enquirer."
♦ *■-■%
The (Irgves of Confederate Generals.
At Coitambia, gays a corrosion dent of
* the Macou Confederacy , the Bev. Hr. C.
T. Quintnrd pc/formed the funeral cere
monies over the bodies of Pens. Cleburne,
btrahl. GraaburyVaud Col. Marsh. Tile
graves were made bn a burial ground, •,vith-
U» a few feet of' the spot Vilu ro the Yan- '
keen had buried their soldiers end niggers,
d he noble hearted clergyman was indignant
at the idea, of such a pfoYimity for <>ur sa
cred heroes,-but neeesMty obliged him to
proceed with the ceremonies. • Ho remem
bered tpat Gen. Clebiirnfe, as he rode by a
certain country church and cometry; near
Columbia, a few days before, had remark
ed that if he had cno ice of,his burial sppr,
that, would be the piace. The next day
tlie doctor hid the body .of thpso veteran
heroes disinterred and removed to their
resting place in Ash wood, one of tho most
charming spots that they could rest in.
T'rievo sleep peacefully she great dead.
Peaceful be their last slumber.
Courting ia Cbis-a.
When'a gentleman of China feels desir
ous of taking unto himself a wife, he sends
to the paternabhead of some family con
iuimDg daughters for specimens of the size
of their feet with the prices attached. < )no
fool?is valued at perhaps two thousand dol
lar*, the next smallest at five thousand, and
s * forth, according to the market. After
the foot of the fair cue has been chosen*
she is sent in a sedan chair to the intend
ed husband’s house ; he meets her at the
door, looks info the vehicle to taken view of
the fair one, and if she suits his taste he ad
mits her.
As soon as the passes his threshold she
becomes his lawful wife; but if he likes *
not the lady, he. shuts the door, and she is
carried whither she came. *
♦ ”-jr~
* Dr. Hawks, on one occasion, had an Ar
gument with owe of his vestrymen in ref
erence to the ieresse of his salary. “ Then
yon don’t believe the Lord will feed the
yoiutg ravens?” said the vestryman. “Oh,
yes, I do,” the doctor replied, “ but nothing
is said about the young hawks.”
A preacher once said that ladies wer*
very timid; they were afraid to sing when
they were asked; afraid of taking cold;,
afraid of sDails and spiders ; but he never
knew one afraid to get married.
3STo. s^o.