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j. W. W ABREW, - - - Editor.
Friday Morning. March 11, 186 L
Bril lull Sympathy.
In the circular of the Southern Indepen
dence Association of London, published by us
several day's since, occuis the following para
graph :
“The association will also devote itself to
the cultivation of friendly feelings betweSn the
people of Great Britain and the Confederate
States; and it will, in particular, steadily but
kindly represent to the Southern States, that
recognition by Europe must necessarily lead
to a revision of the system of servile labor un
happily bequeathed to them by England, in
accordance with the spirit of the age, so as to
combine the gradual extinction of slavery
with the preservation of property, the main
tenance of the civil policy', and the true civil •
ization of the negro race.”
If this is the best our trans-Atlantic friends
can do, their organization had as well be dis
banded. If these gentlemen expect to culti
vate “ friendly feelings between Great Britain
and the Confederate States ” they will have
to use a different plough . If a revision of our
system of labor, in the manner indicated, is
one of the necessary conditions of European
recognitjon, we very much fear that the Con
federacy will have to limp through the world
without the advantage of European acquain
tance. The Confederacy is vain enough to
think that the system ui servile iuuur
which it patronizes and protects is the best
system that the world contains —that it needs
no revision and is not susceptible of amend
ment. But the proposition contains a most
singular contradiction. It is proposed to
“ combine the gradual extinction of slavery
. with the preservation of property. Would
it not have been well enough for these philos
ophers to have instructed us in the rationale
of this process? Slaves axe property here,
and they constitute about one-half of the
whole property of the Confederacy.
How, therefore, can the “extinction of
slavery,' 1 whether gradual or immediate con
sist with the “preservation of property’ 1 ? The
“true civilization of the negro race 1 ’ finds its
most perfect development in the system of
servitude which so exercises and distresses our
London friends and on that account, as well
as many others, we are determined to main
tain and perpetuate it.
The Bristol Gazette , of the 3d inst., says
Longstreet is again advancing. Before our
next issue, we believe that the great battle in
East Tennessee will be fought, or that the
Yankees will run.
Cabinet Session. —The Cabinet, at Rich
mond, was in session on the 4th, and the ques
tion was the disposition of the officers con
nected with Kilpatrick's contemplated sacking
of Richmond, the murder of its officials, the
release of its prisoners and the ravish of its
women. All the evidence obtained from the
body ot Dahlgreen was before that august
body. The Examiner understands that the
decision, among other penalties, consigns the
officers of the expedition to solitary'
Several surgeons are among the captives, who,
we suppose, will be treated as non-combat
ants, and suffered to remain in prison as suc h
Northern Finances.
The public mind of the North, says the
Memphis Appeal , is very feverish regarding
the currency—bank, State and national. In
Chicago, there was lately an excited run on
one of the most substantial moneyed concerns
of the northeast, the State Saving’s Bank of
Illinois. The papers assign but little reason
for the panic, but once commenced it could
not be stopped. The people of the North are
rapidly losing confidence in the paper issues,
and their confidence a little more weakened, a
moneyed excitement must occur, and a finan
cial panic seize upon the country, which will
result in a magical fall of greenbacks, which
once upon the decline, will be like the fall of
Lucifer, “never to rise again.”
The Chicago Times, in endeavoring to ac
count for the fears of the people, says:
It cannot be disguised that there were grave
apprehensions of a secondary character grow
ing out of it, which had a marked infiuence
upon business transactions during the past
two or three days. It' has not in one sense
beeu unprofitable, since it has shown how
alight a breath can disturb the financial affairs
of the country, and lias awakened business
men to a realization of the fact, that with the
present and constantly increasing expansion
of paper currency, the public mind is so apo
prehenßive, people so timid, and their confi
dence so very weak, that the failure of almost
any bank may be the signal for a general pan
ic. There is no dispute about the causes
which have brought the finances of the coun
try to such a deplorable condition, and the
lesson of the past few days should he an in
structive one. The State Savings Bank en
countered no difficulty in raising money from
its 5.20 bonds and other government securi
ties. From a quarter to half million met with
a ready sale. . •
But had this run been made upon a bank
less discreet or less fortunate in its invest
ments, the hank would have gone to the wall.
A general ‘run’ upon all hanks, probably com
mencing with Chicago, but rapidly spreading
to other localities, would have boon the re
sult. All banks would then have been re
duced to the necessity of selling their securi
ties in the-public markets, and in the general
panic and demand for money, who could have
purchased them and saved the country from
financial ruin. What power* either, could
have rescued the credit of the Government
from a depreciation almost equivalent to de
struction '( The deplorable condition of the
finances of the country is patent to all, and in
view of it the public can ask with profit how
the untold millions of the so-called ‘national
currency’ will affect it.
The Doty op the Hour. The business
now before the country is summed up in one
word— fighting. We have nothing else to
do, nothing else to think of. All the energies
of the people should be concentrated in the
army. The thoughts and the hearts and the
prayers of the people should be there. Every
thing else should now give place to the one
idea of strengthening and sustaining the army.
The agriculturists should raise earn to feed
the army; the. Congressman should legislate
for the army ; the artisan should labor to sup
ply the army with arms and ammunition ; the
quartermaster and commissary should labor
to feed, clothe and transport the army; women
should make clothes for the army; orators
should speak for the army; editors should
write for the army ; preachers should pray for
the army, lu fact, every influence, every ac
tion, every thought, should be for the benefit
of our army. “ Saltpetre has the floor/’
Fighting is the order of the day. Nothing
else can save us.
We are soon to pas 9 the crisis of our fate,
i If the army is sustained as it ought to be, and
strengthened us. it ought to be, we will pass
through the dread ordeal safely; aud then the
plaudits of a disenthralled nation will reverb
erate from the Potomac to the Rio Grande,
and future generations will bless the heroes
of this war.— Mzasissippian.
[From the Church and State Review.]
Great Britain’s American Pol
icy.
We cannot say that we share the satis*
faction expressed by many public men
with the attitude taken by our Govern
ment in the American contest. Two con
siderable sections oFour race are plunged
in an internecine struggle. From the
first moment of the secession, it was plain
that the Southern States would not be
subdued, save by a terrific slaughter, in
volving the utter destruction of the liber*
ties and financial prosperity of the whole
country. The progress of the war has de
monstrated that the sacrifices may be made
and the end no nearer. Neither party
can subdue the other, and Federal pride
precludes the possibility of a voluntary
cessation of the conflict —we say Federal
pride, not national—because it is a federa
tion, and not a nation, which is in ques
tion. In this position of affairs, it is the
very pedantry of non-intervention for the
powers of Europe to stand by, with folded
arms, and say, “fight it out!” France,
which has always been the political friend
of America, proposes an amicable interpo
sition; England, which stands in the light
of a|political rival, refuses. Is it surpri
sing that America suspects us of contem
plating her self-destruction for our own
aggrandizement?
It is said, however, that any interposU
tion would be regarded by the Washing
*~~Our reply is, that there is Vo rooiA so
to regard it. The law of nations justifies
a friendly power in offering its mediation
and advice. We are doing so at this min*
ute with Russia on behalf of Poland; and
with nothing like the same call. If it be
said that we have a treaty-right in this
instance and not in the other, it is not
true. Nor, indeed, has Lord Russell con
fined himself to the treaty of Vienna in
his remonstrances to the Court of St. Pe
tersburg; and though the Czar declines to
recognize our right to go beyond it, he
does not appear at present to treat the
attempt as an act of hostility. He refuses
to take our advice, but he does not as yet
quarrel with us for offering it. Our ad
vice has been volunteered to half the
States of Europe; often with no interests
on our part of commerce or race to give
a color to our officiousness. Why is it
now to be excluded by a threat which
Washington has no right to make nor En
gland to fear?
Again, has England no treaty-right in
the American question? Why, what is
the very foundation of the United States
as a Federal Union, but our recognition
of the independence of the several States?
True, it may be said their independence
was de facto, established before. So was
the partition of Poland before the treaty
of Vienna. If the act of the allied Pow
ers in recognizing the Russian sovereignty
gives them a title to see the agreement
carried out, a fortiori does our recogni
tion of the American Independence give
us a title to be heard on the meaning and
spirit of that transaction. This is a point
which appears to us to have been strange
ly overlooked. It goes to the bottom of
the existing quarrel in America. For the
secession of the South is not a rebellion,
in the ordinary sense of the word. It is
the assertion of sovereign rights, never
relinquished or in abeyance. The South
ern States assert that they are not, and
never were, subject States. Their case is
that by the act of independence, each
State is a sovereign Power; that the Union
was a voluntary confederation, terminable
at the pleasure of the several States; and
that certain of them have now, by the leg
itimate action of their several Legislatures,
withdrawn from the old alliance and en
tered into another. The case is as far as
possible from that of part of a nation throw
ing off an acknowledged sovereignty and
setting up for itself. It closely resembles
that of a nation changing its sovereign.
In this latter case we uniformly recog
nize the national act without delay. We
do so in the cases of Louis Philippe and
of the President- —now Emperor—of the
French. Why are we to act otherwise
toward President Davis? Simply because
President Lincoln denies the legality of
his appointment and the existence of his
Confederacy. But in admitting that de
nial we are taking on ourselves to decide
the very point at issue in the war. We
are no longer neutral; we are allies of the
North against the South.
The North, indeed, is in the possession
of the seat of Government, and is repre
sented by the American minister accred
ited to our court. But both were so
received on behalf of all the States of
America, while a large number now de
clare their authority withdrawn as respects
themselves. It is impossible to escape
giving a judgment in this case. In re
cognizing the Washington Government as
the executive of the whole States, we are
interfering in the internal concerns of
America, quite as much as we should be
in recognizing Mr. Davis the President
of the South. In the former ease we
practically decide that the States are not
sovereign powers; in the latter that they
are. There is no avoiding the alterna*-
tive.
Further: England is of all powers
the one entitled—nay, called upon
—to make this adjudication. We know
what it was that we recognized as the
American Union. We know that it was
not a nation, or a part of a nation, but a
number of colonies of our own, founded at
different times, with varying constitutions
and possessing no mutual connection but
their common allegiance to the British
erown. We know that they voluntarily
united for the purpose of repudiating that
allegiance, and so became, first united
provinces and then united States. Eng
land knows of her own knowledge that
their integral existence, separately derived
from herself, was as distinct as that of
Canada and Australia. She governed
them as distinct colonies; she warred with
them as distinct provinces; she recognized
them as distinct States. Can the
Washington Government, the creation of
the States, now step in before them and
say you are to know nothing about us
but what we tell you?
Let us proceed, however. Suppose that
we are bound, by the traditions of dipb'
macy, to continue the relation commenced
with Washington on account of the States
collectively, for of some of
them against others. Has our course
been even on this narrow
ground? Why, the whole thing is a
transparent fiction—a wretched sham.
We proclaim the parties belligerents, aud
ourselves neutral in the contest. Now,
neutral means helping neither; but then
our trade would suffer; to the casuits of the
civil law, with an ingenuity not surpassed
by the canonists, tell us it may also mean
helping both alike! Under this beautiful
distinction we drive a roaring trade with
with the North in arms and ammunition,
which the South captures on the field of
battle, and turns against the first pur
chaser. Here is moral, conscientious,
pacific, non-ieterfering England, not only
looking calmly on while her infuriated
bretheren cut one another’s throats, but
herself supplying the very guns and pow
der to effect the slaughter. It may not
be to much too say that but for these suc
cors the war might have died out for want
of materials; certanily it could not have
reached its present dimensions.
Now,we do not believe the extension of
trade to be a legitimate causa belli. We
abhorred opium war in China; but we
conceived it ten thousand times worse to
put arms in the hands of combatants, to
carry on a conflict which we affect to de
plore merely that our merchants my profit
by the sale.
But further, do we aid both parties
alike? The North wants arms, and we
supply them; the South would buy ships,
and our free-traders deny the right to sell
them. Governmant incurred a defeat in
the court of exchequer in attempting to
syiYJhe Alexandra; they have iuterposed
rams. The columns of the Times over
flow with subtleties which would be
amusing if they were |not immoral. Lord
Russell tries his hand at Blair
gowrie with no better success. It would
be unlawful to dispatch a brigade of ar
tillery from England to join either army,
but it is quite lawful to send the guns in
one ship under the name of meiehandise
and the gunners in another with the des
ignation of emigrants. It is lawful —so
it seems to be now agreed—to pursue a
similar course with ships and their armam
ents.
The Times struggles weakly for the
condition that they must be delivered in
some port ot the belligerent purchaser,
and not at sea; but it is clear that, as a
question of trade, the seller may agree to
deliver wherever the purchaser requires.
The latest distinction is Lord Russell’s
touching the steam rams. They are not
ordinary ships; they require no additional
equipment, but may fall on the enemy’s
commerce, just as they leave our shores,
without entering any other port. But if
the rams could be detached, and go out
•in another ship, the adventure, we sup
pose, would be unobjectionable. This is
all sad work. This commercial hair-split
ting does us no credit. If we cannot law
fully help the South in what it needs, we
have no right to supply the North with
what it needs. It must be free trade or
none. The eredit and honor of this coun
try demand that our prudish neutrality
should at least be genuine. Do not let
our diplomacy be currupt as well as squea
mish. Let the exportation of all stores
and implements of war to America be rig
idly prohibited. Let the provisions of the
foreign enlistment act against recruiting,
be rigidly enforced. Let the subjects, as
well as the Crown of Great Britain be
truly neutral, if we have not the heart to
be something better.
For our own part, we trust that “some
thing better" will ere long be attempted.
We should be sorry to see France outstrip
England iu the cause ot humanity, and
be the sole preserver of American liberty.
The time is ripe—it has long been ripe
for an united mediation on the part of
those two great powers; ot which the first
step should be a joint recognition of the
Confederate States; the second, the pro
posal of an armistice; and third, if requir
ed, the enforcing that proposal by a dis
regard of the blockade, and of the istateof
war generally, carrying on relations with
each in defiance of the other. Let all
Europe, if necessary, he invited to join in
a protest against the war as having no.
sufficient pretext, as barbarous and intol
erable, and the world will he rid of it.
smm 9 m\
The Sentinel suggests that the quarter
masters of the army, under suitable regu
lations, be allowed to receive money desir
ed to be funded, and to issue certificates
therefor; and, in order to save our sol
diers from present depreciation or discount
on their monthly pay, that until the new
currency takes the place of the present,
soldiers be paid only in five dollar notes
and those of smaller denomination. This
will protect them from speculation; for
the five dollar notes will maintain their
integrity until the new currency comes in,
when, of course, the soldiers will be paid
in that. We shall he much pleased to be
able to announce to our soldiers that these
or equivalent provisions will be made for
their accommodation and protection.
A (loKN pßoi'UhoiJohn Gil
bert, aged 100 years, writes from Olay
county, Kentucky, to a friend in Frank
: : “Luring the revolutionary war corn
blades had seven points; that is, the
blade grew in such a manner as to have
seven distinct points or ends correspond
ing with the sharp point of the blades
These seven points indicated the dura
tion of the revolutionary war. Now,
there are but three separate and distinct
points to many of the blades, and this in
dicates very clearly to my mind that the
duration of the present war will be three
years —the points of the? blades represent
ing years."
Lincoln’s Prize Joives. —TheNew York Her
ald according to the telegraph, offered a prize of
SIOO for Lincoln's joke on the Florida expedition
and the same amount for that on Sherman's cam
paign. Having held |communication with H. 0.
Abe through the medium of spirits, we put in our
application for the prize money with the following
couplets.
“Gillmore's brightly conceived war idea,
Into the Union to bring ag’n
The rebellious province Florida—
Defeated by the rascally Finegan—''
At this point the pen of the medium trembled,
and several dSrk tears were observed to fall, when
after a moment’s hesitation, it proceeded :
“Sherman was trusted to turn the joke,
Advancing on his rebel neighbors,
But crossing a Forrest to get at Polk,
- He discovered all the boughs to be sabres.
[Mobile Regitter
[Special to tte Savannah Republican.]
Lake City, March 7. —All is quiet in front,
and no present prospect of another advance of
the enemy.
Generals Gardner and Taliaferro have been
relieved of their commands in East Florida,
leaving General Finnegan senior Brigadier.
Gens. Gardner and Taliaferro are here en route
for their respective commands. B.
TELEG-RAPHIC.
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Reports of the Press Association.
fording to act of Congress in the year
1803, by J, S. Thrasher, in the Clerk's office of
restrict Court oft he Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Milledgevillk, March 10.—Gov. Brown’s
Message was read to-day. He recommends a vig
orous State policy on the question of relief of sol
diers’ families, cotton planting, illegal distilleries,
impressment of provisions, removal of slaves, and
deserters from the army. The following is a syn
opis of his remarks on general subjects : The late
action of Congress has greatly shaken the con
fidence of tbe people iin its justice, or its
competency. In regard to our financial affairs
he says the compulsory funding of 700,0(M),00ti in
40 days at a less rate of interest than is pledged,
or the face of the notes, resembles repu
diation aud bad faith. Secret sessions to discuss
measures, is declared as a blighting curse, conve
nient for canvassing what will not bear the light.
The new Military Bill, he says, is unconsti
tutional. The conscription of citizens will
n ot fill the army, but they will stay at home
detailed, thus depriving the the State of her
active Militia and placing the civil righto out
ordinate to the military power. The supres
sion of the habeas corpus, under a pretended
necessity, confers upon the President powers
denied by the Constitution. The power of
Congress to suppress the habeas corpus is only
implied and limited by expressed declarations
in favor of personal liberty. Congress cannot
warrants issued by tne president are a plain
plain violation of the Constitution. If this
act is acquiesced in, the President may impris
on when he chooses; it is only necessary to
allege treasonable efforts. No court dare to
investigate the case. The Legislature is earn
estly recommended to take prompt action and
stamp the act with the seal of their indignant
rebuke
The Governor reviews the causes of the war,
and who is responsible, and how peace should
be sought. He occupies half the message in
showing the unchristian character of the war
Northern democrats and moderate republicans,
exhonerated. The responsibility rests exclu
sively on the wicked republican leaders who
denied the compacts of the Constitution, de
clared for an anti-slavery Bible and an anti
slavery God. These obtained possession of
the Federal Government. The South com
pelled in self-denfense, to sever the compact
as sovereign States. Wicked men promise to
restore the Union by the paradox of force. —
Under this pretense, the habeas corpus was
trampled upon by the ballot box ; overawed
by armies raised in the North, to subdue the
South. A change of administration at the
North, must come before we can have peace.
He then defends the right of State sovereignty
and self-government. AVe did not provoke the
war and an amicable adjustment has been refused.
Lincoln has declared Georgia and the other States
in rebellion to the Federal Government, the cra
ture of the States which they could destroy a 3
well as create. In authorizing the war he did not
seek to restore the Union under the Constitution
as it was; confining the Government to a sphere
of limited powers. They have taken 100,000 ne
groes at a coat of half a million of whites, $400,-
000,000 and seeks to repudiate self-government,
subjugate the Southern people and confiscate their
property. The statement of Lincoln that we offer
no terms of adjustment, was made an artful pre
text. It is impossible to say when this war will
terminate, but negotiation will serve to finally ter
minate it. AVe should keep before the Northern
people that we are ready to negotiate when they
are ready to recognize the right of self-govern
ment and ;the sovereignty of the States. After
each victory our Government should make a dis
tinct offer of peace on these terms, and should the
course of any State be doubted, let armed force be
withdrawn and tbe ballot box decide. If refused
even a dozen times renew it. Keep before the
North and world our ability to defend ourselves
for many years. Should Lincoln boast of numeri
cal seperiority let him be reminded of the King of
Isreal, Benhadad. “Let not him that girdeth on
his harness boast himself as he fliat putteth it
off.”
Richmond, March 10.—The only war news to
day is the appearance of a gunboat and two trans
ports in the fork of the river near AA 7 est Point, the
object of their visit is not yet ascertained.
The Legislature ot Virginia has adopted a reso
lution claiming and requiring exemption from
military service'numerous officers, employees in
tbe Executive, Judicial Department of State, Gov
ernment and public institutions, of the
Peace are included.
The Legislature will adjournjvi/ie die to-night.
It has been raining heavily here all day.
An official dispatch from Gen. Ramsom- to
night, from Suffolk, says the enemj' occupied Suf
folk in force on Sunday. AVe attacked them on
the 9th aud drove them in a rout out of town,
killing a number and capturing one piece of ar
tillery and a large quantity of Commissary and
Quartermaster stores. The enemy are flying to
wards Portsmouth, burning bridges and every
thing behind them. They were pursued beyond
Bernard’s mill.
Charleston, March 10. — The enemy have
ceased tiring on the city.
Avery hard blow at sea all day and last night.
The new Ironclad gunboat Ashley, was suc
cessfully launched this morning.
Milledgevili.e, March 10.—Hon. Linton
Stephonsj introduced in the House of Repre
sentative a resolution declaring the power to
suspend habeas corpus, limited by inhibition
that no person shall be deprived of liberty
without due process of law which must come
from the courts and not from the executive
and the act of Congress at templing to sustain
arrests under the process of orders the Execu
tive, is void.
FOR SALE.
MY PREMISES containing two full lots, on which
are two cottages, good barn and other houses,
with a brick curbed well of never failing water.—
Possession can be given in a few days. Call on Dr.
W. P. Turner, in my absence, who is authorized to
make the sale. A. 11. DrWITT.
mar u 2w <;
Notice.
Assistant Quartermaster's Office, )
Columbus, Georgia, >
March 10, 1861. )
Parties holding Certificates of Purchase or Im
pressment, made by Maj. J. F. Waddell, will pre
sent their claims for payment by the 25th inst.
H. D, COTHRAN.
mar 10 2w * Capt, &. A. Q. M.
Sun copy.
StKteAR,
COTTON YARNS.
OSNAIURBS & BLEACHED GOODB
TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON!
By W. H. H. PHELPS.
mar 10 3tj
Naval Iron Works, i
Columbus, Georgia.)
All persons having claims against these Work
are hereby notified to Present the same for pay®
mentjby the 25th of this month.
J. H. WARNER.
mar 4 9t Chief Eng. C. S. N.
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, Local Editor
Cower.
Having taken occasion a few days ago to ex
patiate on the word “Higher,” we now propose to
expand on its opposite, the word “Lower.” It has
been said that extremes meet, but we combat the
doctrine as not only fallacious, but calculated in
some cases to work infinite mischief. An amalga
mation of good and evil is au anomaly in meta
physics that can never be made to harmonize. —
These are two distinct principles at work in the
universe as widely variaut as God and Belzebub,
as Heaven and hell—antagonisms that by no hy
pothesis of reasoning can be made to agree.
The practices and maxims of the times natur
ally tea 4 to awaken the euquiry as tei»w low hu
man uature is susceptible of being dragged. If
anybody ever doubted the existence of a real,
tangible, indubitable, “simon-pure,” “sure-enough”
devil, the developments on this continent during
the last three years, must inevitably and irresista
bly dispel the delusion. He stalks the earth
“A monster of such hideous mien
To be hated needs only to be seeu.”
Wfi see a people, once priding themselves on
their boasteu cnnu-*:. >n- on their tolerance of civil
aud religious liberty, on the scope ana encourage
ment given to the arts aud sciences, now engaged
in the fiendish work of dealing death and destruc
tion to a people once allieu u inters^
est bonds of consanguinity andic t
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struments of an insane mania for subjugation.—
God’s altars are polluted by the foul sacrifices ol
Baal and abominations] more horrible thau evet
disgraced the temples of heathen deities.
We see human nature sunk so low in infamy
that in comparison to which even the basest in-
stiucts of the brute rise to an exalted state of re
spectability. Nothiug but the hellish saturnalia
of fiends can approximate „to the malignity oi
misguided and .fallen man. The nemo of this
shame has only been reached by gradations.
Aud if the boasted sway of reason, can .thus be
overridden; if the voice of conscience, that vice
gerent of God cau thus be stifled, what is it not in
the power of evil to accomplish? Low, lower,
lowest, descends the once God like spirit, until lost
to u sense of its own shame in time, and eternity
the gradatiou goes on till the degradation of the
most damned fiend is reached and past. Lower is
the motto of devils. Their insatiate fury revels
iu the ruin they havo worked.
Have not the people of our own Sunny South, to
an alarming extent degenerated from the integri
ty and moral principle of purer times. AVere it
not wise now to retrace the steps taken in the paths
of sin, and turn to an acknowledgement of the
sound morals and incorruptible principles, which
alone can secure to us the favor of Heaven. Let
us beware lest we fall while we think we stand.
Trouble Brewing. —Our devil though remark
able generally speaking for uncommon sagacity iu
matters of profound philosophy, is nevertheless
sometimes slow at perception. He has just dis
covered the “pint” in that last, unkindnest fling
tho Eitquirer made at him some time ago on the
vexed hair question. He is now decidedly bilious,
fairly “bilin” over, and if there ain’t some mity
fast and purty talkin done, we fear thore’s a car
mine stream agwine to flow from somebody.
Wouldn’t it be mutal friends to inter
fere aud save an unnecessary expenditure of val
uable life, as well as a quantity of first rate gas.
See advertisement of gold pencil case lost, for
which S2O reward is ©ffered.
Persons wishing to purchase a desirable farm in
Alabama can have an opportunity to do so by
calling on AVm. C. Gray. See advertisement.
Funding. —AVe learn from AV. H. Young, Esq.,
that the Confederate States Depository in this
city had funded iu four per ceut. bonds up to last
evening, one and a half millionj dollars,
and still the work goes bravely on. The funding
process seems still on the increase.
Change op Schedule. —It will be seen by
advertisement that hereafter the passenger trains
on the Montgomery A AVest Point Railroad will
arrive in Columbus at 5,32 p. in., and depart at 5
50 a. m. Thus tho trip to and from Montgomery
will be run in the day lime.
Maj. Humphries gives notice that he wishes to
exchange castings, sugar mills, salt kettles, <&e.,
for bacon.
Rain, Rain, Rain.— On AVeduesday night, tb e
windows of heaven were opened and creation ap
peared to be in the melting mood. At first, tho
gentle showers fell as softly as the cadence of dy
ing music, (music, you know, is supposed to die
very easy,) but ever and anon the volume increased
like the sound of mighty waters. The night was
dark, fearfully dark, tremendously dark, only
broken now aud then by the corruscations of Hea
ven’s exploding artillery. It was a foreboding
night, such a one as intensifies gloom, and spreads
a shroud of despondency over even the most hope
ful temperament, and parades before the vision o f
a guilty mind phantoms of ghouls and hobgoblin*
innumerable —one of Shakes pear’s nights, when
‘Church yards yawn and graves give up thei« d*
But as there is no night of darkness »’• •» '• *.•
not be followed by a cheerful <>' m• >v- v
day morning dawned beaulUVl
blackness had all dropped
rora came peering through tb l3 >E. >
which divided into head", seemed . *■•*« h
other round the horisott "* sportive glee. the
zephyrs were fresh and gentle, and the dulcet
songs of birds amid nature’" bowers, all combined
to dissipato dull earn and iuiuse new life and vig
or into everything.
The line rains have had a good effect on vegeta
tion ; gardens havo assumed a groon hue, and the
tender plants will fairly “spread” themselves, un
less a withering frost should follow. Thank Cod
for rain and sun, for light and darkness, —all sub
serve useful purposes, and furnish lessons on the
wisdom an d # mighty power of Him who sets in mo
tion and governs the complex and wonder-work
ing machinery of natural laws.
A Present. — We are indebted to a little augd
of earthly mould, fora very handsome silk tobac
co pouch, gotten up iu the best style of workman
ship—not elaborately wrought after the pattern of
a balloon with flowing tassels, but plain neat,sim
ple, beautiful, —such a gift us might be expected
from a girl of good sense, good taste, and practical
turn of mind. But we lose sight of the gift, in
admiration of the giver. What a charming crea
ture. Her ringlets are auburn, long and flowing;
her eyes burrowed their lustre from the sky: her
cheeks extracted their vermilion from the rose;
her form is sylph like and graceful—but language
is too feeble to do justice to the subject. Now a3
we set wrapped in contemplation profound, as
Locals are often wont to do watching the curling
wreaths of emoke ascending from our wooden
merschaum,imagination pictures, among them the
playful features, und sweet expression of our
youthful friend, and for the moment we’re happy.
What a lucky fellow. Does any one do as well
for our young brother of the Sun ? We wish
some fair lady would give him something. He
has fine powers of description, and is extremely
appreciative.
A Good Deed.— We learn that a lady i ef -.
with Ellis, Liviugton & Cos., a hands -me . ,
table and boquet holder a day or two since i
be sold at auction, and the proceeds to l
devoted to the purchase of socks for the soldier*
The table was sold yesterday, and pur<
by Mr. L. M. Diggers, who left it to be old
again, i>r disposed of in any manner likely ■
do the most good. This is decidedly c iev fc !
and worthy of imitation. The table hu 3 ,| llh
realized S4OO for the soldiers and we i eart ,
that it is the intention ot Ellis <fc Cos., tore--,/
on Saturday fr»r the same good purpi , e -
Wouldn’t it be a capital idea to keep the b a j;
in motion, and sell indefinately. It could t| ui
be the instrument of doing much good \v
have plenty of men in our midst who can
ford to imitate the conduct of Mr. Riggers
Personal.— AA 7 e were pleased to meet yesterd
Maj. J. J. Bradford, of Johnston’s army, wh
fresh from the front. He represents matter- v
that department, as being in good condition uni
the health and spirits of the troops excellent
AVe regret to see the Major in bad health.from tx
posure to the hardships and and severities of cam;
life.
The Rev. C. AA’. Howard will deliver a lecture
in aid of the Soldiers’ Friend Society, on &AT('K
DA\ NIGHT, at Temperance Hall. The friend,
of the Society and of the soldiers are earnestly
Quested to attend.
’^OHrirtry^-U 1 ! Mr,,3pear.';i.ainre- - Bri.-.* v
A Regular Meeting of the Southern Mechanic*
Union will be held this (Thursday) Lveuiug, 11th at
the meeting room of the Columbus tiro Comimy
No. 1. at 7 o’clock, P. M. 9
By order of the President.
JOHN R. RIGGERS,
mar 11—It ee y
Change of Schedule.
ON and after March 13tii. the Passenger Train
on the Montgomery & AVest Point Rail Roal
will
Leave Montgomery ® 90 A. M.
Leave AVest Point \ 19 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 5 32 P. M
Leave Columbus 5 50 A. M.
Arrive at Montgomery. 3 00 P. M.
Arrive at AA r est Point 430 P. M.
Freight leaves Columbus 8 10 A. M.
Freight arrives at Columbus 8 2< P. M.
D. 11. CRAM.
mar 11 til Apl S Supt. A Eng r.
NOTICE.
I Desire to
Exchange Casting* for Bacon.
(SUGAR MILLS, SALT KETTLES, Ac)
F. C. HUMPHREYS.
Major, Ac,
Columbus Arsenal, Ga., March 11, ’o4—fit
Lost, S4O Reward.
LOST on Wednesday Evening, the fith inst., u gold
PENCIL CASE and PEN HOLDER combined,
between Dr. Ware's Drug store and the residcu .
of Mr. Wilcox on Mclntosh street. The above re
ward will be paid to the finder by leaving it at the
SUN OFFICE,
mar 11 3t*
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
Negroes.
ON Saturday 12tb March, at 11 o'clock, wo will sell
iu front of our store,
8 101 llfx LIKELY iYEHROEB,
Including Men, Women and Boys,
mar 10 td $7 50
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos,
ON SATURDAY, 12th March, at 11 o’clock, we will
sell in front ol our store,
A LIKELY NOGRO WOMAN; first rate
Ironer and House Servant,
mar 10 td $5
By Ellis, Livingston, A Cos.
ON SATURDAY, 12th of March, at 11 o’clock, we
will sell in front of our store,
3 bbls LIVERPOOL SALT.
mar 10 td $5
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
ON SATURDAY, 12th of March, at 11 o,clock, w»
will sell in front of our store,
2 bbls Superior Rye Whiskey
mar 10 td $5
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
ON SATURDAY, 12th March, at 11 o’clock, w*
will sell in front of our store,
SSOOIiEORGIA AND ALABAMA BAB BILLS
mar 10 td $5
Bv Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
limn SWk SUE!
ON SATURDAY, 12th!March, at 11 o’clock, we will
sell iu front of our store,
5 Shares Central 11. R. Slock,
10 “ South Western R. R. Stock
•• Musooiroo R it. Stock.
It' \.Atihc A tiuil R. R Stock
\ \ v.,, usta it Savannah R
. SA u's Mobile & Girard K K
s Shures Eagle Factory Stock.
*;» “ Macon & Western it R.
Sunk,
20 Shares Georgia Home Insurance
< Company Stock,
100 Shares Savannah Home Insurance
Stock,
£I,OOO Confederate (15,000,000 Loan,)
$d,500 “ Eight per cent Bonds
due 1868.
SO,OOO Oondferate Seven per cent Bond.-
$4,000 Georgia Six per cent Fundable
Treasury Notes,
50 Shares Bank of Columbus Stock
2 “ Southern Cotton A Steam
ship Company of Ala., aud Fla., Stock,
L. Merrit, Agt,
25 Shares Eufaula Home Insurance
Stock,
1 Share Lauiar Exporting Stock.
$-‘>,ooo Georgia Eight per cent Treasury
Notes,
Sale positive.
Confederate money of all denominations
received in payment,
mar 8 tds $56
Fanil tor Sale.
A TRACT of EIGHT HUNDRED acres land U
A ing near Spiine Hill, in Barbour county. Aid
bama. Between 250 and 800 acres cleared, aii n
having been in cultivation'only two or three year*
This section of country is among the best cotton re
ducing lands in Alabama or Ueorgia. Parties vis
ing to invest in such property may call on me ' >
, tween this and the 2hth inst., alter that it will -z
w ithdrawn from market. Apply to
\\ m. C. GRA l,
at Greenwood A Gray’s Ofiue.
mar 10 til 20th mar
FRESH ARRIVAL
OF
LANDRETH’S GARDEN SEED I
AT BOND & HOWELL’S.
Barnett, Chapman <fc Co’s Old Stand,
mar 10 lw