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J. W. WAIIRKS, - - - Editor.
Wednesday flaming, flarcli 16, 1864.
tnov. Brown’* Menage —Tl»e
Military Bill.
'Jhe Governor's main objection to the Mili
itary bill passed by the late Congress, is its
unconstitutionally. This objection, if it were
well taken, were, ind-eed, sufficient to condemn
it, but we are unable to see its force, or the
justness of the reasoning by which it »s at
tempted to be sustained. The point would
seem to be yielded with the concession that
Congress has power to raise armies by con
scription. No limitation as to age is imposed
upon the exercise of the power, and the con
elusion is irresistible that Congress is the sole
judge of, and has supreme control over that
matter. Again, the admission of the right in
Congress to place all, of any age, m the army ,
in connection with the fact that it can make
regulations for its management when raised,
logically involves the right to divide the torce
and to detach and assign a portion of it to
special duty. Nor doe3 the disingeniou3 at
tempt of the Governor to throw ridicule upon
the subjeot, by saying that the enrolled soldier,
who remains at home, will have to get a detail
to “shoe his horse and go to mill,” affect the
question. There are now thousands ol men
between the ages of 18 and 45 all over the
country, with details in their pockets, follow
in the various avocation? ot life, and we have
yet to learn that the constitutionality, or pro
priety of this procedure has ever been arraign
ed, or that those who suffer from it complain
of any particular hardship. On the contrary,
the “detail” is generally regarded as a privil
ege, and the subjects of it usually prefer it to
duty at the front.
The Governor employs the common and
very convenient sophism of misstating the
question, when he says hypothetically, (as he
does several times) that the enrolled men will
be placed in the ranks, and kept in constant
military service, and the State be thus de
prived of their productive labor and their aid
in maintaining civil order. The bill itself
plainly rebuts this supposition and says in
totidem verbis that these men shall constitute
a reserve lor State defence and shall not he re
quired to perform service out of the State in
which they reside.
But then, the Governor wishes to execute
the laws and suppress servile insurrection!
This is certainly a most commendable desire
on the part of “His Excellency'” but this war
has now been in progress three years, and,
we ask for information, how often, during
that time, has he called out hi3 militia
to execute the laws, and how many servile
insurrections has he suppressed ? It he has
ever moved a linger in either behalf it must
have been done in “secret session.” We heg
the Governor to remember that these- men
will remain at home “shoeing their horses
and going to mill” till an emergency shall cal
them to the field, and that the simple act of
enrollment will not obliterate from their bos
oms all respect for law and order, or render
them indifferent to the butchery of their wives
and little ones. We beg, also, to assure the
Governor that President Davis does not ue
light in anarchy, or in the brutal slaughter of
women and children.
The single question involved in the case,
we consider to be one of expediency only.—
Is it best for the country and the cause that
the organization and control of this '“reserve
for State defence” be committed to the Con
federate or to the State authorities ? Our
reasons for preferring to confide the manage
ment of this arm of our strength to the Con
federate Government may be briefly given.
Ist. Each State would be placed upon an
equal footing, and the people of each would
be compelled to do this duty. The inefficien
cy of the militia system of the .States, is a
matter of notoriety and common
ridicule. Last summer the President made a
requisition upon each of the States for a cer-’
tain number of,troops for State defence, and
we believe Georgia was the only .State that
furnished the required quota. We are very
certain that some of her sisters never did res
pond to the requisition This inequality in
answering the demands of duty would be re
peated if the matter were left to State man
agement ; but under the operation of the mil
itary bill of Congress such evasion would be
impossible. The man who did not promptly
take his place in the ranks of the “Reserve”
would fill a very neat little vacancy in the
army, “at the front ’ and, under the stimulus
afforded by this alternative, every one would
be at the post assigned him.
2d. The force would be better and more
efficiently handled. It would be under the
command of an officer of experience and skill
appointed by the President, and not misman
aged and misdirected by any “Tom, Dick, or
Harry,"’ whom the Governors might pick up
from civil life. The} would be armed with
efficient weapons—such as the States have not,
and would be at the proper point at the right
time. There would be no wrangling and want
ot harmony, such as would inevitably result
frotn the necessity of consulting with General
Brown, Gen. Watts, Gen. Borliam and Gen.
what not, upon the plan of a campaign.
3d. The troops, when in service, would
draw pay and allowances from the Confeder
ate Government and not from the States.
4th and lastly, they would he entitled to
the privilege of the cartel of exchange, should
they be captured.
These considerations sufficiently commend
the military bill of Congress to our judgment
and sanction.
A Bap Character. —We always were aware
of the importance of preserving n good repu
tation for truth and honesty, hut we have met
with nothing lately so weil calculated to im
press the disadvantages of having a bad char
acter upon the mind, as the following anec
dote :
A mortal fever prevailed on board a ghip at
sea, and a negro man was appointed to throw
the bodies overboard. One day when the
Captain was on deck, he saw the negro drag
ging out of the forecastle a sick man who was
struggling violently to extricate bUnselt from
- G* e negro’s grasp, and remonstrating very bit
tet 1 v against the cruelty of being burled alive.
\\ bat ate you going to with that man,
you black rascal?" said iho captain.
“Oo»ug to throw him ove, board, tnassa. cause
he dead ! ’
•'Dead! j-ou sconudreg said tlie captain,
“don t you see he moves and speaks ?"
“Yes, massa, I know he says he no dead,
but he always lie so, nobody never know when
to beueve him! ”
(For the Times.)
Abstract of the Address ol (ic«.
Howell Cobb, Delivered in
Mflledgeville, Saturday Sight
tbe 12th Inst.
Gen. Cobh said :
He had been invited by many members of the
General Assembly, to deliver an address on the
state of the country.
Our country is now passing through un
paralleled in the annals'of history. We are en
gaged in a terrible war. One that ha.® deiasta
much of our territory. It is unlike an} <>thei w
The issue with us is life, property an t eterit ang
we hold on earth.
In consideration these facts, then every
word and thought should be well considered when
it is to have p hearing on the destiny of om coun
try.
In regard to our prospects be would say there
had never been a time since the first year of this
revolution when our prospects weie brighter. He
alluded to the fine spirit of our army. Gloom
and despondency had existed and may again; but
why should we at home despond while the army
is full of hope and courage ?
The country country called upon us for sacri
fices. And did he go too far when he said we
should make any, and every sacrifice which the
country demanded at our hands v The ene
my aar besetting jua all around. Aye, even
encamped upon the beloved soil of Georgia.
Turn to the sea-board and you will find them there,
upon the northern border of our .States, they may
be found in myriads. Worneu and children are
suffering every indignity that a brutal foe could
heap upon them. Now, when you are called upon
to legislate in such times as these, you will not
stand upon technicalities, but come forward and do
your whole duty.
He urged the necessity of making impressments.
The soldier In the field needed clothing, then the
manufactories must be seized, in order that they
may be supplied. Our soldiers families must be
fed ; then who will blame the authority that seizes
the provisions which the wealthy refuse to sell,
and distributes it among our needy soldiers’ fam
ilies.
In times of war not only must we exercise pow
er, but we must have faith in those in whom we
place in power. You are now called upon to place
in your Executive, higher powers. Is it a sacri
fice ? Father, you have been called upon to give
that son to your country’s cause. You tore him
from his mother’s embrace and sent him oft - to bat
tle beneath his country's banner. And now he is
silent in a soldier’s grave. Could you make a grea
ter sacrifice than that?
No man loved his State more than he ; no man
would stand longer on his feet to preserve unsul
lied, her banner, than he. But there wa3 a duty
which he owed to the Confederate Government*
that demanded even the sacrifice of his love of
State.
In the honest sincerity of his heart, he believed
Congress had done its duty. Our army was grow-r
ing small. Death was decimating our ranks.—
The enemy was marshalling all his hosts. We
looked forward to that Congress for aid.
We saw our country flooded with redundant
currency, and we called upon Congress for re
lief.
There was indication of treasonable designs in
distant portions of the country—he would not say
iu Georgia—but he could point to men who would
say that even in Georgia there were men that
could not be trusted. Again, Congress was called
upon to do something to relieve the country. In
obedience to these demands, Congress has passed
three important acts. What they did, was wisely
done, and they deserve the thanks and gratitdue
of our country for it.
Ttoy tmspanilo,! ilie writ of habeas corpus. So
far from that being an unconstitutional act,they had
the express power delegated to them by the con
stitution to suspend it. If not the framers of that
constitution have placed a restriction upon a pow
er that did not exist. No man, he said, had a
higher regard than he, for that writ which w r as
the bulwark of British and American freemen, but
as the exigencies of our country imperatively de
mand its suspension, he would say let it be done.
Beside the consequences could not be much feared
in a Republican Government, for if the rulers were
to transcend the power delegated to them, at the
expiration of a few years at leant, their term of
service would expire, and themselves would be
come liable to the same oppression that had been
heaped upon those under them. When we see
that the rulers are disposed to prostitute the pow
ers you have placed in their hand, then, and not
till then, will it be time enough to sound the
alarm and take hack the power from their hands.
Again in response to a call for increased armies
Congress "had seen fit to repeal the law authoriz
ing substitutes, and also %ok measures to have
the whole of the strength of the country under
the age of 18 and over forty-five. It may be
urged that, that was unnecessary, as Georgia’s last
legislature had passed a militia bill. He knew it
ami it was a good bill. He was in favor of it at
that time, and those who consulted with him about
it, he advised to vote lor it : but then, Congress
bad made no provision for organizing this portion
of our strength. And now that it had done it, he
was in favor of having the whole force under one
commander, as the best means of making it effec
tive if it should ever he necessary to call the re
serve c rps into active service.
Then, again, in response to clamor that was
ringing throughout the country, for a better cur
rency, Congress passed its late currency act, and
now the people are up and crying bad faith in the
ears of that Congress. Bring not the charge of
badrfaith against your government; let the words
tremble many hours upon your lips, before you
utter them. When your country stands at the
judgment bar of public opinion, don't let it coma
self-condemned by the voice of her own people-
Leave the work to our enemies. Their hearts are
prepared for it, and they will do enough of it.
lie concluded bis address with stirring appeal,
to the planters; made a glowing tribute to the
patriotism of our women, and closed with an ap
peal in behalf of the destitute wives and children
of our soldiers.
[From the Iredell (N. C.) Express.]
slying (oikiessioxi of a Deserter,
.The following official notice of the execu
tion of a deserter, and the dying man’s eon -
: session, was sent to us for publication, and
' can be seen on application. Comment is un
j accessary
j Provost Marshall’s office, Roofs Div., 1
February bill. 1864. j
Col. Bryan Grimf.s.
Coiml'g 4th N. C. Reg’t.
Colonel: I deem it my duty to make known
t to you the last words of Private Jas. King,
Cos. E, of your regiment, who was executed tor
desertion on the 30th day of January, 1664.
Alter bandaging his eyes I told him that he
had but two more minutes to live, and asked
him if he had any message to send to his rel
atives and friends. He replied, “I have no
message : I only wish that my’ body may be
sent to ray friends ; but I want to say to you,
Lieutenant, though others persuaded me to do
what I did, the reading of Holden's paper has
brought me to this; but thank God, 1 shall
soon be at pence.’ As it may be the wish
of his relatives to know in what spirit he
dit-d. I make the statement, that if you think
i proper you may convey it to them.
L Your very ob t serv’t,
J. M. Goff,
Lieut. Comdg.
Provost Marshal Guard Bodes’ Division.
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Tbe La(e Duke of Cleveland. 4
The Confederates States have lost a
valuable friend in the death of the hue
of Cleveland. His sentiments were ex
pressed in the following letter, written in
August last: ,
Raby Castle, August 11 and.
Sir: In acknowledging the reeipt of
the circular emanating from the Centrel
Association at Manchester for the recog
nition of the Confederate States of Amer
ica, 1 have no hesitation in stating that in
every paragraph, in every syllable of that
address, I most cordially agree. Os all
wars that have been heard of in Christen
dom, there never has been anything equal
to the slaughter and barbarity ot that civil
war raging in America, of which it does
not appear that, raging as it has done for
so great a length of time without any ob
ject that ever can be realized, it is draw
ing any nearer to a conclusion than at its
commencement.
Every man in the Southern States is
ready to die sooner than consent to the
Union; and Mr. President Lincoln, with
his blood-thirsty Cabinet ut Washington,
sooner than give way in his nefarious ob
ject,threatens to slaughter by the sword
every individual in the Confederacy.—
Can anything be more horrible—can any
thing be more revolting to every Christian?
It is quite evident that nothing can now
alter the state of things, without the inter
ference of the European Powers. The
Emperor Napoleon is quite ready to recog
nize the Southern Confederacy, if joined
by the English Cabinet. Those two Pow
ers will, in my opinion, have no difficulty
in putting an end to this horrible war,
but which cannot be done without their
joint interference.
I can have no objection to your adding
my name as a member of your committee
I am, sir, etc., Cleveland*
To the Secretary, etc.
[From the Southern Christian Advocate.]
freedom to Worship God.
With the Abolition army, the Abolition
Church advances upon our soil par ipassu.
I quote from a letter that has run the
blockade an item of general interest and
significance. It developes anew feature
in the purposes of our enemies and is note
worthy as bearing an official complexion.
It is dated Now Orleans, Feb. 1, 1864:
“ * * As I know you are
interested for the Churches in this city,
I write. About middle of January
Bishop Ames arrived, and his commission
was different from what we all expected.
It has ended in his taking possession of
all the Methodist Churches in the city
and supplying the pastorates. His order
from the Secretary of War was to take
charge of all Churches “not supplied by
loyal pastors and appointed by loyal Bish
ops.” Os course, this was complied with
by trustees, ete. * * * *
I never had such strange emotions as one
Sabbath, 24th, when, for the first time in
my life, I was without freedom to worship
God. No other day ot my life ever equal
led it for unutterable sadness. Surely we
are touching on some ol' the prophetic
itnes of the Bible.”
This Bishop Ames is from Indiana. As
we had no news about six weeks ago, he
occupied and possessed” iu like manner
tku (Jkui’ob tii Mciupliio, ejecting a fllit fi
ful pastpr to make room for the reverend
gentleman from Indianapolis. Doubtless
the Churches at Vicksburg, Natchez
and Baton Rouge and intermediate points
have been attended to also; for as none of
our Bishops are “loyal” in the sense of
this ecclesiastic military commission, none
of their appointments may stand befoie
it.
In analogy with tbe purpose of the Uni -
ted States to reduce the Confederate States
to the stains of territories, the M. E.
Church, North, is to reduce the M. E.
, Church, South, to the status of missions.
Bishop Ames has uublushingly begun
the work. He is accompanied by one Dr.
Harris, ot Ohio, their Assistant Mission
ary Secretary.
After Southern Methodism, the head
and front of offenders against aholition
dom, lias been disposed of, the other
Churches will have their turn. Dr Breck
inridge would make a good tool for bring
ing Southern Presbyterians under the
yoke; Bishop Potter of Pennsylvania
Southern Episcopalians; ourßapt.ist breth
ren will not lack a persecutor and oonfis
cator; and so the others.
This is the last turn of the screw. It
puts a distinctly darker shade on the pic
ture of subjugation. It completes the
plea lor self defence —pro arts et focis.
M.
Atlanta, Feb. 22,1864.
Clio venerable Bishop Andrew closes
an eloquent and patriotic letter, in which
he comments on this climax of Yankee in
famy, with the following paragraphs:
Are we as a Church doing our duty to
our country? These are days which call
for every man to do his duty. Preachers
and people must take hold of the work.
Our country is invaded; our Churches are
in peril; everything is at. stake, and every
energy must be invoked to repel the in'
vader. Let no man among us now, when
called to the field, holdback. Theseare
times when the preachers should cheer
fully abandon their peaceful avocations to
roll back the tide of invasion.
Let them, a3 Christian patriots, strive
in their private and public ministrations;
seek to stir up the people to their duty in
the present crisis, show the people their
duty, wake up the women of the country
to their responsibility in reference to hus
bands, sons and brothers; show the evils
of desertion, which are alas! too often
brought about by letters from home, as I
understand that large numbers of those
who are shot for desertion attribute their
faults to such influences; uud then let all,
both preachers and people, be often and
importunate at the throne of grace for the
country.
Let *us humble ourselves before God,
with sincere repentance fur sin, and lion
esc and thorough forsaking of our evil
doings; let us abandon the altars of Mam
mon and worship at the altars of Jehovah.
Preachers and people meet frequently
for prayer meetings in the towns, it may
he done daily, and in the country weekly
—say every Wednesday at 11 o’clock, or
at such time as may he judged best by the
people of lhe neighborhood; and let us
bring to Ihe altar of God pure hearts and
clean hands, and God who rules in the
armies of heaven and earth will hear and
answer us. May he bless us and cause
his face to shine upon us.
James 0. Andrew.
gBIBSRAPHIg.
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the jear
1863, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk s office.ot
the District Court of the Confederate bUte* lot
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, March If..— The exchanged prisoners
who arrived at City Point on Friday arrried in this
city to-day at one o'clock. They were received at
the wharf by a large assemblage of ladies, citizeus
and soldiers, with enthusiastic demonstrations of
welcome and escorted to the Capitol square, where
peeches were made by President Davis, Governor
Smith, and others. The returned prisoners were
furnished with refreshments after which they were
marched to Camp Lee.
United States ;dates of the 12th have been re
ceived.
Washington dispatches to the Republican Jour
nal indicate that the rumors of the forthcoming re
cognition are not entirely groundless.
Chase has withdrawn his name from the Presiden
tial canvass.
The Supreme Court! of St. Johns has ordered the
release of the Chesapeake prisoners,
i jThe Senate has passed a hill authorizing Chase to
sell all surplus gold. The market is consequently
dull, last quotations 164.
Grant has left Washington en route for the West,
A portion of Kilpatrick’s cavalry have gone to
Suffolk, the rest returned to the Army of the Poto
mac on transports to Alexandria.
Millkdgkvit.le, 15.—Mr. West introduced in the
Senate yesterday a resolution which declared the
power to suspend the habeas corpus expressly granted
to Congress, which in case of invasion should be the
sole Judge to determine whether the public safety
requires it. The Judiciary Committee reeommen
ded'that it pass.
Mr Kenan spoke last night, L. Q. C. Lamar speaks
to-night, and A. H. Stephens Wednesday night.
Both Houses have agreed to adjourn on Saturday
next.
Tbe New Issue.
Everybody looks forward to the appearance
of the new currency with a great deal of in
terest, not unraingled with some curiosity to
know whether it will, in point of artistic de
sign and mechanical execution, be superior to
the wretched sinplaster that have been (with
the exception of the fifty cent notes) perpetual
eye-sores to good taste since the commence
ment of Mr. Memmingers management.—
Aside from the demand of the public that the
new issue shall approximate to the require
ments of financial art (if we may employ the
term) at least not more than five hundred
years ago, considerations of humanity should
induce the Secretary to put an end to the cruel
joke lie has so long perpetrated at the expense
of several distinguished gentlemen whose for
bearance must at length cease to he a virtue.
It was all very well so long as the joke was
enjoyed among the few initiated; hut when,
after months of close examination, assisted
by a fertile imagination, some ingenious fel
low discovered and promulgated the fact that
what had been generally regarded as, on one
corner of a treasury note, a line specimen of
the hickory nut, was not a botanical illustra
tion, but the counterfeit presentment of a dis
tinguished statesman, the laugh was out and
the fun over. .So, likewise, when the geolog
ical illustration on another note was discov
ered, to the discomfiture of amateur natural
ists, to stand for the features of a prominent
official instead of a piece of hornblende, a re
gard for the feelings es the gentlemen so mer
cilessly' caricatured might have suggested a
termination of the ridicule. It may he said,
in defence of the originator of the joke, that
he circulated his own frontispiece under the
mask es a crab-apple; hut since the caricature
is not generally distinguished, it cannot he
claimed that he is included among the victims
of his own waggery.
ft is whispered that one of the new denomi
nations will contain full-lengthed portraits of
the President, Vice PyesitW*}, Secretary ot
Wa.- .mu tlie Commissaiy General. Now,
however much of classic beauty' would per
tain to the distinguished group, it is possible
the outside world would not draw so favorable
an inference about our internal resources as
might otherwise he afforded—say, for instance,
by putting the portly form of a certain newly
elected Congressman from the West, in the
centre of the hill, flanked on one side by the
jolly face of a furloughed soldier on Ills' way
home to he married, and on the other by the
portrait of Samuel Merritt Bishop, of Prince
George county, Va., aged fifteen months and
weighing one hundred and eleven pounds.
We offer the suggestion to the Secretary, free
of charge. It would be a decided improve
ment on his former plan of keeping the public
in humor with his currency by r employing de
signs similar to those Parisian pictures that
exercise the ingenuity of children in unravel
ing the human features from some specimen
of natural history'. It would he an encour
aging design. It would appreciate the notes
bearing it fifty'per cent, above all others.
We hope the appearance of the new issue
will disabuse the world of the idea conveyed
by the present currency, that we are. barba
rians in all that pertains to the fine arts. Let
us have something better than wretched cari
catures and childish puzzles. There is no
lack of artists-in the South, who can suppl y
the requirements of the most fastidious taste.
We presume Mr. Crehen, of this city, could
readily get up a design for the new currency,
as hadsome and appropriate as art could de
mand.
At all events, w r e trust w'e may be able to
congratulate the victims of tlie cruel jokes
aforesaid, on a speedy termination of the wide
ly circulated misrepresentations ot" their per
sonal Enquirer,
_ :
Officers Exempted. —By paragraph 11 of
General Order?, No. “C under date at Adju
tant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond,
March Ist, other Confederate and State offi
cers than those Specified in the act of Con
gress, have been declared exempt from con
scription, as follows :
XI. Besides the officers of the Confederate
and .State Governments particularly named in
the act of Congress, the officers of the Govern
ment of the Confederate States whose nomi
nations have been made by the President and
confirmed by the Senate, or w'ho have been
appointed- by the judge of the District Courts,
under the authority confided by an} r act of
Congress, will be exempted from military ser
vice until further orders. Also the judges or
justices of any supreme, superior, or criminal
court of any State; also the judges of pro
bate, clerk of any court of record, ordinary,
sheritf, one tax collector in each county, and
recorder of deeds find wills, if there be such
an office existing by law, anti such other offi
cers ot the State provided by law as the Gov
ernor shall certify to be necessary to the prop
er administration ot the State Government.
A gentleman traveling through North
Carolina got outjoft.be stage and entered
a tavern for the purpose ot refreshing
himself. After taking a glass of whisky
and treating the driver he threw down
half a dollar, whisky being then only five
cents a drink. The barkeeper looked
perplexed and said: “I have no silver
change, sir, but plenty of the common, if
you will hike it,” Here be counted out j
forty herrings, which the traveler rolled
up in a piece of paper and took with him
thinking they might serve him for a din
ner. The stage went on and at the next
he hailed an old lady and asked her if she
could sell him a loaf of bread; She
brought him a loaf and demanded five !
cents for it. lip counted out to her five !
herrings.“La, me! ’ she exclaimed,‘"where
did you get so much change? Can you
change me a. quarter?” This he cheer
fully did and had ten herrings left, of
which be and the driver made their din
ner. f
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, Local Editoi
Can it Be ? —We are informed by a gentleman
whose word is perfectly reliable, that 011 Sunday
last a number of boys were seen squatting in
groups on the Commons, playing at cards. We
have noticed for some time that the attendance ot
boys at the Church and Sabbath School was very
slim, but we could not bring our minds to believe
that, they were occupying their time —or rather,
God’s holy day, in such pastime as this. If pa
rents have lost all interest iu the welfare of their
offspring, or have not the power to control them,
these scapegraces should be turned over to the
city officers. Such conduct is outrageous, aud
should not be tolerated, as we value the future
weal of our country and-eity. We love the boys,
and are actuated in this notice by no unkind feel
ings toward them. The community will bear us
up in the assertion that we have labored earnestly
for the last ten years to promote a healthy state of
morals among them. And we should like for all
the homo influences and restraints to be exhausted
before seeing any harsh measures resorted to. —-
But it all these tail, and there is found to be no
virtue in soft words and gentle actions, like the
hoy in the fable, they should bo turned over to
compulsory measures. It is really astonishing
that parents should be so unmindful of the con
duct of their boys, and so derelict in the exercise
of a strict and rigid discipline. “As the twig is
bent the tree’s inclined.” “Train up a child in the
way he should go, aud when he is old lie will not
depart therefrom.”
Buttons and Buckles. —In our late visit to
the old Presbyterian Church—that time-honored
sanctuary where in other -lays, the fervent prayer,
the eloquent declamation, the song of praise, as
cended as grateful incense to heaven —we inad
vertently omitted to allude to tbe button aud
buckle factory of Messrs Spear & White, in the
lower story. A visit to this establishment will
satisfy the curious of the great value to the Con
federacy of this enterprise. Messrs S. <fc W. man
ufacture several sizes of buckles for harness, and
three styles of wooden buttons for the clothing of
soldiers. This last article is quite an jndispensa
ble article at this time, as we understand there is
probably no other button manufactory in the State,
and consequently ttie large demand lor buttons
can hardly be supplied. Great improvements
have been made since this concern started, both
in the appearance and quality of the buttons, and
those that are now turned out are of handsome
finish, and possess the power of remarkable dura
bility. The buckles aro also well finished up, and
will prove of great profit, for the proper fitting up
of harness for army use. These gentlemen de-.
serve great credit, for their enterprise in the pao
duction of these much needed articles.
Oil Manufactory. —Have we an oil factory
among us ? We have, as this Local can testify
from ocular demonstration. Well, where is it ?
says one. Well, it is ou Oglethorpe street, next
door north of McCauley’s Marble Yard. It is car
ried on by Thomas Berry A Cos. We learned by
a visit to the works yesterday that the Company
are making three kinds ot' oil, namoly : Castor
Oil, CoLtou Seed Oil, and Ground Pea Oil. The
first, owing to the inadequate supply of Palma
Christi seed, they have turned out only in limited
quantities ; hut from the sample shown us we
should imagiue, after being clarified, it is equal to
the best. They have also been compelled to sus
pend for the time the production of the Cotton
Seed Oil, owing to the scarcity ot seed. They are
just now bending their energies in the manufac
ture of tho Ground Pen or Peanut oil, which lias
the appearance of combining all the qualities for
which oil is desirable. It is said to.be one of the
best lubricators made—answers admirably as a
burning fluid, and is also becoming in general use
as a salad or table oil. We have never seen a
finer looking specimen of oil. There is a great
demand for it throughout the Confederacy, and
railroad corporations are sending in large orders.
At present tho firm are turning out about one
barrel per day. It is very interesting to observe
the various processes through which the peas
have to go before the oil is pressed. We shall not
attempt to describe them. The reader should see
for himself.
We regard this as one of the most important en
terprises now extant, aud is another step iu our
march to independence.
Mr. Fitzgibbons, one of the partners, who kind
ly showed us around aud through his works, is a
thorough going gentleman and No. 1 mechanic.—
He is a refugee from Kentucky, and one of the
true Southern grit, who is giving our section the
benefit of his great mechanical skill and ingenuity.
We congratulate him and the firm upon having
struck on an enterprise which i3 so well calculated
to be of immense value to tho Confederacy at this
time.
A Present as is a Present.— -We are indebted
to Thomas Berry & Cos., for a gallon of their excel
lent Pea Nut Oil, which Mr. Fitzgibbons, kindly as
sures us is intended “to purge the Local.” Fully
appreciating his oil if not his intention, we take
pleasure in returning many thanks [for the same,
and would eordiall.v recommend all who need a good
article of lubricating or lamp oil to give this firm a
call. By the way this is more grease than L we have
seen since the war broke out. We have a notion of
using a lilt-tie of it as 'gravy.”
Personal. —We were pleased to see yesterday in
our city Mr. Walter Stewart, formerly of the En
quirer office, who lias been absent with the i:t>th (la.,
Longstreet’s corps, Jfior nearly three years. He "Is
a good soldier; has.seen much and hard service, and
we welcome him home to enjoy a brief respite w itli
his friends. ,
Confederate Xiohtinoales. —This troupe (tail
ored minstrels)j which gave a concert last week for
the benefit of Benning’s Brigade, propose to A\t
one this evening for their own benefit to meet sun
dry expenees which they have recently contracted.
As they have shown their patriotism by this act of
kindness to the soldier, it is but proper, that they
should be countenanced and patronized on this oc
casion for the befit of themselves. Those fond of
good music, and "sure-enough” nigger burlesque
and wit, -hould remember the Nightingales to
night.
— • m
Maj. Allen gives notice that all claims against the
Commissary Department must be presented by the
25th inst., and all indebtedness will be paid in the
present currency.
Removal. —The Agency of the State Bank has
been removed to the office heretofore occupied by
the Agency of the Bank of Savannah.
Mr. J. E. Ivey otters for sale a No, 1 cavalry horse.
See advertisement.
Maj. Dillard gives notice that all indebtedness
of the Quartermaster Department up to the 31st
inst., will be paid iu present currency.
Female Printers. --The Mississippian makes
the following suggestion in view of the scar
city of printers:
Some of the many intelligent girls who
work for a living should learu tin* art ot print
ing. Ladies make excellent compositors, their
delicate, tapering fingers being exceedingly
well calculated for picking up type —particu-
larly the small kinds, such as nonpareil and
minion ; and certainly no Jad£, would object
to handling pearl or dmmond. It would be al
together a profitable affair for them, lor they
could make more money than females gener
ally do at other employments. Printers are
scarce in this country —most of them being in
the army.
Rcgiihttioim Ml
u f':\g»ortiiis«u of
Colton nsul ruhacco.
4 fit* Treasury and War 1 bqiartment oP
tbe (_ on fed urate Btatc have published a
joint circular ol the regulation* ami re
strictions to be imposed upon the foreign
trade of fiie Gonfederncy under the res
cent legislation ol* Oon;rrens. The sub
stance of these limy be In idly stated for
the benefit of the general public
It is to be required of ail vess. is o o ; n ir
out of our ports that one half of the ton -
nage of the said vessel may bo employed
by the Confederate Government for its
own use,both on tin* outward and home*
ward voyage. The owners of the. vessels
are also required to execute a bond condi
tioned that the vessel will pursue upon
the voyage designated, and that she will
return with reasonable dispatch to a Con-'
federate port after her outward cargo shall
be discharged with a ear; o, consisting one
half of articles not prohibited by the laws
of the Confederate Government, and tin*
other half of such articles as the Govern
ment shall offer for shipment from such
port.
The freight to be paid by the Confed
erate States on all cotton and tobacco ship
ped from a Confederate port, shall be, five
pence sterling per pound, payable on de
livery at the port of destination, in coin
or sterling exchange. Return freight
shall be fit the rate of twenty five pounds
per ton, payable on its delivery in the
Confederate port, in cotton, at ten pence
sterling per pound for middling uplands,
and at a proportionate price for cotton of
otjier qualities. In calculating the ton of
freight by weight, 2,240 pounds shall be
allowed; by measure, forty cubic feet, shall
be allowed.
If the outward bound vessel shall con
sent, at the request of the Government, to
take two thirds her cargo for account of
the Confederate States the outward freight
shall be six pence sterling per pound; and
whenever the Government is not prepared
to till up any portion of the tonnage re
served lor its use at the time at which any
vessel maybe made ready to sail, her own
ers may fill up the same on their own ac
count; but no vessel shall, without con
sent of the Government, sail on her out
ward voyage until one third of her cargo
shall be laden for tbe use of the Govern
ment.—Richmond Examiner.
A Rebuke to People Asking Tri
vial Favors. —A Virginia farmer, not
over patriotic, probaly, importuned the
President to use his influence to have a
claim for damage done his farm by sol
diers, considered imediately. “Why my
dear sir,” said the President, blandly, “1
could not think of such a thing. If I con
sidered individul cases, I would find work
enough for twenty Previdents!” “But”
said the persevering sufferer, . “eould’nt
you just give me a line to Col.
about' it, just one line? “Ha, ha, ha, !”
responded old Abe, “you remind me of
old Jock Chase, out in Illinois.” At this
the crowd huddled forward to listen.—
“You see Jock—i know him like a bro
ther—nsed to be a lumberman on the
Illinois, and he was steady and sober, and
the best raftsman on the river. It was
quite a trick twenty-five years ago to take
the logs over the rapids; but he was skill
ful with a raft and always kept it straight
iu the channel, finally a steamboat was put
on, and Jock— dead now poor fellow
—-w T as made Captain of her. He always
used to take the wheel going through the
rapids. One day when the boat was
plunging and wallowing along the boiling
current, and Jock’s utmost vigilance was
being exercised to keep her in the chan
nel, a boy pulled his coat tail and hailed
him with—“ Say, Mister Captain? I wish
you’d just stop your boat a minute—l’ve
lost my apple overboard ?”—Abe Lincoln.
TEMPER ArrOSH ALL
THE
CONFEDERATE NIGHTINGALES
Will give another of their
o o m o n. *3? m 1
ON
Wetlnesday Night, March 16
particulars see small bills.
W. E. TORRY,
mar 15 2t Agent.
Office Subsistence Departeent, (
Columbus, Ga., March 15, 1864./
All parties holding claims against this department
due, are hereby notified to present them for pay
ment at this office on or before the 25th inst.
Amounts now due will be paid only in tbe present
currency. A. M. ALLEN,
mar 16 ts Maj. C. S.
For Sale.
r BALE:- COTTUN, 1.000 bushes Corn, 20 bale-:
. > each Fodder and Shucks 3,000 pounds Rice and
200. bu; bels Millet Seed. Apply at
marlOrf THIS OFFICE.
AUCTION BALES.
B% Mviiig'feton & Vo,
/ i.V Thursday, 17th March, at 11 o’clock, we will sell
v* in front of our store,
igsssixeis <jU»od Sound Porn
mar 15 $5
3»C’igi(»uL
The Agency Bank State Georgia ha.« been re
moved to the office heretofore occupied by the
Agency Bank Savannah.
J, M. WATT.
marlo3t Agent.
QUARTERMASTER S DEPARTMENT, (
Columbus, March It, 1861./
All creditors ofthis Department are notified that
their account-ami all accruing debts to the dial
.March, will be paid in the present Confederate
currency.
F. W. DILLARD.
mar 15 till 31st inst Quartermaster.
Farpenter* Wanted.
'TWENTY CARPENTERS to work on the new
1 Boat beb»v the Navy Yard, for which the hi; he.t
wages will be given. Apply to
JOSEPH HANSERD,
mar 15 ts
fOR SAML
Flour and Meal, fresh ground.
Nails, assorted, sizes.
Tobacco of all grads
Osnaburgs and Yarns.
Coperas and Extract of Logwood.
Snuff—Mace ahoy and Georgia Rebel—in
packages.
Cigars. Neelies, Pins. Writing Paper. En
vel opes. Yarn-. Osnaburgs, and a variety of
Dry-Goods.
For sale by H. FISC HACKER,
mar IS lw 104, Broad Street.
For sale.
A NO. 1 CAVALRY HORSE for sale.
A Apply to ' J. R. 1\ EL
mar 15 4t
