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our autborit..., upon «.U <■*«««"* and
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on°this grave question, and reefcto., |« « |
p.rc«i« the */«.»*' of the -Cth (
ult. to be : and. altogether unreasoning
Sentinel, of the same place, seems to be •am
bitious of appearing We have t e m - -
unlimited confidence in our ***-£“«* “ and
able Commissioner of Exchange, Judge Ofifib, ,
and we cannot comprehend that with bjs clear :
common tense and manly gtraigbt-forward
course, in this important bosiness, ««
long be any great difficulty an the solution oi
the present embarassment.
there are some startling facta connected
with this matter our Government and people
ought to consider:
Ist. We have 15,000 prisoners in the North,
who would be in the ranks of our veteran
armies, in time to participate in the struggles
of the spring campaign, if we should now go
promptly forward in the er.change according
to the cartel.
2d. It is estimated that more of our men
have died in Yankee prisons within the last
3 ix months, than we have lost in any two bat
tles of the war!
3d. It i3 nothing humiliating that out of
forty thousand, of our soldiers —packed in
loathsome dungeons, starved, bribed', plun
dered, persecuted in all ways, and denied all
comforts, to escape torture and death, under
the influences of false representation of the
state of our country and armies, flattering
promises, menaces —about three thousand and
five hundred have yielded to the pressure and
taken the oath of allegiance to the Lincoln Gov
ernment, but it is a fact to be thought of—one
that ought to suggest the possibility of our be
ing so crippled by this continued operation,
as to realize serious embarrassment from it.
The non-exchange of prisoners has cost us
more in the loss of men during the past mx
months than the battles of Manassas and
Sharpsbnrg !
4th. John Mitchell may froth at the mouth
and pour out from bis prolific pen a flood of
foam and fury, at the suggestion that we
ought to have accepted BUTLER as the Yan
kee agent of exchange, and delivered 40,000
of our brave brothers who languish in Yankee
prisons to the joys of home and country.
Street patriots, who have “no compromises to
make,” in cases where they risk nothing and
suffer nothing may become “indignant/’ and
puff their cheeks with wind until they split,
but somewhat of calm consideration and
common sense, ot real principle and sound
policy, ought to govern in a matter wliich in
volves the happiness of a million xtf the most
patriotic families and thousands of the bravs
and patriotic soldiers of the Confederacy.
“Great swelling words'' like those of tb«
Richmond press about “dishonor," “deliberate
humiliation,” “a virtual admission that we
are rebels and criminals,’' and the luminous
suggestion that it we “receive” Butler we
shall soon have to “receive the mulatto - Colo
nel from Maury county,” well befit the mouths
of mere brawlers in the streets’ but surely
cannot justly be supposed to influence the
action of a great and wise Government upon
a practical question of vast moment.
From mere prejudice and passion, we ap
peal to common sense and sound principles
and a true policy. Let men who are ready to
burst with rage at what we are saying, go and
swelter this summer in a Yankee prison, or
let them go to the front of the army , to work
off their patriotic rage, expending its forces
upon the enemy and not upon the deroted
heads of our poor prisoner boys in Northern
jails.
Yvhat. we have got to say upon this great
practical question is this: Judge Out u ought
never to have made a question about the “re-
ception of Butler.” He is not cur Ayent. \Ye
do not “receive' him. We have no manner
of right to appoint an Agent for Lincoln. If
Butler, “the mulatto Colonel of Mnnry county”
or the Devil, suits Line Gin. as /.«.*■ Agent it is
well —'the Agent is well chosen, and no. worse
than the principal i We have on no principle
of public law any whit to do with it. A Hag
of truce covers any thing, or any body. We
ought, by all means, to decline on principles
of “honor and from •■self-respect "to fight
Lincoln! Butler is doing his master s work,
and bird or ■‘beast 1 is «s good as Lincoln.
Shall we let our prisoners rot in Yankee dun
geons unless Mr Lincoln sends in q gentleman -
as hits Agent of Exchange?
Our position is that we have got nothing to
do with anything but the cartel and exchange.
It Butler will carry out ike cartel, that, is all
we have .tuy business with Me do not • re
ceive' him ! We recar ■ ourpriXnn- from im
jails. If a -wolf has your child in hi.** Inm-rv
filthy jaws, will not yon.receive it, unlew'the
wolt slmll first walk on two lege like a gei.tle
raan - aud * *'lvil speech and smt? h
song withal ?
«. take hoM of the Kitu bmll
hauls and w .l..«i>ri g ht eornest, bacanse
1«1 th.it unleps ire i-epeive ons prison
",'‘l,an(,s ’*l' h.illpi- we shall tlo t re.-eive
them a. nil ! The,la, k Eh .„1.,„ JJ er,M-...kl
imprisonment already.falls like a tearful pal 1
up,,n tii.- jut:on doors of more ihan thirty
thousand brave Confederate soldiers, and the
domesUc altars of almost half the households
m the Gomederaey, If the street patriot, will
hold their silly tongues, and fussy editors leave
the question to the good sense of Commis
sioner Quid and the Preddeßt, we are content.
No two men of common sense in the world
can sit calmly down to consider this matter
in the light of ail the facts and principles
involved, and rise up and differ about the just
conclusion. It is as plain as that a triangle is
not a square, or that rant is not reason, or
that passion is not principle.
Whatever apparent yueUticotion existed for
TJHZT ,° f °* Prb °— «»* Hand? of
tiler when \xofi Tit presented them, there can
be none whatever for their
now ,ts .perfectly apparent th.d hi-,,. ’
pointment was Mt , as we then laid * rikh . *,
think, designed as an affront ptr . .* d
the most c.bnoxTons breast in Yankeedom wa .-
not st nt,fts we did believe, to increase the
difficulties of the exchange and not to remove
fathom.
Whatever may be Butler s motive, the fuel j
guilds out in bold relief, that through his
agency (done, and in opposition to the will and
'raft ot that vulgar, malignant brother-brute,*
Stanton, several thousand of our people a*“e
»ow rejoicing iu their liberty. We were mis
;uken in our first, very natural, impressions—
tnd that was a dark ht>ur which witnessed
the inauguration of a policy ivliiclf eonUarv
to ail principles, is costing ok 1,000 men per .
month! A brave true man never hesitates J
to retract an error, and he iaa poor tool, lion- j
e9 t man or knave, who refuses to do it, irom |
passion and prejudice and iu deference to
clamor when adherence to it costs him g reat
sacrifices of just sentitoent and real interests.
A fig for his “honor" and “self-respect!
* If it is intended to conduct this war accord
ing to sentiment, and not in obedience t» the
dictates of common sense and ot interest, we
shall still have the better of men whose senti
ments are all malignities—men who for the
gratification of impotent hate, will sacrifice the
comfort, the liberties, and live3 of their
brethren. We make men our •equals for war
purposes, when we fight them, and to fight
men, with whom we will not deal under a flag
of truce, is simply to devote ourselvgs to de
struction. unless we can hope to exterminate our
foes. \Ve repeat, that the place for the display
of temper is at the front of the army, with a
musket, and not in the streets at a safe dis
tance from danger, where our chivalry is ex
hausted iu the distress and suffering of our
gallant brothers—in carping at the manage
ment of details, under a flag of truce, wholly
unimportant in a military point of view, and
which are exercising the only softening and
humanizing influences, now known in the
conduct of this diabolical war.
We venture that if this question could be
left to the direction ot that great and good
man, Gen. Lee, he would dispose of it,, as sol
diers in all ages have disposed of such com
plications—by ignoring altogether the mere
character of the enemy’s Commissioner—cov
ering all questions of this irrelevant sort by
the flag of truce —and proceeding with.the ex
change of prisoners at once. No General
would sacrifice his men on a foolish question
of mere etiquette.
The sentiment and opinions of our returned
soldiers, are fully iu keeping with these sugges
tions. They all say that Butler is not half as
black a devil, as he is painted—no beastlier
a “beast.’’ than the rest. It is their opinion,
who have been on the ground, that he sought
the position he occupies for the express pur
pose of carrying out the provisions of the car
tel—that he intends to do.it in good faith —
that Stanton has failed to bully him into com
pliance with his malignant policy of non-ex
change, and that, in fact, Butler is the only
Yankee General who could have carried out
his own views in opposition to the feelings of
the surly .Secretary of War, as be has thus far
done, —that be freely says the Yankee Gov
ernment was wrong in stopping the exchange
—that when wc had the surplus, we continued
to deliver all captures, and that they sliould
have done the same thing, when by the accidents
of war, they had the surplus, and hence he
has gone forward in the face of our rejection
of him, and delivered us thousands of our
prisoners, saying that we would not insist up
on maintaining a false position—that ive would
not appoint a Commie doner at the dictation of
the U. tin-a mat he was sure “the sober
second thought” of the Confederate authori
ties would restore the Commissioner of the
U. 3- to his.true relations to the question—
and that he would continue the deliveries of
prisoners and waif, patiently for the result,
All this, he says, and has done; and now
having done and said this, he refuses to deliver
any more prisoners until we concede his posi
tion, which we have no shadow of right to
contest. |
-But “Butler is an out law.” Very well.— |
That has nothing to do with it. He - will re- !
main an out-law. The flag of truce will not I
change that, any more than it*will the color
of his eyes.
W e should like to be able to choose our en
emies ns well as nnr friends, but we cannot
always do either.
We have already received thousands of onr
prisoners from Butler ; why not receive the
remainder ? Shall we now turn round and
onr ’dignity requires that those who
ha\ e not been delivered shall continue to lan -
guid! iuNoithern jails— to lie badgered, sinn -
ed, i ajoled, deceived into lairing ihe Lincoln
oath, or in cast of refusal, to be denied all
comforts—persecuted until they pensh m the
hands of the enemy ? Already we Pave lost
an armj bv this folly. The “dignity ’of all
this business is fully equal to the stare and
grimace of the monkey -but. its wisdom
would disgrace the disereurm of the Jackass,
and this we deliberately say W the benefit of
all concerned.
Judge Child ha* been hampered
by influences which wvj do Jjltt se e, in the
course im has been constrained to adopt. The
authoruf the masterly letters in the Exchange
Correspondence, cannot approve the present
po ilian of tilings. His good sense aud good
heaif alike will combine to remove Ihe flimsy
Jfretcxfs ut a pa-sinuate and unreasoning' poli
cy Let (to- real sentiments of (lie people mid
aiui) prevail. Let ihe patriotism of the iu
depeudent prtHS, sustain a sound policy, and
wc venture to predict that in a few day* of
patient labor, a proper spu it of coraprtnttise
anil concession will dispose ot all difficulties
and adjust the disputed questions, and a uni
\ ersul delivery of all t he prisoners, on both sides
will take place, aud we shall start afresh with
new books Can sensible men have two opin
ions as to the course we ought to pursue? We
observe that the iasi expected boat did not ar
rive, and, in our opinion, unless these views
prevail, none sdi ever arc.ve.
We invoke the public sentiment, the coni
. rnon sense of the country, and it- free expres
sion mj* the press, on ibis subject.
prices.
iVhile we are glad to notice from several of
our exchanges, a fall in iheprlbes of many ar
ticles of luxury and necessity, we are pain
ed to chronicle the fact, that since the
passage of the currency bill, every Thing has
risen rapidly -and enormously here and still
has an upward tendenty. Our turn will come
after a time, we hope, and upon this hope,
mo't *if our . i inmutiii v are living, wc presume,
for nowhere in the Confederacy at this time,
are there more provision- in comparison to the
population, or when: less . an be obtaiued for
love or Disney. Riding is the only cheap ar
tide tn these parts—a -pat 1 ' between the
j Tival hotels having reduced the omnibus fare
I to nothing.
Tlie Private Memorandum
Book of Plrlc Bamsren.
There has been deposited in the Wtt
department by Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, the
private memorandum book ot T ine Dahl- ,
oren, fouud on his person and taken ]
from it by Lieijt. Pollard. M e are per
mitted to copy .these private memoranda, ,
which confirm Dahlgren'* guilt beyond >
a doubt, and to add to bis crimes even at j
blacker shade than has yet been given j
them. It should be convincing reply to \
tlie Northern denial of the authenticity ,
of the Dahlgren documents heretofore |
pnblished. And with reference to these j
we may say that Gen. F. Lee has written
to the war Department fixing the an
thenticity ot these papers; for be ex
plains that there was no opportunity of
altering them unless by the courier who
was dispatched with them and that there
was no writing whatever jpteylined in
them.
We copy literally below the atracions
private memoranda oi' Dahlgren. Inco
herent. as some of them ave, they discover
a hejlish purpose.
“Pleasonton will goverti details.
“Will have details from other com
mands (four thousand.)
“Michigan men have started.
“Col. J. H. Devereux has torpedoes.
“Hanover junction [B. T. Johnson.]
“Maryland Line.
(Here follows a statement of the com
position and numbers of Johnson’s com
| mand.
“Chapin’s Farm-seven miles below
Richmond,
“One Brigade (Hunton’s relieved
Wise sent to Charleston).
“Rivers can be forded half a mile above
the City. No works on South Side.
Hospstal near them.' River fordable.
Canal can 1/e crossed.
“Fifty men to remain on North Bauk,
and keep in communication, if possible.
To destroy mills, canal, and burn every>
thing valuable to the rebels. Seize any
large ferry boats and note all crossings,
in case we have to return that way.
Keep us posted of any important move
ment of he rebels, and, as we approach
the city, communicate with us, and do
not give any alarm before they see us in
possession of Belle Isle and the bridge.
If engaged there, or unsuccessful, they
must assist in securing the bridges until
we cross. If the ferry boat can be
worked, bring it down. Everything that
cannot be secured or made use of, must
be destrosed. Great care must be taken
not to be seen or give any alarm. The
men must be filled off the road or along
the main bank. When we enter the city
the officer must, use his discretion as to
when to assist in crossing the bridges.
The prisoners once loosed and the
bridges crossed, the city must be destroy
ed, burning the public buildings, &c:
“Prisoners to go with party.”
“Spike the heavy guns outside.”
“Pioneers must be ready to repair, de
stroy, &e. Turpentine will be provided.
The pioneers must be ready to destroy the
Richmond bridges, after we have all cross
ed, and to destroy the railroad near Fred
erick’s Hall, (station, artillery, &c.)”
* % j}: ;{;
“Fifteen men to halt at Bellona Arse
nal, while the column goes on and destroys
it. Have some prisoners. Then rejoin
us at B; leaving a portion to watch if any
thing follows, under a good officer.”
“Will be notified thut Custar may come,"
“Main column, 400.”
“One hundred men will take the bridge
after the scouts, and dash through the
streets and open the way to the front, or,
if it is open, destroy everything in the
way.”
“While they are on the big bridges, 100
men will take Belle Isle, after the scouts
instructing the prisoners to gut the city.
The reserve (200) will see this fairly done
and everything over, and then follow, de
stroying the bridges after them, and then
destroy the city; going up the-principal
streets and destroying everything before
them, but not scattering too much, and al
ways having a part weli in hand.”
“Jeff Davis and Cabinet must be killed
on the spot.”
[ln the separate draft of Dahlgren’s or
ders, the words “on the spot” do not oc
cur. This emphasis in the private note
book leaves no doubt ol Dahlgren*s mur
derous intention—Ex.]
*£n another part of the note book is the
rough draft of Dahlgren’s address, ft
differs somewhat from the separate copy
which he seems to have amplified and cor T
reeted. He allude?to the “glory of ac
complishing an undertaking for which
your country will always be grateful, and
fur which you will always have tin pray
ers of the prisoners now confined in South
ern prisons. When we have set free the
prisoners on Belle Isle, and seen them
over, we will cross and dash through the
city. You must encourage the prisoners
to destroy the city, make one v*st flame
of it.” * * -
Besides these memoranda, the book,
which is nealiv bound in morocco, con
tains a detailed statement of “the re-or
ganization of StuarFs cavalry, November,
ISGd,” and of “Major General Wade
Hampton’s division,’ evidently the work
of spies. In aside pocket was carefully
Folded a f'<tr aim tie of a hundred dollar
Id 11 issued by the “Plantation Bank,” and
good for one bottle of “Plantation Bitters. ’
It was, probably, an advertisement taken
to he palmed as money by Uahlgien upon
some ignorant and unsuspicious negro.
Exchange of Prisoners. — From a lengthy and
well written editorial in the Danville Appeal, we
make the following extract :
••In regard to the difficulty about Butler, we
think our Government is entirely wrong. We cer
tainly have no right to dictate to them wbat char
acter of men they shall employ as their agents.—
And if we desired to pc-rpetuatethe infamy of But
ler, as we do desire, it was only necessary while
consenting to receive him as their agent, to pro
test that the han of outlawry was still upon him,
and that wo receive him with a full knowledge of
his character only as their representative.
There are other considerations connected with
this latter subject, which, however, we have not
space to notice, We hope our authorities will not
hesitate to continue the exchange, even if Butler
be the agent,"
•
We have a private letter from Oxford, Miss
issippi, ia which the writer says: ‘-It is impos
sible to give an adequate description of the
damage inflicted by Forrest upon the com
mand of Smith mid Orierson. For sixty miles
the line of their retreat was marked by dead
Yankees and horses. They rode their horses
so hard that nearly all died after reaching
Memphis. Smith returned alone to Memphis,
•and when asked where his men were, replied
that ‘one half had straggled and the other
half had gone to h—l/ which wsb nearly the
truth.”
TELEGRAPHIC.
Reports of the , Press Association, y
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
Is63* by J. 8. Thrashes, m the Clerk s office.of
the DistrietCourfc of the Confederate States for
the Northern District qfGeorgia.
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Dalton, April s.—News from iuside the enemy’s
lines states th&t two brigades of infantry have gone
towards Nashville, and it is reported by some that
they have been sentito operate against Forrest, and
by others that they are en route to the Potomac.
Forty-four regiments of infantry ams ten batteries,
who returned to Ohio to recruit, received only 5,000
men in three months.
It is reported that McPherson? relieves Thomas,
who will besent to another field. It is also reported
that one brigade of cavalry and one of infantry have
been sent forwaidto Chattanooga within the !§§t
few days.
The Federal* that went out into Alabama or. a
plundering expedition, under Dodge, have returned
to Qecatur,
Smith, cQnimjiniling another cfiviMoh of Logan's
corps, is at Larkins villa. picketing the Huntsville Jt
.Stevenson railroad and the river.*
Nineteen Federal? in Confederate uniform came
to a factory, near Summerville, on Saturday, and
committed numerous depredations,
.1/a con, April s,—Amount funded in 4mefoils,
Ga., S&ST.ISQI).
Kichmoxp, April s,—The rainy spell continues,
411 the streams in Eastern Virginia are very much
swollen. -
The inclemency of the weather prevent the re
eeipt of supplies, consequently prices of provisions
arc maintained at the highest figures.
It is reported that anew bankinghouse will short
ly be established here, With $ heavy combination of
capital.
The Baltimore American of the 2d has a dispatch
from Matton, w hich sajrs'it is reported by scouts that
the Rebels number 15,(jOO. A dispatch of the 31st
says everything seeips to have respited in the usual
quiet. The Rebels are believed to havejdispersed.
The Red river expedition had penetrated as fur as
Nachitoches.
Deserters from Knoxville report Longstreet’s
whole force under marching orders.
A large force of Rebels are concentrating at Pound
Gap for a raid into Kentucky.
Grant and Meade are gone to Fortress Monroe to
confer with Butler,
It is reported that Buell will supercede Schofield
in East Tennessee.
Gold closed at ItiS in Baltimore on the Ist.
fui.uMßiA. nth,—The amount tutided' at Stateville,
S. C„ was ssf>3,9oo.
[From the Atlanta Confederacy.]
A Rlcli Burlesque,
Our special correspondent at “the front”
furnishes us the following highly amu
sing satire upon the system of issuing
ders indiscriminately by many general
officers. It was written by a private sol
dier; is a very happy hit, and will be du
ly appreciated by those who, like him have
become well nigh demented, trying to
“keep the run of ttyem.”
Head’qrs Besf.ryf. Brigade, )
February 20th, 1804, }
General Orders No. .20,217.
In view of the numerous orders on the
subject of furloughs from Army, Corps
and Division Headquarters, and in order
the more effectually to guard against the
possibility of any soldier obtaining a fur
lough or leave of absence, the following
regulations in reference thereto are pub
lished, and will he strictly observed in this
command:
.1 In all applications under General Or
ders No. 227, 15, 6, 18, 10 and 20 the
certificates of company commanders must
show—
-Ist. That “Order is Heaven’s first law.”
2d. That, none are absent or desire to be
absent on furlough or otherwise.
3d. That every man in the Company
has re-enlisted for the war, and has signed
a pledge to re enlist again for the same
length of time, under the late military
law.
4th. That the applicant has been a “gal
lant and meritorious soldier,” and has
slain at least seven or eight Yankees in
single combat. Scalps must be forwarded
with application, or she certificate of a
Medical Board who saw the same taken
in action.
sth. In order that the above para
graph may he fully carried out, and only
the meritorious receive furloughs, a certi
ficate is required that applicant has been
chosen by lot,
6t,h. The number of barefooted men
must be given, together with the condition
of the camps, and (the number of cases of
camp itch
7th. “The vulgar fractions of each
company will be aggregated with the ex
tra duty men,” wagons and ambulances,
the square root extracted, and nine wag
ons out of every ten furloughed.
IT. When a recruit is furnished, certi
ficate of the mother of recruit must show
that he was lawfully begotten and piously
brought up; that he is tot subject, to de
sertion, inclined to cavalry, and that hois
not now and never has been a minor or
nitre bureau. (Family Bible will, in uli
such cases, be inclosed with the applica
tion O
111. In case of officers applying for
leaves of absence, certificate must show
1. That applicant is alive and well
and hopes (Jol. Geo. Win. Brent, A. A. G.,
is enjoying the. same blessing
2. That applicant has never been tried
by General Orders or General (Jour;.
Martial,
3. That lie fully and entirely under
stands all orders upon furloughs and
leaves of absence, as well as all other
orders whatsoever, that may have been
or w ill be hereafter issued.
4. No such plea as a desire to marry, !
or attend to important business, or to
visit a dying wife, father.or mother will
be considered. In the present, crisis ol
our affairs, no person of common patriot
ism will entertain the idea of dying nei
ther will it be allowed. They must
quietly wait their turn under General
Orders.
5. No application for furlough or
leave ofabsence will be entertained unless
folded according to form prescribed in
G. O. No. 5, and neatly secured with f»y
yards of red tape. i
VI. The following persons are exclu
ded from the hdnefits and operations of
the foregoing order:
1. All men who have been executed
under sentence of a court martial.
2. All married men who have either
visited home or writteu to their wives
within twelve months preeeedin CP the
battle of Missionary Ridge.
2, All unmarried men who have at any
lime during the period of six months
next preceding the 1 Sth of January, en
tertained the idea of a matrimonial alli
ance.
VII. No furloughs or leaves of absence
will be granted in any case whatever.
By Order of
BRIG. GEN. VIDETTE
Jerry Screws, Active Expectant Gen.
CITY MJtTTERS. !
T. J JACKSON, Local Editor j
f~qr —- -jjg'r- -
Notice to Wrops.
After this date wc shall be compelled to make i
» deduction of 33 1-3 per cent, from Confederate .
notes of the old issues above Si, Hundreds not:
taken. Persons having business with this office j
will boar this in mind.
March 26th, 1864.
Stockholders are referred to the advertisement
of Mobile <fc Girard Railroad Company in
ence to the payment of a tax of five per cent, on i
the Stock of the Company in accordance tyith a
late pf
Members of the Mechanics’ Union are requested
to meet at the Court Rouse this evening for the
election of officers. See advertisement.
Major Humphrey* advertises for 10,006 feet of
poplar scantling, and a quantity of wheat and fve
straw.
* —• 4 ♦
J. H. Warner, Chief Engineer Naval TroD Works,
gives notice that the change bills or cheek*/ issued
by these Works will be redeemed at present in five
dollur bills, and in future in new currency. The
public therefore need feel no hesitancy iu accept
ing these bills.
Government Contractors and Day.—
Our attention has been called to the fact that here
tofore the Government employees inthi3 city have
failed to observe the fa&t days recommended by
the President, but have pressed ou with their
work a® fisual. This should not be, and we trust
the coming Friday will be generally and univer
sally observed in thi? city. Whatever may have
been the urgent uecessßy for sucb% course of ac
tion at the breaking sut of our present struggles,
such necessity surely cannot be urged at this ad
vanced stage of the revolution. It would seem
the veriest farce if, while Congress the Presi
dent have united in setting apart this day as a
solemn fast, and called upon the people of the
Confederate States to fervently unite jn its qhser
vance, aH the vast machinery of the Government
were permitted to go on as usual. \Ve therefore
trust, that in order tq Dje letter and spirit of
this solemn day of as a nation, that
not only the people may bring honesty and sin
cerity to bear in its observance, but that the au
thorities that be will close all the avenues of busi
ness, and that we may as au undivided people pre
sent the spectacle of deep humility h?fofv> Almighty
God,
El>. Sun : The poor and needy among us are
suffering : soldiers’ wives and their children, wid
ows and their children, and orphans. The writer
would like to see a subscription gotten up among
those who are able to’give. God loveth a cheerful
giver. Let us have a city meeting at Temperance
Hall, and then and there subscribe for the glori
ous cause of helping our fellow creatures in their
need.
We copy the above communication from the San
of yesterday, and feel that, it is a matter to which
the press should call public attention. The facts
therein stated are plain and palpable, and the sug
gestion that a meeting be called ait Temperance
ranee Hall for the relief of the poor in our midst,
is a good one. Owing to our present financial
troubles, and the enormous pyices reaped by all
the necessaries oHife, there is probably more real
suffering in our midst at this time than at any
period during the war. Measures must be taken
for the relief of this destitution, ami the quicker
the better. What a field is presented for the dis
play of philanthropy ?
Those who have much should give much, aud
especially those who have realized fortunes since
the breaking out of the war, should feel called upon
to come forward now and distribute with a lavish
hand. No Christian or patriot should desire to
come forth from this ordeal of fire with more prop
erty than he entered if. Let a meeting be called
aud a committee appointed to receive and distrib
ute donations, and let the w<>rk be done at once.
Personal.—We understand that Jlon. Mark
Blandford, Representative elect from this District,
was in this city yesterday, and is in fins health
and spirits.
Muscogee R. R.—This corporation gives no
tice to Stockholders that the five percent, tax will
be given in and paid by the Company. Those
owning stock will not therefore l.e required to give
it in individually.
From Huntsville. —Tne Mobile Tribune has
authority that at Huntsville, Ala., there had been
an extensive fire —that it was burning from noon
on the 14th instant, to Tuesday, the loth The
northeast section of the city, we learn, was un
questionably destroyed by fire.
The Selina Reporter states upou what it regards
as good authority, that Hon. IV. R. W. Cobb, for
many years a member of the Federal Congress
from the State of Alabama, is now in Washington
City. -The opinion prevails in .North Alabama that
he has gone oyer to the Yankees, and given in Lis
adhesion to the Yankee Government,
A Gloomy Paragraph. —The Cincinnati
Commercial, of the Btb, in a lengthy leadei,
says ■ “Affairs certainly look very gloomy,
and Congress supposes Mr. Chase is blessed
with Aladdin s lamp, a? they have failed to do
anything whatever to assist him in the matter.
The Confederates have tom lied the bottom of
the tub and are ascending, and we are in a
fair way to see the bottom also, unless some
thing is speedily done.”
What Our Navy Has Done.—A report in
respect to the Yankee, vessels raptured by the
Confederate cruisers was made to the Wash
ington Congress a few days ago. It includes
all raptures up to the 301 h of last January.
The list which the New York News says is not
complete, foots up 103, with a tonnage 0f89,-
00 1. At fifty dollars a ton, the vessels are
valued at 1.45.T.200: the cargoes, at one
hundred dollars a ton, are estimated at
$8,910,400. Total value, 413,4.~>0,f>00. Sixtv
two were captured by the Alabama, twenty
six by the Sumter and twenfv-two by the
Florida.
♦ *
Office Mobile avi> Girard R. R.. i
Columbus, Ga„ April o, 1864. j
The of the Mobile <fc*Girard Railroad
Company, are hereby notified that the five per cent
tax, levied by the law passed February 17th, 1564,
on the value of all shares held in Railroad or other
Companies, will he paid by the Treasurer at this
i.tfue and they will therefore omit the stock held in
this Compuny in their lists to Assessors.
J. M. FRAZER,
apl o ts Treasurer.
Muscogee Railroad Company i
Columbus, Qa.. April 6th. 1864. j
The holders of general stock in the -Muscogee Rail
road Company are hereby notified that the five per
cent tax levied by the law passed by the Confeder
ate Congress, 17. h February, 1364, will be given in
and paid by thi* Company on their stock',
By order of Board of Directors.
• J. M. BIVINS,
Secretary and Treasurer.
apl t>lw.
Savannah Republican and Augusta Constitution
alist, will please published the above one week and
Jorward bills to this oflioe
T¥ew Baton
\T RETAIL, at the l owest market price, by
H. FISHACfcER,
april 1 6t 104, Broad Street,
Bit(UH|>ftt<*| Skfldj of the Ink Dr. Join*
B. Borina jj,
ffilmlu in Newber-
John B. Gorman, hut >o,u Y r
ili? lather died white Join, wa
mother married a Munster of the < “ , ,
name of t feeder b*v, . M, & n J*
of very fine talems-of tall and elegant iriiVh -
her new husband, though a very *c>od man wsT
preiuduedraud ignorant. It was under hi- owatxo?
and tutorship that John was brought ui> jj,ui he
was nearly twenty years -of age. There were very
few school? in the District and the country sparsely
inhabited offered limited advantage., lor education
The effects and influences of the American Rmnlu
lion Cad scarcely ceased to be felt.'Keli-biu b u i Jj|.
tic cultivated. I tie peoplo spout tlie Babhath in idhe
nes« and siu. Rut-John was burn to rise abort tin,
stupidtty and darkness that enthralled him. The
first book lie ever s;qy was the Bible. It was alter
ea [\e n f Writ ' ? ' fn<‘iid gent him
worlds cities ■ ««t t,J " ,c %vned ot new countries.
vL ,V7k, C U lie had ne> er dre*med'
!u a *a^i er ? country bevond the hunks o'
the Saluda.. 11c read with ecstatic Vi el oi-.t t- h 7
colleges, learning and books in the OH \\VU
new sun had burst upon bis vision and he dieter
uimed to be educated. In hi? twenty first vc,r |L
left his plough in the field »nd wandered 1 with fin
brother, Thomas R, tpwint'‘•Auiil
earnings he had savedand the money
he had obtained for his little colt, seateely amouut
\ag to on« hundred dollars, these twu p„ or boys eu
teredUliege, A, great deal of tun was made bvtbc
students on the presentation of young Gorman to the
I acuity. It was true that John was dressediu J
i humble attire, with little money to defray expend
yet he was nneere m his professions and dtteminfd
to be educated. Isolated and solitary, hc lleJ ed
aa old log house with a dirt floor tft study in Here
th «“sht and day, studying, at the -am'e time
three different languages. His proficiency was re
i markable, being noticed by the students and Fac-
I ulty. in the course, qt three months he had com
' pletely matured English grammer and arithmetic
; one ym-elapsed and he was far into the iSSSE
iowurd the close ot the second year, he read Horace'
\ irgil. and ihucydtdes, with great accuracy an]
elegance. He stood hu examination and passed
trom the Freshman to the Junior class, it- was i&
the tall ot 1810 that he lett Mt, Prospect on foot and
came near Augusta to teach school. He proceeded
to Athens alter teaching school several months
where he remained one year and completed his Col
legiate course. His brother during that year had
charge ot an Academy near Millhavcn. John had
resolved upou the study of medicine. For this nur*
I>os6|uc by way ot I\Xi 1 vtrit to \ it-it his UrOthei
who furnished him with necessary meant V**n out
fit, Remaining a short time, Urey embraced each
other and parted. John was weR qualified now for
the study of his intended profv'ssvru; but thought it
best to spend a few months with Dr. Moon, fie» ura
entering at the N orth*
In ISIS fie commenced his journey on foot to Phil
adelphia. It would require every dollar fie had to
enter him at College, which subjected him to ma.lv
hardships and sutterings. Often he met with iiilnlL
by the people, sometimes compelled to take ,
in the cold and snow. On reaching Baltimore h«
describes ms situation as desperate Mi. r... *
bleeding at every step, but, say-fin
to enterVollege.” By his energy
study.be soon attained she highest i,f' otl - on , to
class and graduated ut,the close of uVse” i !n ,n n ,s
turning to Georgia, he commenced Lir , , ? ,-
MiUedgeviUe and continued with great ' ur :’ Ke t vu
many years. At the same time lie im
science ot medicine. Works upou .
Philosophy were studied with i!uvn,c
had read a great deal at Cylkve > Yi.c k'
six hours every day with his hr of- 1,0 w , he
London and Yuris lJmSdin “^verv** Ut- i vei ° »?
from the prees. By hi^Sd^
collecting, probably, one ot the most »plendid nri
vate libraries in the Southern State-'
three thousand volumes. At the -j'uic h*
read, he contributed to the press both North a ?d
South, In 1830 ho commenced his “Pt.fi . ■h ll »•
Animated Existence.” at and was elected
tho A,di,al Uoard in’ VhiM™bt
Gorman moved trqui.MiUedgeviUe to Talbot and
devoted much of his time toplautingand the’cam
position oi his Philosophy, in was Yeady ldi
the press, and in IS-IS was published :,v wf. i
Ball, in Philadelphia. The edition numbered lea
thousand and was well received by Ih Row- Review
olNew Orleans, and the press of the North Itwiil
finally adopted by several New .Englarul CoJlege“
and a large number ot the volumes were sent to
Eiuope. Ihut this book possesses great merit i« be
yond a douut; but philosophy at the present day
does not contorm to the genius of the time' Thb
poetical ettusions of l>r. J. R. Gorman are' qjitj
beautiful and chaste, which,,ii published wm I
make a handsome volume, llis two great friends
wereMirabeauß. Lamar,.cifTesas. and Dr. Jack
eon, ot Philadelphia. A tewyears ago, Gen. Lamar
visited him in lalbot and solicited contributions for
hvsbook. lion,.Edward Everitt, of Boston, one*
urged him to write lor the North American Review
immediately alter the publication oft he Philosophy
oi Animated Existence. Fifteen year? ago, he re
tired tyom the world and since then has devoted hi
lie to farming,.the study of Christianity and the
happiness ot his iamily. He was married twice du
ring his life, to daughters of Yt’m. Soun v K?q of
lalbot county. He leaves a tn ojierfy to’’his
tamlly. On the third ot March, while setting in a
chair, was suddenly taken with paralysis. Dunn*
hislUitess, he frequently remarked, “how much I
sutler bodily, but my joys mentally, are ineffable.’’
lie called lor his sons who were in the service Was
perfectly sensible to the very lust, and died’ very
easily, calling the name of Jesus. Dr. John B. Got
mun was a very accomplished scholiar, retaining a
perfect knowledge of books land men, to the last
ot his lite. lie died on the I2th March, ISbt,
Southern Mechanics* tniou*
The Southern Mechanics Union will meet at the
Court House on Wednesday the bth of April, for
the election oi officers. All delinquents who tail to
attend will be expelled from the Union.
By order of the President.
* [ISAAC G. DENSON,
apl 5 2t Sec’y
Wanted
Immediately at the C. S. Arsenal, Columbus, Ga.
iII.DUO FEET POPLAR SCANTLING 5x5-
ALSO,
A Quantity of Wheat or Rye Straw.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
Maj. A Ord. Officer,
april 5 1w Com’Jg Arsenal.
* Office Naval Iron Works, )
Columbus, Ga., April 4th, 1804.;
To guard against imposition upon the poor and
j up.,n persons ignorant of such matters, notice Is
hereby given that the Checks issued, us change bills
from thG oflie-e ate redeemable in atrrent Treasury
Nates—for the present in five dollars and under, and
witn the new issue when received.
J. H. WARNER. J
apt 4 2t
“ Aollce to Planters and (on*
sinners ©I Iron.-*
II E wiU keep i,.r sale, lor Confederate funds, or
iV exchange l«r country produce—such as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon. Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, TaJ
iow. Butter, \\ heat or Flour —the following articles,
• hand or mode to order :
PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON;
FLAT, ROUND AND.SQL ARK BAR IRON;
Hot ip, HORSE SHOE NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
ROPE) FOR BALING ;
SHOVELS AND SPADES :
FRY PANS;
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
SECAR AND SALT KETTLES- FROM 40
TO 1 uO GALLONS;
SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND I.'.TaCII
We are prepared to receive and fill order? for any
sizes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works
and Rolling Mill m Alabama.
, „ JOHN D. GRAY A CO.,
apron Next to New Bridge,
Copartnership.
'piJE UNDERSIGNED have this day entered
1 iutu a Copartnership under the name and
•rym of JIANDSERD A AUSTIN, for
tion of a general CommisFion busine-s.
Office No. 13, Broad Street.
JOSEPH HAX3ERD,
THOMAS H AUSTIN.
Columbus, GaApril 1,1064.—1 w
Shoemakers’ ami Saddlers’
TOOLS.
f rUE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
manufacture ot the above named articles in tut-*
city, are prepared to till orders for the same.
Office on Angle "treet. a I few doors above C. S.
Hospital. HARRISON,iBEDELL A CO.
Reference—Ma.i. F. W. Dillard.
Mobile Register, MiasUsipplan and Aiieusta Con
stitutionalist, please copy one month and --end bills
to this office,
mar 30 ts
Wauled Imuiedialrl}.
HIDES ofall kinds. Also Goat and Coon Skins.
The highest price paid for Dog Skins.
Apple to JEFFERSON A HAMILTON,
at Troy Factory Wart* Rooms.
mar 2±> 61
Enquirer and Sun copy.
Old Scrap Iron Wauled.
IV E wish to purchase old Scrap Wrought iron.
_ JEFFERSON A RamTIION.
mar 2S ot
Enquirer and Sun copy.
