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Monday Morning, April U, lSf»i.
The First Congress—Review oi
Home of Its Acts—CJonscrli*-
tlon-Mr. StepheDS’s Speech.
Wp I»u«I paid all wp intended to say in ref
erence to Ihe several Acts of Conscription.—
Bat vvf can not pass from the subject without
say iiij-Mv few words ill vindication ot the Act?
against the assaults made upon them by Mr.
Stephens in his late speech. And in connec
tion with this -perch, allow me to say that
the Message gUoiu Governor and the course
pursued by some of the members of our Leg
islating in reference to the action of Congress,
have been received by nearly all flic presses
and the people, outside <>t the Stuleot
with profound regret and astonishment.—
But for myself, 1 consider the Message ot the
Governor and the action had upon it by the
Legislature as of very small import in com
parison with this most extraordinary speech
of Mr Stephens. It was delivered before the
members of the Legislature, in the capitol of
the State, —has been corrected and revised by
himself, and has been published in gome of
the papers. Himself the Vice President of
the Confederacy, holding the second office in
gift of the people, and liable to take the first
upon the death or disability of the President.
Such the speaker, and such the occasion for
the speech.
Occupying the position he doe'-, it is not
surprising that the people should look upon
this most extraordinary speech with profound
astonishment, if not alarm. Nearly every
leading measure adopted by the late Congress
for Bustainiuo the Government and carrying
on the war has been denounced by hint as
unwise and unjust, and most of them as un
constitutional, and. of course, void in hi; es
timation. Senators and Representatives who
passed the Arts, and the President whosigued
them, all are arraigned and condemned by
him, not only as having done very toolish
things, but as having disregarded their oaths
and violated the Constitution. Os the Con
scription Acts, he says:
“ This , whole system of conscription, J Imre
looked upon from the hey inn my, as urony. radi m
cally wrony, in principle and policy. "
Unless he thinks it is wrong, “ radically
wrong, " to have an army in Ihe field and to
keep them I cannot conceive by what
reasoning- he comes to the conclusion that it
is wrong to raise an army by conscription.—
He admits the necessity of having an army
in the tield, but is as silent as the tomb as to
the manner of raising his army. Common
decency would require of him, as long as he
condemns the action of Congress, to suggest,
some other and belter mode erf raising an
army. But there is not one syllable in his long
speech in reference to nuy other mode of rais
ing men for the war. Why do*-a he not. en
lighten the country and the Congress as the
proper mode of recruiting the army ? He
condemns the late conscription Act, because
it is too sweeping in its provisions and in
creases the army too much. He may be tinc
tured with the new doctrine, of fighting with
a very few men, and after every victory, to
offer to the enemy, terms of peace. On this
• subject, he is silent —silent, it may he on ac
count of the result of a mission of charity and
mercy, undertaken in his own person, when
the enemy would neither speak to him. nor
allow him to cross the line. But how is he to
recruit the army? lie condemns the policy
of conscript ion Will he depend on volunteer
ing? No sane man in the Confederacy, who
has not been sound asleep for the last two
years, *w ill pretend that our armies can imwjie
recruited andkepl up by any system ot volun
teering. Will he resort to the system some
time? adopted in Europe, and now being prac
ticed hy Lincoln, of hiring or buyinjf up with
gold, foriegn un-iceiauiie in. tight our battles?
With volunteers and foreign mercenaries com
bined, he could not raise a reapcciable brigade
in twelve months.
There is left to Mr. Stephens, hut one oth
er made of raiding aruiies, and that must be
the uncertain, imbecile and now almost ex
ploded policy, of eallinr* upon the several (.Gov
ernors of the States to furnish the regui.-ite
• number of troops to prosecute the war. I
have alluded to this subject in a former
number and shown, I think the utter folly of
attempting to carry 7 on a war like this by any
such process. Suppose a Governor when called
on, absolutely refuses to furnish the troops,
what are you to do ? Have you any pow er to
coerce him and malt him do it ? Will Mr.
Stephens tell us by what process he will make
a Governor obey this call ? There is no pow-
er on earth In the Constitution or out of it to
compel a Governor to do this thing, and Mr.
Stephens must known it Will he rely upon
the supposed patrioUem c.f the Governors?
The Governors might consider it an act of pa
triotism and of self preservation fn lefun- to
furnish the troops. .And vrhat would have,
been the response of Governor Brown, if he
had been called on for the number of troops
conscribed by the late Act of Congress ? lie
condemns the Act, and 1 understand his
Message, he advises the Legislature to disre
gard the Act anJ not allow the militia to be
conscribed. And why?* Because he thinks
the army already too large and if more men
are taken from agricultural pursuits and put
in tite held, both army aud people uumt nee
csiar.iy r tarve.
1 take it Ur granted, therefore, that Governor
Brown would refuse, at thU-tkue, to respond to a
call for more troops, troin the Plate of Georgia:
and the refusal iu his judurent would be an act of
distinguished patriotism! Does not Mr. Stephens
jind everybody else see the utter stupidity in
attempting to prosecute a war by any - u.-h piuceW
as this ? The Confederate Government ha “de
clared war,” and thus far has carried it ou, and
now, in the very crisis of the conflict, the same
Government calls for more troops to save the peo
ple from subjugation and to save from wreck and
overthrow the Government-?,,both State and Con
federate ; and becaus e one, or one-half, or all of
the Governor' refuse to fart.i'h the troops, the war
mast stop, though wreck and ruin should come
upon us all.
The framers us the C.aitioji were guilty of nu
sail. ,u. u-..i, v utd imbecility. They .-ant in the
Cousiuuii.iu lhal Congress shuuU have “powu”
to • declare war,” to “raise and support armies,"
and it, would bo an absurdity to grant them the
potfce to raise an army unless they had power to
enforce their acts and compel men to enter the ser
vice. And the Congress alone is to judge of the
peeessityof the case and of the number of the men
to be raided. Mr. Stephens think- too many men I
have been put in the army, and Gov. Brown tak(.s |
the Same posilion. On the other hand, Gen. Leo
‘ (ion. Beauregard, (Jen. Johnston and other GeneJ
r&ls thought the army should be increased ; and
the two Upases of Congress and the President,
agreeing with these last named Generals, passed
the late act, for increasing the army. This act Is
denounced hy Mr. Stephens as unwise ami uncon
stitutional. Mr. Stephens lias read, but has evi
dently forgotten all the teachings of history. Other
wise he mud know that no nation oq earth oxer
carried on a great war, of any duration, without
resorting either to hired foreign mercenaries or to
a system of conscription. J-rederick the Great,
to whom he alludes, sustained a war of seven years
duration with several combined powers of Europe
and finally triumphed over all, and saved himself,
his cause and his country l»y resorting to a most
sweeping and stringent measure of conscription,
Frederick relied on no such imbtyile policy as rc
ejiiestlng Governors of States to furnish men : he
eonscrihed them, and saved his country.
The Macedonians, the Greeks, the Romans, all
recruited their armies by a system of compulsion—
conscription. The terrible measure of conscrip
tion resorted toby Napoleon are familiar to every
school-hoy. In 1812 we went to war with Great
Britain on account of her system of impressment—
conscription— of seamqki, found on board our own
ship.-. The Continental Congress did not coiiscrihe
men. because the Articles of Confederation did not
authorize it; and all the Continental Cougres s
could do was to call upon the States to furnish the
troop: - it could not compel the States to furnish
them. Rome responded promptly, some very tar
dily. and some not at all; and hence the war lin
gered, the States were overrun, and it is yet to be
determined whether the Colonies ever would or
could have triumphed, but lor the powertul aid of
France.
From the ? stern lessons of experience our fath
ers learned wisdom ; and this wretched, rickety
and imbecile mode of conducting a war was aban
doned, and in the Constitution ihe entire war pow
er was conferred up<*n the central Government
power to “raise and support armies.”
Mr. Stephens may declare these acts of conscrip
tion unwise and unconstitutional, but it is some
consolation to know that the highest judicial tri
bunals iu every State in the Confederacy, when
the question has been raised, have fully sustained
every one of these acts. And since I commenced
this article I have seen aveyy late decision of the
Supreme Court of Alabama, amply sustaining and
vindicating these act? : and not only so, but they go
still further and hilly endorse the idea suggested
by me iu a former article on ihis subject, that in
case of emergency. when life, liberty, property and
national existence itself, all were at stake, the
Confederate Government had power under the
Constitution to command all the men and means
of the Contedeaacy for self-preservation—l repeat,
the men and means are subject to the call of the
Government, even though it should take a portion
or all of the “Enrolled Militia” of all the States.
The Enrolled Militia ! The general government
no power to conserjbe the Militia ! What strange
hallucination has seized upon mens’ minds to hold
such a doctrine as this ? Suppose each State were
to enroll in its militia eVory arms hearing man
within its limits, how is the Government to exer
cise its power to “raise armies”/ Can the States
screen all tlu-ir able-bodied men from conscription
by such a subterfuge as this? Will it be said
that the Government can conserve a portion ofthe
militia but not all l Who shall determine what
portion shall he taken and what left! Mr. Editor*
the Constitution has not left things in such wild
confusion as this. The same power “do raise ar
mies” that can lake from the militia one man, by
conscription, can take them all, not exceptingeyen
the militia oj/ici-rs.
In view of such new and strnngo Mr.
Kilitor, T trust it will not be deemed offensive to
exclaim with the dramatist--
“Judgment basiled to brutish beasts
And men have lost their reason.”
LOBBY.
l T upopakiiii) oi tile War in tin*
HtUntii-=Appeal to the IT icsids
oi Peace,
We iitid, in the edllui ial columns of the
New York Daily A'< •</■«*■, of the 9th lilt,,
ail article entitled “Popularity of the War”
j whieh sets forth, in forcible and graphic
j terms, the fast waning, war spirit of the
Northern people. It is long since the
Lincoln tyranny would tolerate such bold,
honest, speech, and if the News is read
in the North the •■ticot. on the popular
mind must Im* treiuendimus. It unveils
the whole system of duplioy and fraud
by which the war is kept up* and the de
mauds of the Government that, it tell Ihe
truth to the people. We extract Ire in
I he avtielc as follows:
It is insolent as well as idle and absurd
to talk ol* popularity of any war lliut can
command no warmer support thanjhis
Jrom a brave and impulsive people. IT
the hearts of the people were iu the war
they themselves wouldbe in the fieldlto light
to the death. If they sincerely believed
it to be a just war, they would crowd to
the very horns of ihe altar, without threat
or bribe Thai lh< \ Juiitk from the eon
test—that they Will devote all the little
earnings of their lives to purchase exemp
tion—that they cannot be tempted or
forced into ranks, while there is any es
cape — all these things tell the story.
The people do not feel any longer that
the war ns their war. They may support
ti fora little while because the Govern
ment is waging it and the flag is waved
over it. Some of them may be willing it
should eoiWiime because it pays themselves
or their mends large protits, or keep up j
tlieii influences, of advances their party, j
or Hat!, r their vanity, or gratifies their i
rancor. But the great current of public
feeling anti opinion rums in im favor im
longer. It.ha; now no hold on public cn
thusiasm. Its popularity is dead!
If the Administration really believes
that all this is lake -if it. is persuaded
that the popularity of the war contin
uea, let it abandon the conscription and
the boifhty'system, and make the eXperi- i
ment of volunteer t-nlirfmets for a single
O i
week That biief space of time would
suffice for the entire solution of the prob
lem. If ueh an experiment’ however,
b» deemed too hazardous, let Mr. Lincoln i
and his counsellors make a simple one. j
Let them tell the people the truth For a
single month, if the thing be possible, if
not, then endeavor to do it for a fortnight
Let Mr. Chase give the real amount of
the public debt and of his means and
provisions for its payment. Let him in- j
form us of the amount of taxes which we
must endure to avert the shame of re
piu.i ii ion now, withnnt increasing the :
debt a single dollar. Instead of seasawing '
between greenbacks and bonds, which ap
pears t<* he the object of his financial poli
cy and concocting paltry schemes for job
bing in gold on Wall street, let him trust
i the people, if lie dare, with the facts from
I which they may know their own solvency
or insolvency, and appeal to them to meet
i the issue face to face. Let Mr. Sewurd
if lie can write one” dispatch! without
sonic intentional perversion of the truth,
and confine himself to the legitimate pur- ,
purposes of diplomatic correspondence (
abroad, instead of loading the files of the !
State Department with claptrap and
misrepresentation of home coosumption
and deception.
Let Mr. Stauton, instead of flooding the
country with false bulletins from irrespon
sible or fictitious source, undervaluing the j
strength and resources of the enemy, ex- !
aggerating wants and sufferings multiply- j
ing their reverses and our triumphs, give
himself up for ever so brief a space, to the i
dissemination of the truth, which the peo- j
pie are entitled to have in regard to a
struggle for which they are taxed to the j
utmost in treasury and blood. With wliat j
face can he assert the war to be the peo
ple’s war, when, after having caused the ;
press to teem with telegrams announcing ’
the almost universal and enthusiastic re
enlistment of the veterans of the army, he
has caused the President to refuse to give
the House of Representatives any infor
mation on the subject, on the ground that
it would be “prejudicial to the public in
terest?” If the Administration will not
venture to pnrsue the plain, straightfor
ward course we indicate, let it cease to
prate of its policy as rooted in the confi
dence of. the people. If the people up
hold it, why conceal from the people what
they uphold? Or, is it that the war can he
maintained in its pretended popularity on
ly so long as the people are kept from
knowing what it is and what it promises.
We are rejoiced to see that these con
siderations, and others akin to them, are
opening so many long blinded eyes. The
people have begun to think for themselves
at last, and there can be but one result of
the ir so doing, if they will but speak out
fearlessly, what they think. The war
cannot bear probing into its causes, its con
duct, its purposes or its prospects. It ean
| not survive the touch of free thought and
j free speech . The friends of peace have
I heretofore lacked boldness and confidence
iin themselves and their cause. Deserted
| at the outset by those in whom they trns
! ti-d as leaders, it is scarcely to be wondered
that they should have despaired and have
1 permitted themselves to be bullied out of
the expression of their conviction—nay,
almost out of these convictions themselves.
But times have changed. The tide is
now setting in the right direction; they
must take it at the flood. Humanity, civ-,
ilization, the blessed teachings of Chris
tianity, are leaders enough. The renegade
of to day will be only too happy to return
as the cause of peace developes its grand
proportions and its strength. Let, then,
every man who wants peace ery peace.—
Let their be no disguise—no catering for
popularity, or for this influence or that—
no putting on of the devil’s livery. The
cause can and will take care of itself and
its advocates, if they are not afraid to pro
claim their allegiance to it. Let no man
be fooled 0r frightened by the suggestion,
that he is bound to “support the Govern
ment,” or that, by crying out for peace,
j lie is “embarrassing the Government.”
-t- * * -t- * * *
t Unless we greatly err, the seemingly
small voices today will be found enough
for them, ere many morrows. The people
yearn for peace and they will have it.
They are tired of military necessity and
military rule. They prefer the Govern
ment created hy the Constitution to a war
begotten despotism, supported by black
janissaries. They do not desire to exter
minate the “slave aristocracy” at the
; South in order to establish at the North
an aristocracy of shoulder straps and cavx
airy boots. They believe that the mis
sion of this republic is something better
than miscegenation, or the establishment
of negro equality or superiority. They
will endure taxation, privations and sacri
fices no longer to deify the idols of New
England’s hypocrisy, cupidity and fanat
icism, They yearn for peace, we repeat, .
and peace they will have. I
In an article to illustrate the saying that
“circumstances make men,” as applied to
the present war, the Southern Literary
Messenger says—
The names of the glorious Lee and Gen
erals Longstreet, Ewell, Early, Bodes, A.
P. Hill, Pickett, Stuart, ami others, will
hardly be less famous in history than those
of Napoleon and his Marshals; while the
noble Beauregard, idolized Hood, Morgan,
Cleburne, Magrnder, Price, and a host, of
others, form a bright galaxy, not outshone
by the most brilliant, records of former
wars.
It strikes us in reading this that if the
names of Johnston, Bragg and Forrest had
occupied the places*of Early, Bodes and
Stuart, the grace and truth of the para
graph would have been much improved.
[AVcm/zu/ jVru'S.
Just so: and if while mentioning names
he had added those of Polk, Hardee, Kir
by Smith, Buckner, Breckinridge and
Clu atham, the improvement would have
been still more marked. —('he
ItOil ,
A Nff.hiv—lf reports are true con
cerning one William 11. W, Cobh, for
merly a member of Congress from Ala
bama -that bus gone to'the Yankees—i(
will be known that he was a nubbin
( <>!>/>, and not of the full eared ,-ize and
style of Howell Cohb and the lamented
martyr, Thomas B. IL Cohb of Geor
gia- j
The befd harvest wijl show some nnb
bin—but electors should be very care
ful in selecting representative specimens
to look for good sound ears.
Asa class no men have more to do
with our present troubles than members
ot Congress, next to them are members
of State legislatures —and it behooves
all citizens to look well hereafter to their
votes. — t 'ha t lesion Conner.
♦ » ♦
The Chattanooga Rebel, of the 7th,
has been furnished by a member of our
Tennessee guerrilla bands, who recently
came through tin' lines, with an account
of a fight between about eighty or ninety
Confederates under command of Colonels
Bledsoe and Hughs, and Captain Carter,
and about the same number ofW. B. ;
Stokes’ yavulry The fight oceured about
the Ist of March, ou the Calf Kill river,
fifteen miles from Sparta, Tenn. Forty
two of the Yankees were killed and one
captured. Our loss was none killed, and
Col. Bledsoe and Capt. Walker wound
ed.,
TE.E3S GRAPHIC.
Reports of the Press Association,
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S, Thrashek, in the Clerk’s office of
the. District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Latest From the JJtorth.
GOLD I\ WE ft' YORK, ltl !
Winllirop House Destroyed!! !
m
Capture of;t Forage Train!
Explosion of a Locomotive!!
European Advices.
RTV. hmoxd, Ato il 9. —Fast day was duly observed
by this community. The congregations ot the sev
eral churches was larger than on the last similar
occasion. At night religious services were held in
the .theatre, The discourse was delivered by l>r.
Burrows, of the Baptist church. The building was
crowded, hundreds being unable to gain admit
tance.
Yesterday afternoon a locomotive exploded on the
Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, killing an en -
gineer ond three others.
Rumors of the landing of Yankees at Newport
News are current. Nothing authentic.
Richmond, 9.—An<>ther heavy rain to-day. Re
ports of a Yankee advance up the Peninsula art*
not credited at the Afar Department.
Baltimore papers of yesterday received.
Gold closed in New York on the 6th at 171.
Lincoln ha-dispensed with the enrollment of ne
groes in Kentucky, on the pledge of Bramlette thai
the State would furnish lo.ottii men without conscrip
ting ibe black population.
Nothing from the army of the Potomac, except
accounts of incessant rains.
All the bridges on the Orange and Alexandria
Road are in danger of being swept away by the
freshest. *
A large forage train sent out from Batesville, Ark.,
i was captured last week by guerrillas at Masons
Hull.
The Winthrep House in Boston was destroyed by
fire, on the 6th.
Buckingham’s majority in Connecticut 6,600.
Other Republicans have elected their candidates in
Cincinnati and other cities. News fr»m Ohio itutes
that in Milwaukee the Democrats were successful.
The Currency bill is defeated in Congress. Gar
rett Davis’ proposition that no negroes shall become
citizens of the United States defeated by 6 yeas, 23
nays.
European advices of the 27th, state that four
new steel clad steamers of great speed were about
to leave Liverpool to run the blockade.
The health of the Pope is improving.
Dalton, April 9. —Fast Day was universally
observed yesterday. Religious services were hold
in the different churches and camp.s
The enemy fired on our pickets this morning,
but made no further demonstration.
Tt is reported that the loth corps of Sherman’s
have gone east. They will be replaced by two
others.
Stoke’s renegade cavalry, captured by Wheeler
and paroled, are again in service without being ex
changed, and are murdering all Confederates who
fall into their hands. Among their victems is
Capt Bledsoe, of the 4th Tennessee cavalry, and
Bth Texas Hangers. *
Every deserter from our army is sent across the
Ohio river immediately, to prevent the formation
of guerrilla hands inside their lines.
Orange C. IL, April 9—The Yankees fought
sham battles4iear Cnlp®j > t >e, ‘ t'. IL, on Thursday.
The cannonading was heard in our camp.
It is reported that two regiments of l'ankee
cavalry, one white, the other black, visited Win
chester recently, capturing and carrying away
Robert Conald and Phillip Williams, as hostages
for two members/of Pierpont’s Government, re_
cently captured in Morgan county.
While in Winchester our cavalry fired on the
black cavalry, filling and wounding several of
the latter. Heavy rains have been falling for the
past 12 hours. The roads are deep in mud.
Tt is reported that Seigel is concentrating large
forces in the Valley.
Ages of Our Geiiei-alij
The following list goes to prove that the
best military leaders are by no means young
men, but mostly men in middle life, or be
yond it:
Gen. Rosecrans is 44 and General Grant 42 ;
Stonewall Jai 4 tm died at 27. Gen. banks is
48, Gen. HooUp: 4:*; Gen. beat)regard 40, Gen.
Bragg 4i>, Gen Burnside 40, Gen. Gilmore 09,
Gen. Franklin 41, Gen, Magrude.r 53, General
Meade 48, Gen, Schuyler Hamilton 42, Gen.
Charles S. Hamilton 4U, and Gen. Foster 40.
Gen. Lander, a man.of great promise died in
his fortieth year.
Gen. Kearney was killed at 47, and General
Stevens at 45. General Sickles was in his
forty-first year when wounded at Gettysburg,
and General Reno was ai when he died so
bravely at South Mountain, General Pem
berton lost Vicksburg at 45. General T. W.
Sherman is 40, and Gen. W. T. Sherman 44:
General McClellan Was in his thirty-first year
when lie assumed command at Washington in
1801. General Lyon had tint completed the
month of his foriy-thtrd yeai when he fell at
Wilstoti s (.'reek. Gen. McDowell was in his
forty-third yep when lie failed at Bull Run,
| in consequence of the coming up of Gen. Joe,
I Johnston, who was 51. General Key3 ia 59,
General Kelley 57, General King 40, and Gen.
Pope 41. General A. S. Johnston was 49’
when he was killed at Shiloh. Gen. Halleck
is 48. General is 40. The best of
the Southern cavalry leaders was Gen Vial
Ashby, who was killed at 3.4. General Sluart
;is 27. Gu our side, General Stanly is .20,
General Pba*|unton 40, and General Averitl
about 40. Glut. Phelps is 51, Gen. Polk 58.
Gen. S. Cooper 08, Gen. J. Cooper 55, and
Gen. Blunt 28.
General Joe Wheeler is the youngest Major
General on the continent, being only 26 years
old, and has achieved more for his age than
any other ottiper in the service.
The Slander Acknowledged.—
The New York papers publish the slate
ment of the officers who- have just re
turned from Libby Prison. They unite
iu stating that, the* charges of starving
and neglecting their men, published in
Northern papers are false, ami urge that
their publication cease, for the reason that
it is unjust to the Confederate author
ities aud injurious to their men held as
prisoners. The Chicago Times states, in j
this connection: “We have invariably ;
urged that, these charges of wholesale |
starvation and murder through filth and !
want of medicines were false on the gen
eral principal that human nature, in the
aggregate, . among civilized nations, is
about the same, and therefore the South
would no move wilfully maltreat prisoners
than the Nort h.”
The Washington correspondent of the
New Yojh World intimates that General
Forrest’s recent raid was planned in the
North, and that supplies clothing, etc,
from New York and Cindinnatti were
shipped to Paducah for the express pur
pose of beiug captured by Forrest, to
clothe his men.
CITY MATTERS.
T. J- JACKSON, Local Editor-
Notice to Ration*.
- After this date we shall be compelled to make
a deduction of 3" 1-3 per cent, from Confederate
notes of the old issues above Hundreds not
taken. Persons having business with thi- office
will bear this in mind.
March 26th, 1861.
Notice -Books Wanted.— Persons having cop
ies ofa musical work called “i’he New Lute ot 7,i
on” will confer a favor by leaving the same with
the Local of the Times, for the temporary use of
St. Luke’s (Methodist) Church, ibe books vviil
be purchased at a reasonable price, or borrowed at
the pleasure of the owner.
Would like also a few copies of the “Carmina
Sacra.” Many persons have these works lying
idly about their houses, who b\ letting us have
them to practice .-.acred music ar the Chinch will
confer an especial favor and contribute to a good
cause.
*
Pt. Luke’s Church — An Tmrrovemfnt. —We
attended this church on Fast Day, where we had
the pleasure of listening to a learned discourse
from Rev. Mr. Harrison, limn the words, “Wat' h
man, what of the Night ■" During his remarks,
he briefly reviewed the struggles of our ci.untrv
tor the List three years, traced she finger of iV v
idence in directing our destinies, and proved ibai
notwithstanding the increasing wick, dm -of mu
people, God had mercifully preserved u in many
tryiug scenes, and expressed the .belief that the
darkest hour of the night had pa and, and ib.it
the day-star of liberty will soon, dawn upon a Jibe
rated and independent South. He pi, lined in
glowing colors the future of the Cunfederaov. a
being the grand civilizing and evangelizing agent
otthe world. But we cauuot attempt a review of
this splendid discourse. Suffice it tli.it, the
reverend gentleman displayed a depth of learning
and power of utterance that' greatly interested hi
hearers.
We are pleased to see that the members of this
chitrch have organized themselves into a committee
of the whole on the “state of the music,” and we
were no less surprised than delighted to hearsojne
good singing at this venerable and time-honored
house of worship, which has heretofore had such
an unenviable reputation in this respect. Bui
didn't some of the ancient “brethering” and “sls
tering”-r-especially the latter- look startled when
that ar “orful mellodium” struck up an uccoinpa
niainent to the hymns on this occasion, for the
first time! And we imagine that if inanimate
things were susceptible of feeling, that even the
walls of old St. Luke were astonished at such an
ado within their sacred enclosure.
Some of the good “sistering” in leaving the
church felt no hesitancy in expressing their indig
nation at such an innovation. “Ah,” says one,
“in the days when people used t<» enjoy religion
there was no sich carryings on in church !” “Yes,
that’s so,” says another, “that (pure and mclh.di
al may be very good in a theater, hut I want it
understood that they are at liberty to stop my part
of it here : brother Jipson's singing is plenty good
enough for me.” And said a third, “I should like
j to know where we old folks are to go now ; they’ve
got one of them awful things in both of the Mcth
odist churches, and we are out of place at cither.”
One was so incensed that she went out of “meet
in’ ” outright on the spot.
But wc think the majority of members were
pleased at the marked improvement in the music,
and we see no reason why they should not he. The
fact is, for several years the singing at this church
has been wofully behind hand both in letter and
spirit, and had really coma to he a -nuisance.
We go as far as the next one for the preserva
tion of the old landmarks in ourdhurch, and feel
an especial aversion to any innovation which may
he calculated to deteriorate from the efficiency of
the gospel, or detract from the spirit and vitality
of religion ; but we have yet to see a man or wo
man that was ever made worse by good music ;
and sometimes feel astonished that our people
should set their heads against thf.se measures
which are calculated to promote the cultivation of
the musical talent, of church members. There is
to our mind no part of public worship so important.
Music acts like a charm upon the senses ; it re
fines the feelings, purifies the thoughts, and lifts
the heart to God. Music, with it* thousand chai ms
is atalismanic antidote to bitter reflections and
sour griefs ; mark its influence upon all living
things -it tinges all nature vvilb joy. Weave not
disposed to be,nor do we wish to be thought, a*
aiming at the rhapsodical or lackadaisical, else we
might dilate to a dozen pages in its praise : but
progressive as {he science is, even in our distracted
country, being cultivated from the humble cottage
to the lordly palace, no one can be insensible to its
temporizing, socializing, and etherealizing intiu
euces.
We therefore hope that members of tHe above
church nill endeavor to overcome the prejudice
that has been manifested to such an extent -lui u..-
years gone by on this subject, and that all on!
now unite to encourage those who have imdeii:. ’
ken ihe laudable work to improve the music, \\ e
have not the leu-.t doubt but that these euoits y, ill
lie productive of good.
Fa- t Day is hnv. never -urn
a day so universally observed a. a fust da\ .
was last Friday. All lueicuutilc ;n.d nuvhanicul
persuits were stopped, and Ho -iillio uou • umi
fv of the , Sabbath rest..-,I upon our city. All iLI
churches were open and religious -ervice field ju
them. and. we believe, all were well filled with an
earnest, attentive, if n«d a worshipping, a.- viably.
If this day was so scrupulously observed through
oat the Confederacy, may we not hope that it- in
fluenee will be felt in shaping the great bit me < f
onr glorious native land. Who will say that tie i e
is no e&oacy in humility aud prayer? We tru.-D
aye, we feel confident that this united volume of
prayer ha* risen as incense to heaven, aud that we
shall, iu Hod’,- own good time, receive an an ivir
of peace. If there lie any truth in sacred history
— and who will have the attrorttry to deny it
there have been numerous instances in tin- pan,
where the wrath of heaven has been au-.b-d b
timely humility' aud repentance, aud threatened
judgments withheld. The same Hod is over us;,
and He is as much accessible us ever. We there
fore, expect to see good result fiorn our la. r day.
♦ ♦ ♦
The New CtJßiiEXf y.—We learn that Mr. Wm.
II Young, the Depositary in Columbus, has re
ceived from Secretary Memminger, one hundred
thnu and dollars of new issue to lie exchanged tm
the old. The manner in which it is to lie distrib
uted is, that each applicant shall have as his -bare
one hundred dollars of the new lor one hundred !
I
and fifty of the old. This course ha? been adopted j
by the Secretary to give all an equal chance at !
the new notes. Mr. Young lias instructions that !
where parties wish more than this sum of the new
hills, they shall have the privilege of malang de
posits with him, take certificates for »Hnonnts-de
posited, and as fast as the new issue arrives, their
wants will be met. We are glad that all are to
fare alike in this first iustattment of the new is
sue and that alt who can raise $l5O will lie en
titled to an equal share. We presume it will be
but a short time before the new bills will come m
general circulation, aud we advise holders ol old
bills not to sacrifice them, but to hold them anj :
exchange for the new.
• if '*'-r W vuni i,i„ -H W i]l beM-ebbvamioun-,
' al.-tmmv-elccuo,, toth * ntth-e „ t p r ,!,.«*« Suiljprf
cinidem fiirTr r'.Vr i,t '~ I> '" ,tlOD Wi,h
scii pr.d,ab, v
' ' 1 haii to confer the
ofn< cup n Irim train.
A meeting o{ tho City Guards is called tlii< . ve
niugby order of Uol. lW.bortsu,,. f„ r tilC *
of re-organizing. Sec advertisement. •
t ♦
iivo brigades ot troops have recently parsed
through Alexandria, Virginia, for Grant* army,
llu.v arc said to have been drawn from Harper's
Ferry, where they were partially replaced will, ne
groes. .
♦ ♦
Mr. Eben Mernam, an eminent meter.do-'Dt
better ka-wn as “E. M..” died recently ; ,t hi- ,* si '
di-ncc in Brooklyn, X. Y., in the 70th year of UU
age.
♦ «
VNxsign) , s m: M. A G. R. R., April d.h
J 1 Las-eter, J D Goss, Mr« Chalmers, >M a j Ham
plnies, G. \\ oodruft A Cos, Capt Cothran, Mai Allen
I, Tharp A Cos, I ST, G Oglesby, Tiiicugher? ,l i,
B H A <’o., .Vaj Dillard, E Goodwin, W Walking
Atlanta, Ga., I’owell F A Cos. I A llrowkaw.
Tin; (Hitts OF 1778.—Th0 following has
Imcii rt ( it«-d tVuin a newspaper published at
the time of the revolution
The following droll affair happened at Kin-
Jcrin„.l,. New York : A young fellow, an ene
(iiv to tin* libcriir of America, going to a
■ loiliinr. frolic, wb.-tv a number of young
women were cdl. ciyd, and the oul) man in
ilm conipanv, i.c- ..i, hjs aspersions on Con
-11 l *' :, ml held forth some time ou
| until the gitfa, exasperated at his
imp; iideure. laid hold ot him, -dipped him Xo
!!l: w “ '• :mJ instead .a iiii* covered him
v " !l ' ec, and for leather.; took the
• lnwtiy top ot ti p, which grew in the mead
and coated him Well, and then Jet him
•! u ib* La prorouted every one of them,
■’"'i *• 111 11 (-1■ ha been tried before Justice
Eehuopmaker. It is said Parson Enel’s
daughter i coiiecnied in the affair.
HOTIFE!
The subscribers to the New Bridge, and others
friendly t... it, ate reqiie fed t u meet at the Agency
Lank tetate Georgia at 10 o’clock, .Wednesday April
1.-ith, to consult in reference to tne completion of the
Bridge. J. M. WATT.
Columbus. April 11, IStU.—2t Sec'y
A filon-se Army.
U/ANTED, a good active LADDLK HORSE for
’’ immediate £ei vice in the army. Bettor volun
teci to meet a.n uijem want, and receive your own
t'j ice, than want i'.u- the impressing' officer
Apply promptly to
•i-LS, M. CHAMBERS, or
apis a ),r - J - «•••
, . t'. S. ARSENAL. I
t olumbus, Ga.. -April \ 1864. j
Aoflire.
i WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON
on equilalde t< ;ms,
Kms'ttr-
Sii-;sr:iis4l SnU lit 1 1 lies,
And all kinds PLANTA'JTON IKON:
Also POWDER.
As this Bacon i needed to supply the necessities
tlu* employees of the Ordnance Department, at
this'place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders
w ill "ive the Government the preference.
F. C. nUMBHREYS.
nj>l 7 1.1 Maj, Conid’g Arsenal.
Olftti Mnuu.l AND Girard R. R.. >
Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1864./
i bo Stockholders of the Mobile Railroad
t'oui|.:iny,iu-e hereby notified that tho five percent
tax, levied by the law passed February 17th, 1864.
on the value of ail shares held in Railroad or other
Companies, will lie paid by the Treasurer at this
office and they will therefore omit the stock held in
this Company in their lists to Assessors.
.J. M. FRAZER.
apl sits Treasurer.
M( scoGEr: Railroad .(Kimpany, t
Cuj.cmet\s, Ga., April 6th, ]564./
1 lie holders of general stock in the Muscogee Rail
road Company are hereby, notified that the five pei
cent tax levied by the law passed'by the Confeder
ate Congress, 1. .h February, 1864, will be given in
aifd paid by tbi.-: Company on their stock,
Be order of Board of Directors.
J. M. BIVINS.
SecretaiT and Treasurer.
apl 6 1 w.
.savannah Republican and Augusta Constitution
al,.t, will please published the above one week and
Joi.wa.rd bills to thin otiice
Waiitfil
liumediati 1\ a* ihc C. S. Arsenal, Columbus, Qa.
10,000 I'EKT POPLAH MAVTLIKU
ALSO,
A Quantity of Wheat or h'j/e Straw.
F. C. HUM !*II BEYS,
Maj. &, Ord. Officer,
'•fil'd . r > 1w Com’dg Arsenal.
Omci Naval Iron IVoRKa, 1
Columbus, Uu., April 4th, 1864. J
To / uard against imposition upon the poor and
op ot «• i-<> ll - ignorant of -uch matters notice i 3
h-'i-ei., is ci, that tiie Checks issued as change bills
ff "in iht- - lii. i aie i• leemable in current Treasury
*' l *t l Loiiicjji i i.t in five doli.ii -and under, and
with the new , _ tv- when received.
J. H. WARNER, i
apl 1 “t
“ tulkt! to sßß:s»*iei* an«! ( on
sumvis ni le‘o3l.’*
\t 'L will keep for ‘.He. I’m Confederate funds, or
it . i. ion !• tor country produce—such as Corn,
i .o li-i. Ha. mi. b ird. : > i«.i■. I't.-a-', Potatoes, Tal
low, b.i.toi, Wlo a or Fliiii —the following articles,
ot! hand o’ made to u: -.tel •
ri.HU IM• .SCOOTER BAR IRON;
HAT, !;ol T NI» AND SO I' VUE BAR IRON:
lit si tp. lit iRSF. SFI< >E. N AH, ROD ;
IRON 14 i f'jN »N TIES (CHEAPER THAN
biißl.; Full B Vl.rXt,
KI>nVF.LS AN D SPA DEB :
FRY PV\S :
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
srn.u: and salt kettles—from ju
To 100 GALLONS;
SPGAB MILLS—I 2 AND 15 INCH
\\ ~*• piaq.ayt dto receive and fill orders for any
nd ijoautity ~i 1 1 . tiom our Iron Works
-i i: * i KoHiti;- Alii I ill A4lil>;u*G‘.
: , JOHN I>. GRAY A CO.,
apr ' ft Next to New Bridge,
4 op:trtnership.
f PHE l ..DEfp DINED have this day entered
i into a Copartnership under the name and
is Dos IIANDSEJ&D A APSTIN, for the irausae
ii.ii «• fa general Commission business.
Utiice.Nso, 121. Broad Street.
JOSEPH HANSERD,
THOMAS tl. APSTIN.
Columbus, Gn., April 1, Hi 64. —lw
Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’
TOOIjS
rI>Ii K UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
* manufacture of the above named articles m this
citv, arc prewired to fill orders for the same.
Cirtn-p on infle street, a I few doors above C. S.
n , , , HARK rf?ON JBKD ELL A'CO.
Reference Mai. F. W . Dii.l.aKD.
Mobile t; Aster, Mississippian and Augusta Con
-iiiutioi-.iii. i. please copy one month and ‘end bills
to this otftce.
mar lit tl
Old §rrap Iron Hanted.
iif E wish to purchase old Scrap Wrought Iron.
JEFFERSON A HAMILTON.
mar 29 fit*
Enquirer and Sun copy. >