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DAILY TIMES.
jr. XV. --- Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Wednesday Morning, November 30,1864.
An Eloquent Appeal.
We publish in our columns this morning, a
most stirring appeal to Alabamians from the
gifted pen of Miss Evans, of Mobile, the au
thor of Beulah, Macaria. &c It 3cathes, un
mercifully. degenerate croakers for peace-up
on-any-terms, as well as skulkers from duty
in this hour of our country's trial, and will
be found applicable in many of i*s thrusts, to
all portions of the Couftuaracy. The reader
could not speud au hour more profitably than
by giving this appeal a careful perusal. Few
women, we imagine, can write with such ele
gance and force.
The task impos.-d on the Administration of
defending the liberties of th" Confederacy
demands aii the energies ot t great mind. The
people should be indulgent of errors commit
ted and lend a .early co-operation to all the
efforts or those in power which in any way
tend to the maintenance of “Constitutional
Liberty”; but this fact should never be lost
sight of that the source of power is in the
people, and that our rulers for the time b.-iug
are but public servants, to whom polk :.u
power is temporarily delegated. There 13.
thUefure, one sacrifice which ought not to oe
made, even to defend ourselves front the
threatened oppression of a foreign tyrant..
We should never so far surrender our powers
into the Viands of any public servant as to
leave tin restoration of these powers depend
ent upon the volition of the political agent to
whom they have been temporarily delegated.
Whenever wc do this our liberty depends not
upon ourselves, but upon those who, elected
as our servants, have, by our want of watch
fulness, become our masters.
These propositions are so self-evident, that*’
but four years since to have discussed them
would have been to insult the understanding
of a people, educated as we have been, to
guard vigilantly our personal rights; yet, in
this short space of time, the plea of necessity,
has undone the teachings of a life time, and
hour by hour we see the dearest rights of
freemen surrendered without a struggle. The
political vision is fixed in one direction. We
see nothing but the inroads of our foreign foe,
and are insensible to the dangerous home leg
islation by which every guard and protection
to the citizen is being swept away. We do
not mean to charge upon the Administration
any desire to usurp power for its own aggran
dizement; on the contrary, we believe that
all the power drawn to itself is deemed by
those in power necessary to a successful re •
sistance of the gigantic invasion with which
we are nearly overwhelmed. Nevertheless, as
public journalists, we feel bound to point
out to our readers the gradual absorption of
all power in the hands of the Government,
and leave them to determine whether they
will let the future depend upon the voluntary
abandonment of these dangerous functions
when the crisis now impending shall have
passed away.
We are led to these remarks by a bill to re- |
organize the army, which proposes to abolish
the provisional army and make the present
forces of the Confederate States the regular :
army, giving to the President the power of
appointment and dismissal of every ofiicer in ,
the present organization. This proposition
fraught with danger, as we believe it to be,
seems to have passed unmolested by the Press
of the country. We do not know how to ac
count tor this, unless it may be in fact that
the Press is so absorbed iu contemplating the
blow aimed at its own freedom, that it has
failed to warn the public of this wholesale
aggression upon individual and State rights.
The danger to all republics has from time
immemorial reposed in a censorship of the Press
and a large standing army. When these two
elements of power are controlled by tne Gov
ernment, it becomes all powerful. The eye
cannot see except as its vision is directed by
the Government, and the tongue cannot speak
except in such language as the Government
dictates, and the hand cannot strike except
against such foe as the Government may di
rect it—no matter what usurpation it may be
guilty of or what oppression it may commit,
it.is secure in the exercise of its powers, be
cause there is no strength left in the governed
with which to resist, and all the rights of the
citizen carefully guarded by written constitu
tions and a Government of checks and balan
ces cease to -be rights which freemen can
maintain ahd become favors to be dispensed
or withheld at the will ofthe Government.
Let Congress pass a bill leaving - it to milita
ry discretion to detail the editors who shall
conduct the press of the country, and through |
its columns criticise the action of the Govern
ment, and human natux - e has been studied to -
but little effect if the details were not soon j
confined to men whose pens would often i
praise and never censure. The Government j
believing its policy the wisest that could be j
be adopted, would at once remove any editor I
whose articles were calculated to weaken the j
Government in the affections of the people.— j
In the course of time the press would become i
the defender of any act ofthe Administration,
and the people, hearing only its praises,would
lose their liberties while resting under the fa
tal delusion that they were best maintained.
But suppose the power of the press not yet
abridged, should be too strong for the Govern
ment, and this effort to make the editors of
the country dependent upon Executive favor,
should fail; suppose its freedom unabridged,
its vigilance unceasing, and its warnings of
approaching danger promulgated through its
columns from one end of the Confederacy to
the other! Os what avail would be its vigi
lance or warnings, if the entire arms-beaviug
population of the country is enrolled in the
regular army, under officers of the President's
appointment, subject to dismassal upon incur
ring the President’s censure. None, none,
whatever! No one who has been in the army
but knows how powerless its material is for
action, except in its organizations, and how
completely its organizations are controlled by
its officers. As at present organized it is not
under the control of the President, except for
the legitimate purposes of its formation, be
cause many of the officers are elective. Their
power is not derive.. rna the President; and
‘-.cn with those who aV. tppointed, the army
being provisional arm temporary, they look
beyond preserr its future dissolution,
and fee; * -at '.her«*is % responsibility oventu- ;
ally to a higher than Executive power. This j
leaves it as yet? 'n*' body, and not a mere )
machine to be t - „ the Executive, as it
would become the moment it became a regu
lar army, and the-officers as well as the dura
tion of office depended upon the Executive j
will, that moment as an organization it would j
cease to be the bulwark of Liberty, and would j
become a great power to be used as the Exec- j
utive might determine to be for the best inter
ests of the country. His miud, his ink, his
ambition, would all have free play, and the !
end, whether Despotism or Freedom, would be j
in Lis hand, and not as the people willed it.
All might turn out well, but the delegation of j
all power by the people without the means of re
suming powers when abased, is a trust which
ought never to be reposed by a free people in any
man or set of men however pure and exalted 1
their live.* may have been, and therefore we fee], ;
that we do no violence to the respect which we
owe and feel for the President, nor t«> the confi
dence we fc ive in his patriotism, when we urgo j
upon Coagrsss not to repeal the Provisional Or- .
gani/rtiion and build upon it “ the Army of the
Confederate States,” embracing nearly the whole j
arms bearing population, converting the free peo
ple of this country into a great machine to be
governed by engineers over whose appointment ;
they have no control.
(Correspondence of the Times.)
Letter from Rume.
Rome, Ga., Nov. 20th, 1804.
Mr. Editor:— Once more we begin to;
breathe freely in thi3 Eternal City. But scarce
ly had the foul footsteps of the enemy been j
hushed along our pavements when, as though :
the very air had been contaminated and thus :
contaminated those who came within its influ
ence, the robbers commenced their infernal
operations. They .commenced by hanging the
old citizens to get their money. While they
were thus treating an old and respectable citi
zen two of our best citizens attempted to res- i
cue him, when they killed one Mr. Ornbug, the ,
tailor, and shot at Judge McGuire.
Thanks to a gallant band of heroes and :
their gallant Colonel, we now have a provost
guard in the place and feel quite safe. Col.
Murchison, to whom I allude, has been a ter
ror to the Yankees in these parts for some
time. He had 110 sooner heard of the state of
things in our city than he detached twenty
men, under the command of Capt. Wimberly,
as a provost guard. They are now with
and we think it quite probable that the gallant
Colonel will establish his headquarters in this
place, and he will be greeted with open arms
We think we will have a small steamboat
running in a few days and we can then supply
a good force. We understand that Col. Mur
chison and his regiment are in great need of:
some necessary equipments, such as arms,
ammunition, &c., and the authorities of our
sister cities who have thus far been undis
turbed by the tread of hostile armies would
. confer a great favor by assisting to arm and
equip the brave defenders of our homes. Lt.
Col. Robins, of Col. M.’s regiment, has been
gone about a week to make some arrangements j
about necessary equipments, and has perhaps j
by this time reached your place. This regi- i
ment has been recently organized and is not ;
as yet fully equipped. Please send us a few i
copies of your paper, as we are eager to got
news once more from our armies.
Yours, truly, -j
A. Bo MAX.
About 800 yards of the Central Road was
burned two miles from the city. We learn
that this has beet! repaired and it is probable
the mails will go through in a day or two.
We learn that Gen. Wheeler, on Monday
evening, attacked the enemy in the neighbor
hood of Clinton, whipped them badly, killed a
large number and captured three hundred
prisoners and forty wagons.
[From the Advertiser & Register ]
Is Alabama Worthy of Her Heroic Dead !
“From the gray sire whose trembling hand.
Can hardly buckle on bis brand,
To the raw boy whose shaft and bow
Are yet scarce terror to the crow ;
Each valley, each sequestered gicn
Musters its little horde of men,
Still gathering as they poui along
A voice more loud, a tide more strong,
Till at the rendezvous they crowd,
By hundreds prompt for blows and blood.'
Lend me your ears, my countrymen ! and
would that tiie resistless eloquence of Peter
the Hermit were mine, to rouse you from your
fatal lethargy to a just realization of the per
ils that begird us. To Alabama’s henchman
should the Fiery Cross be given, and as the
sacred symbol flies, well might the injunction
ring throughout the State—
“ Speed, Malise, speed! such cause of haste
Thine active sinews never braced."
Shall it be said, that while a heroic band of
the noblest troops that Generals ever led, or
nations boasted, after battling against fearful
odds for six weary months of ceaseless strife,
is still breasting the waves of invasion along
the front, shall history record that Alabami
ans sale in the sheltered nooks of civil office
crouch in the dust, and raise the craven cry
of “Peace Propositions ?’ Has the honor of
our State fallen indeed so low, in the absence
of her “bravest and best," that smooth-lipped,
brazen-fronted treason roars her shameless
visage in legislative halls, and insults the
names of our gallant dead, by reconstruction
resolutions? “Honor of Alabama !” “I thought
ten thousand swords must have leaped from
their scabbards to avenge even a look that
threatened her with insult:” and it had been
well for the cause of the Confederacy, could
another Cromwell have entered those desecra
ted falls, and scourged out the degenerate
legislators who disgrace alike their constitu
ency, and the soil of the South. Peace prop
ositions, or reconstruction resolutions, have
not even the enigmatical subtlety ot oracular
whispers : they are susceptible of but one in
terpretation, and couch their meaning in
characters that “he who runs may read"—
submission, subjugation. Upon no other
conditions have we a right to expect peace,
from the dynasty that reigns in Washington.
What a spot of shame and virtuous indigna-.
tion must have buried on the cheeks of scar
red and veteran Alabamians in Lee sand
Hood's armies, when snatching a moment's
rest in bloody entrenchments and on trampled
battle-fields, they read that at the most crit
icai juncture of the contest, when their gal
lant ranks were depleted by fearful carnage,
and the heart of brave old Generals was al
most pierced by the foe—their fellow-citizens
at home, their mis-ref#?esentatives, who never
shouldered a musket, or flashed a sword in
the national defence—instead of straining
every nerve to recruit the army, to gird the
State for battle, and fan the flame of patriotic
ardor, were ignamiuiously offering reconstruc
tion resolutions, and voting themselves in
crease of pay ! Did tidings so numbing and
disgraceful, wing their way from the forum of
Rome and Sparta, to the bleeding heroes who
held tueir f; ertiers ? Oh that a Horatias had
; risen, in that capitoi at Montgomery and pro
. via m* . t? o’ old—
•■to • very man tipov thir- • :.• iL
■ eat lT < ometh soon or mtc.
A no how can man die better
'"ban racing teartul odds.
For the ashes of his fathers.
And the temples of his gods ?
From the blue waves of the Mediterranean
rjfjfrspectr** that such eowardic*. and
sepulchral voices turee centuries obi, hiss
“shame upon sucb counsellors. When Mus
tapha girdled St. Rimo and St. Angelo with
fire, when the devoted garrisons were emacia
ted with famine and disease, and spent with
midnight conflicts —what example was i)P
queathed us? Aa attempt was made by the
besoigers to cut away the pai;rades which
closed the harbor at the foot of the fortress,
and instantly the Maltese swam and meet the
attack, carried their swords between their
teeth, and defeated the Turks. To prevent
the temptation to abandon the fort, L&Ylaette
broke down the bridge, even as Cortez burnt
bis ships, and in the darkest hear 01 trial,
when one ciau despairing of success, insisted
on accepting the terms of surrender, he was
instantly hanged, to destroy the contagion of
cowardice. How “invulnerable from their
degradation” seem the servile submissionists
of this revolution when contrasted with that
unconquerable cfficer of St. Angelo, who,
pointing to the deep ditch that surrounded the
fortre s, said to thetnessenger sent to demand
it3 sui render : -‘Look, there is all the room
we can afford your master, but it is deep
enough to bury him and his followers.” Is
there no magnetism in heroism such as this ?
Breathes there a Southern man whose heart
does not tbron with noble emulation as he
listens to ib< whispers of encouragement
wafted down vie dusty aisle3 of history, from
the nine thousand who held Malta against the
mighty armaments and vast power of the Ot
toman Empire ? The genius and devotion of
LaValette are not wanting in our own com
manders. but the unanimity and ‘ desperate
resolve of the Knights of St. John, find but a
feeble, echo in the hearts of our citizens. For
nearly four years our armies have sustained a
contest without parallel in the reeking annals
of the past, and performed prodigies of valor
surpassed by none which the epic muse has
immortalized—
“Wbativer record leap to light.
They never shall be shamed.”
But countless conflicts have thinned the
gallant ranks, teu3 of thousands have joined
the martyr throng whose blood calls for ven
geance from a hundred battle fields, and now
a cry for “men ! more men!” rings with thrill
ing significance through the land. Will the
nation turn a deaf ear to the appeal—“come
over into Macedonia and help us!” Shall
Sherman pollute Georgia and Grant Virginia
soil, because the men at home are too das
tardly to rise add assist in expelling them ?
Shall Lee and Beauregard be left to struggle
against vastly superior numbers, while a hun
dred thousand croakers and cravens are elu
ding the law that would send them to the res
cue—are sowing seeds of discontent, and load
ing the masses to believe that,
j “What miscarries shall be the general’s fault,
! Though he performed to the utmost of a man :
And giddy censure will cry out—
| Oh, if he, or he, had borne the business."
Is there no Pharpar into which these na
tional lepers can be driven ? Or can they not
be brought to cry “unclean! unclean !” and
veil their poisonous, loathsome feature ? Their
ill»boding notes taint every breeze with : “We
are constantly losing territory : our armies are
dwindlfhg and disheartened, our resources
are being exhausted, while those of the North
are measureless." Well might every orutch,
and empty sleeve, and gaping wound find elo
quent-tongues to shame such degeneracy. No
calm observer of ordinary astuteness can scan
the aspect of our affairs, and fail to discover
the startling truth, that beyond the reflection
of our camp fires, corruption and demoraliza
: tion brood like an incubus upon the people,
; numbing the energies and paralyzing the
: efforts of the Government. This stern and
! humiliating truth should neither he blinked
| nor masked, but dragged before the tribunal
j of public indignation, and denounced in all
' its hideousness. Was that recoid but a his
l tovic myth, which relates of ancient republics
i that their citizens pressed to the public treas
ury, bearing their little beards of gold and
1 silver to (ill the depleted coffers, while their
women eagerly contributed their jewels, ore
clous though they were, with clustering re
j miniscences of a thousand bygone joys ! It is
said —God grant it may be slander!—that the
; Shy locks of the Confederacy contrive to re
ceive the first intelligence of successor reverse
i to our arms, systematically depreciate the
currency, and coin the blood of their country--
men by specie speculations. Glance over the
journals of the day ; upon one column stares
a ghastly list of casualties in the last fierce
fight at Petersburg, or the recent assault
made by Hood’s heroes upon Sherman’s line—
and in mocking neighborhood on the next
column flaunts in exaggerated characters the
i Theatre Bill for To-night; a “roaring farce” is
promiged ; “a crowded house” predicted. Is
this a juncture for ribaldry, buffoonery and
| coarse pantomime, when the bloodiest and
grandest tragedy of modern or ancient days
is being enacted on the immortal fields of
Virginia and of Georgia? Verily we seem to
approach that depth of degredation so pithily
portrayed by the historian of degenerate Ath
ens ; “the theatres were crowded, while the
camp was a desert.” Dramatic literature pre
sents no parallel for the siege of Charleston,
the battle of the Wilderness, or that admirable
I retreat, (replete with incidents of valor and
| sublime endurance) which justly enhances
| the fame of General Johnson, and places him
I beside the Consul Fabius. But to witness
! these, requires a musket, a stout heart, a soul
wort hy of the name of freeman, and these re
| quisitiou cannot be filled by the regiments of
skulkers who haunt the theatres at home.—
; Should some curious traveller from Trans-
I Atlantic or Trans-Pacific lands, conversant
with the nature of this war, and capable of
1 realizing the significance of “subjugation”
make the tour of the Confederacy from Rich
mond to Mobile, could he believe that our ex
istence as a nation hung trembling in the
scale, and that the mo3t critical juncture of
the war bad now arrived ? At every railroad
station he is greeted by a regiment of able*,
bodied men who swarm out to ask tidings of
events that should stir their stagnant blood to
action, and ihe streets of every city are thronged
with a brigade ot “detailed men,” attaches and
detaches of every conceivable office ; while
maimed soldiers still pale and gaunt from re
cent sickness and unhealed wounds, are no
bly pressing “to the front, to join my com
mand before Hood crosses the Tennessee.”— i
Laws have been passed and orders issued to i
force into service those degenerate sons of the j
South, those Confederate drones, who are j
alike deaf so the calls of honor and patriotism, ;
to the reproaches and derision of their coun- j
tryraen in the field;
“But the gingling of the guinea helps the j
hurt that honor feels,”
and avarice and cowardice whet the ingenuity
that enables them to elude the enrolling offi- j
cer, and crouch in the ignominious security I
behind this “exemption,” and that “detail,” j
and the convenient plea of some occult, “con
stitutional disability.” The necessity of
promptly and adequately reinforcing our ar
mies, is patent to the most obtuse ; the cen
tral Government has exhausted its preroga
tive in striving to replenish the shattered j
ranks, but the strong arm of the law seems I
unequal to the task. One method of success j
remains yet untried ; apply the lash of public 1
scorn and detestation to the shoulder of those >
unhßnored by rifle or knapsack ; make them ,
verily social Pariahs, jeered wherever they
low their faces, refuse them the recognition !
and courtesies which one patriot and honest :
citizen deserves from another, and by true i
manly contempt, and the scorpion scourge of
female ridicule, drive them from the street
corners here they essay to hold assize upon
the campaigns and policy of our devoted Gen
era-e. My countrymen and women, the cause ;
: tor which we struggle demands urgent action. ]
i generous succor ; and after all we have en- i
dared, shall we perish finally in the abyss of
national demoralization ? Thank God ! the ■
; army is irreproachable, and the commanders
pure and able; corruption dare not rear its >
cre- t within range of our beacon fires, and
shou!'i ruin ultimately overtake us. the de- !
mora: z*- l masses at home must bear the
odium. The army of Georgia though pressed
back by overwhelming numbers, and reduced
i oy recent carnage, though reported “dispirit- i
I ed, defeated and dejected” by despondent! |
who. instead of marching in its van dare in
3it. fro-n a '♦•stance, this n :;r:«y of _
veterans t icyaat with hope and invincible
in thofr enthusiasm, led by dauntless Hood, ,
has just startled the nation by the boldness
and rapidity or that brilliant and masterly
flank movement which promises the most
splendid fruitage of the war. and recalls the
luring and fell swoops of Napoleon. Shall
a campaign so admirably inaugurated ciese
dire disaster f-. r want ot those men who
throng oar towns and villages, and with con
summate effrontery criticize Hood's grand j
programme, and speculate upon the ■•situa
tion ?' Public opinion ouce thoroughly
aroused is the most inexorable dictator that ;
ever swayed the destinies of the race, and
well might Curran exclaim : “On dreadful
Areopagus of the tea table ! How formidable
thy inquests !” how tremendous thy condem
nations!’ Let the true men and women
of the State wake to a correct appreciation
of the perils that surround us. let them brand
with infamy all abie, healthy men under forty
five, who are "shirking duty, now hiding in
this office, and now in that: let them frown
down the reckless gaity, the heartless, ill
timed frivoliy of social circles, the mania for
speculation, the despondency of the timid,
the treacherous suggestions of the disaffected
and peace and prosperity will crown our strug
gles.
To hang our hopes on the gossamer thread
of a Peace Administration at the North, is
worse than madness, is imbecility : whether
Lincoln or McClellan be elected, matters little
to us, for in either event only Confedenfte
victories can compel a peace, and if our
masses would but do their duty, the present'
campaign would emancipate us forever. The
letter of instructions from Grant :u Sheridan,
the proclamation of Sherman, and edict of
Rostcrans faithfully adumbrate the future of
subjugated States : not the proverbial atroci
ties of Timour and Gengis Khan surprass the
horrors in store for Federal vassals, is a re
capitulation of enormities necessary to fire
the enthusiasm of ray countrymen? The
juncture is auspicious, Osage calls to Tennes
see, and Rio Grande to James ; Price—grand
old Scipio t the Trans-Mississippi is beating
back invasi n to the gates of St. Louis ; Lee,
sublime in Christian faith, and complete mas
ter of the art to which he lends new glory,
fearlessly marshals his invincible legions, and
confronts the savage hordes whose hungry
j eyes glare at iaexpungable Richmond ; and
! the fate of Georgia, Alabama Mississippi now
; rests, under the blessing of Heaven, in the
1 skillful palms of Beauregard, whose talis
j manic name, like Magician’s presto 1 has ev
erywhere accomplished marvels of enthusi
; asm valor and victory. On men of Alabama !
when reinforcements are so urgently required,
1 will you fold your arms, and perhaps lose for
; ever by fatal supineness the golden opportu
i nity of crushing Sherman, redeeming Ten
nessee, and conquering honorable peace?
One of Alabama's bravest and noblest sons
who sprang to the ranks of her glorious 4th reg
iment and fought through the thunders of the first
battle of Manassas, one who has proved his con
; spicuous bravery on many a hard won field, writes
J thus., cheerfully from Hood’s army, in anticipa
-1 tion of the issue of the present campaign : “Oh
i how my heart bounds with the glorious prospect !
Welcome cold, hunger, sleepless nights, and days
of fatigue ! Welcome the sight of bloody fields,
and the rattle of musketry ! Sweet will be any
toil, and cheerful the endurance of any privations,
if we can wreathe our brows with the laurels of vic
tory, and emancipate a state enslaved by an inso
lent and upstart race.” Are there no men left
in Alabama to whom these heroic words call like
the blast of a bugle, to the scones of strife and
glory, to the mountains and valleys of Georgia,
where Beauregard and Hood bear the or flamme
of victory ? It is said that the State malitia have
been properly enrolled and organized, if so, why
are they not crowding to the front? Success in
Georgia is surely the safest bulwark for Alabama,
and an addition of twenty thousand troops would
enable Beauregard to dictate his own terms from
the heights of Covington. Shall we parish with
all the means of success within oar graap ? Are
we worthy the names of our ancestry, or the com
passion of posterity, if we neglect the opportuni
ty that Providence offers ? The lusture of militia
valor rivals the deed of Coasar’s veteran legions,
and the prowess of Cyrus’ consorts. When one
of the finest armies ever panoplied in Sparta
marched into Berlin, Epaorinembts met it at Leuc- j
tra r and with six thousand Phebaa militia totally
routed three times that number of the flower of
Spart&n troops. We have leaders able as Epami
noedas—we lack but the invincible troops he han
dled. In 1315 Leopold invaded Switzerland with ;
twenty thousand Austrians to subjugate the Can
tons ; but sixteen hundred undisciplined Swiss
peasants made.a Thermopyim of Morgarten, and
by the complete defeat of the enemy, laid the
foundation of the Helvetic Confederation. To |
perpetuate their freedom, a law was enacted that
whoever roturned from battle after a defeat,
should forfeit bis life at the hands of the execu
tioner. Firm as her own majestic mountains, the
billows of oppression ebb always from her peace
ful borders, and Helvetia's beacon light of liber
ty, glittering from Alpine pinnacles, beckon 3 us
to emulation, and prophesies success.
Alabama possesses thrice her area of territory,
and a cause as pure and holy as that which sired '
a Tell or Winkelried ; shall her unconquerable |
yeomanry alone xeclipse ours, ami her free- 1
dom mock sur degradation. ? There is a stig
ma on the escutcheon of our State, which only the
future can efface. Let her repudiate the unworthy
song who covertly counsal submission, Wry 4%:
memory of reconstruction resolutions in tfin roar ‘
of the impending ij'ofiSTct, and having thoroughly |
cauterized the caacerous spot upon her legislative
body, resume her proud place in the galaxy of
States, who, by the blessing of God will transmit
intact to future generations the ,blood-bought I
guerdon of the First Revolution. Raise the shout !
pf Alabamians to the rescue! and its cheering I
echoes mingled with poeans of victory shall re
sound from the banks of the Ohio to the gram (
shores of the Chesapeake,
“For Romans in Rome's, quarre
Spared neither land nor gold,
Nor son nor wife, nor limb a,r life.
In the brave days of old.
Then none were for a party,
Then all were for the State,
Then the great man helped the poor.
And ihe poor man loved the great—
The Romans were like brothers.
In the brave days of oid.”
My countrymen of Alabama, do you properly
estimate the vast influence which jou'-wield, and
the disastrous results of its abuse? Among our
patriotic matrons, are there any akin to the in
domitable spirit of the wife of Asclrtibal, who
amid the ruin of Carthage denounced nor hus
band’s cewardly surrender—refused to survive
with him the honor of the city, and faee the
triumph of its conqueror, aud perish with her
children in the flames of the citadel ? Would you
contribute to the triumph of our great cause, and
the speedy advent of peace ? Institute a vigo
rous reform in the demoralizing circles of society
—combat corruption in all its protean phases,
send forward your friends to strengthen Lee and
Beauregard, teach the cravens lurking in home
retreats that you scorn their pusillanimity, and
blush for their degeneracy, and above all, as
you hold our country and our soldiers dear, re
member :
“More things are wrought by prayer,
Than this world dreams of. Therefore let thy
voice
Rise like a fountain for them, night and day.”
My sole aim is to excite those who have the
welfare of their country at heart, to unite their
efforts in opposing the fatal tendency of these
evils, while they are within the power of remedy ;
and I may add the closing words of Montagu
“Truth is ever unpalatable to those determined
not to relinquish error, but can never give of
fence to the honest and weil-meaning amongst
my countrymen. For the plain dealing remon
strances of a friend differ a? widely frem the
rancor of aa enemy, as the friendly probe of the
phvsieian frem the dagger of the assassin-”
ALABAMA.
Hermes. the Richmond correspond?®' of the
Charleston Mercury, says 'hat Senate: Spar
row. of Louisiana, will shortly introduce a
bill before Coagress. having for its object the
levving of a fine of $5,000 an every person
found, selling produce or other articles above
sc-hedule price to anybody , The fine is to be
imposed as often as the offen ;e is committed.
f ff« Old Isscr. — Our reader* should bear in
mir and tbs' them remain but seven -cok; during
which he oid issues ot the Cunlederate notes of
£o and upwards w- 1 be redeemed by the Govern
inert. A er the 31st at December, all outstand
ing notes of these issues will be subject to a tar
of 100 per cent., and will consequently be worth
less.
THUS CITY* *
T J. JACKSON LOCAL KDITOR.
AU citizens of Columbus net subject to the cnii
1 of the-Governor for military duty ■ ■■
itiHiiij h :> report at an alarm OJ fire the Engine
House of the several Fire Companies '0 1 >hich they
will be assigned, are requester! to call at the store
of Rosette, Lawbon A Cos. and enroll themselves
members of the Fire Department during the ab
sence of the Firemen from the city,
j J. L. MORTON,
Ch‘i' JBcg. Firo Dep’t, C duatbus. Ga.
Nov. 2Stb. ISfii—ot
Theatre. —Crisp's excellent company still con
tinue to draw good houses, at Temperance Hall,
i There was a much larger attendance than usnal
; on Monday night, and the audience was justly
delighted with the masterly manner in which Mr.
■ Crisp rendered Richard. To-night there will be re
peated again the beautiful drama of Lucid', which
met with such universal admiration last week.
We learn that the attendance at the theatre the
last few nights has .not been commensurate with
the deserts of the Company or encouraging te
the feelings of the gentlemanly manager, Mr.
Crisp. Lvvers of the drama should avail them
selves of these opportunities to be weil enter
tained, a? it is likely the stay of the company iu
our city wiil*be short. It is doubtless uutort unata
1 f«r yh*. Crisp that he should have happened in
our city at a time when our people were so in
tensely eagrossed in the present formidable inva
sion of Georgia. But, as he has been so assidueus
; jn his efforts to exalt the character of amusements
j iu our city, theatre-goers especially should en
deavor to.appreciate and suitably remunerate his
exertions.
i Drill. —There was nothing transpiring in town
yesterday worthy of note, so far as we could learn.
About the only noticeable indications of life was
i a drum-beat in the neighborhood of Temperance
Hall.
♦
Killed. —We learn that a man named Wash
i ington Donald was killed at the Eaglo Mills yes
; terday morning by being caught in the belting and
j being carried up between the wall and shafting.
; Ilis body was horribly mutilated. The deceased
; leaves a wife in this city to mourn his loss.
Auction Sales. — At auction yesterday by El
| lis, Livingston & Cos., a good article of N. 0.
! sugar sold at sl,lO per lb. ; one negro woman,
i Harriet, $950 : Polly, 40 years old, $950 ; Peter,
20 years old, $3,300 ; one boy, 10 years old,
$3,700 ; one bey, 21 years old, $4,050 bsole leather,
$12,50 per lb. ; Florida fish, S2OO per barrel ;
| salt, 65 to 67 cents ; other articles at good prices.
Personal. —We had the pleasure of greeting
in our streets ou yesterday, Brig. Gen. Ira Fosten
the efficient and indefatigable Quartermaster Gen
eral of the State of Georgia, and General Phil
lips (formerly of Phillips’ Legion.) They are en
route to the camp established in Newnau, Ga., by
Gov. Brown to organize the militia in all North-
I western Georgia.
j They have much work in that section sorcccnt
i ly overrun by the enemy, and now infested with
j robbers, murderers and deserters. We hare daily
] accounts of most atrocious crimes in this region,
j and we hope Gen. Phillips, while he organizes the
militia, will rid the country of these bands of ont
law* roaming at large. Those who know his past
history in the Confederate he more
j than once won his spurs, are assured that he is the
right man in the right place. J. M. Russell, Esq^
| of this city, goes as assistant to Gen. Phillips.
Of.GAXIZ AVION OF TUB RESERVE AItTILLEKY.
At a meeting of the Resvrvo Artillery, (the old
Dawson Artillery revived; yesterday, says the
Sun, the following persons were elected as officers
of the company : T M Barnard, Captain ; John
Carughi. Jsr, Lieutenant; Henry Voight, 2d Lieu
tenant-; J M Clay, jr. 2d Lieuteuant.
The company has guns and accoutrements com
plete, and a most desirable opportunity is offered
all persons who are compelled to enter the State
service, to place their names upon Us rolls - . The
company wiil be in sorvice for only a short time.
All know that artillery is the least exposed aad
most desirable branch of service.
Orange,?-. —Those fond of oranges at two dol- ,
lars and a half a piece can be accommodated at
present in our city. We notice quite a supply
of half ripe oranges in market, at these figure?
ami the supply will last some time, if people gen
erally havehyt get any more money than prin
ters. • :
[OorrespvuSeiice of the Telegraph & Confederate.]
teHef from Wheeler s Command.
Sanders ville, Ua., Nov. 25, 1864.
I left Macon a few days since with “Wheeler’s
Cavalry” oh Fs way to the front of the enemy.—
We found the enemy close up to the works around !
Macon and had some pretty fighting with his j
rear-‘-our object being, at least as we soldiers
understood it, not to light their rear but their I
ffbtot, we her® to their right flank continually. i
We arrived at Griswoklville on the evening of !
the 21st, and found the town excepting two or j
three houses lying in ashes. One of the grand
•bjects of the enemy in his expedition through
tho State seems to be to destroy and lay waste as
much of the country a? possible. Burning fires
and heaps of ashes mark their pathway. .S'urely
the patriotic people of Georgia have now learned
enough of their “gbod friends” of the North to
assure them of their fiendish purposes nover again
to be united with so cursed a race.
On the morning of the 22d*the enemy charged
upon the Texas Brigade. These brave troops,
| (none are better,) most gallantly met the enemy
; with a counter charge and drove their hordes
: back in great confusion, capturing a number of
I prisoners and causing many a foe to bite the
j dust. Thence hard marches and hard work was
made to get across the Oconee, in which we suc
ceeded to-day. A portion of the command ar<
rived at this beautiful little village ju3t in time to
meet a small force of the State troops running
wildly into town closely followed by the Blue
coats. The Sth Texas cavalry was in front and
was called upon again to drive back the pursuing
j foe, and right well did it meet the demand made
upon it. The enemy came charging right upon the
head of their column. Thera was no confusion,
1 but at the word charge, off dashed these brave
| spirits, charging right into the midst of the ene
my’s columns, using their favorite weapon, the re
peater, with effect right and left. In a moment
the pursuers were turned into fugitives, and were
driven back in great confusion upon their infantry
columns, when our boys slowly retired, bringing
off with them a number of prisoners, a few hor
ses and an officer’s wagon, taken cleae up to the
infantry lines.
The charge of the Texans was led by Lieut.
Bassett es the Sth Texas cavalry, than whom a
more gallant soldier dees not exist. His great de
light and favorite position is to lead a charging
column. Nothing saved the force, which had the
temerity to charge on our column, from complete
demolition except the of its horses and
the proximity of th 9 20th corps of infantry.
The whole of Sherman’s army is now near
this place, so the good people of Macon may con
gratulate themselves that they are relieved from
the presence of the hated foe. Whether they will
go straight on towards Savannah or will turn to- ,
wards Augusta, cannot yet be determined, as thßv
are in position to take either road with the same
facility.
We were rejoiced to hear this evening of rein
forcements sent us. and we yet hope that with the
blessings of Providence, Sherman’s march of de
vastation will prove disastrous to his army and j
cause. Nospch.
Coxj-epe hates Abro.vs, —The Richmond Cou
rier says : It is proposed to use extraordinary
meaiu to • bring back to the Confederacy citi- |
’em now residing in Europe who were not there
prior to the war. A cotemporary call- na:c
“skulkers” and asks that they be register • •»' '
a resolution has beeu mtroduced in the Cotre j
1 rate House of Representatives looking to he ■
1 Sscatioa a? the properly of ail who do a-» v-uro ;
and enter the army. J
*ri.; Ob;gi;f a? r«. ... w ,
3'ren.vie'l ou. '.ho nig;;* - ■>' 5 e«* K'th ... . .-[■
referring t© the assertion • ’. v ,\
failure, said
During th tirst year of thr wir h« 2
v.-\tr«i«:-s ■“ ”■* • 1 > .ate. l w; : - -i.-p,,;. ,-t.
f; . .a Mi tvcotid y*».v *he reg oM were
brougnt mbe sold,. , r ; :Q t * ae
third year -Uv.-ry Was aoolGheJ in the dis
triet-of Columbia, and in the fourth slavery
was abcdi*W in'Mary land, if the Democrats
think the war a failure thus fur. when Con
gress comes together they will adopt a tons-.i
tutiona; amendment .0 yn.;4 . , *:.**,'
1 tbrouTbotrt thfc United States,
| If si .very Shall net--cease it will no t- the
| fault ot be administration. Tit-n -.,•«• sa»b
• Lave an era of good feeling a id harmony and
( resume our bright career among the nations
| and advance the interest of rho country, » r ti
i freedom, self-government and humanity. All
men will come to see in the President a t r
oughiy loyal, devoted aud patriotic and be
nevolent man ; and he will take his p Ist
' with Washington. Franklin. Adnra? and Ja i
son, among the benefactors of the burr n
race I (Applause.)
*3? H3E3 ATREI!
WEDNESDAY EVENING,) NOVEMBER th.
BRILLIAXi' TO-XIGHT!
Drama of unsurpassed interest,
LIFE, LOVE AVD WAR!
X.UCILLE!
THE STORY OF A HEART!
1 Adapted from Bulwer's fumed Prilgrinr- . ua
Rhin%. Fine Distribution of Characters.
All the Favorites in the Bill!
First time here of
GLORIOUS OLD TOODLES :
i Mr. W. H. Crisp, as Timothy Too l
nov3o-lt
ewtItMWBiCTWWOfm wmww it a wmwp » mm ;. w
AUCTION SALES
j
SBy Elfli*, Livingstosi & 4 o
Sftwelliaig B!ou*c* For Real.
’ TWILL be rented on Thursday, the Ist Deeemc
M in front of our store, at 11 o’clock, until the -
i April next, the RAVELLING HOUSE in Wyant '
known as the Wright place, with all the k iry
out-houses, good well of water, smoke house, A:.,
formerly owned by J. J. Abercrombie, E?h.
nov 2s) td sl3 50
BLOCKADE OCODS
BY LATE ARRIVALS,
♦ ♦ ♦
Hy James 11. Taylor.
On Wednesday, Oec. ft, at ft o'clock,
WILL be sold at my Store, corner of Broad rm I
Campbell streets,
Augusta. La..
A largo assortment of
Foreign and Domestic Good*,
Particulars in a future advertisement.
Conditions Cash. novJl-eoi:;i
For Sale.
! i FINE lot of Irish Potatoes.
: A BRADFORD & GILIMORF
J nov 30 lt 112, Broad Stree'
'notice.
I Ofkick Grant Factort, >
Nov. 29, 1304. i
l 4 LL persons having demands against the estate ■ f
| A Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby request e-i f.»
i present them to the Grant Factory,
i nov 30tf JOHN J. GRANT
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory.
Lost or Mislaid.
! POUR SHARES of the G. & A. S. S. Cos.. N .
i F 160, in favor of Mrs. J. L. Wihori.
nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRAN
To Rent.
HOUSE for rent, possession given Ist Dee* ;,
Apply to * -H. FISHACKER.
nov 30 6t 104, Broad Strav
W A IV T E I) ,
\ GOOD BUSINESS MAN, uutil the fir- Y
iA January. The best wages paid. A disabled
dier preferred, and it matters net how badly mu‘.
lated by wounds so he has firmness and judgmei. .
Apply at the TIMES OFFICE,
nor 30 ts
Hkadquartlbs Post, f.
Columbus, Ga., November 29,18 ; H, j
Orders No 19.
# * sj: * * £ *
I. All men retired from service that have repor
ted and filed their papers at this office, will report
at these headquarters on Saturday, the 3d of De
cember, at 11 o'clock, a. m., for the purpose of being
mustered for pay.
By command
S. L. BISHOP.
Maj. Com’dg PoC.
S. Isidore Guillet, Post Adj’t.
nov 29 5t
Mayoralty.
To the Citizens of Columbus :
From the announcements of candidates for May
of the City, I find it an office to be sought after aai
not feeling disposed to vacate my present position
I announce myself a candidase for re-election,
nov 25 tde F. G. WILKINS.
We are authorized to announce B. F. COL -
j MAN as a candidate for Mayor of the City of ■-, >
Inmbus at the ensuing municipal election.
nov23—dte
I
We are authorized to announce W. It. BPvOM .<
| as a candidate for Mayor at the ensuing munici?H
i election. nov 30 tc*
• For i^laiNhal.
j THOMAS P. CALLIER is announced as a cundi -
: date for re-election to the office of City Marshal.
novlß-td*
For Marshal.
W. L. ROBINSON is announced as a Candida 1 a
for the office of Marshal of the city by
novl-5* MANY FRIEND -.
For Deputy .TYarslial.
j At the solicitation of many friends, WILLIAM
i N. ALLEN has consented to become a candidate
1 for the office of Deputy Marshal of the city of Co
lumbus, at tho ensuing election, and will be sup -
j ported by MANY VOTERS.
nov!4 te*
To Rent.
A GOOD comfortable House for rent in a pleas ! ...
part of the city. Apply to Mrs. Bettio Kniglr
| on Forsyth street, near the new railroad runni- -
; through T tornas street. Possession given on tha
j first of January. Also my entire lot of furniture
will be sold at private sale at ray residence*
] Forsyth street. Mrs. BETTIE KNIGH '
nov 29 3t*
FOR. SAXiF !
DA . ACRES OF LAND, thirty in cultivation, :•» >
)yJ ‘ hundred and seventy in the woods. TL.,
place is near the ten mile house on the C'ussen
road, and is snugly improved for the times. App /
to L. M. RIGGERS,
nov 29 4t* Columbus, Ga.
8300 Reward !~Stolen.
FROM Room No. 46, Cook’s Hotel, a SINGLE
CASED GOLD WATCH, with tho initial? ”
F” carved on the back of it. The Watch has a whbo
face and steel hands.
A reward of S3OO will be paid for its ree very .-rid
no questions asked, by leaving it at the
nov 29 3t* SUN OFFICE
For Sale.
lAA KEGS of Old Dominion Nails, assorted -
IgU BRADFORD & GILL.MORE
nov 29 ts 142, Broad Stree -
For Bale.
77INE Apple Brandy in barrels and half-rre>.
T BRADFORD &GILLMOKK.
nov 29 ts _ 142 Bread Street.
Lard
WANTED in exchange far Sheeting-,
nov slm EAGLE FAC IOR
Produce Wanted,
In rehanre for Iron suiiame for idar tation .
po?e.*. Apply to .'HERMAN £ CO. .
nov-li 2w. Ui-ootc Ua!S, up s - a::
FOR SAUfi.
SIX Boxes of Now Orleans Sugar, Shinoi.k Xju *
and Nan. s of all sizes, at reduced p -a. tor
sale at J. H. .VTJLFORD'SoU rraui.
a >v22 fit.
