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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.