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DAILY TIMES.
1. W. W4RRE.V, - - - editor.
COLUMBUS:,
Wednesday Morning, January to, 186$.
Lay it not to jour hearts that peace can come
by submission, says the Augusta Register ; it will
not bring peace to return to the Union. No, never.
Better by far to spend our days among the rocks
and cliffs of our mountain chains, strangers to
our homes, than yield our arms to a vengeful and
hated foe. We know enough of him ; knew
him before we fought him with muskets, for upon
many fields when peace was said to reign, we have
battled with him,greatly to nnr *or*"*w. Let us
turn over the pages of th« pa*,, and we will find
by appropriation, by taxation, by exchange,
by territory, by Sia'e enactments, by fugitive
slave laws, by every consideration, we have suf
fered by so-called Union, by being an appendage,
£ U3>-. J j eoc^ < baa ceased, lot it forever be
hushed; no more Union, no more submission
betas! these considerations norve our wills, shut
our eiirs to those who sing Peace, and if they will
perm.-' lot them oo Aua'.bwma.
Let our enemy but withdraw lrorn our soil, and
no will h iil u ns the firs - intimation of peace
which they have given us in the past thirty
years, and our sacred word for it, we will
be j u advance of that large column of pence
m ikep. who would be found rushing to its
sacred altars. We yearn for peace that is
h. rmrubie, but will scorn every proposition lor
pe»/-o which has to be purchased by submissi i, or
reunion.
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Wilmington A street report wag in cir
culation yesterday, Bays the Charleston Mer
*-ury >f the 19tb, to tin effect that the capture
of Pm't Fisher bad been followed by the fail
of the-good town ul Wilmington. Trie report,
we believe, is ul least preinaiuit*. |
From the Links ok tub Combahee.—A dis
patch from the Combahce, dated the 18tb,
says: “ I’ae enemy yesterday made another
demonstration on Cambahee Ferry, but again
retired without effecting anything. This is
believed to be only a feint. All has been qriibt
to-day. ” —-Gfiarlesion Mercury, 19 th.
Sherman’s Movements. —A correspondent
wri irig fr in Effingham County. Ga., states
i. it is believed in that section ihat Genera!
Sherumri is advancing slowly aad surely to
ward.-. liranchville, with a force sufficient to
take the place, hold it, and operate on other
parts of importance. —-Chronicle <s• Sentinel,
20 th:
An important Order.
Hkapq’rs District Ai ocsta, Ga., 1
Jan. ltKh, 18G5, I
Hon. R. M. May, Mayor of Augusta:
Lieut. Gen. Hardee di.eots me to have the
cotton burned in the city on the approach of
ihe Yankees. This order J am bound to exe
cute, even ai ltie peril of the city. It is to be
hoped that your patriotic citizens will at once
remove this temptation to Yankee invasion,
either to distant points or to the commons,
where the tofeh can be applied when the exi
gency shall occur. The military will reader
you all the assistance in its power for the re
moval. With great respect,
D. H. Hlll, Major Geu.
To the People of the First Congressional;
District of Georgia.
1 have often addressed you in times of coni' I
parative prosperity ; I claim the privilege of |
saying a few words tn you in the hour of your
adversity..
You have a right to know wh.it views I en
tertain. as your Representative, in reference ,
to the present state ot our political affairs.
h* tJeorgtaus, you have been c tiled upon,
in the wise <;i,>pens;*non of Pioviiletiee, to ex
perienoe great and grievous troubles. Your
.State has been overrun by the enemy, from
the mountains to the seaboard. A wide traea
of desolation him misery marks the course
pursued l y h:s army. Your chief city has
tailen into his bunds; and almost your en
tire district is at his inercv.
You would ot) more than mortal it this con
dition of miaic-s did aoi excite some feeling of
despondency in your breasts. The blow ban
been so heavy and so unexpected that you
mrtv w> 11 si tgger under its weight. ifae troub
les that oppress you, 1 share equally with you.
Wife, children, property —everything that is
de*r r.o uiui, or which can give him happiness
or comfort, 1 have lost; they are in the hands
-of the enemy. 1 stand to-day a homeless and
beggared man. L can sympathize with you
m your allliotions aud have a right to counsel
with you as to yonr future course
As to w uat that course should be I have not
one mono ui's hesitation or doubt. It is the
course which honor, principle and policy alike
dictate You entered into the contest, iu
which you me now engaged, for the Attain
ment ot Independence. You desired to dissolve
your connection with a Government which
bad passed into the hands of the avowed en
emies of your institutions, and a people who
had no disposition to respect your rights un
der the Constitution. In dissolving this con
nection you exercised the simple rights for
which the auoestors of that people, in common
with your own, had struggled in the Revolu
tion.
For four years you lave been engaged in a
contest for these rights, more stupendous,
more blop iy, and more remarkable in its na
ture than any ever waged between civilized
nations. You have astonished the world by
(lie valor ot your troops, the extent of your
resources, and your willingness to endure all
the mUerie's and sufferings incident to so gi
gantic and orutal a war, You have sacrificed
upon the altar of jour country your sons and
your brothers, those dearer to you than life
iiselt.
I will not insult you by a single moment's
suspicion that now , when, for the first time,
au invading umy hits come amongst you, and
with fire am; sword desolates your fair fields,
and threatens to deprive you ufyour property,
you will entertain a single thought of submis
sion or compromise. True, there are some !
you who. if report speaks correctly,
»;ivi!i" their knees in abject submission
-to a hang'.*? F uu exulting enemy—men who
prefer property to honor or country—who
would sacrifice the glorious recollections of'
'the past, the hopes of liberty in the future,
eveu the memories of their gallant sons, who
have shed their patriot blood in the cause or
independence, for the chance of saving their
ill-gotten gains, the products of their specula
tions aud extortion during this war. But
these are few in number, ‘‘amongst you but
not of you.” in many cases aliens to you by
birth, and iu every instance foreign to your
nature. Aud even in their case, treason is
reaping its just reward. The haughty ene
my seizes their property and requires them
to establish their right to it by the tedious
process ot Courts of Law—a virtual confisca
tion. j and the traitors themselves are
treated with contempt by the very men to
whom they bow the knee. Think of it my
country in; n : to what lower depth of (legreda
tion cun in u descend than to become the ob
ject of co . mpt to a Yankee.
Independence is as dear and desirable now’
as it was when you first entered upon this
•truggle : aye, far dearer ; because the course
of this contest has devekped all the fiendish
passions. :>nd brought to the foul pur*,
poses of the people with whom you are at war
and has proved the wisdom of Jour action in
severing your connection with them. They
offer you no terms except unconditional sub
mission oi extermination. They openly avow
their puvpo-e i o emancipate your slaves, and
bring you under a constitution ehauged to
suit iheir own views. There is no hope fir
you in suhinia&ion or compromise. You ean
not resume your position iu the Fuion, upon
ihe *>ime fo<-!ifg you formerly occupied. A
powerful and fanatical majuroy will control
•be affairs of the nation to your degradation
and ruin. No paper guaranties of Constitu
tional clauses can protect job. What posi
tion would your representatives occupy in the
Federal Congress ? No men of honor or self
respect would expose themselves to the in
sults and contumely that would be heaped
upon them. Picture to yourself the reception
they would meet with from a sneering and
exulting majority, looking with contempt j
upon the representatives of a conquered people. .
What service could they render you against
the tncroachments of * majority who have ;
sworn that they pay no regard to the sanctity I
of a Constitution ?
Our anly hope is in the attainment of our
independence. And I firmly believe, ray
countrymen, that thi3 glorious result is iu
9tore for us. God, in his wisdom, may see fit
to afflict us with more aud greater miseries; I
but never will He desert a cause so pure and
just as ours, and sanctified by the blood of so j
many patriot martyrs We cannot and will !
not fail. In the vocabulary of freemen, strug- j
gling for all the rights which are dearest to ;
man, and incited by such glorious exemplars
as have illustrated our history, there is nosuch :
word as fail.
There ig no just reason for despondency.
The enemy is no nearer the attainment of his
object to-d.iv than ue was four years ago.
Tlie capital of your country still stands proud
and defiant, surrounded by the gallant sons
of eveiy State in the Confederacy. The army
under Hood is still powerful and unconquered,
in spite oi the boasts and false dispatches of
the enemy. Although the enemy occupy the
seaport of Georgia, the whole of the interior
is freed from their presence. Sherman's fur
ther advance will be contested inch by inch,
aud 1 trust uud believe suecessfutty Your
sons and brothers in the field have no thought
of submission. For years they have perilled
life and iirub in our cause. Let not us at
home weaken them by despondency and
doubt
As Georgians, you may think, and perhaps
with some show of justice, that your State was
too much abandoned to her own resources,
that, an opportunity was lost to inflict a nior
tal blow upon the enemy, that great and seri
ois errors have been committed by our mili
tary authorities. But remember that even if
these things be true, the sowed cause still
remains, and our country still demands our
aid. We have, been proud of our country in
the hour of" her apparent success ; let us not
desert her in the time of her trouble.
Although the enemy have marched from one
end of the St ile to the other, yet, Georgians
have lost nothing of their honor. If meu ask
you why this march of Sherman was not pre
vented, tell them it was because Georgians
were fighting the battles of the whole country
and of our sacred cause upon the soil of al
most, every State of the Confederacy ; that
they were guarding the Capital, that the Ves
tal fire of liberty may not be extinguished :
that they were keeping h watch and tfafd ”
around Charleston; that they were striving to
redeem Tennessee ; that they left, their own
homes to the protection of old men and boys
unable to meet a powerful and disciplined
foe
Let us by our forgiveness of errors, our pa
tient endurance, our firm determination to
struggle on, preserve the Y.ame of Georgia as
untarnished iu the future us it li..- been kept
in the past. Let us still trust in the wisdom
and protection of mu overruling Providence :
and remember that life, happiness, p**ncS,
honor, liberty—ail are comprised in that sin
gle, sacred word—lndependence.
Your fellow citizen,
JtJLTAN HaRTKJDGK,
Representative from the First Congressional
District of Georgia.
The Second Attack upon Wilmington.
As already stated in Saturday’s paper, the
enemy suddenly appeared oft' our coast cn
Thursday night last, and commenced landing
op Friday morning at daylight. On Friday
they iaaded a considerable farce, differently
stated by prisoners to be from ten to fifteen
thousand and to be under the commar and of
General Terry. Prisoners differ very much
about, the number* knowing or professing to
kndw only the force on board the same vessels
with themselves, which we think is quite like
ly. Ail seem to agree upon the statement
that General Terry is in command of the land
forces.
On Friday the bombardment ot Fort Fisher
was heavy, especially so toward nightfall. Up
! to six o’clock on Friday evening the casual
| ties by the enemy’s shelling were some forty
four, four being killed and about forty wouu
, ed. Iu the wounded is included Sergeant
Thos. S. King of Southerland's Battery, who
was acting as a courier.
Dr. James A. Miller, chief Surgeon, reports
fifty-two wounded as being received at Smith
ville from Fort Fisher on Saturday, also that
three were killed, of which the names are
given in his dispatch. We cannot as yet say
whether these were all killed or wounded on
Saturday, or include part of the sufferers on
Friday. We learn that on Saturday aud yes
tei’day the bombardment continued heavy',
; although not heard here with any distinct
ness
It is pretty certain that the enemy on Satur
! day had succeeded in extending their lines
across to the river, which their skirmishers
| struck at Craig’s Lauding—the usual landing
of steamers to and from Fort Fisher and Wil
i mington, and there captured the steamer Jas.
R. Grist. On Saturday night or Sunday morn
\ ing the Grist, thus seized by the enemy, was
| blown up by the Confederate steamer Chica
mauga. The Grist was a small Quartermas
ter’s boat, old aud of no great value.
As we write, about mid day on Sunday—in
i such times there are no Sundays to which at
present we can lay cffffm, —the last report we
i have heard is that things remain pretty much
iu statu quo. The enemy are said to be en-
I trenching across the narrow strip of land be
| tween Fort Fisher and Sugar Loaf, but had
: not landed either horses or artillery. Some
I deserters from the enemy, confined now in
the military prison, say that the enemy's force
consists of seven thousand whites aud four
thousand negi*oes. This is perhaps correct.
Terry commands.
General Bragg telegi-aphed Sunday fore
noon that all was quiet and that there was no
cause for excitement or apprehension. The
present attempt of the enemy is evidently
destined to be more pertinacious and deter
mined than the last.
Information received here through scouts
| say's that the enemy, four thousand strong,
started from Newberry ou Thursday or Friday,
for an advance upon Kinston and a raid upon
the Wilmington and Weldon Road, but turned
back, not deeming their numbers sufficient.
They will probably start again when reinforc
ed.
KILLED AND WOUNDED.
The following dispatch was received here
; late on Saturday night
# Smithvilue, Jan. 14th, 1864.
, Journal — *
Fifty-two wounded received from Fort Fish
ier to-day. Sergeant Latham and Gillespie of
Adams Light Battery, and Carter of Captain
Powell’s Company, killed.
Jas. A. Miller, Surgeon.
LATER.
At half-past six last evening, (Sunday,) the
enemy' were making a heavy' assault by land
I and sea. The bombardment was going on
i furiously. Gen. Whiting slightly wounded.
At seven and a half the fighting was still
| continued at the Fort—the enemy’s infantry
I force far outnumbering ours. It is reported
! that the enemy had succeeded in establishing
! a battery on the river above Fort Fisher aud
* below Sugar Loaf, cutting off communication
1 with the Fort by water. An uneasy feeling
( pervades the community. The gallant defen
: ders of Fori Fisher are passing through a ter
rible ordeal. God grant that they may pass
through it su-^essfully.
STILL LATER.
The following official dispatch from General
\ Bragg has been kindly handed to us :
Sugar Loaf, Jan. 15 —8 P. M. — The sensa
j tional reports about Fislmr are entirely nn
-1 founded. Official infuruiruiou from General
Whiting of later hour, reports enemy’s attack
i unsuccessful. Fresh troops are being sent to
him, and we are confident they will hold it.
Braxton Braog.
P. S.—Jan. 16—3 a. m.—Fisher was cap
tured at 1 a. m. this morning.— Wilmington
Journal , 16/A.
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foDCHiNG Sees*.—When the bunt containing
the returned Fort Gaines priionem arrived at the
Mobile wharf, says a correspondent of the Macon
Confederacy, an eld white haired sire anxiously
sought his aon. He hid been watching all day
for the boat to arrive, euger to clasp in his arms
his boy, the son of his old age. He was so over
joyed at the anticipated reunion that he could
hardly speak, and when the boat lancied, tears of
joy wero streaming down his furrowed cheeks.—
If so great was the joy of anticipation, you can
picture his grief jwhen he was told his boy had not
coiue. “We buried him an hour before we loft
Ship Inland.’
That father’s look of despair reminded me of
the tale, where; when God forsaken, the man falls
into horrible to ga*e upon.
[For the Columbus Times.]
“W« buried him an hour before we left
Ship Island.”
Nut a voice heard, no', a sound, not a word,
Save the wintry winds whistling through the air ;
Not a face was steu, not a look, not a mein,
That did uoi betoken, tho' no winds were spoken,
The weary hea.is that were burdened with eare.
Low bung the deep cloud, like a dark, sombre
shroud
Over the heart? of the expectant ones there ;
Not a sub’s bi ght say shone o’er the- broad bay.
To lend its kb.ii hue to the deep waters bine,
And lighten the many hearts that were Bair.
But among the multitude, an aged man stood,
Whose reveu’d features were brightened with glee;
Like the departing day, his few hairs were gray,
But the old love-light still kindled his sight,
As he watched, like a sentinel, the sea,
Tears of deep joy, as he thought of his captive
boy,
Streamed fast o'er his furrowed-chceHS ;
The future so bright, fills his heart with deiigbt,
And o’er his heart beams, as tho old man dreams
Os the brave son whose presence he seeks.
For two lengthy years, he the captive tot bear*
And b iars it with neither murmurs nor regrets ;
He has been to the wars, and wears the honored
setts,
Brought from tho bloody fields, when heroism
wields *
The strength which patriotism begets
He has scorned the base oath—the traitorous troth,
Which the tempter has asked him to plight,
Better dungeon walls, where a lone footstep falls,
Better deepest woe—than to yield to the foe
Who would cast upon honor a blight.
Anxiously the sire socks, but yet no word speaks
As the returned prisoners step upon tho shore :
Ho every spot traces, but ’mid the martial faces,
He sees not his boy—alas ! fled are his joys,
He speaks—-He hears— “your sen is no more !”
The future’s bright vision was but a delusion-
The sire moaned as he heard the fatal sound ;
“Where, comrades of ray son, when died my gal
lant one V
“Alas ! The sc-.-.dier cried, 'ere we left your son died,
At Ship Island we buried him ’ueath the sand.”
. • v ;
Ah ! the darkest despair settled then, and there
On the features of that father distressed;
Again course the tears upon th© wan cheek of
years, ‘
While the deepest woe fills his heart as it swells,
For his lest boy whom he hoped to have blessed.
A Lesson from the Past.
Bigbty-oue years ago this day—the J 9th of
January, 1752--peace was authoritatively armoun
{ ced as having been concluded by the Confederate
colonies of America and the K,ing of Great Brit
| a m- After a long and painful struggle, marked
i by peculiar hardships and sufferings and illus
! traded by patience, fortitude and courage, the
i colonists lifted their heads above the waters of af
fliction that had so long surrounded them, a free
and independent; people. Their just assertion of
the right to self-government Jhad been recognized,
i and they become equals, not longer vassals of a
mighty empire. Happy that they must Jhave
been whon our fathers saw the fruition of *tlieir
earnest, bloody iabors. How tbojoy bells rang
out from steeple and tower—how bon fires blazed
and a multudinous chorus of voices cheered, and
i how homes, so long wrapped in gloom, brightened
with the glow of pleasure at the welcome advent
i of peace—thrice welcome, since it brought thor
ough, absolute independence from kindly rule—
“Oh, these were hours when thrilling joy repaid
A long, long course of darkness, doubt and
fears! i
The bsart sick faintness of the hope delayed,
The waste the woo,;, the blood -shed and the tears
I That track’d with terror all the rolling tears, I
.that hail’d the despot’s fall ana peace and lib- i
erty.” !
Shall we learn nothing from the memo; ies that
cluster about tbis day ? Is not the lesson they
teach us one of hope aud patience—is there not
: deducible from the history of that bitter struggle j
the one great truth that self reliance, energy, and
j resolution in a people battling for freedom must !
eventually and certainly succeed,
i Our fathers were sorely jtired aud grievously
j straitened as we are—they had their days of gloom ,
i and disaster, their hours of despondency and
weakness their land was a prey to greedy specu
■ fetors, and is ours—their currency depreciated to \
absolute nothing—their armies were ill-fed, ill- !
J clothed and discontented—there was imbecility in
Congress and high places, and yet they weathered
th«*storm. The darkest period of the entire war
i was that of 1781, which culminated so gloriously
at Yorktown, and which, in fact, terminated the
i contest. e
• Can we not emulate the example of these itlus- :
; trious ancesters ? Or, are we recreants and has
j turds, and prepared to submit to Yankee fetters, I
compared with which the British chain was but a
; silken thread '{—[Constitutionalist.
The Fbeshbt i$ ths Carolinas. —We
learn from the (Charleston Mercury of the
19th instant that the freshet of the past week
| seems to have extended its violence over a
! very wide scope of territory. We hear of
t heavy losses in Edgefield and Barnwell Dis
tricts. But the greatest mjdry, and that which
will be felt most severely by the whole coun°
| try, has been sustained by the different rail
i road lines.
Between Charlotte and Columbia, the long
• trestle-work on the South Carolina Railroad
\ at Kingsville has been washed away.
At Columbia there was a great “upheaval
1 of the waters,’’ and the Cougaree river was
i higher than it has been since 1852, causing
i great destruction to mills, plantations, etc.
At Chester, on the Columbia and Charlotte
Railroad, heavy losses were sustained, and the
track greatly damaged.
, On the North Carolina Railroad, between
i Charlotte and Greensboro, rwo bridges are !
j gone.
The Piedmont Railroad, from Greensboro to
: Danville, Ya., suffered extensively, and we
| hear of thp destruction of two bridges and an
; extensive trestle work.
These are all serious losses, auu will oeca
j sion delay in the transportation of supplies,
ias weii as the derangement of travel. By
j proper exertions on the part of the railroad
authorities, however, the damages can be re
paired within three weeks’ time.
Retort Courteous. —A Russian lady being j
,ngaged to dine with M. de Tallerand, at that !
time Minister <>f Eoreign Affairs, was detained a
full hour by some unexpected accident. The
famished guests grumbled and looked at tbeir
watches. On the iady’sentrance, one of the com- j
pany observed his neighbor in Greek : “ When
a woman is neither y»ung nor handsome she ought
1 to arrive betimes.” The lady turning sharply
j round, accosted ths aru*t in the *ame ianzuge— j
i •• When a woman,** said she. hv« the misfortune to ;
i <iii,e eiih savages she alw.trs arrives too toon.” ,
telegraph lc.
RBPORTH OF THIS press ASSOCIATION.
according to act oi in the y jai
by J. S. Thra.'-li.-r, in the Clerk’s- office <,3
*“ e District Court oi the Confederate States so
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Jan. 19. —The Senate passed the
House bill concerning the Cherokee Indians,
and unanimously concurred in the House res
olutions foj an Address to the People of the
Confederate States after the Executive Session
adjourned. r
Northern dates to the 17th received. A
Washington telegram to the Philadelphia In
quirer of the 16th, says that Blair called upon
the PresidentMfcis eveniug and spent several
hours with him. To a gentleman who ad
dressed him upon the subject, he remarked,
that he bad«an interview with Jeff Davis, but
wbat passed he could not divulge to any one
except the President; that his expedition was
highly satisfactory, and would be made known
at the proper time.
Thomas was at Cliff’ton, Wayne Cos. Tenu.,
on last Saturday. The roads were in very bad
condition.
In the Yankee House of Representatives on
on Monday, Cox offered resolutions in favor of
appointing peace commissioners, which was
laid on the table—ayes 84; nays 51.
Charleston, a Saragossa!
The cause of South Carolina, and the cause
of the Confederacy, as involved in the fight
here, needs now of all things two essentials—
courage and tenacity —courage to dare r to risk,
to brave—tenacity to hold, io fight, to dispute
every inch. There is a great cause, and a
grand fight cau be made here. But men and
leaders must summon up every energy, must
rouse them -elves to great, thoughts and as
pirations. bet them shake ass past lethargy,
and despondency. Let our leaders brace them
selves for great and desperate sndertakiugs.
Let them fling from their hearts the pall of
apprehension as to the future. Let that thing
take care of itself. Let. them put it behind
them. Let them take care of the present.
The same tenacity and daring which has
held Charleston and the Savannah line for
four years, can hold Charleston now, if brought
to near upon the emergency. The same te
nacity, had it been used, could have held the
line at Pocotaligo tour weeks ago, when the
Yankees were permitted, through mere want
of nerve, to erect their batteries aud break the
road. The same tenacity could have held
for many days the line at Coo3awhatchie, but
lately so ingioriousiy abandoned To be
whipped, is to be whipped. No one cau al
ways prevent it. There is no ignominy in
being fairly whipped, alter a manly struggle.
A man, ora body of men can but do iheir best.
But this thing of being whipped without a
fight worthy of the name, upon a metaphysi
cal or mathematical calculation that you may,
or van, or should be whipped, Providence per -
mitting, and all other circumstances favoring,
is a sort of fighting that never saved a brave
man's honor yet, ard cau never 3ave the lib
erties of a people.
Let those men and those officers who don't
j want to fight, who are disheartened or cowed,
j let them go to the rear, and be promptly or*
! dered to the rear. Let men who are un whipped
and who have an interest and a pride in the
i ORuse here, go to the froat. Strip tho front
| line of every cowed man. Give a chance to
; moo who will fight for the old State—to strike
a blow for her.
Let everything from Oombaheo to Charlea-
S ton, and from Branchville to Charleston, be
1 promptly stripped tor the fight. Let all hti
| manitarianism be buried as dead as Julius
! Caspar, and as deep as Tophet. Strip the
State toi’ a death struggle—and let every offi*
cer and mau strip his heart likewise of all
weak longings and lookings backward Inch
by inch let us fight the enemy; let us mark
j every track he makes with life blood; and let
; .ps not yield that inch until fairly, forcibly
beaten from Let every creek be" a point of
light—every marsh a battle ground. It will
| pot be in vain—it is vitally important at this
i juncture. We can punish him five meti tor
| one, qt every poi.it. Time time is gained—
l and the enemy is punished.
I There are brave men here, and there are
! brave officers to lead them, if the right meu
are put to work. It devolves upon the Cbisf
Commander here to have no remorse now in
j this matter. Too much is at stake. Affections
should be buried; all- hesitation should be
I merged into decision. Too long we have been
1 fighting here around these old walls to yield
| them now without a struggle. We say, un
hesitatingly, to those in authority, there are
, hrave men here who are prepared to make of
j Charleston a second Saragossa. We usa no
fancy phrase. We mean the exact, thing. We
mean fight the country inch by inch to her
i outside lines; and we mean, then, light it ;
; brick by brick to the foot of old St. Michael’s j
wahs. We say to the commander here, there |
is the spirit, here in Carolina to do the thing.
Let him try us. Let him give us a fair manlv
chance to stand or fall here iu behalf of the
cause ans the State we love. We want no
Atlanta, ho Savannah business here. Let
every non combatant iu this city be compelled
to leave it, and seek shelter elsewhere in our
churches and in every house in the Stale, i
Let Charleston be strictly a military camp.
The opportunity is offered—let the Command
ing General make a fight here that will ring ’
around the world. We will not fail him.
There are men here to do it. We have made
names historic before. We can do it now
Let us strip and enter the arena for life or for
death. Will he stand by us ?—Charleston j
Mercury, !9fA.
MAYOR’S OFFICE, )
Columbus, January 23, 1860, f
It having been represented to me that it is
i to the interest of the public service and for
the good of the community that all bar rooms
and drinking houses be closed for a few days,
I earnestly request all proprietors and keepers
of above-named establishments to close and
discontinue the sale of spirituous liquors un
til further notice.
F. G. WILKINS, Mayor.
HEADQUARTERS POST, i
Columbus, January 23, 1865./
Attention is invited to the above request of
the honorable Mayor. Keepers of bar rooms j
or drinking establishments, who sell, give
away, or in any manner dispose of liquor to j
any soldier, will have their liquor confiscated. :
LEON YON ZIXKEN,
jan24—d3t Col. Com’d’g Post.
Attention Independent Colum
bus Guards.
A meeting of the Company at the Cily Council
Chamber ia ordered for Thursday morning, 26th
inst., at 10 o’clock.
By order of Capt. URQUHART.
Allen, O. S.
jan 25 6t
To Confederate Tax Payers,
I have this day resumed the collection of Taxes
due for 1864. Specific Taxes are now due for 1865.
All persons liable to this Tax must come up. regis
ter and pay at once.
J. A. L. LEE. !
jan 25 3t Collector 41st District Ga.
SIOO Reward.
\\ r ILL be pail for information leading to tho re
coveryoftbe slave JOAN, supposed to be in
the neighborhood of Macon. Said boy is a bright
mulatto, about five feet eleven inches hLh, about
25 years old. a likely boy. Address,
T. K. 110T< It KISS
iif th>. iitbce.
Of- Columbus Times c «py thre time- e>.d » and
send bi Ito thi J ■•fliee.— M-d-oh Tetegrnjth,
fan *r* «od3t
ATOUON SALES,
oaette, Lawhon & Cos.,
Auctioneers,
131, Broad St,, Columbus, Ga..
WILL SELL AT 11 O'CLOCK
THIS I> AY,
100 Yds. ENGLISH TWEEDS,
80 Yds. RED FLANNEL,
7 FANCY WOOL UNDER SHIRTS.
jan 25 sl2
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
Auotione era,
131, Broad Sl„ Columbus, Ga.,
WILL SELL AT 11 O'CLOCK
THIS DAY,
I LIKELY YEKRO BOY,
22 years old
jan 25 sl2
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
Auctione ei*s,
131, Broad St., CoSuaibuii. <ia.,
WILL SELL
V 3EC X S X> jol 3T,
JANUARY 25th, ai II o ? d«ck,
30 Shares M. & ii. It, R, S?ock,
1 LIKELY NEGRO WOMAN, 20
years old, No. 1 Field Hand,
1 PIANO, IMELODEON,
BEDSTEADS, MATTRESSES,
MARBLE TOP WASH STANDS.
MARBLE TOP BUREAUS,
1 MAHOGANY SECRETARY,
1 NO-TOP BUGGY,
1 MUSIC BOX,
I HERRING IRON SAFE.
1 ENCASED WHEELER & WILSON
SEWING MACHINE,
jan 24 S3O
VALUABLE PLANTATION
AT
:p:r,i-v.a tie sa ls.
Rosette, l.atvlion & €O.,
OFFER at private sale a VALUABLE PLANTA-
I ION, pout-lining 960 acres—soo cl oared, balance
woodland, heavily timbered—twonty-five miles from
Oolumtus, on the Mobile A Girard R. it ; good
dwelling House with four rooms. Kitchen, Smoke
House, Stables, Ac.; well watered, an 1 in a high
state of cultivation,
jan 25 fit $36
Rosette, Lawhon & Go.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
One Copper Boiler. 8 feet long.
Five or six hundred pounds Led Pipe.
8 or 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks.
jen 18 ts
Proceedings of Council.
REGULAR. MEETING.
Council Chamber, January 28. 1865,
Present, His Honor, ;be Mayor and a fiffl Board,
i excepting Aids Griswold and Durkin,
j The minutes of the last meeting were rvad and
confirmed.
! Committee on Contracts reported that they had ad
i vertised for proposals to do the work on the corpor
! ation carts, shoeing the mules, <te., and had only re
; cetved one bid, that of Bulloch & Radcliff, which
was submitted, proposing to do tho work at sched
j ufa prices and deduct 10 per cent,
i L Aid Chapman moved that the report be received
but that no contract be entered into, that the Depu
ty Marshal have the work done under instructions
of the C/ontract Committee, at such places as would
bo most advantageous to the city. Wbieli was adon
ted •
i fallowing report of.the Police committee was
received and adopted, the names being ratified one
, by one.
*k W r e, ,. the - Police committee, beg leave to submit
; the fallowing named persons as policemen for the
city of Columbus, subject at all times to be dis
j charged lor neglect of duty : D .8 Bulloch and C H
| Altbxsor, Captains; Hugh O’Pry. Wm Lewis Ed
l Ba£r^8 a £ r^£ te s, en D A ,ac:ln ’ p Kane - Hugh Carr, E L
I L Babbitt, Thos Names, James Jioran and L P
j Ragsdale.
The committee recommend that each Captain re
ceive at the rate of S3OO per month, aud the balance
ol the police at the rate of $250 per month, for their
‘ services. ,
E G Wilkins,
» John Quin,
W H Griswold,
j ‘ J C Porter,
! Committee,
lowing report of ;ho committee on Bridge
and W h.irf was received and adopted, and the work *
i ordered done, the contractor to give fend and se
curity mr prompt and faithful performance of the
work.
' The committee on Bridge and Wharf, to whom
: was ret erred the subject of the cost of rebuilding the
damaged pier of tho biidgi-, have to report that it
will cost $3600, or less, t j rebuild the masonry, and
recommend that the work be done. Responsible
! Pities are willing to contract for the work at the
above price..
, Mcllhenny,
. J OHNSON,
Columbus, Ga., Jan 23,1864. Committee.
.The Gas committee reported that they had closed
j ‘“® contract ior lighting the street iarnps with J W
j Shoup, and "resented his bond, which was aecep
; t6U.
j , The accounts of Ligon A Brooks for $35, and J L
Azoiton for 150, were read and ordered paid.
aa accouu t ?! the Gas li'ghr Comyany for sl,-
(06 00. was read and referred to the committee on
! accounts,-
Aid Porter moved that tho Cemetery committeee
be authorized to contract for building the brick wall
at the southwest corner of the cemetery ordered done
at last meeting of Council.
»i, J l l l MC fF e r ( J re n o f p ' re(l , a3 an amendment, “and
that the Opelika Railroad Company be notified that
they will be required to pay one bait the expense
so incurred. Which was accepted and the resolu
tion adopted.
By Aid Bivins—
Resolved that all Policemen be required to give
bond with good security in the amount ot $3900 for
! the faithful perform::nee of their dutie=. Which
was lost,
By Aid Bivins—
Resolve fa at the following addition be made to
the oath now administered to Policemen: ”1 do
solemnly swear that I am not directly or indirect
ly, concerned m the retailing of spirituous liquors
W 1 thin tho city of Columbus. Which was adopted.
Inose who voted in the affirmative were Aids
Robison, Johnson, Porter, Everitt and Bivins. In
the negative, Aids McKendree. Chapman, King
Mellhanny and Quin. There being a tie His Hanor
voted in the affirmative.
On motion of Aid Quin the committee on cis
terns. sewers and wells, were instructed to have the
sewer near the Naval Iron Works repaired.
Od motion of Aid Johnson the Hospital committee
in connection with the City Physician, were au
thorized to purchase such medicines as they deem
necessary for r he use of the city.
Council then adjourned. -
M. M. MOORE, Clerk.
Russell County Reserves.
We are authorized to announce R. B. KYLE as
a candidate t •• Major of the Kus-eu Comity Re
serves, at toe election to be held ot; the 28th Janu
ary, 1860,
jan 24 4i
Headquarters, Gov. Works, (Ori»j I
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 23, 1865. >
John H. fauith, who was advertised as a deserter
from tiii- ffrsena.', on the 19th inst.. has reported
and accounted for his absence.
M. H. WRIGHT,
jau 24 2t Col. Commanding.
Cow Peas.
i LOT OK o W 1‘E.48. For sale by
\ jan -. 11 BRADFORD A SNOW.
A’JCSIICIT SA.L3S.
By Ellis, I.ivingston A e».
EXECUTRIX SALE.
* ■»«
!\N L ftTDA Y, 27th ot January, commencing M
V oclicK, a. wills-11, at the late residence of Jo»*-
pbu? Echols, in Russell county. Ala.,
25 head Fine Cattle, including Milch
Cows and a splendid blooded Bull.
40 bead Pork and Stock Hogs,
30 “ Goats,
20 “ Sheep,
Large lot Cast Iron and Lead Pipe,
Wagons, Carts, Plows, Plantation Tools
A fine lot of HOUSEHOLD AND
KITCHEN FURNITURE, with raanj
1 other articles ot value too numerous te
: mention.
11. M. ECHOLS, Executrix
jan 23 $52 50
ALSO —
I
1 Fine Rockaway,
1 “ Buggy,
1 li Harness Horse,
1 jan 24 sl2
ATCTIOM SALES.
MYERS, WATSON & CO,,
AUOTIOITEERS
AND
General Uommission Merchants,
At Hull d? Duck's old stand,
Opposite Bank of Columbus, Broad Street.
Personal aud prompt attention given
to all consignments.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 21, 1865. jau23 ts
BY MYERS, WATSON & €O,»
StOSfEitr MIERS. Auctioneer.
WILL SELL ON
JANUARY 26th, at U o’clock,
i In front of our Store.
! 1 LIKELY NEGRO MAN, 85 year.
I old, fair Carpenter and Shoemaker.
I 5 Boxes FLORIDA LEAF TOBACCO,
| 5000 FLORIDA CIGARS,
j 10 Boxes TOBACCO,
; 20 Barrels SALT,
| 5 Kegs WHITE LEAD,
1 l Bale ol OSNABURGS,
: 1 Fine NO-TOP BUGGY, (made to or
! dor by Hidenburg & Tattle) and IIABs
NESS,
1 Set DOUBLE HARNESS,
i Set BLACKSMITH TOOLS, Bellow*,
Anvil and Hammers,
1 Lot HARDWARE,
| GOLD and SILVER WATCHES,
! 3 Fiae KIP SKINS,
i jan 24 $54
THEI OITY.
j ~ * ••
I T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
1
Salen To Day.—Rosette, Law him A Cos., will
• have au important auction sale to-day of negroes,
1 furniture, Ac., Ac. See advertisement.
i Pjsrisiiarlh Property at Auction. —Ellis,
' Livingston A Cos., propose to sell on Friday next
j at the residence of ffie late Josephus Echols, a
i large lot of perishable property, household and
! kitchen furniture, Ac., Ac. The sale will afford
rare facilities to secure bargains. Let everybody
| attend.
( R. Myers, Watson A Co.—The reader will
’ learn from nn advertisement that the above new
. auction firm will have an extensive auction rale
i to-morrow (Thursday) of negroes, tobacco, salt,
i furniture, and uuincrous other articles of value.—
As this firm is ju3t commencing business opera
tions in our oity, wo take espeefial pleasure in re
commending to the business public the gentlemen
composing it, as in every way worthy o?confidence
and patronage. They are men of thoroughgoing
business habits, of strict integrity, and of enlarged
capacity and energy. We are personally acquaint
ed with Colonel Myers—know him to be a veteran
' in the auction aud commission business, thorough
ly conversant with the minutiae of mercantile sci
ence, and withal a liberal hearted Christian gen
tleman. We wish the new firm abundant suc
cess.
Auction Sales.—At auction yesterday by El
lis, Livingston A Cos. nails sold for $3,30 ; one set
harness, $l7O ; one do., $440 ; one bureau, $3lO ;
one seeing machine, $300; one negro man named
Ben, $1,850; one named Lewis, $2,850 ; one old
man, Wesley, $750 ; Caleb, $2,500 ; Rose, a
woman, $1,255; sole leather, $lO to $12,50; salt,
90 cents ; one English bull, $650 ; cow and calf,
S4OO ; mule, $6lO.
Doings ok Council.— The Council on Monday
evening ordered the work of rebuilding the stone
i pier of the old bridge to be executed forthwith.
! “A stitch in time saves nine,” and anything that
i is worth doing should be done well without re
gard te cost. Also ordered the wharf repaired-
The Council took another .sensible step—tb*t of
appending to the oath of policemen, a clause pro
hibiting the sale of spirituous ' liquors. Policemen
j should attend to the duties of their office and keep
duly sober.
Also resolved to contract for the building of a
brick wall at tho southwestern portion of the cem
etery, and require fim M. A W. P. R. R., te pay
half the costs.
The Hospital Committee, in connection with the
: City Physician, were instructed to purchase the
neeessary medecines for the use of the city.
1
A Good Suggestion. —The suggestion of his
honor the Mayor, and Col. Von Zinken to close
1 all liquor shops during the present week "is well
timed and patriotic. Let there be a gener*’.
response on the part of dealers.
- - 1— » m*
Something Grand. —We learn from our city
cotemporaries that Madam Bailini, assisted by
her pupils, and (he musical amateurs in our city,
proposes to give an extraordinarily grand Concert
on Thursday evening for the benefit of the sol
diers. The object is most commendable, anu fas
J/adam just the person to carry it out success
fully.
_____ mm •
The Concert Monday Night. —The Concert
on Monday evening for the benefit of the "Way
side Home,’' was but poorly attended, in conse
quence doubtles-' of the very inclement weather,
and was not so happy or successful in its resu.-s
as the ona on Thursday evenieg last, ine ab
sence of Mr. Guospelius. Mr. Haile and Mi.
ard was se-faus’v felt. Wc had. Howver.
excellent singing and piano music by Ms- ■--La
ton, Ward, Swain and others.