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DAILY TIMES, j, w. IVAUSiBIf & CO., Proprietors. pubhsaed Dady (Sundays exoeptcd) at the rate of jH) per month, or $lB for three month*. jjo imbseription received for »longer ten« thorn , **-«•• mouth*. HATES OF ADfEETISWG. CASUAL DAILY advertising batbs. *dverti*omonts inserted once—s 4 per square, REGULAR BAILV AMVKETISISB BATBS. First Week—s3 00 per square for each insertion, foeond Week—s 200 per square for each insertion, 'rnird Week—sl 50 nor square for each insertion. L.urtb Week—sl 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month—s3o por square. Third Month—s2s por square. SPECIAL NOTICES Tax In Kind Notice. Office Post Quartermastrr, 1 Americus, (la., Jan 27, 1865. J The assessment value of Tithe Corn of crop of i§s4, for this District, is regulated at 'six dollars per bushel. All whose tithes have been assessed at less [.rice, will apply at once to the Assessor of their re -peedve counties to have assessments changed to this pri'te, in order t<, tret their proper credit, of the tax imposed on agricultural interest. Other articles ol the second assessment will be as sessed at pricer of Schedule No. 15. JOHN P. CRAFT, Captain and P. Q. M. feb 1 fit 3d Cong. Dist. Oa. Headquarters Enrolling Offiof., 1 Mustfogee County, > Columbus, Oa., Jan. 21. 1865.) Special Orders, No. All officers and men furloughed to visit this coun ty, are hereby required *o report to these Head quarters within twenty-four hours after their arrival for the purpose of having their furloughs recorded. W. A. COM3, Card and Enrolling Officer, feb 1 lw Muscogee CoTinty. Headquarters, Gov. Works, (Ord.) 1 Columbus, Ga., Jan. 31, 1865. J Wanted to Exchange Fig and Wrought Iron, suitable for Plantation purposes, for Paeon, Lard, Syrun, Corn and other produce. Apply at office ot M. H. WRIGHT. feb 1 lot _ Col. Commanding. Ware-Iloiwe Notice. ON and after the first day of February, 1865, the Storage «>n Cotton in our respective Ware houses, will be iwo dollar? ($2 00) per bale, per month. Hereafter the rule to sell cotton to pay storage will be strictly enforced quarterly if they are not paid promptly. KING & ALLEN. WARNOCK & CO., GREENWOOD & GRAY, HUGHES A HODGES, I*OWELL, FRAZER & CO., CODY & COLBERT, J. U. IVEY <fc CO. Jan 3! 2w APHOtLin ATiorv To i tic Officers ami Members of the General Assembly. In conformity to - the Resolution of the General Assembly, passed at the close of its last Session, re questing the Governor to convene the Legislature at ;uch time and place as he may think beet, to com plete the necessary Legislation which was unfin ished at the time of adjournment on the approach of the enemy. I hereby require ihe officers and members of the General Assembly to convene at the City Hall in the city of Macon,-at ten o’clock, a. m, on Wednesday the 15th day of Februarylnext. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State this Hie 25th day of January, 1865. JOSEPH E. BROWN. All papers in'the State are requested to oopy jao 27 td Notice. Southern Express Company, 1 Augusta, Ga., Jan. 9, 1865. J Persons owning freight shipped by the Southern Express Company, that is detained in this city, and ■ther places, in consequence of damage donejto rail road? by the Federal armies,-and which cannot be forwarded to'destiuation in consequence thereof, are hereby notified that this Company will not bo responsible for loss or damage by tire. Consignees, and others interested will take notice of the abovo. JAS. SHUTER. j an 19 im Acting Pres. Macon, Columbus, Montgomery, Mobile and Selma papers copy one month. To Georgia Soldiers ! Pbil'l!|»s’ 4t'3a Georgia Brigade. ■jTatk or Georgia, ) ssei&j The members of this Brigade now living, and the representatives of those dooeased, wiliplea3o inform us whore the ll!ilf*P#J duo thuui, under the Act of December 7t,h. 1363, may be forwarded to them. In response to each communication we will forward the necessary papers for signatures. Each correspondent will furnish us the company, battalion or regime 't to which, he or tho.soldier he represents, belonged in this Brigade, and his full address at the present time. IRA R. FOSTER, Q. M. Gen. ofGa. N. B.—After the Ist of March letters will be ad dressed tons at Milledgeville; until that time, un less in case of danger to this place, we will be ad dressed at Augusta. !• R* F. ,ian 7 lrn For Escftange or Sale. \ T the office of the “Southern Iron Works,” near lx. the now bridge, the following articlos of Hard ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Lard, Wheat, Flour. Fodder, or any otner articles of P-oviiions or Confederate currency, viz: Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan tation uses. „ , „ . „ Sugar Mills and Kettles, of all sizes, from 30 to IflO gallons. Pots, Ovens and Skillets, Fry Pans and Andirons, Club and Broad Axes, Shovels and Spades, Trace Chains* and Plough Moulds, *3“ Orders for Castings and Machine Work JOHN P. GRAY * CO. CITY FOUNDRY! SNUB MILLS AND KETTLES ! WE HAVE OF HAND Sugar Lillis anil Mettles, holding 20,30, 40. 60, SO and 130 gallons, which we will exchange for Provisions or any tiixid Oi country Produce, or money on very liberal terms. Orders mlicited. PORTER, McILHLNNk ScLO. Columbus. Jan. 20, ts Hegroes to Ilire. rjlO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good 1 a.oka»dlV asl ,„r. ig j WOOLf.OLK jan 17 ts Agent. * Izost or Mislaid. COER SHARES of the G. <fc A. S. S. Cos., No T 16j, in favor oi Afrs.-J. L. M ilson. nov 30 ts D. & J. J. GRANT. $1,300 Reward. CTRAYED, on the Bth of this month, from my O plantation in Talbot county, a p: zed MAKE; color black, with a bay horse colt, six months old. They were seen hitched to a wagon, going through Girard, Ala., abcutjton days., ago, in the direction of Eufaula or Clay county, Ga. Ine above reward will be”paid by me for their delivery in Talbot county, or Columbus, or SBOO, for mtorma tion which will lead to their recovery. Address J. B. GORMAN, jan 27 lw , „ . Talbotton, Ga. Montgomery Advertiser and bpint of the Soutn copy one week and send bill to this office. ReguiaTTine of Steamers on tfae River. Cone mbits, Ga., Jan. 9th. TIIE SteiunerMacEsoy. Daniel Fry, Master, wil 1 leave Columbus,until further notice, every sun ‘Uy at. 9 a.m. Returning leaves Cuaitahoochee every Tuesday at 2 p. it. 1 The Steamer Indian, 0. D. Fry Master, loaves - tlumbus every Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. Re turning, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at 2 A. Ji. , The Steamer Mist, A. Fry .Vaster, leaves Colum bus every Friday at 9a. m. Returning leaves Chat tahooche every Sunday at 12 x. jan 10 2m VOL. XII.} DAILY TIMES. EVENING EHITHIN WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 1, 1865. Partienlars of the Railroad Aeeident Last Night. We have been enabled to gather the follow ing particulars cf the smash-up on the Opelika Branch Road last evening, referred to in our morning’s edition : U seems that the tender broke down, by which three box cars next to it were smashed up and thrown from the track. Persons on the train acquit all officers of the road of blame. The train was running at very moderate speed, and the accident was entirely unavoidable. The following are the casualties : Killed. —Samuel Carter, Cos. B, 54th Ga.; C. C. Conway, Cos. I, 54th Ga.; J A. Page, Cos. B, 29th Ga.; one negro man, attachee o* the 54th Ga. Wounded. —W. H. Robinson, Cos K, 54th Ga., badly burned. Joseph Dean, Cos. B, 54th Ga., thigh broken, Wm. R. Carter, Cos. B, 54th Ga., leg bruised Wiley Carter, Cos. B, 54th Ga., arm injured. Lt. Hughey, Cos. B, 54th Ga., injured in the breast. J. A. Chambers, Cos. G, 29th Ga., thigh frac tured. Sergt. J. R. iPowell, Cos. G, 29th Ga., dislo cation of shoulder. George Douglas, 29th Georgia, badly injur ed in chest. Serg’t B F Hall, 45th Tennessee, bruised badly. G H McConnica, 45th Tennessee, contusion. G W Douglass, 29th Georgia, contusion: Several others were slightly, but not se vere enough to be sent to hospitals. The kill ed and wounded were brought in last, night and sent to the Walker Hospital. Pnblie Sentiment. In this, as in all great revolutions, says the Augusta Constitutionalist, both the cotempo rary writer and the historian in after days, are in a great measure deesived in ascribing to the quiet citizens, the men at home, the tra ders of the land, the manufacturing of the controlling public sentiment. It is net, so. Especially is it not so with the American peo ple. Especially is it not so with us. It is the army—the men who bear the burden of the fight who aro the directors of public senti ment. Although coteries or cabals in differ ent localities may exert a 3t.rong influence in giving direction to public feeling and the wish es of the population, the controlling influence rest3 at la3t with the soldiers in the army. We have lately received from men iu the field, men who have perilled their lives, who have lo3t their little all, wh<3 have suffered tho heat and dust of four summers and the cold and rain of four winters, who are armless or legless, aud they, without exception, breathe the glorious spirit of resistance, and urge the continuance of the fight to final separation. The only place of late where the eroaker can not be found is in the ranks of the army, or among the poor and penniless soldiers who linger sick or wounded in the hospitals or sit around the camp fires barefooted and blanket less. What a commentary on the thirst for gain 1 What a rebuke to the men who have heard of the battle and the war from afar ! The fact is simply this : the army has de termined that there shall be no submission, no reconstruction —no surrendering of the rights for which this war was inaugurated and in which it has suffered so many hard ships. We say for one God-speed the army. Stand by your colors and your country, brave Georgians, and br&ve men from every other State, and you will yet be free men—men who can stand up before the world iu the light of day and say with an honest and full heart, “ in the hour wheu the cause was deserted by the faint of heart and the weary at home, when gloom wa3 everywhere except around the glorious flag upheld by manly hands, we were of the army, we were of those who still held th 6 trusty gun and bid defiance to tho haughty foe. ” O 1 what a heretage for your children and your children's children. We would rather nail the lid upon the coffin of our mother, than have her despair in this hour, old, and despoiled by the foe as she has been. We would rather give up to the vengeance of the infuriated and brutalized soldiery of the enemy the little ones of our house and heart, than that in after days it could be said of them that they are but the children of him who lost faith in the, cause of the just, and was, in the dark hour, recreant to the cause for the maintenance of which his State had pledged “the lives, the property and the.sa cred honor of her people. To the soldiers of the land we only repeat the words of one of them, when we say, it is above all others your land. You are fighting for your homes and your little farms. And the rich man at home has no right to trade away your liberties and your possessions for his wealth, his ease, or his opinions. Be not only the fighters for the independence of your country, but be the only makers of public sen timent in these Confederate States. Upon you, and we had almost said upon you alone, rests the question of separation and independence. If you fail, the country and the cause go down in gloom and misery. Listen to no false pro- , phets of evil to the cause. The dictates of sucu hearts ebb up from smothered treason to eve rything dear to you as Southern men, or from the price of gold and the uncertainty of a war ; currency. Wo man from the field, has yet bid von despair, or has said our cause is hopeless; no man from the field, has yet taken the stump or the public press to show cause why Georgia should desert her sisters in this fight for the ■ rights of free men; no man from the field, has yet whispered that terms must be made with the enemy or annihilation would come ; but COLUMBUS, GA.. THURSDAY, FEB. 2. 1865. the shouts of true hearts yet reach us from the man of the ranks on all sides, even from the defeated and retreated army of the gallant but unlucky Hood, it comes full and clear and hopeful. To the soldiers of the army everywhere we say, stand firm. You are our true hero-.rnakers —the moulders of a healthy public sentiment —the conquerors o: the independence of the South—a ble33inganda glory for ages. OTerrannia? the Country not Subjugating the People. Conquest, said a writer in Blackwood Sjme years ago, ha* ever been the easiest and most frequent of man’? achievements —the consolidation and ad ministration of conquest the most difficult and least, successful of his efforts. It has ever been easier to win empire by the jswora than to estab lish it by the law of urder and government—easier to enslave the body than subject the will—to en force submission to the conqueror than obedience to the legislators. It is common for man to recog nize the aetion of force in the destroying ageneies of fire and sword, and to yield to the might of the stronger hand the possession and subjugation which make the law of eonqust; but ae will not ep readily aocept or acknowledge a legislation, the principles of which conflict with the belief of his race. Tho supiemaey of might is a practical thing. The supremacy of government has to con tend with all*that divides man' from man, tongue from tongue, nation from nation, and creed from creed. The conquorors are often tho few, the con quered the many ; they are generally aliens in blood, strangers in feeling, and though a warlike spirit may obtain superiority on the battlefield, it is hard for a man scattered here and there amid a mass, to stamp upon the laws, customs and habits that have existod forages, and impress in stead, those of his own people. It has been easy to organize a eonqust, to di vide it into satrapies, to erect bogus systems of government and terms of cor-porations, but the amalgamation of feelings, literatures, nationali ties, <fce., which can alone constitute an united between victors and vanquished, is a thiDg which the world seldom sees. Genius ha* failed again and again to effect this fusion. The uni versal sovereignty cf Alexander soon broke up into the old divisions of localities and races; so did the kingdom of Napoleon. Wars of saojuga tion have rarely made man conform to the creed of the subjugators. Tamerlane broke over the mountain barriers of the Indian empire like a torrent, conquering, slay ing, robbing, burning, devastating, and thon pass ed back with his plunder, leaving behind barely the shadow of sovereignty. But the Patan or Afi'ghan dynasty survived even that great shock, and lost its vigor and vitality only through di visions, anarchy and intrigues, This is aiU the people of the South have tq fear. If they remain together and pull together, the yoke of Lincoln will never be placed around their aeok. But If the country and the army are to be filled with seeds of discord, if divisions are'.to be chronicled everywhere, and men aban don the cause to fill their purses for any emer gency, we must soon look abroad for a master.— We are fully able to accomblish the task before us. We have men enough to whip- an independ ence if they be judiciously disposed of; we have a land grand in the vastness and proportion of its features, various in its climate and almost univer sal in its productions. The substantial? of life and the munitions of war can be found within its bounds. Let the same spirit which sent your no ble boys to the front throe years ago be rekin dled throughout the land, and a smiling happy peace will dawn upon us. By God’s help and a strong natiou’s will we may hope bright things are written for us in the future. — Exchange. Tlic Colton. Trade Controversy. The Herald has a letter from its chief Washing ton correspondent upon the3abjeet of a trade in cotton with the people in the South: The moaning and grumbling beneath the sur face indicates that a storm of no small magnitude will soon burst upon us in reference to the purchase of cotton. In fact it is raging with considerable fury beneath the surface. The present law regu lating the trade in cotton with the rebellious States was passed for the purpose of facilitating this trade, and securing thereby a revenue to the government. For some cause or other, the military commanders in several localities have thrown so great obstacles in the way as almost to prohibit the bringing out of cotton. The result is that the orders and permits, not only of the treasury depart ment, but also of the President, have been nulli fied, and the treasury deprived of the assistance that was anticipated from that quarter. It is understood that Secretary Stanton sustains the military commanders in this opposition, and j that the recent letter of General Canby on the subject was but a reflection of the views held at i the War Department and intended to operate upon the present Congress for a repeal of the laws of last session. At any rate it ‘was placed in the hands of the committee in the House as soon as it was received here. The President firmly believes ! in the policy of bringing out all the cotton from | the Southern States that is possible. In the first i place he considers such a course a necessary aid !to the finances of the government. One fourth of j the proceeds of all brought out under the present i law goes direct to the government, while the bal ) ance ia equal to so mueh gold or foreign exchange, , and thus directly aids in reducing the price of j gold ond sustaining the value of greenbacks. In addition to this the greater the supply of cotton j the less will be the price of cotton goods, which : every family in the eountry - is interested in. It I ! is, therefore, considered, and in fact is, an im partant auxiliary to the finances of the Gover- 1 ment. If successful in its operation, the policy renders : valuable assistance where assistance is the most needed. It strengthens the weakest point of the government, and where it needs strength more than at any other point at present. It is evident ! to all careful observers of events here that if the government fails to suppress the rebellion its fail ure will be caused by the failure of the financial ; department. The problem of military success has reached a print that renders no doubt of ultimate success and complete triumph, provided that the necessary funds are furnished to meet the demands , in providing the means to carry out the plans already formed. The active and prompt movements in regard to ! the cotton captured at Savannah is owing to the fact that this conviction has been forced home upon the authorities here, the intention being to immediately send it to Europe, and thus enable the treasury department to receive the benefit of , gold or foreign exchange to the extent of its full value. t By an order from General Martin, the tw* sub distriets heretofore known as the sub-district of Northwest Mississippi and the sub-distriet of Cen tral Mississippi, are consolidated into one, which will be known as the Sub-District of West Missis sippi, and Brigadier Geneial Wirt Adams, com manding at present the sub district of Central Mississippi, is assigned to the command of the cew district. For the Columbus Times. To G******. “We have been friends together.’’ “ —Lay this to tby breast, Old frionds, like old sword*, still are trusted best." We have been friends together, We’ve laughed at many a jest, When the fount of joyous feeling, Was welling in our breasts And we’ve been sad together, When clouds of gloom would lower, Then each would gently speak to each, Kind words of soothing power. But laughter now has fled thy lips, Thy heart is cold and changed. Ah ! once our sighs and tears were blent, But now—we are estranged. We have been friends together, But sullen is thy brow, How could’st thon let designing ones, So rudely part us now ? * ******* As friend trusteth friend, 1 thought I could trust thee, Were I slandered in absence—reviled, But the saddest of thoughts is that thou didst deceive me, Aud joined with the mockew the while. Oh ! is there no honor, no truth, upon earth, Is friendship a name— but a name, That exists bat a moment, then quick as it* birth And lik%gratitude, dies in the flame ? Hadat thou died, as a hero, in strife, I’d have honored thy memory still, But the grave I’ll mourn over through life, Is that which the corpse of Trust fills. Once you said that “no absence should wean at,” (For our friendship was fixed as the poles,) But the dark gulf of time rolled between us, And left its cold chill cn thy soul. Canst thou bring back the bloom of the roses, When once their sweet petals are shed, Canst thou wake the loved form that reposes, In the calm, solemn sleep es the dead ? There were those who came basely between us, Who perjured their souls with false words, To make thee neglect and forsake me, For purposes vile in them stirred. Oh ! may they be true to thee ever, As constant as I’ve tried td be, Mayst thou never regret that we’re severed ; That love binds me no longer to thee. We ean harbor no hate for each other, For affection still hallows the past, And the memory of joys shared together, Will be sweet while life’s moments shall last. ZULEME. Columbus, January 22d, 1865. Ammrican Affairs in England.—On tho whole, the events of the last month show that though the North is wofuily short of men to occupy and hold down the South, the Confer derates in some parts are scarcely able to op< pose even the diminished levies. We 3hali hear of new expeditions and new marches through the Southern country, but whether these will have such permanent military con sequences as to overcome the obstinacy of Southern resistance is a matter whiGh time must show. What concerns us most nearly in the news just received is the tone which the Americans have assumed towards Canada, and the acts of their Government with respect to the late ; disorders on the frontier. With respect to ' these mischievous and fruitless expeditions ! there can be but one opinion in England. It ! is the duty of the Canadian Government to prevent all sueh outrages and to bring the of fenders to justice; and we rejoice to learn j that the attorney general had ordered the re ! arrest of the St. Albans raiders on the ground ; that the decision of the Montreal court was wrong. But a failure of justice on teohnical grounds does not authorize such military or- I ders as those of Gen. Dix, who commands his i officers to violate the Canadian territory, nor i such language as that used by the American I press aud seemingly by American society.— The outrage at St. Albans was barbarous in 1 the extreme, and we are sure there is not one I person in a hundred in England or Canada who woulti not be glad to see the perpetrators dealt with according to their deserts. But the threats of the Americans will not aid in producing thi3 result. Mere boasting we need not notice, but if the Federal Government is so ill-ad7ised as to send its troops across the Canadian frontier, very serious misunderstan dings between the two countries may be the consequence.— London Times, Dec. 29.' Ladies' Strategem. —The Delaware (U. S.) Republican say3 : A few days ago the will of the late Thomas Jamison, who resided near St. George’s, was burnt under the following singular circum stances: Mr. Jamison, recently deceased, had left his large estate, about a hundred thousand dollars in value, principally to his sons ; leav ing his daughters, three in number, only six thousand dollars, coupled with the strange condition that that amount should be forfeited if they married without the consent of the ex ecutor, Mr. Thomas J. Craven. The will was drawn by Chas. B. Lore, Esq., and witnessed by Mr. Eli Biddie. It was read after the burial of Jamison. A few evenings afterwards the youngladies sent for Mr. Craven, and desired to look at the will. He went there and found a hot fit-a in the stove, a table opposite, witn seats on the side near the stove for the ladies, and on tue further side of the stove for bimseif. One of the ladies stated that she wished to examine some items, and requested the will to be hand- ; ed to her. Mr. Craven complied with her re quest. but suspecting her intention,-moved to 1 the opposite 3ide of the tabie and sat aiong- i 3ide of her. She examined the will carefully, when he perceived Miss Annie Jamison open the stove door. He at once moved to take hold of the will, suspecting her intention, when his suspi ; cions were allayed by her asking her sister for 1 the poker. Thinking she wished only to poke the fire, he felt rather ashamed of hit suspi cion?, when he was handed Harper's Magazine to look at. This for a moment diverted his attention, when, in an instant, the wiil was handed to Annie, with the leaves ail opened, rammed into the hot stove. Mr. Craven pushed on one aid*, the light pat out. and the will, before he could interfere, destroyed for ever. ’ i The will has cot been recorded, but Charles B Lore. Esq., has a copy. The iadies sav they would not mind the small amount of money i*ft them, but they do object to one not connected with the family haring anvthing to say in their matrimoniai engagements. The case wi;| be heard before toe Register and more than probable come before tr.e court at New Castle. * The Cotton Question. To the Editors of the Richmond Enquirer : Gentlbmbn : In President Davis' special message to the Confederate Senate, dated De cember 17, 1864, appears the following words . “Instead of being compelled to giTe con tractors a large profit on the cost of their sup plies, and to make payment in cotton in our ports at six pence -per pound, we now pur chase supplies abroad, by our agents, at cost in the foreign market, and pay them in cotton, which sells at net price of twenty-four pence per pound. When all the elements of the cal culation are taken into consideration, it is by' no means an exaggeration to say that one hundred bales of cotton exported by the Gov ernment will purchase abroad the same amount and value of supplies that six hundred bales would purchase delivered to contractors in the Confederacy.” Never were truer words uttered by any statesman. The quantity of cottou and other products exported from the Confederacy with in the past year, if it had been properly dis posed of, might have netted three times in value the amount of the entire importations, and thus have thrown the exchange largely in favor of these States. Instead of which, the wretched contract system has caused large sums of gold to be exported by sea and passed through the lines, when the precious metals should have been arriving here to pay balances due to the Government and people. Had the foreign commerce of the country been properly managed, the currency would not have reached its present deplorable condition. The agents of the Government, who ought to be employed at moderate salaries, can manage the com merce of these States without the aid of the Anglo-Confederate contractors, most of whom are novices of both commerce and finance. Nor is this all: the granting of almost a mo nopoly of the trade to a few individuals and companies has been of injury to the South. Though England is a nation of exporters, her merchants of capital and standing have kept aloof from the Southern trade in consequence of the advantages or supposed advantages possessed by those contractors. No commer cial house feels warranted in competing with that class of adventurers. Up to the present time the Confederacy has neither a commercial nor a financial constituency in England. The contractors, as a general rule, are shoddy men, and therefore have no political influence in that old fashioned country. Having examined the cotton question very closely, I would urge, for political reasons, a prohibition of the exportation of that material. If, however, it be still necessary to part with it for supplies, one bale under the system pro posed by President Davis, will answer the purpose of six bales under the contract ar rangement. The Confederacy has, unwisely, been feeding the mills of our neutral friends in Europe and our Yankee enemies in the Northern States. It was a mistake to proclaim cotton to be king four years ago. It is a greater mistake to ig nore the power of the commercial monarch at the present time. Yonr obedient servant, Georgs McHisnby. Seventh and Grace streets, Jan. 9, 1865. Ventilation Wanted, The Sentinel remarks : | In one duty wc think our Government has been : negligent. One lessen it needs to learn in court i and camp. It is a lesson we may afford to learn even from our enemies. There has been too mueh tenderness shown to the inefficient officers and em ployees. We know it is difficult, porhaps impossi ble, always to distinguish between incompotency j and impracticability, as the cause es failure in the accomplishment of expected and necessary results. But where importart interests are at stake, it is indispensable to make success the test of merit.— Some: men accomplish whatever they undertake, i Some men almost as invariably fail, but they will | give you a thousand reasons for having disap ! pointed you. You may have no time to inves -5 tigate these. You may not be able to do so.— You may not know howto appreeiate]them. If you j take them upon credit they are conclusive, But Dr. Franklin announced a safe practical rule when hekaid, the mas who is good at making excu ses is never good at anything else. He who fails, whether through incompetency or unfaith fulness, where another might sacceed, should give | place to]this other. And in-matters relating to war the displacement should be prompt and summary, j In the multitude of officers and agents required i by so extensive a war; it was impossible to ex ; pect that the best selections would at first be ! made. But the errors should bo corrected, when ever discovered, by prompt substitutions. Some ! sought and hold office for their personal ease or : profit. They are valueless to the Government and unacceptable or disgusting to those who hare I business with them. Others are zealous but have j poor judgment. In all those eases and in pil others of unfitness the power of displacement 1 should be freely exercised.' The right men will ; be found at last; and even the right men will , feel the wholesome influence of a constant incentive to diligence and enterprise. We believe the pub : lie interests would be promoted by a prompt and i close weeding out of all inefficient officers or em ployees wherever found, and in whatever branch of the service. The act would be wholesome and the example extremely valuable. The men who eannet fiad supplies until individuals have brought them to the railroads, should find their way to the ranks. The clerks who wait in idle ness for three o’clock when they should work to get up their business,'should give place to faith ful men. The men of mere rank should yield po sition to the men of performance. We repeat, we think there is much naed f_>r a general and thor ough winnowing of the official agents of the gov ernment, and that this is an opportune time to execute it. The Nashville Daily Times of the 4th instant says : Among the prisoners captured at Bristol by General Burbridge, is the notorious J. Austin Sperry, editor of the Knoxville Register, and the infamous R. P. Fox, formerly jailor and keeper of the rebel Bastile at Knoxville, Tennessee, together with J. Geo. Ramsey. These men are the most reckless demos? that ever tyrannized oveT East Tennessee loyalty. The trio are sow confined in * Castle Fox, awaiting their just doom. Dr, Frank Ramsey is also among the captured, and is on street paroled. Ought Married People to Sleep Together. —Hall’s Journal of Health which claims to be high authority in medical science, has taken a stand against married people sleeping together, but thinks they had better sleep in adjoining rooms It says that kings and queens do not sleep to gether, and why should other people ? Think of the idea of separating a newly-married eoupie, on a eoid, winters night, because Hall’s Journal of Health says sol You go to grass Mr, Hali. Our Boys Abroad.—We are informed, by a gentleman recently from Texas, that, a short time before he left that country, several fami lies who bad sons at school in England, were surprised by the arrival of the youths, who, being questioned as to toe cause of their sud den return, toid their parents tuat they found their position intolerable : the British boys treating them contemptuously for skulking in a foreign land while, tneir countrymen were Sgbtiog. Oar informant further states that, on men- , Honing this incident to a New Orleans lady, whom be met on the road, she replied that ?ht? knew siTrof-n ?i miiar cases of New Orleans boys There is a matt*-- here for a good-deal of comment, but that to our reader?. [Mobile Register. f SIX DOLLARS \ PER MOATII. The Constitutional Amendment. The toliowing is extracted from the pro ceeding? of the Federal House of Representa tives of the 10th inst.: Mr. Fernando Wood discussed at length the want of power and impolicy ot amending the Constitution in the war proposed He said he sfiouid, on a future occasion, speak upon the condition of the country, and attempt to elucidate the following propositions : First, a tribute to the intense spirit ot nationality which pervades all classes at the North ; 2d. sympathy with the Northern people, and a review of his efforts in behalf of their pros perity and happiness, and his struggles to prevent civil war and its consequent horrors. 3d, a reiteration of his belief that the South cannot be conquered or be compelled to sub mit to a sectional Northern Government, and that even if reduced to a guerrilla warfare, which is not probable, they can hold the Sou thern country and render it valueless for half a century; 4th, an expression of the Jefferso nian principles of the Democracy, which can uot be too often repeated to the people, that they may soe how smoothly, how harmonious ly the machinery of the grand fabric ol the fathers would move on, if tbeir teachings were not ignored and forgotten ; 3tb, that the Democracy still behold in the proud banners of rfie Union the symbol of peace, and still labor for a cessation of hostilities, determined, [ if possible, to rescue the sweet spirit of the Union ere it perish aimd the carnage and ven geance of-civil war; 6th, that if the Southern States will return to the Union, Hie Northern States or the people will in turn reoogntze by constitutional amendment the sovereignty and independence of the Southern States over all questions not expressly delegated to the Gen eral Government; 7th, and that thereupon the Northern and Southern people shall pledge themselves to a hearty support of measures peaceable or forcible, for the acquisition of Canada, Mexico and Cuba, and the freedom of Ireland. £lr Eldridge briefly gave the reasons why be could not vote for the amendment, arguing that it was one of the reserved rights of the States to control and manage their peculiar institution* in their own way aud destroy the balance ot power. He doubted the power to amend the. constitution in the particular pro posed. He was not aware that the fathers of the constitution claimed that one fourth of the States could be stripped of all their rights and property at the pleasure of the other three lourths. The adoption of the amend ment would afford the rebel leaders another topie to arouse the lukewarm, raise additional armies and prolong the war Let all amend ments be made in time of calmness, in a fra ternal spirit, and with kindness, with a view to the establishment of the peace of the Union in all its parts. Change of Commanders. —Lient. Gen. J. C. Pemberton,(acting lieutenant-colonel of artil lery,) has been relieved from the command of the Richmond city defences, and transferred to a more extended sphere of duty in the same branch of service. Lt. Col. Lightfool, a brave, experienced and meritorious officer, has been appointed to the command of the city’s defen ces, vice E’emberton. Capt. Tho*. Thornton, senior officer of Lightfoot’s command, will probably be promoted to the command of the light artillery division for local defence, rice Col. Lightfoot.— Examiner. A Nbw Dodge.— A numhor of youßg ladies, says the Raleigh Conaorrative, belonging to the first families of the State have tendered their ser vices and have been accepted as clerks in the Con script office in thiv city. Proceedings of Council. REGULAR MEETING. # Council Chambbr, January 30, 1865. Present, His Honor, the Mayor an l a full Board, excepting Aids Johnson and Bivins. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The committee on accounts recommended the payment of one in favor of the Gas Light Company for $1,636 00, which was ordered paid An account of ,$32. in favor of J. C. Johnson was read and order-d paid. On motion of Aid. Chapman a committee of three were appointed to investigate certain charges against Marshal Call er, tnado by Aid. Quin, and report to Council. Aids. Chapman, Griswold and McHhenny, were appointed as that committee. On motion of Aid. Everitt the Sexton was relieved from paying the increase of price on certain Ceme tery lots, sold by him and not hitherto reported. Council then adjourned. M. M. MOORE, Clerk. For Chattahoochee and Bainbridge. The Steamer MIST, Abr Fry. master, Will leave for the above and all intermediate landings. Friday morning, at 9 o’elook. feb I— td OBITUARY* Captain Charles D. Fry, of the steamer Indian, aged 47 years, died at the residence of Col. Jehnson, i on the Chattaho-chee river, at sundown of the 26th of January, A. D. 1860. He was born in Pennsyl vania, and cams to Apalachicola nearly twenty-five years back, since which time he has been engaged as an officer on the steamers plying the Apalachi cola, Chattahoochee and Flint rivers. On the morn ing of the 25th, he received his death blow, while discharging his duty with that zealous care for *the interests committed to his charge, and the safety of his passengers, which was his chief study, and a leading feature in his character ; and in the execu tion of which ho lost his life. Tho steamer Indian was working off from the landing at Woodviile. : Captain Charles Fry then being on the hurricane ! roof, giving the necessary orders in tie dawn I of a cold morning, the deck slippery with ico, and I the light so feeble as to make the position he oc cupied one of great danger; to assist in bearing off from the shore, he seized a branch of a tree, which broke, throwing him into the tree, which caused him to fail backwards, and in hi? descent the back of his head struck against the guards of the steamer frac T uring his skull, he then fell into the water, but was seized by one of the negroes, before he sank, and taken on board insensible, in which condition he continued for thirty hours. Col. Johnson had him carried to his residence where every attention was lavished on him that kindness could dictate, physicians were immediately procured, but all es- I forts failed, the decree had gone forth, human ' science could not change the heavenly edict, in ia i sen-ibility he languished untii the sun went dewn, then “the silver cord was loosened, the golden bowl was broken,” the mortal had put on immortality, i the man had become an angel; aye, an angei of light, of joy unspeakable, of happiness unutterable. He died as he had lived ; at his post, in the faithful i discharge of his duties to the public, in the re?pon ; sible position which it had pleased his Maker to I place him in, and to call him from without a mo. j ment’s notice ; for in the fullNigor of manhood the 1 finger of the Lord touched him so that he died ; but ! he was ready, yea, his was a life of readiness. Let i nun wno would ascertain his true character, go visit the pooi’ and tho helpless, the widow and the or pafin, the needy and the friendiess who have lived | adjacent to the river, from Columbus to Apaiachi -1 cola, from tna head oi navigation on the Flint to the Gulf; let suoh a one ask of any of these, what he I was, and they will tell him that to them uapt. Char ley was always a kind friend to them, he was al ways ready for them, his heart felt and his hand was i stretched forth to their relief, for their service he Li&'X always time to spare; these are they who now mourn hi3 loss with the bitterest sorrow, and whose wants are rendered, more severe by his untimely death. In the busines- community he was a zeal ous, hornorabie, skillfui, faithful, public character, strong in his own integrity of conduct, and confident m his capacity of performance, he could i»as« by unnoucing the fameloes shafts that prejudice or malicious animadversions threw to step nis progr e?« confident ir the purity of his motives he could af ford to let them oiscoverthe error by an examina tion of his daily course ; few men had such energy or used, such laborious exertions to do all tha<- man couid for the execut on of his duties, this trait of character was like the motive power of his own steamers powerful for good because subject at all j 11 ?* I * control, and as for no element o.SiOth or inactivity wasin its composition. A? a Inend ne was true, as a citizen punctual in all his engagements, skillful injhisjeraft, obedient to law, a.» a inaster humane, as a relative affectionate, but his merit, was, that even to hi* enemies he did geoa, and kindly acts was hi* return for the injus tice they did him; but he is now paat the praise of friend, or the censure of enemy, did we lack evi dence of|the ireful life he led, of the estimation with which his fellow? held him. The regret and sorrow felt for him in the nine and hammock forrest, in the planter’s dwelling and the poor man’s log home, in the villages and on the landings bordering the riv ers fie labored on for near twonty-five years—this mirks bis record and engraves a finer monument to hi? memory than graver? ehiael ever traced or sculp tor’? marble 3haa ever of itself honored man, gold can buy them, r.oi so his monument, a life of public •aselu ness can only create the last. The traveling public, will miss him —the mercanti'e ccntmun’tv will miss him, out the poor will feel hi? absence most. Jiegv itscat en pane. His work on earth faUh .utly was amne. aJS re _ war . a of happiness is commen surate wtth hi- acts, cnanty and pure benefi ence D. P. H. For Sale. 4 FEW G- OB MILCH COW 5 »dh c-Uv- ? 1 * T- J GIL Mur K. Jan3l - tt * Broa.rr.reet