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DAILY TIMES,
J. W. WARHEV, - - - Editor.
CoiiUMBUS:
Saturday Morning, February 4, 1865.
From Sherman.
The Vankee gunboats, says the Courier, 30th
ult., were reported lying close in to White
Point Sunday, while a river steamer was en
gaged in sounding the entrance to Dagoo
river.
On the coast below our lines the enemy are
reported burning ail the country residences
on their route, and destroying everything as
they go. During last week tney carried off
forty of Mr. Blake’s negroes.
A dispatch from Georgetown Saturday, re
ports that the Vankee fleet off that harbor had |
increased.
The e lemy on the west side of the Savan
nah river at last accounts were reported mov- 1
ingin two columns on ail the roads leading to
Augu-ta They had reached Springfield Sat
urday. No Yankee gunboats were reported
at Sister’s Ferry Saturday.
a dispatch received Sunday, dated January
28th, says : “Our scouts report the enemy’s
infnntiy camped near Ennis’ Cross Roads.
This force had their wagon trains with them.
It is nor known which way they would march,
as the force and wagons were moving in both
directions. ”
V reconnoitering party of the enemy ap
peared within four miles of Robertsville, S.
C., Saturday morning.
It. generally believed that Sherman has
commenced a movement on Branchville.
No furtuer news of Sherman’s movements
was received yesterday. An officer of the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, who ar
rived Thursday, reports brisk skirmishing go
ing on at Saltkehatchie all the morning ; but
with what result was not known. Heavy skir
mishing was also reported in the direction of
Adam’s Run.
The Virginia papers state that manufactur
ed tobacco is quite active in the Lynchburg
market, and sales are being made at very high
prices. Actual sales are being made at $7,50
per pound by the quantity, and some is held
at $lO.
Hobson’s Choice.— The New York Tribune
says that should Wilmington hold out against
the forees now in its vicinity, it will become
an easy prey of Sherman, while if it surren
ders before he approaches it, there is no long
er a temptation for him to turn aside in his
march to Raleigh.” „ It seems, says the Wil
mington Journal, that, we are between the
devil and the deep sea. *
A letter from Gen. Lee’s army announces
that Major Gen. Gordon has been placed in
command of the 2d corps, lately commanded
by Lieut. Gen. Early. *He issued an address
to the troops upon taking command.
Expense Account of the Yankee Govern
ment.—The Army bill, reported from the Com
mittee of Ways and Mean3, appropriates $511,-
280,000, of which $200,000,000 is for the pay
of volunteers ; subsistence $93,000,000; quar
termasters’supplies $50,000,000; incidentals
$10,000,000; horses $21,000,000; transport
ation $30,000,000; clothing and equipage
$50.000,000; armament of fortifications $3,-
500,000 ; ordnance stores $20,000,000 ; arma
ment of the national army $3,500,000; gun
powder and lead $2,500,000. The appropria
tion made last year for the army amounted to
$670,000,000, including $90,000,000 of defi
ciency.
♦ ——»
A dispatch from Washington to a Northern pa
per says: The amount of cotton to be received from
Savannah is over forty thousand bales. It is said
that there is stored’, in Wilmington near one hun
dred thousand bales. The precedent established by
the Government securing this Savannah cotton, is a
very important one, on account of the enormous
quantities of it that will’fall into our hands before
spring.
Shkruax’s Columns.— Gen Wheeler in his offi- 1
eial report states that Sherman Jias one column on
the Carolina side of the Savannah and two on the
Georgia side —one of these on the Ogeechee river.
Thk Movemknt on Wf.ldon.—At last accounts
the enemy were pushing on towards Weldon, from
the direction of the Atbermarle sound. They had
already crossed the Chowan river.
The Question of Exemptions in Congress.
The following bill on this subject passed the Con.
federate House of Representative? on the 231 ult.,
by a vote of 47 to 26 :
The Congress of the Confederate States of Ameri
ca do enact, That so much of the act "to organize
forces to serve during the war,” approved Feb. 17,
1864, as exempts one person as overseer or agricul
turalist on sueh farm or plantation upon which
there were at specified t 'ines, fifteen able-bodied field
hands between the ages of sixteen and fifty, upon
certain conditions, is hereby repealed.
2d. No exemption or detail shall be granted by
the President or by the Secretary of War, by virtue
of said act, except to persons lawfully reported by a
board of surgeons as unable to perform active ser
vice in the field; to persons over the age of forty
years, and to artizans, mechanics and persons of j
scientific skill, employed by or working for the
(?oyernment, and shown by proper testimony to be
artisans, mechanics or persons of scientific skill; and
with the same exceptions all exemptions and details
heretofore granted by the President or Secretary of
War, by virtue of said act, are hereby revoked.
The bonds heretofore given by exempts and de
tailed men shall bind them to comply with the same
only to an extent bearing the same proportion to i
the whole aim unt, which would be due thereon in
one year if this act had not p issed, as the time they
shall have been exempted or detailed bears to a
year.
3d. No person shall be exempt by virtue of the
act ’ to exempt contractors for carrying the'mails of
the Confederate States and the drivers of post
ooachcs and hacks from military service,” approved
April 14,1863, unless such persons shall be over for
ty-five years ot age, except contractors personally
engaged rnthe execution of contracts now existing.
Slaves Lost in’ tbe*Seryicb.—ln the Confederate
House of Representatives, on the 3d instant, the
Senate bill to provide for the compensation of per
sons whose slaves had been lost while in the service
of the Confederate States, was taken up, amended,
and passed in the following! form :
The Congress of the Confederate States of Ameri
ca do enact. That where slaves hired to the Confed
erate States before the passage of the act ‘‘to in
crease the efficiency of the army by the employment
of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities,”
approued February 17,1864, to act as teamsters in
the army, or for any of the purposes specified iu the
first section of the above recited act, h >ve hereto
fore been, or may hereafter bel lost, while so em
ployed, by death inflicted by the enemy, or by es
cape or capture by the enemy, or by disease contrac
ted while in any service required of said slaves, the
owner of the same shall bo entitled to receive the
fulljvalue of such slaves, to be ascertained by agree
ment or appraisement, and paid under such rules
and regulations as the Secretary of War may pre
scribe.
Northern Views or Southron Editorials. —
Now that General Sherman is so near to Charles
ton, it wili be seen by our rebel extracts that the
Mercury of that city pronounces an elaborate eu
logium upon him and his army. Its admiration
is unbounded. But it is very severe upon the
rebel troops thereabouts, whom it describes as a
lawless mob and characterizes as “ruffians.” We
find articles in the Courier to the same effect. —
Both these journals are in a terrible rage with
their leaders and their so-called soldeirs, and
will doubtless be greatly rejoiced when Sherman,
whom they so rnueh admire, pays “them a visit
with his army, which they so profoundly worship,
is this really South Carolina.
[A”. Y. Time t, Jan. 17.
The following i a bill jf«r reorganizing
the army as i: pa-sed the Senate ;
A bill to authorize the consolidation of com
panies. battalions .and regiments
The Congress or the Confederate States of
America do enact, That whenever any com
panies which are now in the Service shall be
so reduced as to number less than thirty-two
men, rank and file, present and fit fob duty,
and when it 3hail be proved, to the satisfac
tion of the Secretary of War or of the Gener
al commanding the department or the army
in which said may be serving, that
they cannot be recruited to that number with
in a reasonable time, the General command
ing said department or army, may, under gen
eral regulations to be issued by the Secretary
of War, consolidate such companies.
Sec. 2. That new companies may be or
ganized from the non-commissioned officers
and privates of the companies thus consoli
dated, if they are from the same State; hav
ing the number, rank and file now fixed by
law, and the commissioned officers of said
companies thu9 organized, shall be one caps
tain and one first and one second lieutenaut,
and the non-comraissioned officers, four ser
geants and four corporals.
Sec. 3. That companies, if they are from
the 3ame State, may oe organized into battal
ions and regiments, and officers for said com
panies, battalions and regiments, shall be im
mediately designated and placed on duty
therein by the General commanding the de
partment or the army in which the companies,
before consolidation, may have been serving,
officers thus designated shall continue to serve
until officers shall be appointed by the Presi
dent, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate : and all selections of officers made
by the General to command said new organi
zations, or appointments by the President
therefor as herein provided, shall 'oe from the
commissioned officers of the companies, bat
talions or regiments from which the new or
ganizations were formed or from 3uch non
commissioned officers or privates thereof as
may have been distinguished for merritorious
and soldiery conduct, or for valor or skill,
and ihe certificate of the Colonel command
ing the battalion or regiment in which said
non-commissioned officers or privates may
have served, that they have been so distin
guished, if approved by the brigade and divis
ion commanders, shall be sufficient proof
thereof.
Sec. 4. That the officers of companies, bat
talions and regiments which may be disban
ded, as herein provided, and who may not
be selected and appointed as required by this
act, shall be dropped from the rolls as super
numerary officers; but such officers may,
within a reasonable time, to be fixed by Gen
eral Orders to be is3uedbythe Secretary of
War, as to the troops in the States east of the
Mississippi river, and by the General com
manding the department west of the Missis*
sippi river as to the troops therein, organize
themselves into companies, battalions and
regiments, the officers to which shall be ap
pointed by the President, with the advice and
consent of the Senate, or eaid officers may vol -
unteer into any company belonging to the
department in which they last served, or to
the State from which the company or regi
ment to which the said officers belonged may
have come, of any arm of the service, and all
officers who may, within thirty da_, s after the
date of the order consolidating the company,
battalion or regiment to which he may have
belonged, volunteer and enlist in such new
organization or in other companies, a3 au
thorized herein, shall receive from the time
they were dropped as supernumeraries, tor
twelve months, pay at the rate their grade en
titles them to at the time they were so
dropped.
Sec. 5. That hereafter all vacancies in the
offices of the 2d Bection be filled by selection,
in the manner pointed out by the 3d section of
this act, and all officers who may ha7e belong
ed to the consolidated organizations and who
may be appointed to the same grade in the
new which they held in the old organizations,
shall take rank from the date of their first
commission or appointment.; and, hereafter,
should the new companies organized under
the provisions of this act, become reduced in
number so as to have less than 32 men, rank
and file, present and fit for dutj. and a vacan
cy should occur in the office of 2d lieutenant,
the 3ame shall not be filled, and should it be
reduced below the number of 16, then a va
cancy in the office of Ist lieutenant shall not
be filled.
Sec. 6. That the offices of adjutants and en
signs of battalions and regiments are hereby
abolished, and hereafter the officer command
ing a battalion or regiment may assign any
subaltern of the line, belonging to his com
mand, to serve as adjutant, and said subaltern
whilst so serving shall receive in addition to
his pay and allowances, S3O per month ; and
the officer commanding shall also assign, to
act as color bearer, a noncommissioned officer
or private from his command who may be dis
tinguished for meritorious or soldierly con
duct, or for valor or skill, and said noncom
missioned officer or private, whilst so acting,
shall receive the pay of a first lieutenant.
Sec. 7. That the names of battalions and
regiments organized under the provisions of
this act, shall be the names of the old battal
ions and regiments from which the new were
formed, and the colors of the oldest battalion
or regiment forming the new, shall be the col
ors of the new organization, and the colors of
the other battalions and regiments shall be
committed, by the Secretary of War, to the
Governors of the respective States, with a
statement of the battles in which the battalion
or regiment to which they belong may have
borne a part.
Sec. 8. That all staff, line and other officers
who may not have any command, or who ma>
not at any time be on duty for a period ex
ceeding 30 days, unless they belong to the
invalid corps, or are prisoners of war, or are
sick or wounded, or absent by leave of the Se
cretary of War or the general commanding
the department or army to which they belong,
shall be dropped from the rolls and held to
service as now provided bylaw; Provided,
That the President be, and he is hereby, au
thorized to assign any officer thrown out of
command by the operations of this act, to va
cancies in the staff, with the rank held by
them in the line.
Sec. 9. Prisoners of war may, within sixty
days after their exchange, avail themselves of
the provisions of the 4th section of this act,
and hereafter when commissioned officers of
companies, battallions or regiments may be
captured by the enemy, the general command
ing the department or army to which they be
long, may designate, or the President may ap
point, other officers to fill their places, as pro
vided in this act, to serve with temporary rank
and command, to be held only until the return
of said officers so captured.
Sec. 10. When regiments, battalions or com
panies shall have been consolidated, under
the provisions of this act, no subsequent con
j solidation of the same shall be made, unless
i by virtue of laws hereafter to be passed.
Northern News. —The passage of emanci
pation laws in Maryland and Missouri will
liberate about 200,000 slaves, and Kentucky
will swell the number to 200,000 more. The
Legislature of the latter State has adopted
resolutions in favor of emancipation, the con
sent of the owners being obtained and com
pensation made. This is a preliminary. The
consent of the owners will have to come.
THE GUERRILLA WARFARE.
Cairo. J*n. 18.—A band of mounted guer
rillas attempted to invade Illinois, at Metro
politan, on Monday night, but only a few of
them succeeded in crossing the river.
A gunboat from Paducah shelled the woods,
dispersing them.
Seventy-five guerrillas were in Minertown,
Ky., when the steamer Gen. Anderson, from
Evansville, passed that point.
I
REPULSE OF GUERRILLAS IN KENTUCKY.
Louisville. J»n. 18.—A party of guerrillas
made a dash into Bardstown yesterday to res
cue one of their men from jail. They burned
the depot, but were repulsed and driven from
the town, with the loss of Captain Pat. Ball,
-killed, and Liea's. Mundy and Marson wound
ed.
Blair’s 3li&sioii.
The return of Mr. Biair to this city ha* natural
ly given rise to much speculation not only as to
the original object of his visit, but as to the char
acter oi the communications which be has held
with this Government, anci, consequently, with his
own. The pretence of private busiuess which was
held out in the beginning can rro longer impose on
public credulity, and, indeed, the Northern papers,
which profess to be well informed on the subject,
have abandoned that explanation, and have en
gaged in a discussion characterized by no little
bitterness, as to the terms of settlement which Mr.
Blair is authorized to offer to us, or has taken od
himself the responsibility of offering. The Tribune
declares now that one effect of his mission will be
to convince us that the North does not demand an
unconditional surrender, and hence the Tribune in
fers that good, according to that paper’s view,
may result; the presumption being that the
“rebels” are not fighting for independence, but
merely to save themselves from the dire effects of
untramuieled Yankee vengeance. The New York
Times, which is presumed to represent more accu
reteiy the views of the Washington government,
deprecates this Tribuuitian hypothesis as well cal
culated to awaken false hopes in the rebellious
bosom of the South. The Times will have it, the
North does demand nothing less than such uncon
ditional surrender as will turn over the South to !
the mercy of her Northern masters, and place the 1
rights of her people, and their property of every 1
kind at the absolute disposal of the Yankees, i
Thus it seems that of the two parties to this con- !
troversy, neither ■ ne even tolerates the idea of a
recognition of Southern independence. The one, ;
represented by the Tribune, appears to think that j
the moment has come when a simple offer to with
draw the menaces of those terrific penalties uow
hanging in terrorem over us, will quite suffice to j
bring us back into that Yankee Union which we
left with the deliberate resolve of never re-entering 1
it, and to keep out of which we have been waging !
four years of bloody war. The other, represented '
by the Times, seo* in the situation of affairs no |
guarantee that the North can accomplish lifer |
whole plan of suppression, confiscation and con- j
quest, and will take nothing less—not even that j
Union for which Lincoln has professed to be j
making war on us. It, wants the lands, the _
houses and the negroes of the South, to possess
and enjoy the real property, to steal the personal
effects, and to emancipate the slaves.
It will thence be seen that, after all, neither par
ty offers anything that the South can by possibil
ity accept; and that Blair’s mission, if it involve
nothing more than theories which have been put
forward at the North to explain it, has no signifi
cance whatever beyond the evidence which it fur
rfishes of the strength and extent of that delusion
which appears to have settled on the Northern
mind. Otherwise it is the merest of shams, yet a
sham which has some meaning, on the supposition
which we have already more than once employed
to account for it—that the Yankee government is
really convinced of its inability, without .the ap
plication of some fresh stimulus to the flagging
zeal of its people, to carryon the war on that im
mense scale required not merely for final success,
but for the purpose of maintaining existing acqui
sitions. We insist on it that this is the key to
the Blair problem, and so it will be found in the
end.
As to the rumors 30 plentiful in the streets that
France and England have at last made up their
minds to recognize the Confederacy, and that a
knowledge of this fact has turned Lincoln to
thoughts of peace, they are simply absurd. It is
ridiculous to suppose that in such an event the
Yankees would hasten to anticipate the recogni
tion of our independence by first recognizing it
themselves; although it is possible that, in the
midst of their delusions on the subject of Southern
sentiment, and their exaggerated idea of their
own successes, they might make some such tender
as that suggested by the Tribune. But as this
would involve reconstruction, and consequently
submission on our part, and as we have by no
means reached the submission stage, sueh an offer
could not even furnish a basis for negotiation.
The fact is that all this talk about negotiation and
peace while one party is still bent on conquest,
and the other on independence, is idle and mean
ingless.—Richmond Whiy.
Frogs are noisiest in cloudy weather. In
this, a3 in their dismal notes, they are types
of those other animals without feathers known
among men as croakers. In the joyous hours
of sunshine, when the trees are vocal with the
song of birds and all nature is gay and happy,
frogs are silent. They have nothing to add to
the tribute of gladness and rejoicing which
earth pays to heaven, but pass the bright day
in selfish slumbrousness. But l*>t the clouds
gather, or let the night come ; let the thunders
mutter, and let the storm over-spread us with
its sable wing; and immediately the silent
pool quakes with a thousand complaints and
evil prophecies. In all this the croaker of our
day finds his model and example. He passes
the seasons of prosperity in dodging the con
script officers and making money. He i3 nev
er obtrusive where fighting is to be done.
But with the first shaddow upon our prospects
he takes the alarm, and makes men wonder
how so small a creature can make so great a
noise.
The croakers have bqen troublesome of late. I
They have become a nuisance. They vex the i
patience and tire the ear. A few boys can
quiet a frog pond; cannot public opinion in
like manner stone the croakers into silence ?
Suppose we try it. Suppose the virtue, the
wit and the beauty of our land, resolve to show
them no toleration and no quarter. We have
before us a letter from a lady which will do to
begin with. It complains that in a late num- *
ber we upbraided timid legislators and croak
ing citizens as “ women, ” instead of “ men. ”
She writes to repudiate the association. The
ladies, she says, have no sympathy for that
class of men. They are for an energetic pros
ecution of the war, and its speedy success,
and “they will contribute all they can to win
the victory.” We sincerely beg pardon of this
lady and her sex. We were betrayed into our
remark by the reproach which Horner makes
one of the Grecian heroes visit upon his com
rades when disaster before the walls of Troy
had depressed their spirits, and turned their
thoughts on retreat: “Oh! Grecian loomen!
Grecian men no more! ” We are proud to
record that Confederate women scorn croakers
and tremblers, and disdain to be put on the
same level of courage. Then let them lash
the dastards in spirit and faint of soul ! Let
our men rebuke them and our boys deride
them. Let us give no audience and show no
respect save for those who speak the words of
courage and resolve.— Richmond Sentinel.
Union and Harmony. —For every citizen who is
sincerely desirous of consecrating.theiwhole'strength
of the Confederacy to the maintenance of our inde
pendence, we have no other sentiment than that o f
cordial fraternity. We know no cliques or parties,
no personal friendships or animosities, in thisjgreat
duty. We recognize the privilege and the right of
every citizen to form his own opinions and propose
his own schemes, as to the best and surest mode of
accomplishing this paramount object, so vital to
each and to all of us. All that can be reasonably
demanded, is that no spirit of obstinacy shall be
exhibited in the comparison of opinions, and no
factious opposition be allowed to interfere with the
success of whatever measures are adopted. On the
contrary it is only fair to expect that the legitimate
decisions of our councils shall be accepted as the
will of the whole, and be supported with harmony
and executed with good faith, zeal and enthusi
asm.
We intend in the above no toleration for time
servers and for the false of heart. There is always
an admixture of these in every community. Per
haps never before in so large a population and upon
so momentous an issue, were the number of these
ever so contemptible, and their position and influ
ence so small, as in the Confederate States, in the
defence of their independence. Yet we have some,
and the people must watch them. They are most
readily detected in hours of adversity—the false man
being betrayed by his hopes and the time server by
bis fears. Those who wish our cause to fail, like the
Augusta Chronicle, then venture on bolder meas
ures of opposition. Those whose only care is for
their personal fortunes then begin to prepare
against contingencies. Doubtful into whose hands
they may fall, they wish to provide a record that
will conciliate either side. Such men would be
ready to prove their loyalty to Lincoln, if Lincoln
should be victorious, and will be equally swift to
proclaim themselves patriots who never faltered,
! when our cause shail be crowned with triumph.—
It is only nece-sary to use one’s eyes in order to dis
tinguish the men who are acting these false and
double parts. When thus dsstiguisht-d let them be
marked and held in disgrace.
But let all the true men of our land—and thank
Heaven, no people were ever more nearly unani
mou- than ours, in the hearty support of a great
cause—get close together, and join heart to heart
and hand to band. Let no more difference as to
measures be so insisted on as'to distract our councils,
: impair our harmony, or enfiseble our efforts. Let
us draw wide and plain the limit which separates
between the true citizen and the concealed ene
my and time-server. The man who leaves his
j position in doubt, is man whose woiition is
! is doubtful. From all such the people should with
i draw their favor and their confidence; ba f should
I cherish a cordialjsympathy for eve~y one whose con
; duct attests a generous courage and rrateraal 3*ati
> ms - . '3. —Richmond S> niinet.
F :;oii New Orleans. v;a Cairo — lt will be
seen from the following that “ General " Micn
aei Hahn has been elected " Yankee “Sena
tor ” from Louisiana. First “ Governor. ” then
“General,’’ and. now “ Senator, ’’ it is not to
oe denied that “ game-leg Mike . is rising in .
the world :
Cairo, January 18.—Advices from New Or
leans state that a severe gale prevailed on the
31st ultimo, off the mouth of the Rio Graude
river.
The British bark John Bull, for Liverpool
with thirteen hundred and ninety bales of cot
ton, was wrecked, and is a total loss. Two of
her crew perished.
A French bark, name unknown, from Bor
deaux. with a cargo of wines and liquors, had
her maste swept away and was blown to sea.
Vessels have been sent in search of her, but
without successs.
The steamship Senoro, captured at sea by
the rebels two months since, is still lying in
Matagorda bay. It is not believed sbe can
escape by our blockaders, should she attempt
to run out.
New Orleans papers make vague references
concerning a plot to capture the steamer
Morning Star, but give no particulars.
The Louisiana Legislature have elected Gen.
Hahn United States Senator for six years from
the 4th of March, 1865.
Memphis papers say that a British agent,
from Liverpool at Corinth, is paying 40 cents
for cotton, part gold and part supplies. They ’
also state that considerable cotton, after fail
ing to get within our lines, has been taken to
Corinth.
The Arkansas Legislature has adjourned
until 1866.
Recruiting Rather Slow for New York.— The
New York Herald is alarmed at the proximity of
the draft and the slowness of the volunteering,
which they had hoped would fend it off from New
York. It says:
We learn with regret that recruiting at the head
quarters of the Supervisors’ < ommittee, and also
the payment of bounties, has dwindled down to an
infinitisimal quantity. Just at the moment when
we want men most; when almost the certainty of a
draft is suspended over us; when, unless our quota
is filled by the 15th of February, the roll-call of the
provost-marshals of every district in the city will be
beard, and the wheel of the lottery will be turned,
drawing an army prize for many a gallant youth
just at this moment, when we required two hundred
men per day to fil! our quota, the committee are not
paying the bounty to a dozen per d«y % This, too,
includes all credits for this city, whether brought in
as substitutes from the offices of the provost-mar
shals or enlisted by the committee itself. The busi
ness of volunteering appears to be blockaded, while
the day for the conscription is rapidly approaching.
The Legislature.— The telegraph has announced
that the Governor has issued a call for the Legisla
ture to meet in Macon on the 15th to finish the leg
islation that was abruptly terminated by the ap
proach of the enemy to Milledgeville.
The people have been looking forward to the re
assembling of the Legislature with a good deal of
anxiety. It is thought by some that very important
measures will come up before that body. Some per
sons and even some journals have gone far enough
to advocate the passage ot a bill calling a Conven
tion. We do not believe the people want a Conven
tion. We do not believe they have’lost confidence
in the cause nor in the administration. We do not
believe the brave people of Georgia wish to with
draw their support from the Confederacy, and we
are assured that they know that they can institute
no negotiation that will result in anything more
than briging degredation upon the noble old State.
There are malcontents—disappointed politicians—
in the country who are endeavoring to firing about
this thing. They are leading the people astray.—
They are dissatisfied and._ turbulent spirits who
struggle more for self-aggrandizemont than for the
good of the cause that should be dearer than life to
every Southern born individual. They aye no
friends to the country farther than it subserves
their egotistical ends to bofriend her. Against the
insidious doctrines these men are endeavoring to
instill into the public mind we warn the people. —
Have nothing to do with them. But if the Legis
lature should be seduced into calling a convention,
let the voice of that convention be a repetition of
our vow to stand by our sisters to the end of this
bloody struggle, and a re-ratification of the Con
stitution under which we are protected. Other ac
tion than this would be unworthy the people of
Georgia. We may refer to this subject more at
length another time. —Augusta Register.
Ladies as Conscript Officers.— Two young men
in county, Miss., thinking themselves too
good to be shot at, had for several months evaded
conscription by dodging the Enrolling Officer, who
had used every means in his power to arrest them.
Two patriotic and beautiful young ladies, indignant
at their evasion of duty, determined in their own
minds that nolens nolens the skulkers should be en
rolled. Keeping their resolution secret, each don
ned a suit of her brother’s uniform, and girded with
sword and pistol, mounted their steeds and galloped
off on their enterprise.
Meantime the Enrolling Officer determined on
taking a scout for these men ; but had hardly got
ten a mile from hi3 post when he met the two skul
kers coming in, closely guarded by two strangers,
apparently officsr3. The fair faces of the guard
blushed very rosy, one exclaimed, “Sir, here are
your prisoners!” Putting spurs to their horses,
they were soon out of sight of the astonished En
rolling Officer, who returned with the prisoners de
claring that they had been arrested by two deser
ters, and insisted upon a search for them. On en
tering a room of the house in which the supposed
deserters had taking refuge, it was vacated by two
fair young ladies, but lying on the bed were left
the tell-tale habiliments, which the enrolling officer
recognized at once, declaring himself badly sold.
As the young ladies were his intimate acquain
tances, there was much mirth and many blushes;
but it was decided that the young ladies were much
better Conscript Officers than the Enrolling Officer.
f ßrookhaven Telegraph.
The House of Representatives. —We vio
late no confidence in stating, as we do upon ade
quate authority, that the House of Representatives
has not devoted thirty minutes of all its secret
sessions since the eommenoement of the present
term, to the consideration of peace propositions.—
This statement will relieve the House and re-as
sure the country, and is therefore due to both.
We are, of course, not to be understood in
the above jas saying that no propositions
have been presented; for the contrary has been
discloaod in the debates of the House. We are
satisfied, however, from what we have learned of
the spirit of that body, that there is no danger
whatever of the passage of any irrogular meas
ures however honestly proposed. Both Houses
have just adopted a resolution which speaks to
the country in the language of unfaltering hero
ism and determined purpose; and that resolution
may betaken as the key toits legislation on what
ever subjects.— Rich. Sent. 24 th.
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Desertion. The following address ot a
gallant officer to his command on the occasion
of the desertion of two of his men, is well
worth the perusal. We trust every good sol*
dier in the army will give heed to its noble
sentiments :
The men, and , company,
et line last night. It is with mortification and
pain that I make this announcement to the
brave and steadfast men whom these miscre
ants have so basely and cowardly abandoned.
With just and honorable pride that we can
boast of having but few snch men in our
ranks. Heretofore no one has beert'kble to
elude the vigilance of the pickets of tfris reg
ment, and attempts have been visited with the
felon’s death at the felon’s stake. To the
glory and honor of the command, be it said,
that if we have some few men mean and de
graded enough to desert, we have men watch
ful and brave enough to catch them. But,
these two men have succeeded in sneaking
and skulking off to lick the rods that scourge
them, though perhaps held by some of their
own slaves. Let them go —we can spare them.
The desertion of suah men is no loss. The only
regret that attend their going is the recollec
tion of the stain they leave upon the company
and regiment which held such black and un
worthy names upon their rolls. Embalmed be
their names hereafter in eternal infamy and
disgrace, and their memories forever scorned
and spit upon, by every brave soldier and hon
orable patriot. Hearts like these men bad
Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot, and such
a heart and base spirit carries along it? own
punishment, until its owner, crushed by a
loaded conscience and a blackened name,
sneaks into his dishonored grave, despised
and abhorred of men, a traitor to the land that
gave him birth—false and recreant to his
brave comrades ot the battle-field.
How to Know a Fool. —A fool, says the
Arab proverb, may be known by six things : An
ger without |cause, speech without profit, change
without motive, inquiry without objeet, patting
trust in a stranger, and not knowing his' friends
from his foes.
Major John Tyler, son of Ex-Presiden* Tyler,
and who was for a long time a member < f Gen.
Price's staff, is n >mmated in the Richmond En
quirer as a candidate far the Virginia Senate.
07 II :e 2 CITY
T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
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Sales To Day. —Ellis, Livingston & Cos. pro
pose to'sell this-dav, several likely negroes, Bank
Columbus stock, furniture, leather, groceries, Ac.
Jte. See advertisement.
Auction Sales.- —At auction yesterday'by Ro
settee, Lawhon A Cos., one keg of white lead wa s
sold for $l4O ; spirits turpentine S2O per gallon ; |
cotton mattrasse* SBS to, $105; one rocking chair
$200; cane syrup sl6 per gallon ; one umbrella
eighty dollars. Other articles unimportant.
Rainy.— Yesterday was another one es those
inhospitable days we read about, when nature’s ;
tear? were more profuse than her smiles. Our
town presented rather a forlorn appearance, and
everybody who did'nt look black looked blue.
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Georgia Treasury Notes. —We have been
requested by -Mr. Jordan Howell to state that he
i? prepared to take in payment of taxes, Georgia
Treasury notes, also to redeem them with Con
federate Treasury notes. We .are very glad te hear
this, as there has of late been a manifest disposi
tion on the part of many of our people to refuse
Georgia currency. We hope to hear na more
quibbling in this matter. We have felt assured
ail the whiie that our State would make arrange*
meats to have her notes honorably redeemed.
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Rowdyism. —On Thursday night a number of
soldiers, whose morals were not so good as they
might be, actuated probably by the desire to ob
tain liquor broke open several stores in this city
and “turned up Jack” generally. They broke
open the millinery shop of Mrs. Davies, carried the
show cases in the street, smashed the glasses, dam
aged some fine goods and carried off others. This
we regard as an unmitigated reproach. When a
Confederate soldier stoops to pilfer from defence
less woman, he is lost to all the magnanimous im
pulse* of the human heart and deserves to be se
verely dealt with. We can only hope to their
credit in this instance, that, they were onlv
actuated by the supposition that this store was a
whisky shop. The grocery of Mr. Felix McCardle,
nearly opposite Cook’s Hotel, was entered, furni
ture demolished, whisky and cigars taken ad libi
tum. The store of Barna Dolan was entered with
like results, and his family abused. Still other
outrages were committed of which we have no
definite account. If it is in the power of our mil
itary authorities to preserve order in this city it
should be done at all hazards. We appeal to sol
diers who have heretofore covered their names
with honor not to disgrace themielves in this
way.
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Umbrellas. —We make a movs, if wa can get
a second, that Congress makes a «pecial exemp
tion for some ingenious mechanicTo engage in the
manufacture of umbrellas. There is no article so
scarce, and none so much ir. demand of a rainy
day save whisky. This way of “sloshing” around
in all kinds of weather without some kind of a
shelter is* a “bore.” People ean get along very
well without kid gloves, and survive on a very
small moiety of the “staff of life,” but umbrella*
must be had. What saith the Buncumb Flag
staff on this subject.
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Personal. —We were visited yesterday by our
former worthy fellow citizen Wm. A. Laws, of the
54th Ga. Regiment, Army of Tennessee. He has
been a faithful soldier for about three years, hav
ing left the city with Capt. McNight’s Company.
We learn that promotion has frequently been with
in his grasp, but ,he preferred to win distinction
in the honored list of heroic private*. Mr. Laws
i* in the enjoyment of excellent health, and deter
mined to act well his part to the end. We trust
when this cruel war is over to welcome him to our
midst, where in former years he was so much es
teemed.
We read of a certain dog who was ambitious to
wag his tail, but having no tail to wag, throw
himself upon his dignity, and got another dog to
wag' for him. So of some people in this world.—
Anxious to make a display of some imaginary
gifts ©r characteristics, which inherently they do
not possess, they frequently find themselves forced
to fall back on the merits or wealth of ancestors
or friends, ia order to make a respectable show
in the world. We had rather be a dog and bark
at the moon, than to slink under the canopy of
another’s honors—knowing ourself unworthy of
public esteem.
Resolutions Concerning Negotiations.
Mr. J. T. Leach, of North Carolina, introduced
the following resolutions “for the purpose more
effectually to strengthen the Confederate cause,
promote peace, and restore harmony among the
people
Whereas, the protracted struggle on the part of
the Confederate States for their constitutional
rights against the Fe 'eral government, who claims
the exercise of rights over the States and the prop
erty of the citizens not guaranteed by the Consti
tution of the United States nor the laws of
Congress, is just cause of alarm to the friends of
civil liberty.
And whereas, the cruel manner in which the
war has been conducted on the part of the Fede
ral authorities, in the destruction of the private
property of non combatants and other acts of
wantoDness not tolerated by the usages of civilized
nations, justifies the painful apprehension that the
Federal authorities are blind to their constitutional
obligations, deaf to the demands of justice, the
appeals of suffering humanity, the groans of the
dying, the tears and cries of hapless mothers and
weeping orphans.
Resolved, therefore for the purpose of averting
if possible the farther horrors of this bloody and
fratricidal strife, revolting alike to the feelings of
statesmen, patriots and'Christians, and to add
moral to our physical strength, That we, the
members es the House of Representatives of the
Confederate Congress, in behalf of justice and
suffering humanity, appeal most earnestly to the
President and Senators of the Confederate States
to appoint such number of commissioners as, in
their judgment, the importance of the occasion
demands, to offer an armistice to the Federal au
thorities preparatory to negotiations for peace.
Resolved, That should the Federal authorities
agree to an armistice and consent to negotiate for
peace, that the President, by and with the con
sent of the Senate, be requested to appoint Com
missioners for the purpose of conferring with the
Federal authorities, and That such terms of peace
as may be agreed to by them arid ratified by the
President and Senate, two-thirds of the Senators
concurring, shall constitute the bond of peace be
tween the belligerents.
Resolved, That should the Federal authorities
refuse to entertain terms of peace by negotiation
and thereby deny us our Constitutional rights, j
that for the purpose of more effectually maintain- t
ing those rights, at the same time avert, if possi- j
ble, the fearful and humiliating fate of subjuga- ;
tion, alike revolting to.the feelings of ireemen and j
repugnant to the demands of justice, that we, the !
leprvsentatives of this House, do unanimously !
pledge the undivided resources of the Confederate
States in the defence of our inalienable rights as j
freemen.
On motion of Mr. Atkins, the resolutions were
referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Sherman seems resolved to obtain some sort
of popularity in Savannah. He has put down
whiskey to three cents a drink and bread to
five cents a loaf.
The murder is out. People drinking that
kind of whiskey could not be expected to do
otherwise than “take the oath,” or any num
ber of oaths. The bread is a better idea.—
Wilmington Journal.
MARRIED.
In this city, on Wednesday evening February
Isr, 1345, by the Rev. J yj. 5. Key, Mr. Taos K.
Wynns, of Columbus, ro Mrs. Mary Leery la.Shsl
by, of Meriwathcr county, Ga.
Major General Robert Raiuom.
\\ z regret to know tuat tnis distinguiiu-d
officer nas been relieved from command at
Charleston, at his own request, on account of
declining health. On h late trip through
North Carolina we had tue honor of renew
ing tlie acquaintance with him, which we
formed in the commencement of the war.
We traveled with him on me cars this side of
Columbia. He was just from £is late Head
quarters, on his way to his present home at
Lexingioa. We found him unreserved and
communicative and took occasiou to gather
from him, so far as we could, his views of the
present military situation. We were grati
tied t° find that he was cheerful and resolute.
Yvhue he was suitably impressed with the im
portance of our late reverses in Georgia and
Tennessee, he discovered nothing in them to
create alarm or to produce despondency. He
very properly regarded the late disastrous re
pulse of the great Yankee fleet off Wilmington
a? some otlset to fchermau s achievements and
Thomas’ success. He assured us that his con
viction was positive, that Sherman would
never able to pass across North Carolina,
even should ne reach the Southern border of
that State. He said that the spirit of his na
tive State was thoroughly aroused, the Gov
ernor was himself a soldier, brave and de
termined, that the whole population would
turn out en masse to repel the invaders.
The question of the present status of Geu,
Joe Johnston was discussed, and he express* 1
the opinion that that officer would be seut to
take command of the Trans-Mississippi armv.
It will be painful to the public to iea : 'u
that Gen. Rau3om s lungs are seriously if
fected. He is a gentleman of the highest or
der of intellect, and an officer of experience
and skill, whose services caunot be spared.—
trust that the repose and quiet of home
and the soothing attention of the domestic
circle of friends, will so far restore his health,
that he may be able to resume his commaud
in the ensuing spring campaign.— Clarksville
( Va.) Tobacco Plant.
The Status of “Colonel Julian Allen.
The New York Times publishes the following
letter, which places “Colonel” Julian Allen,
the food commissioner from Savannah, among
the Yankees, to whom he properly belongs:
To the Editor of the New York Times:
Some of Col. Julian Allen’s friends think it
important that the statement unintentionally
made in your notice of his mission here, that
he is a resident of Savannah, should be cor
rected. The Colonel has been a resident of
this city, 1 am informed, for many years ; his
place of business is No. 130 Water street, and
his name will be found in the directory. I
feel, personally, the warmest interest in the
Colonel, as he was the first who sent comfort,
in the shape of boxes of segars and tobacco,
to my men in Fort Sumter.
Will you be kind enough to*correct this lit
tle mistake, and believe me yours truly,
Robert Anderson,
Brig. Geu. U. S. A.
The emperor Maximillian has issued a de
cree forbidding all Mexicans to wear clasps,
Medals, or other decorations conferred by the
various successive Presidents of the defunct
Republic. “They are,” says the decree, “but
so many sad memorials of civil strife and par
ty triumph.’’ An exception is made, however,
in favor of the cross, gained in resisting the
invasion of General Scott, and his American
Army, in 1846-7, as also of the clasp won by
the garrison of Fort St. Juan d’Ulloa, at its
bombardment by the French under Prince De
Joinville.
_ AUCTION - SALES.
By £lli§, Livingston & Cos.
VL r E will sell on SATL’RDAY, 4th February at
i * 11 o’clock, in front of our store
A Desirable Lot Furniture !
Embracing fine mahogany dining ta«
bles, sofas, book-case; a fine glass case, for
filing papers, bureau, lamps, gutta percha
pipe, pump, glass ware, two fine sewing
machines, (Wheeler & Wilson, & Grover
& Baker,) bed stead, mantel clock,
d'c., kc.
—also—
-5 likely negroes, among them good
house servants and field hands.
ALSO,
400 assorted colored paint, (in oil,)
wagon harness, wagons, clothing, boots,
shoes, kc.
—ALSO —
Lot Weeding Hoes,
Upper Leather,
25 shares Bank of Columbus stock.
feb 3 S3O
ALSO,
16 bbls. Pure Corn Whiskey,
feb 4 $4
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
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WE will sell, on TUESDAY, February 7th,
at 11 o’clock, in front of our Auction Room
An assorted lot of Homeopathic Medi
cines of the most iraDortant Remedies,
feb 4 $9
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
mm • m
ON Saturday, 4th February, at 11 o’clock, we
will sell in front of our store
1 bbl. Sugar,
1 Fine Carpet,
Lot Crockery.
feb 3 $9
A'J3":OIT SALE 0?
FINE STOCK.
Ellis, Livingston kCo., Auct’rs
ON TUESDAY, the 7th day of February, at my
Plantation on Flint River, near Reynolds, Tay
lor county, (commencing after the trains arrive from
Macon and Columbu3) I will sell some very desira
ble stock, including my two fine stallions, ‘ Gari
baldi” and “ Young Stonewall ;” a half dozen good
mares, some with colts and others in foal; one good
Morgan Mare, a fine buggy animal; a half dozen
A No. 1 mules; 27 head of sheep; a small flock of
goats; one blooded bull and fifteen head of stoek
cattle; also 1000 bushels of rice; 800 good new osna
burgs sacks and other articles of value. I will have
conveyances at Reynolds to meet the trains, and
gentlemen from a distance can find accommodation
with me or my neighbors. „
jan 30 td CHES HOWARD.
Confederate Union, Milledgeviile, copy and send
bill to this office.
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
One Copper Boiler, 8 feet long
Five or six hundred pounds Lei Pipe
8 or 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks,
jen 18 ts
For Sale.
a t 114, Broad St.
40 Gross MOBILE MATCHES,
Small Quantity SHOT,
feb 4 2t
For Sale.
A FINE LARGE COW with a young Calf.—
A a at Warehouse Ot
rebllw W.4KNOCK A CO.
FOB. SABE l
Ts- WON HARNESS CELLARS. HAWKS, &c.
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fail 41m Masonic HL:, ups.ans.