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DAILY TIMES,
r. W. WAIIREf, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Monday Morning, February 6,1865.
“Georgia Treasury Notes.”
These notes express on their face that uri
ees they are presented for redemption by the
!sth of March next, they will only be received
or public dues. The faith of the State is
fledged to receive them for taxes for all eom
ng time. As long as the State of Georgia is
food these notes will be good. The taxes of
ihe State will be oronous for some years to
:ome, and what We most fear is that capital
sts will hoard thes’e notes on the same prin-
Siple th at many hide their gold, knowing that
;hey will be equivalent to specie to pay heavy
taxes after the war. We are glad to know
rom Mr. Howell that; Ure tax collectors will
mntinue to redeem them in Confederate mon
»y as the interest of the Stafe will thereby
?e subserved,
We cheerfully publish this morning, and com
mend to the attention of our readers the address
of CoL James M. Chambers, representative of
the 24th Senatorial District of Georgia. It is but
proper and just to remark that it was written pre
vious to the appointment by the President of Com
missioners to Washington, but the firm spirit
which it breathes, and its eloquent exhortations
to patriotic duty are none the less appropriate
and well-timed.
( COMM ONI CAT KD.)
To my Fellow-Countrymen:
Nothing less than the deep interest which I
feel in the history and welfare of my native
State could induce me to iuterfere in matters
usually, more appropriately, committed to the
of others. I not propose any inter
meddling with official acts or authority, nor
do 1 enter any protests against what has been
done, or any complaints for what has failed to
be accomplished. Days of darkness are upon
us—the tide has been setting against us, and
gloom and despondency have very naturally
resulted. The cloud which has arisen upon
our political horizon is so dark that it is diffi
cult to look through it. Signs of quailing and
fainting are beginning to be indicated. The
* question of “ seeking to have peace, by laying
down our arms, ” I fear, is being entertained
in some minds. It is time, therefore, that we
counsel together; that others, than those in
official position, should help to think and, in
their proper sphere, even to speak. These are
questions for the people , and upon their proper
understanding depends the co-operation and
support necessary to success. We are one,
our cause is one—our interest common.
United , we may succeed ; divided,'we cannot.
Look, therefore, and look carefully, before
leaping. Estimate the cost—calculate the
gain, or loss, of .any mover which you may
make. Our sufferings, it is true, have been
great , and it is due, in the history of these
times, that it should be said, to the credit of
our people, that we have not only suffered
much, but have borne it like true patriots.
But have we yet suffered all ? Are there not
yet some sacrifices which could be made and
whic’i could be borne? And what are to be
the gains of ceasingjjto contend ?
Settle these questions, ponder them well,
counsel over them, and then, if you are wise,
renew the fyht. This is the best we can do,
with such a foe, and in no other direction,
humanly speaking, is there hope. It is a fas
tal delusion to think of submission, or recon
struction, and this is all which our enemy has
to offer now. »
Are not any of the sacrifices which the
prosecution of the war may cost us—even the
life of ourselves, our families, the loss of prop
erty, homes, and all— cheap, in comparison
with subjugation or reconstruction? Xhe
atrocity which has characterized the conquests
of the enemy in the past, has but feebly typed
the degradation and ruin which would be
heaped upon us if once under his unbridled
control. Think you that it is simply to step
back into the old Union and say, “ let bygones
be buried,” and it is done; that you can be
received into the embrace of those who have
been your deadly, unprincipled foes; that
their will be hearty forgiveness and a recep
tion into full fellowship, and if so, is your
heart base enough to allow the embrace of the
murderers of your brothers and your sons, the
robbers of your homes and of your property,
the desecrators of your churches and the
tombs of your dead, and the fiendish violators
of the most sacred rights of your family ?
Are you prepared to forget the slaughtered,
noble dead, whose blood has been spilt, and
which cries for vengeance on every battle field
on which they have fallen in the defense of
these principles and rights which you are now
asked to surrender ? I repeat, are you ready ?
If yea, then, go and reap a traitor’s reward.
But let not the true Southron despair. With
the consciousness that you are right, still
stand by your country; do your whole duty,
and then, rest in the assurance that “the Judge
of all the earth will do right.” But what think
you would be the fate of the conquered—the
there would doubtless be a day of feigned con
gratulation and smiles—of fair promises and
pledges of protection, respect for rights, and
ail that But, beyond this, there comes a day
ofreetdl“ n nosg—of settlement. Who, then, is
to prescribe the terms —who, to define the po
litical and civil rights? Who is to hold the
titles to your houses, your lands ? And who,
to pay the expenses of a four years war ?
Who is to be the arbiter, and who holds the
power ? Think of these, and many more ques
tions which must come up for settlement.
Be not deceived, my countrymen. Better
die in the struggle, and fill a patriot s grave,
than be seduced by feigned promises of par
don and restoration. If overpowered, your
example will be a rich legacy to posterity,
when the history of these times shall be writ
ten. If successful—and successful you will
be, if true to yourselves, your country and
the Confederacy—then, you will be doubly
blessed, reaping the reward in your own day,
and giving to those who succeed you, the rich
legacy of a free Government. We may be.
tired of war—who is not?—yea, sick of it— ;
praying for peace, but only, an honorable peace ,
based upon terms recognizing our rights, and
conceding to U3 a separate , national independ
ence. We have always been, and still remain,
willing to negotiate upon this basis. Os this,
our enemy has been repeatedly advised, and
not xo be told agaia . Th(sße offers
ft avt treated with contempt, and the or-
der is. “Crus’: out the rebellion." “utter ani
| hilaiion," and all that.
An old Georgian, one born on its soil, rear
ed amid its institutions, identified with her
people and her fortunes through life, desires
now, in these days when our hearts are being
tried, to speak to you, from the walk3 of pri
vate life, and ask you, to stand firm, to be uni
ted, and reconsecrate yourselves around the
standard of your country. Strike, with your
own strong arms, and commit your cause to
God, and whatever may betide you, or what
ever else you may do, never go back, never , no
NEVER. ►
Your fellow citizen,
Jas. M. Chambers.
Mr. Foote’s Last. —Eon. Henry S. Foote,
of Tennessee, delivered himself of a charac
teristic speech in the House of Representatives
on Thursday, says the Richmond Euquirer, in
vindication of himself, but especially against
the Secretary of War, wlTo, it appears, had
taken the liberty io recall him from a quiet
and respectable peace mission, on his own
hook, by way of Fredericksburg to Washing
ton, a few days ago. A resolution, offered to
expel Mr. Foote, did not seem to hurt his feel
ings at all. On the contrary, when a motion
was made to refer the resolution, Mr. Foote,
with great nonchalance, observed, “ It is per-*
fectly immaterial what disposition you make
of it. This is my last appearance in this
House under any circumstances.” And, put-*
ting his cap under his arm, Mr. Foote proceed
ed to the door; then jammed the said cap on
his head, and left his former friends and co*
mates to worry about him at leisure.
By late news from Charleston, we hear that
two more of the enemy’s best vessels have been
sent to the bottom by the torpedoes, making,
with those in the Roanoke and one at Mobile,
some eight or nine vessels destroyed within
the past few weeks.
+• ♦— :
It is rumored that the French Consul at
Charleston had called offieialiy on Mayor
Macbeth, and shown him his exequatur, sign
ed by President Davis. If true, it is virtual
recognition.
A number of radical Republican Congress
men at Washington (including such prominent
men as George W. Julian of Indiana, W. D.
Kelly of Philadelphia, and Schuyler Colfax of
Indiana) favor negro suffrage in the seceded
States, while not advocating it in the ‘ loyal r
portion of the country. Senator B. Gratz
Brown, and Representative Henry T. Blow, of
Missouri, favor universal suffrage throughout
both North and South.
It is reported in Richmond tha ( there will
probably soon be still further change in the
Cabinet.
The President and Vice President had a
long interview prior to the latter’s departure
for Yankeeland.
Gen. Robt. E. Lee.
Interesting Correspondence—Action of the Virginia
Legislature Relative to General Lee—Letter from
President Davis.
Theinjunction of secresy having been removed, we
lay before our readers the action of the General As
sembly of Va., recommending the assignment of Gen.
R. E. Lee to the command of all the military forces
of the Confederate States, and the reply of His Ex
cellency, to the letter of the presiding officers of the
Houses, who communicated the resolutions adopted
in secret session, by the General Assembly:
Richmond, 17th January, 1865.
To His Excellency,‘Jefferson Davis,
President of the Confederate States;
Sir:—ln compliance with the request of the Gen
eral Assemoly of Virginia, we communicate toyou,
confidentially, the enclosed resolution:
The General Assembly with sincere confidence in
your patriotic devotion to the welfare of the coun
try, desire in this critical period of our affairs by
such suggestions as occur to them and by the dedi
cation, if need be, of the ent re resources of the
Commonwealth to the common cause, to strengthen
your hands and to give success to our struggle for
liberty and independence.
Should it be your wish to have a personal inter
view with us on this subject, it will give us pleasure
to call on you at such time and place as you may
designate.
We are very respectfully,
Your obt. servants,
James F. Johnson,
President pro tern, of the Senate.
Hugh W. Sheffet,
Speaker House of Delegates.
Resolutions Adopted January YHh, 1864.
Resolved, That in the opinion of the General
Assembly of Virginia, the appointment of General
Robert E. Lee to the command o 1 all the armies of
the Confederate States would promote their efficien
cy and operate powerfully to reanimate the spirits
of the armies, as well as of the people of the several
States, and to inspire increased confidence in the
final success of our cause.
Resolved, That the President of the Senate anU
the Speaker of the House of Delegates communi -
cate the adoption of the foregoing resolution con
fidentially to the President of the Confederate
States.
Unanimously agreed to by both Houses of the
Generel Assembly.
A copy from the Rolls.
Teste : Wm. F. Gordon, Jr..
C. H. D. *nd K. of R. of Va.
Executive Office, ?
Richmond, January 18,1865. <
Messrs, James F. Johnson,
President pro tern of Virginia Senate,
And Hugh W. Sheffey,
Speaker of Virginia House of Delegates,
Gentlemen: I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your joint letter of the 17 th inst., enclos
ing a resolution of the General Assembly of Vir
ginia, passed on the 17th instant and communi
cated to me in confidence, as directed by the As
sembly.
This resolution informs me that “in the opinion
of the General Assembly of Virginia, the appoint
ment of Gen. Robert E. Lee to the command of all
the armies of the Confederate States would promote
theii efficiency and operate powerfully to re-animate
the spirits of the armies, as well as of the people of
the several States, and to inspire increased confi
dence in the final success of our cause.”
In your communication you kindly assure me
that ‘‘the General Assembly, with sincere confi
dence in my patriotic devotion to the welfare of the
country, desire in this critical period of our affairs,
by such suggestions as occur to them, at»d by the
dedication, if need be, of the entire resources of the
Commonwealth to the common cause: to strengthen
my hand and to give success to our struggle for lib
erty and independence. 1 *
This assurance is to me a source of tbo highest
gratification; and while conveying to you my Thanks
for the expression of the confidence of the General
Assembly in my sincere devotion to our country and
sacred cause, I must beg permission, in return, to
boar witness to the uncalculating, unhesitating
spirit with which Virginia has, from the moment
when she first drew the sword, consecrated the
blood of her children and all her material resources
to the achievement of the object of our struggle.
The opinion expressed by the General Assembly
in ward to Gen. R. E. Lee, has my full concurrence.
Virginia cannot have a higher regard for him, or
greater confidence in his character and ability than
is entertained by me. When Gen. Lee took com
mand of the Army oi Northern Virginia, he was in
command of all the armies of the Confederate States,
by my order of assignment. He continued in this
general command, as well as in the immediate com
mand of the army of Northern Virginia, as long as
I could resist his opinion that it was necessary for
him to be relieved from one of these two duties. —
Ready, as he has ever shown himself to be, to per
form any service that I desired him to render to his
country, he left it for me to choose between his
withdrawal from the command of the army in The
field, andlrelieving him of the general command of
all the armies of the Confederate States.
It was only when satisfied of this necessity that I
came to the conclusion to relieve him from the gen
eral command, believing that the safety of the c pi
tal and the success of our cause depended in a great
measure on then retaining lnm in the command in
the field of the army of A orthe n Virginia.
On several subseqent occasions, the desire on my
part to enlarge the sphere of General Lee’s useful
ness, has renewed consideration of the sub
ject, and he has always expressed bis nubility to
assume command of other armies than those now
confided to him, unless relieved of the immediate
command in the field of that now opposed to Gen.
Grant.
In conclusion, I assure the General Assembly that
whenever it shall be found practicable by General
assume the command of all the armies of the
Confederate States without withdrawing from she
direct command of the army of Northern Virginia,
I will deem it promotive of the public inteiest to
place bim in such command, and will be bappy to
know that by so doing, I am responding to their ex
pressed desire.
It will afford me great pleasure to see you, gentle
men, as proposed in your letter, whenever it may
be Convenient for you to visit me.
lam. very respectfully and truly yours,
Jefferson Davis.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OP THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, Jan. 3d.— The Senate adopted
joint resolutions of thanks to John Lancaster,
of England, for assistance rendered Captain
Semmes.
The negro bill was farther discu&o a , Orr
and Maxwell strongly opposing the employ
ment of negro soldiers. Burnett declared
that he preferred independence to negro slave
ry, the time ever arrives when it will be
necessary to use the negro aid in accom
plishing that end he would employ them.—
Subject laid over till to-morrow.
Richmond, Jan. 3d.—Northern papers o
the 31st received. Foote arrived in Sheridan’s
lines on the 29th, declining the oath of alle
giance. He will be sent to Washington un
der arrest.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says Senator
\\ side, in his denunciation of the Blair mission
is endorsed by. nearly the entire Republican
delegation of both houses.
Geary has been relieved of the military gov
ernorship of Savannah, and succeeded by
Grover. Three steamers with supplies had
arrived at Savannah.
In the House of Representatives a resolu
tion was offered thanking the President for
the removal of Butler, which was laid on the
table by vote of 70 to 43.
The New York Tribune, iu double-leaded
type, mentions a report that a secret league
of .ihe Roman Catholic powers of France)
Spain and Austria,under Ihe guidance and vrith
the express concurrence of tin* Pope, has been
formed and pledged to recognize the Southern
Confederacy on or immediately after the 4th Os
March, under the pretext that the Union, will
hereafter States only which partici
pated in the late Presidential election.
Gold 211.
Charleston, Feb. 2d.—A dispath from
Braxton’s Bridge at 7 o’clock and 40 minutes
last night, says the enemy advanced to-day
across Whepig Swamp, driving our cavalry on
our left within six miles of this place. They
were supposed to be in heavy force. There is
a column of cavalry on the Augusta road mo
ving rapidly for some unknown point.
LATER.
1 P. M.—Yesterday the enemy had posses
sion of Mcßryde’s Bridge. Skirmishing going
on in front of Braxton’s Bridge. The enemy
is certainly moving on Branchville.
A dispatch from Adams’ Run-says the ene
my came up in two barges to Yoqng’s Island
yesterday about noon and drove in our pick
ets. They fired several buildings on planta
tions and retired this morning.
Three steamers are off White Point, and
landing is threatened.
Richmond, Feb. 3.—ln the House, to-day,
Mr. Gholston’s resolutions were taken up as
unfinished business, when Mr. Kinson submit
ted the following substitute:
Resolved, That arming slaves in our cause
upon promises of emancipation, is in conflict
with all established principles, and therefore
should not be done.
Resolved, That the character of the war the
enemy is now waging against us and the im
mense resources he is now bringing to bear
for our subjugation, justified and requires that
we should exhaust all the resources within our
reach, rather than to submit to so terrible a
fate.
Resolved, therefore, That between subjuga
tion and using our slaves in our defense, every
principle of nature and self-preservation re
quires the latter; therefore, we should at once
put one hundred thousand slaves, between the
ages of 17 and 45, in the field, and in order
to render them effective by immediate the
interest all our soldiers in the institution.
It is expedient that the government
purchase all slaves thus put in the army, and
give to each white soldier in the army a slave
to be his absolute right, property, &c.
Mr. Boyce moved that the Hose go in
to secret session, which was rejected—yeas
19, nays 50.
Mr. Conrad having the floor, spoke in oppo
sition to the resolution until the expira
tion of the morning hour.
A communication from the Secretary of the
Treasury, was presented, setting forth that
four millions of six per cent, non-taxable
bonds have been sold.
On motion of Mr. Lyon, the House went in
to secret session.
Richmond, Feb. 4.—The Baltimore American
of the 30th, asserts positively that Lincon author
ied Biair to communicate his willingness to give a
hearing to any person of influerce whe may come
from the States in rebellion, with or without Da
vis’ authority, to treat for peace upon the basis of
submission to the Unions
C. C. Clay, Jr., has arrived at a Confederate
port. *
Commissary General Northrop has.not resigned
as reported.
Richmond, Feb. 4.—The New York Herald o
the 2d has been received.
A special Washington dispatch say3 : We have
had a surfeit of peace rumors to-day, and it is
exceedingly difficult, out of the mass of contra
dictory statements, to arrive at the truth. It
appears to bo known that a delegation
Richmond was admitted within our lines yester
day, and to-day started down the James river on
an army transport. They were stopped at For
tress Monroe and Seward started for Annapolis.
There was no one to meet them. There is reason
to believe that they will not come to Washington
at present, but any negotiations or conference in
regard to the settlment of difficulties will be
conducted at Fortress Monroe by Seward, in be
half of the government.
The whole affair was enveloped in a good deal
of mystery in Baltimore on the Ist.
An Annapolis correspondent announces the ar
rival there this morning of Seward, accompanied
by a private Secretary, wbo immediately left for
Fortress Monroe, on Grant’s dispatch steamer,
to meet the Rebel commissioners.
Richmond, Feb. 4. —ln the Senate the negro
question was farther discussed, several hours
without result.
A bill to establish a flag of the Confederte
States passed without opposition.
The new flag was displayed’from the capital to
day. The only change is a substitution of a red
bar for the half white field, the former composing
the outer end.
Nothing of interst in the House in open ses
sion.
The House adopted the Senate resolution for
an amendment ot the Constitntion abolishing sla
very within the United States. Salutes in honor
of the event were fired in various cities on the
Ist. The Maryland House declares it has con
curred in the amendment.
Two disastrous fires occurred in Savannah on
the 27th and 28th, destroying a large number of
buildings.
By the second fire ten blocks were burned.—-
Ten thousand bales of cotton had been shipped
North, and a crowd of other vessels were being
loaded with it.
The House has passed a bill providing for the
construction of a ship canal around, Niagara falls-
Brazil is engaged in hostilities with Uraguay
and Paraguay. The latter States having, accor
ding to last advices, also declared war against
Brazil. %
Gold closed in New York, on the Ist, at 204.
Grant has recently been at Fort Fisher. lie
returned to Fortress Monroe on Monday.
An order has been issued by .the military au
thorities of Missouri for the banishment from that
State of the wives and children of men in the
Confederate army.
Two Kinds or Traitors. —Judge Cochran,say
he Spirit of the South, in his happy . address to
our citizens on Saturday last, described two
kinds of traitors. The one, the bold, open, manly
traitor, who has the moral courage to declare his
sentiments in the broad light of day, and to risk
the consequences of his .treason. He lets every
one know where he stands; professes no friend
ship for our cause, and has the courage to say so.
The other is the whining sneak, the pusillanimous
croaker, the whipped spaniel, who is ready to
crouch at the feet of our foes, and surrender his
liberty at every reverse to our cause. The first
class is entitled to some consideration for consis
tency and honesty ; the latter is too base for the
dignity of contempt.
Aid and Comfort,
The rqere love of bickering, says the Augus
ta Register, which has caused some papers to
drift into a regular channel of abuse of our
Confederate authorities is now bringing forth
its legitimate fruit in the shape of comfort to
the enemy. How could they but be gratified
at the record some journals are pleased to
make of affairs as they exist here in the Con
federacy. If papers persist in their abuse of
President Davis’ Administration and continue
to assert that the country is gliding along the
“sloping descent to perdition,” we may ex
pect nothing more than to see a growth of
confidence in the North, and a rapid revival
of the war spirit.
From the extract we make below, it will be
seen that these vapory effusions of inconside
rate scribblers are being bailed at the North
as evidences of disruption amongst us, and
already they are believing that our cause is
weakening, and that a little increase of energy
on their part will throw the scale inevitably
in their favor.
We quote from the New York Times, of the
13th :
THE WRANGLING OP THE REBELS IN THE HOUR
- OF QUIN.
The files of rebel newspapers from various
parts of the South, which we received day
before yesterday, are filled with the most ex
traordinary outbursts of fury against the rebel
authorities and Jeff. Davis, and the most vivid
pictures of the moral and political chaos that
now prevails in the South. Besides what we
published yesterday, we give place to others of
these articles to-day.
There is a perfect uproar in the Confedera
cy. The maledictions and the hatred that
havfr for years been directed against the North,
are now, in the hour of their despair and ruin,
directed against their own leaders, authorities,
generals and armies. While Gen. Sherman is
at the door of Charleston, tbe Mercury, the
leading journal of South Carolina, accuses
Davis at once of being tyranical, imbecile and
reckless—asserts that a servile Congress lies
prostrate at his feet—pronounces the rebel
army officers to be mouthing demagogues and
political hacks—and is not afraid to charac
terize rebel troops as ruffians. The Char
lottesville (Va.) Chronicle shows that every
thing is going away, and says: “If Davis and
the court were only going to dash their own
brains out, we might rally from the calamity ;
but they are dragging the whole secession
fleet after them. ”
The Charleston Mercury, again, is furious
about Davis’ proposition to arm the slaves,
and declares it to be a mad, desperate, ab»
surd and reckless proposition. It also de
clares that “incompetency and mismanage
ment, are riding the Confederrcy down to ru
in,” a3 the Richmond Examiner bat a few days
before had declared that Davis was running
the Confederacy on “the sloping descent to
perdition.” Anothet wild article in the Mer
cury opens with these word3: “It is stated
that there are one hundred thousand absentees
from the armies of the Confederate States. In
this department, (Charleston,) we are credibly
informed, there is a single corps of twenty
seven thousand on the rolls, which does not
turn out seven thousand effective men.” The
Mercury’s short article “ Gladiators, ” is
too pungent find picturesque a bit of literature
to be abbreviated.
The quarreling which is going on in the
South at thi3 crisis is a very bad sign for the
Confederacy. It is certainly a bad strte of
mind for the rebels of Carolina and Virginia to
be in, in view of Sherman’s ermpaign. It is
the demoralization of spirit which might be
expected to follow such a crashing series of
defeats as the rebels have lately.suffered. The
disaster at Wilmington will iucrese it, and
other blows we hope soon to give, must make
it still worse.
It looks as if this rebellion would break up
as many other rebellions and revolutions have
broken up, by a ferocious wrangle, if not a
bloody strife, among those who were its orig
inators?and supporters.
The Late Gen. Cleburne— A Reminiscence.
—Since the recent death of the lamented General
Cleburne, who fell in the enemy’s ditches, at the
battle of Franklin, the following correspondence
between a fair daughter of Tennessee, (Miss W.,
now a refugee resident of Lafayette, Ala.,) and the
great Irish soldier, will prove interesting. With a
pair of gauntlets which she sent him, was enclosed
the following note :
A rough pair of gauntlets for General Cle
burne, with Miss W.’s compliments—hoping that
the memory of his many deeds of gallantry
will ever be as green in the hearts of our
people as his earliest recollection of his own -be
loved Erin.
When shall we redeem Tennessee ? for lam
weary of the monotony of this barren region, and
like the Swiss I pine to return to my native
home with its magnificent forest and valleys of
green.
To which the General replied as follows:
Headquarters Cleburne’s Division, 1
Tunnel Hill, Ga., Jan. 31, 1564. }
Miss R. W., Lafayette, Ala. :
Deer Miss IF.: I write to return you many
thanks for your kind remembrance of myself. I
have received the comfortable pair of gauntlets
you have seut me, and I assure you they will be
well appreciated. To my noble division and not
to myself belongs the praises for the deeds of gal
lantry you mention. Whatever we have done,
however, has been more than repaid by the gene
rous appreciation of our countrymen.
I assure you I feel the ardent longing to again
recover the magnificent forests and green valleys
of Middle Tennessee that you do, and live in the
hope that God will restore £ it to our arms. I
cannot predict when that time will be, and yet I
feel that it is certainly in the future.
We may have to make great sacrifices—to use
all the means that God has given us—but when
once our people, or the great body of them, sin
cerely value independence above every other
earthly consideration, then will I regard our suc
cess as an accomplished fact.
Your friend,
P. R. Cleburne.
The Yankee papers make their total losses
in Tennessee exactly 7,000. Th® total killed
and wounded is 6,100. Tbev aown the
total Confederate loss at 20,024—1Q,7ut> kill
ed and wounded and 9.334 prisoners.
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FEBRURARY Bth,
20 BOXES TOBACCO, Medium and
Fine Grades,
10 bbls. CANE SYRUP,
1 bbl. RYE WHISKEY,
1 Mahogany FRENCH BED STEAD,
I “ ROCKING CHAIR,
1 FINE 3vPLY BRUSSELS CARPET,
18X20.
feb 6 $42
Rosette, Lawhon & Go.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
<3ne Copper Boiler, 8 feet long.
Five or six hundred pounds Led Pipe
8 or 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks.
jen 18 ts
To Rent.
HOUSE AND LOT, ob Forsyth Street, between
Baldwin and Thomas streets. The house con
tains five plasfered rooms, excellent kitchen, fine
garden and good well of Premises under
good fencing. KOSETTE, LAWHON & CO.
feb 63t $9
BY MYERS, WATSON & C 0„
ROBERT MYERS, Auctioneer.
WILL SELL AT 11 O’CLOCK
THIS X> AY,
FEBRUARY 6th, 1865,
In front of our Store,
1 Likely Woman and two Children,
15 Shares Bank of Columbus Stock,
20 Boxes Manufactured Tobacco,
2,000 Florida Cigars,
1 Cooking Stove,
1 Sewing Machine,
Lot-Dry Goods, Hardware,
Ready-Made Clothing, &c.
ALSO,
1 Likely Mule, 4 years old,
2 Carriage Horses,
Lot of Crockery,
20 Bags Flour,
2 Gold Watches,
1 Silver Watch, and many other ars
tides,
feb 4 S3O
Dividend No, 8.
The Directors of the Georgia Home Insurance
Company, have declared a dividend of five dollars
per share on the Capital stock of the Company, pay
able at their office on and after Wednesday, Bth inst.
feb 6 3t D. F. WILCOX, Sec’y.
Just Received.
CEED OATS, also Sweet Potatoes, Turkeys, But
u ter, Eggs, <fcc., <fcc.
feb 6 2t BRADFORD & SNOW.
Public Meeting.
We find the following proceedings of a meeting
of the citizens of Baldwin county, in the Southern
Recorder :
According to previous notice a large number of
the citizens of Baldwin county met at the council
chamber to take into consideration the condition
of the country and the duty of the honr.
Upon motion of Col. A H Kenan, Dr B A
White, Col John S Thomas, and R M Grme, sr.,
were requested to act as presidents of the meeting,
and J H Nisbet and R M Orme, jr., to act as sec
retaries.
Colonel Kenan being called upon to state the
object of the meeting did so in a few remarks.—
Hon. I L Harris then introduced a preamble and
resolutions, accompanying them with patriotic re
marks.
Before the resolutions were put to a vote, Col.
Kenan entertained the meeting with a forcible
speech advocating the resolutions, and opposing
reconstruction or reunion with the United States
upon any ground whatever—that honor, patriot
ism and self-respect forbid that we should look
short of anything except our independence. The
following are the resolutions, passed unanimously.
W r e are unable in this issue of our paper to give
the preamble, as it is long. It will appear in our
next in full :
“We therefore, resolve, Deprecating as we do
one of the worst calamities which can befall a
people, that of civil war, war between the people
of tie same State, and which, we fear, will inevi
tably ensue, unless the efforts of the cowardly and
selfish to whom we have referred, are arrested, and
at once, by the decisive rebuke of the intelligent
and patriotic.- That in our judgment, no honor
able peace, accompanied by independence, can be
obtained now, nor until, by our united and ua
quailing perseverance, we convince our enemies
that having 6et everything upon this cast—we
will stand the hazard of the die.
Resolved, That in our opinion, re-uuion with
our enemies under the United States constitution
and United States flag, involves the loss of pri
vate and State honor and faith—State sovereign
ty, property of every description, and personal
liberty—and that so believing we cannot but re
gard, however reluctantly, all men who are
striving, directly or indirectly, to bring about
such a result, as enemies to liberty aud indepen
dence.
Resolved, That until our armies are utterly an
nihilated, our means of resistance are entirely ex
hausted, we will stand unshaken by our State and
Confederate governments, and give our aw to
them in compelling all men to do their duty, and
in opposing all foes to a common cause, whether
they be external or internal; and that we will
never submit our rights, our liberties and lives to
the mercy and power of a hated enemy, who
falsely has denounced us as rebels, confiscated all
of our property, and insolently demands of u3 un
conditional submission, as long as we have a cart
ridge in our cartouch boxes.
And be it further resolved, in the language of a
fair daughter of Georgia—that to the armies of
the Southern Confederacy who are struggling to
deliver the South from despotism, and to win
for generations yet unborn the precious guerdon
of constitutional republican liberty, we offer the
tribute of our gratitude and admiration to
their noble patriotism and sublime self-abne
gation.
Capture or Beeves. —From the Chattanooga
Gazette of the sth of January, which we have be
fore us, we gather the following item of good
news for our side. The Gazette says a raid was
made the day before on the Government cattle
which were grazing at a point 8 miles from the
town. The raiders were about 400, said to be un
der the command of Gatewood and Tom Polk
Edmonson. They captured 800 beeves, and killed,
wounded and captured neatly all the guard. Gen.
Meagher who commands at Chattanooga sent a
force after the raiders but they had got off and
carried their plunder with them. Our boys are
getting bold to go in eight miles of Chattanooga.
[Montgomery Advertiser.
Dr. Hawks, on one occasion, had an argu
ment with one of his vestrymen in reference
to the increase of bis salary. “ Then you
don't believe the Lord will feed the young
ravens?” caid the vestryman. “Oh, yes I
do,” the doctor replied, “but nothing is said
about the young Hawks.”
Married couples resemble a pair of shears,’
3aid Sidney Smith : “ao joiued that they can
not be separated. ®‘ f *n moving in opposite
directions, yet always punishing any one who
comes between them."
ATJOTICU SALES.
— 6- :
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos
W E Il W o>clock.°ihfront" of*aurestore Februar >’
VERY DESIRABLE NEGROES.
A likely NEGRO'WOMAN 38 years
old, an excellent bouse servant,
1 likely GIRL, 24 years old, an extra
house servant, good washer and ironer,
1 likely GIRL, 9 years old, very intel
ligent,
A likely NEGRO MAN 34 years old,
field hand, painter, &c.
Avery fine HARNESS and SADDLE
Horse,
Fine SPRING BEDSTEAD,
2 MATTRESSES,
COOKING STOVE,
Kitchen FURNITURE,
Fine BUREAU,
Kitchen SAFE, &c.
—ALSO —
A WATER RAM and PIPE, with
other desirable goods.
O ,
feb 6 $36
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
- » »
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 important Remedies,
feb 4 $9
AUCTION SALE OP
FINE STOCK.
Ellis, Livingston &Cos., 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 Columbus) 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 stock
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, Milledgeville, copy and send
bill to this office.
For Sale.
A Lt 114, Broad St.
40 Gross MOBILE MATCHES,
Small Quantity SHOT.
feb 4 2t
FOR SALR 2
WAGON HARNESS, COLLARS, HAMES, Ac.
V» Also a few setts of BUGGY HARNESS.
Apply to SHERMAN & CO.,
feb 4lm Masonic Hall, upstairs.
For Sale.
A FINE LARGE COW with a young Calf.—
Apply at Warehouse of
feb 4 lw WARNOCK k CO.
The Peaee Question a Success.
Whether the Peace Commission now assem
bled in Washington succeed in effecting satis
factory negotiations or not, we believe that
the ultimate and speedy triumph of our cau3e
will be traceable to that commission.
It is generally conceded that when the Yan
kee finances gave way, the war will come to
an end and our independence will be estab
lished. Now, to what cause is attributable,
the remarkable steadiness, under existing cir
cumstances, of the Yankee finances? Is it
because of the unwavering confidence of the
Northern people that, under any circumstances,
the United States will redeem their paper cur
rency ? Certainly not. The Yankees are a
gullable people, but they are too shrewd in
money matters, and understand the rules of
arithmetic too well, not to know that it will
be impossible for their government to pay the
debt it has incurred, without the conquest of
the South and the confiscation of our proper
ty. Their currency would long since have
been worthless, had it not been for the persis
tent assertion of the Government and press
that the “rebellion was on its last legs,” and
that they had but to persevere a little longer
to succeed. This “little longer” doctrine has
upheld Northern finance and supported the
gigantic armies of invasion. The “ninety
days” hope has been the main prop of our
enemies. The perseverance displayed by the
Yankees, which has so much astonished some
of our people, proceeded, not from any un«
swerving determination on their part to prose
cute the, war to a successful termination, but
from the delusive hope thattheSouth was ju3t
on the point of surrendering, and that in a
short time she would lie prostrate, a fit sub
ject for plunder and spoliation.
From the very beginning of the war up to
the present hour, there has been a large num
ber of people at the North who persist in be
lieving that there is 'a powerful minority in
the South, composed of what they call “con
servative men,” who are ready at the first fa
vorable opportunity, to give up the idea of a
separate and distinct nationality, and return
to the Union under the protection of Yankee
“guarantees.” This party has exercised a
heavy pressure upon Lincoln, which has cul
minated in compelling him to send commis-.
sioners to Richmond. Give the rebels, they
say, a chance to surrendergracefully—promise
them protection for life, and they will lay
down their arms; and then we shall have
peace—and plunder. This is the Yankee idea,
and this is all, we fear, the Peace Commission
means.
Let Stephens and Hunter and Campbell re
turn home and tell the people of these Con
federate States that it is impossible for them
to make honorable terms with the enemy and
nothing remains but to fight it out—standing
firm for property, honor and life—and the
“little longer” of the Yankees will exhale like
the mists of the morning. Their “ninety
days” phanton will vanish like the ghost of
Hamlet’s father at the crowing of the cock.
With the disappearance of this illusion, their
finances, which up to this time have been sus
tained by the hope of a speedy termination of
the war and the suppression of the “rebellion,
will give way under the prospect of an indefinite
prolongation of the ’struggle and chaos will
have come again. The horrors of war which
they have always supposed were compressed
into a period of “ninety days,” like the Genii
in the Arabian Nights who was confined in a
tin box, will suddenly expand and cover with
gloom and despondency their entire political
coast
With their finances gone to wreck and ruin
what chance have they to recruit their armies ?
Foreign emigation for this purpose has almost
entirely ceased and the native population of
the North have no intention of going into the
ranks. Conscription i3 out of the question.
An attempt to enforce it would terminate the
war in thirty days. Drafting has proved a
failure—conscription would be ruin.
Should commissioners return home, without
having initiated negotiations . for peace, the de
spondency at the North will exceed any which has
ever been felt at the South. With the prospect o.
an interminable war before their eyes, with tae
South united in the determination to achieve in
dependence and with their own people divided in
sentiment and trembling for fear of conscription,
the yankee financial bubble will burst—the war
will be over and our independence established.
Thus, in any view of the case, we believe the
Peace Commission will prove a success.— Tele
graph db Confederate.
Gen. Fovreet announce iti.AiS’df in :aof
arming 200,000 uegrooa.