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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. WARRES, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Sunday Morning, February 18,186§.
“An Revoir”—A Correction.
We know that our correspondent “Au Rs
voir” will thanfc ui for correcting an impress
sion which, in hie communication published
in our Friday’s edition, he unwittingly made.
In conversation with one of our local surgeons
yesterday we learned that orders of the most
stringent cheracter have been received from
Richmond, prohibiting the furloughing of any
patient who does not report promptly at the
hospital to which he is ordered, or who over
stays his furlough. Nothing but physical in
ability to report as directed, or to return at
the expiration of his furlough will, under the
terms ot the order, excuse the failure ; and
this excuse will be valid only when supported
by the affidavit of a regular physician. Our
correspondent’s strictures, therefore, apply
properly to “Headquarters” and not to Post
Surgeons who must obey orders.
If the reports which receive from the
East, and which it might be improper to pub
lisn, be true the military affairs of the Conred
eracy will soon assume a more encouraging as-
The greatest battle of the war will bo
fought on the soil of the “game cock State”
within the next sixty days, and unless the
signs be very deceptive, it will be decided in
our tavor.
The President’s Health. —We learn from
the Richmond Sentinel, of the Ist, that the
President io again suffering from*n attack of
neuralgia. Although confined to his house,
our cotemporary says, he is not prevented
from attending to business.
Important From South Carolina.
Passengers by the train yesterday, says the
Chronicle & Sentinel of the 9th, state that the
enemy were slowly advancing towards Aiken,
from the direction of Barnwell Court House.
It is the impression that this force is endeav
oring to make its way towards Columbia, by
the Aiken road.
Heavy fighting was going on yesterday
about twenty miles below Aiken. Results not
known.
It is now the general opinion that Sherman
intends to march on and take Columbia, if he
can. He means to destroy all communication
with Gen. Lee’s army and the States south
and west of the Carolinas, if possible.
From Augusta.
We learn by passengers that many persons
are leaving Augusta, and that all Government
stores and property are being removed. The
newspaper offices are leaving. It was found
impossibly to remove all the cotton beyond
the city limits, and it is piled up in the middle
of Broad street to the amount of thousands of
bales, ready for the torch ; and the bridges
across the river were properly prepared to be
enveloped in flames at short notice.
The Constitutionalist and Register were re
moving to Madison. We did not hear to what
point the Chronicle was going.
It was reported in Augusta on Wednesday
morning that the enemy had struck the rail
road, at Blackville, forty-seven miles from Au
gusta, and twenty-eight miles this side of
Branchville. The further report was that he
was moving on in the direction ot Columbia
This, however, we suppose is not true. If it
is, he may soon find himself so situated that
our Government will have another good op
portunity to capture him. We still think it
most likely that his aim is to take Charleston
before proceeding into the interior of South
Carolina.
It was stated in Augusta by captured pris
oners, that Sherman’s whole strength was 40,-
000 men. This we should think is a large ex
aggeration. His strength in passing through
Georgia was generally estimated at about that
figure, and it is known that the time of a very
large portion of the men then with him has
expired. We should think all his necessary
reinforcements since going to Savannah would
not swell his present command to more than
30,000 at the highest.
We mink it probable that heavy fighting
will take place in Carolina in a few days, and
from what we believe to be true of the real
situation there, we have strong hope of a vic
tory over the self-conceited Sherman.—South
ern Confederacy , Itith.
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Exchange op Prisoners. —A dispatch from
Washington to the Northern papers says it ap
pears from a communication of the Secretary
of War that the subject of an exchange of
prisoners is now placed in the hands of Lieu
tenant General Grant, and that, although only
partial exchanges have thus far been made,
there is reason to believe a full exchange will
soon be effected.
A Good Idea. —As soon as the proper ar
rangements can be perfected, which will be in
the course of a week or two at farthest, the
Richmond Courier will publish for the infor
mation cf all persons interested, a regular
weekly list of every patient who has died in
hospitals in the Department of Richmond, giv
ing his name, company, regiment and disease.
This list will embrace a correct report from
the Surgeons in charge, which will be fur
nished, by permission of the Sugeon General,
for publication every Saturday night.
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The Mobile Register corrects an exaggerated
statement which has appeared in print respect
ing the amount of cotton in that city, which is
represented as amounting to something be
tween a hundred and twenty and a hundred
and thirty thousand bales. The simple fact is
that there is not one-sixth of the quantity sta
ted, and what there is, is carefully noted, and
its place of deposit known to the military
authorities, who—should the emergency re
quire—will effectually prevent its ever going
into the hands of the Yankees. And it is
added that the small lots which divers parties
are understood to have surreptitiously removed
from the warehouses to their own premises
will have the precedence if it becomes neces«
sary to apply sh e re c,;!re *
From Col. Mosby'3 Command.— Major Rich
ards of Mosby’s command, has recently cap
tured two locomotives and fifteen cars, on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, between Martms
burg and Harper’s Ferry, loaded with sutler s
stores —all of which were burned, except as
much of the coffee as each man could bring
away. The quantity of coffee destroyed must
have been very great, as our informant says it
was “knee deep about the ruins. ’ Col. Mosby
arrived in this city last night on his way to
his command. Though absent in person, his
gallant and enterprising spirit is still with his
command. He will soon get even with the
enemy for his late wounds.— Richmond Enquir
er, 31st ult.
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In 1860 there were 4,400,000 Roman Cath
olics in the United States. The increase is
most remarkable. In 1808 there was bat one
Catholic to 68 Protestant3 ; in 1830, one to 29;
in 1840, one to 18: in 1850, one to 11 : and, in
1860, one to 7.
(From the Richmond Whig )
j Our opinion of the resuits to oe expected
from the “peace” movement is confirmed bA
i everything that we see in the Northern papers.
Proverbially recondite and mysterious as are
the motives of diplomatists, they are yet the
offspring of our common human nature. Con
fessedly tortuous as are the paths of diploma
cy, they are yet explorable by any sagacity
analogous to s that which constructs them.
There is,, therefore, nothing in this peace
problem, a3 far as it is connected with the
purposes of the Washington Government, that
is not susceptible of easy solution. We be
lieve now, as we have always believed, that
the seeming anxiety for peace, on the part of
Lincoln and his followers, is nothing more
than the natural result of the combination of
the two causes to which we have so often al
luded—the cenviction of failing strength at
the North, and the belief in exhausted resour
ces at the South. The first is not now open
ly admitted. But it has become so plain that
no one can fail to see it. It is exhibited in
every call that Lincoln has made for the last
year; in the comparatively insignificant re
sults of the efforts to raise men for the Yan
kee army; in the continued threats of a per
petually deferred draft ; in the frantic appeals
for volunteers to fill up the depleted ranks of
the army, and thus avert the dreaded con
scription ; and in the enticing offers of im»
mense and unparalleled bounties, ranging
from SBOO to SI2OO.
Tne call of last year for 500,000 men did
not produce 15,000, and of these, it is calcu
lated by competent Yankee authority, that at
least one fourth deserted before ever firing a
gun. The present call for 300,000, is stated
to be intended only to supply deficiencies in
the former call ; although it must be observed
that the real deficiency was more than 400,000.
The Yankee armies in the field were partially
kept up during the campaign by accretions
from other sources; by the hundred-day ex
pedient, by sending forward all the garrisons
from the various fortified places, including
even heavy artillery, and by the evacuation
and surrender of large districts of Confeder
ate territory previously claimed to be con
quered. These expedients and resources are i
exhausted. The Yankees have noihiug to :
look to now, but such supplies as jnay be fur- !
nished under Lincoln’s last call, and there is
no reason to suppose that this supply will; at
the utmost, exceed 40,000 men. The quota
of New York ciiy has been already reduced
from 17,900 to 3,500, and even this small
number it seems impossible to procure.
Volunteering, even under the temptations of
the enormous bounties offered by the authori
ties, does not proceed with the required ra
pidity. The New York papers touchingly
complain that not more than a baker’s dozen
a day of aspiring patriots ru3h to their coun
try’s standard to save the Union from smash
and their deserving feilow-citizens from the
terrors of the draft.
From all these indications it is clear that,
notwithstanding the boasted power of the
North, the Yankees have nearly reached the
end of their available resources. They know
they cannot raise another army comparable
with those immense hosts whiolj they have
hitherto sent forth, and that they will have to
go through the next campaign with forces
ludicrously small in comparison with those
which they havjf hitherto employed, unless,
indeed, they can rouse the sinking spirit of
Yankeedom. Hence the pressing anxiety to
induce the South to return to the Union with
out forcing on the North the necessity of fur
ther exertion ; or, failing in that, to stimulate
the flagging zeal of the Yankee people up to
the required point. There may be other in
fluences—such as a sudden fear of European
intervention—but these are merely incidental
and auxiliary, if they exist at all. The main
motives which animate the Yankee Govern
ment and the Yaukee people are clearly those
which we have indicated. The New York
Tribune, which seems to be a convert to the
reconstruction doctrine, discusses the ques
tion on the supposition that the South is too
thoroughly exhausted to make any further
efforts, and thence argues that peace must be
near at hand. But if this were the Tribune’s
sole point of view, that paper would be more
truculent and sanguinary than ever, and
would insist, with even more than its usual
dogmatism, ou the absolute conquest and sub
jugation of the South. It has modified these
opinions and demands only because, while it
fancies that the South has arrived at the
point of exhaustion, it knows that the North is
rapidly becoming exhausted.
In ail this there is much to encourage our
people. It is plain that the enemy cannot
longer carry on the war, on that scale on
which he has hitherto waged it. It is plain,
too, that if we properly employ our own re
sources we can resist for a long time yet,
quite as vigorously as we have resisted during
the last four years ; and that, consequently,
success must crown our efforts. If there has
been much of late to depress us, there is, in
this reflection, far more to exalt us. If many
things have occurred to lower our spirits, the
present situation has in it much to raise our
hopes. If want of confidence in the Govern
ment has caused despondency, that despond
ency should be dispelled by the change of
policy and of agents initiated by Congress,
and apparently accepted by the President
The appointment of General Lee to the su
preme command of our armies should restore
confidence, and if some few other desirable
changes be made, we shall in the Spring pre
sent to the enemy an impregnable and almost
unassailable front. The failure of the “peace”
negotiations to produce a result which no
reasoning man could anticipate, will do as
muoh as all other causes to suppress discord,
to eliminate differences, to dispel jealousies,
and to unite our people in a vigorous and ei\-
ergetic defence.
Retaliation on Confederate Prisoners.
In the Yankee Senate, recently, the following
resolution was offered, among others, by Mr.
Charles Sumner :
Resolved, That the United States, filled
with grief and the deepest sympathy for the
cherished citizens who, as officers and soldiers,
have become the victims of heaven-defying
outrages, hereby declare their solemn delibe
ration to put an end to this great iniquity by
putting an end to the rebellion, of which it is
the natural fruit; that to secure this humane
and righteous consummation, they pledge
anew their best energies and all the resources
of the whole people, and they call upon all to
bear witness that in this necessary warfare
with barbarism they renounce all vengeance
and every evil example, and plant themselves
firmly on the sacred landmarks of Christian
civilization, under the protection of that God
who is present with every prisoner, and ena
bles heroic souls to suffer for their country.
It lies over.
Deplorable Condition of Kentucky. —A
recent issue of the Louisville Journal says :
The sad condition of our State' is now an
object of much solicitude. Society is fearful
ly disorganized, and we no longer appeal to
the statutes for the redress of a wrong. Law
less bands roam at will, and the peaceable
citizen is hunted down with the greatest ea
gerness and robbed and murdered in the cool
est manner possible. The desperadoes bid de
fiance to all authority, and they mock at all
attempts to bring them into subjection. A
ruthless warfare is waged. The knife is
red with the blood of innocent victims, and the
fire brand of the bold incendiary is applied
with feelings of exultation, and the blackened
ruins of many homes attest how well the work
is and has been done. Trade is destroyed..—
But few signs of prosperity are to be seen in
many portions of the State. The inland towns
are no longer full of the bustle of business.—
Stores are closed, and an air of desolation
reigns on every 9ide. Men are forced to flee
for their lives, and whole families are faban
doning pleasant homes and moving to other
States. The outlaws are preying upon her
vitals, and if a remedy is not soon applied the
disease will beceme hopeless
From official returns just published, it appears
that the population of Brussels on the Ist of Jan
uary amounted to 184,932, of whom 39,971 were
males and 94,961 females
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OP THH 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, Feb. 6. —Our peace commission
rs were not allowed to leave the boat at Fort
ress Monroe. At 9 o’clock, Friday morning,
Lincoln and Seward met them on board the
boat. The interview lasted nearly 3 hours,
resulting as heretofore stated. In the course
j of conversation, Lincoln stated that Blair’s vis
it to Richmond, so far as it contemplated any
arrangement of peace, was without his appro
val. Lincoln and Seward both incidentally
admitted a probability of a complication of <
their foreign relations, but professed tc be
able to suppress the rebellion in time to meet j
them. They were very courteous to our com
missioners. Lincoln related several anecdotes.
In parting, he said, God bless you. Hunter
asked to be remembered to all old friends in
the North.
It if understood that Mr. Stephens will re
turn to Georgia in few days, and canvass the
State for a vigorous prosecution of the war.
He says, the only hope now left for the whole
South is in strong arms and stout hearts.
The Senate adopted a resolution of thanks
to Capt. Sernmes, his officers and crew, for the
victory over the enemy’s steamer Hatteras,
and for their long and arduous cruises in the
pursuit and destruction of the enemy’s com
merce.
The Negro bill was further discussed. The
House amendment, leaving the number of
slaves to be employed in the army undefined,
was agreed to. Yeas 12—Nays 8.
Richmond, Feb. 7. —The Philadelphia In
quirer, of the 4th, has been received, but it
contains nothing of interest. The impression
prevailed at the North, Friday, that the con
ference at Fortress Monroe would result in
peace. Nothing else was talked of. Gold,
however, closed at 207.
In the C. S. Senate Mr. Brown submitted
the following:
Resolved, That the Committee on Military
Affairs be instructed to report a bill, with the
least practicable delay, to take into the ruili*
tary service of the Confaderate States, a num
ber of negro soldiers, not to exceed 200,000,
by voluntary enlistment, with the consent of
their masters; or by conscription, as may be
found necessary. And that the committee
provide in said bill for the emancipation of
said negroes in aIL cases where they prove
loyal and true to the end of the war, and for
the immediate payment, under proper restric
tions, of their present value to owners.
Mr. Brown said he introduced this resolu
tion to show his opinion that the time had
come when we should employ negro troops.
Now, if ever, was the time. We were in the
very crisis of our fate. He had seen, with
pleasure, a revival of the war spirit, and hop
ed it would sweep through the land; but he
still feared our armies were not strong enough
to withstand the enemy without the employ
ment of negro troops.
On motion of Mr. Maxwell, the resolution
was transferred to the secret calendar, and the
Senate resolved into secret session.
The House made public a subject which
had engaged its attention in secret session for
several days, to wit, the Tax bill. To meet a
discovery of an error in the immediate liabil
ities of the Government, of nearly $400,000,-
@OO, the Secretary of the Treasury recom
mends an increase of the present tax in kind
to a per cent, sufficient to meet the deficiency.
He says the character of this department is
such that payment cannot be neglected or
postponed without danger of seriously embar
rassing the operations of the War Depart
ment.
The House resolved into secret session.
Petersburg, Feb’ary 7. —There was heavy
fighting on our right, yesterday and today—
which resulted favorably to our arms.
During a reconnoissance made by General
Pegram, beyond Hatche’s run, yesterday p. m.,
the enemy attacked and forced his division
back some distance. He was reinforced by
Gen. Gordon's division* when in turn the ene
my was forced back a second time. The ene
my, being reinforced by a corps, attacked and
drove our men until, being strengthened by
Mahone’s division, commanded by Gen. Fin
negan, a grand charge by the three divisions
was made, and the enemy’s line broken. A
running fight was kept up until after dark,
when the enemy took shelter in their new
works on Hatcher’s run, from which they were
not driven. Gen. John Pegram was killed.—
Many of the enemy were killed and wounded,
few taken prisoners. Our loss is several hun
dred. This morning the enemy advanced on
and charged our lines south of Burgess’ Mill,
but were handsomely repulsed. In a charge
upon the enemy, General Sorrell, of Georgia,
was painfully wounded. Heavy firing was
heard late this afternoon in the same direc
tion—cause unexplained.
Richmond, Feb. 7. —ln pursuance of a oall
by Gov. Smith, an immense public meeting
was held last night in the Afrioan Church.
A series of patriotic resolutions was adopt
ed. The last one says:
Resolved, That in this presence, and in the
face of the world, reverently invoking thereto
the aid of Almighty God, we renew our re
solve to maintain our liberties and independ
ence, and to this end muiually pledge our lives,
our fortunes and our sacred honor.
President Davis addressed the meeting 30
minutes. He was rejoiced to witness this de
monstration, and expressed the belief that if
the people would give a hearty and unanim
ous response to the demands of the exigency,
the enemy would next ask for a conference in
which to make known our demands. His life
was bound up in the Confederacy. Under no
oircumstances would he be agent for a recon
struction of the Union.
The President was frequently interrupted
with enthusiastic cheering.
Several other addresses were delivered and
a call for another mass meeting tor Thursday
published.
Weather very inclement today and ground
;-*ored with snow and sleet.
.
;vhiiOKD, Feb. 6.—ln the House a resolu
tion waa unanimously adopted, inviting our
j returned commissioners to address members
of Congress and citizens on Capitol Square.
Mr. Moore’s resolution, directing the Com
| mittee on Military Affairs to inquire into the
investing the President with
I power tp call into service all ablebodied male
■ negroes in the Confederate States, to be used
as he may think best, to aid in the military
defense of our country. A motion to lay it
ion the table k.c negatived—32 to 39. The
i resolution was then adopted.
Mr. Chambers’ resolution, inquiring if the
Confederate Government has constitutionally
the right tn purchase slaves as soldiers, and
offer them freedom, was tabled—3s io 32.
The House resolved into secret session.
Charleston, Feb. B.—A dispatch from Gen.
Wheeler, dated Holmes' Bridge, Feb. 7, 8:30
p. m., says: “My pickets near Blackville,
this morning, were charged by three brigades
of cavalry, which drove them beyond the vil
lage.
Debbrill’s Tennessee Brigade being in the
vicinity met and charged the enemy, driving
them back into the village.
A dispatch from Branchville this morning,
says the enemy have made their appearance
along the South Carolina railroad beyond the
Edisto. They burned a house within a mile
and a half of the railroad bridge. About 7
yesterday evening our troops were withdrawn
to this side of the railroad bridge and the
bridge burned-
Gen. Winder died suddenly Monday evening
of appoplexy.
RiCHMONd, Feb. B.—A correspondence wa3
published in the Sentinel of this morning
between the President and Seddon, showing
that the latter resigned his position as Secre
tary of War in consequence of the resolution
adopted by the Virginia delegation in Con
gress advising relieving all present heads of
departments. Seddon says after such an ex
pression of opinion he could no longer fill the
position with the full measure of usefulness
to the country. The President in reply ex
presses his warm personal regard and official
confidence in Seddon; discusses at considera
ble length the relations between the Executive
Departments of the Government. He repre
sents the proposition of rights and privileges
of the Confederate Congress in contrast with
the British Parliament. Seddon in reply ex
presses concurrence in -the views express
ed by the President, but adheres to his pur
pose.
Richmond, B.—An official from Gen. Lee,
says the enemy made no advance from their
position on Hatcher’s Run yesterday. His
skirmishers, however, were pushed forward
against points on our lines but made no attack. f
Petersburg, 8. —No fighting today. Quiet
once resumed. The enemy still maintains his
position at Hatcher’s Run. His lines have
thereby been extended but not advanced. Gen.
Sorrell’s wound in the lungs not considered
mortal. Col. Houston of Virginia killed in
the fight on Monday. Our loss will not reach
500.. Enemy’s loss estimated at treble that
number. Our dead have all been buried and
our wounded brought from the field. The en
emy are erecting an observatory on our righs.
The heavy cannonading yesterday afternoon
was caused by our artillery shelling the ene
my’s lines. Both sides engaged todaj strength
ening their new positions.
Richmond, 8. —In the House the Senate res*
olution of thanks to Capt Semt»e3 was unan
imously concurred in. The bill for the em
ployment of free negroes and slaves referred
to Conference Committee- The tax bill with
substitute heretofore considered in secret ses
sion, was further discussed in Committee of
the Whole until 'he hour of adjournment.—
Nothing important in the Senate.
Richmond, 7. —The following received today
—Headquarters, 6th—To Gen. S. Cooper:—
The enemy moved in strong force yesterday
to Hatcher’s Run. Part of his infantry with
Gregg’s cavalry preceded on the Vaughn road
—infantry to Cattail creek,cavalry to Dinwid
dle CH, where its advance encountered a
portion of our cavalry, and 'retired. In the
afternoon a part of Hill’s and Gordon’s troops
demonstrated agaiost the enemy on the left of
Hatcher’s Run, near Armstrong’s mills. Find
ing him entrenched they withdrew after dark.
During the night the force that bad advanced
beyond the creek returned to it and were re
ported to be recrossing. This morning Gen.
Pegram’s division ‘moved down to the right
ban a ot the creek to reconnoitre when it was
vigorously attacked. The battle was* obsti
nasely contested for several hours, but Gen.
P. being killed while bravely encouraging his
men, and Col. Hoffman wounded, some confu
sion occurred, and the division was pressed
back to its original position. Evan’s division
was ordered by Gen. Gordon to support Gen.
Pegram’s force. They charged the enemy and
forced him back, but in turn were compelled
to retire. Mahone’s division arrived; enemy
was driven rapidly to his defences at Hatchers
Run. Our loss reported small; that of the en
emy not supposed great.
(Signed) R. E. LEE.
Richmond, B. —New York papers of the sth
contain voluminous telegrams from Washing
ton relative to the result of the Conference at
Fortress Monroe. A special to the Times
says Lincoln informed the Commissioners at
every point that recognition is utterly out of
the question; that the United States could
stop the war only on the condition precedent
that the uuthority of the National Government
should be recognized and obeyed over the
whole territory of the U. S- This point con
ceded, he assured them that upon every othor
matter of difference they would be treated
with the utmost liberality. Another telegram
says Stephens was the most liberal of the reb
el deputation. His theory was if we would
but treat with them as an independent
nation, that such agreement could be had as
would practically unite the North and South.
A special to the -Tribune says Stephens sur
passed all his old exhibitions of sbrewness,
force and tact in putting his demands for the
Confederacy. In the midst of one of his points
Lincoln swung forward and interrupted, say
ing, “that reminds me of a story of a man in
Illinois.” The Coommissioners jumped up in
a roar of merriment. After the story was
through, Stephens resumed and pursued to
the end his statement of the terms on which
he thought the rebels would be willing to stop
the wa-. He proposed and urged his crafty
scheme of temporary recognition, but on re
cognition absolutely the commissioners stood
as rocks. The result of th« Conference is the
union of all parties in a vigorous prosecution
of the war. Fernondo Wood took the war
path Saturday. Cox and other democrats
take it tomorrow. Gold opened in AT. York
Monday at 214. Foster nas been superceded
byGillmorein command of the Department
of the South. Western Virginia has passed a
bill abolishing slavery.
From Scriven County, Ga. —A gentleman
writing from Scriven County says there i3 much
excitement in that section of the State. A
great many of the planters have left their
homes with their negroes and other moveable
property.
It is now thought by those in Scriven coun
ty, who are well posted, that the Federals will
not advance towards Augusta on this side of
the rivej, if they advance towards the city at
all.
Gen. Alfred Iverson, acting a3 Major Gen
eral, now commands the two brigades of cav
alry which are now operating below on this
side of the river.
Passengers from below state it was reported
that Sherman was advancing on Branchville
in two columns, with about forty thousand
men Sentinel.
A Little Mixed.— The celebrated speech of
Sir Boyle Roche: “Mr. Speaker, I smell a rat;
I see him floating in the air; but mark me, I
shall yet nip him in the bud,’' was evidently
the model upon which a writer in Kansas
framed, the other day, some remarks upon the
recent election. The Leavenworth Conserva
tive says that, by the result of that election,
“the pall of corruption has been dispelled, and
the wheels of the State government will no
longer be trammelled by the sharks that have
beset the public prosperity like locusts.”
Horace Cushing, a well known broker,
jumped out of a second story window * New
York on the 25th, and killed himself. “Men
tal aberation.”
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feb 12 $63
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
One Copper Boiler, 8 feet long.
Five or six hundred pounds Led Pipe
8 or 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks.
jen 18 ts
By Iflyers, Watson A Cos.
ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, in front of our
Store —
3 Bbls. Fine Lard
2 “ Cane Syrup.
5 Boxes Eanufactured Tobacco.
20 Bales Smoking Tobacco.
5 Boxes Starch.
100 lbs Black Pepper.
1 Ladies’ Brocade Dress, (new.)
1 Black Silk Velvet Mantilla.
1 Royal Purple u “
1 Set of Harness.
Lot of Buttons, Hooks & Eyes, Socks.
Hardware, ReadysMade Clothing, and
other valuable goods.
February 11—d2t $lB
THE CITY.
T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
Sales Monday. —Myera, Watson & Cos. will
sell to-morrow at auction, lard, syrup, tobacco,
starch, pepper, harness, Ac., Ac. See advertise
ment.
M. P. Ellis A Cos. advertise quite an important
list of desirable goods. For particulars seo adver
tisement.
Auction Sales. —At auction yesterday by El
lis, Livingston A Cos., bacon sides sold at $4,25;
hams, $4,30; shoulders, $3,75; sweet potatoes, $8;
whiskey, $52 per gallon ; one silver watch, $205 ;
one do., $95 ; oranges, $1,55 each ; smoking to
bacco, $2,75 per lb.; one trunk, $370; two setts
harness, $350 each ; other sales unimportant.
The Sabbath. —One of the damning sins of
the Southern Confederacy, as well as of the
old United States, has been a failure to prop
erly observe the Sabbath day. The Word of
God expressly commands its observance in
the following words ; “ Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy ; six days shalt thou labor
and do all thy work; but the seventh day is
the Sabbath of the Lord thy God ; in it thou
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor
thy daughter, thy mau servant, nor thy maid
servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that
is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord
made the heaven and the earth, the sea, and
all that in them is, and rested the seventh day ,
wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day
and hallowed it.” This command, by the
unanimous consent of the Christian world, is
as obligatory upon individuals as any in the
decalogue. What is binding upon individuals
is binding upon nations, and it the former
must pay the penalty for non-observance, so
must the latter. As individuals we have de
secrated the Sabbath day by the pursuit of
secular avocations, by a resort to pleasure ex
cursions, by frequenting the counting house,
the office, the drinking and gaming saloons,
and by neglecting to alter’d the holy sanctua
ry. Asa nation, by the running of rail road
trains, steam boats, mail stear i ;rs, and latter
ly by fighting battles, by military parades and
drills, and by the preparation of munitions of
war. We can never hope for the smiles of
Heaven while living and acting in violation of
God’s plain commands. Let us therefore re
form as a nation and as individuals.
We propose to be one to commence the re
formation. As public journalists, 3ince the
beginning of the war, in order to keep our
readers posted in the latest news, we have
been compelled to force upon our employees,
the unpleasant necessity of laboring a portion
of the Sabbath day. To relieve them of this
necessity, we shall hereafter publish an edi
tion of the Times on Sunday instead of Mon
day morning as heretofore. By this arrange
ment we shall fall in with our city cotempo
raries, and all Sunday work will be obviated.
The New York Tribune of the 24th ultimo
philosophises a3 follows:
There are men who talk as if war were a
normal condition, and who start at the sug
gestion of peace as if some wrong were done
the Nation. But all wars must have an end,
even those carried on, as so few ever have
been, for the highest good of the people,
though all may not be attained which the vic
torious party, at the outset, promised itself.
Ordinarily it is a struggle of endurance. It i3
a question of pluck and resources, and resour
ces, as in all human affairs, are the. ground
work of courage. Which can hold out the
longest? Which can hold out no longer?
There come 9 always a time when the last is
the vitakquestion, and when it comes peace is
inevitable. We may or we may not have
reached that point, but the signs are, at least,
significant, and wise men will give them due
consideration. Unwise, or at least thoughtless
men, remember only that we have been at war
but four years, while other nations have, with
more or les3 patience, endured its calamities
ten, twenty, thirty years, with far less at stake.
Thev do not remember that one year of mod
ern warfare, in the exhaustion attending H, in
its enormous expenditure of blood and[ tro s
ure, is equal to five years of war a cen u.)
half aeentary ago.
A'JCSTICIT SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
VERY DESIRABITnEGROES.
WE will sell, on TUESDAY, February 14th
at 11 o'clock, in front of our Auction Ro om ’
A likely NEGRO MAN 51 years old,
good Hostler, Farmer, &e.
A likely NEGRO BOY, 13 years old,
A “ “ Woman 32 years old'
Field hand, and her child 2 years old.
1 likely NEGRO BOY, 6 years old,
A “ “ Girl, 19 years old,
house servant, cook, &c ,
A NEGRO BOY, 20 years old.
feb 11 $27
—ALSO—
-10 bbls Fine Corn Whiskey.
2 four, and 1 wagon,
Lot Furniture, &c., &c.
feb 11 $9
MYERS, WATSOY & CO.,
AUCTIONEERS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
At Hull & Duck's old Stand,
Opposite Bank of Columbus, Broad Street.
Personal and prompt attention given
to all consignments.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 21, 1865. jan23 ts
Wanted,
FOR the State of Louisiana TEN MOULDERS.—
Wages liberal. Transportation furnished. Ap
ply to Maj, R. S. Hardaway, of this city.
D. A. BLACKSHER,
feb 12 ts Comissioner for Louisiana.
Foeket Book Lost,
A large enameled cloth Money book lost in the
ladies car of the Opelika R. R- on Saturday the
11th, inst* The name ofi Martha James Ross was
written in full within it. It contained three five
hundred dollar bills, ten hundred dollar bills and
two fifties besides some small bills, the total amount
about $2,600- The above reward will be paid for it3
delivery at the Times Office- It was dropped at the
seat while leaving the cars at Columbus-
Feb 12 ts M-J- ROSS
ON CONSIGNMENT,
AND FOR SALE BY
M. F. EIjTiIS cfc Cos
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
10 Bales Yarns,
8 “ Osnaburgs,
2 “ Hard Waste,
15 “ Bagging,
20 Coils Rope,
38 Barrels Cane Syrup,
6 “ Superior Sorghum,
2 Tierces Tallow,
120 Sacks Salt,
8 cases Florida Leaf Tobacco,
10,000 Segars,
2 old Copper Kettles, large size,
100 Hemp Bagging Twine,
—also—
-72 Bales Cotton, in various lots,
feb 11-3t*
Tew «iwloiiT
Just Received.
Fine English LONG CLOTH,*
“ l ' Gentlemens’ HALF HOES,
Extra fine BRAID, for Ladies Dresses,
Also, two Barrels COFFEE.
STANFORD & CO.,
feb 10 lw No. 78 Broad Street.
SSOO Reward. I
FOR A LOST TRUNK, lost somewhere .between
Mayfield and Milledgeville, marked Coleman,
Augusta, Qa., a flat green Trunk. Please address
Rock Island Paper Mills, Columbus, Ga.
j®®* Macon Confederate A Telegraph, Milledge
ville Confederate Union, and Augusta Constitu
tionalist, copy three times and send bill to this of
fice; feb 10 3t
HOTEL. FURNITURE.
THE best lot of HOTEL FURNITURE in Geor-
I gia, for sale. Consisting of every article neces
sary for a first class Hotel.
Apply, by letter, or in person to
R. A. McCOMB,
feb 10 2t Milledgeville, Ga.
SIOO Reward.
STOLEN from the subscriber’s lot in Taylor coun
ty, near Howard, Ga., one moderate size sorrel
mare MULE, main roacned and tail trimmed. I
will give the above reward for the delivery of the
mule, which was stolen on Saturday night, the 4th
of February, 1865. MARTHA B. MATHEWS.
feb 10 4t*
Confederate Tax Collector’*
NOTICE 2
THE INCOME and SALARY TAX, for 1864, are
1 now due, and I am instructed to collect them
without delay. All tax-payers will at once come ia
to the office and give in their taxes to the Assessors.
Jfany of you are now defaulters. Are you going to
force me to visit the penalty of the law on you ._
Numbers of you are doing business without regis
tering. For this the penalty is heavy. Come m
then and do your “duty, and save cost, vexation
and trouble. This is a notice, and a final notice, to
all defaulters. J. A. L. LEE,
feb 10 3t Collector 41st District Ga.
Louisiana Bakery.
THE UNDERSIGNED begs leave to inform the
I citizens of Columbus and viciniiy, that he isnow
prepared to furnish BAKERS BREAD of all de
scriptions at as liberal rates as any establishment in
the city. Customers can be daily supplied by call
ing at the Louisiana Saloon or at the store of Dou
thit & Cos., old Pogtoffice corner.
feb 9 lw D. B. CALDWELL.
Owing to the increased price of Provisions, La
bor and other expenses, the Steamboats on the
Chattahoochee River have been compelled to ad
vance their prices for freight and passage to the fol
lowing rates:
Passage from Columbus to Chattahoochee $75 00
From Chattahoochee to Columbus SIOO 00
Intermediate landings in proportion.
Freights to any point on Chattahoochee River $4 0)
per hundred. Measurement Freight $1 25 per cubic
foot.
Capt. H. WINGATE, Shamrock.
Capt. DAN FRY, Jackson.
Capt. ABE FRY, Indian.
Capt, JOHN COUCH, Mist.
Capt.A. O.BLACKMAR.MunnerIyn.
feb7—tf
To Printers !
WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY.
(except Ruling Machine,) two hand PREsbltb.
and about
1,000 Pounds of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf
NOTIOE.
Office Grant Factory. » ■
Nov. 2y, 1864./
ALL persons having demands against the estate of
Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
resent them to the Grant Factory.
nov 30 ts _ JOHN J. GRANT
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory.
Dr. R. NOBLE,
DENTIST,
A T Pemberton k Carter’s old stand, back room of
a Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can oe man a
all hours. foe iSmn
For Sale.
i FINE LARGE COW with a young Calf.-
A Apply at Warehouse of jnX T Arir h rr .
feb 4 lw WARN OCR k CO.
FOR~BALE.
QQn ACRES OF WOOD LAND miles north-
DZU west from Crawford, Russell county. Ala.
Titles warrented. Apply to j()HN McCARTY .
jan 28 ts Columbus. Ga.
FObTsAIjE 2
TTrArtON HARNESS, COLLARS, HAMES. Ac.
W 3l“ w “ tU ° f BD suer*an'Fc6 .
feb 4 Hn Masonic jgalLjijMl* irs -
Negroes to Hire.
r rO HIRE ten young Negro MEN, also * good
I Cook aniW«her. ? WOOLFOLK.
jan 17 ts A * ot ’