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DAILY TIMES. J. W. WIIUIEY, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Saturday Morning, February 18,186§. “ The Ltmost Liberality.” II ever mortal men wore subjected to the tortures of hell-fire in this world, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Hunter and Mr. Campbell, onght to sym pathize with them. Hamlet in Elsinore and poor old King Lear in the storm, with mad Tom “a-cold” were, doubtless, in an amiable mood compared with that of these gifted, high spirited, patriotic Southern gentVraen, when assured that Mi. Lincoln would b a “literal" to them and their associate rebel companions in guilt, provide . only that their country should tamely submit to his infernal “ma chine— bloodier than the guillotine of the French revolution abandon its property, its government, its heroes, i's women, its history, its honor, it< ltffl. and, in lowly repentance, Crave h>* pa don and lick his feet, and forswear its destiny, its ancestry, its liberty, its Cod, and sell its soul to the Devil! And Lbeu Lincoln said “Cod bless you - ’! The three Hebrew children went through die fire of the furnace seven times heated. Up to this time they have had no competitors in their line of martyrdom. “ History reprodu ••s itself,” they say. This looks like it. Hence forth lei us call our commissioners “Shadrach. Me ahack and Abednego. Lincoln would be “liberal to Gen. Lee and President Davis and, like Uriah Ileep, would palroui/.iugly put his cold, bloody, clammy hand in that of the South! Cursing would do no good in such a case as this— none at all even if blasphemy were a holy ordinance. It will not help matters to remem ber that elsewhere, as in Denmark, “ one may t smile and smile and be a villain. \\ e may vainly “ fall a cursing like a very drab.” There is but one reply te his otter of “ liberal ity,” and that must thunder from the cannon'3 mouth. It is the hour and the occasion for aolion — silent, earnest, noble, Cod-like actiou! The long, lank, cold, heartless, snaky villain lies “in his throat!” accusing us of “treason,” “ and deep as to the lungs,” but it is labor lost to tell him so. The quick, remorseless dagger is the only defense against his devilish hate, his studied insult, his deliberate outrage. It is now the private quarrel of every man and woman and child whose veins contain a drop of Southern blood". We must fight as men never before fought. „ Mr. Lincoln’s “ liberality,” forsooth! —and Mr. Seward’s “pardon”! “ Fic, fie, fie! pah, pah ! Give me au ounce of civit, good Apothecary, to sweeten my imagination; there’s money for thee!” Those Fourteen Thousand. We publish with pleasure the subjoined note from Major Allen, correcting ar. error into which, it seems, we had fallen. We made the statement, referred to in the note, on the au thority of Gen. Toombs, who, not more than three weeks ago, told us that he had been in formed by Major Allen that 14,000 men, in this District alone, whose names were “ on the roll” but. who were not in active service, drew rations from the Government. On the day before the article referred to was publish ed, we called at the office of Major Allen to as certain, not indeed whether the information was correct, but whether any change of cir cumstances, since it was imparted, had pro duced’any change of facts. He was absent, and we then made the statement as quoted. We are, of course, obliged to presume that Gen. Toombs misunderstood Major Allen. Acknowledging, therefore, our error, we should like, nevertheless, to know whether we have erred much or little. We are indeed told that as many as 14,000 rations are not issued in this district to homefolks who are “on the rolls, " but we are hot informed how many are issued. Major Allen tells us that three fourths ot the rations go to the prison camp and the hospitals, but gives no data from which the number composing the remaining one-fourth can be arrived at. Will he favor us with an approximate statement of the whale number.of daily rations issued in his district? We should like to know and publish the fact : Editor op the Times :— ln your issue of yesterday, in an article captioned “Employ ment of negroes as soldiers” you make this statement: “Major Alien, Confederate Com missary for this Military district, issues 14,000 daily rations to soldiers. These men are ou the army rolls and. of course, are subject to the call ot the Secretary of War ; a small pro portion are hospital patients, and a like num ber are skilled artisans and detailed mechan ics, but a majority of them are doing one thing and another that might as well be left undone until the question of independence is decided on the battlefield. 4 ' Permit me, Mr. Editor, to say that I am as much astonished at this information as any of your numerous readers. The rations which are issued in my district are the prison camp at Andersonviile and to the hospitals at this ! place, Macon, Forsyth, Americus, £uthbert | and Albany, and the detailed men at these i different posts. Three fourths of the rations : iiSdiletl 111 my district are to the prison camp and hospitals, and the balance to detailed ; men and negroes employed in the commissary, | quartermaster, ordnance and navy depart- ! mem, excepting soldiers in transitu to new fields of service. Your statement, Mr. Editor, is an error, and does the War Department great injustice and leaves your argument, so far as this basis is concerned as to the employment of negro troops, a baseless fabric. I most respectfully recy.e; t that you insert this communication in your next issue. Your obedient servant, A. M. ALLEY, Major, etc. We learn from the members of the Legis lature, says the Macon Confederacy, that the spirit of war and resistance to Lincoln, is ris ing in a flood tide from one end of the State to the other. People from the mountains to the seaboard are resolved, with the voice of one man, never to submit to the demands of Lincoln, Seward, and the abolition crew, who require us to bend our necks to the yok-c they hate made for U3. Thomas H. Watts Esq,, (governor of Alabama. Auburn. Ala., Feb. Btn, 1865. My Dear Sir: Events of the greatest magnitude progress with such rapidity that I find it difficult to pursue any plan, in the descussiou of public affairs. Our Peace commissioners Have re turned, and nothing remains but for us to fight on, and pray on and suffer on, and wait for the salvation of God. My plan of nego tiation is, for us to agree among ourselves upon such terms of peace as will be satisfac tory to just aud reasonable men ; to lay them, I car# not in what form or by whose hands, authoritatively before the Northern people , with or without the consent of Mr. Lincoln; to argue the plan thoroughly, aud appeal to the Northern ma.ss's to rally and to ratify them. We ought, in my judgment, simultaneously to make equivalent propositions to England and Franc*-, and to take “the nigh cut” io in dependence. While we thus continue to ne gotiate. we must stimulate every nerve and quicken th r energies of the whole Country, for the impending struggle. The U tuy of war” ,« com-. The present year will "settle the bloody controversy. We enter the ring now for 'he last time. We must gather up ail our remaining strength, measure our blows and put them in 'he right place. You and 1 cannot be blind to the tempest which is gathering over our .State. In a few weeks u ore the avalanche may descend from ihe mountains ; the tornado sweep up from the gulf; the valley of the beautiful Alabama mav be a desolation ; “the First Capital of the Confederacy” a ruin, —our noble State pro strate beneath the hoof of the invader. It becomes us to be ready for “a worse thing” than ha? yet befallen any people. The enemy is frantic with rage. We have defied him in the moment of his exultation. He comes now to destroy'. What shall we do? I venture to counsel that one thing we ought not to do.— We ought not to wait for the Confederate armies to come to our .relief . We must help ourselves now or be overrun. Another thing will be fatal. We must not delay organization We must test the power of the State to meet a small army and defeat it. Opposed as lam to the policy of putting negroes into the Con° federate army, I venture to suggest that they might be efficiently organized into home com panies, in connection with their masters and overseers, and employed successfully for State defense. We have no time to wait for the forms of law. Let companies be formed of tons, twenties, fifties and hundreds, always maintaining the preponderance of the master race. Let every neighborhood have its ten, with a commander. Organize th<- tens, arm them, aud when the moment arrive, let the State swarm with these companies, and hang on the flanks of the enemy, cut off his sup plies, impede his march, pick up his stragglers —fight him! Fight him from behind every tree, at every corner of the streets, along the highways, at every bridge, in every swamp, upon every hill—fight him everywhere and every how, and to the bitter end. Let these companies be volunteer. Head the movement yourself, and rallg all of every color , age and profession to the rescue ! I do not pretend to be wise in things of this sort, but it seems to me that the time has come, in this fight, which Virgil describes — Anna ministrat furor. Seize what weapons we may, and not allow another Sherman, to go unscathed through Alabama. There are one hundred thousand available men and boys in Alabama, white and black, for this work.— They can protect the State. Summon the Legis lature again, and do what can be done in form of law. What cannot be so done, do without form of law. “Bea law unto yourself ” ! Excuse this digression. I began to write about continued negotiation and the terms of peace which we may offer to the Northern peo ple or to the nations of Europe. Ist. We may well yield the free navigation of the great continental rivers which indicate a necessary commercial relation between the sections for all time. 2d. We may well agree to a customs union, or to absolute free trade between the two na tions. 3d. We may not scruple to form a treaty of : mutual protection against foreign powers. These are the elementary ideas of any treaty \ we can make with the United States. They can be varied to suit relations with England and France. But what shall we do with “slavery?” Shall j we “compromise” that institution and consent j to either its immediate or gradual abolition ia order to buy foreign recognition or appease i our fanatical foe? lam strongly impressed with the idea that we may make a fataLjnis- ' take on this subject of slavery. Men every- 1 where begin to say, “give up slavery for in dependence.” It occurs to me that if we “give up slavery” we shall lose independence. That “independence” that we could get for such a price would turn out to be the most abject dependence. A people cannot become “inde pendent” by a forced relinquishment of one half of all their property, and that the very property they have taken up arms to defend. And this is doubtly true in our case, when, upon this property rests our peculiar, social, life and institutions. Ido not think that our Heavenly Father has sent this war to abolish slavery. The reverses we experience might as wellbe construed into His providential pur pose to maintain the old union, or to burn our dwellings and waste our fields, as to de stroy slavery. He may. and doubtless does, intend to rebuke our Avarice, to punish us for our lusts and selfish pride, to teach us a prop er regard for humanity and moral relations, in the exercise of the power committed to us } as the Guardian of His poor and dependent children of Africa. He reminds us that we have “a master in Heaven.” But in my opin ion, the capture and removal of our slaves by Yankee soldiers does no more teach us that slavery is to be abolished, than the arrest and ravishment of our wives teaches us 10 abolish j marriage. Let us adhere to our institutions ■ —do that which is “just and equal”—rule | ovei our households in the fear of God and ! the loveof our fellowmen : and Go 1 who. I think, established slavery for beneficent ends, will have no controversy with us on this sub ject. I u-ould yield nothing to the North, nothing to Englandjand France, in a matter respecting which they have no right to demand anything. If slavery shall be overthrown we shall be over thrown.■ The day we consent to emancipation we are Yankeeized! We adopt Yankee ideas. Yankee pursuits, Yankee institutions, Yankee habits. Yankee socie’v, Yankee literature , Yankee laws aad Yankee destiny. We shall aav<» ought in vain' la vain, upon five hun dred battle fields has the precious blood of our j k-fotc sons and brothers been poured our ! Uke w ater—an unavailing sacrifice to liberty. If I thought that it could be wise and proper o agtee to emancipation, I womd here, now and defianth. lift the standard of u/i condition ai submission. would openiv surrender to -he power wh,cn hai subdue i me. I wouil go meekly under the yoke. If we are to be \ anxee States and peop.<-, I prefer to belong to the Yankee Union. But it is a mere delusion that we can get independence any sooner, or upon anv better terms, from England or France, or Mr. Lincoln, by yielding slavery, than ir we hold on un compromisingly to it. Slavery has 7iow noth ing to do with the question of recognition, ex cept as a m-re thesis ‘or the display of diplo matic ingenuity. Practically oiiV independence is already won. tnd will be acknowledged and acted on by Europe and the North as fast and as far forte as events may make it their interest to acknowledge and act on it. The anti-slavery sentiment will not weigh so much as a feather n he scale which ballances the er-rtt national interest and future destinies of Europe and America, when the nations come to 'heir real account. England cares nQthing about slavery. France cares nothing. The Pope car-s n .umg. Whenever it convenient an-, contribute to their dynastic schemes, any c all of “ the Powers ” will dis cover that slav ry is a divinely appointed in stitution—full A the charities of the Gospel —a tree of lit?. to be fanned by breezes of Eden, and its roots fed. if need be, by the blood of sacrificial millions. Until that day, when these Powers realize their interest in accepting us to their companionship, we must fight on and all the same whether we abandon slavery and ourselves, or not. We shall conquer our independence sootier by adhering to our institution and weilding its power iu the cotton field, than by any.sac rifice of its integrity, or any wild adventure with it into army operations. Two hundred thousand young and active negro fellows could make one million of bales of cotton— worth, in specie, two hundred and fifty mil lion.? of dollars, or in Confederate money, seven thousand five hundred millions of dollars. In words, this two hundred thousand ne groes, which “ it is said ” Gen. Lee desires to put into the army, might in one year pay our whole war debt and impart specie value to our currency. This would be independence ! Finally, ray dear Sir, I am constrained to the opiffion that subjugation would be better than submission or compromise. We may be plundered, outraged, overrun, trampled upon, murdered, executed as traitors. Mr. Lincoln and his Hessians and butchers “ cannot kill the soul ” ! We have the power to resist to the end! —to keep our bands from the bond of infamy !—to die —to die defiantly—die free men ! “Yes, Peace is beautiful, I do yearn For her to clasp tha world's poor tortured heart. % s*’ vi sje ry But peace with these Leviathans of blood! * * » s- *■ Give them, tha hand of brotherhood—whose fangs Are in our hearts with the grim'blood-hounds grip? *• * * * * Peace with oppression which doth tear our friends And brothers from our side to-day, and comes To eat our hearts and drink our blood to morrow ? Out on’t! I answer War ! war with the cause of war. * *- -s * *• Brothers ! I bid ye forth t.o glorious war! Paten fig leaves on the naked truth no more. The stream of Time runs red with our best blood! * * * * * x -0! we have fought and bied on land and sea, Heaped Glory’s oar with myriads of the brave, Spilt blood by oceans—treasures by the million. V ft ft- ft ft 0! to give ourselves theis valiant heart, Whose dumb,dead dust is worth our living 30uls — Dear God’t ft ere sweet to kis3 the scaffold-block !” It is a terrible responsibity to counsel ivar. Ido not love it. I am tired of it. I would avert it if I could. My sons and brothers, and neighbors and friends, are in the fire. My blood and substance are of the sacrifice. I would shrink away if I could—l see no alter native. I eau devise no escape. I gird on the armor. I go as I think duty commands. I shall prosecute with ail zeal, any practicable plan of honorable, just peace—but now we have out cnk work —one word — ons thought —onk Dss tint—one duty —and that is WAR ! —and the God of David go with us against the mighty ! Your friend. Wit. F. Samforo. “The Dutt of the Hour is Action!” —The Montgomery Mail does not overstate, in the sols lowing paragraph, the imperative necessity far prompt and vigorous ACTION!” Speaking of the general situation it says : The concentration of forces may leave many points exposed to the ravages of hostile raiders. To this the commanders of militia, the militia themselves and their State Governments must give their promptest attention. The reserve forces should be put in a condition of thorough organization, ready at the tap of a bell or the “long roll,” to move to any point threatened, re gardless of State or count? lines. Stragglers (we will not call them deserters) must be returned to their jjommands. Post garrisons and village guards must be put to more serviceable occupation at the front. Detectives, secret service men, pur* chasing agents, details, of the able-bodied “rear guards*” must go where glory waits them.” The duty of the hour is action. The country must be placed in a strongly defensive attitude, while diplomacy continues aggressive. The Hon. Mr. Gholson takes the correct view of the situation in the present emergency; that while we shall mani fest a willingness to treat for peace, we should not omit vigorously to prepare for war ; to place at once in the army, every man liable under our laws, to render military service ; by causing the com missary, and quartermaster, and other departments to be administered with renewed energy; and since General Lee has been made General-in* chief, to assign him our best and most accept able Generals to the command over separate ar mies. The Peace Conference. —We understand, says the Richmond Sentinel, 6th, that Messrs. Stephens, Hunter and Cambell, were met at Fortress Monroe, on shipboard, by President Lincoln and Secretary Seward. The confer ence was brief. The proposition made by MV. Lincoln was substantially as follows : If the Confederates will lay down their arms, take off their uniforms, disband, and disperse to their homes, Mr. Lincoln will proceed to appoint for the Confederate States, marshals, district attorney?, and judges for the United States Courts : that in executing the confisca tion law be would endeavor to be as lenient as possible ; tha* he would also, as far as pos sible, be leuienttothe lenders of the rebellion : that he would treat neither with the Confede ate States nor with any State separately ; that t • will accept nothing and listen to nothing 3uoi t »nconditional submission to the Con st/'"': . » oi the United States and the laws passed under its forms ; that the slavery ques tion had been disposed of by Congress in the adoption ot the late constitutional amendment, and was not to be now discussed. Our deputies thereupon returned, and reach ed Richmond Saturday evening. Hlegroes to Hire. ffO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good 1 CV>ok and Wastior. Amity to Wm. 1. W»LFQLK, jau 17 ts Agent. [From the Telegraph A Confederate.] Ann; SaiijTs Talk io the Boys. I have bean thinking a good deal lately about mis war “and its consequences.” Tha whys tha wherefores, the pros and cons of tha case, Mr. Editor. lam an old lady. Both my grandfathers ?lught under Gen. Marion in the revolution, and I like I have a right to give the boys a talk; and a pretty plain one. it shall’be too. To those who are in tha field, and have been there all the while, all praise, all honor, all thanks, from every woman’s heart be your3. Dear, noble, precious boys, your mothers’ hearts overflow with thankful ness to God for such heroic, self sacrificing souls. Your mothers ceaseless prayers ascend to Heaven for vour safety here, and your salvation hereafter. God forever bless you, boys, and grant us peace on-e more. When I set down and think *f all your sufferings, and see these be starred, be-but toned, be laced, Jerry Me-DHdles flying round your sisters and sweethearts at home. Good L<> rd, I get so hot I hardly know what to do. Here are young men, rich, intelligent and heal thy, who have never given a soldier one thing, or done anything for their country, condeming Beau regard, Hood and Hardee, while Sherman passed right by their doors, went through the entire State of Georgia and took Savannah. Oh, shame, where is thy blush? “Why jest at scars, who never felt a wound?” Ail they are fit for is to drink, smoke cigars, and flirt with the pretty girls; and, by the by, its but a common girl that will allow one of the donkeys to flirt with her. If I was Governor Brown, please the Lord, I’d put every mother’s son of them in petticoats ! If they love the woman so wall that they can’t go to the front to defend them, make women of them at once and have done with it. Again , we see nice looking youn g men, bridge menders, shoe-makers, cross tie cutters. Ac., just to ko-p out of he army. It smacks strongly to me of cowardice. I understand from an officer, a man of integrity, that at the battle of Griswold ville “there were lots es noble boys in the tr-uiches on their crutches,” Think of this, ye carpet knights, ye bridge menders, ye cross tie cutters, ye cowards. Yes, aud I know soma persons, too, who have no circuit, station or church to attend to. who were mighty military before the war, drilling the boys, and even the girls; who are as easy as old shoes. S-rae have been called by such a church that exempts them : others have to preach to brother Dodgeaway’s negroes; another is sick— has a pain in his misery, I suppose. Brother Dodgeaway’s negroes flight have ail gone to pur gatory, for all I cared, if there had been no war. “Let them rock ; they ain’t worth their salt.” — “Soldiers in peace, citizens in war.” I see colo nels, majors, captains, and all titled, all gold laced to death, all at home. Where in the mischief is their command ? I’ll bet a ginger cake to a silver sixpence, that half a dozen of us old ladies, could whip a regiment of such catti® with our big scis sors. I have fifteen or twenty nieces and several daugh ters, and I know nearly all the girls in the W F. College, besides a great many other splendid young ladies, and I’ll go my death against their marrying one of these cox-combs. Don’t you do it, girls; they ain’t worth the powder and shot it would take to blow their brains out. They will do you like the man in the west did his wife; a bear came to the cabin, one day, and the old man ran up in the loft, dragging the ladder after him, and the old lady killed the bear with an axe. Some neighbors com ing in directly, the old man slipped down, clapping his hands and said : “see what we we've done.” I would as soon marry a rib-nosed babboon, as one of these stay at-home officers. A word to those who have the conscript-limp, the drill-rheumatism, affection of the spine, lungs, heart, &c- I have seen'one of these limp out of sight of the Provost Marshal, kick up his heels, sing “Devil take the girl that wouldn’t marry me.” If I was the girl, I think I’d hesitate whether to take the devil or him. I’ve known these rheumatic hos pital patients dance "all night, and limp the next day to shin-bone alley to get a drink. I see hale, hearty, young men, detailed to pick up strag glers, and men in the army old enough for their grand-fathers. Oh Iye deceitful hypocrits! How dare you, in the face of womankind, pretend to manhood; call yourselves men, and who are made in the image of God, so desecrate your sex ? I call upon you in the name of all you lore if you have one spark, if you Jptve one vestige of honor, if you have the semblanee of shame, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, sweethearts, if you lore your country, if you love God, go to the front and stay there and help drive the vile invader from your land. Oh, “tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon” that a feeble woman had to raise her voice to beg men to defend their own homes. What shall I say of the infamous seventeen, with Hartridge, the Judas Iscariot of the South, among them ? Methinks I hear someone say “let them be Anathema Maranatba.” Let their days be few and others take their offices. Let their wives be widows and their children fatherless, as tfie lamented Bar tow’s are. I hear that Sherman has offered a black silk dress and a ten dollar gold piece to the first la dy he sees with long hair, I propose that he keep his money andlbuy uniforms for the degraded seven - teen, and that the uniform be a coat of black paint all over the body, with white ring.? round the eyes and mouth. A suit of black serge with red cuffs and collar, and finish it off with a good long pair of ears and tail; then they would be fit subjects for his satanic majesty’s drawing room. And now, boys, since I’ve spoken my mied, I feel relieved. I won’t write again, unless I get provoked, and if I do, I’ll give it to you without gloves next time. —, Remember this, says the Wilmington Journal hereafter theshriokers for negotiation, peace, Ac., are simply counsellors of peace on Lincoln’s terms, and these are now proclaimed to be submission, abolition,confiscation,subjugation and degradation. They now know what negotiation with Lincoln means, and cannot 3ay that it has not been triad —fairly tried—and under auspices supposed to be favorable. There is but one thing for it now, firmness and constancy. Nothing else will win—but these will. The peace they offer is that we surrender at dis cretion ! Our soldiers 3ay no ! to this proposition—our honor forbids it—ail eur hopes for the future plead against it. It cannot and will not be done. There is even now a re-action from the deep des pondency of the ia3t few months. Thera is a re action of the public courage—there is an uprising of the public spirit. Our very misfortunes will prove the cause of our salvation—>ur very disap pointments will result Ju the firmer establishment of our independence and prosperity. mm • m The Confederate Armies, We cannot resist the temptation, says the Rich mond Whig—in order to give a specimen of the New York Herald’s “accurate information” con cerning the armed strength of t’ne Confederacy— to publish the following relative to our brave Army of Northern Virginia, which will ever prove a veteran band of irresistible peace commissioners. The Herald says the principal of these as the Army of Northern Virginia, now commanded by Gen. Joe Johnston. He finds it, on assuming com mand, in the very trenches in which he left it in 1862, when wounded in the seven days’ battles before Richmond. Does he find it as strong as then? Let us examine. The army consists of four corps of infantry and two of cavalry. There are eleven divisions, embracing 44 brigades, or 207 regiments of infantry,’ with 44 batteries at tached. Accurate data at hand shows very con clusively that ihe regimeats.in the Army of Vir ginia [will not everage over 250 men to the regi ment, and 150 to the battery, which would give an aggregate of 54,375 a3 the infantry force of Johnston’s army. The two eavaly corps of Wade Hampton and Fitz Hugh Lee number 46 regi ments. To this force should be added the com mand of Gen. Breckinridge, which is really a part of General Gordon’s corps, temporarially de tached and mounted, and which is held at all times in readiness to go to the aid of Richmond. This will give 62 as the number of cavalry regi ments in the army, and a total of 13,950 cavalry, or a grand total of 67,326 infantry, cavalry and artillery is the effective strength of the principal army of the rebels. The following is a reeapitu atson of the Herald’s aggregate; MEN. Armv of Northern Virginia 74,910 Army of Tennessee 20.000 Army es Missouri 23,000 reserves. Garrison of Richmond 1,000 J Garrison of Lynchburg 1.000 Department of North Carolina 7,000 Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, opposing Sherman 3,000 Department on Eastern Georgia, oppposing Sherman.... 11,500 Department of Alabama, Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana. 14,000 District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona 5,000 District of West Louisiana 3,000 Garrison of sorta on coast 5,000 Grand Totm ...163,950 THE CITY T J JACKSON f.»»CAL EDITOR Negro Salk.— Ellis, Livingston Jk Cos. adver tise a iarge number of valuable negroes for sale at auction to day. Those wishing to invest their money lathi- species of property will 4o well to attend the saio as we have no doubt bargains will be offered. Among those to be offered are good cooks, Sell hands, carpenters, blacksmiths, house servants, drc. Auction Sales. —The following prices were ob ained ye9ter-dav at Rosette. Lawhon A Co.’s auc tion room : one negro woman and child. $3.45; one music box.s3oo: oranges per box. $220; cane svrup per gallon, sl6; gold and silver vratehes from $419 to $1120;one sofa bottom rocking chair, $400: one small sofa bottom rocking chair, $210: five pieces silver ware.ss7o; one sole leather trunk, $770. The weather for the last day or two has been most delightful, having assumed quite a springish appearance We are ready to welcome it with open arms. —9 4tm Fresh Fish. —We notice that some of our fish ermen arc beginning to apply their vocation on the river banks, and with some success. We saw a trout ye-teriay weighing, we suppose about four pounds. One of our money lords purchased it at the trifling sum of thirty-five dollars. If these fish should prove numerous, and the prices be kept “so low” a3 $35 we shall ail doubtless eat much fish this season. But without jesting, we shoul ljike t> see a iarge crop of fish in the mar ket this spring, as everything else is scarce. Despite the evils of war our city occasionally presents an active,business like appearance. Broad street was yesterday crowded with vehicles of every description, two auction houses were in full blast, with large crowds at each, aud every body who had anything to buv or sell seemed to be ac tuated by the patriotic desire “suck sombody in.” Socks for Cheatham’s Men.— We have again been requested to call upou the ladies of Columbus and vicinity to assist in furnishing socks for the gallant, barefooted men of the above corps. These men are cut off from their homes and the kind sympathy of mothers and sisters, and thus the obligation upon the Georgia ladies is doubly binding. The patriotism of Cheatham’s corps is unquestioned. Their brilliant achievements have been conspicuous on many a hard-fought battle field in Georgia. Shall they now appeal in vain to the ladies of a State which they have defended with such heroic devotion and fortitude. Wo trust not. For the credit of our noble women who are incapable of turning a deaf ear to such appeals, we hope not. We trust the ministers of our seve ral churches will urge this matter upon their con gregations, if the united voice of the city press is not sufficient to awaken an interest in it. We have no doubt that all contributions to this cause, left with either of our ministers, will be promptly for warded to Rev. Mr. Burke of Macoa, who is the geaerai agent for tha collection of socks in Georgia. ! Fires.—About twelve o’clock yesterday a house | in Brownsville occupied by a Mrs. Young was I consumed by fire while the occupant had gone to | the factory to carry dinner to her children. We j regret to learn that Mrs. Young lost all her ! household effects and is left entirely destitute. Would it not be a beautiful and noble exemplifi cation of the principles of Christianity for our cit izens to repair the losses of this poor family by voluntary free-will offerings ? It is hard for the best of us to get along these times, but a poor homeless, friendless wanderer should have a claim upon the sympathy and active benevolence of every : one who has a heart tp be touched by the miafor ! tuoes which are liable to happen alike to the rich and tha poor. About the same hour a fire broke out in the roof | of the residence of John D. Atkinson, at present | occupied by Mrs. Teasdale near the government wagon manufactory. By the prompt action of the employees of that establishment the fire was im | mediately put out, with but trifling damage to the i property. Treatment of Confederate Prisoners. The New York Daily New3 of the 3d inst., pub lishes the following extracts from a letter written bjr a lady in high social position, and of unques tionable loyalty to the Union : [From a Private Letter.] Chicago, 111., Dec. 24, 1864. * * * The condition and suf fering of the rebel prisoners at Rock Island is a source of agony to every heart not absolutely dead to the feelings of common humanity, and the scantiest Christian mercy. There are from six to eight thousand confined here. Many have taken the oath—any oath to save themselves from actual starvation. The released prisoners, though libe rated at different intervals of time, all tell the same story. The allowance to each mau has been one small loaf of bread—it takes three to make a pound—and a piece of meat, two inches square per day. This was the rations ! Lately it has been reduced. Think of it reduced! Ail the re leased one3 say that no man can live on the rations given, and there are men that would do anything to get enough to eat. Such is che wretched, ravenous condition of , these poor starving creatures, that several dogs j which, have come to the barracks with teams have fallen victims to their hunger, and they are trap | ping rats and mice for food, actually to save life, j Many of them are nearly naked, barefooted, bare ; headed, and without bedclothes; exposed to i ceaseless torture from the chill and pitiless winds of the upper Mississippi. Thus, naked and hun gry, and in prison, enduring a wretchedness which no tongue can describe, no language can tell, they j suffer from day to day, each day their number j growing less by death—death, their only comforts | er, their only merciful visitor ! I God in Heaven ! Shall these things continue ? i Can we hope for success in our cause ? Will a just and merciful God bless and prosper it, if such cruel inhumanity is practiced by our rulers ? May we not provoke a terrible and just chastisement at His hands? N® Christian heart, knowing the facts, can feel otherwise. j Many charitable persons, influenced by no other motives than humanity and Christian duty, have 3ent supplies of clothing to these prisoners, but they have never been permitted to reach them. I have heard of the sale of such clothing having been made across the river at Davenport, at very low prices. Is it possible that the authorities at Washington know of and approve these thi Q g ? ? i A good many have taken the oath, stating . afterwards to citizens that they did so t 0 j save them from starvation. I learn that tt er ® are ; are about five thousand confined here wIP “ ave resolved to die rather than do so. Although are wrong, is there not a suhlima harm#® adherence of these men, amid such trials, to a cause which they believe to be right. HriDQUABTERS, GOV. WORKS, (OrD.) ) Columbus, Ga., Feb. 17, 1865. / Special Orders, No. 12- * # ***** 11. Mr. J H. McLean, is hereby appointed Special Agent for the collection of small arms and accoutrements, belonging to the Government in this District. He will call at every house and make inquiries, and the citizens are most earnestly and respectfully called upon to give him ail the assistance in their power, and to give up all public arms, Ac., they may have in their possession. They are needed in the field. It cannot be neces sary to add more to get the aid of al! interested ir. the success of our cause. * ♦ ***** By command M. H. WRIGHT. feb 18 lw Col. Commanding To Hire. A LIKELY sixteen old house GIRL, that ha been well raised, sews well, has a good iisposi Of 'OFFICE. AUCTION SALEIS. By Elli*, Livingston & t o. VERY DESIRABLEIIEGROES. WVi! 1 SATURDAY, February 13th, * v at 11 o clock, in front of our Auction Room A likely NEGRO MAN 51 years oil, good FI ostler, Farmer, Ac. A likely NEGRO BO\, 13 years oii, A “ “ Woman 32 year? old', Field hand, and her child 2 years* old 1 likely NEGRO. BOY, 6 years old, house servant, cook, Ac , A NEGRO BOY. 20 vears old "fob 15 $43 —also— -10 bbls Fine Corn Whiskey. 2 four, and 1 twoshorse wagon, Lot Furniture. Ac., See. feb 15 sl2 —ALSO — A Likely Negro Man 28 years oil, Carpenter, 1 “ “ Woman 30 yrs. old. field hand, 1 “ “ Boy 14 “ “ 1 “ “ Woman 23 •• “& 2 children 1 “ Man 26 “ “ Blacksmith, 1 “ “ Woman 36 “ “ 1 i; » u 22 “ “ 1 “ “ Boy 17 “ “ 1 “ “ Woman ’>o “ “ good Cook, etc. feb 15 $24 ALSO, A Very Fine 7 Octave Piano, Aeoleaa attachment, iD good order. A Good Close Carriage and Harness, late style, in good order. 2 Road Wagons, etc., etc. 1 Circular and Upright Mill Sa”*, 10-inch Guttapercha Belt. Lot Grass Bale Rope, Brocade SiU, Window Curtins, etc. feb 15 $24 ALSO, 3 bbls. Choice Syrup. 2 Sacks Family Flour. feb 18 $4 By Ellis, Livingston & to VBLUABLE NEQROES AT AUCTION ON TUESDAY, 21st Feb. at 11 o’clock, we will sell, on account of a party retiring from the planting busines, the following val uable negroes, A Likely Negro Man, 24 years old, good family Servant, farmer and very trusty. A Likely Negro Woman, 19 years old, good house servant, cook, &c., and her child, 3 years old. A Likely Negro Man, 27 } r rs old, field hand. A Likely Negro Girl, 23 yrs old, field hand, and her 4 children. A Likely Negro Boy, 18 years old, liouso servant and field hand. A Likely Negro Man, 33 yrs old, field hand. ALSO, 2 Shares Eagle Factory Stock. 15 “ Ga., Home Ins. Company Stock. 77 “ Great Southern Ins. Company Stock, feb 16 $67 50 ALSO, A Negro Man 26 years old, A “ Woman 55 years old. feb 18 $9 MYERS, WATSON & CO,, AUCTIONEERS AND General Commission Merchants, At Hull <Sc Duck's old stand. Opposite Bank of Columbus, Broad Street. fpgiP Personal and prompt attention given to all consignments. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 21, 1865. jan23 ts Administrator’* Sale WILL be sold the Ist Tuesday in March, tho House and Lot in the city of Columbus.the resi dence of Col. Tennille, sold as the property of Ala. Teunille. At the same time will be 3old a lot of Household and Kitchen Furniture. D. MORRIS, fcb!7-2w* Administrator. Rosette, Lawhon & Go., OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE One Copper Boiler, 8 feet long. Five or six hundred pounds Led Pipe 8 or 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks. jen 18 ts Notice! Office Medical Director of Hospitals, | Columbus, Ga., Feb. 15, 1865. j The following named soldiers detailed tor Hospi tal service having been appointed to act as Fora ; gers by Surgeons in charge of Hospitals, and their i appointment approved at this Office, are duly au thorized to act in that capacity for the Hospitals an 1 j in the Counties set opposite their respective names. All persons claiming to be such agents, and who ; cannot show written authority as above set forth will be subject to arrest. W. 11. 11. Phelps, Enrolled Conscript,’..Sumter Ho j pital, Andersonville, Ga, Counties, 4/useogee, Ga. G. H. Perdue, private Cos. C, 37th Ga. Reg., Fiew ellen Hospital Opelika, Ala., Pike, Upson, Miaro?, Butts and Crawford, Ga. M. T. Lloyd, Enrolled Conseript, Walker Hospi tal, Columbus, Ga„ Counties. Muscogee, Ga. W. N. Reid, Enrolled Conseript, Cairns Hospital. Columbus, Ga„ Counties, Coweta, Troap.and Mer - wether, Ga. J. N. Grehan, Enrolled Conscript, Lee Hospital, f Columbus, Ga., Counties, Chattahoochee, Ga. W. C. Jamison, Private Cos. I, 46th Ga. Regimen", ! Catoosa Hospital, Geneva, Ga., counties, Talbot, j Chattahoochee and Jfarion, G*. S. H. STOUT, j febl7-7t Medical Direr »r. .Stolen. 1 rnAKEN off the Montgomery train, 15th inst., near X Camp Watts, a CARPET SACK, the property of Surgeon B. F. DickinsoD, containing valuable clothes and about fitty ounces of Quin ; n‘‘, intended for the Army of Tennessee, Any information con cerning which will be thankfully received and for the delivery of the same a liberal reward will be given. I. E. PREWITT, Ass’t Surgeon 12th Tenn. Reg, Vaughn’s Brig., Cheatham’s D.v. feb 17—4 t» GEORGIA, Muscogee County. INFERIOR COURT sitting for County purposes— -1 February 13th, 1865. Ordered by the court, that al! persons having failed to give in their State and County tax for tha year 1864, and consequently thereby double taxed are required to file their affidavit, agreeably to law, with t m Clerk of said Court, by Jfonday the 20th instant, to’show why they should be relieved G. W. ROSETTE, feb 6 3t Clerk Inferior Court. GEORGIA, Muscogee County- C’EALF.D proposals will be received by the q ”’ 1 Court of said county, uutil the Ad ; ;• fr building a Lattice or Trestle Sail JUS 1 ? WS* i£» &5® s accept or reject any ot a. o, w rqSETTE. , , Clerk Inferi' r >urt. feb 16 ot Headquarters Enrolling Office, \ Muscogee County, Georgia, > Columbus, Feb. 15, 1845.) Government contractors >n this county are hereby notified that tinny details for hands m tacir em ploy have expired. The? must com* Uffwari J 1 race and get **ll details renewed, or si, i laud*. will be sen u> Camp Cooper. COBS feb 16 Iw Cog*t. & Bt* 5 liv'« ’.