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DAILY TIMES.
J V. WtRRES, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Sunday Dlorning, February 19, 1865.
From Our Richmond Correspondent.
Richmond, February 2, 1865.
With the departure of our cotnmissiouers
to Washington, the weather has at least be
come quiet and peaceable, and to-day is as
mild and balmy as though it had been bor
rowed from May. On Monday rumors of a
raid on our left iTere prevalent, and the conse
quent cull for local defense ‘mops caused the
streets to iook almost deserted, until after
noon, v. '.en it was ascertained that the Yan
kee picKM.s had only been a. little more lively
than usu -.1.
With the loss of Mr. Malioiy s torpedo boat '
a tew days since, Georgia has cause to mourn
the 10-s <>i a very gallant r/liQ Was upon j
bat occAclop drowned—Lieut. .Eneas Arm- '
i
ktiot-y. ■ Georgia. U- w.« i:. the ulu u;>vy,
and bad risen very rapidly tor oi.e of his
years.
A delegation from the Legislature of Noith
Carolina have been in the city for a day or
two past. They leave for home tin# afternoon
much tdeased and encouraged by their coti
lerence with the authorities here. The result
of their mission will be to frustrate the de
signs entertained by a party in North Caroli
na to call a Stale Convention, for the purpose
of bringing about pence negotiations. We
art already beginning to reap some good fruit
from t e niTssiou of Messrs. Stephens, Hunter
and Campbell. It is expected that public
sentiment in Georgia n.ay also be strengthen
ed and encouraged, and that Ihe only danger
to our cause may be averted—that of an fu
side revolution which would assuredly fol
low the a .-embling at. this tfme of Conven
tions of the various States. Much diversify
of opinion prevails here, as to the probable
termination of this effort on onr part to stop
this struggle, but the sentiment is almost uni
versal. that it cannot in any event work inju
ry to oui cruse. Rumor to-day says, Lincoln
has appointed a commission to meet ours,
consisting of Ex-Presidents Pierce, Fillmore
and Judge Chase. If true, it lends strong
color to the belief that Lincoln is Seeking the
aid of the conservative masses of the North,
to relieve him from the strait to which he has
been reduced by the ultra Republicans.
Since the departure of Blair, Sr., another
gentleman has arrived within our lines, sup
posed to be in some way connected with the
subject of peace. Whilst lam informed, upon
competent authority, that he is on private busi
ness alone, it is probable he may be used by
the Government in event of protracted nego
tiation. He is a native of North Carolina,
and has been for many years a resident of
Illinois. He corroborates the opinion of all
intelligent and well informed people from the
outside—that we have only to remain true to
our determination to secure our independence,
and the North will be compelled to yield it to
us on our own terras.
The bungling attempts made in Congress to
diplomatize with the North on the subject of
the Monroe doctrine, &c., are considered as ill
timed as they are foolish and impracticable.
The currency and military bills, acted upon
by both branches, have been turned over to
the consideration of conference committees.
Great anxiety here as to Sherman’s move
ments. It is believed that our force is strong
enough to handle him, if properly managed.
There is a universal desire that Gen. Hardee
should be superseded in the command—for
though all accord to him manly and soldierly
qualities, no one deems him capable of coping
with Shermau, even upon equal terms. If he
remains in command, it is thought he will ei
ther be whipped or out-generaled, both equally
disastrous to us.
From the tenor of General Hill’s orders, it
would seem that he intends to make the skulk
ers do duly in defence of Augusta, and to
sacrifice the hoardings pf the speculators.—-
Lincoln has informed his generals that he
must have cotton, to sustain his money, and
the 80,000 bales in Augusta, if not burned,
will make a crop of traitors far more numer
ous and abject than ever there were in Savan
nah.
General Lee’s army has become a mass
meeting of patriots, denouncing the timid and
dtsponding, and pledging their services and
lives anew in defence of their liberties. If
these half ted, poorly paid, and worse clothed
veterans, after four years of untold suffering,
can reinvigorate a cause in its most trying
hour by words and deeds of patriotism and
encouragement, what should be done with the
bloated and swindling scoundrels at home
who are crying for reconstruction, and endeav
oring to save their isl-gotten spoils at the
expense of the liberties of their brothers and
the honor of their wives and sisters?
General Lee has been appointed and unafl
imously confirmed Commanding General.—
His friends say he will accept, and this gives
him the power to assign Generals to command,
and it is thought that he will place General
Johnston in an important position. Notwith
standing the clamor here for the re-instating
of General Johnston, I have yet to see the
first one of his friends, who is willing that he
should be assigned to the command of the
army around this place. Asa test of their
confidence in him, this is, to say the least,
significant, very.
General Breckinridge assumes the duties of
Secretary of War in a day or two. Not so
much talk of changes in the Cabinet. Mr.
Davis does not yield gracefully and thinks,
perhaps, he has appeased the popular appe
tite by parting with Mr. Seddon. The Com
missary General, it is thought, will be the
next and only victim.
The Virginia House of Delegates had a
political revival a night or two since. Spee
ches patriotic and defiant intone from several
distinguished gentlemen. It would be well
to follow the example throughout the country.
The Press and orators of the country can do
much to rally the hopes and revive the spiritg
of the people. ’ ,ca.
From Thomas.— The Selma Dispatch, of
Thursday, has a very important item, when
taken in conneotiou with the announcement
that the I ederal troops at Eaaiport were ali
withdrawn, on or about the 6th instant.
Our cotemporary says : A letter from North
t 0 * reUti7c in our cit J>
at l faomas has orossed 20,000 treops at Flo-
k rCnCC f ° r aa »to tkia section of the
State t-y the v, of Co’.umbn.?,* Mi 33. s and
Tuscaloosa We give* tn:s as stated by a co
lonel. of an Alabama regiment. The*lady
possibly has been misinformed, but the re
| port has an air of probability. Are the peo
ple prepared to meet the foe ?
Late .Northern Items.
Senatoria, ! eb. 16.—Four hundred Yan
kee cavalry run in our pickets at Cold Water,
eight miles north of this place, on yesterday.
They destroyed the ferry boat and then retired
towards Hernando.
Parties from above report a large number
of transports, loaded with troops, going down
I the river.
Telegrams to the Chicago Times, of the
10th, estimate the Federal loss in the fight
near Richmond, on Sunday and Monday, at
A dispatch from Fortress Monroe says that
Grant ha- made arrangements tor a general
exchange of prisoners, including negroes, at
the rate of 3000 per month.
Lincoln has approved a resolution exclud
ing the electoral votes of the States in rebel
lion
Gov. Bramlette says the Federal Govern
ment should pay $84,000,000 for slaves freejl
in Kentucky.
From Augusta-.— War ami its alarms have
drifted away from this immediate neighborhood.
Aiken, which the street gossips took and retook
about fifty times per day, through the valor of
Wneeler and his troopers, remains intact. Wa are
very correctly informed that nothing could exceed
the efficiency and courage of our cavalry. So
much has been said against them that it is but
just to give a liberal meed of praise.
We are of opinion that Sherman’s movements
are mainly directed to the capture of Charleston.
His force are tending rather to the eastward es
Columbia, aiming at the destruction of the North
Eastern Railroad, which being rendered inopera
tive, Charleston, it is thought, must fall of its
own weight. We trust that Gherman’s design
may be thwarted and his'armv defeated. He is
rather a chess-playing sort of a leader, a spider
like Paul Morphy, tempting his adversary to make
false moves to the detriment of King or Castle.
He would rather flank than fight. If we mistake
not, we have the man and the men to bring his
schemes to ruin.— [Constitutionalist, 15 th.
The Extra says that the latest
new* from Memphis is, that Thomas is concentra
ting a heavy force at Eastport on the Tennessee
river, and is urged by Andrew Johnson and others
to commauce a movement upon Alabama, at an
early moment, so as to prevent Hood’s army from
getting to South Carolina to aid Hardee and
Hill.
A correspondent of the Memphis Argus- from
Eastport, says the army has received marching or
ders, and that an advance by the cavalry under
Grierson and Smith have already moved in the
direction of South Alabama, supported by in
fantry.
[Frora'the Mobile Register.]
Mobile War Meeting.
According to announcement a very large
and brilliant meeting was held at the theatre
last (Monday) night, for the purpose of bring
ing “ to the aid of our cause all the available
means at our disposal.” The house was
crowded iu all its parts, the dress circle being
principally occupied by ladies. The meeting
was called to order by Capt. Daniel Wheeler,
who proposed the following named gentlemen
as the presiding officers :
President—Hon. John Forsyth.
Vice Presidents—H. S. Smith, W. D. Dunn,
Cbas Walsh, Percy Walker, Jos. E. Murrell,
A. J. Ingersoll. Cary W. Butt, Dr. S. Wolff,
T. L. Toulmin, B. O’Connell, Jno. Hurtel, Jno.
Reid, Jacob Magee, A. H. Ryland, John G.
Hodges.
Secretaries—H. Ballentyne, I. 0. Dußose.
The committee on resolutions was as fol
lows: Judge Tucker, Hon. John Forsyth,
Judge W. G. Jones, Col. Phelan, and the Hon.
Percy Walker.
After the organization was • completed, the
Rev. Dr. Hamilton offered up a fervent prayer,
and the President, Mr. Forsyth, spoke briefly
and eloquently of the purposes of the meeting.
Judge Tucker then reported the following res
olutions from the committee. They were ably
supported by that gentleman, by Judge Jones
and Col. Phelan. The Hon. C. Langdon ex
pressed also his cordial approval of them, ex
cept the one which recommends the employ
ment of negroes as soldiers. They were final
ly, on motion of Col. Dunn, put to the vote of
the meeting, and adopted unanimously :
Whereas, our country is engaged in a strug
gle for the cherished rights and inestimable
privileges of free representative government,
involving life, liberty and property ; and deem
ing it proper and becoming that the compa
triot sons of the South should reassure each
other, and strengthen each other’s hearts, by
renewed pledges of their loyalty to the com
mon cause, and of their unfaltering purpose
to sustain the Confederate Government and
its heroic soldiers in this time of trial, we
the citizens of Mobile, in public meeting as
sembled, do declare, aud it is hereby
Resolved, 1. That it is our unchangeable
purpose to sustain, by all practicable ways
and means, the civil and military authorities
of our country in our grand conflict :or the>
rights of freeborn men, and that, as there is
nothing to be obtained in the abject submis
sion required of us, preferable to manly resist
ance and honorable death, we declare our un
alterable resolve to fight it out to the bitter
end, with “ victory or death ” inscribed on our
banners.
2. That in the inevitable issues before the
country, there is no middle ground between
patriotism and treachery. He that is not for
us is against us.
3. That we have an abiding and unshaken
confidence in the ability of the Confederate
States to achieve their independence, both
with respect to the numbers they can marshal
for defence, and the material available re
sources for the support of the army, if these
are wisely administered.
4. That as the results of education and so
oial habits, the Southern people were reason
ably predisposed against the proposition to
arm the slave, or to dignify the negro with
the calling and duty of an arms-bearing class
—but as our barbarous, unscrupulous and
implacable foe has seized and armed the neg
ro against his natural protector and rightf-.l
owner, and as by these means he is constant
ly increasing the military strength devoted to
our spoliation and destruction, the expediency
and necessity of using this great reserved
power for our .defense is no longer an open
question. If our Government is overthrown,
all is lost; and the docile African will be con
verted into an instrument of unbearable op
pression to the white race. If you refuse to
use the negro against the Yankee, the Yankee
will use the negro for the enslavement of Sou-
thern white men and women. We therefore
Implore the Confederate Government to au
thorize the immediate impressment of 100,-
000 ablebodied negro men for the army, to be
organized and commanded by Confederate
officers ; and we entreat the civil authorities
of the State of Alabama and our sister States
to lend earnest, instant aid, to accomplish this
object.
5. That the reinstatement at this time of
Gen. Joseph E. Johnstou to the command of
the army of Tennessee will e SVci more to re
store confidence, to increase tbe army, and to
insure a successful defense of this depart
ment, than any other order that could be issu
ed from the War Department.
6. That we call upon our fellow citizens of
Alabama to hold public meetings for the free
expression of their views and purposes ; and
j that leading public men be, and they are
hereby, entreated to attend such meetings,
and to speak words of encouragement to their
people, and to arouse them to proper exertion
by the resistless appeals of an ardent love of
country.
7. That we thaak the army, in the name of
» our country, for its heroism and self-sacrific
; ing devotion: and especial y those
j Hons which have recently declared their uu j
alterable purpose never to lay down their
arms until their country is free.
. 6. That the greatest and most important ser
vice which Confederate military officers cau new
render their country—one to be remembered in
i history, and which a grateful people will never
cease to regard and repay—is to improve the or
ganization and discipline of the army in such
manner as will ensure order, the protection of non
| combatant inhabitants, and efficiency in action,
and, at the same time, promote the comfort of the
i individual private soldier. Without Borne per
; faction of organization, great results cannot bo
i obtained. Without the soul the body will decay.
1 We therefore entreat officers of all grade? to fore
go nnmanly indulgences, give themselres with re
newed energy to their high and responsible duties,
an< ? mer it *he laurel which their country is
waiting to bind around their brows.
9. That next to the Divine assistance, the influ
ences of woman is the most powerful help to our
triumph in this conflict. We therefore invoke
with confidence, the combined resistless influence
of the and mghters of the South. Their most pre
cious hopes aud interests depend on the defence
of their country. Encourage the men to exhibit
the virtues of nob'e manhood in this hour of peril.
Scorn the laggard, aud blast (he cowardly skul
ker with your indignant frowns. Call on God,
and send your sons to battle, and your country is
redeemed!
10. That wo believe in God—in His perfect
wisdom, good .ess, justice and power; aud that al
though He ha'h c tasteued us, He hath not given
us over to tie will of our enemies; but that
He bath bruised, so he will heal: and if we do the
deeds of brave, earnest, God fearing men, the light
of glorious peace, and the blessings of renewed
prosperity will s ios be vouchsafed to our now
bleeding and oppressed country.
Price William-, Esq., subsequently made a mo
tiou tor the appointment of a committee to estab
lish a way.side Lome for the relief of soldiers in
transitu. In urging the subject he informed the
meeting that he had already received a donatiou
for the purpose of SI,OOO from one gentleman.—
The motion was put to the meeting and carried,
and the President authorized to appoint the com
mittee.
Dr. Woodcock then made a motion to adjourn,
which was rejected; and calls were made for Hon.
Percy Walker, and other gentlemen, hut they were
not present.
Here a graceful addition te the interest es the
meeting was introduced in the person es Mrs.
Ell* Wren Blair, who sang w\th great applause
a patriotic song set to the air of ‘‘God *ave the
King.”
After a spirited performance of Dixie by the or
chestra, and a benediction from the Rev. Mr.
Brugett, the meeting adjourned sine die.
John Forsyth, President.
H. Ballentine, ) „ ,
I. C. Deßose, \ SeC
The Voiee of the Army—Georgia Troops
Speak Out Boldly.
[From the Petersburg Express.]
In Camp near Petersburg, Va„ 1
January 27, 1865. j
At a meeting of the soldiers and officers of
Evans’ (Georgia) brigade, held to-day, on
motion of Lieut. McGuinty, Maj. B. F. Grace,
(26th Georgia) was appointed President, and
Private B. G. Hitt, (13th Georgia Battalion,)
Secretary.
Maj. Grace took the stand and made a stir
ring address, at the conclusion of which Lt.
Col. Davant presented the following resolu
tions, and supported them by a patriotic speech
—after which they were adopted:
RESOLUTIONS i
The soldiers and officers of Evans’ brigade
do resolve:
1. That we have fought too long, suffered
too much, hoped for too much, have too much
to gain by success, too much to lose by stib
jugatii n, to yield now in craven slavery to our
enemies ; and we do, therefore, declare our
firm resolve iu humble reliance on Divine aid
to be freemen.
2. That we will not be daunted by any tem
porary successes which the enemy have gain
ed, but assure our loved and illustrious chief,
Gen. R. E. Lee—that we are ready as ever to
follow the “ Cross of Stars,” and win inde
pendent homes for our families, and preserve
untarnished our own honor.
3. That the President appoint a committee
to draft an address in our name to the people
of Georgia, to bid them be of good cheer,
support us awhile longer, and all will be well.
Captain Johnson (12th Georgia battalion)
and Gen Evans were called out and address
ed the troops, after which the meeting adjour
ned, in fine spirits, with three cheers for Gen.
Evans and Georgia.
B. F. Grace, Pre3’t.
B. G. Hitt, Sec’y.
ADDRESS.
Evans’ Brigade, Army Nor. Va 1
* January 23, 1865. /
To the People of Georgia:
The officers and soldiers of Evans’ brigade
have committed to us the pleasing task of
talking to you for tbem. The army in the
field, and the people at home, having the same
common cause, should evince the same great
spirit and high resolve; and as they act and
react upon each other, the spirit and resolu
tion of both will become more determined.
We have mourned with you over the deso
lation which has been created by Sherman’s
ruffian soldiery. We have contemplated with
sorrow the wanton destruction of one of our
principal cities; and with deep chagrin the
occupation of another by the enemv.
In many cases, we have ourselves been great
sufferers. Our .own homes have been laid
waste, our property taken or destroyed, our
families deprived of the means of support—
but to you, our fathers, mothers, wives, and
our fellow-citizens, we declare that the con
duct of our enemy has not inspired us with
love for tbem, much less, indeed, has it influ
enced us to degrade ourselves, shame our pos
terity, forfeit our honor, and submit to be
“hewers of woed and drawers of water” to
the miserable race whom we have chased
from so many battle-fields.
For more than three years, we have toiled,
and fought, and bled for the independence of
our country, and we may be allowed to say
with just pride, that first as Lawton’s, next as
Gordon’s and now as Evans’ Brigade, none
have written a brighter page in the war’s his
tory. This shall not be in vain! The pale
faces of our slain comrades would rebuke us :
the empty sleeves, the crippled limbs, the bro
ken frames of our wounded brothers, now
honorably retired, would be to them monu
ments of honor, but to us the keenest re
proach and disgrace ! No, no! we have re
solved to be free!
The enemy boast that they found a few
most miserable and degraded men in Savan
nah whom they seduced to favor in abject and
pitiable humility at the feet of their conquer
ors. Oh, where shall we find enough con
tempt and scorn for the wretches who sell
their country’s honor? ,
From this, with characteristic Yankee cun
ning and duplicity, they have transported to
the world that the Empire State of the Con
federacy—our beloved Georgia—loves Yan
kee rule more than honor ; but they know
themselves that this deep disgrace doe3 not
attach to you, and that our noble State can
still retain upon her escutcheon “ tbe brave
soldier with glistening blade defending her
grnves. ”J
We know that among yours, as in every
other State, there are a few whose love of self
has prevailed over their love of country, and
who are ready for Yankee masters, but we are
proud to know that these are few indeed, and
composed of men who never fired a gun and
never suffered in this cause. W r e say to such
as they, “ You have not the poicer to make us
slaves also! 1 ' You shall icait until we, tbe
soldiers iu the field, until our crippled broth
ers, until the widows and orphans of our slain
comrades, until ali these, with our aged fath
ers and mothers, are ready to bow down to
Yankee task-mas'ers. If you will not fight
for your country, nor support her, you shall
not cause her ruin.
We know, also, that tha march of tha Yankee
army through our ontiro State, committing so
much atrocity and finally occupying our seaport
city, was calculated to produce among yea a natural
depression of spirits, perhaps, amounting in earns
minds to the painful and awful apprehension that,
by more brute force, our country might be subju
gated. We sympathized deeply with you, and
our hearts panted to be threwn across tbe path of
Shormaa. If our beloved commander, the neble
Lee, could have spared us. we should have received
with wildest joy an oruer to meet year invaders.—
Do you not know that oaf blood wou’d have been
cheerlully shed to ’ave you? But wo greot you
with the declaration that .in our judgment the
worstover. Our forefathers feught seven years,
and were much more nearly subjugated than we
have.ever been. If we should submit now, the
whole.world would Btand amazed, and with com
mon consent would pronounce that we deserve
no better fate, because we have never yet put
forth our whole strength—never yet laid upon
the alter of liberty all the great resources of our
country. When that is done, and with humble
hearts we submit our cause to the High Court of
Heaven, do you think that we could be sub
dued ?
We feel assured that the struggle will soon end
if .the spirit and strength of the army shall
continue to be increased and supported by the
moral nerve and material aid of the people at
home. Twelve months ago, when our three year’s
enlistment was about to expire, you were cast
into gloom for fear we, the soldiers of the army,
would refuse to serve longer; but the moment
your wishes were ascertained, without waiting for
Congressional action, we cheerfully re enlisted
for the War. Your spirits revived, the army be
came enthusiastic, and the brilliant successes#
of the spring and summer followed. New another
twelve months have past, arid this time the armv
turns to you. Now is your time to re enlist all
your energies, resources and resolves for the War.
Write us no'more gloomy letters;|put all croaking
away from you : let your faces light up with
new hopes and faithful reliiance upon Providence ;
cease your efforts to amass wealth, band all
your energies to the support of the Govern
ment and the army; visit and take care of all
soldier’s families in your midst; nurse our wound
ed comrades well; give a hearty welcome to
those of ns who visit you on our short fur
loughs: frown down all absentees without leave,
anu send them back to us ; be prepared in mind
to meet occasional everses; but never, never des
pair as long as the solders keeD the field.
W. B. JONES, Col. 60th Ga.,
Chairman.
Committee—Capt. R. H. Fletcher, Sergt J. M.
Hawkins; Lieut J. B. Allison; Privates W E Ev
ans, P. Franklin, Green Barney; V. C. Luce ;
Sergt. S. F. McGinty; Lieut. W. 0. Gwyn: Sergt.-
Wm. Combs; Capt. J. A. Head; Sergt. J. C.
Smith.
(From the Richmond Whig.]
Asa Qartz on Music.
Jacque O’Dihuntz, Esq.:
My Dear Boxcer : Next to my unaccountable
penchant for the sweet, young, female patriot, of
brow-bathing propensity, is my inordinate love of
music.
Music, my bower, enchants me. I feed upon it
—I drink it—l sleep under its soothing influence
—I awake in the early morn to a concert
of sweet sounds, and die away at dewy eve
with a soft diapason stealing gently o’er my
rapt senses ; and when grim Death asks me to
hand in my checks, I expect to be euchred into
eternity with'seraphic melody .floating through my
soul. Music, my Bower, is an institution three
parts heavenly, and the balance correspondingly
sweet.
I like it.
I have just left the sweet and sacred precincts
of about thirteen yards of moire antique, in which
is built a darling young female patriot of the
Confederate persuasion. She manipulated the
piano keys, my bower, and I wish to be very par
ticular in saying that she fingered more music out
of it than any young creature ever did, anywhere
between the Potomac and the eastern lines of the
TranssMississippi department. It was a grand
piece, my bower, and must have been a military
piece; but whether composed by Meyerbeer, lager
beer or any other man, the completely relaxed
condition of my nerves will not permit me to say
just now.
It began with a violent assault upon the left
wing of the line of keys, which was evidently in
tended as a feint by the lovely assailant; fora
heavy skirmish immediately followed on the ex
treme right, with apparently satisfactory results.
Finding the advantage thus gained somewhat
decided, she repeated the same piece of strategy,
and immediately thereafter threw in some heavy
licks in the centre. The effect was electrical,
my bower, and I knew at once no instrument
could stand an assault so persistent if muchly
protracted. Flushed with success, she opened
upon the entire line at once with * concentrated
vim that would have appalled Chickering him-t
self, ending the engagement with a half dozen
vindictive volleys on the left, and as many on the
right.
It was a complete victory, my bower, and she
seemed happy when it was ever. I know I was.
The piano is a good thing, Jacque, whether
classed as an article of furniture or an instrument
of music. It is a most pleasant relieve from cons
tant exercise, either upon the wash-tub or Sing
er’s sewing machine; but it doesn’t come up to the
hand organ or hurdy-gurdy. I saw a most vil -
laineus looking chap with a monkey, last Febru
ary, playing upon one of the latter, and was aston
ished at the ease with which he coaxed the sweet
sounds from the square box. Don’t know if the
monkey really had anything to do with it, but it
is a pleasant feeling to think that he did. A beau
tiful piece from a Nopera called Norma was exe
cuted with such satisfaction, without notes, and
apparently without labor ; and when I recollect
that my sweet young female patriot has tried for
the last eight months, unsuccessfully, to produce
it upon the piano, lam forced to the conclusion
that the hand organ and monkey are infinitely su
perior to the piano. The hand organ and mon
key, when skilfully played, beat any other instru
ment I have seen. Thirik I shall try to learn it.
As before stated, my bower, music is a good
thing, and I love it. I think it likely that melody
is an institution of very ancient origin—invented,
probably, several weeks before Adam went into
the fruit trade and got busted. By the way, don’t
you reckon the music of Eve’s gentle voice lured
him into that little speculation ? I do, and always
think that Eve’s gentle voice lured him into
that little speculation? I do, and always think of
music when I see a sweet and amiable apple
woman telling her fruit at a dollar and a quarter
a pippin.
There is music in the storm when it sweeps
twixt earth and sky; there is music in the rivulet
that ripples softly by; there is music in the can
non’s roar when foemen foemen meet, and music
in the pretty foot that patters ’long the street.
There is music in the ringing laugh that’scapes
a maiden’s lip ; there is music in the gentle breeze
that whispers to the ship; there is music in
the bounding wave that ripples along the
shore, and music where th’ angelic host are sing
ing evermore.
There is music where the little birds are warb
ling forth their praise, and where the myriad in
sect choir chirp their matin lays; there’s music in
the sea and sky, and in the earth and air—By
George ! my bower (to cut it short) there’s music
everywhere.
The last three paragraphs, my bower, have ex>
hausted me, and I hear the soft musical voice es
the sweet young female patriot of the Confederacy
who is coming to bathe my classic brow. I shall
therefore close this. Bat I intend te take lessons
on the hand organ and monkey.
Remember me lovingly to your favorite wash
erwoman.
Yours, in a concord of sweet sounds,
ASA HARTZ.
290 Hospital, Richmond, Jan. 23, 1565.
Marriage Extraordinary.
A couple from the upper portion of the
county, a few days ago, appeared before our
most worthy probate judge, Hon. A. D. Stur
divant, and requested him to issue license
and marry them for good. The anxious
bridegroom gave his age as fifteen years, and
exhibited a passport from his mother, ap
proved by his father, permitting him to marry.
The still more anxious bride blushingly con
fessed that she was twenty-one years old,
and had been married before ; but that her
former husband was dead, died in Virginia ;
she knew he was dead, because she had re
ceived several letters from him stating that
he was not living. The reason they wished
the judge to marry them was, they had been
imposed on by some of their friends in the
neighborhood in which they resided—said
friends without authority having joined them
together about tbe Ist of January, and they,
simple lovers, did not find out the ceremony
was a mockery until they had lived together
nearly a month.
The judge told the discomfited couple that
it was against the statutes of tne State for a
male to marry until he arrived at the age of
seventeen years ; but if they would go to
Georgia, ’twould be ali right. As they were
traveling “on the people's line,” they con
cluded West Point was too far, and decided
to return home broken-hearted, when a very
polite officer stepped up and informed them
that if they would repair to a room designa
ted, they could be made one in short order.—
They eftnsented and were accordingly married
ala militaire —the first marriage of the kind
we have heard of since the “peace commis
sioners' left for Washington. The couple
were perfectly satisfied, with the extraordi
nary ceremony, and went their way hosoe
ward rejoicing. Long may they wave.
[Dadeville (Ala ) Times.
AUCTION SALES.
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
Auctioneers,
s
131, Broad St,. Columbus, Ga.,
WILL SELL AT 11 O'CLOCK,
WBDN3HSDAY,
FEBRURARY
A CHOICE SELECTION OF FINE
Furnitur o.
1 Black WALNUNT SECRETARY,
2 Marble-Top Walnut BUREAUS,
1 “ “ Mahogany £{
3 Mahogany & Walnut Work TABLES,
1 14-feet DINING SABLE,
2 Mahogany & Walnut Wash STANDS,
1 Rosewood Marble-Top Centre TABLE,
2 Mahogany SOFAS,
1 EASY CHAIR,
3 Mahogany ROCKING CHAIRS,
6 Rosewood PARLOR CHAIRS,
12 Mahogany “ “
feb 19 $54
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
MYERS, WATSON & CO.,
AUCTIOITBBRS
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
By Myers, Watson &Cos.
AN MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20th, in front of our
U Store —
10,000 Fine Florida CIGARS,
35 Boxes Chewing TOBACCO, various
grades,
10 Bags Choice SUGAR,
2 bbls SUGAR,
2 bbls Choice Cane SYRUP,
15 Sacks SALT,
20 Bales Smoking TOBACCO,
One Show CASE,
Solar LAMP, and a great variety of other
articles,
feb 18 $lB
House for Sale In Wyuton.
THE residenee adjoining Mr. Winter. The
lot contains 20 acres, and is one of the
healthiest locations in the suburbs. The house has
five rooms. Kitchen, Stable, and Carriage House.
Price $14,000, Possession Ist October next.
Apply to J. FELIX WINTER.
Rock Island Paper Mills.
Sun copy seven times. feb 19 7t
THE CITY
T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
Auction Sales. —At auction by Ellis, Livings
ton & Cos., yesterday, the following prices were
obtained :
One negro man and wife, $3,445 ; Amy and two
children, $3,325 ; one man named Qua, $3,375;
Phillis,s4,ooo; Jehu and wife, $3,200 ; one girl,
Ella, $4,600 ; Lewis, wife and family, $6,150 ; one
gold watch, $1,700; one piano, $3,650 ; cane syrup,
$17,25; sorghum, sl2 to $12,25 ; fleur, $1,85 per
pound; tne saddle,s3oo; one silver ladle, $305;
Florida fish, $1,30; other sales unimportant.
A Man Killed bt a Provost Guard. — Our
community was thrown into the highest pitch of
excitement yesterday by the killing of Mr. John
Lindsay by one of the provost gnard of this city.
From the best information we can gather, Mr.
Lindsay was partially intoxicated, had been en
gaged in fighting, and had started home to pre
vent being arrested, when Col. Von Zinken or
dered his guard to arrest him and bring him in.
The guard thereupon hailed Lindsay, and the lat
ter not heeding, from inattention or some other
cause, the guard fired upon him, and killed him
on the spot. We look upon the whole affair bs a
very unfortunate one. Mr. Lindsay was a mem
ber of the Columbus Guards, originally, was after
wards transferred to the Nelson Rangers, and al
together has been in the service for nearly four
years; daring which time we learn he proved to
be a faithful soldier. At the time of his decease
he was at home on furlough.
We do not know whether or not Von Zinken or
dered the shooting, but it he did, it was a usurpa
tion of authority not justified by the circumstances
of the case. If Mr. Lindsay had committed au
offence it was one for the eognizance of the civil
authorities. We can conceive of no case that
would justify the Post Commandant in having a
man shot, except in the case of a deserter who re
fused to be arrested.
The man who shot Lindsay was demanded by
our citizens, and to quell the excitement, we un
stand Colonel Von Zinken promised to commit
him to jail. He accordingly sent him off under a
corporal’s guard, and the repert was lato yester
day afternoon that he had made his escape*
If such cases as this are permitted to occur,
we may as well be making up our minds to bow
the neck to a military despotism as despicable as
tbe government es Lincoln. We .trust the gov
ernment will proceed at once to investigate the
cause, and define the powers of provost officers.
If they are at liberty to shoot down a naan for
a mere civil offence, we are now entering upon
a ora of horrors compared to which tbe Fieneh
revolution in Paris in 1798 was not a circum
stance.
Since tbe foregoing was written, we learn that a
Committee of citizens, consisting of Sheriff Ligon,
J. L. Morton, and B. F. Coleman called on Col.
Von Zinken and demanded the surrender of the
offender to the civil authorities, and chat he gave
his pledge that he should be forthcoming and is
sued orders to hare him arrested. This is said to
have appeased the-friends of the deceased. Neth
ing short es his surrender and punishment will
satisfy the people of this vicinity.
We hear that Mobile is to be attacked in less than
twenty days. The information comes from a relia
ble source. Preparations are being made for it, and
the different raids expected to operate in conjunc
tion with the grand attack. Land forces ar c ratn
ering at Pascagoula and Pensacola.
We put this assertion of the Clarion on record,
says the Appeal, and think it not altogether un
likely the statement may be realised.
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston a <
♦ ♦ - ♦ -
VBLUMft NEGROES AT AUCTION
— -♦ mm
ON TUESDAY, 21st Feb. at 11 o'clock we
will sell, on account of a party retiring
from the planting busines, the following va [_
uable negroes,
A Likely Negro Man, 24 years oil I}y ]
family Servant, farmer and very trusty
A Likely Negro Woman, 19 years old. good
house servant, cook, &c., and her child, 3 ve\ s
old.
A Likely Negro Man, 27 yrs old, field haul.
A Likely Negro Girl, 23 yrs old. field haul,
and her 4 children.
A Likely Negro Boy, 18 years old. r.oase
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 0
ALSO,
A Negro Man 26 years old,
A “ Woman 55 years old.
feb 18 $9
By Ellis, Livingston «fc
— ♦ _
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
ON Tuesday, 7th March next, at 11 o'clock,
I will sell, in the city of Columbu-, m
front of Ellis, Livingston Co's Auction Store,
The very Desirable Residence,
near the Court House, lately occupied by Col. Ten
nille. A large and commodious dwelling house, good
out-houses, fine well of water, and one acre ground,
attached.
Also, a desirable lot Furniture, embracing nearly
every article wanted in house-keeping.
Sold as the property of Mrs- M. L. Tennille, dec'd.
Terms cash. Possession given immediately.
D. MORRIS, Adm’r.
feb 19 $126
(From the London Times, Jan. 16.)
The Emancipation Project—The Foreign
Protectorate Scheme.
Some Southern journals express or echo a
belief that slavery is the only existing obstacle
to the recognition of the independence of the
Confederacy by the European Powers. Can
that recognition be won or purchased by sac
rificing the institution? That sacrifice is con
templated as possible, and proposed as a polit
ic measure. The Southerners have carried a
long step for the idea which the employment
of negroes in their armies seems to have* orig
inated. The plan of arming negroes as a
measure of defence, has made it still mare
familiar.
The argumenfs for and against such a meas
ure. the necessity for it, and the value the
negro would attach to freedom as the reward
of military service, must be perfectly well
known to the white population of the South
ern States. On these points they can easily
be deceived, but as to the effect of an order
to abandon slavery in its present form in pro
pitiating the governments of Europe, the Con
federate States may easily deceive themselves.
To any scheme of emancipation, effected by
the South itself, England, as a nation, would
certainly offer no word of opposition; on the
contrary, we should rejoice in the change and
wish it very success.
But we know well that slavery is not the
only cause of the secession of the Southern
States ; nor is emancipation the real object
of the North in carrying on the war so per
sistently. The negro and his condition were
only one among many causes of the rupture.
The tendency of the republic to separate ex
isted from the day it was constituted, was
seen, dreaded, and under certain conditions
predicted by its first founders. Those condi
tions haV% been brought about, and a fierce
civil war is the consequence. The negro were
introduced into the quarrel by an afterthought.
Let Southerners offer to emancipate their
slaves immediately, and propose it to the
North as the sacrifice by which they are ready
to purchase its recognition of Southern inde
pendence. The offer would be rejected as
valueless, and submission and return to the
Union would be insisted on as the only con*
ditions of peace.
Every State of Europe acknowledged the
republic when it wa3 governed by a constitu
tion permitting slavery as fully as the South
ern States permit it now. Why should its
abandonment by the Confederacy buy a rec
ognition that is withheld for many other rea
sons ? Dwelling on this theme, the Southern
ers have indulged in speculations which in
duce a doubt whether they do not dream
dreams and sea visions. That they would
prefer, in case of the worst, to submit to aay
government than that of the North we can
well understand: but a “protectorate” ofEn«
gland, France or Spain can be only a strong
mode of expressing a hatred of the Yankees.
We know of no European Power likely to ac«
eeptsuch an improbable offer. England would
certainly refuse the gift. France, with its re
cent Mexican experience, would, we think,
“decline with thanks.” And the idea of pro
pitiating Spain, the most obstinate slavery
supporting government in the world, by a
proposa. to abolish the system, is so eccen
tric as to throw doubt on the reality of the
whole discussion.
The Military Commission.—The Nashville
Digpatch, of Jan. 28th, says :
We notice m a late number of the Louis
ville Journal an announcement, that Geo. H.
Whitehead, a citizen of Robertson county,
Tenn., had passed through that city, on his
way to Alton, Illinois, in pursuance of a sen
tence of a Military Commission, convened at
Chattanooga. The commission before which
Whitehead was tried, was the Military Com
mission sitting at Nashville, of which Lieut.
Blackman, Bth Kansas infantry, is Judge Ad
vocate.
The matter is perhaps only worthy of no
tice, from the fact that Whitehead was tried
for and convicted of the crime of perjury,
committed before that commission on the trial
of Cornelius E. Peacher for the snurds” of
John S. Rossen.
This raised the question, entirely new, as
to whether a military court can punish perju
ry committed before it. And the decision is,
that perjury before a military Court is recog
nized as a military offense.
But, query? If the perjury is committed
before a Court Martial by a person not in the
service of the army or navy, and not subject
to tbe rules and articles of war, will the of
fense be punished by the court before which
it was committed, or by a Military Commis
sion? Let lawyers and military msn decide.
The commission was last week engaged in
the trial of Archer C. Johnson, charged with
the murder of Cheatham Solomon, in Robert
son county, last October. Judge Joseph C.
Guild and Gen. Garner, of Springfield, were
for the defense ; Jordan Stokes. Esq., was with
the Judge Advocate for tbe prosecution.
We notice that Mrs. Jane Burleson, late of
Decatur, Alabama, tried by the commission
for smuggling, has been sentenced and order
ed within tbe rebel lines: and that Mrs. Mary
V. Reynolds, of Maury county, charged with
holding correspondence with the enemy. b»*
been ordered north of the Ohio river
The commission this week has been eugag
eu trial of case* of minor importance.
Ac • ’ i Willi. Jones, an old citizen of
Williamson county, charged •mh h.rbonag
rebel soldiers : Jackson ana the Fe*
therford county, charged with leaving the Fe
deral lines for the purpose of joining the ene
my E. Dean, of Montgomery county,
charged with harboring guerrillas, and Wm.
Leedy. of Huntsville, Ala., charged with be--
ing an employee in the Uuited States Quarter
master's Department, and desertiag and join
ing the f ‘bqv. Tbe case of Ltedy con
tinued atier bearing evidence tor tb** Govern
ment, until the 6th es February next.
