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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.
