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COLUMBUS:
Thursday Morning, February 23, 1805.
W> invite attention to tho address rocoutiy de
li in Macon by Gen. Howell Cobb. It fully
su • • ho distinguished reputation for ability
and patriotism of one of Georgia's greatest and
bo.-:t men. .No man in public life Las acted a bet
tor part in this revolution than Howell Cobb. He
has dot. > Vi. whole duty ably, cneerfully, nobly.
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The Situation in Carolina.
Our ycsfoLiyk dkp ” n ent Sue”-
man's p-'sitiou ns very oiffereiit. hii.l his pro
gress an.cn noro rapid, than \vt had suppos
ed. Then* can now bo no possible connection
between the right and left wings of his. army,
for the former is in, or near, Oh tries ton, while
the later is 150 miles distant, in th- interior.
We suppose that bis light wing ha j been al
together detached and sent lonvc.rd on u raid
ing ex. :i 11 » i:. with r.O e! ar • • r»j tc '• * f>an to
thoroughly ties' r<\\ our rail roads leading to
Virginia. Alsioo’" Junes >n where this body
is reported to have crossed the Saluda river,
is about fifteeu mi.es northwest from Coluin
bin ; and Chester, or Chesterville,- where the
advance is said to have reached, i3 about fifty
mi c- north of (he same place. Charlotte,
whither it is supposed our forces have retired,
is iu Nmtb Carolina, a few miles, above the
lin tud is on the rail road leading to Greens
borough and thence to Danville. It is truly a
bold ind rash move—characteristic of its pro
jec »r. md we -oncer iy hope it will lead t >
his ihd'-at and ruin.
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Gov. Brown’s Message.
In our remarks yesterday upon that portion'
of the Govt rnor’s message which refers to the
Conscript act. we do not desire to be under
stood, at this time, as an advocate or endorser
of the policy of that measure. At the time of
its passage we thought it was wisely enacted
and that it saved the country. Whether we
were right or wrong then , we should offer no
objection to its repeal- now. If any better
me an 3 could be devised for recruiting the finny
we should rejoice in their substitution. Gov
ernor Brown has been opposed to the measure
ab initio , and if lie is right, we ai’e sure that no
one would be more, willing than ourselves to
give him credit for his sagacity and discern
ment. What we do say, however, is that the
Governor of a State should not, in a grave
state paper, assail the constitutionality of an
act which has been decided against him by the
highest judicial tribunal in.the land, and a
co-ordinate branch of the same State Govern
ment We say further that the ascription of
improper motives lo the President—a disposi
tion to grasp absolute power—in recommend
ing the measure, is unjust and highly repre
hensible.
The Governor, next iu order, considers the j
President's generalship. He begins with the |
first battle of Manassas and declares that the !
President prevented our. Generals from follow- j
ingup the victory then achieved, aad capturing j
Washington City. In reply to this charge we j
will only remark that Gen. Beauregard, in i
response to an inquiry, on this very subject, '
made, .within the last three months , stated that
the only reason’ for his failure to follow the ,
enemy was .a flejiciency of transportation.
The President may be responsible for-the
loss o Vicksburg and .the defeat at Mission
ary itidge. We know too little ot the secret
history of these matters to justify a decided
opinion. From what appears on the surface,
however, we should say that, at the latter
place, the weakening of General Bragg, by
tite withdrawal of Longs tree I’s corps and the
sending of it on a very bootless errand to East
Tennessee (which was done, doubtless, with
the assent and advice of the President,) was j
the cause of that disaster; though we have :
heard many officers and private's, who were j
engaged in that stampede, state, that if our j
troops had fought with anything like their ,
usual spirit, the day would have been ours. j
Ihe Governors charge of responsibility
against the President for the failure of the |
Tennessee campaign somewhat surprised us. I
He ought to have known that this campaign j
was determined upon long before the Presi
dent's last visit, to Hood's army. Before Mr.
Davis reached Macon, en route to that army,
one of our correspondents informed us of the
intended movement, and we suppressed the
letter. More than this, General Hood, in his
farewell address to the army, frankly, and in
tolidem verbis, avows that the responsibility for
the conception and execution of the plan rests
alone upon him. But the Governor is like
most of us—his “ hind-sights ” are much bet
ter than his “ foresights. ” On the third of
last November —more than three months subse- \
quent to the removal of General Johnston—he
sent in a long message to the Legislature, in
which occurred not one word about “ the ea*
pricious removal of a great commander, at a
most critical juncture of an ably conducted
defensive campaign. ” Further than this,
Hood’s army was then standing on the banks
of the Tennessee, and not a syllable did he
breathe about the calamity that was likely to
follow “ the President's last appearance upon
the field.” The truth is, the Governor didn't
know how it was going to turn out, and,
hence, he prudently said nothing. He sees the
result now and can afford to tell the people
that Hood's movement left Georgia “com
pletely uncovered ” and that she “ has been
destroyed by Sherman at his leisure.” We
earnestly commend to the Governor the resig
nation and patience under suffering displayed
by the Executives of Virginia and Mississippi.
Georgia has suffered but a small par' of what
those States have endured, and yet there is
heard no complaint from either Governor or
jiT’Ople, nor has there been excit and in their
bosoms any sentiment of hatred or revenge,
except against the common foe.
That the President has made some bad ap
pointments we admit; that he has made grave
military blunders (some, perhaps, that will
not be made known until the now unrevealed
history of the times is written) we do not
deny; but that, upon the whole , he has con
ducted this revolution ably, we assert. Upon
this point we have the concurrent testimony
of a “cloud ” of disinterested witnesses—the
world of mankind. That testimony will stand
unimpeached long after the piques and jeal
ousies of this generation shall have been for
gotten.
she remedy proposed by the Governor for
the ‘'disease' of the “ body politic” is a Con
vention o! the States. He desires this for the
wc -* -o > nm II ,g ‘be Constitution es
to r» In on- the President oi the duties or t’om
manier-in Chief, and to correct the abuses of
legislation to which his message refers. With
regard to the first object, suppose it accomp
lished, and Geu. Lee Cotnmander-in-Chief (as
he doubtless would be) of the Confederate
armies. The first thing he would do would
be to place Gen. Bragg in high command.—
Just before this officer was relieved from the
command of the Army of Tennessee, a distin
guished Georgian approached Gen. Lee arid
begged him to suggest to the President t-wmc
General competent to take charge of that ar
my. Gen. Lee replied, “ Sir, I know of no
better General than he who new commands
it.” Nov suppose General Lee were to place
Gen. Bragg in command of a large army, with
Georgia ff r its theatre of operations ; do you j
suppose Governor Brown would submit to )t ?
Vou may b’t your lift lie wouldn’t. lie would
summon th > Legislature in extra session and
recommend die calling of a Convention of the
States to so amend the amendment as to take j
the power of appointment from Gen. Lee; and !
tints we sin u and go on hacking one andtl r,
w i'e the enemv wouid be all the time dilt
gen ly helping both.
With regard to the last object—abuses of
legislation—the Constitution we now have
makes ample provision for the case. It un
constitutional legislation is enacted, the courts i
will tender it null ; ii unwis< legislation, the-j
Senators in Congress can be ms; put*, ed by the |
State Legislatures to repeal it. and the Regie- J
sentatives can be turned out if they don’t.—
This curb is sufficient for all practical purpos
es. Better let things remain as they are, Go
vernor. The only improvement ,we can sug
trust is, you become a little more amiable.
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(From the Macon Telegraph and Confederate.)
SPEECH OF GENERAL COBB.
The City Hall was crowded to listen to the
address of this distinguished statesman. lie
fully sustained the world-wide reputation he
has acquired as an orator and patriot. '
We do not profess to give the language, not
even the substance of Gen Cobb’s speech.
Our object is simply to place before our read
ers, the leading thoughts of the speaker
He commenced his address by referring to
our our duty, both as a community .and a3
individuals in the present condition of affairs—
presenting, in strong-terms, the demand which
otir great cause makes upon every citizen, to
do his part in the work before us. Some are
summoned to the battle-field—others to other
fields of service—and whilst it was not the
province of the speaker to assign any man to
his peculiar duty, he earnestly* called upon
every one to be up and doing—to come for
ward with willing hands and hearts, prepared
to do whatever duty required at their hands—
and to be ready to make whatever sacrifices
the success of the cause should demand. He
entertained no doubt of our abilb to prose
cute the war, to a successful tet;mi ttion. The
means were under our own control, and it
Would be our own fault if we did not work
out our liberty and independence. Os men,
there were enough, and more than enough, if
those who owed military .service could be
brought into the field He spoke with great
confidence on this point—assuring his audi
ence that it appeared from reliable and official
.statistics, that if all the men in the Confeder
ate States, liable to military service could be
put in the field, we should have a larger army
than the enemy had ever had at any period of
the war. Nor would there be any trouble in
keeping the ranks of the army supplied with
recruits, for there were more than fifty thou
sand men annually arriving at military age
which would supply all the ravages of disease
and death.
V ith these facts, let .no man fear the result
from a deficiency of troops. We might all
rest assured that there are men—white men—
.enough to win our liberty, if they could all be
brought to the 1 full discharge of their duty.
If, said the speaker, by some mysterious de
cree of Providence, there should, in one day,
taken from our midst, every soldier in Lee’s
and Beauregard's armies, there would then be
left more than enough men to win our inde
pendence if every man able and liable to bear
arms could be put into the service. Provis
ions, too, are ample and abundant. Luxuries,
we have learned to do without, but the sub
stantial wants of the army and people can be
supplied. We have them in our midst; and
as long as kind Providence continues to smile
upon us, we shall never need those necessities
which are all sufficient to preserve health, and
save us from the piuchings of hunger and
want. Whilst then, the enemy may sweep
with his armies through our State, desolating
the homes, of many of our people, and filling
the hearte of many with mourning and dis
tress-occupying and holding our seaports, at
once cutting us dff from communication with
the outside world—we have within our own
boundary those means which he cannot des
troy: affording the assurance of ultimate suc
cess. Men, provisions, clothing, arms and
ammunition, are the sciences of war. These
we have, and will continue to have and use,
until success shall crown our efforts, and the
independence of our country acknowledged
of all men and contries. It we fail, it will be
the solitary instance in the world ’s history of
a people, possessed of such ability to win their
liberty, voluntarily and disgracefully yielding
it at the demand of an infamous foe, and a
cruel, heartless despot. Lincoln and his ar
mies possess no terms for the true and brave.
We have met and conquered them upon
many a bard fought battle-field, and we can
meet and whip them again. Though his array,
with banners, may enter our capitals, dese
crate our halts of legislation, pillage, rob and
murder our people along the line of his march,
the fires of our burning dwellings will rekin
dle the fires of patriotism in the hearts of our
people, whose renewed vows of devotion and
loyalty would vet cause the abolition despot
at Washington to pause and tremble. The
danger we have to encounter, is not the armies
and power of the Yankee government. The only
enemy who could destroy us was to be found
in our midst, and that enemy was the love of
property —the miserable spirit of avarice—
the enemy of all that is good and ennobling
j iii iiuip.au character—an enemy against whom
the ministers of God had been thundering in
vain there for years and centuries, and against
; whom he, to-night, would raise his earnest
warning-voice. No soldiers fight more brave
i lv than ours : no people ever gave their sons
more freely to the battle-field than ours ; but
to our shame be it said—-many— too many of
! them cling too closely and fondle’ too affec
tionately in their hearts, the poor, perishing
! property, which is only theft’s for the brief
: span of liberty at best. If we are to win our
liberty this spirit must be eradicated from the
hearts of our people. We must plant there a
I higher and nobler sentiments Every one must
j be prepared, in good laitb, to sacrifice prop
erty as well as life, for the success .of the,
cause- We should be ready and willing to
accept poverty, if that is the cos T at which
j our independence is to be purch.su. Better
| than we are, have lived and died in poverty.
The Saviour of mankind, when on earth, had
not where to lay his head. If our success
1 ccsts us our property —be it so. If it costs
! our lives—be it so: but give, oL> ! give us our
freedom and independence.
If the reconstructionist hopes to save his
property bv selling his liberty and sacrificing
his manhood, he is- mistaken. Lincoln has
j already promised his abolition hordes at the
I North the great blessings which are to flow
I from our subjugation ; and chief among these
: blessings are the rich contributions to their
I treasury, from the sale of all o-cfr property,
i This doctrine is a plain and simple one. The
rebels, he will sav. brought on the war—are
! responsibly for it—and they must nay the ex
penses. It will not be right or fair to tax the
good and loyal men of Massachusetts and
Connecticut to pay the expenses of a war for
which the rebels alone are responsible. The
fir?*- thing w*:7 be to take * our pronertv, sell
j it? au d witu the proceeds thereof, settle me
; expenses of tfie war ; and what is left will be
j divided among the Yankee soldiers, to com
; pensate them tor their great trials and sacrifi
ces, in subjugating the South. Free all the
I negroes, rob all the white people, and turn us
over to negro equality aud poverty. These are
the fruits which reconstruction would bring;
aud I am free to say they would be richly de
served by the craven-hearted wretch who is
willing and prepared to submit to the disgrace
and degradation of again affiliating with the
robbers and murderers of our sons, fathers
and brothers. If you would save your prep
ay, preserve your liberty , for the one is certain
vO be lost, when the other has been basely
surrendered.
Alluding to the differences which have here-
I tofore existed among our people, he discussed
I at some length the proposition to obtain peace
‘•by negotiation, 'lucre were those who had
hoped lor peace through this means. It. was
tbiip honest conviction, no doubt; he had as
honestly differed from them. He thought our
President had h tig since done all in that re
spect ihat he could do consistent with the dig
nity of his office and the houor of his court
try. Ha lfad, in every message to Congress,
in every public speech, and on paper, announ
ce no’ only his willingness, but his earnest
desire, to ter lit ite the war by any honorable
nu ms. Not ;o tent with those repeated de
clarations ot his views aud feelings, the Pre
sid mt had selected a distinguished citizen—as
weil known for his ear est advocacy of peace,
as for his nbiity md wisdom as a statesman—
tu go to Washington to inaugurate some means
which might t*. rminate the war, and restore
peace to tie country. The selection of Mr.
Stephens—hob ng the high position of Vice
Presiden , and so well and favorably known
in both countries —exhibited the sincerity with
which the President sought a peaceful nego
tiation All will remember the stern refusal
of Lincolu even to receive him and hear what
he had to say It was enough, in the opinion
of the speaker, to have put at rest all hope of
peace by negotiation. Others thought differ
ently ; and hence it was, that the appointment
of peace commissioners—by the President, by
| Congress, by State Executives, and by State
! Conventions—has been* variously urged and
I pressed. Men honestly believing that peace
would certainly follow the first effort at nego
: tiation. In ail this, the speaker had no faith
j or confidence.
; The recent effort of the President, in re
sponse to the informal invitation of Lineoln,
! affords conclusive evidence, that he never in*
I tended, that we should have peace upon any
I other, than terms the most humiliating and
| disgraceful. In no act of Mr. Davis’ adminis
| iration, has he exhibited more wisdom and
patriotism than in the selection of the persons
for this commission. You wanted men of
ability and wisdom—men, who were known
to the country, as the sincere friends of peace
—and who believed that peace might be at
tained by negotiation—men who would be as
acceptable to the Lincoln Government as any
loyal citizen of the Confederate States could
be. The selection of Messrs. Stephens, Hun
ter and Campbell, showed that the President,
not only desired the success of their mission,
but fully appreciated the character of the men
who could bring about that result, if it could
be accomplished at all. As the speaker had
anticipated, the mission wgs an utter failure,
through no fault of our Government, and
through no fault of our commissioners. It
had failed simp!;* because Lincoln had deter
mined upon our subjugation and’humiliation;
nothing short of a has®,’cowardly, and uncon
ditional submission, would satisfy the demands
of his malignant, ambition.
This offer was spurned, and our commis
sioners turned their backs upon the despot,
to tell our .people the truth— the solemn truth
—:hat. the only peace which the South can,
or ought to accept, mast be won by the blood
and sacrifices of her . own people. If such
men as Stephens, Hunter and Campbell will
not be heard by Lincoln, and he will oiler
terms which they think worthy of being con
sidered, can any man doubt longer as to the
only mode to obtain a lasting and honorable
peace? Let the result of this mission dispel
aii differences and dissfentions among our
selves We have differed heretofore only as
to she best mode c obtaining peace Some
thought it could be had by peaceful negotia
tion. I did not. Lincoln has settled the
question for ns, and left us with no cause for
any further dissension ; therefore should we
be united as one man, on the only line of pol
icy and action which promises peace at all;
and that line is a cordial, united support of
the Government in the vigorous prosecution of
the war. Union and harmony among our
selves should be the earnest desire of every
true patriot. Let there be an end to all dis
sensions. Among true men there will be uone;
and the man who seeks to keep alive the spirit
•of dissension, thereby exhibits the strongest
evidence of his own want of loyalty and de
votion to our cause. In giving our support
to the Government in its effort to push for
ward the war to a successful close, we but
respond to the demands of patriotism, and do
that which'every true man should not only be
willing, but anxious to do. Let us have our
differences of opinion and discussions upon
immaterial issues ; but upon the great and
vital question of a united and cordial support
of the Government in the prosecution of the
war, let there be no differences, no dissensions.
It is not expected that, every man should ap
prove every thing the Government does, nor all
its policies. If you crush me it Ido I’ll tell you
frankly 1 do not, and yet I ask it my warm
and cordial support. Suppose every man,
and particularly every soldier, should quit
the service when the Government does some
thing that he does not approve, how long
would you have an army in the field ?
Ido not discuss the questions upon which
I differ from the policy adopted by the Gov
ernment, for the simple reason that it can
not possibly do any good, and might do harm.
Brave men in the field fight under whatever
General may be assigned to their command ;
good men at home should be equally patriotic.
We must win our independence under the
leadership of those whom we have chosen and
called to that duty; or we must lose it. The
man who weakens the hand that is to strike
the blow which gives us liberty, if we get it
at all, is no better than the enemy whom we
fight. No man can render Lincoln a better
service than to destroy tne confidence of our
own people in the ability and integrity of their
Government. That is just what be has been
trying to do all the time. For it, he robs and
murders, and sends his armies to devastate
aud destroy. Let us not aid him by adding
our influence against our Government, and
thereby contribute to our defeat aad ruin.—
Imitate the example of the brave men in the
field, who stand by their c-iiors—no matter
wbat General leads the army. [Voices —
what say you of Joe Johnston?] To this in«
terruption the speaker replied in a well de
served tribute to this brave and gallant sol
dier—and declared that none of his hearer
held Gen. Johnston in higher esteem as a
man, a soldier and officer than himself—that
while there was no banner uDder which he
would rather fight than that of the Confeder
ate States, there was no leader he would cling
to longer or follow further than Gen. John
ston. [The remarks of the speaker at'this
portion of his speech were most eloquent and
drew down the enthusiastic applause of the
entire audience.]
Speaking of the proposed call for|a State Con
vention, ha discussed the subject at so- .‘length—
though he supposed that there would ,w be no
further talk of.a contention, since ;he failure of
the peace commissioners. He had never favored
the proposition, for the simple reason, that he had
never been able to see that any good would result
from it. No ordinary cause would justify the call
of a State convention. It should . ever be resorted
to, unless the necessity arose, for an expression of
the sovereign voice of the State. For all other
and ordinary purposes, the Legislature and Con
gress were clothed with ample power —but with
these there was no sovereignty. That existed
alone in the people of the State, and to invoke it,
was a solemn act, which cuuld not be justified by
slight and trivial causes. To derermine the neces
sity for a convention, we must inquire what do we
wLh to do? and is a State convention necessary to
the doing of it? These are the things to be deci
ded- We want more men in the field. Does any
one propose to put more men in the field by a State
convention? We want provisions to feed our
soldiers and people. Is it proposed to get more
provisions by callv--: a ? W« want
clothiugr and our -Miii-vs, an ito supply
the wants ot the people. Wil! n Stale convention
furnish any of these things ?.
If to all these inquiries, the answer is made—as
i> must be—to the negative, then for what good i r
patriotic purpose is a Co.rvendon to be called ? I?
it to create dissension, excite jealousies, weaken
confidence in our Confederate G >ver .mint and its
authorities, array the people iu opposition to thoi-e
i« whose hands we hove, by our own free will aDd
act, confided the destinies of the rovelutioc ? In
a word, to arouse a spirit in the land, which will
revive differences and dissensions, which ail true
and good men had hoped were forever baried, and
I thereby destroy that unity and harmony, which
alcne can giro success to our arms ? If there bo
uo such purpose, then, why, eail a convention,
unless it be to reject the action of our Peace Com
missioners and President Davis, who spurned the
degrading terms of unconditional submission, as
offered to us by Lincoln? I warn you this night
against this proposition. It promises you no good,
if, as I believe you are, true Southern men, loyal
to your country, and determined never to submit
to the disgrace and degradation which Lincoln
has offered you. The time for wrangling has
passed. Let this be the hour iu which a pure and
heaven-born patriotism shall reign supreme in all
our hearts. Let all selfish ambition—and bigoted
prejudices be Buried in the memories of the
past, and with one united heart, let us work
together to that one destiny, which awaits all cur
people.
Inm quite sure, if you could have stood, as I
have done once on a recent occasion, amidst the
ruins of the once prosperous and flourishing city
of Atlanta, and seen the wreck which iho hand of
the destroyer had left behind him, you would have
no heart to return again to fellowship with the
malignant spirits who could thus lay in ashes a
whole city, to aocmnplish no other purpose than
the gratification of their malignant hatred of the
Soutbotn people.
And when from the contemplation of that scene
of rum and desolation, I passed on to the spot
where hundreds, if not thousands, of our brave
men were quietly reposing in their last earthly
home, I felt that a voice was coming up fr< m that
city of the dead, warning me never again to grasp
in brotherly fellowship, the blood stained hands
of their murderers. In that hour, my vow was
recorded in heaven—l never will! God grant me
power and strength to keep it. (At this point
the energy, earnestness and eloquence of the
speaker, caused a thrill in the hearts of bis
hearers, which, after a moment of profound
silence, was changed into a storm of applause.)
Tho speaker speke at some length of the plirt
which Georgia had taken so far in the war, giving
her soldiers in. the field the credit so richly due
them, for their long and patient suffering, and
their gallant conduct on many battlefields; nor did
he fail to remember the gallantry of our troops
from all the States. With them there had been
an honorable rivalry, and all had done their part
well. In the sacrifices which the people at home
were called on to make, he did not. feol that
Georgia had fully ceme up to the true standard,
and paying a high tribute to the people of Vir
ginia, for the spirit which they had manifested
in thi3 respect, he presented their example as
one which could bo followed by the people, not
only of Georgia, but of all the other States, with
honor to themselves aud profit to the country.—
In this connection he paid a well deserved com
pliment to the soldiers arid refugees from Tennes
see.
lie referred to the conduct of tho Militia, and
recounted their services, both in their own State
and in the adjoining States, and concluded his
remarks on this point, with the declaration—by
their course they bad made it an honor for all
rime to come to be called a Georgia Militiaman.
The speaker called in earnest terms upon the
Legislature, to provide for the waDts of the wid
ows and orphans, and wives an,d children of our
soldiers. He appealed to them, not to forget the
claims, which these women and children had upon
them, and nover to leave that Hall, until they had
provided the most ample means sq* f that purpose.
No taxation would too high or onorous, that
might be required for such a purpose. In this
connection, ho presented the enduring faith of our
women, and commended in impressive language,
their example and spirit to-the country. His re
cognition of the assistance rendered the cause, by
the noble women of the South, was just, eloquent
arid impressive; and many of the ladies present
must bavo felt gratified at the able manner in
which the Speaker pictured their faith, generosity
and fortitude.
Gen. Coob concluded his address with an earn
est appeal for union and harmony, and a united
support of all bands and all hearts, in the ener
getic prosecution of the war; drawing a bright
pi'fure of til's future, which an a]wise Providence
had in store for us, if we would be true to our
selves, our country and our God.
The speech, taken altogether; was a most able,
eloquent and appropriate one, and we feel assured
that many of his hearers left the Hall at the con
elusion of hi? remarks, determined to render still
greater service than they have yet done, to that
cause in which we are all so vitally interested.
TraJES CITY
T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR
For Chattahoochee.
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and intermediate landings, Friday morning at
9 o’clock.
fefe 23 td
Sales To-Day. —Myers, Watson & Cos. will sell
o-day at auction, salt, sugar, syrup, ground peas,
crockery, furniture, &c., Ac. See advertisement
in this morning’s paper.
Auction Sales. —The following prices were
obtained yesterday by Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.:
osnaburgs $4 per yard ; salt sl.lO ; sugar $5 1-2
to $8.45; cane syrup sl6 to sl7; bale rope $5 to
$5.50; bureaus $750 to sl3 50 ; rosewood chairs
$l6O each; one sofa $7lO ; one easy chair $580;
one lady’s sewing chair $300; one marble top cen
tre table $360; one sole leather trunk $760: other
sales unimportant.
By the last Richmond mail we learn that Lieut.
Gen. Hood had arrived in that city and was stop
ping at the Spotswood Hotel.
Take Courage. —An officer of the Army of
Virginia, just arrived from Richmond, brings en
couraging news from South Carolina. Ho says
that our army under Gen. Beauregard, is falling
back before Sherman towards Columbia, for the
purpose of concentration and making better dis
positions of troops; and the greatest confidence is
felt that Sherman will be thoroughly beaten.
Mail matter will be carried weekly between Mar
ietta and Cartersville. Persons sending a mail to
Cartersville, will direct their letters to Marietta,
and mark on them “Bartow county.”
Also, the mail route from Marietta to Dallas,
Paulding county, Georgia, has been re-established.
Sherman Putting on the Screws. —Persons
coming through from Savannah, says the Maeon
Telegraph, bring intelligence that the ladies.of
that unfortunate city are not allowed to appear on
the streets except under a negro guard, and that no
one is permitted to make purchases of goods in
the stores, without first procuring a written order
to that effect, specifying the articles to be pur
chased.
We learn, also, that General Sherman has issued
an order granting forty acres of arable land to
each slave within his lines. The district of country
embraced in this order extends from the Com
bahee in South Carolina to the Ogeechee in
Georgia.
From Wilmington. —The Wilmington papers
state that the enemy have commenced "landing
cavalry below the town.
Fort Anderson has bean shelled by two gun
boats. No damage done tno fort. Six of our men
were wounded —two seriously. Two monitors
were in the river, but neither came near enough
to participate. One of the gunboats was
hit by a shot from the Fort and compelled to
haul off.
A deserter says that Admiral Porter and Gen.
Terry are both waiting orders from Washington.
Having accomplished the object of the expedition,
by the capture of Fisher, they will not attempt any
extensive movement nntiT further orders. It is
reported that the enemy is ratling through chi
county of Brunswick.
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A- r. —2 X,i k i JLs. _i. %.JLS. ii ' „
REPORTS OF THE PRESS A SSOCi l r ■ ON.
Entered according to act of Cougru;-; lu the year
13fi3. by J. S. Thrasher, in the Ci.-rk’* office a;
the District Court of the Con fed- r* t - State* Vu
the Northern District of Georffip.
Augusta, leb 22. — Sherman 3 force- con
sists of about 50,000, advancing on Charlotte,
effectually destroying the railroad and every
thing else ale y track. His intention
is apparently to Iteensboro, and des
troy the Danville road, avoiding a fight and
all fortified places.
The most prices ever paid in
this country for goods occurred in this city at
auction yesterday.
Gen. D. H. Hill was relieved from the com
mand of this District today. ‘Gen D. B. Fry
succeeds to the command of the District of
Georgia, in addition to the present duty as
commander of the Post. Much satisfaction is
expressed.by every one at the appointment.
The wagon train of the army of -Tennessee
is arriving and rendezvousing at Washington
Ga,
Parties going to Columbia and Richmond
pass through Augusta.
Troops are being well armed a? they arrive
here.
Columbia was occupied a short time by the
enemy.
From Carolina. —The party who left Au
gusta with the mail on Thursday for Colum
bia, returned Saturday—with all be took with
him. He went within twenty-five miles of
Columbia. There he met a scout, from whom
he gathered the annexed news :•
The Federals bad occupied ail the roads
this.side of Columbia.
On Wednesday it is said a battle occurred
withip five miles oftbe city. Results unknown.
Lexington had been occupied by the enemy.
The*Court House and jail had been burned.
A large Yankee force had gone up the Con
garee river for the purpose of cutting off and
capturing a large wagon train if possible.
It is feared that the parties who left here
on-Monday with the mails have been cap
tured : as they were seen to pass a certain
point only half an hour in advance of a Yan
kee cavalry force which was running at a
rapid rate.
It was currently reported in our streets yes
terday that Columbia had been taken, -It is
said that our troops evacuated the city on
Thursday and fell back towards Greenville.
[ Chron. <y Sentinel , 1 9th.
Nortiikv.n Items.—Both Houses of Congress
have agreed to the jount resolution that the electo
ral votes of the States of Virginia, North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and
Tennessee shall not be counted next Wednesday
for "President and Vice President of the United
States. This is placed on the ground thai none of
them were in a condition to vote on the Bth sos
November last.
In accor lance with the agreement with Brazil,
the crew of the Florida has been sent out, on board
a Yankee s.eamer, to England.
Five of the fleet of vessels otl which are lead
ing the cotton captured at Savannah bj General
Sherman, a’.’rived at Port Royal South Carolina,
on the 25th ultimo. There are twelve" more ves
sels of the fleet, and when all had arrived at Port
Royal they would sail for this city, under convoy
of several revenue cutters,
The Chicago Evening Journal si that the
brilk of the army of General Thomas has been
sent down tre Tennessee to engage in active ope
rations in a more vital field.
Dispatches from General Thomas army repre
sent everything there as still remaining quiet. A
deserter reports that the Confederate army, under
Hood, is at Tuscumbilq Alabama, being re organ
ized.
The Northern Press on the Negotiation
Affairs. —The Washington Republican Lincoln’s
official orgat., is for a vigorous prosecution of the
war. The N. Y. Herald at last accounts was in
the dark on the subject of the late so called peace
conference at Fortress Monroe, and denying the
reports that it all amounted to nothing, treats it as
more probably a success than otherwise. Its
Washington correspondent assumes that the Con
federate Commissioners have only gone back to
Richmond “to be heard from again.” N. Y.
Tribune likewise demure to the report that the
mission was a failure. The New York Times has
a little to say beyond the mere recapitulation of
the reports. The Philadelphia Inquirer gives up
the whole question, and bewails the hard-hearted
ness of the Confederates, for refusing to accept the
liberal forms of subjugation and destruction of
fered by Lincoln.
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The New York Herald exults in the idea that
Slavery, which it pronounces the head and
front of the rebellion, is swept away by the
legislation,of the Yankee Congress. Even if
the blasts of that cave of -Eolus could level
the last vestige of that institution to the earth,
says the Richmond Dispatch, it would effect
no change in the spirits of the people. We
are not fighting for the slavery of blacks, but
the liberty of, white men. It is not to keep
the blacks under us, but to keep the toot of
Yankee tyrants off our own necks, that we are
battling. We are conferring quite as great
benefits upon the Africans as upon ourselves
by holding them in that servitude to which
they were originally sold by Y’ankees. and
from which many of us would have long re
leased them if not prevented by Yankee inter
ference. We feel assured the institution is far
their moral and physical good, but not aware
that it wou’d be our duty always to sacrifice
ourselves for their benefit. The continuance
of African slavery sinks into utter insignifi
cance compared with the preservation of our
own liberties. We are not fighting for slave
ry, but for our independence, and if every
slave had disappeared from the continent the
war would only end with our national tri
ump or our national extermination.
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From North Carolina.— A gentleman who ar
rived at Kingston on the 9th inst., reports that the
enemy had landed 20,009 troops at Morehead City,
with five locomotives and railroad iron sufficient to
lay thirty miles of track, His statements are 'hought
to be reliabl n
Northern paper- state that Admiral Porter’s gun- 1
boats were pushing up the Cape Fear Rive? towards
some of the upper Confederate works which it was
supposed they would attack.
A New Confederate Cruiser.—A letter from
-
Montevideo says:
The English papers have stated that a little
steamer, called the Ranger, bai gone oat with
provisions of various kinds for tie armament or a
new vessel for Captain Semmes, and that another
was so >n to follow, with other convenience? for a
new privateer, and that the place of rendezvous
was at some group of the Atlantic islands, perhaps
the Madeiras. Tne Ranger is now at Montevideo.
She is not adapted to freight or pa? : engers—wholly
useless for any remunerative employment in these ,
waters. She is ninety tons burthen, and is a com- j
plete steam pleasure yacht.
Under sail, she is a marvel of rapidity, and,
with only two feet draught, she can hide away
from any larger i raft. With one or two gunß she ;
could do more damage than ever the Alabama did. I
She was consigned by a house notoriously en
gaged in blockade running to a house that never
before had received a .consignment. The con- (
signor and consignee are brothers.
Captain Rodgers has the Ranger under hi? eye, j
aud the Iroquois is anchored between the Ranger j
and the open sea —whether from accident or de
sign I cannot tell. Tee notice of the English ad
miral has been called to the matter, and it is
probable that no movement of the Ranger will ba !
made without being w*i, understood. She came :
here under the Britisa dag an i entered port a* *
British vessel.
AUCi lON SALES.
®y Ellis, Livingston C'o.
kmmittM'ibm sale.
ON Tuesday, 7th March next, at li o’cH-rk
1 in ibe cs kv of Columbus, i»
| front of L In, Livingston it Co’s Auction Sr,- ri>
j iliac very Desirable sSes!«ies* t ce,
j the Court House. lately occupied by Cos!. To -
i nit: \ A large and emr.modibus dwfclliEir hfr Of ,U
I out-houses, fine well of water, and one '•> > -- 1
j attached. troumi,
Also, a desirable lot Furniture, nonriv
every article wanted in house-keening,
Sold as the property of Mrs- L. M. Tennille, de ’d
lerms cash. Possession given immediately.
Persons holding claims against the estate'of Mrs
Lucy M. Tennille. dec’d, also Wm. T. Patterson*
dec and will hand them to S. D. Betton, at Walker
Hospital, by tne nth of March
fab 19 sll9 I>. MORRIS, Adtn'r.
Sty Elli*, Livingston it Cos
ON SATURDAY, 25th inst., at 11 o'clock,
we will sell in front of our store.
j - Shares Eagle Factory Stock,
!15 “ Ga. Home Ins. Stock.
77 “ Great Southern Ins. Stock.
! 1 Fine-Mahogany Secretary,
| 1 “ ' Dining Table,
j 1 Wheeler A: Wilson Sewing Machine,
in Mahogany Case,
! 1 Set (4 windows) Fine Silk Damask
i Curtains.
; 1 Water Ram.
| 1 Water Pump,
Lot Brass Faucets.
| 1 Sett Fine Parlor .Chairs.
2 Guttapercha Gin Bands,
i 500 ibs. Superior Sole Leather.
1 1 Set Double Buggy Harness,
I Wagons, Buggies, &<s.
-A. 3L £3 O _
A Very Likely Family of Negroes , a Man
■42 years old, his wife 35 years oid and
4 Children,
1000 ibs. Manilla Rope.
feb 22 S6O
SALES TO- DAW
MYERS, WATSON & 1 0,,
ATJOTIONBERS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
A,' Hull & Hyde’s old stand,
j Opposite Bank of Columbus, Broad St ?.
! Personal and prompt attention g’,va
j to all consignments.
'Golumbits, Ga., Jan. 21, 18*35. jan23 ts
BY MYERS, WATSOX & CO,.
j __ _
ON THURSDAY, 23d Feb. we will sell in
front of our store.
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1 Fine*Set; 5 pieces, triple Plated SIL
VER WARE, embracing Coffee, Tea,
Sugar, Creamer, etc.
1 Fine Large Bay Family HORSE.
1 ROCKAWAY and HARNESS,
1 Old Large Steel Circular SAW.
1 5 Bags of SUGAR.
1 2 bbls “
i 3 bbls Cane SYRUP,
1 50 Bags GROT, ND PL At,
I 6 Sacks SALT,
i 26 Boxes Manufactured TOBACCO, and
j a variety of other articles.
' feb 22 s2l
BY WATSON &~C0.7~
**• -*►—
j YTjTIDL sell on Thursday, Feb. 23d. mt
| VY of our store, at 11 o'clock.
j 7 bbls. Fine Florida FISH,
i 3 “ “ FISH ROES.
i feb 22 $6
To Ileiit,
i k GOOD DWELLING HOUSE containing four
| A good rooms, with all necessary out buildings and
aweil of good water. The house is situateu on
j Oglethorpe street in the upper part of the city.—
Possession can be given by the first of March. An
-1 ply at No. 80 Broad street,
i feb 23 t.f
SIOO J&ewardT"
DUNAWAY from Mr. J. I). Gray’s shop, about
lb the 18th of January, my boy TO A, 19 years old,
five feet seven inches high, no particular mark re
collected, except a scar through his left eye b.jW.
The above reward will be paid for bis delivery t
Mr. Gray or myself. P. J. PHILLIPS.
feb 23 4t
Rosette, Lswhoa & So.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
One Copper Boiler, 8 feet long.
Five or six hundred pounds Lead Pipe
! Bor 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks
jen 18 ts
STRAYED.
AN THE night of ihe 16th inst. from the Mu- - :
} Railroad Depot two large mouse colored Mules,
the property of the Confederate States. A liberal
reward will be given for their delivery at the Gov
ernment Stable. H. D. COTHRAN.
feb22-tf A. Q. M.
—rnmunriTßii ■ ii nu m uiibu i in nr i asss
Opinions of Hon. C. C. Clay.
We find in the Macon Telegraph the following
' letter fro C. C. Clay, to several members of
I the in reply to an invitation to
1 deliver an address before that body, on the state oi
! the country: „
I Macon, Ga., Feb. iTth, 186
j Gents: On the eve of my departure for Richmond
! I have received your note of this date, inviting
me to deliver an address on the State of the Coun
-1 try, at the City Hall, at such time as may suit my
j convenience.
I regret that ’I am constrained, by other pub!:;
j duties, to decline your kind and courteous invita
-1 tion. Otherwise I should gladly avail myself of the
I opportunity to express my opinion of our condition
! and prospects, our dangers jand i duties. I ; anno'
j however forbear telling you in thk necessarily brie:
and hastv note, that during an absence of nearly
I ten months from my country, wherever I have gone
I have found additional reasons for being proud of
I her; satisfied of the justice of her cause, and confi
: dent of the ultimate triumph of her arms. We have
! overcome the_ prejudices of neutral nation- :ni
j have won tneirjssteem, admiration and synapath
secured by our ccujrge, constancy, tortiiude. mod
eration, energy ana resolution. they be.ieve tmi'
|we deserve our independence, and tnat vnU
I achieve it. . . . . .... ,
lam sure that this opinion :s snare.; oy a < : ■
! number of our enemies. And even tiros - vri:o see :
to conquer and subjugate us, rely le -i; > on *ne:r
superior numbers and resources, than upon our dis
sensions and divisions, our selfish tea sand servqe
submission. They have learned, too from exam >;e
ofhistory, and their experience in this war, that
should they even defeat and disperse our arm.e
seal all our seaports, garrison all our fortresses and
capita l ?, and overrun our entire country, they can
not long hold it, and can never conquer oaf peo.
if they are harmoniously united in spirit and action
and resolved to die freemenrather than lire .-'are*.
They represent u? as writbir g ur. r_-: ■; it
Richmond and almost ready to over'r.r w it; they
exaggerate our differences about cru or-military
policy, and’construe the antagonisms of State Leg
islatures or Stare Executive s to the P; cadent :
Congress to indicate hostility to i e Confederate
Government a-.d its course; they magnify the num
ber of deserters our armies, and of traitors
who join their standard and all gi.anee to the
United State.-: an i from these real or imparted it -
dications of discord, disconteut. distracti- a aud ai--
may among us. they gather frt sh hope and energy
in tire prosecution t f their war oi
claim tli t iVniiessee is already a q>.u -*
and that Alabama, Georgia and North f '*romia a.e
penitent and will ere long confess their an- ana . --
turn .to their allegiance.” But for these .** -* •
of our enemies they coul ; not nave cp j ,-
wor thus long; and whenever they •“ 1 ‘ , ' ..
there is a fixed and unalterable purree in the heart.
of our people aud aba-don tneir
terms oi peace, they win ue- 1
insane efforts to f“ if w c have the
Our destiny i- . cruo »ent whivh we claim end
capacity tor se-t go. v
yoiq gent!emeu, tor the honor you hive
done - ,e - j ver y respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
C. C. CLAY. Jr.
on. •). M. Chambers. Hon. Ym. A. Graham,
a others.