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DAILY TIMES, j» W, H ARRE\ T & CO., Proprietors. Tublishcd Da : V (Surid£? s ’Bi<:e?ted) at the rate o tffi.OO per month, or $lB tor three months. No subscription received for a longer term than t iree months. RATES OF ADVERTISING. CASUAL DAILY ADVERTISING BATES. Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square. DAILY ADVERTISING BATES. First Week—s3 00 per square for each insertion. Second Week—s 2 00 per square for each insertion. Third Week—sl 50 per square for each insertion. Fourth Week—sl 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month —$30 per square. Third Month—s2s per square. DIRECTORY For Government Officers in this City. COL LC ) n VON ZtNKEN, Commanding P isi —Me-i iq";i ers in • a«* “Wintw Buildmg,” East st i- B-o i ' j* er, ne.nr;v opposite Express Office—s ff, Lieu-. S. ISIDORE QUILLET, 1' >st a j —C p i\ S. Fit. I* ist Inspector. Ofdnan ce Department. Col. 51 H. WRIGHI’, Oijiuiuiinding Govern. lUeo : —O :! •■* •..r* M 1 c htul S'. Oirtir fee .1, (.V •'"HI Office. M»j -I r f< J MPi I KEY >. Bxicitive Officer, Colnmow- *. i t —Ohco ,v - Office. Maj J -i. L•> tin AL)ING, in ci<if sut Anno ry—Offi wn • P. • v• t c » y it Ogiorhorpc Street, beiwoett F;<i iin •.!• t r’- i ... L t>u J. M. MULDE i, J.., .Vi S. K—Office at Ordnance Csioru rt mse, near Guy Cemetery. t Quartermaster's Department. Mij F. W. DILLARD < Q. tM.—Chief Quarte-- mastit’s Office, East side of Broad Streot, opp"- eite Uoi u iianu. Mai a it. KAGAN, Army Paymaster—Office in me buii vvit i Post Commandant. Cap . 8 F BOVIAK, A. Q. M. P ist Paymas ter—Office W ,i side of Broad tj.reot, opposite Wa 'ter 'fo-,. al. b i.pt. j. A REDD, A. Q. VI., Po«, Quartet master —Office No. 82, East side Broad Street. bap;, ii. D. CO fillt iN. A. Q. M. in charge of Transportation tnd Fur age—Office West side of Broad S' reet, -pposito Walter Hosp and. Cap - J. r. FEY LON A. Q. M., Depot Q M—Office o; HiudnpU Street, one door East of Daily Time- office. 0 ipt. J. F. UO'JPEII, A. Q. M., Tax in Kind Q. Vs. S,h Cos ig. of Georgia—-Office West, side oi Brood Stree - , 3 t loor oet >w Ageucy Marine Bank. Commissary Department ‘ M j. A VI ALLEN, C 3, District Commissa ry—Office at Alabama Warehouse, ou Front St. Copt. J II GRAYBILL, A C S, Post Commis sary— Office c aaer Broad and Sr. Clair Streets. Cay t. G H FULKERSON, Piovost M trshai— Office one loor North of Post Commandant's ol iice. Medical Department. Surgeon S H STOUT, Medical Director of Hospitals—Office West side ol Forsyth Street, between Sryan and Franklin, Surgeon S M BEMIS, Assistant Medical Di* rector of Hospitals, Surgeon G B DOUGLAS, Senior Surgeon of Post—Office on Randolph Street, between Broad and From. Surgeon C. TERRY, Surgeon iu charge of Walker Hospital, corner of Broad and Bryan Streets. Surgeon R P HUNT, Surgeon in charge of Lee Hospital, corner of Broad and Randolph 6treets. Surgeon T A ME ANS, Surgeon in charge of Marshall Hospital, Court House Building, on Oglethorpe Street. Surgeon R L BUT TANARUS, Surgeon in charge Cairns Hospital, at Camp Montgomery, just North of the City, Rw. G, W. STICKNEY, Chaplain Post, Resi dence corner Forsythe and Thomas streets; can usually be found at office Commandant“ Post. Conscript Department. Capt. W S D AVIS, Inspector for 3d Cong. Dist.—Office at Lowell Warehouse, on Randolph Street. Caps. W A COBB, Enrolling Officer, Musco* gee Coun’y.—Office at Lowell Warehouse. Examining Board for 3d Cong. Disr.—Surgeon P B MINOR, ROBt. W PARK and W T ABR A HA.Vis —Office ai Lowell Warehouse. Chief Engineer—J li WARN Eli, CSN in charge ot Naval Iron Works—Office opposite Lower Bridge. Cap’, G H HAZL.EHURST, Engineer’s De partment —Offioo on Mclntosh S’ree’, between Bryan and Randolph. Change ol Schedule. ,iN and after Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains on ' * the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN : Leave Columbus jj A* M. Arrive at Macon 2 50 P. M. Leave Macon « A* Arrive at Columbus * Oo r. fli. FREIGHT TRAIN : Leave Columbus .5 Op A. M. Arrive at Columbus 55 A. M. W. L. djAJcvJtY, mar 10 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. Through to Montgomery. NEW SCHEDULE. MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. COLUMBUS, August 27,1864. I IN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on U the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m. Leave West Point at 7:10 a.m. Arrive at Ooluinbus at -5:32 p. m. Leave Columbus at 5:o0 a. m. Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m. Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m. Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m. Arrives ....at 8:27 p m D. H. CRAM, Sup’t & Eng. ag271864—ts MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Gibard, Ala., Oct 7, 1864. ON and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows: Passenger Train. Leave Girard at 1 30 p^m. Arrive in Union Springs 6 00 Leave Union Springs ..5 Arrive in Girard at 10 00 Freight Train. Leave Girard at 4 00 a', m. Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m. B. E. WELLS, ag lg t f Eng. & Sup’t. Regular Liue of Steamers ou the Chattahoochee River. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th. THE Steamer Jackson, Daniel Fry, Master, wil I leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun day ati9 a. m. Returning leaves Chattahoochee every Tuesday at 2 p. m. The Steamer Indian, C. D. Fry Master, leaves Columbus every Tuesday morning at 9 a. m. Re turning. leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at 2 A. M. The Steamer Mist, A. Fry Master, leaves Colum bus every Friday at9A. m. Returning leavesChat tahooche every Sunday at 12 m. jan 10 2m _____ For Exchange or Sale. 1 T the office of the "Southern Xron AV ork s’’4r“®^ r A the new bridge, the Allowing articles of ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon, Lard, Wheat, Flour. Fodder, or any other article, es P<oviiions or Confederate currency, viz: Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan- Ca Sugar MUls and Kettles, of .all sizes, from 30 to 120 gallons, Pots, Ovens and Skillets, Fry Pans and Andirons, Club and Broad Axes, Shovels and Spades, , Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds. w k j&g~- Orders for Castings and Machine worn Pl &n eXCCUted - JOHN D. GRAY & CO. House for Sale in Wynton. residence adjoining Mr. Winter. The I U V*» * Q : ~<a 20 acres, ana ifi one of the _L lot. contain- aiiiiurbs The house has healthiest lo c%^ n Carriage House. MiUs. Sun copy seven times. For Sale. ODA Acres of Pine Land.eight'miles below Auburn 260 on the road to Society Hill. Seventy acres open land. Common improvements. Possession 81 fe e b22 D tf ICdiately ' CheaP WM. F. SAMFORD. ~ WAATEG! r AAA LBS. Os TALLOW, for which a liberal price will be paid. DILLARD. g p7 t s ' Major and Q.M. VOL XII. 1 SPECIAL NOTICES Notice! Office Medical Director of Hospitals, ) Columbus, Ga., Feb. 15, 1865. j The followin'? named soldiers detailed for Hospi tal service having been appointed to act as Fora gers by Surgeons in charge of Hospitals, and their appointment approved at this Office, are duly au thorized to act in that capacity for the Hospitals and iu the Counties set opposite their respective names. All persons claiming to be such agents, and who cannot show written authority as above set forth will be subject to arrest. W. 11. H. Phelps, Enrolled Conscript,lSumter Hos pital, Andersonville, Ga, Counties, Muscogee, Ga. G. 11. Perdue, private Cos. C, 37th Ga. Keg., Flew ellen Hospital Opelika, Ala., Pike, Upson, Monroe, Butts and Crawford, Ga. M. T. Lloyd, Enrolled Conscript, Walker Hospi tal. Columbus, Ga„ Counties, Muscogee, Ga. W. N. Reid, Enrolled Conscript, Cairns Hospital, Columbus, Ga,, Counties, Coweta, Troup jand Meri wether, Ga. B. N. Grehan, Enrolled Conscript, Lee Hospital. Columbus, Ga., Counties, Chattahoochee, Ga. W. C. Jamison, Private Cos. I, 46th Ga. Regiment, Catoosa Hospital, Geneva, Ga., counties, Talbot, Chattahoochee and Marion, Ga, S. H. STOUT, feb!7-7t ' Medical Director. Headquarters, Gov. Works, (Ord.) 1 Columbus, Ga., Feb. 17,1865./ Special Orders, No. 12- ******* 11. Mr. J. H. McLean, is hereby appointed Special Agent for the collection of small arms and accoutrements, belonging to the Government in this District. He will call at every house and make inquiries, and the citizens are most earnestly and respectfully called upon to give him ail the assistance in their power, and to give up all public arms, &c., they may have in their possession. They are needed in the field. It cannot be neces sary to add more to get the aid of all interested in the success of our cause. # * ***** By command M. H. WRIGHT, feb 18 lw _ Col. Commanding. To Retired Soldiers ! Headquarters Post, ) Columbus, Ga-, Feb. 13th, 1865. J Special Orders, 1 No. 36. j ****** V. All Retired Soldiers who have reported and filed their descriptive lists in this office, are ordered to report on Tuesday the 28th inst., at 9 o’clook, a. m., to these Headquarters, for muster. * ***** By command, LEON VON ZINKEN, Col. Commanding Post. Wm. Q. Moses, Lieut, and Asst. Post Inspector. febl4-td Country papers near this Post please copy to the 25th inst., and send bill to these Headquar ters. Marshall Hospital, ) Columbus, Ga., Feb. 13, 1865. J Books Wanted ! I respectfully solicit additional contributions of Books, Periodicals, <feo., to the Library of this Hos- - pital. The importance of such an appeal will be at once seen and appreciated by all interested in the welfare of the soldiers of our army. Any donation, however small, left either at the office of the Sen. Surgeon of Post, Pease’s Book Store or at this Hopital, will be most thankfully received and properly accounted for. T. A- MEANS, feb 13 Surg. in Charge, Owing to the increased price of Provisions, La bor and other expenses, the Steamboats on the Chattahoochee River have been compelled to ad vance their prices for freight and passage to'the fol lowing rates: Passage from Columbus to Chattahoochee $75 00 From Chattahoochee to Columbus SIOO 00 Intermediate landings in proportion. Freights to any point on Chattahoochee River $4 00 per hundred. Measurement Freight $1 25 per cubic Capt. H. WINGATE, Shamrock. Capt. DAN FRY, Jackson. Capt. ABE FRY, Indian. Capt. JOHN COUCH, Mist- Capt.A. 0. BLACKMAR.MunnerIyn. feb7—tf _ _ _ CITY FOUNDRY! SUGAR MILLS AND KETTLES ! WE HAVE OF HAND SugaT mils and Kettles, holding 20,35, 40. 60, 80 and 130 gallons, which we will exchange for Provisions or any kind or country Produce or money on very liberal terms. Orders oiicited. PORTER, McILHENNY & CO. Columbus, Jan. 20, ts FOR SALE 2 WAGON HARNESS, COLLARS, HAMES, Ac. “m" soUS ° f BD sherman I co ; , feb 41m Masonic Hall, upstairs. Wanted, T7OR the State of Louisiana TEN MOULDERS.— I 1 Wages liberal. Transportation furnished. Ap pi, to Maj. R. S. H»rd«g.|f S&SHER. feb 12 ts Comissioner for Louisiana. Strayed or Stolen. ANE large cream colored mare MULE and one U medium'sized iron gray mare MU LE, irom my wagon near the city magazine. A liberal reward for their recovery, or information so that I can get them, will be paid by J. J. McCook, next door to th f e b™° rtatioQ ° ffiCe ' J- J. McCOOK. Hegroes to Hire. mO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good I (took and Washer. Affto to vw)LrO LK. j,„ 17tf_ i>F. R. SOBLE, .DZEOSTTIST, A T Pemberton A Carter’s old stand, back room of A Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found all hours. |oc NOTIOE. O’™ l Q " i!, L F v“2UB64.} i LL persons having demands against the estate of A Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to resent them to the Grant q RAN x. gun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory. To Printers ! WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY, (except Ruling Machine,) two hand PRESSES, and about , 1,000 Pounds of Type Metal. nov2l-tf OSAABIRGS TO EXCHANGE FOR ground peas, At the GRANT FACTORY. dec 17 ts _____ —— liTftticeto Debtors and Creditors PERSONS having to^resea^them will make immediate aNIEL FRY. , Adm'r. feb 21 w4od COLUMBUS, ga., SATURDAY, FEB. 25. 1865. DAILY TIMES. KIBMMI EDITION. ~ FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1865. The constitutional amendment passed by the Northern Congress has been ratified by both branches of the Western Virginia Legis lature, by the New York Legislature, by the Massachusetts Legislature, and by the Mary land Legislature. The Delaware Legislature, as we are advised by telegraph, has rejected it, and there is reason to believe that it will also be rejected by the New Jersey Legislature. In all the other States cow within the Yan kee lines, except, perhaps., Kentucky, the amendment will probably be ratified. Ex Governor Morhhhad. —Ex-Governor Morehead, of Kentucky, was in Houston, Tex as, on the Ist of January. The Telegraph says he appears in good health, having spent the last three months almost constantly in travel and camping out. Few men have lost more by thi3 war than he. From affluance he has been reduced almost to poverty. His plantation, one of the finest in Kentucky, and 200 hands, were taken by the enemy in 1862, he, himself, burning 1,300 bales of cotton to keep it eut of their hands. His confidence in the justice and ultimate success of our cause, is as strong as ever. And to listen to hi3 conversation i3 an antidote to the nonsense of at least forty croakers. No Recognition. —A writer to the Mississipoi an, in’a letter dated Richmond, Fob. |sth, after referring to the return of our peace commissioners the previous day, and the effect the report they made had at the capital, goes oa to say : “In this connection, I will refer to a matter which was being very generally discussed when I left §Mis sisaippi, and which maay yet believe to hare some foundation in fact. I allude to thß rumor tha Franco, England and Spain had proposed to rec ognize the independence es the Confederacy, pro vided she would agree to the gradual emancipa tion of slavery. Now, I am authorized and re quested ffiy the very highest authority to say that no such proposition has ever] been submitted, di rectly or indirectly, to the authorities at Rich mond. The discussion es the subject is, therefore, premature, unwise, unbecoming, demoralizing.— Neither has any intimation been received here from foreign powers that we were to be recognized after the 4th of March. I have taken some pains to inform myself on these points, and have given to your leaders the true state of the case. Sherman in a Hurry. It seems that Sherman is pressing forward with all power. He is not going leisurely, as he said he did through Georgia. He is hurry ing to reach Grant and crush Lee at a blow, before any help can reach him. This is the object. From Columbia to Richmond is some three hundred and seventy miles by the way of the railroad, on the upper route, and about the same to Petersburg. It is ninety-six miles from Co lumbia to Charlotte; from thence to Salisbury is forty three miles, and rrom thence to Greensboro is fifty miles; from thence to Danville, forty miles ; from thence to Burksville is eighty seven miles, and from thence to Richmond fifty three miles. Burksville is the point where the Rich mond and Danville road crosses the Southside road, which runs from Petersburg, on the southside of the James river, to Lynchburg, and is forty two miles to the west from Peters burg. Allowing Sherman twenty miles a day, which is more than he can make, it will require eighteen days for him to travel from Columbia to Petersburg; and if we allow fifteen miles a day, it will require twenty four or twenty five days. This move of Sherman i3 daring. It greatly exposes him to capture if the troops in his rear can be pushed after him as fast as they should. But of course, Lee has been looking out for this movement and is ready to meet it. He will have Sherman’s march impeded and ha rassed, which of course will make the trip much longer. A great* deal depends on our pushing our forces from Charleston and Augusta, by Wilmington, Goldsboro, Raleigh, and to Greensboro, and there meeting Sherman with what other reinforcements Lee can concentrate at that, or some other interior point, wherever it may be thought best to fight him. It is evident he is again traveling without sup plies of provisions or ammunition ; and a small amount of fighting, assisted by Hampton’s cavalry force, would put Sherman up the spout. — Southern Confederacy. What the New York Times Thinks.—The New York Times warns its readers not to be sanguine of peace. Peace, it thinks, may come some day. It refers to the signs of the times and says: But they are not necessarily tokens of its speedy advent. A powerful army, hardened in a hundred battles and numbering probably j over 60,000 men, still holds Richmond and defies the utmost power of the Union. It is commanded by two men of great determina- I tion of character, of intense pride, and re markable ability—Lee and Davis. We have no reason to suppose these two leaders of dif ferent purpose, or with any less firm resolve than ever, to fight out the war to the end. He then goes on to draw a sombre picture of President Davis and General Lee, looking forward to what it calls the inevitable, and then draws another picture not quite so con soling to the nerves of Pennsylvania Dutch men: But they are both men whom terrors of im agination do not affright. They hold the ar» my absolutely in hand, and probably will to the last. They know that even in the appar ently final blow, war may offer its lucky dice. They understand the uncertainty of war, and have the power and the daring to make the most of them. Before they yield, or offer peace on the condition of reconstruction, or j any other condition except absolute indepen i dence, there will be a battle on the James, of the most gigantic character, or there will be ! a last frantic and desperate rush at the upper Potomac and the fertile fields and rich cities | of the North, with the gambler's hope of some ( thing lucky turning up, or with the proud re-* solve that the Confederacy, if perish it must, shall come to its end on the blackehed soils of its enemies. In view of the tremendous labors of the Irmy of Northern Virginia, it is not disposed to make light of that formidable body of men, and drops the usual Yankee slang for a mo ment to declare its impressions of the heroes es Fredericksburg, the Chickahominy, and of Spottsylvaaia Court House: , The army is a thoroughly military body, under excellent discipline, and has thrown all its fortunes into the struggle. The memories j of four years of battles, of victories anu of disasters, will keep it true for much time yet to its evil cause. Many of its officers will, like their general, choose the last struggle, rather than submission. THE CRISIS. GREAT OUT-POURING OF THE CITIZENS OF RICH MOND-PATRIOTIC SPEECH OF PRESIDENT DA VIS. At the great popular meeting in Richmond, on the 6th inst., called by the Governor of Virginia immediately after the return of our Peace Commissioners, the prominent event of the evening was the speech of President Da- I vis, which the Sentinel reports as follows : SPEECH OF PRESIDENT DAVIS. His Excellency, the President of the Confe derate States, being on the stand, was loudly called for, and went to the front. His appear ance was the signal for prolonged and enthu siastic cheering. Round after round of cheers went up from all parts of the building, and every vocal energy of the vast assembly seem ed taxed to its utmost in swelling the tremen dous acclamations. The President, meantime, gracefully bowed his thanks to the different parts of the audience; and after the inspiring outburst of sympathy and enthusiasm had at length subsided, he proceeded to address the assembly. We pretend to no more than to give the substance of some es his remarks: The President said that if he were there to assist in celebrating some great and decisive victory to our arms, or in hailing the estab lishment of peace, he should have been most happy. But, in times like those which are now upon us—when dangers confront us and our path is beside the leeshore and the break ers—to witness the manifestation of such a spirit on the part of his countrymen as was there displayed, was more than happiness—it was ecstatic joy! He had always looked with pride upon 1 his countrymen. He had rejoiced in their patriotism and their courage. But he was prouder still when he contemplated the fortitude which plucks flowers from reverses, and beats high with hope in the presence of fresh calls upon its courage and endurance. The President said it was meet that the spi rit which inspired this meeting should find its first utterance in Richmond. Here every day were heard the cannons of the enemy. Innu merable hillocks in the neighboring cemeter ies, tell of the brave men from every State in the Confederacy who have given their lives for their country. On one of the hills of this city stands that sacred building in which Pat rick Henry and his compatriots pledged life for liberty. Here too, was the capitol of the Confederacy, and of that proud old State, which had been truly termed the “ Mother of Statesmen.” If the spirit which has been here indicated shall meet with a general re* sponse, and prove to be the universal senti ment of the land, of which he did not doubt, then, indeed, would he feel that we are on the very verge of success. [Loud cheers.] We should not again be insulted by such terms of peace as the arrogance of the enemy has late ly proposed; but ere many months had elaps ed, our successes would cause them to feel that when talking to us they were talking to their masters. [Great applause.] Does any one (he inquired) who has seen the Confederate soldiers, believe they are will ing to fail ? If so, the suspicion is most un just ! Go to our guarded lines ;go where our pickets hold their dangerous watch, and to'the posts where our sentinels tread their weary rouuds, and you will find in none of those the place for grumblings and complaints. The resolutions of our soldiers exclaim, with Pat rick Henry, “Victory or death !” It is in the crowded mart, where these are found whose pockets are stuffed with ill-gotten gains, that you find the persons who grumble and com plain. [Applause.] The progress of events had, however, brought a pressure eyen upon these which would urge them to their duty. Their treasure is in danger, and their only security for it is in performing their duty to their country. The time for argument, said the President, is passed. The duty that remains is to stand to our arms. He had just made an effort to secure peace, as he had done several times before. He had done it in the cause of humanity and the country. At the very organization of our Government, at Montgomery, his first care was to send commis sioners to Washington. They were rejected. At a later period he had requested the second officer under the government (Vice President Stephens) to ask a conference, the avowed object being to make arrangements for the proper treatment and exchange of prisoners, but in addition to, and behind that, it was the object to institute, if- possi ble, negotiations for peace. But our Vice Presi dent was refused an audience ; not even allowed to approach the throne. Since that time he had in various ways, and on every proper occasion, proclaimed the desire of this country for peace, and his own anxiety to secure it, but until lately, no opening had presented for an advance toward negotiation. This recent opportunity he had em braced. He did it in hope that some plan of ac commodation might be agreed upon. » He would be less than man if he had not felt an earnest sire, a yearning anxiety, to relieve the country from the sufferings of the war, and to send our soldiers to their homes. Anything honorable, and recognizing our independence as a basis, would have been gladly acceded to. The person did not know him who mightjsuppose that under any circumstances, he would consent to reconstruct the late Union. We had now learned the terms on which the enemy are willing to accord peace. We are re quired to make an unconditional surrender. We are not ever allowed to go back to them as we came out, but are required to take just what a conqueror may cheese te give to the conquered. Man proposes, but God disposes. Relying on the courage and devotion of his countrymen, and reverently appealing to Heaven for its aid to our cause, the President said his confidence was firm, that God would abase the arrogance of eur ene mies, and crown our exertions with triumph. President Lincoln had, indeed, promised, that in the enforcement of his laws for the confiscation of our property and the hanging of eur officers, his policy would be “liberal." [Laughter.] — Beecher in a late sermon at Washington has pic tured a long line of rebels on their s way to the gallows : and President Lincoln’s heart had per haps softened at the length of the procession. The leaders whom they propose to hang are your ser vants, and they are not worthy to be your servants, the President said, unless they were willing to bo sacrificed in your cause, even unto death. [Ap plause.] If the power of the enemy were ten times great er, and ours ten times less than it is, there are still seme rights of which they could not dispos sess us; the right to maintain our personal honor, and the right to fill an honorable grave. fLond applause.] If faithful to the end; we shall stand proud among the proudest of earth. Never before have any people remained so closely united, in so long a war. Never before have a country’s best citizens composed its armies. Our revolutionary forefathers were not united in a concord so per fect as ours—though it is true they had ie3S pressure upon them, the British rulers being more humane than those of our present enemies, and their generals belonging to a school that roc egnized the amenities of war. History affords no parallel, the President contin ued te the struggle which oureountry is making —to th# cheerfulness with which our people have borne sacrifices, and the eeurage with which oar armies have marched to the harvest es death. It was this magnanimous spirit which sustained him in the confidence that we should triumph in the end. We haTe been chastened, and may he again. Let us profit by the lesson reverses are designed to teach, that we are aot to servo a friend 1 merely because he is such, or strike an enemy when wo might serve the country. The President here said that his failing strength admonished him to close his remarks ; bflt he yielded to loud requests to “go on.” We must, he said, lock shields together and go forward to save eur country, or sink together to honorable graves. [Loud applause.] He was not of those who had expected jno discord and no parties," but if our disagreements result from passion wo must exer cise it, and make the good of our country our sole aim. If we will all de onr duty, we sh&ll reap a brilliant reward. If the absentees, from our ar mies will return, and) if the local assistance be rendered which may be.readily afforded, the noble Army of Northorn Virgiuia will read Gen. Grant a yet severer lesson than it taught him from the Rapidan to the James; while the gallant Beaure gard will cause Sherman’s march across Georgia to be his last. We had, said the President, in the conduct of the enemy wherever they had gained temporary rule over tha people, the signs of what they would do in case of our subjugation. Thus warned we wore farowarned. Happy in such a case would be those who had fallen in the fight—the misera ble would be tha survivors. In conclusion, the Presidont said, he hadgrati fying proofs of the spirit which animated the peo ple whom he addressed. He had seen even the old men upon duty, careless alike of the piercing blast and whistling bullet, and your women have declared that they will fight the battle if you should recoil! God bless your proud spirit and manly fortitude! History will delight to dwell upon your praise ! The law, and the officers of the law, could not accomplish everything; there was much that could be effected only by a sound public opinion. Public opinion must make it a shame and dis grace for a man to skulk from his duty, or to enquire not what he is able to do, but what the law will make him do ! Our women must take broomstioks and drive absentees and stragglers to their duty. (Loud Cheers.) We have ®ne cause to sustain, one country to defend. He who falls on the soil es Louisiana, or sheds his blood on the foil of North Carolina or Virginia, is alike an honored martyr. The inquiry among us must be, not what service we can escape, but instead of that a generous rivalry among citizens and States which shall do most, and give most to the cause [Leud applause.] The President resumed his seat amid loud and enthusiastic cheering. m i- m* ■— [Special Correspondence of the Telegraph & Confederate.] Letter from Augusta. Augusta, Feb. 21st, 1865. The military situation in South Carolina is quite complicated and intensely interesting. Yesterday there Was a rumor that Charleston had fallen, and that Columbia was probably in the enemy’s hands. To-day, the fall of the grand eld “ city by the sea ” has been confirm* ed. Whilst we may beth feel and give vent to an irrepressible feeling of sadness at the termination of the siege, yet we cannot help the thought that she died game, and fought the enemy for six hundred days with a hero ism that will challenge the admiration of men as long as chivalry lives and honor has an abiding place on the earth. Nor has the foe much to boast of—for he has lost more lives in its capture than its population amounts to, and expended more money in its reduction than its houses and wharves cost. We are confident that, before it was evacuated, the forts in the harbor were blown up, and their guns spiked and thrown into the sea ; that no stores were captured ; that all our vesssels were burned ; that the cotton there was burn ed ; that all the better portion ot the popula tion had removed ; and that, like the British and French at Sebastopol, they captured noth ing but “ blood stained ruins. ” There is some doubt upon my mind about the capture of Columbia. Gentlemen who left that vicinity last Wednesday and Thursday report that the enemy were on the south side of the Congaree in considerable force, and that they could plainly hear the roar of cannon and rattle of musketry. The heroic Wade Hampton was in immediate command, but Beauregard was on the ground. Whilst they consider it probable that the city will fall, it is certain that it had not at that time. The force of the enemy operating there was be lieved to be wholly composed of cavalry and artillery. The last definite information we had from Sherman’s main body of infantry wa3, that it was at Orangeburg. Whether he will fall back to Charleston, or go forward to Colum bia and Charlotte, and from thence to Virgin ia, or turn off in the direction of Wilmington, our Generals themselves do not appear to know. But one thing appears to be certain, that the greater portion of South Carolina is inevitably doomed to be overrun and more completely devastated than any portion of our unhappy country has ever yet known, seen or felt. I deeply regret to inform you that demorali zation is wide-spread among the troops and the people of this department. As to where the main body (if there is any) of our army is, I cannot tell you. It seems that they are posted and marching around, without any in tention or prospect of offering seriou3 resis tance to the foe. This more particularly ap plies to the Army of Tennessee. There is just one man who can rally these men once again—and that man is General Johnston.— They unanimously call for his re-appoint ment, and, whilst I believe that Beauregard could lead th.em with more skill, still the President ought to re-instate Johnston for the good of the cause. The extraordinary message of Gov. Brown was published here in the Constitutionalist Sunday morning. And it is justly regarded as the most abominable document that has been written or spoken since the beginning of the war. I was glad to hear some of his former friends denounce it in unmeasured terms. That message will injure the Confed eracy more than the loss of five pitched battles could do. It would be useless for me to deny the fact that our affairs here are in a most deplorable condition ; but still I believe there will be a re-action ; and that our army will soon again rally around their standards, and drive the enemy from the country. We have more men in the department than the Yankees, and it is only necessary to re-organize them in order to assure victory. Stanhope. Man lay in the scale of Justice weighed down by the Law. Mercy pleaded for him, but Justice held a scroll on which was the record of his transgressions, and as the custo dian of her master’s honor, she could not suf fer him to be reclaimed from hi3 fallen condi tion till sin was cancelled. Mercy bathed him with her tears, but the record refused to be blotted out. She threw into the scale all the good that he had done during his life, yet the beam refused to turn. Mercy again pleaded with streaming eyes, but Justice remained stern. Bui there came One more powerful than Justice or Mercy. It was Love. Crowned with thorns which pricked great crimson drops from his forehead, he labored up the hill beneath" His heavy load. He suffered the rug ged nails to pierce His feet and hands, tne cruel soear to be thrust into His side, and as the torrent gushed from Hi3 wounds, a aing.e drop fell into the scale and the Law was weighed down, and Man rose triumphant and laid° hold of the pearly gates. Then the scrall in Justice’s hand became white as snow, and her stern brow relaxed. \_Augutta Register. / SIX DOLLARS l PER MOUTH Peace. From Harper’s Magaziae the following verses havo found their way to Savannah. They are quite pretty: Oh that the belie in all th.'?e silent spires Would clash their clangor on the sleeping air, Ring their wild music out with throbbing choirs, RiDg peace in everywhere! Oh ! that this wave of sorrow surging o’er The red, red land would wash away its stain— Drown out the angry fire from shore to shore, And give it peaoe again ! On last year’s blossoming graves, with summer oalia, Loud in his happy tangle hums the boo; Nature forgets her hurt, and finds her balm— Alas ! and why not we ! Spirit of God ! that moved upon the face Os the waters, and bid ancient chaos cease, Shine, thine again o’er this tumultuous space. Thou that art Prince of Peace! Eloquent Letter from Gen. J. B. Gordon. Wm. P. Beasly furnishes the LaQrange Re porter with the following extract from a pri vate letter received a few days since from the gallant Major Gen. J. B. Gordon, who is now in command of the 2d corps of General Lee s army, near Petersburg, Va. : You draw, certainly, a very discouraging picture of the state of feeling in some portions l of Georgia. Already have I been made to blush for the conduct of some of the people of my native State. What do they promise themselves? Can they rely on Yankee prom ises ? Can they forget our suffering and the blood of our brave boys? Could we endure the taunts and jeers of Yankee masters? No, never ! My doctrine is that ice can yet win if ive will. You must rally the people. Let not those who are out of danger forsake the cause while the men who endure the hardships and meet the dangers are willing still to fight and still endure. Are we to be abandoned by the home peo ple ? Shame on them, to give place to such a thought for a moment! Is Georgia's fair fame and glory—her ancient prestige—made more brilliant by the courage and constancy of her sons in this war —to be tarnished now by the untimely timidity of some of her peo ple ? At ail hazards, and at whatever cost, we must go through now. We must be a free and an independent people, or we are ruined forever. To fail now, is to forfeit all our rights and all our honor, and to seoure, as we will deserve, the contempt of mankind. Suppose the Yankees offer us terms, we know that the next Congress would deprive us of the very rights this one had guaranteed to us. Who would legislate for us in the U. S. Congress? Would any man who had any self-respect represent us ? How could he sit in his seat and listen to the lying abuse of his section and his people, and of his dead sons and brothers, by our Yankee conquerors ? / cannot , 1 will not believe that proud old Geor gia is ready to submit. Old Virginia is as firm and defiant as ever. Her legislature is a unit, and her people, though banished from their homes, and their country made desolate, will permit no delusive promise of a dishono rable peace to entice, and no amount of disas ter to drive them from an unflinching support of our cause. Oh, shame! shame on the man who would now strike handß with the mur derers of his children! We might make peace now, but it would De with the loss of independence and honor.— We can soon make peace and save both, if the people are only true to themselves and to our provisional government. One more year of privation and endurance, and we shall, I be lieve, be successful. All the efforts of the Yankee governmeat for peaoe are prompted by fear of their inability to carry on the war much longer. We have now but to endure, and all will be well. Encourage the people at home The soldiers are all right. Tell my friends and acquaintances at horns to cheer up, to give moral a3 well a3 material support to the army and government, and we shall yet succeed. For Chattahoochee. The Steamer JACKSON, Fry, master, will leave for the above and all intermediate landings, Sunday morning, at 9 o’clock, feb 24 td By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. Administrator’s .Sale, ON THURSDAY, 9th at 11 o’clock I will sell in front of the auction store of Ellis, Livingston <k Ce. The perishable property belonging to the estate of L. C. Morton, dec’d. con sisting of one Bureau, Bedstead, Ward robe, Tables, Wash Stand, Chairs, Baths ing Tubs, Water Buckets, Tin and Crock* ery Ware, Fender, Shovel and Tongs, fine Gold Watch, fine Rifle, Colt’s Revol ver, Bed Clothing, Wearing Apparel, Traveling Trunks, besides many other ar tides of value too numerous to mention. Sold by order of the Court of Ordinaiy ol Muscogee county. E. BARNARD, feb 24 wtd $24 Adm’r. By Ellis, Livingston & Cos. WILL SELL on Tuesday, Feb. 28th. in front of our store, at II o’clock, 2 Fine Marble Bed Billard TABLES. feb 12 $24 FOUND. A LARGE BRASS KEY. The owner can get it by calling at THIS OFFICE, feb 24 ts 5250 Reward. The above reward for the delivery of a yellow, heavy set BULL DOG, ear3 trimmed close, with a crooked, deformed tail, about eighteen months oil: or SIOO will be paid to any person giving informa tion where he is. Address GREER A MASTERSON. Macon, Georgia. Atlanta Intelligencer, Columbus Times and Augusta Constitutionalist will copy three times and send bills to this office.—You. Confederacy . feb 24 3t Jloney Lost. BY THE undersigned, five Confederate biii3 of FIVE HUNDRED dollars each, twenty-five dollars in Old Issue and a four per cent Bond o? one hundred dollars. The above was rolled up in a portion of a large 3ize envelope. The finder will be liberally rewarded b 7 leaving the above at this office. JOHN H. WILLINK. feb 23 3t* i — —i — .. To Rent, A GOOD DWELLING HOUSE containing four ii. good rooms, with all necessary out buildings and a well of good water. The house is situated on Oglethorpe street in the upper part of the city.— Possession can be given by the first of March. Ap ply at No. 89 Broad street. feb 23 ts SIOO Reward. DUNAWAY from Mr. J. D. Gray’s shop, about the 18th of January, my boy TOM, 19 years old, five feet seven inchvs high, no particular mark re collected, except a soar through his left eye brow. The above reward will be paid for his delivery to Mr. Gray or myself. P. J. PHILLIPS. feb £3 4t Rosette, Lawhon & Cos., OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE One Copper Boiler, 8 feet long. Five or six hundred pounds Lead Pipe 8 or 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks. jen 18 ts L#st or Mislaid. I?OUR SHARES of the G. 4 A. S. S. Cos.. No " 160, in f.-,t ol Mrs. J. L. Wil op. nov 30 ts D. A J. J. GRANT.