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DAILY TIMES. J. W. WARREX, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: Sunday Morning, February 26,1865. ____ _* [Correspondence of the Colutabus Times.] Auburn,’Ala., Feb. 23, 1865. Mr. Editor: The Montgomery Advertiser inveighs heavily against a suggestion of the Mobile Advertiser and Register, to Governor Watts, that he shall arm the negroes, with the consent of their masters , against the threatened invasion of Thomas’ army, and in this matter be “a law unto himself.” Having, without any knowledge of the views of Mr. Forsyth, frtadc tie identical suggestion to Gov. Watts—in one of my letters to him, published in the Times—l feel that it is proper for me to say, that I do not see the force of the objections urged by your Montgomery co temporary, to this policy. 1 certainly did not and, I suppose, the Mobile Advertiser did not j contemplate ’any violation of law by Governor 1 'out only that he should act in the ab sence of law, and with the consent of the owners ol the negroes. It seems to me a too scrupu u lous devotion to law—a rather whimsical sort of tithing of mint and cumin, and neglecting of the weightier matters of the law, to object to a voluntary defence of the State, by anybody , or in any way. Governor Watts has been de nied the legal power to employ the proper re sources of the State in its defence ; and now, it the public press and public opinion shall prevent its voluntary defence , it would seem that Alabama ib turned over to a hopeless des tiny. I reiterate my advice. Let Governor Watts gather up all the resources in his reach, white and black, and in despite of delinquent Legis latures and tender-footed editors, make an he roic defence of the State. Let him take care of the people, and the people will take care of him ! Now, if ever, it is, Salus populi su prema est lex ! Governor Brown’s late message will have its effect —I fear a deleterious one. It is the ablest of his papers. With an unfortunate animus , it most provokingly abounds in true facts and true doctrines. It is a vain thing to shut our eyes to the truth. Let the Gov ernment dare to learn from this sturdy enemy, and defeat the object of Faction, by adopting promptly, in its practice, whatever may seem to be wise and prudent. The country will be slow to credit the Gov ernor’s imputations against the patriotism of the President. The best antidote, perhaps, to the tendency of the message, is its evident malice. It is most difficult not to believe that Gov. Brown intends to drive the people into recon struction. The tone of the message is one of titter despair —he finds ample excuse for the desertions in the army—he proposes the wild est schemes of disorganization, at the moment when all depends upon present action. He undervalues “Independence.” My own opin ion is that the Governor has lost faith in the capacity of the Administration to carry us successfully through the struggle. He cer tainly knows that we cannot venture now on the work of reorganization. With his views, the “convention” he proposes would infallibly submit. He is thoroughly whipped , and looks to reconstruction as the only escape from an nihilation. He must excuse us for a little doubt as to his entire sincerity. He is a wise man, and responsible for the effect of his policy. He tells us himself that he is capable of an ambi dextrous diplomacy ; that with all his abhor rence of the President and his policy, he would give it “an earnest support,” if he fa vored reconstruction. The whole thing in a nutshell is, “I am opposed to reconstruction — but — it—is — inevitable. President Davis is responsible—that mad Cataline who binds his fellow conspirators to him, by the horrid bowl of sacrificial wine and blood. Sanguin em vino permixtur in pateris circumtulissa.” — Havato, Wm. F. Samford. The Columbia Carolinian says the most re liable estimates we have heard from persons within the lines, who have had an opportuni ty ot gathering information from a variety of Yankee sources, give Sherman only titty odd thousand men, including the corps of General Foster, now co-operating with him on the coast. The number of troops, however, is always exaggerated, and after reckoning his loss from sickness, wounds and death, we in cline to the opinion that the Federal com mander has not forty thousand effective men in the four corps now scattered between the Savannah and Edisto. On the 11th instant, General Wheeler met Kilpatrick near Aiken, and after enticing him beyond his entrenchments, charged him with his whole command and routed the enemy with confusion, driving him back a distance of about five miles. Ammunition giving out it was impossible for our men to push Kil patrick further, and the contest there ceased. We took a considerable number of prisoners, among whom were a portion of the 33d Mas sachusetts regiment. Opinion as divided among men as to the objective poimt of Sher man. Orangeburg is in all probability in posses sion of the enemy—report giving them about 12,000 men. Major Manigault was certainly killed in the late attack on James' Island. The latest from the Mississippi we find in the Jackson Mississippian of the 19th. That paper sajs that the latest intelligence from \ icksburg, deemed authentic, is to the effect that a number of transports filled with troops have left that point for Red river, to prevent the crossing of Kirby Smith, who, they be lieve, contemplates reinforcing us on this side of the Mississippi. It is possible that the Yankee troops recently landed at Vicksburg, Natchez and Baton Rouge, may be intended as a grand river guard or cordon of army corps to prevent a junction of western with eastern forces. From Pensacola. —We leara that, on the 23d says the Montgomery Advertiser, of the 2oti; Capt. Keyser’s cavalry picket command near Milton, Fla., was surprised about daylight and captured—men, hor*»* and baggage, by a raiding party of the enemy from Pensacola. The num ber of men and horses captured, we havo not as certained. Capt. K. was at Pollard at the time. Milton is about 30 miles Southeast from Pollard, and the same distance Northeast from Pensacola. A gentleman, who reached here from Pensacola, J**terday, thinks the Yankee force at Fort Pick ens and the Navy Yark is about 20,000, but an other gentleman pnts it at 12,000. Communica tion between the Navy Yard aad Pensaeola has been closed fer several weeks. Hence, it is inferred thata move Northward is centemplated, [F ’ ;m the Telegraph & Confederate, j GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. Macon, Georgia, Feb. 24, 1364. SENATE. The Senate met at 19 o’clock, a. m., aid wa3 opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Wills. After the minutes had been read, Mr. Me* Cuthen, of the 43d Senatorial District, moved to reconsider the action of the Senate, on yes terday, by which was lost, a bill to provide for the removal of the public archives of the State to the city of Macon, and to allow the heads of the Department of the State to rent offices and houses for dwelling in the city. The motion prevailed. On motion of Mr. Whitaker, of the 26tb, the bill was laid on the table for the present. The special order for the day was taken up. This is the resolution of Mr. Gaulden, of the 2d District, providing for an election of dele gates on the 20th day of March next, for a Convention of the people of Georgia. The resolutions of Mr. Gaulden were offered as a substitute to the resolutions of Mr. Pottle pledging Georgia to the prosecution of the war until “ independence is achieved and vie-’ tory won. ” Mr. Ramsey first occupied the floor, by cour tesy of Mr. Gaulden. He spoke against the substitute and contended for the original res olutions. He thought the present no time for distraction iu our councils, and was utterly opposed to a Convention of the people. Mr. Gaulden followed in reply. After Mr. Gaulden had concluded his speech the Senate adjourned till 3 o’clock, p. m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES —AFTERNOON SES SION. The House met at 9 o’clock, a. m., pursuant to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Hawkins. The rules were suspended and the House took up the message of the Governor relative to an equitable distribution of 20,000 pairs of cotton cards to the counties remote from the interior. Referred to a committee of five. " The following bills were iutroduced. Mr. Hardeman of Bibb, a resolution request ing Congress to suspend the operation of the Conscript act, authorizing the President to receive regiments and battalions, under offi cers of their own choice. Mr. Hawkins of Baldwin, a bill to amend the charier of the city of Milledgeville. Mr. Autry of Carroll, a bill to exempt Maj. Thomason, of Carroll, from the payment of Taxes for the year 1864. Mr. Rawls of Effingham, a resolution re questing the suspension of the collection of the State tax for 1864, of all persons overrun by the enemy. Mr. Adams of Clark, a resolution authoriz ing the Governor to furnish members and cer tain officers with Waters’ Pamphlet. Mr. Brown of Houston, a bill to increase the fees of tax receivers in this State. Also, a bill to authorize Wm. Summerford, guardian of J. B. Holmes, ■of Dooly, to turn over the property to said ward. Mr. Jones of Newton, a resolution instruct ing the Governor to disband the militia. Mr. Mathews of Oglethorpe, a bill to amend the laws of the State in relation to lapsed le gacies. Mr. Rawles of Effingham, a resolution re questing Congress to suspend the collection of all Confederate Taxjor 1864-’5, of persons overrun by the enemy. Mr. Wallace of Taylor, a bill to incorporate the town of Reynolds. Also, a bill to authorize the wife of A. I£. Jones, of Bibb, to receive any and all proper ty that she is entitled to by inheritance or otherwise. Mr. Overstreet of Pierce, a resolution in re ference to the employment of slaves in the army. Mr. Hawkins of Forsyth, a bill for the par don of Terry L. Cox, now confined in the pe nitentiary. Mr. Phillips of Meriwether, a bill for the relief of Victoria L. Horton, of Meriwether. The House proceeded to read bills the third time. A bill to change the line between the counties of Merriwether and Coweta. Passed. A bill to repeal an act to change the line 'be tween the counties of Randolph and Calhoun.— Passed. A bill for the relief of B. Mclntosh, of Brooks. Passed. A bill for the relief of Van Swenger, of Schley Couuty. Lost. A bill to change the oath of tax payers of this State. Passed. A bill to pay bounties to the two State Line regiments. Lest. A bill to authorize Mary Edmondson, adminis tratrix of D. Edmondson, to settle with and pay off W. A. Edmondson, one of the heirs of said estate. Passed. A bill to limit the tax to be imposed upon the citizens and tax-payors of the eity of Marietta.— Passed. A bill to change the line between the counties es Clay and Randolph. Recommitted. A bill to legalize the election of Town Commis sioners for the town of Jfadison. Passed. The special order was then taken np, the same being the Senate resolutions adverse to the calling a Convention of the people of the State. After Mr. Mathews, of Oglethorpe, had conclu ded his remarks t in opposition to the resolutions, on motion es Mr. Lawson, of Putnam, the reso lutions were indefinitely postposed. Yeas 85, nays 56. Adjourned till 3 o’clock, P. M. Gov. Brown of Georgia. We da not remember ever to have witnessed a parallel to the almost universal astonishment and indignation which has been produced by Governor Brown’s message to the Geergia Legislature. Gui bono ? everybody asks. What good, honest and patriotic purpose could Gov. Brown expect to sub serve by throwing this bundle of firebrands into the arena of this great fight for national exist ence ? Admit that he is right in all his views of the Confederate war policy, is this a time to raise the flood gates of domestic dissension, while the com mon enemy is thundering at the gate and threat ening destruction both to Brownite and Davisite ? Governor Brown’s hatred to Mr. Davis amounts to insanity. It makes him oblivious of Sherman and his ravages; it carries him to the mad ex treme es proposing a fresh revolution, ripping up the Confederate Government, deposing the Presi dent, and placing the power in ether hands—these of Gov. Brown, we suppose. While in the very crisis of the struggle with the Yankee foe, and in a campaign that must be decided fer weal or fer wee in a few short weeks, while every true patriot would urge harmony in council and union in arms fer the public safety, this passionate Governor declares open war upon every measure of the Government, and tells the people that they are being piloted to ruin, and nothing but a revolu tionary change will save them. Cooler men will decide that wa have about as much revolution on our hands now as we can well manage, and it weuld be wiser to pipe all hands to save ship and stand by the captain and officers than te throw them overboard and to try new ones. If Ger. Brewn is right, the ship and all on board are about to be lost, and all that is left is fall down and pray, or break info the spirit room and meet death jolly drunk, according to the tastes of the passengers. But Gov. Brown does not loek at the situation with a clear vision. Like the Chourineur, he “sees red,” and views every act of the President’s administration through the jaundiced media of his own passions, of hate and ambition. And what a time he has chosen for this urseemly display es spleen ! Just at the mo ment when the friends of the country were ear nestly hoping and striving for a revival es the courage of the people, when publie meetings were springing up all over the land, and all the signs were propitious for anew era of war feeling and energy, and of consentaneous action to save the people from the terrible fate to which Lincoln has consigned them—just when hope was being rean imated, and confidence restored, Gov. Brown opens his Pandora box and attempts to flood the land with a brood of distracting issues and dissensions. Time was when we admired “Joe Brown’’ for his energy, and his rough and homely inde pendence. But this last freak has brought down his reputation, as the sailors say, “with a run,” and he stands now in one of two attitudes ; we are forced te regard him either as an infuriated dema> gogue, reckless of the public safety, or as a man devoid of discretion and wisdom. In other event he occupies a “bad eminence,” and helda a power dangerous to the success of this struggle and the liberties of this people. Wo would not, therefore, follow his pernicious example, and recemmend that he be deposed by revolution, but we appeal in the name of every sound and rational friend of Confederate indepen dence, to the people of Georgia to save the country from the disastrous effects of his madness, and to elect as his successor one who will devote himseif to the great duty of fighting the Yankee enemy, and not to making war ©a eur own Government. —Mobile Advertiser. [From the Daily Rebel.] Bill Arp Philosophizes open the War, etc. Mr. EdiPur, Sur: If I kould disarn anything gloomy in the politikui Jborrizuh, I would keep it to myself and not go to puttiu my iong face in the newspapers, but seeia things as I see em, I dont see ffb .. -ng in the sityation more distressin than asu--' My doktrine has always ben. that if we wnst to fit# and site and file till our army was played out, the biggest part of old Linkhorns job would be jest begun. Alter he has whipd us, then he’s got to subjugate us. He’s got to hold us down and he cant do it. I used to have a nabur who was one of these mean little snarly phice-dog sort of men, and I had him to whip about onst a week for three months, but I dident make a thing off on him. He would raise anew fuss with me in an hour after I had made him holier enuf, and finally Isold him my land and moved away jest to get rid of him. Now the idea of ole Linkhorn takin possession of so many towns and sities, and so much territory, and uoldin it. and keep in so many pepul down, are utter nonsense and it cant bn and i. Besides, we aint whipd yet—not by tiirea or four jug fulls. Sposia Sherman did walk right through the State.— Spo3in he did. Was any body whipd? Did ent the rebellion jest close right up on the ground behind him jest like shettin up a pair of woffle irons? He parted the atmosfear as he went along, and it collapsed agin in his rear immediately. He’l have to go over that same old ground several times vit and then sell out and move away. Well they say that old Abe’s Congress has finally and forever set free all the niggers by mendin the constitution. How did that free em or how did freein em mend the constitu tion. The durnd old thing’s been £>roke for 40 years and its broke yit, but spose they have freed em ita no more than old Abe has done three or tour times by his proklamashun3.— What doe3 it all amount to ? I want to buy a nigger and I jest as leave have a chunk of a free nigger as any other sort. I dont care a bobbee about his bein free if I can subjugate him, and if he gits above his color I’ll put 39 whelks right under his shurt and make him wish that old Linkhorn stood in his shoes. But Mr. Editur, Sur—The way I see it is, that if we are to be whipd at all, then the in fantry, which is to say the web teet, are to be whipd fust. After that, then comes the tug of war. Whippia the cavalry will be the devilesh ondertakin of this or any precedin conflict. I tell you, sur, they cant be whipd ontill they are kotched, and that event will never transpire. The truth is that the Confed erate cavaliy can site em, and dog em, and dodge em, and bushwhack em, and bedevil em, for a thousand years, and thats as long as the most sanguine have calculated this war to last. The Confederate cavalry are übiquitous and everlasting. I have travelled a heap of late, and had okkashun to retire into some very sequested regions, bat nary hill or hol low, nary vale or valley, nary mountin gorge or inaksessible raveen have I found, but what the cavalry had been thar and jest left. And thats why they cant be whipd, for they have always/esf left and took an odd horse or two with em. For four years the Confederate Horse Stealin Cavalry have been pirootin around, preparin themselves for the frightful struggle to come. By dodging around they have completed their inspection of stock, and tried all its bottom, and now it are resunable to suppose they are ready to site. The fakt is, Mr. Editor, stealin from our side is a most playd out, and I feel assured our enemies will suffer very soon. Sich a crisis are, I reckon, a blessin to the country, for when weve lost all our property thar wont be nothin to rekonstrukt and, we’ll all go to fitin. Property in sich times are the bane of liberty. Old Blivins remarked, tbat if we all had been as poor as him when the war begun and had held our own, the viktry would have been won long ago. “ How poor are you Blivins ? ” sed I. “Jest 4 years ago,” sed he, “ I war even with the world, which is to say I owd about as many as I dident owe, and had nothin to boat, and thats the fix I want the Confederacy to git in. ” We are that way in these parts, Mr. Editor, shure. What the Yankees dident git in six months continuous plunder were brought out to enjoy when they left. Suddenly some friendly skouts appeared upon the arena and made a general grab. Everything visible were appropriated without pay or seremony. Our indignant citizens appealed for protekshun, and his Exelensy the Guvnor, sent up Major Merkison as the avenger of our wrongs, and the protektor of our lives and property. The Major and his gallant boys appreciated our cause, and in order to prevent a recurrence of sich robberies by the wanderin skouts, they stole all the ballance themselves and then run away. Sich is war, Mr. Editor, but neverthe less, notwithstandin, I am for it a3 long as possibul, and longer if necessary. W« are now trying the meelish—the Gorgy melish—luxuriatin under ther benine and pea - abul rule—Slandered as they have beeti from the mountings to the sea, they are now the gardyans of our sleepin liberties. Like a wall, of fire they environ the outpost3 of Cherokee Gorgy, and we’ll stand by em as long as—they stand by us. Let their slanderers beware and rekellekt the fate of Ike Jonson, that old vete ran from the Virginny army. Ike was home on a bustin furlow, and he rode up to the Meelish and pullin out his repeater exciamd with uncommon gravity, “ lag down meelish , I'm guine to bust this cap” Mr. Editor, Ike Jon son had to leave those parts prematurely. And now Sur will you allow us Romans to ask a favor of your wide spreadin paper. We desir to intersperse in your columes some new3 of the Gorgy Legislatur. We understood they were powerfully skattered and somewhat de moralized. Have they rallied yit, and did the Governor lose many of the publick arkives ? I saw a member from Franklin the other day, and he had two pair of cotton cards in hi3 hand. I axd him about the arkives, and he sed he onderstood the Guvner got off about ten thousand pair of em, and that all the members got two pair a piece besides. Do you suppose this are so ? Yours purlitely, Bill Arp. P- S.—Whar are the Guvenur? I learn he wer collard and cabbaged and carried oph in two cars to the halls of the Montvzumas. B. A. i— • Destructive Raid. —Our place was visited on Saturday night last by a band of men calling them selves Federal soldiers, but they were not real Yan kees. They came in town and surrounded Capt. Stew arts house, set it on fire and compelled him, Capt. Rankin, Franklin Whorton and Wm. Stewart to come out—firing on them—killing Capt. Stewart and wounding Capt. Rankin. Wm. Stewart was shot at six or eight . times but escaped unhurt.— Whorton succeeded in getting to where the pickets where when they enquired of him whether or not he belonged to Stewart’s company. He told them he belonged to the 12th Ala., which was true. They gave it the lie and placed the gun against his breast and fired, killing him; and while he was on the ground the gun was placed at his right eye and shot through the head. One whole block of buildings were destroyed by fire, the jail broken open and the prisoners released; there being some ten or twelve negroes in jail; the court house was fired but the fire went out. Unfortunately for Capt. Ntewart, his men, the most of them, were furloughed- They plundered considerably and then proceeded on their march towards the Tennessee river, coming upon a courier post two miles from town, they surrounded the house and commenced shooting in the house, the couriers ran through the lines, making their escape, but both were wounded, one in both arms and --the other twice in one \es.—Ashville {Ala.) Vidette, loth. The old Liverpool and New York packetship Decotab has again arrived in the Mersey, from Nassau, with a cargo consisting of 4,000 bales of blockade run cotton. At the present rates for fine American staple in Liverpool, this cargo is valued at £230,000. During the past year it has been ascertain ed that the Liverpool shipowners have lost £4,000, by granting advance notes to sailors who, after signing articles, refused to proceed to sea. Another telescope comet was discovered in Virso by Professor Bruins, of I/epsick, on the 31s* u'.t. Tlis War was Tue Richmond Whig, of the 7ch iast., says : If poaco between the North and the South had coatinued up to this time, what has lately hap pened in the United States Congress would have oeen enough to produce war. War for sovereign and inalienable rights not only threatened, but assailed; not ealy assailed, but destroyed, unless saved by a vigorous and resolute defence. If the Union had remained, the recent legislation of the Federal Congress would havo ruptured it beyond hope es repair. If the South had tolerated the election es Lincoln—had submitted quietly to the rule of the dominant sectional majority; had for given the wrongs, the insults and the contumely es seventy years—this crowning outrage would havo driven her to the assertion of her independ ence and the resumption of her sovereign rights. In 1861 there were still injthe South some con fiding and credulous people who deplored the sep aration as hasty and ill-advised, and who, while they yielded their private opinions at the demand of their respective States, fancied that Northern aggression would never be carried to that extreme point, which all had indicated at the utmost limit of forbearance. Even after the Yankees had shown that they were utterly incapable of under standing the principles on which the Government was formed, after they had manifested their inten tion to maintain their ascendancy by force, and had waged upon us a bitter, unrelenting and gi gantic war, characterized by all the ambition of conquest, and all the malignity of hate, there was some among us who dreamed of suoh a thing as reconstruction—a restoration of the Union, with adequate promises and guarantees. It is well that these delusions have been dis pelled, and the naked issue is at least presented to us in such fora that insanity itself could not distort, or even idiocy mistake it. This issue is exactly independence or - annihilation. By the grace of the conqueror, should we- submit or be subjugated, our miserable lives might be spared, because, perhaps, it would be inconvenient to dis pose of five or six millions of people by the gal lows or the guillotine. Perhaps even we might, did we implore forgiveness in tim?, bs permitted to live in our own houses, and till our own land, and wear eur own clothes; but this would be con sidered an act of supereminent mercy. Asa people we should absolutely cease to exist. Virginia would be no longer Virginia, nor would Georgia be known as Georgia. The whole South would be as to the Yankees exactly what Poland is to Rus sia, and as to the rest of the world precisely what St. Domingo is. This is no mere deduction—no supposition based on conjectural premises. It is what Lincoln and Seward distinctly told our Com missioners at Fortress Monroe, and what the Yan kee Congress, by a solemn act of legislation, has deliberately prepared for us, in anticipation of that joyful time when the South shall be given over to the mercy of her enemies. There can be no misconception now. There is nothing before us but degradation, spoliation and death if we sub mit to our enemies. The only possible chance for honor, life and liberty lies in a continuance of that stern and desperate resistance with which we have hitherto met and defeated the tremendous efforts that have been made to compass our des truction. Miscellaneous Items. The Pennsylvania Legislature is engaged in the consideration of a bill urging Congress to require each sub-district to furnish its quota under the draft from its own residents. The Louisville Journal says: “ General Joe Johnston is a brother of Edwin William John ston, the 1 11 Segretorio ’ that used to write re markably brilliant letters for the Louisville Journal. ” The number of hogs packed in Cincinnati is estimated, upon packers’ returns, at 338,000, being a deficiency, as compared with last sea son, of 32,000 head. At Chicago the packing foots up 750,000, against 904,000 last year, being a falling off of about 150,000. The fall ing off in the whole West will fall little short of 700,0®0. In the nuqjber shipped East there is also a large deficiency. The Railroad Record recommends that when the war is over, the military organiza tion of colored troops be kept up, with pay and rations of soldiers, and their labor direct ed to the opening of the great lines of railway between the Atlantic and Pacific States. Time enough to think about that when the war is over, and we find that any considerable num ber of colored troops survive it.— Cincinnati Commercial. The appointment of Prince Napoleon to the Vice Presidency of the Privy Council of France, is perhaps a more important event than it would be were it merely a rebuff administered to the Roman Court. By this appointment the Emperor appears to have given a pledge to liberal Italy that he will be faithful to it; and not only that he will be faithful, but that in the case of his death France shall still—for a time, at least for the term of another life— remain faithful too. In the Norwegian mines pay day is thus managed: The workmen go to the overseer, who casts up accounts and puts the amount due each in chalk on his back ; then the man goes to the paymaster, who turns him around, and pays the sum, and rubs out the chalk for a receipt; and not a word is said or a line written by either party. Oie Bull re-appeared, after an absence of many years from the concert in Berlin, recent ly. His old admirers were pleased to find that, although his hair has become gray, he possesses all the wonderful mastery over his instrument which he displayed in years long since passed away. A major in the Austrian service has just died at Vienna, bequeathing large property to his son on condition of his undertaking never to read a newspaper. There are five young kings, or heirs to kingdoms, in Europe, in want of wives, viz : Bavaria, Greece, Orange, Sardinia and Rus sia. An English writer says a peculiar atmos phere surrounds royalty. We suppose it is the heirs to the throne. Why is a man who stakes his money in a gambling bouse like a star ? Because lie’s an asto-risk. “ Mary, ” asked Charles, “ what animal drop ped from the clouds ? ” “ The rain, dear, ” was the whispered reply. There is much illness in Paris just now amongst conspicuous personages. For ex ample—M. Proudhon, M. Bastide, M. Bacchi ochi, M. Baroche, and M. Charras. The health of the Empress is anything but satisfactory. Felicien David, the composer, continues very ill. A fire, which unfortunately broke out in the house in which he lives, and made it necessary to remote him from his bed, ag gravated his state materially. A French proprietor lately paid four mil lions of francs for a tract of vine land where Madoc was the favorite wine, and he has real ized the full amount of the purchase money from the crop of 1864 alone. A French bibliomaniac has counted the number of books and pamphlets called into public by the publication of Renan’s “Life of I Jesus,” in the first year after the issue of that volume. The number is over two hundred, and the list is not complete. A most important discovery ha3 just been made in South America. It is that the great river Amazon has been found to be naviga ble from one end to the other: that, in fact, a new route has been opened between the At lantic and Pacific. The Morona, a Peruvian steamer, which was sent to explore the Am azon, has arrived at Mayro, about three hun dred miles from Lima. The Morona naviga ted more than two thousand miles of the Am azon proper, and six hundred of the Yeayali and the Pachitea rivers, which, until then, had seen only Indian canoes. The country is, of course, inhabited only by savages, but it is of wonderful fertility. A Beautitcl Experiment. —ls an acorn be suspended by a piece of thread to within half an inch of some water, contained in a hyacinth glass, and so permitted to remain without being dis turbed, it will, in a few months, burst and throw a root down inte the water, and shoot upwards its tapering stem, with beautiful little green leaves. A young oak tree, grewing in this way, on a mantel shelf of a room, is a very interesting object. the city T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR Auction Salks. —At auction by Ellis A Cos. yesterday the following prices wer©obtained : oil cloth $7.50 per yard; one mahogany secretary $750; one sewing machine S6O 0: one do. 1750- negro man Judah $1700; silver watch $62,50; one geld watch $1,750; one bureau 409; w&gen and harness $1500; leather $11.75; two shares Eagi# Factory stock $4,175 per share for SSOO paid in ; 15 Shares Home Insurance stock $lO7 per share for SSO paid in; 75 shares Great Southern Insu rance stack S3O per share for S2O paid in ; one share Lamar Exporting and "Importing stock SIOSO for SIOOO paid in, other sales unimportant. Sale of Negroes.— J. B. Habersham & Ce. advertie twenty-two valuable negroes at executor’s sale iu the city of Macon on the first Tuesday in March. These negroes are men and women all good plantation hands. Negotiation Again. —Our telegrams of yester day morning repeat the oft told tale of recogni tion. This .time it comes from Charleston and not from Canada or the Northern papers. And it comes too so authentically. A reliable gentleman in Augusta learns that Mayor Macbeth says that the French Consul at ClmTiesten says that he has good authority for stating that Louis Napoleen told somebody that he intended t© recognize the Confederacy and back the recoguitioa by force of arms if necessary. Wonder if that’s so. It may be, but it has come in so many shapes and forms since the beginning of the year, that this report will have to be vouched for moro authentically than it is before we believe it. — » 1 What did it Mean? —On Friday night as this local was wending his solitary way homeward, he was accosted by a number of men in uniforms, under the supposition that he was a “nig.” The night was awful dark and we could not see the faces of the men, but we could hear them talking in under tones to each other. One says to the other—“oh Bill, he’s a white man !” “The devil you say,” says the other, “well let him go.” Ac cordingly wo went without stopping to enquire into the nature of their" designs. Glad to get off so easy. But what did they mean ? Their object must have been to rob if a nigger, and to let us slide if a white man ? Glad was’nt a nig ger. We always believed ourself to be a white man, and so we are according to the concurrent testimony of thoso four night prowlers. So that question is settled. But it strikes us the business of robbing the negro is a most contemptible one, and a man must be terribly demoralized to en gage in it. If we wore constitutionally a thief, w« think it would be more manly to steal from a white man, and one who had plenty at that. mm 9 Something Wrong —During the last few weeks several letters containing money have been mailed to this office from post offices on the Mobile A Girard Railroad, which have never come to hand. This we can only acceunt for by supposing that the money has been purloined either at the mail* ing office or other office on the route. We are aware that the compensation of postmasters is in* adequate to their support, and that the bias of the times is strongly in favor of stealing, but as strong a case as this is, it does not justify the ab straction of the printer’s money. The poor devil lives hard enough when he gets his dues, and if he should fail to get these his case is pitiable. So send on our letters if you please. We’ll forgive the past if you’ll do better in the future. Water Plenty. —In these times of great scar city we have plenty of nothing but water—water in the river, water in the streets, water on the commons, water in the woods, water at the brick yard—water everywhere and plenty of it. Since Friday night rain has been falling almost inces santly, and during the time pretty much all busi ness operations in our city have been suspended. Although the weather is by no means congenial to our feelinge, we have no doubt it is all for the best. Something Needed.— We see by advertisement that D. Keith It Cos. are prepared to furnish seeks and stockings for ladies and children. This will be hailed with pleasure by many who have been compelled to go barefooted-lhis winter because of inability to get stocking yarn. Call en Keith— he’ll do what’s right by yeu sure. On the 30th ultimo, the Yankee Secretary of War sent to the U. S. Senate a list of the general officers in the armies of Lincoln. It comprises sixty-six major generals and two hundred and seventy-six brigadiers. A bill has been introduced in the Confederate Senate to abolish provost marshals except within the lines es armies in the field, and to turn over to the reserve forces the duties now performed by the conscript officers, their guards, &c. Brig. Gen. John Echols is in command of the department of Southwestern Virginia and Ea3t Tennessee, vice Gen. Breckinridge, appointed Sec retary of War. Gen. Echols has once before been in command of this department, and his adminis tration of it was most successful. Fight at Dardanellb, Arkansas. —The St. Louis Democrat of the 28th ult., say3 we learn that a fight took place on the 15th inst., at Dardanelle, Arkansas, about halfway between Little Rock and Fort Smith, in which the reb els were defeated. A fleet of light draught steamers were en route for Fort Smith, and took on board a regiment of cavalry at Lewis burg, to clear the river banks of guerrillas.— This force landed at Dardanelle, where the rebels were in strong force, under command of Joe Shelby. A fight ensued, during which the transports passed up the river. Our loss was twenty-five killed. The rebels fell back and the next day evacuated the town. No further particulars have come to hand. AUCTION SALES MYERS, WATSOY & CO., AUCTIO IST EBBS AND General Commission Merchants, At Hull <6 Duck’s old stand, Opposite Bank of Columbus, Broad Street. Personal and prompt attention given to all consignments. Columbus, Ga., Jan. 21, 1365. jan23 ts BY MYERS, WATSON & CO., ON MONDAY. FEBRUARY 27th, in front of our Store, at 11 o’clock,|we will sell. 50 Sacks Ground Peas, 20 Boxes Tobacco, 15 Bales Smoking Tobacco, 9 bbls Cane Syrup, 2 Sacks Sugar, 5 “ Salt, 1 Sheet Iron Stove, Beady-Made Clothing, &c, • ALSO, 1 Excellent Gold Watch, , 21 Dollars in Gold, 24 “ in Silver, &c., kc. fob 25 sl3 Hofl- C. C. Clay. The following is an extract from a orivate letter, from the Hon. C. C. Clay, j r , to a friend m Alabama: “I am sorry to say that I have but littl* . cotiragement to offer our people from‘the for' eign countries I have- visited. We have th sympathy, respect, admiration and praise 0 u very lage majority of the people I saw. and they cordially wish us triumph over our ene mies, and peace and independence; but they are indisposed to hazard offending them by any recognition or open aid of us.° We mu s i trust in God and our ewn virtues for deliver ance, or lose all that i3 worth living for o dying for. If o ur people know all that awaits ! f Q( l uered . they would gladly offer up all their blood and treasure to avert that great est Oi all calamities. lam sure that no bond age, trom that of the Israelites to this day, of which history makes mention, was so humili ating and galling as ours will be, if we vie’l to any terms of peace that do not embrace' ou independence of the North. But I fear tbat many of our people do not believe this, and indulge in the fatal and base delusion, that they may enjoy their property and their most essential liberties under Yankee domination ’’ It may weil be doubted whether the Unked States with all its braggadocio, can ever raise again suen armies as those which have already taken the field. The half million draft of las? year yielded only seventy thousand effectives, and it is the opinion ol the most intelligent Northern men that a resort to conscription would break down the war. If our own efforts aro wisely con ducted, and our own resources of rnoa and mate rial judiciously husbanded, we have no reason :V diseoura*genaent. If we are conquered, it will net be by the \ ankees, but by ourselves. Most of the misfortunes we new suffer are the results of our own faults and blunders. It would be a mis erable fact enough to be overwhelmed and sub jugated by sheer force; but to perish by our own folly and mismanagement is too horrible to think ot. Every public man, every official, high and low, m every branch of the service, should realize the fearful weight of responsibility that now rests upon those to whom the country has entrusted the success of its cause. AUCTION SALES. By Ellis, Livingston Cos, ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE. ON Tuesday, 7th March next, at 11 o’clock, I will sell, in the city of Columbu3, in 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. L. M. Tennille, dec’i. Terms cash. Possession given immediately. Persons holding claims against the estate of Mrs. LucyM. Tennille. dec’d, also Wm. T. Patterson, dec’d, will hand them to S. D. Betton, at Walker Hospital, by the sth of March. , D. MORRIS, Adm’r. feb 19 sll9 By Ellis, Livingston & Cos, Administrator’s Sale. ON THURSDAY, 9th March, at 11 o’clock I will sell in front of the auction store of Ellis, Livingston & Cos. 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 Crocks 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 Ordinary of Muscogee county. E. BARNARD. feb 24 wtd $24 Adm’r. By Ellis, Livingston A Cos. WILL SELL on Tuesday, Feb. 23th, iu front of our store, at 11 o’clock, 2 Fine Marble Bed Billard TABLES. feb 12 $24 By Ellis, Livingston A Cos. ON TUESDAY, 28th Feb. at 11 o’clock, we will sell in front of our store, A Very Fine Pair Northern HORSES, 7 and 8 years old, well broke, kind, fast and gentle, in Single and Double Harness. feb 24 $24 By Ellis, Livingston A Cos. — im • ON TUESDAY, 28th inst., at 11 o’clock, we will sell in front of our 3tore, A SMALL FARM, Five miles from the city on the Buena Vista road, with 25 acres land attached, 12 acres cleared, balance heavily tim> bered. On the premises is a framed dwell*, ing, 2 rooms, smoke house, stables, &c., with a good well and spring of water, feb 23 $37 50 Deserted. DICK FREEMAN. Company "I,” 7th Alabama Cavalry, blue eye?, black hair, sallow complexion, five feet eleven inches high, twenty-one years of age, a resident of Madison county, Alabama- When he left meat Columbus,Ga., was riding a sprightly bay horse, wore a cottonade Jacket, was in possession of a Maynard Rifle with breech burnt near the lock, he will probably try to get through to the enemy’s lines in North Alabama. FRANK COOK, Company “I,” 7th Alabama Cavalry, light hair, fair complexion, eyes yellow with considerable white in them, five feet eight or ten inches high, twenty-five years of age, a resident of Madison county, Alabama. 7 When he left meat Columbus, Ga-, was riding an old sorrel horse, wore brown jeans clothing, had in his possession a May nard Rifle, he will attempt to make his way to the I enemy's lines in North Alabama. I Confederate officers and soldiers, and Enrolling officers are requested to arrest men answering the above description and deliver them to the Com mandant of Past, Columbus, Ga. r. a. McClellan, feb26 3t Lieut. Cos., "I,” 7th Ala., Cav. ‘‘First Lome, First Served.’ 1 liOCli. "W"©11 2 I OFFER FOR SALE FOR CONFEDERATE MONEY. Ist. Twenty-five bales es good.COTTON, in good order, s:attered in small lots in the counties of Chambers and Macon, Ala. 2d. A HOUSE; fund LOT of 10 acres, already deeply ploughed—ditched and manured) three fur nished rooms in a convenient locality ana gooa neighborhood. 3d. A NICE LITTLE FARM of 1 burn, Ala. 100 acres of open land sowed down in Wheat and Oats. No houses.- Flenty of Wood, Water and Pasture. 4th. My HOME PLACE-cons.sting of the lot on which I live (40 acres.) and another House and Lot across she street. Very valuable- well located. B.—l will give good bargains to those who ap r>iv anon to me at Auburn, Ala- P feh 26,1865-ts WM. F. SAMFORD. S2OO Howard.. STOLEN from our Factory on the 23d hm., a 7- inch RUBBER BELT, about 33 feet long The above rewar will be given to any one giving :a:or mation so we can get the same. „ 25 2t* THOS. BERRY St CO.