Newspaper Page Text
DAILY TIMES,
j, M i \\ ARRE.N & CO,, Proprietors,
v»<>il> aed Da' j ; Sundays excepted) at th® rat® o
|6,>.« per month, or $lB tor three months.
No subscription receiTed for n longer term ikan
( ir**. nun Uht.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
CASUAL. DAILY ADVERTISING KATES.
Advertisements inserted once—s 4 per square.
rSECULiK DAILY ADVERTISING RATES.
First Wwk-: 5.3 00 per square for each insertion.
d w W^ ek 7 1 * ; L 00 Per square for each insertion.
Tnird \Veeii—fl oOper square for each insertion.
Fourth vt eck $1 00 per square for each insertion,
second Month —$30*per square.
Third Month—s2s per square.
SPECIAL NOTICES
“EXTRACT/’ . -
Headquarters Post, )
C lurnbus, Ga-, Fab. 28ch, 1565. j
.''pedal Order*, I
So. 50. /
I. In > bedieic* to order.* frou. General Beaure
eird, ail officers and »oldi®r? belungiug to the Army
of Nortnern \ irgmia, whose leaves if absence or
tur. ign* bore expired or are .b./ot t-» exjrtre, or in
any other manner are absent from tbt-ii countands
without proper tufb'jrity, w ill reportjwithont delay
to these he tdquarters.
* * * * * *
By comp.and of
LEON VON ZINKEN,'
Coi. Commanuing Post.
S. Isidore Guiliet, Lieut, and Post Adj’t.
mar 1 *it
Wanted to Hire !
Six Washer Women and four negro Men. Apply
to Surgeon S. H. Stout, Medical Director.
CHAS. E. MITCHEL,
Surgeon in Charge,
Texas Hospital,
feb 28 It Auburn, Ala.
Owing to the increased price of Provisions, La
bor and other expenses, the Steamboats on the
Chattahoochee River Lave been compelled to ad
vance their i rices for freight and passage to the fol
lowing rates ;
Passage t'r oluiubua to Chattahoochee $75 00
From Chattahoochee to Columbus SIOO 00
Lpteraiediate landings in proportion.
Freights t<» any point on Chattahoochee River $4 00
per hu Ired. Measurement Freight $1 25 per cubic
foot.
Capt. H. WINGATE, Shamrock.
Cspt. DAN FRY. Jackson.
•apt. ABN FRY, Indian.
Capt. JOHN (TOUCH, Mist.
Ca.pt. A. O.BLACKMAR.MunnerIyn.
febT— ts '■ ’
Columbus Knitting Company.
We are prepared to leceive orders for SOCKS and
HOSE for Lad es and Children, all made of home
made Knitting Cotton, rather coarse, but soft and
pleasant to wear. D. KEITH,
feb2s lvr Agent- *
“First Fome, First Served.”
XjOolsl Well 2
I OFFER FOR SAFE FOR
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
l a t. T>renty-five bales of good COTTON, in good
order, s tattered in small lota in the counties of
Chambers and Macon, Ala.
2d. A HOUSE; (and LOT of 19 acres, already
deeply ploughed—'ditched and manured) three fur
nished rooms in a convenient locality and good
neighborhood.
3d. A sice little FAR if of 160 acres near Au
burn, Ala. 100 acres of open land 39 or 40 acres
sowed down in Wheat and Oats. No houses.
Plenty of Wood, Water and Pasture.
4th. My HOME PL ACE— consisting of the lot on
which I live <4O acres) and another House and Lot
across she street. Very valuable —well located.
JJ. B.—l will give good bargains to those who ap
ply soon to me at Auburn, Ala- vrwfwn
feb 26,1865—ts WM. 1. SAMIORD.-
Ail Excellent Plantation!
Corn, Fodder, Peas, Potatoes, Sweet and Irish)
Plantation Twj's, Stok Hogs and Cattle, to go with
it, CHEAP 1
To be No hi! Come 4tiick!i
r PBE place is well improved. Agood DWELLING
A with eight rooms and three store rooms in the
brick basement, six fire places, negroe houses, Gm
house and Screw, ail good, in fine repair and high
cultivation. Fifty acres of promising growing
Wheat! Contiins 725 acres, about halt in the
woods. Red land, Oak and Hickory. Lies on. the
Loachapoka creek, four miles from Auburn and tour
miles from Loachapoka, in Macon county, near the
line of Clumbers, in a good neighborhood .md not
likely to be visited by a Yankee raid.
Possession immediate ! Titles indisputable . Une
hundred iore= already ploughed for corn.
See me at Auburn, Ala. Cl ,, mnn
feb 2S ts WM. F. SAMFORD.
Change ol Schedule.
, N ; a f Vr Friday, Jan. 20th. the Trains on
* * ‘he i oscogee Railroad will run a*' follows :
PASSENGER TRAIN :
Leave C. lumbus 6 30 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 2 P. M.
„,eave Macon j* j™ A. M*
» ■ rive at • dumbus 3 0b i . J,.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
.cave Columbus 5 00 A. M.
Arrive at Coin tubus ...........4 55 A. 31.
W . L. CLARK.
aiar 10 ti Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Tlirougli to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS. August 27,1364.
tN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
’ j t'ne Montgomery and Point Railroad wLI
Leave Montgomery at 3:09 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:W a. m -
Arrive at Oolumbus at st3i p. m.
Leave Cbluoibus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3.-00 p. in.
Arrive at West Potnt at 4!oO p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a m.
Arrives * ....at 8:27 p m
D. H. DRAM. Sup’t k Eng:
ag’/l - l si -'4—tf
MOBILE A QIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHi.\CrE OF SCHEDI’LE.
Gisasd, Ala., Oct 7, 1864.
v\‘ and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
’ J Run Daily (Sunday excepted.) as tollows:
Passenger Train
Leave Girard at 1 30 p.m.
Arrive in Union springs o uu
ueave Union Springs 5 35 a.m.
Arrive in Girard at AO 00
Freight Train.
L,eave Girar i at 4 OO a. m.
irrive in uirard at- 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS.
tt mtf Eng - * Sup ’ U
Res:ular Line of Steamers on the
Chattahoochee River.
Colcmbcs, Ga., Jan. 9th.
THE Steamer, Jxcxsox. Daniel Fry.
1 leave Columbus, until further notice, every Sun
day a r "9 a. M. Returning leaves Chattahoochee eYery
Tuesday at 2 p. J*.
The Steamer Ixdia.v, C. D -.Jj y at M Q as ] er ' ea
Pnlnmbua every Tuesday memiug; at M. xv.e
turning, leaves Chattahoochee every Thursday at
2 The Steamer Mist, A. Fry Master, lea Colu
mbus every Friday at 9a. m. Returning leaves Chat
tahooche every Sunday at 12 M.
jan 10 2m ~—
For Exchange or Sale.
A X th. oEce of *•
4 Kettles, of all ««. 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
Orders for Castings and Machine Work
U°“executed. J()HN D QRAY j. cO .
For Sale.
Ofirt Acree of Pino L»od.«i f tit mitos ° , i o "
on the road te Society Bill- SevMty ac
open land. Common improvements. Possession
r KaT e4iate!7 ‘ Cheap WM. F. SAMFORD.
VOL. XII.}
DAILY TIMES.
KVKM.NT, OmuX.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1865.
Later from South Carolina.—A gentleman
just trem Columbia informs us that that city was
Very badly damaged.
, The S;ate House was blewn up, both hotels
burned, and the greater part of the city in ruins.
'-Mr informant has great hopes of Beauregard’s
ability to meet and defeat the enemy. General
Cheatham was nearing our main column, and Gen.
Early had come out from Richmond.
The battle ground would be on the Catawba
river, just below Charlotte.
[Constitutionalist., 2b>h.
[From the Telegraph s Confederate.]
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Macon, Georgia, Feb. 27, 1564.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock. Hon. T. L.
Guerry, President pro tem., in the Chair.
Prayer tjv Rev. Mr. Hawkins, member of the
House from Forsyth county.
By permission the following votes were re
corded on the Convention resolutions of Mr.
Gaulden, and the resolutions of Mr. Pottle,
pledging Georgia to a continued prosecution
| of the war.
On the resolutions of Mr. Gaulden, Mr. Un
derwood voted yea: Messrs. Speer and Spray
berry voted nay. On the resolutions of Mr.
Pottle, Messrs Speer and Sprayberry voted
yea.
The Senate took up the bill for the better
securing, to indigent families, the funds ap
propriated by the State for their relief. The
bill provides for the appointment by the Gov
ernor of an agent to each county, to take the
; funds in charge. It also exempts such agent3
j from militia service.
The bill, after considerable discussion, was
passed. Yeas 19, nays 6.
Mr. Gaulden’s resolutions, adverse to the
policy of arming of slaves, being the special
order for to-day, were taken up and referred
to the committee on Confederate Relations.
; Mr. Chambers offered a resolution request
| ing the Governor to inform th® Se i ne in re-
I gard to the cotton ow owned by the State,
, and how much has beeu lost by shipwreck or
otherwise. The resolution was adopted,
j Tne Senate then adjourned till 3 o’clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met at 10 o'clock, a. m., and was
• opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Worley.
Mr. Carlton introduced a resolution autho-
J rizing the Ordinary of Campbell county to
pay teachers of poor children of said county,
for services in 1865.
Mr. Burts, a resolution directing the Judi
ciary Committee to report as to the condition
| of the Stay Law.
Mr. Davis, a bill to amend the charter of
the town of Decatur.
Mr Ezzard, a bill to extend the operation of
the laws for the roiief of the banks and the
people.
Mr. Barksdale, of Lincoln, a resolution to
request Congress to relieve rrora Confederate
taxation, such spirituous liquors as the Infe
rior Courts may certify to be necessary for the
several counties.
Mr. Mitchell, of Pulaski, a bill to create a
| new Judicial Circuit, to be called the Oconee
Circuit, to consist of the counties of Pulaski,
Dooly. Laurens, Telfair, Wilbox, Irwin and
Coffee.
Also, a bill to add the counties of Clinch and
Echols to the Southern Judicial Circait.
Mr. Barksdale, of Wilkes, a bill to increase the
compensation of Tax Collectors.
Mr. Gartrell, a resolution instructing the Milita
ry Committee to take into consideration the subject
of paying the Georgia Cadets for their services
in the field, and to report by bill, or otherwise.
Mr. Fraser, a resolution to prevent, if possi
ble, the tearing up of the Albany and Gulf Rail
road between the Altamaha river and Themas
! viile.
Bill to amend the charter of the city of Mil
ledgeville. Passed,
Bill to amend the certiorari laws. Passed.
Bill to authorize Clerks of the Superior Courts to
administer the marriage ceremony. Lost.
Bill to compel persons to surrender stolen
property. Lost.
Bill to amend the charter of the town of Fort
I’alley. Passed.
Bill to amend the charter of the town of Spar
ta. Passed.
Bill to incorporate the Metropolitan Telegraph
Cos. Passed.
Resolution to allow the Secretary of State to
employ a clerk. Adopted.
Resolution requesting the establishment of a
mail route from Holmes’ Cross Roads to Mount
1 Vernon. Adopted.
! Mr. Moore introduced a bill to levy and collect
a tax for the political year 1565.
House adjourned till 10 o’clock to morrow
morning.
SEXATE —AFTERXOOX SESSIOX.
The Senate met at 3 o’clock.
Resolution requesting the Governor to disband
Lieut. Col. Baal’s Battalion. Adopted.
Bills authoriziag administrators, executors or
trustees te pay debts with property valued at the
price such property would have commanded in
1860. Postponed.
Bill to provide far the vacation of the office of
Ordinary, in cases where the incumbent is physi
cally or mentally disqualified for the performance
of his duties. Passed.
Bill to fix the fees of ceunty officers. Passed.
Bill for the relief es Alex. W. Wiley, of Berrien
county. Passed.
Bill to add'the county of Echols to the First
Congressional District. Postponed.
Mr. Groover introduced a bill to provide for
the holding of elections in case a county has been
overrun by the enemy.
Resolution was adopted declaring that the
General Assembly will adjourn on Saturday next.
Yays 17, nays 3.
Mr. Grice introduced a bill to disqualify per
sons who have taken an oath to support the Gov
emment of the baited States.. _
Mr. Bacon introduced a bill to raise the rans
es the Quartermaster General uad Commissary
General to the rank of Colonel.
Senate adjourned.
A Woman's Raid.— A correspondent informs
the Macon Confederate that on Thursday, the
13th, about fifty women ip Miller county. Ga..
claiming to be soldiers’ wives, made a rafd
upon the tithe depot at Colquitt, in said coun
ty, and with axes opened the door, and ab
stracted therefrom about fifty sacks of govtrn
ment coru-about one hundred bushels. At
last accounts from them, another raid of the
saofe character was apprehended. Soldiers
wives, as well as other poor women who try
to do something for themselves, should not be
allowed to suffer. The authorities should in
quire into these raids. If there is suffering it
should be relieved. Causes for.lranagresstng
tbe laws should be removed, and then evu do
ings should be punished.
A western editor used the expression that
b*" smelt a rat. ” Prentice says if the poor
rat smelt him, the rat got the worst of it.
COLUMBUS, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1866.
Authentic from Charleston.
The Evaluation— 1 emble Calamity—Three Hun
dred. Women and Children Killed.
Me have at length we conceive to be
authentic intelligence of the fall of Charleston.
It were worse than useless to bemoan over
this event, though it will cause poignant sor
row in the hearts of thousands. Not only
those whose hum g were in the beautiful “city
bj he sea, v ill lament the giving up of the
place !o the enemy, who. for four years, ha,*e
vainly thundered at its portals ; but there
are myriads of sympathizing hearts through
out Christendom who must mourn the mil
itary necessity that has yielded to our vandal
foe tne seat or s > much elegance, refinement,
hospitality acd true chivalry. Fallen though
Charleston be, her name will live in history,
and her heroic defence be chronicled on the
brightest pages ot that record which trans
mits to posterity the matchless deeds of this
revolution.
The evacuation was successfully completed
on Thursday, ihe 18th of Februaty, between
the hours of twelve and one o'clock. Our
troops left on the cars of the North Eastern
railway, going in the direction of Kingstree.
In addition to the fall of the city, of itself
sorrowful in the extreme, we have to record
one of the most horrible calamities that ever
befel any population. The Depot of the South
Carolinian Railroad company between Mary
aad Ann streets was filled withjstores of the
Commissary, Quartermaster and Ordnacce
Department. Upon the departure of our forces
such supplies as could not be removed were
allowed to the indigent citizens, and the build
ing was thrown open for them. While crow
ded with women and children some fixed
ammunition was exploded, destroying the
house and causing the death of three hun
dred persons. The sight was a most pitiable
one, aad beggars description.
The flame3 immediately spread with the
greatest rapidity, and it is feared that a large
portion of the city must have been destroyed.
The fire was in progress when the Federal
troops landed, and they immediately tendered
assistance and protection to the firemen en
gaged in staying the conflagration.
The explosion is supposed to have been
purely accidental, some boy3 having been en
gaged in amusing themselves with shells. It
was certainly not caused by any military or
der.
There is no enemy between this city and
Charleston, the line of the South Carolina
Railroad being occupied at no point.
We are indebted to Capt Disher of the
South Carolina Railroad, for the above inter
esting items. He left Jonston's Turn Out yes
terday, where he conversed with one of Gen.
Young’s scouts who had just arrived from
Ridge viile.
The story circulated of an alleged Yankee
indignity to the British Consul and flag, i3
without foundation. England has no com
mercial representative in Savannah at present.
Mr. Molyneux, the Consul, died in Paris some
months ago, and Mr. Fullerton, the Vice Con
sul, was ordered out of the country by the
President about a year ago, for insolent inter
ference with the conscript law.
Ffty-three officers, including Gen. G. P.
Harrison, a private citizen of much worth,
captured by Sherman, have arrived at Wash
inton from Savannah, and were committed to
the Old Capital.
J. W. Morrel and Isaac Cohen, leading mer
chants of the city, have died.
No order for the banishment of the families
of Confederate officers had been executed at
last accounts, though the policy was still un
der discussion. —Constitutionalist , 25 th.
The Yankees at Barnwell, S. C.
The annexed extract i3 from a letter to the
Constitutionalist :
According to a preconcerted pian, well un
derstood by their bestial soldiery, licensed
bodies of thieves, without responsible officers,
were sent in advance of the main body, to
practice those diabolical acts for which the
Yankee army are notorious. The horrors of
the scene which followed, no pen can portray 1
Bursting into houses with demoniac yells, the
work began. The priracy of ladies' apart
ments. though in some cases these were oc
cupied by invalids, was not respected Trunks
and drawers were broken open, the contents j
torn to shreds, and scattered in confusion
around, carpets and curtains cut to pieces,
furniture destroyed in the most ruthless man
ner. blankets and c mforts stolen from the
beds, and feeble remonstrances made in behalf j
of the little ones, who must suffer in conse
quence. were met by shocking oath and insult
ing words, which must be borne in silence,
lest the vengeance of worse than fiends be
be brought upon defenseless heads. The
common plea was, that they were ordered to
search for silver and gold of every descrip
tion, and this they obtained in many instances
by base threats, and also by the faithlessness
of negroes.
Tha malicious intention of starving us out was
plainly evinced by their actions, and also avowed
throughout the whole army. Nearlyjevery bushel
of corn and piece of meat was carried off or des
troyed, and the wretches not content with gorging
themselves from our store-rooms and pantries,
took a Satanic pleasure in pouring out fleur, syrup,
vinegar, lard, Ac., in one heterogeneous mass over
the floors.
“We can Hot whip your men and are determined
to make the women and children suffer,” said
these Sends, who call themselves men !
While the work of ruin was going on within
doors, the roaring and crackling of flames was
heard without, as one building after another was
burnt to the ground, and but for a Providential
rain the whole village must soon have been laid in
ashes. The noble old Masonic Hall, the Court
House, two hotels, and the jail, were the first. to
fail. In all, there were about one hundred build
ings within the village destroyed. After allowing
ample time for the work of ruin to be eomple ted,
“Kilpatrick, the prince of fiends” arrived with
banners waving, and bands playing the hated tune
of Yankee Doodle. Then the arch-hypocrite
placed sham guards at our doors to prevent de»
■traction where all was already destroyed. Not
withstanding his public dec aration tha; no occu
pied house should be burned; he gave secret or
ders to the contrary, and after passing a night,of
terrible suspense, the terrined occupants of several
houses were roused from a few moments of
troubled slumber, to rush out in the grey light
of a cold rainy morning, from the roof burning
over their heads.
Many have lost all, houseless and aimest starv
ing and naked, they depend upon the kindness
of more fortunate friends, who have
barely the necessaries of life. There is not a
house in the vilage which they did aot attempt
to aura.
And yet we have those among us who would
have us love these devil* incarnate. Did
whipped spaniels ever crouch more lovingly under
the lash ?
u This is too grave a matter to make light
of, “ as the whale said to the man who was
dipping the oil out of his head.
A Faithful Negro. —A negro boy the property
of Thomas Stewart of Monrce county in this State,
who was taken prisoner by the Yankees while
thev were passing through that county, together
with eleven mules, and earned to Huton Head,
baa succeeded in making his escape through their
fires, and reached this city. He u anxious
jet back home te his master.— Chromele & »**-
ttnei.
[From the Memphis (Montgomery) Appeal.]
Message of Got. Clark, of Mississippi,
We find this document in the Columbus
Liarion. oi the 22d ult. It is a brief paper.
®ntirely confined to subjects upon which ac
tion is deemed necessary at the present session
of the Legislature, and in this particular is a
model message.
The wants of the destitute of the State are
alluded to, and prompt action urged. The
liberal appropriations heretofore made by the
State have proven insufficient. In some parts
the partial failure of the corn crop, and in
others the incursions of the enemy, and the
consumption by our own army, have drained
the country and raised prices to fabulous rates.
The destruction of iocomotives and cars on
our rail roads, and the impossibility of repair
ing them, nave so impaired their efficiency as
to disable them at times from transporting all
the freight offered, and the remissness of pub
lic officers charged with supplying the desti
tute, have contributed to increase the trouble.
It.is recommended that legislation take place,
so that the State Government can, in case of
necessity, control the rail roads; that a tax in
kind on grain, and the power ot impressment
at prices to b. axed by commissioners, be es
tablished, and also a general tax for the bene
fit ot indigent families.
For the education of the children of deceas
ed soldiers. Gov. C. expresses the hope that
the commissioners appointed will, with the
powerful aid of the clergy, eanvass the State
for donations and subscriptions of money and
property, as he thin-s by this means millions
may be placed in the treasury, to be appropri
ated to education He also recommends that
there be raised for this purpose, annually, the
sum of SoOOjOOO. by taxation, and that the
commissioners be authorized to receive the
3um of 50,900.000, in donations or loans to
the Stat®. the amounts lent to be repaid to
the lender, after years from the termina
tion of the war, without interest. The abso
lute donation, and the interest, say ten per
cent, per annum on the loans, to be the school
fund to be expended.
Considerable space is devoted to matters
connected with the State troops. All of those
—except two companies—h&Te been reporting
to the Confederate commanders, and the gov
ernor has proposed to transfer the whole force
to the Confederate service, subject to consoli
dation and reorganization under the acts of
Congress, but the proposition has not yet
been accepted. Chief Justice Handy, in a case
lately tried before him, decided that men in
tne military service of the State, between the
ages of eighteen and forty-five years, were li
able to conscription. The offer to transfer
these troops was made before the decision re
ferred to. I have given notice that so soon as
the troops can be mastered by the Confederate
officers for payment, they will be transferred,
with their consent, or discharged from State
service. But little pay is due these volunteers
from the State. They have been long since
virtually transferred. An appeal has been
taken to the High Court, from the decision of
Judge Handy, as the governor could not re
cognize the political doctrine therein express
ed, that tbe reserved right of the State to
keep troops in time of war, could be abroga
ted by an act of Congress. The militia are
now the Only troops left to enforce the laws,
and protect the inhabitants against dangers at
home, bat it is thought these if properly or
ganized. may be made effective. The State
authorities have made arrangements with the
Confederate authorities for forage and rations
in ail parts of the State, and it is proposed,
immediately on the Legislature granting the
authority, to call out the whole militia, for
the purpose of apprehending deserters, and
clearing the State of the robbers and plunder
ers who infest it.
It is stated that the number of civil officers, es
pecially of justices of the peace and constables in
the State, is greater than is required for the due
enforcement of the laws, and that proper legisla
tion will place a'battalion of them in the field. In
one ceunty-there are more than fifty justices and
constables, and the governor says if the official
duties performed by them all were imposed on ene
man, he would not be overburdened. From two
to four justices and half as many constables would
be sufficient to transact all the business pertaining
to these offices in any county, and the duties
would be performed efficiently. And in view of
tbe fact that all State prisoners are now confined
in the county jails, and the penitentiary of Ala
bama, it i3 also recommended that there is no ne
cessity for the corps of salaried officers and em
ployees now attached to the State prison organiza
tion ; and that one officer, reporting to the govers
nor, will be sufficient.
Provisions for a more vigorous enforcement of
the criminal laws is asked for. In some counties
near the enemy’s lines courts cannot be held, and
in others the judges neglect their duties. The
establishment of inferior courts es criminal juris
diction, embracing these counties a&d those ad
joining where the courts may be safely held is
recommended; also that civil action against de
faulting tax collectors, and other debtors to the
State, may be instituted and tried in any county
the district in which the party resides, or in an
adjoining district, at the discretion of the attor
ney general.
Gov. Clark favors the employment of negroes
as soldiers, but opposes the granting of freedom to
the slaves, or of offering it as a boon, as it would
be no boon for them.
On the conditioa of the country tbe Governor
clo«es his mesiaga as follows :
I cannot conclude this message without alluding
briefly to the condition of the country. In the
late gloom aid depression, when all desired peace,
it is not matter es astonishment that the timid
and avaricious should have abated their former
honorable demands, and that a few, encouraged
by the apparent despondency, should have dared
to utter their sentiments of disloyalty. The clam
or for negotiations was raised. This righteous
war for the defence es our liberties was denounced,
and those who had ;not the manliness to approve
it, or the courage to meet its dangers, began open
ly to congratulate themselves that their prepbe
cies of final disaster were about to be fulfilled.—
Some who cried so lustily for peace, and denounc
ed the President for not making overtures, would
have accepted peace on any terms short of the
loss of property.
Our enemies, presuming on the alleged ebstina
cy of President Davis, thought to profit by the
occasion, and sent ensi-saries to Richmond to fos
ter this disaffection by pretended offers of nego
tiation. They were wisely met and foiled. Nego»
tiatien has but demonstrated the felly of negotia
tion] at such a juncture. Abie and petriotic
men. known to the friends of peace, headed by
the great apostle of negotiation, have concluded
their labors— unconditional submission—absolute
subjection to the will of 'their President and their
Congress. The proposition is made to Mississippi
and to each State separately, to desert the ranks
of her Confederates, -their lives, their fortunes
and their sacred honor,” a cause holy in oar eyes
as it is just in the sigh? 01 Heaven, the cause of
right, of equality, of flee government.
Let us congratulate the country that the issue
is now fairly made —victory er subjugation—free
dom or slavery. Our people are ready to meet
the isiue, and I recommend that jou solemnly
and firmly declare that Mississippi wiil be true to
her plighted faith to her sister confederates, and
will conquer or perish with them. That we wit!
never again submit to the exactions and extor
tions of the North to maintain their interests at
the expense of ours—never will submit to pay
their cast of our ewu capture and es the chains
with which we are to be bound: and that rather
than abandon our cherished an J ehristtac institu
tion es domestic slavery, we will scud our servants
with our sons to the battlefield to fight for eur
right to protect and guard them against our worst
enemies. Your resolutions will be responded to
by the defiant shears of the army and the accla
mation of tbe people.
TELEGRAPHIC.
reports op the press association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the veur
ISo3. by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk's office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the N orthera District of Georgia.
Augusta, Feb, 28.—The following are the
orders of Gen. Lee. on assuming command of
the armies of the Confederate States:
Hsadq as C. S. A.. Feb. 9, 1860.
Orders, No. 1.
In obedience to General Orders, No. 3, from
the adjutant and inspector general s office, 6ib
inst., I assume command of ailwthe military,
forces of tne Confederate States.
I am deeply impressed with the difficulties
and responsibility of the position, but humbly
invoking the guidance of Almighty God, I
rely for success upon the courage and forti
tude of the armies, sustained by the firmness
and patriotism of the people, feeling confident
that their united efforts, under Heaven, will .
secure for us Peace and Independence.
The headquarters of the armies, to which '
special reports and communications may be j
addressed, is for the present with the Army
of Northern Virginia. Stated, regular returns
and reports, from each army and department,
will be forwarded, as heretofore, to the office
of the adjutant and inspector general.
(Signed) R. E. LEE.
General- in-Chief.
Heade rs Armies op the C. S., ]
Feb. 11th, 1865. /
General Orders )
No. 2. /
Ia entering upon the campaign which is
now about to open, the General-in-Chief feels
assured that the soldiers who have so long
nobly borne the hardships and dangers of war
require no exhortation to induce them to res
pond to the cail3 of honor and duty, and the
liberty transmitted to them by their forefath
ers. They have inherited the spirit to defend
them and to choose between war and abject
submission before them. To such a proposal
brave men, with arms in their hands, can have
but one answer.
They cannot barter their manhood for peace
nor the right of self-government for life or
propeity. Justice, then, requires sterner ad
monition to those who hare abandoned their
comrades in the hour of peril. The last oppor
tunity is now offered them to wipe out dis
grace and escape punishment. Then comes
the authority of the President of the Confed
erate States to pardon all such deserters, ab
sentees and men improperly absent as shall
return to the command to which they belong
within the shortest possible time, not exceed
ing 20 days from the publication of this order,
a r the headquarters of the department in
which they may be.
Those who will be preheated from reporting to
their commands by the interruption of communi
cation may report within the time specified to th®
nearest enrolling officer, or ether officer on duty
to be forwarded when practicable, and on present
ing the certificate of sueh officer, stating complin
ance with this requirement he shall receive pardon
which is hereby offered. These who have de
serted the service to the enemy, or who have once
been pardoned for the same offenc®, or those who
shall desert or absent themselves without authority
after the publication of this order ar® excluded
from its benefits. Nor does this effer of pardon
extend to other offences than those of desertion or
absence without permission by some authority.
It is also declared that no general amnesty will
again be granted, and that those who hereafter
desert or absent themselves without leave shall
suffer such punishment as courts may impose, and
that no application for clemency will be enter
tained.
Taking new resolution from the fate which our
enemies intend fer us, let every man devote his
energies to common defence. Our resources wisely
and vigorously employed are ample, and with a
brave army sustained by determined and united
people, success with God’s assistance cannot be
doubtful.
The advantages of the enemy will be but little
value here if we do not permit them to impair
our resolution, iet us optose constancy to adver
sity, fortitude to suffering, and courage to danger,
with firm assurance that he who gave freedom to
eur fathers wiil bless the efforts of their children
to preserve it. R. E. Lee,
General-in-Chief.
HeaDQ BS Asi tlES OF THE C. 3.. 1
February lltb, 1865. /
General Orders >
No. 3. /
The discipline and efficiency of tbe army
have been greatly impaired by men leaving
their commands to join others, in which they
find service more agreeable.
This practice, almost as injurious in it3 con- :
sequence as the crime of desertion, by the Ar
ticles of War, exposes the offender to a similar
punishment, and subjects the officer receiving
him to dismissal from the army.
It i* therefore declared that the provisions of
General Order No. 2, of this date, from army
headquarters, apply to such men as have left j
their proper commands and joined others with
out being regularly transferred. They wiil
receive the pardon promised in that order up
on complying with its conditions, or suffer the
consequences attached to neglecting it.
The names of such absentees will be forth
with reported to these headquarters by the !■
officers with whom they are serving, and im
mediate measure* taken to return them to
their proper commands.
As soon as practicable an inspection will be
made, and charges will be preferred against
those who neglect to enforce this order.
R. E. LEE, General, j
Acgcsta. Feb. 28. —Evidences of the terri- !
ble diabolism perpetrated by the Yankees in
Columbia continue to accumulate. Theories
of ten thousand hungry, starving, homeless
women and children appeal to the sympathies
and benevolence of our people. The horrors
that attended tbe destruction of Atlanta are
repeated ten-fold in Columbia. Tbey have no
horses or wagons or any conveyance by which
the people can leave tbe city and go where
subsistence and shelter can be had. The un
usually heavy rain3 and high streams during
the past week, and the burnt bridges, have
placed the roais in such a condition that tbe ,
rictims cannot walk a way from tbe desolated I
place. The peop’e - 'road are appealed to. to
send promptly of bounty to the Mayor of I
/ SIX DOLLARS
\ PER MOXTH
this eifr to relieve the desires of-the afflicted
people. Every effort is being made here to
supply the wants of the sufferers and victims
of Sherman's cruelty.
Richmond, Feb. 20—via Augusta, Feb. 28.
—Northern papers, ot the 17th. report that
Gen. Ed. Johnson has been sent to Fortress
Monroe for exchange. He is nearly blind.
In the Senate the Appropriation bill was
passed. Also a bill abolishing the offices of
proTost marshals, except within the lines of
the armies in the field.
Over 500 negroes, from the hospitals and
other Government employ, have volunteered
to serve in our army, and have been accepted
by the authorities.
Four hundred guerrillas were within six miles
of Nashville on the Murfreesboro Pike on the
13th.
A Cairo telegram of the 16th says late news
from Kirby Smith’s army say his troops are very
much scattered for the purpose of obtaining food
and forage, and it would be impossible to concen
trate them in any force during the present sea
son.
Gen. Price is reported gone to Mexico on an im
portant Confederate mission under orders from
Kirby Smith.
The imperialist forces under Vega were
badly defeated in Sonora. Vega was captured
by the Republican foroee and shot as a traitor.
The New York Herald of the 18th says Lin
coln has issued a proclamation convening the
Senate in extra session. The Senate has adop
ted resolutions declaring that th* rebel debt
or loan can never be recognized by the United
Sta es in any way.
A reprieve of Col. P. Beale condemned ;o
be executed on the 18th was considered cer
tain.
Wilmington, Feb. lyth, via Augusta, 28. —The
enemy shelled Fort Andersen furiously yesterday
afternoon and nearly all night.
This forenoon it is reported that a land force
also attacked our forces at Anderson and
were repulsed.
Cannonading still going on.
Richmond, Feb. 19, via Augusta, 23.—Northern
papers of the 16th have been received.
The draft did not take place on the 15th.
A Washington telegram says that preparations
for the draft will be censammated as rapidly as
possible and volunteering is active. The draf
may be postponed indefinitely.
European dates to the 2d bring nothing impor
tant.
Gold in New York 203.
Mobile, Feb. 28. —Twenty two steamers and six
Mississippi river transports are in the lower Bay.
A large number of Yankee troops are reported on
Douphin Island and at Pensacola, indicating an
early attack on Mobile.
Headquarters Georgia Reserve,]
and Military District Georgia. >
Macon, Ga., Feb. 27, 1865. j
General Orders /
No. 5. <
By direction of General Beauregard, all officers
and soldiers returning to the Army of Northern
Virginia will report to the Commandant of the Post.
Columbus, Ga.
By command of
Msjor Gen. HOWELL COBB.
R. J. Hallett, a. a. g.
h®* Columbus Times and Atlanta Intelligencer
copy six times.
mar 1 6t
B¥ MYERS, WATSON fc CO.,
ON THURSDAY, 2d March, we will sell ia
front of our store.
2 Boxes Axes,
25 Sacks Ground Peas,
8 “ Salt,
4 Boxes Tobacco,
2 Sacks Sugar,
2 bbls. Lard,
3 “ Cane Syrup,
Clothing, Furniture, and other desirable
goods,
mar 1 sl3
To Rent.
A GOOD OFFICE, containing two rooms, well fit-
A ted with gas fixtures, situated on;Randolph street
next to Col. Hines Holt’s offic -. Possession will be
given immediately. Apply at this office, or to
mar 1 ts W. A- McDOUGALD.
For Chattahoochee.
On account of high river the Steamer Shamrock
will postpone leaving until Thursday morning. The
boat is lying at the bluff above the gunboat ready to
receive freight.
ROBERT A. CRAWFORD.
Slave Trader,
AXD DEALER IX
STOCKS, BONDS, CERTIFICATES, GOLD
AND SILVER COIN,
Cherry Street. Ylacon, <*a..
NEARLY OPPOSITE THE DAILY TELE
GRAPH AND CONFEDERATE OFFICE*.
All classes of NEGROES usually on
hand, and stock constantly replenished by
experienced buyers.
Cash advances to regular traders, aa
heretofore.
Negroes also sold on Commission.
My trusty Porters, Andrew and An
tony, attend the Trains,
feb 27 3m
CITY FGtJNDRY!
SHiAR MILLS AND KETTLES !
WE HAVE OF HAND
Sugar Uills and Kettle*.
holding 20, Zb, 40. 60, SO and 230 gallon*, which we
will exchange for Provisions or any kind of country
Produce, or money or very liberal terms. Orders
olicited. PORTER. MeILHENNY A CO.
Columbus, Jan. 20, ts
FOB. SALE 2
TTAGON HARNESS, COLLARS, HAMES, As.
»V Abo a few setts of BUGGY HARNESS.
Apply to SHERMAN k CO..
feb4lm Masonic Hall, upstairs.
Wanted,
FOR the State of Louisiana TEN MOULDERS.—
Wages liberal. Transportation furnished. Ap
ply to JLaj. R. S. Hardaway, of this city.
D. A. BLACKSHER,
feb 12 ts Comissioner for Louisiana.
Negroes to Hire.
ts O HIRE ten young Negro MEN, also a good
A Cbok and Washer. Apply to
Wm. >l. WOOLFOLK,
jan 17 ts Agent.
m>r. R. \OKLE,
DENTIST,
A Carter's old stand, back room of
Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours. foe 18 6m
To Printers !
VVE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY.
’ T (except Ru! ng Machine,) two band PRESSES,
and about
1,000 Pound* of Type Metal,
nov2l-tf
Lost or Mislaid.
UOUR SHARES es the G A A. S. S. Cos. Ni
160, ti. or r>l Mrs. J. L. Wil-i.n
50 ts D. dt J. J. GRANT.