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DAILY TIMES,
j. W. WIRREX, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Saturday Morning, March 4,1865.
Restoration of Gen. Johnston.
We are rejoiced that the President has at
length yielded to the universal demand of the
people and the army Y y restoring Gen. John
ston to high and active command. In express
ing this feeling we do not feel called upon to
pass judgment upon the relative merits of Gen.
Johnston and his military compeers who have
preceded or followed him in the command of
the Army of Tennessee. Outside of that
question, there are considerations which
should have controlled the action of the Pres
ident, and which rendered the restoration of
Gen. Johnston an. imperative duty. That the
latter is an able General no one has ever de
nied. The same could be justly affirmed of
many other of our leaders, but the Confede
racy doe. not contain a soldier around whose
standard the army of Tennessee would rally
with equal enthusiasm or for whom it would
fight with equal courage and determination a3
it will rally and fight under its idolized leader.
To reassure that array—to restore to it discip
line and confidence —were worth a half dozen
victories, and this, we feel assured, Gen. John
ston will do. It now remains for the men of
this army, who are absent from their com
mands to return immediately and co-operate
with their comrades at the front in retrieving
their losses and in compelling the return of
fortune to their standards.
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From Carolina.
An officer in the Army of Northern Virginia
reached this city on Thursday afternoon, hav
ing left Richmond on the 19th ult. He came
to Chester by rail road, and walked thence to
Newberry «nd thence to Augusta. He reports
tha' Gen. Beauregard’s headquarters was at
that time somewhere below Chester, and Gen.
Cheatham with his command was at or near
Newbury when he passed that place. He
thinks that Cheatham could have made a junc
tion with Beauregard, but that the scattered
condition of his troops probably induced him
to return as far as Columbia for the purpose
of gathering them up, and moving thence
around to Sherman’s front by way of Wilm
ington, Raleigh and Greensboro. He says
that rail road communication with Wilming
ton was uninterrupted beyond the Wateree—•
about ten miles beyond Kingsville. Hardee’s
troops were passing, or had already passed,
over this road, and it was the general impres
sion that the whole of the Tennessee army
would be moved by the same route to its pro
per destination. It is our informant’s opinion
that all the coast garrisons, including that of
Wilmington, will be withdrawn and concent
rated somewhere in the interior of North Ca
rolina, to give battle to Sherman. The force,
now in front of the Tatter, under Beauregard
will have to give back until this concentration
can be effected.
The Moiile Situation.— The Register of
Tuesday says, scouts report to headquarters the
arrival in the lower bay of twenty eight enemy 8
vessels, including six Mississippi transports.—
There was unusual bustle and activity on Dau
phin Island, great beating of drams and all the
indications of a hostile force, preparing for an
important movement. Information is also receiv
ed that a considerable force of the enemy has been
eellected at Pensacola, estimated at from 10,000 to
15,000 men. The 4th army corps is reported at
Huntsville, in this .State.
These, adds the Register, are the unmistakable
signs of an early attack on this position with a
view to an invasion of Alabama and Mississippi.
Mobile has been long spared and highly favored.
Many demonstrations have been made of an
attack, but they have all one after the other pass
ed away without results. It is safe to assume
that our time has come, and that we are now to
s hare our part in the dangers which have been
brought to the doors*>f our countrymen elsewhere,
and to do our part of the duty we owe to our
selves and our beloved and bleeding country. We
have had too much warning not to be prepared to
meet the shock with coolness when it comes. Mo
bilejwill be held, and the fashion of evacuation
will not b 8 followed in this case. Every fort, bat
tery and redan will be held until the last extrem
ity, and efdeers are expected to know no duty but
to stand by their postsand guns until the last.—
Happily we have never boen better prepared for the
enemy since the war began. Our troops —we must
not say what is their number—are of the flower of
the veterans of the Confederate armies—men who
have become accustomed to battle, and the recent
voluntary movements among them indicate that
they are animated by the true heroic spirit. We
are bountifully supplied for siege, and we have
the means of making a brilliant, and if every man
does his duty, a successful fight for the defence of
this strong position. Let no man talk of surren
der and let the croakers bite their tongues, and
hold them quiet while the struggle lasts.
The Threatened Raid. —The alarm among our
citizens, says the Greenville Observer, in conse
quence of the threatened raid from Milton has sub
sided. The danger, as is generally the case, was
greatly magnified. The heavy forceiof cavalry and
infantry reported as having landed at LMilton has
dwindled down to the return of the small force pre
viously occupying that place, and which caught our
pickets napping and captured them.s
We learn that a heavy force, stated at ten or 12,-
000, is moving in the direction of Blakely from the
Pensacola Navy Yard. The capture of Spanish
Fort is said to be the object. We give this as mere
rumor.
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* State of Georgia Change Bills. —Many
says tub SGSthsm HGCCiuei.'-, seem to
be under an erroneous impression in regard
to the small ftlls issued by the Treasury of
Georgia. All bills under five dollars are not
limited as to the time of taking them up ; and
they afford convenient change in business.
Those of five dollars, and larger bills, are re
deemable at the Treasury until 25th of March,
and then they are redeemable for taxes and !
other public dues—and under this regulation j
IS not probable that many will be presented
for redemption, as they are generally preferred
to Confederate bills.
Sharp Practice to Obtain a Wealthy Wife.
—The Cleveland Piaindealer mentions the case of
a w*U dressed young man, of good manners, who
gave in his income to the assessors at several
thousand dollars, paid the tax and Lad the pleas
ure of seeing his name in the list among the na
bobs of the country. Gn the strength of this, he
courted a wealthy man’s daughter and married
her. Then it was found out that he had no
money, and had sold his mother’s watch to pay
the income tax. The government made a good
thing out ot it ; so did the young man.
k °'»»* a?imal dropped
■ pored reply, xne rain-dear, was the wnts
[From the R chmond Dispatch, Feb. 10 j
The Richmond Meeting—Speech of Mr.
Hunter.
The largest and most enthusiastic meeting
ever held in this city was convened at the Af
rican church yesterday. Two hours before
the time of meeting the whole body of the
church, aisles and windows were c#owded,
and quite as large a concourse was obliged to
stand in the streets, being unable to obtain
access to the building. The objects of the
meeting were to adopt resolutions expressive
of the feelings of the people of Virginia, ex
cited by the gross insult put upon us by Lin- I
coin in his late meeting with our commission
ers at Fortress Monroe, and to take counsel ,
as to our future.
At a few minutes past 12 o'clock, Mr. R. M.
T. Hunter, president of the meeting, attended
by Mr. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State ; Mr.
Joseph Mayo, Mayor of Richmond; Captain*
Semmes, Confederate States Navy : the Hon.
Messrs Semmes, Henry, Maxwell, and others,
and the vice presidents of the meeting, entered
the building. As they ascended the stand
the Armory band, which was in attendance, !
played the Marseilles Hymn. At the conclu- j
sion of the air, Mr. Hunter, the president, re- |
quested that no calls might be made for speak- |
er3, as their names would be duly announced
in the order in which they were to address
the meeting. i
Mr. Hunter, then said:
Having called you to order, it is proper that
I"Should explain the object and purposes of
this meeting. We stand here to consider the
most momentous public issue that ever agita
ted a nation. One in which is involved the
very life and being of a people, the existence
of their laws and government, their life, lib- 1
erty and honor. Whatever is sacred in hu
man affections, or dear to the hearts of men,
is involved in this contest; and may God !
grant us the wisdom to devise, and the power
to execute, those measures which, under His ;
hand, shall effect OHr deliverance in this
great crisis of our affairs. We are not re- j
sponsible for the lives that have been given !
up in this contest, and our skirts are clear of i
the blood which has been shed. We entered !
it to maintain the rights of self-government !
—a right which should have been as dear to ;
our enemies as to us. It is a great American !
idea—the growth of American soil—and
should, in their eyes, be as sacred as it is to I
us. For four long years we have been en- i
gaged in a war, the like ot which has not been i
seen in modern times ; the only approxima
tions to which were the wars of Wallenstein
and Attila, and the Thirty Years’ War of Ger- !
many; and now, after these years of waste !
and destruction, we have been lately informed ,
by the President of the United States that
there can be no peace except upon'the con
ditions of laying down our arms and abso
lute submission ; to come as rebels and sub
mit to laws confiscating our property and
awarding the death penalty to our citizens.—
Nor is this all. W* are required to submit
to an amendment,adopted to the United States
Constitution, to turn loose the thousands of
slaves in our midst, without restraint and with
out the education which they would require
for self-preservation. If anything more was
wanting to stir the blood, it was furnished
when we were told that (he United States
could not consent to entertain any proposition
coming from us as a people.
That Government which makes treaties with
the meanest and weakest of all nations tells
us—a nation of seven millions of men, with
arms in their hands—that it cannot entertain
any proposition coming from rebels. Even
upon the theory that we were rebels, upon
what authority could they refuse to treat With
us ? There has been no civil war of any mag
nitude that has not been terminated by treat
ing. In 1778, the British Government sent
three commissioners to the rebel colonies, au
thorized to treat even with any “association
of individuals,” and to provide for a truce.—
It has been a habit with all strong govern
ments, after a war is over, and after it has
vindicated its power, to render the future as
little gloomy, and the yoke as easy to its sub
jects, as possible ; but nothing of this sort
comes from the United Srates.
Nothing comes from it to soothe our feel
ings, nothing to alleviate the terms of a settle
ment, if it were possible for such a settlement
to be made. It seems possible that Lincoln
might have offered something to a people with
two hundred thousand soldiers, and such sol
diers [applause] under arms. Could it be
probable, to him, that we could go into the
United States Government as rebels, assuming
the responsibility of all the blood that has
been shed ; confessing that we have kept up a
wicked and useless war; submitting to laws
confiscating our property and taking the lives
of our people? It is true, he said, that laws
would be administered by him in a spirit of
kindness; but when did men ever give to one
man the power over their lives and property,
and all that they hold dear, trusting to his
spirit of and divesting themselves of
the power to resist his tyranny ? [Crie3 of
“never, never.’"] And it is to be remembered,
that whenever we go into the Union as a con
quered people, we give up to the law3 of the
United States, and must take such as they i
choose to make for us ; and we go in without
representation in the making of those laws, !
tor Mr. Lincoln told us, told me, that while we 1
could send representatives to the Yankee Con
gress, yet it rested with that Congress to say
whether they would receive them or not. Thus
we would throw everything away and go to j
them as a subdued, subjugated and degraded I
people, to be held in subjection by their sol
diery.
Nor is all told yet. 3,0(70,000 slaves are to
be let loose and $1,500,000,000 worth of prop
erty destroyed at one fell swoop. These slaves
are to wander about and become the lazzaroni
of the land. The Congress would be con
stantly interfering between the white and
black man. The laws would be made by a
Congress hostile to us, and any attempt to
make those thriftless wanderers useless would
be interfered with. If, undef the old Govern
ment, they interfered with our domestic insti
tutions, what would become of us if we were
helpless in their hands, and those hands hold
ing the power to arbitrate in all questions con
cerning us. They would raise questions about
the State laws, and soon sweep away any bar
rier we might erect for the protection of social
order and industry in our mid3t. But, fellow- 1
citizens, I will not attempt now to draw a j
picture of subjugation which must loom up
before the eyes of every man who considers it. i.
It would require a pencil dipped in blood to
paint its gloom. I pass this to the question !
of what is to become of the slaves. We know
that in large districts of our country the men
have been taken away by them and the women 1
left. Who is to support them ? Under our'!
system they were provided for and happy; I
under their system they must perish. That j
sjstem will destroy the whole negro race in i
this country. In the fierce competition for !
food between the white and the negro, the lat- i
ter will be blasted like human life before the
burning sirocco, and banish like mist- before j
the sun.
We drew the sword not for ourselves alone,- but j
also for his sake, and the world, which stands ,
coldly looking on, will find that the men whom
they have excluded from their sympathy are the
hope of the black race. It was the exclamation
of a celehrated'Erench woman, “Oh, Liberty, what
crimes are committed in thy name !" and we may
paxedy by exclaiming, Oh, Philanthropy, how
much misery is caused in thy name ! Well may
the negro rise np and pronounce judgment against
it. Fellow citizens, I hare presented the future
we are to endure if we are reduced to submission.
I turn now to what we are to gain with our sue- 1
cess—independence, liberty, our women and
children— everything to man. [Wild cheering.]
Nay, more than thi.-: we will cover the name of
our country with glory—glory such as was never
known before. I venture to say that there was
never such a contest, and never such glory, as we
may win from it. We have the world against us.
It has been said that the parallel may be found in
the Dutch Republic; but they had the open sea to
them and the French and English as allies. Our
forefathers had the French to aid them. We stand
alone, presenting the speetacle of a brave people,
contesting, foot by foot, with double their num
bers; excluded, commercially and sentimentally,
from the world.
With our success we shall establish a system of
government that shall challenge the respect of
the world. We shall solve the problem of the ex
tension of the Anglo-Saxon race to the country
south of us, and show that the white and black
races may be external together. Thee shall tne
Confederate soldier return from the field, his sword
dripping, and his brew crowned wirh laurels, a
hero, whom after ages will venerate, and who will
be an example to generations to come. Are not
these considerations to nerve every man to do his
duty—to unite every heart and hand in the cous
try? I will not hold out the delusive hope that
the struggle shall be easy or the sacrifices light.
But in such interests it is better te lose life than
fail. [Great applause.] Property I threw eut
es consideration. What is it to us ! If we fail,
it will be in the hands of a ru fl '' _ who spares
nothing. I trust and believe in t_ cess of eur
cause. If our people exhibit the spirit,
they will bring forth the deserters from their caves;
and the skulkers (A voice : “Give it to ’em,”)
whe are avoiding the perils of the field, will go
forth to share dangers of their countrymen. (Ap
plause.)
In war as in faith we must have works as well
as faith. The man who desponds is half whipped.
(Applause.) We must have faith in the determi
nation of our country to suffer ail and do all. If
we determine upon that, I do not see why we can
not win our independence. In this spirit, a French
general ordered the sounding of the Marsellaise,
which changed a rout into a victory. In .this
spirit, the ancients consulted the bodies of th eir
animal they sacrificed. In this spirit, the Roman
Emperor accepted the vision of the cross in the
sky. Ido have faith. I do not see, but I feel
that thero is a righteous God in heaven, who holds
our destinies in hi - hand, and I do cot believe He
will allow us t > be- cast down and the wicked to
prosper. (Applause.) I believe, with the help of
Providence, that that army which stands as a
triple wall of steal between U3 and subjugation
wiil eventually win. (A voice—“ That’s so.") It
is time for croakers to hush. To despond is weak
ness.
The Last Yankee Sensation.
THE BORDEAUX IRON-CLAD3.
Oui dispatches of yesterday mention a re«
port that was causing sensation at the North.
It was- an account given by the New York
Herald of the departure of Confederate iron
clads from a European port, whose destination
was the harbor of New York. The first inti
mation to this effect wa3 given through the
New York News, but that paper being con
sidered disloyal, its warning was not heeded.
The Herald’s statement seems to obtain more
credence. It is given in a letter from Paris,
dated January 27th, which we copy:
By a fortunate accident I am able to antici
pate, I trust, in time to mitigate a great dis
aster, the most startling intelligence that has
crossed the Atlantic since the outbreak of the
war. This will barely have reached you be
fore two rebel ironclads will have left the
coast of France for the port of New York,
where they expect to carry the first news of
the expedition. These vessels, which are ad
mirable sea boats, as one of them has proved
during the recent heavy gale in the North
Sea, are of the most formidable description,
calculated to resist any artillery in our navy,
except, perhaps, the monitor guns. They will
take abundant coal for the Atlantic voyage
without stopping at the islands, and are armed
with Armstrong’s of the heaviest calibre, aa
well as an enormous supply of rockets. No
doubt is entertained of their perfect ability to
carry, with ease, the fortifications of New
York harbor, and hold the harbor against any
force that could possibly be sent to the res
cue. The city is then to be laid under con
tribution, or, in the event of refusal to be
fired. The leaders of the expedition, how
ever, expect an outbreak in the city itself, and
that the rebel sympathizers will seize the mo
ment of panic and confusion to declare New
York independent from the Union and the
Stats, and a free port.
To show that I do not exaggerate the for
midable character of these vessels, it is only
necessary to name them, as, during their con
struction, many of our naval officers have in
spected them. They are known as the Sphynx
and the Cheops ; but, on hoisting their flag,
will be respectively called the Stonewall and
the Rapidan. You are doubtless aware that
before the keel of either of these vessels was
laid at Bordeaux, the personal word of Louis
Napoleon was pledged, to their delivery, with
guns and everything ,except powder, on board.
The diligence and skill of Mr. Dayton, whe
succeeded in gaining over the confidential
clerk of one of the contractors, and then pro
curing possession of the very original* of the
contract with the rebel agents, frustrated the
plan as originally conceived. The French
Government found it necessary to make an
appearance of preserving its neutrality. The
Minister of Marine withdrew the authority to
ship guns, and some wooden vessels, also in
cluded in the contract, were really, bona fide,
sold and delivered to neutral powers. This
allayed suspicion and uneasiness, and the Im
perial conspirator and his rebel friends felt
safe in resuming the plot, especially since Mr.
Dayton's death had removed the chief obstacle
to success.
The poor Danes were made the catspaw in
the affair. One of the ironclads was sold to
them, and sailing from Bordeaux, duly arrived
at Copenhagen, and was forgotten. The Ger
man press i3 too lazy, and that of France un-*
der too astute a surveillance to see anything
on which the Tuilleries want them to be blind.
What intrigues passed in that obscure corner
of Europe Ido not know. Suffice it, that the
ironclad, supposed to have been delivered to
Denmark, sailed two days ago from Copenha
hagen, with all her armament on board, the
affair having been so managed through the
French diplomatic and consular agents there
as to get her returned to her owner, Mr. Arm
and, a friend and protege, of the Emperor, and
a Government member of the Corps Legislatif.
Meanwhile the sister ship which is nominal
ly sold to Prussia, profiting by the voyage of
the other, will sail without suspicion, ostensi
bly for Hamburg, but in reality to meet her
consort at a lonely little island off the coast,
which the “ Danish ” ship may be expected to
reach in about ten days. Then both of them
will be met by tenders having on board the
coal, powder and men—having 120 for each,
independently of such of the present neutral
crews as may be tempted to enlist. The trans
fer can be made in a few hours ; the tenders
will have different destinations and discreet
captains ; so that, with the exception of this
letter, the first news you in New York will
probably have of the unprecedented treachery
of France will be the arrival of a French-rebel
iron-clad armada.
You will ask why I, knowing this plot, do
not frustrate it ? I can onl/ reply that there
are solemn obligations binding me on this
side of the Atlantic, which do not extend to
the other, and that I am doing the best my
conscience allows me. The facts will only too
soon prove the accuracy of my information ;
and if you neglect my anxious warning, it will
be at your own peril.
I have reason to believe that the secret
treaty which is known to exist between France
and the Confederacy was not intended to run
so soon the risk of exposure, and it is proba
ble that the French Legation at Washington is
really kept in ignorance of it, so that a disa
vowal may be made with all the appearance
of conviction and truth. Loui3 Napoleon
fears no other element of French public opin
ion except the antipathy to slavery, which is
stronger and more universal here than in Eng
land, and which is, moreover, represented by
Prince Napoleon.
Artemus Ward. jr.. ‘traveling showman, is
about investing his “ surplus filthy lucre, ” in
the “ Mud Hen Lake Cos, " which he thus de
scribes : “ Those company, accordin' to its
prospecticuss, is the Knee Plus Ultry. It has
lOOOQOOOO akres an" a half perch of land, with
all the modern improvements onto it: a well
of never failing cod liver oil at the front door,
and another at the barn, an" a fine stream ov
double-refined Petrollym parses tbroo the
premises ; also sevril men, bosses, engines,
an' other animils, erected on to the property
fur diggin’ an’ pumpin' the same. I make
bold to say that Mud Hen Lake air i3 onsur
passable. Its Stox should be in every well
: regulated family. They go right to the
' spot, an’ contain no Merkurv. an the ladies
are delited with ’em—etsettery. ”
| - The Chattanooga Gazette reports that guerrillas
! are very troublesome on the railroad and in the vi
cinity of that city.
TELEGRAPHIC.
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RS?OP.T3 OF THS PRB3B ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1563, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Augusta, March 3. —Richmond papers of
the 18th say that Gen. Echolls has succeeded
Gen. Breckinridge in command of the Depart
ment of East Tennessee. *
The enemy is in winter quarters at Knox
ville.
Senator Morgan has refused to become the
Yankee Secretary of Treasury.
Our Congress has passed the Cavalry bill
which only awaits the signature of the Presi
dent to become a iaw.
The Confederate Steamer Chamelon, lately
the Tallahassee, is under strict surveillance of
| customs at Nassau to prevehi a breach of the
i international and revenue laws.
I
There is a rumor current in reliable circles
! that Sherman ka3 crossed the Catawba and is
| hurrying towards Wilmington or the coast. —
j He found unexpected obstacles in his way to
| the rear of Lee's army. A courier, who left
Charlotte on the 28th, reports that this rumor
is generally believed.
For the Daily Times.
The First Mitten.
And how hs Wore It—Feelingly Inscribed
to Her who Gave it.
It was with sad and aching heart,
He bade his kind friends ail adieu,
The last was she so dark,
With mind so bright and soul so true.
“A soldier now,” he sternly said,
As mounting on his restless steed,
He turned to go, with drooping head—
Methinks his heart now ’gan to bleed,
And pleasure with his duty plead,
For as he down the highway fled,
He sighed, “Her bright eye3 haunt me still."
He crossed the Bigbee’s muddy wave,
And gained the dreary field beyond,
A last, long, lingering lock he gave,
Then madly spurred his courser on,
» Through water, ice, and miry clay,
Beneath a dark and weeping sky,
Unmindful of the stormy day—
He rode, and looking back would cry,
“Though all my garments be not dry,
I must remember with a sigh,
Her image yet fills up my eye,
And bids me sing, she haunts me still."
Through the city then he passed,
And ail he knew or loved were left ;
He felt that he could breathe his last,
His very soul seemed so bereft.
For Hope that once with cheering light,
Had raised his heart from bitter gloom,
Had just that morn begun her flight,
And sped his visions to the tomb.
He cried, “Thoughts make me mad,
And yet I sing my song so sad;
Ah me ! her bright eyes haunt me itill,”
Night now was near, and evening gone,
And such an evening all may dread ;
But still the soldier traveled on,
Nor looked beneath, nor e’erhead.
His thoughts were with the one be loved,
Where they had lingered all the day,
Thus why unheard the roaring flood,
Thus why unfelt the chilling spray ;
A vision sweet inspired his song,
And with bright hopes he rode along,
And sang “Her brigh£ eyes haunt me still.”
Night was come, and the soldier found,
His weary horse was growing slow,
He wept and felt it was unkind,
To use the spur and make him go.
“How far to camp ?”at last he said—
“ Four miles yet to the wagon train."
Then quick he turned his horse’s head,
And ths the chorus of the strain :
“Oh! ice and snow ! oh! mud and rain,
Against my heart ye come in vain,
Eor I do love, and in my brain,
I feel her bright eyes burn me still.”
The winds had heard their blasts defied,
They gathered cold his head above,
And all their keenest edges tried
To hush that song @f burning love.
But all in vain ; the camp was found ;
The fire was warm—the music gay ;
The dancers glided swiftly round,
As if all cares were cast away.
But there the soldier would not stay,
Nor Beauty’s smile, nor music’s play
Could ever chase his dream away—
*Ha sang “Her bright eyes shield me still.”
Long, sleepless night had crazed his head,
And in his tent the road beside,^
The dreamy soldier sought his bed.
“Oh ! sleep, come to me sleep,” he cried;
He called in vain ; the god well knew :
What feelings warmed him thro’ that day,
And thought a love so deep and true,
Could not by sleep be chased away ;
’Twas true, for ere return of day,
I often heard the soldier say,
“Her bright eyes make me sleepless still.”
Now would you read this soldier’s heart ?
See why he sang so wild a strain?
The soldier loved, and loving thought,
His lady love loved not again ;
And though she bid him “love forgot,”
Said “it was fleeting—soon would pais,”
His soul so earnest hopes on yet,
That he may win her love at last.
Now hear his prayer on bended knee:
“May my hope prove reality ;
May I love her, and ihe love me,
Till waking in eternity,
We sing, our soul* are loving still.”
*
Mobile.— Northern papers state that the contin
uous rains have rendered the roads between Pasca
goula and Mobile impassable for troops. The ad
vance has in consequence been given up until there is
an improvement in the roads. A commodious hos
pital has been erected at Pacagoula and Granger’s,
and the sick put in it. There seems to be ne doubt
about the enemy’3 preparations for an attack on
Mobile. As soon as the roads are passable the
army will move, receiving co-operation Ifrom East
port.
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Ploughing Milch Cows. —Wc learn that
Captain James Henderson, of Jasper county,
has accomplished the task of ploughing milch
cows. He works gear upon them, like he
would upon a horse or mule. Feeding them
very well, they do their work kindly, and
give more milk now, than they did before he
began to work them.— Countryman.
The feeling of the people in regard to Lincoln’s
terms of peace is exemplified by an old friend of
ours, who, when he heard them, said; ‘‘Well, I
never have been in favor of the war till now; but
we have now tried negotiation, and been treated
like dogs: and I am now in favor of carrying on
the war until our independence is achieved and we
have taught the Yankees that we are still as great a
people as of yore/’ He also remarked. “We must
all be now on the same platform : no divisions, no
parties, but all Southerners, working for the same
great end.” — Dadeville Banner.
THE CITY.
T. J . JACKSON '. LOCAL EDITOR,
Sales To-Day. —Ellis, Livingston & Cos. will !
sell to-day several likely negroes, some Florida
sugar, syrup, whisky, and sundry other articles.
See advertisements.
Capt. Henry Mitchkl. — We received a call
yesterday from this gallant officer of the 20th Ga.,
Regiment. He left Richmond ten days ago, and
brings the latest advice; we have from the capital.
He says the army es Virginia are in good spirits
and under a fine state of discipline. They beloxg
to the “last ditch" crowd, and will contest this war
to the bitter end. Congress had passed the army
censelidation and cavalry bills and was earnestly
at work on tbe negro soldier bill. The Capt. had
to foot it across the gallant Palmetto State, which
part es the programme he did not admire so much as
some things he had seen. He brings nothing later
from Sherman than already published.
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Departed this life in the city of Cnlumbus, Feb.
28th, Nettie Millar, daughter of Mrs. Virginia
Jackson, in tbe 14th year age.
Dead! oh ‘tis a chill word, that falls with two
fold sadness upon the ears of the bereft] parents.
Brief was thy earth term, gentle girl. The first
bud on the parent stem —how tenderly and fondly
was nurtured each unfolding petal. First to
blossom, first to fade, aye, faded. We will not
say thou art dead, darling Nettie. A rude gale
shook thee, and thy delicate hold was unclasped.
Smitten, blighted, but not dead ! Thy young
spirit was permitted to return while its pure bright
ness was undimmed by earth’s ,’dust or tears, and
the fountain of thy young heart ceased to flow
ere its innocent expression had been washed from
thy sweet lips by the waters of misfortune. We
will not deplore thee lovely child,for it was in mer
cy, not in wrath the angel came that day. It was
to recall thy young feet from life’s flowery borders,
ere they grew weary in earth’s thorny way.
“There is a reaper whose name is death.
And with his syclo keen,
He reaps the bearded grain at breath.
And the flowers that grow between.
*
Shall I have naught that’s fair ? said he,
Naught but tbe bearded grain ?
Though the breath of the flowers is sweet te
me,
I’ll give them all back again.”
One of the Saddles.—We were shown by
Lieut. Wall yest&day a cavalry saddle manufac
tured expressly for him in this city, which is sev
eral degrees in advance es the one made for Col.
Thempson, es which Mr. Jones of the Enquirer
spoke so admiringly. It is made after the same
pa'tern as CoLThompson’s, though more elegantly
wrought with some extra finishing touches. We
were shown also a handsome bridle manufactured
for the same gentlemen, bits and all, which is
calculated to reflect very creditably upon the ma
ker. Both saddle and the finest Con*
federate productions we have seen, and equal te
similar articles made anywhere.
This saddle, tree and all were made in Georgia.
Its chief superiority over that of Cel. Thompson
consists in the handsome brass mounting on the
eantler, which is the handiwork of that accom>
plished mechanic, Wm. Anderses. The splendid
bits of the bridle were also made by the same
gentleman, Tha beautiful trimmings of the sad
dle are the work of Capt. Mar of the Grdnanee
department.
Splendid Bar Soap, —We were presented with
a bar of first rate soap yesterday, manufactured
at. Wynn’s hill near this city by Mr. J. L. Hays.
It is equal in our opinion, to the be3t turpentine
bar soap from the land of Yankeedom. Mr. H.
informs us that he is prepared to make from 200
to 400 pounds per day, and fill all orders at the
rate of $6 per pound. This is one es the most
remunerative enterprises yet embarked in by any
of our citizens. Those in want of good soap
should eall on Mr. Hays.
Indefinite Happiness. —In the Eufaula
“Spirit of the South" of last Tuesday, John
Black alludes to his late visit te Columbus, and
mentions the fact that he had an interview with
all the Local Editors es the city papers. He says
“they seemed as happy as a basket of kittens." To
enable us to ascertain the exact nature of our
bliss, we would ask John how happy are kittens
supposed to be in a basket * Or is it the basket
which is happy ? We shall breathe freer when our
degree of happiness is defined.
The Dutch Way to Salt Beef. —Take a lean
piece of beef, rub k it well with treacle or brown
sugar, and turn it often. In three days wipe it,
and salt it with common salt and saltpetre beaten
fine; rub these well,’ in, and turn it every day
for a fortnight. Roll it tight in a coarse cloth,
and press it under a heavy weight; hang it to dry
in wood smoke, but tarn it upsidedown every
day. Roll It in pump-water, and press it: it will
grate or cut into shivers, and makes a good break
fast dish.
To twelve pounds ofbeefthe proportion of com
mon salt to a pound.
Remarkable Liberality.— Mr. E. Steadman
from near Atlanta, Georgia, says the Richmond
Whig, who has lost over a million of dollars by the
Federal? in the burning of his factories, his private
dwelling, and the devastation ofhis estate, sent last,
week to Rev. A. E. Dickinson five thousand dollars
for army colportage, with instructions to draw on
him for twenty-five thousand dollars additional for
the same purpose. A month or two ago he contrib
uted three thousand to this same object, besides a
contribution of one hundred thousand dollars to the
education of the orphans of deceased soldiers. He
also assumes the education of fifty disabled soldiers
at Afercer University. In making the contribution
of thirty thousand dollars to Rev, Mr. Dickinson
for army colportage, he remarked: ,‘‘The best way
to save it from the Yankees, I think, is to use it for
the good of our brave boys.”
The Next Campaign. —“ Gamma,” the Rich
mond correspondent of the Mobile Register, spec
ulates as follows upon the next campaign :
The enemy’3 campaign next summer is disclos
ed. Grant, daily reinforced with negroes, is to
nold # his position. Sherman is to come up to
Grant’s left, taking Charleston and Wilmington
on the way : Thomas, after cutting our communi
cations at Selma and Columbus, will hurry to
Knoxville, and march thenco upon Bristol and
Lynchburg; at Lynchburg ho will bo joined by
Sheridan: Thomas will keep on down the south
side of the James and join,Sherman at the junc
tion of the Danville with the Southiide road, while
Thomas advances to Charlottsville, where his left
will unite with Hancock’s veteran corps at Gor
donsville, and the two will take Grant’* old route
to the South Ann river, thence to Aihland, thence
to Cold Harbor, where they wili unite with Grant’s
right, thrown out to meet them.
Thus Richmond will be completely encircled,
and Lee’s army entire will be bagged. The com
bination will be more formidable than that of last
year, but Lee will defeat it if we give him 120,000
to 150,000 men and food enough to last him from
the first of May to the first of June. Grant had
last year, all told, about 230,000 men in Virginia.
This year he have his own am;?, 30,000 ef
fective men ; very few of them veterans ; Sherman
will add 35,000 : Thomas will bring, say 30,000
men; Sheridan the same, and Hancock’s corps
we will put at 10,000, in all 165,000 men, black
and white. He will still lack 65,000 to make his
combination as formidable in numbers as it was
iast year. The last Yankee conscription of 500,000
brought only 70,000 men in the rinks. The next
call is for 300,000, which, at the same rate, wdl
produce in round numbers 40.000 men. Grant
will lack 15,000 men to make his aruoy as ;arge as
it was last year. Give Lee negroes and .nod we
have plenty of both —md he will defeat the com
bination at one or more points, and still hold
Richmond. That and no, the war will be near its
end.
In Fete ues MorU,
BY JAMES R. RANDALL
Peace to the Dead ! though the skies are chill
And the North wind waileth hoarse and shri'T *
Peace to tbe Dead! though tbe Living shake '*
The globe, with their brawling battle quake ;
Peae? to the Dead! though peace is net
i n the regal dome or the pauper cot:
i’jaee to the Dead ! there's peace we trust,
” ith the Pale Dreamers in the Dust!
Roses aid pansies guard them well,
Tinging triumphant immortelle.
Minions es doubt, we bend the knee
Te the kings and queens of mystery !
Storms and sunshine, mist and rain,
De ye mock at their marble doors in vain ?
And ye ! sepulchral cliffs of night!
Do ye rise to appal their shadowed sight?
0 ! Darkness, thy mission is not just
To the pale dreamers in the Dust!
Peace to the Dead ! afar or near,
In fold of satin or beggar’s bier ;
IVhether they sleep in the kirk-yard mound,
Or bleach in the gullied seas profound,
Garnered by Time's dull cimetar,
Or cleft in the scarlet fields of war.
Godless is he who breaketh the crust
Os the Past, e’dr the Dreamers in tbe Dust!
Peace to the mother, there beguiled,
With her frozen lily, her leathless child;
Peace to the father and bis mate;
Peace to tbe lowly and the great;
Peace to the maidens as they rest
With the cross en the cold and waxen breast,
Peace to the soldier, blossom and bud,
For befell with the sacrament of blood:
I Peace to the Dead ! there’s peace, we trust,
j With the pale Dreamers in the Dust!
' Father ! if peaee is not with them,
Where shall we seek for the subtle gem ?
’Tis not of the earth, for wo lose it here,
And death is the gate of the Golden Sphere.
Father ! thy mercies cannot cease:
Crush us, but give thy sleepers peace;
Smite us, Redeemer, if thou must,
But pardon the Dreamers in the Dust!
Carried.
On Wednesday evening, March Ist, 1865, at the res : -
dence of the bride’s father, by Rev. W. P. Harrison,
Mr. Samuel M. Wellborn, of the Trans-Mississip
pi Department, and Miss Florida Abercrombie. o f *
Russell county, Ala.
AUCTION SALES.
Bv Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
ON SATURDAY, 4th March, at 11 o'clock,
we will sell in front of our store.
3 Boxes Choice N. O. Sugar,
2 bbls. “ Florida Sugar,
6 Sacks Ground Peas,
10 “ New Rice,
60 pair Men’s Shoes,
25 Gallons Extra Fine Whiskey, will be
sold, one gallon with the privilege,
200 lbs. Sole Leather.
1 Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine,
2 Corn Shellers,
1 doz. Boys’ Overcoats,
ALSO,
A Very Likely Family of Negroes, indue
didg a Man, Wife and four Children,
besides other valuable property
ALSO,
10 Fine Mules,
1 “ Mare.
mar 2 S4O 50
By Ellis, Eivingston A Cos,
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
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ON Tuesday, 7th March next, at 11 o’clock,
I will sell, in the city of Columbus, in
front of Ellis, Livingston & Cos s Auction Store,
The very Desirable Residence,
near the Court House, lately occupied by Col. Ten
mile. A large and commodious dwelling house, goad
out-houses, fine well of water, and one acre ground,
attached.
Also, a desirable lot Furniture, embracing nearly
e very artide wanted in house-keeping.
Sold as the property of Mrs- L. M. Tennille, dec’d.
Terms cash. Possession given immediately.
Persons holding claims against the estate of Mrs.
Lucy M Tenmlle. dec’d, also Wm. T. Patterson,
dec’d, will hand them to S. D. Betton, at Walker
l Hospital, by the sth of March.
D. MORRIS, Aim’r.
feb 19 sll9
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
Administrator’s Sale.
ON THURSDAY, 9th March, at 11 o'clock
I will sell in front of the auction store of
i Ellis, Livingston & Cos.
The perishable property belonging to
i the estate of L. C. Morton, dee’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 Ordinary
t o( Muscogee county,
i E. BARNARD,
feb 24 wtd $24 Adm’r.
BY MYERS, WATSON A CO.,
AN MONDAY. MARCH 6tii, 1865, in front of our
V Store, at 11 o’clock, we will sell,
1500 lbs, Choice N. O. Sugar, in 100 lb.
Bags. °
3 bbls Choice Florida Cane Syrup
1 bbl. Sorghum,
2 bbls Common Sugar.
1 box “ u
22 Sacks Florida Salt,
25 Sacks Ground Peas,
18 Boxes Manufactured Tobacco,
28 Caddies “ “
1 Box Florida Leaf Tobbacco,
2 Boxes Starch,
4000 Envelopes,
One and a half dozen Axes,
1[ Steel Circular Saw, (old, large size,)
15 Upright Cast Steel Saws, (old)
1 Cooking Stove,
One and a half dozen China Plates, Sugar
Bowl, Butter Dish, etc.
3 bbls Splendid Writing Ink.
Lot of Shoes, Clothing, Hardware,
Gold and Silver Watches, Bracelets, and
a variety of other articles,
mar 4 S3O
Fresh (warden Seeds,
THE GROWTH OF 1864.
Great Collard,
Late Tennessee Cabbage.
Cashaw Squash,
Yellow Crook-neck Summer Squash,
Double Curled Parsley,
Asparagus Kale,
Cuba Tobacco,
Dwarf Okra,
Green Head Lettuce,
Round Spinach,
Green Nutmeg Melon.
The above seeds were raised by Mr. Charles A.
Peabody, and are offered at wholesale and retail at
114 BROAD STREET.
mar 4 7t _
For Sale or Exchange,
rOR COUNTRY PRODUCE. Plantation Iron,
r Osnaburgs, a good art cle of Potash, and a lot of
fat Turkeys. BRADFORD k SNOW
mar 4 3t
Sorghum Jlolasses.
YVrANTED from one to one hundred BARRELS.
’’ for which a liberal price will be paid.
ROOCK ISLAND PAPER MILLS,
mar 4 lw Columbus. Ga.