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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. ♦♦ ♦ 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. wm , i * 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. • * 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. ♦ ♦ ♦ 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. +. «+. ■» 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. ♦ V 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.