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SPECIAL NOTICES
Hkaoquarteks Georgia Reserve,)
and Military District Georgia. >
Macon, Ga., Feb. 27, 1865. j
General Orders (
No. 5. < .
Dy direction of General Beauregard, all officers
and soldiers ret.urni g to the Army ot Northern
Virginia will report to the Commandant of the Post,
Columbus*. Ga.
By command of
Major Gen HOWELL COBB.
It. J. II \I.LETT, A A. G.
♦#*Columbus Times and Atlanta Intelligencer
copy six times.
mar 1 6t
“EXTRACT.”
Headquarters Post, 1
Columbus, Ga-, Feb. 28th, 1865. j
Special Orders, 1
No. 50. (
I. In • bodicnce to orders From General Beaure
gard, all officers and soldiers belonging to the Army
of Northern Virginia, Whose leaves of absence or
furloughs have expired or are about to expire, or in
any other manner are absent from their commands
without proper authority, will reportjwithont delay
to these. headquarters.
* * * * f' * *
By command of
LEON VON ZINKEN,
Col. Commanding Post.
S. Isidore Quillet, Lieut, and Post Adj’t.
mar 1 6t
Headquarters, Post, >
Columbus, Ga., March 2d. 1865. /
In obedience to instructions from Maj. Gen. Cobb,
Commanding District of Georgia, attention is called
to the number of small arms scattered through the
country in the hands o' private individuals. The ne
cessity of the service demands, especially at this par.
ticular juncture, that all those arms should be gath
ered immediately and turned over to the Confed
erate States Arsenal at this Post. Citizens are ear
nestly requested to send forward all the arms they
have in their possession.
LEON VON ZINKEN
mar i .It Col. Commanding Post.
Atlanta ArNensfl.
Headquarters, Gov. Works, (Ord.) I
Columbus, Qa., Match 3d, 1865. j
lam now preparod to pay all claims against the
“Atlanta Arsenal,” and request all parties holding
any, to present them at once as the business must
bo closed; if they do not, and delay occurs in the
future, they alono.will be responsible.
Vouchors properly signed may by Express
for collection.
M H. WEIGHT,
mar3lw Col. Commanding.
Owing to the increased price of Provisions, La
bor and other expenses, the Steamboats on the
Chattahoochee ltiver have been compelled to ad
vance their prices for freight and passage to' the fol
lowing rates:
Passage from Columbus to Chattahoochee $75 00
From Chattahoochee to Columbus SIOO 00
Intermediate landings in proportion.
Freights to any point on Chattahoochee River $4 00
per hundred. Measurement Freight $1 25 per cubic
Capt. H. WINGATE, Shamrock.
Capt. DAN FRY, Jackson.
('apt. ABE FRY, Indian.
Capt. JOHN COUCH. Mist.
Capt.A. O. BL ACKMA R.Munnerlyn.
feb7—tf
u First Come, First Served.”
Loolt W ell 2
I OFFER FOR SALE FOR
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
Ist. Twenty-five bales of good.COTTON, in good
order, scattered in small lots in the counties of
Chambers and Macon, Ala.
2d A HOUSE; (and LOT of 10 acres, already
deeply ploughed —ditched and manured) three fur
nished rooms in a convenient locality and good
neighborhood.
3d. A nick kittle FAR M of 160 acres near Au
burn, Ala. 100 acres of open land—bO or 40 acres
sowed down in Wheat and Oats. No houses.
Plenty of Wood, Water and Pasture.
4th My HOME PLACE— consisting of the lot on
which I live (tO acres) and another House and Lot
across she stioot. Very valuable —well located.
B.—l will give good bargains to those who ap
ply soon to me at Auburn, Ala
feb 26,1865-ts WM. F. SAMI OKU.
An Excellent Plantation!
Corn, Fodder, Peas, Potatoes, (Sweet and Irish)
Plantation Tools, Stok Hogs and Cattle, to go with
it, CHEAP !
To l>e Hold! Come tfcuiclt!!
ri-«H k place is well improved. A good DWELLING
1 with eight rooms and three store rooms in the
brick basement, six fire places, negroe houses, Gin
house and isorew. all good, in hue repair and high
cultivation. Fifty acres of promisiug growing
Wheat 1 Contains 720 acres, about half m the
woods. Red land, Dak and Hickory. Lies on the
Loachapokacreek, four miles Irom Auburn and tour
miles from Loachapoka. in Macon county, near the
line of Chambers, in a good neighborhood and not
likely to be visited by o Yankee raid.
Possession immediate 1 Titles indisputable. One
hundred acres already ploughed for corn.
feb ”?f*' • lubur ”' "*• WM. F. SAMFORP.
For Sale.
qpn Acres of Pine Land,eight miles below Auburn
on the road to Society Hill. Seventy acres
open land. Common improvements. Possession
gl feb22 Q tf ediately ’ ° heaP WM. F. SAMFORD.
Change of Schedule.
AN and after Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains on j
U tho Muscogee Railroad will run as follows : |
PASSENGER TRAIN:
. .n 1 630A. M.
Leave Coluinh* 2 50 P. M.
Irriri* ;t 51-con 6 50 A> m.
Leave Mac0n......... 3 p
Arrive at, Cos HT * TRAIN : *
Leave Columbus 4* 55 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus W L CLARK,
mar 19 ts ' S.pt.
“Through «o Sontsomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
"“railroad company.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
AN and after August 27th. Tr^
U the Montgomery and West Point
Leave Montgomery . f.pj a . m.
Leave West Point * 5-32 p. m.
Arrive at Oolumbua Rt 5.50 a.m.
Leave at 3.00 p. m.
Arrive at ftt 4130 p . m .
Arrive at West Potnt , 8:40 am.
Freight Train leaves Column g;27 p m
Arrives..; D* Hi ORAM, Sup’t Eng;
ag271864—ts _ _
MOBILE a GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard. Ala., Oct ‘* lßb4 \
AN and after 10th inst. Trainson thisßoa vri
U Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows.
Passenger Trafn^
Leave Girard at.......**"* qq P- ‘? a ’
Arrive in Union Springs _ &m _
Leave Union Springs ..
Arrive in Girard at •••••
Freight Xrain*
, .4 00 a. m-
Leave Girard at.. no n m.
Arrive in Girard at
B. E. WELLS.
aglß ts * Eng. & Sup t.
VOL. XII.}
MYERS, WATSON it CO.,
AUOTIOSTBEBS
AND
Geuerai Commission Merchants,
A t. Hall & Duck's old aland.
Opposite Bunk of Columbus, Broad Street.
QggT Personal and prompt attention given
to all consignments.
r'dumbus, Ga., Jan. 21, 1865. jan23 ts
ROBERT A. CRAWFORD,
Slave Trader,
AND DEALER IN
STOCKS, BONDS, CERTIFICATES, GOLD
AND SILVER COIN,
Cherry Street, Iflacoit, €ia.,
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, as
heretofore.
Negroes also sold on Commission.
My trusty Porters, Andrew and An
tony, attend the Trains.
feb 27 3m
Rosette> Lawhon & Cos.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
One Copper Boiler, 8 feet long.
Five or six hundred pounds Lead Pipe
8 or 10 Large Brass Bib & Stop Cocks.
jen 18 ts
For Exchange or Sale.
AT the office of the “Southern Iron Works,” near
the new bridge, the following articles of 'Hard
ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon,
Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other articles
of Psoviiions or Confederate currency, viz:
Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan
tation uses.
Sugar Mills and Kettles, of all sizes, from 30 to
120 gallons,
Pots, Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Pans and Andirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades,
Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds.
Orders for Castings and Machine Work
promptly executed.
jan stf JOHN D. GRAY & CO.
Sorghum Molasses.
WANTED from one to one hundred BARRELS,
for which a liberal price will be paid.
KOOCIv ISLAND PAPER MILLS,
mar 41w Columbus, Ga.
For Sale or Exchange,
FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE, Plantation Iron,
Osnabnrgs, a good art cle of Potash, and a lot of
fat Turkeys. BRADFORD & SNOW
mar 4 3t
200 Kegs Aails
. N consignment and for sale by
\ > HANSERD & AUSTIN,
mar 2 3t
Aotice!
T REQUEST that all claims against Major F. W.
A Dillard (personal) be presented to me at once.
RICHARD PATTEN.
mar 2 3t.
WANTED!
c i lAA LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
Jju'Al will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
sp7 ts Major and Q. M.
YABUS and OSMBIIRGS
TO EXCHANGE FOR
anOUKTD PEAS,
At the GRANT FACTORY.
dec 17 ts
zNro^K-ioiei.
Office Grant Factory, 1
Nov. 29. 1864. J
h LL persons having demands against the estate of
1 Daniel Grant, deceased, are hereby requested to
resent them to the Grant Factory,
nov 30 ts JOHN J. GRANT.
Sun copy and send bill to office Grant Factory.
IXoticeto Debtors and Creitttovs
PERSONS having claims against the lato Captain
Charles D. Fry, are requested to present them
within the time prescribed by law and those indebted
will make mmediate payment.
JDAiN 1 uLi x -tv Y •
fob 21 w4od __ Adm’r,
Stolen. _
STOLEN from my residence, eight miles below
Columbus, a light BAY HORSE, about 14 hands
high, with a white spot in his forehead. His P
xsiple gait is a pace. A suitumble reward Fo't K
paid for his recovery. W. G. WOOLrOLK
feb 24 ts ___
Wanted,
T7OR the State of Louisiana TEN MOULDERS.
T Wages liberal. Transportation furnished. Ap
ply to SW. K. S. Hardly, of , hi £ cit fegHßßi
feb 12 ts Comissioner for Louisiana.
Negroes t© Hire.
fflO HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good
1 Cook and Washer, to ffooLFoLK
jan 17 ts ___ geD^'
Dr. K- AOBLE,
JDIE^TTIST,
« T Pemberton *fc Carter’s old stand, back room of
.1 Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he ca P found
all hours. joe 18 bm
To Printers !
WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
(except Ruling Machine.) two hand PRESSES,
and about _ __ . ,
1,000 Fouuds of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf -
Lost or Mislaid.
POUR SHARES of the G. & A. S. S. Cos., No
l 160, in favor of Mrs. J. L. Wilson. NT
nov 30 ts D. Sc J.'J. GRAM.
Regular Line of Steamers on the
Chattahoochee River.
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 9th.
mHF Daniel Fry, Master, wil
JrS^^M^Retarangle^vSohatuKAeeeTori
'■ D. Fry M,.ten leave,
!&“hS «.ry Thirty at
IHswtf sa t
tahooche every buuday at i- m.
jan 10 2m __ .
CITY FOUNDRY!
sugar mills and KETTLES!
WE HAVE OF HAND
Sugar Mills and Kettles,
boldine 20.35, 40. 60. kind of b coojtrr
will exchange for Provi - - liberal terms- o?d erß
° r * <36.
Columbus, Jan. 20, ts
COLUMBUS, GA., SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1865.
DAILY TIMES.
EYENING EDITION.
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH, 4, 1865.
The Case oh C >l. Von Zinken,— The Judges
of the Inferior Court, assembled at the Coun
cil chamber this morning in accordance with
previous appointment, to render their decis
ion in the case of Col. Von Zinken, on the
charge of the murder of Lindsay,
A majority o! the Judges decided that the
Court had no power to bind him over for trial.
Thus the conflict between the civil and mili
tary has terminated in a grand fizzle. We
don't know that our opinion is worth much,
but we think somebody should be held respon
sible for the murder of Lindsay.
Official dispatches fiom the army, dated four
days ago, says the Telegraph and Confeder
ate, 3d, give an encouraging view of affairs.—
Our army was |then at Charlotte, N. C., and
nothing of particular interest had occurred.
The rumor, therefore, of a battle with Sher
man, is untrue. Our clans, though, were gath
ering and making ready for the fray.
The above information may be relied on as
correct.
Gen. Wright. — We were honored on yes
terday, says the Augusta Constitutionalist,
of the 26th, with a visit from this distinguished
soldier and statesman. Gen. Wright has re
turned home for a very brief period in order
to attend to important duties at Macon. He
states that not a man was left behind at Char
leston ; the reported loss of two regiments be
ing a fable.
The same paper of the same date has the
following pleasant rumor.
The report abroad is that Gen. Early met
and defeated a portion of Sherman’s army,
this side of Charlotte.
The Great Fire. —The loss by the fire in
Philadelphia was over $5,000,000. The loss
on coal oil was $75,000. Only oneNthird of
the total loss was insured. Over one hun
dred structures ot various kinds were de
stroyed. The missing and dead numbered
twenty persons. Eleven of one family were
missing, supposed to be burned in the ruins
of the house.
Gov. Bramlette, in his message to the leg
islature in relation to the proposed amend*
mend to the federal constitution, yields to the
amendment, but thinks the national govern
ment should pay Kentucky $34,000,000, the
estimated value ot her slaves in 1864, as a
consideration to Kentucky’s assent thereto.—
The consciences of the submissionists of that
State will never be any such favor
from their abolition masters at Washington.
The Democrats in the Indiana Legislature
are fighting the Abolition constitutional
amendment. A dispatch from Indianapolis
says: In Ihe Senate and House to-day, the
time was taken up in discussing the resolu
tion ratifying the congressional amendment
of the Constitution with regard to slavery.—
Members on both sides made speeches, and
the matter was left undetermined, to be re
newed to-morrow. The thing will pass and
an immense amount of talking being indulged
in needlessly. The vote, however, I believe,
will be strictly partisan.
A special dispatch from Cincinnati, to the
Chicago Times, says :
“ Reliable information was received here to
day that, at the conference between Mr. Lin
coln and the Confederate commissioners, at
Fortress Monroe, Mr. Stephens proposed the
following to ihe President: The eleven seced
ed States to take a vote, whether they will
come back or remain out of the Union ; the
vote to be taken on a day to be fixed by Mr.
Lincoln, and commissioners from the United
States to be appointed for the eleven States, to
see that the vote is fairly taken, without inti
midation from the army or any other quarter.
If three fourths of the votes ot eight States,
and a majority of the votes of three other
States, did not vote to remain out of the Un
ion, the Confederates would lay down their
arms and return to the Union without condi
tions. Mr. Lincoln declared the proposition
to be inadmissible.’’
The dispatch was dated the 9th ult. We
question the correctness of the report, and do
not believe Mr. Stephens ever submitted such
a proposition. If he did, however, its rejec
tion by Lincoln will at least serve to convince
the Northern people that the stories circulated
by their leaders, of 6erious divisions in the
South, are all humbug, and not credited by
their authors. The people of the booth, from
the Ohio to the Gulf, would be glad to have
an opportunity of settling the strife, in the
manner indicated.
The Yankee Draft Not Postponed.— The
Washington Chroniole, of the 15th, denies
the rumor that the draft is to be postponed.
It says:
In pursuance of that proclamation, (1865,)
the provost marshal general on Monday issued
instructions to the provost marshals, requiring
them, in all their districts and sub-districts,
wherein the quotas should not be filled to-day,
to proceed to make preparations for a draft,
last as he did prior to the previous drafts,
neither of which took place until some time
after the day up to which time was given by
the proclamation for recruiting.
These oreparatsons for the draft will be con
summated speedily as possible, aad there is
every reason n( w to suppose that the dralt
will be made at an early day.
The St. Albans Raiders.— The examina
tion of the Saint Albans raiders, at Montreal,
continues. On Tuesday, George N- Seders
certified that an agent claiming
ial powers, civil as well as military, Mr. Clay,
informed him that he directed the raid, and
promised to assume the responsibility.
V The witnesses knew nothing of the bt. At
b an s or other raids until after they occurred.
docamMU PJO’* h d £„ the 4th inst.,
others in his company were drowned.
[From the Telegraph k Confederate.]
GEORGIA LECISLATI BE.
Macon, Georgia, March 2, 1565.
SENATE.
( The Senate met at 10 o’clock, a. m.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Wills, of the Presby
! terian Church.
Mr. West moved to reconsider the action of
the Senate on yesterday, by which a bill was
passed authorizing the Governor to make im
pressments for the benefit of indigent and sol
diers’ families.
i Wr. West spoke in opposition to the bill.
He contended that the bill allowed the ap
| pointment of additional agents, who might go
over the land harrassing the people. These
agents, too, would be exempted from the mili
tia service. He said that another object of
i the bill would be to impress supplies for the
j benefit of refugees, and he knew of no legisla
, tion that had been had for this class,
i Mr. Walker, of the 27th Senatorial District,
i replied. He contended that if the bill author
j izing the appointment by the Governor of one
j agent to each county, to take in charge the
funds appropriated by the Legislature for the
benefit of the indigent and soldiers’ families,
then any agents appointed by the Governor
to make the impressments contemplated in the
bill under consideration would not be exempt
ed from military service in the State. Hence
that objection would fall to the ground. Mr.
Walker went on to speak against the bill.
The motion was lost. Ayes 9, noes 17.
Mr. Pottle introduced the following bills:
A bill to extend the civil jurisdiction of the
City Court of Augusta.
A bill to declare of full force all the laws of
this State which were of force when the Code
went into operation, and which were not re
pealed by the Code or any subsequent legis
lation.
A bill to authorize the non-recording of
vouchers accompanying returns of administra
tors, executors and guardians. Lost.
Bill for the relief of the Lawrenceville Man
ufacturing Company. Lost.
On motion of Mr. White, the rules were sus
pended, and the resolution fixing the per diem
pay of the members was taken up.
The resolution was lost. Yeas 11, nays 14.
Bill to authorize Judges of Superior Courts
to call special sessions for she more speedy
trial of criminal cases. Passed.
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The House met—Prayer by Rev. Mr. Haw
kins.
The copy of the correspondence between
Governor Brown and the Secretary of War
wa3 taken up and read. Ordered that 240
copies be printed for the use of the House.
The copy of the report of Major Gen. G. W.
Smith and Adjt. Gen. Wayne, was taken up
and, without being read, 240 copies were or
dered printed.
The House proceeded to read bills first
time.
Mr. Hall, of Butts, a resolution instructing
the Judiciary Committee to report whether
any further legislation is necessary in regard
to Superior Courts.
Mr. Frazer, of Liberty, a resolution, requesting
the military authorities to keep a small force of
cavalry in Liberty, Bvyan, and Mclntosh counties.
Mr. Mathews, of Oglethorpe, a resolution in
structing the Judiciary Committee to report a bill
protecting the marriage relations of slaves.
Mr. Horsley, .of Upson, a resolution fixing the
pay of members of the next General Assembly.—
It provides $1 per day, and one cent per mile as
milage, payable in gold or silver, or its equivalent.
Mr. Russell, of Chatham, a bill to allow refu
gees and exiles in Congressional Districts where
they do not reside, to vote.
Recess until 2 P. M.
SENATE—AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Senate met at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Mr. Sprayberry moved to take up his resolu
tion, declaring that the further use of conscrip
tion for recruiting our armies should be aban
doned, and a resort had to requisitions on the
State for troops. The motion was agreed to.
Mr. Sprayberry then took the floor,and address
ed the Senate in an able and patriotic strain.
The resolutions, on motion of Mr. Pottle, were
referred to the Committee on Military Affairs.
Bill to increase the compensation |of Tax Re
ceivers and Tax Collectors. Passed.
Bill to limit the tax to be imposed on the citi
zens of Marietta. Passed.
Bill to repeal section 2,562 of the Code. Pass*
ed.
Bill to change the lino between Wayno and
Pearce counties. Passed.
Bill to repeal the oath of tax payers. Passed.
Bill to authorize Allen M. Walker, a minor, to
receive his estate. Lost.
Bill to amend the Acts in relation to Habeas
! Corpus. Passed.
Bill to amend section 1752 of the Code. Lost.
Bill to authorize and require the recording of
mortages and deeds where the records have been
| burned. Passed.
Bill :o authorize Executors, Ac., in counties
overrun by the enemy to make their returns in
other counties. Passed.
Bill to incorporate the metropolitan Telegraph
Company. Passed.
Bill to exempt certain personsljfrom militia ser
vice.
Mr. Nisbet moved to insert “physicians.”—
Adopted.
Mr. Pottle moved to insert “county su.fveyors.”
Adopted.
On motion the bill was laid on the table for the
present. Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES —AFTERNOON SES
SION.
The House met and read bills the third time.
A bill to amend an act for the relief of tax pay
ers of 1865, on property destroyed by the enemy.
It includes slaves escaping to the enemy. Lost.
A bill for the relief of David A. and Henry C.
Miller, of Cobb coanty. Passed. t
A bill appropriating the sum es six millions of
dollars for the support of indigent families of
soldiers. The sum of six millions was stricken
out and ten millions inserted.
Pending the discussion, the House adjourned
until 9 o’clock to-morrow.
Westers Kentucky. — Cairo, February 9. —
Our sister city of Columbus was the scene of much
excitement on Tuesday evening last, occasioned
by a flag of truce arriving at the picket lines. The
flag came in under the pretext of making an ar
rangement by which the rebels were to co-operate
with our forces in assisting to clear western Ken
tucky of guerrillas ; but Colonel Hicks, the ever
vigilant commander ol the post, having reason to
suspect it was ftr the purpose of lurking around,
had his forces ready for action on short notice,
and at once set to work te gobble the “Johnnies."
Learning that about 150 of them were encamped
about twelve miies back of Columbus-, near Clin
ton. an expedition was sent out by the railroad the
same night, consisting of about 156 meD, under
command of Major Lansing, 4th United State* ar
tillery (colored.) They proceeded by rail within
five miles of Clinton, where they disembarked, and
proceeded cautiously on foot. When within a short
: distance from Clinton, they were fired apon by
i rebel pickets, who immediately fled in confusion.
Oar forces followed them closely some distance,
when they found that the rebels bad taken refuge
within a small fort or stockade. They opened a
rigorous fire on the approach es our forces : but
the charge of our troops soon caused a grand ske*
daddle, and resulted in killing two men and cap
turing one lieutenant, one sergeant, ene man, and
| twelve good horses. The rest all escaped. They
being mounted, it was deemed useless to fpllow
them with infaßtry. The expedition returned
yesterday morning without the loss of a single
man.
The Conscription Act.—The question is
beginning to be mooted, says the Mobile Reg
ister. whether the system of conscription
adopted by this Government has not failed io
answer the ends for which it was designed.
It is a fair and proper subject of discussion,
provided it is pursued for ihe public good, and
for purposes of amendment aud reform, and
not with the mischievous and partisan object
of bringing discredit on the Government.
When these laws were passed they were be
lieved to be absolutely necessary to hold to
gether the armies then in the field and whose
terms of service were about to expire, and as
the measure was adopted at a critical moment
there is no doubt that the opinion at the time
was almost universal, that this bold measure
ot Congress saved the country. But time has
shed its light on the subject since then, and
it is a proper subject of inquiry whether or
not it is better to return to the volunteer sys
tem in part, and thus rely upon the spirit of
the people for their own defense.
A Glance at tiie Present Social Condition of
New York.
[From the New York Police Gazette.]
The Board of Metropolitan Police have re
cently submitted to the Governor their annual
report, in which they show, what we have re
peatedly demonstrated, that crimes of all kind
are increasing at an unparalleled rate in the
cities of New York and Brooklyn. The report
also reiterates the statements so often made
in our journals, “ that in no other cities in the
civilized world—not in the theatre of actual
war—is human life so lightly prized, and sub
jected to so great hazards from violence, as in
this metropolis and its suburbsand, further
more, “that in no other such cities does the
machinery of criminal justice so signally fail
to restrain and punish serious and capital of
fenses.
The number of arrests last year, for crimes
of a violent and serious character, reached
the aggregate of 742, being an excess of more
than 200 over those of the preceding year.—
Five policemen were killed, and thirteen seri
ously wounded, in desperate encounter with
ruffians. These, and other statistics embodied
in the report, show indeed that crime and vice
are making appalling inroads in our midst;
but full as are these statistics, they are far
from giving a complete picture of the actual
condition of things, and of the thousand in
fluences that are at work to corrupt and poi
son the very fountains of social life.
To comprehend the full enormity of the evil,
one must look beyond the polioe and prison
records. He must consider the indications
the courts are giving every day, of a wide
spread, shameless, political corruption. Such
cases as Wood vs. Opdyke, and scores of oth
ers we could name, speak in thunder tones of
the rot that is spreading thro’ our whole poli
tical system. He must observe the rapidly
multiplying proofs of a general decline of
virtue, as shown in the endless series of di
vorces and seduction cases, the prosecutions
for crim. con., bastardy and rape and in the
numerous and flourishing brothels that are
allowed to be kept open on every hand, with
out any show of regulation or restraint. He
must see the ministers of religion deserting
the sacred duties of their office, and turning
their pulpits into caucus stands for election
eering harangues and appeals to the most un
hallowed passions and fanaticism.
He must note the general rush for sudden
wealth, and the frequent defalcations, embez
zlements, swindles, and all similar forms of
dishonesty, inducing general distrust, and be
tokening a lamentable, wide-spread decay of
the simplest principles of commercial integri
ty. He must mark also how many of the young
are being brought up in habits of insubordina
tion. in ignorance, and even positively trained
to theft and crime by their own parents. He
must observe society not only in business and
in domestic life, but in its amusements and
gala day celebrations.
The villains that swarm in the streets, and
garrets, and cellars, and princely palaces of
the city, reappear on the stage in the theatres,
and decked out in tinsel and gauze, entrance,
night after night, eager crowds, of rich and
poor, old and young. To seethe Don Juans
and Dick Turpins, and their various grades of
rivals re-enact their successful career of crime
is to the New Yorkers of to-day what the sight
of the blood and butchery of the amphitheatre
was to the men and women of ancient Rome.
Which is the less depraved of the two it would
be hard to decide.
If we note amusements of the sexes else
where what do they show? Men herding by
themselves in revel, and in conclaves, for a
thousand different forms of dissipation : and
women following hard on the example. But
the young women and girls at the Central
Park, for instance, pursuing their flirtation
adventures in the ramble, and sipping their
cobblers and toddies in the Casino. So-little
of true womanly modesty do some of them ;
manifest, that the noble matrons of a few gen- !
erations ago would no longer recognize them 1
as the same sex ; and still le3S would they
own them as descendants. With what bold- j
ness they solicit advances on the fashionable j
promenades by day, and in the streets by
night.
There is always much of thi3 in a great city like
New York, but now it appears to an unparalleled
extent. It seems as if a sort of madness had taken j
possession of a laare number of the ‘weaker vessels,’ ;
and, cutting loose from the refinements and modes
ty of their sex, they were giving free rein te their'
wildest passions. How can we explain this? They j
belong to no class of society; among them are the
rich and poor, the high and iow. Women have been
seen in their carriages, with their retinae of ser- '■
vants in livery, and the proud escutcheons of their
families emblazoned on the panels, riding through
the streets in a state of disgraceful intoxication.
Do these outrageous exhibitions come from the
widows and wires of army officers and soldiers, from
women whom death and prolonged absence have
deprived of their natural protectors and of the en-;
deannents and restraints of home? Or is it only one
of the results of that feverishness, that breaking up ,
of old habits and restraints, which war always in- :
duces in the public mind ? Is it to be traced to the
same cause that made our city last year, and still
makes it, the reveling hell of criminal violence ? :
While the streets are red w ith blood of murdered
victims, and the ring of pistol shot is almost as con- j
stant as the picket firing before the army of the
James, is it strange that we should see correspond- 1
ing enormities perpetrated by the female part of so
ciety? It seems to us not. When women, appar- j
entjy respectable, are seen in the streets under the
influence of liquor, as they were the day succeeding
last New Years day, it may be well said to be a
mournful commentary on the civilization of the
nineteenth century of the Christian era. What and
where is the remedy ?
Thr Wrong Animal. —Grantly Berkley, the
English snob .and artist, teds the following
excrutiating story of the Lady Haggerstone s
scheme to charm the Regent:
Her Ladyship had at her resi ien e a minia
ture farm yarn and rhree pretty lit tie Alder
ney cattle. When the Prinre und his friends
had arrived, she came forward from a side
wicket as a milkmaid, for ihe purpose of mak
ing a syllabub for ihe Prince. She bad a sil
ver pail in one hand and an ornamental stool
in the other. The Lady Haggerstone tripped
aioner, with ribbons flying from her dainty lit
tle milking ha- that hang on one side of her
graceful head, uni the smallest little apron
tied below her laced stomacher, till she Qime
opposite His Roya Highness, to whom she
dropped a really gra ful cursey. Th -npass-
/ SIX DOLLARS
\ PER MOXTH
r.g jig it over "he heantifitPy I strvw,
her tucked up gown allowing her neat ankle,
as well as her colored stockings, she placed
her stool and pail convenient for use. Lean
ing against the flank of ene of the crossest
looking of th • Alderueys. sue was attempting
to commence her rustic labors, but not haring
selected the right sex, (be offended animal did
not sevni to fancy the performance, for he first
kicked out. then trotted uwav, nearly upset
ting stool, pail and Lady Hagsrerstone, who,
covered wi:u confusion, made a hesty retreat
to her little dairy, whence she did not appear
again.
Blowing Up of the “bHULiz. — Yesterday
evening, us ihe flag of truce boat “ Schultz,”
Capt. llill, was ascending the river from Cox’s
landing, where she had gone down with a load
of Yankee prisoners, in company with the Ai
lison, she was blown up by a floating torpedo,
which made a complete wreck of her. The
disaster occurred off the upper end of Dutch
Gap canal. The Schultz bad left Cox's land
ing at ten minutes past four, yesterday after
noon, preceding the Allison; and alter turn
ing the bend of the stream at the point indi
cated, she ran her bows upon a torpedo, which
completely blew open her hull, her engines
dropping out aud her stern lifted out of the
water as she went down. Two negro firemen
were killed by the explosion ; and two soldiers
who had gone dowu as guards of the Yankee
prisoners were blown into the water and were
drowned. Their names were Conuiff
from Bedford county in this State, and
Cribbs, a Georgian. Two others ot the guard,
Wm Hudson, of the 11th South Carolina re
giment, and James Spencer, of the 20th South
Carolina, were rescued from the water. There
were some seven or eight members of the Am
buluuee Committee on the Schultz at the time
of the explosion, who were saved on the wreck
and taken from it by the boats of the Allison
Mr. Andrew Johnston was thrown overboard,
but swam back to the wreck as it floated past
him. —Richmond Examiner , 18 th ulf.
More Truth than Poetry. —A distinguish
ed poet has paraphrased the beautiful lines
commencing; “What though destruction
sweep these lovely plains, ” and the w*w
which he has done so, is someth:**# “Her this
wise:
“ What though the impressing officer sweeps
these growing plains !
Rise, fellow-planters! Our country yet re
mains ;
By that dread name we raise our prices high,
And swear to keep them up or else to die ! ”
We fear that it will be found upon investi
gation that there is more truth than poetry ia
the foregoing.— Constitutionalist.
Rules for Children.
1. Never attempt to do anything that is not right.
Just so sure as you do, you will get into trouble.—
Sin always brings sorrow sooner or later. If you
even suspect that anything is wicked, doit not un
til you are sure that your suspicions are groundless.
2. When you dp attempt anything that is right.
so through with it. Be not easily discouraged.—
’orm habits of perseverence. Yield not to sloth,
and sleep, and fickleness. To resist all these will
not be easy; but you will feel that you have done
right when you get through.
3. Do not waste your money. Perhaps you have
very little. Then take the more care of it. And
besides helping to spread go’pel, buy some good
books and reaa them well. A vood book is one of
the best things in the world. If you cannot buy as
many as you need, borrow from others, and return
them safe and sound. Never let a book lie where it
may be injured.
4. Ask questions about things you do not under
stand. Ask those who know. But ask modestly
and seriously. And listen to the answer, and think
well of it. A man who knows nothing can give yon
no light on any subject. But almost any one can
tell you something that you do not know. Dr. Frank
lin said he often gained important information
from a blacksmith shccing his horse. Live and
learn.
5. Beware of bad books and bad papers. There
are many such. They are of no good use, but do great
harm. Ask someone who knows, to tell you of
some of the best books. Never buy a book simply
because it is cheap. Some books are dear if they
waste your time, destroy your soul
6. Ifyou have not time to read in the day, read by
night, and if lamps or candles get scarce, get pine
knots or hickory bark and read by torch light. Let
nothing keep you from reading. A good book is
worth reading more than once. The second reading
will do you more good than the first.
7. Keep out of bad company. “The companion
of fools shall be destroyed.” If others waste their
time in folly and sin, avoid them. They may b»
smart, but they will do you no good, and thoy may
do you much harm. Bad company is the ruin of
many, even of those who are older than you. Keep
away from idlers, swearers, liars and Sabbath break
ers, keep away. Even "one sinner de»troyeth much
good.” Keep away "touch not the unclean thing.”
[Golden Rule.
Narrow Escape.— The Berlin journals relates
the following incident which has just taken place
in Prussia
A pointsman was at the junction of two lines
of railroad, his lever in hand, for a train was sig
naled. The engine was within a few seconds of
reaching the embankment, when the man on
turning his head, perceived his little boy playing
on the rails of the line the train was to pass over.
“Lie down !” he shouted out to the child, but as
to himself be remained at his post. The train
passed along on its way, and the lives of a hun
dred passengers were perhaps saved. But the poor
child ! The father rushed forward expecting to
take up only a corpse, but what was his joy on
finding the boy had at once obeyed his order, he
had laid down, and the whole train passed over
him without injury. The next day the King sent
for the man and attached to his breast the medal
for civil courage. •
BY MYERS, WATSO\-4 €0„
XTTILL sell on Monday, March 6th, in front
V V of our store, at 11 o’clock,
1 Heavy Silver Plated Wine Castor,
1 “ “ “ loe Pitcher,
8 “ “ “ Cake Baskets,
1 11 u 11 Castor,
4 pair Candlesticks,
mar 4 sl2
Hf.adquarters Waddell’s Battery. )
Columbus, March 2d, 1865. i
This city, it is supposed, is threatened by a raid of
the enemy. I have a battery, withejut horses, which
is needed for its defence. It requires sixty-four
horses. If I can obtain this number from citizens
in the city and the adjoining country, both in Geor
gia and Alabama, to be used only in lan emergency,
lam authorized by the Post Commandant to say,
that such horses will be exempted from any order
of impressment. Until the emergency may arise,
they will be needed only once a week for drill.
Leave all offers in this behalf at the office of Post
Commandant, Enquirer office, or with me at Dr.
de Graffenried’B. J. F. WADDELL,
mar3!w Maj. Art’y.
BAGGIYC; A\ D ROPE.
10 BALES INDIA BAGGING,
5 « MANILLA BALE ROPE.
ALSO,
I VALUABLE IRON SAFE.
On consignment and will be offered low for
three days, by M. P. ELLIS k CO.
mar 3 3t*
NEGROES at AUCTION.
-BY-
J. B. HABERSHAM A CO.
Exooutor’s Sale.
On Tuesday, March 7,1863.
4X T ILL be sold on the first Tuesday in March next.
* * between the usual hours of sale, at ihe Court
House in the city of Macon,
TWENTY-TWO NEGROES,
ijmore or less) consisting of Mem Women and Chil
dren, belonging to the estate of Caroline Barnard,
deceased. These negroes are accustomed to the cul
tivation of Cotton and Corn, and sold for a distribu
tion among the heirs, agreeably to the provisions of
the will of ;be late Wm.G. Baynard.
EDWARD M. BAYNARD,
WM. G. BAYNARD,
Executors.
M. B. BAYNARD, Executrix.
feb 25 w3t
Columbu- Times will please copy once a week tit
day of sale and forward bill to J. B. H A Cos.