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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. jt iftRKV, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Wednesday Morning., Mareh 8,1865.
“History Repeats Itself.”
Eighty-four years ago—in the winter of
1780—’1, the British un-American forcesjoccu
pied almost the identical poeilious now held
respectively by the Yankee and Confederate
armies in the Carolina?. The disastrous bat
tle of Camden resulted in the expulsion of
the patriot army from South Carolina, and,
leu to the supers..‘ lure of Crates by General
Greene. When the latter to- k command of
the army, it>: headquartei;- were at Charlotte,
N. C.. the present headquarters of the Confe
derate forces limb r Gen. Johnston. Greene's
first movement was to send off a detachment
of one thousand men under General Morgan,
which met and defeated Turleton, at the battle
of Cowpehs Tarleton. with the remnant of
his forces, retreated and united with the main
body under Cornwallis, > nd Morgan endeavor
ed to rejoin Greene. I wn - to prevent this
junction that Cornwallis moved immediately
forward, and then was commenced by the pa
triot army one of the most remarkable rttreats
in military annals. It is somewhat remarka
ble that the line of Greene’s retreat was over
the identical ground now traversed by the r ii
road leading from Charlotte to Greensboro.
Guilford Court House —where Greene finally
gave battle —is about five miles northwest from
the latter place. Speculation has already se
lected it a the point where our forces will be
concentrated against Sherman, should he con
tinue his tiauk movement upon Richmond.
In that celebrated retreat, HENRY LEE (bet
ter known is Light-horse Harry’') had com
mand of the entire cavalry force of the army,
and contributed greatly to its success. He
also acted a conspicuous, gallant, and efficient
part in the battle which followed. If fate
shall decree that liberty and tyranny shall
measure arms upon the same field, it is not
too much to expect that the worthy son of this
revolutionary hero—-our own peerless chief
will be there on the side of the former, to
strike down and put to confusion the minions
of the latter.
Senator Wigfall.
This Senator seems disposed to contest the
palm with the late Mr. Foote. He blusble3sly
pronounces the President, in his high place,
“an amalgam of mediocrity and malice. j
Louis T. Wigfall says that, and says it in the
Senate! Well, and is Mr. W. renowned for
his gentle spirit—a sort of political St. Jobs,
full of love and mercy ? And what has he
done above “mediocrity” ? Has the President,
in some moment of vexation—of labor and
care—yielded a little to his humanity, and
told Mr. W. “ No!” with his usual emphasis?
—unhorsed him and put him a (la) Foote ?
We suspeci that a private grievance , is at the
bottom of this public denunciation. We have
often heard the President blamed for the at
tendon he bestowed upon this violent Senator,
at the beginning ot his administration. Al
though gifted as a contentious debater, and a
critic of acerbity—-excelling especially in re
partee and sarcasm, and not wholly destitute
of force and historic research, \*r. Wigfall
has never attained to more than “mediocrity/’
even by the unmerited smiles of President
Davis ; and as to “malice,” this specimen of
his temper puis him beyond the reach of com
petition !
The statesmen and press of Europe do not
agree with the Texas Senator from South Caro
lina, and the patriotic people of the Confede
racy will award him no enviable distinction
for his assault upon the President.
Exactly the Tiling to be Done.
In an appeal “to the women of Alabama
and Mississippi” from the Army Argus $ Cri
sis, it is proposed that in every city, town, vil
lage and neighborhood in the Confederacy,
the women assemble and do three things:
1. Resolve a. personal appeal to all men, able
to bear arms, (deserters, absentees and bomb
proofs) to fly at once to the standard ot the
Confederacy, and shield them from the ruin
and outrages threatened by the merciless
Yankee foe- -all men !
2. Declare a resolution not to recognize or
receive iuto society, any man who is improp
eily absent from the army or who evades the
proper service of the country.
3. Publish this action and at once proceed
to give it effect by every means in their pow
er, assuring the soldiers that they will devote
themselves unselfishly and unreservedly at
home to their comfort, by manufacturing the
articles they need and sending them to their
commands—taking care of the sick and woun
ded and in all ways contributing to tbeii sup
port and the happiness of their families.
This is *ll right—exactly right, and the
thing 0? all others to be done.
We venture t,o predict that the women of
Georgia will not be behind their sisters of
Alabama and Mississippi in this good and
very great work. Words are little worth. We
have had enough of the vox et pnrteria nihil.
“A man of words and not of deeds,
is like a gardeu full of weeds.”
Will the women of Georgia begin and out
strip all others in this race of patriotic duty?
Will our noble and renowned women of CoL
umbus open thus “ball ?H Shall we ask them
to meet at once , and in force, and give it such
a beginning as will startle the laggards among
us, and stun into silence the patrons ofdescr*
tion , the miserable croakers who labor day
and night to suppress all patriotic enthusi
asm ?
We appeal to the iv press everywhere # to en» j
gage in this work and le! a holy emulation
carry it toward to the grandest results. Let
us all forget the evils of conscription in our |
zeal to sustain our beleaguered country. The |
volunteer spirit can be revived !
On a Rampage.—We judge from the dis
patches, says the Rebel, that Joe Brown is on
a rampage again. Nothing suits him. Eve
rything is out of joint—the Government is
mismanaged, the people are oppressed, the
Constitution requires amendment, he fears the
negroes are to be gobbled up, and so on to the
end of the chapter. We are satisfied, from
what he says, that if he was the President,
and both Houses of Congress, and all the Ge
nerals, and the Army, the Foreign Ministers,
and the Collectors of the Tax iu Kind, we
■hould have a different state of things from
what we have now—for gredt is Joseph, the
Governor of an the Georgias.
L\~. 2;r " t;»b Frokt. re
ceived from Gen. Beautegard, from Charlotte,
dated Feb 2 7th. says the Telegraph & Confed
erate, 7th, make no mention of the fight be
tween Lee and Grant, reported in Northern
dispatches of the 23d.
'We have reliable information that Sher
man’s whole force had crossed the Catawba,
and were between Lancaster and Camden,
supposed to be moving in the direction of Wil
mington.
Our forces were disposed in the best possi
ble manner.
Important Rumor. —A Captain, wounded in
the encounter, says the Augusta Constitution
alist, informed the Rev. Henry Spann that a
battle of considerable magnitude had been
fought between Winsboro and Chester, result
ing in a defeat of the enemy with a loss of
2000 in ki led and wounded and 8000 priso
ners.
We gi\y inis as we heard it, without vouch
ing, for its truth.
Gocm News, ip Truk. —Gen." Wright is said to
bring intelligence that Gen. Lee madWa foint of
evacuating Richmond, deceived Grant into at
tempting to occupy it, caught him in a trap, and:
gobbled up about fifioon thousand of hi? troops. —
From tho same si.urco wo loarn that Sherman is
iu a precarious position. Wc tru-t the news is
true, but advise our readers not to give it implicit
faith. —['Tuurnnl <& Messenger, Ith.
From the Carolina Coast. —From the Au
gusta papers'of the sth wc clip the following :
Our army u: represented-in fine condition,
with Gen. Joe Johnston in command. Could
there be better augury of success than the re
instfttcin. it of this üble and experienced com
mender ? Li tus all take Hope and encour
agement from the fact that justice seems at
last to have prevailed in tho cabinet counsels
at Richmond.
From Charlotte. — A friend has obliged us
with files of Richmond and Charlotte papers.
Up to the 23d, Sherman had not proceeded
beyond Chester.
Another sensation report is to the effect
that a force had succeeded in reaching and
cutting the rail road between Wilmington and
Goldsboro, tor the purpose of stopping any
reinforcements which might be sent hither by
that route. It is barely possible that such
may be the case ; but if so,'it is a mere raid
ing force, and the damage resulting is not
worth the excitement created.
The rail road from Charlotte to Greensboro
is being widened to the guage of five feet. It
will be pushed forward with the utmost expe
dition.
Tbe roads from Chester to Charlotte are iu
a frightful condition, and would seriously im
pede any movement..
It was opined in military circles that Sher
man would cross the Catawba below Char
lotte, leaving that city to one side. If un
checked, he would move ou Greensboro.
If checked, his route would be towards
Fayetteville and Wilmington.
Charlotte is overrun with refugees.
One of the most atrocious crimes perpetra
ted since the beginning of this war, was the
shelling of Columbia, S. C., by the enemy,
without a moment’s warning. We are justifi
ed by truth in saying that tv/o batteries wore
placed at commanding points on tbe west side
of the river, and a bombardment opened upon
the city whilst it was filled with women and
children. Many of the houses were perforate
ed by the missiles, and the flying of women
and children from the terror thus created is
said to have been a most heart rending sight.
No demand had been made for the surrender
of the city. Ou the contrary, the enemy’s
approach was silently and stealthily conduct
ed. Some eight or ten persons were killed
by the fragments of shells thus thrown wan
tonly into the midst of helpless non combat
ants. We are informed, also, that after tho
surrender of tbe place, squads of the enemy
marched about the city shooting down such
citizens as they could find, urging as an ex
cuse that they might be stragglers from Beau
regard’s army. There is, we hope, a heavy
; retribution in store lor such barbarous eon
! duel, and that it is not far distant.
[Correspondence Southern*Confederacy.]
Augusta, Ga., March 4, 1865.
Confidence Reviving—Coods Tumbling and Mon
ey getting Scarce—Rumors and Surmises of
Sherman's Movements—the Sun and the Ladies
come out , etc.
The confidence that has been induced by the
accession of General Johnston to the com
mand of our army opposed to -Sherman, has
had a very material influence in affecting com
mercial transactions, as well as the enthusi
asm of a people.
Rumors to day corneas thick as goobers
grow in the Alabam. They are all cheerful,
however, and no other idea i? entertained but
that the Yankees will be most effectually scat
tered and torn. Already indefinite surmises
have given currency to the idea and rumor
that Sherman is on a rapid march far away
from the line he intended to pursue, when he
boldly and confidently stormed like a whirl
wind through the central part of South Car
olina. The rumor does not indicate the route
by which he is escaping, but some anxious
persons fear that he is turning to- his left and
will come by this city on his way back to
Savannah.
That he is at fault and more staggered by
the opposition of his former vigilant and wary
rival, Gen Johnston, than any other obstacle
that has been placed in bis way during many
months past, is evident from the movements
that he has been making with the most im
penetrable secrecy during a week past. We
cannot get the slightest clue to any of his ma
noeuvres. It is very probable that he will
make a grand, rapid, rushing march toward
the coast, but we hope the sleepless watch
fulness o! our forces may utterly annihilate
his command. Surely the finest opportunity
; of the war is presented to make an undying
; reputation for the General who will capture
and destroy the marauder and his vandal
hosts.
It is not possible that he will attempt a re
treat by this city, and less probable that he
would attempt an attack on it, for he cannot
spare time to siege the powerful defenses about
it, uor waste his men, by an attack on the
strong lines that would oonfront him. No
fears need be entertained of such an occur
; rencel think.
The sun astonished us to-day by exhibiting i
its warm and bright face for an hour or two. !
It is surprising how fresh and glowing it ap- !
peared after an absence of ten days, during
which time the skies were weeping, until it j
seemed impossible that there were any more
tears remaining in the gloomy and sullen
clouds, that rolled off eastward a few hours'
ago. To greet the laughing sunlight, or per
haps warmed iuto life, by its bright and genial
smiles, the ladies came out to grace the streets
and ebarm the hour with their presence.
They came like beautiful and elegant swans,
radiant and sparkling in their handsome plunr-
age and glittering like gems, that flash like
tfc-3 flowers when the morning light glows ra
diant and bright on its jeweled dewdrops.
Its genial beams brought out a host of boot
ed and spurred and glittering men, who flock
eu along the streets like conveys of game
chicken chicks, and as bright in their plum
age. More new, good clothes were exhibited
than a casual observer could-be induced to
i believe exists in the market. Soldiering
wouid be decidedly a gay pastime, if we were
permitted to live a butterfly existence in bright
new clothes, sparkliug with brass buttons
and yellow lace. /
There is much activity amongst business
; men, apparent in this city, r think it is pro
-1 table that they arc making hay whilst the
! sun 3hines, for'it is certain that money will
i be very tight before a month p isses away. Mr.
Trenholm's paper mills have susprfi led, and
the supply being stopped curtails the circula
tion. The blockade being slopped, causes a
very small supply of stocks in the country.
. No use tor gold, tenders sales very slow and
; prices declining. Cantik.
Spirit of the Army
SECOND REGIMENT VIRGINIA CAVALRV.
i At a meeting held in the cump of the 2d
reg.uient of Virginia cavalry, the following
j preamble and resolutions were off red by Col.
1 Munford.and unanimously adopted :
I The officers and men of tbe Second Virginia
I cavalry (Wickham’s old brigade) Fi’z Lee’s
division, here assembled, have seen with deep
indignation the ignoble terms offered by tiie
President of the United States to the Confed
erate Peace Commissioners. We would feel
degraded and not possessed of common man
hood could we accept such terms from such a
source. The proud freemen of tkc-se States
are tulu they can have peace on no other
terms than abject submission. Then we wel
come war. War, with all its horrors, is be 1 ter
i than life without the right to liberty and
| property. We are told that the guarantees,
j provided by our fathers, to protect our insti
| tutions. have been absolutely abrogated. That
the idea of rights, declared by the representa
tives o; the people, “ which do pertain to them
and their posterity as a basis and foundation
of government ”is au utter fallacy Tout ail
links which bind society together, an 1 tbe
Social lies which hallow social and domestic
life, have been decreed dissolved. That in
j stead of redress for grievances, for which this
j war was commenced, our efforts for peace
j have procured' li from our imperious and vin-
I dictive administration increased insult, op
| prtssion, and a vigorous attempt to effect our
total destruction.” That our slaves, after
having been tempted by every artifice to join
the enemy, are uotonly trained and employed
against us, but are now openly proclaimed to
be free without preparation tor the change;
without providing security to the master or
protection to the slave; and without home,
shelter or property for the latter, other than
that obtained by indiscriminate plunder and
murder. That all the residue of oar property
has been subjected to confiscation, aud that
our substance is to be taken to pay the ex
penses incurred by our enemies in a war now
waged by them to replenish their exhausted
treasury. That the wanton ruin already
brought upon out* people is not only to be pa
tiently and meekly endured without atone
ment or redemption, but we are to expect a
double measure of desolation as a punishment
for our offences ; that even in case of submis
sion Virginia, our own beloved Common
wealth, is not to be restored to her ancient
boundaries, but our territory is to be parti
tioned among rulers not recognized by our
people nor sanctioned by our laws; that Vir
ginia, with her proud record and acknowledg
ed fame, is to be subjected to the dominion of
Boreman and Pierpont, and the bone3 of our
mighty dead and the munumeuts of our great
ness are to be placed under their guardianship
and care. Under these circumstances we are
driven nd less by “ the eternal law of self
preservation ” than by an exalted sense of pa
triotic duty to continue our resistance and to
fight on, fight ever, with a renewed devotion
to our cause, and a holy purpose, under Di
vine favor, to achieve our independence;
therefore,
. Resolved, That we deem no sacrifice too
great and no loss too heavy which will insure
our eternal separation from the dominion of
our hated foes. Iu the language of a once na
tional anthem, we proclaim again :
“ Let independence be our boast,
Ever mindful of its cost;
Ever grateful for the prize,
Let its alters reach the skies.”
Resolved, That no nation is worthy of lib
erty that will not defend it against all invad
ers ; that the people who prefer to submit to
the degradation of begging another Govern
ment for the privilege of living in their own
houses, of using their own property, and of
acquiring happiness in their own way, are too
pusillanimous to war for liberty and life;
that we hold those, therefore, who would en
deavor to reconstruct the Union thus desecra
ted and perverted trom its original purposes,
to be traitors to our Government and enemies
to their country.
THOMAS’ BRIGADE.
At a mass meeting held this day in Thomas’
brigade, the following resolutions were unani
mously adopted by a rising vote:
Resolved, That the course pursued by Pres
ident Lincoln towards President Davis and the
distinguished gentlemen known as the “Peace
Commissioners” was perfidious, unfeeling and
arrogant, and insulting in the highest degree
to the people of the Southern Confederacy,
and that we spurn with contempt the proposi
tions upon which he proposed to stop the war.
Resolved, That we are unalterably opposed
to anything like a reconstruction or political
affiliation of any sort with the people of the
United States, our determination being fixed
to prosecute this war until the unqualified and
absolute independence of the Southern Con
federacy shall be acknowledged.
Resolved, That when, in the opinion of Pres
ident Davis and General R. E. Lee, it shall be
come necessary to arm a portion or all of the
slaves capable of bearing arms, and make sol
i diers of them, we will accept it as a necessity
j and cheerfully acquiesce, preferring, as we do,
i any and all sacrifices to subjugation.
PALMETTO BATTERY.
At a meeting of the Palmetto battery, South
Carolina volunteers, Lieutenant William H.
Coit was called to the chair and Corporal John
J. Green appointed secretary. The object of
the meeting having been explained by the
chairman, the following resolutions were read
and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That all hopes for peace are false
and hurtful, except those based on the triumph
of our arms ; and that we view with pride the
determined spirit manifested by oar people,
i and the firm resolve never to submit to the
odious and disgraceful terms proposed by Mr.
j Lincoln to our Commissioners; that we desire
| peace on no other terms thaw our recognition
i as an independent nation; that we will endure
| all hardships, danger and suffering ; and rath
j er than submit to be the slaves of a Northern
| despot, we will fall with our backs to the field
| and our faces to the foe, like “Leonidas and
* his three hundred Spartans, who still are free
i in their proud charnel at Thermopoke.”
Resolved, That we rejoice at the appointment
I of our brave and beloved chieftain, R. E. Lee, to
1 the command of the armies of the Confederate
j States, placing implicit confidence in him whose
preeminent ability, patriotic devotion to hi3 coun
try, his regard for the welfare of bis men, as well
as his entire freedom from all selfish or ambitious
motives, have bound the hearts of the people about
him with a stronger than Gordian knot.
HBRT’S ALABAMA BATTERY, CHEW’S MARYLAND
BATTERY AND PRICE’S VIRGINIA BATTERY.
Reselved, That in the military situation we see
only what may depress, but nothing which should
cause us to despair ; that with the blessing of
Heaven and in the high and holy purpose to
achieve our independence, we cau and will he free;
that not proudly boastful, but humbly conscience
of its strength, this army is ever ready to tr.y the
gage of battle in defence of oui homes and liber
ties; and iuvoking in our behalf the prayers of our
countrymen, we bid them be of good cheer and
nobly sustain their part while we ac-t ours.
Resolved, That we have gone too fur .in this
struggle to turn back; that our only‘safely lies in
pressing forward; that we have no choice left us —
we must earn the crown of independence or accept
the yoke of tyranny. And finally, that whilst we
make with satisfaction all attempts fct honorable
negotiations, the insidious character of our ene
mies forbid that we build false hopes on such a
i foundation —and that we rely alone upon the metal
i of our guns to make the cause of truth »nd justice
j heard, and extort from our foes a recognition of
i our rights.
. - —♦ —•— ♦
Gen Grant recently stated, in answer to an in
■ quirv, that he nod effected an arrangement for the
exchange of prisoners, man for man, and officer
for officer, or his equivalent, according to the old
cartel, until one or the other party ha? exhausted
the number they now hold. And he also stated
that, with no impediment, exchange? could be
effected at the rate of three thousand per week.
| A late New York paper reports the gallant
hero of Fort Fisher a? being very low from his
wounds. We sincerely hope that he may re
| cover, as our service ha? not many superior to
Colonel Lamb.
TELEGRAPHIC.
REPORTS OP TKS PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to ac: of Congress in the yea
1863, by J. S Ihraskpr, in the Clerk’s office o
the District Court of tho Confederate States o
the Northern District of Georgia.
Macon, Marck 7th. —The Georgia House of
Representatives has adopted a resolution in
favor r>? using negroes as laborers in the ar
my, u osing their use a3 soldiers.
Wood villi, March Ist. - The New Orleans
Times, of Feb’ary 28th, says the rumor of the
expulsion from Matamoros of F.tchinson, the
at that post, is confirmed by
his arrival at the mouth of the river in the
steamer Patron. The office of the Consulate
at Matamoros is closed.
Tiie Times attributes it to the fact of nenre
eognition of Maximilian's Government by the
United States.
A rail road from the river to tbe New Basin,
in New Orleans, has been built, to transport
the troops.
Gold in New Orleans is 303 (three hundred
and three.)
[Special to the, Memphis Appeal.]
Mobile, March s.— No immediate danger is
apprehended in this city. The military au
thorities are prepared. The late alarm was
occasioned by the arrival of truce bo at3 with
exchanged prisoneas. W.
Charleston. —The Mobile Tribune is informed
by a refugee from Charleston that there were about
fifteen thousand troops added to the army iu tho
field by the evacuation of that city. The impres
sion is that these troops ‘were in front of Sher
man, which the Tribune say? is not the case.
The newspapers of the city were iaquired about.
2’he Mercury, long before the evacuation of the
place wes decided on, had made preparations to
remove to Columbia. Some of its material had
already been sent thither, to the establishment of
Evans & Cogswell. Os Course, they are lost, for
that establishment wa3 destroyed by Sherman.—<
The old time Courier had resolved to remain, and
taka what fata the enemy had in store for it.
♦
[communicated.]
Memrs. Editors: Passing [down Broad street
yesterday, I could but notice the negroes standing,
and all in the space of 25 steps, I counted 25 ne
gro men and women; some with waiters of sor
ghum candy, others with peanuts for sale. AU
those negroes were young and apparently healthy.
If you wish to hire one, they are ail engaged,
very busy at that time ; go to those who own
them to hire, they have none for hire, yet those
same negroes hire their own time from their own
ers, go about the streets peddling the above-named
articles, and if they lack in pay for .their hire,
your smoke house, my poultry have to make up
the deficit. Where are our executive officers, are
they too gone to speculating in the same way. Is
there no ordinance against this,if not,one should be
enacted at once, and if our executive officers will
not enforce these ordinances we will hold an over
whelming meeting and demand of them'to re
sign. Sufferer.
Tiie Noon of Night.
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OT MISS ADA EVANS.
Steadily on the earth below,
In ceaseless showers, or swift or slow,
Descends the tireless rain,
Till mountain rill and streamlet pour
Their angry floods, and rivers roar,
Through valley, field 2nd plain.
Wearily, through the sullen day,
A fair young form in peril lay,
Struggling in death’s embrace,
Unconscious of the fearful strife,
Unheeding now, the wane of life,
A short, but finished race.
Stealthily in the midnight sky,
A timid star looks out, to ! ry
In misty air its beam !
While broken clouds, dismantled glide
Like foundered barks upon the tide,
On wrecks ot youth's bright dream.
Suddenly, in the distance rung,
The city bells with iron tongue,
Proclaims the noon of Night!
Another week of toil is past,
Another soul has reached, at last,
The endless morning light.
Happily, if the ended week,!
Os patient faith, and triumph speak,
In that dark, closing hour,s
If humble trust shall meekly cling
And clasp the Cross, while mercy's wing
Protects the/ading flower.
Cheerfully, thus would I resign,
All that I know, or claim as mine,
When life’s short task is done;
If from the watchtowers of the) blest,
An angel voice shall bid me rest,
My sabbath day begun !
Feb. 28th, 1865. Olin.
From Savannah.
Reports from Savannah state that negroes
are being shipped to Cuba by some of thfe
Yankee traders.
The small pox is raging in Savannah, and
committing great havoc among the negroes.
The enemy have recruiting offices as far
from Savannah, as they dare venture, to en
tice the slaves away from their masters.
In a late number of the Savannah Republi -
can, kindly furnished by a gentleman from
Burke county, we find the annexed news :
General Geary has issued several orders re
cently. One of them relates to the health of
the city. All officers and citizens within the
lines are requested to report immediately all
cases of contagious diseases, as soon as they
hear of them, to the surgeon and health offi
cer of the post. Any failure or neglect on the
part of any citizen to do as requested, will be
considered a misdemeanor, and the guilty par
ty will be taken in charge by the Provost Mar
shal. to have his ca3e attended to. Com
manding officers of troops in quarters a?' held
responsible for their health.
Another order notifies the public that all
further applications fcr trade or traffic will
not be received or considered until further
orders.
Another order requires all persons having
ammunition in their possession, or on premi
ses occupied by them, to report the same im
mediately to the provost marshal, who will
3eize the same and turn it over to the depot
ordnance officer; all persons who disobey
this order will also be taken charge of by the
provost marshal.
Another order states that in pursuance to
an act of Congress, approved March 12, 1863,
all abandoned property referred to in said act
which may be found within the limits of this
command” and which does “not ipciude any
kind or description which has been used, or
' which was intended to be used, for waging
or carrying on war against the United
States, such as arms, ordnance, ships, steam
boats or other water craft, and furniture, for
age, military supplies, or munitions of war,”
is turned over to the duly authorized agents
of the Treasury Department for Savannah,
therein provided for. to be disposed or in ac
cordance with requirements thereof.— [Chron.
df Sent., 4 th.
For Sale.
THIRTY TONS OF IRON, for cash or exchange
for Produce. 3 V%. 4or 7 inches wide.
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marsh 3-lm Colo a'ous. Ga,
SALES TO-DAY.
G. W. SOSETT3, S E. I. A WHOM, F. G. WILKINS.
ROSETTE, LAWHO.Y & CO.,
AUOT IO HBERS
AND
Com mission Merchants,
131 BROAD STREET ,
001 ii m bus, Georgia.
march Ttf
losette, Lawhou & Cos.,
i
F. <». WIJLKIXS,
uoUoneer,
WILL SELL AT 11 O’CLOCK
*3? !3BC I IS* X> "ST ,
MARCH Bth,
G kegs WHITE LEAD,
2 bbls SUG AR.
1 bbl SMOKING TOBACCO.
1 SOLE LEATHER TRUNK,
400 lbs BOX IRON.
10 doz BOYS’ COTTON ) HOSE,
G GLASS SHOW CASES.
1 GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN,
1 WALNUT SECRETARY,
6 SOFA BOTTOM PARLOR CHAIRS
BEDSTEADS and MATTRASSES,
LOOKING GLASSES,
SILVER PLATED COFFEE POT,
“ “ CARD BASKET,
100 VOLS SCHOOL BOOKS,
ALSO,
1,500 Papers GARDEN SEEDS.
GOLD FINGER RINGS.
GOLD BREAST PINS.
GOLD EAR RINGS.
GOLD PENCILS.
ALSO,
1 FINE SADDLE AND HARNESS
MARE, G years old.
1 COW AND CALF.
At the same time, will be hired a NE
GRO WOMAN, good Cook, Ironer and
Washer,
march 7 $54
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
F. 6. WILKINS,
Auctioneer,
WILL SELL AT II O’CLOCK
THIS DAY,
FIVE NO. 1 MULES,
TWO ROAD WAGONS.
FIVE SETTS WAGON HARNESS.
march 8 sl2
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
F. Li. WIIiKINS,
Auctioneer,
WILL SELL AT 11 O’CLOCK
THIS HAY,
2500 ORANGES.
march 8 $8
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
F. Li. WILKINS,
Auctioneer,
WILL SELL AT 11 O’CLOCK,
THIS HAY.
A SPLENDID CANADIAN PONY, 6
Years old —Works in Single or Double
Harness. —Very Fast Trotter,
march S $lO
—ALSO—
-7 Large Mirrors,
1 pair Platform Scales,
8 Fine Glass Show Cases.
1 Parlor Stove, with pipe.
march 8 $4
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AUCTION SALES.
BY MYERS, WATSON & CO.,
am •
ON THURSDAY. MARCH 9th, 1365, in front of
our Store, at 11 o’clock, we will sell,
One Single Rockaway and Harness, in
fine order,
11 Sacks N. 0. Sugar.
2 bbls. Florida Sugar.
8 bbls Cuba Cane Syrup,
10 Boxes Tobacco,
10 sacks Sait,
20 sacks Ground Peas.
1 Cooking Stove,
1 dozen Axes.
i Gold and Silver Watehes, silk velvet
Mantilla, Clothing, Furniture, HarcL
ware, Crockery, &c. &c.
march 8 $lB _
~™IPErIS€E‘ HALL!
I
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8.
Complimentary Beuefit to the Soldiers
Wives of Columbus, under the Dircetion
of His Honor, the Mayor.
M ERRY^COBBLE R.
CHRISTOPHER STRAP, E.W.BLANCE.
NANCY STRAP MISS KEMBLE.
THE T WO^GHEGORIES.
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MR. GREGORY C. H. STEVENSON.
MRS. GREGORY, MISS KEMBLE.
FANCHETTE, MISS MARSHALL.
Mir For further particular?, see programme. “5A
march 8-r-lt
ITotice to Heiaiiiters.
A LL PERSONS who have failed to make 'heir re-
A turns to the Tax Receiver for 1864, ar.d thereby
double taxee, are hereby notified-to come forward
and file their affidavit with the Tax Cos lector, show
ing ca?ise of default, andjnay their proper tax before
the first of April nex*. or execution will be issued
agaii.st them for the double tax.
march i-7t GEO. W. itOSF.TTE, Clerk.
Dray notice.
» LL PERSONS owning or turning drays, express
A wagons, or hacks will call immediacy at tne
Council Chamber, over Engine Room, >O. o, ana
procure license ‘or the -a ne. M M
march 8-3: Clerk of Council. Ii
TJEEHS CITY.
T. J. .TAC'KnON L'X'AL EDIT a
Sales To-Dat.—Rosette, Lawhon & C *. wbl
sell to-day a good negro woman, ’white U a .i, , u .
gar, syrup, tobacco, furniture, jewelry, garlea
seeds, Ac. Sec advert's ;oaents.
Auction Sales. —The following prices prevac
ed at Ellis. Livingston & Co.'s auction yesterday
one negro woman named Clara, $2,300; one man
who and four children $0,600; $3,000 in 6 per cent
bonds 45c; SIOO bond 8 per cent
per cent, non taxable bonds 75c; Col. *TennilW s
late residence in this chy $83,000; one bureau
$400; Feathers $6.25; riees2.2s; ground pea3 $1“;
| sugar $lO per pound ; flour $1.95; cane syrup si~,
sorghum $10.40 to sl2; mules from $l6O to $675
cow and calf $300: other sales unimportant.
Look to Your Taxes.—Mr. Rosette, Clerk of
the Inferior Court, issues an important notice to
defaulting tax payers. Those in arrears would
do well to respond immediately, thereby saving
themselves trouble and costs.
Takatre. Quite a crowd was at Temperance
j Ilall or, Monday evening to witness the first
; representation of Miss Kemble’s company. Wo
! learn that Miss K. acquitted herself very credit
! ably as a charming vocalist, accomplished dau
| reuse.and talented commedienne. Those fond of a
j hearty laugh should attend the entertainments
I as tne company is strong in fare# aud fun.
I f will be seen that a complimentary benefit fer
the soldiers’ wives of Columbus will be tend«** i
j to night. The object is one which cannot fail to ao
| paal to the sympathies and pockets of eveybody
| who are in the habit of frequenting theatres.—
| We trust the soldier's wives in our midst will re
| ceive a roaring benefit. They are both needy
; and deserving.
Doings of Council. —The principal business
of Council on Monday evening was the adoption
j of a schedule of licenses to be charged auction
: houses and the per cent to be allowed to dra~s
for hauling, and a bill fixing tho tolls in the city
bridge. The committee to whom this matter was
referred reported that the power to,establish tolls
was vested in the Inferior Court. Wo presume
this court will concur in the recommendation of
Council to establish tolls sufficient to defray th 9
expenses of the bridge. The schedule of prices
recommended is quite reasonable. The prices al
lowed to draymen for hauling will work benefi
cially to our mercantile public , and wc recommend
all merchants te cut out the schedule and pa3td it
in their hats or some other convenient place
Sueh precaution will save you from the exhorbi
tant charges of some furious “ Jehu” who may
feel disposed to take advantage of your ignoranc3.
We notice that the Clerk of Council is calling
upon owners of drays to come forward and secure
their license without delay.
134 Broad Street.—Any one in want of good
; chewing and smokiug tobacco, fine cigars, etc.,
can find them at the above named store. Our
old friend Dr. Jones, holds forth there and keeps
the very best articles in his line. The love of
money has not eaten up his soul yet ; he possesses
his ancient powers to please. Call on him when
you need any thing in the tobacco line. He has
a good supply of that popular brand “Scarfailetti”
smoking tobacco.
Proceedings of Council.
REGULAR MEETING.
Council Chamber, March 6, 1865.
Present,His Honor, the Mayor and a full Board,
oxcopt Aids Griswold and Porter.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
Aid Robinson moved to reconsider so much as re
lated to the fixing of licenses for retailing spirituous
liquors at $500; which was agreed to. Those who
voted in the affirmative were Aids McKendree,
Robinson, Chapman, Johnson and Bivins. _ln tne
negative—Aids Mcllhenny, Quin and Everitt.
The minutes were then confirmed.
The following report of the Finance Committee
was read, viz :
The Committee on Finance, to whom was referred
the subject of recommending a schedule of licenses,
also a schedule of rates to be charged by draymea
for drayage, beg leave to report and submit the fol
lowing schedules:
Auction licenses U
Each billiard table 500
Each pin alley >OO
Each pool table,
Each shooting gallery,
Theatres and other shows, the prices to be assessed
by the Finance Committee.
DRAY SCHEDULE.
Molasses, per barrel U.^o
Other wet barrels, IJO
Flour, and dry barrels, 50
Hogshead molasses 4,00
Hogshead sugar, 3,00
Tierce rice - 1.00
Salt per sack . 00
Mixed loads, Boxes, Ac., o.w
Hay and fodder, per bale 1.00
Bagging, per bale LOO
“ “ piece kb
Coils rope 50
Yarns and osnaburgs, per bale, L-J
Cotton per bale, from and to all railroads ana
wharf : LOO
Wheat and corn, per sack ‘■s
Iron, per load 5,00
Nails, per keg A
Hogshead bacon, 3,9
Coffee, per sack, 50
Carriages M'l
Buggies, 0,66
One horse dray or wagon load 3,90
Wood, per cord, 5,0 C
Single packages, -59
Respectfully submitted, McKendree,
John King,
Committee.
Aid Bivins moved to amend by making license so:
auction houses $500; also, that the tax on theatre.
an 4 other shows be SSO per night: whicnwe.e
agreed to, and the report a? thus amended wa-.
adopted.
The Committee on Accounts recommended the
payment of one of s9l, in favar of J.A. Bradiora,
which was ordered paid.
The Committee on Bridge and Wharf recom*
mended the payment of the account of Horace God -
win, for $3207,70, which had been referred to tnem ;
which was ordered paid.
The Committee also submitted too follow in? re
port, which was read and adopted, viz •
The <2>mmiitee on Bridge and Wharf, to whom
was referred the subject of affixing a schedule o.
tolls to be collected for the balance of the year, oeg
leave to report that, upon investigation, they c-i
that the authority to levy tolls for cro-sing ao
bridge is v<*sted in the Justices o^ the lnfenor Om.
of Muscogee county, and not in the City Councu.
We herewith submit a schedule of toils upon
basis of 100 perc.nt advance on the old rates, a? .a.
as is consistent with making >-xact change, a T l
recommend that the Mayor and Council appiy
the Justioes of the Inferior Court for their sanction
of the tame :
Four horse wagon, loaded L •>
“ “ “ empty jJ™
Two “ “ lorded L'ri
empty
One “ “ loaded, g-
Ox, horse, or mule cart i?
Pleasure carriage LjW
H • <rse and gig, l
“ “ buggy,.. i.
Two horse * f. :
Man and horse, or mule ••• r.
Loose or led horses or mule? - J
Cattle, per head, rx
Hogs, sheep or goat?, per head,—
We believe the above tolls will be sufficient to ue
fray the expenses of the bridge anu keep it in re
pair. Jso. Mcllhenxy,
Johnson,
Columbus, Feb. 27,1365. Committee.
Bv Aid Mcllheuny— . ...
Resolved, That a committee of three be *l’l
to wait upon Capt. Uaziehurst, or the l t’-f
intending the building of the railroad tn.. : --_
Thomas street, and represent the ne<;e.-.-ir yiih . . r ,
ing proper crossings to the road, ootn 1 • and
and pedestrians, and request that tney
without further delay. . . lluaor appointed
W hmh was adopted : an* Everi tttha: coia-
Alds Mcllhenay, McKendree an
inittee.
By Aid C'lai* *. . p e ,, u .y Marshal be instructed
esol 'lp' ’through the Street Committee a sufficient
to rrocu proceer j in mediate.v to open
& U elSe ditch west of the African Methouu-U chu. ; a
and running in a southerly direed-n - r such adu
taroe as may be neesv-.-ary to dram the water ,-oia
that portion of the city.
Which was adopted. m
Pending action on an application ot Lei. Ihoi 0 *
Johnson, far the use of a portion of the waiin ta
an alarm of sre c .used Council to adjourn till * -d
--! M. M. MCOB.K, CRrk.