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DAILY TIMES.
J. W. WARREJ, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Wednesday Morning, March 15,1365.
.* te ' About the Love of Money.
“ If any man love the world or the thing3 of
the world, the love of the Father is not in
him. ” St. John said this, and he said so, be
cause he knew it to be the quality of thi3
supreme vice, to destroy the capacity of
the human soul, for every other affection—
that even God could not divide the empire
with Mammon ! St. Paul declares “ the love
of money is the root of ail evil. '
It was with a just perception of the ruinous
effects of the love of money, that Gen. Cobb,
in his recent speech, dwelt so earnestly upon
it—characterizing it as the greatest enemy of
our cause, more to be dreaded than Lincoln’s
hireling hosts.
Sir Walter Scott falls below the subject in
his attempts to portray the power of this mon
ster crime. His old Isaac. the Jew miser, on
the gridiron, would not have yielded his
gold to save his life. That is not true to na
ture. He would have died to save his gold.
Shylock i3 tarne. His “pound of flesh ” does
not represent the greed or merciless tooth of
avarice. This devil demands, body and soul,
all that a man has. or can hope for, in this
world and the next, God, country, wife)
children, liberty—ail bleed upon the alter of
this infernal idol. It is told by Rollin, of one
Ptolomy, King oi Cyprus, that when Cato wa3
sent by Ciodias to depose him, he “ embarked
with all his treasures and put to sea." His
design was to have holes bored iu the bottom
of his ship that it might sink with him and ail
his riches. But when he came to the execu
tion of his purpose, though he persisted con
stantly in the resolution of dying himself, he
had not the courage to include his innocent
and well beloved treasures in his ruin, and
thereby showed that he lovod them better than
he did himself, by the title of the King of Cy
prus, but in fact the mean slave of bis money.
He returned to the shore, and replaced his
money in his magazines—after which he pois
oned himself and left the whole to his ene
mies !
How many people in this Confederacy seem
to be willing to sacrifice—their country, their
posterity, their liberties, rather than devote a
portion of their precious property to the com
mon cause, altho’ otherwise all of it, is destin
ed to reward the public enemy ? And it is not
“gold,” but only “miserable Confederate
rag3, ” Let them be damned, like the unfaith
ful steward, by their own confession! For
“ miserable rags ” they sell their country and
their souls ! For “ worthless trash ’’ they
drive the poor to the door of starvation !
“0, God! 'that bread should be so dear,
And flesh and blood so cheap !”
For this “Confederate stuff” they compass
land and sea—swindle, speculate, lie and labor
diem de die —the hypocritical rogues i
It is needless to say that our cause depends
upon our money to a great extent, and that he
who labors to undermine the public credit,
strikes a death-blow at the vitals of the coun
try. lie who withholds his just contribution
of taxes or tithes is at heart a traitor or a
rogue. He who would not feed a hungry sol
dier or clothe a naked one deserves to be es
teemed infamous. He whose thoughts are
now mainly bent on personal gain is a poor,
selfish, unpatriotic creature, who deserves to
be esteemed infamous. It is time that the
earnest patriots of the countrji should mark
such people. We warn them that they are
■owing the wind and will reap the whirlwind.
When this war shall be over and our victori
ous and battle-scarred heroes return to their
desolated hearths and suffering wives and
children, woe to the oppressor!
We counsel no violence then or now. We
suggest no recklessness of Government offi
cials—no legislative rapacity. We entreat—
we warn! Now is the time to “live and let
live.” Now, a generous regard for the suffer
ing poor will have a double reward. Now.
let all hands and all hearts unite to sustain
country and army. Now stir up ths patriotic
fires and keep them stirred! This campaign
will close the war. Let only an unselfish zeal
and devotion uphold the hands of our proph
ets and leaders, and the work is done!
“The rich man also died, and in hell he
lifted up his eyes.” “ Thou fool! this night thy
soul shall be required of thee” ! Then—what
then ?
Official news lias been receired in Mobile to
VHCt tbat e ” Ilodse deteated enemy
at Baton Rouge, capturing a num
onthe Ith. nd mules,
ber of wagons .
rn “ "a Confederacy.!
[Correspondence Souther jq jg^-
Augusta, Qa., Matvv ’ „ f
During tU past two days ’be streets v.
city have been very much eni. vv ® ne< * « ~ j
passage of the wagon train of n. e , rm 7 \
Tennessee. As the long train tiled ai. oa S j
streets, tbe mules in pretty good cona.’ tlcm f
and the drivers in good spirits, the procession ‘
attracted a large audience of army people and j
citizens. Thousands -of jests, so common j
amongst soldiers, were bandied between the
lazy, rollicking, indifferent, and almost good
for nothing, drivers, and the dashing cavalry
that have been occupying the streets during
the past few days. Shouts and huzzas were
given in ail directions, especially when a lady,
by an accident or intent, flaunted her hand
kerchief to the escorts that have attended the
train through its transit from Tupelo, Miss.,
to this place. All necessary repairs and pro
visions for the trip will be made by Monday, i
when the long cavalcade will again resume
the march for Gen. Johnston’s field of opera
tions. Until then, the thousands of drivers,
and.details, and stragglers of all kinds, will
remain in this vicinity, and we do not think it
will be beneficial tmthera, for the very good
up-easo", that ’hev will have access to too much
mean liquor, and will be certain to use it, to
their great detriment.
The latest account from Sherman repre
sents him iu the vicinity of Clieraw and
Wadesboro’, threatening our forces at tbe lat
ter place. Rumors current that a battle was
fought there a few days ago, but no official
confirmation of it had been received up to a
few hours ago. There is a probability how
- ever, that a collision may have occurred be
tween Sherman’s advance and a portion of our
forces, that have been moving from Charles
ton, to form a junction with Johnston’s main
army from Cbariotte.
The telegraph line \*/as beeu established be
tween Charlotte and Columbia putting the
latter place in communication immediately
with Richmond, The line by way of Branch
ville ig being rapidly completed from Aiken
to Columbia, and it is supposed will be finish
ed in two weeks, when we will be again in
unmediate connection with the capital. I
k suppose a courier line will run between this
V 525* Colttwbia to prevent unnecessary
W a.\ay ia the transportation of dispatches.
« The Alabama Front,
We nave authentic information this morn
ing. says the Montgomery Mail of the 13th,
that the enemy, with one corps of infantry and
a cavalry force estimated at twelve thousand,
are moving from North Alabama to co-operate
with Thomas’s movements against Mobile.
The enemy is advancing in force from Pen
sacola upon Mobile. It is reported on the
streets this morning that official dispatches
hare been received, stating that Mississippi
and Alabama are threatened with invasion,
and that these States have not furnished the
General commanding Department with the
necessary forces to prevent it. It is also re
ported that the military authorities have or
dered the cotton to be burned in Mobile.
I The Appeal of the i3th says : A report is in
circulation in this city, this morning, that the
I enemy struck the railroad near Tensas last
night. We give it as reported to us, without
any knowledge as to its correctness.
Thomas’ Plans, etc. —A gentleman who has
reached this city from West Tennessee, says
the Appeal, 13th, confirms our previous re
ports of the preparations made by Thomas at
Eastport, for a grand raid. The force mount
ed was about eight thousand strong. They
moved from Eastport some time since, and
are now on the Tennessee. Their avowed
destination was through Central Alabama.
It was generally understood, and expected
at Memphis that forces would be sent out
fsom Memphis, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge and
Pensacola, at the same time, to endeavor to
occupy our lines of communication with Mo
bile, when the city would be invested by the
concentrated columns. Our informant is con
fident that the great floods alone prevented an
attempt to carry out thi3 programme, and that
it will be inaugurated as soon as troops can
be moved.
The Meridian Clarion of the Bth learns that
a force of Yankee cavalry, three thousand
strong, with pack mules, from Memphis, camped
at Ripley, Tippah county. Mississippi, on Mon
day night. Possibly they will go to Eastport,
or that vicinity, to join the forces now there.
It is more likely, however, that it is only a raid
for the purpose of developing Forrest’s where
abouts. The expedition is commanded by
Grierson, and has no artillery. Gen. Forrest
is, as usual, in the right place, and will whip
them thoroughly, if Grierson is not smart
enough to run back to Memphis.
From Chebleston.— ln the column3 of the
Augnsta Constitutionalist, of the 9th, we find
the annexed news from Charleston :
Through the courtesy of a friend we have
received copies of the Charleston Courier,
which has fallen into the hands of the Yan
kee* and is published by them.
Recruitiog officers are reported to be heels
over head iu business. The negroes are en»
listing by the score. A recruiting officer* had
arrived from Sherman’s army. He is after
white men. and advertises a meeting at the
Hibernian Hall.
All “ loyal citizens” are invited by general
orders, No. 8, to call at the provost marshal’s
office, register their names, and take the oath.
No passes or other favors granted to the con
tumacious.
Redpath, of John Brown notoriety, is an
nounced as superintendent of public instruc
tion. «
Gen. Gilmore is in the city. He is com
mander in chief.
Citizens are ordered to give up their shoot
ing irons and doff the rebel uniform.
Brown’s and Bennet’s wharves are the only
ones at which marketing is permitted.
No soldiers are allowed in the city without
passes, and strict decorum is enjoined.
All abandoned property has been turned
over to the United States Treasury.
The people are invited to open their schools,
churches, kc.
A limited trade is allowed..
Gold and silver are received by order at the
port of Charleston, at the following rates:—
Gold 100 per cent, premium: silver 75.
Col. S. L. Woodford is* commandant of the
post, and Major R. H. Willoughby, provost
marshal.
Nat. Fuller advertises that he has resumed
business at his old stand, and offers for lunch
boned turky, mock turtle soup, and other de
licacies.
Gen. Gilmore offers to exchange prisoners
with the nearest Confederate general.
David Barrow informs the citizens that he j
has reopened his stock of goods.
Rice is being served out to the needy.
Steinmeyer’s mill, on the west bank of the
Aihley. has been deslroyed by fire.
A number of refugees have returned, bring
ing their household plunder.
The Loss of Wilmington.
The Wilmington correspondent of the Lon
don Times gives expression to the following
views as to the effect upon the Confederate
people and cause of the loss of this port :
Wilmington, Dec.
Those of your readers who take an interest
in American affairs have long been aware of
the alleged importance to the Confederates of
the retention of W ilmington. In spite of much
pretended mystery in Richmond, about the in
comings and outgoings of blockade defying
vessels connected with this port, I have rea
son to know that the fullest and' most accu
rate information is week after week in pos«3-
sion O; Mi. Lincoln and his navy about every
vessel which leaves or enters ‘ Wilmington,
about the names and circumstances of every
English or Confederate merchant or company
connected with blockade running ventures,
and about the sentiments which prevail in the
siwPts of this filthy little entrepot.
In regard to the tone and sentiment of most
of the which has been attached j
to Wilmington as vuitlircs >9 the carcass, it is j
not necessary *° r me now to say wore than j
that it is widely different from that which an- ;
imates GenenJ aQ d his noble army. But
I may be permitted to express a passing opin
ion, that-it the abunal lQ t internal resources of
the Confederacy,were available wherever they
are wanted —in others words, it this railroad
transportation between Georgia and Virginia
was as ample and well regulated as between
Illinois and Washington—it would be rather
a blessing than otherwise to the Confederates
if the port of Wilmington were shortly closed.
So long as the war continues, there will be
a demand for muskets, nitre, medicines, blan
kets, army clothing and shoes, notwithstand
ing the abundant introduction of those arti
cles which has already taken place; but it is
doubtful whether a sufficient supply could not
be sucked in through the numberless creeks
and rivers which intersect the 3,000 or 4,000
miles of seacoast between the Rio Grande and
I Chesapeake bay. These rivers are now beco-
ruing well known to the blockade-running
captains, and come what may, whether Wilm
ington or Charleston fall or *not, it is absurd
to'suppose that the coa3t of Secessia can ever
be hermetically sealed. But in the existing
decline of Confederate virtue, and under the
painfulness and weary exhaustion ot this
strife, can the Confederate* stand the moral
1 discouragement entailed by the loss of Wilm
ington? Your readers may answer the ques
tion for themselves, but if Confederate virtue
and staunchness like that of Gen. Lee were
equal to the shock, I believe thai before six
months had passed it would bo found in a
dozen ways that the loss ot Wilmington was
a blessing in disguise.
The bogus election in Nashville, on the 22d
tilt., resulted in a vote of 1,340 in favor of the
constitutional amendment proposed by the
Nashville convention. Four votes were cast
against the constitutional amendment.
[From the Richmond Sentinel.]
Subjugation and Reconstruction.
No wilder hallucination could take posses
sion of the human mind, than a belief that we
could ever again live with the Yankees, on
t%rms of equality, or come under the same
government tfith them, except as a conquered
people. Differences of habit, sentiment and
feeling, and diversity of interest, which the
legislation statesmanship,
might have reconciled, have, under the coun
sels of madmen, fit to disturb the peace of the
world, hardened into an enduring antagonism.
Violent and exclusive opinions at the North
have borne their legitimate fruit3. Force has
been substantial for reason and all the heal
ing arts of statesmanship. War has torn the
two peoples asunder, and placed between
them an ocean of blood that will remain—for
ever. For never can true reconcilement grow,
“ where wounds of mortal hate have pierced
so deep. ”
Let us not deceive ourselves in this matter.
Let no weak dreamer drug himself with the
anodyne of reconstruction, nor lay to his soul
the flattering hope that life would be tolerable
without our independence.
Mr. Lincoln has, indeed, vouchsafed to tell
us, that the war will cease when we lay down
our arms. So the war “ ceased ” after the bat
tle-of Hastings: but the universal spoliation
of property, the deprivation of personal privi
leges, and the tolling of our few bells, illus
trated the object for which the war was un
dertaken, and kept long in memory that bit
terness of that peace by which it was followed.
And sp the Avar “ caased” when the followers
of Monmouth laid down their arms. It was
the “peace” which followed subjugation that
Jeffrey rode his bloody circuit and left a name
of infamy which humanity blushes to own.
And so, too, the war “ceased” when the
Poles, after their memorable struggle for inde
pendence, at last yielded the contest; but for
the conquered, the “peace” thus secured
meant spoliation, murder, torture, exile—a
living death in the dreary mines of Siberia !
But worse than all this ; worse than any
thing to be found on the darkest and saddest
page of human history, would be that “peace”
that we should gain, by abandoning our
struggle for independence, aud bowing the
neck to our enemies. Then Mr. Lincoln, in
hi3 own elegrant phrase, would “run his
courts, ” and through their instrumentality
complete the work of robbery and spoliation
and ruin. Not only will all our property be
swept from U3 into the public coffers of the
Yankees, or divided out in portions and re
wards to a hireling soldiery, but judicial mur
ders will be the order of the day. All the
dark and malignant passions of a vindictive
people—drunk with blood and vomiting crime,
will be unleached upon U3 like bloodhounds
upon their prey. Times will return again
like those spoken of by Tacitus when he says :
“Men impelled by personal hate, and armed
with terror, carried rapine and plunder in ev
ery direction. Virtue was a source of certain
ruin. The guilty acts of informers and their
wages were alike detestable. Slaves were
practised upon against their masters, and
freedmen betrayed their patrons; the cere
monies of religion were violated; the sea
crowded with exiles, and blocks stained with
the blood of murdered citizens.”
If any one shall think this a fanciful illus
tration of what would be our condition if sub
jugated, let us remember that our enemies
have already declared their murderous inten
tions in advance, and disgrace their statue
book by laws which not only authorize, but
require, what would result in scenes darker,
sadder, more terrible and appalling, if possi
ble, even than those described in the mourn
ful page of the Roman historian.
They have done tbsse things in the 19th
century of the Christian era ; and so far from
ablush of shame they glory in their infamy and
impatiently long for the day, when premedi
tated crime may take the form of rapacious
and bloody fruition. Men are seldom better
than they paint themselves ; and if they evL
dence such purposes when policy would coun
cil moderation and suggest concealment, what
may we expect when there is no longer a mo
tive for reserve, or a restraint upon rapacity
and revenge ?
Between reconstruction and subjugation
there is no reason why we should draw a dis
tinction. It would be a distinction without a
difference. Lincoln .has taken anxious pains
to assure us of this. The only reconstruction,
the only peace he will allow us is by submis
sion. That is subjugation. The reconstruc
tion of Southern dreamers is not conceived at
the North. But even oould we Bubmit upon
terms—which would not be allowed us—such
reconstruction would be only subjugation in
a form scarcely respectable enough to be
called a cheat. Both mean slavery to the
North—a life without honor, and a future
without hope. There could be no practical
difference between it and unqualified submis
sion. How vain the effort, how foolish the
wish to reconstruct, upon any terms, a Union
which perished through the bad faith of those
whom we should have to trust again.
The world knows how the foundations of
the old Union were sapped and destroyed by
the moral and political heresy of a higher law
creed, which derided the solemn obligations
of covenanted faith. In politics, broken faith
is the unpardonable sin which cannot, must
not, be forgiven. It is the foundation of po
litical association. Without it there can be
no tranquility, no safety.
Charles I. lost his crown and his head be
cause when his royal word was solemnly giv
en, it could not be believed. James 11. lost
his throne, because the honor, the interesfs,
the liberties of England, required new guar
anties. And so, we withdrew from the late
Union, because, by the bad faith of those
who now seek our destruction, the guaranties
on which we relied for long security, became
unavailing and worthless.
Before the world, and calling Heaven to
witness, we have solemnly declared, and im
partial history will bear witness to the truth
of the affirmation, that the bad faith of our
late political associates deatrujed'unr associa
tion with them. We could no longer trust
them, and hence were compelled to dissolve
our political relations with them. Has any
thing since occurred to give us a greater con
fidence in their fidelity to any engagement
they might enter into? This confidence is
not to be found in their violated cartels, and
the various perfidies to special engagements,
and to international law, which have marked
their conduct of the war. Less than ever
could we trust them now We have nothing
that we can do but maintain our separate ex
istence at all hazards, and to shrink from an
association with them as we would shrink
from a ruin worse than death.
Let us pledge ourselves, if need be, afresh
to this resolve. Let us swear by the memory
of our immortal dead, by the sufferings of the
pa3t and the hopes of the future; by our rav
aged fields and desolated homes ; by the tears
and sorrows of widowhood, and the cries of
helpless orphanage ; by the blood of the slain,
that calls to us from the ground—that we will
never, never, have part or lot in any Govern
ment which, in its every department—execu
tive, legislative and judicial--'is under the sole
and exclusive control of those who can offer
us no security for the future, but the broken
faith of the past! That is what manhood and
liberty require. This was the spirit that fired
the hearts of those who fell so nobly at Ther
mopylae aud of those who conquered sc glo
riously at Marathon. And such, too. the spi
rit which dictated the ever memorable reply
of the heroic William, of Orange, when, pois
ing himself upon the centre of his own great
soul, he solemnly declared before God that he
wouldfiever abandon his country, however
desperate her cause; but would defend her to
the last extremity, and die in the last ditch.
We have but to catch this spirit, to reconse
crate oursclvss to our liberty, and to pass from
heart to heart the enured fire of devotion to
our country's cause, and we will, we must be
free! Let it be remembered, that the boon of
libertv is never denied to those who are worthy
of it —and they alone anc worthy of it who, in
her sacred cause, are determined to do or die.
It is so written in the book of fate. It is so
recorded in the history of nations. It is so
revealed in the providences of God. and pro
claimed in the moral agencies which sway tbe
destinies of the world,
TELEGRAPHIC.
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REPORTS OP THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
lpo3. by j g_ Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
‘■h® District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, March 11. - United States da-es
of the Bth and 9th instant contain very little
news. The Herald gives an extended account
of the inauguration ball at Washington and a
monster celebration at New York.
The Canada Confederation scheme has been
rejected by the people of New Brunswick.
Hugh McCullough has been confirmed as
Treasurer Fessenden’s successor.
An excursion parfy of 300 persons visited
Grant at City Point on the Bth,
Advices from Matamoras to the 30th Janu
ary states that GeD. Mejia, commander in chief
of the Mexican forces, visited the rebel Gen.
Slaughter at Brownsville, and was received
with a salute of 21 guns. After dinner, the
Confederate flag was raised, and Gen. Mejia
made a speech, in which he said the Confede
racy would soon be recognized.. He invited
the Confederate officers to a grand banquet at
Matamoros.
Lincoln vetoed the bill repealing permits to
trade with Southern States.
Gold on the 9th, 196.
Richmond, March 11th.—In the,House on
Thursday night a message was received from
the President notifying Congress that at an
early day he expected to send them a commu
nication which may require their deliberative
action, and requesting that the session be
prolonged a reasonable time. A postpone
ment of adjournment until Tuesday was then
adopted.
The House receded from its amendment of
the Senate bill as to the time of convening
the next session of Congress.
The Senate’s resolution of thanks to Gen.
Wade Hampton was concurred in.
In the Senate to-day the House resolution
extending the session was concurred in.
A message from the President, vetoing the
bill to provide for the promotion of officers in
certain cases, was received. After debate,
the bill again passed. Yeas il. Nay3 5.
House bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to issue eighty millions, of Treasury
notes, to provide for the payment of arrears
due the army and navy, was passed. Yeas 9.
Nays 5.
A message from the President, vetoing the.
bill abolishing the offices of assistant quar
termasters and commissaries and provide for
the appointment Os bonded agents instead,
was received; pending the consideration o?
which, the Senate resolved into secret session.
The House passed the Appropriation bill
for expenses of Government to 31st December
next. And sustained the President’s title
[veto ?] of bill to provide for promotion of
officers in certain cases. Yeas 14. Nays 45.
After short session adjourned.
Richmond, March 11.— European advices to
the 25th received. The subject of defense was
debated in the House of Lords. The Earl of
Derby favored the adoption of vigorous m eas
ures in view of the hostile feeling in America.
The Earl of Degray said the government
would ask a vote of fifty thousand pounds
sterling for Quebec defences leaving the de
fences of Montreal to the Canadian Lords.—
Malmsbury ’of Edenburg complained of the
inadequacy of the amount asked for. Earl
Russell objected to the discussion. Said the
Government had declined to make any move
ment while the Canadas declined to take mea
sures themselves, but as they now show a dif
ferent position the Government will assist
them. The debate caused a fall in consols.—
Northern news unimportant..
Augusta, March 14. —The detention of the
mails at Mayfield and Milleageville, has be
come a source of loss and annoyance to the
people of this city and vicinity. To remedy it
a petition is being extensively circulated and
signed by our citizens and military officers
requesting General Fry, commander of this
District to take measures to have it brought
through by army trains. Only two mails have
reached this city from the Southwest during
the past three weeks, and the evidently culpa
ble neglect and delay have become an outrage
which demands prompt redress.
Telegraph communication with Columbia
will be completed by Saturday next. The
work of repairing is progressing rapidly be
tween Branchville and Columbia. The rail
road is found to be so thoroughly destroyed
between Aiken and Branchville, that no effort
will be made soon to repair it.
The destruction of the steam ram Chicamau
ga in Cape Fear River, above Wilmington in
volves a loss of over two millions 01 dollars.
The crew and guard escaped.
Richmond, March 11.— The bill putting ne
groes in the army, a3 passed by the Senate, is
the same bill passed by tlie House, with the
exception of the following provision to fourth
section, which wa3 concurred in by the House:
Provided, that not more than twenty-five per
cent, of the male slaves between the ages of
eighteen and forty-five, in any State, shall be
called for under the provisions of thi3 act.
Richmond, March ll.—The following dis
patch was received last night, dated “Head
quarters/’ Ac. j
lion. C. Breckinridge, Sec’y of War; Ros
ser reports that, on the 6th, with his command,
he attacked the enemy near Harrisburg, who
were guarding prisoners taken at Waynesboro,
and captured a few prisoners. In the morning
he ao-ain attacked them near Rodes Bridge,
having detained them for a day and night at
the river. He caused thenei to retire in haste-,
abandoning the only piece of artillery they
had and their ambulances, etc. Hampton, at
davlight this morning, drove him from his
camp, taking his gun3, wagons, and many
prisoners. Several hundred prisoners were
released great number of our own men, who
had been captured. The guns and wagons
could not be brought off for want of horses.
Many of the enemy were killed and wounded;
our own loss not neavy. Lieut. Col. B. L.
King was killed. Brig. Gen. Humes, Cals.
Hagar, Harrison. Majors Lewis. Ferguson, and
others, were wounded.
R. E.-Lzs,General.
Augusta, March 13.
The latest advices from Charlotte, dated the
11th instant, state that Sherman was at Fay
etteville at last accounts, and tuat Schofield
was at Goldsboro’. There is ao doubt but
that the two Yankee Generals have formed a
junction by this time.
On Thursday, the 9th instant, great commo
tion was apparent in the garrison at Savannah
within an hour after some special news w»3
received. That day four thousand troops were
placed on transports an,d sent northward.
Their destination was supposed to b? Wil
mington.
There is no dgubt hut that Sherman h»3 got
into a desperate strait, and every effort possi
ble U being made to relieve btna
SALES TO-DAY.
Rosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
F. ti. WILKINS,
Auctioneer,
131, Broad St., Columbus. Oa.,
WILL SELL AT 11 O’CLOCK,
THIS jD AY.
2000 ORANGES,
8 bbls. SORGHUM SYRUP,
50 Pair KAMES.
mar 15 sl4
Rosette, Lawhon & Go.,
F. Ci. WILKINS,
AA uctioneer,
WILL SELL AT 11 O’CLOCK
THIS ID AY,
MARCH 15tfi, *
1000 lbs TALLOW,
150 lbs CANDLES, No. 6,
100 lbs SOLE LEATHER,
100 Yois SCHOOL BOOKS, Arithme
tics, 4th and sth Readers,
6 SILVER SPOONS,
2 “ PLATED GOBLETS,
2 “ “ Ice Cream Dishes,
1 SOLE LEATHER TRUNK,
1 “ “ VALISE,
7 GLASS SHOW CASES,
2 Coils HEMP ROPE,
BEASTEADS, MATTRESSES,
LOOKING GLASSES.
ALSO,
1 COW and CALF.
1 Saddle and Harness MARE. 6 years
old,
500 lbs BAR IRON,
mar 14 $42
Rosette, Lawhon & Go.,
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
PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL.
REGULAR MEETING.
Council Chamber, March 13, 1365.
Present, His Honor, the Mayor and a full Board,
•except Aids Griswold, Porter, Quin and Bivin3.
The minutes of the last regular meeting were
read.
Aid Mellhenny moved to reconsider so much a3
related to fixing license of Pin AUey3 at $599 each,
Which was agreed to.
The minutes were then confirmed.
The following report was received and adopted,
viz:
The committee on commons, to whom was referred
the petition of Dr. Douglas, beg to report that they
have had a conference with him and that he de
sires to withdraw the petition, having made other
arrangements. *
The committee also beg to report that in regard to
the road running by the Brick Yard, they find il in
a very bad condition and needing immediate atten
tion. They therefore recommend that the Deputy
Marshal be instructed to have the road worked on
and put in repair forthwith.
Robison,
* JOHN3ON,
Durkin.
Committee,
The resolution adopted at last meeting appropri
ating $5009 for house rant of indigent families, was
re-adopted.
The applications of J. H. Conner and J. Bambush,
for licence to retail liquor, were read and granted.
By Aid Mellhenny—
Resolved, That the licence for each Pin Alley be
$250.
Which was adopted.
Those who voted in the affirmative were Aids
Chapman, Johnson, King, Mellhenny and Everitt.
In the negative, AldsMciCendree, Robison an-i Dur
kin.
By Aid. McKendree—
Resolved, Thatthß Aider men of each Ward nom
inate two gentlemen to serve as Health Officers in
their respective Wards for the present year, the
nominations to be confirmed by council.
Which was adopted, and the following nomina
tions ratified :
Ist Ward, P H Hartman,
" “ P, B Murdoch,
2d Ward, C E Mims,
“ “ J F Bozeman,
3d Ward, H Afiddlebrook,
“ “ W Brannon.
4th Ward, W 3 Lee,
“ “ J A Bradfori
sth Ward, John McCarty,
“ “ Win MahafFsy
6th Ward, John Sealy, .
“ “ W L Williams.
On motion of Aid. Johnson six poisons employed
as policemen during the fire on Saturday afternoon
last, were ordered paid ten dollars for services till
next morning, and those who served only till mid
night. five dollars each.
His Honor, the Mayor, expressing the desire to
have tlie circumstances attending certain. difficul
ties which occurred at the late fire, and in which
several of the policemen were engaged, investigated
by a special committee, Aid McKendree moved that
a committee of three be appointed for that purpose.
Which wasadooted and His Honor appointed Ald3
Mcllhonny, John. l .rt,',and Ereritt, as that commit-
tee.
By Aid Johnson-
Resolved, That the committee on sewers be in
structed to have the culvert at the ditch on the east
common, enclosed in such manner as will enable the
fire companies to procure water in case of fire.
Which was adopted.
On motion of Aid McKeadree the Bridge commit
tee were authorized to have the eastern abutment of
the bridge impaired.
On motion of Aid Chapman it wa? left discretion
arv with the committee upon cisterns, sewer* and
wells, to agree to pay, in behalf of the city, one halt
the expenses of building any extern in tne streets of
the city.
By Aid Mcllhenny— ,„ , . ...... „
Resolved, —in eonsequenee.of the impossibility ot
procuring hydraulic cement at the present tune,.and
the necessity that exists in some parts of the city tor
ire .‘protection—That 30 muebot tne city ordinance
as compells the building of cisterns with brick and
hydraulic cement, be hereby repealed.
'Which was adopted.
Council then adjourned.
M. M. MOORE. Clerk,
Mules.
WANTED SIX A No. 1, MULES. I will pay a
VY liberal price for such as will suit, if shown to me
within ten days from this date.
mar -5 3t JOSEPH HANSERD.
One of the mo3t specific scources of de
moralization is the absence of so many officers
from their commands. They are to be found
shoals in all our towns-aad cities —nay. there is
no scarcity of them in our smallest villages aad
other nooks and corners, where they can sport
; timr brass buttons to advantage. They are for
the most part love 3iek swains aud dashing gal
lants* who monopolize the society of the softer
sex. They have been hilling and cooing ever
since this struggle commenced, and scores of them
have won laurels in the wars of Venus, beside
which bloody wreaths are a mere circumstance.
Indeed, they are having a has time with the ladies,
it being so much more comfortable to sit on a sofa
ani listen to a piano than to the rough and turn
bie of a horrible campaign. The dear creatures
whs daily see so much of these gentlemen, should,
by all means iarain them from the sala by the
wit her'/ of f heir smiles, for should they let thaa
go where duty calls'them, they might never re
turn “A bird in the haul is worth two La tne
bush.” Yea, keep them uaar you, ladies —that is
the way to subj«ga f e tu»a» ’U Tl*'“ 31 »3 thru
•no. — Sel va Reporter.
_ T n:E CITY.
T. J. JACKSON WeAWioj
Ram is again the order. It commenced falling
briskly about noon yesterday and continued
steadily during the day.
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Auction PiucES.-The following" prices nre
vaued at Ellis, Livingston & Co.’s auction vesper
day—
Shot, $6 per lb.; 5 shares Columbus Bank stock
$129 per share; 3 shares Mobile <fc Girard RaiK
road stock, $l5O per share; 16 shares Macon A
Western Railroad stock, $l5O per share; go'd
watches from SIOSO to $2,050; 3,000 needles .fco
per thousand; one negro woman, 26 years ’ old,
and child, $3,675; Clara, 30 years old, $1,450-
Bill, Delilah, and family, $3,700 ; linen cambLo
handkerchiefs, $27 each; diaper, sl6 per yard;
wane flannol, S4O per yard; muslin. $25 per yard ;
one gent's shawl, $600; one leather trunk,. S7OO ;
s ugar. $8,75 per lb. ; pickled oysters. $35 per
gallon; sew and four pigs, $400; one barrel
Florida fish, $2,37 per lb; feathers, $3,50. Other
sales unimportant.
Francis M. Gray. —We regret to learn from
our cotemporary, the Sun, that this gentleman, of
the 37th Georgia, who was taken prisoner by the
Yankees during the late incursion of our armj*
into Tennessee, is reported to have died at Nash
ville on the last day es January, 1865. Mr. Gray
was formerly connected with all the newspaper
establishments of this city, and was for a year
Local Editor and book-keeper of the 2’imes—a
position which he filled with ability and credit
He joined the service about a year since, and
we were satisfied at the time that his feeble health
disqualified him for the arduous duties of the sel.
dier’s life. So it has proven. The exhausting
march into Tennessee, and the rigor of the pres
ent winter, in that locality was too much for a
constitution already enervated by the ravages of
disease.
Thus in the hands of the enomy, far from the
loved ones afhorne, and the scenes of his youthful
days, ha has passed from the land of the living,
we trust to the realization of a brighter and more
enduring inheritance beyond the skies, where the
clash of arms and the array of hostile forces will
no more disturb the serenity of his blessed estate.
F. M. Gray w*3 a man of fine qualities oi head
and. heart.
Knocked Down i, Robbed.— -On Monday night
Bob Ennis, a son of Mr. J. Ennis, was knocked
down and robbed by % body of five “jularks” be
low the Court House. They give him a blow on
the back of the neck and then relieved him of a
fine pistol, about one hundred and sixty dollars, a
gold watch, a pocket knife, and his coat. la
short they “cleaned him out.” When young En
nis came too, he got on their track and by the aid
of the police succeeded in overhauling three of the
birds, and recovered most of his effects. Two
men are named Smith and one Grant. The Smiths
are said to beloag to the Provost Guard of this
city, and Grant is reported to be a deserter- We
presume by this time all three are safely lodged in
jail. It was thought yesterday that the other ac
complices would aHo be captured. If we could
have a few dozen of thi-s kind of'trash hang, it
would relieve our community considerably. No
man is now safe in walking our streets at night
without a six shooter in both hands and two or
three “bowies” in each pocket. An interesting
state of society, verily.
An Outrage. —As the freight train on the Ope
lika branch road was coming through a deep cut
ia the read a few hundred yards from the river
bridge on Monday night, some coatemptibl# speci
men of demoralized humanity either fired a pistol
or threw a stone at the signal lamp on the train
and smashed it to pieces. It was a malieious out
rage and deserves punishment. It seems as if the
devil has established his headquarters at this
burgh of late.
A Resolution of the Georgia Legislators,
Requesting the Repeal of Conscription.
Whereas, In the present struggle for independence
every agency should be employed to recruit our ar
mies by encouraging voluntary enlistments in the
same, and believing as we do that many of the citi
zens of this State who are now out of service, would
v; illingly enlist in the same if allowed to volunteer
in organizations of their own choice. Therefore,
be it
Resolved, By the General Assembly, that our del
egation in Congress be requested to favor the pas -
sage of a the Conscription Act ani
authorizing the President of the Confederate States
to accept battalions and regiments so organized, un
der officers of their own selection, for service during
war; Provided, the act to repeal the law,
to obviate all doubts on the subject, should contain
an express provision that it shall not relieve or take
out of service any organization in the service.
Approved March 11th, 1865.
Headquarters Georgia Reserve, 4
and Military District Georgia. >
Macon, Ga., March 13, 1365. j
General Orders )
No. 6. <
General Orders No. 5, these Headquarters aro
hereby revoked, all officers and soldiers returning
to army of Virginia will report to Lieut. Gen. S. D,
Lee, Augusta, Ga.
By command of
Major Gen. HOWELL C 033.
R. J. Hat.lett, a. a. g.
Times aad Atlanta Intelligencer
copy.
mar 15 3t
Gherman Must be Whipped l
All officers and men belonging to the 16th, 23d
aad4st'a Alabama Regiment*, now absent without
proper authority, arelhereby ordered to report to
their command? by the 24th inst.
Ail who do not report by that time wiil be arres
ted and treated as deserters.
R. 11. ABERCROMBIE,
Lieut. Col. Commanding,
mar 15 3t Consolidated Regiments.
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston & (j.
ON SATURDAY, 18th March, at 11 o’clock,
we will sell in front of our store,
TEN ACRES VACANT LAND,
Being tbe N, \ of tbe N. W. Qr., of tho
N. E. Qr., of Section 21, Township 19,
Rng. 30, in RusseH county, Ala., and lie3
about half a mile from G.irard and afFo: Is
an eligible location for improvements.
Terms Cash. •
mar 15 $24
Bv Ellis, Livingston A («=
AT PRIVATE SALE,
130 Reams Sup. lYote l*apr ar
mar 8 ts
AT PRI VATE *ALE*
BY MYERS, WATSON & CO H
51 LIKELY REGIMES
All sound and mostly between eleven
and thirty years of age.
Amon ol, the number are l..ree
Blacksmiths, two Extra Carpenters, one
Engineer and No. 1. Butcher, one first
class Man Cook, Washers, Ironers and
extra Field Hands.
Parties in want of any of tbe above
will apply immediately.
Sold for no fault, owner expecting to
change residence
mar 10- ‘tf