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DA I L i TIMES, J. W. iVililtEV, ... Editor. COLUMBUS: C.. < Friday Morning. March 17, 1865. . Good flews. The military situation in North Carolina is assuming quite an encouraging aspect. The defeat of the enemy by General Bragg near Kinston may have a much greater significance than a easily! reflection might assign to it. The will remember that immediately after the fall of Wilmington, the Yankee ac count represented Hok-- rr northward from that city *iud tin Feder.ii G.-ncntl (Terry) pursuing. Subsequent dispatches from our side claimed that Schofield (Federal) had been badly defeated on the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. From these - facts, in connection with the news received yesterday, we are led to conclude, that a'ter the lint mentioned’ liglr, Schofield was reinforced, that Hoke again retired until he n.veiveu furiher support from Bragg, when the battle near Kinston was fought. Vv't now think it quite probable that it was a part of Sherman’s original pro- , gramme to make a junction with the co-opcr- i atirig force from Wilmington at Goldsboro’, j and, if successful in this effort, to use that | point as a base from which to advance upon j ' Raleigh and Greensboro", or move the rice di- l rectly to the aid of Grant at Petersburg. ; Sherman's deflection from the Charlotte and j Columbia road and his march to Cheraw, | and, thence, to Fayetteville, would seem tol sustain this hypothesis. We hafe but little j doubt that Bragg the whole | strength of the enemy on Lhe North Carolina | coast. Knowing, as they certainly did, that ; we had no force in the rear, and that Hoke would be reinforced from Lee’s army, it is hardly to he supposed that they would omit j the use of any means in their power to achieve j the result aimed at. We have, then, our army ! under Johnston concentrated and interposed ' between Sherman and bis helpmates, and the latter defeated and driven back. Mr. Sherman must, therefore, find his way out of the (rap without extraneous assistance. Terry nor Schofield will be permitted to “ blaze the road ” for him. We shall be wofully disap- . pointed if the glory of this great raider do<*s not suffer a disastrous eclipse in North Caro lina. * The Rumored Battlb.—The Chronicle & Sentinel ofthe 14th, says that soldiers through from as far a3 Kinstree, S. C., state that it was currently believed that our forces had gained a decided victory over tjherman, and that his forces were much demoralized. It was also stated that we had “struck” one of his supply trains, and captured three hun dred and fifty wagons. The mud had prevented Sherman from mov ing with his heavy wagons, in the face of our cavalry, who confront him and also hang on his flanks. Kingstrec is about 40 miles south of Flor ence on the railroad. Latest from Poi.t, rd. —The Montgomery Adrertiser of yesterday says that, the follow ing telegram, from the superintendent of the Mobile and Great. Northern Rail Road to the superintendent of tbe Alabama and Florida Rail RoaT will tend to moderate the appre hensiorts of some of the good people of Mont gomery, and serve as a temporary extinguish er to sensation mongers: Pollard, March 15. To S. G. Jones, Superintendent: * Our trains will resume running on i*fegular schedule in the morning, and will be ready to connect at Pollard to-morrow. G. Jordan. From Savannah,—By arrival from Savan nah, we have the following items : Last Sunday week the Yanks were startled with tho report of Sherman’s discomfiture, and immediately hurried off two thousand men ot the garrison, leaving but one thousand for and uty. Negroes do not enlist entirely or volunta rily. Some are hunted down, others are tempted by the bounty—which they see only in their “rniuds’ eyes.” Our authorities should put a stop to the cotton traffic now going on through the lines farther south. A Captain Merritt, of Macon, and a Mr. Jerry Cowler, are represented to be quite active in this trade. Perhaps they havfe passes from Governor Brown. We are pleased to learn that the ladies’ the true Southern ladies of out fallen city, pre serves their dignity and patriotism. They are far from hopeless, and not at all subdued. tm ♦ —* Fry’s Exemption List. Thu journalists up North are making-quit e merry at the expense of Provost Marshal Gen eral Fry. Among others, the local editor of •he Buffalo Cammeroial Advertiser, who has corresponded with that important functionary nmi has received an answer which he has given to the public. Here it is : Know all men. then, and women, that, ac cording to the opinion of General Fry, the following persons arc not required to take up arms “against a sea ot rebels and by oppo sing mid them"—that they are. in point of fact, exempt: I—Women of all ages and complexions, when of the female persuasion 2 —Very dead men, who oan procure the re ceipt of tbe undertaker. Those simply “kill” wilkbe held to service. 3 Sound, healthy men, who have within the last week enlisted for three years and gone to the front. All one year’s men will be drafted and compelled to serve double. 4 Men born blind, or furnishing a medical certificate to the effect that their sight has been growing no better fast ever since. Those having a single optic left, whether the l ight or not. will be compelled to “go one eve on it.’’ 5 Men with nary leg. if they can furnish evidence satisfactory to establish the fact.— Pegieirged men, that is men with a single leg-, are subject to the draft. To such the Com missary General will serve out limbs of cork with their cost to be deducted from the bounty money. No soldier will be allowed to retain his cork leg after the expi ration of his term of service. 6 Men born without arms, when it can b>.' shown that they have not been engaged as teachers of penmanship or in cutting out pa per likenesses with tbeir toes. Such will be taken into service and detailed to act as as sistant editor of newspapers to be established iu captured -rebel cities. 7 Men over three hundred and sixty-five years of age, accompanied by their parents.— Men under tcu years of age will be received until the promulgation of an official bulletin, signed by the Provost Marshal General, to the •fleet that the various drum corps are full. * b—Ail persons whatsoever, will be held lia ble to service, and will take their chances, "however slim. A New York telegram says that forty thousand persons whose names had been enrolled for the drat: in that city cannot he fouai. Min? of the Bam s!inda. ■, The Lon«ou coirespondents).' the New Yo;k World, in a recent letter, thus describes the ! sailing of this new Confederate rain : I I think I mentioned in a previous letter the departure of a fast sidewheel steamer of about 500 tans, under the suggestive name of the City of Richmond, which cleared from this port for Bermuda as an English merchantman - there being nothing to show against her assumsd character to enable the authorities to stop her. Well, at the mouth of the Thames she took aboard, from a little tender, 40 men, convoyed from the rebel receiving ship Rap pahanuuck. (legally ulockaded at Calais.) among whom were several Confederate officers. These seamen, with her own crew, engaged in a regular way at a Government shipping office, and 36 others sent down the river, made up a complement of upwards of 100 hands—most of them being old privateers. Then the City of Richm md went on her way, to be heard of at Cherbourg, where she put in on the 21st of January, (just three weeks ago,) to avoid the heavy gale then prevalent, remaining some, days. Thence she steadied to Houai Island, Quiberr.-i! Bay. where lay a powerful ironclad rum awaiting her. which incontinently shipp ed her lot) men. the cannon and ammunition, which she had secretly on board, and break ing off in the aperalion of coaling from a French lug, hoisted the rebel Jlag and set out for Charleston. This occurred on the 20th. Os the iam you have heard before. Original- : ly built for the Rebels by Arruand & Cos., the Dock masters at Bordeaux, she was subsequent ly sold to the Danes, and for a time known as the Oiinna She discharged her Danish crew off Quiberou, all of them but a few who were 1 persuaded to enter the Rebel service, return- . ing aboard the French tug, whose crew were similarly but ineffectually entreated to join t the panics. There is therefore every reason • for believing that this formidable vessel has passed into Rebel hands with the full know-, ledge and complicity of the sellers, to whom, not long ago, I paid wbat i then supposed a deserved compliment, imagining the former sale to be a bona fide, permanent transaction. —The French tug, the. Expeditif, took coals aboard the Oiiuda under the pretext of con veying them to the San Francisco, a Peruvian vessel which lay in those waters —the same of which I have had occasion to write to you in connection with the case of Capt. Grao. It is probable that the rebels availed them selves of her presence and that of the Shang hae (also Peruvian) to get the Olinda out un der Hie representation that she belonged to the South American republic. The ram de parted so hastily—partly in consequence of apprehensions of stoppage, partly of rough weather-—that she went with less than fifty tons of coal on board. If site be, as reported when built, the counterpart of the Gastelfiaco, the formidable ram ordered by the rebels but purchased by the Italian Government, which is iron plated, has a terrible submarine beak, and can make over 13 knots an hour, you will probably find her a second Merrimac or worse. Let our navy look out for her. Capt. Teseier, who took out the Alabama, and De Leon, late United States Consul General in Egypt, two of the most indefatigable rebel agents in Eu rope, areiupposed to have maneuvered this little business. Baltic ol the Natural Bridge, Our city has been in a considerable state of excitement for the past few days. At nine o’clock on Saturday night last, news wgs re ceived in Tallahassee that the Yankees, 1,400 strong, had landed from their fleet at the St Marks Light House, and were marching in the direction of Newport ; that the Confederate forces in that neighborhood, under the com mand of Col G. W. Scott, were gallantly op posing them and checking their advance, and that tiiiM!- object was probably to make a forced march upon Tallahassee and burn and deslroy the r-lact*. ot turn flic "batteries at St. Marks and lake permanent possession and es tablish themselves there The alarm was given and the note ot prep aration sounded throughout, the whole city and county, and was extended to the other counties. The militia were ordered out, and an unanimous and invincible response was, made to the call. Every man and boy capa ble of bearing arms was at his post. Never, since tbe commencement of the war, have the people exhibited a greater spirit. One com pany of cavalry marched nearly sixty miles in twenty-four hours. Others marched on foot thirty and forty miles to overtake their com panies who had gone ahead, and in a very short time a sufficient force was on the way to the scene ot action to meet any force the enemy had there. Col, Scott was hardly pressed by the enemy and retired to Newport and burned the bridge there. The enemy finding it impossible to force a-passage of the river at that place, marched in the direction of the Natural Bridge. Reinforcements having arrived, at daylight on Monday morning our forces encountered the enemy at the Natural Bridge, about seven or eight miles above Newport, on the St. Marks river. The action lasted for several hours, when the enemy were completely repulsed ami driven back to their gunboafife. with a loss of 400 killed, wounded and prisoners. In the action wo lost three killed and t wen ty two wounded. Among the killed, weave sorry to mention Captain FI. K. Simmons, of the 2d Florida Cavalry, a brave and skillful officer. Tbe names of the other killed and wounded will be found in another place. Gen Satnual Jones was early upon the field and has proven himself an able officer. That brave veteran Gen. Win. Miller, in com mand of the Reserves, took a prominent part in the action and contributed materially to the victory. We would like to mention the services of several other officers and the various forces that took part in the affair,but we’are admon ished that it might give useful information to the enemy. Suffice it to say, that we have ample forces to meet "any such attack ot the enemy ; that the men behaved with unflinch ing and enthusiastic courage: that no distinc tion could be gained by anyone for gallantry, »o perfect was the courage and zeal of all. Yve have be.uen tbe enemy again in Florida and driven them from our soil, and with the help of (lutl, if it is in the power of man to keep them from ravaging our homes, our men will not permit them to do it. At the time of our writing the Yankees have re-embarked on their transport, a few ot which remain in the bay opposite the Light House. We write under a. press of ciicumstauces, | and will give a more detailed account of the I battle in our next issue. —Floridian A Journal , ; Uth. General McClellan in England.—General McClellaD, the well known Northern general, j and one of the late candidates for the Presi- \ denoy ot uu*fNorthern States, arrived in Liv erpool on yesterday morning from New York, on board tbe Cunard steamer China. He is accompanied by his wife, child and servant, and will, it is Understood, spend the year in traveling over Europe, for the double purpose of recruiting his wife’s health and of study ing European military science. The general and his family are staying at the Adelphi ho tel.—Liv. Courier , 6 th ult. The visit of General McClellan (<• Liverpool j has been of very short duration. After laud ing on Sunday morning he proceeded at once to the Adelphi hotel, where he (lined with lhe United States Vice Consul, the Consul, Mr. : Dudley, being absent in London at the time, and in the afternoon he took a ramble thro’ the town, accompanied, we understand, by the i Vice Consul and Mr. Auguste Belmonte, the well known Northern Democrat and -gent for the Rothschilds in America. Yesterday mor I tiing (Monday) the general, wile, child and : servant, left Liverpool for London, en route to Par’* And Rome. —[London Star, iih ult - 7 -♦ -T" * i The West Point Bulletin says: We are happy ' to iciin ft' ti: i. a -tain Gonzalez, commandant of | this post, that many ctragglers and dc»erter3 are ; reporting uader Gen. Lee’s amnesty proclamation, j About sixty have reported to Captain Walker, en j rolling officer of Chambers county, A a bam a, and at this post for the las* three days. May the good i work g> on. Lincoln’s Inaugural. In the absence of the genuine address of j Lincoln, on the 4th of March, we append one prepared for him in advance, bv the London Pun#b, which will be read with interest : Well, we've done it. gentlemen. Bully for i us. Cowhided the Copperheads cousideralc : i 2V'o« nolus, of course, but still I reckon we have a hand in the giory. some. That reminds me of the Old World story about Hand of Glory, which I take to have been the limb of a gen tleman who had been justified on the goiiows, and which the witches turned into a patent moderator lamp, as would lead a burglar safe into any domicile which he might wish to plunder. We aintjburglars—quite t'other but 1 fancy if Ely Grant could get holt of that kind and> description of thing to help aim in’ Richmond, he'd not be so un Christian proud a.-, to refuse tbe hand of a malefactor. (Right, right!) Well right or left hand, that’s no ouds, gentlemen (Laughter.) Now I am sovereign of the sovereign people of the great and united republic for four years next ensu ing the date hereof, as I used to say when I was a lawyer (You are? Bully for you !) Yes, gentlemen, but you must do something more than bully for me—you must fight for mo j if you please, and whether you please or not. As the old joke says, there's no compulsion,-! on!) you must. Must is for The king they say iu the rotten Old World. Wcli, I'm king, and ; you shall be viceroys over me. But I tell you i again, and in fact' I repeat it, that there’s ! man’s work to do to beat these rebels. They may run away, no dou’ot. As the Irish naan says, pigs may fly ; but tbey’s darned unlikely-; birds to do it. They must be well whipped, j gentlemen, and I must trouble you for the ; whipcord. [Yourshail have it.] Rebellion is a wicked thing, gentlemen, an , awful wicked tiling, and the mere uornenciat ing thereof would make my hair stand on end. j if it could be more stand or. endev than it is. j [Laughter.] Truly awful, that is awful, that i is, when it is performed against mild, free, constitutional sway like that of the White House, but of course right and glorious when perpetrated against ferocious, cruel, blood thirsty old tyrants like George the third. We mast punish these rebels for their own good, and teach them the blessings of this mighty and transcendental Union. [We will, we will!] All very tall talking, gentlemen, but talking wont take Richmond. If it would, and there had been six Richmonds in the field, we should long since have taken them all. If Richmond would fall like Jericho, by every man blowing of his own crumpet, we ve brass enbugh in our band for that little fear in acoustics. But when a cow sticks, as Grant does, in the mud, how th-en ? [Great laugh ter.] Incontestably, gentlemen, this great and cuigbtv nation must give her a shove on. Shove for Richmond, gentleman. [That’s the talk !] Now about these eternal blacks, you I expect me to say something touching them, ! though I suppose we’re none of us too fond of touching them, for reasons iu that case made j and provided, as I used to say. Well, listen. We’ve got them on our hands j —that’s a fact; and it reminds me of a nigger j story. Two of these blacks met, and one had ; a fine new hat. “ Whar you got dat hat. Sam- j bo?’' says totuer. “Out ob a shop, nigger,” j says Sambo. “Spex so." says t’other; “and j what might be de price ob dat hat?' “ Can't i say zactlv, nigger; do shopkeeper didn't bap- j pen to be on de premises.” [Laughter.] Well, wS’ve got the niggers, and I can’t exact ly say—or at least, I don’t think you’d like to bear—what might be the price of those arti cles. But we must utilize our hats, gntlemen.* We must make'em dig and fight, that’s a fact. ; There’s no shame in digging, J suppose Ad- , am digged, and ho is a gentleman of older j line than any of the bloated and slavish aris- i tooraey of Europe. Arid as for fighting, they | must feel honored at doing that for the glori- j ous old flag that has braved for years and > a half, be the same a little mors or less, the | battle and the breeze! [Cheers.] Yes. and j tvhen the rebellion’s put down, we'll see what ! is to be done with them. Perhaps, if the nougbty boys down South get uncommon con trite hearts, we may make them a little pres- : tut ot the blacks, not as slaves, of course, but , as legal apprentices, with undefined salaries ! determinable on misconduct. [Loud cheers.] Meantime, gentlemen, I won’t deny that i niggers are useful in the war of moral sup- ! port. They give this here war a holy charac j ter, and we can cail it a crusade for freedom. ! A mna may call his house an island if he likes, j as has been said by one of these fiendish Bri- j tish writers who abuse our hospitality by not j tracking us. up. [“War with England!”]— ; Well, ali in good time, gentlemen. Let our j generals learn their business, first. I don’t ! blame them, mind you, that they haven't yet ’ learned it, for when a man has kept a whisky j store, or a bar, or an oyster cellar, or an old- i clothes shop for years, he can’t be expected, merely because he puts on a uniform, to be come a Hannibal, or Napoleon, or even a Marl borough or a Wellington. Likewise, they must keep reasonable sober. Friends at a distance will please accept thi3 intimation.— [Roars of laughter.] When that’s done, and the rebels are whipped, and we are in want of more fighting, we’ll see whether Richmond in England, whero the Queen's palace of Windsor castle is situate, lying and being, is a harder uut to crack than the Richmond nearer to us, [ Cheers.] Gentlemen, one thing more. Did you ever hear the story of the farmer who had been in sulted by an exciseman? “He wur so rude,” said the farmer, that I wur obliged to remon strate with him.” “And to what effect did you remonstrate?” asked a friend. “ Well, I don't know about effect, but I bent the poker so that 1 was obliged to get a hammer to staighten it.” Gentlemen, we must straighten this glorious Union, and the hammer is taxes. [Laughter.] You may laugh, but you must pay. I don’t mean to be hard upon this mighty nation, and our friend MiuCobden [cheers] has already indirectly informed the besotted masses of British slaves that we intend to repudiate our green-backs except to the amount they may be worth in the market when redeemed. But the poker wants a deal of hammering, neverthe--,, less, and you must pay up. You’ll hear more about this from a friend of*mine in the govern ment, so I only give you the hint, as the ruan said when he kicked his uncle down stairs. [Laughter.] I believe that's about all I had to say, and this almighty Union will be con served to shine throughout the countless ages an ineffable beacon and symbol of blessed and. everlasting light and glory if you will only mfiid the proverb of Sancho Pan/.a, “ Pray to God devoutly, and hammer on -toutly.”— [Laughter, cheers, and crie& of “bully for you! ’ A Specimen of Humanity. —At Bamberg, Gen. Sherman made his headquarters «t the house of Capt. Bamberg. Ills stuff were nu merous ; one important portion ot his military famih being about fifty New York negroes. These rascals, says the Constitutionalist, 10th, imitating their Yankee brothers in .arms, pil laged the house. When fire-wood was to be obtained by crossing the lot, they would un hesitatingly take mahogony chairs, and wrenching off a leg, kindle the fire with it. After staying three days at Mrs. Bamberg’s, this lady was entirely stripped of every portion or food, and ventured to remonstrate with Genera! Sherman, asking him. “ What shall I do when you leave, sir ? You have not left me a morsel of food. Myself and family must starve. “Du! Madam," replied General Sherman. “Do? Du as the Indians do—live on acorns and foots ! " ♦ ♦ South American Affairs —New Y ark. Feb. 2t. —The Herald’s St- 1) iwingo Island correspon dent gives a few editorial items of interest regard ing the Spanish Dominion. The decision of the Government of Spain to withdraw ail its troops from St. Domingo was not yet known in the island, owing to the failure ti> receive reinforce ments. The Spaniards in the town A Ocean had been oblige! to ev icuate that pi ice and establish them selves 'Ci ne island of Deo cotaw in the bay. They subjected the natives within their- hue* to great hardships ani oppression, but still the spirit of the latter was unbroken, and they con tinued determined to uitimiwiy gain their iaia peniehoe. From the Richmond Enquirer, March t*t. ■ Gov. At’owii itilu diS MfSSflfv. The synopsis of the message of the Governor of Georgia present sufficient insight into that docu ment to show It to be such as no pure patriot can read without the liveliest emotions of indignation and disgust. Treachery into the Executive of a crate in this Confederacy has heretofore boon a crime that no man could oouceive—a thing beyond even imagination—but Governor Brown must blame only himself if ne has incurred the suspic ion of having reaped the recompense of the re gard that precedes treason. That his recommen dations would be the utter ruin o? the cause of these States, and the degradation of the free people of his own State into slavery to their enemy is so apparent in the synopsis of his massage, that a “man, though a fool’cannot err therein, llis re commendation to repeal the Conscript!' n Act and to .esort to quotas from the States, coupled with that of erganising the State militia, to be in no case turned over to the Confederate authorities, but to bo retained for home defense, is a direct ef fort to disband the army, open wide the gates to the enemy, and would certainly be attended with the speedy subjugation of every State. Charity would presume that Gov. Brown did not under stand the ruinous effect of these recommendations, out charity cannot apply to the State papers of an Executive. He must be presumed to understand and intend and desire the results that must cer tainly follow his recommendations, if adopted. That Governor Brown is endeavoring to disband the armies of the Confederacy, that he is actively engaged in prostituting the high position he holds to the service of the public enemy, and seeking, with all the powers of his office, to discourage and dispirit the people of these States, too apparent to require explanation. His course is not different from traitors who have* betrayed their country. As the disaster at Temeever gave Gorgei the op. pertu .iity to gratify bis personal resentment at the cost of his country and of its brave soldiers, so the I Ate successes of the enemy are made the occasion by Gov. Brown to display his animosity against the President at the risk of ruin to the country. The first act of Gorgei was to disband the army : so is the recommendation of Brown to depart the system of conscription. Gov. Brown is not more profuse in his profes sions of loyalty and patriotism than was the traitor at Vilagos. Gorgei made friends of the soldiers and won their generous confidence by acts of brave ry, and Gov. Brown has not been inactive to pur chase their affections by attention to their personal wants. The one betrayed his country and her sol diers to the enemy, God grant that the other may not bo equally successful. We .fiud no pleasure in presenting these parallels, but duty demands that an example should be spread before the country lest this man succeed in betraying its interest and cause. Governor Brown pretend that Georgia was abandoned to her fate—neglected by the Confede rate authorities. Is this any more true of Georgia than of Mississippi, “Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, Arkansas ? If the able bodied sons of Georgia were held for the defense of other States, were they not equally defending tliß cause of Georgia ? -If Richmond is defended by Georgia soldiers, is it not because it is the capital of the Confederacy of which Georgia is a member ? Georgia was ons of the States that, made the war. ’ Virginia was one of the Slates that accepted the war. Georgia acted from motives of interest, which left her free co go to war or remain at peace. Virginia acted from motives of honor which made her stand a barrier between her Southern sisters and Northern power. "Virginia casts no regretful looks behind, takes no counsels of her fears, keeps silent her grievances and bends all her energies to the ends for which she took up arms; Governor Brown, not Georgia, is as noisy as a fish woman, and carries grievances'about with him as some, animals their perfume, and one is as equally offensive as the other. While Governor Brown pretends that there are only fourteen hundred exempts in the State, and most of these are over age, the records of the Con script Bureau exhibit 8,229 exemptions of able bodigd men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five exempted by State authority in the Sta'e of Georgia, as follows : Justices of the Peace, 1,350 Tax Collectors, 1,350 Militia officers, 2.751 Clerks, &c., of Courts, 1,584 Goveifiior State officers, 270 Justices of Inferior Courts, ] 660 Deputy Cierks ot Inferior Courts, 264 Total, 3,229 Viter seeking to destroy the army by recom mending the abandonment of conscription, it is not surprising to find-Governor Brown opposing the arming of slaves. For the sake of preserving “our theory that the negroes are be free,” Governor Brawn would show to the world that thß people of these States were only fit to be slave?. Such au expensive theory is quite beyond the aim of this people lie complains of the usurpation of the Confederate Government in laying dispro portionate taxes, which ha asserts is mainly due to tho votes of men without _ constituencies beyeqd the army—that is, to Representatives from Louis* iana, Western Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Eastern North Carolina, the coast regions of South Carolina, Northern Ala bama and Northern Georgia. The representatives from these regions, and from any other that may be overrun by the enemy, are without constituen cies, and should not, according to Gov. Brown, participate in legislation.; After recommending the destruction of tho army, his next effort is to destroy the Legislature of the Confederacy, Then he would deprive the Presi dent of hi? power as Commander-in Chics. Thus he deals blows at the army, tho Congress, the President ; at the Jaw ofthe land, at the spirit and hopes of the people : and and closes his bill of grievances with a recom mendation for the call of a Convention of the States! For what purpose? To amend the Con stitution. In what respect ? We leave eur readers to imagine what amendments Gov. Brown would be satisfied with. Now the people of Georgia have the undisputed right to Governor Brown, as their Governor, if thev like him —chacun a son gout —but the whole tenor and effect of this message can only be regard ed as an effort on the part of tho Governor of Georgia to destroy the civil and military authority of the Confederate Government. The motive that induces his conduct is known only to Gov. Brown, and those who may £be con sidered with him; but tint it must, if successful, destroy the Confederate Government and result in subjugating tbe people of all these States, cannot be doubted. It is a recommendation to Georgia to abandon the Confederacy, to break up tho Con federate Government and its army, and to retire each State within itself. This is “the meaning of ■the message. Its meaning may be daubed over with professions of loyalty, but if responded to favorably by the Legislature of Georgia, will result in ruin. Belle Boyd in Distress;—The Liverpool Courier, of February 4th, says: Confederate sympathizers, and indeed ail who have a love for adventure and courage, will probably remember that a somewhat no table character—Miss Belle Boyd—was mar ried. a short time ago, in London to a certain Lieut, flaruing. Almost immediately after the wedding, the husband returned to his duty in the Confederate States, and has since fallen into the hands of the Federal authorities, by wiiom he is detained a prissiner. The conse quence is that Mrs. Harding is now in London almost in a state of destitution, ail her sup plies being cut off. and her own relations be ing dead. She baa written a book descriptive of her adventures in the Confederate service, but bps received an intimation that her hus bancFs life depends upon its suppression.— Under these circumstances an appeal is made to the public for sympathy and pecuniary as sistance? mm • , A Rumor. —A gentleman just from* Albany, Ga.. informs the Journal & Messenger, 14th, that when he left there Tuesday evening there was a considerable excitement, growing out of a report that a force of the enemy, 2,000 strong, was moving on Eufanla. Ala. (Jur informant is not disposed to credit the rumor, though he says it is producing much uneasi ness. For Exchange or .Sale. i T the office of the “Southern Iron Works,” near A 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 P-oviiions 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 An-iron-. Club ini Broad Axes, Shovels and Spades, Trace Cbalnea and Plough Moulds. Orders for Castings aai Machine Work promptly executed. jan r ts JOHN D. GRAY * CO. *l7 ZE3I E CITY. T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR New Advertisements.—Jefferson A Hamilton will exchange spinning wheels and clock reds for iard or bacon. They have for sa ; .e 50 large boxes, and wish to buy 5000 lbs of fodder for which they promise to pay the highest market price. See Ad vertisements. Cody <fc Colbert notify aii persons holding cot ton receipts against tr.eir warehouse lately burned to present them. The Place to Gar Your Money Back.—Those fond of fine brandy and cigars, can find them at the store of Gilmer A Cos., a few doors above Cook s Hotel. Broad street, Columbus, Ga. Pure brandy, and as good cigars as the market afford? may be found there. It’anybody doubts it let them cflll and see. A New Concern.— We notice that Mosheli & Zorxowski have started anew oil manufactory in our city, next door to the establishment of Thomas Berry & Cos., on Oglethorpe street. They are now engaged in the production of a very superior ar ticle of linseed oil, and we learn that they will also be rea-ly to make peanut oil in a short time. Linseed o-ii at this time in the Confederacy is of gre it value, and wo congratulate these gentlemen in their efforts to produce it. Moshell and Z-r-r --kowski are men of enterprise, and will" put this thing through. ♦ ♦ __ —- Promoted.— We understand that Private B. C. Dallas, of Cairns’ Hospital, bus been commissioned Captain in the Engineer corps, and ordered to re port to Colonel Von Ziakon for duty. We have no doubt but that the Captain has deserved this promotion, and will prove fully adequate to the duties of his position. The weather continues changeable. A heavy fall of rain yesterday morning was succeeded, by high March winds. At the present writing indi cations are good for a freeze or a big frost. The Chup.ch Hospitals.—We notice that the city papers are pitching into Dr. Douglass for his continued occupancy of the factory and African churches as hospitals. W r e coincide in their views heartily. The.se churches should never have been yielded as hospitals iu the first place. There were plenty of other buildings in the city used for pur poses less commendable whieh'could have been used just as well. We understood when these church es were taken that they were only to be occupied temporarily. But a year bus rolled around and lo! the Docror clings on as tenaciously as ever. We do not know by what authority he hangs on. Perhaps he does so by instruction, but we are in clined to the opinion that if the matter weie prop erly represented, the use of these buildings could be recovered. We said at first and wo stick to it, that if imperative necessity demanded the use of churches as hospitals it would have been proJuc tive of less evil to hav taken the fine up town churches. The poor African, and a class of per sons worshipped at the churches now occupied who could never have been religiously beoefitted at other places. Whatever may have been the ex igoneiei which called these buildings into requisi tion at first, there is now co paliation for holding on to them. The seat of war is removed from our immediate vicinity, and no recent battles havo sent an influx of suffering soldiers to our midst. There are comparatively few sick and wounded among us? Then why not evacuate these churches at once. The N. 0. Times (Yankee) of the ISth ult., gives the following statement concerning Bank's farming 'operations during tho past year. lie had almost un interrupted control of the parishes named and the result will show that free labor cannot competawith slave labor in this latitude in agriculture. This ex periment will show that the Yankee cannot reverse the laws of nature and of God. The Price Current has now completed its state ment of the Sugar crop in the State for the past sea son, and surds up the result in tho following recapit ulation, comparing the product with the for the year 1861-2, before the war : Parishes. 1864-s—hhds- 1861-2—hhds. Orleans 26 1,790 St. Bernard 361 6,640 Plaquomine 2,301 22,433 Terrebonne 426 ..£8,839 Assumption) 963 37,766 Lafourche 118 29,781 St, Charles 73 19,191 St! John Baptist 43 18,843 St. James 267 34,224 Ascension 1,285 80,722 Iberville 429 41,921 Jefferson 303.. 11,086 Point Coupee ••■.. 4 22.56» West Baton IBouge 35 24,697 Eastdßaton Rouge 60 10,949 Total 6,755 390,232 The total crop of 1861-2 was 459,410 hhds. The figures of the Price Current are not mere estimates, but the aggregate of the returns from all the plan tions cultivated, obtained by the editor from the planters themselves, or from reliable authority. The full particulars are published in this morning’s Price Current. The Molasses crop is estimated at 15,000 to 16,000 barrels, which exceeds the usual al lowance of 70 gallons Molasses for every 1000 lbs. of Sugar. Referring to the plantations under cul tivation before the war, and to the large outlays in curred for steam engines and the costly machinery used for grinding, etc., the P. C. says the whole of this, together with the sugar houses and other nec essary buildings,‘‘must inevitably go to ruin, un less liberal facilities are'accorded to the planters to enable them to reclaim che plantations now going entirely to waste.” Exemptions and Details. In the Confederate States Senate, on the 18th February, the following bill was passed. It had previously pasted the House, but the Nenate Milita ry Committee had proposed some amendments, which were agreed to: sc the House had to act on it again : A Bill to diminish thenmnber of exemptions and details. Tht Con jees* of the Cohfederate States of America do enact, That so much of the “act to organize forces to serve during the war,” approved February 17,1864, as exempts one person as overseer or agri culturalist on each farm or plantation upon which there were, at the specified times, fifteen able-bodied field hands, between the ages of sixteen and fifty, upon certain conditions, is hereby repealed; Provi ded, that exemptions of persons over forty-five years of age, may be granted under the provisions of the act aforesaid; and said persons shall be liable to military service upon the expiration of the time for which they received exemption by reason of hav ing executed bonds for one year from the date thereof. Sec. 2. No exemption or detail shall be granted by the President or secretary of War, by virtue of said act, except of persons lawfully reporte : by s board of surgeons as unable to perform active ser vice in the field; persons over tb.e age of fort? years and of laborers, artisans, mechanics and persons of scientific skill employed by or working for tiie Con federate or State Governments, and shown by prop er testimony to be such lab" rers, artisans, median- j ies or persons of scientific skill, and with the stime 1 exceptions all exemptions and details heretofore j granted by the President or secretary of IV ar, fey ; virtue of said act, are hereby revoked. 'iec. 3. That all skilled artisans ana mechanics, 1 who ~are engaged in the employment of the Govern ment ofthe Confederate State , are hereby exempt , from all military service during the time they are so employed: Provided. That persons whose ser vices, labor or skill may be more usefully employed forthe public good at home than in the field to be determined by the Secretary of War, on th“ sworn testimony of disinterested witnesses, under such ! rules and regulations as he may prescribe; and the i names of all persons so exeaiptcd or detailed, to- \ gether with the reason for the detail, shall be sub- I mittfed to Congress at the beginning of each session. ; i—a - • m : The Dadeville Banner and Times says, “a candi- | date for Justice of the Peace ir. one of the beats in • our county approached an oldgentlemu i (who, by- j the-by, is something ot a wag,>, a few days ago, and | solicited his support. The old gentleman, raising his spectacle-, arid eying inquisitively the ‘Squire'; in embryo, asked him if he knew aught about law. ! The would be J. P. answered that ho was pretty well versed iu all law that would ever come before him as < Justice* ‘ IVell, Squire,’ says the old man, ‘can you tell me what you would do with a man if he was to commit suicide?’ ‘Why tie should be made to support the child, of course!" promptly answered the ‘Squire.’” A Conqueror!—The Philadelphia Inquirer calls Sherman the “Conqueror of Georgia.’’ Tho Yan kees arc fools if they think our people are or can be conquered by an army of vile Yankees passing through the country. The people are not “conquer ed” in tho seaport towns which be “occupies,let Hone in the interior, which he can never occupy.— [Confederacy. We understand Gea, Forrest has made arrange ments for the speed * exchange <>t a larse number of prisoner »t Duka. M -u The G-rtera! was acre or, , Su u ii - r /'/ dml AUCTION SALES. By Ellis, l.ivill-sion & < „ ( ) SA ?;F R P-V Y i lust, at 11 OY 1 V./ we will sell iu from of our 2 bbis. Choice Ymegar. 2 boxes N. O. Sugar, ’ Lot Fine Clothing. Lot Sole Leather, Lot Feathers. 1 Show Oa-e; 1 Large Sole Leather Trunk 1 Howe’s Sewing Machine. Lot furniture, etc., etc. mar 16 §27 §3y Ellis, fjivmg!»tofii aTco /AX SATURDAY, 13th March,at uado :< we wiii sell in front of our store. A Good Cook. Washer and Ironer, 2: \eais old, and a first rate House servant and her 2 Children, 2 aifd 8 years old, and sold for no fault, sound and heal-: mar 1G 818 ®. v Ellis, Livingston tv. ON SATURDAY 18th March, at II o'clock we will sell in front of our Store. One Twelfth of the Store and Ground, occupied at present by Capt. Graybill as Commissary Store House, on Broad street —also — * A Young Likely House Servant a l her three -Children. mar 16 $lB • By Ellis, Livingdon X C < ON SATURDAY, 18th March, at il o’clo-k, .we will self in front of our store, TEN ACRES VACANT LAND. Being the N, h of the N. W. Qr., of the N. E. Qr , of Section 21, Township 19, Rng. 30, in Russell county, Ala,, and lies about half a mile from Girard aad affords ; an eligible location for improvements. I Terms Cash, mar 15 $24 By Ellis, Eivmgston X Cos, AT PRIVATE SALE. 150 Reams sinp. Vole Paper mar 8 ts Bosette, Lawhon & Go., OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE I A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE | Opposite the Lowell Warehouse. Tho : House contains six rooms with a brick I basement, good kitchen and other out ; buildings, mar 17 ts WHEEL* AND CLOCK. 3ES.2E3KIXJ3S, For Exchange for ! B A-OOIST and LARD FIFTY LARGE BOXES. 1 For Sale by JBFFERSOX & HAMILTON mar 17 6t Sun and Enquires copy. Fodder Wanted. \\J E WISH to purchase 5000 !bs. good FODD3?. i it tor which we will pay the highest marker p: l mar 17 3t JEFFERSON & HAMILTON. Sun and Enquirer copy. Cotton Bui'ned. HOLDERS of COTTON RECEIPTS burnad i I ll our Warehouse, will please present them iniLiii ! diately. CODY & COLBERT mar 17 2w SUPERIOR JAVA COFFEE FINE NEW ORLEANS SUGAR, | French Note Paper and Fine Pocket Kni??i. For sale at J. H. MULFORD’S Old Stan i mar 17 3t* ~XT PRIVATE SA M BY MYERS, WATSON & C9.* 51 LIKELY NEGROES. All sound and mostly between eL/m and thirty years of age. Among the number are three Lxt i Blacksmiths, two Extra Carpenter.-. , ! Engineer and No. 1. Butcher, one r.:-" class Man Cook, Washers, Ironei> | extra Field Hands. Parties in want of any ofthe a. will apply immediately. Sold for no fault, owner expect ■ ) change residence. mar 10- ts ___ - LOST. X PAIR OF GOLD wire framed SPJSOTACL j A The finder will be well rewarded by le.i': : -’ i same at the Sun or Times offiee. ma; ■ • _ 'WATTTBD. ! AT THE PERRY HOUSE. Columbus, u-i, a A BOOK-KERPER. A wounded sold er f-;- I red. EDWARD P.iKH»r. | mar 16 ts _ . Wanted-A Teacher. | poR A BOY-s’ SCHOOL, now in sueevs.-." if ation in Tuskaloosa, and capable ; enlargement. Apply to Rev. tt. D. Urvim- a loosa, giving proper testimonials, rnioniisr; be given by Rev. John M. Mitchell, Moiwgm., . Rev Dr. Pierce, Mobile, and Rev. Dr. Hawk.-. > ambus, Ga. Tae School house occupies ace:.:( position and comprises three rooms and ts he. t . rent ol $740, for the remainder ol the year, marlblw Rosette, lawhon & o , OFFER AT PRIVATE SAIE One Copper Boiier, 3 ieet long. Five or six hundred pounds Lead S or 10 Large Brass Bib &• Stop ( oeik jen 18 _tf - G. W. ROSETTK, s. K. I.AWiION, F. G. tVii.- RGBETTE, L A Wifi O A & atjctiostee&s AND Commission Jlercl»ani* 131 BROAD STREET. Coin m bus, C e ovj march 7tf MYERS, WATSOV & t ATJOTtONBEr-9 AND General Com mission Mereteu At Hull ts: Duck’s old Stand. Opposite Bank of Columbus, Broad Personal ami prompt auenti ■ ?li » , all .•onsisjutnenls. Uodnibti'". J r-i 31-