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VOL. XII.}
DAILY TIMES,
J. W. WARREN & CO., Proprietors.
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SPECIAL NOTSUES
Ho*rio:EL
Office Medical Director ok Hospitals ]
Columbus, Da., March 16, 1865, j
The following named soldiers, detailed for. Hos
pital service, having been appointed to act as
“Foragers” by Surgeons in charge of lip si »ital-, and
their appointment approved a* this oiiico, are duly
authorized to act in that capacity for the Hopitalf
and in the Counties set opposite their respective
names.
. All persons claiming to be such agents, and who
cannot show written authority as above set forth
will be subject to arrest,
W II Farris—Private, company “H” 4th Tenn.,
Regiment, Foard Hospital, Griffin, Ga., Counties,
Spaulding, Bike, Coweta, Merriwother and Troup,
Ga.
W E Yerby—Private, company “C,” 60th] Miss.,
Regiment, Foard Hospital, Griffin, Ga., counties!
Spaulding, Pike, Coweta, Merriwether and Troup,
Ga.
S D Smith—Enrolled conscript, Buckner Ilospi
tal, Auburn, Ala., counties, Coweta, Heard and
Merriwether, Ga.
Casper Lewis—Enrolled conscript, Floyd House
Hospital, Macon, Ga„ counties, Docatur and
Mitcholl, Ga.
W G Redding—Private, company "F,” 12th Ga.,
Regiment, Polk iwspitaJ, Macon, Ga., counties
Dooly, Ga.
A P Gatlin —Enrolled conscript, Floyd House
Hospital, Macon/Ga., counties, Pike, Ga.
J W Williams—Enrolled conscript, Floyd House
Hospital, Macon, Ga., counties, Butts, Ga.
A J McDonald—Private, company, "II,” 45th
Ala., Regiment, Prison Hospital, Macon, Ga., coun
ties, Talbot, Ga., and. Macon, Ala.
G S Banks — “D,” 44th Ga.,
Regiment, Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, Ga., coun
ties, Forsyth, Ga.
The appointments of privates J J Hunt, compa
ny "H,” 4th Ga., cavalry, Jasper Cannon, company
“K,” 51st Ga., Regiment, Oomulgee;Hospital, Ma
con, Ga., and W H II Phelps, enrolled conscript,
Sumter Hospital. Andersonville, Ga.. as Fora
gers, are recalled because of not having been dc •
tailed by proper authority.
S. H. STOUT,
marlß-7t Medical Director.
Bank of Columbus.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this
Bank for the election of a Board of Directors, will
take place on the first Monday in April next.
DANIEL GRIFFIN,
mar 9td . President.
Anxious to Sell Immedialely
kEF(JUES2S TARE NOTICE !!
Ist a small HOUSE and LOT. of ten acres, in Au
burn. Lot already planted in com and well ma
nured. Three finished room?, in n convenient lo
cality and good n>*ighborhood.
2d 360 acres of Pino Land, eight miles below Au
burn, on theroad to Society Hill. Seventy acres
open land, common improvements. Cheap! -
3d A lot of Tobacco. Sheetings and Shoes
4th 100 acres ot land in one and a half miles of
Auburn—a nice little Farm, no houses. 100 acres
open, 15 in fine growing, IV heat, 15 in promising
Oats and 15 in Corn well put in, 00 acres oi Wood
land. The Farm might well go with the 10 acre lot.
I must sell quick! Call on me at Auburn, Ala,
mar 18 ts WM. F. SAMFORD.
Wanted.
TO PURCHASE or Rent a small PLANTATION
on the Chattahoochee River, in Georgia, having
a good landing. Apply to 1 -,_r,rvr«
inar 18 Iw H. 11. LPPING.
Sun and Enquirer copy. _
SIPtiRfiOK JAVA COFFEE
AND
FINE NEW ORLEANS SUGAR,
French Note Paper and Fine Pocket Knives.
For sale at J ft. MTJLFORD’S Old Stand.
mar 17 3t*
30 TOIS IROtf
For Sale for Caslh.
OR EXOHANGK FOR PRODUCE.
01-tJ, A and inches wide.
o J. ENNIS & CO.,
mar 8 1m Columbus, Ga.
For Salt*.
THIRTY OF IRON, for cash or exchange
1 for Produce, 314, 4or 7 inches wide. , „ ~
j. knNIS & CO..
march 8-lrn Columbus, 6ft.
WANTED!
r loin LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal price
,)?V*vO will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD,
spT ts Major an J }. ft.
(tfiud Stones,
/ iF al! size-, from 18 inches to 6 feet, for sale by
U GREENWOOD & GRAY, i
march 12 60cl
Mules.
WANTED SIX A No.l, MULES. I will pay-a
VV liberal price for such as willsu.t, it shown to mo
?f igforß HAMBBEP.
wheels
AND
CXiOCH. 2rL3SI3iSIjS*
For Exchange for *
BAOON iUMI DARD
FIFTY LARGE BOXES.
For Sale by
JEFFERSON & HAM TETON.
mar 17 6t
Sun and Enquirer copy.
Fodder Wanted.
»*ric WISH to purchase 5000 lbs. good FODDER,
ntSSSUSST
Sun and Enquirer copy.
Cotton Burned.
HOLDERS Os COTTON RECEIPTS burned in
H°°»rWarehouse, will the^mye.
_ mar 17 2w ,
HOST
. PAIR OF GOLD wire framed SPECTACLES.
A The tinder will bo well rewarded by leaving the
same at the Sun or Timesoffiee. wrlbSt
W AI3TBD
. m TUP PERRY HOUSE, Columbus. ,Ga.. a
A r BOOK-KKRFER. fi'&SxS
red.
mar 1(5 ts
Wanted—A Teacher,
por a BOYS’ SCHOOL, now in successful oper
t au4 in Tuskaloosa. and capable of indefinite
enlargement. Apply to Rev, R. D. Umnc. Tu. ka
loosa iriviiiK proper testimonials. Information can
be rivS by Rev. John M. Mitchell, Montgomery.
Rev Dr Pierce, Mobile, and Rev. I>r. Ilawks, Col
umbus Ga Tae School house occupies a central
pSok and comprises three rooms, and ts held at a
rent of $740, for the remainder of the year,
mar 10 lw
- * __ ' v „a '■ xs ' v •
G. W. ROSETTE, S. E. LAWHOX, F. G. WILKINS
ROSETTE, L tWIION & CO.,
AUOTIO HEERS
AND
1 oaumi*»ioii Herclianlt*,
181 BROAD STREET,
Colu m b-us, Greorgia.
ma rch7tf
MYERS, WATSON & CO.,
AUCTIONEERS
• AND
General Commission Merchants,
At Hull and; Duch’s old stand,
Opposite Bank of Columbus, Broad Street.
Personal and prompt attention given
to all consignments.
Columbus, Ga. ;- Jan. 21. 1865. jan23 ts
W. W. McCall N. W. Garrard.
McCALS- &, OARRARO.
A TTORNEYS A T LA IF,
mar 9 3m
ROBERT A. CHAW FOUR,
Slav© TradLer,
AND dealer in
STOCKS, BONDS, CERTIFICATES, GOLD
AND SILVER COIN,
Cherry Street, Macon,Ga,,
NEARLY OPPOSITE THE DAILY TELE
GRAPH AND CONFEDERATE OFFICE.
All classes of NEGROES usually ou
hand, and stock constantly repiunisneci by
experienced buyers.
Cash advances to regular traders, as
heretofore.
Negroes also sold on Commission.
My trusty Porters, Andrew and An
tony, attend the Trains.
feb 27 3m ,
Stolen.
STOLEN from my residence, eight miles below
Columbus, a light BAY HORSE, about 14 hands
high, with a white spot in his forehead. His prin
ciple gait is a pace. A suituable reward will be
paid for his recovery. W. G. WOOLFOLK
feb 34 ts
Wanted,
r'OR the State of Louisiana TEN MOULDERS.—
f Wages liberal. Transportation furnished. Ap-
Ply to H*lt. S. Uardawgr.of .hioe^ gii]Jß>
fob 12 ts Comissioner for Louisiana.
negroes to Hire.
I 0 HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good
I Cook and Washer. Apply to
Win. G. WOOLFOLK.
jan 17 ts Agent.
liTrT r. noßi/e,
DENTIST,
#
i T Pemberton <k Carter’s old stand, back room of
» Smith’s Jewelry Store, where ho can be found
all hours. foe 186 m
To Printers !
WE offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
(except Ruling Machine,) two hand PRESSES,
and about
1,000 Pounds of Type Metal.
nov2l-tf
Change oi Schedule.
ON and after Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains on
the Muscogeo Railroad will run as follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN: v
Leave Columbus 0 JO A. M.
Arrive at Macon 2 50 P. M.
Leave Macon 0 50 A. JW
Arrive at Columbus 3 06 P. flu.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M,
Arrive at Columbus ..........AM A. M.
W.Jj. tLAnK.,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery.
NEW SCHEDULE.
f«SONTGOM£RY A WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1864.
, IN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
\ t the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery “*
Leave i'omt at 7.10 a.m.
Arrive at Columbus at o.dJ p. m.
Leave Columbus at 5:50 a. m.
4rrive at Montgomery at otw P- hi*
Arrive at West Potnt at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 8:40 a in.
Arrives ...... -.at 8:27 p m
r D. H. ORA M, Sup’t k Eng.
ag27 1864 —ts
MOBILE A GIRARD RAIL ROAC.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7. 1864.
ON and after 10th Inst. Trains on this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows :
S’asseasger Tmin
Leave Girard at t 30 p.jn.
Arrive in Union Springs o UU
Leave Union Springs 35 a. m.
Arrive in Girard at 10 00
Freight Train.
Leave Girar. at.. 4 00 a. m.
\rrive in Girard at 6 00 p. m.
B. E. WELLS,
aglS ts • En «- * Sup,t L
Owing to the increased price of Provisions. La
bor and other expenses, the Steamboats on the
Chattahoochee River have been compelled to ad
vanee their prices for freight and passage to the fol
lowing rates : _ , , _
Passage from Columbus to Chattahoochee 00
From Chattahoochee to Columbus. SIOO 00
Intermediate landings in proportion.
Freights to any point on Chattahoochee River 54 00
per hundred. Measurement Freight $1 25 per cubic
toot- Capt. H. WINGATE, Shamrock.
C?pt. DAN FRY, Jackson.
Capt. ABE FRY, Indian.
Caps. JOHN OOUCH. Mist.
Capt. A. O. BLACKM AR.Munnerlyn.
feb7-tf
For Exchange or Sale.
\ T the office of the “Southern I*on Works,’’ near
A the now bridge, the following articles of Hard
w ire which we will exchange tor Pork, Bacon,
Bard’Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other articles
of P oviiions or Confederate currency, v iz. *
Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable tor plan-
U SuS3X®Hs and Kettles, of all sizes, from 30 to
Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Tans and Andirons,
Club and Broad Axes.
Shovels and Spades.
Trace Chaines and Plough Moulds.
Orders for Castings and Machine A <’ri
executed. JOHN D aRAY & CO.
Motice!
i 3'® sf £
ties wUl*addre?s me, using “/eUX WINTER.
Rock Island 'Paper Mills Company.
mar 16 lw
COLUMBUS, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1865.
DAILY TIMES.
EVENING EDITION.
SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH, 18, 1865 4
Newspaper Exempts. —From a message of
President Davis, read in Congress, on the 23d
u!t., we learn that in the cis-Miss*Ssippi de
partment the total number of editys, exempt j
as such, between the ages of*lß and 45, is 123, j
and of newspaper employees 672. The fol- :
lowing is the table :
editors, employees,
Virginia 31 186
Noriffi Carolina 21 99
South Carolina. .14 70
Georgia 12 136
Alabama 33 155
Mississippi 6 «. 14
Florida 3 g
Ea3t Tennessee 2 6
East Louisiana l ’ 0
123 1572
The number of dailies published in the
States named is about sixty ; as to the num
ber of weeklies we have no information. It
will be seen Alabama reports the greatest
number of editors exempt.
♦ —♦—♦
Operations of the Conscript Bureau.—
On the 28d ult. President Davis responded to
a resolution, and transmitted to Congress a
communication from the Secretary of War,
relative to the accessions to the army from
each State since April 16ih, 1862, to the num
ber of of persons liable to conscription who
have been exempted or detailed, and to the
number of those between the ages oi 18 and
55, and not unfitted for active service in the
field, who are - employed in ihc ocrvic or ine
several States.
The number of conscripts given in the re
port as having been enrolled aud assigned to
the camps of instruction, since April 16th,
1862, is 81,993. The increase of the army,
however, by avoiding camus of instruction
and joining commands voluntarily and other
wise, has been in excess of the above number.
And this is also exclusive of the operations of
Gen. Pillow, of which the conscript bureau
had no account at that time. In Florida and
East Louisiana, the operations of the con
script law were suspended, and . carried on
.under the direction of General Cobb for some
time.
The whole number of ablebodied men fit
for active service in the field, why) have been
detailed for service other than in the army, is
only 7,733, in all the State this side the Mis
sissippi river. The whole number of persons
between the ages of 18 and 45 years, exempt
ed frorn’military duty from physical disability,
officers of Confederate and State Governments,
and other causes, is 65,586: of these 26,5&5
are exempted on account of physical disabili
ty, 17,887 as State officers, and 437 as mail
contractors.
The number of deserters returned to ihe
army in th# period named was only 21,056.
The Negro in Congress. —ln the Yankee
Congress, recently, Mr. Ashley, in the House,
offered a preamble that, whereas, a large num
ber of persons of color have been brought
from the States of- Maryland, Virginia, and
other States, and left in and around the na
tional capital; and whereas, it is reported
that from ten to twenty thousand are in want;
and whereas it is reported that hundreds are
in the service of the United States, fighting
in defense of the Government; therefore, re
solved, that the committee on military affairs
inquire into the truth of said reports, and that
the committee report what action, if any, is
necessary in the premises, with leave to report
by bill or otherwise. The proposition was
agreed to.
The seal of the Confederate Slates of Ame
rica is described in the English newspapers,
n ; D designed by Foley, the celebrated Irish
sculptor, and contains in the centre a repre
sentation of Crawford’s statue of Washington.
This is surrounded by a wreath, composed of
the most valuable vegetable products of the
Southern soil —tobacco, rice, Indian corn, cot
ton, wheat and sugar cane. The rim bears
tbe legend, “The Confederate States of Ame
rica, 22d of February, 1863, Deo vin dice. y
The seal is of silver, and its diameter is four
inches.
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Gen.-Edward Johnson’s Division. — It is gen
erally supposed that when Major General Edward
Johnson was captured in front of Nashville on tho
16th of December last that his division, or a great
part of it, was taken with him. 'This is not so.
liis division is intact, save from the losses it sus
tained in the battle of November 30th at Franklin,
and December 15th and 16th at Nashville, when
h« lost heavily in killed aud wouaded. His di
vision reerossed the Tennessee river an organized
body, and reported as many muskets as any di
vision in the army.
Verv recently, in tbe United States Senate, Mr.
Saulsbury, of Delaware, said it was a delusion
that peace was near at band —a delusion oft re
peated about sixty days anu ninety days. Charles
ton, and Savannah, and Columbia might fall, and
Richmond might fall, but still the war would Hot
end. There were years of war before this country
under the policy of the present administration.
And he added—“lt appeared from the President’s
message that the obstacles te peace were the terms
he offered —refusing to treat with rebels. It should
be remembered thet the British lost their American
colonies because George 111 refused to treat with
rebels in arms against him.
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A short time since the “Union men of
Memphis were making preparations to get up
a “grand reception banquet tor Brow alow.
No More Furloughs— A correspondent
writes on the 18th from Richmond, that no
more furloughs are to be granted from Gen.
I.eVs army, until the communications south
are restored.
The Federal House of Representatives on
the 22d ult., passed the bill for tbe forfeiture
of property of rebel land owners, by a majority
of 72 against 71 votes—a close contest.
Help W anted.— The New York Herald of
the 20th ult., speaks in a joyous strain of the
evacuation of Charleston and Columbia by
our troops, and like the mountebank crying '
his wares at the country fair, takes advantage
of tbe universal bustle and hilarity that pre
vails among the Yankees to extol the sover
eign merits as a cure-all, of the draft which
Dr. Lincoln ha? prescribed for the sick Union.
The Herald thus implores everybody to
come up and enlist: “ This. then, is the time
for a vigorous reinforcement of tue main army 1
of Gen. Grant. If we can push forward I
to Washington from the loyal States within
the next two months one hundred thousand |
fresh soldiers, or fifty thousand within the j
next thirty days, all the probabilities*, from 1
the present.military situations, are in favor of
the idea that the rebellion will be utterly j
crushed before the 4th July. We believe, in- j
deed, that not even another great battle will
be needed to finish it. and that no draft will
be necessary, and that none will be enforced
it the authorities and people of the loyal j
States now go to work with energy and en- :
thusiasm in the volunteering business in view 1
of a universal calculation of peace and the
Union on the 4th of July. ”
*
Col. Chambers* Letter.
We present our readers, in another column,
with the letter of Col. James M. Chambers, to
his fellow countrymen. This is the voice of a
Georgian speaking to Georgians. Col. Cham
bers is emphatically of us, and among* us. He
is no Connecticut, nor any other Yankee. He
is not even a Virginian, nor a Carolinian.
When we ride, or walk out from the sanctum
where we pen this, we see the high old hid,
in Greene county, where Col. C. was born,
frowning defiance, like the 3on to which it gave
birth. When we sit down to write words of
counsel to southern people, we write from the
same House wl.cio Oul. O. .redded the partner
of his bosom. When we ride to the south, we
see the mansion where he spent his early man>
hood ; and when we commune with the dead,
we read the epitaphs of the generation that
preceded him, and of two loved children that
he laid away to rest years ago, when we, too,
were a child with them.
Is it strange, then, that Col. Chambers loves
his native soil, and does not wish to see the
burial place of M3 fathers, and his children,
polluted by the tread of a brutal foe? Fellow
countrymen, read the letter of your country
man, and stand by his words. He breathes
defiance to the foe, and we would have you
catrii the contagion of his inspiriting example.
Georgians, hear the voice of a Georgian:
“Strike with your own strong arms, and com
mit your cause to God.' And when Hilliard,
and Morse, and Holden, and othys, foreign to
your soil, ’ counsel you to submit, answer
them—
“ Down, soothless insulters! 1 trust not the
tale—
For never shall Georgia a destiny meet
So black with dishonor, so foul with retreat.
Though our perishing ranks should be strewed
in their gore.
Like ocean-weeds heaped on the surf-beaten
shore—
Yet our childten, untainted by flight, or by
chains,
While the kindling of life in their bosom re
mains,
Shall victors exult, or in death be laid low,
With their backs to the field, and their feet to
the foe:
And leaving, in battle, no blot on their name,
Look proudly to Heaven, from the death-bed
of fame.”
[Countryman,
-Can it be True ?— The intelligent corres*
pondent of the Augusta Constitutionalist,
“ Se De Kay, ” say3 :
“ It is with regret, and not wholly with sur
prise, we learn that this eminent Carolinian,
Gov. Aiken, remained in Charleston after its
evacuation. Le* us hope that he will not
fraternize with the. despicable slayers of bis
friends and countrymen, and yet it is rumored
and believed that he is to be Mayor of Charles
ton and Governor of South Carolina. ‘To
what base uses, ’ etc.
.“ At Winnsboro’ the Yankees stole ten box
es of silver-ware, valued at $20,000 in peace
times, from Gov. Aiken. ”
Can this be true? Is it possible, says the
Journal & Messenger, that one of the most dis
tinguished'sonsof South Carolina has brought
this reproach upon himself and Btate ? We
are loth to believe it, and yet his election to
stay with our enemies, rather than accompa
ny bis friends, give* plausibility to the rumor.
Truly may we exclaim, “Alas ! bow have the
mighty fallen.”
Blockade- Running. —In connection with the
closing of the port of Wilmington, the follow
ing statistics of blockade running are inter
esting :
In 1862, 1863 and 1864. no fewer than 111
swift steamers were built on the Clyde for the
purpose of running the blockade of the Con- !
federate ports. Os the whole lll'Steamers,
70 have been either captured or destroyed,
leaving at the close of 1864, 29 still running,
while 11 were on their way out. The num
ber running at the close ot 1864 was larger i
thlin at any previous period in the annals of i
the blockade. The average number of trips j
made by a blockade runner does not exceed ;
five, so that enormous profits must be realized
per voyage to make this peculiar branch of
adventure at ail remunerative. Most of tne j
blockade runners captured by the I* ederals j
become watchers, in which capacity they prove ;
very serviceable. It m&v be added tnat. not- j
withstanding the large number of blockade i
runners captured or destroyed, more new
steamers were built on the Clyde in 1864 to .
supply their place? than either in 1802 or 1863, ;
showing that speculators are not at all dis
heartened.
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Gobbled Up.—We understand, says the Rebel, ,
that on the llth instant, Majer R. B. Blackwell j
turned over to Capt. Lemmon, commanding the,
forces at Monterallo, about seventy absentees and j
deserters.who were taken by his command while
operating in Bibb county. We learn thet .several j
of this number came in and reported to Major
Blackwell while at Cenlreville, to obtain ihe bene- ;
fit of General Jiee’s late order, which, es course,
they will receive.
A correspondent of the Appeal says Major .
General John C. Brown, or Tennessee has been ’
stopping in Columbus for several days, and
though not recovered sufficiently from his se
vere wound, received at Franklin. Tennessee,
to lay aside both his crutches, he has with j
characteristic determination, started forward
to the front..
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Commodore Vanderbilt was arrested in New !
Y-ork recently for running over a lady in
B?oadway, whero ae was driving rapidly. He was :
taken to the Tombs, Hu? released when he told
who he was.
New Order of Things,
The President has put himself rapport with
the country. All that the people could reasonably
ask, he ha; accorded. We believe that the people
will respond to this noble magnanimity by a
grand and universal rally around the banner 4>f
the Confederacy, and such a rally a3 will send the
minions of the North howling back to their dens.
Already wo begin to see signs of returning enthu
siasm, and our flag—
toru but flying.
Stream-* like a thunderstorm against the wind.”
Gen. Lee is now the sole military director of
the Confederate forces. General Johnston is in
the field once more. Let the skulkers, absentees
and deserters redeem their lost honor by a return ;
to their standards. The chance is offered to wipe'
out the stain upon their names, aud living or
dying, to be recorded with their country’s
best and bravest. Soldier of the South! in
this hour of that country’s peril, wheu the
vile tcuni of Europe and tbe North pollute
and devastate the laud, hide not away, like a
robber, in the recesses of the mountain or the de
vious bypaths of the thicket and the swamp, but
come forth from your den of degradation, and be
the champion of freedom and the companions
of true men. ♦
Gen. Lee’s amnesty proclamation holds good for
all, not simply for the army of Northern Virginia, i
but ail aimies, regiments, squads—whatever or-*
ganization is bound together by the military law
of the Confederate States.
Let those who have abandoned ths Virginia
army return to their companions, now facing
fearful odds on the plains of Petersburg.
You of the devoted army of Tennessee, go back
to the chieftain who loves you, aud will lead you
to fields of glory. “Old Joe” is on the war path,
and calls for his braves. The amnesty applies
equally to you, and your old commander listens to
hear your shout of battle re-echoed through the
Carolina;.
You of the cavalry, who have cast slurs upon
the commands you hail from, by robbery and
pillage, abandon tbe vile manner of life you
have adopted, and brighten your tarnished
names by prowess, where the clarion blow's and
sabres clash.
The dawn is near at hand, if we but lift the cur
tain. Let tho manhood of tho Confederacy gather
once more for tho final onset which will pierce tho
gloom and lead them into the awakening of a
glorious day.
Do we hear shouts ? Is that your war cry
whieh echoes through the land ? Are you coming;'
Three hundred thousand Confederate men ! The
South will march to victory with the tramp of a
giant.— Constitutionalist.
How oun Breadstuff Trade is Falling Off.
—The following table shows how the breadstuff
trade is declining under the exhausting effect of
the war, which is diminishing production to an
alarming extent :
Flour —Shipments to Europe.
1859 — ’6O barrels, 766,399
1860— ’6l 2,708,790
1861— ’O2 3.299,187
1862 '63 1,692,971
1863 ’64 ...1,341,315
Wheat—Shipments to Europe.
1359—’60 bushels 5,116,745
1300—’61 26,005,866
1861— ’62 33,372,181
1862 '63 25,510,574
1863 '64 16,826,342
Indian Corn—Shipments to Europe.
1859 4 bushels 1,241,215
1860— *6 L 11,800,179
1861— '62 14,406,341
1862 10,403,313
1863 ’64 730,807
With no cotton to export, and but little bread
stuff it is a question how we are going to pay for
our imports.
The above figures should prove of serious im
port to those engaged in agricultural pursuits.
With the prospect ot the war lasting another year,
aud as a consequence thereof, a large draft from
which there will be no escape, the future financial
condition of the country wears a gloomy aspect.
Congress will no doubt, at its next session,
abolish the exemption clause in the conscription
law and increase the tax on real estate. How
then can the large force -thai will necessarily
be drawn from the cultivators of tho soil to fill up
tho ranks of the army be supplied 't—Metropolitan
Record, ' - 1
Distressing Occurrence—Four Men Prob
ably Drowned. —Some three or four weeks
since a parly of tour persons, consisting ot
Richard Fowler, foreman of the Commerce
s reet hat factory, Samuel Jones, Richard
Hartley and Dolphin Cox, .also mechanics,
left this city on a hunting excursion, design
ing to float in a canoe down the Tallapoosa
. into the Alabama, and then to our wharf. But
as they did not le’turn at the time appointed,
considerable uneasiness began to be manifes
ted among both relatives and friends. Time
wore on, and this feeling ripened into the
most poignant sorrow. One, two, three, near
ly four weeks passed, aud still the only gleam
of intelligence that was received from them
was that they had been seen to launch their
boat into the swelling and agitated waters of
: the Tallapoosa river This, of course-; was un
satisfactory. and various were ihe conjectures
as to their probable fate—some being satis
-1 Sed that an unfortuiiateaccident had occurred
and that they had all been drowned, while
others were equally as sanguine t- at they hud
crossed the lines and gone over to tbe enemy. |
But those who knew them best—those whe 1
were well aware of their fidelity to the South, j
scouted this idea, and justly too, as the j
sequel proves. The body of Mr. Hartley, we I
learn, was yesterday picked up somewhere
near Jackson's ferry; and this fact leaves but i
little or no hope of the safety of the others.— j
The river was rising rapidly at the time, and ;
that the boat was capsized, and the whole I
party drowned, is how a.foregone conclusion. I
Two of them, we believe, have families in this ;
city.— Mont. Advertiser.
An ExglißH Opinion of the War.—Says
the London Globe of the 21st of January .
Although the warfare of 1864 has been in
favor of the Feder&ls, yet their successes have
not been of a decisive character, and a vast
amount of resistance i3 still left in the hands
of the Conrederates. Assuming that the de
termination to conquer is aa strong on one side
as the determination to resist is on the other,
and admitting the superiority of the Federal®
in resources of ali kinds, ashore and afloat,
and yet there must be in the Confederacy—
even if the Richmond Government does not
think it expedient to arm the slaves—means
of prolonging the contest for several years.—
By armiog the slavey and subjecting them to
the magic influence of military discipline, the
Confederates would be in a position to assume
the offensive: without arming the slaves, and
confining themselves mainly to a defensive
war, tiieir position is such that they will be
able to sustain themselves for a very long time.
Military Row at Cairo. —A. J. Smith’s
Hoops ware recently at Cairo, Illinois ; this com
mand felt greatly disappointed and aggrieved that
they no: received their pay for several
months. Having no money and seeing "the fat
of the laui” about our streets, those of tbe boys
who got into the town made a regular raid upon
tbe stores of Cairo, taking whatever they could
lay their hands on, causing immense excitement
among all tbe merchants and dealers, ail of whom
immediately “closed up shop” in short order—cot
one, however, before the soldiers had helped them
selves freply to goods and eatables, M any of the
stores‘suffered heavily, some losing thousands of
dollars worth of property.- A strong guard pat
roled the city last night, and quiet was restored.
They aiso committed some depredations in r>t.
Louis.— Cairo Dispatch.
A mine of biauk lead piutnbagt —aud :.ic
kel has been discovered in *he uppor part of
?s3»aic county. N«w J^rs--
f OXE MONTH, SIO.OO
THREE MONTHS. $30.00
The Youug Reb's lament.
I’m alone in my shanty ;
My rations are scanty,
For grits are now the order of the day. •
The young reb is sighing,
For his sweetheart he's dying,
And wonders wheu this cruel war will pay.
Chorus:
Come—come—come, rain, come:
Come, flow to the top of my boots;
Come, and I'll thank ye
To keep back the Yankee.
Until our ranks are filled up with recruits.
The moon it is creeping,
And o’er the hill is peeping.
Whilst the hungry reb is gone to make a raise.
The crowing of a “ Shanghai
Doth tell him day is nigh by.
And now he knows this cruel war will pay.
Come—come—come, &c.
The bull-dog he is growling,
Whilst the young reb is prowling
Around the house to steal some hen away.
A night-cap at the window
Doth him a little hinder .
And says she —“ I'll report you to John K."
. 4Jome—come—come, &c.
You may talk about your Annie—
But give me a hammie,
| And biscuits nicely buttered over, too'
A cup of smoking Java
Doth make my mouth saliva
! And I wish I had them in me now—don't you?
Come—come—come, &c.
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A Beautiful Incident. —William IV. expi
red about midnight, if we remember right, at
Windsor palace. The Archbishop of Canter
: bury, with other peers aud high functionaries
!of the kingdom, were in attendance. As soon
aa “sceptre had departed ” with the last breath
of the kiDg, the archbishop quitted Windsor
castle, and made his way, with all possible
speed, to Kensington palace, the residence at
at that time of the princess—already by the
law of succession queen—Victoria. He arriv
ed long before d.iylight. announced himself,
and requested an immediate interview with
the princess. She hastily attired herself, and
met the venerable prelat* in her-ante-room
He informed her of the death of William and
formally announced to her that she was, ‘in
law and right, successor (0 the deceased mon
arch. “The sovareignty of the most power
ful nation of the earth lay at the feet of a
girl of eighteen.” She was, de jure ) queen of
the only realm, in fact or history, “on which
the sun never set.” She was deeply agitated
at “tho formidable words, so fraught with
blessing or calamity.” The first words 3he
was able to utter were these: “I ask your
prayers in my behalf.”
They kneeled together, and Victoria inau
gurated her reigu, like the young king of Is
rael in olden time, by asking from, the Highest
who ruleth in the kingdoms of men, “an un
derstanding heart to judge so great a people,
who could not be numbered nor counted for
multitude.”
The sequel of her reigu has been worthy «f
such a beginning. Every throne in Europe
has tottered since that day. Mo3t of them
have been for a time overturned. That 0?
England wag never so firmly seated in the loy
alty and love of the people aa at this hour. —
Queen Victoria enjoys a personal influence,
too, the heartfelt homage paid to her as a
Christian woman — incomparably wider and
greater than that of any monarch now reign
ing-
War Between the United States and Enq
land. —The London correspondent of the New
York Herald thus writes about the probability of
getting up a war with England, He speak Jof it
as an easy affair to manage:
The Canada a'ffan may breed hot blood, If you
j want a war, with England there is no doubt but
you can be gratified. The bad faith of the Cana
i dian authorities is seen in the failure to arrest the
| St. Albans robbers on the right kind of process,
i “But,” say they, “you mustnot send hostile expe
' ditious into Canada unless you want a big row.”
If a war should.occur between the two countries
: they would expect to lose Canada, and would only
j have a partial revenge in helping the rebels to
! their Independence. They would anticipate both
results. Injudicious men can very easily fan that
I Canadian matte into a flame that will not be
■ queDched for year.*. But the question is, will if
! pay?
England is already looking on the vurious colon*
ies and dependencies of empire as very uncertain
| possessions. On that account,perhaps, they would
: have less hesitation with regard to a war with the
! United States, than they would if Canada were
1 not almost certain to go in a few years. Self ag
grandizement first, and if that cannot be. damage
, the rivals of England as much as possible, and
kick everybody el3e down the ladder that attempts
1 to climb up.
. There is a bill before the State Legislature or
gauizing a company to run an underground rail
road from one end of Manhattan Island to the oth
er. The object of course is to use steam, so that
’t will be possible to reach HdYlem river from Citv
Hall Park in less than thirty minutes—a distance
which now requires from an hour and a half t>
two hours to traverse. It is not to the credit of
the metropolis that such an enterpriMfwas not un
der way ten years since If an undergr-mad
steam railway had been in operation for ten rears,
New York Island would have been built up by t'al«
time, and the immense population which has bee a
forced across the two rivers would have been re
tained, to help pay our municipal taxes and aid
To the wealth aid dignity of the metropolis —.V.
Y. World.
Scraps of Time.— Try what you can make
of the broken fragments of time. Clean up
its golden du3t—those raspings and paring of
precious duration—those leavings of days and
remnants o? hours which so many arc sweep
ing out into the vast waste of existence. Per
haps, if you be a raiser of moments—if you
be frugal, and hoard up odd minutes, and baU’
h<*irs, and unexpected holidays—your careful
gleaning may eke you a long and*useful life,
and you may die at last richer ia exister. ?
than multitudes whose time is all their own
Lost, SIOOO Reward !!!
t SILVER, Wire-Linked PURSE, lost on night
■A of the fire at residence of Mr. Beach. Also a
gold BREASTPIN, forming Square .and Cornj n--
with three links of Odd Fellowship, set witi dia
monds; one set out. ;
Above reward will be paid to finder. AddlG af
offiee of JOHN D. GRAY & CO
mar 18 7t next New Bridie,
For .Sale.
OA BUSHELS ONION BUTTON- 4 f. > A
40 street. ' N. P.A*
mar 17 lw
Rosette, LawhGn k Cos.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
One Copper Boiler, 8 feet long.
Five or six hundred pounds Lead Pipe
8 or 10 Large Brass Bib k Stop Cocks.
jen 18 ts
For Sale.
A HOUSE and LOT, on west side of Og-ethor -a
street, opposite the Swotd Factory. It is suita
ble for a store and a family. P -“o -kti giver, the
first of April. Apply to
A G. FOSTER
mar 18 6t* Present Tenant.
Varaii»lt Wanted.
JT T !' DESIPtE to quantity of Cos cal
>V VARNISH. Parties .arm* the .rti injfor
sale will plea-eaddr-s- us, stating quantify. qudStar
and price- JEFF V. RSON k HAM ILTONU
mar 18 fit
-un and E .q*r ' r '•>t»y.