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VOL. XII.} DAILY TIMES, J. W. WARREN & CO., Proprietors. PUBLISHED EVERY DAY (MQNDAYS EXCEPTED). SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One month.... *lO 00 lhree months S3O 00 ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisements inserted once—ss per square. First Week—s 4 00 per square for each iuser ion. Second Week —$3 00 per square, for etch insertion. Third Week— s 2 00 per square for each iusoi tion. Fourth Week—sl 00 per square for each insertion. Second Month—s4o per square. Third Month —$20 per square. Marriages and charged as advertisements. 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. * —♦- *■ 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. mm 9 m 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. ' mm - • : 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.. m • —■ ; 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. ♦ w ♦ 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.