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DAILY TIMES,
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SPECIAL NOTICES
, Notice!
Macon, Ga., March Id, 1305.
The following Orders hav6 been received ''•oui
’‘Headquarters Military Division of the West:”
For the purpose of col’tcting and providing for
the prompt restoration to their several Regiments,
Battalions tr Companies all absentees irom Lee’s,
Stewart’s and Cheatham’s corps, the following
measures will be taken without delay:
‘*l. Brig. General Mackall, P. A. C. S., in addi
tion to his other duties, is specially charged with the
general supervision of the service involved—his
Headquarters being af Macon, Georgia,—and he will
take all practical steps to recall to their colors all
who are absent from any other cause than actual
disability for field service, or on properly granted
furloughs. To this end he will establish camps at
Columbus, Atlanta, Albany, Macon and Augusta,
Georgia; Montgomery. Nelma and Mobile, Alaba
ma ; and at Jackson, Macon and Columbus, Missis
sippi : and such other points as may be found expe
dient, to which absentees living in the vicinities re
spectively shall be required to repair and report,
and to which will be sent all those who may be col
lected by neighboring Enrolling Officers, who wi’’
be called on to give assistance under the regulations
of the conscript Bureau. He will also require all
officers and men to repair to the nearest rendezvous
appointed who may be absent by any authority less
than that of these Headquarters or of the Comman
der of the Department of Alabama. Mississippi and
East Louisianna; in which case he will make a re
quisition for such absentees upon that Command ,
to whom he'will communicate a copy of these or
ders, with a request for the necessary orders to ena
ble him to execute his duties within the limits of
that command
" 2. All officers and men collected at the several
rendezvous established under these orders South
and West of Montgomery, Alabama, will bo con
centrated as soon a 3 practicable at that place, and
those brought together in Georgia will be assem
bled at Augusta.”
* * * * » . ' A
1. In obedience to the above order, Maj. E. D
Willett, 40th Alabama Regimont,*has been directed
to take command of the Rendezvous at Montgome
ry, Alabama, to which place all officors who have
already been sent to collect absentees belonging to
the three corps in Tennessee, Mississippi and Ala
bama, will send them in squads of ten or twenty,
the number to depend upon the facility of transpor
tation from the centre of their field of operations,
and the practicability of subsisting them at the point
of assembly.
2. Camps of Rendezvous will be established as
early as practicable at the following points, viz :
Columbus, Atlanta, Albany, Macon and Augusta,
Georgia; Montgomery, Selma and Mobile, Alaba
ma, and at Jackson, Macon and Columbus, i Missis
sippi. The officers and men collected in them wilj
be forwarded, those reporting in Alabama and Mis
sissippi to Montgomery; those in Georgia to Augus
ta or Macon. Until thesb camps are established
officers and men will report to the nearest Post Com
manders or Enrolling Officers, who are requested to
forward them as above directed.
3. The officers on duty under these orders will
make a weekly report of the absentees collected,
giving name, company, regiment and brigade, the
time at which they report and the place to which
sent. The commertßers of the Rendezvous at Mont
gomery and Augusta will make a weekly report of
the officers and men received during the week, and
the strength of the camp at date of report.
4. Post Commanders are requested to direct their
Quartermasters and Commissaries to give all neces
sary supplies called for by officers engaged on this
duty within the limits of ther commands.
5. I am informed that the officers sent to me for
this duty have been selected for their special fitness.
It is, therefore, not necessary to urge upon them de
votion to the service and earnestness in their en
deavors to assist in bringing their old comrades
back to their colors, but as the very nature of their
service sends them to the vicinity of their homes I
may warn them of the danger of allowing them
selves to lose one day in the epjoyment of home,
which should bo devoted to filling the ranks, by
which homes are to be defended.
6. AU officers and men returning are urged to
bring in their arm3, or any arm! they may find in
the country. They will the sooner be enabled to
join their colors. W. W. MACKALL,
Brig. General.
N. B,—All papers in Georgia, Alabama and Mis
sissippi, are requested to copy for six consecutive
days ; those in Ga., will send their accounts to
Post Q. M. at il/aoou, those in Ala., to Post Q- M
in Montgomery, and those in Miss., to Post Q. M. in
Columbus for payment. W. W. M.
mar 20 fit
KTOTIOE.
• Office Medical Director of Hospitals )
Columbus, Ga., March 10, 1365, j
The following named soldiers, detailed for llo:--
T.itf.l service, having been appointed to act as
‘•Foragers” by Surgeons in charge of Hospitals , and
their appointment approved at this office, arc duly
authorized to act in that capacity for the Hopitals
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 H Farris—Private, company “H” 4th Tenn.,
Regiment, Foard Hospital, Griffin, Ga., Counties,
Spaulding, Pike, Coweta. Merriwether and Troup.
Ga.
W E Yerby—Private, company “C,” SOthJ Mi3s..
Regiment, Foard Hospital, Griffin. Ga„ counties,
Spaulding, Pike, Coweta, Merriwether and Troup,
Ga.
fe D Smith—Enrolled conscript, Buckner Hospi
tal, Auburn, Ala., counties, Coweta, Heard and
Merriwether, Ga.
Casper Lewis—Enrolled conscript, Fioyd House
Hospital, Macon, Ga„ counties, Decatur and
Mitchell, Ga.
W G Redding—Private, company “F,” 12th Ga..
Regiment, Polk Hospital, Macon, Ga., counties
Dooly, Ga. . , TT
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, “U," 45th
Ala., Regiment, Prison Hospital, Macon, Ga„ coun
ties, Talbot, Ga„ and Macon, Ala.
G S Banks—Private, company. ‘‘D, 44th Ha.,
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. Ocmulgee Hospital, Ma
con’ Ga and W H H Phelps, enrolled conscript,
Sumter ’’Hospital. Ga v Fora
gers, are recalled because of not having been de
tailed by proper authority. STOUT.
m ur 13-7 t Medical Director.
Hfado’rs 2.5 th Military district, _ l
nE Columbus, 18th March, 13b0.J
Special Orders, j,
And’ection will be held on Saturday, the Sth day
of April next, at the Court Houses of the various
precincts in Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties,
fora Lieutenant Colonel and a Major of the firs
class Battalion of Muscogee aHd Chattahoochee
counties, to fill the vacancies occasioned by the res
ignation of Lieut. Col. D. B. Thompson and the
J. F. George,
P. J. PHILLIPS,
■* Colonel and A. D. C.
mar 21 ddtwlt 25th Military District.
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COLUMBUS, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1865.
G. W. ROSETTE, S- E. LAWHOK, F G. WILKIES
ROSETTE, EAWTIO* & CO.,
ADCTIOrTEERS
AND
Coiiiini*<*ion jJlercha nls,
131 BROAD street.
Columbus, Georgia.
march 7tf
MYERS, W\TSO\ & CO.,
AUOTIONTEERS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
At Hull & Buck's old stand,
Opposite Bank of Columbus, Broad Street.
BigT Personal and prompt attention given
to all consignments.
Columbus. Ga., Jan. 21. 1665. jan23 ts
W. W. McCall N. W. Garrard.
McCAIX & GARRARD,
ATTORNEYS AT LA W,'
TUals-o City, Fla.
mar 9 3m
ROBERT A. CRAWFORD,
Slave Trader,
AND DEALER IN
STOCKS, BONDS, CERTIFICATES. GOLD
AND SILVER COIN,
Cherry Street, Macon, Ga.,
NEARLY OPPOSITE THE DAILY TELE
GRAPH AND CONFEDERATE OFFICE.
Ail classes of NEGROES usually ou
hand, and stock constantly replenished 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.
fob 27 3m
Stolen.
CTOLEN from my residence, eight miles below
u Columbus, a light BAY HORSE, about 14 hands
high, with a white spot in his forehead. Hi3 prin
ciple gait is a pace. A suituable reward will be
paid for his recovery. W. G. WOOLFOLK
feb 24 ts
Hegroes to Hire.
G'O HIRE, ten young Negro MEN, also a good
I Cook and Washer. Apply to
Wm. G. WOOLFOLK.
janl7tf r Agent.
Dr. R. IYOBI K,
JDZEUSTTIST,
\ T Pemberton & Carter’s old stand, back room of
,1 Smith’s Jewelry Store, where he can be found
all hours, foe 18 6m
To Printers !
IX7E offer for sale a complete BOOK BINDERY,
t ? (except. Ruling Machine,) two hand PRESSES,
and about
1,000 Pounds of Type Metal.
uov2l-tf
. Change of Schedule.
ON and after Friday, Jan. 20th, the Trains on
the Muscogee Railroad wili run as follows :
PASSENGER TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 6 30 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 2 50 P. M.
Leave Macon 6 50 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 3 06 P. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 5 00 A. M,
Arrive at Columbus 4 55 A. M.
W.L. CLARK,
marlOtf Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Through to Montgomery-
NEW SCHEDULE.
MONTGOMERY & WEST POINT
RAILROAD COMPANY.
COLUMBUS, August 27,1364.
< IN and after August 27th. the Passenger Train on
U the Montgomery and West Point Railroad will
Leave Montgomery at 8:00 a. m.
Leave West Point at 7:10 a. m.
Arrive at Columbus at 5:32 p. in.
Leave Cblumbus at 5:50 a. m.
Arrive at Montgomery at 3:00 p. m.
Arrive at West Point" at 4130 p. m.
Freight Train leaves Columbus at 3:40 a m.
/I rri VM .......rtfc Si 27 p Ul
Armes : Di H. CRAM, Sup’t k Eng:
ag27lß64—tf
MOBILE & GIRARD RAIL ROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
Girard, Ala., Oct 7, 1364.
ON and after 10th inst. Trains on this Road will
Run Daily (Sunday excepted,) as follows:
Passenger Train-
Leave Girard at........ \ 30 T>. t m-
Arrive in Union Springs o w
Leave Union Springs -.5 3o a.^m.
Arrive in Girard at 1“ w
Freight Train,
Leave Girard at I 00 a. in.
Arrive in Girard at 6 00 p. in.
B. E. WELLS,
aglSt f Eng. A Sup’t.
Owing to the increased price of Provisions, La
bor and other expenses, the Steamboats on the
Chattahoochee River have been compelled to ad
vance their prices for freight and passage toithe 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 $4 00
per hundred. Measurement Freight $1 25 per cubi<J
toot ‘ Capt. H. WINGATE, Shamrock.
Capt. DAN FRY, Jackson.
Capt. ABE FRY, Indian.
Capt. JOHN COUCH, Mist.
Capt.A. O. BLACKMAR.Munneriyn.
feb7—tf
For Exchange or Sale.
t T the office of the ‘‘Southern Iron Works "near
A the new bridge, the foliowiag articles of
ware, which we will exchange for Pork, JJacon,
Lard. Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other article,
of Psoviiions or Confederate currency, viz:
Bar and Hoop Iron, of all sizes, suitable for plan
ta Sugar Mills and Kettles, of all sizes, from 3? to
12 Pote! Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Pans and Andirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels and Spades. ,
Trace Chames and Plough Moulds. w .
Orders for Castings and Machine Wo.a
P jlns t tf BXeeUtod * JOHN D. GRAY & CO.
Notice!
rt • wFR v being another person of the same name as
I H J v Velf iexc*e?tteg the middle name) engaged in
SSSSm «£&££ a tV ? UVamF d °^ r par *
ties will address me, using WINTER.
Rock Island Paper Mills Company.
mar 16 lw ——
Varnish Wanted.
S« P, ' eiSC Jon.
max 18 bt .
Sun and Enquirer eopy.
'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 ° * a President.
Anxious to Sell Immediately.
’ REFUGEES TAKE NOTIC E !!
lstasmaMHOUSE and LOT, often acres, in Au-
Lot already planted m. corn and well ma
nurea. .three finished rooms, iu a convenient lo
cality and good neighoorhood.
2d 360 acre; of Pine Land, eight miies below Au
burn, on the road to Bocie»y Hill. .Seventy ar-es
open land, common improvements. Cheap !
oa A lot of Tobacco, Sheetings and Shoes
4th 160 acres of land in one a. and a half miles of
Auburn—a nice little Farm, no houses. 100 acres
open, lo in fine growing Wheat, 15 in prom-'nng
Gats and 15 m Corn well put in, 60 acres of Wood
ed. The Farm might we:i go with the 10 acre lot.
I must sell quick! Call ou me at Auburn, Ala
mar 18 H WM. F. SAMFORD.
SPINNING WHEELS
AND
CLOCK REELS,
For Exchange for
B A.COTST and LARD
FIFTY LARGE BOXES.
For Sale by
JEFFERSON 4 HAMILTON.
mar 17 fit
Sun and Enquirer copy.
FOB. SALEI
A No. 1 BAY HORSE, works well in double har*
ness, and is suitable for cavalry service.
Apply to JAMES C. COOK.
mcr 21 lw
Cotton Burned.
(JOLDERS of COTTON RECEIPTS burned in
II our Warehouse, will please present them imme
diately. CODY & COLBERT,
mar 17 2w
Wanted.
TO PURCHASE or Rent a small PLANTATION
A on tne Chattahoochee River, in Georgia, hating
a good landing. Apply to
mar 13 lw H. H. EPPING.
Sun and Enquirer copy,
30 TOXS IROY
For Sale for Casli
OR EXCHANGE FOR PRODUCE.
31-S. 4 and H inches wide.
J. ENNIS k CO.,
mar 8 lm Columbus, Ga.
For Sale.
THIRTY TONS OF IR.ON, for cash or exchange -
I for Produce, 3H, 4 or 7 inches wide.
J, ENNIS Si CO..
march 8-lm Columbus, Ga.
IT ANTED!
AOn BBS, ofTALHDW, for which a liberal price
Ojvvl/ will be paid. Apply to
F. W. DILLARD.
3P7 ts Mai or and Q. M.
Grind Stones,.
UF all sizes, from 13 inches to 6 feet, for sale by
GREENWOOD & GRAY. *
march 12 60d
Lost, SIOOO Reward !!!
A SILVER Wire-Linked PURSE, lost on night
of the fire at residence of Mr. Beach. Also a
geld BREASTPIN, forming Square and Compass,
with three links of Odd Fellowship, set with dia
monds: one set out.
Above reward will be paid to finder. Apply at
office of JOHN D. GUAY & CO.,
mar 18 7t next New Bridge.
For Sale.
A HOUSE and LOT, on west side of Oglethorpe
street, opposite the Sword Factory. It ie suita
ble for a store and a family.' Possession’given the
first of April. Apply to
A. G. FOSTER,
mar 13 fit* Present Tenant.
Marshal’s Sale.
WILL be sold before tho Court Houds door
in the city of Columbus, Ga., on the
first Tuesday in April, 13*35, between the usual hours
of sale, a negro woman named SILVEY, levied on
as the property of F. M. Doles, to safety a tax fi. fa.
in favor of the city of Columbus, Ga,
T. P. CALLIEH,
mar stf . Marshal
For Sale.
A No. 1 SADDLE HORSE, at
OFFICE feAGLE FACTORY.
mar lit fit
WANTED,
TWO GOOD MACHINISTS, exempt from military
1 service, at the EA(?LE FACTORY,
mar 19 6t
SOMETHING GOOD AT
Ravenscroft & fo’s. 91 Broad Street
PRIME Pickled Pork, Florida Mullet, Syrup,
Rice, Fresh Corn Meal, Prime Corn Juice, by
the gallon or bottle, Onion Setts, Cabbage Seed, and
English Peas.
mar’2l 2w*
FOR SALE!
F0 UR BARRELS OF ALUM.
APPLY TO
SHERMAN & CO.,
Masonic Hall, Up Stairs.
march 19 ts.
W^ZETTIEID
AT THE PERRY HOUSE. Columbus, Ga., a
A
mar lfi ts
Wanted—A Teacher,
FOR a BOYS’ SCHOOL, now in successful oper
ation in Tuskaloosa, and capable of indefinite
enlargement. Apply to Rev. R. D. t rvme, Tuska
loosa, giving proper testimonials. Information can
begiven by Rev. John M. Mitchell, Montgomery.
Rev Dr. Pierce, Mobile, and Rev. Dr. Hawks, Col
umbus, Ga. The School house occupies a central
position and comprises three rooms, and is held at a
rent of $740, for the remainder of the year.
mar 16 lw
Notice to Debtors and Creditors
PERSONS having claims against the late Captain
Charles D. Fry, are requested to present them
within the time prescribed by law 3ai those indebted
will make mmediate payment
feb 21—w40d
goods
EXCHANGED FOR BONES,
AT THB
kkvit factory'.
march 12 ts
~iR o N
Gi(feanU*l tor toaiitry Produce.
AT THE
ORA AT FACTORY'.
march 12 ts
CITY FOUNDRY!
srCIR MILLS AND KETTLESI
WE HAVE OF HAND
Sugar Mills and Kettles,
RMriLHaKNYtco '
For Sale.
20 f«?* LSONION "WftAlW 4
mar 17 iw
DAILY TIMES.
RUMMi KIIITIHN
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1863.
The (Miss ) Clarion Extra, of the
9th. says the Yankee forces, six thousand or
seven thousand men, were at Guatown and iu
the immediate vicinity of Tupelo, three days
'ago. It is said that a strong farce, with an
immense wagon train, is moving from the di
rection of Huntsville on thi3 point Gecerty
Lyons’ brigade is nearest the enemy, advan
cing from Tupe’o. Forrest is iu motion.
Since writing she above, we have seen a
private dispatch, stating that a small force of
the enemy was advancing from Saltillo, and
that Armstrong’s brigade was moving to meet
it
Yankee Enlistments in South Africa.—
An alleged attempt,.says a correspoudent of
the New York World, has been made at the
Cape to enlist soldiers for the Federal army
without success. A Mr. Wehrham opened an
office for “ Assisted Emigration ” to America,
and took down the names of some four or five
hundred persons. His proceedings were ex
posed by the South Africa Advertiser, but it
was some tim# before the authorities interfer
ed. They did so at last. Mr. Field, Emigra
tion Superintendent, went on board the Mer
rimac, an American vessel by which the emi
grants were to leave.
Mr. Field at once saw the vessel was not
adapted to carry emigrants, and condemned
her accordingly. Mr. Wehrham subsequently
published advertisements to prove the genu
ine character of his enterprise as an etnigra
gration scheme. Oa Saturday, December 17th,
he was apprehended on a charge of violating
the foreign enlistment act. He was then lib
erated on bis recognizance to answer for the
offense oa following Monday. On the Monday
he did not appear, and it was supposed he
left the colony by a vessel which sailed for
New York on that day. The American Con
sul at the Cape has in no way identified him
self with the scheme.
A gentleman has just reached this place,
says the Ciarioa of the 9th inst., from beyond
our lines, who states that a grand raid is be
ing organized by Canby and Thomas for
Mississippi and Alabama. Raids are to start
from Eastport, Memphis,§ Vicksburg, East
Louisiana and Pensacola. The Eastport and
Pensacola columns are expected to meet at
Selma, and the Memphis and Vicksburg ex
peditions at Meridian.
The Brookhaven Telegraph ot the 6th is in
formed that a courier arrived there that
morning from the Cross Roads, nine miies
west of that place, who stated that the enemy,
in large force, are between Liberty and Clin
ton General Hodge, with Cols. Powers' and
Griffith's regiments, are in position at Beaver
Creek, twelve miles from Liberty, prepared to
give them a warm.reception.
Affairs at Mobile. —From the Mobile pa
pers of the 12th inst. we collate the following
it«ms of the local military situation. The city
appears to be quiet, -though the much threat
ened advance of the enemy is much expected:
AT HOME.
The signal officer reports, on Sunday, seven
Yankee gunboats at the anchorage in front of
the water line of defeases, and six others in
eight coming up.
No movement is yet reported from Pensaco
la, but the previous report of 20,000 troops at
that point is still insisted on.
At Mobile Pointed Dauphin Island there
is much activity, and the indications of the
presence of a good many troops.
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
The cavalry force previously reported as ad
vancing on Tupelo, under Gen. Grierson, was
encountered Friday week by Gen. Chalmers,
of Forrest’s command, and after a sharp fight
the enemy retreated. Gen. Forrest can take
care of everything in that quarter.
SHELLING THE WOODS.
Saturday afternoon, the 11th, two of the
enemy’s vessels came up on the western shore
to within a mile or two of the Magnolia Race
course' and threw shells into the woods iu
that neighborhood, evidently feeling for some
of our batteries. They did no damage, further
than that one shot, it is reported, struck Mr.
Bate Fordney’s ten-pin alley. Afterwards the
enemy drew off and steamed down the Bay.
THINGS ABOUT TOWN,
The Tribune says : Clear the decks for
action, ’for judging from the appearance of
the enemy’s vessels in our bay, to use the
prize ring slang, the Yanks mean business. ”
Some fifteen or eighteen of all classes were
seen in motion there yesterday. Three small
sized monitors, we learn, steamed some dis
tance up the bay, and stood close in to the
eastward; others took position some eight,
nine or ten miles, and one large sized double
turretted monitor, it is said, amused hersei.
over towards the western shore dragging .or
torpedoes. This sudden advent of so large a
fleet puts it almost beyond a doubt that we
will be attacked very shortly, so everybody
mu3t prepare himself for the coming congest.
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East Tennessee. — A late letter from Knox
ville in the Chattanooga Gazette, furnishes
the following:
The Hon. Horace Maynard and Gov. Brown
low are waking up by addresses in
various sections, and wherever they go, crowds
of attentive hearers resort, and ere tong the
result will be felt id rhe election.
'Much interest is felt to know tfhat the in
tentions of the military authorities are in re
gard to East Tennessee, when the season of
active campaigning arrives, but aL :ee. confi
dent that the best thing for the success of our
arms will be attempted, while Gen. Tnomas
holds the helm.
ThkEsctclical Letter in Feancb.—Perhaps
the most important item in the news recently re
from Europe is the announcement that the
Moniteur, the organ of the French government,
has contained a circular addressed by the Minister
of Public Worship to the Bishop of France. Thu
circular announces that the Papa! manifestation
and the principles it contains are directly opposed,
♦o tho laws and institutions of the Empiro, and
that, therefore, they “will not be allowed to be
published” within the French territories. It fors
bids the Bishops to include the Papal documents
in their pastoral letters, and also requires them te
take care that the clergy do not allude to them in
their sermons. Taos there is a complete coniem
aatien of Rome, and the breach is made wider
than ever between thepretector and the proteeted.
—English pap*r.
Resources Must be Developed.
Now that our ports are hermetically sealed,
it becomes a matter of necessity to develop
our resources. The army must be fed. clothed
and paid. How can this be done, since cotton
is no longer art article of export and exchange?
This is the great question to be solved by the
ingenuity and the industry of our countrymen.
We believe that it* can be solved, and solved
readily, if the proper impetus and encourage
ment be given by the authorities to those nat
ural inventive gifts iu which our citizens are
uo more deficient than those of the North.
Look at the wonderfully ingenious and useful
inventions of our prisoners in Northern camps,
and it is impossible to doubt that, under the
pressure of the mother of inventions, (neces
sity,) the Southern man wili prove fully the
equal if not the superior of the Yankee. This
necessity is now imposed upon us by the clos
ure of our ports, and from it we augur the
best consequences.
Not only must our armies be fed and clothed,
but the people, also, must be fed, and clothed,
and employed. The capital which has been
devoted to blockade running must and will be
diverted to other channels. It remains to be
seen whether the good sense of the Govern
ment and people will be exerted to prevent the
conflict and competition of capital now idle,
or whether the industry of the country will be
organized on a broad and comprehensive basis.
Now or never the effort at organization and co
ordination of the labor und skill of the coun
try must be made, and made energetically, de
cisively. Not one moment is to be lost.
Heretofore both the Government and people
have been reproached, not unjustly, for the
misuse of that great lever of power, the cot
ton crop. That crop is still dead capital in
our hands, and likely to remain so, if proper
steps be not taken to monopolize and vitalize
it. Happiiv. the pressure of necessity is upon
the people, and fortunately for the people
there is now a large degree of practical saga-*
city in at least two branches of the Execu
tive Government Cotton, and with it the
whole industry of the country, must waken
into new life. Shall there be discord and in
evitable failure which attends the conflicts of
greedy, soulless and unpatriotic capitalists, or
shall there be the system, order, harmonious
co-operation and efficients} which would re
sult from a properly officered bureau «f indus
try ?
Even the belter skelter manner in which
our industrial operations have hitherto been
conducted, has produced results sufficiently
amazing to those who supposed that the South
was incapable of exerting any self-sustaining
energy. The closing of our ports may have
induced the belief that we shall suffer im
mensely for want es the supplies which have
hitherto been introduced from abroad. In
deed, it has been supposed that wa have car*
ried on the war mainly, if not exclusively, by
such supplies. Nothing can be more errone
ous. It is true” that we have received much
assistance in the way of imported arms, but
the money value of our imports has not
amounted to one-tenth of the sum expended
on domestic products, these being reduced to
gold. In fact, the proceeds of the tax in kind
alone, for the la3t year, far exceeded the total
value of our foreign imports. These facts
prove that we possess within ourselves the
material resources with which to prosecute
the war for an indefinite period. All that is
necsssary is to develop and utilize these re
sources in some manner consistent with the
laws of economy and common sense. People
who imagine that we may fail in this struggle
for want of the supplies for which we are pre
sumed to have been dependent on foreign na
tions, will be marvelously disappointed if a
properly organized system be adopted.—Rich
mond Whig.
“Speed tlie Plow.”
The unusually severe winter with an im
mense quantity of rain, has seriously deterred
important preparations for the ensuing crop.
The great exigency demands energy and per
severence in retrieving lost time, on the part
of those on whom devolves the responsibility
of producing for the army and country. The
present weather should stimulate and encour
age the agriculturalists to set about in earn
est the planting of corn, leaving every other
consideration out of the question as matters
of small import. Wo would be rejoiced to
know that the breadth of the country is de
voted to the production of a provision crop
exclusively with the view of sustaining our
army in the defense of liberty, life and prop
erty* and the relief of suffering humanity, re
duced to poverty and orphanage by a cruel
and relentless war. Patriotism should not
live at the front alone, but, far in the rear, in
field and in shop, its sacred emotions should
inspire the same hallowed resolution. Fif
teen dollars per bushel for corn, and sissy for
wheat is a sad commentary upon the human
ity and patriotism of a people, who profess to
have cast their aii in the balance, for the lib
eration of their country from the bloody hand
of the oppressor. We have painfully no
ticed in our immediate vicinity recently,
wives, mothers and daughters of gallant sol
diers, from the immediate track of the enemy,
plodding over the country in a fruitless en
deavor to obtain a few bushels of corn or
meal to hush the cries of hunger in suffering
innocency.
This is a question of grave consideration,
and should be pondered well by the Govern
ment and the people. The army cannot be
kept together and available, when the wife
appeals to the husband in statements of the
cold and heartless responses made to her ap
plications for relief from actual suffering, and
that his children are crying for bread. Wo
men and children must be fed as well as the
army, and we hope that charity, the greatest
of all Christian virtues, will influence the
people of our country to give of their bounty
with which God has blessed them, to the
support of the needy, and the alleviation of
crime consequent upon actual suffering.—
We appeal!o the planter, the staunchest pil
lar of the Government, and the supporter o l
the army, to consider well your responsibility
not only to your country, but to your God,
who has blessed you with the means of use
fulness.
The Brookhaven Telegraph has the following
paragraph* from the Natchez Courier of tii* 17th
ult. :
A correspondent in Sunday’s Delta, writing
frem Fort Adams, has the following items which
may prove of interest to our readers :
The Rebel Col. Johm Griffith, has just assumed
command of Woodville and vicinity, as I iearn
from gentlemen who came in from there yesterday.
He commands the ISth Arkansas infantry, and
ha* his headquarters at Whitestowc. He has
established his pickets on all the reads leading
back from the river, and given them positive in>
structions not to allow any cotton, not even the
smallest amount, to pass this way fer shipment te
New Orleans. He has also given orders that ne
citizens will be permitted te come through his
lines and make bargains and trade with the Yan
kees. These s'ringent orders, and the placing of
his pickets only a mile hack from Fert Adams,
have put as absolute embargo on the reception of
cottea ai this place for three or four days past.
This Col. Griffith, of the 11th Arkansas, was the
mao who commanded at Fayette when the lament
ed Earle made hu last raid’ to that place and re*
ceived a mortal wouni. He is a desperate man.
and he will now do what he can to sustain the
falling power of the Confederacy ia this part of
Mississippi.
Gen. Forre3t has removed his headquarters
from Macon to West Potn f Miss
MOMTH, - • SIO.OO
m '\ T HRE E MONTHS, $30.00
Ths Real Feeling of the Savassah Peo
ple—A private letter da-.ed at Savannah, Ja
nuary j>o, and addressed to a geutieinaa in
New York, some taels which show the
real feeling existing m that place. The wri
ter, after deploring the false impressions of
the loyalty of Savannah,* which have gained
ground at the North, continues as follows:
I do not believe there are twenty respecta
ble whites in the whole city who are really for
the Union. If they could, the majority of the
people would cut all our throats to-morrow.
I saw to-day the man who kept the club house
where the first men of the place assembled
every night, and he gave me some account of
their Witter hatred of the North. Arnold, who
figures so much in meetings here at which pa
patriotic resolutions were passed, was Presi
dent of this ciub. These men upheld, .as long
as they could, the military authorities of rebel
lion. When, within two months, a large num
ber of Union prisoners were nere. they would
not permit* the blacks, and a few of the mid
dling class of whites, to give them food from
their scanty stores, and fifty-two of them per
ished with cold and hunger from Friday night
to Sunday morning.
* * * The ministers here will not pray
for the President, except the black clergy men.
—These pray heartily for him and the Gov
ernment. The minister of the Presbyterian
church yesterday I know prayed thus : “ For
all the Presidents, that their minds might be
illuminated to see the right and follow' it,
and eschew the wrong;’* which was just as
much for Jeff Davis as for Abe Lincoln. The
Episcopal minister omits the prayer for the
President entirely. If these people were loyal
they would not ftaad such prayers, and the
ministers know they are pleased with such
supplications.
*■ ♦ •
A Bold Patriot. —We were shown yesterday,
says the Montgomery Advertiser, i letter from a
young lady in Nojrth Georgia to her sister,
in this city, and could not help committing the
indiscretion of copying the following extract. Os
course, the letter was never intended for publica
tion, it is written with all the frankness of intima
cy ; hut we could not resist giving publicity to
this incident, which shews how brave and daring
the women of the South remain amidst danger and
persecution :
Yankees say that lam the greatest rebel?
ana fear to tell it the least, of any lady they hare
ever seen in the South. A Yankee Colonel told a
friend of mine that my beauty wai all that kept
him from sending me to a Northern prison. The
same one had told me, a few days before, that I
would be sent to Camp Chase unless I stopped
feeding Southern soldiers. My answer was this :
send me there if you like; if I were there I would
be with my Southern friends, many of whom are
better than myself. This itself, is net’ning but a
prison in which lam forced to stay, snrrouuded
by blue coated Yankees. You, sir, have it in
your power to send me, with all Sherman’s army
to back you in it. lam here, I may 3ay, alone,
with nothing to defend myself with but my tongue,
and, indeed, I intend using it when I please to
such a robbing band as I have found the Yankee
army to,be, yourself, of course, included, sir.
And, so far as my feeding rebel soldiers is con
cerned, I have never done it, though want of an
opportunity only has kept me from it. Gladly
and willingly will I supply the wants of tbe first
one that lam permitted to see. You have now
heard all that I have to say, and if you wish, send
me on the next train for yaakeedom. To which
he replied: * Miss L , I will see ybu again
after this war has terminated.’ I have not, and
hope I never will see him again.”
The passenger trains commenced running
to Atlanta yesterday. Leave Atlanta at 7.30
a. m., and arrive in West Point at 4.30, p. m.
Leave West Point at 5.30 a. m., and arrive in
Atlanta at 2:35, p. m. Train a jmeet at Pow
ell’s Station at 11 o’clock, a. m. Breakfast at
Grantville at 8:50 to 9:15 a. m. —[LaQratige
Reporter, 1 1th.
Bon Mots op the Peace Conference.—To a
remark in the conference that the negro is now of
little value, Mr. Hunter is reported to have said :
“ I hare learned to appreciate the value of nay
negro men, for they have ail ran away and enlisted
in the Union army, and it puzzles me how to keep
the women and childrenfrom freezing or starving."
As the rebel peace commissioners were being es
corted out of our lines, one of them tamed to den.
Grant and said : “General, I am anxious to hare
peace, and I would be willing to leave the sottle
mcnt to you and Gen. Lee.” “Well," replied
Grant, “I propose to settle it with Lee this sum
mer.”
mm • m* * —
Goldin the Trans-Mississippi is $25 for $1 ;
here it is SSO for sl.
Is there a difference of a hundred per cent, in
the patriotism of the peeple east and west of the
Mississippi ?
A Petrolsc* dfiLLiONAiBE.—A somewhat rus
tic heir of one of the fortunates of the mil region,
whose income is several thousand a day, concluded
to see the wonders of the ea3t. So putting a few
necessaries into a common traveling bag, he set off
for Philadelphia- Stopping at the Girard and ask
ing for a good room, the landlord said :
You can have a room; but we are obliged to de
mand pay in advance.
Well, sir, I think I cannot only pay for my room,
replied Petroleum, but buy out your entire hotel.
What’s your price ? So saying he posted off else
where.
After driving and luxuriating to his heart’s con
tent ir. Philadelphia, and making a present of a fine
span of horses to a livery man’,who had treated him
well, he proceeded to New York. One of his fir3t
calls was on Bull & Black.
Have you any diamond rings ?
Ye3, said the clerk, and showed him one of the two
hundred dollars value.
Pretty, said Petroleum; haven’t you any fine* ?
Y T es—here’s one at five hundred dollars.
That’s better—that shines; but is this the highest
priced one you have?
The clerk looked amazed and euspicieus, but
brought another at two thousand dollars.
Oh, said Petroleum, that’s brilliant—that suit;
better. I like that. But ain’t there anything more
stylish yet ?
The clerk, dumbfounded, displayed the six theu
sand dollar diamond ring the most valuable in the
store, and his customer, exhibiting great wonder
and joy in surveying it askeh :
Now hain’t you nothing higher, better ?
No, said the clerk ; that’s tne best in the country,
never dreimiag the fellow could buy it.
Well, said Petroleum. I’ll take ithat, and forked
ever the six thousand dollars.
The Chattanooga Gazette, of Tuesday, says that
about 11 o’clock on Friday night last, a portion
of the guerrilla band of Witherspoon, surprised
and overpowered a wood chopping party, working
on the Wills Valley railroad, about nine mile3
from tne city. The leader of the gaDg told the
soldiers they did not intend to harm or take them
prisoners—all they wanted were the horses used
in the teams, and going to the stables they took
twenty-three of the best and departed.— Nathville
Uv :'on, March las
Rosette, Lawhon & Go.,
■F, a. WILKLI'S,
Auctioneer,
131, Broad St., Columbus, Ga,,
WILL SELL AT II O’CLOCK,
WEDNESDAY,
£3d HA Rill,
150 Lbs. SUGAR.
march 21—524