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DAILY TIMES.
eVBSIM KBITHIV
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1865. '
The Army —A Cheeking Estimate. —The
Mobile Register ha3 received assurances from
an officer having the best means of rormin| a
correct opinion, that Gen. Leo’s pro- ;
clamtuicm will have the effect of returning not
less than ten thousand old aOidies to t:i..-ir
colors, from the State of Mississippi alone.
Ihe same causes are ;u full operation in the ;
other States, and it is fair to believe that i
within a brief period, and in time for the
spring campaign, the Confederate armies in
the field will be stronger than at any former
period of the war. If we add to these the large
addition to the ranks from the exchanged
prisoners, we shall find that this ••exhausted : ,
country is rapidly reinforcing its oattalions in
the field, by not les3 than 150,000 tried and !
disciplined troops. We are glad to learn that
the absentees are coming back with great 1
cheerfulness, as well as alacrity, and are happy ;
at the opportunity of throwing off the terrible !
penalties of the law which were suspended j
over them, and of coming forward to perform ;
their duties and renew their vows of devotion
to their country. These are cheering and !
inspiring facts, which we recommend to the i
consideration of that rapidly diminishing class
who fear that thi3 nation cannot defend its
rights and maintain it3 independence.
Fkgm Mississippi. —The Canton Citizen of
the 10th says all information goes to .confirm
Our opinion that there is no good reasons to
believe that the enemy propose at an early
day to advance from Vicksburg in this direc
tion. Big Black is in such a condition as to
preclude any number of troops crossing with
safety. Even if they crossed on pontoons, the
condition of the road would render ther pas
sage .very difficult.
We have reason to believe that most of the
enemy’s force have gone down the river.
It is probable that raiding parties wili pass
out from Baton Rouge with a view of cutting
the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
Impressments.—lt will be seen by the fol
lowing order issued by General Beauregard,
says the Charlotte Democrat, that impress
ments for the army under his command, and
now in this section, are limited to prescribed
boundaries, and therefore the seizure of prop
erty about here is illegal. Much injury has
already been inflicted on*t>itizens of thiscoun- i
ty by the wholesale impressment which has |
recently beetj carried on. We rear that some j
of our farmers will not be able to make a crop ;
for the want of horses and muies :
Headers Mil. Div. of the West, 1
Charlotte, N. 0., March 2, ’64. J
Special Field Orders, No. 8. [Extract.]
Hereafter impressments of Horses and Field
Transportation will only be made East of the
Wateree river, and south of Lancaster, Ches
terfield and Marlboroug Districts, of South
Carolina. No one attached to the troops ope
rating in the field is authorized to make im
pressments outside of tae limits above men
tioned.
By command of Gen. Beauregard,
Jno. M. Otey, A. A. G.
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TheCiucinuatiCommercial of the Bth doubts
the report, of the capture of Gen. Early.
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Jackson papers of the 13th. report Grierson j
gone back from the vicinity of Tupelo to
Memphis. He declined the greeting Forrest
prepared to give him.
Gone Home.—Eight hundred and eighty
five Yankees, from the prisons of Cahaba,
Ala., passed through Jackson on the 12tb, eu
route for Vicksburg, where they will be ex
changed. More are looked for
The Grenada Motive of the ilth mst. says
the late - rains have done great damage to the
railroads above. The Mississippi and Ten
nessee railroad is impassable above Garner’s
Station, with tbree bridges down, which wiil
take a week or ten days more to repair.
From Eastport. —From the St. Louis Republi
can of a late date we take the following extract
from a letter from Eastport, on the Tennessee
river:
The 23d corps left Eastport on some thirty
steamers for Pittsburg, from whence it would go
bj railroad. It must be a small corps if thirty
steamboats will carry men, wagons, guns and hor
ses. The 15th corps, under Jack Smith, has aiso
left Eastport, and tho correspondent hints, goes to
swell the army of Camby, organizing to operate
against Mobile. We judge all the infantry have
been withdrawn from Eastport. The force there
bow appears to be exclusively cavalry. The cor
respondent says they are so numerous he shall not
be surprised to hear of their pouring all over Ala
bama. .
. At Huntsville, Nashville and Palaski, Thomas
has opened offices especially to receive deserters.
A number of Roddy 's men are said to have avaued
themselves ot Thomas’ proclamation and reported.
Pensacola.—All- the later advices and reports
throw doubt on t&e first statements of the strength
of the Federal column that marched from Pensa
cola last week. It is now said that its numbers
had been exaggerated by one half or two thirds.
Whatever the force is, it does not appear to have
moved beyond Gonzalez, its first halting piaee,
and some say that it is water bound there, unable
to move backward or forward. The whole country
is saturated with water, and military movements
are very difficult if not impossible.— Mobile Reg
ister.
The Vicksburg Herald of the 24th uit., gives
the particulars of a most horrible murder
committed by two negroes about sixty miles
above Vicksburg. The fiends went to the
* house of Mr. Garrity, called him to the door
and shot him, and then entered the house arid
murdered his wife and two children, and shot
the remaining cl ild. through the saoulder, and
left her for dead; They then plundered the
house, set it on fire jind S irl >
though severely wounded, managed to drag
her father, who was not quite dead, out of me
burning house. She then tried to drag he.
mother out, but was severely burned in the
attempt, and had to desi3t. 3h* sat by he.
father until daylight, when he expired, and
she then made her way to a neighbor* and
related her aad. story.
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[From the Montgomery Advertiser.]
Horrible Picture of Rock Island Prison.
The following statement of the treatment and
suffering gs Confederate prisoners at Rock Island,
i.unois, is so shocking to the better feelings of
humanity that we might doubt it did the facts not i
come from an escaped prisoner of a neighboring j
county wnose veracity is above question :
Mr. Editor: From the lone Rock Isle of the !
Northwest I hail, with feelings of unbounded joy. !
once to greet my comrades in arms—oDce '
more to press my footsteps on the cherished land
of my birth, and breathe the balmv air es my ;
Dixie home.
" iiea - reflect on the sad and gloomy picture of j
a prison life, dragged through scenes jpade hideous j
by extrema cold, starva ion and disease, my heart j
grows sick with the sad, sad picture before me.
Indeed, ic seems that thirteen months o£ imprison
ment have been thirteen long years of my life
spent in gloomy and dejected spirits : my constant j
companion the demon of want.
The picture is truly sad when we come to eu*.
quire, where are the seventeen hundred who were
enrobed on the list of veteran prisoners of Rock j
Island ? Disease has laid its hand heavily upon
tnem, and war’s inhuman retaliation has numbered
them with the dead, wrapped in the bleak and dis
tant snows of Illinois.
Having seen the most horrid descriptions of
the manner in which we were alleged to have
treated our prisoners, from iong drawn yarns in
Harper and other Northern sheets, fully illustrated •
by various cuts of living skeletons just arrived j
from Southern prisons, I thought it worth my j
feeble attempt to throw seme light before the pub j
lie of the manner is which the Yankees treat their 1
prisoners.
I wa3 captured near Knoxville, Teon-, with six |
hundred and fifty others, under Gen. Longstreec, 1
after the evacuation of Missionary Ridge. We
remained in Knoxviiie fifteen days," with the bare
subsistence of two tabiespoenfuls of corn meal
with four ounces of .beef or pork per day. At the
end of this time there was issued to us what was
called ten days’ rations, iu anticipation of the
march across the Cumberland into Kentucky;
this wo a;o at one meal, so completely famished
were we. After this, during our entire march
across the mountains, we received one ear of corn
per day, and occasionally with it a cracker.
No one can imagine how much we suffered from
t’aa pangs of Kuogoi, -sold and debility. Many
fell exhausted on the mountains and were either
bayoneted or clubbed over the head with muskets.
Many fell dead on the roadside from the brutal
inhumanity inflicted. Indeed, we-felt relieved and
even glad to see a victim of thalr cruelties resign
fris life of horrid torture.
When we arrived in Kentucky our miserable
condition excited the tender commiseration of the
noble Kentuckians, who contributed shoes and
clothing enough to have supplied the most needy
of us—but none of us were allowed to receive their
kind charity.
The shoes were appropriated by Jhe Yankees,
and we had the pain of seeing one of the guards
with as many as two or three pair swung across
his bayonet. *
The consequence was, many were so badly
frostbitten for want of shoes their legs had to be
amputated,- and after we arrived at Rock Island
the mortality was dreadful to witness.
I was assigned to the charge of a hospital ward
soon after arriving at prison, and had an excellent
opportunity of seeing the horrid effects of frost
bites attendant on our march.
From ten to twelve deaths occurred daily in
each of ten hospital wards for several months after
our arrival at Rock Island.
It was frequently the case gangrene would take
place j ust above the knee, but more commonly
above the ankle. Amputation proved useless;
the system being too weak to raily from the shock.
Those who did not die under the operation expired
soon after.
During our four months of imprisonment we
received garrison rations of bacon, flour-bread,
potatoes, coats, rice, coffee, sugar and molasses.
Prisoners were allowed to receive boxes of provis
ions and delicacies of all kinds from their friends
and relatives. Under this troatmont the prisoners
soon recruited up, and were able to brook the rigor
of the climate with but comparatively'little dis
comfort.
After thi3 our rations were suddenly cut short
to five ounces of bailed bear, one smalt loaf of corn
or flour bread for a day’s ration, and three pints
es hominy in ten days for variety.
sSpriug came with it3 genial warmth and passed
into summer; the land was teeming with the rich
est and choicest vegetables, bat we were not al
lowed to receive a simple article of vegetable diet ;
nothing but the beef, bread and hominy were is
sued.
Each one of us felt his doom hanging over him
like the hideous pall of death. The demon of want
sat ou every brow, and starvation glared in each
sunken orbit as it coveted the scanty cations of
another, Christians perishing in a Christian
land !
Scurvy now began to make its appearance in a
most dreadful form, and men died in the hospital
wards perfeot masses of putrefaction. An entire
aide of the face would ulcerato and disappear,
leaving the jaws exposed; large ulcer3 formed on
tho back portion of the throat, rendering it impos
sible for the patient to receive food except through
the stomach pump. All attempts at deglutition
forced the food or drink back through the nostrils.
Largo exhausting ulcers formed in various portions
of the body, and the patient died a most loathsome
death, from the gradual inroads of this disease on
his once manly and athletic form.
Tha blood becomes so much Impovensaei for
want of vegetable diet and nutritious food the
teeth drop out; dark spots es greenish cast appear
all over the body, and the skin is as spotted as that
of a leopard.
There are but very few constitutions so impervi
ous as to resist this disease.
Nearly ail the prisoners on Rock Island are af
fected rnqro or less with scurvy.
If it does not appear in the teeth or on the skin,
the bowels become seriously diseased, emaciation
rapidly ensues and life gradually fades away.
The la3t post-mortem I witnessed evinced the
terrible fact that the patients died indirectly from
starvation. So frequently did this condition pre
sent itself before the eyes of the surgeon of the
post, that he was compelled, through a remaining
spark of humanity, to establish scurvy barracks
in the prison for the benefit of the worst cases from
the different prison barracks. In these 3curvy
barracks the men receive, in addition to the
orison rations, one onion and two or three potatoes
daily.
It ia truly astounding how rapiaiy men re
cruit even with this small supply of vegetable
diet. Daring last summer the prisoners were
so completely famished for vegetable diet, a.!,
were allowed, volunteered to work on the Is
land Macadamizing roads and performing other
menial duty in order that they might collect
grass and different kinds of weeds which grow
abundantlv on the isiaad.
This they all ate with as much relish as it
it had been the choicest garden vegetables.
At this stage of our misery the prison yard
was divided by a plank fence enclosing fif
teen or twenty of the prison barracks. An
order was issued forthwith granting enhs-.-
ments in the frontier service. Roasts were
made that they would starve us into it. iso
they did; our’scanty rations were issued to
us very early in the morning one day, and
very late in the evening on the next. This
was done several days in succession so &s to
make us as hungry as possible. The evil day
came at last to test each poor Reb’s loyalty
to bis cause. The gate connecting the two
enclosures was opened wide and on eitner side
of it was placed a tab.e groaning beneath -he
weight of tempting viands. Each man who
entered received a large slice of bacon, a
piece of cheese, one loaf of baker 3 bread, in
numerable crackers. Ac. The poor starved
wretches rushed madly at the tempting ou.;,
and in a 3horr ♦ime the Yankees bad as many
volunteers a_ mey wished. ~
The extreme rigor of the. Northern ctimate
this winter and the frail, open structure of our
barracks with a scant supply 0: warm clown
ing and blankets called for a more
meat diet and stimulating drina such as coffee
or tea afford. Ida impoaaioi# for me to de
pict the amount of suffering from cold and
hunger. Indeed so great was the demand for
food owy rat that could be caught was ea-en,
COLUMBUS, GrA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1865.
and every dog that made his appearance in
the prison yard was seized by a ravenous
crowd and unceremoniously demolished.
The citizens employed in hauling coal in j
the prison yard soon became extremely cau
tious about bringing their well fed dogs in
with them.
The condition of the prisoners at Rock Is
land is truly piiiable ; and to-day if they j
were exchanged three months would be a i
short time to recruit them fur active field ser- I
vice. •
The oldest captives are at this prison, but.
not a single man hag ever been exchanged.
Why is this 9 We near of exchanges from ev
ery otner prison almost daily. ‘This has
caused a greater part of them to oecome very
disheartened, and they have sunk into demor
alization, so forlorn their condition, the man
has lost his reason and he is transformed into
a beast ; is guided soley by an animal in
stinct ; he sacrifices honor, pride of birth, love
of country ami-all that is near and dear to
him for a little food and more comfort. lam
iota to say two thousand five hundred have
volunteered in the navy and frontier service,
and there are many more only awaiting the
opportunity to j >ia,
A few days before my escape (which was
made on the night of the 22d of December)
toe prisoners were bouyed up with the prospect
of receiving clothing and blankets from the
contract, between the two governments. Gen,
Beal was at New York attending to the duty
of supplying the different prisons with cloth
ing and probably rations. I trust the time ia
not far distant wheu my suffering comrades
will be free to avenge the wrongs heaped upon
them
Gnr Duty Now,
We commend to the serious attention of our
country readers, the following timely patriot
ic and eminently sensible article from the
March number of the Southern Cultivator.
Let our agriculturalists act upon the suggest*
ions therein contained, and all will yet be
well with us :
It is now the duty of ail farmers, ’planters
and gardners in tne eimfedcrnio Statea to
strain every nerve in making the greatest pos
sible amount of food! We can and must
make a plentiful crop of provisions this year,
or the caus-e so dear to us all—the cause for
which the blood of so many brave men has
been poured out—will be in deadly peril. As
we write, Congress is seriously discussing the
policy of putting 150,000 or 200,000 of our
strongest and most active negroes into the
field as soldiers ; and tho amount of labor and
muscle thus withdrawn from Agriculture will
be seriously, if not fa* ally felt, if those left at
home do not do more than “ double duty. ”
We will not stop here to discuss or debate
the propriety of so radically changing the
whole status of the negro, and its ultimate ef
fect upon us a3 a people. Far wiser and
abler heads than ours, we trust, are giving this
grave question their earnest attention, and we
hope God will guide them aright. We reach
not into the dim future—the present is now
all in all to us ; and we beg all our readers
every man who controls a square rod of soil
—to raise everything possible for the suste
nance of man and beast. Do not try to culti
vate too much land. Select the best and
most easily cultivated spots on your farms
and plantations—manure heavily—plow deep
—pulverize taoroughiy, and put in your seed
early, and in the best possible manner. When
we say “ early, ” we do not mean so soon as
to reader your crop liable to destruction by
spring frosts. But, get your land ready now ;
and you can put in the seed at the right mo
ment, and without either “ hurry ” or delay.
Good seeds of all vegetables (and indeed
ot all kinds) are too rare now to waste; aa<j.
as a general thing, we do waste at least half
the seed put into the earth. Get the beat
seed you possibly can, and plant so carefully
that all will “come up.” There is no sense
in dropping six 05, eiget grains of corn in a
hill, and afterwards destroying all th© plants
but one or two —especially when corn and la
bor are both so dear. Three or four grains
ia a hill are plenty ; and the same rule of re
form will apply to many otaer crops. In
planting all crops ia this climate, deep plow
ing will be found of the greatest possible ben
efits. If you cannot subsoil your land, run a
long, sharp rooter plow as deeply as possible
in the corn (or other) furrow before planting
so that the tap-roots may strike down jor sus
tenance and moisture.
Use all the manure you can possibly “rake
and scrape!' from your horse, cow and hog lots
—from the corners of fences —from creek and
branch bottoms —from the hollows of the
woods—from the ash pile—the hen house—
the gatherings and sweepings around your
negro cabins, and everything else tnat pos
sesses the least fertilizing property. We have
no ootto« occl—no “super pnesphate
no ‘-Peruvian” or other guano—no “Kettle
well’s Sait,’ or other “fancy” commercial
“fertilizers.” good, bad or indifferent of that
ilk. Bat we can have, and ought to have
plenty of good, home made compost3, such as
we have described ; and plenty of that best
of all “fertilizers' yet discovered—weii saved
stable manure. If we have not this, we must
U3e such other manures as we can get; but
let us again urge upon our planting friends
the necessity of doing everything now m the
most thorough and perfect style.
One acre of good land properly manured,
plowed, plaated'aad cultivated, is worth three
or four skimmed over in the usual hurried and
careless style.
Let us bend our best energies to the taste oe
fore us ; the production of an abundance of
food for the dear ones at home who are de
pendent upon us. and for the sustenance of the
brave soldiers who are battling for our liber
ties. The salvation of our country depends
as much upon us, farmers and. planters,
upon the glorious armies of Virginia and Tea-
Let us do our duty as nob.y as they are do
ing theirs. •
The Constitutionalist, of the 16th, says that
after the destruction or Columbia a lady or
dered. through the messenger of the South
ern Express Company, a articles that
her necessities immediately demanded. The
first article (and of course the mo3t important)
was a box of toilet powder!—the scale de
scending to such vulgar necessaries as mo
lasses, flour aad calico. Another lady, or the
same city, who had lost everything, made out
her memorandum, and commenced with two
papers of “liiiy white,” continuing with sev
eral quires of letter paper, etc
Did not the preacher somewhere say some
thing of vanity ?
A Montreal (Canada) paper has the foiiow
;n.v extraordinary statement ;•
“ If the Provisional Government is as we.,
served by its spies as it pretends to be. n ought
to be aware that there has been in this cuy
for some weeks a commissioner ot tae Federal
Government, negotiating with tae leaders ot
the annexation party, and obtaining inrorma
tion as to the feeling of i"e people o_.
province as to Union with the United. states,
knd the probable amount of aostiUty they
would show if this was attempted by invasion.
This commissioner professes to be autnor.zea
to oav $100,000,000 for the Canadas, with üb
eral commissions to those who wni assist ia
i the project of annexation
Yankee Items.
Confederate Cruisers.— The New Y’ork
Time3, in an article on British neutrality,
says:
No naval expedition can now, by any pos
sibility. start from any Confederate port to
prey upon our commerce. Y’et we have news
that an iron clad, the Oiinda. alias Stonewall,
is afloat, and that the Ajax, the Hercules, and
three other reoel privateers are preparing to
start from England. It may be true that these
vessels will be armed out of British jurisdic
tion, but the vessels carrying their arms and !
crews will also start from British ports.
Prisoners Sold for Substitutes.— The ’
House committee for the District of Columbia i
have, by an investigation, ascertained that, j
recently, seventy persons, committed to the j
jail ot that District, have been bailed out and
sold to substitute*brokers. Five or six ol
them were charged with grand larcenies, and
the remainder with trivai offenses.
Tne coal monopolists of Rochester, N. YU,
have been presented to the Grand Jury for in
dictment, for combining to maintain exorbi
tant prices.
John Owens has made $50,000 by playing
“ Solon Shingle " in New Y’ork.
Dr. Holmes says in* his new lecture, it
should be no reproach to New England that
she has many insane persons ; the person who
fight the battles of thought will have most
killed and wounded.
A young iacly is the sole owner of the great
petroleum lands in Trible county, Kentucky.
A company of Eastern gentlemen lately pro
posed to give her SBO,OOO for the place—
which, consisting of 30 acres, would make
SI,OOO an acre—a handsome sum, indeed, but
the fair owner refuses at present to accept the
offer.
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Latest.from Europe.
Advices from Europe to tire loth have been
| received :
THE RKPOarXD CS33ION OF 30N0U.A.
i The Times, in a leader, save :
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j The American war has be*tf singularly frait
: rui ur unexpected events, but of all the turns
|of fortune none has been more theatrically
| sudden than one that is now reported to have
happened in favor of the South. At this mo
ment the rejoicing of the North are suddenly
hushed, and we are assured from New York
that President Davis has the game in his hands
and can secure the independence of the South
either with the assent es the North, or in dis
pute of it, according to his pleasure. The
clue of this startling mystery is to be found
in the statement, firmly credited in Amercia,’
that the Emperor of Mexico has conveyed ia
trust of Napoleon 111, the northern portions
of the Mexican territory, to be held,, and ad
ministered bya French Viceroy, in liquidation
of the claims of Francs upon the Mexican
Government. This eession, it is assumed in
the North, could not possibly occur without
the recognition of the Southern Confederacy
by France, and that recognition, it is further
assumed, would at once be followed by En
gland and the other great Powers of Europe.
The presumptions current on this subject
are strengthened by the anticipations enter
tertained of an emancipation policy on the
part of the Confederate Government. The
surprise felt in this country at so marvelous a
a change of prospect, will be increased in no
small degree by general incredulity.
D3PRSDATION3 OF THB SHENANDOAH.
The Cape mail has brought the following
intelligence.
The United States steamer Iroquois, eight
guns, arrived, in Table Bay, on January 9th,
with a portion of the crews- of th© schooner
Lizzie M. Stacy and the bark Edward, both
or which vessele were burnt at sea by the
Shenandoah, ths susm on board afterwards
being landed tu Tristan d’Acunha, from
whence they were taken by the Iroquois.
In addition to the tfbove the following is a
list of the ship3 burnt by the Shenandoah :
Alena, bark, from Cardiff, bound to South
America with coals; Su3an, brig, from En
gland to South America with coals; D. God
frey, bark, from Boston to Valparaiso ; Char
ter Oak, schooner, from Boston to San Fran
cisco.
Adelaide, bark with Argentine flag, at her
peak, was boarded. It appears that the cap
tain of the Shenandoah demanded her bill of
sale and transfer to the Argentine Republic,
which the captain could not produce. She
was then afterwards to be destroyed. After
they hacP broke the cabin and poured tar and
turpentine over the floor, the captain of ths
Adelaide spoke a few words to the privateer
captain, upon which he immediately ordered
thera to repair’what damage they had done
and release the vessel. It is said that she be
longed to a friend of the Confederates.
Interesting from Mexico. —The New Or
leans Picayune, of the 26th alt., contains fur
ther and more important particulars of affairs
a* Matamoras. It says :
Rumors have bean current here for several
days past of startling occurrences at Meftamo
ros, Brownsville, and off Boca del Rio, which
we have not hitherto deemed sufficiently au
thentic to deserve special notice. The arrival
in this city, however, of our late Consul at
Matamoras. and the statement of his expul
sion, give these rumors tangible shape. The
Bee, of this morning, publishes the following
extracts from private letters which throw some
light on the matter;
Matamoras, Jan. 30, 1865.—Up to this time
the Mexican and the Confederate authorities
have beea upon a friendly understanding,
which did not extend, however, beyond acts
of simple politeness. Thus Gen. Mejia cross
ed the river in civil dress and dined with Gen.
Slaughter, who commands at Brownsville;
and vice versts . But yesterday (Sunday) Gen.
Mejia and his staff, all in fuli uniform, crossed
over to Brownsville where General Slaughter,
who awaited the visit with his whole command
under arm.3, gave the visitors an artillery sa
lute of 21 guns. After dinner and its attend
ant courtesies, the Confederate flag was raised
and the Mexican general and his staff removed
I their caps and saluted it, the former maxing
; a sneech, in which he said: “ The Con’edera
| tion will soon be Recognized.” He concluded
i by inviting the Confederates to a grand ban
quet at Matamoras, and promised also to sa
lute their flag with 21 guns.
What I tell you, everybody here knows;
and it is'the subject of conversation with ail.
What give3 importance to these words is. that
Gen. Mejia has been appointed oommander
ia-chief of the Mexican armies, and is conse
quently the next personage to the emperor.
Matamoras. Jan. 30, 1865.—After the'inci
dents related to yon in my previous letter, a
new bombshell has exploded in onr midst, and
the new3 I am about to communicate will no
doubt cause a great sensation in the United'
Suites. The American Sag has been taken
dewr. and the consulate closed.
The rumors of peace have created a consid
erable panic in the commerce of the good city 1
or Matamorw; everybody is on the qui vive.
and no one dares to undertake anything. Im
migration continues; and it is said that from
New Orleans alone more than 390 passengers
arrived last week at the mouth
! The London Telegraph publishes a report that
j French tfiovemmeat 3eat seven war vessels ia
pursuit es the Confederate ram Oliade, now oa her
wav to a Southern port.
Late from New Orleans. —Private advie*
to the 2nd received from New Orleans.
49,600 troops, n»©;tly from Thomas' command. ;
are B*\id to be in that city.
They openly proclaim they are going to Penja-> !
cola, and from thence to Selma.
They also state but one corps is remaining with ;
Thomas, who is to divert the attention of our '
troops toward Central Alabama, and j
our forces, hope to capture Selma and Mobile with- ;
out a struggle
A successful expedition was sent out from Mor- j
ganza, on the 20th alt., which captured Capt. Mil
ler and Lieut. Bondreau, of the sth Louisiana
cavalry, aud five privates.
Major General Herron assumes command of the
Northern Division of Louie-.ama, including Baton
Ruuge, Port Hudson and Morgamza. His com- j
rnand extends from the mouth of Red River to j
Plaquemines on both sides of the river.
The Vicksburg Herald reports the death of
Lieut. Colonel Manlove, of the 4Lh Mississippi
regiment. He died in a Northern hospital on the
6th uit.—A-viiii Wanderer.
l —- mm
Gev. Taylor. —Lieut. Gen. Taylor has been
recently in this city on a visit of inspection, and
has made, as he has done everywhere in his de
partment, a highly tavorable impression on the
peopie.
Commencing with but few troops ho has accu
mulated a fine army under his command, and is
now prepared to make a vigorous and gallant de
fense of the section of country committed to his
charge. During his administration so far he has
more than sustained the high reputation which he
achieved iu the Trans-Mississippi, and is winning
golden opinions from both soldiers and citizens.
We can say with candour that no officer who has
been connected with military affairs in the West,
except Gen. Johnston, has made so great an im
pression on all who have met him as Gen. Tay
lor.—Montgomery Mail.
Clerical Duties. —ln a pretty little coun
try town in our State lives a plain, straight
forward, old farmer, who3e literary acquire
ments are limited to such an extent that he
was not aware the word “clerical” had more
than one meaning, aad being a strict member
of the church he naturally thought that mean
ing related to the duties of the pulpit. An
acquaintance of his whose knowledge of the
dictionary wax not more extensive, had just
returned from a visit to the medical exami
ning board.
What did the board do with you ? asked the
old gentleman.
There it is, said the other, handing him the
medical certificate.
He read carefully and halfaloud, the words,
“is assigned to clerical duty.” -
Y’es, said he, returning the paper, clerical
duty; put you to preaching.
Preachin’! exclaimed the other, I can’t
preach. I never did such a thing in my life.
Raising his hand slowly and emphatically,
What that board says is law. It assigns you
to clerical duty—that’s preachin’—and you
have got to preach ! There aint no way to git
around it.
Well replied the new divine, pretty much
puzzled—if I must I'll do my best. But I’ll
be d—d if ever I thought I would get to
preachin’.— Georgia Times.
j |Guerrilla Outrage —Two Men Hung.— Tho
Memphis Bulletin, of the 19th instant, says : Two
men who had been in the city with teams and col
ored drivers, to sell cotton, were, on Tuesday,
going out on the Hernando road, and when a few
miles from the city they were met by guerrillas,
who charged them with being Union men; but
this did not satisfjHhe guerrillas, who robbad them
of a considerable sum of money, whipped tho ne
gro drivers in a most inhuman manner, and anally
hung the two cotton sellers, whose aatnes were
Johnson and White. From one of these murdered
men the guerrillas took over three hundred dol
lars.
A Free Address
Will oe delivered at Temperance Hell, on Thurs
day evecinff. 28d instant at 7 o’clock, by Col. F. E<
Pitts, of Tennessee, on ‘‘The War, and Prospects of
Peace.” All. especially, the ladies are invited to
attend.
~ AN AMATEUR CONCERT
liriLL be given at the CHAPEL, on THURSDAY
EVENING. 23d MARCH, by the ladies and
gentlemen of AUBURN, for the benefit of the
SOUTH CAROLINA SUFFERERS.
' The performance will commence at 714 1». m.,
promptly, to enable those living in the country to
return early in the evening.
The best musical talent ofth© town and vicinity
will participate, and the evening’s programme will
be exceedingly attractive, embracing vocal and ia
strumental solos and duetts, on the piano, modern
lute, violin, guitar, and flute. All are invited to at
tend and bring with them their FIVE DOLLARS
in change.
Auburn, Aia„ March 20th, 1865.
NOTICE.
Office Medical Director of Hospitals )
Columbus, Ga., 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 Hospitals, and
their appointment approved at this office, are duly
authorized to act in that capacity for the Hopitais
and in the Counties set opposite their respective
names.
Ail 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 Tena.,
Regiment, Foard Hospital, Griffin, Ga., Counties,
Spaulding, Pike, Coweta, Merriwethor and Troup,
Ga.
W E Yerby—Private, company “C,” 30:h; Miss.,
Regiment, Foard Hospital, OriffiD, Ga., counties,
Spaulding, Pike, Coweta, Merriwether and Troup,
Ga.
S D Smith—Enrolled Buckner Hospi
tal, Auburn, Ala., counties, Co#eta. Heard and
Merriwether, Ga.
Casper Lewis—Enrolled conscript, Floyd House
Hospital, Macon, Ga., counties. Decatur and
Mitchell, Ga.
W G Redding—Private, company “F,” I2th Ga.,
Regiment, Polk Hospital, Macon, Ga., counties
Dooly, Ga.
A P Gatlin—Enrolled conscript, Fioyi 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, "H,” 45th
Ala., Regiment, Prison Hospital, Macon, Ga., coun
ties, Talbot, Ga., and Macon, Ala.
G S Banks—Private, company, "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, Ocmulgee Hospital, Ma
coa, Ga., and W H H Phelps, enrolled conscript,
Sumter Hospital, Andersoaville, Ga.. as "Fora
ger*, are recalled because of not having been de
tailed by proper authority.
S. H. STOUT,
mar 18-7 t . Medical Director.
* Hkauw'xs 25th Military District, >
Columbus, iSth March, iv-\j
Spteial Order a, \
No. 1. I
An election will be held on Saturday, the Bth day
of April next, at the Court Houses of the various
precincts in Muscegee and Chattahoochee counties,
fora Lieutenant Colonel and a Major of the first
class Battalion of Muscogee sad Chattahoochee
counties, to fill the vacancies occasioned by the res
ignation of Lieut. CoL D. B. Thompson and the
death of Maj. J. F. George.
P. J. PHILLIPS*
Colonel and A. D. C.
mar 21 dbtwlt 25th Military District.
Varnish Wanted.
ir-E DESIRE to purchase a quantity of Copal
ff VAP.NISH. Partie* having the article for
mar 13 6t
Sun and BnqUtrer copy.
Tan, fi . f MOSTH, - - *IO.OO
iems.< ITIIREE noxX ns, $30.00
HEADQiTAn-tKRs Georgia Reserve, )
and Military District Georgia. >■
Macon, Ga., March 20,1865. }
“Extract.”
Special Orders, No. 59-
» * * * * * *
V. Coi. Leon Von Zinken. Commanding Post at
Columbus, Ga., is assigned to the command of the
sub-district, embraced in the counues of Troup*
Merriwether, Harris, Talbot, Taylor, Muscogee |
Marion, Chattahoochee and Schley counties, Ga.
and the Commandants of all Posts within this sub
district will report tp Col. Von Zinken.
***»**'♦
By command of
Major Gen. HOWELL COBB.
R. J. Hallett, a. a. g.
mar 21-7 t
Each paper within tho District wfli publish for
one week and forward bill to Post Q- M. at Uol am
bus, Ga.
LEON VON ZINKEN.
Col. Comd’g.
Hank of Columbus.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders of this
Bank for the election of a Board of Directors, will
take place ou the first Monday in April next.
DANIEL GRIFFIN.
mar 9 td President.
Anxious to Sell Immediately.
.REFUGEES TAKE NOTICE!!
Ist a small HOUSE and LOT. of ten acres, in Au
burn. Lot already planted in corn and well ma
nured. Three finished rooms, in a convenient lo
cality and good neighborhood.
2d 360 acres of Pine Land, eight miles below Au
burn, on the road to Society Hill. Seventy acres
open land, common improvements. Cheap !
3d A lot of Tobacco, Sheetings aud Shoes
4th 160 acres of land in one and a half miles of
Auburn—a nice little Farm, no houses. 100 acres
open, 15 in fine growing Wheat, 15 in promising
Oats and 15 in Corn well put in, 60 acres of Wood
land. The Farm might well go with the 1C acre lot.
I must sell quick! Call on me at Auburn. Ala.
mar 18 ts WM. F. SAMFORD.
SPINNING WHEELS
AND
CLOCK ILE3ETX.S,
For Exchange lor
BA.CO IST amt BARD
FIFTY LARGE BOXES.
For Sale by
JEFFERSON is HAMILTON,
mar 17 6t «
Sun and Enquirer copy.
FOH SALE!
* No. 1 BAY" HORSE, works well in double har-
A ness, and is snitable for cavalry service.
Apply to JAMES C. 00 OK.
mar 21 lw
Cotton Burned.
[ j FOLDERS of COTTON RECEIPTS burned in
il our Warehouse, will please present them imme
-1 diately. - CODY A COLBERT,
mar 17 2w 1
Wanted.
r> PURCHASE or Rent a small PLANTATION
on the Chattahoochee River, in Georgia, having
a good landing. A ppty to
mar 13 lw H. U. EPPING.
Sun and Enquirer copy. __
30 TONS IRON
For Sale for Casli
OR EXCHANGE FOR PRODUCE.
4 and 7 inches wide.
J. ENNIS k CO.,
i mar Slm Columbus, Ga.
For Sale,
On BUSHELS ONION BUTTONS, at 34 Bread
| mw street. N. P. NAIL & CO.
1 _ mar 17 lw _
Grind Slones,
I t iF all 3izes, from 18 inches to 6 fee;, for sale by
I U GREENWOOD & GRAY,
j march 12 6bd
Lo*t, SIOOO Reward !!!
* SILVER Wife-Linked PURSE, lost on night
ix of the fire at residence of Mr. Beach. Aiso a
gold BREASTPIN, forming Square and Compass,
with three links of Odd Fellowship, set with dia
monds; one 3et out.
Above reward will be paid to finder. Apply at
office of JOHN D. GRAY & CO.,
mar 18 7t next New 3ridge.
* 7
For Sale.
4 HOUSE and LOT, on west side of Oglethorpe
i A. street, opposite the Sword Factory. It Is suita
! ble for a store and a family. Possession given the
i first of April. Anp'y to
A. G. FOSTER.
mar 18 6t* Present Te-iaat.
For Sale.
/ t Na. 1 SADDLE HORSE, at
j A OFFICE EAOLE FACTORY,
i mar 19 ot
W A K TED.
I TWO GOOD MACHINISTS, exempt from military
ii service, at the EAGLE FACTORY,
mar 19 6t
SOMETHING GOOD AT
Raveuscroft & ( o’s. 91 Broad Street
PRIME Pickled Pork, Florida Mullet, Syrup,
1 Rice, Fresh Corn Meal, Prime Corn Juice, by
the gallon or bottie. Onion Sett3, Cabbage Seed, and
English Peas.
mar'2l 2w*
FOR SA IE!
FOUR BARRELS OF ALUM.
APPLY TO
SHERMAN & CO.,
Masonic Hali. Up Stairs.
march 10 ts.
•WANTER
A T THE PERRY’ HOUSE,- Columbu3, Ga., a
A BOOK-KERPER. A wounded soidier prefer
red. ‘ EDWARD PARSONS.
mar 16 ts
Wanted*-A Teacher.
UOR A BOY 6’ SCHOOL, now in successful oper-
F ation in Tuskaloosa, and capable of indefinite
enlargement. Apply to Rev. R. D. Urvine, Tuska
loo3a, givingproper testimonials. Information can
be given by Rev. John M. Mitchell, Montgomery,
Rev. Dr. Pierce, Mobile, and R.ev. Dr. Hawks, Cbl
ambu3, Ga. The School house occupies a central
position and comprise? three rooms, and is held at a
rent ol $740, for tne remainder of the year.
mar 16 lw
Gr O O X) S
EXCHANGED FOR BONES,
AT THK
GRANT FACTORY. . ,
march 12 ts
i bTo X t
Exchanged lor Country 'Produce,
AT THS *
GRANT FACTORY,
march 12 if
CITY FOUNDRYT
SI OAR MILLS AND KETTLES!
WE HAVE OF HAND
Sugar tlill* and Kettles,
holding 20. 15 40, 60.-80 an i 1 iOgilmoa, which we
wii. exchange ?>r Pr >visions ~t lqv end of country
Pmduce. or m.ney on very libor-U term< Osderi
solicited. PORT2R. KeILH-fNNY' k GO.
Columboj, .Tan. 20. ts