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DAILY TIMES, J. W. WARREIV, - - - Editor. COLUMBUS: - Friday Morning. March U, 1865. The Alabama Situation. Tbe Appeal, evening of the 22d, haa infor mation from Pollard, that no new movement of the enemy at Pensacola nud vicinity had taken place at last accounts from scouts, and nothing more definite as to the numbers was kndwn. The Yankees were giving out that their proposed campaign would he directed against Columbus. Ga.. (irv. Montgo mery no attention for. the present. ' Os course but little dependence can be placed upon their boastings. An cider Las been issued lor the removal of the rolling stock of the Alabama and Florida Rail Road to a point beyond the reach of the enemy. Tbe Montgomery Advertise”, of the 23d. ; morning edition; has iuffi- ulffin from what ; purports to bra reliable omce, to the es- tect that a column ot Yankee: . consisting of 3ve regiments of infantry and cavalry, is ad vancing from Pensacola cu the Pollard road. They marched eight miles oil Monday and camped, when tbeir'iurther progress was im peded by the heavy rain which fell that night. Another column, strength not known, is at Milton. The impassable condition of the roads —by delaying the enemy—has given us full time for preparation and our military author ities will not be caught napping. Scouts just returned from Pensacola report tbe force previous to the movements above related) to have been five brigades.— They report the plan to be for the two columns to form a junction at Greenville, in order to destroy lhe rail road effectually, take posses sion of Tensas river, which will give them 'control over the Alabama river, and by thus cutting off Mobile, compel tbe evacuation of that place. We have had so many reports from Pensa cola, that we must receive all this with due reserve! Still the source of this information is vouched for as reliable by men in she serv ice, auu li Is well not to become the oft-repeated cry of “woLT' The people of Montgomery had beet ter be prepared for all emergencies. Gen. Clanton left for Pollard Wednesday. The Message. President Davis’ last msssage to the Con federate Congress will cause some stir. In faotwe took occasion yesterday., says the Augusta Constitutionalist, 19t'i, to nolo tho manner of its reception by the people, and were convinced at once that there was only one elaae who would or could complain of its atern, unrelenting, saving measures. Those are the chronic-grumblers, the atay-at-homes, the occupiers of soft places, the speculators and croakers. Os course this class can only eee despair and destruction staring us iu the face, and they are not prepared for the intro* duction of a rigid policy in order to restore a healthful glow to the body politic. •We thank the President, as must every pa triot, for his calm and dispassionate review or our troublous position. We aie glad that he looks ths dangers square in the face, uu, u..- appalled by the evils that, surroud bus, is pre pared to combat, them. Congress Las par tially acceedtu to his request tor JUvro strin gent legislation, It now behooves the people to cast aside all prejudice and to unite as onr man for ihe saltation of the. county, Extraordinary measures tn.»y have to be ta ken, but these we can well bear when the in terests of life and liberty are at jeopardy. It is only for us now—not to complain, not to exercise a querulous spirit, not to weaken tho bauds of those iu power—but to concede them all that is necessary for the successful prosecution of the war, and the maintenance of our liberties. Tt may be that we have our individual pref erence, and that some suggestions of the Pres ident grate hashly upon ouj ears. But these arena times for captiousness or fault-finding. If remains for us "to give to the winds all that is personal, and consecrate to the country whatever we have of intidlectual strength or manly vigoi. [From thq Telegraph k Confederate*} The Late Message. The late Message of President Davis-is ew* ! tainly calculated to awaken the most pro ' found interest in every Southern uiirid. Not only by reason of u.e measure* therein pro posed, but iu view of the spirit which evi dently pervades it. Hitherto, in crisis of this revolution, the Presi lent has stood forth before the nation, rapt in the majesty cf a calm and dauntless confidence —like a rock in the sea, towering above the highest wave, unmoved by the lashing storm. Now, he says that “ the 'Confederate States are threatened with greater peril than hitherto during this war." And, after urging the prompt and earnest adoption of the measures proposed in his message, says “ that we may hope to es cape the calamities which result from the fail ure of our cause, ” and bios us 1 struggle on; ’■ but in case of failure, “to bow subimsively <o the will of our-Heavenly Father. ” Emar'.Uag from such a man as President Davis—the Chief Executive of the nation, who is fuliy prepared to appreciate our danger and our wants —these are words of terrible signiti eance. “We may escape ” —there is yet u possibility. Thank God! our destiuy is not yet irrevocably sealed; our doom 13 not yet utterly hopeless and inevitable. “Wk mat kscape.” * But our only hope is in “ an earnest eo-op eiation, ” a united, determined co-operation, which subordinates a’i oftr energies and all - our interests to the demands ot the crisis. Let the people, in the dignity of tbeir-sc* • ; ereign will, determine to be free at eve. y i...- j rifice, and rise superior to every com; dev a- j ticn. personal and public, whk-h may embar- ; rass or imperil the achievement of their inde- ) pendence. Let them lake held upon this vast issue, and grapp;.; ~ua it like meu j who are struggling for life, determined to j sacrifice to tt everything sav« honor itself; for ; if we fail, all that will survive- -all that we ! can preserve from the ruins of our country j will be the proud consciousness that we oared \ to do our duty and a- fend our right?. Oh, my , countrymen t Have done with party strife and pride of policy. Let timid and time serv ing counsels hush their babbling tcagues. Let tue people tate this issue mto their own hands, as the arbiters of their own faie ; and, with ■'*''lpntary and united co-operation deter mine ior themselves vrhat they are able and willing to do, to give to suffer or sacrifice for their country, whose imperiled cause cries to them from the very verge of despair. Let Geu. Cobb, Judgi . jchr&ne, Gov. Brown and Hon. E. A. Nesbitjin our midst, ah ’ ythers through vhe land whose patriotic and .hr ’ling elo quence can stir the nation’s heart be invited to address the people and urge them to action --immediate, earnest, co-operative action. Let the peopio meet and counsel together for H’C’.r country's hope; and then around the ahnr? thus voluntarily ”»ared by the sover e’ga aichitects of ttieir own late, let every man covenant with patriotic pledge what he will do or give to aid tbe government and* save the country. Let them appoint their own agents to collect and convey these con tributions to the" army or disburse to the sol diers’ families. Let these agents be men of age, whose character commands the confi dence of the people. Let there be a patriotic pledge judiciously : framed, so as to comprehend concisely what i ’ v * ought and are willing to do, and let every man sign it as a sacred covenant with his j country and his God; and let it be published j from time to time with these signatures, as . our record and the roll of honor. Let the people thus take their country’s j into their own hands, and with one uni j led, earnest effort, rescue it from the unfold calamities with which it will be cursed by the hand of subjugation, now red with blood and uplifted to wave in triumph over our country tbe death-scepter of its doom. Let ambition, avarice and speculation, hide their hydra beads. It is no time to think of selfish gains or ambitious aims. Let the country seek to assure the army of its sympathy and support inspire its confidence, animate its courage, and save the nation from impending ruin. , 'he ship us State, freighted with the hopes ; aud destiny f the country, is on the troubled ; tossed and lashed by storms; death rides 0-1 every wave, and, rushing madly od, weaves : o i t very foam-crested billow a winding-sheet lot hi.i noble prey, whose fuueral dirge howls through every blast. Tbe sails are rent, the laboring timbers groan, the pilot trembles at his quivering helm, tbe captive’s voice—trem ulous but calm and commanding still—re sounds high above She roaring surge and the bowling storm. It is no time now to discuss tbe science of navigation, or canvass its errors no .ime to wrangle over the construction of the vessel or the way to steer it—no time to count the cargo or what may be rescued from the wreck ; but every man to his post. Save the ship and all is saved; lose that, and all, al- is lost—engulfed in one general wave of Cromwell. [From the Memphis Appeal. Military Action of Congress. in m t address to his constituents, Hon. R. K. Garland, of Arkansas, gives a very compre hensive synopsis of the action of the late Con federate Congress, to increase the efficiency of the army. When the address was prepared the action of Congress, in connection with tha .employment of negroes as soldiers, had not transpired but all the other enactments are briefly considered. These were the acts ! ‘to authorize the consolidation of companies, battalions and regiments.” “To improve the 1 efficiwftey ot the cavalry service."' “To etre • »»**£?• tvi.® in the armies ot the Oon federate States as laborers, teauietera, pion j eers, etc.,” and “To repeal certain exemptions I and details,” T'ue bill to consolidate the different military organizations of the army was one of great ituportance ; and the necessity of its early pas sage in order to diminish the daily expenses of the service, and materially add to its strength for the Spring campaign, was zeal ously urged upon .Congress, but there were so many conflicting views to be discussed and reconciled as to the best pin 1 to secure tbe object in view, that irs pas-sage was long delayed. It. provides, that whenever any companies now in the service, shall be re duced as to number less thau ttnrty-two (32) fit for duty, and whenever ii shall appear to the Secretary of War, or to the general 00m i manding the department of the army in | which said companies are serving, that "they > cannot be recruited to that number in area : nonable time, the general commanding the j department or the army, may, under regula ; tiomt issued by tho Secretary of War, proceed ;to consolidate them. New companies may be j organized by the non-commissioned otSoers j and privates us the companies 10 be consol ’ i dated, if they are from the same State; and i the minimum number of the companies to be i consolidated, rank and tile, is sixty-four, and j the maximum one hundred and twenty five. Companies, if they are from the game State, ' may be organized into battalions and rtgi~ luciits, amT the general commanding the de | partmeut, or tbe array ia the field, to be coa : i>-lidated s' oil i *comtuead from the officers j nr.fi tuen of the different organizations to be i ed, the officers of tho new organ! ; • fions, who Shall take command subject to i tha approval of <he President, by and with ; the advice and consent of the Senate. The j officers dropped, or not chosen iu the oonsol ii iaiion, shall be immediately notified of the fact, and th j shall have the privilege, within sixty days after the consolidation, of organ izing into companies, battalions andregimenfs, to h officered among themselves, subject, to t ! approval of the President, by and with : the ad'/T"3 and consent of the Senate; or the officers c dropped, may have the privilege of j u oining whatever company they prefer, wheth jer with the army with which they served or | not, and whatever arm of the service they prefer, aud shall be entitled to transportation j to their company so chosen, j The act .to increase the efficiency of tiie 1 cavalry service provides that the government ; iastead of the soldiers, shall wwn the horses jin th; cavalry arm of the service. Its condi ; lioi.s are, to wit: the Secretary of War, upon i the application of any general commanding j an army, may cause the quartermaster ot tbe j command to take upon his return all the hor -1 ses ridden by the soldiers and fit for duty.— f There shall be a board of appraisers appoiut • ed to fix the value of each horse, and the sol | dier shall make his election to receive tkß ap praised value of his horse in currency, or a certificate for a horse equal in value to his 1 u.y able i.-i si a mouths alter a ra'incatioa ot • peace. If any soldier’s horse should become unfit [ for duty, the general commanding the army j ‘-hall cause another to be furnished at the ex j pease of 4he Government, or assign the sol i diet- to some company from his State in any : branch of the service. If the soldier should lose his horse, or his horse should become : unfit for duty, if he can present the ceriificate j of his officers certifying to his gaiiantry and j promptness a l * a cavalry soldier, the Govern - | raeni shall furnish another in its 3tead. Eve ! ry precaution is used in the act to exact a strict ] alienlioa on the part of the soldier to the care : and comfort of his horse, if the provis ! ions ot the act are promptly enforced, it ts 1 believed that it will greatly tend to add i strength and efficiency to both branches of the 1 service, by ridding the cavalry service of all soldiers except those whose qualifications par licularly befit them for tueir duties. And it is believed that much complaint, and many ..buses, growiug from informal impressment of horses, will be obviated, by substituting the Government and its fegeuts, in lieu of stragglers and irresponsible individuals. The act to enroll ms*le negroes aa laborer* in the army of the Confederate skates, pro- j vidts that the Secretary of War and general j commanding the Trans-Mftsissippi department j 1. ay employ as .many male negroes, between i the ages of 18 and 40 yeaw, as muv be oeces- ! eary to work upon fortifications, build and repair bridges and roads, and perform all the duties usually assigned to engineers and pon tooniers, and such other duties *s the Secre tary of War may prescribe. The slaves so tmployed shall receive ratiopa and clothing to an amount to be agreed upon at the time of their employment, under rules to be pre scribed by the Secretary oi War, and the pay I for their services to be ascertained according ly la case it shall be found impossible to. employ the number of slaves necessary for the duties specified, the Government shall beau« 1 ihonztd to irs;-ax.i them, but cot mote than one in every fiv* between the ages above men tioned 3haU be impressed from the same own er, where they are uniformly employed in ag ricultural 01 mechanical pursuits; and the Government is responsible to the owner for the loss of the slave, where the loss is occa j stoned by any act of the enemy, or by sick ness or disease contracted in the army The act to ditaiaimr the number ot exemp tions ana details, provides that ail overset > ad agriculturists, between theage.3 of 18 aucl 45, hitherto exempt upon certain conditions, shall be subject to enrollment and military j service, after the expiration of the 12 muntb* for which they were originally exempt. And hereafier, no more details or exemptions shall be granted by the President or Secretary of War, unless for persons physically incompe tent, persons over the age of 45 years, arti- Bans and mechanics, persons of scientific skill, employed by the Government, Confederate or Stale. Policy of France Towards the United States. The Mobile Register publishes a remarkable loiter from the able pen of Mr. Charles Gsyarre, the historian of Louisiana, It was written in 1863, and addressed to Mr. J. D. B. Deßow. Tbe short extracts we lay before our readers wili prove interesting : “Permit me to make on this subject one more quotation : “Perhaps,” said the First Consul, “it will also bo objected to tne that tho Americans may be found too powerful for Europe in two or three centuries: but my foresight does not embrace such remote fears. Besides, we may hereafter expect rivalries amoDg tbe members of the Union. The Confederations which are called perpetual, only last till one of the contracting parties finds it to his interest to break the contract, and it is to prevent the danger to which the colonial power of England exposes us that I would provide a remedy.” It is therefore, I think, clearly demon strated that the additional strength which Bona parte was giving to the United States by the cos', j si on of Louisiana was ihe accidental result of compulsion, and not the premeditated consequence ! of traditional policy. We-cvcn see that, when im parting that additional strength, he met and an swered an objection which his own mind had raised ■ in retaliation to it, by expressing his reliance on I the foreseen dissolution ot fiat Confederacy which j he was invigorating merely for a temporary pur- I pose—the humiliation of England. This was his j consolation for a loss he could not prevent. j ing could bo more clear]v expressed than his mo> J tire in ceding Louisiana, when compelled to part with it—which was: “to provide a remedy for the danger to which the colonel power of England i exposed France " mat was Ins policy in 1803. j Vt hat should i; the policy of his successor in j If 63 ? J'he Union is .iissoivod, as the great mind of Napoleon the First had clearly foreseen, and'tha South aud Southwest are engaged in an exhaust ing war against the North and Northwest. The interest of England is to fsvor the distraction, or exhaustion of both parties to the struggle, for the further increase of her colonial power. But Na poleon the Tkir f? , like Napoleon the First, proba bly saw that “he must provide a remedy to prevent tho danger to which the colonial power of England exposes France,” and that remedy lies not in fa cilitating the reconstruction of*a Union which would, in the course, ot time, make tho United States ' too powerful for Europe,” but in attempt ing an intervention of some sort, which would se cure the separate existence of two American Con federaoies, whose overgrown power would no lon ger be, an object of apprehension, but whose pros perity and strength would bo sufficient to provide I ranee with that remedy which she needs against “the dagger to which she is perpetually exposed I *>y tho colonial power of England.” This, proba j biy, will tifra out to be tne Napoleonic policy, a<? f it would be, in my humble opinion, a wiser one ! j ob'lGv” r«ooi»mandod by M. | uOmeroier. In the reign of Louis Phillippe, the independ ence of Texas was spoedily recognized, and all subsequent annexation to the United States was strenuously opposed on the ground, as Mr. Guizot said in the House of *Deputies, that it wa3 timo to establish in America the same balance of power which exists in Europe. Why should not the present ruler of France adopt the same views, par ticularly when ona of his avowed objects in invad ing Mexico is to protect the Latin race against tho onoroaohmenU of the Angle Saxoa ? If not, it surely cannot be from respect for a traditional policy which I have shown to exist only in the im agiatiou ,of M.'Lemorcier, Be it as it may, it is evident that France,- when she discountenanced the annexation of Texas to the United States, de parror) again from her supposed traditional policy of friendship, and did not desire further to aggran dize and strengthen the already too powerful re public. f True to the declaration made by republican France, that it is difficult to point out the geo graphical degree whore American policy ahouM terminate and European policy begin—where may' be said to begin or terminate the ideas which are in the ascendant in Europe and in America. Im perial France has lately thrust her sword through the cherished texture of tha Monroe doctrine and cot it iuto rags. She has established horself in Mexico in 1863—which must appear to the United States a much g aver event than her assuming iu 1851 a sort of temporary protectorate over the island of Oafea The logical deductions to be drawn from the preceding facts are that when France optaioed Louisiana from Spain and sege Gated with har et th® sax? time for the cession of the Florida?, when, on h*r forced transfer of Lou isiana to tao United States, she purposely retained obscurities in the text of the treaty of' cession, in relation to tbe limits of tho province, when she intrigued against the annexation of Texas, when she assumed a protectorate over Cuba, and invad ed Mexico, her settied policy was to check the growth of the TiKited States, ami there is no prob ability that it has undergone a change. She will not, therefore, allow to oscap« the beautiful oppor* (unity which presents itself. Napoleon I. had foreseen that a day might come when the United States be “too powerful for Europe.” Na poleon 111. realizes tbe danger and will provide for it. He knows full well ’that should the Con federate States be competed to return to the old Union, his protectorate ovor Cuba and his posses sion of Mexico would soon be at an end. He knows that, after the civil ware which afflicted the minority of Louis the SiifeoiuTs, France suddenly became the great military power against which the whole of Europe had to coalesce; that at the end of the following century, the intestine convul sions of France aud her lr andean war prepared her for the part which ehe performed under his uncle: that England, after the civil war which desolated her territory ider Charles 1., conquered Ireland and Scotland, and became so powerful un der Grotuvroll aa to LUttKe tUo ti- —i:-i. man as much respected throughout the world as that of a Roman citizen in the days of Augustus. He knows that many centuries of internal conflict i iu Spain made her at last all bone aud sinew, and ended in giving her almost the scepture of Europe under Charles V, Marta’ other examples might ue cited, but these j suffice for my purpose. They show that the United ; States, ts they ce-quer the PoctU, will be moro powerful than ever, unic's hia.ureat precedents should prove false in the information which they convey. Paradoxical as it may appear, civil wars have not unfrequendy proved to baa discipline by which nations ar qualified for a broader career of aggrandizement and power. It is the medicine which weakens but to restore health and impart renewed vigor. Should the United States triumph over m, they will have at their disposal, and unemployed, an im mense fleet, gigantic and well-trained armies, deem ing themselves invincioK a prodigious store of ma terials of war, and it requires no great f. culty of divination to predict that t>ey will use them in fur therance of their ambition and interest; that they will reconcile and unite the jarring elements of their population by inaugurating an aggressive policy against certain foreign oatiors. and will establish their national debt on the i'road basis of a whole continent, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Diffusion would make it lighter, and the acquisition of unbounded re sources to meet it, and to guard against repudiation will become a political and financial necessity. My conclusions, therefore, are, that France, fore seeing these consequences, will interpose in our struggle in due time, and prevent the subjugation of the Confederate States, should they be threatened with that calamity Her interest, however, is to de lay her intervention until both parties arc exhaust ed, unless we should hold out to her counter induce ments for more speedy action, in order to prevent I the immense losses which we shad suffer from the pro Faction of this war. These are questions whioh. have been well con sidered by the distinguished man who is the head ot our Confederacy, and we must hope that he Viil bring into play, in our foreign relations, all the force of his experience! and cansu innate states manship. Gi yrrkk, Foreign Ucms. Virginia State five percents, are quoted in London at 43@45 ; Virginia six per cents 20 @4O. The Italian Government has issued a decree 1 authorizing f b'-circulation of the Pope ? Bn- j cyclical she Busatau Government hat msued a se- j ir-.-s decree? the ultimate object «>:’ which is ! nothing loss thaa the actual amalgamation of I Poland with Russia. Poland is to be divided j into twenty sewn departments, each of which ® js to have a prefect. ! The scientific world of Paris are much oe- ; copied by the experiment which Mr. Graof in* ! tends making iu a few days, of fiviag irons the ! towers of Notre Dame by bis new machine. I He underr ’s to remain suspended in -he sir ! with as u. ueh ease as a bird. The courts of Rome and Lisbon are again at j war about the. right each claims to nominate Bishop- in the Portuguese settlements. Li»ut.. O W. Re&q ct ta*> navy has heots ex ; ehauged. and h >« arrived iu Jackson, Mies. * It will he remembered that Lieut. R c ad waacaptured some : two ye*re since, whi'e cruisiug off the coast of Maine, ia ootuaaad of the Taooney. j “Confessions of a Flirt.”—This is the title of u .2 page XovC’ctte, by Mrs, Edward Leigh, i from the press of Bough ton, Nisbet <fc Cos. Mil ledgeville, Ga. The mechanical execution of the pamphlet is good. We have not re&djtho work and of course are cot prepared to pass judgment upor i r s merits as a composition. For particulars the reader must inquire within, The dedication of the work is as follows—‘'with many compunctious visitings, for the pangs inflicted, and tears oi re pentance over tbo graves of tuc broken hearted, I respectfully dedicate the following penitential con fessions of a Flirt, to the Jilted,” Petroleum. —One of the most wonderful j sources of wealth at the North, of very recent ■ growth, too, Is Petroleum. It has created a | new aristocracy—some of it, as stated by the Yankee papers, of the very roughest kina. Os ! the product., England is ihe largest consumer, 1 the export orn New York thither during last j year being 6.275,000 gallons. France is next |in importance, her export from New York I having been 4,625,000 gallons, a large increase ; upon the receipts of 1863. The shipments to ; Antwerp have also been large, amounting to 4,149,000 gallons, against 2,692,000 gallons in 1863. Bremen has imported near 1,000.090 gallons. Hamburg, 1,176,000, and Rotterdam, 533,000 gallons. The shipments to Ooustadt indicate a very large growth in the demand in Russia, the exports thither having increased from 88,000 gallons in 1863 to 400,p0Q gallons in 1804. The exports to Genoa, Leghorn, Trieste, Lisbon and Australia, are alsoof con siderable importance. A Cavalry Victory.—We learn (say3 the Augusta Constitutionalist of the 19th instant) from a paroled officer, who reached this city yesterday from Richmond, that a lew days since Lieut. General Hampton encountered the Yankee General Kilpatrick and gave him a sound thrashing, capturing a large number of prisoners and destroying quite a number of wagons The Murder of Oapt. Beall.—The Richmond Examiner, of the 4th of March, says: The murder, by hanging, of Capt. John Y. Beall, under the signature and by the authority of Lin coln. is exciting deep indignation in this commu nity, where the deceased had many friends. The people have been disappointed so often in. the re*i taliatory threats of the President, that they have resolved heroaf er to take tbe matter into their own hands. Threats were made yesterday looking to the haaging, sunmurily, upon the first lamp post ■ of any of tbe Yankee officers now aa their parole, j and who might be found al huge, ard the infer- j elation being conveyed to them, they kept very olooa witliin frl'.A wm ivyiFv t\t ILO T.ihhr name and fame of C&pfc. Beall, thank God, i* not in tho keeping of the Northern Yankee. Here, where he was known, and in the county 01 Jeffer son, which is bereft of one of her most heroic sons, his name will be revered as a martyr, who showed to his enemies in a foreign land how a gallant and intrepid Southern soldier could die for his country. Promt Marshals, The bill abolishing the provost marshal's office outside the lines of the army, passed by both Houses of Congress, provides that there may be provost -marshal? appointed by generals commanding armies or departments, but tus.t (except 8-t the headquar ters of the army or department) no one snail be ap pointed to fill the office of provost marshal but a commissioned officer who shall have been disabled for active duty in the field, or a retired officer, or an officer over forty-five, nor shall a provost mar shal be appointed in a town not at the time occu pied as a military post or by a military force of the army to which the provost marshal belongs, nor to a place lying outside of the linos of the army. The duty of a provost marshal shall be to take charge of prisoners in camp or at posts who are committed to his custody by regular legal military authority, and to execute such duties in connection with prisoners and other offenders against tho ar ticles of war, and the rules and regulations of the army, and such other duties connected with tho po ! lice and discipline of the camp or post, as may, in published orders, be given in charge to the provost marshal by the general commanding the army er department. „ , Officers who have not been diseblM »y service far active duty in the field who have hel'fttoroib been discharging the function* of provost marshal or commanding er connected vi h provost guards shall have the right, within thirty days from the passage of this act, to volunteer jo any arm of the oeivlou from their respective. Spates ; ethers who have been disabled by service for imtVs bo re-assigned t.e jjruvusc dury. In conformity 1.0 this act, by the General commapdins on nnuy or de partment* All other provott m >rshalships through out the Confederacy than such as arc indicated by this act are hereby abolished. Coming Forward.—A gentleman from Tusca loosa, Ala., was in this city last evening, and stated that large numbers of men, who have been absent from the Army of Tennessee, are coming forward and hastening to their posts in response to the am nesty order Oi Gen. Lee, and the fact that Johnston had been restored and had issued an appeal to all his old veterans to rally around him again. The trains and boats in Alabama are crowded with these returning soldiers, who are really filled with enthu siasm and are going forward cheerfully. The gen tleman also told of a large number of deserters— men who had deserted from the army and had been absent, some of them a year—and were going back to their commands cheerfully. We are informed that the trains passing through this city are everyday crowded with soldiers of this ; class, going to Johnston and Lee. A few more days remain in which those absent can avail themselves of the benefit of Gen. Lee’s • order. The 30th of this month is tho last day. Let 1 no man tarry or fail to come up within tho time ! prescribed. —Macon Confederacy.. From S*avannah. — The following persons have been elected Directors of the Bank of Savannah for the ensuing year, viz: H. Brigham, Win. C. O’Dnscoii, Wm Hunter, Jos. W. Lotkrop, J. L. Vilialonga, Wm. C. Mitchell, and Henry La throp. At a subsequent meeting of the Board, Wm. <J. O’.Oriscoll was re-electd The Commercial ffotel has been opened at Broughton street, with 001. Presdee as proprietor. 1 The arrivals on the 7th were two steamers and 1 two schooners-—the clearances two steamers.— Cos- \ etitutionalist. Brkad or Blood. —This is a fearful utter ance. It is the precursor of wrath, ready to expend itself in the fury and wildness of moo violence. It is the mutterings of the thunder that portends the approaching storm, ihe last wild shout emanating from the victims of a gnawing hunger-, that precedes tU f ' terrible outburst that prostrates Idw and 0, ler, and levels private rights in the dust. It is a sound not familiar to Southern ears. We pray it may never be, yet we cannot re press our serious apprehensions upon ibis sub ject The present ruling prices of provisions, with their upward tendency, is anything but pleasant to contemplate, especially H view of the condition of many families uow absolutely destitute of the commonest necessaries of life. Yea. who ace not only destitute, but who find it impossible to obtain theca at any price.- And what heightens and gives tenfold force to the picture of distress, is the fact, that, in ad dition to the tens of thousands who n-vo been robbed of all they possess, by the enemy, and are now calling upon those who still have something, to supply their wants, by a recent act of our Legislature distillers ar-' turned loose upon the country to increase the scarcity of provisions, heighten the prices, by consum ing them in the manufacture of liquors. But few persons are aware of the alarming extent to which this business is bein fc „arried Every gallon of syrup* and everyusing else not forbidden by law, with a good deal that. is, is ig greedily snatched up at ?-ay price that ui&y be demanded, for the purpose of con verting it into whisay. This business has al ready carried sorghum syrup- to the uncon scionable price of twenty dollars oer gallon. Where it wm stop we kuow not, it appears that, between Yankee raids oa the one band, and the extortioners ancLdistillers un As oth er, the families of onr eoldiers and the poor generally will be ground as between the up per and nether millstones We say again, it ie a fearful thief :o pro voke mob law And uiea who are ijow filling their coffer- with “ Confederate trash,” ns they Bfcfceringly call it, when offering anything for sale, may yet find they are treasuring up wrath against the day of wrath, and hoarding op that which will, ie the end, corrode and cut | their flesh “aa it were fire.’’— Eufaula Spirit i It is reported that tne Southern peace agents l suggested to President. Lincoln that the Southern ; slaves are worth nice hundred millions of dollars for which the government should pay it esse of reunion, and that the President replied: "That little bill’s settled and the receipte filed away." -• Yankrt 'paper TELEGRAPHIC, REPORT? OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. of Congress in the year the bi«tric*r r? tlle Clerk’s office of futeLssyi SaSssi ,r *‘" s "' t " for j- Richmond, March 16th.—The Virginia Leg islature adopted a resolution for recess from j the 18th to the 28th. Richmond, 16th.—The House adopted a res olution for adjournment on Saturday at one o’clock. Mr. Pugh, from ihe Military Committee, Submitted a report in relation to that portion of the President s message referred to that Committee, The report says the recommend ation of the President to abolish all class ex emptions and confer on him aloue the power of detail, presents the question as to whether Representatives or toe Executive shall consti tute the array ia the field, or what persons shall remain at home in pursuits indispensa ble to tho vital interests of the country. Ex perience has demonstrated that the power of detail, as heretofore exercised, has afforded more unnecessary and inexpedient exemp tions from miitary service than well guarded legislation on the subject of exemption. The subject of the general military bill was con sidered by the Committee at an early period of the session, and we now think after mature consideration further deliberation unnecessary and inexpedient. Richmond, March 16.—1n Senate to-day the ’louse bill suspending the habeas corpus writ was rejected. The bill to provide for the organization and arming of militia was debated at some length and rejected by a lie vote. The bill to amend the iaw regulating im pressments was considered and passed. It provides that in all cases where property im pressed for the use of the army shall not bo necessary, to pay the price at the time of im pressment. The Hoase resolution to adjourn Saturday was rejected. Yeas 5. Nays 10. A motion to reconsider was rejected-—and the Senate resolved Into secret session, When the doors were opened, Mr. Orr submitted a resolution for adjournment Saturday, which was adopt ed. Yeas 8. Nays 7. Recess until 8 o’clock. -Majors J. H. Psgram and Thos, ?. Turner, having been authorized by the Secretary of War to raise one or more compa nies of negro soldiers, under the recent act of Congress, approved 13th ingta»t, have issued a stirring appeal to the people of Virginia, in which they quote an extract from a iettcr from Gen. Lee, dated the 10th inst.T “I hope it will be found pracs ticable to raise a considerable force iu Richmond. I attach great importance to the result of the first experiment. Nothing should be left undone to make it successful. The sooner this can be ac complished the bettor.” The appeal calls upon tho people to send in their servants who can be spared, and asks every man in the State to aid in the or ganization of the force to be raised by sending forward taoif servants to the rendezvous at Rich mond. Richmond, March 16.—The name oi ileiskeli was inadvertently included among the yeas ia the vote on the habeas corpus question yesterday. Augusta, March 20.—A number of negroes, having built a raft on Briar creek, about 100 miles below this city, floated out, and attempted to reach the Savannah river in order to join tho Yan kees at Savannah. The raft struck a torpedo, which blew it up. Not 0110 of the party has been beard, of smoe—-all were.- lost, ft ,*.-—** A Historical Illustration, —When South Carclioji was overrun by the British, in our great revolutionary war of the past century, among many othera, Gols. Marion and Horry, of that State, without auy coneert ot action and without the knowledge of each other, mounted their steads an J set out to the north ward iu search of safety and of troops with which to fight the battles of their country. — They met, to their mutual surprise and joy, in the solitary forests of North Carolina. A graphic account of the incidents of this hegira of tbe two patriots is given in Horry's Life of Marion The two exiles halt in the shade by the road side to take some food, and good old Peter Horry gives the following as a part of their conversation . “ I shall never lorget an expression, ’ says Horry. “ which Marion let fall during our repast, and which, as things have turned out, clearly shows what an intimate acquaintance he [Marion] had with human nature. I hap pened to say that our happy days were all gone.” , “Pshaw. Horryy” replied Marion, “don’t give way lo RU« faars. Onr happy days are not all gone,.. On the contrary the victory |is still sure. The enemy, it is true, have all ; the trumps in their hands, and if they had but i the spirit to play a treneroas game, would cer- I tainly ruin us. But they have no idea of that i game; but will treat the people cruelly. And j that one thing will ruin them, and save Ame- I rica.” When those incidents occurred. Georgia and Carplina had just been overrun by thoßritish. Savannah, CharDsfon and Augusta had been recently captured. All the important towns and a vast proporieis of the territory of the Thirteen Colonies were in the enemy’s hands. Reconstructionists, alias Tories, abounded.— At one country house the two Continental of ficers were refused lodgings because they wore the uniform which showed that they were op posed to “ King George. ’ At another, honest old Peter wa3 jeere * by a wise crowd of bombproofs and fireside gen erals, who were discussing the depreciation of the currency and the folly of continuing the war at the public cross roads. “The situa tion” for the “rebels” looked desperate Yet Marion did not despair. Under the wise lead ership of the immortal Aasbingtou. the des perate fortunes of the Colonies were retrieved. Independence came years afterwards, thiougb yests of struggle and blood. The softsbellefi bombproofs and fireside generals became ar dent, self-aaorificing patriots, so soon as they had enjoyed the blessed cruelties of British supremacy for a season, —Lynchburg Rcpub Ths Yankees ik Paris.—A Pari? correspond ent thus details foaie of the antics of a gang o'’ inevitable Yankees »t » court ba! it ;he Tuilie ries t Tfcte next and third bail ?Su imon takes place at the Tuillares to morrow evening. The real- for prfesentatio>i amt,ng me Americans is im mense, and as the number which he will present is limited, and Mr. Bigely is determined, as fa? a? he cau judge, to Ui'roduce persons of the irgboit respectability, there will o« many disappointment*!. At the laat hall one of thcee things occurred which have v tendency to make the Anserieao name abroad a synonym for ill hr’eding and bad man ners. In the Salle de Murechanx is a raised plat form, on which the Limperoi- and tho imperial families sit, surrounded by lha Court and the Dip lomatic corps. Before them is aa open space for dancing; hut, while the Bcaperor remains in the room, enly per sons connected wiih the court and so ngnera of very high rank are expected to dance there. It seems, however, that at the last ball a party of enterprising American ladies and gentleman, re garbless of the rule, '•'pitched in” and h* 1 the honor of dancinsr before the Eisper-if—f*o r !t j a said, without his having asked who those \ , “'.de people” were. Will hhoddy, when it tore' * k rlf into society, never learn ia advance so«rtrag of tta usages, and confers* to tbnuD THE 33 CITY. T. J. JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR Auction PmCES.-The following pricca wTro obtained at auction yesterday, by Myers, Watson A Cos.: Ono negro namod Sam, 29 years old, SSOOO. loney, 30 yeprs old, $3475 ; Jim, 34 years eld $0000: one woman named Martha, with 3 chil dren, $4750; Davis, 13 years old, $2900; Hubbard Sarah and Mark, $9300; one girl, 12 years old, $2945; Berry, 28 years old, $3500; Lewis and Anderson, 17 and ly, sgloiT; Hagar and 4 chil uren, SSOOO ; Oliver, 28 years old, $6000; Jaoob, Mary and son, S9OOO • Jonas, 16 years old, $3350 Gardner, 15 years old, $3250; Charity, 31 years old, !5204)0 ; Lewis, 15 years old, $2450 ; Berry, U years old, $2925; Gabriel, 18 years old, $3350 candlos, $6 per lb; cigars, $l7O per thousand, watches, S6OO to $1250; sugar, $7 25 corn. $1 per bushel; 2 wheelbarrows, SIOO each. Other sales unimportant, Ihe Ladies’ Meeting.—Yes, the ladies of Coluffibus have actually met in solomn conclave, and declared tbi;:r unalterable determination to sacrifice tha last of masculinity, espe cially their husband’s nearest relative s, and a considerable sprinkling of preachers, editors and doctors thrown in for good measure. As they sa v nothing of practical printers, who have i.n their, pockets the only kind of exemption declare -d by the ladies to be honorable, we begin to feel ?\ ma wbat relieved, though we confess, at the firstai gkt of their resolutions, felt awfully “saeart.” Iu some of the positions tako ~ we think our lath's* are perfectly right. They are right in endeavor - ing to create a state of public opinion at hoitit which will force to the front all able-bodied men whose services can ho dispensed with here. They a re right in their determination to covenant to- • gather ic frowning down “skulkers’’ from and those who prefer lie ease and laurels of the rear to “tha pomp and of glorious war.” They are righ iu rheir expressions of wil lingness to bestow the labors of their hands to mitigating tho hardships of the soldier’s lot, and to bind up the broken hearts of their loved ones at home, by the constant practice of benevolence They are right in their recommendation of the practice of the strictest economy among the ladies of the South, and in n*serting. their willingness to sacrifice all their valuables to sustain the Govern ment. But whoa they take upon themselves to ostracise *fcose who h<:vbeen legally ~ud hontw ahi> exempted by tao Goieruracr t, as likely to render mere effective service to the country in their vocations at home than in the ranks, ]we ar» not 80 ready to give our adhesion to their "action As far as regards editors, wo have only to say that the assembled wisdom of the nation have had their cases under consideration for three yoara, and at each session of Congress the verdict has bees rendered that editors were doing more good ia their sanctums than they could do with their urns ksts. Congress has also decided time and again that they have no right to interfere with minister# of religion, and we are glad they hare «o decided, for, whenever tho day eimes that minister* are forced into the ranks, the smiles and favor of heaven will no longer accompany us as a nation, If any of this class feel it their duty to volunteer , we shall not complain, bat we are decidedly op posed to force being us.id in their case, cither by the Government at Richmond, or in tho shape of public opinion at hora-i. Os other cases Mentioned In the resolutions, tho government is the best j\idge as to where a man’s services are most us'ful, and with its decisioa we are content. I”a public sentiment at homo should drive into tho army those who have boea declared indispensably necessary at home. The I ladies will rfea e • *.r4o.> ,s for taking issue wish i them on their last rsiOlation. Ia the main w<* | consider their aMion right and proper, and belies 1 taem to have beer actuated by . ru ciples M pm* patriotism. They hav&u mo nobly and well, aud may the blessings of ven shield them from the fufe of many of our m'ple countrywomen in «uh er sections. AUCTION SALES. 1 Bj Ellis, Sc Co* ON SATURDAY, 25th inst.. at 11 o’clock we will sell in front of on store, . A Splendid set 0" PLATED SILVER WARE, consisting of: 2 Large Dish Covers. 1 Soup Tureen, 1 Steak Dish, 2 Chaffing Dishes, 1 Butter Tub, 2 Bowls and Ice Stand, 1 Egg Stand, 12 Cups and Spoons, (gold lined), i 1 Castor and Pickle Stand. All the above cau be seen at the store of T. S. Spear, until the d.-jr of sale. ALSO — zxt the saren time and place, 10,000 lbs. SUGAR, various grades—io Barrels and Sacks, A Lot of choice LEAF LARD. —also — A FINE ENGLISH PISTOL, in ma* hogany case, with all the fixtures com-* plete. ALSO, A NEGRO WOMAN, 28 years old, and her three children, 7 and A'years old, and infant to ty months oid—tolerable Cook, Wf :1k r and Ironer, very desira* ble in house or farm, march 23 S7B ALSO, 200 lbs. Fine Hal ness Leather, 5 small Circular Saws and Shafting, 1 FINE HARNESS AND SADDLI HORSE, 6 years old. march 24 $8 AT PRF ATE SALE BY V/ATSON & C f 5! LUa cy NEGROES* All sound and mostly between and thirty years of age. Among the number are thr Blacksmiths, two Extra Uarpe Engineer and No. 1. Butch' class ?Cook, Washers, extra Field Hatds Parties ir. want of any will apply immediately. Sold for no fault, owf change residence mar !0- ts Irisli Fc A FINE LOT just r# RA* march 24-2 W . Xj 1 BLUE - A SHAWL, ttud B A PTT* Nlf a apf 'a*