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VOL. XII.}
DAILY TIMES.
evening edition.
TUESDAY EVENING,. MARCH 28, 1885.
(From I'm New Vork Daily News, Feb 22 l.j
Th(? Ashes of Charleston.
With the fall oS Charleston commences the
tug ol war* The conflict is about to ns s umf*
its fiercest, bloodiest, deadliest phase. There
is no longer any doimt as to the temoer of
the .youth. la the a -.fies ol the doomed city,
the retiring footst. jss of it? proud deft ;der#
traced their determination to conquer inde
pendence : whatever might be the sacrifice of
comfort, property oi life. Übancstou ivua to
the Caroliuiuns wh a Moscow was to the Rus
sians. Far beyond its mater..si value tb.-y
reverenced it for iu- sake of associations tb.<*
linked it with their emotions of pride and n
section. ft they had yed their incunatioo
thSy would have stood by tue oil;, to tne his
spilling their life-blood, drop by drop, in i
defence. But the hour had come ‘or them to
sacrifice all local prejudices, all pride, all pas
sion, all sentimentality, ail personal conside
rations to the cause in which they Bad em
barked. They did not hesitate. The appe:.!
was made to their moral courage, and it was
answered 'y .* devotion like that which fired
the sacred city of the Muscovite, and gave to
the invader a blackened ruin for ms prize, and
a desert for his land of promise.
One journal >n this city, the most fanatical
of its kind, was asserted that it was cowardice
which induced the abandonment of Charles
ton. All men of intelligence know this to be
false , all just men wul acknowledge itn slan
der, and all who appreciate true courage will
blusu tor sharuo that it was ever uttered, ft
was that kind of cowardice that impelled the
Black Douglas to fling the heart of Bruce into
the. centre ol the Saracen host, that for its re
demption Lis arm might je nerved to victory.
It was the kind of Cowardice caused Tell
to aim his shaft at the head of his loved best;
that caused the first Brutus to pronounce the
doom of death upon his son, and the second
Brutus to slay bis nearest friend. Some such
cowardly instinct induced Fabius to shun the
enemy, and Washington to follow his exam
ple, even when the failing spirits of his coun
trymen soerned to upbraid his cautious policy.
It is, in fact, the cowardice that fears to jeop
ardize a cause by gratifying a vanity or
ambition. It is moral courage ; the loftiest
and purest that God has given to his trea
tures.
What man is there, who is not a fanatic or
a simpleton, who believes that the Northern
people would burn and destroy their property
to assist in subjugating the South? They
would make every needful sacrifice to resist
invasion ; but for conquest, only such as are
forced upon them by the military power that
conducts the war. But at last the North be
gins to comprehend the .stern, unfaltering and
invincible determination of the foe. They
understand at last, the true character of the
war, and they know that it means Southern
independence or extermination.
Three years ago, or two, or even a year ago,
the capture of Charleston wouid have set the
Northern pulse in a fever of excitement and
exultation. To-day, although the tiugs-are
flying, and cities and villages weivr a holiday
aspect, there is discernible in the midst of
strainod enthusiasm ni l suprejoicing,
a more reflective mood than has been appa
rent since the commencement of hostilities.
Our people, have not lost all their sagacity in
the whirl ol excitemeul They know that
the Southerners do not mini tbtur cities and
destroy their property because of despair or
ptmmzy ; or if it be madness there is a meth
od in it that is dangerous toothers than them
selves.
The South has accepted a great humiliation
as a prelude to a great triumph. The military
action of the Confederacy has prompted won
derful intellect that now controls the sacrifice
that even tue North beholds with wonder.
Let us confess that, beneath the outward
seeming of rejoicing, there is bewilderment
and foreboding, and a consciousness that the
fruit we have so long reached for, and that, at
last, has fallen of its own accord into our
hands, may turn to ashes on our lips. When
American freemen go forth to battle, with the
flames of their homesteads lighting their wav
to victory or death, dedicating their house
hold goods to destruction, aud giving all
their worldly treasures as a tribute to a po
litical sentiment, the word rebellion, as ap
plied to them, loses its significance, and his
tory records them as patriots, w tether they
fail or win.
Against this indomitable will, this uogged
perseverance, this sublime devotion, it is in
vain for Heels and armies to contend. The
Federal Administration may find in the ruins
of Charleston the beginning of the sequel to
the late Peace Conferemc They imposed
conditions that no tree, brave !>eop.« could
accPl>l : ,u.(l now. as a brave, tree people, cue
Southerners are concentrating their energies
for war*to the uttermost. It ims been said
that the rebellion was a shell : the shell is
ours, and, while we bold the worthless frag
ments, its invulnerable core, the great strong
heart, defies and baffles us.
To one who truly conceives the meaning of
the change of policy that has been inaugura
ted by the abandonment and destruction of
Charleston, the shadow of coming battles
looks darker and more vast than ever
before To one brain, we knew bow eitile
the resources —to one l*art, we know how
firm and true—lo one intellect, we know how
gifted with martial attributes—to one man.
we know how capable to plan, to strike, to
thwart, to retrieve error or to take advantage
of it the military fortunes of the South -have
been confided. Free to act at bis own volition,
untrammeled bv administrative interference,
trusted, beloved and honored by soldier aim
civilian, he has lost uu time, in using his dic
tatorial power to rejuodel the whole system of
this warfare. The fall of Charleston is a con
sequence less of Sherman’s prowess than of
Lee’s strategy. Who givs a castle look- to
gain a queen.
From Rock Island-An exchanged prisoner
from the Federal prison at Rock Island, 111., "tur
nbhes us the following statement of the prisoners
which he says hare been confined at tnat pos .
copied from the records: ... 91 *
Total number received up to l oh. 2, lboo,^ i •
Joined United States navy fi,U
Joined United States army
Released on petition I>A -
Unwilling to be exchanged
Escaped; .. .'.'".A361--12,‘,?13
Left for exchange
The Richmond Dispatch of the 10th informs uj
that Mr. SiDgleton had nothing to. do with tne two
hundred thousand pounds of tobacco carried ,rom
this city to Frederick! burg, and there £ ari \*
tms ouy 10 i t 0 ttua \ anK *e Gov
u“ ,!rM r ed. «>;if » f «“
chase of the article by his G° • er n
HoiMUBLB.-We learn that *
received by a lady of this city, »ro«n fl >* 9 ot
nans in the Convent at Columbia, sta. g
Yankees fired the Oonveut, and that twenr
children, placed there to be educated,
to death. Two of the ware carried off by tn~
brutal soldiery. Their fate can only be surmised.
The conduct of our foe ia this war proves that all
the devils ire not in h " n(1
tral*. #
Ilf Coltmais flaws*
b
Napoleon's Speech before the French Le
gislature,
Freopb Chambers were opened by the
Emperor. February 16th, who delivered the
following speech :
)fr,ei*v.r.' L ? Stnatrun, }fusiturs leg Depute.*;
At the i ne of our fast meeting I hoped to
remove l by a Congress the difficulties
wrath tl rea.ened the rep use of Europe; bus
; this has not -tanka place I regret it because
the sword oj en cuts question* without, settling
j them , snu th ■ only basis of a durable peace
i tho satisfaction given by the agreement of
i sovereigns to 'he true interests of nation?
in the presence of the conflict which has
i r “c. upon the shores of-tke Baltic, my Gov
ernment -divided between its sympathies tor
'•erui tra and its good will towards Germany,
ii -.i ; • "orved the strictest neutrality Called
?o a conference to express us opinion. ;t our.
fined itself to supporting the principle of na
tionalitiiH. and the right of population* t.o he
consumed upon their dee tiny. Oar language,
iiai j: joining with the reserved attiiude which
vs intended to preserve, wan moderv : nrd
friendly towards both parties
fu i he -South of Europe the action of France
was ablo o exert itself more resolutely I
wished to render possible the solution of a
difficult problem. The Convention of Sept,
loth, and Gen gaged from passionate flnterpreta
tion.c consecrates two great principles the
establishment of the new Kingdom of Italy-
independence of the Holy See, The
provisional and precarious state of thing?
which aroused so much alarm is about to dis
appear. The scattered member- of the Italian
fatherland no longer seek to attach themselves
by feeble ties to a little Siate situated a- the
foot of the Alps, ft is now a great*country,
whion, rising above local prejudices and de
spising unreflecting excitement, boldly trans
ports iib capital to the heart of the peninsula,
and places it in the midst of the Appenines
as in inaccessible citadel. By this act of pa
triotism Italy definitely constitutes herself,
and becomes at the game time reconciled to
Catholicity, it engage* itself both io respect
the independence of the Holy See and protect
the frontiers of the Roman Stares, itm- pvt
mitting u3 to withdraw our troops The Pon
tifical territory, efficaciously guaranteed, finds
itself placed under the protection of a treaty
which solemnly 1 binds the two Governments.
The Convention, therefore, ie not a weapon of
war, but a work of peace and conciliation.
In Mexico the new throne ia oecomiag con
solidated. the country is being pacified, its im
mense resources are developing. These are
the happy effects of the valor of eur soldiers,
of the good sense of the Mexican papulation,
of the intelligence and the energy of the sove
reign.
In Japan our navy, joined with those of
England, Holland and the United States, has
given anew proof of what it is able to ac
complish.
A sudden insurrection has occurred in Af
rica to trouble the security of our possessions
and show how ignorant some of the native
tribes still are ot our power and our benevo
lent intentions. It took place at a time when,
in a spirit of generous justice, France secured
the property in the soil to the Arab popular
tion ; when, by liberal measures, we tried to
make this mistaken people understand that,
far from oppressing them, we wished to call
them to the benefits ot civilization. At this
time, I repeat, ied astray by religious fanati
cism. the Arabs nearest the desert raised the
standard of revolt. Notwithstanding the dif
ficulties of the country and rigor of the season
our army, akiUfuHy led, speedily subdued the
insurrection, aud attar the conflict no san
guinary repression nor useless severity has
saddened victory. Everything, I hope, leads
to the belief that the recurrence of similar
disorders will be avoided
AH our expeditions are thus appro-aching
theii close. Our iand forces have evacuated
China; the navy is sufficient to maintain our
establishments in Cochin China; our African
army is about to be reduced ; tha of Mexic-n
is already returning to France ; the garrison
of Rome will soon return ; and, closing the
temple at war, we may proudly inscribe upou
anew triumphal arch, tho words “To the
glory of the French armies, for victories
gained in Europe, Asia, Africa *nd America.
Let us prosecute without disquietude the
labors of peace. The interval between the
sessions is employed in seeking the means to
augment the moral aud material well being
ol the people, and every useful aud true idea
is .-mre to be received by me and adopted by
you.
Let us, then, examine together the meas- s
ureS proper to increase the prosperity of the
empire. Religion and public instruction are
the objects of -niy constant solicitude. Ail
creeds enjoy equal liberty, and the C&thoiic
! clergy exercises, even without the bounds of j
i its ministry, a legitimate influence. Under ,
I the laws oV education, it has a part in the ;
' education of youth. Under tb* electoral law j
itoiiu cuter the public councils, aud by tbe -
constitution it sits in the Senate. But the i
mole we surround it with consideration anci ,
deference, the more we depend that it will j
respect the fundamental laws of the State. — j
1 It is iny duty to maiutain intact the |
1 the civil power, which, from the time ot St. j
I Louis, have never been abandoned br any sov- ;
ereign in Franca.
The development of public instruction nier- j
' its your solicitude. In the country of univer
! sai suffrage every citizen should be able to
[ read and write. A bill will be presented to
you for the still greater extension of primary
| instruction. .
I endeavor every year to diminish the ob» j
I stacles which have so long opposed themselves
in France to the free expansion of individual j
I initiative. By the law upon coalitions voted
i last year, those who work, as those who etn
i plor* have learned to settle their differences
without reckoning upon the intervention ot
! the government, powerless to regulate the va
; riable connection between supply and demand.
1 At present fresh projects will have the object
! of leaving greater liberty to commercial asso
j ciations aud freeing the administration from a
: responsibility always illusory. I have it at
heart to destroy all the obstacles which op-
S nosed the creation of societies destined to am
' eliorate the condition of the working classes,
i in promising the establishment of these so
cieties without abandoning the guarantees for
public security we shall facilitate a useful ex
! periment. The Council of State has studied
w ith care a law tending to give greater pow-
I ers to the municipal councils ann councils
The communes and the departments will
thus be called upon to transact their own at
fairs, which, decided upon the spot, will oe
more promptly settled. This reform will com
plete the arrangements made to simpli'V-or
suppress 'minute regulation* which u: j
gat'ily complicated the wheels of the aituiQis
tration. . .. „
The commercial liberty inaugurated by Jk
, r *. UT with England is extended to our rela
tion*’ with Germany. Switzerland an J toe
United Kingdom ofNorway and Sweden
The same principles should naturally apply to
coXreiJi navigation; and . law rs being
prepared for establishing upon the sea that
compelition which alone stimulates progress
The P rapid completion of our.ratlwajs, c4naU
and roads is the necessary complement of the
hunrovements which have been
We shall this vear accomplish a portmn of
ZXt by priv... '“'"Sci
wiaou, »>.' *°° and
of the State *,d without having
to cr»d«. Tb. fMilit? •< tommuoi-
COLUMBUS, GA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 21), 1865.
! cation in the interior a= wiih the exterior pro
mote# commerce, stimulates industry, and pre
vent# the too great rarity or abundance of
products, the effects if which are alternately
hurtful either to the consumer or producer.
The mere oar mercantile marine is extended the
greater will be the facility of transport, the les*
! cau. a H will there be to complain es those abrupt
| changes of price of articles of the first neoesi
j tjr. Thus «5 shall be made to meet the
j inconVe&ies e suffered by agriculture. Some at
tribute t. e moce-a-y suffering to the suppression
ol the s. ding soaio; they forget that in 1351,
F? ' a i* wia id exigence, the depreciation in the
price of cereals was ur more considerable, and
thu 1 this very v. tr ne export of wcent far exceeds
the import. It is. on tue contrary, due a liberal
legislation— to he impulse given to all the e!e
moau of natiei il weabh, that our foreign c- tn
marce, which amounted in 1851 to tw<» milliards,
six hundred aud f urteen million francs, has now
risen to the pr fhgious sum of upward* of seven
milliard?.
Now biUe 15 ill h# ia-;d before you in another
direction witn the object of increasing the guar
antees of individual liberty—the first authorizing
the provisional re use, with oi without bail, oven
it rimiual cases ;tiesecond suppressing personal
arrest in civil ar-. commercial matters —an inno
vation, however, n ‘king but the reenactment of
a very ancient principle. From the earliest ages
of Rome it baa e.-.a determined tb&t the property
aud nit the por-on of the debtor was responsible
for the debt.
Let us, therefore, continue t.» iollow the course
inarkod out. Let as live abroad it peace with the
liffsreut power,?, and let us not cause the voice of
France to he hoard gave for law ana justice. At
home tot up protect religious ideas wihout coding
aught of the civil power; iet us spread education
throughout nil eU.s#es of society : let us simplify,
without destroying, our admirable administrative
system ; let us give the commune and the depart
ment a more independent existence ; let us Arouse
individual initiative and the spirit of association.
Lastly, let us elevate the soul and strengthen the
body ot the nation. But, while making ourselves
the ardent promoters of useful reforms, let us firmly
maintain the basis of the constitution; lot us
oppose the exaggerated tendencies fcf those who
provoke changes with the sole object of sapping
that which we hare founded Utopia is to welfare
that which illusion is to truth, and progress is not
the realization of a more or less ingenious theory,
• but the application of the results oi eicperienae
conaecrxtou nj tune aul accepted hy public opiu -
i» a.
The House, on yesterday, concurred in the Sen
ate’s amendment to tbo negro "hill, and the Presi
dent’s signature is only needed to make it th# law
of the land.
Wo do not concur either with the opponents or
with a portion of the friends of the measure as to
the scope of its consequences. There are some
who gee in it the utter dsetruction of our social
framework—gorgons, hydras and chimeras dire.
But it simply involves the formation of a sort of
preferred class of a mere portion of the African
population, for meritorious public service. From
this there is no reason to apprehend fatal or even
essentially injurious consequences.
So much for the question considered in itself.
But this is by no moans the practical question. We
are nor, allowed so to consider it. It is a question
between fighting with aud fighting against these
proposed recruits. It is a question between a slight
modification of our society by ourselves for a good
reason and good object, and its total subversion by
our enemies for a bad one. With the government
in our own hands, which our independence would
secure, we could abundantly protect eur society
by appropriate laws. With the geveinment taken
out of our bands, as would be the case if subju
gated, our laws would be sent to us from Boston.
There i« u world of difference in the two cases.
We need not stop to elaborate it; it will strike
every one without. Those who argu® as if they
were identical do gross injustice to the question
and to th# interest# involved.. We do net at ail
assent, to the pictures and the prophecies with
which they treat us as the fruits of our policy.
They uro overstrained and fanciful. But the eon
sequences of-Yankee subjugation defy their utmost
power* es description, and etaoald be excepted at a
far greater e.iorifice thaa vrc are called upon to
make, either of property er prejudice,
An objection which has been mad# against th*
new policy is that it i« t#o late. We believe not.
But if it is, who mud# it too lat#? For the mc#t
part, the very persons who have put up that ob
jection ! Bo saying, they condemn themselves and
argue upon their owu wrcuig. But a. trace now to
the argument. Wo have made the foregoing brief
remarks simply to quiet certain honest bat incon
siderate apprehensions, not to prolong the passions
of the late struggle. What remains now is for us
to accept with good temper and support with good
faith, the law of the land. Give it a fair chance.
Car first and onr great business is to defeat the
Yankee*. To do this no price is too dear and no
sacrifice too great. — Richmond Sentinel, I<HA.
Remedy for Extortion-French System.
The daily increasing price or food and other ar
ticles essential to subsistence, admonishes u.i that,
unless a remedy can be applied, evils of fearful
magnitude will arise. People must live, and
things are fast approximating that point where
n'one but the very wealthy, the speculator and exs
tortioner, can get bread. The poorer classes—the
families of soldiers in the field, of mechanics in
the employ of government, and the widows and
orphans of deceased soldiers, are even now being
reduced to painful straits for subsistence. Some
thing should be done, and that promptly, to check
this evil.
The French Government, under a similar em
barrassing state of affairs, resorted to an expedi
ent, which nothing but the direst necessity could
justify, and yet it was one which affected prejudi
cially only those whose wealth enabled them to
buy up market supplies, either for their own luxu
rkms living or for purposes of speculation. If it
operated harshly, it was but a comparatively
small portion of the community that it injured.
Under this law, the Convention, through its agents
undertook to control provision supplies, and issue
them out to citizens commensurate with their ne
cessities. Heads of families were required to reg
ister the number of their families and to procure
tickets entitling them to purchase a given amount
of provisions, regulated by the number to be fed.
Ail fared alike and paid alike. The rich could
command no more for his wealth than the poor for
his pittance. Speculation and extortion were
checked, for these supplies were seized, or im
pressed by the authority of the Convention, and
were p .id for at a uniform price, fixed by that
body, in government currency. Any attempt to
eonceal them, or to withhold them from market,
was severely punished.
This measure, arbitrary as it was, and justiha
ble only as one of extreme necessity, subserved,
we believe, the purpose for which it was intended.
It brought down the price of prime necessity, en
abled all to live/ allayed discontent among the
multitude, and restrained hearties* extortion.
Whether it would operate favorably or prejudi
cially as applied to our own affairs, we cannot ?ay.
Perhaps it might furnish a hint open which to
base some plan of remedy for the dangers which
threaten to result from the enormously increasing
price of everything essential to the maintenance of
life. We give the historical precedent for what it
is worth—neither approving no disapproving, but
simply desiring that something should be done in
relief of the suffering poor of the country.—Jour.
( f Measengtr.
! t %
Report ot the Secretary of Wap... —The
annual report of the Yankee Secretary of War
has made its appearanee in the North. The armory
at Springneid is said to be capable of turning out
three hundred thousand stands ot arxs yearly.
Government has how og band seven hundred and
fiftv thousand stand, besides the milljen snd a
half now in the field. " General McCeliua is highly
complimented for thecenstruction and management
of military railway, of which he has operated over
one thousand miles during the year. feix thousand
Sve hundred miles of military telegraph have been
;in operation. Over two hundred rebel flags have
been captured, properly labelled and deposi.au for
safe keeping-
IBP • »
Medical Inspector Cayler has :«lt Washing
! toa for a Southern port in charge of several
hospital steamers fitted up for the reception
. of wounded. A amount of medical sup
s plies w»re also sent
Nobtbxrx ITKM*AVi*e rebel General Whit- I
iDg, captured at Fort Fisher, died at Govern
ors Island (New York harbor) ou the l<">th
instant.
James Harlan, of lowa, has been appointed
as Secretary of the Interior, vie# John U.
Usher resigned. Secretary Harlan is a nativ
of Illinois, forty-four years of age.
Hon. J. P. Hale has been appointed Minister
Plenipotentiary to Spain
Senators Foote. Morrill, Wade, Wilson.
Grimes. Harlan and Ramsey accompanied by
their wives, ate soon to make an excursion to
Charleston in a steamer belonging to ’he Gov
ernment service.
The President of the United Slates has is
sued his procHmation, pursuant to an act ot
Congress recently passed, offering pardon to
all deserters who return to their duty ot. or
before the 10th ot May next
of the cotton captured at Savannah by Gon.
Sherman. 23,580 bales have already arrived
and 11.641 are on the way, making 35,221 in
all.
The Union members of the Maryland Leg
islature have nominated lion. J. A.J. Crosweii
as United States Senator lor the unexpired
term »f the late Senator Hicks.
An extra session of the Arkansas Legisla
ture has been called by Governor Murphy for
the first Monday in April, to consider the con
stitutional auu ndment to abolish slavery.
Sxxator Wig fall, who has been pursuing
n very extraordinary and very reprehensible
course during the whole of the present session
ot Congress, seemed inspired, iu his speech of
Tuesday night, by a desire to surpass all bis
previous offenses against the public interests.
His speech was violent, unpatriotic and cen
surable in the highest degree : devoted to the
advocacy of extreme fannies, and to the abuse
of those who stand infinitely higher than he
in the public confidence. He denounced the
Virginia Legislature as ‘a one-horse concern,'
(where were our Senators that they had no
word of rebuke?) denounced the press, pour
ed out his bitternc-s upon the I»rcsid«-t, and
demanded that he and the Yice President
should resign.
There is perhaps not a patriot in the lend
! who will not think that Mr. Wig fail should
himself take the advice he gives, and resign
his seat in the Senate Had he done so at the
beginning of the session, a great deal of time
would have been saved to that body, which
has been far worse than wasted. One of the
last speeches which the writer heard in
the old United State# Senate, was from Mr.
Wigfall, in which he defied the North and al
most invited them to the battle. Little did
we then expeo*. when the war should indeed
come, to see him pursue the course which has
made his further service during the session
now about to close, *n evil and a curse to Iris
country Would that he would take pattern
from that patriotic body of men who represent
the sentiment and the manliness of Virginia,
but whom'he tlsink3 it allowable to refer with
words of insult. Would that he would sup
port, as he ought to do, the efforts of that em
inent patriot anck pure jind faithful public offi
cer, whom the'people with a unanimous choice
called to the chief magistracy.
We trust that the people and Legislature f
Texas are not unobservapt of the freaks ol
their Senator; and if he neither resigns nor
mends his wave, they will, in justice to them
selves, to the common cause, and to the sister
Statof, relieve him at the earliest moment of
the trust which he so illy discharges.— Rick'd
Sentinel.
Gknsf-al Bctlee’s Coti’on Spbculahoss.—
Th# Norfolk correspondent of the Phila
delphia Press gives the following revela
tions respecting General Butler’s oottoc. epe
rations :
A singular circumstance connected with General
Butler’s cotton speculations has com# to light. It
seems that the chief of Gen. Sheplty’3 staff, G. H,
Johnson, resigned several months since to enter,
as Butler’s chief agent, into the business of buying
cotton from the rebels of North Carolina. He re
mained at this long enough to make over $250,000
as his 3hare, which he deposited in the First Na
tional Bank of Norfolk. A few days ago the mili
tary commission, instituted by General Grant to
investigate the proceedings of General Butler rel
ative to cotton, got wind of Mr. Johnson. He
heard that they would call upon him soon, but
not intending to bo outdone by them he drew all
his money from the bank and decamped in the
Baltimore, boat.
They telegraphed to the authorities at Baltimore
to arrest and send him on to Norfolk, but the
shrewd Johnson did not go on the boat farther
than Fortress Monroe, whero he took tie Washing -
ton b at, and landed at Annapolis. No one knows
his whereabouts, although he is anxiously waited
here.
The Commission has proven shat Butler re
ceived two fifths of all cotton brought here, his
brother-in law one fifth, and middle men, of which
Johnson was one, two fifths, the Government get
ting but one half of that which was rightfully uue
it. You may expect even more astounding rev
elations than these.
Sad Accident. — On Saturday evening, as
the Central train was coming from Milledge- '
ville, a sad accident occurred. The train had ,
stopped at No. a few moments. Wneu
it started again, a young man by the name of
Chandler, of Wilcox county, Ala., made an
effort to get on the train by trying to elimb on
the top of it between two box cars. He lost
his hold and fell upon the track. The wheel
crushed one of his shoulders and his arm, and
knocked off a piece of his 3kull about three
inches in breadth, was brought to Macon !
* with no hope of his recovery.— Consiitution
alist. ' ■
Cure forthk Cascr Itch.—Of all the ai»tbods .
of treating itch none has been more successful or ;
cheaper than that by spirit* of turpentine.
The following is the mode of using :
The patient on going to bed sprinkies on the
sheets and hi* usual daily clothes about two ounces
es spirits of turpentine: when he awakes he is
cured, his bed and his clothes are no longer af
fected. The odor passes off ia two or three days.
This treatment has several advantages :
Ist. It attacks the parasites at the time they are
most accessible.
2d. Fumigation acting by substitution on sec'
ondary eruptions is much less irritating than 1c
tions and frictions.
3d. The treatment acts at. the same on all tbe
i contaminated objects.
4th. Not only is it more rapidly efficacious and
better than any other, it is likewise the cheapest.
— Jour, dr Chim, Med., !??«-., IS jfi.
We are informed by a gentleman frttu the
| North, that the Yaakea ?oldiers ia guard of
1 our prisoners freely decla-e their Late ©f the
negroes—alleging that they are only using ■
i them for the fight, with full purpose to drive
them away after tbe war is over. They say
they will not submit to negro competiti m.
The negro has never found a friend, except
in his master. Os all persons, the Yankees
• hate him mast and treat him worst.— Hiehm'd 1
; Sen fine!.
| Books ! Books ! I Books !!!
The undersigned requests all persons having
BOOKS belonging to him, to return the same to his
Study, in the>ear of the Church, which is open
daily from 10 to 11 a. iu., as they are needed.
W :n . N. HAWKS.
mar 2S ts . Rector, Trio»*y Church.
To Hire.
; 1 SMART and likaly negro GIRL. 18 rear* old.
iv good Hons* Servant. Apply to
i mor 28 ts • JNO. H BAAS. I
TELEGRAPHIC.
RKPORTS OF TH* PRKSS ASSOCtATU*?<.
Entered according to act of Congress is the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond. March 24th—European advices
to the 9th received Marqui# Demonthan,
the French Minister c. Mexioo, is appointed to
Washington.
The Legislative addree of France to Na
poleon approves the Emperor a foreign policy.
Business was suspended at Bombay, Calcut
ta, awaiting later advices from tue American
p ace conference.
Cotton market flat on the 9th
Petersburg. March 24.—The enemy is re
lieved to br making preparations to move but
nothing has transpired to indicate in what di
rection. Great activity has been observed in
the rear of Grant's lines for the last day or
! tvro. aud it is reporte 1 that a column is mnv
-5 ing out on the Jerusalem Plank road, other
’ wise all quiet.
i Richmond. March 24.—Northern papers of
the 21st received.
Private intelligence received in N. Y. from
Nassau, reports the rebel pirate named • Con
federate, States, lying off that 'harbor on
the loth inst., having been refused admit
tance by the authorities. She is of 800 tons
S burthen, bark rigged, has two tunnels and two
| propellers.
It was reported, in New Oritaflfc on the I3th
j that Gen. Hindman, while en rout# to Mexioo,
was shot by some person unknown.
Late advices from North Carolina report
Sherman’s army marching on Goldsboro. A
j'vwetinn with SchofieM had "Ot takon^laee.
A meeting of the citizens of Wilmington, on
I the 14th inst., held at the theatre, adopted
| resolutions recognizing the authority of the U 1
jS. Government. The stage was draped with
1 the American colors. The Mayor and others
I made speeches in favor of submission to the
national authorities.
The issue of passes to Carolinians to visit
Grant’s army ha| been suspended.
The Government of San Salvador has re
leased Bradshaw and Reynolds, the two men
supposed to have been implicated in a rebel
plot.
j The Herald gay3 there was intense excite-
I the gold room and stock exchange on
I Tuesday. Gold closed at 157, The violent
| fluctuations of gold portend a general crash
j among the mercantile public. The approach
; ing storm has been heralded by several fail
ures. Government stock submitted to a fur
ther heavy decline.
Richmond, March 22d.—Several thousand
persons assembled on Capitol Square this
evening to witness the parade of a battalion
of troops from Camps Jackson and Winder,
including two companies of negroes. The
• battalion marched through the principal
1 streets, headfd by a brass band, creating
; quite a sensation, especially among the negro
I population. The interest of the occasion was
lessened by tan failure to uniform and equip
i the negro soldiers. They were armed with
i muskets and went through the manual as well
as could be expected for the short time they
j have been drilled. Several regiments wreiu
i course of formation in different parts of this
i State.
I
Richmond, March 22.—The New York Tribune
| es tbo sloth has been received. It is almost devoid
! of nows.
A despatch from Gen, Howard, dated Fayette
ville, 10th instant, says Sherman is there and well,
j though many of the men are in need of shoes and
i clothing. The army was never in better condi
j tion.
The draft was not resumed on .Saturday.
Several disastrous freshets were reported.
Advices from New Orleans to the l<>tb, unirn
portant.
. The Tribune says that if Jeff Davis had been
J bribed to deliver a message to express the utmost
i spirit of his followers, and fit! with exultation the
; heart of every lover of the CoTon, he could scarce
! ly have published a document more adapted to
j, these ends than his message.
| Gold unchanged.
S Raleigh, March 23. —The. Con federate has the
following, which may be relied on as perfectly ac
curate :
Sherman’s whole army was entrenched on the
morning of the 20th, and we did not attack but
, held our position and brought off all our wounded.
There was heavy skirmishing on the 20th and
1 21st.
Seve-ai partial attacks by the enemy were
handsomely repulsed.
The troops all behaved with the utmost gal
lantry, and the Army of Tennessee has fully dis>
1 proved the slanders that have been circulated
: against it -
Gn the evening and night of the 21st the enemy
i moved towards.Goldsboro.
G. W. RO3ETTK, 3. E. LAWHON, F. G. WILKINS
ROSETTE. LAWHO.I & CO.,
.A. T7C TIONEE IR,S
AND
fconimissioii Merchant*,
131 BROAD STREET.
Columbus, Georgia.
march 7tf
MYERS, WATS©Y fc CO,,
AUCTIONEERS
AND
Central Commission Merchants,
At Hull & Duck's old stand.
Opposite Bank of Columbu? Broad Street.
Personal nal prompt ittpation given
to all consignments.
Columbus, G*.. Jan. 21. Iso:#. j?.u23 ts
30 TO\S IKoV
For Sale for Casli
OR EXCHANGE FOR PRODUCE.
*JI-2, 4 and*JT inches wide.
O - j. Ennis a co.,
mar 8 ltn Columbus. Gx. i
—
For Cliatlahoochec.
The Steamer Shamrock. H. Wingate, master, will
leave for the above and intermediate landings,
Wednesday morning at £ o’clock.
mar 23 td
T ._ lu . J OXE MONTH. - - 110 O
iem*.| T|lß|;E MONTHS. 530.00
’’EXTRACT.’’
IfKADCtTARTESS POST *ND D*FK!(C*S, 1
Columbus, Ga , March 27th 1905. |
Specif • Orders, 1
So. 75. f
#*#*•*
VII. All offictfti at this Past, whether \n transitu
on orders or leave of absence, or in any other man
- in the city of Columbus, over six hours, are ra
quired to report to Post Ueadquarters, exhibit their
papers and sign their names iu the officer’s reu«ter.
It is to be hoped that all good officers wiM cheerful
ly comply with the above, so that the Commandant
of the Post may be facilitated in preventing imposi
tion and in returning officers to duty who are im
properly absent.
******
By command of
LISON VON ZINKEN
Ooi Couiuiacdiaa Post and Dofences
S. Isidore A. A. A. G.
_mar 23 jf
lAiIA. n E SALi: OF
Valuable Machinery,
STEAM ENGINE, M.
WILL be sold at auction on the premises, on
ft WEDNESDAY, 19th April next, unless sooner
disposed of—
ONE LOf. 97 feet on Oglethorpe street, and
147 feu deep, with anew two-story brick building,
40 by 70 feet,
0> 7 E BRICK BUILDING. 20 by 80 feet, with the
cupola for foundry.
I Brass FouuJry room, 20 by SO feet.
1 complete sett of patterns for making Cooking
Stoves.ofallsizes. *.
1 complete sett of patterns for making Box btevea,
Parlor Stoves, Hollow Ware, Ac. (These pattern#
were gotten up in boat stylo at Albany, Now
York,) * ...
Tools and dies for making knives and toras.
Also, tools for making Shoe Pees, Shoe Tools, Ac.
7 pair Blacksmith’s Bellows. 4 Mill Saws,
28 large Vices, 6 Lathes, different ’lies,
15 Anvils, 2 Drill Presses.
1 1 large Steam Trip-llammor,
1 large Brass Lock,
1 superior UPRIGHT ENGINE. 35 horse dowot,
with tubular boiler,
1 frame with Pol\«uln* Wheels,
i «Srir<ißtonea. wrt* frame*
50 Polishing Wheels, 2 Drill Precses
1 Rifling Machine, 1 Portable Furnace,
1 Punching Machine,
300 foot Shafting, with pullies, assorted sues,
Cast Steel and Spring Steel,
! 4 dozen Files, assorted,
1 pair large Fairbanks Platform Scales.
1 pair small Scales,
1 pair Counter Scales and Weights,
12Crucibles, 1 tin 00 gallon Can,
Old Brass and Copper,
8 dozen Butcher Knives, Firmer Chisels
1 bundle 3-16 Iron Rods,
Wrapping paper, sand pftper,
2 dozen Snoe Shaves,
Wood Handle, assorted,
; 4 large Sieves for loundry,
2 cans Blapk Varnish,
20 Work Benches, 200 pounds Lead, and various
other articles.
; The sale will continue from day to day until all is
sold.
HARRISON. BEDELL A CO.
i Columbus. Ga., March 25th. 1865,—td8
S2OO Reward.
RAN A WAY from m> losidenoe in Wynnton, on
Saturday, 25 th inst., a negro MAN, named Jeese,
about twenty-two years old. six feet high, blaok aaa
very likoly. I will pay tho above reward for him
delivered to mo. or one hundred |y lo^ ee jJprPgLL
Sun and Enquirer please copy.
mar 28 ts . *
CITY FOUNDRY,
W'E liaTe on hand and are conßt&ntly making a
large assortment of Ovens and Lids, Spider*,
i Skilletts, Kettles. Pots and Sugar Mills, which we
! will exchange for provisions of any kind, «r mono/
1 at low prices.
' Also, wanted two No. 1 MUoh Cows.
’PORTER, McILHENNY A CO.
[ mav 28 2w _
laxluds to 3ell Immediately
REFUGEES TAKE NOTICE!!
Ist a small HOUSE and LOT. of leu acres, la Au
burn. Lot already planted in corn and well ma
nured. Three finished rooms, in a convenient lo
cality and-good neighborhood.
2d 36tf acres of Pine Land, eight miles below Au
burn, on the road to Society Hill. Seventy acres
open land, common improvements. Cheap t
I must sell quick 1 Call on me at Auburn. Ala.
i mar 13 ts WM. F. BAM FORD
Hat Pressing !¥otice. .
MRS. A. D. CLECKLEY in'erras the Ittdiee of
Columbus and vicinity, that she is now ready
[ to press Hats in the tho latest and most approved
! sly 10. Sho can be found at Mrs. White's residence,
next door to Dr. Bozeman’s, Randolph-St.
march 25-lw*
jfce'Sun pleasu copy.
WANTED!
5 < ii w j LBS. of TALLOW', for which a liberal price
»Uv" will be paid. Apidy to
WM. BARNWALL. Ji..
mar 25 ts Major and Q. M.
Cotton Burned.
irOLDERS of COTTON RECEIPiS burned in
II our Warehouse, will please present them imme
diately. CODY A COLBERt.
mar _
Irislx Potatoes,
A FINE LOT just received at
RAVENSCROFT A CO.'S
march 2f-2w* 91 Broad Street.
SOMETHING GOOD AT
Ravcnscrofi & Co’s, 91 Broad Street
DRIME Pickled Pork, Florida Mullet, Syrup,
X Rice, Fresh Corn Meal, Prime Corn Juice, by
the gallon or bottle, Onion Sett?, Cabbage Seed, «and
English Peas.
mar’2l 2w*
Dr. R. iIOBLE,
DENTIST,
OFFICE opposite the Rank of Columbus., next
door to the Arbor, where be can be found at
all hours. * ro«lisna
FOR SAFE!
FOUR BARRELS OF ALUM,
APPLY TO
SII E RM A N & CO.,
Masonic Hall , Up Stairs.
march 19 ts.
W\A ESTTEID. ~
A T THE PERRY HOUSE, Columbus, Ga.. a
i A BOOK-KERPER. A wounded soldier prefer
red. EDWARD PARSONS.
mar IS ts
a o ods
EXCHANGED FOR BO\ES,
AT THE
CJRA.VT FACTOR*.
maroh 12 ts
I RON
Exchanged for Country Produce,
AT THE
GRAVY FACTORY,
march 12 ts
CITY FOUNDRY !
SI CCR MILLS AM) KETTLES !
WE HAVE OP HAND
*ugar .Hill* and Kettle*,
holding 't, 35, 40. 60, SO and 13f> gallant-, which wo
will exchange for Provision? or any kind of Country
Produce, or money on very liberal terms. Order*
solicited. PORTER. McILHKNN Y k GO.
Columbus. Jan. 20, ts
Bank of* Foliinifou*.
The annuitt tneerng of the St«>ckholderi of this
P.ank lor the election of jn Board of Directors, will
tske place oa the hr«»t Monday in April next.
DANIEL GRIFPEN,
ui: A