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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