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VOL. XII.}
DAILY TIMES.
EVENING KIIITIIIV
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2D,1365.
Private Dispatch.— We are permitted to
publish the foiiowiag private dispatch, received
in this city last night by Dr Bacon, from his
son, who was with Gen. Clan‘on’s command ia
ms engagement with the enemy, near Pollard:
Montgomery, Ala., March 28.
Dr. J. E. Bacon—l am safe. Gea. Ciaaton
is captured. Will write particulars.
J. A. Bacon.
[From too P.icfamoad Stntinel, 10th ]
Material Adraatajes of Position.
No territory is eo exposed to superficial a. 1
slight wounds as oars, none better defend**.
by nature from deep and mortal wounds.—
Mach of oar va*t interior is almost
ble and impregnable. Our oce »a and guk
coasts, and the margins cf territory along our
many navigaole rivers, are open to invasion
and c Ottpation by any enemy possessed of a
*rge nj.vy and mercantile marine.
Especially was 'ms in* caoe when we began
the present war. We had no navy, few forts,
ana but mt.e aruliery or ammunition. whilst
our enemy possessed the best navy and raer
cantile marine in the world for r he purpose of
invading tis The} had, it 13 true. fewer ships
of war than France or England, but possessed
more rivei st-aoiers than both of those nations
combined. Taking proximity into account,
tney were as well prepared as either ot those
nations, to capture our cities on tae sea and
gulf coast; far better prepared than either to
ascend or aesce id our hundreds ot navigable
nvers ; to capture the cities on their banks,
and to occupy the territory along their shore*.
X r olk New Orleans, Nashville and Mem
phis soon teti, in consequence, in their hauas.
Most of us, then, were prepared to see all oth
er ot our riparian and ecb coast towns share
tue same fat* within the CTst eighteen mouth*
of the war. W* had mad* up our minds that
this would be the case, and had nerved our
selves to the probable necessity of fighting the
war out in the interior, where we would be
strong and difficult of access, and the enemy
oomparadvely weak; where the advantage
would be ail oa our side, the disadvantage all I
oa their side. Our brilliant successes for the j
most of the past four years delayed the necea- ;
sity for those sacrifices which we have lately j
made. W* should congratulate ourselves that
the evil was lhaa postponed until we have es- 1
tablished out resources and means of supply,
and acquired a sufficiency of arms, ammani- j
tion3 and other stores, to carry on the war on
more equal terms: and until our enemy is
staggering to his fall under a mountain of
debt, and the difficulty of recruiting his ex- j
haosted armies. . , ?
We %re now delivered from *ll the disad
vantages ot our locality, and exhausted and
gotteu rid cf what was then unpropitious and
vulnerable in our territorial position. We
have exchanged weakness ot position for
Strength of position, the vulnerable for tae
luvuineraole, the accessible and the exposed
tor tae inaccessible and impregnable . and yet
it is because of this improvement *f tae miii-
Wry attitude, tkat. a few inconsiderate and
whipped persons are trembling in me back
and knees I
That our vast interior is unconquerable few
will deny. But there are no tueatres, no gor
geous cr.urcbes, no ruugninoent sirt ets. no pa
latial dwellings to receive us in the interior.
We may nave to live in snantie3. and to tabor
that we may live. *e may bs subjected, for
a time, to lead the life that nine tenths of man
kind have ever led, and must ever leal. In
stead of repining we ahonld be thankful to
God for the poet, bear patiently the present,
and look hopefully to the future. Sach an
ordeal will make men and women of many
who are now but well ted animals.
Instances and examples without number, in
ancient times, in moder* times, and in cotem
porary transactions, teach us that the trans
fer of the scene of war to the interior has
added to our strength, and secured invincibil
ity. All of the white race are brave, as the
anna. -of every country, mouera and ancient,
will, carefully examined, fully attest. Cour
age abd pugnacity are the attributes of aii
male animals. It is advantage of situation
renders some countries aimost invmcib.-e,
and disadvantage of situation that makes
others easy of conquest. Frenchmen and
irishmen ate contessediy among ue very best
o: soldiers : yet it has always * m an easy
matter to conquer France and Ireland, because
tbev are level, open countries, with no natural
strength of locality to resist invasion. The
s -- a g,e exception to this, is La \.odee, in
France, a marshy country, and rendered al
most invincible by its dykes and tnarshe;-
Tuedvkes of Holland are memorable in his
tory, and to them sh* owes oer existence ai a
nation Greece and Rome were protected trom
foreign invasion ani from conquest by their
mountain ranges and surrounding seas, tae
fiery sands and desert hills and mountains of
Arabia nave made her the cradle of a liberty
U.U has known no interruption. Tue deserts
and deadly malaria of southern Africa have
rendered invincible a population that exhibits
, ;in i a a .s ve*- lowest type whilst northern
Africa ti s .-<>en the hosts of toe great, Cacnbys
es swallowed up in her Lybiau sands. To su
vade England sas ever oeea to conquer her,
lecau# she is a p ain. level, open country ;
whilst panv, poverty swicken Scotland and
lihoutiaa Wales have never been conquered.
Tbe Circassians- in their aihUUUiQ recesses,
successfully resist:ag all the force of Russia,
itid Juarez, wita bis little baud of
c*ns standing ip in Mexico against the com
bined poorer of France and Maximilian, are
cotemporarv proofs toat natural or local
strength is superior to the strength of armies,
however numerous or well commanded.
is America without instances in her
history of the efficacv of natural advantage of
position. Sae nas »een them conquer a Brad
dock. a Burgoyne, a Cornwallis, an 1 a t aca
eaham. and defy in tne Everglades ot F.onda
for more than twenty years, the whoie power
0* t flioo. , /> j
But enough or proofs a.i bod
i« a God of batUes, and U? l - - e ? “ u £ r .
scribes their conditions and determines theu
G«iHi The snows of Russia, °‘
imea and Arabia, the mountains
land, the marshes of Waicheron. and .he ex
pand and fastnesses or America, -re but
F , „ a; t w.„dj He has o*.stowed
instruments «a His nancis. nc
upon us the physical guarantees of »?*£»«•
ence. and we are certain to win it umess we
chose to turn dogt and lick tae dust underlie
fee; of our deadly enemies . ___
Ecbopea* News. —One of the French papers
that the French govemmen
& -7
»*t consider that it has tae right
* The* Army aid Navy Gazette says th **.2*Urie
federal* Government has cawntamauded large
order* for torpedoes. *h« fall
Three steamers arrived at sas«au be *°” ‘ ti/ ,
es Charleston —the Coquette, Cbicora and .
Haaie. They bright two U-asaßi -
es cetten. General Pre*c<*n u attli m
There are now ia tae harbor thirty-fire b.oekede
runner*. The Fannie baaamted from Eagiand,
bat fiade her occu pa tiers goaa. ~ r v
It U reparted at Halifax tbat one «f the Freach
rebel raauhad reached a Wait Indian port.
®N Columbus limes.
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lessm af t kt. Preiideat,
The following is the message of President
Davis, transmitted to Congress o:r the 13th
instant.
Tq lhi Iltrue of Rtpruentatwet of
iM Confideratt Statu cf America .
vYuec informed on Thursday \sx that it
wa* the intention of Congress to adjourn ns*
'J* on tie ensuing Saturday, I deemed it mv
duty to re ties' a postponement -of the ai’-
,0 iinmeat, .n order that I might submit for
your consideration certain matters of public
interest whicc are now kid beforeroo. When
request was made the most important
03“ ire= that had occupied your attention
-unug the se.-s.on had not been so far ad
vance i%? to be submitted for executive ac
tion. uiju the state of the country had been so
materia.ly affected by the events of the last
.our months as to evince the necessity of fur
ther .nd more energetic legislation than was
conteosp.ated in November last.
Uar country is now environed w; a oerlis
wni.n it .3 our duty calmly to contemplate.—
Thus alone can the measures necessary to
avert calamities be wiseir devised
and efficiently enforced.
Recent military operations or me enemy
have been successful in the capture of some
ot our seaports. :n interrupting some of our
line- of’ communication, and in devastating
• arge districts ot our country. These events
have had the a itaral effect of encouraging
our foes and dispiriting many of our people.
Tae capital of the Confederate States is new
threatened, and is in greater danger than it
has heretofore been during the war. The fact
is stated without reserve or concealment, as
due to the people whose servants we are. and
in waose courage and constancy entire crist
is reposed; a* due to you. in whose wisdom
an and resolute spirit the people have confided,
for tc. 1? adoption of the measures required to
guard them from threatened Derils.
Whi!e stating to youxhat oar countrvjis in
aanger. I desire also ta state my deliberate
.00taction ib-it it is w.thin our power to avert
the calamities whion menace us. and to secure
tlie triumph of the sacred cause for which so
much sacrifice has been made. 30 much suf
fering endured, so many precious lives been
lost. This result is be obtained by fortitude,
by courage, by constancy in enduring the
sacrifices still needed ; iaa word, by the prompt
and resolute devotion of the whole resources
of men and money in the Confederacy to the
achievement of our liberties and independence.
The measures now required, to be success
ful, should be prompt. Long deliberation and
protracted debate over important measures
are not oaiy natural but laudable in represen
tative assemblies, under ordinary circum
stances : but in moments of danger* when ac
tion becomes urgent, the delay thus caused
is itself anew source of peril. Taus it has
unfortunately happened that some pf the
measures passed by you in pursuance of the
recommendations contained in my message
of November last have been so retarded as to
lose much of their value, or have, for the same
reason, been abandond after being matured
because no longer applicable to our altered
condition; and others have not been brought
under examination. In making these remarks
it is far frum my intention to attribute the
loss of lime :o any other causes than those
inherent in deliberative assemblies, but only
urgently to recommend prompt action upon
the measures now submitted
We need for carrying on me war success
fully men and supplies for the army. We
have both wi'iua our country sufficient to at
tain success
To obtain the supplies, it is necessary to
protect productive districts, guard our Lines of
corny unicatians by an increase ia the number
of our forces: aad hence it results that, with
a large augmentation in the number of men in
the army, the facility of supplying the iroop3
would be greater than with our recent reduced
strength.
For the purchase of supplies now required,
especially for the armies in Virginia and North
Carolina, the Treasury mast oe provided with
means : aad a modification ia the impressment
law is required. It has been ascertained by
examination that we have within our reach a
sufficiency of what is most needed for the
army, and without hiving recourse to the am
ple provisions existing in those parts of the
Confederacy with which our communication
has been partially interrupted by hostile
operations. But in some 'districts from which
supplies are to-be drawn, the inhabitants be
ing either within the enemy s lines or in very
close proximity, .are unable to make use of
Confederate Treasury notes for the purchase of
articles of prime necessity, and it is necessary
that to some extent coin be paid in order to
Obtain supplies. It is therefore recommended
that Congress devise the means for making
available the coin within the Confederacy for
the purpose of supplying the army. The offi
cers ot life supply departments report that
with two millions of dollars in com tae armies
in Virginia and North Carolina can be amply
supplied for the remainder of the year, and
the knowledge of this fact should suffice to
insure the adoption of the measures necessary
to obtain this mo derate sum.
The impressment law as it sow ex.its. pro
hibits the public officers from impressing sup
plies without making payment of the valuation
at the time of impressment. The limit fixed
for the issue of treasury notes has been nearly
reached, and the treasury cannot always fur
nish the funds necessary for prompt payment,
while the law for raising revenue, waic'a
would have afforded means for diminishing, il
not removing, this difficulty, was. unfortun
ately, delay? i for several months, and has just
been signed. In this condition of things it is im
possible to supply the army, although affiple
stores may exist in the country, waenever the
owners refuse to give credit to tae public offi
cer. It is necesrary that this restriction on
the power of impressment be removed. The
power is admitted to be objectionable, liable
to abuse, ar.-i unequal in its operation on m
dividual; ; yet all these objections must yield
to absolute necessity. It :s also suggested
that the system of valuation now established
ought to oe radically cafingei. The legisla
tion requires in such cases of .mpre=smea
•hat toe market price be paid, but there is
rea.iy no market price in many cases, and
then valuation is made arbitrarily and in a
depreciated currency. The r.su.: is that the
most extravagant prices are hied, such as no
one expects ever to be paid ia coin. None
be.iere that the Government can ever redeem
in coin the obligation to pay fifty dollars a
bushel tor com. er seven non ire i do.laiS a
barrel for hoar. It would seem to be more
just and appropriate to estimate tne supp-.es
mrressed a: their value in co.a; to g.ve the
obligation ot the Government tor the payment
of tife price in coin, with reasonable interest,
or at the option of,the /.-red nor to return in
kind the wheat or corn impressed with a rea
sonable interest, also payable in kind : and to
make the obligations :hu< issued receivable
for ail payme».ta due in coin to tne Govern
ment. Whatever be the vn.ue attached by
. Congress to taese suggest.oa* it is hoped taat
; there will be no hesitation :n so changing the
law gs to render it possible to supply toe
inny in case of necessity for tee impressment
1 of provissions for that purpose.
The measure adopted to raiee revenue.
■ though liberal in its pror sions. oeing clearly
; inadequate to meet the arrear o: -eb. an l the
current expenditures, aom- of
rasa men tin the m*n*geaa n. i. .ce h -*tue
.ait coatioae to » felt* It to »
T think that toe recomtneodatioa o. ui-
j r eury of the Treasury, of a tax on agriculture
COLUMBL S, GA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 30 1865.
al income, equal to the augmented tax on
other incomes, parable in treasury notes was
rejected by Congress. This tax would have
-ortributed materially to facilitate the nur
.nase of provisions and iitnicijh the sece»si
ty_tQat i, now felt for a supply 0: coin
ihe measures passed bV Congress during
?“ e ses ~ J “ for -citing the army and supplr
ing tae a iditionuu force needed for the public
defense ;.*y- been. in my judgment, insuffi.
-.eat. and i am impelled, by a profound co»-
VK'.ion of duty, and stimulated bv a sense of
the penis waieh saVround the’coan-rv r 0
ur t -e upon you additional legislation on* this
suoject.
T—e bii. for err. Gloving neg-ees a? -o’d'e'*-
oa, no: yet reached me. taougn the
journals ofWro’ir proceedings iaform me of its
i»a?a :>eneSt is anticinate-i from
is * c -e- - ar ieaa than would nave
res a. red from it* adoption at an earlier date,
83 T ‘° a - ,; ' a ; or their organization and
•-j - - • ■-• 1u■ g the w.ater months.
The bii! rot diminishing the number cf ex
empts has j us* teen made the 3 übiee - q* a
spec.si mes.aje. and its orov.s.ons are su
as would add no strength to tae army. The
rc 0 dmeacativ . to aoo-.sh ail class exempt
ion: ha; not m your ;ivor although still
deemed by me a ‘i.-aaoie and important mea
sure : and the number of men exempted bv a
new clause in toe act just passed, is believed
to oe quite equa. to that of those whose ex
emption is revoked. A law of a t»*r lines re
newing an c.ass exemp*:ons would not onlr
strengthen the forces in the tte.d. out be more
beneficial by abating toe aatara. discontent
an i jealousy created m tue army bv the exist
ence ore asses privileged by law f 0 remain in
places of safety, while their fellow-citizens
are exposed ia tae trenches an i the field.
The measure most neeiei, nowever. at tae
present time for affording an effective increase
*0 our military strength is a genera', militia
:aw such as the constitution authorizes Con
gress to pass by granting to it power *to sro-
T >d« for organising, arming and disciplining
the mii.tia, and for governing such part of
fnem aa may be employed in the service of the
Coßfederate States -and the farther power
“to provide for calling forth the militia to ex
ecute the laws of the Confederate States, sun
press insurrections and repel invasions." Tne
necessity for the exercise of this pow«r can
never exist, it not in the circumstances which
now surround as. The security of toe States
against any encroachment by the Confederate
Government is amply provided by the Consti
tution, by “reserving to the States respective
ly the appointment of tae officers, and the
authority of training the militia, according to
the iiscip.ine prescribed by Congress.
A law is needed to prescribe not only how
and of what persons the militia are to be or
ganized, but to provide the mode of caking
out. If instances be required to show the
necessity for such genera; law, it is sufficient
to mention that in one ease I have been infor
med by tae Governor of a State that the law
does not permit him to call the militia from
one county for service in another, so that a
single brigade of the enemy could traverse the
State and ievastaie each county in tura. with
out any power on the part of the Executive to
use the nuiiria for effective defense: while in
another State the Executive refused to allow
tne militia -to be employed in the service of
the Confederate Stages.** ia the absence of a
law for that purpose
; I hav« heretofore ia a confidential message,
to the two Houses stated the facts which ia
! duced me to consider it necessary that the
privilege of the writ of habeas corpus should
be suspended The conviction of the neces
s ait/ of tais measure has become deeper as the
events of the struggle have been developed.
I Congress has not concurred with me in •pin
| ion. It is my duty to say that the time has
arrived when the suspension of the writ is not
: simply advisable ana expedient, cut almost
1 indispensable to the successful conduct of the
war. _Oa Congress must rest the responsibility
of declining to exercise a power conferred by
the Constitution as a means of public safety
to be used in periods of national peril result
ing from foreign invasion If our present
circumstances are not such as ware contem
plated when this power was conferred, I con
fess myself at a loss to imagine any contin
gency in which this change of the constitution
will not remain a dead letter.
With the prompt adoption of the measures
above recommended, and t3e unite! and hear
ty co-operation of Congress and the people in
ihe execution of the laws and the defense of
the country, we may enter upon the present
campaign with cheerful confidence of the re
sult. And who can doubt the continued ex
istence of that spirit and fortitude ia the peo
ple, and of that constancy under reverses
waich alone are needed to render our triumph
secure. Whit other resources remain availa
ble bat tae undying resolve to be free ? It
has become certain oeyond all doubt or ques
tion. that we mast continue this struggle to %
successful issue, or must maie abject ani un
conditional submission to such terms as it
shaii please the conqueror to impose on us
after oar surrender. If a possible doubt could
exist after the conference between our commis
sioners aad Mx. Lincoln as recently reported
to you. it would be dispelled by a recent oc«
carrence. of which it is-proper that you saouid
be informed. .
Congress will remember that in tae conference
above referred ta ear eommissieners were informed
that the government of the United States would
not enter into any agreement or treaty whatever
with the Confederate States, nor with any sing e
State: and that the en’v possible mo-ie of obtain
ing peace was by laying down oar arms, disbani
ing oar ferns, and yielding unconditional obedi
ence to the Laws of the United States, including
those passed fer the eenisration of *ur property,
and the coastitatioeal amendment for the abolition
of slavery. It will further be remembered, that
Mr. Lincoln declared that the only terms on wai.-h
hostilities could cease, were those stated in his
message of December last, in which we were in
formed that in the event of our penitent submission
he weald temper justice with mercy : end that the
question whether w# would be governed as depea
lent territories, or permitted to have a representa
tion in taeir Cjagrees, was one oawmeh he could
practise nothing, but which would be decided by
their Congress after oar iaoauUs.oa aad been ac
cepted.
It has not, however, been hitherto stated to you
that in tae coarse of the conference at Formes?
Menroe, a suggestion was male by one ot our
commissioners that the ebjectiens entertained by
Mr. Lincoln to treating with the Government of
the Confederacy or with any separate State might
be avoided by substituting for the usual mode st
aeg Sating through commissioners or other diplo
matic agents, the method sometimes employed of a
military convention to be entered into by tie
commanding generals of the armies o: the two
belligerents. Thu, he admitted, was a power
possessed by him, though it was not thought
commen-ura'e withal. the questions Involved.
As he did not accept the suggestion wbou m±<ie,
he was afterwards requested to reconsider his
ceucloiiOß, utK-n the subject of a sustension es
hostilities which os agreed to do, bat sai-i that he
aad maturely considered ot me P-an, aad nan
determined that it could not be done.
Subsequently, however, an interview with ores.
Loagstreet was asked for by len. Or J.commaa-itug
tho enemy’s army of the J»a«. oaring wnicn
General Lcngstree; was miormei by mm .ha.
there was a possibility of arriving at a satisfactory
adju«taeDt es the present unhappy iiSru--‘C* by
a military convention, mi that if Feu
Lee desired an interview or the jaojeot, it wau.d
not be declinei, provided Genera, ue* uai power
to act. This ' aacikit 'is was .-upposed j-o o?
tne eonsequaace of the suggevtioa above r*.-freed
to. and 'Genera.. Lee, according to iaetruc tons,
wrote to Genera I Grant on the second ot tn.s
amith, proposLug to p*et him for eouferona* on
the subject, and stating that he was vested with
:h# re-joisit# authority General Grant s repty
staro'd that ha had aa authority ta acoade to th«
proposed onf*rss'« that his pswer* rxt«ad*d
oniy t* making a coav*i:t:*n so fahjeet* purely
of a military character, aai that <3*3. Gr-i coaid
oaiy bar* meant that aa interview w iU l 1 n*t ha
rerused on aay subject *n wui:h he. Gen. Grant,
nad the uight to act.
It thus appears, that neither with tea Cenfede
raie authcritiai. aor the authorities of any State
njr thresfa tke commandicg generals, will the
g ivernmeat es the United. State* treat or make
* ertßS *- agreement whatever for the cessation
0. hoftiiitie*. There remains then far as no choice
hut to conrnue th* contest to a Saal issae : for
thc peep!* of tae Caafiedaraey tan be but little
kn#wa su» aim who suppote* it tossifele th*v would
ever coaaaßt to parchase. at the c*st of iegraia
noß and slavery, permisetoa to .ive in a country
s ‘ 3 ® lr :wa negroes, and governed
-7 o£oen seat bj tae to rule ever
tnam.
*v--.g -has ta..y p.siei oefore the infor
mation requisite to enable you to judge of the
state of the coaarry. th* dangers to which we are
exposed, and the measures of legislation needed
tor averting them, it remains for me but to invoke
your attest:on to the cnes: teratioa *f those means
by above ail others we may hope to escape
i? * would result from our failure.
- r-.m.aeut, above a., others, is toe necessity of an
earnest and cordial co-opera - ,an between a!! de
partments of Government, S:a:e and Confederate,
am a., eminent eitisens throughout the ioHi'eie
raoy To yo», especially, as Senators ani Rep.
reaea atives, do :he people ioes for eat oarage -
meet and counsel. To your action, not only in
;Ogts. at ive ha s. but in y:ur homes will their
eye? be turned r the example of what is befitting
men, who by wikmg sacrifices >a the altar of free
■ions, show that they are Worthy to eniov its bless-
»**• -
I leei ‘all confidence that you will concur with me
in tne conviction that your public duties will no; be
ended when you shall have closed the legislative
tabor? of the session, but that your voice will be
~ear«i cneerin? and encouragins the people to that
persistent tortituie which they have hitherto iis
p.ayed. and aaimatir.j them by the manifestation es
taat serene Confidence which ia moments of public
danger islthe -iistinotive characteristic of the patriot,
wnp der.ves courage from this devotion to his coun
try ; destiny, and is thus enabled to in»pi“e ?he like
c>):uiage in others.
Ihus united Ln a e-jmmon and holy cause, rising
above all selfish, considerations, renierins ail oUr
mean? and faculties tributary to the country’s wel
fare, ,et us tow submissively to the Dirine will, ani
reverently invoke the blessing of our Heavenly
rather, taat as he protected and guided our sires
wnec struggling in a similar cause, so be will enable
n? s*-foiy ou- alt ip? ani oar fire-sides, and
mais-am mvioiute tae pouScai rlgb« wh'ch we in
- w ... JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Richmond, March ISta, ISfic.
Ihs Nz&ko Soldier Bill.—Annexed is the
negro soldier bill passed by the Senate, entitled
“A bid to increase the military force of tae Con
federate States
Ine Congress o: the Confederate State) es
America do enact, That in order to provide addi
tions. forces to repel invasions, maintain the
righttul possessions of the Confederate States,
secure their independence and preserve their in
atituti >ns, the President be and is hereby author
ized to ask for and accept from the owners es
slaves tae service* of such a number of able
bodied men as he may deem expedient for and
during the war, to pertorm military duty in what
ever capacity he may direct.
Sec. 2. That the General ia Chief be authorized
to organize toe said slaves iata companies, battal
ions. regiments aad brigades under such rales and
regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe,
and to be commanded by such officers as the
President at 7 appoint.
Sec. 3. Thus while employed, ia the service, the
said troops shall receive the same rations, clothing
ani compensation os allowed to other troops in
the same branch of service.
Sec. 4. That if, under the previous sections es
this act, the President shaii not be able to raise a
sufficient number of troops to prosecute the war
successfully, and maintain the sovereignty es the
States, and the iaiepea ience of the Confederate
States, then he is hereby authorized to call ea
earn State, wheaever he thinks it expedient, for
her quota of three hundred thousand troops, in
additiontaws subject to military service under
existing laws, or to many thereof as c'ae President
may deem necessary to he raised from such classes
of the populatien, irrespective of color, ia each
state, as the proper authorities thereof may deter
mine; Provided, That no mere than twenty-five
per cent, of the male slaves between the ages of
eighieea ani forty-five in any State shall he caiied
for under the previxiens of \his act.
Sec. 5. That nothing in this act shall be con
strued to authorize a change in the relation which
me saii-slaves shall bear towards their masters,
except by the eonseat of the owners ani of the
States in which they may reside, and in pursuance
es the law* thereof.
From Mexico.—The Emperor Maximiiiaa, ac
cording to advices receive Mexico, has re
ceived. at special audience, Mr. Peter Campbell
Sear.ett. the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of Her Majesty the QSben of
Engl aad.
Mr. Scarlett presented to the Emperor, of
Mexico several autograph letters frem Queen
Victoria.
The first of these letters is a formal one, accred
iting the Minister, the second is a repetition of the
first, but is addressed to the Empress Charlotte as
“my beloved sister/’ and the third is an acknowl
edgement of the letter sent by the Emperor to the
Queen ia June last, informing her officially of his
accession to the throne of Mexico.
The Queen expresses her interest in the welfare
of Mexico, and her belief that the establishment
0: the Empire is the beginning of anew and hap
py era for the ceuacrv. She congratulate the Em
peror on his elevation, and closes wfth the usual
expressiens cf diplomatic courtesy.
The typhoid fever is raging in Zacetas.
The guerrilla band es Almeida has been dis
persed at Tajc&ar ta. ani their leader killed. The
guerrillas la the department of Jalisco have also
been dispersed with much loss.
The new railroad has 5: far progressed that the
trip from Vera Cruz to Mexico city can be made
la four day*.
Ihe Mexican papers publish long Lists of the
diplomatic and consular appointments made by
the Emperor to foreign governments. No appoint
ments are made to the United Status.
[Freai the London Index ]
Torpfdo Batieries.
Toe iximense destructive power of the sub
marine mino is now one o? the well ascertain
ed facts of military science, but its effective
ness as an engine es w»r ha; nowhere been
demonstrated with more convincing evidence
thaa ia the Confederate States of America,
where it was brought into use in the begin
ning of the war. and has lately formed one of
the principal means of attack and defense in
the contest between those States aad the Nor
thern Government.
Tans we are in possession of abundant proof
of tae importance of the torpedo as a station
ary obstruction, while oa the other head its
application aad use. when attached to the
bo»s of vessels, by the Confederates,"has pre
sented to the world a perfectly new feature ia
naval war-rare, which promises at no diatant
day to create an entire revolution in the pres
ent system of architecture, as well as
in the existing methods of eoast defense.
Could the Confederates Aave valued and
brought Lhjj system of defense into general
use a the beginning of the war. it is much
doubted whether they would have lost the
rich and prod active region of eastern North
Carolina, and its valuable inland warer com
munication. so desirable for the support of
their armies. ;is well *s some othar points, the
capture >f which gained forth# Fe-iferai navy
Its p m *iugc at the coameaeemast of hostilities.
Taese tirpe-ioe. have, without doubt, had a
ieaeralixing iafaanea upon seme of the crews of
Feioril ve#*el* while operating near the C
rate Unas of defense, from the kuowledge. bat too
well impressed os them, c? the fate that awaited
tease whe ventured :#o near the aasoca but terri
ble Laatrumast of destruction. This terror inspire!
oy tne t-nraado is aat eonsaed :« these oa board
of ship* that are liable to ran ever them, bat i*
sxarei alike by these who cruie* along the eoast.
or rida at anchor .a the fur w* sea by
pabliabad sxaoaau es da “war carreapoadears”
of Americaa jauraatia, that ta# Faderai. “ire* clad
veaeeLs anchored hwfare th# a arbor of Chari eaten
are all turrounked er ea cased with frame? of
heavy timber, extending some dietante fr m the
vesaals, t# prevent the approach of the rebel ttr*.
p*io boat*." *
The Lords e: the Adaairaltj have had this new
engine of war under consideration, and ref*:red it
to a board of competent officers, who approved
and recommended its adoption a? an auxiliary for
the defeat* of barbers ani roadsteads.
Rrsraoast—Columbia is rising from her
ashes, ani the first index we have of her up
ward tendency towards prosper.‘y, says tne
Constitutionalist, is the appearance of the
Phenix. a tri-weekly p*»ner. published by
dalias A. Selby. The number before us -on
tains tee miUai ebatder of an exceedingly
well written narrative cf S Derma ns vaniai
march through South Carolina, which we
violate no confidence ia stating is from the
facile pen of tne eminent author Wa, Gilmore
Simms.
Colonel A F, Rud.'er, of the regular army,
n&s. by order of Gen. Beauregard, assumed
command of the post a: Colombia. The col
onel is aa affable ani efficient officer, and his
appointment wkl tend greatly to promote the
security and weil-bemar of the citi.reas.
Among tae signs cf lire in spoliated Coium
,:.u we notice the opening of a broker's office
uy aenry Daly, and a number advertisements
of cows, males, horses. A:.
Psusosal Explanation. —in tne Confeder
ate Senate, on ihe I3th instant Mr. Wigfail
made the following explanation ;
Mr. Wigfail rase to a personal explanation,
not as to bimselt. He made it a rule never
to correct reports of what he said in debate,
and was. therefore, no; responsible for what
appeared. Some gentleman had informed
him. that ia commenting on his speech a few
days ago on toe negro enlistment bill, the
Richmond Enqairer had involved ihe Senator
from Virginia (Mr. Hunter) sn the matter dis
cussed: the propriety of obtaining the resig
nation of the President. He had read the
article hastily the morning it appeared, and
had not 3een it since. He supposed it to be
simply an attack on himself, about which be
cared nothing, and to wnicb he intended to
par no attention. He wished simply to say
that he and Mr. Hunter differed toto catUo as
to the effect of the President s resignation up
on the success of our cause, and that their
action had been a3 different as their views.
So far from co-operating. Mr. Hunter had, on
ail occasions, discountenanced any action on
the subject.
A young married woman, only seventeen
years of age, aad poor, was recently left t®
suff# aad die a shocking ueath at Monaoa, in
Maaaachuaetta. for want of medical attendance,
because it waa uncertain whether she belonged
t« Monson or Palmer. The selectmen of Mon
son refused to assist her. and the selectmen of
Palmer, being applied t«, teok no notice of the
matter; and after her death the former buried
her without funeral ceremony.
Booksf Books!! Books!!!
The undersigned requests all persons having
BOOKS belonging to him, to return rite same to his
Study, in the'rear of the Church, which is open
daily fre*n 10 to 11 a. m.. as they are needed.
ffa. N. HAWKS,
mar 2$ ts Rector, Trinity Church.
G. W. SOSSTTB, B. E. LAV3O.V, ?. 0. WILKIN'S
ROSETTE. LAWHOX & CO.,
AUOTIO IsTEERS
ASB
Commission Merchants,
131 BROAD STREET..
Columbus, G-eorgia.
march Ttf
MYERS, WATSO.Y & CO.,
AUOTIOITEERS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
At Hull & Duck’s old rtrni,
Opposite Bank of Columbus. Broad Street.
Personal and prompt attention given
to all consignments.
Columbus. Ga. ; Jan. 21. 13*35. jan23 ts
30 TOYS IRO\
For Sale for Casb.
OR EXCHANGE FOR PRODUCE.
01-'i. 4 and "J inches wlie.
O J. ENNIS & CO.,
mar 3 1m Columbus. G*.
H AX T E D ,
ft C NO. 1 MULES, for which a liberal price will
be paid. Apply to
MYERS. WATSON, A 03.
march 26-1 w
.\otice !
THE partnership of DILLARD. POWELL A CO.,
1 havirz be*n dissolved by the death o! F. W.
DULLARD, all persons holding claim* against said
inn will present them immediately for settlement,
and those indebted will at once make immediate
payment to R. Patten, Agt. .
A. FRAZER,
R. H. POWELL,
march 26-1 m* Sarvivisg Partners.
Grind Stoaes
OF all sites, from lo inches to 6 feet, for sale by
GREENWOOD A GRAY.
march 12 old
3500 Reward 2
QTOLEN from the Wagon Yard, near Columbus.
O Ga.,oa the nixh: of the 17th March, two mules—
one a dark brown horse mule, 17 or IS years old,
medium rlie, has a considerable knot oa one side
near the sank. The other a bay horse mala, about
12years old. compart built, and rather under medi
um size. The above reward will be paid uppn the
delivery of said males to me at Talbotton, or at
my plantation in Harris county, three miles from
Waverly Hail. „
march 23-1 w THOS. J. DOZIER.
For Exchange or Sale.
I T the oS.ee of the ‘’Southern Iron Works,” near
»A the new bridge, the following articles of Hard
ware, which we will exchange for Pork, Bacon.
Lard, Wheat, Flour, Fodder, or any other articles
of Proviiions or Confederate currency, vii:
Bar and Hoop Irtm. of all sixes, suitable for plan
tation -uses.
Suxar Mills and Kettle*, of all sties from 30 to
120 rations.
Pots, Ovens and Skillets,
Fry Pans and Andirons,
Club and Broad Axes,
Shovels ami Spades.
Trace Chaine* ani Plough Moults.
Order? for Casting's and Machine Work
promptly executed.
jen stf JOHN D. GRAY' A CO.
Owinx to the increased price o: Provisions, La
bor and other expenses, the Steamboats on the
Chatxah >j«hee River have beer, compelled to ad
ranee their prices for freight aad ; assaxo to*,the fol
lowing retea:
Paasagefrtm Cot a tabu; to Chattahoochee -J75 GJ
From Charmhooehel be Columbus
Intermediate landing* in proportion.
Freign's to any point on Chattahoochee River $4 '.*)
per hundred. Mensureatont Freight f1 25 per eab-.e
toot. _ _
Capt. H. WINGATA Soamrcrri.
Cept. DAN FRY. Jaekscc.
Oapti ABE FRY. Indian.
Cape JOHN COUCH. Mist-
CaptiA. O.3LACKM ARJCansevlyn.
feaT-t#
t.,*.-. f MOSTH. - -SIO.OO
THREE MO\TIIv $30.00
•EXTRACT.”
EuDuriiTtu »nj DtrtN'"'?, )
Columbus. Ga-, March’.iTti, 18»S5. j
,%*-**#» f Order#, 1
-Vo. 75. J
t, 0 0 « • •
VII. All officers at tbis'Poet, whether in* transitu
on orders or ieare of absence, or in any other man
ner In the city of Columbus, ot«t six hours, are re
quired to rer-art to Poet Head ruaners, exhibit their
papers and s«n their names ia the officer's register.
It is to be hopodthat all good officers will cheerful
ly comply with the above, so that the Commandant
of the Poet may be facilitated in preventing imposi
tion and ia returning officer? te duty who are im
properly abseat.
•»***♦«
By command of
LEON VON ZINK EX
CoL Commanding Post and Defeuee?.
b. Isidore Gcjlllt, A. A- A. 0.
mar 2& if
EXTENSIVE SALE OF
Valuable Machinery,
STEAM ENGINE, if.
M'ILL be sold at auction on the prem. es on
» WEDNESDAY, l ih April next, fin es- - »a#r
disposed of—
ONE LOT/JT feet front on o»leth>rpe street, and
14“ feet deep, with anew two-story brick building,
4<i by K 1 feet,
ONE BRICK BUILDING, 2> by V feet, with the
cupola for foundry.
1 Bra?* Foundry reorn. 2f by Si fee:.
1 complete sett of patterns for making Caking
Stoves, of all sixes. .
1 complete sett of patterns for making Bex sieves.
Parlor Stoves. Hollow Ware, Ac. These patterns
were gotten up in beet style at Albany. New
York.) .
Tool? and dies for making knives and fork*.
Also, tools far making Shoe Peg?, Shoe Ta:.*, xc>
7 pair Blacksmith’? Bellows, 4 Mill Saws,
2S large Vices. 6 Lathes, Idifferent sites,
1) Anvils, 2 Driil Presses,
1 large Steam Trip-Hammer.
1 large Brass Lock,
1 superior UPRIGHT ENGINE, 35 horse rower,
with tubular boiler,
1 fram* wiit* Polubin* Wheels,
Z Grindstone*, with frames
50 Polishing Wheels. 2 Drill Presses,
1 Rifling Machine, 1 Portable Furnace,
1 Punching Machine,
300 feet Shafting, withpullies, assorted sires.
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,
12 Crucibles, 1 tin <SO gallon Can.
Old Brass and Copper,
* dozen Batcher Knives, Firmer Chisels.
1 bundle 3-16 Iron Rods,
Wrapping paper, sand paper.
2 dozes Snoe Shaves,
Wood Handle, assorted,
4 large Sieve? for foundry.
2 can? Black Varnish,
20 Work Benches. 8» pounds Lead, and various
other articles.
The sal* wili continue from day to day until ail Li
sold.
HARRISON, BEDELL A CO.
Colcxlcs, Ga.. Alarch 2>th. 1365.—td?
S2OO Reward..
RAN A WAY from my residence in Wynnton. on
Saturday, 25th inat., anexroMAN, named Jeese,
about twenty-two years old. six feet kfeh, black ani
very likely. I will pay the above reward for him
delivered to me, or one hundred if led*ed in jail.
W. A. BEDELL.
Sun and Enquirer please copy.
mar 23 ts
CITY' FOUNDRY,
TFE have on hand and are constantly makia* a
»» large assortment of Ovens and Lids, Spiders,
Skillettr, Kettles. Pets and Sugar Mills, which we
will exchange for provisions or any kind, or money
at low prices.
Also, wanted two No. 1 Milch Cows.
’PORTER, McILHENXY k CO.
mar 2% 2w ________
Anxious Cos Sell Immediately
REFUGEES TAKE NOTICE!! ;
Ist a small HOUSE and LOT. of tec acre?. ia Au
burn. Lot already planted in com and well ma
nured. Three fished rooms, in a convenient lo
cality and good neighborhood.
2d 380 acres of Pine Land, eight miles below Au
burn, on the road to Society Hill. Seventy acres
open land, common improvements. Cheap I
I most sell quick! Call on me at Auburn. Ala,
mar 13 ts WM. F. SAMFuRD.
Hat Pressing Notice.
MRS. A. D. CLECKLEY informs the ladies of
Columbus and vicinity, that she is njw ready
to press Hats in the the latest and mo* approved
siyle. She can be found at Mrs. White’s res.ience,
next door to Dr. Boxeuan’s. Randolph St. •
march 25-1 w*
<w*San please copy.
WANTED!
Z jujii LBS. of TALLOW, for which a liberal pr :•
Jr""J will be paid. Apply to
WM. BARN WALL, Jr,
mar 25 ts Major and Q. M.
Cotton Burned.
JOLDERS of COTTON RECEIPTS burn*! in
IT. our Warehouse, will please nresent them imme
diately. CODY k COLBERT.
_ mar IT 2w
Irish Potatoes.
A FINE LOT just received at
RAVENSCROFT A CC.’3
march 24-2w* 91 Broad Street.
SOMETHING GOOD AT
Rarenscroft & (o’s. 91 Broad street
DRIME Pickled Pork, Flonda Mullet. Syrup,
1 Rice, Fresh Corn Meal, Prime Cora Juice, by
the gallon or bottle. Onion Sett?, Cabbage Seed, and
English Peas.
map2l 2w* ______
Dr. R. NOBLE,
DENTIST,
AFFICE opposite the Bank of Columbia, next
V door to tne Arbor, whe-e he can be found at
all hours. foe 13 5m
FOR SALE!
FOUR BARRELB OF ALUM.
APPLY TO
SHERMAN & CO..
Matome Hall. Up Statn.
march 19 ts.
WAISTTED.
IT THE PERRY HOUSE, Ga. a
tn. BOOK-KFRPER. A wounded soldier prefer
rad. EDWARD PARSONS.
mar lets -
G ooss
EUHAVGEO FOR BOSES.
AT THE
GRA\T FACTORY.
marc h 12 ts
IRON
Eiehaaged for Country Proiiacr,
AT TH X
6RA.VT FACTORV.
mAreh 12 ts
CITY FOUNDRY 1
SF6AR MILLS AMI KETTLE? !
WE HATE OF HAND
s»u?ap Hills and Kettles.
holding 35,55, 4-3. SO. 43 and 153galives. whirh we
wiL exchange for Proviai -ns or any kind :.f tountry
Prc-dace, or mcney on very liberal terms Order*
solicited. PORTER, McILHENNY A JO.
CMambue. Jan. 20, ts
Bank of Colunibu*.
The annual seating of the Stockholder* o: thia
Biak far the election of a Board es Direct ore. will
take place on the sr*t Monday in April next.
DANIEL GRIFFIN.
Pree icat.