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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. =— —-=-t ■ ==— —— W 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.