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DA IL Y TIMES.
J. W. WIURE\, - - - Editor.
COLUMBUS:
Friday Corning. March 31, 1865.
The Yews.
Our ai'Bpat uea o; yesterday represent the
ball as having opened at Mobile, and the clans
aagatae.inx : ound the devoted city. What
the plans of oar military leaders are in that
quartc. of course we cannot divine, though
it locfk = u.3 if Mobile toj to be defended We
hud supposed that the wrap policy would be
pur.ijeii i‘. .■ : it Cha: 'n ml Savannah,
and that con.eni ration would be the ides..-*
The id«z e. published represent the au-s nr
affairs favorable us. A few days wifi
probably i v«.oi- tb phi: of the Alabama
can.puigi. L sot-n.? that -* b•• -:o!omn of raid
ers wiituu ivr- up the and. r >ai between Pol- .
iarta uu-i £varufe<:.i »?e u.ia.ng for Ciaiborffe.
at the juneti >' ‘.ii-* A.aoutua and Tonibig
•• .• wr v in, 5 ~. r., probably, of.
calving off comii'i Ac *.uor. *•Mobile by the
riv^i. T:.e ngm net ui** nu •. these raiders,
and if 1 1 ii >t j sc- .ire n•' it .stratei we shall <
fee! lii-jappolfi'.' > ■
idle i.ccou: "1 tr *rn an d n 1 a a/e high
ly er.cou.ag' .g >.iri represent Johns ton u ar
my u , confronting Gherman in the vicinity of ;
Golusbo’t o
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The Alabama Situation.
The Montgomery Mai! el Wednesday evening, ;
the rath, sa y* :
Rumors ivare puite current on toe 3fcre*3ts .ast
evoi.mg u.i j tuu morning oi tue approach oi a
party of l'’edu*ula from North Alabama, which had
already icached Moacovaiio. No official corrobo
ration oi this report has reached us, and wo class
it among *ne wildest ofnhe wild rumors that have
been floaMi.g generally for the past two or three
days.
Upoa tne authority of the Now York Tribune,
the telegiaph states that fifteen thousand cavalry
and mounted infantry left Easrport, Mi?s., a few
day« ago, ao a gigantic ra.id, with Mobile as its
ultimate objective point.
The Movement prom EAsrpoßT. —The Mali of
Thursday morning, iSOcb, says the threatened ad
vance of a column bt i odoral cavalry and iuouitt
ed infantry from tko Tenneasee river, to penetrate
the interior of Alabama, judging from certain
fiigrnticaat indications upoa our domestic military
barometer, is perhaps about to prove more than
more Northern telegraphic speculation. The report
of tue approach of this column, or of some Fede
ral force from North Alabama upon Montevallo,
seems to be gaining credit. A friend just arrived
from Selina informs us that me report is generally
credited in that city. We have had no Selma mail
for several days, and we are consequently without
the advices and opinions of our Selma coteoipo
raries.
The designs of (ho enemy in such a movement,
would doubtless be to occupy Selina and hold the
river between us and Mobile, preparatory to a
closer investment of the latter place. The “Wizard
of the Saddle” i» ou the war path, and the indom
itable Buford is wakeful and watchful. We have
assurances that the proper dispositions of ti.rcea
at our command are being made to .anticipate the
endeavors of toe enemy, and that, the best- ores are
in the rigor place
PtuvATK Dispatch. -The Montgomery Ad
vertiser publish-?# life following private dis- .
patch from Gen. Maury s Chief ot Stao •
M. >HU.R March 28.
Col. Arun- ! eid reported b*Q» (Gen, C'.sti
ton) wounded and captured
Coi Lary was also reported captured, but
he is safe. GEyc G. GARNER,
Chief of Staff. i
Tue Richmond Whig replies at boiqo length :
too recent editorial is the New York Herald.
In the course of its reply, it sav« that when a
General sets oat wit a an army of 120,000 men
to take a city ia two weeks, fighting half a
Joiea butties, and L defeated in all of th era,
and at the endot' ten months is found no near
er to his object than he was nine mouth* be
fore. after having lost in the meantime two
armies, e»'ja the equal u * tU-a on* ae slurred j
with, turn General is a tailurer. If tha Herald .
auubts tini. reference is given to Gen. But- 5
lcr. who o.in give a very intelligent opinion on .
the sabject. It likewise says h reliable per- j
aor. 3( at . jto Columbia to ascertain the con
dition of to at unfortunate city luce its occu- j
paiiou by -he Feder.us, reports not he round ■
lio difficulty iu reaching it. Shopman having 1
tarried iu the place only three days. The er,-';
emy, upon eipteriog the city, ■.utmedtatclj' ap
plied the torch to a . the public buildings,
*ad to many streets Three fourth* of the ;
city have certainly oeen destroyed. Wheth- •
erit was his lut'ariuu to destroy the city, or j
whether :heir aiaiice was directed solely i
against public buddings and public property
■, known. He burnt Gtn. Hampton s
residence, those of the into Coi. drank Hamp
ton and Coi. Ohsistepiier Hampton, and many
other laivuto residences on Arse aa! Hill.
Xhe Ete’avn aii Dispatch thinks it would be well
have frequent conferences and consultations
between Bio autaorities and leading citizens of
the sever a St.te*. Taey would tend to keep up
sympathy and harmony among us, and promote a
salutar. zeclaud virtuous rivalry. It advocates
the mg -f a deputation now by Virginia, as
iii other days, of her lirai s»as, to jitr lister States, j
t® proclaim *•> them tna' nil is wall in the Old
I> uniuimi. tii the early aavs of secession, she !
rccvri*'d are ►'>•#•'*l6B trotu .ier southern sister State® .
mv-tin” doc to join her fortunes with theirs ; let j
bow senti to toem -> texi thorn v .rgm.a,
i #tn 1 ali aer sufferings, is still mi-conquered and
true, and to receive their assurances that they will
«ta ul by her and with her throagn tae fortunes
ul die .-hanging fight, and match blow with blow,
until God shall erowa our common strugg ; e with ;
a common triumph. It shows also that toe su.
faring?, uardshipa, and humiliations to which our
prisoners were subjected in Northern prisons were
terrible indeed. Auling the sick delivered into
our bands are numerous cases of smau pox, as if j
ft were cue desire to spread that disuse among
oar people. It publishes a list of deaths m one
company, from which it appears that out of forty,
twenty tw-, died while in captivity. i : - publishes
the speech of the Hon. Mr. Long, f Ohio, in tua
Yankee lioaoJ >f Representatives, an i tavites ?s
perusal.
According to a Northern journal, Liacouii
has received since the beginning ->f the war •
two millions tw-. hundred r.no te'tT-e:ght ,
thousand eight hundred and forty-seven men. j
According to the oest calculation that can now
be made, the total force of infinity, artillery
. and cavalry doea not exceed four hundred
thousand men. Os mi number : he terms of
at least ohe bail w u . expire witnia the next
ten months. Heni“ ae necesaityof Lincoln 1 ®
iMt ‘JtOiile.cnauoa
From Angnsta.
j We take tue following items from the Au
gusta Chrouicle of the 28th :
DEATH OK A BRAVE SOLDIER.
By & private telegram, we learn that Frank
; E. Stovall, son of our townsman, Colonel M.
P. Stovall, was killed on the morning of the
23d inst., in a skirmish with the enemy forty
miles west of Marianna, Fla,
aAW MILL BURNED AtTaIKEN.
; We regret to iearn that the Steam Saw and
Grist Mil! of Mr. John E. Marley at Aiken, S.
C., wes burned about two o’clock Sunday •
j morning. The mill and machinery was en* 1
j tireiy consumed. Loss heavy. The fire was i
the work of an incendiary.
ANOTHER MILITART POST. i
We iearn that a military post has been es- ]
üblished at the village of Social Circle, on :
the Georgia railroad. For one we cannot see I
he neces ity of a- military post at that place, ,
it may bo tiece.-sary, however. If so. all right, j
Ts not. 1; : an excellent bombproof.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT. j
Aiun* • uecideiit occurred on the Georgia j
rood Sued- / vening about half a mile above !
Uelair Tl e front trucks of the ladies' coach j
gave way. and passing under the whole length j
of the car, made a complete wreck of it. The j
car was crowded with men, women and child- j
ran bn: fortunately not one was injured. !
Sv oe soldiers who were seated on the plat- I
foiru :ped without the slightest injury—a >
mimeie Almost.
AN'GTHF.K BATTLE.
It w.is rumored in town last evening that j
ther«- had ocen another battle in North Caro- i
iina. it was stated that the Yankees have ]
beer, defeated with a heavy loss, both in killed j
and prisoners.
,Hf. CRO:*3 IN MIDDLE GBOIUiIA
Lettets from Middle Georgia state that the |
when’; crops are looking well, notwithstanding I
the baoi weather.
UEPOKTHD VICTORY.
The Constitutionalist of the same date says :
A.private dispatch was received in this city
yesterday, dated Chester, March 2d, which
says: Glorious victory; 5,000 prisoners ar
rived here.
[From ‘he Army and Navy Journal, Feb. 25.]
Heavy Boasting—Northern View of Sher*
man’s Campaign.
Like that good knight in the fairy tale, be
fore the very blast of whose enchanted trum
pet battlements trembled and impervious walls
lay flat. Sherman, capturer oi cities, marches
through the Confederacy, irom East to tVest.
ilii latfat and most marvellous campaign is
already crowned with triple victory at Branch
ville, Columbia and Charleston itself. That
nursery of the rebellion, where its infant arms
were taught to brandish in rage then impotent
against the Union, is ours to-day, and the
starry flag floats over the dishonored parapet
of Sumter. But, with the impulse of a groat
mind, Sherman does not pause to enter in tri
umphal procession the city which, after three
years of terrible siege, at length succumbs.—
Although next after Richmond, Charleston
was the strategic point whose fall was des
tined to carry with it a greater weight of dis
aster, phyicai and morfti, than any other in
the broad domains of the rebellion, cot only
in our own 'eyes, but in those of the South
and in the appreciation of the world, Sherman
disdains that personal triumph which his en
try therein would insure him. He carries his
legions onward to new triumphs, and so press
es his victory that the country may enjoy to
the laet fragment its substantial fruits. Sher
mun makes American history faster than pea
can record it.
The people arc justified in their discharges
of cannon, ia then bonfires and illuminations,
i» their showing of colors from a hundred
thousand masts, over these gieat victories.--
In some respects, the conquests of Sherman,
its the Carolina campaign, resemble those of
h;a Georgia eat are a igo, while its strategy and
its maneuvers are similar. Branch villa was
j„ railroad center hardly less important-than
Atlanta, and, the latter, tell before R masterly
vault upon Its lines of supply. The capture
of Columbia, the capital of the most defiant
State ot the rebellion, was ia every respect,
m weighty as that, of its sister capital, Mill*
edgf.ville ” Charleston tell with a shock as
gioat as Savannah, with a greater loss in guns
*ud maiemls, with stronger fort* in its har
bor, with the surrender of advantages &3 an
open port long since wrested from Savannah,
and wirh a moral effect unequalled by any
blow yet struck a; the rebellion If Savannah
waa Sherman'* Christina* gift to the nation,
I Ohaileston narrowly escaped being his Val
entine
A mouth only has gone by sines Sherman’s
legions marched from Savannah. And yet at
this moment they have accomplished the enor
mous distance of more than two hundred and
fifty miles, straight through the centre of the
Confederacy How hua this feat been execu
ted t It owes nothing to the condition of the
country traversed. That has been most im
practicable for inarching, moat hostile to
maneuver. Its early stages were a continu
ous coarse of awaaips and morasses. Slocum’s
•aft wing, along the banks of .the Savannah,
and Howard's right, on those of the Salkehatch
je. waded tor many a mile knee-deep, through
ten and marsh, toiling night and day, cordu
roving and grading roads# extricating trains
and o'- inanee from the mire, felling forests,
rui lording streams. The country is every
where defensible. Besides its swamps, spanned
only by narrow oausewayc, it is* intersected
with broad rivers, torrued by the confluence
of myriad smaller branches, ap; foe the de
tention of columns intending to pass them.
It has not been the want of men, evea,
which has prevented the enemy from oppo
sing Sherman. He long ago furnished us with
•he figures which were to cipher the North
ern general into annihilation. Nor were ail
nis troops mere meu in buckram. Within
possible call were the garrisons of Charleston,
Macon, Augusta and Branchville. Beaure- !
>ard, tiaiuee, D. H. Hill and G. W. Smith had ;
forces not contemptible in their commands. ;
Hardee, for example, abandoned Savannah,
as it was reported, with 16,000 troops. These \
w-ere distributed in the regions of Charleston
and Branchville. He abandoned Charleston }
probably with 14,000 men. Besides the in - j
tantry. South Carolina was full of cavalry.-
Hampton had two divisions, Wheeler one, and
McLaws and others, brigades. From the
West, two full corps of Hood were moving ;
rapidly to headoflSherman, as he commenced ;
his advent urous journey northward, and from .
the East. Lee s veterans poured down trom
their Richmond entrenchments, threatening
him from that quarter. ’
So respectable a force, in defensible a
country opposing an enemy already tired by
a weary march of one hundred and fifty to
two hundred mile 9. far away from any base,
and without possible direct support for miles
from either Grant or Schofield, might surely
hope to accomplish something. That it ac
compLshed nothing is due to the genius of
Sherman. His plan, framed at Savannah,
threatened so many points, oetore any of his
movements were announced, that the enemy
dared not concentrate his scattered troops.—
The dazzling rapidity of Sherman’s march, af
; tr-v *ae movement began, made subsequent
concentration against him impossible dust
hr turn Branch ville was taken th% enemy con
fessed that whether that point, or Augusta,
or Columbia, or Charleston would 'be tbe ;
eoitr.i point of attack, it was difficult to di
vine. . ’ j
To the plan 1 • manoeuvre, which lay clear in
Sherman's min l , before a brigade was moved, and
to the wonderful rapidity aßd soldierly skill with
which be executed it, we must trace our triple
victory in South Carolina. His feint ou Amgaita •
n ,niv cut off D. H. llill and all Governor
Br *wn’s Georgia levies, but it held back, as well,
Beauregard’s hopes for reinforcements from Hood.
The simultaneous movements on Branchville an l
Charleston kept apart the%everal columns of Beau
regai i a»i Hardee. Nor was this ali. Sherman
has actually not -,niy outmarohed his opponents,
but. bv fearing up the Augusta and Charleston
railroad, be has lotN ell the Georgia forces hopelessly
in his rear ; and these, which alone could have
defeated him, are as useless to Beauregard ‘cow as
Um ?. r Price •>: dot.
Sherman's march has T:ot been #o rapid as to
;ai: of beirg measured and deliberate; nor »o
j brilliant as to neglect to gather solid fruits. Mora
I than one hundred miles of important railroad
, have been absolutely destroyed, >nd from Lee’a
main army its Western troops and Western sup
plies of food and forage are cut off. These results
• have been accomplished as coolly and effectually
! as if there were no enemy to oppose. Our great
i victories, toe, have been almost bloodless, and
therefore the more joyous, and the more mem
orable.
Brancbville fell by manoeuvre, not by the costly
price of heroio troops. The turning of Branch
rille was the signal for the evacuation of Charles
; ton, and its capture was the capture of Charleston,
j It was as if Sherman, sixty-two miles distant from
1 Hardee, had sent him a telegraphic message to
j vacate the premises, and the notice was obeyed
i without question.
Ordinarily, one would have supposed that the
streams which crossed Sherman’s path at every
step, would have been successfully contested. But
he appears to have passed them without a day’s
delay a? any cue. Os such vital importance was
time ro both parties— to the ods, that he might
make h's combinations and concentrations : to the
other, :hat be might break them—that t no
sacrifice would hare seemed too great ou the en
emy’s part to insure delay. But, at the very first j
show of resistance at a river crossing, our advance,
not waiting for support, would da3h into it, waist
deep, with louu cheers, while the rest of . the col- !
umii hurried to flauk the position above and be
low, and invariably, in a few hours, the onemy j
was in hot retica'.
Indeed, the enthusiasm of our troops, with
Sh ituan as a leader, has known no bounds. Tftfey !
ha e felt themselves invincible, and have laughed
at obstacles. The army feels to -day it will march :
into Richmond 60,000 or 70,000 is not a
large force - uch operations, but larger ones
have iniserab.y fuiled. It is enough, however,
when directed by genius and inspired by enthu
siasm.
On the other Land, the enemy has fled from
Sherman’s path us from that of a pestilence. His
troops feel that there is but little use in opposing
our columns, »Dd go as quickly as possible to the j
roar. The unprejudiced topographer, speculating |
upon the probable location of that mysterious re
gion, “the last ditch,’’ would hitherto have as
signed it to South Carolina. But the “great
flanker” has, in fact, flanked that famous ditch,
and it has been evacuated through fear of enfila-.
ding. Day after day, the theatrical bills of the
Confederacy announce “one more ,and positively
the very last ditch,” and still the comedy is
played. Branchville, Columbia, and Charleston
fell, but we see r.o Derry, no Saragossa, no Puebla
in their defence. Lame and impotent conclusion
indeed from such bravado of prologue ! A few
days more and the chance of becoming sepul
chre of the Confederacy will be taken from South
Caroliua.
It was amusing to find, before Sherman had
reached Columbia, the Raleigh paper calling out
in alarm : “Shorman is coming to Raleigh !” He
was then two hundred miles distant. But, in
truth, tho enemy has learned from Sherman’s rap-,
id marching, to snuff the battle afar off, and to
avoid it accordingly. Ilis main anxiaty awma in
be like Witnmiok’s, to reduce his wealth to “port
able property,’’and remove it. The South Caro
lina campaign illustrates thoroughly the vast im
portance which we attached to the future moral
effect of the Georgia campaign. It is this feeling
of the uselessness of contending, this disposition
now'besetting him to concentrate “at some point
further back,” which is ruinous to the enemy’s !
fortunes.
That he will yet deliver a series,of bloody and
decisive battles we cSnnot doubt. North Carolina
will witness, probably, fields like those which have
made Virginia, Georgia, and Tennessee, forever
historic. But the campaign in South Carolina
secnas to be nearly over- Sherman draws
near its borders, and he does so with the
pleasant consciousness that his march across
it, from corner to corner, baa been an unbroken j
triumph.
A Remarkable Discovery.
A gentleman just from Oil City informs us
that a remarkable diiooverj was niade near
that town day before yesterday, by Rev, Wm.
Trencbard; a resident of Oil City. Th« latter
gentleman, who owns some of the most valu
able oil lands in Pennsylvania, was superin
tending the sinking of a well on his place pre
paratory (o borksg for oil. Upon reaching the
rock it gave forth a sound as though hollow.
Such an unusual occurrence excited Mr. T.'s
curiosity, and he immediately resolved 'tn in
vestigate. After wording cautiously for a
short time, the face of the rock was broken
in, when an immense cave wag disclosed to
view A ladder and torches were immediate
ly procured, and Mr. Trcnchard, with a couple
, of attendants, proceeded to explore the un*
I known cavern. At first, the damp air of the
i latter, coupled with a vein of obnoxious gases,
: put out the torches and nearly stifled the ex
! plorers, but they finally managed to proceed.
; They had gone but a few steps, when Mr. T.
j flicked up a Mexican silver dollar; a little
further ou, another, and another; then was
i found an iron chest, covered with rust, with
| the date 1695 in faint characters upon its lid;
i than three human skeletons; and in the cor
| ner'four more. The cave was found to be as
large as the interior of an ordinary barn, and
from the astouuding evidences before them,
must have been once occupied by robbers or
smugglers.
Extending their search further, more chests
were discovered, one of which was unlocked, j
Its contents consisted of $5,000 in Mexican, |
British and French coin, the log of a vessel, j
(the Sally Ann,) a ship’s chronometer, a brace I
of pistols and some sailor's clothing. Mr. T. ■
thinks that perhaps the inmates were pirates, 1
who had grown rich from their ill-gotten boo- j
ty and had taken up their abode in this cave ,
to escage molestation. The original entrance
to the caTe was found near the back part. It
seems that a tremendous earth slide had shut
it up. thus burying the robbers alive. The
skeletons were partly enveloped in remnants
us clothing. Upon racks at one side of the
cave were found blunderbusses, boarding pikes
and accoutrements of different sorts, blankets,
etc. Over what appeared to have been some
i rude cot, in another quarter, wap an requisite
: gold crucifix; thus showing that the mysteri
ous inmates had paid attention to religious
| matters.
The key of the was found grasp
ed within the skeleton hand of one of the rob
bers, (?) and with its aid their contents were
exposed to view. One of them contained a
large amount of jewelry and laces, another,
$14,000 dollars worth of English gold; and
the others were filled with papers and sailors’
clothing, A letter, scarcely readable from age,'
was found among the papers. The following
was all that could be deciphered :
“ Ailliam has been executed, so you fellows
had better look out, for they'll be after you
next.’’
The letter bore date of 1701 the year to
which William Kidd, the celebrated pirate,
was executed. As the letter alluded to some
“ William” having been executed, it is thought
that the cave had been occupied by portions
of his gang.
This is one of the most interesting and re
markable discoveries that has been made in
this country, and it is not yet thoroughly de
veloped. The cave is visited daily by thou
sands of curious persons, and for the time be
ing absorbs more interest- than even oil boring.
We hope soon to hear further trom it,—{Cin
cinnati Times.
The Richmond Examiner, of the 10th instant,
savs:
The bill to take the negroes aud Jturn them into
soldiers has passed the Senate by a majority of
two. The Virginia Senators complied with the in
structions of their State legislature, and voted for
the measure, though disapproving of its principle,
but convinced of its necessity, and more than
doubtful of its policy. Mr. Hunter, wtose thor
ough knowledge of the country, whose devoted
patriotism, and acquaintance with the negro char
acter, entitle his words to a respectful hearing,
took occasion, while voting fer tbe bill, to record
his solemn protest. Mr. Wigfall, in a speech of
great power opposed the measure to the last. The
reasoning of these gentlemen i* strong, and indeed
cannot be answered by argument. It can be an>
swered only by the imperious demand of the com
mander-in chief of the army whose behests must
n w overbear every consideration of civil and so
cial policy.
The Government then has got its bill. General
Lee has po-wer to fill up al3 ranks with the mate
rialwhieh he demanded, and which, in the absence
of a sufficiency of white men, he believes he can
make efficient troops. He will see from the ear
nest protest of some of the best Southern states
' men how reluctantly this measure has been wrung
• out of Congrea-i by military necessity alone, and
by hie declaration of that necessity. He under
take* indeed a great responsibility ; but having
. got tbe power we trust be will use it with energy
aad JUf'.eiJ,
! TELEGRAPHIC.
•REPORTS O r THE PRESB ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to act of Congress in 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.
Mobil*. March 29. —Fighting has continued
all day in and around Spanish Fort, with the
advantages decidedly with us. The enemy’s
loss is said to be severe. Ours vary slight.—
One monitor was sunk thi3 morning by a shot
fromSganish Fort. The Yankee flee? took no
part in the fight today on the eastern shore.—
The enemy’s gunbtats commenced shelling
the Western Shore at tea o’clock, but were
driven off by Tobin's battery, and a section of
the Missouri battery. Two men of the Missou- |
ri battery and a citizen named Frederick were
wounded. Forty seven vessels of all classes !
in sight. Everything encouraging.
Senatobia, March 28. — Northern dates of j
the 24th received. No news of importance. !
The St Louis Republican of the 24th says i
reports from New YVrk show that city to have j
been excited yesterday by rumors that Sher
man had arrived at Raleigh and defeated Joe j
Johnston. This contributed to.the general de- j
cline and depression in the markets. Our j
latest telegrams show that the story of Sher
man’s success was premature.
John Stockton is elected U. S. Senator from j
New Jersey.
Orders have been received at Paducah for i
transportation for 10,000 prisoners who have '
exchanged at Ekstport according te an agree
ment made by Gen. Thomas with the Confed
erate authorities.
Capt. Beauregard, brother to Gen Beaure
nard, recently passed through the city of Mex
ico en route to Sonora.
Jere Clemons who has been living in Phila
oelphia during the past year is about to return |
to his home at Huntsville.
The St Loui3 Republican denounces the i
State Convention whieh has been in session !
several mouths, and expresses a fear of repu- j
diation as the policy of Missouri.
A New York telegram says the fall of Wil- ;
mington was not unexpected in England and
its effect is not therefore so great aB it. other
wise would have been. Federal securities had
improved; the Confederate loan* was a shade
easier, and a'heavy decline anticipated.
The negroes of Nnshville and vicinity had
a big jubilee on the 20tlr over the amendments
to the Constitution abolishing slavery in Ten.
nessee. They had two brass bands and carried
a considerable number of banners with mot
toes.
Mobile, March 28. - Heavy skirmishing at
Spanish Fort to day, without advantage to the
enemy. At 4 o'clock the fleet took part. Our
troops are in the beet spirits, and everything
looks encouraging. Our casualties Lave been
slight. The enemy 38bms inclined to make a
regular siege, as there has been no general
assault,. All quiet ou this side of the bay.
Senatobia. March 28.—-A fortress Monroe
telegram of the 22d says Grant has contracted
his li&cs as if preparing for action
Secretary Welles, Assistant Secretary Fox,
-jud Major Gen. Audc'son, are going to visit
Charleston, and to raise the old flag on fort
Sumter.
It is believed in Washington that Richmond
has been evacuated, and only a strong picket
line left, ia great baste r .a unite with Johns
ton and fall upon Sherman
The New York Commercial's special, of teh
24th, says the Washington Chronicle has ano
ther Peace article to-day, whieh is regarded
as significant, in view of Forney's intimate
relations with the President, and Lanier’s de
; partwra for Grant’s headquarters. It advo
-1 cates a liberal policy to rebel leaders, to pre
j vent further bloodshed.
There is a growing conviction that leaders
on both sides have now under discussion some I
project which points towards a suspension of j
hostilities.
The St. Louie Republican of the 25th says
the President has directed that the order of
banishment in the case Major General
Ewell, who recently took the oath, be revok
ed. Nothing is said in the presß dispatch
about Mrs. E.’s money and property, seized
by the provost marshal, but it is presumed
they will be restored.
Reinauguration of Lincoln.—Had bribery ’
not permeated every avenge of society, and
the guilty greenback been used to seduce tbv
thoughtless and avaricious, we should have
been free from the curse of Mr. Lincoln’s sec
ond term, and peace and happiness might '
have reigned over our country. * * * With I
force and fraud on the one side, and faithless- :
ne3S on the other, the masses were led like
brute beasts to the slaughter ; and the result
is, that a one-tbird President presumes to
speak in the name of the American people l
* * From ten to twenty members of the
! lower House are notoriously elected by bayo
: nets—not ballots. Even the Senate is pollu
ted, and every one of its acts vitiated by the
• admission of a bogus State, contrary to the
| express letter of the Constitution. * * * Mr.
■ Lincoln has spent four years, expended four
j thousand millions of dollars, and a million of
; lives, in an effort to change the Constitution,
and has pretty nearly succeeded, or at least
be and his friends think they have. They have
i a right to feel rejoiced.
It is no wonder that, under these circum
' stances, the devotees of the new Constitution
i promise to nave a grand jubilee on the day of
! Mr. Lincoln’s inauguration. Putting a3ide
! the sick, the maimed, the corpses, the graves
and the bones of those who have sacrificed
j themaeivea to destroy the old Constitution
• and to bring forth the new one—governing all
j these with the mantle ofrorgeifulness, and put
j ting forth Shoddy, with his unjust gains and Lis
■ ruddy face, they may, no doubt, make a show
. of happiness : but a cancer is gnawing at the
I heart. The nation is sick unto death. The
! joy on the fourth of March will be sepulchral.
There is a skeleton in the house. * * * fn
i stead of getting up a masquerade, they ought
I to clothe New York in Sackcloth and ashes,
l drape the City Hall ia black, and parade the
• widows and orphans, caused by the war,
; through Broadway, Ali honor to Mayor Gun
j ther and the Common Council that no official
| sanction is given to this “ Loyal League ” sac
; rilege. Let Abraham be crowned, but lot the
j people weep ; aad remember that these fetes
j and -how? are but the tricks resorted to by
; despots, in ail ages, to make them forget they
j are slaves. — New York Day Book .
I Excitement at Matamoras.—Reports from
j Matamoras. received at Brazos Santiago on
the od. say that city is :a a terrible state of
' excitement. Cortinaa, Caravajai and Iferide*.
j with several thousand troops, are marching to
j attack ‘he city, and are within twenty miles
!of * Mejia Is badly frightened, but determ
• ine-3 to defend ‘.he city to the last, ands bu
sily fortifying every available point. There
will probably be '• right smart of a fight ’ in a
day or two
Three tons of gold, in bars, recently arrived
in S*a Francisco from Sacramento.
THE CITY.
t. J. jaokson local editor
Rail Road Accident—Terrific Explosion
and Loss of Life —Yesterday afternoon, as
a freight train on the Muscogee Rail Road was
coming towards the city, containing about
5,000 pounds of powder, owing .j a run off
or some other cause, the powder ignited and
entirely demolished the box containing it and
five other cars attached in the rear. The
train consisted of eight cars in y ali, some box
es and some open. Only two were leit unin
jured. The engine was damaged by the con-«
cugsion. Two lives were lost—a Mr RalLston,
ot Macon, and one negro. One or two other
persons siightlyrioiured. The explosion took
place about fifteen miles I'rcaa ‘bis city
The telegraph wire was thrown down
We have no further particulars.
Negroes in Transitu — About one hundred
and twenty-five negroes belonging to Wade
Hampton, ot South Carolina, were at the Mus
cogee depot yesterday Afternoon, eu route lor
Mississippi
Imcortan” Salk by John Qoin. —It will be
seen by advertisement that John Qain -will sell
to day, at the store of Everitt & Chaffin the en
tire contents of the establishment, consisting of
rice, Irish potatoes, tobacco, lard, syrup, planta
tion iron, salt, blacking,, and a great qjanv ars
tides too numerous to mention.
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Auction Prices. —The following prices were
obtained at Myers, Watson k Co.’s auction yes
terday :
Bitter-sweet oranges, 50 to 57 cents; negro boy,
15 years old, $3,205 ; damaged tobacco, $3,65 to
$7,10 ; medium tobacco, $lO ; cow peas, $17,25 to
$17,50 per bushd ; ground peas, $13,25; delaine
dress, $175: envelopes, SBO per thousand; silver
watch, $365-
Tolls on the Citw Bridge.— Wa notice an
advertisement of the City Clerk, Mr. Moore, that
toils will be collected at this bridge on ani after
tomorrow, in accordance with the schedule of
rates recently adopted by Council. Par Res are
invited to come forward and enter into contracts
for the privilege of crossing by the year.
Dull.—Our city w*a dull yoaterdewy.
Little going on in the way of trade. No produce
coming in from the country. No tires. Nobody
robbed, so far as we could ascertain- The only
signs of animation seems to be among the auction
houses, which are doing an active business. High
March winds prevailed, which, in connection with
the heavy rains of Wednesday night, rendered
our thoroughfares unpleasant places.
..Blind Prter’s Concert.—We are requested to i
stale that Blind Peter’s Concert, which wa* to have
taken place Wednesday evening, was postponed in
consequence of the weather until this (Friday) I
evening, at which time it will positively take place ;
at Temperance Hall. We know nothing of Peter’s •
capacity to please (except in the goober pea trade) !
o? the qualifications of his assistants,, hat be is ;
doubtless in need and should be helped.
We take the following extract from the Augusta i
correspondence of the Southern Confederacy. ;
of March 27th :
.
The flood of dispatches that has broker* loose j
upon us to-day has had a wendorinl influvnee in i
effecting trade in this city, The stockjobbing and *
gaming of Now York city is reproduced in this j
miniature Babel, on account es tha news, Gold j
haa made a tea strike, from sixty -five to seventy- j
five. This is only a fancy speculation, though,
and evidences that the yellow buys, wfc*» tumble j
amongst the gold bags, are at their innocent (?j j
sport as a Monday amusement.
A private dispatch reached me awhile age that ,
five thousand prisoners arrived at gOhester, S. C., t
this morning, and were awaiting transportation j
across the country southward. These are the
fruits of our successes at Kinston and Beatonville. ;
The advices also state that General Johnston’s j
troops were withdrawn, withoutloas and in good
order, to Raleigh, though heavy skirmishing con- ‘
fcinued along the route from Beutonville to our i
present position.
The announcement that France has accredited ■
the Marquis de Montholoa to the Washington ;
government, puts at rest afl probabilities of inter
ference on the part of F*ance ; yet that Minister
is a declared opponent and avowedly hostile to j
the Yankee government.
Georgia. Railroad. A correspondent, says j
tao Macon Telegraph, desires to be informed when’
the public “may reasonably expect the pleasure of j
traveling on the Georgia Railroad to Augusta.”— j
We answer through our columns, so that others, j
equally interested, may also be Informed.
At last accounts, the relaying of the iron was Jpro- I
greasing rapidly, under the energetic management
of the Engineers, and the increased force placed at
the disposal of the road by the completion of the
Atlanta and West Point road: with the probability
that the track would he ready before the bridge
over the Yellow river could be completed. In the
InusUiger.oor o£ tbs 28th, we 2nd the following no
tice-. Cob Grant is one of the most reliable railroad
engineers in the South, and seldom miscalculates.—
We think the public may confidently expect the
connection between Atlanta and Augusta to be com
pleted by the Ist of May—the gap being lessoned
every day.
Georgia Railroad.— We havojust been iniormed
by Col. L. P. Grant, the efficient and active Super
intendent of repairs on the Georgia railroad, thtri if
the weather shall continue favorably, he thinks the
cars on that road will reach our city by the 29th of
April.
Dstsrmin.kd not to Par the Rkbel Debt.—
We notice irvsome of the closing-out- easiness
of the last t'-w moments of the Yankee Con
gress, that before adjournment, the House
concurred itt the Senaie’.- joint resolution that
the United States Government will never rec
ognize the rebel debt on any conditions.
Tax Dying Soldier— A Truk Incident.— A Con
federate prisoner of war, at Camp Chase, Ohio, was
lying on his bunk in q dying state, ms brother sol
diers kept his side. At length was Quito
still, and all thought the struggle was over, when he
suddenly rallied, opened hi* eyes and said : Loys,
never take the oath—the country is safe— tha Con
federacy will triumph,”— and expired at once.
The Whiskey Bill Defeated.— The bill passed
by the Legislature allowing three gafle-u o: whis
key to be made tor eacn tamny m .he State, wa 3
vetoed by the Governor on th- ground that bread
is too scarce to allow that ouai,^. >.y, and tha. -f 3 .uch
a law were passed, it would, in future, oe impossible
to correct any vice in any case for illegal distillation.
We have heard of a case in one of the counties ot
the State, when it waa understood such a law passed
where one woman, the head of a famnjn sold her
right to make the ten gallons to each of fifteen dis
tillers. The House of Representatives attempted to
p ass the bill over the veto Dut fai.ed.—
Union.
Federal Atrocities Around Columbia.— Capt.
Lovell, C- S. A., brother of Gen. Mansfiela Loveb,
-e-ontly from Columbia, informs us that the enemy
destroyed Gen. Lovell’s residence, and also tne rasi
dence of Col. Lovell. They shot acd killed every
Uvin o ' thing in the form of an animal that they could
not use or carry off’.with them Capt. L. was in
formed that many of the Yankee P-Uagers were lit
erally loaded down with silver-plate and omer
treasure. In many instances they .rea.ed -ha oid
and infirm and the helpless witu unparalleled cru
elty.—Mont. Mail.
IH3 Macon a no- Western Railroad.—We
are officially iniormed that tt e passenger tram
on the Macon and Western Railroad, which
leaves here next Thursday morning, wiu run
through to Atlanta, and that
t'ain will leave Atlanta and come through to
this citv on Friday morning next. After that
time, i regular passenger trim will run
through both ways every day.
[ Macon Conft.de -acy. 29
Several citizens of Nashville were recent’ 7 *T
reatei for selling matches and ,
me law by not placing stamps npon the b«J
None of them were aware of the act ,h.t . .
tV3C“ aecessax;. |
Tub difficulty between Spain and ? P
finally been settled, the latter agreeing * 0
all the claims of the former, including -hrl,
millions of dollars for the expenses of send
ing a large squadron to the Ceincha Island.
Simultaneous salutes were to be fired by -fie
Spanish vessels and Peruvian forts, and diplo
matic relations would bo resumed between
the two nations. It was expected that,
b . rou ff ht the troubles with Peru to an end
Admiral commander of the Spanish
fleet, would proceed to Chili to demand satis
motion of her f or hawing refused to suddlj
his shins WLth co&\ * a d provisi- ns.
’ ■ 9 -» .
Gem Scott was posted in the programme os
ox the attractions to appear in th* trand New Vor k
inauguration-victory-celebrating amoa»
the giraffes,’elephants and other curiosities, on Sat*
urday but he deolined, as will be seen from the {hr .
lowing:
New York, March J.—Hon. O. P, Dailv Chm-,
man.eto.: Dear Sir—l regret, on account of debid
., I oannot take part m the grand celebration
to-morrow, as I sincerely rejoice in our rictori--
over rebels, whicn, with others impending, canno‘
i&iGoon to bring back into the Union, on ‘«rtn 3 0 f
perfect equality m rights and duties, the outstand
ing btates. Reciprocal respect and admiration have
already, by tko dint of hard fightin& been estab
lished between the gallant veterans oftheopi osmr
armies, and this noble sentiment gives the hope
that it.inay conquer the miserable hatred so general
between non-combatants— secessionists and Union •
ists. This, indeed, would be the greatest conquer
ot the day.
I remain, with high respect, yours truly,
Winfield Scott.
AUCTION SALES.
llv FJlis Livingstoii*& Cos,,
ON SATURDAY, Ist April, at 11 o’clock
we will sell in front of our store,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
DltlG* AND MEDICINES*
200 pair Mens. Ivip Slices,
200 lbs. Sole Leather,
50 pair Wagon Hamea.
1 Large Mirror,
Lot Summer and Winter Clothing,
1 Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine,
1 Fine Gold Hunting Case Watch,
Silver Plated Water Pitcher, besides
other valuable property.
ALSO,
A Very Likely Negro Girl, 18 years old,
trained as Cook, Washer and Ironar,
and general House Servant. Sold for
no fault,
A Likely Negro Man, 30 year 9 Old.
ALSO,
An elegant Silk Flounced Dress, new and
stylish,
mar 30 S4B
EXTENSIVE
AUCTION SALE,
BY
aroxxxflr c^uxst.
YXTTLL be sold in front of the Cohnas
VV bus Relief Association Store, oo
THIS X> jSL Y*
Iff ARCH I #65,
The entire Stock of the Association, eon*
siating in part of the following articles,
sold for the purpose of closing the busi«
ness of said Association :
30 PACKAGES SMOKING TOBACCO,
400 ibs. OF NAILS, 8, 10 and 12,
120 BOXES BLACKING,
3 bbls. SYRUP,
400 lbs. OF LARD,
500 ibs. PLANTATION IRON,
46 PLOW POINTS,
2 SACKS SALT,
6 BUSHELS IRISH POTATOES,
100 EMPTY BASKETS,
25 RICE CASKS,
25 EMPTY MOLASSES BARRELS,
90 PAIR HAMES,
70 lbg. PICKELED MULLET,
20 PAIR TRACE CHAINS,
50 ST AW BROOMS,
1 PAIR COUNTER SCALES,
1 PAIR DRAW SCALES,
540 OSNABURG BAGS,
HALF DOZEN AXES,
COFFEE MILLS, DEMIJOHNS,
MEASURES, FUNNELS, together with a va
riety of articles too numerous to mention,
mar 29 tils
ADM!NiSTRATOR’S BAIE.
ROSETTE. LAffHOM & CO,,
WILL SELL AT 1 i O’CLOCK
i Wednesday, April
! 1 LADIES' ENAMELED DOUBLE
CASE GOLD WATCH. Set with
Diamonds.
i 2 DIAMOND RINGS,
J 1 SOLE LEATHER TRUNK,
j 4 PAIR PANTS, 4 SHIRTS,
1 COAT, AND OTHER CLOTHING.
Sold as the property of HENDERSON
HENLY, Deceased.
1 Set SPORTING TOOLS, very fiae,
W. B BROWN, Adm'r.
march 26 S9O 75
Eosette, Lawhon & Cos.,
OFFER AT PRIVATE SALE
A DESIRABLE RESIDENCE,
I Opposite the Lowell W arehouse. Tho
House contains "six room? with a brick
basement, good kitchen and otaer OGt
buildings
i mar 17 ts
Salt Company’s Notice.
Taa Directors and Stockholders of Reorgamixod
Baon Salt Company are requested to meet at Sa9»,
on the sth of April, next Wednesday, at 10 o’clock,
a. m. At which time and place will be sold at pub
lic outcry, two Males and one four herse W agon,
I iron axle W, F. PRQ>QST.
Enon, Ala., 23th March. Sup’t,
mar 3131* ' &
Bridge Notice
On and after lit April toll will bs collected ac
cording to the rates published a few days since.
Parties w- jhing to contract for crossing the Br.dse
for the remainder of the year, will submit to Coun
cil a statement. showing the dirtance which they
reside from the city, the number of white and black
persons in the family, and with what vehicles they
propose to cr *ss. and a’3o the amount they - w
“ e t 0 £ " s '-‘ c!l prM ‘ K *' M . 51. MOOBB.
. clerk of Couaoil.
mar il iw
For 4ideruian. Ist Hard*
ThA -Hen i* >f Lotus UaiMas will support him a*
a suitable candidate for Alderman of the Ist Ward,
-ofill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation J
ju'ige McKe: dree.
uiar 30 tde*
~llo§ t,
AS the 50th Inst., between Lm wood aid CoiuateMV
U a crooked handled WALKING STICK.
laavinjrU a; this oSGe^tho^de^mll
l