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For Bomo two weeks our city hus been full
cf vague and unreliable rumors* from Colom
bia. No one knew the fine condition of af
fair* in that section. The rumors of one day
were contradicted by (he rumors which came
the next. Everybody had a story of his own.
and everybody believed bin news the most re
liable. We have at length succeeded in get
ting correct news from Columbia by a gentle
man—Mr. Eagan— who left that place Wed
nesday. lie walked tin- entire distance. —
Here is the information which he lias given
uh ;
Our troops left Columbia on Thursday, Feb.
17, inarching out, on the road which leads to
Charlotte. There was a large number of them,
of course the exact figure it would not be
judicious to mention.
Gov. Magrath, Col. Burst and oilier promi
nent officers left the city about three o’clock
Friday morning. It is not known in what di
rection they went. Rumor says to the upper
jiectlon of the State.
Geu. Beauregard and staff took breakfast at
Nlckleson’s Hotel about eight o’clock Friday
morning and left tho city shortly after—going
towards Charlotte.
Mayor Good v in the sumo morning went out
to meet General Sherman, with Jl ig of truco.
He surrendered the l ily to him near Saluda
bridge about three miles from the place. Cur.
Ing the conversation it is raid the mayor re
maiked thut ho “thought the resistance made
by our troops would ho. suflicient to induce
him (Sherman) to give the place the go-iiy,”
as he supposed that all the Federal forces were
after, was Lees’s army, and that they did not
wish to spend lives in attacking places defend -
ed.’'
Sherman replied, “you dught to know that
WO would uot give the ‘go by’ to so important
a place as Columbia.”
The buildings which contained the public
Vtorea which we were unable to remove were
thrown open on Friday morning, and the pub
Re invited to help themselves. Every body
'wentin for laying by a good stock for future use.'
:Several of the stores containing private goods
were also force and the contents appro
priated without leave or lidfenae. As (hero were
no guards to prevent, all who felt inclined to
gratify their evil propensities iu this way did
«•.
There wore no stores piled up in.thostreets
and burned, an bus hitherto toen reported.
The enemy marched into Columbia about
Jthroe o’clock on Friday aftcunoon.
Soon aftot the enemy, cut,<-'rcd*l bo city, they
Commenced destroying the public property.—
'The depots and Arsenal vein blown up, ami
the buildings in the suburbs which contained
the public stores were tired. Some tour or
fivo of these were in a blaze at once.
Late In the atteruoon a pile of cotton in the
-.middle of tlm street, just above the Cor.gavee
<House, took tire. The <wind w.l; blowing very
8li 'ong Eastward at tlm time. Som-j.say the
tire w..' H cauß °d by sparks from the burning
buildings, sotne say it was caused by the
♦arelessuess of * f erson a pipe near
by.
Unfortunately the was in the imme
diate vicinity of some wooden, buildings.--
These Boou caught. Others soon took tire
-from them. And in a short- space pfAjnte the
flames were progressing furiously m:u rapid
down both sides of the street, desiroying
everything iu their Career
▲ll was confusion—no one knew what to do.
«or could imagine what was to be done.
The scene at this stage of n flairs is said to
have been an awfully terrific one. Loud ex
plosions were continually tilling the air, the
residences and ground were shaken as if l>j
an earthquake ; and the vast columns os
aud flame risfng to the heavens from
different parts of the city—all tended to make
upon the mind of the beholders an im lfacable
impression of mingled horror and granduer.
Nothing of any accoumt was saved from the
devoring elemeut. Gdods, provisions, and
moved to a supposed place ot securi
ty were burned as the tire progressed.
The distance on Main street burned over
44 about a mile and a half. Dr. Reynolds house
k only one leit standing, Between the sec
tion ku " >WB Cotta Town and the Sftie
House. • , ,
The Are also ex^ ndai ltom the l ' :1 lo hve
blocks aast of Main destroying every in
,ito oourse.
The entire business portion v M K '
tin rains. Both the hotels, the guardian
ouad South Carolinian newspaper cilices. * H
number of ehurches, the Catholic seminary,
-and several other public buildings. Ail the
dspttr in the place, the buildings ac Charlotte
.Junction, Evans & Coggswell’s immense print.
Ing establishment, are among the buildings
turned, All the cars, engines and railroad
property of every description which we did not
ttoooeed in removing was also destroyed.
There are only three churches left standing
3n the place—the Catholic, the Episcopalian,
, * mod the Presbyterian. r
-0 The FemaleOollege was not injured. This
•‘‘“Ja How occupied by houseless women
, v .children. % *>j " ■
The old State Honse was blown tip.' r fhe
Hew State House was not touched by the e:i
ni after they ente.ed the city. During the
of the place it was street once, aa
•w window ornament broken ofl. The reason
•’ given for not fteftroying it, was that it con
!^siting ten 4 ,fud tba\ she
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1865.
building eonld not be destroyed without de
stroying the statue also.
The report that Gen. Wade Hampton’s
house was burned is incorrect. Some of the
federal officers complimented him as a ‘brave
and high toned man,” and would not permit
his place to be injured.
Gen. Preston s house was also saved. Gen.
Sherman it is sad sympathised with the occu
pants of the Catholic seminary about the acci
dent il destruction of their property, and gave
the mansion to them.
The railroads about Columbia in ail direc
tions are torn up. All the bridges leading to
the place have been burned.
All the foundries and machine shops have
been destroyed.
It is stated that the country round the place
bits been stripped of all the eatables and trans
portation. All the horses and carriages in the
city have been taken. Planters, if they have
succeeded in saving anything, cannot bring it
in. The citizens are said to be in a very des
titute condition. Unless some relief is soon ob
tained there will be great suffering and deaths
from starvation.
Some twenty-five miles of the'Greenville
railroad between Columbia aud Alston was
badly damaged by tbo freshet sorn j weeks
since. Much damage has also been done to
the road by the enemy.*
’t he Treasury Department and Banks were
removed to Charlotte. Both the newspapers it
is said removed a portion of their stock to the
same place
Citizens residing in the burned district lost
nearly everything. ' v‘
Many negroes left with the enemy; none
were taken l»y force. A large number are re
turning to their masters.
stated he had not been much in the
country west of Broad river, and thought he
would not visit that section. He advised the
mayor to send the citizens there.
The Federals appeared to be much incensed
against Magrath, and should use him hfrshly
if they can get him in theiv power.
But few if any private residences were enter
ed. It any outrages were committed on the
ladies it is not known. The enemy were un
der strict discipline’aud orders during their
march through the city.
Sherman's head quarters when in the
city, were at tho residence of Mr. Blanton
Duncan. *
The enemy’s forces when near the city camp
ed between Granbury. and the Charlotte Depot.
It is estimated that Sherman's infantry and
artillery number aboul seventy thousand. He
had no cavalry with him. /(
The enemy entered the town 4>n Friday af
ternoon. Ihe rear guard passed through
Tuesday afternoon. Tho troop3 were in the
best condition. They were- well clothed and
well shod. They marched as if they had just
started on thoir expedition, instead ot having
been out for weeks.
Fort Mott, St. Mathews, and Union Court
House have been destroyed.
Some <# Sherman’s officers said that his des
tination was Raleigh and Salisbury. The Gen
eral himself it is stated appeared in good spir
its and seemed to ho.confident of success.
As the troops left Columbia one corps took
the road to Camden and Florence, auother
corps to ’Winnesboro, and Sherman with two
corps moved on the direct road to Charlotte.
liKTTUR FROM TUB M a YOU OF COLUMBIA.— An
ntticd is a letter from Mayor Goodwin, of
Columbia. In it he gives a plain, unvarnished
uio of the true condition of affairs in that city.
Let all read it. Let those who have of the
things of this world give liberally.
may at some future period be in as bad a con
dition as Columbia uow Is. There is no tel
ling what ntay happen in the future. The
Good Book lays down au excellent principle
fotvall to act upon in all times. ' Whatsoever
ye would that men should do to you, do ye
pven so to them.”
Here is the letter referred to above:
Roms of Columbia, S. C , I
February 22, 18t>5. j .
r lo the people of Augusta:
Follow Citizens: The threat of the cruel and
hellish enemy to wipe out South Carolina has
been fully commenced In Columbia—two thirds
of our city is in ashes. Every horse and mule
and many negroes— all—yeit* all—clothing aud
provisions have been carried off or destroyed
-Sherman “says thd rebellion must be put
do.vn by starvation.”
Thousands of our people ate verging on it
now -we appeal lo you our neighbois to help
our homeless women aud children? Sherman
told us if our people want to move west of
Broad River aud tfiey would not be disturbed
fu liter. He has gone Eist seeking to destroy
the j.nilN : around us; the plantations have
been swept of everflhing, Our only outlet
now is West of Broad River, as the armies are
North and Erst, and South of ns for 38 miles
is a wilderness.
We are homeless and threatened with starv
ation; but thank God the spirit of our people
though in fetters is proud and contident that
God will not allow the cause of truth, justice
and humanity to be sacrificed to unprincipled
diabolism.
Ax Extensive Robbery.—Ou Saturday night,
cays the Constitutionalist, one of the Govern
meat warehouses in this city was robbed of
twenty-seven hundred blankets. The thieves
were very deliberate In their movements
They first proceeded to the public stable on
Ellis Street, took out a pair of mules, hitched
up a wagon, and proceeded ou their mission,
returning the team very honestly atter the
work ot stealing. Finding it impossible to
secrete one of the bales of blankets, they coolly
K the
Htou WaiT r - —The water in the river rose
about thirty feet, during the late rain. Over
sowing the banks in several sections, and doing
considcrble damage;
Considerable cotton, which had been placed
upon the river bank irora some of the ware
houses boated dowu the stream. A large num
ber of bales were picked up by the “wreckers.'
Gbn. Wade Hamftoh. —It is reported that
Gen. Wade Hampton has been appointed Lieu
tenant-General and Chief of Cavalry, and that
4pp has relieved General of his eom
tnaud.
Klliysc. ip wnii rut; tUsT.— Determined not
to be behind our couuemporaries in patriotism,
ac unhesitatingly declare that it Is otq settled
opinion that ‘ There is no cause for desponden
cy.”—Jdo/ttyWltry MoiL
I Gen. Foster, the efficient Quartermaster
General of the great and generous State of
[ Georgia, has reached Richmond. He brought
| with him 10,000 suits of clothing for tL'fi Geor
gians in Lee’s army—a’most timely and ac
ceptable present. This ciothing is a gift from
Georgia to her sons in the field/ No /barge is
made against the men who receive the cloth
ing oi against the Confederate Governm ent —
it is a pure devotion.
The energy and good sense displayed in* the
management ot the Quartermaster’s Depart
ment ot Georgia, deserve to be imitated in all
the Stales, and especially at the seat of the
Confederate government. What Georgia .has
done for her own troops might be done for .all
other.troops il the proper practical ability an and
industry were exhibited in Richmond. A:e
the soldiers of Virginia as tvell clad as they
should be V Can Georgia bide the nakedn-tsa
of her brave men, and ali the men from oAher
States go bare?— Richmond Whig.
The above compliment is well deserved.
But the Whig is very careful not to givo tho
praise inhere it is justly merited. We do not
expect to see many papers do so. They are
afraid the great and growing popularity of the
party will be increased thereby.
“The energy and good sense’’ by which the
brave, troops of Georgia have been provided
with warm clothing and other necessary arti
cles, is “tho energy and good sense” of Gov.
Brown. It is through his exertions that the
“timely and acceptable present” spoken of
above was made to the Georgia troops in Vir
ginia. Biuce the beginning of the,war, he has
been untiring in his efforts to take care of the
soldier in the field and his family at home,
lie lias had great obstacles thrown in his way,
but he has overcome them all, and still con
tinues in the good work be set out to do.
Many demagogues—both in as well as out of
the army—are striving to array the soldiers
of this Stale against their benefactor. We
trust that ali such efforts wifi prove futile. Gov.
Brown is deserving of the warmest thanks of
every son of Georgia iu the ranks. He has
done a great deal for tlieir comfort and the
comfort of their families. He would have
done much more, bad rt, not been for the
interference of government officials with his
importing thehecessary supplies from abroad.
Again we say, soldiers of Georgia, when the
political demagouge endeavors to array you
against the Chief Executive ot,your Slate, re
member the kind case he has shown towards
you and yours, aud spurn with indignation
tho specious sophistry and false assertions
with which they seek to embitter your minds
against him.
Pay Tin; Soldiers. —To induce the stragglers
to return, as well as to gratify and encourage
thosd faithful soldiers who are always at their
post, the subject of payment of arrears deserves
some consideration. Lately this point was
strongly urged but we do not hear that there
has been any general payment. It is true that
the Secretary of the Treasury is desirous of
contracting aud depleting the currency, so as
to bring it nearer io a par value, aud thus re
duce prices: and it may be said that the pay
ment of all arrears now duo to the soldiers
would defeat this olj 'ct by Hooding the coun
try at once with deluges'of paper. Wliat then ?
The longer these arrears are allowed to run,
the stronger will be that reason lor not paying
them. Are the soldiers,’ then, to have no
money at all? Js every body else to be paid
in full—and is all the saving aud restriction
and depletion to be made at their expense?
This will not do. Jealous, patriotic, devoted
as are our Confederate soldiers, there is a lim
it to human endurance. The present occasion
seems favorable for adding to other stimulants
and inducements, the sight and the touch ot
some of Me. Treaholin’s money. —Richmond
Examiner.
Truly our brave troops have good grounds
of complaint. Many of ttoem have not been
paid for months. There are no reasons why they
should thus be so neglected. “The laborer is
worthy of hisVire.” An 1 most certainly the
Confederate soldier is doubly worthy of
what is due him. Let the troops be well
c.lothed and fed. Now tint our ports are
closed, Congress will not need any more money
to pay for imported (Brussels carpets to keep
their imperial feet from coining in contact
with the floor, and the debts the nation owes to
her brave defenders aud her private citizens
ought to be paid.
General Bennikg —A correspondent of tlie
Columbus Enquirer who appears to he a
soldier,.writing from Richmond on the 25th
of January, mentions a report that General H.
L. Bonuing is to bo run for the next Govern
or of Georgia; and the Enquirer indorses the
movement.
Gen. Banning is a good man—a sound Con
stitutional lawjvr, and a brave and skillful
General, and would, Dv> doubt, make a good
Governor. We heartily endorse all that the
Enquirer and its correspondent say of his mer
its. We think from-ail that we have seen
and heard that the people and the army too,
have resolved on keeping Gov. Brown in his
present position as long as the war lasts. We
know nothing of the Governor’s views on this
question, but give it «« our opinion that if he
should consent to rna again, he will be elected
over almost any man that could be brought
forward.
We desire, however, to notice briefly one
sentence in the letter of the Enquirer’s cor
respondent, which does Gov. Brown some
injustice, lie says :
Gov. Brown has signally failed in the exer
cise of authority over the Reserves, and until
we have some “old war horse’’ to grasp the
fallen reins, Georgians may expect such inte
rior ymrp'es by other Yankee Generals em
boldened by Sherman » success.
This sentence was surely dropped in hasty
writing, or lue writer did not know the facts.
Gov. Brown has put more men into service
than any other Governor, in the Confederate
States He has not “signally faded” in any
thing ho has undertaken «to perform. —Mown
Confederacy .
Arrest of a Tost Command ax t —Col. Leon
Von Zmken, Post Commandant of Columbus,
has be«u arrested by the civil authorities,
charged with the murder of Mr. John B. Lind
say, but on account of his indisposition the
trial was continued. We know nothing of the
evidence ia the ease, but it does seem to us if
the man Bennett, who has keen permitted to
escape, was acting under orders when he fired
the fatal shot, that the man from whom The
orders emanated is the guilty party, and should
suffer, and not the poor soldier who was the
mere tool or cat’s paw of his superior/.*.
Let this thing be sifted to the,very dregs,
and let the guilty party guffi'f' the''extreme
penalty of the iaw. Petty gold lace authority
has run riot ever this communifyloag enough,
and uulfss some check is administered, it wilt
soon-grind down or iaurdeHhe last onS*’over'
whom they may exercise authority. But vfc
would earnestly advise ullTurtles toaobide by
the laws. Let the code o:\Jeotgsi sfirtte this
thing, and wo have not aboubt bat the ffdiity ■
will be pint)shed and the innocent set at liber
ty. — Columbus Enquirer.
The assessed valuation of Pennsylvania is
SSI, Silt 1
FIRST CGStfB-KisesIOXAL DISTRICT^
Meeting of ili °. People of the First Congressional
District of Georgia in. General consultation.
In conformity with previous notie?, a Con
vention of delegates from the first Congres
s'-onal District assembled at the Court House
1 Fierce County, this day to take
ni’ted action upod l^e g r *ve and momentous
questions which rit’W agitate the people of
Georgia.
Oa motion, Capt. J. C. Niehlos, of Clideji>
was appointed temporary Chairman, and each
delegation requested to retire and select a per
manent President ana Secretary. After a
brief absence they returned and reported the
names of Col. Charles 11. Hopkins for Presi
dent, and Capt. John Overstreet as Secretary,
Hind, on motion, the report was unanimously
adopted.
001. Hppkins, on faking the chair, briefly ad
dressed the meeting.
On motion of Dr S Over- ireet, the delegates
were request; and to come .orward and register
their names, wh t appeared that nine coua-
represented by fifty odd delegates.—
IhPother counties on the south side oi the Al
tainaha giving in their unqualified adhesion to
our proceedings by letter, exhibiting a feeling
of entire unanimity.
Their names being recorded, on motion , the
President appointed the following Committee,
one from each c uuty, to draw up resolutions,
viz ; Appliug, Vv r . F. Hovis; Coffee, Senator
R. I’afford; Clinch, General Johnston; Pierce,
Dr. S. Overstreet; Wayne, Mr. Arnett; Tatnall,
Mr. Hodge; Mclntosh’, Dr. Wright; and Ware,
Mr. W. H. Pittman. By special invitation,
Hon. J. B. Mallard, of Liberty, consented to
serve with the Committee. After a short ab
sence they reported the following- preamble
and resolutions, which were adopted without a
disseating vote :
Whereas, the war with the Federal Union
for the past four years has brought ruin and
desolation upon our people and the entire south;
and whereas, we are about to be abandoned by
the Confederate authorities, without, any pro
vision being made for our protection from fa
mine or the sword, by those who involved us
in the war ; and
Whereas, it is the imperative Uuty of a civ
ilized people, placed as we are in such appall
ing circumstances, to devivesome means to mi
tigate our condition. Be it therefore
Resolved, by the Convention assembled at
Blackshear, on the .31 instant, tiiat his Excel
lency, the Governor, be hereby requested to
recommend in a special message to the Gener
al Assembly, to be convened oa the 15lh, the
calling of a Convention of tire people ot Geor
gia, to the end that said Convention may take
actiqn on the condition of the country.
Resolved, That our Senators and Represen
tatives be requested to use their influence in
the Legislature in calling a Convention of the
people.
Resolved, That in tli? event of the failure
of the Legislature in calling a Convention, as
aforesaid, that the President of this Conven
tion issue a call tor the reassembling of this
bedy. *
Resolved, Thatjall counties not,represented at
this time be requested to send delegates, at the
call of the President for the re-assembling of
this Convention.
ResOTved, That a copy of these resolutions
be forwarded to his Excellency the Governor.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this Con
vention be p üblished in the Macon “Confeder
acyj’ and that Dr. Overstreet be appointed
special agent to attend to the same, and to de
liver them to the Governor aud lay them be
fore the Legislature. A .
Eloquent speeches were made by Capt. J. C.
Nichols, Dr. Overstreet, Senator R. l'afford
Dr. Mallard, Dr. AVrigbt and Mr. W. F. llovis.
Ihe latter reviewed at length the condition of
affairs, and contrasted them with former happy
days, setting the whole assembly iu au uproar,
of applause * *
Charles H. llopkixs, President.
John Overstreet, Secrectary.
February 3d, 1865.
The Bill to Abolish the Office of Quar
termasters, Ac.—The Confederate Senate
passed the following bill to abolish the office
of certain quartermasters and commissaries,
and to provide for the appointment of bonded
agents In said departments:
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the office of ail quar
termasters and assistant quartermasters, and
comjnissarics antP assistant commissaries, on
duty at post and depots, those engaged in pur
chasing and impressing supplies, aud those
engaged in collecting the tax in kind, be, aud
the same is hereby abolished.
Section 2. Ihe officers holding these offices
shall be dropped front the service in the fol
lowing manner: one-fourth in two months, alter
thp passage of this agt, one-fourth i-r four
months, one-fourth in six months, and one
fourth wiihiu two years: Protidgl, That their
places cannot sooner be riiled, as hereinafter
provided.
Section 3. That nothing in this act shall
apply to quartermasters and commissaries
who are now ou duty with armies in the thdd.
or to officers now ou duty in the city of Rich
mond in the offices of the Quartermaster Gen
eral and Commissary General, or to officers
above the age ot lorty-live years, or who have
been disabled in the service or declared unlit
for duty in tire field.
Section 4. Taat the President shali appoint
as many agents, who shall execute bond paya
ble to the Confederate States, with sufficient
security for the faithful peiformance of their
duty, with such penalty as shall be prescribed
by the Secretary of War, asmay. be necessary
to the tflfofeney of these departments; aud that
their compensation shall not. exceed that now
allowed quartermasters and commissaries for
similar Provided, said agents shall be
appointedtom persons above the age of forty
five years, or from persons w!?o have been dis
abled in the service or found unfit 10Y duty in
the field.
Section 5. That all officers whose offices are •
abolished, and who shall be dropped from the
service by the provisions of this act, shall have
the right to volunteer, within thirty days, in
any arm of the service from their respective
jdflrtes, said time to run from the date of their
being dropped from the service.
Section-6. .That all authority to detail per
sons between the ages of eighteen and forty
five years in the Quartermaster’s and Commis
sary’s Departments is hereby repealed and all
details heretofore granted in these depart
ments are hereby revoked, unless they* are
persons who have been disabled in the service
or declared unfit for duty iu the fieltf.
Section-7- The provisions of this act shall
be enforced under general regulations to be
prescribed by Secretary of War,”
WsTXOT Retire Tuem ?—We learu that there
are. at, this time iu the hospitals in this city
quite A number of disabled soldiers, whose dis
abilities are permanent, at and from whom the
government can never expect any future
service., We.presume the same is the casein
the, hospitals all over she laud. And while all
this is obvious, the surgeons have no authority
to TeleaSe, them. Many of these men have
pleasant homes where they could go and spend
the remainder of thdf.days, and perhaps be
useful in some wrjy.. to their families. We
think the gore'cn.medvt fcu= no.claiins upon men
1 permanentlydisabled,,and all such should be
at'puce discharged. If necessary they should
have life pensions. , Let the attention of the
government be called to <his subject.— Cvh<n~
bus TTuies.
A Texas soLdicr was shot aid killed in Selma,
Ala., while endeavoring escape from the pro
v<»t guAttj,
(From Macon Confederacy }
A COIVVE.VjIItiY.
On Wednesday the subject of calling a Con
vention of the State was the special order of
the day in the House oi Repi esent uives. L
was an occasion soil deep interest, and in my
spectators, including a considerable number oi
ladies, came out to hear the matter dbou red
When the subject was calbd, Hon. Lin‘on
Stepheus. ot Hancock, offered the following as
a substitute for the Senate resolution, wjneb
we have heretofore published ;
Resolution, expressing the opinion that tlm
question ot holding « Convention of the peo
ple would ho most appropriately referred to
the decision ot the pcCph; themselves :
The General Assembly oi the State of G eor
gia do resolve that, in view of grave questions
which are pressing upon -us, touching cue con
duct of the war and the in aigmac on of a pop
cy which may unite the friends of Stain
and ccnstiiutioual liberty everywhere, N rt!
and South in a connAon cause, and s-.t lead i
l>eace upon ltie basis bf the sovereignty of rise
States, leaving- ail the States on this conlwieu:
to adjust tlieir associations and relations to
each other upon the only rational basis ot
reciprocal advantage and coavenmae-; and i
further view of the r> cognized right of the poo*
pie of the States to give cxprecsioo to their
will on all questions involving their exist.-'nc-.
and iudeneudence; and in further view of tho
harmonizing' effect which has heretofore been
produced, and which may therefore rationally
be expected to be produced again upon the
people of each State by tbe autuoritive expres
ion of her soverie gn will through a Conven
tion;
Therefore, tlie General Assembly are of tin
opinion that the question ol holding a Conven
tion ot the people iu the present crisis ot®our
affairs, would meet appropriately be referred
to tbe decision of the people themselves.
Mr. Warren, of Le<% addressed the House in
a speech of a half an hour's duration, in favor o*
the Senate resolution, and iu opposition to a
Convention. He was followed by Judge Ste
phens, in one of the ablest, most statesmanlike
and conclusive speeches we ever listened lo -
in strength of mind, grasp of intellect, and
powers ol' analysis, we never listened to his su
perior anywhere, aud only a very tew that are
his equal. He is one of tho great Statesmen
of the age, whose wisdom is far above that
which is common. Ills reasoning, his logic,
his candor, in dealing fairly and honestly with'
alf subjects, sitting truth from the chafe of er
ror, and unfolding to tho commonest compre
hension the most abstruse print-ip. es in poiiti
cal science, irrisistibly enchant the hearer, and
com ince every unprejudiced mind of his great
ability, unquestioned in lewdly, and the correct
ness of his views.
At the conclusion of his speech, Mr. Adams,
of Clarke, offered the annexed substitute for
Mr. Stephens resolutions, which Mr. Stephens
said he was willing to accept :
Whereas, a diversity of opinion exists in this
General Assembly upon the subject of calling
a Convention of the people of Georgia; and
whereas, on a matter of such grave import, the
General Assembly is reluctant to adopt any
policy without first arcertuining the reuse of
tho people, in whom all sovereignty m-i jes ;
therefore be it
Resolved, l>y the General Assembly of the
State of Georgia, that the question of holding
a convention of ilyi people sa the present crisis
of our affairs, would most appropriate.y be re
ferred to the decision of the people and the
army.
As sonjje of our readers may not* remember
the Senate rose tut iom;, wo .wpuhlijr them lor
their benefit:
Whereas. liis excellency the Governor, has,
in his late message to the General Assembly,
recommended a call of a convention of the
people of the State, for certain purposes there
in mentioned, and e liereas the General Arsem-*
bly, iu view of the consequences which might
grow out of such a call, to wit; The distrac
tion of the public mind, from the great busi
ness of prosecuting tbe war with vffor, d/os
not concur with His Excellency iu said recom
mendation. Therefore ne it,
Resolved by the General Assembly ,of the
State of Georgia, 7 hat wo see no .good reason
for tlie assembling of a State Convention, and
as the same might be productive of harm and
damage to the great cause which should unite
our people—this General Assembly respect
tuliy declines to recommend the assembling of
said Convention. . .
Resolved, That this General Assembly are
confirmed in tlie foregoing opinion by reason of
tfie late action of President Lincoln in demand
i»S terms which the people of this State uni
versally condemn.
A motion to refer tho game was lost. The
resolution being place* on its was
adopted—yeas 20 nays 8.
MHE!i\« l» J V‘I J KR.
Pursuant to call, quite a large number of {;!>«
citizens of Jasper county mot at tlnj Court
House, on the 14th inst, to take into consider
ation tbe state of the country, and the course
to be pursued in the present crisis. ujo
tion of Mr. 11. S. Glover, Nathan’ Whitfield,
Esq,,, was called, io the Chair, and Kobt. c!
Barnes, Esq , was requested to act as Secreta
ry* The object of the meeting I aving been
stated, on. motion of Judge Standifinr," their
Chairman appointed the following committee
of ten, viz : A. C. Standifier, ii. C- GLvcr,
Gabriel S. Spearman, W. P. Hardy, J. S. Gal
loway, Thos. M. Jordan. Wm. Maxev, Bever
ly A. Kelley, Dr. Wyat R. Smith and VV*. 0.
Leverett to draft resolutions expressive of the
sense of the meeting, who, at Ur coffiuUation
reported the following- preambte and resolu
tions, which were unanimously-adopted:
Whereas, \Va» as cit.z.UjS of Jasper, eo,
believing, that the present condition of our
country, the great sufferings of our people, and
common humanity demand tliat every honest
effort be made to close tbe cruel and bloody
war now being forced by the United Slats*.;
with the Confederate States and believing that
our gallant soldiers in the field who h-rve’t'aced
so many dangers with heroic firmness, and
endured so many hardships without complaint
would hail with delight a movement on the
part of the people, which without compromis
ing their honor or sacrificing their Po
verties, would restore them to their homes
and liresidenfan-l believing, further, that the
sovereign people ol these Stales, exercising
their inalienable right of popular assemblage,
should meet in Convention, to effect if possible
an honorable termination of this suioMe:
therefore,
Resolved, That wo, as c'l-z-us of Jo,per
county, instinct our Senator, Cot. *R. p, N5- -
bet, and ©nr, Representative, Col J. W. Barnes
to vote for a Convention of this Elate, at
the approachiug meedug of the Legislature.
Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of
this meeting be lumishtd the Macon, Mi)-
ledgeville and Augusia papeis for publication.
There being no further business, before the
meeting, on motion of L>r. Wyatt R. Smith, if
was adjourned siue die.
Mathew Whitfield, Ch’u.
Rocr. C. Barms, Sec’y
Habeas Corpus Cask-GII Meye. wan brought
betore the luferior Court Monday under a writ
of Habeas Corpus, claiming exemption from
military service on the ground of being a Prus
sian subject. Alter hearing of tbe case; tjiv
Relator wag disc-barged from tbe custody of the
Enrolling officer. Efcnk H. Miller, Esq* R>r
the MiPt try authorities, and H W Lfunurdi
Esq, for the Eilat or. *
A band of Confederate spr l '!** wue ,, rc "
cently driven into a cave in * Arkansas. -
leader Capt. Cook and six otters lulled, 1 •
balauve captured.
A'OL. L Y.-—NEW SERII
CORRESPONDENCE CHRONICLE & SKNTTVFT
V ; e ; UEIIV AT b uimvku court hoitsb
8-ITU CtUOUJA. ’
Barnwell,' Jag. '22 jsmj
The march of the Federal Army through
Barnwell wra surely never be 1< faction by
4 ' V , h ° r ” ma:ue(! ™ experience the sorrow
trad d;s'ress which it occudoaed. W
-i Un Monday, February Gib, Kilpatrick enter
a •WUul 1R„ Houses Were immediately on
torp id rchbeu; Looks were broken*' open
■“! : aud ail thefhorscs and mules taken.
'
buildings, ami defenceless women and children
in seme instances .wore turned out of their
homoL His luff proper to state, however.
u ‘- ! ; t: JUiiamgs occupied by families, caught
from oiner o; uv.‘s m lire—although efforts
y-'. :v nude to me which were occupied.
‘V’fi '-G’Ck'S T.-pdeis icumined 'here during the
mgot and i.;k j’u: i-day for Blackviile, S. C.,
w'.mM tlie destruction ot property was equally
O y l’u«?.y v.Lr, Gun. Jolt Davis’ Corps en
■ ■■.‘•'i ‘!e cii - --• Notc itir.fied wU.u vhe des
•.rueueil wince ua-.l been already wrought, new
v ::f, u t ;l: eew -d.-pradations were
cowan. „cu, and auaitionul ctiairess entailed
upon 1 ..a people.
I;; ail about twenty-flee or thirty thousand
ffiaffr.u troops have passed through our v itla°-e.
Ihe placets apc it t.cl wreck, aud the whole
country for miles has been, completely desola
ted. Many have been entirety stripped of
every i king they posseai-ed, and many have been
Actually begging their daiiy food/ Hundreds*
arc in a suffering condition and thousands more
are oa the very verge of the most pincbhm
poverty. • 61
The Fodqjals drove off' the cattle, killed
many that they couii not take; burned mealy
every unoccupied house, the mills, gin houses
aud some churches; also destroyed wagons, car
riages and ulj kind of vehicles; buyied large
quantities 01 corn,"cotton and rice; Wantoniy
dess troy ed furniture,- crockery, and in a word
spread desolation ail around. Ladies were
robbed of their silver, jewelry and their silk
dresses taken and distributed among the ne
groes. Many gentlemen have been Jett with
but one suit of ' clothes, and some had their
person:- actually searched. Two Baptist Min
isters in our vilrage had tlieir persons examin
ed by some of the soldiers in search of watches
and other valuables.
It is out ot my power to describe the scenes
through wlde.fi woiia'oj passed. 1 might write
pagesand still Las would not be told. Tfie fearful
agony of suspense, the consuming anxiety, the
general consternation and alarm beggars ail
descript.on. Bill our people arc bearing these
distresses with turn heroic fortitude. These
heavy, sacrifices they make for their beloved
native land, the land of all on earth they love,
tho m.):t, Tho principal buildings burned are
the Court House, Ja i, Col Walker’s Hotel,
Masonic Lodge, and.the private residences oi
Capt J J) Alien, 00l W Graham, Dr B C ’Dun
can, Mr Isaac Hutson, Mrs NelSon, Mr E Sad
dler and Mr Strchecker, in addition there
were many stores, law offices, school , houses,
Ac., making iu ail an aggregate of about sixty
buildings.
The poo le of our community need assistance
from those sections which have not been visit
ed by the enemy, and it is hoped that they will
promptly contribute to our relief. The sc oi
ly supples on hand will soon be exhausted and
famine, with her haggard lcauLures, is staring
.us in the face.
i have ’• 1 cuumeiated the®, facts for the
ihiunnutiou oi vtiv p ■ pi*, auu l eau out. a.lopt
Um language bi the nhht* Hayuff in W well
* —t
invincible.” ‘ '
The day of retribution will shortly coma.
Barnwell.
Compensation of Government Employees,—
Congress has passed the annexed bill to regu
late the compensation of ‘certain officers and
emoloyees.cf the Government in the city of
Richmond :
The Congress of the Confederate States do
enact, i liat from and after the passage of this
net, and until otherwise provided by law, the
annual compensation cf each of the following
officers arid, employeesash HI be as hereinafter
designated, viz.
The A ice President of the Confederate States,
the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the
Treasury, the Secretary, of State, the Secreta
ry of the Navy, the Postmusler General, the
Attorney General, each, ©IO,OOO. .
the afsisiant secretary of war; ass’stant sec
refcaiy of tie treasury, assistant attorney gen
era!, each, ©B,OOO ; and the treasurer of the
Confederate States, $7,500.
'i'he register.of the' treasury, comptroller,
auditors, chiefs of the finance, appointment
and jeon tract bureaus of the postollige depart
ment, the chief of the treasury’note bureau,
the chief ot the bureau of war, the superinten
dent of public printing, the commissioner of
patents, the commissioner of taxes, each, $7, -
boo.
The cifii i of the produce loan, ike. commis
sioner of Indian affairs, the chief clerks in the
several Ex-r-cutive departments, and the dis
bursing cieuss o; i.baw&i .aid treasury depa.it
rnonts, each, $6,000.
The examiner of patents, ll»e correspond
ing .clerk of. the war department, the private
secretary ot the Pi es’dent, and the chief clerks
in the several hr.-.my a , 1 the principal clerk
in.the office of the snperiutondaut of public
prindiig, <;«; it, (be).
All chirks, whether civil, detailed or retired,
in Gm siiveya? Execmive departments, or in
u;iy ot then: bruhciniß; or office! t of the Gov—
< in toe city of Richmond and at
damp Lev. $4,000.
A-f mes.ieng in the jeveiul Executive de
part: .'its, or m envoi i,h :ir branches, and in
the Pi .'ijid&iit’s cilice 'esvfh, SB,OOO
The postinas.vi m the city postol'iice. $7,000;
the af-istimt in..; .t muster, ' $6,000; the chief
'rii, $G 000; an other decks i.i the city post
office, civil or detailed, SI,OOO.
the chief colled or of the Confederate tax in
Yniunia, one teiuii .of one per cent, on the
araoimt collect'd in each State, provided, that
in ua case shall the . alary be Kss than »two
the. .siiU'.l, nor more than seven thousand dol
lULj.
The following b.a in reg rd to the payment
of the female.employees of the got ernent has
been passed':
1 Icmr.les employed as clerks in the clolh
ing branch of the quart •• *r master a department,
or in any hospital, shall bs allowed and paid
the same salary as clerks in other departments:
lYovi.h and, that such as maybe cnipjoyed as
c erlo in hcspil ds, may accept, in lien thereof
tbe.nay and akoivanee.- hereinafter granted to
chief matrons of hospitals.
Offiot matrons, a.. ibrnff ma'rous, ward
masters-and nurses sha'i be allowed ICO per
cent, additional pav } and when quartern ant
fuel are not furnished them, they shah be al
lowed c miaul dion for the same at the ra,e of
one room for each mffron and nurse, aud _ one
and a half cords oi wood per month in winter
and three quarters of a cord per month in
% All* females employed in the clothing
branch of- the .qitartermas.ter’s department as*
cutteif. iliili be alio*vc.l .- .venty five per cent,
additional pay. rind ai! such employees engaged
in making clothing, »'i .*.. shall be allowed one
hundred per cent, aciditfi nal pay..
4. All females employed in making cart
ridges .-hall bqallowed cue hundred per cent
addiu-’oal pay, and ehrdl be allowed, if practi
o**i<le, to purchase one ;ai.ii *u fji g and cue
eor-t oi wood per mouth curing winter, and
half a cord during a name;*.
5. The Secretary or ,V ir is required, if it
can he done without prejudice to tbe public
VOL.- XXIV NO. 10
I sorr t° aMov v i |,e persoTis embraced in tbe
f «tn paragraphs of thotet to ymr-
; ;!w - e *»«** Pn«* such domestic cloth or cot
ss&r "“ y b * “ KaMs for ciu,hta s »*
Ci)XFEI>EII ATE Si'AiES I'OXliHttN*.
SBN’ATB JAN, 25.
The inmate was occupied in debate upon the
. -•tviuent -v retiring acting midshipmen bill.
A lai. was introduced and referred, to ad*
thortse the appointment of a Commissary Gen*
oiaij with the rank of brigadier General.
iiotsK— jan. 25.
__ A-resolution was off,-rod that tbe House, the
j senate concurring, that the tax of two and a
i halt per cent, upon wholesale and retail deal
ers imposed by the tax: bill of 1662 docs'not
apply to manufacturers.”
Md. Andoison, of Georgia, presented a me
tnonal jrom the citizens of Jones county,
Georgia, praying that ,iicy be exempted from
tax i ion for the year 1 Si: 1, in consideration of
the devastation committed by Sherman's army
on its mavch through Georgia. ' 3
Ttoat f u.oV in v p esolutioUß ' wc,, c adopted :
«&!<-•« t.> t.\ c. j-h° T '*HueKi,eid to cominn
aucatoto Ihe House the number pf quan**r
federXoV^T-V 1 tu * employment 'of the Con
teuuacy, deg.guatmg the number in active
».t«« tath.ll.Wj it »!«.
p V" ,ld ' > - l6et «•*, wW. U»irM
spec live ranks. 4
nJjfjlf President bo requested to furnish
mil Wlt l\ the n,l mbcr of able bodied
males between the ages of eighteen and foitv
ttve years, claimed to be exempt from the con
scription by the. Governor, laws and resolutions
of the btate ot Georgia.
i hut the Special Committee upon Impress
ments inqiyre into the expedidhey of so alter
mg the impressment act. as to allow a fair
market price lor all articles taken for public
use; and ot abolishing the right of commis
sioner to hx the prices thereof, as heretofore
practiced.
xhat the Judiciary Committee inquire into
the necessity of authorizing the Second Audi
rot to audit the claims ot persons for horses
killed in battle, and that they report by bill
or otherwise.
That the Committee on Military Affairs in
quire into the expediency of allowing con--
scripts to be assigned to all companies now in
service, without regard to the date of their
formation.
i hat the President be requested-to transmit
to the House copies of the correspondence be
tween the Secretary of the Navy and tbe Gov--
ernor ot North Carolina, touching the seizure
ot the coals ol tbe ste :mer “Ad Vance,” by
the officers of the Navy or by the agents of the
Navy Department. -
1 nut the Secretary of the Treasury be re
quested to inform Congress what amount ol
the live hundred million bonds
have been disposed of bjf the
starting the amount disposed ot in different
months, and distinguishing, between the
amount sold and the amount given in di-cliarge
of the public indebtedness; also that be state,
the price at' which thmse bonds were sold, to
gether with the Treasury orders regarding their
sale.
The following was referred to the Military
•Committee :
“ Joint re:-olution condemning the use of
negroes as soldiers in the Confederate army.
•‘Resolved, That the use pf negroes as sol
diers in the Confederate army -wpuld be wrong
in
ment; hpon/tbe States rights, aji endorsement
-qj .JM X>J femtde contained in , President *Liu
i dehorn'">. -
our brave, •okiu.-iB -.aid an- outrage uporr hu
manity wfdcii, if cauimi into eff-efowit) de
grade us in the eyes of the oiVfltv* A >orid, eta -
dangef our liberties and jeopardize,tie lire,- of
our wives and children.” *
A bill to restrain and equalize impressments.
Referred.
The Committee on Poetoffices and Post Roads
reported back the bill prohibiting the trans
portation of nmii matter by express companies
under severe penalties. Ordered to be printed
and made the special order for Saturday.
Senate bill to Increase the maximum rate of
compensation allowed railroads for the trans
portation of mails was passed.
The Committee on i’ostoffiees and Post Roads
repor.ed back (he bill abolishing distributing
postoffices, and requiring, nnil matter to be
sent direct to ils destination, with the recom
mendation that it do not pus a , which was con
curred iu by the House—ayes 81, nays 33.
SENATE—JAN. 26. '
A communication' from James -N. Bethune,
E-q., ot Georgia, on the subject of the cur-*
reney, was referred U> the Finance Committee.
The Military Committee reported back, with
an amendment, House bill to increase the effi
ciency of the cavalry of the Confederate States.
It was laid over tiil the following day. The
amendment provides that hereafter all cavalry
shall be mounted equipped by the gov
ernment, and that ail horses and equipments
now in the service shall be impressed for pub
lic use, and their value fixed by a board of
appraisers, selected by the commanding gen
erals of the armies.
A communication from the Secretary of the
Treasury, asking*an appropriation of one mill
ion dollars for the exchange or redemption of
mutilated treasury notes ot the new issue, was
referred to the Committee on Finance.
The following were passed : A bill to in
crease the compensation of store keepers for a
limited period ; to authorize the appointment
or additional officers of ihe Engineer corps,
viz: seven majors, live captains, five first aud
five second, lieutenant ; to provide and organ
ize a general staff for armies iu the field, to
curve during the war—[die bill repeals so much
of the present law as fixes ihe rank of aides da
camp, and provides that hereafter a General
commanding an army shall have two aids-—one
with the rank,'&c., of msjor of cavalry,* and
the other with the rank, &c:, of a* captain of
cavalry; a Lieutenant-General two aids—one
with the rank of c iptaiti and the other of first
lieutenant;*-a Major General two aids--each
with the rank, Ac., of first lieutenant, and a
Brigadier General two aids—one with the rank,
kc , ot a first lieutenant aud the other cf sec
ond lieutenant;] Senate bill to authorize the
President to appoint, by and wiih the ad
vice and consent of the Senate, a Commissary
General, with the rank, &c , of Brigadier Gca-
CTril.
(Senate bill to abolish the office of certain
quartermasters and commissaries, and to pro
viffi; for the appointment of bonded agents in
said departments, was ordered to be printed.
A message was received from the President
vetoing the bill to authorize the sending of
r rwspaners to soldiers free of postage. Or-
Jo.ea to he printed and made the special order
for Saturday.
house—.tan. 20.
The*Conflnittee on Claims reported back a
number of memorials, petitions and claims,
which were duly considered aud disposed of.
.The Speakei laid before the House the re
port of the Committee of Patents, which was
ordered to be printed.
The Senate substitute for the House finance
biil was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means.
The Senate returned the bill passed by Con
gress, to increase the number of acting mid
shipmen, and prescribe the mode of their ap
poiutrn nt, vetoed by the President on the
■rrouud that the power of selecting or appoint
ing of the midshipmen was given by this hill
to'senators and Reptest ntatives in Congress
contrary to the express p?ovisionß*of the Con
stitution ; that the power of appointing com
missioned officers is the prerogative of the
president, all appointments to be made by
and with the advice aud consent of the Senate,