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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1864)
AUGUSTA, GA WEDXKSOAY Mull.M.V;. :«u II NV #■ \]w H \ • i ' «a*t t« o wctks !# for* tfo t ' ’ \%V Cinnot ‘ i ' * a ' -/ Hive* u- l - forme. a- wtl] ( U Mltll It/;!-' - Ra#*! Ila?s! ! !!! - *vr. • ■ ■£— ought to h*‘ a r«»g m-.rrit-.f. , *l v rU : i *.*. . ~f t *gs he 'v; / ; • .- . ” like t* hear from any who w.d u dcrUk. t . uy :**, pafW for t V CffaCIHCLZ JC bJiSiXVAL. Uli !e ; of ifrtl ( we wi;l ft ate pr:c r . etc., etc. “ MUM P” A\D 111.0 VUi. Pli. Ati A I >. We notice that some of the nowspaj < rs in this Slate, which have b com the on: it.- ot the administration, or are a ptrir.g to tie. >„ itabte distinction, have pubiiebe'l “ ’from,’.- ” review of the N ice President’* ; r<eech, arc .m panied by the complacent bos:»t that ; \ document of unanswerable power of atv - . In a former article, we endeavored <«, , i rottenness of the main prop oft!.: 1 I , fabric, an.l now return to the to . o; . b '•: / I up other fallaci's contained in it for to • i of those who might be deceived by its .-y-tious j sopb’slry. “ Troup ’’says “ It i* difficult for us to realize the dntchy of those wlio profess to feel such gr< at appre hensions of the tendency (.four government to tnililaiy d< spotirm. This has evfti „ern me mtdortune of thus • who have yielded to the in.hia ui encroa monts of arbitrary power. Blinded l-j the spirit of parly, or tlu-ir devotion to a favorite chief, they have failed to perceive the dancer, threatened in the first encroachments upon the , liberty of the citizen, and have looked with distrust upon those who have taken early alarm at tlie first stride* of despotic ambition. Not until they have found themselves mana cled hand and foot with the fetters of tyranny, have they awakened from their inseiirib litv and delusion. It was thus wild the tories of England, in their blind zeal for James If, and with the dupes of Robespierre and Ids bloody triumvirate. Had “Troup” lived un der the administration of the elder Adams, lie would, doubtless, have iour.d it equally h,:,,. cull to believe ill the sincerity of Thomas J f. ferson and his party, who professed to feel such gn at apprehensions of the despotic ten dency evinced in the alien and sedition law.-;. H'e come now to notice the most extraordi nary passage in this remarkable review, oxhih iting as if does the extent of the author's de j lesion, his willingness to entrust powers, cm fcssodly despotic and dang-rous to :ibe.: v. in j the hands of the present administration, lie j says : “No <mt* holds in higher estimate this -n : 1 bulwark <•! Briti b !,ibi rty corpus) than the writer of ihi • tirth-v, and yi < cannot feel that its MispeJ.rioii in tj,... count.-v should occasion the same affirm licit it v.ntiht justly exebe in England It should he ;i in mind that Great Britain i.> a Mon-ci.i, ,and Government—that power, once ! ; • t Monarch, is held by him for Jiie, a. ,! at his death is trunsmitte I to his heirs, generally M own son. lienee the danger Jf entn. i power dungt rolls to the. liberties ot the : , ■ • With us it is entirely different. Our i'r'u-:d.-nt : bolds hi* office for a limited term, and w;: (lever power lie tjiay acciliuulate in executive hands, \ passes at the end ot his term to his succ. ;->or, , and who that successor may lie is unknown to i him or any one else. The President of (o day ■ is the citizen of to-morrow. The power he j wields to day against the citizen, will to-mor- i row ho wielded against lvm. His intern-t us \ President is for six years—as a citizen for life- ; time, and self protection, if no higher moiive, ! makes him a leliable guardi in of the rights ' of tlie people ” The, important concession is here made, that j the power vested in the hands of the President, j to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, is a j power dangerous to the liberties of th:> people 1 This is enough for citizens, jealous of their ; liberties, to know. They will entrust no such j power to any man. “Troup'’ tells u.i that lie 1 j suspension of the habeas corpus in England j would justly excite affirm. But why in Eng-' land and not also, here? Because, he replies, • Great Britain is a Monarchical Government.— Yes, governed by a Queen. Is isitposssible that “Troup” would shrink in dismay, fioiu the thought of entrusting this power to the suit and jewelled hand of the fair Queen of the British isles, while, without any misgivings, lie would confer it upon u stern irascible iumi For our part, we differ with him totally 'i he only tyiaut we ate willing to yield to, la one of the softer sex, with, ttrls clustering on her fair young blow, roses blooming on her cheek, a anischievous dimple on .her chin, and the lovc liglit dancing in her roguish, laugh n.; eyes— commend us to such a despot, but not to your bearded, masculine tyrant. But says “Troup,” “our President holds his office for a limited term, and whatever power he may accutnlale Iu executive hands, passes at the end of his term to his successor, and who that successor may bo is unknown to him or any one else.’’ That is one ground, oa which we obj rt to lodging this tremendous and dangerous power in the hands of the Presi dent, at all. lie may hove ibo virtue and moderation of a Washington, but we konw not who may become his successor. We are un- willing that any man, much less some tin- j known individual who may by chance obtain the Presidential chair, shall have the power, at his own discretion, at the suggestion of his own malice, or the whisper of come vile in former, to drag us from our bed and home at midnight, and consign us to some llasli’o. there to languish, ignorant even of tjie can .' of our imprisonment, until it shall suit the powers that be to bring us before aco irt mat rial, while we in the mean time are denied the writ of habeas corpus, by which we might at once appeal to some impartial and competent judge to decide upon the sufficiency of the grounds of our arrest. Such a power is des potism, in its essence and worst form, and. in the language of “Troup,” “dangerous to the liberties of the people.” The strangest part of this argument, how ever, is that while this power would be' dan gerous in the hands of a hereditary monarch, it is necessarily safe in the hands of a Presi dent, whose term is limited to six years, and because it is thus limited. “Tump'’ seems to have forgotten, that Lincoln is a President, with a term of only four years ; that tbe pow er to suspend the habeas corpus has been vested in him ; and that the experiment has resulted in the most odious and oppressive des potism the world ever saw : under which the Uasti'.es of the North have been crowded with innocent victims, and every man’s personal j freedom is at the mercy of the whims and caprices of a vindictive and arbitrary tyrant, aud his swarms of spies, informers nnd*Viovost Marshals. Thus, is all the One spun theorising Os “Troup," in vindication of a power dan gerous to liberty, demol shed b\ the 'em logic of facts, transpiring before his very eyes. THS EARLY ADJOURNMENT F CONUKESS ! The telegraph brings the intelligence that i resolutions have been introduced in the Sen ate, fixing the day of sdjournment of the pre sent Congress on the 10th. The sense of the country will revolt at such indecent haste. We have had enough of hurried legislation. The last Congress rushed through a scries of acts, marked by features ot fiagrant partiality aud injustice. Is the new Congress about to imi tate its evil example Is It possible that, iu the midst of a tremendous war. now reaching its crisis, and a financial revolution vitally af fecting tho interests of the people, they will al low themselves only two weeks <0 consider the important questions demanding their attention, j -1. -. Cl, CIS Ot toiHtit I -Vi lib thtsy £U.} bound m correct ? j ' i ; the sc-ttiiuar the policy of a ae«v gov min-iit which i.-; to arfcct, not only the pros r r.'y of ihe present.but of luturegenerations, ■- entitled to something more than the hasty a ten; ion which is propsered. The people ex ; ; belter things of ibis new Congress. They es;c : it to correct the unequal an-1 unjust en a -nr ent* of the last Congress. They exficc tit :o recir.sider the a< * suspending »b-.- writ of ha v-rpu-, which has been pronounced un ao.i.-timtioi.al by the legislatures of three of the largest .''tales of the Confederacy. They ex’ pe-.t it to bestow iu cairn and patient delifcer it oil i-j.f i: m'-a'-ures affecting injuriously their fights and ia cr -ts, end to consider carefully ij. further m cm res of legislation, which the exig -ucies of the times may demand. (V. warn the member*of the next Congress ii . the ie.;kl"ss legislation, and contempt , .. disr- gard of public opinion, which char ; ro ized t e late Congress. They should not • ,r> that they are the servants of the people. I: . i; m they will lie held to a strictaccounta- I : ity for their acts. Let them not imag . : that any plea of necessity, military or oth j ci .vi-that any pretext of expadiency—that ! iveriientcicak of reckless haste and contempt j . i do- pubiic will—can shield them from free . "and tearless criticism. We trust never to see c. d-y when our public servants will be per r-nt.’/’d to claim exemption front that direct rc-ponsibility to their constituents, which alone c '• s preserve the integrity and purity of a rep reseatative government. Liu Dr.cmr.DT-v—or decidedly ricli—whicli <-vcr way you may wish to read the two words. A e have been bitterly denounced by the boughl-up press, because we thought it best fir civil liberty to inform the public of the fact ! - -f they were paid by the Administiation for iluir endeavors to write it into tbe seventh heaven or, in other words, to cover up its r. eking iin moralities and unconstitutional ; iiigs for power, until tbe body politic bad U--coin;; one huge mass of corruption, and tbe 1 oeilir: of the people wrested from them for ever. We expected these subsidized presses to do tliis thing. We expected they- would lick ■■be hand of their master and obey bis bidding. Nothing more manly could lie fftoked for from tie in—for when an individual sells hisb rth right for filthy lucre, then is he debased indeed, and ready to do any work uo matter how de filading. But tills is not the rich part of the pro gramme we referred to when we started this ari -de. This movement of the monarchists | whs made public long ago. Here is another j and ;ii >r the friends of civil liberty to ruminate i a,"ii and draw llieir own conclusions. When j'! po'.w: ;tl id he commenced trampling un : lea of 177 G, and insanely ! ‘ n o (1 to throttle freedom in tliis fair sun- I uy l-'.i. l of ours, several other presses besides | t lir-iiiiciv S: Suitinei, like faithful sentinels i on waicfiiower of the bulwarks of liberty, | : ,un ' ! and tire alaun. In a little while we were j pained to notic-e that they had become, as it were, ww.k :u their endeavors to resist the for (iii of d-'spotism that threatened to sweep over tue land, 'i iien they hacked down nlto v-tiier, and gave the cause they first espoused " l!l ' >!d sh; ulder.” Finally they became com. pletely transformed; and they now sing the prin. vs ol t'.o powers that lie with all tiie ti' -It and lusty z .-al of the new convert. The public, perhaps, do not know the real cause of ;hi.-, sudden metainovphc sis. Well, it has leak e i out. 'the Adrainistn .lion has announced its pub! c organs in this JSta to—or in other words, bus I'.nuouneed those papers it pays out of the mo:, -y collected from the tax-payer, to assist it iu <;< piiving the tax-piyerof ilis inalienable f-gb- . Ate notice the names of the journals 'vc iefcr to in this Hut. Herein lies the se cret of their great lata'ly born love for mon ru chieal power. ahe public should know why the tune of some papers has been chang ed recently. We give the people the facts.— They can make their own comment-; on them. But we thick such bare-faced buying and sel ling or.; re geo us. The pubil: ,-ht.iiltl be emutiousbow they credit the foul assertions, the false sophistry, and the sped'f.s. fallacious arguments of the bought j up Administration press bi the Confederacy.— llt i. a willfully blind icat’er. If its teachings ! and advice is followed, or even heeded, then 1 indeed is our doom scaled, and our liberties j gone. 1 The rights of the citizen are never respected , by those v.iio support men “\Yl..i: r t . .-.ex nr.‘ empires and whoi 9 strikes r.ro Ihrt nes ; V.table (:.rtli—wlmsi- dies are human tame*. 1 uk Immense Debt or this War.—The ques tion of debt and taxation is beginning to excite gic.ii, interest and alarm in the North. Her na tional and ‘ln already fully equals, if it docs not exceed, the national debt of Great Britain, and is increasing at the rate oi more than a million and a half dollars a day. And yet the North is j seemingly as far from the accomplishment of her object in this war os she was three years ago. Well may this, with the policy of the Administration at Washington, excite the se rious alarm of her people The leading papers begin to discuss this sub ject. The lone of their articles show that they thirdc Yankeedom on the verge of repudiation and bankruptcy, and that there will soon be a terrible t-visis which will prevent the war from being longer carried on. The truth is the debt of the North is enor mous. During the past three years the Feder al iiuunci.d managers hove managed to incur 3i abiliii .|i about equal t 5 those Great Britain line been since the time of Charles II accumulating. | The yearly ini crest on the Federal debt is, how j ever, greater by about fifty million than the intoicst Great Britain pays. Certainly, property owners at the North have uot a very cheering prospect before them. The amount necessary to carry on the Fed eral Government annually, hereafter, even if the « debt is not increased a single dollar m. re, is over $275,000,000. This sum has got to be raised by taxation. The thinking men of that section are beginning to see the true amdi. ;on of affairs. They have already com menced making preparations to defeat the “authors of all their woes” at the coming Presidential election. We trust ihelrefforts will be successful. Salk Day passed off Tuesday with very lit - tie excitement and bustle. The features which were r:.co characteristic of the day seem'to have been lost in tue presrgt troublous times. Very few negroes wore sold compared with former occasions aud scarcely any real estate. W. 11. Griffin sold the following negroes : Woman Sylvia. 4$ yea:s old. $1000; Richard, years oitl„ $2700; Lee, aged IS, unsound, $2250: Susan, 00 years old, $400; Katy. 60 years old, $360; Nancy and child, $4050; Man sen, :)5 years old, $3200; Emma, $4000; Tom, ef.OOO; George, $1850; John. 50 years old, S v 00: Mary and two children, $6900; Celia, k Cicero, unsound. SI6OO. ( Atkinson and Shecnt sold the “McGran Cot j ‘- wo." thtee miles from the city, for slo,soo. A private dispatch received in this city last evening states that fighting was going on this s.e.e of Petersburg, Ya. It appears that a Fed i ta! ‘orce made a raid and burned the railroad bridge over Stone creek. They also cut the telegraph wires. t\ e were unable to get far ther particulars in regard to the matter. Col. Fis .the former Provost Marshall of Bal timore, has becu tried by a court martial tor receiving bribes, etc., and sentenced to be ca.-niered and dismissed from the service a'i«o j to pay a fine of five thousand dollars’and be ■ c Mifined for one year In the Albanv penitenti ary, if. is a* iA *c Vrtia svV.sTX -MiV i. •iii-i tteaate met at 12 o'clock—Mr. Hunter, of Va., in the chair. Theroli being called, sixteen Senators an swered to their names. Tiie credentials or Hons Bichard W. Walker, j of Ala-, John W. C. Warson, of Miss., and Wm. j A. Graham, of N. C, Senators elect, were pre- I seated. These gent ettien then came forward, qualiiied, aud took their seats in the Senate. The credentials of Ilona. R. Johnson, of Ark., and James M. Baker, ot Fla., re elected and of Hon. Wm.E. Simmg, cfKy . re-appoint ed, were also presented, and the usual oath be ing administered to them, they resumed their scats in the Senate. The Senate pioceeded to the election of Pres ident pro km. On the firs! ballot, Hon. R. JI I. Hunter, of Va., was elected. Tiie Senate then proceeded to the election of officers. Mr. J. IT. Nash was re-elected Secretary-. Mr. Lafayette H b itzhugh ,of Ky, Sergeant-at-arms: James Page, of N. C. Dooikcepc-r, and John ■ri* “ of Ga., Assistant Dooikeeper. ihe said officers were duly sworn in. Ihe House of Representatives was informed of tuc organization of the Senate, and of its readineas to proceed to business. It was order- and that tbe Senate proceed to the election of tiie standing committees at 12 A o'eiot k, on Tuesday, fid instant. it was resolved, that until otherwise ordered, he hour for the daily meeting of tbe Senate be 12 o’clock M. A message from the House was received an n u icing the organization,of that body and its readiness to proceed to business. A resolution was adopted that a committee be appointed, joinky with the committee ap pointed on the part of the House of Rnprere eentatives to wait on the President ot tiie Confederate State,-, and inform him tliata quo rum of eacli House has assembled, and that Congress is ready to receive any communica tion he may be pleased to make. Messrs. Johnson of Arkansas, Sesames of Louisiana, and Brown of Mississippi, were ap pointc-d the committee to wait on the Presi dent. The committee having discharged the duty assigned to them, reported though their Chair man, Mr, Johnson, that the President request ed them to inform the Senate that he would send in a message in writing in a short time. At half past one o’clock, the President’s mes sage was presented by B. N, Harrison, the Pres ident’s Secretary, aud was read by tbe Clerk. The message aas ordered to be printed. Senate adjourned. HOUSE. The House convened at 12 M. and was call ed to order by the Clerk. The roll was called by States, when the House proceeded to the election of officers. Mr. Boaock was elected Speaker by acclama tion. Mr. Bocock. on taking the chair, addressed the House in some very appropriate and patri otic remarks, lie coulu not seek a position so difficult as that to which he had been called ; Gilt as it had been conferred upon him, he grate fully accepted it, and threw himself upon the I louse for indulgence and support. The House hid assembled at an important time. Members were here to represent the people—notin their evanescent excitements, but in their higher, holier, better moods. Whoever is excited Con gressmen must be cairn, and must pursue that course aud th -?e measures which the country needs, and which it- intelligence will applaud.' Under no conceivable circumstances can we ever again be associated with our present, en emies. (Applause ) “Anxious for peace, but resolved on saceesnV Let this be our motto. Our cause cannot fail, and Congress be wholly bkunehss. Avast deal depends on the legis late] sos a country.—Congress mu*t be in earnest—like a parliament of old, “terribly in 1 eirnest.” Iu this they would but represent | the earnestness of our people. Legislators J must display heroism, if not like that, yet ak : n j to that, of tiie b itt e-tield. They must riot dis- | regard the voice ot the people; but they must i discriminate betwen its legitimate, healthful j expressions aud th-: voice of faction. After concluding his remarks, the oath of of- \ fice was administered to the Speaker by Mr. i Smith, of N. C. , The oath of office was Then administered by • the Speaker to the delegations from the several States. . The rules of the last House were adopted for the government oi the present. A. R. Lamar was elected Clerk; Robert If. Wynne Doorkeeper. A message was sent to the Senate informing that body of the organization of the House. A message was received from the Senate an nouncing its organization, and the appoint ment of a committee to wait upon the Presi dent in conjunction with a committee from the House, and inform him that Congress was ready to receive any communication he might desire to submit. Messrs. Sexton, Riv< sand Gilmer were ap pointed the committee on the part of the House. A resolution was adopted that the Speaker be requested to proceed to the appointment of tue Standing Committees. The committee to wait upon the President reported through their chairman that they had discharged the duty assigned, and that the Pre sident would send a communication to the House forthwith. The clerk then read the mes sage. —-*«saE£r -CBp— DISASTROUS FIKK I.A HAST MACON. About one o'clock Friday afternoon, a fire broke out in Ihe cotton warehouse of John A. Nelson, East Macon, in which wav stored 2,500 Inth sos cotton and 250 bushels of grain belong ing to different parties. From the moment it was discovered there was not the slighest chance to extinguish the flames. The fire quickly communicated to an unoccupied dwelling of David Flanders, then to a dwelling occupied by John T. Price, then to the store of John A. Nelson, and then com municated to Eighlfoot& Flanders, New Ware house, owned by T. R. Bloom, and in which was stored 2.000 bales of cotton. The tire next caught and consumed n small dwelling belong ing to Mioheal Hinchim.' All these houses were hurried to the ground, and nothing saved from them with the exception of twenty-five e,<* thirty bal s cotton which were removed. But little vie? saved from any of the dwell ings. The follcv’dg is supposed to be a correct estimate cf the losses sustained: John T. Nel son, SI2,CCO. Insured for 53, 000. David Flandeis, 45,000. No insurance for $7,000 Col. T. li Bloom. $15,000. Insurance for $7,- 000. To! nT. Trice, $4,000. No insurance.— Mieheal Hinchim, $3,000. No insurance. 4,500 brdes of cotton $1,087,500. Two hun dred bales belonged to the Confederate Gov ernment. There was some insurance upon a portion of the cotton, but it was impossible to get the ex act amounts. The total loss is, according to these estimates. $1,7.56,500. This was undoubtedly the most disastrous tire that has occurred in Macon in ten or fif teen years. The origin of the fire is not pre cisely known. It is thought that it was acci dental or caused oy the carelessness ot some boys. The following logics by Insurance companies has been furnished by their agent, in this city, E. G. Grannis : Enfanla Home Ins. Cos., Eufa la, Ala., $11,475 ; Southern Ins. & Trust Cos., Sav. Ga.. $9,740 ; Stonewall Ins. Cos.. Atlanta, Ga., 5,000 ; Merchants Ins. Cos., Richmond. Va., $11,075 ; Albemarle Ins. Cos., Charlottsvilie, Va., $10,205 ; Florida Home lus. Cos., Fla, $13,0-10 ; Woodville Ins. Cos.. Ala., $7,000 ; Lynchburg las. Cos., Va.. $5,100 ; Home Ins. ‘Co., Savannah, Ga., $1,000; Total. $74,915. Macon Confederate. CASCALITIES IX THE i WKN'IY FIRST GEORGIA Resident at the Battle of Plymouth N. C. : Col. John T. Mercer, Commanding Brigade, killed. Company A—W. B. Willford, left shoulder. \V. F. Bollard, neck, slight. Wyly Carter, bow els, -since died. Company B—Newton Formby, killed. J. N. Stafford, arm and thigh. Company C—W. R. Dykes, left thigh. W. A. Heusly, right arm and left thigh. O. O. Parish, both shoulders. G. W. Ransom, boweis, since did. Company D—A. GarreU, right shoulder since died. L. 11. Davis, left arm. G. L. Funnell, left leg. slight. Company F—W. B. Phillips, arm slight. Franklin Gass, arm, slight. J. B. Read thigh. c Company G— Levy W. F. Wood, chin and right leg. Company H—J. J. Clark, left thigh. John Demp-y, left thigh, slight. R. M. Mcßee, hand and knee, slight. Company I—Lieut. J. W. May, left lev John, D Dyal. right side. W. J. Barker, right arm, slight. Company K—J. F. Williams, left hip. M. B. Smith, right thigh. Thcs. Cook, right leg. Lieut. Col. T. W. Hooper escaped unharmed. Tt Till _ The following are the figures of the supplies already shipped from Wilkes county for the government 450,000 pounds beef cattle: 130.000 pounds bacon: 112.480 pounds fodder; 112.917 bushels c*ni: 3,817 bushels of oats: 630 bushels pens. A considerable quantity still 1 rein’ins to be shipped not included in "these figures. At last accounts middling cotton was quoted at S3J and gold at s7l premium, tr i T &JbKGKAFH. ~ Ntjj.'THESN NEWS' The Pennsylvania Legislature has passed a joint resolution urging Lincoln to discharge the Pennsylvania troops when their time is out. The reserve troops from the Northwestern States are pouring foi"ward to the reinforce ment of the armies in V’rginia. From Nashville we have ■ t announced that the Spring campaign in that quarter woifd probably open about the first of May. The camps were being cleared of all unnecessary incumbrances. Officers had been instructed to reduce their baggage, and all the detached garrisons that could possibly be spared have been ordered to Chattanooga. The New York Tribune announces the aban donment of the siege of Charleston. The steamer Lacrosse, loaded with cotton, was captured by rebel cavalry on Red river, and burned. A meeting has been held by the 2d United State (colored) Heavy Artillery at Fort Pick eua, denouncing Forrest. One resolution adopts for an inscription on their flag, ‘'Victory or death,’’ as no quarters will be shown them. It is said in high quarters that the President intends making Sickles relieve Banks. Admiral Wilkes has been (lFmissed'from tbe service. ’ Gen. Foster has been appointed to command in the field, and will probably be assigned to Burnside’s corps. Chase has not resigned, ho liavi <g been in duced to remain at his post for the present. The Tribune correspondent mentions a ru or that Biliks will be superseded by Auger. A telegram from the mouth of Red River, 24th, says Banks’ army had fallen back to Al exandria, without fighting. Steele is reported at Camden, Aikansas, in a strongly fortified position. Quan trell is reported moving towards Kan sas. The Federal Senate concurred in the House resolution increasing the duties 50 per cent, after sixty days, except on printing paper. The tax bill passed the House by 102 to 33. Whiskey tax 50 cents per gallon. Tiie Pennsylvania troops whose terms expire in May, notified Grant that they will not obey orders, recently issued, continuing them in service until the first of July. Banks’ official report not yet received. Pi i vate letters state that Banks’ magnificent ar my of 30,000 was utterly routed with the wildest confusion, fleeing pell mell—rivaling Bull Run. An is anticipated from the rebel forces on Newbern. In New Yoik on the 30tii, cotton command ed Si, and gold 08 j, with a rising tendency. The last accounts fiom Red River say the Confederates are marching on Grand Ecore. The Yankees adm it a loss of 4,000. LATEST FROM EUROPE. Tlic British Ministry were defeated on the 12th in the House of Commons, on ihe miner education question, by eight majority. There was great enthusiasm for Garibaldi in England. Lord Palmerston accorded him an interview of an hour’s duration. Lord Clarendon’s mission to Paris was said to be for the purpose of dispelling Napoleon's irritation against England. Maxhnilliaa’s health had improved. He was to leave for Mexico on the 1 ith. The siege ot Duppel continues. The Danish garrison shows signs of weakness. The Conference had not assembled when the ste imer left England. At Livetpool, cotton had advanced J to jd. Consols 1)1 ;j. The new steamer Matilda, built for the Con federates at Glasgow, bound from Cardiff for rebel ports, with iron, steed, &c., was lost off Sandy Island. The crew were saved, among them Major Pearson of the rebel artillery. The English Government retains possession of the gunboat Alexandra, but was ready to deliver her to the owners, on application. The Alexandria correspondent of the Lon don Times says it is quite certain that the Viceroy of Egypt gave Laird orders for tbe con struction of the Mersey rams. The steamer Bavaria, from Hamburg for New York, was captured on the 17th by a Danish frigate. The London Times attributes the rally of the Confederate Loan and the reaction on the Paris Bourse, to the action of the House of Representatives on tiie Mexican question. The Prussians on the 18th assaulted and car ried the Danish works at Duppel. The loss was heavy on both sides. The Danes retreated to the Island of Alsen. The Conference in regard to the Dano-Ger man war was to meet on the 20tli. Maximilian was at Rome on the 18th, from whence he would embark for Mexico. FROM NORTH GEORGIA. The enemy have been almost at a stand still They are repairing both railroads as they ad vance, and b ive a chain of pickets which ren der it impossible to learn what is going on in side. Gen. Johnston has issued an order granting pardon to all persons under arrest, except to those for plundering and pilfering. The enemy are concentrating heavily at Ringgold and Cleveland, and are gradnally ad vancing. Contrary to all expectation, the enemy have advanced but little. One division of Hooker’s corps is at Lee and Gordon’s Mills ; Palmer’s corps and one divis ion in front ol Tunnel Hill, occupying our old picket stations. Howard’s corps and two divisions are be tween Varneil’s station and Red Clay. They are busy engaged in cut ting roads, ma king causeways and building bridges. Their advance will be necessarily very slow. Numerous deserters have come into our lines to-day and given, themselves up, saying that their term of service expires from the 10th and 12th, and that none of them will fight in the approaching engagement. Fourteen privates belonging co the 58th and Goth North Carolina Regiments were shotto doy for desertion. Two were also shot forthe-same offence in Stuart’s Division. The enemy have massed the larger portion of their army at Red Clay. Skirmishing has been going on on the Ring gold and Cleveland roads between our cavalry and the enemy’s all day. Our forces are gradually retiring on the lat ter road. * ‘ FROM LEE'S COMMAND. Burnside's corps crossed the Rappahannock 011 Monday, with the exception of a negro brigade left at Manassas. A special dispatch - to the Examiner from Hamilton's crossing, says Northern papers of the 30th report that Grant had returned to Washington to demand the services of McClel lan, and refused to move with his army until the demand was complied with. He was also urgent that Fremont be assigned to duty. The enemy is reported to still hold out to Brandy Station in Culpepper county. Grant’s force has been variously sstimated at between 100,000 and 180,000 men. The first figures are most probably correct. From the fact that Grant took only four days rations in leaving Culpepper, it is not improb able that he will decline acting offensively, and would fall back to the heights of Fredericks burg. Jt is reported that information ha« been ye* cClvri M til* V/or that ,V«r wo»- tiv* gunboam, ({.eluding two hqo-clads. and fitly transports, ore in James River this morning, coming up. Grant s Dlan was to turn our right and get between Lee and Richmond. Longstreet had turned the enemy’s left and was pushing him hack steadily when he was severely wounded by a shot by Mahone’s Brig ade through mistake. Gen. Jenkins was killed by the same brig ade. ° Kersnaw commanded McLaw’s Division with great honor. Battle's Alabama and Gordon’s Georgia Brigades suffered severely. The Virginian has information that Averill has concentrated 8,000 cavalry and infantry at Kanawha Valley with the intention of maiking a raid on the Salt works in Washington cornnly. OSTUHI'.DISPATCH FROM GEN. LEE. Headquabters Abmt Northern Va- ) May sth, 1804. j To the Hon. Secretary of War : The enemy crossed the Rapidan at Ely's and Germanna Fords. Two corps of this armv moved to oppose him —Ewell by the old turnpike, Hill by the plank road. They arrived this morning in close proximi iy to the enemy’s line of march. A strong attack was made on Ewell, who repulsed it, capturing many prisoners and four pieces of artillery. Tho enemy subsequently concentrated upon Hill, who with Heth's and Wilcox’s divisions, successfully resisted the repeated and desperate assaults. A large force of cavalry and artillery on our light flank was driven back by Rosser’s Brig ade. By the blessing of God, we maintained our position against every effort until night, when the contest closed. Wu have to mourn the loss of many brave officers and men. The gallant Gen. J. M. Jones was killed, Brig. Gen. Stafford I fear mortally wounded, while leading his command with conspicuous valor. (Signed) R. E. Lee. OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GEN. LEE. Headq'hs Army Northern Va., ) May (i, 1864. ) To the Secretary of War : Early this morning, as the divisions of Gen. HiU, engaged yesterday, were being relieved, the enemy advanced and created some confu sion. . Tho ground lost was recovered soon, as fresh troops were got into position, and the enemy driven back to their original line. Afterwards we turned the left of his fiesh line and drove it from the field, leaving large num bers of dead and wounded in our bands. Among them Gen. Wadsworth. A subsequent attrok forced the enemy into his entrenched lines on the Brook Road, ex tending from the Wilderness tavern on the right, to Trigg's Mill. Every advance on his part, thanks to a mer ciful God, has been repulsed. Our less in killed is not large, but we have many wounde I, most of them slightly,.the ar tillery being little used on either side. I grieve to announce that Lieut. Gen. Long street was severely wounded ; Gen. Jenkins killed; Gen. Pegram badly wound ad, yester day. Gen. Stafford, it is hoped, will recover. (Signed) R. E. Lee. FROM TRANS-MISSISSIPPI. A courier from Banks to Steele was inter cepted at Shreveport carrying order's for Steele to fall back as rapidly as possible, and that Banks had advanced on Shreveport expecting to find six thousand, hut had met ninety thou sand. Natchez and Baton Rouge are crowded to excess with Yankee wounded. The extent of our victory on Red river can not be exaggerated. Prince I’ollignac was promoted on the field. His clothes was riddled with bullets—he suc ceeds Mouton and Wharton succeeds Green. Trans-Mississippi advices, state that the ene my are blowing tip their gunboats above the rapids on the Red River to prevent their fall ing into our hands. Advices from beyond our lines confirm the report of Price whipping and routing Steele in Arkansas. An officer who left Taylor’s camp, 12 miles from Alexandria, on the 29th, confirms Banks’ retreat to Alexandria. The Gunboat Eastport was blown up, and two transports captured. The remainder of the fleet are above the Rapids, with no chance of escape. Taylor captured four thousand prisoners. Price’s success consists in Marmaduke’s cap ture of Steele’s train. Steele was surrounded. Price demanded his surrender. Steele agreed on condition that the negroes be treated as prisoners of war. Price lefused the terms and referred to Smith, who replied, let the negroes be sent to their owners. Steele refused to surrendor on these terms. What further action was taken is unknown, but it is believed the whole force would capit ulate. Smith is reinforcing Price. A special dispatch to the Register date Summit, the 7th, says, a gentleman who cross ed below Bayou Sara on the 2d states that our Louisiana forces pursued the enemy down the Red River, recapturing Fort Derus°y, and Chenayville, April 25th. The enemy made a stand at Marksville, where they were attacked and repulsed with heavy loss, estimated at 10,000. Transports going up Red River with rein forcements were whipped back at Fort De- Russey. The Yankee wounded have been sent to Vicksburg. Gen. Watkins’ division crossed the Red Riv er, pursuing the retreating enemy. The Yankees burned four gunboats above the falls. FROM MISSISSIPPI. A special dispatch to the Meridian Clarion from Tangipahoa, dated the 4th, says that ad vices from Ohio Branch, just leceived, states that after eight hours desperate fighting, our forces repulsed and drove the enemy across Thompson’s Creek. The enemy numbered 1500, our forces 800. Reinforcements are being rapidly sent for ward to Col. Powers. A dispatch to the same, from Clinton, 3d, via Summit. 4th, says, Col. John L. Scott, com manding cavalry, COO men, engaged five thou sand A ankees frem Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, under Gen. Andrews. After several hours fighting, in which Col. Powers, Major Ogden and Lieut. Powers be haved with distinguished gallantry, he repulsed them with heavy loss, including Col. T. A. Boardman, of the 4th Wisconsin cavalry, kill ed. and a large number wounded. The fight took place at Olive Branch Creek. The enemy are in full retreat towards Baton Rouge, and Major Fisk Ogden, commanding Wingfield's cavalry, ptirsuino-. The enemy have fallen back from the Big Black, after partially destroying the bridge and burning all the sutlers’ and traders’ shanties and soldiers’ huts. Considerable alarm prevailed within the for tifications at Vicksburg from apprehensions of an attack from Wirt Adams. Information from Mississippi states that the enemy with 10,000 infantry, two batteries of artillery and 250 cavalry, all up4 er Cr®o. Mc- Artbufj v * r6 MvMvhtg toward* Vftfcufi City. *r-4 encamped before last eight miles below Moohaoicsbus'g. MORE OF WIRJ ADAM'S ACHIEVE MENTS. Lieut. W. R. Wren of Fo." t Adam s cavalry went within six miles of VicU*bnrg recently, capturing and killing a numbei ot ankees. and bringing away equipments. ItO destroy *ed two government plantations and brough off the negroes and stock. The armament of .he gunboat Petrel cap tured by Wirt Adams have reached Brandon. The commander of the gunboat P.etrel and twenty-five other Yaukees captured by Wirt Adams, arrived here to day. THE YANKEE GUNBOAT BLOWN UP IN THE JAMES. Richmond, Slay G. The chief monitor in the James River is the Onondaga, just finished, from New York. The \ ankee gunboat destroyed by torpedoes yesterday was blown into fragments . An official dispatch says that hardly a piece was left as big as a row boat. After the explosion the rest of the fleet stop ped. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A SON PRESI DENT DAVIS. Saturday evening, at seven o’clock, Joseph, son of President Davis, died from injuries re ceived by a fall from the back portico of the executive mansion. His parents were from home at the time. The accident was not discovered until the little boy was found by a servant in an insensi ble condition in the yard. Every restorative that could be thought of was applied but all to no effect. U WASHINGTON, N. C. EVACUATED. Washington has been evacuated. The Yan kees commenced evacuating tiie place Thurs day evening. This information is perfectly reliable. Fortifications and everything valua ble destroyed. Congratulatory (Rider ok Gen. Dick Tay eor.—Annexed is Gen. Taylor's congratulatory' order to his troops : Headq'rs Dist. Western Louisiana, ) Mansfield. La., April 11, 18G4. j General Orders, No.— Soldiers of the army of Western Louisiana : At last your patience and your devotion have been rewarded. Condemn'd lor many days to retreat before an overwhelming foroe, as soon as your reinforcement; reached you, you turned upon the foe. No language hut that of simple narrative should recount your deeds.— On the Bth of April you fonglit the battle of Mansfield. Never in war was there a more complete victory won. Attacking the enemy with the utmost alacrity when the order was given, the result was not for a moment doubt ful. The enemy was driven from every position, his artillery captured, his .men routed. In vain were fresh troops brought up. Your magnifi cent line, like a resistless wave, swept every thing before it. Night alone stopped your ad vance. Twenty-one pieces of artillery, twenty five hundred prisoners, many stands of colors, two hundred and fifty wagoiis, attest your suc cess over the 13th and 19th army corps. On the 9th inst., you took up the pursuit and press ed it with vigor. For twelve miles, prisoners, scattered artn3, burning wagons proved how well the previous day’s work hail been done by the soldiers of Texas and Louisiana. The gallant divisions from Missouri and Ar kansas, unfortunately absent on the Bth inst., marched forty-five miles iu two days to share ! the glories of Pleasant Hill. This was emphat ically the soldier’s victory. In spite of the strength of the enemy’s position, held by fresh troops of the 16th corps, your valor and devo tiott triumphed over all. Darkness closed one of the hottest fights of the war. The morning of the 10th inst. dawned upon a flying foe, with our cavalry in pursuit, capturing prisoners at every step. These victories were most dearly won. A list of the head would sadden the sternest heart. A visit to the hospitals would move tbe sympa thy of the most uufoeling. The memory of our deeds will live as long as noble deeds are cherished on earth. The consciousness of duty well performed will alleviate the suffer, iugs of tiie wounded. Soldiers ! from a thou sand homes, thanks will ascend to the God of battles for your victories. Tender wives and fond mothers will repose in safety behind the breastworks of your valor. No fears will be entertained that the hated foe will desecrate their honor by his presence. This is your re ward; but much remains to be done. Strict discipline, prompt obedienc<*to orders, cheer ful endurance of privatious, will alone ensure onr independence. R. Taylor, Major Gen. Commanding. Gens. Greene and Mouton. —Gen. Taylor lias issued the annexed order in regard to the death of Gens. Greene and Mouton : Soldiers : A Chief has fallen. A Warrior of Warriors has gone to his home. On the 12th inst., fell Thomas Greene. After braving death a thousand times, the destroyer found him, where he was ever wont to be, in the front line of battle. Ilis spirit has flown to the happy home of heroes where the kindred spirit of Al fred Mouton awaited it. Throughout broad Tex ts, throughout desolated Louisiana, mourn ing will sadden every hearth. Great is the loss to family and friends, much greater is the loss to this array and to me. For many wea ry months these two have served me. Amidst (he storm of battle, by the lonely camp tire, at the solitary outposts, my heart has learned to love them. Their families shall be as mine ; their friends my friends. To have been their beloved friend and trusted com mander is the highest earthly honor I can ever attain. Soldiers ! the fall of those heroes shall not be in vain. Inspired by their examples, this army will acniuve great things. Moistened by the blood of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill and Blair’s Landing, the tree of national indepen dence will grow apace, and soon overshadow the land, so that all may repose in peace under its grateful shade. The memory of the glorious dead is a rich legacy to luture generations, and their names will be remembered as the chosen heroes and martyrg of the cbivalric Southern race. The colors of the Cavalry Corps of this army will be draped for thirty days, in memory of their late heroic Commauder. Our Prisoners at Point Lookout.— From officers who came up by the last flag of truce we have some news from our prisoners at Point Lookout; Anew horror has been added to prison life at Point Lookout since the capture of Fort Pil low. The post is garrisoned by negroes, and they seem to have been made perfect demons by the stories of the “massacre” of the blacks at Fort Pillow. They not only tyranize and insult our men, in every conceivable manner, but they have taken to shooting our prisoners, on the merest pretext, in revenge for the Fort Pillow affair. Up to the time of the leaving of our informant three of our men had been shot, one killed, by these negro guards, and such was their revengeful passion aud the wau tonness of their firing that our prisoners had to be guarded lest the slightest pretext might be seized upon as an excuse for one of these black savages discharging his musket upon them. The Yankees continue their game of attempt ing to seduce our men into taking the oath of allegiance, but with few exceptional cases, all their allurements and blandishments fail to in duce our men to desert onr cause. Tue Penalty for Harboring Deserters.— As many persons are not aware of the penalty laid down for harboring deserters from the Confederate service, the following section pass ed by the last Congress is published for general information: “The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That every person not sub ject to the rules and articles of war, who shall, procure or entice a soldier, or person enrolled for service in the army of the Confederate States, to desert, or who shall aid or assist any deserter from the army, or any person enrolled for service, to evade their proper commanders, or to prevent their arrest to be returned to tne service, or who shall knowingly conceal or harbor any such deserter, or shall purchase from any soldier or person enrolled for service any portion of his arms, equipments, rations, or clothing, or any property belonging to the Confederate States, or any officer or s° ! '!:er of the Confederate State*, ebrli, upon conviction before the District Court of the Confederate States having jurisdiction of the offenoe, be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be impmonecj pot exceeding two yeaji.’’ OF THE AN MUAJL MELTING ,OF THE (U\I£I>ERATE S'rATKs IlillLU &OUKTY. i h |. Bi , ! '!ror 1 tteciLVuvrau lESTTLS*** of ISH.ut S o’clock,'V'?ai" 'nSc'Sretator"**’ Qa -" s*t*' 5 * t *' in singing part of m mi, ? 1 . (dory. Lord." prayer by ihe Kev. V. J. A,to' of m I V C unroll, ami rcafllox the ccrip! ores Thts“ v (.re fol?o, M ,i , t ' the 6 inouufof Godl’ b “ l by ‘ VC ' y WOrd li is proper to say, that Dr. B. M. Palmer had bee , en gaged to p each on the occsskm; but he was prevented from oeiiig piesent. because ot a recent order inhibiting travel on any «f the K i roads between Augusta and Richmond, a uutita ry necessity making it uecesaary for the (»*verumeut to ap propriate all the t r.timportation to its owin ses. ihe same fact, doubtless, prevented the attendance of members from theSiutas North of Georgia—except Dr. Moore, who had been some time ill thi j State. Thuß-SPay, April 21st. Th’ Society convened at the Presbyter.au Church, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The President cf the Society, Hon. Joseph Henry Lumpkin, not being in alter.darco, or either the Vice- Presidents on motion of the Kev Dr Wilson, ihe Hon. O. J. Jenkins, of Augusta, w;is appointed Prealdtnt pro tnn. Tue ti:v. Dr. Wilson conducted the religious service. Members from the S;st;?s of Virginia, Ueorgia, Alabama, and Louisiana uad the’r names enrolled. The Society then ca.ied for the Annual Report of the Board of Managers, i his document was read by the Corresponding Secretary. Kev. Dr. Myers, as follow.-: REPORT OF THE HOARD OF MA.V4GVRS. That gracious Providence which, amid all the perils of a dostrucSlve war, has preserved our young Republic irorji over throw noi>’:tbelauding the frequent i isasteis of the past year, adds to the inu. n v nancies bestowed oa us further cause lor , gratitude and prausd, by permitting the Bible Society of the i •un'ederute States to convene again in annual session i ana the Board us Manager's in repdrting their secoad year's labois t<» the Society, would first ot all ecord their grateful sense of oo ligatiou io Almighty G«d lor Ilis loV’d'g kiudne s. SUPPLIES UF THE SCKIPTL RES. In the report of last year, the correspondence of the Board with ihe British and toudgn Bible S titty was given, and tn*'. plan detailed, by which It was beiitvtd we cou.d get a la»g2 suppjy of the Scdpiurea from that Society. lujut the lime 01 the lajtaunual meeting-he firpi shipment from ihe B. &F. L>. kociely was received; and other shipment* came forward <julu* regularly lor ivo or thive months, until 4 S cases ol books had reach and us. Then there w..s a suspension of .eccip.s until Dec. wli uo moreen*.s was leceived—making 43 in ail Inis su&- pulsion was occasioned by no lault ot the li. a t'. B. {Society but iesu.ted from the difficulty cf o. tuin'.ng transportation irons .Nassau to our blockaded ports. That, society conlnuvd to BHhd L,rword Gi pmonts regular!v until sepvemr.cr 16th, when i>2 dHsts hud been forward* and- 44 of wlmh nave not rear hi and u j; nor is :t ki own wh.th.r it is because they have not been rv sxnpptd td us, or whether, having been forwAided, lhat they have fallen Jito ihe bunds of D. 6. cruisers. By these auiD ment.s the noble pioffer of a credit of sld.m 0 to this {Society by the li. a F. B. bociety was exhausted ; but not »l»e It ndnets and the Christian courtesy of its others, ihe Key. ctms. Jack>on, its Secretary, generously wrote thu If ihe Board wished to extend its credit, it need not hesitate to apply tor the extension ; lor though he could not cfficially proffer It. yet he would cheerfully advocate a grant of fivther credit, ami he hud no doubt tL&t ihe Director* of the Society would as cheer fully accord it. The obstacles iu the way of importing our books do not seem likely to be removed After Messrs John Fraser »fc Cos., who were bringing them in for us, had told their Fteamc s, the t fci corii Ex *.v Jm. uo brought over one shipment, and generous ly remitted the freight,alter it hail been paid. Messrs. J. F. A Cos. also, dttcl*nea to render bill of charges for the Inst ship ment brought on their steamers. Subsequently, \V. C. li e Esq., kindiy a< quit seed in u request to alford assistance to the Board in bringing its shipments from Nassau, end he further proffered to import them or charge, jn December, sca of came to Jiai.d on one if the steamers of tue Bee o. miicc then, none have been received; and now a recent net of Con gress respecting importa* ols increases < ur difficulties, uni vs some arrangement can be made with th? Goveinn eut to secure tonnage. Measures have been lukt n to this effect; bqi the ar rangeinent has not yet been perfected. It ir can be done aud w- cun within any reasonable tune briug lowaul these 44 eases (provided they have not lalleH into ihe enemy’s hund>) the Board will have a huge number of volumes ordered expressly to meet llie demauus ot ihe. goldier. PUBLISHING THIS SCRIPTURES. As soon as the Board found there was nn interruption In the importation of the Scriptures ar.dihatlt could no long i rely upon receiving regular shipments, U reso.ved again to h ee what could be done toward publishing another edition of the New TeatameaL and Psalms, from its own stereotype plates In Augu t, it weighed maturely the question a to the propriety of procuring a press and other material, and of unueriaking for itself the wows of publishing ; but alter Tali Consideration it reached the eonclu ion, in view of all difficulties that present’ ed themselves that this plan was not lik ly to prove successful it was therefore, dismissed, and the Board re olved to enga-e for this work, if possible, sonic publish ng house already Bay ing all the material and workmen nei essary for the purpose Acc-•rdir.gi>, early in September, the Hoard advertised ex tensively lor proposals to pub ish an edition of 1( 0,000 copies of the JNew Tcstamei.t nd Psalms. Two mon.hs passeu and no bid was m»de. Then the very res-poorible publishing h- use or Evans & Cogswell cf Columbia, b. U., was solicited to under take the oiiiraet, w nil j with some rclneLuice on account of its numerous engagements, it consented to do, and with iis tccustom* and euergy immediately set about making preparations for the proposed edition to be ready for delivery in instalments of 25,001* copies each. !ut numbei less difficulties nave inter veiled, ana up to tills time this house lias been unable to nil its engagements ; though there is reason for belie vie g that the first 25,000 are nearly ready tor eeUvny, DISTRIBUTION. / lmost all the volumes the Board has distributed have gone to the sOidiers. It has been r subject of deep regret, that the constant an ; urgent demand ol our brave defenders Jbr the word of life could not be su* plied. Perhaps no martial best ever gut he* ed upon the eui th has been as deeply or gen nllv influenced by re igious iruUi as has the army of the Cunlcdera cy, du ing the last eighteen months. The p caching ..of tiie Gospel has wonderfully arrested the attention of the soldie.s and hasasseited control oves then habits to such a d-.grej u.s to add many copfiinjatory proofs of the presence ot ihe super natural i. : the religion of Chris. Asa legitimate result, men of all cl .sses ami of every variety of character arc asking u >r the {Scripture?, that they may study lor themse ves the facts and doctrines and read lor t.•» mselves the precepts and prom ises oi Chris’ianity. It has been a con taut effort on ihe pa-1 cf ihe Board to meet the growing want; how inadequately and has then done, may be inferred from the statement already made of the difikul iea it has hau to encounter The Hoard, however, has done something toward this resul* —however little it may appear, when compared w.th what hope may have anticipated, or religious zeal might have use fully employed. This iitt*c we place he»c upon record as a memorial of our eca t progress during the past year. The Board has received since iu l Report; From Franklin Frinting House (one edition) B.PBI vols “ B.AF. Bibie SSociely 52,617-vols! Making total for tho yea* - 61,3113 vols. Ot these, 6'd,b9B volumes have been disposed of. ’ Butting together Uie work of the two years, and we find it io be us follows: iNo. of Volumes N. T. & 7”s. publ shed 70 641 “ imported (1862) Am. B socy, edition 5*275 “ “ B. &F. B. aos’y 5257 Total No. of Volumes 12K 43a Sold in 186*2-3 65,873 ’ *’ “ •* 1863 4 6u,81»3 Leaving on hand (vols) 1657 These Scriptures have been distributed .as widely as pcss bJe*. Avery considerable number * e e sent across tue Mississippi river, and we trust they readied theirdcstma ion During t,e year, the Kev. Mr. Buchanan came ronr beyond the river to apply to the Board foriis sanction to a scheme or maeing cyl leetions in that section, investing the funds m catt nto be hip p-d from iVratamoras. Alex . and Hie. proceed* of its sale rtturn -1 ed in the Scriptures. To this plan the Board could give onlv ; its best wishes for success, which i» and tl witliou> assuming auv pecuniary r.sponsihiht}. Shortly, however after Mr. J3. re lumed home, the occupancy of Brownsville, Texas by the Federals suspended a.l operations m that direction. AGENTS. The Itcv. E. A. Holies Is icntinucd antlie sole Agent ofthe Society. Ilia well known zeal in die cause anil hia g,-eat sur ces* .n making callccfioDa are wortlij of the highest cotnmen daiion, and-enlitielilm to the gratitude of all the Iriend-oj Bi ble uiatribution. 'the Rev. Dr J. N. Waddell va; an a»ei.t when ihe Society last met, hut very soon afterward he was am pointed to :i speiiilduty by his onnieh, and lie resigned the agency,«' ept in so far a-be might tind opportunity to si rve tne Society in hit lietv field of labor, 'this he kindly proffered to do, without compensation. TREASURER'S REPORT. The Itep'.rt of G. M. Tliew, Esq ~ Treasurer, properly audit ed by the 1* inance Committee, is appointee. From tills docu ment we iearn that the iueem.* of tire year iias been— Front Members (An. & Lilc) & L Directors *»-1.000 CO “ donations its. 140 ss “ sulci tor books alre .dy delivered 36 425 05 “ sal. sto be delivered *.** 10 347 05 " interest fs,*oKi ,» Making a total of. ..$'.14,339 71 The exptin.iturcs have lu.cn For Freight #13,819 65 For Printing e.Sift 18 For incidental expenses 7 313 93 For i.t. A prom, on Bonds 5,609 OJ #30,137 60 Balance of receip's for 1863-4 64, 92 06 To this add balance at last report 40.632 69 Gives a balance of funds on hand of * 04 724 64 This is invested thusin 7.30 Tress. Notes.. OAOOiToo In 4 per cent, bonds ... 3 5. 0 00 Dash 5224 64 Put f.t this sum the Society is to pay fir the edition of Test and Psalms now publishing—and when opportunity offers ‘or the books purchased cf the li. & F. Society. CHANGES IN THE CONSTITUTION. At the last meet ng of the Society, it was r t -rred to the Board to nqutre whether any changes in the Constitution may h necessary to give increased efficiency tc the operations of the Socre'y, and to report thereon at tills meeting. After earifui consideration of tins subject life Board reached the conclusion that nt the present tin e it does not tteft.-e desirable or nece'sur'- to;proposeany alterations in the Constitution. ~ BOARD OF MANAGERS. One vacancy in the Board occurred during the year, by the resignation of Rev A. T. Mann, D. D., un account of frequent necessary absence from the city. The Rev. W. H Poiterwas elected to fill this vacancy. By the provisions t f the Constitu tion the term or service ofthe so lowing members ofthe P-nud now expires: Rev. J. it. Wilron, D. 0., Rev. VV J Hard Rev V. 11. Clarke, G.M.Tkcw, D. g. WrirtP l)r L D Ford, Dr .T Mhlgia", D It. thumb, W. L. Mitchell, a. h Kernson, W. C. .Means and J. K, lie- ome. IN CONCfcTj&IOtf The Board must express the regi at which every member f e!s that so m*le lias been (h ue in so great aw, rk. and < ffers a f.-r vent prayer to Alnn.-hty God that Ue will at no distant d.\ vouch.are tr> our suffering .ml exp ctanUounlnn.u, that peace whies shall open tne way for 1 e successful pri'utcutlt.n of tl-i and every other cnterpßse ot (- hrUmnity. do igued to bring tic world to I host ior a,, inheritance am 1 lie uttei most parts of the earth for Iju jossH-sion. AH of which is re-neetfully submitted. BUSIN KBS TRANSACTED. On moli nos Rev. Dr. Moore, Resolved, That the Re. on.jus! read be adopted: and thnUfce thanks of the homely be returned to the Board of Manakert f .r accompli lung so much as tiny have done, under the trying circumstances by which they have been surrounded. J " On motion of Rev, hi r. Hard a (Jontmiriee coniietineof Dr Moire, Rev. Jesse Wood, of Ala., and F fctr nk r itari La., was appointed to ncm'nate cand dates to fl:l fbe’vaiandes now occur.ns in the Board of Managers. The Conmrtn-e re tired, and on their returnmgsml repotting,the Society urn,reed ed to an election ibr offleer.-,as foi ows : frer.. Jan s bers, ot Colr.mbu3, G.i, Pr*iri(l<?nt: Manager., lie/ .1 R wil son, D. t ~ Hev. w . J Ha.d Rev W. H (j alke G M Thew Kk,., D. R. Wright, fco Dr. L. D. f’oril, Dr. ’joi. Mil i an! II u.«/. .J. Jell Kins, I). B, Hlnrnb, Esq., of Ua : Rev (J i' L- Hon. J. M. Chambers wrs tnen invited »o the chair. On tak ing: i , he bristly and appropriately addre sed die Sat iety bn the importance of the work in which >.t is enlaced, exprcsViug his uireigned thanks tor tne W >r conferred by the uppo-,,!rm»nt. Rev Dr. Mooio moved to strike out the 2nd ptrugraph o f Sco ; IV ot the Constitution, viz: -The Vice Presidcn'aahali be the presiding officers 01, or be appointed ! v, the .State soc dies A ms, pr Conventions, in a failure to appoint: from whatever cause, the. Board of Managers shall make the aZuoini inent.” r He further moved to insert in Sec. VI. “and Vice Presidents,” after the word “ President.” so that, he section may read: 4 The officers of the Society sha.l i>c elected by ballot; the President aid Vice President-, annually,” etc. The in dions were sec onded, and laid on tne taole till the next annual meeting, as tho Constitution requires. The Rev. J. Wood offered the following, which was adop ted : Whereas, we have heard and would heed the calls made from the Army for Bibes and Testum< nt.s with which t. sup ply those goldiars whose homes a e within the lines of 'heei-q ir.y, and others who are de.-.titute, nut finding great in meeting thisdemand by either pub.ishmg or jy.pitmcg the Scriptures, therefore. Resolved, That the Board of >fanafreisbe icEtriKted to issue a Circul-.r Addre sto numbers or all denominations requesting th-m to colit'vt from their congregation- such Bihiea *nd 'I • - laments as may be spa:t and, and 'o .-end them to the Bible De pository for distribution in the Army- P The Rev. Dr Moore, a, a t>< leg.w from the Virginia I’Ab.t SMietv roads an ! .te.it at *‘-t -tyrng report of the work done by Se&tW in the* Writ u ion of the l-ciiptures - , F-rotifvthe iritibh and Foreign lit* SocUJy tnro-.gh the ■ jw&the Rev Dr Ilcae. . itring his vis.t to Knghiod - oat i w Billies, 10,009 Ten t- mar ts' -nd 50.00 0 parts of sciipturc », to the soldiers SS Os Ih?“ifsa*:pi« ln «’<tiffoo to rr,mt has i-een uh,trib they have sold 20 00) mi.ies c, the Scripturen. These form’ only a portion oi the books Larch lied by Dr. iloge. ') he remainder are on llie way ah.-hcine of them wili tie on hand very shortly. M> V of the different hooks have been received from tm; BijtLn ano t'oreigs Bible Socicry, and of that numberS7.ooob.ve been distribute , showing that the So* tidy has riot been idle during the past ye .r. Dr. Wi!so» rp.o red the so-lowing resolution, which was pass ed i Resolved, Tnot the Board of Managers be instructed to print as large a number of the M nute*s or this Society aainuieir judgment may b; deemed necessary. On motion o Rev. r. Ha a. it was Resolved. That the thanks of this society are due and ere hereby tendered to the Rev. Dr, Moore f-r the able aadtn Btru< t ve sermon. de;sverea by him on last eve-ib g The Bca. dos M anogets was called o meet lu,m. dmtelv af ter Hie actournmcat oi (be -c; el y, whit it did w «•»{£.. diction until t ); e:w w-Jne da- ft hpril, lU a t”{Jcvih I- Wia ue lerian Chmch, in Aujusia,» .a ’ * w T tj u J Pres’t. W. J. Habd, Secretary. OBITUiLF-n Bull, 0U the Sth irirf . at ills fathers residence, near War- Ten, Ch., Lieut.G. li.NEAL, oi the 14th —.«a <> LHMKRCi \ * AKiIkTA M,v.. KEYS. Weekly Hepon „ uy g a I% Financial. Gold sls,new curieuev: Mivir 13. new currency; S'eriing exchange sl7, noi il mal; Bank notes2a3,oo; GonieilerateßonUs S per cent,, long date, par to 20: do. do. effort date, 90 to par; 7 per cent, bonds, 95 ; 6 pi r oent. bonds, 80; Cotton loan bonds 2.25; 7 L ? cent Georgia bonds 000. ,nf e ‘ qui,,t ' aml unsettled ; pric, i nominal, Middling to strict Middling 75 to 8 ) f 50 We j qi \ ot ' I , doiuo^- s as follow : mtr « sliei ’‘'og 3,20 ; 4-4 shoe - per bunch. ° BUalmr S 8 - *3 50; yarns, s4oal J Grain—Wi° 0a * 225 ,wr^bl ' scarce. cottee. 512a1 5 per pound; rioe 4ih.i^. S OOati 00 ; salt,—coast 75cls i , , JC; !»0o; tobacco, doll; lard 00 ' ; ’" N. Orleans, none; Florida $23?2i 00 ’ s JT’ 6a7,50 whisky $85,00 pr gal; brandy gal; bagging s9alo; bar soap $1.75a2 • cotton rope $4.50; nails $2,50; corn meal sl2 dm (a retail; fodder $20.00 per cwt.; shucks 12 00 tier cwt; hay Slo.oo per cwt ; tallow 4a1.50 per UqUandles 4,50a0 per lb. by box; ferrebineoil T f? 1 re " U , 1 ,’ bl , !K ' k P*'Pl>er 10,00 pci 11, ; Ica .Oa.o per lo.; Irou, Swedes, $5,00 • bi earb. soda, 4a5; sffirch 4,50; dry bides s6a7 pr Country Produce.—Beef, 1,50a2 per lb nett poik, $2,00a3.00 per lb, ne't; mutton, none kid 2,50 per lb; chickens, SH) per pair; turkeys $20a25; eggs, $3,50a4 per doz; butte! $lO • sweet potatoes $10.i12 per bushel; Irish not i toes, none. ’ Ke« York Money Market-April SO. adfanitil iu New York on tiieMfitli just Thi v a "v W ; lr » felllo 17!) ’ closed at 182 Ihe New Fork Post of 25:h Inst, says : to Is- ° P v Cl ! “ 17P t’ gradually advanced to ,f, Exchange is selling at 1954 Ihe Loan market is in. re easy at 7“per cent and the capital seeking temporary employments’ stffurions. aCCUfflUlateiU tbeCbiet 'co-hug iu rlhe Bank statement shows a’decrease of nearly s.x and a half millions in deposits and nearly two and a half millions in loans.’ To l/ons , oTdoS. rVe h ‘ lVe bUt,il addtd U “ w m “- aiflmatff t r k Jt na | ket ° pened wi,h considerable ebi ’ C ‘ was wel > sustained to the flrm ’T m ' :ntfi “ r 0 State stocks strong. k h qu,et > :uul Railroad bonds ihe following table shows the totals of the bank statement at the commencement of the present year with those of the live past weeks : Jin" a ? rc . d L < lrculntioa IkpoMts fe-28. * li-iS.*-?® If.sMUTi A1T.19, SOI,.ATI, S2 no'J'l''S7 b 1.151,3517 April lt : , LS7UBSJ9 Stm’fo IT. 513.020 Ap ‘ U2B -. lUfw! mTSti Foreign goods continue to pour into New \ork, as wdl appear from the following com parison of the imports for the past week with those of the corresponding period of 1862-’63 ; (’ey Cowß, *.'27mb 4 ’BM Uenerul Jiercliaiid:ze, Total for the week, ITevioualy reported, 50,863',9a Total since Jan. 1, !2,805/23 WM Sji The specie exports compare as follows with the former returns : Total for Ihe week, „ a .., Previously reporteo, ri.TSojjw Total flneo January 1,1864, Whilst the imports are thus increasing, it is gratifying to observe that tho shipments of breads tuffs are falling off. The followin'' U a stalement of theexporis of flour an I RCiiinlroiu the principal Yankee ports from Sept. Ist : TO GREAT HRITAIN AND IRELAND. Tola) Fl 3Vy. b j jla Wheat, liu Corn. I,u To about fiftnc* i.triod, 1863, 93 5247 'n ° aboui sau.e | erful, IS 3, 1,66 :S7 Js’lwwi stl «™ 1 o about tame pe id, 18,.. 1,735,J07 TO TIIE CONTINENT. hbl«. Iliuh, Bush, Buih .Jla’lT' heat, ( oin, )- Total about sau c I'crlod. ’6B, 102 386 1 M3 wr- -v? |io Ton, about same \,ri,.d ’62.’ «l 481 «,9S»’ns 27 ,’'s J-®, I S total about same period’6l. 89,812 730,1fcS 43,713 350 Si'Oimnii Vlorket-Mny 1. Cotton—The last sale we hear of was that of a small lot, 20 bales, strict middling to mid dling lair, at 80c. We hear of a lot of 00 hales m excellent condition, held at 90ea$l There is not much disposition on the part of holde.s 10 realize until tho money *c.-Rice 36a40c ; flour $230 P r 3 sfl- p, ‘lr S T- k 1 Shoul(Jei 'b 3a3,50 ; hams 3 50, Rio coffee lo per lb; N. 0. sug r 0 nr Hr arSLssSr p r white neasViim i ’ I ,e:ls 15 l ,ei bushel; 7 plr lb cor - 1 la '' d 3,50*4; butter 5a w Der li,’. ut ‘ l , bush J black pepper "dsi- 1 strawberfes 4 per quart. choicest- nnrT‘u fed beer ’ $ “ P tr ib ! stall-fed, O-ioice, 3, pork 3; mutton 2a3; eggs 2a2 50. niuSofia's I'ne~i^ ree “P ea s S(iaß pet peck; tut- bl ,"7 n I ?’ COa4 ’ common 3; cas- Ys’etc M O, h ' te English soaps per lb. Yarns— -Nos. 6to 10, S4O; and 10 to 12 421 Drv hides, $4a4,50, as to quantity ’ sls(ial7A S r' Vu flUOte ’ wbole sale, Holland pin, it ’ P®? KRlIon; French brandy 19ua‘'(IO' “union whiskey i50a155 ; Jamaica rum 150a 10.»; domestic wh,skey 75a100 per gal St ** of doubt if more h than Goldquoted at 18a20; silver.;^ p ar( ' Vl '"" ng,on «. Market, May 3. per bint ®. J p dr lb -»cotton $2 per ib., corn $25 pe I»uk 0,, copperas $4 per lb., flour $320 per Ser'ib* sot t? 225 " ( ' r lb - 'l’y bides 450 er sl7’nee i i 50 per lb , upper leath -11 , P"* lb ’ i ftr d $b per lb., pea nuts S3O per I nib be 1 pot at ot:s S3O per bushel, rice 1 25 per Salt ®3‘l per bushel, sugar $lO net ih Fayetteville sheeting 550 per yard B pte tura pe s m9 * 6 f’ el F’dlon, yarn $55 per bunch Ihe Money Market.—I’the 1 ’the Broke.s report he past week^Tf iU Btocks, ’ r during me past week. A few sevens and eights short dates have changed hands at ~ ir - seven thir ty notes at par in fives. Fives are at ad£ for «i-rifvrt VlB for SI 6 P v f ° r K ° !d s2f> Carolina i f ° S1 ' irgmia and South Carolina bank notes 2 50 for sl—Georgia and north Carolina $3 to 3 50 for sl—Nonh C ir oltna 1 reasury fundable notea, 150 f.r sl. In s crling bills tne sales bave been small. Wo quote at sl9 for sl. Bales have been made in currency. < > eUt b ° r;dS at SB ° for slo ° ( iu new The above quotations aro all regulated to the new issue of Treasury notes.— Journal. Lynchburg Va., Afarket—April 2ft. Tobacco—No sales since the Ist April - pri ces nominally same. Common sour lugs from 20 to 25; fine shipping do, Jo to 35 ; common ship ping leaf 40 to 50; good to tine at, 70 to 80 ; manufacturing Jugs 40 to 45; leaf do, common 6a to to ,8; goo lto fine 85 to 100, extra wrap per* 100 to iSO Mauu.factored tobacco mar ket; sound medium from 225 to 275; fine from 500 to 350 ; Extra quality 350 to 400. I’Kovis'c.N.s Ac—Bacon $6 per lb ; beans $45 per B-'.-ii ; cotton 2.50 per lb ; flour 225 per bb! ; wheat 25 per bush ; corn 20 per bush ; sole leather 12 per lb ; harness and bridle lealh er 10 per lb ; shoe leather 10 per lb ; meal 40 per bush ; salt 35c per lb; unwashed wool 5.50 per H>; merinia $6 per lb ; fleece washed 7.50 per lb ; cotton cards 60 per pair.— liepubticiin. Petersburg Va., Market—April 2H. For the last few days there has boon very lit tle doing in general merchandise, mostly ior the want of currency. Cotton —The market has become unsettled, aDd some parties anxious to sell have done so at 2i to jln new currcuey. Provisions &c.—Meal Sty per bush. Peas 50 aBO per bush. Tobacco OOaIOO. Bacon 650 a 6.75 per lb. Corn 50 per bush. Salt 40 eperib. Ilice, nohe in the market, lust sales 65ca 75 peril). Apple Brandy 100 per gal. Wheat 60 j )e r bush. Flour 200u325 i»er lb. Sugar iO per lb. Leather 15 per lb. Green To a3O per lb Black Tea 3J per lb.— liajUter. OTATE F UEOR ,It, COLUMBIA OUNTY "t-feiia, ehehec. Avery a; pliest.. roefo letter*of ad mi ist.«iii ju on the bsiß.e of MacJi xn Avery, deceased Lite of c uiity. These are therefore to cite aud admonish ail and singu'ar tha kit,dr. and and creditors of said deceased, to I* and nutear a my Office a ithtn the t!m« pn-scrihed by law, to show cause if any they have, why raid letteis should not h, Glvca under my hand and official sigiiß ~r a ft 7J..: , D . pling, this 2su, day oi April. 1804 p my 6 4wly . -. SHIELDS, Ordinary. °u K< i, R u- Golcmcia COUNTY. IJ . hereaH, t -M .1 'Ltcr a, p ies to me tor ietterv of ad ministration on the Estate of Isham Fuller, deceased, late of said county. ula *b«refsre to cite and admonish all and the C-tid creditors of paid deceased, to l»e aii 1 appear at mv -•ffi-e within tbetinie prea.;r.o€d oy law. to ehow cause if any they have, why said «h.-uld not be granted. Given under my uand and fil ,-ia! signA. jre, at office in An pli: g, thi SSth day of A pril, 18W. my 6 4w19 vv TV ‘HIEIIX dTATh OF OEO G 1». T ihlTe t: a • Zl, 'l i . berea- -'f Harris m, C; ti e o Mr- Liiiint aßdlii g.lea, ii^ ; . ia wt Lttt. rs of Disriiiasion ; aw l ut 32 iT a 'Lt' c s, and fdPaEniEb. ft < ands sguar k l? Qred SSf t rj-oj'-.vid be %uU appear at •% my U..et:n*e pres liVfc hy U», t<- mow cea-ic, i» th-'j wi.y n id Letieic t liolai not - e giai led ertVotT under my hand aud dre, at office iu I Crawfordvilie, this dajr Q{&\p\}&***... i *s27 2* jIMACK, Ora’y*
