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Volume XI. <H i.V&E OF SCHEDULE. MU-SC'OOEE RAIL ROAD, 1 tuipciintendeni’e Office, > L'olu mbu», Dec. 3d, 1863, ) ON and «A»r i>-c fiih me Mali Train on this Road will run (ullows : Leave CoIUBibUS ►. -~..-~.7:45. P. M. Leave Macon (;%, f. M. A dive at Micou ........ 4:18, A. M. Arrive at C ambus 3 a. M. Fitf>*enger« tan now go tiirough to Charleston, via Savannah, without delay, aa the Mail Train on ibe Charleston and Savannah Railroad makes close con nection with the Central Railroad at rtavahnah W. I. CLARK, Supt. Museogee R. R. Dec 4 ts _ __________________________ Change of Schedule. ON AND At TER December (Hh, the Passenger Train on the Montgomery £ West Point Railroad will Leave Montgomery at ..... 10.30 A. M •• West Point «»30 P. M, Aniveat C0umbti5,...,................7,16 P M Leave Columbus. 3-30 A U Anive at Montgomery ..11,37 A M “ ” Wert Point 7,50 A M Making through connections to and from Atlanta. Freight leaves C01uutbu8....8,40 A, M. *• Arrives at C01umbu5,...*....-.8,00 P. M, ID. II CRAM, Dec 4 if Bupl. «t Engr, Notice. Mobile 4-GIRARD RAII.ROAD. I Superintendnil’a Office, Dec. 4, 1653. J all WOOD delivered on the right way ofthe road afiei this data will be considered ttie properly of the Company, to be paid for at the advertised rate at the lime . f eeliveiy. Paitius Wishing to ship Wood on their own acc&uut are hereby notified that it must be delivered at some on* of the regular Stations on the Road, and subject to rules g .verniug oilier freights. Dtc 5 3w B. E. WELLS, Sup’t. LAND FOR SALE. IWIi.l. sell (i4U acres level LAND in the county of Hu-well, ■ invfiiieiil to llachai liubbee Depot, 340 acres cloared, in fine state for .cultivation, with corn aud bidder on ike premises: For particulars evil on ibe uiiilerbigue.i, seven miles west ol Gleuitville. E. R. FLEWLLLEN, Nov. 31, ts Sun copy. . DENTAL CARD. shift Clark, Oi 8* Professor of “Theory and Practice” in TIIK NEW ORLEANS DENTAL COLLEGE, CAN be loiind at his rooms, over Dr. Ware’s Drug Mime, No. 100, Broad street, Columbus, Ga Nov 24 lm* _ GOLTJJVES'CrS DYEING ESTABLISHMENT 1 THE SUBSCRIBERS having perfected their ar rangements, are now prepared to do all kinds of DYING in Milk, W 00l and Cotton. Dye House on soutti-wesi corner ot Bridge and Oglethorpe .(reels, (inlns left at the office ot the Southern Express will mod with prompt attention. — Parlies from lhe country can send any uiticle by Ex press. Address tOIGIIT & Hll.L Nov 19 3m, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. JUT. T. fSLTJGKKJfia, Attorney at Law aud Notary, RICHMOND, VA. Claims ot every description against the Confederate.. States settled with accuracy and dispatch. Legal business will receive prompt attention. aug!3 ly A VALUABLE BOOK OF HISTOH.Y. TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS QF TUB PRESS ASSOCIATION, IN MONTHLY PARTS, and CONVENIENT FOR BINDING. VOLUME I—AUGUST—DECEMBER, 1863. PRICE FIVE DOLLARS— VOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. ADDRESS J. 8. THRASHER, SSSBBIMTBNDBNT PM.BSB ASSOCIATION, "a 8 if ATLANTA, GA LOOK DOT BOYS I Here’s Another Chance ! WE have received authority to raise a Com pany tor Major T. B. Howard's Batuiioii nt Non-Conscripts to be stationed at COLUMBUS, GA. FOR. THE WAR We invite all young men between the ages of 15 and 18 to Join us. We shall have comlortable quar ters and will receive the same pay, clothing, , that the leguf.r Confcderale troops receive. Tne duiy is light and pleasant Al. wishing to j tin us will repott to Acee & Col- Uei’s Ding Store, < r in MaJ T. H. Howard, or to Camp Humphrey’s, near Columbus. For limber In formation apply to J. B COLLIER, Capt. JOHN si. A( F.E, Ist Lieut s<l decttl - itSm 1.. UOZIBR, B. VI Planters Look Here! LARGE quantity ol HOG BRISTLES wanted tor wh tu tb; highest n.arki t price will he raid, hy m.baiuhnger, Opposite baninger A Morton’« Old lotatid Be. 31 lm* Eetray Notice. DIOKENH McCOV, ol the 77M District O. M. tiaiisini s to me the following cent vale of and Betray Volte of <»x it: t ne a red and white color, and the other a while !u and brindle color; tiiatkt tl with a smooth crop amt undeibii in both yeais. About four year • old. Apprui* e*t t>y A. B. Bov.: in ai dJo sepb Lawson llirl-hs, it <t holders of slid county an disliicl to be woillt four hundred dolllaia, A true eitiact In.m the (stray book, this the 2*tl» ot December, 1 Still. A. 1* Jt'NEe', Jan4—ivliOd Clerk, 1 C. €*• S. TJai siial Sale, WILL be sold on 'he lirst Tuesday in February next, between tiie usual hours of sale, befit,e the Court House in Miucogee county, a true lour wheel cairi tge. levied n ■.« satisfy t wcity-sir ti tss vs Bealltf-Murphy,one’ii la vs A A Beall and one a fa vs B A Murphy, g-.ruishees in favor of the Con fedeiate States of am ica for interest Jue on debt to allien enemies to the 3dth August, 1862. PHILIP A CLAYTON, _ C. t*. Marshal, Columbus, ?3ih Dec. 1863. td 6Koß6lA— Marlon t ounty RULE NlSl—*\ hereas, M- Butt and William M But, Administrator s upon the e fteot R.dridge C. Butt, des’d, having applied lot I. tiers ot Disiuts •ion from said Administration.—Tin se arc therefoie to cite and admonish ail and singular the kindred and credi.ors of said deceased to show cause, if any they have, why »aid applicant should not he dismissed Bom said AdtninistirtUon. Given under iu> hand and official signature. Ben tember 2d. 1863, MALO'J.v; HAIR, sept 7, uifitu. Ordinary. OEORBU-Harton County: WHEREAS, Jore, h Belk having t-pp+ied for let tersef Adiuinstraiion upon the estate of Xacha, rish Belk, deceased, These are thereh re to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, wbe and appear at my office within the time pre by law, to stow iau e if any ihey have why •am applicant, rn the find Monday in January next. ,v f£Jf® u « rn *y and official riguature, Nov MALCoM HaIR, «ov»r4o. Ordinary. ♦ Cduwtte IWly §tme& PUBLIC SALE OP IMPORTED GOODS BY JAMES D. TAYLOR. On Wednesday, Jan- 20th. Commencing at o o’clock, win be sold with out reserve, in my store, corner of Broad an Campbell streets, Augusta, Ga., a splendid assortment of, Goods of late importations from Nassau and Ha vana, to-wit: PRY-GOODS 45 cases 31% Collie Prints 10 cases 83i Collie Punts 30 cases bleached Shining 5 cases Mebair Challies 3 cases Black A pacca 5 cases Mohair Lustre * bales Scarl. t»Flannel 1 case Irish Linen 1 case Slate Colored Linen I case Blay Linen 1 Orleans Stripes 1 Mozambique 9 cases Colored Del.nine—plain, all wool 1 case Blue Union Cassimere i case Black Rombazine —Super i care Black Henrietta 6-1 1 case White Jackonet 1 case White Plaid Muslin 1 case Ruppr 6-4 Csßaimete SibO dozen Linen Tape and Bobbin 2000 dozen Twilled Tape—Black j and White I case Linen Sbetling—Super 1 case Milk Pocket Hankerchiefs a baits Chocolate ami Orange it tikis 350 dozen Linen Cambric 5-8 Handkerchief^ 320 dozen Linen Fronts and Collars to match 2 bales Crimean Shirts 1 case Fancy Regimes* 1 bale Super Black and Colored Cloths 3 cases Fancy Cottonades 25 Business Coats S3 pair Blue Pants 1 bale Linen Duck 1 case Black Alpaccas, super fibre 1 case Black Alpaccas, fine Bales ot Brown Shirting Hi dozen Linen Cambrio Handkerchiefs. ALSO, 30 cases Shoes gents, women, youths and misses 8 cases Wool and „Felt Hats SCO M Percussion Caps 109 kegs BiCaib Soda, 50 boxes Extract Logwood 1 eng; Pipes 50 cases Salad Oil . 76 eases Brandy, Durand 4Co 35 bag* Coffee 1C bales Gunny Bagging 3 cases Cut Tacks lease Pocket Memorandum Books I case Needles, Hair Pins, Ac. 'i'l tas-a Champagne 95 rhe-ts super Green _Tea 8 barrels BiCaib Soda 11 cases Soap, 3 barrela Soap 20 coils Manilla Rope 600 pounds Gunpowder ALSO 1 cask 350 dozen .assorted! Hus 1 cask 75 do?en assorted Mill Fiiesj 1 cask 60 dozen ISinchflat bastard Files 1 cask 40 dozen 14 inch bastard Files 1 c»sk 30 dozen 16 inch bastard Files i cask 55 dozen assorted Round and Square I cask 50 dozen assorted & round bastard i cask 30 dozen Horse Shoe Rasps 3c„ses 130 dozen English Taper Flies 3 casks 800 gross Wood .Screws assorted Land 3 inch 3 casks 15 dozen Cast Sttel Hoes 1 eask 100 sens Knives and Forks 1 case 80 dozen English ’Scissqrs 10 cases brown and bleached Shoe Thread 3 cases Cross Cut Saws [|24jj I ca.-e 6 dozen English Powder Flasks 500 Grain Hags 8 rolls Wire Cloth for R : ce Mills 8 bales 4,0 pound. Linen Cartridge 1 case twelve dozen Chamois Skins k AND Sundry Casks and Cases Assorted Hardware ('auditions—Cash on delivery. January B—deot Id Shipping Notice. MUSCOGEE RAIL Load, 1 SDI'KRtMTF.NoKNT’S OFFICE, > Columbus, Dec. 53d, 'ha. J Owing u the want i.t sufficient transportation for Hore.i umeni freight, private f eight will not be received at title depot until further notice'. |VV L CLARK, Dec 33 it Supt. Wanted. MUSCOGEE RAH. ROAD, i Superintendent's Office > Columbus. Dec. Sid ‘63. | \I T A NT6I) to hire for the ensuing year (1864) » V twenty live nble bodied Negroes to work on the Muscogee Railroad. Apply to W. L. CLARK, Suot. or A. B. BOtsTICK. Dec. S3 .1 in HEADQUARTERS 1 SECOND BISTRICT GA. STATE GUaRD, > Savannah, December SO. 186 k. ) General Orders, No. 6. J. Offict is commuui'ing Regu.:ciits and Battalions ri in prised in the Second District, Chu-gia State Guard, will forthwith rendezvous Uie.ir resjietuvesnm m.tiids at points most convenient for rsHroad trans portation to this point. 11. Utey will report to these Headquarters Urn times and places of rendezvous and the number Os men for whom they require transponatiou. 111. The horses belonging to cavalry organiz lions will be left in their pre-ent localities until further orders. By command of Brig. Gen. H. R. JaCKSON, Louid’g Second District G. S. G. U. Jackson, Cept. and A. A. G. MUSCOGEE SHERIFF SALE. WILL be sold before the Court House door in the city of Coiambus in saidcjuniy of Muscogee on the first Tuesday in February next,; etween the legal hours of sale the following p ooertv, to-wit: Fi:ty (Share of the Capital Stock of the Florida Home Insurance Company and an interest of two thirtieihe in ti e Steamer Marianna, levied on as tne prone, ty of Chsiles Frau. Also twenty-five Shares of ;he Capital Stork oi the Georgia Home Insurance Company, and a negro woman ilave named Polly of a daikcomp exion, about twenty-five yeais of age. raid 95 Shares and said in gro levied on as the prop erty if L>3nitil K Dodge. Tie while of the above properiy levied on to satiety' a fi fa issued irour ihe Couit of MttscoSee County, in tavor ot At kins St Dunham vs Pratt (f- McKenzie JOHN LIGON, Ska, iff. Columbus, Ga., January sih, 1384. td Columbus, Georgia, G. HL. Thursday January 21, 1864 AUCTION SALES. PEREMPTORY Cargo Sale orf' DIRECT IMPORTATION BY OATAtroaXTB. BY WILKES MORRIS, AusUenca ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 24TH, 1864, Commencing at 9 o’clock, A. M ., I wiU sell at my Sales Booms, No. 2, Granite Row, Wiknißfton, If. 0., by catalogue, the cargoes of the Steamships; PET, LUCY, AND WILD DAYRBLL, With large consignments from other vessels, vta; DRY GOODS. 68 bales Dark and Fancy Prints, Bchawte’s and Hoyle's 3.1 bales Black and .White do 2o bales and cases Bleached Shirting 14 cases Black Alpaccas 6 cates Super French Black Broad Cloth. 5 b ilea Extra Heavy Wool Coatings 10cases Cassimeres A rases Fancy Mohairs fi hales Welsh Flannels 4 bales Fancy Wove Flannels 1 bale Scarlet Flannel 4 bales Blue Satinets 3 bales Mixed Seal Skins 3 bales Fancy Tweeds 4 bales Bed Tick 8 cases French Merino 3 cases French Casstmere 8 cases LC Shifts 1 ease Steel Doe Cloth 1 case Pilot Cloth 3 cases Heavy Blue Army Cloth 3 cases Super Blue §{b«a C loath I *?SS Waterproof Tweeds. 1 case Velvet Piis 3 cases Lindseys 1 case Mottled Alpacca lease Grey DeLaines 3 cases Figured DeLaines 1 case Plaid Knickerbocker 2cases Fancy Flannel Shirts 8 cases Merino Shirts 1 case Merino Drawers 4 case* Merino 1 case Colored Handkerchiefs 1 case Paper Cambrics 3 cases Spool Cotton 8 cases Bone Buttons 1 case Military Buttons 4 cases Pins, Kirby’s 1 case Hair Pina 1 case Stay Binding J linen Shirt IVtllq y| 1 rase Long Shawls 3 1 ages Gloves and Mitts 1 case Hoop Skirts 1 ca3B Assorted Ribbons BOOTS AND SHOES, 54 cases Gent’s and Ladles’ Shoes 23 cases Army Bluchers • cases s'hoe Thread 7ba.es Sole Lee tber 8 cases French Waned Calf Skins STATIONARY. 25 cates Cap. Letter and Note Paper 12 cases Pens, Holders and Pencil* 8 eases Envelopes, white and buff 3 o&scs Playing Cards 80 bundles Paste Boards CARDING, &c. 4 cates Card Clothing 17 cases Cotton Cards, No. 10 HATS AND CAPS. 20 cases Gents’ Caps 8 . a?es FiUi.cb Ft it Hats GROCERIES. 44 brls Crushed Sugar 60 bugs Jam Coffee 10 half Chests Young Hyson Tea SO cases Vinegar 90 cases Pickles SO cases Sal id Oil 30 cues Brown Soap 1(>0 cases Wh.ta Soap SO cases Belmont Sperm Candles Sti bcrreU Mackerel 18 bßTreis Salmon LIQUORS, 0 quarter casks Cognac Brandy, a superior article fN) casks Bourbon Wbiske.y 10 hell pipes Bourbon Whiskey 8 pipes Holland Gin 8 casks Old Tom Gin 903 cases Geneva Gin 133 cases Old Malt Whiskey 65 cases Bourbon Whiskey 16 cases ScheLlaru Schnapps JO cates Champagne 18 cases Pale Ale 3J5 cases Cognac. Brandy, Dupufit and other fe vugite brands SALT. 306 sacks Liverpool 6 A Salt 166 sicks Turk's Island Sait 9 crates Eor'hern Ware 95 cases Glass Ware, Tambitus, Whw Glasses and Decanters HARDWARE <s•o. 10tons, 400 bundles, fine Nail Rod Icon 80 boxes Terne Plates 44 kegs cut Nalls 35*0 lbs Hollow Ware 4 cases Knives and Forks 9 i ases Scissors and Razors 1 case Files, Hammers, Hatchets and Gimlets 116 boxes Window Glass 10 rases P r r. Caps BAGGING AND ROPE. 95 bales Gunny Bagging 30 coils Bale Rope DRUGS. 390 kegs Bi Cab Soda 96 casks Soda Crystals 66 casks Epsom Saits 35 barrels Lu Alum 8 kegs Pow’d Cream T*n«r 8 cases lodide Potass 8 cans Quinine 40 b irreis Eng leh Goperss K’O boxes Extract Logwood 5 Casks Refined Camphor 1 tierce Cerat Re sen a 1 case Citric Acid I case Acid Tart j ; ;■:[* , l(tierce Pulv A esc a 3 casks Fior Sulphur 10 drums Balsam Copaiba 30 casks Alcohol II Funaheons Alcohol 13 casks Lin?ep<l Oil 70 drams Lin-red Oil 10 case? Tfcuniu Acid I case India Rhubarb 1 keg Chior Potash 2 kegs Salts Tartar 14 cases Balsam Copaiba 2 cases Pow’d Cantharides 1 keg Gum Acacia Zinc 6 cases Mustard 3 carboys Sulph Acid 8 carboys Acetic Acid 1 case Pow’d Ipecac 1 case Pulv Rhei Turkey 3 cases Bi Caib Fotah 9 cases Pow’d Jiltp* ‘ 4 cases India Rhubarb 8 cares Cas tor Oil 10 drums Olive Oil 15 cases Calomel, Pii Hydiatj, and lodijejPofass 4 cases Chloform, Jan 14 tds, I tST Persons attending this rale, with a vlnw of purchasing are hereby notified ih.it no Drafts or ac ceptances wiil be received in payment of bills. Ouly money or Bank paper will be received. EVENING EDITION. RECEIPTS, The reception of the when ur detect by mail, will be 9HT receip * sot the money ; especial ly to thane subscriber» for a less time than £ year. When subscribers receive the paper with this paragraph ztsrksd, they vnU understand Has in forming them that their sibviC7Z~'r~»- 1 e abeut re expire, and that the paper will etnamly be flop ped unless they make a •emutanee Accident.—One of our carriers had his eyes quite seriously inqured yesterday by an 'acci dental explosion ol gun«powder, in consequence of whieh some of our city subscribers fabed to receive their paper this morning. They wiU please send to the office for it. ®h* Income Tax Law of the Last Geor gia Legislature, Section 1. The General assembly of Georgia do enaet, That all persons and oouies corporate! m ;his State, all persons mak.ng income by purchase or a a e of any properly real ur personaly ail keepers vs nous is, inus and livery Stables, Express CDinpames Itailroad “ at ., elemyl charter horn t «xh tion, InsUFdnce Go;npaui;s, ilroktrs, Auctioneers ; ail persons engaged n the manuf.ciure ot Sa.t, ail per sonseugtifced iu ihs na.e ot gjods, Waren and Mer chandise, Groceiies and Provisions; all pers ns and bodies corporate engaged in the ii.anufa-uuie end sale of cotton and woo.cn goons, in it.e ta.injug and sale oflearher. and in the manuf.tc ure End sale of any article made thereof, and all persons engaged in the distillation or sale of alcohol or spiritons bq-iurs from grain of any kind, or from any other artic e hen they i. ake a teiurn of t.ieir taxable propeny snail ii.ake a return under oat of me net income orprofits which he.&h' or they may ie>p -ci vely n he sale or manuiactuic and sAe of.tny of ihelHitules above euumeruten, and In the e.onouciing of any of the business atore aid, from ifie li-t day ot ftps it (663, to the ist ti ay of Ap.nl 1864 over and above 8 per #tll. on the capital employed in his bustnem. The second section provides tdar, in all cu es, when the net income and profits over and above eight per cent, on the capital stock, on ten thousand dollars and less, the tax shali be five dollars on every one hundred, and increases 2£ per cent, on a sliding scale until the umount of income reaches SIOO 000, when the tax is twenty-, five dollars on every one hundred dollars. The tnird, fourth and filth sections provide, that if aoy person or corporation “fails or retu ses” to make a return, the Tax Receiver shall prosecute, on oonviotion they shall ba oon fined in the Penitentiary from one to five ..ears; and if any officer or officers of any corporation “/ail or refuse” to make “ proper” returns and change tho profits in the extension oi stuck, or otherwise, they shali oa conviction be confined in the Penitentiary trota two o zix years. This is the substance of the law, which was finally decided upon by a conference committee from both Houses at a late hour on the last; ntgut of the session, and hurriedly agreed toby the General Assembly; and, as it is of general »n --terest, a briei history of prior proceedings jun the bills that gave rise to this Saw, may not be unin teresting. The original bill was introduced hy rhe joint Finance Committee frotr both H use.*, add ,Ud not vary materially from the law as above reci ted, except that it did not allow eight pof cent, on capital to be exemp’ed from taxation. This original bill was amended in the lower House, exempting $3,000 of income from tax, and adopt ing a eliding scale after this exemption, faxing the first SIO,OOO five dollars on the omj> hundred dollars, and increased five dollars on bvery one hundred dollars of every SIO,OOO, until tjte in come reached SIOO,OOO or over, on which a iax of fifty dollars on every one hundred dollars was laid, or just half a person or corporation mad:-, j without allowing any ot tho eight per cent, on capital exempted. This amendment was long and ably arguod, nnd would have doabtless passed, had not a pictn. ber from this county (Muscogee) defeatei it by asubstiluie, which be earnestly urged upon the House and passed. This substitute was based on the hypothesis, that every person is entitled to a “living” befon his income is taxed, aud alter that, benefit- : nd burdens should be distributed equal, as “eq tally is justice.” It exempted $3,000 of income tax,, as that amount, in these times, would not more than sup port a man and his tamily. It exempted ten percent on a mao's capital invested in rucking bis income, because the Legislature bad already placed it in the power of the Governor, to tax one per cent on capital under the general tax law, if the necessities of the State it, and one per eent on capital is fully equal to ten per cent on income, and if fen ppr cent on eapi- 1 tal out of iLOoino was not extuipteu, thoro wjuiJ ! be a double tax to that amount, Again, fiy ev- j coupling ten per cent on capital, to be taken out 1 of income, and then taxing the remaining income-, ‘ it would exempt tee whole farming in<«.te»t ot , the State irom paying any income tux, as no j farmer, after paying his tithes, makes ten per j cent on his capital. It would also exempt a proportion, if not all legitimate tuerchanfs and dealers, as distinguished from speculators and i extortioners, who hoard commodities to enhance prieag, a* few of this first class make more than ten per cent on capital, after paying Confederate taxes and expenses, and are among the most useful persons in a oommuuity, facilitating the transmission of commodities from the producer to the consumer, and exchanging the excess in one section, for the excess of another commo dity in other sections. This subshtue further provided, that after ex« exerop iou3 above stated, that all income over, ahonid be taxed per cent. This blank was filled, n motion, by the m* tuber from Taylor, Capt. Wallace, wiih ten per cent, whioh rejected as the rabstirate proposed, the sliding scale,and taxed all amounts the same per cent. And why should this not be so ? If a corporation, having one hundred members, make SIOO,OOO, why tax hat corporation $50,000 ? They can then only declare a dividend of SSOO to each, if all have equal shares, and you make each one pay $509 on the SI,OOO he has made, by this sliding scale; wlen, it a single individual had made the SI,OOO the tax would ba SSO. Many of these members of corporations may be in the army, too, and the stock they owr> in thorn —all they possess. This wild b in! after corporations is unjust, and often defeats the objects designed, not only by com milting a gross injustice upon many stockhold ers, who hove done most and cade least of any porsoD in the war, bnt by raising prices on that class of person-:, who hav i such little property that tho general system of taxation, however high, would nv.t reach them. Again, the substitute, after exemptions stated, provided that every person, corporation and co» partnership, being and trading in th:s State and making income, should pay ten per cent, on such income. The original bill, (ami that seo'ion was retained in the law as first above recited,) provi ded “That ail persons and bodies corpora o in this State,” and then defined particularly, what classes of persons were meant, and left out nu merous classes of persons who were to pay no income tax. By examining that section above, it will be seen that lawyers, physicians, surgeons, dentists, bowling alleys, billiard rooms, juirfl--; 6x hibitorg ni citing houses, pawn brokers, photographers aud a number of other classes of persons, including miners, and, perhaps, commis-. sura merchants and commercial brokers are not embraced and pay no income tax. The substitu- o equalized everybody—equalized taxon all amounts, and made everybody, who made over a certain amount of income, pay tax at tho same rate per cent. And, again., tho Inal bill imposed an excessive penalty ('ct ;- in the law) for "failing or rqfmi.-g" m&k.? returns of this lax. Its operauon was retroac tive, and many persons not h iving been notified of even its probable passage, kept no accurate account ot t heir income from Ist of April, 186S. It required an impossibility in some instances, oust then put i he person in the penitentiary, if he ‘’failed or r-outed” to comply. 3uoh a law is no reasonable, and makes the penalty of no es» feci. The substitute guarded this in a most simple form, and provided tor the efficient execution of the law. This tubjtitufe passed the House, and though it din not pass the Seuate entire, the parts of it they adopted certainly much improved the amendment and original bill. Instead of ten per cent., they exempted eight per cent, on cap ital and compromised tho maximum rate per cant ■of the original bill, which was SSO on every SIOO whoa the amount was $100,000,-and msde it $26 on every SIOO, and then ad >pced the balance of tha origmal bill in lieu of the substitute wh ch passed die House. From Mississippi- from Enterprise, Miss , s ates that Gen, Folk lately addressed the troops J.nd made an earnest appcoi to all citizens to forget eels, and repair to the field and asnst in the defence of tht-ir country. The troops are comfortably quartered, havt good rations, and arc very welt clothed. Toe negroes and whites about Natchez seem to have a perlt-ct horror for the Confederate cav aiyy lurking abou the neighborhood. A letter :roin be/nr.d our lines intor ng os that when our cavalry made a dash on Merrill's place recently, .he neg oes and white troops in Natchez beoame so alar: ed that they rushed on board a tran sport a ; ihe wharf, and came very near sinking ibe boa; beiore guards coulu be get to keep them off. :?ROM MIDDLE TENNESSEE. The tiouio Courier, of Jan. lfich, gathers the folofti g intelligence from a gentleman just from L ncoin county, Term. Tne Fedcrals are commuting many (lepreda lions ir Middle Tennessee, but y«t generally lea-o e/ety family a full supply of provisions for their ov,n subsistence. The Federal Generel-i sra somewhat worried in regai-d to their troops whosa time of service is about to expire. It is thought that not mere than lil y to the regiment will re-enlist. They say they are heartily s;ek of the war, and are tie- -no a*-, j t i go home ana quit the service. Ton o negro are garrisoning Shel» byvlile, Term. Too p’oplo of Middle Tennessee are very hopetu.-, and look te Furrest as their liberator. He got between 3,000 ami 4,000 recruits on tie recent trip lo West Tennessee. Thousands would join him if ho could but get into that sec tion numbers of men in Middle Tennessee under' reals of confiscation and exile have been O.rced to take the bated oalh of allegiance to the L ocum government, yet at heart they are true to ibe cjouih.and will roaot whenever an oppor tunity is afforded. Sherman, with some 16,00$ or 20,000 men, thought to be moving from Stevenson to Hunts ville, was at Paint Rock Bridge last week. The supposed object is to scatter the Yankee army foi the purpose of obtaining subsistence. All the Yankee cavalry that had been at Hantsviiie Northwest, towards Pulas ki and Columbia. The War News —There were several different reports in circulation in the city yesterday with reference to movements in the army, Passengers by the Central train say that it was rumored yesterday atGor donsviile that Moeby had made an uusue~ j eessfni attack upon the garrison of the ene my at Harper's We think this re port quite unlikely, as it i< hardly probable that any cavalry force would attempt to as sault a point so difficult of access. In s.j dilion, the Federal throe at Harper’s Fe»r\ and ia the neighborhood is much larger than the command of Major diosby. oedg w ick’s corps of fbt; Yankee army ‘ was at Charlestown a Jew (lays ago, which is but eight miles distant. We have another report brought by the Fredericksburg train, that the enemy in considerable force have appeared in West moreland county, it is not believed, how. ever, that iheir appearance there means anything more than a thieving expedition, for the purpose of stripping ihe county ol i?S mppiios ot lood and torage. [Richmond Di*p»tcb, 15th. For Three Months, 18 TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTS OF THB PRESS ASSOCIATION £ \ ‘trod according to ac t of Congress m tht fear 1063 ip J S Thrasher in tht dork's office of the Dxetrm Omrt of the Confecterats States for the Northern Dutnea of Georgia —:— rzxsu : —z ■. Mfiin; Charlestos, Jaß. 10. Bombardment gradually falling off, only 129 •hots fired from ball-past fire Monday after* nooa to half-past fire this erasing. Avery high wind has prerailed all day. Only thr* e Monitors seen outside. Enemy still busy on Gregg and hauling am munition. When this war will end—when the South subdues the North—or the North subdue* the South. Which is the most probable f [Marietta Advocate. Either we greatly misapprehend the meaning and intention of the above quoted paragraph from our city cotemporary, or it embodies a covert intimation which the author would not like to put into plain and intelligible) language. No oneiscraxy enough to believe that the South can sub due the North. We aro making no suoh effort, and have no such design, but are merely defending our firesides and our rights, and attempting to work out our in dependence. The North on the contrary are endeavoring to subdue us. It is em ploying its mighty resources, immense wealth, and its swarming population, tor this very purpose. We nave no fears that they will succeed, but the interrogatory of the A ivocate implies, at least, that it has doubts ot the i?sue ot the struggle. Its knees are entirely roo weak, and it clearly lacks bacii hone. It has reached the alarm* ing conclusion that either th North or tbe South must be subdued before the strug gle can end, and that the South, Detng the weaker party, must necessarily succumb. We put it to ihe Advocate whether it is not noth impolitic and unpatriotic to give publicity to such opinions even though they aro houestly entertained. They can be of no possibis service, and by producing despondency and doubt may he productive Cl luuime mischief to our cause. But the proposition that the war cannot end until one party or the oiher is subdued, rests up an exceedingly sardy foundation. The Noith mav oe compelled to abandon its warfare from pecuniar, and physical ex hau-rion, m con** q enu« or divisions among ihrtnselves iii-tury b> no means frustains the idea that wai.> oetvv t*u nations necessarily result in the su j i^a.ionof one IOJ tile Oiher, beiure peace is attained. The :-:'n Colonies revolted irora Great li . >i * hen there wax gr , - disparity er .strong than there is L*t ? veen nj and tue North. I’ney sustained themselves through eight long years of warfare, and established their independence. The Spanish Ameri can Colonies revolted and accomplished the same result. History teems with such ex amples, and with but few ot subjugated nations. No such nation as this ever was subdued since God first said “let there be light.’* All we ask is to be let alone. Does the Advocate imagine that if the North would withdraw its armies, that we would have any desire to coutinue the war until their suojugdtion was accomplished? If nor, then tun proposition falls to the ground. There may be a multitude of rea* sous why the North will see proper to consent to a po-ce, none of which would involve gur submission. Gloomy as tbe p opped ior it now lo *kß, foreign nations may possibly interfere and ‘‘command the peace.” Again is the Advocate’* proposi tion overthrown, for la ihat event, neither would he Huodued. A revolution in mo North might possibly occur, which would at once compel me abandonment of hostili ties against us. But it is useless to indulge mco/j ctures, or to speculate upon proL able Contingencies. We nave said enough to show the absurdity aud weakness of the p ragrapn quoted —its *u.propriety mfist be ai»paiem w imnit arg m-ut —[Marietta Iv oe . We commend the above sensible views of the R.bel to such other of our cotempo raries, besides the Advocate who are con tinually harping upon the idea that this war must end in the subjugation of one or the other contestants, or in a peace brought about by the intervention of the States. By ELLIS, LIVINGSTON C o l 7HURSDAY, Stst Jan., at 11 o’clock w« will Vs sell in l-oritof our arore, * 3 Fine Brussels Crpeifl, 8 t*b s Florida .Syrup, J ft boxes Tobacco, 4 bb a Sug .r. SO aarl»B *alt, ftc-ses *jn .k ng 'P.bacco, 2 Double Carriages and Haruess. » Double Wag jus and liarncßi, 2 finale Wagons, 2 B ggies, 2 <js English Lcter Pap^r. Envelop;?, Kniv sand Forks, ixpooas Dinner Plates, Pitciitrs ALSO, A Fine Lot J- welry Jan 20 tds #7 50 HEADQUARTER- post, i Columbus. 0,., Jan, l»th, 18«4. J GENERAL N. 4. Un it further or-ers Cipt. Jno. S. Smith, P. A. C. S., ,8 announced as Acting ArS.B,an : Inspector Gen eral at th s Post. Ilewili be obeyed and respected accui din/'y. By order ol e 1 COL ROBERTBON, das Wood, A. A. G Commanding. jan 21 tl notice headquarters post, » Co’umbus, Gd , Jinuiry llth iso! t [GENERAL ORDERS, No. S.J a # e 4 „ m I. Capt. Chas Wood. A. A G, having renewed for duty in t ursuan eof orders ton Headquarters De partment- 0, Ga. und Fla , l a >nn o u?c and as Asl s stant Adjutant G. new of th post, and in future ail onlem c mm iru atious dir-cted'O these headqua*- ers wi 1 be addressed to h;rn. H 11. Command!. g >fficer< of Oompan e* or oihec mi!it*ry o g-tm* tior s ai thi- Post wia ■ out and orwar iio inese e i qnar n ■’s -non ■- p actn-ahi* com te ret >ra? o! ll mem ers of t'teir ora-nand mesent anh ab em log me with oaten o; :he cow nns? o ed winters, ai dk- ,t m i.ts of ,h H tiins when , R,J ;f ‘ ? ; ir »o.it* b. whi,.|» „uca organization were J mositrea into the t-eivice. IT Officers of me Mass Departments on detv at rhiri'est lit repun at these lb a-qai.i«- 8 in person. . J. W. hORUftTsoN, jan l’: if Coi. Comd'g Post. 320 or 840 Acres of Land for Sale- I offer for sala the t act known as the Mercer nlaee, about mile- from stati m No. 5, o( be Mobile Girard R ”il It c.»nt ins 32b acres. 183 of which hin cultitat'oti. the balance timberril I»n«J. There ate cabins f r about 3.1 negroes, gm nouse, stables, 4 c., two w 6 1= of good wu-r and a la-ge qu tntity of .igb| wood convent-nt to ibe R. R The other half of the secii ui all heavily limbered will b i sold If de sired by too purch «> r. Apply to Gn-enw. od & Gray, tb'iuiiibtH. Ga , for terms Mr* Mercer on the place willsh >vv 1 to anyone wshng iflgee it , „ , .. D. C. FR££'iAN, iu i3an Copy, jan II