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Columbus Cnquirtr. I w.
JOU* II. HAHTIS-,
A Tax Dill.
» fihd in iho Richmond Whig of the
] 2d inst. a brief statement of the principal
— provisions of the Tnx bill reported by the
... f:di«»r. committee of Ways nnd Mean* of tho
- — "“ = —- i ij 0 uso of It ep resen tut ive* of the Confed-
COLUMBUS i ernteHtalos. The Whig finds objections
Tuesday Morning. Maroh 10, 1863. i 0 tj„, bill, hut in our judgment it i* a fair
-r=^- '„>t-and judicious one, a* far • * iu provisions
•«rSKE FOURTH PAGE. ! are known to u*. Proper!y and strictly
T~ **■ *“ " ! carried out, it must yield a very large
The Jforlherii 4, <*oii»erratlvca Den* • ; Rmotml of revenue—how much, it would
WILL.TJ1EV (JOMK UP TO THE j rC q,,| r0 R formidable array of statistics
8UIATLII7 | Bn( i a great deal of calculation
■Well,™ heard much .bout duuffw- ,. »in Lh,
tiou In tho Northwest, nnd Uomoonilto
i),,(Kv»ition to tho w.r in H. presont
ph.so throughout tho North. Wo sb.t]
vur, soon tbe whothor it h« »H !»•"
‘'sound »nd fury, .ijjnlfylnrf nothing,'
or whether tlio uiiorors nf tho brass
words and rosotutiont which wo bore
boon copying will rort" '’on ! up to liioir
principle, and tholr promise. Lincoln
and bis Congress boro certainly boon
prompt to oilor thorn tbn opportunity to
carry tholr resolutions into cfltcL I ■
passage of the Vanktw Con«cripti"t Wit
isonsact of doflitn'o to tho Northern
“Censorvotiret," It propoao. to makr
tho*.. light who so emphatically declare
that they Win not fight In a w.r for abo
lition ; and ft forcibly re!.ins In the abo
lition service tho many thousands <-( sol
dier, who bavo so vehemently protested
that they would Indignantly lay down
their arms as .mm aa tt.elr terms won
out. Thiels a lint rate occasion for a
Conflict, and wo shall soon sco whether it
folio**-'
Aaolhcr ino»t eontemptooui and In-
Bulliug defiance of till disaffected faction
ha* been given by tho breaking up of
thoDopiocrfctic .State Convention in Ken
tucky. THU wo regard ns the moat
higb*hnnd«kl of all Lincoln’* usurpation*,
because it take* a wider sweep than the
proceedings against individual*. It In an
emphatic. naautnption that tbo party in
power Khali not bo opposed by any bo»til<
political organisation, nnd that tho army
nhrtll bo called in to stifle Opposition
whore tho ballot-box, li llkoly to prove
iiiofiluteiitl TJda is tbn vory fttienco of
despotism and of absolute authority
Will the Northern Democrat* meet it
with the Hpirit of men “who know thetr
right* and knowing daro maintain," 01
will they bandy submit to a despotism
that make* them alavot?
If nrUhdr tho conscription nor thr
putting down of party opposition by tbo
bayonet I* resisted by tho Northern Gor.-
norvaUfe*, we need no longer ox peel unv
d, version in favor of tho .South frnti
their difference* with llio Blkok Uepubii
onn*. Tuno mu*t »oon rovcnl their
course, and we almll quickly ho enabled
to judge tho value of their resolution-
and professions. t
Tlie Honate Exemption Dll!
Wo And the KxcmpUoa bill n« it pat*-
ed tbo Senate, published in tho Richmond :
papers. Our laic suloraonl of its <b ‘'
approximate. It will bo seen that the tax
Is so discriminating in its application to
profs-don* and business operation* a* to
bo lev'ed chiefly upon profit*, noton in*
cornea <>r pursuits; nnd this is the feature
of the bill that commend* it most to us.
In thii pespoct it Is infinitely prefcrublo
to tbe bill of Mr. Kenner, reported at tbo
Ih*1 session, which imposed a tax of 20
per cont upon tho whole of a man’s in-
enme if it exceeded $300 per annum, and
made no general discrimination between
iho profits of a buxines* and tbe amount
of its ineomo necessary to support the tax
payor.
i have heretofore had occasion to
question the constitutional power
of Congress to levy and collect taxes from
citizen* or their property. In our opin-
the constitution contemplates only a
fair apportionment among fhe Slate* of
their respective amounts of tax, by Con*
gras* leaVing to tho several States thoir
i mode# of raiding iL Hut these are
idationary times, and we must con
cede to the Government the exercise of
whatever powers are necessary to sustain
in its struggle for life or death.
With such a Inx bill as Hum, and proper
inducements for tho funding of Treasury
note*, Congress will do much to arrest
the further lbllution of the currency, and
s.y restrict it (<> nn amount thut will bo
manageable after tbe wgr is over. But it
requires no keen power* of perception
son that without a tux law yielding
largo amount of revenue the evil of tho
currency will soon ho so great ns to bo
beyond tho roach of legislative remedy
• Tho following is the report of tho pro
vision# of tho Tax bill, given by tho
Whig:
Every profession of trade is apcoially
taxed. Banker. $300 license and » per
mill /,n iho i/rosi* amount oi profit*.
variations 1-sm th. art at last y»s ••♦parts', rs. lt“<sr.sc« Oonpanny,
rorroct a. far as it W« -ill pn'-- ‘ J -- Nar-'.e TrirgrapK
rent.
uncut- —
on gros* amount of sale
dealer* in liquors $100 license, and11 per
cent on gro».* amount of sales. Hotel-
keeper*. $20 license, and 10 por coot, or
grok# amount of profit#. Keepers oreat
ing house* tho sumo. Brokers 5*'"' ■**
con-u uud 10 per cent, on gross amount of
profit*. Livery stable* $26 Ilconso and
or.o per cent, on gross profits, (-.iittlu*
brakers f'-lb license and one per cent, on
nales. Butchers ar^i IGkers the same.
Peddlors $60 licciwu and one percent, on
Halos. Apo.hecariurt $26 license and one
*v*r cent, on grow amount of sales. Law
yer* nnd Docto.u $26 license, each, nnd
i>n<- por cont. on gross amount of receipts.
Confectioners $25 license and one per
^. nt <m grxwfl amount Ot salon. On enl-
•ru» a rider o«r cenL, and for
i per oenu Banks, Savings
». in«ur»oce CoinpanioM, On#,
correct as far a* ... -
lish tho bill In full when it pa*£*< 1
House, nnd In the meantime wo wl*e*
other features in whloh it difihn from th«
act pawed lasL fall. . ,
The clause relative to Iho exempuon
those unfit for aervieo in tho field pro
vide* that tholr bodily incapacity shall l**
“ascertained by ft surgeon of the army
who is not a resident of the part of tho
country from which those he Is calbd
upon to examine may have coino.” It
alto provides that persons so examined
und doc hired unfit fur duty "sliull not ho
afterward* subject to he again oxatnlned
and enrolled." , ,
Tho clause exempting the judicial and
executive officer# of tho Steto Govern
ment* specifically otcinpLs th* Judge* of
tlm Supreme, DUtrlet, Superior, Circmt
and Probate Courts, the Chancellors of
State Court*, and .Sheriffs, und excludes
Justices ortho Peace.
Persons oppoinled by tho officer* of the
Executive Departments, ftlnca Iho Pith ol
April, 1B02, uud who wero liable to mili
tary service When appointed, aro exclu
ded from uaomplion.
Prosldonis or conductors of nnv rail
road company, orlraia, who full, neglect,
or refuse to furnish *»nU or drinking
water to sick and wounded soldiers, not to
be exempted.
“One editor of each nowspaper now
being published, and atioh journeymen
print rs,engineers, primtmon, xtenograph-
ic reporters nnd mailing clerk* a* the ed
itor or proprietor thereof mftv certify
upon oath to bo indispWUablo for con
ducting tho publication," are t<> bo ex
empted.
Mmniiiivturer. of vntimn clii8«r.< .prt'l-
flo,i, uro (UompLed on oOniHUon tiint tbn
mnnutatursd artiolu. .hull bo »olil al n
not profit not uct-cdloft tMrt>l por gout,
por nunum on tbo not gopilnl invo.i.-J,
In bo,.r«rtalniHl nn tbo'loth uf tho viii-
cor».
Appulnloo. toofllno by tbo Kiecbtivr
DopnrltnanU .inne thn llltliof A,prli, lb- -,
uro tint axomptod If within tlio »»<-. Hublo
to conuirlp'ion; «> of t-lcrk. of Po.tmm-
tor. nppnlftlod by tho Pl-Midont and con-
firmed by the Senate,
One parson is exompted for any farm
on which there are Ion or more white
women and child rim depending f«r sup
port on tho labor and presence of a while
man, and on which theroin n*»malo over
or under tho ooMcrlpt age able to carry
on the operation* of the farm.
u ,r.g Companies. 14 per cent, on divi
4enU wad new t ided to surplus funds.
|itfU*»a»ce Companies, in addition, shall
P*r at tb- n ! of <*nch quarter ono per
cettL on gross receipts.
fMMni' ^-ropti'd from taxntlon *,—
hagd *»i a family with le*vthan $lj^d val-
um; of ochools, colleges, Ao.—r lrn on-
glue*—book* and family portraits anu
pictures—farming impleinenU—ugrmul-
tural products in hand# of produoor.
The final sootion implies that there is to
he a new msoliment by which this tax is
to bo levied,
••We shall soou see what d e shall see.”
jjAtc Intelligence front the North brlngb
additional demonstrations going to *how
that tho “rolations" between tho Govern
ment at Washington and tho diiaffoctoi!
Democracy or conservatives of tho North
cannot much longer ©entinue without
“coming to a head," or a toil; Ihut a
conflict must so<jn occur, or Lincoln will
overawe and . rush out the disaffection in
the Northern .States without resistance,
as hd has done in Kentucky. An extract
which we make in another part of this
paper from a speech of ex-G*»vprnor
Seymour, tha Democratic candidate, for
Governor in Connecticut, shows the
temper of his party in that State. A
Washington dispatch to the New York
Tribune advise* u.s how the Administra
tion proposes to dnul with this movement
in Connecticut. It nays: “The revolu
tionary and treasonable attitude assumed
by tho copperheads of Connecticut in
their recent convention is attracting, iu it
should, Die‘pocial attention oftbo Gov
ernment. There Is a limit to tho for beat-
ice of tho Administration.”
Forney’s Press, which is one of the
confidential organs of tho Washington
Administration, publishes n letter fr.^tn
New York which contains tho following;
Certain military movements in tho
military department, of which thi« citv is
the operative bate, indicuto cither that
some new expedition is being -ecrolty
prepared here, or that the government in
making ready f«»r such a coup in its own
behalf against doinoutio traitor* nn should
have been siecornpll-hed longago. Now
that tho latter have grown e«> hold by
mistaken indulgunc*' a« to have ft dlscip-
linod and (Kiwerful organization in f
working order, with pa*8-wor«‘D f
gers, and resources for lire?arnv , it wm
bo nocosrnry for tbe gbvenimerit to have
from five to ten thousand troop* £»t call,
should it de«.ign arresting any or nil of
those traitoroiH oilitorn and other pnriios
who aro certainly marked forjuitico.”
These and other development* sumon
ish us to look out for an, eutly eontllct oi
an Ignominious back-down at the North,
The Militia Officer*.
Tho 8*vannah Republican, of the fith,
reports tbo city full of militia officers,
who had repaired thither in response to
,lhe Governor* order, and that they
still arriving by every train. It appoflr*
that those who have gone there havn
been received into service by Gen Mer
cer, but the great body of them, in view
of Oon. Wayno’s latest directions,
main at homo, or have returned to tholr
home* from some point on their route
Savannah, nnd now bold thom-dves
readiness to answer Gen. Met eor’s call
Tho Atlanta Intelligencer learns from
Gov. Brown, who has returned to Mil
iedgovillo, thlit in all probahllty ho will
make another ca'.l for the services of the
militia officer*. Wo preaumo thut tli
call will either diroct them to organize al
onco in their respective counties or divi
Bions, or w 111 designate some remlczvo
in the Interior where they can organ!
and (bon proceed to Havannuh in a body
Tho Intelligencer estimates that they will
make an army exceeding four thousand,
of a* good fighting men ns tho State nf-
fordc.
J.ctlci* from ‘IJ. T. (i,»»
KNOXVlU.lt, Tk^.v,. March 1, 1W^.
& lit nr tint/nircr : -Our intelligence
om Kentucky this morning is of stith u
character n# to leave no doubt in tho
minds of th« reflecting lh«t her people
powerless to relieve themselves of the
lifficultieb that puviron them. The Con*
'iition of which 1 spoko In a firmer
loiter assembled on tbe IHth uit. at Krank-
fort. The next day n Michigan Cavalry
regiment rode into Frankfort and dis
persed the members. Tho commander
f the regiment denounced it ns a traitor-
s organization. Tbir. end* tho faroa
Kentucky, at d so will end tlft#o do*****'
monatrutloti* that tho pre^a is tocming * ,r
with, in IiPnois, Indiana, and Ohio.
This great hue and cry for peace, enm-
tho Northwestern .States,
rofully watch and guard
indicative of vmiuthing,
I Order of General Boseneran* In IMb-
Uuii to Itotiiedrrate Soldier* Wfcar-
| lug Yaukco Uniloras*.
* General ito^nemn- hue issued the fol*
• lowing order in relation to the Conted-
crate soldiers that may be found iu Yan
kee uniform*:
U’dq'wp Dxp’t of to* Ctntllr.KJ. vkd, >
Murfreesboro’, Feb. tX), lb»S5. j
[General Orders No. 10.J
I. It having been frequently reported
lo the General Commanding that Confed
erate ro! !i• ■ rs approach our lines dresaed
in our uniform-, nnd that they have ap
peared thus Iu battle, and have thus,
,ivage-like, cairied our colors todccei
derod that none to drc*#ed shall
Port kliiHflun
The strong probability of an early and
fiorraatuck upon thl* Oanfedorato !«»#:.
tion make* any infoemnllon in ro'crouoe
l„ it., f great present intorcst.
Fort Hudfcon U on the ea*t bank of
the Mitttsxlppl river, about 26 mile*
above Baton ,1«oug*. It is oj\ a very
high and precipitous bluff, the ascent
vi which, from tho river, ha* to be
xnadr by a narrow, up-hill, difficult
paixage. Yankee account* say that the
position is a very strong and formidable
ono on tho river side; thut. in addition to
the height nnd perpendicularity of
tho bluff, the river sweep# past the
place with 'a rapidity of current that
would be a serious disadvantage to gun
or mortar boat* engaged in aottou.—
Tnoy maintain, however, that the town
has no grout natural obstruction* to the j
approach of an enemy from tho land sides j num ^,
and that it can ho taken by a combined
land and gunboat attack, or starvod into
Government Seizures*
The Atlanta Confederacy complain*
greatly of “soixure* <>f privato property
in Northern and North western Georgia
l.y upstart officials.’’ It rays that they
have boon seizing flour, corn, bacon, pork
and stock entile of farmer*, which they
nucdid for their own uso, leaving them
almost destitute \ that tho prices which
thuj :U aro »o low thut tho persons de
prived oanooV lignin supply themselvo#
with what they need ; and that there has
boon no neeosnity for such seizure#, u»th
Government officers could have bought
all they want from parsons having tho
article* for mlo.
Tho Confederacy learn* that In con*o
quonco of these seizures, Governor Brown
has prohibited the transported
the State Itoad of any supplies what
ever tljut havo boon seized, and forbid*
the shipment ever tho road of any army
store# which cannot bo bIiowii to have
been purchased in a fair and roguiarway
Thn Confederacy advises the people to
resist the seizures.
Wo regret to hear belli of tho evil com
plained of and of tho remedy adopted and
proposod. Would it not be bettor to
make a case to luy bofure tho authorities
at Hlchimmd, und have tho action oi
thoir agent* either ondosrod or repudiated,
before other mens urea are adopted ? It
m » grievous evil to have the rioccsoaries
of life taken from people who have no
more than they need for thuir own con
sumption ; but it would be n national
calamity to embarrass tho Government
or slop the supplies of the army nt u crisis
like tho present.
Fua.nk.ux, Tkxs., is in Williamson
couoty. IK mile* South <>l Nashville,
with which it i» c* anectod by h turnpike
road, and #onan20or25 miles W. N. W.
of Murfreesboro’. The Yankee force found
there by Gen. Van Dorn wo* no doubt u
part (poxxibly all) of Sigel’a command,
lately sent from the Bappahannock to
the reinforcement of Hosencrana. A
correspondent of the Savannah Republic
row, writing from Columbia, Teon., on
tho 25th nlu rcf»orto<l the passage up tb«
Cumberland river of forty-five trans
port* conveying Sigei’s entire force of
2(1.000 men to Nashville, and that the lar
ger portion of It liad been thrown cut or
the lino of the Central Uailroad to Frank
lin •, also that the greater portion of Van
Dorn's cavalry had crossed Duck river,
and in u few day* the wholo body would
be over, striking at Si gel from evory di
rcction. Two division* of Sigel’s army
were then reported to be at Franklin,
which place wn* defended by the Yan-
Yan Dorn and Higrl
Tho following extra .t, which wo take
from a lottor doted Columbia, T
Feb. F7th, to the HnyRhne.b HenuU
givo* us a Btatomont of tho positlc
tho bolligeronU in tho Aolghburhood of
Franklin, before Van Dorn's attack upon
tho enotny thoro:
Tho tmomy in front at Franklin nnd
along tho Contra! Southern r-.ml, i ri
der bigc.l, have not shirted position, but
runmiti tho S.UUP h. t--i .ro -in. o tlcir
arrival. From this fact, it is judgo.J thot
Sigol i# nsilgnoU to tin- duly "f guardiu;'
Bating Ire
oshould
against. 1
but nc t peace.
Young Harris, n d< -ortcr and Mpy,
pin red about the time tlie bridge* were
burnt last January, was tr; 1 by a court
martial hero nnd sentenced to be *li»L
8 rong appeal* being sent up by hi#
friend- in lhi* place to Fnsidei.t Davie
for executive clcmoney, tho President
has had hi* caso under advisement. I
learn from good authority to-day that
the sentence of tho court wilf be carried
into efi’.-ct. Good! Iho temporising |*ol-
ic.V that has prevailed in thn administra-
of affairs in Ettst Tennessee has dune
o to demoralize, and in fact abolition-
Jii* i-ople, than all other cause*
combined.
Gentlemen to-day direct from Tulla-
home report Kosencranz advancing, and
that Itragg wa* preparing fur it fight,
which in all probability would cmno off
Ihf* woe k. 1 d.» not believe a Word of it.
Gens. Mud him! Water are in command
in that region, and neither army Can
e until tho mud 1* dried up and rain
oi. Your reader* need not attach
any importance to tlio sensation rumors
that find their way into tho press relative
loan impending battle nt TulUhomn.
The Third Battalion, Jlilliard’a Legion,
ro in camps mar the city. They arc
pcrfoiming the various guard duties ie-
qu : xite about and around here. The
Columbus Minute lb >», Captain L-.-k
hart, belong to this Battalion. Thej- are
in good health and fine splriU. The-)
hnv-? never had nn opportunity yet to
draw a bend upon a Yankee M:»J. Hntd
Cook is now with his command, 'ooking
prime and vigorous, attributable/ l darn
*ay. to the oxcolf£ut faro always to be
found at OdoltV Hotel.
Tho "Soeeah" citizens of Ki
aro beginning to throw »df their lethargy
and urn evincing n spirit to asaist th
ny soldier* arriving hero on their
to their mm tun ml.-. They hnvt> flu
ft comfortable houtc near the depot, with
bunks mid mattresses, for tho u-o < f #ol
dior» wh<», in consequence of the chang.
of tlm rchedulo on thn East Tcnncssei
nnd Virginia Had road, Imvo to lio ovc
bore all night. This Wayside Hospital
is under the supervision of th
II. Martin, the excellent pastor of the
Froshytorinn Church of thin city.
Martin i* indofatigablo In his cflort* t<
ronder every aid in his power to th
j defundem of our houm* and Areai-In*.
d T. G.
Hunter, commanding tl:
Yankee department on the South Caroh
ho* enacted tlio most stringent
fugitive stare law over adopted
>o::cd. Ho has ordered his o
hoot or luiVo shot any negro running
»way ! -Thn* tho Abolitioni*Ls show th
consistency nnd “ph lnnthropv ’’
captured, the rights of
risaner* of waf, an«i that, in the bottle,
quarter bo given them. When cap
tured, singly or in ••quads, prowling about
our lino*, they thnll ho doomod ns spies,
and treated accordingly. The General
warn* all officer* and men under hi*
command to bo on their guard ngninst
theso violation# of tho rules of civilized
warfare. AM foraging and scouting par-
tie-, a:l patrols, ami all troop* on the
march, arc enjoined to arrest und examine
all person# writring our uniforms, and, if
found to bo wearing it without lawful
Authority, to forward them at onr« to the
Frovo-,1 Marshal* ot their command*, for
identification and investicnlion, and
to the Fr«>v st Marshal General <»1
C«mlO Eipt.tl on «b, Bappah.ii-
nock.
robe- of this paper brief
Jo of an exploit of the
__ Brigadier Genera!
Fitzhugh L-.e wi.hiii the enemy’s lines
In the ln«!
neiitfon woj
ivulry foreo undo
Tk u
. Knptmhannock ... .
\Vedti -day, the 25th of February. v» «•
have since learned that the scene of the
affair wm m ar Hartwood Church, sonio
live or *ix milc« above Falmouth. The
f-r- e tlmt cr...--rd the river belonged to
the 1-t, 2-1 and 3d Virginia Cavalry, Iw-s
than 600 men in all. Having driven m
thl- enemy' pickets, they pushed for
ward until th<-y discovered a lnrge force
of Yankee Cavalry drawn up to receive
them. The charge was made with n
shout, and after a brief resistance the
Yankee, gavo way and took refuge
within thn Tines of their infantry, posted
conveniently near, dome skirmishing
took pluco between detached parti'**, in
which the enemy lost several silled and
wounded, wn... our total loss is reported
at om* kili-I and one wounded. The
prisoners taken numkr 160, who were
brought to Richmond on Saturday.—
They represent seven different regiment*
tho fid. 1 h, 10th and Pith Pennsylva
nia Cavalry, 1-t Rhode Island and 4th
New York Cavalry, and 32d Massachu
setts Infantry. Among the prisoners arc-
five commi-Honed officer*, namely: Cap
tain B. F. Blo-'d, First Lieutenants T.
I>. Wetl.c-ral. L B. Shurtlc ff, and F. C.
1 .Second Lieutenant E. W
with a* they do
II. All citizens and nrmnl* wearing
tho 1 inlcd Siate- uniform, without writ
ten permission, will bo arrosteil, stripped
and punUhed according to tho nature of
the oflVm.-e. QuartarmS'tcr* will at once
make rrx|uisitions for clwlhing to he issued
to servants and emp’oyoes not entitled to
wear tho.ulilforni.
1J\ * oinmaod of l£«j. Gen. Rosen cron*.
OtScial: C. Gouuakd.
A. A. <4. nnd C. of S.
Pl um Fort Me AltKter.
From persons who arrived last evening
the bombard-
hich was di^tuouiiivd
nl of Tuesday, was mounted at four
lock yesterday nun ning, und was ready
a* u. ii. During tho night of Tuesday
• i i • • 11iy’► mortar b'-al* kept *buliiug
at intcrv.il* to prevent the* Engine r* and
tnnt> from gelling the gon in p -*i-
tioii an 1 icpuiring tha damage Xn the fort,
which w:-* .-light. The enemy's mortar
ccrued firing at 0 o’clock yostenluy
morning. Yesterday afternoon there was
sight, and it two
well known to tile enemy
villo.
U is
.hat Van Dorn is hereabouts with ho
.’ftvulry force, and t hey have found itm-e-
ostury to koep Higel's force, which wu-
’ laid Co-op-
. , . iho protec
tion of thoir flunk and base fp.ni t!> > en
croachment# which they might anti, ipate
from Van Dorn's force. Thu* it will I
seen that ISigol and hi» eurp are iield
subject to the movenionU of \
anu that tlio presence of our cavalry
Imreuhouts is keeping in chock a force of
20,000, whicli otlmrwisa would move for
ward to Murfrocsburo'.
It is autta probable that this reinforce
meat ot the enotay will prevent V
Dorn's expected movement* in thl* coii
try and force Bragg to keen him upon
outpost duty to hold Sigol m el
prevent hi# junction with R<-- nerr
Although this is an important duty t - <*e
assigned lo, It i* one to which but little
public credit will jmturally !».• utti. lo d,
and a duty vory disngreeatde and un
pleasant to Van Dorn, who hud hoped
that ho was permitted to “cut 1« <•
from department command, r* ui 1 navi
gatocii tho rover style of John Morgan.
It wa# with this under-landing that ho ■
Oeptml tho coin mnnd of tho cavalry eurp-.
and he hoped by rapid and hriiliai . • .in -
airy dottionslralion* to deal Ihm\y and
•eriou* blow# to tho enemy, difscoi.v. i t
his movements, add to the prestige of our
cavalry, render the tmomy timid and fair-
fill, nnd inspire our armies with «•->nll-
dunco and hop.*. A fuw days will <!•: .
onstrato which duty ho i* to he assigned to.
The Indigent Soldier** l*’uud.
The Governor and Comptroller Gener
al havo mado the apportionment among
tho counties of the fund of $2.60.1,000
appropriated by tho lust Legislature for
the relief of tho familcs of indigent sol
dier#, and havo advised the Juntic.es of
the Inferior Courts of tbo amounts duo
to thoir respective counties und tho mode
of obtaining tlie money. The amount
apportioned to Muscogee county is $fifi,-
791, and the sum to be paid to each ben
eficiary i# within the fraction of ft cent of
$29.72, which show* tho number of bnr:-
oficiarie* in the county lo be about 1137.
The Governor authorizes the Justices
to draw and pay over half tho amount
apportioned to each beneficiary at once
—the law allowing him to make the pay
menu either quarterly or at such other
interval* ns ho may doom oxpcd.enl.
\Ys learn that thoamouut apportioned
to Harris county is $17,731; to Talbot
$11,20* ^ ^ ^
GovcRxxiKxr Cohn -C»pu Tho*. II.
Jordan, In a communication to tbn Ma
con Telegraph, states that ho hu* learned
from good authority that there aro now
stored away in damp room# In Albany,
There i# something
of G >e. It.-uuregard, in all (« .* van.mi
im-iti-.i.- that ho ha* fllh-d, which endi
ti11it l*i the ii.n- c# of the p'-cp'.c, mi
than t<> (he soldier* who MUM - dir.
Imvn been thrown in contact with l.ii
’I In ro i# a c'-rtain air nf romance- attached
t«* hi* cliainctur, which make*
wi-h that lit* eoiil-1 be im-ra prominentlv
br«-ug!it f- TW'.rd, und a certain >\ mpatli.
f-'lt, that nltogellier ho has rot hud a pro-
per showing in the great drama of the
war. A very large number of the poop I
of th«* Confederacy feel n-.tr ng attach
mont to him through tho fame tlial lie iin
achieved for our c ountry. At tlm flr*t
battle fought in the beginning of th.
when he commanded
won fame for ability, and a modest do-
pop nunteven iu the first flusi* of triumph
t" onr unll-.Jgeil arui#. Gal leal subto
qiK-nily lo the army of the IN
b und n chaotic him#* of raw and undii
ciplin • I troops, whom lie soon taught t-
move like regular*, and won thoir b
by hi# superior Intolllgcnco and kind
bnnily. ,s.h»u thereafter ho led tn
ugain-t tin* serried host/ of tho foe, m
••quipin
u» ml •
his well i
- bid.
/ the fol
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES.
l*y ^Telegraph to the Enquirer,
Port Hvdsox, March 4th.— (via Mo-
PILE, Mt-rch 6th.)—Intelligence rclmule
and of the grentest inipoitance 1ms been
received from the front. Preparations
aro being made by Banks’ army which
point unmistakably to an early advance.
Banks’ force number# fully 30,000 men.
Ambulances and litter* arc being pre
pared, and tho opinion of the Military is
that this point will bo attacked within
rest four days. But tho utmost con
fidence prevails among our officers and j ^ pj anle j
men. The report that our pickets hud
been driven in i« unfounded, but an ear
ly advance is anticipated. It is reported
that B.inb$ is opposed to making tho at
tack, but has positive orders from tbe
r Department.
people and the a* in,.
to #o much legislation for
scone arose to ft high pitch for aTu
0AD
-nt
A dispatch from Hilton Head on the
27th ult. says that tho troops are under
order* to embark, nnd tho next steamer
will probably .bring intelligence of an
attack on Charleston,
General Stevenson has been released
from arrest by General Foster, and re
turned to hits command.
The propeller Dallas arrived at Fort-
ro f s Monroe on the 2d inst. from New
York briuginging a ton of cotton seed to
old plantation at Uamp.
the department, that they may be dealt ' 'fsrren. Tlie last named bail but recent-
* lv graduited from tbe military prison at
Richmond, having been captured near
the same t'iaco on the 23th ot November,
by Gen. Hampton’« Cavalry. One ac
count nnv# that Col. Drake and the lat
Yirp-nia Cavalry were prominently on-
gaged in tho nflair. It i* thought that
tiie cntlituhttlic shout* of our inen noti
fied the enemy of their coming, otlier-
wifie tho Curnp might have teen #Ur-
rounded and the on tire party killed or
captured.—Richmond Whig, 2n<L
From the Atlanta Iutelligcnror.
Atijxkta, Fob. 20, 1803.
Mr. IClltor: My attmition wa* drawn
t.» a f.i'd which appeared in your paper »
f**w day* since, w hero It wa* stated that
mono negroes had lost their live* from
caecinalinn. Thoonly circumstance con-
neirted wi.lithe affair which 1 design no
ticing it this: “that the matter wa* from
u child, n perfectly healthy subjectand
yet the result wa* the lo** of life- Hen*
arbes n very imtvortant physiological
problem which might become a vexed
qu »tii>u with many who entertain viowv
usfleret t from mini: in relation to vaccina
tion. I ho’il that whenever such occur*
reni'cs transpire immediately after vacci
nation, that it evidently depend* Upon
tho peculiar idiosyncrasy of the permit)
Thi* report makes it highly probable ! bushels of corn, that will in a short
that Van Dorn encountered quite n largo ho utterly ruinod unless it i* soon sunned
; ■ • \ ‘ ' • «r-* of n nr-.
■' *r. 1 1 .' hr i# tho Ii>t-• <>l \l .mu .-a^jsu .
have tha tu*tiumnv of Gen. J<-e .l-din-lon
when senmuded lately in M-dnle. an.I
atldre--ed ti« the hero of that buttle. -
“Gentlemen,” .-aid lie, “the hero »f Ma
nas a# i-- n-iwin coiniiiand at Chariest*.t.
tribute I » (ten. Benliregard i- ju-t.
\V. Rape, of the Emmett Rdb
he engagement of Tuesday received
ufui wound <>u tin; right knee from
/.'iiuntul -.hell. Win. S. Owens of the
nt company received u riight wound
his h -ad and remained in the fort for
treatment. James Mims, of Co. D, First
Battalion Ga. Sharpshooters, iu t*sri»iing
ml the disin-miitrd gun on Tu— -
ght hud lliu small buiioof his riglit
g fractured and ankle crushed. Rape
1 Mini# were Inoughl lo iho city und
pi Meed in tlie Suvaruiah Modi* al College*
ll' -i-tUl for trentmont,
u-re could not have been less than
> 1*1 tons of iron bail directed aguinsl
tort during tho bo in hard tun lit, which
•d some twenty hou-a, without cosru-
tion, und most wonderful to slate tlio on-
CJLiil'illic# wero two men slightly
•undnd, a* reported above.
All dainngO* lo the fort have been re
paired. Thu incii are in the best <>t
learn, cracking
joke, ut the*Yankees’ ill success in shell-
hoUting to (hem, “Too far to the
right," nnd “l’oo tar to the left." a* each
hull lid leu to rlrikc the fort.—Stic, Rep.,
6/A.
Th“ Wiudiingion correspondent of the
New York Trilnine, writing on the JJil»
It., says, that throe days before, a secret
terviuw look place between Lincoln ami
I Merrier, ut “a Iriciid’* bouse, 1 at
hii h mailer-, of tho groulest tnoUliltil
I II
Noiwiili-tnnding the mystery odser\ed
i tlmlinterview, it i» rejiorted in dlplo-
i«*ti< «. n:b'fl that Mr. l.iiu-idn deniu*-
having had any share in tho framing of
ihc (!•»« uineiit writtrn in r ply to Drouyn
In L''Huy-' pro|,..-iti..n, further than to
havo exprcsM.-d. iu lliu Gabiiiet counsel,
that the lime fur li-dcning to the kind
t*Lions of Fiunco hud not yot ar-
rivod.
.vi- very .--»'iy t*> !< arn that cxcej.-
hud b. ell tnk<*u to the form in a hit h
vifttt of the Cabinet had been set
. and he I ; < d that the French
Government would only nut ion the neces
sity i in pored upon tho Administration
to refuse its proposition, without paying
iiny attention to tho manner ii
thut refusal had boon pn-sented.
It is also slated that tho Fresident ha*
recently boon visited by prominent Sen
or# uud parlixans, with whom ho ha
mainod clo»olod sovoiai hour*. Tin
greatest sccrosy i* observed upon tin
-ubj.'.-ls di-( us. c'l in the r interview, tho
rcrulta of which, it i» said, will soon
m.-idj known. It is noteworthy that
the miiiio time a certain New York jour
nal, called iri diplomatic ilrcle* the
•Servile I'ress." naa become furiou*
against the Kninnssador of Franco and
Hi- French tiovernmonb
Slate.-men who are behind tho
assort that the iincludiiing of the dog# of
war .umin.it Franco i# an attempt at
diplomatic strategy, produced by n cor
tnm fowling of insecurity which ha* #ud
danly taken pes<nssion of tho Socrctary
of St ile. It i* his apprehensions on that
subject, it is said, which havo le ;in
journal referred to during tha la-t thru
to donum i.itinn# nf M. Merrier and
declarations of war agnin-t Franco.
The t < *ood (iuestlnli*
■k a new fit of tho blue* yestor-
er»ing with an intelligent plan-
n ncignboring county, about the
the l»gi#la-
or tu
within tli
lurking disease
e constitution at tho tim«,
r iomo facts; I vaccitiatod, not
some right persons, from the
perfectly hewllliy child. Tho
Ac -.in • An intelligent physician of thi
city o i rmed mo that he had vaccinated
it g. lb-man and two of hi# children with
e«T« • lent, matter. Trie children did well,
while tlir* father came near losing hi* orn
by the operation.
C'l whe .
“Ut!i* : nt for life. 1 hold tnat it i*.
Vin tin uing in tin) llh ward, I *»w #
lb lily nr forty persons who had been
.•;iim*1. <1 iu r;u ly life, some of them thirty
or furiy yr- : ,rs ago; yet they had boon
i l imited without any effect in one
!:u y insUincu. I have al*o vaccinated
.o.l many who had already pits on
r urn;-, and do not rncollect seeing a
»!.* iuttu'To where my vacaination
u«*ialed. There umy bo exceptions to
rub), in about thn snmn proportion
i is in an individual'# having the
ill pox the tecntid limn.
JAri. \V. FRICK, M. D.
The IVay It Is Dune.
Thn recon t seizures of property for gov-
nmerit use, of which so much complaint
hu* be i'll mado, have been occosiomal for
t part, by tho machinations of
speculators and engrossers. A
m nt cotuKii*>nry agent receives
..in t-. ji'.iicha*e. say* 10(1,000 lb*,
n, for the um of the army, and
•c* accordingly, or starts <iut on
i<>n in order to contract for the
He calls ui a planter's house nnd
enquire* how much surplus meat ho has
tiid, utter reserving it proper hIIow-
f.ir •• ,ch person «>n the plantation.—
uuwi-r is ready—"not a pnumt to
“ \\’i-!!." nays the Gomiuissnry,
• - ti- ... r iid this matter. How
■ mi'-.t und how many mouth# to
On tlie answer being gi»en, ills
1 there b -» surplus of several th
un*l pound#, which the planter wishes to
hold for the enhanced price which tho
lo will bring, in u few month*. Ur
perchance the »pe<;u'ator has paid him a
vi-.tund ofl’eredn higher price than tho
oxistlng market will justify. In thi# way
tho Government Agent is prevented from
purrhnsing, nnd is compelled to soizo the
surplu# in order that tho soldier#
Richmond, 6th.—An extra session of
tho United States Sonato wa# called by
Lincoln, because tho interests of the U.
States requires it. The bill giving Lin
coln power to suspend tho writ of habeas
corpus at pleasure, finally passed tho
House by n vote of U7 to 46.
A row hns occurred between Federal
soldier# and negroes at Hilton Head ; the
latter wero driven off to the other end of
tbe Island.
Tho Washington Chronicle say#: “We
have Eft I, humiliating report# of insubor
dination and outrage# committed by rog-
imen*s from New Yorg, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, nt d. we *«y it with shame.
Mussachuse'-ts. Groans were given for
General Hunter at the close of tbo even
ing dress parade on Sunday.'
Chronicle contends that there it a great
reaction in favor of a vigorous prosecu
tion of th« war throughout the North.
Gold reported inactive; closed in New
York or. the 2d ntTli.
CirATTaxouujL, March 6th.—The fol
low ing Uispuluh concerning Van Dorn'
late r ngagoment was roccived horc- to
day. Tlie light took place at Thompson’*
Station, and not at Franklin— tho enemy
making the attack:
Tull-mioma, Murch Qth : To Cut. B.
S. Ewei.l —Tho enemy attacked Van
Dofu yesterday at Tbompsoii's Station
between Columbia au<l Franklin. Ho
drove them back handsomely, and cup
lured five regiment# of intautry, 2,tSX‘
officer* and men. Our own lo*s it not
yet known.
(MgrieJ, BRAXTON BRAGG.
Kicu mom ii, March Cth.-Tho follow
ing c:-rJ wni published in the Enquirer
to-day, with regard to tho A&sociatod
l*r< 6» of .he Confederate Slates :
Tho Association wa* organized on
the l*t of .March und telegraphic nows will
be communicated to daily papers for tho
pretuut on the same terms us by the la'.e
arrangement with ti-o Richmond Associa
ted Pro s, the primary object of the .Asso
ciation ii lo put in operation nn cflicient
•ysteui of reporting now* by telegraph
or tho exclusive benefit of its members.
The co-operation of the whole Brest ia
lo’.icited. Circular* have been sent tu
all daily paper*.
(Signed) R. W. GUIDES.
Richmond, March Oth.—The following
Ji-patcli wa - leceived hero to-day:
•I/.I’KfluN, March 6th : To General S.
Cooper:—General Stovcnion, cmninand-
ing at Yiiktburg, telegraphs March 4th
... • W>
are ut work to r«i*e hor. One el-'ven-iuch
gun wm bursted, but tlio other# are not
injured. J. C. PEMBERTON,
Lieut. Gonurul.
S.WANNAU, March Gih.-— It ha# been
definitely ascertained that the enemy's
iron clad* hav»> left the Ogecriiec.
nnd sin
disp.i
thn
lohn«t<
let hi# friend# claim for him
mo nn nt due to another. General Beau
regard is behlin great estimation by hi#
admiring country men, and we flml ilex-
iircs*ed by all classes -if people whonover
ho i# the subject of conversation. He
posM-H.-H that nmgnotic nttmclion which
form* tho chain that hind* him t-> all
heart#, and the enthu->ia*m of tl e*oldtfr-
who havo served under hiin *h-o\ how
*tron« ix hi* bold on the heart* of tho
Tho Generals wlionrohls cotQin|»orarie#,
entortain great affection and admiration
for him, mid we havo never heard of any
other opinion being ex pressed of the groat
chieitnin by any of Thorn. “Stonewnl!”
Jackson, we arc credibly informed, ••en
tertains an unfaltering affection nnd a*i-
miration Tor Gen. Beauregard,' and that
it i* rec prooul, we have latolv seen, in
the present sent to the furmor by the lat
ter. Deep seated in tho heart* of the ihs»-
plo, Gen. Hcuurt-flptrd will find iu their
nffudioa a reward for tho • rduoiis devo
tion ho hft* shown to the cause c>f our
country. Wo doubt whether any other
General would comiuan ' a greater ova
tion than will he awardu l to him when
peace onco again smiles over - mi Und.—
Wo have never met with General Beau
regard, and in giving expression to the
above views wa simply put upon record
our urtimntion of the man, which w«
boliovo i* shared by nine-tenths of the
peopl . Long may he live t-> enjoy in
r hns
i*Uo
rill opv
General V*«entbly limning
>p toihreoaoriM to the hand,
rui tlcally to produce niora
hud been no logisla-
toUU
n it all, und the l-u»ines* had In
operation of puhbc opinion. Every
maxiimiu), und
i practically beyond
ill ida
l of then
II g the
urt lii
■ bind.
Yankee force nt Franklin on the 1st inst
and show# that bis success \n driving
| them from the position, capturing* largo
of prisoners, and destroying ft
noidorsblo quantity of army store#, 1*
n brilliant and imporuut ntfalr. It would I
nnd aired
Wo suppose that there i* a much larger
Amount of Oovarnmeut corn on storage
in this city—for wo observe large quanti
ties of it in a number of store rooms,
of them probably too close ft
lion# with tlu* interior.
submission by cutting off its communlca- j however, be expecting entiroly too much «ft‘l wo therefore allude to Cnpt. Jordan s
j suggtwtiou w.th a view of directing atten
tion to tho condition of the grain and the
r to Nashville, the base of tho Fed-1 adoption of preservative measme*.
J (tl loo 1
Fort Hudson caur.ot bo turned by a cut- than
i him to held the place longei
few hours or days—it being a.
off, as tbo Yankees Attempted to turn
Vicksburg,.with reported success. Tho . orw { organ xali-m in Tennojsee, and to j
current of tlio river here bears strongly | Murfreesboro*, the headquarters of Ros- !
towards tho cast bank
Point Coupee, from which thoVankecs
aro reported to have been driven by mir
troops, is eight or ten miles above l*ort
Hudson, on tho opposite side of tlio river.
Kaia.se river is an old cut-otf of tho Mis-
hu<ippi, Just below Foint Coupee,
sainc side.
Fort Hudson has no railroad comma
iiicutiou, except vritft Clihtor, u town ir
eighty or ono hundred
Vlckshurg Mot l*iikftt-ri
Tub Stats Road.—Tlie lost MilltHlgu-
ville Confederate Vnion announces that
th« Troamrorof the State Hood bus i>aid
over the sum of $5tOO,tHHI to the State
Treasurer, profits of the Road, and is
It will be s
lli.t « hmT«ul*KT.,.hte ! , “ •'*>' uv ' r » aU ®' 00U m “™' ft
date* from Vicksburg to the 6ih inst., |
the ! and that no montion 1# mado of tho p
Ago of the Yankee gunboat* through tho
canal. We may therefore set down this
storr as another of tbo lalsehood# of
stnlo tho period during which these
'l j profits accrued, but wo presun.#• that it
’ embraco* a year’* operations of tbo Road.
It is, at all ovonu, a very good year’s
work.
tho same parish, sumo 16 or 2U uiilo* oast which the Yankee nation have been
< prolific during this war—establishing twenty have been lodged in jail, i
' I : »«veral ftirhmghed, since our la#t. Tl
l'risonors coutinuo to arrive. About
confidently of tho ability of our furcos to
hold Fort Hudson.
side ."peak their claim to univerted superiority
jail, we learn, are from tho counties of
resjwct at lea»t: they can boat th* j Towns, Uniun and l'aimiu,—VatUouega
) world ut lying.
cr*q< •.«' manure the
, u'* corn cn>p hnd the benefit of
. <i o-rd inanur.', which i»- cqnil to
U n liushols of corn to every halo of
giiuu'd cotton; but thi# year thoro i* n<»
si-vd f.-r uuiiiure. Last vewr, also, there
wt.ru thousands of small fanner.* to culti
vate provision crop* and feed thn fami
lies, who thi# year are in tho army,
lea\ ing behind thoir families to bo fed.
ThU'T-if provision* are now so scarce and
high with tho abundant crops of last
year, wlmt may ho reasonably expected
l« view of so great a diminution of the
I,read product# a- seem* inevitable under
there iin u > stance* Our friend wa*
alanm-d mi the proepert, and so (wo wont
effect t" di-gui e it,) i-. the humble scrib
bler ot the rriegraph Flan.ors, farmer#,
Georgian*oil* the very b-*l we c.,n do,
if every liurve is strainrd fur bread and
m» cotton planted, will b« short enough
of tha pi.bile n.**»•*-1ties. Tho quoaiion
Tell
More Yauker I.lle-Prcaorvlug Iron
Stales lo hr Itullt.
The New York lloruldannounce* that
pro|ai*nI# are about being issued for the
construction of two enormous iron clad
men of war, for tlio navy ot Lincoln 1
They will bo ovor four hundred foot long,
willing
•ary uppl
Midi c.t-C*
the knave
An A artful Dodge.
Tho $300ctause of tho Abolition con
script luw is a regular Yankee dodge, to
raise money nnd soldier?. All aro to he
subject to conscription, but a fuM exemp
tion may be purcuaeed, uoi by hiring «
substitute, but by contributing to the de
pleted treasury. The result can easily he
•con. Blood against money—the i>oor
men furnishing all the first, while the
rieli give from ineirabundanee hut a small
part of the latter that will bo noco**ary.
It is hnrvl to be ievo tbe men of the North
—tho producing classes which constitute
a largo majority—wdl submit to *ucb In- . .... . -
justice, hut strango thing* liappcu now-a- I ticipation of a war with soinuuf the naval
day*. The schemer* will get the dodge Powers of Europe.
through Congress, wo have no doubt; | Iron clad# arc growing in favor with |
and wo aro not prepared lo assert thero is | the Yankees—they are just the things for I
Mb ‘ • *- A «*Ht in. They* nro to the
At the name tune, the Ageut
give# a receipt ‘or tho amount of meat
thn- teizod and tho mvnorenn realize the
full d’ice. I \ making a Matisfactory ex
hibit to the Department *t Richmond.—
In *uch cum-- ol fleizuro the Agent la act
ing according to instruction#, and the
Government i# ju*tified in adopting I lie
only alternative loft it, of feeding it#
“'be fault then i* not with tho
at or it# Agents, but with the
and ‘peculators who are un-
let tlio former havo its noccs-
e#. without demanding an cx-
>rice. At least there aro many
hut tho planter* generally ar
ia to engage in such nefarious
And they ought to hewa- • of
who are prowling about the
-■ngrossing provisions for the
speculation. These latter are
rcb who aro sucking tho life
. J uf the nation, an i at whom the slow
, i.i- finger <>f public scorn should
•‘will. -1111110 benefit of clergy.”
Macon Confederate.
Lincoln’* Moietueut# at Night.
I ■ Northern paper# say that “Old
- th* rounds every night or two,
. ■ with hi# officers snd seeking
lap-*; army intelligi
Lincoln are not surprise! to
iu-ur oi Ii11 pcisonul visit to General
Burnside nor would any such l»e aston
ish, d to know that ho wa* in Now York
, t . If he wanted to ,ec Miy-
th-ng or any body, ho woul l bo quit* as
|jk•-i v to come u<- to send. Hu has an
orbit of bis own, and no ono can toll
w here h< will boor what l.e will do, from
anything d.mo yesterday. If he waul# a
ficw-pap, r he L quite us likely to go ami
get it t-» he i# t-» send after it. If hu wants
to see the Secretary of Slate, he general
ly g*,c# out aud makes a call. At night,
frout ten to twelve, he usually niaku.-. u
tour all round—How nt G»»v. S,. waru s,
and then a, Haiiock’s, and it Hooker win
nearer h* would see hnu each night be-'
f..r• - he went to bed. Those who know
hi# habits and want to sco hiin Into at
night, follow him round from place to
place, and tho la*t search generally
bring# Mm up at General llalitfck'#, a-
ho t-.iri g.'t tho late.-t army intelligence
there. Whoever clsa is asieep or iudo-
ient, the President is wide uwako and
M A
nd the iron armor on their turrets
be not le*s than ' wo feet thick. They are
to be armed with twen.y inch gun*, which
will throw a hall weighing half a ton.—
Su.'l. iron inoii,tors, if they .ro .vrr.-on. wjth lll0
•trueted, would ho of no use to tho i an- < | <lll v, t
kec# in their war upon u<, a* their grout liPU |, n j V(
draught, of water would prevent them
from ci»*ing the bars of our harbor#.—
“ M «> »fn.J.r.cU««l Uf,; oirt-pt ^,-o.tr.hu h.Vh.d
iho Richmond Dispatch
C’iiattakooua, March 7th.—-Governor
Harris hu# appointed General Joel Ra tio
Tr. (surer cl the State, to All tlio vacan
cy ocui.doucd by the death of Col. Mc
Gregor.
CiiAr.LXHTOK, March 7th.—A large
Spanish screw frigate upperred off the bar
Into las', evening. Her bout reauhd the
city thin morning to coininunicnlo with
the Spanish Consul. A steamer apparent
ly iron c!#d, pnsMid the bur, going
ward, la*t evening.
Mobile, Till. — Reliable information I
received, that tho enemy lia* gone up the J
Tcnuc-eec, to Florence, with a fleet of |
gunboats. About 400 cavalry were land-, i
ml and are destroying everything in their
route, through Franklin and Lawrence
counties. Latest accounts say they were
inarching from Montgomery, in Law
rence county, southwest, through Marion
county, in tho direct line towards Aber
deen, Miss.
Savannah, March8th.—General Mer
cer ha* Mil led tin order dismissing the
militia officers to their lioim-s, subject to
call—immediate dunger of au attack hav
ing passed. Nearly nil have left.
Richmond, Mutch 8th.—Tho Nnv
York lie raid of the 4th inst, has been ro
ceived. it flutea that letters received ii
Washington on the dd, claim that tho cx
pcii a. n under General Wushburne, to
opui the Yazoo Fas*, has boon entirely
kin ■■".-•lul. Dispatches from Cairo of
the mini*; date say that tli-i gui.bout Car-
uedolet, und flvo others reached Tallu-
liatehce river by way of Yazoo.
K uicmnz. ia pushing forward hie for-
ce» with great success. On the 2d inst.
lie hud advanced lo Middleboro’, hull'
way between Murfrecslmro’ und Shelby-
vill<>. Dispatches from the former plm c
of the same date say that an expedition
of l.tXU cavalry and 1,100 infantry left
Murfreesboro’ on the following morning
and encountered the enemy at Brady-
viiic. After severe fighting, the enemy
were driwn from town with some lo»*.
General Foster returned to his com
mand at Ncwhern on Friday lust.
1 he HcraliCs New Orleans correspond-
•cut w riting oi: tlie 22d ult. says that
rebel prisoners havo left by steamer ft r
|H>inu in (xistessiou of the rebel#. Dt
j on»lrations by secession sympathisers
j iho uociteiuit that Gen. Bank* seu‘ de
a rtgiiucnt to dispeivu the crowd.
I ports from Baton Rouge reprosent that
| there ure numerous indications of an iru-
iulo movement, and that great activ-
[Fpccial to ibe Savannah Republican.]
Kphino Hill, Tens.. Murch 6th, )
Yin ShkluyvILLS, March Cth i
Fan Dorn achieved a perfect sucveis
er the enemy to-day, between this point
and Frankim. The flight continued four
i, and resulted in our driving the en
emy from hi# strong position, killing ona
hundred, wounding four hundred and
capturing five regiments—two Indiana,
Wisconsin, one Ohio and one Mich-
ig-.n—two thousand five hundred men.
Tho enemy i#raped with ono battery
und three regiments of cavalry, tho re
mainder of hi# force, to Fi. .klin.
Ono hundred and twenty-five wounded
and thirty killed will cover our loss.—
Colonel E:irl, of tlio third Arkansas, wa*
killed whi;e valiantly rallying his nun
into action, a».d Captain Watson, of Gen.
Armstrong'# Stuff, whs killed while in
trepidly leading a churgo. Lieutenant
Sullivan, of Van Dorn’* Staff, had two
horses shot under him while gdlantiy
leading in tho charge.
To King's First Mbs.mri Battery the
success is due in a great measure; and
Forest, by coming up on tbo enemy’s
rear, compelled their surrender.
N’Impoktk.
Richmond, March 8th.—Tbo Havana
corre-pon lent of the New Y'ork llerald
writing on the 23d ult.. sayj that the n -
ostablishruent ottbe blockade off Charles
ton and Galveston, has been published in
the official organ there, and notice of it
ha* been communicated to the Govern-*
ment by tho Sp;mi<-h Minister at Wash
ington. The Jlcraltl nay* that by latent
ho vice* received by the Kuropa, the in-
Gurrocii.-n in Foland has n.-sumed most
formidable proportions. FruWa lias
made an engagement w ;th Russian troops
to puss ovor hor territory, l'hu Brtgliib,
From h and Austrian Cabin* L- havutaki n
umbrage ut tho understanding which
scan:* to exi«t upon’thi* subject botween
Kus-ia aud Prussia. It i* evident that u 1
Europe will feui tho influence pjf thi,
great ami sustained-revolutionary move
ment in Folandt-and that Napoleon will
find scope for hi* -energies to qpite near
at home. This, fays tho fie raid, .rill
leav • us to deal with qur trouble* with
out any undue muddling, us wri; shall now
hear no more of NnyoIcOn:*' mediation
said in a pacific muuitor.
Richmond, 8th.—Tho Enquirer has
Washington date.* to tho 6th. Cairo ad
vices to tlio 4 h say that two dredging
machine* nro to'be put to work on the
canal at Vicksburg immediately. Tho
ro broken ,rtmi the water is pour
ing ov r at u fearful rule.
Tho Now Jersey do in oe rats held n mr.?s
mo t ug i.t TrenUfn on Mm 4th. Thirty-
four guns were fired iff rejoicing ovir ti e
expiration of tho Yniiic-e Congres#. ]!■
oluticn# wero passed denounc-incing tho
Executive usurpations and tho conscript
bil’. Tiie p-*i>plo aro cnfjcduip nxfo do ..
firmness nialjcourage jn this emergency.
Fence r.coo l avion I'have been defeated
in tbo \N Wconsin Assembly. The demo
crat* all votod ayo.
General Siijgcl ho# resigned, owing t«•
iiutiflcrablo difficulties with thOcominan-
derifl chief.
Gold in New Y’ork 67.
Tho Hibernia brings Liverpool dnbsto
tho 20th ult. ‘Lord tStrakh rden gave no-
tieo in tho House of T^ords that ho would
move lor copies of (ho dispatches ofMa-
sjd to tho Gurftiniiiflnt rotating to the r -
cognition uf the BoiUheru |Cor.fed< racy.
Thoro wa# coiiridcruhio irSnsaction in
American *courilies in L<mdbn, under the
iinprofiionrthut the war would soon end.
l iiat sympathies of Maryland, by j ity prevails in tbe army,
we mean the native Southern pop- J The gunboat Itasca has arrived at N
i.it Maryland, and even of tho i n _, «i., #i 1A n„...
thoroughly
S.'Uth wo have no reasun tu
Aud the sympHthic* of the South
lly with Maryland.
nmnhood left in the masse? to oppose it*
enforcement. Lincoln will probably
succeed iu gutting both men ami money.
Memphis Appeal.'
ThX Knkmy. — All was quiet
Gevrgia. coast yesterday, so far
could learn. The enemy seem flow,
disinclined altogether, to renew the
Iron-clad#
the Yankees
Yankers to „ ^
valiant Yankee sailors in their contests
with our #and batteries, w hat sister Je-
din rubber life preserver was ! K !
i«. »;ki.. lH1
Orleans. She reports that tho Haurict
Lane is Said up near Galveston, and is be
ing converted into an iron-clad."
Gold in New Y'ork, on tho lid inst
closed nt 171; Exchange at 188 to 18U.
The New York Herald says that tho
comments of tho London F:
Cbarle-ton blockade will touch the rebel#
pel fed to keep quiet, but | wlmt British sympathy is worth. The
_ -^ - this j Heruui hears gratifying reports of the
proved condition of the army of the
'J°f | Fotomac, and says it will soon move for
ward. A Washington correspondent
by domestic traitors and wi.h tbo
bayonets ol a huge hireling army at their
n* had no alternidivs but
Like Kentucky and those
sh** ha* l e**r compelled to keep
n. i.hor in one ca-e t>r the otbi
rd >ubmi-rion nnj’ evidence of toy
oumipi t«'iit r
Are they be- I troop
’ * foot
to Farson Joucs in his teirihlc encounter
with tho Tuckerpaw beef—their only
l- I salvation, ii tho war continues we shall j
r j expect to see u Yankee sheet iron life |
- • preserver invented to be worn by their
the Washington d«»potitm.
d never • permit the confident
petiph’ in each other to be Interrupt-
fortui.es like those which have ting the last hours of Congress says that
j .-hackled the limbs and sealed the utter- i
A report was current .llers are in their ‘hells. For
will be encased from bead
their iron armor as sc\-ohore fid-
-niug that tbo whole fleet had loft
the Ogecclu*! '
truth.
It ha# boon
Chaklk* ('ahkoll Hicks.—W> have
n*eived h letter from Mr. John T. Gor-
. _ wi, an officer aboard the Retribution,
j*art, ] slating that Charlto Carroll Hick#, who
— _ ish they would invent an immense
•ut we do notgivo it as iron canopy that would cover the univer- .
I #*1 Yankee nation so focurcly that the I of Boston, w as not aboard of her at hII,
finitely ascertained that artillery of heaven could not break their i and had re-ignod his po-*ton the Retribu-
the enemy are landing at two or three I shell, and that the out-iue world might tion at St. Thomas on the !2lh ofDecem-
m'ints on tho Carolina roast. Wc think ‘ never sro or boar more of the dastard her la».\ long before she was fitted up for
thi* probable.^—SavannahRepublican^*.^ race.— ^nc. Sews.
| her cruise.—Rich. Dispatch,
money wa* voted with prodigalty, and
everybody aeen ed jolly. The copper
heads attempted te stave off Sumner s
anti-mediation resolutions, but the bill
passed bv a strong majority. When
Kerrigan's narue wo* called, in tho yeas
and nays, on tho Missouri emancipation
bill in ihc Hqpse, he* denounced it in
such term* that he wa* ordered by the
speaker to resume bis seat; but ho did
not sit down until ho romarkod that Iho
The Tax bu Cotton.
The Legislature of Albania, at iu la*t
Import'd a tax of ton cent# jut
Oiirtd on a!! cotton, ovcr'lt’iOO pound-* in
iu rood. rai-«*il "on nnv one plantation or
farm, lo ea* •» full haea." As the•ulfi'H't
in wtih.i) m o»y of our #ub*crib< n
irt-taHy interefted, w^ have, thought
>u!d bo doing tli of), b -*rVice by
pub’.ixhtng tin iuWiw-or rath, r tbo|x>rtiun
“ " * * * ‘ ‘t, for
the
subb-ct. Tbo provUmn i# os follow#
“l’non nil cotton,' hereafter ntaot< d ar. I
gathered, there shall, for each yi nr. be
;i.‘.-c-*ed und oollecteq on «ich pound of
•end cotton, over and above twenty-five
hundred pound# ofseedtaottan, made and
kfiitlured, during Inc tax year, to every
full hand employed In raising find 'gath
ering the #arnc, by any one party, or on
anyone plantation or farm, a tax of ten
cents per pound for ovory pound of «*x*
cos# over and above twenty-five hundred
pound# to each full han't employed in
raising nnd gathering tiie same; or if the
crop be ginned, then every pound >>f
ginned cotton shall be ertimuted n* four
pound of seed cotton. Provided, that no
tax be* imposed on any cotton planted
after the proclamation of the Governor
annouuciii that, peace has been made he*
twi i tita ConfWdcrftUl State* mid 'lie
Cuilod IStntoB, or that the blockade of the
port* of the Confederate Status ha# been
removed.”
It will bo seen from a cure ful reading
of the provision, that tho planter having
two or more plantations has not the priv
ilege, as some would be likely to suppose,
oi raising more than 2000 pound* of seed
cotton to the full hand on ono place ami
less on another, an a* to make hi* aggle
gate cron only 2600 pounds to the hand—
but ha- to restrictbf* crop i«t each place
t* that quantity, or pay n tax often cent*
p.-r pound on the surplus raised on each
place.
Rkjho*ation or Gkv Toombs.—"Ws
learn, on undountod uuUiority, that Gen.
Toombs, of Georgia, who.-e rank, we
believe, is thut **f Brigadier General, h' |?
teinlerod the ro-ignatioti of hi# cotninis-i- u
to tho Fre* dent. It is not positively
known what motive induced thi* step,
but it v said it i* owing to n disappoint
ment of hi# military aspiration*—Gen.
Tlmmb* claiming that if he was m t
worthy of promotion he would resign in
favor of some ono who was. Other.* »y
ihftt hi# resignation has n political bear
ing, and that he will be brought forward
lidute For the next Governor of
Geo, Toombs is Well known
long public career. Atthetimo
G corgi
from ii
of the i
the l*i
ession of his State he
i*d States Senators from G. >>rg 1
I vat unsof Uw most Motive #nd ■
ler- “I the State Righto party in tha
body, identifying himself with the -• •_•***
#ion movement from it* inception.—Il^h-
Monti Examiner.
Glorlun* Sew* f- "m \onbwf*tw#
Virginia.
Our information, derived from a relia
ble source, is of the most encour*gif*H
character from Northwestern Virguun.
The aown-trodd* n. gxitam freemen of
that section are about asserting U»r» r
might and majesty by denouncing *hs
corrupt tyrant at Washington. Al *
iargeand ovarwhelming mooting of th®
citizen* in muss meeting as.-auibb d ,n
When!rug, under tbe very noea «*f tw
Washington tyrant. Suerrurd (Jlemrneiiii
ex-memoer of Coggros#, denounced Lin
coln in a withering *p.;» oh for lwo bmira
which elicited unbounded apv>Uusc fr**®
the targe crowd present. S>o ••>*#. 1
Wheeling Intelligencer, au AboUta*®
organ published in Wheeling. Onekun*
dred and four young men from Call*' j®
county have arrirea in Staunton to «**
list for the war in the Confederate - - r *
vice.—Knox. Reg., 4th,